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This a continuation for my blog post from yesterday - Lost in the Future - Day 48
I forgive myself that I've accepted allowed myself to dramatize and make things bigger in my head and always expecting for the worst to happened and I have failed to realize that within walking breath by breath and facing everything that comes on my way within stability and calmness, I'm able to direct myself effectively and make decisions that has actual physical ground instead of trying and attempting to make decisions that are based on reactions of fear that do not support me or anyone else.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to always think and believe that things will get worse and thus, I must prepare myself for each scenario that might emerge and I haven't considered that by those very thoughts, I'm actually creating the way before me for the worst out come that I will face instead of taking the responsibility to write it down for myself and see what is able to be faced, correct and walked and to stop the creation of unnecessary consequences.
I forgive myself that I've NOT accepted and allowed myself to see, realize and understand the consequences of participating in the dramatized thoughts, reactions, feelings and emotions in my mind and thus, instead of focusing on the things that I can change, I'm being occupied in my mind in irrelevant thoughts and within that, denying myself the opportunity to direct, move and walk myself breath by breath in absolute self responsibility.
I forgive myself that I've NOT accepted and allowed myself to instead of enjoying that which is here, to hold on the thoughts of: "it soon going to be over and I'm going to be disappointed so I better not allow myself to make the utmost of it" and I simply wait impatient for stuff to get worse. Within that, I forgive myself that I've NOT accepted and allowed myself to see the consequences that I'm creating through accessing my mind and always waiting for the worse to happen because I have failed to realize how the mind works, how creation works and my responsibility within it.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself in a moment where things are actually getting worse, to panic and react in fear and instead of breathing, slowing myself down and look at the equations, I allowed myself to access my mind within the belief that I can make it work if I think about gateways to avoid that which is here for me to face, that which I've created in my own hands (or minds lol) and sort the shit out for once and for all instead of going time after time in a cycle that leads to no where; a time loop.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to - within a relationship/agreement, to always fear that the relationship/agreement will fail and I'll get hurt and thus, I compromise and mould myself within several personalities that which one of them can give me a fake security and yet, I haven't realized that the very fear of ending the relationship/agreement will manifest itself for me to be able to face, stand up and clear myself from the dependency that I've created in separation of me, regardless of how many personalities I will create to be able to maintain the relationship agreement.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to deliberately create Dramas in my life so that I could align myself with my friends within the starting point of having something to share/talk about and be the one that things happened to her so that I could get attention from my friends and within that I forgive myself that I've NOT accepted and allowed myself to consider the harm and abuse that I'm causing to myself and my human physical body within the drama creation only for feeling a part of a friendship relationship without realizing that if I require drama to sustain my relationships in my life, what value the relationship hold? Why am I allowing myself to participate in relationship where I require to supply dramatic stories to spice up the communication and I haven't allowed myself to establish supportive communication where instead of creating a mind reality, we assist and support each other to create a physical reality that is based on the principle of that which is best for all.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to define dramatized life as interesting and thus, when friends shared with me all the dramas that are happening in their life, I've judged my life as boring and I haven't realized that within that moment of judgement, I've made the decision to create dramas which than, I took myself to places that was literally unnecessary to walk for the sake of having 'interesting Life experience' without any consideration of the consequences, the outflows and the prices that I will pay for my decision.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to define 'Drama' within the experience of feeling alive and I have failed to see that living in my mind within the drama creations is in no way a form of LIFE but in fact, a form of self abuse.
I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to worry about the future and expect the worst to happened and thus, instead of speaking and standing up and direct the point, I allowed myself to backchat in my mind within the attempt of figuring out a solution and I haven't considered that a solution must be physical and practical and it will not be magically fixed if I continue thinking about it without doing something about it - either within myself through writing and SF if the point doesn't have a physical ground to it or through communicating the point and ask for assistance if the point can be physically directed.
I forgive myself that I've NOT accepted and allowed myself to see that the real and physical Drama that exists is of those who have nothing to eat and no where to live while I'm busy occupying myself in my mind within my own created Drama and I forgive myself that I've accepted and allowed myself to= while being preoccupied in my mind within self creating Drama, I've ignore, disregarded or considered the real Drama of this physical realty.
I commit myself to stop the Drama in my mind and to stop creating unnecessary Drama in my physical LIFE.
I commit myself to develop and establish relationships that are not based on Drama but rather based on supportive communication within the principle of that which is best for all.
I commit myself to stop existing in the future within the pattern of expecting for the worst to happened and to walk myself breath by breath, Here - face, direct and correct that which required to be faced.
I commit myself to stop looking for Drama as a pattern that I've programmed myself throughout my life and instead simply walk in self trust because I am more than capable to walk breath by breath and face my own self creation within a process of stopping pattern by pattern until I'm absolutely here, as a living physical expression.
I commit myself to show the difference between mind created drama and a physical drama to assist those who are busy in their mind to step out of it to be able to stand up and correct the real drama that exists in this world which requires immediate consideration and correction.
I commit myself to assist and support with those who dare facing and change themselves and that which they have become in their process of stopping their patterns one by one, breath by breath.
I commit myself to show and explain in details how and why we have separated ourselves from all that is here into our own little bubble of the mind within thoughts, emotions and feelings and show by example how to assist and support oneself within taking responsibility for one's mind, stop patterns, align oneself to oneself in equality and oneness and to finally live a life that is not determined by the mind but is walked in alignment with and as the physical.


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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Adorable Blanket
This is the blanket I made for my niece,
I mean my little sister. Momma will use it more ;)
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LOL! I think it's safe to say that Ainsley likes it! =) So cute.ReplyDelete
Quelf huh? i will have to check it out. Gorgeous blanket and look at that princess...how sweet. Congratulations on your new niece.ReplyDelete
The picture of your niece smiling is cracking me up. It's like she's saying, "ahh, I love this soft blanket, so snuggly..."ReplyDelete
that's the sweetest pic ever! she looks so happy!ReplyDelete
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Chelsea are plotting a £25million move for Marseille's hot-headed defensive midfielder Giannelli Imbula. He was dropped from the France Under-21 squad this week for saying 'something inappropriate' to a member of staff and was forced to apologise in public. Imbula has been watched several times by Chelsea scouts, but has also had run-ins with Marseille and has recently been dropped to the bench. The 21-year-old joined the French giants this summer from Guingamp, making 12 apperances for his new side so far this term. Arsenal are also thought to be keen on Imbula, who was born in Belgium and also holds citizenship of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the Blues could blow the Gunners out of the water with a £25m offer for the defensive midfielder.
