On a happier note..:)

I was sitting in my brother's room last night, he was reading and I was slowly taking my time to say goodnight. I was sitting on the other bed in his room when I noticed a book he had written as one of his school projects. I didn't even know he had written a book. It was hand-drawn/written and was hard cover and everything. Might I just say it was really cool. It was great to read, and it started out talking about our family, then our pets. Then for some reason out of nowhere it went into a rampage about video games. And Logan starts using all these big words I don't even know, and explaining all these tricks you can do. It was quite the book. Plus it was really cool he got to do that. The company that runs it even put a little note in the back to the parents telling them some of the stuff the kids got to experience while making the book. It's a great idea, and i think it really helps the kids feel accomplished.

Pomie

My family has been taking care of my grandma's dog since she has been in a nursing home. They won't let her keep the dog, but he can visit during the day. It's been really hard on my grandma because all she had left was her dog. My grandparents divorced when my dad was somewhere in his late teens or twenties, and eventually all her kids moved out. It's been a tough transition for both my grandma and her dog. She keeps talking about how it's tough to be without Toby, her dog, and she can't wait to move out of there so she can have him back. She says she feels perfectly fine and isn't sick, so she doesn't get why they're keeping her there... my grandma has Alzheimer's. It's been really hard watching her lose her memory. She can remember the past okay, but not much of the present. Just recently her past is starting to get foggy too. We went out for ice cream to celebrate my birthday, she asked my dad what grade my brother was in, but she couldn't even remember his name. And now her dog is barking like crazy, and all I can think about is my poor grandma trying to get to sleep, wishing she had her little white dog next to her. I just don't know what to do.. conversations are hard, they seem to consist of the same thing, over and over. If you happen to be reading this, can you pray for my grandma? It would really mean a lot, even if you're not really into that whole thing. Thanks.

Puff!

In the blog I wrote before this I mentioned a book a recently started reading, and in the book they mentioned something about this machine that blows air at you. The airports won't tell you what it's for or really what to do, you just kinda have to figure it out yourself. It said something about testing for bombs or something. I was talking to someone after and they said there are things like that which test for drugs. I thought that was really interesting, and I kind of had a sudden urge to try one. It would be a really odd first experience. You walk in..get puffed with random air spurts, then this door opens with a mesmerizing green light above it and this deep man voice going, "You may now exit". And me I'm just picturing some guy with a cheesy smile, and maybe he'd even do the little Wink-Nod with his fingers in the shape of guns, pointing.. and nodding..and pointing....and nodding.....I'm like "Whoa! hey buddy, put 'em down before you shoot someone!"
I don't know about you, but I think this would be something worthy of "The list of things you want to do before you die".
I guess they have them in Detroit..so..road trip anyone?

just a thought to ponder..

We started small groups tonight at CSI, and I'm in a group that's going through a book called "Jesus Wants to Save Christians". I don't know much about the book but I'm pretty excited to get started! I've heard from a couple people that it's really good and really makes you think. For what i do know is that the book relates Exodus to today's life (I'm not 100% sure on that part but I think so..). We read through the intro and the first chapter tonight and it was pretty interesting. It talked about how even the first family was corrupt. This family moved from Eden; the most indescribable place ever to be on earth. They moved eastward and started cities, and eventually those cities became corrupt. Then the chapter went on to mention how we go through all these things at airports ("random" security checks, metal detectors, "The Wand" etc..) but we think nothing of it. We don't even complain because it's for our safety and we need to catch our plane anyway. Then later we go on and listen to the tv and all it is telling us is about the good,or bad.. things going on throughout the world. Do you ever realize how we never really think anything of this? It's kind of outrageous come to think of it..
Well anyway, I'm really excited to see what else God has stored for me in this book!