Aww. Cutehead Emmett. And I like the pipecleaner stars idea! Hanging them from the ceiling would be fun.

And I managed ot get up from my nap and go to the king show (10th anniversary of the first king show in DC!) and it was good. And a friend of a friend is newly single. And the friends we have in common were all telling me this going "She's single! She needs someone to make out with! We should find her someone!" Not sure if they were actually intending me to help out with that, but I rather suspect they were. So I obliged. :) Fun!!

yay fun! and yay! making out!

Somervillain alert: Anyone with kids or who knows someone with kids who's even vaguely thinking of children's theater sometime over the holidays, please let me pimp my friend Shelley's show (he's second from the left in the picture). Jen has met him, at his wedding last summer, and can attest to his thorough niceness (also, though it's not relevant to this particular show, he wears a kilt quite nicely), and DX has seen a show he was in several years back and can attest to his being theatrically made of awesome (also, possibly a Cindy sprog or friend of same saw him in A Christmas Story last year).

JZ, I don't know if you'll ever see this, but if you do, yes, the oldest sprog, and my mother, saw him in A Christmas Story, last year, and loved it.

Also, insent (well, in about 5 minutes) to your profile addy.

There are no shoes on Lee's link. But I think I like them because barefoot rocks.

Yay for making out!!

My step-step-SIL (that would be my step-dad's daughter-in-law) needs some serious positive thoughts and prayers. Larry and Suzi got married October 29th. He came home from work (at 4am) a few days ago to find her unable to walk and coughing. Called 911 and then found out she had congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and diabetes. None of which they had a clue was happening. She was in a coma for a couple days, BP of 239/189 but they got things somewhat stabilized. She has had several heart attacks and was unaware. They were unable to get her off the respirator, so they moved her by $17,000 helicopter 4000 feet down in elevation to Phoenix. (something about it being too hard to breathe up there)

This is not a great way for these lovebirds to start their married life. The good news is that Larry’s insurance company waved the fact that she was 2 days short of the 90 day waiting period to be on his insurance and ok’d the huge local hospital bill. The bad news, in addition to Suzi’s grave condition, is that she will have to be there for 4-6 weeks estimated and it is 90 miles from where they live. Like most of us Larry has to work so he won’t be able to hold her hand. He is in Phoenix this week, but has to go back to work Monday.

So all ~ma for her surviving this immediate crisis first, then some added ~ma for a quick recovery so that they can be together again. They are good people.

Oh Laura, that poor couple. Health and strength to Suzi and Larry. Their anniversary is the same as dh and my anniversary.

He pointed forbidingly at the night as he exclaimed, "I forbid it!"

Aww. Soon he'll be shaking his fists at clouds, a la Abe "Grampa" Simpson.

Laura, Suzi and Larry are in my thoughts. Yay for Larry's insurance company though- it's not often they do stuff like waive rules that will end up costing them money. *There's* your Christmas Miracle (TM), sadly.

Lots of see-it-through~ma for your step-step-SiL and DH, Laura. That is one rough row to hoe.

I like my new kitty, I really do. What I don't like is being woken up 2-3 times a night because he wants to be petted. I'm thinking he should be taking the Trazadone instead of me.

Oh, Laura, much ~ma to both of them. How terrifying. I agree with Nora, though -- Larry's insurance company deserves huge kudos, because decisions like that aren't exactly common.

More snow predicted here today. By this afternoon temps are supposed to be in the teens and the "lake effect snow machine" is supposed to crank up. I hate it when they call it a "machine." It never bodes well.

Timelies, Bitches. I greet you as one who has been snapped from the jaws of cruel Death by the spinning wheel of Fate.

Or, you know, not. But! It was snowing this morning, and the roads were bad, and I almost slid simultaneously through an intersection and into a telephone pole. But not-freaking-out prevailed!

Eeeep! Driving in that stuff is so scary. When I visit snowy areas and am crazy enough to drive I make the locals nuts by crawling at slow speed. I figure it makes up for me dealing with tourists here.

Yay Ailleann for keeping it together!

I checked out the web cams for Old Forge, NY where my sister works. Yep, snowing. It seems to be in the low 30s, so marginal. I hope they don't get any of the freezing rain stuff. Ick!

Yes, great news on the insurance. I'm sure Larry's employer went to bat for him because he is a good guy.