Ok… so where was I?
Oh yes. We left for Laurie’s parents around noon yesterday and arrived around 1 for a great Thanksgiving meal with contributions from everyone.
Great turkey, stuffing, sweet potato pie, potato casserole, fruit salad, rolls and more.
I think Laurie had fun giving her mom a hard time because the two of us, her brother and her cousin ended up at the “kids table” while Jake and Brooklyn some how made it to the “adult table.” I guess things never change ;-).
After dinner I ended up wrestling with Jake and Brooklyn for a while as Jake tried to find his sock that “somehow” went missing.
As the Cowboys game kicked off we were brought into the living room to help judge an art contest for one of the local high schools.
The theme for the contest was, something to the effect of, “I can change the world by…”
Made for some interesting conversation and discussion.
We had to say our goodbyes around 5 so we could head to my parents house where we watched the rest of the Cowboys game and enjoyed some leftovers while playing Loaded Questions.
Afterwards we tried to get a good family photo but as you can see below, we didn’t have much luck staying focused on the task.
Laurie and I got home around 11 last night and had another great morning of sleeping in.
It’s a little after 1 and I’m still in my PJ’s and Laurie just started painting in the dining room again.
Guess I better get dressed and start pulling down those Christmas decorations and putting up the outside lights.
Should be a full afternoon and evening.
Category: misc
Family photo
We tried taking a family photo after all the Thanksgiving turkey was done… we weren’t too lucky… but we had some fun along the way.
Almost done – well not quite
Pre-painting
Well it’s been a fun few days around here.
Tuesday afternoon I got a new job offer – more on that later.
Tuesday night we had a game night for our community group at Amy and Gaylan’s. We had a great time hanging out and celebrating Gaylan’s birthday. We’re planning our Christmas party back over there in a couple weeks.
Wednesday Laurie and I headed back to work and then went to Aaron and Keri’s for the Lehmann Thanksgiving festivities. Always fun to see all the Lehmann’s and enjoy their great food and fellowship.
We got home Wednesday night around 8:30 and Laurie went right to work painting the dining room. I tell you what, when she gets her mind set on something there’s not much that can stop her. She had briefly started painting on Tuesday night before our community group but we really went to town Wednesday night. Unfortunately we ran out of painter’s tape so we avoided some spots near the ceiling and window trim.
We ran out of paint in our first can around midnight so Laurie started cleaning up and getting prepped to make her infamous potato casserole for our Thanksgiving meal.
Almost done
Originally uploaded by Jonathan D. Blundell.
It was then that she realized she needed more sour cream and hash browns. Doh!
I headed out in the cold to Wal-Mart in Lancaster, who were luckily still open.
Grabbed the food, some more painter’s paint as well as Christmas lights.
We’ve got plenty of miniature Christmas lights, but I wanted something different so I bought several strings of larger white lights for outside the house.
We enjoyed sleeping in Thursday morning and Laurie got up around 10 to make some great cinnamon/orange rolls and to finish the potato casserole.
We left for her parents around noon after the casserole finished cooking and I got OrangeNoiseRadio set up for Orange Friday.
More on Thanksgiving fun coming…
Sesame Street may not be suitable
ChurchRelevance reports that the new volume 1 and 2 DVDs of Sesame Street come with the following warning:
These early “Sesame Street†episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.
Why?
Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente says that Cookie Monster smokes and eats a pipe during “Monsterpiece Theater.†And other characters may seem too grouchy, depressed, slow, or drugged. The NY Times also notes:
On the very first episode, which aired on PBS Nov. 10, 1969 — a pretty, lonely girl like Sally might find herself befriended by an older male stranger who held her hand and took her home. Granted, Gordon just wanted Sally to meet his wife and have some milk and cookies, but . . . well, he could have wanted anything.
Seems like culture is changing for sure. As ChurchRelevance points out, when you think about the church and ministry, what worked 40 years ago, probably doesn’t work like it used to.
Should we post warnings to people that our services may not be suitable for the needs of today?
Hopefully that’s not true. But what do you think?
NPR has more on the story as well:
Newly released Sesame Street DVDs of its early episodes show material that would never air today. For example, the set features a closeted gay couple living in a basement, a puppet who binge eats on cookies and lengthy psychedelic segments.
1969 Sesame Street Intro
Recent intro
My wife showing off
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I finally got this video uploaded from encounter’s outdoor service. Laurie had fun showing off her gymnastics skills on the trampoline.
Enjoy.
update :: sorry for all of you who found this while looking for porn. well not really. HA.
Scientists create embryonic stem cells from skin
From NPR:
Two teams of scientists have independently discovered a way to turn ordinary human skins cells into stem cells with the same characteristics as those derived from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.
If the work holds true to its promise, it would largely bypass ethic issues that have dogged research on human embryonic stem cells and allow scientists to tailor the cells to specific individuals, eliminating the possibility of rejection.
In my opinion, if this works like they say, this is HUGE. Imagine having the use/power of stem cells for research without the ethical implications of destroying an embryo. Simply amazing. This could lead to so many things.
Listen to the story.