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This beautifully maintained and tastefully furnished finca is delightfully rustic with a modern edge.
Located close to the old Roman road that connects Alcudia with Pollensa, it accommodates up to 12 guests in air conditioned luxury.
Surrounded by beautiful rural countryside the property has spectacular views. Although situated in a very tranquil and quiet area Pollensa town, Puerto Pollensa, Alcudia town and the beach resort of Port Alcudia are all within a ten minute drive.
The house is approached via a long shrub lined drive ending with a covered parking area.
To the front is a covered terrrace with seating area. At the side is a truly romantic plant clad dining gazebo with an amazing stone table.
The pool is found at the rear of the property set amid manicured lawns and mediterranean gardens, There are ample sun loungers and sunshades.
The garden also has a childs playground and table tennis table.
Overlooking the pool and gardens to the mountains beyond guests will find a large covered dining terrace which boasts another impressive stone dining table and comfy seating area.
Inside the property is the epitome of good taste with a modern, relaxed Mediterrranean style.
There is a spacious and comfortably furnished beamed sitting room with sofás, occasional chairs, TV and high speed wifi. There is access to the covered front terrace and gardens.
Through the sitting room is a formal dining room.
The fully equipped kitchen is light, airy and has a central island. There is direct access to the rear dining terrace. It opens to a quaint beamed breakfast room.
All six bedrooms are impeccably furnished and boast amazing views over the surrounding countryside.
The master suite has a double bed and large en suite bathroom.
Two further doublé bedded rooms have en suite bathrooms.
There are two twin bedded rooms served by a shower room.
Situated in the eaves is a delightful split level bedroom with kingsized bed and it's own bathroom.
There is a wonderful ambience to be found in this finca and we are sure that our clients willl never regret spending their holidays here.
APPROXIMATE DISTANCES: Pollensa 3,5km / Pto.Pollensa 5,5km / Alcudia town 7,5km / Pto.Alcudia 8,5km / Nearest beach 4km / Supermarket 4,5km / Restaurant 4,5km / Pharmacy 3km / ATM 4km / Golf 4km / Waterpark 8,5km / Palma airport 55km
* Check in: from 16:00 / Check out: until 10:00.
* Changeover day: saturday.
* Cot and high chair available on request. No extra charge. Second set available for an additional cost of 40€.
* Price includes electricity, wifi, bed linen and towels, pool/beach towels and final cleaning.
* Stays of 2 weeks (or more) also include mid week towel and linens change & light clean
* Eco-tax not included.
* Damage deposit: 300€ on credit card at check in and returned at check out.
* To secure the booking: 25% of the total as deposit by bank transfer, paypal or credit card. Balance at arrival.
*Pool heating extra 250€ week.


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Henry has always loved peek-a-book, but he has been initiating the game more and more. He started to play it with us during meal time. He just covers his eyes and waits for us to ask where he is. It's so fun.
During my spring break last week, we were able to go to the Children's Museum one day with Jennifer, Emma, and Zac. I love taking Henry to the Children's Museum. It was so fun to see what he was interested in. It was so fun to go with Jennifer, Zac, and Emma, too! They all played on the slides for quite awhile. Then they moved over to the tractor for a bit. Then we went to a room that had a lot of legos, blocks, and cars to build. We also played with the balls in the gravity section for awhile. Emma and Henry liked those! Last we went upstairs to the animal playground and train. We had a great time!
Henry is starting to talk more and more. His words are Dada and the occasional Mama, but he tries to carry on a conversation with me or Craig with lots of jargon. It is SO fun to hear him talk to us and to guess what he is saying. 🙂


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Noah's apology note for making me so mad yesterday that I wanted to run away from home.
Urban Dictionary: douche hole
A person who is equal parts douchebag and asshole. Usually reserved for the males species but not always.
*Just so you're aware, and so I don't get Child Welfare Services calling, I did not call Noah a "dush hole". I thought it was a creation of his own until I googled it.
To be fair, Zach owed me a longer and more profusely apologetic letter, but he wasn't feeling inspired or humbled enough yet. Instead, he decided to stick the marker in his bum and then use it to draw all over the carpet.
Update: Zach just decided to start round 2 of the argument from yesterday that got him and his brother in the hot seat. It involves one 80's classic movie that has a surprising amount of swearing for a PG rating (okay, it's Short Circuit), and my banning of said movie from the house. The boys took up the "relative" righteousness of their cause for a solid hour after school (ie. they've hear much worse swear words walking down the hall of school, and at grandma's house) but I would not relent. Zach tried one last plea this morning. With a straight face, he declared "mom, I can watch it. I won't say little b#$%&". I didn't have to say a word to prove my point. Game over.


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Sunday, May 12, 2013
"Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer." ~ Joseph Campbell
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Can you believe that this shortbread was my introductory foray into the world of ginger? I believe I am quite the fan. The combination of ginger and cranberries with the delicious flavor of shortbread makes these cookies perfect for the holidays.
Ginger-Cranberry Shortbread Wedges
Recipe from Betty Crocker Cookies
Makes approx. 16 cookies
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
3 Tbsp finely chopped crystallized ginger {I found mine in the bulk section of Winco though I'm sure you can find it near the spices in any grocery store}
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped {I used craisins and it worked out fine}
2 tsp granulated sugar
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large bowl, mix butter, powdered sugar and ginger until fully incorporated. Stir in the flour and cranberries.
Form the dough into a rough disk shape. On an ungreased cookie sheet, pat the dough down into a 9-inch circle. Shortbread doesn't really change much when it's baking so remember that the thickness of the dough is about what the thickness of your cookie will be. Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before cutting. Cut into 16 wedges.


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after the mad roller-coaster of the Rutland's birthday bash, and the orgy of overindulgence that was last weekend, I wasn't drinking Monday Tuesday or Thursday to give my body a much needed rest. Luckily, pre bash and Friday and at other times in the last week or so, I was. Hence :
En route to the Rutty I was in Shakespeares having a "warm up". This is both sarcastic and euphemistic - it wasn't like I needed a warm up for the sport of drinking, and it wasn't as if Shakespeares was warm - in fact it was chuffing freezing! Luckily I had a dark beer to shield me from the frost - A pint of Dark Star Original. This tasted a lot thicker and less balanced than I remembered. It seemed to have a slightly black treacle theme running through it and was much sweeter than I was hoping for. It was still enjoyable, but not what I really expected. I also had a a half of the Mallinsons Brewers Gold to cleanse my palate, which it did enjoyably and effectively.
Friday night myself and Miss N were in the Sheffield Tap. Forgetting that here is a board listing the beers and importantly (hopefully?) the prices (not that I can really see it well enough to read it) I relied on spotting a beer from a brewery I liked. I did just that having spotted an Oakham pump clip (two dumplings were stood in front of it with no way of seeing between them without coshing one over the head) so without knowing anything else, I asked for a half of that - it was £2.40! (cue feigned surprise) The beer in question was Oakham 20. According to their website it is 5.8%. So how in the name of Satan does it manage to be £4.80 a pint? Especially when compared to a 7.0% stout which they had on at £4.00.
No doubt Oakham will be described as " a very expensive brewery" like Dark Star were claimed to be. The extent to which that is a disingenuous explanation forms most of the reason why I didn't bother asking why it was so overpriced. It is a matter for concern that they no longer seem to warn customers of the impending damage either - perhaps my closeness to the handwritten board made it seem like I had already considered the price acceptable. Obviously I checked the other prices thereafter....
Miss N was dispatched to find the next drinks and we went Tapped for safety - the Growler Citra beer was on and it was very palatable although I didn't find out how much it was. This was followed by two astonishingly good pints of the Anarchy Brew Co Breakfast Stout, the 7% one at £4.00 a pint. Not over the top, and the beer was absolutely exceptional. I really can't think of a bad Anarchy beer I've had and it was great getting to try the first of theirs that I encountered at SIBA BeerX once more, this time on cask. Indeed, it was so good that I forwent the opportunity to try some Fyne Ales Vital Spark that I'd had my eye on.
Yesterday was a day of staying in, apart from nipping to the shops. Asda has got rid of the only interesting beer brands it stocked, namely the Ilkley range and the BrewDog Punk. Seems we Handsworth folk don't like beers with flavour, brewed with aplomb. Either that or not even BrewDog can afford to sell their beers at a loss to the Walmart behemoth. However, in a rare positive development, they have started selling the Shepherd Neame IPA, a 6.1% recreation of an old recipe with a really pleasing vintage style label. These are on offer at 3 or £5.00 so it seemed silly not to get a few.
The aroma is noticeably Sheps yeast and Kent Fuggles. It has a very warming mouthfeel, and its not really particularly pale, more a pleasant caramel orange, of which there are hints in the flavour. It is very hoppy but not citrussy, and easy to drink probably due to the balance of malts. I love a hop monster pale ale any day but this was a pleasant change, especially on a cold Autumn night, and it stood up well to the slow cooked Moroccan chicken stew which we were having.
Later we had a bottle of the 2007 Fullers Vintage Ale. This is the tenth anniversary brew and it had weathered well. Very well in fact. The surprising feature of this magnificent brew was the extent to which you couldn't detect that signature orangey taste. I have been drinking the Vintage Ales annually since 2000 and although there are subtle differences that orangey yeasty base has always been prominent. This time there seemed much more hops than I recall previously, which after 6 years in the bottle is quite good going.
The hops used in the Anniversary Brew were Fuggles, Target, and Styrian (it says "super styrian" but I wasn't sure if this was a compliment by John keeling or an actual styrian variant!?) and without an older bottle to hand to compare I'm not sure what difference that should make to the overall brew. Whatever the explanation, this was a very accomplished beer that was well worth the lengthy wait to try.
More news to come next week, when I might see some of you at the Blue Feather Brewery Intergalactic launch - the beer brewed in collaboration between Blue Bee and Welbeck Abbey will be launched around 19.00 at The Closed Shop on Commonside. Well worth a trip over.
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We filed last week for our permit to refinish our basement and this week we were approved. It cost $800 - yikes! (And that doesn't include the 4 inspections that we'll need at about $150 each!) It's a really good thing we're going to do most of the work ourselves! Today we are headed to the "Depot" to pick up STUDS! How exciting! I can't remember how many we need, but it's over 100 I think! I'll either be good and strong at the end of the day or sore and exhausted! I'm guessing the latter! I sure hope Tom is around when he's ready for the dry wall!!!
I don't think we'll go skiing this weekend, although Stupid-bowl Sunday is usually a great day to go because no one is there! Back to the slopes next weekend though - the snow is probably wonderful - they got dumped on this past week!
I learned this week that my bus to Denver (FREX) may either have their service reduced or eliminated all together. If this happens it could mean early retirement for me until I can find an "at-home" job or something in Castle Rock. I'm going to the hearing on Wednesday. There are a LOT of us who ride daily and even the drivers are really pushing attendance at the meeting, so hopefully we'll manage to keep the service or some version of it. I'm trying not to stress too much yet. But I'll be happy to take any prayers you can give to keep my link to the city running!
Off to move furniture and carry those "STUDS"!!! Happy Saturday!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
3 comments:
- Debbie said...
First of all, what are you going to do to the basement? Anything craft related? And secondly good luck with the bus service, hopefully a good turn out will show a great need.
- January 31, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Patti said...
I'm praying for your busline! Take pictures of that basement remodel.....that's on our list this year too.
- February 1, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Flatfish said...
I love remodeling! Keep us updated.
- February 2, 2009 at 9:01 AM
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Erik Madigan Heck always tries to explore the boundaries of fashion as art and he became one of my favorites ever since his work for Mary Katranzou.
He's also a movie maker and is the founder editor of Nomenus Quarterly so I thought it was about time to blog about him & his work (Mary Katrantzou, Etro Homme, Rodarte, Kenzo, Haider Ackermann, Comme des Garcons, Alberta Ferretti, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester and The Row AMONGST OTHERS).
Vision is the strongest motive for creation, especially when art and fashion are about to become one.
Erik was being named the youngest photographer to shoot the Neiman Marcus Art of Fashion campaign and is has his newest project: the hosting of "Seven Film Works", in an exhibition at The Avant/Garde Diaries in Soho. His films of the past three years, are a moving image project for which he collaborated with designers as Ann Demeulemeester, A.F. Vandevorst and the composers Avro Part and Marsen Jules. The films will be projected on the windows of Soho's project space and will undoubtedly be a though-provoking procedure as to explore the boundaries of fashion as art.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
If Dean Martin Were Alive Today, He'd Be Wearing Energie Jeans
Hey pallies, likes totally loves this groovy picture of our Dino with the Golddiggers from the Dino-show. Diggs the moddish clothes that our Dino chooses to wear showin' that he is hip to the latest fashions of the day. Today's Dino-post by a dude tagged Blake M. Talvitz from a pad tagged " "Ezine Articles" uses our Dino as the sellin' point for the Energie Jeans brand. Likes I thinks this is just so so cool than a guy like Talvitz has chosen the King of Cool to associate with this likes totally mod brand of jeans. Talvitz writes....
"Energie Jeans offers a successful synthesis of social-media/tech-hip and undeniably European-style manly jeans that exude a rough and ready yet sophisticated aura, but are also eminently presentable. In fact, if Dean Martin were alive today, there is little doubt that he would probably buy them."
Finds it so refreshin' to know that a neuveau hipster likes Talvitz has chosen to put the accent on the coolest hipster of all times....our Dino....in promotin' this trendy brand of jeans. Oh, how this shows the amazin' influence that the name of our Dino has on today's youth!!!! Just readin' this info makes me wanna goes out and buys myself some Energie Jeans to be more like our great man! Thanks to Mr. Blake Talvitz for liftin' up the name of our Dino and keepin' the Dino-legacy glowin' and growin' 'mong today's youthful mods. Dino-diggin', DMP btw, as usual, just clicks on the tagg of this Dino-post to goes to the pad "Ezine Articles" to read this it it's original format.
If Dean Martin Were Alive Today, He'd Be Wearing Energie Jeans
By Blake M Talvitz
There are many different kinds of cool in the world today, but few companies manage to fuse different kinds of cool successfully. Energie Jeans offers a successful synthesis of social-media/tech-hip and undeniably European-style manly jeans that exude a rough and ready yet sophisticated aura, but are also eminently presentable. In fact, if Dean Martin were alive today, there is little doubt that he would probably buy them. In fact, the enlightened rebel look is probably the primary attraction offered by Energie.
Just as Apple products, especially laptops, seem to evoke a certain geek-chic, Energie creates the impression that the wearer is a freethinker that is not afraid to run with the pack when it suits them. Some styles are too far off the beaten path to be socially acceptable to the masses, but this does not describe the offerings of Energie Jeans at all. If anything, the look is slightly rugged with a touch of urban angst, but there is nothing innately inappropriate or overly edgy with any of the products currently offered by them.
In fact, it is probably worth noting that Energie Jeans offers a lot more than just denim pants. Fashionable footwear, belts, bags, t-shirts, flannel, denim shirts, jackets, shorts and more are all available from Energie. Such a wide selection of products is very tempting, because it means that if one could create entire ensembles from a single vendor. If Energie Jeans were to offer Fossil-like watches and their own brand of sunglasses, they could conceivably be a head-to-toe outfitter.
One of the sure signs that Energie is in the game for the long haul is that they release seasonal collections, and have done so for over a decade. While some companies allow comparatively inexpensive lines to be updated annually or even semi-annually, Energie Jeans offers plenty of incentives to buy Energie Jeans over and over again. Like all things fashionable, there is a price to pay to be part of the 'in' crowd, but it sounds like customers do not mind it. In fact, lithe and tall customers seem to have nothing but the highest accolades for Energie Jeans, such as this quote from aecox1 of Orlando, Florida:
Do not take the frequent updates as an indication that Energie Jeans are not durable or built to withstand the test of time. Laura T. noted that 12 years is a long lifespan for a pair of jeans, even if Laura's brother is a genetic anomaly who never packs on a single pound as he ages.
Quality products do command premium prices, which may seem ironic due to the fact that fashion goes in and out of style rather quickly these days. That being said, products by Energie Jeans do command a substantial premium, but such a premium is easily justified by the quality alone. Even if one cannot wear their Energie Jeans out to the latest social functions once they are no longer part of the latest season, they are still quite usable for wear around the house or to the movies. All in all, Energie Jeans is a brand name with a lot to like, especially their unique attitude that is backed up by their quality.
Blake M Talvitz has been writing articles for 5 years, covering a number of topics such as fashion, home and garden, and business management. Her latest blogs are about name badge ribbons and garden swing cushions.
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A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly beaten to death and later was set on fire by her father and other family members in Saharanpur Tuesday.
The matter came to light after the local police received an anonymous letter informing about the incident. The bones and ashes were recovered from the place where the body was reportedly burnt following a rigorous search around 2.30 am on Wednesday.
An FIR against girl's father Sethpal, a labourer, and unidentified family members was lodged at Nakud police station on a complaint filed by Juddi village chowkidar Sitaram. The case has been lodged on charges of murder and destruction of evidence.
SSP, Saharanpur, Rajesh Pandey said the recovered remains would be sent for forensic examination, adding the hunt is on to trace the girl's father and others who are absconding.
The police said preliminary inquiry revealed the girl was reportedly having an affair with her elder sister's brother-in-law and was pregnant. The investigation also found that the girl's family had offered a proposal for their marriage, but the youth's family reportedly demanded dowry which was turned down by the girl's father.
The police added the girl's father and others caught her with the same youth in a compromising state in the village and she was reportedly brought to the house where she was allegedly beaten to death. The body was later set on fire.
Senior Sub-inspector (SSI), Nakud police station, Digambar said after receiving information on Tuesday evening they visited the girl's house to find her ailing mother who said her daughter was assaulted by her father and others and was later taken outside the house. She said she was unaware as to what happened to her daughter.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Food Co-op
I'm sad to say I had to take the link to the Crossroads Urban Center Food Co-op off of my site. This is their last month. It's not financially sustainable; which is sad. Very sad. Thank you Food Co-op for many months of fun produce I may not have tried on my own; great local honey and wonderful Nutty Guys samplers. Our home will miss you.
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The Beat is a print publication at Purchase College devoted mostly to long-form journalism and music. Through social media, we are already providing information about Purchase's broader arts community. In doing this, we hope to widen the audiences for all of our artists (which include faculty and alumni), while remaining an independent news organization.
For the first issue, the stories have been reported, photographs taken, and pages designed (by Robin Lynch's Community Design class). All we need now is the money to print. If we can raise $5,000 in 60 days, we can prove to the powers that be that The Beat is a going concern, and we can bring you this magazine on a regular basis.
Like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/thebeatatpc) and follow us on Twitter: @thebeatatpc
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Briana Rodriguez, editor in chief
Scott Duwe, managing editor
Michelle Huey, creative director
Catherine Castro, director of social media/marketing
Christie Rotondo, features editor
Rebecca Strassberg, news editor
Andrew Marinaccio, editor, reviews/special projects
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Rebecca Kaplan, senior writer
Kevin Redding, senior writer
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Aurora Fowlkes, reporter
Michael Kerwin, reporter
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We have an idea to share and want your thoughts…..
Last Oct, we ran a mini-conference at Valley Southwoods related to technology and EEI. The feedback was positive, especially because… A)sessions were taught by district teachers and B) everyone had choice. Some teachers loved the short introductory sessions, others wanted extended sessions to have time to dig into the topic.
Here's our idea:
Instead of a traditional PD course, with only one specific topic for the entire 15 hours, we are proposing a different approach. A staff development course that is entirely made up of multiple topics that you can pick and choose the topics that are of interest to you! Each topic would be 3 hours of time – so you would need 5 total blocks in order to meet the 15 hour requirement for staff dev credit and/or Drake credit.
Here's a specific example of what the schedule might look like:
|Mon June 4th
|Tues June 5th
|Wed June 6th
|Thurs June 7th
|AM Sessions
8:30am to 11:30am
|Using Kidblog.org
|Google Docs
|Safari Montage
|Safari Montage
|Standards Based Grading in Infinite Campus (grades 7-12)
|PM Sessions
12:30pm to 3:30pm
|K-3 iPad apps
|K-3 iPad apps
|Classrooms Blogs
|Classroom Blogs
|Google Docs
|Standards Based Grading in Infinite Campus (grades 7-12)
Here are some of the specific 3 hour topics that we think could be offered…..
1) MovieMaker: editing and producing short videos with Windows MovieMaker (most likely taught by Jackie)
2) Standards Based Grading with Infinite Campus: (grades 7-12) How to set up your grade book for standards based style grading in Campus
3) KidBlog.org: Using kidblog for student writing
4) Safari Montage: How to access, search, and build playlist in Safari Montage (replacement for DE Streaming). Also how to use student accounts, how to make assignments, on-line quizzes, and use their iPad app. (most likely taught by Jackie)
5) Google Docs: an Introduction to Google docs
6) K-3 iPad apps: A session for teachers to share their favorite iPad apps, with time to dig into why and how the apps are used.
7) Twitter: an introduction to using twitter for your own professional development and/or classroom usage (most likely taught by Brian)
8) Edmodo: an introduction to using Edmodo, building courses, getting students setup, turning in assignments, discussions, grade book, and practice tests/quizzes
9) Gloogster: Making on-line posters
10) Animoto: Creating on-line slideshows with pictures, text, and music
11) Classroom Blogs: Creating a classroom website/blog
NOTE: some of these topic, depending on interest, might be expanded to a second level. Example: we might have a Twitter level 2 for those who already have a twitter account, and a level 1 for those who do not or have one but haven't used it much. This could also apply to Edmodo or other topics as well.
Questions for you…………..
1) What do you think? Will this be appealing to staff?
2) What topics are we missing that might interest staff?
3) Please contact Jackie Neuberger if you're interested in being a trainer. It's $30/hour for any session – and we're certainly open to adding new topics/ideas.


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The end of April means two things:
1. I have less than a month left in this glorious city and really need to start organizing my "where I NEED to eat" list
2. Foodie Penpals reveal day! So just in case you forget what this foodie penpals is all about…it was started by Lindsay @the lean green bean and here's a little summary of this fantastic foodie program:
Every month you receive your penpal pairing via email. You then contact them to find out all their likes/dislikes/allergies and put together a box filled with scrumptious food products that costs no more than $15. Include something written and send your box off and await to receive your own delightful box of goodies. Then you blog about it at the end of the month. If you don't have a blog…don't fret. You can still participate in this wonderful foodie program.
I've participated for two months now and both times I was quite pleased with the box I found on my doorstep. And this month's box of goodies, yet again, did not disappoint.
I couldn't even wait until the picture was taken to rip into that bag of snap pea crisps. Crispy and crunchy with a very interesting flavor, I think they would be perfect for adding texture to a nice green salad in place of the usual croutons. My favorite thing in this box was the peanut butter granola.
The first day I had it mixed into yogurt, the second just eaten straight from the bag. This sweet and peanutty cereal is now a house favorite! Thank you Caroline for the delicious box of goodies! Check out Jennifers blog to see the food gifts I sent to her!
Inspired by foodie penpals, I reached for the bag of pistachios I was gifted last month, combined them with goat cheese, and stuffed them into some button mushrooms, a perfect vessel for this creamy filling. These delicious, cheesy, and rich mushroom bites would make the perfect party appetizer or really the perfect snack anytime. I mean, anything stuffed with goat cheese and pistachios is bound to taste good right?
Goat Cheese and Pistachio Stuffed Mushrooms
6 button mushrooms, stems removed
1/4-1/3 cup of goat cheese, softened
2 tbsp chopped pistachios
zest of half a lemon
1/2-1 tsp fresh rosemary, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
splash of milk
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 375. Arrange mushrooms on a sheet pan.
Mix together remaining ingredients, adding enough milk until it reaches a stuffable consistency (you don't want to it too thick you can't stir it but not too thin it wouldn't stuff and stay in the mushrooms…I probably used about 2 tbsp milk)
Stuff mushrooms and bake for about 15-20 minutes, until top begins to brown and mushrooms are soft and tender.
Surprisingly so delicious, considering how simple the ingredients were and how quickly they came together. I think they would also be nice over a bed of spinach with a drizzle of balsamic and oil as a salad. The perfect spring appetizer!


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Nepal is an incredible land of hidden treasures with abundant natural resources in tourism sector. Nepal has become a prominent destination in the world's tourism map with a dimensional image of its own. The exquisite natural scenery, incomparable cultural diversity, traditional life style, art, culture, various ecstatic spots, glorious historical locations, majestic high mountains and other numerous specialties have made Nepal an unusual and a remarkable tourism spot. Here heaven opens its doors to shower blessings.
Welcome Moreover, Nepal is blessed with almost all the world's climate and ecosystem. The geological condition, ethnicity and bio-diversity of the country fascinate international visitors to Nepal time and again which genuinely uphold the essence of Nepal tourism brand. The hospitality of Nepalese, their unique lifestyles and beliefs "to regard guests as God" are other interesting aspects which allure the visitors towards Nepal.
1. World Heritage Sites in Nepal
A. Kathmandu Durbar Square
B. Patan Durbar Square
C. Bhaktapur Durbar Square
D. Pashupatinath Temple
E. Swayambhunath Stupa
F. Changu Narayan Temple
G. Lumbini- Birthplace of land Buddha
H. Chitwan National Park (932 sq km)
I. Sagarmatha National park (1,148 sq km) etc.
2. The Himalayas About 8000m. in Nepal
A. Sangarmatha (Mt.Everest )-------------------- 8,848m
B. Kangchenjunga------------------- 8,586m
C. Lhotse-----------------------------------------------8,516m
D. Makalu----------------------------------------------8,463m
E. Chuoyn------------------------------------------------8,201m
F. Dhaulagiri--------------------------------------------8,167m
G. Manaslu--------------------------------------------- 8,163m
H. Annapuran(I)---------------------------------------8,091m
3. Top Tens Festivals of Nepal
A. Magh Sankranti Devghat (January)
B. Lhosar, all Tibetan Areas (February)
C. Mahashivaratri, Pashupatinath (February)
D. Balkumari Jatra, Thimi (mid-April)
E. Bisket Jatra Chariot Festival, Bhaktapur (mid-April)
F. Rate Machhendranath Festival, Patan (April/May)
G. Indra Jatra Charit Festival Kathmandu (August/September)
H. Dasain, Nationwide (September/November)
I. Tihar / Deepawali, Nationwide (October/November)
J. Mani Rimdu, Tengboche (November)
4. Honey Hunting
Honey hunting is an age-old tradition in Nepal. Local honey hunters show their exceptional skills by hanging themselves on cliffs as high as 300 meters using bamboo ladders and hemp ropes, while harvesting the honeycombs.
See the spectacular honey hunting in the steep bee cliffs to experience the tradition and culture of the local people sees them while you trek in the foothills of the Himalayas.
5. Ultra Craft Aircraft
Ultra light aircraft offer breathtaking bird's eye view of Pokhara valley and the surrounding mountains. Flights are operated almost throughout the year except during the monsoons June through August. Flights take place from sunrise to 11am and from pm to sunset every day especially if the weather is clear and the day is sunny. In the half- hour flight, one can fly over Pokhara City, Phewa Lake, Sarankot hill and get close to the Mt. Fishtail another option is the exploration of Annapurna range from 13000 feet or higher in an hour. Pokhara is easily accessible from Kathmandu, chit wan and other major town.


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Devon Forbes is a registered dietitian working with bariatric surgery patients to provide education about proper diet and nutrition before and after surgery. She leads monthly support groups, provides nutrition classes and develops educational nutrition materials for individual and group counseling. In addition, she monitors patient progress, reviews patient nutritional labs and makes recommendations for appropriate supplement and diet treatment to help weight loss surgery patients adjust eating habits to reflect a healthy lifestyle.
Prior to her role as bariatric dietitian, Devon worked as a long-term care dietitian in Annapolis. She assessed the nutritional needs of residents and made sure adequate meals and supplementation were provided. She also provided nutrition care in the community and in acute care clinical settings.
Devon is a licensed dietitian by the State of Maryland. She completed her bachelor of science degree in health science from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa. She went on to La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pa. to complete both her post-baccalaureate degree in dietetics, as well as her dietetic internship.<< Take me home


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There is a Byzantine Castle on the highest point of the island, which dates to the 13th Century. The castle has been documented as being used to fight Pirates and so has come to be known as The Pirate Castle.
Today the island is connected to the mainland by a causeway know as a 'mole'.
(c) Janice Parr - Parr Photo Art
This photo was taken using the Canon PowerShot G5.


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Sunday, 22 August 2010
Positive Things In The Pipeline
One of my latest wire sculptured necklaces. Sterling silver encasing a gorgeous turquoise gemstone.
I'm in a fab mood.
It seems like there is a possibility of becoming a member of the local arts council, and in doing so, will be able to recieve mentoring, funding and contacts e.g for exhibitions etc
I have to apply, before the end of the year, and if the panel of judges think I'm worthy, I become a member and get one to one mentoring within the design community!
Also along the same lines, there is a gallery I am going to apply for, which has a highly regarded rep.
There are also a few Events I qualify to apply for based in London, at the heart of the creative design scene
So although nothing has actually happened LOL, I am thrilled and motivated by the idea of what could happen. I feel really inspired to come up with some amazing pieces, before the application deadlines, so that I can include them with the forms
Wish me luck!!!
Posted by Samantha Braund at 14:10
Labels: craft fairs, exhibitions, jewellery, sterling silver, turquoise
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Because most people a) don't know this about Sodom-by-the-Sea, b) don't read much more than the headline and first paragraph or two of most news articles, and (most importantly) c) because there is a bit of a publicity battle being waged against his Excellency the Lion-hearted archbishop. This publicity battle is being waged (ostensibly) because the good archbishop said some truthful things about homosexual acts, and is asking those who are employed in positions of authority in his see to refrain from publicly promoting such things as as sodomy (and adultery, fornication, masturbation, pornography, and a host of other sexual sins, etc).
Therefore, anything which can be found to hurt his excellency's image, must be found, dug up, and trotted out on parade before the public. This must be done, even if a retraction must later be reprinted--because who ever notices (let alone reads) those, anyway? And why give the diocese benefit of the doubt in this policy--why hesitate to consider that there just may be some innocuous explanation--in short, why do the work of actually reporting, when the existence of the thing can be used to attack Archbishop Cordileone, or to paint him in an unfavorable light? For that matter, why bother to find out whether the archbishop had anything at all to do with this decision, when you can just assume that he did?
Meanwhile, the archdiocese gives some pretty valid reasons for the sprinklers' installation--and now will be removing it, thanks to the "optics":
This sprinkler system in alcoves near our back doorways was installed approximately two years ago, after learning from city resources that this kind of system was being commonly used in the Financial District, as a safety, security and cleanliness measure to avoid the situation where needles, feces and other dangerous items were regularly being left in these hidden doorways. The problem was particularly dangerous because students and elderly people regularly pass these locations on their way to school and mass every day. When the system was installed,after other ideas were tried and failed, the people who were regularly sleeping in those doorways were informed in advance that the sprinklers were being installed. The idea was not to remove those persons, but to encourage them to relocate to other areas of the Cathedral, which are protected and safer. The purpose was to make the Cathedral grounds as well as the homeless people who happen to be on those grounds safer. We are sorry that our intentions have been misunderstood and recognize that the method used was ill-conceived. It actually has had the opposite effect from what it was intended to do, and for this we are very sorry. We have also now learned that the system in the first place required a permit and may violate San Francisco water-use laws, and the work to remove this system has already started, and will be completed by the end of the day.
My thought is that if anyone is injured or endangered by stepping on (say) a discarded needle or made ill from contact with human feces as a result of the removal of this system, that is on the hands of these media piranhas.


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So we are alive, I just haven't been good at updating my blog. Life as usual is busy. We are in the middle of a flooring project on our main level. We are tearing out all the flooring to put in laminate wood floors. I'm very excited for the finished project, but the stuff in the middle is getting old! We decided to do it ourselves, really is there another way? And it's hard work tearing out the under lament and pulling all staples out. We've been doing it as a family and it's been fun seeing the kids work hard and feel proud of themselves. We hope to have it done this weekend, fingers crossed.
The kids are all doing well. We've had beautiful weather the past few days so they are getting plenty of time outside. They start Spring Break next week, but are leaving a little early tonight to start it. Ayden and Ellie get to go camping with my sister Katie and her family. Originally, we were all going to go, but then we needed this weekend for the floors. So Katie is being awesome and letting my kids tag a long without us. We'll see how she survives!
Tate will get to go Nana and Grandpa Shaw's house on Friday and do an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday. I love that we have supportive family that will literally take my kids so we can do our crazy project. Thank you.
I'll post pictures of our finished floors and other updates of the kids as soon as this is all over.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Meghan's Visit
Our friend Meghan came to visit this past weekend. She was attending a BYU Gymnastics reunion, but was kind enough to make some time for us! We loved having her visit, Brian and Bo we missed you.
The kids had a lot of fun playing with Meghan.
Meghan had a reunion with teammates from the BYU gymnastics team and a few of them went to the Creamery afterward. I asked if she had the BYU Mint brownies, and she gave me this incredulous look and goes "oh my gosh, I didn't!" So we decided to make some at home. Ellie got to help and she felt so special because Meghan helped her.
The kids had a lot of fun playing with Meghan.
|Tate thought this was hilarious
I got to have plenty of time to just catch up with Meghan. It's been a year and half since we last saw each other. So just visiting was fun.
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The VRC has just cataloged 37 images from Yoshimoto Nara: Nobody's Fool. These Images are available to the SCAD community with an active MySCAD log-in.
Images clockwise from top-left:
Nara, Yoshimoto. (2001). Fountain of Life. Fiber reinforced plastics, lacquer, urethane, motor, and water. 68 7/8 x 70 7/8 inches. Collection of the artist.
Nara, Yoshimoto. (2007). New Seoul House Mini. Installation. Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
Nara, Yoshimoto. (1997). Amuro Girl. Fiberglass, wood, resin, and lacquer. 22 7/8 x 20 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches. Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan.
Nara, Yoshimoto. (2006). Never Die!. Acrylic and pencil on board. 46 1/8 x 46 1/8 inches. Collection of the artist.


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Andrea Dovizioso says he is feeling confident about his chances should the final round of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship at Valencia turn out to be wet following a positive start to the weekend.
The Italian, who is competing in his final race for Tech 3 Yamaha before switching to the factory Ducati team in 2013, was fourth quickest in the wet FP1, the first session held since the circuit was resurfaced.
Though cautious initially, Dovizioso was pleased with the steps made over the course of the session, particularly as rain is forecast for Sunday's race.
"This morning was a strange session because this is the first time we have used the new asphalt and it was difficult to make any judgement in the rain. It took me a while to get a good feeling but at the end of the session I was happy with my pace and I am sure we have plenty of margin to improve and be faster in those conditions. That's very positive and important because the forecasts are predicting rain for Sunday."
With damp conditions proving too dry for wet tyres and too wet for slick tyres in the afternoon, Dovizioso was one of a handful of riders not to venture onto track.
"This afternoon it wasn't worth going out and I am sorry for the fans though that didn't get to see all of us on track today. I could have used slick tyres but the lap times would have been six or seven seconds off the pace and you learn nothing and waste a set of tyres."


text: Tony, I'm just speculating here, but mostly from just having done similar swap. The FI would pretty much work with your MC-1, an you may in fact want to retain the fuel distributor setup, as a changeover would be somewhat convoluted(MC distributor is backwards). I would think you would want to go with the MC electricals, ECU, knock sensor, etc. You would want to convert to the shrouded injectors from the MC. A little mix and match may be necessary with the CIS interchange, but as you have the fuel distributor setup from the WX already, you won't have to do much, just the injectors and lines - I think they are better although the lines are longer, and take advantage of the air shrouding. Not sure which CPR/WUR to use - they are easy to swap and so find which gives the best warmup. I used the MC WUR with WX CIS distributor, so they ar interchangeable. That engine which was installed in the '83 CGT started fine and went through warmup fine. I think it is worth an extra day or even two to swap the engine management - ECU and harness. It should not take that long, but don't underestimate either. Much of my time was figuring out what things were and documenting - I provide the info. regarding this that should help do it faster than I did: http://ben_swann.homestead.com/GTCTurbo.html If you decide to use the MAC-02/WX setup then use the older flywheel - But don't! Really - use the MAC-11 system, less picky and easier to tweak. I think using the best of both systems - nice air intake and the UrQ downpipe is bigger! With QLCC chip it was ripping the wheels off the FWD CGT even with the Quaife. Ben [Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:22:46 -0700 From: Tony Lum <tlum at flash.net> Subject: [urq] running MC-1 with WX F.I. To: urq at audifans.com Message-ID: <18.104.22.168.0.20050427161205.024fd638 at ni.ascor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Guys, Checking out my options. I'm thinking of junking my '87 5kcstq and swapping the engine and tranny which work perfectly into the urq. The MC-1's 7.8:1 cr /K24 turbo has my WX's 7.0:1/K24 turbo beat hands down. Question 1: Can the WX stuff run the MC-1? It would be only for a short while until I go EFI. I recall there's a difference in the engine timing pin on the flywheel. Question 2: Was there a performance gain with the 2 pc. EM? I've got 2 un-cracked 1 pc EMs and while we're switching engines anyways... TIA, -Tony '83 ur-quattro # 302]


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Backyard Heaven a Standout in the Stephen Foster Handicap
Thoroughbreds in North America all celebrate their birthdays on Jan. 1, so as soon as the New Year rolls around, so does "foaling season" – that magical time that lasts from the beginning of January through the late spring when racehorse babies are born. In this weekly piece, we'll bring you the best of new arrivals to the Thoroughbred world. So sit back, relax, and take in the Cute Foals of the Week for 2017!
Kentucky Derby contender Gunnevera was positively adorable as a baby!
Tales from the Crib -- Gunnevera: https://t.co/rZs5l4FHb2
: Michelle Pitts/Brandywine Farm LLC pic.twitter.com/cKdKdwbNlL
— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) March 14, 2017
Check out the face on this son of Declaration of War and Amurmar!
Baby #2! Dec of War colt o/o Amurmar (Galileo daughter of Epsom Oaks winner Ramruma). Suspect there might be grass in this one's future! pic.twitter.com/3fkcEoc9cw
— Justin Nicholson (@JustinTheNich) March 14, 2017
Everyone deserves to see a foal snuggling a teddy bear right now!
She's snuggling her teddy
I would too, its cold tonight!! pic.twitter.com/RemXc4w6VH
— Alicia McQuilkin (@mcqhoofbeat) March 15, 2017
Someone's growing up fast!
"Energizer" at 6 days old pic.twitter.com/WoIYIgNrZM
— Martin Thoroughbreds (@MartinTBreds) March 13, 2017
Get ready – this foal's face is going to melt your heart!
A long-legged Race Day colt at 4 days old. #foalsof2017 #legsfordays #thatfacethough pic.twitter.com/MlaTRLY2v8
— Brandywine Farm (@BrandywineTBs) March 12, 2017
Best group hug ever?
A sweet photo of 16yo Weekender Killian with Playwithmyheart and her Sea The Stars filly yesterday morning pic.twitter.com/NDbs2TzmLW
— Julie Lynch (@juliemtlynch) March 12, 2017
Mia and Molly looks like she's going to be a wonderful mother to her new daughter by Constitution!
Constitution/Mia and Molly 2017 Filly. 3/13/2017. @WinStarFarm @rgullatt @KYTbred @CBAKy pic.twitter.com/C7URFdMh9R
— Rose Hill Farm (@TAOcampo) March 13, 2017
Check out the stunning markings on this daughter of El Padrino and Bombshell Babe!
El Padrino filly Out of Bombshell Babe foaled at Northview PA has incredible markings. Owned and bred by @WinbakFarm. Northview photo. pic.twitter.com/PKqgPInHn3
— MidAtlanticTB (@MidAtlanticTB) March 13, 2017
This glimpse into life on Arindel Farm includes a seriously adorable filly and her mother, A Rose For You!
Full Vidhttps://t.co/wvMVjz180z
A Rose for You & filly run for a name. Two-year-olds run for their gate card. '15 Against the Sky cheers. pic.twitter.com/76pDFRrvTi
— Arindel Farm (@ArindelFarm) March 13, 2017
Street Sense and Biorhythm has an unbelievably adorable son – and we love his tiny blanket, too!
Street Sense/Biorhythm colt born this AM. Mare was fast, broke maiden at Keeneland & won 3 allowance races in California, got stakes placed. pic.twitter.com/kMVcjKzoGY
— Craig Bernick (@Craig_Bernick) March 13, 2017
Check out the long legs on this son of Distorted Humor and Ainsley!
Distorted Humor/Ainsley 2017 Colt. 3/14/2017. @EBrehmJr @WinStarFarm @KYTbred @CBAKy pic.twitter.com/ZcBJEBLPjW
— Rose Hill Farm (@TAOcampo) March 15, 2017
This little filly may have the sweetest face in history:
A serious dose of cute for your snowy, post-DST Monday...you deserve nice things #MondayMotivation #feistyfillies #adventuresinracing pic.twitter.com/tK1Qy8rzSI
— Alicia McQuilkin (@mcqhoofbeat) March 13, 2017
This little daughter of Constitution and Cheap Perfume really knows how to celebrate National Napping Day!
It's #nationalnappingday? Our filly by G1 winner CONSTITUTION o/o Cheap Perfume is way ahead of us! pic.twitter.com/Uz03rtWfhd
— WinStar Farm (@WinStarFarm) March 13, 2017
Speaking of champion nappers…
zzz #NationalNappingDay! Like us on Facebook and check out all the Questroyal North news! :) https://t.co/GKg7Dq8wAr #NYBred @nytbreeders pic.twitter.com/DNTGK7AKHT
— Questroyal North (@QuestroyalNorth) March 13, 2017
Foals are the perfect way to start the day in Ocala, Florida!
Nuestro amigo @azar_mauricio de visita en @Haraslossamanes Ocala , Florida manana arrancan las ventas en @OBSSales pic.twitter.com/5z0CgsbSYB
— Noel Kucich P (@noelkp2010) March 13, 2017
Looks like love at first sight between Tamarind and her new son by Kingman!
Tamarind dam of Tansholpan foaled colt by Kingman @JuddmonteFarms .She will visit Golden Horn pic.twitter.com/VBsenQOm60
— HESMONDS STUD (@StudHesmonds) March 14, 2017
This photo is sure to melt your heart!
Mom meets her Animal Kingdom filly. pic.twitter.com/bvR98qpOfm
— Heather Kirsch (@HeatherRKirsch) March 14, 2017
This little daughter of Gio Ponti and Fanfest looks like she's loving life!
What a little sweetheart Filly by Gio Ponti o/o Fanfest (GB) only 23 hours old @minnesotabred @castletonlyons pic.twitter.com/Fawr5LAjxM
— Wood-Mere Farm (@WoodMereFarm) March 14, 2017
This daughter of Street Sense and Quickest has some seriously long legs!
The "Queen" of Rose Hill has foaled Street Sense/Quickest 2017 Filly.3/14/2017. @VincentColbert @DarleyStallions @KateGalvin2 @FasigTiptonCo pic.twitter.com/EuMfipBM6K
— Rose Hill Farm (@TAOcampo) March 14, 2017
Not only are these two best buddies, but they're practically twins, too!
Not an optical illusion, two super racy looking Noble Mission colts #bestbuds pic.twitter.com/6qJqgQc7Fv
— Lane's End (@LanesEndFarms) March 13, 2017
Check out the fuzzy ears on this daughter of Breitling Flyer and Rebirther!
Hembra alazana Breitling Flyer(Ghostzapper) - ReBirther ( Lemon Drop Kid) 2017 , acaba de nacer . Gracias Diosito pic.twitter.com/GL1upM0Lrn
— Rontos Racing Stable (@StableRontos) March 14, 2017
This son of Super Saver and Sky Treasure seems to have a healthy apetite!
G2 winner SKY TREASURE is off to a good start as a broodmare, she had a lovely SUPER SAVER colt last night at Hartwell Farm KY. #SF pic.twitter.com/wgBpT0SLFC
— Tom Ryan (@TomRyanKY) March 14, 2017
Looks like the best birthday present for Liam's Map is a bunch of healthy and hearty babies on the ground!
Happy Birthday to the handsome Liam's Map from the next generation #minime #daddyo #G1W #breederscup pic.twitter.com/9eR6c0K1jH
— Lane's End (@LanesEndFarms) March 14, 2017
This son of Unusual Heat and Dancing Jo is a stunner!
Here is the wow factor- our colt by Unusual Heat out of the late Dancing Jo. He's doing great and is quite the personality. #UnusualHeat pic.twitter.com/X4pcQ1U7JN
— Harris D. Auerbach (@AuerHeat) March 14, 2017
This daughter of Bayern and D'Wild Ride knows how to strike a pose!
D'Wild Ride foaled a BAYERN filly last night in NY. Lots of Bayerns....#SF pic.twitter.com/YVaOvmP4Dr
— Tom Ryan (@TomRyanKY) March 13, 2017
This whole tweet is fantastic, but we think the second photo of mama going in for a kiss is the true gem!
A lovely colt by Oasis Dream arrives a month overdue! Hope leaves the stalls quicker! Mum visits Kingman this season #worth the wait! pic.twitter.com/rYejdT7AdC
— Tracy Vigors (@wickhamwicks) March 15, 2017
This may be the sweetest video you'll see all day!
Oasis Dream colt & mum bonding #lollipop #handsomeboy pic.twitter.com/1ubTkzjdW8
— Tracy Vigors (@wickhamwicks) March 15, 2017
Looks like this little daughter of Sea the Stars and Lunesque already loves to run!
A Sea The Stars filly ex Lunesque in great form under blue skies today #alittlemachine! pic.twitter.com/Gx1gkohhmd
— Tracy Vigors (@wickhamwicks) March 14, 2017
Check out the sweet face on this son of Closing Argument and Since Time Began:
My Grade 1 producing mare Since Time Began had a beautiful Closing Argument colt this morning at Whispering oaks farm!! pic.twitter.com/Cw9XEXkiX9
— Gerard Melancon (@TeamGeeMoney) March 15, 2017
This daughter of Gleneagles already looks like an athlete!
This filly, from the first crop by Gleneagles, is a half-sister to GSW Panama Hat. She was bred by Jimmy Murphy of Redpender Stud. pic.twitter.com/4NENMxhWmG
— TDN (@theTDN) March 15, 2017
This son of Summer Front and Lake Shore Gal is a stunner!
Lovely Summer Front-Lake Shore Gal colt @ St. Simon Place. #hestampingthem #Summerfront pic.twitter.com/TEZbugZ52L
— Airdrie Stud (@AirdrieStud) March 15, 2017
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the newly-named and very lovely La Kara Mia!
We are happy to announce that La Verdad's Medaglia d'Oro filly has officially been named! Introducing La Kara Mia! pic.twitter.com/PTaGZWVvo4
— Lady Sheila Stable (@Lady__Sheila) March 15, 2017
She's a strong, independent filly who don't need no dam:
Video of Diamond Stilettos 17 while momma is on a date with Goldencents...@RosecrestFarm @spendthriftfarm pic.twitter.com/WMimEmYNeI
— WC Racing (@WCRacingInc) March 15, 2017
Looks like this little lady doesn't mind the late-spring snow at all!
Put me in Cold, I'mReadyToPlay TAPIZAR @Gainesway 2 Day Old Filly has No Fear. Half Sister to 6fur. G3 Winner. pic.twitter.com/X99luOUIwH
— Michael Hernon (@hernon_michael) March 15, 2017
We love the little snip of white and the end of this little guy's nose!
A really nice colt born at Ridgely Farm...by Informed out of Maxnmacy (Monarchos) pic.twitter.com/wPDr0PbsGJ
— WC Racing (@WCRacingInc) March 15, 2017
This filly already looks like a little powerhouse!
My 6 week old REQUINTO filly out of a Listed winner. She's one of the nicest foals I've bred & a fine advert for her young sire pic.twitter.com/X0KxbQab8L
— Julie Lynch (@juliemtlynch) March 16, 2017
Voussoir looks delighted to meet her new daughter by two-time Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mie winner Goldencents!
Goldencents/Voussoir 2017 Filly. 3/16/2017. @spendthriftfarm @KYTbred @CBAKy pic.twitter.com/WylKx1DLcw
— Rose Hill Farm (@TAOcampo) March 16, 2017
This is one adorable new arrival!
@MartinTBreds & @bergenstables 2. Giraffe 0. First foal is a colt for both Xixixi and @bergenstables' All Her Glory. Congrats to both! pic.twitter.com/8dTINUQYxN
— Martin Thoroughbreds (@MartinTBreds) March 16, 2017
Meet this sweet son of 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man!
@muchomachoman colt out of USS O'Brien pic.twitter.com/ZKxPFfs2dw
— Mucho Macho Man (@muchomachoman) March 16, 2017
Looks like paradise to us!
Suns Up @Gainesway this Thursday morning Mares & Foals out for the Day, Top National Hunt Racing @CheltenhamRaces pic.twitter.com/ONOLf62j9M
— Michael Hernon (@hernon_michael) March 16, 2017
Say hello to Sagamore Farm's sixth arrival of the year – who also happens to be their sixth little girl! She looks like a charmer to us:
How much longer do you think the filly streak will last? More about our new filly by #FriesanFire: https://t.co/JEA22HKxlO #MDbred #MDsired pic.twitter.com/veYaVAGz3J
— Sagamore Racing (@SagamoreRacing) March 16, 2017
This daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus and Margies Connection in her little blanket is about as cute as it gets!
Fusaichi Pegasus filly o/o multiple Stakes producer Margies Connection @minnesotabred @coolmoreamerica @rakefarms pic.twitter.com/S6TQGKxbmW
— Wood-Mere Farm (@WoodMereFarm) March 16, 2017
This son of Fast Anna and Riboletti looks like her wants to say hello!
A 10-day-old FAST ANNA colt out of the Distorted Humor mare, Riboletti. #fastanna #thinkfast #fastfamily #foals #threechimneysfarm pic.twitter.com/cWj4AM6D3W
— Three Chimneys Farm (@Three_Chimneys) March 16, 2017
We think you'll be just as excited to meet this daughter of American Pharoah as her mother is!
Buen provecho mi gente!!! Ya nos vamos a nuestra patria querida!!!! Les dejo este video de la nueva @amer_pharoah de @Haraslossamanes pic.twitter.com/VKPdqltiVK
— Noel Kucich P (@noelkp2010) March 16, 2017
This daughter of Broken Vow and Walloon knows how to strike a pose!
Broken Vow o/o SW Walloon 2/11/17, she'll be bred back to @lanesendfarms Liam's Map @foalphotos #foalingseason #bluegrass #foal @PinOakStud pic.twitter.com/jhsviCccKb
— Stonehaven Steadings (@StonehavenSS) March 10, 2017
This son of Palace Malice looks like a little athlete!
Palace Malice foals are really impressing #strong @Three_Chimneys #CurlinsBestSon pic.twitter.com/44vt0fuTp3
— Grant Williamson (@gawilliamson) March 16, 2017
This daughter of Kitten's Joy and Keri Keri has the most kissable face!
KERI KERI had a lovely bay KITTEN'S JOY filly this afternoon. Both are doing great but momma was protective and the filly was awfully shy. pic.twitter.com/9KpvQ17Kl2
— Ramsey Farm (@Ramsey_Farm) March 17, 2017
Best St. Patrick's Day reveler of the year? We think so!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! - Missunitednations' Freud Colt & The Team @ Sequel! @Marlins_Man @nytbreeders @TheNYRA pic.twitter.com/WhJzPmwyeW
— Sequel New York (@sequelnewyork) March 17, 2017
Check out this athletic daughter of Broken Vow and Gasp!
Beautiful filly by @PinOakStud Broken Vow 1/2 sis to recent @santaanitapark MSW winner Bronze Age #FoalFriday pic.twitter.com/D2CG1pLlsE
— Catalyst Bloodstock (@CatalystBldstk) March 3, 2017
Fastenoughforyou gives kisses hello to her new daughter by Daredevil:
Daredevil/Fastenoughforyou 2017 Filly. 3/17/2017. @WinStarFarm @ASanoRacing @KYTbred @CBAKy @kyproudofficial pic.twitter.com/8HSgUdNSMX
— Rose Hill Farm (@TAOcampo) March 17, 2017
Be sure to turn the volume up for this video – you won't regret it!
Great Notion colt, out of Polish Choice born a few moments ago. There's no sound more sweet than that first whinny. pic.twitter.com/dKz39cvgMD
— Sabrina (@SabrinnaMoore) March 17, 2017
And here's the same colt twelve hours later!
This guy is so sweet!! Polish Choice and her colt by Great Notion are doing great this morning. 12 hours old already! pic.twitter.com/pA8oe3kqei
— Sabrina (@SabrinnaMoore) March 17, 2017
This son of Palace Malice and Southern Belle looks like he loves to work the cameras!
Palace Malice filly ex Southern Belle by Dixie Union looks like a good Curlin. Love it when they start out this good pic.twitter.com/R7kfijUPS4
— Craig Brogden (@craigbrogden) March 17, 2017
This little one knows how to celebrate the weekend!
Ready to kick off #RYEDAY and #StPatricksDay weekend! Get in the holiday spirit and savour responsibly. @sagamorespirit pic.twitter.com/U2ywMCrIi6
— Sagamore Racing (@SagamoreRacing) March 17, 2017
Speaking of celebrating, this frolicking filly looks like she was excited for St. Patrick's Day!
Happy #FoalFriday and #StPaddys!! This lucky lady is growing and as spunky as ever! #oxbow #feistyfillies #adventuresinracing pic.twitter.com/Zc8x6KNVk6
— Alicia McQuilkin (@mcqhoofbeat) March 17, 2017
Foals make a game of peek-a-boo 100% cuter.
Our favorite day of the week! #FoalFriday pic.twitter.com/5hzblBIY2u
— NYRA (@TheNYRA) March 17, 2017
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the adorable below:
Happy #FoalFridayhttps://t.co/beiyXRq9Ah https://t.co/9UxBT557Fc
— Taylor Made Farm (@TaylorMadeSales) March 17, 2017
Looks like this son of Successful Appeal and Happy Hour Honey is excited for his first road trip!
Stakes winner Happy Hour Honey and her Successful Appeal colt are Kentucky-bound! #PreciousCargo @minnesotabred @WalmacFarm pic.twitter.com/9Zv1iDE2gu
— Wood-Mere Farm (@WoodMereFarm) March 17, 2017
It looks like Miss Tattle Tale is going to be a wonderful mother to her new daughter by Orb!
Special delivery! Miss Tattle Tale with her #Orb filly born this afternoon pic.twitter.com/FEasPQy74e
— Claiborne Farm (@claibornefarm) March 16, 2017
This daughter of Summer Front and Biofuel looks like she loves to run!
SUMMER FRONT filly out of HOTY BIOFUEL. This filly's dam was also a Ch. 2yo & 3yo filly. #summerfront #qualityfoals pic.twitter.com/rumlw2patS
— Airdrie Stud (@AirdrieStud) March 17, 2017
Bonus Cute Animal of the Week: Every week we feature another adorable animal in addition to our cute foals. This week, we have rare, one-in-a-million twin foals! Tilly and Lilly are Welsh Cobs, and they're about to steal your heart!
Meet Tilly and Lilly, the rare "one-in-10,000" twin foals! The two Welsh cobs were born a week ago at a farm in Suffolk. pic.twitter.com/jpiompyNi9
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) March 16, 2017
Want to catch up with past editions of the Cute Foals of the Week? Check out the archive below!


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Swedish Meatballs with Sauce:
A mix of ground meats with creamy breadcrumbs, lightly seasoned with allspice (and nutmeg) and honey. A mild but tasty Sauce — I included sauteed mushrooms. Serve with mashed potatoes or buttered noodles — And of course, a dab of Lingonberry (or Cranberry) preserves. Adapted from recipe by Marcus Samuelson (NYC chef, formerly in Minneapolis).
Meatballs – Ingredients / Prep:
1/2 cup dry Bread Crumbs
1/4 cup heavy Cream
2 tbsp. Olive Oil
1 medium Onion, finely chopped
1/2 lb. ground Chuck or Sirloin
1/2 lb. ground Veal or Turkey
1/2 lb. ground Pork
1 tsp. each — Allspice, fresh Nutmeg
2 tbsp. Honey
1 large Egg
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tbsp unsalted butter
Instructions / Assembly:
Combine the bread crumbs and heavy cream in a small bowl — Stir with a fork until all the crumbs are moistened. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and saute for about 5 minutes, until softened. Remove from the heat.
In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, veal, pork, onion, spices, honey, and egg — Mix well with your hands. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the bread crumb-cream mixture and mix well. With wet hands (to keep the mixture from sticking) shape the mixture into meatballs (golf ball size), placing them on a plate lightly moistened with water. You should have about 24 meatballs.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the meatballs, in batches if necessary, and cook, turning frequently, for about 7 minutes, until browned on all sides and cooked through. Transfer the meatballs to a plate, and discard all but one tablespoon of fat from the skillet.
Sauce — Ingredients / Prep:
1 cup chicken Stock
1/2 cup heavy Cream
1/4 cup Lingonberry preserves
Fresh mushrooms – Sliced
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
Kosher Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper
Instructions / Assembly:
Return the skillet to the heat, whisk in the stock — Deglaze pan if necessary. Add cream, and preserves — Bring to a simmer; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, allow to simmer gently for a bit. Note — If too many 'crumbs' from meatballs, strain out and return sauce to skillet.
Prepare the mushrooms — In a separate pan, heat oil at medium heat. Add mushrooms, saute lightly (about 4 – 5 minutes), with a squeeze (1 tbsp.) of lemon juice. Add sauteed mushrooms to the Sauce.
Add the meatballs to the Sauce and simmer for about 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens slightly and the meatballs are heated through. Add additional (1 tbsp.) lemon juice; stir one more minute. Serve hot with mashed potatoes (or buttered noodles), more lingonberry (or cranberry) preserves. Enjoy!


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Forget ABS, MM should first have TD vehicles at its dealerships. India garage (@ Bangalore) does not even have a single Thar / 4WD Scorpio for TD / visual inspection. The Sales rep shrug their shoulders / look up the sky, upon enquiry and are not at all interested in selling these two models.
W.r.t accessories . . . Less said the better. They are happy offering Sun films, Mats etc . . . Winch, Fogs etc will never make it to the MM Showrooms in the present state of affairs.
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I dismissed the Thar from consideration when the shocking lack of professionalism of Mahindra dealers slapped me in the face when it came to keeping commitments to meet me for a test drive and not making obviously false and deceitful excuses for it.
you don't want to sell the vehicle badly enough to respect me by keeping your commitments or informing me in time if you can't, fine, sell it to whichever sucker to come along next to put up with your execrable behaviour. I'll find some professionals at one of the japanese companies. Toyota not being one of them, of course.
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This is just for your information, like this, so many things are possible on Thar and work is complete on most of them. The vehicle by its very nature lends itself to such activities for passionate customers.
I agree with you that at least test drive vehicles should be provided at dealerships. People should not look at the sky.
Dear Harbir - It is sad to read your experience, please don't give up. The vehicle is enjoyable to use, so buy it, see if you can try and ignore these shortcomings. It is a venturi you will have to pass through, I wish I could help but I cannot. Vinod, can you please help Harbir.
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Dear Behram,
I am now looking at pajero/fortuner type vehicles as much budget has expanded and as I have the desire to be able to take 4 or 5 people on my trips to the himalayas.
however, I would still be interested in checking out the Thar to see what I think of it and whether it can make me reconsider the pajero/fortuner decision.
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I have been an owner of a Thar CRDE for just over a year. I am not a jeeper by nature nor an offroad enthusiast. I always wanted to own a jeep at least once in my life time ( I am nudging 40 ). When a jeep came along that almost drove like a car, I went for it. Ergonomics of the Thar has been flogged to kingdom come by various people on this thread. I agree with all that they say. Ergo of the Thar is horrendous, eg. the wiper stalk. The offset steering is not so much of a problem as some people make out to be. It has rusting issues ( mine was painted under warranty ), rattling sounds from where you cannot even imagine and brake fade after around 50 km on the trot.
In my humble opinion the greatest plus this vehicle has is that it makes you feel young. Hot - yes, sweaty - yes, young - yes! People my age group are struck dumb by the fact that I go for long drives ( 650-700km round trip ) in it. I have covered close to 13000km in just over a year. The eyeball one gets while driving this vehicle has to be seen to be believed. It is a guy magnet ( the fairer sex does not seem to be too enamoured ). It is ridiculously easy to drive in town given its tall seating and the distance rickshaw wallas and other cars keep from it. My wife finds it easier to drive it compared with the swift diesel. On really smooth roads the thar can easily maintain 110+ kmph for hours together with elan. One thing that I have noticed is that every one makes way for a fast moving jeep! It is equally at home on the dirt track, it is the broken roads that gets it down. You really get thrown around on broken roads. I think that it is a pretty good compromise as far as the ride is concerned. Of course the ride improves dramatically when it is fully loaded up. For me the greatest thrill in driving the thar is when I am zipping at 120kmph on the highway, I look at the hills in the distance and realise my boy will climb those as well with aplomb!
Lot has been said about the lack of features on a 7 lac vehicle. Considering that M&M retails the basic 2wd Thar Di for close to 5 lacs, you get a scorpio engine, independent suspension, disc brakes, power steering, 235 15 tyres and 4WD for around 2 lacs more may not make it great value, but guys it is not so unreasonable as some of you make it out to be. Lack of AC is definitely an issue, but can be easily overcome by choosing to drive at cooler times of the day! Of course having an AC car as your first vehicle definitely helps ( I have a Altis petrol )!
M&M dealers are the real dregs at the bottom of the dealer barrel. The experience one gets at the dealership is unbelievable. Service is not an issue though, mainly due to the basic nature of the vehicle.
My advice to all those who are contemplating the purchase of Thar, if you are willing to sweat it out, go for it. It drives almost like a car. Almost is the keyword. You really need to have another car before you even think of purchasing a Thar. I am really happy with my purchase and whole heartedly recommend it to one and all. And no I dont work for M&M!
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Also have you faced any problems with exhaust fumes entering the cabin as some have reported!!
I am considering Thar as a complement to my Cedia. The new Thar has ac so that is not much of an issue.i have to get a hard-top though!
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If M&M could not / did not get to do a OE HT, best is to leave it alone!!
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Sorry don't agree here! Lots of BHP-ians and thar owners otherwise have got HT installed, for some its a necessary evil!
There are really good ones from Bimbras, Faazl Ali and a few more I can't recall.
Of course they won't be as good as production model HT which will be built with a budget of crores - developing a special mould for it.
And by the way, M&M does offer a HT for 1.7 lacs + taxes, I mailed the M&M customization and got that quote - and trust me that is a HT which suits your description of one which will spoil the dynamics of a great car!
I think anyone who can't live with the ST should go for the HT by various outlets for one third the price of M&M's.
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If an HT costs more than 1L, you are better off with the Scorpio Lx 4x4. You get every thing - HT, AC and M Hawk. The only difference is that the Scorpio has electrical 4x4 shift while Thar has a mechanical one. If you are not going to shift under water, electrical shift is not going to hamper you.
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M&M's ugly HT is 1lac+ others, good ones are around 35-50k.
Worth the money and scorpio is not a Jeep, no matter how much more comfortable it maybe.
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Just today saw an ad saying that hte Thar is now available with HVAC and immoboliser.
Mahindra Thar 4x4 SUV | Mahindra Jeep Bangalore Mumbai | Mahindra In Delhi Chennai
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@ car freak: What I mean with brake fade is that it takes a bit more effort from you on the brake pedal to stop. Stopping distance is not affected.
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@behram we are waiting for your comments on how to of brake upgrade....
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The red carpet was filled with celebs, including Kimye, who had the fright of their lives when comedian Amy Schumer took a nosedive right in front of them.
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Welcome to the latest WWE DVD review, we are back with another Pay-Per-View DVD release today and in fact the last Pay-Per-View of 2016. I have Royal Rumble 2017 right next to me on Blu-Ray to review next so will this end the year great or will it end it on a more sour note. The main spotlight for this pay-per-view as seen on the cover was the Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens. This review wasn't out earlier as I had interviews with John Skyler and Dezmond Xavier ready to go and I don't like to put out more than one post a day out so it puts focus on the specific article that day but anyway onto the matches –
First of all we had the RAW Tag Team Championship match between Big E and Kofi Kingston and Cesaro and Sheamus, this match was a great start to proceedings, I really like all 4 men especially the New Day and I really enjoyed their Oscars mick take the other week on RAW. Like I said a great start and it was full of near falls which made the action thrilling but also as if it was going to end at any second which it didn't. Surprisingly to a certain extent Sheamus and Cesaro ended up capturing the titles in this instance after Kingston hit Cesaro with his finishing move the Trouble in Paradise but because Sheamus was still the legal man he used it to his advantage and got the pinfall. Like any long running reign though over the years such as Nikki Bella last year when she lost it to Charlotte it is always going to end when it surpasses the record and it was always just a case of when with the New Day and I reckon though they may reclaim them at a PPV in the future especially if they still garner a red hot reaction from the crowd.
The next match was between Braun Strowman and Sami Zayn where Zayn would win if he survived 10 minutes which was the limit. In my opinion this match was alright as you can expect it was mostly just Strowman beating up Zayn for most of it which isn't that fun and even though Zayn ended up winning by surviving the time limit we only really saw his offence for literally the last few minutes and when Strowman looked like he was going to end Zayn, he went full throttle and ended up with a Helluva Kick as the clock expired to win the match. I would love to see a match that goes longer between these two where it is more evenly matched in terms of the offence I don't mind who wins as this match was just Strowman being shown as this machine with Zayn showing his fight so it is probably more of a pre-cursor
Next up it was Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho, this usually would be a main event on a Pay-Per-View like this but because they are going of in different WrestleMania programs it makes sense with Rollins after Triple H and Jericho facing Kevin Owens which may be a pre-cursor for the main event. This match none the less was good, Rollins picked up the victory and like with the New Day match there was a lot of near falls which like I say I like. Rollins of course was glad as it is revenge for Jericho costing him winning the Universal Title which is held by Kevin Owens and speaking of Owens he did make an appearance with Rollins looking like he would lose but he didn't hitting the Pedigree which is of course Triple H's move to get the win which could show a rift between Owens and Jericho to appear in the future and also teases Rollins' feud with Triple H which aforementioned is currently taking place.
The next match was between Rich Swann who is the Cruiserweight Champion at the time of the PPV taking on Brian Kendrick and BWR alumni TJ Perkins. As I always say I am a big fan of Cruiserweight/ High Flying/ Lucha wrestling and always have been it is up there with hardcore so to see this style on WWE programming regularly is brilliant. This match was good but not up to my standards, still worth a watch though. It ended with my favourite move in wrestling, the superkick with double to the face of Kendrick before Swann hit a great uppercut back kick on Perkins for the win. Not the best match I have seen but it was bettered by Neville coming out and hitting Swann witha forearm and then beating up Perkins who tried to save Swann and it was cheered by the crowd even though it was a signal of a new era in WWE for Neville and also the start of his push for gold and sending a message to the champion for future events including 205 Live.
Next up we had a 30 minute Iron Man match between two of the best female wrestlers on the roster in Charlotte and Sasha Banks for the RAW Women's title. To be honest I have changed my opinion on both women over the past year or so with Charlotte being higher in my estimations, I was actually looking forward to this match more than Reigns vs Owens. I have never been as big of a fan of Sasha as most people are but I don't mind her and recognise she is one of the best if not the best in the current division. This match was excellent and probably stole the show for me. At the start I nearly turned off as being into action packed/ straight from the word go wrestling I thought this would be boring but when it got into it, it was a brilliant match. In my opinion though the only thing that really let this down was the pinfalls for the eliminations especially the last one where Sasha tapped out right at the last second as opposed to logically with a few seconds to go and also the crowd were terrible at the start with both women putting in a mighty good performance it was a shame to have that but I hate to say it but there might still be that stigma there with certain audience members about women's wrestling which frankly should be gone by now but still Charlotte who I prefer held the women's title aloft for what felt like the millionth time to end the year off and even though Bayley is now champion I reckon she might win it again at WrestleMania.
The main event was between Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal title and the crowd being quite tepid towards the great match between Charlotte and Sasha meant this one would probably get more crowd reaction as a result as opposed to it being flat. In my opinion this match was good but not amazing. I was waiting all match for Jericho to pop up and that is not how it should be at all and it was the same a few years back with Rollins at Mania but it was more of a feel good story as he walked out with the title. This wasn't main event standard which was a shame. Jericho of course interfered running down to the ring and caused an intentional disqualification by putting him in the Codebreaker in front of the ref. While this is good for storyline purposes it made a poor end to the show and I expected better. We ended with Rollins and Reigns dispatching Owens and standing over him to end proceedings and get revenge for proceedings in match 3 and the main event so the fans got at least some retribution for Jericho interfering as well with the Shield reforming sort of again.
Rating 7/10 – This was an alright end to the year but some of the matches were quite poor and it definately was more of a B-/C PPV with Charlotte and Sasha once again stealing the show and the main event failing to live up to the hype. I am hoping though that the Royal Rumble is better and gets me hyped up for Mania and you will see that review very soon!
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Woke up very early on Sunday specially for my cute residents! Since I couldn't attend this year's camp due to Chingay, I decided to at least show some support on day 2 of the annual camp 😀 Reached just in time for breakfast…HAHAHAHA!!!
And because the breakfast was rather sumptuous, it got the residents so energetic! Dancing in their own world with the blasting music~ They just love to dance so much! Seriously could use some of these energy for Chingay or NDP!
An unfortunate thing happened just shortly after I arrived – my slippers broke once again! This time round it broke while I was just sitting down -_- And thank goodness I had the nicestttttttt MBW to drive me to get a new pair! Hahahaha!
Me: I think my slippers snapped because I was sitting on the same bench as you >.>
MBW: Do you wanna get down the car now?
LOLOL. 真的是没有死过~ In the end I managed to find a decent pair of shoes like within 1 minute after getting off! Haha! And it was only 7 bucks! Not bad looking some more 😛
Back to join the residents for their movie screening! Actually I had already heard a lot from buddy about how bad The Lego Movie was but I guess you really need to experience it yourself to understand how bad it really is. Omgosh~ I couldn't stop going "WTH" throughout the movie. It's damn lame!!!!!!!!!!
Ended the camp in the afternoon and even I was feeling tired, let alone all the volunteers who stayed overnight. There were so many hiccups in just one afternoon – residents throwing tantrums, resident not feeling well, residents quarreling with each other, residents crying after fights and all~ And these are all pretty common stuff that happen every now and then by the way, which is what we are there for.
But some of them can be really, really stubborn that even we can't do anything. So there was this resident who was sitting alone, throwing tantrum and refusing to join us for the group photos, probably because of something that happened earlier on. A few volunteers tried to coax her and persuade her to join in, but she just refused to move an inch…
Everyone gave up eventually because most of the time we just leave them aside to cool down, knowing that most of them will usually not listen to anything you say when they are upset. I went over to try my luck too, but usually their persistence > my patience. Not that I am not patient enough with them (they are the ones I am most patient with already), just that they can really be compared with a bull sometimes ._.
Yea so I tried and tried and tried to coax her in different ways, but she just kept shaking her head to decline. She refused to even talk to me or tell me what happened; she was just in her tantrum mode and refused to care about anything else. So just when my patience was running out and was about to leave to join in the photo, I gave it one last try and said, "跟姐姐一起拍美美的照片啦~ 我们一起摆 pose!"
And then after 3 seconds of hesitation, she stood up suddenly and held my hand! Jiang jiang jiang jiang~! And so we managed to have a full group photo! Muahahahahahaha~~~ Achievement unlocked! The feeling was better than clearing a tough stage in Cookie Jam 😛
A pity I still couldn't help as much this year, as compared to the rest, but I guess I had already done what I could. Most importantly, at least I had ensured that everyone had a good meal! I am really fortunate to have found Deli Hub Catering, which is under Neo Garden, to sponsor our residents' meals this year! I received a few messages from fellow volunteers telling me how nice the food were! Hahaha! Made me envious because I was trying to swallow my
awful Chingay bento x.x
It's quite a challenge to find sponsors each year because I would say it's like trying to hit one bird with many many stones. But I have been lucky to have found 烤功夫 last year (unfortunately they are not around anymore) and even luckier for Deli Hub's generous support this year! It makes me happy to know that my residents are enjoying good food too! (((:
Back home for a short rest before the little monster attacked our house! The naughty boy was hiding in my room because he knew that the moment he steps out, Papa will say it's time to go home…LOL!
Had a painful Monday because I finally pluck out my wisdom teeth! I have all 4 of them fully-grown; not giving me any problem but because they are way too inside, I can't reach to brush them completely and a few of them are starting to decay a little x.x
I grew up telling myself I am never gonna remove them because my pig brother once told me that removing wisdom tooth was the most painful thing he had ever experienced! Furthermore I had always hated the dentist, so I usually try to avoid them as much as possible. But I guess I have to face the fact some day rather than wait till it's too late~
Yup, so I finally plucked up the courage to visit the handsome dentist that my colleague had recommended to pluck off my teeth! I wanted to remove all 4 to go through the pain once and for all, but the dentist discouraged that and so I only removed the top and bottom ones on my right…
The dentist was probably the nicest and the most friendly-looking dentist I have ever seen, which made the experience a little less scary. He spent some time explaining the X-ray of my teeth to me and I was even given blanket and headphones to listen to music during the extraction so that I won't hear the scary noises!
But I was still shivering like mad because this is after all the first extraction that I can remember – I usually leave my teeth to drop on their own because I really hate visiting the dentist. It doesn't help that my extraction took much longer than other people because firstly, I needed like 5-6 anesthetic jabs before my mouth was finally numb!
Okay, the extraction process wasn't really painful because my mouth is numb by then. But the jabs were painful!!! And imagine I had to have so many jabs when people usually just do with 1 or 2 jabs. So I went through 3 times more pain than the others –CRY!!!!–
Secondly, I had this problem since young whereby I can't open my mouth wide enough! If my mouth is forced open too wide, I will like kinda retch. Yea so the dentist had to try different methods, like let me bite onto something that will keep my mouth open… But that still wasn't big enough for the scary tools to get into my mouth for the extraction. So he had to try smaller tools instead and kept playing around with them before my 2 teeth were finally extracted!
After removing these two, I don't know if I wanna remove the other two anymore x.x
It wasn't as bad as I thought, and my dentist was really good I would say, but it was still a process that I wouldn't wanna go through if I have a choice.
Was given 3 days MC, or rather 2.5 days, since my appointment was on Monday afternoon, and I had to be on an ice-cream or liquid diet! Perfect excuse for ice-cream now!!! xD
Chanced upon Häagen-Dazs promo again and I tried my luck to find my favourite Caramel Biscuit & Cream flavour again! Dug till my fingers all went numb again (and yet painful from the frost bites) and then I finally found it! Super happy!!!!!!!!!!
Was supposed to be on liquid diet so I thought of having some porridge… Just nice I recalled that there's now an O'bean outlet in AMK! Hehe! Satisfied my O'bean crave and it's cheaper at this outlet! Only $3.50, but of course this franchised outlet only has a part of the menu~
Caught The Big Short and the only part that attracted me was of course Ryan Gosling. But he doesn't look that handsome in this movie somehow 😦 And the movie was rather chim; all about banking stuff, so you may need to have a bit of such knowledge to fully enjoy it.
I can't even remember when was the last time I actually went for K-lunch! It was probably more than 5 years ago or when I was still back in school and the schedule allowed. Ever since I started working, singing K in the afternoon just seems impossible~ But it's so worth it! $10 nett with lunch included and most importantly, FREE FLOW ICE-CREAM!!! Just what I needed! xD
But somehow 3 days medical leave just passed really fast~ I envisioned to do many things during this "break" but in the end I did not accomplish all. Only managed to do a few like buying my mochi, singing K and watching movie… Time just seemed to pass very fast each day and I had so much to do, yet so little time again! Sigh! Guess I really need to pluck another 2 teeth…LOL.
But of course, I am still thankful – thankful for the time. When everyone else is busy working, I am thankful for the time spared for me, I am thankful for the companionship, if not I can't imagine what I can do during these few days ((:
Back to work and I spent the day watching 康熙, as "inspired" by Ping…hahaha! Then received a good news when boss declared Friday as an off day for us! Weeeeeee~ So excluding the 3 hours I worked on Monday, I actually only worked 1 day this week! But this is like kinda 先甜后苦 before the next project, or maybe it's 先苦后甜 also since we just wrapped one too 😛
Celebrating the last day of work with the bottle of Moscato from client! Hehe!
Greetings from S.H.Y~!!! 😀 Ally has a serious problem posing for photos each time…hahaha!
Sorry, I can't help it! LOL! This was when we were laughing at Ally's face and Ping thinks it's a nice shot xDDDD
Spent the Friday clearing one more item off my to-do-during-this-break list – a date with le man's best friend again! 😀 Highest record of sitting beside me alone~ It seems like I am starting to win his heart…hahaha!
But they are so scared of me that this poor turtle even did a back flip while hurrying his way down! It was quite hilarious though xD
Was mad mad mad hungry and after visiting 2 dining places which were both closed, I finally got my first meal of the day at 3pm! Gobbled up this bowl of assam laksa as a result! YUMS~!!!
Did not get to eat my rainbow cake but at least I got to visit the new Waterway Point 😀 Then off to a new chill out place that I had not been to before and I happened to find 3 tokens at my favourite arcade machine!!!
I had been wanting to play this but I refused to change a handful of coins just for this game, so I think it was really my lucky day that someone decided to sponsor my game! Hehe! Furthermore I seldom find money on the ground kind, so I must be quite lucky today!
Off to OBar and I saw this person who looks 99.9% like Vic!!! I almost thought it was him until I recalled that he doesn't drink…hahaha!
Not a bad place because there's live music and it's not overly-crowded. But the drink choices were quite limited and I had to make do with this overpriced Cider~ But at least it was nice! (:
And welcome to the season of fake-ness!!! Too bad I am too real for all these so I'm just gonna hang out with some real people 😉