Question #5

Alicia's asked: "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?"

My answer: Why yes, dear cousin of mine, I can. As an honorary member of the Sesame Street gang, I frequent the street of sesame quite oft. Heck, I spent an entire summer as a camp counselor where my nick name was Elmo. That get's me an automatic spot in the Sesame friendship circle. 

i'm a regular in Elmo's World. Once we did cartwheels around and around and around until we fell over from pure dizziness! HA HA HA HAAA HA HA HA HAAAH AHAAA!!!!! ha ha...oh man...good times, good times.

the infamous sign

taking my family on a tour of sesame street

Sesame Street teaches us about important bodily functions

So here is how you get to Sesame Street:

#1 First, you must be in a park with lots of trees, and you have to be decked out in 70's fashion. You have to sing the original sesame street song "sunny days" while running around hiding behind trees. Do this three times

#2 A garbage can will appear, and you must knock on the lid 7 1/2 times and say "Junk and grime is not a crime" and Oscar the grouch will come out. He will ask you an important question. It is different with everyone, so make sure you study on various subjects, such as "why do we belch?" and "is the hokey pokey what it's REALLY all about?". If you get the question right, he will give you a magical key.

#3 Follow Oscars instructions to find the door. It changes places. It's never been in the same spot EVER in the history of the Universe. You may have to hike to China. Once you find the door, use the magical key to open it and BAM! There you are on Sesame Street!

good luck!

......

working hard

and lovin it

yummers

I talked about this book in an earlier post. I think the title is deceiving. To me, it looked like another diet book about only eating certain times of the day, counting calories, etc. But I heard great reviews about it so I thought I'd give it a shot. I love reading about fitness and nutrition.

The book was actually extremely informative. If you can get past the swear words (those girls have major poo poo mouths) it's a really humorous and honest in-your-face book. 

It describes what people are really eating. The chapters on meat and dairy tell us about harmful chemicals that are fed to the animals that end up in our bodies. (steroids anyone?) It also tells about the abuse the animals go through, and I was pretty disgusted by it. I haven't eaten any meat since I read this book, and barely eat any dairy. Another book I heard about sounds like it has the same idea, but probably skips out on the potty language. It's called "In Defense of Food". I recommend reading one of these books and educating yourself about what we are putting in our bodies. It's eye opening and shocking.

I also purchased this cook book, and have tried two recipes from it so far. The first one I royally screwed up, but the second one (pictured above) was actually really good. Tofu with steamed veggies and brown rice. The sauce was a bit bitter, so we added some soy sauce. I've read a lot of books about nutrition and fitness, but this one has been the only one to really change my thinking. Now I think about it as a way of life, not just a way to get skinny and look good. It's important to take care of our bodies!

projects

I've been pretty overwhelmed the last couple of weeks, starting two new jobs and trying to get my apartment in order. 

It's crazy how after only four months of living here everything got disorganized so fast.

So now that I'm getting into the groove of things, I've got some projects up my sleeve for the next couple of weeks.

finish this and send it off to it's winner

get my act together and finish this woman's portraits!

do something pretty with this old window i found (i'm thinking it should go in mae's room with some of my photography??)

paint this lil ones big girl bed (sniff sniff)

I take it back

I decided to remove my complaint fest post. It sounded really bitter, and I'm not bitter. I apologize for the lame post. Thanks for your nice comments :)

take a look at etsy right now

 so glad its going well...

today

we decided to forgo cleaning, laundry, showering, and other responsible to-do's and paint with pastels instead. 

it was a good decision.

 i love my little mae

Honest sCrap

List 10 honest things about yourself.Pass this on to 7 bloggers whom you feel embody the spirit of the Honest sCrap.

1. I have ADD really bad. I'm a mess without my meds, and I wish I would've known about it sooner. Like...15 years ago would've been helpful. Every day is a struggle if I don't have strattera in my system.

2. I hated rootbeer and sushi before I had Mae. After I had her, I LOVE both and have been more adventurous in what I'll try.

3. I'm intimidated very easily and always have been. It's gotten a lot better since I've "matured"

4. I'm vain. I know I've said this a million times, but its really something I'm trying to get better at. I have a really rough time when I gain any weight at all. I don't know if it's because I was a gymnast for 8 years and was pure muscle for so long, so anything other than that I'm not happy with...I have no idea. But I really like to look my best. And I can be pretty hard on myself about it.

5. I've always wanted to be in a musical, and one day I'll try out for one. I don't care if I make it, I just want to be able to say I tried.

6. I have a deep and undying testimony of this and no matter what mistakes I've made in my life, I've always known it was true

7. I promised someone that means a lot to me that I wouldn't eat sugar until they quit smoking. I've had a couple of weak moments (oops) but I've actually done really well, considering I couldn't go a day without chocolate.

8. I haven't eaten meat in about a month, and I'm cutting out dairy this week. I feel really good physically and I don't miss it at all. 

9. I want to be a rock star. I love singing, and I still daydream about running around being crazy on a stage and singing my head off, or being in a sparkly red dress and singing jazz atop a piano.

10. I have a nubbin

I tag:

Aubs, Elise, Alicia, Amy, Rachel Evans, Shelbi, and anyone else

Sweet Cora

I read about this family, and my heart goes out to them.

They lost their sweet baby, Cora, just last week.

Her story has touched many across the blogging community and now is your chance to give back. A memorial has been put into place to build Cora's Playground.  The Etsy benefit sale is launching on Monday. 

My etsy shop is taking part in the Cora Paige Playground fund, and I hope you'll take the time to read their story and maybe buy something from the many etsy shops that are donating proceeds from sales to the Cora fund. (click on the button to the left to see what is for sale, or you can go to my shop)

Much love goes out to this family in such a hard time.

halelujah (did I spell that right?)

