I never said not to...

I never said not to fly paper airplanes in church... So during the end of the service... Maggie had made 6 paper airplanes, passed them to the other girls her age... and while Maggie was flying her 4 around the room the other girls were having second thoughts. Can you teach a kid how to have "second thoughts"?

Did I mention I hate triangles?

I hate triangles! I can't deal with them... I always assemble them wrong... off center or what ever! So these 4 blocks took as long as the rest of the blocks for a queen/full sized quilt! GRRR! But it is done! I need to find my setting fabric... but that is SOOO much easier! You can click on the picture to see a detailed version. The blocks on the left have a square on point in the center.

I want a cookie

A family story where my mom was harassed by a nursing home patient jumping up screaming, "I want a cookie in a cup-ie, cup-ie, cup-ie."

So that makes this video, where Amie brings me her cookie in her favorite cup.... so cute.

I'm Crazy... what's new?

When I die, I want a cool memorial/funeral. If any of you play a hymn... I will personally come back and beat you!

Wear red! Have fun! Play great music or even hire a band! I know this music video is "older" but it looks cool.

Building a need for a quilting frame

I now regret that my mom gave away my great grandma's quilting frame. While I could not have used it over the last 9 years... I could sure use it now! Here are 2 queen sized and the blocks for 1 full sized quilt.

Here is a "Summer Tea Party" sampler that could make 1 king or 2 twins.The colors are not true in the picture... due to lighting inadequacies.

So if ANYONE has a quilting frame that I can use for the winter... I would greatly appreciate it!

First Day of school

Here is Maggie's picture for her first day of school! She was so excited!
I will post later on her reactions from the day.

Not feeling well

I have been sick since last Wednesday. I hope that today is the last day.

???

I am supposed to just leave this alone and let it speak for itself... but since I don't have any non-christians reading my blog... I will critique.

I think this is a good idea and has great potential. There are two pictures that make me pause... the girl "in sin" is in black and white (good imagery) and has brown or black hair. The woman free from sin is tan and blond... While imagery has it's place, the stereotypes of blonds being happier is used way too often. Even though I have lived my life as a blond... recently with more and more boxes of assistance, I feel for the dark haired and dark skinned people who are always portrayed as evil or sinful... YOU NEVER see a natural blond in this category. If you do see a blond in the "evil" category, she is platinum, unnatural blond.

I think we can dump the PC crap and address this trend in advertising and media to help solve the United States racial tensions.

Is this a real shock?

You are most like: Black
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Um... BRR!

So I may have mentioned I was tired of the heat and wanted snow... Now I wake up at 4:45 AM FREEZING and get up and start a fire in the wood stove in AUGUST! I said I wanted snow... so it is all my fault.

Tired

Sleepy.. and tired of arguing with small children.... mostly about things that do not exist!

From this point on, I refuse to debate about cartoon ANYTHING, Magic Powers, mystical creatures behavioral habits, how many seconds are in 20 minutes, or anything involving imaginary friends. From now on, I will smile and nod and hum a happy tune in my head!

Congratulations to the Duggar Family

Baby Jennifer was born this week. She is their 17th baby!

Objects on tv may not be as they appear

I JUST READ THE FINE PRINT! During the most recent McDonalds Commercial, they advertize that they use only 100% USDA prime beef and other fresh food claims... and the fine print reads: "Only at participating stores"

My husband asks, "How many participate?"

Abbie's Story - Part 2

Abbie: I need 3000 eagles.

Jenn: You need 3000 eagles?

Abbie: Yes, I need 3000 eagles for my robot. It is purple. It has eyes that go "blink blink" (Makes big blinking eyelashes with fingers)

(Abbie leaves and comes back)

Where is my purple robot?

Abbie's Story

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Cinderella. She had a pink dress and it was beautiful. Jack-Jack came and was scared of the robot. Jonah came and was going to save Amie. Amie is my best friend. She is my little sister. She has little hair. Like an ant. They were scared. And then there were pirates. And he was dancing. And then there was a clown puppet. (Making a puppet gesture she walked away.)

