Friday, November 30, 2007
Holiday Party
Tonight is our holiday party at Kalahari in Sandusky. Ken and I have never gone before. We decided to spend the entire weekend. I'm excited! We haven't been out together all dressed up for just us in a long time!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Canoe fun!
Picture: I think we finally figured out the people in the canoe. Gail's in the bow, John's in the stern. But, we have no idea who is in the middle.
Aunt Lois and Uncle Dave live on a chain of five lakes. Dallas is the largest where people could even water ski. The other lakes are Witmer, Westler, Dallas, Hackenberg, and Messick Lakes in the Indian Lakes chain of LaGrange County, Indiana. It's a very small town as you can see from the Wikipedia info below.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolcottville is a town in LaGrange and Noble Counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 933 at the 2000 census.
My mom is the youngest of five kids. Since we were always the babies, we missed out on a lot of the fun. Or at least we thought we did! The highlight of any campout was to be deemed "big enough" to do anything that the older cousins did! Canoe trips or water skiing were at the top of the status pole! The canoe trip would last all day starting right after breakfast. And you'd better do your part paddling or you were going to get very wet (which was worse than getting yelled at!)! We would head for the dam. It is so quiet and peaceful there. Except the the SWAT! OUCH! SWAT! SWAT! SWAT! OUCH! The deer flies had found a free lunch! And did that bite ever sting! We would have welts the size of peas! Yes, we used the deer fly spray. that just seemed to attract them more. Once past the dam and park, it was time to get down to some serious paddling. We'd wind around the different lakes and eventually around noon stop for a picnic lunch if you were lucky enough to go on the looooonnnnnngggggggg canoe trip. Then more paddling - did I say my arms were very, very, very, tired and sore by now? I didn't complain (much). By early afternoon we'd reach Dallas Lake. The water skiers would be in full force by then. If you weren't careful you'd catch the wave just right and tip. Once down the channel, it was only about an hour's paddling until we reached the dock. We'd pass white and pink lily pads floating in a sea of green leaves. Then under the bridge, around the curve and home! It was the best trip ever! More on "the bridge" in another post.
Fireworks!
Part of the tradition is for the older cousins to put on a fireworks show for the Foruth of July celebration! It gets better and better every year! People from across the lake comment on the display1 They say it is better than the surrounding towns' fireworks!
The goal is NOT to set the yard or surrounding buildings on fire but there is always a designated "Fire Chief" who stand by with the bucket of water. Ok, there is usually more than one bucket of water because someone always ends up wet.
Aunt Jo
Aunt Jo is cooking again! WOW! can she cook! Aunt Jo is Italian. Her Mom still lived in Italy at the time of this picture.
This looks like dough for the meat pies. Ohhhhhh are they good - rich but ooooooohhhhhhh are they goood! I have her recipe and every now and again I dig it out and make them.
Aunt Jo's meat pies
Pizza Chiena (Filled Pizza) (Meat Pie)
Crust:
6 eggs
1 cup crisco
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tps salt
1 cup milk
9 cups flour
Cream sugar and crisco. Add eggs. Then milk - add dry ingredients - knead till smooth - separate into 12 balls - roll out 6" circles. Line 6 small (6 inch) pie tins - cut off excess dough.
Filling:
15 eggs (large)
1 fresh cheese grated (formaggia fresca) (tasteless soft) [fresh motzerella]
1/2 cup grated cheese (Parmesan)
12 slices ham - 1/8 inch thick
24 slices large pepperoni (pizza type)
Beat eggs with mixer. Add cheeses. Mix by hand. Separate in 4 bowls. Use 1 bowl egg mix on bottom of pies. Layer: 1 slice ham each pie. Egg mix (2nd bowl) - pepperoni - egg mix (3rd bowl) - 1 slice ham - egg mix (4th bowl).
Roll out remaining pie crusts - top pies - cut 1/2 beyond plate - fold under bottom crust. flute edges. roll out left over pieces of dough. cut in strips - decorate pies - then brush with beaten egg.
Bake 350 deg for 1/2 hour with 3 each shelf. Switch pies after pinching tops with fork. Then bake 350 deg another 1/2 hour.
