I do Believe – that All the World’s a Star…

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 4 Comments

…Beyond that heav’nly light I shall fly far!”
Luke (ACT I, Scene 7), William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope.

One of the things on my bucket list is to see all of Shakespeare’s plays, live on stage. (I’ve made a decent dent – about a dozen different plays live, plus another 10 plays recorded live on stage, or movies)

So needless to say, when M4P friend Amy sent me Ian Doescher’s, marvelous 3 book boxed set William Shakespeare’s Star Wars for Christmas last year. I squealed with surprise and delight! It’s like they were written just for me!!!

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Sorry, I was so Sluggish in Posting! (Space Slug Gift Wrapping)

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / Leave a comment

M4P friend Gene Ha will tell you this gift wrap is NOT a space slug, it is a lobster claw…

Of course he has a compelling argument… He bought the Admiral Ackbar bobble-head that was inside for me (yeah!!!), AND he created the wrapping. And as all of Gene’s fans know, Gene has a somewhat warped sense of humor, so a lobster claw wrapping makes perfect sense to him. Calamarian… Red gourmet seafood… Lobster.

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More Star Wars (w)rap! (Yoda Wrapping)

May 14, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago I featured a present wrapped as an Ewok (from M4P friend Gene Ha). Now that we are recovered from all our partying, I am keeping my promise to feature one of his other paper-folding wrappings. So today we have Yoda!

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A Gift too Nice to Open! (Ewok Wrapping)

April 29, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 2 Comments

Come on, who does not LOVE getting presents? And who does not LOVE to tear them open right away? Not me, not this time. I recently received 3 small-ish boxes (from M4P friend Gene Ha) wrapped as Star Wars figures, and I just could not imagine that the inside could live up to the awesome outsides. So I didn’t, open them, for a looong, time.

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Oops, I did it again! (Bantha Milk Pancakes)

January 30, 2015February 16, 2016 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / Leave a comment

They sure did not look pretty, but what can be more fun than making Star Wars pancakes with Bantha milk?

The kids had a snow day not too long ago. As a working parent it is both a treat to get to stay home with the kids on a weekday (sleep in, yeay!!), and a scramble to juggle working from home with them around. This time around, fun won out. Upon the kids insistence, we made pancakes. But not just any pancakes – we made Bantha milk pancakes. We have tried to use the Star Wars shapes before, and it didn’t work. And I have to admit, it didn’t go well this time either. They didn’t turn out very Star Wars-shaped. The color was more greenish than blue. And trying to pry a Millennium Falcon out of its mold, I sorta burnt the others. But, you know what? They were made with love and lots of laughter and tasted GREAT, so I still call it a success!
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