Too Funny

So I found this hilarious.  The dental hygenist who was working on my teeth was going on and on about how she limits sugars and how her kids have never eaten Kraft Dinner or chicken nuggets.  She then tells me that her 5 year old had his first cavity.  Hmmm, my (then) 5 year old has never had a cavity but has eaten all of those things she's won't let her kids eat.  Hilarious to me.

Muppet Memories

Elijah is really into Star Wars right now.  We've let him watch Episode IV and Episode I.  The rest are going to wait until I think they won't give him nightmares.  We popped into the Central Library last week and I happened to spot a Muppet Show DVD.  Not just any Muppet Show DVD, but the Muppet Show with Mark Hamil hosting.  It's a very odd Star Wars tribute, but enjoyable.  Quite funny really.

I started to get those warm, fuzzy memories watching the DVD.  We used to watch the Muppet Show as a family when I was a kid.  The shows still hold up today.  I'm glad they are on DVD.

It's also quite possible that I loved the Muppets so much that I wanted to be one.  I used to go around telling people that my name was Krissy Muppet Doan.

Here are a few things that I remember fondly from my childhood:

The Muppets
Popcorn and Hot Chocolate on a Rainy Day
Listening to Juice Newton on LP afterschool
Hiking in all sorts of BC hiking spots
peeling shrimp
camping in Oregon
collecting pop cans with my friends so we could buy candy with the refund money
a comfy, cozy spot on the couch when I was sick
ABC Saturday morning cartoons with my brother

About Parking Lots

I know this is starting to be more Kristen's Complaints than Kristen's Contemplations, but I need to vent somewhere!
You need to slow down in parking lots people!  They are not roadways!  There are people walking in them, with carts, with strollers, with small children!  And no, speeding up and then slowing down just for the speed bumps is not acceptable.  The speed bumps are there to keep you slow - there's a reason for them, and it isn't to annoy you.
When backing up, look behind you please.  Small children may be there. 

Random Thoughts

Things that are bothering me right now:

-The plan to build a mosque at Ground Zero.  Really!  I think that's completely tacky, insensitive and completely unnecessary.
-Jay walkers - esp. those who are texting, listening to their iPods, or on their cell phones
-People who don't signal, particularly on the 401
-the fact that I'm in a larger city, yet have to go to 2 or 3 stores to fill my grocery list, when I used to have to go to just one when I lived in Saint John
-that it takes much longer to go anywhere here, even to the bank and back
-ignorance and intolerance of those of different cultures from Jane Average white woman in Toronto (yes, I will stick up for the veiled woman whose limited English doesn't let her express what she needs to say)

Jeremy the Bee

A Day in the Life of Olivia - 6 months -Medium.m4v

Jeremy 3

Jeremy is 3.  Jeremy insists his name is Jeremy 3 (and gets upset if I print it without the 3 on the end).  He also often says, "Me three!"  instead of "me too" - not because he's the 3rd to agree, but because he's 3.