A long time ago...

A long time ago...1977

In a galaxy far, far away...Dallas, TX...

I was 10 years old when "Star Wars" came out. I remember my best friend, our moms, my sister and I stood in line to see this movie. It was a pretty long line too!

You were transformed to another time and place. You were scared of Darth Vader, thought C3PO and R2D2 were cute and wanted to have them for pets. You wanted Luke and Leia to "be together". Who knew they would be brother and sister!!!

And let's not forget...Han Solo!!! What a dream!!

Star Wars is the ultimate good versus evil story. The magic of movies, especially when you're a kid is such a cool memory. Today, my children enjoy watching them.

Do you realize that only 2 of the actors have been in all 6 movies? R2D2 and C3PO, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker.

For more Star Wars trivia visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/trivia

Have a great week.

Memorial Day 2007

I know it's not actually Memorial Day yet...but thought I would post this in case I wasn't around a computer on Monday.



Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier.

And, our soldiers don't just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home. For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.

*Democratic Sen. Zell Miller, of Georgia, gives the keynote address at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

God Bless You!!!
Dreama

Need I say More????

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Had to miss the show due to my son's Graduation. Now I'm waiting on Graduation Pictures so I thought I would post this until then.

U R A TEXAN IF:

Thought this was cute!!!

U R A Texan If: 1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur , Wichita Falls , San Antonio, Burnet, Boerne, Nacogdoches , Mexia, Waco , Amarillo , and Waxahachie.

2. A tornado warning siren is your signal to > >go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

3. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

6. You measure distance in minutes.

7. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

8. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit

9. You know cow-pies are not made of beef.

10. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

11. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.

12. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.

13. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressin'.

14. You actually understand this and you are "fixin' to" send it to your friends.

15. Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard this conversation:
" You wanna coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper!"

WOW!!! I can't believe that Yau Man didn't win!! I so wanted him to! Thanks to Dreamz! Can you believe that he lied like that on TV? I couldn't believe that. I mean a lie is a lie but what made that worse was he recieved something. Yau was the honorable one and didn't take the truck back.
What people will do for money. I know...he was homeless but isn't there still something as honor?



APOLLO!!! Whoa! I was totally blown away by his dancing. They were great!! I only wish Ian and Cheryl were able to make it to the finals. I believe that I said that either Apollo or Joey would win...I hope it's Apollo!!

We have Senior Assembly this Friday, Baccalaureate on Sunday and Graduation next Tuesday. Michael has been accepted to Criswell College and Gospel for Asia. He has chosen Gospel for Asia, he's going to call Criswell and see if he can delay his entry there. God has given him the opportunity to do either.

I pray he is choosing the right thing. Gospel for Asia is a one year internship with a 3 week trip to India. My baby going to India???!!! Guess we need to get the passport renewed.

Amanda has finished her bible study book, english book and almost her handwriting book. We still have until the first week of June for school. By then it will only be spelling and math.
Praise God, we made it. I have made her some awards and thought I would do something special that Friday, like have a PARTY!!!! I think we both deserve it. Considering we didn't have a clue as to what we were doing.

Have a good Wednesday, hope you all make it to midweek services!!!

Blast from the past

Field Trip to Jefferson, Texas




This weekend we headed to Jefferson.
The town has a Civil War reenactment the first weekend in May and we decided to head over for Living History day.
We are about to begin our studies on the Civil War and I thought this would be a good way for Amanda to see some things up close.
Tents were set up and people dressed up in period outfits. We saw how things were done during that time...I know I would not want to have lived during that time.



The town of Jefferson is great and the people are so friendly!! You have to check out the General store while you are there. We also toured some of the homes. We went through one named "Homestead". The lady who lives there is 97 years old, she moved into the house when she was 7. Everything in the house was orginal. It reminded me of my great grandmothers house in Missouri.




We were also able to tour the GWTW musuem! The woman who owns it has a magnificent collection. She has things in English, German, Spanish, Dutch. It was amazing! I have a pretty good GWTW collection myself but not enough to warrant having a house to place it all !







During the Civil War, the women made the clothes for their family. If you were lucky you had a sewing machine. The children would be the ones who turned the crank so that the needle would go up and down while Mom guided the material through. Can you imagine having to do that? We are so spoiled!! I like being spoiled!!!

Not to mention if you were

wounded during a battle the doctors would seperate you according to your wounds. You didnt' have much of a chance if you were shot anywhere on the torso.

If you were hit in the arm or leg, doctors might use such tools as spoons, knitting needles, their fingers to remove bullets. Many times they had to just amputate your limb with a saw! Yesterday that doctor may have been using it to cut down a tree then turn around a have to use it on a patient.

We had a wonderful time and Amanda got a chance to see some of what people of those times did.
While we were at the battlefield site, some of the men fired the cannon. Have you ever heard anything like that? Oh my goodness!! It totally freaked everyone out! We saw have they washed clothes by boiling them and using lye soap and the scrub board. I am so glad we are spoiled!!!! Women backed then worked extremely hard! I am such a wimp!
There's a woman at church that has 2 boys. The oldest has been diagnosed with dylexsia and the youngest whose in Kindergarten was been having problems. She has been praying and researching Homeschooling. I have sent her websites that I have run across and magazines. I did the same thing she is doing. I told her the praying was the most important first step.
I took her to a friends bookstore here in town. She has a coffee shop, christian bookstore and she sells homeschool curriculum. Hopefully, Julie will make the right decision for them.

Just a few more weeks of school and until graduation. Michael got an acceptance letter from Criswell College in Dallas. He's still waiting for Gospel for Asia. So we will see what he chooses. This week should be pretty stress free...except for the weather. I am praying for the weather around here to calm down. The tornadoes that went through Kansas and Oklahoma destroyed towns and people's lives. They will need our prayers!!!

Have a blessed week!!
Dreama