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As of late, probably 5/7 days of the week, if I'm eating dinner at home, I make myself peas and carrots as part of my meal. Simply boiled, drizzled with olive oil, and heavily salted (not like "heavily" used to mean). I love them. I enjoy them. I actually, look forward to them.
This was amusing to me when it started a few weeks ago because of how I used to balk at peas and carrots being put on my plate by my mom. Everyone had the same and although I do not remember ever having messages of "Finish what is on your plate" given to me directly, there was an expectation within me from a young age to appreciate what I was given and darn well get through it. Sure, there were the peas that "slipped" off my fork and landed on the floor and the "that's plenty" comment for carrots (or turnip! – which I have also incorporated as of late from time to time) even if it meant a not quite full belly after a meal. No one could have convinced me at 5 or 7 or 9 or even 17 that I would ever desire peas and carrots and choose to make them for myself!
Of course, there are the more recent, and less amusing, memories of filling out menus in hospital and trying to choose the "safest" items – vegetables included – and dreading the days when peas were my only option. Or, knowing that I had whatever cooked veg was coming from the kitchen that night and having panic attacks at dinner when the vegetable happened to be peas (which usually came with corn too – gasp!). What I can now say is that I, the real me, delighted in those days because I was cornered into having what I enjoyed. My favourite meal was peas and corn all mixed up with cottage cheese with an insane amount of salt and pepper. My "head" sure didn't like those days though and emotionally, sometimes it was too much to handle. Another "chess move" that was difficult for me and any care provider to navigate. It's sad, looking back at the past number of years, and thinking that I could be so scared of something so simple. Yes, my outward expression was simplified to fear of calories when beneath that and so much more importantly, there was that unworthiness that I should not enjoy food. If I must eat, I need not enjoy. Food was categorized in my head as, at best, a necessary evil and not to ever become something I delighted in.
So tonight, I sat with my heaping bowl of veggies, heavy on the peas, and smiled as I do each night I make that choice. It's funny because of the 5 year old who, yes, tried to get those darn peas stuck under her plate, or mix them in with my mashed potatoes (which actually became the most favourable way for me to eat them! Kind of like an Orbitz drink was...a little texture to the tasty delight). Or who just got them "over with" first so I could get onto the better things like roast beef and spuds. And a bit of a proud smile at the significance of those little, round, green, sweet, delights and how very much allowed I am to enjoy them as and when I want.
In other news, I've changed my return to Canada to a later date. I had a bit rough but therapeutic week along with a few other experiences that indicated I could use a few more intensive weeks before heading on my first, real transition trip home. I'm already looking to book my follow-up in 2013.
I wrote about in my post about anxiety how pleased I was that no eating disorder thoughts had come up. I need to write more on this but I am tired. So for tonight, I hope it suffices to say that it is not always so straight forward. The ED is still a "go to" in my head in some of the hardest times. To be clear, it is only in thought, but the mental fight against behaviours sometimes arises too.
I want my walk through my process to be one that can inspire hope but I cannot clothe hope in even mild deceit. I choose to write more often on my better days but I will not deny that sometimes, it is really very difficult even 15.5 months into the most intense treatment I've ever experienced and despite all the emotional progress I have made. I've worked hard and I am by no means giving up - ever, I am merely recognizing that the real end of all of this...the distant memory of me with an eating disorder and it inhabiting my thoughts at all, remains in the future. I know it will come. It took a long time to cement in my head, and it will take a whole lot less time to get over by choosing the high road repeatedly. By perseverance, belief in my self, engaging my stubbornness in the most positive of ways, and not neglecting the part of me that still needs to reach out, I will get through to the other side will bells on. I still need reassurance and encouragement sometimes, though. I know I can do it but sometimes, like having someone remind you that you are loved even when you know it, it's nice to hear that other people know that I can and will do this. I will see it through to the end. I can. I will.
There are easier days which are becoming ever more plentiful than the difficult days. I held a standard for myself that these more challenging days "should not" exist after all the work I have done and all the effort I have made. I still fall back into judging myself for my thoughts and feelings at times. But today, a great day, I see it for what it is. I got through these weeks as my body and mind adjust further and I will get through it again the next time any of this arises with even more chutzpah!


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One of the driest places on the planet is currently experiencing a vibrant flower bloom, making for a rare spectacle for those living in Chile's Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in the north part of the country and barely receives any rain throughout the entire year, making it extremely difficult for any vegetation to grow.
"Rainfall is extremely hard to come by in northern Chile," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.
However, historic rainfall moved through the region earlier this year which lead to catastrophic floodingtrain, but it also provided water for flower seeds that laid dormant for years.
Flower blossoms like this only happen roughly every five to ten years due to how scarce rain is.
People traveling to the area to view the spectacle will have until the early part of November before the flowers begin to die and the landscape returns to normal.
Desierto Florido. #Atacama #Chile 2015 pic.twitter.com/ieVFs7Yj3O— Patricia Sirebrenik (@pattysire) October 18, 2015
Por que #santiagonoeschile les dejo una imagen del espectáculo en que se convirtió nuestro #DesiertoFlorido pic.twitter.com/dPbFXCg8Hj— Dani Cornejo (@Dani_Cornejo) October 2, 2015
Yo hoy estoy desde el #DesiertoFlorido en el norte de Chile #ViajaChat pic.twitter.com/9ZRYdcCXXo— Nomadic Chica (@NomadicChica) October 11, 2015

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this is my last msg to my baby... U ..... thank you so much for all your love and care... your effort and your attention to me to maintained our relationship... tq baby to fill my life with so much love and care... U r the best man ever in my life... I gave all my love to u with no regrets... I hv a 'sweet dream' with u :) thank you baby.
Baby to Baby,
Thank you Baby for this last lovely msg.... My last msg to my lovely Baby... U... Thank you so much for all your love and care... your efforts and sacrifices and pains put into our relationship. You have given me a beautiful and memorable time that we have! You "Baby" will always stay in one far end corner hidden in my memory forever with sweet & happy memories! Promise me to be Strong always and find the happiness you truly deserves, and forever be Happy! You are a Special woman to me! I hv no regrets of what I do for the past 2 years... I wants and ready to do something for U n me... but I hv to think for U first... so as u will not hv to face and suffer the difficult times ahead if ..... I hv truly love U and hope you hv feel me... You must take gd care and "ALWAYS BE HAPPY". Thank you very much Babyyyyy :)
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The Kingston City Run will be hosted in the city of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. The event will take place in section of what is commonly called "New Kingston".
The race is open to everybody – locals, regional and international particpants are all welcome!
The event will take place over the weekend of March 16 – 18, 2018. The Race Day is March 18th.
All three races will be timed using bib chip timing.
The main international airport is the Norman Manley International and this airport is serviced by several international airlines including American Airlines, Caribbean Airlines, Jet Blue, West Jet, Air Canada Rouge , British Airways, Copa, Delta, Spirit and Insel Air.
Yes, special accommodation weekend packages are being offered by Kingston hotels including Altamont Court, The Courtleigh Hotel & Suites, The Jamaica Pegasus, The Knutsford Court Hotel, Hotel Four Seasons, Christar Villas and The Spanish Court Hotel.
Yes, there will be several sectional prizes including Top Male, Top Female, Age Group Prizes for Male and Female, Fastest Mascot among others. Over 30 prize categories will be offered.
Yes, the Kingston City Run for 2018 will be focusing on providing sustainable support for the Homeless population of Kingston and Jamaica.
For the 5K there will be 3 water/hydraton stops, for the 10K there will be 6 and for the 1/2 marathon there will be a total of 12 stops.


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It's been one of those days at work, where I switched on my computer in the morning and then looked at the clock and realised that it was nearly home time. I seem to have done a lot without achieving a great deal. Hmmm.
An enjoyable slice of 80s nostalgia on the telly last night with 'Worried About The Boy' - a biopic of the life of Boy George up to the point that he first appeared on Top of the Pops. They captured the look of the times perfectly, but I still don't know how George managed to do his hair and makeup so perfectly whilst living in a squalid squat with holes in the walls. The obligatory disclaimer at the start of the programme warned of scenes of a sexual nature, but it was all rather chaste and sweet as far as I could see, with nothing more than a bit of hand holding and the occasional fumble. Certainly nothing to frighten the horses by any stretch of the imagination.
The really scary thing is that it is now thirty years since the start of the 80s and that they are as distant as the 1950s were to me at the time.
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"Lane died on a Friday night due to complications of lifestyle – which is to say, he was shot by an acquaintance in a squabble over twenty dollars' worth of shitty brown horse. He wasn't found until Saturday morning; no one thought to call the restaurant to let us know that he wouldn't be coming in to work that day. He was just considered AWOL – a no-call/no-show that left the line a man short going into the early-bird rush."
This is how Jason Sheehan starts his autobiography Cooking Dirty which I've been reading instead of doing productive things, like digging through the pile of crap on my desk that's been growing and slowly moving into milk crates and onto the floor like some kind of paper slime mold for the last month and a half.
Sheehan writes from the perspective of the line cooks in the kinds of restaurants we all eat at everyday; in other words, this is not the story of the culinary school grad, or the old- school European chef who, as the second son, had no chance for university, and was sent off at the age of 13 to apprentice in whatever kitchen his parents could find for him, and then went on to achieve four Michelin stars on his fortieth birthday.
I am both loving and hating this book; loving it because it is extremely funny, even at it's darkest, and accurate in the portrayal of working in restaurants like…well, like mine. Hating it because I have harbored this fantasy of writing a book like this at some point and now I'm thinking does the world really need another of these books, especially since this one and Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential were written by guys who are better writers, better cooks and have far better stories than what I've got so far.
I mean, what the hell, those guys can write about their being young cooks with heroin and crystal meth addictions and all I've got is a mild bout of alcoholism and a twice-a-year pot habit.
Ah well, best to forget about that book deal, jetting around the country to book signings and to sit on panels beside my heroes as we're pelted with questions from foodies about how much of an impact terroir really has on escargot, and finally getting a house that wasn't towed to it's current location before being screwed together, and start in on this desk, 'cause it ain't gonna clean itself.
Sure would be cool though...yeah.
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' Tis strange – but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction; if it could be told,
Don Juan, Lord Byron, 1823
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From Pravda.ru, an online publication that appears to occupy the news space between The Onion and The National Enquirer, we get this headline:
Armenia will pay the victims of genocide, $ 68 monthly
I wonder where they buried the survivors?
James Taranto noted this bit of virtual sleight-of-hand in the 14 June edition of his blog/column:
"Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real acknowledged that he is also a man," the Washington Post reports:
"Paula Brooks," editor of Lez Get Real since its founding in 2008, is actually Bill Graber, 58, a retired Ohio construction worker who said he had adopted his wife's identity online. Graber said his wife was unaware that he had been using her name on his site. . . .
In the guise of Paula Brooks, Graber corresponded online with Tom MacMaster, thinking he was writing to Amina Arraf. Amina often flirted with Brooks, neither of the men realizing the other was pretending to be a lesbian.
What's In a Name?
The 6 June edition of the London Telegraph brought us this development:
When Mark Wilkinson took ownership of a cabin cruiser called Titanic II, perhaps he should have realised the omens were not good.
When he took his new 16ft boat out for its maiden voyage, it lived up to its namesake, and sank.
Mr Wilkinson was left floundering as the vessel sprang a leak and began taking on water before disappearing beneath the waves.
Holidaymakers looked on while Mr Wilkinson, from Birmingham, was pulled out of the sea by the local harbour master.
Titanic II was later towed out of West Bay harbour in Dorset.
Mr Wilkinson, aged in his 40s, said afterwards: "If it wasn't for the harbour master I would have gone down with the Titanic.
"It's all a bit embarrassing and I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I had hit an iceberg."
He had recently taken ownership of the second hand boat and towed it from his home to the south coast for its first outing.
He enjoyed a successful fishing trip in Lyme Bay but as the boat entered the harbour a large hole opened up in the fibre-glass hull.
He tried to pump the water out but was forced to abandoned ship when the boat sunk stern first.
Margaret O'Callaghan, 63, was one of dozens of tourists on the quayside who witnessed the sinking.
She said: "The guy was in a small cruiser on his own. Someone said to me, 'that boat is sinking.'
"There was a big guy desperately holding on to the wheel and the back of the boat was going down.
"I shouted at him to jump as the back of the boat went right down and the bow was sticking out of the water.
"He clung on to the nose and the tide took the boat in. Someone threw a rope and tied it up to the side.
"The harbourmaster came out in a RIB and managed to secure it and get it on to the slipway.
"The funny thing about it was that the name of the boat was Titanic II.
"The guy seemed fine. He got out and was standing on the side dripping wet."
One eye-witness said: "It wasn't a very big boat – I think an ice-cube could have sunk it!"
Harbour master James Radcliffe said: "The owner had put his bilge pumps on when he started taking on water but there was just too much of it.
"The stern of the boat was fully submerged in the water but there was an air pocket in the cabin which kept the front end afloat.
"The guy hadn't had the boat for very long. It was an old repair job. The hole in the hull was about six inches square."
It is thought the boat is worth about £1,000.


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Overlay networks: Understanding the basics, making it a reality
With overlay networks, engineers run a virtual network layer above the physical. Learn the ins and outs of overlay networks and how companies are employing the technology today.
No longer will networks act as a bottleneck to a nimble cloud. With overlay networks, engineers have a physical network that lies on top of their physical infrastructure. That virtual network overlay allows network resources to be dynamically provisioned similarly to virtual compute and storage. This form of virtualization allows the network to be part of the overall cloud orchestration framework.
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Network virtualization: Real or not?
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Even though we only drew 'Boro away in the PL, it was a game we should have won. Our game has improved immensely since November and I will be deeply disappointed if we won't go on to the next round.
Southgate's side isn't really impressing anyone this season, not having won a PL game since the beginning of November.
Their Cup run is not easy to evaluate winning one in the League Cup before being defeated by ManUre. Their two (and only?) FA Cup wins this season are against Barrow and Wolves.
We may still have a decent Cup run this season!
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From the story of Jewish copper to the tall tales of election-rigging, we go from Alaska to Zimbabwe to bring you the latest in Jewish news – dated 1 September
An 18th century Jewish cemetery in the Polish town of Serock has been rededicated after American Jewish groups erected a Holocaust memorial (pictured) made up of headstones toppled during the Second World War. Serock was once home to a thriving Jewish community but it now has no Jewish residents.
United States
American football commentator Hank Bauer has been banned for one game for an offensive joke at the expense of his Jewish co-host Josh Lewin. As the two joked about Lewin staying to get his money's worth, Bauer said copper wire was invented when a penny dropped between Josh and his family member.
Fresh from last year's accusations that it rigged elections in Zimbabwe, Israeli security company Nikuv International is now charged with rigging elections in Botswana. Local press report a team of Israelis working 'round the clock' to ensure a 70% landslide victory for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor group have been forced out of a lakeside village in Guatemala after cultural disputes with indigenous residents. The 230-member sect fled there after being accused of child abuse in Canada, where social workers found up to five children sleeping on urine-soaked mattresses.
A group of prominent Turkish Jews, including economists and journalists, have condemned Israel's 'aggression, militarism, expansionism and violence' in an open letter. However, they also criticised the Turkish government for encouraging them to do so, saying Turkey's Jews are not responsible for Israeli actions.
Australia's opposition Labor Party has said it will vote to recognise Palestine as a state if it gets elected. Senior statesmen from Queensland and New South Wales have now joined former foreign minister Bob Carr in expressing wholehearted support for a statehood bid at the UN, saying it was 'long overdue'.


