KESTIAN and ADELAIDE FENTON
Birthstone

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Aquamarine,Bloodstone


Diamond

     
Flower


Daffodil (Narcissus)


Sweet Pea

     
Astrological Sign
Pisces

The animal associated with this sign is two fish swimming in different directions.

Traditional Pisces Traits:

  • Imaginative and sensitive
  • Compassionate and kind
  • Selfless and unworldly
  • Intuitive and sympathetic
Taurus

The animal associated with this sign is the bull.

Traditional Taurus Traits:

  • Patient and reliable
  • Warmhearted and loving
  • Persistent and determined
  • Placid and security loving
     
We were born in the Chinese Year of the...

Rooster

People born in the Year of the Rooster are deep thinkers, capable, and talented. They like to be busy and are devoted beyond their capabilities and are deeply disappointed if they fail. People born in the Rooster Year are often a bit eccentric, and often have rather difficult relationship with others. They always think they are right and usually are! They frequently are loners and though they give the outward impression of being adventurous, they are timid. Rooster people's emotions like their fortunes, swing very high to very low. They can be selfish and too outspoken, but are always interesting and can be extremely brave. They are most compatible with Ox, Snake, and Dragon.

Famous people born in the Year Of The Rooster:
Dirk Bogarde, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Michael Caine, Eric Clapton, Joan Collins, Errol Flynn, Melanie Griffith, Richard Harris, Goldie Hawn, Katherine Hepburn, Diane Keaton, Jayne Mansfield, Steve Martin, James Mason, Somerset Maugham, Bette Midler, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Kim Novak, Yoko Ono, Dolly Parton, Michelle Pfeiffer, George Segal, Peter Ustinov.

Tiger

Tiger people are sensitive, given to deep thinking, capable of great sympathy. They can be extremely short-tempered, however. Other people have great respect for them, but sometimes tiger people come into conflict with older people or those in authority. sometimes Tiger people cannot make up their minds, which can result in a poor, hasty decision or a sound decision arrived at too late. They are suspicious of others, but they are courageous and powerful. Tigers are most compatible with Horses, Dragons, and Dogs

Famous people born in the Year Of The Tiger:
Sheryl Crow, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Dickinson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth II, Jay Leno, Hugh Hefner, William Hurt, Dylan Thomas, Karl Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Marco Polo, Beatrix Potter, Demi Moore, Lionel Ritchie, Kenny Rogers and Jon Stewart.

     
We will start Kindergarten in...

2010

2015
     
We will be old enough to drive in... 

2021

2026
     
We will graduate from High School in... 

2023

2028
     
How much things cost when we were born... 

March 2005

  • $0.09 Electricity (KWH)
  • $0.33 Flour, white, all purpose (pound)
  • $0.43 Sugar, white (pound)
  • $0.51 Bananas (pound)
  • $0.83 Lettuce, iceberg (pound)
  • $0.93 Eggs, Grade A, large (dozen)
  • $1.00 Bread, white (pound)
  • $1.06 Chicken, fresh, whole (pound)
  • $1.09 Cola, non-diet (2 liters)
  • $1.77 Peanut butter, creamy (pound)
  • $1.85 Orange Juice, frozen (12 oz can)
  • $2.07 Gasoline, unleaded regular (gallon)
  • $2.22 Ground beef, 100% beef (pound)
  • $3.22 Potato chips (16 oz)
  • $3.23 Milk, fresh, whole (gallon)
  • $6.40 Movie ticket (average)
  • $14,990 2005 Toyota Corolla LE (MSRP)
  • $2,582.25 Resident tuition (undergrad) at University of Kentucky, spring semester

April 2010

     
Top 10 Words (Merriam-Webster) based on online lookups..

