The answer to where these 3 objects were found:
one matchbox car
one mickey mouse magnet
one tube of chapstick
was in the VCR tape slot.
Not quite as interesting as a floor vent (!) - we don't have any of those, but nonetheless still odd. Yes, we got all the items out and of course Foster blamed it one his little brothers (but honestly, I do believe him...).
11/27/2007
11/25/2007
Quiz - still open for answers...
Thanks so far for everyone's guess.
So far, nobody got it correct - there's still time though.
I will post the correct answer in the next day or so.
Good Luck - Oh, and BTW, we did the toilet-thing a few years ago when Foster dropped a plastic ice-cream cone down the toilet causing us to call the plumber which cost us over $50.00.
Yup, boys!!!!
So far, nobody got it correct - there's still time though.
I will post the correct answer in the next day or so.
Good Luck - Oh, and BTW, we did the toilet-thing a few years ago when Foster dropped a plastic ice-cream cone down the toilet causing us to call the plumber which cost us over $50.00.
Yup, boys!!!!
11/22/2007
Quiz for parents of kids aged 7 and under...
Q: The following 3 items were found together where (someplace they shouldn't be)?
(hint: no, NOT in a bodily cavity - ick):
one matchbox car
one mickey mouse magnet
one tube of chapstick
Please answer with your best guess.
Good Luck!
(hint: no, NOT in a bodily cavity - ick):
one matchbox car
one mickey mouse magnet
one tube of chapstick
Please answer with your best guess.
Good Luck!
11/21/2007
Research Time!
Somehow, and I’m not sure exactly how – we received a postcard announcing a new clinical research study currently being conducted by our local Children’s Hospital for kids with eczema. One of the twins, Logan has had a touch of eczema for quite a long time. We’ve used mostly OTC creams and such, never anything that was an Rx. Sometimes the creams worked, sometimes not. And, Logan’s case of eczema isn’t at all as bad as some other cases I’ve seen.
Regardless, he was selected to take part in a 4-week double-blind (meaning we don’t know and the doctor doesn’t know) study for a new eczema cream.
There are 4 visits he has to go to and we have to apply this cream two times per day. And then he (we!) will receive $200.00 in compensation. But, best would be if the cream really works and his eczema improves. Too bad we probably won’t find out which cream he is using.
And no, there will be no blood-draws, injections or any other painful procedures done (otherwise I probably wouldn’t have done it).
Let the testing begin!
P.S. KEEP READING - MORE NEW POSTINGS BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Regardless, he was selected to take part in a 4-week double-blind (meaning we don’t know and the doctor doesn’t know) study for a new eczema cream.
There are 4 visits he has to go to and we have to apply this cream two times per day. And then he (we!) will receive $200.00 in compensation. But, best would be if the cream really works and his eczema improves. Too bad we probably won’t find out which cream he is using.
And no, there will be no blood-draws, injections or any other painful procedures done (otherwise I probably wouldn’t have done it).
Let the testing begin!
P.S. KEEP READING - MORE NEW POSTINGS BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!
11/20/2007
Tag-Time
I was tagged by Casey.
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.
Okay then, here we go:
Thank you Casey for tagging me – here goes!
Hmmmm, 7 things about me – lets’ see.
1. I freely admit to being totally directionally challenged. I mean honestly, I get lost everywhere – in my own neighborhood, at work – anywhere. I’ve given up beating myself up about it. That’s the way my brain works – it doesn’t get North, South, East and West – mostly when I’m driving. Thank goodness for Mapquest – before this wonderful invention, I studied my Thomas Guide and had to hand-write out my exact directions, including going and returning with turns and I had to list the street before my turn – oh it was not fun. Laura and I joke that I couldn’t find my way out of a paper bag…with the light on…and a GPS…and the end of the bag open… It’s sad really.
2. I also freely admit to being a collector of pens, pencils, note pads, clips – well, in general…all office supplies. Long Live Staples!!! I must always buy a pen whenever we travel someplace – hey, it’s functional and cheap. Are you going on vacation to some exotic locale and wondering what to bring me back? A pen (even the free hotel ones) would make me very happy.
