We made it to Nationals

We did it! We came in first place in our Regional Finals and so next month we will be heading to Jeffersonville, Indiana to compete in the Nationals. The Bible Quizzing went great Saturday. We didn't lose once. It's been a long tough road but we finally made it.
This is the first time our little church in Tulsa has made it to the Nationals. Although only one quizzer on the team did accomplish this for us we are working diligently to help the other two get in there and help out. We are so happy and the Trophy's are just gorgeous. I now have a house full of trophy's.

Just one of those days

Here is something that happened some time ago but I thought I'd go ahead and write it for others to get a kick out of. We all make mistakes, we all do dumb things and sometimes a part of us is just not where it should be, mainly our minds. So I now give you a perfect example of the above mentioned. I hope you enjoy it.

My mother is a home health care aide. She is helping to care for a lady with Multiple Sclerosis. One morning after giving her patient a bath she was ready to apply the deodorant. (Now you must understand that during all of this they are having a nice talk.) She began to lift up the lady's breast and put the deodorant there; the lady then asked, "Ruth, what are you doing?"

I can tell you I would have loved to be a fly on the wall that morning. I have taken care of this lady myself to help my mother out and I can tell you that I have done some silly things too, but this absolutely takes the cake.

Bible Quiz Victory

We did it! We came in first place in our Bible Quiz Tournament. It was a close race, we won in a double elimination. I hope we can hang on to the lead. Our next tournament will be on May 28th. My son came home with 5 trophies. I really think we will make it to the Nationals this year.

Drive-Thru blooper

This morning we were out running some errands and we decided to stop by the Burger King for a couple of breakfast sandwiches. As usual I went through the drive-thru and would you believe that once again I stopped at the trash can, the lady asked to take my order and just before opening my mouth to the can I pulled up to the speaker. I thought my son was going to loose it. Yes, it was very funny but mostly because I had done this before. I really wish someone would move that trash can. It makes me wonder if I am the only person who does that.

Brain Dead Quizzer

Have you ever been so tired that your mind just wouldn't bring up the right information? Worst yet, it brought up really silly information? Well here is a classic example of what the mind will do when it is tired.

I was quizzing my son from his Bible Quiz manual; he was very tired but thought he'd give it a try. This is how it went:

I asked him what the memory verse was under a certain section of the manual. He doesn't know so I say, "it starts with an M." This is how the answer went:
"Matthew, Malachi, Melchesidec" I tell him to go through the four gospels; he says, "January, Feburary, March"

I could not contain myself and started laughing. This poor kid, I finally let him know that it was Mark.

This is the same person who just 3 weeks ago brought home 3 trophies for having the highest scores and won a 2nd place trophy for the church. It just goes to show once again how important it is to keep rested up, especially if you are going to have a test or any other important thing that requires sensible brain activity.

Just remember: The four Gospels are not January, February, March and April; at least not in the King James Bible.

Little League Game

This past Monday we took a drive to go see our little friend, Anthony, play in his first little league game. It was a lot of fun. He made two hits, caught one ball and was able to make it to home plate. I'd say that was pretty good for a first timer.

What I thought was the highlight of the whole game was as one of the boys was running to 3rd base, his shoe came right off his foot. He kept running, then stopped, went back to get his shoe, and then hobbled on to get to the base where he was able to put his shoe on. It is a good thing these little guys weren't playing pro, I don't think he would have made it to his base.

Fine - The Real Meaning

I was reading the post on "FINE" to my mom, she's not able to see my site so I read her what I post. I spoke with her a few days later and she asked me what dictionary I was using to get my definition for the word "fine". The definition in her dictionary didn't say anything about what I had told her. I explained that what I had said, was a play on words thing, kind of like the WWJD thing that was going around, not a definition. I re-read her what I had written and she then got it. It was really funny. I had a hard time believing that she actually thought that was a definition for the word.

I went to my dictionary and thought I would go ahead and put a few of the meanings of the word "fine".

small, thin, minute; subtil, tenuous; thin, smoothly sharp; not coarse; clean, pure; refined; nice, delicate; subtil, sly, fraudulent; elegant, beautiful in thought; accomplished; excellent, superior, brilliant or acute, amiable, noble; showy, splendid, elegant.

There is much more to this word but I just wanted to give you some idea of what it really means to be fine. It does not really mean you are Freaked Out, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional. For more of what I wrote, look for my post on FINE.

It is amazing to me the many definitions to this word. I enjoy looking up words in the dictionary, it's amazing how many words I really don't know the full meaning of.