Are you sure you are all better?  I don't think you have rested long enough. I hope you didn't go back to school while you are still a little sick.  Did you miss anything important?

The salty root beer isn't fancy, just diet A&W.  I think it might be an aspartame thing because the sodas sweetened with splenda don't have any sodium. The finks at our stores cleared out the Valentines candy pretty quick to make room for Easter rabbits which I am already sizing up.

Stacey is out of control without you there to give her guidance!  Has she gone out with both of Kristy's brothers already?  She'll wind up with Alan Gray eventually, its just a matter of time.

What did the principal want to talk to you about?  Principals aren't allowed to just sneak up on you!

I'm imagining a teensy layer cake on a tiny table with tiny bottles of Orange Crush for a mouse's birthday party.

Does the Ghibli museum have its own theatre?  Did you see Mei and the Kitten Bus while you were there?  I haven't seen Juno.  What sort of snacks did you have? A honey hunt! Like the Berenstain Bears!

What do you use the syrup on?  Pancakes?  Have you ever drunk a bit of syrup right out of the bottle when no one is looking? You and EB should sit together to celebrate Valentines and share a bottle of maple syrup! Take turns sipping from the bottle until its empty.  It would be really good for your sore throats, too!

Poor ET Claudia.  Its too bad you couldn't have gone to art club and skipped school.  You need cocoa and marshmallows for your throat.  And something with honey.  Have you ever had honey with graham wafers?

Thanks Haysoos!  It wasn't us at risk, it was our trees but they all survived.  Two big ones down the street fell over and its awful.  If we lost one of our trees there would be a FOR SALE sign on our house right now.

I'm sorry you got into a fight. It sounds like EB has a hard time reading your signals sometimes. Does he not like being by himself? People get on my nerves when there isn't enough space to breathe. Have your cousins talked any more about getting a bigger house? You need more space NOW.

We are all okay Claudia, thank you!  When you say stay warm but safe, you mean don't burn the house down, right?  Ha ha!  I nearly lit my legwarmers on fire this time!

We lost power twice!  Its still really windy out but the snow has stopped.  The house was shaking so hard for so long I was sure it would tip over!  I don't look forward to going out tomorrow, I'm sure there are trees down all over.  But ours are still standing, fortunately.

COCOA PANCAKES!  What a perfect idea!  What do you put on them?

"I wonder what this is worth?" you ask yourself as you pop the fudgsicle
in your mouth so you can unfold the poster and examine it in front of
an enormous halogen lamp, making yourself comfortable on an embroidered footstool once owned by Christina Rossetti.

I'm picturing you wandering through your friend's apartment as you wait for him to get ready.

Okay, this quicksand talk has me suddenly hungry for cream of wheat with lots of brown sugar.  I'm going to have that later.  Also blueberries.

What I don't get is if they could enchant an object that will transport Harry to where Voldemort was waiting, why did they go to all the trouble of enchanting the trophy?  Why not enchant a cookie and just hand it to him?

@avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus thanks to your post and discovering that Pairesta's avatar is Mr. Badger, my afternoon has just been saved!

I've just tossed the latest stray shingle under our steps with the others.  There is such a HEAP of them under there but still no bare spots are showing on the roof!  The only thing I can think of is someone put a layer of shingles over a previous layer.

Have you ever strained yogourt?  If you strain plain yogourt through cheesecloth for a few hours, you are left with a substance exactly the consistency of cream cheese.  Its a perfect base for really healthy spreads!