Mal ,'The Train Job'
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.
oh! no - I'm totally off topic. Sorry! I was veering down the Favorite Unusual Kids Books sidetrack.
( [link] because it's written in quatrains, with awesome illustrations, and uses words like "consternation". A friend who was trying to stock Iris' library with female-leads-in-children's-books found it ... which is actually strange. )
Knuffle Bunny lives in my neighborhood.
cilantro: what do you use it in, when cooking?
Anything vaguely Thai or Mexican, and in my chili.
Oh my god, Kat. That fan mail has tears streaming down my face.
The problem with teachers as parents is that they've already bought all the cool books for their kids.
Grump! You gave us that one too, Kat! And yeah, it's fabulous. I love how frazzled the mom looks.
Where is my husband? sigh. He's only an hour late, but I miss him.
Oh, and to continue the random, cilantro is yummy in salads and stir fries.
The problem with teachers as parents is that they've already bought all the cool books for their kids.
HA. That is a problem. Grump is such a fun book to read. Apparently one night K woke me up to go get the baby and I said something about "pum pum pum on the rump" which is from that book. We read it way too often.
It's also a problem in my family, as we too often get ourselves the same books we'd like to give to the rest. I try to get books for them I don't have so if they DO have them, I get to keep them. Heh. They get to me eventually anyway!
Thanks for the fanmail link. Sent it to mom, who should get a kick (and an idea) out of it.
20 5 yos
I have straightened my house like no joke tonight. Tomorrow it gets cleaned and I left detailed instructions which I have not done in a while.
I also ironed, which I loathe. Only 3 things, but still.
Okay, those of you who actually *like* cilantro: what do you use it in, when cooking? We got a bunch of it in our organic produce delivery today, and I have no idea what to do with it.
I sprinkle it onto beef and into pasta mixes and couscous (goes great with kalamata olives in the latter).
23 5 year olds. Because if it comes to being swarmed by tiny opponents, I quickly lose any moral center I may have.
I think everyone should get the Scary Godmother books for kids, but I'm way biased about them.