Each year I try to remember to post this video at least once before Christmas. If I can get my act together, I'll be posting other videos, too (I've got some awesome Muppets clips!), which have special significance to me at this time of year.

One of the things I love most of all about my varying-levels of friendships with every one of you ( Read more... )

Back in February, my now 8-year-old daughter, Pookie, made a video of herself in the role of the Master.  She was dressed up as a fairy princess at the time, which made the results all the more hilarious.

Her spoof includes a dreadful British accent (the likes of which has not been heard since Dick Van Dyke played a cockney chimney sweep) by my ( Read more... )

Thanks to nephele, I recently learned that geocities is closing down all their free websites.  I've had my mother's home business up on geocities for years (www.geocities.com/learninghope).  I've never been particularly happy with the setup, as it doesn't look that professional and it's a pain to edit (as evidenced by some typos that I've never gotten ( Read more... )

Hey, gang,

I just finished filling up the tank in both our cars.  They're saying on the news that if Hurricane Ike does hit as hard as is anticipated, then gas prices may double between tomorrow and the end of the week.  Sooo... if you have the ability to do so, you may want to go fill your tank before morning.

In the meantime, please be praying for ( Read more... )

I've been looking forward to the release of Prince Caspian for years.  Tonight I finally got to see it.

For those of you who don't know this oft repeated tale, the Chronicles of Narnia are very meaningful to Josh and I.  We both read and loved the books as children.  I had a wardrobe in Costa Rica that was my personal door to Narnia when I was 5 ( Read more... )

I don't think I mentioned it, but a friend of mine recently published a children's book:  Animal Band.   Chris talks about it on myspace and his blog.  So for those of you who live or work in book stores, pimp his book for me! ;-D

When I went to college, one of the few high school friends I kept up with was Matt, even though we hadn't actually been ( Read more... )

As I've probably mentioned over here, my brother-in-law is in the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan.  He was scheduled to leave Afghanistan for home last week when, just a few days before his departure, their entire brigade was informed that their year-long deployment was being extended till June.

In spite of their commitment to their mission, ( Read more... )

I know some of you have mentioned in the past that you've worked with headhunters.  Anyone able to pass along some advice ( Read more... )

Go read Go Fug Yourself's post about George Clooney.  Or just stare at the picture they posted for awhile like I did. Am.  Whatever.  I just want to...lick him.  How is he still looking so boyish and adorable with grey hair?

I feel much better having drooled over him for a bit, since I had a rough start to the day.  I promised another teacher a ( Read more... )

Is anyone around right now (2:20pm cst) who could help me with this yearbook layout I'm doing for Ethan's school? I'm working on it in photoshop. It's a 2-page collage and I've quickly run out of any creative ideas as to how to do the layout because I'm just not familiar with what photoshop is capable of.