*These are the phrases that made sense*

Well Duh

RLS or restless leg syndrome is now proven to be real... and hereditary. My mom and I could have told ya'll that years ago...

50% or more of my sleep is filled with constant repetitive leg motion that is unconscious... I am so glad my husband doesn't care!

THRILLER DANCE

Just in case you didn't know what I was talking about...

(For best viewing - Pause the video until it loads completely)

Enjoy!

Vacation - Part 8

The reason we went down to Southern California was to see Uncle Jake get married. For his rehearsal dinner, we went to a Japanese, Teppan style restaurant. The kids had a great time and enjoyed the show. Abbie laughed so loud she was making everyone else laugh. We were having so much fun... this was our only picture.

We stayed at a hotel with GramMarge. The girls were able to spend a lot of time with her.

The wedding went well and Jake and Katie are now husband and wife. Unfortunately, no one was informed on how to bustle Katie's dress... and I had to climb in there and bustle it for her. Her Aunts and Grandmas and I had fun... not just with the bustle... but we also helped decorate and set up. I also enjoyed going over to Katie's Parents home to help make all the little goodies involved with weddings and meet her family and hear all the embarrassing stories. I even looked through a few scrapbooks of her life. Someone requested "Thriller" by Michael Jackson... and Jake asked if I remembered the dance... I informed him I stuck a wire coat hanger up my nose in '98 to remove all that stuff. TOO MANY of the moves were used in All-State Youth Choir stuff. BY THE WAY- Jake and Katie were not even born yet in 1983 when it came out.

GramMarge was prodded into dancing with Jake for the Money Dance.
She appeared to have fun.
On the way home we went to church with friends from Riverside and had lunch with them and their children. We drove up to Sacramento and had dinner at Ikea with Auntie Jenn. The girls still talk about our trip. If we ever do a trip like this again... it will be in the off season... while it was fun... there were too many people! We are glad to be home and enjoying our quiet life.

To the Teenagers who are visiting your grandmother in the Chester/Lake Almanor area.

I just want to inform you that when you are driving around town in your grandma's Volvo Station Wagon with handicapped plates and you are playing Rap music and hanging out of the windows trying to meet girls...

YOU LOOK LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT!

Vacation - Part 8

While in S. CA we were able to treat ourselves (and grandma) to the Rain forest Cafe in Ontario Mills. It was quite an experience for the kids. Every few minutes anamatronic animals around the restaurant start moving and making their various noises. Every 30 minutes there is a tropical storm and the edges of the restaurant start to rain.

There was a balloon artist that came by our table and made the girls Parrot and Monkey hats.

Note: The Monkey on Abbie has a bundle of bananas hanging from his tree... and a "Dory" fish is very visable in the fish tank behind her.

Pray for the Fires

You can see our local satellite of yesterday's antelope fire. It was approximately 10,000 acres. The lake to the left of the fire is 6 miles west of us.But the winds changed today and now the fire isn't contained and around 15,000 acres. Can't see the lake...We are VERY dry this year. Please pray that the fire fighters will be safe.

Vacation - Part 7

At California Adventure there are many carnival type rides and very short lines. It is perfect for all little ones. Spinning ladybugs, Pill bug bumper cars, and a big caterpillar train.

Vacation - Part 6

At California Adventure, there is a land where you shrink to the size of a bug.... there are 3 leaf clovers everywhere... we found 1 four leaf clover!

Vacation - Part 5

Amie thinks she looks SO COOL!

Loose tooth

Vacation - Part 4

California Adventure has a water feature for kids to play in. It was heavenly on this hot day!

Vacation - Part 3

We also went to California Adventure! Here are the girls next to the "o" in California!

Vacation - Part 2

Papa had fun too! (Maggie and Abbie are inside)

I WANT NEW WINDOWS!

Not so dumb Blonde...........

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive
double-pane energy efficient kind. Well, today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them.

Hellloooo, just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I'm automatically stupid. So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told ME last year. Namely, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves!...Hellloooo? It's been a year! ..(I told him!)

