Today is the last day of school for my kids, so when they arrive home, I’ll be handed their report cards.
Have you gotten your report card(s), yet?
What? You didn’t know there were report cards for you? Oh yeah…and here they are:

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Congratulations, Karen! You have been chosen by my highly scientific selection process (”Hey son – pick a number: 1, 2, 3 or 4!”) as the winner of my impromptu drawing announced at the end of You?re Going to Read How Many Books This Year? I hope you’re enjoying Todoodlist as much as I am, and thanks for entering!

It’s New Year’s Day and a good chunk of the world is making resolutions. I don’t do that. Making New Year’s Resolutions is far too linear an activity for me.

Instead, I do a duck inventory. I don’t worry too much about getting or keeping them in a row. (My ducks are too much like me for that.)

I spent part of my Christmas afternoon out at my ex-mother-in-law’s place learning how to shoot. My oldest son’s father was my instructor. First time I’d ever held a gun in my hands and not only did I not hurt myself or anyone else, I hit the target….multiple times!
Before the afternoon was over, I’d shot a .22 handgun, a 9mm automatic and a 30/30 rifle. I did the best with the .22, not surprisingly. It was much smaller and easier to handle than the other two, though still …