These pictures were taken by a man in Magee, MS where the eye of the storm passed thru.
Magee is 150 miles North of Waveland, Mississippi where the Hurricane made land fall.

The dance with Katrina, part of her beauty as she left destruction on her exit. They are remarkably dramatic.

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...
>
> Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had
> an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have
> passed the 8th grade in 1895?
>
>
> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It
> was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley
> Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
>
>
>
> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895
>
>
> Grammar (Time, one hour)
>
>
>
> 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
> 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
> 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
> 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of "lie,""
> play," and "run."
> 5. Define case; illustrate each case.
> 6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
> 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you
> understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
>
>
>
> Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
>
>
>
> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels
> of wheat will it hold?
> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel,
> deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare?
> 4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to
> carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for
> incidentals?
> 5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per
> metre?
> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
> 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which
> is 640 rods?
> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
>
>
>
> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
>
>
>
> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas .
> 6. Describe three of the most prominent b attles of the Rebellion.
> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn,
> and Howe?
> 8. Name event s connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849,
> 1865.
>
>
>
> Orthography (Time, one hour) [Do we even know what this is??]
>
>
>
> 1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography,
> etymology, syllabication
> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals,
> diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions
> under each rule.
> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis,
> mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
> 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the
> sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise,
> blood, fare, last.
> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain,
> feign, vane , vain, vei n, raze, r aise, rays.
> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by
> use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
>
>
>
> Geography (Time, one hour)
>
>
>
> 1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
> 4. Describe the mountains of North America
> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba ,
> Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco ..
> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the
> sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the incl ination
> of the earth.
>
> Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
>
> Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning,
> doesn't it?!
>
> Also shows you how poor our education system has become! and, NO! I don't
> have the answers!
>
> ">
>
>
>
>
>

Sweet Hubby and I are on the go again this week. Had to share our neighbors new baby before I head out tho.

Pray all of you are well, and will have a good week.

So saddened about the tornadoes in Kansas! Can't get these precious people out of my mind!

*************************************************************

Each Spring, we get so excited awaiting the arrival of the new colt in the pasture next to ours.

Each year a new mare is placed in the pasture, and we eagerly await the new baby!!!



She's several weeks old, and a doll, and Mama is soooo proud!!!!


Life is Good! Spring can be deadly! Please take care Streamers!

I left my job of 20 years Dec. 31, 2005!

I can pick and choose my battles. I can turn off a TV program if I feel my blood pressure going up.

I can screen my phone calls, and not answer the door bell.

It's just what my Doctor ordered, and I do feel better after 16 months of retirement...Blood pressure is great, and I no longer have to take my pain medication. All my blood work came back much improved, and I feel like walking now and eating right.

I miss my job that I had for 20 years. I miss the kids, and "I love yous" and "you are so pretty" and the hugs and kisses. Hubby tries really hard to take their place, and does a fine job of it. But I do miss the little rug rats!

It's funny how you think you are so indispensable, and no one can love the kids and care for the kids, and teach the kids like you do.

But after two aides they found a girl who is doing a great job in my place. She's young and has alot of energy, and does not have to crawl out the front doors when the day is over.

My withdrawals are about over, thanks to you guys!

I've been back once to take backpacks full of school supplies at the beginning of the school year. Two for each grade. Cried as I picked out the folders, and crayons and all the goodies some of the kids cannot afford.

I miss buttoning shirts that are buttoned wrong, and combing hair that has not seen a comb or brush since I did it the day before.

I still worry about fridays tho. School breakfast and school lunches are the only meals some of these kids get. Fridays mean no more good food until Monday morning at our breakfast. Summers, we have lunches in the park for them. But the weekends always made me sad, and still do.

I spent money that I did'nt have, and enjoyed watching children who did not have coats or socks or underwear receive them.

Each Easter many did not have baskets, so I made the whole kindergarten (82-85) Milk jug Easter Bunny Baskets. They were cute, and the kids loved them, and all had the same. I bought the grass, and the teachers liked them.

Each Valentine Day, I helped each kid (82-85) make their Valentine sack. I bought my glue gun, and saved all sorts of goodies during the year, and bought some little footballs and baseballs and soccer balls and ribbon and lace,and flowers and each child designed their own sack.

I miss the trips to the Zoo in Tyler, and Field Day, and the Thanksgiving Feasts. I miss Friday Film Day in my room. I would go rent a cool movie for them, and their teachers got together and planned for the next week.

I miss reading to them, so their names would be called over the loud speaker if they listened to X number of books. Some parents will not listen to their kids read, or read to them, you know...

Before each Christmas, we took the whole school to the show in town. PTA pays half, and our school pays the other half. I really miss this..

Some of the kids had never been, and they would get a coke and a tub of popcorn. It is amazing watching them. We have a 99 cent picture show. The owners wife is one of our first grade teachers, and we got a big discount.

Kids in kindergarten when I started work are now 27 years old. I pray I made a difference in the lives of some of those precious children.

Because of our plant closing, our enrollment went from 485 in l985 to 260 in 2005. The kids are more needy and alot live with grandparents, or other relatives. Parents have a hard time finding work in this area.

I can honestly say, I never met a kid I did'nt love. I pray for our teachers and our teacher assistants, and our public school system.

I pray for the babies who never see a smile or hear a kind word or who never know praise until they get to school.

"Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." -Ps 127:1

Haifa - Home of the infamous Haifa Street, this central Sunni district has been the scene of heavy sectarian violence since the early days of the war. Dubbed “Purple Heart Boulevard” by American soldiers because of its many car bombs, the street and its surrounding area may be, aside from Sadr City, Baghdad’s most contested and violent neighborhood. *



Each day I receive a special Hot Spot for me to pray for! It just takes a minute. Prayer is for the people who live there, as well as the men and women who have been sent there from other countries, especially America...