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Chelsea step up £25m move for fiery Marseille anchorman Giannelli Imbula
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Max can't feed himself
Our little guy still hasn't quite gotten the hang of feeding himself. Which is very suspect because he seems to be able to put any non-food item into his mouth with the precision and skill of a surgeon. On the plane, on the way home from NJ, he could pull an earbud out of my ear and be sucking it in a matter of seconds. Yet for some reason he can't seem grab a Cheerio right in front of him and bring it to his mouth. I have a feeling he really can and just likes to have us feed him, like some kind of Roman emperor.
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right on max. i think you could get used to this kind of gig.
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I can't think of a better way to start a summer day than by going outside to read a book under the trees. Before the day gets too hot, too busy, too fussy, too "hey-they-have-a-trampoline-and-tetherball-in-their-yard-and-we-don't-NO-FAIR!" These quiet summer morning moments are my favorite.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Backyard Reading
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Saturday, March 5, 2016
Pat Conroy - RIP
Pat Conroy has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 70 years old.
He was one of the most popular American authors of the second half of 20th century, thanks to several Southern-themed novels and the prolific nature of them being adapted into feature films.
He started off as an English teacher in South Carolina, including an one-year run at a public school on Daufuskie Island. He parlayed his experiences into his second novel The Water Is Wide, which would later be made into the film Conrack, starring Jon Voight as Conroy's stand-in.
He broke out nationally with The Great Santini, a semi-autobiographical book about the tumultuous relationship between a military brat and his abusive father. It's popularity and graphic nature caused a massive falling out within his family, especially with his own dad who stubbornly tried to refute the stigma from then on. This book too was made into a film, earning Robert Duvall an Oscar nomination of his phenomenal portrayal.
His next book, The Lords of Discipline, drew on his memories of being a cadet at The Citadel, a strict military college in South Carolina. Though fictional, it too drew much uproar among brass and his fellow graduates for its unflattering portrayal of the school and its claim of a secret society within the school who endorsed hazing. Again, the book was made into a film, this time with David Keith as the central role.
In 1986, he wrote was is arguably his most popular and enduring novel The Prince of Tides. The story of unemployed teacher Tom Wingo who ventures to New York City after his sister's latest suicide attempt, and bonds in many ways with her psychiatrist, won much acclaim. Its popularity grew intensively when Barbara Streisand directed and stared in its film adaptation, with Nick Nolte as Wingo. Hailed in 1991 as one the best films of the year, it infamously caused a stir at that year's Oscars when Streisand wasn't given a Best Directing nomination and it was completely shut out. The Prince of Tides would later be famously parodied in a great episode of The Simpsons but also helped partially inspire The Sopranos.
Though he drew notices with his two subsequent fictional novels, 1995's Beach Music and 2009's South of Broad, he never was able to rise back up to his prominence with the public, especially since they weren't made into films.
I am writing out this obituary for Pat Conroy not just for his brilliance in writing but for what he meant to my personal life. My family utterly adored his work; The Prince of Tides was/is practically the Bible for my parents. Though we shared the same last name, myself and my family would occasionally joke with friends and other people at how we are somehow related to him.
He will be missed.
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Ferhan Patel is a FinTech Executive based in Montreal. With nearly 15 years of experience in the world of tech-based payment solutions, Ferhan has simultaneously established himself as highly specialized and well-rounded virtuoso within the field. Currently, Ferhan applies his unique blend of talents and experiences to other companies in various stages of development through his work as Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Payment Rails.
Executives worldwide hunger to glean from Ferhan Patel's expertize.
For example, on March 21, 2017, the RFi Group invited Ferhan to speak at the Canadian SME Banking Forum 2017 in a seminar, titled, "A fast-moving company needs a fast-moving bank." On this board, Ferhan answered these questions for eager-to-learn attendees:
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• What is the trade-off between service proposition and risk?
• What are the alternative options for businesses and why would they turn away from banks?
• How to manage overseas expansion and company diversification?
Another example of Ferhan's highly sought-after expertize is how the Canadian Association for Business Economics invited Ferhan Patel to speak at the, "2017 Spring Policy Conference | Pardon the Disruption: Embracing the Headwinds of Economic Change," during a seminar, called, "Forces of Disruption."
His skillset includes working with product development, high-level corporate strategy, strategic marketing strategy, eCommerce payments, mobile payments, digital wallets, compliance, and fraud mitigation. All these and more Ferhan brings to the table at Payment Rails. This company is his passion, and daily he pours his top-tier business acumen into its betterment.
Taking a cursory glance at the career that Ferhan Patel has built for himself, it would be easy to classify him as a knowledgeable businessman with an entrepreneurial spirit, who has a profound understanding of both strategy and operations. As the former Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Risk and Compliance at Payza, Ferhan scrutinized every aspect of their products, making sure all efforts quelled compliance risks.
For over ten years, Ferhan Patel has demonstrated a substantial, in-depth knowledge of risk management best practices and financial technology. He is capable of developing strategic tactics for rolling out new product designs and implementing marketing campaigns. With his specialty being the payable solutions industry, Ferhan has an unrivaled set of skills that are pertinent to his life and business.
Before his tenure at Payza, Ferhan served as the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at AlertPay. There Ferhan relied heavily on his deft ability to problem solve across verticals and departments.
Ferhan's experience as the COO of a start-up proved to be a fertile environment for him to put his problem-solving skills to the test. However, long-before AlertPay, Ferhan was primed to have a passion for technology, creating viable solutions and a penchant for entrepreneurship. Ferhan attributes these interests and talents to both his home life and academic interest areas.
Growing up in a suburb of Montreal, Ferhan learned how much hard work entrepreneurs needed to implement. Additionally, Ferhan received encouragement both at school and at home to pursue his ever-growing interest in computer science and technology.
Once Ferhan Patel graduated from Centennial Regional High School, his childhood fascination with computers dictated the course of his undergraduate career. During his time at the prestigious Concordia University, Ferhan acted as a teaching assistant and lab instructor while studying computer science. He also assisted on graduate level courses on Linux, C programming, and Oracle, among others.
In 2003, Ferhan earned a Bachelor of Computer Science and Information Systems Degree from Concordia University. According to Concordia's website:
"Concordia University is welcoming, engaged, and committed to innovation and excellence in education, research, creative activity and community partnerships. It dares to be different and draws on its diversity to transform the individual, strengthen society and enrich the world.
