Something positive from Hollywood. I generally don’t like movies, but I would like to support this one: The Nativity.
Finally, we have cool weather today. It’s beginning to feel like winter – the start of my favorite holiday season – Christmas of course! Christmas has not always been my favorite holiday. Growing up, Christmas did not mean much more than no school, and a few presents. Even the presents were nothing to get excited […]
*Every year, I try to get my siblings’ families to play games when we have get-togethers, resulting in little enthusiasm, and then they always have to leave soon after dinner. This year, 4 (strapping, handsome, available…) guys from church joined us, and we played games!! I love having people stay late to play wholesome games […]
Los Angeles County Superior Court no longer accept full-time care for minor children as an excuse from jury duty. Now they tell me I can ask for postponement if the assigned date is not convenient. When does a full-time mom have a week when they do not have to take care of her children? If […]
So Audrey was wondering why I would still remember what Mike was wearing when we first met over 25 years ago…Maybe subconsciously, I knew I would be blogging about him 25 years later and subconsciously made a note of it…while blogging didn’t exist then, I subconsciously had a feeling that something like an online journal […]
With going on 22 years of marriage, I want to reminisce the past when I first met Mike. It ws the summer of the year 1980 something. A few of us from church were helping our friend Ivan move from his townhouse into a house with a new roommate. I met this new roommate as […]
What are you thankful for this year that you couldn’t say last year? – I am not missing Elliot as much this 2nd year in college – I am thankful for my church family who stayed with the church through hard times – I am thankful for the ladies in my new Bible study group […]
Are you wondering what you want to be when you grow up? I am! Find your niche, they say. What is my niche? Your niche will grow out of what you have a passion for, they say, what you would do in your spare time. What I love to do: – Study the Bible and […]
After all these years, prayer is still a struggle for me. So today, instead of praying with the right words, the Lord said to me, “Just unload your burdens on me. Tell me your concerns.” I began by telling him my concern for the children and the young adults at church. I told him of […]
Friday, November 10th, Mike and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary! Words of wisdom, you ask? Don’t sweat the small stuff. Hold on to each other during tough times. Know when to talk and when to shut up. Give more, take less. Take opportunities to do silly things and laugh more. Thanks, dear, for your […]
I just finished reading Why I am a Christian by John Stott. Though Stott is a very popular Christian author, this is the first book I’ve read by him. I got this book free from Intervarsity when we visited Elliot during Parent’s weekend at USC. The author explains several reasons why he is a Christian. […]
How far would you go for good food? We were in Houston this past weekend for my husband’s brother’s wedding. I will debrief about the rest of the trip later. But here is one incident I want to write about first. All weekend, we haven’t tried any of the local cuisine. Our friend Betty who […]
Besides the obvious difference in the price of a gallon of gasoline, many things have changed since I started driving 30 years ago: * we didn’t worry about mpg * AC was an option * only huge monster luxury cars had power windows * there was no seatbelt laws * high school guys used to […]
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 […]