Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Getting 4 carseats in a mini-van
I am watching a friend's children tomorrow so she can go to a job interview. I remembered, all of 30 minutes ago, that "Arpac 2" has a doctor's appointment at the same time. I just loaded four car seats ( Arpac 2's, an old one of Arpac's and two from my child care days) into my van. I learned that if I stand on my head, from the back of the van, I can use enough of my body weight to secure two car seats:) I also drew up a detailed plan of where everyone is seating in case some crazed soccer mom (God Forbid) crashes into me. I know paranoid, but I don't normally take other people's children in my van. I am sure the doctor's visit will be a "blast". I think the only one that will give me any problems is the one from my womb.
The children's bible in a nutshell!
The Children's Bible in a Nutshell
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think20He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.
Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.
Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.0A
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments.
These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with=2 0a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets.
One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor=2 0league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It20would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.
Jesus also had twelve opossums
The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they=2 0named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.
But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.
He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think20He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did.
Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet.
Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden.
Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.0A
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable.
God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments.
These include: don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff.
Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with=2 0a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.
After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets.
One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor=2 0league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of The New. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It20would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Democrats.
Jesus also had twelve opossums
The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they=2 0named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.
But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.
He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
Monday, February 23, 2009
The rush for free preschool!!
Today was the day, everyone one in our city, rushes to sign their child up for pre-K. It's an all day program, taught by certified teachers, and it's FREE!" Did I mention there are only 140 slots?? "The Comp", got there at 5:00am and was still 64 in line. A couple of people actually got there at 2:00am. Crazy stuff!!
The Tests are back
I got both of my tests back today :) I got a 98 on one test and a 99 on the other!!! I am really excited, but...we have another test on Monday and Wednesday of next week. I also have a paper I need to turn in on Monday. Lucky, for me, the paper is already done.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
"The Proposal"
The Proposal"
When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers need to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. Wall street, and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision", and his board of directors gives him a big bonus. Our government should not be immune from similar risks. Therefore: Reduce the House of Representatives from the current 435 members to 218 members and Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State). Also reduce remaining staff by 25%.
Accomplish this over the next 8 years. (two steps / two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting.Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include:$44,108,400 for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 pay / member / yr.)$97,175,000 for elimination of the above people's staff. (estimate $1..3 Million in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the Senate every year)$240,294 for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%. $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork barrel ear-marks each year. (those members whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at $15 Billion / yr)The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and would need to improve efficiencies. It might even be in their best interests to work together for the good of our country? We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of what your representative is doing. Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the current number of representatives was established. (telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few)Note: Congress did not hesitate to head home when it was a holiday, when the nation needed a real fix to the economic problems. Also, we have 3 senators that have not been doing their jobs for the past 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all have been accepting full pay. These facts alone support a reduction in senators & congress.Summary of opportunity:$ 44,108,400 reduction of congress members.$282,100, 000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff. $150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff. $59,675,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members. $37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members. $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress members. $8,073,383,400 per year, estimated total savings. (that's 8-BILLION just to start!)Big business does these types of cuts all the time.If Congresspersons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits there is no telling how much we would save. Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term. IF you are happy how the Congress spends our taxes, then just delete this message. IF you are NOT at all happy, then I assume you know what to do.
When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers need to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. Wall street, and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision", and his board of directors gives him a big bonus. Our government should not be immune from similar risks. Therefore: Reduce the House of Representatives from the current 435 members to 218 members and Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State). Also reduce remaining staff by 25%.
Accomplish this over the next 8 years. (two steps / two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting.Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include:$44,108,400 for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 pay / member / yr.)$97,175,000 for elimination of the above people's staff. (estimate $1..3 Million in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the Senate every year)$240,294 for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%. $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork barrel ear-marks each year. (those members whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at $15 Billion / yr)The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and would need to improve efficiencies. It might even be in their best interests to work together for the good of our country? We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of what your representative is doing. Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the current number of representatives was established. (telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few)Note: Congress did not hesitate to head home when it was a holiday, when the nation needed a real fix to the economic problems. Also, we have 3 senators that have not been doing their jobs for the past 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all have been accepting full pay. These facts alone support a reduction in senators & congress.Summary of opportunity:$ 44,108,400 reduction of congress members.$282,100, 000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff. $150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff. $59,675,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members. $37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members. $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress members. $8,073,383,400 per year, estimated total savings. (that's 8-BILLION just to start!)Big business does these types of cuts all the time.If Congresspersons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits there is no telling how much we would save. Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term. IF you are happy how the Congress spends our taxes, then just delete this message. IF you are NOT at all happy, then I assume you know what to do.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Stressed
I am a little stressed right now. I took a test in my history class last Wednesday (the 4th) and was pretty sure I did well. I went to class last night and the professor was mad at how poorly the class had done as a whole. Does this include me, I don't know. He said he wouldn't even hand the tests back until the 16th!!! Why say something like that and then leave us hanging for a week?? I really missed he wouldn't have said anything!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Arpac 2 and his friends
We had the day off today so we had some friends over. We had lots of "broken trucks" that we had to fix. The first picture is of "arpac 2", the second picture is his friend "M- the magnificent", and the last one is his friends " C- the creative, and "B- the baby". We fixed the trucks in not time flat! They are running much more effectively now. Hopefully, we didn't break any child labor laws.
