RTT: Pie, Volcano and Doctor Who

 

Thank you to everybody who sent up prayers for my mother-in-law Mommy during her cataract surgery. She came through with flying colors. She has to go back in a couple of months to do the other eye, but now she's not as nervous because she's been through it once. I must say, I earned some major daughter-in-law points this week. As a special treat for Mommy, I baked her favorite Chocolate Pecan Pie, wrapped it in plastic, froze it, then overnight mailed it to her in New York. It was a huge hit. Apparently, the USPS did a good job of keeping it in one piece. "It was perfect, perfect, perfect!" said Mommy. I'm hoping this hasn't set a dangerous precident -  I'm afraid it wasn't exactly inexpensive. But Mommy was so thrilled that it was absolutely worth it.

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Best Halloween decoration I've seen in a while!

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Over the weekend, Jude's teacher assigned them an extra credit science project - building your own volcano. Man, did we build one hell of a volcano! Thanks to a brilliant book called...

 

...Jude's volcano was a big hit. I was really proud of how much work he put into this thing. I mean, I helped a lot, but he really did most of the work himself. We paper mached, we painted. We did about 12 experiments, mixing various proportions of vinegar, dish detergent, water, red food coloring and baking soda to make sure the eruption was really impressive. In the end, we went for overkill - 1 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup water, a good squirt of dish soap, about half a bottle of food dye and THREE tablespoons of baking soda. Apparently, it was the biggest and messiest eruption in the class!

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I want one!!

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The other day, a homeless man, who was begging outside the post office,  told me I looked pretty. And it made my day. How sad is that?

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I'm afraid I have created a...Whovian. I have been a loooooongtime fan of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who, I used to watch it back in the '80s when PBS aired the old shows on Saturday mornings. Well, I've been letting Jude watch the new Who episodes, and he's totally obsessed. I've been DVRing them, and it's all he wants to watch. We've even been watching old episodes from the '60's and '70's, and he can now recognize all of the old Doctors. If you've never watched the show, I realize that you will have no idea what I'm talking about, but, in short, this tv series has been running off and on since 1962, and so far 11 different actors have played "The Doctor". This is explained on the show because "The Doctor" is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, and every time his body is about to die, he "regenerates" into a new body. Thus the new actor. Very clever, actually. So all Whovians have a favorite Doctor - much contention in this area. I'm afraid that this is real, true, diehard GEEK stuff, and I am doing this to my poor, unsuspecting child. But what can I say. My fear is that he'll want to go as Doctor Who for Halloween, and NOBODY will know who the hell Doctor Who is.

 

The 11th, and newest Doctor Who.

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That's it for today. Go visit Stacy!

Comments

[Stacy Uncorked]

Well? Where's the picture of the kick-ass volcano? :)

Glad your MIL came through the cataract surgery with flying colors - next month will be a cake walk! :)

FUNNY witch decoration!

COOL knife! :)

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[Claire]

I recently got into Doctor Who and I am glad I did; it's cool. I think some people would recognize him; I'm finding out that a lot more people than i thought watch it.

[Alaina]

So glad your MIL is okay! And good job, Jude!

[Jan's Sushi Bar]

Atta boy, Jude - you be a Whovian! I had the BIGGEST crush on Tom Baker as a teenager.

[VandyJ]

I have a friend who is a die hard Dr. Who fan. I have yet to jump on the Dr. Who fan boat yet, but I think eventually I'll have to. It really is something you can't jump into the middle of though.

[Michele]

I've never really gotten into Dr. Who but since you are the one that turned me on to all the other great British shows I'll have to give it a try.

Nice science project. It sounds like you went with the Texas state motto in its production; "Go big or go home!"

[The Bug]

My husband Mike recently took his history club to the local Renaissance Festival & while the other kids had on capes & leather (& Mike dressed as a pirate), one of the guys dressed as Doctor Who - bowtie & fancy screwdriver & all. Yes, he's a history nerd, but I think he's still really popular :)(You can see photo evidence of this on my Saturday post)

[Kendra]

I literally LOL'ed when I read your comment about the homeless man. Because I've been there. I'm glad it made your day. And I'm sure you did look pretty!

[Arnebya]

TV and I are at a crossroads. I don't think there's any Dr Who watching in my immediate future. You're pretty though. Glad Mommy did all right and HELL YEAH I WANNA KILL ALL THE JEDIS TOO!

As for the volcano, good going. I tried to help Zoe with a project draft on Jupiter on Monday after having forgotten all weekend. I wound up answering the three basic questions for her, rushing that morning before school. Yeah. She was assigned Jupiter. I don't think I'm allowed to help should she come home with volcano requirements.

[Andrea]

Awww, I thought of your Mommy when I saw the Mallomar display at the grocery store, but she got even better love in the mail--you are awesome! Loving the Sith!

[suzicate]

Ha, love the witch!
Where's the pic of the volcano?
Here's my spin http://suzicate.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/chop-shop-nail-service/

[Sarah at 32Flavors]

It would make my day if anyone said I was pretty as well. Including a homeless person.
Hooray for Mommy's surgery going well!

[Elizabeth Aquino]

I take any compliments that I can get. In fact, I've noticed for some years, that I appeal particularly to checkers and employees at Ralph's when I've been crying. Honestly, every time I've been crying (in the car or something) and then go in to pick something up, one of those guys tells me that I'm beautiful. It's weird.