"It's not that I Hate it...."

"....It's that it's terrible and I don't like it at all"

~Michael Scott the Office

that was the word from the fogies down at the grower's market...not really - they didn't hate my stuff but the do have too much jewelry already (which is all, from what I hear the garden-variety type jewelry you find at every craft fair) so they declined me for this year at any rate. It's ok actually, I had resigned myself to the fact that my funky fresh style might not fit...I guess that they, are not as they say "ready for this jelly"

so, we're focusing on the spring fair, the earth day fair and I really need to get to work on some "retail/wholesale" packages...then the "business" trip so Portland/Eugene etc. can commence!

Now that I'm at home more during the day we're working on getting back on track with school...this past week has been great as M & M are discovering one of both LGK & my beloved favorites...anyone else out there remember this one? New editions still have the same great artwork and Max ripped through the whole book in 2 days....I'm having him pick his five favorite stories and retell them in his own words and address the "moral" of the story as he understands it...below is his first chapter (He even typed it himself)

Tantalus
Tantalus was a mortal son of Zeus, king of the Olympian gods. The gods favored him so much, they invited him to feast on Mt. Olympus. He thanked them by inviting them to dine at his palace. He could not find anything to serve them, so he decided to sacrifice his son, Pelops, and made a stew of him. But the gods hated human sacrifice, so when Tantalus served up some ‘Pelops stew’ they threw him into the Underworld, where he stands to this day, neck deep in cold water, unable to drink the water, for it recedes when he tries, and unable to eat from the fruit tree above his head, for it bends upwards when he tries that to.
Moral: Do not sacrifice the things most precious to you. (AND DON'T PISS OFF THE GODS!)