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Sedum floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold'
Sedum kamtschaticum cv. 'Weihenstephaner Gold'
(Orange Stonecrop, Kamschatka Stonecrop, Live Forever, Russian Stonecrop)
A robust naturalizer in Parkdale YYC.
I purchased this plant at greengate Garden Centre in Calgary in the fall of 2011 along with a number of perennials that were on sale in late September. This garden bed called September surprise has been consistently productive in every season.
On their website Green Gate Farms in the US describes it as,
"'Weihenstephaner Gold' Sedum is among the most popular groundcover sedums with its covering of tiny canary yellow star-shaped flower clusters in late spring. 'Weihenstephaner Gold' is a low-growing stonecrop that spreads by trailing stems to form an attractive ground cover. Flowers appear on reddish stems rising above the thick, triangular, succulent green leaves sharply toothed near the ends. The leaves turn purple in fall and into winter. The clusters of star-shaped, yellow-tinted, bronze-orange flowers are very attractive to butterflies and bees. An excellent selection for difficult sites such as banks and rocky areas."
They also recommend that "Stonecrop be planted in "average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Needs good soil drainage to perform well. Avoid overwatering. Drought tolerant. Tip cuttings from plants may be rooted directly in soil around the plants."
Height: 3-6 Inches, Spread: 12-18 Inches, Zone 3 – 9;
• Sun
Soil Moisture Preference
• Dry
• Average
Attracts Wildlife
• Butterflies
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
• Rabbit Resistant
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter
Growth Habit
• Spreading
• 4-8 Inches
• Container
• Mass Planting
• Edging
• Rock Garden
• Evergreen
• Drought Tolerant
• Ground Cover
• Border or Bed
• Great Foliage
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• Green


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It's Luke that tells about the two criminals crucified with Jesus (23:39-43). Luke -- who was connected to the apostle Paul.
Paul -- who blasphemed at the cross. Paul -- who scoffed at Jesus' prayer for those who were putting Him to death.
Paul -- who came to believe that he deserved torture and death for his sin. Paul -- who learned to beg for Jesus' mercy.
No wonder the story is in Luke. That story of the two criminals probably really resonated with Paul.
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I have just 4 words--
Faith is the Victory.
And Faith is simply Trust, plus Obedience.
Thank You, Sean. Those four words say more to me than four pages.
And it fits right in with what I learned this morning: God lights my heart when I trust Him. (Based on a study of Genesis 1:3 & 7BC 759.) Maybe I should change "Trust" into "Faith" because Faith is active trust, right? Wow. Faith is the victory...Faith = Trust + Obedience...God lights my heart when I have faith in Him...and when my heart is lighted up I can't help but let it shine to everyone else!
I think I'd better go record this in my journal. :) -Emily Rose
Praise God! Thanks Emily Rose...
"Light"... I love that picture!


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The Force Is Strong With This One
Excellent overview of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's resignation strategy today by Washington Examiner Editorial Page Editor, Mark Tapscott.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement of her resignation cannot be read in terms of the conventional wisdom of politics – i.e. that she's getting out ahead of some damaging political revelation she knows is right around the corner, or that she's finally fed up with the constant personal attacks on her and her family, or even that she's running for president in 2012 and wants to be free of the constraints of office.
A close reading of her actual words in her announcement reveals otherwise. The key fact about Palin is that she is not a conventional politician. She actually means what she says, which is why her statement must be read in light of that fact, not with the assumption that she must have unstated motives. Her complete statement was posted on her official web site and it bears serious study.
Tapscott provides update insights from Red State, Erick Erickson:
"I've had this running thought all day, perhaps because I was watching it on TV in HD for the first time, that this is kind of like Ben Kenobi letting Darth Vader strike him down. Palin is not going to run in 2012, but by doing this she can now become Barack Obama's worst nightmare, and help rebuild the opposition to Obama. How? Because were she to remain a 2012 contender, she'd keep having stories by anonymous McCain campaign staffers and other 2012 contenders going after her and her family. Take that ambition off the table and it neutralizes a lot of that. So she can focus on candidates and ideas without an ulterior motive focused on 2012."
And Commentary magazine's Yuval Levin:
"The reaction to Palin revealed a deep and intense cultural paranoia on the Left: an inclination to see retrograde reaction around every corner, and to respond to it with vile anger. A confident, happy, and politically effective woman who was also a social conservative was evidently too much to bear. The response of liberal feminists was in this respect particularly telling, and especially unpleasant."
We have many strong Smart Girls in Politics worth listening to including Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Tammy Bruce, Michelle Bachmann, etc. Sarah Palin inspired me to be more vocal about my patriotism and my conservative politics. Sarah Palin would make an excellent common sense president who would understand the working class and America's most important issues. All three essays deserve your attention which can be read on Mark Tapscott's editorial.
Hat tip to Freedomist!


