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Sweet Readers,
You all are so good to us. We continue to be showered with love, a full mailbox, wonderful meals, and "porch surprises" as I call them. All the "Thinking of You" and "Praying for You" messages are so appreciated, again EVERY SINGLE post, comment, text, email, card, etc is so very touching. We can't show our gratitude enough.
We had an appointment last Thursday-St Patrick's Day, with our regular OB. These are typically uneventful appointments, where they weight/measure and check the heartbeat with the doppler. These are less involved because of all our specialist appointments. Our OB is even amazed at what she sees in the reports, just because she doesn't see this as often as of course a specialist would. However, we still have to keep our regular appointments and so last week was the 20 week mark. (We are at 21 weeks now!) Everything was good, and because some Grandmothers came along, they got to see a glimpse of our sweet girl. We weren't due for an ultrasound but the Doctor was thrilled to just show them (and see the heart for herself). It was a quick appointment and again, we rejoice in uneventful appointments.
We head back to the specialist late next week. I am still anxious at those and for those appointments in fear that they will find something else, or a diagnosis will change since we are still 22 weeks when we go (more than 1/2 way there though!). I have been learning a lesson in trying my best to let those fears go and trust in the Lord with the simple answer, FAITH. It's simply put but certainly not always easy. And to me, I'm not sure living in absolute faith is something many can do, but we are called to do so.
The Lord knows what we need, and he didn't miss a beat this week either. Tuesday morning I was doing my devotional before work and it was a lesson in "praying through things." It simply said praying through things "might be defined as praying one's way into full faith, while praying into the assurance that one has been accepted and heard, so that one becomes actually aware of receiving, by firmest anticipation and in advance of the event, the thing for which he asks full confidence that our prayers have been heard and answered." We don't stop praying in these trying times, we just pray differently. Pray with no doubt left that our prayers are being heard and answered in accordance with God's word. Praying as it says "in advance of the event for which we ask" That took me back a breath. Praying with SUCH confidence and SUCH assurance in advance?! This is tough for me, I feel I could made to look like a fool, I typically "beg" in prayers these days. After reading the direct idea of this, I feel maybe I don't have enough faith to pull that out!? But I know and believe that is what is right, it's just another lesson in this journey. While continuing to read, I immediately looked up, because I'm telling you, you ask or you struggle with something and the next thing you know, it's the March 22nd lesson in your devotional. :) As I worried I wasn't going to be able to pull this off, I remembered something I learned a long time ago~knowing that the Lord takes our spiritual temperature with our hearts not our tongues, thank goodness! So he knows what I'm trying to do and get across, bless Him. To pray in thanksgiving for the things yet unseen, KNOWING they have been heard. Not an easy thing for an anxious mommy-to-be like me, but yet, another fantastic example of "leaning not on your own understanding."
The day's devotional also stated that the old Pentecostal Era "prayed in ways like it was as easy as cashing a check at the bank." That's pretty simply put! I'm a little uneasy this particular morning, and now this devotional giving examples of praying in such faith, I'm a bit overwhelmed. For some reason, I pick up my Bible next to me, (not in accordance w/ the devotional) and it literally falls open to Matthew 9 and my eyes are drawn to an underlined verse that somewhere along the years, I had underlined. It was verse 22 "Daughter, be encouraged! For your faith has made you well!" Being already overwhelmed, this took me over the edge. I knew I was being wrapped in the arms of love, grace and compassion from our Heavenly Father that morning, I have no doubts. Remember, this scripture was not given in the devotional, and low and behold that was the first page the Bible was opened to, without a thought given.
To explain the verse you must know (don't worry,short version)it's from the story where Jesus is going through the crowds and a woman who was ill, and she was just trying to "touch him" and she just knew, without a doubt, with all of her heart, if she touched Him or His robe in any way, she would be healed. And that verse was His response to her.
Again, talk about being spoken to! She was praying through her pain, and boy did she not ever believe "in advance of the event!" Just knowing in full faith that if she could reach Him, he would heal her, and he did. The very same lesson my devotional was trying to teach me, and the very one my heart needed to hear.
Later that evening, some girls from work and I were going to a painting class where we were to paint a cross. We were told to bring scripture, lyric or something to put on our cross. For 2-3 weeks I just couldn't decide what to put on my cross painting, I had too many favorite verses, song lyrics, and couldn't decide just what I wanted. After this overwhelming, yet amazing morning devotional,I called Jimmy to tell him the morning's events before work and without really thinking about the verse and the painting, he said "I think you found your verse tonight." And right he was.....
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Checking In....
Posted by Jennifer & Jimmy at 5:20 PM
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- HappyascanB said...
Absolutely beautiful! The Bible Study I'm doing right now is focusing on Ephesians 3:20 - 21.
'Our God is able to do [for you, Jennifer, Jimmy, and Baby M] abundantly, exceedingly MORE than you can imagine." How amazing!!! Loads of love!
- March 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- Will and Alycia said...
I am continuously amazed at how God uses you, Jennifer to reach others. What an encouraging post and one that can be applied to so many aspects of daily life. As we pray for your appointment Friday and your continued pregnancy we will thank God for his promises and those moments that he gives that remind us that he is with us through the journey. Love you!
