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Larry tried a new hairdresser. He was unsure about it to begin with. The hair dresser messed up his hair. Larry tipped poorly and left. He had someone else try to fix it. |
Rick decided to create a new garden in the yard. He got to work pulling up ivy to clear space. In the ivy he kept finding tennis balls the dog had lost. He started keeping a pile of all the balls he found. Rick ended up with more tennis balls than flowers. |
Molly was ready to decorate for fall. She bought a bunch of pumpkins for her porch. They were all different colors and shapes. She displayed them on the porch. It made her house look so homey! |
Cindy had a lot of calls to make. She plugged her phone in so it would be ready. When she picked it up to dial, she noticed that it was dead! Her charger had stopped working. Cindy's day was ruined! |
Joseph had his first haircut after a long years. He was forced to have a haircut because of friend's challenge to him. When he was at the barber shop he was so nervous. He likes to quit but the barber just started cutting his hair. When he saw the result he did not regret having his haircut. |
We found a big tin of foreign coins in the trash. I sold some of the coins on ebay. I made about $100. Some of the coins were American dollar coins. I gave the unsold coins to my teen aged niece. |
Ryan loved to play with cats. His favorite cat to play with was named Bonkers. Bonkers was trying to get away from Ryan because he was tired. Ryan wouldn't leave Bonkers alone so Bonkers attacked Ryan. Ryan learned not to annoy cats anymore. |
Cher was given a free Gucci watch but it wasn't her style. She didn't know what to do with it and people told her to sell it. Cher's sister didn't have a lot of nice things and didn't have a job. So she decided to give it to her sister as a Christmas present. That was 19 years ago-Cher's sister has never taken it off ever since. |
Leanna was the smartest student in her class, nothing was hard. She grew to become a conceited person based on her academical prowess. She loved that many of her friends were jealous of the attention. One day her best friend caught her cheating and told everyone. Her reputation was forever ruined and she wasn't considered smart. |
Roy got a job doing data entry, but it's tedious and slow. He's a computer programmer, so he decided to write some scripts. The scripts make his job much easier and much faster. Now Roy can perform tasks at a much faster pace than he could before. He's increased his daily earnings from $100 to $200 using scripts. |
Ryan was a computer repair man. One day a woman came in and said that her computer wouldn't turn on. He took it inside and realized that her power button was broken. He replaced the button and charged her $100 for the simple repair. The woman happily paid when her computer turned on again. |
Harry encountered a car accident on the road. He asked if the couple were fine but their son was injured. Harry decides to call for help after realizing their phone was broken. The paramedics came in around 20 minutes. The couple thanked him and gave him a number to contact for a reward. |
Jeff had always wanted to be a pilot. He would spend hours on flight sims in his garage. Jeff found a school that would teach him how to fly. Jeff signed up to learn to fly a plane that day. Jeff eventually became a pilot for a major airline. |
Kay was busy cooking. She was making Thanksgiving dinner this year. She put the turkey in the oven at 7am. It baked all day. Right at noon, it was time to take it out! |
One day, it was raining very hard. James overheard his grandpa say that it was raining cats and dogs. James was surprised! He hadn't seen any cats and dogs. Finally,his grandpa told him that that just meant it was raining hard. |
Doris was running late for school. She popped some pop tarts in the toaster. She noticed something wasn't quite right. The toaster wouldn't turn on and toast her tarts. Doris ended up having a quick bowl of cereal instead. |
Joe thinks he is the best student in the class at spelling. Joe does not study for the spelling bee. The other students spend hours studying the words. Joe gets knocked out in the tenth round at the spelling bee. Molly wins round ten by spelling pneumonia correctly. |
Finch has been an outcast in high school. People think he's off balance. A small girl named Ella is intrigued by him. She sees a lot of herself that she's afraid to show. The two became best friends. |
Ronnie just went through a tough breakup. He drove to the beach by himself. It was around sunset. He looked at the ocean. He felt more at ease. |
It was Lucy's first day at Sunday school. She was happy to be away from the boring main church. Lucy walked to the books and begin looking for one to read. The teacher instructed her to join the group. Lucy realized this was as boring as the church upstairs. |
Alice was driving her car to school. Suddenly she hit a patch of ice. Alice spun around in a circle and hit a tree. Alice, upset, got out and saw she had damaged her car. She had to pay a lot of money to get it fixed. |
Tina liked wearing accessories. She found a big straw hat and bought it. It was her most fabulous accessory yet! She wore it proudly around town. Tina felt very fancy when she had the big hat on. |
Hattie lived in Tennessee last year. She went there for college. She partied non stop while there. She drank way too much. She dropped out of school. |
Sean was at work one morning. His boss announced that a new person had joined the team. He introduced the new coworker, Jenna. Sean actually recognized her from back when they went to school. The two reconnected throughout the day and planned to hang out more. |
