Today our Director of Religious Education told me that "Madyson reminded her of the child she could have been if she had had a mother as wonderful as me." She said it in front of about 7 other people. How do you even say thank you enough for a compliment that big???

Made my year!!

Here is the link to the butterfly pics on yahoophotos!  (I woke Madyson up around 4:00 a.m. and we tried to stay up to watch one I was sure was going to hatch any second.  We made it to about 6:00 and both fell back asleep, waking up a couple of hours later to find only one left to hatch.  I'm sure we'll miss that one, too.  LOL)

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Oh, my goodness, what a learning experience this has been!!  First, I thought two of the caterpillars had died because they were on the ground and had lost their "fuzz" and looked sort of, well, dead.  But I left them in there because you're not supposed to disturb their habitat while they're in the container they arrive in before they form their ( Read more... )

Famous

by Naomi Shihab Nye in "Hugging the Jukebox"

The river is famous to the fish.
The loud voice is famous to silence,
which knew it would inherit the earth
before anybody said so.

The cat sleeping on the fence is famous 
to the birds watching him from the birdhouse.
The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek.
The idea you carry close to your bosom
is ( Read more... )

"1985"

[Originally by SR-71]

Woohoohoo
Woohoohoo

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husbands a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happen to her plan?

She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of white snake’s car
Her yellow SUV is ( Read more... )

I Wanna Talk About Me
By Toby Keith

Uh...Yeah, that's right
We talk about your work, how your boss is a jerk,
We talk about your church and your head when it hurts.
We talk about the troubles you've been havin' wit your brother
'bout your daddy and your mother and your crazy ex-lover.
We talk about your friends and the places that you've been,
We talk ( Read more... )

My Give A Damn's Busted
By Jo Dee Messina

Well, you filled up my head with so many lies.
You twisted my heart till somethin' snapped inside.
I'd like to give it one more try,
But my give-a-damn's busted.

You can crawl back home, say you were wrong;
Stand out in the yard and cry all night long.
Well, go ahead and water the lawn:
My give-a-damn's busted.

I ( Read more... )

I've Learned

I've learned that you can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. Age 6 ( Read more... )

Attitude

The longer I live ( Read more... )

After A While

by Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while you learn ( Read more... )