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Sunday we returned from a wonderful trip to Gatlinburg, TN (I will post about the trip soon). Right before we left I got these photos back from Sears, but I didn't have time to post them before our trip. So here they are now. I had bought Isabelle's 4th of July outfit last year so we HAD to get some photos in it.
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Chris, I love you very much! I am so thankful for every moment we've shared. Thank you for always being there for me. I am so excited to see how God continues to work in our lives and what He has in store for us!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
2:36 p.m.
At 2:36 p.m. today our sweet Lilliana Grace turns three years old. Where does the time go?
How did this little bitty girl.....
turn into this big girl?
(And for our first hilarious moment with a three-year-old, this morning we went in her room to wake her up by singing Happy Birthday. About halfway through the song, she rolled over and said, "Not now!" I am pretty sure she is just turning three and not sixteen!)
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Adoption = Rollercoaster, part 2
Well today was a much, much better day than yesterday. And it ended on a high note!
A new employment letter is in the mail and should be here by Monday.
Fingers crossed that it is correct this time!
"May the Lord be praised, for He has heard the sound of my pleading ... Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song." Psalm 28:6-7
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Adoption = Rollercoaster
Today's Rollercoaster
High: We finally got Chris's new employment letter.
Low: Saw that a couple of things were missing.
High: Prayed they would accept it anyway, scanned it and e-mailed it to Gladney.
Low: Caseworker calls. The letter is a no-go. Also learn we may have to update medicals before we can update homestudy. Medicals don't expire until late January and we can't have physicals before then or our insurance won't cover it. That would mean another 2ish months before we would be back on the waitlist.
High: After discussion with caseworker, we do not have to wait for medicals to update homestudy as long as we can get it updated before our medicals expire.
Low: Realize it took Chris's employer almost two weeks to get us a letter last time. So, I typed up the entire letter for them so all they would have to do is print it on company letterhead, sign it, and make sure the notary signs it the same day. Praying that will happen tomorrow and they will overnight it to us.
Right now I am stuck in a low. My prayer is that tomorrow brings good news. Leaning on this: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11, ESV
Even though I've never seen your face, I miss you sweet child of mine. I know someday, many years from now, we will look back at this time of waiting and know it's purpose.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
A New Venture
Since things have been slow with the adoption, my good friend Vanessa and I have decided to try something new. So we opened an etsy shop.
See the new etsy link in my sidebar to the right -------------------->
Come check us out! We will be adding more stuff soon!
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
7 months in the books as of Friday. This month has been difficult. Even though we are actively working on getting back on the list, my heart has been aching for our child. So ready to meet him or her. Hoping this month goes by quickly and we are an "official" waiting family again very soon!
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone! You have all been so supportive of us, and we are so blessed to be a party of the adoption community!
Just a quick note of clarification, we are not officially back on the waitlist yet. We have to redo all our financial paperwork and do a homestudy update first.
But the good news is, Chris officially has a full-time job and I have already completed the financial paperwork. We are just waiting on a new employment letter to update our homestudy. Please pray that all the paperwork gathering will go smoothly and we will be back on that list ASAP!!!
Thanks again for everything, I appreciate each and every one of you!
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Sharing our story
Today I shared our story on the blog of the magazine I work for. Here's what I wrote:
For several years my husband and I have talked about adoption. Our plan was always to have biological children and then once they were in school we would start the adoption process. Last summer, our first child was about 18 months old and we were starting to talk about bringing another biological child into the family. But God had other plans.
All of the sudden, adoption was constantly on my mind. It was all I could think about at home, at work, at church. So, without my husband's knowledge, I began to really look into it. I researched agencies, I watched webinars, I talked to friends who were adopting. And then I got up the nerve to tell my husband.
Thank goodness he didn't think I was crazy. In fact, he was feeling the same way I was. So I presented him with my list of agencies and we looked at them together. We finally chose one and a year ago this month we officially began our adoption paperwork.
No one ever told us adoption was easy. And I'm glad they didn't, because it's not. Our families were happy when we told them the news, but they didn't jump up and down and cry happy tears like they did when we told them we were pregnant with our daughter. Our paperwork took several months longer than we thought it would to complete. Then our agencies timeline for a referral (when you are matched with a child) was increased by several months. And just recently, my husband was laid off. We put our case on hold while he searched for a new job, praying that he would find something soon. My heart ached for that child we haven't even seen a picture of yet because I knew the longer we were on hold the longer it would be before we got to meet them.
Just last week my husband started a new job. We called our agency and told them we were ready to go back on the waitlist. Now I am, again, filling out paperwork, hoping that everything will fall into place quickly. Our hopes are that we will have a referral sometime in December or January.
Though this journey has at times been disappointing and frustrating, I know that God has a plan for our family and we are following in His will. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you' — this is the LORD's declaration — 'plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'" And it is on those words that I rest my fears and stress.
All of the sudden, adoption was constantly on my mind. It was all I could think about at home, at work, at church. So, without my husband's knowledge, I began to really look into it. I researched agencies, I watched webinars, I talked to friends who were adopting. And then I got up the nerve to tell my husband.
Thank goodness he didn't think I was crazy. In fact, he was feeling the same way I was. So I presented him with my list of agencies and we looked at them together. We finally chose one and a year ago this month we officially began our adoption paperwork.
No one ever told us adoption was easy. And I'm glad they didn't, because it's not. Our families were happy when we told them the news, but they didn't jump up and down and cry happy tears like they did when we told them we were pregnant with our daughter. Our paperwork took several months longer than we thought it would to complete. Then our agencies timeline for a referral (when you are matched with a child) was increased by several months. And just recently, my husband was laid off. We put our case on hold while he searched for a new job, praying that he would find something soon. My heart ached for that child we haven't even seen a picture of yet because I knew the longer we were on hold the longer it would be before we got to meet them.
Just last week my husband started a new job. We called our agency and told them we were ready to go back on the waitlist. Now I am, again, filling out paperwork, hoping that everything will fall into place quickly. Our hopes are that we will have a referral sometime in December or January.
Though this journey has at times been disappointing and frustrating, I know that God has a plan for our family and we are following in His will. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you' — this is the LORD's declaration — 'plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'" And it is on those words that I rest my fears and stress.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Halloween 2010
Superhero Lilli to the rescue. (And no, she is NOT just Super Lilli, she is SuperHERO Lilli. Geez Mom.)
We didn't do any neighborhood trick or treating this year. But a trip to Nana and Poppa's house for a cupcake, followed by a trip to Gigi and Popeye's for M&Ms was more than enough. Especially when we needed to go by the grocery store on the way home and she had to have her sprinkle cookie while we were shopping. Not to mention that when we were leaving the manager gave us a cupcake cake that they hadn't been able to sell. There was definitely plenty of sugar to go around :)
You can't see it in this picture, but she is also wearing a super cute cape that has the same L on it that is on the shirt. I will try to get better pictures this week. She wasn't in the mood last night.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Six months
Six months waiting. We are eager to get back on the list, and that will hopefully happen very soon. Chris is tentatively starting a part-time job on Thursday (we are waiting for one more piece of paperwork to go through before it's finalized). That job will also hopefully have the opportunity to go full-time soon. We are praising God for opening this door! We are also continuing to pray that God will continue to open doors of opportunity that would allow for a full-time job. Thank you for your words of prayer and support! We truly appreciate them.
With complete transparency, I have to say the last month has been very difficult. Our Ethiopian kiddo has been on my mind constantly. I know we will look back at this time and realize that our child was not born yet or not in the orphanage or some other reason that would make sense for us to not be on the list right now, but it is difficult each day to know that there is not anything more I can do to change our situation. But that is all for my pity party today.
Now that courts have reopened, I can't wait to read everyone's travel stories! Our dear friends The Hollomons were there just last week for their first trip (and they passed court! yay!) and it was awesome to hear their stories. I can't wait for our turn to go!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Well, even though we are on hold, we are still counting the months. And this past Sunday marked five months waiting.
Things have definitely been happening -- especially in the last two days -- as far as a job for Chris goes. But we need your prayers as we have some very difficult decisions to make.
Thank you for all the support on our last post. We are so thankful to be a part of this community.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
A bump in the road
last week was not so good. Unfortunately, Chris was laid off.
What does this mean? We are temporarily going on hold.
Fortunately, there are some job prospects on the near horizon and we are hoping we won't be on hold for very long.
Please pray for peace, understanding, and an opportunity in difficult times, but also please continue to pray for our sweet little one(s) half way around the world who have no idea that this mommy and daddy will continue to be thinking and praying about them every single day
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Please check this out!
The Bellemes are a family who recently brought home their precious daughter from Ethiopia. Please check out this post on their blog.
To echo the Bellemes words, we will support a caregiver to love on hungry and lonely orphans. Will you?
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
The four...of us
Four months. At the end of this journey, there will be four (at least!) of us in this family. To celebrate our fourth month waiting, we wanted to share four things that are rocking our world right now.
1. Radical by David Platt. If you aren't reading it, you should be.
2. Our baby started preschool. Ok, maybe she's not a baby anymore, but she will always be this mamma's baby.
