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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Posted by Jared @ 4:20 pm CST
Filed under: Humor, Parenting

After I picked up Macy (6) from school, we headed to the grocery store. Walking in, she informed me, "When I get home I'm going to work on some mysteries."

"Mysteries?" I asked. "What do you mean?"

"Like the Boxcar Children. I'm going to solve some mysteries."

"Oh. Cool. Like the mystery of D.B. Cooper? You should solve that one."

"What?"

"D.B. Cooper. Okay, he was this guy in the 70s who robbed a bank. Then he got on a plane and pulled out a gun and told them to fly him to a certain place. And then he put on a parachute and jumped out of the plane. And they never found him or the money again. Pretty cool, huh? You could solve that mystery."

"I'm not going to go outside."

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Comments on "It's a Mystery to Me":

1. john Lee - 02/05/2008 4:35 pm CST

love the story. Today's kids, "outside, I don't know what you mean by outside."

2. Jared - 02/05/2008 4:41 pm CST

LOL

Yeah. And then of course she's been asking to go outside since we got home, and I won't let her b/c it's about to storm.

3. Brian in Fresno - 02/05/2008 4:48 pm CST

Great story, Jared! My daughter loved reading the Boxcar Children.

4. jenn - 02/05/2008 10:02 pm CST

Jared,
I'm in Middle TN and I've been thinking of you and praying for your family this evening as I watch the severe weather and possible tornado go right over your area. Hope all is well with you...

5. Milly - 02/05/2008 10:18 pm CST

Kids are soooo cool!

6. Jared - 02/06/2008 7:39 am CST

Jenn, thanks. The storm hit us pretty hard. By "us," I mean our little town west of Nashville. Apparently two tornados touched down here.
We were all huddled in our basement, which is cozy since Beck and my bedroom's down there. The girls watched a movie on the laptop in our bed while we laid on the couch keeping an eye on the news.

We're fine. The schools in this county aren't even closed today, so we apparently made off pretty well, comparatively speaking.

Pray for the Union University folks in Jackson. They lost 1/3 of their buildings apparently and osme students were trapped in rubble (but I hear there were no serious injuries or deaths, thank God).

7. jenn - 02/06/2008 8:41 am CST

Good to hear from you, Jared. Glad you're okay!

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