They are best eaten warm or cool rather than right out of the oven.
Family
Top row left to right
First RowFirst picture
Ken, Brannon, Larry at Brannon's choir concert in high school. Brannon said that would be the only time I'd see him in a tux. Not quite...he wore one when he got married.
Second picture
Leisa and her daughter Alyison. Alyison is now 16 or 17.
Third picture
Turtle races!! One of the past times at the family reunion campouts were turtle races!! It would take half a day to catch the baby turtles. Then we'd put the in the center of the table. The first turtle to make it to the edge was the winner! See that cute curly haired little girl in the white bathing suit? That's Katrina!
Fourth picture
The last picture is of my baby brother, Troy. (2006)
Second row:
First and second pictures
Another fun time camping was when Aunt Lois and Uncle Dave would borrow an Amish buggy from their friends and give us rides. That is Troy, I'm not sure who is in the middle, and Patti.
Third picture
The young girl and the boy on the right are now Troy's kids riding in the buggy! The boy on the left is a Sprow, one of Mitch and Sue's kids but I don't remember which one.
Fourth picture
Brannon is sure enjoying his ice cream! It's melting faster than he can lick the paddle!
Third row
First picture July 4th 198-something
Church services during campout. The older cousins would read from the Scripture and the rest of us would make up the choir. Brannon is the toddler in the bibs and red shirt in the front. Katrina is in the purple sweatshirt behind him. Here's what I could figure out from left to right starting at the top of the picture. Ken Vallimont is standing. Richard Faunce (Dad), John Christner are sitting in teh back row. I'm holding Patti Brose, Troy Faunce, Krissy Sprow, Peggy Faunce's hair (Mom always liked to hide in pictures!), Reenie Brose (cousin Irene - we called her Reenie I guess because Grandma was Irene.). Next row is Aunt Joyce Brose hiding behind one of her grandsons, Aunt Bea Vallimont, Mitch Teal, and Aunt Jean Sprow is sitting. On the left side of the picture is Todd Faunce is the front then Janice Vallimont, and I have no clue who is in the red hat and jacket.
Picture two
Kindra Faunce, Troy's youngest.
Picture three
Troy, John, Ken and Chris T who was someone's friend who came to visit.
Picture four
Uncle Pete, Aunt Joyce's husband.
Fourth row
First picture and then around the large family photo.
Katrina eating ice cream. She had tons of curls then too! Under her picture is Todd (2006). The picture under that is Todd's wife Missy and her son Hunter dancing together at Todd and Missy's wedding (8/10/2007). That house is where we grew up. Katrina and Chip have bought a house on part of the acreage next to this house! Camping again. Uncle Pete is kneeling trying to get the stove going for a meal. Doug Brose is holding the pot lid, Ken is in the hat. Gail Sprow has he back to the camera in the red shirt. I'm not sure who is in the chairs around the campfire. Above that Bo and Kindra (Kinner) are swinging another cousin.
Large family photo.
This was taken in the mid 80's. Brannon was a baby so it probably was 1985 since he was born in the winter. These are all first cousins. There are about 12 people missing from this picture for various reasons they could not be at the campout that year. I remember one of the girl cousins was in the service overseas. Grandma and Grandpa Heilman are sitting in the middle. One of these days when I have time I'll repost the picture with names.
Aunt WeeZee
I was the first girl on the Faunce side of the family in 35 years. Aunt Weezee (Louise) was my Dad's aunt. I couldn't say Louise so I called her Aunt Weezee. She was my favorite aunt! I hve pictures of me when I was abouit two sitting at her piano. Later Mom and Dad bought that piano for me and I took lessons for 10 years. Leisa, my sister took lessons for about 6 to 8 years. I still have her piano. I don't play it much any more but I love it just the same. Every time I do sit down at the piano I think of Aunt Weezee.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Introducing Jayme!
Mommy was great! She was a real trouper!
And only one push!!
Daddy was so awed he cried! It was so beautiful!
Yes I cried too!
Just look at that adorable face!
WELCOME JAYME ALEXANDER!
Baby and Mommy are A-OK!
We've counted the fingers,
We've counted the toes,
He's sweet as can be,
as Mommy and Daddy know!
