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He's such a trooper. He ate two cups of Jello and drank some water at the hospital and took his pain meds without a fight so they actually let us go home yesterday evening. The nurse asked Clay, "Are you ready to leave?" He shook his head 'no'. "Don't you want to go home?" Again, he nodded his head from side to side.
Can you blame the kid? Here he was getting to watch t.v. IN BED! People brought him Jello, popsicles, soup, pop, juice, and water that he got to eat IN BED! It was quiet there. He had mom to himself and no siblings were bugging him. No kidding he didn't want to leave. I, on the other hand, did want to leave because I'm now sick and running a fever. I just pray I don't give it to Clay. That's just what he needs on top of recovering from surgery.
He's been pretty much laying around all day today which is good. Well, except for a brief moment this morning when he hopped into the kitchen. I told him, "No hopping Sweetie. You need to lie down and rest, " to which he asked, "Can I walk on my toes then?"
He's doing much better than I did when I had my tonsils removed at 19 years old. I whined to my Mom, at the time, that this was the worst pain EVER. Two days later, I got a kidney stone which promptly changed my mind. Throat pain? What throat pain?
There was nothing funny to write about in the hospital. Although this was the 8th surgery between my kids, it doesn't get easier. It's still nerve-wracking. But having this surgery in a big children's hospital, I saw so many really sick children. I thank God that mine are really healthy.
But since I told you I'd post a story, here's something I wrote a few days ago....
I recently read an article which stated that toddlers are smarter than chimpanzees. The article went on to cite studies that claim the social learning skills of a two year old child are superior to those of an ape. The person who conducted these studies has obviously never met my children.
Let's talk a little about these five social skills that a toddler could be expected to demonstrate.
1. Saying "Please" and "Thank you" - Your toddler should always remember the magic words - please and thank you. My children are actually pretty good with their Ps and Qs. "Please, please, please can I have a piece of candy?" "Pleeeeease can I just have one more glass of water, goodnight kiss, or story?" "Thank you for letting me bring twenty-two worms in the house." And finally, "Thank you for letting me wear my Batman mask to the grocery store."
Yes, they've covered the ground on please and thank you.
2. Introductions - When introduced to an adult, your toddler should be able to say, "Nice to meet you." My toddler hasn't quite gotten to that point yet. I usually hear something more like "Hello. You look like Santa Claus", or "Hello. Why is there hair coming out of your nose?", or my personal favorite, "Hi. Are you going to have a baby soon?" Yep, that's social finesse at its finest. Shaking hands during introductions or greetings is another opportunity to teach toddlers good manners. Greeters stand at the door as we walk into church, waiting to shake our hands. My toddler usually looks at his feet and tries to hide behind me. Sometimes he'll be in an outgoing mood and perfectly willing to shake the other adult's hand, but having seen him lick his palm, wipe at his nose and cough into his hand on the way into the building, I quickly usher him along before he can pass the grossness on to some unsuspecting person.
I think that covers introductions for toddlers.
3. Sharing - It's important to teach your toddler to share. My children do an exceptional job when it comes to sharing. They are happy to share blame. To the question, "Who broke the picture frame?" all six will reply, "They did it!" while simultaneously pointing to the sibling on their left. They're also wonderful at sharing germs, bacteria and viruses. If one gets sick, they make sure they share until all six of them get sick.
More generous, giving children, you'll never meet.
4. Table Manners - Right from the start, you must show your toddler how to behave at the dinner table. I never have to worry about my children's table manners in public. Honestly. We simply never go out to eat. At home, well, let's just say that not a meal goes by where we aren't graced by some charming bodily function followed by hilarious laughter. Generally, enough food to feed a small village winds up on the floor and the phrase, "This is yucky" is uttered at least twice a week.
Perhaps they could use a little work in this department.
5. Saying you're sorry - Teaching your toddler to own up to their mistakes and offer an apology when they've wronged someone is essential.
"I'm sorry I put my sister in the clothes dryer, I'm sorry I squished Play Doh in the couch cushions, and I'm sorry for using your expensive lipstick to color on the wall," are all good examples of this lesson.
Yep, I've heard them all.
The researchers of this study go on to state that children could understand nonverbal communication, understand the intentions of others, and imitate other's solutions to problems better than chimpanzees and orangutans. I'm inclined to agree with them.
1. …could understand nonverbal communication - They understand what that look means. You know, the'Wait Until we get Home Mister' look that we give our children when they're misbehaving.
2. …could understand the intentions of others - They understand perfectly what their older brother's intentions are. "Mom, I messed up Austin's room and now he's going to kill me!"
3. …could imitate other's solutions to problem solving - "Well, he hit me first, so I hit him back."
Actually I think it's a toss up on who has better social skills, a chimpanzee or a two year old. But I'm pretty sure a chimp has never flushed a Barbie doll down the toilet, painted a television with chocolate pudding, or given their little sister a haircut with a pair of kitchen shears. Of course, I don't know too many adults who walk around doing those things either, so I guess eventually, they can be taught the finer art of social graces and in the meantime, they sure provide us with plenty of fun.
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Oh yes, many of you commented that my kids sure like yogurt as a medium in their, um "artwork". I'd never really noticed that before, but you're right! And you know what? I cannot stand yogurt. You couldn't pay me to eat that nasty stuff!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Limeades for Learning
Each year, teachers spend nearly $1,200 of their own money to effectively teach their students, and Sonic wants to help. They've partnered with DonorsChoose.org, a national leading non-profit Web site to fulfill projects requested by teachers. Projects range from soccer balls needed for gym class to ESL materials to help children read to computers needed for a science lab. If a teacher needs specific materials or resources, they can sign up as a SONIC Teacher at LimeadesForLearning.com and register their project online.
One of the unique benefits of DonorsChoose.org is that every day people become citizen philanthropists by donating to their favorite teacher's project. Limeades for Learning is similar in that it empowers Sonic customers to take part and direct which teacher projects receive funding. From Aug. 31 to Oct. 1, customers are encouraged to purchase any frozen or fountain drink at Sonic and participate in the program. When you order a drink, each cup will be specially marked with a sticker that contains a unique code used to vote for a teacher project on LimeadesForLearning.com. Each week for five weeks, teacher projects with the most votes will be funded by SONIC up to $500,000.00. If customers want to continue to give, they will have an additional opportunity to donate money to their favorite teacher's projects.
I have both a $25 MySonic gift card AND a $25 DonorsChoose.org card for 2 winners! Just leave me a comment here with your favorite Sonic drink and I'll choose a winner on Friday, the 18th. Good luck!
Posted by Dawn at 9:03 PM
194 comments:
My favorite Sonic drink is a Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeade with extra cherry! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!!
- September 15, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Keesler Chaos said...
I'm loving the strawberry sprite this summer. It's been a different flavor each summer, so I can't say it's my all time fav, but for now...yum!
- September 15, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Tiffeny said...
my fav is the strawberry bananna smoothie.
- September 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM
- luwanna3 said...
I LOVE the Minute Maid Cranberry Slush!!! ah, man! Now, I am craving one . . . :)
- September 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM
- Jennifer said...
My favorite sonic drink is a vanilla Dr. Pepper. It's the only time I ever think to get a Dr. Pepper. Mmmm.... SO yummy!!
- September 15, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- pednurse said...
Diet Vanilla Coke....simple pleasure. :)
- September 15, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- Lisa said...
Orange Cream Slush is my all time favorite from Sonic..yum yum.
- September 15, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeade.
Robyn (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- September 15, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Cherry Limeade Slush
- September 15, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Just a plain cherry limeaide is my FAVORITE!!
- September 15, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Strawberry Limeade, hands down. Satisfied some intense pregnancy cravings earlier this summer.
- September 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Michelle said...
Perfect timing -- I have a PTO meeting tomorrow morning, and I just added this to the agenda to discuss. Thanks, Dawn!
And my favorite drink? Cherry Limeade, of course. I think I need to go get one tomorrow now. Thanks a lot!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- Jennifer said...
Good ole' orange is my fav!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Diet Cherry Limeade!!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Gene and Annie said...
I had my first one this summer and I am in love now!!!! I haven't tried too many flavors yet but I love the Cherry limeade!!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:23 PM
LOL!! That was GREAT!!! Can I say there ice. I love the little ice. But if it has to be a drink I will say diet coke or mabye the coconut cream pie shake.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- Red Lotus said...
Ocean water has been my favorite since I was 14 years old!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- Nikki said...
This summer it's been the Strawberry limeaide chiller. The best!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- Tadow said...
The only drink I've ever gotten at Sonic wasn't really a drink. It was an ice cream, but I'll pretend it was a drink. It was the Sweetheart Brownie Blast or whatever a couple years ago. It was SO GOOD!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Cherry Limeade is my all time favorite....in fact I haven't tried anything else there - why ruin a good thing? And your video totally looks like a Sonic commercial - you need to send it to them! Love the bloopers!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Let's see...My fave is a Strawberry Smoothie. I know, a little boring! My mom can't pass a Sonic without getting a Cherry Limeade even though she always says she doesn't need it! And my kids LOVE the slushies!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Cherry Limeade is my fav.
