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Saturday was great...Another crisp cool, fall-like day. Since our kids have nothing but shorts, tank-tops and flip-flops we decided to head to the outlets and get the kids outfitted for fall/winter. Those of you who have ever ridden in a car with my 2 children will understand and appreciate how much courage this took on our part...It is a 45 minute drive. I was so proud of Paul for being willing to take a family outing all in the same car : ) The kids did miraculously well on the way there. We headed straight to Baby Gap, caused a little bit of a scene and a very big mess, with the kids pulling everything off hangers and shelves. Noah wants to pick out his own clothes now and Alex is obsessed with shoes (she gets that from her dad...really). Noah kept trying to put something in my shopping bag and I kept taking it out without paying much attention and he finally snapped at me, "Mom, I want to buy these undies for Alex!" I have no idea why, but yes, he did have a package of little girls pink panties. What a helpful brother : ) After spending way too much money (growing kids are ridiculously expensive) we headed over to Stride Rite - Alex was happy as can be to try on hundreds of pairs of shoes - Noah, on the other hand...after bribing, pleading, threatening and cajoling we finally resorted to chasing him through the store (which he of course thought was hilarious) and holding him down just to hold a shoe up to the bottom of his foot. After that the kids and I headed off to the playground while Paul looked for a shirt and tie to wear with his new "interview" suit. No luck for Paul, unfortunately.
We drove through Wendy's and raced home (with Alex screaming half the time because she didn't want to share the Sprite with Noah) just in time for babysitting group. The family we swap with wanted to go test-drive some cars and the dealreships are closed at night...so we were scheduled to babysit from 3-5 and then we'd take our kids to their place from 6-8 for our date night. Alex was talking a nap, their little boy Caleb was falling asleep in my lap, and Noah and Ammon were coloring...at least that's what we thought they were doing. We could see them sitting in the dining room with the paper and crayon box out and they were laughing and having a great time together. Noah walks in a few minutes later with a look I know all too well - that guilty smile. I think he's thinking something like this: Mom, I want to tell you what I did because I'm so proud, but I know you won't be. Here's how our conversation actually went:
Noah: Mom, I've been cutting
Me: With your scissors?
Noah: Yeah
Me: What have you been cutting?
Noah: Ammon's hair!
I thought I was going to throw up. I raced over to Ammon who proudly showed off his new haircut...I brushed the top of his head with my hands and big chunks of hair fell to the floor. Panic. I was sure his parents would never trust us with their kids again or even want to have anything to do with us. Luckily, that was not the case. They thought it was pretty funny actually. I have to admit, I was relieved he'd cut a little boy's hair, who can get a buzz cut, and not a little girl's (like Alex)!
An hour later we were dropping our kids off and heading out for date night, just me and Paul. Considering what we'd spent on the kids clothes that day Paul suggested we head to McDonald's. We probably would have if it wasn't in the ghetto : ) Instead we treated ourselves to a shared burritto at Chipotle and a stroll through the book store. It was great! I don't think we'd have made it happy and sane through med school without date night.
That was our almost perfect Saturday - minus the haircut and I'd have called it perfect! Sorry to bore you all with the details, but for me it was one of the funnest days we've had as a family recently and I want to remember it (ok, I know "funnest" is not a word but I like it). Hope you all had a great Saturday too!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
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Ok, I look at your blog almost every day now. I love it! Noah looks like such a big boy and Alex is so dang cute! I cant believe I won't see you guys til Thanksgiving! They will be huge (and so will I, actually). Well, we miss you and love you! Keep posting... its so entertaining!
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April 20, 2017
Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf, Dual with Benton Community at the Tara Hills Golf Course, Van Horne
par 36
Weather: low 50s, overcast, blustery and cold
Team Scores:
Vinton-Shellsburg 190
Benton Comm. 198
Halie Engler V-S 45
Runners up:
Lillie Lamont V-S 46
Rachel Maschino 46
V-S Individuals:
Halie Engler 45
Lillie Lamont 46
Rachel Tandy 47
Emily Blake 52
Alex Maynard 52
Brandi Gerber 56
JV members played but coaches decided to discontinue due to weather.
Claire Smith
Carli Lang
Jordan Pattee
Catherine Steele
Spectators were glad for winter coats! It was very, very windy and cold at Tara Hills but both teams
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Next Thursday varsity and JV will be hosted by Center Point-Urbana at Rolling Acres Golf Course for
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last sunday, the montreal city was truly proud to have been chosen as the first city of the sankirtan revolution attack. the attack of extatic chanting and dancing for free for the montrealers was commited by a gang of enthusiastic krsna lovers: namely srimati sophia(percussions, krsna flyer distribution, healing wounds doctor and the sankirtana leader) & sriman kuba(krsna kartals), logan(tambouharekrishnarine), purujit(normalosis killer mrdanga drum) and john(transcendental ear prasadam sax).
breathless passersby's did not know what to think. "continue shopping!" -kuba tried to pacify them through telepathy. he learned to play kartals in amazing five minutes just before the sankirtan started. we all met at sophia and kuba's place for a short practise except that no one came on time. "it's boring to sing it in the same melody again and again" -sophia protested after being politely instructed by purujit not to walk around the apartment impatiently looking for her cell phone, but sit down and absorb the mind fully in the beauty of the transcendentally brainwashing mahamantra chant. "when you chant it again and again, it's like a brainwash, it will stay in people's minds. kind of like a song on a radio you hear every day day after day, ultimately you start singing it. so we want the people to join in the chant" -purujit argued in a scientific way of a professional public relations engineer. kuba took a quick 10 seconds nap in a meanwhile to get the very much necessary power to be able to splash the montreal streets with the hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare. logan and john arrived and quickly learned the hare krsna mahamantra(like in 1 minute) proving that they were transcendental yogis in disguise and there we went, the uncompromising gang of five mustskateofftears chanting ourselves out of our bodies just so that the living entities in human, animal and even plant and stone bodies(cuz souls are all around ya) could get the chance to meet the supreme absolute truth(everything that is within and beyond our experience) sri krsna, the personality of godhead, who is non-different from his name namely hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare again. sophia was uncompromisingly handing out all of 42 expertely designed krsnadelic flyers for the upcoming rama navami festival (see you there!)to the many times unwilling so-called normal people while the rest of the group chanted blissfully: hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare. "how dare you to invite me to a truly blissful life of unlimited happiness for free and thus interupt my peaceful cycle of birth and death??? "-you could literally read in the person's face. some of the people angrily tossed the flyers away as though there was some bad word written on them. indeed, the material world consists of unfortunate living entities who envy krsna's supreme position and want to enjoy life without him(namely everything within and beyond their experience). this is material world all about. however, no one can escape the wonderfully non-pushy and yet super effective tricky sound vibration of hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare delivered through a disciplic succession of spiritual masters coming down from sri krishna to lord brahma, the first living entity of the universe who was born of a lotus stem growing from lord vishnu's (krsna's expansion) navel, up to his divine grace a.c.bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada. jaya prabhupada!!! everyone went when the sankirtan was over. it was time to heal logan's and purujit's wounds and begin the prasadam full blast after party. over all, sophia and kuba did an awesome job of exhausting themselves to the max, john's sax was 10000 out of 10 and logan's elegant hoppy dance scored number one of all sankirtana parties in the universe. now we will talk to more friends and make the next party even more krsnadelic. namely we're looking for a prasadam cookie distributor and a krsna banner holder person. the sankirtan revolution has started and only krsna knows what's gonna happen next. sankirtana yajna ki ...(can't hear ya) jaya.


