News from the Horne's

Today the Horne kids were pleased to have a day off of school, but were then turned to grueling chores that took much of their time. For lunch, they had leftovers and Mom, Joe, and Sam played 2 games of Sorry. Joe won the first game, and by some streak of luck, Mom won the second game. They then sat down to play computer games. They then decided to watch a creation video. For dinner Mom decided to make burritos with leftover roast. Receiving approval, dinner was enjoyed, with a lot to drink to tone down the heaps of Hatch chile placed in the burritos. While Mom (and maybe even Katie,) cleaned the kitchen, Katie blasted annoying Christmas music from the Bose radio. Accomplishments today included the near completion of the Christmas decorating, which started yesterday, in spite of Joe walking around with a "Bah, Humbug"! hat and carrying a sign that said: "NO DECORATIONS". They also packed away regular decorations to the basement. Mom cooked a cherry pie and two pumpkin pies. If this house can be called peaceful, it won't be for long because (respectively), three noisy O,Dells will be sharing Thanksgiving with us in the midst of Christmas decorations. The other day Sam got a reaching claw that he has used to make trouble. Mom was pleased to see it break today. The newest invention from the editor of the Horne Gazette, Joe Horne, is the shower comic, which he made by placing comic pages in Ziploc bags and putting those bags in a binder. He received 1 dollar for his celebrated invention. There was some controversy as the binder belonged to the inventor's brother. THE END.