Thanks for the Strawberries!

Annika sent these to me after I was the lucky random commenter. Aren't they cute?



I took this picture of them right after they got here, and they've been all over the house! I personally have been served strawberries, strawberry tea, strawberry cookies, and a strawberry sandwich.


I caught Bird also feeding them to her puppy dog. And her toy ponies. And Dora.


Bug likes to hold onto them and hang upside down off the side of the couch. I guess for him they're the all-too-important counterbalances.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Top O the Mornin' to Ye!! I hope you are wearing green, unless you are like Husband and purposefully go out of your way to avoid green just to make my head spin. Don't worry - I may pinch him but you're safe.

Today is the traditional day to celebrate the man who drove snakes out of Ireland. Pretty much all I'll do is wear green. Can't say that I would ever buy cabbage to eat, much less make corned beef & cabbage. I might make shamrock cookies, but I just don't have that kind of time!

If you were wanting to know more about St. Patrick's Day, the History Channel has all sorts of background info, recipes, and activities here.

Wikipedia has celebrations from around the world here.

If you prefer games, crafts, or wanted to do games & crafts with your kids, you can check out the stuff here.

Anybody have any special plans for today?

Professional Photos Gone Wrong!!

I received a super funny email earlier this week - it had all these old Olan Mills photos that may have looked super spiffy back then (???) but look pretty darn comical now. So of course they now have all-new captions! For example:


The Purvis family made several stops along the Oregon Trail to document their six-month journey. This photo was taken just two weeks before the dysentery took Momma to Jesus.



Dawn and her recently exhumed sister, Gorgotha, pose with Scraps.

I was going to post the whole thing here, but after some Googling, it looks like this email has been circulating the Internet for quite awhile and you can see the rest here.

Enjoy!! (but be sure to put any drinks aside first!)

Army Blogger

Quoting from Busymom:

Andrew Olmstead, a Major in the United States Army, and, blogger was killed in Iraq.
Now, I know you find this hard to believe, but, I'm not a big fan of political blogs, I really don't care about your stance on the war in Iraq, and, I just kind of stumbled into it, but, this is a must read.

I have never heard of him or his blog, but this was one heck of a read on a Sunday morning.

Huge Belly Laughs

My mind is elsewhere... somewhere in my classroom, if I am honest.

So, in lieu of a post with actual content, I'm sending you elsewhere. Chilihead has a post with real old-fashioned advertisements that has me laughing hysterically. If you need a giggle, go check it out!

Saying More than you Think?

Chris has written an interesting post about how one of her readers figured out her exact address. (well, okay it doesn't tell you HOW she did it, but that she was able to.) The pertinent parts of the story are in the last couple paragraphs, and the comments give more information too.

Sigh. What a world! Although I'm glad to know that I'm not totally crazy when I do smudge cities & other information in online photos.