Both my boys are in the Boyscouts. They raise funds for their pack with this one fundraiser. The money raised goes towards supplies for meetings and camping. If you would like to order popcorn(the chocolate ones are delicious)
please visit: Orderpopcorn.com AND ENTER THE FOLLOWING CODE: TEHBE82
If you dont want to order their is a place to make a donation to send popcorn to the troops in Iraq.
Hi to all of you still following this boring blog of mine. It has been an incredibly busy and quick September. I have been back to work and all of my boys activities have started full force. Hopefully in the next week or so I will put up some picts of my little guy playing football and my big guy with his new car.
So to update everyone on things I think I will bullet.
* We bought my "senior" a car...he loves to go get me coffee at starbucks.
* He thinks he is cool because now he has a space at school and can drive others.
*The change from my coffee goes into his gas tank.
*We have visited more schools...November is the deadline.
*We will be visiting more schools over the next few weeks
*COLLEGE IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
*My little guy got 100% on his first 2nd grade math test.
* My Little guy got 100% on his spelling tests last few weeks.
*He also loves to play football and his team is now 4-0 and has the best record so far for the 7 years old....GO SHARKS.
*My little guy is also on a U9 soccer team and his coach SUCKS...too bad he probably wont be reading this. Trying to move him off.
*No "good" adoption calls on the bat phone.
*My friend Jo has brought home Mia from China...soooo cute.
That about sums it up for now.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
ONE CHILD OR ELSE
Sep 14, 9:19 AM EDT
China Cracks Down on One-Child Violators
SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF SPEED UP SOOOOOON?
BEIJING (AP) -- Urban Chinese who have more than one child will get a black mark on their credit record, the government said, in a scheme that appeared to target newly rich couples undeterred by fines from having extra children.
"In the future, city residents' family planning violations will be entered in the credit system of the People's Bank of China," said a notice posted late Thursday on the Web site of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission.
It didn't give additional details about the scheme and it was not immediately clear whether the action might affect a person's ability to conduct financial transactions.
China's 28-year-old family planning policy limits most urban couples to just one child and allows some families in the countryside to have a second child if their first is a girl.
Rising incomes mean many people can afford to break the rules and pay resulting fines. The government has tried to crack down on the trend by raising fines and, in some cases, trying to embarrass violators.
In February, the eastern province of Zhejiang announced it planned to name and shame rich families who ignored the one-child policy by paying to have their second or third baby.
China has about 1.3 billion people - 20 percent of the global total. The government has pledged to keep the population under 1.36 billion by 2010 and under 1.45 billion by 2020.
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China Cracks Down on One-Child Violators
SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF SPEED UP SOOOOOON?
BEIJING (AP) -- Urban Chinese who have more than one child will get a black mark on their credit record, the government said, in a scheme that appeared to target newly rich couples undeterred by fines from having extra children.
"In the future, city residents' family planning violations will be entered in the credit system of the People's Bank of China," said a notice posted late Thursday on the Web site of China's National Population and Family Planning Commission.
It didn't give additional details about the scheme and it was not immediately clear whether the action might affect a person's ability to conduct financial transactions.
China's 28-year-old family planning policy limits most urban couples to just one child and allows some families in the countryside to have a second child if their first is a girl.
Rising incomes mean many people can afford to break the rules and pay resulting fines. The government has tried to crack down on the trend by raising fines and, in some cases, trying to embarrass violators.
In February, the eastern province of Zhejiang announced it planned to name and shame rich families who ignored the one-child policy by paying to have their second or third baby.
China has about 1.3 billion people - 20 percent of the global total. The government has pledged to keep the population under 1.36 billion by 2010 and under 1.45 billion by 2020.