There was only silence at the other end of the line. So I finally just hung up.... He never called back. Guess I won that stupid argument And I bet he felt like an idiot.

Blasphemy

An interaction between my oldest and Jonah (The only boy of the Kerr children)

Maggie: Superman can't stand up.

Jonah: (Upon hearing this blasphemy) SUPERMAN CAN STAND!

Maggie: No, Superman can't stand. (Produces a Superman action figure, places him on his feet where he promptly falls flat on his face and tumbles off the table)

Jonah: (devastated at the humiliation) You can't talk to me!

Maggie: Uh, yeah I can...

Jonah: NO! You can't talk to me!

Maggie: OK?

Jonah: I'm gonna have a birthday! (And be older)

(Jonah then retrieves his fallen hero and places him high in the air above his head in a hallowed pose where he remained in flight for the rest of the evening.)

Vacation - Part 1

We went to Disneyland!

Amie went too!

Happy Birthday Amie! AKA: Ming Ming

We had dinner for the Kerr family and ourselves in honor of Ming mings birthday.

We ate Carbonara.



We opened presents.



AND we had chocolate cake!

I sure hope not!

Maggie (During dinner)-When I am sixteen, I will be nocturnal.

Can "they" make a patch for this?

So I quit my job... I love the job... just not the people. My Co-workers and the local officials I had to deal with... inflate their importance and hide the truth and that makes me NUTS! I don't have the emotional or mental fortitude to deal with them... Yet I am addicted to the kids I get to work with and the idea of making their world better... oh yeah, and the paycheck was nice.

T-Ball in Paradise

Maggie... seen here looking east with her pony tail swinging in the wind. Dyer mountain is the peak behind her.

Play Ball!

Happy Easter!

So I started a job...

I am so busy... I doubt I will blog much anymore...

Are they all yours?

With a new study out saying Vasectomy may cause dementia... this hat may be more popular than you think.

Clairvoyant

Maggie and I were watching "Wheel of Fortune" and she mentioned:

"I am going to win this game on the 14th level."

"I don't think they have a 14th level."

"I can see the future and I will win the 14th level in the future!"

Friends help with wisdom

An online friend shared this:

Once in a while the L-rd brings us to a place where we can learn his heart just a little better. Often the place he brings us to is a place of trial, so that we can really understand his heart. It is in the place of trial that he has our full attention, and our hearts are open to gaining understanding. David and I are in this place right now, and although it is hard, we are seeing the L-rds heart. He often deals with us around the biblical holidays, he usually shows us something that helps us relate to his relationship with Israel in those times. We left Kentucky 3 years ago during Passover, and David saw Kentucky as Egypt for us. So far this has indeed proven to be a fruitful place for us, as David's yearly income has tripled in those three years. The L-rd has provided me with a richness as well, in the animals and the skills he has provided me with.

Purim is the holiday that celebrates the deliverance of G-d's people as told through through the book of Esther. It is a celebration of how G-d delivered a people that had no where to go. During the sermon on Shabbat our Rabbi addressed deliverance in a way we can now relate to. He spoke about How the Israelites were in a narrow place. They had Pharaoh closing in fast on one side, and the Red sea on the other side. With the time of Esther, the people had an edict coming down on them, and they had no where to go from there. They were in a narrow place.

The thing that strikes me about these narrow places was that they came immediately after times of such great celebration. For the Hebrew slaves, they had just been released from their bondage, they left Egypt after all of the miracles G-d preformed on their behalf. The slaves left Egypt with all the gold they could carry, surely they were rejoicing. For Mordecai, he had just seen his own flesh and blood elevated to the throne, he also had just saved the king himself from a sure death. It was only a short time later that these people were in a place of sheer terror, plucked from the top of the mountain, and tossed into the fire. I had never stopped to consider how crushing it must be to come straight off of the high of G-d's promises, only to head into such a narrow, fearful, frightening, place.

