The Pope and a Bishop

From a friend who visited Rome, Pope Benedict XVI and Bishop "Santa Claus". Cute, huh?

Awww, My Baby!

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Huge belly, dirty bathroom mirror...

Found this interesting tidbit here, bottom of the page. I don't believe that daemons are a good thing, but the analysis was pretty interesting. PLUS, my own dog is a whippet mix - good karma, man.

Overall, it looks like a good movie.

Parents Rock!

Thanks to Smockity Frocks for posting this on HER blog. I love Pachebel's Cannon in D and this just made it THAT. MUCH. BETTER!



Also over at Connie's place is this hilarious story of a mom of 6 and her trip to the grocery store, resulting in an eBay auction. Wanna preview?

You haven’t lived until you’ve gone grocery shopping with six kids in tow. I would rather swim, covered in bait, through the English Channel, be a contestant on Fear Factor when they’re having pig brains for lunch, or do fourth grade math than to take my six kids to the grocery store. Because I absolutely detest grocery shopping, I tend to put it off as long as possible. There comes a time, however, when you’re peering into your fridge and thinking, ‘Hmmm, what can I make with ketchup, Italian dressing, and half an onion,’ that you decide you cannot avoid going to the grocery store any longer.

Yeah, you just GOTTA go over to eBay and see it. I'm way going to stop by this courageous mom's blog, too.

It's a gigglicious Friday! Thursday. (I knew it was Thursday. All day.)

How did you get those marks, honey?

This did happen to my (step)Mom's co-worker. Painful and SCARY!

AFTER

BEFORE

Why, yes, that IS a fork...

Too Much Baby Powder?

Need a laugh? I got one for you!

Fun with Food

La traviata
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Small Space? Big fixes!

I like the Better Homes and Gardens website. It's so pretty and full of useful ideas that I will never actually use but enjoy drooling over. Beyond that, I have a small house (1400 sq ft) and lots of family (4 kids! pets galore! Hubbers!) and need some storage ideas since we have no garage. So when I saw the article entitled Steal 19 Small-Space Ideas, I was all over it!

Good, useful ideas on what kind of out in front storage that doesn't suck and is pretty and how to achieve some nice looks.

And just for fun? Take this Organization IQ test.

My results?

Your Score: 8 of 10, or 80%

Your Rank: Neat as a pin! Give yourself a medal for outstanding organization.

Take Me Away... Weight Watchers!

I've never been to Weight Watchers. But Aimee has a VERY good post about her loving relationship with that fine facility. And it was over at her place that I found a like to some very vintage WW recipe cards.

The things they did to jello and fish... (shudder)

Visit and gawk at the circa 1974 Weight Watchers Recipe Cards. Then come on back here and get in touch with reality again.

Melon Mousse, anyone?

Ooooohhh... P-A-I-N!

From the Naval Safety Center, forwarded by Hubbers:

Everyone always loves to complain about wearing PPE,” our contributor (a Marine ground safety officer) writes. It’s uncomfortable. It’s old. Goggles make it hard to see. Everyone has reasons not to wear it. “Here’s a good reason why you should,” he says.

A Marine was sewing away on some flight equipment, using a trusty sewing machine that he’d used a hundred times before. Soon he heard a most unusual grinding noise. The thread tangled in the bobbin, the needle started to bend and… bullseye!

As you can see, it wouldn’t have been a bullseye, it would have been his very own personal eye if he hadn’t been wearing those goggles.

It's Just NOT. RIGHT.

Drive thru Chinese food? Uhhhh, no thanks.

For all the time that it takes me to make lucious Chinese food at home, just zipping through and picking up some Kung Pao chicken is far too easy.

It's just wrong.

Also, check THIS out on etsy: Nature over Nurture
...Shudder...

SWEET Skills in Preston

Preston, Idaho that is. It's the Napoleon Dynamite festival in small homey Preston, Idaho. You could win the look-alike contest, the moon boots dance contest, the sound like contest, the bike roller blade contest, or just visit for fun.

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE FESTIVAL!
July 27th and 28th, 2007

Yes, you missed it for this year, but it will be back. After all, the movie was SO popular here in Idaho that the state legislature commended the filmmakers!

Whenever we're in the area I ask Hubbers if he wants to detour to visit Preston, but the answer is always, strangely, No. Too bad. I'd have liked to see all the [freaks] fans visiting dressed like Napoleon.

Sweet. Girls like guys with skills.

Rated G?!! AND I'm a MAN?!

What's your blog rating? Thanks to Aimee, I found that my blog rating is G, friendly to all audiences. My Forever Child is also G, though I don't speak so cleanly over there and even referenced (gasp!) death and pain.

So, what's YOUR rating?

Also, T with Honey showed me that I am most definitely a male in my writing. No, the Gender Guesser said so! Seems that no matter what I submit for my analysis, I come up as male. Who knew...

Actually, after playing with this for several days and thinking on it before falling asleep (my BESTEST thinking time!) I wonder if the male rating is because of my strongly technical education. A long time ago, in a land far away, before I became a mommy, I was a drafter. I worked with engineers, rocket motors, and PCB boards. I learned the jargon in school and on the job. It's scarred me forever, I tell ya.

T, ya think it could be true, you also being a technical woman?

Seeing and Believing

Christine had this picture posted on her blog. If you look closely, you can see a baby in the photo. Can you see it? It's easier to find the feet first. Now I cannot help seeing the baby.

How very softly you tiptoed into our world.
You only stayed a moment, but what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts.
--Dorothy Ferguson

Happy Glorious Fourth!

"Hallowed be the day, forever bright its memory in the heart of the Nation.
Sing to it, poets;
shout to it, freemen;
celebrate it with bonfires, parades, and triumphant assemblies"

(Daily Alta California, 4 July 1855).

I found this cool stuff over at Fourth of July Celebrations Database = way cool. History, pictures, stories and more for all your 4th fun. Enjoy!

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500 Years of Women in Art

Thank you, Maria, for this lovely, interesting post.

Wordless Wednesday for Pets

Check out more Wordless Wednesday. Photo courtesy of I Can Has Cheezeburger?

I Just Burned My Eyes Out...

You know I always thought that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) was cute. The dark and handsome is my type. But in reading that Daniel Radcliffe was going to be starring in a West End production of Equus, and seeing the accompanying photos, I'm going to have to bleach my eyes.

Here, see what I mean:


He's 17. I'm, uh, not. And, well, he's going to be nude in this.

Harry will never be the same for me.

Click the link above to read more about his upcoming debut and see more pix. Be warned, though, as this was one of the TAME ones.

Wondering what Equus was about? Yeah, me too. Check out what Wikipedia has to say.

Where's that Clorox...