My mom is thirteen years younger than her older sister, who apparently was deeply embarrassed by the potential for people mistaking the relationship.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
WindSparrow - Sep 28, 2013 2:18:42 pm PDT #7081 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
-t - Sep 28, 2013 2:20:21 pm PDT #7082 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Most of what I know about my ancestors is that they were pretty good at avoiding paperwork and official records, and when they do appear they were cavalier about how they spelled their names, or in some cases what names they used. It's a trial to my mother and her genealogical research. That said, I think it was ancestry.com that put her in touch with some sort of cousin in Australia who had a photograph of my great grandmother Benedetta, which is nifty.
Anne W. - Sep 28, 2013 2:23:05 pm PDT #7083 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
My ancestors on one side came from Ireland with a long stop in New Brunswick, CA, and did not exactly enter the U.S. legally.
On the German side, my great-great-great grandmother was shipwrecked twice on the way to her final destination. Her diary is infamous in our family for the line "all of my best children are dead."
Anne W. - Sep 28, 2013 2:24:22 pm PDT #7084 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
In other news, kitty!
I have yet to think of a name. On the short list are:
Lorenzo
Cecil
Sebastian
Finbarr
Suggestions are welcome. Unless you are my mom, who thinks "Crisco" would be a great name.
le nubian - Sep 28, 2013 2:26:43 pm PDT #7085 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yell each one out!
which sounds best?
Calli - Sep 28, 2013 2:29:08 pm PDT #7086 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
What a beautiful cat, Anne! I'd be leaning toward Sebastian, myself.
Kat - Sep 28, 2013 2:31:41 pm PDT #7087 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Anne, cute kitty.
Ancesty.com is a big giant scary time suck!
Steph, have you tried the TJs pumpkin poptarts yet? Noah loves them.
Scrappy - Sep 28, 2013 2:32:01 pm PDT #7088 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I vote Lorenzo--lots of good, lilting nicknames with that one.
Lee - Sep 28, 2013 2:32:05 pm PDT #7089 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Cecil!
Jesse - Sep 28, 2013 2:32:39 pm PDT #7090 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, pretty.
I'm watching a local food show about the food truck that sold me that amazing egg-and-cheese on scallion pancakes, and it hadn't occurred to me that you can just buy frozen scallion pancakes! I need to get to a Chinese market.