3. Home projects. Painting. Crown Moulding. Caulking. Refinishing. Sewing. The projects never stop.
4. Radical by David Platt. Seriously, if you aren't reading it, you should be.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
A New Adventure
Today was Lilli's first day of preschool. And she was excited!
I'm so blessed to be this little girl's mamma
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Three down, how many more to go?
As the days pass by, the wait gets harder. We are only halfway (hopefully!) through the wait, but I can't get my mind off our sweet babe(s). I'm so ready to see his or her (or their) sweet face. I'm also ready to just know one or two. Boy or girl. One of each or two of either.
All in God's timing. For now, I must rest in that.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
First of Many
Today there was a package in the mail.
That package held our first official purchase for the new kiddo(s).
Since we didn't specify gender, I've been hesitant to make any purchases, but I came across a great sale the other day that I couldn't pass up. And luckily the item came in a gender neutral option I really liked.
So what was this purchase you ask?
A security blanket! Actually 4 of them. They came in two packs, and if there is only one thing I've learned from having a child it is that you always need to have a backup for a security item - hence the reason we have three pink teddy bears in various stages of use scattered throughout our house. Plus we intend to send one to Ethiopia and bring another with us when we travel which will leave two at home as backups.
But back to the point at hand. These gorgeous Aden + Anais security blankets are the perfect shade of turquoise and have the cutest little elephants on them. And they are soft!!!
It's so nice to finally have something in the house that is solely for "baby brudder/sisser." And if we are blessed with siblings, I will definitely be purchasing another set of these in a different pattern, which will of course mean I will probably also need a set for Lilli too.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Numero Dos
Another month down. This one hasn't been quite as busy, but it has been full of great things! Our family and friends showed up to support us recently when we all got together to celebrate our adoption. God showed up big time too, providing an amazing total of donations toward bringing home our kid(dos)! We are continuing to work on our adoption education requirements and stalk the list for movement. Fingers crossed and prayers being said daily for lots of referrals next month and for some speedy court dates before rainy season!
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Friday, June 4, 2010
So excited!
Our dear friends The Hollomons got some great news yesterday on the 1 year anniversary of the referral of their son Myles. Make sure to go check out their story!!!
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
One Down
Our first month of waiting is past us, and quite honestly, it wasn't that bad. We knew there was absolutely no way we would receive a referral this month, so we had a chance to relax and not think about it.
But that doesn't mean we didn't have plenty of other things to keep us busy.
I graduated with a Master's in Education.
Our beautiful niece was born!!!
And our wonderful cousin graduated from high school.
Needless to say, it has been quite a busy month with all these events and the parties and celebrations that go along with them. We also celebrated Mother's Day and my wonderful husband and gorgeous daughter spoiled me rotten. As great as the day was though, a big part of my mind and heart was a few thousand miles away.
I am sure the next month of waiting will not go by as quick. But we will take it as it comes and know that God will bring our child (or children!) to us in His perfect timing.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
how much it cost for our dossier to be shipped to Ethiopia.
Knowing that it is there on the ground: priceless!
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Monday, April 19, 2010
We are officially on the waitlist!!! Our dossier is flying to Washington, D.C. today and then it will be on its way to Ethiopa (or E-see-oh-pee-a as our 2-year-old likes to say).
The average wait for a referral right now is 4-6 months for a child over 13 months (we are requesting a child of either gender between the ages of 0-18 months, or siblings between the ages of 0-5 years). So, hopefully sometime early this fall we will get to see a picture of our child(ren).
We are so excited to have gotten past the paperwork stage, but I must admit I am not looking forward to the wait. Over the next few days I will definitely be working on a list of projects to keep my mind occupied.
Quote of the Day: After texting my dad a picture of our e-mail that said "waitlist," he called me and said, "The picture was kind of fuzzy, was that your ultrasound photo?"
Yes it was, Dad, yes it was!
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Saturday, April 3, 2010
I heart our postman!
Because he just delivered our I-171H USCIS approval!
Oddly this feels very similar to the day I found out I was pregnant with Lilli.
Looks like my Monday will be filled with government offices for authentications, an afternoon with my scanner, and hopefully a trip to Fed-Ex before they close!
Woohoo! Waitlist here we come!
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Just a quick note...
to say we are Gladney approved! Yea!
Just one pesky CIS approval away from being on the waitlist!
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Just a quick note to say that I am on pins and needles waiting to hear that we are Gladney approved. All our documents are in as far as I know, and I was hoping we would hear before the week ended that we were approved, but it looks like that will not be the case. I know in the scheme of things, this doesn't mean much, but I will take all the good news I can get, no matter how small it may be!
We've finished all our dossier paperwork, we are just waiting for our CIS approval to come through. We did get a request for more information from them this week, so I sent that back, and am hoping that means we will hear something soon.
I have to share a cute story with you all. Early this morning, Lilli crawled in to bed with us, after a few minutes she said, "I want my brother or sister." We told her we would have to wait a little while longer. She responded with, "I want my brother or sister, right NOW!"
It was so cute! We are really starting to talk to her about this and try to explain to her what a brother/sister is, and how that means she will have to share her stuff and her Mommy and Daddy.
Well I guess that's all I have today, back to the unpatiently waiting I go!
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Well, as I'm sure most of you know by now, we got news today that we will now have to travel to Ethiopia twice. The first time to be there on our court date and the second time 3-6 weeks later to pick up our kid(s) to bring them home.
I have very mixed emotions about this. I am excited about getting to meet our child(ren) earlier than expected, and about getting to see Ethiopia twice. I am really not worried about the money. I know God will provide the extra $5000 or so that it will take for a second trip.
However, what I am really struggling with is having to leave Lilli at home twice in about two months. I know she will be fine and she has great grandparents and other family members that will dote on her and spoil her rotten, but I am going to miss her. I am also struggling with how difficult it will be to leave our child(ren) for 3-6 weeks. I am sure that saying that goodbye will be one of the hardest things I will ever do. How do you explain to your child you've only known for 5 days that you're leaving them?
So anyway, I know everything will be fine and work out, but for now I am still processing....
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Apparently, I just needed to complain about the FBI clearances.
Late yesterday afternoon I received a phone call from FedEx that someone needed to be home this morning to sign for a package. I thought maybe, just maybe, it's our clearances.
Turns out it was! They came this morning, hallelujah!
One more item marked off the list....
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
One less item on the checklist
My heart is racing. I am excited and nervous all at the same time.
I just mailed off the entire Gladney application packet with a check for the first portion of the Gladney program fee and the homestudy review fee.
Whew! I am glad to see that stack of paperwork go.
I also managed to get rid of another stack of paperwork on Monday. We had our first homestudy visit, and I turned in all of our paperwork for that with the exception of this year's tax return. Luckily the last form we needed to do our taxes came yesterday, so I will complete that this weekend and give our caseworker a copy on Monday at our next homestudy visit.
The dossier is coming along nicely, I think we have collected everything we can, we are just waiting on our FBI clearances, our homestudy to be completed, and our I-600A. (But these are also the steps that can take weeks to months to complete.)
And I got bad news about our FBI clearances this week. Usually they take 4 to 6 weeks to receive, but it is currently taking them 10 weeks to process, so we've got at least three more weeks to wait. Maybe that will turn out best though as they should come the same week our homestudy is complete.
Things are moving right along. I am not eager to enter the waiting phase, but I am eager to have all the paperwork finished!
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Relatively successful week
Well we managed to get quite a bit accomplished on the adoption front this week. We had our CIS fingerprinting appointments, received two of our recommendations back, got Chris's employment letter (correct this time), got our life insurance letter (correct this time), got a stack of paperwork for our dossier notarized and ready to send to Gladney to be reviewed, and scheduled our homestudy!
Woohoo! I love marking things off the list! Actually, I'm quite surprised I got that much done considering our sweet daughter, Lilli, had pneumonia! She is finally on the mend, thank goodness, so we will keep trucking along. Hopefully, we will be turning in our entire application paperwork around the first of February. I'll be sure to keep you posted!
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What a week!
Well, the past week has been a pretty crazy one. Lilli was diagnosed with pneumonia on Monday - and while I took the news pretty well in the doctor's office, within an hour or so this Momma had a meltdown. My poor baby girl has been coughing, wheezing, and running a fever, but with the help of breathing treatments, an inhaler, antibiotics, steroids, and benadryl she is finally on the mend.
And poor Chris had to take an overnight trip for work and his plane was delayed both going and coming. Let's just say it was not an "easy" nor "quick" trip.
In spite of it all, I am so thankful that we are able to get Lilli the medical care she needs and that Chris has a job.
On the adoption front, our paperwork is almost finished and we have our homestudy scheduled in just a couple of weeks. Make sure to keep up with our adoption process at our other blog cornwellfamilyadoption.blogspot.com.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Melkam Gena!
Christmas is January 7th in Ethiopia, so we decided to have a celebration of our own. We made some yummy Doro Wat (traditional Ethiopian stew). It was really spicy, but we enjoyed it! Lilli even ate some.
Even though Ethiopians do not give gifts like we do in America, we received a great gift today...our CIS fingerprint appointments! Yea! It looks like we will have all the paperwork done by the end of the month and will just need to complete our home study and wait for our I-171H to come.
So on that note, I wish you a Melkam Gena (Merry Christmas)!
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Detroit police are investigating an early-morning shooting Wednesday (12.19.12) that has sent one man to the hospital.
It happened around 3:30 a.m. at the Fireweed Universe City organization, which is in the 100 block of Goldengate Street.
Police on scene told Local 4, the gunman came to the door of the organization and fired four shots inside. One of the bullets struck a member in his buttocks and landed in his groin. The victim was transported to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
The gunman is still on the loose.


