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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Stormy Sunday
<Good Sunday Morning everyone. It is currently 67 degrees and feels like 66 degrees. The winds are out of the South Southwest at 17mph with gusts up to 26 mph. We are under another Wind Advisory for today. It has beenv vewy windy around here the last few days and this is the 3rd day for us being under a Wind Advisory. There is a chance for some Sever Thunderstorms for today. Ijust hope it doesn't get too severe.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend thus far. On Thursday night, I had bought 2 Beef Roast's from our local grocery store because they were on sale and I put them both in my big Roaster and added some Mrs. Dash's Seasonings nd Black Pepper and Worchestire Sauce along with some chopped up Red Onion, Chopped up Red, Yellow and Orange Bell Peppers, a couple of packages of Baby Carrrots, and some Red Potatoes cut up and added it on with the Roast's. I cooked themall night on 200 degrees andI fave my Parents one of them with some of the veggies for themtohave for their supper Friday night. I also made a pan of Homemade Buttermilk Cornbread to go with it. You talk about good. Me aand the girls will have enough left to et on for a couple of days. This past Frriday was hubby's Friday to go to Memphis to pick up thier load ans whenhe got back and ate Fridy evenning, w3e decided to go to town so it woulsn't be so crowded on us on Saturday. I just hate going to Wal-Mart anymore because they are always moving things around on you. It just chaps my hide at times. LOL. ur youngest daughter had one of her friends to stay all night with her and it was around 12:30-1:00a.m.CST when we got back home. Talk about some tied fgirls. They were ready to go while we were shopping. LOL. I told hubby too bad qwe don't have the money to go shopping every night and tire them out. LOL.
On Friday I went out to the School for our daugheter's Student of the Month Award. Here she i s with her Principal and her Award.
Here she is with my Parents and her Award.
Sorry about that but the pictueres ended up at the top and I uploaded 2 each of them. Aorry a out thst. After the Student of the Month Awards wee over with we went ove to the Cafwerteria and had lunch with her. We hd Burritos with Chees on top Spanish Rice and Jello with Fruit Cocktail and I had plain tea to drink. After Lunch, my Parents came over and Mom got the RoastI had givenher. She called me Friday night before we went to town and told me it was good and tender .
Saturday was spnt laying around much of the day. Since I have beenhome from the Hospital, I can't seem to sleep at night. I get sleepy and when it's bedtime, I got to bed and I get wide awake. I think it mayb e some of the mes I'm on making me that way. After all, I am a walking Drug Store to say the least. LOL. I've got a doctor's appointment his coming Thursday with the Neurologist and I'mg oing to say something to him about it. Tht is one reason I didn't post over the weekend because I was tire and sleepy and needed to get some sleep.
I did manage to vsit few of you las niht and hopefully I will get around some more today. I am planning on going to Church this morning and I'm suppose to help with a Bridal Shower at our Church this afternoon.
I do hope that everyone sat thier clocks ups sn hour before retiring last night. I don't like losing tht extr hour of sleep. A woman nededs her beauty sleep. LOL.
Take care my friends and have a great Sunday. May GOD Bless each and everyone of you.
Karen H.
10 comments:
- Love Bears All Things said...
Hey Karen, thanks for coming by to visit. Yes, the weather has been wonderful. I am going to Houston with Honey Bear tomorrow on his business trip. It is supposed to be 85 degrees there for the first 3 days. I am going to get out and walk some.
No, we didn't set the clock forward but whenever I looked at it during the night, I knew it was an hour later than it said. We did get up at what is now 7:45. I am planning to give Honey Bear a haircut after breakfast. Whenever I get up of a morning, I always have to have a big cup of coffee before I do anything else. We're going to have some pancakes and bacon.
Your roast sounds good. I cook mine like that in the crock pot. I add either an envelope of brown gravy mix or a can of beef broth and an enverlope of onion soup mix with the vegetables.
A tip about the pictures. Add them first before you start typing your post. They'll be at the top but then you can type above, in between or whatever. Blogger always puts them at the top. Hope that helps.
Enjoy your Sunday and I hope you have a good check up at the dr and get something to help you sleep.
Mama Bear
- March 8, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Judy said...
Nice to see you post. I was worried about you!!!!
Hope everything worked out with hubby's illness from last summer.
- March 8, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Dena ~ swaddlecottage said...
So good to see you Karen! Your roast sounds so yummy :) I have a pork roast in the freezer and now you have me thinking how fast I can get it to thaw so that I can pop it in the crockpot!
- March 8, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- Talk..to..Grams said...
I think I am coming down for dinner! Yum! BUT my Doctor won't let me have salt!! So I have learned to not have it and I sure do miss it!! YUK! Every thing taste so bland!!
Your new look is very nice!!! Hugs, Grams
- March 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Joyce said...
We got the thunder storms. Very windy here. What great pictures. Congratulations on Student of the Month. I am having the same problems with sleep. I have been told that when the meds start working sleep will get better. Good luck.
Love and Hugs,
- March 8, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- Lib said...
Hi Miz. Karen,
Enjoyed the pics. you shared.
We had Beautiful weather htis weekend:o)
Hope ya'll have a great wk.
- March 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Hootin' Anni said...
Hope you can get some much needed rest soon!! Sleep is an important part of healing!!!
And....yes, I know just what you mean about Wal*Mart!!!
- March 9, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- Renie Burghardt said...
Good morning, Karen!
Yes, we were under a severe weather threat all day Sunday, but except for the winds, it was a sunny and warm day, with no storms materializing, thank the Good Lord.
Your younger daughter looks adorable in the picture!
Your meal sure sounded good. Haven't made pot roast in ages. I go out to eat a lot with my friends, and then we go for a walk and walk off the meal. Seems to help, for I haven't gained weight.
Karen, I have a very difficult time posting on your blog. I am still on deail up here in the boonies, and any heavy graphics make it very difficult for me. My ISP is promising high speed for us soon. I sure hope it happens.
