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"Our predecessors were not fools, and we should take satisfaction from adding a brick or two to an existing edifice, not in imagining that we built the whole thing ourselves" (Wilkie, 1986).
an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.
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Attempts to define human foot function have a long history. This post provides a brief overview of these attempts and their strengths and weaknesses, ending with a new definition of a functional human foot.
The foot as a half dome
Ellis (1889), supported later by Wood Jones (1944) and McKenzie (1955), described a longitudinal arch with the weight bearing area forming a half dome between the heel, medial border of the midfoot and metatarsals. Most studies of asymptomatic-functional feet provide some support for the half-dome concept during weight bearing.
The foot as five individual 'arcs'
Morton (1935) believed the foot had five longitudinal 'arcs' formed by the calcaneus and the five metatarsal bones. These five arcs formed one functional longitudinal arch that never fully flattened to become part of the weight-bearing area. Morton's observations are true for most western, habitually shod adults, but according to the next definition, characterise a rigid and dysfunctional foot.
The flexible-flat foot
Bankart (1935) believed a natural foot had a flexible and compliant arch that only appeared as an arch when unloaded, but which completely flattened in weight bearing, providing a large contact area with the ground. He believed an arch that did not flatten was dysfunctional and subject to injury due to the strain imposed by its resistance to flattening. Such footprints are rare and generally observed only in some habitually-barefoot populations.
The foot as a tripod
In contrast to previous definitions, Dickson and Diveley (1953) believed the foot comprised three arches: 1. A medial longitudinal arch from heel to first metatarsal head; 2. A lateral longitudinal arch from heel to fifth metatarsal head and; 3. A transverse arch from fifth to first metatarsal head. These arches provided a 'tripod' over which weight is suspended without any distinct flattening. This model is surprisingly still popular, despite the 'hot spot' pressure pattern being associated with numerous pathologies.
The 'functional' foot defined
One problem characteristic of all four definitions is the single focus on arch function, and the failure to include toe function. Only Lambrinudi (1938) recognised the essential role of the toes in stabilising the arch function described first by Ellis then Wood Jones. Only the toes, in combination with the half-dome arch, can bring stability to the entire foot.
Acknowledging the attempts of our predecessors and the unique contribution of Lambrinudi (1938), we have synthesised a definition of a functional foot that is summarised below:
The functional foot provides a half-dome weight-bearing surface that is supported by the stabilising action of the toes.
Bankart, A.S.B. (1935). The treatment of minor maladies of the foot. The Lancet, Feb 2, 249.
Dickson, F.D and Diveley, R.L. (1953). Functional Disorders of the Foot 3rd Ed. Philidephia: Lippincott.
Ellis, T.S. (1889). The Human Foot: Its form and structure. London: J.A. Churchill.
Lambrinudi, C. (1938). The feet of the industrial worker. The Lancet, Dec 24, 1450.
McKenzie, J. (1955). The foot as a half dome. British Medical Journal, April 30, 1068.
Morton, D.J. (1935). The Human Foot: Its evolution, physiology and functional disorders. London: Oxford University Press.
Wilkie, D. R. (1986). Muscle function: a historical view. In Jones, N. L., McCartney, N. & McComas, A. J. (Eds.) Human muscle power. Champaign: Human Kinetics.
Wood Jones, F. (1944). Structure and Function as seen in the Foot. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox.

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Chelsea Manning — the transgender Army private sentenced in 2013 for leaking classified information, whose sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama — took her first free steps on Wednesday. And Manning, 35, caught right up with 2017 by celebrating the moment the way anyone else her age might: by snapping a #shoefie of her feet in her brand-new Chuck Taylor All-Stars, which she then posted to Instagram.
"First steps of freedom!" she wrote next to the photo, which showed the bottom portion of black leggings and the Converse low-tops — black, brand-new, and scuff-free.
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Manning, who went to prison for sharing U.S. secrets with WikiLeaks, walked out of her maximum-security holding cell in Kansas more than 30 years early, and said in a statement, "After another anxious four months of waiting, the day has finally arrived. I am looking forward to so much! Whatever is ahead of me is far more important than the past. I'm figuring things out right now — which is exciting, awkward, fun, and all new for me."
While imprisoned at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Forth Leavenworth in Kansas, Manning — née Bradley, who transitioned and changed her name to Chelsea while incarcerated — had to conform to male grooming standards.
"She has experienced trauma over the past seven years of her confinement, and the trauma from those experiences won't just evaporate the day she walks out of prison," noted one of her lawyers, Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union. "It's going be a process for her to heal and begin to live her free life with more autonomy over her gender and her decisions and vision for the future."
She seems to have already gotten the hang of social media — soon adding a second Instagram post, of her first "hot, greasy pizza" — and is receiving lots of loving support there (along with some predictable trolling). Her #shoefie has more than 2,500 likes and a slew of comments, including "Here we go!! Queer Radical Vets for the Win," and "Thank you for your sacrifices. Welcome home Chelsea."
Some couldn't help but dole out fashion advice. "Ffs Chelsea tuck your laces in," advised one, as another noted, "I walked out into my new life 20 years and 9 days ago. You have so much to embrace and be grateful for. Don't let the bastards grind you down girl! Sunlight is the best disinfectant and your truth — both personally and politically — is good for our democracy. Rock those leggings… (I know I do)."
