It's true, everything was cooler when we were 12

Well, actually this is more like when I was five. But Sesame Street was cooler then. I give you this prime piece of evidence. I can't imagine them showing it now and we are all poorer for it.

This Just In

For all you HP fans out there, our favorite headmaster is Family:

From IMDB.com:
Dumbledore Is Gay
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix author J.K. Rowling has shocked fans of the boy-wizard series by stating that character Albus Dumbledore as gay. The writer revealed the truth of the Hogwarts school headmaster's sexuality at New York's Carnegie Hall on Friday as part of her American book tour. When asked by an audience member if Dumbledore had found "true love," she replied, "Dumbledore is gay," adding he was in love with his rival Gellert Grindelwald, who he once beat in a battle between good and bad wizards long ago. She says, "Falling in love can blind us to an extent. (Dumbledore was) horribly, terribly let down."

Owls of Autumn, Part II

Here's some more footage of Nora in the Owl Dress. As you can hear, she wants you to know all about Karl and she's been all about the mirror lately...

Owls of Autumn

It's October 8 and today it reached 90+ degrees. This is insane. I have been ready for fall for several weeks and it looks like I'm not to have it. Well possibly later this week. But anyway, Nora is all ready for crisp weather to begin. A trip to our fabulous children's used clothing store, Kangaroo Kids netted us some fun tights. Then I got too happy on hyena cart and bought her a very cute owl hoodie dress that would really only be comfortable in cooler weather, but I'm dying to put her in it. Here's some pics, but they don't really do justice to the dress since she won't stand still.

It's long enough that she'll be able to wear it next fall too, so it's not like I'm worried she'll grow out of it, but I'm just anxious to dress her up like the little elf she is:

And then there's the Halloween costume. Jason was pretty insistent that this year she go as little red riding hood, so Etsy helped me locate an appropriate cloak and Karl will be standing in as the big bad wolf. But again this isn't going to work in hot weather, so it better cool off by the end of the month.

And then there's me. What's the use of having fabulous boots if you can't wear them. Have I mentioned how sick I am of shaving my legs? How about how ready I am for some hearty chili or soup? This heat wave really needs to end so I can enjoy my favorite time of year, October.

Eggs

Are definitely out. We had been thinking that possibly Nora was able to eat them, but this weekend proved that this is so not the case. Unfortunately this allergy doesn't disappear until age 5, if at all. Lets keep our fingers crossed. On the upside, Isa's recipes came though for me again! This time I tested her biscuits. Although, I think I could veganize my traditional biscuit recipe, I decided to go with a more sure bet. They were a little crumbly, but the taste was super yummy and despite having a less-common ingredient (non-hydrogenated shortening, aka: Spectrum) I plan on making these as my permanent biscuit recipe. Alas, alack I don't have any pictures - though that may be fore the best since this meal also resulted in the great jelly disaster of 2007 (baths all around for Nora, the chair, the carpet and almost Karl).

Sunday was also our 12 anniversary. Hard to believe that it's been that long but it has. Happy Anniversary Sweetie! I shamelessly spent the day reading the present I purchased for Jason - Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson. He got to read it yesterday too, but still... sorry I commandeered your present, Jason! Anyway, it's as great as I hoped and I recommend it to all of you. Especially if you are, live with or know a Star Wars, Star Trek, or Comic Book fan. Or if you ever worked in a bookstore. Yeah, I'm talking about you, Todd.

Blue Hat

Nora does her best Garbo impersonation here and turns the camera away....