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The court finds that 1) the appeals are not moot; 2) San Diegans for the Mount Soledad War Memorial and Mike Shelby are aggrieved parties for the purposes of the appeal; and 3) the transfer of the cross under Proposition A does not in itself violate the First Amendment establishment clause or the California Constitution…and the attorney's fees award has been reversed!

This is actually my Friday. I am scheduled off tomorrow and the next day. I asked Kel if there was anything preventing us for sleeping in tomorrow (8 a.m would be a good sleep-in).

There are alot of stuff needing done today. The normal cleanup around the house, catchup on some work stuff, get the kids classes going, plus some extra class time since we are traveling Friday.

The kids have a choir thing on Thursday night where they will sing about 7 songs. Unfortunately, we simply didn't have much time to take them with the Texas trip ect. Even though I jotted down the notes and the songs to look them up for the words, I really don't see how they can memorize them all in such a short time.

The kids had basketball practice last night. I was reminded of it, that same evening. Sigh. Kel and Britt didn't even make it to the house. I met them with basketball shoes at the school. This is another one of those activities, I don't think we really have the time for.

We are traveling to Hooker, Oklahoma on Friday. Yes, it's a real location. We are meeting Kel's family up there for this years Christmas get together. We were going to have the kids create some gifts this year, but another one that we are running out of time for. Kel is going to pick the material up today on her way back home (she left before 6:30 a.m. local time this morning for work).

I need to accomplish some task before day end on my job as well. Being around the holidays, many are out on vacation and it's hard to get all the necessary parties involved.

So much to do, so little time to do them all in.

It's been awhile since I blogged. I better provide an update to my 5 readers. (smile)

Basically, we arrived home last Tuesday. Kel snagged a virus on the way home. She was pretty sick the better part of last week up to Sunday.

Our daughter got ahold of it late Saturday night. But it seems hers lasted 24 hours only, fortunately.

I worked for Pepsi for about 5 hours on Thanksgiving. I only had to babysit Walmart, and it was pretty much dead. For the most part, there were more Walmart employees than customers.

Friday morning we braved and survived the Black Friday sales. I took the kids with me, since Kel was grabbing the kids Christmas specials.

The kids and I hit only two places. All four of us were back home by 7 a.m. local time. The kids and I hit Walmart first then Best Buy. We were through the lines 26 minutes flat at Walmart. It was a first time record. Best Buy was a madhouse. We were in lines for an hour(the short line at that).

All in all, there really wasnt that many sales out this year, in my opinion. Nothing jumped out to us as a really good deal.

I worked my part time this weekend as well. Saturday, Kmart had a sale on 12 packs, 5 for $10. I was pulling 12 packs all day. More than once, I had simply transferred the soda from my cart to the customers shopping cart. Sunday wasn't as bad, since the ad was only for one day.

Monday- What can I say? It was Monday. Kel and our girl went to a Cheetah girl concert in Tulsa. That left the boy and I bach-ing it alone in the home. After speech we grabbed a cheese pizza on the way home. We played PS2 Lego Star Wars and then crashed watching Xiolin Showdown. I had a good time with him.

We made it home today, Tuesday. We drove all day, but we made it home around 3:30 p.m.
Kel had me up around 4:20 a.m. So I had 20 minutes more than expected. (smile)

None-the-less, we are home and looking forward to our own beds.

Unfortunately, after we had stopped at a Cracker Barrel and ate some breakfast, Kel got sick. We had to pull over 3 times on the way home. Not sure if it's due to the food. She is in bed and still pretty sick to her stomach. Probably, caught a bug.

We are leaving tomorrow morning. Yes, finally going home. We will leave when Kel gets up tomorrow. So, it will probably be 4 a.m.

My week with the family has gone quickly. We should receive confirmation tomorrow if/that we get to leave Tuesday. I will probably take another day off work to get us home. At least as early as a 10 hour drive can. I have enjoyed staying with Kel's Aunt and Uncle. I find it interesting, they have certain tv shows they watch each night. Many of which I never have seen. So we were introduced to some shows we would never had seen.

Kel received an email from the Doc's office stating his white blood cell count had increased. She is concerned we may have to stay longer, but I have faith we shall be heading home Tuesday.

I made it to Texas with no issues. It actually worked out really well.

The School Board meeting was better than I expected. No patron participation to drag on. That's all I can really say. We left at 10:30 p.m., which is the latest I have ever attended. However, it was well worth it.

I kept waking up all last night. I guess the anticipation of getting to my family. I was able to get sleep a little after midnight, but I woke up around 2 a.m. I then woke up around 3:30 a.m. and finally just arose around 4. I finished the last bit of packing (throwing my P.C., wireless router, ect in ) and headed out.

This was the first time I tried Southwest Airlines and was a bit impressed. There were no 'assigned seats' so you simply chose where you wanted. The plane wasn't loaded at all and I had an row to myself.

It's nice to be with the kids and Kel. Looks like I will be camped out here with them for some time. How much, is yet to be determined.

This is a must read for all.

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After tomorrow,I will be heading to Texas myself. I am looking forward to seeing Kel and the kids.

