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Teacher of English
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We are looking to appoint, with effect from 1st September 2019, a high quality teaching practitioner who would complement our existing strong English Team.
We are an expanding school with a track record of sustainable school improvement. Our Ofsted Inspection (October 2015) classed us as a 'good' school with 'outstanding' personal development, student behaviour and welfare.
If you have the commitment and desire to raise standards in a fully inclusive school, we want to hear from you.
We expect to appoint someone who has:
• A record as a successful classroom practitioner
• The ability to raise student achievement for all
• A firm commitment to supporting and developing every child
• Someone who is motivated, supportive and can invest in our shared, whole school values and future aspirations
• A commitment to team work with excellent interpersonal skills
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• A team that has a clear sense of purpose, corporate vision and a clear desire to move the school forward
• A committed, supportive and enthusiastic staff
• A commitment to professional development opportunities for all staff
• Enthusiastic and supportive students who expect and deserve the best from us all
Application forms and further details are available from the school website www.westhoughton-high.org
Completed applications should be returned to the school office by 12:00 noon on Friday 25th January 2019.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 4th February 2019.
The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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This targeted four-part webinar series is designed to introduce you to a unique treatment modality that complements existing naturopathic practice. Dr. Adams will share a condensed selection of the most significant Gemmotherapies used in clinical practice today. Presenting pragmatic application and extensive clinical pearls from over 30 years of case management, Dr. Adams will provide healthcare practitioners with the skill, knowledge and confidence to incorporate these key remedies into simple, easy-to-follow and effective treatment guidelines to elevate the health and well-being of your patients.
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Since 1978, the Danish Arts Foundation has purchased jewellery created by Denmark's leading experimental jewellery artists. The collection represents some of the finest Danish jewellery from the past five decades.
A unique aspect of jewellery is that is made to be worn. Much of the jewellery in the Danish Arts Foundation's collection is included in the loan scheme launched in 2007, where Danish citizens taking part in an official event can borrow a piece of jewellery for the occasion. In this way, the jewellery can be used and exposed, and just like the other works of art purchased by the Danish Arts Foundation, it can thus reach a public audience
Furthermore, the collection is occasionally put on public display to promote Danish jewellery art in Denmark and abroad.


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Healthcare innovation in the Digitial Innovation Group (DIG) for AstraZeneca and DigitasLBi
The work I was involved in at DigitasLBi was genuinely innovative. I had the opportunity to create ground breaking product and service design ideas in the healthcare space and take them to fruition by contributing experience strategy, substantial research and pitching for investment.
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Yesterday was so much fun and super busy all at the same time! We hosted Easter dinner at our house this year and as I went searching through my blog and Flickr for photos of past Easters, I didn't find anything! Hard to believe but I tend to be so busy on holidays that taking photos isn't even a passing thought in my mind. I need to remember to put someone in charge of taking photos at the next family get together. :)
We left out carrots for the Easter bunny but inside of leaving them outside for him, Alaina insisted that we should put them in a China dish and leave them inside "so he won't get all grossed out." She woke us up at 6am on Sunday to tell us that he ate almost all of the carrots! After excitingly tearing apart their Easter baskets (and showing the kids next door) we held our Easter Egg hunt out back. This year I decided to mix in a few plastic eggs in with the 18 eggs the kids had colored the night before. I filled some of the plastic eggs with candy, money (Chase's favorite eggs) and teeny-tiny toys. I think I'll do this again next year, it was a big hit with the kids!
I'm also adding my menu so I have a reference for next year. I started cooking on Saturday and I try to do all of the prep-work the day before so that dinner is as effortless as possible!
Easter menu
Hot Artichoke & Spinach Dip - baked pita chips
Apple Dip - Green Apples
Guacamole - tortilla chips
Deviled Eggs
Vegetable Platter
Apricot Glazed Ham
Mashed Potatoes
Sauteed Peas w/ toasted almonds
Sauteed whole Green Beans w/ garlic
Orange Mandarin Salad
Spinach Salad w/ strawberry, feta & onions
Sweet Rolls - Wheat Rolls
infused water, lemon and cucumber w/ mint
sparkling cider
nectarine tea
Coconut Macaroons
Mini Carrot Cakes w/ cream cheese frosting & grated carrot
Strawberry Jam cookies
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Author: Media/Wednesday, November 15, 2017/Categories: State News
Townsville Kawasaki opened its doors on the 28th of Oct, 2017. The exclusive Kawasaki dealership stocks the entire line up of Kawasaki products including motorcycles, side by sides, Jet Skis and quad bikes, not to mention an impressive accessories and spares dept. The dealership also has a state of the art service dept with the latest equipment ready to service and take care of the Kawasaki products.
Dealership manager Paul Williams said that the opening was a huge success with all expectations being exceeded. He went on to say himself and his team were looking forward to serving the Townsville people with all their needs in the Kawasaki line up and they were excited with all the new models being released including the all-new Ninja 400 and the rebirth of the Kawasaki cult classic, The Z900 RS (The Duck)
"Kawasaki Motors is proud to welcome the addition of Townsville Kawasaki who we expect will quickly become one of the leading Kawasaki dealerships in QLD commented Kawasaki Motors State Manager Rob Merchant. Dale, Vicki and the Burgess family have shown time and again with Mackay Kawasaki that they strive to be the benchmark for Kawasaki dealerships with a commitment to customers' needs and representing the product in the highest regard and we have no doubt these values will be replicated and exceeded in Townsville"
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Artist: "Claws"
Album: "Absorbed In The Nethervoid" (2009)
Razorback has always been a home to niche bands. It used to be gorish grind in the nascency of the label with bands like Catasexual Urge Motivation, Impetigo, Gruesome Stuff Relish, Gigantic Brain, Birdflesh and WTN among others that found a cozy nook under Bill Nocera's label. The trend shifted to cartoonish death/thrash/grind with bands from Portland like Lord Gore, Frightmare, Ghoul, Engorged, etc spearheading the assault. This phase generally had the most detractors due to the sameness of the music which resulted in somewhat unfair charges of gimmickry levelled against the label. Over the last 3 years or so, focus has shifted to bands plying the old school death metal trade with some absolutely crushing releases barging through the door. Crypticus, Hooded Menace and Decrepitaph have all served out tempting platters of the old sounds in the last one year. Claws from Finland are the latest addition to the roster and a much welcome one too.