Picture of the men in my life
I haven't posted a picture of "the comp" yet so I thought I would. The only problem with posting a picture of "the comp" is .... he's the grey ghost and I have hardly any recent pictures of him. This one is of "the comp" and "arpac # 2" when we went to Sea World. I think they went on this ride like 100 times. "Aprac #2"loves roller coasters. He even went on a roller coaster, at Busch Gardens, that had a loop.It terrified me to watch him ride the coaster but he LOVED it! I made "the comp" hold on to him for dear life (thus the death grip in the picture) because I was terrified the whole time he was on the ride.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Transvaginal Kidney Removal
It's a groundbreaking approach to kidney transplantation. For the first time ever, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have removed a donor kidney through a patient's vagina.Healthwatch reporter Kellye Lynn talks with the woman who had this unusual procedure.Doctors say the goal is to make organ retrieval easier for patients.The scar left after Kimberly Johnson's gallbladder surgery is significantly larger than any of the marks that remain after her latest procedure. The 48-year-old donated a kidney to her niece, Jennifer, Thursday."Her chances of survival were getting lower and lower. She was getting sicker and sicker," said Kimberly Johnson."My kidney was slowly decreasing in function," said Jennifer Gilbert.Normally, transplant doctors make a five-inch incision in the abdomen through which they remove a donated organ. But this time, Johns Hopkins surgeon Robert Montgomery approached the procedure in an entirely different way."Rather than taking it out through an incision in the abdomen, which is more painful, we removed the kidney through a natural opening--the vagina," he said.It's called transvaginal kidney removal. Doctors insert a camera in the patient's navel, which allows them to see their movements on a monitor. Using instruments inserted through two other tiny incisions, the surgeon cuts the organ away from other tissues and blood vessels."Then we introduced a tube through the vagina and in the tube is a plastic bag and we deployed the bag, dropped the kidney in a bag and pulled it out in an incision made in the vagina," Montgomery said.The advantage is less pain for patients and recovery time is cut in half, two weeks instead of four. Kimberly left the hospital the day after surgery."I'm still sore, still very, very tired but I feel very grateful that I have a niece that I could help get a life," she said.Jennifer is also doing well. So far, her body is showing no signs of organ rejectiongeons Remove Donated Kidney Through Vagina
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Serious Weight Loss
Arpac # 1 lost around 50 pounds in just on short day. Talk about serious weight loss!! She went upstairs to put her laundry away and came down like this! This is what it looks like when a size 00 puts on a size 10 :)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Batman
This is my little batman! Most moms brag about their sons' being "doctors", "lawyers", or even "The President" not me! My son is "Batman" he keeps the world safe, is a very successful business man, and stands up for what's right.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Two scholarship essays, 200 pages, and 80 math problems
"The Comp" and I make to much money to qualify for financial aide (maybe someone should tell our bank account). We just paid $2,000.00 plus books for this last semester and I am only taking 8 credit hours. I decided to scorer the globe in search of free money a.k.a scholarships. I found several scholarships last weekend that looked promising. I came across two really good ones for $2,500.00 each. The only problem...... both required 3 page essays and references by the 30th (yep, less then a week). I got all of my references in the course of a day (on the night of the the 29th), but the essays were HORRIBLE to write. The first one asked me to write an essay on how to fix the economy?? Hello, I am NOT an econ major. The other one was globe clement change. Ummm, yeah that is defiantly something I know a lot about, NOT! My brother ,and "the comp", gave me several suggestion on the first paper which helped a lot. The second paper took some research. The packets were mailed off on time and all was well.
I also had to read 200 pages for one of my classes so that I could make flash cards in time for our test. I did really well with the reading until the book became redundant. Why do they do that in books? Is it to make the book longer so that they can charge more? Makes no sense to me but it's done and I can move on.
Next we have math :( I am not required to take math but my poor math skills say otherwise. "The comp" kicks butt at math so he has been a huge help. I got ALL 80 problems done between Saturday and today so I feel like a rock star!
I was stressed all week trying to get everything done AND work. I am so glad it's done and I can now focus on my test and starting my paper. It's hard getting into the swing of things all over again. If I would have gotten a worth while degree the first time I wouldn't be doing this all over again. I KNOW it will be worth it in the end though.
I also had to read 200 pages for one of my classes so that I could make flash cards in time for our test. I did really well with the reading until the book became redundant. Why do they do that in books? Is it to make the book longer so that they can charge more? Makes no sense to me but it's done and I can move on.
Next we have math :( I am not required to take math but my poor math skills say otherwise. "The comp" kicks butt at math so he has been a huge help. I got ALL 80 problems done between Saturday and today so I feel like a rock star!
I was stressed all week trying to get everything done AND work. I am so glad it's done and I can now focus on my test and starting my paper. It's hard getting into the swing of things all over again. If I would have gotten a worth while degree the first time I wouldn't be doing this all over again. I KNOW it will be worth it in the end though.
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