Something to make you smile

Today I was changing a kids diaper...and his poop was green. It made me think of you all.

Rebecca

prayer request

Hey everyone. I have a prayer request. One of my brother-in-law's dads is starting hospice care (for those of you who may not know, this is something to make people more comfortable as they die, they are able to stay in their home and there is a nurse that comes to them, which makes it easier on the families as well). He has been battling cancer for a while now, and it has spread throughout his body including his heart and liver. This is a really hard time of year for our family to begin with, and with this, it just makes it that much harder. 5 years ago this month, my family decided to do hospice care with my mom, and once treatment is stopped, we know how quickly the disease can progress. They said that at most, he has 3 months left. Please pray for my brother-in-law and his family as well as for my sister. And that my brother-in-law's dad would be able to be pain free in his last days. Thank you.

Rebecca

La aventura más grande de Abe Honesto

Yesterday we got up early (sort of) and took a bus to Gibraltar. It's not that far away; a couple hours, maybe. When you get there, it looks like a rock. Because it is a rock. Even so, you have to pass through Customs and show your passport and all that, because it's owned by England. Very weird.

We hiked up to the top - seriously, about 350 stairs straight up. Ugh. I'm not a hiker. Still, we made it up - dodging the monkeys who climbed all over the rail and the wall as we went. I want one for a pet. It'd be like having a child, only it can't cry and is probably a lot smarter. Perfect!

Anyway. I'd gotten some photos with Abe earlier on, when we passed through the City Under Siege (a very disturbing scene with amazing Monty Python-esque sound effects). One with dead guys on a cart, one with the mother of a headless child. If blogger were being amable to me, I'd put them on here, but just go to Facebook, I guess.

But I was determined to get a good picture with a monkey. We moved away from the crowd of tourists at the monkey house and hung out on this other strucure a little farther up. I pulled a banana out of my purse and the monkey that had been watching from a distance suddenly decided we were pretty cool.

Several attempts to make her hold Abe ended with Abe taking a quick dive over the edge of the stone wall (not down the side of the mountain, thank goodness.) Abe also got considerably banana-ed, but he'll live.

The best, though, was captured in a video by Señor España. Once he gives me his camera, I'll put it up here. Let's just say that even when Abe tried to camouflage himself by hiding in the banana peel ("I'm the same color..."), he was rejected in a most heartless manner. And that the narrator's voice sounds a little like Franny's (though not nearly as good, of course).

I've gotten many requests to make more presidents. Tampon Teddy, anyone?

con amor,
molls

We iz famous

But only in a small circle of mail-receiving West Side folks.
check out page four if you dare.

http://www.westside1.org/archive/InsideWestSide/iws2008-02.pdf

Rebecca has a job...

So, I know I just posted, but I have had an interesting turn of events. I just got a phone call offering me a full-time job at the place I was going to sub at. Of course, I accepted. I'll be working as a teacher's assistant in a toddler classroom. It will be different, but I'm sure it will be fun.

Rebecca

Rebecca may have a job (kind of)...

I may have some semblance of a job! It's just subbing, but I'd at least be earning an income. I'm going in tomorrow to talk with the director of what this would entail. It's at one of the places I applied way back when, and I really like this place, so it'd be fun. And I'd get lots of experience in different ages, which would be great for my resume. I hope you're all well! And John, congrats on your job. It's hard being out in the real world.

Rebecca

Erik can has prayer request?

So I got a job teaching beggining Band and Choir at Ellensburg Christian School. It's only an hour a day so I can handle that and school...I think. Its going to be tons of work outside of class, so I would really like some prayer that I can deal with this and still do well in school.

Molly, I really hope you know how much your mom loves you. Everytime I see her at church she gives me this big hug and then she talks about you and gets this sparkle in her eye. I don't know how to explain it, but she shines love for you even though you are across the world.

Yes I know some may want me to explain this seemingly out of know where "in a relationship" on facebook. Too bad lol, I like teasing you.

You guys are still in my prayers.

Love you
E Flat