Evangeline has a hollow leg right now.

Or maybe a tapeworm. Or perhaps a hollow tapeworm? Well, she's got legs, anyway, and they're probably growing because she sure eats a lot. And I mean a LOT. It's not unusual right now for her to come home, eat three apples and two oranges, and then go make herself some eggs. And then cry at 6:30 because dinner isn't for another half an hour. Her sister isn't quite this bad, but she also has her little moments.

The other day we didn't have much in the way of food for her. We had raisins, mostly. I hadn't been to the store yet. She was storming around crying because there wasn't any food, and she was NOT happy at my suggestion that she get some raisins and eat those. Finally she scrounged around and found one lone cup of applesauce. Yes, I said, she could eat that. Ana stepped up and declared that SHE was hungry TOO and wanted applesauce.

"Well, we don't have anymore! Why don't you have some raisins?"
"CONNIE! Raisins are not the answer to everything, you know!"

*sigh*

Everybody did eventually get fed, more or less. I cannot wait for this growth spurt or whatever it is to just end already.

When I was little, I didn't quite understand my father's fascination with current events and history

Now, I think I kinda do!

Pharmacy Staff Frequently Misinform Teens Seeking Emergency Contraception

http://bit.ly/1e3AiQu

The man who unboiled an egg

http://bit.ly/19GPhAD

Gay marriage ruling befuddles Utah

http://politi.co/1d1yEjU

JJ is more than 7-year-old Kaelyn 'KK' Krawczyk's dog: He's her life-saving companion.

http://bit.ly/1cp239g

Small Talk Skills Improve With Practice

http://bit.ly/19kPMSN

Growing gap between rich and poor hurts U.S. economy, economists say in survey

http://bit.ly/1jtlWjo

Growing wealth gap in US hurting economic mobility

http://on-msn.com/1e3ybfH

We Feed Cows Chicken Poop

The practice isn't just gross, it could spread mad cow disease—and yet the FDA has done nothing to stop it.

http://bit.ly/1bkKwce

Charts: Catholic Hospitals Don't Do Much for the Poor

http://bit.ly/JfdxiG

Deceased Researcher’s Message In A Bottle Discovered In The Arctic

http://bit.ly/19kQ6kK

Hawaii solar boom so successful, it's been halted

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992167

US ECONOMIC INEQUALITY RISES TO HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE 1928: WHY DOES IT MATTER?

http://bit.ly/19k3t4G

Cells' Fiery Suicide in HIV Provides New Treatment Hope

http://bit.ly/19GNZ8A

Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Create Jobs?

http://bit.ly/1a263GX

Is Google redefining 'don't be evil'?

http://cnn.it/1jxyc2f

Why Screwing Unions Screws the Entire Middle Class

http://bit.ly/1hwWOUo

The NSA Used To Be Trustworthy, Now, Not So Much

http://onforb.es/194Ocia

Pope Francis: Out with the conservative cardinal, in with the moderate

http://nbcnews.to/19c2Hqn