Stephanie, I vote that in your exit interview you tell her that one of the difficult things about working there was how awful and sallow and just plain sick she looked all the time that it was hard to concentrate you were so worried that she had some terrible disease and now that you were leaving maybe she could confide in you?

I hope that makes sense -- I am up, showered, dressed and packed to leave on the early a.m. train for my parents' house. My DH is driving down tomorrow, I hope. Right now he's making me french toast.

Sparky, that's so funny and would be even better if I could pull it off.

In happy-making news, we get to leave two hours early today. I'm already going to Ellie's preschool for 2 hours so that means only 4 hours total of work.

Jeez, Stephanie. Some people are just entirely devoid of tact.

In work news, I've finally been given some deadlines for my work. So now I have less reason to be doing stuff like posting here. Um.

Fay, that's not very von Trapp-like, IMO. It just looks like a flowy, regal-yet-casual, floral-y swoopy dress. And, on you, quite lovely.

Also, I love this picture of The Cat Daniel: [link]

Stephanie, I vote that in your exit interview you tell her that one of the difficult things about working there was how awful and sallow and just plain sick she looked all the time that it was hard to concentrate you were so worried that she had some terrible disease and now that you were leaving maybe she could confide in you?

I'd pay good money to see that. Alternatively, you could say, "Ya know, all those comments you made about my eating and my body? If you were a man, I would have filed a sexual harassment complaint. As its is, you have issues. Perhaps you should spend a little time pondering why you feel the need to make inappropriate comments like that and the detrimental effect they have on the morale of your employees." It wouldn't be nearly as funny, though.

Fay, that's not very von Trapp-like, IMO. It just looks like a flowy, regal-yet-casual, floral-y swoopy dress. And, on you, quite lovely.

I agree: I saw that dress in the thumbnails, and thought, "That's a great dress flowery dress, I wonder why Fay didn't mention that one, where is the Von Trappy one?" I think it is because it looks lighter and smoother than I was expecting. I couldn't see the big pockets, which would have made it stand out. Also? That floral pattern? Totally not drapery material. ETA: I hope this is coming across the right way, and not in an unflattering way. From what you were describing, I was expecting something more stiff and school-marm-y, but more sophisticated. Turns out, the dress is even more sophisticated than expected. Make sense?

This is my favorite picture of the Cat Daniel: [link] because it is plain as day that he is thinking, "Why in blazes is that woman holding that stupid thing when she clearly needs to be skritching me?"

Fay, the dress is lovely (as are you). And I love the picture of Daniel being scritched as he lounges on the keyboard ... went awwww over that.

A very Bitchy book title - "Scouts in Bondage and Other Violations of Literary Propriety". (Seemingly not at all what it sounds like - a compilation of book titles and covers from bygone days that were perfectly innocuous when they were printed ... but now, well, there's a lot of twelve-year-olds out there.)

Stephanie, that is just ridiculous, and I love Sparky's idea.

I seem to have missed Fay's link to pictures. Bad vw! Must go back and find.

I love the dress Fay!

I've decided that I'm definitely going to find out who my instructor's supervisor is and make some complaints and a couple of other people were talking about complaining so I'm thinking that maybe a group, signed complaint would be effective.

having just put chocolate cupcakes into my new oven, that I made with my new kitchenaid mixer.

I must admit my gronky brain first came up with: "You made an oven? Man those KitchenAid machines can make anything!"

But that was followed by, "mmm. Chocolate cupcakes!" so that trumps the gronk.

I'm going to be flying from San Juan to Albuquerque in January (3 weeks before the baby is due) with Ellie. I will likely have two car seats with me, plus a stroller, and two other large bags.

The cheapest way to get there (by about $200 per person) is to fly JetBlue to Orlando and then Southwest to Albuquerque. I'd have a 2 hour layover. BUT, I would have to get my luggage in Orlando and re-check it with Southwest.

I suppose I could find a porter to carry the luggage and 2 hours seems like it should be enough, but I'm worried. But, it's a savings of $400.