On my hotmail front page it gave a teaser for an article concerning a judge ordering someone to learn English or go to jail. Hmmm… I didn’t bother clicking on it because, well… I know English. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t speak the language. In general I would lean towards empathy, but may very well side with the judge if I knew the specifics (which I don’t want to know cause I don’t want to get wrapped up in it today, which you know I would… see? Aren’t you proud of me?)
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Still haven’t posted any pics or videos… M was sick Saturday night/Sunday (throw-up stuff…eyew!!)… P had dizzy head congestion yesterday. Too much youth blabbing going on in this house for me to think straight (no… not conversation… just talking to hear themselves talk *groaning sigh*). Plus the weather has been hit or miss with the rain. Better than freezing cold and snow for this time of year, but doesn’t allow you to make solid plans to be outside. I feel spring fever creeping up…
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My son… my dear, sweet son thinks April Fool’s Day is the 4th. Did he bother to look it up when I told him to? If he did, he promptly forgot. So he tells P today that he wants to have an April Fool’s Day party on the 4th and she wants to invite some friends to further “get him”. I’m debating…
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Our fishtank keeps slowly loosing inhabitants. S’s hatchet fish jumped out (ok… that was my fault… should have covered the tank better)… P has lost 3!! 3!! albino cory cats, one right after the other (for a total of about 3 or 4 weeks). She doesn’t know about one of them. How in the world can a child have such bad luck with fish? Basically everything she gets, dies. She has one fish that was given to her that survives through it all. We have, as of this morning, now lost 2 snails. Let me just tell you, should an aquatic snail happen to die on you, DON’T jiggle it or otherwise mess with it. The resulting “thbt” sound when the body comes out of the shell is kind of gross. Even for me. I mean, I didn’t throw up or anything, but it made me fake gag. And it’s not a pretty sight. Also dearly departed is one of my high-fin serpae tetras. All of this since January. Water tests fine. Algae continues to be an issue, so we continue to do water changes, vaccum the bottom and scrape the glass. I have started feeding less and leaving the light on less. Unless something is getting messed up when we add fresh water (yes, we add the de-chlorinator), then I don’t know what’s going on. Maybe just a natural evolution of the tank.
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Added another letterbox and think I might finally get around to posting my variation on the stamp tutorial on the letterboxing page today… hopefully M will take a nice nap and the others will quietly do their work. *HAHAHAHAHAHA*
The thing about my letterbox page is that it doesn’t show up as updated unless I make a note of it here. So if you’re finding me from Atlas Quest’s blogroll, that’s the deal. 
In other LB news… check out my letterboxing page from the top nav…
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On a somber note… my Grandmother is not doing well. I would appreciate your prayers for her and her family through this transition. May head out of town in the next week or two, but the children have some things they need to finish before we do.
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My house cleanliness is being maintained…. not making any new headway, but not experiencing the 2 steps back phenomenon either. Yeah for us! Granny would be proud (she cleaned a hotel and her church for many years).
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Ok… the house is too quiet now… this can’t be good. Later!
