When the kids were little my parents used to come to our place for Christmas morning, where cookies, fruitcake, coffee and eggnog were served as "breakfast." My parents were teetotal, so we never spiked the eggnog. Homemade, with eggs, not the bought kind out of a carton. A tradition, including the special red, green, and gold pitcher not used for anything else all year. Even the cats got some, as a Christmas treat.

Then there was the Christmas everyone got deathly ill. The clue was that the cats were puking and squirting too. "'Tis the year for salmonella, falalalala, lalalala..."

Forgive me for laughing, Bev.

We use eggbeaters now. Hee.

(natter)

Going to have to switch to eggbeaters, what with Nic and the whole cholesterol issue. They also make a fat free half and half....

(end natter)

Going to have to switch to eggbeaters, what with Nic and the whole cholesterol issue.

There's a brand of egg -- Eggland's Best -- that is supposed to be good (or, at least, doesn't raise cholesterol) for patients with diabetes and/or cholesterol/heart issues.

Oooooh! They have that at most of my local markets.

Thank you, ma'am.

So, I wrote a story.

Apologies to Neil Gaiman, of whom I am shamelessly derivative.

Detail question someone here is bound to know how to answer:

In Little Women, the Little House series, and other books of that era, characters admire and wish they had "Grecian noses." What exactly did they mean? I've always assumed it was a straight, medium sort of nose, neither too large and/or Roman nor a cute little snub, but it occurred to me that I might be pushing my own standards onto the past.

(Well, actually I like a nice, big, strong nose, especially on a man, but I know I'm unusual in that.)

Every site I'm finding says it's "An uncurved nose forming a straight line with the forehead."

Something like this, I wager.