The Great Green Eggs and Ham Eggsperiment Episode 3 (a.k.a. the only blog post where you will find Daniel Craig, Crickets, Bikes, and Tigers on the same page.)

Happy New Year, guys! Hope your year is off to a good start! Mine has so far involved a bout with stomach flu, a mouth sore, an exploding blowdryer, and a mouse in the bathroom. But hey, I'm not complaining. I'm still certainly better off than the mouse. May he rest in pieces.

Before we get to the first Green Eggs and Ham Eggsperiment of the year, I thought I'd give a little new year's treat to the twenty people who find my blog each day by typing in "How old is Daniel Craig?"

The answer is…

Per IMDB, his birthday is March 2, 1968.

You're welcome. (And if you'd like to check out a post that doesn't tell you his age but does feature a sexy photo of him, click here.)

Now where was I? Ah, yes. Green Eggs. But before we get to that, I thought you might like to join me on a little road trip…

One of the resolutions we made as a family this year was to be more active and go on more adventures together.

 And what adventure would be complete without a bowl of crispy crickets? We drove two and a half hours to find the best place to have them. The kiddos' verdict? "They taste like chips."

It took another hour to get to our destination.

Welcome to winter — tropics style.

In case my agent reads this and thinks that I haven't been busting my *bleep* off revising my second novel…

I spent most of the trip holed up here while I tamed the beast, er, manuscript.

Gentler beasts kept the kiddos busy at the Tiger Safari while I was in my writing cave.

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INSERT CLEVER SEGUE TO THE GREAT GREEN EGGS AND HAM EGGSPERIMENT HERE.

As you know, this next chapter of the blog is all about trying new things.

For experiment number 3, I recruited my family.

The last time I went biking was sometime after the thawing of the ice age and so I figured that hopping on a bike counted as something new.

Plus, we've never biked as a family. Sad, but true. It's my fault. I know how to bike – I'm just horrible at braking.

The kiddos quickly left me in the dust.

The hubby got me to try my luck on the trail. He led the way. This is how our conversation went.

Hubby: Use the front wheel brake here.

Me: The what?

Hubby: The brake!

Me: What?

Hubby: The brake!

Me: *thud*

Hubby: Sam?! Sam?!

 I'm okay… I'm okay.

Moral of the story: A family that bikes together…

…gets to eat Pannize together afterwards!

If you haven't tried Pannize yet, you're MISSING OUT.

The theory is that if you bury your Pannize strip in enough baby arugula and alfalfa sprouts, your tummy won't know you're eating pizza.

Until the next experiment, Bon Apetit!