We went to the early movie today at noon to see Seven Days in Utopia. I really enjoyed it. I love movies that make me laugh and make me cry, especially when they have a good message, or several. It's a good family movie. No bad language, no nudity, no blood and guts (well, a little blood at the beginning). Check out the trailer online.
Of course, after seeing the movie, I want to go to Utopia to check it out. It's on the way to or from church camp, if we take a slightly different road than we did last time. We like to take different roads anyway looking for photo opportunities. We found some neat ones last time. It's fun to set the GPS on shortest distance and see where it takes us down country roads. Sometimes we end up at a dead end where some rancher has put up a gate, but even then we find good photos along the way, so we don't mind backtracking a little.
Well, I have to do a bit more work on some parenting materials for the wellness fair I have a table at next Wednesday. Good parenting skills do contribute to overall family wellness. I'm looking forward to this event. Different than most things I've done before. Praying it goes well, so we have opportunity to help more families have peace in their homes in these trying times.
Blessings,
Lori
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wildfires!!! Pray for rain!
Luckily, My family, with two homes in Cedar Creek, were spared, so far, and that fire is almost contained. I feel sad for all those who lost homes, but am certainly thankful that my 94 year old mom, my sister, niece and her son, and my other niece and family still have homes to go to. My niece said she could see the fire down the street from her home, but the firemen blocked it and turned it away. She had already taken her little girl over to her sister's home in South Austin the day before when all the news of Bastrop (only 12-15 miles from them) came out.
Thankfully, the wind has died down so the firefighters can more easily fight the blazes. Please pray for rain!
It's been cool enough this week that I walk to work in the morning (17 blocks). It takes 5-10 minutes less to walk it than to wait 10 minutes and take the bus, and then still walk 4.5 blocks to the office. People just don't know how to ride the bus efficiently. They wait until they are standing on the bus to dig for their ticket or money. Aaarggghhh!
I still catch the bus 4 blocks from the office in the afternoon. If I catch the 2:36 bus, I only have to walk a block to the train. If I miss that one, I walk 4 blocks to the train. Either way is not bad now that it's cooling off a little. I need the exercise anyway, since I signed up for the Walk Austin thing a couple weeks ago. Supposed to do 60 minutes of exercise every day (for the gold medal)! Walking is taking a big chunk out of that, then I sometimes get in the pool when I get home and do water aerobics. The water is starting to get too cool with the cooler nights we've been having, so don't know how much longer I'll do that. Then I'll have to walk both ways instead of taking the afternoon bus. I like to walk tho. Get to see things you don't see when you're driving. Well, almost time to walk some more!
Remember to pray for rain!
Blessings,
Lori
Thankfully, the wind has died down so the firefighters can more easily fight the blazes. Please pray for rain!
It's been cool enough this week that I walk to work in the morning (17 blocks). It takes 5-10 minutes less to walk it than to wait 10 minutes and take the bus, and then still walk 4.5 blocks to the office. People just don't know how to ride the bus efficiently. They wait until they are standing on the bus to dig for their ticket or money. Aaarggghhh!
I still catch the bus 4 blocks from the office in the afternoon. If I catch the 2:36 bus, I only have to walk a block to the train. If I miss that one, I walk 4 blocks to the train. Either way is not bad now that it's cooling off a little. I need the exercise anyway, since I signed up for the Walk Austin thing a couple weeks ago. Supposed to do 60 minutes of exercise every day (for the gold medal)! Walking is taking a big chunk out of that, then I sometimes get in the pool when I get home and do water aerobics. The water is starting to get too cool with the cooler nights we've been having, so don't know how much longer I'll do that. Then I'll have to walk both ways instead of taking the afternoon bus. I like to walk tho. Get to see things you don't see when you're driving. Well, almost time to walk some more!
Remember to pray for rain!
Blessings,
Lori
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