November Blogging Completed

And thus concludes a full month of blogging.

I'll leave you this month with one silly picture of Robin in an adorable outfit that really didn't fit at all. But I couldn't help but squeeze her into it for a photo op.  Then I had fun with iPhoto:




Oh, and Robin is officially crawling.  But she still doesn't have to most of the time, because Erin just brings her the toys she wants.  Siblings are cool that way.

Special Delivery!

Got my ballot on Saturday. 

I've never been so happy to get a letter in the mail. 

That's a lot of dogs, Lou.

I was recently challenged to eat 33 lbs of sushi.  It got me wondering, has anyone eaten 33 lbs of sushi at one time? I don't know. But this year at the Nathan's hot dog eating contest, the title was reclaimed by the Americans after a long run of loosing to the Japanese with an astounding, record-breaking consumption of 62, yes 62 hot dogs with buns, in 12 minutes by Mr. Joey Chestnut.

Fascinated by this topic I've come to learn competitive eating is serious business. Not only are the quantities consumed astounding, the food choices on which the competitions are based are equally interesting. Some records:

Asparagus
8.6 pounds 10 minutes/ Apr. 28, 2007, Joey Chestnut (guess you work your way up to hot dogs)

Cranberry Sauce, Jellied
13.23 lbs, 8 Minutes/Nov. 22, 2007, Juliet Lee

Onions
8.5 ounces, 1 minute/ Aug. 8, 2004, Eric Booker

Reindeer Sausage
28, 10 minutes, Dale Boone

Turducken
7 3/4 pounds, 12 minutes/ Nov. 26, 2003, Sonya Thomas