Chased by Children

What's become of the old place?

My old neighborhood definately does not look the same here in the blogosphere.  You know how it is when you go back to your childhood block and find some of the buildings have been knocked down and some of the houses have new additions, a prominent family or two may still be around  and the crazy lady on the corner is still sitting out on her porch shouting at the kids who ride by on their bikes but the changes are undeniable.  I digress....

Some of my "peeps" are still here and going strong:

Beth at I Should be Folding Laundry is even a bigger star than she was a year or two ago.

Stie at These are a Few of My Favorite Things is an even better blogger than she was three years ago.

Daddy Forever at Daddy Forever is going strong but with a slightly more commercial bent

My hero, Melanie (Chilihead to her Interpeeps) hasn't blogged on Don't try this at Home in over a year.  However, she's been busy publishing books and being a speaker at forums etc.... and she's the author of Blogging Basics 101 which got me through all the initial problems of starting a blog (and her support of my initial blogging efforts really kept me going)

My wonderful mother, at Add Humor and Faith is getting better every day.  Her writing is kind of spectacular.

ElleBee at Musings of a Working Diva is doing an amazing job while gestating the heck out of her third son.

Chrissy at Rip Runnin and Roarin is still as sweet and wonderful as I remembered.

Ironic Catholic is still funny and thought provoking (if her site is slightly sexier than I remember).  The Crescat is still the funniest and most supportive Catholic Blog on the web.

The amazingly offbeat Dorky Dad still has me on his blog role. Clearly he was stunned and amused by my interview of him.

But I miss Llama Mama, Say Anything , Crooked Eyebrow, Milk and Honey, Take 90 West, The Zimmerhouse, More than a Single Mom, Musings of a Mad Housewife,  they are all burned out or taking a long break......

the neighborhood is definately different.

New Blog!

Wanna see a newborn baby blog?  Of course you do! My BFF Lola (yes, the same one who ABANDONED me to move to Colorado) has finally gotten on the Blogwagon!

Go see her and comment, comment, comment....it's the food for a bloggers soul remember!  Follow the link:

http://rockymountainhighlights.blogspot.com

Hit Girl makes me Smile, uncomfortably.

Okay, let's agree that all of us have different levels of tolerance for violence.

and vulgarity.

and very dirty words.

Let's set that aside for a moment. 

In the movie, Kick A** (newly released on DVD), Chloe Moretz plays an eleven year old superhero named Hit Girl.  In the movie she kills a lot of bad guys.  Most of them men.  All of them bad.  She has been taught the skills she uses (martial arts, weapons of various shapes and sizes) by her father, who in one scene shoots her in the chest (while she's wearing kevlar) so that she won't be afraid when someone else does.

It's not a heartwarming tale.  The language Hit Girl uses is........horrible.  It's horrible enough to make me cringe (and my tolerance is medium to heavy).  But....  as an example of a young woman in film, she's, well, she's admirable.

She does things with such incredible assurance.  She faces the bad guys, all of whom are three times her size and weight, with such gusto and then WINS!!

I can't recommend the movie.  I would absolutely tell my mother that it's not for her.  However, if you're feeling old.  fat. incompetent about anything.  Then maybe you should give Kick A** a look-see.

MiMi makes Dinner

MiMi is a very energetic little girl.

 

And being the youngest of three girls means that she spends an inordinate amount of time going to her sisters volleyball practices and driving around dropping her sisters at various friends' houses or at events.  She cheerfully tags along and makes fun wherever she ends up.

Last night between LuLu's practice and CoCo's practices we came home for a few minutes.  And while the rest of us all spent a little time doing things to relax MiMi spent the time doing this:

It's a little hard to tell from this picture (taken with my phone).  This is a feast of peanut butter pocketbook sandwiches (pocketbook sandwiches are sandwiches made with one slice of bread folded over on itself she learned that trick from her grandmother), with cherry tomatoes festively sprinkled on top.  The little cupcake liners are filled with Cheerios and MiMi told me she salted them.  The centerpiece is really the highlight for me.  She took uncooked whole wheat past and put it in a glass of water, like flowers. 

 She kills me.