Well, I've never bought premade sauce before, so I wanted to know what it tasted like in the mean. When it actually gets put into the final meal I'm cooking, there will be many other ingredients.

Jilli, how do you feel about these? I'm entranced, but I don't know if I could wear them.

I'm with the raw beef crowd, although there's definitely a place for well cooked beef. That place is some sort of stew or pot roast.

I have not done any grading today, which is a bit of a mistake but oh well. There's always tomorrow, the grading will have to wait. I think getting to bed before midnight is a higher priority.

My father is all "You've been up working since 12:30? Oh, by the way, have you configured my laptop? Have you configured your sister's laptop? What about the network thingies?"

My sister is all "Have you mailed that stuff back to the vendor yet? Why aren't you calling every day? What's wrong with you?"

OMFG. Seriously. Just...seriously. I might have to work next weekend, and the weekend after that. Please don't. Just...don't. Some people get computers no one has configured. And they live long, healthy, and productive lives.

msbelle, oh I'm so sorry. What a bad stressy day.

We went to Huntington Gardens to see Santa. That was absurd. I was shocked at how much damage there was. One of the statues (an Urn that must be 4 feet in diameter) had been flipped upside down. yikes.

Okay, I have graded all of the online things, now I have one last paper set. This is possible right?

"I love you, but I'm not your emergency tech ER."

OMG, will someone get Pumpkin's digestive tract to be less noxious? Cat can clear a house. And we're on the good food.

I was shocked at how much damage there was.

Oh, how sad! I loved that month I spent working there.

Yipes, Kat! Those winds must have been terrifying.

Okay, I have graded all of the online things, now I have one last paper set. This is possible right?

You've put me to shame anyway. And yes, totally possible!

What is with Kahn Academy? Why is this on the NYT's front page? I say it's all a big collective fantasy that the answer to low test scores is a simple as sending all the school kids to check out Kahn Academy over the weekend.

My Chuck D draft is complete, and I'm sending it out to some black male beta readers to let me know if I sound like Sandra Bullock in the Blind Side or something. This is my fear.

sarameg - have you tried grain free food and/or chicken free?

Sometimes grainfree will work but Dean has to have both grain free and poultry free. And a co worker has a cat who is allergic to poultry -his cat had the digestive tract issues with noxious gas that cleared up when they went poultry free.

I've only had her a month or so. So much improved from when she got here. I think part of it is just kitten gut.

Waking up before the alarm, without kitty rumpus? Unnecessary. But up I am.