I'd support sending msbelle to Ginger!

Good plan, shrift! Fingers crossed for you.

Thanks, y'all. I called the visa processing service and they recommended I go in person because that often expedites the process.

I am feeling like I need comfort food of some kind. Like beef and noodles, or something.

I know that you are so right about the getting rid of stuff and clutter, Nanita. I have difficulty acting on that knowledge, but I know it to be true.

-t your lunch sounds so good it made me happy just reading about it. My lunch was leftover veggie chili and chips. Not as exciting, but tasty nonetheless.

Of course, I'm planning on giving him a bath in a little while, so he may be unhappy again. Oh, well.

My kids were both fine with baths but I know this is a thing. Of course, I often just plunked them in the bathtub and got in there with them, so I may be on the overly attached side of parenting.

Msbelle would probably be more effective, but I could be a minion for a couple days if it would be useful, Ginger. Unfortunately not until mid-Feb though.

Way back, re: wine glasses... I like the stemless wine glasses but my fingers tend toward room temperature so warming isn't so much an issue.

Three days into A Christmas Carol tech and it feels like it's been weeks.

Catching up on news from Mizzou (my undergrad) is depressing.

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives is on DVD and I own it! I've only seen the bad You Tube videos, and it's wonderful to see it all in good resolution. His "Ancient World" is on its way as well. I adore BBC documentaries.

Catching up on news from Mizzou (my undergrad) is depressing.

I'll bet aurelia. One of my colleagues is teaching freshman, and because it's on topic for the class (Writing and Identity) he asked his students what they knew about Mizzou and whether they thought USC was better, worse, or about the same when it came to racial segregation. It was depressing but not surprising to hear that the students of color all said it was about the same. I can see it from my spot at the front of the class, and I can see the way some folks get eyed as they walk around campus like they might not have business being there even though as far as I'm concerned, if there's a college campus right in the middle of your neighborhood, you have a right to be there. The fences they've built? Piss me off and I know they piss off the people who live around there.

I'm very curious what my brother in law (who is a black Mizzou alum) thinks about it all. I'm sure he has some really interesting stuff to say (he also works in diversity in higher education so it's his professional stuff too, so he's really great to listen to when he feels like talking). But he's more an in person guy than a phone or Facebook guy.

Oo I'd love to hear what he has to say too.

Took a cat to the face. Luckily the light, agile one. Stuck her landing with no claws. At least I hadn't put lotion on my face yet.

sara, our Seamus did something like that to me recently when I was trying to put him in the carrier. I had to remind him that we were NOT remaking Alien.