Friday Shoot Outs

Friday Shoot Out

This weeks Challenge:

Texture

Commercial PVC Bounce Surface

Tabby

Dry!
Paula Deans Pound Cake


However you look at it, soft or

dried bristles off the plant

can cut your fingers and wrists .

Gritty
grist mill



Velvet



Moldy


Rough Stones



Peeling Paint


Furry or Fluffy

Worn Driftwood

Rocky

Cracked

Sandy

Weathered

Dusty

Rusty Grating

Crumbly

Stucco with Shell

Crunchy

Thanks Linda of Canada for a very fun challenge.

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16 Patients, 8 Kidneys

I'm a Kidney Donor.

My sweetheart was the recipient.

This is the most exciting thing I've heard in a long time.

I was just thrilled that this could even happen.

I heard this this morning on NPR, All Things Considered Then looked it up at the John Hopkins web page and a few others.

Johns Hopkins experts have successfully completed the first 16-patient, multicenter "domino donor" kidney transplant.

Surgical teams at The Johns Hopkins Hospital carried out the eight-way, multihospital, domino kidney transplant in collaboration with colleagues at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.


The 16 surgeries were performed on four different dates, June 15, June 16, June 22 and July 6.

They involved eight donors - 3 men and 5 women along with eight organ recipients - 3 men and 5 women.

"All Johns Hopkins patients are in good condition and are recovering as anticipated," according to Dr. Robert A. Montgomery, the director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center.

The procedure, kidney paired donation (KPD), takes a group of incompatible donor-recipient pairs, and matches them with other pairs in a similar predicament.

By exchanging kidneys between the pairs, it is possible to give each recipient a compatible kidney.

This way, each recipient receives a kidney from a stranger, and transplants are enabled that otherwise would not have taken place.

The experts involved in the transplant say that involving multiple hospitals created even more possibilities for matches, but it also made the procedure more complex.

"We performed a similar six-way domino procedure involving three hospitals earlier this year. We managed to perform all those surgeries on the same day. However, adding two more recipients, two more donors and another hospital meant that we needed a multi-hospital team of eight anesthesiologists, 16 nurses and nine surgeons. The logistics being that much more complicated, we decided it was best to spread the surgeries over several days, the first on June 15 and the last, July 6," says Montgomery.

What makes the new model interesting is the fact that apart from sheer logistics, performing large numbers of transplants on one day puts a lot of strain on the doctors, nurses and staff at each hospital, and also ties up too many operating rooms.

Montgomery believes that it will serve as a blueprint for a national KPD program in which kidneys will be transported around the country, resulting in an estimated 1,500 additional transplants each year. Source-ANI John Hopkins Hospital

7~8~9

My two cents!

Did you know that today's date is 7/8/9, cool, huh?

I taught early morning seminary to the youth of our church for almost 10 years.

I love the youth.

They can either make or break your day.

Most days they made my day.

For the first few years I would say to them as they were leaving, "good bye and have a good day"!

Then things changed.

I realised that you don't just have a good day.

I believe that you have do something in order to have a good day.

It's up to you.

So for the rest of the years I taught I would say,

"Make it a GREAT day!!"

I believe it is up to you to make your on great day.

Others aren't responsible for your happiness, you are.

Others will try and steal your joy or good mood,

but it is up to you to not let them.

You can help make someones day GREAT.

What makes a day great for you?

Some people think that a great day is,

shopping,

not going to work,

not being in pain,

fishing,

vacation,

working,

being with friends,

being with family,

not being lonely,

healthy,

peace and quiet,

world peace,

freedom to do what ever you want.

How do you make it a GREAT day.

So from me to you

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!

Tasty Tuesday

I decided on a Pound Cake for daddy's birthday last Friday.

He and Mama were taking the Royal Nephews to the beach after our dinner.

The cake was going with him and since the temperatures have been close to 100* I didn't want a cake with icing that would melt.

So I went with Pound cake.

Why I didn't use my own wonderful recipe I have no idea.

I used Paula Dean's recipe instead.
Not a good idea.

It was on the dry side.

You can click here for Paula Deans Grandmother

Paul’s Sour Cream Pound Cake

But I'm giving you mine instead, It is much better. There are very small differences, but those differences make all the difference in the world.

Sour Cream Pound Cake

2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder
6 large eggs yolks

6 egg whites
3 cup flour
1 cup sour cream
3 cup sugar
1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine and cream the butter and sugar together.

Add one egg yolk at a time beating after each one.

Add the sour cream and beat again.

Sift the baking soda and flour together.

Add the sifted flour to the creamed mixture one cup at a time.

Add the vanilla and beat.

Now add all the egg whites at one time and beat until well blended. Pour the mixture into a greased and floured tube/bunt pan. Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or and hour and a half. Do not over cook.

Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour 20/30 minutes
Ease of preparation: easy

How NOT to take pictures of fireworks!

It's been years since the Sweetheart

and I have been to see fireworks.

His good health made it possible for us to go.

He tries not to miss out on spending time

with the GRAND~girls.

We arrive early enough to find a parking

place at the Brunswick City Docks.

Find our family and set up our chairs.

After sitting down I shot this picture

to the left of where we were sitting.

There was a nice breeze even though it

was still 90*. See the flags flying.

The sun sets right in front of us.

It was gorgeous.

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So my camera is out and sitting on the

tri-pod ready to shoot the most amazing

pictures ever of fireworks!

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Are you ready to see my work??

