Life with Poot-n-Toots

And the winner is....

EVERYONE!

Naturally, Karen answered first..... which by my calculations, she's now won 3/5 rounds of Jo-Jo Jeopardy. Way to go Karen!

Now really though, how is it that 7 people answered correctly? And of those 7 only 1 of them signs. Man, I feel seriously inferior now. Without Kelly there, I'm not sure I would have ever figured it out. I guess since we're a one cereal house (Cheerios), I've never even really seen a box of these recently.

My favorite part of the comments was that most of you thought there was a trick to it....like certainly I wouldn't post such an 'easy' question. Apparently this should have been in the 'read between the signs for $1.00 category'.

Thanks for playing!

 

This is a special post for my signing readers. For the past week during our language arts time, we've been working on our San Diego books. Each page starts with a prompt, has some blank lines and an area to draw a picture. Pretty basic, but when all 12 prompts are done, it makes a cute little book.

Today's prompt was 'We ate......'. We spent30 minutes reviewing the 5 restaurants that we ate at and worked on the vocabulary for the different foods that we'd enjoyed. Here's where it gets fun..one student was trying to tell Kelly and I what he'd eaten at the hotel for breakfast (the hotel offered both a continental and a hot breakfast made to order)...this is what the conversation looked like (glossed):

Student 1: you + know+ brush teeth+ rooster

Student 2 to Student 1(laughs): brush teeth + wrong + you+ corn (emphasizes sign for corn) + rooster

Student 1: right + me + ate + corn + rooster

Let me tell you...it took us over 5 minutes to figure it out. Kelly was the one who finally figured out what corn rooster is...

So, all you signers,  what breakfast food do *you* think corn + rooster is????

I'll post the answer tomorrow...

and the winner is.....

     

For those of you that don't know Nervous Netty, she also answers to the name 'Lynnette', (aka Kelly's sister).

Yea, Lynnette! This round of Jo-Jo Jeopardy was perfect for Lynnette. She is a champion 'stresser' and is always making sure that everyone is safe....and I'm talking S.A.F.E. I mean, really people, as an extra precaution,this fine friend will roll down the windows while in a parking structure...why you ask? Well, obviously it's to hear the potential people that you *might* run-over..... scream. No, I'm not kidding....next time you see me, ask me about this story it's very funny.

Lynnette correctly identified all 9 crib violations.

Here's the breakdown: 3 violations for the blankets (each one counts), 2 violations for the stuffed animals (one white bear and one black bear), 1 violation for the mobile (hanging butterflies), 1 violation for the crib toy thing-a-ma-jig (more on this contraption below), 1 violation for the too-wide crib slats (the new 'rules' indicate the the space cannot exceed 2 3/8 inches) and 1 GIGANTIC violation for the clear inflatable plastic bumper pads....so for the math impaired that's 3+2+1+1+1+1=9

Now on to the MAJOR offender. Although my Mom assures me that the inflatable bumpers were "all the rage" and "theit thing to have" , I googled those suckers til' my fingers were numb and I cannot for the life of me find one example of them. Mom, I'm thinking some cheapskate sold you an inflatable raft and convinced you that they were the hot item of 1977. For my faithful blog readers (and those that are 55+ years young) I challenge you to find one example of these inflatable raft bumper pads.

This was the one item in the photo that I did notcount as a violation. To search for this specific Fisher price toy I actually googled 'vintage Fisher Price'. How very, very, sad...somehow my long-ago crib toys qualify as 'vintage' now I feel really old.....

 

As for the completely crazy and unsafe finger-pinching-chocking-hazard-of-a- 'Cradle Gym' I found this old ad.. I love that the baby is doing little pull-ups and that it touts itself as a baby 'excersiser'....hey wait a minute..maybe *that's* why Mom and Dad bought it for me....hmmm.. 

Now, if my Mom and Dad *really* loved me, surely they would have bought me this:

  

So there you have it. Congratulations Lynnette! You can thank your uber-sneaky-sister for sending me a way back photo. You were one *seriously* CUTE baby!

Thanks Auntie Marcine, Larky, Kelly, Brianne, Kristie, and Karen for commenting I always get a kick out of seeing the guesses...

 

 

This is photo of me taken in early 1978...I'm guessing that I'm about 4-5 months old (I know, I know I look like more like 6-8 months...but remember people...I'm a *big* girl)

Nothing too special about this photo...just little big ol' me chillin' in my crib. I didn't think much of it, until I enlarged it and was shocked by some of the things in the photo.....

