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The Mummy Returns

Look at the picture that greeted me on my start up page this morning.

 

I just had to check and find out what it meant and it turned out that King Tut's tomb was discovered in this day in 1922. The nineteen year old Tut's mummy went on display in his underground tomb on November 4, 2007, 85 years to the day after he was discovered. Today, an exact replica of the tomb has been built, recreating every tiny detail. Moisture from the breath of visitors to the original  has damaged the murals and walls, while temperature fluctuations have caused paint to flake off and cracks to expand. Both tombs are still open to visit,  but the plan is eventually to close the original to allow for conservation work.

So, it appears that soon, Tutankhamen, whose remains are still there protected by a glass case, will get some peace and quiet.

Now there's a real life Halloween mummy!!

Who am I?

I came home from church and sat down to check my emails and I had been left an assignment to write about who I am and why I'm here.

Easy Peasy! My name is Tonna Rae Zablah (maiden name Haigler). I am a 63 year old daughter, sister, mother, grandma. and friend. But most importantly, I am a child of God. A daughter of the King. Nothing could be better, more meaningful, or more fulfilling than that.
 Why am I here? My utmost purpose and goal is to bring glory to my Savior and to show His love. Unfortunately I have not done the best job of that all of my life, but thank goodness I serve an infinitely loving and forgiving God. I am still here only cause He isn't done with me yet. When I have completed the purpose He has for me here on this earth, I will go home to be with Him. I love my life (especially my grandchildren), don't get me wrong, but I look forward to the day when I finally get to be in His presence. I love Him you see, so when I leave, don't cry for me, but rejoice for me, cause I guarantee you---I am going to be beyond joyful.

Mary Poppins

Here is the promised photo of my grand daughter Matilda in her Mary Poppins costume.

I told you it was awesome!!

IMORTANT!! November Class Changes!

In my post on October 19th I announced the dates for the November c;asses. Those dates were wrong and have been corrected now. If you are interested in any of them please refer back to that post. It has been corrected now.

Second Hand

Okay I am aware that this image has absolutely nothing to do with this title and what's worse it will have nothing to do with the post itself either. My start page when I go on line has a new cute image showing everyday. This was the one for today. I thought it was so cute and it reminded me of Megan in her high school cheerleading days, so extreme dork that I am, I just had to copy it. 

Turns out they added the picture because at the University of Minnesota Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering "Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!", making Campbell the very first cheerleader and November 2, 1898 the official birth of organized cheerleading.

Minnesota Gopher and first cheerleader, Johnny Campbell

                                                            There you have it. A tidbit of random knowledge you can store up in your brain. Maybe you can use it as small talk at your next party.      

                                   

Now on to my actual post--

The title of my daily challenge is "Second-Hand Stories" and the instruction reads:

What's the best story someone else has recently told you (in person, preferably)? Share it with us, and feel free to embellish -- that's how good stories become great, after all.

I got totally excited when I read the title, cause all I saw was SECOND HAND.

Most anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE the second-hand stores. Saver's is my department store and where almost everything I wear originates. Is that too much sharing? Now will you all be looking at my wardrobe and thinking "How tacky!" It's okay. I just have to go with what feels right to me and what my pocketbook thinks is acceptable. I used to love to take a day and travel around to different thrift stores and look for treasures, but my pocketbook and my time clock have not been allowing it. Plus, it's not as much fun to do alone. You need a gal pal along for it to be the best. (As long as she doesn't nab the best find before you see it) I also love to hit garage sales, but again I don't like it as much to go alone. Plus I must admit that I don't enjoy getting up early enough to get the best stuff. If I have plans to go with someone, that problem is solved however. If that's the case, I hop right up and get ready to go. Strange I know, but if you've been reading a while and haven't yet figured out that I'm a bit strange, you may be as strange as I am.

I will follow post instructions as well though, and tell you a second-hand story I heard just yesterday about a second-hand find. I was flabbergasted and more than a little envious to learn of a lady who was at the Stampin Up party I did yesterday who purchased a Big Shot die cutting machine at the Goodwill for $3.88!! Unheard of!! I was GREEN with envy! There was something else she got for an unbelievable price, but I have already forgotten what it was. I guess I was just fixated on the Bog Shot thing. Moral of the story--Maybe I need to spend some time visiting more thrift stores, and maybe I should get myself out of bed on Saturday mornings and hit some garage sales when I can. Even if I have to go by myself.

                                            8am!! Ouch!

 

Set the Pace

This was my challenge today---

If you could slow down an action that usually zooms by, or speed up an event that normally drags on, which would you choose, and why?

The answer to this one is easy for me. I would slow down our childhood. We have our precious babies, and if we look away for more than a minute, they have grown up and are starting school. Our babies should stay babies for longer. It goes by way too fast. In fact our entire youth goes by way too fast as far as I'm concerned. We get to be young for such a short time compared to how long we are old. If only we understood that when we were young, I don't think we would waste so much of our precious time. As young mothers, I know we would spend a ton more time just adoring our little ones if we only knew how quickly the time would pass.

If I had chosen the other option, I'm not sure what event I would speed up, but I think I would definitely speed up the time between paydays. I think we would all have a much easier time if those paychecks came in on a weekly basis---Don't you agree?