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1. ikura-don, 2. New York Steak, 3. ftb_central_southingtn_7004.jpg, 4. Burgandy Dream, 5. Before & After, 6. Root beer float at the Frosty Top in Huntington, WV,
7. Cruising Season in Alaska, 8. homemade berry ice cream, 9. Arts & Science, 10. Bird of the Sunset - San Diego, California, 11. 302FP AA0001 025, 12. White-Headed Bulbul
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a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
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The Questions (with my answers):

1. What is your first name? Don
2. What is your favorite food? Steak
3. What high school did you go to? Brandon High School
4. What is your favorite color? Burgandy
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Vanna White
6. Favorite drink? Root beer
7. Dream vacation? Alaskan cruise
8. Favorite dessert? Ice cream
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Architect
10. What do you love most in life? God
11. One Word to describe you. Dependable
12. Your flickr name. Whitehead

I had the privilege, with tears of joy in my eyes, to baptize my son this morning.

He actually went forward during the invitation at the end of the sermon, before the invitation song. Tim Mahler, his girlfriend's father, preached an excellent lesson about making a new beginning in 2008, and at the end of his lesson, Scott went forward, before he was finished with his invitation. Tim added, "Now that's eagerness!" After Scott made his confession of faith, Tim invited me to come to the back to change. I put on the wading pantboots, while Scott changed. I rolled up my sleeves and tucked my tie in. I said a few words to the congregation, and baptized him. While making sure that he got completely underwater, I got my shirt and tie wet. Getting wet didn't bother me, because this was a very special event. I'm sure that neither Scott or myself will forget this day. It is a wonderful thing when your child becomes a Child of God!

Dr. O'Bryan said that Heather's surgery went well. She will not have the monthly pain, so she will be happier and I will be happier. He also removed her appendix which was covered with endometriosis. The abdominal incision should heal fairly quickly, and she should leave the hospital on Friday. Her surgery was from about 10:30 to 11:30 this morning. She will probably be in recovery for one or two hours and then she will be moved upstairs to a room.

We had to be here at the hospital at 6:00 this morning for surgery prep. We were sent to a room where Heather answered a lot of questions to make sure that she followed the directions given to her on Friday at her pre-op visit. We waited while I reviewed some drawings from the office and she enjoyed her ipod, watching some videos. Then we were separated and she went to surgery and I went to a waiting room. Along with 50 others, we watched a screen with all of the patient codes. At first her code was on a yellow background (prep), then green (surgery), then blue (moving from surgery to recovery), this phase was short, then purple (recovery) and her favorite color. Purple also made me feel good to know that her surgery was complete. It was sort of cool watching the screen and knowing where she was at that time. I'm probably talking too much. Please post any questions.

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(BTW - this was posted by my wife.)