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
LADYBUG SIGHTING
OK FORGOT TO POST THIS BUT VERY VERY WEIRD...Yesterday morning, after reading my friend Joannes' blog (they are in China picking up their daughter Mia), I went to place my bagel in the toaster. As I was doing so, I noticed something moving across the toaster...... I jumped first, because I dont like bugs, and then I did a double take and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a ladybug crawling across my toaster. I grabbed it up quickly, and started to scream,and cry at the same time... So what do you make of this???? Just a ladybug??? I like to think that maybe it was a "sign" of good luck for good things to come. Maybe a call on my BAT PHONE from a real birth mom, or maybe China will come to their senses and referr like crazy... WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Can you believe it? The summer is over and the school year begins. I get slightly depressed this time of year because I have to return back to work. I like the slow pace of summer, and I like to get up later than my 5 am work wake up. I also love this time of year. As the weather starts to change and get a little cool in the morning and evenings, it reminds me of a time of renewal as well. It is a time of new beginnings. Today one of my "babies" became a senior and started off for the last day of his public school career. I remember the day I put him on the bus for Kindergarten, and looking for a full day program was the largest issue of my life... Where does the time go? My other little guy, is in 2nd grade already. I feel like I was just looking for a good day care program for him when he was just 6 months old. Where does the time go? This should prove to be an intersting year. I will have a High school graduation, a communion and hopefully an adoption.
All good things.
I found this list and thought it very interesting especially when I have a 17 year old. CAUTION READING THIS LIST BELOW MAY MAKE YOU FEEL OLD.
The World That 18-Year-Olds Inhabit
Each year, Beloit College in Wisconsin prepares a list to help teachers understand the mindset of incoming freshmen. The list offers a surprisingly precise measure of the generation gap by demonstrating how the changes and events that defined the lives of a generation might barely have registered with their children or grandchildren. Some highlights from this year’s edition on the Class of 2011 describing some of the remarkable consequences of being born in 1989:
FOR THE CLASS OF 2011
Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989.
What Berlin wall?
Humvees, minus the artillery, have always been available to the public.
They never “rolled down” a car window.
They have grown up with bottled water.
General Motors has always been working on an electric car.
Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
Pete Rose has never played baseball.
Rap music has always been mainstream.
Religious leaders have always been telling politicians what to do, or else!
“Off the hook” has never had anything to do with a telephone.
Music has always been “unplugged.”
Russia has always had a multi-party political system.
Women have always been police chiefs in major cities.
half of them may have been members of the Baby-sitters Club.
Eastern Airlines has never “earned their wings” in their lifetime.
No one has ever been able to sit down comfortably to a meal of “liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Wal-Mart has always been a larger retailer than Sears and has always employed more workers than GM.
Being “lame” has to do with being dumb or inarticulate, not disabled.
Wolf Blitzer has always been serving up the news on CNN.
Katie Couric has always had screen cred.
Al Gore has always been running for president or thinking about it.
They never found a prize in a Coca-Cola “MagiCan.”
They were too young to understand Judas Priest’s subliminal messages.
When all else fails, the Prozac defense has always been a possibility.
Multigrain chips have always provided healthful junk food.
They grew up in Wayne’s World.
U2 has always been more than a spy plane.
They were introduced to Jack Nicholson as “The Joker.”
Stadiums, rock tours and sporting events have always had corporate names.
American rock groups have always appeared in Moscow.
Commercial product placements have been the norm in films and on TV.
On Parents’ Day on campus, their folks could be mixing it up with Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz with daughter Zöe, or Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford with son Cody.
Fox has always been a major network.
They drove their parents crazy with the Beavis and Butt-Head laugh.
The “Blue Man Group” has always been everywhere.
Women’s studies majors have always been offered on campus.
Being a latchkey kid has never been a big deal.
Thanks to MySpace and Facebook, autobiography can happen in real time.
They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcolm X from Spike Lee.
Most phone calls have never been private.
High definition television has always been available.
Microbreweries have always been ubiquitous.
Virtual reality has always been available when the real thing failed.
Smoking has never been allowed in public spaces in France.
China has always been more interested in making money than in reeducation.
Time has always worked with Warner.
Tiananmen Square is a 2008 Olympics venue, not the scene of a massacre.
The purchase of ivory has always been banned.
MTV has never featured music videos.
The space program has never really caught their attention except in disasters.
Jerry Springer has always been lowering the level of discourse on TV.
They get much more information from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert than from the newspaper.
They’re always texting 1 n other.
They will encounter roughly equal numbers of female and male professors in the classroom.
They never saw Johnny Carson live on television.
They have no idea who Rusty Jones was or why he said “goodbye to rusty cars.”
