News for today's 2018: May 2009

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 02 au 05 juin 2009

10:39 PM Anonymous 0

<h2>Permanences</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a> - mercredi 03 juin de 10h à 12h30 <li><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">boutique de gestion</a> - vendredi 05 juin de 9h à 12h30 <li>Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le mardi 02 juin de 13h30 à 17h, - le mercredi 03 juin de 13h30 à 17h, - le jeudi 04 juin de 13h30 à 17h, - le vendredi 05 juin de 13h30 à 17h.</ul> <h2>Ateliers</h2><ul> <li>CV - mardi 02 juin de 9h30 à 12h30 <li>Lettre de motivation - mardi 02 juin de 13h30 à 16h30 <li>Préparation à l'entretien - jeudi 04 juin de 13h30 à 16h30</ul>

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 02 au 05 juin 2009

PermanencesSolidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage - mercredi 03 juin de 10h à 12h30boutique de gestion - vendredi 05 juin de 9h à 12h30Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le mar…

Dam to Dam 5K Race!

11:24 AM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnIHKJqbbRkDvLSx5ZaU4KtY_nxxa0OCzWBghjS7QMKuLTzUKSHvSM_o1ipCvUFgnrexPJgLs5BXlSQYlUKGcKGn0tudR47n2Ymz3rCizKfhyEtwmcLdfwc4JGe0cYGbWjOtogcbX2imN/s1600-h/DSC02766%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02766" border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dmQdzVA5RWxBeSOgpqqd6j_69fMIPkLdIB-bztEHdmgBaKwusT32rk5qc5OiWpw4fKkca0k8VGq_FlgqagWX_0BWwxKQJ0Ss8aSi9H9l1vEONkP0tD9xPq-XWDQ6hCsXT3Z7eu7M4h7m/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02766" width="404" /></a>Saturday Kyle and I ran the 5K Dam to Dam race in Des Moines. This was a first for both of us. I have been working out and running since November, but Kyle just started about 3-4 weeks ago. We’ve been pushing each other along ever since!! Some nights when one of us doesn’t feel like running, the other always gets that one going!! I <3 the buddy system, especially when my “buddy” is my hubby!! Just getting into downtown Des Moines…T –1 hour till race time!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71eLGbuWd8x2f0OfJ33tWsYrJ8GHcfHt0R-Ds06viuNmnCQqKPExNhH66hqIsaQNHPwMMJXhvjFw4t1P8M6T7vXMedPrRgqhjiTYP0bkcnQgU18MLO6VVu-aLCsNVggcijWNIFZbMSx4c/s1600-h/DSC02750%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02750" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR8awHwIilnL8Rk6bOwqcAxQSnfHVH0pokEDo07v0VyZ1MG-ZvaxGB9pmIc69hDZKTh5icphaokUc5hJpMgNA4yluC-sYcT-5uB_aXctEx0gFCtwGUXpzoLkZtHLP-VIlY5a29QUsjtyJ/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02750" width="404" /></a> Since this was a first for both of us we really didn’t know what to expect. I was thinking I would have a big rush of adrenalin and feel better than I usually do running, but that wasn’t the case at all. It was tough. Kyle kept me going the whole way. I think I held him back a little too, but he won’t admit that….what a nice guy! Just before the gun went off for the start of the race!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLzwudDtpvNM5C4DwYluhDqC7-Sgrt2SIxqE0rzcO_gzAU1rCFCw9PS5EkzzjQP7oUs5bFo4Mzy98Syiw-1VVCkTYgHbxMbpj9fiBxFuEWVnY0ylt2X4YNtYY3F3_jC3fLPV5FWNMbIgO/s1600-h/DSC02753%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02753" border="0" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiB9bUAJ5gcOhllJ9PQZxKFsH0skMb0y-x9jWK2WZnPPzT8FgknLGvH2pBHJUZK6QSqM6ZizduP8aS-2vdBOLK1pRKkDjhryt87OuKGSPLFc2bNzcq6YZIb9dUmyn0f3I6oNaIqYiDhzG/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02753" width="404" /></a> Waiting for the gun to go off…feeling good!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTA_LCvdCeP7HbjcGBTDcvOdUmRvrVS9GjzfvBrXsyB2em7AbwqsnN142Rm873RTQZY9ra36qoMXw1nylbTtpaTBdLErwD587hKMgenRSV75hygKZo2yuHoXUT_yU2yG5Z9kv5b552GPan/s1600-h/DSC02756%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02756" border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikid2dEzwm704_DWrqA7xPeJrztaAmQAh-pkiySki0Kogtyd4pfjzKyUU_VQ9lv8nb5MSERfl2gsTCnVJeyjpa4EdKsrhgS5Xs3sH8F2hvOrEbh1wCjMN1I6E4HE4NabwH5cXEl46vqIkZ/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02756" width="404" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQT76KIVtnupO2fi1zN3F8sGq73FYKFeCIDd4a9vPx79gTUYfbXlxwrOe8uno4ZOZV7fKnlZSFq3ArxffGU4s2KkntCVX8KTRGel2p1yNMi4kuiFEToP0TAknGblJnwA78bQLMMShzmTK/s1600-h/DSC02765%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02765" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhldTM6MEj5pfMgaRfGolkWCbUiZ8eHqAJV3o7kQ8Lr3YVo86eRsInT7-EvRkD-WFxS03ieA6L5BufNgqtHsYUM-yW8CunXG1HIBxT1DbIQ00eGFXebgJQ5Z34mw-59Gb_HNt_i539iJXR/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02765" width="404" /></a>There were over 2500 people running the 5K race. It was CRAZY!! We didn’t even cross the start line until after about a minute after the gun went off. The first part of the race was really PACKED and we were dodging people the whole way. And we got a good pace going right away. And we’re off!! Can you spot us…walking to the start line?!?!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3Mu3W4_HZiGlFI2xkGknrzel6N_zkxlUDdrNhhmI5GLYFWpVp9uhcJ5Vqkz18dqENJEMTSJXMHteMWJwrepcxD0Ve7skMIsK-inXGwxBA-P9Kx9GrBSjRrmJMIqAorVmmfh5Xh0Jg_Pw/s1600-h/DSC02757%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02757" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCuBeAQ8UFSTqjHm0MDn8t0CxgeFglKoO1YJ6uXiJ0UjUn0cO8dI4qBPEQsY0MhgNXyHS7065jUBCOD6raHstm131JrFPFsMwcWFJmrytVMqylzLWbW0mwQso24KvhiKL9up06XIwxLpk/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02757" width="404" /></a> If you are familiar with the downtown Des Moines area and are curious…here is a map of the route. The pink line is the 5K route. Here is the description of the route from damtodam.com: The 3.1 mile course is flat and fast winding through the east side of the downtown area. Shortly after the first mile, the course turns right onto East River Drive. The 5 kilometer course turns around just before the bike path near University Avenue and heads back south, then goes west on Locust Street to the finish.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcRR8hS55-4JLJrUNqFnnDCj8bAvNmrGZxmCb2FIEmij0pLVeMcPP6vk4xWsJwFSCeyBro4MAwDkQF2tonOpFqZs9DhwkbnVS5d47SlvXUWrtmC8TliJJ1hxibBqSauRDygeyAc9IitIE/s1600-h/image4%5B2%5D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAXgCh8jv-cPkMfqMJ1WoSmyTowNryb5TLJOvWOwBHT7bqRCCB2AozKscuSAw9w0zaJ7M5hBO01fxTxgRXSd_WcfXvgsEbRYlaNd7Kmfe-Yy2h-i5WOPx6m9aWbtUHFT2_otA6JhjkikW/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" title="image" width="397" /></a>                            <img src="http://cmsimg.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=D2&Date=20090530&Category=SPORTS13&ArtNo=905310320&Ref=V2&Profile=1023&MaxW=550&MaxH=650&title=0" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" /> My Dad even came down to watch and support us! We were so glad and appreciative that we had him there! And I think he was proud of us!! Thanks again Dad for coming…it really meant a lot to have you there!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNo-BFCBSHfxh0GNSQmYvENB3tvg5lh-dAnNEvQIxsTcxl13UWHZpTpQfP_7wv2fiJjooi6VKqpgTN8GOhGn4XpsXmnMq4zg_iHDoqHp1bLSYcLJU5lxiZpBVZXHJ8Cdd8tYIwCXk60Eb/s1600-h/DSC02751%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02751" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzGnYwhO3XpmpWaqUAXKwwzdeblbTYWIQjh7WzhvTZVKiF8fOX2PFuV2ua_yzE_ER-ZMuRs3tzuvwmCI7fvhDmCXpdAaEf5IqwefSiDHBiIZFycLlkmGMdLtbkrOXug6Nx5dUgx12GGjc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02751" width="404" /></a> My boss has been a runner for quite some time now and has run the Dam to Dam 5K quite a few years in a row. She is kinda the reason we did it…so thanks to Angie!! Angie finished with her personal best, less than 25 minutes! Great job Ang!!! :) This is Angie & I before the start of the race!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ha48me_XjWsV9B0juc-X2ff3fzt8OiKi3HpDgOrOs3b0K13uuva20HcWOzrZKUxqxHh3NonBZoVMvZO-25uXkKxwvVjaRuCzGM9IaLWd9-w2elmnB6NAqnFXgblE8x6IWJ1dGq2cRaKl/s1600-h/DSC02755%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02755" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ9Mz32xdifS5xps9z9ocoSxlmE0p4QSXgYwM3NtimXAF4BBaQ9c0l-IlBmgilRTuL4hSMl0qBOVbshrFqpZnAOf8UD0gllNrs9MV97n45-fOkKajWB-WogAXJ_inJBYyYl6pUZ0rhkSg/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02755" width="404" /></a> Our chip time was 29:15 so we are estimating that we ran the actual 3.1 miles in 28:15 (or less) because we didn’t get to cross the start line until about a minute after the gun went off. We were hoping for a time in the 27 minute range, but overall happy with how we did. Dad didn’t get to see us cross the finish line. For one there were thousands of people…and two he had to leave the area for about a minute because there was someone puking, just like me, my Dad has a weak stomach! We met up with Angie, her husband, and Dad after the race for some of the complimentary eats they have! Popsicles, water, Gatorade, apples, oranges, bananas, sandwiches, and so on and so on!!! Nice to get some eats to re-fuel after our first race!! Feeling good after finishing the race!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpqxzhQJqrZqIT6DMKSeb89kY-FS8wj-n73ogEpcvJU-vwLQHbSPAx2tF0zO_cajS8ZHW5Z83AoXzsNxtG4FTsyoT4mbRnx7iuL1kYT63CCvAtlYlqX4AB69LFsQfppoJliMjFfIpdP_b/s1600-h/DSC02758%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02758" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrPP4ZjWSFsGuVAaS_C16h-knNK-Ri1CjrmPVmTOiYwSzAVsIL3Lt-fzdQ8LTwV3wbKjgdizls43ihjmsyd1YKAv7MYedWGu50-5yhSNHWEfndCANPTI_ewugt7sGrCV-NS5e3p9_h2b2/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02758" width="404" /></a> It was such a great experience and can’t wait to do some more races in the future with my favorite workout buddy…my hubby!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_qmRysLc7MTTwmDWGUn5Kc-0f98NrPEvZCRvnJpaL0wVFomX31yIDE2j1r2GDYqjVA96j879_0paBUGk9i9UALi91GxPCvhxvARvIxQa8Z6J06DWZF8K5bt4Woca1FYHIItdwRUPHF-0/s1600-h/DSC02759%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02759" border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8nIXrwpZ_Yh-9ZmeQA_4MqXpfG9lT2NW6Gj3iPMuphCJIvHHQd6Y5BPUtNXBGgzf8Ehv7_e5Gb7BD8c4VRKe29T2bEYJBj3CVxIM9IxkkcwU-i4EWQ_lEIEq0N7hDuO8HDy3mb9qsg86/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02759" width="404" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzKuLK3PWO_rKwOI0Y50uKIuW9LcBxbZpqGTsKjlYEzn69RPfdj9w9vGZEirVxz2ME7n68rEjW2URaxmn0v9MaCSxAM0lm6rceQMH-W6V96K2cSGQaPdYbHjM13Grt-rE63oQ0IjETexI/s1600-h/DSC02764%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02764" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Tt3PkGLSS77vjHFrmwMM-fJRMe-ygOYuorgr4ZrdSgAWkHaIpvTrNYt4pQ2EYYhJxyurq0TebaebTm3e1wQ9eqN93XEBmJNG1jcY9_D2ExJRocLiQ9Ms2DjbS6YxCTmv8mGiE0NpFwg/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC02764" width="404" /></a>

Dam to Dam 5K Race!

Saturday Kyle and I ran the 5K Dam to Dam race in Des Moines. This was a first for both of us. I have been working out and running since November, but Kyle just started about 3-4 weeks ago. We’ve been pushing each other along ever since!! Some nights…

I’m Still Here!!!

4:41 AM Tukiyooo 0

Wow!!! What a crazy week!! After Noah's baby shower last week things just got busier and busier!! The past 7 days have been filled with meetings, birthdays, football games, family, eating out, fun nights in our garage, busy-ness at work, and so on and so on!! But I love it!! I just have to say that Kyle and I are blessed with some great family and friends!! Eating wise has just been OK. I had four bad days in row, but ending up losing 1.2 lbs at WW, which I was surprised to see. Just four more weeks of maintenance and I will be a lifetime member!! Tuesday was DH's birthday. I took the afternoon off and we had a nice time at home, just the two of us! We got Casey's pizza...his favorite and watched a movie, "Taken". Wow...it was intense, but good! We also had some cake and ice cream while watching the Cavs vs. Magic game!! I got him tickets and a hotel room to the Coldplay concert in a few weeks. I think he was pretty excited...but a little upset 'cause he thought I spent too much money. But I told him that he was worth it!! ;) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8yQ2sRgZnE1OeaY-WSh-OANd2L0_6ehhnUsNpM61SueoxFMLoae-FLwcg16THheYfaEFipQC3SwCTjycWCP1mk_KLt8hNN12uzbAqZKC9xWCgh_K6nWhyiYcGTo-V0MOkTtpT4eWJfGL/s1600-h/DSC02735%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02735" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFYJuelwGBFUZrxTMlMIqTdJy0PBkn2ZPWoVUl_5kEAGGaR00c0aj07ZmXeROT6Hh9iuH8jmWPQniWNF3Qd411khoehguqL4vt6bsbukBzT5Xz7JWRfhPYP5nG4al3EeJ6tN7r8QDd2Lc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02735" width="329"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuIS9DcIOInJY-bVvFWM54Yu-N8C_qOeglGu876yl5lJsfntNkLX5jYnwf71BIirc0sNThbluPoyYfXPiDPhkk46eeSD9SLpvj-ybgV1H564x7qfXUBt9pROw9ybMambi_rAh5Pd2PL28/s1600-h/DSC02743%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02743" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyawqP74A-L4e851EFFmdCGHQVMAsAmZs7iHNoDM67rA04v6FJ4kvc2EE8L7Eg6xIKvbG-xIhHSnZNRqeADxFu0fZ9DUmEVOtu1f1LBap5gipMXWazNks-daYQYzIqvBFuG3jTFNhptOxd/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02743" width="329"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd1z5ynTRyqKazqrAQBvxhK2ZhEJeyZV0N15ZalgALx9ulaDrSLk_JkfDXB5aYzr0YrYTHC8yVIpGA5pKdlwqkmJu62Jm2ZoT59YbYqV9N0QhgbeDOKLs8eT4wxpL5RN1YKMOX9u1Gt_X/s1600-h/DSC02739%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02739" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-EFVvlo6O3YS3CEKxEMpY-dNEg1N8XMntvRSl1HnprFwgm_x66ISn1W7wK-2rehh139Q7NlTk3Aod_naqz79fsDJCpWi2IO1RHdJ_N_2i4LTq36jBF0pLMlIckixsr6qVXutMqWXoQxo/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02739" width="329"></a> I forgot about that...of course our evenings have been filled with NBA games the past week too!! DH is rooting for the Cavs and I'm rooting for the Lakers! Hoping they are the two teams in the finals. DH and I have both been running this week getting ready for our 5K race !! I can't believe it's already here. My hip muscles have been giving me some grief though the past two runs. So Friday we are took the day off to rest and hopefully we'll be ready to RUN!! I'm so excited for my first race. My Dad is even going to come and cheer us on!!!! I’m off to run blogger friends…wish  me luck!!

I’m Still Here!!!

Wow!!! What a crazy week!! After Noah's baby shower last week things just got busier and busier!! The past 7 days have been filled with meetings, birthdays, football games, family, eating out, fun nights in our garage, busy-ness at work, and so on an…

Journée jobs d'été de dernière minute

8:55 AM Anonymous 0

Journée jobs d'été de dernière minute

Le CRIJ organise une journée "jobs d'été de dernière minute"le 29 mai 2009 de 10h à 18h sans interruptionCRIJ, 3/5 boulevard de Verdun, à OrléansIl est conseillé de venir muni d'un CV, d'une copie de sa pièce d’identité, de sa carte de sécurité socia…

Two Searches for Faith

2:50 PM Tukiyooo 0

John Updike’s In the Beauty of the Lilies is a multi-generational story of search for a lost faith. The Rev. Clarence Wilmot lost his faith in the first decade of the last century under the influence of the atheist arguments of his time. Clarence never found himself in life after that and died a failed door to door peddler of second rate encyclopedias. His son Teddy, an affable duffus, became a mailman in a small town in Delaware. Teddy stayed true to his father’s atheism out of loyalty, yet inconsistently blamed God for not giving his dad a sign to shore up faith and save him from mediocrity. Teddy clearly hadn’t thought things through. But his faith was in Emily, a devout young woman with a deformed foot. Their daughter, Essie, was a true believer because only God could have made someone so perfect as herself. Her narcissistic faith sustained her through the rise and fall of her career as a Hollywood star. It was a convenient faith to shore up her ego, but it made no moral demands as she lived recklessly and brought her son up in chaos. Clark, the son of chaos, was on his road to being a random loser when he joined an apocalyptic cult of the Jonestown genre. His faith was fanatical but with a certain division. He was loyal to the cult leader but was not sure that loyalty to God was the same thing. And he had his reason engaged as a third voice. We don’t know how his final verdict on God, but he clearly came to himself before it was over, and did well. I am not sure what Updike is saying in Lilies, but I think it is that faith is necessary and if we deny it in its reason-rooted sanity, it will pop up in problematic ways. “Even the stones will shout.” But shouting stones are unnerving. I knew Lilies would be a theological novel. It was after all Updike, but I did not expect Frank Waters’ The Man Who Killed the Deer to be such an apt next read. Martiniano was a Pueblo man who didn’t fit. As a boy, he had been taken to the “away school,” then sent home a misfit. He wouldn’t cut the heels off his boots or the seat out of his pants. He would not adhere to the old ways but he discovered that he too needed some kind of faith. Martiniano discovered guilt when he killed a deer the wrong way – wrong in the white way because it was out of season; wrong in the Pueblo way because he did not say the proper thanks for the life of the deer. And so the deer haunted him, created a coldness in his marriage, left him uneasy, restless (Augustine) until he found a faith to redeem him. He tried the Peyote Cult for awhile but one evening the deer came and blocked his way to the Peyote meeting, and he knew that he could go no further on the Peyote road. And so he was all the more trapped. His wife said, "You are seeking a faith . . . . Let us keep faith together. It is our darkest hour." When faith was absent from his heart, it still glowed like an ember in his relationship with his wife, Flowers Playing. Eventually Martiniano paid a penance of being whipped, ostensibly for the Peyote, but really for the deer. After that and at the time his child was born, Martiniano came to an insight, “There is but one true faith, the strange quick thought came to him, and it is faith in the mystery of life . . . ‘That it may be so.’ He prayed. ‘that it may be so . . .” Would that the Wilmots had seen this.

Two Searches for Faith

Heading Home

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Heading Home

After a lot of learning and bonding at College for Bishops, and now a few days with the next two generations of our family in North Carolina, we are looking forward to heading home tomorrow. There is a back log of business to address in the office an…

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 25 au 29 mai 2009

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<h2>Permanences</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">boutique de gestion</a> - lundi 25 mai de 13h30 à 17h - vendredi 29 mai de 9h à 12h30 <li>Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 25 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mardi 26 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mercredi 27 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le jeudi 28 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le vendredi 29 mai de 13h30 à 17h.</ul> <h2>Ateliers</h2><ul> <li>CV - mardi 26 mai de 9h30 à 12h30 <li>Lettre de motivation - mardi 26 mai de 13h30 à 16h30 <li>Préparation à l'entretien - jeudi 28 mai de 13h30 à 16h30 <li>Recherche d'emploi sur internet - jeudi 28 mai de 10h à 12h</ul> <h2>Visite d'entreprise</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/05/souvrir-les-portes-des-metiers-des.html">Visite de l'entreprise STTP</a> - mercredi 27 mai à 14h</ul>

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 25 au 29 mai 2009

Permanencesboutique de gestion - lundi 25 mai de 13h30 à 17h- vendredi 29 mai de 9h à 12h30Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 25 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mardi 2…

Days 197-199 (Wednesday 5/20-Friday 5/22)

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Hey all!! It’s been a BUSY past few days!! I’m not going to do a full food recap…but a few highlights!  Wednesday was yet ANOTHER baby shower!! At my house too!! But since I hosted everyone else brought food! The shower was for a friend who had a little boy, Noah, about 6 weeks ago. He is just about as sweet as can be and so cute!! Boy all these baby showers are really giving me the “itch”!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdDoSnmf_6k_XCTyoQ8dtMZJ2d9PMncGNViJatN4gFbAsOWikXscN89QzjDmUpxUv29CSDcaTEiSh0hlUPAC9sliKG_zkWDe1JFZJaf_R7i7DHS-w0j1MDtG2C1ppeDFF0AeCKdNcO6VJ/s1600-h/DSC02678%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02678" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3PKTzl4GMhIB1er298kAVoaSqMSDlxKbY1z8u2jf_Ev_vIWs3IXhqYx5GBHmHiGyRxi_fGkSDQy3vL-RJhhLyqBG43KACFxgftDRyqbHBoOlNL0diDpL1e6N_RNBMrxemcKM6e6voXjA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02678" width="404"></a> Everyone did great with the food! My sister made chicken salad pie, another friend made a cabbage salad, and then someone else brought fresh fruit! Perfect!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseb-rD2DVg9FNA26wMY9I4LXqph1yMkEYfcvlbAieTxqyTw2Y91EiSOZB6Le3Bflxfuz97k-S4sZir9j_cLgQHFFLHs5fdJ4G1DermtsbZN33EFPhbY0IXXQgTHJQkBDfYuVkM_ucKFCd/s1600-h/DSC02679%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02679" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxm9oPDGXV6554tN74uiSBTXwSlwj_1bvMASJg65X_EMYM5lg0apHj8Gp457lup4NPt67qOI89fCBWdfbYlge9vcRXjfEkuzDqx76KznWAb1w4gUIJIxSKyS8JENJBm8CL9-sjvVy8AZSn/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02679" width="400"></a> Here is the new Mom and me! It was so great to see her!! This is baby #2 for her! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ6qK4p4AF9F-Eij2os-LoKRURJexnYAhBhBPhh8xD14PqNYEk0IVIt8l1BegnQeDhl31g0eZShNpGARhY6JVUBBrpJYljBTmcFrqCNQG1tuSXqbQQPGOVfmJvFH9H9QXo2RcUHS8NB2q/s1600-h/DSC02696%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02696" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKTIXvOJqOF96EYgz7FligJIMTAciw5iFlCGO5yPe7q_qKIAweb4W3kSWvIZ5GrkteM1F1tEbtHrv-_yHOrHKucT6qfm4Nojc94hRJqhnf_8c__MYC7cuwFKnJBnVOW3hp8EA5-tDVMP9/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02696" width="400"></a> I may or may not have had a serving of tjos YUM-O dessert!! Brownie pieces, vanilla cool whip, pudding…and who knows what else, but it was heavenly!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhbKPlFxXzHWrXOnsuf_UNLnh2HnL2T2tC247LQFBkuXeVYWHeVTjD7hDCE-_aAxcbrT9YgOhXMN2tgWwhR6MYRzIC25Vus_hhxJHTJoFuHLYMgxYmqqwJkb9hsY0qJouO7D0qFJK-bYd/s1600-h/DSC02705%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02705" border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhYwpYVwTHHFph7Mo2cxNybKPQXNp6K5F6oGvtJpSVqi7bT6zph5M5cX4FM5Rs1r9p29xL5kNRk2l9QKpNU4RbEoRELoNLPS6ixjmiOBk5VCUwohw2KdL3I5Ez4GapQ9ublc4D_2N0mgb/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02705" width="504"></a> <img alt="DSC02706" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5zPamae0n7FJcj5-Gibshpd4oAiI74z-eM4xJxyLnegb0FObWiig8OIUDsYswU3uWy1vKyUm7F0fPiyWvaxtIlfD3Fdrbr6TPxkhbHpXbcja9Z36ndR2biuSgdfsMVhRiYj_GhBDNXLG/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02706" width="379">And here is the whole crew from the shower! It was a great time celebrating Noah and catching up with all these wonderful girls! My sister and I are the only ones out of the bunch that don’t have kids so it’s quite fun to listen to everyone’s stories!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYaLy2mgYbURNLSPkPHoLIq5bqferxRNEKJPtuQGSN7W-9aDZa524iADlSIgwPswmwGtix6ovOaKSgnfXl07rHoqrhtTOtnsKgJXZEBpuvHZs3HxArwyeOOQGfvkCYEp68u-3N7Ks3sho/s1600-h/DSC02709%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02709" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9U54M5hPh2SvJmFgahGJDFYieI9Ba9KmWVbZf2UJRzjQi6JfIQZgsF4bICkpEkmR4D2G5LcXVHzXjB6sidEtniX41QQzoCt9hV_e8S30S85T_Po1AK6fUj7OalzVr-FJ4lkH1fECdvVv/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02709" width="400"></a>          Thursday was a CRAZY busy day at work…I’m ready for work to slow down. I came home and CRASHED!! But then DH got me up and we ran 3 miles. I made him mad though because about 3/4 of the way done I say “why is this so easy?”! But honestly…I was so surpried that I wasn’t about dying…it was a great feeling…I just wish it wouldn’t have upset him!! He’s ok though…proud of me, but frustrated that he can’t always keep up with me. I tell him though that he started about 4 weeks ago and I started 6 months ago!! So I think he is doing AMAZING!! Speaking of running, I FINALLY signed us up for the Dam to Dam 5K in Des Moines. It’s a week from today!! I totally excited for my first race!! And that DH is going to run it with me!!<img height="329" src="http://www.damtodam.com/images/09-d2d-logo.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" width="350">   FINALLY Friday!! Work was, yet again, busy!! And frustrating…won’t go into the details, but lets just say some people need to keep their noses out of other people’s business!!!!!!! We had a cook out with another couple last night. It was FUN!! We grilled out and hung out in the garage (DH has a TV out there so he didn’t miss the NBA game!). The neighbor stopped over and we ended up going out for a few…too many! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz_ppCVD9ceTC_avnewPNxhh66I_2VGRZfZLAkU7PkUqSS3942iOPu8jHexepkGTg5qUZt5dO_wRxJ_S1HjrmGh9izZX_jO5G7Z39572UwFz8TmyJKTlTF__xMm3rSW6W59y_b3io9rlQ/s1600-h/DSC02719%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02719" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcE1LA-Bl6i5wsGAND-4dSCjrvtXADWWmuDCWk3asEwH14CU-TPtEjLnVHEhOFznWdkNKnr1I1qlAcgZkNsh2tzAdWlPUqfuDpmSuOssdIAgxuJxbjeOXEorQP4i1KQVRW5vC3rJLSS_p/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02719" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAL8j__M4URFLxlACacdmZvhi0dsoCw1vMZHnseKXlOmLDvqXEtCkdAerxiwkf2IQ86gS0YJwPV5s1wKUZLcDpuV8JO0oqCFhUFdFgL_NNGbO8OrKd4NMMmbNA3BdrmCmSuBJsMoZjnUu/s1600-h/DSC02721%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02721" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sZ68EMmnkYY1Pim8XGg3WviDWSL6ppYYadBSjLehBDztgwwVIejvZRuWlKEno4cr6S0tY5EF-eMSPkZY-B2zSv6aheFElwPKBuekoItR-9c8mPlyf3sCM5IwvfW8BKcg3qMvQJhpyZA4/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02721" width="404"></a> I am now up way to early on a Saturday morning for  being out as late as we were last night! Might be taking a nap today!! But I am totally excited for the long weekend!!

