Comments on: Just a memory…

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:31:19 +0000

Have you read Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz? It’s a great book.

I bought a D90 in May. It was the BEST purchase EVER!

I just found your site today through Pioneer Woman but I’ve got no thyme for carrots

By: someone

someone — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:33 +0000

Whahahahahahaha!! Great story!! Joys of childhood

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:39 +0000

isn’t it funny what triggers memories?! After I read your post, my own 3rd grade memory was triggered where I (for whatever reason) didn’t want to go to school that day. But I got up, got dressed and walked to school like I did every other day. I took a left turn before I reached the crossing guard and hoofed it back home. At the time, we lived above my grandparents small town cafe just a few blocks from the school. (aah those are good memories too!) Too afraid to go inside/upstairs, I hid in my grandpa’s truck for most of the day. Thank goodness it was a warm day! I even remember eating turtle candies he had in his truck because I was SO hungry by the afternoon… and I DO NOT like nuts LOL

Thanks for the trip down memory lane… mine and yours <3 your blog

Dina

By: kelli

kelli — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:31:19 +0000

I’m glad you are a good writer, because I am a teacher. I almost clicked on the x. However, once I continued reading you sucked me back in. I still think that those third grade lessons were important, but not to the extent of losing the priorities in a family’s life.

By: tamara

tamara — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:20:46 +0000

My son is in the 3rd grade and currently learning the most useless skill taught in school these days… cursive writing. This post makes me chuckle because my 8 yr. old is having to show me the “real” way to do most of the letters. How do you explain to your child that he’s wasting his time learning something he will completely discard for his own style??? Besides, people don’t actually write with pen and paper anymore… they should just teach them the keyboard and perfecting their signature. Love your blog, by the way.

By: Sierra

Sierra — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:21:35 +0000

i also always write in cursive, as i hate writing in print. you have to life the pen/pencil after every letter - cursive is all one stroke (save the i-dotting, j-dotting, t-crossing, and x-slashing) and much faster, in my opinion. plus, my writing looks like crap when i print.

and math? i still do long division sometimes, too. when there is no calculator. i was always good at math though (well, up until geometry) and didn’t mind it so much. interesting how different God makes us all!

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:40:27 +0000

This is a great post. I love everything about it. What timing! And then, for things NOT to go the way you thought they would…you will never forget that. Seriously great story. It’ll preach, man.

By: James

James — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:57:43 +0000

Thanks for sharing that!

By: Dyan

Dyan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:34 +0000

LOL! What a great memory

By: Fire Wife Katie

Fire Wife Katie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:53:21 +0000

I love it! How often do we assume that commandments given by our father are going to end up in a whoopin, so we do everything we can to run away and avoid the result? Yet we’re always found out, and more often than not, doing all we can–and usually failing miserably and coming up short–ends up in mini pizza’s for dinner.

By: Terri

Terri — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:42 +0000

Okay…your memory triggered one of my own. Are the G & W mini pizzas you mentioned the little, 5 or 6 inch pizzas with very little cheese, wrapped in little plastic bags? If they are, I remember getting those as a treat when I would go to my grandma’s house. We didn’t have much growing up, so when I went to grandma’s to spend the night, she would get me two of those, and I thought I had died and gone straight to heaven. Funny how you associate differnt things, huh?

By: cheri

cheri — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:15 +0000

I loved cursive writing — and I still do…I even took several calligraphy classes as an adult I like it so much! Now math….not so much. I still struggle with algebra.

I’m reading Million Miles too. I love Donald Miller books.

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:19:08 +0000

Totally random.
Enjoyed it immensely.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:12 +0000

At 28 I still use long division when there’s no calculator at hand. And I write in cursive only. But I didn’t learn writing another way so there was no additional pain involved.

What I found completely useless was physical education of any kind, hated it. I would fake injuries and minor disabilities to avoid some of the lessons and most of athletics related field trips or competitions.

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