Our recent day in Miami reminded me, once again, that life is more about the journey than the destination. I was very excited about visiting Miami. Jason and I are big fans of CSI Miami and have enjoyed seeing some previews of the city from the show. (We are huge “H” fans! Fellow "H" fans will appreciate this picture.) The plan was to drive from West Palm Beach to Miami taking the A1A Hwy. From the map, it seemed as if this would be a pretty drive, as it’s right along the Atlantic coast. Thinking about it, the drive was my favorite part of the whole day. The sky was a beautiful shade of …
Archives for October 2006
Click to Cure Cancer
Readers of this blog, fans of Kim & Jason, and people who think cancer is stupid may be interested in www.clicktocurecancer.com, an online auction with proceeds going to the fight against cancer. There are a ton of neat things up for bid, including a few unique Kim & Jason related items of note: Become a Cartoon Character! "Ever wondered what it would be like to see yourself in a comic strip? Now you can! The top bidder of this prize will be drawn into an upcoming Kim & Jason comic strip as an 'extra.' The daily comic strip, drawn by Madison cartoonist Jason Kotecki, is …
Collect More Grass Stains
Yvonne over at the Lip-Sticking blog posted some thoughts by Erma Bombeck. Here are a few poignant tidbits from If I Had My Life to Live Over: I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good ' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone! wanted to light a fire in the fireplace. …
Move Over, Chubby Bunny
Today is Friday the 13th. Maybe that's why our flight got bumped and we're staying another night in West Palm Beach, compliments of Delta. (The other option was taking a flight to Atlanta, then another one to Milwaukee, and then an hour and a half cab ride to Madison at about 11:30 p.m.) The Radisson will do nicely. As I sit in the hotel writing this, I am compelled to label this a good trip. Sure, we've had this little snafu, and our free day in Miami yesterday was cut short by the rain (the clouds opened up about fifteen seconds after we stepped on South Beach), but today was beautiful …
Lizard Pancake
We arrived in West Palm Beach yesterday for a duo of speaking gigs; one last night, another one this evening. I had heard stories, but I finally experienced this fact firsthand: Wisconsin has chipmunks, Florida has lizards. To my boyish delight, I spotted one scurry across the sidewalk as we were unloading our stuff from the car. Sadly, he ducked into a crack, preventing me from taking a good look at the little guy. I secretly hoped I'd get another chance later, but next time I'd approach him (or her?) a bit more carefully. So I helped Kim set up the product table -- this just in: books are …
Who’s The Idiot Writing this Blog?
My friend Jesse pointed me to this direct quote in a recent post: Last week I took a day and a half to get away. I ventured west to Milwaukee; just me, myself and I. Considering I live in Madison, and Milwaukee is on the eastern side of Wisconsin, nestled along Lake Michigan, he wondered if started by sailing in Lake Michigan. I must have failed to mention that I DID go west, and I actually circumnavigated the world in order to get to Milwaukee. My bad. …
Bad Breathing Causes Adultitis
Breathing. We do it 20,000 times a day and many of us are doing it wrong. Yikes! I read a very interesting article today by Christopher Uhl that connects breathing to stress. Ulh's article refers to information shared in Gay Hendricks' book Conscious Breathing. When we were little we knew how to breathe. We did it perfectly without even trying. …
Review by Stinky: I Might Barf Snapsuit
Finally they've come up with an article of baby clothing that tells the truth. I've known for decades that babies -- although cute and adorable little bundles of slobber and acceptable fat -- were at least partly designed to ruin your new Piero Tucci leather jacket. But let's face it, a baby admitting he might barf is like a politician admitting he might get caught up in an embarrassing scandal involving a dime store street walker or the pope admitting he might be Catholic. …
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Why the Rush?
Our lives are busy. Busy, busy, busy! In fact, isn't it true that we use busyness as a badge of honor? As in, "How's it going, Bob?" "Great Stan. I've been really busy." "That's good, Bob." Meanwhile, Stan thinks to himself, "Bob is super successful. He's a real go-getter. Every time I see him, he seems really busy." It seems like whoever can prove they're the busiest wins. (Although I'm not sure what.) It's rare that anyone bothers to ask what someone is busy doing. Annd it's rarer still that anyone would ever admit, "I've haven't been very busy at all. I'm just taking life as it …
Contest: Submit A Photo and Win $20
We're looking for some good photos of childhood. Your childhood. Your mom's childhood. Your kids' childhood. Anyone's childhood will do. Dig through your photo collection and take your best shot of winning our latest photo contest. The best photo (as decided by an esteemed panel of intergalactic judges, including Stinky) will be selected to appear for a whole month on the home page of The Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand. Besides being the envy of your friends and family, you'll also win a $20 gift voucher to The Lemonade Stand! Cha-ching! This month's theme is..."Autumn." Go ahead …