Linda Loves Life

Since I joined Facebook, I have been negligent in keeping up with this site.  However, after writing an update about my recent vacation, I realized how much I enjoy this type of journaling – I’m back, and just in time for the new school year!

Thank goodness for FREQUENT FLYER miles!  I have just returned from an amazing vacation which included the UK and two continents!  I hope you will enjoy the trip with me through my eyes. My friend, Jacqui, from Melbourne, met me in Atlanta and there we boarded a Delta flight to Paris.  The joke of the day was [...]

   Mother’s Chocolate Valentine I bought a box of chocolate hearts, A present for my mother. They looked so good I tasted one, And then I tried another. They both were so delicious That I ate another four, And then anothr couple, And then half a dozen more. I couldn’t seem to stop myself, I [...]

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IT’S NOT MY FAULT! I try my best to be polite. I know what’s wrong and what is right. But sometimes little parts of me Act up and bug my family. My tongue sticks out. My knuckles crunch. My lips make smacking sounds at lunch. My fingers poke and pinch and pick. My feet jump [...]

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We are still finishing up our studies about George Washington Carver and peanuts!  Most of our plants are growing beautifully outside Ms. Kimmel’s classroom – no one can step on them there and they are getting lots of sunshine and rain.  Meanwhile, when there is no rain, we are watering every day at recess. We [...]

DUCKS DON”T GET WET! A duck is waterproof, Water rolls off his back, Because oil and water don’t mix And that’s a proven fact. Preening every day In damp or sunny weather, He spreads oil with his bill Over each lovely feather. When he dives under water Looking for food to eat, His oily feathers [...]

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Christmas was celebrated again!!  Last night, nine of us went to the Miami Heat game in Miami – compliments of Beth and John!!  We also met Nelly and Bruce, and Kathy and William for a Cuban dinner in North Miami before the game.  Great company (Doris & John, Beth, John, Johnny, Matthew & AJ, Joe), [...]