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Wash, rinse, repeat. As a beauty addict, there are a lot of rituals in my daily routine that are definitely now a habit. Other beauty addicts might agree. For example, it's not only methodical but habitual how I wash my face, pat dry, tone with cotton pad (chin upwards to forehead), two drops of serum, pat pat, dollop of moisturizer, upwards strokes, mist mist...aah..pat, pat.
Which got me thinking about habits. I haven't been a beauty blogger my entire life- duh. This skincare ritual is fairly new, as a matter of fact, and now each step is like breathing. If I'm not present, I could go through this entire routine and walk out of the bathroom fresh faced- without a thought of what I'm doing.
It's scary and magical actually. Scary because, without having to be conscious of it, our everyday thoughts are becoming habits- habits of being mean to yourself, judgmental to others or sitting in fear and anxiety. But Magical because, if we only got conscious about it...we could change it...and it could be easy, and it could happen fairly quickly. Everyday we are shaping who we will become.
Next time we wash, rinse, repeat...let's also tune into the thought that are in our heads. What are we saying to ourselves, what are we saying about others? What pathways are we strengthening and what pathways do we want to strengthen instead? And once we decide all of that....wash, rinse, repeat.

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Artist: Kabbage1977
Title of the Compilation: Trancetastic Mix 170.
Date of Recording: [08/02/13]
Time: 55:51
File Size: 127.9 MB
Bit Rate/File Format: 320 kbps Mp3
Equipment Used: Pioneer CDJ 1000 Mk2/ DJM 600.
Genre: Uplifting/ Tech Trance.
Hello and good day! here we go, Trancetastic Mix 170!
1: Matt Bukovski feat. Ellie Lawson - Breathe In Breathe Out (Uplifting Mix) - [A&R Recordings]
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Protection and Safety are the main reasons why many users consume spy applications. There are many uses of spy applications as well as benefits. The reality of a spy application and its consumption in the market shows how individuals and businesses build their trust in these applications. Read this article for the various uses of the spy application. Some of the uses of spy applications include;
Information gathering
Spyware applications gather information about the usage of private or business communication devices. With a spy app it is possible to monitor communication logs from a linked device enabling one to tap into the call history, SMS, Email, Chat messages and Social media activity.
The information collected can be used to make the general analysis of the device usage and gauge its benefits in the business or at home. Moreover, with the use of private logs, one can access the screen display and audio settings of the device despite physical distance.
Limiting asset misuse
Cell phone spy apps are used to limit device misuse. The spy app can monitor the usage of the communication devices by avoiding personal use of private or business assets. These assists control the phone bills.
Employee productivity and performance
Using a spy app a user can be able to trace the movement of an employee especially for field agents and sales agents who work under minimal supervision. The spy application user can trace the location of the employee at all times ensuring that they commit their efforts as expected. Moreover, for house managers, it is possible to monitor their house activities from the comfort of your work desk.
Security and safety
Spy app installation in children phones comes in handy especially to protect them from exposure to cyber bullying or wrong companies. This app locates the location of children at all times and informs a concerned parent on when to take control measures to limit some social behavior that would risk their health or would expose them to criminal activity. Moreover, in risky jobs, using a spy app to track an employee guarantees the safety of the employee and ensures that they are monitored at all times. Also, in the case of insecure neighborhoods, one can minimize the exposure to kidnapping through the use of the spy app.
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Bible 2016: 15 November Daily Bible Reading
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Today's reading in Ezekiel continues the prophecy against Egypt. The Assyrian empire was like a tall and strong cedar tree – the very trees of Eden envied it. The tree was brought down, however, just as Egypt shall be. Egypt is imagined as a large threatening animal, such as a lion or a whale, caught, slain and left exposed to the elements. The sky will be darkened, and surrounding nations terrified. Egypt will be left so desolate, that its rivers shall run as smooth as oil, with nobody to disturb them. God orders the slain Pharaoh and his host to be dragged down to the lower regions of the earth. The Pharaoh will share these regions with uncircumcised tyrants and oppressors. The Pharaoh's particular region is for those who have been slain by the sword.
Today's passage in Hebrews references Exodus 19:12-13; Deuteronomy 9:19; Jeremiah 31:31; Haggai 2:6; and Deuteronomy 4:24.
Ezekiel 31-32
31 In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh's word came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: its rivers ran all around its plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out. 6 All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth to their young; and all great nations lived under its shadow. 7 Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. 9 I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. 10 Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: Because you are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 11 I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12 Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 13 On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the animals of the field shall be on his branches; 14 to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, even all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the children of men, with those who go down to the pit. 15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol [a] I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol[b] with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth. 17 They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, who lived under his shadow in the middle of the nations. 18 To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh's word came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet you are as a monster in the seas; and you broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers. 3 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net. 4 I will leave you on the land, I will cast you out on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you. 5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height. 6 I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you. 7 When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh. 9 I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. 10 Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall. 11 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come on you. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of animals trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh. 16 This is the lamentation with which they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, says the Lord Yahweh. 17 Also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, Yahweh's word came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. 19 Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall among those who are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the middle of Sheol [c] with those who help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are all around her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword; 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed among the slain with all her multitude; her graves are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put among those who are slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are around them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 They shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 But you shall be broken among the uncircumcised, and shall lie with those who are slain by the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh. 32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
Hebrews 12:14-29
14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, 15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; 16 lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal. 17 For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears. 18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned"; 21 and so fearful was the appearance that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels, 23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, 26 whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens." 27 This phrase, "Yet once more", signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Psalm 113-114
113 Praise Yah!
Praise, you servants of Yahweh,
praise Yahweh's name.
2 Blessed be Yahweh's name,
from this time forward and forever more.
3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same,
Yahweh's name is to be praised.
4 Yahweh is high above all nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like Yahweh, our God,
who has his seat on high,
6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 He raises up the poor out of the dust.
Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
8 that he may set him with princes,
even with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the barren woman in her home,
as a joyful mother of children.
Praise Yah!
114 When Israel went out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2 Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled.
The Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the little hills like lambs.
5 What was it, you sea, that you fled?
You Jordan, that you turned back?
6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams;
you little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of waters.
Proverbs 27:18-20
18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Like water reflects a face,
so a man's heart reflects the man.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man's eyes are never satisfied.


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No, not the envious, I-can't-believe-how-cool-she-is look. This look is rather more disdainful, aimed at both my screaming toddler and me, silently judging us both as he rolls on the floor in the throes of a full-on tantrum.
And can I blame said individual? No, not even one iota, because back before I had children, I was likely the one giving 'the look'. Wailing infant while I'm eating my meal out? Bring on the raised eyebrows. Toddler kicking my chair as I recline on an airplane? Cue the death stare. 'Why can't these parents control their children?' I'd not-so-silently wonder to whoever was nearest.
So perhaps it's fitting that now, I'm a recipient of 'the look' . . quite frequently, actually. For as much as you discipline your child, try your best to instill manners and respect for others, and generally attempt to raise a nice human being, chances are that at some point — generally when you're out in public, or when you really want to make a good impression — they'll to do their best to impersonate the world's most spoiled child, a little Hitler, or something from The Exorcist.
