Gratatude With SendOutCards

This last week I have been very busy with family and friends. They came to Bismarck, ND by cars and by planes.....from Minnesota, Texas, Washington and California.

Today is Friday, August 1st, 2013 and I am finally back on my Blog. And so......

.......I found this card in the SendOutCards catalog......

.......and this card says it all.  My Family means more to me than words can say.  Here is a photo taken just a few days ago with my immediate family, celebrating my Birthday.  Not able to attend was my grandson, Elliott and his wife Savannah.

And then I found this card in my SendOutCard Catalog

This card is for all of my friends who are like flowers because they fill the world with beauty. Here are a few of my friends.

 

 

 

And then I found this card.  This SendOutCard is for my family and friends who have left Bismarck to return to their homes.  I missed them the minute they left.

 



Here is a picture of a member of my family and two of my friends.

                          My granddaughter Emily in the middle and friends Belinda and Todd

 

 

If you know someone you would like to send a card to, PLEASE just try SendOutCards.  You can send a card without any cost or obligation.  Just   Click Here  

 

If today, August 1st is your birthday, then this SendOutCard is for you.

 



 

Some famous people who were born on August 1st are:

 

Leon Thomas Iii turns 20
Cymphonique Miller turns 17
Coolio turns 50
Jerry Garcia (1942 - 1995)
Tempestt Bledsoe turns 40
Ashley Angel turns 32
Robert Cray turns 60
William Clark (1770 - 1838)
Francis Scott Key (1779 - 1843)
Austin Rivers turns 21
Dom DeLuise (1933 - 2009)
Bastian Schweinsteiger turns 29
Yoshi Tatsu turns 36
Anna Graceman turns 14
Jason Momoa turns 34
Joe Elliott turns 54
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
Joe Elliot turns 54
Adam Duritz turns 49
Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008)
Roy Williams turns 63


(If you click on a person above, you can see what that person does, birthplace and some interesting facts about that person)

On August 1, 1981, MTV, the American network broadcasting music videos on television, is launched in New York City.

On August 1, 1978, Pete Rose's date with destiny is stopped as his hit streak ends at 44.

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Is The Whole Country Watching ND?

Your new little baby means booties and toys
Happiness, sunshine and hundreds of joys!
This new delivery means love every day,
What wonderful times are coming your way!

The answer to, Is The Whole Country Wathing ND?, is probably yes but they have also included other states, TX being the newest to adopt controversial abortion laws.

Here is a study by Guttmacher Institute reporting that women listed the following amoungst their reasons for choosing to have an abortion.

    Having a baby would dramatically change my life

    I cannot afford a baby now

    I do not want to b a single mother or having relationship problems

    I have completed my chid bearing days

    I am not ready for another (or a) child

    I do not want people to know I had sex and got pregnant

    I do not feel mature enough to raise a (or another) child

    My partner wants me to have an abortion

    There are possible problems affecting the health of the fetus

    I am concerned about my health

    My parents want me to have an abortion

    1% were the victim of rape

    And less than 0.5% became pregnant as a result of incest.

One person had this to say. "There are so many loving couples out there that would love to adopt a baby and would be willing to adopt from unwanted pregnancies. Someone has to speak for the unborn child. Too many women use Abortion as a BIRTH CONTROL method. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE!

What about Birth Control? That is the way to prevent prgnancies and actually plan for when you really want a baby.

This is how a person can make a Birth Control decision on the type of birth contraol method. Source: Adapted from WHO, 2007

From the best to the least effective:

*Abstinence

*Vascetomy

*IUD, implant

*LAM (for 6 months) breastfeed often, day and night
*Shot

*Pill - take the pill every day

*Ring, Path - keep in place, change on time

*Diaphragm

*Male Condom

*Female Condom

*Withdrawal

*Cervical cap

*Sponge

*Spermicide - use correctly every time you have sex

*Fertility awareness based method. Abstain or use condoms on fertile days.

As you can see, there are many different ways to plan pregnancies.

But no matter what you are, pro or con, just remember that love is more important than coming to believe that YOU are right.

If your birthday is today, June 25th, then this SendOutCard is for you.