3. I’m a gadget hoarder. I love ‘em. My newest “toy” is a hand-held label-making machine. I’m dangerous with that. Laura may come home one day to a house full of labeled power cords, kitchen items, folders, etc.
4. Speaking of kitchen items, I hate cooking. Honestly, I don’t like it. I don’t find much enjoyment in making meals. I’ve done it and can follow a recipe but it takes me too long to figure out everything and that just makes me frustrated. See #1, I can’t find my way around a kitchen for “no money”. In fact, when I moved into my own apartment many moons ago by myself, I was forced to buy myself a basic cookbook – the title was “Help, my apartment has a kitchen!”
5. I’m in love with my TiVo. We've had one now for about 2 years. I resisted it for a while but man, once we got that thing hooked up – I realized how easy it was to really make “watching TV easier” – as if it needed to be easy. More like less frustrating to figure out programming my VCR. Now when I watch something “TiVo’d” I watch it faster and easier. I’m sold.
6. Going along with #2, I love trying out new “bath and body” type things. I’ve been a member of the “Bath and Body Works Research Team” and have tested so many new scents I couldn’t count them all. Every few months they send me a batch of “new” scents I need to use and comment on. It’s kinda fun to be in on the new stuff and to experience it before it reaches the stores. I’ve also tested coffee, laundry detergent, fabric softener, toilet paper, etc.
7. Guilt. I feel it every time I look at my digital pictures on my computer. I had every intention to create digital scrapbooks of the kids. I have the computer program and the books but with the amount of pictures I have stored on the computer and discs it’s overwhelming to think about how to start. Well, maybe one day – hey, maybe I can use that as my New Year’s Resolution? I just need the extra time in the day to do it. Perhaps I should stop my TiVo watching and start scrap booking!
Okay, this was hard to decide but I’m tagging:
Veronica
Laura
Sonya
Anita
Gabrielle
Wendy
Holly
Have fun!
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.
Okay then, here we go:
Thank you Casey for tagging me – here goes!
Hmmmm, 7 things about me – lets’ see.
1. I freely admit to being totally directionally challenged. I mean honestly, I get lost everywhere – in my own neighborhood, at work – anywhere. I’ve given up beating myself up about it. That’s the way my brain works – it doesn’t get North, South, East and West – mostly when I’m driving. Thank goodness for Mapquest – before this wonderful invention, I studied my Thomas Guide and had to hand-write out my exact directions, including going and returning with turns and I had to list the street before my turn – oh it was not fun. Laura and I joke that I couldn’t find my way out of a paper bag…with the light on…and a GPS…and the end of the bag open… It’s sad really.
2. I also freely admit to being a collector of pens, pencils, note pads, clips – well, in general…all office supplies. Long Live Staples!!! I must always buy a pen whenever we travel someplace – hey, it’s functional and cheap. Are you going on vacation to some exotic locale and wondering what to bring me back? A pen (even the free hotel ones) would make me very happy.
3. I’m a gadget hoarder. I love ‘em. My newest “toy” is a hand-held label-making machine. I’m dangerous with that. Laura may come home one day to a house full of labeled power cords, kitchen items, folders, etc.
4. Speaking of kitchen items, I hate cooking. Honestly, I don’t like it. I don’t find much enjoyment in making meals. I’ve done it and can follow a recipe but it takes me too long to figure out everything and that just makes me frustrated. See #1, I can’t find my way around a kitchen for “no money”. In fact, when I moved into my own apartment many moons ago by myself, I was forced to buy myself a basic cookbook – the title was “Help, my apartment has a kitchen!”
5. I’m in love with my TiVo. We've had one now for about 2 years. I resisted it for a while but man, once we got that thing hooked up – I realized how easy it was to really make “watching TV easier” – as if it needed to be easy. More like less frustrating to figure out programming my VCR. Now when I watch something “TiVo’d” I watch it faster and easier. I’m sold.