Meet our precious new addition!
Jayme Alexander
7 lbs. 2 oz.
20 1/2 inches long
lots of dark hair
long, slender (piano playing) fingers,
long toes, long arms, Daddy's nose,
Mommy's eyes and chin,
I think he gets the hair from both.
Alert and inquisitive!
Friday, November 23, 2007
All About WOMEN: Your Gut/Stress Connection
All About WOMEN: Your Gut/Stress Connection
Stress gives some women migraines. Others get continual colds. But irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? Indeed. A new study reveals that feeling stressed-out could be a risk factor for developing IBS, a condition that plagues millions of women, causing constipation, diarrhea, or both. Here's how to keep stress from taking hold of your bathroom habits. (see below)
Not the Cause
Stress doesn't cause IBS. It's actually not clear what does. Researchers suspect that a viral infection (aka gastroenteritis) may trigger IBS in some cases. Once it's triggered, stress may cause IBS to hang around and become more than just an occasional nuisance. In a study, women who suffered a bout of gastroenteritis were more likely to report IBS months later if their initial patient profile revealed a tendency to feel stressed-out. In other words, a stressful life could be a risk factor for developing IBS.
Get a Handle
So now you have a new reason to chill out: more predictable bowel habits. There are lots of ways to relax. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a very effective stress-reduction tool -- particularly for IBS sufferers. (Get the scoop on this and other mental health therapies.) But if you prefer something less structured, grab a pen. Journal writing is a known stress reliever. And, of course, if you are showing these signs of stress, take a look at the life you lead and figure out where you can cut back.
Stress
What is stress? Stress is when life's demands seem too heavy. You feel anxious and tense and may be aware that your heart is beating faster. A certain amount of stress in our lives is unavoidable and a little may even be good for us. For example, some people claim they can accomplish more if they have a work deadline. Too much stress, however, is harmful. Your body responds to stressful situations by raising your blood pressure and making your heart work harder. This is particularly dangerous if you already have heart or artery disease or high blood pressure. Stress is more likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to affect the problem or situation. Your body reacts to stress in other ways, too. Symptoms like back pain, trouble sleeping, headaches, muscle aches, heartburn, upset stomach, shortness of breath, high blood pressure, and weight gain or weight loss are often caused in part by stress. Many office visits to health care providers are for conditions related to stress. How does it occur? Anything you see as a problem can cause stress for you. Different things may cause stress for other people. Stress can be caused by everyday matters as well as by major problems.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms may include: difficulty sleeping, tiredness, aches, pains, heartburn, indigestion, change in bowel and bladder habits,· anxiety, tension, depression, a increased use of cigarettes or alcohol. Could your GI symptoms be IBS? Use this symptom checker and find out.
RealAge Benefit: Taking care of your emotional health and well-being can make your RealAge up to 16 years younger. RealAge Gastrointestinal (GI) Health Assessment Abdominal cramping and bloating, constipation, and diarrhea could be symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or simply a result of something you ate. Get to the bottom of your gastrointestinal discomforts by taking this free questionnaire. You will learn: What might be causing your gastrointestinal distress. How to treat your symptoms at home. Which symptoms mean you should call the doctor.
RealAge Smart Search: Find more ways to soothe stress with RealAge Smart Search. Originally published on 08/29/2007.
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Stress gives some women migraines. Others get continual colds. But irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? Indeed. A new study reveals that feeling stressed-out could be a risk factor for developing IBS, a condition that plagues millions of women, causing constipation, diarrhea, or both. Here's how to keep stress from taking hold of your bathroom habits. (see below)
Not the Cause
Stress doesn't cause IBS. It's actually not clear what does. Researchers suspect that a viral infection (aka gastroenteritis) may trigger IBS in some cases. Once it's triggered, stress may cause IBS to hang around and become more than just an occasional nuisance. In a study, women who suffered a bout of gastroenteritis were more likely to report IBS months later if their initial patient profile revealed a tendency to feel stressed-out. In other words, a stressful life could be a risk factor for developing IBS.
