"When I have kids, everytime I drive by a fast food place I'm gonna punch them in the face."-Morgan Spurlock
Ok, ok...I'll explain. Morgan was talking with a professor who said children relate "happy times" with fast food places. That's why they beg to go when they pass one in the car.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Flat Stanley
My son and I are participating in the Flat Stanley Project. We'll send a copy of our FS to people all over the country and wait for replies. If you'd like to help, please send us your address. When you receive FS, take some pictures of him around your area and send him and the pics back (if digital just email). I'll supply the return envelope addressed and stamped. If you have any maps, hand-outs or stickers from the area please send them also.
Thanks in advance,
Melisa
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/
Thanks in advance,
Melisa
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/
pee my pants
I have discoverd the "secret to happiness"...no, no, it's not money, fame or even a skinny butt. It is however two of the funniest shows on the planet! Both of them are sadly not that well know, but will make you pee your own, or someone elses pants. I've supplied links to the show sites. Join the fan club, buy the t-shirts, be part of the cool gang!
1. Arrested Development. I can't wait to order some of the t's. I'll take a large if anyone places an order. Season 1 and 2 are on DVD and 3 has juststarted.
http://www.fox.com/arresteddev/
2. The Office. Equally funny...sometimes even more so, "Pam 4.0" lol! Season 1 was just released, and season 2 started this month.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/
3. The Office BBC. This is the Original version. We greedy american's copied the british version. I'm thrilled we did. I sadly haven't seen ANY of the british series, but will be ordering, or requesting them for Halloween, Christmas, Lent and Groundhog day very soon.
I hope everyone checks these out. They all rock!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/
1. Arrested Development. I can't wait to order some of the t's. I'll take a large if anyone places an order. Season 1 and 2 are on DVD and 3 has juststarted.
http://www.fox.com/arresteddev/
2. The Office. Equally funny...sometimes even more so, "Pam 4.0" lol! Season 1 was just released, and season 2 started this month.
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/
3. The Office BBC. This is the Original version. We greedy american's copied the british version. I'm thrilled we did. I sadly haven't seen ANY of the british series, but will be ordering, or requesting them for Halloween, Christmas, Lent and Groundhog day very soon.
I hope everyone checks these out. They all rock!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
uncle graham
uncle graham brought ava grace a princess outfit and helped her try it on...she LOVES him SOOO much!
Monday, September 26, 2005
Fast Food Nation
Two people close to me have recently had a decline in health. Both were people I thought were very healthy. Because of this, I've started to read some interesting books.
Here is a smidge of "Fast Food Nation". It's pretty tame compared to the rest of the book...
"A brief description of some cleaning-crew accidents over the past decade says more about the work and the danger than any set of statistics. At the Monfront plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, Richard Skala was beheaded by a dehiding machine. Carlos Vincente-an employee of T and G Service Company, a twenty-eight year old Guatemalan who'd been in the United States for only a week- was pulled into the cogs of a conveyer belt at an Excel plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado,and torn apart. Lorenzo Marin Sr., an employee of DCS Sanitation, fell from the top of a skinning machine while cleaning it with the high-pressure hose, struck his head on the concrete floor of an IBP plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and died. Another employee of DCS Sanitation, Salvador Hernandez-Gonzalez, had his head crushed by a pork-loin processing machine at an IBP plant in Madison, Nebraska. The same machine had fataly crushed the head of another worker, Ben Barone, a few years earlier. At a National Beef plant in Liberal, Kansas, Homer Stull climbed into a blood-collection tank to clean it, a filthy tank thirty feet high. Stull was overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes. Two co-workers climbed into the tank and tried to rescue him. All three men died. Eight years earlier, Henty Wolf had been over come by hydrogen sulfide fumes while cleaning the very same tank; Gary Sanders had tried to rescue him; both men died; and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) later fined National Beef for its negligance. The fine was $480 for each man's death.
Here is a smidge of "Fast Food Nation". It's pretty tame compared to the rest of the book...
"A brief description of some cleaning-crew accidents over the past decade says more about the work and the danger than any set of statistics. At the Monfront plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, Richard Skala was beheaded by a dehiding machine. Carlos Vincente-an employee of T and G Service Company, a twenty-eight year old Guatemalan who'd been in the United States for only a week- was pulled into the cogs of a conveyer belt at an Excel plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado,and torn apart. Lorenzo Marin Sr., an employee of DCS Sanitation, fell from the top of a skinning machine while cleaning it with the high-pressure hose, struck his head on the concrete floor of an IBP plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and died. Another employee of DCS Sanitation, Salvador Hernandez-Gonzalez, had his head crushed by a pork-loin processing machine at an IBP plant in Madison, Nebraska. The same machine had fataly crushed the head of another worker, Ben Barone, a few years earlier. At a National Beef plant in Liberal, Kansas, Homer Stull climbed into a blood-collection tank to clean it, a filthy tank thirty feet high. Stull was overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes. Two co-workers climbed into the tank and tried to rescue him. All three men died. Eight years earlier, Henty Wolf had been over come by hydrogen sulfide fumes while cleaning the very same tank; Gary Sanders had tried to rescue him; both men died; and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) later fined National Beef for its negligance. The fine was $480 for each man's death.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
my boys
Braeden is so jazzed with his tye-dye shirt It'll probably be in every other pic.
They guys are grazing on indian corn at the museum.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
volunteer
This morning I woke up a 5a.m. to go volunteer with the League and United Way. We handed out water and checked id's, while the Hospice volunteers guided people through an old warehouse full of clothes and supplies. While they waited in line they shared their stories. It stings much worse when you're rubbing someones shoulder as the cry, then having the luxury of turning the channel.
We should all volunteer in some way!
We should all volunteer in some way!
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Arrested Development
For those of you who haven't been blessed with viewing Arrested Development, please run out and buy the dvd! It is truly the funniest show ever to grace the small screen. Michael and I are watching the first season tonight. We've only seen two episodes and I've peed my pants already. I can't wait for next season. It comes on FOX so check your local listings. Really...it's a riot.
me
me
Trying New things
Michael isn't thrilled...but I'm trying new things. Like this blog. We'll see how it goes.
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me
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