Hanna Andersson is like kids' clothes porn. It's very distressing. And expensive.

Think of it as supporting the local economy. Well, *my* local economy. Which I feel is still valid.

At preschool, Noah's teacher writes an accident report out whenever he has an accident, like bumping his head or getting hit with a door or falling off the wall.

I am so glad that this does not carry through once you are an adult. I'd be accused of being a hoarder. Or very good at recycling.

Junior Assistant Cruise Director. So, basically greet people, mingle at social events, host karaoke and trivia games, man the library, give people directions.

That sounds awesome! I would love to do that!! ...though hosting trivia isn't as much fun as playing it.

Congrats zuisa. That sounds like a fun job to look forward to.

Kat, just wait until they team up together. Hee hee. I'm glad she is asserting her personality even though it makes everything that much more of a challange.

Cash - CJ and I watch Buffy episode together and I still love it. He is the one who finds it more often than I do.

And thanks for all the congrats on my raise/promotion. This is the first time I have ever asked for something like this. I didn't have much growth opportunity in my accounting job and now there are so many possibilities ahead. My paycheck won't change until November, but I'm so giddy now. Kinda pathetic.

Not at all pathetic!!

Oh and I'd like to request some health~ma for my cousin J tomorrow. She returns for a neuro follow-up and should get an eta on when she can move out of the hard neck brace that she has been in since the accident a couple of months ago. She would be into a soft brace for a while, but that will allow a bit of motion.

So anybody else's first thought on reading this "Namaste, motherfucker!"?

Exactly what I thought.

Junior Assistant Cruise Director.

zuisa, congrats! You're Julie the Cruise Director!

Congrats on the money, Suzi! and ~ma to your cousin.

So here's something weird. There's a rumor going around in my hometown that I'm moving back to live in the old farmhouse. This rumor was apparently started by a relative of the guy who's buying the house, which makes it even weirder. When we go back in November (to sign the contract! yay), I'm tempted to buy towels and a toaster in the local Dollar Store. Just to mess with them.

Sounds great zuisa. You'll have to let us know when you get told which ship you'll be on!

That's great, zuisa. A friend of mine works for Princess in Alaska and she loves it.

Suzi, you should be giddy! That's awesome, and all the more so since you went after it and made it happen.

Congrats on all the good job news!

Completely unrelated, apparently Catholics in Belguim are getting themselves de-baptized in response to the priest abuse scandals.

apparently Catholics in Belguim are getting themselves de-baptized in response to the priest abuse scandals.

Last year, someone at my (UU) church had a ceremony of defection from the Catholic church, which was her childhood church. I was really impressed that a Catholic chaplain was part of the ceremony, which was lovely and respectful to everyone involved.