{"id":1440,"date":"2009-02-01T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24575613.post-1282774271031615464"},"modified":"2009-02-01T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T15:55:00","slug":"we-gave-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"we gave blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">steven and i gave blood today. i have never done it before and really didn&#8217;t intend to when we got to the church. the last time steven gave blood was in high school and he passed out twice so he hasn&#8217;t done it since. he wouldn&#8217;t have done it this time if it wasn&#8217;t for sister ridley at church. she is this older lady in our ward who is a complete crack up. steven is constantly teasing her and they have a really good time together. well she was in charge and she called him up and joked him into giving blood. i figured when we got there that if steven could do it, so could i. well, here is the documentation!<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHqruXRII\/AAAAAAAAA5g\/TLrp0ZEyizw\/s1600-h\/IMG_5534.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHqruXRII\/AAAAAAAAA5g\/TLrp0ZEyizw\/s320\/IMG_5534.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860072776877186\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>steven getting the needle put in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrLEV_NI\/AAAAAAAAA5o\/S8W6buYbSFM\/s1600-h\/IMG_5537.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrLEV_NI\/AAAAAAAAA5o\/S8W6buYbSFM\/s320\/IMG_5537.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860081190567122\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHr3yFqTI\/AAAAAAAAA6A\/6SAi8hiz1RU\/s1600-h\/IMG_5538.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHr3yFqTI\/AAAAAAAAA6A\/6SAi8hiz1RU\/s320\/IMG_5538.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860093193595186\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>sister ridley promised she would sing for him if he did it. this is her singing to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXICRl8lEI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/GzcupHuqpTg\/s1600-h\/IMG_5539.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXICRl8lEI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/GzcupHuqpTg\/s320\/IMG_5539.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860478079112258\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>i just think she is so cute. she was like a little school girl giggling and having a really good time singing to him. she reminds steven a lot of his grandma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHri9-7ZI\/AAAAAAAAA5w\/irwb59cK2rA\/s1600-h\/IMG_5542.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHri9-7ZI\/AAAAAAAAA5w\/irwb59cK2rA\/s320\/IMG_5542.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860087606341010\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>here is me getting the needle put in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrkF4ebI\/AAAAAAAAA54\/0CPv6uQZ-iE\/s1600-h\/IMG_5629.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrkF4ebI\/AAAAAAAAA54\/0CPv6uQZ-iE\/s320\/IMG_5629.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297860087907908018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>me with the needle. i like this picture because those are my favorite shoes and i love how they are the only thing in focus.<\/p>\n<p>well i guess the moral of the story is that giving blood wasn&#8217;t all that bad. we ate a good breakfast and drank water and didn&#8217;t pass out at all. if you haven&#8217;t done it and you aren&#8217;t too crazy scared, you should give it a try. i guess it saves 3 lives. steven thinks they should have each person that gets your blood have to write you a thank you letter. he thinks more people would donate if they knew who they were saving.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/24575613-1282774271031615464?l=janas-journal.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">steven and i gave blood today. i have never done it before and really didn&#8217;t intend to when we got to the church. the last time steven gave blood was in high school and he passed out twice so he hasn&#8217;t done it since. he wouldn&#8217;t have done it this time if it wasn&#8217;t for sister ridley at church. she is this older lady in our ward who is a complete crack up. steven is constantly teasing her and they have a really good time together. well she was in charge and she called him up and joked him into giving blood. i figured when we got there that if steven could do it, so could i. well, here is the documentation!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHqruXRII\/AAAAAAAAA5g\/TLrp0ZEyizw\/s1600-h\/IMG_5534.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHqruXRII\/AAAAAAAAA5g\/TLrp0ZEyizw\/s320\/IMG_5534.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>steven getting the needle put in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrLEV_NI\/AAAAAAAAA5o\/S8W6buYbSFM\/s1600-h\/IMG_5537.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 214px;height: 320px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrLEV_NI\/AAAAAAAAA5o\/S8W6buYbSFM\/s320\/IMG_5537.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHr3yFqTI\/AAAAAAAAA6A\/6SAi8hiz1RU\/s1600-h\/IMG_5538.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHr3yFqTI\/AAAAAAAAA6A\/6SAi8hiz1RU\/s320\/IMG_5538.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>sister ridley promised she would sing for him if he did it. this is her singing to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXICRl8lEI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/GzcupHuqpTg\/s1600-h\/IMG_5539.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXICRl8lEI\/AAAAAAAAA6I\/GzcupHuqpTg\/s320\/IMG_5539.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>i just think she is so cute. she was like a little school girl giggling and having a really good time singing to him. she reminds steven a lot of his grandma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHri9-7ZI\/AAAAAAAAA5w\/irwb59cK2rA\/s1600-h\/IMG_5542.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 214px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHri9-7ZI\/AAAAAAAAA5w\/irwb59cK2rA\/s320\/IMG_5542.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>here is me getting the needle put in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrkF4ebI\/AAAAAAAAA54\/0CPv6uQZ-iE\/s1600-h\/IMG_5629.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 214px;height: 320px\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_hcqbZQBT7J0\/SYXHrkF4ebI\/AAAAAAAAA54\/0CPv6uQZ-iE\/s320\/IMG_5629.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>me with the needle. i like this picture because those are my favorite shoes and i love how they are the only thing in focus.<\/p>\n<p>well i guess the moral of the story is that giving blood wasn&#8217;t all that bad. we ate a good breakfast and drank water and didn&#8217;t pass out at all. if you haven&#8217;t done it and you aren&#8217;t too crazy scared, you should give it a try. i guess it saves 3 lives. steven thinks they should have each person that gets your blood have to write you a thank you letter. he thinks more people would donate if they knew who they were saving.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/24575613-1282774271031615464?l=janas-journal.blogspot.com' alt='' 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