I've found it's difficult to be an environmentalist during the holidays. Bruce and I redecorated our living room ( it looks much better) and we put up a Christmas tree. Although I absolutely love real Christmas trees, the whole tree thing is not so good for the environment so we got a fake one. Of course fake trees save trees from being cut down ( Read more... )

So now Michael is a month old and we are just starting to hit a stride. My labor experience was great, or as good as I think they can get. I got induced on 8.28.07 because I got some low scores on an ultrasound test. When we started the pitocin to get the contractions coming I was 3 cm dialated and 90% effaced. After an hour and a half of laboring ( Read more... )

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Thank you very much for your email and taking the time to ask me questions.  I’ll try to answer each of your questions below to the best of my ability.

Regarding pro-life and the Libertarian Party:  The Libertarian Party is split between pro-choice and pro-life, and so usually does not take a stand on that issue since our membership is ( Read more... )

Now that I have more free time on my hands, for a relatively short time, I'm trying to get involved in all the things that interest me. Things like cross stitch, photography, home improvements, and politics. Due to crazy and unforseen circumstances I've yet to be able to vote in our government, but having a political opinion and being educated ( Read more... )

I finally got to see the professional photos from the wedding. The photographer did a better job than I thought he would overall. There are a lot and the ones that I think are good are posted on: http://community.webshots.com/user/raybranch?track_pagetag=/page/photo/goodtimes/friendsfun&track_action=/MediaInfo/MediaAuthor

I'm really glad that school ( Read more... )

These are some pictures of the reception from other people's cameras and the table cameras. I'm supposed to be getting my first look at the professional photos this weekend.


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The wedding was beautiful. I cried through my vows and had a great time. I am now the new Mrs. Hankins.

I'll write more when I get my pictures back.

I finally got my grades back for the semester and I did better than I was expecting. Since I could barely study for my finals I thought I would bomb all of the tests and bring down my grades but they couldn't have been that bad. This is what my grades turned out ( Read more... )

Democrats are voted back into power in the Senate and the House and the whole world sighs with relief.

Thank you VA for thinking it through and not remaining red.