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Students look at the difficulties of establishing a shared set of rules.
By the end of the lesson, students should understand:
What is the EU constitution?
Brainstorm what students understand by the term European Union constitution and write a class list of their ideas.
Explain that the European Union is a group of 25 countries forming a kind of club with members.
The members have lots of agreements to help them work together. But many people say this is not enough. They want one rule book to set out what all the members can and cannot do.
This rule book is called the European Union constitution.
However, the set of rules will only become law if all 25 members agree to it by the end of October 2006.
This explanation is taken from Newsround's guide to the EU Constitution.
French and Dutch referenda
Ask the class the following questions:
They are available on a printable worksheet by clicking on the link in the blue box.
1. Which two countries have recently rejected the new set of rules for the European Union?
Netherlands and France.
2. Which nine countries have agreed to accept the new set of rules for the European Union?
Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
3. How many countries have to agree to the new set of rules for it to become law?
All 25 European Union members.
4. What could be the benefits of having one set of rules for all 25 countries in the European Union?
It could bring people in the 25 countries closer, making it easier for them to work and live together.
5. What might be some of the drawbacks of adopting one set of rules?
It could strip countries of their independence and identity.
With the rapid expansion, it mean new members are unable to join the EU for a while.
6. What does the British government plan to do about the EU constitution?
People in the UK will are expected to vote on the constitution in 2006, but this might be delayed.
One rule for all
Students imagine they are the head of a school. Individually they write down one rule about school uniform in their school.
Tell students that the six schools in the town have decided to work together to create a set of uniform rules to suit ALL their pupils.
In groups of six, students take turns to read out their school rules then try to come to an agreement about uniform.
One student from each group reports back to the class on how their discussions went and whether they managed to work together to come to an agreed set of rules.
Tell students that all the schools in the area (as many as there are children in the class) have decided to work together to create a set of common uniform rules.
Acting as head teachers, the whole class must now decide on a set of rules to suit ALL their pupils.
How do they go about doing this?
Some suggestions:
Ask students:
Students imagine they are a head teacher whose original uniform rule has been scrapped. They write a letter or design a leaflet for parents, outlining the new uniform rules and explaining why they have changed.
The groups of six students reflect the six countries that clubbed together to pool steel and coal supplies in 1951.
The European Coal and Steel Community came into existence in July 1952.
Moves to create a broader "common market" began with the creation of the European Economic Community, six years later.
In 1973, the UK joined the European Union along with two other countries.
There are now 25 members, after ten countries joined in 2004.
Significant dates
The constitution will only become law if all 25 members agree to it by the end of October 2006.
On Sunday 29 May 2005, the French people were asked whether they want an EU constitution. They voted "No."
On Wednesday 1 June, 2005, the Dutch people were asked whether they want an EU constitution. They alos voted "No."
What does a "No" vote mean?
If any of the 25 countries say "No" to the European Union Constitution, the way forward is unclear:
Could the EU manage without a constitution?
Yes, it would just continue using the existing set of rules.
However, many experts say that without a constitution, the European Union will not have a clear plan and will not work as well.
They also think new members would be unable to join the EU for a while.
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Just a few photos from Cape Cod. We spent a perfect cloudy day on the beach relaxing, looking for pretty rocks and shells (and dead crabs, the nature girl in me loves finding stuff like that), and skipping rocks. Take note ladies, the picture on the left is how not to skip rocks - that rock made a big old plop when it landed in the water! But after a few tries I got it!
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For Charles Phillips, Infor's position in the industry places it in the heat of the competition. But for him, Infor's edge over its considerably larger competitors is its corporate culture that may be summed up in its new slogan, "Survival of the fastest." Indeed, Charles Phillips, its CEO, fosters a zeal for speed and continuous motion among the members of his company.
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Good morning and happy 4th of July, readers. If you haven't decided where to see fireworks tonight, the Valley has a few prime spots.
On Radford Avenue, the Studio City Chamber of Commerce is hosting their 14th annual Festival of Fireworks. Admission is a little pricey ($20) considering you can't bring in your own beverages. VIP tickets go for $100. It all depends on how much you love America. Studio City Patch
Deeper in the Valley, the Valley Cultural Center is hosting a show at Woodland Hills' Warner Center Park. Live music begins at 6 p.m. and fireworks will shoot off around 9 p.m. L.A. City Councilman Dennis P. Zine, who represents the area, is a main sponsor. Woodland Hills Patch
La Crescenta Elementary School will open their gates at 4 p.m. for their annual show. Tickets are $10 in person. Glendale News-Press
The holiday usually spurs pool parties, but Burbank is having a dry summer. Renovation is underway on the Verdugo Park pool, slated to be competed by next April. For now, residents have to deal with a bare slab of concrete and the loss of parking. Burbank Leader


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Victoria Beckham Covers 'Vogue Australia' September 2013
Victoria Beckham strikes a fierce pose for the cover of Vogue Australia magazine's September 2013 issue, out on newsstands on Monday, August 19!
Here's what the 39-year-old fashion designer had to share with the mag:
On her husband David Beckham's career: "We're so proud of David. Having supported him at clubs all over the world for the past 15 years and seen how he has been an inspiration not just to me and the children, but also to millions of people. We are now just really excited at the prospect of spending more time as a family."
On her after-work schedule: "Honestly, once the children are in bed, I'd rather work or shove on a face pack and pluck my eyebrows. By the time Brooklyn's finally gone to bed, it's all I'm fit for. Really, we're much more normal than people think."
On her first collection's presentation woes: "Everyone would file in and act so inscrutable. I'd think, 'Um, did anyone like it?' No one would say anything, so I'd just gabble to fill the embarrassing silence – even to the Japanese, who didn't understand a word I was saying."
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Drinks and dinner is always nice, however I love bowling, mini golf, card games, just about anything fun; surprise me as long as you leave the shellfish at home. :P
Meet for dinner, enjoy a few drinks and see where things go from there.
The first date will be at a restaurant in a public location.
First date would be dinner and getting to know each other better
It depends on the lady I am the first date king so either way we will have a good time.
Dinner wine a movie or a stroll to get to know each other
I would like to take a woman out to dinner then drive by the lake and stare at the water and stars
I love museums. Really let's you get to talk and know someone. A cup of coffee is nice. Having a beer is great, too. And I like going to a restaurant for the first.
i think olive garden is a nice first date place
Dinner by the ocean will walk hand holding and laughing
Dinner or a movie and ending the night at a park cuddling.
A good dinner, some wine if she likes, or it can be a great walk along the Richelieu river or elsewhere...
A nice dinner with good conversation. I'm so easy to please :)
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During the launch and flight of Orion, the various video feeds and photos — though amazing and live — were fairly grainy and low-resolution. Now, a few days later, we have fantastic footage from the launch of Orion and the Delta IV Heavy, the Earth as seen by Orion during its orbits, and a video feed from a US Navy ship of NASA's new capsule hurtling through the atmosphere and then splashing down gently in the Pacific Ocean.
To seek out new life, and explore increasingly stupid adjectives… The European Southern Observatory in Chile has announced that it will begin construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, a monstrous telescope with a 39-meter (128 feet) main mirror. As the (silly) name implies, the ELT will be by far the largest visible-light/near-infrared telescope in the world,…
At 7:05am Eastern time (12:05pm UK time) this morning, NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This will be the first test flight for Orion, which will ultimately take NASA astronauts to Mars. Below, you can watch a live video feed of the launch — and trust me, with the Delta IV Heavy being one of the most powerful rockets ever built, you will want to watch this launch.
BMW has announced that it will release plug-in hybrid versions of all its existing models, starting with the 3 Series. This is certainly an interesting move: So far, the world's car makers have been fairly reticent in their ever-so-gradual moves toward smaller engines and lower carbon emissions — now, we have one of the world's biggest motor groups announcing by far the biggest push yet into battery-powered vehicles.
There's a new credit-card sized computer in town — except it's actually about twice the size of a credit card, and twice the price of the Raspberry Pi, which it seeks to compete with. It's called the MIPS Creator CI20, and it's made by Imagination Technologies — the company that's mostly known for its PowerVR GPU cores, which can be found in almost every iPhone or iPad under the sun.
The secretive R&D wing of the US government's intelligence efforts, IARPA, has announced a program to build a superconducting computer. IARPA will be working with IBM, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman to develop this superconducting computer, but the exact financial details of the deal are not available. Ultimately, the purpose of the program is to build an exascale supercomputer — a computer that is capable of at least 1,000 petaflops (1 exaflop), or about 40 times faster than the world's existing supercomputers.
