Monday, November 30, 2015

Life: a post by Aimee

So my life is pretty much over. I lived a good long life, had a son and a
daughter, a little red car (I was always speeding) a nice house, and now
I'm sitting around with my fellow Lifers enjoying my retirement at
Countryside Acres. At the end of my career I  had a large list of
accomplishments such as winning a Nobel Peace prize, saving an endangered
species, and inventing a better mouse trap. I know, the world really really
needed a better mouse trap. You're welcome. Well, I asked my siblings to
expound upon the accomplishments and tell exactly what I did so here they
are. Be amazed. I invented Doritos flavored ice cream. I designed a
complicated mousetrap I can't describe that uses the mouse's psychology
against him. I cured the common cold by having creepy Miss Frizzle from the
Magic School Bus go inside my body and find the cure. I saved the
endangered Purple Ant Eaters by inviting them over to my house to clean up
my ant infestation. Free lunch for a week. Created a new teaching method
where the student smacks his head on the back of his chair while saying
math facts. Pounds the information in, I guess. And the biggie...won the
Nobel Peace prize by paying Paul (he became President in the game, way
outdid me) a fortune to get everyone to give up their guns while he was in
office. Sounds pretty useless. Verses from Ecclesiastes come to mind. Can
they make a Christian version of this game?! Evangelism would be more
awesome. -Aimee

Friday, November 27, 2015

Our Random Moments of Inspiration

It's always been a joke around here that moments of inspiration seem to come during Grammar lessons and some of the most clever poems, sayings, or story ideas are thought up then. Apparently though, the game "SET" has the same effect for the other day the phrase "you're quotable" was heard often while a tense (and talkative) game of "SET" was underway.

"The last presidential debate was rated R for thematic elements and Hillary's evil laugh."
"Don't put words in my mouth. It's my mouth, so that's trespassing."
"I love inside jokes, especially the kind that are so inside that the people who made them up don't know what they are."

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

All of Betsy's family came to town for a couple days, and we've enjoyed hanging out with  them while they've been here. Monday, everyone dropped by our place (with pizza!) and the little Ks came for a pre-thanskgiving get together.
Thank you, Lord, for family!!