NOTE: I did not write this article, however I believe every word of it and feel it should be read by everyone. Also... here is a Reuters news article to back this up.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110111/us_nm/us_usa_shooting_congresswoman_poll
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This weekend I was appalled!
I cannot believe the way Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnikis singled out Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives calling them irresponsible and blaming them for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and the others who were killed and wounded.
Here is a terrible and aweful situation. No one should have to face this no matter what their political persuasion. No conservative including Rush Limbaugh would wish such an aweful thing on anyone!
Sheriff Dupnikis however, took an opportunity to push his own political views. His views are based on his own ideas and opinions. It had NO PLACE at a press conference for an attempted assassination of one of our elected officials! Dupnikis is a lawman elected to carry out the enforcement of the laws of the land. He was not elected to give editorial comments on his political views. He was not elected to be the "thought police"! Last time I checked we still have a first amendment that guarantees us the freedom of speech! Sheriff Dupnikis's views and my views are protected under our constitution. King Solomon said it best when he said in Lamentations that there is a time for everything!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
~1st Amendment US Constitution
I will say it again! A News conference for a terrible tragedy where he was supposed to be giving the press information about their investigation and what happened is NOT THE TIME OR PLACE! The man who went on this killing spree is not normal. He would not be accepted as right whether he was liberal or conservative. He would not be supported by Democrats or Republicans. Only someone who is severely disturbed would do such a thing! This man killed a 9 year old! How can he sleep at night? He needs Jesus as we all do!
The hypocrisy of Sheriff Dupnikis is amazing. It is OK for him to try to stir people up to silence free speech of Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives! HIS CRITICISM IS / WAS OUT OF LINE!
I call Sheriff Dupnikis to apologize for his remarks about Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives on talk radio and television. If he cannot apologize and act in a professional manner he should resign!
Let us also join together in prayer for our fellow countrymen (women) who were standing together at a meeting where they were serving their country! Keep their families in prayer!
Rick Ferguson
United States Patriot!
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Halleluiah!!!!
Halleluiah! is all I can say.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has left her main working office near the state Capitol for the last time.
The term-limited Democratic governor said final goodbyes and walked out of the executive office around noon Wednesday. Granholm has essentially completed her official business as governor but she retains the power of the office until noon Saturday.
That's when power transfers to Republican Rick Snyder, who'll be sworn in on the Capitol steps.
Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd says the governor left the office carrying a scrapbook full of memories and looking forward to the future. The office is located in the Romney Building across the street from the Capitol.
Granholm couldn't seek re-election this year because of term limits outlined in state law. She's been governor for eight years.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has left her main working office near the state Capitol for the last time.
The term-limited Democratic governor said final goodbyes and walked out of the executive office around noon Wednesday. Granholm has essentially completed her official business as governor but she retains the power of the office until noon Saturday.
That's when power transfers to Republican Rick Snyder, who'll be sworn in on the Capitol steps.
Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd says the governor left the office carrying a scrapbook full of memories and looking forward to the future. The office is located in the Romney Building across the street from the Capitol.
Granholm couldn't seek re-election this year because of term limits outlined in state law. She's been governor for eight years.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Lest we forget...
LUKE 2: 1-20
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
I'm Back!!!
Howdy neighbors...
Yes... its been awhile since I've done any blogging. Sorry about that. Been a little busy... but that's all behind me now. I've rededicated myself to at least one blog post a week. I've also set this up to receive severe weather updates (For Kent CO., Mich), so you may see some of those pop up on here. My intent is to take them down shortly after they expire so as not to clutter up my blog.
Anyway... I'm working on a post that I hope to have done today or tomorrow, so keep an eye out for it.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the snow!
Yes... its been awhile since I've done any blogging. Sorry about that. Been a little busy... but that's all behind me now. I've rededicated myself to at least one blog post a week. I've also set this up to receive severe weather updates (For Kent CO., Mich), so you may see some of those pop up on here. My intent is to take them down shortly after they expire so as not to clutter up my blog.
Anyway... I'm working on a post that I hope to have done today or tomorrow, so keep an eye out for it.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the snow!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Long time, no talk
Hey all....
