That's my boyfriend's birthday as well. Mine's the 10th...just far enough away.

WOW. I just had to scroll back because when I read that tweet I thought it was from Glenn CLOSE. "Oh, that's nice, Glenn Close on a snowy ranch." Long day.

But if you use one in public, you can't really be aware of your surroundings. Scary to me.

You sound like you have pretty broad horizons, I'd be cool if he turned out that way. I'm more worried about him turning out like a friend of a friend....every time we go out as a group, it's a huge hassle finding someplace she's willing to eat! I secretly call her Queenie in my head.

Thanks for replying. I am hopeful that he will continue to grow in his willingness to try things.

Hey can I ask you a question? Did you grow out of it? My kids are not picky at all, but my boyfriend's son is, and it is difficult to manage! I gave my kids tons of different foods when they were young, even things I personally don't care for because I wanted them to have broad tastes. His mom, on the other hand,…

I haven't done jack shit about that stuff, not even looked into it. As far as I know I haven't received anything about it. I'm pleading ignorance. :/

Wow....that's a lot going on. The neighbor with the headlamp made me laugh though.

I did that same job until this past September. It's heavy, but your work is so important. Please take care of you.

Look what I saw on Buzzfeed tonight!

I'm going to have to buy it, but for now the whole thing was uploaded to YouTube so I listened to it while I made dinner. I liked "O Come Emmanuel" too!

Holy shit, it's AWESOME. Love them.

BAD RELIGION HAS A CHRISTMAS ALBUM?

Vomit. My ex's name was Daniel, and if his son had been a girl, they were going to name her Danni. Ugh.

UGH. My son was born in 2000....his name (Liam) was not in the top 100 (okay it was number 96 by one list). Now it's number three. Apparently I'm a trend-setter.

I will never forget: I was a supervisor at a call center and a rep on my team said, "Hello, may I speak with Penelope?" but he pronounced it "pen-a-lope" (like cantaloupe).

I don't have any life-altering advice or anything, but I just wanted to say that I feel for you. I'm laid off and finances suck, I'm pretty worried about how to make things good for my kids for Christmas. Hang in there. I hope your new job goes really well!

Ugh that sounds like something my brother would do. On the other hand, my boyfriend has handguns and I don't feel bothered by his at all, because he's very safe with them.

My asshole brother. He also bragged that he would put the gun on the floor mixed in with his son's toys (boy was like 2 at the time) and "taught" him not to touch it. How his kids have survived so far is beyond me.

Well, there was the one time my brother proceeded to bring out his handgun and pass it around to show everyone. I freaked and immediately grabbed my two kids and went outside until he put it away. And everyone acted like *I* was the asshole.