Humpty Dumpty's Funeral

At Humpty Dumpty's Funeral,

the loss was felt by all,

and everyone was schocked to learn

of Humpty's fatal fall.

They held the funeral in a church.

The guests were all quite sad.

They had to close the casket up

'cause Humpty looked so bad.

The king's best men and horses

couldn't patch old Humpty's crack.

Prince Charming even kissed him,

but he couldn't bring him back.

And Simple Simon sat and sulked.

The blow to him was bitter.

The woman in the shoe stayed home.

(She couldn't find a sitter.)

And Mary had a little lamb

to cuddle as she cried,

but Old MacDonald smelled so gross

he had to stay outside.

The Seven Dwarfs attended too,

and even Happy wept,

but Rip Van Winkle never showed -

he must have overslept.

So Jack and Jill went up the hill

in hopes of fetching him.

Two famous brothers did show up,

and boy, did they look Grimm.

The sevice was expensive -

they sent Old King Cole the bill.

The Wicked Witch came only

for the reading of the will.

The wall is now off-limits,

and to climb it is a crime.

It's hoped that no more foolish eggs

will go before their time.

Though Humpty was a real good egg,

his future had been spoiled.

As Mother Goose so sadly said,

"He should have been hard boiled."

Blaine and Hardy VanRy

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from weevils!!

I have not spent the last few days as I have planned. I noticed a while back that I had a few moths in my pantry. This unfortunately was not the first time. Last fall I found the same thing. I think the nasty little weevils came from some rice I had bought. Remember when there was no rice to be found in the stores, well I bought a big bag of offbrand rice and put it in my pantry. Later my kids got into it when they were making rice heat bags. Anyway I had a infestation. I threw almost everything away and cleaned out the the shelves. But alas, they returned. I only saw a few of the moths, but I knew there were more where they came from. I was so irritated. So monday morning I started throwing things away again. Away went the pancake mix, cream of wheat, bags of pasta, flour, rice and anything else I suspected. The only thing I am trying to save is a 50 pound bag of powdered milk that I have been meaning to can. I am not throwing that away. I dont see any signs of bugs but I am going to put it in the freezer for a few days just in case. Once I got everything cleaned out and wiped down I decided to paint. After a fresh coat I went to the store to get new shelf liner; Thus ended the first day. My kitchen was a disaster. all the canned good were out on the counter and kitchen appliances were all over the floor. I was mad at wasting so much time on this stupid project. So I laid shelf liner, went back to the store to get some new airtight containers. And started putting everything back. I had flour, rice and sugar stored in large buckets. After throwing the food away I began scrubbing the buckets, on the bottoms in the crevices I found those nasty larvae. How gross! I got everything put back in and boy did it look good. Don't you think? But after loading everything back I took another close look and dang it I didn't see two little worms crawling along the ceiling. Uggh!! are you kidding me. I guess they were hiding in the cracks of the selves and didn't like the paint. Since then I have done some research and have learned that they are very, very hard to get rid of. I will be extremely mad if they come back, but not really surprised. Two days of my life, wasted fighting little weevil bugs. No wonder I never feel like I accomplish anything.

Happy Valentine's Day

My Dh and I had a great valentine's day. We stayed the night at a good friends cabin. It is a beautiful cabin. We so needed a night away, I have to confess it hasn't been the best winter for the two of us, but we are resolved to do/be better. We had such a great time doing mostly nothing. We had the best meal ever, it consisted of: Steak with sauteed mushrooms, king crab legs, lobster tail, asiago cheese bread, and sushi. For dessert we mad chocolate covered strawberries with really expensive dark chocolate. They were delicious. We then watched a great movie and enjoyed each others company. We slept in the next morning, made delicious omelets and hurried home in time to take the kids to church. This was the first time we left the kids all night by themselves with the older ones in charge. We had grandma check in on them, but they were on there own. They did great, the house was a mess, but totally worth it to get away. I love you, babe Happy Valentine's Day.

Dash 1, Dash 2, Dash 3, Dash 4.....

Mom how many kids are you allowed to have?

As many as you want, I guess.

I am going to have ten hundred.

And I am going to name them all

Dash.

Mom do you have a marijuana pipe I can take to school?

Okay, that's not exactly what my son asked, but close. Tomorrow is the fifth grade wax museum, the students pick a famous person to dress up as and then repeat a memorized speech of their accomplishments. My son choose Michael Phelps. So, do you think sending him with a bong is a little too much.

Finger Foods

Yum, don't you love Super Bowl Food. This years theme foods eaten with your fingers.

Chicken Fingers
Potstickers
Mini Eggrolls
Chips and Salsa
Shrimp
Taquitos
Cut up fruit
Pizza Rolls
Lil Smokies

It was fun to cook and fun to eat. We even had 6 different types of dipping sauce. For dessert, I made the best cheesecake ever (which we ate with a spoon). To top it all off the game was great.