"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Learning from Old Magazines
I just read an article that gave tips on twenty things to do with 20 minutes. If you are interested in learning some new words and their meanings, they suggest you visit www.FreeRice.com and for every answer you get right, they donate rice. Check it out for yourself.
Naughty Kitty and a Poster
The naughty cat award goes to my 10 year-old daughter's cat - Jasper. Just before the kids arrived home, on their first day back to school, I heard a loud bang from upstairs. When they arrived home I mentioned that they might want to check it out.
Groans followed my comments and they slowly made their way up the stairs. A few minutes later my 13 year-old stood at the bottom of the stairs. She was holding her Twilight poster and groaning. That little booger not only ripped the poster from her slanted ceiling, but put holes it in with his claws. I guess he didn't like the poster, or he was looking for attention.
Now I'm on the hunt for a replacement poster. I'm guessing she'll have to put the poster a bit higher or somewhere else. He's the same cat who likes to chew up rolls of toilet paper, and cardboard boxes.
The "Ding Dong" award goes to my husband. He bought the chickens a new heat lamp and now he can't find it. He had it in his hands and was multitasking outside. Now it is no where to be found. I checked the other barns, the garage, the vehicles, and the chicken barn. Nothing. Good grief. Poor chickens. I'm sure their freezing their pa-toots off. They are sitting two to a roost to stay warm right now. I better look for that lamp again today or I'll have frozen eggs.
The creative dog award goes to my 13 year-old's dog - Jesse. He wanted to play this morning and kept bringing me his toy. He does that when he knows everyone is going to school. When I didn't play with him, another one of our dogs (black lab/german shepard) decided she would play with him. However, he wanted to part of sharing his toy. He placed it into an open backpack that was hanging on the back of a kitchen chair to hide it from her! How funny! He definitely gets an award this morning.
Life would be so boring without our animals.
Groans followed my comments and they slowly made their way up the stairs. A few minutes later my 13 year-old stood at the bottom of the stairs. She was holding her Twilight poster and groaning. That little booger not only ripped the poster from her slanted ceiling, but put holes it in with his claws. I guess he didn't like the poster, or he was looking for attention.
Now I'm on the hunt for a replacement poster. I'm guessing she'll have to put the poster a bit higher or somewhere else. He's the same cat who likes to chew up rolls of toilet paper, and cardboard boxes.
The "Ding Dong" award goes to my husband. He bought the chickens a new heat lamp and now he can't find it. He had it in his hands and was multitasking outside. Now it is no where to be found. I checked the other barns, the garage, the vehicles, and the chicken barn. Nothing. Good grief. Poor chickens. I'm sure their freezing their pa-toots off. They are sitting two to a roost to stay warm right now. I better look for that lamp again today or I'll have frozen eggs.
The creative dog award goes to my 13 year-old's dog - Jesse. He wanted to play this morning and kept bringing me his toy. He does that when he knows everyone is going to school. When I didn't play with him, another one of our dogs (black lab/german shepard) decided she would play with him. However, he wanted to part of sharing his toy. He placed it into an open backpack that was hanging on the back of a kitchen chair to hide it from her! How funny! He definitely gets an award this morning.
Life would be so boring without our animals.
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