Case in point: on a recent trip to the mall, I had the temerity to deny my toddler the thing he lives and breathes for (apart from Peppa Pig): rice cakes. Lunch was creeping up, and I knew if he scoffed his snack, he wouldn't be hungry. Cue rolling on the floor, an ear-piercing scream, and lots of stomping. As I retreated several feet to fully appreciate the spectacle (read: to get away), many shoppers passed by, attempting to find the sorry parent on whom they could affix 'the look'. I shrank back nonchalantly, shaking my head while trying to distance myself as I watched my child's antics.
Eventually, he ran out of steam . . . until I managed to get him strapped into the buggy. 'No Mama nice!' he yelled, his tortured cries echoing off the high ceilings. 'No Mama nice!' An older woman passing by tut-tutted us as I scuttled towards the the ham-and-cheese haven of a nearby cafe.
And that's just one such scene. It's funny how, after countless episodes, you stop caring. It's more about survival, about extricating yourself and your child from the situation with as little struggle as possible. And now, when I see other parents dealing with stroppy, shouting toddlers, I give them another look: one of sympathy, of understanding, of 'I've been there, too'.
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Juvéderm is an injectable filler (injectable facial filler), used to soften deep folds and reduce wrinkles in the faces of patients. The substance is largely hyaluronic acid, a substance normally found in the skin and muscles. Juvederm is an FDA approved product and its prime use is removing nasolabial folds, or "smile lines," creases of skin which run from the corners of the nose to the corners of the mouth. It is also used for lip augmentation and to fill in hollow places and scars on the face. Juvederm products are eventually absorbed by the body, usually within 9-12 months, causing the patient to undergo repeat injections to maintain the younger look.
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Are there things I need to do before the treatment?
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Amazon is a household name in today's society. The Seattle-based online retailer and cloud computing company is highly recognized and well established, so it's no wonder that in addition to being a popular shopping destination and business partner, the company is an in-demand employer as well.
To help AIU students and alumni better understand the ins and outs of applying for a position at Amazon, our Employer Services team recently hosted Amazon Military Recruiter Charles Hulka and Operations Recruiter Tori Clements in a webinar about Amazon and its employment opportunities. While all organizations are unique, those attending learned that Amazon is cut from a different cloth—all the way from their application process to their work environment—and it's imperative for applicants to go in with their eyes open wide.
Charles Hulka and Tori Clements shared these five key points that those considering applying for a job with Amazon should keep in mind:
1. You MUST be open to relocation.
The recruiters could not stress this point enough. Even when looking through Amazon's open positions, they said, don't be swayed by the job's location. That's not a guaranteed location at all—rather, recruiters are required to assign a location to simply post a job. If there is only one state you want to work in, chances are high you may not be able to get that location. Applicants should have five to 10 states to which they are willing to relocate (the company does fund relocation support for some roles). While Amazon will try to accommodate applicants' preferred destinations, there's no guarantee. The bottom line is that if you want to make it through the initial part of the application process with Amazon, check the box that says "Yes" to "Are you willing to relocate if needed?" and mean it.
2. A bachelor's degree is required.
Operation Management jobs with Amazon require a bachelor's degree. However, that doesn't mean you can't interview or apply for a job. If you are within one to three months of graduating with your bachelor's degree, you can still go ahead and apply. If you pass the application and interview process and receive an offer, they'll be inclined to hold the job for you until you have that diploma in your hand; however, they cannot hold specific locations. It all depends on the site's availability and how quickly they need a hire.
3. This isn't your father's interview.
Far from it! Amazon is one of the country's biggest employers, with 180,000 U.S.-based workers in 2016. As such, there are many open positions and many job seekers interested in joining the team. To ensure each employee is a solid match for the organization, the most basic application process includes the following:
- You submit your application. To have the best chance of being noticed, make sure your resume is catered to the specific job description. A "catch-all" resume will easily be passed by if it doesn't directly address the job's qualifications
- You take a virtual job assessment that helps determine if you are a good fit for the job (your professional background, your schedule availability, what is expected of you in the role, etc.).
- If you pass the assessment, you either 1) do a phone screening with a recruiter, or 2) have a webcam interview where your video recording is sent to a hiring manager.
- If you pass the screening/webcam interview, you are flown out for an onsite interview event (these are held across the country). You will likely interview with three to four leaders from the area in which you are applying to work, as well as a Human Resources leader.
- If you are inclined for hire after the in-person interview, they'll make you an offer and conduct a background check (offers are contingent upon site and relocation availability/preference). If you are not inclined after the interview you will still receive a call from a recruiter to answer any questions you may have. Specific feedback from the interviews cannot be disclosed.
And that is the standard application and interview process.
4. Amazon is fast-paced.
If you thrive in a stable 9-5 environment, it's very likely that you may not mesh well with Amazon. The company is constantly evolving. The pace is fast, the volume is high, staff are hired quickly, and new ideas are bouncing around and getting implemented frequently.
5. Amazon prides itself on employees' growth.
Both recruiters emphasized how Amazon embraces people being themselves and exploring their own talents to grow in the company. The rigorous application and interview process is structured to help ensure that employees can excel in their position. Amazon's own website says that they offer their fulfillment center associates up to $5,000 to quit once a year. Why? "We're upfront with employees that we hope they don't take the offer, but we want to give them a chance to think about what they really want. If they want to pursue a different career, we want to support that." So that's one you've probably never heard before.
From the thousands of organizations you can apply to, it's important to do your research beforehand to see if the work environment is a good match. If Amazon sounds like your missing puzzle piece, you can learn more about opportunities at Amazon by visiting our AIU Employer Network.
This Employer Information Session with Amazon was held on Feb. 2, 2017. If you have any questions about this event or future events, please contact email@example.com.


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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
So there I was at the gym, minding my business and doing tricep pulldowns at the cable pulley machine, when a guy I don't know approached me.
A bit more scene-setting detail: My earbuds were firmly in my ears, and I was mid-pulldown with the weight plate in the air when a man who is a total stranger to me and also not employed by the gym in any way walked over to where I was from where he had been standing across the floor. He planted himself a few inches from me, and did an exaggerated arm-wave-across-my-field-of-vision thing that would have been obnoxious anyway but was rendered even more so by the fact that he stood so close to me that I was uncomfortable continuing the exercise for safety reasons.
I let the weight down, turned to him, and said at a volume meant to emphasize that I was clearly listening to music and would not be removing my earbuds, "EXCUSE ME." My inflection put a period at the end of the two words, but it seems that he heard a question mark because he carried on.
Making a curving motion with his hands, he said, "You want to bend forward on that." In another life, I might have immediately come back with "And you want to back the fuck up." But in this life, though I'm just as black and female as I wanna be, I admit to considering the Angry Black Woman trope far more than I would like to, and adjusting public behavior because of it.