I was tired today. I had one of those days where I simply 'felt it'. I was ready for my shift to be done. I wasn't the only one. The Coke guy said he was tired too. He looked tired. Evidently I look like crap anyway. Last Friday, a friend of Kel's seen me and informed her, I looked tired and pale. Gee thanks. Oh well, the weekend is over.

I am glad to hear our son is doing good. It helps with the stress. I have the school meeting tomorrow. I am already stressing on it. I know logically, it's just a meeting. I have had 1000 of them. I just hope it goes well. I have to remind myself, as stressed as I am, the other members are as well.

I was going to pack tonight. But, it's not going to happen. I arrived home nearly 6 p.m. After a shower, clothes washing and eating, I pretty much melted.

I am currently watching a fascinating show entitled C.I.A. Secrets-Passing Secrets.

I will probably be hitting the bed before 9 tonight.

My week alone at the house went way to fast. It is already Saturday morning and I haven't accomplished nearly all I wanted to.

I did get some things done, like I wanted. But again, not all. I am about to go into Pepsi for my 10 hour day. It will also go quick.

I had my school board depositions yesterday. I will have today and tomorrow with Pepsi. Monday's work, school board that night and I leave early Tuesday morning to meet up with Kel and the kids. I have to admit the house is awful quite without them.

I know these next 3 days will fly even faster and then I will be with the family again. I will drive up to Tulsa and take the flight from there to Texas.

I have to personally thank God for some blessings He has already provided.

1) The good news of Bradens 90 percent chance this will truly remedy the issue.
2) Not really knowing how to handle the co-pay, a friend has provided the means
3) Out of the blue, I assisted one of Kel's employers secetary with her computer and the lawyer actually paid me the price of the Airplane fare to Texas.

I didn't expect any of this to occur, but God does have a funny way to provide the means. Even if the means is going to one such as undeserving as myself. With that, I will simply say, His grace and love shall always overshadow me.

I wanted to share these links.

Here is a 73 minute YouTube video entitled "23 minutes of Hell

23 minutes of Hell

Within the above video, he mentions Mary K Baxter. I looked up her webpage and she also has a means for you to download her story regarding Hell. It is in MP3 format.

Her webpage is found here.

I haven't listened to Mary Baxter's story yet. I am downloading it tonight.

One more YouTube video I found to be really good. It's less than a minute long.

This one is entitled Rapture are you ready?

I am having a hard time sleeping tonight. We received word yesterday morning on our sons results. In addition, the school board is coming up pretty quick.

Interesting, Kel and the kids left Sunday morning and technically as of Tuesday, they were gone less than 3 days. Yet, I miss them like crazy. I wanted to talk to the kids yesterday evening, but by the time I could, they were already in bed. Perhaps I can hear them today.

It's currently 3 a.m. local time. I have another 4 scheduled conference calls today. In addition, I need to run to the local town (about 15 minutes away) to work on someones P.C. This week has flown.

Last night I cooked myself Oyster stew. I was able to, since the wife and kids were not here. They can't even stand the smell of it. LOL

Today will be election day for the United States. Across the Nation the people will have their one chance to voice their opinions regarding who will or will not be held in office. A lot of people around here watch the football games with fever. I will actually be watching the news tonight to see what occurs.

Oklahoma will have the following on their ballot. Personally, I will be voting on both sides of the fence, both Democrat and Republican. As a registered Independent, this is the only one (other than the main Presidential votes) that I will be able to attend at the polls.

Governor
Brad Henry (D)
Ernest Istook (R)

Lietutenant Governor
Jari Askins (D)
Todd Hiett ( R)
E.Z. Million (I)

State Auditor
Jeff A. McMahan (D)
Gary Jones ( R)

State Treasurer
Scott Meacham (D)
Howard Barnett (R )

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sandy Garrett (D)
Bill Crozierr (R)

Commisioner of Labor
Lloyd L Fields (D)
Brenda Reneau (R )

Insurance Commissioner
Kim Holland (D)
Bill Case (R )

Corporation Commissioner
Cody Graves (D)
Bob Anthony (R )

District 2
Dan Boren (D )
Patrick K Miller (R )

District Judge Office one
Danita S. Williams
Mariaon Daly Fry

State Senator No 4
Kenneth Corn (D )
Thomas E. Lannigain (R )

There are also 4 state questions and one proposition.
The proposition asks if a 50 cent tax can be placed on cell phone usage. I don’t see that passing.

These and 12 Judges up for election should make for more than a few to come out to vote in Oklahoma.

Kel called yesterday around 12:30 p.m. to let me know they made it to their aunts house safely. I was glad to hear it. In addition they went onto the hotel near the hospital around 7 p.m.

Now I wait with anticipation to hear the results of our son's procedure.

I know I will begin cleaning the house today as I work. I have free reign all this week and plan to utilize it to its fullest extent. Primarily, I will hit a room individually and do a thorough cleaning.

