A Force to be Reckoned With

So yesterday, Caitlyn is crying because she doesn't want to go to school.  She gives me the saddest puppy eyes and sobs, "It's a FREE country, Mom!  That means, if I don't wanna do something then I don't have to. And I don't wanna go to SCHOOL!"

Geez, I don't remember pulling the "It's a free country" card until I was like 9 or 10.  I'm afraid this girl may be a force to be reckoned with.

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Motivational Poster #52

Confucius Says

I grabbed this from Facebook a few days ago  – Clyde

Mindy Ratliff-Isgette OK, Ya know how Confucius Says ?  Well I got a new one… Emily Says... "I don’t like the letter Q.  All it is, is an O tryin’ to be all fancy, with its little tail and all."

Grow Your Own

We stayed with Luci this past weekend.  She must not have been ready for our arrival because this book was left out on her coffee table when we got there…

I never suspected Luci would be involved in this kind of activity but it may explain a few things I could never quite figure out:

• Why Luci spends so much time traipsing through the woods looking for exotic “Wildflowers”,
• What is growing in that big patch of strange plants in her back yard and why does she have the boys building a rock wall around it,
• Why she never has any normal food at her place,
• Why she complains so often about having the “Munchies” and
• How did she get to be a “Millionaire” on a government salary?

Yes, this could explain a lot.

Dad’s Birthday Dollar

I put a dollar bill in Dad’s birthday card this year.  He seemed amazed to get a card with money in it.  In all his eighty-six years he had never received one before.

I told him I had decided to try to repay him for all he had spent in  raising me, clothing me and sending me to college (not to mention his huge investment in feeding me.)   To accomplish  that I was going to put a dollar in his birthday card every year until I had him paid back.  A great plan I thought.

There was only one flaw in my plan however.  Guess who got the dollar …

 

Dad’s Birthday 2011

We went to Owingsville this past weekend to see Mom and Dad. 

Dad's birthday was Saturday so Jennie baked a cake and Luci fixed a huge roast.  We got there a little after lunch time and found the Assisted Living Center's staff had prepared a big lunch, complete with a birthday cake for Dad.  He was already stuffed like a tick ... both stomachs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD