Archive for January, 2009
Jan
31
Posted by admin on
January 31, 2009
Price : $87.37
Features
- Variety of Interchangeable Toys
- Rocks, Spins, and Bounces
- Removable, Machine-Washable Pad
- 3 Height Adjustments
- Folds Down for Easy Storage and Portability
Product Description
Features:
- Portability! Folds significantly smaller than non-folding models in the marketplace
- Age-appropriate toys help babies achieve 10 important developmental milestones
- Variety of songs
- Rock, spin and bounce!
- Landscaped tray surrounds child
- 3-position height adjustment
- 3 flip-down feet for statioinary position
- Seat locks in multiple positions
- Removable, machine washable seat pad
- Requires 3 AAA batteries (not included)
- For infants 4 months to walking age (30 maximum height)
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2009-01-04 
When I first cracked this item open I couldn’t believe how much there was to do for my son. I spent maybe an hour putting it together, and while I’m not too handy, it wasn’t terribly difficult, though there were times the instructions could have been clearer and the diagrams more helpful.
As previously mentioned there are many activity stations for a child to play with and despite everything going on nothing ever hit my son in the face or presented a problem (and he was all over that thing). The unit also does fold down nicely to a smaller size for throwing in the trunk or just taking down a narrow hallway or up some stairs and is bright and colorful.
One major issue with this unit is the initial investment of batteries. It requires 12 AAA batteries, which is not only a huge investment but is also a less common battery type (at least compared to the ubiquitous AA size, which I’m sure everyone has lots of lying around). My large bar component also did not function (and I had several family members start it from scratch with no luck), and some searches on the internet have found that I am not the first person to run into this. I also had trouble removing the small screws behind some of the battery plates; it was easier to strip them than remove them.
I love stationary activity centers for my child and I wanted to like this one (though I did think it a bit overly busy), but the battery investment plus the issues I had just getting it to work made it a big waste of money and time. If yours works I imagine it’s fun, but mine didn’t, and I don’t want to have have that many AAA batteries on hand at any given time and to have to take such extra special care to remove tiny screws to change them.
Review date : 2009-01-02 
My husband and I got this exersaucer for our daughter Emily for her first Christmas. When we put her into it, you should have seen her eyes bug out! She didn’t know what to play with first, and after a few moments began to cry. Later that day, though, we put her back in and she enjoyed it a lot more. A week has passed, and you know what her favorite toy on the whole system is? Wait for it…the product label tag on the piece that has the hanging toys on it. We could’ve bought her tags for a buck! 
Review date : 2009-01-02 
Found green paint chips on my 5-month-old son’s fingers. Looked and saw that paint was chipping off of the green stars (the parts that hold the whole thing together!), so I’m not happy at all. We just put this together on Christmas day. Saw the green paint chips on Jan 2nd. I don’t even know if this paint contains lead or any other hazardous materials, but I’m not crazy about my son eating paint. No thank you EvenFlo!
Review date : 2009-01-01
I bought this exersaucer for my grandaughter that I babysit twice a week. I have had it for 6 months and she still loves to sit in it. It keeps her attention for a long time and allows me time to get some things done or just relax. Now that she is crawling and pulling up, she will even play with it when she is not sitting it. She has another brand of exersaucer at home and also at her other grandmother’s house but she gets bored easily with them and will not sit in either of them for more than about 15 minutes. It is also great because it was easy to assemble and is more portable than the other ones. When her parents travel they take this one with them because it keeps her busy and folds so it is easy to take.
Review date : 2008-12-28
I’ll begin by saying that the two major appeals to this particular bouncer were the variety of toys and the bright colors. It’s just as beautiful in person as it is in the picture. However, this bouncer requires way too many batteries. Almost every toy needs at least 3 batteries to operate. Some of the toys could have been made simpler to function and not required batteries. Additionally, this bouncer is shorter than a previous Evenflo bouncer I owned, meaning it won’t be able to be used long. When I put my daughter in at four months, I had to raise the height to the second level. No. She’s not tall. This means she won’t get a lot of use out of it because she’ll outgrow it quickly. Also, the overhead bar won’t stay in securely on one side after owning it for just one month. I’d recommend purchasing the model just a step below this one and save some money. Your child will like it just as much.
Jan
31
Posted by admin on
January 31, 2009
Dance videos may be worth far more than many other home video tapes. They can change interpersonal skills. Social interaction is an important part of life. It can affect job promotion or general sense of happiness and well being.
