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Arizona has been so dry and everyone has been praying for rain. Prayers are answered ALL AT ONCE! This is considered a 100 year rain. Arizona has never gotten this much rain at one time before in the history of the state! We are seeing the I-10 freeway at 43rd Avenue with cars totally submerged. Also, Judy B's pool, or should I say mud soup! Last, but not least, the Windsor Shadows area, right next door to Marni's house. It is the green belt that is at least 4-5 feel deep. She said there is a barbecue in their somewhere!!! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are times when life kind of gets a person down.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Heavenly Father that they are minor things in the scheme of life, but still they are "things". AND THEN YOU READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS! Oh, be still my heart! The innocence of a child is the best medicine for whatever ills a person might feel! It makes life worth living, makes the problems of the world seem less, and makes a grandmother's heart eternally happy for the grandchildren she has!!! </span>Grandma Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944815115281156118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600453297671986343.post-65542866602088496632013-12-01T00:00:00.000-07:002013-12-01T00:00:09.468-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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But was Jesus really born on December 25 in the first place? Probably not. The Bible doesn’t mention his exact birthday, and the Nativity story contains conflicting clues. For instance, the presence of shepherds and their sheep suggest a spring birth. When church officials settled on December 25 at the end of the third century, they likely wanted the date to coincide with existing pagan festivals honoring Saturn (the Roman god of agriculture) and Mithra (the Persian god of light). That way, it became easier to convince Rome’s pagan subjects to accept Christianity as the empire’s official religion</div>
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The celebration of Christmas spread throughout the Western world over the next several centuries, but many Christians continued to view Epiphany and Easter as more important. Some, including the Puritans of colonial New England, even banned its observance because they viewed its traditions—the offering of gifts and decorating trees, for example—as linked to paganism. In the early days of the United States, celebrating Christmas was considered a British custom and fell out of style following the American Revolution. It wasn’t until 1870 that Christmas became a federal holiday.</div>
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We can trace this historic American Christian tradition to the year 1623. After the harvest crops were gathered in November 1623, Governor William Bradford of the 1620 Pilgrim Colony, “Plymouth Plantation” in Plymouth, Massachusetts proclaimed:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">This is the origin of our annual Thanksgiving Day celebration. Congress of the United States has proclaimed National Days of Thanksgiving to Almighty God many times throughout the following years. On November 1, 1777, by order of Congress, the first National Thanksgiving Proclamation was proclaimed, and signed by Henry Laurens, President of Continental Congress. The third Thursday of December, 1777 was thus officially set aside.</span>Grandma Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944815115281156118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600453297671986343.post-6531353640351105592013-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:002013-10-01T00:00:05.051-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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It came from the Catholic church in Rome. Hallowe'en is short for "All Hallows Eve". Hallow means holy or Saint in old english. So Hallowe'en is the Eve of All Saints Day.<br /><br />All Saints Day was started as a local feast in about 750 AD on Nov 1st to commemorate the dedication of a chapel in Rome to "All Saints" - all the saints but particularly those who did not have a special day. Over the following century it spread throughout Europe and became very popular with celebration starting the night before (the Eve or Vigil) and continuing through the next day. Nov 2nd was added later as "All Souls" day which made the festival even more popular. People used to go round asking for cakes in exchange for prayers for the souls of people's families (later changed into "trick or treat").<br /><br />Puritan protestants of course hated this sort of thing. It ws Catholic, it was about Saints, it included "begging" and other "pagan" practices. They attacked it as being evil, the work of the devil, unbiblical etc etc.<br /><br />Hence the associations with witches, devils, pagan festivals and all that sort of stuff.<br /><br />Some people believe that it brought in some elements of a pagan festival in Ireland but there is no historical evidence to support this theory.<br /><br />All Saints and, to varying degrees, it's Eve are traditionally celebrated in Catholic cultures all over the world though American culture is all pervasive so some countries are picking up its bad habit there are several cultures that celebrate this day. it is supposed to be when the veil between the dead and the living is lifted and all the spirits and demons walk the earth. you wear the masks and costumes so the real spirits think that you are one of them and leave you alone.</div>
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Holbrook. When we arrived, she was soooo excited to tell that she had found
THIS SHOE!! Thinking it was Jackson's shoe and knowing that we had probably
been missing it for</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></span><span data-reactid=".r[5bt8l].[1][4][1]{comment491881330900893_1244328}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3]"><span class="uficommentbody"><span data-reactid=".r[5bt8l].[1][4][1]{comment491881330900893_1244328}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3].[0]"><span style="background: #EDEFF4; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span data-reactid=".r[5bt8l].[1][4][1]{comment491881330900893_1244328}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3].[0].[0]">quite
some time, she was excited that she had found it for us. The "pair"
would finally be back together. The only problem was, this was not Jackson's
shoe. We tried and tried to explain this to my Grandma, that this indeed was
