Hahaha. Too good to be true. In times of recession and hardship, in times where your purse is as flat as a pancake, there are some places you should absolutely keep in mind : every place where you can get free drinks and entertainment, where beautiful girls and good-looking boys sip on fancy drinks… FOR FREE ! It’s not a joke, guys. It’s New Year. Not Carnival. Have a close look at all the places in New York which offer
Hey, boys and girls, it’s getting cold. Windy and cold. Last month, I was rummaging through my closet looking for the thick black pullover made of genuine cashmere, so soft, so warm (and so expensive…) I put in there eight years ago. To my astonishment my garment was not tasty enough for The Moth Gourmet Restaurant.
I put it on. Quick glance at the mirror : The pullover XXL length almost down to my knees is definitely not in for this winter 2008. I had to do something.
I wish I was born a knitter. And a tailor too. Unfortunately, I am anything but that. But I decided to give a try.
First, the scissors, then the wool. In my kitchen, there were two long chopsticks best for what I want to do. Big problem : no idea how to start the reshaping of my piece of knitwear. I had to surf the internet and could find this video :
The Basics
It took me two hard days to achieve a very unusual task. I called my king of heart : ‘Guess what I am doing right now.’ ‘Knitting’. Out of the blue he was right. He was just joking because he’s never seen me knitting anything anywhere. He couldn’t believe that I conceded him a win !
I wish I could knit better. My new old knitwear doesn’t look very pretty. But it is a homemade chef-d’oeuvre. It is so soft and it keeps me warm. And I feel so wonderfully secure in it.
Two days ago, Lady Lucky, while surfing on the internet, found out that she had won a Glass Jar full of a very precious Facial Mud. She asked why nobody let her know about her win. Paul Cosmetics Labs, the company which distributes M Of The Face in the USA did inform every winner.
But it seems that the message bug on the map which was used to play the game did not get fixed as promised by the map makers.
Sorry for that trouble. Paul Cosmetics Labs will be very pleased to ship the three Glass Jars which are still waiting to their winners of the last Map Game.
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast,
The experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going
And with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please,
Excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday
when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36″
Get your story straight
And tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff
Would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again
because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!
As a matter of fact, more and more people in USA are interested in learning French nowadays. Laura K. Lawless is a wonderful French Language guide. Organize some spare time and visit her website. You will be kept busy learning lots of vocab and grammar rules without even being aware of it. Hello Laura ! As you can see, I still remember you.
Your French basics are good? You need to be cheered up and you are eager to discover five little secrets of the French language? Then, click on this link and start
I spent so much time surfing their site that my homework went undone at the end of the day. It had been a pleasure to refresh my memories by reading some explanations of colloquial expressions contained in one of my favorite languages.
French is the tricky language par excellence. Words are very often not spelled the way they sound. This can cause heavy headaches. If your headaches persist, only one thing can save your mental : take your French manual and your mattress to the doctor’s waiting room. Stay there and make yourself comfortable until you are done with your French learning. Then and only then you can get back home.
Have you noticed how many difficult French words the young participants of the Spelling Bee contest must SPELL RIGHT in order to win? So difficult French words that lots of people living in France and using their mother tongue on a daily basis are unable to spell correctly.
Some among them use the SMSlanguage to disguise their weakness mastering the official spelling rules although they don’t text message on cell phones. Fortunately the SMS language is banned from many forums, since it is not easily read and understood by common sense.
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Un poquito de vino rojo? 
