My dad and I, among other activities, have spent part of today trying to find a bar to sit and have a glass of absinthe in Venice.

Because I am trying to murder Jilli with envy.

However, we have so far failed to find a bar that serves it, so Jilli gets to live.

For now.

Mooooom, Sean is mean and taunty!

Daniel, quick relief to you. Hil, YAY new job prospects!

Drew, things not going smoothly? Color me shocked. Miss you, sweetie.

Paging Aims and anyone who likes maxi dresses (or Ann Taylor Loft in general) - big sale. [link] [link]

Seanie, we love your posts! Keep 'em up!

ND, good luck on that situation. I'm going to wish you... smooth sailing. Hardy har.

DCJ, I hate to hear that. May you feel better swiftly.

On a personal note, I may need to go to decaf or half-caf on my one morning cup o' coffee. I consistently feel very thirsty and somewhat jittery for hours after.

I love Michael Musto. I feel kind of embarrassed about that most of the time, but Bitches would understand. Also, Gaga unleashed her crazy at a *baseball game* Which probably means she could strip naked, sing "You're a Grand Old Flag" and when half of New York said "OMG, Keith...did you see that?!" he'd be like "Not(Player's )best day" and make a note in his Blackberry. Also, just a tinge of fogey. (Despite dating some chick in her twenties...which occasionally brings out my inner faux-Musto, I have to tell you.)

Daniel, when this is over, you might want to get some cranberry pills. I take them every day and have not had one in years.

I like the first dress, except for that FUG color on the bottom band. Maxi dresses make me look massive and stumpy, though.

OMG, I got called mom today! M. said he was "really lucky, cause I have two moms and two dads who love me."

MELT.

Farmer's market -- I got something called a lemon cucumber that I had to get and try, and some yummy peaches, corn, aparagus and blueberries. Mixing fresh summer blueberries in my AM pancakes is getting to be addictive, yo.

Gott go to regaular grocer's, get stuff for house and also for weekend at river! Yum, crack dip.

It is so good, I will share the recipe, since I have it up here so I can write all the stuff on my grocery list:

Crack Dip (as addictive as crack)

8 oz. softened cream cheese; 1 can sweet corn, drained; I can green chiles, choppped; i can chopped black olives. I chopped red pepper, 1 pkg, dry ranch dressing. Salt and pepper to taste.

Mix together. Refrigerate.

Drink a lot, and NOM with crackers or tortilla chips.

For some reason, I think maxi dresses almost require an element of fug. I think I will be snapping up that first dress--thanks for the tip, smonster!

Now I want cowboy boots to wear with it.

This should be an interesting crossing. I'm not at all surprised to find out that things aren't going as planned.

I was rather hoping that all the "what could go wrong" that goes wrong turns out to be fiddly, annoying things, as opposed to climate-change-related-ice-berg-cruise-ship-version-of-Frogger.

I think Emeline might finally stop sucking her fingers. She FINALLY has a loose tooth, but the pressure of her fingers in her mouth is hurting it, so she's been keeping them out.

Which, yay no more sucking fingers.

But also, BOO! My baby has a loose tooth!!

How weird is this, Leif was up last night because he was afraid he would get drunk. Why? Because he learned from a science show that it was possible for people to manifest the mental and physical symptoms of being drunk from a placebo (non-alcoholic beer in the experiment). His head is a busy and often strange place.