The Adventure of the Travelling Glove

My dad and I went for a walk, and when we came back, my sister came running to us. We thought she was excited that we were finally back! Boy, were we wrong...for some strange reason, she and my brother had been playing with Nate's glove, and somehow, it had gotten stuck in the the tree.
Daddy to the rescue!
And so the glove came down and we were all happy.
That is all.

Massacre in Muffin Land!

Ok Alex this is your post!

Behold: Alex's plate with cookie and muffin
Side profile of muffin

Human view of muffin

Bird's eye view of muffin

Bottom of muffin

Disappearing muffin

Another sideview of muffin

Frustration at unco-operative muffin leads to massacre in muffin land!!!

All pictures property of Alex Craddock

Mess?

Do you know what happens when you just stuff everything in your locker and don't care? You get a MESS that you can't find anything in!

I've got no Before and After pictures, but I do have these:

THE GREAT CLEANUP OF NICKY'S LOCKER!!!!!

And that's just half the story...
This is all either scrap paper or letters to parents!

Yea, we're having so much fun!

It was amazing the end result...you could see the books!

Sometime in early May...

My Celebrity Look Alikes (I was bored!)

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

My New Waitressing Career

So, my parents had a dinner party. My amah, Dona, and I were cooking and waitressing (well, SHE was cooking....but I helped arrange! ;-P)

So, setting up originally went well. But then everyone sat down and I had to serve rolls, and...let's just say it didn't go quite so well....

So, the rule is "serve from the right, take from the left" right? So I served that way, to the bread plate on the right. Except when I got to the end of the table, I found out the bread plate was on the left.....To embarass myself further...:

When asked which type of rolls we had, I replied: "whole grain and not whole grain"

When asked for which type of roll I would recommend: "personally, I prefer white, but if you would like to be more correct, I would take whole grain."

And then I missed the plate with my tongs and dropped a roll on the table.

Run to the kitchen.

When it came time to take away the salad plates, I came out too early.

When taking away the plates, I nearly dropped a knife.

Soup, fortunately, I didn't spill.

The main course came along smoothly (except for nearly tossing beef stir fry over the side of the plate when arranging...), except I abandoned all waitressing ettiquete and served left and right.

Clearing after the main course, I barely managed not to spill. And nearly ended up forgetting the bread plates.

The deserts came out alright.

Clearing after deserts was fine too.

Then came the coffee and tea round, when I actually started sounding kindof proffesional, except...well....let's just say I forgot the coffee cups? But then serving went fairly well, except the guests were teasing me a lot, but I'm a big girl, right? ;-P

All in all, I think it was a good experience though. Wasn't nearly as easy as knowingly drinking salt, pepper, and rice water earlier today though ;-D

NEWSFLASH! - Pillsbury Doughboy Dies!

I get so many forwards these days, but can't be bothered to forward them! This "news flash" is a must read :P :

SAD NEWS... Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.