apparently there is a movement afoot to "knit your Congressman a vagina."

I don't knit, but I find this highly amusing.

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The picture though is not a vagina, but a knit uterus.

Finally, the Bella's Womb Lady has found a practical application for her gifts!

Yep, there is a group on Ravelry for Vagina knitters to gather.

In re misspelled signs - years ago I worked for a PR firm; it was long enough ago that there were no PowerPoint presentations, we had professionally prepared placards. Big ones - about two feet by three feet. We did the copy, sent them out. We were representing some group advocating butter rather than margarine, so the word "margarine" got used a LOT. When we got the placards - at the last minute, it being typical PR production - we discovered that the company had oh so helpfully gone through and corrected our spelling to "margerine". So, at the very last minute, we had to go through with white-out and a marker correcting their corrections.

Happy Vernal Equinox for those folks above the equator!

I want a handyman husband. I would also like the orb. second day of grey rainy yuck. At least the wind stopped overnight and the wether people say the rain will end this afternoon. WOULD LIKE ORB, OR BEDTIME.

I would also like to be taller and more toned and also a house cleaner, you know, while I'm being all whiny whiny wah wah wah.

It is beautiful here! But I'm pretty sure I won't get a good night's sleep until the generator around the corner is gone.

Speaking of house cleaners, I actually do want to get one. My mother won't stop nagging, and I figure I should actually do it and not lie, because my house could use a professional deep clean.

So...how does that work in the first world? I mean, I guess I can find a service from Angie's list or if anyone local has good referrals, but what are the logistics of it? Are you usually here when they clean? How does it all work?

And...shit...I think I'm working from home again today.

Please force me into the office tomorrow. I'm just...I'm so dead today. Unpresentable.

When I had house help in New York, I was home for the first visit to show where things were and what I would like done. After that, I was rarely there.

After I get back to debt load zero, I should really look into having someone come in every couple of weeks to mop and dust and seriously clean the bathrooms. That would probably be less about 4 hours of work, so only 8 a month.

ita, our house cleaner has a key and just does her thing while we are at work.

Since you may have issues with what they use to clean that will be something you need to talk about, and/or supply. Otherwise, s/he generally brings everything s/he will need. You'll also need to discuss what happens when you need to be home and s/he is scheduled to come - if you can't have them cleaning around you, then you will need to know about cancellations and when you can do so without penalty.

My house cleaner generally spends about 5 hours at my house.