I have had uncommunicative cars. It's nice to have one where they can plug in and find out what's wrong. I don't think I want one that's constantly whining at me, though. I didn't have kids for a reason.

Good thing I already know Sweeney, since the people behind me spelled out the plot of the second act as soon as the curtain went up for intermission. Opera people are weird.

Well, most of the stories are a hundred or more years old, I guess they figure the spoilers are already out there.

My DH is a sweetie and got tix for Isaac and I to see "Motown" this weekend. He goes as an extra birthday gift and to give him a special event all to himself, and I go because Mother's Day. Yay!

I'm going to be in the market for a used car sometime in the not too distant future. What are the odds of me finding something smallish, four doors, auto windows, AC. I'm okay on the ABS, but I in no way want GPS, backup camera, auto parking, or other frills that now seem to come standard. I *had* a car that talked to me, and while it was kind of nice to be reminded or cautioned, it always left the final word in the sentence unsaid: "Right door is open, stupid. Fuel is low, idiot. Parking brake is on, dummy." Although it figured mileage for me, converted km to miles, and stuff, I still felt less smart than the damn car. I don't want to layer more superiority than previously onto my next car.

So here's a question: My tiny front yard is crap -- we think it's because it's on a slope, so half-assed attempts at grass don't work well. (Possibly earnest attempts at grass would work better, but we don't care that much?) We have lilies of the valley in the back, basically taking over, which I like. So should I move some of them to the front? At some point, my mother should hire someone to Do Something with the front, but I don't think it's going to be this year. So, let the lily of the valley take over in front, too? At least they are green! And/or should I just get grass seeds and see how that goes. Keeping in mind, I don't care enough to do a lot of work on an ongoing basis.

I don't care for grass myself, so I vote lilies. I'm hoping I can coax lilies-of-the-Nile to take over part of my front yard.

It's literally mostly just dirt now, and I think it's too big for all mulch, so maybe I'll move some lilies AND get some grass seed. I don't like being the worst yard on the street! There's some other groundcover type stuff in the back that bloomed blue already, so maybe I'll take some of that as well.

I always thought mint would make a nice ground cover. Grows like a weed, smells nice when you walk on it and if you need to mow it it probably can handle it.

Oh, I forgot to report that I finally asked my one coworker about the coffee cup that he was using to hold his scissors and which looked just like the one I used to drink coffee out if before it disappeared. Turns out, his orange cup disappeared so he grabbed one he thought was a spare off the drying shelf in the kitchen. So I got my cup back and am on the lookout for his...

I always thought mint would make a nice ground cover. Grows like a weed, smells nice when you walk on it and if you need to mow it it probably can handle it.

Ooh, that would be nice! And then you have mint! And I'm glad you got your mug back.