My life

I know I haven't been keeping this updated, but I've been swamped at work and too tired when I get home. Work has been busy, but nothing has been going on at home. I did completely level the garden and compost pile. Hopefully, we will be able to plant grass over it next spring.

I had to do a timeline for work, so I thought I'd do one of my own life. As you can see, I haven't accomplished much. I am going to submit a short story to both Crickets and Highlights. If it gets published somewhere, I'll add that as my first officially published story. I did have a poem published in a newspaper back home, but I don't really count that. The other poems near it weren't that great, so they obviously didn't have very high standards.

Thankfully it is almost time to go home, so I'll say ciao for now!

Christmas comes early

I went home this weekend to visit my family. I hadn't seen my grandpa in a while, so I wanted to see him before work gets really hectic. My mom surprised my by taking me to a furniture store to pick out recliners for our Christmas presents. They were having a buy one get one free sale, and mom wanted to buy us something we wanted. That way we don't use the money (they usually give us cash) to pay bills. I'm really glad that we will have comfy chairs to replace the ones that are older than I am. The current chairs are hand-me-downs from my parents, and Troy's is broken. He leans it against the wall to keep from falling over.

On a lower note...

Work is really getting busy. We are going to be in direct contact with the TE writers for our own level, so we have to answer questions about things that haven't even been decided yet. I hate feeling unprepared and unorganized, but there isn't much I can do about it. The TE sample looks much better than what we had last year. However, the scopes and sequences, that we need to give the writers to fill in most of it, have not been approved yet. I am also waiting on 3 of the 6 reading selections for my 1st unit, and do not have an approved Read Aloud. So much is undecided, that I am freaking out. :(

Miss Praticality won out

Miss Spontaneous is not happy! :(
I decided to hold off on buying a new car. We are going to fix up the Camaro to use as a back up car. There are bills that need to be paid off before we take on more debt. Also, we really need to replace the roof. So... we are going to do that before buying a new car.

I'm actually fine with it. Living in a dream world of wanting new things is great, until the stress of unpaid bills wakes you up. I stress myself out enough that I don't want to add to it by not having enough money to pay yet another bill.

Oh well! I'll just add the car to the list of wants.

To buy or not to buy...

Okay, so we currently only have one car that is reliable. The Camaro could be fixed, but it guzzles gas and isn't any good on snow or ice. I want to buy a new Honda Fit, but...

there are many things keeping me from buying a car:
1) Our dept is substantial and we probably shouldn't take on another payment right now.
2) There are several things we would like to do to the house (ie: remodel the bathrooms and kitchen, and replace the roof).
3) The Civic is still running, and has been doing the job.
4) We have lived without a 2nd car for over a year.
5) A trade in of the Camaro would be the only way we could put 10% down.

There are also reasons to buy the car:
1) We would have a new car that will run great.
2) It gets excellent gas mileage and would save money on gas.
3) We would have 2 cars in good condition, so we wouldn't have to scramble for rides or pay for cabs if we were going in different directions.
4) The Fit would allow us to haul bigger items, so we wouldn't have to pay for shipping when we fix up the house.

I don't know what to do. I guess I'll have to wait and see how things work out.

Great Vacation... poor homecoming

My vacation to California was great. I got to see Pan and Sid-Pan, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Palm Springs, George Wendt in Hollywood (not my first time there), Disneyland, California Adventure, Long Beach and sea life, the Queen Mary, Camp Pendleton (drove through it, not much there), La Jolla, and Old San Diego.

Pan has posted some pics of our trip, and I may post a few.

The return home was not as great as the trip. When we arrived at the airport in Columbus we had to wait 30min. for our bags to appear in baggage claim. Finally we got our bags and Troy picked us up. We were hungry, because we didn't have much to eat that day. During our dinner at Cracker Barrel in Pickerington, my credit card was stolen out of my purse.

I filed a police report with a typed up description of the suspects and exactly what happened. I called Cracker Barrel to let them know, and they said the police could look at the surveillance tapes. However, the police called and said that they couldn't do anything on the information I provided. What??? I think they me they don't want to do anything. I even looked up the address and phone number of each place the card was used. Go to the freaking restaurant and the stores and compare the surveillance tapes. It's not that difficult Detective Dumb-Ass!!!!

So much for a relaxing weekend.

