Tell The Truth

Today I paid a visit to the college I graduated from to attend a Job Fair. Very interesting and I saw a few people I knew. After arriving home I decided to work on cleaning out my e-mail and this is one I wanted to save. I received this from a cousin of mine and it brought back what a Professor had stated in one of my classes. This is funny to me, but to many it may not be.

At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking chemistry
and all of them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident,
that the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and
have a big party. They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying;
they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early
Monday morning.

Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final they
would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they
visited friends but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they
missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the
next day.

The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.
The Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet.
They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought!
Each one in separate rooms, thinking this was going to be easy.... then they
turned the page. On the second page was written....

For 95 points: Which tire? _____

Thankful Thursday

Good day to all. The theme for Thankful Thursday this week is kindness. First, I am thankful for the life God has extended me. He has given me time to reflect on a pray I prayed and to look forward to His answer to that pray.

I am thankful for a son-in-law who loves my daughter and wants to become a Youth Minister. He will begin in His first ministry on May 1st in a small Church in Midland, Michigan.

Also, I am thankful for Universe that God made in seven days and the opportunity to teach that in a Science class after they had watched a video on the Universe and the Big Bang theory. I was able to say that there are other theories and one of those theories says the Universe is thousands of years old, not million or billion years old.

They may seem unusual in discussing kindness, but each shows me how kind God is in my life and my extended family.

Slice of Life

Cricket has begun a meme that is posted on Sunday and can be posted any time during the week and you can find her link at http://sliceoflifesunday.wordpress.com
This weeks topics are:

Slice of Life choices for the week of April 6, 2008 are:
1. Meeting your best friend.
2. Illness of your child.
3. Family reunion.

I would like to tell you about my Mom's side of the family and the reason why our reunion began. My Mom is the middle child of 13. My grandmother was from southern Indiana and lived in Paoli, Indiana all her adult life. In 1959 Her husband, my grandfather passed away from a major stroke. Grandma lived in the house that had no in door plumbing and cooked on a wood stove. In the 1960's water was brought into the house and all her children bought her a electric cook stove. Grandma enjoy life until she fell and broke her hip in 1972 and had to go into a nursing home. She lived and died in 1974. Nine of her children were still alive and as they were talking at the funeral realized they were only getting together when someone died. The Robbins Reunion began in the summer of 1974 with 4 generations beginning it. I do not remember how many made the first one, but the place it was held was in a little park with a stream running by. There was a play ground for the children to play on. This year will be the 31ft reunion and expectations that 125 people will attend. If Grandma was still alive there would be 6 generations of her family at the reunion. As I tell people I have family in most every town from Bedford, Indiana. I now have an Aunt and an Uncle still alive from a beginning family of 13. I have one Aunt still alive who married a brother of my Mom's. Her family alone adds up to over 100. Family comes to Southern Indiana from Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, and Indiana on the second weekend of August. We meet for two fantastic days of music, food, and fellowship.

Friends

A wonderful friend tagged me and her name is Phyl of Scrappy And Happy in Ohio

I have lots of girls in my circle and decided that they all needed to know that someone cares about them and appreciate the difference they make in my life. If you are here it may be because I tagged you as one of the girls in my circle! If I didn't tag you , no offense intended. Tag! You're it! Consider yourself tagged.
*** Karen of Karen's Korner, Denise of Samaritan Women, and Chris of Frazzled Farm Wife*** These ladies make me laugh and cry. Please feel free to visit them. You will find them on my side bar.

Sun Shining Sunday

First, I would like to thank Karen of Karen's Korner for these awards. Karen is a wonderful blog friend and you are welcome to visit her blog any time.

Being a substitute teacher gets interesting. Friday was one of those days. It was a day of showing a video in a Science class for Middle School students. The same one I had Wednesday and Thursday. The greetings were mixed. The topic was the Universe and three theories of how the universe was formed and how old it is. The main theory was the Big Bang happening. I praised the Lord in each of the 8 classes I showed this video. At the end of each showing I stated there are more theories and one is that the universe is thousand years old instead of million and billion years. I told them to decide who they were to believe. I was privileged to watch the wonder in some students faces as they were seeing how the universe is was seen and studied by men and women of Science.

I am in wonder of yesterday and today with the smell of Spring, the sun shine, and the warm temperatures. I have sweaters and sweat shirts on the cloth line drying. I have been outside working in my wild flower beds. I see green coming up and I praise the Lord for the wonder of it all.

39 Years

Today 39 years ago I married my Husband in Sheldon, Illinois at 2:00 PM on a beautiful sun shining Saturday afternoon. The cost of the wedding and reception came to under $500. I know that today we could not have gotten married on that cost. We are celebrating with a dinner and a Southern Gospel Concert.

Thank's So Much

Hello all. A short note. I have been substitute teaching this week with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in music. All the classes got to see a DVD of the Blue Man Group. For me the DVD brougnt back memories of seeing them in concert in person in Chicago, ILL. two years ago. I was privavage sit in the third row of the plastic seats. Was fantastic experience for me. Tommorow I will be substitute teacing the same age group in General Science. Please pray.


I want to thank Grandma of Greatful Livin for a beautiful award she made. Saturday I will be passing it on to friends I have met while blogging. Thank You so much Grandma.