This is a great article!
Apparently Brad Pitt will not be marrying Angelina Jolie any time soon.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213711,00.htmlI like the article because the writer says Pitt's statement is ridiculous, which it is.
Read the article & tell me what you think!
Update
Hi all!
Things have been busy here. It's Fall!!! I love Fall!!!
Let's see, last Saturday, we were able to go to part of Jacob's (our nephew) football game. His team won, of course! :) Jacob is 12 (will be 13 at the end of Sept., I think) and almost 6' tall already! He's taller than Jef, so he's more than 5'10". I can't remember what position he plays, but I know it is on the line. I think he's an offensive lineman. :) Anyways, that was very fun! After the game, we drove out to Orting to Josh & Anita Cline's house. Their son, Rye, is heading off to college (I feel so old!). They had a going away party for him. It was really fun. We had a good time visiting. The kids had a blast & everyone liked them! :)
I've been helping make a quilt at our church. There is a guy who has cancer. So the ladies are making him a quillow. It is a quilt with a pouch, so you can fold it up and it turns into a pillow! :) It has been a lot of fun. I'm learning all sorts of new things and getting to know the ladies better. This morning we worked on putting the front & back together and securing the batting. Tonight we will be tying it. That is where you take yarn or thread and make knots on the quilt to keep the batting from shifting. This morning, we just secured the batting with safety pins. I am hoping to go back, but I think I will be late. We are making focaccia for the after-service snack on Sunday. Since it needs to sit in the fridge overnight, we have to make it today.
Saturday we have a community kids gardening thing at Lakewold Gardens. Then we have a birthday party to go to. Then at 6 p.m. we have an AWANA potluck to go to! So we are pretty busy.
Hopefully the kids will get their curriculum soon. I have them working on parts of speech and math in the meantime. I've enrolled them in a virtual academy through the public school system. We will have to see how it goes. Some people don't like it because they think it is another way for the government to take away your rights as a homeschooling parent . I haven't signed up full-time, though, so I am still considered a homeschooler. I am most interested in the free curriculum! :) I'll keep you posted.
Oh, the boys took the placement tests! That was fun. Jonathan came in right at third grade (however, he was sad, because he thought he was supposed to be in fourth grade!! Poor thing thought he'd done poorly on the test & got held back!!!). Daniel came in at first grade, second semester for math (because I haven't taught him time or money yet). He also came in with a third grade reading level. So we are letting him do third grade language arts & science, but second grade history.
That is all for now. I need to get back to work!
Maxima Jean-Pierre
She was 40 years old, lived in Bellport, NY and worked for Forte Food Service on the 101st floor of the North Tower (Tower 1) at the World Trade Center. She died on Sept. 11th. However, those are just the statistics.
“In spite of her maximum name, Ms. Jean-Pierre was not tall and gorgeous. She was short and gorgeous, about 5-foot-4, a size 2. But when she walked into the 105th floor executive offices of Cantor Fitzgerald, watch out. 'She was very small, but so are hurricanes until they start,' said her husband, Michael Zinkofsky.” (1)
Maxima was known as “Nelly” to her friends. (2) She was a bright, energetic woman, full of compassion and encouragement. Her daughter, Anjunelly Gartrell, wrote the following:
My Mother Maxima Jean-Pierre was loved by all who met her. She did so much for many people who didn't have anything. If you were going through something, you knew you could count on her smile and words of encouragement to get you through it. She was always ready to help anyone in need without any questions. For those who knew her will miss her dearly, but can live her memory through her family. (3)
Maxima cared most about her family, but she cared about those she worked for too. When she saw an executive at Cantor-Fitzgerald wasn’t eating, she would take a plate of food to him with a note, “Please eat this. You might get sick. When I come back, it better be gone." They always ate it (4)
Her daughter was right, everyone who met her, loved Maxima Jean-Pierre.
We who are left can be encouraged by Maxima’s life. We can find ways to care for those around us, just like Maxima did. In so doing, we’ll keep her memory alive.