Get a Handle
So now you have a new reason to chill out: more predictable bowel habits. There are lots of ways to relax. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a very effective stress-reduction tool -- particularly for IBS sufferers. (Get the scoop on this and other mental health therapies.) But if you prefer something less structured, grab a pen. Journal writing is a known stress reliever. And, of course, if you are showing these signs of stress, take a look at the life you lead and figure out where you can cut back.
Stress
What is stress? Stress is when life's demands seem too heavy. You feel anxious and tense and may be aware that your heart is beating faster. A certain amount of stress in our lives is unavoidable and a little may even be good for us. For example, some people claim they can accomplish more if they have a work deadline. Too much stress, however, is harmful. Your body responds to stressful situations by raising your blood pressure and making your heart work harder. This is particularly dangerous if you already have heart or artery disease or high blood pressure. Stress is more likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to affect the problem or situation. Your body reacts to stress in other ways, too. Symptoms like back pain, trouble sleeping, headaches, muscle aches, heartburn, upset stomach, shortness of breath, high blood pressure, and weight gain or weight loss are often caused in part by stress. Many office visits to health care providers are for conditions related to stress. How does it occur? Anything you see as a problem can cause stress for you. Different things may cause stress for other people. Stress can be caused by everyday matters as well as by major problems.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms may include: difficulty sleeping, tiredness, aches, pains, heartburn, indigestion, change in bowel and bladder habits,· anxiety, tension, depression, a increased use of cigarettes or alcohol. Could your GI symptoms be IBS? Use this symptom checker and find out.
RealAge Benefit: Taking care of your emotional health and well-being can make your RealAge up to 16 years younger. RealAge Gastrointestinal (GI) Health Assessment Abdominal cramping and bloating, constipation, and diarrhea could be symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or simply a result of something you ate. Get to the bottom of your gastrointestinal discomforts by taking this free questionnaire. You will learn: What might be causing your gastrointestinal distress. How to treat your symptoms at home. Which symptoms mean you should call the doctor.
RealAge Smart Search: Find more ways to soothe stress with RealAge Smart Search. Originally published on 08/29/2007.
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Staunch FANS!
This is Trina's Aunt and cousin. Isn't he cuuuuuutttee!
Alyssa playing with Buster. He loved all the action.
Trina's soccer game against Fremont Ross
Trina's # 13 in red. This was one of Alyssa's old numbers too.
Time
I found this text to be very thought provoiking. I had to look up chronos and karios but once I did the meanings became clear. Chronos was easy enough to understand but karios took some time. When I found the passage "the appointed time in the purpose of God", then things started to make sense.
A higher perspective on time
"Be mindful of how you approach time. Watching the clock is not the same as watching the sun rise." -- Sophia Bedford-Pierce
What would your soul consider a waste of time? To a soul, the only real time is right NOW. Not the future or the past. It lives in connecting deeply with the rich experience of each moment. Through awareness we can be in touch with our authentic self and how it perceives all of the energies and guidance around and within us.
"Chronos is clocks, deadlines, watches, calendars, agendas, planners, schedules, beepers. Chronos is time at her worst. Chronos keeps track. Chronos is the world's time. Kairos is transcendence, infinity, reverence, joy, passion, love, the Sacred. Kairos is intimacy with the Real. Kairos is time at her best. Kairos is Spirit's time. We exist in chronos. We long for kairos. That's our duality. Chronos requires speed so that it won't be wasted. Kairos requires space so that it might be savored. We do in
chronos. In kairos we're allowed to be ... It takes only a moment to cross over from chronos into kairos, but it does take a moment.
All that kairos asks is our willingness to stop running long enough to hear the music of the spheres."
Sarah Ban Breathnach
"He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic
who waits for the river to run out before he crosses." – Horace
Build a new relationship with the time of your life. Experience
time from different perspectives. Discover how to do life rather than allow life to do you.
http://www.higherawareness.com/
Chronos
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Chronos (disambiguation).
In Greek mythology, Chronos (Χρόνος in Greek) in pre-Socratic philosophical works is said to be the personification of time. He emerged from the primordial Chaos. He is sometimes mythologically confused with the Titan Cronus (Κρόνος in Greek).
