Quote of the Day

i heard my younger son and knew that he retained his cell unit as he made lunch today:

'there is cytoplasm all over my hand.'

'the nucleus blew up. it's mixing with the cytoplasm and i can't find the ribosome.'

'behold, the end of humpty dumpty!'

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Older son playing WoW: "Oh, darn. No pockets to pick."

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from the sunday funnnies on june 14, 2009. Pickles.

Women speak of the present because they've learned in past experience not to trust men to get things done in the future.

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I started reading the blog at Sew, Mam, Sew! this fall, which got me interested in Amy Butler. After listening to a very interesting interview with her at CraftSanity, I decided to visit her website. I learned there that her fabric is sold in Valley Junction. Since it's my birthday, I dropped in with my 8 yo to see what inventory Quilt Junction carried at what price range. "I" asked to look at the fabric on the other side of the store. After a little while, I hear,

"Mom? Can I make my own quilt?"

I think this is quaint, wholesome, traditional, unschooly, and all sorts of positive. "A" made her quilt at around the same age, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We ended up buying fabric at another store, as we were waiting for "G" to finish art class.

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We're watching the inauguration. From our youngest: "Wow. This is a long speech. 'bye."

Crazy quilt

Here is the quote of the day (actually from Friday) courtesy of my oldest:

"Mom, you're pressing after each seam aren't you?"

Hm. Role reversal.

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From "A" of GAIN: "I have to go water my bees."

From "I" of GAIN: "When I'm really high up in the tree, I feel like I'm part of the tree."

In other news, "N" of GAIN is quilling an atom for science class. His element is iron.

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I just found a note that I wrote to myself. It's a humorous quote of the day. In February, we talked every now and then about French words being said differently than how they are spelled: buffet, ballet, trebuchet, etc. This was spurred the loss of the Old Country Buffet restaurant in our town. In early March, I asked G of GAIN if he could spell "rocket." His reply, "You mean, 'ro-KAY'?"

Here he is on a recent Metro ride.

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Quote of the day, courtesy of "I" of GAIN:

"Mom, you know that valentine you gave me? When you wrote, 'With all my heart' -- well, that really got me."