Thanksgiving 'Fun With Taters' from Hoops & Yoyo

Reprinted from 2008 ... for my brother-in-law Jon....

So it's Thanksgiving morning and we've got the turkey in the oven cooking, and my Mom, sister, and I have planned the side dishes, bread, dessert ... and then my brother-in-law asks, "Are we having mashed potatoes?"

Some years we have mashed potatoes but most years we have macaroni and cheese, which is what was planned this year. I laughed and asked him did he want mashed potatoes? He just laughed.

Then I slipped out of the kitchen to the office to check my email ... and there was an e-card sent by him, his wife (my sister), and their daughter (SWAC Niece). I opened it ... and laughed my head off. Mashed potatoes, indeed!

Check it out here if you want a good Turkey Day laugh. Be sure to click on the butter sticks for more funny commentary from Hoops and Yoyo.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

A home schooling mom's field of dreams

From The Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons

H/T to HEAV.org

Look here if you need a laugh....

Amidst the negativity of news out of Washington with Obama and health care and wasted stimulus money and terrorism and everything else we're dealing with ... comes a respite from the storm....

I support Krystle for Congress!

We need a woman from Virginia in the U.S. Congress! We need a blogger in the U.S. Congress! We need all corners of the Commonwealth represented in Congress!

Therefore, I support Crystal Clear Conservative's run for the (hypothetical) 51st Congressional District which was recently redistricted into Virginia's political boundaries by the Barack Obama administration (thanks to www.Recovery.gov).

Krystle will be a voice for Life, Liberty, and Property! She will listen to the people, she will blog for the people, she will be the people! Please join me in supporting her as she seeks to represent the constituents of the 51st Congressional District!

From the candidate's website:

Lastly, if there were a 51st District in the Commonwealth of Virginia, I would be outspent and working hard to listen to the concerns of my residents. Since the Obama Administration messed up big time on Recovery.gov, I am taking full advantage of their stupidity by running this segment.

Run, Krystle, run!

The "pie incident" with the Attorney General

"There's one in every class," laughed Attorney General Bob McDonnell at lunch Saturday. But let me back up and tell the story.

At the well-attended luncheon at Rowe's (see SWAC Lunch with AG Bob McDonnell), the AG was addressing the group when the wait staff began serving slices of pie for dessert -- chocolate, coconut, and peanut butter. I received a slice of peanut butter so I began to look around to see if anyone would like to trade ... but everyone had already begun to eat theirs.

Then at the table next to mine Alex Davis saw my dilemma and, knowing I was a chocoholic, offered to trade his chocolate pie for my peanut butter. I readily agreed and the trade-off was made between the two tables ... but just as I was reaching for the pie I saw Bob McDonnell look at me; however, not missing a beat, he continued with what he was discussing.

It struck me as funny.

Remember in school when you got caught by the teacher as you were passing notes to your best friend in class? That's what I felt like. I must have had quite a grin on my face because, as he made eye contact around the room, Bob looked at me again but still didn't miss a beat in what he was saying.

The third time he looked at me I was still about to burst grinning ... and this time he said, "Lynn, did I say something funny?"

Yikes! Busted!

"We were just trading pie," I responded to laughter in the room. "But we're listening!"

He laughed and said, "There's one in every class!" And then he went back to what he was discussing.

Glad the AG has a sense of humor....