Where Are My Keys?

1,460 days..

Today is the Little Duper's fourth birthday.

We'll have cake and juice boxes, play stick-the-tail-on-the-donkey, smash a pinata, play with friends, and eat too many sweet things.

And we'll celbrate the miracle of her birth.

Pumpkin time..

Spent some time with the family this weekend, carving up the WAMK World HQ pumpkins.  Here's what we came up with:

A ghost

Spooky!

Frankenstein's Monster

All three in a row

The squirrels have already done some damage.  I'm glad I got pics before it was too late!

A family honor?

Looks like I was the commenter who hit a milestone over at the blog of Armed Geek.  If I'm not mistaken, I think GWK was number 100 or 200..

My family rules.

Perhaps the fetching Mrs. P will be #600, and the little duper can be #800.

That's how we roll.

Maybe Letterman should have given him a real check after all?

Granted,it is in the Enquirer here, but they did get it right with John Edwards, didn't they?

David Letterman's sensational sex scandal has triggered a $300 million divorce war between the 62-year-old talk-show host and his outraged wife Regina, say sources close to the star.

The couple - who lived together for years before marrying March 19 - are fighting over everything from his extensive property holdings to custody of their son Harry, 6, according to insiders.

"It's become a real battle," revealed a Late Show insider.

"Regina is humiliated, and she wants to get even with David for his public admission he cheated on her repeatedly during their 23-year relationship."

Ben Kopp, hero.

He gave his life fighting to defend us.  As he died, he saved 6 of his fellow soldiers.  In death, he gave life to 75 others. 

At his funeral in Rosemount, Corporal Kopp was remembered as someone who always looked out for others. He saved the lives of six of his fellow Rangers while losing his own in Afghanistan. But even after his death, Ben Kopp isn't done being a hero.

"Once it was determined that Ben wouldn't survive we began working with the transplant team. We were able to donate all his organs to people in need," said his mom Jill Stephenson.

His heart went to a 57-year-old woman in Chicago named Judy Meikle.

"The surgeon came out after the surgery and said 'Judy, you have a great heart. Not a good heart, a great heart,'" Meikle said.

In a sense, she now has the heart of a soldier. And Wednesday, she finally got to meet the mother of the man who saved her life. Judy and Ben's mother Jill have formed a bond over the Internet and on the phone, and met for the first time at an organ donation conference in Dallas. There were tears of sadness and of joy.

"It's beating fast. He can tell you are here," Meikle told Stephenson after they embraced.

It is the first of what promises to be many meetings, but it is also a reunion between a mother and part of the son she lost.

"There was never any hesitation on his part and we agreed that if it is our time to go and we have good organs we should let someone else use them," Stephenson said.

Meikle said she got her color back and had warm hands and feet for the first time in years after receiving Ben's heart. She also has developed a taste for green beans, which were Ben's favorite vegetable.

In all, 75 people have received Ben's tissues and organs.

It's unfortunate that we live in a society today that more kids will know who Lady Gaga is, and never know of a person who truly made a difference.

Godspeed, Ben Kopp. 

Happy Birthday!

GWK celebrates the anniversary of his birth today.  Enjoy a piece of cake for us!

Have kids in public school?

Take the day off on September 8th.

5 Years..

Five years ago today, I stood in a beautiful garden in Crested Butte, CO, in front of a small group of family, friends, and dogs.  I looked into the eyes of the beautiful woman next to me and said "I do".

Since that wonderful day, we've moved into a "fix-upper" (we've almost finished "fixing-upping"), welcomed a new dog into the mix, found a new and better job, and become parents.

It's fun to look back at how much life has changed in a few short years.  No longer do we go out and paint the town red, but are content to enjoy watching the evening pass by sitting on the front porch with our daughter, putzing in the back yard, or taking a lap around the block while the Little Duper practices her biking skills.

The "important" things in life, like what kind of car to drive, what new trendy restaurant to try, have been replaced with truly meaningful things like finding a good school, playing dress up with my daughter, and watching her mind develop a great imagination.

I've truly been blessed several times over.

And it all began when she said "I do" 5 years ago.

Thanks to the fetching Mrs. P for making my life complete.

I love you.

Didn't I tell you he was the father?

John Edwards is a piece of crap.  I can on;y hope now that Karma rears its head, and we find out he misused campaign funds, and spends some time in prison.  Way to ruin the lives of your family, your mistress, and your "new" daughter.  Way to make fools out of all those that believed you, and supported you.  Glad to see you learned something from all of the the other politicians out there.

Jerk.

So who makes those choices, Mr. President?

Democrats on the Hill demonize insurance companies for making business decisions as related to coverage.  Will Obama be held to the same standard?

President Barack Obama said his grandmother’s hip-replacement surgery during the final weeks of her life made him wonder whether expensive procedures for the terminally ill reflect a “sustainable model” for health care.

The president’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had a hip replaced after she was diagnosed with cancer, Obama said in an interview with the New York Times magazine that was published today. Dunham, who lived in Honolulu, died at the age of 86 on Nov. 2, 2008, two days before her grandson’s election victory.

“I don’t know how much that hip replacement cost,” Obama said in the interview. “I would have paid out of pocket for that hip replacement just because she’s my grandmother.”

Obama said “you just get into some very difficult moral issues” when considering whether “to give my grandmother, or everybody else’s aging grandparents or parents, a hip replacement when they’re terminally ill.

“That’s where I think you just get into some very difficult moral issues,” he said in the April 14 interview. “The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health- care bill out here.”