The McMillen Family

So, I was thinking on the way home from school today.  (Dangerous, I know, after having worked my brain so hard at school. )  I was thinking, why am I not blogging more often?   Is it . . . A. – My husband is about to undergo a major surgery and I feel that blogging about other things is a waste? B. – I am back at school and I have nothing to blog about except school?  And who wants to hear about that? C. – Because I am in school,  I have little time to blog? So, I don’t know what it is exactly, maybe a little of each, but no more!  A blogger I will be.  I am actually going to get my students involved in blogging through their technology classes.  I can’t wait! How awesome to let the kids share their thoughts through technology!  Justin and I spent the majority of last week watching the newest season of THE OFFICE.  Season 5 came out on DVD last Tuesday and Justin came home with it!  Here’s the funny thing.  I we...

Well today was the day we have all been anticipating.  Justin received a phone call from Boston.  I’m not sure exactly who called him, but for our purposes we will say it was the nurse from Boston.  She called a little after 3:00 today to give us the surgery date which is October 13th.  To save you the trouble of getting a calendar, it is on a Tuesday – 5 weeks from today.  Its extremely crazy how we have waited and anticipated this call.  Almost everyday I would think, “Maybe they will call today.”  And then this morning, after I got to school I said a little prayer asking that we would hear today.  Even so, I was a little shocked when Justin called to tell me that someone had called.  (Oh Me of Little Faith)  I was finally at a point where I could talk about the issue, surgery, etc. and not feel sick at my stomach.  And yet, when he called and told me the date, I almost lost it.  The Lord has really protected us from being ...

Justin and I took a little road trip for the weekend to watch the first Atlanta Motor Speedway Race under the lights!  We had a great time!  (The previous blog entry had a picture of Justin that I had taken of him at the race with my phone, but apparently it did not load correctly.)  So here are a few pictures of the track from our great seats! View to the left . . . View in front of us. . . View to the right. . .    The pictures may not show how well we could see everything! This is the crew bringing out Dale Jr.’s car to get in line. This is Dale Jr. during driver introductions.    This is a picture of the cars as they are moving which shows 2 things.  1 – the cars are moving FAST!  2 – My camera isn’t fancy enough to capture the speed of light. (There are 3 cars on the track in this picture.  They are between the pole and the right edge of the picture.  Dale Jr.  is the 3rd car just passed the s...

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