Some famous people who were born on June 25th are:

Jimmy Walker turns 66
Carly Simon turns 68
George Michael turns 50
June Lockhart turns 88
Ricky Gervais turns 52
Layla El turns 36
Neil Lennon turns 42
Matt Schaub turns 32
Lala Anthony turns 34
Dikembe Mutombo turns 47
Lauren Faust turns 39
Mike Kroeger turns 41
Phyllis George turns 64
Anthony Bourdain turns 57
Lala Vazquez turns 34
Scott Terra turns 26
Willis Reed turns 71
Sonia Sotomayer turns 59
Dell Curry turns 49
Busy Philipps turns 34
On June 25, 1947, the Diary of Anne Frank is published.
On June 25, 1876, Custer's Last Stand.
On June 25, 1638, a lunar eclipse becomes the fiirst astronomical event recorded in the United States.
On June 25, 1630 the fork is introduced to American dining.
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Is The Whole Country Watching ND?

Part 2, Welcome back.

The bills passed by the ND Legislature in March, bar abortions if a fetal heartbeat is heard, which can be as early as 6 weeks into a pregnancy;  ban abortions prompted by genetic defects and require abortions doctors have admiting privileges.  They become law on August 1st unless a court blocks them.

In today's newspaper it says that North Dakota residents will vote in 2014 on a ballot measure that defines life as starting at conception.

Roe v Wade a 1973 Supreme Court ruling, legalized abortion until a fetus can survive outside the womb, usually at about 24 weeks.

It was just learned today, that Texas lawmakers have just approved a very strict Abortion law at the end of a Texas Legislature's special session.  Senate Bill 5 will ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy, require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and limit abortions to surgical centers.

Letters to the Editor in the Bismarck Tribune went something like this.......

PRO
"Thank you Gov. Jack Dairymple for signing HB 1350, HB1456 and SB2305.  Growing up in North Dakota has forced me to shrug off all the bumpkin, redneck hetoric with which much of the nation has flagged our state.  So it is with great pleasure that I listen to the news reporters and read articles praising a job well done in our state.  And rightly so, for the citizens of North Dakota enjoy the lowest unemployment in the nation, low taxes, a budget surplus, the cleanest air, high test scores and have now acted to become the safest state for the pre-born."

CON
"Emotional zealotry trumped good goverance on the reproduction rights issues.  By not vetoing the bills sent to him, Gov. Jack Dairymple avoided the wrath of the zealots who are intent on tearing the Republican Party apart, not to mention the cost they have imposede on us, the taxpayers, to defend the constitutionality of these over reaching laws.

Disappointed?  Yes, I am.  As a conservative Republican woman, I truly hope for better, but we lose some and we win some."

Facebook chimmed in.......

Steve Metzger wrote:  "I, like most, listened in horror to the story of the mother who drowned all of her children in the bath tub.  Not one person says it was OK!  We were all shocked!  But many of you go on a forum like this and with rage in your heart, rage against the state because it doesn't want you to kill your unborn baby.  I don't see any difference.  It is rare that I am a single issue person, however this is one of those that I cannot help.  I just don't want to hear or see your vile crap about WHY you think you should be allowed to kill unborn babies. I refuse to go to my grave, hopefully to face Jesus, and try to explain to him how I even gave your view one second of my time."

In response to Steve's comments, Karen Silbernagel Danley wrote:  "I respect your desire to speak your thoughts.  In respect for myself, I respectfully disagree with you.  I have never had an abortion
and I absolutely LOVE children.  However I do not think it is anyone's right to legislate that I would have to carry a child that was the result of rape, or put the baby's life above mine, or force me to carry a child that was severely deformed.  I am not saying I wouldn't choose these options if faced with these decisions, however, I do not believe it should be legislated.  The decision is much more complicated."


I will finish this article tomorrow.

If today, June 24th is your birthday, then this SendOutCard is for you.

Some famous people who were born on June 24th are:

Joe Penny turns 57
Minka Kelly turns 33
JJ Redick turns 29
Michele Lee turns 71
Mick Fleetwood turns 66
Sherry Stringfield turns 46
Kevin Noland turns 31
Petra Nemcove turns 34
Betsy Randle turns 58
Christie Patricia Rampone turns 38
Kathryn turns 69
Phil Harris (1904-1995)
Liane Balaban turns 33

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