How can my daughter be so smart, yet lack so much common sense?
Why won't my son learn to use the potty?
Why do I always talk to myself in the car?
Why am I feeding all the neighborhood cats?
What is Koben's obsession with fruit snacks?
Will my house ever be spotless?
Where do all the fruit flies go when you get rid of the spoiled fruit?
Will I ever go to Europe?
Will Chloe ever learn to clean her own room?
Will I ever have anything super fascinating to say?


Chloe's word list for this week.

Pundit-A learned lesson
Skein-A length of yarn or thread wound loosely.
Skulk-To lie in hiding or to creep about
Personification-Attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects
Dyslexia-Difficulty in learning causing a person to have trouble reading
Palindrome-Word, phrase or sentence that reads the same backward to forward
Doily-Small ornamental mat of lace or linen
Querulous-Grumbling, argumentative
Blatherskite-Someone talking nonsense
Smorgasbord-Buffet featuring various dishes
Baksheesh- A bribe
Placebo-Something which often makes the ill feel beter but has no medical value
Dreary- Gloomy, dismal
Tarry- To wait
Indolent-Lazy

I thought about putting together a story using all these words, for you reading pleasure, but I've been gardening and doing laundry, and checking email for the last hour or so, and I am just really too tired for that much brain power. Maybe next week.