Katy’s Weblog
I hope more will see the reasons for Prop 8 as David Blankenhorn has. We need to protect our children.
Excerpt of his editorial:
I’m a liberal Democrat. And I do not favor same-sex marriage. Do those positions sound contradictory? To me, they fit together.Many seem to believe that marriage is simply a private love…
As we dropped off our daughter at her college dorm yesterday, I exclaimed in a wave of nostalgia, “Ah…college were some of the best years of my life. It looks like too much fun here!”
If I had a chance to relive any part of my life, would I want to relive my college days?
It’s not the usual type of book that I like to read.
I usually don’t read fantasy. But Elliot recommended Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game was not available at the library, so I picked up Treasure Box by the same author.
It started out as a rather intriguing mystery. The set up…
There is a Chinese phrase with no English translation that I know of.
My literal translation of the phrase is “diffused heart” or “scattered heart.”
My mom used to say that to us when we don’t want to study when school started in September. “You have a ‘scattered heart’ after the long summer vacation.”
We look at others less fortunate, and we feel better about our own situation, don’t we?
But how about when see those in better situations, do we feel dissatisfied about our own?
If I had chosen to go to a different college, my life could be as good as theirs. If I go to a…
“Sorry for the last minute change of plans, mom.”
My son has his own apartment in college. Expecting him to come home for dinner tonight, I took a roast out of the freezer to prepare him some protein-rich-high-calorie red meat to fill his skips-breakfast-fast-food undernourished body.
In the afternoon, he told me he’s going back to school before dinner.
As I lay down for bed, it struck me that I have not been praying for my children regularly.
When they were younger, I prayed for them a lot – for their future, that they do not get into drugs, that they know God, that they get good grades, and that they turn out well. That sort of thing.
(See the beginning of my transmission problem here)
Today I got my Honda Odyssey back from the dealer – with a new transmisson that cost me the labor of $839. That’s expensive, but not as expensive as the entire transmission. I give accolades to Honda for their customer service. Diamond Honda was also very diligent in keeping me informed of the progress. And they washed my car, which really really needed it.
Lisa, Kathryn – I must say I didn’t love Rudy’s line: “How dare they question whether Sarah Palin has enough time for her children and the vice presidency? They would never say that about a man…”
I understood the politics of it and liked the turnabout. But I do think that the concerns aren’t crazy, even if so many of Palin’s liberal critics are offering them in the worst and most disgusting bad faith.
(See the beginning of my transmission problem here)
I am happy to report that American Honda has agreed to pay for the part for a new transmission, providing I pay for the labor.
I am satisfied with this arrangement. I think that’s fair. Though the labor is a little expensive (the dealer said it would be about $800), it’s better than paying $3000 for the entire thing.