Georgia started kindergarten this morning. I was going to write a post about how sad I am (I am), and how much I am going to miss her (I do) and how worried I am about my sweet little angel (Bwahahaha).

I was going to write a post and show you her first day of school photos (I took several). I wanted to show you how damn cute she looked (she wore skinny jeans from h&m!).

I was going to tell you how I heart-sick I felt leaving her there (I was). About how worried I am that my baby isn’t going to be just mine anymore, that she was going to be molded by her school mates and her teacher …

And then I remembered, we’re talkin’ about Georgia here! HA!

Last Saturday morning she packed her suitcase and dressed (partially) and decided she was going to her sister’s. Have fun I thought, but it was only about 9 a.m.’ish and I knew her sister wasn’t picking her up until about 6 p.m.

I glanced at her as she opened the front door.

Me: Hey you can’t wear that! You need pants.

She argued as she wrangled a large suitcase through the front door.

Me: That is not a dress … wait come back … you look like a hook …

Me: Wait come back …

Me: No really come back!

Me: Seriously Dude, you can’t wear that. I can see your panties!

Me: Yah, I know they just like bathing suit bottoms, but that’s not a dress and that isn’t your bathing suit.

Me: You really need to brush your hair. Are you dancing?

Me: No, I can’t hear the music. Are you listening to me?

Me: You’re not coming in are you?

Me: Are you?

Me: You look great in that DRESS and you rock those boots! Enjoy your weekend …

So yeah, now I’m kind of thinking –> Hey teacher! Good freakin’ luck lady! You’re gonna need it!

MK xo

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THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!
DEBUTS ON PBS KIDS® THIS LABOR DAY

A couple of weeks ago, Georgia got out of bed about midnight and wandered in my room and woke me up to tell me, something REALLY important. “Mom in three weeks there is a new show on TV about the Cat in the Hat, and I want to watch it!”

SERIOUSLY!? Go to sleep child! Sheesh!

A couple of days later I was asked if I’d be interested in seeing a preview. Ah, yeah!

Life’s funny that way …

Georgia was lucky enough to get a preview dvd of the first two episodes.

Voiced by award-winning actor Martin Short, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat guides friends Sally and Nick – with a little help from the Fish, Thing 1 and Thing 2 – on fun-filled adventures where they make natural-science discoveries, from how bees make honey to why owls sleep during the day.

Just what does she think about ‘THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT!’? Well let’s just say, we’re watching it for the 3rd time (TODAY!). She likes it A LOT.

I enjoyed it too! I love Martin Short (voice of the Cat in the Hat). The graphics are excellent and true to the original books. I love that it’s science based.

Great job PBS! Don’t forget, THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! premieres Monday, September 6th on PBS KIDS.

MK xo

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I haven’t said much about my garden, even though I made an entire category dedicated to it. It’s mostly because I didn’t put the plants in the ground until early July and this is Canada. Just a wee bit late (understatement of the year).

Nevertheless, I have zucchini! The plant is massive and there are dozens of zucchini on it. So YAY for zucchini!

Have you seen my Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe?

The tomatoes may or may not make it, depending on how long the weather holds.

Manitoba

and

Roma

I have two pumpkins the size of quarters, but I think they may have a chance, as they don’t mind the cold weather as much.

Make that ONE pumpkin, I think the other one died.

I have onions, but I haven’t a clue how they are coming alone and don’t want to check and risk pulling a half grown one. I think they too can survive some autumn weather.

Those aren’t weeds amongst my onion, they’re herbs. If you believe that … well, I have some ocean front property in Arizona for sale.

On a different note: I don’t deserve this camera. It should be confiscated. Ignore all the noise in the photos please, I forgot to change the ISO after taking pics of the kids with sparklers in the dark. Really, someone come and remove the camera from my possession.

NEXT YEAR! Next year, I am going to put those seedlings in the ground in late May like I am supposed to.

Did you grow a garden this year? How’d it go?

MK xo

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My gosh this is good. It’s been a while since I’ve made it, but I have quite a bit of zucchini in the garden and I am determined not to waste it.

By the time I had a chance to photograph this, the loaf had been destroyed by the kids. They LOVE this recipe.

Preheat oven to 350 f. Spray a 9x5x3 loaf pan with nonstick spray.

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Have I ever mentioned that I love my iPhone? Well I do, enough to venture into a stranger’s basement suite to get it fixed when Apple tries to rob me of $229 to replace a piece of glass worth less than $5 (I know it’s worth less than $5, because I purchased one from China!), however, I am getting off topic.

Last Friday afternoon after the attempted robbery rip-off at Apple I tweeted:

My good twitter buddy @Antof9 suggested:

Please note the part where she so rightly tells me –> (just make sure “authorized”). I didn’t listen, I never listed, just ask my mom.

Seeing as I had a 1 cm hole in my phone and I wasn’t willing to pay $229, I decided it was a grand idea and Googled –> Edmonton iPhone Repair.

I dialed the first listing that came up –> iEnstein iPhone Solutions. He quoted me $60 and said, I could head right over. I did have a twinge of worry on the way over, he wasn’t “Authorized” like Antof9 had suggested, but then figured, “who the hell cares, it’s $60 and the phone is useless to me right now”. I figured the worst he could do was ruin the phone, and it was already ruined.

I wasn’t sure at this point if it was a residence or a business, but it became obvious as I looked for the address, that it was a residence, a pretty nice home actually … (photo here)

I have to say, that at this point I was a little bit leery, but mostly I was picturing a teenager fixing iPhone screens for spending money (he’d sounded very young on the phone), and went ahead and rang the doorbell.

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I’ve made a few fixes, and a few changes here at MommyKnows. The BIGGEST one has to be that MommyKnows is now a Facebook App.

How cool is that? Well if you aren’t a Facebook fan, it’s probably annoying, but I am assuming that most of you use and like Facebook, just like me.

Come on over and click the LIKE button!

To the untrained eye, the Mommyknows app looks just like a fan page. I should know, because I have an untrained eye and that’s just how it looks to me, BUT it’s not it’s an app and apps can be integrated with wordpress. In case you care and even if you don’t, I LOVE wordpress.

What does that mean?

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