Pip – Week Twenty

29 Jun
2009

Latest developments from Pip:

  • Just been swimming. Well, Mummy has and I went along for the ride. Great fun. Can’t wait to try AquaAerobics on Wednesday after my scan… #
  • Just playing with technology. I guess I take after Daddy. #
  • Starting to develop a whitish coat of a slick, fatty substance covering my body; protects my skin from the long bath in amniotic fluid. #
  • Yay – having my photo taken again later today. I’ve combed my downy hair especially – must remember to wave to Mummy & Daddy – more later. #
  • Forget artist’s impressions – here’s what I really look like: http://bitly.com/pip-20wks {sucking my thumb!} #
  • Apparently after I swallow amniotic fluid my body absorbs the water in the liquid and moves the rest into the large bowel. Sounds gross! #
  • I’m looking much more normal in my latest portrait: http://snipurl.com/babyrew-20weeks #
  • But lots of people say they prefer my scan photo than the artist’s impressions :o) #

My CYM Degree Stats

25 Jun
2009
  • 3 years
  • 9 terms
  • 20 modules
  • 1 dissertation
  • 18 assignments
  • 24 reflective journals
  • 12 directed tasks
  • 106,000 words
  • 18 fieldwork meetings
  • 18 professional formation group meetings
  • 108 journey’s to/from Oxford
  • 12,024 miles
  • countless laughs/tears/loving insults

Feeling now it’s all done = PRICELESS!!

Pip – Week Nineteen

21 Jun
2009

Latest developments from Pip:

  • Woohoo – I’m officially half-way to being ‘cooked’ today. It’s been quite a ride – looking forward to the second half. #
  • Latest stats: I now measure around 6 inches/ 15 centimetres long from crown to rump and weigh about 9 ounces/ 240 grams #
  • Artist’s impression of what I look like now; if this is right I’m definitely going to be a contortionist: http://snipurl.com/babyrew-19weeks #
  • I’ve got hair sprouting on my scalp! Daddy is going to be so pleased! #
  • The nerve cells for taste, smell, hearing, seeing, and touch are now developing in my brain. Can’t wait to test each of them out… #
  • The next ten weeks or so will be my busiest and most active time apparently – soon Mummy’s womb will be too crowded to have fun. #
  • Mummy & Daddy are taking me to see my Gran & Granddad, Aunt and Cousins in Andover this weekend. #

These are the links I’ve bookmarked recently on Delicious [June 9th through June 18th]:

  • Community Development Foundation – The Community Development Foundation is a leading source of intelligence, guidance and delivery on community development in England and across the UK.
  • Welcome | Funding Central – The smart guide to over 4,000 grants, contracts and loans
  • Free website and Free web hosting | Microsoft Office Live Small Business – Get a free website and more.
    It’s fast and easy.
  • Lifehacker – Lifehacker Pack 2009: Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads – Lifehacker Pack 2009 – a single, handy list that we think improves the computer lives of Windows users
  • An inspirational message from Paul Hawken – Basically, the earth needs a new operating system, you are the
    programmers, and we need it within a few decades.

    This planet came with a set of operating instructions, but we seem to
    have misplaced them. Important rules like don’t poison the water,
    soil, or air, and don’t let the earth get overcrowded, and don’t touch
    the thermostat have been broken. Buckminster Fuller said that
    spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue
    that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per
    hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really
    good food – but all that is changing.

  • 50 Fresh Useful Icon Sets For Your Next Design – This large collection of recently released icon sets is supposed to help designers improve their designs on their web-sites and in web-applications. All icon sets are free.
  • 10 Ways to Speed up Your WordPress Blog – In this post we'll explore ten ways to speed up your site, with tricks ranging from easy to even easier; none of the stuff in this post is difficult, so there's no excuse for a slow-loading blog after reading this!
  • 10 Useful WordPress Loop Hacks – The loop is a very important aspect of WordPress blogs. In fact, the loop is what allows you to get posts from your WordPress database and print them on the screen. A set of useful and user-friendly functions, the loop is incredibly powerful. With it, you can get a single post, a list of posts ordered by date, title or category, a list of posts written by a specific author and much more.

    In this article, we’ll show you 10 useful things you can do with the WordPress loop to make your blog even more powerful than it is right now.

  • Wordnik – An ongoing project devoted to discovering
    all the words and everything about them

Pip – Week Eighteen

13 Jun
2009

Latest developments from Pip:

  • Latest stats: I am now 6 inches/ 14.2 centimetres long from crown to rump and weigh about 7 ounces/ 190 grams… #
  • My chest is now moving up and down to mimic breathing but I’m not taking in air, only amniotic fluid – nice. #
  • Here’s the latest pic which shows you roughly what I look like and gives you an idea of size and scale: http://snipurl.com/babyrew-18weeks #
  • This is the week for presents: thanks Donna & Andy for my lovely cardigan; thanks to Dawn for my lovely toys – can’t wait to play with them. #
  • I need to kick a little harder – Mummy says she can’t feel it yet. Perhaps I’ll try some somersaults whilst she’s trying to sleep ;o) #
  • Woohoo – more presents – this time a beautiful play mat from Adam and Pippa’s Nan – thank you! #

Rock Balancing

12 Jun
2009


Rock Balancing, originally uploaded by Ricky.

Scroby Sands Wind Farm, originally uploaded by Ricky Rew.

Latest developments from Pip:

  • I am now an impressive 5.5 inches/ 13 centimetres long from crown to rump and weigh approximately 5 ounces/ 140 grams. #
  • This week a protective substance called myelin will begin to slowly wrap around my spinal cord. Sounds nice… #
  • Off to Silverstone with Mummy to “run” the Race for Life – 5k here we come! #
  • My skeleton is mostly rubbery cartilage, which will harden later. With wobbly bones I’d probably dance like Daddy if I tried at the moment #

Pip – Week Sixteen

30 May
2009

Latest developments from Pip:

  • I’ve made it to the size of an Avocado (about 5 inches long) and now weigh about 100 grams! #
  • Here comes a growth spurt: will double in weight over the next three weeks, and add inches in length. Got a feeling it’s going to be tiring! #
  • We’re all off to see the midwife today to make sure me and Mummy are doing ok. #
  • I’ve just been checked out by the midwife: all is well. My heart is currently going at 140 bpm. # Mummy asked if her tummy was larger than expected, midwife replied: most of it is liquid and wind {tell us something we didn’t know ;o) } #
  • I think I’ve found the umbilical cord – been playing about with it and squeezing it – probably shouldn’t squeeze it for too long though ;o) #
  • My circulatory system and urinary tract are in full working order, and I’m now inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid through my lungs – eurgh #
  • It’s great fun in here, and I think I can hear Daddy repeating the word “Dada” over and over. Can’t wait to get out though – much more fun. #

These are the links I’ve bookmarked recently on Delicious:

  • The Clock Clock By Humans Since 1982 – Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created this genius clock made from 24 analogue clocks to act as a digital display using the clock hands to read the time.
  • UK Photographers Rights v2 – This is intended to provide a short UK guide to the main legal restrictions on the right to take photographs and the right to publish photographs that have been taken.
  • EngageWorship: Resources and Training for Innovative, Creative Worship – engageworship.org is a new expression of the Music and Worship Foundation, furthering their vision and values for a new generation. We aim to resource youth, young adults and 21st century churches for innovative worship. We want to help people engage with God, each other and the world around them, through creative, multi-sensory acts of worship.
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