a good song....

Heart Like Mine by Miranda Lambert

I ain't the kind you take home to mama
I ain't the kind to wear no ring
Somehow I always get stronger
When I'm on my second drink

Even though I hate to admit it
Sometimes I smoke cigarettes
Christian folks say I should quit
I just smile and say "God bless"

Cause I heard Jesus, He drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet He'd understand a heart like mine

Daddy cried when he saw my tattoo
Said he'd love me anyway
My brother got the brains of the family
So I thought I'd learn to sing

Cause I heard Jesus, He drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet He'd understand a heart like mine
I'll fly anyway
From it all one day
I'll fly away

These are the days that I will remember
When my name's called on the roll
He'll meet me with two long-stemmed glasses
Make a toast to me coming home

Cause I heard Jesus, He drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet He'd understand a heart like mine

Oh, yes He would

you know, it kills me that we forget that so easily...

hello

I think it's nearly safe to say that spring is here.

While making an afternoon pot of coffee (you can always tell where in the quarter it is based on how much coffee I consume), I looked out my kitchen window and saw a mama bird and her 4-5 babies. They were digging in the ground and munching on some food. They almost blended into the ground, but I saw them!

I love that I can see deer and birds and just signs of life outside my kitchen window.

the difference between inferring and predicting...

at work, i have several characters in my kids. this week i picked up new supplies for the site this week. included in the new supplies were white boards for the kids to use. well one of my girls wrote a question on hers and came over to me, holding the sign in front of her. it said "what's the difference between inferring and predicting? ask me."

so she tells me the difference, and is so proud of what she learned in school that she chose that to share during our sharing time at snack! one of the parents was waiting for his kids to finish up snack, and got a kick out of watching all my kids. he told me that he needs to come hang out with us more often.

sometimes in the midst of everything, i forget to remember the good, the funny, the lighthearted things that are going on.

registration...

so, i both like and loathe registration time. it's frustrating. big big time! but i finally think that things are going to work out, and that i'll end up with a good schedule for next quarter. it'll give me enough flexibility with work and such. as much as i enjoy being home, i think that next quarter i'm going to have to force myself to spend extra time on campus to actually study. boo! but all is going to be okay. and i'm actually starting to feel like the rest of my time at western might not be so stressful (in terms of finding classes to take) as i was thinking.

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