I've got four bottles to add, and if I do a msbelle-style culling, probably more. They're gonna wind up at Goodwill or the shelter if that box doesn't get here soon.

You can send them to me!

beth, that's fantastic! Fingers crossed for no bad side effects.

Where is the box now? How many people has it been through? I think it's so remarkable that we're able to keep a thing like this going.

Oh, Kate, how terrible for Mark and you and his family. Much ~ma for everyone.

{{{kate}}}

Ugh. After 4 days of going to bed at 2AM (or later) and not getting up before double digits, I now have to go to work tomorrow. I avoided talking a nap today, but I fear the lack of sleep.

ION, I have taken the first step towards painting my condo by painting swatches on the wall. Meep!

Thoughts for Kate and for Mark's family.

beth, that sounds great! Wishing you much success with the new drug.

I am up at 6.30am for my unconference, and my body hates me for it, so this had better be worth it. I tipped an entire cup of tea over my laptop yesterday (thankfully just after putting my presentation for today onto a memory stick) and the keyboard no longer works. EDS sucks and all that. Still, THATCamp! Fun. Wishing everyone a good day.

Oh Beth, that sounds wonderful! I hope it really works for you. We're tweaking my stuff, too, since my numbers are pretty consistently 20-30 points higher than they should be, and there really isn't anything else I can stop eating and still have the will to live.

We're looking at paint for the kitchen cabinets. What's needed is a back-to-the studs redesign, but sh'yeah, like we can afford that. We'd investgated removing the fronts and redesigning the doors and facings, but with their structure, that isn't possible. Replacing the doors is like substituting a really ugly unflattering pink dress for a really ugly unflattering blue dress, and more expense than the exercise is worth. Ergo, paint. There's a sagey green in the wallpaper border (I never thought I'd hear myself say "I like the border") that I want a lighter shade of. With all the natural light the right green is going to be hard to hit, so, chips and swatches, here we come!

I woke up about an hour ago to finding out our cat died. She was old and not doing well, but had been maintaining for a while. She mostly stayed on our neighbor/landlady's front porch (she is awesome with animals and 'Brina was pretty happy in her care. I doubt we could have done better). Apparently a dog got ahold of her just before Jon got home and the 24 hr. Vet said there wasn't any hope without extensive recovery.

We knew she was old and would be gone soon, but I hate that it was like this, and I hate whoever let their dog loose to do that to her.

Oh DJ, I'm so sorry. Poor kitty. And poor you and Jon.