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How did the England dozen do at the IPL?
May 21, 2018: It was a record year for English participation in the IPL, but were the returns equally high? We break down their contributions, player by player
Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2018, Delhi
Mujeeb denies Iyer in dramatic last-ball win for Kings XI Punjab
Apr 23, 2018: The 17-year-old mystery spinner defended 16 in the last over to put Kings XI Punjab on top of the points table
Liam Plunkett replaces injured Rabada at Delhi Daredevils
Apr 7, 2018: The England fast bowler will be playing in the IPL for the first time
England news
Plunkett ruled out of New Zealand tour
Feb 16, 2018: Plunkett made his return against New Zealand in Wellington earlier this week but aggravated the problem he first suffered in the ODI in Sydney last month
Australia v England, 3rd ODI, Sydney
England dig deep in their 'best' performance under Morgan
Jan 21, 2018: Inspiration with the bat came from Jos Buttler, then England managed to overcome the loss of Liam Plunkett with the ball
Australia v England, 3rd ODI, Sydney
Buttler's blast sets up England to seal series
Jan 21, 2018: Jos Buttler's stunning century and a composed all-round effort with the ball helped England clinch the ODI series with two matches to play
Australia v England, 1st ODI, Melbourne
Ashes end, World Cup road begins
Jan 13, 2018: Australia had a poor 2017 in the one-day game while England continued to impress although did stumble at the Champions Trophy
The Ashes 2017-18
How would you replace Ben Stokes?
Sep 30, 2017: Ben Stokes is currently part of the Ashes squad, but England will have to start making plans for him not being there. That is easier said than done for a world-class allrounder
England v South Africa, 3rd Investec Test, Kia Oval
Will Roland-Jones be England's third man?
Jul 30, 2017: James Anderson and Stuart Broad have been almost ever-present for England this decade, but they have had a revolving cast of support
Yorkshire v Somerset, Specsavers Championship Div One, Scarborough, 3rd day
Hildreth's fortunes stir as Somerset scent a rare victory
Jul 5, 2017: James Hildreth made his first fifty of the season and helped build a strong position from which Somerset may yet win their first championship victory of the season
England v Australia, Champions Trophy, Group A, Edgbaston
Australia's last chance to get their campaign started
Jun 9, 2017: For Australia this is a must-win game; for England, a victory would continue their winning momentum into the semi-finals, but their real incentive must surely be the chance to eliminate their oldest foe
England v New Zealand, Champions Trophy, Group A
Wood repays the faith as England bowlers make their stand
Jun 6, 2017: England's batsmen have hogged the limelight, but today it was the bowlers' turn, not least Mark Wood, whose solitary wicket may have sealed the win
England v New Zealand, Champions Trophy, Group A
Resolute England march into semi-finals
Jun 6, 2017: England put together a complete performance on a difficult day for cricket in Cardiff to seal passage to the Champions Trophy semi-finals
England v Ireland, 1st ODI, Bristol
Stirling's swings, and O'Brien's costly miss
May 5, 2017: ESPNcricinfo present the Plays of the Day from the first ODI between England and Ireland at Bristol
West Indies v England, 3rd ODI, Barbados
Plunkett illness could open door for Curran
Mar 8, 2017: Liam Plunkett has emerged as a doubt ahead of the final ODI of the series between West Indies and England
MCC v Champion County, Abu Dhabi
Hameed withdraws from MCC squad
Feb 22, 2017: Haseeb Hameed will miss MCC's season curtain-raising fixture against the Champion County, Middlesex, next month, to undergo a sinus operation
India v England, 1st T20I, Kanpur
Jan 26, 2017: The key the moments of an impressive performance in the field from Eoin Morgan's team which meant India never escaped their clutches
County news
Plunkett thanks departing Gillespie for reviving his career
Aug 29, 2016: Liam Plunkett has paid a personal tribute to Jason Gillespie who announced on Monday that he would be leaving his position as Yorkshire's head coach at the end of the season
England in Bangladesh 2016-17
Plunkett has more questions on Bangladesh tour
Aug 29, 2016: Liam Plunkett has said he will speak to his family before making a decision over whether to tour Bangladesh following the ECB's approval for the trip to go ahead
England v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Lord's
Ducking out and Plunkett's blinder
Aug 27, 2016: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the second one-day international at Lord's
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In 1 Corinthians 14, where Paul addresses a few aspects about a Christian Service, he points out the importance of worship, including prayer, being in a language that's understandable. It's here that he alerts us to a significant liturgical tenet: "if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say "Amen" to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up" (v.16-17).
Being able to say "Amen" to a public prayer or thanksgiving is vital to the Spirit-inspired, Jesus-taught Apostle. "Amen" comes from the Hebrew and into the Greek NT. It is a declaration of confidence, "Truth! Faithful!"
In a big sense, when you say "amen" to a corporate prayer, you are affirming a common, communal consent to that prayer: "This prayer is true!" And because we are praying with Jesus {that is, in union with Jesus} we are asserting that this prayer is a Jesus-Prayer: "…it is through [Christ] that we utter our Amen to the glory of God" (2 Cor. 1.20). Therefore, sung prayers (hymns) and spoken prayers rightly feel empty until we can attach our hearty "Amen!"
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Since Justin is teaching on church membership right now, I thought I would post a great excerpt from Love or Die by Alexander Strauch on the relationships of love in the local church.
Believers cannot encourage one another to love if they don't meet together regularly as a church family. This is why the writer of Hebrews exhorts his readers to think creatively of ways to "stir up one another to love," and warns them about neglecting "to meet together, as is the habit of some" (Heb 10:25). Our growth in love is not ust an individual exercise. Love requires both a subject and an object, thus love is a corporate learning experience. We grow in love by engagement with other people, not in isolation from them.
Christians cannot develop love by sitting at home alone on the couch watching TV preachers or by attending a weekly, one-hour church service. It is only through participation in "the household of God," the local church (1 Tim 3:15), with all of its weaknesses and faults, that love is taught, modeled, learned, tested, practiced, and matured. By dealing with difficult people, facing painful conflicts, forgiving hurts and injustices, reconciling estranged relationships, and helping needy members, our love is tested and matures.
One simply cannot grow in love without the stresses and strains of life together in the household of God, the local church.... If you are not a participating member of a local church, then you are not in God's school of love.


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Faster than light, some haunting, some fleeting, some sweet, and some filled with sorrow, THOUGHTS are what make or break us. In search of my true self, a journal that deals with day-to-day things that leave their mark on me.. RACING THOUGHTS, my spoken and unspoken reflections!! A full-time mom with mostly rusted professional skills, enjoying the blessing called lazy motherhood in United States. Whatever I am.. I AM LIKE THATTT ONLY!! నా ఇష్టం, నాకిష్టం.
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There is neither a structure nor a texture to this blog. The subject matter can be anything and everything under the sky that I feel about at any given point that I happen to sit and blog rambling about everything in general. My thoughts and views are basically influenced by what I read, hear, gather, and ponder... if there is any copyright violation which I have not duly acknowledged, kindly let me know.
My world comprises of LO the little one, OA the other adult at home, kiddo the brother :)
Aug 14, 2010
Rain Rain Go Away.. Little LO wants to play..
It is tough to keep the kid used to do running around early in the morning at one place in spite of luring with busy mind games like puzzles, loops, stackers, dough, crayons, colors...
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Well, I just already played Ninja Gaiden 3 and one thing I'm going to say about this game. WTF is this? The last Ninja Gaiden game was great, but this game horrible. The storyline is awful, the graphics look low-rez, and this game is too easy and too short. The storyline is about Hayabusa helping JSDF to save the world, but there one problem. He has to save the world in seven days. If he doe not, he will die. The reason why Hayabusa is dying is because the dragon sword is in his arm. It is killing him slowly. This wasn't a creation of Tomonobu Itagaki. If it was, this game would been a better game. This one was done by Masato Kato. Is he trying to kill the series?
The graphics look like crap. It look like a early PS2 game. Ninja Gaiden II has better graphics than this game. Team Ninja, what is wrong with you? Are you trying to kill this series as well? I have little trouble with the gameplay. The camera was a pain, and Ryu is attacking the wrong way. In this game, you are not killing demons any more. You are killing real people and lab monsters. Ryu is not a ninja any more. He is a killing machine and he loves to kill everything. Did I mention that this game has lots of blood? This game is too easy because you are just press buttons to beat the game, and the game is only seven hours of gametime. That is not a long game. This game has some bad voice actors. The voice actors are not the same as before. The soundtrack is pretty good. So there is at least one good thing about this game. If you want Ninja Gaiden game, don't get Ninja Gaiden 3. Get the other two, but not this game. It just sucks.


