entering the sublime

Sunday mornings after breakfast I usually do a mad-dash errand run sans Ben. Judd stays home and has a lazy-boys day and I gleefully run around to Target/Walgreens/CVS/grocery store/etc. Because I'm in and out of so many places, sometimes I'll see something that I'll think about later and I'll wish I picked it up.

This, however, is not the case with this item. I thought I saw somewhere a Giant Cheetos. (well, I guess it should be Cheeto). I think it was a little longer than a twinkie, but at least the same girth. I had forgotten about it until last night when said Giant Cheeto worked its way into my dream (I had to pack a lunch for Ben for school today, and he got a Big Cheeto). I woke up wondering if I really had seen this ear-of-corn size cheesiness, or if it was just a wacky dream.


A quick search on my beloved flickr proved that I was right:


but I am afraid.....that's a LOT of cheesiness....

more here


I so want someone to do some picspam of me with the Aretha hat.

well, at least I haven't run out of ideas yet!

I'm loving the towel - got it on sale from companykids.com the other week, but it seems like they only have the fireman one and a baseball one left

too bad there's no adult sizes......

Somehow I've gotten a subscription to Parents magazine. Its something that ordinarily I'd look at in the dr's office, but never buy or subscribe to, but some diaper or carseat purchase must have triggered it. I dont mind it, esp as it has more practical info like toy reviews rather than the 'kids fashion spread' that others seem to have.

A few random notes:

-THIS little house thing is awesome. Why dont they make it for boys or in 'unisex'? Its oftly girly. Maybe I'll get one for myself........

-there was an ad for 'sleep diaper shorts'.....which implies to me that yo throw the whole shorts away when they get wet. As if the landfills aren't full enough of the diapers, now we're giving our kids disposable SHORTS. PAPER PANTS, people. And I'm sure they're not cheap. The FAQ has helpful information like "They come in a blue package for boys, and a pink package for girls"........

-there was a big article on potty training, and I know I'm not there yet (well, I AM, but Ben isn't ready yet) but there was a brief rundown of the 'schools of thought', one of which was called "Naked and $75" Sounds like a fun night, right? Wrong. The way that this 'method' works is as follows:

a) stay at home all weekend
b) roll up the rugs
c) have your kid run around all day with no pants, no diapers, no underwear for 2 days so that they know what 'pee running down your leg' feels like and prompt them to sit on the pot BEFORE this happens.
d) spend $75 on steam cleaner to clean wall-to-wall

Are they serious??!!

and all others who are/are married to Star Wars freaks:

an AT-AT baby stroller

huh.  I think they forgot to add the Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Picnic Basket

and I guess since he and wife will be quarantined for ages, they'll only need those 2 placesettings.......

I'm not usually one for blinky smiley faces but this made me laugh:

My office had supply cutbacks when I was out. That meant xerox paper was under lock and key, only 'budget' post it notes and pen refills as opposed to real pens, cause a refill cost 50 cents each versus a $1 pen. I think they spent about 1000 pens arguing about it.

Well, the boss who insisted on Pen Refills had a problem yesterday.

He lost his pen.
He went to the supply cabinent, and, yup, no pens, just refills.



He then asked the secretary to order pens, because "Who can write with a refill?!?"

my brother sent me a link to this shirt



love it!

Even though Brasil will win, Go Ghana!