This is so exciting! I know I probably shouldn't tell other people to enter a contest (that would give me more competition since I'm entering it too!) but it's SO neat. Check out THE PRIZES! that 10 people will all win in the scrapbooking contest! I just finished my entry yesterday and I'm now in the process of filling out the photo release stuff and list of what products I used and so forth. I was thinking as I was printing out the release forms that it was sort of a pain to do all this, but after I looked at the prizes.. yeah.. it's worth it. Just for a chance. And plus it's fun as a challenge and all that. Next I need to pick out the past layouts that I need to copy for them to send with the entry so that they know what other stuff I've done... I guess that plays into it too. :)
Anyway, I'd love to show you, but if I post a picture of the layouts on the blog then I'd be disqualified. So... my friends will just have to come over and scrapbook with me to see it! I'll probably send them by the end of June, though the latest they can be sent is July 31st. .. I thought it would be better to shoot for a little sooner than that. :) I'm pretty happy with mine, but I keep thinking that it's not different enough. Oh, well... I did the best I could.
Do check it out though! It would be fun if some of my friends were entering too!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Little things in life...
This morning I saw the little trouble-maker outside in our back yard.
Last week a squirrel was stuck in our wall in between Lily's room and the hall!
I don't know if this was the same one.. but we do know it was a squirrel because I had to hire someone to come out to assess the situation. Fortunately the squirrel managed to get out of that part of the wall and we haven't heard any other one stuck since. Though we are still needing to patch up the holes that the roofers left whereby the animals could get into the walls of our house.
Last week a squirrel was stuck in our wall in between Lily's room and the hall!
I don't know if this was the same one.. but we do know it was a squirrel because I had to hire someone to come out to assess the situation. Fortunately the squirrel managed to get out of that part of the wall and we haven't heard any other one stuck since. Though we are still needing to patch up the holes that the roofers left whereby the animals could get into the walls of our house.
Lily's been doing really well with Renna. She's started to play with her a little more and even though I'm enjoying the baby stage I know it will be nice when Renna is older and Lily has someone to really play with. Lily will run to get the burp rag for me and even will wipe Renna's mouth. It's pretty cute. Lily helps carry groceries in and puts her shoes away. She also helps to clean up her toys and helps me vacuum and sweep (with her toy vacuum and broom). This morning she and I were playing with her baby doll while Renna was asleep and Lily loved pretending! Though she did try to throw the doll diaper away for real and I had to convince her that it was just dirty for pretend and then I pretended to wash it and it was clean!
I got a hair cut on monday! It feels so great! Mom came early in the morning and so I ran to get one really quick while Renna slept. It was really nice to finally get that done.
(The problem with short hair is that you have to get it cut more often.)
On Sunday (after the insane Saturday that I blogged about) I really needed a rest, so Youssef took Lily to church and I stayed home with Renna. It was so relaxing to be able to clean the house without a toddler "helping" and undoing all the work. While I worked and listened to past programs from mid-day connection, Renna fell asleep in her bouncy chair! (It's probably easier for her to fall asleep like that when her big sister isn't running around and screaming)
Lily was just trying to put on the Maya wrap with her baby doll!
I should make one her size. It's so cute!
beading...
I can't remember if I put these pictures up.. so.. I'll just post them. :) Lily beads really fast!
She's beaded so much now that the amount of beads in the box now has declined since the picture was taken. (She liked the beads that were shaped like cherrios the best.)
She's beaded so much now that the amount of beads in the box now has declined since the picture was taken. (She liked the beads that were shaped like cherrios the best.)
As you can see... she put them all on herself. I gave her the letters in the right order but some ended up the wrong way because she strung them on all by herself. ;)
And this is the necklace that she made!
And this is the necklace that she made!Saturday, May 31, 2008
An Eyewitness Account
One of the candidates at the Washington State Republican Convention made a joke about the "elephant in the room."
The elephant was finally confronted on the second day of the convention.
I am an eyewitness of the event. I will try to avoid putting my personal spin on the event.
From choosing delegates to discussing future candidates, the entire convention was rife with calls to points of order or inquiry, people exercising for the first time their "Personal privilege" or heart privilege. A congressional incumbent was booed after putting forward a motion; his enemy was cheered after speaking against it. People were threatening each other with fights, and the peacekeepers were rare but equally threatened.
On the second day of the convention, the selection of at-large delegates had just passed. The Ron Paul campaign proposed to push that through - to vote the McCain candidates into the positions - just so that discussion on the platform and on the resolutions, which perform the same function for Republican candidates.
That was what happened.
Then, the discussion went to the platform. For about two issues, it seemed both campaigns were on the same page. After that, however, the issues become too wild -- the war in Iraq, the child-protective-services -- for the division to stay calm.
Someone moved to get the platform done with.
By the time it was done, another hour had passed. About nine calls to points of order had slowed things down.
Then, in the resolutions...
Understand, the platform committee (Party leadership) had already gone through and said to vote yes on some and no on others. Those recommendations were made based on the current party policy.
The McCain campaigners resisted passing the Yes resolutions.
The McCain campaigners made two motions to adjourn the convention early -- before resolutions.
In the end, the yes resolutions were voted to be passed by the body at large.
The McCain campaigners resisted the count.
The chairman ruled that the vote was well over two-thirds.
The McCain campaigners raised an appeal of the chair's decision.
The appeal was held to a two-thirds vote, and the chair's ruling was upheld by the body.
At this point, about five to six people got up and walked out. More people, as the motions on the floor were being proposed.
Finally, one lady called a "point of order."
The chair recognized her.
She said, "There are lots of people leaving."
Chair said, "I see it too."
She replied, "I hate to ask, but do we have a quorum?"
Definition: A quorum is having enough people present to actually vote. If five people are going to eat pizza, three people make a majority. If only two people only show up to vote, then they're not a majority. They don't have 'quorum.'
Around me, McCain supporters said nothing as they were leaving. Then Ron Paul people around me were asking, "Where are you going?" Regular replies were "None of your business." "It's a free country."
Replies were worse as they left.
Almost all of them left the room.
The lady sitting beside me went out the room and then pretended to return. She, a Ron Paul supporter, asked three ladies she didn't know, "Is it time to go? Did they give the signal?"
Their reply to her baited question was "Yeah, it's time to go. They told us to leave now."
For a separate reason, I went to the front where the the McCain delegates were departing. As I walked around, one gentleman (wearing a McCain yellow hat) was on his cellphone and trying to go back to his seat.
Another McCain delegate, a woman, was pulling him toward the door.
the man said he had left something at his chair.
The woman said, "No, you can go back and get it when its over."
All motions were suspended until a quorum was established.
While they all counted heads of remaining delegates, all Ron Paul people were on the convention floor. One person started a "crowd wave," which lasted 12 minutes. Random bouts of singing the Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and at least one other patriotic song I can't remember. (I was trying to take notes.)
The remaining delegation laughed pretty hard when the Washington State Republican Party icon showed up on the screens. The icon was elephants walking to the right: the words above the elephants said "A Party On The March."
The Ron Paul delegates had to have 676 people still sitting. There was serious concern whether we would have enough delegates to continue the convention.
Eventually, the chairman said there was actually a quorum.
The McCain delegates tried to return. However, to reenter the hall, delegates had to prove their identity over again (like at airport security.)
That gave the remaining delegate the time to pass one resolution, the only resolution passed at the WA convention: The Republican Party requires the President to have a declaration of war before going to war for more than 180 days.
When it passed unanimously, the cheers were loud.
Once the McCain delegates returned, it was 6:30 p.m., about an hour and half after the originally scheduled time to end.
For another half hour, the fight to continue the delegation's existence was fought. It ended without a two-thirds majority in favor.
I witnessed the passing of that resolution.
I saw the McCain delegation attempt to end the convention without resolutions by removing the delegation's quorum.
Our congresswoman and Spokane city councilwoman both said they haven't seen this happen in their time in the republican party. The councilwoman said she was a member of the Republican party in 1980 - a year before I was born.
The elephant was finally confronted on the second day of the convention.
I am an eyewitness of the event. I will try to avoid putting my personal spin on the event.
From choosing delegates to discussing future candidates, the entire convention was rife with calls to points of order or inquiry, people exercising for the first time their "Personal privilege" or heart privilege. A congressional incumbent was booed after putting forward a motion; his enemy was cheered after speaking against it. People were threatening each other with fights, and the peacekeepers were rare but equally threatened.
On the second day of the convention, the selection of at-large delegates had just passed. The Ron Paul campaign proposed to push that through - to vote the McCain candidates into the positions - just so that discussion on the platform and on the resolutions, which perform the same function for Republican candidates.
That was what happened.
