Hi Everyone,
I have an urgent request. My mom, Pat, has been having several problems lately with her health. Today she went into emergency and had a cat scan done. They found a 4" x 6" tumor in her lower stomach area. They arent sure if it is malignant yet, but she is going to the Mayo Clinic tomorrow to have it tested. Either way, she is going to have to have surgery to remove it. Cancer is extremely common in my family and as most of you know, two of my moms brothers died last year of it. So, I am very concerned and worried about her. Please please everyone pray for her. Thanks.

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hello everyone. thankyou teresa, pete and joel for your wonderfully thoughtful birthday wellwishes. I am at school right now in 5th hour. It is kind of boring. it seems like everytime I am in the computerlab I end up posting something on the blog. My birthday has been very good so far. in gym today I won the badminton(my mother corrected my spelling of this word after veiwing my last entry) singles tournament in gym today with a resounding score of 11-0 in the final match. I have to look up some pictures of beyonce knowles on the internet. they are due at the end of the hour. camille(the girl sitting next to me) sends hedr love to everyone in the anderson family and whoever else might be reading this. I look forward to seeing everyone at my birthday party this weekend. sorry paul but I had to open your card early for lunch money. joel I like the tennis joke. alright everyone, have a nice day. peace.

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Happy Birthday, Stevie!

Happy 4 years with your adopted family, Koko!

That sounds like a stressful start to a job interview, Nancy.

Happy Birthday Stevie! Try not to go to too many R-rated movies now, they're over-rated.

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elevator troubles

I gave platelets this morning and watched "You've Got Mail." Joe Fox gets stuck on an elevator for an hour and makes important decisions while trapped. This afternoon I went to the Memorial Blood Center's new facility in Eden Prairie (for a job interview) and as soon as the elevator door closed, the lights went out... it was TOTALLY DARK. After a couple of minutes the lights came on, but the elevator wouldn't move and wouldn't open. Eventually I got out, but had a really tough time getting up to the second floor. (The stairway was roped off and had a sign saying, "Use elevator.") I climbed over the ropes and snuck in. Have a great day. Nancy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN! How well I remember January 8, 1987. We waited until after midnight to go in to the hospital, (We didn't have to pay for Jan. 7!) then Dr. Komoto went to the wrong hospital. You were born at 3:13 a.m. HAPPY DAY FOR US! We're proud of "OUR THREE SONS." Love, Mom

First Color Photograph taken on another planet's surface:

the boring day

once upon a time there was a little boy who went to school today. when he arrived at school he could not open his locker because he had forgotten the combination over break. then he was late for first hour but it was all good. in gym class he played badmitten and had a lot of fun. at lunch he put dorritos on his pizza and it was really good but the other children made fun of him. right now he is fifth hour. it has been a lackluster day so far. I think he will visit the love calculator for a little pick him up. heidi klum here he comes

Here's the official link to Mars...

Now, *WHY* NASA has edited out MrKlingon's sign, I do not know....



(I'm happy to note that Teresa, Norris, Liv, Joel AND Kokomo ALL have their names on board Spirit AND Opportunity!)

Here's something I thought many of you would find interesting. Pictures from the Mars Rover:

Martian Landing

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Here's the family picture for the Georgia Andersons! Happy New Year to all!

As Stevie mentioned we had a great time down in Illinois over the weekend. We had a get together with our extended family to celebrate our grandparent's 64th wedding anniversary. Maria and I are well on our way to that - only 62 1/2 more to go! Here we are at our Aunt Jan's house on Saturday.

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I hope that everyone had a wonderful christmas time. we had a great time down in illinos with my grandparents and everyone. tom and I along with our cousins tim, jenn and liz all went to see "cheaper by the dozen." it was a pretty silly movie and I would suggest it for anyone who is in the mood for some good clean fun(sorry norris). I had fun helping tom drive his stick all the way down there. I dont think he enjoyed as much as I did. there was not very much at all in Iowa or Illinois so that was too bad but it was like 50 degrees a couple of days so that was nice. well I am going to catch up on some me time. I look forward to seeing all of you next sunday. peace.

