signing a lease on a house in California tomorrow, in fact

Oh, congratulations!

How is your refrigerator?

New and too-small, thanks for asking. I've played Tetris with it and everything that was in the old bigger door-less refrigerator on Thursday when we brought it. I'm still surprised I managed to push everything in.

The next challenge: a stove.

New is good, smaller not so much. Oh well. Good for you gettng everything to fit.

Shouldn't we have high-tech stove-refrigerator combos that use the excess heat from the fridge part to cook with? I guess that comes ith the flying cars.

Cashmere, your DH is wickedly funny.

DH's Revenge: His boss made him read the book Blink so he's getting his boss this book for Christmas.

Ooh! I want to read that "In Praise of Slowness" book.

Shouldn't we have high-tech stove-refrigerator combos that use the excess heat from the fridge part to cook with?

I like the way your mind works. Especially since this way, the stoves wouldn't break the doors of refrigerators. Or of the flying cars.

t Waves at Anne

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMYCH!!!!

Emeline says sorry she didn't wait.

Happy Birthday, amych!

Emeline says sorry she didn't wait.

s'ok. I'm sure you feel otherwise.

Oh yeah.

Aimée, was there a birthday party already t /pictures-greedy

It's funny. My best friend's son, who was born a day before Emeline, still isn't one year old, because they're celebrating according the the Jewish calendar. His birthday will only be in a couple of weeks. [Edit: the former Jewish year had 13 months, in order to synchronize the Jewish calendar with the 'sun' year, which is why the birth dates are so far apart.]

My best friend had her first child the day after my birthday. She assures me she should get partial credit for going into labour on my birthday, but I told her to give it another go. I mean, the kid could have been my favourite forever, you know?