not OUR missing shoe and we had NO clue where it came from or whose shoe it
was. She INSISTED it was Jackson's and we MUST take it home to be the matching
shoe. So, as a good granddaughter that I am, I put the shoe in my luggage to
take it home. SOMEHOW it ended up in my mom's suitcase and when she unpacked
from our trip, she found THIS SHOE in HER suitcase. I have NO clue how it got
there!! I would NEVER do that! Since then, EVERY Holbrook trip that my mom and
I take together, this DANG shoe ends up in one of our suitcases. When I unpack
from our trip, sometimes I'll find this shoe back in my luggage or sometimes in
my dirty clothes bag! WEIRD!!! So, every once in a while, I "gift" my
mom back this shoe... sometimes I put a gift card inside of it or sometimes
just a plant for her. I hadn't mentioned anything about the shoe for about a
year, hoping that it would be a nice surprise for her once she found it back in
her suitcase after this last girls trip to Holbrook. Dang if that shoe didn't
end up in my mailbox a week later! I REALLY thought my mom would love my
"gift of shoe" to her, but I guess she wants me to keep it for
another year... the shoe lives on!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GGma needed to go home to Holbrook, so Moira-Lin, Marni, and myself too the opportunity to get away and have some fun AND take GGma home too. After dropping GGma off at home, we took off to Winslow to buy her some much needed tires for her car. As you can see by a few of the pictures, we had too much fun! Thanks girls for going with us and making the trip very memorable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love to get together and so this summer, we decided to do a water slide. What a great time! All the kids and some of the adults went down and it was fantastic. We got wet, had snow cones, went swimming, and got into a dust storm and rain, all in the afternoon of our party. BIG thanks to the Whitmers for allowing us to invade their yard, pool, and house. Such memories. And, yes. I just had to go down the slide. The grandkids got a big kick out of the whole experience! </span></div>
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Hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 40 years – and the worst since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1086&ArticleID=120497" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #bd0000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DIRECT LINE OF ATTACK: Granite Mountain Hot Shots lead the charge on Doce fire ">Granite Mountain Hot Shots</a>, established in 2002, were an elite ground firefighting crew known for their innovative problem-solving and history of safe, aggressive fire suppression. Members of the crew were highly trained, came from diverse backgrounds, and worked long hours in extreme environmental conditions doing the most demanding of fireline tasks.</div>
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They carried 50-70 pounds on their back, hiked seven miles or more to where they needed to work, and worked up to 14 hours, sometimes longer. The average age of the men in the hotshot crew was 22-years-old.The firefighters were members of a “hotshot” crew – the ‘Granite Mountain Hotshots’, tasked with digging a firebreak and creating an escape route. ”A hotshot crew are the elite firefighters,” state forestry spokesman Art Morrison said. “They’re usually a 20-person crew, and they’re the ones who actually go in and dig the fire line, cut the brush to make a fuel break. And so they would be as close to the fire as they felt they safely could.” <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We celebrate America’s birth on July 4. Why? It was July 2 that the Continental Congress resolved, “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” Shouldn’t that day, as John Adams predicted, “be the most memorable epoch in the history of America”? No.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />In 1777, Philadelphians remembered the 4th of July. Bells were rung, guns fired, candles lighted, and firecrackers set off. However, while the <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/id/A0803694" style="color: #330066;">War of Independence</a> dragged on, July 4 celebrations were modest at best.<br /><br />When the war ended in 1783, July 4 became a holiday in some places. In <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/id/A0108487" style="color: #330066;">Boston</a>, it replaced the date of the <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/id/A0808436.html" style="color: #330066;">Boston Massacre</a>, March 5, as the major patriotic holiday. Speeches, military events, parades, and fireworks marked the day. In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a federal holiday.</span></div>
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My Gardenia plant is about 10 years old. It blooms twice a year and when it does bloom, the plant is coverd. It is in the flower bed right next to the front door and when it blooms, the fragrance is so strong, you can smell it every time you go in or out the door. This is the very last flower left after the plant bloomed this time. It looked so proud, I just had to take a picture. The sad thing is, the very next day it had already died and dried up. All things pass away in this life...</div>
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We have a tradition for Father's Day that is one of my favorites. We always have a magic show! When we first started doing the magic show, we had several of the girls who wanted to make their brothers disappear! But, we have come a long way since then. We have our party on the Saturday before Father's Day and have a great time. This year, we had card tricks, "cutting" off a thunb with a rubber band, cutting a banana in slices without pealing it, mind reading, and taking a thumb off and putting it back on. It was so fun. Lots of food, fun, and a water blob (see above) to slide on. Miche' had made one at her house and it was such fun, I decided to try my hand. But, mine seemed to want to leak out the sides and before it was over, we had two large holes in the top. But, what fun we had. </div>
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Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful men in our family. Everyone of the men are wonderful providers and great fathers. WE LOVE YOU ALL!!! </div>
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After the success obtained by Anna Jarvis with the promotion of Mother's Day in the US, some wanted to create similar holidays for other family members, and Father's Day was the choice most likely to succeed. There were other persons in the US who independently thought of "Father's Day", but the credit for the modern holiday is often given to Sonora Dodd, who was the driving force behind its establishment.</div>