This guy was white, though I want to be clear that I feel he approached me out of purely gender-based fuckery. I can admit when I am the one "bringing race into it," and, although his white privilege might have been at play on a cellular level, I felt him flexing his patriarchy muscles as opposed to identifiably racist disdain.
I've been told what to do by white male strangers who say basic things with a snarl as though they wish they could personally repeal the Emancipation Proclamation right there and then, but this was not that. I say that to clarify that my suppression of my natural response here is all on me.
Also, I'm very good at advocating for others who are being bothered or harassed, but I sometimes break out the back stock of Benefit of the Doubt when it comes to myself. He wasn't wearing a uniform, but there was the possibility that he was still a trainer and technically doing his job of trying to sell training sessions, albeit in a piss poor way.
I was about to skip down that lane of self-doubt, but then I actually considered what he had said. Bend forward? Doing tricep pulldowns? Surely you jest! I'm not a professional trainer, but I've had enough of them to know that one ought to maintain upright posture with slightly bent knees for maximum safety and benefit, and that's what I was doing.
There is a version of a cable pulley tricep pulldown that's done in a modified squat with the upper body pitched toward the machine at a slight angle, complimented by the deeper bend at the knees, but this guy's helpful gesticulation told me that's not what he meant at all. Had he made a legitimate critique I might have offered a "Bad form/I'm tired/You have a point"-type of response and kept it moving. But this? LOL.
The only thing better than unsolicited mansplaining is when they're wrong and strong, so I decided to let this play out further in the interest of morphing my anger into amusement.
I took out one earbud, the universal symbol of "I'm not pausing my music so you'd better make this quick, buddy" and said, "Bend forward? What do you mean?"
He enthusiastically scooted into my position and tried to demonstrate. Tried. He couldn't move the weight stack, which is probably for the best since his form was so bad — curved forward right at his lower back — that he might have hurt his back if he had.
He lowered the amount of weight and admonished me for using "way too much weight" before ask-shouting "You don't want your arms to look muscle-y, do you?!?" in about the same tone of voice that one might use to ask, "You're not gonna barbecue that kitten, are you???!?"
Not only had he doubled-down on his ickiness, but I didn't want to give him the impression that approaching female strangers with misinformation leads to them stepping aside as you demonstrate, even though I wasn't taking him seriously.
I was wearing two layers of baggy, long sleeved shirts, as I usually do at public gyms, both because I prefer to stay warm and sweat more, and also to cover up, to be honest. In that other life I mentioned before I might dress without a single thought toward avoiding the male gaze, but in this life, I work out almost every day and if I can cut down on staring/harassment/being approached even a little, I will.
So this guy couldn't see that my arms are, in fact, already kinda "muscle-y," and he definitely couldn't see that I don't think that's a bad thing or that everything about his interaction was unwanted. But he was about to learn.
I told him that I'm fine looking "muscle-y" and that he had unsafe form and he might want to be careful in the future, and ended with a firm, "If you'll pardon me, I'm going to get back to my workout now." He walked away with a perplexed look on his face, possibly considering being careful not only with the weights, but with interrupting other people's workouts in the future.
By the way, this guy was about six inches shorter than I am and though he was thick with what appeared to be muscle, he also had a paunch and the aforementioned poor lifting form. He's free to exist in whatever body he pleases, of course, but since he saw fit to mention my body, I'm mentioning his. It's dangerous to assume someone else's state of mind, but I admit that the possibility of his having something to prove was a thought I entertained.
It's been a while since I've heard the ol' chestnut that visible muscle tone on women is undesirable, and it's so foolish that I can't even debate it. Sadly, the view remains and this type of thing happens every day, all over the place. What struck me afterwards was the personal reinforcement of just how teensy the parameters are for "acceptable" female bodies as set by that type of mentality.
If we took a swath of mainstream opinions, my body was undesirable when I was significantly overweight, and my thinner arms are undesirable now because of some visible muscle tone. So, congratulations to this guy and his ilk on upholding gender-based stereotypical beauty norms so narrow they could thread a needle, and now excuse me while I completely ignore you and snap your little needle in half.
I just had an impulse to write "and my arms aren't even very muscular at all," just to make it clear that I don't labor under the illusion that I'm toting around the formidable "guns" of a Schwarzenegger in his prime. But I don't want my need to neg myself to accidentally reinforce the bullshit because hey, what if they were "very muscular?"
What if we accept that these things are all relative anyway and you may think my arms are very muscular or even too muscular and that's fine, because of ALLLLLLLL the body insecurities I have and I'm working on, I'm actually kind of cool with my arms thankyouverymuch.
What if we accept that one person's "fat" may be another person's "happy" and one person's "skinny" may be another person's "healthy?" What if we could all rock our muscles and our rolls and our flatness and our curviness and all of it?
And what if a stranger could mind his fucking business about my body?


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Town of Cross, Buffalo County
February 23rd Town Board Meeting
Thursday, February 23rd 2017 at 7:00pm Town Hall
The Town Board of the Town of Cross, Buffalo County, Wisconsin hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town of Cross Board for Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 at 7:00pm at the Cross Town Hall.
Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance
Agenda was posted and on the website
Approve the agenda
Public input
Approve the minutes January 17th and February 6th Meetings
Review and pay the bills
Consider and take possible action on road maintenance*
Highway expenditures $ 42,143.29 / $250,000.00 yr
Consider and take possible action on flood damage
Consider and take possible action on Community Center/Town Hall
Consider and take possible action on clerk and treasurer salary
Fire Department Annual Meeting report
Set date for March Town Board Meeting
Primary: February 21st
WTA District Meetings: Friday, March 24
Concerns/information: supervisors, treasurer, clerk, chair
Any other business
Audit Meeting
The audit meeting for the purpose of auditing the financial books, will immediately follow the adjournment of the Town Board Meeting. Call to order/conduct audit and adjourn
/s/ Carrie A. Venner Carrie A Venner, Clerk
*Public input at discretion of chair Any person wishing to attend, who, because of a disability, requires special accommodation, should contact the town Chair 608 687 8175 at least twenty four (24) hours before the scheduled meeting time so appropriate arrangements can be made.


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Montgomery County Police Find Missing Rockville Man
UPDATED Police have located Eric Gibson.
Update: Eric Gibson has been located safe and unharmed. The Department thanks the public and media for sharing this missing person case.
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) March 25, 2016
Montgomery County police officers are asking for your help to locate a missing 37-year-old Rockville man.
Police said Eric Gibson left his residence in the 500 block of Fletcher Place near the Twinbrook area of Rockville on foot at approximately 6 p.m. on March 17. At that time he was wearing a green t-shirt and black sweatpants.
According to police, Gibson has a diminished mental capacity and is without his medication. He has been in Maryland for only two months and is not familiar with the area. Gibson is known to frequent the Twinbrook Shopping Center and he has no known access to a vehicle.
Gibson is described by police as a white male, 6′ 2″ tall, and weighing approximately 250 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.
Police and family are concerned for his physical welfare. Anyone with information regarding Gibson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Montgomery County Police Department at 301.279.8000.


