Just for fun, I thought I’d pull out this meme from Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer. (What can I say? That’s where all the fun happens.)  In honor of Labor Day, it’s about…well, labor.  And not the kind you get a day off for, either.
How long were your labors? 
Andy, 17 hours. 
Brady, 17 hours, 45 [...]

Anyone else heard of the sport of extreme ironing?
It’s real. I’m not joking. Here’s their site.
Apparently, it’s catching on all over the world. It’s described as “the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.”
You really need to follow the link. Their gallery [...]

Over at Rocks in My Dryer, Shannon’s hosting a fun haiku-writing contest. The prize is a whole bunch of cool stuff, but I only entered because I thought I had a unique idea for the content. Anyway, her contest required us to “write a haiku commemorating the whole back-to-school thing.”
Here’s what I came up with:
Rookie [...]

Being a graphic artist, I’m a font nerd, through-and-through. So, this quiz really cracked me up. Give it a whirl.

You Are Palatino

You consider yourself to be creative and artistic.And you’d like everyone else to know it!You take design and aesthetics seriously.
You like everything in your life to be unique and beautiful - but never gaudy!
 

What [...]

Why isn’t there a Mommy Olympics?
You know, with relays like the 4×100 quadruplet diaper change? The triathlon of making dinner, extracting the popcorn kernel from your toddlers nose, and bouncing the colic-y baby one your hip? I’d surely be a contender for the decathlon of juggling too many projects and so many kids all at [...]

98
As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Superior
Take the test!

I’m not really sure how they scored this thing. Honestly, I’m very, very surprised! Who knew?
How’d you do?

Can you believe I’ve been blogging a whole year now?!

Remember when it looked like this?
Does that mean my husband will bring my flowers? Or diamonds? Or both?!
I know I have just a few faithful readers, but I still enjoy this journey we’re on. It’s like a baby book I’ll never lose. I’m able to type [...]

There are two fairly new products out there that prove to me, once again, that God loves me. Both delicious and fat free! (FREE of FAT!) Yum-o!

The first is Del Monte’s Fruit Chillers — fruit sorbet in little cups. It’s lower in sugar than most things like it, and it has more vitamin C! I [...]

I absolutely love this time of year.
I love summer, baseball, warm weather, cook-outs, fireworks, family, popsicles, sprinklers, sweet corn, patriotism, the Cubbies, red, white and blue…  all that good stuff and more.
My friend Drew had a couple of cool quizzes about Independence Day on his blog, so (being the good friend that I am,) I’m stealing them. [...]

We mid-westerners have been recycling for a very long time… Longer than it’s been en vogue, that’s for sure.
When I was a kid, we sometimes rode our bikes around the neighborhood asking for everyone’s empty “pop” cans just so we could sell them to the local collector. I’m not sure what he did with them, [...]