Unbelievable as it is, to me anyway, it’s been twenty-five years since “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” hit theaters for the first time. The film, one of John Hughes’ best (in my opinion), features Matthew Broderick as the high school senior who decides to skip school for the day and enjoy some fun with his best friend and his girlfriend, acting on his belief that “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” One of my Facebook friends asked me how many times I’ve seen the movie, and I replied that I thought I had seen it two or three…
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One Pet Peeve Down…
If you’ve ever known the joys of owning a beagle, you know that the breed comes with all kinds of eccentricities and baggage that show themselves just often enough to keep you in line and remind you who’s really in charge. When Roxie was a puppy, a friend of mine took care of her for a weekend while we were camping, and upon our return said to me, “She’s just cute enough that all of your friends will want to watch her…ONCE.” Roxie has electrocuted herself once. She has been skunked once. She has escaped from the back yard around five times (including the time she was discovered running down…
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How I Met My Publisher.
So you know how–two weeks ago–I was all, “I still have to tell you all about how I met my publisher in person for the very first time!” and then I continued to be busy and I didn’t want to do a sloppy little post about it because I wanted to combine that story with the review of the awesome 2011 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid that General Motors was kind enough to let me drive all the way down to Tennessee (and Virginia) and back so that my nine cases of books (oh, and my family, too) could ride back to Chicago in comfort? I finally wrote about it on Reviews…
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Field Trip.
One of the activities my mother-in-law wanted to do on this visit was check out the Field Museum of Natural History, one of the three museums on Museum Campus, just south of the Loop in Chicago (the other two being the Adler Planetarium and the Shedd Aquarium). The Field is a very cool place to explore if you like mummys, dinosaurs, and the history of humans in all parts of the world. (My very favorite place at the Field, though, is hidden away on one end of the top floor: it’s the Grainger Hall of Gems.) I’ve been to the Field Museum on a fairly regular basis over the past…
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The Icing On The Cake
Late last week, J–who, until recently, was considering a Culinary Arts major in college (he decided that he’d rather go towards music/business, and be an excellent hobby cook instead!)–came to me and said, “Hey mom, would you be interested in helping me make a cake for H (his girlfriend) this weekend?” The question shocked me a little bit, because it’s been ages since we’ve had the time around here to even consider spending time in the kitchen, let alone together. I was thrilled that he asked me, and I vowed to make the time. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted to make, and he said he had…