Happy Birthday, Anderblog!

Happy Birthday, Anderblog!

I'm not sure of the exact date, but I remember being invited to sign up for the family blog a year ago when we were in the Easy Internet Cafe in London. So, thanks, Peter, for the good idea!

This Christmas vacation has not been as interesting as the last, as we've spent it moving furniture. Everything that Norris didn't take with him, we bundled up in garbage bags and boxes and moved to the garage. We are hoping someone will steal it. Then we moved Liv upstairs, Joel and me to Liv's old bedroom, and the computer stuff into our old bedroom. It's certainly good to move every once and a while to get rid of stuff, including the dust. We are having a hard time not throwing ourselves on the floor, thinking it's our bed, and keep walking out to the dining room to check our mail.

Happy Birthday Dad! Merry Christmas to one and all!
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And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to the, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

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and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in he rheart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

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Elvish has left the building

No, actually Elvish is probably just coming into its own, now that there are movies that need to provide Westron, I mean English, subtitles for the Sindarin and Quenya dialogue! Liv and I had a great time going to see the Return of the King last Saturday, and in that spirit I offer this seasonal greeting:

(that is "valina nosta heru!" meant to mean "be-happy (at the) birthday (of the) lord")

hello everyone

I am at school right now in the south high media center. it is really boring and I had nothing else to do so I decided to update everyone on how my day is going. well, in gym class today we played kick ball again and so that was a good time. my team was killing the other team and needless to say, I was pretty much the mvp for the first couple of innings. my team was up 23-1, the competition was not too great. I suggested to my gym teacher, ms. frisvold, that I be traded to the other team. in an attempt to "equafy" the teams she agreed to my proposition. the tide turned in my new team's favor after that point but alas, it was too little, too late. we ended up losing 17-31 but the true reward is in the spirit of a little friendly competition. I ended up getting four in the park homeruns, a triple and a double. most valuable playa. I asked the girl sitting next to me if she had anything to add but she graciously refrained. peace.[

As you all know the Lord of the Rings Return of the King opens today, and I can' t wait to see it. It's already got a buzz as being a front-runner for Best Picture. Below is one of the many glowing reviews of the film.. Enjoy!

Review of the Movie

tumor: part II

hello everyone. I hope that all is well. as some of you may be aware, I played in a tennis tournament this weekend at the U of M. on friday night I played m first match against tom litscher, but we wont talk about that one. I lost... so anyways, I played again on saturday morning against some kid named sam something or other. he's not really much to write home about and I have beaten him quite handily in the past. I was feeling fine, everything was going smoothly; I won the first game very easily and was surely coasting to a glorious victory when suddenly my neck tensed up really painfully. it was really weird. all of a sudden my neck was just hurting really bad. I couldnt rotate my shoulders on my forehand because that would require me to turn my neck in a fashion which now gave me great amounts of pain. I started playing badly but I was still able to pull out a win: 6-4, 6-3. it was probably one of the most painful physical endeavors of my entire life. I am not sure what it was on my neck, it could have been a tumor maybe not. ok so I won that match but I was still in a lot of pain. my parents got me a bunch of advil or something so I took that. they also got me some ice. I iced my neck and massaged it for the two or so hours I had until my next match. nick hansen was next on my agenda and it was a daunting task to say the least. when i went out to play this match I was a little bit anxious because I didnt know how Iwould feel but everything worked out pretty well. I didnt experience very much pain at all but still lost the first set 3-6. the second set was mine for the taking though as I won it 6-3. for the third and final set we played a super tie-breaker. that is, a regular tie-breaker, only you play to ten instead of 7. I lost it 10-12. it was very close, but I think, without my obvious handicap, I probably would have left victorious.