"Concordia's core values stem from those long prized by its founding institutions, Loyola College and Sir George Williams University. Concordia adopted the motto of the city of Montreal, Concordia salus, which speaks to well-being through harmony. The union of two very different institutions of higher education has led to an exceptionally successful synthesis of compatible and timely values."
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Category: Travel & Holiday Guides
The author of the book: Rupert Godesen
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Date of issue: 27 May 2014
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Living with books is simply a way of life for many people. I find that books add a welcome touch of personality to a room and a definitive level of interest. Books say "real people live here". I have also found that many of my favorite accessory combinations include books. Needless to say, I love books. Books allow you to travel and learn without ever leaving the house. The next best thing to being there. While many pile books in a big stack (such a big stack that you would likely never dig one out to look at it) I keep my books accessible and handy. And I try to shuffle them around and take "new" old books off the shelf to refresh my memory and inspire me all over again.
Above: Alessandra Branca does a magical round table set up with stools where you might actually imagine getting lost with a cup of coffee and an unexpected find inside one of those gems. Image courtesy of House Beautiful.
Above: A classically simple coffee table with a carefully edited selection of books. Image courtesy of House Beautiful.
Above: A virtual living library. Perhaps you won't get to the bottom of these stacks... but don't you want to see the watercolors on the table? Image courtesy of House & Garden.
Above: A hall table with a nice mix of accessories and books. I find the simple touch of a few books makes a big difference in the formality and overall feel of the vignette. Image courtesy of Traditional Home.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Living with Books
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Hello and welcome to our Summer Book Blitz site.
We are challenging all of our students to read their way through summer!
Here you can keep us informed of what you are reading, and when you've finished tell us what you thought! We would like to know:
- The title of the book
- The author's name
- What the book is about
- What you thought about the book - did you like it, did it make you feel happy or sad, would you like to read more books by this author?
To begin, click on the second tab in the right hand corner with the speech bubbles. On the next page that opens up click on the blog title: 2014 Book Blitz. Have a read through everyone else's comments and then add your blog below in the reply box and then click on the post button. Your teachers will be checking in regularly to see how you're going and tell you what they've been reading too!
Remember - Do to click on the 2013 Book Blitz blog and write your message where it says REPLY.
*Have fun reading and blogging and enjoy the holidays!
You might like to click on the following links for some great ideas and sites about books to get you started.
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge
The official site
PRC Book Lists
Get a head start on your 2012 Premier's Reading Challenge! Find out if your favourite books are on the list or check out the new books added to the list for 2010.
Read on the Wild Side
You have heard the call of nature so let the wild times begin!
Upper Hunter Regional Libraries
School Holiday Activities January 2012. Check out what's on at your local Library
Scholastic Kids Fun Online
Lots of fun and games plus some interesting information about your favourite books and authors.
Google Books
A great place to find out about books. Read reviews, find books ... you can even find books to read online!
As with all internet usage it is the responsibility of the parents to supervise their children's activities whilst online. If you see anything of concern, please contact the school by email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Having recently written a bit about the film OST, I tohught I might as well start a series of posts dedicated to the best soundtracks and theme-tunes around. So here is the rather fabulous Green Slime.
The youtube video was put up by the Uranium Café, which is a very good blog if you're interested in these kinds of things...
Open the door you'll find the secret
To find the answer is to keep it
You'll believe it when you find
Something screaming 'cross your mind
Green slime
What can it be, what is the reason
Is this the end of all that breathes, and
Is it something in your head?
Will you believe it when you're dead?
Green slime, green slime, green slime


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This entry is part of my general conference application series.
The Sustaining of Church Officers, by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
Sustaining others, be it at church or during conference, is more fun when done with small children. (And potentially meaningful when they ask questions.) Also, it's unifying to commit, as a family, to follow, support, and assist our leaders (and the Lord).
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Sustaining of Church Officers
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Your reputation precedes you.
And it's not good.
I also hear that your home is full of stuffed animals.
An eagle in flight on the fridge.
Amongst others.
I shouldn't judge.
If your preceding reputation had been finer, perhaps I wouldn't have minder,
But I do.
You think you can buy your way into people's hearts.
But you won't negotiate.
Like I said…
Your reputation….
So, no, I won't pop in this weekend.
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CCSA's Prop. 39 campaign is in full swing, and we continue to add resources to help member schools. Our latest resource is a short video you can share with your school community and the general public about Prop. 39 and the basic principle of equity that lies at the heart of the law.


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Where has the time gone....it's my last post before the event. I am really excited about tomorrow. I'm full with nerves but I am really looking forward to it as well. I drove around the Parish Walk route all the way to Ballagh today, unfortunately I didn't have time to continue to the end even though that was the plan originally. (Lets hope I don't experience that tomorrow.)
My plan for tomorrow is to only listen to my music in the second half of the race. This way I can talk to people on the 1st half when there will be more people about, and listen to my music when I most need it. Also, I don't know about you, but I find that after a while of listening to music it just fades into the background and you don't really hear it anymore.
I just recently got in from a very good day at work and I received a good luck card from my friend Fern. I am so humbled with the support I have been given. All day I have been getting texts wishing me luck, telling me that if anyone can do it it's me and I've got more determination than anyone they know and that they will be finding me on the course to give their support. Like Dee for example, she lives in Port Erin and she will be looking out for me at Rushan. Even my friend Sarah who has just had a baby is going to find time to support me. My friends are just fantastic and I am so grateful!
My friends boyfriend - Sean Murphy, completed the walk last year and he is going to attempt it again. I'm really pleased about that because I will be wanting to have updates on his progress. I'm also going to be interested in how all the leaders are getting on although I'll be very envious when they finish knowing that I still have ages to go. I honestly do not know how you can possible walk that fast full stop, never mind a distance of 85 miles, it's just unbelievable.
There is no point in worrying about my knee now because there is nothing I can do, what happens happens and I'll have to take each step at a time, I'll just keep plodding along and eventually I'll get there. All I can do is my best and I promise you I'll deliver that. The only way I'll be giving up is if I absolutely have to and I can't physically walk anymore. But I really hope that doesn't happen because I have bought the Parish Walk Program for a momentum for this event and I really don't want it saying anything other than I finished.
Another excuse for me to keep going is that I have a physio appointment with the NHS this Monday coming. I can't believe how short the waiting list was, I was pleasently surprised when I received a phonecall. I was expecting to wait Months not 1 week. So I'm chuffed with that. Hopefully I can get my hip sorted too stop the pain in my knee sooner than I thought.
