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Mackenna has gone home from the hospital 11-13-08 10:52am EST
I wanted everyone to know that Mackenna is now home. She left the hospital on Tuesday evening. She and her parents are very happy to be out of the hospital. I believe she is on 8 meds and still on a feeding tube (last I knew) and has a long way to go. But, she is home and that is a big step. Please keep praying for Mackenna and her family. If you missed the details about Mackenna scroll down a few blogs and you can read all about her. Mackenna was born on October 4th. This is her first time to be at home.
schmidtkinsWow, that is great news! You all must be relieved. I believe that she will thrive better at home!!!! 
tweedledeeVery very pleasing news... and we'll continue to pray and hope for a safe quick recovery!! 
jaydonI am teaching Geography, the seven continents to be exact! 
dolphin94I'm so glad she is home!!! 
sallyanneGreat news. I'll keep praying for her... 
rockinrobinHow wonderful for everyone!!! 
verny_mackAh, I bet it was wonderful having the Reakas over for a little bit! :) It is fun taking care of the animals while they are gone, it's just funny to experience all the adventures of "farm-life" while they are gone. ;) 
schmidtkinsThank you for your comment. I deleted it from my post, only because it said where I live (I try to be very careful about that) but you are right about the people and the weather here. It IS odd sometimes. The locals say that there is no "normal" here. I am not sure that I totally agree with that. There is some range of normal, but after seeing some of the funky things that have been going on, I can see why they SAY it! 
schmidtkinsYes, and no prob... I just didn't want you to feel slighted when you saw it gone. 
miss_lesterYAY!!!!! 
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No Smoking! 11-07-08 03:39pm EST
Yeah! Our local board of health voted in a No Smoking policy for all public places. Not for the whole state, just our one little county. But, hey! We are happy for that. One town at a time is becoming a non-smoking community. At first the non smoking towns were the bigger cities. Now a lot of the smaller towns are joining in. We're hoping that one day the whole state will be non-smoking in public places. In the meantime we are very happy with the progress that is being made. January 1st is the start day for the non-smoking policy.
tweedledeeVery exciting!! ...tho' for some reason I feel like more people than ever are smoking on campus, cough cough... YUCK! 
comadethat's great! It has been like that here for a while now and I love it! 
hmjmomYEA! I destest being near cigarette smoke! 
melissalYippee! 
stargazermomThat's great. 
stargazermomThat's great about the non smoking. I'm a weather fanatic so I can relate to your post below. 
dolphin94The whole state of IL is non-smoking. 
didowOur Wal-mart is doing the same thing I think. They don't seem to have any new fabric in. They've always been a great place to be able to shop for fabric while the rest of the family goes and does their thing. 
rockinrobinI wish this would go nationwide. It would help on everyones insurance..health and business insurane. Makes sense! 
miss_lesteryahoo! 
jaydonThat is a great beginning. We have a no smoking in public buildings here in the entire state, but that leads to clusters of people smoking outside in designated areas. If you have to pass through - Yuck - but it's still better than having to endure inside. I forget when I visit other places and see people smoking in a restaurant that it is allowed in some places. 
rockinrobinI will try to let you know about next years..I believe it is the first week-end in November 6,7th 2009. Look on the website: 1000Voices.org. 
schmidtkinsYou can only do it for minors, or someone in a wheel chair, I think. But yes, you can meet them back there 
kygirlit was great to go to the community center yesterday and see "This is a non- smoking facility" on the door:) 
rockinrobinThanks. Now to not gain weight so I can still fit in this in March. 
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November weather 11-06-08 12:40pm EST
I love talking about the weather. I have to see the weather forecast on TV. I don't feel like I have seen the news if I haven't seen the weather report.

Our weather has been absolutely fantastic. The outdoor temperatures have been in the 70's or higher
for awhile now. However - that is all about to end. Starting tomorrow the temps drop down to the 60's. Day after that the temps go on down to the 50's. The weather people say it's going to be awhile before we get out of the 50's. I just hope the temps go back up and not down again. This time of year the temperatures go up and down quite a bit.

We are also supposed to get some rain on Friday and Saturday. With Friday only having a 40% chance and Saturday only a 30% chance. And to make it worse the rain chances are scattered. Meaning some may get rain and most wont get rain. Not good being that we are in a drought.
homeschoolmomma23I love cooler weather. I can't wait for the 60s and the 50s. I like the cozy feel of it. 
loruhamaOur weather has been perfect this week also. Which is why most of our curriculum is not done! Thankfully, there will be plenty of dark, cold winter days to finish it! 
melissalAh, fall weather. I'd like some of that! 
sallyanneI'm with her
miss_lesterAmen, sister. 
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I voted, did you? 11-04-08 12:25pm EST
I voted, walked right in, no waiting. The voting place split our area in half. My half had no line at all, the other half had a very long line. I asked if my half of the area was not voting. They said I just hit a lull. I took a very good friend of mine to vote. She was on the other half. It took her more than half an hour to get through the line. We were there to vote at about 10:00 a.m. My husband was there at 6:00 a.m. it took him 10 minutes. Other places in our state are having much much longer lines.

How long did it take you to vote?
bgKevin and I went for early voting... no lines for us. 
schmidtkinsYay you! 
homeschoolmomma23We went in and out. It was painless where when we were there around 11. 
rockinrobin I stood in line for over an hour on Thurs to absentee vote because of working today at 8am. The weather here is not the greatest so I am glad I did so and can relax this afternoon. 
melissalI voted by absentee ballot but woke up this morning dissapointed because I couldn't go down and see what was going on! 
kygirlI can't wait to vote:) I'm going around 4pm 
calvinsparentsWe went to vote at 8 and there were no lines, but I heard it was REALLY busy there earlier this morning. 
rachierachWe went and voted early on Saturday morning. It took us about 30 or 40 minutes, and the line was longer when we left than it was when we got there. I'm REALLY glad we didn't have to hassle with it today. 
kygirlno long waites here either 
sallyanneTwo hours and forty five minutes in line in Moody, AL...a small town. Yikes. We even went long before the lunch rush... 
sallyanneThanks for your sweet comment, by the way :) 
melissalYes- he supports many evil things. I just wish that people would have investigated more and not voted just because of race or empty promises. 
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Fireproof 10-30-08 10:58pm EST
If you haven't seen Fireproof - the movie - you should. I don't very often recommend a movie. But, this is a really good one. No bad language, no bad scenes, no bad clothing - that I remember. Couples should see this together. There are places that you will laugh and a few that you will cry. (Becky - it's ok for you to see this one.)

Dan and I saw this in the theater on Thursday 10-30-08. So I don't know if it was switched out on Friday or not. If it was taken out of the theater then it will no doubt be available on DVD very soon.

enyekI think it's by the same group that did "Facing Giants" - which was good - I've heard lots of good stuff about this one. I definitely want to see it! 
melissalEveryone I know who has seen it, loves it! I was skeptical because of Kirk Cameron, but now I'll go. 
dolphin94The moms put it together at HS Camp. We are all here for a pre thanksgiving. We had it yesterday! 
rachierachIs it still out in the theatre, or can you rent it yet? I'm totally out of tough with movies these days. 
miss_lesteris it still in the theatres? 
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