Month: December 2007

  • Today's Cartoon
    I rarely use the word busy because to me it says: "You are not my priority."  But this week has been one of those weeks.  We've had something almost every night and it's not letting up until next Thursday.  We celebrated Christmas at Kim's mom last night.  I enjoyed it. 
    The stress level has raised a little, well sometimes a lot during this Christmas season.   
    Has your December been stressful for you?

  • Mars

    Mars: Closest Approach 2007
    Mars can be seen clearly in the southern sky. 

    I spent yesterday in the Social Services in a PPRT meeting. (Permancy Planning Review Team) It was for all the Foster Children of this area.  We have 31 children in Foster Care in this area.  I knew several of the children.  I can't shake the pictures of neglect and abuse.   

     

  • Christmas Quotes

    Larry Libby, Christmas Stories for the Heart
    Late on a sleepy, star-spangled night, those angels peeled back the sky just like you would tear open a sparkling Christmas present. Then, with light and joy pouring out of Heaven like water through a broken dam, they began to shout and sing the message that baby Jesus had been born. The world had a Savior! The angels called it "Good News," and it was.
    Max Lucado, God Came Near
    Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.
    Erma Bombeck
    There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
    Bernard Manning
    I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
    Bing Crosby
    Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.
    Margaret Thatcher
    Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
    Calvin Coolidge
    Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.

  • Fit In

    Today's Cartoon
    Do you feel you "fit in" in all areas of your life? 

  • Today's Cartoon

    Today's Cartoon
    This cartoon reminded me of my now 13 year old adopted daughter.  When Alisha was about 6 she collected money over a period of about a week and ran away one midnight.  We didn't know it until a police officer showed up at our door at about 2:00 am.  Apparently she made it to a house about 2 blocks from us. They called the police but Alisha wouldn't tell the them where she lived.  So the police drove her around town asking her questions.  When the police drove close to our church she told them that was her church.  They called the janitor and the police was able to bring her home.  Alisha was looking for her birthmom. 
     
    Any stories of your children? 

  • Verse

    "I will also make You a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth." - Isaiah 49:6 NASB

    What's your favorite Bible verse?

  • Planets

    I enjoyed helping my daughter with her homework assignment.  She had to find the planets in the sky.  We identified: Venus, Mars, & Saturn.  This month it will appear as if Saturn is moving backwards, if you watch it night after night.  Saturn is in the western sky at about 45 degrees.  It comes out at about 10:30 pm and stays until the morning. 

    I completely made it through all my xanga subscriptions.  Great accomplishments.  I really enjoyed looking at all the different Christmas decorations on the sites.  It made me think about getting in a car and looking at the decorations.  We do this every year.

    Do you drive around your town looking at Christmas decorations? 

    No news I hope is good news.  My visa has been rejected 3 times now.  The Nigerian embassy is being very difficult on this.  It was taken in for the fourth time on Thursday and they haven't said anything.  We'll find out on Tuesday.

  • Christmas

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, left, station commander Peggy Whitson and astronaut Daniel Tani get into the spirit this month.

    Astronauts deck 
    walls with boughs of nylon
    The Christmas tree won't be the only thing that's artificial about astronaut Daniel Tani's holiday.

    Tani unexpectedly finds himself stuck until early 2008 on the International Space Station, where the clothes and the Christmas spruce are nylon, the water is recycled and much of the food is canned.

    Tani arrived on the station in October. Space shuttle Atlantis was supposed to bring him home before Dec. 25, but technical woes grounded the ship after failed launch attempts Dec. 6 and Sunday.

    NASA now aims to launch Atlantis on Jan. 10, which would delay Tani's homecoming until mid-January.

    The first astronauts to spend Christmas in orbit were the three men on Apollo 8 in 1968. Next was the crew on Skylab, a short-term U.S. space station, in 1973. The three men aboard on Dec. 25 improvised a Space Age tree out of empty food cans. It wasn't until the first crew moved into the space station in 2000 that U.S. astronauts routinely spent Christmas in orbit.

  • Star Trek

    I'm An Expendable Character (Redshirt)

    An Expendable Character (Redshirt)
    		80%
    Data
    		64%
    Beverly Crusher
    		60%
    Jean-Luc Picard
    		55%
    James T. Kirk (Captain)
    		50%
    Leonard McCoy (Bones)
    		50%
    Uhura
    		50%
    Geordi LaForge
    		50%
    Deanna Troi
    		50%
    Spock
    		47%
    Chekov
    		40%
    Will Riker
    		40%
    Worf
    		35%
    Mr. Scott
    		25%
    Mr. Sulu
    		10%
    		Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed,
    and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable.
    That doesn't mean your job isn't important but if you
    were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first
    episode you appeared in.

    Click here to take the "Which startrek character are you?" quiz...

    *The Innkeepers Top 10 Excuses...*

    10. Roman's "Stay Free" promotion a bit too successful.

    9. Wife said he couldn't accept olive wood carvings as payment anymore.

    8. Too busy getting new "Motel One" franchise going.

    7. Last pregnant lady riding a donkey took all their towels.

    6. Filled up for the "Caesar Impersonators'" convention.

    5. Didn't accept the Judean Express Card.

    4. Last room left was by the ice machine.

    3. Nazareth Shriners tore up the place the night before.

    2. Closed front desk early to take family to watch unique star.

    1. No last names, no service.


  • "Merry Christmas From Your Pets"

    Meowy Christmas from your loving cat.
    Aren't I cute? Now leave me alone.

    I've always loved the Christmas Feast.
    I've heard this year it's ham.
    Too bad I've other plans this time.
    Love, Your Pot-bellied Pig named Sam.

    FROM YOUR PARROT
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
    Jingle bells! Jingle bells...

    I want to say I love you,
    Before anything could spoil it.
    So don't look in the living room
    That new carpet? I just soiled it.

    As watchman-cat, I've done my job,
    The house is safe once more.
    That shiny stuff that stormed the tree
    Is dead now on the floor.

    We, your cats, at Christmas say,
    Thanks for caring for us each day.
    We love this season, all green and red,
    And by the way, the hamster's dead.
     
    Today's Word of Wisdom:
    "Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time."