White Rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits!

Ever since I was a wee little lass, my Mum would make us say, "white rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits" first thing when we woke up on the first day of each month. It was supposed to bring us good luck for the month. As I was sitting here tonight, looking at the little white bunny that lives in my front yard and comes out every night to graze, I thought to myself, tomorrow I'll be saying white rabbits.....even at my age, I still do it every single month without fail. Thanks to the internet, I looked it up - to see where it came from.....here's what I learned:

According to Wikipedia: It is a common British superstition. The exact origin of the superstition is unknown, though it has appeared in print at least as early as 1922: 'Why,' the man in the brown hat laughed at him, 'I thought everybody knew 'Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.' If you say 'Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit'--three times, just like that--first thing in the morning on the first of the month, even before you say your prayers, you'll get a present before the end of the month.' However, some reports place its origins even earlier, into the 1800's. Today it has spread to most of the English-speaking countries of the world, although like all folklore, determining its exact area of distribution is difficult. This superstition is related to the broader belief in the rabbit or hare being a "lucky" animal, as exhibited in the practice of carrying a rabbit's foot for luck. Some have also believed it is representing a jumping into the future and moving ahead with life and happiness.

Aren't some traditions you've kept from childhood just the best? Now say it and see if you have a great October ~ J9R

Did you say tick?

So we wake up the other morning, and Tank (our oldest Mauzer (maltese/schnauzer) was laying on his back, feet up - really not ready to hear the alarm. He sleeps at foot of our bed. So A starts rubbing his belly and says, "oh my, he has two ticks under his skin, we need to get him to vet!" So, bleary-eyed, I look and disgusted think to myself, I'm not touching them so I agree I'll take him later when they open. Tank joyfully hops into the Liberty; and once there, realizes we're not going out for frozen yogurt - 'holy crap she's getting something done to me' he thinks. We go in, tell vet about our horrid tick problem, asking to please remove them from our little man as my husband had discovered them at 5:30 this morning......We go to room and wait....and wait for the vet......the vet comes in, we flip the Tankster over so I can show her the horrible critters that are about to be invasion of the body snatchers.....'uh mam, these are not ticks, these are teets.....I'm like "what!@!@!" Yep, here's one, and here's one, and here's one.....they're his boobs! So I call my boob and say, "it's a teet not a tick!" Gees.....:)

Brie & Apple Panini

I needed a snack today - and created a great one! Would be great and fast to fix on the fly before racing out to a soccer game, errands, or light lunch. I have a little panini grill, but you could use a Foreman grill if you have one - either works. I took one tortilla, put some quarter-sized slices of brie on it, and some apple slices. I didn't have a fresh apple, but sliced some out of a can of fried apples I had gotten at Walmart (Luck's brand)....sprinkled a little cinammon sugar on it, put on grill for about 2-3 minutes and viola - le snack!

Yea - Fall is here!

Kicked weekend off by hitting State Fair of Texas - hadn't been in 8-9 years. The quality has definitely improved. Besides the bevy of fried foods, there was actually a good variety. The dog stunt show was entertaining, and in food building pavilion we found some great Texas treats to take to friends on an upcoming trip to North Carolina. Saturday I hit Tilman's Roadhouse to celebrate Mom's birthday. Adrianna, a good friend of ours joined us for the fun. Tilman's has oustanding food - located in Bishop Arts District - worth the trip. So my Mom and I went to Antique Alley Texas just last week (http://www.antiquealleytexas.com/). Twice a year; the towns of Cleburne, Grandview and Mayfair & Maypearl have a 25 mile flea market! Miles & miles of people selling crafts, wares, furniture, food, ANYTHING you can imagine - some new, some old, and some making you say, "what in god's name is that and who in God's name would buy it?" But as they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure. I bought a cute little end table - talking the guy down to $10 (from the outrageously priced $15). So today, since it was glorious outside, decided I'd spruce it up with a paint job. I had seen a cute end table done up in Country Sampler magazine, so thought I'd duplicate. Headed to Home Depot this morning and bought paint gadgets to hook up to our air compressor as I thought it would look better than using brushes. After my end table, I did my little coffee station......I must say I am very happy with the end results ~ J9R