Ramblings about our Life: Randomness

   I tend to think of the most random things on a pretty regular basis. I also have revolving ideas on new inventions that I'm pretty sure would make me a millionaire (ha!) but don't have the foggiest idea what to do with them. So, there they sit rotting away in my head. For example:

   1. For anyone sharing a bed with someone else, wouldn't it make sense to make bed sheets that were different colors on each side? That way, when your space is invaded, it would be clear that it was happening. If the other person's elbow, knee, etc. were on your part of the bed, it would be evident by them touching the wrong color. No argument necessary - - you could just say "You're touching my color." Problem solved.

   2. Why hasn't someone thought to make a device that actually simulates a car ride for a baby? I promise you, parents would buy it!! I don't mean a vibrating bouncy seat, I mean a full-on car simulation. You could put your baby in their regular car seat and then click the car seat into a base of some sort that simulates a car ride with bumps, hills, turns, starts, stops, the whole nine yards. I think this could work... I'm just sayin'.

3. Why is October the tenth month if octo- means eight?? Makes no sense right?? I had to look this one up because I couldn't get it out of my head. Here's what I found out:

October is not the eighth month because the ancient Romans inserted two months in the middle of the year to correct the calendar. This is what is now known as the Julian calendar. Why? Because July (for Julius Caesar) and August (for Augustus Caesar) were added between June and September. Sept from 7th, Oct from 8th, Nov from 9th and Dec from 10th each got moved forward two places. Take note that out of all calendar corrections, the weekly cycle has never changed, which is why the seventh day of the week (from sundown Friday to Sundown Saturday) is still regarded as the Bible Sabbath and has been kept by the Jews since ancient times up to today.

This is a small sampling of the crazy stuff I think of! Am I the only one?? Feel free to leave a comment if you're like me and think of randomness or if you think I need to seek counseling for my craziness. I won't judge you either way - unless you steal my ideas as your own ;-)

Ok... enough with that. Here are a few pictures from the past week or so. And, I'm on a daily quest to try and video Jack walking. Yes, you read that right!! The little guy is trying to walk. He can take about 6-8 steps before falling down - unless the camera is rolling and then he takes about one! Ugh!

We've moved to eating mostly all finger foods now! Yea!!

Look closely and you can see the shiner under his right eye; poor baby.
That's what happens when you try to walk and you're only 9 months old.
I love the tough-guy expression though.