tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41761106871853785652011-10-12T11:05:33.981-07:00"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." ~David ViscottBethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-30498711325403799202010-06-30T07:44:00.000-07:002010-06-30T13:46:10.401-07:00

I'm of the mindset that parenting is an art form. It's a talent that not everyone develops. It's something that you get better at the longer you do it, as long as you learn from your mistakes. And good or bad, I think that you tend to emulate the role models you had as a child. Parenting is the art of balancing dichotomies. You have to be everything to your child - the Disciplinarian, Nurturer,

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So... you have this really passionate stance on something and you want everyone to know about it?  I have a great idea!  Start an anonymous blog!  IF YOU'RE A WUSS. Nothing irritates me more than someone posting a no-nonsense hardcore opinion about an issue for the world to see, then not having the balls to attach their name to it.  As far as I'm concerned, if you won't own up to your own

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This super smart video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second.  Thanks to Amber Masten for posting this on Facebook for us all to see!

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I am on my way on a new adventure - last Monday I started my new job at Northern Quest Resort & Casino.  They recently created a brand new position - Interactive Communications Strategist - that had my name written all over it.  The position is housed in the Hotel Sales & Marketing department on the resort side, but I will be working on website content and search engine optimization as well as

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My wonderful boss Jeanna emailed this out to our staff this morning after receiving it from a friend.  In light of some serious trials and stress I am facing, it seem especially profound to me today. May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you

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My fabulous hubby and I got to spend 5 days in NYC last week thanks to my work (Spokane Regional CVB) sending me to the E-Tourism Summit and thanks to our friends and family who helped care for the twins. It was our first trip to the Big Apple and we had an absolute BLAST! If you'd like to read about our trip, check out the blog I posted about it on our Hutson Family blog.

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I don't tend to get very politically involved. However, there are some things I feel VERY passionately about on the ballot this year and I feel compelled to share my thoughts. Hopefully, you plan to vote no on Prop 4 (I posted my arguments against it a few weeks ago) and YES on Referendum 71.  By voting yes on Referendum 71, you are voting to uphold the bill expanding the domestic partnership

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My hubby and I entered the twins in the Gap Casting Call! Please vote for my kids! Please vote for Tyce here: http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/hutone11/   Please vote for Caliana here: http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/bethany_kate/     You can vote for each photo once per day.  You do have to register in order to be able to vote, but it's completely free and you

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Here's an argument against Prop 4 that I saw on a blog. It's an argument I hadn't even thought of before: "The Bill of Rights declares that persons have 'rights' to 'affordable' health care, housing, energy, to be paid a certain wage, and various other goodies on every leftist’s wish list. The trouble here, of course, is that all these goodies must be provided by other persons — health care

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I am absolutely voting NO on PROP 4.  At first glance, the Community Bill of Rights* proposed by EnvisionSpokane sounds great, right? Well, I'd suggest reading it in its entirety before you conclude that Prop 4 is a good idea. Increased taxes to cover community health care, prevailing wages that will put many smaller companies out of business, tax monies going to pay for all the new lawsuits

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It's hard not to think back to where I was and what I was doing when I first heard about the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.  I've heard it said many times that this event was my generation's JFK assassination. I had just pulled in to the parking lot of Gold's Gym on the northside of Spokane where I was going to meet my best friend Tera for an early morning workout. I vividly

Bethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-70865361029223472972009-09-11T10:43:00.000-07:002009-12-03T15:38:47.845-08:00

It's official:  I'm heading to New York City to be a part of two social media panels at the E-Tourism Summit!  It's all thanks to the support I've received from the Spokane Regional CVB management team to make Twitter & Facebook work for our destination. The Summit is October 13 & 14 at the Marriott New York Marquis right in the heart of Manhattan near Times Square. I'm included in the list of

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Have you ever asked a mother of multiples: "Do twins run in your family?"  Sure. I have too, before I actually had twins. When you really think about it, you're actually asking: "Did you use fertility treatments to get pregnant with twins?" I don't get offended by that question - it takes a helluva lot more than that to offend me.  My mom, on the other hand, hates it when people ask her. She gets

Bethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-72575081317713582992009-08-26T18:19:00.000-07:002009-12-03T15:44:09.673-08:00

I'm a stepmom. I've been a stepmom officially for 5 years, and un-officially for 2 1/2 years before that. The girls were 6 and 7 years old when Chad and I started dating in 2001. They are 13 and 15 now, and both taller than I am. I feel lucky to be able to help shape the women these girls will become. And I feel utterly blessed to have them help shape the woman and mother that I am. They are

