Mommy blogging about 2 daughters, 1 hubby, a couple of ditzy cats, and a fluffy old dog. And me.

• Okay, family is tapping toes, waiting on me for dinner. Cya later, Tweets! #
• Red Lobster ROCKED the garlic grilled shrimp tonight. I actually managed to skip the cheesecake, too. :oD #
• @bgsand Cuuuuuuute new avatar photo! :o) OMG, the shrimp were good. Of course, I could have eaten everything on the table. NOM! #
• The car that the mechanic said was fine is overheating again. Now within 1 mile of leaving the house. How is that even possible? #
• @megfowler That lemon-tarrigon glaze sounds fab! #
• @beautifulmess04 re car: That’s what we think. Only the mechanic is charging us w/o fixing it because he “can’t reproduce the problem.” … #
• @rakuette Heh. Just saw your response to my stirrups update. :o) I like my ob/gyn, but I’m glad I only see her once a year. #
• sharonhiggs Hey, you out there today? I’m not getting any work emails. Maybe because I’m on the exchange server. Silence is killing me! :oP #
• @beautifulmess04 I know! I will have to stand in for my too-nice husband & be the designated bitch car owner until the mechanic relents. ;oP #
• Anyone else’s blog getting spam HAMMERED lately? Akismet must have a breach a mile wide, & Defensio hasn’t been any better. Suggestions? #
• @donncha I hope your wife and my hubby won’t object if I propose to you on the spot. You’re my blogging hero today. THANKS! #
• @WendyM Me? I’d let her sleep. Even if you wake her up, she’ll be unbearably crabby. Or is she not like my kiddos were? :o) #
• @WendyM Yeah, I know the dilemma. Sympathies! #
• @thespacebase Thanks anyway! @donncha suggested a plugin that I’m trying: http://snurl.com/33ttx . It doesn’t make commenting harder, either #

Parents don’t always like their kids’ friends. But you’re giggly and kind. I noticed that you gently put our cats down when you finish petting them, even our sharp-clawed crankpot. You even hop up to help when I assign my girls a chore. What’s not to like?

Web toys like this map below — generated on a site that lets me easily click which states I’ve visited — are why I love being a nerd.

States I’ve Visited

Not so many states, is it! I need to branch out a bit more. *penciling in some new vacation plans* You can get your own map from epgSoft.

I really didn’t realize until now that I’ve really stayed pretty much in the South, aside from one two-year span in Rochester, N.Y., for first husband’s grad school and a couple of mid-west trips for business or pleasure. Well, and a few trips to Mexico and Canada — although I’ve hardly scratched the surface there either. Hardly the road-weary U.S. citizen or the sophisticated international traveler I’d like to be!

OK. Traveling is going on my goals list. (What’s on yours?)