tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217774487471018972024-03-13T12:56:00.901-05:00Blessed Nation RanchBlessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. ~ Psalm 33:12Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.comBlogger621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-52746241728941225672013-05-01T16:14:00.001-05:002013-05-01T16:14:12.977-05:00Check out what's happening on the farm<center>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-87495673873030391822013-04-27T18:50:00.001-05:002013-04-27T18:50:59.897-05:00we're moving . . .Well our blog is at least, lol. Stay tuned for the new blog address :) So much going on at the farm, I can't wait to share with all of you :)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-60499691553577830142013-03-06T23:46:00.002-06:002013-03-07T01:19:35.017-06:00End of my hiatus<center style="text-align: left;">So much has happened since I last blogged. For starters we now have 8kids, only have a small cow family and 2horses (yes I am aware that I was the one totally opposed to getting horses since they didn't fit into the 4M's). I wish I could go into all that has happened but I will say this, thank you to all those who prayed for us and continue to do so. </center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXwgg2sjPRxOw2pywhTA1qJmBI1VsV0gh4nnwztSKOYIrmwiz621BLIbPFUIIpHAET3MU09RDlv2f1B6tBReb9aTNbnsInE_rDock_ONE-rXzdyDokzXd-9JFsYkm5ECCe3F6-k-OutR3/s640/blogger-image-1909550810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXwgg2sjPRxOw2pywhTA1qJmBI1VsV0gh4nnwztSKOYIrmwiz621BLIbPFUIIpHAET3MU09RDlv2f1B6tBReb9aTNbnsInE_rDock_ONE-rXzdyDokzXd-9JFsYkm5ECCe3F6-k-OutR3/s640/blogger-image-1909550810.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<center style="text-align: left;">Eva (Treva and Lot's baby) is all grown up and has given birth to her own little heifer, Lulua. Dh found us a little bull, after we unsuccessfully tried to rent/borrow one for over a year, on the radio no less, lol. We named him Adam, he came from a purebred longhorn herd and apparently his mama liked to sneak out at night, his sire is the neighbors bull and since he isn't a longhorn, Adam was a reject (at least to them). Thankfully he was the perfect size for our little Eva, God took care of the details :)</center><br />
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<center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;">AR has taken control of much of the daily chores now that DH is working more. We were able to teach Eva to milk in the last few days and she has been doing a wonderful job. Lulua is with mama all day and is doing very well.</center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><center style="text-align: left;">Cricket is a wonderful little quarter horse we got as the previous owners were out of hay, she is a joy and the middle kids are having a blast riding her. She enjoys being ridden without a saddle but also doesn't mind being saddled. Naveah, was given to us by a neighbor who is currently boarding her other horses here. She is very much the Type A personality but she doesn't scare Cricket. The cows however aren't nearly as thrilled with the new horse arrangement though. As soon as things warm up a bit they will be in separate areas but for now they are all learning to play nice ;)</center><center style="text-align: left;"></center><br />
In addition to all the other changes on the farm I have actively resumed my weight loss journey. I am not following any one plan too strictly as they all seem to have a bit that doesn't quite work for me so I keep tweaking the way I eat to find the right combo. I have enjoyed participating in my first dietbet last month and I plan to do another this month. For those not familiar with dietbet it is a "game" where you bet on you, basically that you will lose 4%body weight within 28days. For anyone looking for a little extra motivation, I encourage you to give it a try.<br />
I sure missed you guys, I'd love to hear what you've been up to these last 16months :) God Bless.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-38139418798147309792011-09-22T13:03:00.002-05:002011-09-22T13:03:31.629-05:00Sewing along<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-11500199576344453352011-09-13T00:45:00.000-05:002011-09-13T00:45:00.038-05:00To sew, with love<span style="font-size: large;">Nope, I did not fall off the face of the earth. Instead I've been sewing, hand sewing to be exact. HG has been eager to learn and do a project so we are working together on a quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The colors are from the dresses and skirts I made last month.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I need to get pics of the others now that I found my camera again :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well now you know where I've been, better get to bed.</span></div><center><span style="font-size: large;"></span> </center><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></center><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-61191401529772706932011-08-13T21:00:00.000-05:002011-08-13T21:00:15.598-05:00The kids are growing up<div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;">Bella and Buck are thriving. Dh, AR and I disbudded Bella, we hope we did the job right so far it looks good. They are getting ready to be properly weaned in another few weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's not much to tell, our tomatoes and potatoes didn't make it (thanks blister beetles). We're hoping the pumpkins do well. The pigs are staying cool and we should have babies next month and the month after.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully Eva will get bred soon, we will likely send pretty to the freezer along with patches. I hope to get some jam done next week but we'll see how it goes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dh finally took his vacation time and AR went to FL, it was an awesome time for all of us to get a break. We start school on Monday and are really refreshed and excited. Summer vacation is almost over and it feels like only yesterday it began. Hope you had a great summer :)</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AR got to serve at the Baptism. We are so glad he was a part of it :)</span><br />
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</center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Welcome into the family of Christ my little one :)</span></center><center><br />