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*yawnz* when's dis gonna end.....???*
After Virgo was sent home, we had a mini-outin!!! yey!!! destination was to M's bro's new place. M decided to bring us along as the place was still kinda void & we had an enjoyable time the last time we been there.
*mayb if i smiled more we'll be quicker?*
*lets giv it up for...our cheeky lil' Cotton!*
*another one please*
*oh pur-leeeeese M...when are we reachin??? I do not possess the virtue of patience unlike our dear Cotton........*
*we played ball 1st thing 1st!!!*
*baaaaahhhhh* doesn't Cotton look like a lil' lamb???
*nope, i can still see the humans!!!! btw, Mom has promised to make us a play-rm like this in our future home! so that she can 'monitor' us. hmph~*
ok that's all folks. we headed back & had chicken backs, wing tips, lean meat, beef etc for dinner! yey!
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So, I really am hesitant to post this, cause its kinda tooting my own horn. But really I was so happy to be given this honor. I recently was awarded Eagle Mountain's Women of the Year.
I got the award a few months ago at the Miss Eagle Mountain Pageant. It was a complete surprise. Here I was in jeans and a t-shirt (but with bling) and a pony tail and the mayor, who is an old friend, is in a ball gown. I was a tad under dressed for the event. But my hubby did a good job of getting me there and keeping the surprise.
You can read a cute article about it HERE.
From what I can gather one of my Daisy Girl Scout mom's talked to her mom, who is also the head secretary at my kids school. The two of them went on a mission and gathered several nominations for me to win this. (I've heard rumors of around 30 nominations)
So now you know a little more about me and all the craziness that I do.
If you want a complete list of all the things that I currently do, read on. But if you are bored or think that I have a big head, you can just stop reading.
Girl Scouts (I am a Daisy Troop leader and a Parent Helper for my other daughter's Cadet Troop)
Boy Scouts
Region 9 (Alpine School District) Leadership VP
State Convention Committee
I was recently elected to serve as the Leadership VP for Vista Heights Middle School
(In the past, I have served as PTA President at Eagle Valley Elem, and as Westlake Council Pres)
School Community Council (for 3 or 4 years)
Neighborhood Watch block captain
EMFD Babysitter class. Steve put together a class to teach babysitting skills and Infant CPR. I help teach the business and immediate safety (I think there was a write-up about it in the Herald)
Eagle Valley Elem Christmas Play: I help direct it, for the past 4 years
Precinct Secretary and County Delegate for the Republican Party
Eagle Mountain Writers (more commonly known as InkingCap) just a small group of aspiring writers. (Last year I helped run an after-school creative writing class.)
Pony Express Days. Sometimes I've just helped with the Fire Department Association fundraiser, in the past I've also helped with Family Fun night and volunteer coordinators. This year I'll be helping with the 5K. (Steve reminded me that its been every year except the very first one--we moved here from Seattle in August that year)
Team Mom (baseball and basketball)
Room Mom
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Friday, 20 November 2015
Hooking in the Summer House
I don't know about you, but we have been very lucky weather-wise here in West Norfolk, recently. We went to Norwich yesterday to book our flights for Christmas in New Zealand, and had the best of the day in sunshine there, windy and rainy by the time we got home. Then again today it has been brilliant sunshine ALL day. Chilly, yes, but to be fair it hasn't been unpleasant. Jim's been working in the garden all day, and by lunchtime I decided the sun was too good to waste so I took myself down to the summer house to crochet. No heating yet, as we still have the electrics to be connected up, but was lovely and sunny and pretty comfortable with a warm cardigan and thick socks to keep me warm!
It really was peaceful, the clock ticking away in a slow, sleepy fashion, me hooking away happily, safe from marauding cold-callers on the phone, and, later, Jim joined me for a mug of coffee. We love our new sunny space! Do you want to see a few more photos of what we've done? Of course you do!
This is my view of where Jim sits, there is the coffee table I painted earlier this year, the pale blue oak chest Jim found in Ely Antiques, and the cheap mirror I found at The Range and painted chalk green. Just peeping into shot is the settle we found in a junk shop in Wymondham; I had intended painting it, but we like it the way it is. Two cosy quilts complete the picture.
Oh, and the little side table I painted mauve, was a tenner from another junk shop in Wymondham!
The settle before I put the quilts on it. The rug is an old, rather flood-damaged Laura Ashley which I can't bear to part with!
It has all come together beautifully, and we are extremely pleased with it. I'd been busy making crocheted throws for our chairs, way before the room was built.
They are made with Rico Cotton Blend and were lovely to work up. Jim's is, naturally, the more restrained blue and green one. I think they look rather good draped casually over the side of our chairs!
Once I'd finished the throws I was lost until I decided to have a go at Lucy's (Attic 24) Ripple Blanket. I have always loved this pattern but never believed I could manage the pattern (My crochet is very basic!) But her instructions are SO GOOD and very simple to follow, with photos every step of the way. So I took the plunge, and when we were up in Hexham the other month I found a lovely wool shop and she had the Ripple draped over a chair in the shop, with the yarns required in a basket beneath. Serendipitous, I'd say, wouldn't you? So I got stuck in, and once I had learned each stitch and how to do the increase / decrease, I was away.
And here it is! There are some colours which I'm not too happy with, so didn't repeat them, but on the whole I love it.
What do you think? And would you believe, I have begun another using slightly different colours! You can just see a tiny bit of it in the header photo on my little side table.
So, it's been all go here, with one thing and another. Some majorly sad events at both world and domestic level, and we have all been deeply shocked and dismayed. I hope none of you have been personally affected. Suffice to say that I hope you join me in staying calm and refusing to be drawn into victimisation. Unity is what they hate and fear, let's stand together in refusing to play their wicked game.
Finishing off- as one should - with the weather. We are expecting Wintery Weather soon in the UK. How seasonal! As long as the airports don't close down until we are safely airborne! Take care and catch up with you next time.
