Hot, hot, hot!

It has been even hotter than usual lately in Texas, so it is pretty uncomfortable down here. I have been uber-busy with getting ready for the next school year. I trained for two weeks in the use of Lego RoboLab in the classroom, and I did another few days on language-arts curriculum improvements. I've also been house/dog sitting, and I have a friend in town for a couple of weeks, so I've been REALLY busy.

Punkin is great, although he is growing WAY too fast. Also, we found out last week that my best friends, the Happy family, are having a boy. Yea!

Thanks in part to the One Campaign, major changes are heading to Africa. Another yea! I've been thinking a lot about preparing for foreign aid/mission work in Africa in a year or two. Please pray for me to recieve strong guidance from the Lord.

On a final note for the day, I send my very best, most peaceful, loving, healing thoughts and prayer to all those effected by the London bombing. Go in peace.

Here Kitty, Kitty...

I am finally an official Mama. I brought my new kitten home on Tuesday, and he is so cute! He is an orangey-blond with pale stripes on his back and little pale spots on his tummy. He is about eight weeks old, so he is still a baby. After a few mishaps, he is now using his litter box like an old pro. (Thank God!) He purrs like a little warm motor. I think I'm gonna like having a kitty. His name is Pumpkin, which in Texan is Punkin. When he's being good, I can coo over my little Punkin-head. When he's bad, I can call him a little Punk. As soon as I get some pictures, I'll post a pic.

In other random news, my interest of the week is Airstream trailers. The main character of one of my favorite series, Wonderfalls, lives in an Airstream that looks like the inside of Jeannie's bottle. I went to an RV dealer the other day to see what they're really like. They are awesome!! Cute, distinctive, roomy.... so cool! I could absolutely see myself hooking a trailer up to a truck and hitting the road. There is so much of America and Canada that I would LOVE to see. Ahhhh.... Maybe someday, when I can be a writer and work from anywhere.

Speaking of great writing, Wil wrote a great post called "the seat with the clearest view" on video games and his youth. He is such a good writer! Also, check out Amanda's new British roadster. Wow!

I've been using Netflix to relive some old TV shows. Right now I'm watching Popular and Freaks and Geeks. I'd forgotten how good they were. I love how many series are on DVD now.

Have a great 4th of July!!