...ON THE LOOKOUT!

Spotted during a recent stroll through the public gardens in Boston:

These lovelies were about 4 feet tall and caught everyone's eye!



And who doesn't love these:

Have you been there, done that?  One day, I hope to!

...CHICKY!

In May, the kids and I had the crazy idea to foster chickens. Yep, I said/wrote CHICKENS. In my cul-de-sac. In the suburbs. What was I thinking, you ask?? Well, DON'T ASK!

But seriously, how can you turn your back on this?

She only pooped a few times on my Pergo floor. It was cute. Seriously. Then MadDog put her on the kitchen table where she pooped again. In front of the neighbor. Cute?? Right. In a gross kinda way. I guess that neighbor won't be coming over for dinner any time soon!! But we did clean it - with vinegar to disenfect. I promise!!

We kept the 4 little chicks in a plastic tub in the sunroom for a few weeks. They peeped and cheeped (?) and fluttered about adorably. Until one day, I get a frantic call from Tita that one of them had ESCAPED!! She looked EVERYWHERE - even in the pup's mouth!! Her besties looked too - and then finally found the escapee under the chair. Right next to the plastic tub. Gasp!

Anyway, we had to grab some of MadDog's lacrosse sticks and hockey sticks to make a lid for the tub - pronto! Wouldn't you know, the little chicks (although not so little by this point), figured out how to pass through the hockey sticks and fly out of the tub in no time?!

Off to the garage they go! There's one thing I don't like to see when I come home from work, and that's 4 chickens and 40,000 turds all over my kitchen floor! egads! Any other animal on the floor is (apparently) fine with me.


but Chickens - NO WAY! That's where I draw the line!!

So since they moved to the garage, I just needed to be careful when pulling in. Why did the chicken cross the garage floor?? To get to the other side of course!!!! I'm cracking myself up here!! Cracking, get it?? Guess what???? CHICKEN BUTT!!!! hahahahaha. okay. I'm done.


We kept the chickens for a few more weeks where they had lots of fun and kept us appropriatly entertained.

and then we finally returned them to the farm.

We were heartbroken.

All in all, it was a good experience. One I'm not soon to repeat!

(believe it or not, this is the same hen as the one in the very first pic)

...LUCKY!

So here we are, June already… School will be out soon, I’ve already put down my arm as a deposit for summer camp, my leg will go next – slowly, piece by piece until the last week of August. 10 pieces to be exact (good thing I've got ample legs). 10 weeks of camps for the kiddos. Fun.In.The.Sun. Amusement parks, water parks, horseback rides, swimming pools, scarfing junk food, bike riding, hanging out with friends…. I’m so jealous. They have no idea how lucky they are.

Well, maybe they DO know how lucky they are since we found this little treasure at MadDog's baseball game the other night.

Yeah, I know the quality of this pic isn't the greatest, but we let the clover dry out before we were able to snap a better one.... oops!

...PATRIOTIC!

In celebration of those who serve our country, Tita and I whipped up a little dessert. Super easy and super delicious!

"The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." --William Harvard, author

...CHARITABLE!

Check out the flyer I created to get the kids inspired to clean out the clutter. They love it! Well, they love it as much as any kid can love cleaning! And YES, we can use this again and again because, believe me, there are WAY more than 40 items in my basement than can be donated. If you want to help, come on ova!! (I think if you click on it, it will get bigger and you can print it and use it for yourself and then I'll graciously accept your heartfelt thanks because your house will be cleared of all clutter and I'll be insanely jealous!)

...READY!!

Wow. It's already the middle of June! I don't know what happened. I still have every intention of helping my daughter express her creativity, but we've had computer problems all year, and yes, I'm a Slacker Mom. Obviously.

Anyway, I felt like writing today. So here goes.

I absolutely hate hate hate it when I don't bring food for the week.... 'Why?' you ask (whoever you are, if there is a you)? Because I spend all kinds of $$ on stuff like this:

YOGURT - which I love love love, but can make it myself for much less than $3.45 per serving (what?) Craziness. It is yummy tho and I must confess that I buy from the Starbuck's downstairs quite often :) Just don't tell my boyfriend (shh), because I'm supposed to be on a 'money saving' kick until the end of the year! [more on that later]

and oh yeah, nuts.
I'm nuts about nuts. Cashews. With pomegranate and vanilla. I couldn't wait to dive into those puppies.

2 servings per package, yeah right. They were Heaven. But pricey. I gotta find a recipe to make it myself, ya know, so I can continue with the 'money saving' thing. Oh well, there's always tomorrow!

....FABULOUS!

I'm starting this blog for my daughter on her birthday. It's my way of helping to provide her with a creative outlet (note the happy watercolor). I hope to do her justice. Happy Birthday My Sweet Darling. I love you to infinity and beyond!