Alzheimer's & Mitochondria

For mitochondria, bigger may not be better: Optimal length of mitochondria is essential to preventing Alzheimer's

"We have a good idea now of where the process starts. We know it ends with neurodegeneration, and with this study, we know some milestones along the way," said Feany. "But we still have to fill in the gaps and learn more about DRP1 and its role in this process."

(oops: just noticed I didn't put the reference/source of this material: will do that another day)
apparently if my Tau is out of whack then dumdey dum dum….not good…..

Just Because There's A Smile….

How many of us hide
all of our lives
curled up in a little ball?
To close our eyes
sitting a while
it's a place to block out, find calm.


How many look on
think we're "great" or just "fine."…...
"They can accomplish & do anything."
"I wish that I could be…...
….that personality, 
          …...that smile…
                   …they always seem to win…"

How many of us struggle
yet, Always seem to muster the "lustre"
for family, company and calls?
We dare not to bother or
take up their time….
We want them to be happy not grim!

How many look on the other
through their narrow eyes,
their experience, perspective, own lives?
"They cannot imagine, touch or intone
what another experiences within,...
that pain those cross' they bear.."

To care for another,
No judgements, those assumptions!
Only the Lord & this individual's aware,
Of  their struggles, their efforts,
To walk through each day...
Perhaps minutes of hours,  burdens

Are there…
                    ... of a racing pacing heart.
                                                            -suzie

BIRTHDAY THEME: FARM or BARNYARD ANIMALS

Some of us learn by reading, some by pictures/tutorials, some hands-on….Here I will primarily post photos which will give you some ideas: THIS PARTY WAS FOR YOUNG TODDLERS so there are not games per se, rather, activities. (the above photo: everytime I crop this and adjust lighting only the original transfers…rats! Will keep trying)

CAKE: Check out the cake Daddy made up for the party! (above)…little pig made out of starbursts, hay is yellow-dyed coconut with marshmallow behind for circular bale; cake = pound cake; walls of barn use red string licorice; roof = chex; fence = pretzels, 2 round 9'' cakes, icing and presto! Barnyard Cake. Blue icing for a pond, black for pig in mud, green for grass, red for some of barn. Notice the 2 round cakes are nestled within one another; cut out a portion of one to fit the other inside it. Feed the birthday child his first piece of chocolate cake iced separately with green icing. Everyone else has cupcakes…the following days the family enjoys the Barn Cake together. You can give the baby the entire silo to dig into! Oh man; oh fun.

CUPCAKES: Pigs, Chicks and Cows and Sheep:

1) Pig: nose = marshmallow dipped in sprinkles; string licorice chopped for nostrils; eyes =choc. chips; ears = pink starbursts

2) Cow: nose & eyes = same as pig; nostrils = choc. dripped through small hole in bag; ears                                                                 
   = pink mentos gum

3) Chicks: covering = yellowed dyed coconut; wings are gummies; eyes same as pig; nose (oops I forget - some sort of orange gummy)

4) Sheep: one large marshmallow surrounded by tiny marsmallows; eyes = drip like cow; mouth 
    =  pink gel icing. 

BARN YARD: (for mother's to sit with crawler's; or toddler's to play.) Place blankets/table cloths on ground and set around barnyard stuffed animals and books about farms for mom/dad to read etc.)


HAY RIDES: label a wagon with a sign and presto! Kids love taking rides in a wagon

You can include a ''waterpond'' if you don't mind the kids getting all wet. Heather did have this with towels nearby (no picture).

now for FOOD: 


Wanted you to see the pig placed in dark icing for mud; blue icing for a little waterhole and the hay is coconut dyed yellow with a marshmallow behind some to make a circular bale of hay.


The main theme was a garden patch of vegetables on a tray made to look like a vegetable garden. Place vegetables in rows and make some dip! (left front: with play fences on the sides. They borrowed my animal dishes/bowls for fruit; Oreo cookies labeled as 'spokes' of a wheel; Rice Krispie treats labeled "bales of hay"; the candy called 'Cow Tales'; and in the Crock-Pot were ''pigs in a blanket.''
Hot dogs wrapped in bacon cooked in a crock-pot ahead of time. Labels with a farm theme name and presto! Barnyard Party and Food.

What To Make for A One Year Old

        Baba            
 THAT'S WHAT!
   (Baba: knit project)

At the last minute, actually 24 hrs. before the birthday I thought, "I'd love to make Joel a huggable something." So, searching on Ravelry,
a knitter/crocheters' website, I found the perfect pattern to download by Shafer Dobry. Find her pattern on Ravelry.com or Etsy.
Ravelry is great to join, by the way. 

Store pictures of all your projects in one place, see what people all around the world are making, share ideas, free patterns, trade yarn, meet professional knitter/crocheter's and get advice etc. etc. etc.