Then, the discussion went to the platform. For about two issues, it seemed both campaigns were on the same page. After that, however, the issues become too wild -- the war in Iraq, the child-protective-services -- for the division to stay calm.
Someone moved to get the platform done with.
By the time it was done, another hour had passed. About nine calls to points of order had slowed things down.
Then, in the resolutions...
Understand, the platform committee (Party leadership) had already gone through and said to vote yes on some and no on others. Those recommendations were made based on the current party policy.
The McCain campaigners resisted passing the Yes resolutions.
The McCain campaigners made two motions to adjourn the convention early -- before resolutions.
In the end, the yes resolutions were voted to be passed by the body at large.
The McCain campaigners resisted the count.
The chairman ruled that the vote was well over two-thirds.
The McCain campaigners raised an appeal of the chair's decision.
The appeal was held to a two-thirds vote, and the chair's ruling was upheld by the body.
At this point, about five to six people got up and walked out. More people, as the motions on the floor were being proposed.
Finally, one lady called a "point of order."
The chair recognized her.
She said, "There are lots of people leaving."
Chair said, "I see it too."
She replied, "I hate to ask, but do we have a quorum?"
Definition: A quorum is having enough people present to actually vote. If five people are going to eat pizza, three people make a majority. If only two people only show up to vote, then they're not a majority. They don't have 'quorum.'
Around me, McCain supporters said nothing as they were leaving. Then Ron Paul people around me were asking, "Where are you going?" Regular replies were "None of your business." "It's a free country."
Replies were worse as they left.
Almost all of them left the room.
The lady sitting beside me went out the room and then pretended to return. She, a Ron Paul supporter, asked three ladies she didn't know, "Is it time to go? Did they give the signal?"
Their reply to her baited question was "Yeah, it's time to go. They told us to leave now."
For a separate reason, I went to the front where the the McCain delegates were departing. As I walked around, one gentleman (wearing a McCain yellow hat) was on his cellphone and trying to go back to his seat.
Another McCain delegate, a woman, was pulling him toward the door.
the man said he had left something at his chair.
The woman said, "No, you can go back and get it when its over."
All motions were suspended until a quorum was established.
While they all counted heads of remaining delegates, all Ron Paul people were on the convention floor. One person started a "crowd wave," which lasted 12 minutes. Random bouts of singing the Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and at least one other patriotic song I can't remember. (I was trying to take notes.)
The remaining delegation laughed pretty hard when the Washington State Republican Party icon showed up on the screens. The icon was elephants walking to the right: the words above the elephants said "A Party On The March."
The Ron Paul delegates had to have 676 people still sitting. There was serious concern whether we would have enough delegates to continue the convention.
Eventually, the chairman said there was actually a quorum.
The McCain delegates tried to return. However, to reenter the hall, delegates had to prove their identity over again (like at airport security.)
That gave the remaining delegate the time to pass one resolution, the only resolution passed at the WA convention: The Republican Party requires the President to have a declaration of war before going to war for more than 180 days.
When it passed unanimously, the cheers were loud.
Once the McCain delegates returned, it was 6:30 p.m., about an hour and half after the originally scheduled time to end.
For another half hour, the fight to continue the delegation's existence was fought. It ended without a two-thirds majority in favor.
I witnessed the passing of that resolution.
I saw the McCain delegation attempt to end the convention without resolutions by removing the delegation's quorum.
Our congresswoman and Spokane city councilwoman both said they haven't seen this happen in their time in the republican party. The councilwoman said she was a member of the Republican party in 1980 - a year before I was born.
The most beautiful baby in the WORLD!
At least till we have another. They just get prettier and prettier!
The little jumper outfit is a 6-9 month! And it fits just right!
I think she jumped from a three month size to a six month in just two days.
It looks like she's giggling, but she hasn't giggled yet. Almost, but not quite. ;)
Lily was crawling on the couch and Renna likes to smile at her sister.
She's so beautiful!
The little jumper outfit is a 6-9 month! And it fits just right!
I think she jumped from a three month size to a six month in just two days.
It looks like she's giggling, but she hasn't giggled yet. Almost, but not quite. ;)
Lily was crawling on the couch and Renna likes to smile at her sister.
She's so beautiful!
I think we're growing a family of heart breakers. ;)
(Not that they'd mean to break a heart.. but one look like that.. and.. what can you do?)
(Not that they'd mean to break a heart.. but one look like that.. and.. what can you do?)
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