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128 pointsBye, bye breast cancer. I had my last radiation treatment today. Let's hope cancer's butt is sufficiently kicked that we don't meet again for many decades, if at all.
121 pointsHard to believe our sweet little Alex is 4 months old already! The novelty has not worn off yet. Mr. Five still covers him with kisses sixteen million times a day. He is a very jolly baby, very content and easily entertained by watching the crew. He is all about shoving toys and burp cloths and anything else he can grab into his mouth and then giggling. I adore him so much and still sometimes can't believe I have him to cuddle all day long. Here are a couple of recent pics.
110 pointsHi all, I have not been around much anymore, but I wanted to post an update because we had this looooong thread three years ago when I was trying to figure out what to do with my life and how to find a new calling (not just something to keep me busy). This one: You all had so many interesting suggestions, and several commented that they were in a similar situation. So, I figure I owe you an update on how it all turned out: As I had posted towards the end of that thread, about 8 months after the initial post, I have gone back to writing. I am still working in my regular job as a physics professor, but have focused the remaining time on poetry. I have - completely accidentally - found community in a very unlikely place. Remember me talking about how this is a small town with few opportunities? I found a cluster of people in an even smaller town near here! I am regularly participating in live events, have gotten work into a few journals, and my first book has just been published through a small independent press! I feel like I have found a new direction and calling, something that defines me and goes beyond merely filling time. I want you to know that life post empty nest can be wonderful and fulfilling, and also that it took me several years of deep searching to figure out my path. I hope this is encouraging to those of you who are starting on that journey and are facing the end of the active parenting years. Best wishes to you all. ETA: Because people asked further down the thread: if you are interested in my book, please pm me. I won't post an advertising link in the thread.
95 pointsMy 19 year old Aspie got the kennel job he interviewed for! He's there now filling out the paper work. He'll be working "close to full time" and his shifts start at 6:45 am. He woke up at 11am today, this will be interesting, lol. But good for him!!! So excited for him!
93 pointsMy oldest dd is an aspie. She is the reason we homeschooled. I remember crying one day when she was in 8th grade after she asked me what a 'frak-T-on' was (she was finishing pre-algebra at the time-- she had a partial seizure and had completely forgotten what a fraction was). DH actually over heard the conversation and wondered if she would ever be able to support herself as an adult... DD is now 28 and has lived on her own (with a bit of parental support) for the past few years. Today she found out that she is now the official studio manager at the photography studio she has been working at since she graduated college (she did that with honors!). This is her DREAM JOB. She will be 100% financially independent-- has insurance benefits too! I'm so proud of her!!!
87 pointsI got to spend my morning today with a WTM member who lives not very far from me. She helped me restore order to my homeschool room. She is also terrific company! She didn't even make fun of my disembodied manequin heads for displaying knitted baby hats, although I think she did agree they are more pleasant and less Stephen King when they actually have a knitted hat on. She didn't criticize me for having 900 colored pencils and a lifetime supply of Sharpies. Everyone here should be so lucky as to get to know a Hiver IRL. I know she would not seek accolades, but I just want to thank @Garga publically. She's a gem!
86 points...and I'm only telling everyone I ever met and all their friends and family members...so keep it to yourself. Local-to-Kirkland/Bellevue WA-Peeps--You are invited if you would like to come! This is my first exhibit, and Windermere Real Estate in Kirkland is my sponsor. I'm excited and a bit of a nervous wreck. That watery first photo is my "signature" photo--it's called Water Colors and I use it on all my marketing materials. Anyway, I'm pretty excited. I told my dh I am Miss June and expect a tiara and a sash. :0) (Mercifully for all, there will be no bathing suit competition.) There are twenty wall-size photos that will hang in their office for 2 months. I'm hoping a few will sell. :0). I've already sold one... Yay! If you want to see the full publicity, it is on Facebook, Windermere Real Estate Kirkland (They also go by "We Are Kirkland" as their marketing phrase.) Anyway, that's my news. :0) ETA: www.pattyrebnephotography.com BUT please don't use your phones--the phone app is not working right at the moment. It WILL--trust me--I've got that look in my eye. This info also added in update 5/22/18 at about 4:40pm.
83 pointsWe have a new little DD! Labor was fast and my blood pressure spiked but then dropped which made for some kinda hairy moments but we are both doing well and I'm so happy to not be pregnant anymore! Woo hoo! @RootAnn my age made it harder for me to push as effectively I think but that's all 😉
82 pointsThis could mean anything, right? In this case it was coming from DS5. DS5 is my youngest. He has, at minimum, a speech delay. He may or may not qualify for an ASD diagnosis. DD7 has one, but she barely qualifies and her speech delay was the biggest factor. He is much less delayed, in all areas than she ever has been, so I just don't know where he would fall. I feel like if I pushed FOR it he would qualify, if I pushed AGAINST it, he would not qualify. Regardless, I am well aware of his strengths and weeknesses and more. Today, he surprised me. Out of the blue, after he was totally ready for bed, jammies, teeth brushed, etc etc. He walked into the front room and said "Mommy, Daddy, I have somfing to tell you. Thank you. Thank you for helping me." Then, he came to me, climbed in my lap and said "Fank you. Fank you for helping me roller skate. I wuv you." And he hugged me and "smackered" me on the cheek. THEN, he got down, went to DH and crawled into his lap and said "Fank you, for helping me protect my sisters." Then, he got down and finished his chores. UM, HUH? I am like blubbering at this point lol. We continued with nighttime chores and bed time routine. THEN, while he was waiting for the toilet to be free for the "before bed, EVERYBODY go pee!" He climbed back into my lap and said "Fank you for being there for me." Like literally actually his words. I have no idea where these thank yous came from. So I will take them as sincere. They are just so far more than I ever expected out of my 5 yr old.
82 pointsThank you all so much for the hugs and commiseration. He's fine. He turned up right about the same time the acquaintance pulled into our driveway to deliver the apartment keys to my husband. I got a message from his girlfriend about two minutes before that telling me she had finally heard from him. Apparently, he updated his work schedule on his phone, but had not hit sync. He actually had his first shift at the new second job this evening, which ran later than expected. He didn't get around to depositing the check, because there was a long wait when he stopped at the walk-in clinic to do his drug testing for the new second job. As predicted, his phone battery died while he was busy at the new second job, and he didn't even realize how late things were running, because he wasn't checking his phone. Unfortunately, my husband's first reaction when our son came in was to be angry, which didn't land well on son who was already tired and probably embarrassed and stressed. So I have spent the last two hours trying to talk him down. This leaves me with about four and a half hours to sleep . . . assuming I can ignore the pain and tightness in my chest long enough to doze off. But, big picture, my son is safe and mostly okay. We spent a couple of hours of quality time discussing intense but worthwhile issues. And he has promised to try and be more careful about keeping his phone charged and his calendar synced.
80 pointsEmma turned one month old yesterday and I've been meaning to share a photo, but I had exceeded my attachment size limit and only got around to deleting some old photos today. It worked out because dss just sent us this picture last night. We're a boy-heavy family with 2 sons and 2 grandsons, so we're all pretty excited to finally have a girl join the crew. She'll be the last grandchild until ds 21 has kids (if he does), and we hope that won't be any time soon! Emma has Down Syndrome. Fortunately thanks to positive changes, she'll have much better opportunities in life than if she was born even as recently as 10 or 20 years ago.
76 pointsI was considering quitting but was convinced otherwise because many of you made me realize what a perfect situation I have in my job. Well, I kept it (of course) and started putting almost all of my paychecks into a separate savings account. I now have $10,000 which is enough money to pay off DH's car ???. So I am paying it off ❤
71 pointsIf you remember I started the thread saying I was considering doing childcare to bring in extra money. Well, I wound up responding to a Craigslist ad about an 88 year-old man that needs help with cleaning and food prep 3 days a week and I got the job. This is a much better situation for my family and I am very happy with it. Thank you for your ideas, encouragement and prayers.
71 pointsDS8 has a placement!! For those who don't know, DS8 is on the spectrum with some associated behavioral challenges. He's been in a self contained, small classroom all along and done fairly well. This last year his teacher, psychologist and counselor all left over Thanksgiving break. This was deeply traumatic for him and it didn't help the new teacher didn't understand or know what to do with behavioral kids. The school has eliminated all but one self contained classroom so there was nowhere else for him to go. He's been on homebound since February and is very, very lonely. I tried to make inroads in the homeschooling community, but it's not very inclusive here. It was clear they weren't overly welcoming toward a SN kid who flaps his hands and says things that sound mouthy and disrespectful(though it's just his awkward way of communicating) and occasionally refuses to do anything. Poor kid of mine had struggled so much the last few months—but we have a new class in a school about 40 minutes away. We went and visited and it's absolutely perfect for him. I have such complete peace and know it's a great fit. He's excited about going too. In other news, I'm packing three little kids in my car and going to Washington DC for a week. Two of my kids, including DS8, are in the middle of an obsession with American history, so I'm making the most of it. Wish me luck.
69 pointsUpdate! I had an ultrasound today and at 8 weeks they saw the flutter of a heartbeat so we are cautiously optimistic it will stick! ❤
69 pointsCaden is 3 today!!! He is a happy, healthy, absolute joy of a three year old. He's showing some global delays, but that's unsurprising considering his traumatic pregnancy and birth. Oh, and he's really the cutest thing ever.
68 pointsIntroducing Hudson James
68 pointsI have been sitting on this news since June, unable to announce on social media (though I'm terrible at secrets and some of you know, and I've been dropping hints all over the place)--We are moving to Jerusalem in October! Back in March, as I did share, my husband was sent an email detailing an available position as Dean of St. George's College in Jerusalem. He interviewed in late May but, although one of two candidates, did not get the job. We were saddened and a little stunned, because so much about it seemed to be right, but I was also a bit relieved. My husband told me he had a feeling things were not "finished," and just to stay tuned. He said he had a picture in his mind of a ball on a pool table, aimed for one pocket, missing, and rolling allllll the way down to the corner pocket and going in. lol We are big on metaphors and such here. That's exactly what happened. 2 weeks after the rejection for the Dean's job, the Archbishop sent an email to my husband offering him the position of Chaplain to the Archbishop. It is a job on the cathedral/clergy side of things instead of the academic side. (The cathedral close houses the church, the college and the accomodations for the pilgrims.) He accepted, and we are currently getting ready. We fly out on the 15th. It should be interesting! My feelings are mixed, but I do feel this is right. Thanks for letting me share!
67 points"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Edison
67 pointsWhen I was into my homeschooling journey people told me over and over "You need another interest, you can't make your kids your whole life, what will you do when they are grown? How will you let them go after centering your whole life around them??" Years after homeschooling is over the answer is easy. Grandchildren. Grown children. I am blessed enough that our three boys live within 2 minutes or 20 minutes down the road, and our two daughters 90 minutes away. My "other interests" are things that include the kids. Horses, gardening, living on a farm. We have big family dinners once or twice a week for anyone who can make it. I have the grandkids as often as possible. I do things for the grown kids when they need me, whether it's help finding a lost kitty or cooking dinner for 20 people because you lost a poker game. I'm not trying to brag on myself, I just want to encourage young moms who center their lives around their family. Keep it up girls. There's nothing better. Relax and enjoy.
67 pointsSharing because I think sometimes the difficult in-laws get more than their share of radio time 😄 Thanksgiving wasn't easy this year. My dh's depression has been in a flare up all month and he crashed completely the day before Thanksgiving. Not a holiday triggered thing, just the way the timing worked out this year. Thanksgiving morning it became clear to me that I wasn't going to be able to get him out of bed let alone to his family's Thanksgiving gathering (unfortunate as he always perks up around them). I didn't feel it was safe to leave him alone but I also didn't want my kids to miss Thanksgiving dinner with the family. I contacted my sister in law who was hosting and also dh's dad and told them what the situation was. My father in law drove the hour to our house so he could sit with dh and the kids and I could go to the dinner. SiL told me just come, don't worry about the dishes we were supposed to bring (that weren't ready). We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, lots of family, kids enjoyed time with their cousins. Pie was supposed to be at 7:00 but I wanted to get back to bring food to FiL and dh and see how he was doing so they served pie early to just my family and sent us home with extras. I'm always so sad when I read about hard to get along with in-laws, I wish I could share mine with everyone.
66 pointsI've been here a long time, and today, I just feel like calling out another long-time poster, Lori D. I go on a lot of the boards, but esp college and chat now. I frequently see these truly helpful, amazing posts by Lori D. She gives incredible lists of literature, movies and even games, tailored to people's requests for their children. She has a scholarship list and a list of schools that give 100% merit aid. She is, quite simply, one of the most useful sources of homeschooling info, and beyond. So I wanted to say, THANK YOU, LORI D, for all you do for us boardies. You bring light and cheer, information and peace, and you are just a wonderfully supportive member of this very special community.
66 pointsYour wish is my command! ? Initial pathology is very good. For those who like the technical details: Stage 1, Grade 1, ER+ and PR+, HER2-. For the layman: early, slow-growing, most common profile, 95% remission outlook. Still on the docket: sentinal lymph biopsy, MRI, genetic workup. Of these, the genetic workup is the slowest report and treatment partially hinges on that. That is a two-week-wait and it hasn't been done yet. IF those workups don't reveal unpleasant surprises, I can skate out of this with a lumpectomy and radiation. I'm hoping for this outcome; I do not want to go double mastectomy and reconstruction route unless the baddies lurking in my genes strongly suggest that route. Lots of appointments coming up! Feeling positive though and and SO relieved to hear the "slow-growing" and "early" parts of this report.
64 pointsRant ahead. I am seeing this question every single day from parents of 6 and 7 year olds, and I'm fully convinced that at least half of those kids would be way happier in a classroom. I know it's inside and too many hours. But really. A child should have SOMEONE in their world who is directly interested in helping them learn. Now if you don't think formal learning is important at a young age-- I can respect that. But to force a child to do online classes, while aiming for LOW PRICE rather than quality, stinks. To me. I have a learning disabled kid and I get that school is not a great place for everyone. If y Take one hour out of your day to educate your child!! I'm willing to hear other views. For the most part, i just feel REALLY sorry for kids when I see these notes over and over.
63 pointsMeet the newest hive member! She just missed having a 4th of July birthday by a few hours. She's a little chunk at over 8 pounds!
62 pointsSo, I have news!!!! (recap was I have friends, but no Catholic friends, and really no Christian friends, and my kids have no Christian friends, and I'd like to meet some, but the mom's group at Church said I couldn't bring the kids with me because they were too old) Anyway, I posted on a Florida Catholic Homeschool facebook with a question about a particular umbrella school and in one of the comments someone mentioned something their pastor said on Sunday. And MY pastor said that too, so I asked and yes, she goes to my parish. And then another mom piped up and said she does too. And then one of them messaged me and they have a small, informal group of 7 homeschool families that meet during the school year!!! And I am welcome to join. In fact, the mom that messaged me has kids exactly the ages of my two middle kids, and had just asked one of our priests to pray that she'd find more Catholic homeschool families and I posted the next day. ?
62 pointsToday I was blessed by a random act of kindness from two strangers. I had been shopping at Salvation Army (clothes for DD) and had seen a table that I thought would be just right for my husband's new postdoc who still does not have any furniture in his apartment. So I bought the table, but it did not quite fit into the trunk of my car (hatchback). Two gentlemen just happened to be there; one got a wrench out of his pocket, the other got one from his car, and they helped me remove the table legs, which took quite a while, and load the table into my car. This is not the first time random people have been nice to me, especially in this town. I like to think that most people are actually kind - it's more fun to live in a world like that. It's easy to lose sight of that, and I am happy these friendly and helpful strangers reminded me.
61 pointsDh had to take a placement test for college. He did horrible in school and only took a few classes in college, and pretty much failed all of those too. He was bright but a late bloomer(and young for his grade), watching my son I think he is bright w/ some difficulties with writing. His parents never expected much or encouraged, so he's had this stuck in his head that he's not very smart. Well, he needed to place into Calculus- he only ever took Algebra 25 yrs ago, he scored into Trig, just 8 points shy of a score high enough for Calc. His score on Reading and math were high enough to get him a request to join the Honor's program. He totally bombed his writing, like his son that is his weakest subject and he didn't realize he would have to write an essay(the practice test was multiple choice) and totally messed up. So, I worked with him and he wrote essay after essay and retook the test today and made a 7 out of 8! Now, he just has to retake the math portion of the test to get into Calculus, which I have no doubt he will be able to do easily. He's so proud and I'm so happy for him to get some external validation. This is a huge step for him to have the guts to go back to school, to finally have the courage and confidence- I think his dad's passing was an impetus that life is short, he should just go for it. Who knows where this will lead but I think this a great thing for him and even better that his job is paying for nearly all of it (and he should get aid for the remainder).
