1920's Diner Slang.

The Bronx Vanilla...
The Italian Perfume...
Halitosis....
Allium Sativum and my blue-eyed lady friends.

Be Careful, Because the Man is Watchin'!

Hi Mommy!

Hi mommy! We got bored watching Babe again so we drew some pictures and took others of Daddy in his funny golf shirt. He sure does look weird in it!

A Little Past Due.

Towhead Explained

In colonial times, families grew their own flax to make into fabric for clothing. Transforming the flax into thread was a complicated, involved process with many time-consuming steps. After the flax was harvested, it was soaked in water for several days to soften it so the inner fibers could be removed from the stalk. To separate the long, thin fibers from the shorter, coarser ones, the flax was pulled through a bed of nails or combed in a process called "towing." The shorter fibers that were extricated were of a lesser quality and were called "tow." This led to the term "towheads" to describe people, particularly children, whose hair resembled these strands.

Our favorite online dictionary, MerriamWebster.com, provided further support and evidence for this explanation. The definition for towhead reads:

Main Entry: tow�head
Pronunciation: 'tO-"hed
Function: noun
Date: 1829
a head of hair resembling tow especially in being flaxen or tousled; also: a person having such a head of hair

The dictionary dates "tow" to the 14th century and states that its origin is "Middle English, from Old English tow-spinning." And yes,...this was all copied and pasted. Insert quotation marks around the whole thing!

If you actually read this entry, I am just wondering how your eyes are doing?? Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to change it!

Hair-Loom Toe-Maters

Funny Scenario!

• Egg inspector shows up at the door.
• I play stupid (Very easy for me to do!) as I state that Jack is not home (she is the boss,....wears the pants,...you know what I'm saying).
  
• She says she can schedule an appointment,... seems fine to me.
• I follow her to her car. (Not stalking or anything,...just so she can give me her card)
• She digs her card out from underneath several McDonald's bags! (I wonder if she has any fries left??)
  
• And I think, "I know your husband,....he's got his belly in a wheel barrel!" (see pic above)
• Do we get fined if our eggs don't fry in an equivalent circumference of an Egg McMuffin??? (Don't get it?? Check out Food Inc.)
  
• I'm sure I will think of something else to add to this entry. I'll be sure to have a big stupid smile on my face when the egg inspector returns!
  

The 96fitty is Built!

Review of what I got versus what I thought I would get are coming soon! I need a few more rides on some different kinds of trails. That being said, I think I hit the nail on the head with this one. If anyone cares to read what I thought I would get, check out 96fitty posted on July 17.

Putting By in the Adirondacks

We lugged our garden bounty on our 8 hour drive north so that we could squirrel away some of it for winter. We made some dilly beans out of the leftover green and yellow beans from last week and tomato sauce out of the many tomatoes that are coming out of the garden. It's strange to be in a place with such a short growing season; many of their tomatoes are not yet ripe and the goldenrod is already blooming - a sure sign that fall is already on it's way here. They sure do grow some fantastic greens up here though!