Flapjacks, Fireworks, Fingers, Fab Art, and Surprises

Goodies from BECCY in Ireland...Peppermint Tea .

In the past, I had always thought that pancakes and flapjacks were the same.

Not so, and I have proof !

Well, I almost didn't have proof. That container was full and just before that last flapjack was inhaled, I remembered to take a picture of it.

They were sitting at my computer carefully hidden at my computer, but I guess the spicy aroma made its way to theHansMan nostrils, and you would have thought he had a homing device in his nose. He helped himself to a couple of these delectable goodies and I had to wrestle the other ones away from him.

Beccy ! Thank You !
By the time the postage was paid, those were probably the most expensive Flapjacks we'll ever eat. Would you please send the recipe? I know it's on your blog somewhere, but I can't seem to locate it.

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If you don't have fireworks, and don't have the right camera with you, and don't know how to set the
f-stops on the other camera anyway, you can create your own.

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Know what this is ?

Know what this is ?

Flip side of the above picture: Know what it is now ?

Here's a clue !

Yup, I did it again.

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Just love going to the mailbox and finding gifts in it. Especially from other bloggers. Has anyone seen this particular piece of art on another blog?

Here's where you saw it.  Thanks, M to the 3rd Power.

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Here's a little surprise from  Shauna that Little Orange Blogger.

And I thank you very much for that honor. It will add to the decor of my side bar and compliment the other "pink items" located there.

Now, I am to hand out the ROCKIN' BLOGGER award to five others :

JulieBug at Another Chance Ranch is responsible for the entire re-decorating of my blog. We also had the opportunity to meet at Bad Brad's BBQ in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Keep your French out of her reach, right McD ?

Robin at Pensieve is my trashy, coffee drinking blogbud who has too many secrets about me NOT to give her this award.

Wolfbaby (M to the 3rd degree) at Dreaming and Believing certainly needs this sitting next to her Going for Pink in October banner. Not to mention what a talented writer and artist she is. See my gift above ?

Nessa at Golden Nib with her post that began with the words, "My brother has rusty nuts..." was a clencher for me. Have you been inducted into the Testicle Sorority yet?

Vicki at Catching Light is a blogger I had the pleasure to meet. She is a talented photographer and storyteller. Not to mention, she started all the Fun Monday nonsense. 

So, now, girls...have your own awards ceremony, invite five bloggers to attend, and bestow this honor upon them.

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Another little surprise that was sitting in my mailbox.

In other words, instead of blogging next week, my time may be spent sitting on a jury.

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Is there a MostEST RandomEST PostEST Award?  This one might qualify.

Comments

[wolfbaby]

wahhh no test comment? so im completly first? wooo whooo

i snorted out my coke ca cola when i seen that M to the 3rd degree ya know seriously .. and let me tell you that stuff burns... it's just not designed to be goin out the nose :P turkey... i swear i'll never live that down LOL

Thank you for the award and im really glad you like the pic;) I have just finished another one i'll be posting in the next day or so... sorta like the last one but now *grin*

those flap jacks look yummy... ewww jury duty... i have been summened more then anyone i know.. i have also been lucky enough *knock on wood* to escape it each time.. once by moving the summons came right after was actually forwarded to my new out of state address and the next time was by being 9 months preggers;) that was a good escuse.. then i forget what the last one was but something along those lines.. none of it my fault though;)

uhh book much? sorry

[wolfbaby]

urr that was supposed to be sorta like the first one but not

not now... woops

[Pamela]

I've made those flapjacks and scarf them down ... and our friends now expect them when they stop by!!!

This must be the week for presents in the mail.

[Little Miss Moi]

Dear swampy. Flapjacks and pancakes were the same to me too, until beccy convinced me otherwise!

[nikki]

Random is good!

Before I saw the super glue picture I was positive you giving us the Vulcan "Live long and prosper" sign.

[neroli]

1. Living with 3 geeks, like nikki, I went Vulcan on the superglue. It's like one of those lateral-thinking word puzzles!

2. Random is wonderful; disorder can be most lovely.

3. Jury duty, you have my sympathies there. The one and only time I had that, I spent time debating with another juror how one could be "a little bit violent" as compared to "really violent" when administering a gang-beating to an individual.
Others were not amused.
But chances are good to_not_be chosen, right?

[Nessa]

Thank you so much for the award. I got distracted from my looking and have not had time to catch up since. I will eventually get back to my search.

[Debbie]

Flap jacks look yummy. Jury duty....YUCK!
Me and super glue do not mix. Great pressies you received through the mail. :)

[Robin]

1) Thank you, Princess Swampy!! I feel like I'm channeling Willowtree kindasorta right now.

2)Your SECRETS are safe with me, lol...for now ;). (Hand over the flapjacks and no one gets hurt).