60 pointsI love being a grandmother. It's totally living up to the hype and she couldn't be more perfect. This picture shows her on her quilt I made for her. I'm a very slow hand quilter so it took me over 200 hours just to hand stitch swirling hearts.
60 pointsI think people have the right to do as they want, but they don't have the right to expect emergency personnel to risk their own lives to come save them when they choose to ignore mandatory evacuation orders.
59 pointsSharing some of my excitement and a bit of my anxiety as I leave tomorrow with REI adventures for Kathmandu for 3 weeks including travel time to trek Everest Base Camp with a group of 8 others. Reaching 50 and Empty Nest is excitedly sending me out the door to see what life has to offer me and what I have to offer it:) Updates and pictures upon safe return-Lord willing! My adventure was incredible. I found my stillness (in yoga-ese) but more importantly God revealed Himself to me every step of the way as in Psalm 46:10-Be still and know that I am God. The Psalms came alive to me in so many aspects of my 19 day sabbath/sabbatical and I am definitely restored and revived. I have experienced much and have much to share, but mostly I was so encouraged by the sweet and complete care and love of the Sherpa people and the peace and contentment in the simplest of lifestyles. The joy of s hot water bottle in my sleeping bag when all my layers (3-4) of wool and fleece were still not enough. The assistance to reach Base Camp and then to achieve 18,400 feet for amazing views of Everest and the surrounding peaks. The refreshing rest of 10 hours of sleep a night and lots of food after a day of vigorous activity. Not showering for 14 days and very primitive facilities:) The sweet jingle of Yak bells to lull me into contentment and bliss and of course the awesomeness of God's majestic power and beauty. I only have some pictures to share as I was to absorbed in soaking up the experience than in recording it, but others in my group took copious amounts of pictures and will be sharing them and then I can share them with you-if desired. God has given me the vision of a children's book from the perspective of a Yak as he conquers Everest and more importantly fear. I am excited to have a creative work to share my experience-hoping other's hearts will be blessed and graced the way mine was. Always attempting to be featured in a yoga calendar someday😊 IMG_3292.HEIC IMG_3292 2.HEIC
58 pointsLast week my oldest ds's college called my dh and invited us to an awards ceremony at the school. They told him that ds would be receiving some kind of award but didn't tell dh what when he asked. I decided to drive the two hours and go to the ceremony and take ds out to dinner as we have not seen him this semester. The awards ceremony was mostly for graduating seniors and looking at the program we couldn't figure out what ds (a junior) would even be up for. Turns out they award a few scholarships to upcoming seniors that were not listed in the program. My ds won two of the four scholarships awarded! The first he was aware existed because he applied and interviewed for it. It was an endowed scholarship funded by the alumni association of the accounting department of the school. It is substantial and the letter he got explained that the alumni association stipulates the award be stacked and not reduce any other offers from the school. The other scholarship he didn't even know about and did not apply for. It was one of two endowed awards given to rising seniors who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom and in contributing to life on campus and in the community. He doesn't even know how much it is, but it seemed like a big deal! He has gotten smaller endowed scholarships from the school in the past without any notification or fanfare. They just showed up in his account. So, the assumption is this is substantial as well. He is anxious to get over to financial aid this morning and find out the details. Ds has paid for his own school. He got a good financial deal going in, then won a large scholarship from my dh's employer that the college allowed him to stack without reducing their aid. He has worked long hours at miserable jobs in the summers and taken a few loans (not even to the max of the federal limits) and taken pride in carrying the load of financing his education. He has scrimped and saved and lived in the oldest junkiest dorm to save money. Now, it looks like he has a full ride for his senior year. Tuition, housing, etc. everything should be covered. I am just so happy for him to get this sweet unexpected reward to go into his senior year for free. He already has a professional internship and a side hustle lined up for summer so he will make a good chunk of money and for once actually be able to keep it and not pay for his school. He has worked so hard and with such a great attitude. I am just so proud of him and happy for him. Ds introduced me to the husband/wife couple that presented the award. They are both accounting alumni and have worked in the "big four" accounting firms and are active in giving back to the school. The told me they are already working on getting him lined up for jobs and they both told me that he is graduating into a powerful alumni network and will always have a job. It was an obvious point of pride to them that they claim 100% job placement for accounting grads. My ds has already been to multiple recruiting events for one of the big four firms as well as smaller firms and banks in the city. Such a nice night for ds. He is bright and hard working but he isn't ever the smartest kid anywhere. He has never had a 4.0 and isn't even the top of his accounting class in GPA. But he works hard and is humble and a good leader. He's just a good kid. He could have gone to higher ranked schools or schools with more amenities but he went to tiny Oglethorpe University in Atlanta with a 76% admission rate. People in Atlanta usually have not even heard of it. LOL. He got a fantastic value, has had a nice experience, and it looks like he will actually have a job in the end. Another kid not ruined by homeschooling!
58 pointsDs22 got his drivers license today. A huge step towards independence. He asked me to drive home though because he was still feeling anxious. 🙂
57 pointsDh and I have spent most of yesterday and likely today rearranging and getting rid of crap. I've been slowly doing it all year but hitting it hard this weekend. Moving beds and furniture and going through every bit of clothing and toys and STUFF. Ugh. It's frikken everywhere. Five black trash bags of boys clothing that isn't used for whatever many reasons. If my youngest boy outgrew it, I'm no longer keeping it for any next kid. Same for baby girl. 42 pairs of boys shoes donated. Probably double those trash bags in stuff thrown away. Furniture I don't want around anymore. I'm just tired of all the stuff that needs cleaned or put back or doesn't quite work right so has that not really a big deal but always a minor irritation to deal with stuff. I'm not selling much, I just want it gone. So donations. A few things I might sell on FB. The children are disgruntled but not complaining too much. Dh is none too happy since he is tearing down beds and rearranging them in different rooms according to my requests. But whatever. It's the first thing he's done around the house in years bc normally I do literally everything house and kids and errand related. I'm going minimalist. Not because I care about being minimalist but because I'm just tired of dealing with it all and frankly I'd rather spend the money on a vacation. And because while I hope I live at least another 50 years, reality is I probably won't and I for sure won't take all this crap with me for most of it. It's just stuff. It's not important to me so I don't want to spend energy and money and time on it. Anyone else spending this week jump starting new year goals and plans?
57 pointsIt is so much fun! I had a lovely lunch today with @Penguin. She gets around and has met with other boardies on other continents, but I am privileged to have her living practically in my back yard. 😊 So here we are together today.
57 pointsThanks to all for your support over the years. I just popped back in to answer a question on the chat board. While I'm here: Hobbes got into his first choice university. It was a bit of a drama because his results were not good enough to study English and French (his school was pretty rubbish at foreign languages) so he had to decide whether to try to go to another university for English/French or drop the French and go to his first choice. He did the latter and they let him in. I'm really happy - I don't think he has a good foundation in French and it would have been a struggle. He's been at university for a few weeks and seems to be doing well.
