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I don’t deal well with losses.
Last night we sold our little Tercel. It made me sad and kept me up part of the night. He (he is a “he” to me although people say cars are female) was such a good little car for us. He was easy to maneuver, got good gas mileage, the [...]
“She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.”
(Warning: Spoiler to Anne of Green Gables)
Anne Shirley was faced with a life-changing decision. Will she pursue her own dream of going to college or will she give it up to [...]
No problem in this relationship:
There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me, and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him, and that’s exactly what we do. We do nothing for each other all the time, that’s right.
Heard this on Family Life radio program on the topic of conflicts in a marriage.
i just finished reading The Complete Short Stories of Miss Marple mysteries, by Agatha Christie, of course.
Short who-dunnit stories are fun to read, but they are not as satisfying as a whole novel. There’s no build up to the crime and examining of suspects. The resolution is interesting, but it happens too fast.
The best part [...]
Roger Federer won the U.S. Open today - no surprise there.
I read in the Parade Magazine that Paris Hilton dropped out of school in the 11th grade to do modeling. She said she eventually earned her GED.
A comic: Waitress saying, “The hotcakes are selling like Harry Potter books!”
Nicole Kidman turned 40 in June. She looks [...]
This is really neat. You can look on a map the location of a place found in any passage in the Bible, and even information about each place. What a good use of Google maps.
Makes a Sunday School teacher’s job easier.
“So how are you doing?” my sister asked me yesterday.
My first thought of response was very negative: “Real estate is in the dumps, we couldn’t afford to go on vacation this summer, how do you think I am?”
But then I thought, am I really doing badly? Why do I evaluate my life based on work? [...]
This is the third time I am reading Anne of Green Gables. Right now I am reading it aloud to Amy each night at bedtime.
I love this story of the red-headed orphan because it’s a story of victory over adverse circumstances. It’s a story of how ordinary folks can make a difference in one another’s [...]
Everyone seems to have a list of advice for the college freshmen.
Here’s mine, for anyone in college:
1. Don’t believe everything you hear or read. Just because your professor said it or it’s printed in a book doesn’t mean it’s true. Don’t allow your mind to go into neutral and accept everything. Check other sources. After [...]