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Soooo I was so excited for this weeks Pencil-Lines cause its guest is one of my scrappy heroines - you know, when you start out you're in such awe over scrapbookers who's like, impossibly amazing and stuff?? Cecilie Lundstad is one of them....she was one of the big ones back then and she still is :) So anyways, finally got to meet her back in the fall and well, when she was gonna guest Pencil-Lines I thought it would be like, cool to scrap this picture of us together :p Only,
And well, the layout - pulled out this (yes I have to link, I thought the hue was amazingly cool and Im still sad I had to cut in that paper and not use the backside) amazing Prima-paper I really didn't know I had, from 2007 - god I love that paper! Totally loved the hue of the backside, but decided to use the front which fit with the sketch. Ahwell - the downside of double-patterned papers :p Other stuff includes uh Hambly and some glimmer mist :p
Alright, on to something else;
Bad Girls Christmas Workshop at the message board.
OH yeah. It's that time of the year.
And this time it's bigger and badder than ever - with 22 FREE classes throughout and lots of fun and stuff starting Nov 14th all the way to Nov 23rd! Nice eh? :) And - go on and visit the message board now - the supply lists for the first classes have already been posted - and more to come :)
There's also a Blog Candy for those of you who'd like help spreading the word: all you need to know is in this post. And as a little thank you gift there will be one lucky winner walking away with a whoppin' 50$ gift certificate to the Bad Girls Store. Yeah! :)
Right. Off to Oslo in just a few days, got quite a bit to wrap up before so but getting there.
Oh by the way - those of you who have attended my classes - email me and let me know and I'll set you up with the private class-blog(s) I have made for these if you haven't gotten an invitation yet. Consider that an extra bonus ;) About to attend a class of mine? I'll let you know the details in the classes - see ya there :)
Hmhmhm. I don't think Ive forgotten anything as for now so. See yas :)


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Matthew Schroeder is the Manager of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project.
Since joining FAS in February 2002, he has researched and written on US arms transfers, arms export policies, and the illicit small arms trade.
He is a co-author of the book The Small Arms Trade (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2007) and has written articles for Arms Control Today,
the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Defense News, African Analyst, Defense Technology International and the Disarmament Forum. He has given
dozens of television, radio and print media interviews, appearing on, inter alia, CNN, BBC, and the History Channel.
He has served as chair of the Arms Transfers Working Group, an alliance of arms control,
human rights and religious groups based in Washington, DC. He graduated summa cum laude from Wittenberg University
(Springfield, Ohio) with a bachelor's degree in history and received a master's degree in international security policy from Columbia University's
School of International and Public Affairs.
"Man-portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS),"
with James Bevan in Conventional Ammunition in Surplus: A Reference Guide (Geneva: Small Arms Survey, January 2008).
Small Arms, Terrorism and the OAS Firearms Convention,
FAS Occasional Paper No. 1, (March 2004).

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I know I have been neglectful to my blog….but…I have a good reason. Not only have I been hard at work on the 3rd Amy Maxwell book, I have finished editing "The Dead of Summer" and have been notified by Kindle Press that it will be released next Tuesday, September 29! if you were among the kindle Scouts who nominated the novel, you should have received your free copy…I'd love if you would leave a review on the Amazon page.
If you weren't one of the lucky ones who got a free copy, you can pre-order the novel by following this link:
Check out this excerpt from "The Dead of Summer":
"Adults insist that you never completely remember your childhood. They say that as the years pass by, those little details that once captured your undivided attention become fuzzy around the edges. As time marches on, the sharp memories start crinkling up like a piece of newspaper burning in a campfire; first you can just make out the sentences, and then, the white hot fire laps at the pages, blurring them and obscuring the actual words. Until all that you are left with is a fine white ash and the vague memories of what used to be.
As long as I'm breathing, I know I will never forget my sixteenth summer. It's been years, but that summer is etched finely in my memory. That was the summer I finally kissed a boy, found the body in the basement, and discovered that keeping secrets just might kill you. And believe me, that isn't something you forget too easily, no matter how hard you try. And I sure as hell have tried.
My sixteenth summer was a strange time in Novella, South Carolina. When that first honeysuckle bloomed in early June, we were sure as hell done with summer already that year. For some reason, it had been unseasonably warm for nearly three months, the moon had been unnaturally full, and the events of that time inexplicably crazy, making me remember it even more. It was the summer that Shayla Wilson's daddy discovered that she had been the one who was been stealing the cold cuts from his grocery store and giving them to the homeless couple that lived in the back alley. The day after that, Mrs. Busby's (or aka Mrs. Busybody's) barn burned down and her cows were discovered completely unscathed three miles down the road. And that all happened after the thirty-something-year-old principal of my high school ran off with Mrs. Nelson, the married sixty-five-year-old chemistry teacher. But none of that was what changed my life.
