Well, she's almost been there a year and this is the first time it's really hit all of us. It just seems like a neverending flow of snot and mucous through our house.

We've purchased a humidifier.

We went through a six month period of constant sickness when the kids were a little smaller. Once over, it seemed to taper off.

Aimee, do contact the Ladies Aid and see if you can retrieve the shuttle. I have a pair of embroidery scissors that were my great grandmother's (or possibly great-great grandmother's) that I cherish. But when my grandmother died, my mother went through and either tossed or sold a lot of things I'd love to have today.

JZ, my only comment about hair coloring is that my white hair (really white) either didn't take the dye or the color came out purer without any underlying color to subdue it (which is why I had someone at my office look up at me and say, "is your hair ... PINK?!?!?).

And please ignore the wrinkles in that photo - 18 years of tanning in New Mexico is catching up with me

You look lovely, as always. I've gone the natural route myself. I'm enjoying the grey on the temples and in my bangs. I might put a fun streak of color in from time to time, but mostly I'm giving it a break.

Sun scare! My son had his 14th b'day party this weekend and one of the boys, 15 years old, had stitches on his chest from skin cancer being removed. He is very blond and blue eyed, and has led the Florida lifestyle with the surfing and sailing. His mother was so freaked. She slathered him with sunscreen when he was a child, but it's tough to make the older kids wear the stuff. Yikes.

Eep, Laura! That's so scary.

Hey, fellow baby mamas! The Robeez new summer designs are up on the Robeez web site.

The only ones that really sing for me are the cherry ones, and the blue-and-lime sandals.

Heck, Aimee, CALL the Ladies' Aid. They're LADIES after all and will understand about an Uncle being a bit of a dunderhead at a rough time. Its not a large object, I'm sure they'll be happy to set it aside or mail it.

If I were working there I'd dive for the thing for you.

Aimee, when my oldest was about Em's age we went through a year of about one cold a month, and about 1/3 of those got passed on to us. The Doc said that it was "normal" at this age and to expect up to 12 a year. I about fainted thinking about one cold a month BUT once they get over this age (1 - 2 years) their immune systems bulks up a bit and they fight off more and more, plus they slow down on the putting things in their mouth stage too. The upside was that neither kid got really sick when they started school. They still end up with a minor cold at the beginning of the school year but that's about it now.

(Adds Robeez to list including Criterion DVDs, BeneFit makeup, and L'Oreal Color Mousse)

I need a bigger salary.

I actually like my natural color, but it coppers out in the sun and starts to look really unhealthy. Ah well. I jus wish the whole thing would go grey or white or whatever it's going to do.

Heh:

"The Bush administration is asking Google to turn over all its records in a porn investigation. They want to know who has been using Google to look up pornography. You know what that means? We're all going to jail." --Jay Leno

I never google for porn ... I just click on Buffista links and it's there!