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For certain you have also noticed an agiotage around water which burns fat. But how exactly water can remove fat from your organism? It is quite obvious that water is not some magic dietary additive.
10 habits of chronically unhappy people
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In the 15-16th centuries still life paintings were widespread mainly as a part of pictural composition. It was separated in the independent genre in the XVII century in Holland. There still life was especially loved and appreciated. Dutches called it "stilleven" that meant "quiet life". The name reflected the love and very special attitude of the Dutch artists to the wonderful world of things.
Portraits of young girls from the village by François-Alfred Delobbe
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Ooo Goodie, a Former Foster Update!
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Oh Goodie, a Former Foster Update!
Well, I woke up yesterday morning to an excellent email from Chase's new family and I figured you may like to hear an update and see some great photos!
I'm excited to announce that Chase's new family is absolutely smitten with him. He has settled in beautifully and is loving the fact that he is the only dog in the home to get all the attention from his new and active family and they absolutely adore him. It's such a great match!
This week Chase attended a large family gathering where he quickly made friends with the 9 grandkids in the family and was an instant favorite. He wasn't phased in the least at the crowds of people and was nothing but a gentleman (though I suspect there was some jumping).
I'm so excited Chase has ended up in a family just so perfect for him!! It really was such a great match!
Enjoy some photos of Chase in his new home
5 MORE Ways to Train Like a Pro
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5 MORE Ways to Train Like A Pro
A while back I posted 5 tips to help you train more effectively– 5 Ways To Train Like a Pro. I talked about timing, rate of reinforcement, quiet hands, not repeating cues, and precision placement of rewards. These are definitely things I'm regularly mentioning to my students to help them improve their mechanics.
Let's take a look at 5 more tips to help you improve the effectiveness of your training. Like many things in life, the more effective you train the better results you will see. It's totally possible to have an ineffective method and not see many results at all. So, let's look at those tips.
Control The Resources
One of the things I do that really does help me as a trainer is to control my dog's resources. When I can control the resources, I'm able to use those resources as reinforcement for my dogs which aids in weaning dogs from needing treats to respond. When I work on Loose Leash Walking work with a green dog, I always use getting to "go sniff" as a reward for a nice LLW after a set distance. I like using that as a reward because it's something that I will always have available to use as a reward. Learn to use all the resources you can control to your advantage with your dog and you will be a step ahead!
Know what your dog LOVES
One of the things I think that trainers regularly take into account that novice handlers don't take into account is to think about the level of reward you are using in a given situation. I am always using many different levels of rewards for my dogs during the day. If we are working at home I may use a toy, a game, or some kibble…when we go outside to walk I may use rolled dog food, string cheese, commercial training treats. I know what my dogs like, what they love, and what they LIVE FOR and I choose appropriate levels of reward for a given situation.
Short and Sweet Training
This is something I struggle with extensively. I'm a "it's going so well, let's just do one more… oh that was great, how about one more" girl who really struggles to keep training short. But I also suffer consequences if I push things for too long. My dogs get tired, I risk trying to lump behavior together (more on this in a moment), they can get frustrated, or I can get frustrated and it just pushes our progress back. Keeping sessions short provides a lot of down time for dogs to process what they worked on–I think about going to a 8hr conference with no substantial breaks, do you think you are learning as effectively during those 8hrs (could you pass a test covering all the material taught)? It also keeps it fun for the dogs because it never gets tedious–lets think back to the 8hr conference, I know I would much prefer four 2-hour conferences spread out over time because it would be much more enjoyable to sit an listen for 2 hrs than it would for 8. Short sessions allow things to stay fresh in the dog's mind–chances are at the end of that 8hr conference I remember the first topic and the last topic but the stuff in the middle is likely a jumbled mess (which is why I take notes to process later). I have no substantial proof, but I think that when we keep sessions short and we control training sessions like we would a resource, we make them more valuable we turn training itself into a rewarding act for the dog.
Keep a Training Log
Now, I don't keep a detailed written training log of my dogs as a whole but I do know what we worked on how much we worked on, what level we had progressed to, etc. I keep track of where we were with a behavior so I can start back at the place we left off and not repeat lots of steps or skip them–so the time I work them is an effective use of time, always moving forward toward a goal. I did, however, keep a written training journal of my behavior modification work with Shayne. I kept track of triggers, of distances, of successes (and a description of those), and failures (and description of those) by writing detailed entries into the journal. I could really quantify her progress by tracking the improvements on her distances to triggers without a reaction, to how many exposures to triggers that didn't lead to reactions etc. It allowed me to plan a really methodical approach to dealing with her reactivity but I've also used it occasionally when working on specific behaviors that we struggled with so I could see the progress, even if it was small.
Be a Splitter Not a Lumper
I mention this a lot in class that we need to focus on one piece of criteria at a time with a behavior. When I'm working on It's Yer Choice, to start, the ONLY criteria I'm looking for is not going for the food. It can be anything but that to start. If a dog backs up and barks at the beginning, I'll still reward that. It's easy enough to change my criteria after the dog gets the basic idea that I can soon add not barking to the criteria but to start, I want my dog to succeed and having only ONE piece of criteria to start is how to shape that. If I'm working on teaching SIT to a green dog, I don't lump together speed, positioning (in relationship to the handler), and bottom-on-floor. I work on one piece of the puzzle–just bottom on floor before I start focusing on another piece of criteria. If you are struggling with some aspect of your training, instead of fighting the issue, break it down into smaller components and work from those to start, it frequently solves the problem!
