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Love is in the air

by chuckofish

Wait, no, it’s just more snow.

Well, for those who need to find that (last minute) one right thing for their one true love and don’t mind braving the February weather, here are a couple of unusual suggestions.

1. Buy the fastest selling Playmobile character ever, Martin Luther!

Seriously. I’m not a Playmobile fan, but who wouldn’t want their very own Martin Luther? It restores my faith in humanity — I mean just the fact that they made it is cool, but that it has sold out world wide is just awesome. And I’m not even Lutheran.

2. Make your own Lego Valentine. Our middle son made this for us when he was about 9. I think it was for our wedding anniversary, but it doubles nicely as a Valentine, don’t you think?

3. Do a chore that your Valentine has been wanting to get done for a long time. Put up those drapes

hint, hint

or help with the piles of ironing

not ours, but you get the idea

4. Bake something yummy and give it to someone who lives alone.

5. If you don’t have time for any of the above, just be sure to tell your loved ones that you love them and give them lots of hugs and kisses.

XOXOX to all!

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October 13, 2012

Cowabunga, Dude!

by chuckofish

Halloween has always been a big favorite in my family and when the boys were young I tried hard to be creative the way I thought my mother would be. My first big Halloween costume effort was appropriately for my oldest son’s first trick-or-treat outing. He was three and really into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the time (We never watched Sesame Street. I’m afraid I found it too boring. But if my boys didn’t know about Big Bird, at least they knew their Renaissance artists).

I made the shell from cardboard, foam and fabric — the rest was pretty easy. You can’t really tell from the picture, but he had a Ninja Turtle belt and shoes. We went all out.

Alas, as is usually the way with such things, the costume succumbed to the boys’ loving attention and within a year it looked like this on the little brother

And for those of you who feel nostalgic about the turtles, there’s good news from lego, which has announced that they are coming out with a line of TMNT: