So I am home safe and
sound from Las Vegas! I had a great time and cannot wait to write about it!!! A M A Z I N G !!! Best Bachelorette Party ever! ;)
Mark and I moved to Naples, Italy on April 22, 2012. We will be there for three years and will be documenting all aspects of our crazy new life overseas. Enjoy! Ciao! -The Bakers
Friday, June 13, 2008
VIVA LAS VEGAS
sound from Las Vegas! I had a great time and cannot wait to write about it!!! A M A Z I N G !!! Best Bachelorette Party ever! ;)
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Philippians 2: 2-4
2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.Mark and I are having this be the theme of our marriage. We will not have a marriage that is 50/50.... It will be 100/100... we will give our all to God, each other and others. I love this verse. I love God. I love Mark.
I hope to see you August 2! 55 Days!
Prayers
Few Prayer Requests:
One of my best friends thinks she had a cyst on her ovary burst this weekend. She is in a lot of pain. Please pray for her.
There is a lot of flooding in the area right now. I can't imagine the devastation people are experiencing. Pray for the affected people, the volunteers, and a solution to the standing water. It is really sad to drive around town right now. But it is beautiful to see people helping others. It really makes you think about humanity in general. None of us get out alive... So help each other while we can.
If you haven't heard, my friends and I are leaving on a jet plane. Please pray for smart decisions and safe travel.
Love you all!
Tiffany
One of my best friends thinks she had a cyst on her ovary burst this weekend. She is in a lot of pain. Please pray for her.
There is a lot of flooding in the area right now. I can't imagine the devastation people are experiencing. Pray for the affected people, the volunteers, and a solution to the standing water. It is really sad to drive around town right now. But it is beautiful to see people helping others. It really makes you think about humanity in general. None of us get out alive... So help each other while we can.
If you haven't heard, my friends and I are leaving on a jet plane. Please pray for smart decisions and safe travel.
Love you all!
Tiffany
Good News!
Mark sold his four-wheeler today! Woot! ;) Now it is time to get a car... Hopefully he will have one by the time I get home from Vegas... Hopefully it doesn't put us in too much more debt... ;)
Why
Everyone takes bad pictures... Usually they aren't proud of them... They usually don't POSE for them either... Why do I?
VIVA LAS VEGAS
So I am leaving in an hour for Indy. Our flight for Vegas leaves at seven in the morning... I'm not sure what to expect of Vegas. There are two things I want to accomplish though:
1) Hang out with my bestest girlfriends. I missed them s0o0o0 much this semester and this is going to be a great time to sit and chat and talk about the past, present, and future......
2) It is my bachelorette party. I'm not a traditionalist... Not too interested in getting too crazy... There is one thing though.... I have a great urge to see a naked midget....
I'll let you know Thursday night when I get back if I accomplished my goals... I am sure I will have lots of funny Vegas stories... There might even be some I won't share... ((Although I have quite a reputation for telling it....ALL)) But you never know! ...What happens in Vegas.... ;)
From My Roomie
So0o0o0o, Rachel is my roommate from Brno... I miss her so much! We became really great friends this semester.... She has a blog too.... http://rachel-lyn-k.blogspot.com/.... On it she has a really interesting "about me" thing... I'm going to share it.... ((And when I get time, complete it myself!!)) Czech it out! ;)
8 things I'm passionate about:
My education
Politics
Women's rights
Good books
My future
Traveling
Good art
My Family
8 books I've read and enjoyed:
Twilight-New Moon-Eclipse
Queen of the Big Time
The Harem Years (SOOO cool! It's about the memoirs of one of the first Egyptian Feminists... Hudda was a COOL lady!! I HIGHLY recommend it!)
The Great Gatsby
The DaVinci Code
The Lovely Bones
Harry Potter (yeah, yeah.. I know)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
8 Things or words I say often:
Oh my gosh!
Thank you
Please
OUCH! (I'm SO clumsy, I usually do something stupid to hurt myself daily!)
Ummmm
I have to study
Wow
No way- She/He's getting married?! I didn't know she/he was seeing anyone.... ((Seems like I say this almost daily now days...))
8 Things I want to do before I die (not in any order):
Go to Rome
Have a successful career
Become a senator
Become a mom
Finish Law School
Go to Paris
Go to the North Pole (I'm really not joking- and they have cruises... I will take one someday).
Establish a school for underprivileged girls in South America.
8 Things I have Learned (or remembered, again)
There are a lot of really great people on this Earth
To take more time for myself
It's my life- not my parents and I should stand up for what I want and my dreams a little more.
Traveling changes your life
It's important to do the things that you've always dreamed of doing. You never know if you'll be around or be well enough to have the same opportunity again.
That I've been a little too blessed... And I should give back.
