Something funny

I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, but for the past couple of months, we've had some things going on here that were mentally exhausting. Besides that, our new school year began in late August, and it has been hectic since then. I've been trying to get into a routine with a tenth grader and fourth grader this year. I think we have finally gotten all of that down pat.

My tenth grader had to write something for grammar, and it had to be in chronological order. This is what she wrote:

"This is the way to be annoying: first you decide who you want to annoy. Then you pick one of three things. Blow in their face, get in the way of what they are doing, or ask a question several times even if you get an answer. Once you get tired of doing one thing, try another one. If you get tired of being annoying, go do something else. I certainly hope this was helpful to you."

When my son (father of our new granddaughter) was younger, he used to blow in the face of one of my brothers, and annoyed my brother to no end. My son then taught his middle sister to blow in faces too, and she was just as annoying to that same uncle.

Bill, if you are reading this - look what you have to look forward to - teaching Hailey how to blow in her father's face, hehehe.

Today my grandmother would have been 109 years old. She passed away in December, 1985. The only time she ever yelled at us, that I can remember, was when Bill and I were young, and he was pushing me real fast in a rocking chair down in the cellar. Growing up, she never seemed to age. I still miss her.