Friday, May 10, 2013

Pictures & Weekly Distractions

Heading into the weekend here in the land of coconuts, a good 16 or so hours ahead of most of you. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms. You keep this world afloat and Stranger loves you for it. Special wishes to Cathie. You may have intentionally embarrassed me in front of all of my friends every chance you could get throughout my entire adolescence, but you're still a pretty awesome mom. Probably the best one out there. I love you, and wish I wasn't a world away on this Mother's Day. Until I see you again, be careful, and try not to drive into the sun. xo

Daniel's first attempt at water color painting during "art night" this week. I think he's going places, that one!


My first ever attempt at Ukrainian potato varenyky! Success! (I fried them. They should be boiled. So sue me.)

These ones were boiled. So there.

From my balcony after a rain storm.

TURTLE!!!


Crap to distract you from whatever you're supposed to be doing:

A terrible GPS gone wrong situation. Thanks, Matt.

The worst Mother's Day gift ideas. Thanks, Julie.

Weirdest gadgets. I can't wait to buy all of this crap in Skymall! Thanks, Melissa.

Examples of parents oversharing about their kids on Facebook. Thanks, Matt.

~It Just Gets Stranger
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  1. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 8:28 AM

    Looking up the recipe for Ukrainian potato varenyky! And getting sufficiently distracted, thank you sir.

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  2. sweetpageneMay 10, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    vareniki were my favorite on my mission! (also, pirozhki) do you eat yours with mayonnaise?

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  3. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 8:56 AM

    We call them just plain 'patties' here!
    And Daniel's painting... That man is seriously multi-talented!
    You two make finding a partner very difficult. I keep expecting them to be like you. :/

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  4. AlyssaMay 10, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Not bad for Daniel's first attempt, and this is coming from someone working in an art gallery... sadly, abstraction and craziness is the only thing that sells these days....

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  5. TrishMay 10, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Wow... thanks to Melissa also for the weirdest gadgets. I have often wished to nap vertically.

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    1. MelissaMay 10, 2013 at 10:07 AM

      You are welcome. I went through those gadgets probably 15 times and laughed my head off each time. After sending the link to about 15 people I realized I should just send it to Stranger and share the joy with everyone.

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  6. thewolfe34May 10, 2013 at 8:59 AM

    Hey, Daniel isn't too bad!

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  7. KristiMay 10, 2013 at 9:02 AM

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  8. AmandaMay 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    1. everyone knows things taste better fried

    2. beautiful, well done Daniel. Soon you will be commissioned to create your masterpieces!

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  9. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Best distractions ever. I've spent over an hour on stfuparents already.

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    1. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM

      Same here, hilarious! Eli, STFU Parents might just beat your mommy blog when it comes to crazy moms.

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  10. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    I was planning on getting my mom an inflatable zebra this year. Thanks for crushing all my great ideas! Now what to do...

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    1. UnknownMay 10, 2013 at 11:00 PM

      Get her A SNUGGIE!!! (and of course wooden blocks that says #1 MOM)

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  11. Karen M. PetersonMay 10, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    You saw a turtle? You're officially the coolest person whose blog I've read in the past fifteen minutes.

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  12. The SuzzzzMay 10, 2013 at 1:53 PM

    I love varenyky/pierogi, what did you use a filling in yours? I boil then pan fry mine, so I think you're good either way. Wait, who said you eat them with mayo? Really? I've been eating them with sour cream on top, have I been tragically wrong all these years?

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  13. tillyMay 10, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    wow, awesome picture!!! And whatever that food is you made looks good too.

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  14. emilyfMay 12, 2013 at 3:07 PM

    To Daniel: lovely! I'd buy it.

    To Eliminated (auto-correct translation, Eli) : happy upcoming bday!

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  15. STFU, ParentsMay 12, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    Thanks for the shout out! :) Happy Mother's Day.

    - Blair

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