</center><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These itty bitty babies are living in the old chicken coop (since no chickens live there . . . yet). The children and I are enjoying bottle feeding them as they we wean WAY too early. Help us name these cuties, please. :)</span></div><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As you know we are having a drought in this part of the world, not good if you're in need hay or produce hay. I am not a fan of hay farming, frankly it seems way too uncertain but I'm chicken that way. I am however a HUGE fan of haying your own property and selling excess when it is profitable.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks to the drought, those who have hay have a great opportunity to enter the cattle market if they want to. Cattle prices are crashing as finding affordable hay is almost impossible. Hay producers are estimating that they will only be able to have 1/3 of what they usually get. The prices are soaring as a result and people are getting desperate. People are getting very hot under the collar about the higher prices but consider even if they were to double the usual price for hay they will not make what they usually would. (If they are used to getting 3000 bales and selling for $1 they would have $3000 by the end of the season, this year they are getting 1000 bales being sold for $2, giving them $2000 by the end of the season. Believe me they aren't happy about this drought either.)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyway, the point is this is a perfect example of an area of diversity that each small farm needs to investigate to achieve sustainability. Even if all you are able to do is feed your own livestock you would be ahead of the game and be able to build up your beef breeding/butcher stock. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well what do you do with a car that doesn't run and isn't going to be fixed? You can always strip it for parts, but who has that kind of time? You can try to sell it, but that is also quite a bother, who wants a wrecked car? For us the solution came in the form of a company called <a href="http://kellycarbuyer.com/">Kellycarbuyer.com</a> (this is NOT a paid promotion or advertisement). I stumbled across an ad for them as I had several other and having heard the most absurd low-ball offers I was prepared for more of the same when they called. WOW was I wrong and did they make it easy. Now I live out in the boonies and their Kansas person was not able to help me but they were still willing to work with me and given my proximity to Oklahoma I was able to work with their Oklahoma buyer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks to the money they paid us (plus the little we had saved) we were able to buy another car almost immediately. It's not pretty but it runs and gets great mileage and wouldn't you know it (God and his humor again), He sent it in our theme colors, LOL!!! We have a little Toyota Camry and it even has a towing package, something I had wanted and hadn't even expected. Everything in His time, right on time :) Praise God.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In other news the pigs are doing great, the chicks and chickens are wonderful and the cows are getting big. It's time to get our little Eva bred and I'm very excited to see what her baby will look like. God Bless and try to stay cool this summer :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Dh contacted the rendering plant yesterday but we discovered that they do not take pigs, only cattle and horses. Today I began to search for options and thankfully the <a href="http://www.kfb.org/commodities/Disposingofdeadcattle30mothsandolder.htm">Farm Bureau came through with options</a>. It's something you ever really want to think about but it is part of this life and knowing your options sure helps. Dh and AR are working on a fire pit of sorts and we will incinerate the bodies. I pray it goes well and that we will never have to do it again. :( Thankfully we have been able to keep the other 2 sows comfortable and Praise the Lord, the temperatures this week are much milder. </span><br />
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</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our grape tomato plant is producing nicely, I am eager to see how the other plants do. We have tried to water them faithfully and even weed the tiny garden, I pray that it will produce well, I am not impressed by the strawberry plants, but we'll see.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Walmart clearance racks are AWESOME!! I got all 4 girls matching 5 matching shirts each @ $1/ shirt (Girls team RULE, lol). DH, AR and I lucked into 6 or 7 thanks to the same deal. The deal wasn't as great for little boys clothes, but SL got a few and now all boys team have cute fedoras :) </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today SL turned 6, it's flown by so fast, much like his new remote control helicopter. He's really gotten into school now, he LOVES the Funnix reading and math programs. I am so excited to watch him grow and mature. :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AR is getting better at driving, it is so much better having 3people who can move vehicles and get the trailers hitched up. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BREAKING NEWS: We just had a RIR chick hatch, our very first. YAY! Wait, what do I do now? Off to research, we have another broody sitting on a nest :)</span></center><center><br />
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</center><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The contractor has still not shown up for the siding project so I contacted someone else. Unlike the other contractor he put it on me to source the materials, I really had not thought much about it so imagine my surprise when I realized that the other guy was charging 4 times the actual cost of the materials :( God is great and all to often works things out even when you don't realize that He is. :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The kids and I will be prepping the wall, getting out all the nails and screws and bagging up all the melted siding and insulation and hopefully should have it ready for the guys to start on Wednesday. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have I mentioned that I LOVE Craigslist? I do :) I found some great chainlink fencing for the new chicken/goat area for $20 :) The kids and I picked it up on our trip to Menards, love them too. We were able to find the siding for the house at a much lower price than the other hardware stores :) Dh might even consider doing the siding work himself if he can figure it out :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I found 2 remnants that should allow me to re-do my bedroom. I also found a 12X17 remnant for the kitchen. I will have to go look for a few more soon. I was pleased to see that Menards also sells used appliances, I think we'll have to take a trailer on the next trip :) So many projects so little time.