Jesse, I saw an item that said that the dispute had been resolved, so disaster averted.

Back when we had TW here instead of Comcast, we actually had really great service, but then Somerville is a rare 2-cable-system town, which did indeed mean they tried harder.

I neeeed cofffeeeeee!

I love the snap pea crisps. I wish TJs was closer.

It never occurs to me that things will be closed ever.

There was a near riot at the post office yesterday, because it had closed at 2 p.m. without any particular notice AND the stamp/package machine was broken. The website and the printed notice on the building said it would be open, but there was a handwritten "will close at 2" sign and it was 2:30. About 20 of us were milling about and begging answers from the one unfortunate postal employee who came out into the lobby. I wanted to get a proof of mailing certificate for a payment I wanted counted on '08 taxes. Most of the other people were also slackers who had something that needed to postmarked by the end of the year. A very nice woman who couldn't mail her package gave me a stamp (I tried to pay for it, but she said, "Merry Christmas.") and the poor postal employee swore it would be postmarked yesterday.

Ah, coffee is had. Now I have the kids here with me to watch the Rose Parade on tv.

Every so often I have these moments of kind of uncanny memory when I do something with my kids that I did a gazillion times when I was a kid growing up. It's hard to explain, but it is as if I can feel the presence of me and my siblings there alongside my own kids. It is a good feeling. Plus Stefanie Edwards is back.

Oh, happy birthday Susan!

Well, I don't know if this was 2008 getting one last lick in, or 2009 starting badly, but I just found out friends of mine had to put their elderly cat to sleep this morning. Enough, already!

I prefer to think that the cat wanted to live to see 2009.

God knows, ::I:: did.

Happy Birthday Susan !

Happy New Year, Buffistas!

Conversation with Matilda this morning as we snuggled in bed:

Matilda: [whilst climbing on my head] I love you, Daddy.
Me: Awww. I love you too. Happy New Year!
Matilda: Happy Yarn!

She and Emmett are cuddled on the couch watching Kiki. I'm about to make waffles. JZ is in a flurry of New Year cleaning.

Happy birthday, Susan!

(From now on, x-posted with Bitches)

Just to update you that I'm back at my parents' after my mom's uncle funeral, and safe.

Sirens caught us in Be'er Sheva. Those were few very scary minutes. I'll probably try to travel less to my parents after this experience. The city itself was very empty.

(I saw Jessica's post in Beep Me, and couldn't help but think "umm, I didn't search for 2009 in the skies when the sirens went on... dammit. Maybe I would have seen it coming!")

And Happy-New-Year, those who celebrate it.

Happy New Year everyone! I ended up asleep by 8:30, so no champagne and very little Thin Man for me. Perhaps we'll try again tonight. I did get a beautiful 13 hours of sleep, which I desperately needed. Now I am nicely Vicodined and about to attempt my first shower since Monday. It's the little things...