one thing that annoys me about Hollywood

one thing that annoys me about Hollywood

Two of my favorite books growing up were Cheaper By the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, and Who Gets the Drumstick?, by Helen North Beardsley. (I liked stories about big families. :-)) Both of these books are about actual families who lived in the 1910s and 1960s, respectively. Cheaper by the Dozen is about the Gilbreth family, with 12 children, and it is a humorous account of their growing up years (incidentally, Belles on Their…

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those weird math people

those weird math people

So yesterday I spent the day in Buford with the Garrisons, sewing my curtains. I enjoyed the day for the most part, but then towards the evening something really strange happened. We were having a pleasant conversation when, out of nowhere, Mr. Garrison says something about the first perfect square of some special set of numbers being 144. Susan was estatic over this, since 144 is her favorite number. Now, this wouldn’t have been so bad… except the conversation didn’t…

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survey/quiz thingy

survey/quiz thingy

Here’s a fun little thing that I got from Maria’s blog. Enjoy! 10 years ago, I was: On furlough in Marietta, GA Attending Cherokee Christian School for 7th grade Getting to know my best friend, Beth Learning to play chess Writing passionately about anything and everything 5 years ago, I was: In Peru in my senior year of high school Counting the days until graduation (I started at 365) Involved in everything: National Honor Society, Student Body Government, Varisty Club,…

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friends

friends

Yikes, people overload. I miss my friends… I really do. I miss my Taylor friends especially, but I miss the rest of you too. I miss what we had, and I miss what could have been. I’m coming up to Taylor this spring sometime to visit everyone. I want to hang out in Gerig lounge, greet the desk worker, wander through 2G and make a special hello to Big Suite… Man, it’s so weird. The last time I was in…

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facebook

facebook

So I just signed up for Facebook. I had fun adding people as friends. :-) I enjoyed looking up people from high school. Haven’t had contact with many of them in a long time. I was surprised that my high school was even on there. :-) I don’t have much to say other than that.