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The Seed Project
June 29, 2007
Rebecca Bluebird send me this email. It involves Flickr!
The Seed Project is a global environmental installation where people from all over the world are planting seeds. Seed Planters will be encouraged to create Flickr accounts and network with each other. The goals is for the network to expand, creating the world's largest art collective.
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Artists will be encouraged to collaborate, form art groups and participate on future projects separate from the Seed Collective.


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Queens Park Rangers secured three vital points at home to Arsenal on Saturday, with both their goals coming after correct refereeing decisions.
It would have been Arsenal's eighth League win in a row but for Adel Taarabt's storming strike – his first Premier League goal – and Diakite's fine finish either side of Theo Walcott's goal.
Both sides had tricky, nippy players who were more than capable of playing for the free-kick – Taarabt, Walcott, Kieran Gibbs, Taye Taiwo – and the big, bruising players who would more than likely struggle with the aforementioned tricksters, as well as provide problems for the referee – Shaun Derry, Thomas Vermaelen, Alex Song, Joey Barton and Clint Hill.
It is a common complaint from fans that Mike Dean is a little card-happy. Before the game at Loftus Road, the ref from Wirral had brandished 82 yellow cards – the second highest figure in the Premier League, below Phil Dowd.
That stat, of course, could indicate a mere victim of circumstance on Dean's part but, here, the 43-year-old certainly seemed comfortable with his whistle, blowing up whenever a player went down, even if there was barely any contact. As much as Barton and co. promote themselves as the hard men of the league, they sure know how to hit the deck to win a free-kick at the right time.
Having said that, Dean appeared to play an excellent advantage to allow QPR to score their opener. Taarabt beat Vermaelen to the ball, shrugged past the Belgian and fired in from the edge of the area to score his first goal this season after 69 shots.
QPR's second came thanks to another well-played advantage – Vermaelen slipped, Jamie Mackie capitalised and slipped in Diakite, who fired in from 10 yards.
The main complaint from Arsenal fans appears to be that Dean was a little arrogant in his decisions, or rather the display of his decisions. In the build-up to both goals, Dean made the generic 'advantage' signal – two arms sprayed out straight in front – and this, according to commenters, was the visual way of saying 'me me me me'. This seems an odd criticism to make as surely his possible over-exuberance in incidents that barely required decisions is better than most alternatives. Better to be clear in your decision-making than not.
Another grumble from Gooners is that Mike Dean is 'against' their team. Since 2000, Dean has refereed 32 games involving Arsenal. Of those 32, Arsenal have won 14. This theory isn't really helped when footage of Dean apparently – although, clearly (hopefully) not – celebrating a goal scored against Arsenal appears. But, to point to 43% games won under a certain referee as a damning statistic of clear bias is beyond farcical.
Dean was maybe a little inconsistent at certain points in the match, blowing for petty fouls at times and letting the game flow at others but he should be commended for the forthright officiating throughout instead of being criticised for the rare fastidious in-moment decisions.
In total, QPR accumulated five yellow cards against Arsenal's two, with three of QPR's bookings coming in the last ten minutes as they attempted to break up and generally slow the play down. Whether such tactical fouls are met with fitting punishments is another argument, of course, but Dean can only really play to the rulebook in this case.
The game had a slightly unpleasant undertone with news that assistant referee Stuart Burt had items thrown at him on two separate occasions. QPR could face an FA charge after Burt was struck on the hour-mark and near the end of the match, putting a sour note on what was a decent refereeing performance.
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Nutrilite is killing me!
I have been using NUTRILITE® Daily Multivitamin Multimineral for about 2.5 months. It costs near $10 CAD / month. Great! But what happens is when I use any Nutrilite vitamin (I used Double X, Ginseng two years ago, same stuff) it feels like I have 4 cups of black coffee. Eyes wide open. Sleep is reduced to 80% of what is used to be. In the begining I thought oh it's good. I'm not feeling too down at 4'o clock. But scary part is even at 5 hours sleep on 3 consecutive days I don't feel sleepiness in eyes. My productivity may have gone to pooper but I don't have that 'sleepy' feeling. It's scary! I have stopped using it and I want to know the answer.
Maybe there is something that I am having a reaction to? Maybe it's something that is in all Nutrilite products? Maybe it's just me? I don't know. I'll ask in some pro forum. Those forums are kinda whacky as such posts got deleted in blink of an eye. I once raised an issue about price comparison. But now I'm sold on price. I just want to know what is happening to me. Maybe some other person goes through the same thing? Eyes kinda dry and having a constant wide-awake feeling in them? Not having 'sleepy feeling' but still able to get sleep when I lie on bed? Sum ting wong.
Maybe I didn't need 4,000 IU of vitamin A or 400 IU of vitamin D. Perhaps it's extra ordinary quantity of magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Beta Carotene or any one of them? Maybe not? They have a kick-ass comparison with Centrum on their site claiming "Daily" has 220% more of this and 900% more of that bllah bllah. Perhaps I don't need that more? Sure it might be a good value of my $$ but not for my body? May be it's like eating super size. Maybe! Or perhaps it's just me. So many IBOs eat it. I remember my IBOs days. If I won't be taking Ginseng I might have slept on the wheel and crashed. Maybe that's what keep the IBOs going? 2:30 AM Kate or drive after STP and morning back to work. Or maybe they don't take multivitamins as much as they claim? Just like the fake claims until they make? Which 99% never achieve.
I think I made a mistake taking a supplement without asking dietitian. In fact I went against the dietitians advice:
Dietitians of Canada - FAQ and Fact Sheets
Ok here is what I gonna do:
No supplement until I figure out what the fuck is going on
Be a brave heart and post my problem in MTR
Post in some other forums where I could expect some one other than administrator reply to me.
Ask some IBOs about it.
Find some dietitian to get a good advice. Perhaps my doctor.
Call Quixtar? Ok it's a joke. Like they did any thing on my complain about my pyramid like uplines when I complained. Maybe call Nutrilite? I'll if I don't get rid of that constant annoying 4-cup-of-coffee feeling in my eyes in next week.
Aghhhhh. I'm not happy. I need normal me back who felt fresh on full sleep and had sleepy eyes and drowsy on less. I always get it back after few weeks when I stop taking these 'must have' stuff. This time I was more regular on daily as last time they made Dbl X non-Halaal and Ginseng was just 1 month supply.


