Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Blossom Leigh Boutique ~ Animals on Parade launch!

HURRAY!!! This is my first official Launch with Blossom Leigh Boutique and I am so excited about it.
This is the set I made for the first week of the launch (this was actually *last* week ~ I'm a bit behind. Nothing new there LOL)

It was created specifically with TWEEN Girl style in mind.

This is my second set for the launch. It began tonight, and will run for the next 7 days. You can find it here
Little Miss Mouse Designs on EBay


This set can be Custom sized to fit your child. See the auction for details!

These were such fun sets to create! And we have fallen in LOVE with them both. I just know that you will too!
Get your set TODAY!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

HAPPY MOM'S DAY!! ~ To you all!!

I have decided that just about any woman can give birth to a child, but it takes someone special to love a child enough to be a MoM. And, I don't believe that you actually have to give birth to a child in order to love that child enough to be called "Mom".
In my life, I have known a number of women that I have refered to as "Mom" ~ my best friend's mother (who let me live with their family of 5 during my Senior year of High School), another friend's mother (whom I have known since I was 9 yrs old), my first husband's mother (for the first few weeks at least LOL), etc. Each one has touched my life in some special way. And so, today, I would like to honor them all.

(My own "MoM" is not so bad herself LOL)

Friday, May 9, 2008

Why Me? Seriously, why freakin' me?

Oddly enough, I do stupid shit all the time. Not that anyone is surprised. Least of all me.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The NOTECARDS are finished!!

And NEVER again will I make another. LOL
I LOATHE scrapbooking, and had not realized that making handcrafted notecards would be so very much like it. Well, it is, and I hate it just as much. But my 5 sets for the swap are finished, and my supplies are put away, and I am DONE.
F~O~R~E~V~E~R

LOL

Maybe I will post some pics later!

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Oh, the UPDATES!

Seriously, I know that I am not a "Blogging Wonder". And for that I am deeply sorry. I rarely update/post to this thing, and I promise that I will do better in the future! Pinky swear.
Anyway, I thought that I would let everyone know that I am one of the BRAND SPANKIN', SHINY NEW members of Blossom Leigh Boutique, a design group on eBay. My first launch with the WONDERFUL ladies will occur on May 12. You can search "BLB" on eBay to find all our FABULOUS creations!

That's all for now. Again, I will make much more of an attempt at posting in the future!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

This is interesting

I found this little bit of interesting infomation sharing on a blog that I frequent, and found it to be very cute. So I stole it. (Thanks given to the Hotfessional and hopes that she doesn't poke me with her pointy heels for stealing it. Although she did steal it first! LOL)

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think.
Remember: one word answers

1.Where is your mobile phone? Desk
2.Your significant other? Gone
3.Your hair? Ponytail
4.Your mother? Teacher
5.Your father? Lazy
6.Your favorite thing? Cupcakes
7.Your dream last night? None
8.Your favorite drink? Tea
9.Your dream/goal? Perfection
10.The room you’re in? Living
11.Your ex? Dead
12.Your fear? Pregnancy
13.Where do you want to be in 6 years? Alive
14.Where were you last night? Home
15.What you’re not? UnIntelligent
16.Muffins? Blueberry
17.One of your wish list items? Coverstitch
18.Where you grew up? Buffalo
19.The last thing you did? Sew
20.What are you wearing? Clothes
21.Your TV? Movie
22.Your pets? None
23.Your computer? On
24.Your life? Stressful
25.Your mood? Odd
26.Missing someone? Cait
27.Your car? Impala
28.Something you’re not wearing? Bra
29.Favorite Store? Fabric
30.Your summer? Hectic
31.Like someone? Nope
32.Your favorite color? Pink
33.When is the last time you laughed? 5
34.Last time you cried? Yest.

