The Master and his little Grasshopper

Crying again. Happy month 13, Leta!!!

Hi Heather,
I was just wondering if you plan on having any more children?

when you show these pictures, it makes me miss utah so much. i love the greatest snow on earth!

Can I just say because of this website that I am now a scarred, yet wiser, man because I actually asked my wife why dogs needs to have their annal sacs cleaned, why do dogs have annal sacs in the first place, do our horses have such an organ, and will they have to be cleaned?

honest to god regualr access to this website is one of the few things i miss about america.

that and veggie tacos from wahoos.

argentine food blows for us hippy, veggie bastards.

i find an internet cafe with veggie tacos i swear i may never leave.

First let me say that it is obvious Dooce, Inc. has amazing computer systems and technologies at her disposal, and I am certain the Pic o’ the Day is now automated by a computer, not Heather & Jon getting up at 3 a.m. to satisfy the Eastern Bloc Doocers’ need to BE NUMBER ONE in the comments.
Then, let me say that the 13-month newsletter made me BARK with laughter (Leta, flattened out on the carpet: my god, I have days at work that look EXACTLY like that!) and then my eyes welled with tears at the love you have for your child and the honest way you write about it. We’re not having kids, and reading your narratives give me a glimpse of what it’s like. I know I’m not alone when I say this: Thank you for sharing your life so honestly & openly. And the pictures are awesome. For instance, I just got excited that tomorrow is Friday? because that means? CHUCK!

Hiya Jimbo! You are missed man!
I have to say I am loving the penguin pics you have up. Oh yeah, and all of the other ones too.

Hope you are having a blast even without the fish tacos!

B4E:

it’s see food self portrait thursday…did you forget?

That kid is sooooo cute! And happy! For no reason! What a joy, eh?

And now she’s entered her teens and is learning to hump, bump, and get into all sorts of things that she’s not s’pozed ta. You now know the point at which it all started. You may as well work with it now that you know. Tango and salsa lessons, cryptography and lock-picking, make sure she’s ready for Prince Coco Shimmy when he shows up.

Happy 13 Leta, what a doll.

Busy, busy at work for me this week means less time to spend with all you fabulous doocelings. I’m stealing a few moments away from well-deserved sleep to plug http://www.selfportraitday.com (which has the great class to feature yours truly today), to awww at the pictures of Leta and accompanying letter on her year and a twelfth and grin nearly as foolishly as the folks in that picture up there at the silliness here in comment-land. Keep up the good works! (And remember, only 20 more comments before the mandatory poop tangent!)

Jimbo, you’re a veggie? And I thought it wasn’t possible to love you any more than I already did…

How come my computer shows that 1st comment was posted at like 3 in the nite? I am in central time zone. Can dooce set the settings so that comments open at 3 in the nite although she might have posted earlier or does it have to do with screwed time clocks of the computer? Just curious.

Greenthumb — damn, always a day late and a mouthful of food short.

Maybe that’s my lunch in the bag?

I think, and I could be wrong here, that she posted the pic at 3 am her time.

Striz — bingo. The times shown here are mountain time zone.

What I want to know is: where’s the mountin’ time zone? ‘Cause I wanna be *there*

*Amazing* letter to Leta, Heather…you make me want to write a newsletter to my own children when I have them someday…

You guys are just the cutest couple!

That’s a kickass picture. Now I want to see the second one where the person taking it fell down the hill and you guys are all freaking out like, “NOOOOOO!!!!”

This month’s newsletter is so wonderful. I loved the ending – so gorgeious and loving and letting go and it almost makes me understand what motherlove must feel like. I’ll say what everyone says: you’re *so* funny, you’re *such* a good writer.

I love reading your blog, woman.

Katie-BBAW –

i am 5’11, too. YAY for tall girls!

where do you buy your jeans/pants?

Red and Katie BBAW, I am also a 5’11″ amazon. Old Navy has awesome tall sized jeans.

I love this photo of the two of you–it should be framed–and reading about your wonderful little Leta in your newsletter always makes me misty-eyed (and right now it seems to be making my ovaries hurt–time to talk my hubby into having kids….)
Thank you for having such a wonderful blog–it makes my day just to read it and see your photos!

BFE, its in the mountians. MMKAY

I am all eastern here baby. I wanna go to the beach.

Man, when I saw that thumbnail I thought it was a Red Vine. Sigh. We don’t have those here in the East.