Post #555 - a post about nothing in particular

This is one of the two personal days I get per year. I always save them until the end of the year in case I have an emergency. But then I get to the end of the year and realize that I can't take a day off because there is too much to do. But I did anyway. How can you just give up a day off? That's why I'm blogging at 9:28am, contemplating doing laundry and going to the gym or Walmart to get my oil changed.
At school my students have been taking standardized tests. They have been so good about it, and have been trying so hard. I'm really proud! I think Kindergarten is a little young for standardized test (ya think?) but they think it's a pretty fun game and it makes them feel like big kids so I guess there's no harm done.
Well, the day stretches out before me and I'm sure it will be gone before I know it. I went to a Christian elementary school and in the morning we would always sing, "this is the day, this is the day that the Lord hath made..." What a great start remember that God made this day, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Of course, it's a little easier to "be glad in it" when you have the day off, but you get the idea. I think there is a treadmill with my name on it...

For a while I have been so irritated at the evangelical community that I am a part of. Why so much hysteria over the Davinci movie? It's just a book / movie, and it has lies in it, but people tell us lies all day long, what's the fuss over this one? I finally put my finger on it today when I read this very articulate article. Let me know what you think:

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/pc_article.php?id=7179

Maybe we could take some of this fear / hysteria and direct it at the pornography industry? abortion? anything else! just a thought.

Paul and I saw Caedmon's Call this last weekend! I was not disappointed. I have really liked this bands sound and message for a long, long time and it was neat to be able to see them in concert.

Mother's Day Spruce Up

I have a picture of them doing this when they were teenagers. There was the inevtitable "whoops" (something you don't like to hear when your hair is being cut) and "how do you feel about a shorter hair cut?" Dan's hair started out about 5 inches longer (not kidding) than it is now.

Wes and Paul share a love of books, books, books. Wes seems to be fixated on a certain page of this I Spy book. It's seriously all he ever wants to look at.

Paul and the fam have started demolition of Kyle and Anna's bathroom in thier NEW HOUSE. They had fun tearing down walls and pulling up floors, now comes the hard part of actually putting the bathroom in.