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A hopeless orchidiot has a weak moment....

It all began quite innocently; just a relaxing afternoon at a local garden center after a nice morning in field service.  I recently relocated an unused outdoor fountain into my bedroom and was searching for a nice trailing plant to place inside the tub. 

Then, without any warning, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a tabletop display of orchid plants.  On closer inspection, I found (to the glee of my orchidiotic alter ego) that the table held not a bunch of plants but one, big, humongous, overgrown specimen!  It measured nearly 4 feet across and had about 14 spikes of flowers, and it was only a little more than twice the price of orchids in 5 inch pots on a nearby table so I did what any respectable orchidiot would do: bought it and decided to find room for it later.  By the way, do you know how hard it is to be discreet with something this obscenely big?  It took two of us to squish it into my Corolla and I drove home seated all the way against the door with 2 spikes poking me in the face.   It was soooo worth it!

So tell me: what's your obsession?  Have you ever spent money on something that you felt was totally worth it even though the majority of people probably thought you were nuts?

¿Cómo se dice: "English gives me a headache"?

A few weeks ago, one of my normally funny, good humoured, Spanish studies says: "I have to talk to you about something serious."

Of course, the first thing to come to mind was: Oh no, he's going to say something happened and he doesn't want to study anymore.  As it turns out, all it was was: "Since you already give Bible classes, how about also giving a group of us English classes?"

So now, I'm teaching Spanish speakers how to speak English and you know what? I've come to realize why so many people hate to learn it.  English is confusing and makes no sense.  Felicidades to Fernando, Sergio and Mariana (below) who are doing well with the course.  Hope they don't come away from the class speaking pidgin!