My son, who is 4, is afraid of leaves.  Yes, I said leaves.  On trees, bushes, weeds, flowers, etc.  I've explained that leaves are good, pretty, belong on fruit trees, give us oxygen, etc.  I don't understand a fear of leaves.  *headdesk*

Chapter 2 of The Walking Club is posted at TPP and Ashwinder and has been getting some very nice reviews.  Thanks to anybody from the flist who has reviewed so far.  Here are the links:

TPP:  http://www.thepetulantpoetess.com/viewstory.php?sid=9408

Ashwinder:  http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=18676

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I hope all of you who are going to Portus will have a great time!

We are celebrating my son's 4th birthday and our 19th anniversary this week.

I got back from my family reunion, but my husband's grandfather passed away, so we'll be off to Michigan for the funeral in a couple of days.  I'm not sure if I'll have much time for catching up / keeping up with LJ.  I hope everyone on the f-list is doing well.  I'll try to catch up with you when I can.

This is nabbed from subversa. My parents took us camping every summer. We camped so we could afford to go all over like this (although I did visit some of these states as an adult). It's a lot of fun to see it mapped out like this.


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 I have 4 teaching days and 2 faculty working days left of the school year.  Then I'll be done.  I'm so tired.  I took my 2nd graders on their class trip today.  They were good.   We had fun.  But it is so tiring.  I haven't had time or energy to write.  I haven't really been able to keep up with LJ.  We're still trying to get the work done on our ( Read more... )

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Just flew back in from my conference in Minnesota today. I got a chance to see lots of friends from when we lived there and even some relatives. I learned a bit too. All in all, a successful trip. Now I'm going to try to catch up with LJ and fanfic. Yippee!

Here is the recipe for Chunky Gingered Applesauce. It turns out to be rather like a compote, but yummy! This comes from the Bisquick Cookbook, so I can't take credit for it. I've attempted to convert to metric measurements (for any non-US residents who may be wishing to try this), but I have no idea what the common metric measurements are for ( Read more... )

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