I'd like to lay around like a cat today, but one more day in court, one more trial to fight for, and then we're on the road again to take The Princess to school. She, thank God, packs herself and is very organized. I've enjoyed having her home this summer. She's between boyfriends and is more even-tempered than in summers past. I'll miss her sitting on the couch admiring her new red pedicure while rooting on the Yankees and exploding when they miss the ball.

Julia has been solaced at the temporary loss of both brother and sister by the addition of a new pet, Madeline the Hamster. So far she's a respectable critter: neat, contained in a cage, frisky, and eats very little. It will stave her for awhile from her desire to have a dog (read puppy and Mom an dDad running after it once it grows up like the kittens she fell in love with).

On an email list, we are torturing ourselves by listing our top ten favorite sweet junk foods (we're talking I have my period comfort food, I hate my job, comfort food, my husband and I aren't talking junk food, my son is driving me crazy long distance from college junk food.). It's been interesting to find out that certain brands of junk food are not national brands, like Scooter Pies, Yankee doodles, Devil Dogs, and Funny Bones.

Here's my list:

1. Haagen Daz coffee ice cream
2. French cruller from Dunkin'Donuts
3. Cannoli
4. Dove chocolate bars
5. Lemon ice
6. Starbucks Cafe Latte, skim, with sugar free hazelnut or sugar free vanilla syrup.
7. Black and white cookies ( large, cake like cookie topped with chocolate fondant and vanilla fondant, a NY specialty)
8. Creme brulee
9. Mint souffle with hot fudge sauce
10. Funny Bones w/ milk

What's yours?