Fleur de Aleta

Where has the time flown? Answer: Mac Mini and New Blog Greg says when I get into something, I really get involved with it... That's certainly the truth with my Mac Mini. He can't blame me though, because he bought it for me. :) Truth be told, I know he's happy that I'm enjoying the new computer. I'M A MAC! I know, I was a Mac when he bought the iPad for me, but the Mac Mini makes it feel more "real." OMG, I love Macs! It's a time sucker though. Right now, I'm caught up in the iMovies. I'm merging between iMovies and Keynote to mix slides and short movies of our vacations together. My first attempts are pretty lame and now that I have a better idea of what to do, I'm going back to revamp the first attempts. (Plus, I found some more movies to add...) The other time sucker has been a new blog. I'm not giving up this one. Fleur de Aleta is a journal for me, to share funny times and special memories. The new blog was inspired by an email ex...

Adult Content Involved Avenue Q ~ imagine Sesame Street music - la, la, laaaaa, la, la - Greg brought it to my attention that all of the songs sounded the same, except for the change in words. It's true! They have the same sing-songy, sing along with me, cutesy sound, yep, just like Sesame Street. The puppeteers used that "child voice" for the puppets. Hey, it's puppets and Sesame Street sounds, but.... that's where it stops. All those cutesy sounds don't match the cursing (which did make me laugh, you just don't expect muppet to say "Fuck" and "Shit" - all very appropriately timed as well..) and unPC topics, such as racism, homosexuality, schadenfreude (look it up if you don't know), porn (one of Greg's favorites - the girl/monster puppet was singing along about how she was going to open a Monster School and teach monster children about the Internet. Then a big Monster from one of the windows screams out "PORN". She t...

One of my relatives once said that he considered a teaching career. He would have made an excellent history teacher or math teacher. He even went so far as to look into the requirements for a Master's Degree. Then he heard in the news about teacher's pay being based on the children's grades. He said, "The teacher's pay will adjust to the kid's grade? You want to see huge and I mean HUGE results? Adjust the PARENT'S pay based on the kid's grades! Then you will see radical improvements with the grades! All that's going to happen if the pay is adjusted on the teachers is that there will be more teachers cheating!" This made sense to me and yes, it does happen. Greg is reading "Freakonomics" and I'm reading it over his shoulder. Greg likes to read at night, lying down in bed and flipping the pages on the iPad. I can curl up next to him and read right along. It's nice and cozy and a good time to share thoughts and interests. (I al...

One evening, I asked Greg to draw something for me. He said, “Stay still” as he grabbed a red ink pen and yellow tablet. He held the paper up, so I couldn’t see what he was drawing. I started laughing and giggling. I thought for sure he was teasing me and only acting like he was drawing me. He told me I’d make a horrible model. I guess because I fidget. I’ve never seen that “deep concentration” look in his eyes and I was certain he was playing a joke on me, which only made me laugh all the more. Then I’d try to frown to stop from laughing. After I realized he was serious.... I felt like the Rose on Titantic - only fully clothed and a much happier ending! (It was the look in Greg's eyes :) Honestly, though, given he was working with an ink pen and a model that couldn’t keep a straight face, I thought he did an excellent job. I was shocked, because he did this in about 10 minutes!