Posted in Random Thoughts on Monday, 31 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
I posted this on the SL forum, but the question is still stirring in my brain. What happened to young Johnny Tremaine and his lady-love, ‘Cilla, during the American Revolution? Have you ever thought that about the possibility that he didn’t live through the war? Do you ever think about your 16yo son having to [...]
Posted in In pictures on Sunday, 30 March 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Life, Random Thoughts on Sunday, 30 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Princess has an extra dance rehearsal for two and a half hours this afternoon so I brought my new computer into town with me. I had intentions of setting up in a corner at Panera and updating my blog while I absentmindedly sipped on my coffee and nibbled on my pastry. Trés chic, don’t you [...]
Posted in Faith, Hidden Art, LCMS on Friday, 28 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Radio Silence
By MOLLIE ZIEGLER HEMINGWAY
As synod bureaucrats support congregations that hide their Lutheran identity while terminating the strong witness of “Issues, Etc.,” members of the denomination are asking if they can have their grandfather’s church back.
Yes, I want my grandfather’s church back!
The crazy politics of the synod are a loud reminder that my faith comes [...]
Posted in Homeschooling on Friday, 28 March 2008 | No Comments »
In my first In Pictures post, the waterfall in the top picture is one of our favorite at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois. We live about ten minutes from the park for two years.
My point? Yes, we really did do school by the waterfall on more than one occasion.
Where would you [...]
Posted in Country Life, Family on Thursday, 27 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
We always joke about buying Princess a Pink Hummer for her 16th birthday. Pink being her choice, a Hummer being our vain attempt to keep her physically safe on these nasty country roads.
But…. *stammer* WHO WOULDA THUNK IT?
Posted in In pictures on Thursday, 27 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
Me:
NOT me:
I got this idea from Polly’s blog, but she actually got the idea from someone else. Don’t you just love how things fly around the internet? It’s better than writing your email on a dollar bill and seeing where it goes. I’m only going to post one pair at a time, though. That way [...]
Posted in Military life on Thursday, 27 March 2008 | No Comments »
Humor in Uniform
Readers Digest, April 2008
I was stationed on a Navy ship in the Mediterranean, and the 18-20 workdays passed very slowly. My wife, a psychologist, decided to send me a relaxation tape to ease the stress of sea duty. Its title: Sounds of the Ocean.
Frank Baker
The new ensign was trying to impress everybody with [...]
Posted in Faith, Homeschooling, Random Thoughts on Monday, 24 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
In memory of David, Madeline, and Megan McGrath.
Posted in Homeschooling on Sunday, 23 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hats off to my fellow Sonlighter RedNeckWoman who blogs at Postscripts from the Catholic Spitfire Grill for introducing this site to me. I really needed a belly laugh tonight.
Jason Holm’s Inflatable Studios
Check out his homeschool comics… some are downright hilarious, others are funny and thought provoking at the same time. My new vice.
Posted in LCMS, Politics on Saturday, 22 March 2008 | No Comments »
I generally avoid blogging about the goings-on in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Mostly because the ugliness of such things in a Christian body causes me much stress and I prefer to take a back seat and let the theologians do the dirty work. (Sad, I know, but very safe.) This time I have to say [...]
Posted in Diabetes on Friday, 21 March 2008 | No Comments »
5 Surprising Facts About Diabetes
Fact: Most Children Who Get Diabetes Aren’t Fat
Fact: Even If a Child with Diabetes Feels Healthy, She’s Still at Risk for Serious Complications
Fact: White Children Are at the Highest Risk
Fact: Diabetes Isn’t Caused by Eating Too Much Sugar
Fact: Kids with Diabetes Won’t Necessarily Need Insulin Shots
From the article:
3 Diabetes Symptoms
The onset [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, 21 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another article about the Exodus Mandate Project I mentioned a couple of days ago.
The tragedy is that too many conservative Christian, Republican parents who want their children to have a different worldview — their own — willingly participate in the destruction of their children’s minds by turning them over to a way of thinking [...]
Posted in Politics, Random Thoughts on Thursday, 20 March 2008 | No Comments »
From CNN: Agency OKs cheese steak shop’s English-only signs
While I believe that our constitution guarantees Geno’s Steaks the right to do business in their establishment however they see fit, I honestly think their signs are just plain bad business. I mean, my money spends just as good whether I speak French or English to the [...]
Posted in Faith, Homeschooling on Thursday, 20 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
From the March 22/29, 2008 issue of World Magazine:
“If you’re going to send your kids to Caesar, you’re going to get Romans back.”
Ron Gleason, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Yorba Linda, Calif., who is spearheading a movement in Southern California to encourage Christians to withdraw their children from government schools.
Exodus Mandate [...]