He was depicted in Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the Zodiac Wheel. Often the figure is named Aeon (Eternal Time), a common alternate name for the god. His name actually means "Time", and is alternatively spelled Khronos (transliteration of the Greek), Chronos, Chronus (Latin version; not to be confused with Cronus). Some of the current English words which show a tie to khronos/chronos and the attachment to time are chronology, chronic, and chronicle.
Chronos is usually portrayed through an old, wise man with a long, gray beard; an example of him portrayed in modern times would be as "Father Time".
Greek deitiesseries
Titans and Olympians
Aquatic deities
Chthonic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Primordial deities
Chaos
Aether
Gaia
Uranus
Hemera
Chronos
Eros
Erebus
Nyx
Ophion
Tartarus
Kairos
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Jump to: navigation, search
Kairos
Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment". The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies "a time in between", a moment of undetermined period of time in which "something" special happens. What the special something is depends on who is using the word. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature.[1]
In rhetoric
Kairos was central to the Sophists, who stressed the rhetor's ability to adapt to and take advantage of changing, contingent circumstances. In Panathenaicus, Isocrates writes that educated people are those “who manage well the circumstances which they encounter day by day, and who possess a judgment which is accurate in meeting occasions as they arise and rarely misses the expedient course of action”.
Kairos is also very important in Aristotle's scheme of rhetoric. Kairos is, for Aristotle, the time and space context in which the proof will be delivered. Kairos stands alongside other contextual elements of rhetoric: The Audience which is the psychological and emotional makeup of those who will receive the proof; and, To Prepon which is the style with which the orator clothes their proof.
Compare the use of kairos in rhetoric to the use of kairosis in literary aesthetics.
In theology
The term "kairos" is used in theology to describe the qualitative form of time. In rhetoric kairos is "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved."[2] In the New Testament kairos means "the appointed time in the purpose of God", the time when God acts (e.g. Mark 1.15, the kairos is fulfilled). It differs from the more usual word for time which is chronos (kronos).
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, before the Divine Liturgy begins, the Deacon exclaims to the Priest, "Kairos tou poiesai to Kyrio" ("It is time [kairos] for the Lord to act"); indicating that the time of the Liturgy is an intersection with Eternity.
In The Interpretation of History, neo-orthodox Lutheran theologian Paul Tillich made prominent use of the term. For him, the kairoi are those crises in history (see Christian existentialism) which create an opportunity for, and indeed demand, an existential decision by the human subject - the coming of Christ being the prime example (compare Barth's use of geschichte as opposed to historie). In the Kairos Document, an example of liberation theology in South Africa under Apartheid, the term kairos is used to denote "the appointed time", "the crucial time" into which the document / text is spoken.
Retreats
Kairos is also a Christian retreat program for high school and college students in several US states. Here kairos is adapted to mean "God's time". These "Kairos Spiritual Retreats" began at the Jesuit Retreat House in Cleveland, Ohio,[3] which is affiliated with John Carroll University, and several Jesuit high schools, such as Marquette University High School, around the country. After several schools in Ohio adopted the tradition, non-Jesuit Catholic high schools throughout the United States, Australia, and Puerto Rico now take part in the intense retreat.
A higher perspective on time
"Be mindful of how you approach time. Watching the clock is not the same as watching the sun rise." -- Sophia Bedford-Pierce
What would your soul consider a waste of time? To a soul, the only real time is right NOW. Not the future or the past. It lives in connecting deeply with the rich experience of each moment. Through awareness we can be in touch with our authentic self and how it perceives all of the energies and guidance around and within us.
"Chronos is clocks, deadlines, watches, calendars, agendas, planners, schedules, beepers. Chronos is time at her worst. Chronos keeps track. Chronos is the world's time. Kairos is transcendence, infinity, reverence, joy, passion, love, the Sacred. Kairos is intimacy with the Real. Kairos is time at her best. Kairos is Spirit's time. We exist in chronos. We long for kairos. That's our duality. Chronos requires speed so that it won't be wasted. Kairos requires space so that it might be savored. We do in
chronos. In kairos we're allowed to be ... It takes only a moment to cross over from chronos into kairos, but it does take a moment.
All that kairos asks is our willingness to stop running long enough to hear the music of the spheres."
