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Celeste Holm, the actress of stage and screen, passed away of a heart attack on July 15. She was 95 years old.
Made famous on Broadway for her role as Ado Annie in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Holm earned more fans for her performances in All About Eve (1950), The Tender Trap (1955) and High Society (1956).
For her third film, Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; she played a fashion editor who assists a journalist pretending to be Jewish (played by Gregory Peck) in his expose on the realities of American anti-semitism.
Born to Jean Parke, an artist and author, and Theodor Holm, a businessman, Holm attended various schools in Europe and the United States. She graduated from University High School for Girls in Chicago, where she performed in many school stage productions. She studied drama at the University of Chicago before becoming a stage actress in the late 1930s.
Celeste Holm spoke to Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1990; we remember her with an excerpt of that conversation.
Actress Celeste Holm died Sunday at the age of 95. She was best known for her sporting roles. Although she sometimes played a witty sophisticate, one of the roles she first became known for was in the original production of "Oklahoma," as Ado Annie. One of her most famous films is "All About Eve." It starred Bette Davis as an aging Broadway star whose devoted fan is actually trying to steal her role and her boyfriend. Holm played Davis' smart and loyal best friend who sees what's happening. In "High Society," Holm and Frank Sinatra played journalists covering a society wedding. She won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Gentlemen's Agreement," which starred Gregory Peck.
I spoke with Celeste Holm in 1990 when the Museum of Modern Art was beginning a retrospective of films from the 20th Century Fox studio, including five featuring Holm. Darryl Zanuck was the head of that studio when she was signed. I asked her what Zanuck was like.
CELESTE HOLM: Well, he was short and so he wanted to be tall, and he made very good pictures because of that. But a lot of good things have been done for the wrong reasons. Now every day at the studio...
HOLM: ...they had asked me to come in at 6:30. This is making a picture called "Three Little Girls in Blue." I was the one who read. And they said come in at 6:30. And so I sat there from 6:30 to 5:30, 7:30, something like that, and never worked. I found out later that was called breaking the New York actress's spirit. Now what a dumb thing to do. What they're buying is the New York actress' spirit. You get somebody that's limp or angry what do you got? Nothing.
GROSS: When you were signed, like what's the first thing that happens? Did they send you to publicity right away, so that...
HOLM: Yes.
GROSS: ...that they could get a press release out of you?
HOLM: They sent me to publicity. I met an absolute idiot and he asked me what I had done and where I came from and all this. So I told him. And I told him we had a farm in New Jersey and that my father had built a theater on it for us, a stage. So he wrote that Celeste Holm's father had a theater built on their estate. My lord, it was nothing like that at all. You know, they didn't know, they didn't understand at all. You tell them a fact and then they blew it up into whatever they thought was suitable, so they gave an impression which was totally false.
GROSS: When you were signed to 20th Century Fox how was it decided which movies you'd be in? Would you have to audition for a film? Did they just assign you to a film?
HOLM: Oh no, of course not. No. No. No. They just said this is your next picture.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: And then you'd read it. You'd say oh, this is so silly. And they'd say yeah, well, yes, but this is what we want you to do. So the first picture they talked me into it. They said oh, it will be wonderful. You'll be fine. And I was. I got very good notices, you know, Times said I was a wow and all that sort of thing. So then they were very anxious to put me in another thing. They put me in "Carnival in Costa Rica," which was silly.
HOLM: Dumb. They never took us to Costa Rica. We hadn't any idea what Costa Rica was like. The whole thing you found were processed shots with trees with coffee beans on them. So we had no sense of reality about any of it. Oh. But then came. "Gentlemen's Agreement" and I was rescued. And then, of course, I could never get back into a musical.
GROSS: So was there an understanding that if you objected, strenuously, to a movie that you were assigned to that you would be punished?
HOLM: Oh sure. We went on suspension. I was on suspension a lot.
GROSS: Oh really? Like for what?
HOLM: Oh yes.
GROSS: What would they put you on suspension for?
HOLM: For turning down a picture.
GROSS: And what did that mean when you were on suspension?
HOLM: You didn't get paid.
GROSS: Mm.
HOLM: And when "Gentlemen's Agreement" came along, they would let me have that picture unless I agree to - see I made the mistake of making very clear that I was dying to do it so then they made me sign a term contract.
GROSS: Let me ask you about one of the most celebrated movies that you've been in and that's "All About Eve." Did you realize by looking at the script what a terrific movie this is going to be?
HOLM: You bet. Sure. Oh, I knew that would be a wonderful picture.
GROSS: I'd like to play a short clip from a scene in "All About Eve." This is the kind of culmination of the scene that starts with Bette Davis saying, fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
HOLM: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: So the party is coming to a close.
HOLM: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: Bette Davis is really drunk and getting...
HOLM: Very drunk.
GROSS: ...getting very bitter because you could tell Eve is really out to get her roles and out to get her man.
HOLM: No, no. She doesn't know Eve is out to get her roles yet. She doesn't know. She wasn't understudy yet. She was just secretary. But she knew that she felt threatened in relation to her man.
GROSS: So the party is...
HOLM: At that point.
GROSS: The party's wrapping up. People are kind of getting ready to go home. Bette Davis is really drunk, and here's the scene.
HUGH MARLOWE: (as Lloyd) How about calling it a night?
BETTE DAVIS: (as Margo) And you pose as a playwright. A situation pregnant with possibilities, and all you can think of is everybody go to sleep.
MARLOWE: (as Lloyd) It's a good thought.
DAVIS: (as Margo) It won't play.
HOLM: (as Karen) As a non-professional, I think it's an excellent idea. Excuse me. Un-dramatic, perhaps, but practical.
DAVIS: (as Margo) Happy little housewife.
MARLOWE: (as Lloyd) Cut it out.
DAVIS: (as Margo) This is my house, not a theater. In my house, you're a guest, not a director.
HOLM: (as Karen) Then stop being a star, and stop treating your guests as your supporting cast.
MARLOWE: (as Lloyd) Now, let's not get into a big hassle.
HOLM: (as Karen) It's about time we did. It's about time Margo realized that's what attractive onstage need not necessarily be attractive off.
DAVIS: (as Margo) All right. I'm going to bed.
HOLM: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: Did you have any conversations with Bette Davis like that off the set?
HOLM: No. We had no conversations at all.
GROSS: You weren't even on speaking terms?
HOLM: I had nothing to say to her.
GROSS: Why not? What was she like to work with?
HOLM: Excellent. She was fine to work with, but there was no small talk.
GROSS: You mean she allowed no small talk?
HOLM: Well, she had nothing to say to anybody, and so consequently, nobody had anything to say to her.
GROSS: Let me quote something that she said - and this is in the 1970s, when she got an AFI, an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award. And at the...
HOLM: Mm-hmm. I was there.
GROSS: OK. At the party after the banquet, she said Joseph Mankiewicz did give me a second career, but he was slightly in error describing the wonderful cast of "Eve." They were wonderful, but there was one bitch: Celeste Holm. Why do you think she said that about you?
HOLM: Because I had no patience with her. First day I walked onto the set, I said: Good morning. And she said: Oh, (beep) good manners.
HOLM: So I thought, well, this is a waste of time. So I had nothing to say to her. So then at one point she got - she suddenly lost her temper, and her mother was visiting the set, and she had never talked this way before. She did this in front of her mother. She used four letter words in combination I've never even heard a sailor use.
And I said: I'm going back to my trailer, and when Ms. Davis gets herself together, call me. And then when we were playing in the - in 21, we were all sitting there together. And so I came back from having talked to Eve in the ladies room.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: And Anne and I were very good friends. I mean, I loved everybody in the cast except Bette, because she wouldn't let you love her. So I - we were all sitting there, and I said: Did you know that the man who made the wonderful glass teapot, Pyrex, when he found out they were using it to make martinis, he stopped making them?
And Bette drank more than she should, I thought. And so she looked at me and she said: I don't know how I've lived this long without knowing that.
HOLM: So I don't know who was the bitch.
GROSS: Did this kind of tension between you two get translated into your acting?
HOLM: No.
GROSS: Into the scenes that you played together?
HOLM: I don't think it did. I thought we were both very good together. Everybody said you must be really very good friends. I said no, not really. By the way, I have never had any difficulty with any other actress...
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: ...in any other show, ever.
GROSS: Well, Marilyn Monroe had one of her first roles in "All About Eve." And...
