supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Aug 4, 2011 19:16:18 GMT -5
Karen's Salad Party
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 12, 2011 16:25:48 GMT -5
I still hate packing but now I have to pack for three little ones as well as myself!
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Post by supprazz on Feb 21, 2012 5:10:55 GMT -5
Where are you going?
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 23, 2012 16:38:28 GMT -5
I meant in general.
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Post by supprazz on Jul 14, 2012 1:55:05 GMT -5
I can`t believe Karen was asking if they grow a salad cause the 7 eleven is too far....I thought that was kind of obnoxious, and no one said anything. I`m glad she ended up liking it....I think I just want to salad badly right now
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Post by wanderingfrog on Feb 17, 2013 16:07:16 GMT -5
Reading this one now, and Karen's a brat in the first half of the book, but honestly, I think it's mostly Seth and Lisa's fault. Other people have mentioned in this thread that someone should have supervised Karen's packing. It's odd, because we see Lisa asking Karen if she remembered pyjamas and socks, but then she still lets Karen go off to a farm in Nebraska for two weeks with fancy dresses and good pants and no casual clothes. It's pretty dumb even at age seven to think it's appropriate to wear fancy dresses every day ON A FARM, but Lisa and/or Seth still should've checked what she packed.
Seth also should have told Karen more about what to expect from day-to-day life on the farm. He grew up there; he certainly knew what it would be like. She wouldn't have been so upset if someone had told her beforehand. If other people had arranged for me to go ON A VACATION and they knew full well that I'd need to get up before five every morning and that I wouldn't have access to a television, but I didn't find these things out until I got there, I would be angry. If I knew before I went, though, I'd be prepared for it. Well, the TV thing wouldn't bother me since I don't watch that much, but I guess nowadays it would be the equivalent of people knowing that I couldn't possibly use the Internet even once in two weeks, not even dialup on someone's ancient clunky computer or WiFi on my iPod in the nearest town, but not bothering to tell me.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 18, 2013 20:18:28 GMT -5
People in Stoneybrook are assumed to act like mini-adults which is why none of the parents do anything like that. I thought the fun bag with the colouring books was sweet, but her luggage should have been checked. Maybe she could have learned about animals and farming before going through books since internet was very rare in those days.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 19, 2013 16:51:02 GMT -5
Good point.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 20, 2013 9:11:21 GMT -5
She was also really rude to Tia the first time, and became nice as a last resort
It would have been cool if she learned needlework in addition to knitting later in the trip
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 20, 2013 17:34:38 GMT -5
Two weeks isn't much time to master it!
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Post by supprazz on Feb 20, 2013 22:19:47 GMT -5
No, but if she had a simpler age appropriate kit they picked up from the market where it's bigger, she could have learned something and framed it at home I'm pretty sure they had kits like that when I was a kid. I thought the board games activity was really neat though.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 21, 2013 16:36:06 GMT -5
Oh, I recall having a kit like that.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 21, 2013 16:42:00 GMT -5
Me too, we gave out minature ones like that and beaded jewelry packets in place of lootbags for one of my birthday parties one year.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 1, 2013 21:58:52 GMT -5
In a different thread, Sparklymouse said that the LS super specials "are neither super nor special." This one sure fit that bill. I was disappointed, after the fact because that was when I thought of it, that neither Granny or Granddad spoke of Seth, their son at all, ever! I am a big Seth fan for the most part and think Karen really loved him, too. It might have been fun hearing some stories about or just getting to know him a little better.
The best part to me was when Granny made rainbow colored popcorn for Karen and Tia. I wish I had tried that when I was able to eat popcorn. That scene also reminded me of my very favorite Bobbsey Twin book "Playhouse Secret," when one of Nan's friends brings a sack of rainbow popcorn kernels over one night. I also did like think Karen's poem to Granddad was very sweet. As for "Lewis," I thought it was nice that he made friends with Karen and hung out with her for 2 1/2 hours. I did like how Karen signed her 3 pictures, too.
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Post by Honeybee on Jun 1, 2013 22:19:09 GMT -5
^ I just read that chapter of the rainbow popcorn. I picture the pretty colors of blue, green, & red popcorn in the bowl. Yeah, I thought granny or grandad would talk about Seth, when he was little boy. The title should be called Karen's Farm. Mostly the book was about farming. The only time, Karen was on the plane in the beginning of the book & the end of the book.
Karen: (Mommy and Seth had to drag him off the plane.) The way, Karen said it. Sounds like, Seth grab Andrew's ankle drag him cross the floor on the plane back to the airport.
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