Sarah Joy Albrecht

Coatesville’s Ash Park, a few streets over from my house, is featured as Rip Hamilton’s hometown court in NBA Street Vol. 4: Homecourt. The Electronic Arts game for the XBox360 and PlayStation 3 will be in stores mid-February.
Continue reading “Coatesville’s Ash Park Featured in NBA Street 4: Homecourt”

In effort to save money, I buy the store-brands of pain medication containing Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Ibuprofen (Motrin).

When I called the pediatrician on behalf of one of our daughters this morning, he asked about the dose of Tylenol she was given. I had given her one and one half teaspoons, but it turned out that she should have been given two teaspoons based on her weight.

The problem is that store-brand medicines often label dosage by age and not by weight, so it’s guesswork to figure out how much to give.

As a result, I looked up dosage charts online. The most detailed charts seem to be at www.askdrsears.com.

(I will be printing these and taping them inside my cupboard door. ;-) )

To save you the search if you find yourself in the same predicament, I have listed the links are listed below. Both links orient you directly to the charts, but there is also pertinent information above and below the charts that can be read by scrolling up or down:

Ibuprofen Chart
(Found in these and other brands: Motrin, Advil, Pediacare Fever, Children’s ElixSure)

Acetaminophen Chart
(Found in these and other brands: Tylenol, Feverall Suppositories , Tempra, ElixSure IB)

Every now and then, Tom arranges a date night with a surprise destination. Last night’s date almost didn’t happen – Tom got stuck in traffic and we’d miss the beginning of the dinner if he had to come home first to get me. Tom called and said, “Can you get a ride to dinner and I can meet you there?”

And I said, “Um, the destination was a surprise – I have no idea where we are having dinner.”

He laughed. “In Downingtown. It’s at the Victory.” Sweet. Just ten minutes away. His mom, who already had four of our children, picked me up and dropped me off at the Victory with Leah.

The food and beer combinations were out of this world. Continue reading “What did YOU have for dinner last night?”

A tip for mommies during cold season:

While you’re waiting for the Tylenol to kick in, put your child in a warm bath with lots of bath toys. (Bubbles would work, too – less stuff to pick up after bath time.)

The warmth is soothing, the moisture helps with stuffy noses, and playing with toys and/or bubbles are quite the distraction.

This method worked well this morning for Tabitha, who woke up screaming because her ear hurt. I gave her Tylenol. “It still hurts!”, she said, expecting instant results. So I put her in a warm bath filled with toys. By the time the water was getting cold and it was time to get out, I asked her how her ear was doing. She said it felt great!

Excerpt from a note to a friend :

Sounds like things are a bit rough at the moment, but I want you to know that I love you dearly and I am thankful to have you as a friend! Hang in there! I hope that it encourages you to know that I am praying for you.

During hard times, there is nothing more important than staying in the Word and daily turning each of our trials over to a Sovereign God who loves us. (So that our hurt does not cause us to stumble!)

I’m kinda going through a rough time myself, and I have a few thoughts I’m clinging to today in my difficult circumstances… I hope that you don’t mind me sharing them with you: Continue reading “Humility, Casting Cares, Receiving Strength… In That Order.”

From PCA News Time Capsule:

Twelve Rules for Promoting Harmony Among Church Members
by Thomas Smyth

1. To remember that we are all subject to failings and infirmities, of one kind or another. – Matthew 7:1-5; Rom 2:21-23.
2. To bear with and not magnify each other’s infirmities. – Galatians 6:1-10.
3. To pray one for another in our social meetings, and particularly in private. – James 5:9-16.
4. To avoid going from house to house, for the purpose of hearing news, and interfering with other people’s business. – Leviticus 19:15-17.
5. Always to turn a deaf ear to any slanderous report, and to allow no charge to be brought against any person until well founded and proved. – Proverbs 25:18-23.
6. If a member be in fault, to tell him of it in private, before it is mentioned to others. – Matthew 18:15.
7. To watch against shyness of each other, and put the best construction on any action that has the appearance of opposition or resentment. – Proverbs 10:12.
8. To observe the just rule of Solomon, that is, to leave off contention before it be meddled with. – Proverbs 17:14.
9. If a member has offended, to consider how glorious, how God-like it is to forgive, and how unlike a Christian it is to revenge. – Ephesians 4:2.
10. To remember that it is always a grand artifice of the Devil, to promote distance and animosity among members of Churches, and we should, therefore, watch against everything that furthers his the Devil’s end. – James 3:16.
11. To consider how much more good we can do in the world at large, and in the Church in particular when we are all united in love, than we could do when acting alone, and indulging a contrary spirit. – John 13:35.
12. Lastly, to consider the express injunction of Scripture, and the beautiful example of Christ, as to these important things. – Ephesians 4:32; 1 Peter 2:21; John 13:5-35.

Thomas Smyth (1808-1873) was pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C.