Hope you're feeling better!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM
- Sarah said...
Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper Slushes are the best!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Chick Hatchers said...
I grew up drinking cherry-limeade in Oklahoma. Sonic is everywhere where I grew up! I have been without an accessible Sonic for nearly 20 years! Nothing compares to their onion rings with cheese and a cherry-limeade!!! I just might have to drive out to Aurora and get me some this weekend! (I know, it's worth the nearly hour drive, but I still haven't done it since it opened. For some place I miss so much, you'd think I'd be there all the time. If I were single, I would. But not with the family. Too much else to do.) But really, I think we're headed out there this weekend now!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Diet Lime Limeade!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:56 PM
My favorite is a tie between strawberry limeade (Route 44 of course!) and Vanilla Dr. Pepper. They satisfy the thirst and make me smile.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- Meredith said...
Hilarious video!!
I love their chocolate shakes, they are soo yummy. For regular drinks a Route 44 Ice Water. Yeah, I'm wierd like that-no soda! for me.
Sonic has the best ice ever.
~Meredith F.
- September 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Ashleigh said...
rt 44 cherry limeade! with an extra cherry:)
- September 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- Jessi said...
I love their ice. I don't care what I'm drinking as long as it has little cylinders of ice!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:27 AM
- Slatsette said...
Mmmm..... Dr Pepper with cherry and vanilla added in. Nomnomnom
- September 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Love love love the strawberry slushies! So yummo!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:37 AM
- Shannon said...
I work at Sonic. We have people who are buying drinks expressly for this purpose. People who wouldn't have otherwise bought drinks. It makes for a very busy me in drive-thru, but it's all worth it.
- September 16, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- Mandy said...
I'm just a plain old Jane loving the Route 44 Coke. I'm loving this contest because my mother in law is a Resource Teacher for an elementary here and she does spend a lot of her own money... which teachers usually don't have. I am also from Utah which is the 50th in per pupil spending. Awesome hu? Last place. No wonder teachers always have to spend their own money. Utah's education budget is a joke. Thanks for letting me rant. :)
- September 16, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Becky McVey said...
Strawberry Cream Slush!
Actually, I was just looking in your blog for your Sonic adventure when it first opened in your area. It just opened outside of Boston and it took us 2 hours to get in the first day, then an hour the next day (yeah, that's right, we went twice!). My hubby even went one night at 1:00 and they turned him away because the line was too long to get through before they closed at 2! Hopefully it will calm down a bit soon so we can go more ... yum!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Strawberry lemonade slushies are the best. Can't wait until the new Sonic is built, so I don't have to drive so far to get one.
- September 16, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- Queen of pink in a house of blue said...
oh, i love the lemon berry slush! YUMMY!
i agree the ice is GREAT! after surgery once, i couldn't eat anything, but could have water...but had to sip it or chew ice. i had hubby go get 2 route 44 cups of ICE from sonic! they probably thought he was silly, but i didn't care! heehee
- September 16, 2009 at 6:13 AM
Don't know what my favorite is. We just got one in a town near here. Sounds good though. What should I try?
Anita in Indiana
- September 16, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Heather said...
I've never had a Sonic drink, but I'm stunned teachers spend $1,200 of their hard-earned cash on resources for their pupils??
- September 16, 2009 at 6:47 AM
- naiadkitty said...
If shakes count as drinks, then I love the peanutbutter shakes! If they don't, then I'm in the cherry limeade camp :)
- September 16, 2009 at 6:49 AM
- Steff said...
I am so excited sonic is finally in chicago! YUMMMMM!!!! love it!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 6:51 AM
- Deirdrea said...
I'm a raspberry iced tea kind of girl. I really get it just so I can chew on the awesome ice though.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Keri Jackson said...
raspberry limeade!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- Rachel said...
I love no need a cherry limeade on some days to get me through. I love happy hour with half priced drinks. I take my four kids and let them each pick their own flavor slushie and then I can justify my large cherry limeade. yum!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:19 AM
The first Sonic in our county just opened up about 4 weeks ago. I can't wait to go and try the cherry limeade!!! Haven't had it yet, but I know that will be my favorite!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:21 AM
It's not on the menu, but if you ask, they will make a rootbeer slush. They kept me alive during my first pregnancy.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Mynde said...
Cherry Limeade- but usually diet coke!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Cherry Limeade!!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- Jennifer in Wisconsin said...
We finally found a Sonic in our area after seeing commercials for months. I tried the cherry limeade and now I am hooked. My husband likes the green apple thing (weird). thanks for this info, I am passing it on to our teachers.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:35 AM
- Jennifer said...
We love sonic. Even my 2 year old will ask to go to Sonic. I usually get a vanilla Dr. Pepper.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Okay so here in MI Sonic just opened and with 4 kids I haven't quite made it there yet, so I sure could use the gift card as an excuse. I don't know my favorite flavor :( BTW, your video looks just like the commercials with the shot from the front of the car, funny!
Also I told you you'd be fine, tums!!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Cindy said...
Wow. I'm so jealous! Why don't we have these in Canada? Or Ontario? Or in the poor cousin to the east of the GTA? We're always the last to get everything :(
These all sound so yummy -- and I had no idea I was missing out. Maybe I need a trip to Buffalo?
- September 16, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Diet Cherry Limeade!!! Love, Love, Love it....and I don't like cherries....strange, huh?
Gail V.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Rhonda said...
Diet Limeade makes my life complete. Not very exotic, but veryvery refreshing.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Brooke said...
strawberry vanilla Dr Pepper!!! Though a nice cherry limeade is good too :)
- September 16, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Kelli said...
Strawberry limeade.... oh yum! My mouth is watering! My college roommate and I used to get drinks from Sonic about once a week - I haven't had one in over a year and that makes me sad! It just went on their website and found out that the closest one to me is 30 miles away... not too close but definitely worth a drive some day SOON!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- sandyn said...
We just got sonic in Minnesota! yea!! i am really digging the cherry lime aid. heck, i didnt know it came in diet!! good to know! nice to know we can help out the teachers.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- SUchipmunk said...
I looooooove the Cherry Limeades! Now they are diet, since I try to be a little healthier, but still delicious!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Pam from alertandorientedx4 said...
Mocha Java Chiller. Party in your mouth.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:45 AM
my favorite is the strawberry limeade chilllers! Im so glad they finally opened in NJ!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- lovinsanta said...
I so.... love the Cherry Limeades. When I had my son my husband would call and ask if I needed anything. Every day he would have to get me a Cherry Limeade...they are the BEST! 1/2 price also rocks. It is great we now have a way to help our teachers out as well.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Swartzmomto3 said...
I love the Route 44 Cranberry slush!!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Oooo... I have to pick one?? Either a chocolate strawberry limeade, or a chocolate cherry dr. pepper! Yummy
- September 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Thanks for correcting her- - OF COURSE it's "pop"!!
Love me some Cherry Limeade!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Amyb99 said...
Vanilla Dr. Pepper - I LOVE Dr. Pepper :)
- September 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Jenny said...
Cherry Limeade...yum! We go to Sonic after my sons' baseball games, such a fun tradition!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Kristin of course said...
Cherry Coke. From Sonic. There is nothing else better. Mmm, sonic. I can't imagine living in a place where Sonic doesn't exist.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Steffers said...
Route 44 Strawberry Limeade is the best stuff on Earth - Forget Snapple!!! This is an awesome program! I wish there was one closer to me!!
Oh - If we are going the shakes route - I love their banana cream pie shakes too.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:19 AM
I love the strawberry cream slush ... any cream slush is so yummy! Nice ad! You all are sooo funny!
Carla Bryant
- September 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Andrea said...
I LOVE their Limeades, especially the Strawberty Limeade. SO YUMMY! PLEASE pick me! I love their burgers as well! And who can forget the tots! :)
- September 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- Spoodles said...
Thanks a lot... now I'm seriously craving a cherry limeade... ugh...
- September 16, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Lisa said...
mmmm... Lemon-berry friut slush...
no wait! its vanilla Dr. pepper...!!! wait !!!!!!!! I've got it now my favorite is definately cherry lime ade !!!! oh bugger,I like them all!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Cheryl said...
It's got to be the Cherry LimeAide.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Susan said...
My favorite Sonci drink is a Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeade! YUMMM!!! It's even better at 1/2 price during Happy Hour too.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Shannon Smith said...
I have two favorite Sonic drinks - Strawberry Limeade and Dr. Pepper with vanilla!
Please pick me! I love Sonic!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Dayna said...
