Well, the soda maker makes pretty good soda! It's not exactly the same as the name brands, but it's pretty good!
This past weekend was a good one. Ruth, Tim's mom, came in on Saturday for Tim's ordination on Sunday. It was the first time Toby had met anyone else in our home, and he didn't give the best impression, I'm sorry to say. He growled at her when she came in and showed his teeth. She had brought two toys for him, so she got them out, hoping to win him over. It worked! He loved his new toys: a green frog and a plush hamburger, then she called him and turned to walk to the couch, and he ran after her, jumped up, and bit her!! I thought he was playing at first, because he likes to jump up on us to say "hello" and get patted, but he was not being nice!! We scolded him and he knew right away that he did a bad thing, and went into the kitchen. Later that night, we let Ruth give him a treat, and then he was her friend, although he did growl a couple of other times before she left, but he cuddled with her. So, we learned that strangers need to be cautious with him, and maybe we'll have everyone who comes over give him a treat so he'll like them! :-)
Sunday was a special day. Tim preached, was officially installed as the Associate Minister of Hillside, (they wanted to wait until after the holidays when everyone was back in town), and was ordained by the congregation. I am so proud of him! He is so smart, and is such a good man of God, and I am so lucky to be married to him.
Well, the snow just won't stop! We are supposed to get 8 inches today, and the receptionist at the school district administration building called and said because of the weather, the board meeting which was supposed to be today, was moved to Monday, which means my orientation has been pushed to February 2nd. Will I ever be able to work? Haha...just kidding. It just gives me more time to study!!! I have less than two months until my math test, and I studied for several hours last night, going over some Pre-Calculus concepts that I haven't seen in a while, and today I'm going to start going through my Calculus book. Yay! :-/ When I was taking Calculus in high school, my motto for this subject was, "Calculus is from the devil!" But I am ready to take it on again, and I was thinking yesterday when I took a break from studying to cook dinner that I don't like studying, but at least it's math, which is something I do enjoy! I like doing practice problems, the reading and trying to understand how to do them is the hard part, but once I get it, it's fun! :-) I know I'm a math nerd, and I'm proud of it!!
Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!
This past weekend was a good one. Ruth, Tim's mom, came in on Saturday for Tim's ordination on Sunday. It was the first time Toby had met anyone else in our home, and he didn't give the best impression, I'm sorry to say. He growled at her when she came in and showed his teeth. She had brought two toys for him, so she got them out, hoping to win him over. It worked! He loved his new toys: a green frog and a plush hamburger, then she called him and turned to walk to the couch, and he ran after her, jumped up, and bit her!! I thought he was playing at first, because he likes to jump up on us to say "hello" and get patted, but he was not being nice!! We scolded him and he knew right away that he did a bad thing, and went into the kitchen. Later that night, we let Ruth give him a treat, and then he was her friend, although he did growl a couple of other times before she left, but he cuddled with her. So, we learned that strangers need to be cautious with him, and maybe we'll have everyone who comes over give him a treat so he'll like them! :-)
Sunday was a special day. Tim preached, was officially installed as the Associate Minister of Hillside, (they wanted to wait until after the holidays when everyone was back in town), and was ordained by the congregation. I am so proud of him! He is so smart, and is such a good man of God, and I am so lucky to be married to him.
Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!
3 comments:
Sounds like a great weekend except for Toby biting Tim's mom. We will be sure to bring treats when we come.
Thanks for taking the time to write these updates. They are very special and I really look forward to them. I know how busy you are. We are proud of Tim and will be glad when they put his sermon on the website. Love you.
Love your posts Amy! Have you seen the commercials about high fructose corn syrup- they're trying to con us into thinking it's okay by saying that the body reacts to it that same as if it were regular cane syrup. I don't think our bodies react very well to either one!! Sugar is sugar!! My motto has become- drink water or unsweetened stuff. Don't need any sugar or artificial stuff! Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now!! So glad y'all had a good weekend- sounds like Toby needs some obedience lessons!! But, he IS SO CUTE!!! Love ya!
Yeah, high fructose corn syrup is different in that our brains don't register it as being sweet, so our bodies aren't satisfied with it like sugar, so we crave more. Same thing with artificial sweeteners. The calories are the same, but the brain reacts differently. I learned that from my friend from church who majored in and teaches nutrition.
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