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This week’s Poll of the Week poses a formidable question–how will you answer the question: When will you put up your Christmas Tree?

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A couple months ago, I mentioned I was getting published.
It just happened, and I’m the cover story, too!

In Roll Call Child Check-in, I examine New Hope’s recent implementation of Roll Call’s Child-check-in features.

We implemented the check-in beginning in September, and haven’t looked back since.

Here’s a link to download the digital pdf, if you’re interested.

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• This morning, Emily and I went in to vote (and yes, I voted for myself). The entire time we were there (about five minutes), we didn’t see any other voters in either Grant 1 or Grant 2 precincts. We did expect a low turnout, and the townspeople are living up to their expectations, unfortunately…
• Yesterday Emily and I took guesses about how many people would vote for me today. Emily’s guess was 30, I think, while I, being the eternal optimist, guessed 52.
• It is presently snowing outside. It is cold. I wore a scarf this morning, and it kept my neck warm. Too bad they don’t make scarves for the mid-section. My coat just didn’t keep me warm enough through the bitter wind.
• Tonight Emily and I are going to watch county election returns. I’ve never done anything like that previously, so it is a big unknown for me.
• When I hear the results of the election tonight, I’ll post here. My blog will likely be the first place the general public can find results, unless you’re actually at the election returns with me tonight. Check back tonight, maybe around 6:30 or 7 p.m. for the Waterloo Town Council results. Perhaps if you’re lucky, I’ll also post the Auburn District 5 City Council Race (Go Katz!).
• I enjoyed my cup of coffee this morning. It warmed me up after my frightfully cold 20-second walk in from my car to work this morning! Everyone should drink good coffee. I’ll have to make you a cup of French press coffee sometime–yum-o!

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Today I installed and started using a little piece of demo software, which is an online To-Do Organizer.

So far, I have put in four things, and I’m getting ready to close one of them shortly before I leave work today.

I also use my Phone/PDA’s calendar/scheduler as an organizational tool.

What kind of tools do you use in everyday life to stay organized?
Have you tried using tools and later stopped using them?

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POO-POO ALERT: In this blog, I tactfully address poo-poo. If you are offended at the mention of poo-poo, stop reading now, please.

In our effort to reduce the amount of high fructose corn syrup in our diet (you’d be amazed at how many things have it as an ingredient), Emily and I tried some organic yogurt.

YUCK!

So after we neither one were big fans of the organic ‘yogurt,’ we looked a bit more and found a Yoplait yogurt without , Yo-Plus, which is one of those ‘digestive health’ yogurts which is supposed to help ‘regulate’ you.

Let me tell you, from first-hand experience, these yogurts work! The first week isn’t exactly fun, as the poo-poo is, um…shall we say, ahhh…quite soft?
But after 10 days on the stuff, this does exactly what it is supposed to do. It works very well, and I’m very happy with my poo-poo situation at this point in time.

I plan on continuing to eat the non-high fructose corn syrup, digestive health yougurt. In the words of Rachel Ray, ‘Yum-o!’ (the cherry is my favorite!)

FYI: high-fructose corn syrup is produced by processing corn starch to yield glucose, which is then processed to produce a higher concentration of fructose. (Read more about HFCS here.)

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I was sitting at my desk eating lunch, and my nose itched. I had to sneeze–now.
I was eating a carrot.
Let’s just say, it was a good thing i covered my mouth when i sneezed!

(my wife is probably shaking her head right now)

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Early this morning, while it was still dark, unsuspecting Matt Keller left for a bike ride.

In utter darkness, he met a rather large gator on the bike path.

Read his story here.

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Mark Batterson posted some really wonderful thoughts on Elder Brother Spirit.

I think if we aren’t very careful, the church can adopt this nasty, ungodly spirit.

The key word there, is careful. We must have the effort to not adopt this spirit. it is easy to adopt. It is hard to keep away. Which will we do?

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This was the scene just moments ago here in the office. You’ll have to stay tuned in the coming weeks to see how this guy fits into the weekend at New Hope.

In other news, my cousin is currently in a featured video at YouTube for his World Record Cup Stacking time. (although unofficial). This video was posted by my brother-in-law, Josh Doyle.Check the featured video out here.
I have embedded the video here for your convenience:

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A couple weeks ago, i blogged about Paul Potts, the incredible opera singer who ran away with the Britain’s Got Talent competition last week.

His album is now available for pre-order at Amazon. (it’s not cheap!–$30!)

I just wanted to pass along the info to you, in case you’re interested in following up Paul Potts.
It will indeed be the next album i buy (although i won’t be buying it pre-order!)

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He who thinketh he leadeth and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
-John Maxwell

true or not?
what about the opposite–He who thinks he’s only taking a walk and has everyone following him is leading.
is that true?

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