Pondering

“Follow your dreams and transform your life“
~ Paulo Coelho

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a happy and full bellied holiday...

Movie

We took the whole family to see the new release: Bolt! What a great movie and afterwards the boys came up with their top ten for the year [who cares about what comes in December] and in no particular order:
Bolt,
Wall E,
Kung Fu Panda,
Journey to the Center of the Earth,
Star Wars: The Clone War [not as good as the Cartoon Network version by creator Genndy Tartakovsky from Samurai Jack],
Horton Hears a Who [Cyrus is such a HUGE Dr. Suess fan],
VeggieTales: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything,
Narnia: Prince Caspian,
Nim's Island [we didn't see it in the theatre but bears mentioning here],
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium [which was released in 2007 but we didn't see it until 2008].

I have to mention that I loved Penelope and the kids liked it enough but it wouldn't make their list but I would recommend it to my readers.

Quote

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.


-- Frank A. Clark

What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving is less than a week away, Solomon is done with school for Thanksgiving break, and I am not cooking this year. We'll be travelling Thanksgiving day [with many stops at Starbucks along the way as Starbucks is giving out free Signature Hot Chocolate on Thanksgiving Day!] to the Seattle area to break bread at Dan's friend, C and his wife E's new house. C's birthday is the day before Thanksgiving so Happy Birthday! Dan is working the Wednesday which is why we're travelling on Thanksgiving but we should be there around 2pm- just in time. We'll head back home after, what I am sure to be a wonderful visit, on Saturday. Back to our regular programming.

Update on house hunting

The first offer didn't go through so we expanded our search to include the other side of the river in Portland. We found the absolute perfect house. We'll be putting in a second offer on a foreclosed home so hopefully the bank will accept us. The house is so perfect- we'll never have to move again and even Dan loves the house which has never happened before...

Food

I was thinking about blogging and how my devotion to food really should have its own blog so I have started a food blog: Fluttering In the Kitchen which is where I'll be posting my weekly menus, favorite recipes and cookbooks, food blogs that I follow, and anything else related to food/eating. It also gives me an opportunity to do a blog with Wordpress which I love.
Hope to see some of my readers over there especially as I continue to add entries to my food blog.

House hunting

Dan got pre-approved and we started house hunting. Went to a couple of houses yesterday and we all really liked the last one. We're making an offer. So if you could send your prayers, rub the rabbit foot, wish us well- we would appreciate it.
I'll keep you all updated as we find out anything. Picture above is not the actual house.

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store. ~Frank McKinney Hubbard

Veteran's Day

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
to visit violence on those who would do us harm." ~ Orwell

Veterans Day
by Roger W Hancock


We honor you, who fought for us,
for country’s sake of freedom’s plight.
You kept the greatest country great,
by sacrifice of you who served.


Honor to military, soldiers served.
There seems no risk in peace to serve.
When war breaks the silent peace,
no peace when security cease.


Sacrifice of civilian life,
careers succumb to enlist, or draft.
Families wait in fear, in prayer,
for loved ones return alive, not dead.


Returned Heroes and those deceased,
we honor, thank, though insufficient.
Parades, programs, our pride convey,
we honor you on Veterans Day.

© 12-28-2001 Roger W Hancock www.PoetPatriot.com

Respect Owed
by Roger W Hancock

This liberty that I enjoy,
granted not be taken.
The liberty that I enjoy,
I owe to those who paid.

The privilege that I enjoy,
its cost was paid by blood,
Those who fought for free,
now lost, will never see.

Their loss is my gain,
respect is surely owed.
Liberty of rights,
are sealed within their death.

I will not burn the flag,
the veteran I will not spat.
I owe to those who paid the cost,
and respect the waving flag.

I am not a veteran,
I have never served.
I owe to those who gave their lives,
that I be free this day.

(c) copyright April 28, 2005 Roger W Hancock www.PoetPatriot.com

Thank you.