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Hear hear to your comments about the world situation! Love your bolt hole and the way you have furnished it - every piece having a little story behind it. I'd love somewhere like that myself! Do you take visitors? Have a lovely time in New Zeaand and hope the flight goes according to plan.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ha! I've had plenty of offers for tenancy! We don't fly until Dec 23rd but really looking forward to it.Delete
Quilts and crochet blankets, makes me feel quite at home. The summer house is lovely, it will be a boon next year, I thought about something of that ilk but decided that one room full of craft is enough. The weather can do what it likes tomorrow, I have plenty to keep me occupied and Ben had 3 walks in the end today so he will not complain about a lazy day.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ah no, Pam, this is emphatically NOT a craft room! I made the rule, for both of us. Nothing to stop me doing a bit of sewing or hooking or for Jim to mark his coaching assessment papers or read his fishing mags here, but it is not going to be a re-run of my messy craft room! Yes, I shan't mind the weather as long as I don't have to go far in it!Delete
What a lovely summer house! Is that a log burner I see? JennyReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Jenny - no, I would have liked one but didn't have the £2,000 to spare! We have one in the cottage and love it. So I thought a little electric "cheat" would fit the bill. Looks nice though, doesn't it?Delete
United we stand divided we fall!ReplyDelete
Love the whole look of the summer house. Yesterday I was in the back bedroom, south facing, finishing off sewing Christmas presents. So warm. This morning completely different, gale force winds and driving rain. Definitely not going out!Replies
Hi Dc. As I type, the sun has come out in a very watery blue sky, and thew wind has backed off a bit. But I am not fooled! I know what is coming our way!! Stay in!Delete
OMG Lynne this is fabulous! Just perfect for you...I've forgotten what my studio looks like, too busy with little Otto, hopefully soon I will introduce him to the space, and just hope he doesn't poop and pee all over the floor! This is just brilliant :) xxxReplyDeleteReplies
Isn't it great?? I'm so chuffed with it - well, we both are. Just a set of shelves and a cupboard I am turning into an 'armoire' but very slim so they don't overwhelm the space. Yes, little pups come with a continence concern don't they! But it doesn't last for ever, he'll be fine! LxxDelete
Hello, I'm a new reader....I absolutely LOVE your summer house and every single piece of furniture in it. The two armchairs are just gorgeous. My husband has said he'd like a small settle for our dining room. The throws are wonderful....I've only ever tried a ripple once, years ago, must have another go. You're right, Lucy's instructions are brilliant.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lovely to meet you, Sooze; we have a fair amount in common I think! Next post will be an I'm Quitting Sugar catch-up which you might find interesting. We are very pleased with the chairs - I'd had my eye on mine for ages, then we got them both half price in the sale - win win!! I've also wanted a settle for years too, but we have no room for one in the cottage- this was my opportunity! LxxDelete
I've just gone back and read your first I'm Quitting Sugar post.....oh I'm so glad I found your blog! I am T2 diabetic, overweight and with high BP. My diabetes is well controlled, largely by my own diet efforts and keeping a check on my BG with my own bought testing equipment....our medical practice, whilst lovely, are all for the standard (wrong! so called 'healthy') diabetic diet and don't approve of T2's testing their own BG. Husband and I are currently following a very low carb/GF/full fat healthy eating plan, which we are both benefiting from. One of my big bugbears is yogurts....I love and eat a lot of yogurt (plain Greek full fat mainly), the shops are full of yogurts that scream out Low Fat, 0% Fat, but you try getting one that says Sugar Free....virtually impossible! It does annoy me. I shall look forward to reading your next post. And thank you for your kind comment on my blog.Delete
Dear Sooze - I hope you find some support from the Quitting Sugar posts. I wouldn't advise anyone to stop any medication they've been prescribed BUT if you ask your nurse practitioner to monitor you regularly I'm sure you will come to a point where your medication would be reduced or stopped altogether. In just 6 weeks we have noticed great changes - my husbands BP has come down from 140 /95 to 120 /80 in 4 weeks! I'm going for a thyroid levels check this coming week so will get my BP and BG done at the same time. There are some other tips which I'll be putting on the next post. In the meantime, have a look at the videos I mention… Robert Lustig is a good place to start and there are plenty more… I'll look some up for you. Good luck! LxxDelete
Your Summer house is adorable! So bright and colorful and I love the bargain furnishings. My favorite things and the ripple blanket is so pretty. Wonderful job Lynne!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Linda, thank you, we are so happy with it. The ripple blanket is soon (well, soon-ish!) to be joined by another - sooooo addictive! LxxDelete
Love the summer house I would love to have a place to sit in the sun. We have had the fierce winds on the far side of the Great Ouse but also lots of sunshine.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Trish - thans for visiting! This space is going to be lovely not just in the middle of summer, but those days when it is sunny but too windy to sit outside - small garden but open to a LOT of wind!! I'm sure you have space somewhere to put a little she-shed! LxDelete
Well it's lovely and worth losing a chunk of your garden for - is it one of Crane's sheds? And will you heat it over winter - that's something I'm debating at the moment. And you have my favourite patchwork armchair too! Like you, I have basic crochet skills - and limited patience with fiddly stuff! - but it's amazing the beautiful things you can creat with just basic skills. I use Lucy's ripple stitch too, and for a knitted version, Jane Brockett's pattern is dead easy too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Edwina! In actual fact, we've lost the greenhouse (to be replaced by cold frames) and a 4 foot slice across the veg patch. To balance this Jim is losing is "Fishing Lodge (man cave!) and that will free up a nice patch to grow on. Lots of excellent topsoil saved too. So no real sacrifice - in fact I think it will be better used. Yes - Cranes seems to be the best, and are very pleased both with the building and the service- the chaps were just brilliant.We have the little electric fire you can just see for extra heat, and it is double glazed and insulated walls roof and underfloor. We intend to make the most of it! Oh, and I'm on my second Ripple now! And have encouraged another 3 people to have a go too! I'm not so into knitting to be honest, though I'd love to do some socks - I have the wool AND the needles! One day, maybe! LxDelete
I also love Lucy from Attic 24, I found you from your comment there!
You have inspired me to try to make that striped blanket of Lucy's, I really want to have a go.
Thank you!
Love your room there, wish I could sit with you and do some hooking!!!
Hello Kay, lovely to 'meet' you! And thanks for leaving a comment. Yes, we are so pleased with our summer house, it will be a great asset- our cottage is so dark in the summer time - lovely in winter, it just wraps itself round us and hugs us warmly! I am pleased with Ripple Mk1 and have ALMOST finished Mk2 - and am planning my next blanket - can't quite make up my mind between the Cosy Stripe and the Sunshine Granny Stripe… knowing me I may end up making both. I'm sure there is a bed or a chair begging for a throw! I have made loads of quilts over the years but none of them ended up on our beds, several sold or were given away or are now draped here and there, but the blankets seem to fit right in! Catch up with again I'm sure! LxxReplyDelete
Hello Lynne,ReplyDelete
I love your Pictures. Your work is awesome. Everything is looking so cozy and nice.
