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So, last night, aside from our family St. Patrick's celebration, we went through Grandmommy's jewelry and figured out who was going to inherit what at this time.

Given how much we all loved Grandmommy, you'd figure that this would be a serious and sentimental time.

Um, well, it started out a bit sentimental. Then our memory of her personality kicked in, and we started joking and laughing and being absolutely insane. This was helped by the fact that a few of Grandmommy's pieces can only be described as absolute bling. And picturing Grandmommy making random gang signs and saying "Yo, dudes" is one of the most amusing mental pictures anyone can have.

Other amusing portions of the evening involved searching for a placeholder ring for John to give to Elizabeth while they're saving for their engagement/wedding rings, and watching Elizabeth's response when we pointed out the symbolism of the squashblossom necklace she was wearing. That's the fastest I've seen anyone jerk off a necklace.

And by now I'm convinced that there is some cat DNA in my maternal line. Because there were a few points where we all stopped what we were doing to bat at the shiny things one of us was holding up.

You did not just go there

So I'm having a rather relaxing afternoon, sitting around and reading.

Then the phone rings, and on comes this recorded message. "We the, blah blah blah, are a National coalition to stop child pornography and same sex marriage..."

I hung up the phone faster than I ever have before in my life. And that was only because it was a recorded message. If there had been a person on the other end of that phone, I'd have been screaming at them. How dare they compare something between sane, consesnual adults who just want their relationship to have legal rights with something that hurts children who are below the age of consent for good reason?

I don't care if you don't like same-sex relationships, although I reserve the right to disagree with you on the matter. But to do this? To imply that it is equal to child pornography? *refrains from screaming and throwing things only because it would scare the kidlets*