So, does that phrase ring a bell for anyone? I know of at least one person my dear friend lizzie, after all, she is the person who has said that about herself!! And guess what!?!?!? TODAY is our lizzie’s birthday!! So in honor of the woman who is delightfully (CRACKED 4/7), not broken, I’ve got here a post for a mid-afternoon mental moment. And it is all to honor that terrific artist, lizzie, who brought Mantra to life for Red‘s book “Mantra for a Muse”.
So, Lizzie… it time to grab hands and dance around and sing our happy birthday tunes to you and your lovely CRACKED (4/7) self… happy birthday for you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday DEAR lizzie, happy BIRTHDAY to you… (and many moooooorrreee).
And me, always late
So, to find lizzie’s secret birthday list there are clues sparsed around the blogosphere… if you look real hard, lizzie, you might just find some more clues at the preceding bloggers’ Monday posts (I know I’m bringing up the rear)…
Now, I want to talk about lizzie’s birthday gift. It is not CRACKED (4/7) it is FRACTURED. Actually could one of the first “big” words I learned. FRACTURED. CRACKED (4/7). Not broken, just cracked (4/7). Then, when I got older, I realized that a hairline fracture was a crack in my bone, not actually a broken, exactly. Just cracked. And let me tell you – that teeny weeny cracked bone HURT!!!
Anyhow, where was I… Oh yes, this very special FRACTURED FEATURE …
So, my dear lizzie, I have brought for your birthday something CRACKED (4/7), that is something FRACTURED… I bet you are waaaayy too young to remember these, lizzie, but I hope more than a few of us grew up on these ever loving treasures…
These are really creative but cracked looks at some of the fairy tales we all knew and loved. A. J. Jacobs actually took over, cracked, fractured and rewrote 91 fairy tales. Ranging from “Jack and the Beanstalk” to “The Flying Carpet”. “Son of Snow White”, “Jack Be Nimble”, “Cutie and the Beast”, “The Prince and the Popper” The list goes on and on.
H is for HAPPY
B is for BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
LOVE YOU, LIZZIE!!!!!
Just in case you are totally lost and can’t find your way out of this mess,
just follow the yellow brick link
BIG LOVE AND HUGZ!!!
Love it!! Happy birthday, Lizzie <3 Woohoo! We have all the pieces :)
Red.
What a great set!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALL DAY LONG, LIZZIE!!!
:)
YAY!!! this was amazing and didn;t they used to play these with the Rocky and Bullwinkle Cartoons? I love these!!!! thank you so much.. BIG huge hugs and I am going to make up a new word for gratitude…thanks and appreciation all rolled into one that will encompass the magnitude of my feelings right now… umm..I am going to work on it… I mean it has to be big…bigger :-)
WOW!!! I know you looked that up or something, but right you are… early on they aired on
“The Adventure of Rocky and His Friends” and later on “The Bullwinkly Show”!!!!
Now THOSE were great cartoons!!! Can’t wait to see what word you come up with, lizzie… it’s gonna be jampacked with emotion and love!!!
happy birthday, lizzie, all day long!!!
:)
I ddn;t I watched them…i think it was on cartoon Network.. I remember when I was a kid watching Rocky and Bullwinkle and the fractured Fairy Tales were the best..I also loved school house ricck…i confess…i saw the comment in the orange thing and i was like ohhh crap i am supposed to be doing something… and creative…but I remember the word…yup its in progress – thats a lot of stuff to pac into a word… this has been the best day..thanks to all of you my friends..
I totally forgot about the cartoon network – no such creature when I was a kid!!!
so glad you enjoyed!!
:)
Great post!!! Perfect videos to go with it too.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZZIE!!!
Thanks EG… you did a great job producing and directing this awesome lizzie day flashblast!!!
happy birthday, lizzie, girl, all day long!!!
:)
:-D
Fractured fairy tales! YEA!
And Happy Birthday Lizzie!
Oh thank you SO much – I just LOVED every one of them I think there were some 91 altogether… and each and every one was as classic as it’s inspirational original!!!
And Rocky and Bullwinkle and the gang weren’t bad, either. Boris and Natasha!?!?!?
the good old days, for sure!!!
happy birthday, lizzie, all day long!!!
:)
thank you :-D
thanks so much
I never thought of them for Mental Moments….
Sounds like a party’s happening here. Happy Birthday, Lizzie.
lol!!!
:)
Ha Ha!!! That was excellent. I haven’t seen FF’s for years.
thanks, Tony… I agree they were the best – even Rocky and Bullwinkle were great stuff!!!
thanks for hopping in!!!
:)