Middle school students amuse me...

Me:  When did the first person land on the moon?

Student #1: July 20th, 1969

Student #2: Miss C., were you alive when that happened?

Me:  Do you really think I am that old?

Student #2: Uhh...yeah

After that I just proceeded to shake my head.  Oh 6th graders...

You may be right...

I may be crazy

I like to grocery shop.  This is considered bizarre and perhaps outlandish by many--my mother and my sister included.  I am aware that many people actually loathe grocery shopping, and they avoid it like the plague until it is absolutely necessary.  I do not fall into this category--not even close.

To me, grocery shopping is an adventure.  I enjoy the effort  of making a list.  The planning of meals in advance is something I find both satisfying and exciting.  I find great accomplishment in both determining and fulfilling my grocery list.  I also find great joy in seeing how much money I was able to save by planning ahead instead of impulse shopping.  

I really hope I am not the only one out there who finds grocery shopping enjoyable.

Take me out to the ball game...

The Red Sox are finishing up their home opener as I write this.  They are currently up by 5 in the bottom of the 8th.  I hope this ends well.  They are currently sitting at the bottom of the East in the American League.  They could use a win.  

Just read it.

This editorial  really makes you think about the abortion issue from a human rights perspective.  Whether you are already pro-life or still hiding behind the rhetoric of choice, I implore you to read this piece.  

Good Citizen Award

Meg gets my good citizen award of the day.  Thank you for stopping and bringing me to the post office and bringing me home.  You are wonderful.

The beauty of crazy math

"Six months after I started to write Wrinkle, I discovered higher math. And for me, higher math is much easier than lower math. Lower math lost me in 4th grade when I was taught that 0 x 3 equals 0. Now, I understand that if I have nothing and I multiply it by 0, 3 something's are not going to appear. But, if I have 3 apples and I multiply them by 0, why are they going to vanish? So I wiped out lower math as philosophically untenable." --Madeleine L'Engle

Take a look at the ordinary...

At the NCSC conference in Dec/Jan there was a concert one night by Corrinne May.  If you haven't heard anything she has written you are missing out.  She is an amazing artist.  Her voice is very pure and beautiful.  She is a singer/song writer whose Catholic faith deeply infuses her work.  Here is one of my favorites--Angel In Disguise

Neglect...

I was whisked away by the children's theater gnomes for the majority of this week.  I have thus significantly neglected my blogging.  I shall return with renewed energy after a good night of sleep and perhaps some guacamole. I do doubt that my lack of blogging has made a difference anyhow, as I am pretty sure people do no regularly read my drabble.

To Ishmael, with love

This post is primarily for Ish.  I started thinking of doing this awhile ago for an anniversary or something, but I decided today to do it just because.  So Ishmael, here is my top secret mission that I've been working on.  Enjoy the sap.  Oh and umm...I guess it does include that song (sorry for the lie, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise).

Also, because I am not yet movie making savvy, I am listing my credits out here.

Thank you to :

Family, Friends, and the many cameras that went into providing the photos

Randy Travis for writing the beautiful song "Forever and ever, Amen"

Ishmael for giving me a reason to  make this video/slideshow 

and 

God for everything.

EDIT: apparently it won't play the music...

Hey Jesus

I have had Jason Upton's song Into the Sky stuck in my head for 2 days now. I therefore find it necessary to share it with everyone else. This video actually tells the story of the song and how it was written. Warning: if you watch this video, you will feel a big old tug at your heartstrings. Also, thank you Brian and Liz for introducing me to this song.

If we throw these books do you think they will fly?

This whole book purge is going quite well.  I am slightly annoyed that the post office is such a trek, but I am thankful for a reason to get out even though I am sick.  If I had known selling my books on amazon was so easy, I probably would have done that instead of selling my textbooks back to UD.  I am all for breaking the monopoly on college text books that campus bookstores seem to be striving for.  

Headcolds are icky, but they do have a sneaky way of making me thankful for all the times when I am healthy and not discombobulated.