Cash, I'm also a fan of making my own play-doh. Cause it's cheap. I fear my kids are going to be the ones who go to school with the oddly shaped home-baked bread sandwiches.

Me, too, Kat. My kids mix the colors and we end up with pooh colored playdough after only a few sessions. So it's just a lot easier to make big batches myself, than to buy the tiny cans of it.

the desert freaks me out

Doesn't freak me out. I hate, hate, hate the desert. Lived in AZ for three years and I only go back to visit my son. I grew up around the Great Lakes and I love oceans. I need to live on a coast, somewhere, lake or ocean.

Ahem.

I'm not saying this is the only place with that!

mac had a meltdown with the grandparents. oof.

Ugh. I hope the rest of the week is better.

mac had a meltdown with the grandparents. oof.

Urgh. Sorry about that.

Any brands and models of slow cooker people recommend? I replaced a Rival CrockPot that had lasted 20 years with another Rival last year, but it seems that Rival has turned to garbage. Hamilton Beach?

well it is the second episode actually, but this was bigger. it's only 2 more days until I'm up there.

and thanks all. I think it is going to be rollercoaster time through mid-September.

Oh, lord, announcer, stop whining about how Bolt didn't do well enough in the 100! "This is what was missing in the 100!" What, the unquestionable lead, the world record? Shut up!

I am so quoting you at you the next time you start making trouble in movies and/or literary.

Heh. I was quoting Jesse. I don't have cowgirl levels of wisdom and equanimity.

hee, I have to run, but I'm so glad I got to read about ice cream eating babies. Yay!

I also like to make play dough at home. Kids are used to it from daycare and think making it is a fun activity.