Only a month ago, we were in a place of wonder. We had just been given a literal ton of food, we got our horse, David had been exceedingly blessed at work, and we entered into contract for our home. It did not take much time before our land lord told us we had one month to be out of here, and the next day the lender told us she was going to be unable to get the loan for the new home. Only three days before that she told us there would be no problems at all. It was on the same day we were to find out about getting a loan that the Wall Street Journal ran a huge story about sub prime loans, and all five lenders immediately backed out. In many ways we feel like the Pharaoh is behind us, with the Red sea fast approaching in front of us. We are in a narrow place. I have been frightened, and confused and even a little depressed. We also came right off the top of the mountain immediately into the fire, it was a long, long fall down. Much like the Hebrews leaving Egypt we had hope, we had a glimpse of G-d's vision for us and a home on enough land to have the ministry we have discussed for years, only to see all of that crumble down.

So here we are with only 10 days to finalize the details of this loan, or get out of the contract, and 25 days until we will have no place to live. Because we have such a large family, in addition to the animals, a rental will not be an easy thing to find. It is hard to shake the vision we had, it is hard to contemplate moving into a rental property and being a slave to a land lord again, after we had such a strong sense of the L-rd finally having freedom in store for us.

It is in this narrow place where we can only pray. We can only cry out to G-d for true deliverance, lasting deliverance. There is nothing else we can do. All of our best game plans have failed, all of our plotting and planning has come down to nothing. Apart from G-d we will be either destroyed by our enemy, or swallowed by the sea in front of us. It is a reminder of the total dependence we have on our G-d. It is also a chance for us to behold the miracles that our G-d has in store for those who will believe and trust. Not only for our sake, but to show the nations (those around us) how merciful and good the L-rd is to those who call on his name.

I do not yet know the way that G-d will pull us out of this narrow place, but I know that something is coming, and it will probably be quick and mighty. G-d's heart is to bring us to a place where all we can do is cry out to him, so that when deliverance comes, we have only him to give the glory to.

So how do you bandaid an imaginary friend?

Abbie: Sherman (her imaginary pet) is hurt.

Me: What happened to him?

Abbie: Sherman is falling down. He's crying.

Me: Go pick him up and make him feel better.

(Abbie runs off)

Abbie: Sherman is hurt.

Me: I'm sorry. Did you give him a kiss?

Abbie: Yes, he needs a bandaid.

Me: Imaginary pets do not get bandaids!

Abbie: Sherman does!

Me: (Inspecting imaginary worm) No Blood, No Bandaid! Sherman is fine.

Personality

So we took a personality test... no big suprizes

My husband is a INFJ and I am a ESFP

Chicken Farmer

Chicken Farmer

A city slicker moves to the country and decides he's going to take up farming. He heads to the
local co-op and tells the man, “Give me 100 baby chickens.”
The co-op man complies.

A week later the man returns and says, “Give me 200 baby chickens.”
The co-op man complies.

Again, a week later the man returns. This time he says, “Give me 500 baby chickens.”

“Wow!” the co-op man replies. “You must really be doing well!”

“Naw,” said the man with a sigh. “I'm either planting them too deep or too far apart.”

Do you have a home computer? Predictions from 1954:

To everyone who reads my blog

It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree with me on my views of birth... but there is a new indie movie coming out that helps make my point:

Pregnant in America

"What smells like big business?"

To lighten the mood here

A cardiologist died and was given an elaborate funeral. A huge Heart covered
in flowers stood behind the casket during the service.

Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket rolled inside.

The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the beautiful heart forever.

At that point, one of the mourners burst into laughter. When all eyes stared
at him, he said, "I'm sorry, I was just thinking of my own
funeral.........I'm
a gynecologist."

The proctologist fainted

Each house has a smell

Every house I have been to has a distinct smell. While the people and their cooking may alter that smell, it still maintains it's own smell.

I am opening up bags of family heirloom linens... and trying to decide what to do with them. I have some with a "P" or Pitman on them... since I am now a Franklin... these might be good for my sister-in-law or my new sister-in-law to-be. The ones that were my Grandma Marcia's have been ziplocked with cedar since we lived in the condo... and even with the cedar... smell like that house. The linens of Gram Marge and her mother "Budder" smell like their house in Oak View.