56 pointsI got an email from Greta this week...she's been battling an infection, which is difficult when you are already undergoing cancer treatments, so recovery is slow and energy is low. Still, I sense strength through fatigue. She was moved to know of so many messages and of the continued caring people have for her. :0)
55 pointsDecember 2018 The annual XXXXXXX Family Christmas letter……one I wasn't sure I was going to write this year. Christmas letters are where you are supposed to showcase all of the wonderful things in your past year, brag on the kids, etc. To be honest, 2018 was a very tough year for our family. In September 2017 Sandy (now Ex H mom) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Due to her kidney transplant they could not treat the cancer and she was given 6-9 months to live. January started with her health failing and in early Feb I helped her move to a care facility in town. The end of February I got a call at work telling me that I had 45 minutes to bring (now ex husband) in to the local sheriffs department as there were federal warrants for his arrest. After he was transferred to custody of the federal marshals I learned that he was being charged with 4 federal felony counts of manufacture and possession of child pornography. This, of course, devastated the kids and turned our lives upside down. In April Sandy passed away peacefully and we had a beautiful funeral service honoring her life and faith. In her journal she had written, "When people think of me, remember my smile and my love for Jesus and my family". While missing her greatly, we try to do just that. XXXX has remained in federal custody and later in the spring state charges of child molestation were added to the case. In August our divorce was finalized. After several postponements, in September his case was heard by a jury in federal court. Sadly the evidence was overwhelming and he was convicted on all 4 federal counts. Due to those convictions the local charges were dropped. In January he will be sentenced and faces up to 70 years in federal custody. The kids and I have been through a lot of changes this past year. We sold the horses in the spring, and then over the summer more and more stuff culminating with the selling of our home in October and an auction to sell off XXXX's tools and the rest of our belongings. In mid October we moved into a small 3 bedroom ranch in a small subdivision closer to town (and the beach 🙂 ) where the bus system can pick up the kids and help ease the burden of transportation for me. I had been working 1-3 days a week as a substitute teacher for severely multiply impaired students. I have now increased my hours and am working nearly full time along with learning to be a single parent and managing the needs (and endless paperwork) for the kids. I still enjoy walking/hiking and kayaking with friends when I can get a few moments away. 30DS is still working 2 days a week in the pizza shop. He washes dishes, cleans, takes out the trash, and jokes around with co-workers. He bought a drone and has high hopes of creating videos for you all to see. 23DD is sill in school full time. She volunteers as Dominos pizza, Chow Hound, and the local humane society. She LOVES the freedom the transit bus provides and often spends her Saturdays riding around town from store to store. 22dd is now working at Walmart and loving her new job. She can ride the Harbor Transit bus back and forth which is great. She and Alex are now engaged and planning a fall 2019 wedding. Throughout the past year, my friends have really demonstrated what the body of Christ is to look like. They all have different gifts but have ministered to me and my family in many ways.....from meals to transportation for the kids, sitting (or walking) with me while the tears flowed to giving me a much needed whap to do the next (hard) thing, from providing a place of refuge for the kids and I when we needed to get away to fixing the lights on the wave runner trailer so Louis didn't have to lose out on yet another thing, from helping us move and do the final cleaning of the old house to providing wise counsel from experience. THANKS Still, we have hope and a future. The Lord has been with us through it all. We were blessed with a beautiful home that meets our needs. We have jobs that meet our financial needs. We have health. We have a huge support network of friends and family. We have a new year ahead of us. Because of the Lord's Great love we are not consumed, For his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness………..Lamentations 3:22-23 We covet your prayers as we move into 2019 and adjust to our new normal. If you are going through a tough time and life doesn't seems fair, check out this book. It's not Fair: Learning to Love the Life You Didn't Chose by Melanie Dale. It is a real, raw, encouraging book that is even laugh out loud funny at times. I have read it several times over the past year and each time find new encouragement and hope.
55 pointsI think you should still wear a top.
55 pointsSo, in another thread, I babbled about fulfilling one of my personal goals for the year (having a couple of pieces of visual art I made accepted for an exhibition happening this weekend). Meanwhile, my daughter -- who has been juggling multiple part-time jobs since moving to Brooklyn almost four years ago in order to (more or less) make her rent and (come close to) paying (most of) her bills -- interviewed for a full-time job last week. Within just a couple of days, she got a message l(etting her know that they had gone with another candidate, but wanted her to come in and interview for a different, higher-level position doing the thing she had said during the first interview that she'd like to eventually grow into doing. She did the second interview on Thursday and got a call that same afternoon telling her she would receive an offer letter e-mail by close of business today. She received the official offer a couple of hours ago, and it involves almost doubling the combined income she has managed to scrape together in each of the previous few years, medical, dental and unlimited paid time off. They also have flexible hours and have already promised they will accommodate her schedule when she begins grad school this fall. It's not exactly the kind of work she hopes to do in the long term, but it has her working for a company that does work she appreciates, with people she likes and admires, and the salary and schedule should make the next three years of part-time school a whole lot more manageable and comfortable for her. It's a fantastic surprise, and I'm so grateful and happy for her I could just cry.
54 pointsSo my CA ID expired on my birthday at the beginning of July. CA is attempting to align its standards with TSA standards by 2020, so you can either renew the easy way & go in to the DMV with your old ID and get a new one that will not be TSA compliant by 2020, or you can renew the hard way and go in to the DMV with a stack of documents that ID you as you and get what is called a REAL CA ID. I decided to get a REAL CA ID, so I looked at the list and gathered my birth certificate, my SS card, a bill in my name that shows my current address (this was difficult,) my expires in 3 days old ID & off to the DMV I went. Apparently if you are a married woman you can not get a REAL CA ID without a certified copy of your marriage license even if you didn't change your last name. After 3 hours at the DMV I got to go home. At home I couldn't find a copy of my marriage license anywhere. Not in the fire safe with the other documents or the file cabinet with the copies. I went online to the website of the county recorder's office, I downloaded the official form, took it to a notary to be notarized (did you know your license is expired, Ma'am?) and sent it off with a check and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Three weeks later I received (in my self-addressed stamped envelope) a letter which explained that no record of my marriage or my having applied for a marriage license could be found in the year that I claimed to have been married. They would be keeping my payment because they tried. Because I indicated that I had been married in a different county, perhaps I should try that county. I went to a different website for a different county recorder's office, downloaded the form, took it to the notary who looked at me with suspicion. Why did I need another copy of a marriage license from a different county? Why am I trying to get multiple marriage licenses with an expired ID? Again with the self-addressed stamped envelope and check payment. 5 weeks later I received a call from that county because they also have no record of my marriage. The lovely person I spoke to is someone with whom I attended high school. She informed me that she looked in the month before and after the date I put on the form, but she just couldn't find it. She told me she found all 3 of my sister's (not sisters') marriage licenses, but not mine, which was so strange because she thinks that her cousin was at my wedding, or at least at the reception. She remembers that I got married to that boy I was dating in high school, right? The one on the football team? And am I still married to him? She asked me who was responsible for turning in the paperwork after I got married. I told her it was my mom. She told me I should ask her if she hand carried it to the recorder's office in the county where I got married or if she mailed it to the county where I was living at the time. I told her that would be difficult because my mom is deceased. She blessed my heart and let me know that the county would be keeping my check because the payment is for the search and by golly she had searched. I was at a loss. I started having dreams where my Dad called me to say, "So we finally moved the furniture out of the bedroom and you'll never guess what we found in a big white envelope behind your mom's nightstand!" Maybe I wasn't even married. Maybe these past 28 years of "married filing jointly" taxes have been a lie. What now? Should Dh & I have a re-commitment ceremony? I think I have seen this sitcom. Four months after my ID expired, I received a letter from the county I started with, saying a clerical error in the spelling of my married last name at the time of the search caused my record to not come up on the computer, but now it has been found and if I would like to submit another notarized form and payment I can get a copy. Maybe I will find a different notary..... Amber in SJ
53 pointsY'all. I'll never be able to look my mailman in the eyes again. If you read the stunt panty thread, you'll remember I ordered several items...one of which finally arrived today (a month later, courtesy China post). Honestly, I'd forgotten about it. So the (very tiny) package arrived today. Like literally a 6x6 square envelope. You can feel there's not much substance in there. And it required a SIGNATURE! And not realizing what it was, I was like "what is this?" and Mr. Postman said "Um...it says women's pajamas." Oh...ooooooohhh. So I sign. I get the tiny package inside, and no, what the package *actually* says on the customs line is "women's SEXY pajamas!" OMG, hahaha. With that teensy package, and I'm a bigger gal, haha. How deliciously awkward. 😄 I'm still giggling.
53 pointsI posted awhile back about my decisions to stop being a grumpy Christmas lady. Umm. Something weird is happening. I bought a tree the Monday after Thanksgiving. In the past, I'd always waited because we do a real tree and that's a long time to keep it alive. That meant that in the two weeks before Christmas, when we have 2 birthdays, I was also trying to shop, celebrate birthdays, and buy and decorate a tree. So I thought if I get it done early, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. So I bought the tree and put it up in the sun room (this makes me happy because it's not hogging up major space in the corner of my living room. ) We took our time decorating the tree. It's a big tree and it took 3 days to finish but that's okay. We worked a little at a time. I found Christmas music that I didn't hate before Thanksgiving. This is big. It includes lots of Pentatonix, and Piano guys. Instrumental is good. I also prefer Christmas music about the religious aspects over other more cultural celebrations. No I do not want to Rock around the Christmas tree, nor do I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. I figured out several nice gifts for my dh. I also found some simple gifts for my dad and brother. Each year, I stress out looking for the PERFECT gift when I just need to find something nice that says I thought of you. My kids are NOT IN THE HANDBELL CHOIR this year. I had no idea how running back and forth to rehearsals and performances was sapping my joy. I also declined to participate in our church Christmas program. The last few months have had some major stressors (not related to holidays) and I just don't have the energy for it. All that to say, I'm not dreading the holidays. At least not entirely. Yes, there are still aspects that I won't enjoy, but I'm digging deep to find joy in some stuff. So yesterday, it was icy and cold since we got some freezing rain. We were looking out the window at the ice and it began snowing, large fluffy flakes. I said. "Oh look! Snow. How pretty!" My dd looked at me and I clapped a hand over my mouth. I said. "What just came out of my mouth!" Dd said "You don't sound like yourself. What in the world? What's the matter with you?" So my Joyful Christmas Project is doing something. Strange things are happening around here.
