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Monday, April 14, 2008  9:12 PMWhat the french, toast?! God, I love this commercial. In other tv news, Ion Television is showing reruns of one of my favorite shows ever, Quantum Leap. For a girl with no cable, this is exciting news indeed! Labels: diversions french toast girl 
#Friday, March 28, 2008 8:01 AMwaiting Still feeling wiped out (it's been 2 months now), waiting for the results of my blood test that will hopefully say I just need more vitamins. So in the meantime... here's what's on my radar right now: ♥ Earth Hour: On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. ♥ Skin Deep, a site that rates the toxicity of health and beauty care items, tells me my chapstick is not such a good deal. (Also along those lines, enjoy this article from the NYT: "Experimenting With Makeup: What Puts the ‘Ick’ in Lipstick?") ♥ ZeFrank's "Communication Skills" video ... for all the emails you wished you could send. (language warning) ♥ This site lets you upload a photo of yourself and try out new hairstyles, which might be the kick in the butt I need to convince myself once and for all to really get my hair cut shorter than I've had it in 15 years. As Snowflake and my mom say, "It's hair. It grows back." ♥ You probably will not thank me for this, but who remembers this song? Labels: diversions french toast girl
#Friday, March 14, 2008 2:41 PMA question from Sophie (and other Friday diversions) Quick Friday thoughts as I make this cake for the twins' birthday party tomorrow: ♥ Sophie wants to know, "Is a toilet a machine?" I say yes. What do you think? ♥ We have been singing this song non-stop at our house and if you play this, I bet you will too: The Bellybutton Song. We have learned not to let the kids see this before they go to bed, because they were singing, "Belly button! Uh-UH!" back and forth between their rooms for a FULL HOUR after they were supposed to be asleep. (Our babysitter made us play it twice and then bought it on iTunes.) ♥ And YAY! Loobylu is back! Labels: diversions, family, kids french toast girl
#Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:39 PM2008 Weblog Awards It's that time again! The 2008 Weblog Award nominations are open until 10 PM est Friday, 1/11! If you feel so inclined, I'd love it if you wanted to nominate this one. I was a finalist last year for "Best Designed", and I've always thought I was a "Best Kept Secret" but hey, who knows? :) And don't forget to vote for your other favorites as well! Labels: diversions, site news french toast girl
#Friday, November 23, 2007 7:38 PMShould I do it? I am getting really really really tired of my "look": I seem to have a lot of plain t-shirts and turtlenecks, jeans, dark colors. This summer I went searching for clothes that were more me: bright prints, whimsical/artistic shirts, and everything I find either seems to be (a) ridiculously expensive; (b) made for someone without my bosom/waist ratio (I refuse to wear clothing that makes me look like an opera singer) (c) only appropriate for a 14-year-old, which I am so obviously not. So it seems like I am going to be trying to make a top or two. Does anyone know of any good, tried-and-true blouse patterns? And in the meantime, here's the Should I Do It part: I've had the same hairstyle forever. I'm thinking of getting out the scissors and cutting me some bangs. Should I do it? Labels: diversions, NaBloPoMo french toast girl
#Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:24 PM7 unusual things about me Tagged by Leandra, painter of lovely flowers, here goes! 1. I have been mistaken, twice, for being black, which is very interesting since I am pretty darn pale. My favorite was the co-worker who said, "You know, a black woman like yourself would understand," and I actually turned around to look behind me to see who he was talking to. I am 100% Sicilian, which means I look like lots of different cultures because heck, they were invaded by everyone at one time in history or another. I think it's neat. 2. My name is pronounced "EL-en-uh", not "eh-LAY-nah". Hence the extra-I-added-it-to-make-you-think-twice-before-you-say-it accent. 3. Twins run in my family. The last set of twins before mine were fraternal, a boy and girl, just like my Angela and Petey. 4. I discovered I was having twins the day I fainted at church while songleading, took out the podium, had to be carried out during Mass on a stretcher, and the outcome was announced at church the next week. Everybody knew my story.... the cat was rather spectacularly out of the bag. 5. I took 5 years of German in school. Unfortunately, I recall very little of it. 6. I do remember lyrics to songs, commercials, and tv show themes I haven't heard for 30 years. Not to mention practically every Beatles song ever written. And I will sing them to you. 7. It is very hard for me NOT to sing. I sing at the store, to whatever's playing over the loudspeaker. I sing in the car, while I'm working, while I'm doing dishes, and make up my own (usually very silly) songs all the time. And that's my meme for today! I have to tag seven people... so I'm tagging (do it or don't, whichever you choose): Egotistical Productions, Snowflake, Allyson, Craig, Kevin, Dan Ward, and Mimi. Go for it! Labels: diversions, NaBloPoMo french toast girl
#Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:43 PMWhat did the zero say to the eight? (I'll post the answer tomorrow, or if you want to guess the punchline, post it in the comments! This is one of the kids' all-time favorite jokes.) Labels: diversions, NaBloPoMo french toast girl
#Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:50 PMSongza! Neat site to check out: Songza. Searches the web, videos, and allows you to compile a playlist and embed music on your blog. Plus, at any time you can watch the videos too! So let's see if this works! (This is actually a Paul McCartney song sung by Mary Hopkins of "Those Were The Days" fame. And yes, I have the demo version as well, and yes, I have one of her albums too. This is a favorite song to sing while I do the dishes. It's so darn catchy.) Labels: diversions, NaBloPoMo french toast girl
#Monday, November 12, 2007 10:06 PMOdd things my sitters have taught me We have been blessed to have some really wonderful sitters for our kiddos - most of the time I am right there in the house with them, because it does take two big people to sort out the three small ones, so I am on hand to learn all sorts of stuff. Some of it is quite silly, which naturally, I appreciate. Anyway, these things my sitters have shared with me, I now share with you: Milk and Cereal - back in the day, Allison would sing this to baby Sophie while feeding her cereal and milk. She told us we had to find the video, and sure enough, it's been a staple ever since. Now Petey walks around the house with a bowl on his head singing "at the taaaaaable! In the morrrrrnnnning!" and takes himself just as seriously as these boys. Candy Mountain - Charlie the Unicorn and his friends go in search of Candy Mountain. AmyAmyAmy (that's what the kids call her) and Hannah would recite bits of this all the time. I don't actually recommend you watch this with little kids, but I do think a PMS-y unicorn is pretty funny. Potter Puppet Pals - Alex led me to this. It has Harry Potter (very good), it has puppets (excellent!), and a very silly soundtrack (always a good thing). I find it strangely compelling. I also like the one where Harry gets angst-y. And seriously, who wouldn't want a Snape puppet? (Thanks, Jen! All the links work now.) Labels: diversions, NaBloPoMo french toast girl
#Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:19 AMNaBloPoMo View my profile on NaBloPoMo It's that time again! I will be posting every day in the month of November, and you can too! The site's moved, so go here and sign up to get registered. (And then make sure you friend me up and I'll friend you right back!) Some people are posting on a theme for the month, but I can't think of one single thing people would actually want to read 30 posts on, so I think it's going to be a mixed bag, as usual. Unless anyone has suggestions... ? Labels: creativity, diversions french toast girl
#Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:08 AMAll my silly friends 
I will be one of the Silly Friends singing backup for Marc this weekend at the Hoboken Art and Music Festival. If you're in the area, bring the kids and come boogie down! Labels: diversions, family, kids french toast girl
#Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:36 PMwishes 
It's been a really long time since I've done this, but I have my tiara on and my wand out. I'm granting wishes! Leave me a wish in the comments and I'll write back. ♥ Thanks to all who made wishes... wish time is done for now. REALLY. Labels: diversions, fairies french toast girl
#Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:55 PMSimpsons-style 
If I were a resident of Springfield... I may go back and do a little photoshopping; I need the hair to be twice as long, and bigger. :) ♥ Make your own (and post the link here to share!) ♥ See the flickr group and add your own, I was about to add mine when I spotted Ally and Tim! ♥ You can see my bro's, along with his real picture, here. Labels: diversions french toast girl
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