text: The New Testament analogy of the Old Testament Fish Gate as it relates to the spiritual gifts of the New Testament, Part 3. Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Point 1. The Source of Spiritual Gifts which involves All Three Members of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. A distinction and special function of each spiritual gift needs to be understood so that every believer can find or discover his place in the Church or the body of Christ concerning the operation of his spiritual gift. This was a temporary gift that in EPH 2:20 was used to help the apostles in their writings of scripture and preaching and teaching on eschatology which is the doctrine of the end of the world or of mankind. Eschatology deals with the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment. The word for service Greek noun diakonia is translated "ministry" in the KJV; or "service" in better modern translations. Some confusion arises because diakonia resembles diakonos, which though transliterated "deacon," actually refers to the gift of administrative leadership. Diakonia is a spiritual gift of service given to both men and women. It means ministry or service; it does not refer to the office of deacon in the local church. Those who have this spiritual gift serve on committees and in specific administrative functions in the local church, on mission boards, in Christian service organizations. No woman has the gift of pastor-teacher, the gift of evangelism, but they can have this gift according to Gal 3:26-28. Diakonia means a ministry or a service. It can refer to rendering financial help to others as in Act 11:29; 2Co 9:12-13, Rom 15:31. It is a special ability that God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to identify the unmentioned needs involved in the local assembly and to do something about it. During war years when a soldier joins the army we say of him that he has gone into "the service." In the same fashion, when a young man is called to the ministry, people commonly say that he has gone into "full time" service." In spite of all that was against them, they were empowered to be God's representatives in speech and ministry. It is a divine ministry and must have a divine equipment. Some men who have little natural ability have been endowed spiritually with abilities so far beyond their natural inclinations that they become spiritual giants. Spiritual gifts are related to a man's spiritual nature. Since this nature is dead before salvation, spiritual gifts are bestowed upon men only after they are saved. These gifts may be referred to as "grace gifts" (charisma) which are in no way deserved. 1TH 1:5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. It is the power and not the speech that brings the blessing. The gifts are not "natural" abilities, but the supernatural capabilities given by God, the Holy Spirit. You see "the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men" The gift of exhortation which is the unique ability to encourage others, ROM 12:8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation. The word exhort, parakaleo means to call to one's side for the purpose of comfort or encouragement. This gift helps to rearrange the perspective that those who have problems have or to give divine viewpoint in place of human viewpoint. In Act 4:36, Barnabas was so good at this particular gift that he was called the Son of Encouragement. Act 15:36-41, Barnabas took John-Mark and departed from Paul and later reconciled the two. Spiritual service means your rational and spiritual worship. The word function is praxis which means to function on the same team. Spiritual gifts are the basis for the team concept in the royal family. Thayer says charisma means extraordinary powers that enable the Christian to serve the church and the operation of these gifts is due to the power operating in their soul through Eph 5:18; Heb 4:12. The word exercise is analogia which means the right relationship or proportion or in agreement with something. |


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What Size Screws Do You Need For Your Project?
When designing a woodworking project, how do you determine what size and length screws should be used to join pieces of wood? A lot depends on how the parts will be affixed. In other words, screwing into end grain is far different than inserting a screw across the grain. How do you know what size and length to use? Learn the answers in this article.
Spring Clamps for Woodworking
A woodworker can never have enough clamps. It doesn't matter whether they're bar clamps, pipe clamps, quick clamps or spring clamps, at one point or another, you'll likely wish you had more clamps. Even though it's one of the cheapest clamps to purchase, the basic spring clamp is invaluable in the wood shop. Learn a number of uses for spring clamps, and why you should have dozens in your shop.
Handy Fraction/Decimal/Metric Conversion Chart
In general, woodworkers are not particularly fond of having to calculate math. To make some of the math easier, I've posted a handy fraction to decimal to metric conversion chart. This chart shows common fractional dimensions in 1/64th increments along side the decimal (in inches) and metric (in millimeters) equivalents. Print this handy conversion chart for use in your wood shop.
Does ACQ Pressure Treating Affect Moisture Readings?
Most wood moisture meters are designed to detect moisture content in wood using electric current, as the level of conductance determines the amount of moisture in the stock. However, when testing ACQ-style pressure treated wood, the level of conductance will be much higher than with untreated stock, because of the amount of copper in the treating solution. How should one work around this problem when using a moisture meter with ACQ lumber?
Forstner Bit Alignment Tip
When using a forstner bit with a hand power drill, often the bit has a tendency to walk, especially if the tip of the bit is worn. In this woodworking tool tip, learn how to keep forstner bits centered when using them in a hand-operated power drill.
How to Use a Featherboard
Featherboards, whether homemade or commercially-built, are designed to help hold stock securely against a fence when ripping or routing the board.
Creating a Hand-Rubbed Lacquer Finish
Lacquer finishes have been used by woodworkers for many years, as they are durable, clear and dry quickly and can be hand-rubbed to an amazingly glossy finish.
The Easy Way to Check for Square
Woodworkers need to be able to determine whether an assembly is square. This simple tip is based on Pythagorean's Theorem, and it works each and every time.
How Do Growth Rings Affect Wood Stock?
A tree's growth rings, when viewed in lumber, are referred to as grain. Knowing how the grain is constructed will help you know how wood behaves in projects.
Woodworking with Recycled Materials
Woodworking can be a costly hobby with all of the tools, accessories and materials. One of the ways to combat the rising cost of materials is to recycle wood.
How to Match Wood Fillers with Stained Wood
Filling nail or other holes on stained woodworking projects can be a source of frustration for woodworkers. Learn strategies for matching wood fillers with stain colors to get the best results from your woodworking plans.
Ideas for Removing Odors from Wood
Wood used for woodworking projects can take on certain odors from the environment. On occasion, these odors can become so embedded into the wood that the piece is no longer usable in its current state. Here are some ideas and methods for removing odors from wood.
Painting Outdoor Projects
When building outdoor woodworking projects, the woodworker is presented with a problem: how to protect the project from the elements. While there are certain types of wood that are more resistant to the elements than others, there are ways to protect projects that are made from nearly any type of material. Learn how to protect your plans from the elements, so you can get years of enjoyment from your woodworking plans.
How to Cut Curves in Thick Stock
When they need to make curved cuts in thick pieces of stock, most woodworkers head for their band saw. However, what should you do when a band saw isn't available, like when you're on a construction site? Learn which woodworking tools are the best choices (after the band saw) for making the curved cuts necessary to complete these woodworking projects.
Methods for Squaring-up Stock
What is the best method for squaring-up stock? Should you use a jointer or table saw? Maybe both? Learn methods for squaring stock and when to use each method in your woodworking projects.
Avoiding Drugs and Alcohol When Woodworking
One of the most obvious common sense woodworking rules is to never work when under the influence of any drugs or alcohol. Learn the importance of this rule and how it can help you to avoid potential injury from woodworking while under the influence.
Repairing a Damaged Shellac Finish
Shellac gives wood a nice shine, but it isn't the most water-resistant of finishes. Here are tips to repairing a shellac finish, to keep your woodworking projects looking like new for a long time.
How to Fix a Sticky Drawer
Wooden drawers can sometimes stick with the natural expansion and contraction of the wood based on seasonal moisture content. Learn how to keep your drawers sliding smoothly when expansion or contraction becomes a problem.
Remove Nails With Ease
When working with recycled wood, you'll often find nails and other fasteners left behind in the stock that must be removed. In this tip, learn a simple and easy way to remove these nails before you begin using the wood in your project.