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Hi Judith, thanks so much for popping by! And leaving a comment. My crochet is VERY BASIC but I am really loving it. LxxDelete
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A love of the English language was fostered in Violet Yates at a young age. Since the time she could first read, books were an escape to a world full of fantasy and imagination, where horses became unicorns and wings, where tornadoes picked up houses and little girls and they somehow landed in an emerald city. Having grown up in Hawaii, there was quite a bit of Hawaiian legend to be told to little Violet, as well as Chinese and Japanese folktales of girls and boys being born from peaches and growing from trees. She wrote her first story at age 8 and sent it into Highlights magazine, who sadly rejected it. But that did not stop her. Throughout Violet's life, she worked at perfecting her writing, striving to achieve straight A's in school.
While in Upstate New York in her 30's, Violet's love of words led her to seek a Bachelor's degree in English at SUNY Albany in 2002, having already earned credits at West Hawaii Community College in the mid 90's. During her years at the university, she wrote a novel, a novella and several short stories. She went on to obtain a Master's degree in Higher Education Administration. She did this while her marriage broke apart and was a single mom, having been determined to give her children a different life.
Violet loves to read, write, watch movies, listen to music and dream. She considers the Bible to be the best book ever written.
Violet has three children,a 23 year old son who is strong and wise, a 22 year old son who is handsome and makes her so proud, and a beautiful 13 year old daughter who takes after her mother a great deal.
Currently Violet lives in on the Kona Coast in Hawaii.
Violet has published a novella: Leaves of the Fall
Lost & Found (Poetry), Falling into the Lord's Hands (Autobiography), Forgotten Forest of the Innocent (Short) & Learning to Drive (Short). All available at this link: http://www.amazon.com/Violet-Yates/e/B00521LUQU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1397215507&sr=1-1
Her interests are: Writing, reading, swimming, walking, going to movies, playing solitaire on the pc, researching history, true crime, blogging, watching favorite television shows (Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Vikings, Reign, The 100, The Middle, Bates Motel), crocheting, sewing, embroidery, crafts, candle-making, soap-making, intrigue, reading the news, talking to family on internet (not a phone person), emailing people, taking photographs, daydreaming, researching about things such as antebellum architecture, Gothic art, medieval and renaissance farming.
Her short story, Forgotten Forest of the Innocent, won an award of first prize in a short story writing contest on Writer's Village in 2002. She also won an award at Konawaena High School during her ninth grade year for an essay about overcoming adversity.
Her favorite books are many and it is hard for her to select just a few to name, but these are some: Aside from the bible, she loves literature such as Paul Auster, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter & House of Seven Gables, Edgar Allan Poe, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Lion, Witch & Wardrobe; she enjoys some detective novels, mysteries, fantasy. She loved C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy and said if you haven't read it yet, you've got to check it out. A lot of work that had been a big influence to her was the medieval writing and short stories she studied as an English major at SUNY Albany and even at West Hawaii Community College.
Teachers and professors who she attributes as having fascinated her and brought this thrill for knowledge alive were: her 7th grade English teacher, Ms. Goeas at Konawaena, Professor Morgan, WHCC, Professor Kate Winter, who was a guest speaker at her English class at WHCC from Suny Albany, Professor Berger at SUNY Albany, English History, Professor Helene Scheck, Medieval and Renaissance English Lit teacher, Professor Kate Winter, English, Creative Writing. Professor Lana Cable, Renaissance Lit.


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This is about life in emerging residential communities on OMR. Would like to see this emerge as an interactive forum to raise issues, discuss ideas and share info. on the pluses and pitfalls in off-city living.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Nasa Srini & Aadit are a week old
A week after we planted them Nasa Srinivas has started flowering already, and Aadit has fresh tender leaves coming up.
Now that the saplings have taken roots parents with young children could take them to visit Aadit and Nasa Srini, become their friends and watch them grow in their backyard.
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Now what would Christmas be with a Christmas Stocking. Created with Stampin Up decorative papers and cardstock. They were such fun to make. Use them for Ornaments, Tags, or insert a Gift Card in the top. How cute they would look on your tree when all the grandkids stop over Christmas Day and find which stocking is theirs. Each stocking is embellished with a coordinating button, twine, and a handmade paper poinsettia. Each stocking is backed with Very Vanilla cardstock so you have a lot of room to write your Christmas greeting.
These are in my Etsy store and marked 20% OFF.


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How many ways can governments provide school choice to parents? More than you think. The Flint Hills Center for Public Policy has released my report on the subject, called School Innovations Across the Nation. You can get it (PDF) here.
The report discusses four areas of school choice:
- Charter schools
- Tax credits and tax deducations
- Vouchers
- Virtual schools
You'll find an explanation of why some parents like charter schools, and a small sampling of the varieties of charter schools. But for the most part the report doesn't seek to argue for these innovations or talk about evidence for why they can be useful. While those are worthy topics, to be sure, the report has a more basic purpose, that of describing how states have set up these innovations.
For example, in Kansas, if you want to start a charter school, you have to get the approval of the local school board. In effect, a charter school is nothing more (or nothing less) than an alternative school operated by the district.
But did you know that in some states–including those with a good record on education, such as Minnesota–allow people to petition a university, private foundation, or alternative state board of education if they want to start a charter school? There are many benefits to such arrangements.
In addition, some states let corporations and/or personal income tax filers get a tax credit for education. Give money to a scholarship-granting organization, and get a credit. The organization, in turn, gives a scholarship to a child wanting another option. What a great way to contribute to the education of a needy child!
That's a short introduction. Read the report and you'll find out more about the ways that Kansas can open the horizons of children.


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Heather Lyke, whose leadership of athletics at Eastern Michigan University garnered national praise, has been named athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh by Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. Lyke has an exemplary record of 22 years in increasingly high-level roles in collegiate athletics administration. She served as Vice President and Director of Athletics at Eastern Michigan since 2013. Prior to her EMU tenure, she was a ranking athletic administrator at Ohio State for 15 years. A native of Canton, Ohio, Lyke additionally held posts at the University of Cincinnati and with the NCAA. Lyke will be the first woman to hold the full-time athletic director post. Pitt appointed its first A.D., Charles S. Miller, in 1911, 106 years ago. –Read More
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...Creativity Resolutions, which are no more than three things you intend to do for your personal growth during 2008.
The ground rules for Creativity Resolutions are:
- These must be FUN ways to do something that helps you continue your growth as a lively, interesting person. You cannot vow to lose weight, quit smoking, or anything grim and guilt-inducing. If your plans for creativity happen to involve more exercise or keep your hands too busy to grab a cigarette, that's great... but the unpleasant bits of self-improvement cannot be the main goal.
