I now have a matching pair of toy cupboards in my family room. They stand one on either side of the fireplace. They are a monument to order and cleanliness. They have plenty of space to house all of our toys. I have the sneaking suspicion that they will spend significant portions of time emptied of their contents. This is one of the drawbacks to having cupboards large enough for kids to play hide and seek in. Sigh.
I had a joyful surprise in my email last night. A friend that I love visiting with, but never seem to run into, discovered my blog here and emailed me. it turns out that she has her own blog. So now I can keep up with all her stuff conveniently from my computer. Perhaps this will serve as a reminder to me to actually call her and schedule that luncheon we always talk about having, but always forget to do. Her blog is very artsy and cool. After I’ve obtained permission, I’ll send all you fine folks over to look at it. It makes me remember how much I loved studying humanities in college. Someday I’ll have time to study it again I hope.
Oh, and in case anyone is interested, I’ve enabled anonymous comments on my journal here. I realized that I want non livejournal users to be able to comment. This also allows random trolls and spammers to comment. I’m not sure how much of a problem it will be, hopefully not a problem at all.
A final point of interest for today is that our house has been invaded by latin pigs. Kiki has been joyfully using pig latin to communicate things with me without letting the other kids know what she is saying. Only, they can tell she’s saying things sneaky and they invariably want to know what she said. It tends to cause more interest than it keeps secrets. Also parsing hesitantly spoken pig latin is tiresome for me. Fortunately Link is starting to comprehend it, so soon they should be able to speak it to each other and leave me out of the loop.
It is fascinating to watch this folklore get passed from one child to another. They’ve also been teaching alternate versions of Jingle bells. The kids delightedly sing these versions as if they’re new, but I heard them and sang them when I was a child. The approved curriculum is not the only thing that is taught at school. These folkloric songs and rhymes have a life of their own as they are passed from one generation of children to the next. I took a folklore class in college that discussed this phenomenon. It was fascinating to think about. Now it is fascinating to see in action.
Fixed… 🙂
Fixed… 🙂
I’m glad to be able to comment now; I’ve been following your blog for a long time, and it’ll be nice to have a chance to “talk back.” Thanks!
I’m glad to be able to comment now; I’ve been following your blog for a long time, and it’ll be nice to have a chance to “talk back.” Thanks!
Glad to have you here and commenting, but if you want me to learn who you are, you’ll have to leave your name at the end of your reply. Someday maybe I’ll set up a wordpress style blog, but for now Livejournal does most of what I need.
Glad to have you here and commenting, but if you want me to learn who you are, you’ll have to leave your name at the end of your reply. Someday maybe I’ll set up a wordpress style blog, but for now Livejournal does most of what I need.
One thing you can do is turn on screening for anonymous comments. That’s what my journal has on it.
One thing you can do is turn on screening for anonymous comments. That’s what my journal has on it.
I’m glad I can comment now too, thanks! I wanted to comment on the bra post, I totally understand where you are coming from. I go to JCPenny’s and I really need to go bra shopping soon! They seem knowledgeable, get me measured, ask questions about what I like and comes up with lots of bras that are comfortable. Hope bra shopping goes good for you.
Faren
I’m glad I can comment now too, thanks! I wanted to comment on the bra post, I totally understand where you are coming from. I go to JCPenny’s and I really need to go bra shopping soon! They seem knowledgeable, get me measured, ask questions about what I like and comes up with lots of bras that are comfortable. Hope bra shopping goes good for you.
Faren
bilingual pigs and such
Thanks for opening up comments to us anonymice. I hope you don’t get spam as a result. I was so delighted to find your blog. We’ll have to get around to that luncheon though — just as soon as my foot heals 🙁
You (or any friends of yours) are welcome to stop by my blog anytime. http://mentaltesserae.blogspot.com. I’m currently doing a Christmas Art Advent thing where I post a different painting of Christ each day (still with strange comments and random stuff about myself because that’s why I have a blog to begin with).
I had to laugh at your kids singing warped Christmas tunes. My kids do the same thing and are so impressed that I already know the new words. They can’t believe those versions have been around forever. Yes, Batman still smells.
bilingual pigs and such
Thanks for opening up comments to us anonymice. I hope you don’t get spam as a result. I was so delighted to find your blog. We’ll have to get around to that luncheon though — just as soon as my foot heals 🙁
You (or any friends of yours) are welcome to stop by my blog anytime. http://mentaltesserae.blogspot.com. I’m currently doing a Christmas Art Advent thing where I post a different painting of Christ each day (still with strange comments and random stuff about myself because that’s why I have a blog to begin with).
I had to laugh at your kids singing warped Christmas tunes. My kids do the same thing and are so impressed that I already know the new words. They can’t believe those versions have been around forever. Yes, Batman still smells.
Re: bilingual pigs and such
Yes, and hello, I forgot to sign my name. So just in case it wasn’t obvious, this is Julie (a.k.a. computer dork).
Re: bilingual pigs and such
Yes, and hello, I forgot to sign my name. So just in case it wasn’t obvious, this is Julie (a.k.a. computer dork).
See if you can get Howard to teach them op op
Was pretty big with the Fargo ZLzebubs for a while.
Dennis
See if you can get Howard to teach them op op
Was pretty big with the Fargo ZLzebubs for a while.
Dennis
Re: See if you can get Howard to teach them op op
You presume that I actually want to live with op op. The Latin pigs are bad enough. 😉
Re: See if you can get Howard to teach them op op
You presume that I actually want to live with op op. The Latin pigs are bad enough. 😉
I may have to do that if spammers or trolls become a problem.
I may have to do that if spammers or trolls become a problem.