Most of the Group...

Many gathered in Doris Peterson's home to sing "Happy Birthday!" and celebrate at least 50 or so--give or take a decade or two...or three--years of life, love, and family. Ribs, tri-tip, corn on the cob, three cakes, and great company rounded out a fine evening.

29,586

On her 80th birthday last week, Gramma, Doris, mom was 29,586 days old. Happy birthday!

Today is the 19,901st day of my life.

…or

# 1,719,360,000 seconds
# 28,656,000 minutes
# 477,600 hours
# 2842 weeks

Want to know your age in days, minutes, seconds? Check out this link.

Tree Grabs Paper

Cindi found our newspaper this morning and took this picture with her phone. She said, "found your paper, musta been windy."

Dick & Jane Make Plans to Visit

My parents, Dick & Jane, booked their flight to Los Angeles for a visit. They will be here from New Year's Eve, landing at 7:00pm through January 8, 2011. They are staying at The Palms on La Mirada Blvd. in a one bedroom apartment for the week. This is free to them, since they live a a facility owned by the same company. That is very nice and they will have nice accommodations and breakfast ready for them when they are! They'll spend the rest of the day with us at the house or running around.[That guy in the photo is my brother, Ric.]

Grandma Pete Celebrates #80

It is "Happy 80th Birthday Week" for Grandma Pete and the family. Various festivities are planned and family members are gathering to celebrate with her. It should be a grand time! Here is a photo of Grandma and some of her grandsons the year she turned 75.

Record-breaking 113 degrees in downtown L.A.

Today is the hottest day ever recorded in downtown L.A. At 12:15 p.m., the weather station at USC hit the 113-degree mark, breaking the old all-time high of 112, set on June 26, 1990.

It makes today the hottest day since records in downtown L.A. started being kept in 1877, said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service.


More on this story at LA Times here and from NPR here.

I have officially passed...

...the tests to skip the year of Beginning Greek and Beginning Hebrew. I am enrolled in the second (Intermediate) year of them both. That means my summer goals were accomplished, and I am moving forward with proficiency in reading the Bible in its original languages. Many thanks are due to my professors for giving me the desire to study the languages. They have continually encouraged me in my studies.

Doris has a new computer

It is from Beth. Glen is helping log into various accounts.

Oops...everything's new!

I am now in a new room in a different dorm than I expected, and have a different, new, roommate. But I am thrilled to be back with everyone!

Since I had considered living off campus for a while, and filled out the off-campus housing application, I was put on a different list for housing, and when the off-campus housing application was denied, I was still in limbo concerning where I was going to live. This morning (the day I checked/moved in), my Resident Director called me and said I would be in a different dorm. So here I am in Waldock Hall, which does seem to have bigger rooms than Hotchkiss had. It is an all-boys dorm. The personality of the dorm should fit me better (my opinion as well as the opinion of just about everyone else).

I'm rooming with Chan Sol Park, a freshman who just arrived 4 days ago from South Korea. He's currently chatting on Skype with his girlfriend who started at Bethel College in Indiana this week.

I still have to schedule the tests for Greek and Hebrew after I know what my work schedule in the library is going to be like. But I am very glad to be here!

In 23 days,

I will be the roommate of an RA at The Master's College. I am excited at the prospect.

The Cat

So this is my almost 20 year old cat. This cannot possibly be the most comfortable place in the house for her to rest. After I took this photo she turned around and is now facing the other way.

Pool Pals

This is one of our new friends who hang out by the pool. Pretty and pretty spectacular, if you ask me...