Ethernet, the wired LAN networking standard, has always been remarkably solid. In much the same way that WiFi has ruled wireless networking since its inception in 1997, Ethernet has always stayed the course, adopting and refining new technologies as required, but never ever diverging from the path. Unfortunately, it now seems that the calm, gradual, standardized updates to Ethernet might finally be coming to a close; there's a crack in the Ethernet monolith, and ironically it's all WiFi's fault.
One of the greatest joys of being a technologist is that I get to see, often first-hand, some of humanity's most novel ideas. Case in point: One enterprising hacker has taken a TRS-80 — one of the first mass-produced personal computers — and given it the ability to stream an episode of Doctor Who from a stack of five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disks.
Early tomorrow morning, Thursday December 4, NASA is scheduled to perform the first test flight of the new Orion spacecraft. The entirety of NASA's human space exploration plan hinges on Orion — if the series of test launches go off without a hitch, Orion, eventually powered by the massive new Space Launch System rocket, will land humans on an asteroid in 2025, and then Mars around 2030. But first, let's discuss the first test launch taking place tomorrow morning.
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This simple but dangerous recipe is a favorite at office parties!
I saw these at a department potluck at a previous employer, and had to make them when we had a holiday potluck at my current employer.
Basically, these are made the same as the familiar, basic Rice Krispie treats, but instead of using Rice Krispies, you substitute Fruity Pebbles.
I vary the recipe slightly from the one at the official source. I about double the butter, and use 50% more marshmallows.
3/4 stick of butter
16 oz bag of marshmallows
1 box of Fruity Pebbles
When I prepare them, I lightly butter the baking pan the bars will cool in, then melt the remainder of the stick over high heat in a large pan. Once the butter has melted, I turn the heat to low and add all the marshmallows at once. I stir constantly, breaking up the lumps, until the marshmallows have melted. I quickly dump the cereal into the pan, stirring quickly to mix throughly, and then scrape the mixture into the cooling pan before the melted marshmallow begins to cool and harden. The extra butter makes the bars less stiff and more chewy, and you can add more to
I use a sheet of wax paper to press the mixture flat int he pan, allow it to cool, then cut into bars.
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As my due date is getting closer and closer, a bit over month to go now, I've been wondering what I need to bring with me to the hospital. In a Finnish hospital lot of things would be just given to me, but in a Chinese hospital you need to buy these items your self.
First of all you need your passport, hospital card and medical records. I've understood that these are needed when I will arrive to the hospital.
The first thing you need to buy is the hospital bag that is sold in your hospital, it's called a 待产包 dàichănbāo in Chinese. The reason you need to buy these items from the hospital you will give birth in, is that the nurses are most familiar with their own bag and know how to use the products inside. So what's included? I was surprised to find out it only included disposable underpads, maternity sanitary napkins and ID tags for your wrist.
Of course this isn't enough! You will usually be spending at least two days in the hospital so many other items are also needed to make your birthing experience a bit more comfortable (is that even possible?). According to chats with other moms and researching the Chinese internet, I've found the following items to be important:
- Toilet paper
- Hand soap, shampoo and conditioner, toothbrush and toothpaste, deodorant, a comb
- Wet napkins
- Towel or two
- Water cup or a bottle
- Disposable or otherwise comfortable underwear
- Newborn diapers
- Slippers
- Breastfeeding bra and pads
- Snacks for you and the new dad
- Clothes for you and the baby to wear when coming home
I haven't put together my hospital bag yet, but as I'm already 34 weeks pregnant now, I should do it soon! Anything important that I forgot from my list?


text: The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 4456 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originporooapparently from poros (a kind of stone)Transliterated WordTDNT EntryPoroo5:1025,816Phonetic SpellingParts of Speechpo-ro'-o Verb Definition to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus metaph. to make the heart dull to grow hard, callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding NAS Word Usage - Total: 5hardened 5 NAS Verse Count Mark2John1Romans12 Corinthians1Total5Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.Bibliography InformationThayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Poroo". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999.


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I had last week of work due to Thanksgiving Break! It was a much needed week off. We spent some time with friends, prepped for Thanksgiving dinner, caught up on projects, but most of all spent some much needed family time together.
The girls and I kicked of the week off by making treats for the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner party. Inspired by pintrest of course, we made acorns out of nut-a-butters and Hershery kisses to decorate our Thanksgiving table. They were so focused and did such a great job- and they were super yummy, definitely a recipe we will have to repeat.