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My baby sister is talented in an area that I never will be.
I'm clumsy with cameras; most of my pictures turn out blurry.
I'm only a little jealous.
She recently entered an art contest for the Chamber of Commerce Women's Council.
The judges only chose eight pieces of art...six of them belonged to my sister.
The above are pictures that she took at my grandparents' house today.
Like I said... I'm just a tad bit envious of the perfection in her photography.
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Have you ever wondered why we poke children in their belly or tickle them to death when we are happy for them or rub the tops of their head when we say hi. I know I don't like any of these things happening to me but yet I do it to them. The joys of working with autism is that these things come back around to bite you. I realized today after poking a child in the stomach for fun, when he did it back i did not enjoy it. Makes me wonder why it is socially acceptable for us to do it to them. hm...? BUT if a little boy (not so much girls) falls over and starts to cry, all you have to do is ask him if his limb or joint (ie..elbow, knee, leg, arm, whatever he hurt) is going to fall off or if it's still there while pretending to look for it. Suddenly he starts to laugh and the world is a better place because now it's fun. But if you do this to a little girl (learned that one the hard way) then they cry harder and genuinely think their joint or limb is missing or going to fall off!! haha...oh children. gotta love their ways.
So many thoughts running through my head in the last few days which are all too crazy to explain at the moment but hopefully the emotion will work out soon and i can verbalize it better.


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So tomorrow I go to Nepal. This is a huge step of faith for me. An act of surrender. Now I have no one but God. I either trust or I don't.
I'll be keeping a daily journal that I intend to share with the UNIVERSE. Something is happening, I just don't know what.
Time to walk the walk. I've talked too much…Lol. I'm going to let my mind be free and just trust. Why is surrender so terrifying 🤔
Goodbye America! See you in mid April. I have to go meet my Self!


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First, I got Jodi's End of Year Activity packet and can't wait to do the hermit crab activities next week, but what I REALLY want to tell you about is the adorable activity we're doing this week. Our theme this week is "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!", so when I saw her writing prompt "I loved first grade bug cause" I had to go ahead and use it. I'm using it as one of our writing stations this week and it is precious. I had my kids glue the writing activity to manila paper when they finished, and then use scraps of scrapbook paper and construction paper to create their own insects. I love them! I will definitely have to come back and add pictures!
Second, make sure you enter my giveaway! It's open until Sunday night at midnight. Sweet Papery is oh-so-adorable and someone is gonna be a very lucky lady!
Can you believe that for me, that was a short post?
10 more days! Have a great night friends!


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Worthy cause of the day: "We Can't Afford to Wait for a Clean Energy Economy".
Relevant to Divine Misconceptions: "We may allow gay unions: COI head". If I may quote:
The head of the Church of Ireland has said if homosexuality is proven to be biologically predetermined then his church would have to allow gay unions.Now, granted that Archbishop Harper said "If", nevertheless he is making a classic mistake: the naturalistic fallacy, i.e., the belief that if something is natural, it is therefore good or right. To illustrate why this is a fallacy, suppose someone has a natural inclination towards pedophilia. Do we therefore blindly assume that this person has no choice is whether or not he/she will commit acts of pedophilia? Do we give our approval to any acts of pedophilia he/she might commit? Of course not! The moral codes that most of us live by and most of our consciences highly disapprove of pedophilia. We expect that anyone with inclinations towards pedophilia to keep him/herself under control, and we demand that anyone who commits pedophilia be punished severely—and we really do not care whether the act was natural or not. In fact, there are many acts that are frequently considered wrong which are arguably natural for humans:
"If such comes to be shown, it will be necessary to acknowledge the full implications of that new aspect of the truth," said Archbishop Alan Harper.
- Murder
- Infidelity
- Rape
- Theft
- Dishonesty
- Ephebophilia
- Prostitution
- Infanticide
- Violence
- War
- Xenophobia
- Promiscuity
- Tyranny
- Politics (in the negative sense of the term)
- Cruelty
- Misogyny
- Spousal abuse
- Social injustice
- Slavery
This list is composed of acts known to occur widely among humans (whether sanctioned or not) since ancient times or among humanity's closest relatives (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans). The fact that these acts may be natural does not in any way make them any less morally abhorrent. In fact, quite the opposite. Moral codes are meant to regulate behavior, and the sorts of behavior that one would expect to receive the most mention, whether being praised or condemned, are ones that are actually likely to occur—including ones that are natural for humans to do. In short, the fact that something is natural does not morally justify it. The Archbishop should get off this line of reasoning and base his position on homosexuality on something more relevant to Christianity, such as what Jesus would have to say on the subject.
Today's news and commentary:
- "The New China?"
- "Hamas caught using cease-fire to rearm" and "Another truce violation: Palestinians fire mortar shell at w. Negev" (Who didn't foresee this coming?)
- "Our World: The media and enduring narrative"
- "Investigating the Environmental Origins of Autism"
- "Researchers Track Disease With Google News, Google.org Money" and the site described therein, HealthMap (Very cool.)
- "Cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony" (His nose must be a few kilometers long by now.)
- "Check Yourself for Genetic Abnormalities"
- "Want some torture with your peanuts?" (From the Bush and Cheney school of thought on civil rights.)
- "Study says turn TV off to stay slim" (Unsurprising.)
- "Are Cardiologists Ordering Too Many CT Angiograms?"


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All my teachers affected me. Some influences, though very real, are lost in the fog of memory (or lack thereof). But others I still can recall and I'd like to give credit where it's due. Here are a few of the most important.
Grant Hoemke, former director of bands at Farmington High, taught us that what you get out of an endeavor is directly proportional to what you put into it. When a student, I didn't practice that truth (or my trombone) as much as I could have, but it is very much in my mind now. He also taught me music theory, which I put into practice as I write arrangements for my jazz trio. Mr. Hoemke is a true gentleman and excellent band director.
Bill Knox, whom I knew as professor of English at Northern Michigan University, taught me the value of doing rough drafts and revising one's work to make it . . . better. What a concept. His method: he made us turn in rough drafts with our later versions. Genius. Thanks, Bill.
Patricia Tompkins of Farmington High taught me Latin which I think about literally every day as I read English. I also often use it to break down terms for students in my psych. classes. Mrs. Tompkins is an intelligent and engaging person who taught Latin and mythology with humor and passion.
Connie Burress, a neighbor, taught me how to play piano. She had immense patience when I didn't practice and got me well acquainted with the piano literature. Still playing, Mrs. Burress.


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My littlest houseguest.
Please beloved readers forgive my recent distraction. Today was the day my darlings all departed. After nearly ten days of friends-- Again I am bereft of company. Back to talking to the dogs and Gertrude. (who is quite fine--BTW) Along with the news of poultry progression--The garden is going gangbusters. Please note: Matthew turns 22 on Weds. And I am quite sure This is the first time in months I haven't *wanted* to cook. I am that whipped! It is a happy tired but tired nonetheless. Pics and more to come soon.


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I felt some trepidation when I arrived, late, for the first night of the Festival of Hope, which ran from Friday to Sunday (March 3 – 5). The area outside Rogers Arena was quiet; there weren't even any protesters. I… Read more →
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Around Town: Cabinet of Canadians, lost $4,000 returned, Over 18 . . .
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Several local leaders have been named to the Cabinet of Canadians, a group selected as part of Faith in Canada 150 (FC150). Those behind Faith in Canada 150 explain the movement in this way: On the occasion of Canada's 150… Read more →
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Forty years ago I hitchhiked up to a farm west of Lusaka in Zambia. Three months later I left as a born again Christian. The farmers/missionaries introduced me to Christ in their home Bible studies and I made a profession… Read more →
Starting the new year with a month of Christian unity
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January offers a bonanza of events encouraging local Christians to unite: to learn, worship, pray and undertake mission together. The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18 – 25) sets the tone, and no doubt is the reason for two… Read more →