PICTURES ABOVE of Baba: my son sent these to me in an email with the following captions:

"Waiting around for my little boy to wake up," says Baba (picture two)…."But first some fun!" (picture one). You see, Michael, age 29 is still a child at heart; the apple doesn't fall far from this tree! He has all the animals talking to his kids and being goofy and crazy well, like I was I guess. Michael you are a blast. Sometimes I am not sure who the children are; you and Heather?
(below: Baba ''hanging around in my flowers." NOTE: I'm a beginner knitter - easy pattern; written well.

Watercolor: Double Impatients

-for my guy, son Jonathan 

(okay, now that i look at it here..it needs more bright color in upper left..this

is a joke..i was trying to sweep color through the picture and dahhhh..it looks arghhhhhh dumb…

oh well, that is how we learn, right? the background isn't bad though. so yeah.

A Daughter, A New Son: They're Wed!

       






  JOHANNA & DAVID 
        JUNE 2nd, 2012
The Inn at Whitewing Farm

    A cello, 
   A harpist,
A setting so bright,
Sound and scent apple blossoms, this breeze,
        It's just right!
 
                   
                                        Mother's are waiting,
                                 With sons and grandsons.

  
Flower girl "Ella" with Ring-bearing ''Isaac," wait                                                                           for their entrance - but First comes his ''mommy," It's daughter-in-law
Heather!! 




Sarah, Maid of Honor, sister of the Bride, loving and beautiful, sweetly she glides.  

                                                                              And now comes the time for the children
to enter,
    Daddy makes certain that all is together!
                                     
                                                                      Groomsmen and Best Man look on with wide smiles,
                                                                         supporting the Groom as he waits for his Bride!  


  The Harp strikes its note, the Bride takes her stand, atop of the stairs looking down at her Man!

Proud Father, so careful, guides His Daughter down the stairs, Arm in arm  tender words &  laughter exchanged; twenty-four years meeting as one descending those stairs.

Overwhelming tears, the Groom is in awe, the magnitude of this gift; Christ and His Bride! Is this not what the occasion then mirrors for us?

The setting,    how gorgeous,   flowers in bloom,    the "poofs" Johanna's made,   -perfectly strewn.  


(more to come…)

can't come up with a title

Something was different about today: are you ever in a more pensive, melancholy mood
than usual? sure, who isn't. thoughts:

If I could touch the moon from this small patch of earth where I live and toil; and,
if another could touch the moon from their small patch of earth where they live and toil.
Write a story;''if'' I was creative enough for such a thing. I admire creative writers.

The Owl and the Pussycat poem; they sailed away under the moon on the sea...what if they could have touched the moon? And, when the author wrote their story..why did he put together these two - an odd combination,......hmmm...isn't that what makes for a fabulous story? The coming together of. These two would not seem to be a pair but the author places them together and it's a perfect fit.

When I stare at the moon there has to be at least one other person staring at the moon, right? Or, several thousand or million? This same moon: Napoleon, the Disciples of Christ, unknown tribes of today, Socrates (was he Greek), slaves of the south escaping to the north navigated by, etc...all looked/are looking at the same moon, right? Did you ever think about that? The moon, what is it that
fascinates us about the moon; its beauty, fullness...and there are romantic stories that go along with the moon; stories around fires...and on and on. Yeah, what is that song,,,''dancing in the moonlight..."

                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


ps: I missed once again this year Isaac's birthday wish (yesterday)    <Happy Birthday To You>
will post what I made you! I always tell what mistakes I made on something or apologize for it; why is that? BUT, this once is it okay if I brag and say... I did a GREAT JOB on Isaac's gifts...of course with my new Artista 730 Bernina (a splurge...eeeehhh). Who couldn't. 

TWO-SIDED Toddler APRON (my own pattern)

Apron: playing kitchen, art/painting, etc.

-  waterproof liner.

-  Velcro ties and neck strap for independence.

-   Elastic in neck strap grows with child.
- 3 pockets on front: Isaac side
- 2 pockets reverse side

 

-posting another day: designed/made
mixing bowl and hand mitt that coordinate with the apron. Tools? just
pull from your drawer!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC...(to left)

NOW WHAT TO MAKE FOR JOEL...HMMMM

You LIVE FOREVER on Certain Websites?

DID YOU KNOW: EVEN AFTER YOU PASS AWAY (not intended to be morbid): Certain sites continue to age you and may even list you as still owning your home.....etc.?? No joke!

HOW DO I KNOW? My little sister, Amy, passed away October 2000 at the age of 41. While searching for friends and family on google.com and bing.com I decided to look up her name ''just out of interest."Why? So much has become way too PUBLIC, (my kids and I were finding many images & info. about us that we did not want out there); would Amy be listed anywhere; would there be Images of her? She never used a computer!!WELL SURPRISE!

ANSWER: yes!  According to one site Amy is now 52! Her husband Bruce who passed away at the age of 55 is 62 now! They still have a home which is valued and the address is provided.CRAZY.
I did not bother to look any farther than the one site. There were no images; however, had I posted any in my blog or elsewhere they most likely would have been visible.

