Wienermobile Crashes into a House!

Now this is Hilarious!

Click here to read the article

Flowers on the Water

Today is Juliana's 23rd birthday.

I took her to breakfast at Pancake Circus and then we went to the Sacramento Bridge to toss flowers on the water in memory of my mother and Juliana's grandmother.



She did a very good job of naming all of mom's children and grandchildren, we even tossed one in for grandpa Butters!

We tried to run over to the other side of the bridge to get pictures of the flowers as they floated on the water, but the current had quickly taken them away.

Then we went by where Juliana works just so I could check the place out!

Maria Leaves for Italy

Shopping with Maria has always been and adventure. She is super picky and if there is one small thing wrong with the item . . . forget it . . . we leave it behind.

This makes for a long day trying to find the right kind of clothing. But when we find it I usually say buy it no matter the price because of how hard we worked to find it.

I'm thankful I can bring my own chair now. I use it! After it was all said and done we went to three different Target stores, Walmart twice, and seven other stores over a period of two days. These are not counting the stores that Maria went to on her own all in pursuit of finding clothing that works for her.




Before we went shopping I told Maria I would only buy her ONE pair of shoes. She tried to bribe me into buying more, but I wouldn't budge. She got lots of nice clothes for her trip.







Now you can understand why I say "BUY IT" when we find it!

Unusual Computer Cases

PC World is my home page. Computers fascinate me. This particular article caught my attention because the love affair between Wall-e, the trash compactor, and Eve, the sleek robot, is cute. There are several examples of pc cases that might interest you. However my favorite was Wall-e. The picture will take you to the article and THIS LINK will take you to a Russian site that shows picture by picture how this this pc case was made.

When Life Hands You Lemons - Race Them

Click the pic to see the flick!

Here is the official website that goes to the articles page. What a hoot! Racing junkers.

24 Hours of Lemons

Kite Control

Stunt Kites @ Yahoo! Video

Fascinating Scientist

Acidic Ocean

Why you need the Sunshine Vitamin

Two articles about the necessity of Vitamin D and why it is so important.

Ruth's Tomb Gets Renovated

Cleaning Ruth's Tomb

(IsraelNN.com) In preparation for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, a group of Jews gathered from all over Israel to clean and renovate the Tomb of Ruth and Jesse (Yishai). Ruth, a Moabite princess who was determined to become a Jewess and in fact became the great-grandmother of King David, is remembered during the holiday, with the Scroll of Ruth being read in synagogues around the world.

The Neo-Zionist lobby "Kumah," in partnership with the Jewish Community of Hevron, where Ruth is buried, organized the event. It involved the installation of new top-quality furnishings, painting, light and water fixtures, cleaning, and arrangement of a stone courtyard outside the holy site.

Kumah members said they performed the day-long difficult manual labor as a way of expressing their gratitude and appreciation for the Jews of Hevron, whose presence in the City of our Forefathers ensures that Jews of all walks of life can visit and pray there.

Watch the news clip!

Sky is off to See the World!

Skyler is off to see Misha for the Summer. He has been bragging to everyone he can that he is flying by himself to New York. Then he's telling about how his big sister live in Pennsylvania and that they are going to Washington DC to see the White House. Knowing how things work with Skyler, he just may get a glimps of someone important while he is there.

Skyler insisted that Maria and Juliana come to see him off. Only Maria was able to make it. He just wanted to spend "some time" with is other sisters before he left for the Summer.

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Part 2

Sky made it safely!!! Click the pic to hear his interview!

Western Festival Parade

Skyler was in a Western Festival Parade.

The Extreme Team kids were asked to help sing on the float. The theme of the float was that the word of God is better than Gold.

Here we have two miners to validate the truth of that statement!

At the beginning of the parade before they took off down the main street I ran into a nice gentleman who restored this jeep. He saw it in a field and bought it for a song then proceeded to restore it. He put in 8 sheets of metal in its remaking. By appearances, it must be his son in the jeep with him. He also has a sign stating the name of a beloved warrior that has since passed on.

Fat Heads and Dark Chocolate

I discovered a nice blog called the Bean Diet.

Quoting its author "Our brains are primarily comprised of fat, so you could say we're all fatheads... which explains why the type of fat we consume has an enormous effect on how well our brains work in later life - what's called "cognitive function" or "cognitive decline".

A recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care (32:635-640, 2009) found that elderly diabetic women who consumed more trans-fat (partially-hydrogenated oils) and saturated fat in their younger years were significantly more likely to experience cognitive decline when compared to elderly women who consumed the lowest levels of these fats.

