Cody, the psycho dog, loves Animal Plant and the cooking channel.

The only thing my dog notices on tv is if there's a doorbell sound.

That damned Dominos comercial drives my pups batshit.

So now I need IDEAS! (Hint hint, Hec)...

I'll check the picture vaults. You did look pretty great at the Chicago F2F and your hair was short then. You look pretty great now too, though. Must be something to do with your Prettiness.

I'll also dig up some options for Juliana.

I put Emmett to bed tonight and ten minutes later he was calling out for me. I went in there and he was crying. He'd gotten in trouble for something at school and was afraid to tell me and he felt like he was going to throw up all day. Poor little poot. It really was minor mischief - but I had just given him the lecture on Peer Pressure and so he knew he shouldn't've.

It was nice to be the good cop for a change though. I'd really dropped the hammer on him for the whole handcuffs incident.

Earlier this evening EM had called me in tears. She'd heard from mutual friends that the college aged daughter of her psycho ex (who she helped raise for the last six years) had tried to commit suicide. Oy. She'll be okay but it's distressing thinking about her turning to her dad. Actually she broke away from her dad years ago because he was...well...psycho.

Ugh Hec, poor EM, poor ex's daughter.

meara, do not sell yourself short. I just saw you and you are looking beautiful.

~ma to EM's daughter of the heart.

Daniel is now doing his Godfather imitation, singing "We Are Family". It's kinda disturbing, the bit about having all his sistas with him. I'm contemplating taking drastic action.

Throws pot holders in Daniel's direction.

PAGING BILLYTEA

I had reason to cite the use of the cane toad in Australia and why it turned out to be a Bad Idea.

I have no idea where I got the knowledge, but I had it and I wasn't afraid to use it!

What about me? Do I get ideas? Actually, my hair has gotten to the kind of flowy stage. Kinda cool.

Ooh, news! I got voted one of the "Most Friendly" teachers/staff members, and one of the "Loudest." They came to take my friendly picture while I was in the middle of my second-most-insane-making class, and I and the security guard who also got it glared at the camera together. This may be the least friendly "Most Friendly" photo ever. Then they came and took my picture for loudest while I was in the middle of writing a referral, directly after I'd yelled across the room for a kid to get out of my classroom. And thrown things on the floor.

Oh, yeah. School's great. I love these kids, and I'll be lucky if I get out without an ulcer and a hospital stay.

(Compulsively-nerdy footnote: ulcers are caused by bacteria, not stress. So I mean a metaphorical ulcer.)

Too many margaritas after school, I think. Yay spring break!

I love that cradle, but we need to pack it away soon. Now only the cat sleeps in it.

Curse you for earworming me!!!

Vortex, gold eyeliner would be devastating on you. Maybe not an everyday thing, but you must try it.

Mallory is ready for potty-training, whether he likes it or not. Last night he took his diaper off during the night (and his PJ bottoms). But he didn't wet the bed. He held it until he was awake in the morning and standing up in his crib.

I stepped in a big wet spot when I went to pick him up.

Then I discovered that all his toys on the floor near his crib were filled with...water.

Conversely, my Alzheimer's-suffering cat has never gone anywhere but the litterbox.

beth, that's so funny! And cute.

Ooh, news! I got voted one of the "Most Friendly" teachers/staff members, and one of the "Loudest." They came to take my friendly picture while I was in the middle of my second-most-insane-making class, and I and the security guard who also got it glared at the camera together. This may be the least friendly "Most Friendly" photo ever. Then they came and took my picture for loudest while I was in the middle of writing a referral, directly after I'd yelled across the room for a kid to get out of my classroom. And thrown things on the floor.

I'm so mean. I'm laughing and laughing and laughing.

But yay for this...

Too many margaritas after school, I think. Yay spring break!

!!! Margaritas so good! Spring break even bettah! (sorry...had to throw a little Boston language in there)

Poor Raq!

Today I have a stressful meeting with a professor about my status in the class. He's nice, and I know it will go fine (and he's not kicking me out of the class, I don't think, anyways. I think if he was gonna do that, he wouldn't have made me sit through class Wednesday and Today before telling me). It's still just nerve-wracking when I know I'm not doing well--or, just my best even.

But, tonight starts FUN. My mom, my friend V, and I are going on a quilt shop hop tonight and tomorrow. There will thousands and thousands and THOUSANDS of bolts of fabric and other fun and quilty things. I'm very excited. I should be doing school work, but we've been planning this for months, so screw school work! (well, not really, but, you know what I mean.)

margaritas are, indeed, excellent.

Vortex would look wonderful in gold eyeliner ... but she looks pretty good without it.

I quoted a t-shirt for the Empress a while ago (How'd you like to meet the business end of my tiara?), but they had some other goodies. One for vw and other quilters - "Fat quarters are not a body part!" And another for those of us still clinging to our jobs - "If you're happy and you know it clank your chains".

I need a makeover. I'm bored with my hair, bored with my same makeup look, bored with my clothes (when I've lost some more weight I plan to get new, smaller, clothes).

Hec, I'm looking at something like this. Yes, it's Audrey Tatou and she's younger and much cuter than I am, but I like the slightly messy look. I'm kind of tired of having my hair being almost always neat. What do you think?

And any suggestions for makeup/hair/clothes? I need a change!