It was a blistering hot day in June when I was pretty sure my life trajectory had been altered forever. That was the day I met him. Him was Carson Tyler, and I truly believe that if I had not met him, had he not breezed into our quaint little town, my life would have taken a totally different path from that point on. Better or worse, I'll never know, but one thing is for certain; Carson Tyler's arrival set into motion the events that would change me forever. He was like that first domino that falls, causing all the other dominoes that are perfectly lined up to come crashing down in rapid succession."


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Yes folks you read that title correctly. This week marks the last of my term over at the Play Date Cafe. It has been a wonderful creative journey for me, stretching me, and helping me to learn loads about myself in the process. Thanks to Julie and the rest of the DT for making it a memorable term!
Without further ado, here is this weeks colour story. Yes, it is colour splash week again, and you know what that means - black and white, with just a splash of colour (and this week YOU get to pick that one splash of colour).
We were sponsored by The Twinery this week, and I have used just a smidge of 'pink sorbet' twine on my triangle card. I tied two pieces into knots and attached to be the 'spots' on my ladybugs.
Black and white cardstock, kaisercraft scrap paper, black archival ink, and stamps from Darkroom Door (all occasions and alphabet medley) and Heidi Grace (sweetest bug icon) all came together to create this sweet card which I posted secretly to my husband.
Thanks for all your visits during my term as a Designer at The Play Date Cafe - they have meant a lot to me. I hope you'll all pop by often and say 'hi'.


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Last July 17, I had the pleasure of travelling to the land of saris and silk to have the best Indian dishes the world has to offer.
Okay, I didn't literally travel to the land of saris and silk, but I had a fine experience with The Cafe's (The Café is the main dining space at Hyatt City of Dreams; a place with an amazing touch of class) Indian cuisine. Chef Ajith Kumar from Hyatt Regency Gurgaon, New Dehli joins the creative team of The Café to showcase amazing Indian recipes.
As a lover of free food and Indian cuisine, I had an excellent time! You can tell by the amount of food I consumed—and the number of times I went back for seconds, lol.
It was my first time to really explore City of Dream's Hyatt. Everything there was what I imagined it to be: Lush. The place had gold walls, shiny objects, finely dressed people, and exquisite cuisine. It truly was a City of Dreams.
Much to my amusement, I attempted to take a creative shot with one of the chandeliers.
When I entered The Café, my mouth was already watering. What welcomed me was a wide and luxurious space of culinary delights. The delicacies were showcased by experienced chefs, giving me an interactive kitchen-show restaurant.
The event was graced by different media practitioners, from food to lifestyle bloggers. I was lucky enough to meet these amazing people.
The food photographers had awesome lenses! Too bad I couldn't borrow some (that would be subtly rude, of course). Time to save up for new lenses, I guess.
Man, the dishes that were showcased were really good! I tasted amazing dishes like Paneer Makhani (Cottage cheese simmered in tomato sauce spiked with fenugreek), Maas Ke Sooley (Smoked lamb with raw papaya), and Kerala prawn masala (Tiger prawn with coconut curry leaves with ginger and chilli). Indian cuisine is always a work of art-- the delightful play of ingredients go hand in hand to create gastronomic delights. It's definitely a dynamic cuisine because of the wide range of herbs and spices used in every dish.
Who can forget curry? Too good for my life!
Check out these generous spices! these are what make Indian dishes taste so delicious!
I don't eat breakfast and lunch for spoiled days like this. I love Indian food!
I spotted this beautiful creature grabbing some dessert (I sneakily took a shot; I hope she didn't find it too creepy)
You know what makes the event more amazing? The organizers told us that we can get other dishes from the different stations! After indulging from Indian cuisine, I immediately went to all the stations. What happened afterwards, I couldn't remember (courtesy of food coma, haha)
I rarely get the chance to try out fancy food like caviar so I had to try it!
Here are some amazing combinations you can try for your drinking water. You guys can thank me later.
I can testify that The Café's Indian cuisine can get you straight to food heaven. The dishes are not only fresh and delicious, but they are also excellently displayed. Cheers to The Café and City of Dreams for spoiling us— until the next time!
