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Thursday, November 05, 2009

EDUCATION IN THE FOREFRONT

  I listened to President Obama's speech on Education yesterday.  I heard so much that sounded like things I've heard my three teacher children say.  (Just remembered I now have four teacher children since Middle Daughter joined the faculty at Iowa State University.)

Money has been set aside to be awarded as grants to states whose choose to compete in "The Race To The Top".

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=11443880

I'm giving you the link, knowing full well you won't take the time to read it. You'll be doing yourself a favor if you do.

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I knew that Youngest Daughter strongly resembled Number One Son, but I'd never realized just how much until she put on her facial hair and horns for Halloween.

(Oops, that didn't sound right.  Perhaps you should not consider the horns.)

This is the same daughter that's with me in the profile picture.

 

Jodie Halloween

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GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!

 


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Currently
Outlander
By Diana Gabaldon
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I LOVE CHIEFCHIGGER

My dear friend chiefchigger is my main source for laughter and he makes an effort to see that I get a daily dose.  I told him that I was going to declare my love for him to the whole world via xanga.

 Each night he sets a trap, then goes in the morning to see what kind of critter he's captured.  He photographs it then sets it free.  Hey, it's cheap entertainment.  This is one of his pictures from last week.

claude's coon

A couple of days later, he related this story:

No critters came out to play last night, & I ran over something, the day I caught the coon, that cut a 4" gash thru the sidewall of my right rear truck tire. It is so hard to remove the spare I took the tire off & put it in the trunk of the Lumina. I can get a new tire mounted tomorrow, put it back on & only have to change tires once instead of twice.
 
I walk the trap line, but drove down to pick up the raccoon, cage & all, so Peggy could see him. She used to have a pet coon I gave her for her anniversary ( until he bit her after he got grown.)
 
He would accompany us while we did chores on the farm.
 
I was sitting on the riding mower one day and he climbed up on my lap.
 
All was well until I turned the switch & started the mower.
 
He ended up on top of my bald head with 20 claws dug into my scalp. Peggy said his back was bowed & every hair on his body sticking straight out, like a Halloween cat.

Just the thought of him with that coon clawing his head sent me rolling on the floor with laughter.  I live to laugh.  The day I can no longer laugh is the clue that it's time to start the morpine drip.

Another good source of laughs is SoonerRose.  She has some lulus!

Confucius say

if you can't find

the book you want,

you're shopping

at the

book store

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Miss Hannah and Middle Daughter dressed for Halloween

beth and hannah halloween

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I just learned that one of my closest friends from high school has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.  It makes me sad; it's such a tragic condition.  I hope she fights it with all of her might.

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!


Monday, October 19, 2009

MIDWEST WINDS

Youngest Daughter is the conductor of a community symphonic band.  Some of their pieces are now available on YouTube and are worth hearing.  I love to watch her conduct.  She reminds me of a swan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S8EapJ9fQc   Lowlands of Scotland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uMTHnw4VyI   Espirit de Corps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTe7weQ6Eq4   Festival Prelude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pprTDAEehXQ   Old Churches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJyp0wX87c   Shortcut Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_KAKJKVzA   Nimrod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0DsZHV4As   King Cotton

These were all from the same performance.  If you listen to several, you'll see that she believes in variety in her program so that every listener should find something to like.

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!

 


Friday, October 16, 2009

Currently
Atlas Shrugged
By Ayn Rand
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A  Lovely Story About Me
  
    
    
    
    
    
   
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who did not whine, nag or  bitch.   (That would be me...)  




                      
        



           
But that was a long  time ago and it was just that one  day.


    
 

THE END.  
 


Saturday, October 10, 2009

Currently
The Calligrapher's Daughter: A Novel
By Eugenia Kim
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MY JOURNAL

I find that I no longer have the time or energy to dedicate to xanga as a social networking site.  However, I miss using it as sort of a journal so I will come back to it specifically for that reason.  Too many important things have passed about which I've made no notes to remind myself.  I need my notes and this is my place to keep them.  You're welcome to read them if you desire.

To all of you who have become friends, I treasure all of you.  I'm on facebook for short comments; you may find me there.

Note to self:  It's okay to brag on your grandchildren as long as you remember to give thanks for those things about which you boast.  Be thankful the the parents' genes combined in such a way to produce some noteworthy children.

Miss Hannah just got her first report card since moving from Wisconsin to Iowa.  I needlessly worried myself silly on how she would adjust, not just to a new school,, but to the fact that she'd be entering middle school this year as the youngest student in the school since she'd skipped a grade; she's only ten.

I shouldn't have been afraid for her.  She had 2 A+'s and the rest A's on her report card.

With Beth at home so much more now, I can see the positive improvements and it delights me.  Beth is so into identifying different types of personalities and how they think and work.  She figured Miss Hannah out and now we know not to push her to get something done.  She knows it needs to be done, but she fully organizes any project in her mind beforehand.  Then she gets in what she calls "my zone" and begins the construction.  The results are awesome.  We find that her nerves are much calmer when allowed to do things in her own order.

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I'm the proud reciepient of a Chinese name.  Phonetically it's pronounced Lin Guong Lo.  The middle name is the same as George's personal name which means Light and Lo means a jade ornament.  George's dear sister-in-law chose the name for me.

                                                      GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!



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