The coolest things about middle school were: having your own locker, giant chewy chocolate chip cookies at the ’snack mart’, Adidas jackets, pouring ranch over all cafeteria food (I can’t stand the stuff now, thanks to ODing in middle school), wearing socks with your sandles…and Mr. & Mrs. Sprong.
Anyone who went to Armand Larive Middle School...
Monthly Archives: November 2009
familyNovella: the Sprongs.
fotoNovella: grunge pop princess.
I was a teddy bear in Kindergarden. My mom stayed-up late sewing a furry suit complete with ears & paws. It was definitely the best halloween costume I had, growing up. When I hit high school I got to dress-up for spirit week, but was always back at National FFA Convention over Halloween. So, for...
fotoNovella: Shanna & Kissy.
I have a horse. I ride horses. I give riding lessons. I am a 4-H Horse leader. But I’m not a ‘horse person’. I’m not an eats-breathes-sleeps-in-the-barn-with-my-horse person. I’m not a measures-my-horse’s-feed-on-a-scale person. I’m not a warms-up-mush-to-hand-feed-my-horse-on-cold-winter-mornings person. Nope, & here’s the clincher: I’m not a my-horse’s-ears-must-prick-forward-in-pictures person. That, my friends, is why they kicked me out...
fotoNovella: the Bunger family.
Cuanto cuestan estas manzanas? I questioned the man at his market stand about the prices of his produce as I dug through the apple display. These apples were bigger than the usual apples we found on our morning treks to the mercado during my first summer in Mexico. I turned one around in my hand...