First, my favorite is a Rt. 44 cherry coke with extra ice. Love the video! I've been talking up this program in Oklahoma, trying to get more teachers on board and encouraging people to go online and vote. It's a great excuse to go to Sonic!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Cherry Limeaides are the best!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Chris said...
Because of your blog, I wanted to find a Sonic and buy a cherry-limeade "shake". I had my chance last month...I was in Alabama three days, and had shakes for my lunch two of those days. One night I had one for dessert. We have no Sonic around here but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cherry limeade shakes!!! Chris in PA
- September 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM
My absolute favorit is Ocean Water, in Route 44 of course. Sprite with a shot of coconut syrup. YUM!!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Stampin_melissa said...
OMGoodness the bloopers were awesome! Root beer in the tin lid was hysterical! I don't have a fav drink at Sonic, in fact I don't think I've ever been to a Sonic. *gasp* IF I did it would probably be a chocolate shake, especially if they offer them for 1/2 off during Happy Hour!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:30 AM
ooooohhh - I could go for a strawberry banana smoothie right about now - yummy! My fav!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Lemon Slush is my fav. to sip by the pool with a diet limeade coming in a close second.
I have had a project funded by donorschoose two years ago. Its an awesome site, because of them we made twenty six literacy bags for our special needs kids to take home on a weekly basis. The kids love them!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Step Monster said...
can I say that my fav drink is none of them because I have yet to try them. Our closest sonic is over an hour drive so I have yet to get there.....maybe a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket would help!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Sonic is one of my most frequented spots. And goodness knows the teachers need all the help they can muster.
Thanks for entertaining us with your blog.
Robin E
Pearl, MS
- September 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM
OMG! I loved the bloopers! How long did it take to tape that?
I have always liked the cherry limeades but my daughter talked me into trying the strawberry limeades and now I think they are my favorite. I just had a strawberry limeade ice cream drink last week. I wish it was summer a little longer so I could drink more of those!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Michelle said...
I love a very large cherry limeade! And I love the ice at Sonic as well. Yummy!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM
This hilarious! Very well done - just like the Sonic commercials!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Strawberry Limeade or a grape slush are my favorites.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- rskmom said...
Orange cream slush - yummo!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Jessica Willis said...
definitely cherry lime sprite. yummy!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- kimbalaya said...
Lemon Berry Slushie for me!
Although I enjoyed the Cherry Limeade Chiller I had earlier this summer, too.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Katina said...
Usually I love the cherry limeade, but lately I've been digging the Strawberry Limeade Chiller. I'm pregnant, and I keep telling my husband that's what I'm craving!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Well, I've only been to a Sonic once because there are none around where I live! Rumor has it we may get one 1/2 hour north of where I live!!! I've only had the Cherry Limeade, but it was delish!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- Lisa said...
Mine is the watermelon sluch, but it HAS to be ONLY HALF the amount of syrup..When I was preggers hubby had to go on a slush run so many times they knew him and my order by heart...
- September 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- Anissa said...
Cherry Limeade! Though I've been meaning to try more flavors :)
- September 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Bekah said...
I could SO USE that Sonic gift card. My son had a major accident this past Saturday where his lip was split in two and he lost his two front teeth! My child has literally been living on Sonic Blue Coconut Slush's for the past 4 days. I buy 2 a day and keep them in the fridge to slowly melt so he can have one as soon as he finishes the first one. Sonic has been my new best friend with this injury because at least he is drinking something! We have also been faithfully entering and voting for the Limeades for Learning. I think our count is up to at least a dozen slush's so far this week!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Love, love , love the Strawberry Limeade! Especially during happy hour!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- Jennifer said...
- September 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I just learned they opened a Sonic not far from me in Lake Zurich. Who knew? I love the Cherry Limeades and credit my college friend Kelly for getting me hooked.
- September 16, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- Denise ~ Paper Ponderings said...
So so so funny! LOVE the bloopers. I haven't been to Sonic yet...there is a new one about 20 miles from me, so I'll be going there before too long!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:57 PM
cherry limeade please.....I am now thinking I need to try a slush to try to build a tower....It will all be good if kids can learn in the process
- September 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM
My favorite sonic drink is the orange cream slush... YUMMY!! I think this Limeades for Learning is a great idea!!
- September 16, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Sori said...
I like the frozen strawberry slush, but if I'm eating I always order a cherry limeade.
- September 16, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- pattymerry said...
I love Vanilla Dr. Peppers!
- September 16, 2009 at 1:25 PM
I have two favorites, Peach tea for when it's blazing hot and Vanilla Dr. Pepper the rest of the time. I think the LimeadesforLearning is such a great idea. Just found out a local teacher here signed up and we are trying to help her out. Thanks for the chance Dawn.
- September 16, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Jess in MI said...
my fav is the classic Cherry Limeade!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Laura said...
Vanilla Dr. Pepper!
- September 16, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- C said...
Regular Tea!!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- Snoopyfan said...
I love the Cherry Limeade Slush! So happy Sonics are this far north now!!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Cristen said...
We just got a sonic here in Great Falls MOntana we have only been once. but i really did dig the SODA>>> i know this sounds funny but SONIC has the BEST!! Ice. I think that it is a wonderful programe that they are doing!!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I'm a teacher and EVERY morning I get a Rt. 44 Diet Coke with lime(juice), lime wedge, vanilla, and easy ice!!! It allows me to keep up with my 22 third graders!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- MJ said...
Cherry Limeade. I'm a Sonic Teacher so I'd love to win for my classroom project!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- Mike, Adrienne and Lincoln said...
Cherry limeade - It is happy hour right now, and I think I need to make a Sonic trip now!
- September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- Purple Quilter Queen said...
Cherry lime chiller!! Yeah Sonic!! Jenn from TX
- September 16, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I am loving a Route 44 Sweet Tea these days!! mmmmmmmm!
- September 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM
I love ANYTHING Sonic!!! Limeades are the fav right now though.
- September 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Missi said...
Strawberry-Banana Smoothie or just plain ol Diet Dr. Pepper. I love their ice. Last year we had issues w/ our son not remembering homework so I started rewarding him for remembering to bring everything home all week on Fridays w/ a drink from the half price Happy Hour menu. He loved it & so did his sister who he earned one for too.
- September 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- healingtouch said...
Strawberry cream slush TO DIE FOR !
- September 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Route 44 Cherry Limeade, fantastic on a hot texas day!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Cherry Cream Slushes, they are to die for I'm telling you. Good thing you can't see the drool here.lol. Thanks for the chance to win and I love your blog.
- September 16, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Chocolate shake.
- September 16, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Ya know just about any drink cause it's not about the drink (which is delish) but it is ALL about the ice!! I LOVE a nice cold coke with LOTS of ice :)
- September 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- tinatina said...
Any Sonic drink with a Limeades for Learning sticker!!!!!!! I'm collecting them for voting on my project #309981 :0) !!!!!! I do love a diet Coke-easy ice during happy hour!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Brianna said...
I looooooooove Cherry Limeades. Oh how lucky my husband is that i did not discover their yumminess while i was pregnant.
I sure could get a lot of limeades for $25...maybe if the family is lucky I could get them one too.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Cherry Limeade is the best! My second choice is an apple slushie.
- September 16, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Oh your video was classic. I love it. I am a fan of a route 44 lemon berry slush. my favorite!!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Your video is great. Love it!!
My favorite is a lemon berry slush. want one now!!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- alli&pat said...
mmmm...cherry limeade please! :)
- September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I have never had a Sonic drink, but I'd love to try one!
Jill in Indiana
- September 16, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Mrs.Walton said...
Can you say "Happy Hour"? The best Happy Hour for a teacher everyday! Love the Cherry Limeade!
- September 16, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Oh Sonic is a favorite of mine and my husbands we both love the Cherry Limeade !!
Billie Jo
- September 16, 2009 at 9:02 PM
- Misty said...
Love the video...I don't know how you did that without cracking up!
I love the Cherry Limeade also and that is usually my first choice. The Cream Slush in Orange is really good also.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Julie said...
I don't drink sodas, but I sure do love their ice. So my favorite Sonic drink is a route 44 cup of ice. Does that count?
I keep telling hubby that I want a sonic ice machine for Christmas.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:18 PM
- Stephanie said...
I looove loooove looooove diet coke with vanilla. I feel like I am drinking a coke float... with the taste of a diet drink, of course :)
- September 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- alayna said...
Diet Dr. Pepper with vanilla and cream, but I also love the regular ol cherry limeades, but I've convinced myself that I'm being "good" with the diet dr. pepper, forget about the vanilla & cream! And the diet cherry limeades really stink! Just my opinion.
- September 16, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I like a Rt 44 Limeade anytime! thanks Dawn!
