tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266697352024-03-07T03:10:57.000-05:00Quirky is a ComplimentQuirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.comBlogger808125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-72410081333148353502012-11-02T21:09:00.000-05:002012-11-02T21:09:28.146-05:0011/2/12 Yes Virginia, There Is a Halloween
So I know I kind of left it on a cliffhanger last time- the question on everyone's mind (and by "everyone's" I mean only me of course) was will she or won't she? When we last left our heroes, ZB was refusing to wear the hat of her Halloween costume. We'd been trying to get her to wear it for the entire month of October to no avail. I wasn't sure what we were going to do if she Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-89241613305066267772012-11-01T16:49:00.000-05:002012-11-01T16:49:32.306-05:0010/30/12 A Headstrong Toddler: Scarier than Freddie AND ChuckyEdited to add: This was actually supposed to post the day before Halloween but didn't due to "issues" with the dancing video on the previous post, which gummed up the timing on these other posts. So...pretend Halloween hasn't happened yet.
I love Halloween. Love it, love it, love it. I love thinking of costume ideas, and making costumes, and wearing costumes, and seeing Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-5751524675319071352012-11-01T13:54:00.000-05:002012-11-01T21:11:37.002-05:0010/29/12 She Could Have Danced All NightSo...yeah. I'm know it's been a few weeks since I've been on, and my excuse is that we have all been very very busy doing such awesome things that I haven't had the slightest free moment in which to write about them on the ol' blog here. (And this is the part where, having just expressed your displeasure at my absence, you sigh and decide to forgive me and then rub your hands togetherQuirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-35710135184025212532012-10-04T21:56:00.002-05:002012-10-04T21:56:57.250-05:0010/3/12 Gettin' Our Bounce On
Last week Groupon had a deal for 4 passes to a place not far from us called Bounce USA. It's basically a warehouse full of moon bounces and other inflatable games, and since ZB likes those kinds of things, I said yes please to the groupon and today we went for the first of our bouncy house adventures. I call the following Dark Side of the Moon Bounce: A Bouncy Adventure in Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-37660882286466140052012-09-24T21:28:00.000-05:002012-09-24T21:28:02.708-05:009/24/12 Two Out of Three Ain't BadZB and I have been playing a game to help her learn the names of body parts. I've been pointing out our mouths, noses, cheeks, eyes and hair. This time ZB wants to name them.
ZB starts by jabbing her finger at my nose.
ZB: MOSE!
Me: Good girl! That IS Mommy's nose! You are so smart!
ZB grins and claps for herself. Then she sees grabs some of my hair.
ZB: AIR?
Me: That's Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-44726501217612556342012-09-20T14:08:00.000-05:002012-09-20T14:38:25.118-05:009/19/12 Say Cheese!
Is anyone else shocked that we're already halfway through September? This year is going so so fast! We're already thinking of Halloween outfits and Christmas presents and Thanksgiving travel schedules and all of that. But before we get all hung up on that major year-endy stuff, here's more of a micro look at what we've been up to this week:
We had ZB's 18 month check-up with the Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-3691423158428609962012-09-11T17:20:00.000-05:002012-09-19T17:22:04.530-05:009/11/12 ZB's Flag
So here it is, September 11th.
ZB has been learning about the flag in her Mother's Day Out class. She did this during craft time. While I suspect that she had a little help gluing on the stripes, the stars are all her doing. I ask you, have you ever seen such masterful sticker work? The slightly mangled yet shiny gold stars say so much about the juxtaposition ofQuirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-90365654969269960332012-09-05T14:59:00.001-05:002012-09-05T17:16:48.272-05:009/5/12 Now All We Need Is 500 Gallons of Salsa...Welcome back, Internets! I trust everyone is having a good week after getting a three-day weekend? Ours hasn't really been a bad week, but it has definitely been out of the ordinary.
