It's out of the oven. I am waiting for it to stop being scaldingly hot.

Cool faster, cobbler.

Mm. Now I want cheesy balls of gluten-free dough. And cobbler. But not a $30K swarovski toilet (I'm sure it wasn't, but I picture the seat being blinged out, and think OW!)

Did I skim over Brenda saying how things went with her friend/coworker today?

(I'm sure it wasn't, but I picture the seat being blinged out, and think OW!)

I think the seat was metallic. Not sure. I was two glasses in and just still gaping that anyone would DO that. SO ridic.

Okay, I'm posting the recipe, because this is really good, and it was ridiculously easy.

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I think one could probably cut down on both the sugar and the butter. If one wanted to.

I think a crystal-encrusted toilet sounds like a recipe for constipation.

(Am I the only person who keeps a stack of books and mags in the bathroom? When I first moved in with Dan, I kept taking my books out, but now there's a pile. Um. TMI?)

The only thing at Banana Repub that fit me are handbags, shoes, and certain sweaters. I am a 14/16 and their dresses and skirts don't fit my 38-31-40. I am soclose to hourglass -- it's the only number I even think about nowadays. And that, not much. I think I weigh myself twice a year now, which is much healthier. I lost about 15 pounds after the hyst, and have gone up and down about 7 pounds, holidays and such.

Occasionally the BID's will attack, but mostly not. It's much better. I look at old journals from the past 20 years or so and it's all FAT FAT FAT, and I don't think I've written a thing about my weight or body in two or three years. My BP is rock-steady, my fat levels (cholesterol?) are good. I need to stop smoking (PLEASE DON'T BUG ME, I KNOW) but I am strong as heck.

I would like gunnier guns and to regain some of my lost flexibility, though.

I have had beers at an actual Moose Lodge tonight, which was hella fun. And watched people two-step! I am a little buzzed.

eBay is also very overwhelming to me, which is pretty much all I retained from reading the last forty or so posts.

I think one could probably cut down on both the sugar and the butter. If one wanted to.

Looks like English, and yet

I am a 14/16 and their dresses and skirts don't fit my 38-31-40.

Eh, if those are really your measurements, you might want to try there again...I mean, granted you have a much more impressive bosom than I do (though I'm around 37--but my ribs are huge! :), but my waist and butt are bigger than that and I can wear their 14s, usually.

Allyson so sorry about the car craziness.

Sara, look on etsy, search for silk pillow covers and then maybe by color. I could grab you some silk from the sari shops over labor day and sew you some also.

Last weekend before school. I am way more excited than mac.

is there much of a difference between girdles and Spanx?

Yes. Girdles are heavily structured, and well-made ones have all sorts of different powernet and compression fabrics. Spanx are ... dumb.