Susan, I was going to suggest some nuts and dried fruit, but I see you already thought of that. When I was stuck with the low carb-no sugar cleanse I found that nuts were the perfect substitute snack. They also have fat and protein in them so they actually make you feel a bit full.

Word! I'm munching macadamia nuts right now, aifg! Also sunflower seeds are teh yum - I generally have a packet in my handbag these days, only 1g of carbs (along with 4g of fibre, iirc). I've also just bought a packet of mixed almond slivers and crunchy anchovies (having decided against the cheaper, locally made crunchy anchovy/lemongrass/chili/garlic yumminess, with regret, because it contains sugar).

Meanwhile I have half a yummy cantaloupe, some strawberries, some blueberries and a shedload of cherries sitting in my fridge, along with some fresh double cream. I think I might just have dessert for dinner!

Oh, morning. Please be better than yesterday.

Though parts of yesterday were...well, they should have been good. Except my brain was so mangled that I didn't enjoy them. I just used them to beat myself up for being an underachiever. Yes. I am quite possibly the ONLY person I know that could walk away from an evening of honors celebrations on campus (where *I* was one of the people being recognized and celebrated) feeling like a complete underachiever and loser.

Found out this morning that my big girl asked the African American woman across the street why her nose was so "squished".

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Fortunately, the woman has two kids of her own and took it lightly. I found out because I was telling my Uncle that Em told her potential teacher at registration yesterday that she had a small face. Which, the woman did. VERY petite woman with very small features. Joe and I were beet red and stammering apologies. Teacher just laughed and said she's heard it a million times.

THIS is the part of parenting I find hardest. I love that she is so honest and I know that she is being judgemental, she's just observing, but at the same time, I worry that she's gonna say the "wrong" thing and someone's gonna get mad and think I'm raising some sort of horrible child. I fell over myself with embarassment and trying to correct her when she pointed out the "black boy" at Burger King a couple of weeks ago. At first I went to say, "We don't call people black, he's a boy." but was afraid that sounded horrible, so I corrected it to tell her, "He's a kid."

And then I went home and wrote a resignation of parenting and called my mom.

And then I went home and wrote a resignation of parenting and called my mom.

Oh, honey.

NYS has been working toward legal recognition of out-of-state gay marriages for a while - it was the key point in the opinion Spitzer wrote about it back when he was attorney general. (Which basically boiled down to, look, constitutionally we have to recognize out-of-state gay marriages, therefore my expert legal opinion is that it's stupid not to have them in NY now. PS, elect me governor so I can fix it.)

Then the entire stage gov't got sidetracked by the whole Spitzer/whores mess, so it's good to see Patterson picking up the baton.

Laga, no idea, though I suspect they will try to have it out in time for GenCon, which is August 14-17th...

Aims, as the recipient of the comments made by many children who observe that I am not as tall as the rest of the population, I don't think there's any need for you to resign. Personally, if I see the parent making some sort of attempt to explain in some way that people come in a variety of shapes, sizes and/or colors, I take no offense. I wonder when the parent tries to shush the child (if the above will ever be explained or if they talk about this thing all the time and the only lesson will be for the kid not to talk in public) and I'm appalled at the parents to punish a kid for saying such things.

In other words, keep on doing what you're doing. I'm sorry you're embarrassed when she says something like that -- I don't think you need to be. However, if she's 12 and still saying those things, then the short people of the world might unite against you.

ION, if anyone has an extra $250 lying around, I want these: [link] Taryn Rose makes the perfect size 4.5 for my feets.

Have a great day vw!

I wonder when the parent tries to shush the child (if the above will ever be explained or if they talk about this thing all the time and the only lesson will be for the kid not to talk in public) and I'm appalled at the parents to punish a kid for saying such things.

Oh, Sparky is me. So very much.

A few years ago, the three-year-old daughter of a friend of mine told me that I was fat. No big issue, because hey, she's three. And I think her mom is a really great parent.

So after our morning group meeting, my boss called me in to meet with her alone.

Yeah.

So I have an Offer of Employment.

They wanna keep me! Benes, vacation...a JOB!