JOSHI don’t have much time to post anything this morning, but I do have these goofy pictures of Josh that don’t fit anywhere else so I’ll upload them. He was taking a picture of himself and ended up with the camera upside down. And this picture shows him after he …

JOANNE FLUKE MURDER MYSTERY SERIES: Usually I only have time to read one “twaddle” book per year and that’s usually while we are on Christmas break. This year I decided to start reading the Joanne Fluke series thanks to one of my SHS cyber friends loaning me the first 6 …

I can’t find a link to the Scholastic book, Going on a Leaf Hunt, that the botany teachers read to the little kids but it was SO CUTE! They read the book while searching all over the building for various types of leaves which had been preplaced around the building. …

Our bean plants aren’t doing too well. We brought them out from the light hut a few days ago and put them in the window. They were doing really well until they were watered too much. One day I noticed there was water SITTING in the cup and the plants …

The botany class dissected plants that were donated by a local florist. The project Josh did in class was too large to fit into his nature journal so I had him dissect a carnation here at home. Thanks to the flowers my parents gave us for our anniversary I just …

25 Day, 26 Ways to Make This Your Best Christmas EVER by Ace Collins (at our library) Plum Pudding Murder (at our library) Apple Turnover Murder (coming to our library) The No Complaining Rule – Jon Gordon (asked the library to purchase it on 2–7-10 Shades of Blue by Karen …

POSTING COMMENTS:A few of you have asked how to post comments on a blog. Here you go. At the bottom of each blog entry (not each picture) you’ll see a line that says when and who posted the blog entry followed by # of comments. Point your cursor over the …

ANYTHING BUT GRAY! Several people have emailed wondering why I haven’t blogged anything yet this week (LOL)! Some weeks I have more time than other weeks. This week I just don’t have time for any of my normal lengthy blog posts. So, here’s a quick one. The last time I …

THE FALL BALL!!! We had heard about the Fall Ball in the past, but we’ve never had any reason to consider going until this year when Emily decided she would like to attend. We know quite a few people who attend so the dads can be “back up” for any …

UPDO!!!Emily had her hair put up into an updo for the Fall Ball. Here she is talking over whether or not she wants it entirely up, 1/2 way up, or curly and down. She decided she wanted it up all the way. First curled all of it and sprayed it …