Yesterday, after taking Boy to look at Georgia Tech, we stopped by at the Georgia Aquarium...which was AMAZING. I've posted the pictures on Captains Voyage, and here is a link to just a few of the things we saw....
This Is the Georgia Aquarium
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Why God Made Moms
WHY GOD MADE MOMS
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mom like me.
What kind of a little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mom like me.
What kind of a little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.
Scottish Dinner
You know how you say to people "we really need to get together"???? Well, we finally did.
Grumpy Guy and I discovered a while back that friend LeeLee's daddy, the Judge, loves all things Scottish. Including scotch. So when we saw him at dinner a few weeks back, we mentioned that we had brought some interesting libations back from our trip to Edinburgh this summer.... and we set a date to get together and sample a bit.
Friday the Thirteenth is our lucky day at Maison Cou Rouge, so it was a perfectly appropriate evening for a gathering.
There was the most wonderful assortment of friends-the Judge and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. T, who welcomed us with open arms when we first moved to Middle-of-Nowhere, our delightful musical friend Mrs. L, Lee Lee, and our German exchange student Oskar..... Ages 21 to 80. As my friend Jane reminded me "Friendship knows no age."
It was a communal meal--everyone brought something. We had a divine spinach dip appetizer, Paul Prudhomme's pork loin, sweet potatoes, baked potato and fennel casserole, salad, and bananas foster for dessert. Wine and lots of interesting and diverse scotch.
As it was the day before Valentine's Day, we had a red theme going, with tartan, of course.
And everyone wore either a family tartan or a favorite tartan.
The Judge and GG wore kilts, and looked mighty dashing.
We told Scottish jokes, stories of our travels, and laughed and laughed and laughed. Both Mrs. L and Oskar entertained us on the piano--Bach, Mozart and Schumann...and a little Rachmaninoff. We had so much fun, we've decided to get together on a regular basis.
I must confess one thing though. I'd been so crazy busy this past week, that all the regular weekly accumulation of "junque" around the house hadn't been put away...so at the last minute, I used the grown-up equivalent of the kid's throwing everything under the bed to straighten their rooms...I threw everything in my bedroom and shut the door.
Guess what I will be doing today?????
Grumpy Guy and I discovered a while back that friend LeeLee's daddy, the Judge, loves all things Scottish. Including scotch. So when we saw him at dinner a few weeks back, we mentioned that we had brought some interesting libations back from our trip to Edinburgh this summer.... and we set a date to get together and sample a bit.
Friday the Thirteenth is our lucky day at Maison Cou Rouge, so it was a perfectly appropriate evening for a gathering.
There was the most wonderful assortment of friends-the Judge and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. T, who welcomed us with open arms when we first moved to Middle-of-Nowhere, our delightful musical friend Mrs. L, Lee Lee, and our German exchange student Oskar..... Ages 21 to 80. As my friend Jane reminded me "Friendship knows no age."
It was a communal meal--everyone brought something. We had a divine spinach dip appetizer, Paul Prudhomme's pork loin, sweet potatoes, baked potato and fennel casserole, salad, and bananas foster for dessert. Wine and lots of interesting and diverse scotch.
As it was the day before Valentine's Day, we had a red theme going, with tartan, of course.
And everyone wore either a family tartan or a favorite tartan.
The Judge and GG wore kilts, and looked mighty dashing.
We told Scottish jokes, stories of our travels, and laughed and laughed and laughed. Both Mrs. L and Oskar entertained us on the piano--Bach, Mozart and Schumann...and a little Rachmaninoff. We had so much fun, we've decided to get together on a regular basis.
I must confess one thing though. I'd been so crazy busy this past week, that all the regular weekly accumulation of "junque" around the house hadn't been put away...so at the last minute, I used the grown-up equivalent of the kid's throwing everything under the bed to straighten their rooms...I threw everything in my bedroom and shut the door.
Guess what I will be doing today?????
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Through the eyes of a child: The Children's Bible in a Nutshell
Grumpy Guy's baby sister sent this to me, and I thought it was just wonderful and terribly funny. Enjoy!!
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did. Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didnʼt have cars. Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something. One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check. After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat. Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaohʼs people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lay, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighborʼs stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother. One of Mosesʼ best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town. After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesnʼt sound very wise to me. After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them. After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was. ') During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him. Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didnʼt stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead. Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, and then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did. Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.....Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didnʼt have cars. Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something. One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check. After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat. Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaohʼs people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include: don't lay, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighborʼs stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother. One of Mosesʼ best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town. After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesnʼt sound very wise to me. After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them. After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was. ') During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him. Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didnʼt stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead. Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, and then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My Very Own Forum Thread!!!
My friends over at Captain's Voyage have made me my very own forum thread so I can tell them all about life at Maison Cou Rouge and in Middle-Of-Nowhere!!!!
Go check it out as I try to describe life in the South to people all over the world..
THIS IS THE MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE/SANDERSVILLE-TENNILLE
Come join us at Captains Voyage--we share the most interesting photos and ideas!!
Go check it out as I try to describe life in the South to people all over the world..
THIS IS THE MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE/SANDERSVILLE-TENNILLE
Come join us at Captains Voyage--we share the most interesting photos and ideas!!
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