Removing Sawdust Before You Apply Finish
Before you can begin staining or painting a woodworking project, you will want to remove all traces of sawdust from the wood so that it doesn't interfere with the finish. Here is a simple tip for removing final traces of sawdust before finishing.
Hanging Cabinets with French Cleat Wedge Brackets
One sturdy method for hanging a cabinet on a wall is to use a French Cleat. This type of wedge bracket can be easily made using a table saw and a long piece of dimensional lumber. When properly installed, a French Cleat wedge bracket will support a considerable amount of weight and hold your cabinet tight to the wall. Learn how to build and incorporate a French Cleat in your cabinet designs.
How to Calculate Board Feet
When buying hardwood lumber, you'll find that the wood is sold by the board foot. How can you easily calculate board feet, and why would you want to calculate board feet when the lumberyard has already done it for you? Learn how to calculate board feet the easy way.
Finding Square Using the 3-4-5 Rule
One of the simplest ways to finding square is to use the 3-4-5 rule, no matter whether you're creating a small project or are building a house. The 3-4-5 rule is based on the Pythagorean Theorem, but you don't need a calculator or need to do any complicated math to employ the rule. Learn how to put this easy rule into practice in your woodworking projects.
How to Fix a Stripped Screw Hole
One of the most problematic experiences when dealing with older wood furniture is when a screw hole becomes stripped and will no longer hold the fixture or accessory it was designed to hold. Learn how to fix a stripped screw hole using a few different simple methods for tackling this aggravating woodworking problem.
Shed Some Light on Your Work
When woodworking with power tools, you need enough light on the workpiece to see the work easily. Here is a simple, inexpensive way to add more light to your work, whether you're using a drill press, band saw, scroll saw or other woodworking tool.

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Those small children times were the best of times, don't get me wrong, I like the adults my children have become, but nothing beats those first holidays with little ones.
Posted by Jane George at April 22, 2011 3:09 PMJust lovely--is that a pink rose I see on one egg? So envious. We have a family member with severe egg allergy, so dyed eggs are out, unfortunately. And I echo the sentiments about kids growing up, especially as I wait for the phone call this aft from my son at U of T telling me that he's written the last exam of his undergrad career.
Posted by Elizabeth at April 22, 2011 3:11 PMBeautiful pictures, and my sentiments exactly, as my two girls grown into womanhood. Happy Easter and happy spring to all Yarn Harlettes.
Posted by Claudia at April 22, 2011 3:13 PMI know just what you mean. I remember buying dozens of eggs and having my four kids dye them all in about 12 seconds (or so it seemed). My oldest is away at college (getting an Easter care package) but my other three (11, 15 and 18 on Sunday!) still want to do all the Easter things. Including the letter from the Easter Bunny that arrives on the wall Easter morning (replacing the one that Santa Claus wrote).
Happy Easter and Happy Spring!
Beautiful pictures, and my sentiments exactly, as my two girls grow into womanhood. Happy Easter and happy spring to all Yarn Harlettes.
Posted by Claudia at April 22, 2011 3:13 PMAnd happy Easter to you.
Posted by Kim in VA at April 22, 2011 3:13 PMI'm with you on this one. Gee if my eldest was 1 I'd be 23 again. Sure wish I'd known about the YH when I was a mere 23. Hoppy Eater all.
Posted by Jennifer at April 22, 2011 3:22 PMLovely entry today! My favorite card of all time said this on the cover: Know what the week after Easter is called? and inside the card it said: "National Egg Salad Sandwich Week!!!!"
Happy Easter indeed.
Posted by Dorothy at April 22, 2011 3:24 PMPlease excuse this form of English, but the eggs just don't get prettier than that. Happy Easter!
Posted by Melissa at April 22, 2011 3:28 PMYup! Exactly.
Posted by Liz in Missouri at April 22, 2011 3:29 PMNo they shouldn't!! ....and I cannot believe how many times my "baby girl" comes home to me and all she wants to do is snuggle and crawl under my skin and nuzzle...just like when she was a baby nursing.
Oh shit.....you made the tears comes and hubby wants to go out....
Posted by Christine at April 22, 2011 3:30 PMAmen!
Posted by karen at April 22, 2011 3:33 PMIsn't it great when the kids come home for the holidays and want to do all the traditional things? Happy Easter.
Posted by barbara at April 22, 2011 3:39 PMThat takes me back :-) We used to decorate or eggs, then have down-=hill egg-rolling races when I was a child in the north of England. A very happy Easter to you and your family, Stephanie.
Posted by Perpetua at April 22, 2011 3:40 PMBest wishes to you and yours. Hope you have a marvelous weekend and egg hunt.
Posted by Sarah JS at April 22, 2011 3:42 PMHow lovely. The eggs, and your daughter, and your post. Just lovely. Happy Easter. xoxo
Posted by meghann at April 22, 2011 3:47 PMWhat fun to have all your chicks back in the nest! (Temporarily, of course.) Have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by Christine at April 22, 2011 3:49 PMThat warm fuzzy feeling is back- this year my children and grandchildren dyed eggs together!
Posted by Gretchen at April 22, 2011 3:49 PMI agree about the growing up part, now I feel that way about my grandson. At times it seems to go so fast, now I laugh as I watch my daughter-in-law making sure he dyes eggs with blue berries and other natural ingredients. I know she is doing her best as a mom and isn't that what we all want to do ? Hugs and Happy Easter to you and your family and I hope it has stopped snowing. :)
Posted by linda in oregon at April 22, 2011 3:52 PM*sniffle*
I'm not quite sure, but I got rather choked up reading that. Am I overly emotional at the mo? Will I tear up if I read this in a few days? I'll have to show my Partner. I suspect he'll get a bit teary-eyed too, especially with his 17 year old man-boy in the house and our own Beaster Bunny preps in the works.
Posted by Kathy at April 22, 2011 3:53 PMWhat lovely eggs! Your post makes me want to go home to my Moms and dye eggs. And I'm nearly 50! Especially love the dyed fingers in the last photo.
Posted by teresa at April 22, 2011 3:55 PMAmen....this is the first Easter that my daughters, 22 & 19, won't be at home. It just isn't the same. I'm knitting both of them alpaca bunnies....not ready to let go just yet.
Posted by Teri at April 22, 2011 3:56 PMWonderful sentiments. But, really, they are always our children! I do remember grieving when my eldest wen to college though.
Posted by Jeanne at April 22, 2011 3:56 PMHappy Easter Steph.
Posted by Kitten at April 22, 2011 4:00 PMAh, but they do grow up to be women. I am long past having girls and now my grandchildren are not that many years from their teens. Unreal.
They never will grow up completely - I know I haven't, have you? My definition of being grown up is when you realise you never will be. Happy Easter xxx
Posted by Sue Krekorian at April 22, 2011 4:08 PMAll 5 of us girls still make my mom fill our stockings on Christmas eve for us to open on Christmas. We are all over 30 :) She complains but I think secretly she likes it.
Posted by Mya at April 22, 2011 4:10 PMI'm about to celebrate my first Easter with my son, and it's hard to believe he'll ever be a grown man!
I'm about to celebrate my first Easter with my son, and it's hard to believe he'll ever be a grown man!
That is really sweet. You are scarily close to the empty nest time.
Posted by Seanna Lea at April 22, 2011 4:12 PMI dyed eggs with my 7 year old this morning It will be a sad day when he no longer wants to do that. Happy Easter Stephanie!
