Outsmarted Again!

Me: Mimi, eat some of your vegetables. They will make you strong and healthy.
Mimi: Strong and healthy for me or strong and healthy for you?
Me: For you, silly.
Mimi: I don't care if I am strong or healthy.

Damn. She got me. I ain't got nothin' in response!
~Karen

Bad Days Turned Better

Kids.

Need I say more?
Some days are really hard.
Here is one thing that cheered me up the other day:

You don't have to listen to the entire thing to get a good laugh.

I love everything about this video. The hair. The sincerity. The lyrics.

Then there's Regretsy. True etsy creations that ..well... speak for themselves.

The best pick-me-up is realizing that today is FRIDAY! Soon Kevin will be home and things will quickly get better! Dad is fun. He is more fun than mom. I try.

Also, I am feeling good about this:
My AWESOME mom's group made blankets for a group call Soldier's Angels. I hope it gets a lot of use. This one took me about a week and a half....

Have a good weekend!
~Karen

Snow!

Here is what we woke up to today:

SNOW!
Moe couldn't be happier. He has never seen snow before.

So, I bundled them up. They look a lot like Kenny from Southpark.

And out they went.


They were completely exhausted after 30 minutes of play.

Now it is time to warm up with some hot apple cider!

Agreed!

Have a great day!
~Karen

Happy 2010!

Happy 2010!

We are so old we were asleep by 10:30 pm! :)
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Here are some things keeping me busy:
Squares...LOTS of squares...
I am making a blanket for a wounded soldier. I think I have about 16 or more squares to go before I can start piecing it altogether!
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Also, for the sweet tween in my life, I have been working on gloves and flower scarf :
Not sure if this qualifies as a scarf....
but, it is sooo cute!
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And finally I have been working on this guy:
I've been trying to teach him some simple commands. He is a great dog, but he likes to jump up on people, which scares the crap out of a toddler. And he likes to lick people...he has great aim when it comes to your mouth! :( blech! Also, he will sit for a nanosecond on command...I'd like him to sit a bit longer.
I guess I should read a book on training?
OY. Maybe someone will volunteer and do it for me?

Have a great week!
~Karen

Fred is ALIVE!

Fred, the blue betta fish, wasn't doing well last week. He didn't move or eat much. We worried how Mimi would take Fred's death. So, Kevin told Mimi, if Fred didn't get better, he might have to give Fred some fish medicine that would turn him orange!

Thankfully Fred survived and did not need to be replaced by a goldfish!
GoOd ThInKinG Kevin!!!
Have a great week!
Karen

We had a deal.
Now, it's off.
I promised not to kill the incoming ants. You said put the traps down and they will eat it, and bring tasty poisonous chunks back to their family and friends.
Yeah, right.
Clearly evolution is to blame. Ants that are drawn to the poison have all been killed off, and ants who know better remain. So, excuse me while I go kill ants.

~Karen

ACHOO!

It started with this guy! He brought the cold to us, and we all got it. Now he is better, and we are all sniffling!
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Mimi slept on the couch most the day. She doesn't feel so well. She is hardly ever sick, so she is not a good sickie. She gets very grumpy. Ralphie kept her warm.
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Some of my readers are skeptics! How dare they question if my dog smiles??! Here is another smiling picture. See! He does smile! :)