To celebrate the Jewish high holidays, I decided to go all out with the potty training (no, those things don’t have anything to do with each other, but today IS Rosh Hashana–Happy New Year to all my Jewish readers!). Of course, that means that I have spent the past two days running between the bathroom and the laundry room. Charlie has peed successfully in the potty a total of ONCE since he got up yesterday; he has had something like five accidents today (the house has a lovely eau de Resolve Carpet Cleaner scent to it just now). Combine that with my raging insomnia and a surprising burst of hyper behavior from Henry and I can hardly remember my name, much less write anything worth sharing with the Internet. Welcome to Friday Playdate! Cake for everyone!

What was I saying? Oh, yes–fortunately, my lovely e-friend Jen has tagged me with this meme, thus providing both a peek inside my addled brain and content for today’s post. Hooray!

7 things I plan to do before I die
1. live in England
2. knit a sweater
3. write a book
4. run a charitable foundation
5. be a grandmother
6. see a woman in the White House
7. paint the kitchen

7 things I can do
1. teach
2. knit
3. write
4. explicate the post-modern novel
5. bake
6. play tennis
7. function on very little sleep

7 things I cannot do
1. cook
2. potty train a three-year-old
3. get ahead
4. play golf
5. drink tequila
6. sew
7. imagine what the hell George Bush is thinking

7 things that attract me to the opposite sex
1. a touch of cynicism
2. a sense of humour
3. liberal leanings
4. broad shoulders
5. a good intellect
6. a propensity for neatness
7. nice shoes (jesus this is hard)

7 things that I say most often
1. dammit
2. jesus christ (but not in a prayerful way)
3. use your walking feet
4. stop! STOP!
5. Henry
6. Charlie
7. I love you so much

7 celebrity crushes
1. Ralph Fiennes
2. Colin Firth
3. John Cusack
4. did I say Ralph Fiennes?
5. Gwyneth Paltrow
6. Heather Armstrong
7. Anderson Cooper

7 people I want to do this
You know who you are . . .