by jphilo | Apr 12, 2012 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
Hiram and I spent the week running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to stay ahead of spring chores. With all the lawn mowing, porch cleaning, and flower bed weeding, I’ve hardly had time to think of three thoughts for Thursday. That said, here’s my best shot:
- The onslaught of spring chores makes me very, very grateful for the innovation hailed by Target in their pre-Easter ad. How did I get anything done before ready-to-cook eggs came on the scene?
- My husband runs several times a week. I walk miles each morning. Still, our day spent weeding flower beds left us gimpy and slow. Is this a sign of advancing age of of the intricate, cunning, and sadistic nature of the human body?
- Despite hard frosts the past three nights, the rhubarb survived and is almost ready to pick. I can hardly wait to bake some rhubarb desserts again. My fave is strawberry-rhubarb crisp. Yours?
by jphilo | Apr 5, 2012 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
Spring is in full swing with Easter celebrations in the works for the weekend. You have just enough time to check out these three thoughts for Thursday before preparations for the celebration crowds out everything else.
- A breathtakingly beautiful drive across the eastern half of our state – its red bud, wild plum, and crab apple trees in bloom mile after mile – made me grateful to live in Iowa in springtime.
- Watching oneself in a video is not nearly as breathtakingly beautiful as a drive across Iowa in the spring. In fact, the experience is so painful, I won’t make a habit of watching the book trailer for Different Dream Parenting. But if you’ve been wondering how the book came to be, check out both the trailer and information about how to order the new electronic version of the book here.
- Did you see Target’s Easter ad in the Sunday paper? Beside the picture of a carton of eggs was a big, red target dot spinning them as “ready to cook and dye eggs!” How long did it take for the advertizing department to come up with that one?
What’s the craziest spin you’ve seen in an ad? Leave a comment so we can chuckle with you.
