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5 Şubat 2013 Salı

Weather Cascades- Washington Extended

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Issued 1-30-2013

Forecast models continue the pattern of repeating troughs of low pressure than brief ridges of high pressure that build for a dry pattern. Next dry pattern will be this Friday 2-1 and Saturday 2-2. The map below depicts this pattern will a weak ridge of high pressure over our region. Thus close to normal temperatures and with snowfall close to normal to perhaps slightly below normal through 2-12-2013 can be expected.

Average position of 500 mb map - 18,000 feet

KUOW Hike of the Week- Rattlesnake Mt

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Updated 2-5-2013

No snowshoes are needed to go to Grand Prospect about (4. miles) and offers great views. There is some hardpacked snow for part of this hike 1.5 miles but good boots work great and maybe yak trak to use on the way down.

View from Grand Prospect towards Cascades

Check out Green Trails Maps for directions. 205 S is the map for this hike. Click here for complete list of maps.

View about 1 mile in of fog over the Valley and into the Cascades

At about 2000' hardpack snow no snowshoes needed

Lunch of course

Dogs also need lunch from Mark

Yak trak might be handy coming down

Driving Directions::Take I-90 east to Exit 27 then go right and follow the road to the end. Need Discover Pass. This is the Snoqualmie Point trailhead
Trail Statistics: Roundtrip 8 miles (Our GPS said 8 , guidebook 9.8), Elevation Gain 2000 ft High Point 3000 ft to Grand Prospect, if you go beyond you will need snowshoes to go to top , that is another .6 miles

Bring map and compass and GPS

Check out meeting this Thursday (2-7) at REI at 7 PM “Winter Ecology at the Pass Click here for information on the meeting .

I'm being responsible...

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It's 60 degrees outside and I'm sitting inside on the couch studying for my Life and Health Agent exam, which is Monday afternoon.
And further making me restless is knowing that Kevin is outside hiking, having a good time in the warmth and sunshine. He was sweet enough to offer to stay and help me study (and he really would have). But I've never known how to have someone help me study. And it does help me focus better with him not being here.
So here's to me being responsible.
(But I'm smiling because I can hear my neighbor singing to her two-year old "Singing in the Rain" and the two-year old is singing back her own version of it. That's right, start them off with show tunes young and they will grow to love them!)

I'm happiest when...

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I'm happiest when I take the time to read my scriptures, even when I think I won't get anything out of them.

I'm happiest when I say meaningful prayers and spend the time thinking about and thanking the Lord for my innumerable blessings.

I'm happiest when I'm driving to the temple, holding my husband's hand as we drive.

I'm happiest when I listen to all 8 hours of General Conference and then study each talk later when the transcripts are printed.

I'm happiest when I remember my Savior loves me and has suffered every pain and affliction so that my burdens can be lightened, my pains can be lessened, and my happiness can be deeper.

I'm a busy person and often times I think I will be happier if I just go to bed without reading my scriptures. Or that I can't possibly sit still long enough to listen to every talk from General Conference. But when I take the time to be still and let the Lord take control of my life a peace comes over me that I can never achieve by myself. I have seen the Lord's hand readily in my life recently and pray that as I continue to sacrifice MY will and obey HIS will that he will be able to mold me into a better Me. A happier me. A more peaceful me.

Practicing!

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Our new carseat came in the mail today. I got really scared looking at it realizing we were going to put a tiny, live baby into it. I suddenly could picture putting Little Man into it for the first time at the hospital and exclaimed, "We have to practice!" So Kevin grabbed the stuffed teddy bear we have (that incidentally came with our Tempurpedic mattress). It's a good thing we practiced. There was quite a bit of tugging and failed attempts at releasing the seat from the base but we got it eventually! (I did remind him that when there was a real child in there he couldn't pull on the head.)

3 Ocak 2013 Perşembe

Decade of Destiny

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Blog posts for this day of the week can be categorized as Thoughtful Thursday posts. The idea is that whatever is on my mind for the week (and I am sure there are some weeks where nothing will be written...) I will post here.

I have re-started Rick Warren's one-year devotional, Decade of Destiny, and I find that the questions he poses in these first two messages coincide perfectly with this particular stage in my life.

Rick uses Genesis 24 as his scripture reference - the story of Abraham and Sarah and the birth of their son Isaac. At this time in my life I find this story inspirational, as Abraham was 100 years old when his son was born. He had dreamed of a family his entire life, but God's timing took a bit longer than Abraham had anticipated. I am only half Abraham's age - so I am confident that God must still have some significant accomplishments for me as well. This brings a smile to my face and gives me hope for my own future.

Rick first states that in order for us to move forward, we must develop focus. And to help us develop that focus gives two questions to ponder:

Where am I now? Where am I spiritually, financially, emotionally, relationally, physically, and occupationally?
In all those areas identified, what would I like to change?

Believe me, these questions are easier to read than they are to address. What I have discovered since last year's answers to the same questions is that I have indeed grown and matured and started a path toward change. I have a long ways to go, but it is nice to know that I have indeed progressed. And it is nice to know that I have an idea of where I hope to be next year - and the year after that.
The second list of questions are a bit more specific because Rick states that the more specific the goal, the more power it has in your life. This concept was reinforced for me this week when a segment on the local news focused on New Year's Resolutions. The "expert" stated that vague goals such as, I want to lose weight, do not have the success rate as much as specific goals such as, I want to lose ten pounds in three months.
So Rick provides four questions to help us quantify our goals in life:

What do I want to be?
What do I want to do?
What do I want to have?
Why do I want it?

While the first three questions are not easy, it is the final question - the WHY - that can stump us. And yet if we do not know the why - if we do not understand our motivation behind these goals, then they become nothing more than wishful dreams that never come true.
Interestingly enough, Rick closes this particular exercise by asking us not to question HOW. And for the pragmatic folks out there like myself, that is difficult. But his reasoning is sound. We may not know "how" yet --- but if we focus on what we don't know, we will give up before we even start. Rick maintains that if we know the what - and we know the why - and we know that these are in line with God's will for our life ---- then we can trust that God will reveal the how in due time.