I had to write a speech and it included a paragraph blasting them for this. I just kept rewriting, refresh, rewrite, refresh, rewrite. The person giving the speech is on a plane right now so she won’t be annoyed with the 17 versions I’ve sent till later :)

The entire state of HI would laugh at this.

Someone made my husband an origami figure of our old dog (RIP you wonderful creature), he still treasures it.

Seriously, look at Hamilton people, you can do this and make a BOAT LOAD OF MONEY.

Absolutely. Do better folks, and for pete’s sake have some imagination when casting. I absolutely do not mind an actor of color in my Jane Austen remakes, go ahead and go there- it will be fine.

My retort to the anti-vaccine crowd to this day is “our pediatrician has a PhD in immunology in addition to her MD, and she vaccinated her kids. What credentials do you have?” No one has ever had a response.

Same, though I’m kinda sad about all the years of Brit fandom that I was too cool for.

Yay! Congratulations and continued good health!

My system is largely the same- step 1 what’s on sale this week, step 2- what can I make from that, preferably something that will leave leftovers that can be recycled into something else or can be frozen for future meals. And I’m cooking for 4 including two growing boys (food aversions are ignored in my house, always…

I believe it’s a hybrid, a coat-dress or however you write it. It’s Channel, and way better than the runway version.

Same, don’t tease us!

Your mom sounds awesome.

I met my now husband when I was 22 and he 30, it took us a decade to get married, and now we’re closing in on 20 years together. I gotta say I don’t regard those early years as gross, mostly it was a hell of a lot of pre-parenthood fun. You’re right about the douchenozzle part though, on that we can agree.

JLO- the celebrity version of your friend with really crappy taste in men.

I’m of the mind that if a teacher called in yesterday to protest great, if they elected to go in and teach great. You all do so much more than enough and don’t deserve the treatment you often get.

Senator Allen, is that you?

I’m on mom duty today, but yesterday we found out that kiddo the elder has a way more debilitating learning disability than previously thought. He’s also freakishly smart, and basically figured out how to cope. It’s a miracle he’s reading at grade level and not completely disenchanted with school as often happens with…

Teach your boys to sew a button, clean a room, and cook a meal folks. Because they are humans who wear clothing, make messes, and need to eat.

Childcare is HUGE. My kids have two (awesome) women teachers and I was a little surprised they were working today. Then I realized that most of the parents at their school rely on them for childcare and couldn’t afford a replacement/time off. I made sure my boys knew to thank their teachers for their hard work today…

In case you haven’t seen this: http://www.gofugyourself.com/fug-the-fromage-country-strong-06-2011