Days 197-199 (Wednesday 5/20-Friday 5/22)

Hey all!! It’s been a BUSY past few days!! I’m not going to do a full food recap…but a few highlights! Wednesday was yet ANOTHER baby shower!! At my house too!! But since I hosted everyone else brought food! The shower was for a friend who had a li…

Publication du rapport annuel 2008 de la HALDE

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Avec 7788 réclamations en 2008, la Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité (HALDE) a connu une croissance de 25% du nombre de réclamations par rapport à l’année 2007. Recensant les avancées significatives obtenues (modifications règlementaires, décisions de justice, dédommagements et actions en faveur de l’égalité) et présenté par Louis Schweitzer, son président, le 4ème rapport annuel de la Halde fait apparaître que le premier critère de discrimination reste l'origine (29 % des réclamations) et que le principal domaine de discrimination concerne l'emploi (50 % des réclamations). Par ailleurs, la Halde a commencé à installer un réseau de correspondants locaux qui couvrira bientôt l'ensemble du territoire afin de répondre mieux et plus rapidement aux sollicitations de plus en plus fréquentes. Pour se renseigner ou saisir la Halde, vous pouvez consulter le <a href="http://www.halde.fr/">site internet</a> (<a href="http://www.halde.fr/">www.halde.fr</a>) ou prendre contact par téléphone au 08 1000 5000 (Coût d'une communication locale à partir d'un poste fixe - Du lundi au vendredi de 8h à 20h). Le <a href="http://www.halde.fr/rapport-annuel/2008/Rapport_annuel_2008.pdf">rapport 2008</a> est <a href="http://www.halde.fr/rapport-annuel/2008/Rapport_annuel_2008.pdf">téléchargeable</a> ou <a href="http://www.halde.fr/rapport-annuel/2008/">consultable</a> sur le <a href="http://www.halde.fr/rapport-annuel/2008/">site</a>.

Publication du rapport annuel 2008 de la HALDE

Avec 7788 réclamations en 2008, la Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité (HALDE) a connu une croissance de 25% du nombre de réclamations par rapport à l’année 2007.Recensant les avancées significatives obtenues (modific…

Live From Lake Logan III: The Night Of Reepacheep

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Live From Lake Logan III: The Night Of Reepacheep

Still no boojum sighting, but there was the mouse. Not much sleep last night. About 1 a.m., my bedroom was invaded by a mouse with the valor of Reepacheep. He was manic. He was everywhere. Especially, he wanted to join me in bed. I think he was count…

Live From Lake Logan II: Search For The Boojum

10:18 AM Tukiyooo 0

Each night as I walk from the meeting place through the dark woods to my cabin, I am keeping an eye out hoping to spot the legnedary boojum. He is a Big Foot character who wanders the mountains of North Carolina and is sighted from time to time. It is said that the boojum collects the semi-precious stones that bedeck these wooded slopes. All of this, I am inclined to believe. The less credible part of the story is that he hides each stone in a bottle of moonshine so that one can retrieve the stone only by emptying the bottle one way or another. We have had more good training in liturgy for bishops. I am doing a few things right and a few things wrong. Good to know. We are now being trained on getting feedback. The training isn't that helpful. I think I've got the point, which is hard but quite simple. Last night we met with the TEC media folks about getting our message out at General Convention. I don't know if the proposals they were vetting to us were serious. They never said they were not. But we really lambasted them. Too much episco-speak political trendiness -- not enough following Jesus. 6 out of 6 small groups of new bishops all came to that same conclusion independently. This afternoon, we get on to our critical incidents. That, along with the worhsip and Bible Study, is always the best part.

Live From Lake Logan II: Search For The Boojum

S’ouvrir les portes des métiers des travaux publics et espaces verts : visite d'entreprise le 27 mai 2009

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S’ouvrir les portes des métiers des travaux publics et espaces verts : visite d'entreprise le 27 mai 2009

La Maison de l'Emploi du Bassin d'Orléans organise une visite d'entreprise pour découvrir les métiers des travaux publics et des espaces verts (postes et conditions de travail)le Mercredi 27 Mai 2009dans les locaux de la Société de Travaux Publics Pr…

Day 196 (Tuesday 5/19)

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Back to the real world today! I was so sad to see my lil sis leave last night, but I know she will have a great summer and hopefully be back in August for a wedding. I just have to say thanks to those of you who let me know which dress you like the best!! dress #1 won and dress #2 was a close 2nd!! I think now I will get my jewelry together for each one and then decide between the two!! I slept in with DH this AM and didn't get a workout in, but the extra ZZZ's were nice! For breakfast I had 1 c cantaloupe and yogurt with grape nuts for 3 points. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2ifv9wafvy-6O7myNmbhHKrTdTqi1BlrmcqUD92iGxzALMDC-89zp0G1BDHu2CZUlVPMb_AdAq99i9x6-cwx4Kpu4deNuthrJ0fwJrGOGq11c3nDE3o5UFItho9bkMqI6avg_z53kowc/s1600-h/DSC02664%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02664" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48dfddEl7T6G1tcZlO2CtP191FQyB9TYeFlKkBzTrxrVaosdnex44gfJfOYoDBgzSiRAIomExRtDQyj59YJGhki5M2i4xUL7taoobOQZF0j0OJbZLuL9S5JQsrmuc8EyDQ8INPcnXnjxI/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02664" width="354"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8EKETTHMO3omm58_ZK2p4F4ihhf3LAMdlTs4Czh3ZYh-VfM8QNuPhrsjskfu6bDaaTAzgS9Uc3gZtzOMSqYYI5sp5B9D_GB3LsdeXLyxto4lLqAO5ub5KDMU7TGYXRQ8JEeotQsKWNfN/s1600-h/DSC02665%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02665" border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5WL2zcQmRAk5F5C92q885eIPJofJRssx8mTeIUKKDur-wHOUWDEXOv23l2OHcm7v4vfEOByYJHWtgwno11Cadl6aPDl7R-yy7qY_XTZ6UWYqlIs301jqod0LFZXie1V_6kziGW3mNqEX/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02665" width="379"></a>My morning snack was thanks to the wonderful <a href="http://tippytoediet.com/">Cammy over at Tippy Toe Diet</a>. A few weeks ago she sent me some coupons to try out the Dole Fruit Gel Cups. I was pleasantly surprised, I really liked them. And it is only 1 point each.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_-msFw86PGqzJVhQBiuZ9NSHLdKVu0ZXZGH8CTZSYs1E3Y69XVeHFVyZ994Gs_brEIs1o6R2cV4hp6xAyNo-zGktGlV7U0V1lLRjWEOY0XIjiy0nAAAQGxVNzuzD7_vW5Lsl9SeXQbtk/s1600-h/DSC02666%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02666" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJHurlcVcCtmG8B4tT2-hQm_GtqjnJ622BQKto_b35jImHQa-5-MTWrim3hZFeNMbkFZOv0Zd2zo2fA16S34qOdourJ4phhw4soaU8okI0v_Mls9dVx8VcHK1BFTmjPrJhG2-8OJpvJZg/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02666" width="400"></a> Later on before lunch I broke out my favorite crunchy, zero point snack...baby carrots!! Mmmm!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg424YQcvLBpXb3o8FeZGL3BLzbgkfxoG-_hWs1zBd9bu2L8vim26lZakL4CoqcVkbqMqwg-FmO8E1__fDMRhv0wMPYLdenOJleIhTIyUkt3ZC_2v_TSmMP1XT0OPq4NzX-yP7pLgfOXtYX/s1600-h/DSC02667%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02667" border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7nGUiRstWzmRtsvp3iQ1aKOyrQG4cUxqy_fgZHD1-t8JdUTEYUBgjeIyZdiHz1GJ2CYuQT4dOQ3Nlu1N7PAkj41CRtFceNdSMME6Jc3XopBbS_ravTVV3dlEwBAWVVKHzdHay3wCY7XF/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02667" width="504"></a> For lunch I had my favorite cold cereal combo, honey nut cheerios with 1/2 sliced banana and skim milk for 5 points. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCKqV1QezFKTVYOeZSK__KbTdXZMUX6pluV0O8eSAFHHENUULwU3dVObxvAsI0Uoonj3U8mrwMkcXfoH3z5fb4vZNfdqcRGk-FAPiGrz8zhISv9HQYCcLsQ1mZLeOU3KLteGXbBt_YT5x/s1600-h/DSC02668%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02668" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcoot1spu8QRrhBFMGd0LQuj-OqxXzBDIHc15h3_KINEIa5lJTQQbYXgVm6lYPoEw-qha2nhLD_JI6N9FAj3-r49BK676DZkHH8XfhanehO9oYDHmg2_ESnU6swafo7mY76G_TPrxLCOT/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02668" width="400"></a> After work I buzzed over to WW hoping to weigh 160 OR LESS and..............I was 160.2. My WW leader had an awesome idea to change my goal weight to 161 (my weight last week) and so this week was my first week of maintenance. But we celebrated this week! She gave me my award and I stood up in front of everyone and told my “story”! I had to get a picture with my leader too. She is a bubbly fun lady who has definitely been a great help on this journey.  So I have 5 more weeks of maintenance and then I can go for FREE!!! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNJEhFNGp2tkEugw8cmWU5sgT4-S1cqTtnlAUdfxefie3B1tJ_KvdXPW5FjUus9d8uqj9OU5A4qjYqkFyluNffTqnw9uYfwSIJqrvkI3tUTlhTBuDGWewX2TreRl1SVUP_6SeOqBg0ZJL/s1600-h/DSC02669%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02669" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6b6PaYGIuAlvRgwpOSXyIuTnLuio00hU2xh6inxy9NfCASCOnrdKpWdTa-atCvhp4ffklsxwhHRNqKQ09Wwe_FBBaxgDkAvVa01ZQH52OyqQtWteNFskpzwU3tDgKk0ohkgoaaumjyuQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02669" width="400"></a> I had some left over Creamy Chicken Bake for supper. I am going to count it for 7 points because it was a large piece of chicken with a little extra of the “creaminess”!! Doesn’t look too appetizing the 2nd time around, but it was just as good as yesterday!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZehKaHh6c15LoHyALr0AYyQddFMbI-DUQEngG_CUiJYksPJ2qLvikLHaKxXklraWTSWGzNIiASpyuq_V0ntnkSoaYE8VqNYP13RBvwWjrqVO85Ff646ZTDkJeERgS_HNpGC7Pi1yFV-2/s1600-h/DSC02670%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02670" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gw-_S552nD-qttOWNHMM7GWmX1U7OrxFtQ2v_SUAig60kL6L1m2WD9EwmLsVHTxHfon5wPXm7EwNmBRzSxfw4WTksNNTpjgrDX-onqcTePFGiKss7O0Xw_5CebwoDMX7mjG4zJkaTLZF/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02670" width="305"></a> I was doing a little cleaning and got an unexpected visit from some friends (she is also my co-worker). What a nice surprise…we might even have a cook out on Friday night!! DH got home from work and realized that we are only 10 days away from the Dam to Dam 5K run. So we jetted out for a run. We only went about 2 miles. I had just ate that chicken and a few strawberries so that was sitting pretty hard in my stomach. I was glad though that we did something. The way my night was looking there wasn’t a forecast of any sort of workout! So thanks babe!! Gotta get going. I am hosting ANOTHER shower tomorrow at my house. It’s a baby one this time! Yikes I just remembered I still haven’t got a gift…now I really gotta go!! Good thing Target is open for another 45 minutes!! TUESDAY’S STATS POINTS = 16/22 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = /35 remaining ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED =   3 today/3 week WATER = 96 oz EXERCISE = 20 min run, 10 min walk Make sure to check out <a href="http://amysquesttoskinny.blogspot.com/2009/05/pampered-chef-giveaway.html">Amy’s Pampered Chef giveaway</a>!! I <3 Pampered Chef!!!

