On the Sunday before Thanksgiving (which is on the 2nd Monday of October) our church family suprised us with a pounding. We thank God for such a wonderful church family.
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October 23, 2009
On Monday we went to Lake Ontario Park and took some fall pictures. So here they are:
December 20, 2008
Merry Christmas from our home to yours!
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December 20, 2008
November 26, 2008
Well, I’m here in the southern colonies again for American Thanksgiving. It seems that the former Colonials don’t have a lot to be thankful for this year.
- They elected Obama as there president.
- They are still at war throughout the world.
- Their economy continues to stumble.
- They are heavily indebted to China.
- One of their favourite sons, General Motors is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy (Ford isn’t doing much better).
- Hershey as moved to Mexico.
- Unemployment is on the rise.
- Banks are being bailed out by the government (do we need another red scare?)
- The stock markets are unstable.
- A G-20 meeting was held where other countries direct the US in their financial planning in the future.
However it is still important for our southern neighbour to count their blessings:
- Well… they can be thankful for their northern neighbour.
- That’s about as far as I can get..
Anyways… Happy Thanksgiving!
November 13, 2008
When given the chance to bear my thoughts, my heart, and my soul to the world I have become speachless. I have realized that people in China have the opportunity to click and read what I write. I have left many disappointed readers holding their breath waiting for the wife of a true Canadian to make her voice known and yet she is silent. But silent no more (or until I run out of things to say which could be at the end of this paragraph, I don’t want to promise too much). Now you will be able to have an Amercian Perspective on Canadians. For instance did you know that much to my confusion corn dogs are called pogos in Ontario. Canadians make better chocolate bars, a loonie is a dollar not a strange relative, poutine is great, and the Americans did not win the war of 1812! For my world wide readers I leave one final powerful thought….
If we lived in a perfect world chocolate cake would have zero calories if only served with ice cream!
~Clarissa
June 30, 2008
Senators Approve Anti-Spanking Bill
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June 14, 2008
The United States, is both a dangerous place to live and to visit. I learn this in my nine day tour of the southern Indiana. There are a various things our “American Cousins” are known for and it seems tornados and flash flooding are becoming some of their primary identification markings.
Tuesday June 3, 2008- My wife and I were visiting some friends in Shelbyville, IN only to enjoy the pleasant sound of Tornado sirens. We started to head back to her parents home, but were forced to turn around (mainly due to my wife’s screams) and head to the district headquarters for the Shelbyville Shouter. As it turns out a Tornado went through the area of I-74, that we would have been on, if we had continued. The tornado flipped a transport over, tore up some trees and devastated the town of Moscow, destroying the oldest covered bridge in Indiana.
Friday June 6, 2008 – I arrived in Martinsville, IN for a wedding rehearsal for the wedding of Zachary and Kristen Steinbrook. Everything went well at the rehearsal and at the supper (but the sky began to change and rain began to fall). We left at about 8:00 PM from the supper and head back to the motel. Rain and hail began to fall at such a rate, that it became difficult to see (especially for Zach, with his one windshield wiper. Thankfully, my car suffered no hail damage.
Saturday June 7, 2008 – I awoke to more rain and a power failure that lasted several days. The former White River had become a lake and was now threatening the city of Martinsville. We soon heard the news, that every bride longs to hear on her wedding day “Your church is surrounded by flood water, only a few of your invited guests will make it to the wedding, the caterer can’t make it to the wedding, and the groom left the wedding license at the flood out church.” Thankfully, the First Church of the Nazarene is on high ground, and the wedding was moved to that location, with only about 60 people in attendance and sadly, no steak was present. I barely made it out of Martinsville, as the National Guard had closed all roads going in and out of the city (I managed to sneak out ahead of one of the road blocks and made it safely home (but only after making a very significant detour.
I’m thankful for Canada. I’ll take a good old snow storm, blizzard, etc. in place of flooding and tornados. I like what I can shovel!
June 14, 2007
Today my future father-in-law and mother-in-law (two days from today) took Clarissa, her sister Darla and myself to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. It was very exciting to see it and all of the exhibits that support a conservative view of creation, with six literal days. The museum had dinasaurs with moving parts. We met men like the Apostle Paul, Adam and Eve, and Noah. I also met a journalist from Italy.
