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This pumpkin gettin’ is serious business.

( Photos andStella )

The Inspection process begins. Initiate phase I of the Pumpkin Durability Test Initiate phase II of the Pumpkin Durability Test. After running back and forth across the pumpkin patch 674 times, filling every possible nook and cranny of clothing with dirt, and putting a whole host of pumpkins through thier paces, it is time for [...]

Confessions of a mother: I think my daughter might be part rat.

I defy you to explain why else she would: grab a package of andouille sausage from her perch in the grocery cart, and proceed to chew a hole in it during the four seconds that we weren’t paying attention. forage for food – usually wayward raisins – on the floor of the backseat of the [...]

As the official captain of my 6th grade spelling bee team I cannot continue to let this go unchecked any longer.

your: the possesive of you Used in a sentence: “Your name rhymes with granny.” you’re: you + are Used in a sentence: “As a housewarming gift for your new apartment, you’re getting bandanna pillows to go with your new denim slipcovers.”

More than meets the eye.

( Photos andStella )

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Coming soon to a story-telling festival near you.

Almost on cue, after Steve’s Uncle Steve said to me “You know it is only a matter of time before ‘what’ turns to ‘why’” our sweet little vocabularian shifted gears and began the nightmare of the never-ending question. “Hey Stella, let’s not dig for worms right now.” “Why?” “Well, because we should do it tomorrow [...]