Saturday, August 9, 2008
Google Street View
Did you know that our house is now on Google Street View? If you live in Sacramento or any other major metropolitan area, there's a good chance yours is, too. Check it out.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Sacramento Real Estate
This graph (click on the image to see a larger version) may be of help to those of you who, like us, are attempting to make sense of the turbulent Sacramento real estate market with the hopes of someday buying a house. In addition, we've found the following two blogs to be of assistance: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Capitol Ministries Update
UPDATE (10/09): We are no longer endorsing Capitol Ministries. Please see this post for details.
I've been rather negligent in keeping you all posted on my new job. Here are a few quick updates:
- We've released our 2008 annual report [pdf]. Check it out if you haven't already.
- You can listen to audio recordings of the 2008 California Capitol Bible studies.
- The Capitol Ministries blog is now seven months old. If you haven't already stumbled upon it, you may want to consider subscribing by RSS or e-mail so you will know more specifically how you can be praying for us.
- Last, but not least, we're pleased that Zach Stoever is now working with us. It seems that he is pleased, too, if his announcement is any indication.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
da babies...
Selah will be 6 months old tomorrow... My, how time does fly...
For comparison, this was Eliana at 6 months... Not much difference, except for maybe about 4 lbs and the color of their eyes.
And just in case you forget how cute the older ones are...=)
For comparison, this was Eliana at 6 months... Not much difference, except for maybe about 4 lbs and the color of their eyes.
And just in case you forget how cute the older ones are...=)
Friday, July 4, 2008
Hope's Journey Update
Shortly after I made the last post about Charity's dream to start a recuperation center for children who have been burn injured or disabled, she changed the name from Hope Springs to Hope's Journey Int'l. (Hope Springs is just too commonly used!) She also has a blog set up -- check it out at hopesjourneyintl.org and please keep her in your prayers!
Monday, June 16, 2008
"1 Comments"
Have you ever noticed that on Blogger, when there is only one comment on a blog, the bottom of each post reads "1 comments." It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this isn't proper English.
Since it was bugging me I finally took the time to figure out how to fix it. A quick Google search, one small edit to our blog template and Diapers4three is now grammatically correct.
If you'd like to make this fix to your blog, you'll need to go to the "layout" tab, select "edit html" option, expand the widgets, and replace "data:top.commentLabel/" (and the surrounding <> brackets) with the word "comment."
See here for detailed instructions.
Since it was bugging me I finally took the time to figure out how to fix it. A quick Google search, one small edit to our blog template and Diapers4three is now grammatically correct.
If you'd like to make this fix to your blog, you'll need to go to the "layout" tab, select "edit html" option, expand the widgets, and replace "data:top.commentLabel/" (and the surrounding <> brackets) with the word "comment."
See here for detailed instructions.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Hope Springs
Some you know that my two older sisters, Charity and Roseanna were in a horrible car accident when we were teenagers. I thank God that they are alive. In the process, they were seriously burned and went through many stages in the process of recovery -- a long story for another day.
Through all of this, Charity has had a dream of starting a therapeutic ranch where burned, traumatized, and disabled children and young adults may reside year-round as they continue with their therapy and recovery. It is to be a place of physical and emotional healing before they journey into their everyday lives.
Charity has grown in dependence on Christ as she has walked through this life-changing ordeal and has seen His loving care and grace in bringing her through the healing process. She wants to share that love with others who are going through similar circumstances, and I can't tell you how excited I am to see what God does with this ministry.
Charity has worked with Solid Rock Foundation Ministries for the last several years and they are partnering with her to start Hope Springs. In fact, in the last week, they have gone into contract on property for a ranch in beautiful Ouray, Colorado (the lovely little town where that David boy finally proposed to me! =)
Charity is working on a mailer -- if you would like to get her newsletter, please email Solid Rock at srfm[insert at sign here]solidrockfoundationministries.com with your contact information and ask to be added to the Hope Springs contact list. Or, if we have your contact information, leave a comment and we'll forward your contact information to her.
Thank you for your prayers!
Through all of this, Charity has had a dream of starting a therapeutic ranch where burned, traumatized, and disabled children and young adults may reside year-round as they continue with their therapy and recovery. It is to be a place of physical and emotional healing before they journey into their everyday lives.
Charity has grown in dependence on Christ as she has walked through this life-changing ordeal and has seen His loving care and grace in bringing her through the healing process. She wants to share that love with others who are going through similar circumstances, and I can't tell you how excited I am to see what God does with this ministry.
