The Pheonix Metropolitan Area is known as the Valley of the Sun. The first time I remember hearing this was during the opening ceremony when Christine Odom spoke the phrase as she introduced herself as the CEO of Habitat For Humanity for the Pheonix area.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Building Blocks 2007: First Day
Day one was the longest day of all the week. Everyone was eager to work. We were all rested since the week has just begun. At breakfast peptalks from the leaders inspired us even more.
Home From Building Blocks 2007
This past week has been full of working hard and staying busy. It’s been more than a 40 hour week. On the other hand, I’ve been staying at a resort where I’ve been able to relax, go swimming, enjoy the lovely setting around me and endulge in fine dining.
Building Blocks 2007: Day of Departure
It’s the day of departure for me. Look out Pheonix, Arizona here I come. Ginny is lying next to me with her head on my arm as I write this. I’ve been checking the weather in Pheonix. It’s going to 100 degrees when I get there! And then it’s going to be about the same all week long. This is different from our humid but not so hot Oklahoma spring days.
Java Plantation Imports
My husband is the webmaster of a site called Homeschool Buy. Each month he writes a newsletter. This month he asked a friend, Chris, that he has been in contact with since they went to high school together (about 30 years ago) to write about his business and offer some internet auction selling tips. His story is an interesting one.
Building Blocks 2007: Preparing To Take a Trip
My family and I have a busy day. And it has already started moving fast. My trip begins Sunday early in the morning.
Samson
This morning I read in Judges 13. It told about an angel of the Lord coming to a couple. The angle told them they would have a son. That son would be Samson. While the mother was pregnant she had to be careful in her pregnancy. Judges says, `Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ” Samson would be a judge for Israel. He was known as the strong man in the Old Testament. He was also known for his downfall because of his lover Delilah.
Building Blocks 2007 Coming Soon
I have just two more days of work. We’re working 10 hours of overtime on Friday. (yeah! extra money!) I need to start packing. I have some ironing to do as I pack. I made a list of everything I need to bring.
I’m going to traveling on Mother’s Day. This bother me some but we’ve figured out a plan. I watch an elderly lady on Saturday. Since I need to be at her house at 10am, we are going out for breakfast. IHOP in Tulsa sounds good. I’ve eaten there once several years ago. They have pancakes that have a cream cheese filling. That sounds good. After breakfast Danny is going to take our children to Wal-mart. They have some idea for gifts they would like to buy. Then he will pick me up around 6pm.
Lifestyle Learning
Mark Twain once said, I have never let schooling interfere with my education. This quote has a bit of ornriness. Twain obviously had a good understanding of ornriness because he wrote Tom Sawyer. While learning in a classroom, a child must have structure, productivity and the drive to fully complete assignments but he/she must also develop an underlying foundation for lifestyle learning. That is, a desire to learn knowledge each day of life.
Apollos, The Eloquent
Judges, Job and Acts. I have read from these books of the Bible this morning and discovered more about the man named Apollos who was aquainted with the famous apostle named Paul. I consider Apollos a coooooool guy.
Linda's Thoughts 