All Stars - Game 3
We got thumped. Humbled. 3 - 15.
It was sweatin' hot..... as described by the players here at home. I was drenched. While in the dugout, I passed out wet towels, water, Gatorade and granola bars.
The boys played hard but it wasn't enough. They could play better. They'll get another chance to show their stuff Thursday.
Crystal Hutchings - loving wife and homeschool mother
Crystal Hutchings, 42, passed away in her home on Monday, July 7, 2008. She was the proud mother of 4 boys and 3 girls. Her greatest joy was caring for her family and home schooling her children.
Funeral Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, July 10, 2008 at Hixson Presbyterian Church
Click here to read her obituary.
The Simple Woman's Daybook (8 July 2008)
FOR TODAY July 8, 2008...
Outside My Window... a small woodpecker.. no there are two, on the tree that's closest to my house. Wish I could get a picture withoug scaring them away.
I am thinking... about my sweet friend, Crystal, who's been in Heaven with Jesus since last night.
I am thankful for... my children and my husband and our health.
From the kitchen... I'm typing this. (Our computer is in the kitchen/dining area.) My girls and I just made up a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough. Yummmm!
I am wearing... a light green blouse/T-shirt, all-cotton, peach-colored shorts, no shoes
I am creating... this blog entry, and in my head I'm creating plans for supper, plans for attending Crystal's funeral, plans for homeschool.
I am going... to a friend's son's wedding on Saturday.
I am hoping... to overcome grief through the power of God's grace and peace.
I am hearing... the a/c running, birds twittering, and our girls playing with tiny frogs outside.
Around the house... things are a mess, and I'm trying to not let it get me "down."
One of my favorite things... The Sound of Music
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: VBS for the girls at a friend's church, funeral on Thursday (perhaps), wedding on Saturday...
Here is a picture thought I am sharing... Here's a view of the tree that's closest to our house. The woodpeckers flew away right before I took the picture. (Also, you can see part of my reason for a "messy" house -- the window needs cleaning.)
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All Stars - Game 1 & 2
J & C are playing on our league All Star team. This is a 10 day tournament and we play this evening …. in 110 degree heat. Right now the boys and Little Miss are watching Heidi (Shirley Temple), lounging under the fan trying to stay cool. (They are suckers for their sister.)
Mike is coaching and I am scorekeeper extraordinaire. Truly you should see the books I keep. They are amazing. Just ask.  But this isn't about me.
Anyways, we are two games into the tournament …here’s the low down:
Game 1 our boys won 8-1 with a two run homer over the fence by C. Sweet! He earned a steak dinner…..
Game 2 we won 8-2 ….. with a one hop to the fence by J for a double ……and two, yes two double plays.
J also pitched a little over 4 innings.
The second double play was picked up by the second baseman tossed to C who was covering second from short and thrown J at first who stretched to a long split for the second out. They sacrificed one run to make the double play, but we were in the top of the last inning and our second baseman picked up the last out again and tossed it to J at first.
I’m off to make smoothies and pack the ice chests. I’ll try and up date later tonight.
Feds Target Children With Live Flu Vaccine
Here's an unrelated article, but a must read as well...
HPV Vaccine Victims Pile Up: $1.5B for Merck - This is Barbara Loe Fisher's blog; excellent vaccine related articles here.
This is very disturbing; our future needs protecting...reprinted below. Keep that Oscillo in the house at all times - it really works & it looks like we're gonna need it!
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
Feds target children with live flu vaccine
Formula planned for possibly millions contains virus that can spread on contact
Posted: July 07, 2008
8:03 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
The federal government plans to give children – possibly millions of them – a live influenza vaccine they could transmit to anyone with whom they come into contact.
The vaccinations could start as early as a few weeks from now, and the infections could be spread for up to three weeks following the vaccinations, officials confirmed.
Each half milliliter portion of the formula, called FluMist, contains particles of "live, attenuated influenza virus," writes Robert Carrillo on his extensive blog posting about the vaccine.
"That means that between 10 million and 100 million viral particles will be forcefully injected into the nostrils administered," he says.
