Ooh, I like Clara.

ION, I think I'm having anxiety dreams about my mom dying. Normally I don't even remember my dreams. But two nights ago I dreamed I was house-sitting by myself in my childhood home, waiting for my mom to return. She never did, and the house started to flood--water running across the floor and pouring from the ceiling. And last night I dreamed that Annabel and I were in my childhood home, just the two of us, and I was about to go away, flying somewhere, and leave her by herself. I was packing, and I took one of her stuffed animals. She protested, and I told her she didn't need Pablo when I was leaving her Pinky, Waffle, and Costco (yes, she really has a stuffed horse she calls Waffle and a lion named Costco--don't ask me why). I'm kinda appalled at my subconscious on that one...

I like Clara too. My imaginary girls names are Beatrix and Emily. And also in my imagination, DH doesn't get a vote because he doesn't have to push them out of his vagina.

meep! d - sorry about your busy! I was only concerned because of the last gmail thing. backflung, whenever.

Somebody has to use Clara. It's adorable. I mourned the loss for a few days as I really love it. Damned compromises!

yes, she really has a stuffed horse she calls Waffle and a lion named Costco--don't ask me why

That's awesome.

How to fit 15 cars into 8 parking spaces?

Get the drivers of the NASCAR hauling rigs to do it. Alternately, get the drivers of rock tour buses to do it. As Cass said - phenomenal cosmic hauling power, itty bitty parking space.

Jars-- I did that with Tunick in NYC. It's great fun. And, oddly, you don't feel exposed at all, since you are part of a mass of nudity and sort of disappear.

Clara's a great name. I don't think it works well with my last name, so someone else will have to take it.

I like Shane too. DH and I need more boys' names (er, in another year at the earliest).

And, oddly, you don't feel exposed at all, since you are part of a mass of nudity and sort of disappear.

That's what I was thinking. I'd rather be naked in a crowd of eight hundred other naked people than the only person with clothes on, you know?

I'm so glad someone else has done it! Yay!

Clara...Clara...Love it, but I think it breaks our rule of illiteration in kid's names.

Margaret Louisa is still the planned 2nd girl name. Although I'm pushing hard for Phoebe. Or Claudia.