I haven’t been able to do much reading this week, because Alex has had a rough time. But, today I was catching up and I see that I received this award from Nancy. I am honored that she thought of me. Nancy is sort of a newcomer to blogging, but she’s doing really well! We live fairly close to each other and hope to meet IRL one day. So thanks again, Nancy. You can catch up with her life here.

What a sweet surprise I had today to receive this award from Jennifer at
Zaankali’s Adventures. Thanks for YOUR kindness, Jennifer!

My favorite quote about kindness:

**************IT’S NICE TO BE IMPORTANT******************
*********BUT, IT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE!***********

I pass this along to:

Dianne, at Glasses of Grace
Lynne, at Lynne’s Little Corner of the World
Jean, at What’s Up at the Stauffers’

I got this in an e-mail today, and thought it was too funny. Sad…but funny.

For the record…this is NOT on my car!

On December 30, Don and I had our 35th wedding anniversary. 35 YEARS!!!!!
Anyway, I got him a complete collection of all the SEINFIELD tv shows on DVD. Every single one. Now personally, I could never find the humor in that show…it was about a lot of nothing. Granted there were some funny moments, but nothing that I ever made plans to watch. Donald, on the other hand, loved it. He thought it was hilarious. And still, when he runs across it while surfing channels, he’ll always stop and watch. Which is why we rarely watch tv together.

Anyway, he wouldn’t open my gift. He said, “yours has not come in yet.” Yeah, right. I figured he forgot or just decided to let it go, which would not have been a wise decision to make. He knows better. So, his gift has been sitting, unopened, on his nightstand since Dec.30. Friends, I could never let a gift, with my name on it, sit unopened for that long. I tried to get him to open it when he was in bed with the flu for a week. Told him it was the perfect time to use it. But…no deal.

So…tonight he came in with my gift. And it really HAS been on order since before Christmas. The company sold out and had to make more. He did real good, too…I got a KINDLE! Do you know what that is? If not, go to www.amazon.com/kindle to read all about it. (tried to link…wouldn’t work)
Now, it may take me a while to get it all figured out, but when he and Alex were showing it to me last night, they asked me what was the next book I was going to buy. I told them, and in less than one… “1”…O.N.E….minute, the complete book was downloaded and in my hands. Can you believe that? I am so excited. Just think, travelling, you only have to take that 1 small gadget and you can read as many books as you want. He said you also can have the entire Bible on it, and it comes with the dictionary included. Also Internet, and lots of other surprises that I will learn about when I have a tutor with me to interpret the instructions! I will let you know how it works…but, I think I am going to like this…alot!

I have a sweet friend who I teach with who is embarking on a new adventure. Sherri and her husband and their boys are adopting a little girl from China! They have begun the process and hope to be able to bring her home this summer. Isn’t that exciting? What a blessing they will be to each other. I would like to introduce them to you here…Sherri has started a blog to document their adventure. There are pictures of sweet Sophie there. She’s a doll!

If you have a minute, give her a word of encouragement. You’ll enjoy meeting her, I’m sure.