So there you have it, 5 more tips to improve the effectiveness of your training and to train like a pro!
Gotta practice in the real world…
"He does great in here but as soon as we step outside he's a raging lunatic on the leash! I just don't understand!"
The trainer answer is that dogs do not generalize well. Basically this means that dogs do not automatically understand that the rules in one place (say the training facility) also apply in other places (like the home, the park, or the pet store). What this means is that if you want your dog to respond in a variety of environments, you have to train in a variety of environments. Now this doesn't mean you have to train at every single possible place you will ever want your dog to respond but the more places you train the better your dog will generalize. If you do some training with "sit" at your training class, at your home, at the park, at the pet store, during a walk, and at a friend's home chances are your dog will then "sit" at the elementary school, at a new walking trail, at the hardware store, and at your mother's house. If, however, your dog has only been taught to sit at your home and at the training center, there is a good chance he/she won't respond to sit in a variety of places.
Knowing that it's important to train in a variety of places, I really make an effort to take my dogs to different pet stores, dog friendly stores, new walking places, new outdoor parks, etc just to do training work.
It's been really rainy and icky weather so I haven't been able to work the dogs outside at all in a few days and it's suppose to rain for the next 4 days and I was very close to losing my sanity, so I took the dogs to the pet store today to do some work. I wanted to practice some Rally-O behaviors in a really distracting environment and it's hard to get more distracting than a pet store after 4pm the week before Christmas. We saw about 8 dogs, 15-20 people, 6 kids, a few cats in carriers screaming, and kids pushing carts around like maniacs.
My work with the dogs starts before even entering the store–it starts with them not leaving the car until told it's okay. Once out of the car, I don't go anywhere until I have their attention and they are walking nicely. Typically this isn't a problem, but it's been quite a long time since we worked at the store and it took me about 5 minutes to get Shayne into the store. It was a trial of patience in the parking lot! She'd give me a second of eye contact, I'd click treat and she'd go right back to scanning the environment for 20 seconds. Then she'd flash eye contact and I'd C/T and she'd go back to scanning. It took probably a minute and a half to two minutes before she gave me enough sustained focus before we even took a step towards the entrance.
And it was quite literally one step before she disengaged and started scanning again. It was one step at a time until we got into the building–it got better each step, she was self correcting into the desired position, but still was not as smooth as I would like. It can't always be perfect and I made my point that what was getting her closer to the door was attention and a loose leash (either one of those).
Once we got inside it was AWESOME. Shayne practiced lots of Rally-O behaviors. She practiced slow, normal, and fast heeling with lots of distractions. She practiced sit stays, down stay, sit-down-sit, sit and down walk-around-dog, and was doing some great self-correcting finish-lefts (if she wasn't squared up she'd self correct nicely). She really was heeling beautifully throughout the store and I was super proud of her.
When I work in such a high distraction environment I pay her well. She can, and has, done work in stores without being paid with food (I use "go sniff" as a reward in those cases) but I think paying her really well when I can sets her up to do well if I don't have rewards (it's like putting money in the bank for later).
Four different people approached me and commented how well behaved Shayne/Rio were and each and every time I smile and respond, "Thank you, we work really hard." An older woman stopped me from across the main aisle and was really just taken aback by how well behaved Shayne was and "how she looks at you with such love and joy" (that alone was an amazing compliment). I told her, like the others, "Thanks! We work really hard!" she responded by saying she's had a clicker and treats at home for months but just hasn't had the motivation to start training her dog. Then she made my day by saying, "Watching you with your dog really inspires me to train my dog. I'm going to go home tonight and find my clicker and treats and get to work! Thanks for the inspiration!" It doesn't get much better than that my friends, it really doesn't!
Okay… Rio in reindeer antlers is really close to being better but not quite!
Best Behaviors for Parties
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Best Behaviors for Parties
With the start of Hanukkah tonight (Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish pals out there!), comes the start of the holiday family party season. Along with the awkward family party photos can come some awkward family apologies for inappropriate canine behavior.
I once heard a great story by a woman about a very awkward apology. She and her dog were invited to someone's home for a family celebration of sorts. Her dog was playing with the resident dog and was having a blast in the yard before the guests arrived. They brought the dogs in as more guests arrived and both dogs were excited but friendly. No major issues during dinner … until the invited dog decided that, while everyone was partying in the family room, he would sneak into the kitchen and pull two pies and a bottle of wine off the counter (all three items were sitting on a kitchen towel and he just pulled the towel off the counter). Sad-face, no pie and no more wine.
So, how can you prevent such social embarrassment? Besides locking your dog in a room that is? Well here are some of the behaviors I couldn't live without during parties.
Door Manners
First and foremost is safety when we have parties and with all the comings and goings of friends and family, teaching dogs to not bolt out of doors is important. So, when the kiddies go running out the backdoor to play in the snow and leave the door swinging wide open, Fido will not take the opportunity to visit the neighbors.