6. Going along with #2, I love trying out new “bath and body” type things. I’ve been a member of the “Bath and Body Works Research Team” and have tested so many new scents I couldn’t count them all. Every few months they send me a batch of “new” scents I need to use and comment on. It’s kinda fun to be in on the new stuff and to experience it before it reaches the stores. I’ve also tested coffee, laundry detergent, fabric softener, toilet paper, etc.
7. Guilt. I feel it every time I look at my digital pictures on my computer. I had every intention to create digital scrapbooks of the kids. I have the computer program and the books but with the amount of pictures I have stored on the computer and discs it’s overwhelming to think about how to start. Well, maybe one day – hey, maybe I can use that as my New Year’s Resolution? I just need the extra time in the day to do it. Perhaps I should stop my TiVo watching and start scrap booking!
Okay, this was hard to decide but I’m tagging:
Veronica
Laura
Sonya
Anita
Gabrielle
Wendy
Holly
Have fun!
11/16/2007
Spa-ahhhhhhh
I forgot to mention our wonderful day on Monday - holiday for Laura and I. Foster went to his before and after-school program (all day) and the twins' daycare was open. So, Laura and I took advantage of a "free" day together without kidlets and went to this local Spa and we each had an 80 minute Swedish massage.
We used the Jacuzzi and steam room and sauna. What a great day! We also went out to lunch and to Costco (again, without kids).
What I want to know is this:
How can an 80 minute massage go by in the blink of an eye...BUT, just an hour-long meeting at work seems to drag on, and on, and on, and on, and on.........
We used the Jacuzzi and steam room and sauna. What a great day! We also went out to lunch and to Costco (again, without kids).
What I want to know is this:
How can an 80 minute massage go by in the blink of an eye...BUT, just an hour-long meeting at work seems to drag on, and on, and on, and on, and on.........
11/10/2007
Going Global?
Every once in a while I check my stats to see "who" is visiting me and from where. In the beginning of my blogging experience I used to check regularly but now I don't. I decided to check today and in just the past 3 days, I've gotten my usual hits...but these as well:
Oceania/Australasia (Guam)
Pakistan
Moscow City, Moscow
Vitria, Brazil
Jawa Barat, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Campania, Naples and Verona - Italy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Helsinki, Finland
I only went back a few days - it's like the "Amazing Race" - (Heck, YES, I'm rooting for Kate and Pat you go girls! and I'm also oddly attracted to Kynt and Vyxsin (the Goth couple)) on my blog. Interesting.
Oceania/Australasia (Guam)
Pakistan
Moscow City, Moscow
Vitria, Brazil
Jawa Barat, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Campania, Naples and Verona - Italy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Helsinki, Finland
I only went back a few days - it's like the "Amazing Race" - (Heck, YES, I'm rooting for Kate and Pat you go girls! and I'm also oddly attracted to Kynt and Vyxsin (the Goth couple)) on my blog. Interesting.
11/07/2007
You know you're a true San Diegan if....
1. Your high school had a surf team
2. You know who Biff and Skippy were
3. You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla , Rancho Penasquitos, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Jamacha, Jamul, Cuyamaca, and El Cajon
4. There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer, and Oh Hey Look Its Summer Again
5. Your house is worth more than some small countries
6. You know what MB, OB, and PB stand for
7. Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and you're surprised when other areas don't have this
8. You see weather forecasts for four different climate zones in the same county, and aren't remotely surprised. The Micro Climate Weather
9. You've gone to Mt. Helix in July and known you still need a jacket
10. You've tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium, and for bonus points, also tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium
