Teen's Death Silences the Laughter

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of a womb, a reward....Pslam 127:3-5

Teri is a very good Blogger Friend of mine.

A few days ago one of Teri's daughters celebrated her 15th birthday.

The day before that, one of 15's friends celebrated a birthday as well.

Having a friend with a birthday so close to your own is own of those quirky things that help form a bond between kids. These two young people were no different.

Sadly, 15's friend was killed in a horrible accident while out bike riding.

I am asking you to please go over to Teri's blog Snarkest and read this touching and tragic story.

If you are so inclined, leave a comment of support or prayer for not only the young person who left this life way too soon, but for the family, friends and community who have been devastated by this terrible mishap.

Oh.....be sure to hug your kids today.

Read the story here.....

Open That Drawer; Week in Review!

ICYMI

If you haven't opened That Drawer In the Kitchen in a while, this is what you missed:

• Teri from Snarkfest was very eloquent (and by "eloquent" I mean "mad as an acre of West Texas rattlesnakes" ) in telling exactly why Norman "Boomer" Esiason needs to be bitch slapped. 
• Idiot-Prufs filled us in on prickly weeds, or as we called them when I was a kid in Texas, "bull neddles", and garden gnome asses. 

• Over at our Fellow Blog-in-Arms, Dumbass News, some shit for brains is suing McDonalds for 1.5 million because they gave him only one napkin with his order.

Get your ass in gear, hit the links above and go read these pieces of literary brilliance!

Also....be sure to subscribe to and follow all three of these idjits on your favorite social media!

Irony in elephant slippers...

Hey I'm new to That Drawer in the Kitchen and this is my first post, so be gentle. I'm very sensitive. Excuse
me for just one second.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ok I'm back. For my first post I thought I'd introduce you to my oldest daughter, 16. She just took the SAT's this past weekend. She has taken them before and that's what I'm going to be telling you about. You see, both of my kids are pretty smart. I'm not bragging like they're 'oooh I'm gonna cure cancer before I'm 18' smart, but they can hold their own.

When 16 was just 12 years old, she was invited to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth program. She went online and took some tests and answered some questions and was offered a few different classes. One of the things they invited her to do was to take the SAT's. At age 12.  Very cool for her, also very scary, since she'd be taking the test with lots of high school kids in a town where she didn't know any of the high school kids. Pretty nerve-wracking for a 12 year old, right?

We registered her to take the test up where my in-laws live and we drove up the night before the test so that we didn't have to get up at the ass crack of dawn and drive an hour and a half. The night before, I made sure that both girls packed their overnight bags and that 12 (at the time) had her calculator, her number 2 pencils and all the other things SAT test-takers need. I also had them put pajamas on because I figured when we arrived at my inlaws, they could both go right to bed.

Here's where it gets fun.

We drove up the highway, and just about 1 mile from my in-laws' exit, at about 11:15 at night, 12 decides that that would be a great time to remember that she forgot to pack shoes. 11:15 at night, no shoe stores open, no Walmart open, no 24 hour Target. And no shoes for 12 to wear to take her SAT's.

"What are you wearing now?" I asked.
"These..." she said and held up her feet to show me the big pink elephant slippers she was wearing.
"Seriously? You're in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth program, you're so smart that they want you to take the SAT's and you're going to show up in pink elephant slippers??? Are you serious??" I would've done a face palm had I not been driving.

These: in pink.   Image courtesy of Amazon.com

Thank goodness my mother-in-law had the same size foot at my 12 year old daughter, and she was able to lend her a pair. But I still would've loved to have seen the faces on the high school kids, looking at this little 12 year old girl in pink elephant slippers showing up for the SATs.

***Y'all be sure to check out Teri's blog! It's friggin' great! Snarkfest ***

Now With an All Star Lineup of Bloggers!

Soon That Drawer In the Kitchen will once again open up.

This time things will be quite a bit different.

And more exciting.

And better.

Here's a little background and some information that you might find useful: You & Me, A Blogging Team: A Dumbass Idea That Just Might Work! 

In the next few days, That Drawer In the Kitchen will begin to feature an All Star lineup of bloggers from around the world writing about as many topics as the number of things in that drawer in your kitchen.

You know which drawer I am talking about - the one with everything in but kitchen stuff!

That Drawer In the Kitchen is kind of like gumbo - no two of those drawers (or gumbos) have the same things in them as somebody else's "that drawer" (or gumbo), but it is still a kitchen drawer (or gumbo)!

All Star Bloggers

So far, our Blogroll of Bad Asses includes:

• Sultanette of Snark Teri at Snarkfest .
• The Official Vagina of Dumbass News, Vag at Ooops I Said Vagina...Again .
• Stuph Blog's very own Twindaddy.
• Modern Philosopher, Screenwriter and Maine's Master of Late Nite TV Monologue Mayhem, Austin from The Return of the Modern Philosopher .
• The Matticus Kingdom gives us a fine writer and Prince of a guy, dj.
• The World's Best-Selling Bellman Author (and one of my favorite bloggers), The Hook at You've Been Hooked .
• Idiot-Prufs is a very funny blog that I discovered just a couple of weeks ago and is definitely deserving of your attention.

And last, but certainly not least....

• One of the funniest people, most unique writers and the best cook I have ever come across is Heather from It's Amazing I dont Drink . She also just happens to be my wife.

I am fairly certain that we'll be adding more talent as time goes on, and as people get drunker, to our roster in the coming days and weeks.

If you'd like to join us as a contributor at That Drawer In the Kitchen, simply drop me a line at thatdrawerinthekitchen AT gmail DOT com. I also urge you to read this post so you can get an idea about what to expect if you want to jump in the drawer with us.

We are a work in progress, but we have the Team and the foundation upon which to build a blog that will benefit us all!