Evian...or naive?

 This is the water display at our Whole Foods. Yes, I said water display. And this is only the cold ones. I cannot believe there are this many options for WATER! You know, the free stuff. And there is an additional shelf below that has the 'vitamin' and enhanced water.

Although there is one cool option I have not been brave enough to try. It is up on the top right corner - black water. Yep, it is black. Says it is fresh water with volcanic ash or some such thing added. Okay, correction, the website says - Inspired by nature: blk. water is the first functional beverage that enables you to experience the power of Mother Nature�s secret weapon, fulvic trace minerals. 

 I feel odd enough buying water but the stuff we have here in Southern California just tastes awful. One of my co-workers from Kentucky was in LA with me at a show. They have some fantastic tap water. Really. He tried taking some medication with the tap water and he gagged. When he told me I had to laugh. "Didn't you see the bottles on the dresser?" I know we get a bad rap for our high falootin west coast ways, but the bottled water, that really is a necessity.

When we were paring down our household expenses after I lost my job we debated cancelling our water service. So we did a blind taste test; all of us, including the then 3-year-old bug. Hands down winner was the  stuff we get delivered in the big jugs. So that one stayed. Thankfully.

Do you remember when bottled water was first a big thing? I think Evian was one of the first we saw around here. And I remember figuring out that Evian spelled backward was...NAIVE. Telling, isn't it?

A new twist on bank robbery...

I can't decide if this was actually clever or not. They decided to steal the ATM.

Although it didn't work out too well.

(The equipment was taken from a construction site around the corner.)

Camera shy? Not any more.

This is what happens when your 4 year old finds your camera and is not getting the attention she wants.

I have quite a few feet shot of my own. Seems like a pretty cool thing to take a picture of. 

   

And I have to say I really like this one. Beautiful composition and pretty good lighting. This is our 19 year old Cabo. I love this girl. She is the longest relationship I have ever had. Oh wait, second longest. Deb gets the longest award.

Cousins - a lot of them

We have a lot of cousins. Both of us do. And we have multiple layers of cousins. The Man's are mostly around here. We see both sides all throughout the year. And there are multiple generations hanging out together now that the little ones are all growed up. And here is a good one for you - we also see my father-in-law's cousin's children a lot. Basically we just call them all cousins. So much easier that way. I tried figuring it out one day and got stumped. Then I found this little chart and it helped so much. (BTW - the above referenced is The Man's second cousin.)

A Bug Playground, really

And I don't mean for my bug. Well, actually it was a gift for my bug.  But it really is a bug playground. It is totally cool. Our bug is very much into bugs right now. And our dear friend got her a bug playground. Seriously. 

Now that is has warmed up we found some pill bugs, you know, Rollie Pollies. We tend to find the bugs some time during the day, bring the playground inside, usually into her bedroom, and then forget about them. Until Mommy panics and says “Where are the bugs?!?” and we put them outside in the dark. But one night after dinner Mommy got fascinated with the activity and snapped some shots. So here you go, living vicariously through our Bug Playground. 

Is there something odd about this?

I love McDonalds. I can't help it. I know it is just horrible for me, but I love it.

The other day I noticed this:


The bumper sticker says "Go Vegan - and no one gets hurt".

Is it just me or is that out of place at a McDonalds?


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Let me tell you about a new love...

And you may already be involved with this new love of mine. That is okay, I can share. In fact, I want to share. There is so much to go around, this new love of ours.


This is what is taking up so much of my 'free' time lately. It is inspiring, overwhelming, scary, exhilarating; it is a time suck.

Yes, I speak of...Pinterest. It is my new crack. And I am a dealer and am getting my friends hooked as well.


So, can I interest you in some (eye) candy, little girl?

Scavenger Hunt

I had to travel over Valentine's Day this year. So I created a scavenger hunt for the Man and the Bug. I think it turned out great. And I am glad I had fun creating it because I'm not sure how into it the Man was. And I don't really know how much the Bug got it.





The first clue was in my office.




And then we went around the house.











I didn't realize I could come up with so many rhymes.








I was using our guest bath tub as storage for a bunch of pillows as we were working on the guest room. So that is where the final big basket of goodies was.





I need to start scheming for more of these. I had so much fun.

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Beautiful smoke

This photo is just beautiful. You can see the steam coming off the fence against the bougainvillea in our neighbors yard. Pretty dang cool. And just pretty dang pretty.




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Entertaining Time Suck

One of the blogs I saw on Quilter Blogs.com mentioned a site called Regretsy. Oh my god. It is hilarious. Seriously. I just spent I don't know how much time looking at some of the very odd things people create, and even better, request someone else to make (i.e. matching hats for guinea pigs modelled after the Sister Sister tv show).

It is scary people. Seriously scary.

Another great site along those lines is Kraftomatic.



And I really wanted to sew tonight. Be careful if you go there, you will not get anything else done.