Yep!

My husband and I will be going to visit him (and my in-laws) in a couple of weeks, but as my parents live about 400 miles from us it’s tough to get away often. I try and at least call every day or other day.

I’m curious-- when you plot a design on graph paper do you use the regular 4 squares/inch stuff or specialty paper?

As for anything I’ve been working on, there’s this:

Yeah, maybe I went too obscure in the description? Here’s a six-word quote from the source: “I have to return some videotapes.”

The South Pacific video was a response to your rhetorical question about kids, sorry. This is more genuinely cheering, or at least delightfully odd:

@bamboo, PinUps2: Nope! [Hint: it’s already been done as a movie and a stage musical]

Forgive me for being obtuse: does your daughter speak ASL?

Child is tricked into committing genocide.

I found out that even the lower-dose chemo can’t help my dad anymore. So this is, in effect, the beginning of the end. He’ll be getting in-home hospice care for whatever time he has left.

... and BSing

Some days all you can do is take comfort in the idea that, statistically speaking, that man will die before you do.

I know a very good Jared; he is a fine husband and father and probably really annoyed with the stupid jewelry company.

Aw, I don’t think Ringo deserves that insult.

Yeah, he’s by no means good-looking but it’s what’s behind that face that’s truly repugsive.

I read a LOT as a kid— and still read a lot— so it’s hard for me to think of a standout book, but a poetry anthology I read in 4th(?) grade called “Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle” (it was just in the library, not assigned) had two poems that really stuck with me: one was “Fortune has its cookies to give…

Smashburger’s great (I love the goat cheese & spinach sandwich) but the nearest one is like 25 miles away from me. :/

Does bitter apple spray work on dogs— or does Sheela like the taste?

My mom called me at 5:30 this morning to report that my dad had started hemorrhaging and had to be hospitalized. Mercifully they got him stabilized and he’s feeling good enough to be cheerful but that was not a good start to the day.

Still not back in the crafting groove, but good to see what’s being done.