It's a 'Sarah Palin" Thanksgiving

After pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving, Governor Palin gave a surreal interview with a local news team yesterday - right in front of a dude slaughtering turkeys.

Amazing. My favorite part is the look on the guy's face as he realizes "Wow, you're really going to do this." Then gets back to work because it's Alaska, and it's crazy cold out.

Just thought that was some good Thanksgiving humor for you.

However......in the words of Kalaya and illustrated by Justice and Alex----
(after a fist bump)

Peace Up! A-town down!

In T-minus 30 mins I'll be blowing this cubical popsicle stand and heading to the great wide yonder. (a.k.a Alabama)

Remember to love the ones you have, thank the Lord for his blessings, and pray for those who can't be with us this holiday season.

God's grace pours on us from every direction. We remember to be thankful at Thanksgiving but we just forget to be thankful for the "little things" sometimes.

Look at the colors in the leaves this fall- look at the way your childs smile wrinkles that little nose juuuuust right-look at how you can go all day long, working, cleaning, taking care of the kids, running errands- and the whole time God is holding you in his hands and refreshes you every night.

God's gifts to us are magnificent and wonderous!

How can I not be filled with joy every morning when I wake up and I know that I and my daughter are in God's family!?

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

P.S: Just as an FYI- Sarah was no where to be seen near our neigborhood turkeys. Live another day my feathered friends.

M- I- C- K- E- Y--- Y Are You Eating Me!!!???

Grana's holding Kalaya in the back pew of the sanctuary during a funeral.
Grana: Kalaya, you have to be quiet. No talking ok? Be very quiet. No talking or playing- we're in church. shhhhh.
Kalaya: (looking very seriously at Grana) Well can I at least cough?

Grandaddy: (talking to Nana) Hey I've got to talk to you about something.
Nana: Ok- come in here and let's sit down.
(they move to the kitchen table to sit down)
Kalaya: Whatcha doing?
Nana: We're talking about something very important.
Kalaya: Don't you important me!

Kalaya: Nana, let's talk.
Nana: Ok, what do you want to talk about?
Kalaya: Ummmmm....let's talk about pancakes!

Me: Kalaya, what do you want to eat for supper tonight?
Kalaya: Mickey Mouse pancakes.

Me: You wanna sing a song? What song do you want to sing?
Kalaya: Mickey Mouse pancakes.

Me: If you go potty you can get a suprise. What do you want when you go potty?
Kalaya: Mickey Mouse pancakes.

As you can tell- she has a sliiiiiiiight obession with Mickey Mouse pancakes. And heaven forbid you eat Mickey's pancake ears and not Kalaya. Just ask Grana. It doesn't end well for you or the mouse.

Giving Sally Fields A Run For Her Money

-----Or- The Many Faces of Kalaya-----

I'm about to come at you like a spider monkey:

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?!: This baby is filth! Take this rubbish away and bring me a new baby that isn't as subpar as this poor pitiful excuse of one! At once!:
Oh yeah that's right girl- I saw you lookin at my man:
I'm going to pout till I get what I want- and I always get what I want:
Can you be a pal and see if I've got something in my teeth?:
My play-doh doesn't want to play with me anymore!!:
Say whaaaa? Oh honey- no you didn'!:

You Can Say That Again Marie!

Also- on a side note- those are pimp outfits you two are wearing. I was considering that exact same haircut and dental work but didn't want to look like Jan from Grease.

Anywho- back to Marie/Donny's song (since they are basically one in the same)- so yeah, you could say that I'm a little bit country. Matter of fact I would be more prone to say that I'm alot country. I love going to Alabama and seeing my family. I, with most everyone else in the family, have a plan percolating that will get me moved out there in the next few years or so.

It's gorgeous out there and I couldn't be happier anywhere else then with my family on our land. Our land is by a national park on the Little River Canyon and it proves to be a great place to take some outdoor photos.

The Mill Hole ( Mauldin's Mill Hole)- where we go swimming

Submitted For Your Consideration

Whose head do you think hurts more?

