Of all that I’ve run across, there has been one piece of traveling advice that stands out in my mind the most. When you’re packing, pack what you think you’ll need. . . then remove half of that. It can probably be attributed to Rick Steves. That dude knows any and everything about traveling. ButContinue reading “Travel Essentials”
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The French Tutor: How do you say “Shame on me?”
Ok, so the tutoring session went really well today. Our tutor showed up on time and had everything prepared. We sang songs, baked cookies, colored, worked on a poster board, learned new words, played a game. And she stayed longer than an hour. She spoke mainly French but she knew the kids were totally notContinue reading “The French Tutor: How do you say “Shame on me?””
Love is in the air
God is not-so-subtly telling me that we need to have “the talk” soon with Reagan. We went to the zoo today and the only animals that were out were fish and mating frogs. I kid you not. There’s a smaller frog on the back of Big Mama. He’s camouflaged pretty well. So, those last onesContinue reading “Love is in the air”
A hint of spring?
Doves have been visiting our backyard the past couple of afternoons. The first day I saw them there were no less than eight back there. Yesterday I saw only one. A pair usually takes up residence in our friends’ backyard. Maybe they’re trying out new digs, or they’ve invited their relatives to move closer toContinue reading “A hint of spring?”
Lucky’s not so lucky
We thought we were going to get lucky today… We met some friends after church for what was supposed to be a quick lunch. Our friends had to get one of their daughters to a Girl Scout meeting and we needed to get home so I could go take more money from JoAnn’s.* TheyContinue reading “Lucky’s not so lucky”
You’ve got to stand for something…
President Obama Makes Hu Jintao Look Good On Rights (the full text of the editorial is below) I don’t believe what is coming out of either of their mouths. In school we’ve been studying WWII and the period directly after it. What struck me when we were reading about Truman wasn’t the fact that heContinue reading “You’ve got to stand for something…”
Not So SAHM 