Aww! Matilda is getting so big and even cuter. The dress looks beautiful on her too. I keep thinking she looks like JZ until I see a picture of Matilda and Emmett, where you can really tell that they are siblings.

Lovely Matilda! It was so nice to read that everything went so well. What a pretty dress. The slippers! One might suggest gilding the lily there.

I am totally out of touch with the mainstream opinion of Hillary. I have no ability to predict these things. I was convinced she would never leave the comfy job of Senator from New York. She is very clever about these things as evidenced in her huge wins in NY. In another year I'll have a better guess. I was so damn sure of the result of the last couple elections, clearly I have no clue. I voted for McGovern after all.

Personally, I like the idea of Hillary in the job more that the rest of the announced candidates. At this moment she would get my vote. Lots of time of others to throw their hats in.

I need some no scratched cornea eye-ma. Kitty sitting near face got startled and I got a paw in my eye. I'm giving it some time to readjust before I see how bad it is.

Eye~ma d. Please keep it closed for some time.

Speaking of Cash, I was wondering about those One Sweep brooms, since there is a ridiculous amount of shedding around here (mostly done by me).

I have not heard of the One Sweep. Is it better than swiffer?

Not necessarily better--just different. I have many weapons in my arsenal against the pet hair. But the difference with the One Sweep is that I can use it on carpet to sort of rake and scrape up the dog/cat hair between heavy vacuuming. Plus, you pop off the end cap and use it to brush the hair off of furniture, too.

We had two OS brooms but we've gone through them (albeit in five years) so they were worth the $20 we spent on them. I'll be getting another one for sure. Hopefully I can find it in the "As seen on tv" aisle or I'll go to asseenontv.com and order it there.

Oof, hope the eye is okay, d. Ouch.

Just saw a commercial - "If you are worried about taking prescription sleep aids, Tylenol PM is different." Yes. Because it is BENEDRYL, morons. I mean, if it makes you sleepy, booyah, but it's Benedryl in some of them fancy Emperor clothes.

Thanks guys. I admit I was definitely stunned by the wtfness of it. Also, wishing I had an eye patch here. I'm using Rescue Remedy cream on my eyelid, and I'm hoping it's helping.

Much eye~ma, d.

I'm iffy about a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket. Bill Richardson's kind of interesting. Anyone heard much of anything about him?

From my cushy blue-state perspective, I'm really glad Hillary's running. I think her "unelectable because people hate her" problem will deflate a little over the course of the campaign as more of that demographic sees her in person, speaking directly to them. She's not quite Bill in terms of getting people to like her just by showing up, but she really is a hell of a good campaigner. And she's been practicing on the upstate NY conservatives for years now.

The only downside I can see to Hillary throwing her name in is it means Al Gore probably won't run unless she backs out. I just can't see him running against her.

Matilda's starting to look like a Greatest Hits of Hec and JZ in terms of her looks. She's utterly gorgeous.

And just think! In a year or a year and a half, she'll be climbing up on you and demanding "Baby songs! More baby songs!"