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Starting September 27th, The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will start tolling the HOV lanes along the I-405 corridor.
Have you ever tried to use the HOV lanes on I-405 during peak commute times? If so, you may have noticed that they don't move any faster than the general purpose lanes. Under state and federal law, all HOV lanes need to be moving an average of 45 miles per hour to ensure a reliable commute time. By implementing the toll lanes between NE 6th Street in Bellevue and 405 in Lynnwood, WSDOT hopes to increase the reliability of the average commute by giving commuters a choice to get to where they are going as quickly as possible.
The HOV lanes will be converted into pay-per-use toll lanes similar to those along the State Route 167 corridor. You may use the HOV lanes for free if you have a qualifying carpool and a registered and approved Good To Go! Pass. All of the general purpose lanes will remain free of charge at all times.
WSDOT has started a campaign to educate drivers along the 405 corridor on how the toll lanes work. When you drive alone on I-405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue, you'll have the opportunity to use the lanes for a fee. Electronic signs above the lanes will give you the price for the toll based upon the time you enter the lanes.
Learn how to qualify for a free flex pass. Switchable flex passes are different than the standard Good To Go! sticker on most vehicles. These flex passes have the option to convert from a standard setting to a HOV setting when you have the appropriate number of passengers in your vehicle.
Under state law, the money raised from the collection of tolls will go back to paying for the tolling infrastructure and future projects along the 405 corridor.
These lanes will directly impact commuters coming to and from Bellevue and beyond. To learn more about ways to enhance your commute contact the Choose Your Way Bellevue team.
Check out this video on how the toll lanes will work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tzocP4UfZk
-Choose Your Way Bellevue staffer, Ariel


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Natural vignettes is usually caused by a limitation of a camera lens. The outer edges of the photo are darker and less saturated than the center of the photo. Digitally adding a vignette to your photos can focus the viewer on a specific area of the photo and help remove distractions you don't want to interfere.
For our example we are going to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to quickly add a vignette to a football action photo.
As you can see our photo has a few things on the outer edge that are a little distracting from the center athlete. By adding a vignette we will try and cut back on the distracting areas and focus on the player with the ball.
To get started load up Lightroom and go to the Develop interface. Now on the right hand side scroll down to the Effects menu and open it up. The vignette options are right at the top of the panel.
I won't go into much detail of each of the options simply because you can try them out and see the effects for yourself. The main setting you are looking for will be the Amount slider. This adjusts the amount of the vignette you want to show up on your photos. A positive value will brighten up the edges while a negative value with darken the outer edges.
Once you play around with the settings and find the right settings for your photo you will have a more dynamic and interesting photo.

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Posted 6-26-2016
One of the subjects about which I get the most feedback as rector is MUSIC. Yes, music is important to both our 9:00 and 11:00 worship experience. Some want more hymns. Some want more contemporary music. All want music that "moves" them, be it the text, the tune, or both. (And thanks to volunteer Lil Mills, music is even a small but important part of our 7:45 eucharist.)
The Gospel reading this Sunday is about Jesus calling us to discipleship. In our hymnal supplement, Wonder, Love, & Praise, there is a wonderful hymn about this, "Will you come and follow me." It's haunting words and tune have moved me to tears when I have sung it in other places. We shall sing it at the 11:00 eucharist this Sunday. The 2nd and 3rdverses are:
Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?
Will you set the pris 'ner free and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen?
And admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
Will you love the "You" you hide if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found to reshape the world around through my sight
and touch and sound in you and you in me?
–Robby Vickery
Posted 6-10-2016
I write this as I sit at the airport waiting to fly out on a mixed business/vacation trip. Many of us mix business and pleasure often, but for many of us the ratio of business to rest is very high. Once again I will say that the most frequently broken commandment among St. Michaels folks is the commandment to remember the sabbath and keep it holy. The popular understanding of keeping the sabbath is to go to church on Sunday, but the biblical understanding of sabbath is so much more. Biblically, sabbath is holy rest, time to break the cycle of busyness, time to love God and our neighbor. We need some sabbath time every day, more every week, and even more every year.
Sabbath time is not necessarily "religious." It might be a time to write a friend, cook a meal for a sick neighbor, or volunteer at a helping agency. It might be simply watching a sunset.
For the Good Use of Leisure, BCP p. 825
O God, in the course of this busy life, give us times of refreshments and peace; and grant that we may so use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our spirits may be opened to the goodness of your creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Posted 5-12-2016
The Great Fifty Days of Easter will draw to a close this Sunday, Pentecost Sunday.
We shall celebrate Luke's telling of the Holy Spirit falling upon the disciples of Jesus, waiting patiently in Jerusalem. Then and only then were they empowered to go out and tell the world the Good News (=Gospel) of what God had done in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Yes, it cost some of them their lives, but you and I know Jesus today because of their witness. The Old Testament reading for the day (which we shall not hear) is the Genesis story of the tower of Babel and God dividing the arrogant peoples of the earth by language. Note in the Acts reading how the coming of the Holy Spirit heals this ancient division.
At St. Michaels we shall all renew our baptismal vows. We shall baptize two babies "into the household of God." All are invited to wear red, the liturgical color of the Holy Spirit, to worship.
We shall also bring back a custom we have not done for several years. After the 9:00 and 11:00 services the children who desire shall have the opportunity to "baptize" each other with cascarones, confetti-filled eggs. Those desiring to take part should gather on the grass in front of the church immediately following the service.
Posted 4-24-2016
Borrowed Thoughts from Richard Rohr's "Daily Meditation"
"Faith" is not an affirmation of a creed, an intellectual acceptance of God, or
believing certain doctrines to be true or orthodox (although those things might well be good). Yet that seems to be what many Christians have whittled faith down to. Such faith does not usually change your heart or your lifestyle. I'm convinced that much modern atheism is a result of such a heady and really ineffective definition of faith. We defined faith intellectually, so people came up with intellectual arguments against it and then said, "I don't believe in God."
Both Jesus' and Paul's notion of faith is much better translated as foundationalconfidence or trust that God cares about what is happening right now. This is clearly the quality that Jesus fully represents and then praises in other people.
God refuses to be known intellectually. God can only be loved and known in the act of love; God can only be experienced in communion. This is why Jesus "commands" us to move toward love and fully abide there. Love is like a living organism, an active forcefield upon which we can rely, from which we can draw, and we can allow to pass through us. Read 1 Corinthians 13, Paul's masterpiece on the eternal state of love, as if you are reading it for the first time, and you will see that he equates confidence in God and confidence in love as the same thing. I am afraid you can believe doctrines (e.g., virgin birth, biblical inerrancy, Real Presence in bread and wine, etc.) to be true and not enjoy such a radical confidence in love or God at all. I have met many such merely intellectual believers.
[This command to love is painted on the steel beam supporting our church behind the altar and will be in our gospel reading Sunday–Robby Vickery]
Posted 4-17-2016
Several years ago our Stewardship Commission came up with the great idea of annually honoring someone who has demonstrated a deep commitment to the stewardship of their time, talent, and treasure at St. Michael's over many years. This has come to be known at the Heritage Award. It is celebrated with a dinner, and the recipient's name is engraved on the Heritage Chalice which we use in worship. The determination is made by a vote of the Vestry.
