Thank you to all those who have worked and sacrificed to preserve our freedoms!
(I made this free printable on our craft blog!)
The Fifth Blogoversaryfestathon will continue this week with giveaways, but we’re dealing with a situation in my extended family and I’ll be offline for part of the week.
(The full skit is even cuter.)
And of course:
Was Sesame Street this clever when I was little? If so, I totally missed it. Then again, so do my kids. Kind of the point, isn’t it?
What are your favorite kids’ show jokes for parents?
Last night we had a men’s cake decorating contest at church. This was Ryan’s design from concept up (though I had to help with a number of things like making the frosting).
Today, I found out it’s the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. Neither of us knew this yesterday, but I think they should totally give us an award now:
(Last year, there was only one entry. This year, more than a dozen. Plus, Ryan was judging, so we weren’t even expecting to be eligible—just wanted to make sure there wasn’t just one cake again!)
It took three bottles of blue food coloring to get the frosting that color, and it’s still not dark enough. I guess that’s just what color blue food coloring is.
Dearest PR people spammers,
Or should I just open with “Hi,” since that’s how you usually address me, no name, no reference to my website, no indication you have any idea who I am or that you even actually meant to email me?
I know you think Mother’s day is a great time to celebrate motherhood. I do, too. But I don’t consider telling my readers (mostly moms) how to buy gifts for Mother’s day “celebrating motherhood.”
Maybe celebrating commercialism.
No, I will not cut-and-paste your press release onto my blog. No, I will not be telling my readers how they can spend $600 on a purse to show the mother in their lives how truly special she is. (It won’t work.) No, I will not promote your overpriced, completely-unrelated-to-motherhood-in-any-way-shape-or-form crap.
I know you’ll never read this, since I know I don’t have a name or a face to you and that you’ve never bothered to even look at my blog except to harvest my email address and pretend like your commercial email is solicited.
(The government has, like, laws about all that, you know. And I report you.)
But just as a reminder—seriously. I’m reporting you to the government.
If you happen to have a product that might actually help moms feel better about themselves (or just feel better), and you’d like to send me a sample or sponsor a giveaway, then I’m ready to listen.
Until then, stop spamming me.
No love,
Jordan
Sad, sad screenshot by Matthew Maber
I think most of us have met Flat Stanley at least once—a far off niece, nephew or cousin gets an assignment in school and they send you a paper doll named Stanley. (In case you don’t know, you show Flat Stanley around and take pictures of local attractions with our man Stan and send them back to the sender.)
That’s a little like what Flat Daddy is about—the Flat Daddy project helps military families maintain unity even while their father (or mother, I’m sure!) is deployed. A life-size standup photograph of their loved one helps families to remember their dad and husband (like you could ever forget, but for little kids, it helps), and helps to make them an active part of their lives. As we all know military services is not easy, the military man is ready to sacrifice his whole life for the country, without worries about their families. The families to shows great patriotism for the country by sending the one member of the family into the military forces. The army man can be awarded by the medals and other honorary items like challenge coins and many more but their family wont be appreciated by anyone. Hence we also decided to honor the family with challenge coins, which is considered as the greatest award for the military.
Here’s one family’s story about their Flat Daddy, as shared with their local news, which explains it so much better than I can:
(Okay, I’m crying just thinking about this.)
Elaine Dumler, the “Flat Daddy Lady,” is working to provide families with free Flat Daddies. You can help support our military families with donations of any size.
Author (and friend) Annette Lyon brought the Flat Daddy project to my attention. She learned about this project while writing her latest book, Band of Sisters, about five military wives, and I’m happy to help her spread the word (and celebrate her book).
In fact, Annette’s book launch for Band of Sisters is tonight. Annette Lyon, Sarah M. Eden (author of Courting Miss Lancaster), and Julie Coulter Bellon (author of Dangerous Connections) are all celebrating a book launch at the Orem Deseret Book (by University Mall) from 6-8PM.
If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by for tons of fun and door prizes!
Enjoy your holidays!