OMG, the wide eyes killed me. Baby!!

I'd watch that spin-off, brenda.

Dogs need to be not so stoic, sometimes. Complain, so we know you hurt, canines! There's no shame in it.

$86? For printing? How is that even possible?

So, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and he's hilarious! Turns out, he was the Justices' representative on the Court Cafeteria Committee. Seriously.

That Matilda is almost too perfect in her cuteness. [link] is my favorite.

As soon as I took it out she jumped up raring to go again. But jeez, why didn't you yelp or something? Don't scare me like that!

Oh, poor poochen! Bartleby once had a broken tooth, pulp exposed...for probably 6 months or so. I kept brushing it, not realizing it was broken...he never made a sound. Bud! That stoicism isn't really helpful. Then again, I'm grateful he isn't the free-floating-whiney type.

Once again, Matilda proves that cute-sweet knows no bounds. And that pic of Em-Mat, breaks me all over again. I feel so privileged to watch that relationship grow from afar.

I'm trying to convince myself I don't need this.

No, get one! Then I'll have someone I know to maybe do some of the challenges with.

I need all the external motivation I can get.

Laura, I hope things turn out OK for your MiL.

Hot Namesake Bartender that sent me a Christmas card last year was tending for my first post-diet meal out today. He's grown his buzz cut out to a shaggy mane and growna trim beard, oddly increasing his resemblance to (clean-shaven) James Marsden and prompting me to upgrade him to Smoking Hot Namesake Bartender.

Everyone tips $5 or more for lunch, right?

And it is Saturday. I have had acupuncture for the elbow I jacked up dramatically yesterday (amused me that they mistook muscles for injury-swelling "Wait, ita--show me your left arm. Oh, never mind." But it hurts.

Father and sister dropped off at the mall, additional bandaging (knee and elbow braces, etc) and exercise drinks purchased, and after a quick nap I'll be off to our last training session, from 1:30 to 7:30 today.

And then will come Sunday and the real deal.

Excuse me while I go make wallpaper for this PC that says "Stop shutting down my applications!" Every time I come back to it, someone's closed down something I'm used to being eternally open.

Sharing my space is hard enough. Keep your hands off my CPU.

Aaaaaaaaaaargh. The plan was to put up the built-in bookshelves today. We went super-simple with these -- wall standards & brackets, simple wood shelves.

The problem is I can't find any freaking wall studs to hang them on! Everywhere the stud finder says there should be a stud, I can't find one when I drill in. So I'm just ending up making tiny holes along my baseboard for no reason. (Very tiny, and they'll be behind the couch, but still. I want my shelves!)

Anyone want to come build my bookshelves for me? I'll make cookies...

Good luck tomorrow, ita!

I've done nothing of use so far today. Need to remedy that....