It is so nice to know that there is still so many Christian items like the Bible that are still on display in Washington. In a CBN news article they describe many Christian items around Washington that many people have either taken for granted or have not noticed.
Author: tami
Child welfare agency can’t get FBI data
I was reading the online Indianapolis Star newspaper when I ran across a disturbing article.
Child welfare agency can’t get FBI data
I can’t believe that people just keep messing with the Child Welfare. It is getting to be where we need to rename that group to Government Cattle herding or something.
Child Welfare seems to try to do its job, but always gets messed up when the government wants to play a heavy hand.
In the above article it is making it much harder to place children in relatives homes when needed. They usually can get easier backgrounds on strangers, so as long as these strangers have not been CAUGHT doing anything bad then they can have children come live with them and not with the child’s relatives.
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SE lacks alot
We currently drive a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan SE. When we bought it we thought it was great. There is still alot to love about this paid off van of ours. It is very roomy for me being over 6 foot and Jeff being about 6 foot. We also have 2 kids in grade school and usually 1/2 a pack of boy or girl scouts that we occasionally carry around.
I recently had a chance to see and sit in a brand new 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SE. You know the one they advertise that has the seats that fold down into the floor to give you more room. Well I hate it! First of all I have to do acrobatics to even get in the dang car. The head and foot room in the front have decreased by what seems like 6 inches to me. That does not seem like alot to a normal 5 foot something person, but imagine adding another foot and half to your size. Well to get in the door with the seat all the way back, I must tilt my head and shoulders to the side so much that I look as I might be doing some kind of 90’s break dancing. Not very graceful for a mom of 2. I then tried to sit in what they call the captain chairs in the second row. Captain who? Are these seats built for some captain in the Sponge Bob cartoon. (Don’t even get me started on that show). Well anyway, I sit in these and I am thinking these must be a built in car seat. The back of the seats head rest hit me right between my shoulder blades. I am a pretty skinny person and I look down and the seat has disappeared under my legs. Where did it go? I can’t believe that the seat that is about as long as my mid length shorts for the seat part is not even visible. I don’t know how a person would ever be able to put a full size car seat on that seat. I am afraid it just would not hold it. Oh, and for all the moms that like to go through the front middle seats to walk back to the middle or back seats to get something for the kids while someone else is driving, forget about it. They put in a 2 foot console that is good for nothing but a few cds. They blocked the path to get back to the back.
Why I am going on and on about this van, is that we own the 97 version of this van. I thought the 2005 would have the same room and some pretty cool features. Nope they have made a mistake with this van. Not that we would even buy a Chrysler again. Here is a list of reviews that we totally agree with about needing to fix the brakes all the time, power anything is ify at most, and the list of repairs that are usually needed for this model go on and on.
1997 Dodge Grand Caravan SE review
I just hope we don’t crash our van anytime soon, and that we can make enough money each month to cover the mortgage and the repair bills for this van.
The National Marfan Foundation
As most of our family and friends know, I Tami have Marfan Syndrome. I am over 6 foot tall and have the longer features in my hands and feet like most other Marfan’s do. One is born with this condition and can have mild or very severe symptoms. Most all have one if not more heart problems. The most popular amongst us is an enlarged aorta. This causes us to need to stay out of most physical sports. The sad thing is that being very tall and very agile are great features to have sports, but very fatal for the athelete that has Marfan. Many of these atheletes do not know they have Marfan Syndrome until they drop dead on the court. A simple e.k.g. done on the heart would let them know. Please look over the link below to the National Marfan Foundation and see if you or a loved one might have this syndrome.
The National Marfan Foundation
Tami
National Geographic News, 1500 year old Marfan Syndrome tombs.
As most of you know that I Tami have a rare syndrome called Marfan Syndrome. It is thought that Abraham Lincoln had this also. Now I have found a site where people think they have found tombs with 1500 year old Marfan Syndrome skeletons in it. This is exciting to think they might be able to trace this back so far. Here is the site