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I'm ebaying some of our China knick knacks. I know we'll go back someday, so I don't regret letting some of this stuff go now :) 4 kites and 2 pendants. More to come...


http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdaltotm

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This is taking place on my street right now. This house, lived in by a single college guy, just went up in flames! No one was home, but luckily the dog got out. Someone called the guy at work and he rushed home. Everyone in the neighborhood is standing around across the street, watching the house burn. Right now the firefighters pretty much have it under control, and they made sure the fire didn't spread to the surrounding houses either.

Wow! Who expects such a thing to happen! Actually, Spokane has been combating a rash of arson fires lately. We even have a family at our church whose house was burned in an arson fire. I wonder if that will be the case here? At one point the fire must have hit a stash of bottle rockets, because it sounded like Chinese New Year for a few seconds.

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Zack and Petey had their well-child check ups today. Pretty much everything went as is to be expected, just the normal check up stuff. However, it turned out that they were both due for vaccinations. Ack. They dread the idea of getting shots. Just talking about it upsets them. After the doctor finished and left the room, I told the boys the news: they were getting two shots each. Tension began crackling through the air like static electricity. Complaining, whining, bargaining and pleading immediately commenced.

Once the nurse came in, I decided Petey would go first. He got on the table without much problems, but he was already beginning to cry. Loudly. These aren't little boys. If they had absolutely decided that they were not going to get these shots, we wouldn't have been able to make them. I guess luckily they still listen to me when I tell them they "have" to do something. So, the nurse took aim and started with the first shot. Petey screamed bloody murder and pulled away. The shot was out of his arm and she had to jab him again! He was wailing his head off, and Zack, who was sitting on the sidelines watching looked horrified. We finally finished up with Petey and it was time to tackle Zack.

Zack began getting a bit hysterical. This has been an aspect of his personality since he was a child. He gets himself very worked up. We got him up onto the table, but he was already crying, yelling and trying to get away. This kid is almost 80 lbs. We wear the same size shoe for goodness sake! I did my best to hold him in place and the nurse came in with the shot. His yelling started to reach an unbearable level as the needle approached his arm. Zack: "Ahhhhhhh! No, no, no! Oh...." Once the shot actually went into his arm, he totally calmed down! It didn't hurt him :) It was the funniest thing I've seen in days. I still bust out into giggles when I think about it.