According to MSNBC (May 20, 2008), Los Angeles is the 12th BEST city in America to raise children. I'm just saying...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Only in L.A.
Seriously, only in L.A. will you find "Yappy Hour"...happy hour at the pet shop.
Here are Erin (holding Emma) & I (with Chico) having a true L.A. moment.
Here are Erin (holding Emma) & I (with Chico) having a true L.A. moment.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Your Personality Is 
Rational (NT)
You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.
You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy!
Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.
In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally.
You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.
Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals.
In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent.
At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia.
With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well.
As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly.
On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.
You are both logical and creative. You are full of ideas.
You are so rational that you analyze everything. This drives people a little crazy!
Intelligence is important to you. You always like to be around smart people.
In fact, you're often a little short with people who don't impress you mentally.
You seem distant to some - but it's usually because you're deep in thought.
Those who understand you best are fellow Rationals.
In love, you tend to approach things with logic. You seek a compatible mate - who is also very intelligent.
At work, you tend to gravitate toward idea building careers - like programming, medicine, or academia.
With others, you are very honest and direct. People often can't take your criticism well.
As far as your looks go, you're coasting on what you were born with. You think fashion is silly.
On weekends, you spend most of your time thinking, experimenting with new ideas, or learning new things.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Word to the Wise
An Old Farmer's Advice:
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen, anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
*If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Words of Wisdom from my Younger Sister
I was telling my sister about a conversation I had with two teens and I told her that I felt officially old. Sara said, "You're not officially old. You're just officially not as young as they are."
How's that for spin?
How's that for spin?
Sunday, May 06, 2007
What Would You Say to the Queen?
The Post did a feature because Queen Elizabeth's coming to town. They asked people to write in and share what they would like to say to the Queen if they met her. The answers are hilarious! Here are a few...
Your Majesty,
When I went to your country as a tourist in 1989, I felt welcome. I came into your home (
-- Cindy Brookshire,
I loved you as Helen Mirren.
-- Elissa Cooper,
-- Robert Watson Alvord, Washington
Your Majesty,
You wear the most beautiful hats! Do you have any idea how many hats you own, and is there someone with the title Royal Hat Maker?
-- Theresa M. Mack,
You carry a handbag a great deal of the time, even at meetings with world leaders and other important functions. What's inside? Do you carry a wallet? Do you have an ID in there? Are there pictures of the grandkids? Or is it just breath mints and a hankie?
--
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Here's an update from Jon & Jenny Rice, the XA leaders at VA Tech.
Friends,
Thank you so much for your outpouring of encouragement and all of your prayers. This has been an unbelievably difficult week for our community and our campus. Although thankfully none of our students were in Norris during the shooting, most of our students knew multiple people killed or wounded. One of our students personally knew 7 of the people murdered this past Monday. Another one of our students is an RA in East AJ; the RA that was murdered, Ryan Clark, was an RA in the same building in West AJ. Many of our students also lost professors and advisers. Some how, however, God has brought hope.
Monday night, we decided to gather together for prayer. Almost every one of our students showed up to the Chi Alpha house that night. As they came in, some crying, some with a blank stare on their faces, we gathered together to do the only thing we knew to do, to seek God. I told the students not to try and make sense of this senseless act of violence that night, but rather to give their emotions to God, and God showed up. We prayed for close to 2 hours that night. At the end of the prayer I realized that many of these students were not only emotionally drained, but hadn't eaten all day. I told the students that we not only needed to be in the presence of God, but also to be in the presence of one another as a community. I asked one of our small group leaders, who happened to work for the local Papa Johns to bring some food back to the house. His manager donated the pizzas free of charge for our grieving students. By the end of that night, the entire atmosphere of the house had changed. Whereas at the beginning the students wouldn't even make eye contact with one another, at the end they had something new....hope. By the end of that night, for the first time since the incident, we heard laughter, we saw smiles, we saw hope. It wasn't denial, we were still in mourning, but for the first time we saw a future beyond what happened that morning. The XA house didn't close this week. There were students at the house past midnight every night this week. Hanging out, talking, praying, sharing stories, and encouraging each other.
The house this week has been a safe place for students to deal with something that will define the rest of their existence. We have had multiple prayer meetings since where God has showed up every time. We have provided multiple meals everyday this week since Monday for the students so they didn't have to go back on campus. The students are so grateful for the overwhelming response of support by so many of the churches who have called and told of their prayer meetings, for those who have sent financial gifts, notes, words of encouragement, and all who have just asked what they can do. Thank you all for caring about our students and all the students at Virginia Tech. We are praying that God will use this event to reach out to many across the campus and this nation. Please pray for our students and our community to heal, and to come to know the Prince of Peace.
Jon and Jenny Rice
Friends,
Thank you so much for your outpouring of encouragement and all of your prayers. This has been an unbelievably difficult week for our community and our campus. Although thankfully none of our students were in Norris during the shooting, most of our students knew multiple people killed or wounded. One of our students personally knew 7 of the people murdered this past Monday. Another one of our students is an RA in East AJ; the RA that was murdered, Ryan Clark, was an RA in the same building in West AJ. Many of our students also lost professors and advisers. Some how, however, God has brought hope.
Monday night, we decided to gather together for prayer. Almost every one of our students showed up to the Chi Alpha house that night. As they came in, some crying, some with a blank stare on their faces, we gathered together to do the only thing we knew to do, to seek God. I told the students not to try and make sense of this senseless act of violence that night, but rather to give their emotions to God, and God showed up. We prayed for close to 2 hours that night. At the end of the prayer I realized that many of these students were not only emotionally drained, but hadn't eaten all day. I told the students that we not only needed to be in the presence of God, but also to be in the presence of one another as a community. I asked one of our small group leaders, who happened to work for the local Papa Johns to bring some food back to the house. His manager donated the pizzas free of charge for our grieving students. By the end of that night, the entire atmosphere of the house had changed. Whereas at the beginning the students wouldn't even make eye contact with one another, at the end they had something new....hope. By the end of that night, for the first time since the incident, we heard laughter, we saw smiles, we saw hope. It wasn't denial, we were still in mourning, but for the first time we saw a future beyond what happened that morning. The XA house didn't close this week. There were students at the house past midnight every night this week. Hanging out, talking, praying, sharing stories, and encouraging each other.
The house this week has been a safe place for students to deal with something that will define the rest of their existence. We have had multiple prayer meetings since where God has showed up every time. We have provided multiple meals everyday this week since Monday for the students so they didn't have to go back on campus. The students are so grateful for the overwhelming response of support by so many of the churches who have called and told of their prayer meetings, for those who have sent financial gifts, notes, words of encouragement, and all who have just asked what they can do. Thank you all for caring about our students and all the students at Virginia Tech. We are praying that God will use this event to reach out to many across the campus and this nation. Please pray for our students and our community to heal, and to come to know the Prince of Peace.
Jon and Jenny Rice
Thursday, April 19, 2007
10/7
The 32 victims of the VT tragedy were from 10 states and 7 nations. In an instant on a university campus, one person can touch 10 states and 7 nations...and the world.
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