When I opened the bag... yummy memories of that home come to my mind. I remember living in that house as a toddler. I remember the shag carpet, the piano and the tupperware drawer. I remember frying donuts with "Budder" and giving concerts to her on the piano while she slept. Then later I spent many weekends and vacations there. When my brother spent time in the hospital as a baby... I was there with my Grandmas. The day my horse fell and had to be put down, we went there. It was a safe place.

When the house was too much for Gram Marge to handle, I moved in with Maggie (2) and Abbie (10 days) The day we moved in, we also were given our cat, Jack. I spent almost 2 years in that house, cleaning it, replacing all the broken appliances, ripping out shag, hauling out 12.43 tons of things my Grandmas couldn't throw away (Working womans magazine 1980-1983 and more... you get the idea) I didn't plan on leaving. I wrote my kids measurements on the arch in the entry way. I had a huge garden and raised chickens from little chicks. I tried to grow grass in 100 degree weather and give the girls a place to play. It was a safe place for them.

We were called to Northern California by God. I had to leave a place that meant so much to me. We left it in the hands of some treasured friends. People we loved. A family who really needed a large home and some stability. They hadn't had a stable home due to the housing boom and wildly fluctuating costs in Ventura.

Less than a year after our friends moved in, my father asked them to leave. His mistress was in trouble (And living in my other grandmas home by the way) and he moved her in. He re-painted and re-carpeted the house for her. He permanently damaged the safe place. All my yummy memories with these smells are now ruined. I fall to my knees crying. I find my curtains from when I lived there as an infant and become hysterical.

I live in a parsonage which will never be mine. I can fix and paint all I want... but it will always be owned by the church.

With the separation and upcoming divorce, my parents home hurts me to visit. And now both of my grandparents houses are tainted. I will probably never enter them. Our of respect of my brother (Who lives in "other grandmas home") I will be cautious and go if he needs me. But I will never set foot in the home I loved so much, No matter what my father does.

I currently cannot talk to my father. I cannot handle what he has done to this family. I cannot maintain my sanity when he talks about his mistress and "their home", how pretty she thinks my kids are, or how happy he is.

He has ruined all of us permanently.

Paula's Home Cookin'

I love watching Paula on Food network. Today she made BLT soup. After cooking the 1/2 lb of chopped bacon she doesn't drain it... but adds half a stick of butter. Then after assembly of the other ingredients... she adds CREAM! Then she makes the statement, "You will be surprised how good this tastes" UH NO! I am sure anything with that much bacon, butter and cream will taste great!

Then she starts off making the dessert and says, "This dessert is almost dietetic... I am only using one stick of butter!"

HA!

Gates vs. GM

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a recent computer expo (CO MDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........
Twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.


7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

So how will you die?

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How will you die?

Oh my!

My husband is currently arguing with mormon missionaries! Why would mormon missionaries come to a parsonage? (Pastor's house on church property) Fascinating... Mormons talking about contradictions in scripture...

Where's Baby?

Huh?

Abbie is very interested in the sun's rising. Especially since she can't get up until it does. So this morning she kept saying, "The sun is coming up" over and over. Finally I repeated, "Yes, the sun is coming up" and she replied, "It's coming out of the egg."

(Doesn't it make your eyebrows hurt?)

full moon + snow = erie colors

I love when a full moon is casting shadows on snow. All the colors are black and periwinkle. I bet it would be great inspiration for a quilt!

Lost in Translation part 2

Jason: So you speak from experience?

Maggie: No. (long pause) I speak English!

I love Mr. Rogers!

Do you remember this song?

It's you I like,
It's not the things you wear.
It's not the way you do your hair,
But it's you I like.
The way you are right now
The way down deep inside you
Not the things that hide you
Not your diplomas...
They're just beside you.
But it's you I like,
Every part of you,
Your skin, your eyes, your feelings,
Whether old or new.
I hope that you'll remember
Even when you're feeling blue,
That it's you I like,
It's you yourself, it's you
It's you I like!
Mr Rogers

You have got to be kidding!

