I now hate your kindergarten teacher. Rules for the sake of rules only is just terrible.

When we still lived under the same roof, that's what we did. She had her fancy tree in the foyer. But we are not at all close these days, so I get to let cozy chaos reign supreme in my own home!

Outside is a bit different for me. Inside, I want multi-colored, friendly, cozy lights. Outside, anything goes, as long as it's lots and lots of lights. But especially the giant old-fashioned ones, which I will always have a nostalgic soft spot for.

THANK YOU. My mother always wanted to do a "designer" tree for Christmas, rather than a multi-colored-lights tree with all the random, sentimental ornaments and while we lived in the same house, I always raised holy hell about it. My janky 1st-grade ornament with the dingy cotton balls around a tuna can MUST be…

WHAT?! I do not like this story at all. How can they not read cursive?

Old* here, defending cursive.

Danielle Brooks' dimples slay me.

and now I need to make a playlist of 80s working-class love songs.

The best thing about this post is the reminder of the epic Brussels sprouts thread of deliciousness.

I generally have too much 80s-music nostalgia to enjoy modern covers, but she put a nice little melancholy spin on it.

If I tell you that I think it's one of the best ever homages to working-class love, can we be friends?

Aha! That's sort of hilarious, because if I was said hardworking but non-famous shlump, yelling that at me would have the opposite effect because I'd be like "Why are they shouting window at me?" and keep standing there in confusion.

She should've screamed at them "I LIKE THE NEW DOUBLE-HUNG MODEL FROM ANDERSEN!"

Also, what were they yelling at her? "We need a window!"? Is this some sort of celebrity photography term I don't understand or were they saying something else?

6 may not be heavy to you, but it is to some (and yes, cheap watery beer is totally different than straight scotch in terms of inebriation).

How is that judgmental? Serious question, not rhetorical. I said in my original comment that heavy drinking may not always be alcoholism, and I don't say anyone's a terrible person.

Sorry, was my "not all heavy drinkers are alcoholics" not clear enough?

Our results indicate that it is the difference between the couple's drinking habits, rather than the drinking itself, that leads to marital dissatisfaction, separation and divorce.

I am on Ravelry, but I'm terrible at the groups part of it. Mostly I just use it for the patterns and attempting to keep track of my own shit. But mostly the patterns. God, I love it.