The kids drove back to college at o'dark-hundred this morning. It was wonderful having them home for a few days. :)

That subject line? New friends probably haven't heard about our daughter's phobia regarding crustaceans (crabs, crawdads, lobsters), but it is a real thing. :O ( Read more... )

Every now and then I think about phobias, and how OTHER people's phobias sometimes seem weird while your own, of course, are perfectly reasonable.

So, why not a poll? This is for actual phobias, not general fears or even severe dislikes. *drumrolllll*

Poll

Just a quick reminder to please check out the LJ Idol entries for this week. There are two sets of entries and two polls, and we're down to the Top Six (so, 12 entries in all). I'm hoping to make it through this week, so every vote helps!

Today we visited Washington's Mt. Vernon estate. It was beautiful and huge, and I can't imagine living there ( Read more... )

While I want this to be over, I'm petrified of the fallout if American voters make the wrong choice this election. I can't vote until after work, as my polling place is back to being my local elementary school and there isn't enough parking. Before work is also school drop-off, so that wasn't going to work out ( Read more... )

You may remember my daughter's crustacean phobia. We ran across a photo from a play in the San Francisco Chronical over the weekend, and while technically not a crustacean, creepy enough. She'd gone to the beach the day before, so my husband sent it to her in an email with "DID YOU ENJOY THE BEACH????!!!!???" as the subject line:


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