Posted by Jules at April 22, 2011 4:13 PMYeah, I watch my kids and marvel at how grown up they are getting. They get big so quickly, and my arms still ache to hold them as babies... not forever, for just a little longer.
Posted by Leah at April 22, 2011 4:18 PMI can't help thinking of carlie Brown's Easter. When Pepperint Patty was trying to teach Marcy to dye eggs. So funny!!! I'm glad you had a great time with your girls. I wish I had my mum with me to do our mum-daughter things together again.
Posted by Alex K. at April 22, 2011 4:26 PMJust heard from my daughter after lunch. The three girls dyed eggs this morning. Mom hid them in the house because it's raining. They seem to have found 23 of the 24. She has them down for a nap and is hunting for that last egg. Their house is on the market and subject to short-notice showings, so she definitely does not need a less than fresh egg popping out from somewhere!
Posted by Panhandle Jane at April 22, 2011 4:28 PMBrings tears remembering those days. Now grand daughters have their turn. Wishing you all a very Happy Easter.
Posted by Fay Darling at April 22, 2011 4:37 PMGrown up girls are a bitter-sweet part of life. I still dream of my girls as just starting school and yet one is a wife and mom and the other is just as grown up and married, as well. Sigh.
Posted by Connie Peterson at April 22, 2011 4:41 PMI really, really hate to tell you this, but I have it on good authority that little daughters really do become women...my own adult "girls" tell me so. But, here's the good news...if you are very, very lucky, you will have small people again in your life to share these traditions (we'll be egg-dying ourselves this afternoon) and make up, just a little bit, for the fact that their mommies are no longer your little girls. Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Spring, Steph and Everyone!
Posted by georgia at April 22, 2011 4:43 PMCute pictures!!! Hope you and your family have a Wonderful Easter!!
Posted by Rowena Philbeck at April 22, 2011 4:45 PMIn your heart, I don't think you have let them. : )
Beautiful eggs!
Adding to Georgia's list: Happy Earth Day!
Yeah, Steph...BIG secret. :-). Must get eggs and dye since the almost 20 year old girl here will blow into the house tonight with the same desire. Happy Easter!
Posted by Melinda at April 22, 2011 4:52 PMDon't worry about it. They never will really grow up for you, or so it seems in our family. My grandma was still calling my dad "Sonny" when she was 90 and he was 61.
My dad doesn't think I'm grown up, either, and I'm 52 (he's almost 88).
Posted by Kate K at April 22, 2011 5:04 PMLove it!
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Posted by AlisonH at April 22, 2011 5:09 PMI dye my eggs at my aunt's house who had young children. The older ones always have more fun than the younger ones.
Posted by garret at April 22, 2011 5:14 PMI remember the year it finally occurred to the older generation (me and my husband) that we did not have to wait for the kids to come home on Saturday night before the Easter Bunny could hide the eggs. Suddenly we realized that there was NO chance they would get up early on Sunday morning, so if "Mr. Bunny" arrived early (i.e., 7:30 am!) on Sunday am everything would work out beautifully. Life has been much pleasanter ever since!
Barbara M.
Posted by Barbara M. at April 22, 2011 5:18 PMHave fun!
Posted by twelvedaysold at April 22, 2011 5:24 PMMy sister and I still beg my mom and dad to hide eggs for us. We are 30 and 28.
Posted by rachel at April 22, 2011 5:26 PMThis post is so a propos of a conversation I had this morning with a quite helpful woman at the Department of Defense pay section. When I cheerily said I no longer had dependents (minor children) as they had grown up, she said that was both happy and sad. She had never had kids, but over the years, her nieces and nephews had spent a lot of time with her. When she offered egg dying to the last of her nieces this year, the 13 year old told her that egg dying was for kids. Aunt told the 13 year old that she didn't think so since she'd been doing it for 50 years. I hope the 13 year old comes around to your kids viewpoint in future year.
Posted by Peg in Kensington, California at April 22, 2011 5:28 PMYou and your girls make such pretty eggs! I wish I had daughters (or sons) to hide eggs for, but no such luck, yet, and I live too far away to hide eggs for any of my nieces.
Guess I'll just have to keep making pysanky. Can't hide those, though.
How DID you do that one with the flower in it?
Posted by Stefka at April 22, 2011 5:40 PMWhat a wonderful post. I had to hide my sniffles when my taller-than-I-am 14 year old son and I dyed eggs earlier this week.
Posted by PostLeslie at April 22, 2011 5:48 PMI'm really excited about tomorrow. We're going to decorate Easter eggs! The two Bulgarian muslim girls who live with us have never done it before and they have asked to color eggs. I went on a major hunt today and all they have here in Portugal is brown eggs which I find are not nearly as satisfactory to color. Also, all I could find was yellow food coloring. Fortunately I still have some food colors left from my move here 6 years ago. I think a quick trip tomorrow morning to the craft store is called for in order to acquire some alternative decorative effects. I did check out the natural food dying techiniques but they generally call for a lot more time. Also, there's lots of good german and belgian Easter chocolates but not a single jelly bean to be found. IT'S NOT EASTER WITHOUT JELLY BEANS! ( Yes, I know that all caps is online yelling! I'm yelling!)
Happy Easter/ Passover / Spring to all. :^)
Coloring Easter eggs never gets old. I'm 50ish and I love it. (Perhaps I should start to dye yarn?) My teens still love it too. Next year my daughter will be far away at school in Florida (we are in NY). She mentioned today that she is looking forward to dying eggs with college friends. Hope it happens for her and she will think of all the fun times we did it as a family.
Posted by Sharon at April 22, 2011 6:02 PMI'm always surprised at what a kick it is to be a Grammie. I get to do a lot of it again, without the terror of Messing Up. (c:
Posted by PammieTaj at April 22, 2011 6:04 PMOurs have grown up and now we have grandkids. Guess what??? The mystery starts all over again! The daddies hide the eggs and the children hunt for them. (But, since we live in Phoenix, AZ and it's a bit hotter than there we don't use hard boiled any more; plastic eggs with stickers are highly sought after.)
So, the good news is that the grown up kids provide you with a new generation! :)
Posted by Karen in AZ at April 22, 2011 6:18 PMMy siblings and I used to make a mess dyeing hard-boiled eggs. It was fun but we ended up with pink and blue hands. On Easter morning we ate the eggs, marvelling at how some of the dye had seeped through the shell and coloured the egg inside. I let my kids make the same mess. Now that I'm almost an empty-nester, I'm the only one in my house who would even touch a hard-boiled egg.
Posted by marjorie at April 22, 2011 6:57 PMMade me cry:) My girls are 8 & 11 and I feel exactly the same way!
Posted by Jean at April 22, 2011 7:11 PMLittle daughters do indeed become women, but the interesting (and neat) thing is sometimes they still surprise you. Twice in the past 2 years, my daughter (now 30) has volunteered me to do something for her friends -- before asking me -- because hey! Of course she'll say 'yes' and hey! Moms can do anything, right? :-) And I did, and I did. Happy Easter!
Posted by Marg in Mirror, AB at April 22, 2011 7:11 PMTwofold:
1. Have you tried silk dyed eggs? Easy. Google that!
2. I finally have my first adult job and I will not be buying mill ends anymore. My first check will be spent in your fancy-twine-name. Suri/Merino/Bamboo who knows? Rambouillet fleece? Maybe. Thank you for writing your books. They've helped me get this far.
Love it!