Previous Recipients:
2012 Vic Niemeyer
2013 Patricia Newton
2014 Nell Dale
2015 Sondra Crowley
I am pleased to announce that the 2016 recipient of the Heritage Award is Martha Hudson. Martha is one of those folks who quietly get things done around St. Michaels that need doing. She has nurtured Neighborhood Care Groups and Stephen Ministry. She volunteers in the office and cares for the Food Pantry.
The celebration dinner will be the evening of Saturday, May 14. Save the date so you can be part of the celebration. Details to come.
Thoughts from the Rector
Posted 4-10-2016
St. Michael's is funding outreach efforts a new way in 2016. We have an Outreach Partner of the Month. It is an organization with which we have a personal relationship. Information about the ministry of the organization is made available. All that month there is an opportunity for parishioners who wish to make contributions with checks made out to "St. Michael's Church" memo "Outreach Partner of the Month [or, the specific organization name for that month]." We shall report back each month how much was donated to the Outreach Partner for the previous month.
For example, our April Partner will be an organization with which many of us at St. Michaels have worked since 1992, the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). IHN is a program of Foundation for the Homeless (FFH):
FFH's IHN is a shelter program based on a national model (Family Promise) that provides transitional shelter for children and their families experiencing homelessness. Host churches, synagogues and support congregations work in collaboration to provide year round shelter, meals, and a loving presence while FFH staff provide transportation, case management, referrals and other supportive services to families as they work toward achieving goals of permanent housing and selfsufficiency.
Please see the article on the IHN page and see how you can help host the 3-4 homeless families who will spend the nights of May 1-7 in our Sunday school classrooms converted to bedrooms.
Thoughts from the Rector
Posted 3-27-2016
Just as Christmas is not just a day but a season of 12 days, Easter is not just a day, but a season. Beginning with the Great Vigil of Easter on Easter Eve through and including the Day of Pentecost (May 15 this year) we celebrate what is known as the Great 50 Days of Easter. Popular American culture, secular and religious, make a bigger deal out of Christmas, but it is the raising of Jesus from the dead for you and me and "them" that makes all the difference. We do not have a very wise dead teacher/example; we have a living Lord, a living Savior who wants a personal and communal relationship with us of grace and love.
How do we celebrate this?
- Gone is the Lenten purple; white is the ancient liturgical color of celebration.
- "Alleluias" are back in our worship. "Alleluia" is the Latin transliteration of the Hebrew "Hallelujah" which means "Praise the Lord/Yahweh." Most of the year some of the congregation want to add "Alleluia" to their "Thanks be to God" at the end of the service. The Great 50 Days is the time when it is "meet and right so to do."
- In our worship we read from "The Acts of the Apostles." That is, we study how that first Christian community responded to their relationship with the living Lord so that we might respond faithfully also.
Posted 2-17-2016
As a parish family at our Annual Parish Meeting Jan. 31 we adopted a 2016 Operating Budget that has a $33,000 deficit. Last year we overcame a similar deficit. So far, 165 families are pledging $710,000. We invite others to join with us to support the mission of Jesus Christ through St. Michaels. If you have not already pledged, prayerfully consider joining those who have. 2016 Pledge Card
—Robby Vickery
Posted 2-3-2016
Start planning now for the observance of a holy Lent:
When are you going to get to church Ash Wednesday? If you cannot get here, Jesus is showing up at some church near where you live or work.
In the Episcopal liturgy you will hear the priest say:
I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance;
by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and
meditating on God's holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark of our mortal nature, let us now kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer.
- When are you going to examine yourself? Self-examination should lead you and me to repentance.
- When are you setting aside time to pray?
- What are you giving up?
- What scripture are you going to read and when?
The Forgiveness Workshop and the Family Spirituality program can be part of this holy observance.
Posted 1-28-2016
St. Michael's will fund outreach efforts a new way starting in February. We shall
have an Outreach Partner of the Month. It will be an organization with which we have a personal relationship. Information about the ministry of the organization will be made available. All that month there will be an opportunity for parishioners who wish to make contributions with checks made out to "St. Michael's Church" memo "Outreach Partner of the Month [or, the specific organization name for that month]." We shall report back each month how much was donated to the Outreach Partner for the previous month.
For example, our February Partner will be an organization with which many of us at St. Michaels have worked for years, Trinity Center (trinitycenteraustin.org). Trinity Center ministers to the Austin homeless community with a free health clinic, Sunday afternoon worship and meals, computer lab, fellowship, case management, resource referrals, financial aid for IDs, birth certificates and Rx co-pays, bus passes, showers, office space for appointments with Foundation for the Homeless (another organization that will be a Partner of the Month because it is the parent-organization of the Interfaith Hospitality Network), Monday-Friday breakfasts, and even an art studio and movies (complete with popcorn).
St. Michaels will lead the Trinity Center Sunday afternoon worship and prepare the meals for about 50 homeless next on Valentine's Day, February 14. Plan to be there (see page 7); give to support it!
–Robby Vickery
Posted 1-21-2016
I really like how Richard Rohr put it below about the mystery of the
Incarnation [God becoming "en-fleshed"=human] in his Daily Meditation last week. I commend his daily meditations to your pondering; sign up at Center for Action and Contemplation (cac.org). —Robby Vickery
We are looking at ascents and "higher states of consciousness" and moral perfectionism, while Jesus quite simply comes "and lives among us."
Religious images were once quite erotic: passionate, suffering, naked, bleeding, familial, and relational. Catholicism at its best understood this very well, especially in art and the use of relational language: father, sister, mother superior, brother. Sacramentalism was overwhelmingly tactile, liturgy was drama, and music was sensuous and satisfying.
Just as we have domesticated the Gospel to make it into a means of social order and control, we have also avoided the scandal of the incarnation to avoid God in the material world or, as Mother Teresa put it, "in his most distressing disguise." If you think we are moving far from orthodoxy, just look at that perennial touchstone of orthodoxy, the Eucharist. There it is again: Real Presence in physical bread and intoxicating wine! "Body of Christ" we say, as we place the bread in the hands or mouths of believers. The act is intentionally shocking, sexual, oral, mystical, and momentous. Only after thousands of "communions" does its truth dawn on us, and the mystery of God's incarnation in Christ then consciously continues again on this earth. –Richard Rohr
Posted 1-14-2016
We are in a "green" season, Epiphany, and as I said last week, an
"epiphany" is a manifestation, a showing forth. God can reveal himself even if we are resistant—Jesus revealed himself to Paul while Paul was persecuting Christians by knocking him to the ground with a flash of light that blinded him for three days! God can reveal himself even if we are resistant, but it is "easier" on God and certainly easier on us if we are at least slightly cooperating.
So, how are you cooperating with God to help God reveal himself [herself, if you choose] to you?
Are you praying? That is, are you, preferably daily, setting aside time to talk with, not to, God. Tell God what your fears, hopes, and doubts are and give God time to answer. Or, don't say a word, just be still and be mindful of God's love for you.
Are you reading scripture, preferably daily? Yes, the bible was written thousands of years ago in a very different place and cultural context, but it is amazing how God uses it to reveal what God is doing in your and my life. If you start now reading one chapter of the Gospel (the word means "Good News") according to Luke (the Gospel we are reading this liturgical year) each day, then you will finish it this Epiphany season. And one chapter takes just about five (5) minutes to read.
Are you being generous with your/God's money? Yes, God reveals himself through money. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Posted 1-7-2016
With the arrival of January 6, Christmastide (old fashion way of
saying Christmas season, the 12 days) came to an end. January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, (aka the Feast of the Wise Men, the Feast of the Manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles) started a new season, Epiphany. An "epiphany" is a manifestation, a showing forth. Who Jesus is is shown forth in the gospel readings:
Jan. 10: Jesus baptized with "You are my Son, the Beloved"
Jan. 17: Jesus changes water into wine (blood; foreshadowing)
Jan. 24 Hometown Jesus fulfills Isaiah passage of Good News
Jan. 31: Jesus enrages the hometown crowd
Feb. 7: Jesus is transfigured into his heavenly glory
Feb. 10 Arrival of Lent with ASH WED, Epiphany ends.
Note: Easter is VERY EARLY this year, March 27, so Lent begins very early, and hence, Epiphany is only 5 Sundays long. Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Jesus is being shown forth in our world today. Do you and I have the eyes to see him?
One very practical way to look for Jesus this Epiphany season is to dedicate a day to the Daring Way™ Workshop described on page 6 of this Sunday Trumpet. "The primary focus is on developing shame resilience skills and developing daily practices that transform the way we live, love, parent, and lead."
Posted 12-10-2015
The word "Advent" has the root meaning of "come to." It is the church season during which we prepare to receive the God who comes to us in the mystery of the Incarnation, the en-fleshing. The following poem, "The Coming," [from Divine Inspiration; The Life of Jesus in World Poetry] helps me meditate upon this mystery. It is by R. S. Thomas, an Anglican priest considered the leading twentieth century Welsh poet in English.
And God held in his hand
A small globe. Look, he said.
The son looked. Far off,
As through water, he saw
A scorched land of fierce
Colour. The light burned
There; crusted buildings
Cast their shadows; a bright
Serpent, a river
Uncoiled itself, radiant
With slime.
On a bare
Hill a bare tree saddened
The sky. Many people
Held out their thin arms
To it, as though waiting
For a vanished April
To return to its crossed
Boughs. The son watched
Them. Let me go there, he said.
—The Rev. Robby Vickery
Thoughts from the Rector posted November 12, 2015
Communities have life cycles, and St. Michaels is no different. I ask your prayers for all the transitions happening now:
1 – We said "Goodbye" to a loving and talented priest as Janne retired two weeks ago, and one week ago we welcomed a loving and talented new associate rector in Brin Bon. Brin will just be with us Sundays until she becomes full time on Nov. 29. She is finishing up her work as full time chaplain at Trinity Episcopal Church.
2 – Last May we said "Goodbye" to our loving and talented preschool director as Dana Carvalho retired. In August Rebecca Hope started nurturing and building this preschool community.
3 – After 6 1/2 years Dec. 20 will be loving and talented youth minister Mary Conkling's last day with us as she enters nursing school in January in Virginia. May our Lord Jesus guide us to our next great youth minister.
4 – Mary Parse has been our primary 11:00 musician since well before I arrived 25 years ago. Her talent and care for our worship are going to be hard to replace, but she is going to retire from this position sometime this winter. May our Lord Jesus guide us to a great organist to nurture our 11:00 worship.
Let all of this just remind us again that God is the one constant we can count on. Those of us who grew up with Episcopal Morning Prayer will remember, "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen." —The Rev. Robby Vickery
Thoughts from the Rector posted October 18, 2015
I once heard a priest say that one is not apt to become a lawyer, a plumber or a tither, if one does not know a lawyer, a plumber or a tither. So, I share below with you how Debbie and I figure our giving for the coming year. The biblical understanding of a tithe (10%) is enough to challenge many people to be sacrificial, but it is not absolute. God is not calling people living at a subsistence level to live at 90% of subsistence. On the other hand, Jesus said that to whom much has been given much will be expected. People like the Vickerys who have been blessed with much can give more than a tithe.
I invite you to discuss with God how much you should give in the coming year and to what. Whatever the result of that discussion is for St. Michael's operating fund I invite you to write down on a pledge card and hand in this Sunday, our Pledge Ingathering Sunday. Do we trust God to provide for our personal needs and for the needs of St. Michael's?
$ 13,859 – Robby's Salary
$ 15,000 – R's Soc.Sec. Pd by Ch.
$ 18,695 – R's pension payment
$ 53,000 – R's Housing Allowance
$ 22,000 – Robby's 403(b) payment
$ 15,000 – Dividends & Interest
$ 12,000 – Medical Ins. Payment
$ 3,090 – R's Health Savings Acct.
$ 20,000 – Operating Fund, St. Michael's
$ 15,000 – Bldg. Fund, St. Michael's
$ 1,000 – Op&Bldg. Funds, St. Stph's, DC
$ 200 – Operating Fund, St. Marts,CpCv.
$ 900 – Discretionary Fund & Feed Prg.
$ 400 – UT and Rice
$ 1,000 – Diocese of Peshawar, Pakistan
$ 3,000 – Virginia Seminary Op&Bldg. F.
$ 250 – Flower Fund, St. Michael's
$ 1,000 – Diocese of S. Malawi, Africa
$ 500 – Misc.
—The Rev. Robby Vickery
Thoughts from the Rector posted on September 13, 2015
Go therefore …
Jesus gives us the Great Commission,
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you."
So, how are we at St. Michael's doing in obeying this command from Jesus? (Note well: Jesus says, "Go" not "Wait until they drive up the driveway at 1500 N. Loop 360.") A major "going" to be obedient and invitational is our south altar at Covington Middle School. The South Altar Launch Team (SALT) has worked hard enabling the service to happen, but the service has had a hard time drawing new people. In six months we have added only two new families.
However, two new campaigns are coming up:
On Friday, September 25, 4-6:30 p.m. St. Michael's will have a free hot dog booth at the Covington Back-to-School Roundup. We plan to introduce ourselves to 100s of folks.
On Sunday, October 4, the Feast of St. Francis, noon-1 p.m. we shall have an animal blessing booth at the entrance to Dick Nichols District Park, 8011 Beckett Road. Blessings, treats, and St. Francis collar medals will be available to all animals.
Contact me Robby Vickery to help with either of these events even/especially if you are not on the Launch Team –The Rev. Robby Vickery
Thoughts from the Rector posted September 11, 2015
Jesus gives us the Great Commission,
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you."
So, how are we at St. Michael's doing in obeying this command from Jesus? (Note well: Jesus says, "Go" not "Wait until they drive up the driveway at 1500 N. Loop 360.") A major "going" to be obedient and invitational is our south altar at Covington Middle School. The South Altar Launch Team (SALT) has worked hard enabling the service to happen, but the service has had a hard time drawing new people. In six months we have added only two new families.
However, two new campaigns are coming up:
On Friday, September 25, 4-6:30 p.m. St. Michael's will have a free hot dog booth at the Covington Back-to-School Roundup. We plan to introduce ourselves to 100s of folks.
On Sunday, October 4, the Feast of St. Francis, noon-1 p.m. we shall have an animal blessing booth at the entrance to Dick Nichols District Park, 8011 Beckett Road. Blessings, treats, and St. Francis collar medals will be available to all animals.
Contact me Robby Vickery to help with either of these events even/especially if you are not on the Launch Team. –The Rev. Robby Vickery
More on Race and the Human Family posted on, Aug 6, 2015
Even a quick glance at the news shows that race is still an issue in our society. In our prayerbook we have the following Collect for the Human Family (BCP, p.815):
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
How do we live out this prayer, walking the talk?