- September 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I love vanilla dr pepper. Umm that makes me want one now. I would also like to say thank you for your support. I had a child kick me today and tell me that she say her mom's boyfriend do it. I then found out that he had beaten her mother so bad they she suffered a brain injury. I just wish all of my students could have supportive parents like you. Thank you. A. Jones
- September 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Tina said...
Diet Cherry Limeade with extra cherries ROCKS MY WORLD!!!
...Thanks Sonic!!!!!, because my hubby (the elementary teacher) spends WAY TOO MUCH money out of pocket on his classroom. Just try asking the office for a highlighter or red correcting pen, HA! Lamination for the expensive posters we bought...HA! Limited to 20 feet per year, only on Thursdays! BAH!!!.. :o)
- September 16, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- rankin1997 said...
Just a plain Diet Coke.
- September 16, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Strawberry Limeade! We don't have Sonic here but I made my DH find one when we were in Florida because I wanted to try it! Yeah, once we found one about 15 minutes from where we were staying I made him take me back like 4 times to get Strawberry Limeades!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
My fave for the last 20+ years has been vanilla Dr. Pepper. When you're having a bad day, there's nothing like a vanilla Dr. Pepper and a swing to get your mind off of it. Granted, it's the extreme nausea from swinging after you've drunk so much van. Dr. Pepper that distracts you, but at least you forgot what was initially troubling you! ;) Lisa
- September 16, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- Flower Girl said...
Cherry Limeade!
- September 16, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Lissete said...
I love the Cherry Limeade! also like the Strawberry slushie. Yum!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- Matthew said...
Can't really say I have a favorite Sonic drink, but I LOVE their crushed ice!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:18 PM
It's hard to choose just one but my fave is strawberry limeade.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:56 PM
since the closest sonic to me is in chicago i had to wait until we went to kentucky over labor day. i have to say the caramel milkshake is to die for!!! im craving one now :( they need to hurry up and put in the sonic they promised us.
- September 17, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- ClistyB said...
Route 44 Diet Cherry Limeade OR sometimes I will let the employees make me a Diet Coke with whatever flavor they want to throw in. cranberry is guuuuud
- September 17, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Cherry Limeade! *drool*
- September 17, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Haven't tried one yet, but you have my mouth watering for a cherry limeade. No Sonic in my neck of the woods; may have to drive near yours to get one if I win! Thanks for the laughs...
- September 17, 2009 at 1:36 AM
- MW said...
What's not to love?! My favorite has to be the cherry limeade!
- September 17, 2009 at 6:14 AM
- Teresa said...
Diet coke from Sonic everyday at least once! Thanks Dawn!
- September 17, 2009 at 6:21 AM
I LOVE SONIC! Fortunately, they're everywhere so I can always stop and pick up a yummy cherry limeade. Mmmm - think I'll get one now.
Oh, and the ICE is fabulous!
- September 17, 2009 at 6:27 AM
- Cheryl@SomewhatCrunchy said...
I've never been to a Sonic, WAAAAAAAH!
- September 17, 2009 at 7:17 AM
I know this is crazy but I love Strawberry, Vanilla Dr. Pepper. The best part is the rest of my family thinks it's gross so they don't try to steal it.
- September 17, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- Leslie said...
MMM. Diet Cherry limeade. Must get baby up and go directly to sonic.....
- September 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- Pam said...
I had my first cherry limeade this weekend. It was good
- September 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Strawberry Limeade is my fav! Thanks for always keeping me entertained Dawn! I'm the oldest of five kids and can relate to a lot of your stories. :)
- September 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Nicole said...
My fav drink is the grape creamsicle. Oh it is so good and lucky me, we have a Sonic about 5 min away :)
- September 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Kristine said...
I haven't really tried much there yet. Even though there's about 4 of them just in our city. I had the root beer float that was free a couple months ago, and that was pretty good. Give me a chance to try some more flavors!
- September 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- SS said...
my favorite Sonic would have to be the Route 44 Strawberry Limeade (especially during Happy Hour) - my daughter got me hooked on these during the summer - they are delicious !!!
- September 17, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- Rebecca said...
My favorite drink isn't actually a drink. Me and my friend would go every morning and for $0.28 each we would both get a Rt 44 cup of ice. It was the small square pouches of crunchyness that we loved! But if something had to go in there then Cherry Pepsi with tons of real cherries. YUM!
- September 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Love me some Sonic! My favorite drink is a large cherry Dr. Pepper.
- September 17, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Cranberry Slush is my favorite drink at sonic :) I LOVE it!
I'd love to win a giftcard to take my fab fam of five there for dinner one evening :)
- September 17, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- Colleen said...
I have never been to Sonic. The closest one is 52 miles from me. I've always wanted to eat there but I just can't justify the long drive. Love your commercial.
- September 17, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Im just bought my who class minutemaid slushes(and we voted), they loved them...yummy!
- September 17, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Sharon said...
The Strawberry Cream Slush. Love the big chunks of berries that get caught in the straw!!!
- September 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Silvia said...
I love the blended root beer float!! and I have a sonic three blocks from my house, that's dangerous!
- September 17, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- Sarah said...
My fave is a diet dr pepper with cherry! Yum!
I'd love to win a card toward my donors choose grant!
- September 17, 2009 at 8:08 PM
My all time favorite drink at Sonic is the Cranberry Slush... I LOVE the slushies and my favorite is cranberry.... YUM!! Thanks for doing this... it's wonderful to have your support.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I love the strawberry limeades! :)
- September 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Who cares what the drink is the ICE is the best at Sonic. Seriously! We try something different most of the time, but I drove WAY out of my way my last pregnancy JUST to have the good ice :)
- September 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Amy said...
Mmmm, the cherry slushy is my favorite!!
- September 17, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Stephanie said...
Strawberry CreamSlush.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- DeeAnn said...
I buy a large Dr. Pepper with extra ice and a large cup of ice every morning before heading to school. Two of my projects have been funded by Limeades for Learning! Love SONIC! Keep on sipping!
- September 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- Mrs. McGough said...
I love the Vanilla DP, but sometimes it's the Apple Juice Slush.
Thanks to you, Sonic, and Donor's choose. I've had 2 projects funded.
- September 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- ShellyBlake said...
I haven't been to Sonic since I lived in Texas - but my fav was Vanilla Coke - do they still do those??
- September 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Route 44 SWEET Tea - light ice
followed by:
cherry limeade & cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper with an extra cherry =)
- September 18, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- blakkwerks said...
All of them
- September 18, 2009 at 9:28 AM
My favorite SONIC drink is a Lemonberry slush!!1 YUMMMMMM!
- September 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- Melinda said...
Hello there!! I have loved your blog ever since I first caught wind of it!
Thanks for giving me some chuckles!
Melinda Carter
- September 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Shelly said...
My favorite is a cherry vanilla coke!
- September 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM
- Cropaddict said...
Haven't seen anything about this program at our Sonic and I was just there on Tuesday. Will have to check it out. I had a cherry sprite this trip. Happy Hour Rocks!
- September 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- Katie said...
I love the Lemon Berry Slush, but I usually need a caffeine fix so I get a ginormous Diet Cherry Coke.
- September 18, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- amyutgirl said...
On the way to school I enjoy the Apple Juice Slush. After work (and this is truly my favorite Sonic drink) I go for the Lemonberry Slush (Lemon and Strawberry--yummy!!).
- September 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM
- Heidi @ Tayterjaq's Rebels said...
We don't have a Sonic here YET! It's in the process of being built and I CAN'T WAIT!
When we happen to find one in our travels, I am ususally pretty boring with a Dr. Pepper but I can't wait to try the slushies!!
- September 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
- maestraward said...
I love strawberry limeade!
I needed one last Friday when I was told I was being moved from kindergarten to first grade after teaching for three weeks! I cried. I had already bonded with my students. I'm enjoying my new class but I have very few first grade materials!
DONORS CHOOSE AND SONIC are the best!
- September 19, 2009 at 1:27 AM
- AuntyM said...
My favorite is Strawberry Limeaide.
They put a lot of real strawberries in the drink. Yummy!
- September 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Knick Knack Paddy Whack, Throw This Mom a Bone said...
I love Dr. Pepper and Sonic has the BEST fountain dr. p EVER. It is the perfect mix of CO2 and syrup...and that fabulous ice puts it over the top! :)
- September 19, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Brenda said...
Anybody know why Sonic didn't pick the projects with the MOST VOTES this past Friday??? It seems they just randomly picked winners - I don't get it!
- September 20, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Lynzie Haywood said...
My favorite is Cherry Limeade.
I am a teacher and am so glad Sonic has teamed up with donorschoose.org.
If anyone needs a project to support feel free to pick mine!!
Have a wonderful week!
- September 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Brandy78 said...
Every morning on the way to my class I stop and get a large tea half and half no ice. Then I order a large cup of ice, I get two drinks that last the whole day!! Hey, a teacher has to stretch those pennies!!
