Isn't this yogurt lowfat?

Blake posted this on his family's private blog, but it was too good to keep private. Here is our family after too many trips to Yogurt Jungle:

My Second Political Cartoon

I'm baaaaaaack! Now with my Fridays off I needed something to do with my spare time. Thanks to some new software I purchased with birthday money (Thanks Ma and Pa Scoresby and Ma and Pa Shirley!), I think I now may have a full blown hobby on my hands. And it only took me like 10 hours over the last two days. Jenna's been rolling her eyes at me the entire two days. But I'm sure I'll get faster as I learn the capabilities of the software. My next acquisition is going to be a pen tablet - it's hard to draw with a mouse. Anyway, I think it's light years ahead of my last cartoon. Enjoy.

Some may not get the humor, but I think it's sad, but hilarious. This cartoon was inspired by this and this.

Watch out, Deborah Norville

"So there's been a lot of talk abou you, Hilary. The question America wants to know is, do you think you're hot?"

Our house has become Inside Edition. On Friday our little Butterfly brought a blow-up microphone home from a birthday party. Last night when I read to her at bedtime I was asked to speak slowly into the mic. Blake saw her asking a guy on TV a question. When he didn't respond, she tapped the mic and asked, "Is this thing on?" She has spunk and charisma; I think she really could make it on the red carpet someday.

My First Political Cartoon

Instead of a long winded rant on my political views, I decided to try my hand at a political cartoon. I haven't drawn anything in a long, long time, so I'm a bit rusty. I'm a little nervous about revealing it, but Jenna laughed so it can't be that bad. Without further ado, I give you, "If Obama interviewed for the job of President"...(drum roll)...(you may need to click on the picture to enlarge it to see his 'resume')...


[If you can't read it, his resume says, "Objective: To be President of the USA. Qualifications: 1) I'm black; 2) I'm a natural born citizen, I think; 3) I'm over age 35; 4) I'm not George Bush; 5) I'm for hope; and, 6) I'm for change.]

So should I change jobs or what? I have a couple more ideas, but it's hard to find the time as you can tell from the lateness of this post. I should be in bed.

Gonzo The Great in the Caravan Caper

So our van broke down...again. It shouldn't surprise me. This thing has been a lemon since the day we bought it. After a month of ownership, as we were moving to Las Vegas, the van broke down just outside Mesquite, Nevada with a broken timing belt (mid-summer I might add). Now six years later it was in the shop needing a new alternator. It was in the shop just two weeks ago getting a new cooling fan and belt. Well, I took it to Fletcher's and they quoted me $889!! So I had them break it down for me - such and such for labor, new serpentine belt, new air filter, cleaning out the air intake, parts, diagnostic fee, and on and on. Why don't you throw in a Johnson rod for good measure? And diagnostic fee?! I told you it needed a new alternator when I brought it in! Well, I finally got them to a final number for just the alternator - $534!! I was still in shock. They quoted that the new alternator alone was $408. I looked online at Checker Auto Parts and found my part for $160. So that was a bunch of bunk. They said that's how much it cost from their supplier and they don't put in outside parts. Well, they just priced themselves out of my patronage.

So there was enough juice left in the battery to get it home and there it sat in the garage all weekend. I was resolved that the only way it was going to get fixed was if I did it myself, except I know nothing about cars, but I figured I could find someone who knew a bit and together we'd get it fixed. But luckily it didn't come to that. Our home teacher gave us the number of a mechanic that he'd used in the past a couple of times and said he felt like the pricing was fair. So here comes Gonzo to save the day! He's a nice latino mechanic and I never even noticed his two door garage shop just a couple miles from our home. Cost for parts and labor - $281.

I was able to snap a picture of the repair in progress. Camilla the chicken had to be posing down in front for the shot - that's so like her.

So maybe now we will still be able to afford to take our vacation home this summer. I've pretty much replaced everything since we've owned it, so it should be good, right? Guys?