God loves me. I always felt bad that I had a hard time with my family's religion and felt that God was mad at me because I couldn't accept everything... But I have come to realize that God loves everyone, including me, no matter what they believe! And I can still be a good person with out being super religious.
It's always good to take chances
8 things I'm passionate about:
My education
Politics
Women's rights
Good books
My future
Traveling
Good art
My Family
8 books I've read and enjoyed:
Twilight-New Moon-Eclipse
Queen of the Big Time
The Harem Years (SOOO cool! It's about the memoirs of one of the first Egyptian Feminists... Hudda was a COOL lady!! I HIGHLY recommend it!)
The Great Gatsby
The DaVinci Code
The Lovely Bones
Harry Potter (yeah, yeah.. I know)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
8 Things or words I say often:
Oh my gosh!
Thank you
Please
OUCH! (I'm SO clumsy, I usually do something stupid to hurt myself daily!)
Ummmm
I have to study
Wow
No way- She/He's getting married?! I didn't know she/he was seeing anyone.... ((Seems like I say this almost daily now days...))
8 Things I want to do before I die (not in any order):
Go to Rome
Have a successful career
Become a senator
Become a mom
Finish Law School
Go to Paris
Go to the North Pole (I'm really not joking- and they have cruises... I will take one someday).
Establish a school for underprivileged girls in South America.
8 Things I have Learned (or remembered, again)
There are a lot of really great people on this Earth
To take more time for myself
It's my life- not my parents and I should stand up for what I want and my dreams a little more.
Traveling changes your life
It's important to do the things that you've always dreamed of doing. You never know if you'll be around or be well enough to have the same opportunity again.
That I've been a little too blessed... And I should give back.
God loves me. I always felt bad that I had a hard time with my family's religion and felt that God was mad at me because I couldn't accept everything... But I have come to realize that God loves everyone, including me, no matter what they believe! And I can still be a good person with out being super religious.
It's always good to take chances
Hmmm.....Interesting.....
I got this from: http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/579/6-ways-youre-wasting-gas;_ylc=X3oDMTE3YjFtdXFhBF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLXRvZGF5BHNsawN3YXN0aW5nLWdhcw--
6 Ways You're Wasting Gas
It's not easy to break bad driving habits, but if you don't, the money you lose on gas could wind up breaking your bank.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena
provided by:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With all the worry over fuel prices, you'd think drivers would do whatever they can not to waste gas. But look around and you'll see lots of them tooling around as if they owned their own tanker fleet. One of them might be you.
Here are six ways drivers typically waste gas on every trip:
1. Racing away from green lights
When the light turns green, you don't have to take off as quickly as possible. That pedal under your right foot is called the "gas pedal" for a good reason. The more you press down on it, the more gas you're pumping into the engine.
Press lightly on the gas pedal, and you'll still accelerate, and you'll still get where you're going. You might be surprised at how little pressure it takes to get your car up to speed in a reasonable time.
2. Racing up to red lights
When you're driving down the street, and you see a light red light or stop sign up ahead, you should lay off the gas sooner rather than later.
There's no point in keeping your foot on the gas until just before you reach the intersection. Let off the pedal sooner and give your engine a rest as you coast to the stop while braking gently. As an added benefit, your brake pads will last longer, too.
By themselves, these first two tips can improve your fuel economy around town by as much as 35 percent, according to tests conducted by automotive information Web site Edmunds.com.
3. Confusing the highway with a speedway
Even if it doesn't involve hard acceleration, speeding wastes gas. The faster you go, the more air your vehicle has to push out of the way. It's like moving your hand through water. The faster you try to move your hand, the harder the water pushes back.
In tests by Consumer Reports, driving at 75 miles per hour instead of 65 miles per hour reduced fuel economy by between 3 and 5 miles per gallon, depending on the vehicle.
4. Bumper-buzzing
Tailgating is a bad move for many reasons. First of all, it's unsafe. You reduce your ability to react if the car in front of you slows or stops. It also means you have to pay ultra-close attention to that car which reduces your ability to scan for other hazards ahead of you and to the sides.
And tailgating wastes gas. Every time the driver ahead taps his brakes, you have to slow down even more than he did. (That's because you can't react immediately so you have to slow even more because you're slowing down later.) Then you accelerate again to get back up to speed and resume your bumper-buzzing routine.
Hang back and you'll be safer - plus you'll be able to drive more smoothly and use less fuel. A good rule of thumb is to allow two seconds of space between your car and the one ahead. You can figure that out by counting off two seconds after the car in front of you passes an obvious landmark like an overpass.
5. Driving standing still
You've probably heard that it takes more gas to restart a car than to let it run. Maybe that used to be true, but it isn't anymore. With modern fuel-injection engines, it takes very little extra gas to restart a car once it's warmed up.
