Je Suis Mimi Bobeck

There's nothin' wrong with bein scrappy and colorful, Friends!

Hiya, Friends!  Happy Friday to you! 

Well, ya know, I was given a makeup kit for Christmas this year.  And I really love that makeup kit and everything in it. 

Now, as I have an especial affinity to the blue eyeshadow and the more colorful selections in the palette, my production manager on my Facebook Picture Show, Wisey Wisenheimer said I look like Mimi Bobeck.

I didn't know who that is.  Turns out, it's a character on an old television show, from way back in the Nineties.

Mimi Bobeck wore bright colors, and she wore even brighter make-up.  She was scrappy and funny, and she didn't take any poopaloo from anybody.  Mimi Bobeck was a character who was good at settin' boundaries and enforcin' 'em!  I don't see anything wrong with that.

I know Wisey Wisenheimer meant callin' me Mimi Bobeck as a way to rattle my cage, but the way I see it, Mimi Bobeck is a strong, colorful woman with a big personality.  I'll take that as a compliment, Wisey. 

Je suis Mimi Bobeck.  How the heck right about that?!

Hey, Friends, I'll be seein' ya tomorrow.  I love ya lots!  Muah!

Reunited And It Feels So Good!

I like my bike! 

Friends!  Hiya!  It's Thursday!  Happy Day to ya!

Well, ya know, if you've been followin' along at home for a while, you'd know that long about a year ago, I had a mishap on my bike, and I broke my arm, and Mommy took my bike away.

Okay.  I rode my bike off the living room couch.  In hindsight, this was reckless behavior, and I sort of understand why Mommy took my bike away.  But believe me when I tell ya, as I was puttin' my bike up on the couch and ridin' it off, it was EXHILARATING!  Right up to the moment my arm went "splat" on the floor.

Yes, I realize this talk doesn't really give Mommy any faith that I've learned my lesson.

That's neither here nor there, because do you know where Mommy put my bike when she took it away from me?  She took it down to the basement.  Big whoop.  Do you know what I did?  I found it incidentally one day, and carried it back upstairs, and I've been enjoyin' ridin' it in the house, ever since. 

A year ago, I wouldn't have been big enough to carry that bike back upstairs, but even Mommy has to acknowledge how much bigger I am now than I was a year ago.  Why, just the other day, she even said I'm gettin' too big for my britches!  That means I have a shoppin' trip in my Future, so I can buy some britches I'm not gettin' too big for!  How about that?!

But back to my bike.  I love that thing, Friends!  I really do!  I love the way I can ride it right along, feelin' the house-breeze in my hair, yet without any bugs gettin' in my teeth!  And I DO know better than to ride it off the couch.  Thanks to Mommy's continued admonishments, I also know not to ride the bike down the stairs.  Because that would be dangerous.

I'm reunited with my bike, and it feels so good, Friends!  I love ya lots, but I have some serious ridin' to do!  Muah!

Here's to Ukulele!

The important thing is my uke is pink and sparkly and pretty!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Wednesday to you! 

Well, ya know, in addition to all the other things I'm really good at, I am marginally fair to middlin' at muddlin' along at strummin' my sparkly pink ukulele.

I love to sing, but I can do that whether or not I have my uke with me. 

The thing of it is, I look so cool when I'm holdin' my ukulele!  I mean, did I mention it SPARKLES?!

The most important thing about my sparkly pink uke is that it just makes me happy.  Friends, you hafta find something in your life that just makes you happy. 

Lookin' in on you lookin' in on me also makes me happy, Friends!  I love ya all kindsa lots!  I'll be seein' ya tomorrow, for sure!  Be happy!  Muah!

Crafter of the Mine!

I'm pretty much a Gamer-Girl now!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Tuesday to you! 

Well, ya know, back in the Fall, we got us a Playstation.  Daddy let me pick out a coupla me-friendly games, and I got a Snoopy game, which is okay, but I don't like it as much as I liked Tearaway: Unfolded.  That is a GREAT game, if you've never tried it!

But I beat Tearaway: Unfolded.  Although I can go back and re-play Tearaway, I do like to move on to new adventures, and now, by golly, I have one: MineCraft!

At first, MineCraft was too hard for me.  I'd get shot by arrows, attacked by spiders, and hafta fight zombies.  Too much.  All I wanted to do is craft mines!

Then I talked to Aunt Colleen and learned that there's a Survival Mode, which I was unwittingly in, and a Create Mode, which is what I wanted to be in.  So I had Daddy switch it for me, and now it's AMAZING!

