Things...

Well, miracle of miracles, the day has come at last! Ray and Tom are taking down the jacks as I type. Mom and I were watching them for a bit and there is now no longer a large metal poll in the middle of our hall. It's amazing! I am trying to figure out how I am going to get up the stairs, because I am so used to using the jacks at every turning to turn the corners. How odd not to have them...
Ray says that the plasterer will be coming tomorrow so it should be interesting to watch him (or they) work between bouts of Science, Lit, Writing, Math, and of course arguing (sp?) with Sarah M about WOM...

SNOW!

Well, it has happened. It has snowed, or really, it has sleeted. As today is Saturday i managed to crowbar Hannah outside to "see the snow." with the promise that it would "do you good". We walked and ran and of course fell down on the miscellaneous patches of ice from the falling water off the roof.

A Castle!

We ended up making this (and no, you shouldn't ask what it is.) It started out as my trying to make a place where the cat wouldn't be able to get out of but it sort of morphed and soon there was the crenellation and in the picture I am working on the gangway and the outpost.

Mercy!

She had no mercy.

Neither did I.

But it looks like I won.

And the best thing was that I got to laugh maniacally(sp?) for a long time as mom tried to get the camera to work.
And don't forget to look at Hannah's account of the day: http://idratherbepracticing.blogspot.com/

Emma

Ahoy! I'm back. I have a frantic week of school and got hardly anything done. Oh, well. In my class with Miss Fletcher this morning we had the BEST idea for a writing assignment. What happens if you were to change something in Emma. Like an event. This is what we came up with.
Emma accepts Mr. Elton when he proposes. That would allow Mr. Knightly to marry Jane Fairfax, and Harriet Smith to run off with Frank Churchill!
I thought it was funny.

I am going to post my work on Wuthering Heights on my other blog. You can access it by clicking the "My other Blog" link on the left.