- March 29, 2011 at 8:43 PM
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We flew out from Tana at 5:10am on Sunday morning. We were picked up at the airport by Pete Schaffler (Pete and Kara Schaffler are the AIM missionaries here) and after we settled into our hotel, he took us to the beach for a couple hours. I have now stepped foot in my third ocean, the Indian Ocean (technically, it is the Mozambique channel, but it's part of the Indian Ocean).
Our English clubs here are much different than in Tana and Antsirabe. Our youngest student is 9 years old, and our oldest student is 47; most of them are in their mid-twenties! At first I felt weird teaching them in this capacity; that is, most of our activities are geared toward children. However, we simply figured out how to change some things and make them more of use to adults, so it works out. It feels like here we can develop real relationships with our students because we are on more common ground concerning age. Several of them have asked us questions about our personal lives.
One of the most beautiful things is singing time with these students. It feels like we are truly worshipping together. The Malagasy have beautiful voices, and they seem to harmonize almost on instinct. One of our students even brought his guitar and plays along to the songs on it.
Thank you for all your prayers so far. I have kept in good health, and we've been able to find sufficient energy for each day (though by 9pm we're exhausted and ready for bed). Please continue to pray that God's message will be spread through our clubs. Also, we ask prayer for the AIM compound's night guard back in Tana; he lost his wife to cancer last week. Lastly, pray for a friend of the Schafflers who has gone missing here.
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How UTTERLY spectacular they are, nestling just across the bridge from the Old Court of the college they stretch along the Cam. Re-designed in 1947 by Professor E.N. Willmer, a fellow of the college it shows of stunning herbaceous borders, a tropical planting, sunken garden and a secluded green and white walkway and sitting area.
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But lately, the number six has started to get on my nerves.
I'm not referring to 3 sixes mysteriously placed in close proximity of each other which has some individuals in paranoia and deciphering every mayonnaise bottle's bar-code. No. Six, is currently the amount of superfluous weight* that keeps me from my ideal weight*. It is obviously due to the fact that those half-a-dozen white-coated chocolate eggs never see the view from the food cabinet before facing an artillery of 30-odd, hard, calcified, whitish chompers, with which they'll never stand a chance.
You might say- "don't be so hard on yourself", but let me put it this way... 6 kg amounts to 12 blocks of butter.
This could have been put to much better use, for example, to make chocolate cake for one, or perhaps this outstanding butter statue of ET...
or just to throw at those that say they are fat, when they're one stomach-gas expulsion away from disappearing entirely!
So, may this be a warning to my kg of 6. Let the hunger games begin, and may the odds be ever in my favour.
(right after decapitating this cupcake...)


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There's a movement afoot to strip the Mormon church of it's tax exempt status. This seems fair to me, since the just spent tens of millions of dollars in California to get their hateful legislation passed. If a church really wants to be involved with the state, well, let's tax the bastards!
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And I absolutely thought it fit to blog on loving him on today...Valentine's Day! Derrick and I have been married a little over 6 years (01-01-04) and we are still going strong. We have had ups, and a couple of downs, but I wouldn't have wanted to have had any of it without D.
So, I love MY VALENTINE!
Here we are at our wedding with the preacher. It's the only good one I have scanned in, and I don't have a scanner right now, so, while it's not my favorite wedding picture, it'll do.
This was the taken the December before we got married!
This was in 2007.
This was during a Bama game in 2008!
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Sept 16th Dublin
When we arrived it was overcast. We didn't buy an excursion so we took the shuttle into town. Diane wasn't feeling well and immediately went back to the ship. Marie, Priscilla and I went shopping near Trinity College. After about an hour it started to rain and Marie and Priscilla went back to the ship. I headed off to St. Patrick's Cathedral, which I was told was a 15 min. walk. By the time I arrived it had stopped raining. I was disappointed that you need 5 euro to get inside. It wasn't that important since Jim & I had been there, so I took some photos and then walked back and went to the shopping mall. The shopping mall had beautiful architecture. We had to be onboard by 3:15 p.m., so we didn't have long in Dublin. I found the people to be very friendly. All you had to do was open a map and someone was there offering to assist.
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Senator Manuel Roxas III, an opponent of Charter Change, urged the House of Representatives to drop "Plan B"—to convene Congress as a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution—now that the people's initiative had failed. (ManilaStandard Today)
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Senator favors oil siphoning from sunken tanker
FOR Senator Mar Roxas, siphoning the remaining bunker fuel from the sunken tanker is the best and safest option to contain the oil spill. (Sun.Star Bacolod)
Just last month, the Province of Guimaras headed by Governor JC Rahman Nava Wednesday formally received financial assistance amounting to P1.1 million from the officials of the Capiz Government as well as Senator Mar Roxas. (Sun.Star Iloilo)
Biofuels bill undergoing final amendments
Senator Mar Roxas said that the proposed Biofuels Act, which requires the blending of bioethanol with gasoline, is undergoing final amendments in the Senate and he expects it to pass before its sessions end in October. (The Visayan Daily Star and Sun.Star Bacolod)
Roxas seeks inquiry on SME credit order, questions Malacañang decision on microfinance
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ramadan: SECRET MUSLIMS-GOOD READ FOR EVERYONE!!
I just read a post about a young muslima who have not told her parents about her being muslim. She covers her head sometimes, and not all the time. This is not a story that is new to me, or that I haven't heard, but one that I cry at.
