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I would like to make an honest effort to keep up with this blog. I've got lots to say, just can't figure out how to put it into writing.
Here I am, officially licensed for one year. My first foster placement has come and gone. I just re-read my previous post about her. Whew, to think that things actually got way worse after that post. In one month after that post my previous foster's daughter would change forever by a traumatizing experience. She would never be the same. I learned to trust on God way more than I ever thought I could. She has turned 18 now and is out of system. I still keep in contact with her, but have needed to step back a little from the relationship for some personal reasons.
On top of the trauma that happened, a good thing happened. I have bought my very first house. Yay! I'm so proud of my small, but perfect little three bedroom house. One of the first things I made sure was ready was a bedroom for a new child in need. May 20th, I got my call for my second placement. She's been with me almost 5 months now. She's 12, quirky, fun, and very intellectual about a lot of things. Having her has shown me the reality of foster care though. My first placement was a weird, complicated situation all around and NOTHING like I had imagined. My second placement is more of what I imagined situation wise, but she's such a great kid! Is she traumatized by her past and the reason why she is foster care? Yes. But the way she has handled it has left me amazed. The only way I can describe how she is handling it is with grace.
There are days where I'm silently angry at the situation she is in and why she is with me. Times I'm frustrated that mom cancels visits. Times I'm having to explain things to the kiddo in a way that she may understand, but censoring some of it because she shouldn't hear all the details of her case. Questioning why the kid does things that I find odd like eating dry pasta. She has siblings in the system as well, all in different homes. Of course, I never say anything out loud to her. Her love for her mom is so unconditional despite the fact that she completely understands what is going on. And I love that about her. I love her unwavering love for her mom. She is at a fragile age, 12 almost 13, puberty, hormones, middle school. Her love for her mom could honestly change in a matter of minutes, but for her, I don't think that will ever happen. Although I admit to times of harboring angry thoughts, God takes those thoughts and completely fills me with compassion for her mom when I see her. It is not okay how things happened, but we as Christians are to just love. It is not my job to judge. And if I do, I try to keep it to myself and pray to God about that. I believe in reunification with the family, that is the goal of foster care. I have included her family in a few things because the kiddo's life is still going on and I don't want them to miss it. After all, it is not about me at all, it's about that great 12 year old that God has blessed me with.
I find myself in a very unique place right now. Years ago, I vowed I would never return to my home state of Indiana. I would go to school to be a nurse and later become a missionary in another country. But now I moved back to Indiana 5 1/2 years ago, just bought a house, stopped school and now I'm a single foster parent. The place I am in is a place of peace, a place that God has placed me at the exact right time. I'm doing what I can, loving on kids who need some peace in their life amidst the life of chaos they have come from. It is a great place to be.


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Decorating a gingerbread house during family night at the AIA.
Hugging a very, very tired Great Granddaddy Omer goodnight.
Building a Lego utopia of peace and love.
Ruthlessly destroying a Lego utopia of peace and love.
At Roosters with Amy and family.
They collected a ton of toys for their annual Toys For Tots Christmas drive.
Even Santa showed up!
Santa, Katelyn and myself posing with Santa.
Doing my part to help the Salvation Army.
Cruising for Christmas Lights.
Making cookies.
Cookies for Santa.
The official 2011 Christmas card for Tirado Pilates Apparatus.
Our official ridiculous Christmas sweater family card.


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Mary Mangan was born in Carrowskeheen, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Ireland on 8 September 1879.1
She was the daughter of John Mangan, a farmer, and Bridget Bourke (b. 1846). She had four known siblings: Patrick (b. 1875), John (b. 1877), Edward (b. 1881) and Ellen (b. 1883). Her father is believed to have died whilst she was still very young.
Mary and her family appear on the 1901 census living at house 5, Carrowskeheen and she, like the rest of her family, was described as a farmer.
Mary and her sister Ellen would later leave Irish shores bound for the USA, although exactly when is not clear, possibly around 1906. Her brother Edward had emigrated to the USA sometime around 1905, initially living in St Louis, Missouri but later settling in Chicago at 1843 Lincoln Avenue where he lived with his wife, the former Margaret Timoney.
By 1911 Mary's mother was living at 4 Carrowskeheen, Addergoole, being joined by her spinster sister-in-law, also named Bridget. Mary was to pay a visit to her family back in Ireland in early 1912, possibly also an occasion to announce her engagement.2
For her return to America, he boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 364850 which cost £7, 15s). She was travelling with a large group of Mayo passengers now referred to as the Addergoole fourteen. Among the group, led by Catherine McGowan, were the Bourkes, siblings John and Mary and the former's wife Catherine and who were possibly cousins. They were also destined for Chicago.
The only known mention of Mary during the sinking comes from Mayo survivor Annie Kelly who described being accompanied by Mary and the Bourkes as they rushed toward a ladder that would have taken them up to second class. Mary died in the sinking. Her body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#61) and was buried at sea on 22 April 1912.
CLOTHING - Green waterproof; black coat; skirt; blouse; red cardigan jacket; black button boots with cloth uppers.
EFFECTS - One gold watch, engraved inside "M. Mangan" and photo, and outside "M. Mangan"; gold locket with hair and photo as in watch, engraved "Mary"; gold chain; beads in pocket; brass belt buckle; medallion round neck; diamond solitaire ring; gold bracelet "M. M."; wire gold brooch.
Her possessions were later sent back to her family in Ireland and for many years her gold watch remained in the possession of her nephew Anthony Mangan.
Her brother Edward later attempted to sue the White Star Line for the loss of his sister. In later life he lived at 6340 Addison Street, Chicago and died on 25 April 1933; he is buried in River Grove Cemetery. His widow Margaret later passed away in 1982 aged 96.


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Multitask your morning.
You're limited on time, so finding ways to take care of multiple things at once is essential. I do this by reading emails and getting a little morning fitness in, but when it comes to beauty, it's good to think ahead. Always keep a cool eye mask in your fridge or have depuffing pads close by so you can multitask– you'll get rid of under eye bags while brushing your teeth or doing your hair. Also, have an all-purpose cleanser for these specific mornings where you can't spend much time on your full skin care regimen but still want to cleanse, tone and hydrate.
Apply the basics.
You really only need enough coverage to get out the door without looking like a complete zombie. So reach for your foundation or bb cream, mascara and lip gloss. These three items will even out your skin tone, widen your eyes, and give your lips a blast of moisture and sheen. You can make it through the day with this coverage alone, but if you like a bit more color, then the next tip is for you.
Keep a beauty essential bag in your purse.
This should be similar to your travel bag musts, but include your favorite shades – I'm talking eyeliner, lipstick, blush, concealer and shadow. If you don't want to carry them around constantly, set aside a little bag of necessities close to your door that you can pick up and toss in your purse when you're running late. That way, while in the car (passenger seat only, ladies) or once at your destination, you can apply more color to further brighten and polish your look.