- September 22, 2009 at 8:16 AM
EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW! He spit it out and then drank it. Gag gag gag.
- September 23, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Kristy said...
okay i totally missed the contest, but i had to comment anyways. the bloopers were SOOOOO FUNNY!!!!! lol
- September 27, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Jennifer A. said...
I had never tried a powerade slush till I got sick this week. I've been running fever and I cant stand to drink water so my boyfriend bought me one and I can't get enough of them now. I think this is great for all the teachers who are going out of their way to provide our kids with better futures. I wish everyone could win.
- October 1, 2009 at 12:59 PM
The new cherry limeaide chillers are great! I use to always order the diet cherry limeaide but now I have a new favorite! Yum! Yum!
- October 4, 2009 at 7:06 AM


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Wildcats quarterback Rian Hall and Lady Wildcats midfielder Merritt Monger were selected to their respective Tennessee Sportswriters Association All-State teams.
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The senior was 112-of-216 (51.8 percent) passing for 1,623 yards and 11 touchdowns. He came up just short of 1,000 yards rushing finishing the season with 970 and 15 rushing scores on 168 carries.
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The Agricultural Salon lasts a full week and is such a special experience. You won't see many chic scarved Parisians there. But plenty of big families from the boonies I guess having a super grand time.
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Le Salon de l'Agriculture
The Agricultural Salon lasts a full week and is such a special experience. You won't see many chic scarved Parisians there. But plenty of big families from the boonies I guess having a super grand time.
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Love the white ceramic cow, and that guy coming at you with the knife :) I could eat that stack of sandwiches that are under his elbow........ReplyDeleteReplies
This town is TOO delicious!Delete
I've STILL yet to make it to the Salon de l'Agriculture! It looks like such a fantastic outing and it also looks like you made the most of your time there.ReplyDelete
Very happy to have read that you've moved to Paris. :) Bienvenue!Replies
I almost didn't go too and then I fell in love with itDelete
Totally chaleureus and friendly
Tanks Loulou!
Happy as a clam in France
I did a little research on international press passes and it looks like you should check out http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/international-press-cardReplyDelete
Their card seems to be the most recognized worldwide, but you have to be a member of a national organization in order to qualify. They have a list of such organizations in the US and Canada on their website. Good luck! And thanks a lot for making me so darned hungry!! Miam-miam!
Rose garlic:) Let me know if it is pink tinted Mme l'Artiste.ReplyDelete
That's an exhibition I would favor:)
BTW those peelers work great..even the Starfrit plastic version..if you are doing a lot..well worth it..plus I love the look of the curly spirals..Speaking of Spiral..:)
We're hooked.Replies
Thanks for confirmingDelete
I will get it!
You really did hit the nail on the head…the reason French food is so good is the great respect the French farmers have for their land, its countrysides and its inhabitants.ReplyDelete
Good food is no accident. It is good because EVERYTHING is respected and cherished from beginning to end, from planting (or birth of livestock), to how it is cared for, to how it is picked or butchered or stored and finally in how it is packaged/transported. Thank you for the great article :)
Hope you WILL visit the Basque Country one day...ReplyDeleteReplies
I want to visit very muchDelete
Carol, this exposition looks like heaven...delicious, entertaining, educational, and friendly.ReplyDelete
I'm sure you've now got lots of French regions on your destination list, attuning your travel time to the season when the region's products are at their best. Perhaps there's a book/calendar idea in that notion...with lots of your paintings and witty and wise commentary?
Ah...but the book already existsDelete
Atlas de la France Gourmande
And I thin this is next on Rachel khoo's to-list frankly
Makes me hungry, Carol. Now about that flying saucer grey cheese...?ReplyDelete
Looks like tasty work! Marie is correct--http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/ifj-members-europe#france is the way to go. It is for working journalists rather with the backing of real journalism orgs. Good luck!ReplyDelete
The IAPP is another possibility and doesn't involve unions...http://www.ia-pp.com/en/benefits-of-the-iapp/freelance-and-part-time-journalists.html.ReplyDeleteReplies
This looks very good for me indeedDelete
- Laura11:05 AM
This looks like a wonderful and educational way to spend the day. Certainly nothing wrong with large families from the "boonies". Real food for real people!ReplyDeleteReplies
La vrais France indeedDelete
Leave yr scarves at home and bring and empty sac and an empty tum
Wonderful way to spend a tasty day!ReplyDelete
You should buy that apple peeler-slicer thing, I have got one and it is very handy!
I want to eat more apples and less apple tarte!Delete
I see the beginnings of a whole new set of ephemera! Hope you have room!ReplyDeleteReplies
I do NOT plan to start collecting cow bells anytime soon thanks very much!Delete
I once was fortunate enough to attend the International Seafood Expo in Boston. OMG, I understand what happened to you, as I thought we could do the whole show in one day, and managed to visit two and a half floors of the seven or eight floor convention. As I waddled out, after tasting EVERYTHING I decided that I could not come back the next day.....the other floors would have to wait for another visit!!!!ReplyDelete
un reve! lesquels je prefere, les vaches ou le manger!? difficile de dire!ReplyDelete
Looks fabulous and now that we've cancelled our trip at school hols next week this is a brilliant answer, Carol. Looks great fun and by the sound of it, we could go there a few times ;-)ReplyDelete
For that blackened dome cheesecake, it's a Tourteau fromagé from the Poitou region which uses fresh goat cheese. They look good!Replies
Run this weekend JillDelete
It's over on dimanche the 3rd
Yr family would get a huge kick I think
Loades of kids
The wine and major food regions are in 7.2 and 7.3
Run don't walk
Looks like heaven to me! I'd buy some sausage and cheese. Though it doesn't compare, I want to go to our state fair!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm no longer a meat eater but I had to taste the sausages here.Delete
You do make it look so enticing! Sensory overload, again! Gateau Basque---my favorite.ReplyDelete
Wow! Who would have thought a Salon de l'Agriculture could be so fascinating. Here's to getting your Intl presse pass, tout de suite. I'll email my son, he interned with Jim Bitterman at ABC News Paris, who now teaches as the American University I believe. He may know.ReplyDelete
This looks amazing! Wish I was there! JeannineReplyDelete
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From Trisha-ReplyDelete
You can get in free as an international agriculture professional. You just have to show a business card if I remember correctly from last year. Free entry from the special booth. Should give details on their websiteReplies
Should I dress up as a milk maid?Delete
I'm a landscape artist...
Does that count?
Love the cows! Wish I had room for one, would love to add to the petite ferme along w/ the goats,chickens & rabbits!ReplyDelete
I have my arrière grand-mère's apple peeler , it still works! You need one!
Oh, the food looks so wonderful! I would be going back all day every day!
Hope you get some goatie pics next visit! Well, all the animals! Look forward to more!
Ooh, that looks fun. By the way, sorry for the delay but I'm taking Biff for grooming tomorrow so that I can take a pic of him looking at his portrait. (His eyebrows are like lampshades at the moment, so all you see is black furball with no eyes ie not v photogenic)ReplyDelete
Gros bisous from both of us & glad to see you're being tres productive in Paris.
Things must have changed a lot if the French have respect at any level for farm animals, I hope this is the case.ReplyDelete
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Only for the 1st time at the Agri Salon.Delete
Chef Marthe said to be sure and get a good one...how would I know a good one?
Not by looks for sure but it tasted yummy there..


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So, he went out to Yia Yia and Papa's where he gets some alone time and one-on-one, total attention. He loves it. My parents (I think) love it and it's a little quieter here at home. I'm not saying it's quieter with Jax gone. It would be quieter with any of the kids gone. For some reason, it just makes a big difference in noise levels when one kid is gone somewhere else. It's strange because if I have an extra kid or two around the house, I don't notice any difference in noise levels. It's no big deal to have extra kids here. But getting rid of one for a couple hours makes a huge difference.
Actually I like it when my kids have friends over because then they take a break from fighting with each other to play with their buddies. Although, maybe I should be glad that they fight with each other. I can only imagine if their factions should ever unite. It would be mutiny. I'm pretty sure they'd have the power to overthrow me and their dad.
Anyway, I knew that Jackson would be going on golf cart rides and doing fun things with my parents so I took the rest of the kids to see Space Chimps this afternoon. It was a cute movie. I think we all enjoyed it. It features the voice of Patrick Warburton. I think he's had a contract since 2000 that states he must be featured in all animated films. It seems like I've heard his voice in every animated feature/cartoon made over the past several years. And every time I hear it, I think of Puddy. (This will separate the Seinfeld fans from the
Towards the end of the movie, there was a part where the theater was absolutely silent. Not a sound came from the screen. You could have heard
And speaking of cicadas, wow are they loud right now. Last summer, Chicagoland (and some other places) had The Great Cicada Invasion. We couldn't walk outside without crunching over the shells of a thousand cicadas. We found them on our patio, sidewalks, cars, lawns, everywhere. For those of you who don't know what they are, cicadas are creepy-looking, red-eyed bugs. They don't bite or sting so they really don't bother me. They just make loud buzzing noises. They're interesting in that the female lays her eggs in the bark of a tree and the little cicada babies, then drop down and burrow in the ground and don't reemerge for 1 - 17 years depending on the type of cicada. Crazy, huh? Last year, the 17 year cicadas emerged and they were everywhere. It was pretty cool, in a very buggy sort of way.
