Reading Rainbow by Jim Morrison

I love The Doors.  I love Reading Rainbow.  Jimmy Fallon is okay and quite funny.  Put these three together and we have official awesomeness.

I can't embed it here, but it is worth the visit. Check this out:

SpliceToday.com

Video link:
Jimmy Fallon Reading Rainbow

Little Man's Favorite Wall-E Clip

Christmas Giveaway Sticky Post!

Really, I don't want to tell you about this 'cause I want to win SOMETHING!! But how fair would that be?

So, 5 Minutes for Mom is giving away the farm for Christmas. Awesome! Be sure to visit the contest page every day from now until 24 November for a new give away. Leave a comment, make a link, and you're SET!

This is a sticky post and will stay at the top until 24 November. Please scroll down for my latest [madness] post.

NEW!! Come visit my new etsy shop!!

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.

I *AM* Kermit, The Frog

It's all T's fault. She addicted me to her blog and knows of my Sesame Street weakness. She made me test myself to find out my Sesame Street Persona. It's all her fault...

Your Score: Kermit the Frog

You scored 56% Organization, 53% abstract, and 81% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables.

First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean.

Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type.

Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself.

You are mostly organized, both concrete and abstract, and more extroverted.

Here is why are you Kermit the Frog.

You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Kermit is also reasonably tidy. He'll even dress up for interviews.

You both are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract thinkers. Kermit spends a lot of his time as a reporter collecting facts, but he is also the author of the dreamy song "The Rainbow Connection." You have a good balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, but you also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... within limits of course.

You are both extroverts. Kermit gets along with everyone. Sure a few folks annoy him, but that's just because they are annoying. Kermit likes to meet new people when he does his job as a street reporter. You definitely enjoy the company of others, and you don't have problems meeting new people... in fact you probably look forward to it. You are willing to take charge when necessary or work as part of a team.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Kermit starred on Sesame Street years before The Muppet Show.

The other possible characters are
Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird
Snuffleupagus
Ernie
Elmo
Cookie Monster
Grover
The Count
Guy Smiley
Bert

Hey, don't be a grouch! If you liked the test, let others know by rating it below. Feel free to vote for your favorite character too.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 34% on Organization

You scored higher than 44% on concrete-abstract

You scored higher than 93% on intro-extrovert

Take the test!

OldestGirl is the EXACT. SAME as I am, down to the percentages.
CurlyGirl is Big Bird - 81% Organization (could have fooled me!), 65% abstract, and 72% extroverted!

Oh No, not HOUSEWORK!!

Aimee at The Mother Load tagged me for this Homemaking meme. She tells me that the Blogging Gods will shoot me down with horrendous lightening if I don't fulfill my taggedness.

The A-B-C's of Homemaking - The Estrogen Files way...

Aprons- Y/N? - Yes, most of the time. It's old and ugly but it works. Same one I used when I was a sous chef! (Don't tell THEM!)

Baking- Brownies! YUM - I'm making some TODAY!!

Clothesline- Y/N? Yup, you can count on it! We live in the high desert but it still gets HOT and the line keeps my house cooler, saves me money on electricity and bleach, AND makes our stuff smell so sweeeeeetttttt!

Donuts- Ever made them? - No, never. I buy them. Don't they just grow there? Someone MAKES them?

Everyday- One homemaking thing you do everyday? - Read my email? Check my Blog? Nah, just kidding. I keep a spotless kitchen, clear counters, etc.

Freezer- Do you have a separate deep freezer? - I WISH! Someday we will have a garage and in that garage will be space for both cars, some tools, a small work bench, and a deep freeze.

Garbage Disposal- Y/N? - Nope. I'm deprived, you know.

Handbook- Y/N? - For housework? Not really. I have a schedule that I loosely keep and I found it at MotivatedMom Yahoo! Group.

Ironing- Love it or hate it? - It's sick, I know, but I like to iron. Something about making order in the wrinkled fabric just makes me so happy. I feel like a good homemaker.

Junk Drawer- Where is it? - Don't have one, not enough drawer space. Now cabinets, I have TONS of those (whoever designed this house MUST have not ever cooked) and one is devoted to lots of stuff that doesn't live anywhere else.

Kitchen- Design and decorating? - Galley style, long and opens to breakfast nook and back door on one side, dining room on the other. Lots of kids pictures around, pictures of family and friends tacked up on the sides of the cabinets next to the sink window, lots of plants.

Love- What is your favorite part of homemaking? - Ummm... Being able to stay in my glasses and PJs until I want to change. Yes, even through the carpool duties. Isn't that how it's done? With bunny slippers? (Gotta get me some...)

Mop- Y/N? - Only if I have to. I hate mopping. It's almost worse than going to the dentist since it's old lino and hard to get as pretty as I like, not to mention the original color was GREY and how can you tell where the dirt is that way?! Most of our flooring is carpet with only 3 areas of lino - one bathroom, one entryway, one kitchen.

Nylons- Wash by hand or in the washer? - I wear them on Sundays (sometimes) and they get a couple of weeks of wear before I wash them by hand. What is the shower rail for, if not tossing clean nylons over to dry?

Oven- Do you use the window or open it to check? - I don't have a window in my oven. Or a light. I wish I did. I bake more now by the way the food smells as it's cooking and a peek in when it smells done.

Pizza- What do you put on yours? - Just about anything. I'm not really into dead fish and hot peppers, but anything else is a go.

Quiet- What do you do during the day when you get a quiet moment? - Good heavens, I have FOUR kids! There is NO quiet time. Ever.

Recipe card box- Y/N? - Yes and no. I have one that I use to hold paper recipes. I have a recipe program/file on my computer that I use. I also have a 4" binder labeled "Mom's Yummy Recipes" that I have printed off (some mine, some from others).

