Dear Diary,
The clothes are on the shelves.
The toys are in the dresser.
The fish is in a Jar.
The gecko is in a tank.
The beds are full of air
The chair is sometimes a bed
The windows have linens
The lights have scarves
The stairs are steep
The locked door has a curtain
The keys are in the turtle
The dog lives downstairs; the cat up
The coats are in the hamper
The shoes are on the shelves
The tv has two remotes; the other has none
The walls frame the art
The clock tells the wrong time
The microwave is on top of the fridge
The toaster and radio boast Hello Kitty
The cats food is in china
The west side is summer
The east side is winter
The south side sees beach and
The north side is partition
Three people
Three pets
Three rooms
22-2 Hill Street
Me
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Fantastic Fireworks
Dear Diary,
Grandpa, Bill, Arick and I went to the Renegades game at Dutchess Stadium on July 3. The tickets are very affordable for anyone looking for something to do with the family. If you look at the schedule you can see what nights they do fireworks. There is also a Rascal's kids club!
The endgame fireworks were FANTASTIC!
Arick and I were distracted easily by everything. First Arick was doing the bouncy rides. Then we were aggravated by my mis-placing our money to spend. Arick had fried dough and we all had hotdogs. Grandpa and Bill had beer. Finally we were settled and watching the game. We saw a double play! There were several attempts to steal bases by the Renegades players but they mostly were picked off. We had t-shirts and cotton candy fired at us (the crowd) and they had a bouncing lottery ball game. One of several numbered balls were bounced around randomly until the music stopped. Whoever had that ball won something. We didn't win. A friendly person in the crowd had a small beach ball that he inflated and that was tossed around in just our section. This became quite entertaining and started to draw other children. It became such a distraction I started to wonder if the players were affected. The ball started to deflate from the abusive swatting but I had sit, click, drive! stickers with me and we used them to block up the busting seams and the ball swtting continued until the fireworks started.
Did I mention that sfter the game there were FANTASTIC FIREWORKS!
In hindsight, I wish I had contacted security earlier to mention that Arick -one of the Sit, Click, Drive! kids was in attendance and ask if he could say to the audience at the end of the game to remember to wear their seatbelt. I am going to remember to do this at our next event.
Me
PS
Did I mention the fireworks were fantastic!
Grandpa, Bill, Arick and I went to the Renegades game at Dutchess Stadium on July 3. The tickets are very affordable for anyone looking for something to do with the family. If you look at the schedule you can see what nights they do fireworks. There is also a Rascal's kids club!
The endgame fireworks were FANTASTIC!
Arick and I were distracted easily by everything. First Arick was doing the bouncy rides. Then we were aggravated by my mis-placing our money to spend. Arick had fried dough and we all had hotdogs. Grandpa and Bill had beer. Finally we were settled and watching the game. We saw a double play! There were several attempts to steal bases by the Renegades players but they mostly were picked off. We had t-shirts and cotton candy fired at us (the crowd) and they had a bouncing lottery ball game. One of several numbered balls were bounced around randomly until the music stopped. Whoever had that ball won something. We didn't win. A friendly person in the crowd had a small beach ball that he inflated and that was tossed around in just our section. This became quite entertaining and started to draw other children. It became such a distraction I started to wonder if the players were affected. The ball started to deflate from the abusive swatting but I had sit, click, drive! stickers with me and we used them to block up the busting seams and the ball swtting continued until the fireworks started.
Did I mention that sfter the game there were FANTASTIC FIREWORKS!
In hindsight, I wish I had contacted security earlier to mention that Arick -one of the Sit, Click, Drive! kids was in attendance and ask if he could say to the audience at the end of the game to remember to wear their seatbelt. I am going to remember to do this at our next event.
Me
PS
Did I mention the fireworks were fantastic!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Definitions of Clean
Dear Diary,
Definition of house clean found at Merriam Webster online" a clean house:
Definition of house clean found at Merriam Webster online" a clean house:
intransitive verb 1 : to clean a house and its furniture 2 : to get rid of unwanted or undesirable items or people transitive verb 1 : to clean the surfaces and furnishings of 2 : to improve or reform by ridding of undesirable people or practices
— house·clean·ing noun
My definitions of Clean:
Clean - when you can move any item (furniture, kitchen counter appliances) and not find a hidden treasure of crumbs, dust or other surprising items.
Surface Clean - After sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dishes and counter wipes so that when you look but don't touch, everything appears to be clean before you really clean.
Clutter Clean - when the scattered items are in categorized piles waiting to be surface cleaned.
Food, Laundry, Garbage Clean - when you gather laundry and dirty dishes to be washed and garbage to be taken out so that you can find the clutter to clean.
Stealth Clean - when you throw blankets over piles of clutter and laundry or buy room dividers to block the view.
