k. so I'm not really comfortable using the term "shout out."I'm kind of culturally irrelevant that way.But she can say it. And it doesn't even sound weird when she does.She's hip and funny that way.Meet my niece, Kelley, who is 24 today.And I just think she's amazing. But she knows that. She is the one who calls me "Auntie ...
Archives for December 2006
It shouldn’t be food – a rant.
Yesterday I was in the grocery store with Lucy and we happened to cruise down the Asian food aisle. We stopped and took notice. They have shrimp chips!Did you catch that? SHRIMP! CHIPS! Not to mention some of the other brightly packaged and indigestible looking snacks catering to whoever it is that find this appealing or even ...
No more sombreros for Mami, thanks.
There are two kinds of people in this world:Those who look good in hats And the rest of us.I was still massaging my bruised ego from The Trampoline Debacle yesterday. And I had some other problems with orders and customers that put me in a blue funk. So, Amy took me to dinner at Disneyland to cheer me up. We watched fireworks and it ...
“Air” Marta
I'm a little embarrassed to share this... I tried to call in sick today, but there was no one to call. Okay, so I wasn't really sick. I just kind of overdid it yesterday and I'm paying today.But there is no "substitute teacher" in a homeschool.And I'm self-employed.So because there was no one to call, I will just whine a little on this ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
I have been "tagged" by my friend, Kristen with the "Holiday Edition of: Getting to Know Your Friends." As opposed to other versions, I find this one fascinating. Mostly because the questions are about favorite Christmas traditions. It seems everyone I know is fiercely dedicated to their own traditions and I love that ...
Serendipity
Ok. I knew the minute I posted this picture, we would be so busted. So I am coming clean. Yes. We ditched school yesterday.(even homeschoolers have the urge to ditch at times)But we had a great reason...Our friends, Gene & Pam were visiting from Hanfordand we HAD to go to Disneyland together!So happy to be with our friends.Then Amy joined ...
