Scribal Terror

Happy Grad!

What's under YOUR desk?

Family fun

Don't you think it's great when the whole family gets together and picks dilberries off the maltese?

Junior prom

The Paperclip is growing up.

Dental update

I just spent an hour and a half getting a tooth drilled. It needed a filling AND a crown. The anesthetic wore off half way through. This is what comes of eating carrots.

Should we go out for Chinese tonight?

Or stay home and have Maltese instead?

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

These are really good. I just made some, using butter rather than margarine and a really strong, black molasses  -- not yer wimpy, watery brown stuff --- and rolled them in turbinado sugar. I also baked them on parchment paper (one of the keys to great cookies).

Spanish-American War, 1898

I found this photo in my family collection. I'm not sure which one of the men is related to me, but I'm pretty sure I remember that one of my maternal grandmother's brothers (possibly Edward Meyers) fought with TR in Cuba. Family legend has it that he won a medal for sneaking through the enemy lines to steal oranges. Family legend also has it that he was gay, and very, very dashing.

Happy Birthday, Ana!

And many, many happy returns.

PS: Ana's blog is Run, Jester, Run!

Julie attack

Julie P just came up behind me in the office and gave me a big hug. This was a bit of a surprise because I thought she was either in Indiana or Phoenix.   Then she was off on her travels again as swiftly as she had arrived. She came HERE to get her hair done. Freaking jet setters ALL want their hair done in Urbana Illinois.