Change of PLANS

We were planning on driving to No. Idaho today,

but hubby woke up feeling strange-light headed.

He is never sick, so we made an immediate change

of plans and he will be recuperating at home.

Hope it's not catching...

Bunny Story

ROUGH DRAFT Dear grandma, here is some news that I going to tell you, your hat has decided to stay with us also loriens bunny has found the hat to be quite a comfortable bed. you might want to pick them up sometime soon. the wonderful friendly bunny and his new bed are in a safe place. at a luxdourus hat hotel in a place called the grandparents valley. (Back bedroom) well, It started out as a usual day at the marlous hat hotel danny (bunny) was making is bed (hat), then he smelt a wounderus smell that came from the kitchen. CARROTS!!!!!! he said to him self. Then I knew he was going in to over ride, He order three carrot toacos, five carrot sticks and seven bags of shreaded carrot slivers. Even his intire room is covered with carrots, carrot windows, carrot bathtub, also a carrot pool Carrots Carrots CARROTS!!!! by the way he flooded the hatch beaver dam.......The hatch beaver dam has turned in to the falls of HATCH!!!!!!!! Thanks Danny(Buny) By the way grandma thanks for lisening to my stories. Heather Hatch

AFTER Grandma's EDITING: Little Lorien's bunny was lonely cause she didn't want to play with him. So, he curled up in grandma's big straw hat and fell asleep. Unfortunately, Lorien and Grandma both forgot about Danny Bunny and he was left in the middle of the living room where the noisy boys played. So to protect him Heather moved the bunny and the hat to a luxurious hat hotel in a place called the grandparents' valley-the guest bedroom.


Before long Danny realized he was hungry. As he was making his bed, he smelled a wondrous aroma from the kitchen. CARROTS!!!!!! he said to himself. Then I knew he was going in to override. He ordered three carrot tacos, five carrot sticks and seven bags of shreded carrot slivers. Now his entire room is covered with carrots, carrot windows, carrot bathtub, also a carrot pool Carrots Carrots CARROTS!!!! By the way he also flooded the hatch beaver dam.......The hatch beaver dam has turned in to the falls of HATCH!!!!!!!! Thanks Danny (Bunny) for staying with us.

PS An addition from Heather-here is another bunny story, Danny has caused the blast of the centry he EXPLODED the Hatch beaver dam! instead of a lake, it has been turned into the falls of hatch!!!!!!!! Danny is sure to be a trouble maker. Thanks to danny we have a new falls.

Article #153 Print It Out

It’s one thing to look at your biography on a computer screen, and another thing to print it out to hold in your hands. Congratulate yourself if you’re at this point, if not-just keep working on your rough draft and write daily. Do set a realistic deadline for when you want to finish this project so you still have time to edit your work in progress or just begin writing your life story if you haven't started yet.

By now you should have added page numbers to your rough draft on the computer and decided on your final paper size and margins (suggestions-1 inch top, bottom and right, 1.5 inch on left for binding) before printing it out. If you have more than 100 pages, your history is too long. I generally do my histories on 8.5”X11” inches standard paper size, but there are other options available. For a shorter life history that I made for my grandkids I cut that size in half. It was a much smaller book for them to read 5.5”X8.5.” and written in simpler language to fit their interest span.

It’s possible to publish online via a blog or webpage or in just episodes via emails or on Facebook. You can also do both print and online. Use Internet resources to generate interest in your printed history especially with the younger generation. You could convert your completed bio to a pdf file that can be copied onto a CD/DVD and mailed to others for them to print out. Or you could just make a video or recording of you telling your story. If all of this seems like Greek to you, talk to your family’s computer guru and get some help to utilize this technology.

As you are continuing to edit, you can still add both photos, captions, chapter headings, etc. But realize each change you make will cause other sections of your story to change. Always start editing on the computer from the first of your story. I like to print my history out and write in corrections or additions in the margins. Then, it’s time to go back to the rough draft on the computer and add or delete parts I want to improve upon.

Breaking your history down into chapters helps. It’s that old adage about eating the elephant at one sitting. Just tackle this job of editing in stages. Chapter one, then the next one, etc. Soon you’ll have it under control.