Author: Machelle

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Name Game

Are you old enough to remember a song from childhood called, “Name Game”? They sing bama bama no-bama, banana fanah no fanah . . . it is a cute little novelty song. I heard them sing a version of this song on a commercial tonight, where a male nurse is giving a little girl a dose of medicine and he has her sing with him during the procedure.

I was thinking about the name game and how my name, Michele, is spelled with just one “l” instead of two, and how my girlfriend April Michele not only spells her name with just one “l” but it is her middle name that she uses as part of her first name. Anyone who knows he,r knows to call her April Michele. Only people like teacher’s and nurses or the clerk at the DMV call her by just April.

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Peppermint Bark

Santa brought me some Godiva peppermint bark candy for Christmas. I found a big bar of it in my Christmas stocking! I have never had it before and figured that if it is Godiva, then it HAS to be good. And it WAS! I love this stuff – I hope to find some on clearance at Target or KMart so I can stock up!

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Starting to Freak Out

So here it is the 14th of December and I’m still trying to figure out what to buy some people as gifts. My two brothers are the hardest to buy anything for. They both make really good money and can afford to go buy anything they like on impulse. So how do you buys something for a guy who already has everything? I’m running out of time and ideas, but I have less than 2 weeks left so I need to get this done!

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Cake Decorating Class

The local craft store here has classes at the store for ll kinds of crafts. I went in looking for some Christmas decorating ideas and saw that they have a cake decorating class on the weekends. The classes don’t start until January. I’m sure the Christmas shopping takes precedence over crafts classes in December.

I’m going to see if my girlfriend, Felicia, wants to take the classes with me. She likes to decorate cakes but is self-taught. She always talks about wanting to learn more professional methods – this might be the best chance for her to get thatunder her belt and it will give me someone to ride with.

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Cake Pops Fad

Everyone is raving about a dessert called cake pops. Have you seen them? They are balls of cake about the size of a golf ball that are stuck on sticks like lollipops. But they cake is completely covered in icing and then decorated very elaborately. Most of the ones I’ve seen have been decorated for a holiday or as animals.

Lat night I saw an infomercial for a special set of pans to make them at home. I think they are about $20 for a set of pans that have a special locking lid to force the rising cake better to form into small balls. I think that is a cool idea – I wish I could find the pans in the store instead of ordered from a toll free number. I didn’t write down that number from the commercial so I don’t know how to find them.

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Spell Check

Almost everything has some sort of spell check and correction. It really comes in handy if you communicate with people who are highly educated or for business correspondence. Although we are a casual society, there is still a need for proper spelling and grammar. I try to make sure that I spell people’s names correctly, too. I think everyone cares about having their name spelled right and that is something they notice quickly if you spell it wrong.

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Special Dinners

A friend of mine was talking about the menu for their Thanksgiving dinner. He said they are buying a turkey, at least 20 pounds and bigger if they can find one. I asked if he has ever had anything else besides turkey for Thanksgiving and he looked shocked.

The truth is that a lot of people have other foods for their Thanksgiving feasts. In San Francisco, the preferred main course is fresh caught Dungeness crab. In New York, I was served quail when dining at a good friend’s family estate.

So, don’t assume that everyone eats turkey.

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Donating to Good Will

Unless I lose a lot of weight this winter – and that really is not likely – there are a bunch of clothes in my closet that just don’t fit and need to go. It is really hard for me to discard clothes, even when I realize they do not fit and will probably never fit. So, tonight I am going to force myself to fill up a box of old clothes to donate to Good Will. I am forcing myself to not stop until the box is full. I am dreading it, but I really need to get it done.

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Little Box of Treasures

There was a scene in the movie, “Throw Momma From the Train” where Danny DeVito’s character asks if his friend, Larry, would like to see his box of treasures. Larry says, “No,” but Owen brings out a cigar box anyway. He takes out silly little items and talks about them in great, loving detail. It is funny and yet bittersweet.

I think we all have a little box of treasures that mean something special to each of us, but might look like junk to someone else. I have a drawer in my dresser that holds most of those items. Just little souvenirs from special places. Looking at them brings back great memories and i don’t expect anyone else to ever appreciate them like I do.