A dog cannot jump and sit simultaneously. Lots of naughty behavior can be prevented by being able to get a dog to sit in any situation. Dog jumps on guest carrying a plate of say shrimp with red cocktail sauce on your brand new white carpet (not sure why a dog owner would have white carpet) could mean really difficult stains on the front of the guest's nice white and green cashmere sweater and on the white carpet. If, however, the guest was able to say "Fido sit!" and have the dog respond, the crisis would be averted.
A "Get out of the kitchen" cue
For Shayne and Rio when I say "Kitchen!" it means–get your toes on the other side of the threshold of the kitchen. Our kitchen is a galley style kitchen and is a major thruway of the house so teaching them to never be in the kitchen isn't practical but because it's so small they do need to get out of the kitchen when anyone is in there. This is helpful to be able to keep my dogs from being in the kitchen (where the food happens) during parties and keeping from getting into trouble while people serve snacks or dinner.
Go to bed
Perhaps the most important of all the behaviors and the one I use most often during parties is to send my dogs to their beds (this could also be sending a dog to an open crate but it's not physically putting them in the crate, they know to go in and relax with the door open). Having the dogs on their beds prevents all unwanted naughty behaviors. Dogs cannot counter surf, cannot hump, cannot jump, cannot knock people over, cannot spill food, cannot get into goodie bags, cannot get underfoot when they are laying quietly on their beds. If the dogs get rowdy, they are cued to go to their beds, if the the party is getting too rowdy and the dogs are underfoot, they'll get sent to their beds to relax. When it's time for dinner or other more high-energy festivities the dogs go back to their beds with a kong until everyone is relaxing with coffee and desserts. It can be a great way to keep dogs from getting into trouble and causing those awkward apologies.
Besides the specific behaviors, having plenty of kongs, bullysticks, or puzzle toys available to keep the dogs from finding mischief can be very beneficial. Baby gates, Through a Dog's Ear music, and a quiet room away from the party can be the ideal getaway for a more anxious or stressed out dog to get to avoid the party completely.
Avoid the awkward apology by using some of theses handy-dandy behaviors and toys to keep your pup from being naughty.
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A list of our favorite gifts to give
I am a big gift giver in general but definitely during the holiday season. Now finances prevent me from doing all the things I'd like to do (and giving all the things I'd like to give) but here's a list of some of the *awesome things I've given to friends and family with pups.
*Awesome from my perspective that is. I'm sure some of the people who lived with the dogs who received some these items wonder why they are still friends with me!
These toys are relatively durable rubber squeaky toys. They come in a wide variety of styles, shapes, and colors. One thing they have in common is the awful, ear-stabbing, squeak they produce when squeezed. Now you can test a bunch and sometimes find ones with less offensive squeak but they typically have the most awful sound. A few years ago I bought my friend's dog a JW football with the most obnoxious noise (I tested all the toys and picked the worst one!!). The following year she gave me this gem of a toy. The awful squeaky bone–it now lives outside.
A year before the football present I bestowed upon that same friend an amazing and wonderful present. It is a gift that just keeps on giving I gave her a squeaker mat ripe with 16 amazing squeakers. Her dog loves to squeak toys and he would spend lots of time just squeaking and squeaking and squeaking. Eventually the toy was "accidentally" left at her parent's house. Funny story was that a year later a different friend bought me 2 squeaker mats! Shayne and Rio played with the carcasses (with one or two squeakers left) of these toys until very recently (though the heads, tails, and feet were long gone).
Rubber Chicken with one heck of a squeak.
Well, after I received the JW bone, I set out on a year long search for a squeak that was worse than the bone I had received. It was a 10 month long search but I finally found the toy. It's similar in texture to the JW brand toys but this is a rubber chicken shape of some random off-brand from a discount store. It sounds like a small animal screaming through a loud-speaker. I'm pretty excited to ship this one (though I'm always concerned the toys will squeak in transit and concern the mail carriers.
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Don't get me wrong, I love kong wubbas. They are an absolute favorite toy in this house (I bulk up on them 4 or 5 at a time from a favorite online store that has good prices) and I couldn't imagine not having one or two available at any given time. But, they do have one heck of a squeak and to those sensitive about squeaky toys tend to dislike them. Of course I have a few other friends who live in apartments and don't like loud toys (to disturb the neighbors) so they got wubbas as gifts.
And that is why I have no friends–actually it's why I have friends who send me mean presents. What are some of your favorite gifts to give?
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Talk:Legendary beasts
Origin Speculation
Some accounts I have heard simply state that Raikou, Entei and Suicune were, after their immolation, simply resurrected, not reincarnated. If that's the case, then they were Entei, Suicune and Raikou BEFORE the disaster, and so not CREATED by Ho-Oh - just related to him by the ordeal of these three individuals. I have no citation, so I did not add this to the article. SixthFlyingMan 09:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
- This and the Eeveelutions as their original forms are contradictions to what is told about them. ::Because Ho-oh embodied them with the 3 events that happened and therefore they are now of the types Electric, Fire and Water.
- A more logical theory however is that they were unevolved Eevees. There's even some information backing up this:
- -Eevees evolve into Eeveelutions of the element they are exposed too (limited to the beasts types) and Ho-oh gave them an "overdose" of those elements by embodying them with these from the events (they are even statwise comparable).