HOLM: I got to be a very good friend of hers.
GROSS: What were your first impressions of her when she came onto the set?
HOLM: I thought she was a sweet, dumb little girl.
GROSS: Was that impression after you'd worked with her more?
HOLM: Yes, because she wasn't terribly good in that. She got awfully good after she worked with the Actors Studio and so forth. I thought she was absolutely marvelous in "Bus Stop." Marvelous.
GROSS: Mm-hmm. Now, you worked with Joseph Mankiewicz. You know, he wrote, directed "All About Eve." You'd work in other of his films, as well.
HOLM: "A Letter to Three Wives."
GROSS: Yeah. What kind of director...
HOLM: Wonderful man.
GROSS: Well, tell me...
HOLM: Wonderful.
GROSS: Tell me what his directing was like, especially when he was directing his own lines. And his writing was so good. There was so much clever dialogue.
HOLM: Very bright, yes. But it was more than dialogue. It was that the characters of the people were interesting.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: They were individuals. And that's what good writing is about. And nobody seems to know that now. Most writing is just somehow get it onto paper, and if all the lights are left on, well, let's print it. It's very sad. It's not good enough.
GROSS: So what was his way of directing you? Did he have...
HOLM: No, he didn't have any particular - he just saw to it that we didn't bump into each other or the furniture. Most of us were pretty good actors, you know, so he left us pretty much alone.
GROSS: We're listening back to a 1990 interview with Celeste Holm. She died Sunday at the age of 95. We'll hear more of the interview after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: Let's get back to our 1990 interview with Celeste Holm. She died Sunday at the age of 95. She costarred in the original production of "Oklahoma!" and in the films "All About Eve," "High Society," "Come to the Stable" and "Gentleman's Agreement."
You were directed by Elia Kazan in "Gentleman's Agreement."
HOLM: Yes, indeed.
GROSS: What was he like as a director?
HOLM: He's a very interesting director. He's a secretive director. For instance, if he has a piece of direction for you, he'll whisper it in your ear so the other actors don't hear what it is. Then he whispers in their ears. And then you do the scene again, and you try to figure out what he said to them by what they do.
HOLM: And they try to figure out what he said to you. It's very interesting and very truthful, because all good actors have secrets. All interesting people have secrets, which is why you wanted to get to know them better.
GROSS: What's one of the secrets he whispered in your ear?
HOLM: You cannot stand that girl. I want to see it very quickly, and then cover it.
GROSS: And why wouldn't he have wanted the actress that you were...
HOLM: Oh, he didn't want...
GROSS: ...playing against to know that?
HOLM: ...her to hear that.
GROSS: Mm-hmm. Why not?
HOLM: Well, because your relationship to somebody is your own relationship. He didn't want it to be an inimical one. He did not want a confrontational thing at all. He just wanted that subtle business, where one woman looks at another and doesn't much like her, you know.
GROSS: What was the reputation of the different studios among actors?
HOLM: Well, I found out later I probably would have done a great deal better at Metro. I always loved working at Metro. "High Society" we did at Metro.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: "Tender Trap" I did at Metro.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: And they were both delicious pictures, delightful - and a much more human studio. I don't think Zanuck liked actors. I know he didn't like women. He liked girls. They would say yes, whatever you say. But if you, you know, you said wait a minute, I'm not sure that's going to work, well, he didn't want to hear that.
GROSS: So in what way was MGM more human? I mean, you said you really liked them.
HOLM: Well, it was just more fun.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
HOLM: They seemed to realize that humor - I've always had a sense of responsibility about keeping a set alive and happy, because that's what photographs. You know, we're the only industry - outside of musicians - whose work is referred to as playing, and it has to be playing. We have to really play together. And that's what the audience responds to.
If it's work, it's not - you don't want to watch. And that kind of pleasure, that kind of balloon, that kind of bubble in the air is what makes all good comedy. And it's what the audience really enjoys.
GROSS: Since we brought up "High Society," let me ask you about making that movie.
HOLM: Right.
GROSS: And as you pointed out, it's an MGM movie made in 1956. Now, you played opposite Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby in this.
HOLM: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: What was it like to work with Sinatra? You also worked with him in the "Tender Trap."
HOLM: Mm-hmm. Well, I've always gotten along well with children.
HOLM: And Frank's charm is that he's like a child. He wants everything his way, and he wants it now. And he sings beautifully. And as long as all of those things are functioning, why, he's just a pleasure.
GROSS: And if they're not?
HOLM: Hmm?
GROSS: And if they're not functioning?
HOLM: Well, then he sometimes walks off the set.
GROSS: Did that happen a lot during "High Society"?
HOLM: No. No. It happened once in "Tender Trap."
GROSS: What did he walk out over?
HOLM: Astonished us all, just astonished us. Couldn't believe it. You know, he'd just suddenly say, well, I don't want to shoot anymore today.
HOLM: Of course, he was also delicious in it. He was absolutely wonderful in it.
GROSS: Were you sorry when the film studios broke up?
HOLM: Yes. I was very dismayed and disheartened by that, because, you see, the most important thing about freedom is responsibility. If you don't have a sense of responsibility about what you do, it's not very good, as a rule. And the studios had all those theaters to fill, so they had a sense of responsibility to those theaters.
And the minute those theaters were gone, they didn't have that, and pictures were not as good after that. Then they no longer had all those people under talent - under contract, which they had to protect. You know, the industry was really very changed by that.
GROSS: Celeste Holm, recorded in 1990. She died Sunday at the age of 95. Here she is with Frank Sinatra from the soundtrack of "High Society."
FRANK SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Who wants to be a millionaire?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) I don't.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Have flashy flunkeys everywhere?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) I don't.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Who wants the bother of a country estate?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) A country estate is something I'd hate.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Who wants to wallow in champagne?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) I don't.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Who wants a supersonic plane?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) I don't.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) Who wants a private landing field?
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) I don't.
SINATRA: (as Mike) (Singing) And I don't.
HOLM: (as Liz) (Singing) Because all I want is you.
GROSS: You can download podcasts of our show on our website: freshair.npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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"I dump you."
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Sometimes it is best to just get to the point. After staring at a blinking cursor for the last fifteen minutes I have decided to follow the NMW's example and just come right out and say it:
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The reason is simple. Over the past several months blogging has become more of a burden than a blessing. It feels more like work than a relaxing pastime. I have found myself often doing posts because I feel like I "have to" more than I simply "want to." The demands of my top priorities in life – family, church, work, fantasy football, NCAA 2010, and Slurpees – have dramatically increased. My free time and energy have fallen faster than ACORN, though in my case it had nothing to do with pimps and/or women of ill repute.
While the NMH blog has a very small following, a few people may be disappointed in some way that I'm hanging it up. If that's the case, I'm sorry. There are about 48 buzillion other blogs out there and I'm sure you'll move on faster than Brad Pitt with a new female co-star. But before you do – thank you! Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your compliments and encouragement. Thank you for helping build a small NMH community. It's been a very cool ride.
When I started my blog in September 2006 I never intended for anybody outside of my family and close friends to ever read what I wrote. And this is exactly what happened for over a year and a half. Then I wrote the Twilight Series for Dummies (And Desperate LDS Guys) in February 2008 and it got circulated around the web. Suddenly I was getting more traffic that I ever imagined. A reporter from the Salt Lake Tribune interviewed me. Bill Simmons at ESPN gave me a small compliment. People were actually paying me to advertise on my blog. And before I knew it, it felt like I had a second job.
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I'm grateful for being NORMAL. It is a blessing to be a pretty regular guy. To experience both the joys and trials of life. To have a job that I sometimes love and sometimes makes me want to throw up before I walk into the building. To have good friends to play hoops with and beat at fantasy football. To find Dollar Menu items delicious. To drive a Honda Accord. To love my country. To get sick and hurt enough that I enjoy my health when it is good. Yes, it's great to have a normal life.
What a blessing it is to be MORMON. My personal relationships with God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, give meaning and purpose to my life. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by the Savior Himself. He leads this church through the power of His priesthood and continuous revelation to modern-day prophets. The word of God is found in the Book of Mormon, and I find peace and direction within its pages. Knowing that I have been sealed to my family for the eternities brings me hope and happiness. It is truly a miracle that an unpaid clergy consisting of normal, imperfect, everyday people like you and me move this great work forward. I love being a part of the Lord's kingdom here upon the earth and know I have found the truth.