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June 26, 2006
LISA ARBERCHESKI, PLAINTIFF,v.ORACLE CORPORATION, DEFENDANT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Denise Cote, District Judge
Oracle Corporation ("Oracle") has moved to compel arbitration in this employment discrimination action brought against it by its former employee Lisa Arbercheski ("Arbercheski"). Oracle relies on the employment contract signed by Arbercheski in 2002, which contains a clause stating that any and all disputes arising out of Arbercheski's employment would be submitted to final and binding arbitration. Because Oracle has waived its right to arbitration, its motion is denied.
Arbercheski filed her pro se complaint on January 14, 2005 ("Complaint"). Arbercheski was granted additional time to effect service by an Order dated April 19, and effected service on Oracle on May 23. On June 13, Oracle moved to dismiss the Complaint. Oracle's motion was denied in a ten page Opinion dated September 19, 2005. See Arbercheski v. Oracle Corp., 05 Civ. 0591 (DLC), 2005 WL 2290206 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2005).
At a scheduling conference held on October 28, Arbercheski expressed her hope to soon be represented by counsel. During the conference the parties agreed to participate in a court-sponsored mediation program and to a schedule to govern the rest of the litigation. Under the schedule, fact discovery would close on March 31, 2006 and expert discovery on June 16, 2006.
Oracle first discovered Arbercheski's employment contract in her personnel file in November 2005, after the Court ordered the file to be produced to the plaintiff. On December 8, 2005, Oracle filed its answer, which included an affirmative defense that Arbercheski's claims were barred by the arbitration agreement.
Counsel for Arbercheski, who resides in Texas, contacted Oracle by letter dated November 30, 2005. The letter represented that counsel had applied for admission to the Southern District of New York and would be sworn in shortly.
On January 24, 2006, plaintiff's counsel traveled to New York, was admitted to practice in this district, filed a notice of appearance on Arbercheski's behalf, and attended a session with the court-appointed mediator. At that session, Oracle indicated that it was considering filing a motion to compel arbitration. The mediation was adjourned. On February 13, Arbercheski submitted a request for production of documents to Oracle. On March 6, Oracle indicated to plaintiff for the first time that it would seek arbitration. On March 24, Oracle filed a motion to stay discovery pending its motion to compel arbitration. On April 5, Arbercheski filed a motion to extend the discovery deadlines. During a telephone conference on April 10, and as reflected in an Order dated April 11, Oracle's motion to stay discovery was denied and plaintiff's motion to extend discovery was denied without prejudice to renewal following a decision on the issue of arbitration. On April 10, approximately five months after it discovered the employment agreement, Oracle filed its motion to compel arbitration.
The plaintiff does not dispute that the arbitration agreement is valid and that it applies to her claims. Plaintiff argues, however, that defendant has waived its right to arbitration.
"There is a strong presumption in favor of arbitration and waiver of the right to arbitration is not to be lightly inferred." Thyssen, Inc. v. Calypso Shipping Corp., S.A., A.M., 310 F.3d 102, 104-05 (2d Cir. 2002) (citation omitted). "An inquiry into whether an arbitration right has been waived is factually specific and not susceptible to bright line rules." Id. at 105.
The Second Circuit has identified three factors that are considered in determining whether a party has waived its right to arbitration: "(1) the time elapsed from commencement of litigation to the request for arbitration, (2) the amount of litigation (including any substantive motions and discovery), and (3) proof of prejudice." In re Crysen/Montenay Energy Co., 226 F.3d 160, 163 (2d Cir. 2000) (citation omitted). The third factor is the most important. "The key to a waiver analysis is prejudice." Thyssen, 310 F.3d at 105. There are two types of prejudice: substantive prejudice, such as when a party loses a motion on the merits and then attempts, in effect, to relitigate the issue by invoking arbitration; and prejudice due to excessive cost and time delay. Id. Any doubt as to whether there has been waiver should be resolved in favor of arbitration. See PPG Indus., Inc. v. Webster Auto Parts, Inc., 128 F.3d 103, 107 (2d Cir. 1997).
A. Time Elapsed
Eleven months have elapsed between Oracle being served and its filing of the instant motion. While this delay is significant, see Leadertex, Inc. v. Morganton Dyeing & Finishing Corp., 67 F.3d 20, 26 (2d Cir. 1995) (noting significance of seven month delay), delay by itself is insufficient to constitute a waiver of the right to arbitrate. See Rush ...
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Sorry its been a while since my last post. Haven't done a whole heck of a lot recently. Still waiting to hear back from my Dr about an appointment with a surgeon. Guess what I have can't be too bad if they are not rushing.
Marianne underwent surgery last friday and the surgery went well from what I've heard. She has to go to the cancer clinic and get set up for some chemo treatments. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and Shawn.
Last week I went out to a farm to try and shoot some photos of eagles but they were not cooperating and neither was the weather. Will try again soon I hope. Sat 3 hours in a blind in the rain and snow then after I packed up the weather got better as the sun came out. I had a nice seat and some books and an ipod so wasn't too bad. had to keep all but 1 window closed so the rain and cool wind didn't get in.
Had a nice video chat with Annette last week. Shes now on MSN and was using Ryan's laptop which has a built in camera and mic. She carried the computer into the kitchen so I could watch her make lunch for the next day. I used the camera with Terry once but she didn't have a cam or mic. I'd talk then wait....and wait...and wait for her to type LOL. Makes life easier when you at least have a mic.
Well heading downstairs to make some veggie burgers for supper tonight. I know sounds good but you can't have some lol. I tried a hot dog the other day and it was not bad so I bought some burgers to try for tonight. Soy burgers cause I wont try the veggie veggie burgers lol.


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Bad me. Another day I didn't write anything (though not exactly true--I'm in the middle of making a packet of letters for the Compassion kids, but I didn't mail anything today.
However, I got a nice letter from Cathy with some nice enclosures and I also received a Postcrossing postcard, which could not have come on a better day -- today is Judy Garland's birthday.


