These past few days have been very busy! And you know what busy can mean… more topics to blog about! I will start with a bit of an eclectic post; hopefully the future ones will be a bit more interesting. :-) Today I started on my new schedule. This routine change requires me to wake up at the same time as my dear husband, which as many of you know is 5am (well, technically 5:15, but still very very early)….
Joanna beat me to it about posting this, but I’m going to write about it anyways. :-) A little history: Last April, there was a tragic van/semi accident involving Taylor students and staff, in which 4 students and one staff member were killed. One of the students survived, and was in a coma for about 5 weeks. We all remember what happened there – with the tragic mix-up of identities. So recently, Whitney (the Taylor student who survived the accident)…
During the summer after kindergarten, I was involved in a reading contest at my local library. The person who read the most books won a prize and got their name in the local paper (it was a small town). Being the avid bookworm that I was, I set about to see how many books I could read. I’m not sure what the duration of the contest was, but I read a total of 262 books. The 2nd place person in…
I wrote this post for our Onward and Upward blog, and I thought I’d encourage everyone go read it. It’s about a topic that I’m pretty passionate about. :-) Beth also has some great posts on that blog, too, including a recent one about hearing God in the quietness (so true!!). Make sure you take a chance to read her thoughts – I am often challenged by the wisdom of my friend. Homeland Missionaries There are a few things I…
I really do like my hair, even if I complain about it sometimes. It’s a unique and pretty color – my Grandma used to always tell me that Lucille Ball paid lots of money each week to get hair my color. I love being a redhead. I like the texture and consistancy of my hair. However, my hair is very, very thick. It’s full of body and somewhere between straight and wavy. In the winter, it gets really straight, and…