Posted by DebKnits2 at April 22, 2011 7:32 PMI think that beautiful traditions are joyful no matter how old you get. (I bet if they all moved to B.C. you'd still dye the eggs!)
Speaking of which... we'd better get to it! Happy Easter, Steph!
Posted by Elizabeth L in Apex, NC at April 22, 2011 7:45 PMI harbor the same secret. I want my girl to still cozy up with me when I am old and doddering.
Posted by Gillian at April 22, 2011 7:56 PMMe too and we too.
Posted by Mary K. in Rockport at April 22, 2011 8:04 PMMy babygirl is in her 30s and still sits in my lap. They never grow up so much that they can't.
Posted by NurseBrandy at April 22, 2011 8:06 PM:)
Posted by Nathalie at April 22, 2011 8:15 PMOh mama. Nothing like a holiday and tradition to bring things into perspective.
Posted by Cinnamon at April 22, 2011 8:23 PMI wonder if my mom feels the same ..... I am almost 57and still love to color easter eggs. No hunt, though. Chocolate. That's the best part of Easter. :)) Linda
Posted by Linda at April 22, 2011 9:44 PMSO true. Mine are 21 & 22. My son is actually putting up crown moulding in the living room instead of making Easter eggs. We'll all still go to church on Sunday, though!
Happy Easter!
Posted by GinaJ at April 22, 2011 10:02 PMMe too, only with sons (almost men). No dyed eggs this year unless we do it soon, but their will be candy filled easter baskets on Easter morning. We all know they are primarily for me. I can live with that.
OTN reclaimed merino and cashmere hat on US4's. Soft, squishy, cheap. Keep poking myself on my knitpicks nickel 16" needles, those are some sharp tips.
Posted by Heather in WV at April 22, 2011 10:25 PMYou're the best mom! Those girls are lucky! And so are you!
Posted by Robin at April 22, 2011 11:12 PMWhy grow up when you make such beautiful Easter eggs!!!
Posted by Maryse at April 22, 2011 11:15 PMLovely!
Posted by Lynne at April 22, 2011 11:17 PMI know exactly how you feel. I just sent Easter Bunnies to my 2 girls that now live in Portland. I sure do miss them. I also miss the one in Kansas, but at least I can drive there in a day if I need to. Can't wait for sock summit on so many levels.
Posted by Vickie at April 22, 2011 11:26 PMI am in my mid-30's and my mother still sends an Easter package. And I still get excited if I happen to celebrate with them and my dad still hides the little foil-wrapped chocolate eggs all over my house (or theirs). I am still every bit as excited to find them! I hope your girls never grow up, because Easter traditions are the best!
Posted by Elisabeth at April 22, 2011 11:40 PMThink of doing it all over again with your grandchildren! - and then sending them home to their mothers so that they can clean up the mess and cope with the chocolate aftermath...... it's called building traditions.
I still send things to my two boys (men,actually) now that they each live 600 miles away from me. They'll always be my little boys! And, now I have a grandchild to send goodies too as well!
Have a very happy Easter!!
You made me think not so much about family traditions, but about our children specifically, the little buggers.
My 14 year old son had an appendectomy five days ago, and is still quite shaky on his feet.We need to keep him moving, so my ex-husband and I took him Geocaching this afternoon. On any kind of slope he (wait for it...) reached for and firmly took my hand. And it frigging slayed me each time. Wish he was well enough for an egg hunt, but I will take this GLADLY.
Posted by Irma at April 23, 2011 12:50 AMKarenJ at 5:54 PM: Check out Yarnista's 4/21 tutorial. She does some marvelous dyed brown eggs.
Posted by GeniaKnitz at April 23, 2011 12:50 AMWhat a beautiful almost-woman. She really is lovely. And smart and kind, too, I hear! Every time you mention or post a picture of her, I'm amazed that she's both so near to and so far from the little girl of nine she was when we "met" you. :) I have a 17-year-old sister, and to me, she will forever be the six-year-old darling in my mind's eye, though she's grown into a remarkable young lady.
Posted by Shana at April 23, 2011 12:58 AMAwwwww! (You know the girls are softening you up to do this with the grandkids, someday.)
Who gets to play the Easter Bunny, and can we see a photo of him or her in their bunny outfit? Or in their bunny slippers? Or viciously biting the head off a wascawwy chocowat wabbit?
(Yes, it's chocowat wabbit season. A wittwe bwack duck and his squiwweh fweind tode Elmuh and I so.)
Posted by Anonymous, too at April 23, 2011 1:28 AMCool photos, but just remember the Easter bunny and his eggs did not rise from the grave.
Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Let's keep our eyes on Christ, for HE is risen!
God bless.
Posted by Damiane Lucas at April 23, 2011 2:33 AMThis Easter is the first time my daughter will hunt for eggs (she is 2) and my son has very few memories from last year (he is 4), so I'm excited to see how it goes. We are dyeing eggs today.
I remember hunting for Easter eggs until I moved out of the house, at 18, for university.
Posted by chantale at April 23, 2011 7:20 AMI really missed the little children, and then wonder of wonders, I got grandchildren. Happy Easter.
Posted by Deed Winters at April 23, 2011 8:05 AMI spent yesterday with my 19 and 29 yr old daughters coloring Easter eggs. Love it.
Posted by Sandy Scharlow at April 23, 2011 8:31 AMMy oldest daughter is 13 and in 7th grade. At a recent conference with her teachers, there were several references to high school. As in "these classes next year will prepare her well for high school" or "this math class will lead into the high school algebra class" etc. Each time I was startled and wanted to remind them that they couldn't possibly be talking about my child, who I was fairly certain could only possibly be 4 years old. Sigh.
Posted by Becky at April 23, 2011 8:49 AMThis is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm also a mother of grown/almost grown girls. I've been complaining this week about them expecting eggs for Easter. You have shown me how wonderful it is that that still want to be little girls. I'm still putting baby carrots in the plastic eggs this year though!
Posted by AngelD at April 23, 2011 10:14 AMYour girls are the same ages as mine, and I feel the same way. Except this year, they're hiding the eggs and WE have to find them. Can't wait!
Posted by inky at April 23, 2011 11:02 AMMy brother and I continued hunting for eggs (and leaving milk and cookies--although that morphed into cheetos and tequila!--for Santa) until I had a child of my own! It was so much fun to share that secret with my parents.
Posted by Jamie at April 23, 2011 11:05 AMThese are the traditions that your girls will start with their own families one day. What a beautiful thing.
Posted by Nancy at April 23, 2011 12:00 PMI know the feeling. I was just thinking the same thing. My teens and pre-teen love Easter.
Posted by Helen at April 23, 2011 12:09 PMThere's never anything quite so comforting as a hug from Mom.
Posted by Leah at April 23, 2011 12:14 PMMy parents always hid the little wrapped chocolate eggs for us every year. Now and then we'd find one we missed months later. One year, my parents decided we were too old for an egg hunt, so while they went out for breakfast, we hid eggs for them. We hid them in the same spots that my parents always did, but it took them longer to find them than it ever did us. We hid a gold coloured egg on one of the brass and crystal ornaments on the window, and had to finally tell my parents where it was because it was starting to melt in the sunshine :) Now with 2.9 kids (was due yesterday *sigh*), I have the fun of hiding eggs all over again.
Posted by Jaemi at April 23, 2011 1:24 PMI never had girls but my boys and I did all the egg dying and pumpkin carving in this house. Holidays are not the same without little ones. I miss my boys but I love the men that they've become and (for one) the woman he has chosen to spend his life with. Happy Easter to all.
