The Ginger-Walking Dead House

Claire went w/ my mom & her cousins to a Gingerbread House-making Party a week or so ago.  Below are two shots of the Putch's zombie'fied creation:

Canned Heat Song'bombing (for lack of a better word) Alvin & the Chipmunks

I've been avoiding this blog like the plague -- which I'll eventually address & remedy by the new year -- but I wanted to share Canned Heat's "Christmas Boogie," which my Uncle Eddie shared w/ his EddieRadio listeners this morning.  Unfortunately, embedding of that video was disabled by the YouTube poster, so this'll have to do.  This surreal & really unexplainable combo from the '60s -- Alvin & the Chipmunks w/ Canned Heat -- will have to do. :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

So, What's Been Going On?

Here's a quick list of what I've been up to the past couple of weeks:

Channukah -- Last Sunday was my mom's annual Channukah party at her apartment in the city. She & my aunt Golde cooked 100's of latkes while over 25 of us ate & hung out. It was a beautiful thing.

Presents-wise for the Putch, Just Dance 4 was the biggest hit.  She also dug her belgian waffle maker.  The other six nights of gifts... well-received, but won't be as memorable.

NYC Teaching Fellows -- As most of you know, I applied to become a Special Ed teacher through the NYC Teaching Fellows program at the end of November. So far, no word from them, which isn't really expected for another 3 or so weeks, but I did notice that the status of my Teaching Sample Planning Form I submitted before the interview has gone from "pending" to "complete." That just means my 5-minute lesson was reviewed. Nothing else.

Parents Association -- Holy jeez crap, this is just knocking the heck out of me. I have no other words at the time about that.

Old-Friends -- Catching-up w/ some & missing out on others.

Okie-doke, there's really a slew more that's been going on, but I've run out of time to type & have to get ready for our building's annual Holiday party -- it's starting in a bit.

Claire's New 'Do

Last night it took over an hour to comb through Claire's super-thick, very-long hair, so when she asked if she could get it cut like Ramona Flowers, I was pretty darn quick to say, "yes."

 

When we got to the salon after school today, they thought that she could donate her hair to Locks for Love, so Claire went for a little shorter of a 'do.  It turns out my little rock-n-roll chickareenie's bleached-&-dyed-pink hair can't be used in wigs for people in recovery, but it can be used to make bouys that help clean areas where there's been spillage of yucky stuff... or something like that.  I've got to look more into this.  (It's amazing what you can find on the Internet.)

 

Any old ways, I'm so proud of her regardless of where her old hair goes b/c it takes a very brave soul to make such a drastic change.  Below are two pictures -- back & front -- of her new 'do.  In the second, she's holding one of ten ponytails worth of hair that was cut off today.  And, yes, she's closing her eyes on purpose -- she wanted to make it look like she's blinking.  Gotta love the Putch.

 

 

Good Golly, Miss Molly, It's Almost 2013

I am so far behind in posting on this blog.  I definitely having been giving the love it deserves.  Maybe I'll add that on to my resolutions for 2013.  And, speaking about resolutions, I wonder how I did on this year's resolutions:

1. Be More Patient -- Having a 10-year-old daughter really put me to the test w/ this resolution, but I gotta say... yes, I am more patient these days.  So, score 1 for me.

2. Be a Little More Neater -- Ha.  That I put this on my list shows balls beyond galore.  I tried.  Honestly, I did, but dang my slobbish tendencies.  When push came to shove, my messy ways won over.

3.) Lose My Fat Ass -- Done.  It's not my 18-year-old tush -- heck, it's not even my 36-year-old tush -- but it's my tush & it's not as big as it was at the beginning of the year.  (And, yes, I realize this was not the most difficult to accomplish -- it was only 10 pounds & I always yo-yo, any old ways.)

So, two of our three ain't bad.  At least, according to Meat Loaf.  Though, if you asked Carl, he'd prolly still want me to work on #2.  Maybe I'll give being "a little more neater" in the next couple of weeks a whirl, but don't hold your breath.

Per Claire's Request: Les Miserables

Claire's latest request: Les Miserables, 25th Anniversary Production from, I think, Australia.  That I'm not sure of, so you'll have to watch n' check yourself.

I used to see "Les Miz" on Broadway all the time w/ my dad back in the early to mid '90s.  They would have $15 ticket offers in the nose-bleeds, which was fine for us b/c we've already seen it so often & the seats really weren't that bad.

Any old ways, I would play the original cast recording for Claire when she was a wee thing, but haven't in awhile.  Then, my dad played her "Castle in the Cloud" recently & now we're hooked again, which is a good thing b/c the movie adaptation is coming out later this month.

Till then... enjoy, Putch & all...