Yep, I know that one too. Had all my stuff out to make pies a couple days ago, then found that I had no corn starch. Now I have the corn starch, but the ambition is gone.

Woke from my slumber at 6am to the sounds of yelling outside my bedroom window. Weather is wonderful and all my windows are wide open. I look outside and the couple next door are standing in the open doorway screaming and I can see the arms swinging in clear hitting fashion. Silhouettes because of the pre-dawn hour. I yell out that I am calling the cops, which wakes the 3 men in my house and they all go running (with a bat) to assist the damsel in distress.

Cops come and she tells them they were just having an argument and she threw her hummus at him. Hummus is outside on the ground. Whatever. They can be pissed at the crabby neighbor, but you have a screaming physical fight outside my window at 6am and I call the cops. Grrr

This on top of the 3 people in my garage opening my kitchen door at 1am the other night. I love my house, but I am about ready to move.

Continued ~ma for Raq's aunt. Also, hope that the soothing sleep helped the back, Barb.

Mmmmmm. Coffee is so yum. I usually wait until I get to the office to indulge. But since I was up early....

Gronklies. Don't wanna be awake yet. Don't have to be awake yet, actually. Not sure why awake.

How is the shoulder this morning, Hil? If you don't have to be awake go back to bed!

Hey guys! Why aren't you sleeping yet?

I might have been, by the time you said that. Sorry about volunteering situation, Shir, but I think vw is right: Uni first.

{{meara}} I'm sorry you are having such crappy drama. I have no wisdom for you.

Laura, it sounds like a move would do you good.

{{{{{{Bitches}}}}}

I have to get motivated to shovel snow. Thbbbpt.

Shoulder's still hurting, but not quite as badly as last night.

Ok, fifteen minutes of shoveling, and the headache that was almost gone, is back in full force. And the local newspaper whose parking lot is right next to our driveway, their snow-clearing crew has decided it is a good idea to restrict our ability to see while backing out of our driveway by piling up all the snow into our trees. I'm ticked off about the danger of not being able to see, and I'm ticked off about what I'm imagining it might do to the health of the trees to be all packed in snow and ice.

Shoulder's still hurting, but not quite as badly as last night.

I'm glad there's some improvement. I hope it heals up the rest of the way quick.

Sorry for the continuing sore shoulder, Hil.

And Andi, those newspaper people need to be smacked. Can you call their offices and lodge a complaint?

Anne, if you have molasses on hand you can make your own brown sugar. 1 tablespoon molasses to 1 cup sugar for light brown, 2 tablespoon molasses to 1 cup sugar for dark.

Gronk. Think I need to neti pot and do the hydrogen peroxide in ears thing today - not enough sleep for the last several days has me worried about that cold everyone has getting past my immune system.

Oh yeah, the molasses thing should work well. Also d, good plan with prevention. Shut those germs out.