I remember in the late 80′s the US shot down 2 Libyan Jets.  Muhammad Ghadafi threatened revenge.  We are now at war with Libya. 
Do you agree with the attack on Libya? 
Thanks for your opinions on Libya.  I don’t know how I feel about it.  I understand we need to stop genocide but I don’t know what is the truth.  We’ve been tricked before.  I just hope it doesn’t escalate.  In war it can’t always be contained. 

This is a picture of snow being moved.  I’m glad it’s spring. It’s been a long winter.


What is the weather like where you live?

Word of the Day – Lucid
In this day of confusion, we need an lucid report.
Psalms

I went with a group of people and we went to Chamberlain, about 2 1/2 hour drive.  I saw a lot of water in the fields and many of the creeks and steams were over flowing there banks.  It was a great retreat.  My mind is so full of ideas.  

(I really enjoyed all the comments of the vacation spots.) – thanks  

Noah & Austin went to the river today. (The Missiouri river is not that far from us.) 

Gavins Point Dam – It was great seeing all the gates open this past winter.


Yankton is Tom Brokaw home town.  He comes back ever once in awhile.  He was here about a month ago, doing a report on a soldier that was wounded in Iraq.  Corrie Preist was on Oprah with Tom.  


That’s a little about Yankton. 
Where do you live and what is interesting there?

We’re trying to pick a place to vacation this summer
Some of the places we’ve taken vacation are:
Niagra Falls
Washington, DC
Gettysburg, PA
New Orleans
Black Hills of South Dakota
Disney Land
San Diego
Denver, CO
Branson, MO
Hot Springs, AR
Colorado Springs, CO
Omaho Zoo
Mall of America
Wisconsin Dells

Where have you vacationed? 
What was your favorite vacation spot? 
How far do you usually travel for vacation?
What was the furtherest you’ve travel on vacation?

Listen by Rene Gutteridge

I really enjoyed this book.  A mystery person is recording the conversations of the people of Marlow, a small supposedly a friendly town.  It shows the power of the tongue and how fast people can turn on each other.  The book exposed bulling and gives an answer to it.  This was one book that had me up in the middle of the night.  I was glued to it as each scene moved fast.  There was not a dull section in Listen.  The main characters were very interesting and life like. I grew to like Frank Meritt, a long time cop friend to the family of Damien Underwood.  Damien, a newspaper columnist, tries to solve the mystery.  Listen has a very surprising ending that I did not figure out.  (And believe me I tried.) I highly recommend this book as it will change the way you communicate. 

What do you do when some begins to gossip to you?

Word of the Day – Exacerbate
Wrong information will exacerbate a bad situation.
Psalms

I’ve been running across several different nationalities of people.  I’m in charge of a “Furniture Bank”.  We take in furniture and give it away.  Yesterday a guy, his wife and baby came in.  They were looking for a bed and couch.  I asked him his nationality and he told me Somalian.  I then said you must have a lot of stories.  (I was hoping for at least one story) What he told me surprised me.  He told me that his family moved from Somalia to Saudi Arabia.  He then told me that muslims didn’t help muslims but christians help muslims.  It was a few weeks ago I talked to a Kenya guy.  I have a spanish translator on my phone so I can communicate with the non english speaking people.  We also have several Iraqi families here in Yankton.  This might not be a big deal in a bigger city but Yankton is only 14,000 population.

What different types of nationalities do you run across?

My kids like Justin Bieber Music – you a fan? (We’re listening to it now.)

Word of the Day- galley-west
I want to knock the devil galley-west with the Bible.
Psalms 

Take a guess at what this is and who funded it.  Many of you guessed a Prison. You’re not too far off but it’s not totally correct.  It’s a Justice Centre with detention cells in Austria. 

For Sale Signs on the Public School lawn. That was the craziest thing I’ve ever done.  I just graduated from school and I was with a few friends.  We drove around town looking for “For Sale” signs and put them out front of the High School.  We had several there when we thought a ”Sold” sign would look great amongst the several signs.  We drove all around town and finally found one.  We went back to the school to find the police circling.  We gave that idea up and put the “Sold” sign on a beach along the Missiouri river.   

Austin has always been good with babies.

Craziest thing you’ve ever done to impress someone?

Word of the Day – Contemporaneous
The millennials of today like a contemporaneous schedule.
Psalms

I played memory game with Kindergartners today.  I watched one boy line all his matches in order.  They had to be just perfect. While another boy just put them in a pile.  Another girl lined hers up but it didn’t have to be perfect, while the other boy had to put his in a way that ran into the girls pile.  I had fun just observing each child and their personality. 

Noah when he was younger


A picture of my family several years ago. (Kalli wasn’t born yet.)


Noah, Austin & QT

I love this picture.  My Mom and Dad are so proud of my birth.

When I asked you what your favorite special day was. Many of you spoke of a child being born.  Infants change our lives.   I can’t help but think about the 4 month old child that was killed last week in a town close to us. (The boy friend)   DSS was considering us as a foster family for the 4 month old.  The baby died in the hospital several hours after being there. The Doctor described it as a trauma of a car accident level.
Prayers for the family.

Who is a special child in your life? Why?

Word of the Day – Verbose
I don’t think I’ll ever be accused of verbose writing.
Psalms

I was in charge of food supplies when I was aboard USS Joseph Hewes.  We had an unexpected shore time. Something wasn’t working right with the ship engines.  No one was allowed to get off the ship, except those getting provisions.  I called my wife and she came and picked me up.  We had a 1year old daughter at the time.  We spent the day going around getting all the food provisions needed for the ship.  It was a great day, as it is etched so deeply in my mind.  We set sail the next day for a few weeks.

What special day is in your memory?
(There are some really good special days in the comment section)

Noah, my son is on the right hand side with his finger by his head.  He was in the school musical.
 
Word of the Day – erudite
I like erudite learning when I’m clear minded.
Psalms

When I was a boy I spent many, many hours by myself.  I would ride my bike up and down the road.  I was ok doing that.  As I got older I began to want to be around people a little more. Now as an adult I don’t like being by myself too much.  My wife is gone to see her Dad in the hospital (about 4 hours from here).  She won’t be back until tomorrow night.  I miss her a lot.  Our house usually has a lot of activity (we have 8 kids, 2 foster kids and a grandson, and people coming and going) but tonight I just have one teen daughter here. (She’s not feeling the best or she wouldn’t be here. She’s sleeping right now) Everyone is staying somewhere else.  (I have 3 older daughters and they divided the kids – my wife’s doings.) So the house is way too quiet and I don’t like it. 

Do you spend much time by yourself? Do you like it? 

Picture of Kim & me when she was pregnant with our 2nd child.  I see we had matching shoes. I bet she planned that -lol.  I’ve always told her I wear the pants in the family – you just tell me which ones.

Who’s with me and says we should get rid of this “Spring Ahead”, “Fall Back” time adjustment?
Why do we do it?