Splish Splash Solstice is Taking a Bath Solstice: The story of our ODD bird. Really. I never planned to have a bird. Birds hate me. One time, visiting an upscale bird store with Cole, I was invited to pat an African Parrot. I was curious. As the store owner scratched behind the bird’s ears, he … Continue reading Splish Splash Solstice is Taking a Bath
Spring Blooms Wistful
spring is blooming wistful in my life right now. I want to smell the barbeque grill and hear the martini shaker clinking against a glass. I want to visit with Joe over guacamole and chips while Cole bounces on the trampoline and our campers roam the yard. Joe and I would be arguing about landscaping … Continue reading Spring Blooms Wistful
Our Odd Window
Our house has a mixed blessing: a very large floor-to-ceiling front window. This window lets in wonderful light, and when my in-laws built this house over fifty years ago, that was exactly what they had in mind. I imagine they envisioned sunlight flooding through the window on sunny days, and the glare from snow masquerading … Continue reading Our Odd Window
Dry Ice Bomb-Directions Included
Dry Ice Bomb from Katybeth on Vimeo. Here is the second video in Cole’s series, “What to do When Your Parents Want You to Unplug From the Television and Computer.” Dry ice can be purchased here if you live in the Chicagoland area. A block of dry ice costs about $15.00 (cash or check only). … Continue reading Dry Ice Bomb-Directions Included
Works Toilet Bowl Bomb
Works Toilet Bowl Bomb Amusing Kids 101 The Chicago Waldorf School (CWS) celebrates Spring Break this week. Odd, I know. However, Odd and The Chicago Waldorf School go together like chocolate and peanut butter, girl scouts and cookies, organic chocolate and tofu bars. If anyone at the school denies it, the code word is Eurhythmy. … Continue reading Works Toilet Bowl Bomb
Odd Winner~ Its Oddficial!!
Thank you for playing Odd with me. It’s time to announce the winner of our Odd contest. I took all the comment entries and tossed them in a wooden rainbow bowl (pictured above) and had Rascal pull a name out for me. Oddly enough … Rascal mixing the bowl Our first place winner is Isabel Liss, … Continue reading Odd Winner~ Its Oddficial!!
High Chair For Pets~Really
The Pet High Chair goes beyond Odd.... Satisfying a mutual desire for companionship, this High chair permits your dog or cat to accompany you at the dinner table. By providing an alternative to sitting on your lap, running disruptively underfoot, or outright banishment, the chair assuages a pet (and its owner's) frustration, and promotes more … Continue reading High Chair For Pets~Really
Grief ~ Pinkie Swear You will Live Forever.
“Mom, it’s awful knowing I will be this sad again.” Profound thoughts from my fourteen-year-old. One of the worst parts of grief is knowing you will go through it again. Going through the grieving process again might be a bearable thought if there was any indication I would be better at it the next time … Continue reading Grief ~ Pinkie Swear You will Live Forever.
Bagel Guillotine Slicer Demonstrated By Cole
It’s the moment we have all been waiting for! Our new BAGEL BITER - THE ORIGINAL BAGEL GUILLOTINE SLICER has arrived, and will be demonstrated by Cole Ruscitti. Gilly, as we like to her call her, (if it lives with us, it has a name) slices our bagel safely, with ease! She originates from a … Continue reading Bagel Guillotine Slicer Demonstrated By Cole
Easter Egg Dying Rascal
Its Good Friday 2006 and the family is dying Easter Eggs. Cole reaches over and puts a dot of dye on the family pup....I say NO. STOP. Joe then reaches over and adds a couple dots of dye to Rascals head. Sternly and with a great deal of authority I say “I MEAN IT...YOU MAY … Continue reading Easter Egg Dying Rascal