Friday Fragments, Episode #124

Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems (hint: a notebook is helpful :) and put them together in a Friday Fragments post. Anyone will tell you that fragging is one of the easiest, most satisfying posts to write! First time fragging? Please read the specifics here.

As I write this week's fragments, a beautiful blanket of snow covers Northeast Wisconsin. If it's going to be cold, I'd rather have snow to at least make it pretty. Cooper sure loves the snow! I'm just glad any stray deer carcasses in the woods will soon be buried.

I attended a conference this week in the Wisconsin Dells (no, I did not partake in any of the waterparks). It was productive, and I plan to share some things I learned with you next week.  The drive home in our first real snow of the season took two extra hours, and I'm grateful to finally be home.

My $100 CSN Stores Giveaway is open until Sunday night at midnight. You don't need a blog to enter, either, so be sure to enter, here.  The $50 Giveaway is over at Mrs.4444 Cooks, so check that out, too!

Wondering what gift you can give your child's teacher? I really mean it when I say that the best gift you can give your child's teacher is to do your part as a parent; that's more than enough. If you still feel a need to offer something, write a heartfelt note, wishing him/her a happy, relaxing Christmas.  Still insisting on a gift? A big pack of pencils or a bottle of hand sanitizer this time of year is a welcome contribution to any classroom.

Yes, I'm sorry, but I did turn Word Verification on, because I just couldn't take the 10-15 spam comments I was getting every single day, and I wanted my Anonymous cousin, Lisa, to be able to comment without a Google account. So, if you hate it, complain to Lisa!haha  It's really just temporary (the WV thing). I just wanted to take a vacation from the spam for a week or so; I plan to turn it back off soon.

Jene, of The Original Bean was my Favorite Friday Fragmenter this week. She offered up some analysis about how people eat their gingerbread men, and she ended it with this personal revelation:
I don't eat gingerbread people, or anything shaped like any living thing, so what does that make me? I guess crazy, because I've been that way since I was 3, when (according to the lore of Original Bean) I cried because I didn't want to eat a chocolate bunny at easter. It made me too sad. OCD! Whee!

Poor thing. Jene, the award is yours :)

Random quote from Kendall, who came into the livingroom and said, "I love and look up to Kyle soooo much, I can't even put it into words."  How sweet is that?!  We're all looking forward to Kyle coming home from college next week :)

Alrighty then. Now it's your turn to share your frags and meet some new friends. Link away! (Remember, Santa's watching; if you don't bother to actually read the post and just link up a random post from your blog, you will get coal in your stocking and your link will be deleted.)