Random Things

1.  This is not a Tale of Fourty-Four Rats. Get over it. It's all about the anticipation.

2.  Garrett just finished 2nd grade, Morgan finished Kindergarten, and Kiera finished all the snacks in the house.

3.  We have had our dog Bree for a year now.  We left her for the first time recently.  When the dog sitter (whom she knows) showed up to get her, she refused to get off the couch.  All day.  We had to call another friend and ask if they could please go to our house and try to get our neurotic dog off the couch and outside to pee. That was an odd conversation. Luckily they were up for the challenge, and she was so happy to see them, they took her home with them.  Now she thinks they walk on water.

4.  Morgan one "Best in Show" at the science fair.  I don't know if she was more excited about the distinguishmend or the fancy blue and purple ribbon. 

5.  Kiera just turned three which means she'd five which means she can do whatever she wants because she's a big girl.  But then, she was born thinking that.

6.  I planted all my seeds early this year.  Our spring had been so lousy all my little seedlings are dying in their trays because they haven't grown enough to plant in the ground. That makes me sad.

7.  I have cultivated a big enough strawberry patch that yesterday I was able to pick a pint and a half of strawberries. That makes me happy.

8.  Caterpillars don't actually sprout wings when they become butterflies, they dissolve into a pile of goo and the butterfly grows out of the goo's DNA.

9.  I asked Garrett what else I should post here. He said to tell you we have games, and furtniture, and carpets and stuff. Oh, and pets and plants.

10.  Now that school is out we get to start having weekly Family Dinners with our friends. Patch Adams has ten rules for a long and happy life, and one of them is to have potluck dinners with your neighbors once a week.  They may not live on our street, but they're our peeps, they support us when we need it, and they make killer food. Everybody should be having Family Dinners.