Day 196 (Tuesday 5/19)

Back to the real world today! I was so sad to see my lil sis leave last night, but I know she will have a great summer and hopefully be back in August for a wedding. I just have to say thanks to those of you who let me know which dress you like the …

Live From Lake Logan: College For Bishops I

10:28 AM Tukiyooo 0

It is good to be here. I like these people and they are teaching us things we need to know. Today and tomorrow the Class of 08 (that's my class) are hearing a lot from Bp Alexander about the theology of orders in BCP rubrics. This helps me to know better who I am in this ministry. It is also helpful for my course on Orders Of Ministry coming soon to a Frensdorff School campus near you. We had a geat conversation last night about the process of General Convention. We are all adamantly opposed to the parliamentary win-lose votes. One bishop was perplexed as to why we would be against them, since on any of the hot issues of the day, our side would (in his expectation) win, while his side would lose in a landslide. We talked about being family and representing God. We did not believe the win-lose fights represent God or form family. So we generally dread the Convention because of that format and hope it can change to something more like the way we did Lambeth. I believe he found our perspective surprising and more Christian than he had expected. I learned that the House of Deputies is still angry at the House of Bishops about B033, the moratoria resolution from 2006. As you may recall, the Deputies had voted it down 3 times but the Bishops passed it. Bishop Katharine and outgoing PB Griswold then appealed to the deputies to pass B033 to save the Anglican Communion. The deputies complied but were then angry about it -- I gather not just at Bishop Katharine and Bishop Griswold but at the Bishops in general. This may be a sensitive spot in the coming GenCon. I have never been to one at all, so I will be a bit of a Forrest Gump character in it all. I plan to pray my way though it and check in with the rest of our delegation whenever I can. We may not vote alike, but I hope we can come out of it all still friends.

Live From Lake Logan: College For Bishops I

A Little More On The Covenant

7:52 PM Tukiyooo 0

A Little More On The Covenant

I still haven't digested the document. But it all seems to turn on section 4, the enforcement clause. And apparently the ACC has not approved that except as a discussion document. So the thing really isn't even on the table yet for voting by anyone. …

Day 195 (Monday 5/18)

