Who has a Spelling Bee memory??? I got the boot near the final round with the word C-O-U-S-I-N. I think it was first grade (but thinking about it now, cousin seems like a 3rd grade word…).
The Smiley Lady Blog
People were forever asking me how I got to be so darned happy. So I started speaking
to school groups and blogging about choosing to view life more optimistically.
Smile. Be happy!
Ruth Kaiser
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My little happiness project sandwiched between Steve’s little computer company and Mark’s little social network!
Who has a memory of something they got wrong once in school and will never get wrong again? For me: 1) 5+7=12 2) How to spell THOROUGH 3) Winter of 1966 I learned that even though it was just over zero outside, “Girls do not wear play clothes to school.” Sent to the Principal’s Office […]
Who has a memory of something they got wrong once in school and will never get wrong again? For me: 1) 5+7=12 2) How to spell THOROUGH 3) Winter of 1966 I learned that even though it was just over zero outside, “Girls do not wear play clothes to school.” Sent to the Principal’s Office […]

. . Video: Inside Random House @ minute 1:35 you see A SMILEY BOOK OF COLORS http://youtu.be/4FlnAFH4HV4

Pg 49 Steve Jobs, Pg 50 me (for real), Pg 51 Mark Zuckerberg. And not ’cause they needed a dummy!

Went thru a fast food drive thru today for the first time in several decades. The need for caffeine and hydration out weighed my strong desire to never give any money to these organizations. I was soooo tired I ordered a non-fat Coke. That got them all laughing! Make that Diet Coke. Then silly me, […]

This week I am the Friend of the Week over on Ricki Lake’s Facebook page.This is a wonderful community! If you haven’t checked it out, well, hurry up! You can also follow and be a part of the lively chatter on Twitter. We talk like old pals at #FriendsofRicki Here’s a picture of a bunch of […]

As my children became older and my responsibility to drive them to more and more places shifted from after school hours to evening ones, many people joked that I’d surely be glad when they were old enough to drive and I no longer had to be on the road late at nights. How far off […]
Just got this iPad a couple days ago. I’m traveling and have a bunch of Smileys you all have submitted that I would like to post. The problem is they live inside of emails and I don’t know how to get them out of the email and imported into the blog??? Anyone savvy-er than I? […]