Posted by Sarah in Sheboygan at April 23, 2011 2:24 PMI know exactly how you feel. My oldest daughter was 16 2 weeks ago and my youngest is 13 tomorrow and I've been thinking about how grown up they are and how quickly it's gone and how I don't want them to stop being my little girls.
Happy Easter.
Look at it this way, once they grow up - they will bring you grandbabies. And grandbabies need hand knits.
Posted by flaky at April 23, 2011 3:16 PMI'm not sure it's about growing up and thereby outgrowing egg hunts (and maybe sand castles). Maybe it's about not losing the joy of creating the simplest thing that is temporary?? An egg, covered in color and design isn't serious and it's only around for a day or so. It's play essentially. We allow our children this joy - encourage it even! And we get to participate as well.
Oh heck... what do I know? I think I'll go smell that box of crayons that we bought recently (even though there are no kids in our household) and think about it.
Our two kids (4.5yrs and 2.5yrs) will be dying their first easter eggs this afternoon (with our help, of course! :))
I know it will feel like a few weeks and they will be off on their own. Thank the universe for digital cameras! :)
Posted by Simone at April 23, 2011 3:52 PMWelcome to the world of all moms. I love my adult kids, they are still my best friends, but the magic of holidays and the anticipation they had for each one, as well as my joy and anticipation to watch them can't be beat. Now it's moved on the grandkids.
Posted by Lynn Winders at April 23, 2011 3:53 PMI remember you were looking for a shawlette. This is a cute easy one. Bakersfield, by Corrina Ferguson for PicnicKnits. Hope you like it. Debbie, greensweater. Also, it looks like they're going to put something in the Oregonian about the baby blanket group knit. deb
Posted by Debbie at April 23, 2011 4:28 PMHappy Easter too! I just bought Easter eggs for my children too; both the nearly 25 year-old and the nearly 30 year-old. The great thing about reading your blog for years is that when I looked at the beautiful Elsebeth Lavold cardigan that has just been finished, blocked, sewn together and had the pefect buttons sewn on....well, one of the cables
(way down on the bottom of the back) was going the wrong way. And I had this little bell ringing that Stephanie had the voodoo - some tricky knitting thing so that I wouldn't feel that everyone who praised the cardi to my face, then turned to a friend as I walked away and whispered; "Hey, look at that cable way down on the back - it's going the wrong way!" Thanks a million - again.
Whoa! Those are some fancy eggs! Happy Easter to you too.
Posted by thestashattacked at April 23, 2011 4:41 PMEveryone needs to see this:
Jersey Shore Transcripts in the Style of Oscar Wilde, Performed by the Broadway cast of The Importance of Being Earnest
Posted by Tommy at April 23, 2011 5:52 PMMy son is 19 and is still leaving his basket out for the bunny to fill tonight. I'm glad, I probably don't have many more Easters with him at home.
Posted by Diane at April 23, 2011 6:04 PMTwo, soon to be 20 yr old boys/men will be looking for their "baskets" immediately upon arising. Then they will help me make special Easter cookies to share with girls they want to impress. My job is to wear the rabbit ears. Time and change. Some.
Posted by lynne at April 23, 2011 7:51 PMThat's made me a bit....no, a lot misty. I second that emotion...
Posted by Pauline at April 23, 2011 8:10 PMThat was lovely!
Posted by Jane Jorgensen at April 23, 2011 9:32 PMYou now have the best of both worlds, enjoy!
Posted by Heather Dean at April 23, 2011 9:53 PMMy Grand-daughter and I coloured eggs today. She is 4 and reminded me all month that we needed to colour the eggs. The first time we did them was last year and I am thrilled she remembered it. Afterward she kept opening the fridge and checking on the eggs to be sure they were ok. LOL My daughter is 32 and still expects a "basket" every year.
Posted by Sherry at April 24, 2011 4:40 AMMy sister and I are both tradition lovers (as is your family), so we drug such things out well in to our young adulthood. Because my sister is six years younger, that meant we drug it out until just a few years ago. This year, I provided the first Grandchild, and now the traditions are starting up again with my daughter. It worked out well!
Posted by Cara at April 24, 2011 8:05 AMI read this with my little one (not quite 17 months) running around the living room after the dog...and it brought me to tears faster than I'd like to admit.
Posted by Ana at April 24, 2011 10:09 AMFamily traditions are what make the holidays so special.
Posted by Louise at April 24, 2011 11:43 AMHappy Easter! I love that they still want to dye eggs and then hunt for them :)
Posted by Terrie at April 24, 2011 1:30 PMI'm seeing this with my teenager, too....but I'm also seeing it in how my parents relate to ME, and I'm 44! I was over at my folks for Passover dinner, and when the kids got up to hunt for the afikoman (a tradition involving a hidden dessert cracker and a game of hide-n-seek), I leaned in to ask my dad where he'd hidden it. He wouldn't tell me, because to him, I will always be one of the kids LOL.
Happy Easter ;-)
My feelings, exactly! My 17 and 13 year old died eggs last night and I almost cried!!! If only the 21 year old could have been here! Happy Easter!
Posted by Tracey at April 24, 2011 2:02 PMJust wait until they grow up and present you with grandchildren. They are even more fun. You get to do it all over again with all the fun and none of the responsibility.
Posted by Judy Murphy at April 24, 2011 11:08 PMI always loved dyeing eggs when i was a kid. my mother stil has some of the ones that me and my siblings painted (one has a lovely scene with geese and trees on it). easter egg hunts never get old, i always love them (like stckings at christmas).
Posted by Jess at April 25, 2011 5:09 AMThere will no little ones around this Easter, so I didn't bother to color Easter eggs. But I would even do it with a like-minded adult...but none was to be found.
Posted by firstname.lastname@example.com at April 25, 2011 8:39 AMno little ones here either, although my MIL did buy my big teen-age boys candy, lol. I'm looking forward to grandbabies, lol (my oldest is 26, sigh)
Posted by minnie at April 25, 2011 9:09 AMOh, the parental paradox: we want them to grow up, but then when they do, it almost breaks our hearts.
Posted by India at April 25, 2011 10:39 AMOh, I understand that feeling. We had our second holiday with no children at home not because they were away at college, but because they were with their girlfriends' families. I understand that as they grow have up this will happen (they are 25 and 23) with more frequencey, but it still makes me sad to not have my "little" boys around.
Posted by Doris at April 25, 2011 10:53 AMAwwww. My 19 and 21-year-old daughters still wanted to dye eggs. If only we'd done a better job of hard-cooking them! They're a little soft. Ugh.
Posted by DawnK at April 25, 2011 2:15 PMMy bairn (baby) is nearly 31 and still wants me to stick to all those traditions - (so does the 34 year old son who would never admit it) Go with it - they love it either way.
Posted by Lizzi at April 25, 2011 2:17 PM@Damiane Lucas, who said: "Cool photos, but just remember the Easter bunny and his eggs did not rise from the grave. Let's keep our eyes on Christ, for HE is risen!" Let us also remember that not everyone believes as we do, that some things are cultural, not spiritual, and that Canada is a lovely web of multicultural, multireligious/areligious goodness. Lighten up! There's plenty of "Christ is the Reason for the Season" at Christmas.
