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Yesterday I responded to a post on Facebook and made people angry. The person I was writing to had written a poem or writing and used curse words, the worst ones too. So anyway, I couldn't hold back, I had to respond. I said that there were better words to use and that those were icky words. So then his friend wrote a comment saying that it was so horrible of me to try to censor someone's writing and she used curse words too. Then I noticed that from then on the cursing just got worse. Like, "In Your Face!" I'm not bothered that I made someone angry. I am bothered by the fact that the person has changed. I wonder what has happened that made him a different person. He comes from a good family of loving people, but there is a lot of hatred in his heart and darkness. Is it like Anakin who went to the dark side? This incident has also made me feel old. These young kids, who are in their early 20's, seem so immature to me. And then I started thinking ab...

Have you ever looked at a picture of a person you know and thought to yourself, "Boy, this person sure isn't very attractive." I have. I know, I'm a horrible person for admitting this, but it is true. I was just looking at a person and thinking to myself that they are really nice and fun to be around, but they really are a bit weird looking. It is weird how you no longer notice a person's looks once you get to know their heart. But it also makes me sad. How many people are overlooked because of their looks? How many times does the pretty person get noticed? I can look weird sometimes, but I also can clean up nicely. But since I have these mean thoughts about peoples' looks, does that make me ugly?

The Grand Re-Opening of Fitness Circle #2 was last month. The gym is located in Darbungu, Bihar in India. Bihar is a state in India which has the most illiteracy and I think it is the poorest state. The gym has been in Darbunga for several years, but had to close last year because of problems with the landlord. A new location was found and ladies are starting to join. The manager called me this morning to say there were already 5 members. That is great for the first month in Darbunga. So I am excited to hear what happens with the gym there.

There is suppose to be a global earthquake on Saturday, according to a self-proclaimed prophet. Way back in the 1990's there was a similar prediction. I think it was actually just for Portland, OR. But there was suppose to be a big earthquake that was God's judgment on us. My best friend and I made big plans for that day. I spent the night at her apartment because it was only a single level. My place had an apartment above me. We also wanted to be at her apartment because it was only two blocks from the chocolate factory. Our plan was to go loot the chocolate factory right after the earthquake. For some reason we saw nothing wrong with this plan. I guess it would all be wasted anyway. So for this coming Saturday's global earthquake, I don't have any big plans. If I knew where a chocolate factory was, I might plan to go there. It seems like I have matured since the first prediction. I think now that if there was a huge earthquake I might actually be concerned...

Now that the temperature is scorching, I am happy to put on my swimming suit and jump in a pool. The problem is in finding a pool. Yesterday we did our best at looking for a pool, but failed miserably. The first hotel we went to is the one we use to have a pool membership at. We paid an arm and a leg one summer to be able to use their pool. It was such a welcome relief from the horrible heat that summer. So we drove to the hotel and had our bag of swimwear and walked to the pool. I didn't notice the signs that said, "Pool under renovation." Sure enough, to our disappointment, it was closed. Now, who works on a pool during the best swimming time of the year? Why not work on it in March or February? The second hotel is one that doesn't have a great pool, but I thought it was worth a try. We drove to it and I went in. We could see the pool from the car. No one was in it. It looked cool and refreshing. But the manager said it is only for hotel guests. Strik...

When I was a child, we lived in Oregon and often drove to Eastern Washington for Christmas at my grandparents' house. We made the trek in our old, white van. It was kind of a camper van. It had two seats in front, with the motor cover in the middle that we could sit on. And it had a sink. And a bed. We would put in folding lawn chairs to have two more seats. On this particular Christmas trip, the van didn't have any heat. We usually started our trip out at 4 or 5 in the morning, when it is already cold. We would go in our pajamas and rest on the bed for a few hours. Well since we didn't have heat, we took our thick sleeping bags and bundled up for the trip. My dad wore his ski mobile outfit. My sister and I and our mom huddled together for most of the trip. Who in their right mind drives 8 hours in the freezing Northwest without a heater? Well I guess our family did. And now I find that I wish I was in that van right now, driving through the freezing Northwest....

I have four moms! I started out with one. I never dreamed of having four. But God must of known that it would take four moms to help raise me. My mom did the hard part of getting me to adulthood. Then I guess I really needed some work. So God saw that it was best to spread out the job to 3 more ladies. My mother in-laws took turns at speaking into my life in their own ways. And now I am what I am because of these moms. (so don't blame me) Anyway, I have three mother in-laws. Life is funny. My first mother in-law is Steve's birth mom. She has always been a part of his life of course, but he hasn't always lived with her. Second comes my ex step mother in-law, but I prefer to drop the first part and just say mother in-law. She did a lot of the hard years of raising a boy. She probably had the hardest work of all three. And thirdly, my step mother in-law, or momette (I pretend that is French). She became part of the family a year or two before me, so she got th...

Craving one of these!

Last night I had to come up with a meal for the three of us. Thankfully, my mom had sent a package with some food items in it, otherwise there would have been a call to Dominoes. So I made some Mac N Cheese and some eggs with refried beans. My mom had sent the Mac N Cheese and the refried beans. I just had to have eggs. We were all tired after a long day out, so I was trying to save time. I didn't actually wash the pan that I made the eggs in. The night before, eggs were made in it and my househelp hadn't come to do dishes, so it still sat on the stove. I rinsed it out, but there were still a few dried egg spots in it. And I rinsed off the eggs. They come farm fresh here, which means they have chicken poop on the shells still. Maybe one of these errors were the cause of the effect that happened to Micah's body at 1 AM. Micah was having a hard time falling asleep. We moved him into our room with a mattress on the floor so that he could enjoy the a/c. But he kept ...