Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for a lot of reasons...

• I'm thankful for God. He's been with me for many years, and He always leads me the way that's best for me.
• I'm thankful for my family. Even though it's been a rough two years, I'm glad to have them. Plus, I'm glad to be around to see my little siblings grow.
• I'm thankful for a job. Some days are hard, but I'm glad I have a wonderful boss/principal, and I'm blessed with two APs too!
• I'm thankful for the people, teachers, I work with, because we are there for each other.
• I'm thankful for students. Some give me rough days, but I'm especially thankful for the ones who do their best and appreciate me as their teacher. I'm especially thankful for my 7th/8th period kids, who have been better than last year's group; they also are very special to me!
• I'm also thankful for God. He's my first and my last, my Alpha and Omega. He gave us Jesus to be our Savior, and He sent us the Holy Spirit to be our Comforter. If I had to decide on a friend (which would be a tiny list anyway), the Trinity, with God as the lead, would be my ultimate friend.

I think this video clip sums up how I feel about the ones I care about.

If Easter Had A First Newspaper

I felt inspired to write something for the Easter holiday, so I wondered what it would be like if there was a newspaper article during the time of Jesus Christ's arrest, sentencing, and death...and then some! It's meant to be fun, but also make you think about what it would be like during that time with the news media involved.

You can read the "article" here!

Classic Christmas Videos

I found these classic Christmas videos on the web. I really love these old movies!

The Night Before Christmas

Video Source: YouTube's tvdays channel

Christmas Toy Shop

Video Source: YouTube's tvdays Channel

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Words cannot express how much I love this version of Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol" story. I have it recorded on VHS and it has somewhat became an annual tradition to watch this short film around Christmas. It truly is a classic, and more cartoon Christmas specials should be to the same degree of dedication as this one.


Mickey's Christmas Carol
Source: Youtube's Obadiah332channel.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I adore this 1948 cartoon story of the red-nosed reindeer we commonly know as Rudolph. The cartoon stays true to the original storyline of the 1939 story that was written by Robert L. May.


Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer (1948)
Source: Youtube's LuckyStrike502 channel.

Fall Through Winter Is a Huge Feast

Clip-arts by Microsoft Office

Fall Through Winter Is a Huge Feast

By R.Andrew
November 1, 2009
(Image Source: Microsoft Word 2003)

It occurred to me, as I was eating some leftover candy, that in between fall and winter there is a glorious feast under the masquerade of four main holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Imagine October’s Halloween as the appetizer, the warm-up to the feast. We fill ourselves with candy and other treats, but we linger at the table for a better course. November’s Thanksgiving is the salad portion of the meal. It is good, slightly filling, but we want something even yummier in our bellies. That is why December’s Christmas is our main course, the meatiest meal of all! We burst ourselves to the seam eating until our bodies say “Enough.” Yet, who can deny the final course? January’s New Year is the dessert that complements the entire feast, and fills us up until we hunger again (metaphorically speaking). So while this huge feast masquerades as innocent holidays of fun, let us not forget that from fall through winter we are eating a four-course meal, one that quietly increases our waistline.