Hey, Everyone!

Hey guys!

Fluffy Puppy here, to say how cold it is. Brrr! For the passing weeks, Squirrel and I have been able to take a walk only twice! It'll be nice to get out again, once winter's over. Three more weeks!

I guess you could call our absence period the same as the Europeans: The Dark Age!

Lately, the household has been learning about the Presidents, as well as been very involved in Politics. Currently, my favorites are Obama, JFK, FDR, Teddy, Lincoln and the Clintons. Squirrel's are JFK and Obama.

As for reading? Well, I've been reading a lot. Since the dawn of the new year, I've read Breaking Dawn (Three stars; Stephanie Meyer), Animal Farm (Five Stars; George Orwell), The Pistachio Prescription (Five stars; Paula Danziger), Paper Towns (Four stars; John Green), You Give Me a Pain Elaine (Five stars; Stella Pevsner), The Magician's Nephew (Four and a half stars; C.S. Lewis), Tex (Five stars; S.E. Hinton), Rumble Fish (Five stars; S.E. Hinton), Inherit the Wind (Five stars; Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence), That was Then, This is Now (Five stars; S.E. Hinton), and Animal Farm Cliff Notes (Five stars; Daniel Moran). Currently, I'm in the process of reading Taming the Running Star (S.E. Hinton), The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks), Harry, A History (Melissa Anelli) and The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis). As you can see, I've been busy! :)

Squirrel's really been into the series Beacon Street Girls. As of this year, she's read Blubber (Three stars; Judy Bloom), Freckle Juice (Three stars; Judy Bloom), Double Fudge (Five stars; Judy Bloom), Addie Across the Praire (Five stars; Laurie Lawler), Meet Julie (Five stars; Megan McDonald), Beacon Street Girls Books 1 and 2 (Five stars for both; Annie Bryant). Currently, she's reading Beacon Street Girls Book 3 (Annie Bryant) and A Dog's Life (Ann M. Martin).

About a month ago, we started attending Congregation Micah, which is a Temple in our area. I personally really enjoy it, because all the prayers are sang as songs. We've only yet attended Shabbat Services, but one day I hope we can make it to weekend services too! We've gone to Sunday School, too, which is fun. See our Temple http://congregationmicah.com.

Squirrel is finally enjoying guitar class. It's the entire Oh-Jeez-These-Stupid-Chords-Are-Hard! factor. I myself thoroughly enjoy chords, and am anticipating writing my own songs!

We've started attending cooking again. We stopped going for a while, because Mom was sick, but we're back! Ms Abbey, our teacher, was unfortunately checked into the hospital a couple weeks ago for asthma problems, but she's fine now. Yay!

As for science, I found a channel on youtube for college lectures. If you're interested, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ucberkeley. I'm studying physics, and have already watched the first lecture. I love it! Honestly, I understand it a lot better than Oak Meadow!

Squirrel is learning about nutrition. Currently, they're learning about protein-rich foods, calories, the food pyramid, fats and vitamins. She's enjoying it!

As we're moving along, Squirrel is nearing the end of 3rd grade math, moving on to 4th. I just started 7th grade Math... percentages are stumping me!

As for our leisure, we're just finishing up the 7th season of Gilmore Girls, which we love with all our heart. We feel strongly about the letting-go of Amy Sherman-Palladino, but what can we say? We've also just gotten into My So-Called Life, which I got for Channukah. And we're slowly building up our education about 80s movies and the Brat Pack... We ♥ Ferris!

Until next time!
Fluffy Puppy~