Prayer

Make me a servant, humble and meek

Lord, let me lift up those who are weak.

And may the pray'r of my heart always be:

Make me a servant, make me a servant,

Make me a servant today.

Runge Nature Center Continued

I have no idea what these sausage-shaped things are.

This could be bitter-sweet or not!!

Home Schooling Vs. Public Education

She's a wild child and now I know why. Her nanna told me that she kept her at home last year(kindergarten) and home schooled her. Now I know why this kid has no social skills. She can't keep her mouth shut and listen when her classmates have something to say. She makes weird noises at times when she should be quiet. She has trouble getting along. She can't play the waiting game. Writing skills are at picture level. And her grandmother thought she could be a better teacher than someone with a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education!

Back to Work

The baby came on the 9th. 9/09/09, that's a great birthday! So my first day of subbing was Wednesday, the 10th. Yesterday was Patriot's Day so the whole school sported red, white and blue. I read a book, SEPTEMBER 12, written by a first-grade class from Kennett, Missouri eight years ago. The kids I was reading to weren't even born yet but I showed them the number 3,000 and they agreed it was a huge number. Next Monday is Grandparent's Day so I have to stay over and greet kids, parents, grannies and grandpas; that will be one long day!

Runge Nature Center

So yesterday after paying my taxes, I came here to walk the trails and get renewed. It worked!!

I'm a sucker for yellow prairie flowers!!

One Big-Ass hill!! You can't tell from the pic that it goes up but it does!!

One day I saw a tiny baybee deer on the wooden bridge. I hope the momma was nearby.

See, we have evergreen trees in Missouri.

New Construction, Squirrels, Taxes and George Bush

Construction next door. At least they're not cutting down trees anymore.

The squirrels love to crack walnuts on my stone retaining wall, resourceful little critters aren't they!!

Today I have to pay my taxes. I pay four times a year so when next April rolls around I don't have to pay so much; mind you, I still have to pay. I always blame this on George Bush. He was such a terrible president and everything bad in the world today is all his fault. There that makes me feel a little better!!

What is it?

It's The Adult Pacifier Project, constructed in 2007 to make the public aware of the harm cigarette butts have on our environment. It sits along The Greenway, another of my walking trails.