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I just received this email from my boss who had received it from her sister - it's WAY too good not to share. Recently, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said:THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed

Bethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-90007020762765209372009-07-14T05:34:00.000-07:002009-12-03T15:42:20.861-08:00

Chad's gone. He's in Pittsburgh for NIOSH Leadership training for 6 days then he is visiting friends of ours who live in Philadelphia for 2 days.Bums me out when he's gone.It's partially because I wish I could be having those experiences with him. But it's mostly that I selfishly want him home with me.I love coming home from work to him sitting at the island in the kitchen checking Facebook or

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Last fall I wrote about my new Uncle Pat on our Hutson Family blog. (Synopsis: I got an email from Pat Lueck saying that he was pretty sure that my grandpa was his dad - sure enough!)Well, he and his wife Ann and grandson Gabriel braved meeting the Washington Lucks last month. I blogged about it on our Hutson Family blog.Pretty crazy stuff! But we're very excited to have all these new family

Bethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-67099788829806436932009-06-23T06:23:00.000-07:002009-12-03T15:42:38.377-08:00

I've been following what's been going on in Iran via first-person accounts on Twitter (@Change_for_Iran, @TehranBureau, @Mousavi1388, @StopAhmadi, @LaraABCNews, @persiankiwi, @iran09, @madyar, @hadinili). They have been tweeting photos and video as well from YouTube (WARNING: lots of graphic content). What's going on over there is massively effed up. The people of Iran are trying to peacefully

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Just got this email this morning from Equal Rights Washington/Washington Families Standing Together. Thought I would share. It gives information about the domestic partnership laws as it stands now and information about Referendum 71. It's signed by some of the key supporters of the pledge to decline to sign the Referendum 71 petition.OK... that MAY be the end of my rant about this for now.

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After tweeting the link to the post "Really California? Are you kidding me?", a friend of mine @replied me and sent me the link to another blog post supporting same-sex marriage: I Am Married. It was written in 2004 by an award-winning author and blogger. He is a thirty-something straight man who is married with one child.It's a great read! (Thanks for sharing, Aaron!)

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The title of this blog post really says it all. I am shocked, offended, apaulled, disgusted, disappointed and ANGRY that the Supreme Court of California voted to uphold Proposition-8 this week. I mean, seriously. What the hell decade/century/millenium are we living in? I whole-heartedly believe that marriage should be a LEGAL union between any two individuals who love each other enough to

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Chad and I attended the memorial for a friend today. He passed away just before Christmas, but his family wanted to wait till spring for the memorial.Andrew Gumprecht was a wonderful man. Only 33 years old, but he managed to touch the lives of many in his role as a bartender. He told amazing stories and charmed everyone who met him. He had a big smile and an infectious laugh. The memorial

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In the last few months, I've had some weird issues with "friends" and I've come to the conclusion that often friendships end because the two parties involved define friendship in different ways and those two different ways don't mesh. In other words, one believes in the give and take of friendship, and the other just wants to take. Take, for instance, a "friendship" that peaked in the fall and

Bethany Luck-Hutsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06571966919198303646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4176110687185378565.post-53901975329027463602009-03-29T16:52:00.001-07:002009-12-03T15:38:47.846-08:00

So after years on MySpace and Facebook, I have a new love (read: addiction): TWITTER.I thought the idea was ridiculous at first. Who in the hell would want to read my random thoughts in 140 characters or less? And if they did want to, did I really WANT them to? But then I heard some case studies from other MarCom peeps in Spokane and I thought it might be worth a second look. Organizations were

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So, my family is crazy. Not in a bad way though (mostly). In a good, hilarious, keep-you-on-your-toes, thank-God-they're-around-to-keep-me-grounded kind of way.We had a belated wake for my Grandpa Bill last weekend in Davenport, WA, on my aunt and uncle's farm. Grandpa grew up in Davenport and raised his family there, for the most part. He would have been 90 years old on March 15th of this year.

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Wow. This woman pisses me off. 14 kids all under the age of 8, some with disabilities. Single parent. No job. My heart breaks for each and every one of those kids. There will never be enough of ANYTHING to go around - love, money, etc. Even with extended family around to help, I just don't see how those kids can grow up with any semblance of a normal life.Beyond that I don't see how she (Nadya

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Not sure why I feel compelled to start blogging personally. I mean I've had one for the Hutson family for a while and we've been blogging about all things Spokane at work, but suddenly I want my own. Considering I really don't have any extra time on my hands, this will certainly be a sporadic attempt at blogging at best, but here it begins nonetheless.It's not like I plan to use this blog as a

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