Growing-up Stories Appreciator Gifts

'I think he's beginning to notice girls.He's washed his face without being asked to!'

Hot cross buns

Nanki Poo

Ask Sadie! I just read an article where Daisy Ridley said J.J. Abrams wrote drafts for Episode VIII and Episode IX. And then Rian Johnson THREW THAT OUT and went a whole different direction. This makes me lose all faith in Star Wars. Am I overreacting? **Actual reader question. Excellent question. This reminds me of the time I saw Gone with the Wind on opening day. I was the invited guest of an elderly veteran of the Civil War. He couldn't stop yammering about how seceding from the union didn't

Ali Baba- Cover Design for Proposed Edition of The Forty Thieves

Jesus as a child - 'Just look at my clean floor! What have I told you about walking on puddles?'

Jack and the Beanie stock.

"Math would have been a 'A' if you factor in the fudge factor. I got caught fudging on the final."

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

Carole Jean's First "Big Girl" Heels

"I'm looking for a good old-fashioned housemaid - the kind that screams when discovering a dead body."

"Without the drone we wouldn't have made it on time!"

"The trouble with children is they don't act like adults."

Tosca discovers Mario Cavaradossi is stabbed

"Pretend you're interested in granddad's old stories and stop calling them reruns."

'Naughty or nice? My lawyer will answer that.'

'I've sussed this work/life balance...'

"Whew, am I glad there are more boys than girls in this class!"

'So what was the big deal about raising the debt ceiling?'

"Johnny, strikes out, and will be thinking about this well into his thirties."

'George is on some weird pill...'

We just want to be a real boy! Pinocchio. Ikea. Swedish Folktale.

Photography store offers wedding and divorce packages.

'Actually I was hoping to meet a knight in shining armour!'

"Nora, do you ever think about the future?"

"I think they were a civilization that celebrated middle age!"

'Hurry up with the ransom note, we haven't much time.'

"God I miss the good old days when you could huff and puff anywhere you damn well pleased."

What's your question for "Ask Sadie"? Are you voting for Trump or Clinton? Excellent question. It reminds me of the time in grade school when little Chester Oswald threw my liverwurst sandwich on the ground. The schoolmarm gave me a terrible choice: I could either eat the dirt-covered sandwich, or I could go hungry. So I chose the only thing I could choose ... I switched my sandwich with hers, and when she yakked up her lunch I laughed and laughed. So ... you're saying ... what?

Ted hits puberty...

Trilby - 'Et maintenant dors, ma mignonne!'

"For me, a confessions is much too autobiographical."

'The bus driver makes your stomach upset? Tell me about it ... he's my husband.'

In retrospect, what I learned is that money is a motivator but it can be too much of a motivator

'No, you may not connect the dots!'