Capella University

As of September 30, 2008 Capella University has 24,000 students in all 50 states and 45 other countries. Not only do they have this to be proud of, but one of their graduates happens to be Jeannie McGuire. Jeannie McGuire, who earned her master's degree in human services through Capella University, has received the Sunny Andrew's Award for her commitment to social work. Not only do they offer human services as one of their online degree, but they also offer education, public safety, information technology, and business. They offer 111 different graduate and undergraduate specializations in all. They also offer 15 certificate programs. Check out the programs they can offer you when you decide it's time to further your education.


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One Year Check-Up

Today Dru had her one year check-up. Yes, it's true! I just don't know where the time has gone, I can't believe she is 1 already. Compared to other children her age she is in the 97% for height and weight, just like all of our other children were. She is meeting all of her requirements for this age, this is a wonderful thing to hear as we have one daughter already with special needs. I am so grateful that God has blessed us with this very special gift, I just don't know what we would do without her!

Babysitter's Series

My Daughter Becca just loves to read. Her latest reading adventures are the Babysitter's Series. She has just turned nine so I think she can relate to these books really well. It wasn't that long ago that reading came hard for her. I am so glad that she has found that reading can be so much fun and can take her on wonderful adventures.

Autobody Repair

Today Becca, Cole, and I decided we would head out and do some shopping, as we didn't know when we would have another chance to go. Before we left this morning I noticed that the winds were a little gusty, but it wasn't snowing, so I thought we would be just fine. Boy was I mistaken, the weather was awful and we should have just stayed home. Not only were there white out conditions, there were also way to many drifts. We saw quite a few cars in the ditches and a few fender benders. I am very grateful that I was not one of these unfortunate cars. I wonder if they have an autobody repair shop where they can take their cars? I have found a website where people can go to find the right autobody repair shop for them. They have over 10 years of experience, minimum of 95% approval rating, Dun & Bradstreet verified, Written Lifetime Warranty, and they also participate in an annual audit. I have only need to have auto repair done a couple of times, but I know if I would ever need to have anything repaired on my vehicle, I will definitely be checking out collisionrepairexperts.com, to find the closest shop to me.

Blizzard

This morning when I woke up I thought it was a little windy outside. I really didn't think much of it until I decided to head out of town to do some shopping. I really should have turned around and headed home because it was more than just a little windy, there were white out conditions and drifts to plow through. As a matter of fact, I had to go through a drift so long and deep that I nearly got stuck! I am very glad to be home.

Personalized Wedding Supplies

When I got married more than 15 years ago, at the age of 20, things were very different when it came to planning my wedding. Once the ring was purchased, the dress and tux's were bought, the flowers and food were decided upon it was time to tie the knot. It was as simple as that however, that is not the case in today's bridal world. Meritdith is getting married in July and listening to her talk about all the things that she will need to get done over the next few months make me glad my daughters won't be getting married for a long time. I have come across a website though that I think Meridith would be happy to know about. They specialize in unique personalized wedding favors. The Knot Wedding Shop has top-quality supplies and novelty items such as cameras, wedding toppers, and personalized attendant gifts to add whatever personal touch she is trying to achieve for her special day.

MAMA MIA

What a great movie! I was unable to go and see this movie at the theater, so I decided to buy this movie and give it to myself for Christmas. I do have to say I opened it early and I am glad that I did. I bet we watched it about five times that weekend! The music is wonderful and the storyline was very clever. Becca, my eight, almost nine year old daughter, loved the movie so much she had to purchase some of the songs to download to her ipod. She now goes around the house singing "money, money, money in a cruel mans world". How cute is she? I do have to say very cute. She also has quite a few others songs memorized. She loves to sing them all. If she could watch MAMA MIA every day, I think she would.

Rummykub

Every Christmas Eve the kids are allowed to open one present. Our tradition is that it is always a new game for the whole family to play. This years game was Rummykub, something I remembered playing from my childhood, and thought that Cole and Becca would really enjoy playing also. Boy, was I right on that. We ended up playing game after game after game. John and Becca dominated the night by not sharing in any of the wins, Cole and I just decided it was an endless cause, that we were just going to have to play and know we would get our rear ends beat.