- Each resolution must come with measurable goals, whether in terms of what you get done or in terms of how often you do it.
- Ideally, your resolutions involve projects you're willing to blog about, so that you are accountable to a fascinated and supportive audience.
- You must stop at THREE. It's fine to make just one -- but lists of 10 are too big.


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The other day, while I was conducting a leadership workshop for entrepreneurs, one of the attendees asked the best way to give constructive feedback—especially when negative performance issues are being addressed.
In responding to the question, I counseled the person that first they needed to be clear on their purpose for giving the feedback. What the consequences were to them, their company and the employee if the issues were not addressed; and what specific actions they wanted to address and/or correct.
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Music and Advent
Our lives continue to revolve around music. I feel as though I've made some kind of full circle in my life. When I was young, in high school and college, music infused nearly every moment of every day. I went to sleep playing music, even woke to turn it back on sometimes. Now, I am living with Vespera, who is young, in high school, and who spends hours upon hours steeped in music. And my life is filling with music again.
I walked out of the bedroom after reading Mane to sleep a few nights ago to find Vespera & Dh, each with one earphone from a shared headset, at the computer scrolling through itunes. Dh has always been a connessuir of music. His listening menu is broad - from the meaningful to the comical. And now Vespera listens to everything from The Sound of Music to Billy Joel and much in between.
Mane goes around singing Do, Re, Mi, and I Surrender All (that's from Amy Grant's Rock of Ages, if anybody wants to know)...and also the cherry cola song by Savage Garden.
So, now I'm in search of music for Advent, as a way to enrich our Advent time together this year. And, yes, folks, that means Advent is beginning soon! December 3rd is the first day of Advent this year. We'll be lighting candles and doing a Jesse Tree again. And maybe adding some music to the list.
Ok, so now Mane is sitting on my lap & I can't see the screen any more.
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Prison Break's executive producer Matt Olmstead has admitted that the show may be axed in the near future.
In the wake of poor ratings for recent episodes, Olmstead told Entertainment Weekly: "There's a shelf life to serialized drama. If this is the last season, we're not mourning that because it's been a great ride and we have a great season [ahead]."
In the event of the series being cancelled midway through the current run, Olmstead stated that the writers will "definitely have enough time to prepare for an appropriate ending. The season finale we have in mind could play as a season or series finale."
However, he admitted that Prison Break's producers have "absolutely been encouraged by the response" to the fourth season. "It took a while to get the right idea... and to have the audience supporting it is very gratifying."
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Gentrification is one of those complicated processes. It all looks very good at the outset – a rundown neighborhood or an old part of town is renovated, money is pumped in, and it once again becomes a desirable place to live. The city is happy because there is a vital tax base, people feel good about the old neighborhood because it is renewed and attracting a better clientele and residents who will add to the quality of life. The downside is that the people who have been living there throughout the depressed, lean years find themselves priced out of their own neighborhood. New people coming in can be a bit uppity or snooty with little regard for the "commoners" who have spent their lives there.
Knowing all of this is probably why I gasped when I first heard the news that Sesame Street would be moving to HBO. "Oh, my goodness!" I thought. The very people who have benefited most from Sesame Street may now be cut off from it if purchasing premium cable it a requirement for viewing. Fortunately, as I read the news release, Sesame Street will continue to be available on PBS.
A Remarkably Successful Project
A Remarkably Successful Project
In 1969, The Children's Television Workshop launched an innovative experiment with Sesame Street. They created children's programming that was geared toward preschool education, providing a new kind of learning environment to equip preschoolers with some foundational skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and they made it fun! Moreover, in 1969, Sesame Street was one of the few multiethnic places on television, and part of its mission was to reach the inner city kids who had little opportunity for kindergarten or preschool. The experiment was incredibly successful. All children were affirmed, black, Hispanic, and Asian as well as whites, and all were given reason to feel good about themselves. Sesame Street also accomplished its goal of reaching those inner city households.
Here Comes the Money
Here Comes the Money
What will this joint venture with HBO and The Children's Television Workshop lead to? It actually sounds good, like a win-win situation. CTW will have more money available so that it can produce twice as much new material for Sesame Street, HBO will get back into the children's programming at a lower cost than if it were producing original programming, and after a "nine month window" PBS will receive Sesame Street programming free of charge! Hey, that's what Mitt Romney was advocating for Big Bird and his ilk back when he was running for president and wanting to cut federal spending. He wanted Big Bird to find money elsewhere, and now we are seeing that other funding come to pass.
It all sounds good, but will this just be another one of those gentrification projects? When they get accustomed to HBO's money, will the Children's Television Workshop lose some of its authenticity? Will they stay in touch with the inner city kids and continue to appeal to a multiethnic audience? Will they stay focused on education, or will they succumb to the sure-fire principle of entertainment? Time will tell. Lets hope the CTW will increase in its good accomplishments, and lets pray that the long time residents are not priced out of the neighborhood.


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This is Day 9 of How to Be a Better Person in 365 Days (365 Challenge) October 2011 Challenge. View list of tasks: 365 Challenge Overview
Welcome to Day 9 of How to Be a Better Person in 365 Days Challenge!
I have created an overview page, where you can easily access the 365 Challenge tasks. I'll be updating it as we progress through the challenge!
Currently, it seems that many are working their way through Days 1-5 tasks – it fine! For those who are still doing that, catch-up as quickly as possible – many of the tasks take 30 minutes' or so, and you can finish a few by just giving yourself an 1-2 hour(s) in your evening to do them – its important that you do as it will help you with the upcoming tasks.
Yesterday, our challenge task was to connect with someone. I read your comments and many of you had the most synchronous experiences doing the task! Some of you called friends you have not kept in touch for a while, and had a great time reconnecting with them. Some of you discovered critical information during your calls, which you would never have known if you never called. Some of you shared compassion, kindness and gratitude as your friends opened up about some problems they are facing at the moment.
The point of Day 8′s task is to connect with people, not specifically about using the phone to contact others. Calling was suggested as it's something you can do right away within the day, allows for real-time conversation, creates a certain proximity (over online communication, since you can hear each other's voice and sense each other's presence), while not overly intrusive – i.e. you can call for a quick chat without pre-arranging, unlike face-to-face meet-ups.
The point of yesterday's task is to drive home the beauty of regularly connecting with people in our lives, and not leave things to chance. Don't ever take your relationships for granted. Don't assume people are still in the same place in their life as when you last talked to them. Make the effort to maintain your friendships. This is the starting point of building genuine, true friendships in our life. I hope all of you have gained something from the task, and will make an effort to continue to keep in touch with your friends in the future.
That said; let's move to today's task!
Day 9 –Just do It: Procrastination
Today's task will take about 30-45 minutes.
