cookies!
I got home from work and recorded myself reading a bunch of books as part of Daddy Reads Vol 3 for the kids (Pssst! – very artistic and decent, but doesn’t really translate to a good reading story, Sheep in a Jeep – short and silly, but good, In the Fiddle is a Song – really liked this book, great message). I was kind of thinking of posting some of these video clips on YouTube, who knows maybe some other kids might like them too. I fixed an issue with the administration for zeropercentcards v2, dropped the invocation code for OpenX into the ZPC v2 pages, and put up a new promo for my favorite battleship – Breakfast with Santa on the Battleship NJ. Waiting for me on my doorstep was an unexpected box of super yummy hard boiled egg cookies from radioactive girl – thanks Tori!
Mom stopped over with some fabric to reupholster the love seat (which used to be in my grandmother’s home in Atlanta) that sits in front of my fire place. Mom and I then went to Zinc Cafe for a bottle of wine and a damn tasty meal. Mom and I were happy to see the restaurant packed on a rainy night.
I’ve got three guitar lessons to teach tonight and I really need to send out those Hush Now CDs from the contest (and contact the winners for their addresses).
Look what I found in the bathroom at work…
Oh and I nearly forgot… my friend Meredith went to see New Kids On The Block last night…
- Wal Mart Bingo – thanks Mel
- He Loves a Fat Girl – thanks Mel
- Mascot Bloopers – thanks Mel
- Cat in the Bottle… also Bonsai Kitty
- Letters from Johns
- Train Set – thanks Guy
November 6th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Nice bathroom discovery there, Van. Your co-workers need potty tutorials?
November 6th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I was thinking the same thing as MamaT… eww!
November 6th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I have to admit, hard boiled egg cookies sound weird. Then again, I don’t care for hard boiled eggs … do they have chunks of hard boiled egg, right there in the cookie?
I’m glad you got to spend some quality time with your mom. I miss living right across town from my mom …
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November 6th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Sheep in a Jeep was one of my kids’ favorite books when they were little. We won’t discuss how the library copy wound up in the swimming pool…
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November 6th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Cookies! I want cookies!
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November 6th, 2008 at 11:10 am
mamatulip – oh yeah definitely, there’s some sprinkling when they be tinkling
Chris – ewww indeed
Apertome – nah, they are super heavy, like little cakes. and yeah, i’m definitely lucky with my mom-proximity
Carolyn – oh i bet it seemed like a perfect frisbee or skipping stone at the time
Jazz – if you want me to make you some, well, no you don’t want that, i promise
November 6th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I know little Ms 4 would love to hear you reading. We both love Sheep in a Jeep, just btw
November 6th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Hard boiled egg cookies sound so weird I must make them.
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November 6th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
NKOTB… really??? Oh hell I cant say much a friend of mine and I are likely going to see Duran Duran this month to live out our pre-teen dream of seeing them live. More power to ya, Meredith! WOO HOO! Certainly looks as though she had fun….
Love the ‘potty’ book! Love Wal-Mart Bingo even more… but the BEST THING EVER is the Letters From Johns blog. OMG, my work day is now totally shot cuz I’ll be reading that friggin thing all day. Brilliant. I’m such a sucker for crap like that… thanks for sharing!
Oh and you should totally post your vids on YouTube for other kids to enjoy. Plus your kiddos can go to school and talk about how cool their Dad is and how you are like famous n stuff! AWESOME.
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November 6th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Di – duly noted
SQT – they are damn tasty
unstableblogger – Meredith is good at having a good time.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m so glad you got them! They don’t taste at all like eggs, right? Just like regular cookies?
Sheep In a Jeep is one of my favorites. I bet I could say it from memory if I wanted to because we read it so much. Even now my 10 year old will pull it out and giggle while looking through it.
And seriously? New Kids on the Block? Awesome!
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November 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
tori – these cookies are awesome, but i am going to tell anyone that comes over that they are poisoned.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Now I’m going to the potty potty! Yes I’m going to the potty potty.
Love that song for potty training. I think NKOTB sang it.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Kiki – I want to cover that song and teach it to my guitar students
November 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I have watched ‘He Loves a Fat Girl’ 53 times and it still hasnt’ gotten old. Put those reading videos on youtube…yes yes!!! My kids would get a kick out of that. Your employer should play “pee pee on the potty” on the overhead for employees. Now, can Tori please explain what a hard boiled egg cookie is? They sure look yummy.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Megan – the recipe is linked in the link i have up there, there are probably more links linking from that link.
link.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I, too, got immersed reading the Letters From Johns… fascinating stuff. Kind of like reading PostSecret. And the Fat Girl video? I *still* don’t have the words for it. It’s like a train wreck…
I think posting your book-reading videos would be fun, and maybe it will give other parents (or grandparents, even) the idea to do some too.
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November 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Granola-grrrl – I think train wrecks are slightly offended you compared them to that video.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
talk to the bitch in the kitchen.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I’m slightly (but only slightly) amazed noticing that women love to send you
amazing stuff in the mail Van, or even deliver it personally.
An unexpected box of super yummy hard boiled egg cookies would make the
evening news in this rain-swept Belgian town.
@Tori: you’d be welcomed like a the new-and-improved Santa
)
(I admit, it’s kind of early in the season, but still
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November 6th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Meredith doesn’t look Brazilian…..
I think you should post your stories on YouTube. I’d get a kick out of them!
November 7th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Maybe you could record yourself reading the potty book to your kids…whilst you sit on the terlet.
Put that on YouTube, sucka!
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November 7th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I read sheep in a jeep to my son too!
Ever since he and my hubby bought me a gorgeous pair of diamond earrings from http://www.idonowidont.com for my birthday last week, I decided to buy my son a bunch of new books and sheep in a jeep is his favorite new one I read to him!
November 7th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Staying creatively busy as usual, Van!
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November 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Excellent. Duly noted is a good result
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November 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I can’t believe ANYONE would go see new kids … plus, aren’t they Old Farts on the Porch now?