Pictures of my guts!

I spent this morning at the surgery center having my insides looked out. They took a scope and crammed it down my throat to look at my stomach and part of my intestines. The good news is they didn't see any tumors or signs of cancer but if you look at the picture below in the lower right you can supposedly see some "irritation". Sorry for the poor quality, these are pictures that Jenny took with my cell phone of the pictures the doctor had, I was too out of it to do it myself. I was just disappointed that I didn't get a video of it to take home. Anyway they took some biopsy's that I should find out about by Friday. Hopefully they will find evidence of H-Pylori that can just be treated with antibiotics, otherwise it is back to the drawing board as to why despite taking prescription antacid (like Prevacid, Aciphex and Nexium), I still get heartburn every day.

For clarification these are pictures of the inside of my stomach.

Frosty the Snow Man... or Why Does Blogger Hate Me So Much?

January Snow - 2007

I have been trying to post these pictures for about 3 weeks now, but ever since the new blogger came out Picasa won't publish to my blog and I hate doing pictures the manual way (blah!) So any way I finally uploaded the pictures to my online album but then forgot to put them on here. But here they are now. Enjoy :-)

(Just click on the picture above to see more)

More on the bad science behind the global warming debate:

Sorry I am sure that the Global Warming posts annoy some of you and I have somewhat decided not to post on political things anymore (don't hold me to that), but global warming is just one of those things that really gets me. It is crammed down our throats 24/7 and very few of the dissenting scientists have the courage to destroy their careers and speak up (who could blame them) and the one's who do are maligned or ignored. So whenever I see an expert speaking up I like to help spread the word.

It seems like it is getting hard to read any science article without them somehow relating it back to global warming and how we are all doomed because I drive an SUV, for example I was reading Jacob a little article in National Geographic about a scientist studying why snowflakes take on different shapes and attributes at different temperatures. It included some very cool (no pun intended) pictures of the different types of snowflakes. The article concluded with how this scientist hoped that his research would shed new light on "tipping points" in nature and help us understand global warming more. Come on the guy was looking at the shapes of snowflakes and hoping to reveal how we were all going to die in fire and brimstone b/c of our sinful lust for energy!

Anyway, below is a link to what yet another expert "Global Warming Denier" has to say.

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Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide

Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts?

By Timothy Ball

Monday, February 5, 2007

Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn't exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see the truth. But few listen, despite the fact that I was the first Canadian Ph.D. in Climatology and I have an extensive background in climatology, especially the reconstruction of past climates and the impact of climate change on human history and the human condition. Few listen, even though I have a Ph.D, (Doctor of Science) from the University of London, England and was a climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. For some reason (actually for many), the World is not listening. Here is why... more

Funny Quotes

Jacob: Knock knock
Jenny: Who's there?
Jacob: Donut
Jenny: Donut who?
Jacob: Donut pants!

Ethan: Knock knock
Jenny: Who's there?
Ethan: Joke!

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Jacob (sheepishly after coming out of the bathroom): What happens if you get water in your eye?
Jenny: It will probably be ok.
Jacob (still sheepishly): Well what happens if you get pee in your eye? (let your imagination run wild at this point)
You know what happens in cartoons when a powerful hose is turned on and it sprays around uncontrollably? Jenny said this is what it looked like in the bathroom when she went in... only of course it wasn't water.

Esther Mae Moore: June 23, 1924 - Jan. 15, 2007

Comet McNaught

Of course the forcast is for it to be cloudy tonight and tomorrow :-( but if not check low in the South-western sky tonight right after the sun sets!



SkyTonight.com - Catch Comet McNaught Now!

Jenny's Grandma -- Update

Sorry I haven't been on the computer much (at home) to do any blogging or update everyone as to Jenny and her Grandma.

Once they got Jenny's Grandma on an IV at the hospital with some antibiotics she stabilized and has been pretty much the same ever since. She can't talk or really even move, but she does open her eyes and look at you. Jenny thought that once when she was combing her hair that she may have even smiled a bit. Jenny came back to Wichita last Sunday afternoon so she spent Friday and Saturday night in Medicine Lodge with her Mom and Grandma.

Jenny, her Grandma and Mom could still use your prayers. Jenny is already emotional from the pregnancy so that just magnifies this situation.

Thank you, to everyone for your concern. Again I am sorry it took me so long to give an update.

Jenny's Grandma

I just wanted to let some of you know that Jenny is on her way to Medicine Lodge right now to see her Grandma Moore, hopefully, before she passes away.  She has been in a nursing home for a little while now with Alzheimer's and has gone down hill rather quickly.  Last weekend she came down with pneumonia and they put her on Antibiotics.  Now her throat has gotten too swollen for her to swallow so she hasn't been able to drink or take the antibiotics.  I guess they decided to move her to the hospital in Medicine Lodge, I am not sure what else they are going to do for her at this time.  Please be praying for Bonnie (Jenny's mom), Jenny and the rest of the family.

Btw, the boys are at day care right now so that Jenny could just focus on helping her mom.

Thanks,

Heath

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any ideas?

I came home at lunch in my car. The kids and I went to get something to eat in the Explorer b/c Jenny was sick. Came home and then went outside to leave in my car... but no keys. Not in my pockets, not in my coat, not on the table or the kitchen cabinet, not on the dresser or anywhere on the floor in the living room and not in the car.

Finally I went back to work in the Explorer. Then I came home around 3 b/c Jenny was too sick. Searched for about an hour and I still haven't found them!! It is the ONLY key I have to that car!!

I did take out the trash, which I went back and looked through a little. I guess the next step is to take all of the trash back out of the dumpster and lay it out in the Garage.

Does anyone have any other ideas!!?

Jacobs First Christmas Special

Silent Night

Little Drummer Boy Yes that is Ethan in the Background yelling "Hi Bubba!!". When Jacob was done and he went to sit down Ethan said "Good job, Bubba!", really proud and excited for him.

James Kim 1971-2006

I was very sorry to find that they found James Kim, the father missing in Oregon, dead this afternoon. Only 35 years old with a wife and 2 small kids! I have watched his tech reviews on cnet.com for several years now so I guess I felt like I new him a little.

I pray that God will comfort his family now and I hope that they will find comfort knowing that there is no greater love than a man laying down his life for his family.

Link: James Kim found deceased

How lovely are thy branches

We put our tree up last weekend :-)

Ethan Playing Basketball 11/24

He lines it up

He shoots!He SCORES!!
He goes in for a lay up.

Jacob's Play-Dough Art

Here is a shark swimming in the ocean underneath a moon & star-filled sky.

A flat sculpture of Ethan