My best earliest memories of Easter is of my Dad taking us to the hayloft early on Easter Sunday morning to find the home dyed hard-boiled eggs he had hidden. What delight when we found an egg nestled in with a new batch of baby kittens we didn't know were there. Last Easter, I helped my Dad, then 95, to get 'spruced up' for Easter Sunday church. As I was finishing off his shave he said, "Don't make me look too good, they'll expect me to turn up more often" and we both couldn't quit laughing for a minute or two. We sang "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" all the way to church. He died 2 months later - I'm still heartbroken, but I have these beautiful memories of a Dad who knew how to make Easter happen for his kids. Wish everybody had a Dad like that.
Posted by Doreen at April 25, 2011 4:59 PMI think reading the comments makes me mistier than the initial posting! I too, felt this way, with my boys 15 and 12. I was glad they still wanted to hunt eggs!
Posted by Debbie R at April 25, 2011 6:09 PMAh, see, if you weren't vegetarian, you could take away vegetables, like I have threatened to my boys, if they don't stop growing. Your poor children would starve, now you are stuck with beautiful women for children. There are worse fates, but the one you yourself endure is always the worst. Wait, I hear a crunching carrot... stop the madness! No, it was the two year old ripping open a box of peeps. She is so going to be my baby forever.
Posted by Heather at April 25, 2011 7:11 PMI have that thought often. I have 3 teenaged girls. They grow up so fast.
Posted by Faeryfay at April 25, 2011 8:19 PMI know this is off-topic but will your blog ever be available on the Kindle??
Posted by April at April 25, 2011 9:42 PMMore on some crochet and yarn coverage in my area...
tried to post this on the Yarncaching post, but it was closed...
Your photographs are so beautiful...is there anything you're not amazing at?
Posted by Amy at April 26, 2011 2:12 AMLovely poem! :)
Posted by Edith at April 26, 2011 8:48 AMBeautiful.
Posted by Lee Bernstein at April 26, 2011 9:25 AMI think that's how my Mom feels about me...except I refuse to hunt my Granny's easter eggs. I love the pictures (your photography skills are AWESOME)!
Posted by Maddy at April 26, 2011 10:12 AMThis doesn't fit your post, but I wanted to let you now that they forbade my needles on a flight coming out from Mexico (in Cabo) last week. I fly all over NA, Europe and Africa and no one has ever taken my needles before, but they were adamant and even showed me (when requested) the regulation. So, be warned! I convinced them to cut off the needles on the circs so I at least didn't lose the work, but it was so sadly mutilated!
Posted by cateinTo at April 26, 2011 11:19 AMPS -- happy easter ;-).
Posted by cateinTo at April 26, 2011 11:20 AMI am not sure I want my girls to grow up either - I have three adolescent / pre-pubescent girls and most days I just want to snuggle with them and keep them safe from the world - Thanks for sharing your thoughts -
Posted by Marcia at April 26, 2011 11:32 AMAs I prepare to send my eldest son to college in the fall, I alternate between excitement and terror. Imagining our household other than it is right now (yes, even with two teen-aged boys) is something I can't quite get my head around yet.
Posted by JaneJ at April 26, 2011 1:47 PMI'm with Meg: we call them curlies and pointies!
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Adventist University of Health Sciences hosted its 11th annual International Food Festival on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
"We host this event every year to give our students some exposure to other cultures, other foods, and it's a way of embracing all the diversity that we have here within the College and within our Orlando community," said Ruby Gutierrez, director of Student Experience at FHCHS.
The 16 booths showcased food from countries as diverse as China and Jamaica to Turkey and the Philippines. Roughly half of the booths were organized and hosted by University employees, while the other half was run by students and area restaurants.
Semline Delva, first-year pre-professional studies major, was one of the students who prepared food for the Haitian booth. "You don't come across a lot of things like this where you get to experience different foods from everywhere," Delva said. "So it's like a little trip around the world when you go around the booths."
In addition, the festival featured a capoeira group from Cupoeira Brazilian Pelourinho. Jessica Ortiz, one of the performers, who's also a second-year biomedical sciences major at ADU, explained how the dance originated in Brazil. "Slaves used it to liberate themselves," Ortiz said. "The only way they could do it was they had to hide it from the slave master, so they disguised it as a dance form."
Throughout the event there were smiles and laughter as University students and employees enjoyed each other's fellowship.
"It brings us closer, it brings us together. We get to learn about different cultures," said Ashley Porter, second-year radiologic sciences major.
"I like seeing all the cultures come together," Ortiz added. "It's really—I never knew there was such diversity here in the school."
David Tao, instructional technologist, said, "It gives the students the impression that—you know—we're a big family here. They can come here, enjoy the food, the chat, talk to the professors. It's a social event."
The biggest benefit, in the words of Kelvin Santana, information systems administrator, is that "it helps the College unite and enjoy each others' food and company."
Special thanks to the following restaurants for their support and participation in the event.
- Bosphorous
- Carribbean Sunshine Bakery
- El Junqueno
- Gargi's Lakeside
- La Antioquena Restaurant
- La Parada
- Orchid Thai Cuisine
- Shakera West Indian Restaurant
- Tropical Smoothie
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My hair has been threw so much the review before mine reminded me so much of my hair journey. last year i decided to dye my hair i put red highlights in it but it didn't show good enough so i went to a hair shop and got the back dyed copper blonde i loved it she mixed bleach with the dye about 5 weeks later i got a relaxer my hair started breaking off i didn't care i wanted to dye some more of my hair that color so i went to hair cuttery they did a horrible job so then i went home and bleached and did a rinse then after a while i dyed it jet black then dyed my entire hair mahongany then i did one last brown dye and then finally realized my hair was ruined it was past my shoulder and was now at my ears. I almost cried , in the end i started getting weaves and transitioning to natural and now i get texturizers and most of the dye and permed hair is grown out this product helps with my hairs dry brittleness it made my hair a little more silkier and it stopped breakage . I usually put the cream on then a plastic cap and leave it for a hour then wash it out. I would recommend this product to everyone.
I have very dry brittle hair my sister in law recomended it to me. I got a perm 4 months ago and the woman over processed my hair by leaving the cemicals in too long. Then 2 months later i went to a different hair salon to lighten my hair my natural color is a dark brown 6 years ago i dyed it a ginger color then 2 years ago i dyed it red so a year ago i dyed it jet black. So i wanted to go to dark ash blonde so i had went to the salon and got it bleached the woman said the woman who permed it destroyed my hair, its all frizzy and breaks away. So 2 days ago i bleached it again this time at home which i like it better then i dyed it the color, amonia free dye, i want its a little on the red side tho. When my sister in law saw my hair she told me to run out and get Queen Helene cholesterol cream so my hair wont fall out. I used the product last night it worked great i did a little of what the directions said. First i washed my hair with shampoo then i towel dried it then globbed a bunch in and used a little water then instead of rinsing it out within 15-30 minutes i put a shower cap on and i left it in overnight (about 9 and a half hours) then rinsed it out and put a little conditioner in and rinsed that out then towel dried it a few minutes later i re rinsed it because it felt a little greasy still so after i rinsed it i put in a little more conditioner again the towel dried it again then it seemed fine and very soft. It dried a little my hair isnt as frizzy as it was and doesnt feel dry. I would deffinately recommend this product to others.
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My hair is very damaged due to recent bleaching and dying so after reading a tons of reviews I had high hopes for this product. If you are looking for something that will make your hair feel silky and shiny that wouldn't be the product for you because on it's own it is quite dry on your hair so you do need to use a conditioner afterwards. Also, the smell is pretty bad and strong so I don't suggest skipping the conditioner. It's a must! Overall, it's a good product to use but not on it's own and it's mad cheap!
