Giggle of the Day

Pass me the real estate listings, wouldya?

The Daily Show kindly identifies this loon as being from Seattle, so I'd like to thank them for not revealing that he's from the suburb I'm in. Sanjaya already has us wondering about the 'flouride' in the water...

Bye Fly

Princess Z likes bugs. (And spiders, which aren't technically bugs, apparently.) And worms. And so Princess Z has a new bug catcher. But it's been pretty rainy in our parts lately and not ideal bug hunting weather, so she's resorted to a more domestic prey - the common housefly!

The other day she finally caught one - after much pouncing, climbing and general acrobatics - including fighting off the cat who thought the fly would make a delicious snack. And Sam, as he was named, had a lovely home with leaves and sticks and lots of air. I'm sure he was thrilled. But no amount of love is going to fight the fact that you're a house fly and you're going to kick it any minute.

A very distraught 5 3/4 year old came to wake me up at 5:45am to tell me that he was dead. I expressed my sympathies and rolled back over, mumbling something like 'getbacktobed,don'twakeupKieran,eatyourcerealatthetable,notinfrontofthetv.'

A while later, I got up and this is what I found in the living room - a funeral service in progress. There are moments in parenting when I'm not sure when to be really impressed/proud/amused & when to start worrying...


RIP Mr. Fly
And yes, we do use Charmin :)

More meaningless blathering...

Blame it on a high stress, often serious job or just that I'm a sucker for stupid quizzes, but I got this in my email and thought I'd copy Mrs. Turcotte and put it in here. I thought the picture was amusing - apparently my soul looks drunk and has some kind of nasty cold. Otherwise, the write up is kind of scary-dead-on. Now you have to do it too, dontcha?

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are a wanderer. You constantly long for a new adventure, challenge, or eve a completely different life. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you for how you are, not how you look. But deep down, you know that's not exactly true. Your near future is in a very different place (both physically and mentally) from where you are right now. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

Inside the Room of Your Soul