Here's where the Jo-Jo Jeopardy part comes in....

Carefully study this photo (want to see it larger, just click on the photo), then determine how many 'crib violations' (in today's standard) you see. Leave your guess in the comments section. I'll announce the winner (or the closest guess) on Thursday.

If you win and you're related to me, I'll hunt down a 'way back' photo of you and post it to the blog...If I don't have a way back photo of you...well then, I'll just have to give you a friendly little 'roast'.

***for you long-time blog readers...If memory serves me right, Karen is our three-peat champion of Jo-Jo Jeopardy....anyone willing to beat her???????

and the winner is....

 

Brianne. Yea B! Thanks to everyone else for playing!

She correctly guessed both questions. I do in fact have 4 scrapbook cards and 2 teacher discount cards. My scrapbook cards include: Santa Barbara Scrapbooks in Santa Barbara, Scrapbook Oasis in Irvine (by far my favorite store- wish they were closer), Treasured Memories in Thousand Oaks, and Scrapbook Depot in Los Alamitos.

My teacher discount cards include GW School Supply in Fresno, and Barnes and Noble. I use to have a Lakeshore card but can't seem to find it anywhere. Simply Scrapbooks in Bakersfield offers a discount program, but the information prints out on your receipt, so I don't actually have a card for the store.

As Kelly mentioned in the comments of the last post, lots of Scrapbook stores have gone out of business in the last few years. The ones that have stayed in business, stopped offering discount club cards. I think at one point in time I had nearly 10. I find it funny that none of the stores are within 100 miles of me.

A few years ago Kelly, Lynnette and I took a little day trip down to LA and back. I think we hit about 6 stores, and logged over 300 miles in one day. We're very picky when it comes to scrapbook stores, we spent the time in between stores going over what we liked and didn't like about each one. It was such a fun trip.

*little known fact for the Jo-Jo Jeopardy Players: Kelly, Lynnette and I have taken a stretch limo to a scrapbook store...we like to ride in style...*

Brianne- give me a call and let me know what you'd like your coupon (or not-for-coupons) book to look like.

the not-for-coupons organizer, and a little round of Jo-Jo jeopardy....

      

Last week we had our monthly scrap-group meeting. This month Kelly hosted and came up with this totally awesome organizer. Kelly designed hers as a coupon organizer. Although, I wish I were a coupon clipper, I just don't have the skills. The cutting-out part I have down, but I never seem to actually use them (lame, I know).

I'm planning to use mine for all my club cards (you know the kind- buy 10 coffees, get one free- those kinds of cards), gift certificates (or gymbucks) and gift receipts. Since we're entering into the holiday season, I figured it will come in extra-handy. As I start buying Christmas stuff, I always seem to have stacks of lists, gift receipts, and little notes to myself about who wears what size, etc. This little organzer will help keep my things in one place.

Now for a quick round of Jo-Jo Jeopardy. This round is super simple and only includes one question. In the event that two of you guess the correct answer, I've included a tie-breaker. Leave me your answer (including the tie-breaker) in the comment section. The winner will get their very own organizer, custom made by little 'ol me. I'll even let you pick the color scheme.

1. How many scrapbook store club cards do I currently have in my wallet?

*tie breaker* How many teacher discount cards are currently in my wallet?

Let the guessing begin...... (don't know how to comment? Look directly  below this post. Click on 'comments', type your comment and your e-mail- don't worry, your e-mail is only revealed to me) The correct answer, along with the winner will be posted on Sunday.

for you newer readers, might I remind you that Karen E. is the current Jo-Jo Jeopardy champion with 3 wins, she's practically right up there with Ken Jennings....I'm counting on you lurkers to take the crown away from her....

Karen, the Jo-Jo Jeopardy champion.....

I can't believe that Karen managed to be the jo-jo jeopardy champion, again! Karen correctly answered: a pad. Way to go Karen! I loved all the guesses,I must say if I'd had a clean sock, or any other kind of usable material I would have used it first.

