Girl Scout Cookies Forever! A History Quiz
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20 February 2010
13 February 2010
I am a Janeite
I admit it. I love everything Jane Austen. She was a literary genius!! I remember reading Pride and Prejudice when I was in the 9th grade and I have been in love ever since. My mom and I would watch the old movie, with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. When the BBC version came out on A&E, we watched the miniseries, and bought the DVD when it came out. And though it isn’t as true to the story as the BBC version, the most recent Keira Knightly one is my favorite. I watch it probably once a month.
But I haven’t actually read the book since the 9th grade. And I don’t think I have read any other Austen books in at least 10 years. So I am going to read all of her novels, and try to read her other short stories, so feel free to join me and maybe we can discuss which one of her works os her masterpiece. Though I think we can safely say right now it’s Pride and Prejudice.
09 February 2010
06 February 2010
02 February 2010
Oh, one of THOSE kids…
Do your kids have friends who say inappropriate things, tell your kids things you don’t want them to know, teach them words they shouldn’t say?
I realized today, to my horror, my son might be one of those kids.
He had a little friend over today after preschool, and over their corndogs, Ethan starts telling his friend about a scary movie we have called “Sleepy Hollow” where the bad guy chops off people’s heads. I say, “Ethan, let’s not talk about movies like that.” and still Ethan continues to detail for his 4 year old friend how the guy on the horse chases people and chops off their heads.
After lunch, Ethan’s friend asks where the bathroom is, and Ethan asks what EXACTLY he has to do in there (“do you have to pee or poop?”). I have to remind him that it’s bad manners to ask someone that.
And I just heard him say crap. I don’t know where he gets it.
So if you ever ask Ethan over to your house to play, and your kids start talking about gory movies or saying the word crap, I apologize.
26 January 2010
15 January 2010
Talents
Once my friend, let’s call her Ally, told me that I needed to be better at accepting compliments. Then she made me say 3 things that I was good at. Guess what I said?
1. Eating pie (‘cause once Jeff said that was one of my talents)
2. Making amniotic fluid
3. I don’t remember what else I said
So ever since then, I have tried to be more gracious at accepting compliments. I also have been thinking of what I am actually good at. So I am going to toot my own horn, butter my own bread, pat myself on the back, (you get the idea) for this post.
1. I am creative. I can make wicked cute tags and cards.
2. I am friendly, and I think I can put people at ease.
3. I have a newly discovered love of sewing. I’m not sure I would call this a talent yet, but I want it to be. And I have a very talented mom, who had a very talented mom, who had a talented mom, etc. so I think I have the gene.
4. I am a REALLY good cleaner. You could eat off my floors, but don’t because that’s gross.
5. I am an awesome speller.
6. I am a fantastic reader. I can read fast, and I can remember what I read. I love reading.
7. I can’t sing very well, but I can remember lyrics. Especially for Disney songs. Weird, I know.
So there you go. Now I would love for you, my readers, to leave a comment about what your talents are. What you are good at, or even a talent you are developing. Because we all could use a little love, especially from ourselves.
12 January 2010
15 December 2009
Who doesn’t love ruffles?
Now that I own a sewing machine, I sometimes look for cute projects on other people’s blogs. I saw a tutorial online on how to make ruffle-y skirts and I thought I would make my girls Christmas skirts. Originally, they were going to be red, white and green, but as I was sewing them, I was thinking, they should be going to a mexican fiesta. I showed Jeff and he said it looked like a ruffled flag of Mexico. So I took off the green. Now they just look like candy canes.
Anyway, these were my first real sewing projects. I have made some jammies and pillowcases, but they were pretty easy. These skirts were a little more intense. So in my head, they are darling, probably because I am proud of myself for sewing them. So if they are actually, not in fact very cute, please don’t tell me. I would like to go on believing that I am nurturing a talent.
14 December 2009
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