you are now entering a whine-free zone

Okay. I declare EJ Takes Life to be a no-whining zone for the rest of the week. Entirely too much whining has taken place here, particularly when there are so many things to be thankful for.

Like family and vacations:


Like home and new rugs and finally getting rid of my busted Ikea furniture:


Like insanely hot new boots bought for a tenth of the original price (I swear, they look better on me. Like, movie star-better):


Of course, these all don't mean that someone is necessarily a good person. After all, a good person sees a desperately thirsty cat and thinks "I should get her water," not "this is a cheezburger moment:"