Would she like to bond with my kid for a while, too?

Don't know about them, but I'd love to try that recipe you have!

Yay! And thanks for using us for the ad!

I still recommend eBay for the plastic lunchboxes that you can actually wash! Mine set me back all of five bucks plus a couple dollars shipping - well worth it!

Hey, let's see a picture of Signore! Godspeed, you two! :)

The owner of the little horsies in today's story told me one of her critters had figured out how to open the door to the house. Horse then learned to take a shortcut through the house and back outside to a particularly desirable part of the yard, beating all her horsey competitors for the best spot.

Sounded smart to me! :)

That book sounds great. I'm going to have to look for it.

The dairy is Noris, and I'm getting the milk through the online farmer's market I'm supposed to write about one of these days, www.willamettelocalfoods.com. It is horrendously expensive in comparison with plain old grocery stores; $4 per half gallon. That's not counting the $2 bottle deposit, which you get back as a credit on your next order. I have decided that I can do, and I'm pressing onward, but heaven help me, I cannot bring myself to do most of the meat ($23 for a 3-pound chicken?). Even though I know I'd probably pay $7 for each of us for a good chicken dinner somewhere, I just can't do that every week (which is what I would need to do).

Let me shoot some honkin' big fireworks, already! Annual blog posting soon.

"Wasn't interested in history"??? How on earth did this woman get her JOB?