Ta-Da!!!

Homecoming Pictures

In an unexpected move, both children went to the homecoming dance. Most kids went in groups not with dates, so almost everyone goes. And dresses up. Julie is in several pictures nad Joe is in a couple. I think it's fun to see the dresses. Here's the link - just paste into your browser..

http://www.mhil-ehs.eu.dodea.edu/images/Homecoming_17Oct2009/index.htm

SmithlutzleetherJESUSblog?

Youth Drama - Tyler as Jesus. Standing ovation for our youth! They have performed it twice in public for our two churches that have teamed up on this; they hit the road in November for a by request performance from another church.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuAexOBQgCM

Julie and Joe's latest achievements

Julie is proving to be a star in her French course getting lots of 100's on her tests. She has also been assigned to advanced seminar which gives her time during school to work on whatever she wants due to her outstanding performance.
Class President Joe was presented an award today for his outstanding achievement on his summer job and was also given a hat by the women at the University of MD college here on the base.

Don't Be Afraid...

to be brutally honest...

Having dipped a tentative toe into the water by contacting our district rep, who wants to talk me out of applying for seminary?

By all means, bring up the time and the expense (so not cheap), and anything else you can
think of on the negative side.

Just the application process can take up to a year, before you even get to think about
an actual class... and then it's a five year process after that, and then a three year probationary period after that, so almost a ten year process before you actually get to do anything with it.
Plus working full-time...

Mondays

Having Mondays off somehow seems like playing hooky - no matter how many hours I've put in in a week. Today has been a 'puttering' kind of day which is really doublespeak for 'not getting anything completely done'

Enjoying the beautiful day. I keep wandering out to the deck in my puttering mode to soak up some sun.

Happy Monday to everyone!

Working Hard...

We are in fix up the house mode! We have done a ton of stuff this past year - redone the upstairs bathroom (painted, repaired the ceiling, put in a new vanity top, new light fixture & new decor), redone the guest room (painted & new decor), painted the laundry room and now...the screen porch! We enclosed it (and by "we" I really mean the guy we hired), turning it into a mudroom/sunroom (Donny and I disagree on exactly what we turned it into...anyway...). It's completely enclosed now, with 4 windows instead of screens. We painted it a nice bright yellow which looks very pretty with the white windows and white doors. Got some new furnishings and the carpet will be installed this week, a nice warm brown. I will post a picture when it's all done. I wish I had a "Before" picture but the porch always looked so awful I swear I don't think we ever took one picture of it.