Wii are having fun now

Especially for Braden, but I predict all will have a good laugh.

Happy Mothers' Day

I think I have posted this before, but in honor of the day I thought I'd do it again.



Too true, too true.

OH, and I found this too.

Walking zombie

So, when the floor was being installed, Dad would work on it before I got up. One day, I woke up, sorta, and went into the dining room to where dad was, in the doorway between the dining room and the kitchen. I looked into the kitchen and remarked, "Where's the refrigerator". Obviously I didn't count the large obstacle that I had to walk around to even see into the kitchen. duhhhh

New kitchen floor

First, the ugly old kitchen tile that one could never really get clean because of all the crevices, etc. Plus, it's "harvest gold".



Showing you who it belongs to, in case you were going to steal it.



The first piece laid by my handyman.



See him in action. only took a week.



I guess this is just the padding stuff that lays under the laminate. But it looks like it's finally gonna happen.



About half way done. This is so exciting.



eh, voila!!



And from the other angle.



I keep walking on it saying, "I love my new floor". Come see it, you guys.

Kevin and Debra

You've been asking, so here it is. No comment. But you can comment.

"poot" is too a word

Since I know that all of you are wondering why no one else ever says "poot", I have a blogpost to show you that we are not alone. Besides which, it is hilariously funny, especially if you have kids. who talk. when you wish they wouldn't. but they say what you are thinking but are too polite to say. I read it the other day, but today, I read the comments. They had me laughing with tears also. Enjoy!!

Peanut Butter Blast

At least that's what they called it at Danny Boy's where we went to eat for our 25th wedding anniversary. Thanks to the 2 children who wished us a happy 25th. Anyway, back to the cheesecake or dessert or whatever it was...it was sooooo great that I ordered it for my birthday tomorrow. Dad just went to get it from the cheesecake factory, which doesn't have the real picture. A little bit ago, Dad came sheepishly into my office where I was on the net and said, "About your pie..." I knew right away what he was going to say. I started grinning. It is from The Cheesecake Factory. "How much," I asked? $44.00. "Could you go for 1/2 a pie???" I said, sure. As long as he and Kevin got one piece each, and I got the other 4. Hey, it's MY birthday.

Total Locker Room Privacy

Last Friday, I went to swim at lifeworks. About 15 minutes before I was done, the lights flickered. And went out. And flicker. And out. And flicker. And out for good. We had lots of tall windows, so it didn't really affect me too much. I wondered about the poor man who comes in his wheelchair and uses the chair assist to even get into the pool. How would he get out??? Finally I was done. My locker isn't too far into the locker room...I thought with the light reflected off white walls I would be able to find it. I did. I thought I could do the combination by feel, as it is buttons, not a dial. But someone from Lifeworks wandered by with a flashlight and shined it on my lock. There was a little old lady in the same "indentation" as me. When she left, she asked me, "Will you be all right alone if I go??" I wondered what she could do for me, and said it was fine. And I skipped my shower--that was too much tempting fate. And then I got dressed in the dark which was very private.

it's everywhere

Oh, this is too funny to pass up.



it is again from here

no, it's actually from here

pet names

I was reading amy at amy'shumblemusings and she wrote about the funny names that stick with us. my comment was

"We have "Dan the man", "Kiwi", Ryanryewheatoatsbarleyfarleyfudge", and "Kevobobby"

Oh, and the third one is easier to pronounce if you say Ryan rye wheat oats barley farley fudge. shortened to "Ry". Here is how it came about: Ryan got shortened to Ry. Rye is a grain. So are wheat, oats and barley. Especially if you are playing "Pit". Which rhymes with Farley. Which is "Fudge"'s real name from the Ramona series. See, it all makes sense now.

And Kevin's middle name is not Robert. It just got started by his sister when he started calling her Kiwi."

Are there any more?? Oh, i should have added my own: ChristyAnnaHannahAmmarillaHotDogHoHoHeHeHaHa. or not.

Feeling kinda old, then I learned to:

from here

Masterpiece theatre and other random stuff

Now i know that many of you enjoy those little guys silhouetted in front of your movie making fun of it. So, here's a twist: just silhouettes. pretty funny.

and for you random factoid persons: this

Randy Wayne White

"'And I'm a vegetarian,' as if he wanted the pigs to hear. Wilson said, "Sharks don't care about your ideology and neither do those hogs. Vegetarians are edible and no amount of broccoli's going to change that."

"We loaded into the van. I slid in behind the whell because Tomlinson drives like a man who really does believe in life after death. He combines the wandering inattention of a child with a teenager's love of speed. Terrifying."

I had a little Sorrow,
Born of a little Sin,
I found a room wll damp with gloom
And shut us all within;
And, "Little Sorrow, weep," said I,
"And, Little Sin, pray God to die,
And I upon the floor will lie
And think how bad I've been!"
---Edna St. Vincent Millay

I like this author. Mystery stories. Good characters and plots. The poem was in his book before it actually began.

after some shoveling and after the storm was over

a hole through the front porch drift so the mailman could've gotten through. Through rain and snow and sleet, etc.? no, he didn't come



How much snow??



King of the Hill

yes, there was a blizzard

So you think you have snow???

Dad helped so many people who got stuck in and around our house. we have 4+ feet drifts..the main front yard is up to dad's knees. I'm enjoying by staying indoors and looking at the beauty. It is pretty if you don't have to go anywhere. Debra and kev got cabin fever and went out in the midst of it. Her truck has 4 wheel drive which she needed. All stores were closed except best buy. so they hung out there for a while. even McDonald's was closed. I am trying to upload pictures, but google is being crappy.

ok....here is try #3 for pics.

Stake conference got cancelled both yesterday and today. Columbus stake conference was cancelled too.

ok try#4, and if it doesn't work, i'll try later. but lotsalotsa snow. and cool giant drifts. makes me wish i was a kid to make igloos and tunnels.

just junk

Actually, I can only second Barack Obama, who responded to the Nader announcement thusly: “He thought that there was no difference between Al Gore and George Bush, and eight years later I think people realize that Ralph did not know what he was talking about.”

The Ultimate Rejection Letter


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen


http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/humor/reject.html

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/

yeah, right. good one

I found this on "by common consent" blog and immediately thought of my children. Good ones. It is talking about translation of BOM

parents. This is a surprising challenge to deal with, because there isn’t a word for “parents” in Biblical Hebrew. (If you do a search on parent in the KJV OT, you’ll see the word never appears in that entire literature.) This isn’t a problem for the modern translations, since Modern Hebrew has since supplied a word for parents, horim. Chronicles oddly has “I, Nephi, son of good ones (good parents).”

Fractured Fairy tales

A blast from the past, as noted by http://weeklyscheiss.blogspot.com/

Linking makes me crazy.

I used to watch these all the time as small blips inserted in other saturday morning funnies..this one is Sleeping Beauty.



ah, actually, as i saw more, i realized it was during Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Here is Rapunzel...



enjoy all of them. Just not all at the same time, cause you'll never have time to overprotect your children. (see last post)(no, i don't want to look cool and make it a link. just scroll down, goofballs!)

Protecting my kids

This essay/posting by Mrs. G. of "derfwad manor" was so touching. I remember all this, and I still am like it. Obviously she is posting somewhere else.

http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/02/29/a-little-bit-more/#comments

So, yeah, I was and am overprotective, but I challenge those mommies out there to do any differently. If you can, good for you. I can't help it.