Achieved perpetual wallflower status and want to change that image for the better? None of those sleek poised people on the dance floor learned to dance by sleep learning! Someone taught them the basic steps and then they practiced until they were at ease with the modern steps, line dancing or ballroom standard styles. Buy a dance video and learn to move with grace and confidence on the dance floor.
Almost anyone of any age can use dance videos to become more confident on the dance floor. Dance is great exercise and livens up any social gathering. There are many benefits to learning how to clog at the senior’s center or waltz at a wedding. It is a social imperative at formal functions to dance with the bride or ask the co-chairperson to twist at a retro charity fundraiser.
Awkward shyness can be replaced by fun-loving grace with enough practice and determination. It doesn’t take years of formal training to master the basics of the hula or the hokey pokey. It does add healthy doses of laughter, the best medicine, when dance videos teach in a few quick lessons at an informal gathering though. Slumber party, scout troop meeting or almost any senior club can laugh together as they enjoy the pleasure of dance videos.
The positive benefit dance videos have on cardiovascular fitness are very important. Dance can burn almost as many calories as tennis or jogging and many people find it more fun. Music is the language of the heart and dance is the visual counterpart of that communication.
Mrs. Party… Gail Leino is the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies (partysupplieshut.com), using proper etiquette and manners while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. The Party Supplies Hut has a huge selection of free party games, coloring pages, word find, word scramble, printable baby and bridal shower activities. Tons of Free Party Games (Party-Games-etc.com) for every occasion, birthday, holiday and party theme including free printable games and activities. Plus, over 1,000 free baby shower games, bridal shower games, birthday party games and printable party games for kids parties. All the games have easy instructions. Also, printable activities for kids parties, baby showers, holiday celebrations and bridal showers.
Jan
30
Posted by admin on
January 30, 2009
Price : $49.99
Features
- This isn’t just a cute gift for mom to enjoy; it’s a very useful gift she will truly appreciate to make bath time for baby so much fun!
- After all, every baby needs a rubber ducky!
- We start with an adorable gift box filled with a plush teddy bear, Johnson & Johnson baby wash, 100% cotton baby wash clothes, a beautiful keepsake picture frame, "My First" sugar cookies decorated with baby footprints, and of course, the required bath time rubber ducky.
- Each gift is carefully hand packed, tied with a pretty bow and includes a personalized gift message from you to convey your heartfelt best wishes.
- Shipping and delivery available Monday-Friday only. To determine when your gift will be delivered, please click on the "View Shipping Rates and Policies" link.
Product Description
This isn’t just a cute gift for mom to enjoy; it’s a very useful gift she will truly appreciate to make bath time for baby so much fun! After all, every baby needs a rubber ducky! We start with an adorable gift box filled with a plush teddy bear, Johnson & Johnson baby wash, 100% cotton baby wash clothes, a beautiful keepsake picture frame, My First sugar cookies decorated with baby footprints, and the required bath time rubber ducky! Each gift is carefully hand packed with attention to every detail, tied with a pretty bow and includes a personalized gift message from you to convey your heartfelt best wishes. We offer standard ground shipping (4-6 business days in transit) or expedited shipping (2-3 business days in transit) gift delivery services. Shipping and delivery available Monday-Friday only. To determine when your gift will be delivered, please click on the View Shipping Rates and Policies link.
Jan
30
Posted by admin on
January 30, 2009
Many parents are taking advantage of homeschooling opportunities to give their young children a solid academic foundation. Learning piano has so many benefits for children that homeschool parents want to give their kids this important musical foundation as well. If this is you, however, you may not realize how easy this is to do right in your own home. You don?t even need to hire a piano teacher, but you can if you want to.
Just as children need their parents to read to them and teach the alphabet, parents can also teach their young children the foundational music Language skills for piano or keyboard. If you can teach your child the alphabet, you can also give them an important foundation at home for learning to read music and understand keyboard theory. Even if your young children are already taking piano lessons, piano teachers don’t have time in a 30 minute weekly lesson to give kids the complete foundation they need to read music easily. But parents can. There are so many resources available online for parents who homeschool their children, and piano lessons are no exception. And you don?t have to do it alone. Enlist the help of your homeschool friends.
