Hey JZ - what does Matilda have planned for her birthday?

She's not getting rainbow fries from the sound of things...

I posit that Americans are uncheered and he posits that the French are uncheered.

I was just drawing the distinction that the French would make between going to a gym to "exercise" and being physically fit. The author said they would not gain more self-esteem by "exercising". I think he's right because the French tend to think that exercising for exercising's sake is crazy. In the US, there is much more emphasis (and value placed) on setting aside "time to exercise." I always remember my mother laughing at the people in my small town who would drive in order to run walk or run around the school track.

Certainly the longer you wait to eat them, the less awsome they are going to get.

Some people just don't like curly fries. I think these people are kind of wrong in the head, but hey, to each her own.

If they match your rainbow shoes, I might have to mock you.

They're not rainbow glasses! Hmph.

No, but they are blue, right? They could easily match.

Her agenda will consist of a vigorous day of attempting to walk, napping, and fretting over the painful emergence of her right lower first bicuspid while at daycare, followed by a brisk jaunt out to Albany to pick up The Most Awesomest Person In The Entire Universe!!!1!1 (aka Emmett), followed by tasty but mushy foodstuffs, a possible tub, and bed.

On Sunday we'll have a small get-together with family for cake and affection.

She got her first birthday card Monday, from her grandparents in Georgia, and spent almost half an hour turning it over and over and scrutinizing it with considerable pleasure.

Matilda! Happy day to you. You share my mom's birthday.

You share my mom's birthday.

Oh, that's lovely. Blessings on your mom's memory. I remember you going through her illness and passing, and talking about what a remarkably good person she was. Matilda is lucky to share a birthday with her.

No, but they are blue, right? They could easily match.

They're teal. They match a lot of my wardrobe: [link]

Those are really cool, shrift.

I didn't remember until I was already in the car driving to work that the reason I don't wear this dress is that it has major structural issues, so now I am hiding in my office with the door closed so I don't end up showing people the run in my hose and the newly acquired bruise on my thigh (stupid bed frame). It's going to be a long day.

Okay, I will postpone any potential mocking. FOR NOW.