Really, are people that interested??

I get no fewer that 10 new visits per day to my blog from people who have been sent to it after searching for Ho-Ho’s and Swiss Cake Rolls … all because of this post.

I need to know … are people REALLY that concerned about the differences between Swiss Cake Rolls and Ho Ho’s … I mean we did this for fun, but c’mon now … HUNDREDS of people have come to this post…  makes me laugh!  That particular post has been viewed exponentially more than any other … glad to know snack cakes are so important!

-E

Ho Ho’s or Swiss Cake Rolls

Today, we put to rest the age old question of which was better . . . Ho Ho’s or Swiss Cake Rolls … It had been a debated topic in the house the first few weeks. So, today on our trip to Wal-Mart we bought a box of each and had a blind taste test between 5 of us.
The results:
Only 2 of us could correctly identify which was which based on touch and taste, and the taste preference was that 4 out of 5 named Swiss Cake Rolls as the best tasting based on the blind taste test. So the debate can finally be put to rest that Swiss Cake Rolls are definitely better!

Okay, so we aren’t just spending our time on blind taste tests and the like … we actually had a great week at Bolivar for Super Summer week 1, and will leave in the morning for Super Summer week 2 in Hannibal. Our team of interns are being small group leaders in several of the different teams as well as helping out with other random responsibilities like helping sell items at the merchandise table in the evenings, etc. Tomorrow will be a busy day as we get things set up in Hannibal and prepare for the students to show up on Monday afternoon.

2 questions:
1) What are you doing with your summer?
2) Which do you think is better, Ho Ho’s or Swiss Cake Rolls

Love … from a friend

I’m still processing my thoughts about my previous post, and would still welcome feedback … but a good friend responded with this today and I thought some of these were really good. Enjoy:

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, ‘What does love mean?’

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:

‘When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore..
So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.’
Rebecca- age 8

‘When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.’
Billy – age 4

‘Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.’
Karl – age 5

‘Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.’
Chrissy – age 6

‘Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.’
Terri – age 4

‘Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.’
Danny – age 7

‘Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss’
Emily – age 8

‘Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.’
Bobby – age 7 (Wow!)

‘If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,’

Nikka – age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

‘Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.’
Noelle – age 7

‘Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.’
Tommy – age 6

‘During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.’
Cindy – age 8

‘My mommy loves me more than anybody
You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.’
Clare – age 6

‘Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.’
Elaine-age 5

‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.’
Chris – age 7

‘Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.’
Mary Ann – age 4

‘I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.’
Lauren – age 4

‘When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.’ (what an image)
Karen – age 7

‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross.’
Mark – age 6

‘You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.’
Jessica – age 8

And the final one

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
‘Nothing, I just helped him cry’

Go “Elf Yourself” …

My brother and sister-in-law sent me a video yesterday that they made of my nephew and his cousins.  It was funny, so I decided to make one of myself . . . I can’t get the video to embed on the blog, but you can go to this address:

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/u24XQZAQ5Ud1VpMw4DP2

and view my fabulous dance moves . . . I bet you didn’t know that I was actually a triplet who was part of a traveling dance troupe … enjoy.

If that doesn’t get you in the holiday spirit, I don’t know what will . . . lol.

Okay, okay . . .

So, it’s been a few days since I’ve updated, and admittedly, I’ve been slacking on the blog some.  So, here are a few updates:

No Shave November is over, and I succeeded!  Here’s proof:

Oct. 28th:

Nov. 4th

Nov. 11th:

Nov. 18th:

Nov. 25th:

Dec. 1:

And, like I told everyone, the part of No Shave November that I was looking forward to the most was the shaving part, so here are a few pics of that:

…creepy …

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Through the years . . .

I thought these were too funny not to share.   Enjoy.

A friend of mine sent a link to this site www.yearbookyourself.com, you go and upload a picture of yourself, and it puts it into all of these poses/styles from the 50’s all the way up to 2000. . . too funny.

so this hair thing …

Since deciding to take part in this “No shave November” thing, I’ve become acutely aware of hair.  It is incredibly weird where that stuff grows on your body.  Take these for example…

Eyebrows … how weird when you stop to look at your face and you see these two patches of hair that just sprout and grow in the middle of all that skin …

And then as you are looking at your bushy eyebrows, you realize that there is hair sticking out from the end of your eyelids too … WEIRD.  These little guys just chillin’ there on your lids … not that we haven’t “noticed” them before, I mean there are entire empires built around trying to make those lashes look longer, curl more, “thicker, bolder, more beautiful” … but when you look at them, its just weird.  It’s kind of like when you say the same word over and over and over again, it tends to feel weird/lose it’s meaning.

And of course, well at least for me, the little puffs of hair on my fingers and toes . . .weird.

Anyway, as I was realizing that I’ve got another 30 days before I can shave again, I was noticing hair, and really how weird it is (anybody keeping tabs on how many times I’ve said “weird” in this post) I have nothing profound to say about this post, and I will stop it here, because, well that’s as far as we need to go with that ….

Seriously …?

I wonder if the surgeon general has anything to say about “jackhammer noise” …