Okay, so I did relax quite a bit.
Saturday, I did a lot of errands. I bought 3 new pants to take to California (one was a great pair of jeans for only $7). I took the remaining books to Half Price (a whole $7 for two boxes of books). After going to the grocery, I spent the rest of the day watching movies and doing laundry.

Sunday, I finished doing laundry and watched more movies. When all of the clothes were cleaned, I packed for my trip to California. I used 4 space saver bags and crammed a lot of clothes in a carry-on sized suitcase. Later in the afternoon, Troy tried to replace a washer on the downstairs bathroom sink. The water valve ended up breaking, so we went to the Home Depot and bought a new sink, faucet, drain, valve, pipes, and hose. Now we have a brand new sink that has been properly installed (unlike the shoddy job the previous owners had done).

I'm trying to wait out the next three days, so I can get out to Cali. My mind isn't really on anything else. I hope these days go by quickly.

Garage Sale

Garage sales are good for getting rid of junk, but don't bring in much $$$. My mom and sister came down Thursday night, and we had a yard sale on Friday and Saturday. Due to the rain on Saturday it became a Garage sale. We made a whopping $144. $60 of that went to my mom. The rest is mine. We had lots of stuff left over. I kept the 4 boxes of books to take to Half Price Books. Mom took the rest to Goodwill. Monday I made $14.50 at Half Price when I took in one box of books and video/cassette tapes. I'll take the other 3 boxes sometime. I'm trying to save some of the money for my trip to Cali.
Panda, see ya on the west coast in a week!!!
I can't wait! :)

Good weekend = bad ending

We had a good weekend, but it didn't end so well.
Saturday I met my mom at Easton. We went to Martini's and had salad and bread pudding, then shopped Polaris. After the OSU game, we went to campus to pick up my sister and dad. Once we all got to my house my dad and I put together a kitty tower for Speck. She wasn't sure about it at first, but now she is a pro at climbing it to get into her window seat.

Sunday we went to my parent's house for the night. We watched Wild Hogs, which was hilarious.
Monday we lounged around their house most of the day. We visited my grandpa and then headed home. (He is doing much better and is glad to be home from the hospital).
On 270 there was a shredded tire in the road, and a lot of traffic. I avoided the tire, but didn't see the board that was further up. (There was a truck in front of me that blocked my view.) Since there were cars on either side of me, I couldn't avoid it. I tried to straddle it, but my car is too low. The result... a huge hole in my muffler. This is when we REALLY need a 2nd car.

We'll have to drive with a loud car for a few days, until my mom comes down to chauffeur us around.

Its been awhile

I totally thought I updated this week, but I guess not.

This weekend I did a lot of errands, walked a lot, baked, and mowed the lawn.

I made Amish Friendship Bread, which is basically cinnamon coffee cake. It was so addictive that I ate most of it over the weekend. I gave away the 3 extra starters that were made from the starter my friend gave me. I will have 3 more on Monday, so If anyone would like Amish Friendship Bread Starter just let me know. I'll mail it to you.

Work is getting more and more frustrating. No one knows exactly how we are going to assign the standards to each level, so we can't really do anything. This means that we will most likely be working long hours this winter, again. :(

I'm not sure if I can handle another winter like the last one...

Good Weekend

Saturday-
My friend came down from Cleveland. We met at Martini's (Polaris) for lunch. Then we went to Easton and bought tickets to see "Knocked Up". We wasted the hour before the movie walking around outside, checking out various stores. (Both to cheap to buy anything) We watched the movie, which I already saw with Pan. It was even funnier the 2nd time. We finished the evening by eating dinner at Martini's (Polaris). This consisted of nothing other than their awesome Hazelnut Chocolate Bread Pudding. It was heavenly!!

Sunday-
I got up at 8:30am and went for a walk to get rid of the Bread Pudding weight. At 12noon, Troy and I drove to a resort near Salt Fork State Park. Someone entered me in their drawing to possibly win $25,000 or a new car. I could use either one, so we thought what the heck. We toured the resort and listen to the sales pitch. There is no way would could pay for the lifetime membership, so we said NO. (We knew that was our answer before we even went.) I tried the 1 out of 80,000 keys in 1 of 3 locks and didn't win. We walked away with a really cheap camera and round-trip airfare to Orlando. I figure we can use the camera as a Christmas gift and the airfare to visit my parents in Florida next winter. It was a beautiful drive, so it was no big deal. However, I was exhausted by the time we got home and went to bed at 6:30pm. I know, I'm old and boring! :)

Sensitive!