I thoroughly enjoy being a HUSBAND. My wife is my best friend. She radiates purity and goodness and optimism and fun. She makes me laugh. She gives me confidence. It humbles me to know that we made three beautiful kids together. Being a dad is more rewarding (hugs, princess dress-ups, sports, reading books, FHE activities, wrestling, etc.) and more challenging (disciplining, scheduling, losing my free time, providing for a family, etc.) than I ever imagined it would be. My greatest hope in life is that the NMW and I raise our children in a way that will help them love the Lord, love their families, love their fellow men, and love life in general.
Okay, so maybe this was a little more long-winded "good-bye" than what the NMW said to her former high school flame, so sue me.
Oh, man, that could be a hilarious blog post – worst high school break-ups! (Fight the urge, Andrew. Fight the urge…)
Thanks again to all of you. Take care.
-The NMH
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Hey you know what? I wish you well. I'm just a casual reader and I've enjoyed your humor. You've made me glad that I have a blog that only 4 people read. No pressure. Now go and enjoy your Norman Mormon Life.5:38 AM
I'm a first time reader- how ironic is that-- Loved your (last) post. Normalcy is a crazy wonderful thing- ain't it. Take care.6:07 AM
I found you through Twlight,
Loved Those Posts!!!
Here is wishing you and your family... life without blogging pressures, may you still find the humor in everyday life.
Laughter is the best medicine of all, Thanks for the laughs you gave all of us!
Thanks for your great blog and good luck with everything.
Maybe post one more time when you finish your book?
I've been following you for a while and though I rarely comment, I want to thank you for all the laughs! I have truly enjoyed your blog. I wish you & your family all the best.6:22 AM
Thanks for all the out loud reading that caused my kids to come in to see if "Mom was OK".
Good luck on all your endeavors. And thanks for sharing.
Ok, I am seriously sad! I was just telling your mom the other day how much I love your blog. (I figured out I was in your mom's ward when you mentioned angela's book, because your mom reviewed it at a RS book night...)
Small world huh? I am the Preston Idaho girl....
Anyway, best of luck... I have really enjoyed your blog and adore your fabulous mother!!
I'm also a fan since Twilight. I'm a blog-stalker...sorry. Thanks for all the laughs. Thanks for the lesson in priorities! Have a good life!7:24 AM
Thanks for the ride.7:54 AM
i started following fairly recently at the suggestion of my husband. i've enjoyed it. but i say good for you.
also, i hope you'll leave the blog up so we can still enjoy it.
Dammit! And I just found you! And see that you served in Chile which is where my son is (he's further south in Osorno), and you make me and my husband laugh hysterically. He too grew up in WVC.
Good luck, wish you well, will miss your humor!!
I too will miss your humor, but I understand priorities, being a single mom !! I especially enjoyed your testimony in this last post !! Good-bye and good life !!!8:56 AM
Well I've totally enjoyed reading your blog. And this is a legitimate invitation: Any time you get the urge, like a really great essay just bubbles up inside you and it's just itching to get out, send it to me. I have a semi-large following, and I'm also an editor over at Mormon Mommy Blogs. We'll get you posted and get folks laughing and all the things that writers like you and I live for. And then you can walk away and never look back...until the urge bubbles up again.
Yes...you make me giggle...we will miss you. Good luck in Fantasy Football. Just kidding! My hubby is in 5 leagues so you know I am being sarcastic!9:46 AM
I will miss your blog SOOO much. Here's my request: Next time we go through a rough experience (kidney stones, flat tires, etc.) can you just e-mail me a re-cap from your point of view? It's always funnier than what really happened.
Oh, and can you keep writing our family Christmas letters as your creative outlet once a year?
Thanks for the laughs. The day you picked us for one of your mediation posts was great! (We named our baby Alexis Paige, by the way.)
I'm glad you're putting first things first!
Aw, man! I'm gonna miss your humorous outlook on things, but I totally understand how the pressure to write can make it not as much fun. Thank you for sharing your thoughts & observations these past few years. Thank you for sharing your testimony - not only in this post, but in the way you are living life & raising your kids. Thank you for intentionally or unintentionally pointing me towards other blogs that I now enjoy. : )
I 2nd the request to keep the blog up, tho, so we can still enjoy past postings!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
Thanks for the fun and laughs and perspective. All the best!11:23 AM
What? No more NMH?!?! What if you end up with a Glenn Close-in-that-one-80s-movie-I-can't-remember-style stalker who won't LET you dump them?
Some of us know where you live, you know. :-)
Seriously, though, love you, my bro. I'll miss the NMH, but I'm lucky enough to have you in my life for realsies. Couldn't ask for anything more than that.
You've just made me VERY sad. Yours is the only blog in the world that I read. My life will be less bright without your blogs in it. However, I understand. So thank you very much for being there for laughs when I need them. I wish you well. *beings to cry*11:43 AM
Our blogging world has just gotten a little sadder. :(
But many of us - Normal Mormons or not - understand about focusing on things that should be our priority, and realigning ourselves. I'm sure Heavenly Father is pleased with your decision to do so, and is waiting to pour out many blessing upon you and your Normal Mormon Family. Thanks for all the gut-busting fun. It was a great ride for us readers, too!
Way to go out on top! This was a great post. Both funny and uplifting. Thanks!1:17 PM
I too will miss your humor and creative writing. My favorite post was Campin with Cletus and Deadly Varmints! Enjoy your Normal Mormon Life.2:15 PM
I've enjoyed reading your blogs, but I totally understand your reasons for stopping. I'm kind of an all or nothing person too.
I found your blog through our shared roots, the Twilight posts were just a bonus, a wonderful, magical bonus. Thanks for making me laugh! :)
I found you through the Twilight posts, and have been a fan ever since. Thank you for all the laughs. Also, thank you for sharing your testimony in your last post. I wish you all the best!2:54 PM
longtime reader, first time commenter here. Thanks for the laughs. I enjoyed it. God Bless you and your family2:55 PM
Don't you think your being a little rash?! What if you find yourself WANTING to blog in the future. (think Michael Jordan and his repeated attempts at "retirement") I'm going to assume you meant: don't expect anything from me, and if I want to, I'll post.
In the meantime, enjoy your fam. and your slurpees!
Faith - Yes, I'm leaving the blog up so that people can read my old stuff if they want to. I will just no longer update it going forward.5:28 PM
We'll miss your hilarious blogs. Good luck fighting the urge to write--we won't hold you accountable if you sneak a post in here or there just because you can... :)5:30 PM
DeNae - Don't even tempt me to post an occasional essay on your site! Today, for example, the NMW and I went on a date that resulted in us eating dinner at a gas station and watching a HORRIBLE movie. A year ago, I would have spent a couple of hours writing the blow-by-blow account. But now, I'm done! Done! Done, ya hear?! Don't tempt me!5:34 PM
You're the second blogger I follow to quit this week. I think I'm going to miss you the most.5:39 PM
Carolyn - Yes, I remember what happened after Michael Jordan came back after retirement. His scoring went from 30.7 ppg with the Bulls to 21.5 in Washington. His FG% dropped from 49.7% to 43.1%. In other words, MJ reached the point where he should have just walked away. I've reached that same point, and I'm done. (Please don't read too much into me comparing myself to MJ, though. He's one of the best ever, like Dave Barry or something. In NBA terms I'm more like Jeff Horancek or Michael Cooper. A good, solid contributor, but not a superstar.)5:41 PM
I'll miss your blog, Drew. I remember when you first started blogging and you went MONTHS at a time without posting. I checked it daily, thinking "Come on, I'm not going to check if you don't update." But then you went and got all famous on us! It's been a fun ride, and thanks for giving my Room Doodles website the NMH bump. (-:5:57 PM
Your quick wit will be missed. I have enjoyed jumping on your blog when I am having a rough day. But I understand the pressure to blog. I will go for weeks and then play catch up. But I hope that you have a enjoyable life with your family and that you will be able to fit in more family time. God Bless!6:29 PM
Oh, Andrew dear. Your posts will indeed be missed, but I understand. As Ang said, I'm glad you're in my life for realses.7:00 PM
I came on here tonight looking for a real laugh after a crazy day and now I'm just sad. But I understand the whole priority bit, you can only juggle so many things. I've enjoyed every post you've ever written! Good luck with all your endeavors at normalcy!7:32 PM
Completely understandable, but we'll miss your sense of humor all the same. Good luck!8:06 PM
I will speak up for the silent majority--those of us who read your posts, laugh our heads off, occasionally learn something, and leave your blog feeling better..., but never reply. I feel like I need to find an NPR station somewhere that is having a pledge drive and make a donation. Thanks for your efforts. They were much appreciated. It seems appropriate to leave my identity anonymous so I can fill the role of the silent readership. No, I'm not your mother or Stephenie Meyer, just a middle aged Mormon guy living in the California foothills outside of Yosemite. Come visit sometime.8:40 PM
Thanks for all the fun reads. If you ever decide to become the anti-anti-Favre, I hope I happen upon your blog again.9:29 PM
I have enjoyed your blog, and have laughed a lot! Have fun being normal :)9:39 PM
Well that stinks for me! I just found you a couple months ago! But you're probably making the right decision. I find myself "blogged down" as well (did you like that? I just made it up on the spot :-), and I only have about four people that read mine! Thanks for making me laugh, and thanks for sharing your testimony in your last post. Good luck to you and your family...9:41 PM
I will miss your posts. I've lurked for a long time, and ironically was going to post tonight when I came on your site and saw that the ad was for Scientology. Ha.
