a lazy summer day quiz…

 

Inspired by:

http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/07/lazy-meme.html

The instructions with this, are to copy the list, and bold the items you've done, leaving the others in normal type. So here goes.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (airband counts, right?  LOL)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29 Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41 Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa  (I was invited to live in Africa once, but I said no.  Silly girl.)
45 Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (well not painted, but I had some one do a cartoon caricature of me a long time ago.)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie  (I was in a commercial once though when I lived in Edmonton.)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60 Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64 Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66 Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67 Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (my nose when I was a kid.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79 Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

~An old Cherokee told his grandson…

~An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there's a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies & ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy & truth." The boy thought about it & asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee quietly replied, "The one you feed".

Love…

 

snagged from Susan (http://aplacetowrite-susan.blogspot.com/):

To Remember...

Though I teach my children how to multiply, divide, and diagram a sentence, but fail to show them LOVE, I have taught them nothing!

And though I take them on numerous field trips, to swim practice and flute lessons; and though I involve them in every church activity, but fail to give them LOVE, I profit nothing!

And though I scrub my house relentlessly, run countless errands, and serve three nutritious meals every day but fail to be an example of LOVE, I have done nothing!

LOVE is patient with misspelled words and is kind to young interrupters.

LOVE does not envy the high SAT scores of other Homeschool families. LOVE does not claim to have better teaching methods than anyone else, is not rude to the fourth telephone caller during a science lesson, does not seek perfectly behaved geniuses, does not turn into a drill sergeant, thinks no evil about friends’ educational choices!

LOVE bears all my children’s challenges, believes all my children are God’s precious gifts, hopes all my children establish permanent relationships with Christ, and endures all things to demonstrate God’s love!

LOVE never fails!

Where there are college degrees, they will fail;
where there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
For we know in part and we teach in part. But when the trials of life come to our children, the history, math, and science will be done away and faith, hope, and love will remain;
BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE!

[Author Unkown]

Daybook…

(This post inspired from - http://aplacetowrite-susan.blogspot.com/2011/07/daybook-feeling-unsettled.html)

Outside my window...... it is getting darker because of the clouds and the rain that is on its way.  It is nice to have the temperatures cooling off for the day.

I am thinking......  about parenting teens, home schooling teens, etc.  This is not an easy task.  How do I prepare them for their life?

From the Learning Room......  no scheduled academics happening here but lots of life learning.  Deanna is caring for 2 orphaned kittens.  Jordan is working on the ranch, it is harvesting season. 

I am thankful for......  the stability of my life, my community of friends and family, and for grace.

From the kitchen......  I am bored where cooking is concerned.  Maybe it is time to watch some cooking shows again for inspiration.

I am reading.......  a book Jordan wanted me to read called “The Ishbane Conspiracy” By Randy Alcorn.  It is making me ponder about spiritual warfare and the battle that goes on unseen in the spiritual realm.  (Ephesians 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. )

I am hoping.......  that the new kittens start eating food soon and drinking from a bowl.  At what age do kittens usually start doing this?

I am creating......  nothing right now.  I am not sure if I ever create anything?

I am listening to............  a documentary about dragons that the kids are watching in the living room.

Around the house........  it is messy and cluttered, but that is normal for my house. 

One of my favorite things......  looking at pictures and taking a walk down memory lane.  Maybe I will make a cup of tea and take a walk down memory lane tonight.  :)

A few plans for the rest of the week.................  Jordan turns 16 at the end of the week.  I should make some kind of plan for that milestone birthday.  Other then that, I don’t have plans.