</span></center><center><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Check out his Senate testimony <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-609023?on.cnn=2">Here</a></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Check out his site <a href="http://mikeroweworks.com/">mikeroweworks.com</a> for schools, financial aid, resources etc</span></center><center><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mother's day kicked off the first day of our 3 day celebration, Gh turned 2 Monday and Dh also celebrate his birthday. It wasn't anything fancy but we had fun :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We have begun working on next years curriculum, I am not a fan of a long summer break so we school all year. The kids are using Teaching Textbooks for math, Switched on Schoolhouse for Language Arts, Science and Spanish. I am still undecided on the social studies curriculum so I will keep looking. They are really enjoying the work and I sit with them to help explain and guide them through the work. I like both programs as it allows me a way to keep a record of their work. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">AR has also enjoyed his computer project. He had to research the components of the computer and how they work, he then was given the pieces and got to build his own. Here are a few pics:</span></center><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My little guy is beginning to sit unsupported, though he is very curious about EVERYTHING, so he would rather move around. He is tasting more and more regular foods and enjoying this new world of food. Well, I've got to run, GH needs her mama to snuggle for a bit longer. </span></center><center><br />
</center><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Steven is so knowledgeable about gardening and the animals, I was blown away. I have so much to learn. He is doing such a great job with their property, I hope to get ours that well run someday. We felt so blessed to spend the evening with them. The kids want to go back soon :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In other news, my grandmother's house was demolished, I don't know why it hit me so hard but I cried. I can see it in my mind so vividly, I can't believe it's not there anymore. :(</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well recital season has come and gone and soccer season is coming to an end. Here are a few pics from the recital :</span></center><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">En route to Wichita we stopped at a smaller city to pick up some table cloths for the new table. She had 4 priced at what it would have cost me for 1 and they were all brand new, still in the package. :) The woman selling them had just had her last child of 9 get married, she informed us that we should prepare to be broke forever having so many daughters, thanks ::rolls eyes::</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The next stop was less productive as the guy didn't have the item that he had advertised :( But no matter it made for a great pit stop to feed the baby :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next up was to return my elliptical as the console kept dying, I had checked online and found a store that had the upgraded model, but wouldn't you know it they were out when we got there :( We got the money back and went to Lowes which was just down the street.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am not sure if I have mentioned how much I love Lowes, the employees are SO knowledgeable that it makes a call or trip so worth it. We are planning a mini grey water system and the guy there was able to help dh find all that he needed to get it done. They discussed all the logistics and offered a few insights that we hadn't considered. I really like those guys :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While dh did that I spent time calling all the walmarts in the area, there are like 5 or so. I HATE calling walmart but it was necessary, I needed my elliptical :) After being hung up on and on hold for what seemed like forever I FINALLY found what I was looking for. It was on the west side of town, a minor hiccup as the rest of our stops were on the east side.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our last stop was not nearly as simple as it seemed. The guy lived east of a town 2 towns east of the city and we got SO lost. Not even the lady at the gas station could figure out where it was. I called and he gave us some directions and we were kept driving and couldn't find it. I said to dh we will be turning around at the next turn and I called the guy and he said we had actually gone too far. But that exit was perfect as it was less than 5 miles from his house. He was able to direct us perfectly from that point. </span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://moneysavingmom.com/store_deals/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dillons_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://moneysavingmom.com/store_deals/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/dillons_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There was only 1 thing we were unable to get to but it's still on the list (as it has been for a while). We finally got home after 9 long hours in the van and dh headed out to deliver the newspapers. All in all it was a really great trip and the money saved was awesome. We were even able to save money on gas as we used our .20 cents off per gallon at dillons on the way there. :) Did you know that Dillons allows up to $1 off per gallon? We will be doing all our grocery shopping there from now on. :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I finished the 2 benches for the new table and the sander arrived today so we will begin the sanding and stain process very soon. The sub floor for the kitchen is going down very well and I know what I want for the flooring so I will be on the look out for a good sale. :)</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well that's all I've got for now, we have skipped spring planting this year but hope to get some done eventually. So many projects, so little time :) </span></center><center><br />
