Archive for December, 2007

My Ammo for the New Year

posted on December 31st, 2007

For 2008 I am armed with several things GUARANTEED to make it a good year.

1.  Starbuck’s card balance of $120 from all my friends who know that I can’t breathe without my daily dose.  (Don’t my friends rock?)
2.  A place to live in my new city until my REAL house is ready to move into.  Whilst […]

The Absolutely JUCIEST Christmas List

posted on December 24th, 2007

Dream Big, People.
Deanna’s UBER DREAMY Christmas List:

Free Starbucks Backstage Pass Forever… including all the latte sampling I can handle (this gift would need to come with some kind of workout guru as well).
A moving company who DOESN’T charge the moon to pack my boxes  (or simply technology to “beam” me to where I want to […]

The Thing About Adventures…

posted on December 14th, 2007

The thing about adventures is that you can’t really avoid them - nor resist them.  My family is about to embark on an adventure - moving ourselves from a place we’ve become very comfortable - to somewhere new.  I’ve had a few fab adventures in my life. 

A 1974 baby blue super-beetle crammed to the max […]

Heroic Acts

posted on December 7th, 2007

Many an evening as I’m lying in bed I smile to myself because I made it through the day, having overcome a few obstacles.  Deanna!  Hero of the modern world!  Defender of all things connected with mothering, teachering, writing… A few things I’ve recently patted myself on the back for…

remembering (finally) that Wednesday is garbage […]

The Technology…

posted on December 3rd, 2007

There are billions of commercials for uber-sexy phones right now.  Shiny.  Sleek.  Almost emulating the perfection of the MAC cosmetics cases… The phones ring Timberlake.  They can hold up to eighty five billion songs and probably translate them into any language.  They can play movies, carry pictures, take pictures, keep schedules, perform internet searches, update myspace pages…
But […]

Holiday Thinking

posted on December 3rd, 2007

With the snow… & the -30 degree Celsius temperatures… and the line-ups @ toy stores happening, it’s time to think Holiday stuff.  So far, I have done only two very cool holiday things…
The first was to create Candy Christmas Trees. 
You need:

a Styrofoam cone
a whole wack of wrapped candy
a bunch of pins

(Caveats:  You will need hundreds […]