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Merry Christmas . . .

We had some "severe" weather in Birmingham around 7PM on Christmas Eve. I don't know if it was enough to get James going on ABC, but apparently there were tornado warnings and 60mph straight-line winds in Tuscaloosa - all heading to Birmingham.My 7-year-old had one comment on the weather:"Maybe God is mad because we keep celebrating Christmas in ways that we shouldn't . . . "
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Just in time for Christmas

I love Mark Long - he and I have a tremendous friendship, and he really puts me in the Christmas mood when i watch this video . . . I'm thinking maybe a special for next year's Christmas spectacular. . . http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAP0YN7YpWvFNWPjMMOzGjlWoA1YgUam_kmb6iKTeZRsVjumZmMvMYIChMb3MxEKc-PdCQStIXzvE4Fxxd3jDnDHkUYjjNU_JKmNSWkB5KDTcgSV5vtdH8vQPpN2XTy5b1RjV5b0bilZxPLJJP0cy1sStbmALMtuCjerp01PoOl62Rpv8H71b64RAz2hXh7U0qoHHaImqQqC3kOCTFsmGTqFpXhIZjv4a028pU39pBSPK%26sigh%3DvVC9_PTvW02aBlr7OQkQbFELabM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da412cd1764b9b21d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DoiiwjqavGs_uJD042wca8OiF2YE&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3DenSpecial thanks to Patrick Bush for allowing me to use his video . . . Merry Christmas!
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The Presidential Suite . . . Are you kidding me?

My wife and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary this weekend (Dec 20th). We have stayed at the Peachtree Plaza almost every year for the last 11, including our wedding night. I'm a huge cheapskate, so I always book online, and attempt to get the lowest price. This year - the lowest price was accomplished by an advance pay, no refund reservation. $110.00/night. Not bad. I think the lowest we've ever paid was $96.So, as I do every year, I call a couple nights before and talk with someone at the front desk and tell them that we're celebrating, and could…
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These guys are friends of mine . . .

Go to this link and vote for my friends in Wild Sweet Orange . . . Very cool video. VERY talented musicians - Chip (the drummer) is very creative and musical, and Taylor (electric guitarist with his guitar hiked up around his chest) is one of the best guitarists I know in real life.
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Just in time for this weekend . . .

This week, Drake had a reading assignment, as he does every week. This week's material was a reader's theatre about Christmas and the "true meaning" of Christmas. They (characters in the theatre) went through suggestions like ornaments, or eating, or presents, and then arrived at the "true meaning" which was family and friends.Drake - after finishing his reading - had to write 3 to 5 complete sentences. Mandy was putting the other boys down to bed. I was at church. This is what she discovered after she came down from bath and bedtime.The picture says this: "It [the reader's theatre]…
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Ms. Mandy and Ms. Connie

Ms Mandy and Ms Connie are two HUGE resources at Oak Mountain that your kids need to be involved with.My musical background includes (there's a reason for my laying this out - hang with me) plucking out notes from TV commercials when i was 3 on my fisher price piano, to begging my parents for 4 years to let me take piano. When i was 7 -they figured I might be serious, and so they signed me up. I grew up (until I was 12) in the midwest. When I was 10, we moved (for the 2nd time) back to…
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