what on earth do you get for someone who just had her fifth kid?
Gin.
Or, you know, gift certificate for a mani/pedi.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - May 06, 2011 9:50:07 am PDT #7176 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Scrappy - May 06, 2011 9:50:48 am PDT #7177 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Luckily, my MiL not only lives with my FiL, but she lives very near my SiL, who happens to be a nurse.
Toddson - May 06, 2011 10:00:20 am PDT #7178 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In regard to the croched apartment - I once saw an article about a woman who beaded an entire kitchen - every surface was covered with beads. Later she did a car - an older model with tailfins. Her name was ... Liza Lou, I think?
And Tommy, there's also a paint that makes your walls into blackboards. MAGNETIC blackboards. Ridiculously expensive also.
Stupid cow-irker trick of the day - our ED's assistant e-mailed everyone asking for our base hours (which always reminds me of the old cartoon with the caption, "since we started having flexible hours we haven't been able to find yours"). I promptly replied with my base hours; then I got the e-mail from her saying that we should send the info to our supervisors, who would compile the information from their staff members and pass them on; then she called me asking what my hours were. grrrr
Jessica - May 06, 2011 10:03:07 am PDT #7179 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ridiculously expensive also.
Mainly because it takes 3 coats *minimum* before the magnetism kicks in. I had a chalkboard paint kitchen in my last apartment...it was fabulous.
Atropa - May 06, 2011 10:08:32 am PDT #7180 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Dread Spirits of eBay SUCK. The auction I was stalking is now officially out of the range of what I should pay for one necklace. Dammit, dammit, dammit. Because that ankh pendant in the lot? Is one I have been trying to find for YEARS. [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - May 06, 2011 10:16:58 am PDT #7181 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jessica - May 06, 2011 10:17:11 am PDT #7182 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - May 06, 2011 10:18:53 am PDT #7183 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Dread Spirits of eBay SUCK. The auction I was stalking is now officially out of the range of what I should pay for one necklace. Dammit, dammit, dammit. Because that ankh pendant in the lot? Is one I have been trying to find for YEARS. [link]
Could you resell the rest?
tommyrot - May 06, 2011 10:18:59 am PDT #7184 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jilli, can you email the eventual winner and offer to buy just that one piece?
eta: X-posty. Maybe Jesse's idea is better.
Hil R. - May 06, 2011 10:21:53 am PDT #7185 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The day spa gift certificate seems like a good idea, but google isn't finding me any day spas near where they live. (They live on an Air Force base, and it looks like it's a long drive to get to the nearest city.)