I have a TweetCloud!

Because I am a geek who spends too much time on her computer putzing around instead of actually writing to her friends.

But I have a TweetCloud! Check it out: http://www.tweetclouds.com/user_pages/mugs.html

I made a huge mistake.

At the beginning of my grandmother's steep decline into Alzheimer's, it was no longer advisable to call and tell her you were going to visit next week. Having become "unstuck in time," she would go to the lobby and wait for you that afternoon, and the following day, and so on. It was much better to call ahead to the nurses, let them know your plans, and surprise her. These unexpected delights gave her great joy.

I should have applied this principle with my daughter, who is three.

I told her that her grandparents were coming to visit soon (as in, two weeks from now). And later this year, she's going to have a nice long visit with them "in Boston" while Mommy and Daddy take a trip to China. (She can only conceptualize "China" because of "Dora's World Adventure".)

My daughter now tells me with every other breath that she wants to go "to Boston" now.

We're not going until October.

If I can last that long.