Enunciate The English language requires enunciation when speaking. Otherwise, you might be completely mis-understood. House Number: 3018, “thirty-eighteen” can sound like “thirtyeight-ten”, 3810 Meaning: “and fortunately” (“an’ fortunately”) can sound like “unfortunately” Amount: $1500, “fifteen hundred” can sound like “fifty to a hundred”, $50-100 Word: “Second” is a a measure of time. It is also [...]
Last week, it did a wonderful thing in the Brazos Valley: it snowed! It was not ice; it was not sleet. It was real honest-to-goodness snow! Wednesday night, we went to sleep knowing it could, but wondering if it really would. Even the sky had that “it could snow” purple color and odd look shine [...]
According to the facebook/urban legend, “if you’ve seen over 85 films, you have no life.” Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x’s next to the films you’ve seen, add them up, change the [...]
For the last couple of years, we have scaled back our gift-giving and receiving. Primary Steps Scale back. Ask the recipient what that they want. Involve charity. Buy something they need or already have. Difficult-to-shop-for Friends and Family Brainstorm the Person Brainstorm the person, first. Brainstorm identifiers and characteristics of the person. Once you have [...]
Emil was forced to attend Thanksgiving with his family alone. I came down with some kind of stomach bug and was bed-ridden for ~24 hours. I spent Thanksgiving sleeping through and watching movies and TV shows. Luckily, since so many of us visited Mom recently (between surgery, her homecoming, retro-fitting her home, some therapy/recovery), I’d [...]
Emil’s Mom has had weak/bad knees for years. They have kept her from enjoying anything that requires much/any standing or walking. After suffering through, the doctors finally said she had to have replacements. Being a strong woman, she wanted to get them both done at once and get it over with. The doctors wouldn’t let [...]
