don't drool on my blue suede shoes: when a man...

...makes a salad

(apologies to Percy Sledge, Michael Bolton, and all the other folks who ever sang that song)

And so... even though we didn't need the candles, we may as well eat these gorgeous salads by candlelight. Who cares if it's the middle of the day?!?!

The List of Characters

The characters and their roles:

"King" a.k.a. hubby - patient, loving, and kind.

#1 (girl) - eighteen - college student; mostly cheery; mostly soft spoken; 'the logical one'; artistic; secretly wishes she were an only child;

#2 (boy) - sixteen - football player, golfer, loves to throw a ball into the air, especially in the living room near the breakables; nothing is ever his fault; has soft, sweet eyes of a baby deer; seeing him hold a baby is the sweetest thing ever.

#3 (girl) - fourteen - sweet and thoughtful pleaser; is very attentive and has incredible insight; Attention: swan emerging; incredible celtic fiddle player who can pick up a tune in a jiffy; life with a older sister has jaded her; has feelings that are as tender as baby lettuce.

#4 (boy) - "now we are 8" - wide open all day, every day, all the time; suffers from a Napoleonic complex; has the ability to surprise you with a refreshingly thoughtful act; eyes turn into crescent shapes when he flashes that smile which is as big as all outdoors.

#5 (girl) - seven - knows her own mind; likes to do it "all by myselth".

"I" - gray-haired bystander and scribe; chief cook and bottle washer; prolific comma splicer; a sucker for a smile from one of the above mentioned; bumbling through this world trying to make saints out of all us sinners.

don't drool on my blue suede shoes

Monday, March 1, 2010

when a man...

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