7:19 PM Tukiyooo 0

It’s rare that I like Mondays, but I sure did like this one!! I took the day off because my little sister is leaving tomorrow to go back to Florida for the summer. :( So I wanted to be able to spend more time with her since she won’t be living with us like she did for the past few summers. I got up at my normal time and got some laundry and cleaning done. Then it was off the gym to get my workout in too! I went for 31 minutes on the cross ramp, 10 min run/walk on the treadmill at an incline, and then finished off with 10 minutes of abs and lunges. It was a great workout!! Afterwards I got some groceries and came home to my sis still in her PJs at 10am!! She likes to sleep in!! :) I spent the morning chopping, slicing, dicing, peeling, etc while talking to my lil sis and her college roommate, who stopped by. So once again I’ve got all my good healthy, foods ready for quick snacking or meal prep. The three of us, plus the sister that went with me to WI had lunch at my house. I made <a href="http://happytexans.blogspot.com/">Kelly’s</a> Creamy Baked Chicken. Mmmm!! It was SO good!! I will definitely be making this again. I also had some cantaloupe and veggies w/cheese for a total of 8 points. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUvtuh2HOziiame3Xej6rMux9fKBb5ySykLwgjwlZeqvBP7j-VDi61jL7alIQVatzKvVjOmqBMXLcxSLiJ-8q3ZtJrFyFRyUwX-RR9Y5hQOV1UuA2ThlILFRt9TbAoIPKlZkm4FrYpfHu/s1600-h/DSC02638%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02638" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7OuQsZZKmkZCRBHOgMpxePHOg-i4yUEiaZTREoIsT0XAp1234tgdUqiM2YuZyXeIFEDDaum0j89d_sSbzp78zdJX9TIX5e9xkVwE7wv7yxD1XOFEnhKfGhyhNPLeDxRdCH2u-xVIe3eF/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02638" width="324"></a> We spent the afternoon chatting away and made some smoothies! MMmmmm!! I love these…1 point for my serving!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l4J-4EKwgqhKBXCei5Vng7EB_aiNXQw2dQzLz4W-EPz0p3MnN_QX0z-O82SjfixTfi4uv-flwiFTA7_iTtfeXL0Uqdt_YmaOJOqh__9U-qykxE2fWYHBkopwmI7kUH7-CYYr7ZyhsFpN/s1600-h/DSC02641%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02641" border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3c43HlD5kLY_tyJlFV4P2WABKvoT2auOO3nxXbRIYB0Iar0KgXycJdyxck-LPq-oBTu2Pz8pikEvWXJ7YPXawdKJNFd7gip1TU0adiv8s25zreGBv_tm8W7Jmbo8kAfBuCO_qn7FtAOOh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02641" width="504"></a> Then my good friend Sara stopped over with her little girl,Emma. I worked with Sara for a few years and then she moved about an hour away and got married! Emma is just SUPER cute and so smiley. Sara brought Emma’s stroller so we took a nice little walk around the neighborhood. It was so fun! Makes me excited for babies!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6PQAUyVO1J3jXb_HZbSZ5ICTO2diRQ9kdCfnBSYm9Yc1-F1vieD0sPIgkMphgJ2VkF_tjb5hhsoiLEFN_j_QiveHAU4OGkHU9bGvFsZkm2YSRbDjuAzSFKL1ZwCKTMamnldgBcchaU3a/s1600-h/DSC02642%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02642" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTVnKWIY7d7MgimhpIbvDbmz5g0lVc8F_sdiDrSfZfQVYoP4DU2XfOew40Cb_KOcZyZbPyJp01VFEP30IZs_4Tei8KWVivf6Zdl3hg3FQH6AaHvhDlMw0QMnNjj1TL6NEPLwikfgrvc92/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02642" width="353"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eYUe_7GWV66GVb-rEpsej_so87_cTB8gYwCcxq2835wsui9FUg5kL5-j0KxSLqKVVhGs5dJ3zg0YOzhsWgsg-aYTgxWXHqg6X0-LvDSbO8gvVudWrS_MWAzfYLQV7a5myUz5Bp1GHnM4/s1600-h/DSC02643%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02643" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsyVq6CloBjmLgyOM2NftoJ9rhuZ2_FcKSie5e2gyAol9KEoG6K_6S-K4hYzlKJZMS-RDR4zKWkNirvlOZrkS2zWSO5A_GWvbyEzLZGYu8xC8nZRNbTLaOkREYDr3EeP07HYe90Hd4ZuC/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02643" width="304"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYAeUro9MRUNGm7qanI8rTYmFRKTsOJecFG3Kva8L3wDCeOjkYd3qqp8dVRRfeggLU1hMK2bNw_IMjcyIyn2FznWoHfLGQL4nJ4mRBbFfTNJPVq6_dmT8szvbhHioRipnhKeVPZwuE4NW/s1600-h/DSC02647%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02647" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizirMZH5iQ3WZXSMBc7sK1iWqDtoPp1KVSDxmqH0gVmzNVI84vhX0GQWZ_SVAt7z2IZaWdhsnkV86RED-k4MBp14mUR67Kh0pII7G2FJeAqpLhJ1K1oqbTJkRpOwy8waTSDaQ41u3Zu-gE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02647" width="304"></a> Sara actually brought a few dressed for me a try out for my SIL’s wedding in June. The dress I bought in January doesn’t quite fit me…too big!! :) So friends I need your help! Here are the four choices. Tell me which one you think looks best!            <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="420"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="209"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-x3i2PFNc_fHsF7lIOfcMzPcB_MJUGhFsIVtAaeWJWuev_AfZM0jkFjqTFyGV3Q51S2u1sD1Ok1dw8P0z2-6amdnyWhoUiM83DqLW0i3YwJG-pX-6QC6T6-3YHsfH9Pvd1tXBirUJYFg/s1600-h/DSC02649%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02649" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatEvWpkEoW88gVCvtWkeBrpUP9QDUMGQ83NdkGfPp5w39CArqbe7IeL7uurDI4bPWxr8-9kh1xSHWIyJpu7fzPMcNeqIa1KrmCSIakQL7HG1G-xzTbi4mo7Wgrx-0JYr3XOiXb7qZ40Yy/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02649" width="203"></a>#1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKF_aqWwj6BP_dVqMFPs7Ion8RhFFHbpke2CTbyjO6-6C4p2GNN6kmzXM2_yuBdOAPjp6ABKxvcDuObKF4vSJNt0LHjNMpyxDX1yBBKriKGboC-buiu3KGnrw0rcq9Ops_Jh2j_eJemn7g/s1600-h/DSC02657%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02657" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMgLUlF3RD6kPs4WBQbiEmC1rsoxiqcEwe8xX41sNzo9zVvxSksxex2TVm7F6TFQ5Fa7un3Q8x6PB7bztBAyrvhPi3kvIhMDFJQExPGc8ajbi0kHSRiZ1NCVEAg322aMsZSRjKiw5Gygu/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02657" width="203">#3</a></td> <td valign="top" width="209"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkypuoMgX0wx_So5TBFKMoxrOtdY82sdnQqjf93gBw_AEH8WX-nwkSL2MvhbTn2tcVdGh_HfoL_OAEs4_YIJL7wABH2mzb1uozORUPbDow7OL-fNGJDNpnkwsEuAJiyqFvAGMg-nA5_Dd5/s1600-h/DSC02651%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02651" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPiYt1nX7Y3H_LMvhEqP_Vdt5wr-Ynb211ZoFIinFEhyk_atcdlr8H-NcJ4RQGr5xYujYw72ka2C09rubmWXaTRUsA6qnpKDP60b2CUjY-iARFSQAZRCXU5ri0D0hPrDk-0P14xS4f5cj/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02651" width="203"></a>#2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhpImQMbWyn5o5Ks51l8oOvAAnNa0-ReigrnzIbz8S88OKq4bnoC7tpzlsKDwMbodyyuHjligHuBjpb3oHDrjasecXqcFiRMJz6t8k19vRi23gjrfSZGIAHCdJvoFEpgXwqHVd_SrXJJv/s1600-h/DSC02653%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02653" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92nCvtUYuNzuBbzh0DxjYpRtdc7i3mtRpFYQrNqo6saRawEgGc50hskSSlJPIU5hyf9V67ZuCZFRByip2W1Om0hrcn4eaixOSp4GivyPv6iZZ-o8mfe4q0JFpEt9zd2_DBgR9cEMozQnH/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02653" width="203">#4</a></td></tr></tbody></table>   After “playing” dress up my lil sis and I had a few snacks. I had a hot dog, fiber one bar, and kettle corn for 4 points. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9XpDXia5-nxmrAG0Hjvatwsrv7er_slCRr1DobcLFZLeg-moVbtbXRQsvKXvau4BTkaKQcLLcy-M2W0JaF6-F7NmDiFr-fyT8Dic59E3qGVFrYg7yTfsbRFPNNOG9ZKREAbqisugQff8/s1600-h/DSC02662%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02662" border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuf2he3_6GX3PH0k_yK9dRmXsjrHIevthAva3CSKa-u4qxpPbdmDItpGgR8jzMUsgFwaN0OhOM1OcHg0bdZ39BsvLLDDSSgV05wjrPGlpv-YCe_ULj4sbsK3PDhJ5hV-H8W4cCWiX_GUHU/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02662" width="334"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9vrf94F1JoSb4W1QEkHNFWAO-q-alBpf5_G7pphY6zztk3Ee-fQrQWfIGeitNM6kU8eWwDcOI2bMCudjPxZJcWkofBdCt4uRw00_Q19ryDahPJkF3Ev2wiI4ddPDi0PhhS8Z7Xx7vGq4/s1600-h/DSC02663%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02663" border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG35Jlls8v7QyH_HKsvBKbRjFIGmJa7hwlpoj__s2_l86fJtsgrtrhGdtcia7AX2egNGMmrGhhcKPUMOsoz3IrDHPytAwhkC039uzRRvEPNRzMtoESswubMECmBWF_i8j7KHRewsj45Nex/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02663" width="334"></a> MONDAY’S STATS POINTS = 14/22 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = none left :(  ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 5 today/10 week WATER = 94 oz EXERCISE = 31 min cross ramp, 10 min run/walk, 10 min abs & lunges, & 10 min walk

Day 195 (Monday 5/18)

It’s rare that I like Mondays, but I sure did like this one!! I took the day off because my little sister is leaving tomorrow to go back to Florida for the summer. :( So I wanted to be able to spend more time with her since she won’t be living with u…

Days 193-194 (Saturday 5/16 & Sunday 5/17)

1:48 PM Tukiyooo 0

Hello everyone! I made it home from Wisconsin Sunday around 7ish. It was good to get home, but I also had a great weekend with the family. I didn’t really stay very OP…but when I weighed in this morning the scale still said 158.5 so I was glad to see that! Saturday we lounged around visiting until the shower. Look what we saw on the way to the shower. I could NOT believe it so of course had to take a picture. It was just right along side the road. We don’t have things like that in Iowa…well at least that I’ve seen anyway!! Wow!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSv1bhSMRKgahgDjswcASZ6gXeTME0Ewb6v2z-WetuvsntX7Hq-qAYFC8KR7B_nJLDkkk2wCPr6h3ka9ZE4rlLJgtwZElxfxJM6JlfnkcSjZsWFLGiEa7RcxyqMy2174Lusnw5dJ8MGG2/s1600-h/DSC02623%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02623" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggd12p7eqnpW8tQbjUVdqg2MWJbMPZf2yzP_DGBbOvvs3HEIWpH77Pt6gb0RxoJMguXu7lc11ay_2xiNaL88ek3QzSNi2s0YQZdxxXrKJ1W54GGiJYZ8yuLIDhny6sH3YPq7lXRoLRymA9/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02623" width="338"></a> My cousin was the most beautiful glowing, pregnant chic I’ve seen! So cute!! Her and I are just a few months and she is more like a sister than my cousin. I just wish she wasn’t 4 hours away! She is due in 3 weeks…a boy! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcBCpfKAixPYYL-B9Ug3amV-I1khhMB-iyit4prfT7vY2ED_JlQp_A_1kbgeB_xxkwH-yehlvKfmlv3-GxRui2hCi143iAq_ipaKM7HYhip4nhVvW6UBwFqYoQIKBl-F0TQllwEAVT7JK/s1600-h/DSC02616%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02616" border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0gfVgJsmg_HDpiFVADJ1YEIZwIhblu-MrV9FeY4A7m7HWn5DACjauhyphenhyphenw5zJKsd4yqNUqbLAlP8iM4QekIfIA7GTWSAqCiTSVSlvZwPYieSD3ZbKFCbACSs67LVv_Lb2mpEK7sJu_oleN/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02616" width="379"></a><img alt="DSC02622" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijusbPhqrIJgS5sljXASqFZDh3QpHBlqA4Lmn7OIVrX2HQLKRkKTJ8VBLUwObutgFJFOyLcnbg9vDldEZMdV3wZCZiPQp2Op2AZL7nUqru1fBVzaQ8xpZePLhMabnIsIxD8XDGIk1Z-Rnh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02622" width="305"> After the shower my sister and I shopped for a while and then spent time with all the family. I was a good girl shopping, only 2 skirts and some new undies! DH was proud!! :) Sunday we went to church with everyone and had a quick lunch before hitting the road. Here is a picture of some of us girls! It’s always so good to catch up with family!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcMs6X1RL4uX3bGYGbKCa3bQeONV1HvhQLZf71OhWGYuyaVbIGhxnQD2iAz__cq-CyrRvymYg-MRtv7NN8zJydiKxMF1kOEV2KIdpMdwb7frxtBLfZdX8_5G8g2QLOA0HOnKlKxaB5C-H/s1600-h/DSC02627%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02627" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2icmOuKBSTmMzFkjyx_W4V33fFjiybbyGLxjsOWJK8hqKVvYp7gRMOOwqqRuozY70yA839SZThisCP2bBUkjRuB6HcXZD_1jziKPeuZEEP3H8a4yCEtgvuPJvf84Z9xgXfDEq__OKeVFu/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02627" width="404"></a> DH was busy doing some work stuff when I got home so I decided I needed to get my workout in and hit the pavement for a run. My lil sister texted and said she was eating with my Dad and Gma at a restraunt not too far away so I decided to run there to chat with them for a while! I checked out when I got home and it was about 2 miles. And it took me about 20 minutes to run, there were 2 KILLER hills!! :) Hope everyone had a great weekend!! I’m sitting in my back yard blogging right now because it’s SO nice here!!  See you tonight! I will be back to my regular blogging.