Play Date
We got to spend some time with our friends Declan and Lexi at Open Gym followed by lunch at Hot Dog on a Stick. It was great day to catch up and let the kids run wild. Lola and Ellie absolutly love Open Gym.
Declan, Lola, and Lexi hanging in the hole.
Declan, Ellie, and Lola hanging in the "castle"
Slumber Party
We had to fit a slumber party in the break somewhere. It is amazing, the girls really understand when I am off work and what it means for them. Once I came home on Friday announcing I didn't have to work for 10 days, they started begging us to plan a slumber party. Why not right? We're always up for family fun! I am not sure if they love having daddy in the couch to cuddle with or jumping on their misplaced mattresses better, but either way they sure do have fun.
PIZZA...and salad!
Hot cocoa and movie to end the night ... doesn't get much better than that!
Sleep Tight!
Cousin time!
We surprised Aiden and Liam on Saturday morning... showing up in our PJ with breakfast in hand. It was a nice surprise for the kids and the cousins got to share their stories about how and when their "Christmas Elf" made it to their home.
We surprised Aiden and Liam on Saturday morning... showing up in our PJ with breakfast in hand. It was a nice surprise for the kids and the cousins got to share their stories about how and when their "Christmas Elf" made it to their home.
Sunday at the Farmer's Market
I love when we can take the time on Sundays to walk to the Farmer's Market after church. The girls love to dance to the music, watch the people, get their favorite lemonade, and I love to buy relatively inexpensive organic produce all the while soaking up the sun (yes in November).
I just love this picture, rarely do the girls pick the same outfit these days and they did today, they look like little twin Christmas Elfs- kinda.
Haddie is BACK!
If you asked the girls I am sure they would say the arrival of Haddie, our Christmas elf, was the best part of the break. They were beyond excited when they woke up the day after Thanksgiving to find Haddie hanging out in our house, ready to report to Santa all that the girls say and do!
Let the Christmas season begin!


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|Paul Griffiths
The session itself was actually very entertaining. Griffiths' paper was intentionally inflammatory and designed to evoke strong response, which it did, both from Michelle Saracino (the official respondent) and from various prominent members of the CTSA who challenged Griffith in the Q&A afterwards.
But I also found Griffiths' paper deeply disturbing. It wasn't what he said about Catholic theologians needing to recognize that they work under the authority of the Magisterium that bothered me, though I thought his account lacked nuance and didn't accurately reflect the theologian's relationship to hierarchical authority as described in Donum Veritatis, to which Griffiths pointed again and again.
What disturbed me most about Griffiths' paper was the disembodiedness of his understanding of theology. Again and again, Griffiths argued that Catholic theology concerned itself only with doctrine, and only with doctrine as it has been gifted to us by 'The Lord' (which is how he continually referred to God) through scripture and the teaching Magisterium. Don't get me wrong. As an historical theologian whose research revolves around the development of Trinitarian doctrine during the patristic period, I have a love for doctrine. It is, quite literally, my bread and butter. But there was something overly cerebral about Griffiths' understanding of doctrine, almost like he figures that the only job of a theologian is to receive the doctrine given to us by the church and then merely think about it without trying to do too much with it.
There was, moreover, no sense that theology is something messily incarnational, that the doctrines developed over the centuries emerge out of particular contexts, that the doctrines themselves emerged out of believers' experiences of the divine in community, or even that the doctrines themselves may require reformulation and reappropriation to account for the diverse lived experiences of other communities whose voices were not previously heard. There was, in fact, nothing actually specifically Christian about Griffiths' portrayal of theology, nothing that recognizes the Christian theology begins from the premise that God became flesh and so entered into the messiness of human existence.
There wasn't any recognition that the theological task is one that is ideally lived out in a life of discipleship - here the stark contrast between Anthony Godzieba's wonderful paper on Friday night and Paul Griffiths' paper comes into relief. Properly theological questions do not simply receive and accept answers from on high; such questions need to be lived out for the answers to have any truth, goodness, and beauty.
The disembodiedness of Griffiths' portrayal of theology led me to think about one of my favourite novels, Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow, a text I regularly use in my introductory theology classes. As those familiar with Berry's work know, he has no truck with a theology that is (only) cerebral and otherworldly, and Jayber Crow is a novel that beautifully describes what it could mean to live out theological questions in such a way that the answers come to have a meaning and beauty they would not otherwise have.
