Thoughts, Adventures, & Daily Life of a Home-Schooled High-Schooler

       I think a lot of folks can identify with having mice in outer-lying structures, such as our shed. I had been noticing when ever I went in and rocked the mower, or stepped on the scattered bale of hay that little, gray, 4-legged creatures would go scurrying off in the other direction.        We set a few traps, but to no avail. The mice continued to take up residence.        Things finally came to a head when [censored] caught a mouse and declared she was going to keep it for a pet. "How on earth did you manage to catch it," we asked. "Oh, I just got it from in the shed," she declared.        Well, that got mom moving. "If we have too many mice that you can just go and 'catch them', something needs to be done." The pet mouse, that is no longer living.        And so, they got to work cleaning out the shed. I was cleaning up some of our puppy supplies, and would periodically hear shrieks and feet stomping as the mice were flushed out

    This year I am teaching the younger children's history and science subjects. We have been learning about the Indians, and suggested making wigwams one day, and tepees the following.       I dutifully complied with the teachers manual and Tuesday morning found us making wigwams outside. (Mainly 'cuz I thought a flour-and-water paste would be easier to clean up on a driveway, than on a kitchen floor!)           Our neighbor's lab thinks life is too great to be taken in at a slow pace. When a toddler opened his porch door, he took advantage of the opportunity for adventure.         I didn't let him join our class, but rather took a brief "recess" and returned him to his owners.  Construction continues. . .   The wigwam village. . . . . .and the Indian tepees from the Plains.

Unidentified flying object ( UFO ) is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon that cannot immediately be identified. Most UFOs are identified on investigation as conventional objects or phenomena. The term is widely used for claimed observations of extraterrestrial spacecraft.   ~ Wikipedia             This afternoon, after an incident occurred in which an innocent bystander got caught in the crossfire when a "farmer" attempted to downsize his herd of cattle by using UFO's. A discussion quickly followed, in which it was unanimously decided to cease all UFO activities (especially in our living quarters). *Note, no livestock or humans were severely injured in the story surrounding this post!*