Feel free to swipe this yourself (although you really should fill in your own answers LOL)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

A friend of a friend

I received a message tonight from a friend of mine, about a friend of hers (see how this goes on LOL "a friend of a friend and so on and so forth"
Anyway, the message was full of saddening information about Renee's battle with cancer. I will spare you the technical/personal details, but this is the idea of it all.
~~ Renee is a 39 year old mother and wife. Renee has lung cancer which has already spread thru her entire body and into her brain. (I don't know the specific scientific name of the cancer however.) Her own mother passed of lung cancer. And it was Renee who selflessly cared for her during her last 6 months of life. She is an extremely talented artist and enjoys creating and painting as a creative outlet and hobby. Renee and her painting/designing partner Becky, make up *cricket cottage*. A talented duo that is a part of the design group TheAve on eBay. Renee is so smart, and has a wonderful dry sense of humor.
Becky states "Renee is a sister to me. I love her and I am praying for a quick recovery." ~~

Please search eBay using the Key word "teamrenee" (no quotation marks please) beginning April 22nd to lend your support to this wonderful mother and her family during this difficult time.
Keep Renee and her family in your thoughts and prayers, and together we CAN make a difference.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

A wealth of information can be found on the internet...

that's for damn sure. Some of it good, some of it bad, most of it USELESS to the general population.
However, there are some things that deserve to have attention drawn to them. Things that most people do not think about as they wander around in their own lives. This is one of those things...

I was perusing YouTube earlier this evening, looking for a Martina McBride video. And stumbled across the video for a song called "Concrete Angel". Now, I have heard this song in the past, and watched the video several times (bawling each and everytime) as well. But what I clicked on was NOT the video for "Concrete Angel". It was, in fact, a video that someone had made to draw attention to the HORRORS of Child Abuse in America. Some of the images were extremely graphic (nauseatingly so) and upon further "research" I found that there were more of these videos available for viewing ~ all advertising different "Stop the Abuse" websites/organizations.
I was so disgusted with the idea that anyone would do anything remotely close to the images I viewed. I understand that there are lots of cases of abuse that go completely unreported as well. And, I have to tell you, if the cases that are not reported are anything close to the ones that ARE reported ~ then someone is not doing what is their responsibility as a human being. No one with any kind of moral compass at all could possibly see that in/on a child and NOT do something about it.
Hug your children tight, and let them know that you love them. Let them know that they can come to you, and tell you anything. That they can trust you with their hopes, their dreams, and their safety. There are so many children out there that do not know that they have a safe place to fall when life gets rough. And that is something that every child should have.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Tornados and such...

On Monday, a tornado swept through my hometown (I still live there as a matter of fact) It hit about 2 blocks away from my house. Oddly enough, it came with little advanced warning (it had been storming all day, but we were not currently under any kind of watch or warning) The sirens never even went off.

The looting started shortly thereafter.

That is the part that sickens me the most. The fact that human nature automatically goes directly into a "How can I benefit myself?" mindset. It capitalizes on the misery of others w/out regard to the fact that, enclosed in the relics of what were once houses, these are peoples LIVES, their memories, their valuables, everything they have held dear to their hearts.
Children have taken first steps in these houses, said first words in these houses, travelled to their first days of school from these houses. They have went on their first dates from these houses, kissed their first kiss from these houses, earned their first paychecks while living in these houses. Fell in love, married, and brought home families to these houses. These houses, and additionally the belongings they encase, are more than just houses.
They are HOMES. They are all that represents LOVE and DECENCY in this world. SAFETY and WARMTH radiate from their very beings. And NO ONE should ever violate that.
Prayers to you all, that you should never feel that your HOME is no longer the sanctuary it should be.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A spider in my orange. (And other fairly twisted tales)

I found a spider in my orange today. Not a large one. Just a tiny, little thing, who's life was cut short by my fingers when I squished it (Hey, it was in MY damn orange, I will squish it if I want to.) Although it does beg the question, how the hell did it get in there in the first place? I prefer not to think about that, and just enjoy the fruit (And again. Yes I did, in fact, eat the orange after disposing of said intruder.)
The thing is, that tiny spider makes me think about what I eat every day. Am I putting the "best" into my body?
Honestly, we are a fruit/veggie/multi/whole grain kinda household (well, except for The Man, who is a meat and potato kind of guy. But, when he is at home, he is a fruit/veggie/multi/whole grain kind of guy LOL) My children eat their vegetables FIRST, before anything else on their plates ~ entirely by choice. They like beans in many forms. And they will devour just about any kind of veggie/fruit. We don't eat a lot of meat. No pork whatsoever, very little beef, chicken, and turkey. And only a little bit of fish (no shellfish.) We do eat cheese, eggs, and drink milk (recently we cut out butter.)
Sounds like a pretty decent diet, right?
I think so.
My issue is that we live in the MidWest. Fresh produce is not readily available year round here (I just paid almost $3.00 per pound for some serously SAD looking tomatoes ~ I understand that this is less than most of you would be paying, but we also live in a lower per capita income area. So for us, that is, like WHOA ~ way HIGH!) The fresh stuff that we shell out the cash for in the Off Growing Season is often not very good quality or oddly colored (ie. Strawberries that have half white tops and berry red bottoms ?????) And even if you drive to another market (for us, another market is 25 min away) there is no guarantee that the produce will be any better (in fact, it might really be much worse.)
Now, we will still buy the fresh stuff. We always have, we always will. But is it really the "best" we can offer ourselves?
Compared to the alternatives, I think that it is. Some is better than none in my opinion (although the hormones, genetic alterations, etc. used in the growing of mass distributed produce offer another position of contention.) And for us, it is not an option to grow ourselves, visit local Farmer's Markets (great in the Summer, non-existant in Winter), or purchase everything organic (which is another Soapbox topic for me altogether.)
Right now, we do the best with what we have. And I am guessing that will just have to be enough. LOL