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Trying not to get fat
My neph looked at my belly button, and told me not to gain any weight. Unfortunately, I DO have control over that, and I guess the take-home message is that if I don't want my belly-button to enter the room before the rest of me does, I have to cut down on my regular trips to Chick-fil-A. That, and start running again. I'm giving myself 6 months before starting up completely again. It's been about 4 months since I stopped, and while my hamstring still hurts now and then, I'm hoping 6 months of inactivity is enough to get it healed. I'm also going to look into Hot Yoga--anybody ever tried it? I heard from a PT that it's good, especially for tendonitis. Lots of heat, lots of stretches, all good things for a chronically impaired hamstring. Like I said, I'm looking into it, and I'm trying to justify the cost by telling myself that PT would cost as much and do less.
Not that I'm speaking ill of PT, just that in my case, it wasn't the magic bullet I had hoped it would be. I learned some good exercises that I still do, though, so I guess that's good.
I'm extra tired lately. Does that mean anything?
I'm off to Boston in a few months. After a summer of traveling, getting on another plane sounds like torture, but at least it's a short flight, and I can schedule it so I can go up and back in a day. Usually I try to drag it out and do something with family and friends in Boston, but at this point, I'm mostly interested in spending as much time in my own bed as possible.
That sounds like I'm lazy. Maybe. I'm going to blame my kidneys, though. Except for my expanding thighs, crappy kidneys can pretty much be blamed for everything. Like I said, before, having PKD is all about finding the perks.
4 comments:
- RobMonroe said...
Day trip to Boston? That sounds like "fun" in my book!
I have a feeling I'm going to get the weight conversation when I got see my new nephrologist in September. I'm convinced of it...
- Heather O. said...
And now the ad on the sidebar is on surgical weight loss. Gotta love that logorithm, or, um, whatever.
- cran said...
I'm a somewhat new reader who also has pkd. I have known about it since I was 19 and am now almost 47. Last fall I had surgery for dialysis access but so far I am stable enough to not use it. The fatigue factor seems to come and go randomly but I know anemia does play a part in mine.
Just wanted to introduce myself, say hi and offer encouragement!
- justin_81 said...
Dear Heather,
I have a similar comment at cran... I was diagnosed with PKD at 16 (I'm 29 now) and have been on hypertension meds since then as well. I haven't really thought much about my condition until recently when I had a scare with some really elevated muscle enzyme levels. It got me thinking that I need to do some more research and take my condition more seriously. I've also recently started to be much more physically active but my nephrologist has advised that I halt temporarily. Your blog gives me encouragement that I can be fit, active, do resistance training and live with PKD. Thank you very much and good luck with your training.
Be healthy!


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One thing I realized is that you don't have to be a Princeton professor to set-up a demonstration. The Ellicott City organizer is currently a waitress (this is a good job too BTW).
One day, while writing against the HHS mandate on Facebook, she decided that she should do something besides write about the mandate. So, she organized both the March and June 2012 HHS mandate rallies. She also managed to get leaders from around the local area.
According to her, during the March rally:
The ministers in the first picture [below] are Fr. Terry Sweeney of St. Timothy's Episcopal in Catonsville (speaking) and Rev. Frank Revell of Cokesbury Memorial Methodist in Abingdon, who led us in our opening prayer. Also speaking were Bishop Rozanski from the Baltimore Archdiocese; myself; and Sandra Nettina, a local nurse and pro-life organizer. This is not a Catholic issue; this is not a gender struggle. This is a fight to retain our Constitutional rights, and it belongs to all Americans. Many thanks to all of those who recognized this and came out, in Ellicott City and in 140 other cities across our nation!
I wonder how this country would be if more people decided to get out of their arm chair and stand up for Truth.
We can't leave it up to the politicians. Change starts with reviving the culture to the Way.


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By Louise Thomas
The first half of this year's netball season my Year 7 team (11 to 12-year-olds) were struggling. We hadn't won a single game. I had a Goal Defence and a Goal Keep who would lob the ball away down court straight to the opposition, and another Goal Keep whose body was just too big for her brain and she was constantly falling over – three or four times. Every game. With a contact penalty being called against her just about every time she fall over. I've gone through a whole box of sticking plasters.
I had a Wing Defence who could intercept the ball well, but then couldn't get the next pass away as the down-court players were all leading away from her behind opposition and she just couldn't throw that high or far. A Centre who wouldn't let go of the ball at pass-off or around the circle edge. A Goal Attack, who was about a head shorter than everyone else on court and couldn't shoot the ball past tall defenders. I was constantly on their case, pleading with the GK and GD to take safer passes, the other GK to try and stay upright, the WD to practice her lobs, the C to let go of the ball, etc. You get the picture.
