Only centuries that are divisible by 400 are leap years. 2000 was a leap year. 1800 and 1900 were not.
Leader: You're all doing a great job decorating your pictures!
First grader: Mine doesn't look very professional.
First grader: Mine doesn't look very professional.
More than a quarter of American children under the age of two have a TV in their room.
The Adult Choir will preset the musical One Mall Child" during the Morning Worship Service
Leader: To persevere means to keep going even when life is hard. Has there ever been a time when you persevered?
GA 1: When my grandfather died.
GA 2: When my dog ate too many pistachio nuts and it made his back hurt.
GA 1: When my grandfather died.
GA 2: When my dog ate too many pistachio nuts and it made his back hurt.
interesting
I don't have a huge interest in politics. But judging from the "younger evangelical" events I've attended over the past few years, I really do think he's right on target.
I don't have a huge interest in politics. But judging from the "younger evangelical" events I've attended over the past few years, I really do think he's right on target.
When it gets really cold outside, my house has trouble staying warm.
It was freezing cold outside last night. This morning, I walked into the kitchen and saw a cup my friend gave me. This cup is clear, but turns blue when you pour a cold drink in it or put it in the refrigerator.
You guessed it. The cup was sitting on the kitchen counter, bright blue.
I can't wait till summer!
It was freezing cold outside last night. This morning, I walked into the kitchen and saw a cup my friend gave me. This cup is clear, but turns blue when you pour a cold drink in it or put it in the refrigerator.
You guessed it. The cup was sitting on the kitchen counter, bright blue.
I can't wait till summer!
Girl: I've been sick. I missed a week of school!
Me: Oh, I'm sorry!
Girl: I had a viral virus!
Me: Oh, I'm sorry!
Girl: I had a viral virus!
I came back.
Everyone always asks me about jet lag. I don't usually have much problem with this. Some tips:
Everyone always asks me about jet lag. I don't usually have much problem with this. Some tips:
- Set your watch to your new time zone as soon as you get on the plane. When it's nighttime, rest. When it's daytime, stay up.
- Don't drink caffeine.
- Take vitamins or herbal supplements.
- Sleep for a long time the first night you get home.
- Get back into your regular schedule immediately.
So if you wanted to ask, now you don't have to: Yes, I am in the correct time zone now.
one sad thing: It hasn't been cold enough to snow while I've been here--very unusual.
one amusing thing: British people apparently call quotation marks "inverted commas."
one annoying thing: The walls of the room are so thin that I can not only hear the guy next door talking very loudly in Russian (?) on the phone each night--I can also (barely) hear his wife on the other end.
one weird thing: Surfing the internet from another country gives you strange ads--including ones about winning a green card. (Instant ticket to the USA!)
one amusing thing: British people apparently call quotation marks "inverted commas."
one annoying thing: The walls of the room are so thin that I can not only hear the guy next door talking very loudly in Russian (?) on the phone each night--I can also (barely) hear his wife on the other end.
one weird thing: Surfing the internet from another country gives you strange ads--including ones about winning a green card. (Instant ticket to the USA!)