Kate, lots of love headed to you and Mark and family.

sarameg, so sad about your aunt. wishing her and her husband peace.

I GET THIS REFERENCE!!!!

I think it's cute, too.

The only fizzy water I drink is ginger beer, and I don't think that's enough to justify purchasing an appliance. Sadly. I did, however, purchase a third pitcher this weekend so I can have an even wider variety of iced teas available to me at any given time.

Poor Max! I'm sorry, Fred.

I might just have to get a mint plant

Plant it in a pot, or it will take over. I have plenty of mint taking over my garden if you want some of mine...

I just noticed I missed sj's birthday while catching up in Bitches. Happy belated birthday, sj!!!!

Hivemind: I would like to send a sympathy gift basket of some sort. Where from do you order these kinds of things? All I can think of is Harry and David.

Wolferman's, Sparky? Or Williams-Sonoma?

Sparky, I gave a friend a Harry and David gift basket when she lost her mother, and she loved it because it showed love but also gave her something to snack on when she was too busy or down to make food for herself.

If you want something else, you can go to any of the major flower websites; they have baskets beyond just flowers.

When I woke up this morning I was double booked for noon. I left a message to get out of one appt, but by 10:30 cancelled the other. Then at 11:20 the first appt called and we dealt with things on the phone thus making the in-person appt unnecessary. Now I free until 1. Whew!

Also managed to get a few house things done.

I received a cool gift basket from my ex-boss that featured Yellowtail wine (3 bottles). I thought the alcohol was an odd choice but the other goodies were much more appreciated.

Ugh. 97 degrees outside. Thank god for AC at work, but I'm really not looking forward to going out into this later. At least yesterday there was a nice sea breeze.

Other gift basket/food sites include Zingerman's [link] and A Southern Season [link]