http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218 recent pleonast.com entries by user julie1218 en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=604724 we're going to the neiman marcus christmas parade again this year.  it's this saturday, december 6th at 10 am.  we'll be staying on the parade route at the magnolia hotel the night before.  it's a fantastic parade, much in the spirit of macy's thanksgiving day parade, and is a great way to get in the christmas spirit! if you'd like to join us, give us your portable chairs on wednesday night, and we will try to save you a spot on the parade route.  or, you can come downtown early and party in our warm hotel room early saturday morning before the parade!  2008-12-01 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=604259 2008-11-29 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=602141 we have a 10 year old ge 25/27 inch tv that works pretty much. every now and then, when you turn it on, the volume is full blast. you have to unplug it and wait a bit for this to resolve. it's really a FUN way to wake up in the morning. also, you can't see the bottom 1/2 inch of the screen, so you can't tell if the crawl on foxnews is saying that it is indeed o.j. simpson in the white bronco or it is just another l.a. police chase. as an added bonus---i also have a vcr that i think works but no promises. wow! form a line please--expecting a huge turn out for these items (note sarcasm). 2008-11-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=601927 thanks to everyone for their help. truth's class won the canned food drive and will have their pizza party after the holiday break. of course, this means that pate's class did not win, but in true "gen x" parent fashion, one of the parents in her class brought ice cream for their class today. we wouldn't want our kids to actually learn how to cope with losing, would we? oh well, i guess it's easier to learn how to cope with losing with a little ice cream..... 2008-11-21 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=599278 my kids' school is doing a canned food drive for thanksgiving. if anyone has any extra canned food in their pantry, we would LOVE to to take it to school. our classes are trying to win a pizza party by bringing the most cans! please help us out! i can take cans on sunday morning or evening. 2008-11-14 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=597723 I think the Backyardigans is about the best kid's TV show ever! Should be fun to see the live version! 2008-11-10 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=594313 2008-11-02 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=586841 Everyone with kiddos ages 0 to 6th grade (parents, grandparents, relatives, family friends too!) is invited to the Halloween party! Check the evite link for details or ask Lisa, Lynnette, Meghan, April or myself. Happy Halloween! 2008-10-13 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=582838 to ever make red velvet cake again. sheeeeze louise!!! who invented that? it's a chocolate cake with a gallon of red dye #10 in it. i don't care that they didn't have sugar during the civil war and had to use beets. i have sugar in my pantry. i do not like beets. i also do not like red batter all over my daughter and my kitchen (did i mention that the beaters got stuck in the mixer and i couldn't get them out and eventually yanked them out as pate walked by and got red batter all in her hair?). it's been a rough one. i actually just sprayed a paper towel with fantastik and absentmindedly wiped my own face and mouth with it. so much cleaning, so much red dye---i got distracted. so, i hope truth has a happy 7th birthday with red velvet cupcakes as his team's soccer snack because it's the last one with red velvet cupcakes, that's forsure. 2008-10-02 http://www.pleonast.com/user/julie1218?l=5&entryID=582301 is anyone interested in hand-me-down shoes? i have boys sizes 8-11 1/2 and girl's sizes 8-9 1/2. 2008-10-01