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Requirements for WME Purse owners (Natural Persons)
In accordance with the legislation of the European Union, the WME Guarantor has the following requirements for WME Purse holders:
1. User Details and Age Restrictions
The WME purse holder must provide his/her name, surname, date of birth and full residential address (user location) including country of residence.
The WME purse holder must be at least 18 years of age if he/she resides within the European Economic Area (EEA), or at least 14 years old if he/she is residing outside the EEA and is of legal age in their country of residence.
EEA countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
2. Restricted Countries
Residents of the following countries are not permitted to use a WME purse: American Samoa, Afghanistan, Crimea, Ethiopia, Guyana, Guam, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Yemen, Uganda, Vanuatu and the USA.
3. Thresholds and Document Requirements
3.1. It is not required to submit identity documents if the total deposits during one calendar year to all WME purses registered to one WM Passport do not exceed 2500 WME.
3.2. If the total deposits made to WME purses exceed 2500 WME during one calendar year, it is necessary to submit the following documents:
- A valid national passport or another ID document.
- A document confirming your current place of residence.
Coloured scans or photos of the documents no older than 3 months that may be submitted as proof of address include:
- Bank account statement or reference letter
- Utility bill (water, gas, electricity, landline telephone bill)
For the purposes of submitting a proof of address document the following characteristics must be met:
i) has been sent to you via normal post, or in case of a bank statement/reference letter, has been given to you personally at the branch of the institution (must contain both stamp and signature of the employee who issued it)
ii) contains your FULL name and address
iii) bears a stamp, signature or another hallmark of authenticity
iv) the document is written in Latin or Cyrillic characters, or a CERTIFIED translation in English
NOT ACCEPTED: hand-written or electronically generated documents, mobile telephone/Internet/TV bills, credit card statements, provisional driver's licenses, payment orders, national identity cards, bank books.
3.3. If the total deposits made to all WME purses belonging to one passport exceed 15000 WME during one calendar year, it is necessary to submit a bank statement or other documents confirming the source of funds.
Scanned copies of the required documents should be uploaded to the WebMoney Passport website.
In case a WME purse holder does not satisfy the above requirements and/or their identity document validity period has expired, his/her WME user rights may be restricted (purses may be blocked) for both incoming and outgoing transactions.
Date of requirement entry into force – 15.07.2015
The total WME balance on purses belonging to the same passport at the time of entry of the requirements into force will count towards the incoming transactions total as per Section 3 of the above requirements.
1. Are these requirements valid only for residents of the EEA, or for all WME Purse holders?
- The requirements are compulsory for all WME Purse holders, regardless of their citizenship and country of residence.
2. Do I need to upload a copy of the ID document if the limit has exceed 2500 but the copies of ID and proof of address have already been uploaded and verified (Personal Passport)?
- You will only be required to re-submit the identification documents if your current documents have expired.
3. What can be considered as supporting documents if the limit has exceeded 15000 (for example, if I frequently place bets at bookmaker and this amount is my weekly turnover)? If the amount will be reached few times during a calendar year, would I be required to re-submit the supporting documents?
- You will be required to submit supporting documents only once, subject to approval and acceptance by the WME
Guarantor. Documents confirming source of the income include the account holder`s bank statement no older than three months, which shows incoming transactions, a letter from the employer, etc.
4. If on 15.07.15 the balance on my WME purse is 0 (zero) – is it correct that a calculation of the total of the incoming transactions for the calendar year will start from "0" based on the balance on the 15.07.15? Does it mean that all incoming transactions before 15.07.15 will not be included in the total amount?
- If on 15.07.15 the balance on the WME purses attached to your passport is "0" (zero), the calculation of the total of incoming transactions for the calendar year will start from "0".
5. Do I need to upload the identification documents: a residential passport, a proof of residential address, etc. if my Personal or Formal Passport has been verified and these documents have been uploaded to and verified by WM Passport Centre?
- If the identification documents have been previously verified by WM Passport Centre, you will need to re-submit the identification documents only if the current identification document has expired.
6. Please explain in detail, what the requirements are for bank statements and other documents confirming source of income, if the limit on incoming transactions on WME purses attached to one passport exceeded 15000 WME for the calendar year?
- We accept scanned copies of bank statements no older than three months. The bank statements should clearly show the amount and source of the income.
- Other documents should be submitted as scanned copies with the same requirements as to the bank statements. The documents should be no older than three months and show the beneficiary name as well as the amount and source of the income.
7. What transactions are being considered as incoming transactions?
- The incoming transactions are: all funds transferred to WME purses attached to the passport, i.e. transactions and transfers from any participants of the system, as well as direct deposits to the purse(s).
8. If I am receiving funds to my account in Euro, as exchanged via http://wm.exchanger.ru/ - is this proof enough? I earn Rubles (WMR) for ad placement on several websites (there is no registered legal entity for this activity) – will this prevent me from going over the WME Purse limit?
- This type of activity is classed as freelance services (self-employment). Please indicate this when uploading your documents.
9. If my transactions exceed 15000 Euro within a calendar year, when do I have to submit my statement?
- The documents must be submitted within 30 calendar days after receiving the notification that the purse deposit limit has been exceeded. Failure to provide the documents may result in restrictions to the user rights for incoming/outgoing transactions in accordance with the current rules of the system.
10. If a passport contains several WMIDs, each of these has a WME purse attached and the deposits to each purse exceed 15000 during the calendar year, how do I upload the documents?
- The sum of incoming transactions is determined based on the total of all incoming transactions for all WMIDs and purses that are attached to a single PASSPORT. The documents must be uploaded to your Passport, not your WMID.


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Montrails in the snow
I ran in my new Montrail Mountain Masochist GTXs yesterday. I had to find something with Gore-Tex; these were 50% off at EMS, seemed comfortable, and didn't look too goofy. With sleet/snow forecast for today and my race on Saturday approaching, I planned yesterday as my last sub-8:00 run for the week. I'll do the club run on Thursday night, but that's really just to shake out my legs out before Saturday.
Anyway, the Montrails: other than seeing their shoes at REI over the years, I don't have any background with this brand. I wore them yesterday in some deep slush and icy snow and can now attest to their grippy soles and watertightness. I feared my feet would overheat in the Gore-Tex, but it didn't seem to be an issue. Of course, it was 23 degrees and windy; I imagine these shoes will get tucked away in a month or so when winter finally starts to wane. I know, I know, those who choose to live in the Northeast are not entitled to bitch about its weather. I'll just say how glad I am to have shoes to keep my feet warm.
I didn't hit the pace I hoped for yesterday, but I came close. I've been falling off my mileage totals and pace lately, so I guess it's not a surprise that running more than eight miles each day for the last few days should affect me. It still annoys me to feel as though I really pushed it and still finish with a 7:38 average moving pace. I was confident that I was cruising sub-7:30. I guess my GPS and my internal rhythm need to be synced.