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services

I've been tagged!

I have been tagged by Becky...

A- Available or married? Married

B- Best Friend? Jason Franklin

C- Cake or Pie? mmm CAKE!

D- Drink of Choice? COFFEE!

E- Essential Item? Shoes

F- Favorite Color? Black

G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Worms

H- Hometown? Ventura, CA

I- Indulgence? Long Bath!

J- January or February? February

K- Kids & names? Maggie, Abbie and Amie

L- Life is incomplete without? Love

M- Marriage Date? December 1999

N- Number of Siblings? 3 brothers and 1 sister

O- Oranges or apples? Oranges

P- Phobias/Fears? House fires, while the kids are asleep upstairs (Ditto, Becky)

Q- Favorite Quote? When in disgrace with fortune and mans eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state.
And trouble deaf heaven with bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate.
~Shakespere

R- Reason to Smile? Happy girls

S- Season? Spring

T- Tag three people! Jason, Jake and his new woman... Katie.

U- Unknown fact about me: I get cravings for chewing on plastic.

V- Vegetable you hate? Okra

W- Worst habit? Scratching till I break skin

Y- Your favorite food? Cheese Enchiladas

Z- Zodiac? Aquarius

Lost in Translation

Abbie was eating her pancakes when...

Me: Are those yum?

Abbie: No, they're pancakes!

Happy New Year!

I would like to try resolutions for once... but most of the things we could "resolve" to do less of... are disapearing anyway.

1.I don't want any junk food for all of January; Due to finances, all non-essential food items will not be purchased.

2.I want my kids to watch less TV; Due to finances, Cable will be discontinued until further notice. (I am canceling this friday, I must give 30 days notice... SO YES VIRGINIA there will be a SUPERBOWL!

UG SNOW!

Yesterday, it was raining. So I decided to go to Walmart. While going over the pass, 2 OLDER cars... one was probably a dodge reliant... were stuck in the snow at the top. The other side of the pass was dry and clear. After shopping, I noticed it was raining and figured CalTrans would be stopping people at the pass. When I got to the pass, it was still raining and no snow. But they told me to get my chains out. I explained that I had studded snow tires. But they insisted. I called my husband and asked for tips on our cables. (No, I have never used cables... and I haven't used chains in FOREVER!) As I was pouting about putting on chains and looking at the 2 inches of standing water by the side of the road... an 18 wheeler came down from the pass with no chains on... I went and asked one of the Cal Trans workers on break, "Why would a big truck like that come over without chains?" He said they might not be stopping people on the other side. I asked if highway patrol was on the hill and he replied, "No...." So I threw the cables in the back and went on my merry way. I figured if an 18 wheeler could make it down... I SURELY COULD!

Yeah, yeah... I am a crazy moron for trying such a "stunt". And it was quite yucky at the top. Everyone was taking it slow and it was not that bad. And the dodge reliant was still there.

But earlier in the day, The Kerr family's van was stuck on the same pass and a tow truck removed it promptly. I bet that dodge reliant is still there!

Merry Christmas!

We are having a wonderful Christmas morning... It started at 4 am with our children singing Christmas tunes. UG. We finally got up at 5! It is 6:41 and we have opened all our presents and look what Santa brought!

Computer games

Maggie was playing a computer game... and NOT winning.

Maggie screams, "I'm being manicured!"

I need a vacation!

nevermind

Introducing the class of 2019

Maggie's kindergarten Christmas

Video coming soon!

I hate the hollidays!

Sanity dwindleing...

...where is a good mental health professional when you need them?

I hate the "busy busy"!

I hate the forgetfulness of others.

I hate the fact that no one washes their hands after going to the bathroom during the flu season! I DON'T CARE IF THE WATER IS COLD!

I did better than I thought!

You paid attention during 86% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN "CHRISTMAS IS CANCELED"?

Christmas terminology

While driving home from the Greenville church, we saw beautiful christmas lights.

Abbie: Look, SPRINKLES!