Stoogles is super-excited
Oh yeah!!! It’s my birthday coming up and you know what that means! Party, cakes, presents! And more presents! And even more presents!!! I am inviting EVERYONE to my party! This is going to be the coolest party ever. I don’t know if you’re aware, but Googles’ parties are legendary. And when you combine a cool dude like myself with an awesome Googles’ party, you know what you get? The par-tay to end all par-tays, my friends. I am thinking of going to Chef Gazpacho and asking him to make a cake in the shape of my face. I think everyone would love that, don’t you? I can’t wait. Everyone is going to be so excited when I tell them about it. I’ll bet they’re all going to want to start thinking about what they’re going to get me.
Salley and Stoogles, BFFs
Dear Diary, My best friend is, as you might have guessed, a little…odd…sometimes. He’s a great guy, don’t get me wrong, but I never know where he gets his crazy ideas from. Case in point? His birthday. Stoogles wants to throw an ‘awesome dance party’ with ‘everyone in the school’. Really? REALLY? That sounds like a lot of work…and maybe not such a great idea. Like, what happens if Purr-Cilla shows up? If he invites the whole school, he’s going to have to invite her…and that’ll ruin everything. Also, how is he going to have enough food for everyone? And where is he going to have the party? He keeps saying “in the forest”…but what if it rains? Maybe I should just stay out of this and let him do whatever he wants. He seems super-excited…so maybe it’ll all work out? Ah, Stoogles. It’s never dull being your BFF! - Salley
Salley’s Party
Ugh. This is not exactly my idea of a great Valentine’s Day. I mean, it’s actually pretty fun, hanging out and watching movies with my friends, but I’ve been really jumpy. I keep worrying that any minute my house is going to be bombarded with unwelcome party guests. Cowabelle said to relax and enjoy myself. It’s getting kind of late and she said that if anyone were going to turn up they would be here by now. I’m sure she’s probably right but I can’t help feeling a bit nervous still. I mean, my mom would freak if everybody from school was here when she got home. What was that??? Oh no – it’s the doorbell! I’ve got to go see who it is. I feel a bit sick. It’s all starting… Hey, I’m back! So guess who that was? It was not a horde of rowdy party goers if that’s what you’re thinking (because I was totally thinking that!) It was Stoogles. He just came over to stay that he realized that he crossed the line and he wanted to apologize. Isn’t that sweet? He even brought a giant heart shaped … 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
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
Stoogles’ Unhappy Holidays
Know what I love about December? A few things, actually. I LOVE the snowy weather, I LOVE the Googles Christmas party, and I love Christmas. Not this year though. This year, everything is ruined. Why? Because of my ex-best-friend Salley Cat. She decided that instead of staying with her friends and her mom in Kinzville, she’s going to take off to West Kinzville and spend Christmas with her dad. How selfish! She NEVER does that! She always comes to the Googles Christmas party with me and we have a great time. I go to her house on the day before Christmas and we play in the snow and make gingerbread houses. And this year, I get to do NONE of that. All because she’s packing her bags. Sometimes I wonder why we were even friends at all. She’s ruined my entire Christmas season.
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
The Googles Christmas Party
It’s almost time for my very favorite party of the year – the Googles Christmas Party! Every single year, Salley and I go to the GCP and have a blast. We eat Googles Noodles, we dance all night, and we open presents. This year, my grandma is making a batch of her Webkinz World famous sweet plum pudding. I cannot WAIT for this party!
Stoogles’ Homemade Candles
Hmph! Purr-cilla told me not to even bother trying to make a craft to sell at the craft table because no one would want to buy anything made by me. But I’ll show her. I am making these awesome beeswax candles. They’re really simple. Even I can do it! What you need: - Sheet of beeswax - Large pre-waxed wick (both available at your local craft store) - Raffia ribbon What you do: To make two candles cut the sheet of wax in half lengthwise. Cut a wick to the same length as the short side of the wax sheet and place it along one end of the sheet, positioned so that the end of the wick sits about a half inch above the top of the sheet. Starting at the end with the wick, roll the sheet of beeswax tightly around the wick and continue to roll until the whole sheet is rolled up around the wick. Repeat the process with your leftover sheet of beeswax and decorate your candle with a bit of raffia ribbon. How about that? I think that is one nice looking candle, … Read more
School Council Minutes – October 25
Recorded by: Stoogles, Vice President Re: Emergency Meeting of School Council continued Called by: Salley Cat, President In attendance: Salley Cat (see above), Stoogles (see above) and Purr-cilla, Treasurer This meeting has been called by Salley Cat to share our ideas to convince Ms. Cowoline that the Annual Halloween Parade through the school should go on this year, even though we lost a lot of learning time putting on the play last month. Salley’s idea: We should secretly pass the word around the school that everyone should just show up on Halloween in their costume and Ms. Cowoline will see that she has to let us hold the parade. PROS: Everyone would get to wear their costumes. CONS: We probably wouldn’t get to have the parade because Ms. Cowoline would be pretty mad and we would get in a lot of trouble for disobeying her. Stoogles’ idea: We should tell Ms. Cowoline that I suffer from a rare condition that requires me to dress up once a year and that I would feel more comfortable if all my friends supported me by dressing up as well. PROS: Well, despite the fact that I think this is an awesome idea, apparently … Read more
School Council Minutes – October 24
Recorded by: Stoogles, Vice President Re: Emergency Meeting of School Council Called by: Salley Cat, President In attendance: Salley Cat (see above), Stoogles, Vice-president and Purr-cilla, Treasurer Salley Cat called an emergency meeting to announce to the members of the school council some very disturbing news. Today Salley went to Ms. Cowoline’s office to ask her about the planned route for this year’s Halloween parade in which all the students dress in their costumes and march through the school. Ms. Cowoline told Salley that she had decided that because we spend so much time last month working on the play we’re behind in our studies, so Ms. Cowoline has decided to do away with the parade this year. Apparently it will take up too much of our valuable learning time. Salley told Ms. Cowoline that she couldn’t do that and when Ms. Cowoline asked why not, Salley apparently responded that – and I quote – “Well, she just couldn’t.” Ms. Cowoline said that “just couldn’t” is not a valid reason to hold the parade and that there is a lot of material that we still need to get through in class. Then Ms. Cowoline said that unless Salley Cat … Read more
