Yes another episode in 'As the Palin Turns'.

And yet she's the hero of the "family values" crowd.

Still nervous.

It's good to be nervous! It's a very big deal! But it's also good to trust your instincts. But, remember, you don't have to rush.

Those are my advices to you!

I don't know that neighborhood at all! I'll have to do some research.

Yeah, I didn't start G&T till I moved to a slightly bigger town in the 5th grade.

I went to a TIIIIIIINNNNYYYYY country school previously, where it was like hell on hick parade. Then to "the city" where all of a sudden I was the hick, albeit one with a college-level reading and vocab ability. And no socialization skills with kids. Adults loved me. Kids hated me, and thought my haircut was funny.

Le sigh.

Wait, the girl's name is "Mercede"????

I liked the house you showed us last night, sara-- is that the one that you are looking at still? With the lavendar bathroom?

I was looking at houses online and came across this (which may in fact be closer to Amy than to me)-- which looks fine on the outside, but OMG someone went crazy on the inside (just look!)

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Erin, you were drinking Gin & Tonics in the 5th grade?

They didn't have honors program or gifted classes until we got to junior high (sixth grade), but my elementary schoolteachers did a good job of keeping me engaged in class by giving me the next level schoolbook or getting me to compete with myself with SRA cards (see how high I could get my reading level). Also, my reading teachers would let me head over to the school library on a regular basis during class so I could get something else to read.

It's one just like it, Sophia. Complete with the purple tub. Though the sink is a 50s vintage peach(?!) Toilet fairly recent. One of the tile soapdishes is broken, and OMG, the medicine cabinet must go. The fixtures on the tub are very much vintage, which is a little nervewracking.

looks fine on the outside, but OMG someone went crazy on the inside (just look!)

That house is paneling hell.

It's one just like it, Sophia.

I can't remember, Sara, is it on that same street? I've driven by that neighborhood on the way to Lauraville or Lake Montebello...actually I've run by it during the 1/2 marathon. But never driven around in it. Looks adorable!

The fixtures on the tub are very much vintage, which is a little nervewracking.

My friend who did my kitchen has a lot of experience with vintage plumbing in B'more. If you needed anything done in the future.

And yet she's the hero of the "family values" crowd.

I wonder how much the "family values" image led to the engagement in the first place. I really feel sorry for Bristol, I imagine that having your pregnancy put on the national stage has to be the worst nightmare for a teenage mom.