Hey y'all!
Happy Friday.
First off, Chersti Nieveen interviewed me on her blog for Utah Author's Month. Please go visit, and leave a comment! I don't want her viewership to go down just because I'm on there.
For today, a list!
1. So, I finally bought a new car. The best thing about it? The car has a special - nay, magical - button. Check it out.
Yep. That there is a "comfort" button.
Has there ever been anything so wonderful?
I want to know how this button came about. Were the car makers all, "Let's be the first guys to make 'comfort' an option. Not mandatory. We'll be rich!"
When I first got in the car to test drive it, the button was not depressed. I had to wonder, who wouldn't press the button? Maybe someone who had it all, and was like, "I want to see how the uncomfortable people live. Jeeves! Un-press the button!"
There are definitely times I get in the car, and I think to myself, "You know, life has been a little easy lately. Comfort, off!"
Sometimes I threaten the kids: "Stop fighting, or you know that comfort you've been enjoying? Consider it gone!"
2. It's Mother's Day this weekend. Time for really bad art from my kids.
Here's a preview: Kid C made a card for me, and drew a picture of the two of us together.
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| Me, Kid C |
Emily Wing Smith was right- I do look the same in every picture. Kid C definitely gets his drawing skills from me. Lately, he's been asking if he can illustrate my next book.
Judging from this picture, that would be totally awesome.
3. The other day, Sam was baking buffalo wings, and when he removed the tray from the oven, underneath the tin foil he found this:
That would be our kitchen scissors and a steak knife, melted together, and flat as a crepe.
I sent the picture to Miracle Blade, along with the note, "I thought your knives were supposed to be indestructible, but apparently they can't withstand 450 degrees for 15-18 minutes. Put that in your infomercial!"
I want to know how Sam took the cookie sheet out of the cupboard, put the knife and scissors on top of it, then placed a sheet of tin foil over the whole thing, and then put two rows of frozen buffalo wings on top of that... and didn't notice!
It's not like they blended in with the background. You really can't get more neon-red than those scissors. And when he was carefully placing the wings on top, was there ever a moment where he thought, "Hey, the wings seem to be pooling on either side of this giant bump in the middle. That's weird."
It's probably an air bubble.
Oh, nope. It's scissors and a steak knife.
So, what are y'all up to this weekend? Any special Mother's Day plans? Have you commented on Chersti's blog? Anyone else ever bake a pair of scissors with a side of steak knife?