- -the other thing is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8t8Ly0hfXY
- There are 3 Sages, the protectors of the Tin Tower, in Crystal and they use 1 of just those 3 Eeveelutions in battle. One could assume there have been eeveetrainers, protectors of the Brass Tower once, whose the Eevees that died could have been. --Saiph charon 09:04, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Dogs or Cats
I think that personally the beasts deserve to be called dogs more simple because each of them bears a resemblance to a dog, Suicune I think is the most because of his face and body shape. Raikou defeneatly has a canine body but a more cat looking face with it's teeth making him look like a saber tooth tiger. Entei looks about the most cat like I think it looks like a giant cat or lion kind of thing.
Calling them the legendary dogs is not really a correct term and is more of just an opinion. in my opinion, i like the idea of legendary cats better, but calling them the legendary beasts is more of a correct and collective term. Raikou in no way looks like a canine. Suicune has a lean canine body but has small cat feet, and Entei has a dog body but has a lion's face. So, legendary beasts is a better grouped term to call the trio considering that at least suicune and entei look part canine and part feline; as well as the fact that some people see more canine features in their anatomy while others see more feline features in their anatomy. --いぬみみ 23:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
I know I was just wondering what everyone else thought, I think it is a good term for keeping the peace in pokemon. Something sorely needed since the whole voice change over thing. De Wolfy is here 18:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
- "Beasts" is best, because there's just too much of a division amongst the fanbase as to which animal group they should be associated with, so it's best to keep it ambiguous. It's almost as bad as the Eeveelutions. Lucentas 18:10, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
- Come on! You must be blind if you:
- Don't see Raikou's extreme similarity with a saber tooth tiger
- See Suicune's animated silhouette in the title screen of Crystal and don't think it runs exactly like a cheetah
- Don't think that Entei roars like a lion and has a lion-like face Spideym 01:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
- Come on! You must be blind if you:
- I personally only see feline features in Raikou, Suicune is pretty obviously a wolf and Entei a big dog to me. But, that's exactly the reason they're the legendary beasts, because the fandom can't decide on cats or dogs.Reign 22:46, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Trivia point
I just read in the trivia that each legendary beast is the physical form of one of the three events that happened at Brass Tower when it was destroyed; Raikou was the lightning stike, Entei was the fire that started, and Suicune was the rain that put out the flames. Is this true? Has it ever been mentioned anywhere else? Bttsstewart 10:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- It was mentioned somewhere in the Gold/Silver/Crystal games in Ecruteak City. I don't remember which person you have to talk to though. --いぬみみ 02:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
The legendary POKéMON are said to embody three powers… The lightning that struck the TOWER. The fire that burned the TOWER. And the rain that put out the fire…
- This is said by a member of the Wise Trio in Pokémon Crystal after the player encounters Ho‐oh. IIMarckus 02:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Oh, good. It's just, I treat fan assumptions with sceptism. Good to see its true. Bttsstewart 15:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Who calls them "the Legendary Gerbils?" Sounds more to me like something that only the person who edited that in called them...Anyone know for a fact that "some circles" call them that? LordArceus 16:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- I could be wrong but i think the term came from the fact that fans were split between calling them the legendary dogs or the legendary cats. i guess some people thought, jokingly of course, that they might as well be called legendary gerbils because dogs, cats, and gerbils are all furry but there really isn't an opposite animal to gerbils. but again, it's just a term that was created from humor. --いぬみみ 22:45, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I concur. theres no way that was in game or anime. no gerbilsDCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits))
- I've seen it around on several forums and fan sites; it's just a humorous fanon term. Lucentas 22:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that it was me who was the first to refer to them as legendary gerbils. I'm Missingno. Master. See my new and improved user page, and comment on it! 03:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, on my Youtube account I have a video of their music and about half the comments say their legendary gerbils. Pokemonemerfan1954 06:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that it was me who was the first to refer to them as legendary gerbils. I'm Missingno. Master. See my new and improved user page, and comment on it! 03:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- I've seen it around on several forums and fan sites; it's just a humorous fanon term. Lucentas 22:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I concur. theres no way that was in game or anime. no gerbilsDCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits))
Origins idea?
Not my thought- this was brought up as an anonymous post on 420chan's /po/ but was surprisingly insightful, especially with the origins of the beasts and their roles in the game compared to what they were said to be in this metaphor. I suppose I will say this in two words: Dante's Inferno. In the first Canto of the Inferno, Dante is assaulted by "a lion, a leopard, and a she-wolf" (who symbolize the sins of self indulgence, violence, and malice, respectively).
Normally I would laugh away any attempt to explain where GameFreak got the basis for a monster without them explicitly stating it, but the simultaneous appearance of a lion (Entei), leopard (Raikou), and she-wolf (Suicune) in "Inferno" seems too conspicuous to ignore. Any thoughts on this? Extended analogies from Dante to prove/disprove? NonaSuomi
- Doubtful, considering Entei and Raikou look nothing like a lion or leopard, and you can only make a weak comparison to Suicune as a wolf.Reign 09:31, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
I'm seeing Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. That's according to the NDex numbers. Not sure if it's just me, but does anyone else see the same naming scheme as in the birds? Suicune' (pron. is Spanish for one) Raikou (rhymes two) and Entei (sorta like three). Which seems better?--Mew a.k.a. Immewnity was here at 22:30, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
- You're reading too far into it this time. —darklordtrom 02:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
It says elsewhere on the site that if suicune is KO'd in HGSS, it'll reappear in Burnt Tower, and keep reappearing until it's caught. Is the same also true of the other two legendary beasts? --Oatzy 20:38, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- Only Suicune reappears after being defeated. R.A. Hunter Blade 04:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
- Not true, Raikou and Entei also reappear after being defeated.. you just gotta beat the E4 (doesn't matter if it's the first time beating it or not). They just reappear in the wild, no need to re-summon. ▫▪Ťïňắ ♫♥ 04:06, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Er, excuse me, but how can you catch them in HGSS? When I encounter one and use my Golbat and Mean Look to stop them, the beast Roar after about 5 turns.
