It all happened so fast. Lyd’s sitting on her chair, eating her Peach Cobbler when my open palm flew toward her face. Stunned silence was all around the table as Lyd sat there, eyes tightly shut. Then she wiped the whipped cream off of her face and began laughing. Over the next ten minutes everybody at the table ended up with whipped cream on their faces. Laughter pretty much replaced Peach Cobbler for this evening’s dessert. This is one of…
Whenever Annie and I take the girls out to a restaurant, I have always make it a point to have my leather belt within easy reach. You won’t believe how handy it can be when one of them starts acting up or getting feisty. In fact, Regina and I were out having lunch with my Mom once and I ended up having to pull out the belt on my youngest daughter. The restaurant had no high chairs, just booster seats….
There is a restaurant in Osseo WI, I think it’s now more legend, more of a State treasure than a mere restaurant, it has transcended that category. This restaurant is called the Norske Nook. First impressions: it looks like your typical small town breakfast restaurant. It has the typical menu items you would see at just about any old fashioned Pancake House. The food is very very good! That is, until you have dessert, then the food becomes very good….
Find the Teddy Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, Words by Felicity Brooks, Designed by Meg Dobbie What do you think Reggie? “Well, from a technical perspective, it’s airtight. The sentences are perfect in structure, albeit simple. Not that there’s anything wrong with simplicity mind you. Case in point, Hemingway vs Faulkner. It’s really character development that is offending me, I mean, how does the protagonist (Teddy) develop throughout the course of the book? He doesn’t! He simply continues getting lost, page…
“I HATE your undershirts!” “What’s wrong with them?” “They’re in tatters! Seriously, I see you walk in wearing one of them and I just want to rip it open and render it unwearable.” “Don’t do that! They’re broken in, they’re perfect. Even then, it’s an undershirt, who cares?” “I care!” “You know . . .I have not purchased a single article of clothing for myself since 2004. Yet new clothing mysteriously appears in my dresser. Is it you that’s been…
I was helping Lyd clean up her room, my heart skipped a beat when I saw this unholy thing staring up at me. Kill it! Kill it with Fire!
You can very easily go with the cheaper alternatives for most baby-related items. In fact you probably should, for the most part, I’d say the baby industry is a racket! Anyway, there are a few things that you really should not go cheap on, and today I’d like to talk about one of those items, it is the venerable Diaper Genie. It’s not a cute item, it’s not a “showcase item” in the baby room. It’s pretty much all function,…