Conversations in Cars with Curmudgeons – Letter Games

Letter Lessons
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When Andrew rides with me we play this little game with a set of flash cards. The flash cards have upper and lowercase letters on them. Andrew will read me a letter and I am to give him a word for that letter. Some days I will go big and give him really long words. Other days my brain isn’t firing so he gets short common words. It is fun working with him on words because he asks great questions and I can tell him the definitions of the words and he then uses them in conversation later in the correct context.

Today was a busy one around the house. Eva’s First Communion is Sunday so we were getting the place looking nice inside and out. Also there was a lot of food being prepared. Allison’s parents are here with us and they made 100 meatballs and about 50 sausages. I’m pretty sure that we will be more than ready with food for our guests on Sunday. I am less hopeful about the weather but the outdoor furniture has been cleaned up. I mowed, rakes, used the blower and the weed-whacker so that should look halfway decent. I met a neighbor who is starting a landscaping business and am hiring him to clean up the rest of the spots around the house that I have been unable to get to. He should do that sometime next week.

Garrett Popcorn Obsession

Garrett Popcorn
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I am now back home and I made it through the security line super quickly. Chicago O’Hare had been having insane lines and so I made sure that my journey to the airport was 4 hours before my flight. The car ride took exactly one hour, that I figured on. Then I was expecting some major lines when I went into the airport. Nope, none. I was through security in less than 5 minutes.

After that I had three hours to wander around the airport. One thing that I did was polish off the bag of Garrett Mix Popcorn that I got from a welcome bag upon arrival at my hotel. Each year at the PBS Annual Meeting there is a great gift bag from the city where we are staying that includes some local flavor. I liked this popcorn so much that I went to the Garrett Popcorn that was in the terminal and got a large bag to bring home. Everyone enjoyed it very much when I returned.