Well, that might be a stretch to say It's the "end of an era", but it IS the last day of January 2010. Next thing you know it will be Christmas!!
We had a lovely day today. We went to church. I played the Piano, and thoroughly "butchered" the first two Hymns of the service(but who's counting?) Our Son got a bloody nose In the middle of the service and since I was playing Hubby had to deal with It(Sorry Huni!)
Afterwards we had a pot-luck with lots of yummy food!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Sabbath day! God bless...
"When a mans ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him". ~ Proverbs 16:7
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Pond Vs. Lake Debate
The kids were watching a nature show on TV this morning and they were touring a ranch in Montana. The Ranch owner was showing them the great streams that they had for fishing, and the owner mentioned that his 5-Acre "lake" was also a pretty good place to fish. Which launched me into my "That's not a "lake" that's a POND!!!!!! Can you tell I'm passionate about this? Let me explain...
Growing up on a farm we had many Ponds on our property. They where not big or grand, but they were useful and got the job done when it came to providing the livestock with water. When I was little, the Lake was the place we would head to every Summer to go water skiing and camp out with my Mom's family for a weekend.
I started noticing after I married my husband, that he called anything bigger than a mud-puddle a lake. A Lake? Where did that come from? He was raised in the country just like I was. So I really didn't know where he was coming from calling little body's of water a lake? This little difference has caused us many sleepless night's wondering what to do.( I'm KIDDING! Lighten UP!)
Being the profound seeker of knowledge that I am, I headed straight for "Google" hoping It would reward me with telling me what I wanted to hear... This Is what I found...
From answer.com says "Though not generally accepted,some regions of the US define a pond as a body of water with a surface area of less than 10 acres".
I liked this, but I was surprised that ten Acres is considered a LAKE? I don't think a boat could get up enough speed to water ski on a 10 Acre "LAKE"(could it?) Consider this though...
This is the United States Government definition on the topic.
"There are no official definitions for generic terms as applied to geographic names. Every organization will have a definition that is application driven, and no one office definition is accepted as official. The difference is thematic and beyond that it is highly perceptive. The difference between lake and pond is an example. We, at the USGS Geographic Names Office, in developing the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, have devised 63 broad categories of feature types with definitions solely to facilitate retrieval of entries with similar characteristics. So, we define lake as “natural body of inland water,” and not necessarily applicable to another’s needs. We have found 54 different generic terms that have characteristics similar to our definition of lake, but all are classified as lake. The only area of general agreement is that perceptibly, a pond is smaller than a lake, but even this is not always true".
OK, this is just further proof of where our Country is headed! If the Government can't even make up their mind's on what a "POND" is.... I mean COME ON!! A "LAKE" can be smaller than "POND"????? CLEARLY I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT!
I will continue to debate the subject until I die...
So to close, can we all just at least agree that a mud-puddle is most definitely NOT a lake?
Growing up on a farm we had many Ponds on our property. They where not big or grand, but they were useful and got the job done when it came to providing the livestock with water. When I was little, the Lake was the place we would head to every Summer to go water skiing and camp out with my Mom's family for a weekend.
I started noticing after I married my husband, that he called anything bigger than a mud-puddle a lake. A Lake? Where did that come from? He was raised in the country just like I was. So I really didn't know where he was coming from calling little body's of water a lake? This little difference has caused us many sleepless night's wondering what to do.( I'm KIDDING! Lighten UP!)
Being the profound seeker of knowledge that I am, I headed straight for "Google" hoping It would reward me with telling me what I wanted to hear... This Is what I found...
From answer.com says "Though not generally accepted,some regions of the US define a pond as a body of water with a surface area of less than 10 acres".
I liked this, but I was surprised that ten Acres is considered a LAKE? I don't think a boat could get up enough speed to water ski on a 10 Acre "LAKE"(could it?) Consider this though...
This is the United States Government definition on the topic.
"There are no official definitions for generic terms as applied to geographic names. Every organization will have a definition that is application driven, and no one office definition is accepted as official. The difference is thematic and beyond that it is highly perceptive. The difference between lake and pond is an example. We, at the USGS Geographic Names Office, in developing the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database, have devised 63 broad categories of feature types with definitions solely to facilitate retrieval of entries with similar characteristics. So, we define lake as “natural body of inland water,” and not necessarily applicable to another’s needs. We have found 54 different generic terms that have characteristics similar to our definition of lake, but all are classified as lake. The only area of general agreement is that perceptibly, a pond is smaller than a lake, but even this is not always true".