First off, the gym was open on Monday, and they're getting ready to re-open the new and improved group exercise room (with new floor and painted trim and such!), so I went in to do a little helping Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-85532105092000845632012-08-30T12:47:00.000-05:002012-08-30T12:47:00.071-05:008/30/12 Crock Pot LasagnaHey. So I'm doing this thing where I'm trying to cook "real" food more and rely less on nuking a frozen pizza pocket in the microwave for meals. But because I hate hate hate to cook, my sole saving grace is the crock pot. Toss some stuff in and leave it alone for a few hours. Then magically pull out beautiful homemade food that wows Tony and entices a certain picky little girl Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-42067866090803136162012-08-29T15:59:00.000-05:002012-08-29T16:50:11.799-05:008/29/12 This is the Reason Why They Don't Let Cats Up in Space I'm frantically cleaning the house because Stanley Steamer is scheduled to come by this afternoon to clean the stain off of the new mattress. (And yes, I clean for cleaners. A regular run of the mill mess if fine for my family. We can be rolling around in dust three inches thick, but to have the possibility of some pimply-faced high school kid making minimum wage with a scrub Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-17108383553264911712012-08-16T20:13:00.000-05:002012-08-16T20:14:54.602-05:008/16/12 Sharks, Playgroups, Pheromones and StumpsHello Internets,
It's been a few weeks, so I thought I'd pop on and tell you what I've been up to here at the House of Quirk.
And the answer to that is not very much.
I spent most of the last two weeks watching the Olympics and most of this week watching Shark Week on Discovery. (I hear you out there. You're like, "Whoa, three straight weeks of nothing but watching tv? Is that even possibleQuirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-21167236178357563352012-08-01T12:42:00.000-05:002012-08-01T12:47:09.279-05:008/1/12 Sympathetic Couch Twitching for the GoldWhat? Oh hey, Internets! Glad you found me. It's been radio silence over here lately because last week we took ZB on vacation for her first trip to the beach. We had a blast and I'll tell you all about it but first I have to edit some video. (Yes, it will be a multi-media presentation since ZB LOVES sand and she LOVES the water and she's just too darn cute to be limited to still photos).
(Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-23490869861692324452012-07-19T15:51:00.000-05:002012-07-19T16:09:51.460-05:007/19/12 Hair Today, Gone...Well, TodayWhen the weather gets tough, the tough...chop off all their hair. Well, maybe not the tough- they probably don't even sweat when it gets hot. But the quirky do, so this Quirk went straight to the salon and went, "It's 100 degrees outside! Get it off my neck! Get it off! Get it off!" and hoo boy did they ever!
Jared, the most awesomely awesome stylist ever (and available at Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-70014660494603198852012-07-13T08:00:00.000-05:002012-07-13T08:00:04.648-05:007/13/12 A Tasty Little Calorie-Free Pick Me UpI know everyone and their brother has done a version of Call Me Maybe, but this is by far the best one I've seen. Ever. I've watched it about 20 times and I still can't stop laughing. So if you haven't already seen this (and even if you have), consider this your Friday pick-me-up.
It's almost as good as having an actual cookie.
Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-28433270420231714682012-07-11T12:26:00.000-05:002012-07-11T12:32:19.888-05:007/11/12 Because All Science Should Be Taught in Cartoon FormListen, no doubt you heard the news back on July 4th about the scientists at CERN discovering evidence of the Higgs-Boson particle. (Or maybe you just saw the viral video clip of reporters asking people in Brooklyn what they thought Higgs-Boson was and them coming up with ridiculous answers like, "It sounds brown" or "That's a metal band, right?" or "A creepy European man who goes around Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-76677851860118731212012-07-09T15:07:00.000-05:002012-07-11T12:33:59.541-05:007/9/12 No Baby Ducks Were Harmed in the Making of this MattressWell ladies and germs, I don't know how your weekend went, but ours rocked because Tony and I (and I guess the cats) are now FINALLY proud owners of a new mattress. And let me tell you, it is like sleeping on baby ducks walking on clouds with little cotton balls stuck on their heads.
(Which, in case you haven't done, is a good thing.)