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There is absolutely nothing worse than needing to apply for insolvency. Bankruptcy is a really serious issue which can damage the lives of many people and also render them totally powerless. Prior to moving on with this write-up it is essential to describe bankruptcy and also what it entails. Personal bankruptcy is likewise described as bankruptcy as well as is a lawful state of being incapable to settle financial debts owed to creditors.
When insolvency occurs to an organization, several financial institutions will usually file a bankruptcy petition in an effort to recuperate a part of the money owed to them by the company or company. A bankruptcy attorney is someone that is versed with bankruptcy legislation and also will be able to safeguard you versus the request filed by the financial institutions.
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A real life cold case investigation is underway in the death of Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones' multi-instrumentalist who was found at the bottom of his swimming pool in in July 1969.
Reuters reported on August 31 that British police were re-opening the case after gaining new evidence from an investigative journalist.
Jones, according to Keith Richards, came up with the band's name after being asked by a venue owner what to call the group of British rockers. At that moment a Muddy Waters album was lying on the floor with the first track title reading, "The Rollin' Stone Blues." The rest is history.
If only everything was as cut-and-dry.
The official cause of Jones' death was labeled as a "death by misadventure" but Anne Wohlin, Jones' girlfriend who was present at his home in
The new information and its source have not been revealed but Reuters quoted a spokesman for the Sussex Police who said, "These papers will be examined by Sussex Police but it is too early to comment at this time on what the outcome will be."
Uncovering old wounds is never a happy time, especially for Jones' family, friends or fans, but if this new information leads us closer to the truth then maybe this Rolling Stone can finally find his resting place.
- Jessica Cole
Currently Listening to: "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones


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A song for my wife on Mother's Day
I would like to do a little tribute to my wife, Michelle, on Mother's Day. I think this song is the perfect combination of lyrics, vocal performance, and instrumental performance to express my love for her. Thank you for giving me six children and sticking with me, honey.
Your so sweet hun. Thank you babe. This song expresses exactly how I feel to. You can be so sweet and loving. Thank you honey


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Friday, October 31, 2008
Bring me the Head of Zilla Rocca
This fall, outstanding hip-hop producer and free-flower Zilla Rocca released a mix tape entitled "Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca." Enjoy the above video as he describes the mix, and gives you insight into who Zilla is.
His mix is, without a doubt, one of the best mix tapes I've heard in recent memory. Zilla also contributes to Passion of the Weiss, so I feel it is my civic duty, both as a fellow columnist and a friend, to let you all know about it.
If you'd like to download, especially before he puts this on amazon and itunes, follow this link right here.
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It's time for everyone's favorite weekly round up. Here's what the liberals are doing the week of June 15, 2012:
- There up in arms over the exclusion of a state house candidate after he failed to submit paper work and pay the filing fee.
- They're getting penis envy over what a small number of insurance companies and medicare are willing to pay for, penile implants. Who cares that they have to prove a medical necessity.
- Upset about a woman who included an image of a nude child in a bath tub in a presentation to congress being investigated for child pornography.
- They're happy to ignoring Holder's cover up a gun running operation to Mexican drug cartels that resulted in a border patrol agent getting killed and his failure to appoint an independent investigator to examine alleged leaks of classified information coming from the White House.


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I'm hoping to host my literature based study unit resources and ideas here, perhaps show some pictures of what we create as we go along, and talk about our process. The kids are 3 mos, nearly 3 years, four, and eight. We homeschooled our daughter from the start.
I have Nim's Island coming in next week (Nim's Island free resource list here) and we plan to start it after we wrap up The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. I'm inspired by what we found for Nim's Island and can't wait to get started, much as we love the Thornton Burgess world. In truth, I just love books, and following this method in teaching the kids is pure bliss.


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Sunday, April 20, 2008
School Portraits
I am very excited to say I will have the pleasure of creating the portraits for the children attending the super cool Atlanta Montessori International School this spring.
I am looking forward to working with the 130 or so kids, and giving their parents a fresh set of images capturing who these exceptional children are at this point in their lives.
Here is a contact sheet of some portraits of the children in one of the classes, taken a couple of months ago. I can honestly say I have never seen such a diversely gorgeous group of people:
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In times of crises, the humour mills keep churningOctober 21st, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Oct 21 (IANS) There are two sides to an investment bank - left and right.On the left are investments and on the right are assets.
"As of now nothing is right in the left and nothing is left in the right," V.P. Nagarajan, chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), said citing jokes doing the rounds at the time of the global financial crisis.
As a group of chartered accountants in Dubai settled down to a serious seminar to discuss the crisis sparked by the credit crunch in the West, Nagarajan regaled everyone with jokes on the crisis that have come to him.
"Another one came to me the other day. A friend got a cheque returned to him from the bank with the message, 'Insufficient funds'. He was wondering who had insufficient funds - he or the bank!"
Harking back to the time of the Great Depression in the US, he narrated an anecdote related to former US president Franklin Roosevelt.
"When President Roosevelt was asked about the difference between recession and depression, he replied: 'When your neighbour loses his job, it is recession. When you lose your job, it is depression.'"
When the current crisis has its roots in the US, can a Bushism be far behind?
And, India's former ambassador to the United Nations T.P. Sreenivasan, who was also present at the seminar, added one.
"When an aide asked President Bush what he thought of the demise of the Lehman Brothers, he said: 'My heartfelt sympathy to their mother. Losing one son is bad enough. But both dying together….'"


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When guests arrive for a weekend at Fern Forest Treehouse, I always look for some common ground to make them feel comfortable. That's often not an easy task when a couple is half our age (sometimes even less) and from a different section of the country. But with Danielle and Sty, it was a no-brainer—our common element was the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
My son Bry was born on January 8, Elvis's birthday. Danielle and Sty were married in Las Vegas—by Elvis. At least, he looked like Elvis and sang almost as well, but when he signed the marriage certificate, the ruse was revealed. He was not the real Elvis.
But when you're in Las Vegas, fantasy becomes reality. A limo met the couple at their hotel and transported them to the little white chapel. Elvis was waiting at the door with flowers for Danielle in one hand and a mic in the other. She took his arm, and he sang her down the aisle. Danielle couldn't remember what song he crooned, and I don't blame her—I'd have been a little flustered, too.
I doubt Sty was overpowered by the King. From what I can tell, Sty can hold his own. His first name comes from his early ancestor Peter Stuyvesant, who in the 17th century was director-general of the island colony New Netherland, eventually renamed New York. He traces Morris, his last name, to Colonel Lewis Morris, who in the 18th century was the governor of the province of New Jersey. Morris County and Morristown are named for him.
An Elvis impersonator can't hold a candle to Sty.
Meantime, the real Elvis lives on. A couple weeks ago my son proposed to his girlfriend Britt at his favorite bar where a small band was playing. Bry had arranged with them to accompany him on the Elvis song, "Love Me." While his girlfriend looked on, he took up the mic and started singing: "Treat me like a fool, treat me mean and cruel, but love me."
I'm not crazy about those lyrics. What mother would want her son treated meanly and cruelly? But he must have meant it when he got to the line, "If you ever go, Darling, I'll be oh-so lonely" because at the next line, "Beggin' on my knees, all I ask is please, please love me," he got down on one knee, reached into his pocket, pulled out the little box, and held the diamond engagement ring toward Britt.
What gal could resist a guy born on Elvis's birthday singing an Elvis classic and asking her to marry him? Of course she said yes.
I'm not sure how Sty and Danielle's engagement came about, but Sty must have done something right because they've been married for eight years. Maybe it was the early influence of Elvis. In that case, I hope the King works his magic with my son and his fiancé. The wedding is set for October 1.


