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Happy change your birth icon's internationality day, minnehaha K!

I have kittens! That's Shadow on the left and Dylan on the right. They're about six months old and absolutely delightful. I found them on Petfinder.com and drove out to get them a week and a half ago. Also, they're rambunctious little guys, and love to go gallop all over me in the middle of the night. I'm trying to socialize them, and so far it's going well0.2555555555

(Shadow is helping me type.)

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I harvested my kumquats a few days ago. I got about 3 dozen of them, which doesn't sound like much until you realize that the tree that they came from is only 26" tall. It was tipping over, but I think it's happier now. (For reference, the fruits are about 1.5" long. And isn't that a great colander?)

I got a "sort-of" cold, but I think it's gone now. It made me miss a couple of things that I really wanted to do. I'm extremely ready to be done with this.

Work is going wonderfully, although I had forgotten how incredibly easy systems analysis can be. I've been doing all this weird, nebulous, challenging stuff for so long that I tend to lose track of what other people do. Well, now I'm doing it. Anyway, I love it when I can get things done and checked off.

mizzlaurajean, did you say that you had used Angie's List? I'm contemplating subscribing, and would love to hear your thoughts. Also, when are you and your dear husband coming to meet my kittens?

So anyway, sorry if I missed anything while I fell off the face of the planet. I think I may be back now.

Whose feet are these?

This photo was taken at Dee & Corwin's wedding because somebody was amused at the wide variety of toe profiles in our black shoes. My foot is second from the left. I think that's laurel to my left, and I thought I remembered kalmn and sharlabacchus being in there as well. Does anyone know who belongs to these feetses?

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Also, here is a dumpster cake:

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