Kids

Jasmine, my 7 year old granddaughter, is so serious at times.  I asked her yesterday while watching a news story about the whales in California and why they were there, what she thought.  She said she thought they came to California so people could see them and promise to protect them.

In another conversation regarding the death of the classroom turtle, in trying to console her, I said, "maybe God needed a turtle in heaven and he chose theirs."  Her immediate reply was "No, he would have taken the entire body."

What do you believe in?

I believe in tomorrow, therefore I believe in Christ.

A Good Read

A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny was a better than good read.  Her books always give me something to think about, they are more than mystery novels, but well thought out.   Some examples:

"Mistaking the created for the creator"

"Peter the rock, Peter the apostle, Peter the saint,  (said of Peter) "O, ye of little faith.""

There are many more, but I didn't mark them all.  

Penny is a Canadian writer and I love the town many of her stories are set in, 3 Pines.  She has a sense of humor about her stories, her setting, and her characters, life in general, but still takes it all seriously. 

Reading Again!

If you are reading a book, you are creating the imagery in your mind.  If you are watching a movie you are watching what someone else imagined.  Which is why the book was usually better than the movie.

Jasmine's Homework Poem

Sandwich sad

Sandwich glad

Somebody help this sandwich

Sandwich flat

Sandwich sat

Somebody help this sandwich

Sandwich jam

Sandwich swam

If please somebody help this sandwich

Sandwich mask

Its a task to save this sandwich

Sandwich tick

Sandwich lick

I need a sandwich for my picnic

She had to use "several" of her spelling words.  She used:  sandwich, sad, glad, flat, jam, if, mask, picnic

She is a total poet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

School Starts

What a week and our children are grown!  Grady is taking Jasmine, Larkin, and Daegan and picking up and I am doing homework with Larkin and Daegan.  We had a good laugh this week because most of the non-Irish teachers do not know how to pronounce Daegans name, so they have settled on calling him Parrish.  What a hoot!  I saw on the weather page that Saturday and Sunday it is expected to be 110 here.  I am going to get cool whip and popsicles for the kids in celebration of the heat.
I got my car out of the garage Monday and it got hit on Tuesday.  I've called the adjuster who promised to get back to me in 20 minutes yesterday and I am still waiting.  The girl who hit me was nice to stop and report it.  It's nice to know there are people who are still willing to do the right thing.  God Bless you all today.  Say a prayer for Stan.

Vacation in Del Rio

Grady, Amanda and Michael, Jasmine and Paisley and I spent four days in Del Rio at the nicest house.  First time we went without Bo, but life got in the way.  He and Janet were busy with work and school.  Next year for sure.  Let's get the fish question out of the way right now, NO.  But the house was so nice, the views so nice, the pool so nice we couldn't of had a better time.  I'll post pictures later on, when I have time to figure out how to do that.