A family member may be benefiting from this program; they live in a group home in a distant town in Illinois. Or maybe not – need to know more. Illinois Project Gives Families a New Way To Aid Disabled Kin – New York Times Danny and Fay Moore have lived with anxiety since the births of their daughter and their son, both mentally retarded as a result of the genetic disorder Down’s syndrome. The Moores shape their family life around providing special schooling and counseling for Stacey, 7 years old, and Aaron, 4, who are growing into adventurous, fun-loving children.”Our…
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The Salt Lake Tribune has an article about Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s days as an LDS bishop. It’s an interesting sidelight on an aspect of the man that many people are curious about – his faith and where he stands. You might admire his stand on abortion, except for running as a pro-choice candidate in order to get elected in Massachusetts. It’s interesting that people still remember an incident that took place in a hospital room. Salt Lake Tribune – Mitt and his faith: Remembering when candidate Romney was Bishop Romney Not everyone shared that positive view of Romney. Though…
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Obama wins convincing victory in Iowa — chicagotribune.com This is my candidate. This is my choice for leader of the free world. This is the man I would be proud to call President of the United States of America. Yes, it’s ridiculous that a year or more of campaigning in just a few “early primary states,” and one night of essentially backroom kibitzing in little meeting halls all over one Midwestern state puts a stamp of approval on just one person in each party, with dwindling hopes for others unless they do well in a small Eastern state. By the…
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We’re just back from our New Year’s visit to David’s parents; we took the new route and once again, it was no faster, but is a lot less complicated. It’s cold, cold, cold, and it snowed all last night and most of today. As we came back, along a long, 2-lane country road that leads to the new extension of I-355, we watched threads of blown snow whip across the blacktop. There are still farms out there, but the blight is already taking root: all kinds of chain restaurants and big-box stores are creeping along, with more construction obviously coming. Still,…
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Wow! In spite of my sister Timmy’s poor opinion of my housekeeping skillz, the Xmess box is all packed up and sitting in the hall! Where it’s been for the last year. Actually, more than a year. Last year, I hauled it out of the garage sometime in early December, thinking that if I felt like it, I’d get around to putting up the Christmas tree and decorations. But last year was the first one after Mom passed away, and I never did get around to it, although I felt horribly anxious about the countdown to Christmas, and positively in…
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Salt Lake Tribune – As Cottonwood Mall is demolished, firefighters will train in the crumbling buildings As shoppers flood stores in search of last-minute gifts, firefighters already have bagged the perfect present: They got a mall. Through the end of January, the Unified Fire Authority will conduct extensive training exercises in Holladay’s now-nearly-empty Cottonwood Mall at 4835 S. Highland Drive. “It’s a once-in-a-career opportunity to go there and do drills and practices,” UFA Capt. Troy Prows said Friday. “We use structures that are ready to be destroyed for practice.” But rarely do those buildings come so super-sized – with 700,000…
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Salt Lake Tribune – Mitt’s quote about God not speaking to anyone since Moses raises more questions: What about LDS Church founder Smith? WASHINGTON – Presidential candidate Mitt Romney says in a videotaped interview that he doesn’t know that God has spoken to anyone since the time of Moses. Right. What about that Joe Smith guy? Wasn’t there some sort of conversation in a sacred grove thingy? If this guy is actually elected President, can he even ride the First Mountainbike without backpedaling?
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I’ll never sneer at single-use plastic cups in hotel rooms again. Did you ever wonder whether housekeeping transports all the dirty glasses to the kitchen to be washed in hot, sanitizing water? Well, they don’t, for the most part. At least not the folks who clean your room, they can’t be bothered because they probably have a quota to make by a certain time. A hotel with room service might do better, but you should leave your dirty crockery out in the hall to be collected… but who would think to leave all the used drinking glasses out there too?…
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It’s been a relaxing and productive week so far – there are plenty of things that I’m procrastinating about (Christmas tree, decorations, clearing the dining room table off) but there are plenty of things I’ve got done. It’s been a vacation week for me, and I’ve spent it making tea, reading books, reorganizing things, keeping up with online news and blogs, listening to NPR, shopping for the few items I have to get for Xmess each year. Right now, I’ve got a turkey breast in the oven in the big roasting pan, and when we pull it out, we’re making…
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…it just doesn’t have to know how to spell them. Via » Photo of the Day » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century