Salley’s Unhappy Valentine’s Day
Ugh, you guys. I’m so not feeling well today. My stomach is killing me! I told my mom that I thought I might have the flu, but she said I was probably just excited because Valentine’s Day is coming up. I know it’s really nerves. Panicky, scared stiff nerves. See, no one is very happy with me ever since I called off my party (you know, the one that I never wanted to have, but Stoogles really wanted? THAT party). And Stoogles is being so weird with me – like it’s my fault that everyone at school is annoyed because there’s no party. Hello! Stoogles! It was your idea to start with. And it was a bad idea! Anyway, I can’t wait for tomorrow to be over. I just want to crawl into bed tomorrow night, and forget about Valentine’s Day for another year.
Purr-Cilla moves in
Hee hee! This is awesome! Looks like everyone is starting to see Salley for the lame cat she really is. I love it! This is my big chance. I just know that I will soon be the new president of Kinzville Academy School Council. While everyone was grumbling about the confusion over Salley’s Valentine’s party (or should I say Dull-entine’s party?), I took the opportunity to throw out MY fabulous idea about a new location for the school trip this year. I mean, who wants to go to the boring old park AGAIN? I can go to the park any old time. So I started suggesting to some of the kids that this year we go to the BIG CITY! Wouldn’t that be spectacular? I really think that is the setting that I belong in, you know? It’s flashy, it’s bold – it’s Purr-cilla! A lot of the kids were really enthusiastic about it. Of course, there were also some buzz-killers (read: Salley’s friends) who wanted to stick to the boring old park, and Ms. Cowoline said that she really didn’t think we’d be able to afford it. But just you wait. Everything … Read more
Salley does damage control
Oh, this day is NOT going well. I realized that I was going to have to try and put a leash on this monster of a party that Stoogles had set loose upon the world. I knew I’d have to be really diplomatic so I just went around and explained to everybody that had mentioned the party yesterday that I was just having a small get together with a few close girlfriends and that, while I would love to include them, it just wouldn’t work with my mom being out of the house and all. Maybe that was not the way to go. When I told Laurabeard, she looked really hurt and said that she thought she WAS one of my close girlfriends. How awkward was that? Then Sparky asked me if I thought girls were better than boys. Of course I don’t think that but when I told him that was a stupid question he said that now I was calling him stupid! What? Then Alex asked if I thought all boys were stupid or just Sparky and so I said just Sparky and Sparky freaked. But that wasn’t what I meant at all! … Read more
Salley and Stoogles disagree
Oh. My. Gosh. Stoogles is completely out of control! You know how my mom said I could have a few friends over on Valentine’s Day? And by ‘a few’, she specifically meant no more than four? Well, today when I was walking through the hall at school, I swear every other person who passed me said something like, “Hey Salley! Can’t wait for your party!” or “See you at your Valentine’s party!” It seemed like almost everyone at school thought they were coming to my place on Valentine’s Day for a party! How many guests did Stoogles invite? This is crazy! I finally tracked him down. He was standing in his classroom, surrounded by a group of about ten students, telling them all how awesome my Valentine’s Party was going to be! I dragged him out of there and told him that he was going to have to fix this mess he had created. He acted like he didn’t even know what I was talking about! He said he had really only invited a couple of friends. I told him that clearly was not true and do you know what he said … Read more
Salley’s Valentine’s Party Problem
I’m having a bit of a problem. See, Valentine’s Day is coming up and Stoogles is convinced that we should have a Valentine’s party. Which would be fine, if we were going to have it in the forest at his house. But NO! He wants to have it in town, at my house. Which wouldn’t be a problem if my mom was going to be home and able to chaperone. But she won’t be! She has a late meeting at work that night. I told Stoogles that we can’t have a party at my house without my mom there, but he said we’ll be really careful and only invite our closest friends. He asked if Mom would object to the ‘Kinz coming over. I said no, and he said, “What about the ‘Kinz and a few of their closest friends?” I said probably not, but I’m really worried about what he means by ‘closest friends.’ I keep trying to convince him to do it at his house, but he said his family wouldn’t appreciate the noise in the house, and it’s too cold out for an outside party. How do I convince him … Read more
Purr-Cilla: Detention Day 3
My mother always says I’m the smartest girl she’s ever met, and I think that genius was evident in my brilliant plan to avoid detention today. What was did I do? Simple! Yesterday, I told Ms. Cowoline I had a dentist appointment. And did she believe it? Of course! And did I have an appointment? Not at all! But instead of dealing with the horrible half hour with Salley Cat, I got to go home, have some snacks, watch some TV and chill out. All it cost me was fifteen minutes of cafeteria cleaning at lunchtime. Which, by the way, I pretty much didn’t have to do anyway. Malena just cast a spell that cleaned up the cafeteria. Just one of the benefits of having a fairy for a BFF! Anyway, I’ve got to think up something to get out of dealing with detention tomorrow night. Maybe a doctor’s appointment? Or some kind of last-minute illness? Anything to avoid hanging out with Salley.
