Well, sorry, but I have lied about getting pictures up on the blog sight. It is probably easy, but I just don't have time since I do not have internet at home. Maybe when school starts, I will be able to be a faithful poster of pictures. So forgive me, but no pictures are in the near future.
Anyways, to the heart of the blog.
July: Hot and dry. Corn is being detassled. I do enjoy walking outside, but I am looking forward to a more exciting change of pace when school starts in a month. Marisa and I enjoyed our annual pilgrimage to Black Squirrel golf course to see fireworks! It was a perfect night! The fireworks were awesome, and it only took 9 minutes to get to the first stop sign after fireworks. (For those of you know, that is quite impressive.) Anyways...
Another milestone: The 1993 Chevy Caprice Station Wagon has gone over 100,000 miles! Wow! I have great memories in that car. Driving to the beach with friends. Driving through corn fields. Driving to see my girlfriend and fiance at IWU. Countless trips to Wal-Mart. Trips to see family. And driving away from the church on my wedding day. Oh cars...how wonderful they are. Please remind me of this blog the next time I have to take it to the shop.
Let us see...Oh yes. This last Saturday my lovely wife and I went to Warren Dunes State Park and watched the sunset from the famous Tower Hill. Good times.
Movies review. Only seen one more new movie: Ratatouille... Amazing movie! Better than Cars! A- from me. What makes a good animated movie? A simple story line...not a dumb complex or ridiculous plot...mixed with some FABULOUS characters!!!! That is what makes Ratatouille so special. The characters are awesome! Think about it. Why was Disney Cinderella so good? Not the plot. Everyone knows the story. But the characters were great! Gus-Gus.
Ok...almost done.
Current events: Health care for everyone! That is a big idea pushed by the Democrats. First of all, this will not happen anytime soon. Too many people oppose this idea and the implementation would be too big, but this might be a slippery slope. "Health care for everyone!" is what a lazy man screams! Health care is not that expensive. Good health care is pricey. But cars, electricity, food, housing, and gasoline are also expensive. Should we give this to everyone too? Health care needs to be budgeted BEFORE IPods, movies, eating out, vacations, Cell phones, Air Jordan's, and cable TV. American is the land of opportunity - not the land of handouts. Ok..off the soapbox.
Prediction of the month: Detroit Tigers will have the best record in MLB at the end of the year.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Summer!
Well, Summer has finally come! Marisa and I are busy busy busy busy! I am working in the corn, and she is working with Boys and Girls clubs. She is enjoying it even though it is very tiring to work with kids all day. Corn is corn. June 9th my good friend Geoff Peck got married in Pennsylvania, so we made the trip out there. Note to self: Always bring something to decorate the car with. Sadly, the car was not really decorated with...well...class. Kinda disappointing that there was no writing on the windows or any balloons or any pop cans tied to the bumper. Anyways...
my brother and sister-in law just had a baby girl - Lily Grace Mackiewicz. I am an uncle! wow...i am an "uncle Jim" and I have an uncle Jim. Interesting.
My two cents on Current Events:
Movies: Shrek the Third - not as good as 1 and 2...but i gave it a B-
Pirates - Good story with twists and turns. Great Actions. I loved the fact that we did not know what Jack was going to do. What was he going to do with Davy Jones' heart? Some weird quirks in the movie, but a great story that was not predictable. A-
Ocean's 13 and Ratatouille: Coming soon
Presidential Candidates: My prediction: Fred Thompson wins the Republican nomination. Hillary wins the Democratic election. Fred Thompson learns from history and emulates Reagan as a trust worthy leader and a great public speaker. Hillary tries to be cool and win the YouTube generation. But 18-28 year olds don't vote, so Thompson wins in a close election.Ok. I know many people think I am not even close. I probably am not. But who really knows?
Last Current Event - weather: IT IS too Hot! i like the upper 60s to lower 70s.
my brother and sister-in law just had a baby girl - Lily Grace Mackiewicz. I am an uncle! wow...i am an "uncle Jim" and I have an uncle Jim. Interesting.
My two cents on Current Events:
Movies: Shrek the Third - not as good as 1 and 2...but i gave it a B-
Pirates - Good story with twists and turns. Great Actions. I loved the fact that we did not know what Jack was going to do. What was he going to do with Davy Jones' heart? Some weird quirks in the movie, but a great story that was not predictable. A-
Ocean's 13 and Ratatouille: Coming soon
Presidential Candidates: My prediction: Fred Thompson wins the Republican nomination. Hillary wins the Democratic election. Fred Thompson learns from history and emulates Reagan as a trust worthy leader and a great public speaker. Hillary tries to be cool and win the YouTube generation. But 18-28 year olds don't vote, so Thompson wins in a close election.Ok. I know many people think I am not even close. I probably am not. But who really knows?
Last Current Event - weather: IT IS too Hot! i like the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Softball, Mall Madness, and School
Well, today is a fabulous day! Normally Mondays are deemed the worst day of the week, but today is great! Why you may ask? Today the 2007 Church league softball league for Community Baptist of Edwardsburg begins with a doubleheader. I am hoping to bat over .400 this year. I think i might keep track. Anyways...
Saturday was a funday! (Sounds like a 9 year old girl...i know) Marisa and I participated in a youth activity. We went to the mall to shop and walk around while teens tried to locate us. I dressed so that I would simply blend in (aka...I wore jeans and a t-shirt). Marisa was more creative. She looked like she was pregnant. NO this is not an announcement. Anyways...it was fun hiding from the teens.
12 days of school after today! I am excited to have one year under my belt! I am also excited about seeing my AP Stats presentation. My students have to give a presentation about a couple studies that they did. Should be interesting. Ok...well, maybe one of these years i will put up some pictures.
