Queen of the Girl Geeks

Stop On By Cabaret Squidoo

Lensmaster rms or Robin, as us Squidoo regulars call her, has started a deliciously wonderful Blog called Cabaret Squidoo where she features the tastiest lenses on Squidoo. Some of my favorite Blog entries are Tasty Lime and Mojito Recipes, Awesome Panini Recipes and Easy As Pie Recipes.

Also stop by the Cabaret Squidoo Store and check out Robin's Kitchen and Cookbook recommendations!

SquidBoomers Rock!

Fantastically Awesome Lensmaster Susan52 has started a new blog called SquidBoomers where she features lenses about the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 and comprise a very large portion of the US Population because people were having lots and lots of kids after WWII, hence the term Boomer! OK...History lesson is over for the day.

Anyway Susan's blog is really, really cool and she's looking for submissions so visit her Squidoo Lens SquidBoomers - Baby Boomer Lenses on Squidoo to give her your Best Baby Boomer Lens!

Stick Shift In Your Mom Mobile = Not Cool

This is actually a pretty funny story. My sister-in-law has decided that her 7-year-old sporty little Acura is not a good car to be carting around a toddler, so after much research they have decide to get a Subaru Forester. That's cool, nice choice for a mom car. Now here's the funny part. She and my brother-in-law have decided to special order a new 2009 model so they can get a Manual Transmission and a bunch of other cool extras like a moon roof. HELLO...SUV + Toddler + Stick Shift = Big Pain In The Ass!

I tried unsuccessfully to explain that having a toddler requires you to have one hand for driving and the other hand free for retrieving lost toys, handing out juice, breaking up fights, etc. So I asked the obvious question: Why! Her answer is that you get better performance from a manual transmission and that it's more fun to drive...yeah maybe on the Autobahn in a Ferrari, but certainly not in a SUV. Oops..It's not an SUV, it's a "Crossover" vehicle or so I've been told.

Anyway, we got a good laugh at their naivety. Their child is an infant and they still have delusions of grandeur for a cool car. Little do they know that their pristine, high performance SUV...err Crossover vehicle is going to be transformed into a trash can on wheels complete with McDonald's wrappers, Blue Slurpy stains and nasty smells quicker they you can say "Farfegnugen"...because as all moms know, driving with a toddler does not = "Driving Pleasure"!

Yardwork Is For The Birds & Other Small Animals...

Literally! I just cleaned up 10 bags of leaves and nuts left by the birds and squirrels over the winter. We have some sort of nut tree in our yard that small animals like to destroy and consume. We had piles and piles and piles of mutilated nuts that needed cleaned up. Whoo! Hoo! What a way to spend a Sunday!

We used to live in the city and had a cute little English garden that just needed weeded once in a while. Now we live near a nature preserve and I feel like I live in Jurassic Park! We have large cranes, owls, deer, snakes and other small critters. Granted I love animals and nature but I would prefer that they left my yard alone! I think that we are going to have to spend the rest of May trying to get caught up! Ahhh...my life is so exciting!

I'm An Organizational Wizard

I just got what is one of the coolest kitchen organizational gadgets I have ever seen. The Zevro Dry Food Dispenser!

I was at BJ's yesterday and saw these super cool dispenser's on clearance for $13 each. Needless to say I scooped up 9 of them and now my kitchen rivals Martha Stewart's.

I've got a cereal section (see photo), a dry goods section for rice and nuts AND I've got snack section for fishy crackers, M & M's and chocolate covered raisins. These are perfect if you have kids and a husband who forgets to close the top of the cereal box! I'd actually like a few more for bird seed and cat food, of course we'd have to keep those far away from the people food. I'd hate to see anyone put bird seed on their ice cream cone!

Why I'll Never Be A Supermodel!

Well, ONE of the reasons I'll never be a Supermodel is because of my choice in footwear. I have spent the last 15 years of my life wearing Converse. No heels, no sling backs, no frilly sandals...just my sneakers.

Funny thing is I like the concept of having lots of shoes and I envy women who can wear 3 inch heels and walk like Marilyn Monroe. I on the other hand walk like a drunken elephant in heels. The last time I did wear a pair of pumps I took a major nose dive at a wedding. Not my finest moment!

I personally attribute my problem to the fact that I'm 5' 11". I think it's simple physics. I have big size 10 feet and I think that it's harder to balance for us large footed girls. There's more surface area to fall off of. It seems that short people with tiny feet can run around like the Energizer Bunny on Wheels...or heels. As for the Amazonian Supermodels that wear heels...well they either have tiny feet or they lie like the wind and only wear their super shoes on photo shoots and in public. Maybe that's why they have  "people"...their "people" hold them up so they don't fall off their very stylish 4 inch Manolo Blahnik shoes.

As for me I'll stick to my very low, very stylish and very comfortable Converse...thank you very much!

I Got A Nephrolepis exaltata!

Otherwise know as a Boston Fern! Actually I got 2 of them from the Evil Sam's Club yesterday. Yes I am now regularly shopping at Sam's Club again. They beat me down but as a plus the Fern's only cost $9.99 each so I think I'm on the winning end this time!

My Fern's are residing my the computer room this week because the evening temperatures here in Cleveland are below 50 degrees and the little tag says that I'm "NEVER supposed to let them get exposed to temps under 50"!

Now I just have to learn a little bit more about their care so I don't have 2 dead Nephrolepis exaltata!

Buy ONE of Jaguar Julie's Lenses!

My fellow Lensmaster and friend JaguarJulie is one of Squidoo's top Lensmasters. She is also a Squid Angel and a Top 100 Giant Squid which means that she knows how to build a high quality lens! Julie is selling off some of her amazing lenses for a really, really good cause:

Proceeds from a lens purchase price pays for spaying and neutering fees with a portion being donated to FCNMHP. Proceeds from book purchases are 100% donated to Critter Connection!

This is an incredible opportunity for someone just starting out with Squidoo or established lensmaster that want to build their lens portfolio. Julie's lenses have high lens ranks and great traffic. So if you are interested please visit her at: Buy ONE of Jaguar Julie's Lenses! Also visit Country Club Cats for about the amazing work that Julie is doing with the feral cat colony.

Floral Inspiration

I was inspired to show off my Daffodils by fellow Squidoo Lensmaster and Squid Angel Barkely (Linette) who just happens to also run a really cool blog called Mother Earth's Garden.

My Daffodils bloomed late last week and I am hoping to get a few more days out of them. Also check out Linette's Yellow Daffodils for some more floral inspiration!

History Is Cool

This is the corner stone of the Margaret St. John Building of The Andrews Osborne Academy. The building was dedicated in 1922.

I'm a 1988 graduate of the school and on the Alumnae Board and I just complied an Online History of Andrews Osborne and a family tree of the founder Margaret St. John Andrews with Squidoo.

It's kind of neat to see all this history. The school was founded in 1910 after Margaret St. John and her husband Wallace C. Andrews, a Standard Oil businessman, were killed in a NYC fire. Mrs. Andrews grew up here in Willoughby, OH and wanted to form a  school to educate young women.

Squidoo is an awesome place to preserve history. Why not create an online history of your high school or college?