Cats in boxes. Homeschool meeting. Holiday shopping. Survivor - Cook Island

Oh my goodness, I'm a little at loss for words. But I do have a couple of pictures, and those counts as at least a thousand words each, right? :-)

I posted this picture on my Gather site yesterday. Feel free to go comment and rate it:-)

And today, just a few minutes ago actually, I posted this picture. 3 of the cats are in the same box as yesterday's photo, and one is in a box that we just got recently. Wanna rate and/or comment on this? :-)

We had our monthly homeschool group meeting at the Colonial Springs Nursing Home in Buffalo today. It was fun. I got to pick-up a packet so I can start earning points in the Missouri Conservation Frontiers "Citizen Action Program". Basically you do stuff like identify animals, plants, etc. Plus you also get to read/learn about other aspects of Wildlife, while earning points that you can put towards getting different things. I really haven't delved into, so I'm not exactly sure what all is involved, to be honest with you, like I always am. This little blurb on the inside of the booklet says, "...is a program that will help you learn about Missouri's natural resources and how to enjoy and protect them". You can get more information by writing to them at P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or just go to the website above :-) Anyway, we also played a game of BINGO. One of the group leaders read a bit from a booklet about some wildlife and plant information. Then she passed out a bunch of sheets of paper with "bingo board" on them in that the squares were answers to some questions about what she read and explained. If we got a "bingo" we got little prizes. You could get a cookie, coupon for ice-cream, and something else. It was fun. Even got to meet a new family with 6 kids - they were all great :-) And there was another family whom were really nice :-)

Okay, other than the above, we went and did a bit of Yule shopping yesterday at Wal-Mart. We budgeted spending 5 dollars on each person, which means each of us spent $15 for the three besides ourself. My DS & DD got their allowance money from the chores they did in November, so they had a bit more to spend. Plus they bought us lunch at McDonalds after the shopping was done :-) We still need to wrap the presents, which I suppose I should be getting done since Yule is on Friday and coming fast.

We realized Monday afternoon when Rain was on the Internet that we had missed the final 2 hours of Survivor - Cook Island :-( We watched every episode of the entire season, but totally got distracted by The Lord of The Rings movies on Sunday afternoon and evening. Normally we would've set the timer on the Dish Network receiver, but again - brain fart :-( We do know that Yul won the million dollars, Becky took second, and Ozzy won the vehicle.

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