I saw your husband's boasts!

T and I had an odd dinner: the onion, ham and gruyere tart/pizza thing, spanikopita, chicken and veggie gyoza. TJ's random hunger shopping. Never got around to making cookies, but it isn't as if I am going much of anywhere tomorrow. Other than dropping the car off.

Nice, lisah! What kind did you make? What, if anything, was hard about it?

JZ just got up to change the music and Matilda said, "Whatcha doin' Slappy Butt?"

This made me giggle almost uncontrollably for a couple of minutes!

I thought of you, -t, while I was making it! I did the basic egg pasta--flour, egg, salt--that is in the kitchenaid mixer cookbook i have. I want to say it's called the mixer bible? I can check later. The instructions were very detailed and easy to follow. Nothing about it was really difficult except maybe getting the flour to liquid ratio right at first. I had to add more water than I would have thought it needed, a tsp at a time, to get it to form a ball. But I think my eggs were on the small side. I was totally able to do it on my own too!

Excellent! I even have the mixer bible already, now I'm going to have to think long and hard about those attachments.

Man, how do people without hiveminds manage?

Holli, the 'vogs are a UK size 3, which means a US 5. There's a photo of them in my LJ.

Today, the thrifting PTB presented me with a brand-new pair of Doc Martens in my size. And books! And a waistcoat!

sara, how lucky for you and T to have each other in your lives! Everyone needs an adult on their side.

Today's been a weird day.

Oh, and since billytea's antennae shot up when I mentioned Naked Mole Rats, I should note that today is Platypus Day on the Disney Channel. Happy Platypus Day, billytea!

OH HAI THIS IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS

I got to explain where the platypus' name (and scientific name) came from in a work meeting on Friday. Lead-in: I do work on the distribution of asset returns. Traditionally, returns were modelled statistically as if they came from a normal distribution (the standard bell curve). However, in practice returns aren't so well behaved. In particular, extreme results - big gains and losses - occur more commonly than the bell curve makes out, so the real distribution gets fatter tails out each side. The term for this statistical property is kurtosis; distributions with fat tails are called leptokurtic, but those with flat tails are called platykurtic. And there's the lead-in to discuss the platypus, and you may believe that I took it.

I took myself out to dinner and had some fantastic gnocci. NOM!!!

sara, T is lucky to have you. And meeting the parents is both hard and crucially important. In my experience, once the meeting has happened, things are easier...but getting there can be interesting.

I remember discovering K-Bug's first hickey. We were at a softball tournament and she had her hair in a high pony tail...I wouldn't have seen it if her hair was down. I think she was more embarrassed than anything.

Oh, oh - went to my hair dresser and I am now a red head. Dark red, but red. Wheeeee.

I have to admit, I'm a bit aghast at being a teen's sounding board and voice of reason. I don't like teens, in general. But mine? I extend. And really, me giving relationship advice is somewhat comical. I actually told T your parents know I'm single at 35 and selfs-supporting,you KNOW they are just praying you never have sex until then!

She laughed.