No the post isn't sensitive, but my employer is overly sensitive. Jeesh can we get a little more sensitivity around this place.

Okay, so I have to come up with a fairy tale that fits in my Friendship unit. I thought "Beauty and the Beast" would be perfect, because she looks past his appearance and becomes his friend. Well apparently that is too romantic, includes magic, and portrays Beauty as a passive female protagonist.

We are rewriting the fairy tale, so why can't we gloss over the romance, exclude the Beast magically turning into a prince, and show how strong Beauty is in the way she fearlessly goes to live with a Beast that she thinks could eat her at any moment.

The next suggestion I gave was "The Three Little Pigs," because it includes no magic, no romance, and they out-wit the wolf to avoid any violence. Oh no, we can't use that fairy tale because it is too babyish. Hello!!! Aren't all fairy tales pretty juvenile?

The standard clearly asks for "classic" fairy tales. I think they understand what is included in a fairy tale. They should know what to expect.

I am going nuts in this job. If I stay here too long, I am going to start talking like an overly PC crazy person. "Did you happen to notice if that ethnically diverse Native American male ( that does not look too stereotypical, but with dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, wearing long pants and a yellow shirt, appearing to be around 13 years of age, wearing framed lenses to assist in his visually handi-capable-ness) is headed into the cafeteria to consume nutritious food items?"

Busy weekend

I had a very busy weekend...

Saturday
I got up at 7:45am, because I couldn't lay in bed any longer. I started the first of 2 loads of laundry, made 2 loaves of banana bread, washed every dirty dish by had (because the dishwasher was going to be replaced later in the day), and cleaned the kitchen. I took a shower and cleaned the bathroom. When Troy got up I went to the library, the bank, and the grocery. Then I made frozen chocolate souffles to take to my parents. I cleaned up the living room, and had Troy vacuum. Finally, at around 3pm I sat down and we watched "The Witness" (I think that's the name) on Spike (it was Ford weekend). Around 3:30pm I heard the mail truck drive by, so I got the mail. While I was walking up the driveway, the dishwasher installer came with the new dishwasher. We continued to watch the movie while he replaced the dishwasher. (Sometime I packed the car for our trip to my parents'.) At about 5:30pm the dishwasher was in and running. By this time all we had eaten was banana bread, so we were starving. I placed a pick-up order at dominoes for 2 of their new subs. We picked them up and were on our way to my parents' by 6pm. There we visited, watched "Zathura", ate souffles, and went to bed around 11pm.

Sunday
Got up at 8am, ate pecan rolls, edited 9 articles on my dad's laptop, read, showered, and prepared food for the family reunion. At noon we drove to the swimming pool, where we have had the last 3 family reunions (my mom's dad's family). We ate way too much, visited a little, waited until we were soaked with sweat and sufficiently board, and left to go visit my grandfather in the hospital. (he had a hip replaced and is still recovering)
At the hospital, grandpa was asleep and dreaming. When we woke him he said that he has been having very vivid dreams, which makes it hard for him to know what really happened or what he dreamt. He was so heavily medicated that he couldn't stay awake, so we decided to leave him to get his rest. (It was so hard seeing him out of it, but at least I know it was just the meds.) Then we drove the 2hour trek home, and did nothing for the rest of the night.

I'm going to need a few days to recover from this busy weekend.

More fun at work...

This morning as I checked my work email, I found an email that says that we have to count every word on every fluency reader. I have to count the words that are in 12 readers for each of the 6 units for my grade (72 readers), with about 200-300 words in each reader. You do the math. Included in the count are captions, charts, and illustrated text boxes that add content. Today is going to be so much fun it makes me giddy ! NOT

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGhhhh

I had a great weekend of being lazy, running errands, baking, and watching movies.

Unfortunately, I had to come back to work....
Awaiting me was a long email of everything that we have to get done this week. There isn't enough time in a month to get it done. There are 4 genres that need to be added to the Student Reader, so I will have to have at least one retelling of each genre (fairy tales, fables, myths and legends) written. Once they are written I will have to edit them, find 6 vocabulary words in each, and create art specs. Then, the illustrations will need to be drawn. All of this needs to be done in less than 3 weeks, along with several other things that I don't even want to think about yet.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Arrrrrby's

MMMMmmmmm....
Mags and I decided to use my coupons to get Arby's for lunch. I just downed my beef n cheddar. It was soooooo good. I'm already planning to have another one for lunch tomorrow.