I'll really looking forward to recovering from the Parish so I can go out running again because I've really missed it and I definately prefure running to walking.
Can I already say "never again" before I even given it a shot?!
Best of luck to everyone and if you bump into me I'd love a chat to pass the miles. I'll let you know how I got on by posting an update after the event. Although I can't promise you it will be Sunday!
Friday, 19 June 2009
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1) On Tuesday we got a phone call from Lily Jane's daycare, to come pick her up that she was sick :( I hate getting their phone calls. Thankfully my Mother In Law could go get her!!
2) We had an appt schedule for months to go to the Pediatric Orthopedic dr for Lily Jane's leg.. Her foot turn in when she walks and our Dr wanted us to take her to go look at it. The dr was 2 hrs away so we get in the car to head there and Lily Jane starts throwing up…..WE had to turn around go give her a bath and get a new carseat.. It was a crazy start. Then we get to the Dr and waited 1 hour…. Then we meet with the Dr and they told us it would take 10 years to fix…. My heart dropped because I just want to help her and fix it for her…. Has anyone had any luck with treating this. I am thinking maybe physical therapy…….
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Every woman is beautiful in her own way. As they say, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. However, some women do have an edge over others. The list of top 10 most desirable women of the world (2017) has Bollywood's darling Deepika Padukone and our 'Desi girl' Priyanka Chopra. Oh how proud we are of them! One must admit that god might have taken week's off to create these beauties. Nevertheless, these women are the most desirable beyond a shadow of doubt-
10) Kim Kardashian
The Richie rich Kardashians are always a part of the talk! The hot and sexy Kim is someone whom every woman looks up to. Along the way, Kardashian has proven to be a smart business woman as she launched several of her own perfumes and obtained endorsement deals for many companies.
9) Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara is definitely one beautiful lady and gives us some serious beauty goals! Possessing one of the most beautiful eyes amongst the women in this list, Rooney is ranked at number 9.
8) Deepika Padukone
We have our bollywood diva at number 8. The icon has never failed to impress us with her bold and stunning looks. She has never missed a chance to astonish us with her performances. We are awestruck by this beauty! She also made her Hollywood debut in 2017.
7) Scarlett Johansson
Who can forget The Black Widow from Fantastic Four and the Captain America series? Scarlett is an actress, a model and singer. She's a pack of talent! Voted as one of the sexiest woman by Esquire magazine, she has the potential to seduce any man to her line of thinking.
6) Beyonce
The number 6 spot goes to the hot and sizzling American singer Beyonce Knowles. She has surely been an idol for millions of women around the world. We cant stop grooving and tapping our feet whenever her songs get played. "Run the world" , ,"single ladies" , "Halo" are some of her famous hits (there are many to be listed here!) .
5) Kate Upton
The piping hot model and actress is well known for her appearances in the sports illustrated Sports Issue. Seems like the bikinis were just made for this curvaceous model. Apart from having a perfect body that can make men drool all over, Kate also has one of the most beautiful faces.
4) Sofia Vergara
Beauty has no age bar. Who can prove it better than this beautiful lady? The Columbian-American actress and TV host has a million dollar smile and this 43 year old icon is definitely one of the most desirable women in the world, securing the 4th position in the list.
3) Jennifer Lawrence
The picture perfect actress stands tall on number 3 in the list. She's amongst the top 3 for a reason! She is a woman most men fantasize about. Her sharp features and perfectly toned body need no description at all.
2) Priyanka Chopra
Here comes the all time favorite Bollywood's Desi girl! After blowing away the Bollywood industry with her jaw dropping beauty and extraordinary acting skills, she has already made her place in the heart of Hollywood as well. Possessing one of the most beautiful voices in the industry, the legendary icon is smoldering hot to touch! The progress that she has made is commendable and she totally deserves to be in the top 3.
- Emma Watson
Everyone's favorite Hermoine from the Harry Potter Series validates the fact that it is not necessary to expose your body to become successful and famous. One of the most beautiful woman to have ever graced Hollywood, tops the list of the most desirable women in the world. She can surely set men's heart on fire!!


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I have to brag. My team is SO FANTASTIC! Aren't these little cards the cutest? At my last team meeting we did a 3x3 swap using the NEW Stella paper packet and we added them to some NEW twine to create this adorable garland. I don't seem to have any Valentine decorations around my house, so this is perfect!
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Fourth-year junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc became the second Kansas University volleyball player in program history named to the Capital One Academic All-District 7 First Team, and KU junior setter Erin McNorton was named to the second team announced by CoSIDA on Thursday.
KU's most recent first-team honoree since Paula Caten was named in 2005, Jarmoc is now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Jarmoc and McNorton are two of six volleyball players from the Big 12 to make the list. Iowa State led with three, while Texas had one. Academic All-Big 12 awards will be announced later this month.
Jarmoc, a chemical engineering major with a 3.37 GPA, leads the Big 12 Conference in attack percentage and ranks in the league's top-five in kills, blocks and points per set.
McNorton, a business major with a 3.55 GPA, has led the conference all season long with her 11.92 assists per set, which ranks sixth in the nation.
KU will host No. 3 Texas at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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It's been too long since I posted, but I'm busy on my big writing project.
Suffice it to say that since Ann and I came back from vacation, we've had a couple nail-biting weeks with South, and continued burgeoning success with North.
I checked the hives quickly the week of July 27 and on Aug. 2. At first, it looked like our new queen was starting to lay, then it looked like she might not be. Last week, after an Aug. 8 check turned up little brood, we added a frame of brood and eggs to South from North, which has consistently had 12 to 16 frames of brood and eggs in recent weeks. I was worried in case QE II might not be getting accepted–or even worse, if I might have squashed her accidentally in one of my quick checks.
But last Friday, everything was good in South. We saw some capped brood, some developing brood, and a couple frames of newly laid eggs. Altogether, about four frames of developing bees. South still looks like they most likely will not give us honey this year, but they're doing well again, thank heavens. And they have plenty of stored honey and pollen. And North looks like they may give up two full supers, not just one!
We've also had more visitors, and questions from other people about visiting, including a visit for a full check Aug. 8 by a woman named Claudia who used to help her family keep bees when she was a young girl. Quite heartwarming.
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School day is fast approaching. My little boy who will be starting grade 1 this year is all excited. We've been scouting school supplies shops and getting his things ready soon so as he won't be disappointed on day 1.