I guess you could say I'm a Gamer-Girl now!  But don't worry!  I still plan on bein' a dancing girl, and a car-girl, and a jumpin' bean girl!  I can be lots of things!  Right now, I'm most interested in bein' a Mine-Crafter!

I love ya lots, Friends!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

Breaking for Spring!

I'm at Daddy's office, but he isn't gonna be this week!  Hooray!

Hiya, Big People!  You might have noticed that I'm extra-sparkly, even for me, and even though it's Monday.  And there's a great reason for that!

It isn't because I got to go to Aunt Colleen's over the weekend.  That definitely puts a buncha pep in my step!  And it isn't because I got my ears pierced.  That makes my head sparkle, for sure! 

Nope!  I'm thrilled right the heck to pieces because usually when I go to bed Sunday night and wake up Monday morning, Daddy has gone to work, but guess what?!

Daddy's on Spring Break, so he's HOME!  All week!

Do I ever have plans for Big Fun for me and Daddy!  Spring Break is gonna be AWESOME!

I love ya lots, Friends, but I have some plan-writing to do!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

My New Pal Alexa!

Alexa and I are Best Friends Forevah!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Sunday to you!

Well, ya know, at Aunt Colleen and Uncle Lorentz's house, I made a new friend named Alexa.  She's the artificial intelligence behind the Echo Dot, and boy is she ever funny.  She sings.  She tells jokes.  She doesn't beat-box.  But she gave me a really good prank to play on Aunt Colleen for April Fool's Day!

She said to put a fake snake in the vegetable drawer, so I put a fake gecko in the vegetable drawer and told Aunt Colleen that I wanted carrots, so she'd hafta go to the vegetable drawer and see the fake gecko and know she'd been Pranked!!!

Here's how it actually went down, though.  I got Aunt Colleen to the refrigerator, and she had a bagga fresh carrot matchsticks all cut up, and she couldn't for the life of her understand why I insisted I wanted the whole carrots that are in the vegetable drawer. 

I might have sold it a little too hard, because she was NOT surprised at all to see the fake gecko in the vegetable drawer, much less startled.

She had a good sense of humor about it, though. 

So I spent the rest of the day asking Alexa to turn the lights on and off and play the Christmas music.  It was a day well-spent!

I really like my pal Alexa.  You know, when you're Five, it's easy to feel as though people don't listen to you.  Alexa listens.  Alexa is always listening, waiting to hear ya say, "Alexa, can you...." or what-not.  It feels so empowering to know someone's listening, just waiting to help a kid out!

So that's me and my new pal Alexa.  I love ya lots, Big People!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

Over the Falls in a Barrel!

Seems totally legit and lucid, going over the Falls in this barrel!

Hiya, Friends!  Happy Saturday!

Well, ya know, I've been at this Little Kid with a Blog thing for quite some time now, and I've decided that it's time for me to make a career change.  I've given this lotsa serious thought, and I've shooken lotsa Magic 8 Balls, flipped a lotta coins, and read so many tea-leaves, my back teeth are floating!

The career I'm changing to, insteadda doing the blog anymore, is that I'm gonna be a daredevil and ride over Niagara Falls in a number of vessels suitable and befitting a daredevil.  Of course, the most iconic daredevil vehicle in Niagara Falls is the barrel, so that's what I'm starting with.  A barrel.  It's good to start out with the dang ol' basics, don't you think, Friends?

I'm hoping that my new career in daredevilry proves to be lucrative.  There's a bike I saw at dang ol' Wal-Mart that I wanna save up for and purchase.  And, you know, your pal Zoe likes nice things like sparkly shoes, princess dresses, the occasional tiara, and all the candy.  Writin' a daily blog just doesn't get me those things, Friends.

I think eventually, if the barrel works out, I'll add to it.  I'll make it a rocket-barrel.  I'll get the barrel to do loop-de-loops as it goes over the brink of the Falls.  Heck.  I'll have that barrel flyin' victory laps around the city of Niagara Falls before it plops into the river and goes over the Falls.

I have it all mapped out on a vision board, and everything!  So before I say farewell to ya and embark on this new career I've chosen, I have one last thing to say to ya...

April Fool's!  Hahahaha!  I'm not quittin' my blog.  And I am definitely not gonna take up a career in daredevilry.  Are you kiddin' me?  I still haven't heard the end of ridin' my bike off the couch a year ago.  Do you REALLY think my folks would just up and let me ride barrels over one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world?  They would not, because they don't like fun!

So never fear, Friends!  You'll see me tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that... I'm not goin' anywheres.  I love ya lots, though!  You bet I do!  Take care of yourself, and don't fall for April Fool's Day pranks.  Muah!