The Fair Part 3

And finally Darcy with Spongebob. And one I played with so you can color it.
I had some fun with the camera doing some light photos too (I only posted one but fair lights are fun.)

The Fair Part 2

The car ride was the favorite for the twins. About half way round Jeremiah was determined to see how it all worked though and we thought he might be going to climb out with the cars still moving - he just hung halfway over the side of the car watching. Jacob was content to drive. Darcy loved the Runaway Train but it was hard to get a photo of that as it was moving to fast. Finally they tired and Jeremiah tends to show that he is tired by throwing a bit of temper (as you can see). (They all won prizes at a few booths in the kiddie section too - the boys wanted balls, especially Jeremiah.) Amy and Matthew seemed to enjoy it all too. And of course the grandparents (US) really enjoyed it all.

The County Fair (in 3 Parts)

It was a bit overwhelming just taking it all in at first...what to do first.
Jacob just kept saying, "Let's go" (not understanding one must buy tickets first)
Jeremiah held onto daddy's shoulders and just looked in amazement. Darcy kept pointing out what she did and did NOT want to ride (she was not afraid of much).
All had a great time.

Wall Street Woes

Democratic leaders have emphasized to rank-and-file members that Paulson has told them that he could only spend about $50 billion a month on the securities purchase program. Of the $700 billion figure, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said: "Nobody believes that's going to be the final cost."

Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), the senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, who has refused to participate in the talks, said a "critical mass" was forming behind the measure because of fears that Congress's failure to act would cripple financial markets and devastate the economy.

From Sunday's Washington Post Sept. 28th, 2008 on the passage of the 700 BILLION
dollar bailout plan of Wall Street.

Moral of the Story - Do Not "loan" money to those you know have no means to repay.
If you are a Christian and you see those in need just give them the house but please don't think the government is the answer. Government is never the answer. Habitat for Humanity is an answer. Government is not.

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship."

Alexander Fraser Tyler, "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic"

More Grandkid Photos

Showing How You Feel

Jacob, age 2, on his way to winning an Oscar

A Virtual Pond Dip - For Biology

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/index.html

Great Site!

Chris

The Elements Song

For my Chemistry Class (Perhaps I should have you memorize this! lol)

Bacteria Flagellum

Cat Waiting

I Wait - and Watch -
It's my job and I do it well.
But my servant is gone a lot lately and
I'm very lonely. I hope she gets to stay home
soon. She says she does too!
Aslan

A Cat's Life

My servant has been a way a lot lately. She is off at a place called a
hospital with her father who is sick. So since we aren't working I've just
been enjoying some of the books. This Jan Brett book is very good. "In the
Castle of Cats".

I like having Grandma here to feed me too. She's blind. So she just fills the
bowl to the top. And whenever I meow she fills it up again. My servant came
home from the hospital the other day and wondered why the 5 pound bag of cat
food she had just purchased was already empty. I tried to show her where some
of the food had spilled on the floor where Grandma had missed the bowl but I'm
not sure she bought it.

I do miss my servant. No one else here picks me up and scratches my ears
like she does.

Aslan

Grandparent's Breakfast With Darcy

Me, Duane and Darcy

Papa George and Darcy

We had a very nice time eating and visiting and meeting some of Darcy's friends
and her teacher.

Dear John Jennings (Brock)

Amy artwork. She just had me forward this and I couldn't resist adding
it to my blog. (John Jennings was her grandfather, my father in law.)

Sir Isaac Newton

"Did blind chance know that there was light and what was its refraction,
and fit the eyes of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use
of it? These and other suchlike considerations, always have, and always will
prevail with mankind, to believe that there is a Being who made all things,
and has all things in His power, and who is therefore to be feared."

(Theological Manuscripts, 1950, page 48-49)

Prayer Requests

The Wedding was wonderful but it's now back to real life.

My mother in law sounds like she has pneumonia and I took her to
the doctor yesterday. He x-rayed her lungs and put her on a strong
antibiotic but she is coughing non-stop. At nearly 86 it doesn't take
much to make her really sick.

My dad is down to 103 pounds. I went with mother to the doctor with
him this week too (okay, so I live in doctor's offices really. I get
a lot of crossword puzzles done that way.). His Internist has taken a
"personal leave of absence". Great. So he'll be seeing "new" doctors until
he decides to come back which means they'll be guessing as to what to do.
And this isn't good. He put him on something to "pick his appetite up".
But 2 times nothing is still nothing.

Mother has now called a surgeon to discuss putting a feeding tube back in.
Frankly that is probably the best thing for him. He refuses to try to eat
so what are the options.

I babysat the Twins on Wednesday and both of them are sick (yet to hear from
what but they were running fevers). I have no immune system. Que sera.
Oh well. I pray they don't get the asthma stuff again poor babies. Jacob was
so sad - he just wanted to be held. (Jeremiah didn't act sick so it wasn't until
later that they discovered he, too, was running a fever.). I gave them both
a cookie during the day. Jeremiah ate his. Jacob just held his - all day long.

It's been a long week. But it was a beautiful wedding!

(Jeremiah - with his always present blankie; Jacob with hat; and Kittie helping me with Crossword Puzzle)

Trying to Understand Netflix

I am trying - really trying - to understand why Netflix keeps recommending that I rent Veggie Tale movies.

I return a rented movie and they ask me to rate it. And I do. I just returned "There Will Be Blood" (Based on "Oil" by Upton Sinclair) - I gave it 3 stars, while Amy raved about it. The ending was weird. Okay, it was intellectual.
You can tell it was literature. And would be a great novel/movie to discuss.
But I digress.

So after you rate it, Netflix shows you movies that they think you will like.
They ALWAYS show me Veggie Tales movies. I do not CARE what movie I've returned.
I returned comedies last week ("The Truth About Cats and Dogs") - got Veggie Tales.
I'm getting "Zorba the Greek" next and I can guarantee they will still recommend
Veggie Tales. I have never, ever rented a Veggie Tale movie from Netflix. Now I'm not against Veggie Tales. I've, in fact, seen many of them as I have grandchildren.
However, I'm in my 50's (and that's all I'll say about that!) and have no desire
to watch cartoons!

Are they overstocked on Veggie Tales?? Or is it a conspiracy of some sort? Does
someone there think I NEED to be watching Veggie Tales? I felt like singing "God is bigger than the Boogie Man" after watching "There Will be Blood" but that didn't last long.

Oh well..

More Wedding Photos

Our dear friends Mac and Linda Hurstell from Mississippi
and Ann and Steve Glover from Vidalia, Georgia