This year they seem especially loud again. Is it just me, or do any Chicagolanders think the cicadas are really loud right now?
Here are some pictures I took of the kids emerging from cicada shells last summer at the Field Museum in Chicago where they had an Underground Adventure exhibit. (Yes, it's basically just another excuse to play with Smilebox again.)
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So I decided to do a "Sugarsweet" FOTD using of course some of the Sugarsweet goodies I got. I used "Stars N' Rockets" and "Dear Cupcake" eye shadow and "Saint Germain" lipstick. I also used "Refined" MSF with NYX Blush in "Pinky" on my cheeks. For some reason it didn't come out as bright when I uploaded it on here, but it's a lot more vivid and brighter in person, I am a bit upset it didn't show its true color... :(
And notice how my teeth are whiter??? Thanks to the Crest Advanced Seal Whitening Strips!
What I used:
- Korres Yogurt Moisturizer
- YSL Skin Radiance Primer
- MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NC30
- Buff'd Mineral Foundation "Chamois" and "Almond"
- NYX Blush in "Pinky"
- MAC MSF in "Refined" (LE)
- MAC Paint Pot (PP) in "Fresco Rose" on lower half of the lid
- MAC "Stars N' Rockets" e/s on top of Fresco Rose
- MAC "Dear Cupcake" e/s on inner corner of the lid
- MUFE #92 eyeshadow (bright purple) on outer-V
- MAC "Top Hat" e/s (LE, from the "Starflash" collection) & MAC e/s in "Parfait
Armour" on contour
- MAC Fluidline in "Blacktrack"
- L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara
- Ardell Falsies in #102
- Urban Decay Eyeliner in "Graffiti" on lower lashline
- MAC lipstick in "Saint Germain" (LE)
- MAC lipglass in "Starlet Kiss" (LE, from Heatherette collection)
And look what I bought today! That's right! Oh and you know I got the DVD too! LOL
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Sugarsweet FOTD & Tutorial
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- ladystarr said...
i love the pop of green, I didn't know graffiti was in eyeliner form also! It's one of my favorite green eyeshadows. I got the magazine too, but haven't gotten the DVD yet. I think I'm getting the one from Borders :). He's so dreamy ;)
- March 22, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- Linda said...
You look sweet! And the colors look gorgeous on you.
- March 22, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- ♥Leigh♥ said...
WOW!! It's bright and colorful! You really nailed this one! It's sooo pretty! OOh I wanna get that magazine! He;s so cute!
- March 22, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- sanniet said...
ohh pretty look! I love the green!! and omg that lipstick looks so pretty! Darnit I should have gotten it >_< I bought bubbles and lollipop loving hehe ohh the twilight guy is so hot >_<
- March 22, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- javy said...
awesome look and LOL at u know i got the dvd too, haha hope u got the 3 disc :)
- March 22, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
is that a real cupcake? it looks soooo delicious!! i use to bake cup cakes all the time! yuMmieee.. n i love this tutorial EYE MAKEUP.. soo purrtyyyful!!!!!!!!!!
- March 22, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- Askmewhats said...
LOL you are so cute smiling with Edward Cullen! LOL I love your make up and the lippie is gorgeous
- March 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Iyah said...
This looks pretty!! awww!
- March 23, 2009 at 1:04 AM
- Marietta said...
I looked everywhere for this issue!!Either it's gone already , or they didnt bring it here yet!
- March 23, 2009 at 1:26 AM
- madison817 said...
love this look! i love the green e/l on the bottom, def gonna try that out :)
and that GQ cover is hawwwwwt! hahaha
- March 23, 2009 at 2:22 AM
- Sophie said...
Love the colours! I love the colour of the lipstick too. That cupcake looks yummy btw :D
- March 23, 2009 at 2:30 AM
- Jo said...
this is a gorgeous look! yummy colors :P
- March 23, 2009 at 2:34 AM
- GS said...
Very pretty!! So far you are the only person I´ve seen who can pull out that St. Germain lipstick... I think it´s hideous but you make it work.
- March 23, 2009 at 2:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Gorgeous look, that beautiful green on the lower lashline makes it really unique!
- March 23, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- XINAR0X said...
This looks gorgeous! I love it! =)
- March 23, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- Leslie Yang said...
:h: i really love graffiti on you and that cupcake is just so..tempting!
- March 23, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- slvrlips said...
Gorgeous look!! I love your usage of Graffiti" eye liner. it makes yoour eyes really pop.
- March 23, 2009 at 6:45 AM
- Sanita said...
Hey Vanessa could you please check your e-mail? I left you some messages about the CP. Thanks! And gorgeous look as always, love the green liner. :))
- March 23, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Tammy said...
I really love this look!!
I convinced the HUBBY I needed some goodies from this collection and picked a few things up yesterday..nothing that you used here unfortunately..lol
- March 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- beeyoutiful7 said...
You are too pretty!
And your makeup is AMAZING!
Great look hun!
I can't wait to try them =)
...that cupcake looks delicious.
- March 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM
- Phyrra said...
I love your tutorial, as usual :)
Very pretty!
What did you think of Dear Cupcake?
- March 23, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- Janelle said...
Ooh what a fun, bright look! All these swatches & looks with Sugarsweet are making me want to buy some. Must resist!
- March 23, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Amina said...
now can i eat that cupcake??
- March 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Celly | La Dolce Vita said...
LOL. Edward!
I didn't get the big deal about this film until I watched it. *swoon*
Great Tutorial, nessa.
- March 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- TheShadesOfU.com said...
So pretty Nessa! It's weird, we have similar skintones (I think, or maybe you're a tad lighter than I am), but I can't pull off that kind of pastel pink lipstick. I look butt-ugly with it, but you simply rock that look.
- March 23, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- FabDiva20 said...
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! You are gorgeous Vanessa!!!!!! I must get Stars N' Rockets eyeshadow and Femme-Fi!!! I cannot wait to get my Sugar Sweet stuff from MAC!
- March 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Arezu said...
Lovee the look! Very colourful (:
And Robert is cute! I started reading twilight and I hate the book, I think it's poorly written and really slow, but I hate to say that I think I'm starting to like Edward, even though I wouldn't admit it to any of my friends since I keep ranting about the book, lol.
- March 23, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- che said...
mr cullen looks as yummy as that cupcake! :P
- March 23, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- LOVEpink said...
soooo cuteeeee!!! great work girlll love ittt :) <3333
- March 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Sofee said...
amazing sugarsweet fotd!! u truly know how to wear colored e/l...i have a question. how much is the s/h on purely cosmetics for a skunk brush?
- March 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
You look sooo prettty!
- March 23, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
that cupcake looks mighty good! did you make it?
- March 23, 2009 at 10:55 PM
- Miss Yaya said...
i love that MUFE 92. really like the look here. I tried that lipstick and it didn't look good on me at all, I had to keep checking the mirror b/c so many of my friends got it and loved it, but i had to say goodbye to it lol
- March 23, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- Maya said...
I love your tutorials and the look is really pretty. I just bought Dear Cupcake from Ebay! (Sugarsweet isn´t relased in Sweden for another couple of weeks, who can wait?)
- March 24, 2009 at 5:44 AM
- Jenn said...
This is such a pretty look!! I love the pop of green! I'm jealous that you can carry off such a bright lippie!! I can't rock them without looking like a complete fool! lol!! :D
And yes, your teeth are soo white now!! I HAVE to get my hands on those strips! :D
- March 24, 2009 at 7:09 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
so pretty! i love the pop of green in there :)
- March 24, 2009 at 7:37 AM
- ruby14 said...
omg i got the magazine last month it was JT and now its Robert ahhhh 2 and row so happy i love bf got the dvd as a surprise i love it
- March 24, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Girl with Curl said...
Oh wow..you shouldn't post food first because I get easily distracted and can't pay attention to the rest of the post haha.
The colors look so pretty and vibrant.
I still need to watch Twilight now that I've caught up with the books.
- March 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
This looks so pretty! I love that it is so bright and colorful and yummy cupcake! ♥ Love your blog I check it like every minute.Lol Keep it up!
- March 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
i love this look, im not brave enough to try it though! x
- March 24, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- ' * : . b | u 3 . : * ' said...
Nessa, you always look good in bright colours! I didn't think I wanted Saint Germain lipstick but I may go back for it...hmm
- March 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the tutorial on sugarsweet...I love the way the green makes your eyes pop!