Rick was on the track team. He had stayed up playing video games all night. Rick was very tired. He was sluggish all day. At practice he was one of the slowest runners. |
Jake got a new basketball. He drove to the park to shoot some hoops. He played a game of pickup basketball. Jake scored 30 points that game. Afterwards, he went home to take a shower. |
Barry's sister asked him to babysit his niece for the night. Barry never babysat a toddler before, so he was scared. However, Barry's sister gave him a detailed schedule to follow. Barry followed the schedule, and he had fun with his niece. Barry could not wait to babysit his niece again. |
Jill wanted to go mountain climbing. Her best friend Peter wanted to go swimming instead. They couldn't decided on which outdoor activity. They decided a coin toss would help them choose. Jill won the coin toss. |
Jessica wasn't used to wearing lipstick. So when she went on a date, she put too much. It smeared the face of her date. It even went all over her utensils and glass. In the end, she removed it and kissed her date with clean lips. |
Jan was shopping at the mall with her friends. They all decided that they were hungry. The friends headed to the food court. They ate their meal. After eating, they continued to shop. |
Adam joined a country dance club. He wasn't sure if he would like it at first. He found that it was a lot of fun. By the next year, he was in charge of planning events for the club. Adam didn't know what he'd be doing without it. |
My baby daughter was born today. I stayed with my wife for several days in the hospital. After 1-2 weeks, we left with our baby. We decided to buy a few belongings for the house. In addition, we started to clean the house as soon as we got in. |
I woke up today and it was snowing. I was supposed to run errands, but with the snow it wasn't possible. I had to get creative with what we already had in the cupboards. I decided to make soup using carrots, chicken broth, and noodles. It turned out really great. |
Gina's mom was going to Target on Saturday. Gina got up and dressed early so she could go with. Her mother was hesitant to let her come with. But Gina promised she would help with the shopping. She was pleased her mother agreed to allow her come with. |
Angelina is 40 years old. When she was in school she learned she had a learning disability. She mostly had the hardest time with learning grammar. Now that she's 40 she wants to see if she can improve in this area. So she hired a tutor and is now taking daily grammar classes. |
Sam had a craving for his favorite strawberry ice cream. He decided to take a walk to the ice cream parlor to get some. When he got there, the strawberry flavor was gone. Sam reluctantly tried the cookies and cream flavor instead. Sam decided that cookies and cookies and cream was his new favorite! |
I was sitting on a bench waiting for the library to open. My cell phone rang. I was hoping it was about a job I had applied for. It was my parole officer calling. She told me my parole ended 5 months ago! |
Barry is very tall. His feet hung off his bed. One day, Barry bought a very long bed. He slept very well that night. Barry will never sleep in a normal bed again. |
Peter want fishing along the lake. While fishing, Peter saw a long black snake on the shore. The snake was menacing, and tried to attack Peter. Peter was able to manage not getting bitten by the snake. Nowadays, Peter does not fish as much by the lake. |
Jenny brought groceries for the house. She also prepared dinner. Since the family was starving, they ate a lot of food. When Jenny tried to take out food, there was barely any left. She got mad and decided to scold everyone. |
We had several dead balloons left over from a party. We wanted to get rid of them. My wife got me a needle. I put the balloons into a room and popped them. They were almost dead and made very little noise. |
My class has to submit its homework through an online application. The application is called webwork and demands precise mathematics. If you misuse its syntax, it rejects your work. I spend half of my time fighting with the application. Some of us students are going to complain to the professor about this. |
Reza was not confident in his writing abilities. He worked hard to improve through reading and writing. He turned in a book report that he had worked hard to get right. The teacher loved it and asked Reza if it could be used as an example. Reza was ecstatic as he agreed. |
Kenny and his mom were not getting along. He was mad that his mom divorced his dad. Kenny and his mom finally had to have a talk. His mom explained that his dad was having an affair. Kenny finally understood and felt contrite. |
The man stuck out his tongue. There was a white film on it. The doctor took a look. He said it was yeast. He told the man to stop drinking beer. |
Cara really wanted to move to her favorite city. Her husband was not enthusiastic, though. One day, she got him to promise they would go. Cara was really excited. Her husband wasn't be he tried to remain positive. |
Tom had always wanted to play poker. He was finally able to go to a friend's game. Tom did really well his first time. He had been studying the game for a long time. His friends thought he was cheating. |
When Richard came home, his house was completely trashed. He called the cops right away. They said there was no sign of entry but that the window was open. Suddenly two cats came barging in from the window, fighting. The cops left the house leaving Richard to deal with the cats. |