By starting a piano club you can invite your friends? children to share this wonderful opportunity. Even if they?re already taking piano lessons they?ll have a great time together, and learn even more. A small-group experience is a valuable way to learn because it models a family. I recommend two to five children. Each child can come to club meetings with their own portable keyboard. Here?s what else you?ll need.
1. A room large enough for each child to set up their keyboard.
2. Portable keyboard stands and benches.
3. A table with chairs for children to play theory games.
4. A computer with speakers.
5. A printer
For teaching materials there are many resources available that you can download with easy to follow parent?s guides. They include stories, games, videos, music and piano lessons. These materials will be great for your piano club, because they?re very affordable. Plus you can print them for each child in your group to use and take home with them. Basic keyboard theory is not hard to teach or understand. With the right tools and resources, anyone can start an awesome piano club in their own home. So don?t wait to give your children the gift of music!
For great home piano activities parents can use to help children ages 5 to 11 develop their musical talent, visit Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources You?ll find a treasure box filled with piano resources to create an exciting musical adventure for your child - right in your own home! Visit their website and subscribe to their f?ree internet newsletter so you can download f?ree piano sheet music and mp3s of original piano compositions.
These exciting stories, games, piano lessons, and inspirational gifts feature the Piano Adventure Bears, Mrs. Treble Beary and her new piano student, Albeart Littlebud. Young students follow along with Albeart to learn what piano lessons are all about in a fun way that kids readily understand appreciate. Click here to visit PianoAdventureBears.com For a wealth of information about piano lessons, visit tallypiano.com
Jan
29
Posted by admin on
January 29, 2009
Price : $54.99
Features
- Ideal for teachers and for situation requiring portability and quality sound.
- Includes: 4 Listening First TM red kids’ headphones
- A red mini stereo Jackbox with volume control.
- Connects to media players. PC and Apple compatible.
- Ideal and designed for kids and young students, even preschoolers.
Product Description
Ideal for Itinerant Teachers and situations requiring portableequipment with quality sound. Can be used for ListeningCenters, ELD / ELL / Title 3 / Special Education applications,Language Labs and Computer Labs with high student tocomputer ratios. Rugged ABS plastic construction for safety and durability inhigh-use situations PC and Apple compatible1. Four Listening FirstTM headphones whose features include:Adjustable headband, permanently attached cord withreinforced connection, lengthy 10 straight cord with rightangle plug to reduce accidental pull-out, ambient noise-reducingearcups keep students on task and lower outside noise.2. Protective slotted baffles within the earcups preventaccidental damage from prying fingers & foreign objects.3. Mini Stereo Jackbox features include: Silver-plated contactsprevent crackling sounds, individual volume controls, skidresistantpads at each corner wont mar or scrape surface,3.5mm stereo plug with detachable 6 patch cord (not shown)connects with media players.This bright and fun-colored Listening Centerwill encourage your students to participatein learning activities. Designed for use bysmaller sized students, these headphonesand jackbox will help inspire learning!Teacher ReportLooking for hardware that could help tie together several technologies - such as microphones, headphones and computers - to create a learning center for the foreign language department and to help support the district’s goal in encouraging students to use their critical thinking skills, we decided to purchase the USB Jackbox (1216USB) from Califone. The important part is that students are not noticing the technology, since it works seamlessly with the other parts of the learning center, allowing the students to concentrate on their lessons.Aron SterlingSchool-Based Technology SpecialistFairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax, Virginia
Jan
29
Posted by admin on
January 29, 2009
Piano lessons provide a great advantage for children schooled at home. Because parents are in charge of their children?s schedule and curriculum, homeschool students can set their own pace and spend more time on music than in the public or private schools. In the public schools young children go to music class about once a week. Not nearly enough time to develop their musical talent, and rarely are they able to learn an instrument such as the piano. This is unfortunate because of the educational benefits of piano lessons for elementary school age children. Homeschool parents, however, can provide all the benefits of piano for their children right in their own home. And there is no reason not to with all the resources available to homeschool parents on the internet.
So gather your homeschool team of friends and discuss this wonderful opportunity. Music is even more fun when you can share it with others. Small groups of children can develop their musical talent using keyboards and ear phones. Today the keyboards available are of good quality and reasonably priced. Create a space in your home and start your own homeschool piano club. Below are five things your children can learn in piano at home.