Sarah Ban Breathnach
"He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic
who waits for the river to run out before he crosses." – Horace
Build a new relationship with the time of your life. Experience
time from different perspectives. Discover how to do life rather than allow life to do you.
http://www.higherawareness.com/
Chronos
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Chronos (disambiguation).
In Greek mythology, Chronos (Χρόνος in Greek) in pre-Socratic philosophical works is said to be the personification of time. He emerged from the primordial Chaos. He is sometimes mythologically confused with the Titan Cronus (Κρόνος in Greek).
He was depicted in Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the Zodiac Wheel. Often the figure is named Aeon (Eternal Time), a common alternate name for the god. His name actually means "Time", and is alternatively spelled Khronos (transliteration of the Greek), Chronos, Chronus (Latin version; not to be confused with Cronus). Some of the current English words which show a tie to khronos/chronos and the attachment to time are chronology, chronic, and chronicle.
Chronos is usually portrayed through an old, wise man with a long, gray beard; an example of him portrayed in modern times would be as "Father Time".
Greek deitiesseries
Titans and Olympians
Aquatic deities
Chthonic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Primordial deities
Chaos
Aether
Gaia
Uranus
Hemera
Chronos
Eros
Erebus
Nyx
Ophion
Tartarus
Kairos
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Kairos
Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment". The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies "a time in between", a moment of undetermined period of time in which "something" special happens. What the special something is depends on who is using the word. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature.[1]
In rhetoric
Kairos was central to the Sophists, who stressed the rhetor's ability to adapt to and take advantage of changing, contingent circumstances. In Panathenaicus, Isocrates writes that educated people are those “who manage well the circumstances which they encounter day by day, and who possess a judgment which is accurate in meeting occasions as they arise and rarely misses the expedient course of action”.
Kairos is also very important in Aristotle's scheme of rhetoric. Kairos is, for Aristotle, the time and space context in which the proof will be delivered. Kairos stands alongside other contextual elements of rhetoric: The Audience which is the psychological and emotional makeup of those who will receive the proof; and, To Prepon which is the style with which the orator clothes their proof.
Compare the use of kairos in rhetoric to the use of kairosis in literary aesthetics.
In theology
The term "kairos" is used in theology to describe the qualitative form of time. In rhetoric kairos is "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved."[2] In the New Testament kairos means "the appointed time in the purpose of God", the time when God acts (e.g. Mark 1.15, the kairos is fulfilled). It differs from the more usual word for time which is chronos (kronos).
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, before the Divine Liturgy begins, the Deacon exclaims to the Priest, "Kairos tou poiesai to Kyrio" ("It is time [kairos] for the Lord to act"); indicating that the time of the Liturgy is an intersection with Eternity.
In The Interpretation of History, neo-orthodox Lutheran theologian Paul Tillich made prominent use of the term. For him, the kairoi are those crises in history (see Christian existentialism) which create an opportunity for, and indeed demand, an existential decision by the human subject - the coming of Christ being the prime example (compare Barth's use of geschichte as opposed to historie). In the Kairos Document, an example of liberation theology in South Africa under Apartheid, the term kairos is used to denote "the appointed time", "the crucial time" into which the document / text is spoken.
Retreats
Kairos is also a Christian retreat program for high school and college students in several US states. Here kairos is adapted to mean "God's time". These "Kairos Spiritual Retreats" began at the Jesuit Retreat House in Cleveland, Ohio,[3] which is affiliated with John Carroll University, and several Jesuit high schools, such as Marquette University High School, around the country. After several schools in Ohio adopted the tradition, non-Jesuit Catholic high schools throughout the United States, Australia, and Puerto Rico now take part in the intense retreat.
Trimming the tree at Jo's 2006
Kaylee was having such fun being a nakey baby! Then we found her the bows to play with since she wanted to undecorate the tree. Tinkerbell found the tree once we were all done. I don't know how I'll keep her out of our this year.
Dirt
I compost. I find that it's a either you do or either you don't kind of thing. I need to do something with the proliferous grass cuttings during the summer. Besides, we have tough, clay soil. It needs all the help it can get. During the summer the compost pile mounds almost chest high under the wide maple tree. It's now Thanksgiving Day and I moved the compost pile today onto the garden - such that it is - the flowers on the north side of the pole barn, and the flowers to be on the west side of the pole barn. By spring it will all be good, rich, dirt.
