Random Facts August 7, 2007

• Wolves are capable of covering over 100 miles in a single day.

• Wolves can go days on end without food. They can also eat 20 pounds of meat in a single sitting.

• In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

• Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

• What is the hottest place on Earth? El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 the hottest ever measured. In Death Valley, it got up to 134 Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913.

• Coral reefs are colonies of micro creatures named pollups, little hair-like things that live on the top layer of the coral. The coral grows because the next generation is born on those that came before.

• A single tree in a rain forest can be home to thousands of different creatures.

• The tongue of the anteater is over 2 feet long

• The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate

• In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.

• Blue whales reach between 70-110 feet in length and weigh up to 150 tons.

• The oldest animal on Earth was born in 1830 Her name is Harriet, she’s a Galapagos land tortoise

• Health regulators estimated that up to 93 percent of silicone breast implants ruptured within 10 years

• A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it’s own weight each year.

Monday August 6, 2007

Not much to write about today, home from my oldest sisters house and back to the boredom of being home..had a tasty salad for lunch. i guess i will take a nap now…i am exhausted, be on later with the rest of my update.

Photo Hunters August 5, 2007

FUNKY COLORS, FUNKY FABRIC, OLD CLOTHES MY MOTHER USED TO WEAR WHEN SHE WAS A KID!!!

Friday & Saturday August 4, 2007

Friday

Yesterday we went on an adventure! First we went to see Lucy the Elephant.  
Lucy was really neat, got some good pictures and went up in her. The view from the top of her was amazing…see the beach for miles. Ocean City was neat did some shopping had lunch at a pizza please…Cape May was neat as well…I walked on the beach for a little while..then we ate at the The Ugly Mug diner..The mugs hanging on the ceiling belong to members of the “Ugly Mug Club”and the ones facing the sea are for deceased members. I also found some neat wood carving statues by Jim Shore that i really liked!

Saturday

Today we went to the Philadelphia Zoo! It was really hot, but we enjoyed seeing all the animals..They revamped the Big Cat exhibit and its really neat. One of the tigers had babies in June…I also really enjoyed the Elephants and Cindy and Una the two female hippos…the hippos stayed in the pond the whole time. We saw Harry the crocodile who came to the Zoo in 1971 and is approximately 40 years old.

Here are some other animals we saw today!

4 Galapagos tortoises, 13 Gila monsters,Gaboon Viper, cheetahs, Polar bears Coldilocks and Klondike, 4 African lions, 3 snow leopards,black jaguar, 2 Amur tigers, Indian rhino, 3 White’s tree frogs.

After the zoo we went to the Whole foods store for weekly shopping…very intresting cause they don’t have any cherrios or skippy peanut butter and no gummy worms! Don’t think i could do very well there…without normal brands! Its about 7:45 and we have eatten good meal of bbq chicken, corn and mac and cheese and now just relaxing an unwinding.

Recalls

French Style Green Beans

Fisher-Price
Pacifiers Decorated with Crystals Crib Bumpers- pottery barn kidsPlayskool Sippy Cups

Fisher-Price Rainforest Infant Swings

Life is good® Children’s Sweatshirts

Disney Children’s Footed Pajamas

Duggar Family August 4, 2007

Today the Duggar’s welcomed baby number 17 into the world! New baby Jennifer joins siblings Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle’s due date.

Posted in the Duggars’ dining area:
Always use soft words, even when you don’t feel well.
Always display kind actions, even if you have been mistreated.
Show joyful attitudes even when no one else is looking.

Have sincere motives with no thought of self-gain.

Think pure thoughts.

Always give a good report of others. Never talebear unless physical harm will come to someone. Use Matthew 18.

Never raise a hand to hit.

Never raise a foot to kick.

Never raise an object to throw.

Never raise a voice to yell.

Never raise an eye to scowl.

Use one toy/activity at a time.

Never let the sun go down on your wrath. (Don’t go to bed angry or guilty.)

Amendment J.O.Y. – make serving your family a priority – put Jesus first, others second, yourself last.

STANDARD FARE

The monthly grocery bill runs from $1,500 to $2,000, including diapers and paper products.

GO FIGURE

7 Grocery carts the family can fill on a trip to fill the pantry.

4 Gallons of milk consumed every three or four days.

7 Loads of laundry each day (9 when they wash bedding).

2,200 Size of their rental house, in square feet.

7,000 Size of their new house, under construction, in square feet.

THE FAMILY FLEET

1997 Ford 21-passenger shuttle bus, purchased for $2,100 from a local transit company in a sealed-bid auction.

1998 Ford 15-passenger van

1986 Chevrolet crew cab pickup truck

1998 Oldsmobile Achieva

1996 Crown Victoria

The oldest son, Joshua, also owns three vehicles: a 1997 Saturn and two Mazda pickups.

Thursday August 3, 2007

 Having a fun time at my older sisters house….Went sidewalk shopping today and found a nice pair of Nike sneakers for cheap..orginally marked $70 got them for $25. Size 11 shoes are extremely hard to come by!!! Tomorrow we are headed to Cape May to see Lucy the elephant…Heard good things from people around the Elephant..so I wanted to see it for my self. Be back tomorrow!

August 1, 2007

Theme of the Week Creative

A view from inside a water fall
Photo was taken at the Baltimore Harbor

Fisher-Price Recalls 83 Toys

Rainforest™ Open Top Take-Along Swing™ Recall

Polly Pocket Recalls

A Texas couple gave birth to a record-breaking set of quintuplets at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix on Tuesday, television station KPHO report. Rachelle Wilkinson, of Cedar Park, Texas, delivered three girls and two boys.The babies had a total weight of 21 pounds, 7.2 ounces, which is the new U.S. record for quintuplets, according to Dr. John Elliott, Wilkinson’s perinatologist. The previous record was set in 2003 by a Pennsylvania woman who also gave birth at Banner Good Samaritan.Wilkinson and her husband, Jayson, named the girls Kaydence, Kassidy and Kyndall; the boys’ names are Rustin and Ryder. After the birth, four of the infants were being cared for by the Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s neonatology specialists, while Kassidy was allowed to go to the well-baby nursery at Banner Good Samaritan.Wilkinson is the sixth woman to give birth to quintuplets at Banner Good Samaritan, which has also seen the deliveries of about 74 sets of quadruplets and two sets of sextuplets — including one set in July. The hospital said most of the women who gave birth to quadruplets and quintuplets there came to Phoenix from another part of the country. The Wilkinsons have two other children, Riley, 6, and Kaiya, 4.

Matt Roloff, who stars in the show “Little People, Big World” on The Learning Channel, appeared in Washington County, Ore., Court on Monday on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.On June 19 at 11:52 p.m., a Washington County deputy pulled over Roloff, 45, in his white 2005 Chevrolet van. Deputies said Roloff failed a field sobriety test and was arrested. He was taken to the Washington County Jail and cited on charges of DUII, refusing a breath test and failing to drive within a lane.