Mr. Cyclops

Right before school got out 10 brought this–

Mr. Cyclops, home.  Cute ain’t he?  :-)  It is a potato with fuzzy ears and grass for hair.  Remind you of those commercials?  Cha, cha chia!  I have absolutely no idea if that is how you spell it but…my kids were estactic over this little guy.  :-)  Then we went on vacation.  Only for four days but new grass needs water and my husband was positive it was dead when we got home.  It looked dead.  A one eyed monster…dead.  He assured me my watering efforts were a lost cause.  Nonetheless…I watered.  And watered.  And watered.  Keeping him right threre in my kitchen.  Every day he was inspected by all the family.  Talked to, turned around, studied for any sign of life.

Personally I think it was all that attention, but suddenly he was FULL of hair!  :-)  And actually in need of a haircut.

And of course Kia had to see what all the excitement was about.

And now…he actually is in need of a little…hygeine matinence.

‘Warts’ as 10 has declared the spourts shooting out of Mr. Cyclops’s face are NOT allowed.  Yeah, I know that was a little fuzzy, but I only took one and who wants to really get a close up view of a ‘wart’ anyhow? 

‘Warts’ appearing on Mr. Cyclops though is a sign his life span is almost through.  :-(  10 is  wondering if it can be extended.  I believe we are next going to be trying to ‘plant’ him in the garden.  Do you think we’ll have potatoes?

I’ve never grown potatoes so I have no idea if its too late or anythign but its worth a try! 

EXERCISE: I’ve finally updated my xLog page!  YAY!  Good thing–an hour run, about 5-6 miles, feels awesome!  I did a two hour run last night…didn’t feel good afterwards.  Felt great during but afterwards…not so good.  One day at a time!

WRITING: By Thursday last week I simply gave up even opening my word program–life was too crazy.  And a true testament to how it keeps on ticking despite disasters…we still had baseball!  AHHHH!  Today though I’m catching up and am determined to get this story in the mail this week!