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Me. With a Blackberry? I think *NOT*!

So, after dropping my cell phone on the tile floor for the 100,000th time, I decided to take my Supremely Sick bootie to the Freakin' Cell Phone Store and pick out a brand spankin' new phone today. I had completed my research on the various options, made my list of what I *definently could NOT live without*, and drove 45 min. (one way) to the Freakin' Cell Phone Store to pick out a new piece of junk, knowing full well that I would have to pay full retail price for whatever I purchased 'cuz our contract is *FAR* from up. (I did ask about adding an additional line to possibly get a discount on the purchase price, and was informed that if I did that I would have to add an additional rate plan to compensate for the phone itself.)
I was greeted upon arrival by a fairly nice salesperson (bonus point #1) and I informed her of what I was there to accomplish (phone with a camera, phone with an extensive scheduling system, phone with text, picture, video messaging, phone with fully functioning QWERTY keyboard, etc.) I was very clear. She asked my why I wanted all this stuff specifically? To which I answered "Because if I am going to shell out the money for a phone, I am going to make certain that it does all the things that I need it to do." (Is it really any of her business *WHY* I want to shell out hundreds of dollars for a phone that has more bells and whistles that most people would know what to do with? I think not.)
She presented me with several options that contained all the available features necessary (there were 3 total 'cuz I really didn't like the "look" of the Palm Treo.) She hauled them all out of their boxes so that I could actually handle the phones to help with my decision (all in all, she was not helpful at all. And when I asked her what the difference was between the Blackberry World edition and the Pearl, she told me "Nothing, the Pearl is just smaller and it doesn't have the keyboard.")
So, in the end, I chose the Blackberry World phone. This decision was prompted by the fact that I had spent 2 hours in the store attempting to figure out what features each of the individual phones offered mostly on my own ~ 'cuz, I am just guessing here, it was apparently too difficult for her to answer my questions (seriously, I asked her which one *she* would choose based on the technology available in each one and her reply was "They are all pretty much the same. It is just the difference in the way that they look.") After I had made my choice, I thought to ask about the "return rate" of the different phones ~ and she informed me that one of the particular brands of phone that she had offered me *actually* had a pretty high return rate due to problems with the technology (and I thought to myself ~ Why would you attempt to sell it to me then?)
Financial "stuff" was discussed, how the new phone would change my rate plan was discussed (and the answer was "None, you just won't be able to access the internet on the Blackberry 'cuz the set up is different." Fine, I have internet at home, I don't *need* it on my phone ~ although it would have been nice) All things possible were discussed (especially how much of my old phone stuff that I could not use with this phone. That was fine as well.)
So, I take my Shiny *NEW* Blackberry, and begin calling everyone I know. Fast forward to the car, where I attempted to charge the phone using the car charger that I had to purchase as well (in addition to a tiny little memory card that she *swore* I would need, a weird looking earpiece that I *had to have* as well, and some other items that I am sure were just *absolutely necessary* to the existance of this phone) and the CHARGER DOES NOT WORK. Since I hadn't left the parking lot yet, I took the damn thing back inside and told them it didn't work. The guy I spoke to said that it was because she SOLD ME THE WRONG charger! After I had specifically ASKED her if it was the right one! (It turned out that it *was* the right one, it was just *defective*. Charger replaced, off on my merry way.)
Driving home (back the 45 min.) the woman calls me on my phone and informs me that there will be an additional monthly charge in order for me to have that particular phone, her exact words were "Blackberry requires you to pay a fee for the right to carry their product." To which I thought to myself "I already paid for the damn phone, and asked you all about this crap while I was there, and you are just *NOW* telling me this." So I said "Fine. Do what you have to do." Then it hit me, I HAD TO HAVE A *PLAN* TO OWN THIS PHONE!! (This means that I could have, should have, (but didn't) receive a discount on the purchase price of this phone. BEEEYYYYYAAAATTTTCCCCHHH!!!)
I made it all the way home before I realized that (can you hear the drumroll here) THE DAMN THING DIDN'T HAVE A FREAKIN' CAMARA!!! Seriously, did I not *specifically request* that the phone come with a camara?!?!?! I truely believe that I did, in fact, state just that. I thought that maybe I had just missed the little lens thing on the back, but most assuredly I did not ~ 'cuz it doesn't exist. (The camara thing was just the tip of the iceburg with that phone. There were other issues, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back.)
She had told me that I had 30 days to exchange it if I found that I didn't like it (yeah, like that wasn't intentional LOL) and so I did! At a different store, with a different salesperson, in a different town. And I am *very* happy with what I exchanged it for (and I was *refunded* a decent amount as well.)
Note to self -- When you overhear the SalesPerson *plainly* state to a co-worker that "I don't know. This is only the second Blackberry I've ever sold." You should probably pick up your purse, and half sleeping child, and *run* as fast as you can in the opposite direction.
SO, at the end of a very long day, I was the not so proud owner of a Blackberry for about 5 hours or so. I have probably confused the hell out of the billing dept of my cell service provider. I now have a phone that meets all my needs. And MOST IMPORTANTLY *of course* it is PRETTY! LOL