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Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN)</b> -- I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo Derek in the movie "10" (or for the younger set, Christina Aguilera during her "Xtina" phase). Her lips were pink and shiny from the gloss, and her earrings dangled playfully from her lobes.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can tell she had been vacationing somewhere warm, because you could see her deep tan around her midriff thanks to the halter top and the tight sweatpants that rested just a little low on her waist. The icing on the cake? The word "Juicy" was written on her backside.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah, that 8-year-old girl was something to see alright. ... I hope her parents are proud. Their daughter was the sexiest girl in the terminal, and she's not even in middle school yet.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Abercrombie & Fitch came under fire this spring for introducing the "Ashley," a push-up bra for girls who normally are too young to have anything to push up. Originally it was marketed for girls as young as 7, but after public outcry, it raised its intended audience to the wise old age of 12. I wonder how do people initiate a conversation in the office about the undeveloped chest of elementary school girls without someone nearby thinking they're pedophiles?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What kind of PowerPoint presentation was shown to the Abercrombie executives that persuaded them to green light such a product?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/19px arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-left: 186px; padding-right: 24px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That there was a demand to make little girls hot?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;">Read more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/19/granderson.children.dress/index.html">here</a></span></span></span></div></div></center><center><br />
</center><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2
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Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-30870304554285655292011-04-17T13:26:00.000-05:002011-04-17T13:26:51.060-05:00Autism and Vaccines Researcher for CDC, Indicted for Fraud and Money-Laundering - CNBC<div><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></p><blockquote><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">ATLANTA, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SafeMinds demands long-overdue independent review of vaccine/autism research for data manipulation and conflicts of interest. Vaccine safety remains questionable.</p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="byLine"></span>Poul Thorsen, the principal coordinator of multiple studies funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used to deny a vaccine/autism link was indicted on April 13th on 13 counts of fraud and 9 counts of money-laundering. The charges relate to funding for work he conducted for the CDC, which claimed to disprove associations between the mercury-based vaccine preservative, thimerosal, and increased rates of autism.</p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="byLine"></span>SafeMinds first voiced concerns in 2003 regarding a series of epidemiology studies out of Denmark and under the jurisdiction of Thorsen that provided the basis for the Institute of Medicine's claim that there was no association between thimerosal and autism. That claim has been responsible for the continued unsafe use of mercury in influenza vaccines in the United States and infant vaccines around the world.</p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="byLine"></span>"The quality of this epidemiological research has always been questionable," states Sallie Bernard, SafeMinds president. "Many biological studies support a link between mercury and autism, but these Danish studies have been used to suppress further research into thimerosal. With clear evidence of Dr. Thorsen's lack of ethics, it is imperative to reopen this investigation." From August to October of 2003, three articles on the autism-mercury controversy were published in close succession, all of which used data from a Danish registry for psychiatric research to assess the relationship between autism trends and the use of thimerosal. SafeMinds accessed the registry at the time and reported that a large percentage of diagnosed autism cases are lost from the Danish registry each year and that most of those lost cases were older children.</p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="byLine"></span>Since the studies were based on finding fewer older thimerosal-exposed children than younger unexposed children, the validity of their conclusion exonerating thimerosal in autism was questionable and likely a result of missing records rather than true lower incidence rates among the exposed group.</p><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="byLine"></span>In addition, internal emails obtained via FOIA document discussion between the Danish researchers and Thornsen which acknowledge that the studies did not include the latest data from 2001 where the incidence and prevalence of autism was declining which would be supportive of a vaccine connection.</p></blockquote><p class="textBodyBlack" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></p></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Read more here <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/42592600">Autism and Vaccines Researcher for CDC, Indicted for Fraud and Money-Laundering - CNBC</a></div><br /><center><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/201/79CE5AD9499880616AB0D8E564154ED2.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">Lo, children are an heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. ~ Psalm 127:3,5</div>Janellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377381649964664127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121777448747101897.post-53173431608954038622011-04-14T13:48:00.000-05:002011-04-14T13:48:00.224-05:00Table<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0SQ2DBjP0u7mRkOowPkQNcA8Q5p8tuKrlrORRwaevWyd4ArruKTWQO_F84LefihJmnF7WxBmoSZP1niwlk8wpNa0qboifDBXnlmY9b0bLu4cCo1UcbPQivHQ7bpRzIafzmLegU0szWhU/s1600/Random+218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0SQ2DBjP0u7mRkOowPkQNcA8Q5p8tuKrlrORRwaevWyd4ArruKTWQO_F84LefihJmnF7WxBmoSZP1niwlk8wpNa0qboifDBXnlmY9b0bLu4cCo1UcbPQivHQ7bpRzIafzmLegU0szWhU/s320/Random+218.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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