Is there something you've been wanting to do, but procrastinating on?
During Day 2′s task, we identified our negative traits. Interestingly, many of you identified procrastination as something you want to remove.
Really, what's procrastination? And why address it?
Procrastination- the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment. This is the dictionary version, but let's examine procrastination further…
Procrastination is the act of deferring action, usually until it's too late or when action absolutely has to be taken. With procrastination, there's often a lot of anxiety, mental anguish, self-created emotional trauma, negativity, etc associated with it. The procrastinator would often feel the pressure to have to do something, but keep creating reasons to delay action. In the end, what happens is that even though nothing is happening in reality, there's this huge emotional battle that goes on in the person's mind, usually to the person's own detriment.
To me, I see procrastination as a total waste of energy. I think if there's something that you either have to do or want to do, do it as soon as you can and move on to the next thing. If there's something that you don't want to do and brings you a lot of negativity just thinking about it, then remove it from your life – or at least make plans for that to be removed in the near future. Straddling yourself between doing and not doing just creates strain on yourself that's just not necessary, and can be absolutely avoided.
To truly address procrastination, you've to first understand that procrastination is merely a symptom of an issue. As long as you keep saying "I want to overcome procrastination", you'll ironically not address it, ever. It's just like saying "I want to stop having mosquito bites" and trying to solve the problem by buying a lot of insect repellents and creams for insect bites. You will never solve the issue, because the problem is not with the mosquito bites – it's with the mosquitoes, and even then that's not the root of the issue. The mosquitoes first came from a breeding ground, in which the breeding ground came to exist because there was poor house keeping practices.
In today's task, we're going to explore procrastination.
Today's Task: Just Do It! No Procrastination.
Take out a new piece of paper.
- Identify something you've been putting off in the past week/month/years.
- It can be procrastination in any area of your life – be it health and fitness (losing weight, for example), relationships (finding love, making new friends), career and business (working on the upcoming project, finding new clients, doing a report, etc), working on your passion, and so on.
- State specifically what it is that you're procrastinating on, e.g. writing a romance novel you got the idea for a few years ago and have been meaning to start, but for some reason have not.
- It should ideally be something that has significance to you to make this exercise more meaningful.
- For every answer that comes up, keep asking "Why?" and go deeper into the answer.. It's to get into the root cause vs. effects of what's causing the issue.
- Keep drilling into your answers until you gain a sudden realization you never had before on the issue.
- These are the deepest, highest motivators for your goal – the very reason why you even bother doing any of this to begin with.
Your action plan should have clear next steps and timelines with the next steps. Day 9 Reflection for 365 Day Challenge.
- Is there anything you learned today?
- If so, what is it? Write it down.
Share Your Answers!
What is the task you've been procrastinating on? Did you find out why you've been procrastinating on it? What are you going to do about it moving forward? 😉


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Monday, February 22, 2010
giveaway -- SMILE letterpress print
In January, I gave away two SMILE letterpress prints in a blog contest. The grey has sold out and now the artist herself is having a giveaway on her blog for a yellow SMILE print! All you have to do is leave a comment on her blog by midnight tonight telling her what makes you smile. And, if you tweet or blog about it, you get extra entries. She will pick a winner tomorrow! Hijiri is simply the best -- you will love her work!
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Searching For The Right Commercial PropertyInvesting in commercial real estate can be lucrative, but there are many things you will need to know before you get in. The information in this article will help you learn about the pitfalls and opportunities in this dynamic field. Understanding and applying these tips, will increase your chances for success.
Reading reviews of apartment complexes is a great thing to do before signing a lease. Of course the rental representative will give you a nice tour and explain all of the nice things there are to see, but someone who has already lived there is able to give you a much more in-depth review of your future rental. The management will leave out the dark happenings in the complex, while reviews written by ex- tenants have a closer feel for the truth.
You should include the money you are going to spend on due diligence into your budget. Once you have your apartments ready, they will have to be inspected to make sure they match certain safety and quality standards. This process can be very costly, especially if your apartments do not pass the inspection the first time.
If your rental's, laundry facility has a bulletin board, make sure that you talk to the property management to see if it is okay for you to display your advertisement or want ad. Some rentals don't allow the display of every ad or sign and they must pre-approve it before public display.
Start looking for financing before you worry about finding property to invest in. You will not be able to know what to look for if you do not know how much money you can borrow. Find a financial institution or a private lender that is interested in your project and establish a budget with them.
Remember that home prices increase over linked resource site . The longer a seller has had a home, the more likely they will be to make a hefty profit on it, which you may be able to get in on. This works best for homes that have stood the test of time, such as Victorian or Cottage styles.
Be patient when commercial real estate sales take much longer than residential real estate to finalize. You should expect the commercial real estate process to be much slower. At every step in the process, from purchasing to renovating, https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/01/16/trick-to-making-your-budget-work-for-your-lifestyle/21656081/ takes a bit more effort and time to complete. However, the eventual reward is worth your patience.
Get sellers interested in you. You want the sellers to be vying for you to buy their property, ensuring that you are getting the greatest deal and the best negotiation out of the deal. If you are a prized buyer, sellers will be seeking you more so than you seeking them.
When looking to sell a commercial property, make sure you look at all your offers. Don't just take the first one. You want to make as much of a profit as you can. This is a business and you don't want to sell yourself short. Ask for advice if you feel your need it.
Speak with all of the high level people at your company to determine the financial plan and budget for the real estate purchase that you are going to make. The last thing that you want to do is to find a great piece of land but not have the funds to cover the transaction.
Banks are sure to take you seriously as a commercial real estate investor if you have the proper paperwork prepared. Bank officials will see you as organized, and will take your business plans more seriously. They will also see solidity in any investment you wish for them to back. Property records, financial records, and appraisals are a must for all investors.
When first starting out make sure you focus on just https://www.kiwibox.com/healthygui812/blog/entry/139323227/how-to-purchase-business-realty/ of property. You don't want to overwhelm yourself with too much at first. Get to know that type of property and how to own it. Once you feel comfortable with it you can start looking into other types of properties.
When considering the purchase of commercial real estate, it is important to understand that you may incur upfront costs that are significantly higher than those in normal residential transactions. You will still need to have the property you are considering appraised and assessed by property inspectors, engineers, and other appropriate tradespeople as you determine its worthiness. These inspections can cost upwards of several thousand dollars and may end up yielding information that will lead you to the decision that the property is not a viable investment after all. While this is valuable information you want to know before finalizing your contract, it is important to understand that these "sunk" costs can occur.
Investigate the status of the real estate agent you are planning to work with. He can be an independent agent or broker representing you in good faith during your negotiations, or he might also be an employee of the landlord, in which case you need to find an independent agent to avoid conflict of interest.