Takaoldaria 13:38, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
- That's more of a forum question, but whatever. I've always found Mean Look to be a waste of time, seeing as their HP and status carry over to your next battle with them. You can weaken them one move at a time, put them to sleep, and catch them if you're patient enough to track them down again each time they flee. --AndyPKMN 13:44, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
The new images of the Isshu trio seems to imply they would be beasts
Of course, it isn't official, but it got me to thinking. What will Bulbapedia do if the trio in Isshu can only be accurately called the Legendary Beasts? Is there a plan in place to prevent this page from erupting into a cat/dog war? I've done research into the origin of the beasts, and can easily provide it for double checking if need be. Once again, I'm not saying that the page should be changed. I'm just asking if Bulbapedia has a plan if the new trio turns out to be something that can only be called The Legendary Beasts --Shadowater 21:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Design process
In January 2012, Sugimori prompted the designer of the Legendary beasts, Muneo Saitō, to discuss their origins on Twitter. I came across this screenshot of the tweets (with translations). It might be useful to add some of this information to the page. For example, she states that Entei, Raikou, and Suicune are based on a lion, tiger, and leopard, respectively. --SnorlaxMonster 11:26, 21 July 2019 (UTC)


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This is the second installment in a series of posts on causal mediation analysis with multiple mediators (see the first one here), which discusses how to handle the case of post-treatment confounding.
As earlier, I will carry on using the example of police legitimacy from the previous post. In the procedural justice literature several studies used Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and defined a correlation between duty to obey and moral alignment, which is usually depicted by a double-headed arrow (e.g., Jackson et al. 2012, Hough et al. 2013). Nevertheless, such specification is meaningless in the causal inference literature where – as implied by their name – Directed Acyclic Graphs rule out the possibility of such double-headed arrows (i.e., they would create a cycle). Therefore instead of a single model, two of them need to be specified, one where moral alignment will be conditional on duty to obey, and a second where duty to obey will be conditional on moral alignment:
As pointed out earlier, the presence of a post-treatment confounder L (i.e., a second mediator) will violate the sequential ignorability assumption of no post-treatment confounders. With L present, no consistent estimates can be computed the usual way for the effect of the treatment (T) on the outcome (Y), because a new T -> L -> Y pathway will emerge. If this so-called backdoor pathway is not controlled for, then it will result in biased estimates. Yet, controlling for L does not address the problem either. If L is controlled for in the model for the mediator (M), this will also block the T -> L -> Y pathway, thus producing biased direct and indirect effects (see: Avin et al. 2005; Daniel et al. 2011).
Surmounting this problem requires a new set of sequential ignorability assumptions. Although several of these have been proposed (e.g., Tchetgen Tchetgen & Vanderweele 2014), here the one proposed by Imai and Yamamoto (2013) and slightly modified by De Stavola et al. (2015) will be presented. This modified sequential ignorability assumption posits that controlling for pre-treatment covariates there is:
- No unmeasured confounfounding of the T-Y, T-M, and T-L relationship
- No unmeasured confounding of the M-Y relationship, also controlling for T and L
- No unmeasured confounding of the L-Y relationship, also controlling for T
- No unmeasured confounder Z that was affected by the treatment
From this new set of identifying assumptions, the first one is automatically satisfied in case of a randomised treatment. The second assumption makes the mediator conditional on the post-treatment confounder. The third assumption is akin to the one for the single mediator case, but here for the post-treatment confounder. Finally, the first assumption is also a reiteration of the original assumption and restates that there is no unmeasured post-treatment confounder (i.e., another mediator) that has not been considered. Notably, L does not need to be a single mediator, it can be considered a vector of mediators, which allows the inclusion of several mediators.
However, simply rephrasing the original sequential ignorability assumption can be hardly sufficient to make the natural direct and indirect effects estimable. In addition, parametric restrictions are also necessary, which will be very similar to the ones that are required for SEMs. Thus, to assure the additivity of the effects, the linearity assumption needs to apply. In addition, a loosened version of effect homogeneity needs to be satisfied (i.e., on average, not for each unit). As shown by De Stavola et al. (2015) given these parametric restrictions, assumption 3 will be automatically satisfied.
Using this method, the natural direct effects will encompass L's effect on Y that does not go through M (T -> L -> Y), whilst L's mediated effect through M will be added to the natural indirect effect (T -> L -> M -> Y). I will return to the details of the necessary identification test and estimation in a later, separate post. In the next, final post in this series, I will discuss the case of causal mediation analysis with sequentially ordered mediators.
Avin, Chen, Ilya Shpitser, and Judea Pearl. 2005. "Identifiability of Path-Specific Effects." Proceedings of the International Joint Conferences on Artifical Intelligence 34:163–92.
