Bringing home Mr. Crispy

Are you an animal lover? ME TOO! Are you a parent, or at least have young children in you life? ME TOO! Do you love and celebrate Easter by giving treats to the people you enjoy?! ME TOO! Do you find the item in this picture disturbing on so many levels (look closely).....yea...ME TOO!






This adoreable (eatable) pet bunny rabbit, comes complete with his/her own carrying case! I think the sweet logo "My Little Bunny" really tops it off!
While I have eaten MANY Easter bunnies in my day, not one of them came with a cardboard habitat to successfully scare the bajesus out of my five year old, bunny loving spirit!
I'm not a vegitarian, I enjoy beef and chicken on a regular basis! But I dont want my chicken thighs to come in a cardboard coop,nor my burgers in a paper pasture cutout!
I think this particular treat (while I'm sure is very tasty) could be very disturbing to the minds of little innocent kiddos! Especially the ones who asked for a pet bunny, and got Mr. Crispy here instead!

Reinvent thyself young grasshopper!

For the past month or so I've been struggling to wrangle some control on certain aspects of my life. My crafting bi-polar for starters! I'm pulling myself in a thousand different directions with a million ideas, that are all possibly good but not great. Maybe if I spent time polishing and perfecting just one or two I would come out with something great!
My second issue is wanting to be surround with positive things, thoughts, words, visuals, sounds and people. But since change starts from within, and I currently lack the willpower to turn off the television and put down the Girl Scout cookies, I more often than not find myself (internally because I have children) cursing at the contestants of Survivor for not playing the best game they can, and feeling sick from ingesting too many Thin Mints!
My dungeon colored blog page and 5 followers also tells me I'm doing something wrong. I made a commitment to myself when I started this to stick with it and be (at the very least) ok at it. But again I've let myself down.
This is not a wallow in self pity post (however much it looks that way) this is a must change now post!
One thing I have realized this past month is, I can't change certain aspects of my life, I need to change the whole person. I'm not going to receive positive affirmations and purity in my life if I give none out (obviously) so here goes....reinvention day!

Longing for a time that was never mine....

Many people reflect on a childhood they loved (or hated) with fondness (or despair), we encounter things in our adult lives that can immediately reduce us to being five years old again. The smell of a crayola crayon can put you right back in first grade, or the sound of the ice cream truck jingle can jolt you into that one summer day with skinned knees and a kiddy pool!
I often find myself longing for a childhood that was never mine!
Don't misunderstand (even though I'm leading you to misunderstand!) I had a pretty great childhood, and I do not wish myself older than I am today. I have a wonderful, average life that I adore! However I can't help but think I would have lived a pretty awesome life in 1968 as well! (at least I like to pretend so)
I would have been the odd girl who didn't go giddy for Beetle mania, but would have "rocked out" to Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead. The poet who sat in the grass under a tree.
I would have walked to the movie house to watch Rosemary's Baby (not interested at all in who was coming to dinner!) I know I would have been in the front lines of the anti-war protests dressed in cut off jean shorts and a "sailor shirt" the groovy polka dots and bell bottoms would not have been for me!
I would have been a daydreamer then like I am today. But maybe I would have had more hope than fear for the future of the world. I would have less worry about what was in the food I ate and the soda I drank. Or maybe not...
I am where and who I am for a reason and I know my Creator had the perfect plan set in place for me, and I treasure all that I have and all that I am....but I AM a daydreamer and this is one of them...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2jDz6w-r4

I'm not FAT it's the pants' fault!!

My female observation from inside my own mind at the words that were coming out of my mouth in regards to new pants....

I purchased for myself some much needed post pregnancy blue jeans, but I ordered them online (being post pregnancy I don't have time to shop at the mall or anywhere that expects me to not show up in sweats and a baseball hat) so I did my shopping on this nice lil website that offers FREE overnight shipping and has thousands of styles and brands of clothing and accessories!! (I know right!)
Anyway, my jeans arrived today and as I made great effort (sausage meat squeezed into it's casing) to get them on, I confessed to myself they didn't fit!
I called my husband at work (yes I interrupted his day hard at work to provide stay at home mommy dome for me) to tell him my order arrived "But the jeans didn't fit."
"They're too small." Was my husbands reply.
Does every woman do this? If the pants were too big I know I would have exclaimed with joy and probably even set my voice in an higher octave to say "They're too big!" But because the jeans were too small, because they wouldn't conform to my body and allow my will to squeeze into them take over, they weren't too small they simply...didn't fit!!

Pant-less Public

I absolutley LOVE the fun, light-heartedness of FLASHMOB! and yesterday's Pant-less Subway ride in New York tickles me pink!!
If you're unaware of what Flashmob is, allow me to enlighten you...
Flashmob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time, then disperse.
The first flashmob was organized by a man named Bill Wasik (Senior editor of Harper's Magazine) in 2003. While his attempt number one was unsuccessful (due to a tip off to managers of the department store) he put in place a second plan for a group of people to attempt to purchase a "Love rug" in unison at a Macy's, and it was a SUCCESS! Our nation was then blessed with the creation of Flashmob!
Since then there have been thousands of flashmob acts assembled. Public pillow fights, dancing, even a flashmob marriage! While I've never been lucky enough to witness a flashmob, it swells my heart and brings grin to my lips to hear about one!
And I'm filled with sheer delight that 3,500 people took to the FREEZING cold streets of New York (in boxers, briefs,skivvies,grannies and other unmentionables!) to create nothing but joy and maybe a little chaos (for fun)for the world!
THANK YOU PANT-LESS PEOPLE, THANK YOU!

*photo from Examiner.com*

Pandemic of Ignorance

Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't we feel a bit silly for allowing our nations leaders,television broadcasters,clothing designers,magazine editors and gizmo inventors to turn us into mouth-breathing,credit card swiping,goons?!
It made me chuckle and then immediately feel sad when I viewed on BINGS main page the current searches for today in this exact order: People's Choice Awards. Elizabeth Edwards. Jamie Pressly. and lastly, Sweden Birds.
The fact that the entire cast of Twilight will be in the same place at the same time totally trumps the fact that dozens of birds are dropping right out of the sky, having died from internal bleeding,mid-flight with NO explanation! Really?! Really?!
I will admit that I like to keep things in life light and enjoyable for the sake of my sanity I don't choose to go around dwelling on "Impending Doom" but for Christ's sake are we not just a little curious as to why creatures (birds,fish,honeybees)are popping up dead by the hundreds?! Or why in a state where two years ago you woke up Christmas morning and had four feet of snow to shovel from the driveway, but this year you wore flip flops to the in-laws gift exchange?! No?
If you're thinking, less bird shit on the car and Hooray! no need to dig out the snow blower than, happy ignorance to you my friend! But as for me, I'm a tad bit curious and would like to arm myself with knowledge of what the hell is happening to my planet!
If you to are curious I suggest you do some reading and research, keep an open mind and invest in a good can opener!
For the rest of you....just hide behind that ipod and designer bag and you'll be just fine!

Happy New Year and Happy New Boots!

It's a new year! and while I always resolve to make no resolutions (stemming from my fear of committing to anything more than a week into the future) this year its time for something a little different!
I have high hopes for 2011. I want this year to be a year of positive thinking and good decision making.
I intend to learn new skills, write more, read more, spend lots of quality time with my family, get another tattoo and buy some (mostly ridiculous and unnecessary) really cute boots!
I'll let you know how it goes! I wish you all the very best for the New Year. I hope we can make positive, fruitful changes to our planet this year.