Before you buy property, make sure you will be able to make money out of it. Find out how much the previous owner was making out of it. You should consider how much of an investment this property represents, and how you can improve it so that you can make money.
Find out where most of your contacts come from. Are most people getting in touch with you via your website, or via your LinkedIn profile? One of the marketing methods you use is more successful than others, and you should analyze what you are doing right to attract real estate brokers.
Before you invest in something, you should be an expert on this type of real estate. For instance, if you want to invest in apartments, you should know about legislation, safety requirements and have a good idea of what being a landlord means. If you are thinking about investing in an office building, you should understand what a company needs.
Use these commercial marketing tips to better understand the different factors of commercial marketing and the many different things that you will find are involved in the sale of commercial properties. Whether buying or selling, you have to be wise to the various implications that these properties represent and how they are treated in the market.


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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Brunch II with the girls: bacon N waffles!
Laura and Rachel threw a SWEET brunch, and I was lucky enough to be invited. Between the 4 of us, we shared 2 bottles of champagne, probably 20 skewers of fruit kebabs, 3 Mickey Mouse waffles, 3 Snoopy waffles, 6 fresh-from the oven blueberry muffins, 100 strawberries, a pan of frittata-ish quiche and lotsa home made apple sauce. Culinary lesson of the day: how to eat my waffles with bacon. It's better than McGriddles.
Thanks for organizing. It was so nice to catch up -- I'm glad you're all doing well.
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- Jia Meei said...
The pics made me hungry!
Btw I moved babes :)
- August 30, 2007 at 1:00 AM
- Danielle Bumblebee said...
funny how that's the general comment i get on my blog.. should've been a food blogger huh?
good job on the new site!
- August 30, 2007 at 1:24 AM
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I dreamed, last night, that I was bleeding out something that looked like creamy tomato soup. In my dream, Jim wrapped his arms around me and said: "Maybe we tried again too soon. This doesn't mean that, later, we can't..."
"No," I interrupted. "I can't do this anymore. I'm done." And it was all so real: in my dream, I was thinking crazy thoughts like I do in real life. I thought, first: I've been feeling unconfident because somehow I knew this was coming.
I promise: all of this makes me sound more distressed than I actually am, which is only slightly, also significantly less than last week.
I'm not sharing because I want to worry anyone, but because I was thinking, today: it's a gift not to know what the future holds. Not knowing should enable me to live in
the moment...not in anticipation or dread. I lose time when I choose to
place more importance on a day other than today.
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19 June 2017, 12:29 | Floyd Cook
UFC Vet Tim Hague in critical condition from injuries sustained in boxing match
Tim Hague, right, made a decision to swap the UFC cage for a boxing ring The Canadian fighter's friends and family are at his bedside as he fights for his life. Braidwood (8-1, 7 KOs) hit Hague clean on the head and when the 10-year mixed martial arts veteran fell flat onto his back, his head bounced violently off the canvas.
Former UFC heavyweight Tim Hague died at the age of 33 on Sunday, following a knockout loss in a boxing match on Friday.
In a video post promoting the June 16 fight, Hague said he stepped up to fight Braidwood with only "a few weeks notice" as Braidwood didn't have an opponent.
Jackie Neil, Hague's sister, told SportsNet.ca that her brother was still in critical condition as of Saturday night.
Hague's family released a statement regarding his passing on Sunday afternoon. "He was surrounded by family, listening to his favorite songs".
"The 6ft 4", 265lb Hague joined the UFC in 2009 after compiling a solid 9-1 record and would instantly rack up a submission win over Pat Barry, but his time in the Octagon is most remembered for his next fight, when he suffered a brutal seven second KO loss to Todd Duffee.
Cody Krahn, a good friend of Hague's, said the fighter underwent emergency surgery to "relieve pressure from his brain bleeding".
Ricky Hatton is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. "We will miss him with so greatly", Neil wrote.
But it was backstage in the dressing room where Hague's main issues began, as the fighter soon began to fall desperately ill in the aftermath of the event.
Neil says in her statement that Hague's immediate family is now with him, and that they are asking for prayers and privacy at this bad and hard time.
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#1 Secret to a Successful Relationship1:44 AM
I used to lie awake at nights wondering about this mysterious thing called a relationship. It seemed so far-fetched -- what nut would ask me to be his girlfriend? -- that I didn't think about the mechanics of it too much. Still, I thought about it enough to be confused. How do you know if he's the right one? How can you tell whether emotion or Jesus is leading? How do you trust someone who can potentially hurt you beyond all previous pain? How much heart can you give away before you break the emotional purity rule?
It seemed ridiculously complicated, no matter how many lists I scribbled out or courtship books I read or personal stories I heard told. The personal stories made it even worse because they followed no particular pattern. Two similar couples -- one breaks up badly, the other makes it without a hitch.
When I first fell in love, I tremblingly asked everyone I could: Please, tell me what I'm doing wrong so I don't mess up this beautiful thing. Please, give me the secret. I need to know.
Nobody could tell me. Of course, they told me things, things that usually contradicted the next person's advice: "I tell girls all the time, 'Make sure you guys are similar or the relationship's not going to work out'" versus "Differences are never the problem. Differences are the blessings." "He needs to be x, y and z" versus "The only Biblical requirements for marriage are that you're both Christians and you love each other" versus "What does love have to do with it?" (My spiritual journey spans the ultra-fundamental to ultra-liberal, so it's no wonder I get conflicting answers.)
I asked the same thing of God, with a desperate threat: "Don't you dare leave me alone in this thing. You know me and love -- we don't get along so well."
I like His answer better, an answer given through many tears, hard nights, long prayers and combing through Scripture. It was not spoken audibly, it didn't leap off the pages of the Bible, it didn't come from the lips of an older, wiser person who allegedly knows what she's doing -- but I know it's true. It's been proven true.
You want to know the #1 secret to a successful relationship? I'll tell you: Love.
Well, duh.
No. Seriously. It's as simple as that. Compare that deceptively simple answer to everything else we've been told: compatibility, meeting a certain criteria, just "knowing," following these rules and principles.
By love, I don't mean fluttery feelings. I mean the gritty determination to tackle any obstacle, humble oneself beyond previous capability, and go out of one's way to let one's significant other know he's loved. By love, I mean being patient with a fellow sinner who for whatever insane reason decides to be patient with me. I mean showing kindness in little things -- letting him go to bed early instead of keeping him up on the phone all night, offering gentle words, not making fun of things he's sensitive to. I mean allowing him to win arguments that don't mean anything, reading the Old Testament in KJV because he wants to (even though everyone knows the ESV is infinitely better), letting him read aloud The Art of War and talk about whatever he wants to even if it's not my first choice. I mean asking forgiveness quickly, talking things through immediately, not holding grudges or pouting to get his attention, not demanding he make the first move to reconcile or make me feel loved or fulfill any other expectation I fail to outline. I mean not snapping at him or throwing hissy fits and expecting him to just take it (even if he does) because he's supposed to "understand" me. I mean not mentioning minor things that annoy me or go against my personal convictions or preferences. I mean giving the benefit of the doubt and talking things through before accusing him that he's doing it wrong. I mean not telling him all my negative thoughts and whinings but instead hoping for the best and keeping up my joy, just like Jesus commands me.
