Why God Made Moms...

Questions second-graders where asked about the most important women in their lives...

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He Just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats alot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home, & dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back of her head.

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Tent Camping and Batter Blaster!

I always wonder why I continue to be a Girl Scout Leader for my daughter's troop. It's not something I love to do, but I do it for my daughter and that means the world to me. This time it was tent camping at El Dorado Park in Long Beach. It's called Junior Jamboree and I have to admit, I had a good time!  Over the years, I have learned to be a good little camper.  I know how to pitch a tent and I have learned that a good sleeping bag and a full size air mattress are a must! I have also learned that 10 year old girls like to stay up and talk late into the night. Luckily, I no longer stay in the same tent as them, so I manage to get a good nights sleep.  I have learned that 2 days is my maximum time without a shower.  Nothing feels better than taking that hot shower when I get home.  It reminds me of the same feeling I got as a kid, when I would come home from the Gulf Coast after a long day at the hot sticky beach, all sandy, and jump in to our shower. AHHH!  It was like heaven!!

Now I have to share something with you....Sunday morning before we left, we made pancakes. My family would tell you that I am not a breakfast cook. It's not my favorite meal. But I have to tell you I was amazed by this product that one of the mom's picked up at Costco.  It's called Organic Batter Blaster.  It's amazing! I was sold on this stuff. It squirts out just like cool whip.  No mess in the morning. Gotta love that.... Check it out!

This video will show you exactly what I mean....My kind of breakfast cooking!

Las Vegas - A Needed Break!

So sorry for the long delay.  Life gets in the way sometimes!  

Steve wisked me off to Las Vegas for a very needed break. He attended the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, while I laid out at the pool and just relaxed. We stayed at THEhotel at The Mandalay Bay this time around. It did not turn out to be our favorite hotel in Las Vegas.  We still prefer The Bellagio and both decided that the next time one of us talks the other into a different hotel, we'll talk each other out of it and pay the extra few dollars to stay at the place we love.  

Not to say that THEhotel was all that bad, but we have gotten spoiled in the past. Especially after our last trip to Las Vegas where my dear husband put me up in a Penthouse suite in The Bellagio. We had a nice business meeting there, and it was a nice write-off! :) 

So back to THEhotel....the room itself was very nice, but no turn-down service. Yes, we are spoiled!  The other thing lacking is a pool.  Guest at THEhotel have to use Mandalay Bay's pool, which is like a block away from THEhotel.  You either have to walk outside and through the garage or you have to walk about a mile through the casino and restaurant area.  Once you finally get to the pool, it is mostly sand.  Maybe I am just getting old, but if I want to lay out in sand I will go to Laguna Beach.  There were two pools nearby where there was cement, but there was sand in the pools.  So I guess if you are a fan of sand, then this is the place for you!

Monday night we had dinner at one of our favorite Las Vegas restaurants,        Red Square. It's located in Mandalay Bay.   It's the one time we can splurge and order Beluga Caviar. We both went for the tasting menu paired with wine. Our main course was a Roquefort Crusted Filet Mignon. I like my filet rare and it was superb!  No complaints here, we had such a nice evening. We ended our evening by going over to The Bellagio and both winning at Blackjack. There haven't been too many times I can say I came home with money from Las Vegas, but this time we did well at Blackjack, and came home with an extra few dollars in our pockets. 

One of our other favorite restaurants in Las Vegas has become Todd English's Olives, located in The Bellagio. It has become a tradition for us to have lunch there before we have to leave and drive back home to California.  As I am an olive lover, I enjoy the complimentary appetizer of flatbreads and olives, along with both black and green olive tapenade. Delicious!  We haven't yet had a table out on the patio or by the window overlooking Lake Bellagio, so I suggest if you go there, to call ahead for reservations and ask for a table by the Lake. Along with excellent food, you will have a exquisite view of The Fountains of Bellagio water show that takes place on the lake. You won't be sorry that you ate here. We keep coming back for more every year.

Last but not least, I can't go on a trip without bringing home a cookbook or two. This time around I picked up Wolfgang Puck's Live, Love, Eat- a collection of the best of Wolfgang Puck. On the opposite end of the spectrum,  I also found The Stubb's Bar-B-Q Cookbook - the back cover says C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield's Austin restaurant is a barbecue shrine! It says Stubb never let a friend leave his house hungry. Sounds like a plan to me!

So all and all it was a nice needed break.  To my dear husband, thanks for a wonderful time away from our hectic lives!  I love you more than anything!

David Charles Edgar

RACING LOVER: Dave Edgar in his dragster Jeep, taken hours before the crash on March 15 that resulted in his death.

DAVID C. EDGAR
Age: 59
Died: March 24, from injuries suffered in a drag-racing crash in Fontana on March 15
Home: Modjeska Canyon
Family: Wife Sheryl; six surviving children; three brothers and two sisters.
Occupation: Safety officer, U.S. Forest Service; Owner & Operator, Santiago Equestrian Center; part-time private investigator; reserve deputy, Orange County Sheriff's Department
Services: 10 a.m. Monday, March 31 at Saddleback Church, 1 Saddleback Parkway, Lake Forest.