I AM SITTING AT MY COMPUTER LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF THE SMILING FACE
OF MY WONDERFUL JERRY! THAT SMILE KEEPS ME GOING!
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YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW MY MONDAY ROUTINE BY NOW. MONDAY IS THE
DAY MY DAUGHTER COMES TO VISIT AND WE DO CHORES AND PLAY GAMES!
IT IS ALWAYS SO GREAT TO HAVE HER HERE!
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BEEN LISTENING TO THE TV ALL MORNING AND ALL THE NEWS IS ABOUT THE
THREAT OF A GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN! I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT DOES
NOT HAPPEN!
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MAYBE I WILL GET MY FLU SHOT TODAY!
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MY NEWEST THING WITH OKSANA IS THAT WE READ A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
EACH NIGHT INSTEAD OF A CHAPTER IN A BOOK. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE HOW MANY
DIFFICULT WORDS THERE ARE IN NEWSPAPER ITEMS. PARTICULARLY THOSE
THAT INVOLVE POLITICS. WHEN WE FINISH, WE MAKE A LIST OF THE WORDS
SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND AND WORK ON THOSE. HER READING HAS BECOME
QUITE AMAZING. EVEN IF SHE HAS NOT SEEN A WORD BEFORE, SHE CAN
SOUND IT OUT VERY EASILY. BY DOING THIS KIND OF READING, WE ARE
ACCOMPLISHING A COUPLE OF THINGS AT ONCE......TEACHING OKSANA ENGLISH
AND MAKING HER MORE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
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ENOUGH GABBING FOR ONE DAY! HAVE A GREAT ONE!
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