11. You have a favorite- the WAP or the Zoo
12. You been on a MB/PB pub crawl on St. Patrick's Day (you think)
13. You've been on a field trip to see an Imax movie at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
14. You still call it the Del Mar Fair
15. You say "I'm going to the track" and people know what you mean
16. You understand what May-Gray and June-Gloom are
17. A famous skateboarder/surfer lives in your town
18. There's a North County, a South County, and an East County but no Central County
19. You know what it means when a girl in a short skirt is walking on El Cajon Blvd
20. You've gotten stuck in the Horton Plaza parking structure traffic after a Padres game
21. You know what "The Merge" is, and will plan your entire day around not being on it during rush hour
22. You've been to Belmont Park
23. You remember when the roller coaster was a dilapidated piece of junk that didn't run for years
24. You've taken the Coaster and laughed at people sitting in traffic on the I-5
25. You know the difference between Clairemont Mesa, Kearny Mesa, and Mira Mesa and maybe you remember Serra Mesa, too!
26. You've gone to Sea World on a warm day and sat in the first few rows at the Shamu Show to get cooled off
27. You've been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5 & 15
28. Your house doesn't have air conditioning, and doesn't need it
29. You know it's San Diegan, not San Diegoan, or San Diegoite
30. Everyone has their favorite beach
31. No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking around in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops
32. You have family and or friends that have moved to Arizona
33. You used to, and sometimes still do ride the carousel at Seaport Village
34. You know someone who doesn't own pants, and have a neighbor who doesn't seem to own a shirt
35. You know what Santa Ana's are, and that they have literally nothing to do with the city of Santa Ana
36. If the menu doesn't have California burritos on it, forget it, its not real Mexican food
37. You remember when the admission to the fair included the headlining band!
**Since I'm not a "native" San Diegan, I will grade myself on this and say that since I can relate to just about every single one of these, then I'm a true San Diegan!
2. You know who Biff and Skippy were
3. You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla , Rancho Penasquitos, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Jamacha, Jamul, Cuyamaca, and El Cajon
4. There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer, and Oh Hey Look Its Summer Again
5. Your house is worth more than some small countries
6. You know what MB, OB, and PB stand for
7. Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and you're surprised when other areas don't have this
8. You see weather forecasts for four different climate zones in the same county, and aren't remotely surprised. The Micro Climate Weather
9. You've gone to Mt. Helix in July and known you still need a jacket
10. You've tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium, and for bonus points, also tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium
11. You have a favorite- the WAP or the Zoo
12. You been on a MB/PB pub crawl on St. Patrick's Day (you think)
13. You've been on a field trip to see an Imax movie at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
14. You still call it the Del Mar Fair
15. You say "I'm going to the track" and people know what you mean
16. You understand what May-Gray and June-Gloom are
17. A famous skateboarder/surfer lives in your town
18. There's a North County, a South County, and an East County but no Central County
19. You know what it means when a girl in a short skirt is walking on El Cajon Blvd
20. You've gotten stuck in the Horton Plaza parking structure traffic after a Padres game
21. You know what "The Merge" is, and will plan your entire day around not being on it during rush hour
22. You've been to Belmont Park
23. You remember when the roller coaster was a dilapidated piece of junk that didn't run for years
24. You've taken the Coaster and laughed at people sitting in traffic on the I-5
25. You know the difference between Clairemont Mesa, Kearny Mesa, and Mira Mesa and maybe you remember Serra Mesa, too!
26. You've gone to Sea World on a warm day and sat in the first few rows at the Shamu Show to get cooled off
27. You've been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5 & 15
28. Your house doesn't have air conditioning, and doesn't need it
29. You know it's San Diegan, not San Diegoan, or San Diegoite
30. Everyone has their favorite beach
31. No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking around in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops
32. You have family and or friends that have moved to Arizona
33. You used to, and sometimes still do ride the carousel at Seaport Village
34. You know someone who doesn't own pants, and have a neighbor who doesn't seem to own a shirt
35. You know what Santa Ana's are, and that they have literally nothing to do with the city of Santa Ana
36. If the menu doesn't have California burritos on it, forget it, its not real Mexican food
37. You remember when the admission to the fair included the headlining band!
**Since I'm not a "native" San Diegan, I will grade myself on this and say that since I can relate to just about every single one of these, then I'm a true San Diegan!
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