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Father's Day was founded in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane, Washington</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="YMCA">YMCA</a> in 1910 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Smart_Dodd" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sonora Smart Dodd">Sonora Smart Dodd</a>, who was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>. Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910. Her father, the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> veteran <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Smart" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="William Jackson Smart">William Jackson Smart</a>, was a single parent who raised his six children there. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June.</div>
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It did not have much success initially. In the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Art Institute of Chicago">Art Institute of Chicago</a>, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane. In the 1930s Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level. She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present to fathers. Since 1938 she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the commercial promotion. Americans resisted the holiday during a few decades, perceiving it as just an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;">A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> In 1916, President </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> went to Spokane to speak in a Father's Day celebration</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> and wanted to make it official, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> US President </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> recommended in 1924 that the day be observed by the nation, but stopped short of issuing a national proclamation.</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> In 1957, Maine Senator </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;" title="Margaret Chase Smith">Margaret Chase Smith</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> wrote a proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents".</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> In 1966,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"><b> President </b></span><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.</span><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 19.185184478759766px;"> signed it into law in 1972.</span></b></div>
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Various observances honouring mothers existed in America during the 1870s and the 1880s, but these never had resonance beyond the local level.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-virgina_6-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day#cite_note-virgina-6" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup> Jarvis never mentioned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ward_Howe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Julia Ward Howe">Julia Ward Howe</a>'s attempts in the 1870s to establish a "Mother's Day for Peace", nor any connection to the Protestant school celebrations that included "Children's Day" amongst others. Neither did she mention the traditional festival of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Mothering Sunday">Mothering Sunday</a>, but always said that the creation was hers alone</div>
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We have a great time. We hide eggs (several times), we eat great food, we visit and laugh, and we just plain enjoy each other's company! Then when Easter Sunday comes, we can devote the entire day to the true meaning and the importance of Easter. I am so thankful for the real reason to celebrate Easter! </div>
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These are our Trevor Browne number "51" athletes! Spencer had the number first. He is in the middle during his Senior year. During high school, Spencer played football and basketball. Then Marc selected the number on the junior varsity team during his sophomore year. Marc played football for his freshman year, basketball all 4 years and ran track for 1 season. (Note how tall Marc is at this point in his life.He finally "topped" out at 6' 7"). Marni couldn't be left out, so her freshman year, she selected the number 51 jersey too. Marni played several sports during high school. Basketball, volleyball, and tennis. The other girls played sports during high school too. Moira-Lin played volleyball, M'Liss participated in track and field. She was really good at shot put, but she would never tell you that!! Miche' played volley ball and cheered everyone on in the other sports!! </div>
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These two pictures are of Spencer while he was playing for Phoenix College. He was fortunate enough and talented enough to be able to play basketball on a full scholarship all 4 years of his college career. He played for PC his freshman year and then left for 2 years to serve his mission in Santiago, Chile South. His coach was sad to see him leave on his mission and actually asked him to convert to another religion for a year. But, upon his return, his first game out, he scored one of his highest scoring games of his career! He went on to play 2 more years (and finish his degree) at Grand Canyon University. </div>
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But, the main reason for my post (it will one day be put into a hard copy book for my posterity to read) is the text Spencer wrote two weeks ago about Marc. It was not only touching, but also very humbling to read. I love my kids and it is really fun to hear them verbalize how much they love each other. </div>
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very little recognition over the years when it comes to sports. . . Well, let
me give him some. I have played with outstanding big men through my years of
playing ball, to include my college years, and I honestly would put my
little/big brother among the best. We had the chance tonight to play together
for the first time in years and the game was a very physical/competitive one.
Besides both Inman boys almost getting thrown out of the game everything went
well and we won. I just wanted everyone in our family to know how impressed I
was with Marc today. He dominated in every way (defense, rebounding, offense).
