B f L Day 16: In the news.

Some things:
  • Stacy Keibler and George Clooney broke up after a couple of years. Stacy is now married and pregnant. How do you handle being the guy after George Clooney? 
  • Danica McKellar (Winnie) and Candice Cameron (DJ) are on this season of Dancing With the Stars. I loved The Wonder Years and Full House. I could never pick between those two - with or without dancing. And if they'd thrown Topanga into the mix, I'd have had to watch every single episode. 
  • I want this to be my next job. [To be clear - I want to be holding the water hose.]
  • The Malaysian airliner situation just breaks my heart. Whatever happened, I can't imagine how the families of those passengers are coping with not knowing. 
  • There are several families I know who are really struggling right now--a 16-year-old in a car accident who is struggling with recovery, a mom recovering from back surgery, a grandmother with MS who has pneumonia...sometimes it seems so overwhelming and I just hope and pray they have the strength they need to get through this.
  • Finally, this isn't really news, except that I've found the most amazing cake ever, and I do not understand how this was even possible:

Seen on Cake Wrecks and credit to Richard's Cakes
And that's all the news that's fit to print. 

What headlines have caught your attention lately?

 [Edited to fix the title -- I can't have two day 15s or I'll NEVER finish this challenge.]

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 21, 2014 at 11:51 AM

    LOVE the little baby elephant. Love how when he is through, he is THROUGH, thank you very much. Great cake! Agree with all other bullet points, too.

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