Dredging up Ghosts

Oi.

So, what’s been going on?

Well, between all the being sick, and getting Kyle’s work done on the computer, there hasn’t been a whole lot of free time to be on here lately.

After our little spout with the sickness, Kyle missed his opportunity to complete his reports at school. SO, we had to do it at home.

Powerpoint presentations, and oral reports. Too bad our powerpoint is NOT as new as the one they have a school, so Kyle didn’t really know HOW to do the stuff he needed to. Guess who got to show him?

I’m FAR from an expert with powerpoint, but I spent enough time with ye olde Apple IIe newsroom as a child (making my own paper) that everything else, frankly, seems like a piece of cake. And, I’m more than willing to click till I find what I’m looking for. Save early, save often, hard to screw up too bad that way.

Well, after getting power point WORKING, we had to dig up information. I now thuroughly hate Box Elder County. And…we’re probably going to baffle the teacher…

While they sent home a paper with a bunch of suggested talking points…I didn’t see it till this morning. Yeah…we’re not hitting those…No, Kyle wants to talk about the Ghost Towns.

So, suggesting we find a creative way to introduce the county, I’ve immortalized a bunch of Box Elder bugs into fake ice cubes. And, his oral report is largely on ghost towns…

From An UnOrthOdOx Halloween

Dredging up the ghosts of long forgotten towns…Boy, one would THINK it would be just like a vacation for me. What with that activity being so many of our vacations as a child. Yet, it’s all the research without the fun of standing and listening to those ghosts…

From An UnOrthOdOx Halloween

Ya know…were one to have a nice open field, a whole ghost town thing could be really fun to do for a haunt.

In other news…

The whole Charr Effigy project is a major pain in the ass!

I lost count what plan we’re on now, but it’s time to quit trying to be cute. Yeah, trying to get some little ‘nice’ things into the thing is just not working. Time to quite trying to finesse the damn thing and just go with the basics. Work will start moving more quickly once this report is finally finished…

It’s also that time of year to start planting some more halloween grasses…