I shop, real or online to look for bags, I prefer trolleys actually so it won't be too heavy for him. And while I was doing so, I chanced upon the ParentsConnect.com website, Nickoledeon's parenting resource where big events are always happening. There are lots of tips and tricks for parents to learn regarding school, kid events and fun places to go anywhere in the US. There are also loads of prizes and giveaways to be won that would surely be of help for shopping. ;-)
There are different categories and topics of interest to browse in the website. Topics tha are particular for the different age groups. Interestingly, this online community website is like a support forum where you get advice from well, real parents.


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Today it is used as exhibition space and since 2010 it has been collaborating on exhibitions devoted to historic photography with the Jeu de Paume in Paris.Currently it is displaying photographs of Nicolás Muller (1913-2000) under the title of 'Traces of Exile' until 31 May 2015
It also exhibits paintings and other art forms. Along with the photographs we also got to see the works of Dominik Deniau ''Exposition des Âmes' (until May10th) plus paintings by Patrick Deutschmann (until April 24th). Entry is free.
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Jason Dufner's dead-pan manner may well remain more famous than his ability despite the 36-year-old securing his first major win at Oak Hill on Sunday evening.
There should be no doubt that Dufner was good value for his victory at the 95th US PGA Championship. His ball striking was superb, there were precious few signs of his historic tetchiness with the putter and he closed out the tournament brilliantly with a batch of players in close pursuit.
Dufner does not have the public persona of Adam Scott, Justin Rose or Phil Mickelson, this year's other major champions. That is unlikely to change; in fact, there are signs Dufner is actually revelling in the perception that he is the unwitting comedy act of the PGA Tour. "Golf is a little bit more boring than other sports, I think," he said. "It's pretty matter-of-fact. I hit it in the fairway or I didn't; I hit the green or I didn't."
There is a debate to be had regarding the significance of modern-day majors given the players who win, or have failed to win, them. It was confirmed on Monday morning that Tiger Woods continues to lead the world rankings by a considerable distance but this is a player who has not won one of the biggest four events since mid-2008. Moreover, 33 of Woods' 79 tour victories have come on five courses; Bay Hill, Firestone, Muirfield Village, Torrey Pines and Augusta National.
Oak Hill does not seem to fit the 37-year-old's eye at all and, despite his brilliance in 2013, it is damning for Woods that he has consistently failed to deliver a low-scoring major round in the closing 36 holes. Woods' inability to win when not in front also belies those who regard him as a better player than the legendary Jack Nicklaus.
Dufner, whose own world ranking has risen to No8, is the 15th first-time major winner in the last 19 played. In the 20 played prior to that there were only 12 different champions.
The simple explanation for this is the depth in top-level golf. Indeed, at any given major now it is possible to select at least 30 members of the field who could win. "It's very difficult to have your game exacted for these weeks," said Graeme McDowell. "It is hard to peak. It's hard to be ready."
Sceptics would counter-suggest that the easy setting up of courses opens the door for unworthy winners. Oak Hill cannot be described as a straightforward test but the level of rain, and therefore softness, in upstate New York did at times leave the US PGA resembling target golf, which was in stark contrast to the Open Championship.
Rory McIlroy's year has been dogged by professional troubles but there are increasing signs that the world No3 is heading, once again, in the right direction. A curt McIlroy could not leave Oak Hill quickly enough on Sunday despite the solace of a top-10 finish. There is already sufficient evidence to suggest he will win again before this year is out.
Mickelson, the other player who was bestowed plenty of coverage before the US PGA began, was also, in hindsight, never likely to win back-to-back majors. The level of fatigue, mentally and physically, associated with one win clearly impacts on players. Rose has suffered on account of the same thing; top-level victories trigger top-level time demands.
Dufner denied the level of pre-tournament focus placed on Woods and Mickelson acted as a form of inspiration to him. "Those guys get a lot of attention every week; they deserve it," Dufner said. "They have won a ton of majors between them, a ton of tournaments. One and two in the world; they deserve the attention. They have had great seasons. Phil's won a major this year. Tiger's still searching for a major.
"But I don't get jealous in the fact that they get so much attention or that I feel like an underdog. I think I've done some great things out here and I try to motivate myself. I have got a great team that motivates me. My wife is constantly motivating me to play well. I don't need other sources to kind of motivate me."
Lee Westwood's frustrations at his latest failure to end his major drought led to him ranting on Twitter in the early hours of Monday morning. Westwood is perfectly entitled to hit back at those who abuse him via social media but his assertion that "I've only won just over 2 mill on course this year" was both needless and crass. It also, perhaps, offered a partial insight into why Westwood has not yet triumphed on the major stage.


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According to Now magazine sources, the former LA Galaxy player intends to make Christmas extra special for the mum-of-four this year and thinks nothing of shelling out $24 million to buy her her own plane.
Insiders told the weekly magazine that Becks thinks it's the least he can do after all the scarifice the ex-Spice Girl has made for him this year.
The Beckhams will be spending the festive season in the US, but will be celebrating a week early with David's family in the UK, before flying back to LA to enjoy a "cheesy American Christmas".
"They're celebrating a week early with David's family in the UK, then they'll be back in LA, she wants the kids to have an extra-special cheesy American experience," a source informed Closer magazine.
It's been rumoured that David and Victoria have plans to relocate back to Britain after Beck's contract with LA Galaxy came to an end this month.
The pair have both been spotted looking for elite schools for their brood and Posh has also been house hunting for a family home. We bet Posh will be blown away by her present!


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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Flowing together
The location of Confluence Farm is somewhere in this photo. The Clearwater River is on the right and the Snake River is on the left. We are near the confluence of two rivers but the deeper meaning behind our name is from the other definition of confluence: a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. I will facilitate the "flowing together" of a vast array of genetic material. I plan to create complex grexes of many different fruits and vegetables. The goal is to have a genetically diverse base and let the genes "flow together" over time to end up with varieties that are better adapted to our location. But I may also keep adding to the grexes continuously so as selection pressures change with changing climates these grexes will be able to continuously adapt.