I urge you to put on your calendar now to be in church on Sept. 20 when Ora Houston, Austin's only black city council member and a long time member of St. James Episcopal Church, will be our preacher at the 9:00 and 11:00 services.
I also commend to you the "One Human Race" workshop. It is a 3-week series based upon PBS's "Race: The Power of an Illusion." The workshop is facilitated by the local chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians and uses small group sharing in a supportive, nonjudgmental atmosphere . For more information contact Teresa Chang (512.289.0428) or www.OneHumanRace.Info.
The workshop is done several times a year and the next one is:
Saturdays, September 12, 19, and 26
12:30-3:00 p.m.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lord, hear our prayer. –The Rev. Robby Vickery
Christianity, the Cross, and Conversion posted on Jul 31, 2015
In my sermon Sunday I talked about choosing either:
A false Christianity that seems to offer health and wealth in simplistic ways that will ultimately lead to disillusionment
An authentic discipleship that understands why the cross is the primary Christian symbol. It is a paradox–suffering and death lead to joy and life. All true faith must look through the lens of the cross.
Richard Rohr puts it this way:
Conversion is not joining a different group, but seeing with the eyes of the crucified. The cross is Paul's philosopher's stone or "code breaker" for any lasting spiritual liberation. God can save sincere people of faith inside any system or religion, if only they can be patient, God-trusting, and compassionate in the presence of misery, failure, or imperfection-especially their own. This is life's essential journey. These trustful ones have surrendered to the Eternal Christ Mystery, very often without needing to use the exact word "Christ" at all (Matthew 7:21)*. It is the doing not the saying that matters (Matthew 21:28-32)**.
*7:21 Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven but only the one who does the will of my Father in Heaven.
**21:31 Jesus said to them, "Truly, I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you." –The Rev. Robby Vickery
Racial Reconciliation posted on, Jul 23, 2015
Our vision at St. Michaels is to be "an ever-widening, ever-deepening circle of reconciliation in Christ." Such is on the homepage of our website not once but twice! And we are not making this stuff up. The Catechism, on page 855 of The Book of Common Prayer, says, "The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ." St. Paul says, "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation."
Are the relationships between the various races of Austin what God would have them be? NO.
Is God calling St. Michael's to do something about this? YES, some of us, including Janne and me, believe.
Since the tragic murders of nine black parishioners at Emmanuel (= "God with us") A.M.E. Church in Charleston, there have been talks in the church community of Austin about what God might be calling to happen here in Austin. What form might this take at St. Michaels? Who knows but we shall never know if we do not intentionally pray, talk, work, and pray some more. To this end, the following is happening:
Some of us are meeting with local black leaders.
Ora Houston, the only black Austin City Council member and a long-time member of St. James Episcopal Church, will preach here on Sunday, September 20 at the 9:00 and 11:00 services. St. James is by far the most racially diverse Episcopal church in Austin, and we have a recent history of working with them on projects.
Also on September 20 our adult Sunday school lesson following "Hazardous Saints" will be on Sojourner Truth. She was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She was born into slavery in New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.
If you would like to be part of a group that explores what St. Michaels can do to nurture reconciliation in our city and our world, contact me.
–The Rev. Robby Vickery
What We Do … posted on, Jul 9, 2015
Or, better put, What God Does Through Us …
Several weeks ago I preached a sermon on my being pleasantly surprised by all the good ministries our parishioners are involved in, many of which I am clueless about. Some folks believe that it is not "ministry" unless someone in a collar does it or that it happens on church grounds. Nothing could be further from the truth!
In the sermon I asked the congregation to briefly write down on 3X5 cards some of the ministries they are involved in and as an outward and visible sign of offering these back to God, to drop the cards in the offering plates. I said that I wanted to share these with the whole congregation and such is below. Remember, these notes were not to be exhaustive but rather to give us a sense of the height and breadth of the stewardship of time and talent of our fellow parishioners. Sometimes folks shared their names; others are anonymous
Dell Children's Hospital, Stephen Ministry, IHN, Women's Storybook Project, Westbank Library – Patricia Newton.
Integration helper into League of Legends Competitive Community.
Prep meals for MLF, leader with Pack 30 and Troop 30, coach, Sunday school Teacher, VBC – Elm family.
Bingo @ Trinity Center, registrar for Westlake Girl Scouts, acolyte, VBC service camp, helping other whites understand what systemic racism looks like to blacks.
Wounded Warriors, Cub & Boy Scouts, Dell Children's & Scottish Rite Hospital, Emergency Response.
Theatre for my school.
Teach Sunday school, Chair of Ducks Unlimited Austin Chapter, CAFB, coach – Hoovers.
Board of Boys & Girls Clubs and TX Land Conservancy; Friend of KLRU, Little Helping Hands – Grimes family.
National Charity League – Shannon & Elly Abikhaled.
Created a Rice alum physicians group to endow undergrads to travel to Africa to work on biomed engineering solutions to health problems – Shannon & John Abikhaled.
Introducing my great niece to "The Way" – Bonne Bourland.
Ensemble VIII board; opera board emeritus – Nell Dale Sanders.
Fund & manage family foundation; bridge board of McAllen; UT scholarships; treasurer of SMEDS – Jan Klinck.
Board of charitable foundation; support a poor family from Reynosa; encourage Weight Watcher members; give to UTeach at UT – Sally Klinck.
Help with grandkids; stay in touch with lonely friends; remember BDs; pray.
Medic firefighter; BSA asst. scout master – Chris Ham.
KW Cares board; grandmother, mother, sister, friend; St. Jude's Life Works.
Board President of Peace through Commerce; Co-founder and president of Austin Chapter of American Creativity Assoc.; board of U of Hawaii alums of TX; leader of St. Mi's prayer group and Seeker book study – Phyllis Blees.
VBS; singing – Julius Tabery.
Soaring for Song; visiting lonely neighbors – Ron Tabery.
Board of Ensemble VIII; WHS Baccalaureate Committee.; raising righteous boys; playing organ – Gena Tabery.
Getting to know and share with coworkers through a small group – Sarah Doran.
Teaching & encouraging small children.
Started and running a company that donates 10% net profits to children's shelter; make Kiva microloans to women – Camille Gaines.
Hospital chaplain; NOVA.
Austin Pets Alive – the Guesses.
Board of VSA TX; Austin Children's Services & SafePlace – Sarah Koestler.
Mentor grad students; rescued senior dog – Ben Koestler
All this surely gives us a sense of the breadth of time and talent stewardship going on within our congregation. — The Rev. Robby Vickery
Healing Ministry posted on, Jul 2, 2015
Both the gospel reading last week and this week emphasize that in the presence of Jesus believers get well. The reading this week further emphasizes that followers of Jesus are to be about this healing ministry also.
So, why do many churches today not emphasize healing more? I fear that we have become too "sophisticated" and "enlightened" for such "primitive" beliefs. And pastorally we do not want to get peoples' hopes up and then dash them if healing in the way they want to be healed does not happen. In this week's epistle, St. Paul himself appeals to God three times to be healed of a "thorn in the flesh," and Paul receives a clear "No" from God. Paul, whom God used to heal others, does not get his own healing, and he has to come to terms with that. I'm experiencing a "No" or at least a "Not yet" in my own life right now.
Even if the answer is sometimes/frequently "No," the clear witness of scripture is that God intends wholeness and health for God's people. "You do not have because you do not ask." So let us ask! As a seminary professor of mine put it, "Storm the gates of heaven with prayer." I also like the way former Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple put it, "All I know is that good things happen when I pray that do not happen when I do not pray."