Best wishes in your normal mormon life now. You are a talented and witty writer, and your faith comes through.
Oh, I'm tempting you mister.
Particularly since, although you've done a whiz bang job at the whole Clark Kent thing, I'm pretty sure you and I have several common acquaintances. And since I'm also fairly confident you and I are the only people from WVC not posting our blogs from Cell Block D, it's all the more important that we REPRESENT!!
Just keep my e-mail address. You know, in case you need a fix.
Aaah, are you sure? No one in the world can describe West Valley, the West Fest and life in the early ninties like you can, and your twilight take was dead on. Edward really is a woman. Thanks for the laughs.11:44 PM
Thanks for the laughs! Good for you for knowing when it's time to quit, though we'll miss it.12:06 AM
I will defn miss your take on everything twilight. And on relationships. And marriage. And being a 'normal mormon'. I love your writing. Thanks for sharing it with us. I hope you find another outlet for yr talent. (maybe start another blog...incognito...)2:10 AM
Thank you for your time and wit. It's been fun, but it's best for "good" things to come to an end for "better" things. Good luck and God bless.7:42 AM
Sad to see you go, but good for you.... Like Seinfield, leaving before people stop watching.
Good luck. Thanks for the laughs.
Bummer. You have a knack for comedy writing, something most people (including many would-be comedic writers) don't. But I understand the impulse. Best of luck in all future endeavors. ..bruce..8:45 AM
Been reading for awhile, but never commented. I've really enjoyed your posts. Thanks for all the laughs!! Best of luck in your "normal" life.12:17 PM
I have loved reading your blog. It is one of my favorites. I have never commented before, but always discuss your chosen topic. I will miss you3:22 PM
I have been a long time reader i Started reading when i was 17 and i recently just turned 19(so not as long as you have been reading but still pretty long). i loved reading your blogs and i will miss it terribly. I actually missed a college class once because i was reading your blog and forgot i had class and the teacher said if you come in late i'm marking you absent so i didn't go instead i reread a bunch of your posts. You have been a big but very small part of my life. i would read your posts at dinner i have 5 brothers, we would sit around and spend at least an hour discussing you post. i wish you best of luck well wishes and health (always need good health no one wishes you that anymore) with your family and your life. I will miss this.5:05 PM
First time poster here too. I just wanted to say thank YOU! for the good, clean humor. Thanks also for keeping the blog up for the rest of us to catch up on the older posts. I have had SO much fun reading your blog and sharing it with my husband. You have a great talent and I hope you will still publish the book and let us all know about it. My husband is Bishop too and so we totally understand the hardships. Best wishes!!5:50 PM
Another long time reader, first time poster here...
Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated your posts! Found you through the Twilight posts but stayed on... Best of luck in your future endevours, even if it's "just" princess dress-ups and office work. Nothin' wrong with a little normal!
Good for you - and I have to laugh, because it was my mom who randomly asked me last night if I'd read that "Normal Husband Guy"'s last post this week (apparently she also became a fan after the Twilight business). And I definitley have to agree with your synopsis of your wife - she is amazing and is an inspiration to me in my twilight-zone-similar-life from afar ALL THE STINKING TIME.
So good luck and don't be a guy and fill up your new free time with something lame. :)
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and time with us. Many of your posts have been truly hilarious and I appreciate your take on Twilight more than anything. Thanks for all the fun and may your life be filled with continued blessings!
Thank YOU, NMH for helping us find the humor in everyday life making us feel Normal about being Mormon Husbands. Good luck in the future.8:59 AM
My offer still stands to do your editing, should you write anything outside the blogosphere. It's the least I could do to repay you for all the fun I've had reading your blog.9:36 AM
Yes, seriously sad that you are posting no more! I've enjoyed your humor and share it with everyone. Good for you being normal! Best of luck :).10:22 AM
Good Riddance. Wait that came out wrong, what I meant was, I will be sad to see you go, but fully understand. I enjoyed your posts for the short time I was here. It was good to get back in touch. You are a talented blogger.11:24 AM
Just want to say thanks and as sad as I am to hear you are done I do understand. I actually found myself wondering how you had time to write these posts and other times I wondered if it was difficult to come up with new things to write about all the time. I'm sure it is nice to have one less burden to worry about. I guess I'll just have to wait until you are a retired, empty-nester, ward librarian (no real responsibilities outside the block) with nothing else to do before you can blog again.
Thanks again and good luck.
I found you thru Twilight but kept reading because your posts were enjoyable. Enjoy your down time with NMW and NMK's.1:07 PM
I enjoyed your blog; I'm glad you're putting the truly important things first.
Good luck!
Thank you for your testimony, your humor and for your "love" of Twilight. I appreciated many of your posts (as did my husband). Good luck in everything you do.7:20 PM
Happy to say I am one of your Twilight Junkie converts. Thanks for giving this Partially Normal (despite affection for all things vampire) Mormon Wife a few good laughs. Your presence in my google reader will be missed.9:49 PM
Thank you for the work you've put into your blog. My husband and I have enjoyed reading it.9:50 PM
I feel like I did when Night Court went off the air. Or when Van Halen broke up. Are you sure you won't stay?3:48 AM
Thanks for helping me understand my husband a little better! You are a talented writer and I'll miss your posts. Thanks for sharing!8:51 AM
What a sappy love-fest! You did this post just to generate comments, methinks...
New Moon is coming out, I will be checking back to get your review on that one! Don't let me down!
Thank you for your fun blog and for your testimony :) But I will miss seeing what funny things you have come up with any particular week :(4:24 PM
Darn it - just when I was going to ask to be a guest writer...even though it seems the tide has turned towards twitter and facebook.6:12 AM
you know that you are coming back to write when the next twilight movie comes out.8:05 AM
I found you after you wrote the Twilight posts and have been following you ever since -- I was born and raised in Utah, now live in New York, so I appreciated many of your posts. Take care!!10:43 AM
Well, I just found your blog last week and now I have to say goodbye. What's up with that!!!
I just want to say "thanks" for being the kind of guy you are, opening up and letting us girls know what's going on in a guys head.
"thanks" for having the morals and standards that you do.
"thanks" for being so darned intertaining and clean.
I hopefully there are more "normal" mormons in the world to carry on in your tradtion. If not, maybe I should blog more often...
I found you through your Twilight posts, and was looking forward to your new moon movie reviews.....but I have followed you for sometime, quietly in the rafters so to speak. Great job, I love your humor, your take on things, and that you put your family first! GO be a Normal Mormon Husband, and enjoy life!5:34 PM
I am only sad that you decided to do this before the release of New Moon. I was totally looking forward to your review of the movie! Thanks for the laughs.7:55 PM
I think NMW was getting sick of seeing how many women read & comment on your blog. I think the ratio of Girl Comments to Guy Comments is like 35-1 and most of the guy comments are yours. Your not going to pull a Brett Farve on us and start posting blogs on the HBO New Blood are you?
Please don't delete it. I intend on coming back and reading the other posts. Love your humor and am enjoying what I see.
Glad you shared this much. Have a great life.
