An "F" Means "Fabulous!"

Not really!  Not at all!  Imagine my (horror? dismay? shock?) when I came home from the Tutor Christmas Party Monday evening and Micah said, "Mom, I got an F on my 1500-word paper."  

"You mean the paper that we worked on for a couple of hours on Saturday and again for a couple of hours on Sunday?  An "F"?" 

It turns out that she had (misunderstood/misinterpreted/made a major mistake) on the directions and her prof flat out gave her an "F".  So she want to bat for herself, explaining why she chose to do what she did, and asked for another chance, saying if he'd let her, she'd redo the entire paper this weekend.  In return, he said he'd read the paper on Tuesday and make his decision then.  

Imagine my (shock? surprise? joy?) when she came out of her room Tuesday night and said, "You won't believe this!"  Her prof had read her paper, reconsidered her grade from the night before and changed that lowly "F" into an "A-" saying that she had written the best, most thorough, paper in the class, even though it was on the (incorrect?) information and he was glad she had advocated for herself.

Look out Dean's List!  Here she comes!

Buns and Lyerlys!

Sunday mornings after church, Sam and I stop by Lunds and Byerlys for a loaf of my current lunch addiction - handcrafted artisan cranberry walnut bread.  This morning, we discovered they were having their "members only" baking sale.  Of course, we are members!

We walked out of the store with butter, white sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, two bags of chocolate chips, one bag of peanut m&m's, a dozen eggs  and my loaf of bread to the tune of $18.28.  Savings?  $18.98.  We actually saved more than we spent!  

We Have A Dishwasher!!!

And it works, too!  Our friend, Jerry, came over this afternoon and helped Sam install it.  After a few more rounds with Sears, we just said "to halibut", and took Jerry up on his offer.  One wash down, and it's looking good!  We may have rejoined the First World . . .

Out Too Late?

Micah and I knew Matt had been out too late last night when he grabbed a box of cereal and a plate this morning for breakfast.  He looked at what he had done, shook his head, and said, "That's not gonna work."  

Thankful Thursday!

Frosted

Today, I am thankful that Micah was one of the top five finishers in the StarTribune 2021 Holiday Cookie Contest.  While she didn't win first place, she was thrilled to be one of the top five finishers out of over two hundred and fifty recipes.

We've known that she was one of the top five since the end of October when we took an oath of silence.  Naturally, today was the day the paper arrived late.  She went out a couple of times to check.  I went out once and Sam brought it in just before he went to work.  Micah came down and let me know, with a big smile on her face.

"I didn't win, but I'm one of the top five and THAT is cool".

And you know what?  Those "Malted Milk Ball Cookies" are a winner every time, too!

Sandwich Version

TOMORROW!

When you get up tomorrow morning, grab your Thursday's copy of the STAR TRIBUNE and turn to the Variety Section.  We know for a fact that a picture I took will be in there . . .

You'll Never Guess What We Got!

Ever since our dishwasher was "repaired" in early September and that repair fried our dishwasher leaving a hole in the basin, Sam has said over and over and over, "I think they put in the wrong part."

He'd be right.  Based on the fact that the part we needed finally arrived yesterday!  But it will do us no good because there's still the hole in the bottom of the dishwasher . . .

My recommendation?  Don't buy from Sears and certainly don't purchase a totally worthless protection agreement! 

I say that as our new dishwasher remains in the box because Sears can't find an installer.  We've been told that twice now and we have a really hard time believing that there isn't a single dishwasher installer in the entire Twin Cities Metro . . .