Actually, this is my 101st post, because I posted a happy birthday salutation for Peter. I was going to post yesterday about Sarah leaving and have my 100th post moment then, but the power went out. :(
Won't see her again for two weeks. I'm required to be sad about it. *sob*.
Just in case anyone reads this before I'm finished, I'm revising my blog, but I have been kicked off the computer so it looks weird and it will until I am allowed back on.
We're back!!! We got home about an hour and a half ago, and I just showered and finished un-packing. Pictures will (hopefully) be coming soon!!! We took a lot of pictures on the beach, and I will be sure to post some of the them...sometime. :) I don't know how many pictures we have of us with Kevin, but I'll look for some. Right now I'm just glad to be home.
What is the national language of Iraq? When someone guesses it right, I will write a post explaining how it has anything to do with anything right now. If your last name is Zeglen, you are officially disqualified because I already told you. If you google it first, that is cheating. Unfortunately, I can't catch you googling it, but if you can live with yourself after I told you not to, then I guess I can deal with it, too. Asking family members is not prohibited, but discouraged. (Esp. because none of mine knew the right answer.) :)
YAY!! This computer is posting pictures again! Above is the best picture of Al Gore I have. The lighting was not set up for successful pictures, lol. The other one is again, a picture of Caroline!!! She came back today to play!!! She is absolutely adorable, as always. Have a happy Saturday!!!
P.S. There should be a post coming soon about tonight...we're taking Mom out for a belated Mothers Day...!!!
Kevin graduated from UTK (the University of Tennessee at Knoxville) yesterday!! He was excited. We had to leave our house at 5:30 in order to get there on time, which meant we were all waking up sometime before 5 so that we could shower and eat some breakfast. We had a to hour drive ahead of us, and we knew graduation would last at least to hours. It lasted 3. So, we went about 7 hours with no food. Plus, the only food we'd had was cereal (you don't really feel like making anything else at 4:45 A.M.). Anyway, the actual graduation was 3 hours long, but we got there an hour and a half early so that we could actually get seats. Then we had to wait another hour before we actually got to the resteraunt and got our food. Al Gore gave the commencement speech. It was interesting. He talks in a very convincing way...like some other politicians we know. No wonder he became VP and co-won a Nobel Peace Prize. After his 30 minute speech, every single graduate had to have their name read out and then walk the stage. There were over 1,000 graduates. It took a LONG time. But afterwards we got to eat some delicious food and then we caravaned home...and took naps. After dragging ourselves out of bed, we just kinda hung out the rest of the night. We did puzzles and drank lots of cold water (did I mention we had to eat outside...in the 90 heat). It was exciting, to say the least.
She did inspire me. While she was looking over my shoulder, Caroline saw my blog. And the picture of SJ laying on the garage floor looking dead. She was perfectly fine with the fact that Sarah appeared to be dead. In fact she asked if she was. Mary and I explained that no, she was just laying on the floor and there happened to be red paint there. (we didn't elaborate further and explain that SJ had wanted to look dead. we thought it wasn't necessary information.) She then asked "oh, so she wasn't praying or eating or going places?" We said no, that she wasn't right then, but that when she got up she did. She nodded, as if satisfied. When I remembered this, the first thing that struck me was "wow, she mentioned prayer first." Her parents are not perfect, and they don't pretend to be. Right now, they are even going through some rocky times in their marriage. Caroline is completely unaware of any of this. But even unconciously, she is learning from them that prayer is important. Other times I have talked with her and she has asked me if I had Jesus in my heart. Without even waiting to hear the spiritual state of my heart, she proceeded to tell me how amazing He was. "...He loves you and me and he comes into you when you ask. And He never leaves. Sometimes Mommy and Daddy leave and go somewhere and I have to stay behind but He never does. He's right here..." She said all this in the Nursery with me during church a few weeks ago. Exact quote. Granted, she doesn't really understand what she's talking about or what it means, exactly, but it's still one of the sweetest things I've ever heard. She talks about prayer the same way, explaining how God really does hear you every time you talk to Him. She says she talks to Him about the flowers and the butterflies and her little sister.She's only four, so she doesn't understand how badly she really needs Jesus in her heart and how often in this life she's going to be falling apart and cry out to God, wondering if He's still there. But for now, she's on the right track, and I thank God every time I see her for the precious little gift she is.
The computer isn't letting me post pictures...it's been having (other) problems lately, too. I'm going to try moving pictures from this computer to another one and see if I can post them from there. There should be (more) pictures of our trip to Huntsville, and I might be able to find a picture of Caroline. If I am successful, they should be online by tomorrow at three. :)
so, right now there's a 4-year-old looking over my shoulder while I decide what to write about. She's cute.
Alas! I was the only person who remembered to bring a camera...and I forgot to check my batteries which died soon after we arrived. This is the only picture (in our possession) of the entire wedding! :( But, this one's pretty good. :) The music was for the most part all celtic, the groomsmen (and groom, and father of the bride) wore kilts, and they cut the cake with a sword. Both the bride and groom were deeply involved with fencing, and they had an honor guard (the bride's brothers and other fencing students) salute them as they left. It was a beautiful spring day, and it was a lovely wedding and reception. They had regular reception food, (cheese and crackers, rolls, chicken salad, etc) and delicious punch. They also had CANDY!! Tons and tons of CANDY. I think everyone should have candy at their wedding. :) It makes the little kids less restless. They also had serving cakes, so that guests could eat cake without having to wait for the bride and groom to cut it. It was exquisite!
Okay, kids, I haven't forgotten y'all, my faithful blog readers. I just seem to be lacking the inspiration in my head that then becomes a blog post on the computer. If anybody has extra, it would be appreciated. Okay, despite the possibly confusing vernacular of the above statement, let's cut to the chase. WHAT SHOULD I POST ABOUT?!?!?!?! Is that clear enough? You have 24 hours after reading this to respond. Don't be late. I'm watching you.
Today is Pi day!!!! YAY!!! I think we should eat something special in honor of the day. Celebrations are all about food, right? I might do some math, too. (even though it's Sunday.) I think someone (hint, hint) should make a pie in a certain pi plate, devour it, and then post pictures on her blog depicting the whole event. :) Don't forget to set your clocks ahead!! :)
hey everybody...so it's snowing again here...camera battery is currently dead...working on it. Stephen and Emilie are here and I'll try to post pics as soon as i can take them. :)
So, even though I'm posting, there's really not that much to say. I've been doing school like crazy because Stephen's coming tomorrow and staying for the week! YAY! I finished my math book today...exciting, right? I'll try to post pictures of Stephen's visit as they come. yeah, that's about it...what's up with you?
I hate apathy. It's technically defined as "a supression of emotion". To me, it means not trying to live every moment to its fullest, treating every day as a gift from God, unique, once-in-a-lifetime. Today is never going to happen again. You may have a similar day, but no day is identical. You will never have another February 5th, 2010. You can't go back and change what you did...or left undone.
I hate feeling indifferent. Come on people, wake up! This is the life God gave you to live! Live it with the wonder and awe of a child of Light; a child of God. That is what we are, and yet we so are so often apathetic. It's so easy to drift from day to day, going through the motions of living. We should live every day as if it were our last, and planning as though our world will last for a hundred years.
I love snow!!!! Yes, I think I have an obsession. It's supposed to get warm tomorrow and melt, which is really, really, sad. I guess I'll live, though. I think Kathy and I are the only ones who still have an obsession with snow, so we were out there taking pictures for multiple hours. Right now I need to empty my memory stick, 'cause it's full of white pictures!! I only posted about a third of them. It makes me sooo happy to see white everywhere!!! :)
"For you created my inmost being: you knit me together in my mother's womb...All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." ~Psalm 139:13,16
Since the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand in all 50 states in 1973, over 50 million unborn babies have been aborted in our country. Over a third of the women over age 45 today have had an abortion.
These statitics are incredible, and we hope they won't be repeated in the future. Crisis pregnancy centers are doing their part, but what are we doing about it? These babies have the right to live. So what are we going to do about it? Sound the call. Join the cry these babies never had the chance to utter. Tell the world.
