blog or die

Okay, "I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who . . . " said Rob Dixon is giving me an ultimatum to publish a fresh blog post here at Stinky Like Beautiful. If I don't produce he's threatening to remove me from the blog roll. I made the grave error last time I was searching for blog material to ask Rob for some tips on what I might write about. He happened to be with some other IV staff yahoos who came up with a top ten questions list for me. They asked questions like, "Why is Mike's head so big?" and "Why am I always a half-step behind Rob in the humor department?" and "Why does Mike only wear carpenter pants?", etc., etc. Well, needless to say I'm not writing about any of those popular topics. They already cost me $600 in counseling fees to even begin to think about blogging again.

So, what could I write about. I could write about how much I appreciate Barack Obama's speech in response to his former pastor's infammatory remarks. I have never heard a politician address the racial realties/tensions so directly and accurately. Will I vote for him? Maybe. Either way he (and his speech writers) earned many respect points with his courage and candor.

But this blog is primarily devoted to Nalley kid stuff. Our 16 month old, Linnea or Nay-Nay, has affectionately earned the label Menace to Society. Even the older two sometimes call her that. She is a wild one! Here is a list of a few of her antics -

* regularly turns off the power strip which controls the phone & modem

* turns off and on the desktop computer tower

* takes clean clothes from the to-be-folded pile and puts them into the bathtub

* stands on the dishwasher door and throws clean silverware out onto the floor

* pinches our neck skin between her sharp fingernails when being held to sleep

* climbs up on the table and gets into other people's food

* pounds on any computer keyboard within reach

* has dove headfirst fully clothed into a full bathtub

* eats dirt (photo above)

* is so dang cute we love her to pieces!