My teenage daughter, a 15-year-old rep player who is my assistant coach, said to me at the start of Round 2, that we had to change the team up a little. We looked at and talked about every player. How could we do things differently? She said she used to lob the ball when she played at GD at the same age and use to get in trouble with the coach as well. She pointed out it was only an issue until the WD in her team got to know that that was what she was going to do and would drop right back down to the transverse line by the attack third to take the pass – suddenly they were eating up the court. Only two passes from the defence third to the top of the goal circle. Surely that's an outcome that any team would want?
As coaches we're suppose to teach these young players to come forward for the ball, take the safe passes, look after the ball. But maybe that's wrong, or, at least, not always right. I was trying to get these players to improve their weaknesses rather than playing to their strengths.
Before Round 2 started we decided that we were going to offer the GD and the GK a close lead and two far away leads that they could lob to. We were going to encourage the GD and GK to use their strong throwing skills. My assistant coach came up with a game play where the Centre Pass-off went straight to the GD and then was lobbed right down to the GA under the hoop. This involved the WA blocking the GD at the pass-off (playing defensively instead of joining the attack) the GA dropping back under the hoop, and the GS running out to the transverse line to draw off the opposition GK. It worked brilliantly. It left the goal free with only our shooter anywhere in sight. Even if the lob fell short she was still the closest to pick it up. And no one, but no one, was expecting an 11-year-old to lob the ball from mid court straight to the shooter under the hoop. We got away with it five times in one game before an opposition coach screamed at her GK to stop following the GS out of the circle.
The other big change I made was moving the uncoordinated GK out to Goal Shoot. She is tall, a pretty good shot and has a good eye for the ball, but what really made this a brilliant move was turning the falling-over-frequently to our advantage. See, the thing is, in netball, if you're on defence and you fall over your own or someone else's feet, nine times out of ten you'll get pinged by the umpire for contact. What we discovered was when you're on attack the opposite is true. This second round, just about every time she's fallen over, rightly or wrongly, the opposition has been called for contact. Meaning we get a clear shot at goal, usually under the hoop.
The problem with the WD I solved by telling the C and WA that if they want the ball from her that they had to drop back and then lead forward EVERYTIME, in opposite drives. Otherwise the WD was just going to pass it back to the GD for a down court lob to one of the shooters. They do now, or at least one of them remembers to, after all who wants to cut themselves out of the game with a bad lead. The WD has a great powerful chest pass that the attack can drive onto. Passing problem solved.
I'm still working on my C letting go of the ball, but this has been partially solved by moving my short GA into the midcourt (And my former GS to GA). Turns out she's really good at being Centre.
The change in results has been amazing. With one game to go in the round we are currently leading the pool. We've comprehensively beaten teams that pummelled us in the first round.
There's probably a metaphor for life in here. Something along the lines that we're only a bit of left-field tweaking away from being brilliant. And definitely, most definitely, double down on your strengths and find away to mitigate any weaknesses without getting hung up on them.
Also, I suspect that next year maybe I should be assistant coach. I've got a sneaking feeling my daughter might be smarter than me.
#netball, #coaching, #strengths
#netball, #coaching, #strengths


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We'd like to thank everyone who's played along with us so far here at House of Cards! We've got a NEW format--we're now a monthly challenge with style teams posting inspiration weekly! This week, the Cute & fun team is showing off their creations using our monthly challenge prompt. Please welcome the newest members of the Cute & Fun team- Katy from I Like To Cut And Paste and Monika from Creative With Monika. Welcome back to the rest of the Cute & Fun team!
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HipHollywood caught up with DJ Khaled a couple days ago to get his input on Drake's new album "Nothing Was The Same". Khaled had nothing but good things to say about Drake and his album. Check out the video below.
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|Officer David Branham
Officers David Branhan and David Marks were shot and killed with Officer Marks' service weapon after a suspect gained control of it.
The officers had been dispatched to Madison Middle School on a call that a disorderly person was on the school grounds and fighting with school staff. When the officers arrived they located the man and took him to a conference room. The man began to struggle with the two officers and gained control of Officer Marks' service weapon and shot them both. The man was apprehended at a nearby apartment building after he was shot and wounded by other officers.
|Officer Branham's grave marker
25-year-old John Richard was convicted of two counts of second degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive 15 year to life terms on May 29, 1975.
Officer Branhan had been a member of the Oakland Police Department for four years, and was survived by his wife Sandra, who died in 2008.