One of the reasons this makes sense is because trans-fat and saturated fat increase LDL (bad) cholesterol, which contributes to increased plaque formation. The more plaque in our arteries, the lower the oxygen supply to our brain, since plaque limits blood circulation (blood carries oxygen). When brain cells don't receive adequate oxygen over time they begin to die, and that ultimately causes "cognitive decline".

On the flip side, good fats, like Omega-3 fatty acid and monousaturated fat, improve circulation and therefore, oxygen delivery to the brain.

So where do all these fats come from? Trans-fat is mainly found in processed foods; saturated fat mainly comes from foods of animal origin: meats, dairy products, and eggs; Omega-3 and monounsaturated fat are found throughout unprocessed plant foods: fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes (beans, lentils, peas, nuts and seeds)."

She also states that Dark Chocolate lowers blood pressure without causing weight gain.

Water Skiing Monkies & a Thief

Waterskiing Monkeys @ Yahoo! Video

Dog Steals Blanket From Cat @ Yahoo! Video

Easter

Easter was loads of fun at the Madsens house. Here are most of the children that attended.

We had an Easter Egg hunt and ...

three different crafts...

and two bounce houses and ...
(Skyler got hit in the mouth by someone's knee)

and best of all they heard the Easter story by two special visitors; Robolina and Evalina.

The used little gadgets inside of a dozen plastic eggs to teach from.

Here is Sky before his busted lip.

The food was fantastic!

Elder Sister Madsen made special fruit cups and delightful deserts that went quickly.

Skyler enjoyed the food too.

Sky brought his remote control car to share with his friends.

The Madsen's party was on Saturday. However, I had a luncheon on Sunday. I couldn't clean my house and prepare the food because of my back, so Leona, a good friend, suggested that I have the meal at her house.


Skyler made and put out this sign so the guests could easily locate where to go.

Some other singles came over too. There were seven of us that had a wonderful time.

Maria's Recital

I went to see Maria perform on of her recital pieces 'Sheep May Safely Graze' by Bach.

Here is a little snippet of her performance.

Maria has been practicing for months.

She decided to wait until next semester to perform. I'll keep you posted as to when.

God Can Palm the World

According to Skyler, "God can palm the world!"

We were driving down the road to school and remembering a special time of family devotions when Misha and David where here in March to visit. As we were talking and singing a song about God having the everything and every one in His hands Skyler came to the conclusion that God is so big that His hand can palm the world. That he can lay his hand on the world like we do and church when praying for others.

I needed to see things from Skyler's perspective as the economy and circumstances on campus heat up to a potentially explosive nature. I'll post to my other blog Euroclydon soon. Instead of getting all caught up in the drama of each faction fighting for what they want, I'd rather focus on winning souls. Just want to be a light in a very dark world and take as many people to heaven with me as possible.

Hamas is moving to America?

This past week, President Barack Obama signed another $20.3 million bill to import Palestinians from war-torn Palestine.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty443.htm

Update on the Youth Corps

HR 1388 passed the Senate.

I received this information from a friend by e-mail.

The following text is from a bill passed in our legislature. .. Called the G.I.V.E. Act... Check it out. This is sect 125 article 7...

(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytizations.

Obama Youth Brigade: Church Attendance Forbidden

Is this the change you really voted for? President Obama has only been in office for two months. Now we have HR 1388. The Bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) with 37 others. The Bill was introduced to the floor of the House of Representatives where both Republicans and Democrats voted 321-105 in favor. Next it goes to the Senate for a vote and then on to President Obama.
This bill’s title is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). It forms what some are calling “Obama’s Youth Brigade.” Obama’s plan is require anyone receiving school loans and others to serve at least three months as part of the brigade. His goal is one million youth! This has serious Nazi Germany overtones to it.
The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytizations.” That means no church attendance or witnessing.
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Other Links:

GLSEN and the Hitler Youth
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93528

The act has been given the deceptive name of the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (HR 1388) - See 4.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904070316

House and Senate PASS "The GIVE Act" - Mandatory Volunteerism (HR1388/S277)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es_59215X-g




Michael Savage - Obama is Asking to Be Kicked Out of Office!!! H.R.1388 To Be Mandatory!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS8MmyPlRXw&NR=1




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Global Warming

Manditory Youth Corps?????

Congress appears ready to pass an Obama administration plan that could create mandatory public service requirements for all American youth, fulfilling a campaign promise.

The bill, HR 1388: The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, otherwise known as the "GIVE Act," has already passed the House by a vote of 321-105.

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92902

Here is another article

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to set up a new "volunteer corps" and consider whether "a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people" should be developed.

The legislation also refers to "uniforms" that would be worn by the "volunteers" and the "need" for a "public service academy, a 4-year institution" to "focus on training" future "public sector leaders." The training, apparently, would occur at "campuses."