BOOOOOOO!!!!

HORRAY!!!!!

BOOOOOO!!!

HORRAY!!!!

*its amazing what a little organization can do for a girl*

Question #4

Question from Noelle:
"what is your favorite hair color?
there. you can do an entire post about all the different hair colors you've had and post pictures too. that will be very interesting for me since i've never colored my hair...ever."


My answer:
Oh my, I'm so glad you asked this question. Because I've been wanting to do a post about the evolution of my hair. ha ha

Lets begin, shall we?

I was a blond as a kid
(this picture is with my childhood best buddy Ashely Miller. We got dressed up in her grandmas flapper clothes)

And then in 8th grade, it started going dark
(picture courtesy of my 8th grade scrapbook)

I've always loved anything to do with the forties, especially the style, and I became really obsessed with No Doubt. So I started dying my hair blond, wearing red lipstick, and wearing my hair forties style.
(picture courtesy of my 10th grade scrapbook)

And the blonding continued on for a long time
(senior year picture)
When tom and I started dating, I was a camp counselor up at Brighton Girls Camp, and my nickname was Elmo. I thought red was a very appropriate hair color.
(love toms eyes, or lack thereof)

So what's your favorite? (tom votes blond, and i think i agree)

Tuesday funny

Just had to share this little jewel

Question #3

A question from Erin:
If you were stranded on a deserted island what 3 things would you HAVE to bring with you in order to stay sane???

My answer:
#1 My friends and family (can they all count as one thing? please?)
#2 My camera (I know, I know, why would it matter if we were stranded? Well, when we get rescued, I'll have awesome scrapbook material)
#3 Drawing materials

I would be a happy women with just those three things. What about you guys?

.....

today, i feel like this:

(although not as cute)

forgot my money at the grocery store
didn't get a chance to workout
mae has been misbehaving and testing mommy
my apartment is a mess
i have a million things to do

but instead, i'm going to eat cookies (so much for my no sugar goal)
and watch "Ugly Betty" while I fold laundry. (at least I'll be somewhat productive)
and think about how awesome my husband is
because he did the dishes and took out the garbage this morning
because he loves me

A good story

This morning I headed off to CVS to do some shopping. While I was there, I noticed two shady looking black guys walking around. These are not the kind of guys that would be hanging out at a CVS pharmacy. And they were acting suspicious. I had kind of a bad feeling about them, so I just kept my distance. After I was done buying my schtuff, I started to wheel my cart out and noticed them hovering behind me. So I took my time putting my cart away in the front of the store and getting my bags out. I had a feeling to stay in the store until they were gone. They were still hovering, and one of them even grabbed a CVS ad and started to look at it. Yah, right. Nice try. So they finally left, and I waited until I couldn't see them, went outside to make sure the coast was clear, then I hurried to my car.
My next stop was Walgreens, and as I was pulling up to a stop light, a cop car turns his lights on next me and pulls out into the intersection, making everyone stop. I think,"wow, someone must really be speeding or something".
Walgreens is just about a block or two away from CVS, so when I get inside one of the employees says to me "I wonder why they need all of those cop cars for one car?" I turn around, and across the street is the cop car that was next to me, plus another at a gas station with this little blue car. Then another cop pulls up, then another, and another, and pretty soon all of the employees are huddled around the door watching. There are about seven cop cars in all, PLUS a news camera. a thought crosses my mind. "That would be crazy if it was those same guys at CVS"
So I go over to join the employees and ask if they can see who was in the car. They said two guys were, and the driver was out, but the other guy was still in the car. I look at the driver as he's in handcuffs kicking at the cops. Then they get the other dude out and have him drop his pants to check for guns or whatever. "NO WAY!" I shout. All the employees look at me and say "what?!"
"Those guys were just in CVS with me!" All of a sudden I'm a celebrity, and they're asking me all these questions.
"maybe they robbed CVS!"
"Maybe it was a drug robbery at the pharmacy!"

So...maybe we'll see it on the news tonight. I'm just glad they didn't pull anything scary while I was in the store with them, and I'm glad I followed my gut and didn't walk out of CVS the same time as them. Who's to say they would've done anything to me, or were even planning on it, but you never know.

Question #2

Question #2 from Anna:
Battlestar Galactica is on tonight, so if you need help with this question, you have a resource to gather information before you answer.

Okay. Who would you rather goose with a long pointy cactus covered in tabasco, if you could wear a blindfold so you didn't have to look at the outer layer of their anal spincters, and gloves to protect your skin from flying hot sauce and bodily fluids?

1) I'd goose Starbuck, then run my a** off away from her. She's probably a half cylon, half human crazy born again baby.

2) Chief. I'd goose him because he IS a cylon and he wouldn't feel it anyway. Toasters don't have feelings.

3) Admiral Adama. I like to stick it to the man.

4) President Laura Roslin: This won't cure her cancer, but it WILL make me laugh.

Choose wisely. Btw, if I win, I love turtles.

My answer:
Well, my husband tried to get me to watch this with him, and I just couldn't get into it, because there is this girl with short blond hair that I coudn't stand for some reason. She just got on my nerves. So, if she is #1, then her. And if not, then I pick #2, Chief, because I don't want to hurt anyone :)

Question #1

Question Number 1 by Chelsea: "Paper or plastic?"

My answer: Neither. I use these bad boys:

(but when I forget to bring them, I get plastic so I can reuse THOSE for my garbage cans)

Give away winna

the winner of the giveaway is Noelle! Email me and let me know if you want a print from my shop, or a custom illustration.
Thanks everyone. I'll have another one next month :)