You made me laugh out loud so many times! Thanks for the entertainment. And thanks for sharing your gospel experiences and testimony. All the best to you and your family.7:37 PM
You made it look so effortless, but I can see how the pressure would take away the fun. I have truly enjoyed your blog. So many times I laughed out loud when I read it. "I laughed, I cried. It moved me, Bob!" I do hope you'll consider guest-blogging for Mormon Mommy Blogs when the urge hits. No pressure, just write when you want..... And enjoy a more peaceful life with your family.5:29 AM
This is the saddest day of my life. Loved your blog. :(9:07 PM
I loved the post that you did about your lay off experience. I still tear up thinking about it. You have a true talent of being so ridiculously funny and caring all at the same time. Good Luck!!3:42 PM
I ended up staring at the keyboard for some time as I contemplated what to say. Even now I am stalling. I will definitely miss your blog. Few people I have encountered have such a gift for turning normal, everyday incidents into gut-busting stories - you are one of those few. Any time I have been having a stressful day, I could click on your blog and know there would be something clean and humorous to help me back up. Thanks for the laughs and for the testimony. You rock!11:52 AM
Thanks for the humor over the past several months.6:10 PM
So sad that this is your last post. I just found your blog. Went to school with your wife, even worked at the Root Beer Stand with her. Small world. Funny blog.10:04 PM
NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You can't do this to me. We can work it out, I know we can. Just give us another chance! I know it's me and not you, but I can change...i won't expect too much from you anymore...and I will try to stop stalking your blog even though you don't know me....just please, don't say this is the end? Okay, I get it..the silent treatment......well fine...maybe I will be better off with out your sparkling personality and hilarious humor to keep me going everyday. I'll think of it as just one less blog to read on my google reader....that's right...I don't need you...I dump you! (okay, not really....you are awesome and I will miss your posts...so long NMH....it was good while it lasted!)5:43 AM
OK NMH I will miss you. Just wondering why you didn't consider paying someone to "take over" writing for you and keep the money coming? Not that anyone could take your place but there are some other funny people out there....9:41 PM
Best wishes! Thanks for sharing your talent. Maybe one of these days you can get around to writing a book (once your kids are a little older). The Twilight series for dummies was absolutely hilarious! Thank you.2:14 PM
96 COMMENTS!!! I had 8 comments once and thought I was the most popular girl in the world ~
Good luck and thanks for the laughs!
First time reader, what a shame I missed all the fun. Maybe you should write a column and get paid for it. You have a talent for the written word.
Best of luck
Thanks for your testimony - that is probably the most important thing you could share in your departure back to being a normal husband with a great wife and family. Thanks for sharing and now continue to use your time wisely for none of us know how much time we really have here to secure our place in heaven and help rescue others.4:44 PM
I just wanted you to have triple-digits on your *last* post. Also, hoping you'll come out of retirement eventually. Will you write a personal blog post about new moon for me?5:00 AM
Good luck NMH! I enjoyed your posts, they made me laugh and it was nice to see a guy's take on things since my husband thinks blogging is dumb. Enjoy life. Cheers to you!2:43 PM
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LOL. This was my first time here and I find out that you quit !! Well good luck to you in all you do. sorry i missed the party.9:14 AM
You are so flippin' funny... and it has almost been a year since your last post. Hope life is treating you well... and when are you writing a book?8:23 PM
Excellent work..Marriage is a lifetime affair which requires utmost adjustment from both the sides. In order to have a happy married life,, you must learn to live with the negative and positive aspects of your life partner. It's natural that everyone has a different nature and attitude and adjusting with these dissimilarities is what makes marriage a challenge!!8:19 AM


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Welcome to Indian Vegetarian Kitchen!
March 23, 2009
Pineapple Kesari
Picture clicked by my hubby :)
Kesari comes out perfect every time I follow my mom's recipe. The ratio of rava to water should be right to get the right consistency. I usually don't compromise on ghee because it is the only ingredient which makes this dish tasty.
Serves: 2-3
Sooji/Rava/Semolina-1/2 cup
Sugar-1/2 cup
Water-1 cup
Ghee(clarified butter)-2 tbsp
Cardamom-1/4 tsp
Saffron-a few strands
Pineapple pieces chopped finely-1/4 cup
Milk-2 tbsp
Chopped nuts(almonds, cashews)-1 tbsp
Raisins-2 tsp
Food color(any color)-a pinch(I used pink)
Soak saffron in warm milk.
In a vessel, bring water and pineapple pieces to a boil.
In a pan, melt butter and make ghee. Roast nuts and raisins in ghee and transfer the mixture to a bowl. Return the pan to stove. Roast rava on low flame for 5-6 minutes. Add cardamom, saffron-milk, boiling water(with pineapple pieces) and food color. Keep stirring while pouring hot water to avoid lumps. Cook for a minute. Add sugar. Stir well and cook for 2 minutes. Add half of the ghee+nuts mixture and mix well.
Before serving kesari, top it off with remaining ghee and nuts.
Note: You may also add a few drops of pineapple essence to make it even tastier.
Instead of adding pineapple, you can make plain kesari and add a few drops of almond essence.
I am sending this to FIC: Pink/Rose - March 31st event started by Sunshinemom and hosted by priya.
BTW today is my parents' anniversary :) Last year they were here in the US with us and we went to Flower fields(in San Diego). The flowers are spread across 50 acres of land! It is a breathtaking view. They are open from March through May every year.
78 comments:
I love your photographs!ReplyDelete
mouth watering mahimaa...want to taste it..tempting me to try..i have all the ingredients..but no saffron n food color but still i will give a try!!ReplyDelete
Yum..What great pics..Made even the simple kesari look so heavenly Mahii..:)ReplyDelete
Looks lovely dressed in pink!!ReplyDelete
wow !Maahi .. pinky pinky ..keasri bath looks yummy :) love the presentation:)ReplyDelete
Beautiful as usual. I have eaten this in a friends place.. & found it very tasty & refreshing. love pineapple.ReplyDelete
My mom used to make this any time we had unexpected guests and have only about an hour to make something. She never measured of course so I am not sure if I can ever get a recipe out of her unless I stood by her and measured everything when she throws it in :)ReplyDelete
We always use yellow colour though. Never seen pink!
this is such a simple dessert to serve..love the picsReplyDelete
pineapple fan nee... so kesariyaa adhula? :) love the colourReplyDelete
The kesari looks so yummy Mahimaa, lovely color, I have to definitely try this one :)ReplyDelete
looks soo very yummy, mahimaa!! i once added pineapple to my kesari as i happened to have some when i made kesari and we just loved it!! generally i just make kesari as it is!ReplyDelete
I'm not a very big fan of sweets Mahi, but I'm going to try this sometime for sure... looks so inviting...ReplyDelete
You are right mahimaa, the ratio is everything in kesari. Awesome snaps, love the platesReplyDelete
Hey Mahimaa, Your photos are worth a steal;)Awesome awesome awesome is all I can say.ReplyDelete
Wow, this is so tempting..Wonderful click Mahimaa..PArkum bodhe sapdanum pola iruku..ReplyDelete
Wow, what an awesome picture,Anush is great.I love Kesari and your mother used to make it every week when you were a child.Yes,thanks for reminding.We all went to the Flower fields and saw awesome flowers there last year.It was wonderful.
Awesome clicks Mahimaaa...kesari is very inviting....feel like having a bite.ReplyDelete
What a lovely gift by u and ur hubby to ur parents wedding anniversary! My heartly wishes to them! We always eat in wedding this kesari! Delicious!ReplyDelete
kesari looks so yum,..do wish my wishes to ur parents,..nd the flowers pic look so bright and refreshing...ReplyDelete
Wow...super delicious and really mouth watering Mahima :-) Nice click...Breath taking view of the flower field. Will try to visit this year. Happy Anniversary to your Mom and Dad !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Wow,pineapple kesari looks super yummy..great clickReplyDelete
Kesari looks so tempting....and am wondering how pineapple kesari came out pink in color :) though it striked me only after a second that it was food color...ReplyDelete
Truely speaking I really dont find any major diff b/w ur cam and ur hubbys high end cam!
Wow... Lovely clicks! :DReplyDelete
Kesari looks beautiful!
Happy anniversary to amma & appa! :)
Wow, gorgeous kesari! Looks amazing. Of course tempting. A very nice gesture for your parents marriage anniversary! Many hearty wishes to them on this wonderful day! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Mahimaa....this looks so so tasty, i am going to make it soon ..can you please you tell me if you used moulds for that perfect round shape ..Would appreciate the tip :)ReplyDelete
Thanks a ton
mouth watering kesari....nice clicksReplyDelete
Happy anniversary to ur mom n dad Mahi...Pineapple kesari looks amazing in pink..Thanks for sending to FIC..Awesome clicks..ReplyDelete
Mahi... lovely click! Excellent dish.. Perfect for the event.ReplyDelete
Wow this looks so so delicious.ReplyDelete
I would love to give it a try to make them, i have never made this home.
