misc.

Youngest is having an asthma attack. He hasn't really had one in a couple of years - we've been able to head them off at the pass, but this one has come hard and heavy. K's project is done until after the holidays so he is home with him but I find myself falling into the well worn steps of treatments and medications and sleeping with one ear listening. We are on day three. When he was small he would get much worse on day four and then be considerably better on day five. We'll see.

Sometimes a Heath Bar is just right at 9:03 pm. Then there's the 15 minutes after it in which you have the added pleasure of sucking the toffee out of your teeth. It's like two candy bars in one eating experience.

Kate, from Jon and Kate Plus Eight, really can be a bitch sometimes, you know. But, when I think about it, I realize that if I were in her position they could never film me for television.

I spent a good part of the afternoon making paper snowman garlands for our office holiday party. We used page proofs from several books to recycle things rather than waste paper and I'm here to say that the collected works of Frida Kahlo don't really lend themselves, easily, to holiday decor.

K and I (but mostly K) are making a huge dish of creme brulee as my contribution to the aforementioned holiday party. Yesterday I brought a blow torch to work so I'd have it to caramelize the sugar on site and it was a wonderful addition to my desk decor...right up until we got a company-wide email advising us that the fire marshall was in the office.

My puffy coat is the warmest thing I've ever worn. Yesterday I saw another woman wearing the same coat at the train station. I asked her where she had bought it, as we admired each other's good taste, and she said Daffy's! HA HA Mr. SchmancymcSearlestore!

My teeth are aching a little, right now, from that Heath Bar. And I might have a stomachache.

I'm pretty sure we'll be going to see a "fun family comedy" at the movies over the Christmas break - any suggestions?

I scored two sets of Hulk Hands (the foam ones!) on eBay. I paid $3.25 for one set and $20.00 for the second set so I'm pretending it all evens out and they were reasonably priced. Right now my favorite gift is a set of fake mustaches I bought for Middle - eight or ten black acrylic hair mustaches to stick on peoples faces. I'll try to remember to take pictures. And post them.