Baby’s First Halloween

Cousin Alyssa, almost two years old.   Kelly, 6 weeks old.   In Canada.

Yep, 8 years ago Kelly was NOT digging the pumpkin suit.  Actually, she wasn’t digging much at all at 6 weeks, except milk and sleep — almost every other moment she spent with her face like this.  Poor baby.

Happy Halloween, all!  Hope you don’t spend it crying!

One Blogging Buddy Down, 758 To Go

Guess what happened to me Sunday?!?   I  met a blogging buddy!  Yes, my first ever “In Real Life” blogging buddy meeting.

Whoo-Hoo!!!

And a darn fine specimen of a blogging buddy she is, Miss Paige of the Paradise Mountain To Hell’s Valley blog.

Isn’t she beautiful?

Hey, anyone who’s seen Paige knows she’s beautiful outside and in, but due to her spy status she must remain incognito on the interwebs.

And where did our families meet  Sunday?   At Texas’ own Enchanted Rock State Natural Area!   Second biggest rock on the planet, some say.  (Ayer’s being first, I guess.)

Enchanted Rock:  640 acres of solid granite to wander, 425 feet to the summit.

Was pretty windy up top, maybe 60 mph breezes.  Blew another of Kelly’s baby teeth plumb out.

Well, my blogging friend,  how ’bout YOU??  Have you met any blogging buddies IRL??  And if so, what was it like?

Where did you meet?

Are you closer friends for having met, as Paige and I are?

If you haven’t met any blogging buds, do you plan to?

And when in heck are you planning on meeting ME???   I’m eagerly waiting.   And so is Enchanted Rock.

Or if in Austin, how ’bout Oyster Landing now that the weather’s finally cooler.  The coffee’s on me!

Like a bord on a wire, 12 — Funny Typos

WARNING!!  This post is rated PG-14.  Enter at your own risk, as neither Funstering Management Inc. nor Blue Bunny Bloging Manigmints Ltd., nor their heirs or assigns can or will be held liable for trauma inflicted to readers by this blog post from this day forward.  And such.  Amen.

– FMI and BBBML.

Now on with my latest typos!

1.   It was just the first thing that poped into my head.

2.   Why is there Braille at the drive-up baking window?

3.   Thanks for your kind and loving swords here today.

4.   I live for tartar sauce on my crap cakes.

5.   I have no idea — you’d have to ask my bother-in-law, the expert.

6.   I might have to wait here all afternoon for the A/C and hating guy.

7.   Does Jannie want to spread her blogging love to ever farter corners of the earth?

8.   Does Jannie yearn to see her annual Google Adsense revenue skyrocket from $100 to pissibly $105 ??

9.   Oy, I’ve got too mush on the brain again.

photo credit: chocolate work

10.  About 4:00 p.m. is usually when I start carving chocolate.

11.  Any great tasing non-meat meat is always a winner in my book.

12.  Every night I lay my tender head upon a satan pillow case.

13.  Wheat brings you into the bank today, Sir?

14.  I’ve heard about a Wordpress plug-in you can sue to schedule regular blog back-ups.

15.  It was a sight to fest my eyes upon.

16.  I’m generally having way too much fin on a regular basis

17.  Are you reassing your fashion sense?

18.   HE LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU!!!  Have you a twine brother??

19.  There is absolutely no downside to kids learning marital arts.

20.  Nothing but the finest of beer and pasties for this blogger.

And below… my udder typos posts.

Funny Typos 11… Funny Typos 10… Funny Typos 9… Funny Typos 8… Funny Typos 7… Funny Typos 6… Funny Typos 5… Funny Typos 4… Funny Typos 3… Funny Typos 2… Funny Typos 1…

Fun Stuff Kids With Broken Arms Can Do

Broke your arm?  You poor dear, that really sucks.  But take heart — you don’t have to live under a rock.  You can still do tons of fun things, like…

taking up a new hobby.  How ’bout apprenticing as a yarn spinner…

a weaver…

or trying your hand at photography? (Moms in newly-acquired reading glasses make perfect subjects.)

If you’re learning an instrument,  what a perfect opportunity to  isolate one hand!

Can’t join in Kung Fu?  Don’t worry!  Observe your buddies to keep those moves sharp in your head.

Fan of shopping?  Those skills needn’t suffer at all with a pesky broken bone or two.  You can still enjoy shopping for all kinds of things — like, spider bread…

wigs…

and the perfect pumpkin.

A broken arm needn’t keep you from hanging out with your buds either, the real ones…

or the fake.

With a broken arm you can still keep up with your favorite blogs…

enjoy your favorite foods…

read to your dad…

and remain a vital supporter of your local jazz scene.

You can still enjoy the great outdoors too — just go easy, communing with nature or….

busting a few gentle moves in a bamboo forest if that’s your thing.

So don’t worry.  Be happy.   That cast will be off before you know it and you’ll soon be back to doing all the crazy- fun stuff that got your arm broken in the first place!

Be well and heal fast, sweet little darlin.’

Rose DesRochers: Just how Great IS She?

In a comment here the other day about Page Rank and such,  Today’s Woman, Rose DesRochers funned “I’m still waiting for someone to write a post about how great I am. hehe”

Well, Rose, I think you recently crafted a GREAT Interview with Lorelle VanFossen — yes, THE Wordpress Lorelle VanFossen, author of  “Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.”   In that interview I fell in love with the wildly wonderful Lorelle who never concerns herself with stats, advises us first and foremost to be bloggers who care and considers finding a WiFi connection the pinnacle of blogging success.

Btw, I’m having trouble finding her book.  Anyone have one for sale?

Attention Blogger Peeps:  Lorelle’s wisdom can apply to all bloggers, not only Wordpress users.

So Rose, has your dream come true with this post of mine? (hehe)  Do you feel as great as you seem?  Ah, but I already know you must be great because you’re a fellow shih-tzu lover. (Rose’s 2 shih-tzus have a blog all their own.)

And folks, just slightly non-related to this post, here’s a picture of 3 guys in kilts holding up a log.

kilt photo credit:  Bill O’Brien

Have a great day, y’all!