So, we’re at church last night, and the kids are upstairs with Grandma in Child Care where Orville is practicing his magic tricks for his up and coming birthday party. Meanwhile, Juss is trying to get me to pay attention to him instead of watching Orville and he’s doing this with Kiss Attack. (Sometimes, it’s…
A friend just wrote me: When I was younger, I went to one church back here in this town, and they preached against a woman wearing hose, said it was worldly. Well, I took off my hose, went to a church down the street, and they preached me into hell for showing my legs! Some…
Grandma and Juss were walking down the stairs carrying a box containing the board game that we refer to as Dino Tracks. Juss: “One is a game but two is a race.” (This means one player can move around the board, but to have a winner, you need two.) Grandma: “Is that…
We had a lovely vacation – our first in five years. We went north to visit family and friends and had just a wonderful time. The weather was actually cold while we were up there (cold as in we had to wear long sleeves, pants, and socks) which added to the comfort and charm of…
Again, only of interest to those interested in praying. Of no literary merit on its own. This month let’s pray about: Global Climate Changes. It has become our tradition to pray about the weather during Hurricane Season, and I would like to continue this. However, there also seems to be a growing sense of the weather…
Okay, that was supposed to go up yesterday…sorry. ;(
Friday, John and I slipped out of the house, leaving the sleeping children with our intrepid babysitter Logan, and went to see STARDUST. I have waited eagerly for movies for years, and seldom has a movie I’ve been especially anticipating lived up to my hopes. (I don’t count a few of the recent big…
Link to an interview with J.K. Rowling, where she speaks at length about “what happened next.” Interview with J. K. Rowling
I just suffered one of those weird moments when something you’ve known for a long time suddenly appears in a different light. I’ve been quite familiar with Pokemon for at least 8 or 10 years now, and I’ve read the Pokemon Hall of Fame to the kids numerous times…but only this time, as we reviewed…
Just thought this should be shared…. J.K. Rowling: Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department in– at the Ministry of Magic. So they– I mean, they are now the consummate– they are experts. It doesn’t matter how old they are or what else they’ve done. So Harry and Ron lead the way in…