Have a wonderful day, dear Karen. I hope your sleep issue can be solved.
Love and hugs, and blessings,
- March 9, 2009 at 7:11 AM
- Shelley said...
Hi Karen,congratulations to your DD for her award...she's a beauty. Very pretty! Sounds like your roast was very delish,yummy!
Have a blessed week....Shelley
- March 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Mary said...
I certainly enjoyed your post and how nice that your daughter won the Student of the Month Award. Tell her I said Congratulations. Way to Go!
How wonderful that you cooked an extra roast for your parents. I'm sure it was delicious and that they enjoyed it.
Love your St. Paddy's day look. It's fabulous.
I have the same trouble sleeping. I had never thought about it being meds, but that is a good point. Sometimes it's 4 or 5 am before I get to sleep.
Take care and be sure to rest when you can.
Keeping your family in my prayers.
- March 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM


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As the darkness grows in Angmar to the north, and evil again stirs in the halls once ruled by the dreaded Witch-king, foul creatures and hardened, wilderness-dwelling Men are moving into this land, traveling freely with the cruelest of intentions. It is said that even marauding bands of Orcs and goblins have been seen in the area, though the purpose of their presence so far from their dwellings in the dark places of Middle-earth remains a mystery.
As adventurers travel North, away from the familiar and relatively tranquil surroundings of the Shire and Bree, the lands give way to the North Downs and become more harsh as the challenges become much greater. Travelers here will marvel at the ruins of the former Arnor capitol of Fornost, which feature architecture in the distinctly ancient style of the all-but-forgotten race of Men who constructed them and fought to protect the lands from darkness. Still, the grandeur of the kingdom that one stood in these rolling fields still manages to shine through, though travelers had best be wary of the creatures which now stalk the shadows of this land.
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Whenever I try a few make up product I think I'll write a review and as you can see from the above score, this is a negative one...sorry Maybelline.
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Jonathan Cranfield, Twentieth-century Victorian: Arthur Conan Doyle and the "Strand Magazine," 1891–1930. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016, hardcover, £75 (272p) ISBN 978-1474406758; e-book, £75, ISBN 978-1474406772.
[1] Jonathan Cranfield's Twentieth-Century Victorian: Arthur Conan Doyle and the "Strand Magazine," 1891–1930 joins a growing body of academic work on middlebrow literature at the beginning of the 20th century. As the title may suggest, this book tracks the intertwined histories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Strand Magazine, the publisher of much of his literary work. In particular, Twentieth-Century Victorian aims to shift both the Strand and Conan Doyle out from under the shadow of Sherlock Holmes and, by extension, from the late Victorian moment in which the Holmes stories are set. It primarily focuses on the paired questions of first, how the Strand and Conan Doyle both became characterized as Victorian, and second, how to make sense of Conan Doyle's and the Strand's later literary output in the context of the 19th century without framing them as inextricably bound to that moment. While the book engages with the Holmes stories, its focus is on placing them within the larger context of the Strand as a whole and on reading them as moments in a longer history. For example, Conan Doyle's later writing on spiritualism is often seen, at worst, as an absurd departure from the worldview articulated in the Holmes stories or, at best, as the slightly embarrassing output of a man unable to translate 19th-century values into the 20th. Cranfield, in contrast, takes this turn toward spiritualism seriously and argues that both Conan Doyle and the Strand were offering their readers a type of radicalism, albeit of the "creeping, cumulative kind" that emerges from popular fiction (12).
[2] Twentieth-Century Victorian is organized chronologically, spanning the years 1891 to 1930. This period encompasses both the Strand's rise and decline in popularity and the majority of Conan Doyle's literary career. This chronological structure allows Cranfield to establish a set of key concerns at the beginning of the book that he traces through the subsequent chapters. Specifically, he focuses on the increasingly disparate ways in which the Strand and Conan Doyle registered the shifting role of institutions in public life. Cranfield pays particular attention to the interrelationships between a burgeoning consumer culture, technological developments and the professionalization of science, the British military, and institutionalized religion. One added benefit to pairing a discussion of the Strand with Conan Doyle's literary career is that it allows Cranfield to view these larger institutional structures through gradually expanding circles of analysis. For example, we can see in Conan Doyle's own fraught relationship with the Strand a negotiation between a particular author and the institution of the periodical press, even as both he and the Strand also attempted to map the shifting network of social structures in which they found themselves participating.
[3] The book's five chapters and conclusion track the relationship between Conan Doyle and the Strand, starting from a position of ideological compatibility (chapters 1 and 2), through a transitional period of ambivalence (chapter 3), to fundamentally differing world views (chapters 4, 5, and conclusion). Chapter 1 focuses primarily on the Strand's founding in 1891 and the beginning of its longstanding relationship with Conan Doyle. This chapter works to define the Strand's ideal middle-class reader; to position both the Strand and Conan Doyle in the context of the literary marketplace; and to discuss the Strand's founding political stance, a liberal optimism in social institutions. Chapter 2 covers the four years bridging the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing primarily on the Strand's response to the Second Boer War (1899–1902) and the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. It specifically details the magazine's breakdown of faith in an institutionalized military during the Second Boer War and, given its anxieties surrounding national and imperial degeneration, its transference of that faith to the scientific establishment.
[4] The remaining three chapters and the conclusion track the increasing disparity between Conan Doyle's and the Strand's ideological projects. In the face of the upheaval of early 20th-century social movements and World War I, the Strand pursued a tone of light-hearted relief, exemplified by P. G. Wodehouse and influenced by early film comedies. Conan Doyle, in contrast, sought a way to reenchant a world that he saw as held hostage by institutionalized religion, scientific materialism, and increasingly globalized capitalism. Chapter 3 discusses the first decade of the 20th century, centered primarily around Conan Doyle's hesitation to resurrect Sherlock Holmes in 1903. Cranfield argues that in addition to the common explanations for his reluctance to return to Holmes—such as the tension between the commercial potential of Holmes and his own artistic aspirations—we can also understand Conan Doyle's ambivalence as a product of his politics. As he became increasingly politically radical during this period, Conan Doyle fell out of step ideologically with the middlebrow Strand. Even the Holmes stories that Conan Doyle did eventually produce, argues Cranfield, departed from his earlier work through formal and thematic experimentation, as well as more pointed critiques of traditional Victorian values.