The story:

We were on our way to see Kung Fu Panda at the movies. I had detailed my car and taken all the tissue/random napkins out of my center console, and my purse had been cleaned out to make room for the movie snacks (juice boxes, and fruit snacks). Ally sneezed about 1/4 mile from the house. I'm talking a HUGE booger-blowout. She literally had snot hanging from her nose, dangling down past her chin. Ugh! I frantically searched though my empty console, and my purse. Paige is screaming "hurry Mom, she's gonna lick it" that's when I spotted the pad. I didn't even think twice, I ripped open my last  Always with wings pad  and proceeded to stretch back into the back-seat and wipe her nose. Really, I should be ashamed, but I'm totally not. It was completely practical and you gotta think, it's actually pretty sanitary, it comes with it's own little wrapper, right?

So thee you have it, I've officially stooped down to the lowest level of parenthood, I've used a sanitary napkin to wipe my kids nose. Gotta love it!

Our hard-drive took a dive and is currently with the 'Geek Squad' at Best Buy. Hopefully they are able to fix it quickly. I'm at the public library with Ally while Paige is at preschool.

Jo-Jo Jeopardy, round three...

This round of jo-jo jeopardy consists of one question. Make sure your answer is specific. Karen has won the last two rounds and seems to think that she'll be taking the triple-crown. I've told a handful of people the answer, so if you've been privy to this story don't answer.

What does a resourceful Mom use to wipe a 2 year old's nose, when no tissue is available?

I know that there are many lurkers, if you've never commented before it's easy...don't be shy, just click 'comment' (directly below this link), enter your name, comment, and e-mail and press enter. Don't worry your comment won't display your e-mail. I'll post the answer on Thursday night, along with some pictures of a few of my favorite layouts I completed over the weekend.

Just, for fun I'm including the new photos that Anni posted on her blog. I love Ally's pouty face, I have a perfect scrapbook layout in mind for this shot. I can't wait to see all the pictures....

  

Now announcing post #101.....

Geesh, I thought Jo-Jo Jeopardy would be a little harder. I guess Alex Trebek won't be offering me a job anytime soon. This question would have been in the $100.00 category.

Of course the winning answer Is: I've written 100 posts. Congratulations to Karen for being the winner of Jo-Jo Jeopardy Round 2. If I remember correctly, Karen, you won the first round as well.

Although both April, Auntie Marcine and Kelly all guessed that I'd written 100 blog posts, Karen was the first correct answer (although, I give props to April for actually counting them. April's first guess: we won't talk about that.....) Auntie Marcine, I've never counted but surely Iv'e dressed the girls in 100 coordinating outfits; I'd wish I'd gone to 100 scrapbooking events (that'll end up on my life To Do list).

So here's to Karen. Ah, Karen. Scrapbooker extradonaire. Lover of all things Madonna. She who has her own scrapbooking room (that is, until the adorable Miss Maisy took it over), She who has SO MUCH scrapbooking stuff, she's been to known to accidentally purchase something she already owns. The Mom to one adorable son. She who has my kind of humor (ripe, raw and sarcastic all wrapped in one). She who cheats at the yearly Christmas exchange. Karen, lover of the Boston Red Sox. She who taught SpEd (the greatest job ever). She who is part of the most awesome scrap-group. Thanks for playing Karen. If you win the next round, you'll be the reigning Jo-Jo Jeopardy champion.

I can't believe that I've actually written 100 posts. The other night, when I realized I was getting close, I read through a few months worth. These are my favorite: 5.... ( I love the picture of Ally at the end), Christmas cards and duck cra@p..... (sorta self explanatory), Looks can be deceiving...., and Merry Christmas....... It's so neat to see the actual growth that the girls are making. You'd think that with scrapbooking and blogging, I'd actually remember all the stuff, but somehow you still forget the funny things they say. I laughed out-loud on the post about Paige telling me that If I got to pick out her clothes, than she should get to pick out mine. Somehow, I'd forgotton about that.

Having a family blog has been such an adventure and SO SO fun. It's made me feel so much closer to the family and friends that live so far away. I LOVE seeing the tid-bits into every one elses lives (especially those that I've demanded jump on the blog-wagon with me), and sharing our randomness as well. Thanks for sharing this journey with me.

Jo-Jo Jeopardy, round 2.....

It's time for another quick round of Jo-Jo jeopardy.

One simple question:

What have I done exactly 100 times? No more, no less.

Let the guessing begin, I'll post the answer Sunday night, answers must be specific.....

The winner will get a whole post dedicated to them (sarcasm, and light roasting may occur....don't let this deter you from trying to win, I may say some very nice things too......maybe)