Un-Natural Pigs

Way back when, in the days of me working at MicroTimes, I received a Christmas Gift Exchange gift of the game Pass the Pigs. It is a crazy fun game where you have two rubber pigs and you "roll" them like dice. How they land (on their feet, back, side, etc.) and the combination of the two pigs predicates your score. That is it really. We love it, and the girls can now play it and do some simple, albeit silly, math. (See online version here.)


There is a "rule" that if the pigs land one on top of the other (called a "Porker") that this is an unnatural position and you are done playing for the game. We have NEVER had this happen in the 9 years we have been playing Pigs. It hardly even seems possible.


Until tonight.

Meet My Nemisis: Horizontal Surfaces

I swear I clean this off at least three times a day. But here it is, again, all covered in the day's "stuff."

Maybe I should get rid of all horizontal surfaces in my house. Hmmmm, might make it hard to walk.

Green With Envy, & Fun!

Went to the local Irish Pub today and had drinks with a local mom and her hubby and friends - who, oddly enough, all work with my brother. Small world!

I had to leave to be a parent, they are able to stay until 5pm-ish. Sigh - slightly jealous. However if I were to say longer I'd be slightly inebriated. I had 3 beers and that is just enough to make me happy without being drunk. Fun being "carefree" for a morning!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!

What Kind of Kite is THIS?

Annika is into making things in her free time at school. The other day she made a kite.

But you tell me; what does this kite look like to you? I'd say it is just a tad phallic!

Pre-Yard Work

I must be yearning for the spring yard clean-up, because the other day I had a lot of fun trimming my indoor plants.

Case in point:

Before

I have this HUGE, 40-year-old jade plant. I inherited from my mother when we moved into our current house. It sits in front of two windows in the south-west corner of our house, and it is a very happy jade plant. However, it was just getting way too big.

After



So I hacked it back some. Anyone want some Jade plant trimmings?

Stupid Theifs!

I caught this sneaky squirrel red-handed the other day; he was doing amazing feats of acrobatic skill to get that last bit of bird seed out of our feeder. We have not had much squirrel activity this winter, due to the cold I am sure, so this must be a sure-fire sign of springs arrival!

And when I opened the door to send our dog out to chase him away the squirrel hopped down off the tree to run away, but then saw the beast and then that sneaky (and smart!) dude did a quick turnaround and ran back up the tree. How am I supposed to terrorize him when he is safe up that tree?!?

Opps! I know better...

This is what happens when you put water into a hot glass dish. DUH!

I have been totally hooked on making bread in my oven, rather than the bread maker. Part of the "yum" factor is to have steam in the oven to help crate a good crust. So I need to put a container under the bread stone, and then add water for steam. Apparently I was not thinking clearly the other day, because I have made this same mistake a few times before. These silly glass pans just seem to break on me ....

DUH - Someday I'll learn.