Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my mom and brother. We spent a short time in S.D. with them but it was still very nice. My nephews and niece are getting so big so fast. Geneva really likes playing with them. My oldest nephew who has autism/mentally retarded seems to have matured some. He was able to let people know what he wanted a lot easier now. I could understand what he was trying to say, he doesn’t say words but he does motion with his hands and grunts! He wanted to smell everything, he loves candles now.
One thing about traveling…I get so bloated I can barely stand it. I am finally back to normal this morning. I felt like I was 5 months pregnant all weekend, my stomach so huge. I guess I don’t drink enough water when we travel:)
Nov. almost gone! WOW, this year is going by so fast..I know I know, I am always saying something like that! I need to start holiday baking. I don’t have a problem with tasting so I should not ruin my diet. What am I doing today to make it to my goal?, is the question I am asking myself everyday! I have also started weighing myself everyday again. Scales don’t lie.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
Stuffing in November
I don’t seem to blog as much as I used to. Homeschooling takes up a lot of my time:) . We visited Rex’s Grandpa in the beginning of the month. We had a great visit with him, Rex was able to read the Scriptures and pray with him.
We gave out gospel tracts along with candy Halloween night. I found a great resource online
http://www.ccwonline.org/tracts.html
We only found 3 of them on our lawn the next morning. We gave out close to 50 of them. Next year I should prepare a little more.
Rexford was hired on as a seasonal employee at a retail store and really likes it. He has his last behind the wheel scheduled soon.
Rex celebrated his birthday this month, it wasn’t really relaxing. But I did make him Boston Cream Pie! One of his favorites. He works so much we had a hard time finding some time to celebrate it!
We had six kids from the school where we teach tkd enter a tkd tournament this month. They all did great and Rex was like a proud papa helping them. I was in a ring judging or refereeing the whole time. My feet hurt so bad that night, I was so worn out! I can’t remember the last time I was on my feet for so long. I learned a lot also, it was a great experience for me. I was sick on top of it all!
We had a game day with people from the church on Saturday and it was really fun. One of the games we played was Apples to Apples. I really liked it even though I didn’t do very well at it. Lilly and Danielle spent the day at a birthday party, it was at a water park, and Danielle doesn’t want to remove her wrist band. I wonder how many days it will stay on:)
Geneva is working hard on her pattern in tkd, I am hoping she can test soon. She has been watching tkd for such a long time, she sometimes will incorporate high belt moves into her pattern, it’s pretty funny to watch but we are constantly telling her to do her own pattern!
I am so glad I quit the homeschool co-op when I did. They were going to offer a hip hop dance class next semester, I don’t know if they are still offering the class now, a couple families quit shortly after. I am glad I didn’t have to deal with that. I think it’s so sad and it’s a terrible reflection on the state of some of our churches. Why parents would encourage such things is beyond my understanding. This makes me think of why parents let their children get away with lying…I could go on and on but I will not!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rex is doing a lot better on our weight loss challenge than I am. It’s so easy to get comfortable with yourself, but I know I need to make it to my goal. It is taking a long time to do it. It was so easy to put on the fat!
Hope everyone has a beautiful Thanksgiving this week! Praise God for His wonderful mercies to us! Praise God from whom all blessings come!
Monday, November 06, 2006
Why English is So Hard to Learn
A funny from a forum I thought was cute.
If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave. Peruse at your leisure, English lovers.
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius! This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave. Peruse at your leisure, English lovers.
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
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