[5] This separation between Conan Doyle and the Strand only intensified during the war and its aftermath, the period of time that occupies chapters 4 and 5. In several ways, this section can be read as the companion to chapter 2, in that it discusses the Strand's reevaluation of the values of chivalry and scientific advancement that had preoccupied the magazine during the turn of the century. For Conan Doyle, in contrast, science became both the cause of, and the possible cure for, the disenchantments of modernity. His novels The Lost World (1912) and The Land of Mist (1925) search for spaces that might allow for a reconciliation of faith, literary romance, and new technologies. The Strand similarly attempted to integrate older values of valor and national identity with new scientific models. The conclusion, which covers 1925 to 1930, the year of editor Herbert Greenhough Smith's retirement from the magazine and Conan Doyle's death, traces the Strand's shift in focus from technologies of war to those of entertainment.
[6] The book's underlying structure—of pairing discussions of the Strand's history with Conan Doyle's often independent literary trajectory—does an interesting job of formally mirroring Cranfield's own theoretical interest in the interplay between individuals and larger institutional systems. At times, however, these conceptual links between the Strand and Conan Doyle seem underexplored, as though the book were pursuing two independent subjects simultaneously. In part because placing these two histories in conversation with each other is such a productive avenue, it would have been helpful to bring the connections between them closer to the surface of the text and to knit the Conan Doyle sections and the Strand sections of each chapter together more explicitly.
[7] Another avenue for future work concerns the readers of Conan Doyle and the Strand. Cranfield spends some time referencing circulation data to provide an indication of readers' interest in the Strand, and he discusses reviews in other periodicals that engage with both the Strand and Conan Doyle's work. With these exceptions, however, Cranfield primarily refers to readers in the context of imaginary addressees of the texts under discussion. Given the book's investment in the interplay between the actual contents of the Strand and its imagined position in a wider cultural landscape, the magazine's real readers seem like a key piece that is missing from Cranfield's account.
[8] Because of the book's focus on the Strand and Conan Doyle from a primarily textual and historical perspective, scholars of Sherlock Holmes fandom may find that it provides a valuable context for the types of texts that readers and fans would have seen in conversation with the Sherlock Holmes stories. For example, Cranfield shifts our understanding of the Holmes stories themselves by reading them as firmly established within the system of domestic institutions discussed above. Scholars have often framed Sherlock Holmes as both policing and exemplifying a Victorian English ideal that was imagined to be under constant threat from imperial subjects, criminological types, emasculating forces, and other such elements. Holmes is seen as a limit case: a figure who is both unattainably more than ordinary citizens and dangerously intertwined with the forces that threaten them. Cranfield instead concludes that "Holmes's vaunted 'method,' then, was not necessarily something esoteric and unachievable for Strand readers, but rather a heuristic and ideological model that could be at least partially applicable to the moral practices of everyday life" (73). The book therefore offers a helpful lens on the Holmes stories by discussing them not only in the context of detective literature or criminology but also as unified pieces of the larger, multigenre bodies of work of both Conan Doyle and the Strand.
[9] The general reader of Twentieth-Century Victorian is left with a detailed understanding of the ways in which gradual changes in an organization's assumptions, interests, and constraints can manifest. The investments of the Strand of the 1890s become recycled and reinflected throughout the first three decades of the 20th century, as it attempted the simultaneous processes of both fitting new realities to old frameworks and evaluating old frameworks in the face of new realities. This book therefore may be valuable to readers interested in histories of the early 20th century that focus on industrial shifts, especially within the periodical press.


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Does anyone else yearn for the release of the remastered 'Loveless'? The version I have is not loud enough on my ear phones.
It's silly. It plays at a lower volume than all of the other shoegaze/ noise rock stuff which is much more recent and obviously not as good. Volume doesn't always matter of course but when you're talking about shoegaze, I believe it really is part of the experience.
Does anyone else find that the CD version isn't as loud as they would like when copied and played on an iPod?
i think its a good thing but
in i-tunes, i'm pretty sure you can alter the volume of specific tracks. so you could raise the level of the tracks off of loveless.
It always feels sort of weak for some reason.
Like, I'm not saying it should be some huge slamming thing, but it feels like they could remaster it sound, "fuller" if that makes sense.
I agree entirely.
I don't want clear sterile production to ruin it but it certainly needs to pack more of a punch.
It sounds much better when booming out of my speakers at home so I just want to transfer that experience to my iPod.
The Remastered has been 'in development' for ages by the looks of it, and it's release has been pushed back. It's the 10th January now, I think.
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I have enjoyed teaching English language arts and literature courses for several years. However, this year is exciting not only because I get to return to my Alma Mater, but I am changing roles on campus. This is my first year as a Professional School Counselor, and I am looking forward to the coming years!
In 1985, I graduated from THS and have many fond memories attached to this community and campus. My husband and I now live in Semmes where we have raised three beautiful daughters who range from ages 20-29. We have an 8 month old goldendoodle, Rhett:) Yes, this is a throwback to Gone with the Wind which is one of my all time favorites. Rhett keeps us on our toes. He even has his own Instagram (rhetts_doodle_ventures).
I am more than excited to be back on Theodore's campus working with these awesome students and this more than supportive faculty and staff! I plan to spend many more years in Theodore working with this community encouraging and shaping students to success.
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Yesterday, we visited a few local art galleries. San Antonio really has some incredibly talented artists. My favorite of the day was the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center. They had a fantastic exhibition of some of the best local artists. The selection was such a treat. From metal sculptures to mixed media, it showcased some impressive works.
