Life Outside the Fishbowl

Now That's Patriotic?

In honor of the 4th of July (and because of a week-long nasty cold), I treated myself to a mani-pedi while Tom had the kids out and about. I figured with my blue toes, white t-shirt and red, red nose I was all set.

We tried taking some pics for fun of setting off what little fireworks Virginia allows. What I learned: next year use the tripod; kids won't stay still no matter how much you beg; and do the sparklers in the daylight.

Arlington - the Rap

Saw this in the Wash. Post yesterday. Even though we've been in the 'burbs for the past 5 years, we're still North Arlingtonians at heart. But I remember back in the day in the 90's when the Ballston/Clarendon renewal was just starting. Kramerbooks & Afterwords had a spankin' new store in Ballston, they opened Scoops, the Bardo was the hip place to go (yes with the weird commercials), and the Sala Thai on N. 10th Street was originally a mini-golf place.

Weekend Update

So we finally had a glorious weekend here -- 73 degrees on Saturday and sunny! Whoo hoo. We were seriously doing a major happy dance. Followed by major yard work.

I coerced Tom into helping me dig up some very large and woody perenials on the side of the house. I really thought we were going to need a hatchet to get them out. In there place a Scottish Broom. I *love* this plant. We had several of them in our yard in Rhode Island. Minus the one I killed by the mailbox by overzealous pruning - which my husband loves to remind me. He made me raise my hand and promise not to come near this one with anything sharp.

Then, in the car this afternoon the kids are talking and playing (Star Wars, of course) when I hear Thomas tell me, "Ashoka's from the planet Unk - nown." Yup. Just like the word. Funniest line of the week.

And for all you Twilight fans out there, I ran across this link the other day. It's a fan fiction story of the Cullens - Edward, Bella and the rest -  going to the movie theater to watch the Twilight movie and their comments as they're viewing it. Hilarious!

Happy Easter, Peeple!

It's time for one of my favorite Easter things - the Washington Post Peeps contest.  This contest really gets better every year.  You can view the top 40 entries online here since I can't figure out how to link to any of the pics.

The kids love the Peep-E entry (a take-off on Wall-E) while Tom and I were partial to Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Peep Street. But the one we all thought should have made the top 5 is Steve Jobs Presents iPeep Nano. Just brilliant.

A Lego a Day

Thanks to Cathy Zielske I've been cheering myself up today with this blog - A Lego a Day.  Into Legos? Need a good laugh? Check it out. I've almost forgotten the two dog accidents, broken washing machine and leaky faucet I discovered this morning...... 

What The Duck?

A great net cartoon for all your photoshoppers out there....thanks to Chrispea for the link!

What the Duck