things I didn't say this weekend:
we like you guys and your kids are great, but bringing an infant to a b&b and wearing earplugs so that he doesn't disturb your sleep is really not on.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
hippocampus - May 10, 2009 11:49:23 am PDT #9405 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
NoiseDesign - May 10, 2009 11:53:35 am PDT #9406 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Sox, you are better than I. I would have killed them.
Polter-Cow - May 10, 2009 11:55:50 am PDT #9407 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh, mac and cheese is more chewable today. I'll try spaghetti tonight.
vw bug - May 10, 2009 12:14:56 pm PDT #9408 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
Things I would have said, "People like you are why so many b&bs don't allow children. Thanks for that!"
Barb - May 10, 2009 12:19:09 pm PDT #9409 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Things I would have said, "Child Protective Services will be here after breakfast."
hippocampus - May 10, 2009 12:52:21 pm PDT #9410 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Heh.
Yeah.
You guys made this weekend a lot better in three sentences. thank you.
Hil R. - May 10, 2009 1:09:39 pm PDT #9411 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Mmm. Just finished cooking my dinner -- lentil cauliflower curry. I hate chopping up cauliflower, but it's really worth it.
Hil R. - May 10, 2009 1:34:35 pm PDT #9412 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I feel all productive. I not only cooked dinner, but within twenty minutes of finishing eating, I had all the cooking utensils and the pot in the dishwasher, the leftovers in Pyrex, and the dishwasher running.
Now I suppose I should make my lunch for tomorrow. Some leftovers, one more vegetable (asparagus? carrots?) and something else. Maybe I'll make cupcakes.
WindSparrow - May 10, 2009 2:02:35 pm PDT #9413 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Hil, you are indeed industrious.
As for me, I have that needing-a-shower feeling after listening to my mother go on about Jesus must be coming back soon, her Bible study leader really believes it. If she hadn't used that bit of theology to justify her steadfast refusal to live within her means while married to my stepfather - i.e. "I don't have to worry about running up credit card bills because Jesus will probably come back before it gets too hard to make the minimum payments, and if not, well, God will provide miracles, and see us through bankruptsy" - it would probably make me less nauseated.
sj - May 10, 2009 2:14:35 pm PDT #9414 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
At the restaurant where Mom and I had lunch, there was a poor mother with a sick toddler in her arms and a somewhat cranky younger toddler at her feet. Neither her husband or the grandparents were helping with the kids. I don't think she got more than a bite or two of her Mother's Day dinner.