The run itself was my standard route back from Central Park and 84th street. As usual, I doglegged my way over to the greenway by taking whatever traffic light was green. It made for a south-westerly route that allowed me to enter the park at 82nd street and meet the newish pathway just before the promenade. There was a rather strong breeze coming down the Hudson (my jaw was pretty frozen when I got home), but I've put up consistent 7:28s in breeze that strong. I was flagging a bit by mile six and at mile seven my pace slowed to 8:14 as I climbed the grade towards Washington Heights.
I came off the greenway ready to be home. The Montrails were definitely a success: they gave me decent grip over the ice and snow and my feet were certainly warm. I'd gain a bit of traction with Yaktrax, but I'm not sure it would be worth losing the Gore-Tex and toastiness. Of course, I could wear both....


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advice you didn't know you needed: bodily fluids edition
Hey feed readers, come on over see my color change. No more bleeding pink and red!*
I'm going to give you all a few pieces of unasked for advice today. And you WILL thank me for it later.
Um. If you're squeamish, or a man, you might want to go ahead and leave right now.
- Okay ladies, we all know when we're getting a UTI, right? We don't need no stinkin' medical degree to tell us this diagnosis. Ahem. But sometimes it's the weekend and it's snowing and you just don't wanna** go sit at the walk-in clinic all day just so you can pee in a cup and they can tell you what you already knew. Right?! So you start researching home remedies on the dear ole Google. Well let me just tell you right now, if you run across the one about dissolving a teaspoon of baking soda in some water and drinking it (because it changes the ph of your pee and all that) just keep in mind that this concoction is ALSO a home remedy for CONSTIPATION.*** But they don't tell you that part. Until the stomach cramps start and you start Googling other uses for baking soda because you think you might have just poisoned yourself. That's when you find out about baking soda super-quick (!) laxative effect. Except now YOU know and you didn't have to learn it the hard way. Like me. I'm ready for my colonoscopy now. Yeesh.
- You guys! I warned you to stop reading.
- Moving on, those of us with kids know that pukage is an eventuality. Yes? I mean some kids hurl a lot and some not so much. If your kid is like mine and you can't remember the last time he puked then I have some words of wisdom for you.**** He/she will not have the puking instinct! He won't know it's coming and he won't even come close to thinking he should run for the bathroom, EVEN though you've said repeatedly "If you have to throw up there's a bucket next to your bed, but can you please try to get to the toilet?!" No. No. No. He will instead come to your room, complain his stomach hurts, and proceed to climb in your bed. You will then have to basically shove him off your brand new comforter that doesn't fit in your washing machine and bodily throw him toward the bathroom. He will then miss the bathroom (the first time anyway) and spew across the rug. I think we all know who HE is. Hint: Josh.
- For those of you with a cat and/or dog, fyi, the above applies to them as well. I really hate my carpets yo.
- And last but not least! When dealing with a
5 day, 7 day, 10 day long snot-filled MAN COLD in your house, just go ahead and get him a humidifier and every single kind of cold/flu remedy available asap. In fact, just go buy it all now in anticipation of the MAN COLD. It will save you all pain and suffering later. Oh, and buy extra trash bags for the enormous volume of tissues the Man will use.*****
We are all FINE now, so we don't need get-well wishes. I just felt it best to share my recent experiences with you so you could enjoy them as much as I did. You're welcome!
* I still want a full redesign but this will do for now! I don't have the skills myself, nor the money to hire it out, and Damon doesn't have the time to do all that. But I swear I'm going to learn how…maybe next year.
**You have to read that with a little whine in your inner voice. It helps.
*** LAXATIVES and IBS DO NOT MIX. EVER.
****I want to say that the last time Josh threw up was at least five years ago but it really has been so long that I can't remember. I know, we were totally due.
*****It's really snot funny. Oh, wait, yes it is. And I hope he doesn't read this.
Filed Under humor Tagged humor, inner workings of my brain, life
on death, you know, that thing we don't talk about
I have had every intention of writing here over the last few days but I just haven't been able to get the words down. You see, Sunday was the first anniversary of my father's passing. It just really sucks to write about so I've been avoiding this space. Of course, there's no way to avoid actually thinking. I can't shut off my brain as easily as I can my computer.
It is easy enough not to talk about it though. Most people don't really want to discuss death and dying. It's too messy, too hurtful. It hits too close to the heart, so we gloss over it. I'm fine, I'm fine, we all say, rather than speak the truth, that a piece of you is missing, gone forever. We've all experienced it, haven't we? So why the silence? It's because hearing about someone else's pain makes us think of our own. A grandparent or parent lost, or some other dearly loved one. Avoid. Avoid. Mortality bites.
I believe would all rather think of death in generic terms. Sad events happening in far off places are easier to cry over than cancer in the house. I can bawl at a sappy scene in a movie but real life hospital rooms and funeral parlors just make me numb. I can only assume I'm not alone in doing that since no one actually speaks of such things.
Well, at this moment I'd like to speak of my father but it's easier to write it here than to say any of it aloud. Who was he? A father of seven, he was Pop to us. A husband of 50 years, yes, they made it to 50 last August, with three-ish months to spare. Grandfather of 17, soon to be 18, and with them Pop became Pepere. Catholic, always and forever. Engineer, artist extraordinaire, fixer of all things. He and flawed and kind and wonderful. I say all of this because these words describe him, but yet he was so much more than a few nouns and adjectives. He was the sum of years of 77 years of life, and love, and light.
I can't look at a sunset and not imagine him painting it. I can't pick up the phone and not yearn to call him. I can't go to their house without glancing at his chair, expecting to see him reading, or well, snoring there. I can't hold a broken electrical anything and not laugh at how he would have stashed it away for parts. I can't help but for wish we'd had more time with him, for myself, and for my son. I can't stand it, no, I hate it that he's dead. Dammit.
I hope you don't think I'm crazy or depressed. (Well maybe a little crazy but not so much certifiably.) Sometimes grief just looks like this. It ebbs and it flows like the tides, and it's not a bad thing to let it loose once in awhile.
Now, if you've made it this far, you could do me a favor; don't tell me how sorry you are. I know you're sorry. You can't read this kind of a brain dump and not feel some sadness. Instead, I'd rather you tell me a little something about someone you've loved, and and miss, and hardly ever talk about. Even though it hurts. Writing it down helps, I swear.
In return, I'll show you one of my father's paintings, one of my favorites:
and one of my recent photos:
Sunsets. It's a family thing.
Filed Under family, life Tagged death, inner workings of my brain, life
me vs. the driveway
It has become my nemesis. Always covered in ice, snow, slush. You name it and I'm shoveling it. Today was no different. Not enough snow to use the snow blower and too much to leave there to melt on its own. Two inches of wet, heavy, heart attack snow. Fat globs of slush plop on my neck from overhanging branches. A foot of dirt and ice clog the entrance, left there by accomplice plows. My shoulders scream for mercy but my arch enemy won't let me rest. It's me or the driveway. One of us isn't going to make it out of this winter alive.
ps. Anyone have a jackhammer I can borrow? Um. No reason.