Daniel, Rhian M., Bianca L. De Stavola, and Simon N. Cousens. 2011. "Gformula – Estimating Causal Effects in the Presence of Time-Varying Confounding or Mediation Using the G-Computation Formula." The Stata Journal 11(4):479–517.
Hough, Mike, Jonathan Jackson, and Ben Bradford. 2013. "Legitimacy, Trust and Compliance: An Empirical Test of Procedural Justice Theory Using the European Social Survey." Pp. 326–53 in Legitimacy and Criminal Justice – An International Exploration, edited by J. Tankebe and A. Liebling. Oxford University Press.
Imai, Kosuke and Teppei Yamamoto. 2013. "Identification and Sensitivity Analysis for Multiple Causal Mechanisms: Revisiting Evidence from Framing Experiments." Political Analysis 21(2):141–71.
Jackson, Jonathan et al. 2012. "Why Do People Comply with the Law?" British Journal of Criminology 52(6):1051–71.
Stavola, Bianca L. De, Rhian M. Daniel, George B. Ploubidis, and Nadia Micali. 2015. "Practice of Epidemiology Mediation Analysis With Intermediate Confounding : Structural Equation Modeling Viewed Through the Causal Inference Lens." 181(1):64–80.
Tchetgen Tchetgen, Eric J. and Tyler J. VanderWeele. 2014. "Identification of Natural Direct Effects When a Confounder of the Mediator Is Directly Affected by Exposure." Epidemiology. 25(2):282–91.


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Palmetto Real Estate Trust Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis
- The report contains detailed information about Palmetto Real Estate Trust that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
- Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Palmetto Real Estate Trust. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
- The Palmetto Real Estate Trust financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company's long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company's decision-making processes.
- In the part that describes Palmetto Real Estate Trust competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company's competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company's business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors' businesses.
- Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Palmetto Real Estate Trust business.
About Palmetto Real Estate Trust
Palmetto Real Estate Trust operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) engages in the ownership, development, and rental of various commercial properties.
The trusts properties are rented for restaurants, department stores, convenience food stores, grocery stores, and various other retail establishments. The Trust owns and leases commercial properties throughout South Carolina with a substantial majority located in the Greenville, South Carolina area.
Speedy Cash of SC: 1307 Richland Avenue, Aiken, South Carolina; masonry, brick and block building; 2,344 square feet; adequate parking.
Rent Smart, Inc.: 405 South Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, South Carolina; block and masonry building; 3,600 square feet.
Jones Auto Detail: Reidville Road, Spartanburg, South Carolina; masonry and block building; 1,632 square feet.
Enigma Spinx (retail convenience store and service station): HaywoodPelham Road, Greenville, South Carolina; two masonry and block buildings; 8,500 square feet.
Venture Park: Rutherford Road, Greenville, South Carolina; three concrete block warehouses.
Pleasantburg Shopping Center: Laurens Road, Greenville, South Carolina; brick masonry and concrete building; 162,000 square feet.
Lil Cricket Food Stores property: I-85, Spartanburg, South Carolina; block and masonry building; 4,000 square feet.
BP Oil Station: I-385 and Roper Mountain Road, Greenville, South Carolina; block and masonry building; 2,000 square feet.
Laurens Road Property: Laurens Road, Greenville, South Carolina; block and masonry building; 3,000 square feet.
Transit Drive Property: 216 Transit Drive, Greenville, South Carolina; brick building containing approximately 6,700 square feet.
Lesco, Inc.: Northway Court, Greer, South Carolina; block and masonry building; approximately 6,000 square feet.
Tireama, Inc.: 236 East Blackstock Road, Spartanburg, South Carolina; block and masonry building; approximately 3,000 square feet.
Atlas Services, Inc.: 90 Sunbelt Boulevard, Columbia, South Carolina; metal building containing approximately 20,000 square feet located on 2 acres.
Atlas Services, Inc.: Old Mill Road, Mauldin, South Carolina; brick and metal building containing approximately 17,500 square feet.
TruGreen Chemlawn: 255 Echelon Road, Greenville, South Carolina; brick and metal building containing approximately 17,500 square feet.
Taylors Point Shopping Center: Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville, South Carolina; brick and masonry building containing 45,922 square feet located on 5.4 acres.
Potomac Place Shopping Center: 3214 Augusta Road, Greenville, South Carolina; brick and masonry building containing 23,486 square feet located on 2.3 acres.
The Sunshine House: 915 Kennerly Road, Irmo, South Carolina; brick veneer building containing approximately 8,750 square feet located on 2.34 acres.
FedEx Ground Packaging: 135 FedEx Way, Greenville, South Carolina, 15.8 acres.
The Sunshine House: 3300 Targot Lane, Mt. Pleasant South Carolina; brick veneer building containing approximately 8,750 square feet located on 1.58 acres.
Freds Inc.: 2554 U.S. Highway 25 South, Greenwood, South Carolina; brick and block building; 20,748 square feet.
Sawyer Electronics: 1210 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina; brick, block and masonry building, 12,227 square feet.
Nolan Printing Company: 1208 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina; concrete and masonry building 3,900 square feet.
Ridgeview Center: 913 1/2 Main Street, Laurens, South Carolina; concrete block and masonry building containing approximately 33,395 square feet.
Tax Status
The trust is qualified to be taxed as an REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code, Section 856, as amended, and the applicable state laws of the State of South Carolina. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 85% of its taxable income to its shareholders.
