A great quote

This is for all those Heaven-bound buddies:

"Your good names and good deeds will be written in the same size font in Heaven, regardless of when or how we joined."

Bob the Builder Award: Peter Menzel and the people that share

I remember the first time I saw a shiek's entire household spread out in his front yard. I remember the couches most of all. His couches were so long, longer than my yard I bet. It was in a book that came out in the 1990's called "Material World." I had seen it featured on Oprah (that is when she wasn't such a rude interviewer as well as think she is all that and a bag of chips and I still watched her sometimes).

I wanted that book so bad. Google it. It is awesome. I have never forgotten it. But we were poor college family with a baby we couldn't afford, so I never bought it. I even would go to the bookstore and read it over and over. I would carry it around. But I could never justify the cost. No worries. I popped an email off to Mr. Fun just now to buy me a used copy on Amazon. Good things come to those who wait, eh? :)

Peter Menzel seems like a fellow that I would like to talk to. Or at least take a photo field trip with. He has traveled around the world more than once to photograph these types of eye-opening stories. He must a nice man, with a good energy because people are willing to share their private lives on their front lawns with him. Not everyone I know would do that.

Peter is back. He now has done a story on what people are eating in a week. The pictures tell the story. You should check it out. Just google: "what the world eats" and click on the first link: what the world eats--photo essays with Time Magazine. Eyeopening. When my new book arrives, you are welcome to borrow it and see the Sheik's couches for yourself. :)

Moldologist

I saw there was a man on tv who called himself a "Ripperologist." What that means that that he feels that he is an expert on the story of Jack the Ripper.

Since most everyone (minus Cheryl tomorrow) I know has turned 40 this year, I guess that makes us "moldologists." We are there. We have arrived. New decade. We are now as old as mold so that must mean we know mold.

It makes me think of those lists in the chick magazines that show famous people and things you don't know about them. So in case you are interested in the workings and pieces of this moldy oldie, here you go. No particular order.

I hate washing silverware, especially forks. Too many sides to look after and clean.
I have had arthritis for 11 years.
I hate pairing socks in the laundry.
I love old musicals.
My kids love them too (not).
I hate for my hands to be dirty. I have a neuotic habit of rubbing them on the sides of my legs to make sure they are clean.
Ice cream makes me nauseated.
I don't read fiction...minus the Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol--Dan Brown.
I have never owned eye liner.
Potato chips make my lips swell up like Angelina Jolie.
I have been called "sir" an embarrassing number of times.
I don't know the words to most songs I hear on the radio.
I don't drink pop/soda.
I am a friar.
I don't like to be read out loud to.
I have always called my brother "Son" because that is what I heard him called by my parents when we were kids, so I called him that too.
I have a great idea for a book about green men.
I go to the thrift store when I feel a vibe to go.
I have chanted with the monks.

Here is to all us new moldologists in the world. Thanks to those who have helped us celebrate.
Valsy

For Real

The Boy is declining in several ways, so he will begin to see another specialist at the hospital so he can be assessed. They sent a behaviour exam for us to see how he is doing, emotionally.

Here are some of the questions: true or false (for real)

I have not seen a car in six months

I have just returned from a 9 month trip on an ocean liner

I would rather be a police officer than a teacher

I take a plane trip from New York to Chicago at least twice a week

I get phone calls from popular movie stars
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I think he will pass this exam quite easily...considering he was only on the ocean liner 7 months. :)

Wanna take a field trip? Let's look at some graffiti

The Boy and I get to the inner city often,

as it is nearby the children's hospital where he is treated.

As often as we have been there, we found ourselves

taking the "road less traveled" (new route)

since we had to make a

fish food stop. Look what we found. :)

Going to the doctor sucks

(we just spent another morning there this morning)

but seeing these last week was fun.

It seemed a perfect ode to Tom Allison,
a man known to have a soft spot for Star Wars...
Chewy with a gold tooth
Just so you know, I DID NOT
edit a single one of these.
I want you to see their true color,
the true artistry that went into them.
Look at this woman!
We love Darth.
Seems a strange thing to graffiti...

I loved these fish. We are going to take some

family shots there sometime.

Have a great first day of Fall.