UPDATE: I used it a couple of more times and it made my hair worse!! It now looks and feels so much more damaged, I don't think I'll be using it again. WASTE of money
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I love this product. My hair are overall pretty healthy, the only think I do to them is sometime blow-dry them (1-2 a week, only when I need them to be perfect), but I like to do some treatment from time to time.
So I am writing this review right after the first use, and I love how my hair look. I followed the directions on the package, worked pretty well with me. I don't have a heating cap, but I heated my towel and in a few minutes after I left the bath and it got cool again I was just blowing it with hair drier for 40-50 minutes with breaks. Rinsed them with very warm water and now they are dry and pretty more than usually.
Totally going to use this cholesterol further.
I went to a hair salon to get highlights & the lady melted my hair. My hair was falling out & i could not get a brush threw it & my reg conditioner was not helping...a lady told me to try this so i looked it up on this site & read a million reviews & was scared to try it because there was a few bad reviews but i figured what the heck couldn't hurt it anymore! The first night after usen it my hair was not falling out & was very soft & i would brush it again!
My method is...wash & condition my hair, towel dry, apply the cholestrol cream, add a little hot/warm water to work it thur a lil easier, put hair in a bun & place a shower cap on & leave it on over night. Next morning just shampoo it out. Leaves hair very soft! continued >>
I have been using this product since my teens and now in my 30s. I have fine wavy hair and when first introduced to this product, I was told it was only for women of ethnicity. However I figured if it was giving them great hair they why not me!!
I have tried this product in two ways. First by shampooing and then conditioning with this product. For my hair, it left it to greasy. I only did that once. Moving forward, I put it on in the night before bed. When I wake up in the morning I shampoo it and then condition with my normal conditioner and that does the trick. It works amazing in my hair without leaving it greasy. Depending on your hair type, you need to play with it. Method number 2 has always worked for me with no problem. Every time i use it, even the men I work with tell me how great my hair looks! I swear by this product and its dirt cheap!!


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It was once perceived as a little fast, but in my opinion the double breasted waistcoat worn by André Churchwell is a fine complement to his gray single breasted suit. As I have written in the past, the cut is just rare enough to add interest to an otherwise conservative ensemble. It is probably a bit too dandified for very conservative offices but perfect for a well established man like the good doctor who can wear what he wants.
Churchwell's ensemble also demonstrates the efficacy of both the pink shirt and the necktie with a black ground in combination with gray jackets. Each looks better than blue would in this context. Not to mention that the dark gray is complemented nicely by black shoes (as would be a dark brown suit, but that is for another time).


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I am posting this Mac forum as there are some workarounds to my issue on Windows. In my game I am using data files (simple text files) - let us say abc.txt, xyz.txt, etc. In my code I am able to open them as -- working_directory+"/data/level1/"+"abc.txt"......
Everything works fine. When I create an executable and send it to anyone with the data file they are unable to use it as the app is looking specifically the working directory name in my computer i.e. /Users/myname/Desktop/ etc...
The only way someone else is able to play the game is my creating a user on their Macs with "myname" and cppying the data file there.
Any pointers or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
*** SOLVED *** (thanks to all who replied)
I have resolved this as follows:
1. Created a separate version of code to make the executable (seem to be the cleanest way to this)
2. In the Include option (GLobal Game Settings), I have selected the data files and indicated they be exported to a Temporary Folder (all other options create path name conflicts)
3. Did *not* select Remove files option!
4. CHanged my code to refer to use files from the temporary folder
5. Backed up all my data files and then created/tested the executable and it all works
Pl see the instructions here - http://gamemaker.inf.../302_06_include paying attention to all the bold text!
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"When people ask me why I love to coach, all they needed to do was watch Sam K finish today. It was as exciting as anything in sports to watch Sam come down the last long hill in a tuck smiling and yelling "I did it," and finish with his fists pumping in the air. To any of you who are unsure about racing, I really want to encourage you to come out and watch the next race and just enjoy skiing around and rooting on your teammates." - Coach Reilly, BCD Cross-Country
BCD winter sports are in full swing – ski races, basketball games, indoor soccer. Come out and watch our athletes! In the meantime, here are some fabulous pictures, taken by John Dolan, of the race Coach Reilly was writing about: http://johndolan.com/bcdnordicski/content/_MG_0901_large.html.
CLASSICS DAY - January 20
BCD's Upper School Latin students joined the Pioneer Valley Classical Association annual Classics Day at Mount Holyoke College . They enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with their peers from Amherst, Herberg, Lenox, Pittsfield, Taconic and Williston. BCD students received the following awards:
• Sculpture – First Place: Alaina G (G8); Second Place: Rebecca vdM (G8); and Third Place: Andrea V (G7)
• Drawing/Painting – First Place: Elise G (G8); Second Place: Harper G (G8); and Third Place: Francesca L (G8)
• Mosaic – First Place: Sam K (G8)
• Military – First Place: Henry D (G7) and Third Place: Cooper P (G7)
• First Place: Christopher M (G7) as "Achilles"
• Second Place: Rebecca vdM (G8) as "Demeter"
• Advanced Drama – Second Place: Elise G (G8) and Nicholas R (G8); Third Place: Isabelle R (G9) and Rebecca vdM (G8)
• Advanced Poetry – First Place: Ian P (G8)
• Intermediate Prose – Second Place: Sam K (G8)
• Novice Poetry – Second Place: Emily Y (G7)
• Latin II – First Place: BCD: Isabelle R (G9), Elise G (G8), Emma L (G8), and Jacob L (G8)
• Novice/Latin I – Second Place: BCD: Alec G (G7), Jesse K (G7), Asa M (G7) and Sam S (G7)
• Mythology – First Place: White Team of Alaina G (G8), Jacob L (G8), Jesse C (G7) and Cooper P (G7); Third Place: Blue team of Frank P (G8), Nicholas R (G8), and Teddy M (G7) and Jackson R (G7)
Two more spots are available for our Current Parent Open House on Wednesday, February 1. This event is an opportunity for current parents to spend the morning getting to know the entire BCD program, visiting classes, and chatting with administrators.
Family Movie Night – The Parents' Association will be showing Mary Poppins on Saturday, February 4 at 5:30 p.m. Pizza will be offered at $1 a slice and popcorn will be available at no charge. We encourage you to bring own bottle of water, as we are trying to cut down on plastic. Please remember thatthis is not a drop-off event; children must be accompanied by an adult. We expect this to be a jolly good time, so please join us!
2012/2013 school year enrollment contracts should be signed and returned with the proper tuition deposit by February 15, 2012. Please note that the school's tuition structure is tied to the deadline for submitting the enrollment contracts with a deposit – there is a savings for those who return contracts by the deadline.
