Hat and shower. Two words I do not like to see in close proximatey. I still have trauma from that hat at my wedding shower at Aunt Marie's and Uncle Vinnie's house in Staten Island. Joe's hat was awesome looking. I believe I would have been proud to don such a creation. Bow hats bite.

I really must know, Ellen -- Do you really buy all that sausage? What does that do to your blood pressure and sodium levels?

We did not do the fish thing on Christmas Eve when I was growing up. Slovaks have a Christmas Eve tradition that involves Oplacki (basically unconsecrated hosts), honey and garlic. We didnt eat meat either, but had halushki instead. Halushki is basically fried cabbage and dumplings. Which sounds quite nasty but actually for some reason tasted pretty good.

Yesterday was the first time one of my sons said, "Do you love me more than "other son"?" I had told him that I loved him to the moon. Any bets on which monster uttered that.

The other day Cookie said he didnt want to go to school. Mojo was like "why?, I love school." Cookie said, "You'll see. Kindergarten is real long and you have to sit and be quiet all day and do lots of paperwork." Yesterday, after considering Cookie's comments, Mojo decided that he will stay in the 4's. I went to Mojo's 4's conference and had to hear about what a total joy he was and how he respected authority. I suspect some pod person replaces him when he shows up for school cuz he sure aint like that for me.