OK, this is just further proof of where our Country is headed! If the Government can't even make up their mind's on what a "POND" is.... I mean COME ON!! A "LAKE" can be smaller than "POND"????? CLEARLY I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT!
I will continue to debate the subject until I die...
So to close, can we all just at least agree that a mud-puddle is most definitely NOT a lake?
Friday, January 29, 2010
Aikido
I just got home from my first Aikido (pronounced Akee-doe, Or something like that) lesson. What is Aikido you ask? Well its a form of martial arts. I LOVED it and cant wait for the next lesson! I have always wanted to do some kind of martial art.
I remember as a kid begging my Mother to let me take Karate lessons...to which she firmly told me "NO". Which brings me to my next point...Who told me about this little Aikido class?... MY MOTHER!!! Yes you heard me right...the mother who refused to let me take Karate so many years ago has been taking Aikido for the last couple of months. Have you picked yourself back up off the floor now? Ok, good!
Its amazing to me how life works sometimes...I felt like my "dream" of ever learning this art was over... But I am slowly learning that all because you have kids, a mortgage, bills and so much in your life that can be overwhelming. You don't have to ever let go of a dream, be it big or little.(Yes, I realize that statement was cheesy, whatever. Live with it!)
I am thankful my Mother didn't let me take Karate all those years ago... Because now I get to learn Aikido...with my Mom... How cool is that?!?! Well, along with being cool its pretty ironic to!!
I also like the fact that I can come home and show my husband all the wicked new cool moves I have learned...To be honest, I think he's a little scared of me right now!!! Mwahahahahah
I remember as a kid begging my Mother to let me take Karate lessons...to which she firmly told me "NO". Which brings me to my next point...Who told me about this little Aikido class?... MY MOTHER!!! Yes you heard me right...the mother who refused to let me take Karate so many years ago has been taking Aikido for the last couple of months. Have you picked yourself back up off the floor now? Ok, good!
Its amazing to me how life works sometimes...I felt like my "dream" of ever learning this art was over... But I am slowly learning that all because you have kids, a mortgage, bills and so much in your life that can be overwhelming. You don't have to ever let go of a dream, be it big or little.(Yes, I realize that statement was cheesy, whatever. Live with it!)
I am thankful my Mother didn't let me take Karate all those years ago... Because now I get to learn Aikido...with my Mom... How cool is that?!?! Well, along with being cool its pretty ironic to!!
I also like the fact that I can come home and show my husband all the wicked new cool moves I have learned...To be honest, I think he's a little scared of me right now!!! Mwahahahahah
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Big Brother :)
This Photo didn't get attached In my last post,for some reason...and I thought It was just to sweet. So I will make one more post just for it!. My daughter had pushed her doll stroller down the hill in the yard and could not get it pushed back up the hill by herself....Big Brother to the rescue!
Summer
OK, so this is probably the first winter In my entire life that I have actually somewhat enjoyed winter. Not that I have enjoyed being indoors more, I was just really determined not to let myself get the "winter blues".
I am most definitely a summer person. I love everything about summer, the heat, the green grass, the pretty flowers, flip-flops,(ahhhh flip-flops how I miss thee!!). Not that I have hated all winter's. There was that one winter(I think I was about 11)It was 70 degrees in January, and I was running around barefoot...Now that was nice!!
Anywhoo, I went looking through my photos this morning for some photo's of last summer. It always gives me hope when I see pictures of grass that Is green, flowers blooming and my little munchkins running around barefoot :) So here are some photos..I bring them to you In honor of the wonderful Summer I KNOW Is heading my way!
I am most definitely a summer person. I love everything about summer, the heat, the green grass, the pretty flowers, flip-flops,(ahhhh flip-flops how I miss thee!!). Not that I have hated all winter's. There was that one winter(I think I was about 11)It was 70 degrees in January, and I was running around barefoot...Now that was nice!!
Anywhoo, I went looking through my photos this morning for some photo's of last summer. It always gives me hope when I see pictures of grass that Is green, flowers blooming and my little munchkins running around barefoot :) So here are some photos..I bring them to you In honor of the wonderful Summer I KNOW Is heading my way!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I started a blog!!
Well, I have been thinking of starting a blog for awhile now...and finally took the time to do it! It will be my musings on my everyday life and such(as well as a few pictures thrown in here and there!) Hope you enjoy It and be sure to check back now and again!! (and thanks Ruth for helping me!)
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