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Cathy suggested these pictures should be done in…

Cathy suggested these pictures should be done in order. They are too big to render in a line in most people’s browsers so I will describe them assuming you are reading left to right and top to bottom.

The first picture (shows a soccer goal) is to the leftmost of what we all call “the lower lot”. Beyond the burn pile is the area that has a grapevine and will become a garden. This picture was actually taken from the bottom of the driveway.

The 2nd picture. View from the dining room window. The stuff on the right is being trimmed back.

The third picture is the view directly behind the house. Notice how our private jungle encroaches upon us. Note: all these “hello” pictures can be clicked on for larger images.

The fourth picture. Here is the rest of our rain forest down the backside of the house. View still from dining room window and to the right of the initial dining room picture. Posted by Hello

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Amy the Innocent

A couple of nights ago Sarah left her container of makeups unlatched (Amy can’t open it when its latched) and lying on her floor beside her bed. The kicker is that while Amy raided the makeup, Sarah was on her bed reading a book and taking no notice of Amy’s activities!

Who me? “Come on! I didn’t do anything…”

I give in! “OK! You busted me…”

I want to be my big sister! “I just want to be like Sarah sooo badly!”

Ewwwww “Eeyuck! Look what I did!”

I'm clean.. “I’m clean! It’s the tub’s turn!”

Once again, Goof Off comes to the rescue!

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Tommy Hides

This is how Tommy spends an unusually large portion of his days now. Yes, like Prego, he’s in there!

Tommy hides

In all fairness, here is Tommy up and about. He is walking the grandparents dog in our cove (our house to his back).

Tommy hides

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Pineapple Bacon and Cheese Toast

With Judith’s great recipe posts as my inspiration, I decided to post some pictures of one of my favorite quick and tasty breakfasts. I woke one morning in my early teens to the smell of bacon cooking and watched my father make this. Never being one to shy away from trying new foods I chowed down and loved it! Thanks Dad!

Ingrediants

slice bread

1 slice of bacon per slice of bread

1 slice of cheese per slice of bread

1 pineapple slice per slice of bread

Cook the bacon. Lightly toast the bread. Apply a pineapple slice to each slice of bread. Break a bacon strip in half and place the bacon across each pineapple. Then place a piece of cheese over the bacon.

preparing the sandwich

Place the prepared sandwiches under the broiler for a few seconds to melt the cheese onto the bacon and pineapple. Best served warm.

preparing the sandwich

Enjoy!

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Huffing – Canned Air

I probably get a hit a day to my blog from people searching for information on “tetrafluoroethane huffing”. I don’t know if these are concerned parents or experimenters looking for instructions on how to do it safely. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY!

Live healthy, eat healthy and you will have natural buzzes that beat anything a substance can give you!

My original post from April appears in the box below.

I had a question about my “canned air” reference. This is neat stuff. The chemical composition is 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (at least in the Fellowes brand that I buy). It’s a chemical under pressure that is typically used to blow dust out of computers. If you turn it upside down the chemical will spray out in liquid form and can freeze ants or be used to remove bubble gum stuck to something.

I found it interesting that when I bought this at Walmart I had to have an “age verification” which severely slowed me down at the self-serve checkout. This forum discusses the “blackouts” and “paralysis” caused by huffing canned air. Would You Know If Your Child Was “Huffing”? (scroll down to see article. Note 1999 publish date.)

    

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From the Mouths of Babes

Amy has been no stop talking this morning. I love conversing with her!

Amy brought out one of her Little People toys and I said “Now get the ladder” and she replied “Awwlwite” Sounds like Buckwheat when she says that. She brought me the ladder and after trying to hook it to the toy said “fix it.”

I just said “oh, you need the flag” she said “awlwight. be right back.” Apparently the flag is too well hidden.

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A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…

A New Day!

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This Morning

Woke feeling youthful and achy tired and old at the same time. I was remembering what it was like to be around 18 years old and pondering how I might guide, advise and mentor my children when they are in their late teens. Then I lay in bed and tormented myself with the things that I have to do and tried to prioritize them.

Yuck. I just felt something crawling up my leg. I figured it was an ant. Reminded me of that time when I was about 12 and stepped in a pile of fire ants down at the levee at Lake Pontchartrain. I lost all my inhibitions right there and stripped my pants down in front of my friend and everyone that passed by. Better to be naked in public than to go to the hospital! This time it was an ant..it was a firefly! How did a lightning bug end up in my pants leg at 9am!

Today I am rested and content. Amy is up and more jolly than ol’ Saint Nick! I looked at some photos Cathy sent me from the pool yesterday and they made me feel a little “extra” fatherly. They reminded me of the pictures I’ve seen of my father in his younger days.