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Entries from January 2008

Fast Food Restaurant Refuses Service to Deaf Woman

January 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’m outraged by this story.
You can start here:
www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/01/23/standing-up-for-a-friend-a-fellow-mom-blogger/
And then follow the links on her blog to the ABC News story as well as the original post of the woman it happened to.
Makes me wish there was a Steak & Shake here so I could boycott. What an injustice! Please join me in spreading the word. [...]

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Tags: General

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Today is my grandpa’s 88th birthday. I took this picture of him while we were there visiting over Christmas vacation.

Happy Birthday, Grandpa! We love you. Hope you have a great birthday.

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Tags: Family

Is it time for an MP3 player?

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been wanting an mp3 player for some time. I would love to be able to catch up on some podcast listening while driving around here and there. However, there’s always something else that needs to be paid. (Including the rent I’m two months behind on, but that’s a whole other story.)
So, I came across [...]

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Tags: Contests

Prayer Request

January 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I don’t normally post prayer requests here. I have community groups for that, but I need to reach as many people as possible to pray for my sister right now.
My sister, Stephanie, needs prayers urgently.
She has rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and a few other auto-immune issues including no spleen. The last few weeks she’s had severe [...]

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Tags: Family · General

Tell Me Thursday

January 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I call the photo I used for yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday “Waiting for Santa” and yes, this was from Christmas. And yes, that was weeks ago and should have been used for a previous WW, but I was on vacation the first WW and I was on dial up and I tried for an hour to [...]

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Tags: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

January 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments

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Tags: General

Happy Birthday, Andre!

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Happy Birthday!
 
 

My nephew Andre turned 13 today. Happy birthday! I love you and miss you!

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Tags: Family

Morph Video

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Giveway of the Day has VidMorph today. I just used it to quickly morph a photo of Andrew taken right after he turned 3 into a photo of Andrew taken a month ago at age 6 and 1/2.

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Tags: Andrew · Family · Funny · Video

7 Weird Things About Me

January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A couple days ago, I was tagged by Sharon over at New Urban Mom to share 7 weird things about me. (And then again today by Marie over at Mommy Community. This can count for both, right???) Anyway, my first thought was, I did this not too long ago, so I thought I was going [...]

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Tags: Meme

Flood Victims in Fernley, Nevada

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I had the pleasure of meeting one of my online friends during my recent trip to California. She lives in Fernley which is near Reno. Anyway, recently there was a levee break in Fernley. Thankfully her house was not affected, but many of her friends were. She’s holding a fundraiser to help with the effort. [...]

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Tags: General