Sunday, February 17, 2008

My children are Spider Monkeys!

I swear that they are. The little carrier "monkeys" collect every single available germ known to man, and then disperse them amonst their loving friends and family at random. I am convinced that they do not do it on purpose, it is just their calling in life to infect the whole of the free world with illness. They can't help it, it is in their nature. LOL
I am sick, AGAIN!!! And, as usual, the children in my life have gifted me with a viral load that is hanging on for the foreseeable future. They, on the other hand, are feeling just *SUPER*, and driving me crazy while I attempt to sleep the day away on the couch. (All the while popping in videos to "entertain" them and plodding into the kitchen to make sandwiches when the cries of "We're STARVING" are just too much for my ears to take ~ NAUGHTY MOMMY, I know.)
I am going to bed, I have errands to run tomorrow (on a Holiday no less.) And I have to go to the fabric store (GASP!!!! During the Stash Game!!?!?!??) I am going to stay strong and NOT purchase the *lovely* fabric that I am ever so obsessed with. It will be difficult in my current state of sleep deprivation, but I am confident that I will emerge VICTORIOUS!! Besides, I can't afford the NEGATIVE points from purchasing. LOL

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Busy Busy Busy!!!

So I have been busy busy with this Stash Game, and I am currently up to 101 points. YIPPEE!!! And there is *still* 3 and a half weeks left to go!
Anyway, here are some pics of what I have made thus far...

Japanese Hedgehogs


Picnic Toile


Summertime Blues


Sweet Strawberries


Chocolate and Roses


Tween Style

So cute!

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Blah, blah, blah...

That is how my week has went. The bright shining star of the week has been the beginning of the aforementioned Stash Game!!! YIPPEE!!! Bring on the sewing!! And I promise that I will post photos of the items as I get them finished for ALL to see.

Anyway, off to bed all. Have a great rest of the weekend!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

A tiny little RANT for the beginning of this week.

