“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
– Frances Willard (1839-1898)

Check out this site:

http://www.dearreader.com/

I’ve been getting the non-fiction and fiction reads for a few months now — great way to preview a book.

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“I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long.”
– Shelly Winters

from Wacky Girl:

I’m excited that school is going to be out in four weeks! What I have learned so far in kindergarten:

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no more “old nonsense,” got it?

WM

“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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“Tell all the truth/
but tell it slant.”

– Emily Dickinson

“Hope is the thing with feathers/
that perches in my soul.”

– Emily Dickinson

Yes, that was the advice my 3-year-old gave me today: “If a meat eater comes after you, you’re on your own, Mommy.”

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

“I can feel for her because, although I have never been an Alaskan prostitute dancing on the bar in a spangled dress, I still got very bored with washing and ironing and dishwashing and cooking day after relentless day.”
– Betty MacDonald, 1945

Have a good day off, would ya?

love,

Wacky Mommy

ps — sorry you had to work, Wacky Mommy N!!!!

Check it out…

Pixieland!

http://pdxhistory.com/

Should people homeschool when they can’t even spell? Or write?

From a listserv I’m on:

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Norm: Gentlemen, start your taps.
– Cheers, “The Coach’s Daughter”

Coach: How’s life treating you, Norm?
Norm: Like it caught me in bed with his wife.
– Cheers, “Any Friend of Diane’s”

Coach: How’s life, Norm?
Norm: Not for the squeamish, Coach.
– Cheers, “Friends, Romans, and Accountants”

absolutely stellar day for WG, who received, in order:

1) a certificate, blank journal and crayons from school, for SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A WHOLE WEEK OF NO TV!!! (a side note — now that we’ve had no TV for awhile, when we do watch an hour — or two, let’s be honest here — THE KIDS ARE GROUCHY AS HELL WHEN I TURN OFF THE TUBE. So we’re trying to stick with no TV. Although I will be watching “Lost” tonight, don’t get me wrong. I (heart) Sawyer. “Don’t get me started! I like ‘em scruffy, too!” as my friend Wacky M said. But she likes Naveen Andrews (Sayid) even more…) Back to Wacky Girl, and her day of prizes…

2) a certificate from LeVar Burton for sending in a story to the PBS Young Writers & Illustrators Contest (I (heart) LeVar. WM. Is it spring or what? Good Lord.)

3) a poster with stickies slapped all over it — her critique for the artwork she submitted for last week’s Talent Show at school. “Nice colors!” “Cool, girl!” etc. Totally love our school.

All in all, a great day.

kisses,

WM