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Hi Daishin, Yes this is my first season and I'm trying to cross many different corn varieties this year and plan to cross corn for several years. I'm also growing potatoes from true seeds and hope I can get some to produce fruit so that I can grow potatoes from my own true seeds every year. Some things I will cross and others I will keep from crossing. Some things I plan and other times it is all sort of random depending on what I'm looking at and what pops into my head when I'm out in the garden. I like to plant a large variety of things. I currently have seeds for around 2000 varieties. More than I have space and time for.ReplyDelete
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I think sometimes we, in the shackles of our flawed and human perception, lose perspective on how incredibly limitless God is. These things--like unbelievable displays of lightning shooting wildly through the sky, or endless clouds bending over the planet--seem so amazingly large-scale. Yet, in reality, God is Master of even the most powerful of these situations.
Tonight, I felt as if God was telling me to realize His existence; not simply through my vision and perspective, but in my walk and my example. I, like anyone, often find myself placing far too much importance on my reputation, and how I look to other people. But, isn't that counterproductive? If I am ever to live a life that glorifies Christ in every way, it needs to start with the death of me. Not the death of my personality...not the death of my humanity or vulnerability...simply, death to the "me" that wants to claim the glory that my soul earnestly desires to turn back to the Light. Humanity keeps us humble, and humility shows humanity's ever-present thirst for a Perfecter.
My God is that Perfecter. When I acknowledge my weakness, His essence becomes stronger and richer in its exuding from such irony. I am no longer what I was; I am me...with Him. That makes all the difference.


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When my 10 month old son get's tired, he starts getting naughty. I think this is because he knows he needs 'something' and gets cranky, then begins to get into things and places that he knows he shouldn't.
Right about here, I'm saying, "Stop it, Little Lion. That's not allowed. You know you're not allowed to play with the cords in there."
"Stop it now."
"Right!" And I get up quickly to pick him up and put him by his toys, the 'ok' ones to play with. Sometimes, all I need to say is, "Stop it, LL" and he'll back off slowly. He is learning and it's awesome to see him beginning to leave some things alone - like the drying rack. Or the bookshelves, sometimes. I'm learning too, to praise him when he is playing with good toys and after he has listened and heeded what I've asked of him.
But, I was a little slow in the uptake this morning.
This small gap, which I tell him not to go into very often, is what he decided to climb into. There are a bunch of cables and power cords hidden in there - none of which are plugged into any power outlets.
He LOVES power cords. There must be something alluring about them, I have no idea what it is. He can entertain himself for a good half hour if I let him play with a 4-way adapter (unplugged, of course, had to say it).
I was on the couch when he started making 'distress' sounds. So I got up and had a look, and all I could see was his little butt and the soles of his feet. I let him stay in there for a good 20 seconds or so while I took a photo. He started winding up, he was stuck and he wanted MUM!
I carefully pulled him out and consoled him, with a very firm but tender "You know it was silly to get in there, don't you? I think I'll pop you in your bed and see if you feel like a sleep."
Now, that wouldn't seem strange either, right? However, the last few days he's been flagging his morning nap and opting for one solid midday nap.
It was about 8:45am when I put him carefully in his cot. I watched him grab his rattle-bear and give it a big hug while yawning the biggest yawn. I tucked him in and stroked his pretty head. And I haven't heard a peep from him since. He fell fast asleep.
|That camera-strap just wants to get into every picture. I think I need to have words with it some time....
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Shortest History of GermanyMore ViewsThe West is in full retreat. The Anglo-Saxon powers, great and small, withdraw into fantasies of lost greatness. Populists all over Europe cry out that immigration and globalisation are the work of a nefarious System, exploited by unseen masters with no national loyalties. From the Kremlin, Tsar Vladimir watches his Great Game line up, while the Baltic and Vizegrad states shiver – and everyone looks to Berlin. But are the Germans really us, or them? This question has haunted Europe ever since Julius Caesar invented the Germani in 58 BC.
How Roman did Germania ever become? Did the Germans destroy the culture of Rome, or inherit it? When did they first drive east, and did they ever truly rule there? How did Germany become, for centuries, a powervacuum at the heart of Europe? How was Prussia born? Did Bismarck
unify Germany or conquer it? Where are the roots of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich? Why did it lose? By what miracle did a better Germany arise from the rubble? Is Germany now the last Western bastion of industrial prosperity and rational politics? Or are the EU and the Euro merely window-dressing for a new German hegemony?
This fresh, illuminating and concise new history makes sense of Europe's most admired and feared country. It's time for the real story of Germany.
James Hawes was born in 1960. He read German at Oxford University, where he was allowed to hold the original manuscript of Kafka's Das Schloss. After completing a PhD on Nietzsche, he lectured in German Studies at various universities, leaving academia in 1996 when his first two novels, A White Merc with Fins and Rancid Aluminium, became bestsellers. German culture called him back with Excavating Kafka, then Englanders and Huns, which was shortlisted for the Political Books of the Year awards in 2015.
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The total award fund for this round of applications was €26,284.90
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|Proposal: Conor Biggs' proposal for a performance and illustrated talk as part of a performance series entitled "What Makes A Great Song?" in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in August 2008. Performance will feature Italian art songs and duets performed by Donal J Byrne (tenor), Conor Biggs (bass), and Padhraic O Cuinneagain (piano).
|Fiona Kelleher
|Proposal: Fiona Kelleher's proposal for a 9-concert tour to promote her debut album "Waiting for the Lark". Featured artists are Fiona Kelleher (vocals) Jim Murray (guitar), Richard Lucey (accordion) and Ciaran Coughlan (piano). Tour visits Navan, Baile Mhuirne, Kilworth, Limerick, Listowel, Castlebar, Galway, Ennis, Bray during January/February 2009.
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|Propsoal: Dane McMahon's proposal for an 11-date tour by The Flaws (above) (Paul Finn, vocal/guitar; Shane Malone, guitar; Dane McMahon, bass; Colin Berril, drums) to promote the band's new EP release. Tour will visit Navan, Mullingar, Cork, Clonmel, Bundoran, Killarney, Galway, Limerick, Dundalk, Waterford and Portlaoise, and takes place in September/October 2008.
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|Proposal: Darragh Morgan's proposal for towards a 4-date solo violin tour of islands off the coast of Ireland, taking place in October 2008. Tour will visit Tory, Inishboffin, Inishmore and Valentia islands, and will feature solo violin repertoire from the baroque period to the 21st century.
