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Facing the Giants-It’s a winner!

dennis — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:46:24 +0000

The new movie Facing the Giants is a great movie for the family! There is something for everyone, football for the guys, sappy romantic/relationship stuff for the girls. But most important, take your kids to see this movie. I laughed, I cried…The movie starts off with the coach facing all sorts of troubles from the car dying in the middle of the front yard to a stench in the house. After his job is in jeopardy he decides to pray about it. After a night of studying what the bible has to say, it changes his life and those around him.Without giving too much away, the catch phrase is …with God all things are possible. Since we need more family movies in the theaters, go see this movie, you won’t regret it.

Boston Day 2

dennis — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:19:09 +0000

The second day brought more adventure. After getting a cup of Starbucks, I made my way to Boston Common and sat to enjoy my morning java and the scenary. After about a half hour, I took some photos and then headed for the Freedom Trail again. This time I found a free downloadable audio tour, which was great (and highly recommended)! After listening to the audio covering the things I saw yesterday, I headed on to the many sites along the trail, stopping at Quincy Market. After looking around the market for about an hour and grabbing some lunch. I headed to the North Marina and viewed the harbor and sat and listened to the ocean. It is just amazing!!Then back to the hotel for refeshing air conditioning and needed rest. Then off to Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox game. The friendly ticket man sold me the seat for $50, which was brought down from $100. It was sweet at Fenway, to think that Yaz played there, Ted Williams once swung the bat at that very park. My seat was just behind the Angels dugout in General Admission. The Sox procedded to lose the game 10-4 and Schilling saw his first loss.After walking back to the hotel, I had logged almost 15 miles today!! It was time for some Buffalo wings at the sports bar alnong with a nice cold Sam Adams.I hit the sack about 12:30.

First Day in Boston

dennis — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:20:23 +0000

Arrived early due to bump up on the airplane flight, thanks to NWA!!Got into the hotel just fine and had an awesome burger for lunch. Then took a little break to unpack and then off to Boston Common where I walked around the park, it was a truly beauftiful afternoon! I then began the freedom trail walk with the MA State House and the Park St Church. Then off to the Granary, where Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere are buried to this day! What an amazing thing to see! To think that these men died and are buried here.I continued on the Freedm Trail and headed to the King’s Chapel and Burying Ground where the oldest known Puritans are buried. The temp hit 90 degrees, with a heat index of 92.So much more to see, but there are more days to come, thank goodness.

Recital 2006

dennis — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:00:43 +0000

Abigail had her piano recital and it was a good one. This is the file in Quicktime .mov format and is 4.9 MB in size. Let me know if you have any trouble viewing this. http://pipper.net/files/abiRecital06.mov

*tip* just copy/paste the url in the address bar of your browser to load the page.

Feed a family for cheap

dennis — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:49:59 +0000

I found this web site awhile back when i just purchased a breadmaker. Hillbilly Housewife is a great site for the frugal minded! This article is related to feeding a family of 4 on $45 a week. There is a menu, shopping list and complete recipes, it is pretty sweet!!

the iPod theology

dennis — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:57:06 +0000

A Houston pastor preaches iPod and he tries to simplify the message of Christ and compares it to the popularity and ease of use of the iPod. Very interesting, indeed, maybe another reason to grab an iPod

Chicago: the last day

dennis — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:55:01 +0000

The Art Institue was next on the plate. We rode the Metra and then planned on the bus to the museum, but couldn’t find a stinken bus schedule in Union Station. We walked to the musem–probably about 15 blocks. Got to the museum and spent some time in the Impressionism exhibit, then went on a tour in the museum and it was not what we expected. Too quirky of a hostess. They took about an hour to show us 4 places in the museum, what a yawner.

We then proceeded to the Apple store on Michgan Ave and looked around (I actually drooled) in the store. It is quite a nice place. Then my daughter dragged us to teh American girl store where my son and I started wrestling on the 4th floor since we were so bored. That store needs to cater to men somehow, offer a comfy chair, a hockey game, something!! I couldn’t stand it, but we hung in there for my little princess (who is now 9)