Note that Megan claims 4-14 year olds also bring a lot of fun to Halloween parties.  :)

Anyway...

HAPPY MOLE DAY!!  That is right, today is mole day!  A chemist's favorite day of the year!  6.022X10^23 = Avocado's number!  or Avogadro...  Anyway, happy October 23!  In celebration, hug your favorite chemist!  :)

It is also National Chemistry Week.  To ( Read more... )

My mom brought it to my attention that Sweetest Day is Saturday, October 21st.  Good to know.  Anyway, Emily and I decided that it must be a "Hallmark" holiday of sorts, but neither of us was certain.  So, I looked it up.  Here is what I found out:

Origins and Facts About Sweetest Day the 3rd Saturday in the month of October, Sweetest Day observance ( Read more... )

Today was the third Sunday of "public" existence for the River Vineyard Church.  There were 67 adults and 11 children there!  It was AMAZING!

In other news, I just got off the phone with Joe.  I met him up at KC two summers ago.  I had not talked to him since the beginning of August, and it was great to hear from him!  :)

I finished a baby blanket ( Read more... )

Apparently, people still read this.  I was not sure about that.  I was conducting an experiment, which is the norm for me.  Anyway, you guys are not doing very well.  I figured if I did not update that often more people would call and/or email.  Hey, maybe someone would come visit me?!  Alas, that has not been the case.  I would much rather have ( Read more... )

I decided it was about time I refill a prescription with my new Purdue employee insurance.  Thus, I went to CVS pharmacy today ( Read more... )

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html

First of all, today is "Respect for the Elderly Day" (in Japan).  Who knew?!

Emily introduced me to Pandora a while back.  I like it a lot more than Yahoo.  Anyway, this is a great song with a nice little tune!

Sunny Days -- Jars of Clay

Sunny days keepin' the clouds away
I think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter day
So far away. Still I ( Read more... )

I am officially a member of the "23 club" according to J#2.  Long story short, the birthday was GREAT!!!  :)  Thank you all for the birthday wishes in one form or another!  I truly blesses with so many wonderful people!  :)

Right now, I need to send an email and get some sleep.  Freshman teaching all day tomorrow.  Good times.  Good times.  :)

In like 19 minutes I will be 23.  This is interesting.  I have been thinking about where I was a year ago and how I got to where I am now.  Needless to say, it has been quite a whirlwind.  I would not have known a year ago that I would be here in Lafayette helping with the River Vineyard and starting graduate school.  Nor would I have known I would ( Read more... )

In other news, I went over to Dave and Kim's tonight with about 20 other people (including some kids) to watch the Colts vs. Giants game.  I have decided that Peyton Manning is pretty good.  So, I will start cheering for the Colts now that I live so close to Indianapolis.  Of course, this only means that I will be cheering for two teams now -- Da ( Read more... )