I justify it by saying I like it.

Well, really, that's all that matters.

I just can't be invovled in this talk of gauchos.

Serious cleaning is happening today. you know this is true because I have a new can of scubbing bubbles and a new box of magic erasers.

Are you coming to my house, beth????

I'd have to fight my way past the evil dust bunnies - I suspect a two day battle.

I don't need to re-state my views on gauchos, right? You all know that I think they shouldn't be worn, and the fact that people I love wear them all the time confuses me.

Btw, I don't know if anybody else noticed in the grocery store but they've reissued all the original Monster cereals for Halloween. So Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Booberry and some other one which I forget

Oh man! I really don't need a box of Count Chocula, but ...

Dear GCS, I'm not a goth and I wear gauchos at the same time. How does sex feel?

The other day, over by my office, I saw an eighty year old socialite in gauchos.

I hope you gaucho people are proud of yourselves.

VERY.

Nora, your $900 return over two years from a $5K initial investment is equivalent to an annualized return of 8.6%. This is in a 401(k) or something similar? Used to be an annualized return of 10% was "normal" for stock investments, but I don't think that's a sound assumption anymore.

How lucky for me y'all decided to talk about money yesterday! I'm getting an inheritance soon (it's more money than I've ever made in a year, but less than DH makes, so I don't know how to describe its size - sometimes it seems small and manageable, sometimes it seems huge and overwhelming) and have to decide what to do with the money. I've never had that 6 month cushion that everyone says you should have, so I'm planning to set that aside immediately. Then I'll be paying off some debt - I have the signature loan that allowed us to move to California and is pretty high interest, and credit card debt, and the surprise student loan that DH didn't know he had, and maybe the car though that is almost paid off already. I think that will leave me with some to stick in an ING account to go towards a downpayment.

ION, I have a found a non-fat yogurt that is sweetened with fruit juice that is really tasty. Continental. Possibly too sweet for the people that really want plain yogurt +fruit and no extra sugar at all, but delish for me.

That looks like a good yogurt. and a good plan.

Question of the weekend - what music do you clean to? DH has chosen the Doobie brothers for this session I think almost anything they use on Supernatural would be good. and I have a friend that prefers the pointer sisters.