Sunday, December 31, 2006
More Top-Six Lists
If you didn't read my previous post, you need to start there. It explains why I want to make six top-six lists for '06. :-) In that post, I gave you my first top-six list. Today I'll try to do a few more.
To continue the theme of my much-used iPod, I want to list my top six songs for '06. I'll try to hit songs from different "genres" to show you my eccentric musical taste.
My Top Six Songs for 2006 are as follows:
My next top-six list will be my top-six websites. I spend a lot of time surfing. (Too much time, really.) Here are some of my favorites.
My Top Six Websites for 2006 are as follows:
Next ... if you've been looking at the side bar of my blog for any length of time, you've noticed that I've been doing a "read the Bible in a year" program. So ... I'm not finished. Probably, it will still take me another couple of weeks. But I expected that, as I'm a very slow reader. But I have to say that this has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. Reading the Bible from beginning to end, in order, with an eye for the big picture is a life changing experience. I have always attended churches that look at the Bible exegetically. I agree with that approach, but have found that the bird's eye view has also been very rewarding. Here are some of my favorite passages from what I've read so far.
My Top Six Bible passages for 2006 are as follows:
You know I'm a movie buff. This next list will not be my favorite all-time movies, which would include several black and white old movies. Nope, this will be my favorite movies that came out in 2006 (or that were still in the theaters in the early part of the year).
My Top Six Movies for 2006 are as follows:
You know that I spend a lot of time (too much time) looking at photographs online. Here are six photos from photo.net that I thought were some of the best that I looked at in 2006. They are not THE top six ... again, I tried to represent some different genres of photography.
My Top Six photos for 2006 are as follows: I can't figure out why this big space is here....
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There are other lists that I thought of, but didn't want to post due to privacy or attempts to make this a rather non-partisan blog. :-) Hope you've enjoyed my six top six lists for 2006! :-)
Friday, December 29, 2006
I love podcasts!!
Kate's librarian friend, Anna, most recently blogged six top six lists for 2006. I liked the idea. (It was her first list that prompted me to think about mine!) I don't know that I can do six lists in one post, but I can start one list here, and find time over the next few days to get a few more lists.
So, without further ado, my first top six list for 2006. PODCASTS!! I LOVE podcasts. I have blogged about my iPod before. I only got into podcasts about a year ago, but have become a junkie! I have about 50 podcasts listed in my iTunes, and only seven of those are podcasts to which I don't regularly subscribe. Now, I realize that I will never, ever, humanly be able to listen to everything that I've downloaded ... but I like the idea of each of them, and maybe someday when I'm tired of driving through a flat place like Kansas, I'll knock a good bunch of them off. :-)
My top six podcasts for 2006 are as follows:
So ... look forward to five more top-six of 2006 lists coming up from me in the next few days. Thanks, Anna! :-)
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas!!
Well, I wasn't as successful as I'd hoped at keeping up with blogging during the holiday season. But let me tell you that I had a wonderful time with my Secret Santa. She was fabulous - gave me wonderful things a couple times a week all four weeks. And, her office is within the main office suite ... with a window that looks out on the teachers' mailboxes. SOOOoooo ... every time I pulled one of her gifts out of my box, she was watching and saw my reaction. :-) We both had fun. AND ... the person that I was buying for seemed genuinely happy with the gifts that I gave her, and was thrilled when she found out it was me.I also want to make sure to remind you to visit Buddy's Caringbridge website to read his journal entries. If I ever have a physical problem or serious illness, I only hope that I can handle the situation with a fraction of the grace that the Wood family and Buddy have been doing. His next surgery is coming up on Thursday. Time to attack tumor #3 out of 5.
Finally, I had a couple of opportunities to take some photos down at the US Capitol building ... and the Capitol Christmas Tree. If you go to this folder in my portfolio, there are three photos near the top of the page. You can click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of the photos. Enjoy!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Why there's no Trumpet Christmas...
Almost every year for the past several years I have been going to an event called Tuba Christmas. They hold the TC events on different dates in different places. My first Tuba Christmas was at the Kennedy Center. They had a couple of hundred tuba/euphonium players playing Christmas carols in the foyer (well, actually on the Millenium Stage, if you're familiar wtih the Kennedy Center). Anyway, it was a fabulous experience, and it was an absolute BLAST hearing that great huge TUBA sound, in parts, playing Christmas carols.
Well, as I'm making plans with some friends to go to see Tuba Christmas this year in Solomon's Island, the band teacher at my school sent me this link. It's entitled "Why there is no such thing as Trumpet Christmas. LOL!! If you have ever heard a real jazz trumpeter (aren't they all??), you'll LOVE this, and you will split your sides laughing!! Enjoy!!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
By the way...
Thanks to Pat for pointing me out to this! Happy Holiday, everyone! :-)
Secret Holiday Pals - Part Two
Last week, I blogged about my Secret Holiday Pal, and the first gift that I got from him/her. Well, I haven't blogged about it since because I am overwhelmed. This person has gotten me TWO gifts each week! They're not expensive or extravagant, but they're nice and thoughtful. The gift I already told you about was the falalala door handle hanger. Then, later last week, I got a nicely wrapped bag of yogurt covered nuts. MMmmmmm.....
This week, I got a beautiful magnolia bookmark packaged together with a fancy candy bar. Then, later in the week, I got a cute set of recipe cards. Such fun!!
I am having a great time with this Secret Holiday Pals thing ... I just can't figure out why everyone doesn't want to play! :-)
Sunday, December 03, 2006
First week of Advent
Today was the first Sunday of Advent. I always like the first Sunday because we sing one of my favorite Christmas carols ... O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. That song is so full of hope!
Today was also very difficult, and so hope was a good thing to have. The wonderful man who teaches my Sunday School class at Immanuel (we call the adult Sunday School classes "Adult Bible Fellowship" classes, ABF's) found out this week that he has cancer. He and his wife are very dear to me. He was released from the hospital on Saturday, and wanted to come to visit us on Sunday and keep us informed on his condition. After having been so concerned about he and his wife all week, it was good to see them, and to hear exactly what is going on with him. After he talked with us about his health for a while, he taught us a little bit from the lesson that he had planned. Then the elders from the church came into the class and prayed over him. It was a very special time ... very emotional ... and a great opportunity for us all to see God work through His servant.
Take a look at the website about this wonderful man's journey through this difficult situation.
So, like I said, this was an opportunity for all of us to put our faith in God when he tells us that we can have hope. God's promises to the nation of Israel for a Savior came true (Isaiah 7:14). God's promise that He will always be with us will also prove Him right (John 10:27-28).