How to -
1. Set Goals to achieve their music dream;
2. Overcome worries and performance fears;
3. Become more patient with their learning;
4. Be persistent in their lessons; and how to
5. Take responsibility for their success.
These are character traits all children need to reach their dreams. So don?t wait to give your children the gift of music!
For great home piano activities parents can use to help children ages 5 to 11 develop their musical talent, visit Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources You?ll find a treasure box filled with piano resources to create an exciting musical adventure for your child - right in your own home! Visit their website and subscribe to their f?ree internet newsletter so you can download f?ree piano sheet music and mp3s of original piano compositions.
These exciting stories, games, piano lessons, and inspirational gifts feature the Piano Adventure Bears, Mrs. Treble Beary and her new piano student, Albeart Littlebud. Young students follow along with Albeart to learn what piano lessons are all about in a fun way that kids readily understand appreciate. Click here to visit PianoAdventureBears.com For a wealth of information about piano lessons, visit tallypiano.com
Jan
28
Posted by admin on
January 28, 2009
Price : $54.99
Features
- Ideal for teachers and for situation requiring portability and quality sound.
- Includes: 4 Listening First TM red kids’ headphones
- A red mini stereo Jackbox with volume control.
- Connects to media players. PC and Apple compatible.
- Ideal and designed for kids and young students, even preschoolers.
Product Description
Ideal for Itinerant Teachers and situations requiring portableequipment with quality sound. Can be used for ListeningCenters, ELD / ELL / Title 3 / Special Education applications,Language Labs and Computer Labs with high student tocomputer ratios. Rugged ABS plastic construction for safety and durability inhigh-use situations PC and Apple compatible1. Four Listening FirstTM headphones whose features include:Adjustable headband, permanently attached cord withreinforced connection, lengthy 10 straight cord with rightangle plug to reduce accidental pull-out, ambient noise-reducingearcups keep students on task and lower outside noise.2. Protective slotted baffles within the earcups preventaccidental damage from prying fingers & foreign objects.3. Mini Stereo Jackbox features include: Silver-plated contactsprevent crackling sounds, individual volume controls, skidresistantpads at each corner wont mar or scrape surface,3.5mm stereo plug with detachable 6 patch cord (not shown)connects with media players.This bright and fun-colored Listening Centerwill encourage your students to participatein learning activities. Designed for use bysmaller sized students, these headphonesand jackbox will help inspire learning!Teacher ReportLooking for hardware that could help tie together several technologies - such as microphones, headphones and computers - to create a learning center for the foreign language department and to help support the district’s goal in encouraging students to use their critical thinking skills, we decided to purchase the USB Jackbox (1216USB) from Califone. The important part is that students are not noticing the technology, since it works seamlessly with the other parts of the learning center, allowing the students to concentrate on their lessons.Aron SterlingSchool-Based Technology SpecialistFairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax, Virginia
Jan
28
Posted by admin on
January 28, 2009
Sometimes in the course of planning your party, you may find yourself unable to find party invitations that match the theme you have chosen. Though it is not a necessary part of the planning process, if you feel that you have to match your entire party planning process from decorations, napkins, paper plates, tablecloths, and even invitations, you will have to find another way to coordinate the invitations to that theme.
One of the best ways to find the party invitations to go with your theme is to create them yourself. You don?t have to be overly creative to do this; all you need is to have a software program to handle it, a computer, and a printer. By having all of these interactive things at your disposal, you prevent the possibility of being unable to find the invitations to match your theme. First, you have the opportunity to research all of your resources at hand before you make a decision about your theme, thus, allowing you to know from what to choose.
If you don?t have access to a computer or don?t feel you have the time to create your own invitations, to avoid the possibility of choosing a theme and not finding coordinating invitations, take some time to visit local or online party stores before you choose your theme and see what is available. You want to do this before you plan the party to give yourself enough time to make a decision on the theme. You can even do it in reverse, pick several themes, and see which ones offers the most varieties in party supplies so that you can coordinate your invitations with the other party decorations and supplies. Although this plan will not work for the impromptu party, it is certainly a timesaver for the party that you can plan several weeks in advance.
Mrs. Party… Gail Leino is the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies, using proper etiquette and manners while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. Party Invitations, etiquette, free party games, party planning tips to help complete your celebration.
