WOOOO HOOOOOO lisah! What a wonderful Halloween for you!

Laura, you could always casually remind the boy that it is El Dia de los Muertos...

IJS...

I just hit Matilda's candy bucket muttering, "There are consequences for actions, missy..."

My rationalization amuses me.

In not teenager related news I have had a pot of Cincinnati chili on the stove all day to make chili dogs later. It smells sooooooo good. It would be best to refrigerate it over night and have them tomorrow, but that ain't happening.

Yay, Dolphins. What a wild and crazy game. With UM and the Dolphins winning this weekend everyone will be in a good mood tomorrow at work.

lisah, congrats! That's brilliant!

Am still A Good Girl, as was in high school.

Do not regret it, though I'd wish I'd take things more lightly. Not just then.

Once again, Shir is me. (Mostly. There are a few ways I wish I'd had more fun in school. But then, I grew up, tried such things, found out they were over-rated, and went back to studying too hard.)

My mom and I had a pretty calm conversation about my marriage without any yelling or crying.

That's really cool.

I have had a pot of Cincinnati chili on the stove all day to make chili dogs later.

I approve. You can also have it over spaghetti, w/cheese, for the true 3-way experience. Add onions or beans for a 4-way, or get wild and have onions AND beans for a 5-way.

Another good girl. No regrets. It possibly wouldn't have changed a lot of things, if I'd done a few more things. A lot of the things I do later and,like Seska ,I found them over rated. Or at least not worth the consequences.

However, I did not study too hard.

Like Laura, I was bad in high school, had Teh Sex, did Teh Drugs, hitchhiked, dropped out of school. Of course, I looked like a great kid next to many of my friends, who did what I did and also joined wacky religious cults or swanned off to live in communes with no running water or ran off to ride in a painted bus with a lot of hippie-types.

The'70s was NOT a good time to be a parent.

By the way, the friends who did this stuff are now a scientist, a kindergarten teacher and a political consultant.

get wild and have onions AND beans for a 5-way.

Awwwwww, yeah! Chili orgy! (hey, everybody knows that after the fourway comes the orgy)

Not to contradict your mom, P-C, but shouldn't that be

Om Patnim Manoramam Dehi Manovritanusarineem, Tareneem Durgasansar Sagarasye Kulodbhavam.

"This mantra is attributed to Goddess Durga. The regular and continuous chant of this mantra by the male section of the society helps them get a wife of their expectation. The use of rudraksha mala (A beaded garland of the seeds of Eleocarpus Ganitrus Tree) while chanting is favourable"

That looks about right too.

Unsurprisingly, I was a Good Kid in high school. When I was in elementary school, though, I tried to steal some change from the closet to buy a Goosebumps book from the book order.