Green Eggs and Magnetic Alligator Heads?

Ok, first, I've got to let you know that Tiffany is having an awesome giveaway.

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Now, hang in with me.
I have a bit to say.


My 12 yr old decided last night around 9pm was a good time to start his science project.
His project on the Amazon River Dolphin.

He didn't finish by 10pm, so he informed his snoring sweetly slumbering mother
that he was going to bed.

And he finished it in the morning.

It was basically printouts of info he typed up on the computer
and taped onto a poster board.

I told him he needed photos.

Unfortunately, my printer was out of magenta ink, so he was left with a black and white photo. Which made it hard to tell that this special species of dolphins is PINK.

And when I drove him to school, I watched a dad carrying in his daughter's project...
a paper machet whale.

Ahem.
Well, some people are just...overachievers.

When I got home, guess what I found in the kitchen?
His project.
Forgotten.

Figures.

And the gremlins hit our house again.

Our milk turned suspiciously green overnight.

So, I've made green food this week.

It was kind of cool...but also kind of gross looking.

You see those Mardi Gras beads around Remy?
They're really Star Wars Storm Trooper insignia, I was informed.
My children are WAY into Star Wars right now.


And, oh, yes, here's Annie.

Sweet, spoiled Annie who thinks the kids' foam Love Sacs are
her personal dog bed.

(She has her own huge dog bed)

Just when I think my household is a little nuts, I read this story about
Florida where they tape magnets to the alligators' heads
to prevent their internal "homing beacons" from leading them back
to the residential neighbors they keep ending up in.



Do you have gremlins in your household?

Any big school project messes in your home?

Is your pet spoiled?


If you could tape a magnet on your head to keep from going somewhere,
where would you want to be kept away from?

It might be a good time to invest in bubble wrap.

The other morning, I heard on NPR that back in 1981, air traffic controllers went on strike.
So, President Ronald Reagan fired their bahookies.
And hired all new ones who were mostly in their 30's.

Apparently, as of this year, a lot of them are hitting the mandatory 57-year-old-retirement-age.

And new ones must be hired. Lots of newbie air traffic controllers.

Sidenote: Have you seen this movie, Pushing Tin?
Hilarious comedy about feud between two air traffic controllers. Cusak and Thornton.
Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett are in it also.





The FAA had to know this was coming, right?
So, they prepared for this?

Ahem. Nope.

Instead of a gradual transition, steely-nerved air traffic controllers with decades of experience are going to be replaced en masse with rookies.




I'm thinking it's probably not a good year to fly.

But I already have two trips planned involving airplanes...one of them here, the other here.
and I want to go to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago too.
That's three trips, maybe.

I might have to start packing these into my carry-on.

Can we bubble wrap planes?
Make them fly real slow so that if they bump, no one gets hurt?
Any good ideas?