WEEKLY WRAP-UP

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1. Do you like summer? Why or why not?
I love summer. Hot weather is just my thing. I would much rather sweat than shiver and sniff anyday.

2. What is your favorite summer activity? Why?
Everything. I pratically hibernate in the winter only going out when necessary, so in the summer I shine. Visiting friends, shopping, yard sales, long walks, sitting on the porch reading, amusement parks, picnics, the list is endless.

What is your favorite summer destination? Why?
I don't really have one. I don't go on vacation very often. I would love to go the the Islands one day. I'm also the type who likes to just get in the car and just drive. My best friend and I did that once. Driving and laughing, eating at hole in the wall mom & pop joints. We didn't travel far away, but it was fun to discover how others not so far away lived. And just being together without the distractions of every day life was refreshing.

4. What are your summer plans for 2003?
I recently moved back home so I'm going to rediscover my hometown.

5. Would you be in favor of rotating long breaks for school-aged kids so that there aren't as many out at the same time during summer? Why or why not?
Definitely not. It makes it almost impossible to plan vacations if you have children going to different schools. This was an issue at my daughter's school in Virginia which was going to a year-round schedule. A lot of the parents were opting out because they had children in middle or high school and it put them on separate vacation schedules. I don't like the idea of either not being able to go away for vacation, or one child missing school in order to go as a family.

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

1 loaf French Bread cut into 1-inch cubes (or 8 slices of sturdy white bread)
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups half-and-half cream
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange bread on the bottom. In large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour mixture over bread cubes, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake for 40 minutes.

TO DO LIST

1. Put clothes away (from Monday!!!)
2. Go to bread thrift store and get bread and snacks for next week
3. Clean off DayBoo's bed
4. Do C.C.'s nails
5. Call Don about tune-up on car
6. Print up flyers for summer day care
7. Pick up Pharcyde CD from library
8. Buy milk
9. Get weed wacker from Momma Mae
10. Plan crafts to make for Christmas
11. Scream!!!!

LAYER ONE
-- Name: chelsea
-- Birth date: October 22
-- Birthplace: Columbus, OH
-- Current Location: Once again Columbus, but longing for Virginia Beach
-- Eye Color: Brown
-- Hair Color: Brown, black and slowly going grey
-- Height: 5'6
-- Righty or Lefty: Both
-- Zodiac Sign: Libra

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: African and Native American
-- The shoes you wore today: None
-- Your weakness: Good sex
-- Your fears: Dying alone of some freak accident
-- Your perfect pizza: Founder's Favorite from Donatos--ham, extra cheese, peppers
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: Run a women's shelter

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: I've never IM'd
-- Your thoughts first waking up: Where are the kids?
-- Your best physical feature: Eyes
-- Your most missed memory: Laughing with D

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Vanilla Coke
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's
-- Single or group dates: I like both
-- Adidas or Nike: I'm not big on tennis shoes, so whichever is cheapest
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I hate tea
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee

LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: I quit
-- Cuss: Sometimes a sailor may blush, but I'm getting better because I have kids who repeat stuff
-- Sing: I'd like to think so, tho' others may not agree
-- Take a shower everyday: That is preferred
-- Do you think you've been in love: Yes
-- Want to go to college: Yes, again
-- Like(d) high school: Necessary evil.
-- Want to get married: Not really.
-- Believe in yourself: Sometimes.
-- Get motion sickness: Only if I read which sucks
-- Think you're attractive: Sometimes
-- Think you're a health freak: No
-- Get along with your parent(s): No
-- Like thunderstorms: I do.
-- Play an instrument: I wish

LAYER SIX:
In the past month...
--Drank alcohol: Yes, wine
-- Smoked: Okay, I confess.
-- Done a drug: No
-- Made Out: No
-- Gone on a date: Nope
-- Gone to the mall?: Yes
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: With help
-- Eaten sushi: No
-- Been on stage: No
-- Been dumped: No
-- Gone skating: No
-- Made homemade cookies: No
-- Gone skinny dipping: No
-- Dyed your hair: No
-- Stolen anything: I forgot to pay for my pictures when I paid for the rest of my stuff. Didn't go back when I realized the mistake. Does that count?
-- You sound boring: I am.

LAYER SEVEN
Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes
-- If so, was it mixed company: Yes
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Once, never again
-- Been caught "doing something": Yes
-- Been called a tease: Yes
-- Gotten beaten up: I usually did the beating
-- Shoplifted: Yes
-- Changed who you were to fit in: No, but growing up in the ghetto, going to a white school, having international friends, I can adapt to any social situation

LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: Not really
-- Numbers and Names of Children: Day Boo and Bubba
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Get off the marriage kick why doncha?
-- How do you want to die: I don't
-- Where you want to go to college: Any that will offer me a challenge, and that offers Swahili
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: Happy
-- What country would you most like to visit: Kenya

LAYER NINE is mysteriously missing... I didn't leave it out...it was missing when I stole this. Oh well, you get what you pay for...and this was free, deal with it.

LAYER TEN:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: I tried pot in college. It was not cool
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: 5
-- Number of CDs that I own: No clue
-- Number of piercings: 6
-- Number of tattoos: None
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: None that I know of
-- Number of scars on my body: Too many to count
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: 1 and I'll never tell

I HATE FEET

I do. I hate feet. Don't touch me with your feet. Please don't make me look at your feet. I will be ready to fight if someone were to put their feet on me. This would be the one thing that sucks about summer, a plethora of feet uncovered. Do me a favor, get your feet together before you whip out the sandals, "kay? Here's an easy way:
Needed--soap, vaseline, cotton socks
Wash and dry feet thoroughly.
Slather vaseline all over feet.
Put on socks. Preferable overnight, but at least for 2 hours.
Repeat every night until feet are smooth, not crusty, then do at least once a week.
Before you expose your feet to the public, go and get a pedicure. Don't just go once and never again. Twice a month is ideal, but once a month would work, if you promise to replace the polish when it starts to chip. If money is tight, see if there is a beauty or spa school in your area. Services are cheap (sometimes half price of regular salon prices), supervised by instructors and the students get the experience and credit they need. It's a win-win situation. Thanks.