(This was actually reported by a teacher)

After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:

We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida . Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore. They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, and do exercises there, but they don't do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and down with hats on. At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out. They go cruising in their golf carts! Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night --- early birds. Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked centre for pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.

PRICELESS

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked,

"If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?"
"No, I had to stop drinking years ago", the homeless woman told me.

"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" I asked.
"No, I don't waste time shopping," the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive."

"Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?" I asked.
"Are you NUTS !" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!"

"Well," I said, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight."
The homeless Woman was shocked. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."

I said, "That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine." to

I'm  posting this info up for a friend if anyone is interested.

Info:
I am renting out the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment in Cobble Hill Brooklyn. The livingroom will be my room so there will be no shared space except bathroom, kitchen and breakfast table area.

Specifics:
Bedroom is about 10'x14' with closet and large window facing backyard with trees.
The room can fit a dresser, full sized bed, and nightstand comfortably.
The apt is on the 2nd floor of a walk up.
F train (Bergen St Station) is 3 blocks away 4,5,2,3 trains are 6 blocks away @ Borough Hall
Keyfoods is 3 blocks away, and a Traders Joes is expected to open sometime in the spring (one block away!)
The area is very safe and beautiful.
Lots of restaurants, shops, bakeries, etc within walking distance. 
A cab ride to Soho is about $10 plus tip. a cab ride to midtown is about $15 plus tip.
Apt is equipped with basic cable plus a few cable channels (free)
Also, I get wireless internet from my cousin who lives upstairs.
Utilities is about $25-$35 each (more in the summer b/c of the AC)
Rent is $900 plus utilities, due exactly on the 1st of the month, so I'll need to money at least 2 days before that. 

I am a 29 year old female and prefer to live with a female like me. Clean, responsible, and friendly. we can be friends, or simply friendly roomates, however it flows. The room will come unfurnished, but this is just a picture of how it looks right now.

Drop her a comment on her page if your interested or have any questions. Thanks

 

...but I have a slight distraction.
 

The last time I worked at home:

Are you comfortable in MY bed?


What is up with you and rice and water?

Ok I can hear Anna telling me to shut up. So I'm 32, so what.

I love december. Not because it's Jesus' birthday month. More importantly it's my birthday month. CHA CHING! (I'm just kidding God!)
And it's not even about the gifts. I love hanging out with friends. I've already gotten 3 birthday dinners and 1 birthday lunch. CHA CHING! I tell people who buy me food that now for the price of one they feed 2. What a deal! This baby is seriously the best present I could ever have. I just feel really blessed this year. And I am forever grateful for my friends and family and most of all my hubs. Anywho, enough about people...let's talk about me. hahaha j/k. No I'm not.

Ok so my birthday was last friday. My mil made me a special dinner, we played some wii, and then we did the birthday cake. I had a lot of fun that night w/ just my in laws.
 

Saturday the hubs had something "special" planned that was top secret. So we had to run some errunds in the morning w/ my mil and then C and I went to eat some gook bahp in flushing. Hello yummy! We then drove over to Brooklyn Botanical Garden to find my birthday present request and gotta tell you, I was really disappointed at the quality so we left without buying anything. We went over to the Brooklyn Museum to kill some time before dinner.
  
  
  
  
 
  
 

Afterwards we went to eat at Saul. Sooo good. Ok first of all you should know that C and I are not foodies. I mean we like good food but when you order duck and you get like 5 slices that fit into your palm it's like "Um...hello yobosehyo? Where's the rest of my shit?" And we've eaten at nice places. Blue Water Grill, Mesa Grill, Morimoto, Buddakan, etc... and they were all 'EH'. However when we went to Saul's I thought it was the best restaurant I've eaten at in NY so far. C said it was Michelin rated? "I'm sorry who?" At first I thought "Michelin? The tire dudes?" and yeah. That's who they are. I think it's a pretty prestigous rating in the restaurant industry. Anywhos the dinner was great. C was really cute and I fell in love with him all over again. The key to a pregnant wife's heart is good food and an understanding, supportive hubby. I wish I could have taken a photo of us inside but C was like all like nooooo. Nazi.

Michelin Site
Saul Restaurant Site


Afterwards we went to see Fuerzabruta! WOOHOO! What a great surprise. I HATE broadway but I LOVE off broadyway. When we first started dating I was this star struck suburban girl who would have my face pressed against the window everytime C would drive into Manhattan at night and I'd "ooh and ahh" at the city lights. He took me to see De La Guarda one night and I LOVED it.
 
 
   
  
 

Sunday we went and found my birthday present.
 

It was a great birthday. Thank you hun. Love you.

:: Spring 2007 - Winter 20007 ::

Some things you should know about Owen.
-Owen is now 21 months.
-He doesn't like it when you put anything on his face. Ex: Helmet, mask...
-I wanted him to dress as nacho libre for halloween but hence the mask phobia.
-His favorite hobby is looking at a laptop.
-If you don't have a laptop and someone else does he will ditch you.
-His best friend is Aunt Hannah. Why? Because she has laptop.
-The underwear he is wearing on top of his jeans (below) is a gift from my mother to Hannah. The secret pouch is for you to hide your passport. We improvised and used his sippy cup.
-He can say "i love you", "ohmah", "robert" (father's name), "uh oh", and a couple of other things.
-Owen is slightly bow legged and walks like a penguin.
-We like to do girly things to him. My mom likes to shove up small balls up his shirt to make it look like he has boobs. She also used to push his baby fat on his chest together to form cleavage. She's mean. Below he is sporting the ever so popular samurai ponytail.

  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Videos

Here is Aunt Hannah reading Owen some random Christian book she found.
 

Here is Owen doing his favorite hobby.
 

:: 08.25.07 ::
I found out about this farm on Daily Candy before I went up to visit my sister. So while the boys played golf the girls went to check out this farm. Ok first of all, it was so friggin hot. I mean we were sitting under and umbrella and we were soaking with sweat. We were actually worried about the guys playing. And originally we were going to pick peaches but we said eff dat and bought it inside their store instead.
 
 
 
Josie and Mama
  
 
  
Josie did not like the goat sticking his head out and started backing away.
 
I miss you sweet pea.
 

:: 08.26.07 ::
Josie likes to "jazz" things up and mix her beads with  her breakfast.
 
 
She was still shy around C so he bought her some Little Mermaid figurines to "buy" her friendship. It worked for like a minute. She used you man and then she dumped yo ass. It sucks being dumped by a 3 year old.
 
 
Uh...need a moment Jose?                                                                                                      Practicing with her chopsticks
 
The Beach
 
  
 
The Playground
 
  

My last trip before I pop this baby out. I love my hubs. He did good. I would still love you even if we didn't go here. For real I would son. You my dawg.

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(4 photos stitched into one)

I like this photo. I took it in the morning on my walk to the bus stop.