We are Muslims. We are not kaffrs. We are the chosen people. We were giving the qur'an-THE TRUTH. When we testify to the shahada we are muslims. Our lives change. Our lifestyle change. Our clothing change(muslimahs). Our friends change. Who we are change. Its not good enough to recite the shahada and call it quits. No, its deeper.
ALLAHSWT tells us in the qur'an that we will be tested with everything dear to us(family, wealth, job, and children,etc). He continues to say, "Do you think you will not be tested like the people before you?". Subhan'ALLAH. As Muslims, we are tested everyday of our lives. Do you think this life is about happiness and bliss? No. We are tested to prove our love to ALLAH. WE are tested to gain the pleasure of ALLAH.
Sisters, you put your hijab on and cover yo naked body. Brothers, wear your beard and do not cut it for it is fard and not sunnah. The ProphetSAW tells the brothers to, "trim the mustache and keep the beard (bukhari)". This is a command from ALLAHSWT! Brothers, keep those beards.
We have to stand firm upon this deen of ALLAHSWT. The qur'an tells us that this dunya(this world) is nothing but amusement and play. ALLAHSWT warns us of this. He tells us this in clear english for the english speaking people. Why do you not take heed?
I am a convert myself and know the struggle. Wallahi, I do, but you must not give up because you are a Muslim. Stand strong and practice the deen as ALLAHSWT commanded of you.
Hold firm to the rope of ALLAH? DO you take your parents dearer than ALLAH? Do you take your wealth dearer than ALLAH? Do you take that job dearer to ALLAH? Fear him, but hold close to him!
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Salaam alaikum,ReplyDelete
Were you referring to me by any chance? Just curious.
What you say is nothing short of the truth. However I have seen this countless times. People trying to implement every Sunnah they can trying to learn every hadith possiable. All comendable things none the less once a person plunges into the water they burn themselves out eventually. Maybe not a couple of months from now but a year.ReplyDelete
What is recommended is to lets say learn one hadith and practice implementing in their life. Not learning a 100 and only practicing a doze. Things take due time, change should never be forced.
On a nother note we don't know the situations of other muslims in their daily life. But Allah SWT does. We should not judge others in a negative way saying just because their parents don't know yet that they are muslim that we are any better then them. Allah doesn't burden someone more then they can handle. There is a saying when you see a older person you think they are better then me they have done more deeds then i have and a younger person they are better then me they have commited less sins then I.
Sometimes a person may they think they are doing good, giving good nasheeha *advice* but they can be doing the opposite. Allah Alm.
May Allah guide us both to the truth Ameen.
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:ReplyDelete
"Religion is easy, and no one overburdens himself in his religion but he will be unable to continue in that way. So do not be extremists, but try to be near perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded. Gain strength by worshipping in the mornings and afternoons and during the last hours of the night."
Sister Banana: Well, if the shoe fits apply it or if it doesnt then discard it. If the situation sounds similar to a sister of yours, then alhumdulilah apply it, but if not then don't worry too much about it.ReplyDelete
Light: Yes, its very important that we just don't memorize qur'an and sunnah, but to implement it into our lives. I had to learn that too, alhumdulilah. ALLAHSWT loves the strong muslim more than the weak one. It makes sense. A strong muslim sacrifices for the sake of ALLAHSWT and is certain in faith versus a weak muslim who doesn't strive as much to get close to ALLAH.


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Fat people love bacon.
This is the fourth part in a series dedicated to fat people's love for bacon. At least once a week, I will post either someones odd use of it in a food dish, or just a new and inventive way to prepare bacon itself.
Today I bring you, from the chefs at Wendy's…
There's nothing quite like one kind of fatty animal fried in it's own fat piled on top of another kind of fatty animal fried in it's own fat sandwiched between enriched flour and high fructose corn syrup buns.
I love that the name of this sandwich sounds like
"The Terminator".
Eating a mound of bacon will turn you into a cyborg killing machine…
…or a fat tub of lard-capable of winning food eating contests in a single bound.
Perhaps The Terminator doesn't eat the Baconator. Maybe it was sent from the future to kill him…
Either way, mankind will be annihilated by it's own creations.
Just for fun, check out the "nutritional" info on this baby.
Look at the bottom of that page. You'll find this quote:
At Wendy's®, we're unrivaled in our passion for giving people what they want — and uncompromising in giving people what they deserve."
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This will be a place for me to keep a record of my recipes from now onwards. It used to be called My Little Diary and True Love Stories but I've decided not to reveal so much of myself, not to talk so much of others, but just to talk about food, recipes, and my little darlings once awhile. I hope you enjoy reading my blog. Feel free to send me a message.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Pasta for Noah
I saw this recipe from toddler's meal book while looking at what I can make for Noah's meals. This recipe caught my eyes as I have herb and garlic cream cheese that it's called for. I did not have the leek and the smoked salmon but I substitute it with basa fish and green onion and it was great.
Here's the recipe for it.
3 cups of bow pasta ( or any other types)
Broccoli, as much as you like... you can add carrots too.
1 green onion, chopped
1 tbs olive oil
2 tbs butter
1 fish fillet
1 small tub of garlic and herb cream cheese.
6 tablespoon of milk
Boil the water, and cook the pasta. In another pot, steam the broccoli.
In the meantime, heat a pan, put in the butter and oil, stir fry the green onion and followed by fish.
When the fish is cooked, add in the cream cheese and milk.. and mix them together.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
As simple as that...Noah asked for a second serving...
