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Are you ready to be bombarded with a whole lot of cute? Meet Benny! He's my sweet golden retriever who has a story to tell! We got him as a puppy, but now he's a handsome young man with his own reading passage and questions. Won't you check out his story?
Benny has turned to being an author. Okay, I helped a little . . . a lot. But without proper schooling, how is a dog expected to learn how to write? If Millie Bush can publish a novel, than Benny G. Lansky can publish a reading passage!
After all, Benny even has socks with his likeness on them!
Want to see more? Just go to Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions on Teachers Pay Teachers and purchase this great resource! Tell them, "Benny sent you!" The passage even has more cute Benny photos.
I'm participating in the "And You Are...?" Blog Hop on Emily R. King's site. You may join the "And You Are . . .?" Blog Hop by clicking the link (or David Spade's picture) and answering the questions below. So hop on by, link up, and be eligible for prizes.
1. How many speeding tickets have you gotten?
I'm married to a lawyer; so if I happen to get a ticket, someone knows how to fight them. I've had a few, but I don't have any points. 2. Can you pitch a tent?
Absolutely! I spent a lot of summers camping in the Colorado Rockies. We also used to go camping as a family. I even made tents by tossing blankets over chairs as a kid. When it comes to tent pitching, I'm a pro. . . that is as long as my husband helps me. 3. What was your worst vacation ever?
We never had a totally horrible vacation, but we did have some bad situations within great vacations. Like the time both Daniel and Judy threw up on Erica in the backseat of a rental car. 4. What was the last thing you bought over $100?
We bought a Volt, which costs a little more than one-hundred dollars, but we have yet to spend a penny on gasoline. 5. We're handing you the keys to what?
I'll take the keys to health, happiness, and a good life. 6. What was the last meal you cooked that made even you sick?
My meals don't make people sick. 7. Fill in the blank: Oh my gosh! Becky, look at her butt! It is so big. She looks like ____?
she needs a stair master for Christmas. Please, Santa. Help her out because I'm sure she's a good person who just has a problem with her butt. Nice enough for the good list? 8. What was your first car?
Technically my first car was a Chevy Chevette, but in reality I drove a rental car because the Chevette never worked. Once while driving a rental car, I got caught in a vicious hale storm. Giant ice rocks made the rental car look like it had chicken pocks. Having the car in the shop all the time had a plus that day. 9. Your best friend falls and gets hurt. Do you ask if he/she's okay or laugh first?
Ask if she is okay, of course. 10. What's the worst song ever?
There is nothing worse than "I Know a Song That Gets on Everybody's Nerves." You may listen to it, but I guarantee it won't be for long.
As a little girl, I kept seeing these huge wads of toilet paper in the bathroom trashcan each month and couldn't figure out what they were. So one day, I reached into the garbage and opened one to see for myself. Scared the snot out of me!
Maybe curiosity is not such a good thing, after all it killed the cat. Plus there is the old "ignorance is bliss" phrase too. None the less, I've always been intrigued by death. I wonder what happens when we die? Where do we go? or...Will we come back in a reincarnated form? The only true way to find out is to die, and I'm not that curious. I am, however, sure we're never totally gone because the body is made of energy and energy can never be destroyed. It only changes form; scientifically a part of us will always remain on Earth.
None the less, I believe in reincarnation and karma. For example, as a teacher, I must have done something horrendous in my past life. I have a theory that my current and past students belonged to villages that I sacked and burned, and they continuously get their karmic pay back on me every year. That's the history of everyone in the teaching profession because why else would we suffer such abuse?
But the barbarian's life must have been an old, old existence because back in college, a hypnotist captivated us kids in a journey to our past lives to observe what we had experienced. I was an African American slave and knowing myself, it makes sense. Although I'm white, I've always gotten along well with black people and feel a natural chemistry with African Americans who I've worked with or have had the pleasure of being around. Also, I instinctively have a terrible fear of authority figures and hate wearing turtle necks or anything tight around my neck or wrists. I've even experienced anxiety and had to look away upon seeing someone with something bound tightly around their neck. Yep! I was probably bound, shackled, and eventually hung. In my mind, hanging would be the worst way to die.
What? You don't believe this? Fine. I'll prove it to you in the next life. And by the way, a friend of ours visited a hypnotist who told her she was Queen Isabella in a past life. As a result, she has apologized for the way she had treated Jews.