(Well, I'm assuming it is. Truth be told, I haven't Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-87173562995647430132012-07-05T23:41:00.000-05:002012-07-11T12:35:45.717-05:007/5/12 More American than Apple Pie, Stars and Stripes, and Freaky Robot Fire DogsWell hey there Internets! I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th yesterday! Personally, we had an absolute blast! Mom and Dad's neighborhood had a parade (and being on a golf course, everyone decorated their golf carts), and then a big cookout, band, demonstrations from the local fire and police K9 unit, and finally swimming in the neighborhood pool. ZB loved loved LOVEDQuirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-40285124866745947462012-06-17T14:39:00.000-05:002012-06-18T14:40:33.025-05:006/17/12 Father's Day and the Week We Almost Didn't SurviveOh Internets. Have I told you lately how awesomely awesome Tony is? And not just because it's Father's Day and he's a great Daddy, because it is and he is, but that isn't the reason. The reason is that he had an out of town work training seminar thing this week and ZB and I both have been battling summer colds and there's only so many days that you can be on 24 hour snot wiping Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-23470797067967230132012-06-11T22:02:00.000-05:002012-06-11T22:02:54.920-05:006/11/12 Our Very Classy Pop-Up Picnic, or Alternatively, The Time We Were Almost Eaten By A Bear
So I trust that everyone had a good weekend, right?
We here in the House of Quirk actually did something other than our usual weekend routine, ie spend the evening watching tv in our pjs. We actually got all dressed up and attended a pop-up picnic at World's Fair Park on Saturday night. (I know! With other people and everything! And some people that we didn't even know! &Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-45385204247775653292012-05-30T06:00:00.000-05:002012-05-30T06:00:02.180-05:005/30/12 The Post About Me Shopping for StuffI bought a new summer purse today. ZB and I were in the Mart of Wals, looking for staple gun staples and a few other odds and ends, and they had this lovely little crocheted hobo purse on sale for $10. The link doesn't have the exact pattern mine does, (which is brightly colored stripes in a fun summer rainbow of colors) but you get the idea. And since it is Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-33304670659561360202012-05-29T23:04:00.000-05:002012-05-29T23:05:10.624-05:005/28/12 Rollin' on the River
Well.
I trust everyone survived their Memorial Day weekend? It was a balmy 95 degrees here all weekend, so Tony, ZB and I celebrated the sacrifices of our armed forces by spending as much time as possible submerged in water. ZB and Tony did so in her baby pool on the back deck, and I did so in an inner tube while riding down a mountain river in the Smokies*.
See, my Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-68429260748375030812012-05-21T15:55:00.000-05:002012-05-21T15:55:05.219-05:005/21/12 The Pipes, The Pipes Are CallingThe Scottish Highland games were in town this weekend, so Tony, ZB and I went to check it out. (I happen to be able to claim some Scottish blood since my ancestors hail from Aberdeen, and I wanted to share the heritage with ZB since that blood runs through her also, but mostly I just enjoy watching big beefy guys in kilts throw heavy things in the air.)
(Although can I just say that not Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-82677767490103796032012-05-17T08:56:00.000-05:002012-05-17T08:56:00.492-05:005/17/12 The Sad Tale of Mr. B GouramiI have an impromptu diaper changing station in the floor of my living room. I say impromptu because I literally just plunk her down on the floor and change her. (As opposed to taking her to the official diaper changing station in her room, which would mean carrying her up SEVEN. WHOLE. STAIRS, and I think we can all agree that I'm not going to do that if I can possibly help it).  Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-25391604281821059862012-05-15T20:50:00.000-05:002012-05-15T20:50:25.671-05:005/15/12 A Little of This, A Little of ThatHola Internets!
I thought I'd drop in to give you an update on the tree situation, as well as a Mother's Day recap and any other random things that happen to pop up while I'm typing.
First off, Mother's Day. It was very nice despite it being all gray and rainy outside, and sleepless and cranky inside (someone who will remain nameless is teething. She won't let me see for sure, but Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669735.post-36471713996410142602012-05-07T21:29:00.000-05:002012-05-07T21:29:59.725-05:005/7/12 I Think That I Shall Never See, A Tree So Lovely Before KUBI have a conundrum, oh beloved Internets, and I'd like your esteemed opinion. See, I had a visit from the local utilities board (KUB) the other day regarding the two giant oak trees I have in my front yard. It seems that the power lines that run along my street have filed a restraining order against my trees, and my trees are currently in violation of said order by not Quirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296081083875863913noreply@blogger.com0