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I am so happy that we finally are back in space with the shuttle. Sure, it’s outdated, and we could really do with some improvements on a design on a product that was designed nearly 30 years ago. I know they’ve made major improvements on that design, but they might be able to come up with something much better if they thought outside of the box.

I saw in Popular Science magazine a few years ago, that NASA was looking at redesigning the shuttle entirely. It was an awesome article, and the drawings were spectacular. I was excited that they might be designing one of them.

I’m sure that days after posting this, they’ll unveil a major redesign that they will start building immediately. GREAT! I hope that happens.

Many people I know, however, do not understand why the government wants to spend our tax dollars on sending people up to circle the globe for 2 weeks at a time. We have so many luxuries and equipment now, thanks to NASA and their missions, that most people don’t understand NASA had any involvement in them. For instance, NASA came up with the cordless drill. NASA also came up with the technology to make UV Protective lenses for our sunglasses because they had to come up with something to use while welding in open space. Hundreds of the products we use on a daily basis were brought to us through NASA, and no one even takes that into account when they dismiss NASA and it’s contribution to our society.

Please keep the astronauts up there in your prayers, and ask God to bring them home safely.

I just found out that there are 2 Costco stores in the Houston area. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, there is an article on their business practices HERE. I also received an email from someone showing that Costco does not participate in the outrageous generic drug mark-ups that most other pharmacies take part in.

The nearest Costco is over 30 miles from here, but I hope they make an expansion to the East side of Houston soon.

As far as I can tell, Judge Roberts is a fine selection for the Supreme Court Nominee. It took some giblets for President Bush to nominate a man with a great resume to replace a woman on the Supreme court, instead of settling with another woman with lesser credentials.

Way to go President Bush!

Now… about our borders…

I looked at weather.com this morning and it indicated that there would be thunderstorms all day long. I love thunderstorms. It’s just a small indication of the power of God.

We’re going to be pool-sitting for a family from church this week. It’s supposed to be fun. But the way it looks right now, it’s going to be raining the entire time they’re gone!

Oh, well.

We are putting an offer on a house today. It’s a pretty nice house. It would work out for us just perfectly for right now. I hope there’s no complications. One good thing is that the sellers have been looking for a buyer for quite some time, now, so we don’t have to compete with someone else’s offer this time.

I just realized that I haven’t posted in a few days, and I made a promise to myself that I’d stay consistent. I put the money towards this site (no matter how little) and I’m going to make use of it.

I got my first contact through the site last night. A friend from the past googled my name and found this site. I am pretty revved about it, because the site’s only been up for like 6 or 7 weeks. These web crawlers seem to be getting better over time.

I’ll be out of sync for the next few days… L8r

I can’t stand driving in the city. All these people driving all over the place, everyone thinking that their destination is more important than mine, and now there’s fewer lanes to drive in because of the stupid Metro Rail.

I saw at least half the people driving were talking on their cell phone, and I saw a lady digging through her purse while on her cell phone going 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.

At least the A/C worked in the car. The A/C in my truck isn’t working, and that would have made it much worse… that and the fact that my truck has a standard transmission.

One thing that made it bearable, was that I wasn’t at work. Work isn’t usually bad, but I’ve been doing a boring job for the past week. So, since I wasn’t at work, it made it a little better.

Our doctor has just moved his office to another building. That office is awesome. The hallway goes around the perimeter of the building, so you can see the city, which actually looks good when you’re not on the road. It was a spectacular view.

The technology that is in an ultrasound machine is actually quite stunning. 5 years ago, when we saw Alaina under the ultrasound, there weren’t quite as many details that you could look at, but this child was absolutely stunning. We got pictures of the hands and fingers, feet and toes, spine, brain, face, ribs, legs, etc. The baby looked like it was licking it’s hand at one point. We could actually see definitive movements.

Then the nurse moved the ultrasound thingy, and it looked as if our baby was mooning us. There, clear as day, were easily recognizable signs of a labia. We’re 95% sure we’re going to name her Christina Lily.

I tried to draw the story out as long as I could, but I can’t concentrate on much right now, so…

Have a good’n!…

We’re supposed to find out today. Everyone keeps asking us what we think it’ll be, and we keep saying that there’s a pretty good chance that it’s either a boy or a girl.

I know it sounds lame, but it’s true. I hate it when people ask me what I want, because I don’t want to feel bad about the fact that I wanted a boy and then found out it was a girl, or vice versa. I want this baby to be healthy. I want this child to have a strong mind. I want this child to follow Christ much more closely than I have. I’ll post something later if we find out anything definitive.