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As I started blogging (both writing and reading OPB- again, Other People's Blogs) it became very clear to me. I'm supposed to have a theme. My blog is supposed to be ABOUT something. Some of my favorite early blogs were about fashion. I was amazed to find out that people chronicle their clothes, day by day. Shocked. People look good enough to take their picture daily? And share it? Holy mother. I get photographed about once a year, and that needs photo shopped. My first blog I followed was Kasmira. No joke, she photographs daily. And opens herself up to the kudos and criticism of others. Ballsy. Admirable. Then I found Kimberly, and the Slightly Southern gang at Cute on the Cheap. But as time passed I found myself admiring the stylings of other bloggers. Real "life" bloggers. Sharers of wares and witticisms. Purveyors of Pucci and Prada. You name it, I found it. And loved it. Still do. And even though I am aware that my blog should be about something, I don't quite think it has a recurring theme. And at this point, I don't think it will. But I'm OK with that, and I hope you are too. I've shared my house drama, husband drama, kid drama and my life as a momma. I tried the outfit deal, but it's not quite for me. (I lose my camera cords on a regular basis, don't know how to use a self timer on a regular basis and kind of look like hell on a regular basis.) I am, however a big fan of sharing is caring so while I have eliminated myself from the photographing portion of blogging I think I've evolved into accepting that my blog may be a bit like Seinfeld. It's not really about anything. But you know what? I think I'm going to go along with this flow.... Come along for the ride, won't you?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Evolution and elimination
Posted by KT at Tuesday, June 09, 2009
7 comments:
- WendyB said...
I say write whatever you like. I supposedly have a theme but you know I don't stick to it. I was turned down for membership in a fashion blog group because I wasn't fashion-y enough for them!
- June 9, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- Polly said...
I love your Blog KT - please don't change it. I completely can relate though as mine too is just bits and peices of me and my life - is't that what is great about getting to know friends though, just getting to know the bits and peices.
- June 10, 2009 at 6:39 AM
- RachelSmiles said...
thanks for urging me to make christina's sopapilla cheesecake! i am def going to try it out this weekend!
- June 10, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- La Belette Rouge said...
Blogs about nothing are some of my favorite kinds. Keep at it.
And, I say we start a blog group "Those who write about nothing" and if it turns out a member writes about something they get expelled. Ah, power!!
- June 10, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Hillary said...
I agree, don't change it! I love reading all of your random topics. It's your blog and you can write what you want! We'll still read it.
- June 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Semi-Slacker Mom said...
I just write about random stuff. There's usually enough drama around here to give me plenty of material.
- June 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Sara said...
I love that you are so random! You never know what you're going to get! I wouldn't change a thing.
- June 10, 2009 at 9:30 PM


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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Playground bullies
Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." Matthew 22:21
One of the hardest things to explain with words to young children are the rules of a specific game. What is most profoundly amazing is how they can pick up the rules of a game, or the rules of playground and classroom society, although no one has ever explained these rules to them. Children know more about power and control than most adults are aware of. They watch us and they know how we play and they imitate us. They see how we bully or embrace, defend or welcome. Bullies tend to be people with hurt in their heart, people who have had power used as a tool against them, so in turn, use it over another. Those who came to Jesus were looking to bully him into answering a question about the rules of the political game, not to see if he was a good man but to entrap him into breaking the law. We do this to one another too often, and it is usually a sign of our radical anxiety and hurt. We try to trip others up because they hurt us, because someone used the rules to hurt us, or they did not listen to our needs at the time we spoke them.
Jesus answered them with a deep understanding of the differences between the rules and institutions of humans and the rules and institutions of God. People's institutions are based on power, resources and the control of both. God's rules and institutions begin and end with love. The outward signs of God's structures are inclusion, compassion, mercy, forgiven and powerlessness. God chooses the weak to be leaders, and chooses humble shepherds to be kings. Our institutions, including the church, live in the world of power, privilege and control. Human politics are embedded everywhere because we are human. It is so easy to confuse one for the other. We humans are frail and broken, the kids on the playground that always get picked on. The sad part is that when we get a bit of power and place, we often find someone else to crush. But God, in full loving mercy, is always inviting us to a safe place, a sanctuary of love and forgiveness, a place where power is in the weakest and the offering of one's heart is the most honored treasure.
This Sunday, I want to be an agent of the things that are God's. I want to invite and embrace, rather than play politics. I want to offer my heart, even if it gets broken and I want to live in peace so that all enemies become friends. It is so easy for us in the church to wield power badly. The problem is not in skill but in our calling. We are not called to wield power. We are called to wield the loving, embracing arms of inclusion and justice. It is so easy for bishops and other church leaders to forget that. May today we pray for all who are in leadership in our church that we might use what we have been given with the heart of God. May we transform the world in our willingness to be humble and broken before others. And may we all be agents of God's love and mercy breaking forth into the world.
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I worked on the baby blanket Norma needed to have quilted for her granddaughter Rachel, whose baby was due most any day. It takes a lot longer on my Bernina than it would have on the quilting machine, but there are certain things that can be done on the little machine that can't be done on the HQ 16. Or at least I can't do them. Yet.
A man from Illinois wrote while we were at church last Sunday night, offering to help get the HQ 16 retimed (something went wrong with the timing, and it wouldn't pick up bobbin thread) if Larry wanted to call his cell phone. Larry called him Tuesday. The man is named Mike, and he owns The Machine Shop in Highland, Illinois. He's so helpful, and he won't take a thing for his time. He sells HandiQuilters in his store -- and travels around the country, setting them up for his customers.
