I have no problem with the concept of a zucchini latte, possibly because I love the zucchini bread so much. However, I will note that pumpkin is a sweeter/smoother taste than zucchini, so it is more probable as a latte. That said, I can't stand the pumpkin lattes, because they're way too frickin' sweet. If you took the pumpkin & yogurt bit from kaddo and made that into a drink, I'd totally drink that.

I love the image of attack Olivia. Sort of like Hobbes greeting Calvin at the door.

That's exactly where my mind went!

Thanks. I will admit that I'm partly in this position since my dad paid off the unsubsidized half of the loan a long time ago. And, like, I've thought about saving up money to pay him back, but...he doesn't care about that sort of thing.

On another topic, sort of, it occurs to me that maybe you can keep this in your back pocket, mentally, to take some of the sting out of all the gold earrings and such? Hope I'm not overstepping in suggesting that.

All this talk of pumpkin makes me want to go to Helmand's and get that pumpkin yougurty thingamabob.

We love the ING account. We have 4!

Just started one of those!

I pack for Pittsburgh for a weekend on my own with my college friend. DH gets the kids all weekend and I get to drink wine and sleep late.

YAY!

Given all the talk about the Navy - Fleet Week is a known quantity, yes? It's known which ship will be at Fleet Week, etc.? Does that question make sense?

ING is free, has crazy excellent interest (4.4% for plain ole savings), is easy to transfer money in and out, also has CDs and IRAs that you can link to any accounts.

I am large with the ING love.

Given all the talk about the Navy - Fleet Week is a known quantity, yes? It's known which ship will be at Fleet Week, etc.? Does that question make sense?

Yes, I believe so. You missed it when you were in Nashvegas.

On another topic, sort of, it occurs to me that maybe you can keep this in your back pocket, mentally, to take some of the sting out of all the gold earrings and such? Hope I'm not overstepping in suggesting that.

Oh, nothing will ever take the sting out of such frivolity, but yeah. I was sort of thinking of that as soon as I wrote that. The problem with my doing that is whenever I start to balance my finances like that, I don't actually keep track. So years later, I will be asked to make some extravagant expense, and I will wonder, "Haven't I already spent six thousand dollars or whatever? Should this finally start to really annoy me?"

ooh, hey, speaking of transferring money: anyone have suggestions for easy, low-cost transferrance of money between here and the US? I was thinking paypal, but my debit card only has cirrus/maestro, not visa or mastercard.

You missed it when you were in Nashvegas.

Well, we got spillover on either end of the weekend. I jogged past the ship quite a few times, too. I'm sorry I missed the air rally, though I did get to see them practicing.