- LakshmiMarch 24, 2009 at 4:22 AM
wow! looks awesome Mahi.the flower fields are indeed breathtaking! we've the tulip fields here in seattle.they also bloom some where around this time.ReplyDelete
yumm...nice pics and recipes...look to yummy....like ur pinky kesari...ReplyDelete
Best wishes to your parents for celebrating their anniversary. It looks pretty pink and yummy......nice click as always....ReplyDelete
Happy anniversary to your parents, lovely flowers, colorful.ReplyDelete
Love the Kesari bhaat with Pineapple, gorgeous photos as usual! :)
Awesome photographs! Kesari looks very very yummy :)ReplyDelete
Happy anniversary to your parents
mouthwatering kesari.i just love this but never added pineapple.Ur snaps are great..ReplyDelete
Hey first of sweet surprise..nethi thaan enoda amma appa wedding anniversary :))))))))))))))Asirvatham panna sollu amma appava...ReplyDelete
pineapple kesari looks just yummy :)
Lovely looking kesari.ReplyDelete
Mahimaa, that is really a pretty picture. The kesari looks so delightful!! excellent entry!ReplyDelete
Mahimaa thats awesome, i am just craving for it. love the color.ReplyDelete
Are you going to start any class on photography, please consider me. Lovely pic of the Kesari and of the looks yummy too.ReplyDelete
Looks lovely! Nice pictures!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, your mom must've been so proud to see one of her recipes executed so beautifully :)! I'd like to share your mom's recipe with our readers, please let me know if you're interested. You can email me at email@example.com
We Wish Both of you All the Very Best in Everything. God Bless all your Blogger friends and thanks for their Greetings. So nice of them.
Nice clicks....looks just yum....ReplyDelete
- mahimaa s ammaMarch 24, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Thanks da chellam for contributing such a tongue tingler pink coloured pine apple kesari in ur blog for our anniversary .ReplyDelete
to b noted-- i would love to thank all ur blog friends for their kind wishes .all of them seem to b my childs age.hence children thanks a lot.
mahimaa s amma.
congrats for winning magnificient click contest..your blog deserve it..ReplyDelete
wow ! dear 1st place ...i am soo happy for u .congrts dear :) enjoi :)ReplyDelete
nice pics and happy wedding anniversary to your parents...ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary to your mom n dad..lovely pic again..ReplyDelete
Ah, my favorite pineapple kesari! Lovely color and ofcourse awesome click as usual! Want to have a scoop of it right now :)ReplyDelete
Thats sad to know about someone copying your photos and cropping it to use it for a contest! That means, the person knew that it was wrong, but still did it! Wow, I wonder what goes on into these people's minds... Anyways, I completely support you and hope you are fine dear..
Happy Anniversary to your parents ! The kesari looks fantastic,loved the pink color and great pictures as usual Mahimaa !ReplyDelete
Mahimaa, couldnt wait until you posted your award!! CONGRATS!! :D :DReplyDelete
As I said earlier, those pics were diamonds on the crown!! So happy for you! Expecting many more awesome clicks from you! :)
Very nice picture and it looks delicious.ReplyDelete
Anniversary wishes to your parents.
Happy anniversary to your parents. I love pineapple kesari too & I just love the pics ... gorgeous & Yes I dont compromise on ghee either ..ReplyDelete
We aren't big kesari fans at home but i tried the pineapple kesari from TBC's blog and we really liked it. Your pink version looks so pretty :)ReplyDelete
Loved you cutlets that u submitted for Lentils Mela.. And this flower field in Sandiego is awsome..Actually i was planning to go there sometime too.:)ReplyDelete
The kesari looks so tempting...lovely photograph. Well presented.ReplyDelete
Belated Anniversary to your parents.
Love your pictures, flowers are filling my eyes, colorful. Wishes to your parents. Kesari looks fabulous.ReplyDelete
The kesari looks very good with a pink hue and the pineapple chunks in the middle. Belate anniversary wishes for your parents.ReplyDelete
woo lovly click mahi...ReplyDelete
Mahi, Happy anniversary to your parents! Kesari looks super yum and congrats on winning MCC! WTG!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversery to your parents Mahi. Lovley kesari , awesome click as ususal. Another awesome picutre by your husband. I saw some pcitures in the link sent by you.MY mom and my MIl makes this kesari so.. good.ReplyDelete
The kesari looks perfect pink. and a great job by your husband to capture it :) And the garden? wow, absolutely mindblowing!ReplyDelete
As usual beautiful photo. and tempting kesari. luv it pineapple.ReplyDelete
Congrats on winning First place in photo contest mahima! Beautiful pictures!ReplyDelete
Photographs looks very nice yaar. Also kesari looks yummy.ReplyDelete
Pine apple kesari is my all time fav...mouth watering mahimaa.love the Pic:)ReplyDelete
I wasn't aware of your win Mahimaa! Sorry! My heartfelt congrats on winning the click contest. You truly deserve it for your amazing pictures. I am so happy for you!ReplyDelete
BTW, I use Dhanraj whole wheat atta for my chapathis. Thanks for liking them. :)
pineapple kesari looks mouthwatering!! flower fields look so amazin, best wishes to your parents on the anniversary :).ReplyDelete
we recently went to a flower show in philly and that was breathtaking as well...
Hi Mahi, Congrats on winning the first place in click contest. Wishing you more and more in future.ReplyDelete
Looks Lovely and perfect.The pic looks very scrumptious.ReplyDelete
Delayed Anniversary wishes to your parents.I missed some of your delicious posts.
Hope the copycat problem is resolved.Do protect the website and the pics.
gorgeous is the word! i too never make compromise when i make kesari because it takes away the taste with less ghee!ReplyDelete
wishing u and ur loved ones a very happy Ugadi :)
Wow, that looks so perfect, and I love the color!ReplyDelete
wow!! simply stunning pic! kesari looks heavenly! feel like gobbling it up!ReplyDelete
thank you dears... my parents were delighted to read your comments...ReplyDelete
- Soumya RajendraAugust 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Nice blog Mahimaa... Try using yellow color and a tea spoon of pineapple essence. It will look and taste even better.ReplyDelete


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Friday, June 13, 2008
And I Wasn't Even Tempted to Leave Them at the Zoo
The gang at the zoo
petting the fake wombat
not so sure about the fake wombat
This box was in the wombat's habitat. Now you know the secret to their glowing skin.
Awwww. This looks like such a sweet picture, doesn't it? Austin being a great big brother and carrying Brooklyn who is resting, right? Actually, Brooklyn is pouting because she wants to ride in the wagon.
"Look Brooklyn! There are zebras!"
"I don't like zebras!"
"Look! There's a giraffe!"
"I don't like giraffes!"
"Oooo Brooklyn! Do you see the baby giraffe?"
"I don't like babies!"
A picture of the kids eating lunch? Nope. A picture of Clayton the Destroyer, squishing a bug. He lives to hold, collect, and look at bugs. Then he squishes them. Yep, he's well adjusted.
Forget the wild animals. We go to the zoo to see the geese.
and the ground squirrels
All I can say is - I'm glad I'm not a kangaroo
It's a water buck. I just like the fact that he has a bull's eye on his butt.
rhino (I can't believe I'm labeling these pictures. If you don't know what an elephant or a rhino looks like, there's something wrong.)
hmmm, this used to be a fountain. I wonder what it is now....
Oh I see! It's the human exhibit! Here are the humans in their natural habitat. See how they interact with each other.
sting rays
I have no idea why Jackson's tongue is hanging out. I do know that Brooklyn is listening to the cup though. Maybe she hears the ocean?
Posted by Dawn at 10:37 PM
69 comments:
Was that the Brookfield Zoo? I haven't been there in a while!
- June 13, 2008 at 11:57 PM
- Janet said...
That looks like such a fun day. You must be a miracle worker. There's no way I'd make it home with all of them. I can barely keep up with my two at the library with 14 librarians watching them.
- June 13, 2008 at 11:59 PM
- BoufMom9 said...
