Ready

T-minus 13 minutes and counting. We are all set...LET'S GO BUCKS!! 

Broken

Thanks to those of you willing and able to pray. It is something that could be very minor, but it is also something that could be very serious so we are praying for the minor. Hopefully we will know more soon and, when I am given clearance, I will fill ya in. to clarify, tug is not the person for whom i am asking prayers. while it sucks for him, the prayer recipient is someone else in my family (let's just say bob)...bob's situation is (possibly) far more serious, though it might also be nothing more than a nuisance. so please keep bob in prayer, and any extra you can throw in there for tug is nice-or for my sanity since he can't walk well ' honey, can you get me xyz ;)

On a different note, that there is an xray of Tug's foot. Somewhere there is a broken bone...I couldn't get a very good picture of the xray but neither of us could tell based on the xray. The girls and Tug both are (guess I should say were) doing Judo, Tug played as a kid. Well on Wednesday night he was Judo-ing (technical term) and heard a loud pop. Yesterday he went to urgent care and was told his foot is broken. He is now at the Orthopaedic doc hopefully getting a cast, though it might still be too swollen. I wonder if they have The Ohio State University casts-the actual logo, not just boring red-that would be cool!

Prayer Request

I can't give much information right now but I just got some news about a family member in need of prayers-Mom, don't freak out...might not be a big deal. When I am able I will give more details but,  if possible, please offer up some prayers for him-that he is healthy and that what they found is in fact what they think it is and not something worse. Thanks!

Hey Amy

Can you believe it? Dpn's-I am using dpn's! Now, magic loop is easier/quicker/less bulky but my seams are nicer and it isn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. 

And here is a picture I never posted. We went to a homeschool bbq on Saturday at a local lake and it had an amazing view of Mt. Rainier-or, as I like to call it, Mt. Death Trap. Picture taken by Tug

More confusion for Catholics

I think I originally saw this a few weeks ago but it must have recently been republished with her confirmation and I think 'devout Catholic' was added in because I certainly missed it the first time:Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has confirmed that she's pregnant following months of buzz.

“Yes, I can confirm I’m pregnant. It’s still early, so I’m being cautious. I’m resting as much as possible," she tells Usmagazine.com, adding that she and boyfriend of two years, mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz, "are still in a state of shock."

"I'm so happy!" she said.

Jameson, 34, previously told Us she discovered she was two months pregnant in November 2004 after being diagnosed with malignant melanoma. A day later, she miscarried due to the stress of cancer.

But the devout Catholic — who has tried in vitro — told Us, "It was all in God's plan."

Jameson — who split from adult film studio owner Jay Grdina in 2006 and from porn star Brad Armstrong in 2001— said she and Ortiz have no plans to wed.

"I think I'm gonna stay unmarried and just go for the babies!" she told Us. "I'm following in Angelina's footsteps!"

Now, I don't know if she proclaims to be a devout Catholic or if US magazine dubbed her one but, for any confused Catholics out there, let me (in my not overly educated way) clarify:

Getting divorced.......................not too keen on that

Using in vitro.............................definite no no

Watching/using porn................not so much

STARING in porn......................double whammy

Having sex outside of marriage...aka adultery

Staying unmarried and just going for the babies...ah, nope

Sorry Jenna-the devout Catholic-Jameson, NONE of what you are doing is 'God's plan'. It is your plan. Again, I don't have to agree with what you do, but if you are going to say you are Catholic, if you are going to proclaim to the world that you are Catholic, then be Catholic!

OH yeah, and on a slightly related note-I was in the car yesterday and heard a Planned Parenthood commercial talking about STI's. Since when did they rename them? Did STD have a bad connotation so they decided it should now just be an infection? Are they trying to get kids to equate them with ear infections? Propaganda? I smell something fishy...or is that just the chlamydia?

Wow

Why o' why am I bothering with this? Note to self, don't eat Mexican food the night before you have to weigh in. Oh, and don't eat junk food every day the week prior to having to weigh in. Not a good week in terms of food, but decent in terms of exercise. We joined the YMCA and I did 100 minutes of cardio (the kids are also signed up for Judo-today will be their combined first day. {r} went on Monday but {l} was sick). This week I am going to be good, I promise. I've already gotten in 45 minutes of cardio and it is only 7:30!!

This week: +1

Viability

I am calling you out and you know who you are (any other pro-choicers feel free to chime in).  

The newest anti-life buzzword seems to be viability. If the child is not viable without its mommy, then it is ok to kill him. I think you* have finally realized that it is a baby, regardless of gestational age (hard to argue with the science) so instead of focusing on that you are now focusing on this viability stuff. My question is this, when do you change your logic? I mean, if it is ok to kill a baby because it is not viable then shouldn't we withhold modern medicine from just about everyone? If I need a blood transfusion or else I will die, should the blood transfusion be withheld because I am no longer viable? If I get shot and am on the brink of death should medical personnel not do everything within their power to save me? I need their help to survive. I will die without it. Do I get to live or, since I am inviable without help, should I just be killed?

Clearly the logic has to shift at a certain time. When is that time? And, since it does have to eventually shift, doesn't that indicate flawed logic?

*you meaning one, as in pro-choicers as a whole

Clarification for Confused Catholics

Nancy Pelosi is a jackass. If any of you saw her on Meet the Press and started thinking "hmm, I think she is right, the Catholic Church hasn't been clear on the abortion issue. It really is a matter of controversy within the Church so it is clearly ok for me to vote pro-death." WRONG. As those bumper stickers say, you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice. 

Which, by the way, means you also can't vote pro-choice. So that Biden dude, the one pretending (as well) to be Catholic, you can't vote for him...or really any other Democrat. What I don't understand is why bother?? Why not just go to a religion that you agree with instead of claiming to be something you aren't? Thank God some American Bishops are finally starting to correct these heretical morons!! Update to add link to the entire open letter by Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.  I especially like the 2nd and 2nd to last paragraphs.  

rush limbaugh re:pelosi on meet the press-unfortunately he doesn't know what a Doctor of the Church is...it isn't an m.d.—In Roman Catholicism, this title is given to a saint from whose writings the whole Christian Church is held to have derived great advantage and to whom "eminent learning" and "great sanctity" have been attributed by a proclamation of a pope or of an ecumenical council. This honor is given rarely, only posthumously, and only after canonization. —there are 33 Doctors of the Church and St. Augustine is one.