Eden's Wanderings and Wonderings

I got this from my son's Kindergarten Teacher. (Well, that was many moons ago, Kindergarten, not the email - as my son is now 27 years old.) I thought it's pretty funny so here goes...
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Subject: To all My Friends

To all my friends who in 2007 sent me best 'wishes', chain letters, 'angel' letters or other promises of good luck if I forwarded something,

NONE OF THAT SHIT WORKED!.

For 2008, could you please just send money, VODKA, TONIC Water, chips, movie tickets, gasoline vouchers and airline tickets instead?

Thank you!

Not my original but this was "begging" to be posted...

1. You spend the first two years of your children's lives teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. (This is so true with my kindergarteners who tell me about their home lives.)

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own.

6. We childproof our homes, but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day. (I, personally take this to heart... LOL)

AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,
DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: "TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!

Last Friday evening, I went to see Five Funny Females at the Purple Onion in San Francisco. I went to see a friend's daughter who was headlining at the Purple Onion. How do people find out they are funny? This gal / my friend's daughter, Dana, is FUNNY!!!

My daughter also went to the show. She and Dana have known each other since 2nd grade! That was over 20 years ago! We had a great time at the show.

Lesson learned from the show: Mothers don't let your daughters become stand-up comics. You will become a comedy subject that involves R. Kelly and MTV!

Working in a school, I thought this should not be too difficult for me. Perhaps a picture of the library and the terrific librarian whose job is going to be cut next year due to the budget crisis! (ARRGG)....

Or these ... These are my recent acquisition. Why two books? I usually give away books that I love so others may enjoy them too... or even ones I do not strong feelings for. :)

But this one, I really enjoyed and plan to take my copy with me on my next visit to Paris so I can find some of the things David wrote about.... like the sinfully thick chocolate at that dive on the 5th! So I thought, if I am to share, I better order some other copy to give forward.

As the say in the kids' show Reading Rainbow, "Get a copy for yourself, read it, you'll enjoy it!"

I saw some couples, people who tried to be "matchy-matchy" in Waikiki. It was later that I thought, 'this would make a great blog topic' :) .... much to the horror of my children as I was trying to be discreet when taking pictures of those in matching gear!

What is it with Aloha shirts that make people want to dress alike? Seriously!

I think the matchy-matchy looked good on children though ....

Why do people go matchy matchy in Hawaii? They really do not do it when they go other places. Tourists do not wear matching striped blue shirts in Paris, do they? Not matching Big Ben T shirts in London. Or even matching rebosos in Mexico... but they sure feel compelled to do so in Hawaii. :) I wonder...

Oh wait, maybe except for this group. LOL

I went through some photos and was ready to give up on this topic... until I found this. I have to apologize that this is a "rerun", as I posted this a while back...

I thought this was an interesting advertisement of what seems like a "one-stop-shop" in San Francisco...

This is one fun theme. I had lots of photos to choose from. Most of the photos are from my summer trip to Asia... so there are some literal mishaps included. :)

I am glad for Bilingual signs... I wish I were more than tri-lingual... I would have been lost if it were not for the considerate bilingual translations.

On a wall of a construction site in Singapore. I am sure the sign was intentional... sure caught my attention.

A hotel perk in Hong Kong.

"Do not weap slippers in the bathroom to prevent slidng"

A sign in the Philippines... At first my "English-speaking" brain read this and questioned "What???" Then I realized as I reverted to my "Tagalog-speaking" brain that "IWAS" meant - prevent... Duh! (on me)

The following were taken to satisfy the self-centered me... LOL ... Somewhere in the desert between Palm Desert and San Diego.

Cebu, Philippines... I wish I spent sometime here... :)