Signed, Sealed and Delivered

...at long last!


"Two army officers from the Middle East stood at the altar of a church with their arms raised to heaven. Tears streaming, each began a simple walk with their new friend and Savior, Jesus Christ. The path would lead one to presumed martyrdom, and both to new life.

It happened in San Antonio, Texas...."



Read the whole thing here. I am so relieved it's DONE!

And the Winner is...

...Bug-Eyed Bob.

We also had a lot of votes over at a message board I frequent. My favorite vote was this one:

I feel very badly for half-eaten Harry because he's gotten no votes at all and he is obviously a true victim of someone's lack of pancake control. Since we can't judge a book by its cover, I don't feel that we can judge him by his outward appearance. Furthermore, he must be the tastiest one of all. So Harry, you have my vote!

My second favorite comment was this one:

....my dh [dear husband's] name is Bob, looks just like him.

But the one *I* like best is Curly Chris because he's such a cheerful little person, just like the sweetie who made him.

Thanks for your participation!

A Contest!

To celebrate the fact that I finally finished a project I worked on for two and a half YEARS...
and to celebrate the fact that because I finished that project, my self-imposed blogging exhile is over...
and to celebrate the fact that we endured some incredibly dicey storms and lived to tell about it....
and to celebrate the fact that in the meantime, Lucy had a birthday...
and to fulfill a promise I made to Lucy on said birthday...

I hereby invite you to judge a contest we had in honor of little miss turning a whopping eight years old. We agreed that we'd let you choose the winner of the birthday pancake contest and duly abide by whatever you decide.

Here goes:

Our first entry is Half-Eaten Harry. The creator of Half-Eaten Harry got a little hungry before someone remembered the camera.


Our next entrant is Curly Chris.


And finally, here's Bug-Eyed Bob.


Ready, steady, go!