I take my kids out for the exact same reason! They forget to fight when other people are around. LOL
What other exciting things do you have planned for the kids?
Our town does Concerts in the Park, so we take the kids there (FREE!) and we also do the Wednesday movies for $2!!!
Plus, we were supposed to be coming your way, but darn, those gas prices!!!! SHEESH!
- June 14, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- Kaitlin said...
No comments? Woa. Looks like a fun day at the zoo. And no worries, I would have never guessed she was pouting. She just looked sleepy. :)
- June 14, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Fun day! Great pictures!
Cute kids!!
- June 14, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- Colleen said...
Aahhh! They took the fountain out? Why would they do that?!?!
- June 14, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Looks like they had fun!
Austin seems like such a nice big brother to Brooklynn. :)
- June 14, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Dawn, your kids could not possibly be any cuter. Holy cow. Absolutely beautiful. Brooklyn is so stinkin' cute on Austin's shoulders, even if she is pouting. What a character she is. You sure are blessed. Thanks for sharing your day and the pictures to go with it. Glad you guys had fun!
- June 14, 2008 at 12:41 AM
- Hands-Free Heart said...
Wow, Savannah really looks like you in these pictures.
- June 14, 2008 at 12:47 AM
- Four in Costa Rica said...
Stumbled upon your blog and have been enjoying your musings on life as a mom. Very cute kids!
And hey, that little bag of caulk looks handy.
- June 14, 2008 at 12:59 AM
i think Jackson's tongue is hanging out because he's getting gored in the neck by a buffalo horn.
- June 14, 2008 at 1:00 AM
- RefreshMom said...
I used to think the secret was taking my kids out in public--their behavior is usually more tolerable when they're out of the house--then I took them to the mall today! We didn't even go to shop; I took a wad of quarters (do quarters wad?) so they could ride the kiddie rides and we went to the toy store and PB kids so they could play with stuff. I'm not usually brave enough to do it on my own and it's going to be a good while until I do it again I think. It's going to take some time before I'm willing to hear myself say "No rides for you if you don't stay with me." "Come back here and walk beside me." "Get out of there; Bug knocked one of those racks down last time we were here and you can get hurt...."
I always thought loud kid voices bothered me more than anything; the truth is that my OWN voice bothers me most of all!
I hope you keep your kids confused enough all summer to get some more fun trips in!
- June 14, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- roseys madhouse said...
I think Jackson tongue is hanging out because the Bison is stabbing him in the throat! lol I hope your kids realise thaqt kangaroos are not actually that big here in Australia. WE did have one near preschool the other day which facinated my kids, we dont see them very often. So do the squirrels just run around wild? The rhino looks like a statue the only thing that gives it away is its pink tongue. I dont think I could take my kids to the zoo its too expensive for us all, besides the fact that it is three hours in the car to get there lol.
- June 14, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Dawn, Don't you *get it*? Jackson is being gored in the neck by the buffalo and so his tongue is sticking out!! Exactly what I would have done!! xoxox Kathy
- June 14, 2008 at 2:06 AM
"Humans interacting in their natural habitat," that's a good one. At least Brooklynn didn't scream her head off constantly if her mom wasn't pushing the stroller. My daughter did that once at the zoo. ALL the way through the zoo. I couldn't even step to the side of the stroller and let Dad push her up the big hills. It makes you buy into the "no good deed goes unpunished" theory.
Thanks for the blog :-)
- June 14, 2008 at 3:24 AM
- Patty said...
Jackson has just been gored by the huge buffalo! I think he is about to keel over and die!
I think that is a buffalo - that photo probably should have been named ! and I should be ashamed because I am from Kansas. (Where the buffalo roam!) I thought at first it was a water buffalo, and then looked again.
I personally love the San Diego Zoo and want to go back again and again.
(Brooklyn - I LOVE baby giraffes!)
- June 14, 2008 at 3:45 AM
- Christina said...
Holy cow you guys have big squirrels! My favorite exhibit was the human one! hahahaha
- June 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM
- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
I'm not too sure about that fake wombat, either.
And, "ground squirrels"? Are those prairie dogs? Never seen one...
- June 14, 2008 at 5:40 AM
Thats a chipmunk, no? Thanks for always having a good read! Glad that you are enjoying your family and getting out and about for the summer!
~Dawn S
- June 14, 2008 at 5:48 AM
Your kids are so gorgeous; I love seeing pictures of them all together. All three of your girls are little Dawn carbon copies. And, Lexi's smile is just fabulous! :-D
- June 14, 2008 at 6:39 AM
- Brenda said...
You have a very nice zoo. I was there a few years ago. It is yours isn't it? I took out kids to the zoo in the spring and made a collage out of the pictues at Snapfish.com. It turned out pretty neat.
- June 14, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Sheila said...
I just can't stay indoors with the kids, either. That's when they go batty.
When they were really little we lived in a tiny apartment, and rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we got out everyday. Everybody was much more peaceful.
Now we live in a nice big house and we coccoon a lot, and everybody is grumpy.
Go figure!
Visit To Love, Honor and Vacuum today!
- June 14, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- plainprecious said...
Looks like a fun time!!!!!!! Did Joe go too or did you tough it out alone? If so I will give you a gold star!!!!!!!!
- June 14, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Of course Brooklyn hears the ocean! Didn't you know that you can hear the ocean with ANYTHING against your ear? I'm working with some first graders in a summer program. We were using our five senses to describe a kiwi. One said she heard the ocean when she put the kiwi against her ear! Gotta love kids!!
- June 14, 2008 at 8:36 AM
- Heather said...
Ok, I know this is way off topic, but I LOVE the Curious George shoes!!! Where did you find them? I have 2 boys who need those!!!
(yes, I know I get inappropriately excited over stupid mommy things...)
- June 14, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Great pictures, nice looking family too! Seems like you all had fun!
- June 14, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- mamatwoboys said...
Three family photos in one day! Wowza! Looks like fun!
- June 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Keeley said...
Awesome pictures!
Makes me want to take my little munchkins on a field trip.
- June 14, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- Bob said...
Confused and disoriented. That's the ticket!
- June 14, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- HeyItsBeej said...
I wanna go to Brookfield Zoooooooooo! I miss Olga the walrus - is she still there? She'd be what, 40 years old by now? Heh Ooh and I wanna go to Lincoln Park Zoo too so's we can sing: "green alligators and long-necked geese; some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees; some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born; the loveliest of all was the unicorn" like that guy from LP Zoo who'd come visit Ray Rayner.
- June 14, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- Anissa Mayhew said...
I love your efforts to give your kids a quality summer, shows real mom-tastic brilliance. I have to say that we have lived in Florida for 10 years and each year my kids approach the beach like a freak act of nature that they have to reacquaint themselves with and it cracks me up. I firmly admire anyone that takes their kids outside of the house on a regular basis and especially when you have more kids than you have hands, like me.
I hope the summer continues to treat you well and we get to enjoy more of your fun!
All the best,
- June 14, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Becky said...
You know, reading blogs about trips to the zoo can be a little like having Aunt LaVonne break out their slideshow of a trip to Hawaii back in '69...but never with you! That was stinkin' hilarious! Laughed aloud several times. Good stuff, Dawn...as always.
- June 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM
- Kristy said...
oh what great pictures. looks like the kids had a lot of fun!
- June 14, 2008 at 1:12 PM
- jezebelsk said...
Your kids really are adorable. Did you pay them to take those cute pics so people wouldn't think that they are heathens?
- June 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Mabunny said...
Wow. Brookfield Zoo. Haven't heard that name since I was a little girl. I have pictures of me there on my first ever trip to the zoo. I was still in a stroller. Brooklyn loked cute pouting on Austins head, and she just looked sleepy.
cute pics, glad you enjoyed your day:))
- June 14, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Love the Brookfield Zoo...haven't been there in @ 8 years! My sister and her family used to have a family membership there. My Scooter spent time playing in the mulch at the food area...
Blessings, E
- June 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM
So, is Austin taller than you? Since I am vertically challenged myself, I am just wondering when mine will be taller than me. I don't worry about when they will start feeling like they don't need me anymore. I have credit cards and they don't. Enough said.
- June 14, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Rick said...
There you are, with your camera at the zoo, taking pictures of animal and empty Oil of Olay boxes... thinking the whole time, "This will make good blog material." Does it ever stop for you girl?
Love the photos - the one with Austin and Brooklyn was cute - no matter what was going on behind the scene.
