I love mushrooms, edible or no. If the orange one you posted has gills on the underside, it's probably not a bolete. Boletes have a spongy, pore-like underside. And they are cool. And I am a geek. It all started with the morels we used to gather in the woods behind my house and now I am a mushroom photographing dork.…
That is brutal. After all that thought and care. Blllrgh. People.
I got mine as a sample. I don't remember why, but it was big - bigger than usual sample size. I had it cut down - practically remade - and it was still thousands cheaper than the original would have been.
I had every intention of turning my dress into a christening gown or baby quilt. But then life happened and my kid got christened at 18 months in a white gap polo. I'll not be having any daughters to wear my (insanely expensive flocked velvet Carolina Herrera) gown. Maybe I can donate it?
I like your dogs' style. I just had weird insanely healthy craving. Two apples a day and I ate sardines!
The last two weeks of my pregnancy all I did was watch Ace of Cakes and eat cake. No joke. This after a model pregnancy where I exercised every day and ate sensibly. I think babypants needed to put on some quick pounds to hurry up and get born. I can't even watch Ace of Cakes now!
You have NOT missed the boat. I know it's hard not to get worn down by all the panic media we are hit with, but I have had three different gyn doctors tell me that until your late 30s you have a good chance of being able to get pregnant. And some women get lucky after that. That gives you almost a decade of fertility…
Amen for the weekend Aunties. We salute you, madame.
I was so excited for the wine, but I have lost my endurance. Now I drink half a bottle and I am tanked. But it's just as well because I can't be any good for my kid with a splitting headache and a mad craving for egg and cheese rolls. I know what you mean about all the negative advice coming out once you're pregnant…
Yep. My first thought was Name of the Rose. And though I'm not a huge fan, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books from the Ruiz Zafon series would be cool.
I thought she was gracious, sweet and very funny. I've not really been a fan, but now I am reconsidering. She was in Office Space after all.
Hee. I miss edit. Blood on the Moon, not Thunder Road (though I love the theme song).
Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter is oddly sexy and compelling/repellant. Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road gets me alllll het up.
Early marriages can be happy and grand, but I have seen some that were just giant tar pits of regret. I was mid-twenties, and I think that's kinda young still. You are right that being unhappy in a relationship is one of the loneliest feelings in the world. Given the legal ramifications and the social pressures it is…
Is this true? Is there a good place to read up on this? I was a scrawny assed knees and elbows kid but I started my period at 11 (nothing else puberty like happened for another, say, 15 years. Boobs, curves, etc.). But of course anecdote means nothing. I am interested in preventing early puberty in my son, so would…
I make a lot of jokes on here about being a parent because you have to laugh or you might start taking it too seriously. But honestly, it's amazing. And horrible, and sweet and tender, and brutal and fun and pure drudgery. There's just no good way to describe it. My kid blows my mind. He'll be 3 in a few months and…
I feel compelled to pop in here and say it is absolutely possible to be married and have a very fine time. I married a bit of a Peter Pan and I was kinda one too, and we just ran around to our favorite bars and traveled the world and had adventures for 10 years. Then we had a kid. THAT'S when the party stops. I would…
You don't want to find yourself in the legal contract that is marriage and trying to "convince" your partner to have kids. It's depressing. You both know what you want and now is the time to make decisions. It's never wrong to figure out what you need and then take steps to get there. Strong Khaleesi.
I do believe that's called gallows humor.