Silver Valley Stories

*Our church service was moved into our Fellowship Hall because our sanctuary was about 50 degrees.  As we sang our worship songs, someone...

*Napping throughout the morning was just the thing I needed to do to get caught up on my sleep.  *My snowmen were boxed up and put to b...

*Because of the Chinese New Year holiday, bookings for classes is typically down in February.  I have had some students, but am not fully...

*I could not stay awake almost all morning.  I would try to complete some task, and doze off.  I would try again....doze off.  I finally ...

*Paul took today off to help with the funeral service of our friend Robin Jones.  Since we were both home today, we decided to do a blood...

*Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I took off from teaching classes in the morning.  I was curious if I would be able to sleep later than I n...

*In my VIPKID Facebook Group, someone shared a link for the Spring Festival Gala that a majority of Chinese families watch as part of the...

*Because of many of my VIPKID students celebrating Chinese New Year this week, I changed my availability schedule for the next few days. ...

*Paul had a meeting most of the day today, so I spent my time at home reading a book, listening to a book, and enjoying every moment of b...

*Welcome February!!  What oh what weather will you bring? *After enjoying Amor Towles A Gentleman in Moscow , I checked out the first n...

*It is the last day of January, the the last two items of my list of  “things to do” were crossed off the list.  Sometimes....it is th...

Christy gave us Sibling Assignment #204.  Here was our assignment: Do a photo walk and take time to observe what" beauty is created i...

*Through many things I have been reading lately, it seems a theme has been emerging.  This theme has to do with redemption, resurrection,...

*This morning as Brighton and I were finishing class, we started talking about the food he will be eating for Chinese New Year.  His mom ...

*Last week I had asked some of my regular VIPKID student’s parents to have their child prepared to answer questions about how they celebr...

*Our whole worship team was together this morning at church to lead our congregation in worship.  This hasn’t happened for quite some tim...

*Our fridge and pantry were a bit like Mother Hubbard’s cupboard....bare.  As the available food began to dwindle, Paul and I started mak...

*This morning I got some things checked off my “to do” list.  That always feels good.  *A trip to The Bean sounded like a good idea,...