Surprise surprise. Head of IT at work set an 11:30 global conference call to announce the news that 11 people in the department were being laid off, and a host of IT functions would be outsourced to India over the next two months. No affect on our operations in Canada …
I was reading a story to Hazel at bedtime tonight and Aline was putting Sam to sleep and I could hear the little guy crying out for me for the first time. Talk about role reversal. He never wants me to put him to bed.
Not surprisingly, Sam doesn’t seem to like raspberries on his belly button (or zerberts as we affectionately refer to them) anymore than his sister. That doesn’t stop me from administering them. The typical exchange goes like this. I grab the little guy and ask him if he’d like a zerbert. …
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.
My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