Allie wanted to organize a campaign. She organized a campaign to get people to vote. She thought it was important. She ended up getting a rally of one hundred folks. Allie was successful. |
My friend Cam's back started hurting him. He went to urgent care. They said his kidneys were not functioning well. He went to his pcp, a urologist, and a nephrologist. They are still running tests. |
When I was a kid, I had a dog named Blue. We would run up and down my street all the time. One day I ran too far, and he ran ahead. He ran into the street and was hit by a car. He didn't last long and died, leaving me very sad. |
The Sheltons wanted to go to the beach for the summer. They found a house to rent right on the beach. The kids played on the beach all day and found sea shells. The parents had a great time relaxing on the beach. When it was time to go home, they were sad but had many good memories! |
The bases were all loaded. It was bottom of the ninth. It was a full count, three balls and two strikes. The pitcher stood on the mound looking determined. He threw a fastball right down the middle, strike! |
Yesterday I noticed I was not getting much email. I checked and found several emails were put into my spam bin. There were personal emails as well as ones from legitimate companies. I found out how to tell gmail to not declare emails as spam. I am now getting my regular emails. |
A man was low on money, but needed to eat very badly. He had to figure out a way to eat without spending all that he had. For weeks, the man was able to eat free chips, sauce, and bread. Soon the restaurants caught on to his plan, and stopped serving him. One diner offered him a job though, solving his money problem! |
I was really hungry but I had no food in my refrigerator. I wrote a grocery list. I went to the supermarket which was 20 minutes away. I realized I forgot my wallet. I left empty handed and hungry. |
Amy wanted to improve her volleyball game. She had practice 3 days a week, but she still needed more. On their day off she went to the gym. But others sports were practicing, and she couldn't play. She decided she would practice in her own backyard. |
A graphic designer got a job. He needed to figure out the layout. He looked up things online. He decided to grid a layout. He then designed the piece well. |
Brad wanted to learn Spanish. He decided to take a Spanish class. He practiced the language diligently every day. By the end of the class, he was speaking Spanish fluently. Brad was proud that he accomplished his goal. |
Janine went to the water park. She met some friends there. She had a good time with her friends. She scraped her foot on the bottom of a pool. Overall Janine had a good time at the water park. |
Little Timmy created a club. His friends would enter a room full of fun games. He had fun with his friends. However, one day several strangers came in. So he created a password to only let his friends in. |
Georgia finally accepted the fact that her marriage would not improve. She told David she wanted a divorce. David was somewhat sad, but he also was relieved. David had been tired of the marriage for a long time. Now, they both are free to move on with their lives. |
Tom was playing a pickup game of basketball. Tom suddenly felt a shooting pain in his leg. Tom drove himself to the urgent care clinic nearby. They took an x-ray of his leg. Tom learned that he tore his ACL! |
Mary wanted to adopt a child. She went to the orphanage. She looked at who to adopt. She looked for the sad and lonely looking children. Mary chose to adopt a boy named Henry. |
Shane is out on the town with his girlfriend. She is blonde model. She gets looks from all types of men. A man tells Shane's girlfriend she's pretty. Shane snaps in a jealous rage and tells the man off. |
Anna didn't know how to do multiplication. At school everyone else knew how to multiply except her. She decided to make her own multiplication cards. She studied on her own and memorized multiplication. When she took her math test she got an A! |
Amy was proud of her long blonde hair. She balked at wearing a hairnet when she got a waitress job. One day, a customer called the manager over to his table. He plucked a long blonde strand from his plate of food. Amy stood looking sheepish among the dark-haired girls in hair nets. |
There was a new boy in class. I went over to introduce myself to him. He was friendly and we struck up a conversation. We walked home together as he lived down the street from me. Now we are good friends and walk to school together every day. |
The official took several name tags and placed them in the raffle. The ball with the tags were spun around. The name was announced. A young lady, in a dandelion dress jumped in an exciting manner. She immediately ran to the stage to pick up her prize. |
The girl had very long hair. SHe went in for her first haircut. The stylist trimmed the bottom. Her hair was much smoother and shinier when it was trimmed. She felt like a new girl! |
Ollie has started watching the news each evening. He's very worried about all of the wars, crime and unhappy people. His mom explains that the news shows more good than bad. He asks her to show him some of the good. Together they go to the soup kitchen to help feed the homeless. |
Beatrice is fed up with life and joins the marines. She's excited to be taking a step. She's a SUV driver in combat situations. Beatrice risks her life for her country. She's honored for her heroism. |
Emilio always wanted to be part of a gang. When he got chosen to undergo the initiation, he was elated. He prepared himself for anything. But when the task was explained to him, he backtracked. The price was too high and he quit. |