We tried to tempt EzB, but she was being good. How could anyone resist Arby's?

Gpa update

My grandfather was scheduled to have his hip replaced at 2:30pm yesterday, but they didn't do the surgery until 6:30pm. My mom called at 8:30pm to let me know that the surgery went well. She was tired and hadn't seen my grandfather who was in recovery. We'll have to see how he does with the new hip. That's all I know for now.

Country life

Troy and I both really want to live in the country, surrounded by trees and plenty of land. He keeps finding places that we like, but can't afford. Here is one that he found, but we could make money by boarding horses. The MLS # is: 2736761. If you can afford it, buy it and we'll become squatters. :)

Finally kept in the loop

My mom always wants to protect me from worry, so she never tells me about bad things until they are fixed. I brought this up to her this weekend, so last night she called. I had just mowed the yard and was taking a shower. As soon as I turned off the water I heard my cell phone ringing in the kitchen. I quickly dried off and then heard the house phone ringing in the living room. "This must be important," I thought. It was my mom and she wanted to tell me that my grandfather had fallen and broke his hip. (or he broke his hip first, which made him fall) She said, "You say I never tell you anything, so I'm telling you." My parents were on the road to Tennessee delivering a camper when they found out about my grandfather, so they couldn't be there to help him with his decision. He decided on his own to have his hip replaced. My mom said that it felt great to not make all of the decisions. Maybe this will make him feel empowered to make more decisions. We can only hope. Troy said that maybe he will be able to walk better after he gets the new hip (he has been unable to walk well for the last several years).

Keep my grandfather in your thoughts at 2pm EST today (7/31). I'll give an update tomorrow.

Weddings

Yesterday, I went with my parents and sister to my cousin's wedding. It was nice seeing all of my dad's sisters and their families. We had a good time.
I can't believe how people think that you should have to drag your husband to weddings. My husband hates weddings and didn't even want to go to ours. I don't drag him, because I'm not that selfish and I have other things that I would rather force him to do against his will. He would have just been miserable and I would have had to listen to it.

I am so glad we had a small wedding. My cousin is a bubbly happy person, but by the end even she had trouble keeping a smile on her face. I think large weddings are mostly a feeling of obligation. It is your day, so you should get to do it your way. Forget everyone else!

I'm at my parents' waiting for my mom to get ready for church. I'm ready, and looking forward to seeing a lot more people I haven't seen in a while. Then we'll go visit my grandfather before I head home. This has been a fun filled family weekend!

Nice Weekend

I had a pretty good weekend.

Saturday - I got up at 7:30am and walked the big country block up to Olde Pickerington Village to get coffee and Krispy Kream donuts. My husband is a huge fan of the cream filled donuts.
I got home and sat in the backyard sipping my coffee and reading Wicked. Pan, you are right, it is a slow read. I've been reading it for a month (actually I have read 2 of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books in between). I am not even half way through Wicked, yet. The rest of the day I did laundry, read off and on, watched 2 movies, and took a very long nap.

"Mother of Mine" is a foreign film that tells of a boy that was sent from Finland to Sweden during WW2, so he could be safe. The film is mostly in Swedish, so I had to read all of the subtitles (it wasn't possible to read Wicked at the same time).
"The Pursuit of Happyness" was recommended by my mom. I've heard bad reviews, but she said it was good. I thought so too.

Sunday - I went to church (felt good about that), went to the grocery, and made meatloaf. That is about it. Oh, and I read more Wicked. I will continue to read it little by little until I finish it.

Ready for kids

I think that my husband is finally ready for kids. He was playing with our niece and one of her little friends on Saturday. I think that he doesn't touch them until they are big enough to stand on their own two feet. He never held her as a baby, but now that she is running and playing he really likes her. We also had a long conversation about how we would do things when we had a kid.

Now that we are both ready, it can happen any time.
Hear that, God??? We are ready and waiting!

