I just skipped a hundred posts because the story of Emmett's baseball victory was SO AWESOME that I had to come forward and post IMMEDIATELY.

GO EMMETT WOO!!!!!!!

(for some reason, the spelling of his name looks way wrong to me in caps, but when I looked back it was right, so I now feel safe making this celebratory post).

I'll read the rest of the thread after I pan-fry some trout.

Oh wow, I just saw Bev's Beep Me and will now send long, hard strings of ~ma in her direction.

t SENDS with all his might.

Those were the playing at Otter Lake pictures. This is the shed rebuild. Most of the place is in good shape. The shed and the chimneys not so much. Work: [link]

I'm so behind that I'm almost afraid to post ~ma because I'm sure I'll miss someone, but I finally decided that missing someone is worse than missing everyone, so:

Health and noncancer ~ma to Raq and Vortex.

Yeah for improvement and continued healing and coping ~ma to Bev and family, especially (I hope I didn't remember this wrong) StE.

Yeah for being home and continued ~ma to JZ and Halloweenie. The two of you are on my church's (new) prayer list. I almost put JZ and Halloweenie, but decided I just didn't want to answer all the questions, so I wimped out and put JZ and baby girl instead.

Car and health ~ma to those that need it, and glitter all around.

IOmememeN, last night, as I was watching TV, Rocky, the huge lug of a cat who is generally so paranoid that the slightest movement usually scares him to the other side of the apartment, laid on the back of the couch and let me encourage the front of him onto my shoulder. He ended up being a kitty-scarf for about 15 minutes, just letting me pet him calmly. It was the nicest thing evah.

(for some reason, the spelling of his name looks way wrong to me in caps, but when I looked back it was right, so I now feel safe making this celebratory post).

Emmett Spelling Made Easy: Two of everything. Two "E"s, Two "M"s, Two "T"s.

Thanks, Gris! Both his walkoff, and his game-tying hit were triples as it turns out. Which is even cooler for some reason. We celebrated by going to Foster's Freeze for dinner after camp today.

Get well soon vibes for JZ and Bev's StE.

Thought I'd share a more light-hearted family experience. Tonight's dinner was pav bhaji, and I hung around in the kitchen to see what I could do. The girls were taking care of the vegetables, and the butter needed melting, so I took care of microwaving the butter. It was rock hard, though, so it took a while. Finally, when we couldn't actually get it to smoosh, my aunt said I could just jab the fork into the butter and use some of the melted butter to paint the bread. So I laid the bread out onto a pan and spread the butter on it, and my cousin cooked it on the stove.

Fast forward to the end of dinner, when my aunt says that "the boys" are responsible for cleaning up, doing the dishes, and all that. Now, the reason this is so is that she has a policy that if you do the cooking, you don't have to do the cleaning.

"I don't have to clean!" I said. "I helped cook."

"What?" said the girls.

"I did the butter."

"He's right," said my aunt.

"Doesn't cooking involve a pan...and some heat?" asked my cousin.

"There was a pan!" I said. The pan I put the bread on.

My aunt said that I microwaved the butter.

"And the microwave, that was heat!" I said.

Which is why I am here posting and not downstairs cleaning.

yay for aunt being very fair! I love that story. now , however I have to go look up pav bhaji.

great pictures Laura! esp our new superhero - underwear boy.

rest well everyone, wake up strong and healthy .

rest well everyone, wake up strong and healthy

Yes, that can be said again.

Yay for nice family dinners. Now ya see why I'm always quick to cook. Doing dishes is my least favorite chore.

off to google pav bhaji - which appears to be named for the spice - plans to sniff some next time I visit an Indian grocery - grateful to live where visiting an Indian grocery is an option

Morning. The rental place hasn't gotten back to me yet today, so it looks like I am stuck in the house again. I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway(other than the grocery store), but I hate being stuck in.

grateful to live where visiting an Indian grocery is an option

Wrod. Thessaly and I found a fabulous one a few weeks ago.