I know which one makes more sense in my head, but does it really matter if the kids are in school through August or June?

It mattered in Florida with the air conditioning bill.

Emmett's school starts in late August, but they have an extra week off in winter. Two weeks for xmas/holiday break, but then also one week in February (known as "ski week").

Emmett gets about 10.5 weeks off for summer. They always start the new school year off on a Wednesday to ease them into it. And usually Labor Day weekend follows but this year they had a whole week before Labor Day.

Hmph. I have to upgrade to Snow Leopard so my MacBook can run Bento. Oh well. It's supposed to be faster.

In other school news, we're shopping for a pre-school. We had a pre-school lined up in November but then they jacked their rates from $1,000/month to $1,300. Yikes.

The Montessori in our nabe is only $725/month, but then you have to pay for after care too so it would still be about a thou. We're going to their open house on Saturday and then another school on Monday for a walk through.

Matilda's two fellow three-year olds at daycare have already moved on. Sniff.

Do you have an Intel Mac, David? You have to have an Intel Mac to run Snow Leopard.

It mattered in Florida with the air conditioning bill.

Isn't it hotter in August, so it would make sense to start later, not earlier?

I miss the start of school. So exciting! I mean, I get it by proxy, but still.

Does anyone drink kombucha? If so, do you notice any health/energy effects?

All I can say is that Tina Fey told a story about drinking it -- she was so creative and full of energy, and then would crash. That's when she realized it's fermented and she was just getting really drunk in the middle of the day.

Would it suck to have the name Dick Hardstaff?

Well, there is the actor Sean Biggerstaff who played Wood in the HP movies.

Do you have an Intel Mac, David? You have to have an Intel Mac to run Snow Leopard.

I've got 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. That'll work, right?

I'm doing this Bento stuff because I'm working as a consultant for my friend who's starting her own law office.

At first I thought it was sort of like an easier, limited Filemaker. But now it's feeling more like a fancy Address Book.

My nephew started kindergarten yesterday, and it was his first time on the big yellow bus all by himself.

This morning, he woke up at 6am, woke my SIL up and said, "Mummy! I have to get dressed and wait for the bus!"

The bus doesn't come until 8:40, but he insisted on going outside to wait for it 15 minutes early.

From Wine Library TV: What Wine Pairs With Cereal? – Episode #734

Gary Vaynerchuk has long talked about pairing wine with cereal and today he goes “there” and pairs three wines with the classic cereals Lucky Charms, Captain Crunch and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Liv was excited about preschool this morning.

Allyson, putting the wee ones on a bus kills me--they're so tiny and cute and excited to be riding.

Mine always want to go outside a half an hour early. Which I don't mind in this weather but once winter gets here, I try to stay inside as long as possible.