potpourri

Teen Bible Quizzing
Last Saturday our church hosted the second quiz of the year for the northern half of the Georgia District. (The southern half met in Savannah.)

Out of 4 quizzes, Fatso quizzed out 3 times without error, and 1 time with error, for a total score of 350 (the highest possible for 4 quizzes is 360).

Hoodie Girl quizzed out without error the first two quizzes. This is going to sound horrible, but I begged her not to do better than her older brother. . . this is his last year, and she has 4 more years. She says I jinxed her, but she ended up tied for 4th place, a real record for her. (Fatso was in 1st place).

In cumulative scores over the entire district, Fatso is tied for 3rd and Hoodie Girl is in 12th.

Czarina is really hanging in there with the quizzing. She only got to answer one question; she knew the answers to several other questions, but she keeps getting out jumped. I think she is doing great!

College
Yesterday Space Cadet, Fatso and I met with a rep from Patrick Henry College (which is in Virginia). All of this college stuff is a bit overwhelming. We need to be making a decision in the next few months.

Johnny Tremain
Tomorrow night my Middle School Literature Class is coming over to eat pizza and watch Johnny Tremain (which is the book we recently finished). I previewed the movie Tuesday night, and the book is way better.

But here is what is really cool: Our rec room in the basement has been a wreck ever since we got our new washer and dryer (I think it was in August). They brought the appliances in through Gordon’s home office (aka junk storage room) and I had to move stuff. Plus the kids had left big messes down there. I had been thinking I was going to have to get the kids to clean it up, when lo and behold, Hoodie Girl just started cleaning it on her own. And she didn’t stop there. . . she decided it needed to be made “cool”. She enlisted Prince Charming’s help, and . . . they are actually finishing it up tonight. I’ll try to remember to take a few pics.

Old Friends
A couple of weekends ago, Prince Charming and I went to Operation Mobilization’s 50th Anniversary celebration. I saw people I hadn’t seen in over 20 years. I was having a grand time chatting with my old friend and former roommate, Susan, when she made reference to turning 50.

FIFTY? Susan can’t be FIFTY. . . she’s only 2 years older than I am!!!!

Regardless, we had a great time, and I wish we could do it again. . .