Connecting

Saturday, August 30, 2008

I watched as mush as possible of the democratic convention this week. All I can say is that I will be voting Obama. I had a few reservations, but just don't think we can do another four years the way things have been. With the world the way it is and the economy they way it is Obama gives people what they need- Hope. It is amazing that he had almost as many people watching as the superbowl. That says a lot.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Tonight Joelle went and stayed at Emily's and Mitch and I went to dinner and a movie. We saw Tropic Thunder and it was hilarious. The funniest movie I have seen in a long time. I hope Joelle is doing OK- she has a wart on her foot and went in yesterday to have it frozen. It didn't seem to do much as she had calluses over the wart. Now she is wearing duct tape over it and that is supposed to help. It seemed a bit better today so hopefully tomorrow will be ever better.
I went into work today and cleaned- I had so much crap in my classroom- teacher guides for books I don't use and that type of thing. I am trying to clean as much as I can and go through my files. I think I will be moving next year so as this year goes along I want to throw things out.
Tomorrow Mitch has his fantasy football draft- I know you can't see me but I am rolling my eyes. I don't get the whole 'fantasy sport' thing, but he likes it and has fun. To me it is just weird. Joelle and I have to work at a soccer tournament- she isn't playing, it is a rec tournament for her club. I am soooooo excited to do that- yes eyes rolling again.
I am looking forward to seeing mom and dad soon. Hope everyone has a good time and that you all get to see whales- in the water!!!

Words of Wisdom

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"

~John Lennon

"Accept the things which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings together, but do so with all your heart"

~ Marcus Aurelius

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give"

~Winston Churchill

"There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher"

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved"

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"Nothing discernable to the eye of the spirit is more brilliant or obscure than man; nothing is more formidible,complex, mysterious, infinite. There is a prospect greater than the sea,and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul."

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."

~Dostoevsky

"Wanting to be a person you are not is a waste of the person you are"

~Kurt Cobain

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

~John Milton

"A great flame follows a little spark."

~Dante Alighieri

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

~Dr.Seuss

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

~Maslow

"Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside."

~Chris Messina

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."

~A.A. Milne (this one is for Mom)