Adrenaline Clean - the magical ingredient that enables you to go from any degree of clean to one higher degree of cleanliness when you receive news of unexpected visitors.
Dinner Party Clean - what you do when you want to avoid Adrenaline Clean. Book a dinner party at your place to motivate you to achieve the top degree of Clean before they arrive.
Teenager Clean - "what mess, it looks fine to me"
Mother-in-Law clean - same as dinner party clean.
Baby Clean - this is the clean that is achieved only after Clean is achieved and addresses all of the tiny invisible clusters of germs that cannot be seen but are taken care of so a baby can crawl on the floor.
Me
P.S.
There is also UN-clean: when there are so many UN-identifed objects not where they belong scattered in such a manner that someone who doesn't know you might consider you have been ransacked.
My definitions of Clean:
Clean - when you can move any item (furniture, kitchen counter appliances) and not find a hidden treasure of crumbs, dust or other surprising items.
Surface Clean - After sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dishes and counter wipes so that when you look but don't touch, everything appears to be clean before you really clean.
Clutter Clean - when the scattered items are in categorized piles waiting to be surface cleaned.
Food, Laundry, Garbage Clean - when you gather laundry and dirty dishes to be washed and garbage to be taken out so that you can find the clutter to clean.
Stealth Clean - when you throw blankets over piles of clutter and laundry or buy room dividers to block the view.
Adrenaline Clean - the magical ingredient that enables you to go from any degree of clean to one higher degree of cleanliness when you receive news of unexpected visitors.
Dinner Party Clean - what you do when you want to avoid Adrenaline Clean. Book a dinner party at your place to motivate you to achieve the top degree of Clean before they arrive.
Teenager Clean - "what mess, it looks fine to me"
Mother-in-Law clean - same as dinner party clean.
Baby Clean - this is the clean that is achieved only after Clean is achieved and addresses all of the tiny invisible clusters of germs that cannot be seen but are taken care of so a baby can crawl on the floor.
Me
P.S.
There is also UN-clean: when there are so many UN-identifed objects not where they belong scattered in such a manner that someone who doesn't know you might consider you have been ransacked.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Cassette?
Dear Diary,
We took a leisurely drive to Margaretville today to visit a favorite store of Patrick's called Rocko's. During the drive we lost cell phone reception and radio reception. As you know, my car (cricket) is very old and it does not have a CD player but a rarely used cassette player. Patrick offerred to hook up his mini laptop to play music through the radio if we still had the old converter tape in the glove box. We asked Arick to check the glove box for the cassette adapter for us and he looked at us with big eyes and completely confused. It was not just I that felt old, but Patrick who is all of 17 years old did too as we realized Arick had no clue what a cassette looked like or what it was used for.
Cassette?
Me
We took a leisurely drive to Margaretville today to visit a favorite store of Patrick's called Rocko's. During the drive we lost cell phone reception and radio reception. As you know, my car (cricket) is very old and it does not have a CD player but a rarely used cassette player. Patrick offerred to hook up his mini laptop to play music through the radio if we still had the old converter tape in the glove box. We asked Arick to check the glove box for the cassette adapter for us and he looked at us with big eyes and completely confused. It was not just I that felt old, but Patrick who is all of 17 years old did too as we realized Arick had no clue what a cassette looked like or what it was used for.
Cassette?
Me
Friday, June 26, 2009
Why pay for cable and internet service when you can watch cable tv online with your internet?
Dear Diary,
I knew I loved the internet. I figured out how to watch oodles of my favorite shows online for FREE.
Tips
Watch ABC TV online
Watch NBC TV online
Watch CBS TV online
Watch USA TV online
Watch FOX TV online
Watch Nick TV online
Watch Disney Videos online
Watch Disney TV online
Watch Cartoon Network online
Watch Lifetime Movies or TV online
Watch Discovery TLC Animal Planet online
There is just way too much to do on the Discover Channel besides videos. Look around!
Watch CNN news videos online
Watch ABC FAMILY online
Watch TV LAND online
Watch SCI FI online
Me
I knew I loved the internet. I figured out how to watch oodles of my favorite shows online for FREE.
Tips
- Look for FULL VIDEO or FULL LENGTH so you don't keep getting clips
- Most have short (30 sec) commercials before you can click on a specific episode to watch
- CBS, Discovery is the least friendly with full episodes
- I don't trust any other sites other than the actual Channel's website for viewing
- Some sites limit the length of time the most current episode is available. (like 2 weeks)
Watch ABC TV online
Watch NBC TV online
Watch CBS TV online
Watch USA TV online
Watch FOX TV online
Watch Nick TV online
Watch Disney Videos online
Watch Disney TV online
Watch Cartoon Network online
Watch Lifetime Movies or TV online
Watch Discovery TLC Animal Planet online
There is just way too much to do on the Discover Channel besides videos. Look around!
