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Saturday, 14 May 2011

Thursday, 03 June 2010

  • Something New to Worry About

    Miss Dog Lover is scheduled to have her braces removed next week. So, we were walking the dog and talking. She worries a lot. She started asking me if I was sure her friends would recognize her "with her new smile." She named them one by one for my opinion. And then, at the end, she hit the serious concern, and I quote verbatim: "What if I don't recognize myself?"

Tuesday, 01 June 2010

Sunday, 07 February 2010

Tuesday, 02 February 2010

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Sunday, 17 January 2010

  • Melrose Has a Day Out

    Friday our school took a field trip to the State Farm Show and Melrose was invited. I bring you three photos from the day and one story of dorkdom from the day.

    First, the photos. This Farm Show is famous for the annual butter sculpture. This year's scene used 1000 pounds and shows a dairy family sitting down to breakfast with the cow at their table. I am not a farm girl and have to admit this creeps me out a bit.


    Next you can see the ducklings on their sliding board. They have three show times a day when they come out, climb a little ladder (with food strewn all over it) and then basically bump the previous duck at the top down the slide. The creep factor on this was how many seemingly rational adults found this fascinating.

    And finally a photo of Melrose sitting on the painted bull's ear. Ride 'em, CowMonk!


    Now, onto the story of dorkdom. The state man from the WashYourHands Department was there. Mr Music was interested in his display - he'd taken a Playmobil hospital and painted places germs hide with the goo from inside glow sticks, then had an ultraviolet light to disclose the nasties.  Anyhow, apparently Mr WashYourHands was not one of the more popular booths and was going on and on and pressing us to take extra posters back home to hang in public places. So. I got to discuss a news article I had recently read about how Norway has nearly banned antibiotics and so the Norwegians do not pick up resistant germs in hospitals. What a dork! Or am I a nerd? Or what, exactly? I have to admit it was my favorite moment at the State Fair. Watching Devastatingly Handsome's jaw drop as I introduced this nerdy subject was precious.  It just is not really psychologically safe to let homeschooling moms have a day out.

    I was tempted to go back and ask his opinion on the papertowels vs hot air hand dryer issue but decided to leave something to look forward to next year.  :)

Sunday, 01 November 2009

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Saturday, 24 October 2009

  • 31

    This is your weekend quiz. It only has one question.

    If you put Miss Dog Lover in charge of breakfast, and ask her to pour everyone a bowl of chocolate chip weetabix, how many cereals will be neatly stacked in each bowl?

    Hope you passed. 

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  • I am feeling very cosmopolitan after my lunch: Frijoles Negros y Jalepeno, english muffin with jam, Japanese snack mix
  • Is it a sign of an attitude problem when my immediate thought on hearing our Sheetz was robbed is thinking ~ "I couldn't teach from prison"?
  • Mr Music thinks he's going Jedi. He's lying on the floor with his arm stretched out toward his sunglasses. "I'm trying to use the force." :)