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Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 8:15 PM
I must confess, it just kills me ...

... to chide Katherine for reading in bed.  Both from a sense of the hypocritical, and from a "Glee!  She loves to read!" perspective.

But she really does need her sleep.

Why couldn't she take up some bad habits, like smoking or drinking?  At least I could nag her about them with a clean conscience ...


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Thursday, 20 September 2007, 7:00 AM
Quoth DOF ... Author Profile Page

Hate to make your guilt worse, but that's probably the one time of day when she can enjoy reading most and get the most from it.

Change school times - it's about teens but I suspect young children don't do any better in the early morning.

Thursday, 20 September 2007, 2:24 PM
Quoth Gloria ...

If memory serves me right .... :-)

Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:45 PM
Quoth *** Dave ...

Yeah, yeah, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and all that ... :-)

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