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My class finished up a study of Mail a while ago, so imagine my surprise when they said they’d be coming out with mailboxes that look like R2-D2! Lincoln has one, so we stopped by on the way to choir to get photos with the celebrity.
(Sorry, I didn’t send out any letters.)
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Tic Tac, the cat who used to hang around and eat all the food I left out, has been gone for sometime, and now I know why. We have a boy kitty hanging around.  He met Cricket the other day and thought she was beautiful. He followed her around the yard, and when ever she’d move he’d make his love sound and sneak closer. She reacted quite well – no actual fighting. In fact, no reaction at all. Pfennig, however, hid by the door and did her little Marge Simpson growl. (It’s pretty pathetic.)
Whenever I’m at work, I think of all the things that I’ll get done at home when I have lots of time. Yeah. Today was spent mostly saying, “I gotta turn off this t.v.” We actually did get some minor things accomplished. Lloyd did some computer stuff (which I’ll never understand. This magic box is run by elves, right?) He and I worked on some shelving in the basement, and I did some laundry and worked on taking the border off in the dining room. Oh, and I made refrigerator biscuit donuts because of everyone’s weird craving talks. They did not turn out well – the oil was too hot, so they were doughy in the middle and too done on the outside. Oh well!
Oh, and here’s the update on the babies. They’re sleeping through the night now and growing so fast!
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I was watching a commercial for the AeroGarden, a hydroponic thing that sits on your countertop and costs $150 to have fresh lettuce and tomatoes. Well, not being a gardener but definitely being a tinkerer, I decided to make my own.
As with many things, I made it first, then checked out how to do it. Turns out that the AeroGarden isn’t just a hydroponic garden, but an aeroponic garden – meaning that the roots get sprayed with nutrient solution. Yeah, that ain’t happenin here. I’ve got plastic cups, cotton balls, and seeds.
(I also bought a grow-light for the fluorescent light that’s always on in the basement. Total cost: about ten bucks.)
So here it is two days later, and I’ve got germination!
Aww…they’re so cute…
Guess what this little building in Lincoln is? A library? A school? A house with a really big address plaque? No, sillies, it’s the …
Ha! In little ol’ Lincoln Nebraska! I drive by it when I drop off Lloyd at choir practice on Sundays. Someday I’ll actually go inside – it’s on my list of ‘Things to do when I can’t possibly think of something else to do’.  I don’t think they’ll welcome me, though. One look at my ankles and they’ll know I’m an imposter. “You can’t skate! Get out of here!”Â
If you checked Brad’s site on March 21, he talked about balancing an egg and how it can be done any day of the year. Our good friend Kristi did it! Here’s proof:
Dang it, Kristi! After I posted your picture I had to try it myself. THIS is why I’m not getting stuff done – I’m too easily distracted!!!
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