Sorry its been so long since my last post. Its hard to keep readers interested when you don't post every day. I'm working on a couple of new posts to put up. I promise they will be up real soon.
Until then... have a great day!
Sorry its been so long since my last post. Its hard to keep readers interested when you don't post every day. I'm working on a couple of new posts to put up. I promise they will be up real soon.
Until then... have a great day!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Cooling World
Here is a story from Newsweek April 28,1975 that I found most interesting. It seems we (the earth) are not warming up as the scientists would have us believe. As a matter of fact... in April 1975 everyone believed that we were headed for a ice age.
I in no way am looking to turn this blog into a political one... but with all the BS floating out there about global warming (now renamed "Climate Change") I just couldn't pass this one up.
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The Cooling World
By Peter Gwynne
Newsweek
28 April 1975
There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production — with serious political implications for just about every nation on Earth. The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only 10 years from now. The regions destined to feel its impact are the great wheat-producing lands of Canada and the U.S.S.R. in the North, along with a number of marginally self-sufficient tropical areas — parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina and Indonesia — where the growing season is dependent upon the rains brought by the monsoon.
The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it. In England, farmers have seen their growing season decline by about two weeks since 1950, with a resultant overall loss in grain production estimated at up to 100,000 tons annually.
During the same time, the average temperature around the equator has risen by a fraction of a degree — a fraction that in some areas can mean drought and desolation. Last April, in the most devastating outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded, 148 twisters killed more than 300 people and caused half a billion dollars’ worth of damage in 13 U.S. states.
To scientists, these seemingly disparate incidents represent the advance signs of fundamental changes in the world’s weather. Meteorologists disagree about the cause and extent of the trend, as well as over its specific impact on local weather conditions. But they are almost unanimous in the view that the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century. If the climatic change is as profound as some of the pessimists fear, the resulting famines could be catastrophic.
“A major climatic change would force economic and social adjustments on a worldwide scale,” warns a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, “because the global patterns of food production and population that have evolved are implicitly dependent on the climate of the present century.”
A survey completed last year by Dr. Murray Mitchell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a drop of half a degree in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968. According to George Kukla of Columbia University, satellite photos indicated a sudden, large increase in Northern Hemisphere snow cover in the winter of 1971-72. And a study released last month by two NOAA scientists notes that the amount of sunshine reaching the ground in the continental U.S. diminished by 1.3% between 1964 and 1972.
To the layman, the relatively small changes in temperature and sunshine can be highly misleading. Reid Bryson of the University of Wisconsin points out that the Earth’s average temperature during the great Ice Ages was only about seven degrees lower than during its warmest eras — and that the present decline has taken the planet about a sixth of the way toward the Ice Age average.
Others regard the cooling as a reversion to the “little ice age” conditions that brought bitter winters to much of Europe and northern America between 1600 and 1900 — years when the Thames used to freeze so solidly that Londoners roasted oxen on the ice and when iceboats sailed the Hudson River almost as far south as New York City.
Just what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery. “Our knowledge of the mechanisms of climatic change is at least as fragmentary as our data,” concedes the National Academy of Sciences report. “Not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions.”
Meteorologists think that they can forecast the short-term results of the return to the norm of the last century. They begin by noting the slight drop in overall temperature that produces large numbers of pressure centers in the upper atmosphere. These break up the smooth flow of westerly winds over temperate areas. The stagnant air produced in this way causes an increase in extremes of local weather such as droughts, floods, extended dry spells, long freezes, delayed monsoons and even local temperature increases — all of which have a direct impact on food supplies.
“The world’s food-producing system,” warns Dr. James D. McQuigg of NOAA’s Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment, “is much more sensitive to the weather variable than it was even five years ago.”
Furthermore, the growth of world population and creation of new national boundaries make it impossible for starving peoples to migrate from their devastated fields, as they did during past famines.
Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects.
They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve. But the scientists see few signs that government leaders anywhere are even prepared to take the simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies. The longer the planners delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality.
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Lest we forget just how wrong the climate experts can be.
It’s funny isn’t it?
Everyone complains about the weather, but only liberals try to legislate it.
I in no way am looking to turn this blog into a political one... but with all the BS floating out there about global warming (now renamed "Climate Change") I just couldn't pass this one up.