Jan
27
Posted by admin on
January 27, 2009
Price : $97.76
Features
- Helps baby with gross motor skills, fine motor skills, object exploration, cause/effect learning, self-awareness, tactile development, visual development, object permanence, hand-eye coordination, and musical development
- 11 age-appropriate toys
- 3 stages include a Playmat, ExerSaucer, and Activity Table
- 3-position height adjustment grows with baby
- Carry handle makes it easy to carry and it folds flat for travel and storage
Product Description
Features:
- Playmat, ExerSaucer and Activity Table in one unit
- Folds significantly smaller than non-folding models for easy portability
- Helps baby achieve 10 developmental milestones
- 11 Age-appropriate toys
- Variety of songs, sounds and phrases
- Landscaped tray surrounds child
- 3-position height adjustment
- 3 flip-down feet for statioinary position
- Seat locks in multiple positions
- Removable, machine washable seat pad
- For newborns to 24 mos.
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2008-12-29
I bought this for my great-nephew (12-months) who has special needs. The physical therapist suggested an exersaucer to improve strength in his legs and eye/hand coordination. It is difficult to put together but worth it he loves it and reaches for everything and loves to push the buttons. In my research the Evenflo Exersaucer 3-in-1 Pond showed up as the number one exersaucer and I agree. So far my niece and my sister have no complaints.(Oh and neither does my great-nephew!)
Review date : 2008-12-16 
My 6 month old loves this exersaucer. It keeps him entertained for at least a half hour at a time. The only problem is he has figgured out how to pull the toys off. They aren’t on very securely.
Review date : 2008-12-15
This exersaucer includes so many toys that it seems like the baby is overwhelmed but this keeps my son entertained! It is a great toy for the baby if you need to do some chores or cook (real fast). The only downfall is the height. My son is tall so when I started using it at 6 months, he was at the highest setting. He is now flat footed in it at 7 months which he shouldn’t be.
Review date : 2008-12-14
First of all I have to say, this is a great exersaucer! My daughter loves it and it’s a great place to keep her safe from crawling into everything. HOWEVER…please remove all the clear plastic toys on this! I found out by calling Evenflo that the hard clear components are polycarbonate (BPA) which we all have learned is bad for babies. Otherwise, after removing those parts, I have really no complaints.
Review date : 2008-12-08
My son will sit in this for only a short period of time. He just turned 4 months this week so this was about all I had hoped for. Overall we are pleased with this exersaucer, it seems sturdier than the other options we considered. We did have to take a few of the toys off, but will be adding them back when he is not so easily overstimulated.
Regarding the assembly… By myself, with a regular screwdriver, with breaks to entertain a fussy baby, it only took me one hour to assemble. I do not understand all the negative feed back about assembly.
Jan
27
Posted by admin on
January 27, 2009
Bell had followed him home. After a night of forty year old leaches in polyester groping her through thick clouds of stale cigar smoke at the Howard Johnson on route 60, she followed this tall stranger home.
She was on business travelling for this dot.com company that was about to fold at any moment. She was reduced from nights at the Ritz Carlton to rooms that the bed rolled down sunken v-shaped floors to rest in the center on 45 degree angles. Her only hope was that the bed stopped rolling before she was flung off. But these rare stays, which have been lately saving her from the uneasiness of sleeping in rest stops on the side of the highway. Dodging those midnight flashers that came knocking on her window and covering her ears from the moans of the men in the rest room. But here in lounge lizard heaven she wished for the ineptness of London fogs and the safety of the detestment of her sex. To tell the truth she did not mind the company of homosexuals, for her head could spin off her shoulders but she was guaranteed to be left solid standing on her feet.
But the emotion this crooner had felt and permeated through the clouds of smoke to smote the loudness of green polyester and lard that jingled and mashed about this room through gold bands hurried into small tight pockets. The scotch was stiff and so was everything else in this sausage factory for retiries. But when he sang it all faded away, he was a man of heartache and compassion, one to be tender, but then be full of explosives. I had little explosions going all night. The smoke from my ears just mingled with the rest around me unnoticed.
So I had to follow this lone keyboardist. Then when he went for his keys and turned the knob, he did not make a last minute slide of gold band onto his finger. I was golden if he would just notice me before he closed the door. So I yelled and slipped down onto my ass holding unto my ankle. He came running, a bit jostled he tried to catch his breathe amongst the words of ?Can I help you? which sounded like ?I love you? to me. I stood up and immediately fell down again pushing him away saying I am fine. He picked me up and insisted that I come in and get some ice put on my ankle. How could I resist with my foot in such agony, but little did he know the real fire was just abit higher.
