What's wrong with Georgia...

when i picked up Georgia from the in-laws today...this is what i found:

That's right, my baby has a fat lip!

We're not really sure what happened...

is it a snake bite?

a bee sting?

do we need to rush the poor girl to the ER
or wait till her Dr appt tomorrow?
it's swollen but only slightly tender...she's
acting normally...but of course we feel so badly!

Ended up putting a call into the ER...of course
without seeing her, there's not much they could
gather...

on their advice gave her some benadryl &
have been watching her for signs
lethargic, temperamental, breathing, etc.

she's doing fine...but i'm still nervous...poor dear!

these guys are hilarious! i found them thanks to THIS guy...you should really check out both these guys & THIS guy. you will laugh. alot. a whole lot.

Note to Self...

try this grilled cheese sandwich:
Rosemary Focaccia Bread
Monterrey Jack Cheese
Avocado
Smoked Turkey
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Balsamic Mayonnaise

and this grilled cheese sandwich:
Pullman Loaf Bread
Goat Cheese
Brie
Green Tomatoes
Chopped Smoked Bacon

That's it, get out!

i can't tell you how many times i heard that very phrase as a kid. and believe you me my mom definitley followed through! there were many a time, i was left on the side of the road, sometimes with siblings, sometimes without. granted...it was a bit scary, but it obviously didn't traumatize me. if anything it made me BELIEVE my mama meant what she said.
so today i read this story about a New York mom, Madlyn Primoff that was arrested for kicking her girls, age 10 &12 out of the car because they wouldn't stop fighting. she pulled over, put the kids out, & she and the grandmother drove around the block. when she got back, the girls were gone. (here is where our stories start to differ, MY mom would have kicked some serious tail if we'd dared to move). anyway, she finds the eldest child, but can't find the youngest (again, butt whoopin for leaving the sibling). turns out the youngest kid was "found" by a passerby that bought her icecream then waved down a cop. umm, REALLY?!?
#1. why did the kid talk to the stranger???
#2. why did the child GO ANYWHERE with the stranger??
#3. why did the stranger take the kid for ice cream? (sketch)
#4. why did the kid accept the ice cream???
i mean, really that's grounds for SO many spankings, lectures, & groundation it's ridiculous!
anyway so Madlyn calls 911 to report her (dumb) kid missing, the cops are all, oh, she's here. when she goes to pick up the kid she's tossed in jail overnight for Child Endangerment, WHAT?!?
i know, i know, a lot could happen while she drove around the block, blah, blah, blah. but speaking from experience, a lot can happen when you walk to your friends house down the street, when you spend the night at a friends house, when you go to school, when you ride the bus, the list goes ON. i give the mom (Madlyn) props for following through on her threat instead of making empty threats so that her kids grow up to be holy terrors. i'm sure many of you will disagree with me on this, and that's ok. you're entitledto your opinion. i would never do this to someone elses kid...that's not my place. but dude, my mom did it and we turned out ok. i mean obviously the place of deposit has to be taken into thought but really people, jail?

Punch Bug!

(we had to pull off the road to get this one!)

Husband & I have started 2 new "Photo Op Games". One is to collect photos of license plates from all 50 states, but THIS one plays off of one of my all time favorite games: "Punch Bug!" Not to brag or anything, I'm pretty awesome at getting Punch Bugs. In all honesty I'm pretty sure the only reason Husband agreed to this Photo Op Game is because now i'm more concerned with trying to photograph a bug rather than punching him really, really, really hard ;)

Here are a few of our trophy's thus far:

(one of many failed attempts)

growing up Africa...

many of you know of my love affair with Africa. i would move there no questions asked if the opportunity were to arise. i can only imagine be able to offer such an opportunity to my children. i recently discovered Tippi Degré through a friend of mine, Maddie.

i instantly fell in love! Her parents, Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, moved from France to Southern Africa in newly independent Namibia living in the freedom of nature as wildlife photographers and film makers! y'all, seriously i would do this in a HEARTBEAT! i mean i want this life myself, living in the wild, but to be able to offer such an experience to my child? WOW!

thanks to my friend Maddie, it has become my mission in life to find this book & purchase 2 copies, one for her & one for myself (any donations would be accepted ;) ):

*Most pictures borrowed (stolen) from Maddie's blog

Tippi Degré grew up living in close contact with wild animals, including elephants, leopards and ostriches, who treated Tippi as one of their own.
The animals allowed Tippi to cuddle them, dance with them, and ride on their backs.

Tippi Degré grew up and spent ten years travelling round Africa with her parents French wildlife photographers Sylvie Robert and Alain Degré. Tippi’s mother Sylvie, 52, gave birth to Tippi in Namibia in 1990. Sylvie said, “My daughter was a very lucky little girl. She was born and raised almost completely in the wild. “It was magical to be this free in nature. It was just the three of us living wild with the animals and not too many humans. “Tippi always said that this was her gift. She was in the mindset of these animals, believing they were her size and her friends.” Tippi’s friends included a leopard called J & B, and an elephant named Abu.

Sylvie and her husband Alain Degré have compiled a book about their lives called Tippi: My Book Of Africa. Sylvie said, “She had no fear. She did not realise she was not the same size as Abu and would look into his eyes and speak to him. “Tippi was just 18 months old when they met and it was a special time. “Their friendship was incredible.”

Sylvie Degré insists that she always put Tippi’s safety first, she said, “Wild animals will either run away or attack you if they are frightened. You must always be on the watch. “Tippi was hurt only twice. First a meerkat bit her on the nose. “Then, in 1994, she was at a water hole with a baboon called Cindy.
“Cindy attacked Tippi’s hair and pulled out a handful out of jealousy. That was terribly painful.”

Sylvie, Alain, and Tippi moved to France in 2000, but the family visited Africa in 2006.
Sylvie said, “When we returned to Africa in 2006 Cindy ran up to Tippi and played with her hair, grooming her. It was quite beautiful.” Sylvie added, “My daughter will always be African. Hers is like Mowgli’s story, but Tippi’s is true.”

Tippi Degré grew up surrounded by wild animals in Africa and learned to hunt with the San bushmen of northern Namibia.

Tippi is now 18, and she is studying for a degree in cinema at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Great Tippi Degré stuff from Amazon

Tippi of Africa

Tippis Welt

Le Monde selon Tippi. La...

Tippi aus Afrika. Das Mä...

Tippi aus Afrika

nicest thing...

All I know is that you're so nice,
You're the nicest thing I've seen.
I wish that we could give it a go,
See if we could be something.

I wish I was your favourite girl,
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world.
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile,
I wish the way that I dressed was your favourite kind of style.

I wish you couldn't figure me out,
But you always wanna know what I was about.
I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset,
I wish you'd never forget the look on my face when we first met.

I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly,
'Cos it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see.
Basically, I wish that you loved me,
I wish that you needed me,
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually I meant three.

I wish that without me your heart would break,
Yea, I wish that without me you'd be spending the rest of your nights awake.
I wish that without me you couldn't eat,
Yea, I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep.

Look,
All i know is that you're the nicest thing I've ever seen
And I wish we could see if we could be something
Yea, I wish we could see if we could be something



~kate nash "nicest thing"

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