Yesterday evening, I took my dad over to Hastings. He wanted to look for a game. In my surprise I found the movie Target. I grabbed it for 11 bucks. I have been looking for it the past 3 months. Blockbuster nor the other rentals in my area hadn't even carried it to rent. So, I watched it last night. Great, great movie.

I should also have my evaluation from my primary job today as well. I have been waiting since July for it.

2 a.m. and both Kel and I are awake. She stayed in bed till 3 a.m. and was ready to go.
I filled the car with gas while she checked her email on my P.C.

The kids were awaken at 3:30 a.m. and all three are already headed out. I feel anxious and worried already.

We said a prayer before they left. Kel feels like this will be the last trip, where resolution will be found. She also feels it will not go as we expect it too. But then again, we find ourselves in a new world of alternative medicine and homeschooling. Something, I would never have dreamed of.

It has come upon this dad one of the fears of having a daughter. I shall explain.
Here is the conversation of my now (gulp) 9 year old daughter today.

daughter: Dad, I need to call my friend Rachel.

me: (on a conference call with mute) What? Rachel who?

daughter: My friend Rachel. She may have heard from Allie and Allie may not have my number.

me: Uh. I think your a bit young to be calling.

daughter: Dad. Allie had to have some blood work and I am really nervous about it. Rachel is my first homeschool friend and she is 11. Can I please call her?

me: (looking into this sincere 9 year old eyes. Man, she seemed to be a teen already).

I made the call. Explained to the mom on the other end and she allowed her daughter to speak to mine. I was still on the conference call and only heard a bit of the conversation. Basically it was, "have you heard from Allie" and my girl giving this other 'friend' our home number. Oh man, it's already begun.

Later this evening as we are leaving for church, she is looking in the hallway mirror and asked out loud..."Is that a zit? My first zit."

I looked in astonishment and it did look like a zit. Geez, shouldn't she be like 13?

Oh man, I am feeling old.

I had picked up two movies yesterday since I was off today. I rented Curious George for the kids and A America Haunting for myself. I knew I would be watching it alone when the rest of the crew went to bed.

First, I would say Curious George was a cute movie, as expected.

Second, the scary movie A America Haunting was not as I expected. The back of the movie stated it was based off a true story. The setting is back before the Civil War where a family is haunted by a spirit that actually killed a family member. It also stated the source of the curse. Well, nearly the whole movie was indeed intense. Supposedly this family committed usury over some land. The lady that had owned the land put a curse on the family. This led to the Bale Witch curse, ect. ect.

The story was written by a local teacher that witnessed the events that occured to the family.

Anyway, why I say it's a let down is througout the movie, it intense. The girl was persecuted by the entity, and the family could not stop it. When it wasn't attacking the girl, it attacked the dad. (the curse of the bale witch was primarily on those two of the family).

Nearly the whole movie showed what was occuring, then something odd happened at the last 12 minutes of the movie. It did a complete 180 degrees. It insenuated the attacks of the girl was made by the father. Kindof like a incest rape thing going on. The daughter had killed the dad, through meds, for payback.

Totally bizarre turnaround. It never explained all the other witness's view of the girls attacks, the voice everyone heard throughout the movie, ect. Made no freaking sense at all. What a let-down.

I pulled another weekend on my part-time job. Saturday, I just could not keep up with the customers. As soon as I fill the aisles with Soda, it seemed to disapear.

Walmart's 2 liters are on sale for 88 cents a piece. All Pepsi 2 liters. Needless to say, many took part of the sale. They simply moved and moved quickly. Crud, even the non-sale items seemed to be snatched up Saturday.

Saturday night,I had the pleasure to go out with Kel. After not seeing her all week, it was nice to go out with just the two of us. Tired or not. (smile)

Sunday was equally busy, but its over now. I managed to mow the front yard after I came in today. It needed it bad. I was hoping a cold snap would kill the grass, but no luck.

I am off tomorrow and the next day from my primary job. I look forward to it.

The plane arrived home about 1:15 p.m. local time yesterday. I was glad of it. Kel and the kids picked me up and we headed for some errands. Since Kel had a doc appt. I utilized the time to pick up the groceries with the kids. It was nice to be with them again.

Kel had a nice crockpot full of hot food cooking. The temp was around 53 with it looking about to rain. Nice chow for that type of weather.

Up early this morning to head to Pepsi. I have a couple additional errands to run during this day. I hope I don't forget them. (smile) The first one is to put gas in the vehicle. Not sure how Kel does it, she manages to always have the car on empty when I need it. (smile)

I continue to find it fascinating when I come to Corp. I look at the week I will be up here alone, thinking I have some time alone to do some personal stuff.

Yet, when I am up here, the time still flies and I have yet to open that magazine I brought to read. Unreal.

Now its my last night here and the week has literally flew. I didn't get to do those personel things I wanted to do. Oh well.

I tried to get to bed early tonight, due to having to get up around 4 a.m. I have an early flight and it always takes time to drive back to Philly, drop the rental, ect.

I crashed around 8:30 but awoke at 10:30, not able to sleep. I am watching the 100 scariest movie moments on T.V.

I am ready to go home. Crud, I am already packed and ready to go.