Sometimes you just feel Proud

Well. My girls have yet to win a basketball game. But I'd have to say that I'm proud of them. Why?
Well...
(1) Not once have I heard any of the girls comment on hairstyles, shoes, or prettyness.
(2) While the first game they played against their rival school, they lost badly <50something> but the second game they played against their rival school they only lost by a score of 24 to 14, which was a defensive marvel.
(3) A couple of them have put in enough effort only to have to leave the court to (a) throw up; (b) foul out; and (c) because of a black eye or other injury.

They may not be winning, but they still have some fight in 'em!

My latest, greatest idea

Steph and I have recently joined a bible study group and have met with them once. They hadn't picked a guide to follow yet, but we were able to peruse a number of possibilities. While perusing, I noticed that I wasn't terribly interested in a whole lot of them. I thought -- there needs to be a real man's bible study. One that really dives into the essence of what it is to be a real Christian man. The leader of the house. The big guy beneath the Bigger Guy.

This is what I've come up with (but have yet to put into production)...

We need a bible study to be written in such a way that four men can go out onto the golf course, tee-up, and discuss what it is to be a Christian male in today's society.

There could be 9 questions. Or there could be 18 questions. You discuss each question/topic as you play each hole.

Then afterwards... everyone takes a seat in the club-house, grabs a beverage of their choice, discusses some more...

Do you think it could work?

Winter comes quickly!

It's amazing that the picture on the right (with the yellow leaves and green grass and two strange people holding hands) was taken only ONE WEEK from the picture in Steph's entry (below)

I believe we've made a grave error....

Well, it's been awhile since I've written a post on our blog. To be quite honest getting used to a new school has taken all of my energy and then some. But we're starting to get into a rountine....and this situation absolutely needed to be commented on....

The forcast in Barrie today said: "Rain this morning, not warm (but above freezing). Potentially some wet snow...that will not stay. And sunny breaks this afternoon." Well, we're back into the seasons where the weatherman has no idea what he's talking about!

It has been snowing all day! And here's what we have: Need I remind everyone that it is OCTOBER. We should NOT be accumulating this kind of snow yet! Therefore I believe we've made a grave error in moving this far North! (I keep telling everyone it's not THAT far north....let me put this on the record: it IS that far north!). Does anyone want to shovel our driveway??? :)

Yet another book - but a different review.

So Steph has been reading a series that starts with "The City of Ember," which also recently became an interesting study in how Hollywood can take a good book and totally butcher it on the big screen.
I knew that Steph wanted to see this movie, for lack of anything else interesting to see in Hollywood, and the fact that we had gift certificates.
I had yet to read the book. So yesterday, during a number of breaks I took while sanding and painting our new garage closet, I read the book.
It was a good book, and I thought it would be a good movie. So we went.
Ten minutes into the movie, both Steph and I looked at each other and said, "What is this?"
The movie butchered the book. They lopped it up and put it back together with a few extra ingredients - Like a random mutant gopher that feasts on people? The book doesn't have any mutant animals!!!
They also invented entirely new characters, and abandoned the entire conclusion of the book.
So, we DO NOT recommend watching the movie. You'll walk away terribly upset with Hollywood.

The benefit of only two t.v. stations in Barrie.

We've been told that getting two television stations in Barrie is pretty good...! Naturally, these stations rarely have anything good on. So Steph and I have been enjoying a lot of reading lately. Hence, I have finished, not only book two of the 'Dragonkeeper' series, but also books three, four, and five. The series was still good and I'd recommend it for Christian children's literature.

I've also recently read a book called "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppel (the author of the Silverwing Series). Airborn is a GOOD read. I had a really hard time putting down the book.
Airborn is the First book in a new children's series. And I'm having difficulty putting down the second novel in the series as well.
So. All I'm sayin' is that I heartily recommend "Airborn" for a good weekend read. That's all I'm sayin' and that's all there is to it.

Here's a Beauty

Looking inside the driver's side "window", I realized that in the 1920's, I'd still have been relying on the ol' Horse'n'saddle... There isn't much leg room in this old car!

Bad poetry, but sucre bleu! (sugar blue!) Michael's nuts!

Oh brother of mine,
Hast thou lost thine mind?
Have thine senses jumped from thine head?
To think that jumping would not leave you dead?











Oh brother of mine,
Once thou tried biking,
and pedalled up to a creek, thine brakes did not grab,
At the edge you freaked, and landed with a splash!











Oh brother of mine,
Once thou tried climbing
Up in a tree, a branch you held snapped,
You must have peed, as down you crashed!










Oh brother of mine,
All these things hurt,
So what were you thinking?
Did you not contemplate the end?
If the cord was not pulled?
If the shute would not open?

Oh, brother of mine,











I wish I'd gone with you!



(To those who have read this, you can find out if Michael survived SKYDIVING if you call him in Alberta, but maybe in a few days -- he still might be recovering...)