- March 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
U r sooooo creative, I love it!! I nominated you for an award!! Go to my blog and check, check, check it out!!
- March 24, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- princessvalecia said...
But seriously That is GORGEOUS!!!
- March 25, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- ♥ Kendall ♥ said...
That look is so fun & springy!!! Too bad the MAC Counter closes at 9:30 & it's 9:23 now....
- March 27, 2009 at 6:24 PM


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In its first road dual meet of the season, the University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team defeated Iowa 436.550-420.200 on Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
No. 4 OU posted its largest winning margin of the season and won every event as a team. The Sooners claimed individual titles on five of the six events in addition to sophomore Alec Robin winning the all-around crown.
Robin scored a career-high 85.400 in the all-around, highlighted by career highs on five of his six events. He recorded career highs on floor (15.300), pommel horse (13.800) and rings (13.200) and tied his career highs on vault (14.800) and high bar (14.550).


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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet op. 71 and March WoO 29
Editor: Egon Voss
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Beethoven's Opus 71 is one of a series of works for mixed wind instruments, which he composed in the 1790s. In 1805 at a performance of the dance-like, lively work in Vienna, the audience praised its "lovely melodies" as well as the "wealth of new and surprising ideas". Five years later Beethoven finally decided to publish the sextet. Our edition follows the musical text in the Beethoven Complete Edition and as usual, provides the original horn part in E flat as well as a transposed part in F. As a little extra it also contains the short March WoO 29, Beethoven's only other composition for two clarinets, horns and bassoons.
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- Sextet E major op. 71
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Smith, who has zero formal education in theology, who has never even done undergraduate work in the discipline, much less gone through the rigorous examination of a graduate degree in theology, believes Dawn Eden's master's thesis is seriously flawed. Keep in mind that by saying this, Smith not only denigrates Eden, she directly denigrates the entire board of theologians who judged Eden's thesis and found it acceptable, and indirectly denigrates the entire teaching institution which gave Eden her degree.
Dr. Janet Smith, classical languages scholar, now informs us that she has become the standard to which graduate theology programs must submit themselves. Truly, Dr. Janet Smith is the very model of fairness, humility and docility.
Smith begins her tirade by stating that she is unhappy a master's thesis is published for public reading. We may recall that she was previously unhappy that a man with an actual doctorate in theology, Dr. David Schindler, the man who actually taught Chris West theology, made public his concerns about West's distortion of Catholic theology. Indeed, Smith has expressed disappointment about any public criticism of her idol.
But that is as far as Smith has ever gone. She has never adequately answered Dr. Schindler's concerns about West, nor has she ever produced the evidence that she claims she had concerning any of West's more outrageous claims. Smith has entirely failed to engage anything Dr. Schindler has said in any substantive way.
Instead, Smith has decided to go after a "soft" target, a freshly-minted MA in theology - someone who has exactly the same credentials Chris West has, with the obvious exception that none of Eden's instructors have publicly condemned Eden's work.
So, Smith - with all of her myriad formal qualifications in theology - decides to fill that lacunae.
As is so often the case with the Westian cult, Smith begins with an ad hominem attack. Instead of engaging in a substantive discussion of issues, Smith takes issue with the non-issue of "tone." Numerous Westian critics have been taken to task for their "tone", including Fr. Geiger, Wade St. Ong, and myself. Every time anyone says anything remotely critical of West, that individual is attacked as vicious, divisive, hateful, jealous, envious and ridden with dandruff.
If the critic has read West's works, he is attacked for not having attended his public lectures. If he has read his works and attended his lectures, he is attacked for not having attended the extremely pricy private audiences West makes available through his institute. If materials from West's Institute are used, the critics are attacked because they aren't quoting directly what Wast says right now. West is apparently impossible to critique because you have to have shadowed him for the last ten years in order to be qualified to critique him.
We know this is true because a woman with zero formal training in theology, a paid employee of Chris West, tells us it is so.
You see, Westians don't need to even study theology in a formal way in order to know that a West critic has to have been by West's side every minute of the past ten years for a critique to be valid.
Smith then goes on to say that West has refined and re-written portions of his work, and Eden hasn't taken that into account. She completely mis-quotes Eden - "Eden responds to those who have called her on her false statement that West refuses to reflect on his presentations. " Actually, Eden has said West refuses to correct his presentations, she has never said he refuses to reflect on his presentations.
And, in fact, Smith's "defense" is incoherent on this point.
Either West substantially re-wrote the portions of his work that Smith refers to or he only did a cosmetic re-write without changing anything substantive.
If it is the latter, then Eden is correct - West refuses to correct his presentations.
If it is the former, then what is Smith upset about? West certainly wouldn't need to substantially re-write something that was already correct - that would be absurd. And if he really did substantially change what he was saying, then all of his critics were correct in the past in their assertion that West distorted Catholic theology and those same critics may well be correct now, again.
Furthermore, to say that he substantially re-wrote sections of his work is not to say that he corrected his work. A man can re-write something and still be in error.
So, for Smith's charge against Eden to work, Smith has to show that the original passage is substantially different from the re-worked passage and that the re-worked passage is correct.
Smith does neither.
Instead, we are just supposed to take her word that West is fine and always has been fine. We know this is true because she has consistently failed to provide any of the evidence she has herself said exists, despite numerous private and public pleas to do so. Indeed, other Westians have replied instead by insisting no evidence is necessary.
Teaching Authority
Smith then takes Eden to task for daring to critique West, given that Eden is not a bishop (i.e., she continues the ad hominem). Now, Eden doesn't have to be a bishop to offer fraternal correction, either publicly or privately.
But, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. On what grounds does Smith critique Eden, for Smith is no bishop either? What level of hubris does it take to attack Eden for critiquing West, and charge her with an error (if it is an error) that Smith herself makes?
Yet we are meant to take no notice of this - Smith is being generous and helpful, while Eden is being hateful and divisive. Smith doesn't need to be a bishop to critique Eden. Smith does, after all, have all the requisite formal credentials in theology (no.... wait.... strike that), while Eden only has an MA in theology... the same theology degree Chris West has... and a much higher theology degree than Janet Smith has. And, of course, Eden's teachings have not been publicly condemned by her own instructors, as West has.
Now, notice that if Smith were being consistent, this charge of "not being a bishop" could be raised equally against Dr. David Schindler, West's own theology instructor, who (along with other members of the faculty) condemned West's work publicly. Yet Smith has never had the cojones to raise such an objection to Dr. Schindler.
Why not?
Because Dr. Janet Smith, classical languages scholar, would have her teeth handed to her if she tried it. West's own instructors have said he is untrustworthy. Eden merely expands on that thesis.
Besides which, even if one were to admit that only bishops could undertake this kind of criticism, it still wouldn't help Smith's case. Bishops can be wrong. They often are wrong. As anyone with formal training in theology could point out, most of the major heresies of the Church have been started or promoted by bishops, including several patriarchs (Constantinople leaps to mind). So, West may have the approbation of bishops, but this means absolutely nothing from the standpoint of whether or not his work is trustworthy.
Janet knows this, or should know it.
But she deliberately introduces this red herring about authority because.... well, why would a good theologian bring forward such a stupid objection, unless she hoped that the common folk wouldn't notice the error?
Marketing Genius
Smith is upset that Eden charged $10 for her thesis for a period of roughly two weeks.
She is not upset that West has offered substantially flawed theology for thousands of dollars for years on end.
And if it wasn't substantially flawed, why did he re-write it?
And if he didn't re-write it in a substantial way, why does Smith pretend he did?
Ahh... the horns of the dilemma...
Faulty Evidence
She provides no evidence of any faulty evidence.
It's breathtaking, really.
Several ad hominems later, she chastises Eden for pointing out that imprimaturs are not canonizations. Yet this is a point that even those with theology degrees often fail to remember.
Indeed, it seems to me that Smith herself, in this same essay, had just pointed to the bishops' approbation of West's work as a sign of its orthodoxy. Now she denies that it is.
So, which is it, Janet?
Is the bishop's approbation - which you attacked Eden for daring to question - is that a sign of orthodoxy, or is Eden to be attacked for reminding us that such approbation is no necessary sign of anything, even though you yourself seem to have trouble remembering this salient fact?
It's a wonderful argument that can be used to attack the same victim from both directions.
Smith than goes on to say
A bad tone can convey to the reader that the critic has a personal agenda against a particular author; that the critic has produced a polemic rather than a sober scholarly analysis.Exactly, Janet.
Substantive Analysis
Janet begins her substantive analysis with the classic logical fallacy "poisoning the well." She addresses "only one" problem while implying that there are scads and scads more. Of course, she doesn't provide any evidence for her implication, because she has none (just as she has no evidence from the Magisterium to support West).