2005

  1. integrity
  2. refugee
  3. contempt
  4. filibuster
  5. insipid
  6. tsunami
  7. pandemic
  8. conclave
  9. levee
  10. inept

2010

     
New Oxford American Dictionary
Word of the Year

2005

Podcast
Only a year ago, podcasting was an arcane activity, the domain of a few techies and self-admitted "geeks." Now you can hear everything from NASCAR coverage to NPR's All Things Considered in downloadable audio files called "podcasts". Thousands of podcasts are available at the iTunes Music Store, and websites such as iPodder.com and Podcast.net track thousands more. That's why the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have selected "podcast" as the Word of the Year for 2005. Podcast, defined as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player," will be added to the next online update of the New Oxford American Dictionary, due in early 2006.

Runners-up for the 2005 Word of the Year include:

  • bird flu - an often fatal flu virus of birds, esp. poultry, that is transmissible from them to humans, in whom it may also prove fatal
  • ICE - an entry stored in one's cellular phone that provides emergency contact information
  • IDP - internally displaced person; someone forced to relocate within a country because of a natural disaster or civil unrest
  • IED - improvised explosive device, such as a car bomb
  • lifehack - a more efficient or effective way of completing an everyday task: "I found a great lifehack for getting a cheap hotel room."
  • persistent vegetative state - a condition in which a patient recovering from a coma retains reflex responses and may appear wakeful, but has no cognitive functions or other evidence of cerebral cortical activity
  • reggaeton - a Latin American dance music which combines elements of reggae music with hip-hop and rap
  • rootkit - software installed on a computer by someone other than the owner, intended to conceal other programs or processes, files or system data
  • squick - cause immediate and thorough revulsion: "was anyone else squicked by our waiter's piercings?"
  • sudoku - a logic-based puzzle consisting of squares that form grids within a grid. Into each smaller grid, the numerals 1 through 9 are entered but not repeated, and they may not be repeated in any row or column of the larger grid
  • trans fat - fat containing trans-fatty acids, considered unhealthier than other dietary fats

Erin McKean, editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, said: "Podcast was considered for inclusion last year, but we found that not enough people were using it, or were even familiar with the concept. This year it's a completely different story. The word has finally caught up with the rest of the iPod phenomenon."

"Choosing the word of the year is incredibly difficult," said McKean. "Not just because of the enormous amount of data we look at-everything from blogs to technical journals to suggestions sent to dictionaries@oup.com -but because everyone has such strong opinions about what makes a word Word of the Year material. You'd be amazed at how hard our editors campaign for their favorites. I'm surprised nobody tried to bribe me -- except that the only thing I really want is more cool new words!"

2010

     
Top 20 Network Primetime Series
 

(2004-05 Season Through 05/15/05)...

  1. CSI
  2. American Idol-Tuesday
  3. American Idol-Wednesday
  4. Desperate Housewives
  5. CSI: Miami
  6. Without A Trace
  7. Survivor: Palau
  8. Survivor: Vanuatu
  9. Grey's Anatomy
  10. Everybody Loves Raymond
  11. NFL Monday Night Football
  12. Two and a Half Men
  13. Apprentice 2
  14. E.R.
  15. Cold Case
  16. Lost
  17. 60 Minutes
  18. Medium
  19. Apprentice 3
  20. Law And Order: SVU
 
     
Top 10 Books:
Non-Fiction (Hardback)...
 

2005

  1. French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure. Mireille Guiliano
  2. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Malcolm Gladwell
  3. Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential. Joel Osteen
  4. Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits and How Baseball Got Big. Jose Canseco
  5. The Purpose-Driven Life. Rick Warren
  6. Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover. Greene, Bob
  7. He's Just Not That into You. Greg Behrendt
  8. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Hary T. Eker
  9. Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America. Mark R. Levin
  10. The South Beach Diet. Arthur Agatston

2010

     
Top 10 Books:
Fiction (Hardback)... 

