9:01 here in Maine. I've been up since ass o'clock this morning; I don't have the paper; it's not beach weather and the internets worry.

How close are you to Freeport, Cindy? There's always L.L. Bean to take advantage of.

Not that close, but I'm close to kittery, which has tons of outlets. Plus, shopping with little kids is more work than fun. We've got to think of somethng not expensive to keep them busy.. We will, I was just hoping against the weather reports.

What are you doing this weekend?

Much strength for ita this morning.

Putzing around the homestead. I finally found some pictures I was looking for to do a mini-scrapbook, so I'll have time to get that out of the way (it's for a gift.) And contrary to the weather reports from earlier this week, it's looking awful nice outside so I may actually take myself on a wander through the local botanical gardens and see if I can find my brother's brick. Since he was cremated, we had a commemorative brick placed in one of the walkways at the garden. Only they've been doing a lot of renovation and they tore up that walkway. The bricks are supposed to be placed into a new location, but we haven't checked to see if that new walkway has been laid down yet. In a way, I'm hoping it hasn't because we still haven't bought a brick for my mother yet and we'd kind of like them to be side-by-side, if possible. So, reconnoiter time.

What Aileann said, ita. I know today is going to be hard, but I hope you find some solace with the other Kravvers as well.

Timelies all!

I could get a Tivo or other DVR machine, but I can't afford it right now, since I got my largest credit card bill ever yesterday.(Powells spendage + plane tickets + $1200 plus car repair bill = crazy high bill)

Well, I didn't find a Rosh Hashanah outfit at the mall. The dresses I saw were either drab business suits, party dresses or too casual. I did pick up some new bras, though that was annoying as well.(Why do the vast majority of colored bras have the molded padded cups? Those never look right on me...)

Oddly, it seems sunny outside. I can't actually see the sky, so I'm still suspicious, but huh.

Just realized that Nip/Tuck is premiering this week. I can't really get excited about it, maybe because the Carver denouement was such a complete clusterfuck of vastly improbably proportions that I no longer have any confidence in the writers. Here's hoping that they've all been fired and the new people are much better.

Will it help you to know that Christian apparently has some kind of homoerotic moment with Mario Lopez' character in a communal shower, and promptly goes into a freak out that sees him "butching" his apartment up in all black leather and chrome ?

(Yeah Christian, straightest thing in the world is going into a redecorating frenzy that takes inspiration from Tom of Finland...)

HAHAHA! That's hilarious. I'm being preemtively grossed out about Larry Hagman and Sanaa Lathan playing spouses.