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Monthly Archives: May 2007
I won a ticket to……
(I wish! Alas, this is a creative writing piece only. —L)
I won a ticket to Floorda. I was really excited
I was feeling really brave on the airplane. I took a trip to Floorda. My plane flight was great. Do you like to go to Floorda? Yes I do! I like to visit my grandparents. I like to go out and eat a differant restourants. I would like to have some fun at Disney World. I would enjoy my trip.
Jon
Photon & Cobalt
So I was out taking Photon for her afternoon walk on Saturday. The afternoon walks been a little less energetic these days and I don’t know why. I heard several suggestions, ranging from the higher temperatures, maturing personality, growth spurt, or that Laura is wiping her out completely on her morning walks. (The first one is true: we are living by Cathy L’s motto that the only good puppy is a tired puppy.)
So there we are, in the leash-free Riverdale West Park, with other dog owners saying nice things about Photon, when suddenly one says, “Hey look there’s another one!”
I wandered over towards another little merle streaking down the hill, same size as Photon, and long story short, it’s Photon’s sister Cobalt (née Jolly, the little puppy who clucked like a chicken).
After that, pity the other dogs that wanted to join the fun! Once the two sisters got going, they ran and wrestled each other to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. Admittedly once, on break, they did a tag team of trying to herd a family in the park, but otherwise they were pretty darn focused on each other.
Her owner James has already blogged what happened next, blood and all, so I’ll send you over to his blog to get the skinny, and some gorgeous post-action photos of Cobalt with Photon’s blood on her.
Next time, we’re going to bring cameras to record the action!!
Sunshine makes me feel…………
Sunshine makes me feel so happy because i like to go outside to get some sun. I like to go for a walk with my dad. The sun is worm. I like to have dinner in the sun outside. I like to finish our dinner. After I am outside for a little while I like to go back home to do some physio.
More journal entries
(Playing catch-up again… The “old tape” is the 4-1/2-year-old video clip of the Weather Network that Jon likes playing during physio sessions. And I think the piggy bank sentence was fed to him by the teacher; that coin never got within ten feet of a piggy bank before it was spent on chips! —L)
Physio
The First thing I was doing this morning was Physio. I like to do Physio with my dad. He makes it fun to do. I used to do Physio with the old tape. I like to finish up my Physio. After my Physio I had my breakfast. I had bagel toast and Juice. Tonight I’m going to watch a DVD.
My tooth
Mom wiggled my tooth. I like to get a coin.
I like going to put something under my pillow. I like to get a tooney. And put it in my piggy bank. I’m saving it for a bag of chips. When I get home from school I’m going to do some physio. Tonight I’m going to watch the whole made [homemade] tape.
Jon
Thought for Food
Tom Toles hit it on the head yesterday, and that dovetails nicely with the article Unhappy Meals by Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine awhile back (thanks Elizabeth!), which starts with a handy rule of thumb:
…if you’re concerned about your health, you should probably avoid food products that make health claims. Why? Because a health claim on a food product is a good indication that it’s not really food, and food is what you want to eat.