Use the Prayer Partners that are available at the prayer desk behind the pulpit during the administration of the bread andwine. Tell the Partner in as general or as specific a way as you want what you desire prayer for (e.g. illness, family situations, employment). They will keep it confidential. God will hear and act.
Prayerfully consider whether God is calling you to serve as a Prayer Partner. We could use several more in the rotation at both 9:00 and 11:00. Training is provided. God needs moredisciples who are "Ready, Willing, and Unable." Contact me orJanne if interested in learning more. –The Rev. Robby Vickery
Fathers & Father-Figures posted on, Jun 25, 2015
Last Sunday was Fathers' Day. I realized that it has been over six years since my father died and eight years since I lost him significantly to the "fog" of dementia.
Heavenly Father, through the grace of your Son, Jesus the Christ, continue to pour your love and mercy upon my father. I look forward to the day Dad and I are reunited in your kingdom.
How much does our experience of our earthly fathers shape our understanding of our heavenly Father? How much does our experience of our heavenly Father shape our understanding of earthly fathers?
After my father, the man who had the most influence on my life was my tennis coach, Tut Bartzen. He retired from the "amateur" tennis circuit in about 1961 to become the pro at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth where I was playing. Tut won the U. S. Clay Court Championship in singles five times and in doubles four times. Representing the United States in Davis Cup play Tut NEVER lost, going 16-0 in matches. He was ranked eighth in the world in 1959.
Tut did not just teach tennis. He taught a way of life: work hard, compete hard, don't beat yourself, control your emotions, if you are not sure your opponent's shot was out, you call it in, and trust God. Yes, trust God. Tut was a devout Roman Catholic who went to mass daily. Tut taught me (between the ages of 10 and 15) that a boy without much athletic ability but with hard work and smart play could become a good tennis player and a good person. So, I will miss the 11:00 service this Sunday to drive to Fort Worth for a reception at Colonial honoring Tut. I and folks I have not seen since high school will thank this father-figure. — The Rev. Robby Vickery


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There are many ways to generate electricity and heat from clean, renewable sources.
It's also much easier to get permission to amend your home to make use of renewable energy following the amendment of the general permitted development order.
We have listed the main options below.
You could get money towards renewable heating costs in your home.
Solar photovoltaics
Solar photovoltaics or PV are panels that use the sun to create electricity. They don't need direct sunlight to work and can generate electricity when it's cloudy.
In housing, the panels are normally placed on a south facing roof (although they can be used on south–east or south-west facing roofs without losing too much efficiency). The panels are wired through an inverter which will convert the electricity produced from AC to DC.
This in turn is connected to a generation meter which will tell you how much electricity they have produced. This will then normally feed into the National Grid. This allows the power generated to be sold to the grid and be used by someone else if you aren't using it.
If you are not on the National Grid you will need batteries to save the energy produced. You will need around 10m2 of shade free space to install panels.
There are different types of solar panels. You can mainly choose between mono-crystalline or poly-crystalline panels and these panels can be made as solar roof tiles or conventional bolt-on panels.
Mono-crystalline is more efficient but more expensive. Individual panels or tiles are clipped together to create a "solar array". One kilowatt of panels would produce around 750-800 kilowatt hours of electricity.
The average household uses around 3,300 kilowatt hours of electricity. An average roof would normally hold enough panels to create a quarter to a half of the energy used in the house.
The panels themselves should be virtually maintenance free. They will need to be kept clean but the rain should take care of that. You may need to replace the inverter every 5 to 10 years.
PV systems can vary significantly in price but prices have come down substantially since the launch of the Feed-in Tariff.
The cost depends on the amount of panels used, the size of the panels and various other issues. We would recommend you get at least 3 quotes before deciding which company to use.
Solar hot water
Solar thermal systems (collectors) use the sun to heat water, which is stored in your hot water cylinder. It can provide up to 70% of a family's domestic hot water usage, with more in summer than winter.
The panels are usually low profile and are not normally suitable to provide heating as they can only generate this amount of heat in the summer when heating isn't normally required.
There are 2 different types of panels, flat plate and evacuated tube:
- Flat plates consist of a flat "radiator" absorber, covered by glass and insulated. Their efficiency depends on the insulation properties and type of construction.
- Evacuated tubes are a lot more efficient. Water is passed through an evacuated glass tube, which contains a black absorber plate. Since these are very efficient, only a small area is required. These are more expensive than the flat plate system.
Most systems will require little maintenance. They should be visually checked once a year and inspected by an accredited installer every few years.
Biomass is natural fuel normally used to generate heat and sometimes electricity. In most cases the fuel will be wood, either chipped, in logs or pellets. These can be burnt in either a room heater or a boiler.
A very important factor to be considered before installing a solid fuel burner is that Sheffield is covered by the Clean Air Act. This means that it is illegal to burn fuel that emits smoke unless it's in an approved appliance and you could be fined £1,000.
In Sheffield all biomass boilers, room heaters and any type of wood burners must be on the Exempt Fireplaces List to be used under the Clean Air Act.
Biomass boilers will normally require space for a fuel store and even a room heater will require a dry space to store your fuel.
Maintenance biomass boilers
Biomass boilers will need more maintenance than gas boilers.
They will need to be visually checked everyday and in a lot of cases will need the fuel store to be filled by hand.
The ash cans will need emptying every week, the grate will need to be checked every month to ensure there is no blockages and the boiler will need a full yearly service.
Heat pumps
Heat pumps use the heat stored in the ground, air or water to provide heating via under floor heating or radiators.
Ground and water systems pumps a mixture of water and antifreeze through long lengths of pipes which are buried in the ground or laid in water. The amount of piping will depend on the heat demand of your house.
Depending on how much area you have available, the pipes will either be put in vertical boreholes of up to 100 meters or laid in loops in trenches.
Heat from the ground, water or air is absorbed by this fluid which is then passed through a heat exchanger which concentrates the heat. A heat pump will never give out a large amount of heat like a gas boiler does. Because of this lower heat output heat pumps may need to be left on 24 hours a day in winter.
An air source heat pump extracts heat from the outside air in the same way that a fridge extracts heat from its inside. It can extract heat from the air even when the outside temperature is as low as minus 15° C.
All heat pumps will have filters that need cleaning and ground and water source heat pumps will need to have their fluid levels checked and topped up occasionally. Beside this the maintenance is around the same as an average heating system.


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Lori Jean Bartz, 54, of West Bend, found peace on Friday, August 30,
2013, after her 13 year struggle with cancer.
She was born on Oct. 24, 1958, in Milwaukee. She married David Bartz Sr.
on Dec. 20, 1980, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
Lori was employed as a legal secretary at the Doherty Law Office in West
Bend for the past 10 years. During her struggle with cancer for the past
13 years, Lori was a Chemo Angel, volunteering, making quilts, sending
cards and toys to children with cancer. She was the best wife and mother
She is survived by her husband, David; three children, Amanda Jean
Kreuser of Kewaskum, David Bartz Jr. of West Bend and Bonnie Jo Bartz of
Menomonee Falls; three grandchildren, Brooke Lynn Kreuser, Trisha
Victoria Kreuser and Elizabeth Casey; a sister, Cheri Katzung of
Milwaukee; other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia Merkel.