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I'll do my usual update for everyone.
Ayden was able to get his cast off after 4 weeks. He still has to wear a soft brace for another week to help strengthen his wrist a little bit more. He finished his basketball season and will start baseball in a week. He's excited and has been playing with his pitch-back every day. He wants to play short stop or 2nd baseman. Ayden and Ellie switched piano teachers and he is enjoying the new teacher. She is excited because he is her oldest student right now. She's been giving him harder pieces and trying to push him a little bit more, which we love.
He is already thinking about his 10th birthday which isn't until July!
Ellie has been working on reading 100 books through the month of April. The first grade classes are encouraging all students to read and if they accomplish the 100 book goal they will get to be part of a pizza party. Ellie doesn't like pizza but is determined to finish the goal! She's already at 80 books. They have the option of counting chapters as a book, but she didn't want to do that. She wants to read 100 books. I love that she is working so hard. She also started with the new piano teacher and loves it. She is very chatty though and has to be reminded to get back on task during the lessons. Both Ellie and Ayden signed up to be part of a Stake Primary children's choir for Stake conference Easter weekend. She is so excited but also nervous to sing in front of all those people and cameras. She has been loving this nice weather and spends all her extra time outside riding bikes or playing on the monkey bars. She has several calluses on her palms that I don't know will ever go away.
|crazy girl
Tate has been going to preschool and daycare. He loves daycare and always asks if it's a "Keisha" day. School is a different story. He doesn't like going to school. He's good once he's there and has fun, but he just doesn't like the thought of going I guess. Thankfully he has a very patient, loving preschool teacher! Tate is still our crazy boy. He loves to play with the older kids, but is completely content doing his own thing and playing pretend. He is such a good big brother and loves to make Tayrn smile. He recently had his toe nails painted because "boys can like paint too, Mom." He chose blue like "BIU" (I love that he says BIU instead of BYU).
|this was taken after a treadmill accident
Our sweet baby girl is already 5 months old. I can't believe how quickly time is going with her. She is such a content, happy baby. She is working on rolling over.....she's quite chubby so it's a little hard for her! She is a squawker and we lovingly refer to her as our "Taryn-dactyl" because she sounds like a pterodactyl (as if we know what one sounds like). Taryn loves her siblings. She gets so excited when they talk to her and her legs and arms start going a mile a minute. I miss her during the day when I'm at work, but she is such a good baby for the babysitter that I don't ever worry about her. We love having her in our family. I couldn't decide which picture of her to put on here so I did a few. she's so stinkin' cute!
Spencer has been picking up extra cabinet jobs and stays pretty busy with that. It's nice having the extra money and it's good for him to get his name out there with builders. He really enjoys doing and I appreciate all his hard work. We both signed up to do a 5k run on April 26th so we've been training for that. The first night Spencer went out to run, he tore his lower calf muscle. Seriously! He wasn't able to do anything for on it for 2 weeks. We've got 1 1/2 weeks left before the race and we're both working hard to be ready. It's been great for him because he's lost 15 lbs doing this. Me......nothing! But at least we're getting healthier.
Spencer is working on his classes and this new school Western Governors has been great. He can go at his own pace which sometimes involves last minute panic before the end of the semester! We try to plan one a night a week where he goes to the library for a few hours.
I've been staying busy with my primary calling and started working full time again. For the last 4 weeks I've had a really bad headache that I cannot get rid of. I go to bed with it and wake up with it. I've been to one doctor (who honestly didn't really care and just gave me some meds to get me out the door). Some days are ok and I can function but other days are really bad and my head is throbbing and I feel dizzy/sick. I'm going to another doctor this week so hopefully he'll be more willing to help me figure this out. I'm starting to forget what it feels like to not have a headache!
So that's the Shaws!


