http://www.straffin.com The place to find all (well... most) things Straffin! Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:04:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "This hasn't been washed... or if it has, it was with a stick of butter..." - Shannon, upon retrieving a pot that the girls "washed" http://www.straffin.com/2009/12/05/washed/ First stop: the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, as we approach their newly opened "Dinosaur Trail" "It's starting to get a little Jurassic-y around here!" Next stop: the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, leaving the "Warhol's Polaroids" exhibit (which was more of historic interest than artistic, IMHO)... "Well, he ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/12/02/amandas-9th-half-birthday/ So, we're studying the Eastern Hemisphere in homeschool this year and we've just about finished with Japan. Apparently, the entire household has been somewhat taken by haiku as we've been extemporaneously composing them for about a few days now. Here's what we've got so far... Amanda wrote: Playing with some string Sitting on ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/10/07/haiku/ (During a conversation in which Shannon and I seriously consider getting some hens to raise in our pet-less, fenced-in backyard) "We could name one 'Henny' and one 'Penny'..." - Emily "... and one 'Nickel'!" - Amanda http://www.straffin.com/2009/09/19/poultry-profits/ "I just love the word 'asymptote'. I mean, how many words have 'm-p-t' in them?" - John, after just having used "asymptotically" in a sentence at lunch with Dave "Um... 'empty'?" - Dave, John's best-work-friend (or work-best-friend, or... whetever), after about five seconds of thought "Okay, other than that one..." - John, somewhat embarrassed "Scrumptious?" - Dave, ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/08/03/yeah-yeah-enough-already/ (The following items were heard back in February 2009, written on our wipe-off board, photographed from there with my camera-phone, then quickly forgotten about. I just found them again and now present them here for your enjoyment.)   Apparently, Olympics >> American team-sports "Is the USA in yellow?" - One of the girls, while ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/05/26/heard-from-the-past/ As her third "real" sewing project (after an "intro project" smock, and some shorts and a dance outfit for Emily), Shannon made a Regency dress. Yes, she jumped from a smock and shorts to an entire dress! It was done at this time because she wanted to wear it to ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/05/09/the-empire-waist-strikes-back/ "Should I bake? I should sew, though. No! No. I'm not going to sew right now... I'm too tired. I'll bake..." - Venus (aka "Shannon") (In a stereotypical American Indian "How!" sort of voice) "I am too tired to use sharp things, therefore I will use fire!" - Mars (aka "John") (Tired giggles... for ... http://www.straffin.com/2009/05/02/witty-mars-vs-tired-venus/ "One-Minnesota, Two-Minnesota, Three-Minnesota..." - Amanda (shortly followed by Emily saying the same thing), showing preference for the mid-western state over the traditionally-used and southern "Mississippi"... http://www.straffin.com/2009/04/15/m-m-montana-no-maryland-no/ "Well... color me crazy then..." - John "Sorry sweetie, I used up that crayon a loooong time ago." - Shannon http://www.straffin.com/2009/04/12/i-dont-recall-seeing-that-in-my-box-of-crayolas/