A visitation in memory of Lori will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7, from
11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Myrhum – Patten Funeral Home, 1315 W. Washington
St., West Bend.
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|Still Image Shooting
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Panning IS Panning motion is detected so that IS does not interfere with desired camera movement.
Macro (Hybrid) IS Corrects for shift-type camera shake, which typically occurs in macro (close-up) shooting.
Tripod When tripod use is detected, the Image Stabilizer is stopped because it is not needed.
|Video Recording
Dynamic IS Effective for video shooting at wide-angle focal lengths, eliminating the unwanted shaking that typically occurs while walking.
Powered IS Compensates for hand movement when shooting video at the telephoto end of the zoom range, where camera shake is magnified.
Macro (Hybrid) IS Corrects for motion blur that is likely to occur when shooting video while walking. Also compensates for the shift-type camera shake common in macro shooting.
Active Tripod IS When shooting video while using a tripod, the image stabilization is active to compensate for slight camera shake.
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Zoom Framing Assist offers a new seek assist function that detects when you're panning (for instance, to search for the location of a soccer ball) and automatically zooms out to help; stop panning, and the zoom returns to its original position. Zoom Framing Assist keeps your subject's face the same size in your frame no matter how they move. Tap the Zoom Framing Assist function button to detect your subject's face. As your subject retreats and advances the camera automatically zooms in and out so their face remains the same size. It's especially useful for capturing the expressions of fast-moving children. The system has been further enhanced by letting you choose the subject's size: choices include face, upper body, whole body, manual or off for superior assistance and control. And, for even more convenience, all Zoom Framing Assist functions are also available when shooting video.
Faster Focus Helps You Capture Every Shot
Faster Focus Helps You Capture Every Shot
High Speed AF
The PowerShot SX520 HS camera is equipped with Canon's latest advancements in autofocus (AF) technology. Canon's advanced AF achieves a significant increase in speed for a shooting experience that's spontaneous and natural. The remarkably responsive High Speed AF lets you capture great shots as they happen, with reduced lag time.
Several engineering breakthroughs contributed to this major enhancement to speed. In addition to improved AF algorithms, the camera can process multiple sequences simultaneously, and takes advantage of reworked controls between AF and the start of shooting.
Creative Shot mode uses composition, color and lighting from your original image to create unique images with an artistic flair
Rethink Photography with Creative Shot
The Creative Shot mode featured on the PowerShot SX520 HS can help anyone create images with artistic flair. Rather than randomly applying filters, Creative Shot mode takes advantage of advanced Canon technologies to analyze the individual scene, subject and exposure to apply any of 46 filter options. In addition to the original shot, the camera automatically produces and saves five additional variations of the composition. Filter choices are grouped into Retro, Monochrome, Special and Natural categories to make exploring the world of artistic photography fun and easy, or simply select Auto to access the full range of effects. With Creative Shot mode, the result is stunning artistic photos that are perfect for sharing.
Product Specification
Canon SX520 HS 16mp, LCD 3.0", 45x Optical Zoom Digital Camera
|Actual: 16.8 Megapixel
Effective: 16 Megapixel
|File Formats
|Still Images: JPEG
Movies: MOV
Audio: Linear PCM (Stereo)
|Max Resolution
|4608 x 3456
|Aspect Ratio
|1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9
|Image Stabilization
|Flash Modes
Flash On
Slow Sync
|Built-in Flash
|Maximum Effective Flash Range
|Wide: 1.6 - 18' (0.49 - 5.49 m)
Telephoto: 4.3 - 9.8' (1.31 - 2.99 m)
|External Flash Connection
|Built-in Memory
|Memory Card Type
|Video Recording
|1920 x 1080: 30 fps
1280 x 720: 30 fps
640 x 480: 30 fps
|Audio Recording
|With Video, Stereo
|3" LCD (461,000 pixels)
|Screen Coverage
|Connectivity/System Requirements
|AV Output, HDMI C (Mini), USB 2.0
|Operating/Storage Temperature
32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Humidity: 10 - 90%
|1x NB-6LH Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack, 3.7VDC, 1,060mAh
|AC Power Adapter
|ACK-DC40 (Optional)
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|4.7 x 3.2 x 3.6" / 11.9 x 8.1 x 9.1 cm
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Dyspraxia in the Primary School
Dyspraxia is often considered to be a purely physical difficultly. There is much more to it than that. Dyspraxia can affect any or all areas of development – physical, emotional, social, intellectual, sensory and language.
This training is for staff who want to understand more about dyspraxia and support children both in the classroom and in extra-curricular activities so that academic performance can be improved for the individuals concerned.
Aimed at
Teachers, learning support assistants and SENCOs in primary and middle schools.
Course objectives
By the end of the course participants will:
- 1. have a better understanding of dyspraxia;
- 2. have developed some strategies to support learners;
- 3. know where to go for additional support.;
- 4. have shared experiences.
Session timetable
Session 1 9:30-10:45
- Introductions.
- Identifying the different aspects of dyspraxia, including gross motor skills; fine motor skills.
- Practical examples of what it may be like to have dyspraxia.
- Identifying the different aspects of dyspraxia, including auditory perception; visual perception; language; emotional and social issues.
- Practical examples of what it may be like to have dyspraxia.
- Overlap with other conditions.
- Exploring teaching and support styles.
- Sharing experiences
- Why pupils may feel angry.
- Strategies to support those with dyspraxia and how to improve the classroom environment.
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Learning How to Make Spanish Paella – Uptown
Last week a group of our residents from Harbourfront Residences at Three Sisters Inc.got together at Urban Delifor a private cooking class which focused onthe wonderful diversity of paella.
This Spanish dish (which originated from Valencia) can be prepared in many different ways. We focused on preparing two dishes – seafood and chicken.
To lead our class, we hadculinary enthusiasts Bob McVicarand Jenny Menton.
The table was set and a wine representative from Franklin Importswas on-site for a personal wine pairing.
The ingredients were set out.
Everyone put on their aprons and they were ready to learn.
Bob and Jenny took some time to explain the history behind the dish they were about to prepare.
They informed everyone that traditional paella is prepared outdoors by men over an open fire. They fuel the fire with orange and pine branches. This creates an aromatic smoke that infuses the dish. The meal is then eaten directly out of the pan.
We took a different approach. Our meal was cooked over the stove minus the smoking effect and everyoneparticipatedin preparing it.
It didn't take long before the paella was made and everyone was ready to eat.
This was another great community event. Everyone had a great time and there were enough left overs to take home.
The recipe has been attached if you would like to try making this dish at home or with a group.


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Yesterday (Wednesday) at 11:30am, I walked out of the last final exam of my senior year of college. Commencement (i.e. graduation) is in the Big House in two days. I will be there… in the audience proudly watching many of my friends graduate and move on with their lives. I will be at the university as a student for one more semester, working nearly full-time while taking a very light course-load to finish up my requirements for graduation.
I made the decision to be a December grad last year in the fall. I was enrolled in a prereq course for a higher-level class I would need to take to finish my minor. Mentally, I just wasn't ready to take that class. Sitting with the first major assignment in front of me, I couldn't even imagine starting it. I dropped the class and took it during the semester that I just finished, instead. This semester, I enjoyed it and got a B. 🙂
Because of that, I have one more class I need to take to finish my degree requirements, but I wasn't able to take it earlier than next fall semester, so I will graduate in December. And I am okay with that. It means I get one more college summer.
