HEY YALL GREAT BIG OLE GRIZZLY BEAR HUGGGZZZZ SQUISHHHHHHHHH
LOVE YALL,SORRY HAVE NOT BEEN ON MUCH THE LAST FEW DAYS.THE
OLE MS KICKIN MY BUTT,HAVING SOME PAIN N NERVE ISSUES SO TRYING
TO JUST CHILL OUT N RELAX,PAIN IN THE BACK N LEGGS,,BUT HEY COULD
BE WORSE HUH,PLUS MY 27 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ARRIVED YESTERDAY
FROM VIRGINIA FOR A WEEK,GARDEN IS GROWING GOOD JUST NOT ABLE
TO GET MUCH DONE IN IT RIGHT NOW,I TOOK PAIN PILLS TODAY JUST TO
BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND TODAY,HATE THEM DANG THINGS,AHH WELL
NO WORRIES IT'LL GET BETTER, WAS SO GOOD TO HAVE MY OLDEST
DAUGHER HERE.SHE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WEDDING NEXT
JUNE,SURE AM HAPPY FOR HER ,KNOW THAT I LOVE YALL N THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE,YALL ARE AWESOME,GREAT BIG OLE GRIZZLY BEAR
HUGGGZZZZ SQUISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THE ELEPHANT
My five-year old students, are learning to read.
Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,

'Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!'

I took a deep breath, then asked...'What did you call it?'

'It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!'
And so it does...

' A f r i c a n Elephant '
Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?