though it turns out that my memory was completely accurate as to just how much time that poor man spent with one arm up a cow's cootch

SO true

and it was as good as I'd remembered

and so true too! I loved those book and really should re-read them.

JZ the series is Netflixable! I had it on my queue until I realized it's at the library all the time and I could use my queue space for something else.

My day has sort of sucked. I'm not dealing well with Big Boss at all, especially not at the end of the day when I'm tired and cranky and just want to get on with things instead of doing the conversation dance of: points A and B, discuss, I see I was in error, tell Big Boss this, then rehash A and B and exactly why they need to be done that way, completely and throughly. And I've also had a around of dealing with her talking about 3 things at once and jumping between topics and confusing me and mixing around papers and confusing me.

Happy birthday, erika!

I have the hugest love for BBC P&P, but I must confess that it has recently been supplanted in small part by the BBC North & South. (also Netflixable...as is the BBC Robin Hood series 1, which I'm also loving)

Somewhere last week I found a P&P/N&S comparison chart...can't find it today!

As much as I love Darcy...Thornton is even more endearing.

I had a very pleasant epiphany this morning.

For the past several months, Annabel has been taking a book to daycare every day to show to her friends and have her teacher read aloud to the class. I've always thought this was great, of course. I mean, my daughter loves books! Already!

What I hadn't realized is why she's doing it. Today as she came downstairs after DH helped her get dressed, I was in the act of putting my book for the bus ride and lunchtime (currently Sharpe's Siege) in my bag. She said, "That's your book, Mommy?" I said yes and showed it to her, and she said, "I'll go get my book," and went to a stack of her books and selected Green Eggs and Ham.

Anyway, I realized that this is something she sees me do almost every morning--take a book off my bedside table or one of our bookshelves when I leave every day. And that may well be where she got the idea. I'm not just her mother, I'm her role model. That's cool.

That is very cool Susan.

I have a box of Puffs Plus tissues with Vicks. I love them. It's almost worth being sick.

That is wonderful Susan.

During the retreat this weekend, and pretty much with every client, I get asked how people learn things that they don't remember learning...whether it be a negative self-image issue, or great coping skill. Right there? You proved how it is done...by example.

Annabel is blessed to have such a role model.

Sorry, DC'ers. I tried. Although until I started reading Pelecanos, did not really understand this issue. Unexpected benefit for mystery novels, huh? And much more publicly acceptable than the roughly 700 names for marijuana that he also taught me.

I'm not just her mother, I'm her role model. That's cool.

That's awesome!! And way better than that annoying song currently on country radio about a kid learning to pray and cuss from his dad...

Am v. annoyed by the goddamn motherfucking republicans who voted against giving me representation. I mean, fine, unconstitutional, whatever--let's see one of you start the ball rolling on amending the constitution, eh? OR on giving DC a little bit more self-government, and not trying to rule us just cause you happen to flit in and out of here feeling important?? GRRRRRR.

And you know the R's just care cause D.C.'s Democratic anyways. Fuckers.