Great Year...

I honestly can't believe all that we've done this past year. I am amazed. My family has changed for the better...we have two new babies! I got to see my wonderful brother and his lovely wife when they came down for the holidays. Everyone is happy and healthy, praise God.

My resolution, this fine New Year, is to be persistant with my writing and blogging. I hope that all of you have a sparkle of something that you're looking forward to this year.

Until next time...you're in my heart and prayers!

Technoratti...

It's a sad day when your child has to explain how to use an application on your own computer. Today I was fighting with a multi-media program, cajoling it into submission, when my 12-year-old informed me that I was, "...doing it the hard way." Nice.

Lake Gregory

I love man-made facsimiles of nature. We can indulge the feel-good nature lover in us without all of the bother and mess of actual, well, nature. Take, for instance, the lake we went to this weekend. It was surrounded by majestic pines, painstakingly planted to avoid obscuring the 1.5 million dollar lake house views. There was a water slide, powered by lake water---although it was filtered and run through an industrial pump to get it up to the top of the slide. And there were the life guard towers and the anti-stagnation water spouts with their 24 hour roiling of lake water to avoid pesky things like algae...besides, the fish are fed a 'proper' diet of nutrient rich pellets. Much more healthy. My kids had a blast. They floated about with their county-issued life vest, strongly recommended, and played well within the cordoned-off buoy system's designated areas. Ahhh summers at the lake...I can't wait to read their school essays.