Near the beginning of the book, the narrator recounts his conversation with one of his professors at Pigeonville College, a Bible college Jayber attended thinking that he had the call to ministry. The problem is that Jayber can't accept the theological answers he's being fed. His questions are too overwhelming, and he finally seeks the guidance of one of his professors, Dr. Ardmire. The conversation they have sets the stage for the entire novel, and is particularly significant given what occurs on pages 230-260 of the book (no spoilers!).
Read the conversation below and judge for yourself, but it seems to me that this exchange more fully answers the question - 'What is theology?' - than did Paul Griffiths. It is, at the very least, a more incarnational view of the theological task:
That I should give up my questioning was good enough advice, which I would have been glad enough to take, except that my questioning would not give me up. It kept at me. Sometimes it seemed to me that people I walked by in the street must be able to hear the dingdonging in my head.
And so finally, late one afternoon, I went to the professor I was afraid to go to, old Dr. Ardmire. I was afraid to go to him because I knew he was going to tell me the truth. Dr. Ardmire was a feared man. He was a master of the Greek New Testament, a hard student and a hard teacher...
I knocked at his open door and waited until he read to a stopping place and looked up from his book.
Customarily, when I came to see him I would be bringing work that he had required me to talk with him about. That day I was empty-handed.
Seeing that I was, he said, "What have you got in mind?"
"Well," I said, "I've got a lot of questions."
He said, "Perhaps you would like to say what they are?"
"Well, for instance," I said, "if Jesus said for us to love our enemies - and He did say that, didn't He? - how can it ever be right to kill our enemies? And if He said not to pray in public, how come we're all the time praying in public? And if Jesus' own prayer in the garden wasn't granted, what is there for us to pray, except 'thy will be done,' which there's no use praying because it will be done anyhow?"
I sort of ran down. He didn't say anything. He was looking straight at me. And then I realized that he wasn't looking at me the way he usually did. I seemed to see way back in his eyes a little gleam of light. It was a light of kindness and (as I now think) of amusement.
He said, "Have you any more?"
"Well, for instance," I said, for it had just occurred to me, "suppose you prayed for something and you got it, how do you know how you got it? How do you know you didn't get it because you were going to get it whether you prayed for it or not? So how do you know it does any good to pray? You would need proof, wouldn't you?"
He nodded.
"But there's no way to get any proof."
He shook his head. We looked at each other.
He said, "Do you have any answers?"
"No," I said. I was concentrating so hard, looking at him, you could have nailed my foot to the floor and I wouldn't have felt it.
"So," I said, "I reckon what it all comes down to is, how can I preach if I don't have any answers?"
"Yes, Mr. Crow," he said. "How can you?" He was not one of your frying-size chickens.
"I don't believe I can," I said, and I felt my skin turn cold, for I had not even thought that until then.
He said, "No, I don't believe you can." [...]
I said, "Well," for now I was ashamed, "I had this feeling maybe I had been called."
"And you may have been right. But not to what you thought. Not to what you think. You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a little at a time [my emphasis]."
"And how long is that going to take?"
"I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps."
"That could be a long time."
"I will tell you a further mystery," he said. "It may take longer" (pp. 52-54).
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I have so much to blog about.
I have so much to catch up on, but right here & now, I am going to blog about yesterday, which was a super-shitty day, sprinkled with a tad of good stuff.
In order to explain how shitty yesterday was, I have to back up to Wednesday.
{those who are squeamish or don't want to read about my girly bits can stop reading now.}
Wednesday: I had a hysterosalpingogram done.
What's that? It's a special x-ray with contrast that shows your uterus and fallopian tubes.
How does it feel? It hurts.
Wednesday, Gage was picked up after school by Memaw, because I was busy at Baylor having my test done.
What did Gage find at Memaw's???
A turtle.
His heart was set on keeping it.
What did he name it? "Turdy." Why? Because his little innocent mind has no idea that people refer to sh*t as a "turd." {Man, I really hate that word.}
So, Daddy & Gage go to the pet store, and buy what they think they need, and we get the turtle all set up...
Wednesday night: woke up in the middle of the night. (1) I had a toothache. {UGH!} (2) we couldn't find the turtle. Hubby instantly blamed the dog. I got the flash-light and looked under all of Ranger's sneak-away-to-chew-your-shit-up spots. Nothing. No turtle. Turns out, Turdy buried himself in the shavings/bedding in the little terrarium, so we found him. I downed a few Advil and went back to sleep after a little TV.
