jenbobblehead

i get a ton of vintage patterns off ebay, but little antiquey stores are a good place too because they still are only 2 or 3 dollars!

holy sh*t. he must be O.L.D. x100

oooo. a pas de deux, peut-etre? what are you dates here on the eastish coastish?

yes, because there is "here" and then there is "there." You're still there; you need to be here. It is pretty simple. are you two ladies going to hook up (in the tea and coffee sense of course, not necessarily in the menage a trois sense) with spawn and his papa? Something i saw yesterday reminded me very much of the poster previously known as gsteinb. i think it may have been the first fleece hat of the season...

i have just gotten my sewing room set up and restarted the wednesday sewing event, and i am making a silk skirt with lining (which is my nemesis) and will also probably make a slew of pajamas for holiday gifties... also, we got a good crockpot as a wedding gift so if anyone wants to post some recipes that would be grreeeat!

are you here yet?

dear nabru cowgirl: i would like a complete itinerary of the crazy old lady vacation festival. thanks in advance, the one nearest to crazy old lady status.

i'm such a sucker for Audrey Hepburn-i got some of them skinny black pants the other day and a stripey turtleneck. i feel very much like a beatnik.

i don't get it.

if he is down in the well, how can i make him put away the laundry, make dinner, clean the cat box and load/unload the dishwasher? so, no. i do not make him put the lotion in the basket, but i do make him put the lotion on my feet.

i prefer to eat lunch by myself. sometimes it is the only peace i get in a day.

i'm hoping to pull off "younger husband" and "maid" before the end of this calendar year.

fixed it for ya.

since this is sort of related, i would absolutely rather have a male boss who sexually harasses me than a female boss with something to prove. I've had both and women bosses who feel they have to treat other women badly, or tougher on them because they think it is good for them (or they are terratorial) are the worst managers in the universe.

what is "reported for me" a euphamism for?

well i am one of those people who honestly don't believe you can have it all. I think you make choices and sacrifices for the things that you want, be it a high powered career or three little kids. I think that when you try to have both, one or both suffer. I wish that there wasn't a Mommy Track, but there is. I think there's a new Daddy Track as well. I know some peeps on it. Life is about making choices, and if choosing (or not) to have kids isn't the biggest one on the list, then i don't know where anyone's priorities are. I don't know what you should have said to that woman. She clear

she said she disregarded work because kids were more important, or did she say that people who have kids show a disregard for work?

unproductive people are so because of many reasons but you're really stretching now to say that folks who smoke a little dope are/can be less productive because they might get arrested. I seriously doubt you can find the numbers that prove that pot arrests cause more problems in the workplace in the form of absences than child care issues. By your own logic anyone who would opt to have children while trying to pursue a career would show a disregard for work because children will be their first priority. You're not really saying THAT are you?

i don't have a new thing. should i get one?

of course it isn't wrong, but someone had to pick up the slack at work so she would have the freedom to do that, that we agree on, right? It isn't wrong to have kids who need care and to love your family more than your job (how i think it should be, btw,) but to assume that someone who smokes pot or hash occasionally or does X at some club a few times, is potentially less productive than anyone else (and i used the example of someone who has kids because the fallout of someone not being around because of their duty to their family is the one i'm most familiar with) is simply false. Disclosu

i'm pretty sure it is against the law to not hire someone because they are parents. Certainly in some cases, being a family man or woman works in your favor because it implies that you follow through on things (like having a college degree, no matter what it is in) however, you are not allowed to ask marital status, or status of family in an interview. I am always shocked, however, at the kind of information people put on their resumes and in their cover letter. Letters that say you are changing jobs because you want a quieter environment and you're looking to start a family isn't a good mo

i am seriously considering working from home today. i guess i should check my phone messages first...

it is litterbox changing day! Hurrah!

damp, humid morning. I feel like i'm in a broken sauna.

i made mac and cheese for dinner (from scratch) and we're watching all the episodes of LOST.