Where did the weekend go chat

Cathy, I was thinking the same thing about Owen "holding" the baby.  I realize his kind of spinal injury means he can't move his arms, but it also means he has NO feeling at all in them, and therefore he can't even feel her weight against him, right?  That makes me sad, too.  But, when she starts to explore things with her fingers, he'll feel her hands on his face, and he can give her "Eskimo nose kisses."  I love his sweet smile.  I hope his spirits are as good as they appear in the photos you've shared.  

Jewlieee

I need to start hitting the light box.

Jewlieee

Paige, i looove smartwool. In fact, im wearing a smartwool shirt today! (Wore it to work since my office is roughly 30 degrees F.

  I still owe Lani a pair of socks.  (I actually bought them, never sent them, then finally caved and started using them myself - I normally wear the short ones, but I'd gotten her some hiking socks.)

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I'm a Smartwool addict too! Actually the ones I have are anywhere from 3-10 years old and are in need of replacement. I wish they made the soles a bit more durable. They get threadbare on the heels and balls of the foot too quickly. The rest of the sock is still in great shape.

Me neither but since it was around 80 today I don't think it matters much.

The Occupy movement in Europe goes by another name that I think is perhaps more fitting; it would be translated as the "Outraged". While the societies and expectations are vastly different, I think both the US and the western European countries have things to be outraged about. Societies work on social constructs that people feel they can count on; if those constructs fall, trust disappears and when trust is gone, the feeling of unfairness, helplessness, and hopelessness take hold more readily in the portion of the population that, in one way or the other, feels cheated or treated unfairly. The economic systems of the developped countries, centered on profit and consumerism, have been presented as the most beneficial to the populations. At this point, several large groups in those populations are starting to realize that, by the accepted standards of the societies they live in, they are third world citizens while others are accumulating a degree of wealth that is so high as being ununderstandable. When people who have worked, paid into retirement, done all the right things, have trouble paying their heating bills, doctor's bills, medicine, even food bills or, if they are not retired yet, see what is happening to others which predicts their own future, they are going to become outraged. A promise was made, they feel the promise was broken.

 ETA  : I don't give a cat's poop where the weekend went because I have the whole week off. Whoot !!! It is such a welcome respite from what keeps kibble in the girls' bowls and accessorily a roof above all our heads.

That's where mine go, too.  Only reason I had so many was I did a series of important favors for some members of their IT dept, so their director approved sending me some socks as a thank-you.  Those are all still wearable, but need replacement for the reason you describe.  I like the short ones, tho, which aren't as easy to find.