Claws play old school death metal in the Swedish/Finnish vein. Period. All the usual references are present here – a bit of Carnage, a bit of Grave, a bit of the Finnish Abhorrence, some Funebre and so on and so forth. To be honest, there really isn't much to talk about once you slap the old school label onto a band. It's all been done before and, unfortunately, done much better. Claws, however, break the trend of substandard rehashes (It probably helps that they're Finnish). Great songs, great solos, great production, and a length that doesn't outstay its welcome, are all factors that contribute to the making of a very enjoyable record. This would make a great companion piece to Funebrarum's 'The Sleep of Morbid Dreams'.
People fling about the word 'necro' rather carelessly to describe any old school death metal. Dismember's great but they're not necro. Grave were necro on 'Into the Grave' but they aren't anymore. Deathevokation or Evocation, albeit extremely awesome, are too melodic to be necro. To these ears, necro is a somewhat amorphous niche defined by a certain cavernous, bowel distending quality to the music. Funebrarum have it in spades and so do Claws. Highly recommended for all old school fans.
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My first employment was in the year 1945 when I started work at Conrad and company in Bengeo. I Cycled from Newgate Street Village every day. Conrad was a printing firm, and my first job was on a Cropper Charlton Press printing business cards and letterheads. The location of the firm was in the yard of a pub, I believe it was (...Read full memory)


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It was in 1916 that a group of about 15 families came together with one thought in mind, to organize a church community that would fulfill all of their spiritual needs. These were immigrants, strangers to the English language and culture of America. Among the group were those who were born to Russia as well as others who came from the Carpathian Mountains in the Austro- Hungarian Empire. Thus it was that a small but united group of families began a spiritual journey that had such a powerful effect on all of us today.
In 1916, the first service was held in a very humble setting in the Zeffro building on Eighth Street and McKean Avenue in Donora. The first priest to serve the parish was the Rev. Nicholas Podlosky. In 1917 this far-sighted group felt strong enough to build and maintain a church of their own. They did with the barest of necessities to accomplish their holy work. They were incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County of Pennsylvania. The Judge signed the Charter on the 16th day of April 1917. Immediately thereafter lots were purchased in the Heslep Plan of Lots, and in April of 1918, the first floor of the church was completed and a roof was placed over it. On September 17, 1918, the congregation purchased a home at 809 Heslep Avenue, which was used as residence for its Pastors up until 1963.
It was in 1951, under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Fr. John Skvir, that the new and present church was erected. This beautiful structure, built along the lines of the traditional Russian Orthodox architecture, remains as one of the few current old styles of buildings today. It had its Blessing and Laying of the Corner Stone on May 18, 1952 with the Rt. Rev. Bishop Vyiacheslav officiating and assisted by the Valley Clergy. The building of the church was truly a "labor of love" as so many men from the parish volunteered their services and labored ceaselessly in this project. This occurred after working a full day shift at the mill with little rest. Of unique interest in the building of the church was the fact that no mortgage was taken out during its construction.
In 1963 a new colonial style Rectory was built alongside the church. Once again the parishioners volunteered their services in laying brick, etc. The formal dedication of the new St. Nicholas Church and Blessing of the new Rectory took place on September 13, 1964 with the Rt. Rev. Bishop Nikon officiating. The burning of the Rectory Mortgage took place on Father's Day, June 19, 1966 at a special church dinner.
Also during the 1960's the church hall and kitchen were renovated along with the purchase of modern equipment. Also during that time, landscaping and paving of the grounds was accomplished and extensive beautification of the church interior also took place. This is when the large imported chandelier was donated. In 1970 new stained glass windows were installed and in 1983 new Icons were painted on the church walls. In the 1980's property was purchased for the building of two parking lots and modern air conditioning was installed. Through the 1990's and 2000's additional Icons have been added to the interior. Also in the 2000's the church became accessible to all of the faithful, with the installation of a chair lift. The church hall, kitchen and driveway also were rehabilitated in 2010.
Fr Igor Soroka has served as Pastor of St Nicholas Church since 1959 and serves as Dean of the Mon. Valley Deanery. Prior to his coming to Donora, eighteen priests have served the parish. One of the former priests, Fr Peter Shymansky of Blessed Memory, was consecrated as a Bishop of the church and the late Metropolitan Vladimir was baptized at St Nicholas Church in Donora.
St. Nicholas Church strives to maintain a strong sense of community involvement as a member of the Donora Chamber of Commerce. The Church is proud of two of its former members who entered the Holy Priesthood and who have had long distinguished service it the Holy Vineyard of Christ, the V. Rev. John Nehrebecki and the V. Rev. Nicholas Yuschak, both who are now retired. Also of note is the fact that four of its members are graduates of West Point, and in the 2nd World War, the first naval casualty was a member of St. Nicholas Church.


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Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald Society (SFBALEES) website.
The purpose of the Emerald Society is to unite all law enforcement,
clubs and associations; to recognize and promote the contribution of the Irish-American to law enforcement; to strengthen and develop community relationships between law enforcement and our communities at large in order to uphold and defend the constitution and laws of the United states; and to work with other fraternal law enforcement organizations, agencies, and Irish-American groups on areas of mutual concern.
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Our commitment to America's veterans is equal to the full measure of devotion that our veterans committed to us. President Obama and congressional Democrats respect that allegiance and have worked to provide additional resources to the Veterans Administration (VA). We also will continue to work to make certain that coordination between the VA and the Department of Defense creates a smooth transition from active duty to civilian life—ensuring a modernized and efficient delivery of health care and pension benefits.
Our veterans have earned the best health care and benefits America has to offer. The President and Democrats in Congress want to improve care for polytrauma, vision impairment, prosthetics, spinal cord injury, aging, and women's health.
We also will work to ensure that veterans who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their service have access to the appropriate resources and the opportunity to recover. Because timely treatment often is critical to healing, Democrats support a swift passage of military and veterans appropriations legislation so that care is not delayed.
Far too many veterans are homeless and without access to benefits. President Obama has taken steps with the VA to work with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund a program, the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Program, designed to "provide housing assistance and supportive services to veterans who might otherwise be living in homeless shelters or on the streets." The Obama Administration also supports working with nonprofit organizations to initiate pilot programs to protect veterans who risk losing their homes.
In 1944, Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt enacted the historic G.I. Bill, initiating Democrats' longstanding commitment to providing America's veterans access to higher education and the promise of success as a civilian—a commitment that remains strong today. We continue to ensure the G.I. Bill has the appropriate resources to meet its goals, which also includes the full implementation of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill—which guarantees that all post-9/11 veterans have an opportunity to earn a college education.


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Sheppard Mullin is one of the few large international law firms with attorneys who are dedicated full-time to nonprofit organizations and tax exemption matters – and who have dedicated their careers to working with nonprofit organizations.
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Our team advises clients on the full life-cycle of a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization –from formation, to obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, to operational, governance and compliance matters, to corporate transactions and restructurings, and through dissolution, including in particular:
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OSL contemporary
OSL contemporary was established in May 2011, in a former garage in Oslo's West end. The gallery aims to promote contemporary Norwegian artists in an international context, as well as developing their national positions. The exhibition program's primary focus is on contemporary art with a conceptual core. The gallery represents emerging, mid-career and established artists, several of which have participated in internationally renowned exhibitions, such as Documenta; The Venice Biennale; The Istanbul Biennial; The Sao PauloBiennial; The Lyon Biennial; and Momentum – the Nordic Art Festival.
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Tuesday - Friday 12 – 17
Saturday 12 – 16
Closed during official holidays: Thursday 30 May & Monday 10 June
OSL contemporary
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Amy billboard spotted in Cincinnati!
Lamar Advertising is already running Amy's "reward" poster on their digital billboards across the entire state. A friend of mine spotted it in Cinci. Anyone seen it around here?
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There's a billboard at the intersection of St. Rte. 60 and Fayette Road 2 miles north of New London.
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Ivan Lendl
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The first top-flight men's champion to take the work ethic beyond the confines of a tennis court and into gymnasiums, Ivan Lendl made fitness his highest priority and was more than rewarded for his considerable efforts. Lendl concluded four years as the No. 1 ranked player in the world, took eight majors in singles, made it to 19 Grand Slam tournament finals, and came away with an astounding 94 singles titles overall on the tour. For a record eight consecutive years, Lendl got to the US Open final. A transformational player, Lendl virtually ushered in the modern inside-out forehand.
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MAD MEN star JANUARY JONES has ruled out ever portraying GRACE KELLY in a movie biopic - she's convinced it would destroy her career.
The actress has frequently been compared to the legendary Hollywood beauty but she's determined never to step into her shoes for a film role, because Kelly is too well known to movie fans.
Jones tells The Times, "I've been offered a couple of TV movies playing Grace Kelly and there was no way I would touch them with a seven foot pole. It would be career suicide. No one would watch them and come away saying anything other than, 'She's so not Grace Kelly.'
"Cate Blanchett got it right as Katharine Hepburn, but generally it doesn't matter how much you look like that person or how good an actor you are, it's impossible."


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The first images of Earth as seen from space, appearing as a swirly blue marble, were groundbreaking. Now NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have published photos of Earth by night using infrared imaging technology via satellite.
The images show what is now a fairly familiar view of clusters of city lights, but what is different is it shows those twinkling lights from afar across the entire globe. You can see the darkened planet at various vantage points, as well as in an animated video, at NASA's Earth Observatory website.
You can also view them in a gallery in the Sun's Darkroom photo blog.
They were gathered through a partnership between NASA and NOAA. Here is how they describe obtaining the images:
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. It took satellite 312 orbits and 2.5 terabytes of data to get a clear shot of every parcel of Earth's land surface and islands. This new data was then mapped over existing Blue Marble imagery to provide a realistic view of the planet.
Speaking of those iconic "blue marble" images, you can see a retrospective of them on NASA's Flickr page.
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Haryana Board of School Education conducts the Secondary (Class 10) and Senior Secondary (Class XII) Board Exams in the Haryana State for all of its affiliated schools mostly run by the state govt. The class 10 secondary exam is held in the month of March.
Exam result for 2016 Haryana Board 10th Class (High School) will be available online here.
Total percent of Appeared student : 66%
Total percent of Passed students : 41.2%
Total percent of Passed Male student : 45.88%
Total percent of Passed Female student : 64.5%
The Haryana Board of School Education conducts final exams for its 10th class students. These exams are conducted twice each year because Haryana Board follows the semester system now. This year in the month of March, students took their final exams of 2nd semester.
The results of the 2nd Semester Exams of the Haryana Board of School Education for class 10th and 12th will be declared in the month of June. HBSE will announce the results and they will be made available to the students on the official website of HBSE.
Last year the Haryana Board Class 10 result was declared on Jun 6, 2013 while the exams were held in the month of March.
Check out the latest results of Haryana Board Exams for Class 10 at http://www.hbse.nic.in/results.asp
Website of Board of School Education, Haryana – Results 2014 http://haryanaresults.nic.in
Haryana Board of School Education declared the result of class 10 on 06 May 2015. As per the reports, nearly 2,59,726 passed the exam. The pass percentage of girls was 64.41 percent while boys pass percentage was 45.59 percent.
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No Future Ch. 12bybradley_stoke©
The Good Seed
Molly & Mark
There was no denying it. Molly had taken the death of her unborn child very badly. The shock of the loss sent her into a downward spiral of despondency and then depression. The inevitable result was that she lost her job. Her impressive academic qualifications notwithstanding, she was now no more useful to humanity than a housewife. And although if anyone should ask she'd insist that it was her free choice to spend more time with little Monica, she was clearly not at all suited to the role. And now Monica was at primary school there was no real advantage to Molly being available throughout the day.
Furthermore, it was difficult for the couple to get by on only one income. The savings the couple had stashed away was now being eaten up by the monthly interest on their mortgage. After paying for that, the monthly season ticket and the basic cost of living, there was nothing much left over. As the debts continued to rise and a steadily growing proportion of Mark's salary was committed to interest payments on existing debt, Molly stretched out as best she could the available budget for food and clothing. But although the charity shops in the Greenfields shopping precinct might provide good quality clothes for a child of five years old, they were less useful for buying the clothes Mark had to wear for work. Molly resorted to the cheaper supermarkets and the weekly market stalls as a means of cutting costs, but these were all an hour's walk away in Rickmansworth.
There was little now to cheer Mark up when he arrived home in the evening, more tired from his commute than from his long hours in the office. And there wasn't any cheer in the news that he'd read on his tablet on the way home. England's negotiations for re-admittance to the Northern European Union were fraught. France and the Netherlands still resented the English government for its role in causing the once much larger and wealthier European Union to split into two halves over the issue of ratifying the membership of Turkey and Armenia. Scotland and Wales still held a grudge against England for its role in the dissolution of the United Kingdom together. And there was little at all encouraging to be found from a casual scan through the news. All-out war in the Middle East seemed increasingly inevitable and the United States was far too preoccupied with its own worries about secession and civil war to do anything about it. Flood barriers were going up all round London, just as most of the Southern English coast was similarly enclosed by an ever-heightening wall to guard against rising sea levels. And to cap it all, Princess Rachel had broken off her engagement. Bruce Banner was now a man who'd travelled the distance from being England's most celebrated bachelor to being the most despised.
Mark had little enough opportunity in the evening to squeeze in quality time with Molly before he slumped down by his wife in their conjugal bed. As much as Mark enjoyed the wholesome vegetarian meals Molly was now cooking, he was far too exhausted to demonstrate his appreciation in the way that had invigorated the couple's early years together. And Mark was too tired to be much use at the weekend even on those occasions when he wasn't required to go to work for a marketing campaign or a business conference.
On Sundays, the couple would shop together in the dilapidated Park Road Mall where the cheap but not especially cheerful shops were clustered. It was a depressing parade of pawn shops, instant loan stores, charity shops and second-hand clothes stores, interspersed at regular intervals by the boarded-up facade of one of Rickmansworth's former shopping delights.
And in amongst it all were youth from the suburb's rundown estates who dressed in clothes that expressed only too well their relative poverty. The clothes advertised desperation rather than high fashion. These young men and women weren't the ones dressed in the colourful psychedelic fabrics and artistically arranged hair that adorned the young people who were jiggling provocatively on the flat wall screens in the shops. Rather they wore a jumble of whatever they could find in the charity shops. Many young people, whether male or female, avoided even the need to visit the hairdresser by shaving off their hair. However much he preferred to keep a discreet distance from them, Mark was aware that today's youth could hardly be blamed for their poverty. Unemployment, especially amongst the young, was shockingly high. As Molly could confirm, well-paid jobs had become harder and harder to find even for the well-qualified. If a young man or woman continued to study beyond the current school leaving age the path to higher education was beset by crippling loans and fierce competition for college places.
"I kept some of the best fruit aside for you, Molly love," said the burly shaven-headed stall-holder in the vegetable market with a friendly pat on her back. "Organic, it is. None of your GM or synthetic stuff. Grown in proper orchards, it is."
"Do you know him?" Mark wondered, as he and Molly strolled over to the dairy stall where the eggs and dairy came directly from farms in Hertfordshire and were sold at prices that were even more competitive than those in WalMart-Tesco.
"Of course," said Molly. "I know all the stall-holders here."
Molly wasn't exaggerating. She knew Wayne the stall-holder very well just as she'd also got to know Alan, Mickey and Garry.
Her idle time out of work hadn't gone entirely to waste.
Molly found conversations with Mark had become ever more depressing and monotonous. Their discussions were always about the same things these days and Molly just wanted to get away from it. The couple's debts were piling up. It looked likely that they would have to default on the mortgage now that interest rates had risen yet another percentage point. It was unlikely that Monica would be accepted at the Rickmansworth school they'd applied for her and she might end up in an overcrowded one in Watford. There was no likelihood of Mark getting a pay rise. In fact, with the continuing slump in international car sales there might even be redundancies on the horizon.
And when you turned on the TV it was always the same old stuff. War. Famine. Plague. Floods. Failing businesses.
Even Princess Rachel had failed the nation.
What could Molly do in those hours from nine o'clock when Monica was packed off to school and three o'clock when she had to be picked up again? She could trudge back to their tiny apartment in Bluebell Grove and sit mesmerised by chat shows and twentieth-century movies interspersed by debt relief adverts. Or she could aimlessly wander the streets of Greenfields. Or she could stroll over to Rickmansworth where she'd got to know some of the town's other citizens who also had to idle away each empty day.
For the small amount of cash that she might otherwise have used towards the bus fare into town she could buy skunk, meth, coke or even smack. Illegal drugs were very cheap these days. The devastation resulting from the Stan Wars and the current unrest in the Middle East had dramatically increased their illicit supply. More unemployment had likewise enlarged the size of the target market and the number of those willing to risk arrest and imprisonment to maintain the flow and availability of the product. After all, the cost of a hit from crack or H was rather less than that of a single cigarette and there were almost exactly as many places to sit down and enjoy it.
Molly knew of many reasons for the easy availability, cheapness and demand for narcotics. One reason highlighted in the news was the impotence of law enforcement agencies throughout the world, particularly in the disintegrating United States and the Kingdom of England. Police forces had more important matters to deal with than the drug trade, such as organised crime and civil disorder.
Wayne didn't supply drugs, but he liked to share a puff of crack after a long morning on the stall. Alan didn't supply drugs either, but he often had a spare wrap or two of skunk. Mickey and Garry worked as a team, but they were very low down the pecking order and never handled quantities larger than a kilo. Molly was, of course, yet lower down still the supply chain, but she was already sufficiently knowledgeable about drugs etiquette from her relatively wild youth to get accepted amongst her new friends. She knew how to prepare a bong; how to heat stuff in tin foil; how much to use and how long to wait till she got a hit. And she had the enviable ability of being able to hang around in the company of her new friends for only a few hours a day without ever overdoing it. When she appeared outside Greenfields Primary School to take her daughter home, no one would ever suspect that she might be stoned out of her mind.
Which she often was.
Molly also knew how to get a little extra for free. This was another skill she'd learnt before she'd met Mark and settled down to a life of office work and commuting in London. Wayne was one of the lucky few who Molly would allow the privilege of a free fuck. She'd secretly always liked a bit of rough. Mickey and Garry had to pay in kind for the rewards she was scarcely generous in doling out. Unlike women who relied on the proceeds of selling their bodies to pay for drugs (and there were many prostitutes lining the kerbsides of Rectory Lane and Nightingale Road), Molly insisted on using a condom. Like drugs these were also very cheap and easy to get hold of.
Molly wasn't a drug addict. She'd never been an addictive personality. She liked the hit she got from the wide choice of drugs that were readily available, but she never allowed it to distract her from the responsibilities of parenthood and of being a partner. She was no more addicted to drugs than she was to sex, but both brought danger, excitement and genuine physical thrills that somehow compensated for the boredom of not working and despair at life's apparent futility.
In any case, Molly didn't want Mark's prick to be the only one she'd get to know for the rest of her life. Wayne's was thick and chunky: a bit like the man himself. When he ejaculated inside the condom it pushed out the nipple like a tiny balloon. Mickey had a long thin penis which wasn't what you'd imagine for a man whose stomach drooped over his waist. He had very good staying power which enabled Molly to come several times in a single session. Garry was probably the most disappointing of the men Molly had got to know in this intimate way, but he was also the man most pathetically grateful. He was strangely shy and retiring for someone who made a living by hustling and selling drugs to strangers.
Furthermore, Molly never forgot her class loyalties. She made certain that there was no overlap between her daytime vices and what her neighbours in Bluebell Grove would ever get to know. Molly was practical, sensible and well-prepared for most eventualities.
Nevertheless, the bad news when it arrived did so with a sense of inevitability.
Molly's first indication that her suburban dream life in Greenfields wouldn't last much longer was when Mark gave an account of what Tata Benz executives had been telling their employees about past sales figures and future projections.
The thrust of the presentation was about the ever worsening state of the automobile market and Tata Benz's success in diversifying away from its historical core business. All the same, the bottom line was that the mass market for cars was no longer as profitable as it once had been and that the company's offices in the more minor international centres would soon have to be closed. One of the more peripheral centres for the Indian-German company was the Kingdom of England, where future sales projections didn't offer much of a source of confidence.
Mark continued his commute for several more months as the company struggled to present its declining fortunes in as good a light as it could to financiers, stockholders and the general public. He was assured that he would receive a reasonable but not fantastically generous redundancy payment. What Molly knew for sure was that there would soon be two people spending their days in enforced idleness in the cramped space of Apt. 4, 3 Bluebell Grove.
However, even that disheartening scenario wasn't to be.
"It's either eviction and homelessness or this," Mark announced to Molly after explaining the options. "I know it's not as nice as Greenfields, but this studio apartment in Dagenham is about all we can afford until either you or I get another job."
"It's a rented flat," wailed Molly. "What about the deposit we paid? Can't we use that to buy another place?"
"The deposit just about covers the outstanding debt on the mortgage payments," said Mark.
"Dagenham's all slums and sink estates," Molly complained. "What sort of school will Monica go to? What about the crime in the area? You've seen the stories about gangland killings."
"It's a shorter commute to London," Mark remarked. "It's almost close enough to Docklands for us to be able to walk to work."
"The only reason it's cheap in Dagenham is because it's first in line when the flood barriers break," said Molly who'd done her research. "The last time the barriers broke, Creekmouth were under more than a metre of sewerage and mud. Newlands Park was marshland for months afterwards. They even had to close the A13."
"Well, that's one good reason for us to rent and not to buy property in the area," said Mark with a grim smile.
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An easy to use sand toy for people to mold and shape!
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It's a advertisement for a product called Kinetic Sand by WABA Fun. A toy for people to create simple sculptures; Kinetic Sand, also assists in fine motor, sensory, and cognitive development.
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As you all know, OmniROM has been announced yesterday. This brand new ROM contains a lot of new, exciting functionality. One of these new functions is the multi-window support! Just like ROMs on some Galaxy Notes, or the ancient Cornerstone, you can run two applications simultaneously! Aside from that, the best thing about this ROM is the focus on the community: while the ROM itself is not available yet, the developers behind it really seem to be willing to listen to the community, which is a really good thing.
As the team of OmniROM states on their website:
Omni is what custom ROMs used to be about – innovation, new features, transparency, community, and freedom. We offer you an alternative to other ROMs that may choose to water down their distribution at the expense of providing options for the user.
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However, builds are not available yet. Logically, the ROM probably has not been thoroughly tested yet and that's why they are not building their source on a nightly basis. If you are as impatient as I am, you probably want to get your hands on this ROM as soon as possible! That's why I compiled OmniROM from source, for the Nexus 7 (grouper).
This flashable ZIP has not been tested yet by myself, but it should be OK. Compiled on Ubuntu 13.04 x86_64, completely as-is from the repository of OmniROM. Let me say again that this ROM is not modified by me; it is directly compiled from source and packaged into a ZIP. All credits go to the team behind OmniROM at http://omnirom.org.
The builds below will probably be updated about every three days. I recompile from source whenever significant modifications are added to the multi-window functionality.
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I'm excited about this recent post by Jane Friedman, former publisher of Writer's Digest and blogger of There Are No Rules. The title of the post is My Secret for Battling Procrastination, but I think it's actually more about how to focus your attention and make reasonable goals than about motivating yourself.
Thank goodness for Jane. I can really use some of her tried-and-true wisdom on this topic.
It seems I'm always planning out my collection of grandiose goals, only to find (hours/days/weeks later) that I'm stressing myself out trying to micromanage every detail of my life for the next year.
Even just this morning, I attempted (again) to map out the phases of my major goals, point by point, in hopes of seeing into the future and being more productive with the here and now. And like every other time, I could feel the tension and anxiety creeping into my heart, rendering me useless.
I've got good news, though. The difference between this morning and many other previous "planning" sessions is this: I finally realized that this system is inefficient and must go.
The thing is, I'm so new at most of these projects, I have no idea where I'm headed from one week to the next–and that's okay. There is a learning curve to overcome and a new path to pave for myself. And I'm only just headed down that path.
After 3 hours of excel table manipulation and labored breathing, I finally closed the file, shut my computer, and declared this system dead. It doesn't work for me, and I'm a creative person, so it's time to find / create / customize something else that does work.
After over a year of system insanity, I'm finally ready to try something new and simpler.
The reason I like Jane's advice in this post is because her system is not only simple but also promotes a nice balance of focus. It allows you to see what's up ahead and plan your time, but it also keeps the near future–all those intimidating white-water rapids–out of your way until you are ready to tackle them. And the way the system works, you may not even know you're heading down those rapids until you're past them.
In a nutshell, it's a way to keep yourself from freaking out over too many new and scary things while still accomplishing tasks throughout the week.
I also like the worksheet she provides. The language she uses plays more to the emotional self than to the practical, robot self, asking questions like "What do I need to do to feel most satisfied?" instead of "What tasks do I need to complete to be successful?"
After attempting to "plan my goals" this morning, I'm feeling burned out with the whole planning thing. Still, I want to try out Jane's system and see if it might make me feel better and more productive about my life.
Once my brain stops churning smoke and I can get the gears running on this new idea, I'll let you know how it goes.
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When I was in college, slogging through mountains of reading as an English major, I had this grand idea that I would one day have my own freelance business.
At that point, I was already freelancing a fair amount for various companies, so the thought didn't seem crazy to me. I liked the idea of having control of my time and creativity on a long-term basis. I wanted to be a career woman but still have the energy for a future family. Freelancing seemed like the perfect fit for me.
I fell into freelancing in college at the encouragement of my dad—a successful financial consultant with a nicely groomed network. With his help, I landed my first corporate clients and an editorial internship at Ancestry.com that later led to more freelance projects.
Through my freelance work, I built an impressive resume that paved the way for a decent in-house writing job after college.
That initial freelance work also gave me a taste of a lifestyle that I'd never be able to fully forget.
My Intro to the Corporate World
When I got my first job out of college, I was a fresh writer with a fresh perspective. I was enthusiastic and optimistic and hard-working. I ran circles around many of the older employees, who often lacked spark and ambition.
But my eyes were soon opened to the plague that can set in on companies that aren't careful. As my company grew, things were changing, and the work life that seemed so great at first was slowly turning sour.
I learned first-hand the effect that a bad work environment can have on a person—particularly a creative person. With its control and mind games, I saw the workplace squash the life out of the intelligent, fun-loving, ambitious people around me. We were all on our way to becoming dull-eyed, mechanical, pessimistic, gossipy creatures.
The 9-to-5 schedule that had been tough right after college suddenly felt brutal. It was too much of my life to give to a cause I didn't believe in. So much of the system seemed inefficient to me, with two-hour-long meetings that went nowhere and projects that never seemed to end.
I struggled with the politics of the corporate world—I consistently found myself back in high school, questioning whom to trust. I was ambitious and wanted to excel faster in the corporate system, but I felt so many things holding me back. I also wanted a mentor to help me learn the ropes better and faster, but my options were limited.
I had not been prepared for this in college. This was what people were willing to give for (limited) money and stability? What was I willing to give? What mattered more to me?
I understood that not all companies are like this, but that knowledge didn't matter much. In the end, the whole environment depressed me, and I wanted out.
Jumping from a Burning Ship
A bad work environment can make you do desperate things—particularly if it is your first real job out of college and it is all you've ever known of corporate life.
One day in 2009, I decided I had hit the limit of what I could stand, and I quit. Out of the blue. I gave 12 days' notice and waited to be done.
I didn't have another job waiting—I hadn't really even been looking. I was jaded, and scared to enter into another potentially disastrous workplace. But I couldn't yet get past the fear of NOT having a stable job. I still valued money and health insurance over my sanity and ultimate fulfillment.
When my last work day came and went, I took a two-week break from it all, then started searching for something else. I found my next company and had another stable job within a week.
Burn Out
The environment at my new company was a hundred times better, but I soon discovered that the actual job I was doing was the exact same. I was a copy monkey, required to churn out writing but not think too much.
Suddenly, I realized this was also a problem for me. I already knew I could do this job; I needed a new challenge and new ways to keep my mind and interest alive. I found myself in a brand-new job with a desire to look elsewhere, which felt wrong.
I was so burned out by this point, I hardly knew how to think straight.
The idea to freelance full-time was never very far away, but it still seemed impossible. How would I manage to support us—to put my husband through his final year of college—if I quit my job like this? It seemed so selfish; there was no guarantee that it would all be okay. So I stuck with it.
The new job was fantastic. I could actually stand behind the company's products, mission, and executives. I adored so many of the employees that I worked with. But there were still problems, of course. I was one of the only professionals my age. I was surrounded by managers but not actually a manager myself, which was difficult at times. There were still lots of politics and gossip, and problems seemed to be escalating.
I was also sacrificing more to be here. My first company had been a 7-minute drive from my house. This new company was a 45-minute drive. I had to figure out what to do.
Perspective is an important thing to note here. Yes, I was dealing with frustrations, but I was also allowing those frustrations to affect me emotionally. I allowed my situation to kept me in a perpetual state of burnout–which fueled the idea in my mind that the grass must be greener on the freelancing side of life. Mentally, I was too far gone to be happy in my corporate life again. I had gotten the idea in my head that it was time to try something new, and I wouldn't be happy until I got there.
So my desire to leap built and built over the course of several months–and I let it build until it ultimately pushed me back into a crazy risk-taking mode. I found myself asking those self-seeking questions again: What was I willing to give up to keep my sanity? What was I willing to change within myself to make it happen?
Getting the Ball Rolling
In winter 2009, I finally latched onto the idea of quitting my job and starting a full-time business. In truth, I was feeling a bit reckless and overly hasty about freelancing, though, which is never a good state to be in when you're trying to make an important life decision.
The good thing about such a wild state of mind is that it really helped me to relax and reevaluate the importance of certain things. I had spent years obsessing over the supposed importance of money and the idea that I didn't have enough of it to feel stable. With the onset of my newfound interest in freelancing, I suddenly didn't care about money or health insurance anymore. Money was just a means, and it would come. Living life more slowly and truthfully was now more important than living the fast, material life. I was no longer willing to sacrifice myself to an imaginary system, and I felt a huge relief from that new mentality.
Through all of this, Ryan was my rock and my stable sail. He was completely supportive of the full-time freelance idea. Thank goodness he was also practical. I was ready to quit right then and there, but he convinced me to stick it out a bit longer. He saw a safe way out for me, which would help give me what I wanted without destroying the financial stability I'd worked hard to achieve.
The safe way was this: in spring 2010, Ryan's industrial design program required that he do an internship. If he could find something that paid well enough, he could support us for a few months while I got my feet under me.
It took all I had to not quit immediately, but it helped to finally have a reasonable plan—and a deadline.
Leaping with a Safety Net
Once a plan was in place, I wanted to tell my boss, so she would have time to find a replacement for me. In early 2010, I walked into her office and shared the news that I'd be leaving in a few months. I explained that Ryan had to get an internship for school and I wasn't about to let him have all the fun without me. I also explained that it would be a jumping-off point for a freelance business I'd been dying to start for years. She was very supportive, though I think a little panicked that I was leaving her.
Then the countdown to my release began. 4 months, 3 months, 2 weeks, 1 day.
In the time that I waited, I read a shelf of freelance writing books and made a lot of goals and plans (all overly general and ambitious). There were days I was a bit terrified and couldn't believe I was doing this, and there were days that I wanted to jump the gun and start my new life immediately.
April 22 couldn't come fast enough, and then suddenly it was here. And I felt stress in other ways. Okay, was I actually ready for this? How would I handle the freelance life? Did I have any idea what I was getting myself into?
The short answer: no, I did not. But that was okay.
Ryan managed to land an awesome internship in Cincinnati that paid unbelievably well—as in, better than my salary at any of my professional jobs. (I admit to only a hint of jealousy.)
His full-time work that summer helped to support us while I pushed past the incredibly overwhelming task ahead and slowly figured out my new system, my new life.
This whole experience–from corporate life to freelance life–gave me (us) a solid foundation on which to build a more flexible life. It also gave us the freedom we needed to take a random trip to Europe. It's amazing how way leads on to way, isn't it? Even today, I find myself wondering if I shall ever really look back.Read More
I've discovered the presence of a fat slug in the weird hallway between the front door and the kitchen.
This slug is a creature of habit. The first night I noticed it, I picked it up (squeamishly) and set it on a flowerpot outside the door, thinking I should probably move it before the dogs get to it. But it came back around the same time the next night, and the next. I didn't know slugs could be so punctual, but alas, I've watched the little squisher come and go at the same hour for 9 nights and have since changed my tune.
It comes in at twilight, as the sun casts its goodbye shadows on Dunoon. It squishes its way along the linoleum, the door, the walls of the hallway. It is gone by morning.
I've stopped rescuing it–the dogs don't seem to care about it. It has become a part of their nightly routine, another living being in a menagerie of animals.
I decided at some point that I'm not appalled by the slug because the hallway is really an extension of the outdoors, just as the kitchen is an extension of the hallway. They are all dirty. No one really knows where they've been. I just prefer the outdoor spaces to the indoor ones here. They're a fresher, more natural sort of dirtiness, even if they are drowning in rain.
In truth, I have become quite fond of the slug. I think it is fascinating that it turns up in the same hour and then leaves after its wanderings. What is it searching for?
It is kind of cute, in a leathery, mucus-y kind of way, with its beady little eyes taking in the room on their tall stalks.
It's an animal that has voluntarily made itself available to us humans, like any other pet, and yet it takes care of itself. Besides washing away its tracks on occasion, I don't have to feed it goopey pet food, change its urine-soaked bedding, or pretend to like it. It does its thing; I do mine. We don't get in each other's way; we just acknowledge the other's presence. We have a healthy relationship, the slug and I.
Late last night, I was headed to the laundry room directly off the hallway to switch out another load of clothes. I was distracted, full of trepidation for my task, because the laundry room makes my skin crawl. I stepped on the poo-brown rug, preparing to weasel my way in through another clutter portal, when I felt a squish then a rush, as with a release of pressure.
And I knew.
I stepped on the slug.
I felt the sadness even before I looked down and saw the dull yellow mess oozing from the slug's head. (At least I think that was its head.)
I was hoping maybe slugs were resilient, like worms. You know, when you cut worms into pieces, they still live, and the pieces become other worms. (At least, that was the rumor going around growing up. I guess I never confirmed the accuracy of it.) But the slug looked very damaged, and I couldn't take the sight of it anymore. I escaped to the one place I'd never imagine I'd escape to. But I had a job to do, and the claustophiliac washer was mocking me.
I bundled damp clothes into my arms, prepared to sacrifice body parts to keep the dangling sleeves and pant legs from touching the floor. And I thought over the moments before the fatal step. The slug blended into the wet, mud-soaked rug so well. How could I have known it was there? Who knows how long it has frequented the hallway off the kitchen. The slug's story had ended, and I felt the weight of it heavy in my chest.
It was such a meaningless creature, a pest, but it had slimed its way into my life, my routine, in such an unobtrusive way. There is still a hope that it has indeed survived–that it sucked its brains back into its tissue skull and made its journey out the door like every other night. But I'm guessing I shouldn't have a hope, because I'm facing the real possibility that I'll have to clean it up this morning, if the dogs haven't already eaten it.
Ryan and I leave the house at 3pm, never to return. If the slug has disappeared and makes an appearance tonight, I shall never know.
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We've got two birds to care for here in Dunoon. Both are as quirky as the house they live in.
Sweep is a one-eyed cockatiel. 19 years old—so practically ancient by cockatiel standards. He screams at you every time you open his cage to change his water or fill his food bowl. I assume he acts this way because it is freaky to have someone poking their hands in your tiny world and only be able to supervise them with one eye.
Then there's Bird. Yes, that's its name. Yes, that is a non-gender-specific pronoun. The homeowners have no idea whether Bird is a girl or a boy. What a poor creature this is, to not have any identity whatsoever. Bird is an African Grey, which is probably the smartest avian on earth. They have something like a 75,000-word vocabulary, which is simply astonishing.
In fact, if you're feeling inclined to be amazed, here is a quick video of Einstein, the African Grey. I was so floored by this video that I've seen it about 10 times. (You may have seen it already, too.)
Anyway, this is the first time I've cared for birds before. So far, I like it. I've made friends with the parrot. He is always repeating sounds you make for him, like tongue clicking and saying "Good morning!"
I feel kind of badly for Bird, though. What would it be like to stay in a 3" x 3" area your whole life when you're beautiful, intelligent, and made to fly? What a waste. It's certainly made me think twice about owning a bird in the future. Cockatiels and parakeets are one thing, but parrots fit into a category all their own.
The birds here are tucked away in large cages in an area that acts as both a tiny room and a hallway to the lounge. The light in the bird room is yellow and old, which gives it a creepy look in the evening. Add that to Bird's maniacal laughing (in several different voices) and his/her sounds of doors opening and you've got yourself a very creepy place.
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Here in Dunoon, we're watching 3 Gordon Setters (among other things). Rowan is the 6-year-old mommy dog, and Willow and Aaron are her 2-year-old puppies.
These dogs are pretty good-sized, and having three of them around in the tiny hallways of this quirky, old house makes them seem bigger.
From Cats to Dogs
Everywhere you go in this house in Dunoon, there are dogs draped on the floor or standing in clumps behind you, poking their noses into your bum, mouthing your hand, or rubbing eye goobers into your clothes. (Basically violating your space in every way.) Just walking around is a precarious endeavor; I'm always pulling myself around corners like a rock climber in order to avoid stepping on a dog.
When they get excited, they become bundles of energy that fly at you from every direction, and I find myself wondering if I will make it out of Dunoon. The simple act of filling a water bowl is so exciting to them that they forget I'm there, which means I'm bouncing off dogs while trying to keep the bowl upright and maneuver my way out the door.
No matter. Apparently the kitchen floor is better when it is covered in a fine goo anyway (at least to a dog). If I don't spill water tripping over a dog, the dogs will lap up water until it dribbles down their jowls and all over the floor anyway. Or they'll track a new pattern into the linoleum with their muddy paw prints.
This is a bit of a change from the calm, clean, collected cats in King's Lynn.
Stinky Sharing
These dogs are a bit smelly. Yes, when they've been outside, they have that characteristic dog smell, but they are smelly in another way, too. Like last night, when we had two dogs lying at our feet and this awful rotten-egg smell filled the room.
"Was that you or the dogs?" I asked Ryan, plugging my nose with one hand and waving the other around frantically.
"Was what me?" was the reply. He looked innocent enough.
A few minutes later, Willow made the usual attempt to get on my lap (more on this later), and when I pushed her back, her throat contracted and the same gag-inducing scent wafted into my face. She looked back at me with huge, sad eyes that said "sorry" instead of "that's what you get," and I forgave her.
Naughty Doggie Moments
The dogs are pretty well-behaved, but they can't be good all the time. We've had a few naughty doggie moments–and the trouble is almost always in the lounge. One morning, I walked in to find all the couch pillows on the floor. There were a few frayed edges, but all in all, it was a minor offense.
I walked in later to find various pieces of the fish food container (I'd been looking for that) scattered about the floor and multi-colored fish flakes stamped into the hard wood. A much more serious offense, because it involved more work on my part. (No worries. I found another can while looking for millet sprays in a random cupboard in the dining room. It's probably 5 years old, but I'm using it anyway.)
Yesterday, I found Aaron hiding behind the dining room table, ripping plastic wrap off the brown sugar. (Brown sugar?! These dogs must be starved!) I caught him early in the act, much to his disappointment.
In the early days in Dunoon, I could tell the dogs approached us like middle school students approach a substitute teacher–with a mischievous grin and a winking eye. With me, the winking eye is still there, but I think it's lessened a bit with Ryan.
Dogs will be dogs.
Human-Sized Lap Dogs
Willow brought out her most surprising weapon on our second day here, when she tried to sneak onto my lap while I worked on my computer. I've come to know the process well since then, for Willow is a persistent one: she'll lay her head on our laptops first, smearing gooey drool everywhere. (To Ryan, in particular, this is a crime against humanity.) Next comes a front paw on the chair, followed by the other front paw, followed by one back leg and then the other.
I tested just how far she'd go with this one time, and she was literally on top of me in the chair. She's as big as I am in that position, which is just ridiculous. The only way to get her to stop is to take her by the scruff of the neck and push her firmly to the floor with a deep "No." Of course Ryan has a deeper voice, so she now listens to him and continues to maul me on an hourly basis. It's tough to be small.
Aaron and Rowan do this lap dog thing, too, and we keep trying to figure out where the habit comes from. (At least Rowan responds immediately to "no" and Aaron doesn't try it very often.) It seems like they do it when they want something, but I've never seen such an annoying habit. You want to go outside? Well, go scratch on the door, for heaven's sake, like a normal dog! You want more dinner? Well, go wail in the kitchen or steal food! You're bored to death? I'd rather have you whining than trying to climb all over me. I can handle normal dog behavior; it's when they get into our space and threaten to ruin our clothes and electronics with drool, paws, and full-body contact that I get a bit miffed about being here.
Dogs in My Future
Looking into the future, I'd say my prospects of having a dog are getting grimmer by every dog-sit. Dogs are great, don't get me wrong, but I'd much prefer the softer, more independent cat to the bounding, drooling, stinking, chewing canine.
The lap dog behavior alone has almost sent us over the edge at several points during our stay. Fortunately, Ryan and I have had our breakdowns separately: while the insane person is hiding and cursing upstairs, the other person can pick up the slack. Then we trade places the next day. Fun!
Sometimes I wonder if it is the cluttered house or the animals that has sent us over the edge at times. It's probably a bit of both, but I really think the dogs are the culprits in this situation. It isn't their fault, and it isn't really ours either. We are all new together and figuring one another out, and there are bound to be growing pains in that environment. It's just hard to understand why anyone would want three dogs. One dog seems like plenty.
The area we are staying in is beautiful, but sometimes when you're dealing with the challenges of pet- and house-sitting, you start to question your sanity for wanting to travel this way. There are good days and bad days, but every time I look out the window (any window) at the rippling water, the moored sailboats, the changing leaves, and the shifting clouds of Dunoon–and I remind myself that I'm here basically for free–I start to change my tune a bit.
It is all a matter of perspective, after all.
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This place is beautiful! It reminds me of Alaska and Oregon, rolled up into one.
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September 17, 2011
Today marks the 50th travel day of our trip. That happened fast! To celebrate, Ryan and I took an afternoon trip to Ely (pronounced "ee-lee") to explore the town and see the cathedral.
I make it sound like we planned the whole thing, but in reality, Ely happened at random. We got in the car to go to the grocery store, looked at the rainy-turned-sunny skies, and decided to head the opposite direction instead. That's the joy of travel (with a car)!
Ely is a character-rich city—the second smallest in the UK, in fact—with historic architecture and a beautiful 1080 A.D. cathedral.
The cathedral is quite an impressive one, with intricate gothic features and a tower offering nice views of the city (or so I've read; it helps that Norfolk is as flat as a pancake). You can purchase a tour of the building and/or tower inside the cathedral (£6.50/adult for a ground-level tour; £12–13 for ground level and tower tours).
It took us 20 minutes to get to Ely via car, and parking was a breeze—we found a spot in a busy short-term (and free) parking lot in 2 minutes. The cathedral was only a few blocks away, so after a light lunch at a random café (Café Carrington's, half decent), we ventured through the local shops and along the city's castle-like walls until we reached the cathedral grounds.
The grounds are open to the public, so we walked the paths for awhile, admiring the unique gothic architecture of the building and snapping a few photos.
Afterward, we found Oliver Cromwell's house. Like everything else worth seeing, you have to pay for a tour of the place (£4.50/person). We figured the gift shop, located in the front portion of the house—could count just as well.
After that, it was back down Ely's High Street, past more little shops holding this or that treasure. I found the post office there, too, and was excited—I've had checks in need of depositing for 4 weeks now!—but I was met with a locked door and a Closed sign instead. Bummer. Better luck next time.
A few hours in Ely seemed to be more than enough. From start to finish, we spent about 4 hours there (including a 1-hour grocery spree at Ely's Waitrose), and I felt I'd had plenty of time to get a feel for the city and its short list of sights. We enjoyed that time without spending a dime, too. (We got lucky: parked 4 hours in a 2-hour Waitrose parking lot without a ticket to show for it!)Read More


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