In the subject line? What did she put in the body?

In the context, this struck me funny.

I hope you have consecutive months of rainbows and ponies.

Also, would I reveal myself as having been raised by wolves if I came in here to trumpet the fact that STARS just received a 4-star review from RT Book Reviews magazine?

(Of course, ambitious soul that I am, I went from "Four stars, wheeee!!" to "Damn, why not 4 1/2 stars?")

Anyhow stars aside, there are a couple of great pull quotes out of this sucker!

All the pain, passion and consequences of first love, told from the heart of a bold, feisty heroine make this a hard-to-put-down read. Ferrer elegantly captures both the certainty and doubt of young love and combines it with the lessons of growing up and coping with change.

Aw Teppy, I'm glad he had such a good life.

BUT PEOPLE COULD STOP DROPPING DEAD NOW, OK!!!!!

Subject line is pretty harsh, Mom. Mine went through a phase where she kept forgetting to tell me people had died. Never a relative, but several elderly members of the church I'd grown up in. After the third or fourth one I'd start our phonecalls with "Anyone dead?" I get forgetting to mention the thing you called about but seriously that was pretty bad.

Also, would I reveal myself as having been raised by wolves if I came in here to trumpet the fact that STARS just received a 4-star review from RT Book Reviews magazine?

"He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted." - Damon Runyon

Also, yay!

Barb, that rocks!

My picspam isn't Mal, it's the holy visitation we've experienced, a la Jesus on a tortilla. [link]

Fantastic quote, Barb!! I want to read it!

yay Barb!

So far I have gone to the grocery store, filled the dishwasher, gather all the 300 pieces of stuff it took to paint the room last week Washed the kitchen floor ( it will take 2 more washes ) , and the entrence hall and the bathroom and the music room floor. I think I need a quick nap before I hit the second half of the list

Congrats on the quote, Barb!

Great going on the chores, beth.

Well, we're now in that part of the year when I have to start using a lightbox. And trying to turn my hours around to wake up slightly before dawn so I can get every minute of light possible. Anyone else in that boat with me?

Okay, can I just tell y'all how proud I am of Abby?

She just came home from school and told me that one of her best friends had told her something and she sort of wanted to tell me, but had been sworn to utter secrecy. I asked her if it was anything dangerous or illegal-- she said no. I asked if she wanted to tell me and she said yeah, she really wanted to get it off her chest. One of her best friends came out to her today and Abby basically said, "Oh, okay. Cool," and moved on with the conversation.

Abby wanted to tell me, mostly because she tells me most anything. I asked her if she felt weird about it and she said, "No, other than I don't get how M can be gay and still have the hots for Inuyasha," which cracked me up, because really, only an adolescent girl, right?

I've got a really cool kid, y'all.

I've got a really cool kid, y'all.

Yes, you do. And, I suspect her mama and daddy had something to do with that.