My grandma used to make them with plum or apricot filling and sour cream with citrus zest. I thought that they were the best thing on earth (and a great way to finish a meal of potato onion pierogies and kielbasa sausage!)

Making them. When you've been making them since you were three it is like second nature.

It’s the time of year that I can listen to this song over and over while pretending not to cry! What’s your favorite Christmas/year end song? (I missed basically this whole week on Jez, so forgive me if this has been covered)

Whoa sows have way more nipples than I thought.

Sweet or savory pierogies? Yum, yumyum,yum!

Yep! Potato/bacon/cheese, potato/sausage/cheese, cottage cheese/chive, spanakopierogi (spanakopita in pierogi form) pourogi (potato and cheese curds to be served with brown gravy on top) mushroom pierogi and kapusta. I’m thinking dirty martini.

Headed to yoga now, but coming home to syrah and continuing my countdown to meet my baby nephew. I bought him a onesie with an owl on it that says, “My aunt’s a hoot,” and I can't wait to make her have him wear it.

Likelihood of three rabbits dying simultaneously with no previous signs of illness

Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!

There isn’t any confusion with the kids though. I’ve not had any in six+ years of parenting. And I’m the primary caregiver doing all the things with them with a different name. It’s not an issue. We are not any less of a “unit”. That’s pretty offensive.

Yes! Thank you! This is coming from a woman that HATES her father, has a lukewarm relationship with her father’s family but kept her last name after marriage because IT IS MY LAST NAME!!!!!

Preach!

love that

We got married last year and my husband took my last name. It’s so freaking awesome. We can weed out a lot of closeted bigots by their reaction, and gain quick friends who think it is awesome too. Such a simple act that speaks volumes about what we value.

I went on a mission 10 years ago though I was not and remain irreligious, I just wanted to do some charity work. I went to Mexico and helped build a shed for a small village school and also provided fabric and manual sewing machines to women of the Tarahumara/Raramuri tribe. I don’t know if they were already converted…

We just gave them my husband’s last name. Tradition was easiest there. Again, primary motivation for me = laziness. Hyphens are annoying, and I didn’t really care about passing on my last name.

I’m getting married next year, and fully intend to keep my own name. For one, I’m lazy too and it’d be a pain in the ass to change. And there’s already more than enough bureaucracy to deal with because we’re from two different countries, living in a third, and having our wedding in a fourth. For two, I’m nearly 30…

Wow, 96% of American women still take their husband’s name?! I wonder if this is true of 2015 marriages, or is this a count of all married women including 90yos?

It’s true though. When I kept my name the entire town fell into disarray. There were roaming gangs of feral children attacking seniors. The moose organized themselves and turned against us. It was pure chaos. We had to abandon the place.

Lol you are too funny! Look, I knew my opinion wouldn’t be popular... But in my defense, “different strokes for different folks” there are many people who hate Dickens for being wordy and hate Shakespeare for being crass and yet, they and their legacies did just fine. Ms. Atwood will be a-ok even with me eye-rolling…