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Once again we woke up to sun and warm weather in Akureyri. I've been watching for a few weeks and it seems to be consistently warmer up here than in Reykjavik which seems very odd. We needed to check out by 11 so we just went downtown to sight see.
We ate our picnic in a parking lot with a view of a massive cruise ship that has somehow entered the tiny harbour.
After lunch we dropped Barton and Nikolai off at the local airport for their quick flight to Grimsey Island (see previous post) where they got to cross the Arctic Circle. We spent a couple of hours checking out different neighbourhoods and enjoying a snack at a book store/coffee shop.
We had a long layover there, about 5 hours, but just getting from one terminal to the other and through customs and security etc took a good long time. I was happy I hadn't taken the risk in booking the flight to Dubai with only a 2.5 hour layover! They have a great family lounge with a play area and game room - excellent way to spend the time.
We picked them up at 3:30 and headed back down to Reykjavik, this time taking the island highway down the west coast. If you had more time, you could stop frequently to have a quick dip in a thermal bath as there are signs all along the highway letting you know where they are.Just before Reykjavik you enter a 6km tunnel to save yourself a 45 minute drive around. We couldn't hold our breath the whole time...
Getting up the next morning was a bit rough as we tried to get out the door by 5:30. We were once again on Icelandair for the easy flight of 2.5 hours into Heathrow. It was pretty darn exciting to be there for the first time!! Riley was excited to get a shot of Buckingham Palace from the air!
This flight stretch is the longest of our summer journey. The ticket said it would be 7 hours, but the passenger announcement said it would be 6:20, which is always a fun surprise!
This was also the most exciting because we got to fly the Emirates Airbus 380 - the largest passenger plane in the world. It's a double decker and rumour has it that the first class suites have couches and showers... Though we wouldn't know (and never will). It was pretty awesome though. We were row 65 and not even close to the back. The attendants were so friendly (one was from Vancouver??) and the service was amazing. First off, at your seat you have a pillow, blanket and a new headset. Before take off they bring you a towel (cold on the first flight, hot on the second) and a menu for the flight's meal and let me tell you - it's no rubber chicken. Then they come by to all the kids and they get a fun pack. The first leg it was a lunch kit type with a Dr Seuss mini book, deck of cards, Quicksilver game cards and some snacks and a sleeping eye mask (with winkie eyes drawn on). The second time (out of Dubai on the 777) it was a cross shoulder pack with a different Dr Seuss book, more snacks, another mask and a Quicksilver travel journal. Once you're flying you get your first drink service and a snack. Partway in they bring the meal and a drink service with compliment bar drink. Before landing its another drink and snack. On the 777 she came by with a Polaroid camera, took our family pic (missing 2) and put in on a certificate for flying. Even though the second one was only 4:20 we got three drinks and a meal and all those other extras.
I'm actually serious.
Anywho... It didn't feel too terribly long and because we left in the afternoon and jumped ahead 4 hours we only felt like it was about 11 pm when we landed. We definitely felt tired but the movie options were endless so we were all occupied!!!
We were safely in Dubai and on our third continent of the week!
As of about a week before we left home, Canadians no longer need visas to enter Dubai for up to 30 days. So we were stamped and through customs no problem.
We picked up our luggage and stepped out into serious and glorious HEAT. We found a cab big enough for us all and were on our way.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Blackfeet Water Compact Sails Through Key Committee
In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee passed the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act, moving one step closer toward full congressional approval of the historic compact, which has been awaiting ratification since 2010. Negotiations between the Blackfeet Tribe, local communities and state and federal governments began more than 30 years ago to establish water rights in and around the reservation. The compact will also help rehabilitate the Four Horns Dam and long-neglected, century-old Blackfeet Irrigation Project; give the tribe the ability to use, lease or exchange water on tribal land; and protect the rights of non-Indian water users and members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community. It also includes provisions that protect off-reservation farmers and ranchers that rely upon the water for irrigation purposes. The water compact with the Blackfeet Tribe still has not received congressional approval, despite passing the Montana Legislature in 2009 and having earned the support of Montana's entire congressional delegation. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, has introduced the Blackfeet measure four times...more
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"Ride! Ride like the wind!"
"Hit me and I'll throw you so hard you'll hear your back crunch! Offensive Lawn Jockey ring a bell? Need I neigh more?"
"Mr. Ed and Aslan -- they're cops!"
Well yeah, anyone can win the Triple Crown if they're willing to eat all the other jockeys. Sheesh.
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No Room For Ambivalence: Support President Rafael Correa and Ecuadorean Democracy
Today a group of police instigated an uprising against the democratically elected government of President Rafael Correa in Ecuador. They physically attacked Correa and kidnapped him to a police hospital in Quito. Police continue to viciously attack unarmed and unprotected supporters of the constitutional order with tear gas and rubber bullets. One protestor is confirmed dead, and the coup attempt has spread to Guayaquil and Cuenca. The police are also attacking the press.
Men and women attempting to reach the president in the heavily guarded hospital are advancing in the streets with their hands in the air, as a sign of non-violence.
What began ostensibly as a labor protest by a small group of police officers has clearly become an attack on Ecuadorean democracy. In a special session of the Organization of American States, members issued a unanimous resolution supporting Correa and UNASUR has stated its unqualified support for the president.
President Correa confirmed that he is being held captive and stated unequivocally that his government will not engage in dialogue with the police as long as he is held hostage and the population is being savagely repressed.
This is no time for ambivalence.
We hope that the U.S. does more for democracy than it did in Honduras.
Our struggle is to bring social, political, and economic justice to our nation. This is an effort of the Chicano/Mexican American Digital History Project. https://sites.google.com/site/chicanodigital/
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Ecuador- the start of a coup
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This Weekend I had amazing fish and chips at a little shack that looked out the Malibu Coast. It was called Neptune Nets.
Across the street from it was an amazing view of the ocean
Here is a picture of the fish, shrimp, and chips.
It is some of the best fish and chips I have had in a LONG time.
Especially because there is none in the state of Utah.
It gets 4.5 Bald Heads
Here is a Picture of me sitting on the Forrest Gump bench doing my best impression.
This is at the Santa Monica Pier.
While at the Pier my mother insisted that we play some carnival style games. And of course I won...I won a stuffed Yo Gabba Gabba doll!
I won a stuffed version of this character....The tall red one-eyed one...NOT Jack Black.


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Hello bloggers. I've been away so much this month, it's all a bit quiet from me. Here's a little round-up of what's been going on.
There's been a little harvest! Unfortunately I think that any harvests I will have will be little. My peas have been producing the most output of anything here, but still not that much. One of my bean plants has not produced any beans yet. Loads of flowers but no beans. Boo.
Look at these little beauties! They are so sweet and tasty. I love them!
However, all is not well on the balcony. Look at my peas...they are covered in white fungus the leaves are dying from the bottom up. I'm heartbroken! I love my peas - the flowers were beautiful and the peas were so tasty. I think I am going to have to throw them away.
They have actually gone downhill a lot over the weekend since I took this photo. All but the top leaves are yellow now and the leaves and pods have white mould on them. Sob! I don't think I can save them now but if anyone has any tips as to what I've done wrong here I would really appreciate it. Personally I am going to blame it on the neighbours :)
Here's something nice though. I read Martin's blog at The Good Life where he had a pepper which didn't germinate until he put it in the greenhouse. I have 4 yellow peppers which also wouldn't germinate, so a week or so ago I moved them to the sunniest windowsill we have, and look what's happened...
One out of 4! Thanks for the tip guys. It's a real shame about my peas, but you live and learn. The tomatoes are STILL green, but don't worry - you'll be the first to know when they're edible!
I hope you all had great weekends :)


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Placed at: Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
Education: BA (Political Science), University of Pune and MA Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Prior work experience:
- Priya Tayde has held work profiles which required her to observe governance practices in different economic contexts. She has been involved in advocacy, research, campaigning and policy drafting.
One key work during fellowship
- Remotest villages in the districts face quite some difficulties in accessing basic services. A measure is needed to identify the remotest villages for right targeting
What was done:
- A statistical indicator called ""Net Infrastructure Index"" for Physical Infrastructure accessibility was developed.
The index is based on the distance a villager would travel in order to access a particular service.
Includes an account of 12 services marked for all 1,688 villages across the district.
- Helped to understand the geographic as well as service areas where performance of the district was weak
Fund planning is being done accordingly
NII is been widely used to measure the development effort done in the district and appreciated across the state.


