Name that Band!

Can you name the musical "bands" depicted in this picture? There are 72 of them. I think if you click on the picture it will enlarge it. I'll post the answers in a few days! Here are a few to get you started: Matchbox 20, Smashing Pumpkins, Guns-n-Roses.

Mr. GQ

Thought I'd post a pic of Cameron in his new reading glasses! He's doing awesome with them - taking really good care of them and he's pretty diligent about wearing them when he's supposed to. His teacher even sent home a note saying how cute he looked in them, and that he was so careful in class when he was cleaning them. :) Pretty GQ if you ask me ...

Why did the chicken cross the road?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if th e chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?' That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@& amp;&^(C% ........ reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens

Superbowl XLII

Happy Birthday Theresa! The infamous "yellow cake" with Alex and Kailee helping out!

Friends: Kerry & Chas

The kids had a blast together ... watching Scooby Doo!

SuperGrandma Julie and the kids ... she had Kailee on her shoulders, Alex on her back, and then was bending down to tie Chas' shoe. Thank god for the Corona ... I'm sure she probably felt THIS one on Monday morning!

What a great weekend! Had fun with mom and dad here and celebrated Theresa's birthday ...no, we didn't have a football cake, sorry - I'm not THAT talented. But it was the family favorite: yellow cake/chocolate frosting. Ask anyone what kind of a cake they want and this is it! Her birthday was on Sunday, so between that and Superbowl we had a great time. I think the kids outnumbered the adults on Sunday, but they were so good and had an absolute blast playing with each other! Had some friends over that we hadn't seen in a while and enjoyed hanging out! Bryan BBQ'd hot dogs and hamburgers and we had plenty of snacking and drinking mixed in there, THAT'S for sure. It was actually pretty chilly here on Sunday, so we had the firepit going which helped quite a bit! Think everyone with the exception of a couple of people were rooting for the Giants. I suppose it was the icing on the cake when we gave Fred his pool money at the end of the game ... he was a bit hesitant and REALLY didn't want it. :) Cameron and Alex won a couple of times, so they thought they were pretty cool. At any rate, it was a great weekend and we had a blast! It's nice to be able to hang out with family and friends and really enjoy yourself. Too many people don't have that luxury. I feel bad for the people that don't have days like this to experience! I took a few pictures, so I'll try to post those later!

Food for thought

Usually the weekday morning conversation between Cameron and I consists of "Did you brush your teeth yet?" "Where are your shoes?" "We need to leave here in 10 minutes .." etc. This morning, however, was slightly different. I'm not sure how many of you have ever had to explain suicide bombers or Allah to a 7-year old, but it is quite challenging. A few news briefs came on before we left, one of which was about the two female suicide bombers in Baghdad this morning. Cam comes upstairs while I'm getting dressed and tells me "Mom ... two ladies had bombs strapped to them, and then blew them up in a place where there were lots of people. There were like a 100 people killed because of them. Why would someone do that?" The million dollar question. If I had a logical answer to that, I certainly wouldn't be in a criminal justice program - I'd be running it. So then we get on the subject of the Muslim religion, who Allah is, why these people are supposedly viewed as "heroes", etc. His next remark is "Mom ... do they really think they're going to get into heaven by killing other people?" Bingo. Proud moment. Fight some tears, give him a hug and kiss, and move on to the next important question of the morning: Apple or banana in your lunch?