Why did the chicken cross the road?

This is an email I got, but I thought it was so funny it was worth a post....

Why did the chicken cross the road?

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends; that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from day one that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

I'm so happy I might cry...

So last week I was reading my Washington Post magazine, and it was the issue with the best cheap eats in the city. You know me, I love good food, and even better if I do not have to cook it!

Rewind a little bit to my years in England... Back then my favorite "fast food" place was a South African chicken joint called Nandos. I missed it so much when I moved back that I even had friends buy my their sauce and send it to me so I could try to re-create it at home... (A failed attempt, I should note...) Their main ingredient is some kind of South African spice or chili pepper (not sure exactly which) called Peri-Peri. So for the last six and half years I have had to live without delicious Nandos... It has severely traumatized me.

But oh happy day, cause GUESS WHAT? According to my Post magazine, one just opened in DC! The first in the US apparently, and it's in Penn Quarter / Chinatown, which is in NW and close-ish to my work! I can cruise down there at lunch on a good day and be back in just over an hour. You can bet I'll be making the trek just as soon as I can find the time. Check back later this week for my own personal reviews... I can't wait. I literally was so happy I almost cried tears of joy.

http://www.nandosperiperi.com/index.cfm

Pumpkin Patch

Here are a few photos from our trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday... For more, check out our photo page...

http://lizzyh.shutterfly.com/

Ewww, ewww, ewww.

So I just found the grossest nastiest old smelliest bananas ever. They were black. And juicy. And DISGUSTING. Ewwww. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

I have ESP, for real.

Yeah baby! So we play this game in my department at work - guess who the next Survivor to get voted off will be and you can leave 1/2 hour early on Friday. I seem to have a knack for picking these people correctly, and rockstar that I am, got it right again tonight... (I am modest too...) Why can't I predict the lottery the same way? Guess I will just have to try to win the million dollars at the Monopoly game at Mickey D's. Lots of coffee and diet coke being purchased in my future...

Today was crazy busy at work, and a busy night with the kiddos. I am tired, tired, tired. So my post tonight will be short, and possibly slightly incoherent, as I keep having to stop typing to have these huge yawns. (Did that make you just yawn - why are they contagious, can someone explain it to me?) I am really looking forward to washing my face with the new face soap I bought today and climbing into my beddy. It's the little things that make me happy. :) I also got new face lotion, as I was out of both the soap and moisturizer. Yippee! Clean skin, here I come.

That's it from here for now - I keep feeling the need to look at the inside of my eyelids, so I guess I better head to bed where I can examine them in peace. Sweet dreams all.

Musings....

So, lots of you have been asking for updates on how I'm adjusting to the single mom thing and how the kiddos are doing.... Long story short, it's fine! Not that different than before - my evenings are very similar to how they were in Ohio. The biggest difference is that there's no opportunity for a break if you get sick, tired, or whatever. But mostly - day to day - everything is smooth sailing. Of course it helps that I have two extremely good kids - they listen well, help around the house and are generally great. They have their moments of course, and love to pick on each other... But they also take care of each other and are very close. It's great to see.

So for all of you who've asked - here's a run down of our Monday to Friday days... This is our "ideal" morning - many days I hit snooze a few extra times and the whole production gets pushed back a few minutes.

6:00 am - Alarm goes off. I hit snooze.
6:09 am - Alarm goes off. Again. I hit snooze. Again.
6:15 am - Drag myself out of bed and turn on shower
6:17 am - Turn on hall light and wake up both kids
6:20 am - I shower while they both get dressed
6:35 am - Dry my hair, finish dressing kids, and help them with their teeth (yes, all at once)
6:40 am - Straighten hair, makeup, brush Cobby hair, put Maddie's hair up in her choice of "fashion" for the day
6:55 am - Down the stairs to the kitchen, get purse, lunches, etc.
6:57 am - Backpacks on and downstairs to put on shoes / jackets
7:00 am - In car and driving to daycare
7:15 am - Arrive at daycare
7:25 am - Leave daycare
7:40 am - Hopefully have time to stop for coffee somewhere...
7:50 am - Arrive at work
12:00 pm - I run as many errands as possible at lunch - grocery, post office, bank, etc.
5:00 pm - Leave work to pick up kids
5:20 pm - Get to daycare and collect my cargo... :)
5:30 pm - Leave daycare for home
5:45 pm - Arrive home, immediately sit down to do homework (math, spelling and reading every night plus occasional special projects)
6:00 pm - I cook dinner, Maddie reads to herself, Cobby plays
6:15 pm - Eat dinner together
6:40 pm - Clean up kitchen, throw in some laundry, or hoover, etc.
6:45 pm - Play games (Candyland or Chutes and Ladders usually), read to kids, play with toys, etc.
7:30 pm - Kids showers / brush teeth
7:45 to 8:00 pm - Read some more, kids in bed

So that's it! That's our basic Mon - Fri routine. It works for us, and I still get quality time to eat with them, play with them, and read to them every day. We hardly ever turn on our television during the week, and I think that's a good thing. On Friday nights they stay up "late" (about 9-ish) and we'll sometimes watch a movie together.

I am tired of course, and like I mentioned above, the main difference is the lack of opportunity for a break if you need one. But I wouldn't change a thing. Soon we'll be working in a few extra activities - Maddie wants to do cheerleading again so I need to get that organized for her, and she will start CCD (religious ed) in a couple weeks.

Everything else with me is good - work is good, Matt is great. For my Cincy pals who haven't already heard - I'm not coming back for Turkey Day.... Heading to MI with Matt and Allie to meet his fam (I'm very excited about this!). The kids will be there with their dad though.

Other than that, not much news! Life is good.

Funny...

Check this out... It's really funny.
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We be bloggin...

Hey, welcome! Glad to see you made it here. I have decided to move our blog, as the old location wouldn't let me have pretty backgrounds, and posting there was a pain in my behind. So this is the new home of our blog! If I can figure out how to easily bring my old posts with me, I will do so. But that's a project for another time. I will be updating shortly, this is just a quick post to let you know you are indeed in the right place!