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Olive and the Baby Jesus

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe on December 19, 2009 · 3 comments

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This is our family nativity set, dutifully brought out every year, repeatedly organized by miscellaneous boys, periodically misplaced, wholly enjoyed. Joseph is always the most dishevelled looking; once his hair came partially unglued he was never the same. Several animals have disappeared over the years (I personally miss the chicken), and once in a while people mistake the llama/goat/donkey boy for Jesus, but typically the baby Jesus — whom we keep tied to Mary so he doesn’t wander off — is the star of the show.

Until Olive came to live with us, that is.

Nativity plus OliveShe loves the nativity barn! She hasn’t actually met the Baby Jesus yet ’cause she keeps sitting on him (hate it when that happens), but I think he’s probably used to this sort of thing. Olive sits on us all the time too. It’s what kittehs do.

You can see more of Olive and the Baby Jesus on my Flickr; be sure to turn on the titles, cause they’re lol-y.

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Deer Bully: You’re Going Down

December 8, 2009
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Besides the fact that this story features the triumph of a good deer over a clearly bad one, I like that the entire narrative is a single sentence. I was slightly disappointed that the knuckle sandwich never got delivered, but I also realize the author may have been facing some physiological issues he hadn’t encountered [...]

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Best Christmas Video EVER

December 4, 2009

This is so me, without the New York Jewish mother bit. Or the red hair and five o’clock shadow. And those outfits, yikes! But, you know, it’s me.
I LOVE the tree! I don’t love the mess or the work but I love to have and see and enjoy the tree. And it really does completely [...]

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The Girl Effect

December 3, 2009

Thanks to Megan Heuter and her blog Because I Played Sports, I finally saw this incredible advocacy campaign called the Girl Effect.
In Kenya, 1.6 million girls are high school dropouts. If they could finish their secondary education, they would make 30% more money – and contribute $3.2 billion to the Kenyan economy every year.
Or, they [...]

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What the In-Laws Left at Our House

November 29, 2009
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Roasted Almonds
3 lb can of Planter’s Peanuts
Almost an entire box of Zone bars in my fave two flavors
2 packages waffle-press cookies (taste like ice cream cones)
2 lb bag of Simply Naked pita chips
Harry & David pepper and onion relish (to be poured over cream cheese and eaten with pita chips, above)
Canister of Republic of Tea [...]

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Female Grandmasters and MMA Fighters: Dana White Channels Pat Robertson

November 21, 2009

Skip straight to 4:25 on this video to hear the shocking part.
Dana White is lighting up a tiny bit of press (why not a helluva lot more??) with his recent answer to the question: “Do you think you’ll do a female season of Ultimate Fighter?”
“Here’s the thing,” Dana says, and we all wait expectantly. “The [...]

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Avatar: Aliens plus Strong Women, Sign Me Up

November 15, 2009

Anyone can tell you that I’m not a huge movie buff, so when one catches my attention it’s a standout. I love sci fi, drama, and most especially strong female characters (surprise!).
Avatar is crammed with cliches and I can tell you right now how it’s going to end but I don’t even care. I have [...]

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Elizabeth Lambert, Part 2

November 13, 2009
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The Elizabeth Lambert story has captured tremendous mainstream attention and generated some good conversation (and some garbage, of course).
After posting my own response, reading widely and talking intently about the video, I believe that there are two really helpful questions we should be centering our discussion around:

In this hypercompetitive society, what do we do when [...]

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My Birthday Month Wish List

November 8, 2009
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November is my birthday: all Glowbird (that’s my Twitter name), all the time. I even have a hashtag that has nothing to do with mustaches or writing novels: My hashtag is #nanoglomo, and it stands for National November is Glowbird’s [Birthday] Month. It can be affixed to your tweets as you discuss your plans; that [...]

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Halloween Toes

October 27, 2009
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Boys, I’m not even going to apologize for posting this ’cause I am so rockin‘ the black Halloween toenail polish. I wanted to ask the professionals who applied it if they could add little skulls, or aliens, or Disney princesses, or a swine flu virus molecule or something scary but I figured it would be [...]

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