Hey Sparky, yes, I AM doing a Yappy Hour event this Saturday, at Chateau Animaux on 8th Street.

Thank you! My parents may be up this weekend, so that may have foiled my plans. I keep trying to convince them to come next weekend so they can puppy sit while we're at a wedding, but it doesn't seem to be working out.

is it justifiable scream-icide if you have an in-home care person that you paid to come in (on top of paying for daycare because of the ick) because your child was running all over the house and not taking a nap and you had to get a ton of work done but instead you were putting someone back to bed every 3 minutes and trying to keep them out of the medicine cabinet? and the in-home care person (formerly known as our Very Expensive Babysitter) was sitting downstairs and talking on the phone and playing on her computer for an hour and a half while that went on?? And did nothing until you said that maybe it was better if the in-home care person went somewhere else to do what she needed to do? Where you didn't have to pay for it?

ugh, Sox. Is this someone you got through an agency or something? Because Complaints should be made! that is ridic!

Absolute scream-icide.

is it justifiable scream-icide if...

I would say that you wouldn't even have to worry about a shallow grave. Call the cops and tell them to pull her body down from the tree upon which you nailed it and when they show up, show them the child.

"You gonna take me in?"

"For this? Nope. Littering only gets you a ticket."

Wow. I'm not real sure the cat's going to let me at her teeth, though.

It can be rough with older cats, but the Petrodex pet toothpaste (NEVER use people paste or baking soda) is remarkably attractive to the furry beasts.

There are some other products that help too, including 'Plaque Off', which I'm having great luck with.

Bring the 'rents Sparky! You can have dinner at one of the fantabulous restaurants on Historic Barracks Row, visit some of the other 'Second Saturday' events (where galleries and shops stay open later and have wine/cheese/specials) and make an evening of it!

Congrats to the good news recievers! Yay for good fortune.

Ironic note re voting (at least I think it's ironic) - on the radio this morning they were announcing that you could still vote absentee in the upcoming "Chesapeake" primary (Maryland, Virginia, DC). But only if you went in to the election office, got the absentee ballot, and hand-delivered it to them. Um ... absentee?

ugh, Sox. Is this someone you got through an agency or something?

yes - what's killing me is that we've asked for her a couple times when Iris was sick, and she babysat off hours 2x last fall. iris really likes her. I'm all for someone taking a lunch break (though what she would do if I wasn't here, I've no idea) - but this isn't cool.

Yesterday, I covered the morning shift and DH took afternoon (she napped for a couple hours of it, lucky dog); the day before, I took afternoon shift. Today, we decided we had to call for help because hello? working makes teh billz gets paid. So now I think it's a combo of I need to get my work brain on and and wtf lady?

Todd, it really is crazy around here!

I was out tabling this Saturday at the Market and one of the local political luminaries came by. He said they'd been out polling and discovered that only 1 in 5 people knew that our primary is NEXT Tuesday, the 12th. 1 in 5...and this election actually counts for us!! At least where delegates are concerned...which is a damn sight more than we've had before...so yeah, VOTE DC! dammit.

We had only one person say anything negative on Saturday...in fact, the interest was staggering, people literally begging for bumperstickers, tshirts and signs.

On the other hand, several of the people who came by with the most enthusiasm were Internationals...I guess they just represent a global community that wants the US to catch a clue.

Epic, I have a bit of experience to share.

Thanks, Java. Mom's apparently got a Degenerative Disk thing (and some sort of Drama at her Thoracic Vertebrae, just to keep things interesting) this time, not the return of the Stenosis. But that article is Good Info To Have, both for her and me, because I'm developing Stenosis too, just 30 years behind her. Hopefully by the time I'm looking at surgery that spacer doohickey (or whatever next gen thing replaces it) will be SOP. I saved your other comments to send on to her, too, because, as I mentioned, it's good if people beyond me reassure her.

W00t, CaBil & Sail! Yay for good news!

Yay for new computers, bonny! It's good to see you here! Are you finally over the Ick?

And yes on House. I'm not even a big fan of the slashtastic, but Damn, TheirLove really is SoPure, isn't it?