*Begin complaint session*
Something else about Blogger that is bugging me: They just figured out where we live. For 3 years now I’ve checked Blogger & all the text is in English. But, now they’ve figured out where we are and automatically switched all of the text to Central Asian. Yeah, I know most of those words by now (a few that are pretty technical are new to me), so it’s not a logistic problem. It’s just annoying. Here I am reading an English blog about my friends, but all of the Blogger-related text is foreign. My brain doesn’t really switch those gears well. Grrr.
*End complaint session*
In other news, we are leaving town for the weekend. We’re going up to the Big City for a variety of reasons: 1) We are getting a crib from some friends, 2) We are going for another doctor’s visit, and 3) I am going to spend a lot of money at IKEA. I’m so excited about IKEA that I’m dreaming about it. We’ll buy all of the other furniture we need for the nursery and a few other things that are hard to find here…. unless you go to that wonderful store, that bastion of Sweedish design, that home to the inexpensive but good quality self-assembled furniture…. in a word, it’s simply IKEA.
When we get the goods home and set up, I’ll post pictures.
However, lest we forget, this weekend marks the one year anniversary of the mabBlab! I will do my best to post the answers to your questions on Sunday the 15th. But, y’all have been so great about asking questions that I may have to split it into several posts. In fact, I think I will reserve all of Steve’s questions for a post of their own. It’s the least I can do. If you’d like to add questions, you can do that through the end of the day Friday (whenever that is for you). After that, I won’t guarantee that I’ll get to answer them. After all, I’ll be busy at IKEA!
Now I must go. My hair is still wet, I haven’t had lunch, I should do some homework, and my language teacher will be here soon.
The mab Blab 
Lydia
I think the language thing on Blogger is kind of cool. That happened with my e-mail when we were in Argentina. I was glad I knew the location of the buttons I needed, because I don’t know a lick of Spanish! However, that was for a short time period, and more novel than anything else. Your situation is probably not so novel, because you deal with the language all the time.
Have fun at IKEA!
mab
@Lydia: The first time it popped up that way, I didn’t really notice it. I noticed that something wasn’t right, but I couldn’t figure it out. It finally dawned on me that y’all don’t speak Central Asian! So, in the comment section, instead of saying “Lydia says (insert brilliant comment here),” it was saying “Lydia dedi ki (çok akılı bir yorum buraya gönder).” I realized that Lydia should always say something, not dedi ki something. And then I got annoyed. Maybe I will just send an e-mail to Blogger that says GRRRRRR!
Who knows? It could work.
Teresa
Wait..did it translate her words to Central Asian…or just the text that is there for every comment.
BHood
I’m sorry, but you sounded like Dwight on the office last night *Shun on* . . . . *Unshun* . . . *Shun back on* . . . with your *begin/end complaint session*
Random and off topic, I know, but it made me laugh.
KarenD
Ooooh, another Office fan!?!?
We actually never watched it until a few weeks ago when John borrow Season 1 from a coworker. Then, we borrowed Season 2, laughed our heads off, and we were already behind on the current season, so we bought it on iTunes!
Dwight cracks me up!
mab
@KarenD: No, it doesn’t automatically translate y’all’s comments. (Although that would be cool.) It just switches everything else.
@BHood: Aaaahh! We miss that show SO much! Isn’t it hilarous? I think anyone who has worked in an office for at least 15 minutes knows people who belong in The Office.