During our families last couple visits to Arizona (Thanksgiving and Christmas) we have stayed at two “Element” hotels: one in Moab, UT and one in Chandler, AZ. Boy were they different. We stayed in the Moab location on our drive back to Idaho during the Thanksgiving trip. It was very nice. They had a hot…
Month: December 2024
Christmas Music
I write about music on and off as many of you know. I enjoy listening to music. So, in this Christmas season I thought I would write about Christmas music. Last year I wrote about my favorite Christmas songs – https://ramblings.canhamcameras.com/2023/12/17/favorite-christmas-songs/ This year I am in a different mood. I have been trying to listen…
School Grading – Expectations
Here in the school district my kids are in they have a grading practice that I just don’t get as a parent and as a teacher (especially as a teacher). The grading scale works as follows: And pretty much everything is graded on this scale. Here is the thing, 90% of your grade is based…
Try Out a New Church – part 2 – Wealth and Health
Well we tried another church this past Sunday. Online it looked quite a bit more modern than the one we attended last week. There was hope that it meant it would be a bit more modern in its thinking/preaching/attitude than the last one as well. Well, it was certainly different in a ways. It was…
Trying Out a New Church – part 1 – What to Wear and What Bible to Read
I mentioned a few weeks ago about how the church our family was attending in Idaho went pretty political from the pulpit right before the election. That rubbed “B” and I poorly and so we decided during the Thanksgiving break to take start taking a look at other churches in the area. So, I spent…
It has been a week of newness
So this week we were back in Idaho after our week in AZ for Thanksgiving. And this week has brought the cold and new experiences. This is what outside while driving has been like all week in the morning and afternoon/evening: So ice on the windscreen, but also fog. I have never experienced so much…
Time Back in AZ
This last week we ventured down to AZ to visit friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday. The kids and I all had the week off from school (that is when they do fall break), and B was able to remote work Monday and Tuesday. We chose to drive down because of 2 reasons –…