Let it slow, let it slow, let it slow…
In Washington DC, the newspapers, television stations and radio stations always have some thing to report, because this is our nation’s capitol and many new laws are created here. But there were no laws created in Washington this week because nobody could get to work! Last Friday and Saturday, over two feet of snow fell. On Sunday, it was clear and sunny, and people began to dig out their sidewalks and driveways, and then on Monday night another foot of snow came. Some places received TWO feet of snow. Very few cars have tires that are good enough to get around all that snow, so people just stayed at home because they could not go to work. Very few children were able to go to school this week in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and some other states. Incredible!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35330367/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
On the other hand, snow can be super fun, too
Now, here is some fun to think about in the future. There are people around the world who REALLY know how to have fun in the snow. Check out the pictures that I found on the web. Wouldn’t it be fun to visit these places some day? It would be even more fun to get to make some sculptures. Let’s plan on it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/srinsinna/Breckenridge_13109#slideshow/5297883904665147538
Why are there so many people in Washington, DC?
When a law is created here, it impacts the rest of the United States, and
even the rest of the world. That’s why a newspaper in Los Angeles, California, for example, employs reporters to live right here in Washington all the time, so that they can keep writing about things that Washington does that may affect Los Angeles as well as the state of California. The same is true for newspapers and television stations in places like Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Miami, Florida; Indianapolis, Indiana; and even Fort Wayne, Indiana (there is a woman named Sylvia Smith who writes for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette newspaper; she works for a Fort Wayne company, but she has to live in Washington, DC.)The same is true for newspapers around the world. If Congress creates a law about something that affects our army, navy or air force, for example, it can affect what our soldiers do in foreign countries. Those countries want to know what is going on in Washington, DC, so their newspapers and television stations have employees who live right here in the area so that they can report what is happening. Therefore, newspapers and television stations in cities like Cairo, Egypt; Tel Aviv, Israel; Moscow, Russia; Paris, France; Beijing, China, New Delhi, Indiana have employees who live right here in Washington DC. Amazing, huh?
Everybody wants to be Italian, including Cousin Rachel and Diana
Cousin Rachel, age 29(?) and cousin Diana age 27 (?), got on a plane last week and flew to Italy!
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They will come back to the United States next week on Thursday, February 17, 2010.
Question
They had to fly 4,816 miles to get to Italy, then they will have to fly 4,816 miles back to the United States next Thursday. After they get finished flying, how many miles will they have traveled? Free ice cream treat for everybody who gets the right answer when I get back to Fort Wayne.
Lydia, Peter, Micah: do the math on your own.
Gretchen and Colette: ask mom for some help.
Jonas: count your fingers…for a very loooong time.
John Michael: you don’t care about ice cream anyway.
There are a few people who want to be Hawaiian; the rest of us just settle for visiting.
Aunt Kiki got on a plane on February 4th to visit her mom, who lives in Hawaii, which is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America—our country. Hawaii is VERY far away, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. She had to fly 2,558 miles to get there, and on February 23, she will return and fly another 2,558 to get back to the United States.
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Question
How many total miles will she have flown? Same deal as the question on Italy.
It’s been a long week, time for some play time
Uncle Rob and I have had a long week of snow shoveling. True, Rob was excused from having to go to work because there was so much snow, but we both shoveled a lot of snow and we’re pretty tired. He’s running some errands this morning, but later today we’re going to run some errands together and have some fun.
One thing we’re going to do is visit cousin Rachel’s house. We will feed her cats and make sure that they are taken care of. I’ll take some pictures for you.
Signing off
I miss you all dearly. Keep loving God, obeying mom and praying for me.
Love, Dad.
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