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A Room Per Day
January 28, 2010 22:34
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Tags: housework

I really hate housework. It makes my fingers feel all sore and raw, my back hurt, and it makes me sweaty and gross. But I hate having a filthy house even more. So I have a new plan.

I made myself a “roombox” (catchy, right? Like “boombox”? No?). I cut little slips of paper and wrote the name of a room (or hallway, or entryway – whatever) on each one. I balled each one up and threw them all into this leftover truffles (yum!) tin box I had lying around (ahem). Each day, I’ll pick out one slip of paper, and SCOUR that room, top to bottom.

Some will be easy (upstairs hallway), and some will be a real pain in the ass (kitchen). Most will be somewhere in between. But this way I can work my ass off on ONE room, then ignore the whole rest of the house without feeling guilty.

Now, I am fortunate (?) to have a big house, so I won’t do a room more than once ever...
Poetry
January 25, 2010 19:59
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Tags: adam kid quotes homeschooling

Adam had to write some poems as part of his schoolwork today. They were too funny not to share.

Prompt: Write a two-line free verse poem about a feeling. Compare it to some kind of food. For example, anger could be a tangle of spaghetti. Give your poem a title.

Happiness & Pastry

Happiness is like a cake,
Short, sweet and over too soon.

Prompt: Think of how someone you know is like a color, happy like yellow, for example. Write a two-line free verse poem on this topic without naming the person. Don’t forget a title.

Kayla

She is like pink,
Irritating to me but not many others.

Prompt: Write a four-line free verse poem, like “My Old Cat,” that creates a word picture of a day at school.

Homeschool

I am homeschooled,
It has its ups and downs,
I get ...
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