53 pointsMy sister completed a triathlon today. Her first. She places something like 275 out of 315. My BIL has a condition called polycyththemia. Basically, too many red blood cells. His is a rare form related to cancer that, as I understand it, has no cure, but can be chronically managed with treatments and healthy living (Basically, blood draws as needed and meds for vitamin deficincies as need......plus a basic healthy diet that includes healthy foods, little to no alkie and no smoking...) BIL was a smoker. It took years after he was diagnosed for her to get him to quit smoking. Beyond that, she started a garden. My mother and I have been gardening for years now, we have been encouraging her to do so but only in the last few years has she started. Before the diagnosis........she would NEVER garden. Now that he's stopped smoking....she's getting more and more into walking/running activities. And although it's good for her, the reality is that he WON'T exercise for himself. At all. BUT, she asked him to help her train for this triathlon. And he did. I could share all sorts of stories about "honest bob's personal training' and 'eagle attacks' and a bunch of other inside jokes. BUT...all those inside jokes aside, the ultimate result is that he was walking with her, biking with her, to "help her train" And the end result is, he is healthier. His condition requires less treatment. She completed the triathlon. He might have added another year or two or five.
52 points...and there was a "+" sign. I am not ready to tell anybody in real life about this (other than DH obviously) and even if I did I wouldn't get the info I need because I know precisely one person ever who has had a baby after age 45. We definitely weren't trying to get pregnant, but I figured my fertility is not what it used to be and I'm getting to the age where I am just. so. over. condoms. and so we weren't exactly being careful either. I am so so so excited ? and also so so so terrified ? I know some of you have been in this situation, so please tell me this baby will keep me young, not make me old!!! ETA: Oh yeah, and oldest DS starts college tomorrow
52 pointsLast night, I helped ds24 pack up his car for his cross-country move. This morning, we said our good-byes and wished him well as he sets off for his grown up adventures ... entering his PhD program at UConn! It is has been a journey. It took 2 years to find a program that would take him. In that time, though, he was able to work, buy a car, and leave with money in the bank so he'll be able to buy a bed and necessary furniture. He is actually going to be a grown up. I'll be booking plane tickets to see him for his birthday in October.


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S: Europe April 2011 Part II
1: Paris | Versailles | Loire Valley
2: Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Ile-de-France region. Paris is ranked among the three most important and influential cities in the world and among the top ten cities in the world in which to live. An important settlement for more than two millennia, Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centers, and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. According to estimates, the Paris agglomeration is Europe's biggest city economy and the fifth largest in the world. Paris and its region are the most popular tourist destination in the world, with 45 million tourists annually, 27 million of whom are foreign visitors. The city and region contain numerous iconic landmarks — particularly the Eiffel Tower — as well as world-famous institutions and popular parks.
5: The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 as the entrance arch to that year's World's Fair. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. The tower is about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. It was originally to stand only for 20 years and to be dismantled in 1909. Paris had planned to tear it down but as the tower proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to remain after the expiry of the permit.
6: Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral in Paris. The cathedral treasury houses a reliquary with the purported Crown of Thorns. Construction began in 1163 and was completed in 1345. During the French Revolution, the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral was turned into a "Cult of Reason" and for a time "Lady Liberty" replaced the Virgin Mary on several altars.
10: The Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées at sunset as seen from the Place de la Concorde | The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is considered the most beautiful street in the world and is one of the most expensive strips of real estate in Europe. | Two fountains sit on opposite ends of the Place de la Concorde, one represents the Rhone and the Rhine rivers, the other represents the Atlantic and the Mediterranean | The Arc de Triomphe honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
11: The Place de la Concorde is located at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. During the French Revolution the revolutionary government erected the guillotine in the square, and it was here that King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were executed. | The center of the square is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II. The obelisk once marked the entrance to the Luxor Temple. The Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali, offered the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk to France in 1829 and King Louis Philippe had it placed in the center of Place de la Concorde, where a guillotine used to stand during the Revolution.
12: Les Invalides is a complex of buildings containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the burial site for some of France's war heroes, notably Napoleon Bonaparte. | The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' and its subsequent physical destruction during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains. The July Column which commemorates the events of the July Revolution (1830) stands at the center of the square.
13: Pont Alexandre III is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. Built between 1896 and 1900, the foundation stone was laid by future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. | The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées was constructed with an iron, steel and glass barrel-vaulted roof, making it the last of the large transparent structures that were necessary for large gatherings of people before the age of electricity.
14: Saint-Etienne-du-Mont | King Louis XV vowed in 1744 that if he recovered from an illness he would replace the ruined church of the Abbey of St Genevieve with an edifice worthy of the patron saint of Paris. He did recover and construction on the Pantheon began in 1757. | The Paris Métro is noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km (133 mi) in length. There are 300 stations
15: La Conciergerie is a former royal palace and prison located near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. It is part of the larger complex known as the Palais de Justice, which is still used for judicial purposes. It began as a Merovingian palace; and from the 10th to the 14th centuries was the seat of the medieval Kings of France. Charles V abandoned the palace in 1358, moving across the river to the Louvre. In 1391 the building was converted for use as a prison. The Conciergerie had a reputation for being the toughest of all prisons. During the Revolution its cells accommodated several hundred prisoners kept in terribly unhealthy and crowded conditions. Suspects were kept together with common law prisoners. During this time known as the Reign of Terror anyone presumed to be an enemy of the revolution would be arrested. Hundreds of prisoners were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine.
16: Marie Antoinette's cell was reconstituted on part of the actual site of her dungeon. She was permanently guarded by two gendarmes. | Marie Antoinette's Chapel was built in 1815 on the exact spot where her prison cell stood.
17: The Women's Courtyard surrounded by two floors of prisoners' cells, still has the fountain where they washed their clothes and one of the stone tables at which they ate, and the "Corner of the Twelve" or "of last goodbyes". This is where condemned prisoners waited in groups of 12 for the cart that would carry them off to the scaffold. | The Grooming Room, where condemned prisoners were stripped of their personal belongings before being executed.
18: The Sainte-Chapelle or 'Holy Chapel', in the courtyard of the royal palace (now part of a later administrative complex known as La Conciergerie), was built to house Louis IX's collection of precious relics of Christ, which included fragments of the Holy Cross and the Crown of Thorns. The date when building work started is unknown (some time between 1239 and 1243) but the chapel was largely complete at the time of its consecration on the 26th of April 1248. The 15 stained glass windows tell the story of the Bible from Genesis to Christ's resurrection through 1,113 scenes.
23: The Tuileries Garden is a public garden located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde. created by Catherine de Medicis as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was first opened to the public in 1667, and became a public park after the French Revolution.
25: Moulin Rouge is a cabaret built in 1889 and best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. | Montmartre is a district, in the north of Paris primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Coeur on its summit and as a nightclub district. Since Montmartre was outside the city limits in the 1800s, free of Paris taxes and no doubt also due to the fact that the local nuns made wine, the hill quickly became a popular drinking area. The area developed into a center of free-wheeling and decadent entertainment at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. In the popular cabaret the Moulin Rouge, and at Le Chat Noir, artists, singers and performers regularly appeared. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.
26: Sacré-Coeur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. The foundation stone was laid in 1875, but the church was not completed until 1914. The design originated in the wake of the division in French society that arose in the decades following French Revolution, between devout Catholics and royalists on one side, and democrats, secularists, socialists and radicals on the other.
28: The Palais Garnier was designed as part of the great reconstruction of Paris during the Second Empire initiated by Emperor Napoleon III, to build a second theater for the world-renowned Parisian Opera and Ballet companies. The project was the subject of architectural design competition during 1861. The start of construction during 1862 and finished in 1865. During 1896, the falling of one of the counterweights for the grand chandelier resulted in the death of one person. This incident, as well as the underground lake and cellars, along with the other elements of the Opera House even the building itself were the inspirations of Gaston Leroux for his classic 1910 Gothic novel, The Phantom of the Opera.
