That's wonderful news about the girls' team.

Erin, I used wine bottles among my pot plants as suncatchers; different shapes, different colors, different *shades* of different colors. You can also do a bottle tree--there's one near us that's all blue bottles, not just cobalt, but turquoise and aqua glass, too.

With some wire and empty glass jars you can make hanging candle lanterns for porch eaves, trees--the tree on your deck sounds an ideal candidate. Just make sure the jar hangs low enough below the eave or railing or tree limb that the heat dissipates before it reaches the wood. If you have, or find at yard sales, thrift shops, or Goodwill, colored glass beads, you can make your wire and glass candle lanterns spaar-kly, too. For cheap!

Do you HAVE many pot plants, Bev?! ;

The hanging candle lantern thingies? That's a good idea. My friend Kelly modgepodges torn tissue paper pieces and feathers to clear votives, and it makes for a really pretty, jewellike effect.

I can hang them off eaves for the wedding party -- the tree, NSM, since the nearest branches are about 2 stories up. (I will have to take a picture and show you guys. It's crazy.)

I would have gone with Footloose. Epic soundtrack, young Bacon and SJP, Dianne Wiest in Supportive Wife role #32, Chris Penn, tractor chicken... What's not to love?

Speaking of movies, I watched the Marmaduke trailer a dozen times before realizing that was Lee Pace as the dad. Eesh.

That sinkhole picture is effing FREAKY. ::shudders:: I haven't consumed any news this weekend, so I had no idea.

Yay for Matilda love. I know I found comfort in my young cousins at my grandma's funeral last year.

I did so much today it's nuts, and yet it barely shows around the house. Crazy. But I'm going to bed on clean sheets and next to a newly cleared and tidy nightstand.

Good night, all.

What's not to love?

It lacks an unequivocal sex invite.

And Cher me being totally butt crazy in love with Josh Paul Rudd.

Mostly Clueless was my shameful cheesy movie go to for a while.

Erin - take a picture of the pile of wood and post it on CL under the free section.

The house behind ours just sold and there was a huge woodpile that neither buyer nor seller really wanted. So my neighbors snuck over the day before the new buyers showed up and took the wood. (they actually had permission but felt weird so they did it when no one was home.)

I'm finally catching up after being away for the weekend. -t, I am so, so sorry. You will be in my thoughts. It's good to hear that you have many people being supportive. My heart goes out to you.

I will put it on Craigslist and Freecycle. Ooh, I can also get put the shelves in the garage up there, too. And a bunch of kids toys.

Oh, shit, I should just have a garage sale. I wonder how long it would take me to organize that. Two weeks? I don't have to go back to class til the 14th. Huh. I bet I could do that.

I need/want to get a bunch of the ex's stuff that "we can just get rid of" out of the garage/basement. And I could put all of the money into getting other stuff done around here for the wedding.

Liese must be excited about tonight's hockey game.

I have trach ties that are too small for Grace which I need to get rid of. My g-tube support group does equipment exchange. I wonder if there is such a thing for the trach support group (called Neckbreathers which is hilarious).

It doesn't look like -t keeps kosher to me. ( I can hear her rabbi now- he explained a lot saying things like 'This is the tradition, but no one should feel they have to do x ) Eggs and almonds were on the no list. And she is avoiding corn syrup.

And at this point in time, I think letters and cards are going to most appreciated - esp after these 7 days are over.

Matt and I spent the day in SF doing a really long wander. It has been a number of years since we could do that. It was good. We did find a place that served Dark and Stormys. I knew instantly they were using Bacardi. Matt asked why and i said it tasted like high school. It wasn't bad, but both Megan walker and I make better ones.

did you hear about the girls softball team who forfeited their game to teach the other team how to play?

That is AWESOME. Girls' softball FTW!