We also drove around Southtown for the first time. The Southtown area is well-known as San Antonio's art district. There is a mixture of old and new everywhere you turn. I spied some very modern converted warehouse lofts nestled in between beautifully maintained Victorian homes. The whole area was tree-lined and folks were actually out and about. This was the first area that I noticed folks riding bikes and actually enjoying the outdoor cafe's.
The day was perfect and ended with something that solidified in me the notion that you can find inspiration everywhere. I obviously discovered a ton of it in Southtown, what with its art galleries and overall vibe. However, on our way out of this amazingly artsy community I found that it was easy to see that inspiration doesn't limit itself to certain zip codes. As we headed through one of the rougher and less distinguished neighborhoods we drove past a fella awkwardly raking rocks out in his yard. He was all busted up and we quickly decided that he was definitely right handed...
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Taking the concept of a 'deaf, dumb and blind kid' who finds fame playing pinball and putting it to a pounding rock score is possibly one of musical theatre's stranger concepts.
And while this production comes in the year The Who's Tommy marks 40 years since Ken Russell's film version, there's no doubting its place on the contemporary stage.
Seeing the show for the first time, I was apprehensive over what to expect; would the legendary 1969 album translate to today without feeling dated and would the sung-through score stand its ground?
Tommy is certainly not a classic musical tale of boy meets girl, instead, the young Tommy witnesses the dad he's never met - believed killed in the Second World War - shooting dead his mother's new love.
Shocked and stunned by the events, he seeks some form of solace in a mirror and retreats into his own world - never to speak or react to those around him again.
As young Tommy, local lads Jacob Wright and Harry Jennings impressed. It's no mean feat to go against everything you're taught in drama classes, about reacting on stage, to play utterly deadpan, as a child who can neither see nor hear.
And they're balanced in the initially silent title role by 2009 X Factor winner Joe McElderry who starts the night as a narrator.
Oblivious to those who seek to do him harm, the wicked Uncle Ernie (a freakishly creepy Tony Bayliss) and Cousin Kevin (Antony Costa), Tommy stumbles across his skills at a pinball machine - a miracle ability, given he has no sense of sight or sound.
His loving parents seek solutions to no avail, until his mother - an emotional, feisty, belting performance from Ashley J Russell - comes to the end of her tether and breaks the spell her son has cast.
What follows is a whirlwind change for Tommy as he goes from trapped boy to man, traversing the conflicts of growing up while being hailed as some kind of god.
Tommy tackles some serious topics, murder, child abuse and bullying, without lingering and equally without trivialising.
The principal cast all excel.
Blue singer Costa as Kevin takes on the role this production's director Paul Nicholas - who keeps up a rapid pace - created in the 1975 film, and with a dash of the John Travoltas, he plays both vulnerable teen and schoolyard bully with impressive skill.
McElderry's vocals are perhaps not done true justice with the rock score, and are at times drowned out in the sound mix - especially if you're not so familiar with the lyrics, something of a crucial matter in a sung-through show. But that's well countered by the strength of direction and acting by all involved, as they keep the story to the fore.
In a brief cameo the supremely leggy Melanie Bright as Gypsy tackles Tina Turner's film portrayal with awesome skill and sex appeal.
Although the ensemble is small, it fills the vast Opera House stage with energy and excitement, thanks to some fantastic choreography, showcasing a real blend of styles while paying worthy respect to the music, as well as the eras depicted, running from 1940 into the Sixties.
A rocked up jive in the prologue, Christmas and the lads' Tommy, Can You Hear Me were among the dance highlights, but every number was perfectly presented.
For many, however, Tommy is all about the music, and the tribute it pays to Pete Townshend's work, and this production keeps it powerful from the off. Guitarist Jake Willson makes regular appearances on stage, as the 'spirit of Pete' and the band gets a full reveal - for well earned credit - during the closing scene.
The mixed audience at the Opera House on press night reflected the appeal of this particular production, fans of McElderry and Costa rub shoulders with fans of The Who, as well as the general theatre-goer.
And as an Opera House exclusive, Blackpool audiences have got a real theatrical treat on their doorsteps for until Saturday, September 26.


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Let me start by saying that this is the hardest article I have ever written. As a female college student, I am surrounded by, and immersed within, the pro-choice movement. It seems to be a mandate for my generation. If you're not pro-choice you have backward thinking, you don't support women, you must be an old, white man in the GOP. If you aren't pro-choice you must be uneducated, you don't know how repressed women are, you must be regurgitating your parents' beliefs.
So it is hard for me, a young woman, surrounded by these thoughts, to stay true to my own values. It is hard for me to scroll through the pro-choice media. It is hard to defend my own opinions against a tirade of opposing views.
I do not understand how a small and defenseless human can be deemed no more than a cluster of cells, akin to bacteria on a petri dish.
I do not understand how a mother whose natural instinct is to protect the life inside her, can chose to end it.
I do not understand how pregnancy has become a condition of the body that, if so desired, can be ended with treatment, like strep throat or the flu.
I do not understand how we can value our souls, above all else. Spend our lives searching for soul mates, pursue careers that fill our soul, and listen to our souls for guidance through life, as they are a vital essence of our humanity. But the soul of a small human is denied and disregarded, simply because their residence is within a womb.
I do not understand how I can sit in a classroom, surrounded by women who have made the conscious decision to have an abortion if ever faced with an unwanted pregnancy.
I do not understand the disregard for fetal life when time and money are no object for a prematurely born infant.
I do not understand how human beings can become so passionate and angry about a woman's right to end the life inside her, but no one speaks for that life.
I do not understand how a shot from a gun into the body of an innocent victim, resulting in death, is a heinous crime, but an injection through the wall of the uterus, into the amniotic sac, resulting in death, is a right that we vehemently defend.
I do not understand how the suggestion to de-legalize abortion can fill hearts with hate while the thought of losing life fills my eyes with tears.
I do not understand why I am made to feel less than because I, a woman, do not support my fellow women in their right to terminate pregnancy as they deem necessary.