Salley’s Detention
Dear Diary, Tonight I had my FIRST ever detention. I’ve never, ever had a detention before. What’s worse, though, is that I had my first detention with Purr-Cilla. Yes, that’s right. My nemesis. See, we had a little fight during the Student Council Meeting and Ms. Cowoline freaked out and said that we had to learn to get along. She went on and on about how we can’t keep fighting because we’re on the same council and we should have the same goals in mind. We had to sit and listen to her for half of our lunch period! And then – and THEN- she said that the only way we were going to learn to be friends was by working together. Thus, we have detention every single night this week and each night, we have a different ‘project.’ Tonight’s project? Cleaning the kindergarten classroom. Not mopping the floors and stuff, but cleaning out the cupboards under the sink (let’s just say a family of dust bunnies was living there quite comfortably), sorting the little toys out (there are so many little toys) and washing the easel (ten thousand layers of paint. That’s … Read more
Molly’s Birthday Present
Salley Cat here, with a bit of a problem. Molly’s birthday is on the weekend, and we’re trying to figure out what to get her as a gift. Molly isn’t the easiest pig to buy for, but here are the ideas the ‘Kinz came up with: Stoogles: A lock for her bedroom door. Millie drives her nuts – trust me, she’ll appreciate this. Sparky: A skateboard! Or maybe a game! That’s what I’d want.Nibbles: I have no idea! I’m working on my film!Roberta: I’ve already got an idea. It’s just from me, though. So…good luck to everyone else!Cowabelle: A new sweater. You can’t go wrong with fashion. Alex: A lucky rock? I don’t know. I’m not good at present ideas. So that’s where we’re at. Everyone is willing to contribute about ten KinzCash (except Roberta, who apparently has some great idea of her own). That means we’ve got 60 KinzCash to spend. What do you think we should get Molly for 60 KinzCash?
Salley’s Good News
Well, if you hadn’t heard yet, let me be the first to tell you: Stoogles and I are BFFs again! He wrote me this really sweet apology letter, and I totally forgave him! We talked for a really long time and decided that after I get back from my dad’s, he and I will have a special pretend-Christmas. We’ll go sledding and decorate a gingerbread house – it’ll be amazing! I’m getting really excited to go and visit my dad. It’s going to be such a good time. I’m going to get to see my aunts and uncles and cousins on that side of the family – and my grandma, too! It’ll be a holiday to remember. And now that Stoogles and I are friends again, nothing will stand in the way of me having a merry Christmas!
Stoogles’ Apology
Dear Salley, I really miss being your friend. You were the best friend I ever had, and now that we’re not speaking or hanging out anymore – it’s awful. It’s so awful! I really miss going to your house, eating lunch together…and especially talking to each other during the ‘Kinz and Student Council meetings. I was really hurt when you said you were leaving Kinzville to spend Christmas with your dad. I want you to spend Christmas here with me! But after I talked to my mom and told her about the situation (she asked why you hadn’t been around lately, so I had to tell her), she pointed out that maybe I was being a little bit selfish. OK, maybe she said “Stoogles Googles, you march yourself over to Salley’s house with a great big chocolate apology cake and say you’re sorry! I’ve never heard of someone being so selfish!” So consider this letter my apology. It’s not as good as cake, but it would be hard to write all of this in icing. So…I’m sorry, Salley. I hope you can forgive me. I just want you to have an awesome Christmas, no matter where you spend it. … Read more
Salley & Stoogles – Ex-BFFS?
