T-Dinner is good for you!

Finally, Thanksgiving dinner is upon us...here is a link to a page which somehow finds a way to make Thankgiving dinner, including the pie, healthy. http://health.yahoo.com/experts/joybauernutrition/4761/hidden-nutrition-gems-in-your-thanksgiving-feast Yes! I'm printing this out for all the health nuts who don't eat T-dinner or even talk about how unhealthy it is. True, it's a bunch of crap, but who cares....it's f-ing Thanksgiving! Be sure to read the angry comments that follow at the bottom of the page...they make me laugh out loud...and "laughing's my favorite" (name the movie this quote is from and the actor who says it and you will be added to my best friend list--does not include a Christmas present but, instead, a special place in my comedic heart)

The school I work at just passed some sort of school law (for those of you in schools, you know that they think they can make their own laws), that kids can no longer bring "unhealthy snacks" to share with others at school. This means, if some kid's Martha Stewart mother bakes them cupcakes to share with the other students on their b-day, they are not allowed to have them. In fact, when the child arrives with the cupcakes, smile on face, proud of mom and the sharing that is about to make them the classroom favorite, the teacher of the class has been instructed to remove the cupcakes and take them to the front office. Here the cupcakes shall sit until the end of the school day when the birthday boy or girl must pick up their cupcakes and return home with them. What! Way to go Orange County schools...you've succesfully made every kid in America, especially those who get no birthday cake at home, hate you and the schools you run even more! No wonder kids are toting guns to school...they can't even eat a freakin' cupcake!

The Boog has a cold

Jack's nickname for a long time now has been Boog. I morphed Luv Bug which is what we called him in utero and Booger together and formed his new name.

Anyway, he has a cold now. Yesterday we took him to the ICE extravaganza at Gaylord Palms. This consists of 2 million lbs. of ice sculptures and Christmasy fun...Boog decided it wasn't fun! He cried, fussed, yelled, screamed, and pretended he was 2 years old the entire time. Meanwhile, being that we were actually there to celebrate my sister's birthday, we decided to stay thinking Boog would eventually come around. Nope.

Today he slept in, still sleeping when I left for work. This morning I was notified by The Mother that he is sneezing, coughing, and his nose is running. Poor kid has a cold and we dragged him around all day through 9 degree temperatures...oh yeah, and he's only one!

Oh well. Hopefully we don't have to cancel our Thanksgiving plans which include dinner at the beach with my mother's family and two nights in a cabin style hotel. Worst case scenario, we stay home and watch free HBO all weekend...hmmm, perhaps this cold thing isn't so bad afterall.

Baby Proton

Yesterday, Jack got to spend the day at Downtown Disney watching his Aunt Sunny in concert in front of Virgin Megastore. The boy must have walked 30 miles, darting inbetween legs, wheelchairs, seeing eye dogs, and children in stollers for about 4 hours during the concert/art festival. He seemed to be the only one year old out of a chair the entire day. At some point during hour 3 it dawned on us that we might need to give the poor boy a nap and a bottle. He ate the bottle but refused to nap so we returned for more walking. That kid can move! Where do babies get all that energy? I think if we hooked all the babies in the world up to some sort of energy capturing device, baby treadmills perhaps, we could solve the world's energy crisis and then some!

Democrats Take Control...of what, I don't know

The message was clearly sent yesterday that the US is not happy with W and his cronies. Well, at least that is the way it is being interpreted.

I must say it feels good to know that W is not going to get anything accomplished off his How To Turn The World Into A Dude Ranch agenda for the next 2 years.

Problem is, either will the Democrats. W will veto everything, Dems will cry, and the rest of us will simply wish Kinky Friedman was running our lives.

Except Jack of course who apparently surprised everyone by winning the popular vote taking place in his own mind. He also successfully passed a referendum to officially make Cheerios the only food...sorry about that everyone.

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