Back online....

It's sad. I hate to admit it, really. I haven't written in the blog for over two weeks and I have only one excuse. And it's not even a very good one. Here it is: TV is really good this season. Seriously! That's all I've got! Arrested Development, Kitchen Confidential, My Name is Earl, Medium, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Alias... I could go on and on. There's even shows I don't have time to watch and wish I could! Alias and Smallville are on at the same time and Lost and Veronica Mars are on at the same time! And I keep hearing about Commander-in-Chief from someone (you know who you are) and I know there's other things out there that are good. Enough. Really. I'm embarassed. I am not a TV freak, but I have just gotten out of control these last two weeks. I must refocus. So, here we go.

I got a call from the neighbor yesterday. I don't think she's ever called before, so I just assumed one of the kids did something inappropriate. Here's how it went:

Francine: "Hi, Kat, this is Francine*."
*name changed to protect the innocent

Kat: "Hi, Francine. What's up?"

Francine: "Well... I was just wondering how you've been feeling."

Kat: "Ummmm... I feel great. Why do you ask?"

Francine: "Well, a little birdie told me that you were going to have a baby!"

Kat: "Um. Not that I know of."

Francine: "Oh! Well, Isabella** was just over here and she was just chatting away and she said something about you having a baby really soon. I knew it couldn't be really soon, but I thought you might be expecting."
**name NOT changed to protect the not-so-innocent

Kat: "Nope. Unless Isabella knows something I don't. We're not really in the market for another baby right now."

Francine: "Well, I just thought I'd ask. You never know what's truth out of all the stuff the kids in the neighborhood say!"

So. I had to get to the bottom of this, of course. Later, Isabella comes in from playing.

Kat: "Isabella, were you talking to Shelly's* mom?"
*again, name changed to protect the innocent

Isabella: "Yep."

Kat: "Were you telling her stories?"

Isabella: "Nope."

Kat: (getting to the point) "Did you tell Shelly's mom that we're having a baby?"

Isabella: (excited) "Yeah! We're having a baby soon!"

Kat: "Isabella! We're not having a baby!"

Isabella: "Well, not yet."

Kat: "When, then?"

Isabella: (smiling) "When you grow up!"