the pic says it all

Yes, it is most definately a girl. Now before you ask, Lyndsay already placed a veto on my name of Theophilus. Instead we're going to use the name Isabella. Also, everything seems to be healthy, so we are definately thanking God for that.

As for other news, my leg that was hit is just bruised and will require no medical attention. As for the right ankle, the specialist could not quite tell me what was wrong, but made sure to tell me it was very bad. Next stop-MRI! Woohoo!

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Since finding out the sex of the baby is such exciting news, today's blog requires two albums of the day, you can all thank me later.

Albums of the Day: Various Artists - The I-10 Chronicles, Vol. 2: One More for the Road (2001)/Dj Shadow - The Private Press [Japan Bonus Tracks] (2002)

I can't walk! Part Deux

So, yesterday was Lyndsay's birthday and although I was at school for 12 hours, I hear she had a good time. I got her a prenatal massage at a popular spa here in the valley along with some cloth thingy you can heat up to relieve headaches. She also got gift cards, scrapbooking stuff (mainly Disney related), and a pre-lit Christmas tree, which is awesome since we didn't have one. Her Grandma cooked her one of her favorite meals and they had a cake for her at work and at the house. We also got calls from the family wishing her a happy birthday, so it was overall a great day......for her, but more on that later.

In other news, we finished our last softball game of the season, bringing the total amount of wins to.....0! Well, actually we won the last game as they forfitted sue to not having enough girls....then proceeded to destroy us by more than ten runs. World Series here we come!

So.....what does all this have to do with the title you ask? Well there was the little incident ysterday when I was hit BY A CAR!!! yes that's right, not my car, but my body. I went flying in the air, and now have two bad legs. So its kinda funny to watch me walk as I have now have to limp with both legs. The guy who hit me was wearing all black, had a fake police badge and handcuffs, and had the words "Lt. Sexy" written on his shirt, that's right, Lt. Sexy himself smashed into me in an illegal left turn as I was walking on the crosswalk. Ah.....good times, good times.

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Album of the Day: Aromabar - 1! (1999)

I can't walk!

So I was walking up the stairs the other day and my stupid ankle collapsed on me. I couldn't get up for a good twenty minutes and the rest of the day had an amount of the pain as bad as I have experienced since I first injured my ankle. I went to the doctor who will send me to a specialist on the second of november. The concern is the fact that the swelling is in a place that it has never been. I should have been healed by now but that is obviously not the case, so hopefully we can find out what's going on........

In other news, we will find out the sex of the baby on Novemeber 2 and we are very excited to learn this information. Lyndsay and I have no feelings either way as to what it might be, although everyone is telling us it will be a boy, not quite sure why, though. I checked the signs of the Zodiac, looked to the stars, and did my tarot cards over and over, but still did not find an answer.....guess we'll have to let medical science give us the answer....that, or my magic eight ball....shake shake shake.....answer hazy, try again later.....hmmmm.....medical science it is then!

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Fun fact of the day: on this day in 1969 Led Zeppelin released the classic album Led Zeppelin II, featuring the hit single "Whole Lotta Love."........isn't that FUN!?!?!?!

Album of the day: Zeppelin?......no! it's Unkle - Never, Never, Land (2004)......and speaking of uncles, please always keep the crazy one in your prayers that he will find a job.

Baby Update!

Lyndsay had another appointment today and she was able to hear the heartbeat! It was 164 bpm and while the doctor said that normal was from 120 to 160, she said that it was probably high due to the baby movement at that particular time. In any event, everything seems fine and for all intents and purposes, we are out of the first trimester. What our doctor told us was a "high risk pregancy," due to lyndsay's endometriosis, now qualifies as a "normal" pregnancy. By the way, i'm thinking of naming the newborn, (be it boy or girl) Theophilus. Ah yes, Theophilus Walker, has a nice ring, does it not?

valley of the sun?

....more like valley that'll melt your face off

So what's up with all these people moving to Arizona?!?!? Last I heard it was the second fastest growing state. The growth rate for the US is 3.3%, while Arizon'a is 8.8%. I believe the pop is nearing 6 million. I just can't understand it. It's too hot, no public transportation, rising home costs with no corresponding rise in pay wages. So why the growth? well....maybe they all just want to come to see Lyndsay and I and the new baby. hmmm....you know, in that context, it just might make sense......

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Album of the Day - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (2001)
Fun Fact of the day - the name Arizona comes from a Spanish interpretation of "arizuma," an Aztec Indian word meaning "silver-bearing." It is also based on Pima Indian word "arizonac" for "little spring place."................well I thought it was a fun fact

I pledge allegiance...

Knowledge News info...

The battle over America's Pledge of Allegiance continues. On Wednesday, a federal judge in California ruled that having children recite the pledge in school "impermissibly coerces a religious act." The phrase at issue: "one nation under God."

Yet here's the kicker. Last month, a federal court in Virginia reached the opposite conclusion, saying that the pledge is a patriotic exercise, not a religious affirmation. Which court has it right? That's for you--and, in all likelihood, the Supreme Court--to decide.

"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." --official version since 1954

Congress officially recognized the pledge, in its near-current form, in 1942, and called for the now-familiar hand-on-heart pose to replace an earlier straight-armed salute, which looked embarrassingly close to a Nazi one. The words "under God" were added in 1954, in an effort to distinguish the country from "godless communism."

Commedian Lewis Black says the children do not know the significance of the words they are saying and that the pledge serves merely as a cup of coffee would for an adult, something to jump start their day. We have already seen the original intent for Congress' change in the wording. Where do you stand on this issue?


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WORD of the day: afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun: A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.

ALBUM of the day - The RZA - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000)