Archive for July, 2008

And Peace to All (insert animal here)

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Say what? If only we (humans) had a trainer who could force us/teach us how to live in peace. Waaaaiiiit a second… “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace…”- 1 Corinthians 14:33 -x-aarti

New Favourite Site

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I have just spent two hours reading all the various entries on my new favourite site…and I’m not even a third of the way through. The Pioneer Woman is on my “daily grind” list of websites to hit up! Take a look. I know you’ll love it! It’s written by a woman named Ree, who [...]

Dead or Alive!

Friday, July 25th, 2008

(click on the strip for full-size view!) -x-aarti

The First Harvest

Friday, July 25th, 2008

We ate our first-born yesterday! It had a strong “tomato” flavour, which I suppose isn’t saying much, but it really just tasted like a very good, very small tomato… only much, much fresher than any tomato I’ve ever had. I had hoped, being that it had a fancy heirloom name like “Rose Quartz,” that it [...]

It’s about time!

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Sarah finally wrote a gorgeous, thoughtful, brave and determinedly feminine account of the big news in her life! About time, girl! Her story is yet another reminder of the lesson I’m learning right now: things ARE always going to go “wrong”, and rather than wallow in the unfairness of it all, I have to look [...]

More Origami Mastery

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I know I’m biased, but seriously, Bren has an unfair amount of “funny” running through his bones. So does Ross. There’s two more on YouTube! Tell me what you think! -x-aarti

Tomato Update!

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

The fruit are coming fast and furious now. Well, fast and furious by tomato terms. Which is to say, not so fast. But our first-born, has taken a step into adolescence, and turned RED! This is the Rose Quartz Cherry tomato, the first one to birth a little ball of juice and seeds. There are [...]

ENGAGED!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

What a week! First Alex and Sara got engaged. Now, sweet sweet Jed and Sarah are engaged! Yippee! That means Sarah becomes my sister-in-law! Lucky me! We are both so happy for them. Yippee yippee! Congratulations guys! -x-aarti

Satire or just "ire"?

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Have you seen the cover of the New Yorker this week?It’s supposed to be making fun of the image Obama’s been fighting since the day he decided to run for the Oval Office.But what do you think? Is the cover successful in achieving its goal? -x-aarti

The Masters of Origami

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Fun with a camera and iMovie. -x-aarti