MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Backlog/Backblog

I've been building up topics I want to write about in my head, mostly having to do with daily life events as they occur. But I haven't been writing them down so now I feel like I have a rushing river rising in my head... get out of the way of the wordstream!

Don't worry, I probably can't remember most of what I wanted to write about, anyway.

The first and most recent is that my DH was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning show today! The topic was the MyDoom virus and other computer security issues, and he was the expert. I am so proud of him-- he always sounds so professional and knowledgeable when speaking in public, a skill I'm sorely lacking. (What will I do when I rise to the book-tour circuit??) He sounded great, and I'll put a link up here later so that you can listen to him if you'd like-- some good info on viruses and computers in general.

We Minnesotans who've been snickering at the cold on the East Coast have now officially "got ours." We knew we would, though we haven't had very harsh winters in the last few years. Weather folks have said the high temp will be negative five degrees today, and the windchill in the negative 30s. The kids had their snow-tubing field trip cancelled yesterday. But, they still have school.

On Sunday, I went with the 7th grade class at our Unitarian Universalist church to visit a Baptist church. The program for 7th graders at our church is "Our Neighboring Faiths," which involves visits to a variety of other communities. So far we've been to services at a Jewish synagogue, Muslim mosque, Catholic Basilica, Zen Buddhist center, Vietnemese Buddhist temple, and now Baptist church. I love going on these trips because I myself learn so much, and I think it is an excellent education for the kids. The Baptist church was on the more liberal side, and one of the friendliest places I've ever been. Great jazzy soul music with wonderful singers, lots of singing, a small close-knit community. The service was 2 hours long, which was hard to take. Now when I hear about Baptists, I'll have an image in my mind to reflect back on.

Sunday also found us in a Catholic church since my new nephew was getting baptised. A. is a sweet and energetic 9 month old who my sister and BIL adopted from Russia two months ago. What's funny is that he was born the day after my other sister had her baby, so these two are one day apart! We'll have birthdays galore to celebrate in April, now. And it is so touching to me to have this new baby in our lives, to think of him coming to us from an orphanage on the other side of the world! And now we are so happy to call him ours!

Well, that's it for now, folks. My memory has run out now. I'm sure there was more to say... next time!

Posted by sapphire at January 29, 2004 10:58 AM