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|Proposal: Malcolm Proud's proposal for two performances of The Musical Offering by JS Bach, taking place in the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin and Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Co. Kilkenny (both November 2008) featuring Camerata Kilkenny (Maya Homburger, baroque violin; Marja Tukhanen, baroque violin/viola; Sarah McMahon, cello; Malcolm Proud, harpsichord) with Wilbert Hazelzet, flute (Netherlands)


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|Photo-bomb on the top of Red Pike
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Rhubarb Wine - First Bottle (B1), 5th May 2014
This bottle was the reward for a long and difficult walk. We did a circular route starting from Buttermere, taking in Scale Force, Red Pike, High Stile and something else besides. It was a beautiful and varied walk, and on the whole 'Up' was not a problem. 'Down', however, was a different matter entirely, and I have a bruise on my right buttock to show for it. Hence the rhubarb wine being a reward. It is its usual reliable self - pink tinge, fresh white wine taste, lovely.
If you want to see how I made this wine, click here.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Test knit socks
With friends in town visiting, I didn't have time to try anything new till now. I have never knitted socks be4 & with Hayden growing up, thot I give it a try so I can knit socks for him as & when he grows. But after searching d web, I found out that knitting socks is NOT easy. Most ppl used 4-5 open needles & I find that troublesome. Thus, when I finally found this web that teaches sock knitting on circular needle, I grab it immediately. So using d bal yarn from my tote, I started knitting my very 1st pair of socks!
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Last week we made a trek down to Provo. First stop was the BYU Museum of Art to see the Carl Block and Dorothea Lange exhibits. Wonderful! But too crowded of course.
Here we are outside the museum.
Then it was off to Grandma Sue's house for dinner and to of course see the chicks!
Look how big they've gotten!
But the best part of the trip was spending time with cousins. Jared's cousin Sarah was in town from California with her husband and five kids. Her kids all happen to be almost exactly the same age as ours so there was much fun to be had. We ended up deciding last minute to spend the night so the playing could last longer. Only getting a few hours of sleep was worth it. Also, the breakfast Grandpa Mike made us in the morning was amazing! I ate way too much.
All the kids minus Sarah's 2 year old who was sleeping.
Asher has no clothes on because he had pooped on them all. Major case of diarrhea left over from the stomach bug he and Miriam caught last week. Thank goodness Sarah had lots of diapers because we ran out.
And here's Sarah and Jared and the babies.


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i love birthdays!
mine the most, but i bet YOURS is a close second.
i try to remember my friends birthdays whenever i can (which means whenever i write them down). everyone needs to feel special on the day they were born!
so my friend jen (who isn't a follower of this blog, so i assume she doesn't read it.) has a birthday on the 11th. she will be 30 (i KNOW-so young!) and a card for a big day like this just won't cut it.
so after stalking a million blogs, i came up with this one to use as my idea starting point. i did switch mine up a bit...i covered the entire back of the notebook to give it a little more finished look. and because it is jen's big 3-0, i threw in some matching magnets.
i know-i'm always the giver.
i couldn't just throw them in a box and be like 'here you go. enjoy your day. eat another piece of cake.', so i got a metal lid from maybe an empty pickle jar (too big to be a jelly jar). after priming it and painting it a creamy cream, i put the magnets on it. i'm sure she will chuck it soon after opening it, but i wanted it to look good when she opened it.
so there you go-an easy, fast gift. but it looks like i care-which, jen, if you are reading this-I DO!


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Ok, so here's the thing... I have a realtek integrated sound card with 5.1 surround sound. My motherboard is an asus a8n-sli deluxe.
wayne@deathstar:~$ lspci | grep AC
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
so thats the sound device. so, its recognized, but it won't give me 5.1
I purged the alsa stuff
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound base alsa-base alsa-utils
and reinstalled it(and gdm for whatever reason), then the this happened:
In gnome:
It also works with vlc player and noatun but, oddly enough not with amarok in gnome. it gives an error about illegal xine parameters, then no parameters. No gnome based players work such as Rythmbox or totem. Flash sound doesn't work either.
In KDE:
All sound works...
I know its something with one of the /home/wayne/.* and most likely .gnome and .gnome2 but if someone can help, that would be awesome!


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I was originally planning to print pages from this site
As I was 1/2 way through, and using up a ton of ink and paper I came across this book ...
for only $3.95! This would save me a lot of ink and paper. These will be great for the 5 yr old. and I can still print some of the other worksheets for my older son. I love all the word searches. Those are great training activities for his dyslexia
I am planning on going through 1-2 states a week until we work through them all doing them in chronological order of statehoods. We will also be making a timeline.
Here are the books we will be reading on each state
This one is my favorite
This one would bore my 5 yr old but great for my 10 yr old
and lastly!
I plan on making these projects more of a unit study of each state exploring science, history, math and of course geography.


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
But life has thrown a curve ball my way and even though we are still the seipert family, our adventures have changed and so I felt our blog site should as well.
The kids and I have recently moved from India to my home state of Utah. We have a house right around the corner from 2 of my brothers and live just 10 minutes from my Mom and Dad.
After 20 years of living far from home it is hard to express the feelings I have about being close to family for the first time in my adult life.
Thanks to them and some wonderful friends our transition to Utah and my transition to single motherhood has been much less stressful than it could have been.
The four beautiful children you see in the picture above are mine...and trust me, they are not just ANY children, they are amazing, gifted, talented and creative people who make my life a joy to live. Not that they don't drive me to want to drink on occasion (what kid doesn't) but they have been a light in the darkness for me and I love them more than life itself!
So stay tuned for more of Me and My 4 kids!
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Glad to have you back in the blogging community! Hope all is well.ReplyDelete
Yea!! I'm so glad you're blogging again. I always loved your blog posts, some of which moved me to tears (from laughter!). I bet you can find even more strange and hilarious stories to tell in Utah. Take care!ReplyDelete
Welcome back girl. Maybe I will blog a little more now too. Love the fam photo at the top.ReplyDelete
Don't forget to activate the word verification on this blog so you won't keep getting those ads on your comments. You might want to go and do that to your other blog because you keep getting ads on your car wreck post. I only know that becuase I get the emails whenever they hack your post. Word verification should take care of that. Just a suggestion. I know word verification is a pain for some....
Woops, my bad...your word verification is on this blog. But your other one might need it.ReplyDelete
YAY! I'm so happy you're back online..other than just Facebook. I think of you often, especially as we drive by your old house. Have you sold it yet? We miss you and think you and your kids are amazing! Hang in there gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you posting again--can't wait to see what adventures you find in Utah. I really love that place!ReplyDelete
Yay! I'm glad to see you blogging again. You and the kids are looking great! :) Call me when you want to do pictures.ReplyDelete


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I had to blog about these because they are so freakin' cute! My friend Archna just made wedding cake toppers for a friend of hers. She got these plain wooden dolls which comes in a pack of one girl and one boy doll and paints. You can also pick up different colored paints at your local craft store such as Michael's or Joann's.