This gives new meaning to the 2/3's rule.

Now try and not laugh.


But it's okay if you do because I did!

Try and remember I'm new

at this photography stuff.

And that this is the first time I've ever

tried to take pictures of fireworks.

Just wait it gets better, not.

Electrified jellyfish.

I think I'll read the book before next year.

This one was sort of half way decent.

I guess this one will have to do as almost normal.

But then there is always next year for

taking an awesome fireworks picture.

The best part was being with my family.

Cousin Pat and the Sweetheart.

Cousin Pat's daughter, Courtney and her

son Ethan found us and sat with us.

Then there is Courtney's daughter Kenzie.


Christon and Kenzie.

Little red cheeks and the blue eyed sistah.
Where is the mosquito spray?

"NO! I will not SMILE!!"

Note to self, don't ask the Sweetheart a

question while he is enjoying the fireworks

with his favorite lap ornaments.

Ooos and Aaas!!

And finish off the evening with 2 pieces of gum.

Not one but two!
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Back to the old grind in the morning!

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Make it a good week!

Sunday~Stills

Sunday Stills

This weeks challenge:

Wildflowers

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Independance Day

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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

God Bless our Military who are protecting our Country for our Freedom.. Thanks To them, and their sacrifices we can celebrate the 4th of July
May WE Never Forget who Gets the Credit for the Freedoms
we have, of which WE Should be Eternally grateful..

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I watched the flag Pass by one day,

It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine Saluted it,

And then he stood at ease..

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I looked at Him in uniform

So young, so tall, so proud,

With hair cut square And eyes alert

He'd stand out in any crowd.

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I thought how many men like him

Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign Soil

How many mothers' tears?

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How many pilots' planes Shot down?

How many died at sea

How many foxholes were soldiers' Graves ?

No, freedom isn't free.

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I heard the sound of Taps One night,

When everything was still,

I listened to the bugler Play

And felt a sudden chill.

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I wondered just how many times

That Taps had meant 'Amen,'

When a flag had draped a Coffin.

Of a brother or a friend.

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I thought of all the Children,

Of the mothers and the wives,

Of fathers, sons and Husbands

With interrupted lives.

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I Thought about a graveyard

At the bottom of the sea

Of unmarked graves in Arlington .

No, freedom isn't free.

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Enjoy Your Freedom,

God Bless America
And God Bless Our Troops!!!

Friday Shoot Out

Friday Home Town Shoot Out

This weeks challenge:

"Celebrate Life"

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Celebrate the 4th of July!

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Clap and Cheer

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Toast life with a little boot

mug and cherry Icee

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Celebrate new babies!

My First Born, Harrison

My last born :) Travis

Celebrate GRAND children

My first born GRAND~girl

#2 GRAND~girl

And because of these

staying over last night!

I'm running behind in making

Daddy's birthday cake and

leaving to go to Florida to

CELEBRATE

his 75th birthday this afternoon!

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY

4TH OF JULY WEEKEND ! ! !

I Am The Champion

I am multi~talented, you know!

I thought that you might really be impressed at another one of my many talents.

One of which I was the champion of my neighborhood.

I was GOOD!

I was the BEST!

I could even do it with 'no hands'.

It's about the only thing that I held the bragging rights for.

Not only can I roller skate.

Not only can I walk on stilts.

I can Pogo!

I was the best Pogo Stick jumper in my neighborhood!

I held the record of jumps!

That record still stands today!

I know, I know, you just

can't believe it, but ask

my brother and sisters,

just who was the best!

It was me!

I was the best!

Now with this awesome talent, I'm really surprised that I haven't gone further in this life!?!

I really thought it would help me get to the front of the line a little more often than it has.

I tend to look back and realise that maybe I should have concentrated on my other talents a little more.

Maybe I could have been a Champion of the Roller Derby!

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I missed my chance.

Don't miss your chance.

Go for it today, don't miss your great chance at what your awesome talents are,

you can to be a champion too!

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Cue the Band...

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Hit it Queen...

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I am the champion, my friend

And I'll keep on fighting till the end

I am the champion

I-I-I am the champion

But gone is the loser 'cause

I am the champion of the

WORLD!!

7 Things About Me

Sweet Connie from "I Started Out As A Child" tagged me for "7 things about Me". And only because she is such a sweet person and I would never want to hurt her feelings, I will play along.

I just hate for y'all to learn just how weird and boring I really am.

1. I wear my "Cleo" Crocs every day. I have them in 4 colors. They are the first thing I slip my feet into in the mornings. I hate it when I have to wear something else. (I don't mind my tennis shoes if I'm going to do a lot of walking)

2. I love to rock in a rocking chair.
I love rocking a baby to sleep.

3. I can't stand being HOT! I can't stand my feet to be hot. Several times a day I put one foot in the bathroom sink at a time and run cold water over them.

4. I love mail, even junk mail. I hate it if anyone gets the mail out of the box before me. And when there is nothing in the mail box I'm disappointed. (My Daddy is a retired letter carrier maybe that has something to do with it)

5. I love fresh home grown tomatoes and could eat them 3 meals a day. Most days lately I've had them for lunch as well as supper.

6. I can lead music but I can't read music. I don't enjoy it.

7. I love ironing and it really bugs me when I see someone in wrinkled clothing.

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Thank you Connie, it wasn't really that hard after all.

I tag anyone else that doesn't have anything to blog about today! Tell us about your 7 things :)

Hope you all have a

blessed and happy day!