I had a vision this morning – and as a result had a bit of an identity crisis. I’m going to work on my new design a bit more and re-launch when it (ahem) looks more like this one.
pffft.
Blog Design : Agog and Aghast
October
15
2006
Just completed, the new home of Agog and Aghast. Raehan recently decided to make the switch from Blogger to WordPress on her own domain, and I’ve spent some time recoding her template and moving her archives into a new place for her family writings, and then creating a whole new blog and design for her to hang her literary masterpieces in Stammtisch (loosely translated from German: a table at a restaurant that is reserved for a group of regular customers).
Please, stop by and have a Cuppa with Raehan in her new space, you won’t be disappointed.
Band Aid Shopping
October
13
2006
Never in a million years did I think that I’d spend 20 minutes looking at Band-Aids, trying to select the perfect band-aid for a certain wound.
It has, indeed, come to that.
I comparison shopped Band-Aids yesterday. How many of you have done this? Debated over flourescents, cushioned – waterproof or flexible fabrics. Sheer or clear? Big or small? Will that little bitty patch of cotton cover the wound? Do you really need 80 of them, or will 15 be enough? If you’re using an antibiotic ointment, is it okay to get the ones with antibiotic in the pad now, or is that overkill? Do you not use the ointment? Is the stuff in the pad as effective? Oh hell, go back to the Disney Band-Aids. Do you need the clear ones, or the neon? Would the girls rather have soft pastels? Do they care? DO I CARE? OMG.
O. M. G.
What have they done to us, these cruel Band-Aid Manufacturers? Look at how bad it is, that a Mom spends 20 minutes staring at hundreds of boxes, just as many selections. For one finger wound. Because we’re almost out. Of course I have to consider all future wounds – or at least 80 of them, otherwise I’m throwing money away. Right? Right. Why buy a box of assorted Band-Aids if the little square one is never going to be used? We do use them, those are our amusement Band-Aids. The ones that show we care about that little freckle you’re calling an owie, and we will cover it up as long as you think it hurts.
It’s just a freakin’ Band-Aid, people. Cover the wound until it heals. Isn’t that the point?
So.
Twenty minutes later, I make a selection. I was so proud of myself, they were even on sale! WoOt!
I get home, and I’m so organized that I went and grabbed the nearly-empty box to transfer it’s remaining contents into the new box.
Guess what.
I bought the same freakin’ kind.
Sigh. Twenty minutes out of my life gone. I can’t get them back, those twenty minutes – and for what?
Thursday Thirteen #40
October
12
2006
My other Thirteens
2. I could use a roll of duct tape for that, Mom.
3. I am grieving the loss of two beautiful shade trees this week. They’ve been hacked.
4. I do seriously wonder if that’s so “good for the trees” how trees ever managed to survive before man came along to make them “healthy”.
5. I watched as a limb fell and a squirrel was flung to the ground – he scampered to find shelter across the street.
6. Instead of simply apologizing (“woops, sorry ma’am” would have sufficed) for one large limb breaking the peonies that I’ve spent 5 years trying to grow, the guy spent entirely too much time telling me they grow back and I should mow them over. After he told me the “water’s just weighing them down”.
7. By the end of next week, I hope to have an entirely different perspective – because right now I would give my last piece of Apple Pie to the first person to arrive with and help me pack up a U-Haul van. By the end of next week, I shall have solitude while I work. I am determined.
8. I made myself THE yummiest reuben sandwich EVER for lunch today.
9. I have my next Eye Ate It™ piece prepared, but haven’t painted it yet. Tomorrow.
10. I didn’t know until this morning that I received three awards, not two, for my entries into the Putnam Museum Bird Photography contest. I thought that my Peacock was the only one to receive awards, but my Portrait of an Eagle also received Honorable Mention in the Eagles, Hawks & Owls category. Yay! Both of those are available in print, too.
11. I was feeling stumped this morning and getting frustrated, so when I made my lunch, I chose a yellow plate to put my sandwich on. It cheered me up. So there you go, when you’re feeling blue, pick yellow.
12. Today, this was going to be my 13. Just for laughs. Well, I thought it was funny. But then I thought it would offend people, so I kept typing.
13. I’m going to get back to work now!
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So Very Wrong.
October
12
2006
1. It was really frappin’ cold when I took it.
Apple Pie (and other stuff)
October
10
2006
Our neighbor has two big beautiful apple trees in their backyard. We stopped over the other day and he filled a grocery bag full of yellow and red apples for us. This weekend I peeled and sliced well over 10 cups of apples, and I still have a sink full. Catybug and I made this lovely deep dish apple pie, and I made 5 loaves of apple walnut bread. We shared the loaves with the neighbors, of course!
In other news, and as you can see (unless you’re feedreading), I’ve finally completed the blog design to match my new gallery design. Please let me know if anything is broken – or if there are regular features that you can’t find.
Now that the weekend hustle and bustle and slicing and dicing is over, I can resume normal activities – and munch on some tasty goodness during breaks!
What have you been up to? And more importantly, when is the last time you made (or ate) home made apple pie?
MmmMMMmMmmmmm…
Cutie Tuckerhead
October
7
2006
Here are a few more feature shots from our little Studmuffin Tuckerhead today:
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Starving The Chickeymonkey
October
6
2006
Every day, I doodle a little something on the girls’ sandwich bags. It’s always different, always just a cute little surprise to remind them I’m around in the middle of the day.
Today, I doodled this little girl. I thought she turned out so sweet and cute, I knew she’d be appreciated.
Sure enough, when I picked up the girls from school, I asked my daily question – “did you finish your lunch today?” and got my standard answer, “Nope”. I asked “why do I keep making you sandwiches if you never eat them?” and her reply just tickled me and brought a tear to my eye.
“I didn’t wanna finish my sandwich mommy because I didn’t wanna throw my bag away because the girl is too cute!”
No wonder she comes home and eats me out of house & home – I’m starving my Chickeymonkey! Maybe next week I’ll doodle full bellied little girls throwing away bags with doodles on them.
