RE: REPLY: You're good ideas.

Think about why its common to miss so much at Battleship, and I'm sure you'll figure it out! Look at your board - there are a lot of empty spaces, right? More empty spaces than spaces filled with ships. SO that means when someone is shooting at you, they are more likely to hit one of the many empty spaces than one of the few filled spaces.

Your shot was a miss. My shot: H9.

Sorry I was talking about the wrong day...I thought you wouldn't get me message until later, and I realized that for me, later was today (Thursday) but for you it's still Wednesday. Sorry about that. Believe me, I know when Balen's birthday is!

I'm glad you like my chain idea. I think you have great ideas too. Just remember that I've had more time to come up with ideas than you have - I've been on the planet a little longer than you! Don't feel discouraged because you like my ideas better than yours. You think of good things all the time!

I need to get to work now. You write your emails to me just before bed, but usually I write my emails to you first thing in the morning when I get to work. I come in a little early so that I can spend a few minutes reading and writing to you. But, I have work to do, so I need to get going!

Love,
Mommy