By love, I mean just that. . .love. Not a crush. Not feelings. But love.
I often wonder why my boy loves me and why I love him and why we chose to love one another even though we're different and we don't always understand each other and I sometimes always cry way too often. I wonder if things are going to work out. I wonder if this is God's will.
You know what? I don't need to know those things. I just need to love and keep loving -- when things are easy, when things are hard, when things make no sense -- because love is always the right choice. If it isn't right for us to go on, God will let us know. But a romantic relationship follows the same rules as any other relationship: love. Put the other first. Love God first. Repent of sins, make up, try again. Go to the offending person first before gossiping about him to your friends.
That's why God didn't include a "what he must be" list and a how-to manual for dating in the back of the Bible. He gave us His example of His love. He told us to love one another. He expects us to extrapolate the obvious: Love is love. You begin to love those who you love, because love's just that powerful.
And He knows a secret we don't: to love like this requires Jesus' love. Love sanctifies us. It humbles us. It causes us to recognize how sinful we are and how much we need a Savior. It makes us realize how much we need God to step in and love in those spaces where we don't know how to love. He doesn't want us to have all the secrets and steps to a perfect relationship, because you cannot find them, cannot learn them, cannot perfect them until you go directly to God Himself. That's what He wants, and that's why He ordained love.
That's why the ultimate secret is Love -- which is to say, God. For God is Love.
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I admire this post and the ideas in it. They are deep truths that people often miss altogether. I'm infinitely grateful to God that you have these in your mind, that they stand before you and between you to guide you both through life, because love is central to life. It is the only thing--the ultimate thing, as you say. The saddest thing is when people don't fathom an internalize its importance as God would have us do.ReplyDelete
I pray for you, Bailey, and have been since you told us about your dear boy. All of it has weighed heavily on my heart (sometimes so much so that I put my head in my hands and groan) because I wish you only the best. But now I hope on God and trust that you are strong and smart and patient and if God is central this will be perfect.
I love you, dear.
please write a book, k thanks.ReplyDelete
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I only have a second because I'm trying (going) to take a half day today - which means I'm leaving in like 5 minutes. Anyway, start of birthday week, more on that lates. Ive been bombarded with spectacularly lovely news and greetings, not to mention well wishes/presents. Just the way birthday week should be.
I didn't want to end my work week without answering the knock of opportunity at my door this very second. You are probs wondering WTF opportunity has to knock about today, since I've already discussed Iran (E-ron) and Clay Aiken this week. Here, let's head to the foyer and open the door to . . . silly American Indians and/or outlandishness! My favorite(s)!
This definitely deserves to be noted (by which I mean made fun of). I'm sure you all awoke to your www.cnn.com homepages and started off your day by reading the story about some Minnesota idiot's fine of nearly $2,000,000 for "illegally" downloading music. I won't say a word about the Midwest, but this shit shouldn't be surprising to people who have ever dealt with someone from Minnesota or either of the Dakotas.
Now, I'm not going to talk about any legal issues here - I'm way too burned out on work. You can keep your legal dictionary on the shelf for now - you're welcome. For a long time, I looked at the pained face of Jammie Thomas-Rasset (um, with a hyphenated last name, obvi she's not legit) and her attorney as I read she was definitely going to appeal the case (this is the second time she's been tried for the offense, which, by the way, that 2 million dollar fine is for 24 songs, keep that in mind). Whew!
The real kicker is the following sentence: "Thomas-Rasset downloaded work by artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow."
What. The. Fuck. Seriously? Homegirl has got to feel like a dumb bitch after that became public record (thank you CNN). I know, y'all - all she wanted to do was have some fun and/or she's just a girl, in the world (I hope her attorneys included lyrics from those played out bands in her defense) . . . Um, you can get a Gloria Estefan cassette tape for less than $84,000 . . . like in the back of my damn trunk. And Sheryl Crow? No Doubt? Linkin Park? Embarrassment.
To top it off, the lady has 4 kids and works for an Indian tribe or is in one or something (typical). If I were those kids, I'd get the fuck out of there, there's already too many insurmountable factors stacking against them, not to mention the $2,000,000 debt Mama's about to bring home! No Christmas this year Pocahontas. Let's hope Jammie (Running Deer) fires up the wampum and stored hides for moccasins because its going to be a long winter on the reservation this year.


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I haven't tackle a Mr. Bento bento in a long time and was surprised to see very little recent activity on the Mr. Bento Flickr group. I wonder was it just a phase for some? Bento is certainly going strong, but maybe thermal bento - hot or cold - is beyond prime. Any thoughts on this are surely welcomed, or if I am mistaken and the troop has moved to a different camp, please let me know.
Now for the details. This was my Thursday bento. Thursdays are my long days and I found that I don't want to feel hungry at work because it makes me kind of grumpy and I don't want to be grumpy because well, who wants to be grumpy?
I ate everything but the yogurt and now when I look at this picture, I think I know why.


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If you write 'Freemason rant on House floor' in your search engine, you will get a series of articles about an event that was reported quickly and then ignored by the Mainstream Media(MSM). A stenographer, Diane Reidy, who has worked for the Government for over 20 years goes on a tirade about Freemasons during the vote count at the House of Representatives. This story and video are put out there in the MSM and including Fox News. Even our favorite conspiracy nut, Alex Jones, has this story.(You can link to it on the title bar to this post.)
But sadly, this is a propaganda piece that has been doctored, but by who? There is more to this story then is being published by the MSM. Kudos to Truth Stream Media for this video. Please watch:
They clearly want us to hear what she said at the elevator. Why has this video been doctored? What did she really say on the House Floor?
I looked at the mysterious white haired man who is clearly speaking with Diane Reidy before she quickly gets up and starts her tirade. He looks alot like Rep. James Patrick "Jim" Moran, Jr. (D).
Keep digging people, we are being lied to and manipulated.
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Monday, October 21, 2013
The Revolution within the Republican Party continues and sides are being drawn. There are too many Progressives that have entered the Republican Party and are attempting to undermine it's Conservative principles. This is not a new event as history shows all their attempts to quash rising Conservatives within the Republican Party, including Ronald Reagan. The last two Presidential election failures were caused by the RINOs exclusion of Conservatives in the Republican Party and the two victories of the candidate that all of the Progressives really wanted, Barack Hussein Obama.
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