Shortly after Bart and I started dating, he got a letter and a picture from a little boy named Jinel. When I asked him about it, he told me that he’d recently started sponsoring Jinel, a little boy who lives in Haiti, through World Vision. Bart’s monthly payment provides food, clothing, housing, and an education for Jinel, allowing him to…
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Saturday Morning Confusion
Any Saturday that I can get up, go to the gym and be back by noon is a success in my book. Today was a success. In the last month or so, I’ve started doing quite a bit more weight lifting and it’s great. I especially like going late Saturday morning when there aren’t too many people there and it’s…
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Were You Wondering What I Did Today? Good. . .I Shall Share
Today has been by far the best day of this week so far. And tomorrow is Friday, so it’s all uphill from here (why is “uphill” the positive here – when else but in this figure of speech is “uphill” good? When I’m walking or riding a bike, the word “uphill” certainly doesn’t inspire joy or bliss). Tomorrow, after work,…
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Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
After reserving Peter and the Shadow Thieves at the library and finally picking it up, it sat on my bookshelf for days. But, once I finally managed to open it up and start, I finished it within a day and a half. It was just a plain fun book. peter and the shadow thieves Peter and the Shadow Thieves begins…
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Wednesday Night is the new Thursday Night
Despite the general blahness of the last few days, yesterday was phenomenal because I found out that Shannon Hale, author of some of my favorite “read in 2007” books is coming to the Texas Book Festival in November. Right here in Austin! I am so jazzed! Both my mom and my mother-in-law are talking about coming down for it, which…
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