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The Cooling World
By Peter Gwynne
Newsweek
28 April 1975
There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production — with serious political implications for just about every nation on Earth. The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only 10 years from now. The regions destined to feel its impact are the great wheat-producing lands of Canada and the U.S.S.R. in the North, along with a number of marginally self-sufficient tropical areas — parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina and Indonesia — where the growing season is dependent upon the rains brought by the monsoon.
The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it. In England, farmers have seen their growing season decline by about two weeks since 1950, with a resultant overall loss in grain production estimated at up to 100,000 tons annually.
During the same time, the average temperature around the equator has risen by a fraction of a degree — a fraction that in some areas can mean drought and desolation. Last April, in the most devastating outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded, 148 twisters killed more than 300 people and caused half a billion dollars’ worth of damage in 13 U.S. states.
To scientists, these seemingly disparate incidents represent the advance signs of fundamental changes in the world’s weather. Meteorologists disagree about the cause and extent of the trend, as well as over its specific impact on local weather conditions. But they are almost unanimous in the view that the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century. If the climatic change is as profound as some of the pessimists fear, the resulting famines could be catastrophic.
“A major climatic change would force economic and social adjustments on a worldwide scale,” warns a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, “because the global patterns of food production and population that have evolved are implicitly dependent on the climate of the present century.”
A survey completed last year by Dr. Murray Mitchell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a drop of half a degree in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968. According to George Kukla of Columbia University, satellite photos indicated a sudden, large increase in Northern Hemisphere snow cover in the winter of 1971-72. And a study released last month by two NOAA scientists notes that the amount of sunshine reaching the ground in the continental U.S. diminished by 1.3% between 1964 and 1972.
To the layman, the relatively small changes in temperature and sunshine can be highly misleading. Reid Bryson of the University of Wisconsin points out that the Earth’s average temperature during the great Ice Ages was only about seven degrees lower than during its warmest eras — and that the present decline has taken the planet about a sixth of the way toward the Ice Age average.
Others regard the cooling as a reversion to the “little ice age” conditions that brought bitter winters to much of Europe and northern America between 1600 and 1900 — years when the Thames used to freeze so solidly that Londoners roasted oxen on the ice and when iceboats sailed the Hudson River almost as far south as New York City.
Just what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery. “Our knowledge of the mechanisms of climatic change is at least as fragmentary as our data,” concedes the National Academy of Sciences report. “Not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions.”
Meteorologists think that they can forecast the short-term results of the return to the norm of the last century. They begin by noting the slight drop in overall temperature that produces large numbers of pressure centers in the upper atmosphere. These break up the smooth flow of westerly winds over temperate areas. The stagnant air produced in this way causes an increase in extremes of local weather such as droughts, floods, extended dry spells, long freezes, delayed monsoons and even local temperature increases — all of which have a direct impact on food supplies.
“The world’s food-producing system,” warns Dr. James D. McQuigg of NOAA’s Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment, “is much more sensitive to the weather variable than it was even five years ago.”
Furthermore, the growth of world population and creation of new national boundaries make it impossible for starving peoples to migrate from their devastated fields, as they did during past famines.
Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects.
They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve. But the scientists see few signs that government leaders anywhere are even prepared to take the simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies. The longer the planners delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality.
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Lest we forget just how wrong the climate experts can be.
It’s funny isn’t it?
Everyone complains about the weather, but only liberals try to legislate it.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Unforgiven
I did not pen the following. I just like the story. Feels like me sometimes.
How could he know this new dawn’s light
Would change his life forever?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure.
Was he the one causing pain
With his careless dreaming?
Been afraid, always afraid,
Of the things he’s feeling.
He could just be gone.
He would just sail on
He’ll just sail on.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
These days drift on inside a fog
Thick and suffocating.
His sinking life, outside its hell.
Inside, intoxicating.
He’s run aground. Like his life,
Water much too shallow.
Slipping fast, down with his ship,
Fading in the shadows.
Now a castaway.
They’ve all gone away.
They’ve gone away.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
Forgive me.
Forgive me not.
Why can’t I forgive me?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure.
How could he know this new dawn’s light
Would change his life forever?