Completed Financial Aid Applications must be completed and submitted on-line for processing by February 1, 2012, and a copy of tax returns and schedules must be received by BCD on or before February 15, 2012. Here is the link for applying: http://sss.nais.org/parents/
Mon Jan 30
3:30 pm Varsity Basketball vs Mt Everett Away PPU 5:00 pm
5:30 pm Nordic Skiing @ Berkshire East – TENTATIVE
Wed Feb 1
8:00 am Parents (pre-registered) Visit BCD Day
4:30 pm Varsity Basketball vs CYC @ HOME PPU
6-7 pm Grades 7-9 Trip Information Meeting, required for parents
Thu Feb 2
8:10 am Development Committee Meeting
9:30-11:30 am PK & K to Norman Rockwell Museum
11:25 am Grade 9 Lunch Bunch
4:30 pm St Stephen's Table, US volunteers
5:30 pm Finance Committee Meeting
6:15 pm Executive Committee Meeting
7-8:30 pm Indoor Soccer
Fri Feb 3
10-11 am BCD Music & Me, Leo the Late Bloomer
12:45 pm Ski Friday – PK-4 dismiss 12:45; 5-9 dismiss 1:20
Sat Feb 4
9:30 am Nordic Skiing @ Notchview
10 am-4 pm US Winter Theater set build,Winthrop
5:30 pm Family Movie Night, Mary Poppins
Mon Feb 6
3:30 pm Grade 6 Girls' Basketball vs Steiner @ Home
3:30 pm Varsity Basketball vs Steiner @ Simon's Rock PPU 5:30
Tue Feb 7
9-11 am Grade 3 to Colonial Theater, Frindle
11:25 am Grade 5 Lunch Bunch
Wed Feb 8
Alaska Day for PS and LS
11:25 am Grade 1 Lunch Bunch
11:55 am Grade 4 Lunch Bunch
4:15 pm Varsity Basketball vs Mt Everett HOME PPU 5:30
Thu Feb 9
5:30 pm Committee on Trustees and Governance
7 pm Board of Trustees Meeting
7-8:30 pm Indoor Soccer
Fri Feb 10
8:15-9:15 am ArtSoiree Committee meeting, Band Room
10-11 am BCD Music & Me, Goodnight Moon, Let's Look at the Stars
12:45 pm Ski Friday – PK-4 dismiss 12:45; 5-9 dismiss 1:20
3:30 pm JV and Varsity Alpine Skiing vs Rumsey @ Bousquet
Sat Feb 11
10 am Nordic Skiing @ Mt Greylock High School
Sun Feb 12
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The cultural-artistic life that Blythe has managed to lead without venturing overly far from Suffolk is a rich and fantastic and formidable one. You will expect that he knew Britten and Forster and John Nash and the Holsts; I bet you hadn't anticipated that he once had a fling with Patricia Highsmith.
"Well, it wasn't my fault really. She lived four miles from me and she came over every week for several years. I admired her enormously. She was a very strange, mysterious woman. She was lesbian but at the same time she found men's bodies beautiful. And I think she found me beautiful. But it was ridiculous, really. She also drank like a fish which I don't do."
As for where he lives and what he has made of it in words, Blythe could not be more touchingly direct:
"If you go for walks with a friend in the countryside, that is a lovely experience. But if you live as I live in the middle of nowhere by yourself, that's another experience. There's nothing mystical about it, but it makes me dream. If you're in this house, surrounded by fields every day, something happens to you. I don't know what it is."


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TRR: UN Arms Treaty Dead
Talks over the UN Arms Trade Treaty fell apart today, effectively killing the agreement. The Arms Trade Treaty Legal Blog reports that the process seemed to be moving to completion when the United States requested an extension to the time to negotiate the agreement. This opened the door to other countries to begin registering objections, and it soon became clear that reaching agreement within the allowed timeframe would be impossible. The proposed treaty, which raised considerable domestic opposition from gun rights advocates in the United States, died before it had a chance to become a threat. As a delegate from China observed, "C'est la vie et la vie c'est ça."
The UN may take up the matter at a later date, but for now it is on indefinite hiatus.
This is very interesting! I never thought about it this way.
The Lawyers' Party, By Bruce Walker
The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers' Party.
Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer.
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer.
John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards was a lawyer.
Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).
Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.
Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:
Harry Reid is a lawyer. Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.
The Republican Party is different.
President Bush is a businessman.
Vice President Cheney is a businessman.
The leaders of the Republican Revolution:
Newt Gingrich was a history professor.
Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist.
Speaker of the House John Boehner was a plastic manufacturer.
The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.
Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.
The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.
The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers. Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, likeFrist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich. The Lawyers Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies ofAmerica .. And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyers Party, grow.
Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail?....Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation. This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people. Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side.
Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine. But it is an awful way to govern a great nation. When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become adverse parties of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit. We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.
Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too big.
When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.
Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business. Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work. Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.
The United States has 5% of the world's population and 66% of the world's lawyers! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party. When you see that 97%of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association go to the Democrat Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!
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While the Arms Treaty has failed for now,the Senate has S.A. 2575 with an Arms control Amendment 3414 which infringes on the 1st & 2nd Amendments. Contact your senators & tell them, "do not pass this bill."
The entire UN still should be given one hour to get out of the US or face the hangman. Same with ZERO & company.
Amen to all these good comments...stay vigilant...watch OBozo like a hawk, and Janet, and Eric, and all the P heads! I do believe the UN Treaty would have been a launch pad for the president t tie a giant gun gravb onto. It's gone, for now, but I ahve no doubt he will find another mechanism to try this; likely by Executive Order due to an "emergency" connected with the election/election results, or something else. Be especially on guard if the president is NOT re-elected and has two plus months of lame duck rule to pulll all sorts of crap...and he'll need to get our guns to do it! Stay ready!!
I am relieved to hear that hte U N Arms Treaty failed. However I don't think it can be said to be dead because they will keep trying.
Please read this article about the DICK ACT of 1902... Gun Control Forbidden and can't be repealed, it would be in violation of the Constitution.
Next time they try to enact Gun Control we need to be ready to send this information to all members of the Senate. Please read: http://www.knowthelies.com/?q=node/3949 This time we got lucky, we need to nip this in the bud before it gets started next time.
If I read right, DHS 450 Million .40 cal rounds for = 1,000 H & K Machine or
Submachine Guns, clip empties in 3 sec. Read the long list, other "goodies"
ordered with YOUR TAX DOLLARS. To be used AGAINST US!!!
I was going to celebrate the Arms Treaty, bought a new pistol today.
Buy some ammo Every Month! Around Election Time, Good Luck.
Let them turn the thgs loose, I can get pretty damn dirty myself. The more the merrier. To me if that treaty had been signed and ratified that is a act of war, but thank God for it falling. George we need to throw all those sobs out and the un.
Amen ! Well folks it was a very good Drill and I hope we have learned from it ! You can bet it won't go away and we should look at what we have and what we could of had to do.
We need to Thank Our Lord for more time to get ready for the next move !
like the UN it's self this NEEDS A STAKE DRIVEN INTO IT'S EVIL SATAN DRIVEN BLACK HEART.
and DON'T let your guard down.
this might just be a DISTRACTION like the RIGHT hand NOT knowing what the LEFT HAND IS DOING.
Semper Fi.
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Compete in a Disney Track & Field Series meet at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Our state-of-the-art facilities will provide you with the perfect setting to perform at your best. Continue your magical experience after the meet by visiting the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks.
It takes a team to make the dream of going to Disney World for student athletes come true. Working with Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Alamo Rent-A-Car, we developed a program that allows you to earn fundraising dollars for your team while doing an everyday activity - renting a car.
Once you've registered for the program, 5% of qualifying purchases from you, family and friends will go to your team. While the program can be used for travel at any time, your upcoming trip to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex would be a great opportunity to earn extra funds for your team.
ESPN wants to help support your team, club or organization. When you sell 2-year subscriptions to ESPN The Magazine, your team keeps 75% on the spot! That's $30 per subscription!
Your donors will receive over 80% off the newsstand prices plus they will receive 2 years of ESPN Insider as well. Click here for more details on how to sign up.
The Track and Field Complex at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will be used for the Disney Track and Field Showcase.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Guest Information and Policies
Spectator admission is required for all events at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Guest Information and Policies


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