I feel for my cousin like you wouldn't believe, but a bigger mass of problems I hope to never meet. She's so terribly messed up.

I finally submitted a picture of myself to baldblackbeauties.tumblr.com. Because I am a stickler for semantics on some terms, I was going to hold out until actually bald, but considering what they mean is short & natural and I'm at least a month away from wondering if I'll do it again, I figured I'd go ahead while I'm still taking daily pictures.

(I hope they don't mind pictures without faces [link] I figure that's one way to avoid other semantic issues.)

(I hate that I'm having to replenish my wardrobe again, but I do love buying long black skirts, and I do lovelove this one--it's one of the ones with ties so you can do intermittent ruching)

Sounds yum. The pumpkin chili smells good. Chickpeas, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, pumpkin, chopped red peppers, garlic, cumin, chili powder, red pepper, oregano, other stuff I'm sure I forgot. Now I just need to make the burger for them and the crumbles for me and divide the chili into 2 pots. I also bought some nice looking baguettes and some shredded cheddar to accompany. We need comfort food after the Dolphins game today.

I hope they don't mind pictures without faces [link].

Nice! Really nice.

I feel for my cousin like you wouldn't believe

It is such a feeling of helplessness. Not anything that can be done about peoples bad choices. Sucks.

K-Bug and I went out to brunch at a sports bar today - lots of people hanging to watch all the football. As we parked we noticed a SVU that had a husky in it with the window cracked. It isn't hot hot, but still. I hate to admit that we forgot about the dog while we were eating but when we returned to our car we saw that not only was he still there but there was another dog in the car too. We called the cops. Poor puppies.

That is a gorgeous picture, ita.

A very classical pose, ita!.

I like it too ita!

love your shirt.

For a fruit fly trap that uses science instead of plastic wrap, put your sweet-smelling liquid at the bottom of any container (I use red wine vinegar) with a drop of dish soap. The dish soap destroys the surface tension on the water, so the flies drown. This works gangbusters.

This made me laugh on a Monday morning: [link]

You are stunningly beautiful, ita.

Speaking of bald (or very short haired) beauties, ever since you commented on it here I've been noticing whenever I see a woman with hair around your length and I can see what you mean. Far more black women of all ages tend to opt for that hair length. White women, especially older white women, run a very distant second.