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
So how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
Metallica, 2008
Death Magnetic
How could he know this new dawn’s light
Would change his life forever?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure.
Was he the one causing pain
With his careless dreaming?
Been afraid, always afraid,
Of the things he’s feeling.
He could just be gone.
He would just sail on
He’ll just sail on.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
These days drift on inside a fog
Thick and suffocating.
His sinking life, outside its hell.
Inside, intoxicating.
He’s run aground. Like his life,
Water much too shallow.
Slipping fast, down with his ship,
Fading in the shadows.
Now a castaway.
They’ve all gone away.
They’ve gone away.
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
And how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
Forgive me.
Forgive me not.
Why can’t I forgive me?
Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure.
How could he know this new dawn’s light
Would change his life forever?
How can I be lost, if I’ve got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold,
How come it’s got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive.
So how can I blame you,
When it’s me I can’t forgive?
Metallica, 2008
Death Magnetic
Monday, October 26, 2009
Yeah.... Wrong again.
So my son is like a dog. He likes to squirrel things away to find later. This can include sippy cups with milk in them.
Yep.. you guessed it. He found one yesterday.
He took a couple of good pulls from it before Beth or I could get it away from him. This was about 3pm yesterday. After going all day without puking, crapping, or mixing the two... we thought we had dodged a bullet.
Yeah... wrong again.
About 3am I woke up to the Little Man crying. It was no big deal to me... he's been pushing a molar through for the past couple days... so I went in to pick him up, give him a pat on the back, turn Pooh back on and go back to bed. I knew something was wrong when I walked in the room and smelled what I thought was a ripe diaper.
Yeah... wrong again.
Turned the light on and noticed what looked to be cottage cheese on his forehead. Upon further inspection, found more of this unidentifed cottage cheese on his sheets. VOMIT!!!
Oh no!
Now... you can poop on me, pee on me, leak your bodily fluids on me, and I'm fine. A little digusted, but fine.
Puke on me?!? There's gonna be trouble.
So... 2-3 taps later on the wall and Beth had joined me in Jr's bedroom. I left Little Man in her care, stripped his bed and brought it downstairs to rinse in the sink and start laundry. She started a bath and put him in it. After the bath was over, we diapered-dressed him and brought him into the living room with us. He immediately got off my wife's lap and began playing with his toys. After 20 or so minutes of watching him play - chase the cats - laugh/smile, we thought it was a one time shot and he was doing better.
Yeah... Wrong again.
About an hour later I woke up to what I thought were intense coughing sounds.
You guessed it - wrong again.
More cottage cheese looking stuff, mixed with the mandarin oranges and some of the noodles we had given him the previous day. I'm thinking by this time... "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna puke soon. I better find a recepticle for this so we aren't cleaning up a bigger mess." Luckily, I was able to get through this second episode with only mild gagging, however I was quickly losing my reserves. So... another sheet/pajama change later, he was back in bed for what I was hoping would be the last time that night.
Yeah.... Wrong again.
One more puking episode... One more change of sheets... One more change of pajamas... he was back in the living room playing with his cars.
After a few minutes of playing he began showing signs of being tired, so back to bed we went. Again... hoping this would be the last time.
Yeah... wrong again.
I woke up to the most horrible noise a father could wake up to. Some one had snuck into my home, grabbed a dull knife from the kitchen, and was torturing my son with it in his bedroom. I quickly threw off the covers and raced to his room. I found my wife attempting to hold a squirming little boy who wanted no part on either one of us. He was kicking, squirming, screaming, and just causing general mahem.
We brought him to the livingroom and put him down on the floor, where he continued to wail and thrash around - something I had never seen before. He would not respond to my voice and was acting like I wasn't even there. After several more long minutes, I was becoming quite concerned. Then... just as quickly as it started, it stopped. My wife and I looked at each other, looked at Reece and thought, "well, what ELSE could happen tonight?"
After putting him to bed once again, we began digging into the "What to expect - toddler years" book. Turns out Reece was having a possible night terror. We learned from the book not to interact (that includes any touching except to keep him safe) with him as this will prolong the terror. The child will seems awake, however will not recognize you and will attempt to "get away" from whatever is spooking him.
