The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it.  ~John Lubbock

Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative.  ~Le Duc de Lévis, Mémoires

Here is a list of responses my children might hear were they to complain of boredom.

• Weed a garden.
• Read a book.
• Is your room spotless? Go spend ten minutes cleaning it.
• Read another book.
• Are your teeth gleaming?  Go spend 2 minutes brushing them.
• Read to your sister.
• Clean the garage.
• Empty the dishwasher.
• You should read something.
• Weed another garden.
• Sweep the den.
• Read a book.
• Help me hang this laundry on the line.
• Have you read your Bible?  Go read a chapter.
• Clean out your closet.
• Math, go knock off a lesson.
• Read a book.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.  ~Grandma Moses

We don’t have cable and we don’t spend much time at all gazing into the idiot box.

The youngers spend lots of time running around out back kicking a soccer ball.  They also commit lots of their free time to drawing and reading.

Most of the time the teens are working on projects like the rabbit cages, the rabbit shelters, the solar ovens, yard work and other productive pursuits.

I am never bored anywhere:  being bored is an insult to oneself.  ~Jules Renard

Kids that know what to do with their time, that’s what works for me.

Here’s your shortcut back to Works for me Wednesday.

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