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Makes the Job Worthwhile

In case some of you missed it (and shame on you if you did), last Sunday was Mother’s Day. As is sometimes usual, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Jeff had gone off to work for a few hours, and Miss Molly and I were finding entertainment where we could. I had purchased new pants and a shirt, sadly necessitated by an increase in girth, and was trying them on at home. I asked Molly what she thought of my new outfit.

She looked me up and down, her eyes intense. This is usually not a good thing. At two, she has not learned that sometimes honesty can be stretched a little in order to spare one’s feelings.

Instead, she surprised and delighted me by saying, “Your new outfit is beautiful.”

Update: Yesterday, while out shopping, I placed her in an cart and she declared, “This cart is beautiful.” Apparently orange carts and yours truly rate equally in the eyes of a toddler.

Tea Is Better Than Water!

From a recent article on the Beeb, Tea ‘healthier’ drink than water:

Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers.

This makes my plan of drinking several pots of tea a day seem even better! The article then goes on to state:

Tea not only rehydrates as well as water does, but it can also protect against heart disease and some cancers, UK nutritionists found.

and:

[Dr Ruxton] said it was an urban myth that tea is dehydrating.

“Studies on caffeine have found very high doses dehydrate and everyone assumes that caffeine-containing beverages dehydrate. But even if you had a really, really strong cup of tea or coffee, which is quite hard to make, you would still have a net gain of fluid.

Hooray for Tea!

Superman is a Sissy

I’m a Spider-Man fan. I don’t think it naturally follows that I wouldn’t like Superman. I just don’t. It’s hard to take someone seriously when he’s basically a minor god. So every time we walk past the Sharper Image store in Los Gatos with its enormous statue of Superman, I make it a point to tell Molly that Superman is a sissy.

Today, Anna tells me that as they walked past Sharper Image, Molly pointed at the Superman statue and said, “Superman is a sissy.”

Did I mention that Molly loves the Spider-Man theme song?