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Two Problems

Posted by Mary Beth on Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS. BOY [...]

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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for him! I got [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little sister from [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Free iPhones?

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

For those of you who haven’t heard, the iPhone is now out. I’m sure most of us probably want one, but can’t afford the steep $499-599 price tag. I’ve gotten a lot of free things in the past (including an iPod) and have actually helped some of you get free items. Now, there is a [...]

TV on an iPod?!?

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Apple just released their new video-enabled iPods today. Along with this big news, they also announced that you will now be able to buy TV episodes (maybe movies too?) from the iTunes Store using iTunes v6. Wow! This could really change the way that entertainment content is distributed. Just imagine if you could buy an [...]

Apple releases the iPod Nano

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

Apple finally got it right this time! The Nano is the big brother to the recently released shuffle, but it has a wonderful color display that the Shuffle lacks. If hadn’t already gotten a free 20 gb iPod and a 6 gb iPod mini, I would probably buy this one. It’s only $199 and looks [...]