There are a few matters I’ve been meaning to get around to, and haven’t, so I’m trying to cover as many as I can now. In no particular order:

21 days have come and gone and I am not a Hottie. I failed miserably – due to near zero compliance with the requirements. In fact, I gained two pounds. Ack! But there is a silver lining here, because last week I stumbled upon a Plan That Works For Me. Yes. And I have lost those two pounds, plus two more, just because of The Plan That Works For Me. How great, huh? 

Wanna know The Plan? It’s simple. Do not pig out on m&ms. I now buy the bag of Fun Size m&ms, which I used to refer to as the Not So Fun Size, or One Mouthful. I eat only one or two of those a day, and fairly rapid weight loss has ensued.

This means one thing and one thing only. I was eating a frightening number of m&ms before. Frightening.

I have no idea when the voting on that Hogwash thing is. The email I got said voting would be open Wednesday to Friday with a winner announced next Monday. But there is no voting up over there, so who knows? Maybe next Wednesday. (And y’all really need to do your own if you haven’t already. Seriously. I’m hearing Billy Joel singing "Eeeeesy money, eeeeasy money" – are you?)

I am working on the World’s Longest Meme. Actually, I’m not. But I’m thinking of starting it in a minute. And that’s kinda the same thing. Sometimes.

I’m also considering starting a lovley little feature called Ask My Kids. It started when  Jeana wrote a post about whether rocks grow. I knew Ethan-5yr would have a great explanation, which he did. So here is a short prototype of Ask My Kids, and if you want to email me questions for future installments that would be fun. Or, if no one does that, I’ll just make up my own because I think it’ll be fun anyway. Ha!

                             Ask My Kids…

(featuring a 1 yr old, a 5 yr old, and an 11 yr old)

                           Do Rocks Grow?

Ethan-5yr: (slowly, and with skepticism) "Why are you asking THAT?"

Me: "Oh, I heard of a conversation where two people were discussing it and I thought I’d ask your opinion."

Ethan-5yr: "Are you sure YOU’RE not the one who is wondering?"

Me: "Yeah. I’m sure. So what do you think?"

Ethan-5yr: (big sigh at having to explain) "Mom. Rocks do not grow. Rocks are… rocks. Only the living creatures that God created can grow. And rocks are not plants, or animals, or people."

Me: "Good answer!"

(short pause)

Ethan-5yr: "Are you sure it wasn’t YOU that needed that information?!"

                          Do Rocks Grow?

Kim-11yr: (eyeroll that says "My mom is the dumbest person on  the planet.")

                         Do Rocks Grow?

Caden-1yr: "YEAH!" (That’s his answer to everything, though)

So, any questions for the next installment of Ask My Kids?

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