Cat in space
Tinkerbell, one of our cats is a lovey dovey cat. Some nights though she just wants attention - NOW! It's usually around 3 am. We have tried to teach her that she can sleep at our feet. That's not good enough for Tink. She wants right by our faces. I push her down, Ken pushes her down. She just sneeks back up. I've taken to pushing her off the bed when she doesn't listen and stay at our feet. This past week I pushed her off and she landed on Buster. Buster jumped up, Harley jumped up and there were three sets of paws scrinching across the hardwood floor - Tink in the lead, Harley a close second and Buster taking up the rear. It took about 15 minutes for them to settle down again.
You'd think she'd learn but nooooooooo, she was right back at it the next night. So off the foot of the bed she went - twice. By now I've had it! I want to s-l-e-e-p! Tink got in my face this time. So I pushed her off the side of the bed. Hey, I was NOT awake enough to think. We heard a delayed THUNK against the dresser. Ken woke up enough to say "Cats in space!" We both had the mental image of Tink - all four paws outstretched and flying though space. It was funny at 3 am. Tink was not hurt and she's getting the message - sleep at our feet or become "cats in space". (I keep hearing the duh duh duh duhhh in my head.)
You'd think she'd learn but nooooooooo, she was right back at it the next night. So off the foot of the bed she went - twice. By now I've had it! I want to s-l-e-e-p! Tink got in my face this time. So I pushed her off the side of the bed. Hey, I was NOT awake enough to think. We heard a delayed THUNK against the dresser. Ken woke up enough to say "Cats in space!" We both had the mental image of Tink - all four paws outstretched and flying though space. It was funny at 3 am. Tink was not hurt and she's getting the message - sleep at our feet or become "cats in space". (I keep hearing the duh duh duh duhhh in my head.)
Cats in Space
Tinkerbell, one of our cats is a lovey dovey cat. Some nights though she just wants attention - NOW! It's usually around 3 am. We have tried to teach her that she can sleep at our feet. That's not good enough for Tink. She wants right by our faces. I push her down, Ken pushes her down. She just sneeks back up. I've taken to pushing her off the bed when she doesn't listen and stay at our feet. This past week I pushed her off and she landed on Buster. Buster jumped up, Harley jumped up and there were three sets of paws scrinching across the hardwood floor - Tink in the lead, Harley a close second and Buster taking up the rear. It took about 15 minutes for them to settle down again.
You'd think she'd learn but nooooooooo, she was right back at it the next night. So off the foot of the bed she went - twice. By now I've had it! I want to s-l-e-e-p! Tink got in my face this time. So I pushed her off the side of the bed. Hey, I was NOT awake enough to think. We heard a delayed THUNK against the dresser.
You'd think she'd learn but nooooooooo, she was right back at it the next night. So off the foot of the bed she went - twice. By now I've had it! I want to s-l-e-e-p! Tink got in my face this time. So I pushed her off the side of the bed. Hey, I was NOT awake enough to think. We heard a delayed THUNK against the dresser.
beep! beep! BEEP!
When Katrina, Naomi and Brannon were small they liked to play a game they called "bug the adults."
First they would ask what time it was, then it was the temperature outside, then how long until we got where we we going, then how many cars were on the road, then they would argue about how long it would take to get there, then ....the list goes on and on and on until the adult was red in the face!
One car ride Ken told then they were pushing his buttons. One of them said "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
We all erupted in laughter. From then on when the adults would say "You're pushing my buttons", the kids' always answered "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! It was a good ice breaker for the tension at the moment. :)
First they would ask what time it was, then it was the temperature outside, then how long until we got where we we going, then how many cars were on the road, then they would argue about how long it would take to get there, then ....the list goes on and on and on until the adult was red in the face!
One car ride Ken told then they were pushing his buttons. One of them said "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
We all erupted in laughter. From then on when the adults would say "You're pushing my buttons", the kids' always answered "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! It was a good ice breaker for the tension at the moment. :)
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