{{vw}} Trust me on this, the period, the apartment, and the landlords are almost past history. Hang in there sweety.

Raq, those are so cool. I need to go to a shower next month for a girl in my book group. Must get on that.

In good news, though, I've got two big boxes of books to send to Erin's school!

Raq, at least now I know what I'm spending my next paycheck on! Such gorgeous, gorgeous stuff -- beautiful collaborations between those long-ago artists and your own brilliant sense of design.

{{{vw}}}

Laura, your mom is indeed adorable, and you totally have her sparkling eyes.

Bah. Just went on a (no heavy lifting) cleaning frenzy and shredded two fingernails and a knuckle. Ow ow ow.

PMS is enough of a reason to have ice cream with chocolate chips and chocolate sauce for dinner, right?

Who needs a reason?

Sounds like the perfect dinner to me!

The door was way more than we usually spend on a birthday present, but we couldn't resist. Spread among the 4 of us it wasn't too awful. Her surprise made it quite worthwhile.

Bah. Just went on a (no heavy lifting) cleaning frenzy and shredded two fingernails and a knuckle. Ow ow ow.

How can you do this from the bed?

I don't want to do homework.

Last night Corb Lund rocked like a country thing that rocks. Big thanks out to smonster for infecting juliana who passed on the love.

Now that I'm home, I'd much rather nap than do homework, or gasp house work.

The kids are getting ready for school to start tomorrow. CJ is fretting over what to wear while K-Bug is sorting lunch materials in the fridge. We are going to go out for breakfast before school starts.

I'm almost glad I work, without the "back to school" thing. The end of freedom seems too hard.

Em and Joe "built" Serenity. [link]