August 19, 2014 Tuesday National Aviation Day Go for a fly!

Did some ballet with the Brit this morning. 


Numbers chapter 9 - This is about the Israelites in the wilderness and God keeping their attention and changing it up for them occasionally.  The study writer ended with "God asks His children to follow the Leader".  That sums it up for me.  You need to read it.


On this day:
1995 - This was the last time I ever worked as scorer for a boat race.  Nicole and Norma and I went out on Bob K's boat.  It was a great time, but I had left the excitement for this kind of thing, behind.  I will always remember the thrill of the speed and the smell of the hot pits and the noise but prefer a couple beers and conversation with friends more now. 
1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We do love our racing!


Parenting - It takes a village.  I do agree with this.  I had finished dinner last night and went to find my phone in the bedroom, there was a text message from my neighbor that her son needed to be at the hs for band practice at 5:45.  I looked at the clock - 5:45.  I ran out the door with that same frenzy I had when Nicole was young, hollered to Dalton "hey lets go Dalton"!  He came over jumped in Nicoles car (last one in the drive)  and we RACED over to the high school.  Still racing.


Book Club - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon.  Flash back to daughter Brianna, in current times, also falling in love with a Scot.  Gotta watch them Scots and their kilts.


Cairo Egypt -

Current Situation: Egypt’s Messy Transition

Egypt remains locked in a protracted process of political transition after the resignation of the long-serving leader Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. The country is deeply divided between Islamist and secular groups, while the Egyptian military remains the country's chief political broker and decision-maker.
The results of the first democratic elections held in 2011/12, won overwhelmingly by Islamist parties, were nullified, leaving Egypt with no elected state institutions. Egypt’s first democratically elected parliament in decades was dissolved in June 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi won the presidential elections in mid-2012, but he was deposed a year later through a combination of mass anti-government protest and a military coup. This legal vacuum has created a political tug-of-war between the military, the judiciary, and dozens of political parties vying for power.
Political uncertainty and anxiety over the future have generated ongoing political protest, labor strikes, deep mistrust between Islamist and secular parties, and Muslim-Christian tension in some parts of the country. Violence and criminal activities have been on the rise in the poorly-policed Sinai peninsula, where militant Islamist groups stepped up attacks on security forces. Good to know.


Enjoy the day!  Make it memorable!