((you can find them on etsy at goosegreaseundone's shop))
How darling are they?? What a great way to get creative with your wedding cake and put some personality into it-- I love!
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This week, I had the privilege of attending an interfaith retreat in Pottsboro, TX, in which members from the world's three major monotheistic or "Abrahamic" religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) spent roughly 67 hours breaking bread together and discussing these visions and versions of faith that made us all distinct, yet simultaneously converged.
The event was catered to seminary students (those pursuing a Master's Degree or higher in studies concerning their respective religions) and there were students and faculty representing schools such as ACU, TCU, SMU, Austin Presbyterian, and Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, among others, with at least six Christian denominations offering a voice; as well as four students and a faculty member from Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles and three students and a faculty member from Al-Rahmah Qur'an Academy in Baltimore, providing voices for the Conservative Jewish perspective and the Sunni Muslim perspective.
Now this week was not, as some might think, the start of the next round of the Crusades. Nor was it political correctness run amok (though we did seek to be polite and respectful in our conversations, because that's how grownups interact with each other). Nor was it, I would say, a naïve pursuit of a long lost cause.
Rather, it was a beautiful gathering of strangers united by a common goal, a common God, and a common devotion for this God that digs so deeply into our souls that it brought us here to what [too] many of us considered to be the Great Unknown.
Here, the playing field was leveled. The line between professor and student was skewed, and lifelong scholars found themselves asking questions with the same self-consciousness as a college freshman (I mean, maybe).
Throughout the week, we all gathered for lectures on the things that both divided and united us. And then in our small groups, we fearlessly, yet cautiously, discussed some of our own unique experiences with our faith–being sure to use "I" instead of "we" when we spoke to avoid generalizations, as the only thing any of us are truly experts on are our own individual stories–and we, of course, also uncovered some uncomfortable truths along the way. But come dinnertime, we were all laughing together like old, reunited friends over a plate of vegetarian lasagna. Each tradition got the opportunity to express their faiths individually for the rest of the group, complete with beautiful chanted prayers and solemn, devoted acts of surrender to the God we all knew to be good.
(Below is a little faux-word cloud I made throughout the week concerning some of our major topics of discussion. Extra points to whoever finds the word I accidentally put in twice.)
My group leader, a professor at SMU, made an important point to the group the first night we met. He said, "A lot of people outside of particular groups of people often have rather misconstrued ideas about what it means to be a part of these groups. The perception that a lot of Christians have about Islam, for example, is based off what they see in the news concerning a small sect of a much bigger and more complex religion. But on the other hand, many of us also encounter the logical fallacy that says everyone here is exactly the same. 'Oh, a Muslim is just a Methodist who prays 5 times a day and has a different idea about Jesus.' We shouldn't try to dismiss our differences, but neither should we necessarily demonize them. Our diverse group of people here is constantly walking a tight rope, because we are all, very intentionally and often unapologetically, Jew, Muslim, and Christian. But the best way we can grow, both in understanding and appreciating not only someone else's faith, but also our own, is by acknowledging our differences and seeking understanding through our dialogue."
A couple years ago, while I was in undergrad, one of my professors introduced the concept of the Methodist or Wesleyan Quadrilateral to my class. Roughly attributed to the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral is more or less a model that helps determine one's view of God and faith, using Scripture, Reasoning, Experience, and Tradition as factors (my professor wanted to amend it by adding Prayer to the equation, as well). This week, I realized how deeply those things can be embedded into any person of faith. So much of a person's future identity is determined just by when and where they're born, and there is nothing we can do to change these fixed factors. I am where I am right now in large part because I was born in the Bible Belt to a family of devoted church-goers. (I'm not sure how different of a person I would be had I been born in, say, Saudi Arabia or Israel, but I truly hope I would be seeking to love God and love others with the same kind of fervor I try to have right now.)
The people I encountered this week were all some of the best people I'd ever met, and, like me, they were all doing the best that they could to be devoted servants of God. My hope for myself, for my fellow Christians, and for anyone else who's reading this post, is that we all seek to love and understand one another before we produce labels or build up walls against each other, be they metaphorical or physical.
Of course, that is much easier said than done. This week was beautiful and more valuable than anything I could have read about in a book or heard about in classroom or in the news, but our world–our nation, our hearts–still have a long way to go before we encounter any sort of sense of peace between our world's nations and faiths.
In the evaluation I filled out at the end of the retreat, I wrote about this very thing (believe it or not). As wonderful as this past week was, it's going to be hard to leave this Bubble (like the one in this SNL sketch) and encounter not only people who disagree with us, but people whose intentions are hostile and harmful for the sake of humanity. I said,
It's one thing to read about different religions and discuss them with other people who know about as much as you do on the matter. It's another thing still to talk to someone different from an academic perspective to put a face to what you're reading about. But it's a whole other thing entirely to break bread with, play games with, and share a bedroom with, someone totally different from you. It's like The Odd Couple in the realest form. It's beautiful, even if it isn't always pretty. Conflict is seemingly eventually inevitable, even if we all come in with pure intentions (or think we do).
Is it possible for diversity to exist without some real tension? I don't think so, because otherwise there would a lot of inner suppression built up from failed attempts to "unify". But if we refuse to branch out past our own little bubble, division becomes more inhibited and growth (be it among the group or the individual) is stunted. So I think we should continue to pursue unity so that a sense of mutual understanding can be ensued.
I know that I learned a lot and hope to continue to do so, but it's also sobering knowing that it won't be an easy task moving forward. It requires community, it requires accountability, it requires honesty, and those are rarely things that come easily when other human beings are involved.
I was humbled this week by the ways people of different faiths and denominations seek to serve God with their lives. But one of the greatest commonalities here was that we were all living our lives as a direct response to God. God, we all believe, is so much better than we can ever deserve, and because of that, we want to give back in whatever ways we can: through worship, through prayer, through writing, through service, through religion, through scholarship, through scripture. But no matter what, all of efforts come up impotent when compared to the goodness of God. Yet we pursue him still, because that's all we know to do.
My friends, old and new, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and anything else, may we learn to love better. And may we never cease in this pursuit.
Thank you for reading. Until next time. Below is a picture of a sunset from the first night.