It's a sunny Friday here in Lincoln, and my brain doesn't seem to want to work too hard. In that spirit, how about some mindless fluff?
First, if you haven't watched this video of Ricky Gervais and Elmo, you should really stop what you're doing right now and go watch it. It's hysterical. The best part is that the actor who does the voice of Elmo never breaks character... he isElmo reacting to Ricky Gervais being Ricky Gervais. It made me laugh out loud, and Brady got all excited because Elmo was involved.
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My latest goal is to tire Brady out as completely as possible in the mornings so that he'll take a good afternoon nap and Paul can get lots of work done. In this interest, we've been on all kinds of outings, and it seems to be working-- he's slept for at least 2 hours every afternoon for the last few weeks. Awesome.
Anyway, Wednesday morning we went to Toddler Storytime at the library, and then we stopped at Lost in Fun on the way home. I offer you the photographic evidence (check out Brady's static hair in the first one!)...
Here, he's watching some older kids play on the swings. I don't know if he just wishes it was him on the swings or what, but he seems to be doing his best Romeo and Juliet impression...
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Maybe I'm way behind the curve here, but how did I not know that Lincoln has a co-op organic grocery store? I just found it last week, and I am in love. It's now a weekly stop on the way home from Toddler Playtime(see? tiring him out!) on Friday mornings to pick up produce and whatever else looks interesting. Brady doesn't mind the trip because I let him have samples from the bakery (what can I say? my kid's a sucker for baked goods). They even have a fresh deli, and last week I bought myself a big slice of peach/blueberry crisp and had it for lunch. Mmmmmm...
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One of the best parts of my job is when I get to use the tv platform to directly help people. It doesn't happen every day, but every once in a while I get to feel like I'm making a difference. In that vein, this week I have a series of Call to Action reports airing that feature a new program from the People's City Mission. They have a brilliant new partnership with some local churches called The Barnabas Project. Essentially, they're opening thrift stores in strip malls in parts of town where there's a lot of need-- and they give everything away for free. The churches raise money for the rent and provide volunteers to staff it, and the mission provides the clothes, shoes, books, toys, and furniture they give away. The thinking behind it is that, by putting the services right in the neighborhood, it will help combat some of the stigma that prevents people from asking for help. It's a fabulous idea, and since they opened their first location in November the number of people coming to them for help has doubled and tripled.
If you're in the area, you can catch the last story on the project on our Sunday 10pm news. Otherwise, you can watch them on our website (I tried to link directly to the videos, but from some reason it keeps knocking me offline. Good times. But if you scroll all the way down to the news videos, you'll see "Call to Action: Barnabas Project" videos".)
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
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