Terabithia

So I went to college with this guy David Patterson. We were in the drama department together and he lived on the same rowdy floor as my college boyfriend. I always liked David, he's a terrific actor. I remember him telling me that his mother "wrote kids books". He never made a big deal about it, in fact, that was all he ever said about it. David got a job with our school's touring theater company and left school before graduation. I have run into him over the years, in NYC, at plays, parties, he was always writing and always a nice guy.
I just saw him last summer. His two boys go to our camp. We caught up, turns out I knew his sister-in-law growing up. What a small world. He wrote a little movie, etc.
A few weeks ago, I get my alumni newsletter. There's a little blurb that David Patterson wrote the screenplay for

.....based on his mother's book.
What???
Dylan just finished that book. The 5th grade reads it each year.
So I call David and ask him if he'll come talk to Dylan's class. He said he hasn't become a big Hollywood jerk yet and would be happy to. (We also went to school with the guy who developed Smallville and a number of other things - he HAS become a big Hollywood jerk)
Dylan's teacher is so excited, she's over the moon.
We saw the movie last night. I cried.
I can't wait to read this "kids book" his mother wrote.

Girl Scout Cookies

For those of you living under a rock, let me introduce you to the Samoa. It is the best Girl Scout Cookie out there. Ok, I know all you Thin Mint people are up in arms, but relax, ok? The Samoa truly out ranks you.
What I want to know is WHO THE HELL CAME UP WITH THESE??
They are amazing and as those potato chip people say, you can't eat just one.
And with a cup-a joe?? Heaven.
CURSE YOU COOKIE INVENTOR!!!!!!

Field Trip #2

We took the 4th grade to the art museum again yesterday. Masters of Printmaking was the exhibit.
I saw this (Warhol - Marilyn)

and this (Munch - The Scream, one of my favorites)

and this, which I find to be kind of creepy yet beautiful.(again, Munch - Madonna)

The kids were amazing. They did some incredible sketches and had wonderful ideas to share.
Love kids.
Love my job.

The luckiest mom.

I'm so tired and a bit cranky and trying to get dinner on the table, but I just had to post about Dylan.
He came home from school, started his homework without being asked, now he's practicing his violin. In between, he runs in to say hi and give me a kiss.
He is such a great kid.

The luckiest mom.
That's me.

Scrapbooking and Beyond......

I love

I submitted some stuff on Thursday and heard from them on Friday.
Love that!
They want two pages.
Excellent.
My first page with them was in the above issue.
Love 'em.

Smarter than a 5th Grader?

So Dylan and I watched this show last night. First question; "How many "e"s in "Pledge of Allegiance" (you know I just used spell check, right?)
Well, there was no doubt in my mind when I said, "5". No doubt.
Dylan said 4.
Dylan was right.
Dylan is 10.
I am 40.
Smarter than a 5th grader?
Apparently not.

Sick AGAIN!

I have a sinus infection.
Paul has a nasty cold.
We're a fun couple.

Snow Day!

We were supposed to go back to school today after winter break, but guess what......we got a SNOW DAY!!! Bonus!
Dylan is at a friend's house, the mom said he could stay until Thursday. I may just take her up on it.
I'm working on a layout but having trouble matching paper, so in the meantime I'm singing along with Oingo Boingo - loudly.
Had a good weekend. Dylan graduated from cub scouts to boy scouts. We're very proud of him. He's ready to be an Eagle scout, and you know what...I know he'll make it.
I watched the Oscars last night, even though I didn't see any of the movies. I was glad Jennifer Hudson won. Why? I don't know, and I thought Eddie Murphy would win, again, I don't know why. As I said, I didn't see any of the performances. I need to get out more, or at least update my Netflix queue.

Creating part deux

I started working on this little recipe tag book yesterday. You see, if I have a recipe with more than 3 ingredients, no matter how many times I make the thing, I cannot seem to remember it. So, I got this cute little Junkitz tag book from one of Milissa's kits and decided to make it work for me. It's haging up right now, matches my kitchen. Love it.







The boys are having a lazy junk food Saturday, watching movies. Think I'll go create some more stuff.

Creating

The mojo is flowing today. Did this in about 20 minutes. I like it.

That's Zsiage paper that WORLDWIN sent me. It was fun to work with.

Just got back from lunch with my friend Darlene. We haven't seen each other in ages. I had a caesar salad with shrimp. It had a very light vinagrette type dressing and apparently a TON of garlic. I don't eat garlic, it doesn't like me. Now, since I never eat it, I can't tell when it's in my food. I thought those little "pieces" were cheese. I really hope my body has decided to accept the fact that most civilized people eat garlic. If not, I'll be in trouble, the barfing kind. Ugh.

The cub scouts are descending on our house today FOR THE LAST TIME!!!!! Yes, today is the final cub scout meeting! Can I get an AMEN! Paul has planned a pizza party for them. I'll be hiding upstairs creating.

Torture

Ask any 10 year old boy, "what is the WORST possible way to spend your day?" and I'm sure he would answer....
"Clothes shopping with my mom, FOR my mom."
Guess what we did today.....yup. I dragged him around with me, even into the dressing rooms. He's 10 and this is NY, I can't leave him just standing around in the ladies clothing dept. He was so patient. We went to Sears - had to return some Lands' End stuff. I kept saying, "oh, just one more thing, just let me look over here, just let me try this on, wait, let me check this out." He didn't complain. To reward him, we went downstairs and he played on the ellipticals for awhile. Actually, so did I. Of course I like the Nordic Trac, only $1000.

I have to remember to put my hair pins away after I'm finished with them in the morning or else THIS happens.