More Good News

I woke up this morning to the lovely sound of Aaron accepting an invitation to interview at Mississippi State in two weeks. I can't think of a better wake-up call! Aaron and I are jumping out of our skin we are both so excited! Everybody keep your fingers crossed for us!

I guess the good news inspired me to get crafty, because I've made Aaron a thank you card to give to the professor he's going to interview with.

Happy Halloween!

The results of the Morgan/Sisson family Halloween FHE Pumpkin Art Extravaganza.


On this pumpkin, Ben has simply yet skillfully represented the classic spirit of Halloween.


This pumpkin focuses on the dark, mysterious side of Halloween as exhibited by the dim candle that (unfortunately) obscures this photo of Grandma and Grandpa's otherwise stellar work.


Natalie and Gary illustrate the more horrific, gruesome side of Halloween in this work entitled "Cyclops." Note how the pumpkin goop hangs just so to look like veins in the eyeball.


And in this masterpiece, Aaron speaks out against the commercialism that has taken over and masked the true meaning of Halloween.



And in this one, the artist didn't have the tools to create the sculptural pinnacle that this Jack Skellington rendition could have been otherwise. Looks like Darth Vader will have to wait for next year.


Happy Halloween, from our house to yours.

A Sonnet for My Friend Scrabble

This one's for my dad, my sisters, and my husband, who are the only ones that truly understand my Scrabble obsession, and are willing to put up with it.

A Sonnet for My Friend Scrabble

The teeny wooden tiles criss and cross
As back and forth and round my brain does flips.
Dad put an 'x' on triple word - all hope is lost
'cause now I've got no place for "monolith."


There goes my fifty bonus points again;
he's spoiled my move ten times this game alone.
I guess all I can play right now is "thin"
and draw three letters more. "Is spown


a word?" I didn't think so. "How 'bout plear?"
That only gives me seven points. Let's see...
I could do "sleep" on triple letter here,
or "plain" on double word score - that's fourteen.

That leaves me stuck with Q to crash and burn.
Alright - here goes. I'm done; fourteen. Your turn!