It is now about noon and he is still sleeping. Beth and I are exausted but are afraid to go back to sleep due to the fact every time we do, he pukes, craps, or has a night terror.
Its gonna be a looooong day.
Yep.. you guessed it. He found one yesterday.
He took a couple of good pulls from it before Beth or I could get it away from him. This was about 3pm yesterday. After going all day without puking, crapping, or mixing the two... we thought we had dodged a bullet.
Yeah... wrong again.
About 3am I woke up to the Little Man crying. It was no big deal to me... he's been pushing a molar through for the past couple days... so I went in to pick him up, give him a pat on the back, turn Pooh back on and go back to bed. I knew something was wrong when I walked in the room and smelled what I thought was a ripe diaper.
Yeah... wrong again.
Turned the light on and noticed what looked to be cottage cheese on his forehead. Upon further inspection, found more of this unidentifed cottage cheese on his sheets. VOMIT!!!
Oh no!
Now... you can poop on me, pee on me, leak your bodily fluids on me, and I'm fine. A little digusted, but fine.
Puke on me?!? There's gonna be trouble.
So... 2-3 taps later on the wall and Beth had joined me in Jr's bedroom. I left Little Man in her care, stripped his bed and brought it downstairs to rinse in the sink and start laundry. She started a bath and put him in it. After the bath was over, we diapered-dressed him and brought him into the living room with us. He immediately got off my wife's lap and began playing with his toys. After 20 or so minutes of watching him play - chase the cats - laugh/smile, we thought it was a one time shot and he was doing better.
Yeah... Wrong again.
About an hour later I woke up to what I thought were intense coughing sounds.
You guessed it - wrong again.
More cottage cheese looking stuff, mixed with the mandarin oranges and some of the noodles we had given him the previous day. I'm thinking by this time... "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna puke soon. I better find a recepticle for this so we aren't cleaning up a bigger mess." Luckily, I was able to get through this second episode with only mild gagging, however I was quickly losing my reserves. So... another sheet/pajama change later, he was back in bed for what I was hoping would be the last time that night.
Yeah.... Wrong again.
One more puking episode... One more change of sheets... One more change of pajamas... he was back in the living room playing with his cars.
After a few minutes of playing he began showing signs of being tired, so back to bed we went. Again... hoping this would be the last time.
Yeah... wrong again.
I woke up to the most horrible noise a father could wake up to. Some one had snuck into my home, grabbed a dull knife from the kitchen, and was torturing my son with it in his bedroom. I quickly threw off the covers and raced to his room. I found my wife attempting to hold a squirming little boy who wanted no part on either one of us. He was kicking, squirming, screaming, and just causing general mahem.
We brought him to the livingroom and put him down on the floor, where he continued to wail and thrash around - something I had never seen before. He would not respond to my voice and was acting like I wasn't even there. After several more long minutes, I was becoming quite concerned. Then... just as quickly as it started, it stopped. My wife and I looked at each other, looked at Reece and thought, "well, what ELSE could happen tonight?"
After putting him to bed once again, we began digging into the "What to expect - toddler years" book. Turns out Reece was having a possible night terror. We learned from the book not to interact (that includes any touching except to keep him safe) with him as this will prolong the terror. The child will seems awake, however will not recognize you and will attempt to "get away" from whatever is spooking him.
It is now about noon and he is still sleeping. Beth and I are exausted but are afraid to go back to sleep due to the fact every time we do, he pukes, craps, or has a night terror.
Its gonna be a looooong day.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Vehicles suck!
Good morning, readers....
Thought I'd fill you in on my vehicle situation.
About a month ago now the oil light on my wife's Expedition began flashing on and off. So... I checked the oil... or so I thought. Ford at some point switched to a different dipstick (looks like heavy wire with a lead weight at the end) By the way... here's a tip for ya... it doesn't wipe off well with just a towel. The raised lettering on the tip holds oil gunk. Use a paper towel and press hard.
So anyway... I checked the oil, thought there was plenty in there, and decided that it was a bad sending unit going to the gauge.
Well... it wasn't.
