Archive for October, 2009
Christian Care Medical Sharing
Medi-Share is Christian Healthcare Sharing.
It’s a member-based program where members share in each other’s healthcare costs.
Each month, Medi-Share matches up member’s monthly share amounts with other member’s eligible medical needs and facilitates the direct sharing of those costs between them. It’s a modern-day version of what the church started back in the book of Acts.
As a Medi-Share® member, you’ll receive a monthly notice indicating the amount of your share. Access the secure member website to determine which members you are sharing with each month so you can pray for them and send a note of encouragement. It is common for members facing medical needs to receive many supportive messages from other members!
Maybe the political climate isn’t so different afterall
Source: LiveAuctioneers.com
I’m sure if I search The Google I would find something very similar with our current president’s face attached to that label.
Current Mormon Controversies
BYU newspaper yanks T-shirt ad
PROVO — Managers of the student newspaper at Brigham Young University pulled an advertisement after numerous complaints that it was too offensive for the conservative campus.
The ad campaign began at the start of the month and sparked a big stir over a T-shirt with a simple phrase — “I Can’t … I’m Mormon.”
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‘Hot Mormon Muffins’ calendar pokes fun at stereotypes
The latest installment of a calendar series that pokes fun at Mormon stereotypes is putting a twist on motherhood.
The “Hot Mormon Muffins: A Taste of Motherhood” calendar features 12 mothers who claim membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in vintage pinup picture poses. Each month also has a muffin recipe.
It’s a companion piece to “Men on a Mission,” the three-year series of calendars that featured 12 male church missionaries who doffed their signature white shirts.
Last year, a dustup over the calendar ultimately cost its creator, Las Vegas entrepreneur Chad Hardy, his membership in the church and his diploma from the church-owned Brigham Young University.
Hardy said the projects are designed to shake up stereotypes that paint Mormons in general as stuffy or hyper-conservative and mothers in particular as homemakers from another era.
More suggestive pics here.
Grieving Chimps?
United in what appears to be deep and profound grief, a phalanx of more than a dozen chimpanzees stood in silence watching from behind the wire of their enclosure as the body of one of their own was wheeled past.
This extraordinary scene took place recently at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon, West Africa.
When a chimp called Dorothy, who was in her late 40s, died of heart failure, her fellow apes seemed to be stricken by sorrow.
As they wrapped their arms around each other in a gesture of solidarity, Dorothy’s female keeper gently settled her into the wheelbarrow which carried her to her final resting place – not before giving this much-loved inhabitant of the centre a final affectionate stroke on the forehead.
Bag of Randomness
- WifeGeeding and I used those pumpkins to reveal to her parents that she is with child.
- WifeGeeding informed me early on a Monday morning. She gets up before I do to get ready for work. After she showered she woke me with the words, “Honey, I think I might be pregnant.” Talk about a way to start a Monday.
- Later that Monday we confirmed the pregnancy at the doctors office. Once the doctor confirmed the pregnancy, WifeGeeding looked at me with a smile and the first words out of her mouth were, “Honey, your boys can swim.” And that’s reason 5,424 why I love my wife.
- As many of you have guessed, my writer’s block came from me trying to keep a secret. It’s hard to write about random things when you mind is preoccupied with one aspect that will forever change your life.
- I wonder how many of you caught on to yesterday theme before reading Bag of Randomness.
- Wowzers, I had a record day of comments, something like a total of forty. For this little blog, that’s a lot. Heck, I only thought I had only about 20 readers.
- I want you to know how much I appreciate all the kind words and all of the encouragement that were expressed to me and WifeGeeding.
- It’s been fun throwing around the terms ZygoteGeeding, EmbryoGeeding, and FetusGeeding.
- I guess the big question for all of you is how far along are we into this new journey. Well, only about eight weeks. Yes, I understand that we are suppose to wait until the first trimester before revealing anything, but hey, the overflow of the heart, the mouth shall speak, right? Not to mention, word has been slowly leaking out and it turned into a sooner rather than later kind of thing.
