B on patrol looking out the window, B-B totally content to just sleep on the comfy couch.
B may pretend that she doesn't like B-B or doesn't really want to be around him. Then we get these pictures of her snuggled up next to him on the couch. Taken on different days, we found her sleeping next to B-B with her head on his body. He is a snuggly big teddy bear of a golden retriever.
And finally we have a joking "awkward family" photo-even B-B and B look like they'd rather be anywhere but taking this picture.
B's ears are back and you can see the tenseness in her back. B-B on the left looks like he just wants to hurry and get this over with. That's not one of his relaxed happy faces, that's a "I'm looking at the photographer because I've been told to do so and I will suffer the humiliation to get a treat."
Why the pink bathrobes and pink blanket couch cover? Why indeed. Isn't that kind of the point of awkward photos? An intention, formulated late at night, sounds amusing at the time, but can result in an execrable reality upon execution of the aforementioned, but inherently flawed, intention.
B-B trying to convince us that we should get more pets! (I don't think so right now, B-B, you and your sister keep us on our toes and busy enough as it is.)
B-B at Petsmart checking out the fish.
B-B at Petco checking out the mice.
(And now a jump back in time with B to February of 2021 in the times before B-B.)
B in her first year. She discovered this ice crusted gutter on her own and was instantly fascinated. I let her take the lead and just shot the videos.
She clearly figured out how to break the ice and was picking up chunks and dropping them on the bank.
But she was not satisfied until she had tromped through the gutter several times to make sure she had broken all the big ice plates!
It was interesting to see how she obviously had a size in mind and went back and forth until all that ice was broken down to the size she deemed acceptable.
B trying to impress on B-B that he really should stop chewing on the box and play tug-the-rope with her. He wasn't going for it and I loved her look at me at the end like I should intervene on her behalf.
B-B initiating play. B trying to respond to his request. This is what happens when you chew up your surroundings...lol!
(The picture of Jack sunning himself by peaches from the farmer's market and Daisy's little clay pumpkin to the left of the peaches is yet another inconsistency.)
Mica: "How will I know when the hamburger is thawed?"
Hedgehog: "When it's no longer frozen."
Mica: "How will I know when that is?"
Bribery does work. I bribed Mica by letting her use my library card in exchange for her participation in a book club.
Mica wondering where all the drinking glasses had gone and Daisy responding: "They're probably all in the dishwasher. Look, it says clean." (They only figured that out because I put a note on the dishwasher thinking (foolishly) that someone (other than me) would actually empty it.)
Hedgehog tried to save a spider in the tub by catching it in a cup but it crawled back into the overflow and when she plunged the tub to get it back out it landed on the side of the tub and was dead from all the trauma of trying to save it. "I tried really hard to save its little life but it wasn't meant to be."
Daisy in the senior year in high school: "There are no big trends happening at school right now so it's really sad because I can't make fun of them or decide to join them."
Hedgehog on more little creatures: "We must have hundreds of worms and I feel so bad that I'm killing some of them." She had to remove some sod to plant some herbs in its place and unintentionally was digging up some of the worms.
We saw a truck filled with bags of onions that was pulled over by the police on a family vacation. Mica remarked: "That's a real tearjerker."
Daisy on a summer day: "Why are there so many people out today?" Me: "Because it's cooled down and it's a nice day." Daisy: "Well, why are they out having fun and enjoying life?"
Chewbacca Mom has a book out, Laugh it up!, and she talks a lot about joy in her book. I'm listening to the audio version which she narrates and I'm really enjoying it. 5 discs of happiness with some real-life experiences and different ways to look at the positive and negatives in our lives. And, if you haven't seen the Chewbacca face mask video:
* Refrigerated popular juice combo drink with carrot, orange, lemon, and beet. Mica: "The fruit juices did not make up for the pure horror of the beet juice."
*Hedgehog added to the grocery list around Christmas time:
-cough syrup
-Santa costume for Jack
-Elf costume for Jack
-plain apple juice
-olive oil
(Here's a throwback to Pirate Jack)
*"I don't need more negativity in my life." (Mica after I reminded her she had books due the next day.)
*Daisy was lamenting back in 9th grade that she didn't have friends in her lunchtime period. Hedgehog advised: "You should grab some 7th graders. They would worship you and be your little padawans."
*Jack was sitting opposite to Hedgehog on the large 4' x 6' area rug in the room. She slowly started moving the carpet. He looked confused because the floor was moving but he stayed on the carpet. I started quietly giggling at his continued confused expressions as she moved the carpet this way and that with him balancing on top.
Then she started singing "I can show you the world" from Aladdin and I burst out laughing. Jack startled, jumped off, and immediately turned around, attacking the carpet edge. Hedgehog kept moving the carpet and he kept attacking it. Hedgehog commented he had found the biggest toy yet in the house. Good call, Hedgehog, good call on the song choice of "A Whole New World" for Jack's magic carpet ride.
*Mica brought home seafood leftovers one day and I asked her to remember to eat her mussels. She replied, "No, I prefer to keep them intact, thank you" referring to her muscles instead of mussels.
* Words of internet knowledge from the young: Daisy informed me that the no more tears claim on a popular baby shampoo referred not to no more crying tears in your eyes but rather to tears in your hair like split ends. It prevented split end tears not crying tears. We did get it sorted out thanks to J&J. https://www.johnsonsprofessional.com/johnsons-baby/no-more-tears
It was easier finding source material proving that the Monkees did the song I'm a Believer in 1966 and that Smash Mouth did the cover in 2001. She kept insisting Smash Mouth did the song first and the Monkees must have gotten it from them. When I pointed out I heard the song when I was young, she was confused but stuck with her group. I tried to get her to tell me when Smash Mouth came out with the song and she just replied it was from themovie "Shrek", which came out ages ago.
I was laughing so hard it was difficult to find the video to show her the version of the song that I grew up hearing.
Thanks to PNGMart for the Shrek graphic.and to to youtube for the Monkees video and to Johnson and Johnson for the shampoo info.
I lost track of how many times I laughed aloud while reading Nuts in Space written and illustrated by Elys Dolan. If you like sci-fi, this book is for you! Ms.Dolan has a funny blog over at: http://elysdolan.blogspot.com/
Judi and Ron Barrett worked together on many books, both during their marriage and after their divorce. They have continued with the food weather books in a new title coming out in August 2013, called Grandpa's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Cookbook. Plus there are many more titles by Judi and/or Ron Barrett that you can find at your local bookstore and/or library.
It's finally here! Now one person in our family can file a claim with our local grocery store in case of loss or theft of kraft macaroni and cheese. Said claim must be filed by November 30, 2011 and has a limited value of the current price of one 7.25 oz box of KRAFT Macaroni and Cheese Dinner or $1.60, with the lesser amount to be awarded. Claimant is responsible for any and all associated government fees including, but not limited too, sales tax.
We received a certificate from KRAFT after requesting it on the internet. The coupon is all that we have received and we have received no other form of compensation. Thanks also to www.picfont.com for enabling me to add the "void" to the coupon to avoid any complication from any possible individual or entity possibly thinking they (he/she/it) could copy the coupon from this blogpost and try and redeem the coupon.