Saturday was a funday! (Sounds like a 9 year old girl...i know) Marisa and I participated in a youth activity. We went to the mall to shop and walk around while teens tried to locate us. I dressed so that I would simply blend in (aka...I wore jeans and a t-shirt). Marisa was more creative. She looked like she was pregnant. NO this is not an announcement. Anyways...it was fun hiding from the teens.
12 days of school after today! I am excited to have one year under my belt! I am also excited about seeing my AP Stats presentation. My students have to give a presentation about a couple studies that they did. Should be interesting. Ok...well, maybe one of these years i will put up some pictures.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Spring!
I love Spring!
This weekend was very nice weatherwise here in Northern Indiana. I finally beat Marisa in Putt-Putt. She is still winning 2-1. We had a very nice time walking around and enjoying the spring weather.
AWANA is Finished! The Fun Fair went fabulous! Nothing note worthy...which is a good thing. Awana was awesome this year. There are so many wonderful people who know what they are doing.
Amazing race is finally getting back to racing and instead of "can you catch a plane." The Amazing Race is about driving, doing well in challenges, and being smart. Not about catching the right flight. Anyways...people are dumb. "Ma'am, I told you not to touch the screen." Inside joke is you like the Race. Survivor is awesome too...but i will write on that later.
Ok..well, this summer is coming up...and there are a lot of trips that need to be made. One to PA. One to Ohio to see my niece. One to Michigan.
Finally, Marisa got a summer job with the Boys and Girls club.
This weekend was very nice weatherwise here in Northern Indiana. I finally beat Marisa in Putt-Putt. She is still winning 2-1. We had a very nice time walking around and enjoying the spring weather.
AWANA is Finished! The Fun Fair went fabulous! Nothing note worthy...which is a good thing. Awana was awesome this year. There are so many wonderful people who know what they are doing.
Amazing race is finally getting back to racing and instead of "can you catch a plane." The Amazing Race is about driving, doing well in challenges, and being smart. Not about catching the right flight. Anyways...people are dumb. "Ma'am, I told you not to touch the screen." Inside joke is you like the Race. Survivor is awesome too...but i will write on that later.
Ok..well, this summer is coming up...and there are a lot of trips that need to be made. One to PA. One to Ohio to see my niece. One to Michigan.
Finally, Marisa got a summer job with the Boys and Girls club.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
I know...I know...
I know it has been almost a month since I last posted.
What is new eh? Well, Marisa and I went on a quick spring break trip to DC. It was a beautiful time! We loved walking around seeing history. I saw the actually Declaration of Independence! OK...no big deal...but it was cool anyways.
After that, we reluctantly went back to work for the last 7 weeks of school. Now there are only 31 days of school left! YES!! Then the corn fields. Yes, I am going to be an inspector again. I don't mind it. Anyways... I need to be a better steward of my blog. I have been convicted, and I need to A) put up more PICTURES! more would actually be 1 in my case and B) write some opinions about things.
My first opinion: About Don Imus:
Don Imus is a moron. He never should have said those horrible things about the Rutgers basketball players. However, he did not do anything illegal. Wrong, but not illegal. Would I have fired him? Sure, but I can not believe the sudden outrage. We have musicians and movie makers who are portraying women as simply toys for men. And people give them Grammys and Oscars! Anyways...as for the Rutgers basketball team: My advice is to get over it. People are going to call you names all through your life. We tell our students to let it go and move on.
Done with opinion.
Hopefully I will be able write to you next week.
What is new eh? Well, Marisa and I went on a quick spring break trip to DC. It was a beautiful time! We loved walking around seeing history. I saw the actually Declaration of Independence! OK...no big deal...but it was cool anyways.
After that, we reluctantly went back to work for the last 7 weeks of school. Now there are only 31 days of school left! YES!! Then the corn fields. Yes, I am going to be an inspector again. I don't mind it. Anyways... I need to be a better steward of my blog. I have been convicted, and I need to A) put up more PICTURES! more would actually be 1 in my case and B) write some opinions about things.
My first opinion: About Don Imus:
Don Imus is a moron. He never should have said those horrible things about the Rutgers basketball players. However, he did not do anything illegal. Wrong, but not illegal. Would I have fired him? Sure, but I can not believe the sudden outrage. We have musicians and movie makers who are portraying women as simply toys for men. And people give them Grammys and Oscars! Anyways...as for the Rutgers basketball team: My advice is to get over it. People are going to call you names all through your life. We tell our students to let it go and move on.
Done with opinion.
Hopefully I will be able write to you next week.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Well, Another good week
I know...I know... I have not put up any pictures yet. Life is busy. But at least I am updating this every week.
So, what is new? Spring BREAK is Coming! The students are dying to get out of here...almost as much as me. Marisa and I are going to DC for about 5 days to do the touristy thing. We are super excited! We are leaving at about 3:30am on Saturday! I loving driving in the morning. Anyways...
Awana is going super! Last night was crazy but good. Since the kids raised over 180 dollars for Adopt-a-Club, the commander was soaked in super-cold water! I think the kids liked it. Only 2 more "normal" (if any night is normal) weeks of Awana then the closing program.
So, what is new? Spring BREAK is Coming! The students are dying to get out of here...almost as much as me. Marisa and I are going to DC for about 5 days to do the touristy thing. We are super excited! We are leaving at about 3:30am on Saturday! I loving driving in the morning. Anyways...
Awana is going super! Last night was crazy but good. Since the kids raised over 180 dollars for Adopt-a-Club, the commander was soaked in super-cold water! I think the kids liked it. Only 2 more "normal" (if any night is normal) weeks of Awana then the closing program.
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