Charity has worked with Solid Rock Foundation Ministries for the last several years and they are partnering with her to start Hope Springs. In fact, in the last week, they have gone into contract on property for a ranch in beautiful Ouray, Colorado (the lovely little town where that David boy finally proposed to me! =)
Charity is working on a mailer -- if you would like to get her newsletter, please email Solid Rock at srfm[insert at sign here]solidrockfoundationministries.com with your contact information and ask to be added to the Hope Springs contact list. Or, if we have your contact information, leave a comment and we'll forward your contact information to her.
Thank you for your prayers!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Public Notice:
Okay, okay... so it probably is nothing, but I can't help thinking that there is someone out there horribly offended that I didn't call them back...
Yesterday when I got home from Bible Study, there were two messages on my answering machine. The first was a message from my dad that was happily incorrect, and the second, ???. I went to hit delete at the end of my dad's message and the answering machine assumed that I wanted to delete the message that I had not yet listened to instead of the one that had just played. And no, we don't have caller id.
It was probably some automated phone call reminding me to go vote, but if not, and you called me yesterday and I haven't yet called you back... it's because I didn't get your message! Sorry!
Yesterday when I got home from Bible Study, there were two messages on my answering machine. The first was a message from my dad that was happily incorrect, and the second, ???. I went to hit delete at the end of my dad's message and the answering machine assumed that I wanted to delete the message that I had not yet listened to instead of the one that had just played. And no, we don't have caller id.
It was probably some automated phone call reminding me to go vote, but if not, and you called me yesterday and I haven't yet called you back... it's because I didn't get your message! Sorry!
Congrats Mr. Benoit!
From the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert:
Senate District 37:
Winner: JOHN BENOIT
Loser: Russ Bogh and David Peters
Benoit 56.4 percent
Bogh 32.4 percent
Peters 11.2 percent
Current member: Sen. Jim Battin, R-Palm Desert
District: Riverside County
In a campaign in which little separated the two Republicans, this race turned on character and personal attacks. Capitol Alert documented some of those barbs in April, and the mud never let up.
The race also drew large amounts of independent expenditure spending, particularly for a Republican primary. Eleven outside groups spent money in the race for a total of roughly $1 million. Benoit, who is currently in the Assembly, bested Bogh, who termed out in 2006, by a wide margin.
Senate District 37:
Winner: JOHN BENOIT
Loser: Russ Bogh and David Peters
Benoit 56.4 percent
Bogh 32.4 percent
Peters 11.2 percent
Current member: Sen. Jim Battin, R-Palm Desert
District: Riverside County
In a campaign in which little separated the two Republicans, this race turned on character and personal attacks. Capitol Alert documented some of those barbs in April, and the mud never let up.
The race also drew large amounts of independent expenditure spending, particularly for a Republican primary. Eleven outside groups spent money in the race for a total of roughly $1 million. Benoit, who is currently in the Assembly, bested Bogh, who termed out in 2006, by a wide margin.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Good Liberal Web Sites
At times it seems that the knee-jerk liberal reaction to any real or imagined problem is to propose a new mandate, regulation, subsidy or tax. Accordingly, it's refreshing to find folks who appear to be liberals building web sites that take a free-market approach to solving such problems.
Two such sites I've learned of this year are:
Catalog Choice - Save a tree without hugging it: Sick of receiving unwanted catalogs in the mail? Simply plug in your name and address, select the catalogs you don't want anymore, and in some mysterious way this web site will notify the companies sending them to cease and desist from doing so. So far it seems to have worked for the ones I plugged in. (h/t Lynne)
Free Rice - Learn stuff while feeding the hungry: This site tests your vocabulary. For every word you get right, the sponsors will donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. In other words, you get to feel good about playing games. I doubt the free rice approach will do anything to drive down high rice prices, but hopefully some of it will get to the folks most in need. Even if it doesn't, at least we can all learn some new big words. (h/t NPR)
Do you know of any other "good liberal sites" you'd recommend? If so, leave a comment.
Two such sites I've learned of this year are:
Catalog Choice - Save a tree without hugging it: Sick of receiving unwanted catalogs in the mail? Simply plug in your name and address, select the catalogs you don't want anymore, and in some mysterious way this web site will notify the companies sending them to cease and desist from doing so. So far it seems to have worked for the ones I plugged in. (h/t Lynne)
Free Rice - Learn stuff while feeding the hungry: This site tests your vocabulary. For every word you get right, the sponsors will donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. In other words, you get to feel good about playing games. I doubt the free rice approach will do anything to drive down high rice prices, but hopefully some of it will get to the folks most in need. Even if it doesn't, at least we can all learn some new big words. (h/t NPR)
Do you know of any other "good liberal sites" you'd recommend? If so, leave a comment.
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