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I'm supposed to be distraught, but I'm not. The Preschool Era is officially over. Or nearly so.

I filled out the paperwork for my youngest to go to Kindergarten next fall. Isn't that supposed to make me weep salty tears over the loss of my baby?

Seriously, I just can't work up any hysteria about this. I have enjoyed my kids at all of their different ages and stages (although, in retrospect, I must say, I'm really not a baby person. Except for other people's babies. Why is it that other people's babies are so irresistable? Is it the lack of sleep deprivation?)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this next phase. Heck, I'm already looking forward to visiting them in college and having them let me move in when I'm eighty.

Preschool, Schmeeschool.

--Melanie

Is it just me, or did Grey's Anatomy get really McBoring in the third season?

And if so, why do I keep watching one or two downloaded episodes per night?

--Melanie

SPOILER ALERT!!!! For those of you who have not read, but are planning to read, Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan you might want to skip this blog. Actually, you might want to skip the book and just read the blog, but whatever.

If you don't know, Loving Frank is the fictionalized account of the love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and one of his clients, Mamah Cheney. They left their spouses and children (him 6 and her 2). The book is a little Sex in the City circa Carrie moves to Paris meets The Feminine Mystique crossed with The Fountainhead. Some of the theories on feminism and individuality are interesting, but the books gets tedious with the hand wringing over her children and nothing really happening from a standpoint of the story moving forward.

I'm reading this for my book club so I'm sure they'll be a debate on her leaving her kids, and feminism (Cheney was a suffragist), but the really shocking part is that a servant of Mr. Wright and Ms. Cheney set fire to their Wisconsin home and attacked and with an ax killed Ms. Cheney and her two children who were visiting her for the summer. Four others were also murdered and two wounded. Mr. Wright was in Chicago at the time.

Holy Sh*t! How could I have not know this? Did you know?

Still Stunned,

--Kelly

I have a confession to make. I don't bathe my kids everyday. Sometimes not even every other day. I won't go any further than that. I don't want to embarrass myself - or gross anyone out. But, I feel vindicated. According to this article a group that showered only once a week had lower instances of viral infections and skin infections compared to the control group that did their regular showering routine. Interestingly, it also gave the statistic that at the start of the study 47% of the once-a-weekers were single and at the end of the study 84% were. Given that my kids are 7 and 5 I think I'll stick with my schedule and feel good about it.

--Kelly