My sense of smell has disappeared. I'm assuming it's because I have a cold, but my nose isn't stuffed up. It's so weird to breathe in through my nose and have there be no smell at all. I slathered myself with Vick's. I have something cooking in a crock pot. I used bleach.

My world is all askew.

That seems fair, Rebecca.

Ginger, I hope it comes back!

IDK, potato and pepperoni salad sounds pretty good to me.

I accidentally put more mustard than I meant to in the salad, which actually makes pepperoni seem more appealing with it? So that's good.

He really does not like my response to this stuff which is now. "I can deal with you mad at me, I can not deal with you dead. Sorry, that is what my fear is and you just have to deal with it."

I'm sorry you have to have that worry, msbelle, but I totally see why you do.

Happy birthday, Strix!

I tried making a plum pie this afternoon. The best I can say about it is that I know where I went wrong.

Happy Birthday Strix!

So hard, msbelle.

I made a peach cobbler with too much biscuit, but it was still delicious!

Oh msbelle, I can so get that. Sorry mad mac, mom is right!

Happy birthday Strix! You share the day with one of my favoritest people on the planet, a no-longer-little girl who TURNED TWELVE today!

People really need to reconsider their email addresses when they start using them as identifiers in online communities. thunderbooboo@aol might want a different impression in the world.

Happy birthdays!

Mac, listen to your mom.

I had my hair colored by a professional today for the first time in over ten years, and I am in heaven. The back is all nice and even, and my forehead doesn't have any purple splotches on it, and I don't have to clean my bathroom!

(The last time I had my hair done professionally, it was such a disaster that I've never trusted anyone else since. But this place specializes in color and several of the stylists have blue or pink hair themselves, so I thought I would give it a shot. Totally worth it!)