The Jack Lessenberry show on Michigan Radio today was all about Catholics and Voting. The essay was about the Catholic voting block and Catholic Politicians, and it had an interview with Chris Korzen from Catholics United, one of the more centrist groups.
Jalopnik has often commented on Popemobiles, but now they have a roundup of them.
So far my favorite comment has been:
“Even with the power of the Pope's prayer he wasn't able to keep a Fiat running.” – Maxxofor
So when I graduated from high school (1999) I weighed 175lbs. By the start of my second year of college I was up to 205lbs. The combination of college inactivity, high speed internet, and all you can eat dorm food was not good for me. I eventually got up to 210-215lbs.
In 2005 I dipped below the 200lbs mark, so Bridgit broke from being a vegetarian and had a BLT. For a long time I wavered in the 200-205 range. The other day we got a scale and to my surprise I was at 189lbs (fully loaded with phone, wallet, knife, multi-tool, keys, etc). Last night I got on the scale without all that stuff and I was right at 185lbs.
To get down to 200 I used the “say no to thirds” diet, and was able to loose 10 lbs fairly quickly. I have been eating that way since (most of the time) and it seems to be working.
Woot!
We have been potty training for a couple weeks now and things are going well, He usually has no more then and couple accidents a day and sleeps in a diaper at night. He really doesn't like going poop in the potty, and when he does he freaks out and wants it out of his potty.
Things Eli is currently afraid of:
Things Eli is has no fear of :
I remember my brother, Jon, being terrified of ET. Speaking of that ET star Drew Barrymore has been wandering around our neighborhood. She is directing a movie that is being filmed at a nearby house. The past few weekends out streets have been packed with trucks trailers. Eli is pleased.
Tonight at dinner (of which Eli ate very little) he spilled water on his shirt and freaked out so I took the shirt off. A short while later he announced: “three belly buttons” and pointed at his nipples and belly button.
Eli has been talking up a storm lately, often quite clearly. This great improvement in speech means we have to say goodbye to some cute words.
No more canpakes (pancakes), Gammy (Grammy), or pedos (torpedos, the kind you throw in the pool).
Elijah has also decided we get to say goodbye to diapers except at naptime & overnight. That's a pretty awesome goodbye.
Well, last night we used the drier for the second time this summer. Heading back to school means that we have to have full days worth of diapers to send to daycare. That means that often we don't have the flexibility of waiting for diapers to dry on the line. Clothes can still spend time on the line.
Also I filled up the Vibe today and after doing the math the tank did a hair over 35mpg. About 100 of the ~380 miles on the tank was with a canoe on the car.