2011
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Week 99er review
Week 99erNovember 2, 2011 Book Review: Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoesby Becky Fixel I was given the opportunity to read Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes – a book for kids teaching them about being different and what worrying about unimportant things can do to you. Willie Wiggles has slippery feet and is required to wear…
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Peanut Butter & Whine review
Peanut Butter & WhineNovember 1, 2011 Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes by Connie Gruning I was able to review a super cute children’s book called “Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes” by Larry Peterson. Such a cute story about a boy Willie who “had slippery feet. They were so slippery that Willie just slipped, slid and…
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Sweetly Made (Just for you) review
Sweetly Made (Just for you)November 1, 2011 Try It Tuesday & Reviewby Emilee Reynolds About the author… Larry Peterson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. As a freelancer, he has written many newspaper columns for local publications. Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes is his first children’s book. Peterson has lived in Pinellas…
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Hanging Off the Wire review
Hanging off the WireOctober 29, 2011 Slippery Willie’s Stupid Ugly Shoesby Hayley Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes by Larry Peterson About The Book: Willie Wiggles hates his slippery feet. He just slips, slides and spins all over the place. But what he hates even more are the special shoes that have been made for him…
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"Grippers" FINAL EPISODE (how to get homeless without even trying)
Final Episode: “Down & UP”Bob had been right when he told Tracey that Greg was a “good guy”. Greg, feeling partly responsible for Bob’s back injury, had “forgiven” their rent payments for October, November and December. But now it was January and Greg, seriously impacted by the tough economy, was strapped for cash. He needed…
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The "Jack-O'-Lantern" (one version)
Long ago in Ireland, the land of shamrocks, leprechauns, soft winds and smiles, there lived a man named Jack. Jack was quite lazy and did not like to work. But he had the gift of “blarney” and could talk the peat off the moss. He would tell wondrous tales about his adventures as a world…
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"Grippers" (how to get homeless without even trying #18)
Episode #18 “Christmas” (click on the “Grippers tab for previous episodes) A year earlier Bob and Tracey Slider both had full-time jobs, health insurance, two vehicles, a nice house, and were bringing home over $4300.00 a month. Their success as an average American family was obvious as the twinkling lights from the Christmas tree sent…
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"Food: Give Us the Info—We Can Decide"
It seems that the war on childhood obesity has some new commandos entering the fray. Their purpose—to protect us and our kids and grandkids from sugar, fat and sodium, those little monsters that seem to get into most everything we eat and drink. Then these little demons trick us into thinking that what we are…
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"Grippers" (how to get homeless without even trying #17)
Episode #17 “Here comes Christmas” (Click on “the “Grippers tab for previous episodes) It was almost noon and Bob was just sitting in the lounge chair, feet up, heating pad on his lower back and eyes closed. Tracey had come to a point where she did not believe his condition was nearly as serious as…
Cradling Catholic 