There She Blows!!!

Wow Wow Wow!!!! What a storm the pix I posted with this are just a few of the better shots from around Salem... The top picture is right across from Woodsdale Road.... Check out the power lines wrapped around the roots of the tree!! The power company is saying possibly three days before everybody has power again... School was cancelled this morning due to not having power... The winds picked up around 5 last night and didn't die down till almost midnight... I still don't have power at my appartment... And no city water... so no water... the college doesn't have power either... It's absolutely crazy around here....

For Mom

Dear Mom,

Just wanted to wish you a very public Happy Birthday!!!

You are such a wonderful mom and have always been there when I needed you.... Words will never express just how much you mean to me....

I'll like you forever, I'll love you for always, My wonderful mommy you'll be....

Love you
Lori

School is in Full Swing

Wow, Wow, and Wow......

Is it really September? And has school really been in session for three weeks? Where does time go? Next thing you know I'll be blogging about graduation... Hopefully I will blog before that happens ;-)

Yes, school is well underway as you can tell from the top picture, my Math students have already taken their first Math test.... and they all did a great job... States/Capitals, Noah and the Ark, exclamatory sentences, and two different literatures to boot.... My school life holds a wide varitey of subjects... With miscellanous projects that my boss throws into the mix just to keep my life interesting.

Can't stay long, but I will be trying to get all kinds of pictures up of my students!!

What a Month

Who would have thought that July would be so jam packed with stuff.... since the last time I posted there has been VBS, a fishing trip, work, Youth Camp, work, work, work, calling for the church, jail services, work, College Summer Days, work, etc. And now I am gearing up for another week of busy-ness. AND SCHOOL STARTS IN LESS THAN A MONTH!!! I am a person who likes a set schedule so I will be glad when the schedule starts but.... August is going to be just as full of stuff as July was... where did summer go???

I know it sounds as if I am complaining but I would rather be busy and involved while I can, boredom drives me insane... ;-) It truly was wonderful to see the young people at CSD seeking God. Some of my students, and friends were among those seeking and that is encouraging to me!!

Miracles Do Happen!!!

Being a girl and not a mechanic.... the other day when my car started rattling, I really wanted to just turn the radio up and ignore the noise and the shaking... But being the brilliant person I am I promptly called my dad (Who claims that I only call him when I need to)... He told me a couple of things that it could be... All of the options were best case scenarios... So on Thursday I took my adorable little car to my friendly mechanic Bob... (Who appears very fierce, but is extremely kind) He told me that it was safe for me to drive till Friday when he could fix both of my struts!!!! Which would cost about 200 dollars :-( Being a teacher means that money is usually pretty tight during the summer... and this was not the news I wanted to hear.

So I drive very carefully all day Thursday, and very nervously this morning dropped off my car to Bob... He called me several hours later and told me that there was good news and bad news. Bad news was I had a tire with a broken belt, an extremely bad broken belt... but the good news was that my struts were fine... And they didn't need replaced!!!!! :-) My total cost was 25 dollars. Isn't God wonderful... He knows just what we need!!!

On top of all of this... Yesterday I was praying at work about what to do about my car... I told the Lord that he knew all about it and asked him to provide the money... My last table left me a ten dollar tip... which was about half of their bill.... Our God is a wonderful God!!!

Luke's Wedding

Luke got married last month. Since I didn't have my blog set up back then I'm posting late. Oh well. The day was beautiful and we spent some time as a family pulling together some last minute things (like the programs). It was when everyone was trying to get ready at one time that things got crazy. Then trying to get all of the girls ready in a rather small room, doing hair, tying bows, sweltering cause the AC wasn't working in that room. :-) Then smiling and smiling and turn and look at me and smile some more.... We all thought our faces were going to fall off...

I just recently got to look at the candid shots that the photographers did... And there is some definite comedy material. Some of the expressions that were caught for posterity are truly priceless... One photo that I aboslutely loved was the one that has Luke and Joanna kissing during the ceremony, with all of the siblings in the background looking seriously at the couple... It's great. There were some truly awesome pictures and it's great to remember. But I'm glad that I won't have to do it again any time soon...

I Can't Believe It!!!

For the record I never thought I would be a blogger.... Ever.... And for that matter we'll see how this thing goes... Eventually I will be putting pictures on this thing and Maybe even a picture of Me ;-) Those of you who know me well, will understand that comment. lol

The pix I have on my profile is the sunburnt version of me...