As my wife was turning into the station running a fire call, the engine seized. Yeah... I know... whoops. My bad. So there my truck sat for a week while we shopped for motors to put in it. We now have the motor - good deal by the way... 1000 bucks for a '04 with 53000 miles on it - much better than my '98 with 240,000 miles on it. The bad news is - it's hunting season and I can't find anyone to put it in for less that a bazillion dollars. I'd try it myself, but I always end up with leftover parts.
So there my truck sits, patiently waiting for someone to replace her insides.
Now... on to my car.
Shortly after the truck died, my car began shaking.... and shaking... and shaking. At first, it was like hardly noticable... noticiable enought to me who drives 70,000 miles a year in it, but probably not to the regular passenger. However... it kept getting more and more worse as the days went on. At first it almost felt like a miss in the engine, leading me to believe that I had a bad plug or wire. And it would only miss upon acceleration, further leading this belief to be true. So.... 47 bucks in plugs and wires later, the car still shook. And I MEAN shook. The next time I drove it to work, it shook so bad I thought my brain was gonna rattle right outta my head.
It finally got so bad that A) I actually started wearing my seatbelt cuz I was SURE the front end was going to fall off and B) I borrowed another car to take to work so my wife could take my in for repair.
So in it went to McCalls Garage in Lowell (if you ever get the chance to take your car there, do it. They don't charge for inspections, and they are CHEAP.) Good people. After a short test run, they tell me they think it's something to do with a motor mount or somethin', and that it wouldn't be too expensive to fix. I thought, "cool! sounds good to me!" Upon further inspection, it was found to be a bad front axle. I thought, "this is going to cost me a bunch of money I don't have." However.... $125 later, it was out the door runnin' just as smooth as the day I got it.
So anyway... I'm going to sell my car, my truck, and anything else with a motor and buy me a horse. If the horse breaks it's leg, I'll shoot it and buy me another horse. Much simpler method, don't you think?
Thought I'd fill you in on my vehicle situation.
About a month ago now the oil light on my wife's Expedition began flashing on and off. So... I checked the oil... or so I thought. Ford at some point switched to a different dipstick (looks like heavy wire with a lead weight at the end) By the way... here's a tip for ya... it doesn't wipe off well with just a towel. The raised lettering on the tip holds oil gunk. Use a paper towel and press hard.
So anyway... I checked the oil, thought there was plenty in there, and decided that it was a bad sending unit going to the gauge.
Well... it wasn't.
As my wife was turning into the station running a fire call, the engine seized. Yeah... I know... whoops. My bad. So there my truck sat for a week while we shopped for motors to put in it. We now have the motor - good deal by the way... 1000 bucks for a '04 with 53000 miles on it - much better than my '98 with 240,000 miles on it. The bad news is - it's hunting season and I can't find anyone to put it in for less that a bazillion dollars. I'd try it myself, but I always end up with leftover parts.
So there my truck sits, patiently waiting for someone to replace her insides.
Now... on to my car.
Shortly after the truck died, my car began shaking.... and shaking... and shaking. At first, it was like hardly noticable... noticiable enought to me who drives 70,000 miles a year in it, but probably not to the regular passenger. However... it kept getting more and more worse as the days went on. At first it almost felt like a miss in the engine, leading me to believe that I had a bad plug or wire. And it would only miss upon acceleration, further leading this belief to be true. So.... 47 bucks in plugs and wires later, the car still shook. And I MEAN shook. The next time I drove it to work, it shook so bad I thought my brain was gonna rattle right outta my head.
It finally got so bad that A) I actually started wearing my seatbelt cuz I was SURE the front end was going to fall off and B) I borrowed another car to take to work so my wife could take my in for repair.
So in it went to McCalls Garage in Lowell (if you ever get the chance to take your car there, do it. They don't charge for inspections, and they are CHEAP.) Good people. After a short test run, they tell me they think it's something to do with a motor mount or somethin', and that it wouldn't be too expensive to fix. I thought, "cool! sounds good to me!" Upon further inspection, it was found to be a bad front axle. I thought, "this is going to cost me a bunch of money I don't have." However.... $125 later, it was out the door runnin' just as smooth as the day I got it.
So anyway... I'm going to sell my car, my truck, and anything else with a motor and buy me a horse. If the horse breaks it's leg, I'll shoot it and buy me another horse. Much simpler method, don't you think?
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