summer vacation

two of our youth put together this video. one actually started it and due to summer vacation had to pass the final cut onto another. the latest in our ministry highlight series. i think it's a bit long, but i can live with that as i think it is mostly excellent. yours truly gets to make a special appearance.

Monday mornings hit me in the face like a whiff of ripe garbage. I don’t do Mondays, particularly Monday mornings, very well. I am a bit of a control freak, so I don’t like the tendency for Monday to get railroaded by a million distractions.

Soon, very soon, we will be at the beach. Katie and I didn’t get a summer vacation last year (thanks a lot, C), so we’re both extra excited about our vacation this year.

I’ve already got a stack of books ready to be packed, and I’ve ordered some new swimming trunks. We’re making a list, and soon we’ll be assembling the beach gear.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett wants to get you back on the road to grandma’s house:

7 a.m. People are soooooo going to buy my sh*t!

8 a.m. Come on people, it’s time to buy my sh*t!

9 a.m. People are actually buying my sh*t!

11 a.m. Is anyone going to buy any more of my sh*t?

Noon. I’ll pay you to take my sh*t!

Nan Mooney asserts that the great and unique American middle class didn’t arise by accident it was brought about through conscious government policy:

Sadly for us parents, this is the last week of school before summer vacation begins. Yes, I love having a week or two that I don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn, but the thought of 2 1/2 loooong months of kids at home fighting fills me with dread.  Here’s my vote for year-round school!