Filed Under Uncategorized Tagged crazy, inner workings of my brain, winter
brainstorming always comes back to the cat puke
You know how right before you fall asleep you think of something so totally freaking brilliant you're sure you're going to remember it in the morning? And you wake up and don't even remember you thought of something much less what that something actually is. I swear that's why I haven't written anything here for weeks. I always come up with great topic around 11pm. When I was a newbie blogger I would actually get up and write it out as soon as I thought of it, and then I would hit publish at 2am and no one would read it. By the next day I was happy that no one had read it because my middle of the night ramblings were never quite as good as I thought they were going to be. Usually I wrote stuff about cat puke. Wait, that's not a good example because cat puke is actually funny. Unless you're the one cleaning it up. Or stepping in it. Especially when it's cold. And the ickyness of it makes you hop around on one foot, in the dark, when your muscles are already screaming at you because you went to Zumba the day before. Okay that didn't really happen. Stepping in the cat puke after Zumba that is. That was a hypothetical situation that I made up to illustrate the typical things that befall me. Stepping in the cold cat puke in the middle of the night was actually 2 weeks ago, and well, the week before that too. Going to Zumba was only a few days ago, and although I couldn't walk for days I laughed my butt off while I was there. If only that were true, right? That you could actually laugh until your butt fell off? I would be sooo dang skinny. But then I wouldn't need to go to Zumba. And I wouldn't be able to laugh with my friends there. And then I wouldn't be skinny anymore. It's a vicious, vicious cycle I tell you. Obviously Zumba is bad and I need to get my exercise some other way. Like shoveling the driveway. Which I am certain to have to do again tomorrow. Because of course it's going to snow again, again, again. And January is never going to end. And I am going to have to rake the stupid roof one more time and my arms will fall off and we'll get killer icicles. I won't be able to defend myself from the killer icicles because I won't have any arms and that is much, much worse than not having a butt. In conclusion, snow is even worse than Zumba and the only good thing about this post was the cat puke.
And I didn't even write this in the middle of the night.
Go ahead I dare you to comment.
Filed Under blogging, humor Tagged blogging about blogging, humor, inner workings of my brain
I'm going to tell you one little fact that speaks volumes about my life right now; I just *now* (as in this morning) took the Christmas lights down off of my front porch.
Of course, the 5 strings of lights are now wadded up in a ball on my kitchen table and I hope to do something about that before the week day is over. That something will probably be be to stuff the whole thing in a Target bag and throw it in the garage to deal with next November! (At which time I will curse at myself, and go buy new ones.)
I'm sitting at my desk surrounded by paperwork, books, and Legos. I can't move from my chair for the amount of work hanging over my head. And when I have a moment to stand up and stretch I step on Bionicles and bruise the poor soles of my feet. Sheesh. I'm on a tight deadline with one rush project, and have two more looming. Work is good to have, but well, yeah. Their vacation was not my vacation. I cannot tell you how glad I am that our so-called vacation is over!
On Tuesdays I volunteer at the school library. Mostly I put away books, hundreds of pounds of books. I'm also the checkout girl, making sure they've brought back their overdue books before they get another, that sort of thing. Sometimes they ask me to help them find just the perfect book. And once I got to read to a first grade class. (They even listened!)
Some of the fourth graders laugh at me because I'm terrible with names. They try to make me guess who they are. I see the same kids over and over, every Tuesday, bright, smiling faces of kids who want to be in the library, who clearly love to read, who get as many books as they can every week. I love it there, even if their names escape me, their happiness doesn't.
Today is Tuesday! I get to ignore the pings of emails, silence the ringer on my cell, and forget about the Christmas lights on my kitchen table. I get to go to the library.
Filed Under blogging Tagged inner workings of my brain, life
I'm not gone, I just have blogger block
My brain is mush. I just can't think of anything interesting to write about.
I had wonderful company (my friend Teresa while her husband Bill is in Ethiopia!) last weekend but that would be a very long story. I have more company (one of my sisters – yay!) coming this weekend but that story hasn't happened yet. I have an aunt who is very sick but that's not my story to tell.
I held a day-old baby on Monday but I had to give her back. 😉 I have weigh-in coming this Sunday but I don't think I've lost a pound this month. Josh is going to start t-ball tomorrow so the time suck begins again. I tried to go without wheat for a week, and I keep forgetting.
The rain is keeping me from gardening. Work is slow this week, although I'm sure it will get busy just as soon as my sister arrives. I'm not entertained by anything on tv. Twitter is irritating me – too many retweets, celebrities, and promotions, blech. Whatever happened to original thought and conversation?
I'm more than a little cranky. And worried. Very tired. Not to mention restless, boring, and repetitive. And perhaps whiny? Geez, I really need to get over myself. And I need to find my funny. It seems to have run away from home.
Yeah. I'm all over the freaking place. Give me something to write about would you? An idea, a question, anything you want to know about me? Help. I need to blog through the block.
Filed Under blogging Tagged blogging about blogging, inner workings of my brain, life, random
life's little irritations #10
Insomnia. And all the wonderful things that go along with it. Including but not limited to:
- tossing
- pillow is too hot
- turning
- pillow is too cold
- have to pee
- blankets are messed up
- tossing
- throat is dry
- turning
- ponytail is too tight
- thoughts churning
- eyes are burning
- tossing
- turning
Then there are the actual causes of the insomnia:
- have to pee, of course
- getting up causes me to wake up just a little too much
- getting up causes dh to roll over, thereby disturbing the delicate balance of nose hairs, or something like that, which in turn makes him start snoring
- move to guest bed so I don't disturb him with the tossing and turning, and he doesn't disturb me with the snoring. Guess which is more important right now?
- guest bed is cooooold and wakes me up further
- guest bed is hard as a rock and kills my back
- guest bed has a cat on it who then wants to stick his whiskers up my nose snuggle
- brain will not shut off
- tossing and turning only makes things worse
- give up and move to couch
- well, if I'm in the room I might as well turn on the computer
- screen is too bright
- cat has followed, had a snack, and is sitting on the back of the couch, above my head, starting to puke
- clean up cat puke from 3 different spots, but at least I pushed him off the couch in time
- might as well blog cause cat puke is pretty much the last straw
So then there are the actual things that are in my head that won't stop spinning. These are each tiny irritations in of themselves, but all balled up together create one big aneurysm of an irritation. The kind of stuff you know you can do nothing about, that there are no solutions for, especially at 4 am and yet you can't stopping thinking about them but if you don't your brain is going to explode.
It's occurred to me more than once that if I could just stop needing to pee in the middle of the night I could avoid the majority of my sleepless nights. Other than actual dehydration, I have yet to find a solution for that though.
Anyway, here I am, wondering if it's possible that writing all this down will now allow my mind to vacate all thoughts so I can lay down and go back to sleep…except…now I have to be up in one hour 45 minutes 30 minutes. Crud. I have to pee again.
Filed Under life Tagged inner workings of my brain, insomnia, life, life's little irritations
crazy crazy day
- I'm doing bullets today because it seems faster….
