Shout Out to West Side

Lisa, Austin is not quite as good as Colton on the "West Side" hand signal..but he's working on it.....

Cheerios and Flys

Those of you who have been long time readers, remember a few of my older posts about the urinal at Wrigley field that is just a long slit in the ground, and my picture of the very sleek looking sinks at the Jacksonville Airport. Well, a friend recently showed me this and I had to share!


This is a picture from the men's room in the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.



Here is what it says in case the writing is too small:
In Amsterdam the tile under the Shciphol urinals would pass inspection in an operating room, but no one notices. What everyone does notice is that every urinal has a fly in it.

Look harder and that fly turns into an etched outline in the porcelain. It improves aim. If a man sees a fly, he aims for it. Fly-in-Urinal research found that the etching reduces spillage by 80%. It gives the guy something to think about. The perfect example of Process Control.



How clever! I have heard of using cheerios to teach young boys to aim when potty training. I didn't realize they had the same thing for grown men. Clever idea Amsterdam! Now someone needs to make a business plan and offer this service to households. Porcelain etching - you choose the design, we'll etch it on your toilet. I wonder if that would reduce spillage by 80% at home???

It happened...

Awhile ago I commented on the fact that I like wearing pants with no zipper or button. I enjoyed the prego pants and wondered what it would be like when I went back to 'normal' pants.
Well, Yesterday I decided to try on 'real' pants to go to Baby shower. I was a bit afraid to try them on, but they were my 'big' jeans so I thought, what the heck. Well, I got them on, zipped, and buttoned! yippee!! The only problem is that twice I tried to pull them down without un-doing them. And I was worried the whole time that I would forget to zip them. Who would have thought I'd have to relearn to button and zip once I start fitting into more of my regular pants.

So if you see me out in public..dont be afraid to let me know 'XYZ' (eXamine Your Zipper)

Cutest baby

In case you have not seen this yet, it's my favorite video of Austin so far. He is just one day old here and Bob is holding him in the hospital. I have a second favorite but it appears to be too large to post. I'll keep trying.




So far things are going well. Austin has been a very good baby and I hope he keeps it up. We are looking forward to a visit from my dad soon, and Bob's parents will be coming down also. Lots of time for the grandparents to spoil him. I just hope he doesn't keep them up to much at night while they are here.