Well, Thursday night Larry gave Mike's timing instructions a try. It wasn't long, and my HQ 16 was fixed. Yes, it woiks, it woiks, it woiks! In fact, I think it sounds just a little smoother than it did when I first got the machine. I'm back in business. I would be done with Norma's quilt in no time. I finished a border that I'd started on the Bernina, then loaded it back onto the frame… and there I was then, quilting away — and done in about 15 minutes. Wheeeeee!
A lady on the Yahoo quilt-talk group said she times her own machine. I replied:
You tryin' to tell me I could learn to do such a thing??! <hair standing straight up on end> But. . . but. . . but. . . <stuttering> it wasn't in my job description! I thought Larry should do stuff like that, and all I should have to do is hold the handles and make the thing go this-a-way and that-a-way.
Actually, I once amazed myself by taking off the dryer door and reinstalling it so that it opened from the other direction. After I passed smelling salts under Larry's nose and revived him, he was surprised, too. And then there was the time I hooked up my entire computer, external hard drives, routers, modem dish, and all – all by me little ownself. None of us have ever gotten over that, yet. Now, things that happen on the screen of my 'puter, I cope with, and love doing so. I can delve into the registry and do all sorts of magical things. But if the battery on my Yukon goes dead, or if a tire goes flat, or if the back of a kitchen drawer falls out, why, the only thing I know to do is cry out in loud and anguished tones, "Larrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeee!"
Maybe. . . <whispering> . . . maybe I do that, because iffen I done larnt how to do too many things around here, well, then, maybe it could just be that I'd be expected to keep right on a-doin' them, from now and henceforth. (But don't mention it to Larry.)
By midnight, I'd finished the Winnie-the-Pooh baby blanket. It doesn't take long at all, with the HQ 16, and it turned out pretty good, I think.
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Yessirree, it turned out pretty good. Ladies on a certain machine quilting group were all appalled and disapproving when they learned I was actually going to do quilting on someone else's quilt <gasp> -- and it's only the third quilt I've put on my HQ frame. They 'strongly discourage' anybody quilting for customers (even family!) (maybe especially family!) before they've done, oh, something like 1,302,626,986 hours of quilting on 'practice quilts', consisting of corn husks and Sears & Roebuck catalogue pages, which they can then donate to the dog pound.
Yeah, well, ugh. I prefer not to waste time, money, energy, and enthusiasm. Howz about I jist quilt thees heeuh quilts the vewy, vewy bestest I can, huh huh huh? I have two big quilts a-waitin' in the wings, and they're a-goin' on my HQ frame -- next. (One at a time, heh.) So there.


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Binalakshmi Nepram is a humanitarian, author, activist in the advocacy of gender-rights and women-led disarmament movements.
Her objective is to end gun culture and bring peace in her home state Manipur in particular and the Northeast in general. For her contributions in this field to Manipur and the Northeast she is known by the epithet The Face & Voice of North-East.
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What made you take up activism?
If we see injustice and wrong happening around us some people cannot keep quiet. Its as simple as that. People either pretend not to see or ignore it and life goes on. But some of us cannot pretend and are extremely mindful about the happenings. That is why I joined activism.
You have seen violence day in and day out, so how did you cope with it?
You know, the human mind is a very powerful; you face challenges time and again; but it's your mind that keeps you calm and alright.
What was the reason behind starting your NGO?
I grew up in Manipur, where 20,000 people are killed in the ongoing violence. We have 60 armed groups and one lakh Indian armed forces operating in my area. I have grown up seeing only guns and men with guns. I have always seen mothers surviving after the death of children, its painful. I have seen massacres and I have stopped my morning walks after seeing that. This trauma lives in you and two things can happen to you; either you get depressed or you fight back. So we fought back, which is peaceful and non-violent. This is why we set up this organisation in 2004. It has been 10 years now and the journey is still going on.
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We help the less fortunate people or the people who are grieving because of the loss of their dear ones. Believe me, they get strength when we counsel, or help them and by that, we also get the strength to continue.
Thats how our work got proliferated all across 300 villages in the North-East. We travel village after village and now we have a huge amount of work going on in Manipur and beyond. In all the seven Northeastern states we have set up five women support centres. In Tripura, Bangladesh border and in Myanmar border we set up one centre recently. We also started a centre in New Delhi. When a woman undergoes some kind of trauma there is not a single place where she can go for counseling. So we have set up these women support centres to tell women that here is a place for them and they can come here anytime.
Have you personally faced any violent incident?
Every person in Manipur has a family, who has suffered losses. My 14-year-old niece died in a bomb blast and interestingly she went for badminton practice early morning. Every one of us has stories and we have gone through some or other kind of pain.
What problems you faced when you started?
One becomes fearful if one has a personal agenda. For us, humanitarian work is our agenda. We do not take sides. Whether its a killing by military or extremists we do not take sides. After the killing, we take the survey of the family.
We see the parameters like Are they poor? Are they surviving? Are their children going to school after the loss of their family members? We look into giving an instant healing to people. As a result of this the Union government, earlier, thought that I was propagating insurgency propaganda. After many years I told them to open a file and check our mails because we have nothing to hide. In 2003 we started talking about violence. In 2011 we won CNN-IBN Real Heroes award.
