funny

This mom is selling shovels from Home Depot!!!!

what were you all thinking??

too funny.

joe

First Day of School

Well, I am by far the oldest in the class, besides the 60 year old professor. Speaking of the prof- for those GCC attenders, he is a 60 year old version of Chris Jarvis. Tourrettes and all, he paces and closes his eyes and shoutes "umm" every 5or 6 words. I hear he is quite tough but fair. Goodee.
The book cost: $109. used-wow inflation in the past 15 years! Joe asked if it was lined in Gold!-nope.

I do think I am in over my head- the homework tonight was a lot. I did 1/3 of it and went to bed- sick. I haven't yet started it again. I keep hoping I will feel better.
I thought it was stress- a cold sore, headache, and in the bathroom a lot. I didn't feel stressed. Today, I feel sick. I just want to sleep. But- I am off to make me and Andrew some grilled cheese and strawberries for lunch. I got him a movie at the library so I can try to do my homework.

A side note: I felt too bad to actually read the mail last night and just opened it and threw the junk away. This morning, I read it and God had a nice surprise waiting for me. Our yearly escrow reconciliation statement came. Usually it means we owe more, but since our property taxes went down we get a check back. The check amount- the exact amount of my class. Coincidence, I think not! Thank you God for the vote of confidence!

Monday menus

Monday: Amy is trying a new recipe from Kraft magazine! Ham and cheese calzones, salad, pineapple
Tuesday: Chicken Parmigiana, garlic bread, green beans, cantaloupe
Wednesday: Beef stew, dinner rolls
Thursday: Pork roast, salad, cauliflower, cantaloupe
Friday: pizza
Saturday: Soup

Updates

A few updates for you.
1. We recieved a letter from our friends on Costa Rica a week ago with pictures of the project and news. It was fun to see how much has gotten done since we have been there. The weather right now is hot and muggy- doesn't sound bad. There were pictures of beautiful, colorful, parrots that were migrating South. Their Christmas traditions were fun to hear about too, way different than ours-not too much about Santa there.
A cool discovery Amy and I made at Starbucks recently was that they are now selling coffee from Costa Rica- Tres Rios to be exact. This was the location we were at. I am sure we saw these fields, since they line every mountainside. I hope it was traded fairly and helps this poor country's economy and these very poor farmers survive. The US dollar was strong when we were there, so I am sure the economy is much worse now.
The song by Lauraa Story below"Mighty to Save " brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. I think of singing it fom memory, since they were singing it in Spanish, looking out at the beautiful mountains through the windows of their homemade church. Thank you Father for such a opportunity to Praise you! Truly a mountaintop experience.

2. As for the CUBS; I really liked Kerry Woods when he first came on with the Cubs- young energetic etc. Since he has been hurt so much I don't think he ever truly recovered, never lived up to his expectations. I was ready for him to leave last year. NOW- since they traded him- mark my words- he will leave in true Cubs fashion and have the best years of his career, maybe even win a Cy Young award!

3. Stellan is completely recovered, Keri is doing much better- the doctors got all of her tumor! PTL!

Audrey Caroline

For those of you who follow "Bring the Rain" and especially for those who have never heard of it. Go there and watch the video Angie has made for the anniversary of finding the diagnosis for her sweet daughters impending dimise. Angie Smith is the wife of Todd Smith, lead singer for Selah. They lost a baby last April. We all followed their journey on her blog. She is now writing a book about the whole experience. Sweet family.

Bring the kleenex.
http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/

cubs update

For those of you who haven't been following the offseason moves of my beloved Cubs, here are the highlights:

1. They let Kerry Wood leave the team and sign with the Cleaveland Indians.

2. They signed Kevin Gregg who is a pitcher to be the set-up for the new closer Carlos Marmol.

3. They signed Milton Bradley, an outfielder who had a great year for the Texas Rangers last year.

4. They lost Mark Derosa to the Phillies and traded Jason Marquis.

5. They have not yet signed pitcher Jake Peavy of the Padres.

so it has actually been a pretty quiet offseason.

35 days till Pitchers and Catchers report to spring training.

joe

Back to School

It has been a whirlwind, but I have everything set and ready to go. I start taking a class on MONDAY at IU Kokomo. In order to start my Masters at IUPUI, I have to pass Statistics 301. So, here is my test. I sure hope I am up for it. Every Monday and Wednesday I will trek to Kokomo for a 1.5 hour class. I hope there are OLD people like me in there.

I am still trying to figure out a way to pass Joe off as a me for my tests- Tia seems international right? the picture may be the kicker though. Just registering online took me 3 days and about 10 phone calls, do you think the class will be much harder than that? nah.

After I talked to the help desk young college girl and explained that I was 38 and going back to school to bear with me. She said "ahh, good for you" suddenly I felt 80, or maybe 8.

Now, do you think I could talk Joe into new school clothes for me? Doubtful, especially after he sees the bill!