Another Story

Quinn has been writing up a storm lately. He came home from school with this story today, neatly typed on a sheet of paper, with a very nice illustration of the story drawn along the bottom of the page. Brent was especially proud of the story, and will hang it at his desk.
A Lucky Day [...]

A Turkey Speaking for a Turkey

A story in which Quinn writes from the viewpoint of the turkey.
Don’t Eat Turkey by Quinn
Why eat the same boring old Turkey for Thanksgiving? Why not have juicy grilled hot dogs? Here are three reasons why I think you should have hot dogs.
First I think hot dogs would be great because all you need is [...]

Black Friday

Am I obstinate? Do I always have to swim upstream? Can’t I just go with the flow? If you answered yes, yes, and no, in that order, you know me well.
That said, would it then seem unreasonable for me to declare the biggest shopping day of the holiday season to be shame on me day? [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Whereever You Are

I would have liked to honor the holiday with a Thanksgiving poem or story, had it not been for the fact that I haven’t been blogging as much as I would like.
In an effort to play catch-up, here is a Halloween story for you.
One Spooky Night by Quinn
In this spooky house:    A dead skeleton kills [...]

Oh Deer..

A few weeks ago Brent got up on a Sunday morning to report that he had watched 10 deer in the field in front of our house at about 4AM. We have been very fond of our deer, and other wildlife as well. Yes, the rabbits sometimes nibble our vegetables. The birds leave droppings on [...]

Report Card

We had our 15 minute teacher’s conference today, and it was pretty much what we expected. Quinn is a smart kid, and is excelling in all subjects with very little effort. He has a problem sitting still during class though, but is well behaved while out of his seat.
His teacher has been challenging him with [...]

What’s Happening

I am feeling really crummy today, and have been feeling this way for a week. My head hurts, my lungs hurt, and I am oh so tired. Of course I slogged thru every day at work, thinking the next day would be better. And yesterday, because it was the weekend, I crashed and burned. I [...]