He carried me through the threshold and closed the door with his elbow. He placed me down in his craftmatic lounger and maneuvered the buttons to raise my feet. ?Hold on I ?m going for some ice.? he said as I thought if he had one of those ice chest that they kept in the hall ways for those who raid the minny bar late at night. For he was going to need two of them to cool me off. He came back with an ice pack and a towel and wrapped them un-top of my right ankle. I shivered a little when he touched me. He apologized for he thought he hurt my ankle, little did he know, Silly Boy. I started to go on and on like some corn bred fool in pigtails about how much his music moved me. I told him it was real, real you know. He blushed and tried to hurry the subject. What subject, I am not sure about. But he was in a hurry to get no where I felt. And I needed him to be somewhere on top of me.
He kept looking at his watch as I went on and on about my job, my past loves (which I told him he was nothing like…), my parents, my interests, and how well he played that damn piano. I started to worry he might think he was talking to Charlie Brown?s god damn teacher, so I shut up and got a bit sullen. He asked how my leg was doing and I started rubbing my left ankle and said it is going to take bit more to reduce the swelling. But he thought the leg looked fine. He apologized for being a bit distracted but he had a lot to think about and needed to wind down off the stage for awhile. I told him I understood. So I just sat there for awhile staring into his eyes, but he kept blinking and looking away at the clock.
We did not say anything much for quite some time when the dawn started to creep up on us. He stood in a dash and insisted I had to leave now, that he needed some sleep before he began his day. I insisted that the leg was still swollen and I couldn?t move it. Then he asked me which leg was it and I said it was my right! He snapped then at me and accused me that I could not keep my story straight and I was some kind of weirdo and he insisted I leave now! I blew up on him and started to call him one big conceited asshole whose ego was so over inflated to think I would fake an injury just to spend the night with him as I stood up and pointed him into a wall with my finger consistently jabbing into his chest. As he hit the wall, a cloud of smoke appeared. Poof!
My finger went into the wall and I quickly grabbed it in pain. He was gone. Then I heard a small little gaelic ?Fuck? from below. There stood before me was a little green leprechaun in a polyester suit. Cursing under his breathe he pulled out a large Havana Cigar and lit it. He proceeded to climb his keyboard stand to sit hunched between his knees with his fist in his chin and cigar tapping on his knee. ?How is your ankle then!?
?You are a fucking leprechaun, no way! Shit, you really are a god fucking real life little bastard! How dare you be a leprechaun! One sure way to put out a girls helfires, man I bet everything shrunk. Man that is a shame.?
?Yeah and you are some kind of lying stalking weirdo! Faking that injury and getting me to bring you in my house. I mean who are you!?
?My name is Bell, shit who are you? Man you are a fucking leprechaun, God I can not believe it; where is your pot hey, and I do not mean that one that is sticking out from your pants and jacket there!?
?My name is Morey, and quit saying I am a fucking Leprechaun already.?
?Damn, what Irish mother would call her little green shit Morey! What some jewish traveling caravan came tinkering around your mothers skirts! Hey…?
?For one thing I am not stinking drunk Irish, I am a Check! Now get that straight, do you believe all stereotypes or what. You Frog!?
?Oh god, I must kiss you on the lips to turn you back into a prince and to shut your fucking mouth up! A green Check with a jewish name? Man I have heard and seen it all tonight.?
?But you will still be a fucking frog afterwards.?
?Ouch!? I said and grabbed my finger that was really sprained and starting to swell up quite a bit.
?Do you always come looking for some fool to belittle and….hey are you all right!? he said as he seen the tears swell up in the corner of my eyes as I bent over holding my finger. ? Can I get that Ice for you!? I said sure as he seated me in the craftmatic once again. I apologized, I was just reacting from my loss. The first man in two years made my heart skip a beat, and I turned him green.
The first man I had contemplated getting close to without ringing his neck. After that night I folded his pants, his pants and found his ring drop out. I just watched it roll out and under my bed. At least I did not have to put up with his snoring anymore. I just left him sleeping there, in my bed, as I left for my next business trip. It was to save our Chicago interests that were failing. Consumer confidence was falling and so was mine. I lost the deal and myself in that trip. From there on the company and myself plunged. With my mood swings, so did our stocks. We had some upswings to be followed by some dives straight into a bottle of bourbon. You know the last drink I had before that incident, was a Roy Rogers. I never cared for ginger ale! This first man , and he ends up doing duets with Kermit on I?M GLAD TO BE GREEN!