Ah, yes, it is Sunday night, again. I have just finished watching the 3rd in The Complete Jane Austen series (Mansfield Park) and it has become my Favorite of all the three thus far (see here for info on the series on PBS.) However, I have no doubt that as the movies continue to present themselves, it will surely be replaced with another of Ms. Austen's amazing writings. If you are not watching them for yourselves, then you are truely missing out.
And, on to the rant part of the post...
We (Ini and I) went to the Olive Garden this afternoon for lunch. It is one of her *FAVORITE* places to eat, and I figured it was time that we had a little "Girls Lunch" out as it has been a while since we have gone to lunch together. We had approx. a 30 min wait (not bad for a Sunday afternoon) so we made a side trip to Barnes and Noble to check out their Bargain Classics section (I had to pick up some new reading materials - Emily Bronte's Wurthering Heights (YEAAAAHHH!!) and a copy of Mansfield Park to add to my growing collection of Ms. Austen's works. Our "beeper" went off fairly quickly, so we raced back to the restaurant and handed the damn thing to the "hostess" (who chose to ask us at this time if a booth would be alright, 'cuz if we wanted a table we would have to wait longer. Right, like I am going to force my hungry 3 yr old to wait for a table. ((insert eyeroll here)) I say, a booth is fine. Then she turns and asks me if we will be needing a children's menu (can we say a collective "DUH!!!") I just looked at her, like, "Do YOU think that we need a children's menu?" She seated us in a horribly located booth, and informed us that our server would be by soon to take our drink orders. UGH!
Our server was BEYOND negligent. It took her 15 min before she showed up to ask us what we would like to drink, at which time, we took advantage of her being there and ordered. Add an additional 15 min before we received any salad or breadsticks. Before she had taken our drink order she had dropped of another table's check and they were still sitting there, waiting for her to take their money and bring them boxes. At which point, I thought to myself, "This is not going to go well." (The other table eventually flagged down another waitress to settle their check for them.) After she brought the bread and salad, she disappeared somewhere for the next 30 min or so before making an appearance to inform us that our meals *should* be about done (really? 30 min to make some chicken and spagetti? I could have went back there and cooked it myself faster than that.) The food came, and it was decent (presentable, hot, fresh, edible) Our waitress, however, did not come back to find that out.
On to dessert. I always order the same thing, Torti Di Chocolate and it is DELICIOUS. Ini always orders the Chocolate Gelato. And, generally, they give a child sized portion in a little bowl with the caramel sauce and chocolate shavings on it, just like the grown up version. However, this woman brought her a Chocolate Gelato *SUNDAE* with Chocolate syrup and whipped cream on it (in the shape of a smilie face no less ((again with the eyeroll)) ~ she was *NOT* happy. However, she developed a love for maraschino cherries because of it, so the day was not a total failure. LOL
We paid, we went to the fabric store (at which I bought *ONLY* thread HURRAY!!!!) And then went to pick up Cait.
When we picked her up (30 min late, mind you) she had NO COAT on (it was a warm day, but it won't stay that way) and her shoes were from her Dad's and not the ones that were sent with her (UGH!) Normally, I would not have been so angry (who am I kidding, I would have been just as livid,) BUT I make an effort to send her with items that come home with her from there house when she goes back to their house. It would stand to reason that they could make a bit of an effort to make certain that the things that she arrives with, come home at the end of the weekend! And, on top of everything else, they attempt to lay the blame for their lateness on my shoulders. In fact, I believe their *exact* words were "We wish that you would call us when you are coming to S---------- on Sundays." Why? So that they could get out of providing her transportation to the designated pick up site? WHATEVER!
Anyway, as exciting as today was, it is not a day I would wish to repeat.
On a bonus note, Ini was *REALLY* good the entire time we were in the restaurant (despite having woke up at 6 - FREAKIN' - 30 IN THE MORNING!!!!)

Saturday, January 19, 2008

I can BREATHE again!

I am soooo very thankful right now at this moment, and I would just like to share with you all.
My brother, who is a service man, is currently stationed somewhere in the Sandbox that is Iraq. Due to some regulation/rule/order we, his family (not even his wife), are not allowed to be informed of his whereabouts or what he is doing. We send our mail to a general postal address, and they find him. He calls my Sister In Law from a secure line once a week, and my parents about once a month or so. He has left his entire life behind to serve his country, and I am very proud of him (not something I could have said, say, 7 years ago.)
Yesterday afternoon we (both my mother and I independantly) received a phone calls from my Sister In Law. We were given the only information that she had -- my brother's Unit had been fired upon, and had sustained heavy casualties/damage. That was all. So, we have all been sitting on pins and needles, unable to sleep, trying to imagine a life that does not include him in more than just memory, jumping every time the phone rang, running at breakneck speeds just to have all our hopes dashed every single time it is not her with new informations. And, generally, not breathing.
Well, we can now breathe again. She just called my mother and told her that, while she cannot give any additional information (as the other families have not all been informed), she can tell us that it was not my brother. That is all she has.
And with those 5 little words, our whole world breathed a sigh of relief.

