I've started taking friends who are expecting their first baby registering. By passing all the useless crap and saying, "No - get that. Get that. That's totally useless. Get that." and then at the shower, I give them a "grab bag" made up of the items I bought three days after we brought Em home and I realized I needed.

I appreciate registries. Once we get past "No power tools" I'm pretty blank on what babies and their new parents need.

We used ours for about 6 months, so yes, I'd say so. They're perfect for bathing newborns in the sink.

Good to know. Oh, and books! I always try to get the baby a book.

at the shower, I give them a "grab bag" made up of the items I bought three days after we brought Em home and I realized I needed.

That's awesome.

I wasn't clear before - I meant that parents can ignore baby registries because it's sort of the one time when the gift-giver really does know better than the recipient what they need.

[eta: Books are also awesome. Even if the baby won't care for the first year or so, it's nice for the parents to be able to read something besides Goodnight Moon once in a while.]

For one of my friend's baby showers I did a gift bag full of different sized batteries. Her husband declared it the Most Useful Gift Ever when they realized all the toys and crap that needed batteries.

I just got the book I Was a Really Good Mom Before I had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood. It's AMAZING and self-affirming in so many ways.

Well, that's ridiculous--what if you lived far away? What the hell are you supposed to do then, and why do you pay for the space if they can just coopt it??

they offer alternate parking. It's just almost as far as my house is. Seriously, one of the lots is a 10 minute walk. It's 15 from my house.

In good news, I was going to sneak out to get new shoes today, but it turns out that I have to run a work errand right near the store, so I can go mid afternoon when it wont be crowded, AND I can make the U pay for parking. Woot!

Goodness there's a lot going on.

UTI B Gone - ma for Daniel.

Speedy Quick Recovery - ma for J and calm-ma for sj.

Happy Matilda Day!

Sox, sorry you are having issues. Let me know if I can help. I have potential meeting up time tomorrow (Saturday).

They are drilling outside my building, which makes for fun happy massage time. However, I'm finished for the day so they can Bite Me. Off to see a friend I haven't seen in about 6 months.

Sox, sorry you are having issues. Let me know if I can help. I have potential meeting up time tomorrow (Saturday).

it would be wonderful to see you d! talk later this afternoon?

and this next point-of-no-return ridiculousness job event shout-out goes to many friends, including lisah, PMM, Jilli, Gud, ita, and raq, with particular x-posty to tech.

... I just got an email because some software my team wrote uses the term 'orphans' to mark events that are still on a calendar even though the 'parent' event was deleted by the end-user.

"...was drawn up short by some terminology in the program! ... I noticed the word “orphans”. What??? I checked around to see what it meant programmatically.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider changing the program to reflect “recurring*”.

apparently, the complainant's children are adopted. and "- it made my jaw drop because it hit that emotional button we all have in regard to family!"

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.was drawn up short by some terminology in the program! ... I noticed the word “orphans”. What??? I checked around to see what it meant programmatically.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider changing the program to reflect “recurring*”

First of all....buh?

And second...WUH?

[And third, that reminds me - it's been a while since I checked the telestream for orphan clips. I should really get on that.]

Oh wow, happy birthday Matilda! I can hardly believe she's two, they grow so fast.