As the new year begins, people are thinking about making plans for the year – where they will go on vacation in the summer, what they’d like to achieve in business, etc. All the plans are assuming they are here in this world. Not many people think about what happens if they are not here.
Author: Joyful
2008 is starting out with a lot of TV watching for me. I hardly ever watch TV, but today I watched the Rose Parade live for 2 hours and 1/2 of the re-run – I love the Rose Parade!
I grew up in Pasadena and my family used to own a restaurant on Colorado Blvd.…
Christmas makes people do unusual things –
People would work selflessly day and night to make tons of tamales to give away – and I got some of them! Thanks Theresa.
I went out to meet my neighbors on my block whom I have not talked to in the 9 years we’ve lived here. We went Christmas caroling at their houses, and they were all very friendly.
Can you make a living with blogging?
I came across Blogsvertise on a forum that talked about working from home. The first attraction on the Blogsvertise website was their first line – “Earn cash and generate extra income from your blog!’ That sounded pretty good to me. The panel of pictures of featured bloggers also caught my eye. It breaks up the monotony of printed words and shows a sense that real people are involved.
Thanks to EK, I read this Agatha Christie book without having to check it out from the library. I read it on www.Scribd.com.
I’ve read 4.50 From Paddington a long time ago and didn’t remember the story. As I was rereading it this time, I knew what to look for and who the possible murder would be. But the ending still surprised me. EK gives a good summary so I won’t repeat the storyline here.
The state of Maine has 10 million uninhabited acres of trees. Altogether, just 2% of the United States is classified as built up.
I read that in A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. It was written in 1998 but I wouldn’t think the figures now are too far off.
Audrey: Do you know a person with the last name Lum when you were in college?
Me: Yeah, Glenda Lum, Ed Lum…
A: Ed Lum – did he go to Cal State Long Beach?
Me: Yes…
A: Did he go to First Chinese Baptist Church?
Me: Yes…
Every Christmas our family enjoys attending a large musical production at a mega church. Last Saturday our Christmas spirit was lifted a few notches after we watched The Gallery at First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton.
Expecting a packed sanctuary, we arrived early, yet we still ended up with seats in the side section. A…
Me: Hey, Amy, guess what?? Alex Trebek had a heart attack!!
Amy: I know already. It happened yesterday and it was minor.
Elliot: Probably within one hour everyone knew.
Wow! Amy doesn’t know who our Vice President is, but she knows when Alex Trebek has a minor heart attack.
I was inspired by EK to blog my dreams.
There is a reoccurring theme in a few of my dreams:
I would go into a house that is either our own house or one that we are considering buying. When I enter the bedrooms, there are secret rooms behind those rooms. The house turns out…