When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Is it ok for a Christian to celebrate Halloween? Some people can certainly go too far on Halloween by glorifying the things of the occult. Even seemingly children’s games that involve witches, casting spells, etc. are inappropriate in my opinion. I do not go to Halloween “parties” because they will always involve some type of […]
VeggieTales is the creator of Snoodles. Snoodles are small teardrop-shaped creatures with wings – very cute. In today’s episode (NBC 9:00am PST) a small Snoodle meets the one who created the Snoodles. In their conversation, a great truth was clearly presented in rhyme: The young Snoodle pondered the things he’d been told. Then wondering something, […]
First it’s my knee problem. Now it’s a cholesterol problem. My blood tests showed my cholesterol at 237. Yes, that’s high. My HDL good cholesterol is 55 – that’s good, and my LDL bad cholesterol is 151 – that’s not so good. I have a family history of cholesterol problem. My brother and sister are […]
When I think about our financial situation, I get worried. Our main source of income is from real estate sales. Everyone knows that real estate sales is down. If we were just real estate agents, I wouldn’t be worried. We have reserves to live on even if we don’t make a sale. We live frugally […]
The Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson is a fantasy adventure set in China in the days when Imperial Emperors and dragons existed. The heroine is a little slave girl who discovers her destiny as the true dragon keeper by helping the last of the imperial dragon, Danza. They journeyed together to the ocean to hatch […]
Hours of fun with a ziplock bag and water?Amy and I used that to magnify things around us, including ourselves. It looked so cute we took some pictures. It makes us look like we have big cartoon eyes. Believe it or not, we spent a long time using our imagination playing with a bag with […]
A year-long study by the Business and Media Institute found that news reports about the American economy have been grossly distorted with twice as many negative stories as positive ones. Moreover, the negative reports were often aired in full-length segments, where as the positive stories only got a brief mention. The worst offender of the […]
Things that give me a headache: 1. Reading tutorials to learn to do some computer related task. I see the words, I know what the words mean, but I don’t understand a word it’s saying! 2. Elliot‘s explanation of the tutorial. His “simple” explanation doesn’t make it any clearer. 3. Realizing it took me 2 […]
In our little suburban town of 30,000 people, the annual Walnut Family Festival held last Saturday is one of the highlights of the year. The local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troups, Little League and soccer teams, City Council members riding in vintage automobiles, local businesses, the water department, and a “clean” trash truck from […]
Say, you’re 22 and spend $5 a day on fancy coffee. By retirement (62, for example), you’ll have gulped away $72,800! Put it in an IRA instead, and with interest, you’d have $179,256 (based on 4% APY). Coffee is no good for you anyway.
Google saved me a lot of money this week. 1. The office printer Phaser 8200 wasn’t working. The code on the machine says to call for repair. So I called an authorized repair shop. Can you believe they charge $150 per hour – the hourly charge begins when the repairman leaves the shop to the […]
I am half way through reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I am not going to read the rest of it. I don’t like the book. Is it ok to dislike a book that is suppose to be a literary classic? In our local library there is a Classic section. I like to read something from […]
This comparison struck me today. Mike and I drove to USC to have breakfast with Elliot this morning. When we left the house, my mother-in-law also went out at the same time. She wanted to walk to the swapmeet at the high school a little over a mile away. We drove about 35 miles to […]
Have you heard of Kay Arthur and Precept Ministries? After 10 years of Bible study with BSF, I am making a change this year. I joined a Precept Bible study group for women held at my friends church in Chino Hills. We will cover the book of II Timothy. It was not an easy decision […]
This is to remind myself what I can make for dinner when I can’t think of what to make: Spinach stuffed sole Meatloaf Veggie Lasagna Seafood alfredo
I am kind of a paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. 🙂
Chocolate, technically Audrey’s dog, but in reality we all have to take care of him, taught me a lesson today. He was scratching at the door, as he usually does when he wants to go out. I take him out to do his business. We came back into the house, and he scratches again. I […]