Archive for August 2007
Thoughts For the Morning
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 31, 2007
As I sit here a mere 4 hours from when I laid my head on the pillow last night to sleep, I realized that the best I could do was to leave you with a few thoughts from the gremlins. They are so thoughtful that way.
First from Jackelope:
Don’t forget that when you visit the [...]
I’m a Learning Robot
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 30, 2007
- In: mad skills
- 3 Comments
Every time I do something wrong, and I go to try it again, I hear that phrase in my head.
“I’m a learning robot.”
I wasn’t sure where I’d heard that before until this afternoon when Jackelope put on “The Incredibles” and Mr. Incredible fights that big fat round robot. The one that the white haired [...]
Wordless Wednesday: What Greets Me in the Morning
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 29, 2007
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Bored Games
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 28, 2007
I know this confession might deem me a bad mother in your eyes, but confess I must.
The mere thought of playing board games with my gremlins is about as exciting to me as watching golf on tv. Or sitting in a waiting room with only Bait and Tackle magazines to read. I tried very [...]
My Middle Name Was A Source of Contention
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 28, 2007
Mandy at Just A Girl tagged me for a middle name meme. Just the mention of my middle name floods my mind with a couple memories that I’d rather forget. But here are the rules shmules.
Post the rules. (Why?) Write a post using each letter of your middle name describing something relevant to [...]
Gremlins Need Eye Care Too
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 25, 2007
- In: Jackelope| family
- 8 Comments
Jackelope is the king of obscure and crazy ER visits. Just take a peek around his very own category if you don’t believe me. I’ve chronicled a few of them there. And he’s my only gremlin to ever frequent the ER at all. For which I am thankful, I guess. [...]
Some Things That Look Gross Are Not Gross
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 23, 2007
Look, I may be reaching the bottom of the barrel of ideas here, but upon looking at some new photos that I took, I realized that just because something looks gross, does not mean that it is gross.
Here are some illustrations.
And remember, as always, you have the option of point and click to exit this [...]
Wordless Wednesday: He’s Going To Hate Me Later
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 22, 2007
edited to add:
oops, I forgot to link to Wordless Wednesday HQ!
Fall Fashion Must Haves
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 21, 2007
I haven’t really seen a whole heck of a lot of magazine headlines that piqued my interest of late. But my friend from work, you know who you are, jogged a memory that had apparently fallen through one of the swiss cheese holes that is my brain, and I thanked her profusely for completing [...]
Now You Know How Lazy I Am
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 19, 2007
Cleaning their rooms is one thing my gremlins are required to do on their own. Although it takes every blessed ounce of self control on my part to not go up there and rant and rave and fling barbie’s around and chuck happy animals in the trash, I have learned (somewhat) to force them [...]
I Do Try To Practice What I Preach
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 18, 2007
I don’t know if you’ve noticed any of my links over on the sidebar. It matters not. Because I’m about to tell you about one of my passions.
Dove.
Or more specifically, what Dove is doing. Well, maybe I’ll leave that to the nice chaps over at the Dove website. I’m just excited because my [...]
Television Turkey: Kid’s Edition
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 16, 2007
- In: family| television
- 6 Comments
Let’s talk television turkey for a moment. Shall we?
I feel like I’ve run the gamut as far as being tortured with having to watch singing puppets, bloated purple blobs dressed as ?, and grown men in tights playing guitars. There have been a few, that I myself, have become addicted to and when the [...]
Sometimes I’m Serious
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 15, 2007
- In: Artsy Fartsy| Music
- 18 Comments
It happens. If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, maybe you’ve wondered if I ever get reflective. And yes, there are a few posts sprinkled here and there that are not about something I’m cracking up at.
And you may have noticed, had you explored some of the categories that I [...]
Dentist+Rainbows=Fun?
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 14, 2007
Ok, so maybe that’s not the most clever title I’ve ever come up with, but my brain is frying in this heat like so much egg on a hot sidewalk.
We’ve just returned from our second trip to the dentist for Zoe, who had 4 cavities on her molars. The self-same ones her older brother Socrates [...]
BLT’s, Why do you haunt me?
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 10, 2007
- In: Nature
- 3 Comments
Bacon:
check.
Lechuga: (yes, I could’ve just wrote lettuce, but lechuga is much more fun, si?)
check.
Bread:
check.
Wait for it.
No, seriously. Can this tomato take any longer to turn red? For the love of Mike, I’m hungry for summertime novelty foods!
And these:
just won’t work.
And stay tuned for the next volume of Letters From Your Friendly Cashier, coming soon.
The Fashion of Batman
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 9, 2007
Batman comes to my house sometimes. I’m pretty tight with several superheros.
The thing I like about Batman, is that he’s always so cool and mysterious.
But I didn’t know that he was into capri pants. It’s cool Batman, I won’t tell anyone.
And if you really dig superheros, you might like these clips.
[...]
I Like to Grow Weird Things
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 8, 2007
- In: Nature
- 7 Comments
Since I have a baby in the house again, I find it hard to tend to my gardening as I have in the past. It’s really too hot to do much right now anyway, but yesterday morning I said poop on the book work for school and took the gremlins out to my [...]
You Like?
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 7, 2007
Yeah, I like change. You’ve probably noticed. I need change. I crave it. I rearrange my furniture several times a year. I try different hair colors and eye shadows. I grow my nails out occasionally. Sue me.
I thought my old blog template was a bit dark. And I liked that about it, cause I’m a [...]
Socialization is for the Birds
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 7, 2007
As a new homeschooler when my gremlins were really young and didn’t have many playmates, I worried. I fretted. It consumed my thoughts and filled me with guilt that I should be filling my gremlins week with quality playtime interacting with other gremlins, under heavy supervision. After all they are gremlins.
And then, [...]
Twilight Zone: The Magnetic Puzzle
Posted by: carrielouise on: August 4, 2007
And now a word from our host, Rod Serling.
Good Evening. Tonight’s episode is so full of harrowing shock that one has to ask the question: What does one do when confronted with such abnormal circumstances?
Imagine a place. Not just any place. But a place filled with happiness and bliss. Peace and [...]
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