2005

  1. Honeymoon. James Patterson
  2. The Broker. Grisham, John
  3. The Da Vinci Code. Brown, Dan
  4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Albom, Mitch
  5. Prince of Fire. Silva, Daniel
  6. State of Fear. Crichton, Michael
  7. Prep. Curtis Sittenfeld
  8. The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition. Brown, Dan
  9. Blood Memory. Iles, Greg
  10. The Forgotten Man. Robert Crais

2010

     
Top 10 Songs... 

2005

  1. "Candy Shop" 50 Cent f/Olivia
  2. "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day
  3. "Let Me Love You" Mario
  4. "How We Do" The Game f/50 Cent
  5. "1, 2, Step" Ciara f/Missy E
  6. "Disco Inferno" 50 Cent
  7. "Rich Girl" Gwen Stefani f/Eve
  8. "Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson
  9. "Caught Up" Usher
  10. "Lovers and Friends" Lil' Jon & Other

2010

     
Top 10 Movies... 

2005

  1. The Pacifier
  2. Be Cool
  3. Hitch
  4. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
  5. Million Dollar Baby
  6. Constantine
  7. Cursed
  8. Man of the House
  9. Because of Winn-Dixie
  10. The Jacket

2010

     
Newspaper Headlines
(Lexington Herald-Leader: Main News)...
 

March 5, 2005

  • 'BC Bud' Afflicts Canada, Killing of Mounties Shows Extent of Drug Problem
  • Ukraine's Political Deaths Add Up, Minister's Suicide Follows Inquiry Into Journalist's Murder
  • Payment Ordered for Losses to Nazis
  • Bush Issues 8 Pardons, One is for Bootlegging Charge From 1959
  • Bush Budget Plan Deficits Projected, to Exceed $200 Billion a Year For 10 Years
  • Scientist Appointed to Head the Epa, if Confirmed, He'd be a First for Agency
  • 'Certainly, There's No Place Like Home', Martha Stewart Begins 5 Months of Home Detention, Calls Time in Prison 'Life-Altering'
  • Appeal Filed in Tobacco Case
  • Questions Start After Man is Viciously Attacked by Chimps
  • Agency Asks 60-Day Delay in Removing Feeding Tube, Abuse Reports Target Schiavo's Husband
  • Withdrawal Only Option, Bush, Arab States Say, Syria to Pull Back Troops in Lebanon
  • 50 Cent Luxuriates in Spite, Dissing Hip-Hop Rivals on New Cd, Pop! Wild Card
  • State Demands Man Stop Using Logo, in His 'Parody,' He Calls Kentucky a Whorehouse
  • Martha Stewart Flies Home
  • Baghdad Terror Cell Broken but Waiting, U.S. Goes on Offensive
  • Growing Concerns Stall Trucking Bill, Governor, Legislators have Reservations Safety, Road Damage are Key Issues Vote Still Expected Monday in Senate
  • Gasoline Prices Expected to Surge, Global Demand is Far Outpacing Supply
  • U.S. Soldiers Fire on Released Italian Hostage, Agent in Journalist's Car is Killed Near Checkpoint on Dangerous Iraqi Road

April 27, 2010

  • Spilled oil poses threat to hundreds of miles of coast, Efforts continue to stop Gulf leaks
  • Record meat prices likely by summer, With smaller hog and cattle herds, wholesale costs rising already
  • Survivors salvage deadly storms'leavings, In mississippi alone, 10 killed and about 700 homes damaged
  • Immigration law protests escalate, Bean swastikas puton capitol windows
  • Panel voids 52 candidates'votes, Envoy: Iraqi process taking too long
  • Fund-raising saves Hollywood sign from sprawl, $12.5 million Effort Stops Development
  • Case closed in school abuse suit, Fayette system will pay $3.7 million awarded to maner
  • East Jerusalem building freeze may spur talks
  • Justices will hear video game case, Calif. law would forbid sale of violent titles to minors
  • PaneL: Goldman put self first, hearings begin tuesday into firm's billion-dollar bonanza
  • GOP blocks financial reform bill, One democrat stands with united Republican senators
  • Recession costs Democrats