- Work is kicking my butt yo. Too much to do before Friday deadlines. I'm ordering final images for one book, and finding a gazillion image options for another. Why do these things always fall on the same week? Last week I had nothing to do!
- Charity event I'm doing this weekend should be kicking my butt, but I feel like I haven't done crap for it so the guilt is kicking my butt instead.
- I am obsessed with refreshing the 10 day forecast to see what the weather will be for this outdoor charity event that I'm slacking on. Right now: 40% chance of rain.
- I had leftover chicken, tomato, and garlic pizza for breakfast. The tomato made it really soggy. And now I'm gonna smell like garlic all day.
- Great mother that I am, I just fed my kid brown and serve sausages (microwaved) and a cheese stick for breakfast. I guess it's better than fruit loops.
- Boy has to go to school today. I seem to get nothing accomplished on school days due to all the freaking time I spend in the car going back and forth. Frankly, two hours of preschool helps me not. at. all. And it costs me two bucks in tolls every day.
- My sister gave me lemon balm from her garden for Mother's Day. I think I might have killed it already. Bummer.
- I had what I thought was a great "Mexican Lasagna" recipe all typed and ready to post. Then I made it for a recipe swap night last week. Blech. Yes, Nicole the tortilla texture was a little funny. And the re-heat value (very important!) was, as my boy would say, yucko mucko. How can something be soggy and dry at the same time? When I have time I'm going to find my tried and true Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada recipe and get that ready to post instead.
- HRC is really pissing me off that she won't drop out already.
- I haven't done groceries in ages, so dh has had nothing to pack for lunches this week. Not saving any $$ that way! Also, it's the reason for the weird breakfasts. Maybe.
- I really really need to buy a can of air. My keys are a little crumby and I'm having trouble with the enter button. I have to hit it really hard to break up whatever little crumb is underneath! Um. Yeah. I suck at cleaning even worse than you ever thought.
- I'm thinking about getting a second cat. What am I? Nuts? Yes. I do think George needs a companion. And major overcrowding at local animal shelter makes me sad….hence next bullet:
- I feel bad for people who get foreclosed on, (there but for the grace of god go I…) BUT it really bites when some of them leave their pets locked up in their empty houses when they move away. Assholes.
- I read a very funny post yesterday and then I got in a little trouble with dh for my comments on said post. Sorry honey 🙂 Then I went and unloaded/reloaded the dishwasher. If you go read it, you'll understand.
- I don't seem to know how to end this post. I don't think I like bullets after all, it was not faster.
- Must go brush teeth and leave
Edited to add
- Stupid pizza made my stomach hurt. Serves me right.
- I forgot to put my contacts in and couldn't find my prescription sunglasses, so I had to wear my regular glasses to drive. Dang. It's really bright out there today. Why is it not making my mood better?? Cause squinting gives me a headache!
Filed Under life, the boy, the cat, the husband Tagged inner workings of my brain
irony? don'tcha think?
So I had to drop off the boy at t-ball this evening and then I had to go to a meeting. I didn't have time to go home and get dinner, nor did I even have time to buy a decent meal. But there was no way I was going to a freaking town council meeting with an empty stomach. (Don't even ask why I was there, but I'm pretty sure me and my cohort were prominently displayed on the local cable access channel. Yikes.)
Anyway, my solution was to stop at a convenience store, grab a bag of chips and a soda, (and a powerball ticket, but shhh, don't tell dh!) and eat it in the parking lot. Now, if I ate said chips and drank said soda WHILE reading Bon Appetit magazine, is that true irony, or is it Alanis Morissette not really irony kind of irony?
I just realized, I really hate that song. Why did I write a post with that in it? Now that's ironic. Right?
[edited to add: HELP ME. NOW THAT FRIGGING SONG IS STUCK IN MY HEAD. and I'm very sorry if it's stuck in yours now too.]
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faux pas x2
I promised myself I wouldn't blog today until I was showered, the boy was fed and dressed, and the kitchen was actually clean. Done. (Well, really I promised that to myself yesterday. Did you notice I didn't post yesterday??)
I've been working this thing over in my mind last few days, and now I think it's time to spew it up before it festers. You know how that is, right? I know you do, some of you have admitted it before!
So I went to a bridal shower for a cousin on Sunday. I sat at a table with a few other cousins and one of my sisters. These are cousins I only see at weddings and showers and anniversary parties, but when we do get together we always have lots of laughs. This occasion was no different.
However. I committed two of the worst sins of mommyhood.
Do you know what those are? Don't we all?
First, I asked a married, childless woman when she's gonna have a baby. <<hides in shame>> Oh, yes I did.
Second, I regaled a poor pregnant woman with horrors of childbirth. <<blushing furiously>> Yes, I did that too.
Well, okay, to defend myself about the first. I've had the baby conversation with that particular cousin before, and not always of my doing. (I think?) I just shouldn't have said anything in front of the rest of the table. No wait. I shouldn't have said it at all! I did take my opportunity to apologize later, in the car, and we had a long discussion about that sort of thing. (We went to the event together.) She was genuinely sweet about it, and we had a great time otherwise, and discovered a mutual love of gardening. But dang, it's still just hanging over my head.
The thing is, I was married for seven years before we had a baby. People asked me the "when" question quite often for all those years. I was never really offended, but my reason for at least the first 5 years – we will when we have a house – was always countered with "if you wait until your financially ready, you'll never do it." That's what always annoyed me, because I didn't believe it was true. I felt like it was irresponsible of me to have a baby when I was young and in debt. If we had had an accidental baby, that would have been one thing, we would have dealt with it and we would have been okay. But to plan on a child, when I knew I could not afford it, just didn't seem right. Not only that, but since I've had one child, there have been multitudes of queries about when I'll have another. Um. Never. Someday I'll tell you about that.
I'm digressing, as usual. My point is, everyone has their own reasons for not having a baby, and I am well aware of that – yet I asked anyway! It was one of those time when my mouth worked before my brain had a chance to stop it. Foot in mouth disease. Today I resolve to never try to never do that again.
In defense of faux pas #2, <sigh> all I can say is, I wasn't the only one, and I didn't start it. Hmm, not a great excuse huh? This dumbass totally jumped on the bandwagon! That poor thing. She was a little pale at one point, so I did try to stop it, but she kept saying "It's okay, I need to know these things!"
Actually, we didn't say anything horrific, really, I swear. I kept back the really bad stuff! Heh. I only tried to impart my only good advice to any new mom to-be, however she becomes a mom: nothing ever goes as planned, so better not to plan too much and you won't be disappointed. I learned that the hard way myself. Read my birth story and you'll know what I mean.
In any case, I did apologize to her later as well, knowing we had gone too far. I now resolve to find a chance, before September, to have another conversation with her about all the good things about being a mom!
Phew. I feel better. Thanks for letting me get that out. So, you do have any etiquette blunder regrets you need to get out? Sing it sisters!
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First-of-its-kind art gallery to open at Eppley Airfield
First-of-its-kind art gallery to open at Eppley Airfield
OMAHA, Neb. —
An interactive art gallery will open this week at Eppley Airfield.
