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oh, Dulcibella, that's my dream too. :|

So, how early is too early for jackhammers? Does it depend on where you live? (I mean regional differences, not HOA rules) Around here (the South) none of the people we've hired for projects has shown up before 7am and they usually get started a bit after. On the other hand, people will start mowing at the crack of fricking dawn on a Saturday , if they do their lawn themselves.

conejito: hahaha! The "fan blocking" pillow! My number of pillows changes depending on where I am. It pretty much always get a +1 at relatives homes because they all have A/C or fans running all over the place. I have to have a blocker too. :)

RE: Paris/Paris Hilton - I do stuff with college students pretty often and the incoming freshmen this year already do not really know who she is. I think a lot of us older adults who get hung up on famous people's names (me too sometimes) forget that celebrity fades fast- especially the annoying "famous for being famous" kind of celebrity. Younger people are less likely to think your little Kimberley was named after a Kardashian than we might worry they will.

I agree, Virginia. A local day/pre-school is renting classrooms from our church (it's not our school) and I have been really surprised this school year walking down the halls and seeing the names on their displayed art/crafts for the week. We have 2 Majors, a Smith, a Brand, a Browne, 2 Jacksons (although that's not really new), a Steele, a Van Something. And a few others I can't remember but they are really unusual - stopped me in my tracks when I saw them. Not that I care though, I'm pretty fine with any name if it isn't something actually deplorable (like derogatory slang) or incomprehensible (like those denied NZ names that were actually just symbols).

HA! You made me wheeze out loud Dabney! This tricycle is beautiful. Are these kind still made? I never see them around here anymore. I have many wonderful memories of terrorizing my mom's cats as I circled around the carport during the summer - in Louisiana, even the cats refuse to leave the shade when it's hot.

I'll join you OT: Her eye makeup is great.

Yes! A veggie pizza, loaded to the gills with all kinds of veggies is the best. My husband the T-rex doesn't even mind, as long as there are also giant slices of portobello mushrooms.

I also love the jarred ones, drained on paper towels, cut in half (if they are only halves already, rather than quartered), then sauteed in a pan. As a side dish to sweet Sea Scallops they can't be beat.

Drunksticks also sound delicious. I'm sure someone around here has a good idea of how to make that happen. Margarita sherbet?

What? The only ones I"ve ever seen or used have been foam with a plastic coating. I have seen covers that were fabric, they had elastic around so they could be goten off and on the pad quickly. I really only saw these in the nurseries of people who thought the entire room needed to look like Noah himself showed up to vomit an Ark-theme all over the place.
What I really liked was the thick oilcloth squares an aunt gave me. They just sat on the pad and covered enough that the baby's backside didn't have to go on plastic in the winter. Even easier to deal with, and I could use them as an emergency spitup towel.The plastic pad cleaned up with an extra wet wipe.