Been caught stealin'

No, I'm not referring to our burglaries of a few months ago. Or the criminals that were caught.

In an ironic twist, my own daughter was caught stealing today. It's ironic because the cash from her piggy bank as stolen in the burglaries, and she was pretty devastated by that fact.

So what did she steal? What was so important that she risked her young honor and good standing?

Beef jerky.

The girl wanted some beef jerky that didn't belong to her and she took it. She took it and got caught red handed by a teacher. In another twist of irony, if she had just waited thirty minutes she could have gotten some from her mother by just asking. That crazy kid.

Instead, she has been scalded scolded, lectured to, and severely grounded for a week. She is also writing letters of apology to a couple of teachers and the student who's jerky she took.

I very much wanted to spank her for her actions -- I consider this a spankable offense -- but I did not. However, she is on probation and will absolutely receive a spanking if she violates the terms of her grounding during the next week.


So which kid was it?

You're thinking Shelby aren't you? Well, those of you who know my kids are anyway.


But you'd be wrong. It was Darby. Can you believe it? In a way I could, but it's still immensely distressing.