Watch CNN news videos online
Watch ABC FAMILY online
Watch TV LAND online
Watch SCI FI online
Me
Signature
Dear Diary,
Today I learned how to label a hyperlink. I had so much fun with it that my signature block in my emails have oodles of my favorite links. I will probably update this list over time.
Me
Susan Manocha
845.943.8827 cell
LOSE WEIGHT NOW, ASK ME HOW!
I lost 30lbs since January....
Sit, Click, Drive! wins NYS seat belt Slogan Contest!
Saugerties kids create words to live by
Statewide seatbelt slogan winner: Sit, Click, Drive!
Arick on the Future
Opus 40 - A Monumental Vision of Half a Lifetime
Today I learned how to label a hyperlink. I had so much fun with it that my signature block in my emails have oodles of my favorite links. I will probably update this list over time.
Me
Susan Manocha
845.943.8827 cell
LOSE WEIGHT NOW, ASK ME HOW!
I lost 30lbs since January....
Sit, Click, Drive! wins NYS seat belt Slogan Contest!
Saugerties kids create words to live by
Statewide seatbelt slogan winner: Sit, Click, Drive!
Arick on the Future
Opus 40 - A Monumental Vision of Half a Lifetime
Thursday, June 25, 2009
188888
Dear Diary,
My car odometer turned 188888 today.
I stopped at the gate as I left OPUS 40 from picking up the boys and snapped a picture.
I found it fun to look at this series of 8's but I was really thinking about how my car only had 75,000 or so miles on it when I rolled it off the lot at Friendly Honda in Kingston. Wow - I really drove over one hundred thousand miles in the last 5 years. I am happy to have had great car care over the years from Honda Repair on Broadway, Steyers in Saugerties and Bruce in Mt. Marion. Yes, laziness led me to Jiffy Lube for oil and inside and out cleanings! Many and ongoing thanks to the many rescues from AAA (keys, flats and breakdowns). New tires from Van Kleecks and of course gas from Stewarts and my buddy who pumps it in the plaza.
Top Ten Favorite Moments
10. Placing my first bumber sticker on the rear bumper.
9. Teaching Arick how to help use the sprayer and vacuum at the car wash self serve.
8. Getting stuck in the snowbank at OPUS not once but several times in one season earning the good bye chant - "Stay away from the snowbanks" from the people who have dug me out.
7. Getting rid of the car seat groves from the properly installed tightly belted car seat that could be removed permanently.
6. Watching Stephanie drive away with my car never really knowing what condition the car would come back in.
5. Watching Arick turn my car into a fort by putting the back seats down and filling it with "stuff" to play with.
4. Using Duct Tape to hide that spare key - and using it several times.
3. Getting slightly rear ended because beginner driver was reading my bumper stickers.
2. Adding Sit, Click, Drive! stickers to various locations on the outside of the car along with adding car door magnets for the Weight Loss Challenges supplementing the already tacky rear bumper stickers!
and my all time favorite -
1. Seeing my car covered in silly string at random times over the years.
Me
My car odometer turned 188888 today.
I stopped at the gate as I left OPUS 40 from picking up the boys and snapped a picture.
I found it fun to look at this series of 8's but I was really thinking about how my car only had 75,000 or so miles on it when I rolled it off the lot at Friendly Honda in Kingston. Wow - I really drove over one hundred thousand miles in the last 5 years. I am happy to have had great car care over the years from Honda Repair on Broadway, Steyers in Saugerties and Bruce in Mt. Marion. Yes, laziness led me to Jiffy Lube for oil and inside and out cleanings! Many and ongoing thanks to the many rescues from AAA (keys, flats and breakdowns). New tires from Van Kleecks and of course gas from Stewarts and my buddy who pumps it in the plaza.
Top Ten Favorite Moments
10. Placing my first bumber sticker on the rear bumper.
9. Teaching Arick how to help use the sprayer and vacuum at the car wash self serve.
8. Getting stuck in the snowbank at OPUS not once but several times in one season earning the good bye chant - "Stay away from the snowbanks" from the people who have dug me out.
7. Getting rid of the car seat groves from the properly installed tightly belted car seat that could be removed permanently.
6. Watching Stephanie drive away with my car never really knowing what condition the car would come back in.
5. Watching Arick turn my car into a fort by putting the back seats down and filling it with "stuff" to play with.
4. Using Duct Tape to hide that spare key - and using it several times.
3. Getting slightly rear ended because beginner driver was reading my bumper stickers.
2. Adding Sit, Click, Drive! stickers to various locations on the outside of the car along with adding car door magnets for the Weight Loss Challenges supplementing the already tacky rear bumper stickers!
and my all time favorite -
1. Seeing my car covered in silly string at random times over the years.
Me
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