Ugh. I emailed the friend on facebook who posted pictures of the "cholo" party, and was like "Um, I saw you posted some pictures, and I just wanted to let you know that a lot of people are going to find that pretty racist" essentially (I was trying to find a nice way to say it) and her response was "Oh, thanks, but the people who hosted were hispanic, it was their idea, and my friends just have that sense of humor, some people might find it offensive but they don't!" and I'm like "...." OK, guess I'm not one of your friends, because damn. If they hosted a blackface party would you go to that too?

(I should add that she had previously posted pictures of hanging out with some friends (people I don't know) earlier in the summer when one of them was wearing one of those horrible faux-Indian headdresses of feathers? But it didn't seem to be a theme party, and I didn't want to immediately hold her friends against her. But now I guess I will...)

Oh yay--I posted about my disappointment on Facebook (though with her blocked, and not calling her out by name) and one of our mutual friends commented that she, too, had noticed it, and was glad I called it out. Yay, mutual friend, even if not yay original friend.

I fold my clothes straight out of the dryer on the grounds that if I never get around to taking out of the basket and putting them in drawers, at least they are still folded. But then my work uniform is t-shirts and jeans and I have flowery t-shirts for dressy occasions.

We hang a lot of stuff to air dry, but the rest gets taken to the bed and folded there. We try to get everything put away after each weekly wash. Otherwise cats and/or dogs get to it somehow, and all the work is wasted.

Is it possible to be more preppy? [link]

Add a pastel sweater wrapped around the shoulders and a tennis racket in hand. Or substitute capri pants and boat shoes.

We spent a small fortune on our washer/dryer when we moved in here - the layout of the apartment meant that our only option was a condensation dryer. (And the relatively cheap ones from LG flat-out don't work. So our choices were Bosch or Miele.)

But, having the laundry in the apartment meant we were able to cloth diaper both kids full time up until age 2-3, and the savings from not buying disposable diapers has more than paid for the washer/dryer. (And the convenience of not having to carry laundry up and down four flights of stairs multiple times a week is PRICELESS.)

My sister is here for the weekend...except, she doesn't seem to have a set return home date. When she first told me she was coming, it seemed to be for two nights. Then she came up a day earlier than she originally said. When she got here, instead of leaving today, as planned, she's leaving "Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on weather." We do not get along well enough for stays of indeterminate length.

Eta: didn't need to say it thrice.

Sue, do you have any fish you could put out on a plate somewhere in the open?