Sunday School

I am trying to get a group of fourth through sixth graders interested in reading their Bibles and learning its wonderful stories. I was looking online for examples to share with them, and I found Mary Margaret's precious videos. Here is her retelling of Noah.

A recipe

Awhile back, a friend sent me an email recipe swap. It never works out too, well, but I did at least send it out my self this time. Anyway, here are a few recipes I got in return.

Cheesy potato casserole

8 baked potatoes sliced

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

1.5 pounds of ground beef cooked and drained

1 envelope of Lipton onion soup mix

your preferred type of cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13x9 inch baking dish. (not 9x13 inch pan) Mix potatoes and cream of mushroom soup in a large bowl. Mix beef and onion soup mix in separate bowl. In baking dish layer 1/2  beef mixture, 1/2 cheese and 1/2 potatoes. Repeat layers. bake until hot and bubbly. PS. even my picky eater loves this dish. (Hint: He thinks it is Hamburger, Cheese, Potatoes and spices. Don’t say the words onion, mushroom or soup!) This is really good as leftovers to. 

Recipe for Mac & Cheese 

2TBSP butter/marg                    Approx 2 cups of velveta cheese cut in chunks I use1/2 box  2TBSP flour                               Dry macroni - see directions on bag or box for amt I use 4 1cup of milk                                hand fulls in 2 quarts water it seems to be enough for us     Cook macroni until almost done, put in a buttered cassrole dish. Put butter/marg in a pot on the stove as it begins to melt slowly stir in flour to make a paste the slowly add milk while stiring when the mixture begins to thinken added cheese chucks until melted. Pour cheses mixture on top.   I toast bread and break it up and soak it in butter or marg and cover the top with the bread crumbs for a topping. With or without it is good.   Bake a in a 375 degree oven for 30 mins.   I serve it with peaches. My husband who hates Mac and Cheese because his mother made him eat it as a child says this is good and eats it. Who would guess.

1/15/2012 All My Fountains, 1st Service at CBC

I love my church family. I love that we have such talented young people who truly wear their faith for all to see. And, I love that our church leadership values their contributions to regular worship.

I love this song. It will stick with you.

Electronic Journalism

Well, here is my debut as a serious video journalist.

http://youtu.be/r4Rvb1ZO7ok

I have learned a few key things from this assignment.

1. The microphone jack and the headphone jack are different things.
2. If you pull a little harder, your tripod will extend and you will not leave your soundbite looking like he's going into the light any second.
3. Editing video is time-consuming.
4. I do not like to hear the sound of my voice over and over and over while I am editing video.
5. I thought I felt like a dork as a beginning print journalist, but that was nothing compared to my anxiety over being seen in public with a video camera.
6. The concepts I failed to grasp in photojournalism are coming back to haunt me. I did set the curve on the written exam, but application was another story completely.

As the semester went on, I got to learn these additional lessons.

1. Batteries die.
2. Mics can cut out at key points (even when plugged in correctly and turned on)
3. Electronic journalism students need tripods that work, cameras, batteries, an external mic and tapes. All are essential to success.
4. Editing video takes a lot of time.

Here's my final story of the semester.

And one I did on a diversity series and another on advising.

I hate coughing!

I am sick of coughing. I've done enough of it to last a dang lifetime since Sunday. Enough of this nonsense. I dread going to bed because the minute my head hits the pillow, I get the cough chorus going on. Yeah, yeah, get some rest, "they say." Ha! Try to sleep and hack your internal organs out of your body. I hope the NyQuil does a better job tonight.

Jacob says …

My son told me some things that I did not know tonight. As he was carrying some stuff for me after I told him I could get it. He insisted he carry it. "I am happy to help you mom because girls need help. Isn't that why you had kids? To help you?"

Not exactly I tell him.

"Oh, I know. You had kids so you could learn responsibility!"

Where does this boy get these ideas?!

Let's note that his behavior at Cub Scouts was not overly impressive tonight. THEN he says, "Now you are responsible, so you get harder problems, like how I acted at Cub Scouts tonight."

Dear God, it's me, REGINA!

Playing with the Slideshow Function in Blogger

Embeded video from kid on bike

6, 7 & 8

And all boys. This week, we've had an addition to our house. The boys' cousin has been in Topeka for a visit. It was E-Week (aka VBS) at our church this week, so they were entertained each day from 9 a.m. to noon.

Then we explored the swimming pool two days, the zoo, the Lego Exhibit at Washburn, the new Discovery Center and Gene's office. We've had Taco John's, Dairy Queen and McDonalds.

Ashton sleeps in Jacob's room one night and then Jared's room the next. Mostly, it's been fine.

We've decided that the best car order is Jacob in the middle. I've learned that a Camry is not ideal for three boys ages 6,7 and 8, considering two of them still sit in car seats.

I've learned a lot about Star Wars as Ashton is a complete SW junkie. Jacob's stuck on Harry Potter and Jared does not stick long on anything. At any rate, it reminds me of fun summer days that I spent with my sister Jenny and my cousin Angela at our grandparents. We were all very different girls, but we had so much fun together.

Paris Trip 2011

Nothing Works

I blog because it helps me sort things out. I have my blog connected to Facebook, so I can get some credit for actually being ON Facebook. I obviously also feel the need to explain things.

Today I learned that nothing works, but you might be surprised to learn that it was helpful. Jared was bugging Jacob, who was trying to photograph nature in the front yard, so Jacob decided it was a good idea to choke his brother. I did not agree.

I am working on email and getting the piles of paper off the dining room table, so I made them come sit with me near the table. They got nothing but a cup of water. I think they sat for about 25 minutes. Then they decided to start making deals about how nicely they are going to play the rest of the day.

Before they went back outside to play, they even cleaned their rooms without fighting.

There is no manual. What works today will likely not work tomorrow. Simply celebrate success :)