Hi vw! Yes, I find coloring soothing too. It is very helpful to have the abundance of loving family companionship. I understand where your FIL was coming from. People that love you and Lloyd want to do something, anything, to feel useful.
eta: why does your so often end up you?
I'm glad you have supportive people, vw.
I am so furious with Comcast right now that I'm about ready to sign usup for DSL. Or I would, if I had a working phone or internet.
Tales of the public library: My coworker just fielded the following question at the desk: "Do you have any books on how to open a strip club?" (We do not. But we have a lot of books on starting a business in general, as well as classes.)
"Do you have any books on how to open a strip club?" (We do not.
I don't even know WHY I have a library card!
Timelies all!
Second trip to the kosher supermarket yielded the things I couldn't find on the first trip. (Also helps, that it wasn't insanely crowded like it was on Sunday.)
Huh. Out of spouse, stepson, brothers, BIL, father, uncles, cousins and nephews (a pretty large crowd when you add them all up), I have exactly two male relations with that last letter.
I married one and have a son with the same name, so contributing to the popularity apparently. As did my father and brother.
My nephew is, I think, my only male relative with that last letter.
I just used set theory at work! Didn't call it that, but in my head I knew.
I have two brothers, two cousins, two nephews and one son whose name ends in n. Though only one of them seems to fit the trend described (there's a nephew Aiden, the others all have names that peaked at least 30 years ago).