Avatars have nothing to do with Hindu deities.
Chavez has nothing to do with iceberg lettuce and everything to do with oil.
Illinois has been trying to ban smoking since the year they were born.
The World Wide Web has been an online tool since they were born.
Chronic fatigue syndrome has always been debilitating and controversial.
Burma has always been Myanmar.
Dilbert has always been ridiculing cubicle culture.
Food packaging has always included nutritional labeling.
All good things.
I found this list and thought it very interesting especially when I have a 17 year old. CAUTION READING THIS LIST BELOW MAY MAKE YOU FEEL OLD.
The World That 18-Year-Olds Inhabit
Each year, Beloit College in Wisconsin prepares a list to help teachers understand the mindset of incoming freshmen. The list offers a surprisingly precise measure of the generation gap by demonstrating how the changes and events that defined the lives of a generation might barely have registered with their children or grandchildren. Some highlights from this year’s edition on the Class of 2011 describing some of the remarkable consequences of being born in 1989:
FOR THE CLASS OF 2011
Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989.
What Berlin wall?
Humvees, minus the artillery, have always been available to the public.
They never “rolled down” a car window.
They have grown up with bottled water.
General Motors has always been working on an electric car.
Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
Pete Rose has never played baseball.
Rap music has always been mainstream.
Religious leaders have always been telling politicians what to do, or else!
“Off the hook” has never had anything to do with a telephone.
Music has always been “unplugged.”
Russia has always had a multi-party political system.
Women have always been police chiefs in major cities.
half of them may have been members of the Baby-sitters Club.
Eastern Airlines has never “earned their wings” in their lifetime.
No one has ever been able to sit down comfortably to a meal of “liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
Wal-Mart has always been a larger retailer than Sears and has always employed more workers than GM.
Being “lame” has to do with being dumb or inarticulate, not disabled.
Wolf Blitzer has always been serving up the news on CNN.
Katie Couric has always had screen cred.
Al Gore has always been running for president or thinking about it.
They never found a prize in a Coca-Cola “MagiCan.”
They were too young to understand Judas Priest’s subliminal messages.
When all else fails, the Prozac defense has always been a possibility.
Multigrain chips have always provided healthful junk food.
They grew up in Wayne’s World.
U2 has always been more than a spy plane.
They were introduced to Jack Nicholson as “The Joker.”
Stadiums, rock tours and sporting events have always had corporate names.
American rock groups have always appeared in Moscow.
Commercial product placements have been the norm in films and on TV.
On Parents’ Day on campus, their folks could be mixing it up with Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz with daughter Zöe, or Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford with son Cody.
Fox has always been a major network.
They drove their parents crazy with the Beavis and Butt-Head laugh.
The “Blue Man Group” has always been everywhere.
Women’s studies majors have always been offered on campus.
Being a latchkey kid has never been a big deal.
Thanks to MySpace and Facebook, autobiography can happen in real time.
They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcolm X from Spike Lee.
Most phone calls have never been private.
High definition television has always been available.
Microbreweries have always been ubiquitous.
Virtual reality has always been available when the real thing failed.
Smoking has never been allowed in public spaces in France.
China has always been more interested in making money than in reeducation.
Time has always worked with Warner.
Tiananmen Square is a 2008 Olympics venue, not the scene of a massacre.
The purchase of ivory has always been banned.
MTV has never featured music videos.
The space program has never really caught their attention except in disasters.
Jerry Springer has always been lowering the level of discourse on TV.
They get much more information from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert than from the newspaper.
They’re always texting 1 n other.
They will encounter roughly equal numbers of female and male professors in the classroom.
They never saw Johnny Carson live on television.
They have no idea who Rusty Jones was or why he said “goodbye to rusty cars.”
Avatars have nothing to do with Hindu deities.
Chavez has nothing to do with iceberg lettuce and everything to do with oil.
Illinois has been trying to ban smoking since the year they were born.
The World Wide Web has been an online tool since they were born.
Chronic fatigue syndrome has always been debilitating and controversial.
Burma has always been Myanmar.
Dilbert has always been ridiculing cubicle culture.
Food packaging has always included nutritional labeling.
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