I've been so lucky to make a few more friends~ Ann has come back into my life and she's been such a blessing. She's opened up a whole new world--with her beautiful children and good hearted husband. It's helped us (my husband and I) as a couple--to be with other couples--she's brought Jeff & Julie and NOW I have inspiration to get my whole house in order so as to have a fun-loving party either Labor Day or maybe a Halloween Party---I want to have the whole yard in order and the insides...

the Vertigo show in Minneapolis. Very much. Alot except my friend, (and this goes to those of you who are younger--don't bring a friend who doesn't understand whatsoever or have any previous knowledge whatsoever of the band that you intrigued by and admire immensely), as I was saying, this trusted friend whom I admire and care for soooo much---oh, she is so brutally honest as to . . . help me in so many ways---she didn't like U2 and my whole evening sucked because of her. Basically. Not completely....

just love it

good god I didn't know! amazing how ignorant I can be. I really thought I knew what I was doing.

but i ended up thinking of the body as sort of a makeshift tent to house the soul so it was really cool. but i didn't care for the x-rated scene and my brother thought that was gross, too. he seemed to enjoy my input, though, about the tent of the body. it was a strange film.

RESEARCH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL STUDY OF YOUTH AND RELIGION focuses on Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Parental Relationships for Families with Early Adolescents

The following are some of the important points from the RESEARCH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL STUDY OF YOUTH AND RELIGION under the direction of Dr. Christian Smith, professor and associate chair of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. this four-year research...

I just really needed to see something other than church and home. So I took the kids to Camp Snoopy & MOA. I forgot how big it is. A lady grabbed me and started massaging my head with this long fingered gizmo. Then she used a couple other gizmo's with 4 balls on them and was trying to sell them to me. She said she was a massage therapist. She was very pushy. I COULD NOT believe how pushy she was and laughed a little nervously. I was trying to be nice and finally I felt like I should...

Differing views on that subject ...but as long as he's a hunter etc. i feel the best thing is for her to be aware of the power behind a gun so she can appreciate it and (well, you know, FEAR it. or not fear it. or at least understand how the thing works.) i can't really see how that's going to hamper her. she's not gonna get into it!!!! so he's taking her pheasant hunting. studies show knowledge helps children to respect it. i don't have to justify anything. I can't imagine her enjoying...

Computer Illiterate. i can't help it i don't have time or the energy. i should ask my daughter but she's unavailable. i have pop up problems. i don't know why i came back on. okay something just downloaded on my computer, briefly. it said 'unpacking anti-virus software' but it could be lying. i am so mad at those teachers. reading & math homework AGAIN. i am so mad at them...you have to rexplain everything because she doesn't grasp the concept and they keep introducing new...

I might go get it at Sam Goody, that is, if it's fully out or maybe it's just on the radio i don't know how that works i don't care for too much for ... 14 y.o. girl-- she heard it and said it was weird in the way that U2 doesn't usually do that type so i am really curious. she likes yellowcard i think umm mxpx also green day but whatever. i had her read the article on 'bono's american prayer' which i think is a good article. i was supposed to take little boy to preschool he missed last week...

I am trying to understand this. It is not up to me to muster these things or work for them. It's about Luke 7:47 and receiving versus trying to dish out. I know this sometimes but it takes hard work. So, last night, Tina was talking about it. The priority lies in my coming to God for his help. Which reminds me of Jer 33:3. So, someone suggested in this article to take Jesus to the places in my life that I am so ashamed of and keep trying to deny there's a problem there because it's so painful...

The spyware blaster seems to be working. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. It's supposed to rain this afternoon so I should take Little Boy for a walk up and down the street. We did this yesterday. The sun rises and sets on him. So I sat in a group last night and it went much better thank god. I yelled and kicked and screamed and then a different group started under my idea. so I start that one, soon. f* groups. i know this is what we do, and we do it well. but i...

Hopefully this icky mood will go away. They are coming in about 35 minutes and I am NOT IN THE MOOD to converse right now. I better get hospitible fast!! that's all i can say right now. You better get pleasant
I forced Danette to bake cookies. It was REAL easy--just cut open a package, add egg mix etc. what's the big deal? She retorts "If it's not a big deal why don't YOU just do it." i think it would be good for her to make cookies, okay? teenagers...

well, i boosted the performance of it...it was at 24% and now it's 51%
but i can tell that there are still problems...it's frustrating. i have free utilities cd's with hundreds of programs, but when i pop it into the crive it plays music on my real player. no hint of free utilities programs anywhere. i don't know what cacheman is, but i ran it and it helped. i don't know what zip files are or how to unzip files etc. but i think this WinZip is expired anyway. I can't find...