35: View from Montparnasse Tower
36: The Basilica of Saint Denis was completed in 1144 and was the first major structure of which a substantial part was designed and built in the Gothic style. The abbey is where the kings of France and their families were buried for centuries and is therefore often referred to as the "royal necropolis of France". All but three of the monarchs of France from the 10th century until 1789 have their remains here.
41: The Musée du Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 652,300 square feet. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces. The museum opened on August 10, 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property.
45: The Catacombs of Paris are an underground ossuary that holds the remains of about 6 million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris' stone mines. The use of the depleted quarries for the storage of bones was established in 1786. At the time, the Les Halles district in the middle of the city of Paris was suffering from disease, which was due to contamination caused by improper burials and mass graves in church graveyards, especially in the large Saints Innocents Cemetery. So it was decided to remove the bones discreetly and place them in the abandoned quarries.
48: L'Ardoise | Foie gras de canard cuit au torchon | Filet de boeuf de Salers, jus au vin rouge, pomme anna | Planche de fromages | Croquettes de crabe et puree d'avocat pimentee | Risotto de saint jacques | Patisseries aux fraises
50: The court of Versailles was the center of political power in France beginning in 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris. Originally a royal hunting lodge it was expanded into one of the largest palaces in the world. In 1789, the Women's March on Versailles besieged the palace and in a dramatic and violent confrontation they successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI. The next day, the crowd compelled the king, his family including Queen Marie Antoinette, and the entire French Assembly to return with them to Paris.
54: On evening soirees, the Abundance Salon was the place of refreshments, where a buffet served coffee, wine and liqueurs. It was also the antechamber of the Cabinet of Curiosities or the Rarities of Louis XIV.
55: The choice of this military theme which inspired all the decoration of the Mars Drawing Room can be explained by the fact that this large room was originally meant to serve as the guard room for the parade apartment. It was later reserved, at evening soirees, for music and dancing, so that it was commonly known as the "ballroom".
56: The Salon of Hercules was originally a chapel, but converted to a ballroom by Louis XV after the completion of the Royal Chapel. The process of painting the ceiling was so exhausting the artist committed suicide shortly after the completion. | The Royal Chapel was completed in 1710 and was only used by Louis XIV for five years before his death. Wars delayed construction and even the architect did not live to see it complete
57: The paintings adorning the Salon of War exalt the victories of France over the European powers united against her: The Holy Roman Empire, Spain and Holland.
59: The principal feature of the Hall of Mirrors is the seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors. During it's construction from 1678 - 1684, mirrors were one of the most expensive items to possess.
60: The Queen's bedchamber was the main bedroom of three queens of France. There is a 'hidden door' in the corner through which Marie Antoinette escaped when the Paris mob stormed Versailles.
62: The Salon of War and the Salon of Peace are at opposite ends of the Hall of Mirrors. In perfect symmetry with each other, they are decorated exactly the same - the only difference being the panels and ceiling are painted to reflect the benefits of peace on one and military victories on the other.
63: The Salon des Nobles is where the queen held formal audiences. Marie Antoinette had this room completely changed, keeping only the ceiling paintings. | Public meals were served in the Queen's antechamber. Only the royal family were allowed to take their seats at the table. In front of them were people privileged enough to to sit on stools. The others had to stand. Louis XIV attended this almost every night.
64: The Battles Gallery was built by King Louis-Phillipe as a sign of national reconciliation after the French Revolution and the reign of Napoleon I. | The coronation room was completely remodeled when King Louis Phillipe turned Versailles into a museum.
65: The apartments of the Dauphin and Dauphine were directly connected to those of the queen and were always reserved for leading members of the royal family, most notably the children of the King. | The bedroom of one of Louis XV's sister - Madame Victoire. Two of his sisters - Victoire and Adalaide - lived at Versailles until the revolution.
73: The Grand Trianon was built as a retreat for Louis XIV and his mistress of the time and as a place where the King and invited guests could take light meals away from the strict etiquette of the Court. Peter the Great of Russia resided here shortly. After the French Revolution, Napoleon lived here with his second wife.
75: The Malachite Room contains the malachite gifts from Tsar Alexander I of Russia to Napoleon.
77: The Petit Trianon was built by Louis XV for his long-term mistress, Madame de Pompadour. She died four years before its completion, and it was subsequently occupied by her successor, Madame du Barry. Upon his accession to the throne in 1774, the 20-year-old Louis XVI gave the chateau and its surrounding park to his 19-year-old Queen Marie Antoinette for her exclusive use and enjoyment.
81: Marie Antoinette's Hamlet | Marie Antoinette, seeking to flee the Court of Versailles, ordered the construction of her hamlet in 1783. There, she regularly found the charms of country life, surrounded by her lady's companions. It became a veritable farm, directed by a farmer, whose products supplied the kitchens of the Palace.
84: The Loire Valley is located in the middle stretch of the Loire River in central France. It is referred to as the Cradle of the French Language, and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards, artichoke, asparagus and cherry fields which line the banks of the river. Notable for its historic towns, architecture and wines, the valley has been inhabited since the Middle Palaeolithic period.
86: The royal Chateau de Chambord is one of the most recognizable chateaux in the world. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Franois I in part to be near to his mistress, whose home was adjacent. Chambord is the largest chateau in the Loire Valley. In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the art collections of the Louvre and Compiegne museums (including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo) were stored at the Chateau de Chambord.
93: The Chateau d'Amboise was built on a promontory overlooking the Loire River to control a strategic ford that was replaced in the Middle Ages by a bridge and the chateau began its life in the eleventh century, when the notorious Count of Anjou, rebuilt the stronghold in stone. Expanded and improved over time, in 1434 it was seized by Charles VII of France, after its owner was convicted of plotting against Louis XI. Once in royal hands, the chateau became a favorite of French kings. As a guest of the King, Leonardo da Vinci came to Chateau Amboise in 1515 and lived and worked in the nearby Clos Lucé, connected to the chateau by an underground passage. Tourists are told that he is buried in the chapel adjoining the chateau. Henry II and his wife, Catherine de' Medici, raised their children here along with Mary Stuart, the child Queen of Scotland
94: Chateau Chenonceau was built between 1515 and 1521 and later confiscated by King Francis I for unpaid debts. After Francis' death in 1547, Henry II offered the chateau as a gift to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who became fervently attached to it. She would have the arched bridge constructed, joining the chateau to its opposite bank. She then oversaw the planting of extensive flower and vegetable gardens along with a variety of fruit trees. After King Henry II died in 1559, his strong-willed widow and regent Catherine de Medici had Diane expelled. Because the estate no longer belonged to the crown, she could not seize it outright, but forced Diane to exchange it for another property. Queen Catherine then made Chenonceau her own favorite residence, adding a new series of gardens.


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Today is Leaf's due date.
We're no where close to being home in the "due date plus or minus 2 weeks" that is typically quoted. We are, however, considerably past where Acorn was at his due date - a good 6 ounces heavier, wearing newborn sized clothes right on schedule, off the CPAP 6 hours a day and doing well with it, and there's milk in the freezer to last weeks....and I'm still pumping more.
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John Gilman – View from the Cellar – On collecting and collectible values
John Gilman is one of the people who I have enjoyed getting to know in 2008. He started his career in wine retail, later worked as a sommelier with a soft spot for Burgundy, and now has embarked on the foolhardy notion of writing a bi-monthly wine newsletter, A View from the Cellar. Except maybe he's not so foolhardy since, unlike a blog, he actually charges for his newsletter! Started in 2006, John has quickly won the respect of collectors and the people in the trade. He's often provocative and not afraid to call things as he sees them; one of my favorite parts of his newsletter is the "roadkill" section where he discusses bottles he's tried recently that were over the hill, mostly prematurely since they were made to attract attention in their youths but have failed to mature.
To give you a flavor of his preferences and picks, I asked him several questions via email. I broke it up in to two postings. In this first posting, John discusses what would be in his cellar if he were starting collecting today, what he drinks at home on a Tuesday night, the most underrated wines for aging, where Lafite 2005 will be in five years, and what would be his "desert island wine." Onward!
If you had no collection and were going to put $1,000 into, say, at least two cases of wines available now for drinking 10+ years from now, what wines would you include?