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Our new book Where are our Women in Decision Making? showcases that our women are in the decision-making process. It was released recently and we have provided a blueprint on how India should have a national plan on women safety and security.
How supportive is your family about your work?
Its not easy leading a life as an activist. But my destiny is committed to where Im. My family members are constantly worried about me. Its very important to honour and respect each others work.
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"But the trouble is that conscious futility is something only for the young. One cannot go on "despairing of life" in to a ripe old age. One cannot go on being "decadent", since decadence means falling and one can only said to be falling if one is going to reach the bottom reasonably soon. Sooner or later one is obliged to adopt a positive attitude toward life and society."
This blog used to be the reactions of a reader of the conservative Catholic journal First Things to the many fine articles to be found therein. Now it's just another minor blog of staircase wit, from just another minor blogger who doesn't realize that blogging is dead. About the only notable thing about me is that I am a Christian conservative who loathes creationism in all its forms. Enjoy your visit.
Monday, December 20, 2010
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This was my first foray into 'fine' woodworking in many years (and I've only done a few 'fine' projects period). A friend of mine was looking for a nice oak coffee table with a lower shelf and asked me to build one.
After brainstorming design for many hours – including perusing this site for ideas, this is what I came up with. I didn't like the idea of four separate drawers because I felt it limited the space too much, so I decided to make pass through drawers – which ended up being a huge pain. It's nearly impossible to build a drawer that fits flush on both sides since you can't make any adjustment for one side that doesn't affect the other – it's also impossible when the wood isn't perfectly straight and square (which, of course, is nearly impossible to find
). The other issue with the pass through design is trying to get the drawers to stop in the right spot. I came up with the spring-loaded ball-bearing design thinking it to be the perfect solution. It wasn't – quite. I think if I had a few more bearings and/or large bearings catching on larger holes, the design would have worked much better. As it stands, the 'catch' is barely perceptible but, if you are careful, it does help align the drawers to middle.
I had a difficult time deciding between Hardware pulls and wood, but ended up going with wood because I like to make things from wood (duh) and I thought the final look was pretty good.
The finish is Minwax Golden Pecan stain topped with Minwax Semi-gloss Polyurethane. I normally finish things with tung oil, but as this was for someone else (and I wouldn't be taking care of it), I felt the added durability and longevity of Polyurethane made the most sense.
Top: 23.5"x50"
Height: 19.5"
Overhang: 1 11/16" – Slightly more than the look I was going for, but after a few issues cutting good shoulders for the tenons, this is what the final dimension came to be (I finished the top before completing the tenons).
Time to build: you don't want to know (and I'm not sure I want to think about it!).
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#1 posted 02-18-2011 11:39 PM
Excellent job, with lots of problems solved.
-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk
#2 posted 02-19-2011 01:44 AM
Nice grains.
#3 posted 02-19-2011 02:08 AM
Lovely table. Stain, wooden pulls and overall finish just perfect. Bet the ball drawer detents were a bear. Thanks for the idea!
-- Smitty
#4 posted 02-19-2011 04:34 PM
Beautiful, great job!!!
-- Jack, Albuquerque
#5 posted 02-20-2011 04:28 AM
Really nice job you matched the grain really well.
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Kendall Jenner feels 'forgotten'
Los Angeles, May 24 (IANS) Model Kendall Jenner feels "forgotten" by her sisters.
The 20-year-old has been busy working as a model and on Sunday's episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" she said that she feels like her sisters — Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner — have been spending time together without her, reports people.com.
After returning home from a shoot, she told her sisters: "It really annoys me when you come to the city and don't hangout with me. You forget about me… I don't want to be forgotten about because I have to work a lot."
Kendall's mother Kris Jenner backed her and asked them to reassure their sister.
Kris said: "I think it's really important that you girls give her extra love when she's back in town."


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Sometimes it's a TV review. Often it's about horses. Or something that caught my eye in the news. Whatever it is, it tends to combine a certain amount of wishful thinking that human beings should be nice enough to live in socialist harmony, with a deeply felt cynicism that the b*ggers don't deserve it. Recently I've gone freelance, which gives me more time to write. I aim to make my recent defence of dressage the first of many articles!
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Lucky me: Not only will I have Thanksgiving and the day after off from work, but Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well. I haven't had a break from work unrelated to unemployment in ages, so this will be a treat. If anything, I might blog more often during the hiatus. If I don't, blame Age Of Empires II--I will!
And of course, I'm waiting with baited breath for Age Of Empires III and Civilization 4 for Mac....
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Against the backdrop of delays in several of its major projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told DRDO to speed up and complete its programmes in time as the world will not wait for it.
Urging the country's only defence research agency to give more opportunities to the youth, the Prime Minister suggested that DRDO should take initiatives in projects which would help in easing the lives of the armed forces personnel.
"The time demands… The world will not wait for us. We have to run ahead of time. That is why whatever we do, we should try hard to do it before time. It should not be so that a project is conceived in 1992 and in 2014 (we say) it will take some more time. The world will go ahead," Modi said in his address to DRDO in its award function.
The Prime Minister said technology in defence sector was changing fast and even before we conceptualise a system, "products which are two steps ahead come in the market and we are left behind."
"That is why the challenge before India is that how do we complete work before time. If the world is coming up with some products in 2020, can we come in the field prepared with products in 2018," he said.
