A Fabulous Goodbye

Try not to shed too many tears as you read this final post of the Fabulous Stroffee blog... and I'll try to do the same. What a whirlwind of two years it has been since I've started this blog-it's crazy to think of all that has happened and changed, where I have been, what I have done and seen, and the people I have been blessed to meet. For all of my faithful blog readers, thank you for your readership and comments-

My blog username expires on August 13, and although I had the choice to renew for another year, I chose not to. It has been on my heart for several years and more specifically, the past few months, to begin a blog focused on serving and encouraging young ladies and young women. The Lord has given me a real desire to minister to this generation, and I am praying that a new blog will open up the opportunity to do so.

I'll be heading on a proverbial blog vacation from now until November (yes, wedding, wedding, wedding), and you'll be seeing a new blog up and running-at a different internet location-shortly thereafter. I plan to have the new blog going no later than January 1st. If you have any ideas for names, feel free to pass them along.

FabulousStroffee will only be in existence for another few days, so catch up on any missed reading, enjoy the final posts, and accept my farewell and goodbye. Thank you again for all of your readership, comments, and blog support-and I look forward to joining everyone again in a few months for a brand new blog!

Here's to a fabulous goodbye!

The Human Eye

Yes, I was homeschooled.
And I'm very proud of it.
Never in a day do I regret that I never rode a school bus (actually, my trip to the Buffalo Bills training camp on Wednesday night was only the third time I've been on a school bus in the entire two decades I've been alive.), bought a school lunch, or spent the entire day with far too many dramatic friends.
Never in a day do I regret studying alone, becoming an independent and creative student, and spending 97.35 % of my life at home. (Okay, that's not true-you should've seen me in high school-I was actually only home about 3% of the time.)

And yes, I did pay attention in school. I got fantastic grades and finished my high school experience with a 4.1 GPA. (Is that even possible? I mean, come on... I thought 4.0 was the highest....) But, all that to say, I was definitely one of those students who soaked up information, passed tests, wrote essays, and then proceeded to forget the information shortly thereafter. It's not because I didn't want to retain the information, but my mind just doesn't work that way. If I don't have to practically use information, I'm not going to remember much about it.

There are few things that stick with me even if I go years without performing the activity: bike riding, piano and guitar, and ice skating. The rest of the things, I really need to use.

All that to say, yes, I DID learn about the pupil when I studied Human Anatomy in the 11th and 12th grade. And I actually remember finding it very fascinating. But, like most other subjects in school, I learned it, passed the test, and then forgot it simply because I didn't really talk about the human eye during daily life. (Lame, I know-doesn't everyone dialogue about the human eye every day?)

Life with a fiance is quite a bit different than anything I've ever experienced, and that includes a whole new perspective on the human eye. We were lying on our Target blanket outside the other day, and I was studying his eye. His pupil was a tiny black dot amidst a sea of beautiful blues and greens.

When we went inside to eat our cheesecake, I stopped by the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, I noticed that my pupils were much bigger than his, and I found this quite strange. (No, it didn't occur to me at the time that our pupils grow and shrink to compensate for the amount of light-yes, I was homeschooled-shut your mouth.)

Last night at dinner, I was again studying his eye, and noticed that his pupil was now large. Of course, I made some idiotic comment about this. He laughed and teased me a little, and I felt dumb that I didn't remember that from Human A. Still, now that I have a practical study of the human eye available every day, I'm bound to easily remember the shrinking and growing of the pupil. I'll no longer make idiotic comments about the human eye and its functions....

Today, I had some fun in front of the bathroom mirror........ I turned the light off and watched my pupil grow larger. Then I turned the light on and watched the pupil shrink down slightly. It's really truly interesting........ and I know now that all of my readers are going to feel the need to test this out. I'm not the only loser in the world! :D