I do not understand abortion.
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Duggar Husband Accused of Cyberbullying After Saying 'Transgender Is a Myth'
Duggar family member Derick Dillard is being accused of cyberbulling after calling transgender a myth while trans teen Jazz Jennings' television show aired Wednesday.
Dillard is married to Jill Duggar and is featured on their reality show "Counting On," which airs on TLC network. On the same network, a reality show called "I Am Jazz" airs, which follows the life of 16-year-old Jazz Jennings, a transgender girl who was born a boy.
When Jennings' show aired Wednesday evening, Dillard took to Twitter to speak out against the idea that gender could be decided by anyone but God.
"What an oxymoron ... a 'reality' show which follows a non-reality," he wrote. "'Transgender' is a myth. Gender is not fluid; it's ordained by God."
Dillard received a great deal of backlash for his comments on social media, and even responded to one person accusing him of being an adult speaking negatively about a teenage girl.
"I want to be clear. I have nothing against him," Dillard replied. "I only have issue with the words and definitions being propagated here."
A number of people on social media were outraged by Dillard's comments, calling on TLC to respond. To that, they did.
"Derick Dillard's personal statement does not represent the views of TLC," TLC told People in a statement.
Jennings also responded to Dillard's comments, accusing him of cyberbullying.
"Every day I experience cyber-bullying, but I keep sharing my story," the teenager tweeted Thursday. "Today was no different."
Two days after posting his initial comment about Jennings' show, Dillard made it clear that people were not his enemy.
"People are not my enemy; I fight against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places," he tweeted Friday.


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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Dr. Benzadrine WiP/Moustachette Drop
So! I've started working on a new Mini Munny! He's sort of the graduation gift for a friend so I'm hoping to finish semi quickly. I still need to sculpt his hat once the main body is done but I'm looking forward to it. No idea at all how he's getting back into that box at this point...
In other news, the Moustachette Mini Munny drops tomorrow, 3pm EDT in my Big Cartel shop. Check the side bar for a link.
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Do you secretly fear the holidays? You want to be healthy, spend quality time with your family and look good in that cocktail dress, but…
You secretly fear being that lady rushing through the drive-through with screaming kids in the backseat — feeling guilty, unhealthy and overwhelmed. And then taking it out on the appetizer table at the party that night. If this sounds familiar, the following are a few tips to avoid being that lady.
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Plan ahead- for everything.
Because even when you do, your day will still feel packed. Without planning, you risk losing the established routines that keep you healthy and balanced. Get a good calendar and plan your day, including exercise, cooking healthy meals, parties, when to hide that friggin' Elf on a Shelf, etc., and quality time with your family.
Embrace the chaos- Change your mindset.
The four weeks wedged between Thanksgiving and Christmas are chaotic, stressful, sugar-filled, but also filled with love, joy, friends and family. Step back and give yourself credit for achieving small victories each day. Did you get in a 20- minute walk at your lunch break? Awesome. Did you completely forget to make cookies for little Jane's party? Oh well. Go buy some. The Holidays can be what you want them to be if you choose to see them through a different pair of glasses.
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I've been married, so I got my "license" to have sex after saying "kobul". But it was so much disaster for me, I never actually cared for it.
When you find someone close to you doing something that might hurt you in any way, it just destroys the whole life. But "Sex with someone other" is not the only or principle thing that can hurt like this. There are so many other things that can hurt you more than this type of confessions. I don't know your boyfriend, or you. And I never find it acceptable to go to a prostitute and "Buy" sex. But if he's true to you in the past years, and if you feel like you can trust him (because he's actually confessing what he did a long time ago, which you couldn't possibly find out if he hid it from you) then I think you should give him a chance. Because "SEX" is really never the maximum hurting thing in a relationship. There are hundred more things you can find in a relation that make you feel very insignificant (Once I found out my ex-husband is masturbating while I was asleep, you just can't imagine the pain you feel when even being with the significant other makes you feel small and incomplete)..
There was a dialogue from a Korean movie I've seen, it is something like this "Will I ever have that kind of love which will give me warmth in a cold, winter day, that will never make me feel alone". And if you have that kind of love or warmth from him, then you should just forget about the whole "Prostitute" thing. It'll of course bother you some times, but just ask yourself "Will it be easier to live without the person who confessed doing something wrong and stopped doing it for my sake than being with a person that might have a similar history (or anything that can hurt you a lot more) that he kept hidden from me just for the sake of the society".
You've been physical before, so you know about the factors that drive toward doing something like that. And for guys, "Sex" seldom gets mixed up with emotions, it is just easier for them to submit to their urges than us, girls.
I used to think "Being virgin" before marriage is a very important thing, then I found out my ex husband had so many other things (although he was a virgin) that killed our relationship. I could never bond with him. So you should value the bond that you two have rather than focusing on the past. But it'll hurt you. Hurt you bad when you will have disagreements between you. Just think that someone might have more hurtful things in the store for you. Focus on how you feel without him. Focus on how he feels without you. That will help you taking the right decision. Because at the end of the day we all want to be with someone that we love, not someone with whom we can have sex with. Girls want to "Make love", not have sex. Will you be able to make love with someone other than him? And will you be able to make love with someone about whom you do not know the whole story?
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Yes, Lisa Wagner came all the way down from Minnesota cold country to create an incredible video about what we are trying to do with the Pure Salvage Living community that will enable more people around the country to create, build, or buy an Organic Cottage of the Tiny Texas House caliber, ethos, and style. Please show your support for her effort and vote in the Godaddy Small Business Video contest.
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This video happens to time well for the kicking off our essay contest for the all the critical house parts that most people can only dream of buying for their Organic Cottage creations that will be given away for free to members only, along with other prizes, we are offering many other benefits and opportunities as we enter the new year running hard and fast. Lots of changes in the world and at Tiny Texas Houses on the horizon for 2017. Amongst them, getting Salvagefaire up and operating by the end of summer so we can have some events for the members of the Puresalvageliving.com community and the many followers of Tiny Texas Houses who may want one someday. This is a path toward getting more people involved in building them, creating the warehouses to store the parts, the makers co-op spaces to build them in, and much more.
