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Jeanne reads to her stuffed beavers

Someone asks Jeanne Robertson what she is doing to stay busy at home. She would rather show than tell. more

She sits in a light sweater, ready with an answer. Not one minute of her time at home is going to waste.

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Asked how she stays busy, she's ready with an answer.

Part of the day calls for a fuzzy blue hood and a quiet seat on a yellow couch. It doesn't stay quiet for long.

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A fuzzy blue hood and a yellow couch set the mood for one part of the day.

Next she sits smiling with a long stick in one hand, and then it's reading time. "Okay, children," she tells her audience of stuffed animals, beavers among them. "Everybody, it's time for reading time." The class gets two books to pick from, "The Beaver" or, for a change of pace, "The Busy Beaver."

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Props in hand, she's ready for the next item on her list.

The rest of the day moves fast. She plays basketball indoors, and she twirls a baton faster and faster until it all but disappears.

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Someone asks Jeanne Robertson what she is doing to stay busy at home.

Fans have their favorite parts. Those propped-up beavers get plenty of love, but the biggest laugh in the comments goes to the moment she pulls out the butter. One fan had a practical idea and said she could be making pound cakes to freeze.

After all that, only one thing is left on the list. Jeanne Robertson is taking a nap.