Archive for October, 2005
See, the thing about having Ben gone, aside from missing him of course, is that I totally hear things. Urgh. Like my ears get super powers and I can hear the house settling and the cars on I-5 and well, I’d like to assume it is cats or squirrels that I hear out [ READ MORE ]
Today Durin (and Atticus) moved to another loving home because of Johnathan’s most recent allergy findings. It was one of the hardest things that I’ve done, parting with a friend like that, but it had to be. He will be cared for, and I can rest with peace in that fact. He will always hold [ READ MORE ]
The 2005 September gallery is up and ready for viewing. Shae has taken the liberty of selecting several of her favorites. You can see them by clicking here. [ READ MORE ]
For anyone with links to our site, I changed theWordPress installation to be in the root directory of our site, rather than in the journal folder. Never fear though, I created a symbolic link so that no links will be rendered 404. Let me know if anything doesn’t work right… [ READ MORE ]
FYI – This Speech has been altered in several major ways since I’ve memorized it… someday I might re-type the manuscript but not today. As a parent, I now have an appreciation for life that surpasses any other emotion conceivable. Children are the future of our Earth, and they are each treasures. Yet, in Africa a [ READ MORE ]
Shae will have to extrapolate on this, but yesterday was definitely a low-blow for us. Djai went in for a visit with an allergy specialist to see if we could continue to narrow down the cause for his rashes. They did a very small-scale scratch test to that compared with an adult, and they found [ READ MORE ]
Taken from today’s paper, The Columbian: * The Clark College Speech and Debate Team competed at the Pioneer Invitational Forensics Tournament at Lewis and Clark College and placed second among all community colleges attending. Several individuals also received awards: Ben Cecka, West Hazel Dell: first place, novice duo interpretation; finalist, junior persuasive speaking; and quarterfinalist in novice [ READ MORE ]