I would start with buying red wines, as I think one can always find something very, very interesting to drink with younger white wines, but younger red wines just cannot compare with reds with bottle age. Clearly one of the places to start would be with 2005 or 2006 Loire reds– they will age along the lines of a top-flight Bordeaux and offer tremendous value. The 2005s are a bit more massive in scale, but both vintages are stellar, and at this point I am not sure I have a preference for one over the other. The top of my list from this region would include Pierre Breton's Bourgueil "Clos Sénéchal" (find this wine), Bernard Baudry's Chinon "Clos Guillot" (find this wine), Charles Joguet's "Clos de la Dioterie"(find this wine), Philippe Alliet's Chinon "Vieilles Vignes" (find this wine)and the regular bottling from Clos Rougeard (find this wine). With all of these, other than the Clos Rougeard, we are talking in the $300 to $400 per case range here. I would also have to have some Burgundy, and the 2005 vintage in the Côte de Beaune is where the good values are to be found in plentiful quantities. These would include anything from Chandon de Briailles, Patrick Bize, Jean-Mark Pavelot and Camus-Bruchon in Savigny-les-Beaune, the "happy hunting ground" for red Burgundy bargain shoppers. A case of Joseph Drouhin's Beaune "Clos des Mouches" (find this wine)or Beaune "Grêves" (find this wine) from '05 would also be great to have. I might also be tempted to buy a case of the 2001 Mayacamas cabernet sauvignon (about $50; find this wine), which is one of the few wineries still making wines exactly as they were made in the 1970s.
What are the most underrated wines for aging?
As far as red wines go, Cru Beaujolais and Loire Valley reds are neck and neck for this honor. A great Morgon from the Desvignes family or a Moulin-à-Vent from Domaine Diochon or Château Thivin's Côte de Brouilly are brilliant wines with fifteen or twenty years bottle age on them. But it is hard not to get even more enthused with an old Bernard Baudry or Charles Joguet Chinon, or a Saumur from the Foucault brothers at Clos Rougeard. As far as white wines go, probably Vouvray or Montlouis, with an honorable mention for German rieslings.
On any given Tuesday evening, which wine's likely to be on your dinner table?
If its not a tasting night with samples, usually red Burgundy. These days I am drinking a lot of 1998 and 2000 village wines, from people like Christophe Roumier, Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, Domaine Dujac or Jean-Marie Fourrier in the north, or Savigny-les-Beaune gems from Camus-Bruchon, Jean-Marc Pavelot, Simon-Bize or Chandon de Briailles. If I need a white, Trimbach Cuvée Frédéric Émile Riesling or a wine from François Chidaine in Montlouis is a good bet during the winter, and German wines from Hanno Zilliken, Helmut Dönnhoff or Willi Schaefer in the warmer weather. I used to drink a lot of white Burgundy, but with the premature oxidation problems of the mid-'90s, I don't have too much anymore to drink from Chablis or the Côte de Beaune.
Will a case of Lafite 2005 be higher or lower in 12 months? And five years?
Lower in twelve months, and lower again in five years. China has been almost single-handedly driving the Lafite market, and they are going to become more sophisticated with their wine tastes as they become more familiar with the beverage, and diversification there will help ease the price of the '05 Lafite over the coming years.
Best red Burgundy under $30?
Domaine Lafouge Auxey-Duresses rouge- either of their two premier crus are stellar- La Chapelle or Climat du Valle (find these wines). Domaine Coche-Dury's Auxey-Duresses should be another candidate, but I don't think it can still be found under thirty dollars these days.
What's a top wine experience you had in 2008 where the context mattered as much as the wine?
A pair of retirement dinners with Jacky Truchot- one in Burgundy and one in the Washington D.C. area. Monsieur Truchot and his wines meant a lot to me personally, as his were the first great Burgundies I ever tasted, and on my first visit to the region, he and his wife Liliane actually put me up with their American importer. Jacky was the great unsung maestro of Morey St. Denis, and a man that did not really gain recognition for the brilliance of his wines until very late in his career, and yet never shied away from doing the right thing and making the very best wines possible. By the way, we did drink very well at both of his dinners.
You're on a desert island and you could drink one last wine again, what would it be?
Good question. Probably the 1945 Comte de Vogüé Musigny "Cuvée Vieilles Vignes", provided you could guarantee provenance to a condemned man stranded in the wilderness. The good bottles I have had of this wine are forever etched in my memory for their magical complexity, haunting perfume and ethereal palate impression. The first bottle I ever decanted of this wine simply filled up the room with its bouquet the minute it hit the glass- candied cherries, wild strawberries, orange zest, kaleidoscopic, autumnal Burgundian soil tones, coffee, woodsmoke and liquid roses. On the palate the wine was perfect- silky, dancing and still quite full, with an intensity of flavor that is unforgettable. Unfortunately, I have had a few bottles that were a bit bound up and malty as well, so you have to promise perfect storage!


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All work and no play... No, really, I'm working and playing at the same time. Quite the way to do it. Time flies, while I'm having fun in my studio.
Well, there has not been a lot of activity here for a couple of weeks. The school-part of my life, nevertheless, is more turbulent. I'm in the midst of my exam work, with loads of other things around. Especially meetings. I'll be a meeting professional within a few months. But I really do enjoy this period, turbulent as it may be. My work gives me a lot of energy right now!
Tomorrow you can have a sneak peek at my work at our Steneby Bachelor's Blog.
Last Sunday included chocolate semlor, a very abandoned house, a poem by Tomas Tranströmer, mossy old shoes (nice moss though) on a road trip where uncertainty was the only rule. Let's say we took the road less travelled by.
I was in Värmland last week, doing research for my exam work. Apart from taking photographs, having lots of fika and revisiting dear places, I have been browsing through multiple second hand shops in my search for material to use in my project. The thought is to make some sort of installation out of found objects with a connection to my "native lands". I have no idea where this will end. What I do have is a lot of odd little things. More photos to come.
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I am at that exciting stage in life where my friends and I are all having babies. This means I get to go to lots of baby showers, which I LOVE (any excuse for a celebration!). My own baby shower was two years ago and I had such a good time. We were very lucky with the weather, and being able to use my parents' amazing garden, which was just the perfect venue. However, I know sometimes people can find baby showers a bit awkward because of one thing – the gift. Of course, I'm sure no-one throws a shower expecting gifts (I know I didn't and said as much to anyone who asked what I wanted) but it's natural to want to buy a baby shower gift. Then you have the dilemma of what to actually buy? So I thought I would do a post of the types of things I usually give at a baby shower.
I generally do the "big present" for the shower, and that will be a baby hamper of some kind. Then once the baby is born, I will buy a smaller gift or something personalised. I try to personalise the hamper to the person I am buying for. Knowing the gender of the baby can be helpful for clothes, but other than that I don't think it really matters. Sometimes it's nice to not have gender specific items!
I also try and pack things that as a first time mum, you wouldn't think you need until the day you need them and it's a massive panic to try and find that item! In the past I have done nappy cakes which are great fun and actually really simple to do!
For one friend's hamper recently, I did a medicine basket. This included the following items:
- Calpol
- Bonjela
- Teething powder (Nelsons or Ashton and Parsons)
- Teething toy
- Snuffle babe (like baby vicks, good for colds)
- Infacol
- Gripe Water
- Burt Bees baby oil
- Face cloths and baby sponge
- Dummies
- Muslins
(I was a bit unorganised and didn't manage to get a photo of this!)
These were all things I hadn't thought about getting until I actually needed them – and a teething baby with no teething granules is not fun!! Even if the parents already have all these things, they are the types of things that will always be used, so you can never have too many.
I also always like to include something personal, so I now try to make a blanket and matching taggie rag. I try to use fabric that is personal to the family – so for this friend, she was having a little girl and her husband is a keen fisher, so I had to get something with fish on! I'll be doing a "how-to" for both these items very soon, so keep an eye out!
For the second baby shower I went to this year, I actually managed to get some better photos for you! My friend is a nurse, so I didn't think she would need a medicine basket, so this time I went for a bit of a random mix of stuff! Again, it was stuff that you wouldn't necessarily think you need, but also things that your baby would use when they're a bit older so something they can put away for a few months time.
Here's what I included:
- Simple bath and shampoo goodies
- Hooded bath towels
- Face cloths and baby sponge
- Baby toothbrush
- Aden + Anais Sleeping Bag
- Sleep vests
- Munchkin 360 cup in green
- Munchkin bowls and spoons
- Buggy clips
- Dribble bibs
- Nappy bags
- Baby Milestone cards
- Handmade blanket
- Handmade taggie blanket
- Pamper box for mummy
- Candle
- Chocolate (FYI Charlotte – I owe you some chocolate….)
To give it a nice finishing touch, wrap it in cellophane and it with some ribbon. I usually use florist ribbon as it looks nicer, but I had to improvise as I couldn't find my reel of ribbon!