We finally got ourselves off to bed so that Santa could come, but right after opening presents on Christmas morning we were at it again. We were having so much fun playing Rummykub that we did not want to stop playing, in fact we were late for Christmas dinner at Grandma Barb's. Oops. . . thankfully everyone understood. I'm still wondering after all the games we have played since then, when will I finally win a game? Oh well, I guess it really doesn't matter as long as we all are having fun, and believe me we are!

Gold Coins

One hobby that John started about 10 years ago was to invest in rare coins. It has been awhile since he has purchased any coins, however, I have heard him talking about starting to do some research again into rare coins, and even start purchasing gold coins and silver coins. One company that I will be sure to tell him about is Monaco Rare Coin, which is part of the Monex family of companies. With over 40 years of experience they are the leader in precious metals. I think this would be a good place for him to start. With their years of expertise, experience, and financial muscle Monaco Rare Coin can only be an added benefit to his longtime hobby.

Cold Night

Tonight the corn burner has been turned off. We are waiting for it to cool down so that John can do the weekly cleaning maintenance that is needed. There seems to be a chill in the air because we are lacking the wonderful warm heat from the corn burner. I am sitting at the computer right now with a warm sweatshirt and blanket, and I am still cold. It seems like once I am chilled it takes this body a long time to warm back up. Hopefully John will be able to start the corn burner sooner then later so the house can get nice and toasty again.

Basketball

Tomorrow afternoon Cole will start his Saturday basketball schedule. His first game is at 1:30, then 3:00. After his second game we will know if his team will play in any of the championship games. I sure hope they are able to compete against their long time adversary. Every time Cole's team is scheduled to play them, it seems they forget how to play the game. They get so nervous and look so terrible, they act just like they have never been on a basketball court before or a basketball for that matter. I hope they pull together and play ball like they know how and finally come out on top.

Blisters

I can honestly say that I am one of the millions of people who want to be healthy however, like most people I unfortunately am not as dedicated as I should be or, shall I say as much as I want to be. As soon as spring arrives, I always rush out and purchase a new pair of running shoes, because once again I have decided that I will start walking and hopefully within a few short weeks I will have worked myself up into running. Unfortunately I usually end up with a couple of nice blisters on the heels of my feet. Recently I came across a website which offers many different kinds of Foot Care Product, which can help with blister relief and even blister prevention. These ENGO patches have been awarded with the NHWC Seal of Approval. The next time I am in need of blister relief I will definitely be looking into the ENGO patches.

Ear Infection

Tuesday night ended up being a very long night for mom, dad, and Dru. Dru woke during the night with a fever of 100.3 degrees, which automatically means she cannot go to daycare. Not only did she have a fever, but she was very uncomfortable and nothing could settle her. Dru has only been ill a couple times in her short life, so when all she wanted was to be held I knew we were probably looking at an ear infection. So, off to Dr. Ramos we went, and sure enough, she had an ear infection in her right ear.

After seeing Dr. Ramos, who was very surprised that she had never had any type of infection requiring antibiotics, we were off to the pharmacy. Once we arrived at the pharmacy, who was also surprised that she had never taken any antibiotics before, we were finally given her Amoxicillin. After being on this medication for two days, Dru is starting to get back to normal. She still has a runny nose, but it is much better than it was.

Another Christmas

Wow, where did the holiday season go? I cannot believe that it is already January 9, 2009! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, I know my family and I did. By the time it was all said and done we ended up celebrating four different Christmas's. The time spent with all of our family is very special to all of us and we will always treasure all of the wonderful memories. It is so much fun to see all my children and their cousins playing together, it takes me back to my childhood when we would go to grandma and grandpas in Minnesota. We couldn't wait to see all of our cousins that we would only get to see during the Christmas season, as we all lived so very far apart.