Pizza, the Perfect Food of Nature

I'm sure in every house with boys, pizza is by nature, a food of nature. Explanation of this is really quite simple in the mind of twelve-year old Bigfoot. According to Bigfoot, the natural state of pizza as a natural health food is simple. So simple, in fact, it really needs no explaining at all.

And then there came Mom. The hectic homeschooling, working, cleaning, event planning, husband-head-straightening, Cub Scout leading, I've written the book on excuses, Mom. This mom needs an explanation for everything. After all, I WAS one of the chief excuse writers in my AP English class. (I'll blog more about my public education later.) Being the Queen of excuses means this mom buys nothing! You better explain everything, including the "natural food" state of pizza .

So, according to twelve-year-old Bigfoot, pizza is the perfect food of nature on the grounds that:
1. Pizza dough is based upon grains such as wheat. Wheat is a plant, and plants are good for you. Therefore, the crust of a pizza is a natural health food.
2. Pizza sauce is made with tomatoes and spices. Tomatoes are not only plants, they are filled with powerful vitamins and minerals. Because tomatoes are so good for you, tomato sauce is healthy. Spices added to any pizza sauce are also plants. The plant content of pizza sauce is of levels that only allow it to be a health food.
3. Pizza contains toppings. Some of these toppings can be vegetables. We have already heard the vegetable defense, therefore, there should be no reason to repeat it once again. However, favorite toppings include meats such as sausage and pepperoni. Both of these come from animals. God made animals and all animals are living, breathing beings until we kill them for their meat. Whereas God created animals, everything created by God is a part of nature. Accordingly, meat is a natural food. Meat is good for us because it contains protein. Protein is good for our muscles and bones, and brain. Cheese is also a natural food because it comes from milk, which comes from cows, which are a creation of God.

So you see, pizza is a perfectly healthy natural food.

I'll give it to him for the creativity. I think there is a lot of testosterone speaking there.

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We found my Batteries!

Not only did Bigboy find my batteries, he uncovered the mother load.

Nestled in the pillowcases of Bigfoot, lived a stash load of video games. Waiting for each day to end, GameBoys and Pokemon once begged for Bigfoot to turn on electronics and play. Sleep? No my dear friend, come and play video games into the we hours of the morning.

Alas, dad has found you my darling battery snatching video games. No longer can your boy stay up with you and play. You now belong to mom. Tucked amongst the papers upon her sewing table, you live in silence.

The Internal Composition of Lima Beans

As given to me by twelve year old Bigfoot:

Cat gut
Dog eyes
Martian brains
Sour milk
Nuclear waste
Pills forcing kids to want to take drugs
Toxic waste
Coal
Sugar and Caffeine

After hearing that last ingredient, I asked him "If Lima beans contain sugar and caffeine, then kids should naturally want them, right?"

"That would make Lima beans junk food. Mom's aren't supposed to deliberately feed their kids junk food. We're not supposed to eat junk food for dinner, so therefore you aren't supposed to make us eat Lima beans"

"What makes you think Lima beans contain nuclear waste?"

"They're green. Nuclear waste is green like Lima beans. You can't make me eat nuclear waste."

At that point, I was getting a little worn out of listening to Bigfoot's Top 10 Reasons Kids Should Not Be Made to Eat Lima Beans.

"If I have to hear about this anymore before dinner, there will be a double helping of Lima beans on your plate tonight."

"NO mom, don't make me do that. Don't make me eat cat gut!"

"Then I suggest you be quiet."

He ended up getting an extra serving that night of our green friends. I'm so proud of him. He ate every bite. Fortunately for my ears and his taste buds, his Lima bean servings ended after two days.

"What did you learn from all this?"

"Not to let the sofa bribe me into feeding it my Lima beans, even if it pays me. Sofas like them you know. They just take more time to chew than people do"

"What else did you learn?"

"You should not go looking for your crochet hook again."

Not look for my crochet hook? Yeah RIGHT!