Style of house - One story ranch, manufactured home.

Tablecloths and napkins- Y/N? - No tablecloths, although after reading Rocks In My Dryer's post about cloth napkins, I made some and the kids ADORE them.

Under the kitchen sink - Organized. No cleaners there, just garbage bags, garbage can, dishwasher soap, and colanders/bowls that don't fit elsewhere.

Vacuum- How many times a week? - This is a chore for L and she does it several times a week.

Wash- How many loads do you do a week? - Good heavens, I don't know. There's 6 of us here. Our electricity is measured on peak/off peak, so since off peak is cheaper and after 10pm and weekends are off peak and practically free, I do our laundry on weekends. Unless it's an emergency.

X's- Do you keep a list of things to do and cross them off? - Kind of. I made chore lists for the kids recently and am trying to set an example for them. I also seem to have inherited a lot of responsibilities from church and school lately, so I am trying to be better organized.

Yard- Who does what? - Oh please, you think I can get Hubbers the engineer out of his cave office long enough to do any lawn work? I do it. Yes, all of it. Sucks.

ZZZ's- What is your last homemaking task for the day? - Start the dishwasher - off peak, you know...

So there ya go, Aimee. The Bloggy Gods still like me. For now. I tag Maria, Barb, and Stephanie - as well as anyone else who wishes to participate and will link back to me (linkme-linkme-linkme).

Snowflake, Snowflake, Who's got the Snowflake?

Well, snowcrystals.com does, of course. See the coolest galleries of snowflakes that ever fell and got "shot".

For more kid fun, try having your munchkins reproduce some of these styles using Q-Tips. See more on this here.

Winter Craft Ideas for Kids

My kids have had several days off of school due to extreme cold temperatures. (Example: Tonight's forecased low: -14 degrees F. Our high today was 9. Apparently it will be totally TROPICAL later this week, perhaps even as high as 20 degrees!)

I was at my wits' end trying to entertain these monsters of mine, until I checked out the e-newsletter from Creative Homemaking. I love the site with the complete cleaning and organizing index (although you can't tell it from the state of my home today).

So here's the article the title of mine blog promised: Winter Craft Ideas for Kids

Fun for mom, too.

I need a laugh.

And so do you. Presented for your enjoyment:

The Cat's New Year's Resolutions

• My human will never let me eat their pet hamster, and I am at peace with that.
• I will not slurp fish food from the surface of the aquarium.
• I will not eat large numbers of assorted bugs, then come home and throw them up so the humans can see that I'm getting plenty of roughage.
• I will not lean way over to drink out of the tub, fall in, and then pelt right for the box of clumping cat litter. (It took FOREVER to get the stuff out of my fur.)
• I will not use the bathtub to store live mice for late-night snacks.
• We will not play "Herd of Thundering Wildebeests Stampeding Across the Plains of the Serengeti" over any humans' bed while they're trying to sleep.
• I cannot leap through closed windows to catch birds outside. If I forget this and bonk my head on the window and fall behind the couch in my attempt, I will not get up and do the same thing again.
• I will not assume the patio door is open when I race outside to chase leaves.
• I will not stick my paw into any container to see if there is something in it. If I do, I will not hiss and scratch when my human has to shave me to get the rubber cement out of my fur.
• If I bite the cactus, it will bite back.
• When it rains, it will be raining on all sides of the house. It is not necessary to check every door.
• I will not play "dead cat on the stairs" while people are trying to bring in groceries or laundry, or else one of these days, it will really come true.
  
• When the humans play darts, I will not leap into the air and attempt to catch them.
• I will not swat my human's head repeatedly when they are on the family room floor trying to do sit ups.
• When my human is typing at the computer, their forearms are *not* a hammock.
• Computer and TV screens do not exist to backlight my lovely tail.
• I will not puff my entire body to twice its size for no reason after my human has watched a horror movie.
• I will not stand on the bathroom counter, stare down the hall, and growl at NOTHING after my human has watched the X-Files.
• I will not drag dirty socks onto the bed at night and then yell at the top of my lungs so that my humans can admire my "kill."
• I will not perch on my human's chest in the middle of the night and stare until they wake up.
• I will not walk on the key board when my human is writing important adagfsg gdjag ;ln.

Which 20th Century Pope are You?

You are Pope John Paul I. You're charming, but you don't always give people a chance to get to know you. Take this quiz! Quizilla

You think this is true? I did this quiz several times and always came up with the same answer. Of course, not all the questions had answers that would pertain to me... Best of the lot was the premise I was working under.

Silly, Silly Boy!!

Cooking dinner one night, look what caught my eye:





He told me it was a car and made the appropriate VROOM, VROOM noises. He has quite an imagination, that boy, and this simple laundry basket entertained my munchkin for nigh on 1/2 hour!

Meanwhile, this is what I made, inspired by his silliness:




For this wonderful Homemade Chicken Pot Pie recipe, check this link on Mommy's Life. Making food fun, one pot pie at a time...

For My Babies

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Got This in my Email today - Sweet!!

THIS IS A TOAST.... 2 US

FOR THE MEN WHO HAVE US,

THE LOSERS WHO HAD US,

AND THE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO WILL MEET US!!

SEND THIS ONLY TO PRETTY LADIES, INCLUDING THE ONE WHO SENT IT TO YOU!!!

You have been hit. You have been considered One of the 10 prettiest ladies on my friends list. Once you have been hit, you have to hit 10 pretty ladies. If you get hit again you know you're really pretty. If you break the chain you'll have ugliness for 10 years. So hit 10 pretty ladies on your friends list and let them know they are pretty!

So, I return the favor by "hitting" Maria, Aimee, Danielle, and Shannon.