As to your discussion Question: I felt there was a reason laura did not publish TFFY, so THGY is really the last in the LH series for a reason. HAD to share! .

I’m guessing Ma and Soldat du Chene are not friends! And the pictures, my lord, I almost keeled over, with Grace polishing the silver, Eliza Jane disliking the wedding, Almanzo writing that he surely appreciated the gift of the cow, and saying his first dinner was bread and milk to which Laura adds, helpfully, and cake! The horses’ hoofs made a dull sound, clop, clop, clop.

I do have a ‘discussion question’ though, and we’ve maybe gone into this already a bit earlier in the readalong, but here is is anyway: when you put down THGY with a sigh – and if you’re as soppy as me, a damp hanky – do you ever wish you’d never read TFFY? This shows how alot of conversations go with my neices and cousins when we hit facebook. GUEST EDITORIAL: Mask-wearing is not a sign of fear - Tahlequah Daily Press, You know you're "Little House" obsessed when…, The Long Winter, Chapter 27: For Daily Bread, These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 3: One Week. Why are Clarence and Martha tardy to school? How far is the Brewster house from Ma and Pa's? We should, too. But at least these are tears of laughter! Oh my good God in Heaven. These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years. I think Ma would be gently reprimanding Carrie for LMAO-ing! Is it hard to read and sad? Laughed so hard I spewed Pepsi on my computer screen! I must say tho that these entries really are like the Facebook pages I have read (I get to read them in the course of my work), and I don’t know if Eddie was trying to capture the banality of life as depicted by FB but you sure succeeded! I know what you mean. I love this! As the novel begins, Pa is taking Laura 12 miles from home in the dead of winter to her first teaching assignment at Brewster settlement. The school she is going to teach in is 12 miles away. Very creative. That's a long sleepover for someone who has never been away from home before. The first edition of the novel was published in 1943, and was written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The worst part, however, was that "Mrs. Brewster was so unpleasant, Laura could hardly swallow (her dinner)." Arguably the most recognizable quote from the eighth book in the series and rightly so. Bless you. Eddie, you totally rock. B: 50. One wrote Vanity Fair, one IS Vanity Fair! At the same time.

I’ll have to make Laura Ingalls Wilder a “friend”! Camp Laura Kids Know! I’ve gone back and looked at it over and over. Laura's first day of school She was to board at the Brewster's shanty, twelve miles away, for eight weeks. 3. Yes, but through the earlier books I fell in love with Laura and want to know “the rest of the story.”. Speaking of other read-alongs… what about going back to the beginning, too? Laura has a Facebook page before I do? Brilliant!

I don’t know a thing about Facebook & don’t expect to ever become a member, but why, when I scroll down, does it “jump” ahead like that? But now I’m regretting they went for black cashmere instead of a delaine. Genius! And I’m still curious, Eddie, about how you did that!

How many students does Laura have in her school? A: 5. If enough people have the Farmer Boy Goes West book and want to participate in a read-along for it after TFFY, no reason why we shouldn’t. Laura becomes a successful school teacher, wins the heart of heroic young bachelor, and at the end of the book is set to. Funny! Great job! These Happy Golden Years Chapter 1 Laura Leaves Home Sunday afternoon was clear, and the snow-covered prairie sparkled in the sunshine. OMG, I’m dying over here, I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!! What Would Laura Do?Well, click the link below to see what Laura would do if she had facebook! Hilarious! I think Laura’s comments about being barely able to eat just capture what alot of us feel when we are leaving our parents’ home and striking out on our own. Pa did not say anything. I think I read somewhere that there was a wedding dance later?

You’d like to imagine Laura and Almanzo living happily ever after, not going through hardship after hardship. What did you use? How did you get all those ads, those different characters? (courtesy of DH). Really? What’s the difference between Thackeray and Facebook?

C: 100. Laura is going to live apart from her family for the first time.

The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 289 pages and is available in Hardcover format. I don’t know whether this would be of any use for you to adapt for your own projects but if so, you’re welcome to the word document I used, if you’re happy with me having your email address and someone at BLH would be kind enough to send it on to me. Daniel, I think the vote was for continuing through TFFY in the read-along. B: 12 miles. Eddie, you are BRILLIANT. I agree TFFY is to hard for a read along. How did you think to make the whole thing so funny. I agree that Mr. Barclay’s “heroe” was a hoot! Eddie, I’m glad we have it, just like I’m glad we have On the Way Home and Laura’s other writings.

I keep noticing more things that are just such great little attentions to the details from the books and characters.

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Why are Clarence and Martha tardy to school? How do I know I’m not missing any entries when I can’t literally scroll up & down? The post seems to be generating lots of adulation, but not much in the way of discussion. She said it all. Amazing detail – I absolutely love it! Oh, funny! TFFY is so distant from the rest of the series, understandably so since it deals with adulthood and wasn’t meant to go with the rest of the series. I must say though, Caroline would surely have tasked Laura’s wooden swearing over her use of the word “darn.”, These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 33: Little Gray Home in the West. I had a bit of a search on google for some sort of facebook template and like you, couldn’t find anything that suited me – so I actually just made one myself using Word and lots of tables (and some cut-and-paste screen shots for the images, edited in Paint). Eddie, I am laughing so hard that tears are pouring out of my eyes, just as they did at the end of the book! I must be too old-fashioned! When she started TFFY, I think she realized it would not be a good book, so left off, no more books.

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TFFY was the last book in the set I received as a 9 yr old, but knowing what I know now of how it was found later and published after Laura’s death, I see THGY as the end of the childhood series. Eddie, I kept finding things that I missed. And maybe it’s a question for the TFFY readalong, says she, looking hopefully at Laura Welser :o). Brilliant!

Previous Quiz Next Quiz > 1. I loved it! Loved it! Laura being only 15 and a schoolgirl herself, is apprehensive as this is both the first time she has left home and the first school she has taught, but she is determined to complete her assignment and earn money to keep her sister Mary at her college for the blind in Iowa. Vulgar slang! What about West from home, when Laura goes to see Rose in San Fran?
Thanks, Natalie, I’m glad you enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun to do. A little wind blew gently from the south, but it was so cold that the sled runners squeaked as they slid on the hard-packed snow. I can imagine Pa saying something about people getting too dependent on newfangled technology like trains, kerosene, and social networking computer sites! These Happy Golden Years.