Had a lovely weekend.

I slept in super late on Saturday, and then we went to Chick-fil-A for lunch. Heaven!

Clearly, I have some weird issues with food. I almost cried when I was eating my #1 Combo at CFA, and then later that night, had a foodgasm over a cupcake. To be fair, these were the greatest cupcakes in the history of ever, from Georgetown ( Read more... )

It's snowing here in Alexandria for the first time this season. The snow didn't start until about the time when I was outside with Zoe, waiting for the school bus--so, of course, the roads are now coated with snow and ice and it's still snowing. The Alexandria City Schools just decided to close at 1:00, and this is the kind of thing that makes me ( Read more... )

* I've linked to this on Facebook, but I loved this speech by Al Sharpton denouncing anti-gay pastors sfm, so I'm linkin' to it again ( Read more... )

I had pretty much decided that I was not going to venture into downtown DC during Inauguration weekend. However, I just got an email with this announcement for the Sunday night concert at the Lincoln Memorial,

"Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, ( Read more... )

Came across this article this morning--valleywag.gawker.com/5124184/the-russian-bear-slashes-a-social-network.

Looks like LJ is in serious trouble.

I should have checked LJ's username policy a little more closely; apparently usernames can't be longer than 15 characters. That means, of course, that my favorite choice from the previous poll (maryslightlycontrary) isn't an option.

Any other suggestions are welcome!!

Poll New UsernameIn other news, Tony and the girls have been in GA since the day after Christmas ( Read more... )

I've decided this journal needs a new name. I chose mcs530 because it was easiest at the time I set up this journal in 2004, and it's my email address, work computer login, etc. I need something new ( Read more... )

Earlier this week was the Christmas concert at Maeve's preschool, so of course I have tons of pictures. Here are just a few:

( Maeve waiting to sing )

Imagine if there was a British candidate for Deputy Prime Minister who had a child called “JCB”, believed raped children should endure labour, dismissed evolution and regularly shot gigantic animals. It would be regarded as borderline sectionable behaviour ( Read more... )

I just sent my babies off for the first day of their new schools ( Read more... )