The weirdest animal on the planet

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Suzanne

This is my 500th post. Weird. I’m posting again today because I had to tell the story of these 3 young ladies. They are in 3rd grade and one lives just a few blocks away. Apparently they decided to take a walk, and on their walk decided to stop here. Why? Because it’s Joe’s house.

They knocked on the door and asked to speak to Joe. He reluctantly came to the door and there was much whispering and shoving and you-ask-him and no-you-ask-him until finally the young lady on the left blurted out “Do you like me?”

Joe said “Maybe” and then turn around and walked away.

I stood and chatted with them for a few minutes. They are so adorable. Pushy, but adorable.

One of them had a camera with her and I thought, “I need a picture of this.” So I ran and grabbed my camera and 3 Hershey Kisses. At first, they didn’t want their picture taken, but I bribed them with the Kisses.

I’m not sure if Joe was mortified or pleased.

Will’s commentary about the situation?

“Mom, do you know that the human female is the weirdest animal on the entire planet?”

Whoa. Freaky

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Suzanne

WordPress has been upgrading their backend user interface tdoay and whoa…..it’s different….I bet there are going to be more than a few people that hate it. I’m just playing with inserting some pictures, I don’t think I ever managed to show off my finished Blooming Nine Patch. Uploading the pictures was good, not sure about this gallery thing they’ve stuck in here. We’ll see…..

Whee………..

LOL

Pictures full size individually….

Inserted as Gallery…

Interesting……..the functionality is all there, it’s just…different, so look around, don’t get frustrated, you’ll find it. Promise!

Suzanne

Spring? Is that you?

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Suzanne

It’s warmer outside than it is inside: 63.5 in, 64.9 out.

There are green things poking their way out into the sun:

And Katie can smell critters in their holes in our yard.

And I spent some time laying the grass basking in the sun. Sorry, no photos of that.

Nicknames

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Suzanne

I don’t remember why, but at supper Monday night we were talking about nicknames. For some reason, the boys have been dubbed “Mojo” and “Peeps.” I think they picked those themselves, but supposedly that is what their friends are calling them at school.

I needed to call my Mom and ask her when she was going to be over, and feeling silly I said “Mojo and Peeps want to know when you are going to be here.”

She wanted to know what her nickname was, so of course, we had to brainstorm a bit before she arrived.

It was pretty unanimous: “Socks” is her new nickname. I offer as evidence, the newest pair that I am lucky enough to be wearing. I didn’t even know she was making these for me. Cool colors, cool patterning. And! They are made out of corn. The fiber is a corn/nylon blend.

The reason Mom was coming over Monday was so that Mark and I could go to the movie downtown, which was Jumper. We are glad we only had to spend $1 per ticket to see it, as it wasn’t worth much more than that. Mark gave up and fell asleep. I felt compelled to watch the whole thing and am just glad it was a short movie.

All for now,

Suzanne