Calvin (in a quiet voice, peeking around the basement door AGAIN, 2 hours after initially being sent to bed): Excuse me, Mom. Excuse me?
Me (in my sternest voice): Calvin, go to bed! You should have been asleep hours ago.
Calvin: Mom, I just want to watch tv downstairs. With you, Mom.
Me: No!
Calvin: Please? Please, Mom?
Me: Okay, but only for two minutes. That's it.
Calvin: Can I have chocolate milk, Mom?
Me: No!
Calvin: Please? Please, Mom?
Me: Sigh. Okay, but only a tiny little bit.
Calvin: Mom, you're such a good girl.
Yes, he's over-indulged and manipulative, but dang it, if you can't control your own mother, what's the point?
Something new I've learned about myself: I hate grading papers. Absolutely loathe it. I will do anything to procrastinate, including making dumb blog posts.
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What I'm Reading:
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore (June '12)
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner (June '12)
- A bunch of stuff about King Arthur, Fairy Tales, and TV (Feb - Jun '12)
- The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins (April '12)
- On Writing by Stephen King (April '12)
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (April '12)
- A bunch of stuff about Firefly and Westerns (Jun '11 - Apr '12)
- Bossypants by Tina Fey (July '11)
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (July '11)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
- The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
- The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Brunvand
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
- A Mercy by Toni Morrison
- Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
- Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
1 comment:
Just wondering, Emma, where did you get your Christmas cards last year. I just loved them. I'd like to go in another direction for Christmas cards, so I was wondering if you did it online or in a store? If you could let me know.
Renee'
neanea1025@aol.com
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