Work up on Turd-Day/Thursday, and took Gage to school. Called the dentist for an ASAP appt. Turns out: I needed a root canal. WTF!? Apparently I've got calcification in part of the root of one of my teeth in the way back, and the root there was inflamed, and I'm sure there is some more technical-dental-speak for what was actually going on, but I forget what words were actually use. I will say this: I asked if this was my fault or if I could have prevented this in any way, and I was told that no, sometimes this just happens and it's unpredictable. That made me feel better. There's no infection or anything in there, so that's good.
Who knew that laughing gas for the root canal would be the highlight of my Thursday? If I had known that was as good as it was going to get, I'd have asked them to juice me up a little more!
After the root canal, I needed to stop by a different pet store to get a special heat lamp for this little turtle. Because you know---I was feeling so great & all s/p root canal.
After I showed the pet store lady a picture on my phone of Turdy, she informed me that his habitat was all wrong, because he's actually an aquatic turtle. Awesome. He needs an aquarium-type habitat with a heat lamp, and some other lamp to give him nutrients, something-or-another about his shell not getting soft. He needs to swim. He needs to crawl & dig in rocks. Oh, and it's illegal to sell those types of turtles that are less than 4 inches in diameter across their shells because they can transmit salmonella. {Hi, is this the school? Yes, well this is Gage's mom. Can you go down to his classroom and slather him from head to toe in GermX? .... Oh, no reason, just for good measure. Never really can be too careful now can we?}
$200+ later, I left the store, and Turdy has everything he needs to get a good start in life. If this turtle doesn't make it, it's damn sure not because I didn't try.
So, I went back home. I had all of the stuff in the back end of the car, but it was too heavy for me to get out and assemble by myself.
I decided to lay down and rest a bit before Gage got out of school. Blogged a bit. Then the phone rang.
Dr.M, the Reproductive Endocrinologist called. Not good news. Looks like both of my tubes are blocked now, likely from endometriosis or scar tissue/adhesions from c-section. I could see clearly on Wednesday that the left tube looked like it was blocked, and that's what the Radiologist told me was part of her preliminary assessment, but the right one too? That was surprising to me. The two tubes are blocked at different ends.
I've kind of felt like my endo symptoms have been increasing for the past couple of years, but I've always just thought that maybe it was in my head. Guess now we know it wasn't.
So what does this mean for us?
It means that the last 3 IUIs never could have worked.
It means that IUI will NOT work for us.
It means that we have limited treatment options including: IVF to get pregnant, or fallopian tube surgery with endo/adhesion excision to reopen the canals and possibly conceive through IUI.
I haven't really cried much throughout all of this, but yesterday I cried. Yesterday was the day that kind of blind-sided me with information that I didn't want to hear, and overwhelming emotion. We made a peace with the fact that conception would be difficult for us when Hubby had his prostate surgeries in 2008. We made a peace with the fact that this would be a process for us. We had no way of knowing that we'd be hit from both sides with issues!
But---my husband has been so great during all of this. AMAZING really. It's truly a testament of his love for me and our desire to add to our family. When I fall apart, he reminds me that we are one step closer to achieving our goal. When I feel hopeless about this, he reminds me that we still have options, and that although it's not how I envisioned, it remains possible. When I feel consumed by this quest, he reminds me that we still have this amazing life to live, and so much to be appreciative of. I fail daily at being the perfect wife, and I'm not saying that he's perfect all of the time---but he seems to be perfect at navigating us through this journey, and keeping me steadily moving forward.
So, in a nut shell: yesterday was Turdy {as in, shit-filled}.
I had a root canal, dropped 200 bucks on a germy turtle, and found out that I can't "just get pregnant."
On the bright side: all of the things above about Hubby and our options are good things, and Gage has his first t-ball game tonight (all the others have been rained out), and I'm going to see Mamasita this weekend for Easter. Moms make everything better. Even if they can't change any of it, they make you feel better (or at least, my mom usually does, and I hope that I make Gage feel better when things are rough), it's Easter this weekend, and we are going to have a lot of fun.


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I've written before that I'm not always the biggest fan of web series. However, every once in awhile one comes along that I find myself enjoying immensely.
