Ten Minute Tuesday: Cheers and Tears

Watch this:

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Okay, then watch this: (and I understand that if this video gets over a million hits, the hospital gets money for their breast cancer awareness clinic or something like that. So watch it again and again and again and again....)


Oh, but be sure to grab a box of Kleenex or a roll of toilet paper and keep it handy. (Maybe I should have said that first.)

So much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.

After all, November is Voting Month

People, I need your help. Our family pictures came in and I am stumped!! I posted one of my favorites at the top of the blog, and the girls' pictures are sampled over there on the right, but that's only a fraction of the hundreds of pictures we had to choose from! Seriously, our wonderful photographer went a little crazy and we have way too many proofs that we love. So I'm asking you to check them out and tell me which pictures you think we should turn into 8x10's to add to our family photo shrine since I can't afford one of each!

So... according to Facebook, anyone can view this album of pictures if you click on this link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31327&id=1634366190&l=b518bf233a

If you are a Facebooker, then add me as a friend or whatever and check out the album. If you are not a Facebooker, then try this link, but if for whatever reason it doesn't work, I still value your opinion. Make something up, just to reassure me that you care.

Glutton for Punishment

Impatience:

Burning the taste buds off your tongue because you simply cannot wait for the aebleskivers to cool down. (As the breakfast chef, I have to be quick, otherwise I don't get any until everybody else is full, and it takes a long time to make enough to satisfy my family's appetite for these little babies.)

Ignorance:

Sushi for lunch, with a BIG GOB of wasabe on the side. Not only did I burn another layer of skin off my tongue, I think I lost a layer on my eyeballs. And steam puffing out my ears.

Idiocy:

Tacos for dinner. Need I say more?

I know I'm a glutton for punishment. Okay, maybe just a glutton. I love food. All kinds of food. From every walk of life. No, wait -- strike that. I can handle pretty much anything except Indian food. But can someone please explain to me how it is possible that I can love wasabe (within reason!) but cannot handle curry? Go figure...

I also don't go for the obscure stuff, like cow brains or pig ears or llama intestines or anything else the Amazing Race gets away with forcing down their team members. That kind of stuff is just plain gross, weird, wrong and ridiculous. And they know it, of course, otherwise they wouldn't get the ratings and the big bucks. But watching people choke down deep fried cockroaches is not my idea of entertainment...

So back to the original conundrum: I refuse to be a glutton. Next week begins the frenzy of feasting for the next month and a half, and with all the turkey dinners, plus all the trimmings, fudge, fruitcake, candy canes, cocoa and cookie exchanges, I want to know what everybody's secret is going to be for not gaining fifty pounds. Since hybernating is not an acceptable or practical practice for most adults, I'd like to still fit into my jeans come January. (Better yet, I'd love to have them baggy and falling off my hips, but that's a little too much to ask Santa for this year.)

So....what's your game plan, people?

Hello, snowflake fans! It's that time of year again...

I have had an influx of visitors in the past few days, in search of the perfect snowflake. So just for fun, I've repositioned my snowflake collection at the top of the blog for easy access. By all means,

COPY THEM ALL TO YOUR HEART'S DELIGHT!

SHARE THEM!

MAKE MILLIONS OF THEM!

COVER THE WORLD WITH SNOWFLAKE CONFETTI!

It's never too early to get in the Christmas mood, as far as I'm concerned. Happy cutting! Be sure to post pictures on your own blogs of your finished product!

Who is this man and what have you done with my husband

Last night, my husband went to a mall.

He went Christmas shopping.

And he enjoyed it.

Either the world is coming to an end, or aliens have abducted my husband and taken over his body.

Two minute Tuesday: Exercise Tip of the Day

I have invented a new form of aerobic exercise, and it is guaranteed to help you burn the maximum amount of calories in the shortest amount of time possible.

1. Give a young child three glasses of juice to drink.
2. Take the child to the park.
3. Play hard for half an hour.
4. Run home in two minutes flat when the child announces she has to go potty.

The results can only be improved when the child has a play date, and all three kids have to go potty at the same time. It is far more effective than calling the Parks and Recreation department, demanding why they removed the Porta Potty.

Try this at home! And if you don't have any small children, you can borrow mine!