Someone from Montana? t /dissing a state she's never visited

Shir, can you switch to softer food for a while?

Well, I'm eating more soft food - I couldn't chew for about a week, and then I got used to some of the softer food. Again, I'm a porridge and soups fan. It doesn't seems to help, no matter how much butter I put into the porridge.

And alas, I'm not a huge peanut butter fan.

Thanks for making me calmer about this, guys.

I'm half-heartedly working as NoiseDesign, Sean, MiracleMan, and our friend Eric game a few feet away.

What were they playing?

Cheesecake, Shir? Or at least - warm up some full fat Philadelphia and mix in some full fat cream and some sugar and some vanilla/flavour of your choice?

JZ - I'm gobsmacked at your dad's asshattishness. Good luck dealing with him, love.

Oh! I had plenty on cheesecake yesterday. Mom bakes them best. Even the pizza store down the street, that has Häagen-Dazs (which is the reason to 95% of my visits there), with the current uber-hellish-deadline from work doesn't do the trick. I'm eating full fat cheeses, always had, but I'll look for fatter cheeses now.

I want to gain weight (just stop losing weight will also be wonderful), yes, but I want to do it in a healthy way, guys. No point in starting eating like a maniac unhealthy things and damage my body.

JZ - I might be missing something, and I understand it's a real bitch with your dad, but if he can't make it/move his excuse for not being able to host the birthday, could you possibly still do it in his place, only without him being there?

Coach Bowden has been amazing, he's done a lot in 33 years as head coach but...FSU can't win against a division opponent. The first two wins were against soft teams that had no hope against us.

You know, much as I like Jimbo Fisher and I'm glad they have the Plan for the Future in place, I still grumble every time I look towards Athens, GA-- because there's the guy who should've been the head coach. If Bobby had stepped down after the last National Championship, Richt would've been able to step into the void and I think we'd have had both that sense of stability, plus the injection of new blood. For me, he'll always be The One Who Got Away.

Shir, I had a friend who had real difficulty keeping his weight up. He used a protein powder supplement for his food. I think it works better because it helps you build muscle, at least that seemed to be the theory behind it. It worked for him.

Yes, the protein powders are very popular with the athletes I know that have a hard time consuming adequate calories.

The best sleepovers I have involve setting up the big tent outside with extension cords and game machines. Tons of pillows and snacks and the boys have a blast. Vacuum out the tent the next day. Girls may be different.

if he can't make it/move his excuse for not being able to host the birthday, could you possibly still do it in his place, only without him being there?

We could, except he really *wants* to host it. He just wants to host it on Saturday evening. It turns out that some friends of his from the other end of the country are here that weekend and he accepted an invitation to an all-day barbecue an hour's drive away from home. But he wants to be the birthday party's host, and so we should move the party to 6 or 7 Saturday night.

So now I get to go over there today for the traditional post-church Matilda visit and explain to him that the party is happening next Sunday just as planned (we'll likely move it to a nearby park), and he can be there or not, but we're not having a toddler's birthday party on a Saturday night. In my brain I'll probably be adding things like "Crazy Melty Land" and "under the sofa in HELL" but not out loud. I hope.

ION, megan walker is a fabulous mixologist and her vodka drinks last night were tart and citrusy and thoroughly yum.

Protein powders are an excellent idea. You can throw them into a milkshake for extra caloric oomph.

Random note: My spellchecker does not like the words "spellcheck" or "mixologist" but thinks "oomph" is just peachy.