Learning experiences

Things I have learned since coming to Cincinnati area/Northern Kentucky:

• I like warm weather.
• I dislike cold weather.
• Snow IS fluffier here (Reason: the colder it is when it is snowing…the fluffier the snow…so says our weatherman)
• Very fluffy snow doesn’t make good snowballs or snowmen but looks pretty on the ground.
• In the Midwest, if you won’t drive when there is snow or ice on the ground, then you might not get out of the house from Dec – March.
• I can make a curtain by myself! (or a least a valance) With a *gasp* sewing machine! (see photo!!!)
• Nobody has bleached blonde hair in the midwest.
• Magic Jack is awesome….free long distance! No monthly fees!
• My best thoughts come while I am lying in bed after midnight.
• I can’t ever remember thoughts that come to me in the middle of the night the next morning. I only remember they were great. :)
• At 46 your closeup eyesight, which has been great up till now, suddenly goes.
• So does your ability to manipulate things with your fingertips which seem 5 times larger now.
• I dread visiting new churches in the community because I don’t want to hurt people’s feelings when we decide “YOU are not THE one.”
• My dog has some serious fear issues and needs a dog psychiatrist.
• I can run a full week VBS program on my own with all the craft “junk” I have collected (read “packrat”) over the years. Hey! I KNOW I’m gonna need those film canisters, popsicle sticks, and dish detergent tops soon….back off!!!
• I love books. (OK…I already knew that one)
• I am unwilling to part with almost any book (Hey, my grandchildren will enjoy this…eventually)
• I’m pretty good with a cordless electric screwdriver.
• I’m not good at “eyeballing” pictures and curtain rods level
• Neither are my girls.
• I am pretty good at spackling mistakes.
• My third child is just as scared of learning to drive as I was.
• I am emotionally unable to teach my third child how to drive.
• My husband is a much better Driver’s Ed teacher than I am.
• God doesn’t sell your house on your timetable.
• I often freak out on God’s timetable.
• I’m a great teacher.
• I’m not a great student.
• God has to teach me the same things over and over and over…..