The Gallery Eppley by Hudson, the first of its kind in an airport, will open Wednesday.
The roughly 1,000-square-foot store will be located in the north terminal and will house more than 50 Midwestern artists' work, with thousands of pieces of art.
Additionally, live demonstrations will be performed.


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Overwhelmed and Tired - Packing & Moving
A friend has been helping when he can and my parents have both helped but I still have stuff in the house that I have to get out today... and I'm tired.
A couple of days ago my parents were here helping me and we moved the little shed. We had to pick it up and kind of roll it over the fence because it was 1" too wide to go through the gate. Luckily it's plastic and pretty lightweight so the three of us got it and then my dad and I got it into the backyard at my new place by ourselves.
Yesterday my mom and I moved stuff allll day. We almost had a catastrophe on the freeway between houses. We had a little wind storm hit and it grabbed hold of my electric fireplace that was in the back of my truck and tipped it over and it almost fell out! I about had a heart attack and my mom who was driving her truck behind me about did too! I was envisioning it causing wrecks and all kinds of carnage. We pulled over and strapped it in better and made it but that was nerve wracking for sure!
I will be SO glad when today is over... now I need to go shower and get ready to start again. I am so sore I want to cry... ok... I'm overwhelmed I know.
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Awww sweetheart, take a deep breath! You'll be fine, it will all work out, nothing has gone wrong... Trust me, I've moved 43 times!ReplyDelete
You're starting on a brand new adventure, focus on the bright side and those silly niggling little things that always happen during moves will soon be behind you.
Closing on houses is over whelming as I is, but having to co-ordinate moving stuff makes it worse. Don't try to do too much this weekend. Jus relax and enjoy being done with it all. xoReplyDelete
Hi Tania, It sounds so stressful! I hope that you have gotten a chance to get some rest by now? Thank God for parents to help us out.ReplyDelete
Good luck! Moving is the worst! You can do it!ReplyDelete
Bless you Tania! I hope you're in the new house now and able to take things more slowly. Happy new house! XReplyDelete
You have good reason to be tired and overwhelmed! I hope you got it all done and try to get a little rest this weekend. Unpacking can wait a bit! Prayers for you!ReplyDelete


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legalizing prostitution is for the corrupt politicians.
Vote NDP
the Conservatives sell off government equity.
Vote NDP
they are Nationalists, not Private Investors.
Vote NDP,
for social equality.
The Liberals are Conservatives, and they are both only trying to help the filthy rich get whatever they want.
I accept this debate. Since my opponent gave arguments in the first round, I will too.
Contention 1: Impossible Spending Promises
The NDP have, throughout the entire campaign, tried to appeal to moderates. They've placed themselves on the left of the CPC, but on the right of the LPC, trying to bring in voters from both sides. However they've instead ended up as an akward midpoint between the two sides. This is evident in their plan for the budget. The CPC is firmly on the side of no deficit, while the LPC say they will run 2 deficits to fund their infrastructure spending. The NDP on the other hand has one of the costliest spending plans, and say they won't run a deficit, this leaves them without a reasonable way to pay for it. Some of the things they say they will do are...
To fund for this they state they will...
Maclean's magazine has already shown that it is very unlikely the NDP can fulfill their promises without running a deficit. The estimated amount of revenue generated by the corporate tax hike is estimated to by, according to the NDP, $3.7 billion [1]. The estimated cost for their plan however, has a cost of $5.8 billion. This is an unreasonable and unlikely spending plan that most likely will not work.
Contention 2: Strategic Voting
All left wing voters want one thing this election, the end of Stephen Harper as PM. The right will all rally to the CPC, because it's the only right wing party. The left wing on the other hand has 4 parties to choose from, the LPC, NDP, GPC, and the Bloc. Right now, to achieve the overall goal of getting Stephen Harper out of the office, the left must vote for the Liberal Party. Opinion polls [2], as you can see in the link below, have shown that they will most likely form a minority government, being 4-6 points ahead of the CPC. The NDP on the other hand have no chance of beating the Conservatives, because they stand, now, at 10% below them in polling. As you can see in the 2nd link provided.
Also, a little side note, the 2015 federal Canadian Election is being broadcast as I type this. And right now, the Liberals was EVERY SEAT IN ATLANTIC CANADA. That's 32 ridings out of the 170 they need for a majority that they already have, including 1 seat in Quebec. They have 33 ridings, while the rest of the parties sit at 0, at the moment. So it's obvious, the Liberals had the best chance of defeating the Conservatives before the election, and they delivered, they're defeating the Conservatives right now.
I'll start off with rebuttals of my opponents arguments. This will be pretty short, because they essentially provided none. First off, my opponent says that only corrupt politicians approve of legalizing prostitution. The thing is, prostitution is perfectly in line with our charter of rights and constitution, it's a woman's body and she can do with it whatever she wants. My opponent also provided no evidence that only the NDP will keep prostitution illegal. The Coservative Party is also strongly against legalizing prostitution.
Next my opponent states that the Coservatives sell off government equity. This statement is void without any evidence of the Conservatives actually doing or stating that they will do this.
After this my opponent states the NDP are nationalists, and not "private investors." First my opponent must prove that nationalism is a good trait for a party to have. It isn't always good, as it leads to expanionist governments and populations who have no respect for international boundaries, or anyone other than their own country. My opponent also showed no evidence that the LPC and CPC are "private investors."
Next my opponent states that only the NDP are for social equality, and that the LPC are trying to help the "filthy rich" get whatever they want. This is fundamentally wrong, the LPC are the only party that campaigned on a platform of raising taxes on the rich and lowering them for the middle class. This plan was the best one out of the major platforms when it came to welath inequality.
So to conclude, my opponent has made unsupported and blatantly false statements to support their premise.
My opponent has also dropped all my arguments, responding with only one word, "No." He also must prove that the CPC and LPC are "privatized gov't equities." He must, once again, prove that nationalists are good people to have in power, and I gave some reasons above as to why they're not.
The resolution is negated.
GoOrDin forfeited this round.
Vote Con.
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theya re going to not screen foreigners and bring them to Canad? ;:) HA
NDP. only party who cares.
prostitution is not a good thing, nor is drug culture.
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Reasons for voting decision: Forfeiture. Pro barely supplied any arguments to vote NDP just that they can run a government; that holds no weight to the resolution. Con said they can't run a government because they can't fund their promises - that alone is enough to negate. Con's strategic voting argument holds no real impacts to it so I won't consider it when voting. Con has arguments standing, pro doesn't; easy vote to con.
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text: Any compatability issues here? I burned a scrubbed ISO of Blast Works onto a Philips DVD-R at 4x (which worked fine for Animal Crossing and the new Sonic so far), and it just loads into a black screen on the Wii. It's possible it was a bad burn, and I was using my computer while it was burning it so possibly that created a problem (I didn't touch the computer while the other two games burned), but I don't want to burn it again just to find out I needed a different IOS installed or something. Thanks.