English... have anyone been befuddled by English before?

Me... I have.

Just see my IEP goal while I was in high school, the goal that remained written until I graduated.

"Chelsea needs to improve her English grammar."

Folks, take a look below, of what Mrs. Blair Petersen has sent me:

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SO, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE TOUGH ENOUGH TO TRY TO LEARN ENGLISH?

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?

I rest my case.

Please excuse me, I need to mind my p and q's, whatever that was.

Made for Heaven

...I heard the news that my sister, Rachel is baptized today. :)

...My roommate's sister-in-law just had a baby girl this morning at 2am.

...A family's friend's mother just passed away last Wednesday evening.

All that makes this person reflect on Isaiah 5 & 6.

My grandmother, Ethel Chell, who passed away in July of 2006, she wrote a note several years ago, inspired by Isaiah 5 & 6, and I still kept the note, "When Jesus comes, then shall the eyes of the blind be open. And the ears of [deaf] Chelsea shall be unstopped. Then shall Ruth and Lila leap as the deer and the dumb shall sing. Isaiah 5 and 6."

I was inspired by that, and I recall the quote I saw last year, "I find in myself desires which nothing in this earth can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." - C.S. Lewis.

Oddly, on the back of the note from Grandma Ethel, she scribbled, "another time."

With baptism, Rachel is proclaiming her faith right now, a newborn baby will demand all her parents' attention right now, the grieving family and friends will gather right now to remember their loved one, and make memories with each other right now.

Make memories right now, avoid the phrase, "another time".

Teacher-To-Be in Comatose State

You see no brain activity in this picture?

See. Since August 25th, I slipped in comatose state on weekends while teaching for ten weeks in Minnesota.

An actual blog post will follow shortly.

Thank you for tuning in.

Room on the southwest of the Tobins' residence

This bedroom at the farmhouse was there for quite few generations. It used to be Grandpa Jennings' and Great-Uncle Harvey's bedroom. (Of course, it wasn't all yellow and green with flowers back then.) Then, it was Dad's bedroom while he was growing up. Now, it was my bedroom for about 22 years (15 if you want to be exact, it was guest bedroom when Rachel and I slept in Charolette's bedroom, then Shauna came along, so I moved into this bedroom).

The reason why I posted this blog up. It was the only time that my bedroom was actually very clean for 22 years! :)

Armor of God

Just on August 1st and 2nd, Sign Grace for the Deaf Church hosted a Children's Conference. I assisted with Juliet A. Lone's adventure with five kids. These pictures gives you a glimpse of what happened. The entire Saturday consisted of learning about being God's solider with the children.

It was pleasure doing this with the kids earlier this month. :)

2 months and 9 days as a newlywed...

I am getting carried away with creating collages.

I'll find a life.... it's just right around the corner. Just give me a moment.

Good friends of ours just gave birth to their daughter, MacKenzie Faith Jackson. It's thrilling to visit a newborn. And I found this a good opportunity to twiddle around with Picasa's photo collage. :)

You can see Sherry munching on a treat from DQ, it was chocolate milkshake that her sister, April gave her after her shift at DQ. Pictures were taken with few visitors who visited the newborn; David Hoffman, Paul and Marie Fosheim, Jared, and Jessica Goglio. :)

Pardon my overlapping of pictures, I'm playing with the collage feature on Picasa. :)