2005 January

Here it is, Saturday already.  We’ve worked on homework for the past several hours, and now the boys are glad to be able to play video games for a bit.  New restrictions will change their playing time, and you can imagine they aren’t very happy about it.  But, hey, their grades might really improve!  OK, […]

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I took Parker to meet up with a bunch of friends at the movies last night.  We saw Coach Carter, and it was really great.  No, I didn’t sit right with them, and I didn’t talk to them.  I know my place!  It was good to see a movie, though, since I don’t go very […]

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It’s great that Friday is here!  What a week…Parker back in school, Chip in Mid-State practices all day today, and a good report from the doctor who did my surgery.  She’s released me from her care, so I know things are looking up.  She is a terrific doctor, though, and I am so blessed that […]

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Home again, and I’m so glad.  Centennial is such a nice hospital, but there’s no place like home.  I’ve been poked, prodded, and stuck with needles until I’m sure that I just won’t tell anyone if I don’t feel well anymore.  No, that’s not true, because I believe in keeping the body healthy, but why […]

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Happy New Year!  Any resolutions?  It’s almost time for school to start back.  Hope all of you have a great week!

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing helps like a good nap…

Birds are Beautiful

A Dog is Faithful…