Carillo warns one of the most troubling concerns over the injection is the potential for the viruses to enter directly into the brain.
"At the top of the nasal passages is a paper-thin bone called the cribriform plate," he explains. "The olfactory nerves pass through this bone and line the nasal passages, carrying messenger molecules to the brain that are identified as 'smells' familiar to us. The olfactory tract has long been recognized as a direct pathway to the brain."According to MedImmune, the company providing FluMist, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted earlier this year to "expand flu vaccination recommendations to include all children six months through 18 years of age."
Previously, the recommendations were to vaccinate children from six months to 59 months of age, the report said.
"The new guidelines add approximately 30 million children to the recommended pediatric population to be vaccinated annually against influenza," the company said.
"MedImmune is committed to doing all it can to support the ACIP's expanded influenza vaccination recommendations and to work toward our common goal to vaccinate more children against the flu each year," John Trizzino, vice president, vaccines, said in a prepared statement. "The data presented … highlight the need to use every possible opportunity to improve vaccination rates and compliance, including vaccinating children when they visit their healthcare providers for back-to-school check-ups and sports physicals. We are focused on delivering FluMist(R) (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) into the marketplace this year beginning in August."
Carrillo, who works with an organization advising about the dangers of vaccines, says among some of the ingredients of various vaccines are human diploid lung cells, fetal bovine serum, aluminum, formaldehyde, mercury and dry natural latex rubber.
In this particular case, however, probably the most significant issues are that recipients of the vaccine could suffer complications. There are advisories against giving it to children under age 2, anyone with asthma or pregnant women, and the vaccine could transmit the virus itself to others.
"It has been documented that the live viruses from the vaccine can be shed (and potentially spread into the community) from recipient children for up to 21 days," Carrillo writes.
Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, agreed.
"It's a live virus," she told WND. "There is a risk if you give it to a child, the child could expose someone to that vaccine virus in whom there could be complications."
The drug manufacturer also warns of possible complications for people afflicted with the Guillain-Barre syndrome.
"You could transmit the virus [to someone] in whom the vaccine could cause a reaction," Orient said. "What about a child whose mother turns out to be pregnant?"
There also is a warning about the danger to people whose immune systems are affected, such as individuals taking chemotherapy.
A study cited by the company in its documentation about the vaccine confirmed that a transmission of influenza from a vaccinated child to someone else is possible. That study encompassed 197 children in a day-care center, officials said.
"It does replicate and is shed and has been transmitted to a few individuals in this study," Orient said.
But she said that going from 197 children to 30 million kids, "I would say is a big experiment."
"I would be concerned about the hazards," she told WND. "And I'm not convinced about the benefit."
Orient, who serves as medical adviser for the institute's projects involving human health and disease, also is president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and of Physicians for Civil Defense.
Carrillo also cites the moral concerns raised by vaccines. He writes on his blog, "The Bible teaches us that children are a gift from God," and parents are entrusted with the care and welfare of their children.
"Parents, not the state, are responsible to make health care decisions on behalf of their children," he says, noting the moral problems raised by vaccines that are produced using aborted baby lung tissue.
"The Bible also teaches that there have been times in history when evil government and government employees have attempted, through force or color of law, to intimidate, harm or destroy the children of God's people … Therefore, if a parent feels that vaccines are not safe, it is their responsibility to defend our children from an individual or government who is attempting to subject our children to those vaccine risks," he says.
"The Bible teaches that when man's law contradicts God's law, His people must obey God over Man. … Therefore, be it known, should any policy, edict or legislation of man decree our children must be vaccinated, we must obey God rather than man," he says.
"Just so you know one flu shot a year [five] years in a row will increase chances of Alzheimer's by X10 FOLD. WOW! It is criminal that now babies at 6 months old are getting this TOXIC vaccine," Carillo says.
Federal advisory board members cited a study that found fewer than 20 percent of school-age children from 5-19 were vaccinated in their doctors' offices during the most recent influenza season.
"Just so you know, only 10 percent of the adverse reactions gets reported and the count on the site for FluMist so far is over 800 adverse reactions so in reality over 8,000 people have had an adverse reaction," Carrillo counters.
