How Does Your Garden Grow......

Chive Flowers

Zen

Strawberries

Tomato

More Zen

Green Beans

Cukes

Cilantro

The Stefani Brothers Lawn Service...

Rain....

"All I Wanted Was a Flippin' Moon Pie for Cripes Sake!"

I experienced an unusual amount of crazy behavior yesterday.

Some..... I won't get into.....

This...... I have to share....

After an extremely trying day, I decided that rather than give in to my urge to drink large amounts of Guinness and eat a whole chocolate cake

that I would take my seven year old son Jake to Doc's Sweet's.

The biggest candy store around with lots of old fashioned candy ....

Zots, Mallow Cups, Moon Pies, wax lips etc....

End the day on a good note right?

Hmmmm.....No Such Luck!

We pulled into the parking lot at 6:59pm.

They close at 7:00pm.

So Close!!

On the way home....

My husband and I were having a "discussion" about his failure to inform me that he had secretly

started smoking again, (another high point of the day) when suddenly this Psycho women pulls up next to us at a stop light and screams out her window.......

"Stop It!" "Stop It!"

Jeff and I looked at each other like WTF?

Jeff rolled down his window and said "Are you talking to us?"

Psycho woman then screams....

"Are you aware that your son just threw a piece of paper out of the window?"

"I just called the cops on you!"

"I hope you get busted so he will stop it!"

All of this while her young son looked on in horror at her from the passenger seat.

"Could this day get any better?"

"It has got to be a full moon."

I looked at her like she was completely insane,

Jeff rolled the window back up and we drove away.

Don't get me wrong, by no means do I drive around letting my son throw garbage out of the window of our car,

that is a definite "No-No"

but I really don't think it warranted that kind of response.

It freaked Jake out so much

he actually thought the police were coming for him and started to cry.

He asked "why did she yell at me like that, it was just a tiny gum wrapper?"

I said "because she's psycho.....AND you are not supposed to throw stuff out of the window"

I went home and went to bed without my Moon Pie.

A bright glow shining through the window woke me up at 3am...

I sat up and tried to adjust my eyes to see if what I suspected was true....

Ah yes.....that explains it....

that big round man in the moon was smiling back at me.

After school today we went back to Doc's and I got my Moon Pie!

Avalon Bakery...

We stopped in at Avalon Bakery yesterday to pick up a crusty baguette for dinner and a loaf of Motown Multi-Grain for the week. Jake had a big slice of warm "Momma Mia" foccacia (garlic, tomato sauce & spinach on a crisy crust) and a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie...Yum! The line was out the door and everything looked so delicious....especially the "Sea Salt Chocolate Chunk Cookies"

All organic and vegan friendly....such a great place with a great vibe.

Black Fermented Garlic....

While picking out some Porcini Mushrooms at the Farmers Market today, the Farmer showed me a bag of this Black Fermented Garlic. I had not tried it before but it smelled so delicious I could not pass it up. The flavor is to die for. After a little research I found a few sites with some interesting recipes, check them out...

BlackGarlic.com

Veganize it

Black Garlic Noodles

Eastern Market....

Vali Myers....

ValiMyers.com

"Seaside".....

A Conversation with Jake & Branden

on The Way Home From Kalahari...

Jake: "So when you have a baby....do you poop it out?"

Me: "Um......Not exactly."

(Long Pause........)

Me: "It comes out down there...I mean in that general location."
Branden: "You will learn about that in a class.... Ummm...."

Me: "Sex Education Class."
Branden: "Yeah that."

Jake: "What about that Seaside thing?"

Branden: "Seaside?"

Me: "Seaside?

Me:"Ooooohhh....I think he means C-section?"

Gramma & Me: (Cracking up)

Me: "A Seaside is when you have the baby at the beach....

I'm pretty sure there are Sea-Horses involved"

Imagine....

I just found this great site for toys and art supplies ...

ImagineChildHood.com

LOVE the CRAYONS!!!

Spread My Ashes At Toys-R-Us.....

Yesterday we drove past a huge cemetery and this is how the conversation went...

Jake - "I just saw a Funeral."

Me-"Oh, were there a lot of people outside by the coffin?"

Jake- "What's a coffin?"
Me- "Well...when you die you can either have your body put into a coffin and buried in the ground so that people can come and visit you or you can have your body cremated into ashes and have them scattered somewhere that you really loved like a beautiful mountain or by a river or something like that. They can also keep your ashes in a box or a special container."

Jake- "They burn bodies!?"

Me- "Yep, Your body is just a shell and when you die you don't need it anymore, so your soul leaves and goes on to another place...a really beautiful place"

Long Pause.....

Jake- "I think they should spread my ashes inside of Toys-R-Us"

Weigh In....

Waist....7.8 Inches Lost

Hips...6.0 Inches Lost

Thighs...1.0 Inches Lost

Chest...3.0 Inches Lost

Calves...1.0 Inches Lost

Bi-Ceps...1.0 Inches Lost

Total Inches Lost=19.8!!

Total Pounds Lost= 20 lbs!!

I'm kickin' some Ass Sista's!!

Mind Body Spirits Field Trip....

Mind Body Spirits

in Downtown Rochester hosts FREE field trips for schools and various organizations to help educate children and young adults learn about the importance of sustainability and local Organic whole foods. They have an onsite greenhouse/science lab. Contact your teacher or school adminastrator to help set up a field trip for your child's classroom.
Education = Power!

Spring....

The earth has come to life today,

Spring is here hooray hooray,

Flowers are happy,

They wave into light,

The suns shines bright,

with all her might,

So fly little fairy,

Fly Fly Fly,

Fly threw the meadow,

And touch the sky,

When you get where you are going,

Remember this day,

The day the earth,

Came out to play.

Pork Mutha Fukka.....

HOLY PORK SANDWICH!

SOLIDDUDESKITCHEN.COM

The Three Questions...

"When is the best time to do things?

Who is the most important one?

What is the right thing to do?"

"Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now.

The most important one is always the one you are with.

And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side.

For these, my dear boy, are the answers to what is most important in this world."

"This is why we are here."

This is our all time favorite choice for bedtime reading.
The Watercolor's are so beautiful!

~More John J Muth~

Today's Favorite Thing....

Oh Almond Butter...How I Love You!

Spring Treats...

I'm getting tired of spending so much money on treats for classroom celebrations, so yesterday I went around the house and found things that we already had to make these "Spring Treats".

Homemade Double Chocolate Truffle Brownies wrapped in waxed paper and tied up with a few bugs, moss and some green spring grass....FUN!