Archive for July, 2007

Juicy Top 10 #2: Best Under $10

posted on July 31st, 2007

Top 10  Best Things to do with $10″ or less:
#10.  2 bright orange Gerber daisies.  Give them to your grandmother.
#9.  Two @ Starbucks.  Sharing is nice but not mandatory.
#8.  A library card.
#7.  Bigelow mint lip gloss (if you happen to be in Vegas & there’s a sale).
#6.  A small stack of very good handmade paper.  Write everyone […]

Speaking of Crazy Frogs…

posted on July 30th, 2007

Max holding a butterfly @ the Ex in Edmonton, AB
A weekend full of insane fun & not enough sleep… Friday verrrry early we drove for five hours to get to an appointment in Edmonton. Then went directly to the Exhibition (a gigantic fair - full of rides, candy, a lovely butterfly room, and Gatorades […]

Juicy Top Ten (Part 1)

posted on July 27th, 2007

Crazy Frog                                          Max
Is it just me or are there very, very cute similarities?  Those cheeks… those smiles… that look that means a mischievous act is inevitable.  Off on a Mom, Sam & Max road trip this weekend. We’re off to the Exhibition & that very cool “Walking With the Dinosaurs” show.
Top 10 Juicy Things I’ve Learned From […]

Franklin’s 13 Virtues & Deanna’s Juicy Interpretation

posted on July 26th, 2007

 Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues.  Deanna’s interpretation in green.
Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.  This, of course, excludes very good dark chocolate and martinis.
Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.  Except for your desk, junk drawers & shoe closets. 
Resolution: Resolve to perform what […]

Haight-Ashbury Anyone?

posted on July 25th, 2007

Normally when I write fiction, I am not required to do much research.  A few details need to be cleared up, or I’ll ask a few people about their experiences (if my characters are doing/going through stuff I don’t know much about).  Non-fiction, of course, is different.  Fortunately for the teen nonfiction project I have […]

And for the Grand Finale: Huck the Poor Lego Spiderman.

posted on July 24th, 2007

I honestly believe that the little things are the most important.   Today was full of those little, monumentally critical moments that I tell myself I’ll remember but by the weekend when the floor isn’t clean and Max tries to flush his pajamas down the toilet (again) and I’m chasing the dog down the street and my […]

Queen of The Streets

posted on July 23rd, 2007

Unique.  Eccentric.  Flamboyant.  Bizarre.  Freaky.  “Okay.  Let’s move to the other side of the street, kids”…
Let me tell you, the street performers festival this past weekend was awesome.   We saw an Elvis “robot” (a guy in a bunch of silver hairspray and glittery stuff on top of a podium doing very slight robotic movements to music.  […]

A Juicy Surprise!

posted on July 21st, 2007

Weekends are not for blogging.  They are for catching up on all the Tour De France action, taking children to street performers, and trying out new martini recipes.  However I have a juicy surprise that I couldn’t keep to myself.  A very special, very talented, and totally hip and groovy amazing author has agreed to […]

Lingo

posted on July 20th, 2007

Being a high school teacher has its advantages when it comes to keeping up with the hip, groovy lingo.  In fact, using the words HIP and GROOVY are quite UN-hip and NON-groovy and if it hadn’t been for one of my classes keeping a running list of Mrs. K-M Can Say and Mrs. K-M Can’t […]

The Juiciest Stuff of Life

posted on July 19th, 2007

In the Webster’s Dictionary (online edition) the word “Juicy” comes up with a definition of: rich in interest, succulent, colorful. Really, don’t you think those are great adjectives? (Hmmm… For people who don’t read the thesaurus for fun - like NORMAL people, maybe they’re not so great). And last year when […]