A Lab Named Dory Strikes Again

So, you may remember this post about a certain pesky lab who's trying to steal my Tigger away from me.  There are new developments regarding her.
Now, you see, Roo is also doing Chemistry this year, and she has some experiments she has to do. So Owl set up a chem lab area in the basement.

The lab bench, aka Roo's ex- desk

The chemicals (yes, some of them are semi- dangerous. That's why they invented safety glasses.)

The back of the chemical box and the rest of the supplies.

I had the brilliant idea that if Roo can do experimental chemistry in the basement, so can Tigger. And then she could do what she loves without visiting Dory.

But then, something distressing happened. Owl and Roo were doing chemistry experiments in the basement, and they came up with a folded up paper addressed to Tigger, and noted as a secret message. It also had the instructions to "1. Unfold 2. Blow with hairdryer."

So, Tigger came home, and followed the instructions.

This is what she saw:

It says "Rosie is the best. ~Dory"

DORY IS NOW LIVING IN OUR BASEMENT!! TIGGER, HOW DID YOU SNEAK HER PAST ME?!!!!!!!!!

WWFN,

ROSIE THE INDIGNANT

Professoressa Rosa

So, Roo was working on her anatomy, and got up to get a drink of water. While she was in the kitchen, she remembered that she had been planning on cleaning it. She worked on it for a bit, and decided to return to the salt mines of A+P. She had been sitting on my sofa doing her work while I looked out the front door, and she came back to this:

Who would've thunk that an anatomy and physiology book would be such a comfy cushion?

XO,

Rosie

A visitor.....

Today, our dear friend Mrs. V. came by for a visit. Mrs. V. is a former homeschooling mom who now teaches in a classroom, for those of you who may not know her.:)
I was very, very happy to see her, because she likes dogs, and knows just where to scratch behind me ears. :)  She came over because Kanga was giving her some books to use in her classroom, and it was just like old times again (well, except that when Roo [who's helping me type this:)] was in 3rd grade, the conversation was more about how homeschooling would help develop independence which would help all their kids in college and careers, and now it's about how homeschooling did develop that).  The conversation was on all the same topics it used to be: homeschooling, children's books, gardening, and the insanely high rate of school district taxes.  Oh, and Pooh, in case you were wondering, if Kanga were to give you a five minute warning while talking to Mrs. V. today, you could pay about as much attention to it as you could back in the glory days of writing club. Some things never change. Fortunately, our talent for getting lost in parking garages is one of the things that has changed.

Note that this is the same couch used in such classic plays as "Life, Love, and Death on the New York Subway" , " The Committee", "Macbeth (the original version, by Wilma Shakespeare", and others... (Wait was Macbeth at our house or the V.'s. I can't remember now. :))

Lots of love to everyone,
Rosie:)