On way to find it is with the hashtag #smbstories which will take you to some of the stories including us. You may find others interesting as well, but of course, I would ask that you vote for Lisa and help us along a path to creating more videos for you too.
The link to the voting site, once you register with Godaddy to vote, is https://theaudienceawards.com/godaddy/small-business-stories I will post any other information as soon as we get it so please do check back with us and let us know if you do vote or what you think of it.
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It has not been a good year for either John Carver or Newcastle United and tonight was the 14th game in charge for John Carver, since Alan Pardew quickly left the club, and we still have only two wins and nine defeats in those games.
John Carver– over his head?
Here is John's full record so far.
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So in the 13 league games we've played with 39 points up for grabs, we have only 9 points and our goal difference has got worse by 12 goals.
Over a full 38 game season that would be 26 points and a goal difference of -35 and certain relegation – and that's based on just over one third of a season.
There was never really much hope of getting anything at Liverpool tonight, and that was the 20th trip to Anfield where we haven't managed to win the game.
We lost 2-0 but yet again one of our players, Moussa Sissoko, somehow managed to get himself sent off and will miss our next two games at home to Tottenham and Swansea – because he has already been sent off this season.
And while that may have been a game we could have won and therefore made ourselves safe in the league – which we aren't at the moment – the chances of a win in that game are now receding.
First of all Moussa is not available although Fabricio Coloccini will be returning from his three game ban for being sent off at Everton.
But there are also plans by some fans to have a boycott of the game, and maybe some protests before, during and after the game – so all that makes it much more difficult for our players to win that game.
After all, you can hardly accuse our players this year of being mentally tough – it's quite the opposite.
But it's at St. James' Park that we must have the best chance of saving ourselves – because in the last four away games we have lost every one of them – haven't scored a goal – and conceded 11 goals.
It doesn't get much worse that that.
And it doesn't get much worse than the mess Newcastle have put themselves in at the moment either.
Don't forget most of this is self-inflicted.
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Nobody cares anymore about the outcome of the actual match.
That is the sad state of affairs now. The fans of this once proud club have been reduced to assuming we are going to lose.
Can't you see that change is required.
To pursue your own pathetic agenda at this sad time just shows what you are.
A boil on the backside of humanity.
I cant say that I am terribly upset by the display today but only because it is better than the trouncing I was expecting. As I type this, I realize that this is so sad that our expectations have been lowered so far that I cant even be pissed about losing. I think this sums it up for so many of us…..but it also illustrates just how necessary extreme measures are. I hope the protest rings loud in the fat controller's ears for a long time…..not just the Spurs match, but at each and every match….home and away. And in front of each and every SD shop. And at Wonga, and wherever will even tangentially impact Fat Ash. Enough is enough…..get out of our club!!!
Fat Mike isn't going anywhere.. As long as we stay in the EPL and he gets his tv money he is here for a long long time. No amount of boycotts or walkouts or protests matter with the amount he'll be shoving in his pockets from his % of the EPL tv deal.
The truly sad thing is the only way you get rid of an unwanted vermin is to make it's environment so unliveable it can't stay/survive. The only way Ashley leaves is if he is cut off from the big cash of the top fight and the ability to market his brand (Sports Direct) to the viewing public (world).. And that means getting relegated and being out of the premier league for a few years while we rebuild (get our house right).
I know it's a unpopular view and it kills me to "hope" to drop down, but sometimes you can't build on shit foundations .. You got to tear it all down and start again.
Ps. I mentioned months ago Carver was a awful manager (I live in Toronto where he showed he couldn't even hack it in the MLS), he needs to go as well.
Jeff from Bellend. You spelt my name wrong but anyway. He did give the penalty because he was facing the cop and his balls dropped off. He knew it was a penalty but suffering from the so called 'halo effect', he took the easiest option and chose not to do anything. Same incident with a Liverpool player being fouled in the box he gives it everytime but then you would know that already if you weren't wasting so much time being a troll on here and instead watch more football with your brain engaged.


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the floating 2x4 ties will allow over 600# per truck load for ballast
hopper. this allows track to be ballasted in 2 passes. first
with a 1/2 yard load that is placed along each rail about 3 inches wide.
the vibration of the engine works enough ballast under the 2x4 to support
a second full load of 1.6 yards of ballast.
tie costs: cement:$0.73, sand/gravel:.05, rebar:0.33, bolts/nuts:0.28,
wielding rod and electricity :0.05, for a total cost of:$1.44 each (with
free labor).
time to make a stack of 20 ties is about 2-1/2 hours. the tie at the
top right shows a chip on one end caused by unmolding after only
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Lemon Garlic Cooked Shrimp
Recipe Yield: 4 Servings
- 1 package (6.9 ounces) RICE-A-RONI Chicken Flavor
- 2 tablespoons of margarine, butter or spread with no trans fat
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 2 cups sugar snap peas or pea pods
- 1 cup thinly sliced carrots
- 2 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
- 12 ounces medium cooked shrimp
- 1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 1/3 cup green onion slices
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Preparation Steps
- In a large skillet, combine rice-vermicelli mix and 2 tablespoons margarine. Saute´ over medium heat until vermicelli is golden brown, stirring frequently.
- Slowly stir in 2 1/2 cups water and Special Seasonings; bring to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat. Simmer 12 minutes. Stir in peas, carrots and garlic. Return to a simmer. Cover and simmer 5 to 7 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add shrimp, water chestnuts and green onion. Increase heat to medium; stir and toss gentl
Tips and Variations
- Substitute 3 cups frozen Asian vegetable blend for the peas, carrots, water chestnuts and green onions.