You probably all know about the HUGE fight Stoogles and I are having. He’s just being so unreasonable! I want to see my dad for Christmas, and he’s just thinking about himself. Stoogles is obviously really mad, because he won’t eat lunch with me, or talk to me or even LOOK at me. Our teacher, Miss Daisy, had him pass papers around in the classroom. He handed two papers to Sparky and told HIM to give one to me! How rude is that? I’m so tired of Stoogles being mean…maybe this is a sign that we’re just not meant to be BFFs anymore.
Salley’s Winter Blues
Hey everyone,Today is SUCH a bad day. A horrible day, even. Today, my BFF (Stoogles) and I had a HUGE fight. A gigantic fight. Maybe the biggest fight in the history of Kinzville. What did we fight about, you ask? Christmas. Or, rather, where I’ll be spending Christmas. This year, my dad asked if I could come and visit him in West Kinzville. I usually see my dad one weekend a month (he travels a lot for his job), but he’ll be around for Christmas this year and I haven’t had Christmas with him for a really long time. My mom is going to go and stay at my grandma’s house, so she said it was fine if I wanted to go to my dad’s. I decided that it would be pretty fun to see him, and to see the rest of that side of my family. I told Stoogles the exciting news and he was SO mad. Not even regular mad. SUPER mad. When I asked why, he said that I was wrecking his Christmas! Can you believe that? I’m leaving on December 20, and apparently that’s before everyone in the ‘Kinz … Read more
Salley’s Craft
Hi everyone! I came up with a really neat craft to make for the Fall Fair. Check out these beautiful barrettes! What you need:Bobby pins, beads with large holes, rectangle of cardstock What you do: Choose what kind of bead you’d like to put on your barrettes. You can make matching ones or complimentary ones (for example, you could make a bee and a flower). Slide your beads all the way to the end of your bobby pin. The pin should still close properly (the bead shouldn’t make it stay open – if it does, you need thinner beads). When your barrettes are done, put them onto the cardstock. This allows for them to be displayed nicely!
Salley’s Donations
By Salley Cat Okay, so I know Purr-cilla thinks she’s queen of the fair, but I am going to show her she’s not the only one with good ideas around here. I just knew that we don’t need to go and blow more of our budget on prizes and that we’d get lots of awesome prizes without having to spend a single KinzCash. Everyone has been really excited about the fair and they’ve all offered to help us out if we need it. So now I’m taking them up on those offers. Sparky’s Uncle Arte donated loads of cool stuff, and Nibbles’ sister Plumpy had some really awesome things for us too. I also hit up Ms. Birdy and Doctor Quack and they both said they were thrilled to contribute. I just have a few more stops, but so far I have so many great prizes! And I didn’t use any money at all. Ha! Looks like Purr-cilla’s not the only one who can make things happen around here!
Purr-Cilla Saves the Day
Hey, it’s Salley. Ugh. Okay, I know this is not very diplomatic – what with me being the president and all – but I kind of hate it when Purr-cilla is right. When we first asked for volunteers, everyone just wanted to do the fun stuff, like the rides and the games. But we had a lot more not-so-fun activities like set-up and clean-up and taking tickets and stuff like that that no one wanted to do. Stoogles and I were stuck. We couldn’t figure out how to divide up the volunteers. Then, Purr-cilla came along and said that we just needed a system that would be fair so that everyone would get a chance to help out. So Purr-cilla made up a calendar and divided the jobs into time slots. She asked everybody to sign up for the time that they would be able to help out. Then, instead of letting people choose whichever volunteer position they wanted, Purr-cilla put the names for each time slot into a hat and pulled them out one by one. The first name she pulled got to man the Giant Slide. The second name got to supervise … Read more
