Shoe Envy

Violet loves shoes. I’ve raised my little girl right. The other day we were at target, and she was trying to put pairs of shoes over her other shoes. AJ made a comment about her being obsessed with shoes and I said, “Hey, at least it’s not purses.” She also likes to wear shoes in [...]

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Creme de la Cream Pie

is all gone. I have some pictures, but i’m downstairs and the laptop is being retarded, so you’ll have to wait till later.
from the way I talk sometimes, you’d think I lived in a big house. This is not so; I am merely lazy and do not wish to travel from one 500 square foot [...]

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Boston: almost check

That’s right, we have an almost-confirmed couchsurfing host in beantown. That means we now have 12 out of 17 nights taken care of, which equals: AWESOME. The host has to check with her roommates, so I told her to tell them I’d bake them each a pie which is also awesome because that means we get [...]

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everyone needs to invent a new word once in a while

I realized today (now don’t laugh) that my mom  actually didn’t  make up the word “Discombobulated”. I really honestly never thought to look in the dictionary for it, and I thought she had made it up. This changes everything.
On the front page of today’s  Freaking Cute Herald, AJ just taught Violet how to do the [...]

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It’s Official

I have an officially scheduled date for the birth of the next Fat Monkey Dessert. This time we’re going with Creme de la Cream Pie. As in the best of cream pies in one amazing pie. Here’s the rundown.
Oreo crust ( I think)
Then a layer of coconut cream pie creamy goodness.
Next a layer of sliced [...]

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and why?

I bought a box of Cap’n Crunch today. Don’t ask me why; it was on sale and I’ve never had it before. I have discovered two things. One, it is impossibly hard to find a picture of the back of this cereal box to show you, and two, Cap’n Crunch and all the kids on [...]

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The Met, Aliens, and a Duck

I am so excited to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, and finding out that the entrance price is only “suggested” can only make it more appealing because now we can have lunch afterwards! haha. well…maybe more than a split slice of pizza.
(Which, let me tell you; splitting something three ways is [...]

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Lesson for the day

Sometimes life gives you lemons. You’ve probably heard in the past that you should make lemonade with those lemons, or throw them back. How about this one? When life gives you lemons, build a lemonade stand and use the profits of your business to buy a machine gun. Let’s see if life makes the same [...]

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Dance, Dance, Revolution

Today’s post goes out to Pastor Tim Poetzl. Apparently, he’s come up with a unique way to teach his young children the art of genuine forgiveness and apologies.
It goes like this:
1. have your children hold hands and face each other.
2. next, they must either sing songs made up on the spot of how much they [...]

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Don’t try and fool me!

Dear New England Aquarium in Boston,
Please do not advertise that you have a North Atlantic Right Whale in your exhibit. With sizes around 55 feet long and nearly 80 tons, I was very excited. I was especially interested to watch you feed it zooplankton, because I’ve always wanted to see that up close. Needless to [...]

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