Is it possible to discontinue Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. and be ''invisible''on the net?

So far I can find/locate anyone I have searched for....hmmmmm. Even if we enter ''keep private'' within these sites information still appears on the net!

Anyone know how to become totally invisible from the net? Let me know. That way I can only be found in an orbituary.  I don't believe anyone will bother to look for me there, so yeah.

Should we all go on a quest, turn the tide on all these sites and go for invisibility. What would happen to Google, Facebook, etc.... if we quit the sites even for a day or a week???

ANYWAY, we do eventually depart (not to be morbid); but, will live forever on the net, is my guess. 

 

CHAPTER 1 verse 12 of JOHN:

  Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Romans 1:16
....the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Ephesians 1:13
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal,  
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. (Jesus Christ)

NAME THIS BIRD

                Does anyone know where this could have been taken? 
         NAME THIS BIRD and post a comment below: thanks!
                    (sent via gmail.com/good friend and colored pencil artist: Doris. Thank you to
                                  the photographer for sharing this in public domain)

Psalm 91:4.  "He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings.  His faithful promises are your armor and protection." (translation?)

           NIV translation: " He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. "

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS: THANK YOU

(UPDATE: added this am: 2/29/12 below "how local fire co. reports details of the call/response)

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS respond rapidly to our neighbors home 2/29/12
NO ONE HOME!

At 9pm I hear local sirens go off followed by 2 or 3 other department dispatches.

For those from other countries; here in eastern USA, I live in the country (not city). There are volunteer fire departments, 2 or more for each township. The local dept. is dispatched. A decision is made if the fire requires additional back-up by local departments


Tonight the fire next door: All firefighters worked fluidly, meticulously gaining control of the fire-
                                                                            within what seemed to be a 3/4 hour period; one and 1/2 hours? The passing of time; how difficult to count time during tragedy.

   Organized. Calmly and expediently everyone appeared to know their task. Without hesitation, men high up on a roof, chainsaw into the attic several places. Not one person is idle; there is no chaos. Fortunately no one was home. We have to wait a day or so to find out what caused the fire. Thankful it was contained and did not catch trees and spread to our home.

I have included photos that captured the reflection off the Firefighter's suits. Look how many there are just outside the home (3 photo from top). Of course these are very large homes, unlike mine (smiles), so had it spread the fire would have been humongous!

There are a dozen or more men inside the house while others break windows for access...what a mess is left!

DID YOU KNOW? = have all your fire alarms connected as ''one'' so that if one goes off ALL GO OFF. 

Possible Fire at our House: We could have perished. Our alarm went off in the basement one night.
I ''happened'' to have gotten up to get something down stairs which I never NEVER do!! I heard a funny noise emanating from the basement; opening the door to the basement I could clearly hear the fire alarm and could smell smoke. Our heater was about to catch on fire! Since that time I have had all our fire alarms connected as one.

Know your house; can you hear from anywhere in your home all alarms, particularly if you are asleep?   ****Have an escape ladder and a plan for each person on ''how to escape." and where you will meet after exiting the house! Be sure everyone agrees to never go back to the house NO MATTER WHAT unless cleared by the fire department. NOTE: if you use batteries check them every 6 months/1 year depending on what you are using.

THANK YOU TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS; YOUR HARD WORK AND FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR COMMUNITY/NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!
please be careful: I have worked on a Burn Unit directly with the victims and their families; BE SAFE.
                              -------------------------------------UPDATE--------------------------------------------

By Glen Moore Fire Company
February 29, 2012
At 9:03pm on Tuesday, Stations 48, 49, 69, and 47 were dispatched on Pennswood Drive for a House Fire. Chief 48 arrived on location to find heavy fire on the second floor with extension into the 3rd floor. Engine 48-1 arrived just behind the Chief and proceeded to deploy a 1 3/4 line to the second floor to attack the fire. Engine 48-5 arrived next to establish water supply operations. Chief 48 established Pennswood Command with Deputy 48 handling Operations and Asst 49A taking Safety. Engine 49 provided a second line into service and went to the 3rd floor to check for extension and provide additional fire suppression to the 3rd floor. Ladder 69 handled the roof operations and Station 47 handled the RIT team assignment and laddering the to the 2nd floor. A tanker task force was called due to being in a non-hydrant area bringing tankers and equipment from Stations 73, 33, 34, and Air Light 46, in addition to a Medic 93. The fire was brought under control in less than an hour. Crews worked for over 3 hours with the extensive salvage and overhaul operations. Special thanks to Atglen and Sadsburyville Fire Companies for providing stand by coverage.
Units:	Engine 48-1, Engine 48-5, Engine 49, Rescue 48, Squad 48, Utility 49, Tac 48, Traffic 49, Command 48
Mutual Aid:	Stations 69, 47, 73, 33, 34, Air 46, 89, Medic 93, Fire Marshals, PSP ________________________________________________________