So there we have it – the perfect baby shower hamper! The thing I love about a hamper is that there are so many different things you can put in. Whether it's a first baby or third baby, you can mix and match all kinds of stuff that mum and dad will find useful. And if you are a parent yourself, I'm sure you can think of loads of stuff that you didn't know you needed until you really needed it!
Equally, if you don't want to give a big gift at the baby shower, or mum isn't having a baby shower, these are also perfect gifts to give once baby is here. I hope this has give you some ideas if you're stuck for present inspiration.
If you were giving a first time mum a baby hamper, what would be your must have items?
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In 2014, we saw the enterprise continue its technology transformation from hardware use to software adoption with the proliferation of the cloud. We saw the concept of the software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) emerge and join the ranks of other software-defined technology such as the software-defined network (SDN), the software-defined data center (SDDC) and software-defined storage (SDS).
In 2015, we can expect to see more IT teams embrace the software-defined model, which will allow their organizations to conduct business more efficiently, scale and have greater control of their network. For instance, the software-defined data center is changing the way people are approaching how they manage their network and SaaS applications. It is no longer about just optimizing the WAN, but also about simplifying path conditioning and path security.
With software-defined WANs, IT teams will be able to correct the Internet's latency and loss problems, giving enterprises a better, more consistent connection. For the first time, they can gain insight into all traffic traversing the network – no matter its final destination.
Silver Peak has outlined five predictions for what we can expect to see in our software-defined future.
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."


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Celldweller - End of an Empire Collector's Edition (5-CD Box Set)
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Note: This release contains explicit lyrics
Looking for the complete End of an Empire experience? This 5 disc CD box set is for the most die-hard Celldweller fans who want to have every incredible track, Faction, and remix from the End of an Empire album.
Disc 1 - End of an Empire
Disc 2 - Factions
Disc 3 - Instrumentals
Disc 4 - The Remixes (Part I)
Disc 5 - The Remixes (Part II)
Bonus Download - The Remixes (Instrumentals)
Disc 1 - End of an Empire
- End of an Empire
- Heart On
- Down To Earth
- New Elysium
- Just Like You
- Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)
- Lost In Time
- Breakout (feat. Scandroid)
- Jericho
- Precious One
Disc 2 - Factions
- Faction 01
- Faction 02
- Faction 03
- Faction 04
- Faction 05
- Faction 06
- Faction 07
- Faction 08
- Faction 09
- Faction 10
- Faction 11
- Faction 12
- Faction 13
- Faction 14
- Faction 15
- Faction 01 (Instrumental)
- Faction 02 (Instrumental)
- Faction 04 (Instrumental)
- Faction 06 (Instrumental)
- Faction 07 (Instrumental)
- Faction 09 (Instrumental)
- Faction 10 (Instrumental)
- Faction 13 (Instrumental)
Disc 3 - Instrumentals
- End of an Empire (Instrumental)
- Heart On (Instrumental)
- Down To Earth (Instrumental)
- New Elysium (Instrumental)
- Just Like You (Instrumental)
- Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked) (Instrumental)
- Lost In Time (Instrumental)
- Breakout (feat. Scandroid) (Instrumental)
- Jericho (Instrumental)
- Precious One (Instrumental)
Disc 4 - The Remixes (Part I)
- Down To Earth (KATFYR Remix)
- Heart On (Aesthetic Perfection Remix)
- Lost In Time (KJ Sawka Remix)
- End of an Empire (Comaduster Remix)
- Jericho (Circle of Dust Remix)
- New Elysium (The Algorithm Remix)
- Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked) (Combichrist Remix)
- Precious One (Drumcorp Remix)
- Breakout (feat. Scandroid) (I Will Never Be The Same Remix)
- Just Like You (Tom Player Remix)
Disc 5 - The Remixes (Part II)
- New Elysium (Zardonic Remix)
- Down to Earth (Celldweller Remix)
- Breakout (feat. Scandroid) (Scandroid Remix)
- Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked) (Hecq Remix)
- Heart On (Mister Faux Remix)
- Just Like You (Mobthrow Remix)
- Lost In Time (OCTiV Remix)
- End of an Empire (Breathe Carolina Remix)
- Heart On (SeamlessR Remix)
- Precious One (Rhys Fulber Remix)
Time, Love, Dreams and Death - all four chapters have been unveiled. Now begins the true End of an Empire.
After a year long production cycle, Celldweller has been slowly revealing bits and pieces of his third full length, studio artist album, which showcases a return to the more formative complex electronic and heavy metal elements that defined the unique hybrid that is Celldweller. Never one to rest on his laurels, Klayton raises the bar with a brand new level of production unheard of by most producers, fusing analog and digital to create something completely out of this world.
From tracks like "Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)" which sound like something straight out of a neo-futuristic punk rock dive bar, to the soft and somber "Just Like You" that swells with acoustic guitars, modular synths and melodic vocals into an epic cinematic ballad. Every track brings something completely unique yet distinctly Celldweller to the table. Equal parts score and soundtrack to a science fiction movie that hasn't been created yet, this album delivers an unparalleled experience that transports each listener to their own little world inhabited by all of the iconic characters presented throughout the chapter cycle leading up to the release of the final album.
Now sit down, buckle up, and welcome to the end.
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I am officially sick of that song.
Quote from: Lard on September 20, 2012, 08:50:10 PMI am officially sick of that song.Join the club, I got sick of that the first weekend I was introduced to it. Argh.
What about Gangnam Style?? :D
When I was at a con some clowns were dancing around in Gangnam style everywhere and they kept bumping into me. One of those times I was handling a very pointy object. It was not fun.
Aaaashtooooooon, you hold the pointy end at the people bumping into you.


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Remember when Saturday mornings were worth getting up for? While we can't provide a four-hour block of programming, here's some retro news you may have missed (or simply want to revisit) from the past week.
Saturday Morning Programming:
To celebrate Linz actually admitting seeing the first Pokemon movie in theatres in one week, let's watch some Jigglypuff. I've got to buy it, I've got to buy it! Chinpokomon!
Jem is the pop star Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
A trailer for The Muppets show on ABC hit the internetz and it looks awesome!
We also got a first look of the new Supergirl series.
On the heels of the news that The Simpsons were renewed for seasons 27 and 28 comes the bad news that Harry Shearer will not be around.
See newly unearthed photos from Nirvana's Nevermind promo shoot.
Video Games:
Dang, that was actually pretty fast! Point of View Sonic Xtreme Prototype Released!
Nintendo makes an awesome announcement for E3 2015. How awesome? Nintendo World Championship awesome!
More Hamburglar. That whispered Robble Robble… We need an adult!
In Case You Missed It:
Linz dug out some old movie stubs and admitted to 18 Questionable Movie Choices from 1997-2000.
We then examined some of our favorite TV and movie actors with these 8 Alternate Casting Choices.
Rediscover the 80s Weekly Links are oot and aboot with some great stories. You should also check out their Retro80s SoundClound Sampler for the month!
Shawn from Branded in the 80s and Paxton from Cavalcade of Awesome created some awesome Young Guns trading cards that should have existed in the first place!
We've never had sea monkeys, but always wanted them! Toy Tales takes at a look at the history behind those little fellas!
The Sewer Den takes a look at some radical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle hats for some high fashion choices!


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Most people scoring interviews for the job you want arrive armed with knowledge of the industry, smart questions for the interviewer, and a classy outfit.
The question is, how can you go above and beyond, and show the interviewer you're exactly what they've been seeking?
In a Facebook Live interview at Business Insider's annual conference IGNITION, Business Insider asked Arianna Huffington about the qualities she looks for in new hires.
Huffington is the cofounder and former editor of The Huffington Post; she's currently the CEO of startup Thrive Global.
The first quality she mentioned was the confidence to speak up.
"I love working with people who say exactly what's on their minds," she said.
Jenna Lyons, president and executive creative director of J.Crew Group Inc., told Motto earlier this year that she's also impressed when people speak up. "I find it impossible to understand where a person stands if they don't join the conversation," she said.
It's hard to believe there are successful executives looking for employees who don't speak their minds — whether that's during the initial job interview or the regular workday, once you're hired. However, it's rarely lauded as a quality executives are seeking right off the bat.
The second quality Huffington looks for in new employees? The ability to take care of yourself.
"I think it takes a certain person to recognize that, when they take care of themselves, they're going to be better at their jobs," she said.
Read more at Business Insider