Put Another Chalk on the Tire

Lately, we've had below freezing temperatures. Frost covering the ground has not gone away from one day to the next. Last week, the parking brake on our outdated only car froze in place over night. The smell stench was enlightening choking as we drove to and from the ferry terminal. Thankfully, there was no charge to release the cable as it was part of a request for a brake check. The advise following was also free: Don't set the parking brake over night if we don't have to. Each day during this period of wonderfully frozen temperatures since the frozen brake cable episode, we have been chalking the tires of the car. Not a problem, unless you are blond like me dye your roots brown as I do.

So the other day, as I was preparing to leave and let the tire chalk out form the tire before I set the brake. I didn't just not set the brake yet, I didn't even unlock the car. Naturally, the car went rolling down the driveway a good twenty feet before Bigfoot managed to stop it. Fortunately, our driveway is long and the car didn't go down the entire 200 foot somewhat sloped hill.

Why are we feeding the furniture veggies?

I've learned...

Most sofas get hungry. the average diet for cushioned furniture consists of spare change and dust. Therefore, it can be concluded that minerals are good for your furniture. What minerals your furniture does not digest, get sucked out with the periodic vacuum.

Homeschooling families, such as mine, typically have furniture with extended dietary needs such as pencils, pens, scissors, crayons, markers and books. I think I even found a sofa trying to eat craft paint. Vacuum cleaners do not like any of those items. The result is a monthly manual evaluation of the cushioned digestive tracts. Anything not eaten by the furniture and too large for the vacuum must be removed manually.

There are homeschooling families that do not own furniture with these extended dietary needs. Those families typically have a separate room dedicated to their educational ventures. Those families also typically own dwellings larger than an 850 square foot house shack house. Separate space for living and homeschooling does not exist in my world. Everything is done in the living room and at the kitchen table. Since much of our schoolwork is done in the living room, our sofas feel the need to expand their diet beyond spare change and dust. I have reasonable grounds to comprehend this. However, veggies?

For your information, I knit. I'm learning to crochet. I sew. Our house is large enough that I get knitting, crochet, and sewing, space in the living room. It is not uncommon for the sofas to obtain any of the following: knitting needles, crochet hooks, yarn, thread, sewing pins, needles, stitch markers, safety pins, or even pin cushions. These items are very yummy for the sofas of a craft addict. However, veggies?

Some children have come about of a new discovery in the feeding of furniture:

Sofas need vitamins too. Where do vitamins come from? Veggies! According to recent study conducted by Bigfoot, proven before by his uncles Tweedledee and Tweedledum, sofas are in need of vitamins. The primary source of these vitamins are vegetables. Research conducted by Bigfoot has found Lima Beans have the highest nutritional value to furniture. Attempts were made to conduct all studies of Lima Beans and furniture under wraps. I think he was waiting for cross examination of his work before results of this study were announced. Unfortunately for the scientific community involved in the study of furniture diets, Mom went looking for her crochet hook and found the project. Gracefully fed to the sofa was an entire serving of Lima Beans as would be when mixed with other veggies.

Needless to say, Bigfoot was required Lima Beans for dinner for a full seven consecutive days. He will eat his vegetables.

My attempt at Wordless Wednesday

Well, yesterday was my Wordless Wednesday debut. I have to admit, this was not my greatest debut in my life. However, the rat with the empty whiskey bottle is quite unique. My dear husband thought it should be blogged in a discussion of weird things you find in Seattle. He found it on the sidewalk some where around the area he works early Friday morning. I decided to post it yesterday since the photo does speak for itself.

We thought the rat was dead at the time of the photo. My dh didn't really like the photo he took (and I posted because we just couldn't clean it up) because of the lighting. He planned on going back for another shot of it during the day time, but it wasn't there. So, we weren't sure the other day if the rat was dead or passed out. Yesterday, he told me he found a rat on the sidewalk in the morning again. He thought it was the same one. This time, the rodent of photo graphical fame was lying on the sidewalk without a bottle anywhere around it.

Anyway, Wordless Wednesday wasn't my greatest hit. I don't plan on quitting the concept. It's a great opportunity for silently posting. In fact, it's quite calming to post a blog wordlessly. Our planet has enough verbiage going on.

Tomorrow: My adventure with Lima beans.