undercarriage! my kid calls it that, too! yay, you!

you should also grab some pumpkin truffles while you're at it... so delicious.

oh dude - you need to also try one of their gingerbread donuts near christmas - they are so fantastic. and thanks! i didn't even know they had a pumpkin one in the fall - have to check that out - i bet it's similar.

me too! although i have a different MO. i always get two - one magazine that is the most brainless bit of fluff possible and the second one is something like Foreign Policy or The Economist. i keep them both in my bag until it's time to put on the seat belts, then i size up the person sitting next to me and go with…

corgi! corgi! sold! huh. i guess magazines need more DOGS on them.

oh dude, you sound pretty great. i'm a big believer in girls making the first move (seriously - i would NOT have a husband if i wasn't!) but if you're ever single again, just say something to the girl - something simple, like, "I like you." it sounds dumb, but it really helps get over the awkward stuff. she'll know…

i hate that label too - but not because it isn't a real thing - i hate it only because time and again it instantly shuts down what might have been useful conversation. to each their own parenting style, but forgive me if i want my kid to love learning, to relish the unknown and to challenge herself when it is not…

that is my favourite website! you rule.

not when a person prioritizes minimizing risk over learning. that's where it becomes debilitating (and probably also where the depression sets in.)

there is a difference between striving for excellence and perfectionism. perfectionism is debilitating and negative, whereas striving for excellence and accepting nothing less... that is where greatness is born. (ha, obviously, in my opinion!)

yah, screw perfectionism. if there's one thing i want to teach the LittleBeaver, it's that perfectionism is the enemy of learning. without mistakes, we don't learn resilience - and without resilience, minimizing errors becomes the ultimate goal... you know, rather than actually learning stuff.

YES - thank you for saying that. i don't even like ham/pineapple pizza, but it just looks perfect. maybe this flu-thing i've got is finally on its way out.

oh yah, but they give them away when their finished with them. i know someone with that exact book-life you mention and she reads them and then "gifts" them away. mercifully, she knows that i am a giant book snob with zero manners.

exactly this.

zing!

if it helps, i literally cheered the day i got into a 7long! and if i'd been there, i would have cheered for you, too. then we both could have barfed on the sales woman - cause even the thought of her makes me sick, too.

THANK YOU.

oh, me too! i only learned this magical technique this summer when i had to NOT ELABORATE on why we need to homeschool the kidlet. because once you offer anything more than the statement: it's open season.

ha, me too! but i think i am really minimal. albino brows/lashes, so eyebrow pencil + mascara is all otherwise it looks like i don't have those parts. but if they do tell us about maximal, will you hold my hand? i'm scared.

i think i have the rest of this outfit, so i'm thinking i should get me one of those! it does look exceptionally cozy.