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Grandma Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944815115281156118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600453297671986343.post-53074551045083847742013-04-04T01:39:00.000-07:002013-04-04T01:39:00.398-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">MR. PIGEON IS ON THE MOVE!!!!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, Mr. Pigeon decided to take a side trip and have some fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He loves statues and what could be better than a statue at Disneyland!!??</span></div>
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<b>April Fools' Day</b> is celebrated in many countries on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as <b>All Fools' Day</b>, April 1 is not a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Public holiday">national holiday</a>, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Practical joke">practical jokes</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hoax">hoaxes</a> on each other.</div>
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In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="France">France</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Italy">Italy</a>, children and adults traditionally tack paper fishes on each other's back as a trick and shout "April fish!" in their local languages (<i>poisson d'avril!</i> and <i>pesce d'aprile!</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="French language">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, respectively). Such fish feature prominently on many French late 19th to early 20th century April Fools' Day postcards.</div>
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The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Geoffrey Chaucer">Chaucer</a>'s <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Tales" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Canterbury Tales">Canterbury Tales</a></i> (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.</div>
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Grandma Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944815115281156118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600453297671986343.post-10508780038342533072013-03-16T00:30:00.000-07:002013-03-16T00:30:01.719-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">MICHE' AND DARL </span></b></div>
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This year on Miche' and Darl's anniversary, finds the happy couple on an African safari! They seem to be happy and having a great time. I hope they send us a post card telling us all about their fun time!! </div>
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Oh, and by the way...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!</div>
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Sometimes in this life, I have found myself listening to the voices of the world, and have truly wondered if I was really of any worth. Now, don't get me wrong. I know Heavenly Father loves me and values every person on earth. But, I haven't quite thought of myself the same way. </div>
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When I was a young mother with a litter of 6 children, I sometimes wondered if anyone valued what I was doing. I KNOW, without a shadow of doubt, that being a mother is the best, most valuable thing a woman can ever do. These children are our hope for the future-our contribution to the continuation of the world-the legacy we leave to our posterity-the prayer of millions who count on our children to change the world for the better. In that area of life, I felt of value. My children are all great human beings, productive citizens, wonderful parents, who made being a mother easy!! </div>
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The part of life I have been thinking about is the mundane parts of life. Sometimes I just feel taken for granted! So, instead of just complaining to myself and feeling sorry that no one thinks of me as the wonder woman of life, I sat down and made a list of the things I do and what it would have cost to pay someone through the years to do them. I tried very hard to be realistic and not over-pay myself ( I know I do excellent work), but I tried to go on the prices I have heard quoted by people who actually do have these kinds work done for them.</div>
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I am basing my calculations on the 43 years I have been married (almost).</div>
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1. The boys never had "real" haircuts until they left for their missions. <u>Haircuts</u>-2 boys for 19 years at about $15 a hair cut=<span style="color: red;">$6480</span></div>
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<u>Haircuts</u> for 1 husband for 42 years =<span style="color: red;">$7560</span></div>
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2. <u>House Cleaning</u>-42 years and $150 every two weeks for 42 years=<span style="color: red;">$151,200</span><br />
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3. <u>Cooking</u>-$300 per week for 42 years=<span style="color: red;">$604,800</span><br />
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4. <u>Childcare</u> =$125 per child per week=$750X4 (=one month)=$3000 X12 (=one year)=$36,000X5 (5 years)= <span style="color: red;">$180,000</span><br />
After school care for 5 years for 6 children-per week=$30X6 (children)=$180X4 (weeks per month)=$720 per month X 12 =8640 per year X 5=$43,200<span style="color: red;"> </span>EQUALS<span style="color: red;"> $223,200</span><br />
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5. <u>Laundry</u>-$100 per week X 4 =$400 per month X12=$4800 per year X 42 =<span style="color: red;">$201,600</span><br />
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6.<u> Lawn work</u>-$80 per week X 4=$320 per month X 6 (only lawn care 6 months a year)=$1920 per year X 42 =<span style="color: red;">$80,640</span><br />
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Worked outside of the home approximately 14 years = $215,400 roughly<br />
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TOTAL = <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">$1,670,880</span><br />
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Grocery Shopping<br />
Doctor's Visits<br />
Sport's activities<br />
School activities (during and after school)<br />
Sewing kid's clothes instead of buying<br />
Sewing costumes (kids never had store bought)<br />
Took cake decorating class so I could do all of their birthday cakes and all but 2 of their wedding cakes<br />
Religious "running around" and teaching<br />
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All of this brought me to this thought...WOW!! Women who stay home do a lot!! NEVER let anyone ever say to us again "YOU'RE ONLY A HOUSE WIFE"? or "YOU ARE A STAY AT HOME MOTHER?" and make us feel less than we are. The money figures only tell the major things we have to pay for in this life. The love and care we give to our families is priceless! So, I guess I feel a bit more valued today than yesterday.Grandma Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944815115281156118noreply@blogger.com3