Timbuktu and Kalamazoo

I never knew saying bye could be so tiring. I mean all I really did today was teach Sunday School, sit in a service and then eat and say bye to people. But after it was done I just sat in my chair and said, "Whew!" This coupled with the fact that I have to be up early tomorrow to go to camp leaves me unable to post as many of my little sayings and poems. So I shall just have to leave you with perhaps my favorite of them all. Start light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might.... Oh nuts....it's a satellite.

A little over a year ago I got a goat. This goat has been the source of entertainment and controversy since I first decided to own one. I even lost it for awhile this past spring much to the disappointment of some and the delight of others. But regardless of one's thoughts on the matter, it has generated interesting conversations. Conversation #1 New Youth Group Girl: Hey, He's got a beard! YG Girl #2: You mean you just noticed?! G #1: Yeah! G #2: You've just noticed after an hour? G #1: Yeah....it kinda makes him look like a goat. G #2: Huh?.....Oh, I guess it does.......but the ones on goat's chins are usually white. G #1: Yeah.... G #2: So we'll just let him get old and gray before we tease him. YG Girl #3: That should only be a few years!!! Conversation #2 Avido: OK....what are you guys laughing about? Youth #'s 1,2,3,4: Oh, nothing. Avido: Yeah, right. Y #1: We were just talking about what you look like. Avido: Oh....that again. Youth #1: I think you look l...

Mona Lisa's Mother: "After all that money your father and I spent on braces, that's the biggest smile you can give us?" Columbus's Mother: "I don't care what you've discovered, you still could have written!" Michelangelo's Mother: "Can't you paint on the walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?" Mary's Mother: "I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, but I would like to know how he got better grades than you." Albert Einstein's Mother: "But it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?" Thomas Edison's Mother: "Of course I'm proud of you for inventing the electric light bulb. now turn it off and get to bed!" Paul Revere's Mother: "I don't care where you think you have to go, young man, midnight is past your curfew." Napoleon's ...

The porcupine may have his quills, The elephant his trunk, But when it comes to common scents, My money's on the skunk.

A tutor who tooted a flute Tried to teach two young tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot, Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

Hickory, dickory, dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one.... and all the others escaped with minor injuries!

Ah, life.......fun little things that come up and you get to decide, "Am I going to be upset with this or have fun?" Most of the time I think I have fun and such would be this case (As least for now). Getting ready to move. I decided this morning to put off some of the things I was planning and instead, start the consolidation and elimination process (this was most likely a good decision in that out of the 18 days until I move I will be out of town for 12 of them). The object of my attack this morning were three large plastic bins that contained varies papers and such. My idea was to see how much of these contents I really needed and I am happy so report my disposal of more than 50% of said contents. Were this the only point of note it would be blog worthy in and of itself (Avido threw stuff away!). However I am happy to say there is more! In the process of discovering long lost pictures and deciding if an email about scholarships for my freshmen year of college could be plac...

While I try not to use what are usually referred to as "colorful metaphors" I was thinking tonight about metaphors and some of the more interesting and "colorful" ones that have been used to describe those who are not......lets just say they might not display the same level of common sense as those around them. Here are some of them... "A few fries short of a happy meal." "Not the sharpest knife in the drawer." "A taco short of a combo plate." "He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle." "He's not playing with a full deck." "If its true, "What you don't know won't hurt you," then he is totally invulnerable." "He's not firing on all cylinders." Having driven a car for a day that was not firing on all cylinders, I have come to realize how harsh that last one is.

Ok, since I am not that great of a poet, I will just tell you about goop. Goop all-purpose-hand cleaner can be found in the automotive section and is a white substance that is very..........goopy. It is a wonderful help to those who like to work on cars and like to have clean hands. As my mother discovered, it can also be used for cleaning the hands of bad little children who liked to climb the pitch-covered pine tree in the front yard :) Today, however, I think I found a new use for goop. Cleaning motor oil out of hair. I say "think" because I still have to let my hair dry before I know if it worked. One thing I do know is that I will be in a different position under that car next time I change the oil.

If one has been paying any attention, one might have noticed I have not posted anything for awhile. There are a number of reasons this could be including the facts that I am not much of a writer to begin with so a blog is a bit of a stretch and I am getting ready to move. But perhaps the big reason is because I went hiking the beginning of this month and due to not taking care of myself before starting, came down so sick that I spent 2 and a half days in bed and the next few a zombie. So it seems like just now that I am getting things back together and not playing catch-up. But today something happened that changed all negative feelings I had following the last venture into the mountains. I SAW the mountains again (not that clearly, but the fact you could make them out is sometimes amazing around here). There they were standing tall and calling my name. Begging to be conquered....and so I shall (Lord willing). I have been looking forward to it since last summer. Starting on the west si...