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The Wood's Edge
The Pathfinders Book 1
Lori Benton
A split second decision changes the course for two different families. During a moment of weakness Reginald exchanges his dead child for a living one. Both mothers are sleeping and Reginald sees the other mother, a white woman raised Indian, lying there with her twin sons. One is dark like his father and one is fair like his mother. Reginald prays that his wife and the other mother won't notice the switch since the babies are so young. But Good Voice notices that her baby has been switched and connects the dots. Her husband, Stone Thrower, will want revenge for his missing son. Two families are hopelessly intertwined. Two brothers are missing each other.
This author is able to weave a plot so full of details and history that it makes the story come alive. Twists in the story keep the reader in suspense and make the plot richer. I have yet to read something by this author that doesn't reach in and touch my heart. The emotions of the characters are real and heartfelt. The history that the author mixes liberally with the fiction makes me feel like I'm a part of the time period. Sometimes, especially during the middle of the book, I felt a bit bogged down in the details. But I'm sure this won't be a problem for most people. The story ended well and I'm glad I read it.
I received this book free of charge from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review.


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Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion ebook
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Publication Date 1 Sep 2015
Publisher Oxford VitalSource eBook
Author(s) Jirojwong, Sansnee; Liamputtong, Pranee
OverviewFollowing the process of doing a community based health promotion project, this book shows how to progress from thinking about and assessing the health needs of a community to how to plan, implement, and evaluate a health promotion project for a particular group or population. Using real world case studies and examples, the text provides students with an introduction to community health within a population health and health promotion framework, and explains how these areas work together in practice.Written to suit nursing, public health and allied health students.Includes case studies and examples from communities in developing and developed countries.Does not assume any prior knowledge of research or statistics.Experienced author team of researchers, educators and practitioners.Keywords explained in margin notes throughout the book.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
As He Said
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
--Matthew 28:1-9
And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
--Luke 24:25-27
The Lord is risen! Our faith is not in vain, for all that was prophesied has been fulfilled. Christ is risen from the dead, and death is conquered forever!
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Pune: A special court here has sentenced
fake stamp paper scam accused Abdul Karim Telgi to 10 years of
rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 9 lakh in
a case registered with Nashik police in 2000.
Telgi, who is facing 47 cases in connection with the
scam, pleaded guilty in the Nashik case through
video-conferencing on Friday from Bangalore where he is lodged
in a jail, his lawyer said on Saturday.
The kingpin of the multi-crore scam is already undergoing
a 13 years RI after his conviction in 2007 in a case filed by
Pune police.
The court had also sentenced Telgi to ten-year RI on June
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Morning, all! Down in the infusion center here at 18th and Williams in Denver for the 2nd day of the homecoming for my little white cells. Just sitting here getting a bag of fluids before they march the 2nd set of my BFFs up my chest and into my superior vena cava, so I thought I would share some birthday photos from yesterday.
Pre-party activities start with getting the warming bath going:
The party starts when the delivery service rolls in the super-cooled bathtub with my cells:
Put on the big gloves, dive in and pull out some super-cooled Geo blood:
Next, they give me this:
While the blood is warming up, get the plumbing prepped for the actual transfer operation:
And it goes in - and I barf. Instantly. Well, maybe not instantly, but < 60 seconds from the start. Ah, well. But out of it you get to wear a cute little dishrag on your head:
Through it all, of course, Susan is here to cheer me on, defend my interests and kick ass as required:
The whole procedure goes pretty quickly - probably < an hour for the transplant. And at the end of it, I have more healthy blood cells then when I started:
So, hope you enjoyed the tour! It was a good day, only tempered by the fact that I was definitely feeling a bit beat up from getting 18 doses of chemo last week. I suspect that I'll be feeling intermittently yucky for the next week or so while my body heals from the chemo. But along with that healing I will be getting my immune system reset which is super exciting!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
2nd birthday photos
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Friday, November 19, 2010
While I seal the pelican carving I started a new painting. Here's a WIP photo from last night and today. I'm hoping to get this finished before next Tues. with the holiday coming up. I know that's going to cut into painting time. This is as usual, a miniature, done in acrylic. The reference was taken on our recent trip to Louisiana when we were out boating with friends. This fellow was one of the few who stayed put as we passed. We decided he was a "ham" and was posing for the camera. ;-)
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Sorry Deb, this silly blogger thing deleted rather than published your comment. I have been having trouble getting into it lately too. Sometimes it lets me in, sometimes not...
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|I'm calling it the Upsa Daisy. Isn't she cute?
Does anyone remember a set of books from the early 80s about plucky heroines, each book titled after the main character? Titles like Caroline, Elizabeth, and others? I was probably around ten years old when I was reading them, and they were so dreamy to me. They were historical fiction, and the title character always had two problems. One, she had an historically important problem of the time. I distinctly remember one book where the girl was a Suffragette. And her second, not quite so historically important problem, but the Biggest Problem In the World? TWO suitors! Who did she pick? The (good) reader never knew until the last chapter. Always the last chapter. Not a "good" reader (then, as now), I
Anyway, that is why I'm showing you the finished hat first. But now I'm telling you that I had the pink part finished for a week before I could get up the mojo to knit the six white petals. Once I did it, it took about twenty minutes, tops.
|Petals at the ready
|No real science to it, just pin and go.
|It is amazing how many of my knitting pictures look like this, with a glass of wine in the background.
|Not exact, but perfect nonetheless.
And of course, the gratuitous picture of a fluffy dog.
|Brett, examining the finished product.


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I lose a lot of things....pretty much everyday I lose something or other. Most days, it's the remote control.
Enter: My husband's gift:
A lovely remote.
And it's half the size of my daughter.
It's impossible to lose.
Aren't those ruffles cute?
And doesn't she look old?
Henry is gaining some independence. The other morning he beat me downstairs and this is what I found. He had opened a banana and sliced it himself. (thank goodness for our IKEA plastic silverware!)
The next morning he tried to slather on half a stick of butter onto a piece of toast. He also had a chair up to the fridge and was in the freezer trying to get out some ice.
Guess we have to pay more attention, huh?
We had a great weekend. We ate lunch on Friday on the 40-something floor of a building downtown with some friends. It was so cool! I really don't think I've been up that high before. We had our annual pumpkin carving contest with our Adult Bible Fellowship group and it was great like always. My hard working husband had to work all day yesterday after church, so it was an uneventful day, but still good.
We've got a busy week planned....but looking forward to it!


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Pictures from Phoenix and sometimes from the surrounding cities that make up the "Valley of the Sun"
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Phoenix Daily Photo Turns 4
Today is the 4th anniversary for Phoenix Daily Photo and I thought I'd revisit the subject of my very first post, the Arizona State Capitol. This photo was taken looking down Washington Street heading right toward the capitol building. You can see our Centennial banners hanging from the light poles along the street and announcing that the state is 100 years old.
13 comments:
- Kate said...
4 Years is a goodly, long time to post photos on CDP! Happy Anniversary...our group is richer for having you among us. Your photos and commentary are always interesting and skillfully done. Have a good day!!
- July 11, 2012 at 4:19 AM
- Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...
Congratulations on all of the posting and photography you have done.
The old Capitol building and dome is so beautiful, and what a shame to have dwarfed it with the ugly, nearly featureless mass of concrete behind it that is the executive office building. It looks like a giant pill box, which is perhaps appropriate for the bunker mentality that some politicians have.
- July 11, 2012 at 4:22 AM
- brattcat said...
Happy Blog-a-versary!
- July 11, 2012 at 5:26 AM
- JM said...
Congratulations, Sharon! It's been a pleasure visiting your page over the years.
- July 11, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- Memphis MOJO said...
Congrats on the milestone.
- July 11, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- RedPat said...
Wow - Sharon, that is great! Happy blog anniversary! I enjoy your posts every day.
- July 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM
- Lowell said...
Four years of regular blogging takes a certain commitment and I appreciate what you've done very much.
Congrats and I hope you'll continue entertaining us with such fun and significant photos of your city in the sun.
- July 11, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- Judy said...
Congratulations for reaching the 4 year mark! Not an easy task but you have done it with style.
- July 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Magpie said...
Happy Fourth Birthday! What a wonderful accomplishment.
- July 11, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Randy said...
Happy Anniversary Sharon. Looking forward to year number 5.
- July 11, 2012 at 6:26 PM
- Jack said...
Four years! Wow. You are a pioneer. So, what got you started?
- July 11, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Thérèse said...
What a milestone! Happy anniversary. I hope the idea of selling the buildings failed...
- July 11, 2012 at 11:31 PM
- PerthDailyPhoto said...
Huge Congratulations Sharon, what an amazing accomplishment. It's been a pleasure visiting and I hope to keep doing so for years to come. Love this top image, is that a heat haze i can see shimmering on the avenue down to the State Capitol?
- July 12, 2012 at 7:02 AM


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Here's the book (notice the fridge magnets? There are two others of Rebecca's on there also. And, yes that is a 1980's Sindy doll sitting on the bottle lamps!)
When Dreams Come True - a novel for older children and teens:
Charlie is happiest when biking with Max and Toby, or watching films with Allie. But when Charlie reaches year nine (age 13), everything begins to change.
As her friends develop new interests, Charlie's dreams become more frequent and vivid, and a family crisis tears her away from her friends.
How will Charlie react when old family secrets are revealed? Will her life change completely when some of her dreams start to come true?
Here's some various places you can buy it:
Read Rebecca Emin's blog here, find out more about her other books, see the anthologies her work has featured in here, and visit Rebecca's site for younger readers.