Days 193-194 (Saturday 5/16 & Sunday 5/17)

Hello everyone! I made it home from Wisconsin Sunday around 7ish. It was good to get home, but I also had a great weekend with the family. I didn’t really stay very OP…but when I weighed in this morning the scale still said 158.5 so I was glad to see…

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 18 au 22 mai 2009

10:02 PM Anonymous 0

<h2>Permanences</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a> - mercredi 20 mai de 10h à 12h30 <li>Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 18 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mardi 19 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mercredi 20 mai de 13h30 à 17h.</ul> <h2>Ateliers</h2><ul> <li>CV - mardi 19 mai de 9h30 à 12h30 <li>Lettre de motivation - mardi 19 mai de 13h30 à 16h30</ul> <h2>Information collective</h2><ul> <li>Conseil Général - mardi 19 mai à 10h</ul>

Planning des permanences - Semaine du 18 au 22 mai 2009

PermanencesSolidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage - mercredi 20 mai de 10h à 12h30Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 18 mai de 13h30 à 17h, - le mardi 19 mai de 1…

New Draft Of Anglican Covenant

10:38 AM Tukiyooo 0

New Draft Of Anglican Covenant

The new draft of the Anglican Covenant has been released by the Anglican Consultative Council. You can find a copy at www.anglicancommunion.org. Honestly, I have just had time to skim it. I'll have a chance to read it seriously this week at College f…

How Do We Know A Sin When We See One?

11:29 PM Tukiyooo 0

A recent letter to our diocesan newsletter chided church leaders for failing to teach that homosexuality is a “sin.” I don’t want to tackle the question of whether homosexuality is a sin or not on a blog. It takes more words and more serious reflection than this medium affords. But it does raise an important question I want to ponder a little. What is a “sin”? The letter to the editor sparks this question for me because Scripture does not define homosexual acts as sins. Only one specific homosexual act is prohibited and it is described as a ritual purity violation, which is quite a different matter. Ritual purity violations are in the category of planting two kinds of crop in one field or wearing a poly-blend suit, not the category of murder, theft, adultery, and other such moral issues having to do with justice and integrity. But if something is not defined as sin in Scripture, that doesn’t resolve the question. Scripture doesn’t say anything about “enhanced interrogation techniques” (torture), toxic waste dumping, or human trafficking – but I feel certain in my heart that those things are sins. So how do we know if something is a sin? We get some interesting notions about it. I grew up in East Texas where there were many small denominations of the Free Church traditions. They were divided over whether certain specific acts were sins. Some said all dancing was a sin; others believed only fast dancing was a sin, and others thought fast dancing was ok but slow dancing was a sin. Some believed it was a sin to go to a movie -- ever; others held it was ok to see a film on Saturday night but it would be a sin to do so on Sunday. Some believed smoking was a sin. Others thought smoking was a sin if done by women, but it was ok for men. The there was hair! We had letters to the editor of the Texarkana Gazette arguing that the male hair styles of the 70’s were sin. Others held that it was a sin for a woman to trim her hair at all. (That incidentally is the only one of these notions that actually had a Biblical basis.) One of the great virtues of the Anglican Tradition, always held, then made explicit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, is that we are free to disagree about such things, but we don’t divide up over them. We still pray together and love each other as family. It is the nature of families to disagree. That keeps it interesting. But as we disagree, what kinds of arguments can we use? How do we discern right from wrong? How do we engage in moral reasoning? Scripture may not answer all our questions, but it is our starting point. The letter of the law kills, but the Spirit gives life. So we read our Bible looking for the mind of God and the heart of Christ. “What would Jesus do?” is a solid way to start. But when Scripture doesn’t give us a clear answer, we have tradition to draw from. That doesn’t mean we are stuck with the morality of primitive times. If so, we would still be practicing slavery and executing people for stealing sheep. Tradition is our warehouse of experience -- what have we learned from the past? Some practices have proven over the centuries to be wise and merciful. Others have done more harm than good. Tradition means we look at our experience and learn from it. And we use our God-given reason. Logic is part of that. Kant may be out of fashion, but not with me. He demonstrated that there is a rational core to the moral order. His principles of moral reasoning are an essential step: Is this a rule we can apply to everyone? Are we faithful to the rule to never treat another human being as a means to an end, but always as an end in himself or herself. Kant used logic to validate the Golden Rule laid down by Jesus. But there is more to Reason than logic. All we can learn from psychology, sociology, biology, economics, and the whole field of human learning is properly part of our moral reasoning. So that makes the question of sin something to ponder carefully. It takes a lot of thought and a lot of humility. I have come to the opposite conclusion from the man who wrote the letter about homosexuality. But I deeply respect many people who disagree with me. I just pray that those of us who disagree will study, think, pray, feel, and talk with each other patiently and in good faith. We may have much to learn from each other. That’s how you can tell a community of faith from an enclave of the like-minded doomed by their homogeneity to become small minded.

How Do We Know A Sin When We See One?

Contagion Anxieties and the Common Cup

1:18 PM Tukiyooo 0

Ever so often, I encounter folks who are anxious about getting sick from receiving Communion. Nationally, there is a wave of that concern these days related to the swine flu outbreak. Our office is e-mailing a helpful web site on the subject to all our Nevada priests this week. Anyone interested may want to check <a href="http://www.anglican.ca/faith/ministry/69">www.anglican.ca/faith/ministry/69</a> for a concise, accessible discussion. Bottom line, the common cup used with wine (preferably with a high alcohol content) wiped appropriately by the chalice bearer after each communicant poses no significant risk. The practice of intinction does not improve hygeine. It may actually decrease hygeine. The riskiest part of worship is walking in the door. The only thing we do in worship that noticeably ups the risk is shaking hands at the peace. (Hugging is healthier.) That said, I have seen some pastoral relationships crash quite unnecessarily on the rocks of telling people how they should or shoud not recieve communion. And I have not found the laity in Nevada to be at all worked up about it recently. So I recommend calm. As Jesus and numerous angels said, "Fear not" -- aptly paraphrased in The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Don't panic." If you want more info on this, google "common cup hygeine." There have been upteen studies and you can find a wealth of reassuring information. But facts don't always assuage anxiety, so if you have someone who is really worried, assure them they don't have to receive the cup to receive the full grace of the sacrament. Reception in one kind is quite sufficient.

Contagion Anxieties and the Common Cup

Days 190-192 (Wednesday 5/13-Friday5/15)

8:29 AM Tukiyooo 0

Hello everyone!! Well I already blew my May goal of blogging everyday! I will give you a quick re-cap. I am in Wisconsin for the weekend visiting family for a baby shower! Wednesday was an OP day....until we went out for 50 cent tacos and I had a few too many drinks! For my use only I think I am going to list my daily stats! Hope I don't bore you!! Oh the good news about Wednesday is that I FINALLY left the 160s!! My scale said 159.5!! And I got a morning workout in! Oh and since I am in the 150s now, I can have 1 less point per day. WEDNESDAY'S STATS POINTS = 31/22 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = 9 used/24 remaining WATER = 72 oz ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 3 today/3 week EXERCISE = 35 min cross ramp Thursday I stayed within my points...but I was a little naughty! I had frosted sugar cookie at work! I am counting them at 3 points each. I didn't weigh Thursday morning, I didn't want to see what kind of damage those drinks the night before caused! DH and I went for a run in the evening, it was actually DH's 2nd run of the day! He is quickly building his endurance...will probably outrun me soon!! I am so proud of him!! THURSDAYS'S STATS POINTS = 22/22 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = 9 used/26 remaining WATER = 96 oz ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 3 today/6 week EXERCISE = 30 min run Friday I only worked till 2:30 and then my Mom, my sis, and one of my little cousin's all hopped in the car and headed north to Wisconsin to visit family. And I am proud to say I was right on track! Oh and the scale went down another 1/2lb Friday morning to 158.5!! I could hardly believe it!! We were on the road for supper and they all wanted to stop at McD's, but I was good and went across the street and got Subway!! FRIDAY'S STATS POINTS = 25/22 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = 12 used/23 remaining WATER = 72 oz ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 0 today/6 week EXERCISE = none...does riding in the car for 6 hours count?!?!? :p Well guys I need to get back to vising with family and get then get ready for the baby shower!! I hope everyone has a great weekend! I probably won't blog until I get on Sunday night or maybe Monday morning! Toodles my lovely blogger buddies!!

