Today’s program on Family Life was “Ten Ways to Romance Your Wife.” They had some pretty good ones. What do I find romantic with my husband? Take a walk in the evening together, hand in hand. Sit close together on the couch and chat about our day. When he opens the door for me or […]
Last night, Amy and I saw a real shooting star! It looked just like the way it’s drawn in the cartoons! From where we were standing, the star fell from right to left in an arch. It was incredible. I didn’t know there was really such a thing! Amy and I each made a wish. […]
Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice Son: “I will choose my own bride!” Father: “But the girl is Bill Gate’s daughter.” Son: “Well, in that case…ok” Next Father approaches Bill Gates. Father: “I have a husband for your daughter.” Bill Gates: “But my daughter is too young to marry!” Father: […]
Thai woman tells of 25-year detour after catching wrong bus. Read about it here. I was thinking, how could this have possibly happened? But then, if you were not very educated, and you didn’t even know enough about geography to draw a map, and you didn’t know where you were in relationship to your home, […]
Bonnie gave me the bulbs for my birthday, and they are blooming already! I love the simplicity and the feeling of smoothness of tulips. I have a picture of tulips in our dining room in the background of this picture.
USC beat Cal 7-0! The weather was great as we sat in the stands of “center court” to watch the singles matches on Saturday. Boy, those guys are buff 🙂 But I was surprised that they do not rush up to the net. They rally from the back court like women’s tennis. (Don’t mistake that […]
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?†her friend asked. “No,†came Barton’s reply, “I distinctly remember forgetting it.â€
No one in my family is a football fan, but I should at least know who is playing and who won. I watched parts of the 3rd and 4th quarters, and the final few minutes of the game. I actually enjoy watching football as well as other professional sports. I got that from my brother. […]
Please check my wish list. There might be something there you can get for me, for free.
I’ve been reading this book on and off for a while. Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions by George Barna gives good insight into the importance of children’s ministry in our churches. If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people’s lives; and if you want to maximize that […]
Audrey screamed and jumped out of bed: “WE DID IT AGAIN! IT’S 6:30!” “Audrey, it’s Saturday.” “OH…:P” Our wake up time on a school day is 6:00am. Audrey leaves the house by 6:30am. One day last week we woke up late. Now she is hypersensitive to waking up late. Everyone went back to sleep…except me. […]
True or False: 1. Gifted students must be challenged or they will get lazy. 2. Gifted students enjoy teaching/tutoring other students. According to the GATE Coordinator at Amy’s school at last night’s meeting, the answer to #1 is False. If gifted students are not challenged, they will not get lazy, but they will get bored. […]
On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered. The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. Luke 6:6-7 The Pharisees probably […]
Did I ever mention where the picture on this blog’s banner came from? These are the water drops on the sunroof of our car while we were washing the car. Elliot took the picture. The simple pleasures in life are the Stuff that Matters – the title of my blog, in case you haven’t noticed.
No waiting at Astro Blaster. We came out of it and went right back in to ride it again. No waiting at Pirates of the Carribean. The updated improvements were well done. No more “Hoho, hoho, a pirate’s life for me…” 15 minutes wait at Indian Jones. Too bad we didn’t want to go on […]
Today in my Precepts Bible study group, Hebrews 12:1 came up in our discussion: “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles…” To be honest, I can think of many sins that entangle me in my Christian life. The writer of Hebrews says to throw off everything that hinders, […]
Our church challenged everyone in our congregation to read through the Bible in a year. A schedule is published for us, and if we follow it daily, we would have read the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation in a year. The streak of rebelliousness in me doesn’t like to be told what to do. […]
Often we seem bent on ensuring that the next generation will have a better life than did the preceding generations – the ability to live “the good life.” But we define that life as the presence of comfort and secuity combined with the abasence of hardship and disappointment. Well-intentioned parents often try to buy experiences […]
Today is Elliot‘s birthday, same day as Martin Luther King’s. A small incident today woke me up to the realization that Elliot is a man, no longer a boy. We went to visit my friends to see their bunny (why we wanted to see their bunny is another story.) When I introduced Elliot, Audrey, and […]
I was confronted by 4 doctors the day before President Bush announced the US policy on embryonic stem cell research. Without asking my opinion, these friends demanded to know: “Why do you oppose stem cell research?†I told them I was very much in favor of stem cell research. But I do have 2 questions […]