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92288

Sounds like the beginning of Hitler's army when he came into power.

Here is a site that is easy to understand. It is OpenCongress It give the status of the bill being voted on.

Gardening

I planted a mini garden this year. Skyler helped out as I am rather limited in my ability to squat, kneel and bend. He we have the master gardener preparing for carrots.

In my quest to loose more weight, I really need to have fresh salads. How much fresher can you get than walking outside your front door and picking a few leaves?

I do not know how long that the plants will last before they go to seed. I hope a while because the salad was very good and satisfied me for several hours.

The following clip is a mini tour of my mini garden. I have just enough dirt to keep me busy.

My neighbor told me about these upside down plant holders. As the tomato plant grows and bares fruit, you just pluck off the ripe ones off the vine. The roots are kept warm and moist as well.

Since I do not have that much room, I thought I'd try to do this kind of planter with summer squash as it has a tendency to take over the ground with its expanding vines. I have planted seeds in the bucket, but they haven't sprouted yet. Somethings take forever. According to Skyler, a week is a long time to see just bare dirt.

As you can see I have Super Man who likes to help in the garden. He loves to water the plants and spray down the sidewalk.

Obama is ditching the Dollar

I read and article about Obama ditching the dollar and regret not saving the link. But here are two articles about that article. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/chang/40742 ........... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/60523.stm

Then shortly there after I saw a clip about a new business that has been generated by the flailing economy. People living in foreclosed houses. Apparently there is a thirty percent increase of sales among foreclosed houses that are occupied.

Living in a foreclosed house
http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/12573454/abc/20090319/av_abc_gma/_goodmorningyahoo_abc090319_gma_von_fremd

Then saw another clip about the homeless in Japan and the compromised conditions that some of their educated people are living in.

Meeting Japan's cyber-homeless
http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/12573588/bbc/20090319/av_bbc_ts/_goodmorningyahoo_bbc261163archivevideo

I am so thankful for normalcy, food on my table, a great church to attend and that Skyler is in a Christian School despite the quirkiness of its teachers.

I keep wondering what the future holds.

Oh Lord just give me more Bible studies. This world is not my home.

Flying Spaghetti Monsters

I ran across a comment about Alltheism and thought that I'd research it a little bit.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say:

"An alltheist is A person who tries to claim ties to every religion out of fear of picking the 'wrong' one. This in turn forms a paradox because some religions, such as Hinduism and Judiasm contradict each other as the former is polytheistic and the latter explicitly states that there is only one God."

"A typical Alltheist may believe in Jesus, Hindu gods, and even the Flying Spaghetti Monster."

FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER????

So I looked up Flying Spaghetti Monster and discovered that there is a Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

It is at this site that I also learned about a smiling squid called Piglet Squid, Helicocranchia pfefferi.


In these crazy economic times people are looking for answers. Sometimes in the wrong places.

Turkeys

One day I as I was leaving for class I walked out side to a flock of turkeys walking across my front yard. The proceeded to walk across the street to the neighbors front yard to continue their foraging for food. At first I thought that the birds got out of their normal home so called the animal shelter. Later I discovered that it is common for Turkeys to roam free in Citrus Heights.

I googled the topic and discovered several blogs with postings about the Turkeys and even some Planning Commission minutes with the attendees complaining about the birds being a nuisance. They have multiplied in the last decade; from a few thousand to over 240 thousand.

On the way to taking Skyler to school last week, there they were, about fifty of them foraging for food on Auburn Blvd. I just had to stop and capture the moment. They are so comfortable despite the rush of life that roars by.

In one article there were pictures of two Turkeys trying to get into Petco!


Also found something on YouTube.
Another local person posted a clip about the Turkeys. While showing houses to a client she came across a flock of Turkeys.




It is obviously Spring time and they are on the prowl looking for places to lay their eggs.
In fact I saw three female turkeys on the side of 80/99 south freeway near the river. It was a great place to lay eggs. A couple of years ago there was a large crop of acorns that caused the Turkey population to increase dramatically.

I keep wondering if these birds will begin to thin out as our economy worsens. Will the homeless people consider them as free food for the taking?

Another blog posting on the Wild Turkeys and an article about the increase of the Turkey population. Apparently, they have become aggressive in the Davis area and are harassing visitors that come to the cemetery.

Andy Goldsworthy -Artist

Skyler and I watch a documentary called Rivers and Tides.

I thought that it was about Rivers and Tides when I checked it out from the library. To our pleasant suprize it was about a british artist and his work.




Andy Goldsworthy (born 26 July 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist living in Scotland who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. His art involves the use of natural and found objects, to create both temporary and permanent sculptures which draw out the character of their environment.




At his site is a page of other environmental artists.