Dr. Janet Smith just wants the reader to walk away from her polemic with the impression that there's a lot more wrong in Eden's thesis than Smith can actually identify.
I would have thought Eden would be pleased that West says the Theology of the Body "isn't just about sex and marriage," because elsewhere she accuses him of presenting the Theology of the Body as though it were only about sex and marriage. He can't win!Here, Smith demonstrates either that she is not competent to read a master's thesis in theology or she intends to deliberately misrepresent Eden's points.
Eden's demonstrates, through West's own words, that West wants to make TOB the lens through which all Catholic teaching is seen. Since West's argument has essentially been that sexual activity is the center of TOB, his approach sexualizes all of Catholic teaching. This results in such errors as turning virtue into vice, turning the Easter candle into a phallic symbol, turning the baldachin into a bedroom, and calling the virginal womb "useless." Eden points out that this is rank stupidity (my words, not hers), and exceedingly dangerous.
Smith seems unable to grasp this point.
Smith then goes on to attribute to John Paul II something West created:
West quotes John Paul II as saying that "Since our creation as male and female is the 'fundamental fact of human existence' (Feb. 13, 1980), the theology of the body affords 'the rediscovery of the meaning of the whole of existence, the meaning of life' (Oct. 29, 1980)."Now, a good scholar would be very interested in seeing the context of two quotes slammed together from two audiences given nearly eight months apart. But Smith apparently has no curiosity in this direction.
I do.
Let's look:
1. For a long time now, our Wednesday reflections have been centered on the following enunciation of Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Mt 5:27-28)....So, John Paul II was not, in fact, referring to the whole of TOB, but only to a specific statement made in the Sermon on the Mount. Worse, JP II specifically restricts its meaning to "only the dimension of the act to which it referred."
6. Rereading it, this appeal contained in Christ's words in the Sermon on the Mount cannot be an act detached from the context of concrete existence. It always means—though only in the dimension of the act to which it referred—the rediscovery of the meaning of the whole of existence, the meaning of life, which also contains that meaning of the body which here we call "nuptial." (October 29, 1980)
When we look at the February audience, the same problem arises:
In the mystery of creation, man and woman were "given" in a special way to each other by the Creator. That was not only in the dimension of that first human couple and of that first communion of persons, but in the whole perspective of the existence of the human family. The fundamental fact of human existence at every stage of its history is that God "created them male and female."John Paul II ensconced this "fundamental fact of human existence" within the context of "the whole perspective of the existence of the human family." This changes the whole meaning, especially given the fact that the TOB audiences say essentially nothing about the human family.
So, upon examining JP II's actual words and their contexts, Eden's critique is demonstrated to be accurate. West did, indeed, distort JP II by quoting him out of context, eliding the comments, slamming disparate comments together as if they were one comment and Smith bought it!
The degree to which Smith has drunk the koolaid is evident in her next set of remarks, in which she attempts to get John Paul II to say that everything is connected to human marriage.
In light of Ephesians 5, he even says that the ultimate truth about the "great mystery" of marriage "is in a certain sense the central theme of the whole of revelation, its central reality" (General Audience 9/8/82). This is to say that everything God wants to tell us on earth about who he is, the meaning of life, the reason he created us, how we are to live, as well as our ultimate destiny, is contained somehow in the meaning of the human body and the call of male and female to become "one body" in marriage.Of course, to make her thesis work, she has to avoid the Pope's "weasel words" - "in a certain sense."
As Dr. Schindler has already pointed out - and NO ONE has refuted - our salvation is related primarily to our filiation, our adoption as sons and daughters of God. Nuptiality, the marriage relationship, is important, but it is necessarily secondary to the primary sonship relationship. We are logically speaking, sons and daughters before we are spouse, or, to put it another way, we are spouse because we are first son/daughter.
The reason is obvious.
You can't marry a gerbil.
You can't get engaged to your horse.
In order to become spouse, you must first share the same nature as your beloved.
God gives us His own nature through baptism, in which we are deified, divinized, allowed to participate in God's own nature.
Once we share in His nature, then He can marry us, but not before.
Now, in the space-time continuum we inhabit, both of these things happen simultaneously in baptism.
But in terms of logical sequence, filiation must precede nuptiality.
So, nuptiality must be secondary.
John Paul II knows this, as West and Smith do not, so he knew he had to add the "weasel words", "in a certain sense", in order to avoid being a heretic.
2. So then this analogy which permeates the text of the Letter to the Ephesians (5:21-33) has its ultimate basis in God's salvific plan. This will become still more clear and evident when we place the passage of this text analyzed by us in the overall context of the Letter to the Ephesians. Then one will more easily understand why the author, after citing the words of Genesis 2:24, writes: "This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church" (Eph 5:32).The mystery which is the ultimate basis of God's salvific plan is the union of Christ and His Church, not of man and woman. This is important because the union of Christ and His Church, like the union of Joseph and Mary, is an asexual union, a continent union, a celibate union, and all the more fecund precisely because of its celibacy.
Sex is a means by which the three goods of marriage may be achieved (procreation, union, remedy for concupiscence), but it is not necessary to attain any of those goods, as both Joseph and Mary, and Christ and His Church demonstrate. In both of those marriages, all three goods are attained without sex.
If, as West/Smith aver, "sex plunges us headfirst into the Christian mystery" then Mary and Joseph are sadly un-introduced to this mystery, and so is Jesus and His Church. No one argues that sex is anything other than holy - what we would like to point out is that sex is not central to the Christian mystery, and, insofar as it "plunges us" into the Christian mystery, it does so not because of itself, but because of its consequences, the procreation of immortal persons and the creation of family, the ability it has to help accomplish the three goods of marriage. But it is never required to establish those three goods, and, indeed, Thomas points out that the remedy for concupiscence is better achieved through other means (namely mortification and prayer).
Smith then swallows whole the idea that the Church is (a) maturing in Her understanding about sex and (b) we know this because West is an obviously well-qualified judge of exactly how mature the Church is.
Because he's so brilliant, he can stand in judgement of the Church and applaud how well She is coming along in matching his understanding of sex. She has a long way to go of course - I've personally heard West describe the Church as a teenager in her level of sexual understanding - but with West's help, She will undoubtedly get there.
Smith finds it remarkable that Eden apparently mocks West's position.
Why, Dr. Smith, why would anyone mock such an open, loving, generous person as Chris West?
Now, West says elsewhere that what the Church is teaching is nothing new.
But if that is true, then why does Weigel call this a "timebomb" that will require a rethinking of all the tenets of the Creed?
If this isn't new, why does Smith apparently agree with West and Weigel that this will, indeed, require a re-thinking of all the tenets of the Creed?
Either it's new, and requires such a rethinking, or it isn't new, and doesn't require a rethinking.
You can't say that it's really, really ancient teaching, thus it forces us to rethink the way the Creed has always been understood.
But, this is precisely and essentially what West, Smith and Weigel say.
Eden finds their position problematic, essentially incoherent.
Latin is Repressive
Smith goes on to essentially say that she finds Latin, the official language of the Church and of the Mass (both Ordinary and Extraordinary Form), the "suggestion" of repression.
That's a remarkable stance for a seminary instructor to take, especially one whose only degrees are in classical languages (she might want to point this out to Google, which recently added Latin to its translation tool set).
So, Dr. Smith asks, what evidence do we have that West's teachings cause people to resent "yesterday's" Church?
Well, how about the evidence of a seminary that refuses to teach the Extraordinary Form to its seminarians, the kind of inadequate seminary that Dr. Janet Smith's Sacred Heart Seminary currently offers?
What about seminary instructors who find Latin suggestive of repression, even though Vatican II required all seminarians to be well-versed in Latin?
What about using the phrase "yesterday's Church" to describe the current, official and ancient language of the Church?
Isn't the very idea that (a) human sexuality lies at the heart of human existence AND (b) the Church is only now deepening her understanding of human sexuality - both Westian themes - a possible cause of resentment, even mistrust of the Church and her teachings?
But Dr. Smith is unable to grasp the connection.
What can we say?
Dr. Janet Smith presents an immature, non-theological, virtually incoherent defense of Chris West. Her essay is almost entirely ad hominem, infrequently buttressed by very few and grossly misunderstood passages from John Paul II's general audiences. It would get, perhaps, a barely passing grade in a sophomore theology class.
This is the depths to which Westianism has brought Dr. Janet Smith.
Who will follow her into this maelstrom?


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Ji-Sun LeeAlumni, Class of 2008
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Ji Sun Lee majored in Industrial Design at Sookmyung Women's University and Interactive Telectommunications at New York University. She is taking a Ph.D. course in visual communication design at Seoul National University and teaching at Sookmyung Women\'s University as a full-time faculty. She exhibited her work in various places, mainly in New York and published research paper about creativity, technology and education.
|City of Origin:
|Seoul, Korea