About a week ago, I sat down and watched The Mop and Lucky Files. Set in Los Angeles, the series documents the (mis)adventures of two women in their mid-20s who are having a bit of a hard time with life. After Lucky (Jennifer Erholm) gets fired from her restaurant gig, she goes along with bestie Mop (Chloe Taylor), who's hatched up a harebrained scheme to open up a "personal espionage" agency.
Since they're basically broke, they decide to rent out a storage unit as the base of operations for their amateur spy agency. Little do they know, their storage space is run by two low-level mobsters.
If you know me at all, then you'd immediately realize this premise is right up my alley. However, it was not executed at all like I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong – that is by no means a bad thing. In fact, I think the interesting and different take made the series much better.
I might have left out a big part of the show's premise, as according to the series' "About" page on its website: "This new life leads them into bizarre cases, Mob entanglement, personal enlightenment and, of course, dating woes."
Turns out, the series is a lot more about the everyday lives of these two women. Any espionage that plays out over the five-episode first season is very much on the back burner. Instead, we focus on how these two women function: their fears, neurosis, and – as aptly put in that description above – "dating woes." They've got some very deep worries about their love lives, what love even means to them, and how to fit it into their lives.
The reason the main characters are able to explore this as a main storyline is because the actual case isn't complicated or all that important. Well, okay, "important" probably is the wrong word to use. It is important, thematically, just not so much plot-wise.
Mop and Lucky's first case essentially boils down to a woman wanting to find out if her husband loves her. That's right, there's no murder mystery, no government conspiracy, no crooked cops.
Put like that, it seems like this would make for a horribly boring plot, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense to the premise of the show. There's a reason these women didn't open up a detective agency. They're gathering information for a third party, not solving a mystery, and that's exactly what they're tasked with doing in this first round of episodes.
Trying to find out if one person loves another is a near impossible, very ambiguous task. If the seasons following it delve into similarly themed cases, it could make for a very interesting series.
Just because it's an interesting idea for a case doesn't mean it works on its own, though. This strange approach to information-gathering would completely fall apart if it weren't for the great characterization of the two leads.
Both Mop and Lucky are interesting individuals, flawed in their own little ways, and have a great dynamic from the get-go.
They're both in bad places when the series starts, and their plucky attitudes are the only thing keeping them going. Thankfully, their rock bottom lives are looked at humorously.
Take a moment in the third episode, for example: Mop and Lucky are staking a place out in broad daylight, and have come in disguises, which happen to be a bonnet and sunglasses for one, and a bowler hat and fake mustache for the other. Cut to them walking down the street afterward, Mop worried about her estrogen intake. She's still got the mustache on.
The humor is just subtle enough to not overpower the overall mood of the show, but present enough to keep things from getting too dark.
So, positives: good humor, great characterization. The show isn't perfect, though; one area I really think it could improve is the pacing. According to the writers, the first season of the show was actually intended to act as a pilot episode for a series, not as a whole season.
Because of this format, the entire first episode ends up being set-up. They don't even get a client until the second installment. While the show is admittedly slow-paced throughout, the first episode is a little too slow-paced.
On top of that, the case they are presented with isn't really enough to hold together all five episodes. It could have managed three episodes, but five is going a little far.
But like I said, this was meant to be a pilot. It follows a web series trend – treating the first season as one long pilot episode – that has since stopped being the norm.
According to co-creator Chloe Taylor, future cases wouldn't be spread thin. They would still span multiple episodes, but not quite as many.
Overall, despite the issues with pacing, I think this series has got a lot going for it. The characters are great, the comedy is there, and it's got a slow-burning mystery that promises mob entanglement sometime in the future. It definitely piqued my interest for what's coming next.
Rating: A-
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Rose fanciers from wan-nabes to competitive rosarians are welcome at The Houston Rose Societys fall rose festival 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church, 4600 Bellaire Blvd.
This is a rare inner-Loop festival, points out society member Mary Fulgham, who will be competing. The shows are usually at shopping malls in far-distant suburbs, she points out. It will be nice not to have to get up at 5 in the morning to participate. If we get a good turnout here, there will be more.
Activities will include a rose show, a full day of horticulture seminars and booths sponsored by local nurseries and garden centers.
Entries for the rose show will be accepted between 7:30-10:30 a.m. for judging. Seminars and trade booths open at 10:30.
Admission is free, and the public is invited. For more information, call 713-236-2600 or visit www.houstonrose.org.