- June 14, 2008 at 3:41 PM
- Manic Mom said...
OK! THIS totally BUMS me out because the Manic Kids could have been photographed with the Because I Said So kids at the zoo, but NOOOOOO, I had to make plans to go to the pool instead and yet, we ended up NOT going because of the threat of thunderstorms which NEVER happened.
Truly bummed out. It would have been a blast. Next time for shiggity sure count us in!
Awesome pics!
And now I'm off to a freaking Sox game where I am LITERALLY taking one for the Father's Day team... I LOATHE, HATE, DESPISE baseball and beer, and yet, when Mr. Manic told me the tickets fell into his lap and did I want to go tonight, what did I say? "Well, honey, it is Father's Day weekend."
I suck. Actually, maybe THIS will get me OUTTA Having to suck! heh heh. Naughty Manic.
- June 14, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Pam said...
I have a question. Awhile back you posted about a program to download that lets you blog without using the blogger tools. Another program that lets you do more and not put the pictures on backwards! I downloaded it and love it, but I took my computer in for repairs and clean up and it isn't in my tool bar anymore! Can you remind me what you are using and what I was using!!
fellow mom of six!
- June 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Cecily R said...
Best zoo post I've ever read (and since it seems to be a mom bloggers favorite, I've read my fair share...)!!
So glad you thought to take a shot of the the hairy thing with a bum bullseye (its been, what, two minutes and I already can't remember what kind of animal it is?). I needed the reminder that my bum may be too big, but AT LEAST it doesn't have that on it...
Glad you had a nice day with the kiddos!
- June 14, 2008 at 4:52 PM
- Beaded Socks said...
Thanks for the fun posts. I am so glad your little Brooklyn wears her socks! :)
Best Wishes,
- June 14, 2008 at 5:32 PM
LOL at the human exhibit. Amusing.
I was watching a bunch of kids today and some of them I didn't know. This one little girl was around 2 years old, and I kept thinking to myself, "Gee, she sure looks familiar....."
Then it hit me.
She looks JUST like Brooklyn.
I wish I had a camera to show you the similarities.
Just thought I'd tell you that, sometimes yes, doppelgangers do exist.
- June 14, 2008 at 6:19 PM
What in the world is a ground squirrel?
- June 14, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Today I saw a little girl, and thought, "She looks really familiar."
It wasn't until 10 minutes had passed when I realized, "Wow, she looks just like Brooklyn."
Proof that doppelgangers exist? :)
- June 14, 2008 at 6:21 PM
- Shari said...
Your kids are adorable! I, too, did the same thing and vowed to be a "more fun" Mom this summer. Last year I was undergoing chemo and that stuff so couldn't do much! I have things planned I know that will shock them. But the best part is I know they will have fun and we will be making memories with my precious kids! Have a good weekend!
- June 14, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- Summer said...
Hello. Just blog surfing and thought I'd say hi. Looks like fun! I need to take the kids to the zoo sometime.
- June 14, 2008 at 6:39 PM
- Rosemary Bogdan said...
Lovely family. Looks like a fun day. I can't believe I was reading the Labels, "rhino," "elephant," as though I were receiving additional information. It's a mom-thing. You've inspired me to take my kids to the zoo.
- June 14, 2008 at 8:23 PM
- momof2girls said...
Lovin' this post and the pics, especially of Brooklyn pouting and remembering our last family trip to the zoo several years ago. My youngest (who is now 10)was a combination of Brooklyn and Clayton's personalities and was so disraught when we left the St Louis Zoo (on the very hottest day of the year, we nearly had the place to ourselves), she smacked her teenage sister across the face and left a permanent scar on her older sister's face where her sunglasses cut into her. If that wasn't bad enough, we got a hefty parking ticket at Forest Park. It wasn't a happy drive home. Since my oldest dd reads this blog as well, she just might have a comment ;-) I read your blog daily and can't wait til your book comes out!
- June 14, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Jessica said...
That kangaroo pic is adorable. It should go in your book.
- June 14, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Last time I was at the zoo the giraffes were mating.
Right out in front of God and everybody.
The usual flow of traffic suddenly stopped dead in its tracks. All the adults, with funny looks on our faces, didn't want to go anywhere else.
Oh, the opportunities to explain *that* to children!!! :)
- June 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Tammy said...
Yeah. I used to live in Schaumburg. I know you don't have to go to the zoo to see geese! Of all the things I miss about living in Chicago-land, geese are NOT among them! I'm glad you had a good outing. Maybe some day I'll have one of those with my 2 and 4 year old. Sigh.
- June 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM
- SAHM: Surviving Assorted Home Mayhem said...
Okay, I am totally cute-ed out over your kiddos!
- June 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- Shanana73 said...
I have a question for you. How do you handle the situation when someone else's kid is being mean to your child/children. We ran into this at our local zoo recently. A boy was intentionally trying to ram a stroller into my 3 year old as we walked passed him. His parents were oblivious and only heard me say to him that wasn't very nice. Am I right for correcting someone else's child or should I have just talked to my kids about his behavior later? I just wanted someone else's thoughts about this.
Thanks. Shannon
- June 14, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- Robin said...
Looks like a fun day! I'm wondering how that Olay box got in their habitat in the first place?!?!?! I know it's the Windy City but sheesh!!
And I love that pic of Brooklyn...I never would have thought she was pouting...she just looks like she's resting or loving on her brother. It's sweet.
- June 14, 2008 at 10:57 PM
- Michelle said...
That sounds a lot like Mister Man's preschool trip to the zoo -- same eating place with distractions, same fascination with geese, same obsession over riding in the wagon....
Here's hoping getting them out of their habitat continues to work. On the flip side, if you get them used to being out of their habitat by taking them outside, will they then behave at home because they aren't used to that?
- June 14, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- Robin said...
I just read the comment from your reader in Australia. It reminded me of a couple I met who were also from Australia and they were completely fascinated by watching the squirrels play in our backyard and perch on our deck to eat seeds from the bird feeder. Isn't it funny the things we take for granted that others find such entertainment in?
- June 14, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- Kyra said...
What a great day!! Jax also has no cast?! Hooray for a wonderful summer!
- June 15, 2008 at 12:32 AM
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- June 15, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Hi Dawn, My son took a school field trip to the zoo this spring. He said that fountain was working then. Just wanted to tell you that. Kristine in Michigan.
- June 15, 2008 at 8:10 AM
- My Semblance of Sanity said...
I LOVE taking the kids to the zoo but it is always 306 degrees the day we end up going...ya know, that day that everyone bolts for the air conditioned exhibits...then you have the make the choice...fresh air and heat stroke or monkey pee air and cool temps. UGH!
I just read your side bar - YOU ARE SPEAKING at BlogHer '08?? So, are you gonna give away tix so we can all be in the audience with signs...DAWN FOR PRESIDENT!
- June 15, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Mary said...
I like the Meehan exhibit the best!!!
Hope I spelled that right, well, you know what I mean.... your kids are growing and cute as ever.
I love taking my kids to the zoo. I usually sleep like a rock that night. They wear me out!
- June 15, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- TheHMC said...
I want to go to that zoo!
Oh, and no worries.. it looks like Jackson was only being gored by the ..buffalo? Is that what that is? Bison? Are those the same thing?
See that? I leave the comfort of my living room and I become disoriented, how do you like that?
(glad that you had fun with the kids.. I've been trying to do the same kind of thing over here.. yesterday it was the reniassance festival)
- June 15, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Steph said...
The Brookfield Zoo now has a human exhibit??? Or were they people trying to get wet in the fountain???
Boy, it's been about a year since I was at the zoo. I miss it. :-(
- June 15, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Ari said...
This totally reminds me of the last time my family went to the zoo, which was atleast two years ago. Maybe three. Your captions are sooo funny!
- June 15, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Britney said...
It looks like you had a great day. I love the group pictures. I just went on vacation with my mom's family (all 24 of us!) and I realized we never got a group picture. And I didn't even get a picture of my immediate family together!
- June 15, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- Dorothy said...
It looks like a beautiful day with the family. And the photos were great.
Dorothy from grammology
remember to call gram
- June 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Angie said...
Your comment about your kids being good when they're out made me think of this song from Animaniacs (the best cartoon EVER).
- June 17, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Maybe the little man in the cup is giving Brooklyn instructions for her next rampage.
- June 19, 2008 at 12:14 PM