It’s MY Binky Recalls Personalized Pacifiers Due to Choking Hazard

If you have any of the following pacifiers, be sure to quit using them and following the above link to find out what to do with them.

This morning we are saddened by the sudden loss of our projection TV. This is the TV we had in the loft and was used primarily for gaming. I am not sure what we will do now that it has quit working, quite unexpectedly I might add. We can’t afford another large screen TV at the moment and I will not allow games to be played on the plasma downstairs. I guess we just won’t be playing any games for a while. Expect my kids to dress in black for at least the next week.

I was able to lay my hands on a publisher’s preview copy of Jessica Farm by Josh Simmons.  Simmons drew 1 page every month for 8 years and will continue to do so as he creates other volumes. The problem with this is that he seems to have lost all concepts of what the story should be. This graphic novel makes absolutely NO sense! It has numerous characters who are there for one or two pages and never properly introduced. It is full of violence, sex and nudity that has NOTHING to do with the story. I have yet to figure out who the heck Jessica is and whether these things are happening in her imagination or in her real life. Maybe in 42 years when the whole series is finished it will make sense, but I seriously doubt it. All I know is that in 2016 I will NOT be reading volume 2.

All that being said, I do have a copy of this book sitting here for anyone who may want it.  I want it out of my house - definitely not a book that you should have around kids, so consider yourself warned.  If anyone feels brave enough to want it, leave a comment by July 31st and make sure you use a valid email.  I will pick a recipient on August 1st, 2008 using random.org.  Good Luck!

Five Things I Am Thankful For This Week!

1.  A new job at the bookstore.

2.  Books to read, good and bad.

3.  Summer Breaks

4.  Sister-In-Laws

5.  Caleb’s health

Yummy!

We still have left overs from Independence Week.

Here is my Breakfast menu for this week:

• Cereal w/Milk
• Cheesy grits w/fruit
  
• Fruity Oatmeal w/Milk
• cereal w/milk
• Pancakes w/ apples
  
• Breakfast Tortillas
  
• Biscuits and gravy w/fruit salad
• Bagels & fruit
  

Lunch menu for this week:

• Leftover Day
  
• Sandwiches w/ salad
• Soup w/grilled cheese
• Mac n’ Cheese w/peas
• Sandwiches, chips, salad, & grapes
• eat out
• leftovers
  

Dinner menu for this week:

• Curried Red Lentils with rice, naan, and salad
• Cajun Chicken Pasta
• Pizza Night
• Spaghetti & meatballs w/Garlic Bread& salad
• Grilled steaks w/corn, salad, & baked potatoes
• Grilled chicken breasts w/risotto, peas, & salad

Head on over to Organizing Junkie for more great menu plans.

Most of my breakfast and lunch recipes came from Kid Approved Meals - Weekly Breakfast and Lunch Menus Moms and Kids Love!

Sorry I have been missing from the blog lately.  I took a much needed week off.  It was nice and I am now ready to get back in the swing of things.  Hope you had a good week and keep a look out for my menu plan monday posting.

Five Things I am Thankful for This Week:

1. Kids that pretend to be coyotes and howl at the moon.
2. Family reunions
3. A clean house
4. Thunderstorms
5. A dog that likes to cuddle.

Fourth of July Night by Carl Sandburg

The little boat at anchor in black water sat murmuring to the tall black sky
A white sky bomb fizzed on a black line.
A rocket hissed it’s red signature into the west.
Now a shower of Chinese fire alphabets,
A cry of flower pots broken in flames,
A long curve to a purple spray, three violet balloons—
Drips of seaweed tangled in gold, shimmering symbols of mixed numbers,
Tremulous arrangements of cream gold folds of a bride’s wedding gown—
A few sky bombs spoke their pieces, then velvet dark.
The little boat at anchor in black water sat murmuring to the tall black sky.

Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July!!!!