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Recent glimmers of hope that the economy is gaining strength are both helping and hindering the prospects for President Obama's second-term agenda.
A strong April jobs report headed off fears of another "spring swoon." Renewed optimism may help efforts to enact immigration reform, but it could also make it harder for Republicans and Democrats to strike a broad fiscal deal.
HillTube video: Economic uptick changes Obama's political picture
While policymakers note that the economy is still not strong, there has been a notable shift away from fiscal issues over the last several weeks, particularly in the Senate. With increased federal revenues reducing the deficit, pushing a debt-ceiling showdown beyond the summer and into the autumn, lawmakers have been debating gun control and immigration.
"There's the chance that Congress may actually be able to look at things like energy, and immigration, and a lot of other things that they put off," said Steve Bell, senior director at the Bipartisan Policy Center. "I think they have a chance to really show that they can do something other than disagree on fiscal policy."
"Anytime things are going better … it sort of loosens up the landscape," said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.). "A good economy usually lubricates legislative achievement."
Sen. Bob CaseyRobert (Bob) Patrick CaseyAction by Congress is needed to help victims of domestic violence Poll: Casey holds double-digit lead over Barletta in Pa. Senate race Ivanka Trump to press Senate on vocational training bill MORE (D-Pa.), who sits on the Joint Economic Committee, said the most recent jobs report, which showed continued growth and an upward revision of previous numbers, came as a relief. It could set the stage for some substantial work, he added.
"There's going to be a major effort this year … to try to get more significant agreement. This calendar year is really a make-or-break year for a lot of things."
But, in a glass-half-empty way, the brighter economy and reduced fiscal urgency may make it harder to strike a broad deal on entitlements, spending and taxes.
Some lawmakers say a deal is still possible, with the debt limit as a trigger. Cole said a rosier picture "makes it a bit easier ... It takes a little bit of poison out of politics. There's a little bit less pressure on incumbents to be strident and extreme when the economy gets better."
Casey said, "The conventional wisdom is that it makes it more difficult, but I think in some ways it's a temporary lull. The drivers of our fiscal problems aren't evaporating."
Members are also careful to avoid declaring the economy an issue that has been solved. They point to various ways in which there still is plenty of pain.
Wages are stagnant, many jobs in April's report were part-time and the brunt of the sequester has yet to be felt. Additionally, the Federal Reserve cannot endlessly prime the economic pump by buying $85 billion worth of Treasury bonds each month, as it is now.
"While things have improved, you can talk to people around the country who aren't doing any better," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), ranking member on the House Budget Committee. "It's way too early to take our eye off the economy."
Focusing on the need for growth and blasting Obama's economic record has been the House GOP's main theme since it took power in 2011, and there are few signs of change.
"We are not in bright economic times and this is something the administration has been pushing since the day they came in. We are in economic decline and demise," Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said.
A House leadership aide said the improved economic numbers would bring no change at all to the House's agenda this summer.
"You won't see the House taking its eye off the ball of the economy and job creation," the aide said.
A steadier economy and the fiscal perks that come with it pose challenges along with opportunities. For example, it may undermine the calculations of congressional appropriators. Because fiscal compromise is unlikely other than in the context of a debt-ceiling deal, and because the fight over the ceiling looks likely to be pushed back into the fall, it means Congress will have to pass its spending package first.
This in turn would dash appropriators' hopes of doing their work amid a broader fiscal accord that could replace the sequester. So they are likely to have to do their appropriating within the straitjacket of the sequester law. What's more, economic improvement may mask any damage done by the sequester and make it harder for appropriators to undo those much-maligned indiscriminate cuts.
As it stands, the House and Senate need to bridge a $90 billion gap in their respective spending levels. This is a huge gulf and lawmakers are even more uncomfortable than usual about simply passing a continuing resolution stopgap, since that would keep sequester cuts in place.
"The good news is we are getting more revenue, but it puts off the debt ceiling debate until maybe October. I was hoping we would get to it in May or June because ultimately we have to get a big deal," said Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who chairs a House Appropriations subcommittee.
He added that the last jobs report is creating a sense that the $80 billion sequester is not already causing harm, and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) agreed.
"Sequester is still a major problem," he said, adding that linking sequester replacement to the debt ceiling is worth exploring.
There is similar angst on the left, as worries about an improving economy could slam the door on a sequester replacement, not to mention new stimulus to pep up the recovery.
"I don't expect this Congress to do anything particularly good for the economy. I've given up on that. But I'd like to think they could do no harm," said Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "But as long as things are kind of slogging along and the deficit's coming down, I suspect there won't be much motivation to even stop doing things that are creating headwinds."


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Recently I really struggled when someone very close to me had really offended me. I kept my hurt bottled up for such a long time and did not say anything, and a tsunami of hurt and anger suddenly overwhelmed all happy memories I had with him.
For privacy's sake, I'll spare the details. But the circumstances left me very deep wounds. I did respond with my gut and fire off words that oozed a "poor me" attitude. But in the end, I just felt like a total loser in doing so.
The situation affected me so much and sleep wouldn't come. (I took sleeping pills inspite of the palpitations they give me.) Instead, this relatively small hurt triggered memories of similar offenses. Suddenly, my molehill grew into a mountain.
Tossing and turning, I struggled to balance my legitimate hurt with guilt over what could I have contributed that might have caused the person to offend me. Finally, I asked myself how could I please him without denying my pain. I am always unable to handle confrontation well; my default mode tends toward apologizing—even when the reason for a relational schism isn't my fault—to restore peace and harmony.
And now I continue to search for answers. In one of my moments alone, I heard a little voice deep inside me. It nudged me to apologize only for the tone of my response, not for the honest act of expressing my hurt. I am reminded that while loved ones might inadvertently injure me, deceive me or even treat me unfairly, they, not I, answer for that behavior. I'm only accountable for my reactions and the hurt I create with my responses.
Life is all about choices. And so, I choose to rise. To rise above the mountain of anger, guilt, self-pity and doubt. Despite this inglorious chapter in my life story…still I rise.
Still I Rise – Yolanda Adams
Shattered, but I'm not broken
Wounded, but time will heal
Heavy the load, the cross I bear
Lonely the road I trod, I dare
Shaken, but here I stand
Weary, Still I press on
Long are the nights, the tears I cry
Dark are the days, no sun in the sky, yes
Yet still I rise
Never to give up
Never to give in against all odds
Yet still I rise
High above the clouds
At times I feel low
Yet still I rise
Sometimes I'm troubled, but not in despair
Struggling, I make my way through
Trials, they come to make me strong
I must endure, I must hold on
Above all my problems
Above all my eyes can see
Knowing God is able to strengthen me
To strengthen me
Yet still I rise
Never to give up
Oh, Never to give in against all odds
Yet still I rise
High above the clouds
At times I feel low
Yet still I
I need to know which way to go
Yet still I
At times I feel low
Yet still I
Oh Oh Oh I rise
Yet still I rise
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Tonight, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law came over to hang out. After we ate dinner, the boys went outside to hang a UV-blind, and Clayton was keeping Rae Ann busy bossing her around. For a few minutes, I was just enjoying the fact that I was not the one being bossed around. Clayton had done all of her usual sweet things she does to entertain guests...you know, thinking that they are at her call or snap of the finger.
Anyway, Clayton had brought "Rae" into the living room with a baby doll. Clayton had also brought a couple of her "kitchen" items in. Rae Ann was rocking the baby doll, and Clayton was trying to get her to follow her back into the playroom. Rae Ann asked Clayton if she had the baby bottle...hoping that Clayton would go to the playroom by herself, get it, and forget that they were supposed to go into the playroom together! So, the conversation went like this:
(Rae Ann) Clayton, don't you want to go get the baby's bottle? It's in the play room.
(Me) You can go get it and bring it back to Rae...
(Clayton) Umm...no, thanks! Come on, Rae, let's get it!
(Rae Ann) Can you go get it and bring it back to me?
(Clayton) No, sir! 'mon, Rae, go get it!
I don't know where this sassy attitude comes from?!?!?!
And yes, I know that she will be the child that is bossing all of the other kids at school!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Funny Little Clayton Story...
Tonight, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law came over to hang out. After we ate dinner, the boys went outside to hang a UV-blind, and Clayton was keeping Rae Ann busy bossing her around. For a few minutes, I was just enjoying the fact that I was not the one being bossed around. Clayton had done all of her usual sweet things she does to entertain guests...you know, thinking that they are at her call or snap of the finger.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Funny Story...
So...after lunch, Clayton and I were hanging out, and she said, "Mommy, I wanna a cookie." I told her that we didn't have any cookies at our house. She said, "Ok, Mommy, Mamaw's house, come on, let's go! Mamaw has em her house!" She is such a mess!!!
And here are a couple of pictures that we took with her Minnie ears on...
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Monday, March 23, 2009
A New Park...
I know you probably get tired of park pictures, but it IS what we do! This is a new park we tried...it is Redd Cane Park. It had a pond and some ducks...but Clayton was scared of the ducks and geese!!! It also has tons of concrete around a trail, so we should be able to take Clayton's jeep and let her drive it through there!!!
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Clayton's Magazine Debut!!!
Below is the link to the Portrait Pros advertisement that appeared in the Coupon Clipper magazine this past week. I didn't even know about it until a friend brought it to school and showed it to me...CRAZY!!! Kinda cool, though!!!
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
A Couple of Tricks...
I am not the most talented at videos...but here are a couple of short clips from this week!
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Random Pre-Spring Break!
The weekend before Granna's break, Big Clayton and Granna came to visit...they met us in Rockwall because we had been to Lauren Clayton's 2nd birthday party. Clayton fell in love with the little kitchen Lauren had gotten. She played with it like she has never played with anything!!! And because she loved it so much, I went on Craig's list the next morning and found one that we ended up buying that afternoon!!! It was a great deal, and we had never done Craig's List before! We picked it up in Bedford for $30, and it came with tons of dishes and plastic food! Clayton LOVES it, and it was perfect for us because we weren't ready to invest in the magnificant kitchen that we will eventually buy her...and this totally works for now!!!
We also went to the park that weekend...so, of course, I HAD to take some pictures of that!!!
Below are some pictures from Lauren's party!
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Makin' Cookies!!!
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Mule Riding...
So...when we got to Big Clayton and Granna's house, we always go for a mule ride! Clayton LOVES it...she always gets to see cows, horses, and donkeys. Big Clayton always stops and tries to "talk" to all of the animals. Last night, she was ready to go on her ride because she wanted to see the "aminals" as she was calling them! She was so excited! She rode in the back with Ca-Ca and I most of the time. We stopped to see the cows and she kept telling us they were "tuck in the fence." It was really cute! That was her way of reassuring herself that they would not come to get her. At one point, we pulled off the main black top road and saw some deer. We ask Clayton what they were, and she replied, "Reindeer, Reindeer!" She then went out to say, "Reindeer eat they dinner, corn!" Wow...we were very impressed with that! Our little baby isn't a baby any more...she is a little girl! She can express herself in sentences and comes up with things we have no idea how or why she remembers them!!!
I will add a couple of pictures as soon as I load them on the camera!!!
On a side note, we went to Granna's school yesterday to let Granna show her off. After roaming all around the school and walking into random classrooms to sit at desks and wave at kids, we went back to Granna's room. Clayton was trying to climb in one of the "plastic" chairs that all schools have...you know, the ones with the holes in the middle...you see where this is going, yet?!!? Well, Clayton's way of climbing into chairs is to get her upper body in it and pull herself up with her arms around the chair...so, she started climbing in the chair and then started yelling "I tuck, I tuck...hep, Granna, Mommy, Daddy, I tuck!" Granna was nearby, so she tried to get her head out, and bless her heart, she was really stuck!!! Luckily, Mark was there and was able to turn her head sideways, so she could get her OUT!!! Unfortunately, I couldn't get a picture because it was too awful at the time!!! She was SOOO upset!!! For the very few minutes that her head was stuck, I kept thinking, "Oh, no, we are gonna have to get a saw or something to get her head out!!!" Luckily after a few tears and getting to sit in the chair and type on the computer, she was healed!!! (One more note...her new favorite thing to do is play "I tuck, hep, I tuck" so it wasn't uncommon for her to start yelling that before we actually realize that she wasn't "playing" this time!!!
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Fun with the G'Parents!
And last, but not least...here's a picture of Clayton's eye! She decided to take a great dive off Granna and Big Clayton's bed while Granna was trying to change her diaper. It wasn't quite as bad as Halloween when she fell on her nose...but it was a pretty ugly fall! She got a pretty bad carpet burn my her eye...and it turned into a nice little red scar...but I think in another week, it will be completely gone. Did she learn a lesson about diving off the bed?!?! I doubt it!!!
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Ultimate ResourcesFriday, June 13th, 2008
There once was a time were every DJ had to work everything out for themselves because either certain things hadn't been worked out yet or DJs didn't want to share their latest trick. These days however there are many great resources to bring budding new DJs up to speed.
Here I just want to list a few of these resources which I have found to be the most useful and I think that they would help any DJ wanting to learn new skills.


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Silvering in rats refers to the white guard hairs that all rats have to some degree, though it's most noticable in the darker varieties and especially the self rats. For exhibiting in most classes this is a fault and bred away from, but it is possible to select for silvering until it is the main attraction.
Truly silvered rats glisten, with the white hairs giving the impression that the rat is sparkling in the light. The silvering should be over the entire body, head, shoulders, and stomach – though it's not unusual to see silvering only down the back, with minimal white on the rest of the rat.
Silver rats can be bred in any colour, but only certain types are accepted for exhibition. The standard below is from 2010 and allows all varieties, but as from 2011 they can be shown only in black, British blue, chocolate, and mink but agouti based rats can also be silvered, and even pale varieties. In pale rats it can be difficult to see the silvering, and as there's less contrast you don't get the intense sparkling effect that you see on darker rats, so they're not something that's particularly bred for. Russian varieties can also be silvered, but they are not exhibited as such because it can be difficult to distinguish the silvered effect properly on the heathered background.
The naming can be quite confusing. This variety is shown in the "silver" class in the NFRS, but generally people refer to a rat showing silver guard hairs as "silvered". The colours are referred to as "silver black", "silver mink", etc, though the silver black was historically referred to as the silver grey. Confusing!
Genetics: Although there has been a silvering gene described, it's not thought this exists in the fancy – silver rats are generally the same as the non-silver versions of their colour, but selectively bred for the silvering effect.
NFRS standard: To be of a recognised coat colour, the coat containing equal numbers of silver and non-silver guard hairs. Each silver hair to have as much of its length white as possible. A coloured tip to be allowed. Silvering to give an overall sparkling appearance. It should not be possible to confuse a Silver with a Pearl or a Self. Foot colour to match top. Belly colour on silvered agoutis or cinnamons to be adjusted as per agouti and cinnamon standards. Belly colour on other silvered varieties to match top.


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How on Earth are you 2 months old? In some sense, it seems as though it was just yesterday I was lying in a hospital bed, scared out of my mind and in more pain that I could ever imagine being in. In another sense, that night was light years ago. Our world has been turned upside down, but for the better, and I can't imagine our family without you. You just fit.
You're like you Daddy already in so many ways; your face looks so thoughtful as you ponder your growing world. You are calm and take things in stride. You are so flexible and don't mind the (many) times I hoist you out of your crib still asleep so that we can go somewhere (I know, I know, never wake a sleeping baby). You are like me in many ways too. You are silly and you don't hesitate to show how you feel - happy, sad, mad. You still look so much like me, many people comment on that, but when you make certain faces, I see more of your Dad in you.
At the beginning of this month you had just started to smile and "coo" every once in a while. Now, your "smiley" times are almost predictable and the other night you cooed so much, Daddy and I knew you were talking to us, so we cooed right back. We were laughing hysterically and so were you. Each morning, we play together on your activity gym. You love the lights and the music. You also like when the puppies lay with you and you kick the heck out of Tucker when he lays at your feet. You still don't know how to feel about Lucy licking your face, especially when you have remnants of milk on it. You are starting to fall asleep on your own, although there are times that a lot of crying takes place before hand, but you also are waking up happier, sometimes just talking instead of crying to let me know you are awake.
Highlights this month
|A visit from Aunt Cari (June 8-June 14)
|Hanging with uncle Scotty and Grandpap in Naperville while Gammy and Mom shopped.
|Aweek long visit from Gammy and Grandpap (June 25-July 1)
|A play date at Cosley Zoo with 5 other mom's and babies
|Your first dinner at a restaurant. You were so good we went out the very next weekend.
|You still LOVE your baths!
2 Month Stats
Height - 24 1/8 in.
Weight - 12 lbs 5 oz.
Head Circumference - 16 in.


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Preble Street is a Maine organization which provides accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty; and advocates for solutions to these problems. Watch their PSA here: http://www.preblestreet.org/home_for_good_video1.php
Help keep Maine women, men, children, & teens warm and empowered this winter! A complete list of participating sellers will be posted on our blog-- http://etsymaineteam.blogspot.com/
Etsy Maine Team Raises Funds for Local Shelter
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I have never been to France but, I would imagine that its cafes look something like the scene above. I read about La Petit Triangle in a local newspaper doing an article on good happy hour places. This struck me as an usual pick for happy hour, so I have been intrigued ever since. Unfortunately, I haven't made it for happy hour, but, I did meet my sisters and mom there for a mini baby shower. My sister is due any day now with baby boy #2. Yeh!
Anyhow, this quaint Ohio City restaurant is warm and cozy and a great place to spend a rainy afternoon. Or a sunny one out on the sidwalk patio. It has the wonderful aroma of French roast and crepes in the air. You can see the chef above working her magic on the crepes. I have a hard time making crepes so I am more than happy to sit back and watch her make them for me. She was so calm and collected preparing crepes solo for the entire restaurant.
We started off our lunch with some bellinis and the soup of the day. Bellinis are a peach nectar drink with champagne. AMAZING! There was also a nice selection of french wines(will definitely have to go back). The soup was a roasted pork and vegetable soup.
Next, onto the entrees... this was a tough decision. There are a number of crepes and omelets both sweet and not. There are some classic French dishes such as Croque Monsieur( grilled ham and Gruyre cheese) and cassoulets. We had a chicken cheddar buckwheat crepe with a mango chutney. A side couscous salad was equally good.
There are a lot of options for vegetarians as well. My entree was a spinach, tomato, and chevre omelet with Lyonnaise potatoes. Also delicious.
But, the highlight of the meal was this pumpkin latte! This probably should not be on a blog called skinny eats as it definitely was not. It was the best tasting coffee drink I have ever had. I'm guessing there was lots of cream involved. Maybe come and have with a salad? Anyhow, we had great service on top of good food so I will definitely come back. The hardest decision will be.... do I go back for wine and apps, coffee and dessert, or breakfast and bellinis? You can't go wrong with any of those options, so give it a try. Bring out your inner Parisian!
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I have been battling with myself for a while now about losing some weight. I know I have gained a lot of weight since I gave birth to Abi and it has been bothering me since then. Each time I asked my husband about it, he would say that I do not need to because he thinks I am still beautiful no matter what my weight is, so it is not really bothering him at all. But I know that the decision would still be mine.
There are lots of good weight loss products that is known and proven to work. I have no problems about getting the product though because I have been studying about them ever since I was thinking of losing weight. My main problem right now is I am still undecided whether to go for it or not. *sigh*
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James has been calling Elizabeth "Diz" for quite a while. But, just in the last week he has changed it to "Lizabif". It's so cute when he says it. He just went following after her, saying "Lizabif". I love that my kiddos have siblings.
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I surely did. It wasn't about the gift (cause my gift was Valentine's Day and Mother's Day rolled into one...)
it was about the serenity of the day.
We came home from church and grilled out. I didn't feel like fighting the crowds at a restaurant in town.
After lunch I helped Evan get his LAST book report of the year out of the way.
(p.s. I'm SO GLAD that is done! For my son who is not a reader like I am, 4 book reports a year was killer for him.)
Then Evan and I went outside with Grace to practice volleyball before volleyball camp starts up again in June. (Dad was taking a nap inside. Sometimes that's for the best...)
After that, I picked my own bouquet from my flower beds.
peonies...my favorite!
After I made sure Ev's lunch was packed for his field trip tomorrow, the coffee pot's alarm was set, the towels were folded, and my clothes were picked for work tomorrow, I went upstairs to my craft table.
It's been SO long since I had time to sit up there. I turned the laptop onto the movie MONEYBALL and got to work scrapbooking.
I only got 2 2-page layouts done...but it felt good getting back in the groove.
Grace and Brent even washed the van for me.
It's been a great Mother's Day. Very relaxing. Very low-key. I loved it.
Now, a Mother's Day for these ladies...a much different story.
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As I'm reading through the book I came across a poem that the author references, which after some research I found to be "My Wage" by Jessie Rittenhouse. It's a fantastic poem, so I'll quote it below.
My WageThis poem really hit home. Life is what you make of it. If you settle for what happens your way and never realize that you can have anything you desire, you're missing out on reaching your full potential.
I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.
~ Jessie Rittenhouse
This brings me to the reason for this post. I was very interested in finding other Jessie Rittenhouse work and found that he was the editor for two books that seem to be a great collection of work from many authors called "The Little Book Of Modern Verse" and "The Second Book Of Modern Verse". As I looked through the authors in these collections my heart raced and I knew I had to get these and read them.
Now the first place I would look for such books would be the library. I've come to learn to use this first as it's the lowest cost option and is an excellent resource. Unfortunately the library did not have a copy of either collection, in fact none of the libraries in the Library Network (a collection of Michigan based libraries) had it either! I was a bit disappointed. In a case like this, my next resource will be Amazon.com or eBay. I ended up find the first and second collection on Amazon.com, but take a look at the prices, they varied from $20 - $100!
Then I stumbled across the Kindle version of the books on Amazon. Each of them was listed at $4.99! What a great deal!
The next thing that crossed my mind was that I didn't have a Kindle to read it on. No worries, Amazon offers the Kindle Reader for PC as a free download.
Since I've been leaning towards picking up a Barnes and Noble Nook, I did a search and was disappointed to find that the Nook did not offer a PC version of their reader, so I may have to pick up the ebooks from Amazon. This may lead me to end up purchasing a Kindle... nice job Amazon, you may have just pushed your way to the top of the list with this little feature!
I'm about to load the Kindle Reader for PC and I'll let you know how it turns out, but I am very glad that there is an affordable option for me to read these books!


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Featherweight firecracker Max Holloway is snatching his way up the UFC rankings, and aims to kick off his 2015 campaign with victory following a menacing run in 2014 that saw the 23-year-old go 4-0 with consecutive stoppages.
Currently the featherweight division's #13 ranked contender, Holloway (11-3) was last defeated in 2013 by current title challenger Conor McGregor via unanimous decision. Prior to then, Holloway lost a split-decision to Dennis Bermudez , also in 2013, and encountered the first loss of his career at the age of just 20 against top-10 ranked Dustin Poirier.
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This is the year that my daughter's travels get a bit "more advanced". She's probably been ready for it for a while, but now as parents we are ready, too. This travel evolution will include some longer flights as well as some flights at challenging times of the day. Last night she had her first "red eye" flight. It wasn't exactly a red eye by definition, but it wasn't far off, and I can assure you our eyes were red. Our flight took off at about 9:30 PM, and arrived at its final destination at about 2:30 AM Houston time (12:30AM local time). By the time we went through passport control, got to the hotel, etc. it was after 3:30AM Houston time. It was asking a lot of our little traveler, but we all made it in one piece. Here are a few tips we picked up along the way…
Go into the trip well rested:
If you know you are going to be asking a lot of your kids (or yourself) in terms of travel at awkward hours, then be sure to go into the trip as rested as possible. We had a normal week leading up to the trip, so everyone was starting without a sleep deficit. This was very helpful as the evening drug on.
Prepare your kid ahead of time:
This is really a mantra for life, but the more you can prepare your kids for what will happen and where they will be sleeping the better. Our daughter knew full well that she could watch a movie on the plane, but then needed to go to sleep as it was past her bedtime. She also knew that she would have to sleep sitting up, which she wasn't excited about, but at least she knew the plan. Additionally, we had also prepared her by giving her a bath and putting her in comfortable clothes (which we called her pajamas for the night) before we left home for the airport. That way she was ready for bed as soon as sleep came.
When we turned off her iPad after an hour or so into the flight, she starting trying to go to sleep immediately as planned. However, the chair wasn't quite as comfortable as we had hoped so there was lots of tossing and turning.
First class may not be the best choice:
We were seated in domestic first class on this particular flight, which is marginally more comfortable for sleeping for adults than coach, but it may have been a worse situation for our kiddo. She could curl up in the seat, but she would often then start slipping on the leather and ended up on the floor, or awake and uncomfortable several times. I tried holding her for a bit with the seat belt sign off, but she is really too big for that to be practical. She couldn't just stretch out onto us from her seat as there was a big divider between the first class seats. If we had been in coach seats we could have just put up the armrest on many planes and let her sprawl out on us. I'm not sure that would have been a better solution, but it might have helped.
Be ready to help upon landing:
One of the hardest parts of the journey was when we landed, our daughter had to get up and walk through the airport and then stand in the passport line. Asking a four year old to wake up at 2:30AM their time and calmly and efficiently walk through an airport to stand in a line is a recipe for a challenging event, but since she was prepared, and we were patient(ish), it went okay. We held her as much as we could and carried her bag for her. What really saved the day was waiting behind a dog in line. This perked her right up!
Book an airport hotel:
Again this is just good advice in general, but even more important if you are flying with a young child on a red-eye or late night flight. If one is available, you want to book the hotel that is physically attached to the airport so that you have as little distance to go as possible once you land. Hotels located in airports like the Grand Hyatt DFW or Fairmont Vancouver are ideal. If there isn't one attached, you want the hotel that is the closest to hopefully avoid having to wait for a hotel shuttle and dragging the night out even longer.
I would also be careful with what you plan the next day as it is pretty much inevitable that there will be a wall of exhaustion that everyone will probably hit at some point. However, with some advance preparations and strategic decisions even pretty young kids can handle late night flights like pros! Their parents may or may not fare as well…


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My former high school classmate brings up the issue recently of my aspiration to be a journalist, a desire of mine that has been going on since I was a mere sixteen years old. So I am going to pelt you with this sometimes funny, sometimes tragic story of my career in journalism.
I began my career at The East Junior High School newspaper in Colorado Springs. I was a reporter on the staff. Mrs. Peak ran our newspaper staff. Mrs. Peak and I often found ourselves in a tangle of conflict, as I often was with authority figures then- and even now I suppose. Mrs. Peak had a pencil in her beehive hairdo. I don't recall much about what I wrote to be honest. I passed her English class.
In high school, I applied for a got a position as a stringer for the local daily newspaper. It was a libertarian newspaper, the now defunct Colorado Springs Sun. I didn't fully realize the impact of this unwitting political move on my part, they just said they would pay me to write and that was good enough for me. My first article was about my Jewish friends who had taken a trip to Israel. It was my first paid writing assignment. I was the youngest reporter in their newsroom at the age of nineteen as an intern. A colleague sent me an illegal drink at a bar once. I think I drank it. It's long past the statute of limitations to convict me on my underage drinking, don't even try.
In college I worked on The University of Puget Sound newspaper staff. We had lightboards back then. This means we had exacto knives and paste too. We would stay up all night pasting the newpaper together and crawl home at sunrise with letters affixed to our clothing. I remember many happy nights filled with much laughter. Then we sould finish our newaper by pasting it down and barely in enough time for publication.
After college I accepted a part-time paid reporter job in a Washington state logging town. I wrote news stories, took police reports and photos but there was a crack in my Honda's manifold. This was distressing to me as one cannot repair a cracked manifold. So I did what any hack writer does, I bought a ton of spark plugs and kept swapping them for bad ones when the leaking oil fouled out my spark plugs. A girl has to get to her writing assignment. I did so until the paper lost a one page advertiser and could not pay me my minimum wage salary. No more meetings with angry loggers who wanted to kill spotted owls for me. I was out.
I took other jobs along the way mainly because I was hungry and refused to move to Kansas, as do most beginning reporters. I decided I was a woman of the west coast, or "a woman on the edge" as my oldest brother used to tell me. In each of these jobs I continued to be a reporter rather than a special education teacher, state worker, federal worker, and sometimes moderately paid slave. This did not earn me many friends as you can imagine. Can you say misappropriation of funds? Corruption? Bizarre policies? I knew you could. Too bad I am so inquisitive.
I worked on two Tacoma weeklies. One is defunct and that editor gave me trememdous leeway. The most fun I ever had was crashing the religious group The Promise Keepers meeting in The Tacoma Dome. Now a group of men cannot exclude a woman from attending an event on public property. They tried and I wrote a scathing 2500 word article about their treatment of me and my transgender friend who appeared way more terrified than me that night. She had reason to be scared, and perhaps I should have been as well, but I was just taking notes.
I wrote for the Puyallup Tribal newspaper and for some reason got paid double the rate per word of the weekly I was also writing for at the same time. Both newspapers were owned by the same publisher. I had to write under a pen name at the tribal newspaper. Just read my name at the end of this article and you will understand. I covered my first murder trial. It was a strange experience. I took a lot of notes and even did some caricature sketches of the judge, lawyers, defendants and such in my reporter's notebook.
Here I am blogging. I am afforded the luxury to write in an odd fashion. I have multiple sclerosis and get SSDI money from the federal government. I also get some medical assistance. If not for these two things, I would be slogging away full time at a job unrelated to writing because I refuse to move to Kansas and let's face it, not even the people in Kansas have writing jobs anymore. Writers are just plain unemployed or employed in other fields or in these times, not employed at all. So MS has afforded me the chance to write again? A potentially life-threatening condition enables me to write and nap as needed? Is that a small price to pay or one at rather high cost? -Alison Whiteman


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As a book lover, I have several authors that I enjoy and I get so excited when a new book comes out from them. As a book reviewer, I get to check out many cool books for kids from authors I might not have heard about otherwise. When I was contacted about reviewing the latest book, Rufus Goes To Sea by Kim T. Griswell, I knew that was one to be excited about, since we had already checked out Rufus Goes To School and we loved that one!
One thing I love about the Rufus books? The fact that they make reading cool and important!!! (We know how much I love reading!) In the latest book, Rufus heads to school to learn that the school is closed for summer break! He sits down and starts reading his book, escaping into a brand new adventure... then it hits him!! He will be a pirate for the summer break! He heads to the Sea to see if he can join a Pirate crew, but they keep telling him no! He does everything he thinks needs to be done, to get permission to be a pirate, but the Captain keeps telling him no! Finally, Rufus shares something with the Pirates (I am not telling you what it is, you have to read the book!) and that is when they decide that Rufus IS the Pirate that they NEED!


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The North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show (NAHBS) has been going for the best part of the last decade, and brings together some of the finest frame builders displaying truly stunning, innovative and beautiful bicycles of all persuasions. On this page are the award-winning bikes and frames from the show.
While NAHBS does attract frame builders from around the world, it's predominantly a show full of US builders. Many of the standout bikes are created by independent frame builders, this collection of award-winning frame builders demonstrates the diversity of the cycling industry away from the mainstream manufacturers, with an eye on individuality and, well just doing things a little differently because they can and want to.
The best of the best get to walk away with the a coveted NAHBS award, and here are all the award-winners. We've included the mountain bikes as well as the road bikes, because they're all bicycles and too nice not to include. And we have already featured one of the winning bicycles, the new Gravel Racer from Argonaut Cycles.
Best Road Bike: Kent Eriksen Cycles
Best Mountain Bike: Breadwinner Cycles
Best Cyclocross Bike: Retrotec
Best Tandem Bike: Co-Motion Cycles
Best City/Utility Bike: Cykelmageren
Best Finish: Independent Fabrication
Best Theme Bike: Sycip Designs
Best New Builder: Harvey Cycle Works
President's Choice: Peacock Groove
People's Choice: Six-Eleven Bicycle Co.
Best in Show: Argonaut Cycles
You can read our detailed first look of Argonaut Cycle's new Gravel Racer here.
Best Track Bike: Six-Eleven Bicycles
Best Fillet-Brazed: Ellis Cycles
Best TIG-Welded: Kent Eriksen Cycles
Best Lay-Up: Argonaut Cycles
Best Campagnolo Equipped Bike: English Cycles
More at http://2014.handmadebicycleshow.com. We'll have more information on some of these bikes in future articles.
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text: Finally, I get to share my spark plug theory: Been a lot of historical chat about loose plugs, retightening plugs, tightening then backing off and retightening plugs, ad naseum. I have observed that most deep sparkplug sockets will touch the wall of the head (at the bottom bore radius) when tightening the plug. I've bot Sears, MAC, Lack-of-Value hardware store brands and they all do it. This interference causes an erroneously high reading on a torque wrench or calibrated arm. I bucked up the $60 or so for a Snap-on socket and extension (has a positive lock, so it doesn't get left behind when you withdraw the socket) and it has a much thinner wall - no interference. I torque to spec and no worries. YMMV, Steve, thinkin' it's just metal after all, V.


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The funny thing is, we never talked about children when we were dating/engaged that long almost year. We knew we wanted children,but that's about it.
Our Engagement & Wedding revolved around the verse 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
We sure didn't really think we would be clinching onto this verse just shortly after our wedding. As I stated before we never talked about children or when they will come. I assumed they would come right after being married where my husband didn't want them right away. It was a very tough time trying to understand each other and seeing how we will decide on when children will come. We were married September 2011 and in May of 2012 is when I first when to my obgyn.
I began noticing my menstrual cycle was off.. Well to tell you the truth I didn't start paying attention to it until after getting married. We were married roughly 8 months. I had a strange menstrual cycle that lasted longer than normal, once explaining this to the Dr I mean nurse practitioner, She said that she wanted to do blood work and a transvaginal ultrasound. Yuck! Got it done though. A few days later..
The phone rang, It was the nurse practitioner, to tell me that they were diagnosing me with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS).
The Storm began
What is that? How do I have that? Why? What does this mean? I don't have most of the symptoms.
First it was to try Progesterone pills, that was a nightmare that lasted for a few months. I believe I tried metformin, which made me sick. In my blood work I had high levels of DHEA-S I believe, which caused me to have to go through ultrasounds of my kidneys/adrenal glands to make sure nothing was wrong! All Clear,Praise God! My husband was to have a semen analysis, which came out with him having low volume? Still unsure about that. So there was a time we wanted to stop and leave it alone. So we went with the other option..Birth control..
Tried that for 4 months. Three out of the four months ended in plain fail. Made my cycle way off track. So we decided to not do any medications. I believe we were married a year now,and actually finally discussed children. We decided if we were ever eventually up for really getting deep into this,that
- We want to try it as natural as possible
- We will do medications,but nothing that will cost us our savings
- We are open to fostering/adopting no matter what
We were married 1 year and 3 months when we considered moving here in Kansas. Just 3 months later we were in Kansas. Once we were settled here we were at it again. Randomly picked a doctor, that happened to be a Specialist. Our first visit was useless because I was battling with my old doctor to transfer my medical information. Once that was done we made a second visit. In the second visit, She looked over all my blood tests and any information that was there except my transvaginal ultrasound. She determined a few things
- My blood test were not done in the right time of my cycle
- Other tests weren't done to confirm the diagnosis
- My husband was due to have another semen analysis and we had no idea
- By looking at my results of blood tests that even in that time frame that it was done in, Everything looked OKAY!
She requested that for me to do Ovulation tests and for my husband to do a semen analysis. Got him checked out again & everything is fine! So what was next? Do I need to keep seeing this doctor if everything is okay? Do I have PCOS or do I not have it? All these questions flooded. What I did was I began tracking my temperature and recording it using a BBT. It's the natural way to see what is going on in your body.. So I have been doing that on and off the last year or so.. I discovered I do ovulate more then I think. That stress really affects my body and how things run.
So, Three years later after marriage, what are we doing?
We are waiting. We are praying, We are believing, and We are stronger then we were three years earlier. Infertility is a struggle,but it's something you don't do alone. God gave me Damian to help me through this and vise versa. We said I do in good times and in bad, sickness and in health. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 is very dear to us now then we ever thought it would be.
We know we will have children very soon. We are open to God's Will. Following God's Will is us laying down our plans and dreams for His plans and dreams for us. Whether it's biological children or adopted, We will be Awesome parents! God is just preparing us, carving us, shaping us!
Until then we will spoil Simba and Nash!
Be Still Sunshine is on it's way!


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Thursday, August 19, 2010
almost finished....half way picture
Concept: Kyla's painting part II... "I love you bigger than the sky"
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Nightmare
In my new sketch book: my first drawing. 8/18/2010
The Nightmare: Lost on the Way to Your Bedroom
I was inspired by Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare. I then decided to come up with my own nightmarish stallion that delivers bad dreams and a woeful nights sleep. The proportions are disfigured and decaying, a tribute to re-occuring nightmares of my own. Spewing forth from the neck is an egg, hatching the threads of disturbing thoughts.
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Today I got a call from my optometrist's office. They tried to make me an appt with the Neurologist at UNC but apparently they have to review my "referral" and it can be up to a year's wait to get in to see them because they're a "learning facility." Which is irritating...what good is great healthcare in this country if we can't get a hold of it when we need it?!
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The color is exquisite though! I love my red and berry colors. This is just in between which is nice.
I had to reapply a few times since I have a mannerism of biting my lips and when I was eating and drinkin. But it leaves a maroon-ish tint on your lips when removed.
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I hope everyone is really close to having power restored!!!! Hugs & Prayers go out to our many customers that were affected by Gustav!!!!! So, as avid scrappers, i just KNOW you took photos. Scrapbook Challenge for the weekend (take a small break from the monotony of coping with Gustav and refresh yourself with a little scrapbook therapy):
1) Create a layout highlighting photos & JOURNALING from Hurricane Gustav-don't forget to journal about how your family passed the time, how did you get through the times without power, how did you eat, how long were the lines you waited in, who did you pass the storm with, what ODD things did you do to get by (i used a ski rope to make a clothes line to hang clothes)-it will make you feel better to see how creative you were to get through the rough times and maybe now you are a stronger person for all of it.
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Last night was the Herndon Festival in nearby Herndon, Virginia. We had only gone once before years ago. It's a rather small and tame affair, though I suppose it's big enough for a small town like Herndon. Still, we found ourselves pretty much wrapped up in less than an hour and headed home. Nice enough and it doesn't cost anything, so no complaints. :-)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Herndon Fesitval
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Italian Meetup at Michelangelo's
This week we had our Italian Meetup for the first time at Michelangelo's Restaurant here in Ashburn. That's Michelangelo and his wife in the first photo.
This restaurant is wonderful! Because we were a large group, I think there were 15 of us, and they knew we were coming, they prepared a fixed-price menu for us and brought out one dish after the other for us all to share. There was so much food that there was a lot left over after we were all stuffed - a real shame because it was all so delicious! The staff was very friendly and attentive. The owners were doting on us and making us feel so welcome, and the food just never stopped coming. The evening was capped off with Michelangelo's own homemade tiramisu -the best I've ever had!
We loved it so much that we decided to meet there once a month...FOREVER!
Click the link below if you live within 50 miles of Ashburn, Virginia and check out this wonderful restaurant!
More photos on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeganci/sets/72157605329310500/
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Herndon Friday Night Live Concert, May 23rd
Almost every week during the summer the town of Herndon near us holds a free concert. Sometimes it's well-attended, other times not. But it's always fun!
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All the Colors of the Rainbow
We have a had a lot of rain lately, finally! I say finally because last year we had drought conditions and had to cut back on our water usage big time. Now we have had lots of rainstorms, so many that some areas have flooded. Luckily, we don't live in a flood zone so our basement is still dry!
The rain brings other benefits, like this rainbow I saw near my house. When it doesn't rain, we don't get rainbows!
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Last week I went to see Happy-Go-Lucky with my mum. This film seems to divide opinion and I can see why. The lead character, Poppy, played by Sally Hawkins, is so immensely irritating that if she were real I wouldn't want to spend five minutes in her presence. And yet she is utterly believable. Sally Hawkins' acting is excellent and she made my toes curl with her excruciating relentless cheerfulness.
I hate those people who are always telling you to smile and cheer up; who witter on inanely refusing to have serious discussions because they don't have a sensible thought in their brain; who assume that other people don't have a sense of humour because they don't laugh at her banality. Her silly eye rolling and head waggling movements are simply infuriating and I can understand why Scott, the driving instructor (played to perfection by Eddie Marsan) loses his temper with her - she refuses to take anything seriously. I would not want her to be on the road when I'm driving.
Scott tells Poppy (real name Pauline, but that's not nearly annoying enough) that not everything is about her. She genuinely seems to think it is. She is one of those smug self-satisfied types who have taken a gap year to travel to Australia, Vietnam, Bali and Thailand, and now thinks she knows about the world.
I would like to know more about the other characters, all of whom I like more than her. I want to know what happens to the little boy who bullies others because his mum's new boyfriend hits him. I'm intrigued by the Flamenco teacher (Karina Fernandez) and the student who is completely expressive without words (Rebekah Staton). Tim (Samuel Roukin), the social worker could be interesting as could the youngest sister, Suzy (Kate O'Flynn), studying for her exams, and the heavily pregnant middle sister, Helen (Caroline Martin), unhappy with her domestic bliss and hen-pecked husband.
The best friend, Zoe (Alexis Zegerman), is the star of the film for me with her deadpan delivery and smouldering looks. But Scott is right; all we learn about these people is how they relate to Poppy, as if their existence is unimportant outside her circle of radiance. This could be due to the work-shopping manner in which Mike Leigh runs his rehearsals. Many stories are started but none are finished; there is no script. The dialogue is believable because people have repetitive verbal twitches - 'don't they just?' - and they don't actually say anything, but is that really what you want from a drama?
I like Mike Leigh films, and I'm used to them being dark and depressing. I kept waiting for the misery to kick in - when is she going to reveal that she's addicted to Prozac? - but the fact that it didn't, made it even more exhausting. Poppy is a primary school teacher and she dresses in bright primary colours and skank boots. There is nothing wrong with being childish, but surely not all the time? Or maybe that is the secret to happiness - don't live in the real world!
Although I can believe such infuriating people exist, I cannot credit that they would have so many friends. The ever-excellent Sylvestra le Touzel as the headmistress, Heather, seems far too grounded to waste her time with this total airhead. There is a far-fetched but touching scene when Poppy patronisingly talks to a tramp; I can only assume she relates to him because he doesn't say anything sensible either.
I also find it very difficult to believe that two men would fall for this woman. Most I know would run screaming. A quick scan of the IMBd message board revealed the following comment from someone signing themself 'The Piano Dude': "I just couldn't stand the character of Poppy. If British children are really being taught by people like that then no wonder the country's in the sorry state that it's in. I wanted to smack her more than I've ever wanted to smack a fictional character before."
I think that just about says it all. But, and this is a big but, the acting was fantastic and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. Poppy has got under my skin. Like a particularly nasty case of shingles.
Saturday, 28 June 2008
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Him indoors reckons that Russian striker Pavlyuchenko looks like smiley bum-shaking actress, Cameron Diaz. Should I be in any way concerned about this? He's usually pretty bad with his doubles but I have to concede, he may have a point here.
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Thursday, 26 June 2008
My Newest Favourite Thing: Michael McCormack's oil paintings
In Michael McCormack's studio in Island Bay, fabulous pictures await you. McCormack paints beautiful pictures of the rugged Wellington coast with dingies bobbing in the waves.
I frequently run around this coastline and I feel as though I recognise every rock and promontory. I am moved by each pohutukawa, flax and toetoe. I know I am familiar with the red phone box at Karaka Bay.
There are equally excellent pictures of cityscapes with cornershops and cafes. As a visual chronicler of Wellington, McCormack captures the light perfectly and I particularly like the way he depicts the car headlights reflecting in the wet streets after rain. I can almost hear the hiss of the tyres as they slink past.
When we visited, McCormack was experimenting with light and colour. He made some daubs on his canvas, then stepped back to view the effect. I was mesmerised by the blobs and twists of paint on his pallette. I wanted to reach out and touch them. I didn't, but boy did I want to.
His paintings are for sale, at very reasonable prices. If you haven't the money or the space for one of his canvases, he puts out a great calendar and diary each year. He also sells prints on postcards of his work. It's well-worth a visit if you're ever out that way.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Euro 2008: Quarter-finals
If I were Croatia, I would be feeling robbed, gutted, sick as a parrot and a glut of other footballing cliches. They scored in what should have been the last minute of time added on at the end of extra time. The ref decided to play 'Fergie time' - just a few more minutes until the other side bags a goal. It was a shocking decision to play that much more time added on, and one that has cost Croatia a place in the semi-finals.
Happily, I'm not Croatia and I have watched some entertaining football thus far. The Russia v Netherlands game was a classic, full of all sorts of excitement and quite a few spectacular goals. I don't think the fans were expecting that.
Spain v Italy was less thrilling, but the best team won as far as I'm concerned even if it did come down to the dreaded penalty shoot-out. Of course I was pleased to see Ronaldo do his depart-in-tears routine - it couldn't happen to a nicer bloke. And now I've got two days without football. I'll hardly know what to do with myself until the semis.
I suppose I shall have to go back to the usual round of cultural diversions - theatres; films; art galleries; exhibitions... I'd count Euro 2008 among them as sheer entertainment.
Happily, I'm not Croatia and I have watched some entertaining football thus far. The Russia v Netherlands game was a classic, full of all sorts of excitement and quite a few spectacular goals. I don't think the fans were expecting that.
Spain v Italy was less thrilling, but the best team won as far as I'm concerned even if it did come down to the dreaded penalty shoot-out. Of course I was pleased to see Ronaldo do his depart-in-tears routine - it couldn't happen to a nicer bloke. And now I've got two days without football. I'll hardly know what to do with myself until the semis.
I suppose I shall have to go back to the usual round of cultural diversions - theatres; films; art galleries; exhibitions... I'd count Euro 2008 among them as sheer entertainment.
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