Kicking With Both Feet

Trunks Of Buttered Apple

We got invited up to the Elder Trunks for their annual apple butter day and what a hoedown it was

Mama & Papa Trunk own a lovely little farm atop a hill in Rome PA, where the wildlife roam free, until they shoot and eat them

The apple butter was in constant flow in a giant witch's cauldron, and that was kind of it

Mostly we watched the girls entertain the "big kids" with their insane babble and yammering on about nothing in particular

Yuula had a blast

 and we are set with apple butter

An Inspirational And Complete Miss

Back To Our Regular Programming

Olympics are over. Opening ceremonies were awesome. Closing ceremonies even awesomer. Highlights were Brian May's psychedelic guitar solo, lightbulb hats and hoping one of the Spice Girls would be flung from the top of one of those cars.

With all the drama around the gymnastic girls, this is all I found intriguing. Ha!

Hey, did you know there was racewalking in the Olympics!?

In 2008 we got a swimming idol. In 2012 we got a douchebag.

Look out! She's got a gold medal and a gun!

Pretty sure this isn't right.

I never knew Pee Wee was still in such good shape.

Whoops

In possibly my only moment of national semi-pride, Claressa Shields won gold for boxing mostly on the dime of her hometown local supporters when the Olympics didn't step up and cover expenses. This wouldn't be a story if her hometown weren't Flint, Michigan.

This is the one event I DVR'd to watch in it's entirety, since I did witness the loss to Japan in the World Cup and along with the nation was seeking a little revenge. Of course my mother told me the outcome before I could even get to the tellie (London) and the power went out and I lost cable in the last couple minutes of the match.

And now for the single best moment of maybe ANY Olympics ever...

That's right. Sorry Olympians but Bean will steal just about any show anyday anytime.

Take down those rings and hand em over to Rio de Janeiro. I'm actually looking forward to it.

Substitutiary Locomotion

Man, I did nothing yesterday. I just felt supremely lazy and when I saw that Bedknobs & Broomsticks was on and knew Yuula was yet to see the glory of Angela Lansbury in her prime, well there was no decision to be made. Followed that up with some good Premier League soccer, both matches ending in a draw, but we found a little nap time in there. Then when mother got home home it was time for Swiss Family Robinson. Classic. One of these days, we're living in trees I tell ya. But right now, today, I gots things to do so, you know what happens...

Treguna Mekoides Tracorum Satis Dee

Three Outta Five And Two At Once

I can't sleep when they go downstairs. I know it's so there's some peace, but it's my most restless. So now I'm downstairs too.



Three down, two to go. Gone faster than even I could've thought. But now we've got work to do. It'll go fast, but it won't be easy. I sense some resistance. But I can resist with the best of them. I'm just looking forward to filling the tank. Then I let it run at will. So far, I've been pleasantly surprised, but that can't go on forever. Maybe another 2 weeks.



Yesterday I scored a goal and hit a homerun, simultaneously. It was a real feat of strength, timing and creativity. I guess you had to be there to see it, which nobody was, except maybe Nancy but she'll never tell.

Sports Ads Take Note

This makes me wanna watch the World Cup.

I won't but... it's still an awesome promo.