TuTu

You all need to book it over to JK's blog and click the link to see some professional pictures of Tuesday. They are A.MA.ZING.

No, really.

My favorite news quotes of the day:

"Republicans are watching what once may have seemed like a brilliant idea turn into a riskier proposition each day." link

"Yes, and I say this with sadness because I greatly admire John McCain, a man of intelligence, honor and enormous personal and political courage. However, for him to choose Sara Palin to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible. He did not put the country first with this decision. Whether it is appropriate or not, considering Sen. McCain's age most people expected to have a vice presidential candidate who would be ready to step in at a moment's notice. The actuarial odds of that happening are significant, something like a one-in-five chance." link

"“I think she has pretty thoroughly — and probably irretrievably — proven that she is not up to the job of being president of the United States,” David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush who is now a conservative columnist, said in an interview." link

"The alarm bells should be clanging and warning lights flashing. You wouldn’t put an unqualified pilot in the cockpit of a jetliner. The potential for catastrophe is far, far greater with an unqualified president." link

boys after my own heart

The boys have decided that their new fave is wearing my shoes. They have chosen 3 pairs that are their favorites. Here they are modeling them.
Mr. Magoo likes to be unique and mix-match:

Mr. Man prefers the one-footed sparkly heel:

Workin' it:


* PS. If you are the anonymous poster whose comment I had to reject, I'd be happy to approve your comment if you come clean about who you are. I don't talk politics with anonies.
PPS. Obama is my man. No changing this mind. *

it's a guiro, you sickos

One kid called it a missile.
Another said, "ummmmm....."
Then a third said, "What the heck is that?"

But it wasn't until the fourth kid said, "That looks like a weiner!" that I realized I need to be a bit more careful when drawing my instruments.

A real-life weiner:

WWWHHHHYYYYY?????????

Dear NBC,
I realize that I am one of a dying breed. I am one of the last remaining ER watchers. I realize that you are ending the season this year. But did you really have to kill off one of the remaining rays of sunshine on the show??? Couldn't you have killed off doom-and-gloom Abby? Or even John Stamos? Or what about Frank? He's getting old!!! But PRATT??? Come on.

Not only did you kill him off, but you killed him off in a way that was soooooooooo sad to watch. He was scared and bleeding and had a big thingie on his neck. Poor baby. I tried to hide my sniffles from Todd who was sleeping (yes, I know, how could he??? Pratt is DYING HERE!) and bury my head in my pillow. I woke up this morning with the familiar pain behind the eyes and puffy lids of someone who cried herself to sleep.

If it were not ingrained in my existance to turn on the tv on Thursday nights at 10:00PM, I would boycott the rest of your season. But we all know that after 9 years of watching ER, I cannot just quit cold turkey. It's an addiction. Or maybe an obsession.

I'm just saying it could have been different. It should have been different. We could have ended our long relationship on good terms. But now, I will be badmouthing you to all the other girls on the playground.

Shame on you.

-Jane

PS. See you next week.

you're feeling it, right?

trying out a new autumn layout. leafy!

moooooo

We went to Leesburg Animal Park on Saturday morning. We were the first ones there and the boys were petrified the minute they heard the cow mooing his head off. So, we stayed near the bunnies and turtles. What a bunch of wimps!!! Cute wimps, though.

Having a snack:

Screw these animals, is that a playground???

Ride 'em, cowboy.

one good, one not so much

I recently finished two books (recently being last night waaaaaayyyyy too late, but I had to know the ending....) and wanted to share!

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski was the first one. I got it because People Magazine called it the best book of the year. I haven't purchased a book in a while...we have been frequent library patrons. But I bought this one, because any magazine that shows Britney's hoo-hah MUST know what they are talking about when it comes to literature. At any rate, there are some good things about the book. But I was so disappointed by the ending that it sort of ruined it for me. It's a page-turner (once you get into it...) and you want to know what happens, but I wish it had ended differently. The dogs were the best part of the story, for me.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is the one I finished last night, long after I had gone to bed. I couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed this book. I will be having circus dreams for a while, but it will be freakishly worth it. This was a good love story, coming of age, animal adventure that was hard to put down. I read it in 3 nights and liked every bit of it. It reminded me a little bit of The Notebook with the old person flashbacks and such. I tended to want to fast forward the old man parts (just like the movie) and get on with the romance. A great read.

I heart ogden nash

How I did not find this poem about my phobia before today, I do not know.

The Centipede by Ogden Nash

I objurgate the centipede,

A bug we do not really need.

At sleepy-time he beats a path

Straight to the bedroom or the bath.

You always wallop where's he not,

Or, if he is, he makes a spot.

Friday Five

The Five Things I Want Right Now

1. A fruit smoothie. Strawberry Banana.

2. A night out where I have to be driven home and get to sleep in till whenever the next day.

3. A new wardrobe.

4. For kindergarteners to FEAR me.

5. For republicans to stop saying, "We'll I'm fine right now. I don't see the problem!"

Wordless Wednesday: Lovin' Papa

party time

We had an awesome time at Anna's 2nd birthday on Saturday! It was a perfect 2 year old party, full of lots of toys, balloons, bubbles, and cupcakes!

heck yeah

Tonya gave me an award! Woo hoo! I have no idea what the heck it is, but I do know that it means I am brilliant. Yes, thank you. Someone finally noticed.

quote of the day (1)

"Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in."

-Katherine Mansfield

(But sometimes I just want to wallow.)

Check THIS out

TuTu.

music teacher top ten

Here are the ten things I have said most often in the first 2 weeks of school:

1. Put your shirt/skirt/dress down, we don't want to see your business!

2. Seriously?

3. HANDS TO SELF!

4. Do I come to your house and touch your xylophones?

5. Habla ingles?

6. Wait. Are you kidding me right now?

7. Don't talk while I am singing, please. I need everyone to hear the magic that is my voice.

8. Can we please pick an animal that actually makes a sound?

9. Um, it's a gong, not a bong.

10. Did I go to college for 4 years to become your babysitter/maid/mother/shoe tie-er??

as promised, my bathing beauties.

The boys love their bath. They swim like they are in an olympic sized pool. The other night they even took kissing breaks in the middle of their laps.

And here's Mr. Man in his Tuesday shirt!!! He and I both got a lot of compliments on our shirts. You can buy your own and support Tuesday in her fight against cancer by clicking the Tuesday link on the right side. :)

I have issues.

I want to vent so bad about work. But man, so many people at work read my blog. (HI.) I'm gonna have to start a new blog. I think I'll call it "Being a teacher rocks, but dealing with adults is lame."

Definitely.

I've got some good bathing beauty pictures coming soon.

Sunday Funnies

I think we are leading double lives with TyDy.

Is there something in the cabinet? (Besides the mouse, of course...)

Beautiful Tuesday

Check it out.

Truthiness

I stole that word from the Colbert Report. Hee hee.

Found THIS at a blog I frequent (It's like I'm...mmmagic!). It's fascinating.

I think I may have a heart attack before this election. Or right after. Either way, I need some xanax.

Wordless Wednesday.

Tuesday

No tanka for me today. I stole this paragraph from JK's blog about Tuesday. I thought it was too lovely to not share.

"The night after Tuesday was taken off the vent, I was holding her and we just stared at each other. I asked her if Angels had been watching over her and these huge tears started rolling down her cheeks. I can only tell you that the look on her face told me I didn't know the half of it."

You can go read the rest of her beautiful post here.

Fun day at the park

Yesterday afternoon we had fun at the little park across the street. The boys are getting huge.