Saturday, August 30, 2008

Communism in the Bible




I was watching Fiddler on the Roof tonight with the boys. We went to see it live but Eliana couldnt make it through the whole show so we only saw half, now we are watching the movie. Anyway, I was newly amused at the line about the Bible teaching through Lavin and Jacob that we should never, never trust an employer.


Thursday, August 28, 2008

Food Chains




Ancient Greece


We made Greek pottery today. It is hard to find an activity to go along with Aristotle. They arent very big cause I didnt have much clay but it was fun anyway.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Decision

The first job called back and offered a permanent position. We have decided to accept. Although rather a serious paycut it does have benefits and permanence. BJC wanted a week to decide and it was only a contract position. It means a lot of reorganizing. Probably moving closer to the city, trying to find a car with better gas mileage, I am not sure about my job- the schedule probably has to change but we will see what happens.

Monday, August 25, 2008

BJC

Phone interview today went very well. Real interview tomorrow at 8am- this is the dream job! Keep it in prayers.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Job----

Well... after much discussion, opinion seeking, and prayer we made a decision. It may not conform the most to human reason but it is what we feel G-d has told us to do. Micheal is going to take the job if they will hire him directly. If they want to go through the contract process he is going to pass. This may seem crazy to some but it is time for us to settle down and this is the path we feel led to.

Will update you all soon

Friday, August 22, 2008

Job

Ok they are still going to offer the job. But now we arent sure we want it. There were some drawbacks in the first place and now he has had a lot of other interest (interviews not offers) and we arent sure he should settle, especially after this strange episode.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Sue

In other news... we filed a small claim today for our security deposit from the last place we lived. They refuse to answer phone calls or letters in any form. Our court date is Sept 25th.

Job or No Job???

As you know Michael's job ended last Thursday. In a seeming answer to prayer he got a job offer Monday afternoon. While we were celebrating and deciding how to juggle things untill a first paycheck of Sept 12th, we got a call. The company does IT stuff for the justice dept. They of course did a background check and dug up an arrest report from when Michael was 17, no conviction or anything jsut arrest. So we headed down to the police records department to figure out what this was all about. In August of 1994 a relative of Mike's- someone with his uncles name, his grandfathers birthday, and no one's social reported that Michael stole $400 and a gun. In May 1995, he was "booked" and questioned. The report says he blamed it on ppl all over town and said that he could find the gun again. Michael doesnt remember any of this and isnt even sure it was him and not a cousin or brother or somthing using his name. So, anyway now we dont know if he has the job cause they are acting like it is some big deal. The company says he was trying to hide somthing, although I dont think most ppl would report an arrest that never went anywhere.

As Promised Science Center Pictures






Saturday, August 16, 2008

Yom Huledet Same'ach!


Cake at Torah Study! I wanted a picture of everyone singing to her but my camera had bum batteries:(

Friday, August 15, 2008

Horton Hears A Who


We saw this yesterday for the first time. It was the last free movie of the summer so I splurged and let the kids get popcorn and soda from the theater instead of taking in home made snacks. I was sick all day.I heard that this was an anti-homeschool movie. There is one line at the beggining where the "sour-kangaroo" who has been turned into a closed minded facist in the movie says thats why I pouch school but it didnt bother me that much. It was a bit all over the place first we should belive Horton because he is a persons a person...., but then there are scenes where all the kids are making up their own worlds on clovers and the kangaroo is anti-imagination. And the vulture is supposed to hurt Horton instead of just get rid of the clover, All of this led me to the conclusion that.. the beauty of Suess is a complex message in a simple book and it just should be streched so much. I didnt like Cat in the Hat and I thought this movie was just mediocre, some things should just stay on the page and in our heads.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

She is Two!



Eliana wanted to swim for her birthday Monday. This is a picture of her in her swimmingsuit last year and this year. She is growing too fast!