What a Wonderful day so far :(

Today has not started out very well. I had errands to run, so I left the house at 9am. I swore I had my cell phone in my purse, but I didn't. (strike 1)

I went to the library and got more books for work. That went okay. Then, I went to Half Price Books to buy books for my niece and Pan. So far so good... I spent about an hour in the store trying to select the right books. I ended up buying 14 books for 50 bucks. Not so cheap, but probably better than Barnes and Noble. After leaving the store, I opened the trunk of my car to put the books for my niece in the gift bag that contained her other presents. (strike 2) This is the beginning of the bad part...

I must have dropped my keys, when I set the bag down in the trunk. Before I realized it... I closed the trunk! I locked my keys in the trunk! I was stranded, had no cell phone, and was too far to walk home. (A second car would be really helpful about now.) I went into the store to find out where the nearest pay phone was, and walked across the street to call home. We decided I should call a cab to take me home to get the keys (Yes, it would have made more sense to have Troy get a cab and come to me, but he was too asleep to think straight and I was too frantic.), so I called a cab. I had the cab take me home, I got the keys, and had the cab take me back to Half Price Books. The cab ride cost $37. (strike 3, I'm out)

The irony is... if I would have paid more for the books at Barnes and Noble, I would have been close enough to walk home and back, which would have saved me more in the long run.

I have totally not been feeling myself lately, I'm scatter-brained, emotional, shaky, and down right stupid.

To quote Troy's favorite (as in the one he makes fun of the most) pregnancy test commercial:
"I can't concentrate. Could I be pregnant?"

Now I have to get ready for the party to celebrate my niece's 2nd birthday. Hopefully, nothing else goes wrong today.

At least it's not 1851...

I was just reading a children's book about a 12 year old boy that was heading from Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. He had to leave his little brother behind, but wrote him every day.

We should be glad that it isn't 1851, and we don't have to travel across country on foot or horseback. We have airplanes, so we can see our loved ones in a few hours instead of weeks.

This makes me feel a little better about Panda's cross-country move. I am still going to miss her, but she is only a few hours away by plane.

Televised Karaoke

Last night I watched "Don't Forget the Lyrics" on Fox. The girl that was on last night (cont. tonight) was fun to watch. She didn't sing TOO bad, and really got into the songs. Wayne Brady is the host, and makes the show even funnier. I'm not sure I will be able to watch some of the other contestants they have showed in the previews, though. If they sound bad, I won't subject my ears to the torture.

Books, Books, and more Books

Right now I have over 30 children's books sitting in my cubicle. I have to type excerpts of each into Word and then do a readability check. Once that is done, I will have to read through the ones that fit into the grade range.

I guess this is better than what I did yesterday, which was searching for the 30+ books in the Main library. No one told us that the children's area of the library has been turned into a daycare. There were 50+ kids running around, playing, screaming, and NOT reading books. That is a day I'll never get back.

Last night was fun, though. The McGraw-Hill gang went out to Martini's for a farewell dinner for Amanda. I was really sad, because her departure day is fast approaching. :(

Friday night was a blast!! At Aladdin's we had delicious Greek food. Then, we thoroughly embarrassed Dennis at Giant Eagle. Paul desperately wanted to give Amanda and me make-overs. He bought the lipstick in the brightest red possible, green eyeshadow, black liquid eye-liner, a headband for Amanda, and a fake hair ponytail holder for me. We also bought liquor to cope with the horror of what was to come.

Paul made us look like drag queens and then we had to show our faces in public. While he was putting on our makeup on a bench in front of Giant Eagle the rent-a-cop was suspicious and started to walk toward us. Thankfully, he didn't come over!

The best part of the evening was when we went to this total dive and got a private room to sing Karaoke. We had so much fun belting out tunes. I recorded Amanda, Paul, and Dennis singing. I made sure to edit myself out, because I can't hold a tune in a bucket. You're welcome!

4th of July Celebration

My 4th of July included baking, reading, watching a movie, and watching fireworks. I baked blueberry muffins from scratch. I used a recipe I found on the Internet and it was more of a cross between muffin and scone. They must not have been too bad, because my husband ate them all. OK, I had a few!

I spent most of the day finishing The Razor's Edge. It is a pretty good book, but took the full 2 weeks to read.

I took a break from the book and watched The Lake House, which I loved. I'm not sure why I loved it but I did. I think it may be the fact that it was romantic and had an air of mystery.

I watched our local fireworks out the front window of the family room, and then watched the Boston Pops' Red, White and Blue celebration.