Additionally, my heart goes out to all those that have lost their loved ones to situations just like this. Their sacrifice is greatly appreciated, and they are remembered.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Heart wrenchingly sad, unbelieveably timeless.

I just LOVE the Classics. Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, etc. Women that wrote about true "Ladies", and endless love.
It is my opinion that every woman truely wants to feel that at least once in their lives. That breath stealing, heart pulling, searingly beautiful kind of love that only truely comes along once in a lifetime (I have been married twice, and yet have only felt this kind of love once - and not with either of my husbands.) A love that is desperately painful to let go of, and feels like the tremulous pain will never subside when that love is no longer a part of us.
I think that these women authors must have known something about that kind of love. Which is astounding for the time in which they existed. I am in awe of their accomplishments, and I am respectful of the way that they have inserted themselves into our contemporary lives with their timelessly beautiful words.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The Quest Begins

The quest to the land of Sewing More Than I Buy, that is.
In this lovely land, that is no huge pile of UFO's (UnFinished Objects), no HUGE pile of cut fabric, no HUGEMONGOUS stash staring at me taunting me with all the things that I must get done yet know clue exactly where to begin. In this land there is only a small amount of fabric waiting to be something beautiful. The sewing room is *ALWAYS* clean, and the machines are oiled and lint free, ready for use.
In the land of Sewing More Than I Buy, my stash steadily decreases to a point that is more manageable (and doesn't look like the inside of a fabric store threw up in my dining room.) The Man does not walk past the doorway afraid to enter the room for fear of being buried underneath the pile of it all.
Sadly, as of this moment, on the 9th day of January - the train for my trip to the land of Sewing More Than I Buy is currently moving backward.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

So the phrase "Death Warmed Over" just might apply to me at this moment.

Sick. That is def one word that could be used to describe me right now. I have spent the ENTIRE day on the couch wondering when the sun is going to stop shining so that this glaringly painful headache might subside.
All of this started 4 days ago when Ini decided that she would spend the entire night crying and sleeping in approximately 30 min intervals. So enter me the next day with 2 hrs of total sleep, and one seriously bad mood. Then yest. we went to O---------------klahoma (where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain) for a funeral (my Great Uncle on my dad's side) and I started to feel slightly like Crap on a Stick myself. Until I woke up this morning feeling like a damn truck had run over my head repeatedly.
Sucky ~BONUS~ point #1 - Ini woke me up at 7:30 this morning by SMACKING me repeatedly and stating "Mommy, I am cold. Mommy, I am hungry. Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom." Over and over again until I hauled my sick, can't breathe to save my own life, "Oh, I slept in yest. travel clothes" - ass out of bed to attend to her every whim.
Sucky ~BONUS~ point #2 - I still have the blasted headache from this morning. Fan-freakin'-tastic for me.

I am going to bed and not coming out for at least 8 hours. Maybe then I will resemble something close to human.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Welcome 2008....maybe?!?!?!

Damn! Is it 2008 already? Where has the freakin' time went? Oh well, I am guessing that my "To Do in 2008" list will contain a vast majority of items that my "To Do in 2007" list did. Time sucks!
So, every year I like to sit down and think about the things that I have added to my vast pool of knowledge on which I can draw from during appropriate situations (this is also known as "useless shit I have managed to collect in my brain for that One-in-a-Million chance that I will appear on Jeopardy at some point.)
#1 -- Grocery stores can sell almost anything to a child simply by placing it in the checkout aisle (ex. This is a list of some of the items that my children have requested to purchase in the past year -- BBQ lighters (?), Doggie/Kittie mint flavored treats (??), dental floss, weird chapsticks, etc.)
#2 -- Fat Free cheese will NEVER melt, no matter how long you leave it in the oven. (And this is NOT something you want to experiment with if you have no idea how to turn off your smoke detectors.)
#3 -- Worms lay "eggs" (and I have actually watched one hatch. -We love our worms-)
#4 -- Children ALWAYS appreciate the parent that does NOT wash their hair in the bathtub the most (this requires no explanation.)
The list could go on and on...literally.
At this point, I am just wondering how much more useless knowledge could possibly be available in the universe for me to learn? I am guessing that 2008 will provide me with plenty more opportunities to store away useless shit, and I am guessing that it will all be just as informative as the last batch was.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!