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Back in the 80's Tim Burton tried making "Frankenweenie" into a live-action film, but he was fired by Disney and told that this movie would be incredibly frightening to a family audience. So as the years have gone by Burton has brought it back and has made it into a stop-motion animated film instead.
The animation looks incredibly similar to one of Burton's older films 'Corpse Bride', but what really appeals to me about this film is how it's all black and white. It gives the feeling that it is a parody of Frankenstein and with colour I believe it would throw it off, it also gives it a much darker feel to it.
Synopsis: After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life – with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers, and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can be monstrous.
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The Fan Club
By Danger Slater
"Oh Jesus," I go. "Are you people still here?"
"Good morning, Bill," chirps my fan club president, her puffy red face all bunched up around her nose like the knot in a balloon. She smiles so wide her teeth seem to stray. "It seems you slept well. Were your dreams beautiful, Bill?"
The veins in my eyes feel electric. My pupils throb. My breath is awful, tastes thick and yellow; just a molecule away from turning to sulfur.
I roll over, away from the fan club, and reach out. Sylvia's side of the bed is cold. I shoot upright.
"Where is she? What have you bastards done to her?"
"Relax, Bill," replies the secretary, "She said she was going to her mother's. She said she's leaving you and not coming back. Do you want me to read you back the minutes."
"6:45 am: Sylvia wakes up.
6:46 am: Sylvia takes a swig from the whiskey bottle on the nightstand.
6:47 am: Sylvia takes another swig—"
"Please stop," I whimper, lying back down. I'm not angry. I can't blame her for leaving. Our situation here is a tad unconventional.
"She threw an alarm clock at me, Bill," the secretary says, "An honest-to-God alarm clock."
He looks at me with doe eyes, fidgeting with his hands like they were made of grenades.
"If I may," interrupts the president, "I think it's important that we remain optimistic. Focus on the positives."
"What positives? My wife just left me."
"Well, for one, I never though you two were right for each other," goes the president, "And secondly, I'm not sure you were aware of this Bill, but over the past couple of years she has grown increasingly more hostile towards us."
"It's true, Bill," the steward chimes in, "In fact, just the other day, she shoved me. I wasn't even doing anything. Just standing there. Harmless as a fly. Watching her pee."
"Look, guys, she's been under a lot of stress lately. Ever since I lost my job—"
"A shame that was," goes the steward.
"A travesty." The treasurer shakes his head.
"The greatest crime against humanity I've ever been witness to," adds the secretary. "Makes me want to vomit, how they treated you, Bill. I want to puke my guts out all over the bedroom."
The secretary dry heaves, but swallows most of it back down. I feel a wave of relief. It's the little things, I guess.
"Your boss was completely out of line that day," goes the president. "Don't beat yourself up over it. There's plenty of opportunities out there for a guy as talented as you."
"Yeah, maybe," I say, "Though I feel like if you guys would've stayed in my office like I asked, I could've smoothed things over a little better."
"You call that an office, Bill?" the steward says.
"More like a cubicle," goes the treasurer.
"And a small cubicle at that," adds the secretary.
"I agree. We barely had enough room to erect our shrine," says the president, "Perhaps if they gave you a proper space in which to work, the fire wouldn't have spread so quickly."
"Who knew fiberglass was so flammable?" the steward says.
"Not I," goes the treasurer
"I'm not even 100% sure what fiberglass is," adds the secretary.
"It's a composite material used to strengthen plastic," I tell him.
"There you go," says the secretary, "Who in their right mind would design an office complex out of plastic? In my opinion, it was a disaster waiting to happen."
"You should take it easy, Bill," goes the president, "Sort things out. Prioritize. This isn't the end for us. It's a new beginning. Hell, you never know – losing your job, wife, friends and family may be the best thing that ever happened to you."
"And don't forget the apartment," the treasurer adds. "He's losing the apartment, too."
"Do you want us to make you breakfast, Bill?" asks the steward.
"Too late," says the steward, placing a tray of pancakes on my lap. I pick up the fork and eat.
"I just want you to know," the president says, giving me a gum-lipped grin, "No matter what happens, we will support you, Bill."
"We believe in you." The steward nods.
"We love you," says the treasurer.
"We're here for you, Bill," adds the secretary, "And we always will be."


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This month I designed a lovely Halloween Ditty Bag. This is the first ditty bag I sew, and I used Nan Lewis free tutorial (link in the pattern).: thanks Nan!!!
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stitched and finished by Me :)
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