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Middle School Drama Group Week 2
Before heading off to the second week of Middle School Drama Practice at church, I did some serious strategizing about how I was going to maintain the focus of the nine energetic 11-14 year olds. Last week, the boys and girls were trading verbal jabs and the boys informed me that the girls had cooties [...]
25 Really Random Facts About Vic
1. I love wearing Merrill Mocs… almost always suede leather
2. Have won one contest in my life– 2 $500 Amex gift cards by using the now defunct MetroWiFi (free city wireless) in Portland.
3. I generally hate horror movies– Can’t understand people that love them
4. Have seen Saving Private Ryan 5 or more times, [...]
Musings from My Drama Adventure
I volunteered at my church to coach the middle school drama team to prepare them for Fine Arts Festival. Our church hasn’t participated much in Fine Arts over the years and really, I don’t know why. The church is loaded with talented kids. Over the years, I’ve coached a few times, mostly when my kids [...]
Christmas Week & Heart Update
Hi everyone!
Today wrapped up a historic Christmas for Portland, Oregon. The SNOWIEST Christmas ever, biggest snow fall total for a storm period in more than 40 years, and so on it goes.
Snow in Portland changes EVERYTHING.
Portland literally slides to a stop with as little as 1-2 inches of snow, especially if it doesn’t melt away [...]
Vic’s Heart Attack
Saturday morning as I was getting up, I started feeling ‘out of breath’.
It had been happening a bit the past month after carrying a heavy load of groceries or even sometimes walking a short distance and going upstairs. However it always passed quickly so I always chalked it up to being out of shape.
That morning [...]
International Student Open House at PSU
Last night I just returned from attending the International Open House at Portland State University sponsored by the Saudi Student Club and Organization of International Students. Fred and I had our FOCUS display up to connect with students we know as well as those that have never heard of FOCUS.
Honestly I always think we [...]