?So what is your story, some evil witch hexed you to your mortal form at night when your love was turned to a hawk at dawn; like in that movie Ladyhawk with Micelle Pieffer and Rutger Howard; Enuit!?
?No nothing like it.?
?Then what was it!?
?Hey, what about you! Why are you frequenting bars that were paid for by three upc bars off a box of lucky charms! I?m lucky to get paid a bowl of cereal by the end of the night. Why follow a hack like me home??
?Man you were no hack, until you failed to stack up…um; you are actually, or was quite good!?
?What you mean was! Just listen and shut up for awhile.? Then the Leprechaun played a sonata that lulled the heavens to asleep as all the spheres above stopped. Bell felt like she was floating within a dentist chair with all the fear removed. And if someone came to remove all of her teeth, she would not even of noticed as he played. The beauty of the night was really in his hands she thought. But she was to find out was that it resided truly in his heart. For the hands can only speak for the organ.
?Man that really touched me, it really did. No shit!?
?Before you continue let me clarify one other thing for you! I was born a Leprechaun and blessed by the Fairy Queen, if you can call it that with that pale skin and extraneously lanky figure, to take the form you found me with so I could further my music career. There was not too many openings for little green pianists. So in gratitude for saving her daughter, she blessed me.?
?Why what did you do!?
?It came about on the Fairy Princesses?s thirteenth birthday she set oft to spin hay into gold. Without knowing she was hexed. If at any time after that her hand should ever be pricked by hay, she was to fall into a fast sleep.?
?Oh my, what did you do…is that the apropiate cliche I am to say at this interjunction, hey!?
You can believe me if you want.. Well that is my scripted part. Now shut up and listen! Right! See I was called to the court for my music was renowned through out all the woods. My music was the spell that made the honeysuckle rise in summer and open its perfume to the morning dew. I was one of the few whose job it was to awaken the spring. You see they disturbed me on holiday, I was in the Bahamas trying to avoid the Checkloslovian freeze (it?s not always the Prague spring?). But no, they had to pull me back to wake up that brat. Well that is what I first thought, but when I seen her there sleeping..She was cute, just real cute. Also I had seen the pain in the Queens eye and I watched her tears roll down to those beautiful heaving breast..Um I?m sorry!
No the kid had something special about her. She looked like the type of kid that would of brought her Grandpa Joe to the chocolate factory with her, you know what I mean. She just looked..just, so innocent. I wanted her for my own, so I played the song and she awoke. Now out of gratitude and to get me far enough away from her daughter as possible, She turned me into my human shape. For when the child awoke her heart was also kindled alight for me into a blaze that the whole hall had felt. See the princesses despised humans, so that is what her mother had made me. But I was blinded by the fact that now I could play Carnegie! So off I left. Then it was too late, and my heart sank. When I heard she married that Pooka from the Jimmy Stewart movie, I was devastated! I know, another cliche. Sue me..but that big shot, you know ..the seven foot tall rabbit with the derby! And look, you can not exactly call that place last night no Carnegie! Also you will notice she only made me five foot three and three quarters just to be on the safe side.?
?That is so sad..you had love stolen right from under you and you did not notice! You must of felt some lumps, hey!?
?Speaking of lumps, how would you like to go down to the lower east side for a cup of tea??
?No tea gives me such a headAACCHE! But wouldn?t they notice you??
?On the east side…I just blend right in, lets go.? and he bent over to grab her hand as he stood on the foot of the craftmatic and she fell right into him and planted a big red kiss upon those minute green lips of his.
She did not turn green and he did not grow handsome, they just looked into each others eyes and seen the real beauty that rested there for only each other to have found. In fact he never grew again and she never really turned into a real frog. She started her own web design company that made interactive movies in which he did the scores for. Ebony and Greenery; alias Belle Ebony and Morey Green. Partners for life.
P.s. He learned to love her, even if she was pale and lanky.
Christopher Jon Luke Dowgin is propietor of Docspond Life Coach Services offering individual counseling, group facilitation,and key note addresses that deliver the mission and message to get to the bottom line of finacial growth. He is also the owner and chief designer at Norgeforge Illumination Studios providing SEO to design in Web and print.