National DONUT Day.

WARNING: Silliness abounds.

My friend @IamthePeachy1 just told me it's National Donut Day. But which nation?

Donuts are cross border treats!

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SHARK Dog.

Animals love my Mother in Law...you know that Disney princess who's singing in the woods and all the animals flock around her? The birds land on her finger and the deer nuzzle her lovingly? Well, that's my MIL. She's devoted her life to helping animals.

Over the years she's taken in many animals that would not have made it without her TLC. One of these is SHARK Dog. It's not his real name; I call him that cuz, well, see for yourself.

SHARK Dog was a racing greyhound. He had been badly treated and had a lot of damage by the time my MIL took him on. But she nurtured him and he's a very loving and rewarding dog for her. There's a lot of management around special dogs like this, and not everyone should take it on.

Cookies are not safe around SHARK Dog!

He was lucky to have my MIL But many animals are not so lucky - and most of them are gentle and loving and don't require special management like SHARK Dog. Even I have an adopted dog!

If you're thinking of getting a pet, consider the adoption option. And keep your cookies in a tin.

UPDATE - January 26 2012
Sharkdog passed away last week. He had been so well looked after by my MIL who loved him dearly. He will be missed.

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BOY vs CRUST.

WARNING: You might want to watch this Bear Grylls video before reading this. Or not. My 11 year old son made me watch it and now my face has this weird tic.


My name is BOY Grylls. In the home, there is food about...if you know where to look.

See right there? That's a plate; and you've just gotta come up to it and put your ear next to it. And listen....for CRUSTS!

Found one! This here is a Rhino Whole Wheat crust...

...and it has been laying here a very, very long time. At least since breakfast.

You can just eat crusts; even raw.

Pound for pound, crusts like these contain more actual bread than beef or fish.

Crusts. They're the perfect survival food.


My boy is really into Bear Grylls. Hands up if you're a fan...!

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The CHOCOLATE Keyboard.

I love chocolate. The other day I got chocolate on my keyboard. "Crapola!" I thought, "now it's gonna be all dirty and sticky." And then I thought, "Hey, I wonder if there are any brown coloured keyboards...?" It would be great to have one so the chocolate wouldn't show up, right?

And then my imagination bulldozed me.
Introducing The CHOCOLATE Keyboard!!
This one is milk chocolate (for kids).

It could also come in dark chocolate (very sexy).

And with almond chunks (for nutty keyboardage, my personal fave).

With one of these, I could type away and not worry about the chocolate mess. And if I get hungry I could just eat the "F1" key. Who ever uses that anyway?

True, my keyboard would be stickier than ever. But for someone who draws stick figures? Not a problem.

Where can I get one of these?!?

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Parenting is HARD.

You will make mistakes. No one is perfect.

It hurts.

But you're allowed to forgive yourself.

Yesterday was hard for me. Today will be better.

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MotherHOOD.

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DISC SCRATCH!

There is more to this story but I've removed it from the blog for now.

MotherHOOD has been expanded and published as a book, and you can purchase it on CreateSpace or Amazon. Thanks for reading and stay tooned.



This post was selected for the 2012 BlogHer "Voices of the Year" in the visual category. 

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YOU. @AnissaMayhew.

I started following @AnissaMayhew on twitter nearly two years ago because she was smart 'n funny. Then she had the stroke(s) and coma. With thousands of others I watched all this unfold online...I read her husband's updates, I got the TEAM ANISSA t-shirt to help support the family and the rehab, and I cheered out loud to see her back online. Of course she's had no idea who I am, but to me... she's like a hero. Because her last tweet before the stroke was about feeding the world's hungry with soup. Hands up if you remember this?

So imagine my excitement when she asked me to guest post on Aiming Low. I just about filled my shorts up. My post is called The YES-aholic. Go see it now!!!!

Here's seven things I think are cool about Anissa:

1. She's friends with @IamthePeachy1 in real life. That alone tips the scales into the land of cool.
2. She's unfettered by the trappings of expectation.
3. She's now an accomplished lefty. 
4. Adversity has not defined her; it has made her more her.  
5. She was awesome on Oprah. 
6. She's smart 'n funny. Already said this.
7. She cares.

Anissa is the founder and lead editor at Aiming Low,  and also blogs at Free Anissa.
"Now stronger and more determined" is a quote from Anissa's guest blog at Women on the Fence.

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