He notes parents still have retained a right to exempt their children.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the government advisory panel decision doesn't make such flu shots mandatory, but "it will smooth the way for both private insurers and publicly funded vaccination programs to pay for the immunizations."
The report did confirm that controlling influenza among children is a key to fighting the seasonal attacks.
"Kids are the vectors. They bring it home from school and give it to their parents. If you can stop it at school, you stop it at home and break the cycle," says Dr. Frank Malinoski of Gaithersburg, Md., a senior vice president for MedImmune.
The Chronicle report said there have been about two dozen pediatric influenza deaths so far this year. But it also noted the company stands to gain a return on its vaccine, with a price of about $18 per dose.
Another organization, called Families Fighting Flu, Inc., was whole-heartedly in support of the plan.
"We strongly urge all parents to recognize the severity of influenza and get their children vaccinated against the flu every year," said Richard Kanowitz, president of the group.
The organization, however, confirmed it is funded by unrestricted grants from several pharmaceutical companies, including MedImmune.
At Vaccination Liberation officials said vaccines have left flu largely unchanged in recent years anyway.
"Deaths from flu and pneumonia declined by about 90 percent of the year 1900 rates before the widespread use of flu vaccines. This demonstrates with certain[t]y that the major preventive of flu deaths (and flu incidence) is sanitation and nutrition. The fact that no further declines have occur[r]ed in the death rate for combined flu and pneumonia deaths tells us that the ONLY preventive for flu deaths and flu incidence is the lifestyle elements which make a healthy life."
New Homeschool Share Units!!
Wow! You won't believe the number of new units and resources that have been added to Homeschool Share. Really great resources, too.
Be sure to take a peek at the two units I contributed: Journey to the Bottomless Pit and The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. I even won one of the drawings - five great literature books from HSS's book closet. Very exciting, indeed!
What are you waiting for? See how many of this coming year's studies are already planned for you!
How do I organize? That's the question...
Ginny at Proverbs 22:6 Academy asks...
What are some ways you organize your life and how do you think the Schoolhouse Planner might make it easier?
Here's my answers:
Organize? I'm supposed to organize my life?! LOL!  Seriously, though, I try to organize my life by making to-do lists, keeping a calendar, weeding through the mail (both snail and email), etc.
I think The Schoolhouse Planner might make my life easier by helping me to keep all of my responsibilities, activities, etc. in one centralized location.
Today... is my Dad's birthday~
The 8th..... he would of been 84.
I am thankful for his life.... for all that he gave, for his humility... for his love. I am thankful for the sacrifice he made when he was 17.. to fight for our country (WWII). I am thankful the Lord spared his life and that he was my earthly father.... my dad.
I can still see the wrinkles in his hands..... his watch.... his wedding band... for 60 yrs of marriage.
I miss him.
Happy Birthday, Dad. I love you.
We talk of you often....
Papa....
This sunday we placed flowers in the church in memory of my Dad.... and in honor of his birthday. Red, white & blue with a flag in them. He was a true American. He was MY hero.
 Dad with Dakota 2000
 ~Papa reading to Alyssa~
 Papa with my little boys~ Wes 3 wks & Wyatt 18 months
 Michael & Papa go fishing~ 1991
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
You used to call me your dreamer
And now I'm living out my dream
Oh how I wish you could see
Everything that's happening for me
I'm thinking back on the past
It's true that time is flying by too fast
I know you're in a better place, yeah
But I wish that I could see your face, oh
I know you're where you need to be
Even though it's not here with me
~ Michael's high school graduation~ 2003 
me (holding Wesley, 3 wks old), Dad, Michael, mom, Mandi, my sister, Sharon, Alyssa, Dakota, Billy with Wyatt (18 months)
We miss you.... Papa!
thank you for allowing me to share my heart~
Planning, planning, over the bounding waves... (wait! That was "sailing"! Oh well!)
Wow! Here's yet another opportunity to win The Schoolhouse Planner!
Besides entering the giveaway on these two blogs (HSB Front Porch and Homeschooling & Loving It), you can also go to Proverbs 22:6 Academy and enter to win.
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