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Learn-A-Word Wednesday: prink \PRINGK\ 2008-06-25 03:19:12 transitive verb:
1. To dress up; to deck for show.
2. To dress or arrange oneself for show; to primp.
Prink is probably an alteration of prank, from Middle English pranken, “to show off,” perhaps from Middle Dutch pronken, “to adorn oneself,” and from Middle Low German prunken (from prank, “display”).
I don’t have a lot to say about [...] Read more:Wednesday
Cabela’s!…it’s REI on steroids 2008-06-23 09:58:52 Have you been to a Cabela’s?
Do you even know what Cabela’s is? I knew. I’d seen the catalogs. Heck, I’d even ordered from their slim selection of women’s clothes (pink camo IS coming back).
But none of that prepared me for their new store in Washington, south of Tacoma in Lacey.
Think REI, but [...]
Paging Ms. Nightingale…please report to sick Kid duty 2008-06-20 11:00:29 My fab nursing abilities apparently come with an expiration date…..
day 1: Oh, poor BAYYYYBY! Come to mommy! *hugs*
day 2: Still feeling bad? (hm, missing summer preschool morning session…oh well) Here, sit on my lap! Have a popsicle!
day 3: Hot forehead AGAIN?! Now, where’d I put that thermometer? Look, Daddy’s home from [...] Read more:Paging
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[UPDATED] they grow up so fast — those thrushes 2008-07-09 20:25:23 Since one or two of you said “Nice shots, Wendy! You’re the best! I couldn’t make out ANYTHING in those nest shot of yours,” here’s one more picture of those two Swainson’s thrush babies.
No, they haven’t flown the coop nest yet, but I’m guessing tomorrow might be The Day given how they’ve been [...]
Learn-A-Word Wednesday: mazy \MAY-zee\ 2008-07-09 13:32:08 adjective:
Resembling a maze in form or complexity; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing.
By now some 20 characters are caught in the turns and baffles of Mr. Dunne’s mazy plot.
– George Stade, “A Fisherman of Guilt”, New York Times, March 28, 1982
Mazy is the adjective form of maze, which comes from Middle English mase, from masen, “to confuse, [...] Read more:Wednesday
of birds and berries 2008-07-08 18:53:58 Just wanted to show you guys that the Swainson’s thrushes definitely have feathers and that one on the left was looking at me, eyes wide open! (his little black eye is partially behind a twig)
Hey, lady, no nest shots!
I can’t imagine them flying off in a day or two, but that’s what I calculate. [...]
Thrush Nest Update 2008-07-07 12:05:26 OK, there’s not much to update you on (great update, Wendy!).
We still have two baby Swainson thrushes and a mama who flits in and out with snacks (what she’s feeding them I don’t know). Feathers are coming in, but unless they have their beaks up it’s near impossible to see [...] Read more:Update
This just in: Thrush Nest Drives Homeowner to Asylum 2008-07-04 18:57:26 I swear, these birds are going to be the death of me. I am CONSTANTLY worried about those tiny thrushes.
Must stop worrying. Where IS my medication?!
I don’t know if mama thrush has ever laid eggs before, but her nest building skills leave something to be desired. I now see why they build [...] Read more:Asylum
Compare/Contrast: Kung Fu Panda vs. Wall-E 2008-07-03 03:29:57 And now, I shall revisit high school English class with my compare and contrast of
Kung Fu Panda
and Wall-E.
COMPARE:
1. Both are cartoons.
2. Neither is rated R.
3. Both are less than 100 minutes long.
CONTRAST:
1. Panda is clearly made for kids with colorful, rollicking fun; Wall-E is made for….well, I can only guess, depressed environmentalists who just [...] Read more:Compare
Learn-A-Word Wednesday: lachrymose \LAK-ruh-mohs\ 2008-07-02 03:44:14 adjective:
1. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
Lachrymose is from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima.
As parents, we learn new lachrymose things all the time from our kids.
No clean Hello Kitty shirt? WAAAAAAHHHH!
No RED popsicle? WAHHHHHH!
No watermelon gum? WAHHHHH!
Yesterday, I learned [...] Read more:Wednesday
Lessons from Project Runway this week 2008-07-24 12:58:39 I have just a few notes from PR, including spoilers, so be forewarned.
First off, Wesley’s dress WAS bad (and he seemed to know it), so adios. Also, his name kinda bugged me. The Hubs would guess he got beat up on the playground a lot.
Blayne, who annoyed me the first show, cracked me [...] Read more:Lessons
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Learn-A-Word Wednesday: mephitic \muh-FIT-ik\ 2008-07-23 17:32:47 adjective:
1. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
2. Poisonous; noxious.
Mephitic is the adjective form of mephitis, “a foul-smelling or noxious exhalation from the earth; a stench from any source,” from the Latin.
I’ll probably get in trouble for this one for revealing personal information (hi hubs! luv ya!), but wth, this IS a blog.
First thing that [...] Read more:Wednesday
Attention! Reptile class now in session! 2008-07-22 17:54:50 Since we had all those thrush photos here and here and here and here, here and here, today is equal time for reptiles.
Geez, I was turning into a birdieblogger. So, this is probably not equal time…
We saw the Reptile Man today. Once again, another excellent show.
Cobra, looking all mean and scary.
These guys, Gaboon [...] Read more:class
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oh, the horrors….our Belizean elopement trip 2008-07-21 09:43:26 An elopement trip should be all perfect. Even if not, you in all your engagement haze might gloss over any minor imperfections.
Or, as I did, have another rum punch.
This is what I learned 7 years ago when my fiance and I took the red-eye flight(s) from Alaska to Belize for several weeks of tropical [...]
Project Runway begins! 2008-07-17 12:42:55 They’re baaaaaack! Do we still love Tim? Yes. And Heidi? I guess so, but can we still hate her for those legs? Those LEGS!
I wonder if she’s going to forget to wear pants all season.
Her legs make my legs look like last year’s, freezer-burned pork sausages.
Anyway, not surprisingly, this [...] Read more:Project
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Learn-A-Word Wednesday: cupidity \kyoo-PID-uh-tee\ 2008-07-16 12:11:13 noun:
Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice.
Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the mind.
– John Crowley, “Of Marvels And Monsters”, Washington Post, October 18, 1998
Cupidity ultimately comes from Latin cupiditas, from cupidus, “desirous,” from cupere, “to desire.” It is related to Cupid, the Roman Read more:Wednesday
a summer moral dilemma–what would YOU do? 2008-07-15 12:46:40 Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you have a friend. (I know, it may be a stretch for some of you.)
And that friend had a membership to a private (outdoor!) swimming pool at a little nearby country club.
And let’s also say that that friend had invited you and your Kid to the pool a few times, [...] Read more:dilemma
bedtime prayers 2008-07-14 11:10:05 Some say their prayers
as they go to sleep. I say mine as Kid goes to sleep.
“Thank God, she’s finally closed her mouth!”
“Thank God, she’s not moving!”
Sometimes, “Thank you, God, for this amazing, beautiful child…” or words to that effort.
As much to convince myself as to remind myself. So I don’t just rip [...]
Fresh Strawberry Pie — me-oh-my, I love pie 2008-07-13 13:01:48 Remember those strawberries? I picked a few more yesterday on the island and then made this:
I got the main idea from this blog, and then decided to use a package of cream cheese we had (which always seems like a good idea at the store and then goes bad in the fridge before we [...] Read more:Strawberry
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