Palmetto Real Estate Trust, formerly known as Palmetto Industrial Corporation, was organized in 1972.
The above Company Fundamental Report is a half-ready report and contents are subject to change.
It means that we have all necessary data in our database to prepare the report but need 2-3 days to complete it. During this time we are also updating the report with respect to the current moment. So, you can get all the most recent data available for the same price. Please note that preparation of additional types of analyses requires extra time.
1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History
2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units
3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats
4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot
5.1. Palmetto Real Estate Trust Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Palmetto Real Estate Trust and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Palmetto Real Estate Trust and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Palmetto Real Estate Trust Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Industry Industry Snapshot
5.4.2. Palmetto Real Estate Trust Industry Position Analysis
6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events
7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates
9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors
10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Palmetto Real Estate Trust 1-year Stock Charts
Palmetto Real Estate Trust 5-year Stock Charts
Palmetto Real Estate Trust vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Palmetto Real Estate Trust vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Article Density Chart
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Palmetto Real Estate Trust Key Facts
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Key Executives
Key Executives Biographies1
Key Executives Compensations1
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Major Shareholders
Palmetto Real Estate Trust History
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Offices and Representations
Palmetto Real Estate Trust SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Capital Market Snapshot
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Industry Industry Statistics
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Palmetto Real Estate Trust Consensus Recommendations1
Analyst Recommendation Summary1
Price Target Summary1
Experts Recommendation Trends1
Revenue Estimates Analysis1
Earnings Estimates Analysis1
Historical Surprises1
Revenue Estimates Trend1
Earnings Estimates Trend1
Revenue Revisions1
SWOT Analysis
SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.
Enhanced SWOT Analysis
Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:
- How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
- How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?
Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.
PESTEL Analysis
PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.
Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.
Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:
- Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations' impact on the business?
- Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence's degree?
- Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business's products and operations?
- Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
- Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
- Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?
IFE, EFE, IE Matrices
The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business's functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.
The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.
The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.
Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.
Porter Five Forces Analysis
The Porter's five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:
- What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
- Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
- What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
- How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
- How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?
VRIO Analysis
VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company's resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:
- Tangible resources
- Financial
- Physical
- Technological
- Organizational
- Intangible resources
- Human
- Innovation and Creativity
- Reputation
- Organizational capabilities
The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company's competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:
- Valuable?
- Rare?
- Costly to imitate?
- Organized properly?


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Our week started off like normal but on Tuesday the news was calling for a snow storm just south of us. The area that we live in is kind of hit or miss so I was a little nervous driving to work on Tuesday morning because I wasn't sure I would make it home. The dentist I work for is VERY understanding so I told him if they closed nicks day care early that I was going to have to leave, of course he understood. At 10:30 they announced they would be closing Nicks day care at noon so I went ahead and left and Dr. Peele actually closed the office at lunch time anyway. I got Nicklas home about 30 minutes before it started snowing and we spent our first snow day they best way possible.
Tuesday was also Kellyns birthday and we were all planning on having red beans and rice (her favorite meal). Well, the weather went bad... fast! My dad went to pick up her cake and on his way home said that the main roads were like an ice rink and Jamie said back roads were not safe at all so we celebrated the best way we could.
Hate we couldn't be there in person though...
Tuesday evening after 'helping' Kellyn blow out her candles we let Nicklas play in the snow.
He loved it!!
My sweet niece Brooklyn loved it too!
I am obsessed with my snow babies!
Wednesday my office opened at 10 but since Nicklas' day care was still closed I stayed at home. Nick was teaching me that even super heroes need to go to school... so true son!
Jamie stayed home with Nicklas on Thursday because Nicks school was still closed.
Looks like they had a great time!
On Friday Kellyn and I talked and we decided we HAD to get the kids out of the house so we took off to see Nannan and Pupol.
Nicklas found a wonderful club house as soon as we got there and there is a mirror underneath the china cabinet and we all know that he loves looking at himself.
Then Nannan pushed the kids on some things that she puts her plants on! They LOVED that!!
Then we played ball with Holly.
Then it had warmed up a bit so we went outside and played!!
We went for a stroll and Brooklyn did an AWESOME job riding her bicycle.
The kids had so much fun getting out of the house!
Aunt KK always gives Nick the best snacks!
The kids rested a bit and watched some TV.
Then Nannan opened the blinds and Nick decided to look at the view with his new best friend Holly.
It was started to be the kids naptime to Nannan read them a story. Kellyn and I started feeling pretty old because it felt like just yesterday we were sitting in Nannans lap and she was reading us a story and now our kids are doing the same thing. Glad I was there to get the photo.
Well I had some pretty fun plans for our family this weekend but on Friday night Jamie woke up in the middle of the night throwing up so I moved to the couch so I wouldn't get sick. Nicklas and I didn't see Jamie at all on Saturday.
Saturday night we had a mommy/son movie night.
Sunday morning (this morning) I woke up throwing up. Jamie actually feels much better! Jamie got called into work so my sweet daddy come over to take care of him so that I could get some rest.
Thanks grand daddy.... your the best!
I feel like I have gotten the stomach bug more in the past 2 years than ever in my life!
Hopefully Nicklas won't get it.... prayers please!
Hope everyone else had a better weekend than we did.