That about sums up my day off. Not much excitement, but a lot of relaxation!

Family Filled Weekend

Friday, I went to Lima, Ohio to go to a funeral home viewing for my mom's cousin's wife. She was only 58, and was tired of fighting the infection she had for many months.
After the funeral home, we went to visit my grandfather.

Saturday, my mom, sister, and I went to my cousin's bridal shower near Kent, Ohio. We saw 3 of my dad's 4 sisters and their daughters and granddaughters. After 6 hours with them, we were more than ready to go home. I am thankful that we see some of them less than once a year. Those that we see more are by choice, because we actually like them.

Sunday, I spent some time alone at my parent's (they headed to Saint Louis to deliver a camper) before I headed home for an evening alone with my husband. I crashed when I got home, so I didn't really spend any time with him. I'm sure he didn't mind, much.

Today, I've been bored most of the day due to the network being down.

Mother & Daughter Vacation

My mom and I used to take a vacation together every year, but thanks to this job I didn't have time last year. I decided to make sure to take one this year, by scheduling it before the deadlines begin.

We are going to Anaheim, CA at the end of September. I get to visit with Panda while I'm there, so this will be awesome!!! :)

My mom is almost as excited as I am. She may not tag along with Panda and me to every place, but she will get to see a lot. I just found out today that we are staying 2 blocks from where they (mom, dad, sis) stayed when they went to the Rose Parade (including behind the scenes) last winter. She is familiar with the area. So with mom and Panda as my guides, I'll have plenty of new things to see.

Such hard work...

Today, I HAVE to make and solve word puzzles. Oh the horror! ;)
This has to be the best work every. I get to pretend to be a child and figure out these crosswords, word searches, and jumbles. Yipppeeee! :)

A teacher wrote this?

I'm reading a book for work to help me understand how the authors, for the writing lessons, think writing should be taught. They give examples of scripts teachers have used in there studies.
One wacky story involves a boy named Gerald Wiz, Gee for short. Gee and his parents just moved to Orlando, right next to Disneyworld. The story includes that Mr. Wiz works for Disney and Mrs. Wiz is a semi-pro golfer. They are unpacking their boxes and out jumps a ghost. Here is a direct quote from the script: "Who's Gee Wiz gonna call? Ghostbusters?" The script goes on to show students how to finish the story, and includes the Ghostbusters using their blasters and trapping the ghost. The parents are relieved, but Gee really wanted a pet ghost. The script does say that maybe the ending should be re-written, but I think the entire story should be tossed.

I'm really concerned for our future, if children are being taught to rip off lines from movies in order to write a story.

Freelance can teach you alot

I am editing articles for my freelance job and just had some on carried concealed permits. I just found out that in VT you can carry a concealed weapon as long as you are over 16. No permit is required. I also found that they prohibit the use of a silencer, but the fine is only $25. When I told my husband that he said, "I need to move to Vermont! I would love to use a silencer on people."

I think I need to hide anything he could use as a weapon.

For anyone that isn't sure... he is not serious and would never kill someone.

Your own 5 cents

I have added a cork board to the bottom of my blog. Scroll down to add your own pictures, comments, or 5 cents! :)

Pride

Panda and I had a pride filled weekend. We showed our support for Gay rights, by marching in the Pride Parade with a friend's church. Then on Sunday, we watched Bat 'n Rouge. I think that is the only way that I could ever watch softball. I love to play softball, but it is really boring to watch. I loved all of the great costumes, yet was disgusted by how much better some of them looked in dresses than I do. I loved the very drunk cheerleaders that tried to tackle the base runners. Most of them ended up getting tackled themselves.

This was a fun filled weekend with Pan. I'm cramming in as much time with her as I can before she takes off to California.

New book idea

I have tons of book ideas. Many of them are half started. I don't know why I can't ever finish one, but I haven't so far.

My new idea is to write down all of my husband's crazy quotes. Then, I'm going to turn them into a book, adding my own translations. This book idea is going to be a life-long process, because something crazy comes out of his mouth every day. I wouldn't want to leave anything out.

I have started to write down the quotes in a little notebook that I keep in my purse. That way I will be able to catch all of them, no matter where I am.

Ooohh, I just thought of another one.....

Panda this is for you!

In order to keep up to date with Pan, I am going to make an effort to keep my blog updated.