It doesn't work for me all the time, but I'm less likely to find myself whipped into a frenzy of panic about shit like, "I WILL NEVER OWN A HOME AT THIS RATE."
Allyson, you are awesome. I mean that very sincerely.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2007 3:30:18 pm PST #8975 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Ginger - Dec 22, 2007 3:43:05 pm PST #8976 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Our Dream of the Hadrian's wall walk would be wonderful at 4 weeks.
Hey! That's my dream.
Kathy A - Dec 22, 2007 4:03:26 pm PST #8977 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got Muppets on the mind (bought Season 2 of the Muppet Show and have been watching some episodes), and I followed this link to a tribute song to Jim Henson by Tom Smith, "A Boy and His Frog." If you watch it, be prepared with some Kleenex.
-t - Dec 22, 2007 5:30:12 pm PST #8978 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, man, Kathy. Waterworks.
Gadget_Girl - Dec 22, 2007 5:50:48 pm PST #8979 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
~sniff sniff!
I love the Muppets. Jim Henson was a master.
msbelle - Dec 22, 2007 6:06:55 pm PST #8980 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
in love with Allyson.
Kat - Dec 22, 2007 7:02:11 pm PST #8981 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
So....my actual panic for the day? We're supposed to meet my mom in Vegas tomorrow night, Monday morning at the very very latest. A snow storm just started in Boise about 3 hours ago.
GAH. That will make getting to my mom unpleasant and scary, especially with an almost-nine-month-old in tow.
Lee - Dec 22, 2007 7:35:39 pm PST #8982 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh, poor Kat. I hope it works out.
Pix - Dec 22, 2007 8:25:48 pm PST #8983 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Hey! I'm not that short. I'm taller than Kristin.
And?
I mean...
::walks tally off into the distance::
Sheesh...walk away from Natter for a day, and look what happens. Snide comments from short and tall!
Kat, I hope everything works out.
Allyson, I t heart your post a lot. I'm trying not to think about money or about my credit score at all right now. Just...no.
Susan W. - Dec 22, 2007 8:59:02 pm PST #8984 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Allyson, thanks for posting that. It helps a lot. I'm definitely going to look into finding a counselor to discuss emotion/anxiety issues after we're back from our Christmas travels. Between the leaping straight to the most dire worst-case scenario and bottling up my emotions until they reach the explosive point, I need to learn some better coping strategies. I'll try to remind myself of what I've got going for me, and of how few of my most dire worries have ever actually turned out as badly as I feared.
We had a friend offer free babysitting tonight, so DH and I went out to a nice dinner at a place we'd wanted to try for awhile as our Christmas present to each other. And we paid cash, so I got to enjoy it without feeling like I'd be paying for it forever. We had a wonderful time (and a delicious meal--I recommend Tilth to the Seattlistas). We didn't talk about the money thing much because it's a downer, but we did talk about some of our plans for the new year, and we agreed that on Jan. 1 we're cutting up all but one of the credit cards and that by the end of that week we'll get the loan application process rolling. And if that doesn't work, then we come up with Plan B.