I work full-time during the summers, but like my boss said, as a student I can just take a day off if I want a long weekend, whereas once I'm a "real" employee, I won't be able to do that. My schedule is flexible, my coworkers are great, and I get so much more free time because I don't have to do homework every night! Ann Arbor is quieter in the summer and the weather is beautiful. Lots of my friends will still be around, too.
One thing I will miss about the school year is my meal plan. I bought an off-campus meal plan last semester so that I could eat in the dorms, which saved me lots of time because I didn't have to cook or go grocery shopping nearly as frequently. It also meant there were always healthy options available when I didn't have time to cook, instead of eating a ton of fast food like I did the semester before.
Now that the school year is over, it's bye-bye meal plan! I do want to get more into cooking, so I guess now is the perfect time. 🙂 I'm planning to go grocery shopping sometime in the next two days, so I want to plan out some recipes to make for the upcoming week so I can make a shopping list. Let me know if you have any recipe suggestions!! I do eat meat, but I am down for anything–I love vegetarian and vegan options, too. My only restrictions are that I don't have a slow cooker nor a food processor (I have a blender though!). Anyway, I will look around for some recipes, but if you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments. 🙂


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The Jersey Surf held its final winter rehearsal camp during the weekend of April 25-27, 2008. The corps spent much of the weekend working through the first two minutes of the opening production of its 2008 repertoire entitled, "The Jersey Surf: So Far".
The instructional team is obviously excited about the talent and drive displayed by the corps members at this early point in the season. "We try to avoid the pre-season hype that seems to be generated at the start of every Summer Tour," said brass program coordinator Harrison Horowitz. "This year, with the largest brass section the corps has ever fielded and a brand new set of instruments, it's difficult to not look forward to getting outside and working hard each weekend."
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Going "Home"
The results of Ellie's blood and urine cultures showed that there are no infections - the UTI cleared up as well. So the antibiotics have stopped and they are sending us home. It will be nice to get back to our room. Ellie's looking forward to it.
Since Melanie's still here (she's leaving this evening) John and I went out again last night. (That was about the third time we've gone out and celebrated our anniversary because we keep thinking that we won't get another chance...) It's just nice sometimes to get away and wander around looking at things. It was so cold last night, but we had a great time. We were able to see Grand Central Station, and we tried to see the Plaza Hotel (Ellie just saw Home Alone 2 for the first time so we wanted to get pictures). The place was CLOSED for renovation! We went to a side entrance and peeked in the door. It was a lot of fun anyway. Today is our actual anniversary, so we just looked at each other and laughed and said "happy anniversary".
Ellie has enjoyed spending some time with a new friend - John Sumrall. Someone who visits this blog is friends with the Sumaralls, whose son John also has NB. Their family came to NY just before we did, so this mutual connection put us in touch with each other. (Thanks, Janet!) It has been great to get to know their family. John just had surgery to remove his primary tumor, and then has had a round of chemo. He was in the hospital when we went in over the weekend, so Ellie and John spent some time playing leggos. Please remember John in your prayers as well. He's such a little guy to be hit with so much - surgery closely followed by chemo. Now he has a fever...
So far the day has been mostly quiet... mostly. Ellie slept very late, but awoke agitated and with stomach pain. I think that there have been too many drugs all at once, and it's possible that she's developing sensitivities to some things. She also has a little rash... The answer to everything seems to be more drugs, so we're trying to take a step back and ease off because I don't like getting to place where we start treating drug reactions with more drugs if the reactions aren't dangerous. She is doing well now and is playing in the play room. A man is teaching her some things on a keyboard. She has taken an interest in music these days.
The girl in our room is still loud and in pain. I came close to going over there yesterday to comfort her, but given what we have overheard... including a wet sounding cough, I'm too worried about Ellie's well-being to risk it. There's a pretty steady stream of nurses coming and going, doing their best to soothe her. It is just heartbreaking to hear and it makes Ellie nervous. I also don't want Ellie thinking that what she is hearing is an appropriate or effective way to handle pain. She has gotten more upset over things in the last couple of days than she usually would, so I'm afraid some of it has seeped in... I have had to get her to do some deep breathing and calm down while she was calling for drugs. At one point, Ellie was nearly yelling "I want something in my broviac to make me feel better... why won't you believe me, Mom?" while the nurse was standing there asking what she wanted and looking at me to figure out what was wrong with her. My mind was racing to try to figure out what to do. Ordinarily Ellie isn't quite so insistent or vocal, and it was all happening so quickly and intensely. It is so easy to just get a drug to make the crying stop and the pain go away, but I'm not comfortable making knee-jerk decisions. So often with Ellie, the emotions play such a part, that the pain is often much less than it appears. (I have witnessed this from the girl on the other side of the curtain as well...) I had to try to explain to the nurse and calm Ellie down while trying to THINK! Finally the nurse offered to get a hot pack for Ellie's tummy and I got Ellie to start doing her breathing, all the while trying to assure her that I was trying to help her and that I would not let her suffer. Ellie was convinced that she would throw up, so I finally agreed to allow a tried-and-true anti nausea drug. She never needed it. She ate a little bit and calmed down enough that she pushed through it and was fine. I, on the other hand, needed to do some deep breathing when all was said and done! I have realized afresh that I am in a new place and need to establish some credibility as a logical, rational parent who knows her child and is willing to make the decisions that go along with her care. I always feel for the doctors and nurses, though, because every child and set of parents are different in what they want and expect. (Case in point - our poor little room-mate who wants a drug for every little thing... and she wants it NOW!!) It ends up requiring an adjustment period - for both sides. There has to be some trust all the way around - you have to trust them to know their medicine, and they have to trust you to know your child. I went through this in Florida as well - you just have to become a known entity. A doctor came by to look at a rash I discovered on Ellie this morning. He wasn't too worried about it, but offered to try to find an anti-histamine to help, but since I suspect that it was caused by an anti-histamine and I think that she doesn't take too kindly to Benedryl, I had to gently suggest that we would be happy to wait and see if it would resolve on it's own, given that she wasn't having any dangerous reactions like difficulty breathing. He allowed us to wait and watch. We also had a visit from the nutritionist... more explanations of what we do and why. She was very sweet and offered help in any way that she could... there was only one incredulous comment of "you mean she actually GAINS weight on an organic diet?"
Ok, enough of the venting... I am truly thankful for the care Ellie is receiving. I'm just a little tired from the thinking and watching and communicating. It's all good, though and so very worth it. We are very involved in every aspect of Ellie's medical care. We have not for one moment felt that we are leaving Ellie's medical care up to any one doctor or team of doctors. We feel strongly that we are part of a team together with all of the medical personnel. I have been much bolder in expressing myself since the day early on when I became so frustrated that I actually totaled up the hours Ellie had been alive. It was on that day that I realized that while I have so much respect for all of the medical knowledge and training that the doctors and nurses and pharmacists have, I have studied Ellie for nearly 10,000 hours. I know HER. I know every little nuance of her personality and mannerisms and emotions. That gave me a great deal of confidence to stand up to anybody if and when I need to. I have done it before and I will do it again. For those of you who know me, that is a HUGE testament to the grace of God in my life. If a fly got in my face and yelled at me, you know that I would end up in a corner crying my eyes out. The other beautiful thing that happened during the same time when I discovered that I could stand up to anyone on Ellie's behalf was that I stood up to Ellie and told her in no uncertain terms that I was the one in charge of her care. All suggestions from doctors or requests from her would go through me and I would be the one making the decisions. It was as if the weight of the world fell from her shoulders. It can be such a confusing time for one so young... so many people coming and going - appearing to give orders to me and asking her if she needed something for her discomfort...it implied that she had a certain responsibility to know what she needed. For Ellie, knowing that Mom is the central point from which all things spin seems to bring her a peace and comfort during this crazy time. (In all of this, I should recognize that John is very involved from a big-picture decision making standpoint, but the daily medical decisions fall completely on my shoulders. We tend to divide and conquer, and I simply log more time in the trenches with Ellie.)
