Oh, shit, Jilli. I'm sorry I missed your book reading. Our flight got in later than I anticipated and we ended up not getting into LAX until almost 8:30.

I have a 30% off coupon for clearance and sale items at Lucy and it's calling to me!

Is Lisah around? She should appreciate this picture, as should Sparky1.

Ha! Kalliope has the Squidfire onesie on today that sarameg gave to her.

My DH has been baby wrangling today, so I've been free to do . . . laundry. Sigh.

Nora - isn't "Buy Me" a downer? I mean, last week it was a woman who bought a house she loved at a time she could afford it. Then lost her big corporate job. She had alot of equity in the house so instead of looking for a new job she used that equity to take out a loan and start a shop. Which failed. So there she was - trying to eke out a living making dog sweaters and dog portraits out of this house. She was paying out so much on the mortgate and the loan that she had to get top dollar for her house. In the new down market. She hires a friend who is an independent realtor and tries to sell it. She eventually gets an offer but she thinks it's not enough so she turns it down. Because she thinks her friend wasn't doing a good enough job, she goes to a larger realty firm. There the only offer she gets is LESS then the first one - but now, she has to take it.

At the end she is living in an apartment, still has $70 Grand in debt and supposedly is "saving for a down payment."

Happy Birthday Hec!

Today is my best friend's 40th birthday too. Though we already celebrated Friday with a cookout and pool party, which was just what the doctor ordered relaxation-wise.

He didn't seem to appreciate the card with the blazing circle of birthday candles on a big cake that played Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" when opened...

My DH has been baby wrangling today, so I've been free to do . . . laundry. Sigh.

Welcome to parenthood!

I have approximately eleven billionity things I should do, yet instead, I'm sitting on the couch with my usual procrastination. The upside? I don't have to go back to work until September 8!

I'm probably in the last hour of mac being at this playdate, and instead of having watched a movie or done more house cleaning, I am trying to quickly eat food that he will want (lime chip) so I can put it away before he is home.

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Um. Wow. I'll bet he's getting a few offers to "fix" him.

Harper’s Island -- *** I’ve heard the show described as a cross between “And Then There Were None” and “Scream.” I was hoping it was more the former than the latter, and maybe it still will be, but last night was pretty much a slash-a-rama. I am not a watcher of slasher pictures, but are so many of the people in them stupid? I mean, The failure to shoot through the windows of the sheriff’s vehicle when it dropped Jimmy off at the Cannery could be explained by surprise, but what explains the rest of this?

People of the Cannery – You outnumber Wakefield and you have weapons (shotgun(s), knives, pool cues), so howse about everyone (other than Shea who has to protect Madison) attacking him?

Nikki – so there’s a shotgun behind the bar and you wait until Wakefield shows up to take it out?

Trish – see above. You have a shotgun. Howse about shooting Wakefield when you can see him rather than through a closed door?

Shane – see above. You would have used the shotgun, so you should have gotten your hands on one. But major props for taking Wakefield on. You died a hero. But better had you lived as one.

On another topic - Cal and Chloe – I was actually sadden by their deaths. Cal should have waited until Wakefield was closer before shooting, but at least he fired on the guy.

On another topic - Why doesn’t Wakefield shoot anyone? Assuming that he shot the state police officers, that’s the only time he’s actually used a gun. (Well, someone set up the shotgun in the boat that killed Trish’s ex-boyfriend, but that was a rather remote kill.) Is this usual for slasher villains – toss away the efficient means of killing in favor of using a big knife?

On another topic - Even the characters are beginning to realize that Wakefield may not have been acting alone. Is it possible that the assumption that Abby is Wakefield’s daughter is a misdirection? The diary mentioned “child” not daughter. What if Abby’s mother had another child – a son – by Wakefield?

I hope the evidence pointing toward Jimmy is a misdirection, just because I want more out of the last two hours than that. Wakefield has spared Jimmy’s life twice, but that may just be part of a deliberate effort to cast suspicion on him. Which brings me back to Henry. He knows the island and he is connected to pretty much everyone. He was covered in blood and has some wounds after JD was found mortally wounded yet did not provide much of an explanation as to how he came to be that way. He could have a financial motive for killing off most of Trish’s family. If he’s Wakefield partner – or child – then that could also supply the motive.

So, it’s Henry. Unless it’s Jimmy. Or Trish. Or Sully. Or one of the “dead.” *** (Hopefully everything before this is whitefonted)

t is proud

Tom just filleted his first fish! He did a pretty good job too, for the first time. One side looks a little messy but he got most of the fish off each side. His skinning was awesome, too!

Um. Wow. I'll bet he's getting a few offers to "fix" him.

Wow is right. I'm... speechless, actually.