Apples and Pears level C dictation, lesson 37:  

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Mark threw away his jumper when the cat sprayed on it.

Never ask if it could possibly get worse, it can.

One in college by now! One to go

Problem only a homeschooler or English teacher would sympathize with: Shakespeare wrote the bulk of his plays in Iambic meter so when I needed an example of Iambic verse I looked in the poetry anthology under Shakespeare. Of course, the first example I found (the witches' chant from MacBeth) is written in trochaic meter. Drat!

Spring

I'm having a great time with my growing boys

Kids have left for school and I'm still in bed. Lovely. :)