Hey, I got out of the house! Missed the boat parade, but found my parents and saw their pictures of said parade (and also of grass planting earlier in the day) and had dinner. The boat parade kind of makes me sad, anyway, so not terrible that I missed it.

Way to go, Burrell! That sounds super productive. You are welcome to my wine - I don't think I have anything open but we can fix that, we have the technology (I did have a glass with dinner, so silliness levels may be elevated).

Typo, I think you have it as succinctly as possible. We run into that a lot with my work and here, much more than that is taken as not accepting the responsibility for taking the risk.

Tomorrow is bake all the cookies day. Today has already been shop for all the ingredients day.

Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose?

"I told you so!"

Several risks were described in a planning document. The company chose to take the course of action for which the risks were evaluated, and what was feared actually happened. Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose? The jargon in this case is probably the most succinct, but affects me like chalk scraping on a chalkboard.

Plus, I've been reading Doctor Who synopses, and I find myself expecting the materialised risks to start chanting "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

For synonyms: ensued, transpired? I think my preference may be "were realised".

Brrrr.... Noah had to march in a parade in our town with his Boy Scout troop. It was around 45 degrees and he had to be in uniform so he was a bit cold. There was lots of waiting but he was ADORABLE. Our house is also chilly, but I finally vacumed our only heater (a floor heater) and so we can at least turn the heat on now.

I'm going to go to sleep in a night cap, not with a night cap, but wearing one as my head is cold.

"As it was written, so did it come to pass" is a favorite of mine. You have to judge your audience for that one, though.

Kat, that amuses me immensely.

The Cratchit children are twerking. How much longer does this show run?

I don't like the sound of that.

You know what's awesome? I keep thinking, "I wish I had a little something sweet," and then remembering I have Mallomars!!

OK, the other day I was walking down the street and a woman coming out of the Gristede's asked me where she might buy some wine. I pointed her toward a liquor store that has a nice selection.

She said, "Thanks, I'm from Ohio. We just get wine at the grocery store."

I nearly BIT MY TONGUE OFF not saying "And you have food year 'round!" I had to run away before I started laughing. I'm laughing now. It was SO HARD to not stand there and tell this total stranger the whole story. I wanted to grab her by the hand and show her Mallomars.