tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post5031541581169808706..comments2008-05-31T06:00:41.936-07:00Comments on a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free.: grrrrrr.katie elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17254346345350310880noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-41645281398477046592008-05-25T17:35:00.000-07:002008-05-25T17:35:00.000-07:00Hi Katie,Sorry I have not posted a comment earlier...Hi Katie,<BR/>Sorry I have not posted a comment earlier. I am enjoying your blog. Your trip to South Africa sounds amazing. I am very proud of the work you are doing there. Please let me know what I can do to help with the book club you are going to start. I am a avid reader so any help I can provide to encourage reading I am all for! Take care and I love you! Aunt MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258735820660110245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-89058390266263188632008-05-25T07:40:00.000-07:002008-05-25T07:40:00.000-07:00Hey baby...surfin in south africa...oh my...im gla...Hey baby...surfin in south africa...oh my...im glad yu had fun...i was sure you would...standing up isnt as easy as it looks, but once you get the hang of it, its like riding a bike...nothing like sliding into a wwave and becoming one with the ocean! or something like that....it pretty much feels that way sometimes....but the ocean has a funny way that lets you know youre just visiting....was it cold? did you wear a wet suit? where are those dang pictures?<BR/><BR/>JB is cooking breakfast....cant wait...he s a good cook!<BR/><BR/>Just a week and two days before youre back home...ill be the time has really flown, and before you know it, youll be on that plane coming back....so, do what ya been doing, experience everything you can....everything youre interested in ,do it...I swear, Im so proud of you...always have beeeen, you just try anything and everything....when it comes to facing tough stuff, things that are a little scarry at first, you go for it...j.I dont think cant is in your vocablulary...I always liked the motto I learned in football....cant never did anything....just remember my one and only motto...never, ever, jump out of a running airplane......most anything else, im all for...I had to go back and include the word most....I hope you had a good time at the club last night and that the band was good...cant wait to hear about it....where are those pictures? what are you doing today????? I hope you call soon....hey...it never ceases to amaze me....until you went to south africa, I rarely heard much about it, but last night, on the history channel, they had a show on discovering the ark of the covenant, the main historian is convinced that it was carried by jewish priest to, of all places, south africa...yes, south africa....he has even documented dna evidence that shows a tribe called the limba have dna linking them to the priestly class of jews from the first century.....and he located what he believes is the only surviving replica of the ark, which was really a drum, and it was taken by an afrikaans scholar to, of all places, zimbabwe....and they cant get to it because of the civil war there, but they had a film crew film it from a museum there....the4y carbon dated it to 600 bc or something....amazing....anyway...I just KNEW youd be fascinated by that, mom was....she went to bed while i was watching it...I love you forever....4ever and ever....put those pictures up girl!!!dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980348089403309410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-39738627305025792962008-05-24T07:22:00.000-07:002008-05-24T07:22:00.000-07:00Did I ever tell you the stoory of my very first ye...Did I ever tell you the stoory of my very first year teaching at Ruffner....when i was so young and cool, and I told the kids I would talk to them about anything, they could ask me anything at all...and Eddie Sivells...yes, I still remember his name and his face very, very clearly...Eddie asked me a completely inappropriate sexual question....and I was forced to say, well....er...uh...Eddie, I just dont know how to answer that....never made that mistake again....so....the note cards are a great idea....some of the cards you could just slide to the side... :)hmmmmm....african time sounds alot like Berkley time...go figure....I hope your having a great time....surfing, or sunning...or watching surfers....only now i wish i had told you to keep you hand up near your head when you come out of the water after you fall-off....dont want you to end up with thirteen stitches in the head like I did...and...I dont care what you say, it may have been twenty -two years since I surfed, but i can still do it...and if you dont chicken out, ill prove it to you when you get back....of course...I have to get a much, much bigger board than I used to have....thought Id say that before you got the chance....4 ever and a day...I love youdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980348089403309410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-60196122674575052172008-05-24T07:13:00.000-07:002008-05-24T07:13:00.000-07:00hey honey....is the last post you made....on