Days 190-192 (Wednesday 5/13-Friday5/15)

Hello everyone!!Well I already blew my May goal of blogging everyday! I will give you a quick re-cap. I am in Wisconsin for the weekend visiting family for a baby shower!Wednesday was an OP day....until we went out for 50 cent tacos and I had a few t…

Truth, Faith, and T-Shirts

10:34 PM Tukiyooo 0

I was in the security line at McCarran Airport when a young man's bright red t-shirt caught my eye. It boldly proclaimed (as young people's shirts should boldly proclaim things): Truth Over Faith And too many philosophy and theology classes flooded into my head leaving me speechless which is just as well because I needed to empty my pockets, take off my belt, etc. In part I wanted to say, "That's so modern, so 1907. It's over." But I rememberd that the current wave of pop atheists means what is over in the academy is still chic at Barnes and Noble. So then I wanted to at least congratulate him for believing there is such a thing as truth to begin with. I took it that his upholding truth over faith must assume truth is objectively real as opposed to a social construct. Right on to that. Parallel lines really and truly do not intersect -- ever -- even if Euclid is a dead white guy. But then I would have to point out that his belief in truth is an existential stance; indeed it is a faith claim, a bold trusting of reality. One cannot assert truth without faith, without a basic trust in the core of things. If one does not believe the universe is trustworthy enough to be in some sense true, and that we are blessed with some capacity to apprehend truth and a desire to believe what is true as opposed to what is convenient, then once cannot speak out for tuth over anything -- and all of that amounts to a lot of faith in reality. He had started so brilliantly at the top of his shirt, only to fall into chaos just above his navel. It just all goes so wrong when we try to put big ideas on t-shirts and bumper stickers. He was trying to say something quite good -- like Galileo did well to look through his telescope and see that Copernicus was right (the solar system is heliocentric, not geocentric) and Aristotle was wrong, taking Thomas Aquinas with him. But he didn't say that. He set truth over against faith. If faith meant being so fearful of the nature of things that one must wear blinders, then give us truth over faith. But that's not faith. That's willful ignorance. Faith trusts enough to face the world as it is. And as for truth, St. John's Gospel, Ephesians, and Colossians regard the Divine Logos (compare it to the Logos of Stocisim) to be Truth itself, the urTruth comprehending all lesser truths. Nothing true is foreign to the Logos. Nothing true is foreign to Christ. Jesus came that we might "know the truth" not hide from it behind rigid dogmas. When we learn more over the centuries, we come to know Christ more deeply. So the ranking of faith and truth, setting them in opposition, is really quite absurd. He should have said something to the effect that faith dares to embrace all truth, that truth without faith is just another dogmatism, and that faith without truth is really not faith at all but its opposite, fear. He would have to add something about how shifting theories (remember ether) must teach us humility in our certitudes and the limitations of epistmology, a bit of Heideggerian hemeneutical cirlce, to remind us that what we think we have discovered is true depends on a lot of what we already assumed was true, and "it ain't necessarily so" -- a touch of Gershwin for good measure. That would, however, be hard to put on a t-shirt. So perhaps for a young guy, the shirt was just fine. I just hope he changes it before he's 40.

Truth, Faith, and T-Shirts

I was in the security line at McCarran Airport when a young man's bright red t-shirt caught my eye. It boldly proclaimed (as young people's shirts should boldly proclaim things):TruthOverFaithAnd too many philosophy and theology classes flooded into …

Day 189 (Tuesday 5/12)

6:52 PM Tukiyooo 0

Hello everyone!! I am sure you are all doing the same thing I am…watching the Biggest Loser!! I love seeing these transformations!! I slept in a tad this morning, but still managed to get in a 20 minute run! It was tough, I think my legs were a little tired from that long bike ride with my sister yesterday! Got ready quick and had a quick breakfast on the go. I had 1 c of strawberries and 1 c watermelon for 2 points. Surprisingly it really filled me up!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_9BNlFqjHT87GtlQU2z_lGG3dpwW1o_ot15GpP7koSD8Omco1-os9ihPCpnWX9H-DAk3sVRXbJpvCSCHck4l8A4lZmdtLhvL0HxCBjyX_fq71vJEG8u0SKLn3VCxVn6QtH3mp0zendNh/s1600-h/DSC02562%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02562" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeK6-pvV7Tu26UAEVDQ457x6j7BFCPZWxrZIuUakJTtsP_58myEz6xS-c0HIHBaqweaVIN9Svr_xk3R3soAUVc7QAkOR7QDwCByOdUo41UO95Brdt8vfiy_Pk3R4cZFdOrj24mHA7Gvvi/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02562" width="404"></a> \Around 11am I had my morning snack of strawberries, yogurt, and grape nuts for 3 points. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVykxrsgTS_VTN7F1D7OyeaB3GKe8nJss-EipeVgMf5SxcnfRWd0sgljhWLomvuPRzfujxP1T0a-Am_7ZsWeO9vKnv3e6TCjZTbg-QJIBKxSZU6dqB6C3DxJ2nnuG-DeVriVRg_zfSfyZo/s1600-h/DSC02563%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02563" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ATcMsWhU5TiyeTpYvuRkswoxkl7OJ4vqaUxyIzL2BZ4nkDb46YCtE7Pdq-weTGvnrP21ZNK4TiLZC0GDNGd23dZ5YP3S9WyY584EqT4070fLxy5mIdn7JyEli0Icjj1RmhsB345hp-lN/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02563" width="404"></a> Today was my director’s birthday. Her Mom always makes cinnamon rolls to bring to share with the office. Well I was SO strong….until about 12:30…I caved and had a small one. I am going to count it for 6 points. After eating that before WI I felt pretty guilty and chugged a bunch of water and didn’t eat lunch. I ran a bunch of errands and figured I would be fine until WI at 5pm. And I was. But still I would have rather not had a sugary carb filled lunch…instead I would’ve liked something a little healthier! But hey, not going to worry about it. After work I headed over to WW, nervous about what the scale would say. I really want to get to goal so I can go for FREE!! Well I lost 2.2lbs from last week…so my WW weight is 161. So if I can lose 1 lb this week I will be at my WW goal weight and start maintenance!! Hoping to hit that next week!! :) I zoomed home to make supper and get ready for the BL!! I can’t believe it is 3 hours long!! I cooked up some ground beef and had tacos for supper! I cut a flat out in half and made 2 skinny tacos. Along side I had some sweet corn…frozen from last summer!! MMmmmm!! My super totaled 7 points! Yum!!! Funny thing is though tomorrow night is 50 cent taco night!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAE5LTJBFKUhJ6AWwh3ZBxz2ZMNeG8LeM5BIcsGhPbPvpxzlw738DEt80eU4Q35rCpmIHBO6auaVeViDbuJwV_36jlPeQe7QL-anuvxgc8fDKpfClMdnbC-V41NGUDwdg4QyLhdZeNfRlq/s1600-h/DSC02566%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02566" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSZOMdIq_6F-GJ04VcxY2WUSUNWQe75J761BsL0zc5UYgwdt9SYZIwh50C9Goff6nlCUOz0IozaYUrjEoWZkCvMI3GXJJcxRwbCvezo3vMWc0Aw5dpzmM8W4XYnYmj8LKqnihuILWo6Tq/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02566" width="353"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjov5phyphenhyphenStwcHd6e3j_3YmtKPWc42YA2NnEDlYaduD6RDQuNtVjhTFnaUyU-LGI_iRZ2ysNFsBSr-jC6ItbvvqCU14wYsEihpNGzeTWoupRSikOLUCVDFRX8mJoYcORXT_WBtapuwyqYm-a/s1600-h/DSC02568%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02568" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvexVDUtkPMzRVvdSKzF-UUQUp5ynyVTzrYGac4FUQkghbJsCHYvTfu0N3bKR2dQQ5CAj2xHp_M0iW7lv4Wdq-18yftm6HBr7hggXr95bxkgVeRJpLC500DgKY7ls2jN6SLxdEcIKCyYmd/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02568" width="353"></a> So now I’m watching the BL….love all these transformations!! I won’t say anything tho…I know a lot of you are taping it so I don’t want to ruin anything!! Hope everyone has a SUPER Tuesday…what’s left of it anyway!! Need to get some things done on commercials instead of blogging!! :) And maybe get some exercises in too! TUESDAY’S STATS POINTS = 18/23 WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS = none left :(  ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 2 today/23 week WATER = 96 oz EXERCISE = 20 min run

Day 189 (Tuesday 5/12)

Hello everyone!! I am sure you are all doing the same thing I am…watching the Biggest Loser!! I love seeing these transformations!! I slept in a tad this morning, but still managed to get in a 20 minute run! It was tough, I think my legs were a littl…