- Yes, I’m excited, but I’m like most males that it doesn’t seem real, and probably won’t until the actual birth. And like most future fathers, I’m preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. We are too scared we are going to jinx things.
- There are times I think I’m going to be the best father ever, and there are times I think I feel nothing but sorrow for this little kid because somehow he drew the short straw and got stuck with me.
- I’m going to do my best not to become that parent. The one that always says things like “Well, I can tell you don’t have any children” or “Just wait until you become a parent . . .” Gosh darn those people annoy me, in the most Christian way possible of course.
- I totally got a kick out of some of the U2 comments left here yesterday regarding our future child.
- This darn kid is so totally going to cut into my media room fund. Talk about sacrifice.
- I found out a lot more people that actually know me read this blog. like you, Lisa, working over in Westlake.
- Damn shame my parents never got the opportunity to become grandparents.
- It has already been predetermined that our child will be brought into this world while U2 is playing in the room. WifeGeeding and I are already working on a playlist of our favorite U2 songs that will randomly play when she is in labor. There’s no telling what song BabyGeeding will be born to, perhaps I should open it up to guesses.
- Speaking of U2, they will hold a free performance in Berlin on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remembered when that event happened. I was watching television late at night and woke Mom and Dad asking them if this was a big deal or not.
- WifeGeeding is doing well, she’s tired most of time which means she does nothing but teach, eat and sleep.
- She’s not craving sweets or anything weird, but she is real particular in what she wants at a given time.
- We are trying to find an OB/GYN in the area. So far we have had one consultation. I was a bit surprised how difficult it is to schedule an appointment. Too bad Dr Huxtable isn’t still practicing.
- I have a very close friend whose wife is also pregnant. He also brought a tear to my eye when he wrote in an email, “I’m so happy to be going through this journey with you.”
- Grace
Babyglow: The suit that changes color when your baby’s temperature is too high
Six years ago Chris Ebejer conceived a way to stop babies from overheating.
Now, proudly, he is delivering his fully-formed creation to the world.
The father of one has signed a £12.5million contract with a manufacturer to take his ‘Babyglow’ babygrows global.
The garments change colour with baby’s temperature – meaning they can tell parents when their child is getting too hot and help prevent catastrophic illness.
Sonogram Photo Cufflinks
The Sonogram Photo Cufflinks feature your very own bun in the oven. Send us your own sonogram photos and become a cufflink designer instantly. Up to 2 different images can be used.
Online Toy Rental
BabyPlays recognizes that many parents want their children to experience the learning opportunity and skill development that come though playing with a variety of toys. However, we also recognize that it is simply unnecessary to buy everything! Often times, a parent will purchase a toy for their child, only to find that within a few weeks or less the child is bored with that toy. Some parents respond to that boredom by purchasing yet more toys, soon to find out that they have a room full of toys that are no longer of interest to their child.
The BabyPlays program provides answers to these dilemmas! By providing your family with 6 fresh and exciting toys to play with each month, your child can experience 72 different toys in 1 year. Any toys that you are no longer interested in, are simply returned to us at the end of 30 days.
Plans start at $26.99/month.
Tempting Pictures of the Day
What should baby poop look like?
Most new parents find baby poop quite surprising! It has so many shades and consistencies that even experienced parents may not have seen them all.
This photo guide to baby poop will give you a good idea of what’s normal and what’s not as your newborn grows, drinks breast milk or formula, and starts eating solids. You’ll find out when not to worry and when it’s wise to be concerned.
Denim Therapy Maternity Jeans
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Step 3
Once you’ve brought yourself back to your pre-baby figure, Denim Therapy will restore your jeans back to their pre-baby form. Why spend money on a new pair of maternity jeans when you can feel sexy and comfortable in your own favorite jeans.
Sonogram Cakes
I think it would be a bit weird eating the baby. I mean, who do you save that piece for?
Check out more sonogram cakes at Cake Wrecks.
Even though this isn’t a sonogram cake, it’s still eye-popping.
But at least these things will keep your feet warm.
Zigo Leader
All the functionality of a carrier bicycle, bicycle trailer, jogging stroller, conventional stroller, and bicycle in one brilliant system.