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Title: When the Past Comes Knocking
Penname: TheDarkestFallingStar
Summary: In a time of war three sides look for the mighty Siren Wolf of mutant lore. But Isa hasn't been the same since she had lost her mate… so when she find out he is alive, she couldn't help but go to him. Except; he doesn't remember who she is.
Author Note: Still chained in the Land of Arda!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything x-men or twilight related!
Third POV
The flight back to the academy was silent and tense; no one could make a sound as they stared at Siren Wolf. Even the younger kids couldn't say a word.
They all had heard of Siren Wolf, the strongest Omega there ever was and probably ever will be. They also knew that she was ruthless and deadly, she could take down an army or city with a flick of a wrist. But Marie couldn't see that monster in the woman before her, all she could see with the pain and the loss, a broken spirit.
"Isa?" Charlie spoke nervously, breaking the near deafening silence once the jet landed. "There's something you should know before you get off the plane."
Bella continued to stare at the seat before her but she tilted her he'd slightly to indicate that she was listening. Besides being lost in her memories, Bella was listening to all the thoughts around her.
"Charles called in Magneto."
The hiss that escaped Bella's lips was close to a snarl as she jerked to her feet, sending the cards Remy was shuffling everywhere. Her form flickered for a brief second before suddenly she was gone.
"You be not thinkin' Shadow, should have told Cherie when we be with her." Gambit tisked before sprinting towards the mansion with Logan and Storm on his tail.
The scene they ran into was chaos, kids were running to their rooms as the sounds of cracks and splintering wood filled the halls. The three of them came to a skidding stop as Beast flew through the wall and crashed into the other side.
"I'd advise going in there if I were you." He groaned, shaking the debris from his fur. "Ms Howlett is not happy."
The house shook as a roar echoed from the room and Logan didn't hesitate for a second diving through the hole as the scent of blood reached his nose. He quickly found his wife and tackled her off of Magneto in a blink of an eye, grunting as bone claws dug into his kidney.
"Calm down Darlin'!" He huffed, jerking his head away as she went to bite.
At the sound of her Husband's voice Bella stilled, her vision clearing of the red haze and blinked down in horror. "Oh god!" She choked out, springing back from him.
"Now I'm fine Darlin', don't get yerself in a tizzy." That was all Logan could say as he saw the guilt and grief well up in her eyes. "I'm good as new, see."
Bella eyed the spot where she had stabbed her husband critically before nodding and accepting what he said as she watched the wound heal; leaving no sign of a wound at all.
"Can someone explain to me why she attacked us?" Erik groaned out as Storm helped him to his feet.
"Why don't you take a guess?" Gambit snorted out as he went to stand by his sister's side, clearly showing who his loyalties lied with.
"I've never seen her in my life." That was the truth, he indeed has never seen her in his life as well as the fact that not many did and lived to tell about it.
Isa growled low in her throat. "Who you be huntin' before Jean went all Phoenix? Who you think be killin' all your minions? The child you sent?"
Gambit shot her an apologetic look as he saw her flinch at the mention of the child she killed.
Charles watched the scene before him with sad eyes as he saw the distinct shift in the room, Logan stood with Marie between him, the x-men and his wife; unsure where to stand while Erik and Raven sat on the other side of the room.
"What made you think Siren Wolf would help you with your… Crusade?" The words came out in a hiss, drawing all eyes to the very tense Bella. "Any of your sides?"
"Darlin'…" Logan began.
"No I wish to know, curious is all." She shrugged showing a facade of calm composure.
"Go on, I'd answer her." Charlie chuckled, knowing full well his oldest friend was pissed.
Both Charles and Erik shared a look; they didn't really know why they wanted her on their side. Erik just wanted equality, as the humans had all but wiped out their kind or planned to. Charles just wanted peace, acceptance and with Siren Wolf it could have been achieved.
Bella let out a little hummed as she looked between them both. "Peace and Equality through any means necessary. The wants and desires by every dictator who has ever walked the earth, it's because of well-meant peace and equality that killed thousands. Well sorry to say after this you're on your own, she ain't gonna help you."
"How do you know? She could, she will!" All eyes snapped to Raven, a snort escaping a few in the room who knew the truth.
"My you're full of delusions aren't you? Do you know Siren Wolf's first rule is? Don't kill children. Tell me Raven, who'd you send to hunt for her last? How old was he exactly?" With each word Bella stalked towards the Metamorph; a dark glint in her eyes. "Well?"
When both failed to answer, they found themselves in the air; the woman before them a deep charcoal and flaming red hair. "Let me tell you then! He was SIXTEEN! I woke to find my claws plunged into his neck!"
"You…?" Magneto gasped out as he realised who exactly the woman was.
"Yes… You didn't need to find me after all." She chuckled darkly before smirking. "Lets see how you two do as powerless for once, except this time the cure wont wear off."
Everyone watched on in horror as Mystique and Magneto cried out, their eyes glowing as Siren Wolf laughed. They could move, to stunned or afraid to even dare stop her and in a blink of an eye she was done. Erik lay panting on the bed and Raven lay curled on the floor, her blue skin flesh colored once more.
Author Note: Well here is another chapter! Shorter I know but hey it's a chapter right?


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Coming to a Bike Path Near You October 5, 2013
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to get the latest on the renovations that have kept direct access from India Point to the East Bay Bike Path closed for the past year. The tour was arranged as one of the many activities offered at this year's 4th annual New England Bike-Walk Summit at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Providence.
The Washington Bridge over the Seekonk River
The Summit is hosted by the East Coast Greenway and attracts community planners and advocates for improved biking and walking conditions in our cities and towns. For the event, Providence is showcased as an example of successes, failures, and to-be-determined activity that other places can relate to. The Washington Bridge - or George Redmond Linear Park as it will be known - is the final piece of the Washington Bridge reconstruction that replaced the old arch bridge from the 1930's with a modern steel beam highway bridge over the Seekonk River.
future crossing
The linear park is an example of some creative collaboration between Local, State, and Federal agencies that will result in a significant improvement for cyclists and pedestrians who have endured limited access to this important crossing through the years. Those who have used the old sidewalk next to the highway remember the narrow concrete channel with high speed cars and trucks just a chainlink fence away.
remember this?
It has been a long process, but today we saw the progress being made since the project began in 2007. Essentially the original bridge was sliced along its length so that 20 feet of the original width remains on the downstream side. The original arches and facade are being restored so that the view from the river remains from the original 1930 structure. It is the historical significance of the original arched spans that justified preserving this section of the bridge and allowed for a separated bike and pedestrian crossing.
Geo.Washington was here
The project is expected to be completed sometime in the summer of 2014, and according to Bill Desantis of the primary design firm Vanasse Hangen and Brustlin (VHB), construction is running a month behind schedule. In the meantime, non-motorized traffic will continue to be redirected to the Henderson Bridge which crosses the Seekonk about 1 mile to the north for a total detour of approximately 3 miles.
coming along
When it is completed this facility will not only be the best way for cyclists and pedestrians to cross the Seekonk River, but will link two important state bike routes, the Blackstone River and East Bay bike paths. In addition, The East Coast Greenway uses this connection in its route from Maine to Florida. This could prove to be a significant attraction to boost tourism, particularly bicycle tourism in the region prompting further improvements to the bike-ped infrastructure in Providence.