3) I ALMOST superglued my fingers together (yikes!)...I was quick to separate 'em, but it freaked me out a bit.

4) Pictures of flapjacks when I skipped breakfast just made my stomach growl...can you hear it?

[Swamp Witch]

WOLFBABY: Are you smokin' pencil shavings as JulieBug would ask?

PAMELA: Would you let me know when you plan to make flapjacks again...I'll fly by for one or six.

LITTLE MISS MOI: Who knew? Beccy has illuminated our brains.

NIKKI: It can be the Live Long and Prosper Sign. For a few hours, that other one was the My Fingers Are Stuck Together sign.

NEROLI: A little bit violent vs. really violent? Is there an oxymoron in one of those?

DEBBIE: Love going to the mailbox these days.

ROBIN: Is that what that noise was? I thought it was a freight train...only your stomach, huh?

NESSA: You are welcome. That post was quite the attention getter. Did your brother read it?

[Julie]

You are too sweet! Thank you, thank you! Sorry to hear about your fingers, but how in the world did you do that? I am searching for wood to knock on because 1) I've never super-glued my fingers together and 2) I've never been called for Jury Duty.

I am going to make you wait till next week to get my little gift. :) I hope you like it. Hi to Hans!

[her indoors]

flapjacks love em will send you a reciepe it might be the same or different but they are yummy.
ha ha ooopps no sorry not laughing at you super gluing your finger, so sorry honest!
welcome rocking blogger

[wolfbaby]

who little ol me?

never *gasp*

*grin*

[min]

More awards, hmmm? Who did you say got them? Juliebug, robin, min, wolfbaby, nessa and vicki? What? Not min? I thought I read 'min' on the list. No, I guess I didn't.
Those flapjacks look like bees pressed together with marshmallow creme. I guess I'll never know otherwise.

[Swamp Witch]

JULIEBUG: I'll be checking my mailbox for the gift. Can't wait.
It's not that difficult to glue ones fingers together. Makes typing a bit difficult. Fingernail polish does NOT work.

HER INDOORS: Yeah, I can hear you not laughing.

M3: **gasp** :)

MIN: The Swampy Award is yours. The awards ceremony is being planned and with just a few finishing touches and fine tuning, the crown is yours, darlin'.

[Beckie]

You lucky one! How do you get on the Beccy Flapjack list??

OOOH, jury duty....I hate it when I get that summons. It just puts a monkey wrench in my whole month!

Super glue - not good...

[laurie]

man, that beccy should just open a bakery. do you know how many of us want some of her flapjacks?
i loved this post. it just went on and on and each item was more entertaining than the last. though maybe the superglue mishap was the pinnacle.

why did you get so many presents? is it your birthday? maybe i need to post my birthday on my blogs....and every time i comment on someone else's.

[marnie]

OH Noooo. Not JURY DUTY. Yick.

My grandmother used superglue instead of her eye drops. Please don't ever do that.

[Swamp Witch]

BECKIE: Not sure how I got on her list, but it's a good place to be. Yum!

LAURIE: My birthday was last month and I don't think any of these were birthday gifts, but if you want to send me one, I'll let you. :)

MARNIE MARNIE MARNIE ! Glad you are back. The whole blogworld has missed you . Some amazing photos at your place. Wow!

Are you kidding me? Can your grandmother still see? Not good. I'll stick to gluing my fingers together. It lasted all day, so my typing was a little cumbersome.

[beccy]

Glad you liked the flapjacks Swampy, I'll email you the recipe.

I'm safe from jury duty as a foreign national but I don't think I'm safe from gluing my fingers together!

P.S. I sent you the flapjacks as a thank you for the wonderful prize you sent me!

[wolfbaby]

i just sent the painting cause you really took a shine to it.. but you can consider it as a b-day pressie. I'd rather give my art to folks who really seem to like em then just let em lay around the house ya know.

[Vicki]

why thank you ma'am! Thank you very much!

How is it in Colorado? I'm wanting to take a trip there just to take pictures. Brian says he's not going unless he can kill something.... if we can agree on going and what we will do when we are there maybe we can venture over to your neck of the woods.

[Swamp Witch]

M3rd: I have a collection of 'special' gifts in dressing room, which has hot pink carpet, and your piece of art fits right in. Will take it to have it matted and framed next week.

VICKI: It's hotter than blue blazes right now, but the mountains are nice. Send Brian. He can come kill some of the ants that I can't seem to get rid of. If you ever venture this way, I better get a phone call, you hear?

[Swamp Witch]

BECCY: Oops, I accidentally deleted my response to you...can't wait to try the recipe. Thanks !

[theotherbear]

I could have sworn that flapjacks were pancakes too.