April second
Precipitation
Water falls
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Moomie: Guest Poet Extraordinaire
My friend considers April First
As his own special holiday;
In times gone by you wouldn't know
What kind of tricks he just might play;
But now the structured working world
So frequently gets in the way.
No more clocks turned up-side down,
No more squirrels a-dangling,
No more phone lines switched around,
No more chair wheels jangling!
Still its fun to think about
The cheerful days back then -
When my friend worked til 2 AM
To get done 'fore openin'
And then for all to laugh and sigh
While tangles we were sortin'.
Happy April Fools Day!!
Thank you, Moomie, for starting off the guest poet-ing. I look forward to more!!
As his own special holiday;
In times gone by you wouldn't know
What kind of tricks he just might play;
But now the structured working world
So frequently gets in the way.
No more clocks turned up-side down,
No more squirrels a-dangling,
No more phone lines switched around,
No more chair wheels jangling!
Still its fun to think about
The cheerful days back then -
When my friend worked til 2 AM
To get done 'fore openin'
And then for all to laugh and sigh
While tangles we were sortin'.
Happy April Fools Day!!
Thank you, Moomie, for starting off the guest poet-ing. I look forward to more!!
A List of Go-Getters
The Grandpa (who did not accept my challenge) reminded me that it would be a good idea to post links to the bloggers who did so that you don't have to go searching through my comments to find them yourself. So far I have 3 takers-of-my-challenge and 1 more who is posting his writing in honor of National Poetry Month but I don't think it's because I challenged him. They are:
I haven't had a chance this morning to visit their sites but plan to as soon as I get finished here. You go check them out too. And if you decide to post poems for Poetry Month, even just one, let me know. Oh, also, last year I did a sort of guest poet program where I would post your poem for you if you sent it to me. I'm all for that this year too so send them along!
Commencement
As you set out from today,
The beginning,
The first,
Keep this at the fore of your thoughts
-Thirty is the Magic Minimum.
We're at the start
of something...
So with appropriate
Pomp and Circumstance
Toss your cap
In the air (in the ring)
And let us embark.
The beginning,
The first,
Keep this at the fore of your thoughts
-Thirty is the Magic Minimum.
We're at the start
of something...
So with appropriate
Pomp and Circumstance
Toss your cap
In the air (in the ring)
And let us embark.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
My Challenge
Remember? I challenged you (twice)to write with me this National Poetry Month? Post a poem-a-day. I'll be doing it. Mostly original stuff, is my plan. You too. Leave a comment if you're in so I can follow you okay?
Monday, March 30, 2009
Some Thoughts About Food (just to warn you)
The other day I saw an ad for a pizza that was absolutely blanketed in pepperoni, and I had mixed feelings. The pizza looked... good? I guess, but I didn't want it exactly. I didn't want to eat pepperoni, but I did want the satisfied feeling I used to get from eating pepperoni. I realized then that I had been feeling a little lost. It seemed like all I was eating was beans and rice and veggie burgers, and frankly, that's boring. You know? That's not all I eat, but it felt that way.
And then I checked my email and I had a fantastically well-timed note from my friend A-ME, who is way better at Being Vegetarian than I am because she's been doing it longer. The note was all full of advice and resources and exactly what I was needing. You know the biggest thing I got from her email, though? I should buy a vegetarian cookbook. Duh! How am I supposed to know what to eat? I have never been a big vegetable eater. I like grains and legumes, and every day I find that more and more vegetables aren't as gross as I thought they were (like mushrooms), but I have very little experience with most of them and so felt lost. Not lost enough to want a ham sandwich (even an accidental one), though.
Husbandguy and I had some nice time to ourselves this past weekend. Moomie took the girls for Friday night and all day Saturday so we went to the bookstore. Usually this is kind of a production unless we end up just spending all of our time in the children's section so it was nice to be able to browse the cookbooks without having to say every 10 seconds, "Just a minute, sweetie. Mommy is looking for something. We'll go look at your books in a minute." And I found a useful volume with a ton of information about the different whole foods vegetarians eat and a lot of yummy-sounding recipes that are cross-referenced in the info section. So if I happen to have an eggplant on hand and am wondering what I can do with an eggplant and why I should eat it in the first place, I can look in The Vegetarian Cook's Bible and learn all about eggplant and quickly flip to recipes in which I can use it. Who knows if this is the best vegetarian cookbook or not. At least I've got some help now. And I feel a little more confident. Thanks, A-ME, by the way.
