Wild Card?

Well - some of you who have been following along with our American Idol watching may be wondering what I thought of Matt Giraud not making it through this past week. Well - I didn't think he deserved to make it through this week. He didn't perform the best song compared to the others. I really believe he may have a chance at a Wild Card shot, though --- he's very talented, and I don't think the judges will forget that. Click "play" below to hear the girl that really stole the show this week... she was great! She's only 16!!

Ash Wednesday

One of my favorite classes when I was a senior at SIUC was Histology. My professor, Dr. Dyer, was an older "grandpa" type of professor - and was a wonderful histology teacher.

Anyway, he arrives at class a few minutes late on a certain Wednesday. He has something black smudged on his forehead.....and since I think he's such a great professor I decide it is my duty to let him know he has something on his forehead so that he doesn't go through the entire class... realizing later and wondering why nobody told him.

I distinctly remember that I was sitting in the front row when I graciously let him know about his smudge in front of the entire class.... to which he then informed me that it was "Ash Wednesday."

Can you believe that I was a senior in college before I learned the meaning behind Ash Wednesday???

Have you Heard of Red Envelope Day?

A campaign dreamed up by one person, participate if you believe:

What: Get red envelopes or postcards (http://www.zazzle.com/RedEnvelopeDay) and mail them on March 31st to the White HouseWhen: March 31st, 2009

Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to:

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington , D.C. 20500

On the back, write the following message:This envelope represents one child who died because of an abortion.It is empty because the life that was taken is now unable to be a part of our world.

We will mail the envelopes out March 31st, 2009.

Put it in the mail, and send it.

I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child who died [in the U.S.] before having a chance to live.It may seem that those who believe abortion is wrong are in a minority. It may seem like we have no voice and it's shameful to even bring it up. Let us show our President and the world that the voices of those of us who do not believe abortion is acceptable are not silent and must be heard.

Pink Ice

We went to an Ice Hockey game on Valentine's Day. There is a semi-pro league in Kalamazoo called the K-Wings. I won tickets on the radio station!!! I'm sure you will all be wondering how I won tickets.... I dialed in and answered the question correctly. The questions was, "Norway's transportation system is going "green" and by 2010 all of their buses will run on this ?" The DJ said to be careful how you phrase it... so I had a feeling I knew the answer. I called in and guessed "human waste." I WAS RIGHT!

Here are some pictures from the game. They dyed the ice pink/red...had hearts on it - someone got married during an intermission...and a proposal happened! It was a fun evening. On another note we have been playing Floor Hockey on Thursday nights - and it's LOADS of fun!! :)

It's a Small, Small, Blogging World

My friend Heather, who blogs here....

Follows a blog of Mandi's, here.....

Mandi posted a link to her friends blog, Bethany (here) who is making tutu's to sell on Etsy to donate towards Cora's playground.


Who is Cora? Cora was the precious little girl of some good friends of the Harder family - Jess & Joel were good friends with Jodi & Chris. The McClenahan's lost their little girl on February 8th to stage 4 cancer - neuroblastoma. They found out that their little girl had cancer sometime around January 22nd.


I think it awesome the response and prayers they have received all around them...even from hundreds they've never met in the blogging community. Here's a picture of the McClenahan's with Cora... thy could really use your prayers to make it through the tough times ahead.

"Everything"

The Drama Team performed a new drama on Sunday morning. This one took quite a bit of hard work for these junior higher's to learn the parts - it's set to the song, "Everything". I'm very proud of them, I think that they did great. They performed it during the Junior High Service on Sunday morning. It was pretty deep, and there were several folks in the audience that shed some tears because they were so touched. I just thought I'd share with you all what we've been up to: (sorry for the low audio quality, and shaking in some parts!)

Look What I Got:

My awesome friend, Heather, gave me this award today!!! It's awesome. I don't know how fabulous I've been at blogging lately, though. :)

I'm supposed to tag five other fabulous blogs.... but I'm just going to say that if your blog appears on my list on the right - I think your blog is fabulous!! So you are ALL getting this award for fabulousness. :) Please pass it on to other fabulous people that you know!!

Now... I'm also supposed to list 5 things that I am addicted to:

1. Going to the movies - we LOVE going to the movies...especially between 4-6pm on weekends when the price is only $4.25.

2. Popcorn - we love it, and we eat it A LOT.

3. The Internet - I just love reading blogs, logging into Facebook, and looking things up on Google!

4. Dave & Snickers - they are the best after a long day of work... just to sit on the couch and cuddle with them. :)

5. Milk Duds - see #1, if I'm at the movies - I'd really like to have a box of milk duds in my hand as well.

Matt Giraud - the person we - kind of, sort of - know!

AMERICAN IDOL - So, truth be told we have only seen Matt Giraud perform a couple of times, but one of them was at a Christmas Party, so it was a pretty small group, and we feel like we know him! Here is the group audition from Hollywood Week - you can't tell me that they didn't do awesome!!!!!! Enjoy, and start tuning in! :)

Superbowl Sunday

So - we had just a couple of peeps (Jess, Mark, & TJ) over for Superbowl Sunday. One friend, TJ, happens to be a big Steeler fan. He got pretty excited towards the end of the game..... I took a short video of him, and I think it's very entertaining - he is swirling around his "Terrible Towel"!! Enjoy!!! P.S. I know I need to decorate my mantel - any thoughts? Mirror? Picture? Candles? Any thoughts are welcomed.

Clips of The Week

Aren't they precious? I watched several interesting procedures this week. The first being 4-day old puppies that looked much like those on the left getting their tails docked and their dew-claws clipped off. They didn't like it too much... but, when their tails were stitched up and they were placed back in their warm box they were just fine. They were schnauzer/dachsund mixes, and neither of those breeds have long tails, so off they went.

I also watched an ear-cropping of a pit-bull. Ear-cropping is a pretty controversial surgery for veterinarians - in fact there are many that will NOT do this procedure. The AVMA (American Vet Med Association) kind of frowns on it. BUT - there are those breeds that are known for having their ears cropped.... Dobermans, Pit Bulls, Great Dane's, etc....

Which way would you rather have your Great Dane? :

Me personally... I like the ears - but, I suppose it is a matter of personal preference.

My final surgery on Friday was a spay on a 5-year old Labrador Retriever..... there is no reason to wait five years to have your Labrador spayed.... unless of course you are breeding her. But, this was not the case in this particular situation. When you wait five years there is so much more fat in that area that the procedure takes a bit longer than normal. So - get your pet spayed/neutered around 6months okay? Thanks! This has been your clips of the week. :)