Because I'm Mean That Way

Mark's teacher was asking her class questions, and they had to write the answers down on scraps of paper. Mark's answer to "What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?" (which, by the way, he also read out loud to the class):





He has absolutely forbidden me to tell anyone, and in particular I am NOT allowed to post this to my blog. So here it is. :D

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Boys won the semifinals last night. Championship game on Tuesday.

Right after the game, kids and I went to AnnB's house so I could work on school volunteer group stuff. We put together 40 fruit bags for staff members, with accompanying cards signed, and made about 100 sugar cookies for Craft Day next week. Plus Ann had a wonderful little spread of food, I got a couple of yummy recipes that I think I'm going to do for Christmas Eve at my parents' house. Crostini with Sundried Tomatoes and Goat Cheese Spread, and a Chutney Dip were my favorites. We got home around 8:45 and then Mark still had shower & homework to do (I took pity on my little zombie girl and let her skip shower and go right to bed. Mark, for the good of all mankind, really had to shower.) He got to go to sleep somewhere around 10:15. Good thing today's Friday and we can all sleep in tomorrow!!

I'm dead tired. Think I'm gonna go crawl onto the couch with a book or something for awhile. Dinner tonight will be Sonora Chicken Pasta with Garlic Bread. There. I accomplished something, I planned dinner. mk

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Oh, and I fixed my sink yesterday. It required a little more work than expected, including some pipe cutting and stuff (man, I need a decent hacksaw), but it's all good now. Altogether under $5 in parts, including the new flange pipe tailpiece. Anyone want to guess what a plumber would have charged?

And I'm pretty sure I've narrowed the problem with my car down to the ignition switch. It was doing new and fun things yesterday morning which helped in this assessment. mk