Chuck reclined on the back porch as he sipped his morning coffee. Today he would finally screen in this back porch. He gathered his tools and material supplies. He labored all day to finish the job. That night he snuggled with his wife on the bug free porch. |
Bernard was at the local club. He didn't like the music that the DJ was playing. Bernard decided to request a song. He told the DJ to play his favorite song. Bernard began dancing on the dance floor. |
Oliver bought the newspaper that day. He went through all the job listings but nothing interested him. He was so desperate for a job that he called one anyway. He got an interview for the next day. To his amazement, he got hired and started the same day. |
I had a violent dream last night. I dreamed I was a Mafia gangster. We were attacked by Muslim soldiers. They had a lot more weapons and I was afraid of dying. I woke up in a sweat. |
The man was drunk. He wanted a tattoo. He went to the parlor. The artist would not tattoo drunk people. The man had to come back sober. |
Brian had to work on the first day of deer season. He really wanted to go hunting instead. Brian called in sick the night before. His boss found out that Brian went hunting. Brian was suspended the next day. |
When I was a teenager, I had my first girlfriend. One day we decided to sneak out at night. We met up and talked and walked around our streets. We found a hill and sat on it and took a nap. Finally, I walked her back to her house. |
Sammy was feeling sick. She threw up in bed. Her mom cleaned up the mess. Sammy was able to stay home from school. She decided to watch Netflix in bed all day. |
Shelly was sitting on her front porch. She saw a car veer off the road into the ditch. Shelly jumped up off the porch and ran to the car. She helped the person out of the car. Shelly called 911 to report the accident. |
Jim liked fishing. But he noticed there were geese at his usual fishing spot. He figured they wouldn't bother him. But they croaked at him and attacked. The geese drove Jim far away from the lake. |
Tom started work at a new office. Everyone there seemed friendly. They invited him to go to lunch with them. Tom declined because he forgot his debit card. Everyone else offered to pay and he went. |
John was nervous about his science test at school the next day. He stayed up all night and studied very hard. He woke up late the next day and didn't have time to eat. He raced to school and sat down nervously. All the studying paid off and John aced his test. |
Stan had dropped his glasses on the floor. The lens were cracked. Stan got a headache trying to use the glasses. He went to the optometrist. Stan got new glasses. |
Tom was relaxing in the park. Kids started playing. Dogs started barking. Tom couldn't relax. Tom put on large headphones and was able to relax. |
Fred wanted to get more exercise. So he decided to walk to his local grocery store instead of drive. But he couldn't believe how tiring it was to carry groceries. And he ended up calling a cab. Fred tried to set better exercise goals the next time. |
Jackie was a girl scout. She was selling cookies. She hoped to sell the most. When cookie selling season was over, she counter her sales. She did sell the most, and she won a prize. |
Cameron wanted to become a computer programmer. She had no idea where to start. Cameron searched for online tools to help her in her journey. She learned from the best resources she could find. Cameron is now a successful programmer. |
There's a music festival in my town today. I go every year and try all the food. It's expensive but it's fun to treat myself. All of the bands perform for free. It's a shame every town can't host a festival once in awhile. |
Kyle lost his job. He got lots of applications from different businesses. He was determined to find a new job. He filled each one out and returned it. Kyle found a new job quickly due to his diligence. |
Kate had her first ice skating lesson. She felt like her feet were going to slip out from beneath her. With her feet slipping, she did fall down! The fall wasn't nearly as bad as she expected. She got back up again in order to keep going. |
My friend Curt was an artist. He had a print he had purchased for $10. He asked me to sell it on eBay. I sold it for $300. He was so happy he bought me breakfast. |
Mike loved to run. He wanted a pair of running shoes. The pair he wanted was very expensive. Mike waited until the store had their semi annual sale. He was able to purchase his shoes for half of the original price. |
Bongo Joe grabbed his Bongos and walked down the street. He would play a tune for the people who walked passed him. Every few people handed him a tip for his great rhythms. With all the money, Bongo Joe bought a second set of bongos. Now when he goes out, his friend follows him with the other set. |
Morgan was going for a bike ride on a sunny day. Halfway through, it began to pour down rain. She stopped under a bridge to wait out the rain. Once the rain cleared, she saw a rainbow across the sky. She was sad it had rained, but the beautiful rainbow made up for it. |
Carl had a great smile. He took very good care of his teeth. He cared a lot about keeping them healthy. He flossed every day and brushed three times each day. Everyone commented on how great his teeth were. |
Jenna was about to merge lanes. Another car made a sharp turn into the same lane. Out of anxiety, Jenna accelerated strongly. Both of the cars collided into each other. Although no one got hurt, both cars suffered major damage. |
Jenny hated spiders. She found one in the bathroom. She screamed and ran out. Jenny's boyfriend ran to see what the problem was. Jenny got him to get rid of the spider. |
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