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Deadly earthquakes could hit a billion people next year
Deadly earthquakes could hit a billion people next year
Deadly earthquakes could hit a billion people next year because of Earth's slowing rotation
Swarms of devastating earthquakes are set to arrive next year due to the slowing of Earth's rotation, scientists claim.Experts warn we 'had it easy this year' with just six severe earthquakes. Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, and the most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions, home to around one billion people.
Tiny changes in the speed of our planet's rotation will trigger huge seismic activity by releasing vast amounts of underground energy, experts claim – although their research has been rejected by some scientists. The planet's rotation is slowing down because of tidal forces between Earth and the moon.
The side of Earth closest to the moon feels its pull the strongest, while the side farthest from the moon feels its gravity less.
That difference in gravitational pull stretches the Earth, which causes tidal bulges. These bulges pull the moon closer or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year. The moon exerts the opposite force on them, pulling them back toward it, creating friction and slowing down the planet's rotation.
The time the Earth takes to make a complete rotation on its axis varies by about a millionth of a second per day.
While the rotational rate hasn't declined evenly, the average day has grown longer by between 15 millionths and 25 millionths of a second every year.
Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of Montana say that even fluctuations of a millisecond could increase seismic activity.
'The correlation between Earth's rotation and earthquake activity is strong and suggests there is going to be an increase in numbers of intense earthquakes next year,' Dr Roger Bilham from the University of Colorado told the Observer.
Experts, who presented their findings at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, do not know exactly why this happens but believe minuscule variations in rotation causes a shift in the shape of the Earth's iron and nickel 'inner core'. During these periods the Earth's mantle sticks a little more to the crust, which changes how outer core flows, creating a mismatch between the speed of the solid crust and the mantle.
This in turn changes the liquid outer core on which the Earth's tectonic plates rest. 'The mechanism we've come up with is that as the Earth slows down it's like a skater spinning on ice. As the Earth slows down it's equatorial diameter reduces,' Dr Bilham told BBC Inside Science.
'Its (the Earth's) waistline gets smaller, but its clothes, the tectonic plates on Earth, remain the same size, which means they get rumpled up.' 'These tiny changes to the overall shape of the Earth are enough, if there are faults that are already ready to go … to kind of kick them over into failure,' she said.
Researchers found five periods in the past century when there were more earthquakes than other times.
On these five occasions, there was a 25 to 30 per cent increase in the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 or above. These all coincided with a slowing in the rotation of the Earth, scientists found.'Next year, we should see a significant increase in the numbers of severe earthquakes. 'We have had it easy this year. So far, we have only had about six severe earthquakes', he said.
'We could easily have 20 a year starting in 2018.' Since 1990, more than 80 per cent of all magnitude 7 earthquakes on the eastern Caribbean plate boundary have occurred in the five years following a maximum deceleration. During these periods there could be up to 30 intense earthquakes every year, while the rest of the time the average figure was around 15 quakes.
'The Earth is offering us a five-year heads-up on future earthquakes', said Dr Bilham, who said the Earth began a slowdown more than four years ago. Researchers found delayed global seismic productivity is most pronounced at equatorial latitudes 10°N-30°S. Many geologists are sceptical about the findings, with some claiming the correlation between earthquake phenomenon and the Earth's rotation are fortuitous.
'It appears to be a conference presentation and very preliminary rather than peer reviewed research, so there is no detail for us to examine,' said GNS Science communications manager John Callan. Daily Mail, London
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Comfy shoe need some help with some foot cream but very good, next time don't make the width of the leather to wide to cover foot at the top.
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Comfy shoe need some help with some foot cream but very good, next time don't make the width of the leather to wide to cover foot at the top.
Can't wait for warmer weather so I can stomp around in these. They do not look bulky at all, but then again tall girls can wear anything.
Its the first time i bought shoes and its too small. I totally understand, its on line shopping. They were excellent price 50% off, they did not fit me but, i gave them away for gifts. Love shopping at Long Tall Sally.
These look nice but they hurt your feet. I bought this to wear to my sisters wedding and the band of the saddle by the feet Positioned too close to the toes while walking it rubbed my skin on my toes until it was raw. I barely wore it through the afternoon and had to take them off.
There is a line down the centre where a seam is. They didn't make my feet look attractive. They are not cut to fit the curve of the foot very well. The material on the edge's digs in to toes and upper foot. I wasn't too keen on the colour of the silver
Too tight needs medium width or wide for larger sizes. Our ankles are larger and straps or shoes are too small big girls.
Love these shoes. Nice bright white, goes with everything and very comfortable heel.
These shoes are fab! A matt silver, just like in the picture and very stylish. I am a wide fit 8 or a normal size 9. I bought the 9 and my heel sits just at the end of the footbed, although I have a little bit of play in the front. I would say sizing is in line with high street sizes, but maybe slightly wider.


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When we first moved in, we had a couple of episodes of flooding in the bathroom, like a half inch of water all over the floor! When we got the super here, he tried to convince us it was due to our splashing a lot of water around when we showered and the shower curtain not fitting right. (I had it folded back so it wouldn't drag in the litter box.)
Well this weekend, both Kayakboy's sisters were here and we had the problem again. Turns out, it wasn't splashing (and no, I didn't believe that one for a second.)
Turns out, it was a ginormous clog where our apartment's plumbing meets the pipe for the rest of the building, combined with the fact that the contractors who rebuilt the place didn't install the toilet correctly. Now it's all been fixed and I think we're back in business.
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Motherhood is Painless is about finding the humor in the every day. In finding the happiness in those stories that we tell. What would happen if we *all* learned to laugh at ourselves? Maybe then the dark corners would recede a bit and we would all rejoice at the love we find there.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Plumbing Problems
Posted by Diane Stenglein
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- Michele / akkasha said...
I am glad to hear things are fixed. I am sure it has to be terrible to be without water!
- June 26, 2008 at 5:02 PM
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Performance Of Five Chromatic Adaptation Transforms Using Large Number Of Color Patches
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Input devices in general use light sources with different color temperatures. As a consequence, in color acquisition, display and rendering processes a number of chromatic adaptations transforms cats are being used. In our study, color transformations between three illuminant source pairs d50-a, d50-d65 and d65-a were investigated using five cats Bradford, von Kries, xyz Scaling, cmccat97 and cmccat00. Research was made on 8190 color patches that were printed with inkjet printer. Results showed that color differences obtained with the Bradford method were the lowest regardless of the implemented illuminant source pair. The same ranking of cats was observed in all combination of illuminant source pairs, however the smallest color differences were generated with d50-d65 cats and the biggest with d65-a models.
Chromatic adaptation; cat; color differences: principal components analysis
Autor: Dejana Đorđević - ; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Aleš Hladnik - ; Faculty o
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To celebrate the Cleaning Workers International Day, the South-Tyrolean newspaper Dolomiten has published an interview with Frieda Hofer, Markas employee working at the Bolzano hospital with other 300 cleaning workers. The article focuses on what is important for our cleaning staff: to provide an excellent service in order to contribute to our customers' wellbeing. "As cleaning worker in the casualty department, it never gets boring", tells Frieda. "My duty is not only cleaning surfaces: a big part of my job consists in ensuring that patients' comfort. What drives her is thinking about how she would wish her room would look like, if she were in the patients' shoes".
The newspaper "Dolomiten" reports about in its edition of November 8 2017.
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Category Archives: Panoramas
Photo: Düsseldorf, Medienhafen
This is a night shot of the "Düsseldorfer Medienhafen". The photo was taken by using a tripod approximately one hour after sundown with a long exposure time of 30 seconds.
Panorama shot of the Düsseldorfer Medienhafen at night
The picture shows the Medienhafen of Düsseldorf at night. It was taken from the pedestrian bridge leading to the Hyatt hotel about one hour after sundown.
The illuminated buildings (the television tower, the Rheinkniebrücke and others) are reflected in the water and thereby generate a moony atmosphere.
Photo: Düsseldorfer Medienhafen (Hyatt-Hotel) at night
This photo is a night picture of the Hyatt-Hotel in the Medienhafen of Düsseldorf. It was taken from the pedestrian bridge leading to the hotel about one hour after sundown. The cubic lamps on the bridge create a diffuse illumination of the foreground, while the hotel building dominates the center of the image.
Photo: Kölner Dom and Hohenzollernbrücke at night
This photo is a night picture of the Dome of Cologne (ger.: Kölner Dom), the Rhine (ger.: Rhein) and the Hohenzollernbrücke, which is a train and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine. It was taken from the eastern side of the Rhine right in front of the Hyatt Hotel. The blue light which is reflected in the river originates from the illumination of the Musical Dome right next to Cologne Central Station.
Photo: Frankfurt am Main Skyline at Sundown (HDR)
The impressive skyline of Frankfurt am Main's financial district is depicted in this picture. The skyscrapers are the regional office buildings of some major banks (Volksbank, Sparkasse and Deutsche Bank). The bird's eye perspective was achieved by taking the photo from the viewing platform on top of the Maintower directly into the setting sun.
This image was generated from a high dynamic range (HDR) picture created by fusing three distinct exposures of the same scenery together. With this technique it was possible to conserve rich details in the dark (buildings, skyscrapers) as well as in the bright (sun, rays of sunlight) areas.


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Joerg Dressler was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, Germany, in 1994. Additionally, he studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France. Joerg moved to the United States in 1996.
Dressler's work is driven by nature and how we perceive it. "It is the unpredictability and mysteries of nature that intrigue me," he says. His evocative, vigorous paintings derive from a sincere dialogue between the representational and the abstract, the conceptual consciousness and pure spontaneity. Recurring themes in his work include the passage of time, impermanence, frailty, and perception. He paints solely from memory; as a result, disjointed experiences of the seen and learned are re-assembled, creating a reality of their own. "Joerg evokes sublime depictions of our confrontation with nature, especially the contrary effects of nature on the human psyche," writes Christopher Busa in the 2016 issue of Provincetown Arts. "He places tranquility side by side with violence, light clashing with the dark, fragility beside boldness—surprising forces seemingly summoned on a whim, with involuntary energy." Dressler is a recipient of the Romanos Rizk Scholarship, and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York. He is represented by Alden Gallery in Provincetown. www.joergdressler.com


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Clintonville is a Columbus neighborhood just north of Ohio State University known for its classic homes, parks, bicycle paths, eclectic local businesses, trees and ravines.
Biking enthusiasts can travel the Olentangy Bike Trail connecting Clintonville with downtown, Ohio State University and Worthington. Many residents' bike or walk along the tree lined streets to do their daily activities.
Clintonville has many active organizations and its own separate identity and feeling of community. Clintonville has many activities throughout the year including home and garden tours, Fourth of July celebration, Cruise the 'Ville.
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I know it's 2017 already, but in today's blog post I wanted to show you guys what I got for Christmas. The reason why I'm making this blog post is because I love reading these kinds of posts myself. These are gifts that my family got me, but also a few things I bought for myself because why not treat yourself?
USA Travels #5: HaulAugust 14, 2016
Today, I thought I would share with you some things I got while traveling through Florida. I showed you what I got at Target and you guys really seemed to like that blog post. So here it is: everything else I bought in Florida this summer.
Shopping At TargetAugust 5, 2016
While in Miami, we went shopping at Target. For those of you who don't know, Target is a huge supermarket with clothing, shoes, food, tech, books, office supplies, beauty stuff, … When we visited Target in 2013, I bought a lot. A lot as in about 10 bags filled with stuff. This time, however, I only bought 6 things.
New In: ASOS Bikini Top (Personal)July 28, 2016
ASOS Bikini – €25,35
I'm leaving for Florida in four days! I'm so excited because our trip looks amazing and we get to visit amazing places. My mom got me a bikini top I could wear while we're over there (thanks, mom!).


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