Happy things

Tried to post this via email this morning, but it apparently didn't go through. If it comes twice, apologies.

Happy stuff, in no special order:

1) sogwife rocks. I needed to have a difficult (I thought)
conversation with her, and while it was a little weepy and sad, it wasn't
super-hard, mainly because she's just very very very sweet to me.

2) bayarts is here to learn the World's Best Temp Job. I will
be able to rest assured that it's being done so I can move on to other
things, yay!

3) Every year around my birthday, I ask my mom what she was doing
howevermany years ago, and I always find out something new. Today, she
told me that on this day 41 years ago, she was getting ready to go to the
hospital (I was being induced the next day, so she didn't have to wonder
when I would arrive.) I asked her if she was nervous, and she said no,
just so incredibly happy and excited.

My dad had painted the crib blue (they were expecting a boy), and he ended
up repainting it pink while I was in the hospital. Months later, when mom
lowered the mattress platform on the crib because I had gotten big enough
to stand up, she laughed herself silly because it turned out my dad had
only changed the visible parts to pink -- the bottom few inches on all the
railings were still blue. :-)

foooooood

I have four burners going right now:

1) A chicken in every one pot
2) Veggie-and-chicken-bone-stock in another
3) The makings of schmaltz
4) Liver/heart/gizzards sauteeing in butter

My mother would be is so proud.