Cute Jonah Story Telling....

The story of Jonah from Corinth Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Be the Change you Want to See

Tonight I'm not going to the much anticipated showing of Harry Potter 7 that I have been waiting for. I'm sad that the movie is NOT what I was hoping for. There are two reason's I'm taking a stand, the first is less complicated than the second.

1) We don't watch above a PG rating at our house. Thanks to clearplay, this goal is relatively easy for my husband and I to keep. (If you are a PG purist household, sorry to disappoint.)

2) After reading this article I got really upset that they had changed the plot line around. Why are Harry and Hermione dancing naked together? What plot line does that serve? I'm going to call myself a Harry Potter "purist" and stew about how dumb it is to deviate so much from a well done set of movies (meaning they followed the books really impressively.)

One person was quoted as saying that "people get naked everyday"; If it were simply a problem of "being naked" then most people would have had a problem with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. THAT was appropriate nudity. This is different.

As I thought about this the past few days I came to the conclusion that "lumping" gets people in trouble. If you find a lump on your body, it's usually bad; therefore don't start lumping nudity together. All nudity is not created equal. Example: Waking Ned Divine.

If enough people were mad enough to boycott as I am, then maybe we would end up with a Saving Silverman situation, where there are two versions with different ratings. David Yates, I am willing to buy a copy of a PG rated Harry Potter 7. I hope you are willing to make one happen.

Photo of First JIPM NCC Shipment (UNCLASSIFIED)

My work at ViaSat on Joint IP Modem (JIPM) is coming to an end. I'm
working on the Information Assurance (IA) side of JIPM so I don't have
deep insight into what it does or what it's features are, but from what
I can tell, it's like the central satellite station supporting many
remote satelite terminals (think internet over Dish Network). The
picture was taken in Carlsbad. I was in Arizona at the time, but I know
and have worked with many of the people in the photo. Go JIPM!

Bosch, Bosch, Bosch on the Mind....

My friend Melissa helped me to make some bread, because I can't seem to get it right. I discovered why! The small loaf is bread made with a Kitchen Aid and the big loaf is made in a bosch. I can't seem to kneed the K.A. bread enough for it to activate the gluten sufficently. I was skeptical that there would be such a difference. We honestly did our best with the K.A. loaf, I even kneeded it extra. They even cook different, the Bosch cooking a lighter loaf. Thanks Melissa for the lesson! I have Bosch's on the mind now.

Trick-or-Treat

We have the best neighbors ever! They are really nice to us. Anytime we need someone to water our plants, or are working in our yard they come out and we talk. For Halloween I wanted Auburn to be able to try out Trick-or-Treating without me having to take her out. I asked our neighbors if she could come over on Saturday night, and they said yes! Well, they were awesome. Their daughter dressed up as Snow White and they gave Auburn a pumpkin basket with a pink unicorn in it as well as all the candy she wanted! It was great. Auburn didn't want to leave. Thank you neighbors!

A Lawn Miricle

It's a miricle! Our grass is growing. We were worried it wouldn't turn out because we're new at the winter grass planting. Thursday we finally saw some little grass sprouts. Our backyard really doesn't get that much sunshine, so we hope that it keeps growing. AND we found a couple of jalopeno's!

Present from Lindsey

Little Lindsey Gwilliams sent Auburn a Halloween package.

Auburn got the cutest card from Lindsey that she now keeps in with her toys.

Doesn't she look good? She wore this shirt on Saturday, Sunday night, and Monday all day before we changed it. Orange matches with her hair perfectly. Thanks Lindsey for the gift!

The "Look"

About a month ago Auburn started giving me this look.....

From 2010-10-30 And now she does it all the time! From 2010-10-30 From 2010-10-30 I finally figured out that she is making the face that I make at her when she gets in trouble. If that's the worst I do, and the worst she copies, I think we're doing pretty a-o-k!