Mindless drivel...don't say I didn't warn you...

Well Scout got even with the dog bite family.

Their other dog liked(notice that is a past tense verb) to run cars...and she ran and then cut right in front of the car. Scout was so sad for the kids. Bless their hearts. He knew that the poor dog wasn't going to make it.

Lovely way to end last week. "Hi..you know us, your new neighbors from up the hill..yea, the one's whose kid your dog bit? Yea, um well, I just killed your other dog. Hey wanna come up for a cook out?"

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My brother has a new baby. He is precious. Makes we want another...and then I hear mine yelling and screaming and professing their life long eternal brotherly love for each other. And then I COMPLETELY change my mind.

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Just heard a neighborhood kid say.."Well at least we aren't racist anymore!"

Wow that is refreshing. Yea at least your not a racist--anymore.

Seriously?? Kids scare me! That is all I am going to say about that.

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We have a dinosaur book here at the house that Skeeter is OBSESSED with. I have to be completely honest with you, cause I think you deserve at least that...I HATE THAT BOOK. With a passion. There are 112 pages of dinosaurs. He wants to look at everyone of them and for me to tell him its name. And really I don't mind doing this every once in a while...but 2 and 3 times a day is a bit much...even for this homeschooling mom!!

Here's the ONLY redeeming factor for this book....there is a pronunciation key...he thinks I am a genius because I know the names of all 6.3 million dinos listed in the book. Awesome.

However, I am a little concerned about something and I am going to take this time to share my concern with you...cause it's my blog and I like to strong arm you this way...where in the world did all these dinosaurs come from??

Here is what I mean. When I was attending Westwood Elementary (Go Wolverines! that later became the Wolves)and we were learning about dinosaurs-we learned about Bertha Brontosaurus, Trini the Triceratops, Stanley Stegosaurus and Tom Tyrannosaurus (he is carnivorous, try it once again and sing another chorus!!)

So my question is this...where did these other guys come from??

I mean, I have never heard of Casey Cynognathus or Ellie Elasmosaurus and I certainly don't know who Gertie Gomphotherium is!! I think I need to file a complaint with the school board.

Another dino story....When I was teaching, I had college students working in my classroom once a week(cause for some reason they local colleges think we liked it!?) and when I told them about the next unit we were doing(mandated by the state and the district-mind you) and that they would need to work on a lesson, let me see what they wanted to do with the kids and then teach it...one told me that she wouldn't do it....because she didn't "believe in dinosaurs."

Somewhere...this girl is in a classroom...teaching children.

She was the butt of a few jokes in the teacher's workroom for a while, a loooong while..like every year when the dino unit came up...

Well, I think I have exhausted the few brain cells that I have for today!

Later ya'll!