Here’s a picture of the new dog! Ain’t he cute? He’s stubborn though..and he is in fact an escape artist. We welcome any suggestions you may have to keep him at home and from digging under the fence. Otherwise, as you can see, Lydia has gotten used to him, and Allison’s allergies are almost nil at this point! Just gotta keep the guy home. Eric has already chased him through the neighborhood three times! And we’ve only had him a week. Not good.
November, 2005
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Nov 05
sisters and their new dog 11-24-2005
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Nov 05
Knock knock
Knock knock jokes suck. They are rarely funny.
Knock knock
who’s there?
Boo
Boo hoo?
Don’t cry!
Knock knock jokes from small children can be downright painful.
Knock knock
who’s there?
monkey
monkey who?
monkey in my toybox, that’s who silly!
um ok.
But finally I have heard a knock knock joke I can get behind. The delivery can’t be beat! The knock knock joke told by a 17 month old baby! Yes, you heard me right. Lydia tells knock knock jokes.
Knock knock
who’s there?
knock knock
who’s there?
Knock knock
who’s there?
knock knock
who’s there?
Knock knock
who’s there?
knock knock
who’s there?
Knock knock
who’s there?
knock knock
who’s there?
Ain’t that the best knock knock joke you’ve EVER heard?
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Nov 05
we got a dog
we adopted a doggy from a local humane society – DIESEL He is a very sweet dog, and so smart. We sat down to dinner and he went and sat in the living room to wait for us to finish. He is already house trained, and just a sweet guy. So far Allison hasn’t had any issues with hives, but is experiencing some stuffy nose and watery/itchy eyes. We are going to wait and see how she does. Hopefully she will become acclimated. It seems like one can acclimate if they are only dealing with respitory issues but when an allergy sufferer deals with hives, it is more difficult. So maybe it will be ok! Allison and Meredith really love him, and as soon as he walked in the door, he strutted around like he had always lived in this house. Lydia, however, is not so fond of him. She likes to look at him when he is sleeping, and say “dog dog dog” but if he is awake, she is very nervous. Probably doesn’t help that I had her laying on the floor for a diaper change while the kids had him in the backyard. He comes in before Lydia is off of the floor, and starts running around like a nut, ending his romp strattling Lydia’s head! The poor baby was trapped under a doggy pee pee! Yeah, that may have set her back a bit in the warming up to doggy department!
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Nov 05
the public has spoken
I know I get defensive over our choice to homeschool. Its just that it is SO misunderstood, and in misunderstanding comes disapproval. So excuse me if I sing its praises here on my blog. It isn’t that I am dissing those that make choices different from mine, really it isn’t. Its just that I am defending the (unconventional, outside the box) choices we have made for our family.
And on that note, here is a poll on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6862172/#survey – the last question is “Is homeschooling the same; better; worse than public schools?” When I visited the results were, out of 1772 responses:
Equal to public schooling
7%
Better than public schooling
71%
Worse than public schooling
22%
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Nov 05
Allison at her finest
Allison at her finest,
originally uploaded by deannajo.
Why can’t I get this to work right? LOL
Added: I got it to work! It was the template I was using…so until I can figure that out, I just have to use a different template. Like my new look? Yeah, me neither….looks too canned. But for now it will work, right?
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Nov 05
Tagged????
Oh Andrea, you must be kidding, lol. I have never been tagged before. Noone reads this. I have no idea what this means, lol. Am I a bad blogger if I don’t respond? Here goes:
The 7 Tag
Seven things I plan to do
1. Loose weight – live healthier
2. live debt free, including paying off my mortgage ASAP
3. travel…at least a little
4. I toy with the idea of a Ph.D., but it is seeming less and less important as time goes on
5. Clean out the van. ASAP – it is bad!
6. Phone Verizon to cut our plan minutes dramatically – we upped them for the move, as we were using the cells as our primary phones.
7. get my kids in to see a dentist!
Seven things I can do
1. Write
2. Love my babies
3. crochet
4. sew
5. drive a stick shift
6. procrastinate (I should be working right now)
7. cook – I don’t care what people say, I am a good cook!
Seven things I can’t do
1. turn back time
2. say no when my kids want a new book
3. figure out how to make my hair look nice with no effort
4. wear high heels
5. MAN this is hard! I can’t whistle with crackers in my mouth – hey wait, I can do that.. I even won a contest doing just that when I was a kid. Um, I can’t stand injustice. There..that works…now what? TWO MORE? You mean I have to come up with TWO more?
6. Skateboard
7. STAND angry hard rock music.
Seven things I say most often
1. I love you
2. I need to …
3. I wish
4. In a minute
5. Hold on
6. Lets go….everyone in the car.
7. When you_____, I feel ______ (hey, I was a therapist, remember? Gotta get those “I” messages in there)
Seven people I want to tag
I probably won’t tag anyone. I am a sporadic blogger at best, and it would be odd if I tagged someone whose blog I only visit once or twice a month, and whose blog I may never even comment on. Can I tag you again Andrea?