Idling, meanwhile, burns about a half-mile worth of gas every minute, according to the California Energy Commission. That's why hybrid cars shut down their gasoline engines whenever they stop, even for a moment.
Now you don't want to shut your engine down for every little stop in your regular, non-hybrid car - it's not designed for that - but if you're waiting for someone to run in and out of a convenience store, turn off the engine.
And don't go through the drive-through at fast food restaurants. You're already paying enough for the oil in those chicken nuggets.
Bonus tip: Don't idle your engine to let it warm up before driving. It does your engine no good and it wastes gas. Instead, start driving right away, but drive gently until the engine is warm.
6. Short hops
For really short trips, take advantage of the opportunity to get some exercise. Try walking to the store instead of driving. You can save gas and burn a few calories instead.
If you can't hoof it, save up your errands. A lot of short hops that let the engine cool down at home between trips can use twice as much gas as starting the car once and making a big sweep to all your stops, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Go to your farthest destination first so your engine has a chance to reach its optimal operating temperature. Then make your other stops on the way back. With the engine warmed up, the car will restart easily and run efficiently all the way home.
6 Ways You're Wasting Gas
It's not easy to break bad driving habits, but if you don't, the money you lose on gas could wind up breaking your bank.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena
provided by:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With all the worry over fuel prices, you'd think drivers would do whatever they can not to waste gas. But look around and you'll see lots of them tooling around as if they owned their own tanker fleet. One of them might be you.
Here are six ways drivers typically waste gas on every trip:
1. Racing away from green lights
When the light turns green, you don't have to take off as quickly as possible. That pedal under your right foot is called the "gas pedal" for a good reason. The more you press down on it, the more gas you're pumping into the engine.
Press lightly on the gas pedal, and you'll still accelerate, and you'll still get where you're going. You might be surprised at how little pressure it takes to get your car up to speed in a reasonable time.
2. Racing up to red lights
When you're driving down the street, and you see a light red light or stop sign up ahead, you should lay off the gas sooner rather than later.
There's no point in keeping your foot on the gas until just before you reach the intersection. Let off the pedal sooner and give your engine a rest as you coast to the stop while braking gently. As an added benefit, your brake pads will last longer, too.
By themselves, these first two tips can improve your fuel economy around town by as much as 35 percent, according to tests conducted by automotive information Web site Edmunds.com.
3. Confusing the highway with a speedway
Even if it doesn't involve hard acceleration, speeding wastes gas. The faster you go, the more air your vehicle has to push out of the way. It's like moving your hand through water. The faster you try to move your hand, the harder the water pushes back.
In tests by Consumer Reports, driving at 75 miles per hour instead of 65 miles per hour reduced fuel economy by between 3 and 5 miles per gallon, depending on the vehicle.
4. Bumper-buzzing
Tailgating is a bad move for many reasons. First of all, it's unsafe. You reduce your ability to react if the car in front of you slows or stops. It also means you have to pay ultra-close attention to that car which reduces your ability to scan for other hazards ahead of you and to the sides.
And tailgating wastes gas. Every time the driver ahead taps his brakes, you have to slow down even more than he did. (That's because you can't react immediately so you have to slow even more because you're slowing down later.) Then you accelerate again to get back up to speed and resume your bumper-buzzing routine.
Hang back and you'll be safer - plus you'll be able to drive more smoothly and use less fuel. A good rule of thumb is to allow two seconds of space between your car and the one ahead. You can figure that out by counting off two seconds after the car in front of you passes an obvious landmark like an overpass.
5. Driving standing still
You've probably heard that it takes more gas to restart a car than to let it run. Maybe that used to be true, but it isn't anymore. With modern fuel-injection engines, it takes very little extra gas to restart a car once it's warmed up.
Idling, meanwhile, burns about a half-mile worth of gas every minute, according to the California Energy Commission. That's why hybrid cars shut down their gasoline engines whenever they stop, even for a moment.
Now you don't want to shut your engine down for every little stop in your regular, non-hybrid car - it's not designed for that - but if you're waiting for someone to run in and out of a convenience store, turn off the engine.
And don't go through the drive-through at fast food restaurants. You're already paying enough for the oil in those chicken nuggets.
Bonus tip: Don't idle your engine to let it warm up before driving. It does your engine no good and it wastes gas. Instead, start driving right away, but drive gently until the engine is warm.
6. Short hops
For really short trips, take advantage of the opportunity to get some exercise. Try walking to the store instead of driving. You can save gas and burn a few calories instead.
If you can't hoof it, save up your errands. A lot of short hops that let the engine cool down at home between trips can use twice as much gas as starting the car once and making a big sweep to all your stops, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Go to your farthest destination first so your engine has a chance to reach its optimal operating temperature. Then make your other stops on the way back. With the engine warmed up, the car will restart easily and run efficiently all the way home.
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