American Idol party

Contribution by Saul Martin

My daughter wants to have an American Idol birthday party for her 9th birthday next month. We are going to have costumes that the girls can wear, a disco ball, and of course, music and a microphone. We are going to let the girls take turns performing, and then her two older sisters and I are going to be like Paula, Randy, and Simon and give them our feedback. Of course, we won’t be mean, but it will be hilarious to impersonate them. I’m going to cabletelevision.net to see if I can find access to older seasons anywhere so we can remind ourselves of how the judges act. I know Paula is overly emotional and claps like a freak, Randy makes no sense and says “for me” and “dog” every other word, and Simon is a jerk and says things like “that was just rubbish.” This is going to be so funny! We are also going to have pizza, cupcakes, and ice cream, and just let the girls have a big dance party, too. Her friends are excited!

Smart Money

It wasn't until I was older when I found out that probably one of the best investments that you could make is to buy gold bullion. Of course by then, I was already working and had a child with no extra money to spend lol. I've thought about saving to do just that every so often but it always seems to slip my mind and with the price of gold always going up someone in my position has a harder time of catching up to it. It is probably something I should aim to do at some point, I'd like to know that I have a backup plan and something to pass down to my kids later on.

Alternative Cooking

Things are different here and many things I'm used to aren't readily available here. One thing I miss having is a BBQ. I never really thought I would say that since the whole process takes a while, but the flavors you get really can't be duplicated. The drawback here is the weather. It's cold and iffy during the winter and during the late spring through the summer is rainy. I've thought about looking at grills but unless we had a covered outdoor area, I'm not really sure where I would even use it lol. Well, at least the shopping bit of it will be fun.

Stay Up!

I love decorating my kid's room. She's so girly and there is never a shortage of finding cute things to fill her room with. I had gotten her one of those decorative nets to hang above her bed and since we've moved we have had a heck of a time keeping the thing up. the first time there was already a hook screw up there that we hung it from, the kids pulled it out. So we tried a 3M hook, they just pulled that down too. I'm not sure if it would work because of the location but I'm to the point where it might be a smart idea to use an eye bolt instead. She's cute but definitely not dainty lol.