seriously? apparently there is no escape. ARGH!!! how incredibly frustrating. we don’t eat a lot of canned foods, but do occasionally have tuna (which has already got the mercury going for it), and frequently use canned beans and canned tomatoes. what the heck can you possibly use instead of canned tomatoes???!!! i suppose i could get serious and start canning myself, but come on. i don’t see that happening.

unbelievable.

*sigh*

hahaha! everybody needs this book.

Thought the Seattlites would enjoy this, written by my brother-in-law.  I can’t relate, as it was 90 degrees and about 80% humidity all weekend, and has finally dropped bac down to 85 degrees.

MISSING: Summer 

LAST SEEN: Early-mid September 2007 holding hands with Autumn.

DESCRIPTION: Usually accompanied by a giant sphere of burning hydrogen and helium gas in a bright blue sky and high temperatures with little to no cloud coverage.

SUSPECTS: Authorities’ prime suspects are Winter 2007 and Spring 2008.  These two are allegedly holding Summer hostage behind a heavy cover of rain clouds and cold temperatures, sometimes even including snow.  From time to time Summer escapes for a day or two, before being recaptured.  A third suspect, Global Warming (AKA Climate Change), while only a speculation at this point is also under investigation.

If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of Summer, please concact the FBI, NSA, CIA, IRS, DEA, ATF, NASA, the Weather Channel and your local meteorologist.  Authorities advise that if you see women in bikinis and guys wearing board shorts and no shirts, and they are outside and tan, that is a good indication that Summer is close by.  Keep your eyes open.  Only by working together can we locate Summer by June 21. 

Thank you.

Until next time………..

i think most of you probably don’t know how ridiculous things can be in the riveting and fascinating world of cloth diapering. check out this set of 12 diapers.

yes. you read that right. $450 for 12 diapers. 12 diapers over which you must put a waterproof cover, so it’s not even like the diaper is visible! there are reports of these diapers going in auctions for over $200 a piece.

i probably have no room to judge, considering the overpriced and absolutely frivolous diaper bag i just bought. but what the heck. i’m judging anyway. such a waste of money!!!

rowan, walking up to me with alleegah in hand, and fingers in mouth: “mama, i’m all done playing cars. i just want to go to snooze.”

niamh, as she climbs into bed and kicks off her favorite shoes (yellow crocs. must. wear. yellow. crocs. at. all. times.): “buh-buh yeyoh shooos.” (bye-bye yellow shoes)

maybe not as cute to you all, but their mama thought it was adorable! i’ll concede to a bit of bias here.

have you all seen this? probably, but just in case, here it is. i thought it was really good. i especially liked this bit:

“I am nearly finished. I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life. They are my children’s godparents, the people to whom I’ve been able to turn in times of trouble, friends who have been kind enough not to sue me when I’ve used their names for Death Eaters. At our graduation we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could never come again, and, of course, by the knowledge that we held certain photographic evidence that would be exceptionally valuable if any of us ran for Prime Minister.”

i sure miss you guys.

I’m sure there are more than a few disbelievers of the title of this post – but for Clara, it’s true! She’s been on a ‘diet’ (owner-imposed – wish someone would do that for me!) for the past few months and lately we’ve noticed a difference. She doens’t look quite like the bowling pin she used to and she’s become quite the jumper! Previously, her extra weight made it hard for her to jump up to high places – or if she tried, she was less than graceful and made use of claws to pull her up (as a dresser can attest in our bedroom). But now she can make these higher jumps with a fair amount of grace – and so she has been trying our her new-found skill. If the weather is nice, we often leave our front door open and let the cats come and go between the house and patio. The fence of the patio is fairly high and usually keeps them in – until Thursday. I heard this strange bang outside and went to investigate. When I looked out in the patio, no cats, when I looked through the house, no cats. I went back to the patio and called their names and Pippin came leaping over the gate, but there was still no Clara. Not believing that Clara could have jumped the gate, but not wanting to take any chances, I looked around the corner of the house – and there she was walking into the side yard as if she did that every day – ! Luckily she’s not a runner, she just squats down and hopes you won’t see her – so my retrieval of her was easy. Thanks to this adventure however, they lost their unsupervised outside privileges, about which they have been very irritated this weekend, sharing their feelings by loudly meowing at the door.

Nude man disrupts wedding party
6/4/08
By LEVI PULKKINEN
P-I REPORTER

Seattle police arrested a 46-year-old man for indecent exposure after a wedding party at Golden Gardens Park spotted him perched in a tree with his pants around his ankles.

One adult and six children caught sight of the man while attending a wedding Sunday at the popular North Seattle park, according to police reports. His position exposed, the man headed for a nearby trail.

Parks employees caught up to the still-partially nude man on the trail, staying with him until police arrived. According to reports, the man claimed he’d only been urinating when questioned by officers.

The man, a Seattle resident, was booked into King County Jail on suspicion of indecent exposure. Bail was denied for the man.