Modi said the, "DRDO has to decide whether it has to respond to the situation or it has to be proactive and set agenda for the world and we have to set agenda for the global committee… We can be the world leader by not following but by showing the way."
He said it was not that India lacked the talent pool but "I think there is this 'chalta hai' (lackadaisical) attitude".
Several DRDO projects such as the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Nag missile, Long-range Surface-to-Air missile project and the Airborne Early Warning and Control System projects have been delayed by many years and seen several cost overruns.
Drawing parallels between his government and the DRDO, the Prime Minister said, "People say that Modiji, we have lot of hopes and expectations from your government. People will have hopes from people who work as nobody would have hopes from people who don't do anything. I have hopes from DRDO because I know that DRDO has the capability to perform.


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"You do what?" was my response when my 11 year old daughter told me that she pulled her hair when she was stressed. "You mean, out?"
"Yes, Momma. When I'm stressed, I pull my hair out," was her response. I wish I could tell you that I gave her a hug and calmly told her that we would figure this out, but I didn't. My response went something like this,
"Stop doing that! That's not good for you, Allison. I'm glad that that bald spot is where it can be covered with a pony tail." I didn't intend to be insensitive or harsh. In that moment, I didn't know what to say much less how to process what she had just confessed to me.
Allison had always twirled her hair around her fingers. When she was about 2 years old, I decided to put her hair in two piggytails for the first time. As I gathered her hair on one side of her head, I noticed it was very thin. I leaned in closer and realized that she had very little hair there. How strange! I tried brushing the hair up on the other side of her head and noticed the same thing. Then it hit me: the balls of hair that I had seen on her bedroom floor and in our suburban had been hers! While twirling her hair, Allison had pulled out the majority on both sides of her head. Horrified, I immediately grabbed the scissors and cut her hair in a short boy's haircut. I was certain that if her hair was short enough, she couldn't twirl it or pull it out, right? I needed to stop this habit before it started! As her hair grew back in, she resumed twirling it, but I never noticed those bothersome bald spots or hairballs on the floors again.
I had totally forgotten about Allison pulling her hair out until that day she confessed to me a couple of months ago. I realized then that I had often seen her playing with her hair, but never processed it as something to be concerned about. Now, I remembered seeing her chewing on the bottom of her braids or holding a piece of hair between her fingers and chewing on it, but she always stopped when I pointed out what she was doing. I had even occasionally noticed a ball of hair on the floor when sweeping several times, but never connected it with Allison. I thought that that was normal with two daughters!
I knew I needed to do some research, but was reluctant to turn on my computer. I had no idea what to even call what she did! Guilt and panic threatened to overwhelm me. Why was my child doing this? How had I missed it? What if this was my fault? My fingers felt as if they had lead weights on them. I had had my own experience with stress and anxiety 10 years ago. What if this was related to my own experience with anxiety when I was pregnant with her? Overwhelmed by all the search results that came up, I decided to talk to our family doctor when I was there for one of the other kid's scheduled appointments the next day.
After hearing my story, the doctor told me that Allison most likely had anxiety and trichotillomania. Trichotillomania referred to Allison's compulsion to pull her hair out when she was stressed. I went home empowered. I wasn't a bad parent. I hadn't done this to her. Although heredity can certainly play a part in the development of anxiety and trichotillomania, it was only one factor of many. I left our family doctor's office armed with an appointment with a pediatrician for the following Monday and a prescription to stop worrying before I actually knew what was going on.
It is now several months later. We haven't found any answers yet, but I am definitely more knowledgeable. As we are working with our pediatrician, I am continuing to read and research online. I am also more aware of Allison's anxiety level. Prior to her confession about pulling her hair out, I hadn't realized that she had anxiety at all. Now, I can more clearly see her anxious episodes and help her through them. Anxiety and trichotillomania are much more common in children than I realized. And, having either one is certainly not a death sentence.


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Regarding the post - Extortionate Price of T3 ........
and the Petition
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I keep on reading here on HU folk who have had their T3 stopped; also how obvious it is from stories that all doctors are refusing to prescribe T3 to keep their costs down. I'm now needing a higher dose of T3 from the NHS (currently on 40mcg daily) but am too scared to ask so buy it from Greece despite being poverty struck.
The Petition is still live, not sure who started it, I can't find the details. I've got more friends to sign recently. We MUST NOT let this matter OR the petition get forgotten.
Please all - do what you can to support the Petition and it should then get debated by MPs.
Also thoughts please on deluging Jeremy Hunt (Health Sec. still) with letters about the price of T3 in the UK. Or more to Sarah Wollaston, MP and Chair of the Health Committee ?


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Friday, June 14, 2013
A Whole Bunch of Blocks....and a Tiny Finish
I missed blogging last week, so I should have a lot to show, right? Not so much! Summer has caught up to me and I haven't done as much sewing as I would've liked. I'm doing the Tula Pink City Sampler Quilt Along, so I have 9 blocks to show you. I'm sewing them in "Happy Go Lucky" by Bonnie & Camille along with coordinating Kona solids. So far I'm the only one in the quilt along who is using this fabric and I'm one of the few who is using a light/flowery fabric combination. A lot of participants are using Tula Pink fabric and her style couldn't be more different from mine! See for yourself here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/citysamplerquiltalong/ First up are blocks 1-3.