I still don't want to eat pepperoni. I'm not grossed out by it or anything, but it doesn't look like food to me anymore. My family loves it, and HG would live on it if he could, but I'd as soon pluck the leaves off the holly bush by the driveway and eat them. So there's progress!
And then I checked my email and I had a fantastically well-timed note from my friend A-ME, who is way better at Being Vegetarian than I am because she's been doing it longer. The note was all full of advice and resources and exactly what I was needing. You know the biggest thing I got from her email, though? I should buy a vegetarian cookbook. Duh! How am I supposed to know what to eat? I have never been a big vegetable eater. I like grains and legumes, and every day I find that more and more vegetables aren't as gross as I thought they were (like mushrooms), but I have very little experience with most of them and so felt lost. Not lost enough to want a ham sandwich (even an accidental one), though.
Husbandguy and I had some nice time to ourselves this past weekend. Moomie took the girls for Friday night and all day Saturday so we went to the bookstore. Usually this is kind of a production unless we end up just spending all of our time in the children's section so it was nice to be able to browse the cookbooks without having to say every 10 seconds, "Just a minute, sweetie. Mommy is looking for something. We'll go look at your books in a minute." And I found a useful volume with a ton of information about the different whole foods vegetarians eat and a lot of yummy-sounding recipes that are cross-referenced in the info section. So if I happen to have an eggplant on hand and am wondering what I can do with an eggplant and why I should eat it in the first place, I can look in The Vegetarian Cook's Bible and learn all about eggplant and quickly flip to recipes in which I can use it. Who knows if this is the best vegetarian cookbook or not. At least I've got some help now. And I feel a little more confident. Thanks, A-ME, by the way.
I still don't want to eat pepperoni. I'm not grossed out by it or anything, but it doesn't look like food to me anymore. My family loves it, and HG would live on it if he could, but I'd as soon pluck the leaves off the holly bush by the driveway and eat them. So there's progress!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
LL Says:
LL to HG: I'm going to sing "Let's Shake Our Hips with Rags the Dog." Okay?
HG: Okay.
LL: 1... 2... 3... GO!
... ...
LL: Sing, Daddy!
HG: Okay.
LL: 1... 2... 3... GO!
... ...
LL: Sing, Daddy!
Friday, March 27, 2009
A.K.A.
I was short on stuff and found this in my drafts. Enjoy! And please steal it from me (leave me a comment if you do).
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Mommys Nintendo (yeah-huh!)
2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names) Beth Harris (but don't tell anyone, okay? or "They" might find me...)
3. NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) James Joseph
4. STAR WARS NAME:(first three letters of your last name, first three of your first name) Ndomom
5. DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal) Blue Elephant (Blue Elephant to Red Bobcat... The duck has landed. Repeat: the duck has landed. Over.)
6. SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born) Carole Columbus (it's really spelled that way too!)
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Red Lemonade (what would my super power be, I wonder?)
8. FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Modo (bzzzzz)
9. STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) Mint Peanutbutter
10. ROCK STAR NAME:(current pets name, current street name) Vermilion
11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Chelsea Wetmore (ooo... that works...)
12. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle) Momizzle
13. YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Molly
14. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav. candy) Dewberry Chocolate (that, however, doesn't work...)
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Mommys Nintendo (yeah-huh!)
2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names) Beth Harris (but don't tell anyone, okay? or "They" might find me...)
3. NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) James Joseph
4. STAR WARS NAME:(first three letters of your last name, first three of your first name) Ndomom
5. DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal) Blue Elephant (Blue Elephant to Red Bobcat... The duck has landed. Repeat: the duck has landed. Over.)
6. SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born) Carole Columbus (it's really spelled that way too!)
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Red Lemonade (what would my super power be, I wonder?)
8. FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) Modo (bzzzzz)
9. STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) Mint Peanutbutter
10. ROCK STAR NAME:(current pets name, current street name) Vermilion
11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on) Chelsea Wetmore (ooo... that works...)
12. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of real name plus izzle) Momizzle
13. YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Molly
14. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav. candy) Dewberry Chocolate (that, however, doesn't work...)
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