Abundant congratulations, love and joy to Sheryl, Gary and Now We Are Three! As the child of a pair of experienced filkers, he can no doubt look forward to a babyhood full of gorgeous and totally improbable lullabies.

In the stores I frequent, the Halloween fabric will still be there right up to Halloween.

In the craft store in our neighborhood, the Halloween fabric will be there all year, and you can always ferret out at least a bit of decor even on Valentine's Day.

23 years with my employer, at various jobs in various divisions but still all at the one place. No point in leaving now, as it's one of the few places left in the US with a solid pension plan. I still hold out hope that enough editing gigs and maybe enough energy to finish the two or three unfinished novels languishing on my hard drive will surface that I can cut back to half time, but that hope is definitely a faint one.

Aw. I have been missing kittens lately.

Me too. Can you be a crazy cat person if you also have a dog to go with the cats?

My co-worker is a tiny tuxedo kitten who will Not let me pick her up!

I think that constitutes a hostile work environment!

I'm working at my friend's pet store today (in exchange for pet supplies)

My eye slipped and I read it as "in exchange for PUPPIES"

My co-worker is a tiny tuxedo kitten who will Not let me pick her up!

I think that constitutes a hostile work environment!

Kato lies on the floor not 5 feet away and makes stinky dog farts all day. THAT is definitely a hostile work environment. Good thing he's so cute.

Why didn't I give myself time to fix another iced coffee to bring in with me?! I had so much time. And now am stuck and under caffeinated (if amused by kitten antics like falling in a bowl of water while trying to scale a bookcase).

I gave the kitten a wadded up piece of paper. This will keep both of us entertained for hours! We are simple lasses.

he can no doubt look forward to a babyhood full of gorgeous and totally improbable lullabies.

I do enjoy imagining this. Making up lullabies is even fun for those of us without talent.

I am doing nothing but making calls in between work meetings trying to wrangle insurance, and then once that's under control, I get to move on to wrangling the move since I just got the assessment & quote.

Do I really need to get $500,000 liability? I don't think I do, right?