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In the dark hours early Saturday morning, I made my way down to Redondo to ride on the 3/4 day boat, the Tradition. I had fished down there before, but on the Redondo Special. On that particular day, it was when the hot WSB bite hit the South Bay last summer. I was a jig cast away across the water on the Special, while the Tradition pulled 13 of the elusive ghosts over the rail. Our boat…it was a big goose egg 😦 Ever since, I've been wanting to get onboard.
Along the way, I had made friends with Jimmy Bass, whose dad owns the boat. Last month, Jimmy posted a guest report here on the blog. I've been noticing they've done really well in their counts on the bass. When Jimmy asked me to come down and it was open on my schedule, I was excited to go fish with him.
The Tradition was out of the water late Dec/early Jan. During that time, Jimmy and some of the Tradition regulars had come up to join us in MDR. I recognized a couple of the 13 other anglers riding when I arrived. We boarded the boat at 6am and met the crew: Capt. Steve, Morgan on deck, and Kevin in the galley. First stop, the bait dock where we picked up some really nice sized smaller sardines. There was freshly dead frozen squid already onboard.
About 30 min out of the harbor, in about 200 feet of water, we anchored up and started fishing for sculpin. It was cold and pretty windy. The current was a little strange too, so we weren't able to stay too long on the spot before the boat swung around and needed to reset. That said, I might have been the first on the boat to score as I picked up a nice sized scully on my first drop. Once we reset, I was able to quickly limit out. I used a single dropper loop with a with a 1/2 oz leadhead. On the leadhead was a glow grubtail and a strip of squid. The boat hadn't hit limit yet though, so I tried using a plain hook instead and using the sardines. Jimmy likes to go this way as he said it yields a bigger sculpin. Definitely a little trickier to fish them this way, but Jimmy was right as the picture below attests.
Once we were done with the sculpin, we headed inshore over by the oil pipeline. Here we tried a few halibut drifts inside the marker buoys in 30-40 feet of water. Now the wind had died down a bit and we weren't getting in much of a drift. We tried 3 times and had nothing to show for it, not even any promising bites. I was glad we tried though.
From there we focused on getting bass. We started out in front of Venice…not much happening. Moved north a bit where we had better luck, but still not great. I managed a couple more sculpin (threw 'em back), but no bass. Jimmy and a few of the other anglers had better luck. Tom scored a nice sand bass to take the jackpot.
Final count: 4 calico, 22 sandies, 70 sculpin. On the way home, Capt. Steve slowed down and Morgan and Jimmy grabbed gaffs and headed to the bow. Hmmm, what's up I wondered. I went up to take a look and saw a pretty large sea lion just underneath the surface. In his mouth was the unmistakable white belly of I guessed to be about a 20lb halibut. They tried to snatch away the fish from him, but it was his day and not ours. Not a great day, but time on the water. I tried something new fishing for sculpin with sardines, and had a good ride on a new boat. I'll be back again. Tight lines!


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Song Bird Scraps May Challenge
Friends Forever
First things first, the new lyrics for the first May Challenge over at Song Bird Scraps are up, and I'm sure you'll find they provide plenty of inspiration. Do try and join us in the fun this month, there's some pp to be won that I'm sure will be a much needed (LOL) addition to your stash...
These are the lyrics:
Angus & Julia Stone - Bella
I used the first set of lyrics for my DT example.
This is me on the right (having an extremely bad hairday) and my best friend. We only met about one and a half year ago. I had never thought to find my very best friend at the age of 35...
Not only was I inspired by the lyrics, I also added some extra stuff for the NSD challenges over at Studio Calico. One challenge was to use fabric as a background, which I had never done before, but I love the look of it so much I'm definitely going to be trying that again! (Didn't win btw). The other challenge was to use cute little animals from a pp in the LO. I used the little birds at the bottom of the page (Basic Grey/Offbeat/Carefree paper) and the little bird flying near the sun (Sassafras paper). Now I so love challenges like that, because I have to admit, I never would have thought of adding these to a page by myself, I definitely need something like that to get my creative juices flowing, I just don't have the fantasy/creativity to come up with ideas like that myself. The results of that challenge haven't been posted yet, but I doubt wether my little birds will have done the trick ... still, I love this addition to the page, so I've won already LOL.
The next LO I want to show you is a bit different. Actually, I didn't like it at all at first, but I didn't hate it enough to start all over again. However, after I kept it in sight for a few days, I grew used to it and now I'm starting to kinda like it.
There's something not right with the colours, I know, I tried to fix it but couldn't.
Anyway, I based this LO on the April sketch over at Prima's Build A Page. I submitted it for the challenge too, but it never even made it to the gallery LOL. I did ask up front if it was okay to submit a LO which didn't have Prima Products included, and it was, but I guess they figured this to be a bit too ... can't find the right word here, ugly maybe LOL.
I had never worked with a sketch before, and I found it quite difficult, don't know if I'll ever be trying that again. I like to do my own thing, and I find it harder when I have a preset image in my mind, because it never ends up the way I had envisioned it, which can be quite disappointing.
The sketch however was perfect for these pics I made in a theme park on my son's birthday, so it had to be a boy's page, because this is going in my son's album. I do love the stitching I did, I think the design was perfect here. So I don't hate all of it LOL.
The journaling reads:
When we told Yannis he could either give a party or visit Bobbejaanland for his 9th birthday, the choice was easily made. The Typhoon was the absolute favorite attraction of both Yannis and Chloë. Christina didn't want to go in at first, but by the end of the day she decided to give it a try. This to my regret, because it meant I had to go too to accompany her ... their idea of fun, not mine!
Dreamgirls Challenge / Artastic Challenge
There is no me without you
On the next LO. This is the LO I made in the middle of the night (remember my previous post ...).
The pic is crooked, the LO itself is not!
I was inspired by quite a few challenges for this one. I made this for the NSD All Day Challenge over at scrapbook.com. The assignment was to make a LO about ME, not my favorite topic! I cheated a bit though, because though it's about me, it's about my love for my kids, so it's still about them too LOL. I got the idea for this LO when I saw the challenge over at Dreamgirls, which was to create a LO about a mother/child relationship. Over at the Artastic Challenge Blog, there is a challenge going on this month wich is inspired by a beautiful painting by Salvador Dali (Landscape with butterflies). As it happens, the colours of that painting matched my pic beautifully, so I used those colours for my LO and that's how I got the idea for the butterflies.
Just a little note: this was the first time I used ink (Tim Holtz distress inks) on my chipboard alphas, and I just have to say, the result of that IRL is stunning!!!! Probably not a new thing to any of you, but to me it was a revelation LOL! The butterflies are Tim Holtz grungeboard (Nature) which I inked with distress inks as well.
The journaling reads:
What I feel for my kids is so much more than mere love, it's a kind of love that's hard to describe. It's a kind of everlasting being in love, a constant feeling of butterflies in my stomach. I would be lost without my children, they are the reason of my existence.
Well, only just the little matter of my RAK left.
My sweet friend Jane Smith started this little RAK-game, which has but one rule: if you win this RAK, you are to go through your stash and put together a little RAK of your own. This might be items which have been used already, they don't have to be new or complete! The idea is not to spend money here, it's to share stuff you'll probably won't use yourself anymore.
If you win, on receiving your RAK you will need to post a photo of your give-away, and link back to the previous RAK-giver. Here's the link to Jane's post.
My RAK:
I encluded some chipboard alphas, foam stickers, ribbon, felt dragonflies, tags (file folder style) and some playing cards. Like I said, it's not much, but it just might make someone happy.
Depending on the shipping costs, I might also include this stamping set:
This set is still in the packaging, as I have it double. If you want to see what the stamps look like, I used these alphas for my title in my "there is no me without you" LO.
What I would like you to do in order to receive this RAK is of course leave me a comment concerning this blog post, and to give me some advice, either about my scrapping or about my blog. For example, what do you like/dislike about my work, do you have a favorite LO/technique you'd like to see more of, do you have any suggestions to improve my blog, etc... Don't be shy, I love compliments but now and again I feel it's necessary to receive some constructive criticism as well!! I'm curious for your comments ... You have until Sunday 10th, I'll be posting the winner on Monday.
Like I said, I do love comments, so spread the word of my little RAK. I do hope you'll join this fun game! Oh, forgot to say, this is open for all countries!
Wow, I made it, and hopefully, so did you! Thanks for reading all the way through till the end!