Joshie, thanks for the new camera

Here is Mason from a few nights ago.

Curious Kendall, part monkey, part girl?

Watch out Diane Arbus. Just kidding.

Cabin Fever

Every year around this time, I start to get cabin fever. I really think that every working adult still deserves a spring break. I am just aching for some sunshine. Updates: Mason will be crawling any day now--he is 7 months old--that is frightening..... Update pt. 2: Kendall just realized that she doesn't have to stay in her bed....someone please call Supernanny. I am very proud to say that my little brother David recently had some of his photography placed in Jackson's Grill. Ansel Adams, you better watch your back. Check out some of the new updates I made over there ------------------->

From the mouths of babes....

Who knew I would laugh so much having kids? Current phrases that KQ has muttered: 1)I hold you (ie she wants me to hold her) 2)I dude that (Translation: I did it) 3)Awfuls (waffles--maybe my cooking is bad?) 4)Ohhh-gooo (yogurt)

Quote of the Day

Being a Hillary supporter is like being the person in the dorm who yells at her partying neighbors to shut up, because she's studying for a final exam. You know you have a good reason, but you’re a little annoyed at yourself for being such a pill. By Morra Aarons Obama is the Establishment

Trying to find inspiration

Here are some of the goals I wrote down for the year

1)Recycle more, be more green

2)Read more and read more to Kendall

3)Find inspiration in day to day things

4)Eat healthier and enjoy cooking more...use those cook books

5)Be frugal.

6)Be more honest.

(and a couple of others)

Well, I find learning very inspiring. I recently came upon the TED website and I was astonished at the amazing talks on here. I really found this one by Amory Lovins to be pretty neat. I dig smart people.

Did you see what made an appearance in our front yard this frigidly cold morning? There is something to be said about living outside the city. Photo courtesy of Joshua Sebasky.

Sick of it

Please don't think of me as a complainer but since this is my blog, I just want to vent a little: 1)How hard is it to say thank you when someone holds the door for you? 2)Before you forward on a "factual" email--check to make sure it really is factual. 3)STORES--ALERT--if you only have one cashier--don't be surprised if people don't have the time or patience to wait in line. Take a cue from Target. (PS--and while you are at it, it might be a good idea to throw a couple of the those diaper changing stations in the men's rooms.) 4)Don't assume everyone on your email list has the same opinions as you. 5)Hand sanitizers are pure evil. 99% does not equal 100%---i.e. a small, VERY RESISTANT population of bugs/germs/bacteria live, even in the presence of hand sanitizer....and they grow stronger and more resistance. Hence, this is why you are seeing kids with multiple ear infections and antibiotic-resistance bacteria. Good ole-fashion soap is your friend. 6)Bush may be a "Gun" man, but he is not a sportsman. Sportsman care about the environment, Bush does not. 7)Dear Coworkers--when the recycling bin is 4 feet from the trash bin, why not just throw that plastic 1 Liter bottle in the recycling bin, rather then the trash? Sorry, it was a Monday.

Hoar Frost

Twice in a two weeks I have awoken to a beautiful hoar frost.

Viruses will take over the world

For many years I have proclaimed the following statement (as dismal as it sounds)--that "VIRUSES WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD." I am dead serious. Some day, civilization will be wiped out by viruses....unless of course we keep treating Mother Earth so horribly that she finally starts thinking of revenge strategies. Viruses are truly fascinating. You have got your bird flu, HIV, herpes, entero (cruise ship diet plan), ebola and many many more......they are in the news all the time. I bet you didn't know, but the US government has a contingency plan in place if a very virulent and deadly strain of influenza comes into the US. They have created a list of all the top people that would get the vaccine first...because understandably, the first few vials of vaccine are going to be much coveted. It's not like you want a bunch of WWF wrestlers getting it before a CDC worker. Get my drift? I say this as Tatorbug lays in bed with the 24 hr stomach flu.

Let's talk about Santa. It may be weird...but Kendall is 21 months and she still doesn't know who Santa is. I guess we failed to introduce her. There are tons of presents under the tree already (thank you grandparents) but she really could care less. So my question is--when do you tell them about Santa? They really don't cover this topic in the baby-how to books. Maybe next year.

What is it going to take?

It is has been a busy few weeks. I always think about things I want to write about and then in a flash they go to that black hole of where all good ideas go.

As we all clearly know, the election is just a mere 11 months away. Now, I personally have not decided on who I would vote for or who I am putting my weight behind. For the first time in a very long time, we have a woman running for President. I am VERY aware of the disdain for her--because everytime I mention her name--I hear a lot of flack. Sort of like when you mention Martha Stewart. I have not decided yet if I will be voting for her, but I can tell you this--I am really sick of all the negative crap people are saying about Hilary. Everytime someone tells me how much they hate her---I respond with "Why do you hate her so much?" and never once have I gotten a good answer. I at least give Hilary some credit for having the balls to be put in that arena with a bunch of arrogant men. I really do think a lot of the negativity comes from the fact that people fear change. They fear a woman President, they fear a minority President. Granted she does come across a little robotic or cold, but imagine if she was a lot warmer or more of a pushover--people would rip into for that too. I am all for voting for something different--goodness knows it couldn't hurt at this point in the game.

Not that you want to hear anymore political rants, but Huckabee is a total loser. Here is why.

As the year comes to an end--I would like to show you my list of favorite things. I have millions of them, but these are some of the recent ones I have come up with.

1)Electric Blankets (it is a given in Minnesota)

2)Baby Smell

3)Live concerts (nothing like seeing a sweaty lead singer 10 rows up)

4)Good friends, eating great food, drinking yummy drinks and having awesome conversations.

5)Uncle Billy's Christmas Letter (I will find a way to scan it in and post it)--he gives Colbert a run for his money.

6)Snowflakes that land on your windshield that are shaped like how you imagine snowflakes should look.

7)Karma--I believe in it so much--and it is interesting to see how it plays out sometimes.

8)Cinnamon rolls (not from the can)

Check out the new Fiats--I dig the groovy colors. What age group do you think they are marketing these too?

Things that make you want to vomit (or at least things that make ME want to vomit)

I mean come on---does this really look like a stroller?

For a mere $899, you too can own this "stroller." At that freakin price it better give massages and make double vanilla mocha cappuchinos.

Hold your horses, because I am not done yet. It has been a long week and sometimes you just need an outlet to vent.

US Women's Bridge Team Banned from future contests for their form of protest--check it out.

OH, the irony. Gore and the other Nobel Prize winners to visit the White House. So here's the situation. Gore is going to visit the White House. Yes, that would be the same White House that he would have been living in had he not gotten screwed over(we don't have time for me to list all the ways that election was messed up.) He is going to the White House because of his work on behalf of global warming (a good thing). But what I find so funny about this whole thing is that Bush invited him and the others to celebrate them receiving the awards. So let me get this straight, Bush wants to celebrate Gore winning an award for his activism on the Global Warming front and yet, W is the WORST environmental president on record. Sort of a slap on the back.....like saying "Thanks old buddy for cleaning up my messes." Sadly, the average IQ in that room will drop when W shows up. Can you just picture it now, Bush trying to talk about knock-out mice and carbon foot printing--and actually trying to sound intelligent? Now that would be a Youtube video I would like to see.

(Maybe this will be my Christmas card this year?) Thanks modmom.