Kalaya's- after walking determinedly into the door frame and hitting the door latch? ( I have no clue why she walked straight into it? I can only assume she had her eyes closed and was "hiding" from me as she walked away)

OR

Diesel's- after a tragic fall onto the footboard of the bed that quite possible caused either brain damage or internal decapitation? (sorry the video is sideways- now I know not to video things vertically anymore- doesn't compute well on bloggers)

Listen at the end. Did you hear it? Did you hear his head bounce on the footboard? Gross.

Speaking of Diesel- I'm sure some of you out there have been thinking- " What's been goin' on with that lil scamp lately?"

Well, let's just say, a fall off of the sofa led to the untimely end of his career as a bat/Batman impersonator.

I give you-- Before:

And After:

The once proud, twin beacons of audio amplication are now diminshed and defeated. No more shall the twain meet in the air above this poor puppies head. His career is over. SixFlags is sooo going to cancel his Gotham City seasonal contract.

I'm Back Like a Vertebrae

After some wheeling and dealing with my eBay friends in Hong Kong- I have managed to acquire a new USB cord for my camera. (On a side note- I had the other one the whole time and didn't realize it fell through a hole in the pocket of my purse and was stealthily lying between the liner and the leather of the purse- mocking me I assume.)

No worries though. Now I know for sure I'll always have a backup in case I lose it again. Now if only the USB cord could talk some sense into my cellphone that selfishly commited suicide in my toliet last night. Then we might be getting somewhere.

Speaking of toliets... ( What a way to lead into today's post huh? I'm as smooth as Sade's operator people and don't you forget it.)

Kalaya is still doing great at going to the potty. Lucky for us, she's not the type of kid who potties at home and refuses to go when we are out somewhere. You show the girl a potty and she's got that situation covered.

I try to make it as interesting as I can for her short of:

A. Letting her pee on a tree like "Zach at school does"

B. Try to potty while standing with on foot on each side of the seat, or

C. Attempt to potty on her seat while precariously holding Diesel over the "big" potty by often only one paw and/or ear.

Our entertainment is usually simply a book to read or mommy singing the "pee-pee" song that I most assuredly will regret making up one day.

We also get to put a sticker on our chart everytime we go potty. Yes I know it's not the most exciting reward ever but- come on! The kid gets balloons every Friday for going potty through the week and this past Sunday Mom, Lindsey, and I took Kalaya and Alex to Build a Bear to get their own bears for being big boys and girls and going potty.

Meet Kisses:She's the most expensive stuffed bear you have ever seen- trust me. But they had a blast and so did the adults. So it was all worth it.

Of course, there are still accidents and that's to be expected. Matter of fact, Alex dropped off a load at the Build a Bear store itself. Fitting huh? Kalaya took notice and handled it herself.

Kalaya: Alex- you stink.

Alex: I'm sorry. Alex poop.

Simple and too the point don't you think?

So here's to those bygone days of diapers and pull-ups! Who needs ya!? We've got better things to do with ya.( She's cutting her eyes at me because I'm awesome- not because I'm a huge embarrasment. Trust me.)

Everybody's Workin for the Weekend

Now do you have that song stuck in your head? Yeah me too. I have this whole 80's montage floating in my cubicle now. I see lots of lace, bracelets, leotards, hairspray, extreme makeup choices, and Jordache jeans. Then my random train of thought wanders through the magic that is Fame, Footloose, and The Breakfast Club. And sadly I end up on Jessie Spano from Saved By The Bell singing " I'm soo excited! I'm sooo excited! I'm sooo-----scared" because she was geeked up on caffiene pills.

The scary part is that she's wearing all of the things I previously listed except for the lace. I'm assuming the leotards are underneath the jeans. (Yes I know that show was in the 90's-but let's be honest- she's one moment away from pulling on her Members Only jacket, getting out there on the dance floor with any one of the Coreys ( Haim, Feldman, and Hart), and dancing the night away to Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Khameleon.

Man- speaking of a caffeine overdose-- I've obviously had alot today haven't I?

So 'Come on Eileen'- make sure you enjoy your weekend and 'Rock the Casbah' with 'Jack & Diane' as much as you can. Because baby, it's soon to be another 'Manic Monday' and we all know your boss is a 'Maneater'.