New Language Class

Hello, everyone, are you

ready for

FALL?

I am so ready!

Today its cool and cloudy.

The past

few days have been so hot

that I had

to break down and put on

the AC.

We're also being attacked

by STINK BUGS

here.

There isn't anywhere you

go that

you don't see them

climbing up

walls or coming at you

with that

buzzing sound.

I HATE BUGS

well,

annoying ones

anyways.

So yesterday was our

first

language class.

I posted about that some time

ago.

Some of you asked what

language

we were learning,

well,

we're learning

Hindi!

In our area we're having

so many

from India moving here

and the surrounding

towns,

which means

yummy restaurants

around

us.

Some of you know that my

husband

and I are Ministers as well.

We're out in the

ministry

pretty regularly

and we're coming across

many who

speak

either

Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi

just to name

a few.

So we,along with 24

others are

taking this language

class.

Yesterday it was over

Three hours

and by the second

hour my

head was

literally pounding.

It was pretty

overwhelming.

I couldn't sleep well last

night and neither

did hubby.

There's a lot to learn,

we're excited

but

overwhelmed.

We had a good time

with everyone,

laughs,

frustrations,

a moment of when

I wanted

to cry,

but

didn't.

We have 15 more weeks of

it.

It's every Saturday for

16 weeks.

So its a commitment,

but that's OK,

the people

we meet in our ministry

make it worth

it.

TORNADO-in Brooklyn NY??

(this is in Queens, NY, on the corner of
where my parents live)
It's around 6:45pm, my phone

rings,

"Arlene?"

Asks the concerned voice,

"Hi mom, you OK?"

"Well, we just had a tornado

hit here!"

"WHAT??!!"

I could tell in her voice,

she was scared

and confused!

She couldn't believe it,

the windows

rattled, she thought

for sure

they were going to shatter.

She hid in the corner

of the room.

I felt helpless, she said she's

fine!

"Where's Dad?" I asked,

"Well......"

"Mom is he OK, did you

hear from him?"

"Yes I just did, he scared me

half to death"

Evidently my father had called

my mom as he always

does when he arrives

to the car, after

he gets off

the train,

to let her know he's on his way,

when he did this,

at that moment

electrical lines fell onto his

car,

people were screaming at

him to

GET OUT NOW!

He's screaming

with my mother

on the

phone

all he kept saying was

Oh, my God!

So my poor mom felt

helpless!

He got out of the car

and he's fine.

Somehow he managed

to get back into it

and maneuver

through

the streets of Queens, NY.

He says it looks

like

a war torn city now.

As I talked to him

I can hear

in his voice the fear

and

the adrenaline

still kicking!

Why are they so far

away from

me?!

They're OK now,

but the City is not.

One person died

so far!

Click here to see pictures

Now they're just waiting

to see what happens.

But they're OK!
(I will be posting more pictures
from my dad)

We Had Visitors for Two Weeks!

 I would NEVER claim to

be a

Domestic Diva,

but

I will anyways.

I was one

from

Friday until Tuesday!

From

sun up to sun down

I cleaned,

organized,

threw out,

scrubbed,

polished,

froze corn or fruit,

until I collapsed

last night.

But what a wonderful

accomplishment.

I had a goal

to get all this

done

BEFORE

September 1st.

and I did.

Now I still do have somethings

left to do,

but they'll have to

wait til cooler

weather.

But if felt good.

My home

hasn't been

cleaned this way

in a year.

But sadly I threw

things out

that should never

of been

thrown

out.

FOOD!!!!!

What  a waste that was

and it

just ripped into

me.

GUILT!

That will not happen again.

From now on, buy

ONLY

what we need.

Even if its

on

SALE!

WALK AWAY!

That goes

with clothes as well.

I'm trying to be more

disciplined

less wasteful

more organized.

Now on a different

topic,

we  had visitors.

Would you like

to know

who?

Can you tell what

by looking

at this photo?

How about a closer look

then?

It's a visitor that no one

wants

to have in their home.

Well, for

two weeks we've been

killing these

in our house.

Majority in our home office

the rest

in our bedroom.

We've

killed between

15-20 per day

for the past

few days,

altogether,

over

70

Yes,

70!

The final straw was when

I was still sleeping

yesterday

morning and at

7AM

I felt something

crawling

on my arm

and it was

a Yellow Jacket!!

I am

HIGHLY

allergic to

bites and stings.

So after waking

up screaming

I could then

hear them

in our

wall.

THAT'S

IT
I"M CALLING
THE
EXTERMINATOR!!!!

As he geared up in

100 degree

weather,

I stood far away.

I felt

sorry for him, it

was horribly

hot

and when he

started

spraying

they were angry!

But it's

done,

they're

gone,

I HOPE!

So yes

some exciting times

in our home.

Evidently

there is an infestation

of bees in the

area.

It's this dry hot

weather here.

Who said there were a

shortage of

bees in this country?

Come to my

yard,

you can have some!