Life is a mashup of toys and gadgets, hobbies and recipes, kids and odd socks, all held together with love and duct tape.

I love Star Wars, and R2-D2 is my favorite droid. Does anybody not love little R2? Anyway, you can get just about anything in the shape of R2-D2 these days, but this is a new one. It’s a talking R2-D2 ice bucket! But that’s not the best part! The thing I love most about this gadget is the ice cube tray that comes with it. You can make your very own “Han Solo in carbonite” ice cubes! How awesome is that?! I bet you could even use that tray to make carbonite-shaped chocolate bars. I might get this just for that tray. Seriously. (seen at GeekDad)

I caught up on Battlestar Galactica over the weekend, and I am loving it! Some very exciting things are happening, but still no revelation on the identity of the final Cylon. I can hardly wait to see what happens next!

In the meantime, I’m dealing with the post-Mother’s Day housework, which is what happens when Mom takes the weekend “off.” Hubby and the kids made me relax, and they treated me like a queen, which was really wonderful! But, it makes for a very messy Monday…

If you’re a fellow BSG fan in need of a Monday pick-me-up, take a look at this fabulous cake! Those ships and explosions are edible! And if you look closely (click to view larger photo), you can see little sparkly silver dragees stuck to the chocolate buttercream, and they look like stars in space. This masterpiece is from Whipped Bakeshop, and here is the creator’s description:

This cake was created for a Battlestar Galactica party held at Independents Hall in Philadelphia. Chocolate devil’s food cake with raspberry jam and ganache filling, iced with chocolate buttercream and ganache, decorated with chocolate ships and explosions, silver dragees, silver and gold space dust. 100% edible!

Doesn’t that look and sound delicious? Chocolate buttercream and ganache? Edible gold space dust?! So say we all! Happy Monday, everybody!

Photo © Whipped Bakeshop, shown here by permission.

I have three children: two boys, and a girl. The boys have been using the toilet independently for a few years, and my daughter is just learning. As any parent can understand, I am really looking forward to the day when we are a diaper-free household!

Even though the boys can take care of their own business in the bathroom, there are still some improvements to be made. For one thing, I wish they would be more careful with their aim. I am so tired of cleaning up after them!

These nifty stickers are designed to help guys with piss-poor (ha ha) aim do a better job of hitting the mark. Of course, they’re from Japan, home to many toilet-related innovations. The stickers can be installed in toilets or urinals, and change color when peed upon.

I can imagine that a color-changing target in the pot would be irresistible for my boys, and would reduce the occurrence of stray drips and dribbles. I haven’t seen these in any stores yet, but if I do, I’m buying them!

Via tokyomango.