wedne...hey honey....is the last post you made....on wednesday....its saturday now...I must be missing something....everytime i sign in here it seems to log me as kelder one time and dad the next...maybe its me...im going to try to go back to the original email mom sent me and see what happens...I bookmarked this...If you want, I think I can find you some resources for library grants...I saw plenty when I was looking into that for Madison...dont know how theyll relate to something international though....I said iternational....I dont see the pictures of the march...mom cut and pasted them into MSWord so she could print them for jay and nellie....I dont know what happened to them....they shuldnt have been cut completely....the image box says theyve been moved or deleted....I hope not....maybe its just a mix up that is easily fixed....I woke up at five-thirty, and the first thing I thought of was....Katie might be surfing right now....well...I thought that after wondering what jackson was barking at....looked out the window and walked down the hall, didnt see or hear any burglars...More later....I love you 4 EVER and EVER!!!!!!dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980348089403309410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-54828427422029088912008-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:002008-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:00hi baby girl! i saw you with your sign!!! you g...hi baby girl! i saw you with your sign!!! you go girl! march on sista! you rock! i found your shirt at jcp..it was the very last one!! and it was on sale for $12.99! how cool is that! im thinkin dad went waaay overboard with the minutes on your phone card, so as the days run out, let the homesick girls call home! have fun surfing this weekend...please be careful!!!! laying on the board instead of standing up counts as surfing too!!! have a great weekend!!! make sure you get souviners for yourself...that so cool that that lady reminded you of nanny...you know your nanny is right there with you and so very proud of you and the work you are doing.....you are my hero! i love you up to the sky and back!oxoxoxoxmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782412709217743170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-67002581259022580982008-05-23T09:40:00.000-07:002008-05-23T09:40:00.000-07:00so i can see that you like it there and those guys...so i can see that you like it there and those guys sound real good. so people have africa time, wooooooow that must suck. so are you going to start that website cause i think it would be a great idea. i saw that video of the beach it was beautiful i would love to see that. something about a beach at sunset with a cold beverage and a cool person you know well keep on keeping on, LIFE IS A GARDEN, DIG IT!Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072727685843745978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-56729354272223214222008-05-21T17:44:00.000-07:002008-05-21T17:44:00.000-07:00Hi Katie! It's Mrs. B.I'm enjoying reading about y...Hi Katie! It's Mrs. B.<BR/>I'm enjoying reading about your daily adventures. What a wonderful experience. I would be happy to help get books and supplies to your school. I'll check w/ your mom and start putting things together. Take good care and keep posting your daily activities! Love you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-34104039784902268442008-05-21T15:27:00.000-07:002008-05-21T15:27:00.000-07:00hi baby girl..i am so mad at myself. i thought i h...hi baby girl..i am so mad at myself. i thought i had the cell phone in my pocket this afternoon anxiously waiting for your call..when i checked my pocket, it wasnt there..i had left it in your room by the computer..when i checked it i saw where you had called 2 times...i was afraid to call back because i didnt want to wake anyone..it was about midnight, your time....im hoping you call one more time before you go to bed....i am clutching it as i type! i hate not talking to you everyday...:0( i hope you get a good night's sleep and have a great day tomorrow. i love you.oxox<BR/>you look great in the pictures with your peeps!momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782412709217743170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491115049899952336.post-41239789094799765402008-05-21T10:42:00.000-07:002008-05-21T10:42:00.000-07:00hi punkin. sorry you had a not so great day...rea...hi punkin. sorry you had a not so great day...reality sucks sometimes..like it did today. i am proud of you for not giving up or giving in. tomorrow will be a better day. will you at least be able to find the young girl who talked to you yesterday and give her the information? i hope so. whatever help you guys need to get books and supplies, i have a group of hard working people ready to help in any way we can. together, we can make it happen! dont get discouraged...tomorrow will be better...its sad to see that even far away as s. africa is they, too, have stupid tests to do that gets in the way of real teaching and learning.....hang in there sweeite. i love you so much!momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782412709217743170noreply@blogger.com