Sorry to get off on such a lengthy tangent. I guess I had a lot on my mind... It's just all part of this process. Thanks for being with us on the journey! We love you all.
(p.s. At some point in the middle of this huge post, we came back to the house. Ellie is doing great! She has been dancing around the room, and feeling great.)


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How the public finds out about sustainable development : an audit of key campaigns, TV and newspapers (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-02-14) - ReportThis paper is intended to help the SDC decide what public role it should adopt in fulfilling its remit to advocate sustainable development across all sectors in the UK.
Public attitudes to sustainable development (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-02-14) - ReportThere is a lot of information around on public attitudes to sustainable development, with varying degrees of reliability and relevance. Most of the work referred to here is UK based and comes from DETR, the British Social ...
A review of progress towards sustainable development in the UK : the contribution made by regional and devolved government, the private sector and NGOs (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-02-14) - ReportBased on existing knowledge of work undertaken by regional and devolved government, the private sector and NGOs, this report makes use of the Government's sustainability indicators to review progress towards sustainable ...
Aviation and sustainable development (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-04-01) - ReportThis paper seeks to contribute some views on the big policy questions in the government's consultation exercise on the future of air transport, of which the biggest seems to us to be whether the general presumption in ...
Sustainable development in Europe (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-09-01) - ReportThe SDC's comments on the consultation paper published by the European Commission, following the decision of the European Heads of State and Government to ask the European Commission to prepare a sustainable development ...
Sustainability indicators for waste, energy and travel for Scotland (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-09-28) - ReportThe SDC's comments on sustainability indicators for waste, energy and travel for Scotland.
Forging an energy policy for sustainable development (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-10) - ReportSubmission of the Sustainable Development Commission to the Performance and Innovation Unit of the Cabinet Office for its Energy Policy Review.
Company Law Review response (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-10-01) - ReportA letter to the Department for Trade and Industry in reference to the Company Law Review.
A vision for sustainable agriculture : submission to the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-10-01) - ReportThis paper is the first stage in our work on sustainable food production, and is intended to inform the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food. The remit of the Farming and Food Commission is limited to England; ...
Review 2001 : headlining sustainable development (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-11-01) - ReportFor governments, businesses and private citizens, sustainable development has something to tell us about everything we do, and every decision we take. To demonstrate this point, we have selected six of the major news events ...
Neighbourhood renewal and the sustainable development agenda (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-11-21) - ReportThere is a big overlap, often unrecognised between neighbourhood renewal and sustainable development.
Sustainability appraisal of policies for farming and food : a report for the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food from the Sustainable Development Commission (Sustainable Development Commission, 2001-12-01) - ReportPrepared for the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, the SDC, with assistance from Levett-Therivel Sustainability Consultants, have developed a sustainability appraisal tool based on the objectives defined ...
'Planning for the future!' : response to the Planning Green Paper (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-03) - ReportThe Sustainable Development Commission gives its response to the Government's Green Paper on reforming the current planning system 'Planning : delivering a fundamental change'.
Environmental Audit Committee report : preparations for the Johannesburg Summit (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-03-01) - ReportThis memorandum provides both an overview of recent UK performance on sustainable development, and highlights some particular conclusions about current UK performance, which we have drawn from our work to date.
From vision to action : SDC's perspective on the work of the Curry Commission (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-03-01) - ReportThis report is the third in a series by the SDC aimed at assisting the government to put sustainable development at the heart of food and farming policy.
Pioneering : the strategic route to sector sustainability (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-05) - ReportGetting on top of sustainable development is no longer an option for companies - It's an imperative. Not just to reduce costs, manage risk and stay out of trouble, but to get ahead of the competition. And that makes it ...
Food procurement for health and sustainable development : summary of work submitted Sustainable Procurement Group (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-05-01) - ReportThis report is a summary of the Sustainable Development Commission's work on sustainable food procurement to date.
Sectoral sustainable development strategies : self assessment guide (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-05-01) - ReportThis guide has been produced as part of Sustainable Development Commission's work with business sectors, the Department for Trade and Industry and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to encourage the ...
Low carbon spaces : area-based carbon emission reduction : a scoping study (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-06-02) - ReportThe SDC appointed a team led by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to review existing experiences on 'carbon reduction' at the sub-UK scale and to draw out lessons and recommendations.
Revision of the RDAs' Regional Economic Strategies and the integration of sustainable development (Sustainable Development Commission, 2002-09-01) - ReportThe SDC commissioned consultants Environmental Resource Management Ltd to undertake a study to explore how different English regions are approaching sustainable development in the review of their Regional Economic Strategies. ...


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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
WIP it.
First up, we bought an ugly-as ceramic elephant from the second-hand shop, and I have plans to spray paint it some exciting colour. While I figure out what to do with that, I'm making a totally awesome, not-at-all-Nanna-like doily to sit underneath it.
I think the giraffes and the elephant will be friends. I hope they will, anyways.
The pattern for this comes from this ravelry pattern.
My second project was inspired by a book I got from the library called Bring Colour to Crochet by Renate Kirkpatrick. It has patterns for 64 different squares, which in the book are all put together into a single, very diverse throw rug. I liked the book so much I bought a copy to have for myself, because squares are a very useful thing. And I'm making a blanket, but not the same as in the book. Instead, I'll be repeating the same few squares and making a bit of a pattern of my own. First, I had to stock up on enough of each colour to finish the whole blanket.
And so far I have 6 finished squares (well, they mainly still need to be edged), and one about halfway done.
The thing I like about making a blanket from squares is that I don't have a big, half-done blanket all over my lap. If that was the case, I wouldn't be able to work on it until winter, because it has been pretty disgusting the last few weeks. Humid, hot, no-pants weather.
7 comments:
- Hannah said...
That doily is AWESOMEPANTS. Trippy yet animal-happy. Yay!
- 1 February 2012 at 09:10
- Dee said...
I must get back to crocheting, I stopped about the same time you couldn't do it on airplanes anymore. Look out! Old gal with crotchet hook!
Just love the giraffes BTW
- 1 February 2012 at 19:15
- Emma said...
I love the little giraffes!
I have about a million and one projects I want to do. Perhaps I should start one of them :D
The colour combo you've picked is pretty awesome.
- 1 February 2012 at 20:03
- Kari said...
This is very impressive! I love the giraffes :)
- 1 February 2012 at 21:17
- Karine Fontaine said...
Wow this is so nice!! Are you shipping in Canada? :-)
- 2 February 2012 at 01:29
- Theresa said...
@Karine, I haven't sold anything I've made, but I suppose I could. Send me an email firstname.lastname@example.com if you are really interested :)
- 2 February 2012 at 08:18
- David J said...
Nice work! Not too sure about blue and green together but I love the giraffes! Strangely My daughter recently made a picture that looks a little similar.
- 6 February 2012 at 07:28


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