Kara is Seven

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You missed out on the fun. So here are some highlights to get you caught up. We started by opening presents ...


Then we moved on to the shine party at Justice for Girls ...


Then back for more pizza and cake ... cool cake, mom!


Group hug ...


And someone had fun sleeping the whole time ...



In Him.

One booty on ...

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Mommy did so well, and all by herself. Of course, I was there, but it was all about her. She did not let out so much as a whimper. The pain was clearly there ... whew! She did not shed one tear. Then after it was over, the doctor came rushing in, holding onto his cap, with only one bootie on ...

She is 8 pounds ...

and 11 oz ...


And her name is Valarie Grace.


Lord, bless them, and help them to quickly grow to love You, and love You for the rest of their lives, and know all the benefits of loving You.

While we are waiting ... part 2

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I walk by and discovered my two girls passing notes under the door to each other as follows:

6 yr old: Whaaaaaah!
8 yr old: ... Come on! Wawawawawawaaah! because of you!
6 yr old: You ---> :-) Me ---> :-(
8 yr old: No ... You :-) ... Me :-( She hates me .... why do you hate me? Because I write weird and I am a weirdo?
6 yr old: I love you. Now I write weird and you hate me. Now what will you do? I (heart) you.
8 yr old: Are you crying?
6 yr old: Yes (flip) ... Do you still hate me?
8 yr old: Stop ... get out of my beeswax ... NO!

I wonder if teachers learn the hard way ... not to read the notes that kids write back and forth to each other.

Her fourth baby shower ...

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Happy giggles ...


Who's hands are on the table?


David is in the house ...


"I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me." -- Psalm 119:93

Raise your hand if ...

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... if you've gotten frustrated, trying to guess the "correct" words to use in a google search.

I just googled:
db2 rownum, db2 rownumber, db2 row number, db2 row_number,
db2 row count, db2 rowid, db2 row id, db2 row_id,
db2 rowcount, db2 row count, db2 row_count,
db2 rownumber over, db2 row number function,
db2 sql reference

trying to find the following blurb of SQL ...
"FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY"

Yes, it's obvious, when it comes to choosing the right keywords, I'm clueless ...

Anyway, here is an example of it's use:

select PET from LIFE.PEEVES order by SURPRISE desc
FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY;

The "answer" to my issue was finally found in this great entry by "Craig S. Mullins".
Thanks, Craig.

P.S. I don't want to show you the "better" keywords to use to find the answer to this silly problem ... I'm hoping only idiots like myself find there way here with the keywords I first tried ... if I put the "better" keywords here, google might direct more of the smart folks here to laugh at me.