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| What movie is this line from? "A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by." And I might add -preferably a creed that includes God, Country, Family, Common Sense, Education, Hard Work, Integrity, Humor, Good Taste, and Generosity. |
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S doesn't like too much sugar in the diet, but, as you can tell from my blog, I believe sugar is okay - as long as you "burn it off" with physical exertion and brush your teeth. If you are looking for a healthy alternative to all the fluoride-laden tooth pastes made in China that fill the shelves at Wal-Mart, I can highly recommend Uncle Harry's Tooth Powder. It is made in Washington, USA, from natural and healthy ingredients. You will recognize every ingredient because they are common non-toxic items that you are familiar with. There is no list of unpronounceable gobblely-goop chemical words that you find on "mainstream" tooth paste labels. I first bought a small bottle at Lehman's at: http://www.lehmans.com/store/Personal_Care___Medicine_Cabinet___Uncle_Harry_s_All_Natural_Tooth_Powder___2010020?Args=# When S and I fell in love with the way it left our teeth refreshingly clean, I found that we could buy more for less by going direct to the manufacturer: http://www.uncleharrys.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/547#!tab1 If you aren't looking for a healthy alternative for brushing and cleaning your teeth, you should be! |
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| It has been so long that we were beginning to doubt if Heidi was really pregnant, but she surprised us with a little dun-colored beauty yesterday morning, 6 October. |
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| The boys and I were picking up walnuts in the morning around the pond and front yard, and it wasn't until after lunch when we moved the cows from paddock #3 into #6 that we discovered a new member in the herd. |
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| Don't know if its a male or female yet, but it certainly is well camouflaged in the grass. |
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| The weather has been perfect the past week with day-time temps in the 70's and cooling down into the 50's at night. |
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| Brand new tiny baby just licked clean by proud Momma, taking its first nap in a bed of soft grass in the warm sunshine. Now I just need to buy 3 or 4 more Momma cows and the herd will really grow. |
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| bounce off the walls and flip-out! |
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| Yes, the boys and I are very fond of Aunt Jemima white flour mix with Nestle chocolate chips! Our health conscientious Mom is not so happy. She would rather we ate wheat flour and added bananas or blue berries. |
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| The objective for me is to get as many chocolate chips as possible into one pancake. |
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| Add a little syrup, and shazaam! Bone Appitight as we say in the Ozarks. |
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| K7 makes pretty good pancakes, and... |
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| ...K8 makes pretty good faces while eating, sleeping, playing - well, just about all the time. Oh, here's an advertising plug for our favorite syrup - Log Cabin Original (the new one with NO High Fructose Corn Sugar. Unfortunately they still use corn syrup). |
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| One night, a prop wall fell on K6, knocking his eye glasses off and causing a momentary glitch, but he was a trooper and the show must go on! |
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| Later, he sought revenge against the fellow he THOUGHT was responsible for setting up the faulty wall. (Just kidding...) |
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| The beautiful girl had to be wearing high heels or standing on some encyclopedias - no way she is as tall as K6, who is closing in on 6 foot - she would have to be 6'3", which means she would be playing volley ball for BYU! |
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| Attention K-Mart shoppers! There is a Blue Light Special on aisle 8! (Okay, nobody under age 30 knows what a Blue Light Special is!) This is a cool shot taken during the tornado scene when Dorothy's house is spinning and Miss Glutch is transforming into the Wicked Witch . |
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| This Winkie guard: (1) just heard a funny line. or (2) has a fly on his nose. or (3) just realized that the witch with the green face is his Mother! |
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| For the past 2 months, S and our 3 youngest sons have been heavily involved with a local production of the Wizard of OZ. It has been hectic with rehearsals 3 times a week, then shows the last 2 weekends, but well worth the effort! S played Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West. |
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| Everybody agreed that S was the best witch ever! We also had musicians - you can see our very talented Director in the bottom center in the pit where she played the piano. The costumes and props were fabulous. |
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| K6 is the tall Ozian behind the Tin man. K7 is the good looking lad in the middle of the photo. They both played Winkie guards later in the show. They were part of a great cast, many of whom are family and friends from Church. |
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| K8 played Niko, captain of the flying monkeys (in the tower above his Mom the witch). |
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| He is such a Momma's boy! But with a Momma like this... |
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| ...I can't blame him. I think she's pretty special too. She cast a spell on me many years ago. My sun burnt red vs her green paint makes for a good color contrast. |
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| Dorothy was played by our niece who lives on a neighboring farm. She was fabulous. |
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| More of our excellent cast and leading characters. |
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| The witch's favorite target for fire balls. She doesn't seem to feel bad about it! |
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| All in all, it was a great show and great experience. There were lots of talented people in the cast and crew, and lots of appreciative fans and theater goers. All 7 performances were sold out. S enjoyed it so much that she is already planning on appearing in a comedy in the spring. Maybe the boys will join her again. K3 took all the photos and K4 is on the right holding our newest grandson. |