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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Oh Genny, you're dumb.
A buddy of mine was dating this girl a while ago who was stupid as shit. I say "was" because they don't date any more, but I'm certain wherever she is today, she's still a moron. I know what you may be thinking, "that's not a nice thing to say about her". But don't worry, it's ok to call her stupid, because she was a fucking bitch! For this story and the sake of her anonymity I'll refer to her as Genny so as not to out her as a dumb-ass.
One day I was out with my buddy and Genny and a couple other female friends of ours and Genny started going on and on about her new phone to the other girls, about how much she loved it and how "cool" it was and how it was so much fun to use. It's somewhat hard to explain the severity of how annoying it was in the written word, but imagine the biggest idiot you can, talking pretty much as loud as humanly possibly in a stereotypical Valley Girl voice. Genny's going on and on like,
"Oh my God, I LOVE my new phone, it's so cool and fun and I love texting with the touch screen keyboard! I can text like, ten times faster than I could with my old phone!" (Which made me feel bad for the people she was texting because it meant that she was able to annoy the shit out of them ten times faster than before.) So as we walked, Genny continued to go on and on about how she capital L.O.V.E.D. her new phone!
I decided that I would take my aggression our indirectly on Genny and see just how stupid she actually was in the meantime. A few days later when I was over at the same friend's house, Genny came by. When she left the room to use the bathroom (most likely to take a giant dump) I grabbed Genny's phone and added my phone number as one of her contacts. But instead of my name, I put in "Your New Phone" as the contact name. When Genny returned from the bathroom, I excused myself, pretending I had to make a phone call, and went to the next room positioning myself where I still had a view of Genny's. From here, I texted her new phone.
"Dear Genny, I fucking hate you!" Which, on her phone's screen read, "Dear Genny, I fucking hate you!" From: Your New Phone.
A few seconds later Genny saw the text. It took a few seconds to sink in that perhaps her phone wasn't quite as fond of her as she was of it, and she began to cry. And I laughed and laughed and laughed.
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Nobody is more sexy than Cha Seon Hwa (차선화) with a bra strap slipped to the side. (if there is such a fashion phrase)
Absolutely gorgeous in this latest set.
And don't forget to look hard, you may find a under boob peek...
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Contouring doesn't have to be complicated. With so many Instagram tutorials and YouTube videos out there, it can be overwhelming and discouraging to try the technique. Here's a tip—you don't need to zebra your face with exaggerated contour & highlight products to a the sculpted look.
L'Oreal recently launched an amazing contouring palette that literally takes 10 seconds to chisel cheekbones and sculpt a jawline with the special brush that hugs the contours of your face. NYX and Dior also launched similar contour & highlight duos (but you'll have to use a regular brush) and this video will show you how to use both types.
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Usher to perform in Seoul for first time
June 25, 2010
R&B superstar Usher will perform in Korea for the first time in his 16-year career next month.
The 31-year-old will be in Korea for just one night.
He plans to perform the hit numbers that helped him win five Grammies, 13 Billboard Music Awards and even become selected as one of the hottest single artists in the 21st century by Billboard magazine.
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I Double Dog Dare Ya!!!
February 4, 2010
Senator wanna be and wanna be heir to Obama's throne Harold Ford Jr. appeared on Stephen Colbert's last Monday night.
Ford may be your typical phony tell you anything to get elected politician, but you gotta give the man credit for coming on Colbert's show. Because you know if you show up there, you're gonna get served!
Ford got ripped on a number of fronts including his claim that" touching down on a Staten Island helicopter pad qualified as visiting the New York City borough." HT The Times Union
"Are there other places in New York you designate as 'helicopter only?'" the Colbert Report host asked, making air quotes with his fingers.
Colbert continued: "Because I would recommend, sir, I would recommend that for Schenectady. I would just look at that on Google maps."
Ford laughed at Colbert's joke but offered no wisecrack of his own."
For the video click HERE
That drew quite a laugh from the audience as well. Meanwhile how do you think people up here in SCHENECTADY feel about the joke?
"Chamber of Schenectady County President Charles Steiner, who occasionally watches "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central network, encouraged Colbert to visit Schenectady by helicopter.
"He will see a lot of growth and opportunity and he is going to want to land his apparatus here," Steiner said. "We would welcome him to fly overhead, and when he does stop by we will be there to welcome him."
James Salengo, executive director the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp., also invited Colbert to visit Schenectady. "We would love him to do a show at Proctors.'"
HT Daily Gazette Schenectady to Colbert: 'Drop in'.
That's fine for Colbert but what about Congressman Ford?
He's the one that was being challenged. So I say to Congressman Ford dispel all the rumors that you're nothing but a selfless poser politician by announcing you're running for the Senate . . .
at The Holiday Inn in beautiful downtown Schenectady!!!
That will show everyone you really do care about the people of New York State!
Come on Congressman
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Tonight we are going to read a story in the New Testament concerning the healing of ten lepers. Among these lepers there was a certain Samaritan to whom Jesus makes a specific reference. Before we go to that passage of scripture, allow me to give some history which will serve to better inform us as to who the Samaritans are.
God brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt and into the land of Canaan for the purpose of establishing a Holy Land, a nation of His people who would worship Him and follow His commands.
The Children of Israel fought for near 25 years to conquer the inhabitants of the land. By the time we get to the end of the book of Joshua, the Ark of the Covenant of God was set in the Tabernacle at Shiloh on a hill in the land later known as Samaria. For the next 400 years, all throughout the times of the Judges, the prophet Samuel, and even King Saul, Samaria was the central seat of government for the Land of Israel. Even after the Ark of the Covenant was lost in battle to the Philistines, the people continued to look towards Samaria for their help.
About 1050 BC King Saul was killed in battle and David was crowned king of the tribe of Judah. He ruled Judah from Hebron for 7 years before all the tribes finally accepted him as King over all the Land and all the Tribes of Israel. At that point, David set his armies to conquer the city of Jebus which had been divided to the Tribe of Benjamin. King David defeated the Jebusites, took the fortress, renamed it Jerusalem and moved the capital of his government there.
In all, David reigned 40 years before King Solomon took the throne and ruled the nation in peace for 40 years. During his reign Solomon not only built the magnificent Temple for the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem, but Solomon also built temples for the pagan gods worshipped by his many foreign wives. This brought him into disrespect and judgment by God who informed Solomon that the Kingdom would suffer for his sins after he died.
When Solomon died at age 80, his son, Rehoboam, became King. The northern 10 tribes did not accept Rehoboam's new government and tore away from the Kingdom choosing their own King named Jeroboam. These divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah continued in conflict, one ruling from Samaria and the other from Jerusalem, until they were each defeated by foreign kings and the people taken captive and removed from their lands.
About 250 years after Solomon died, around 678BC, some years after the children of Israel had been taken captive to Assyria, the King of Assyria decided to repopulate Samaria so that the wild beasts did not take over.
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22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,
23 until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day.
24 ¶ Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.
25 And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land."
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land."
28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
29 However every nation continued to make gods of its own, and put them in the shrines on the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities where they dwelt.
30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 So they feared the LORD, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods — according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.
So, the Samaritans of Jesus' day, and indeed the Samaritans of today, are foreigners who perhaps mixed with some people of the land during the 7 Century BC. By the time Jesus walks through Samaria with His disciples, the people of that region have embraced a notion that they are the only real descendants of the original Children of Israel and that they are living in obedience to God's commands to worship on the mountain blessed and given to them by God in the heart of Samaria.
The Samaritans did not like the Jews and the Jews did not like the Samaritans. They would not speak to each other on the road or expect to be assisted in any way. We see this spoken of by the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob when asked by Jesus to give Him a drink of water. In John 4:22, Jesus admits Himself to be a Jew, as opposed to a Samaritan, by telling the woman, "You don't know what you worship; We know what we worship for salvation is of the Jews." Jesus is a Jewish Jesus!
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11 ¶ Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 "Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?"
19 And He said to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Ten lepers were healed, but only one was made whole. We can be born and raised in the church and still be a foreigner, a stranger, an alien from the common wealth and covenant of God.
"Cleansed" means "healed". "Whole" or "Well" at the end of verse 19 is the Greek word "Sozo" which means to be made whole – spirit, soul and body … completely whole. It is the same word translated "salvation" throughout the New Testament.
This account of Luke 17 is a revelation given to us concerning the difference between being "healed" and being "whole". What is that difference?
Healing can come to anyone, even a foreigner, a Samaritan, someone who does not even know what they worship; someone who may even fear the Lord yet serves their own gods.
In other words, many people may receive the healing or blessing of God simply because God is good and He loves everyone in the world. However, wholeness comes to the person who truly comes to Jesus with a heart of thanksgiving to worship Him.
Jesus' experience reveals that 90 percent of the people who are blessed and healed by Him simply continue on their way, happy to be healed without falling down at His feet, thankful, or giving their worship to Him for their blessing. Faith connects us to God and …
Faith in demonstration makes us whole! Are you searching for healing or wholeness? Have faith, give thanks, and worship Him and Him alone!


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Welcome to our Friday feature link dump: SNPpets. During the week we come across a lot of links and reads that we think are interesting, but don't make it to a blog post. Here they are for your enjoyment…
- Heard it on NPR: A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret [Jennifer]
- Not quite Biology, but still pretty darn cool: Origami that folds itself from Nature News [Jennifer]
- A lot of articles on the 10th anniversary of the draft human genome sequence, including: Nature News and BioTechniques. [Jennifer]
- NCBI's Protein database has undergone a significant update – think on the order of PubMed's latest overhaul. We're working to update our tutorial now, but you might want to check them out – I hear the update has added some nice features! Hat tip to Cyndy [Jennifer]


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Meizu M5s, an upgraded variant of the m3s has been announced at an event in China today. Lets have a look at the specifications, features and pricing of this budget smartphone below.
Meizu M5s Specifications
The Meizu M5s features a 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display, that has a contrast ratio of 1000:1, pixel density of 282 PPI and a screen-to-body ratio of 69.4%. It is powered by a 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor along with Mali-T760 GPU. It comes with 3GB RAM and 16GB / 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded further up to 128GB by inserting a microSD card. The device runs on Flyme OS 6.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
The M5s rocks a 13 megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Sony sensor, f/2.2 aperture, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) and 5P lens. It can record Full HD 1080p videos as well. On the front, it has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture for clicking selfies and making video calls. The smartphone is 8.4mm thick, weighs 143 grams and supports Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD card). It has an all metal body and it also boasts of a mTouch 2.1 fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button, that can unlock the phone in just 0.2 seconds and can be used for payments via Alipay and WeChat as well.
The M5s includes 4G VoLTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS and GLONASS as connectivity options. The smartphone packs in a 3000mAh battery under the hood with mCharge (fast charging) support. It can charge from 0-56% in just 36 minutes.
The Meizu M5s is available in Moonlight Silver, Champagne Gold, Star Gray and Rose Gold color variants. It has been priced at CNY 799 (US $116 / INR Rs. 7,782 approximately) for the 16GB ROM variant, while the 32GB ROM model costs CNY 999 (US $145 / INR Rs. 9,731 approximately). It will be going on sale in China starting from February 20, 2017.