It has been F-O-R-E-V-E-R (yes, it is a Sandlot reference)

Yep, it has definitely been awhile. July sucked but August was great! Newfoundland rocks... if you'll pardon the pun! Sadly the indoor garden is no more. Some jalapenos were harvested, along with grape tomatoes, but the mites proved to be a mighty opponent and the remainders had to be destroyed :(

Here is the first injury of the year. My fault, really. A filing cabinet beside your work desk really should not be left open - even one inch. View the open wound in all of its glory. It has been two days and it is still leaking. I only wish I had gotten a photo when it was dripping blood and grabbing the attention it deserves. I used hand sanitizer to disinfect and 1.25 hours later a kind person at work shared her first aid kit with me. Hopefully I come out of this better for the experience, although the scar will likely last a lifetime. Pantyhose it is.

The plants they are a-bloomin'

Wow. It has definitely been awhile. End of school. Beginning of more school. Yuck. The morning glories have grown as have some of the wildflowers. Flowers on the pepper and tomato plants but since we don't have an electric toothbrush I doubt that they will pollinate :( That's ok because we got 46 - yes 46 - beans from our 3 bean plants and they were mighty tasty! Some tomato plants have found their way to the real outdoors hopefully to actually produce some fruit (the pressure is on!) Went with a friend on a run to the Brickworks today and saw a very small turtle - diametre approximately 2 inches! Check out the new poll on the right.

Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat... 

(I'm sure you all know the rest :)

From the "Wildflowers" collection.

The morning glories. So far there has been no interference with the tv signal. 

Strangely enough it has improved...

This is our dead crayfish. We are not terribly sad to see him go. 

He had a $25,000 bounty on his head as he was responsible for numerous deaths. 

Were the pellets not enough??????

Can you spot the turtle??? It's TINY. 

Thanks to my running buddy and her iphone :)

Fan of the Month

Todays post is to give credit to the only person whom has commented on our blog.  This individual has also shown outstanding dedication to the success of this site by checking often for updates, voting in our polls, and even inviting us to his house for food and drink.  The rest of you are a bunch of bastards (pronounced bay - steads).  Therefore, I declare June's fan of the month... Hein99!!  Congratulations, and thanks for your support!

                                                          Fan of the Month:  Hein99

Belly buttons

Lint-Free Button

First of all: check out our simple new poll: Innie or outtie? This poll was inspired by something that we heard on tv the other day: there has been a study to determine why/how people get bellybutton lint. We heard of it on Breakfast Television so it must be legit but of course at this moment we can't find reference to the study they were mentioning... but here is a similar one. Anyways, we have both been witness to this phenomena (I laughed until I cried). Not from our own buttons of course (yes, you know who you are). I originally thought that this would only result from poor hygiene habits, however, have since been set straight. Belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes and depths (I swear I saw blue/green mould growing there once. Not in mine, of course.), however, we are all most familiar with the "innie" or "outtie". Unless you made your "outtie" an "innie" (yes, you know who you are!) we are all born with one or the other (temporary outties due to pregnancy DO NOT count). Yes, we are rambling. Take the survey and off with you!

More Visitors!!!

Robinsby Acres has gone universal!  We thought we were hot cheese when we reached out to Germany with the Smurfs... we also have noticed some visitors from Greece... welcome everyone.  However, and this is truly amazing... it appears that there IS in fact extra-terrestrial life out there in the form of living robots.  

Optimus Prime (from the 80's cartoon... not the current Transformers movie... that's complege rubbish!) has decided to visit us from the planet Cybertron.  Welcome Autobots.  We humans hope we can share our technology for the greater gain of both races.  Though we don't have much to offer you in return, we do have IPad 2's... and CEO of Apple Inc,. Steve Jobs recently announced ICloud... i have no idea what it does (or care for that matter), but i'm sure it will help the Autobots defeat those bastard Decepticons into oblivion!!  Speaking of Oblivion, I'm really looking forward to Skyrim!  I will not stop until all dragons have been killed, and I  have been proclaimed the supreme ruler as dictated in the Elder Scrolls.

Alright... enough is enough... here is proof of Prime's visit

The dude abides...

It has been many years since I set the family screen saver to continuously scroll "the dude abides" and I got to thinking that it has been a least two months since we have seen The Big Lebowski. There are Lebowskifests all over the U.S. and none in Canada :( If anyone knows of any please let us know! This inspired us to do our inaugural weekly poll (at right). If I ever get ahold of a big old phone I'm totally dressing as The Dude for Halloween.

Check out The Big Lebowski 2 - the best thing Tara Reid has done in a long time.

Avocado Bomb

So some friends of ours have moved out of town and we were feeling a little bit lonely, however the loneliness quickly faded and we found a replacement friend.  Actually we've been meaning to try this for a while... every time we eat guacamole.  So we finally took the initiative and planted ourselves an avocado tree.  After reading about it, it seems that this can be a bit difficult so we are hoping for the best.

Also our morning glories are becoming more glorious and have started to twist their way around our TV antenna.

And I got my blue belt!!  Watch out evil doers... I'm coming for you!