There is no real flavor equivalent, but corn syrup should work.

I don't have that either! I will make something else. Knowing me, probably a crumble. I want to venture out! But not enough to buy ingredients.

Yay for good news for Scrappy's mom!

I totally need cake today. Or pie. Something warm and filling and delicious. It's a rainy, chilly Monday, and although I usually enjoy rainy days, this one is less welcome because I have a cold and a bunch of errands to run.

We went out of town for a friend's wedding over the weekend, during which time my phone died, Rose started sprouting teeth (teeth!) and then was up half the night on Friday night, and our house did not manage to unpack or organize itself while we were gone. Hmph. The wedding was lovely and I'm glad we could be there, but I kind of wish we'd spent the weekend resting and getting stuff done around the house instead of spending 17 hours (total) on the road with a teething baby.

Googled some suggestions for golden syrup subs, Jesse:

Combine two parts light corn syrup plus one part molasses OR equal parts honey and corn syrup OR maple syrup (This is thinner, and not as sweet.) OR dark corn syrup (This is thnner and not as sweet as golden syrup. If you like, try reducing the corn syrup in a saucepan to thicken it.) OR light corn syrup (This is thnner and not as sweet or flavorful as golden syrup. If you like, try reducing the corn syrup in a saucepan to thicken it.)

So, maybe some honey?

Yay Scrappy Mom!

Yay Scrappy and Mom of Scrappy!

Everybody treat themselves for lunch! It's the only way to survive the Mon-pocalypse!

Our in-house cafe just started having hot soup options for lunch! Mmmm, gumbo.

Good news, Scrappy!

This [link] has been the excitement in my neighborhood today. At least the helicopter is gone now.

Hooray for good Scrappy's mom's lung news!

Hey, was it here that we were talking about transferring money internationally? It appears to be super hard to do so from the UK to here. We're trying to figure out how to do so for Tom's mother's house rental income and/or perhaps his share of a potential sale of the house.

First of all, he can't open a bank account there as a non-resident. And if he can find one that's been hanging around for 13 or so years open, we still don't know how to get the money from that account into our US account.

Huh. When I traveled internationally, money got transferred to my US account with no problem. In terms of not being able to open a US account: Is there someone with a US account you know and trust one hell of a lot? Transfer the money to the US account and have the US account buy travelers checks or precharged debit cards made out to you. (The debit cards will cost you a higher percent.) Once you have the account i don't know how to persuade your bank to make the transfer, but it should be doable.

And on a seperate note Yay for Scrappy's Mom. Hope the surgery goes super well.

What I just heard my boss say: "Sandra Bullock is going to be here tomorrow from 2:30 to 4."

What she actually said: "Sandra Boynton is going to be here tomorrow from 2:30 to 4."

The funny thing is that I'm probably more interested in/excited about meeting Sandra Boynton than Sandra Bullock. (I mean, really, what would I have to talk about with Sandra Bullock?)