FLASHBACK 1993

capt jack skellington

ghost and goblins everywhere...life's no fun without a good scare"
it's getting close to halloween, my very favorite holiday in the history of ever. there is a new claymation movie coming out. i can't wait to take my boys. "the nightmare before christmas" tells the story of jack, the king of halloween, deciding to take over christmas. it comes from the imagination of the mastermind that brought us "peewee's big adventure" and "beetlejuice". i take my boys. they love it (though, they will surely call me a liar today).
FLASH FORWARD today
the brilliant mind, that brought us "nightmare before christmas", is tim burton. he also brought us a lot of my other favorite movies: "alice in wonderland", "sleepy hollow", "sweeny todd", and "big fish". and i am very excited to see the full length version of his short, "frankenweenie", this fall. although i must admit i am sad that i can't take mini-me with me...
today is tim burton's birthday...get out there and let your freak flag fly!!

                

jack oversees the super bowl party

FLASHBACK july 2009

"i make the best darn waffles the world has ever seen...i'm the waffle king, yeah"
our first vacation together began with jamie making the 12 hour trip, to myrtle beach, with his mama (moniebird) and her friend glenna in tow. driving half~way, moniebird wants pancakes for breakfast. they stop at waffle house, the home of cheese grits (?). yes. cheese grits. does anyone ever really order waffles at the waffle house? thus begins the conversation: why can't you get pancakes at the waffle house? a waffle house has griddles. they have batter. they have spatulas. they could easily make a customer a pancake. they won't. jamie's argument? "duh doy! it's a WAFFLE house!". he tells me about the conversation at lunch. "can you believe them?" me "ummmmm...why can't you get pancakes at a waffle house?" j "again...it's a WAFFLE house! if you want pancakes, go to a pancake house!" me "but...you can get waffles at a pancake house?". jamie rolls his eyes. 
FLASH FORWARD march 2011
although this argument is one we have fun with on a regular basis, we never test the theory out: can you get waffles at a pancake house? i'm certain you can. as a matter of fact, i'm almost 45000% positive i've done it. the discussion comes up again on a househunting trip to charlotte. we see a sign for the international house of pancakes. jamie thinks he'll end one debate right here. he does. they serve waffles at ihop.
one mystery still remains. WHY DON'T THEY SELL PANCAKES AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE?
it's national waffle day. why not try one? from a pancake house.

                  

 

FLASHBACK 1977

"the day my mama socked it to the harper valley pta..."
just as i was entering 6th grade, at berry middle, barbara eden came to town. she was filming "harper valley pta".  it was the coolest thing to happen to lebanon in the history of ever. for me, it was cool because, in my life, there were two people i wanted to grow up to be. samantha stevens and jeannie. i have the head nod and nose twitch down...the magic doesn't quite happen, or does it?!!
today is barbara eden's birthday...unleash your inner jeannie!!

nose twitching