If you like building stuff, meet Olivia! Olivia is headed to Roatan in the Western Caribbean this summer as a member of a Youth Outreach Ministry mission team. When I asked Olivia what they'd be doing in Roatan, she said they'd be working in the school but also helping out with a lot of manual labor and building projects. I […]
Saturday was the canoe trip student outing. Also national Pi Day (like 3.14… the mathematical sign). Also my birthday! So in other words, Saturday was a pretty exciting day for me. Each semester, there are several student outing opportunities. Some of these include a dolphin cruise, a trip to the local Gulfarium, a Blue Wahoos baseball game, and of course, […]
What's better than ice cream on a hot day? Nothing, that's what. When you reach that point when you're sweating as soon as you step outside and you know that your internal body temperature has risen at least five degrees, that's when you need some ice cream. Nothing quite refreshes you like ice cream on a hot day. This year's […]
We're just a few days away from midterms, and I feel like the semester is flying by. One of the highlights of the semester just passed, though, on Valentine's Day. And no, Valentine's Day is not one of the highlights of my semester, although any holiday that involves candy isn't too bad. What happened on Valentine's Day was more exciting. […]
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..."
I used to dream a lot about a white Christmas, but I moved around a lot and grew up in quite a variety of Christmases….green Christmases (Alabama), brown Christmases (New Mexico), and almost no Christmases (we were in the middle of moving)!
As kids, we used to sing that song and leave the adjective blank. It still messes up my beat to this day: