Valentine's Day was ruined for me years ago, but if somebody wanted to rehab it, I could be into that. Right now, I have enough chocolate to float a boat in though.

Why don't people like Halloween? It's my favorite holiday.

Halloween's bigger than Christmas for me. As the kids get older, we're going to do complete blow outs for Halloween. For me, it's as much as the excitement of Christmas without the guilt and stress of shopping for gifts. There is no social pressure for cards or church and it's centered on fun and enjoyment.

Note to self: you may feel better, and I know you really hate how nasty your house and yard are right now. This does not mean you actually have the energy to tackle it all after not eating much or getting out of bed for 48 hours. Chill out before you hurt yourself.

Yes, please take your advice! Though, I sympathize, I hate being sick in a messy environment for some reason. It stresses me out.

Hivemind question: my dog ate my beloved mocs. I am kinda digging these: [link]

I can't tell whether they are sugar or just goofy. What think y'all?

I vote sugar.

Laura, as a fellow fab-in-our- fifties chica, I am listening to your wise counsel. Mocs have been bought.

I concur. Sugar and comfy.

Also, I have officially run out of energy and am now reduced to sitting listlessly on the couch again. Have I mentioned how sick I am of being sick lately. Cuz yeah.

Late to the game but I also vote sugar.

I have no idea what to make for dinner tonight.

I don't know what to make for dinner tonight, either.

After reading several news stories that used it, I just had to google the UK slang "chav." Social classes are puzzling. I don't think we have any group in the US that seems to be those same stereotypes, at least not anything that we think of as a single group.

"chav" does seem very not-US-at-all, from what I've seen of it, Hil. But I"m sure we have groups that are very not-UK, I suppose.

I'm very pro-Halloween. It's my favorite holiday.

I'm not pro-V-Day, for many reasons, but had been hoping for a *tiny* bit of acknolwedgement of it (we weren't going out on "date" or anything). Of course, since I had given her the card, and we split up to grab our dinners, she ended up in the grocery story to get her dinner fixings...and bought me a grocery store rose and some chocolate-dipped strawberries. Way to go, last-minute guilt. Um. I was like "Yeah, OK"

Of course, then when we did go out, drama girl was there, and I had said the one thing I didn't want was to be around her, but I gave up on that, because all our friends were out at this same event and I didn't want to be all "NO, let's go find something else to do"....but of course, drama was caused. Sigh. I mean, it was still mostly fun. But ay.

And then I woke up with a migraine this morning, and am only just getting up, and my head still hurts a bit. GRR. Argh.