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Hey! Just wrapped up a Banned Book Series event with the oh-so-lovely Nicola Murphy at the beloved Aubergine Cafe is Sunnyside, Queens. It was a special evening, to say the least. I was fortunate to return to my favorite Queens neighborhood/former home while meeting the vibrant personas and talents of Anna Paratore, Katy Wright-Mead, and David Beck.
The event was recorded, so, hopefully I'll have some footage to share next month (if not sooner!). A photo below show the whole gang along with Aubergine's owner, Gary.
Still fighting a pretty gnarly cold but, planning to have a video up next week covering a tune : ). Thanks for checking in!


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I've been on vacation so I wasn't able to comment as I would have liked on the article from Salon.com, Lactate on Your Own Time Lady, in which Kate Harding details a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision confirming the Totes/Isotoner company's right to terminate an employee for taking breaks to pump breastmilk.
This is yet another example of mothers being caught between conficting beliefs and expectations with no way to win. First comes the expectation for mothers to sacrifice anything and everything to care for their child – breastfeeding being a prime example. Pediatricians now recommend at least 6 months to a year of breastfeeding to benefit the health of both baby and mother. And there are plenty of scare tactics out there to get us to do what is a very demanding task physically and time-wise. Yet here comes the Ohio Supreme Court on the other side to say, sorry, you can be fired for taking breaks to breastfeed. Thereby demonstrating the second conflicting , and outdated assumption – that jobs must be one-size-fits-all and workplaces have no interest or obligation to consider that most of the population – mothers, fathers, those caring for the elderly – need time in their lives for significant caregiving responsibilities.
Thanks to Mojo Mom Amy Tiemann for not only for her astute commentary on her blog but also for posting her letter to Totes/Isotoner and their reply.


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Licorice is a Powdered Mosaic female. She was out of pouch on 10/26/14. Licorice has normal colored eyes. Necco is a Ruby Leu and was out of pouch on 8/30/16. Necco does have red eyes. I am the breeder of both girls. This is a mother/daughter pair with a special bond.
This pair is being sold as pet only, without breeding rights.
COLOR: Powdered Mosaic & Ruby Leu
GENDER: Females
STATUS: Available
I do have an application process. If interested, please contact me for the application.
I can deliver as far as Phoenix, Flagstaff and Las Vegas for a gas fee. I can ship to legal states with the airlines. Please check with me for rates. Give your city and state please.
Don't ever let us be alone. Sugar gliders are colony animals and should never be kept by themselves. A lone glider can suffer from stress which can lead to depression, sickness and possible self mutilation. Often times, a lone glider will refuse to bond with a new owner until they get a buddy for them. We at My Little Sugar Glider do not believe that gliders should ever be alone. It is not our policy to sell just one sugar glider, unless you already have one at home in need of a like-aged companion.
I do have a policy regarding the selling of females at the pet only price. The girls can either stay together, or you may add a male to them, but you must show me proof of his neuter with a vet, no exceptions.
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Baby was due October 17. It is almost the end of October 25. We are 8 days late.
I. Am. Going. Insane.
I was so sure I was going to deliver at or about on time. I'd been holding out for the 23rd for some sentimental reasons, but we blew by that date. And I shouldn't be surprised. The midwives told me that statistically, I'd be at least a week late, but I was living in a magical fairyland where statistics don't apply to me?
We had our 41 week midwife visit on Thursday, where we put together an induction plan of action. Right now, it's mostly watchful waiting. Yesterday, I had chiro and acupuncture. I had acupuncture again today. I'm also walking up all the hills I can find (the dog is so happy) and doing some other stuff I don't particularly want to discuss on the Internet.
The good news is that I'm making progress, I think. Cramping is continuing and getting more intense. I don't think I've had any contractions, but then, no one can really explain to me what a cramp feels like and it's different for everyone. I'm generally exhausted and my reflux is terrible.
The midwives also tell me that, statistically, I'll have a baby by 10 days last due date. Which, great, but day 10 is also castor oil day. Can I tell you how much I don't want to deal with castor oil? Because it's a lot. And the interventions only get less comfortable after that.
I'm just frustrated. Insomnia is hitting me bad this week – either I can't get to sleep or I wake up and am up, even though I'd really rather sleep for a while longer. I can't nap. I don't have the brainpower to do schoolwork.
I would like my baby now, please.
I said please.


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Our little girl is 3 today...
Remember when...
We brought her home...
And she only weighed 4 lbs.
And she went to Kindergarten, and didn't learn much.
She sure makes us laugh though.
Tucker says Happy Birthday, too!
And we love her even more now that she weighs 30 lbs! Here she is very excited for her birthday this morning. OK, so she doesn't get excited about much at 6 am. She's like her Mama in that respect!
Happy Birthday Lucy!!!
(She gets to enjoy her treats and presents tonight. Puppy Bon Bons for her and Tucker, new toys, and Doggy beer since this would be her 21st birthday in people years!)


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1 pound small red bliss potatoes - peeled
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
3 colves garlic
juice and grated zest of 1/2 lemon
3 tablespoons olive oil
pinch crushed red chile flakes
grape seed or canola oil for frying
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 - 4 large eggs
1. boil potatoes in salted water with 1 sprig of the rosemary and 2 cloves of garlic until tender. drain potatoes and discard rosemary and garlic. place potatoes on a cutting board and use the side of a cleaver or the bottom of a pot to lightly crush them, keeping them as intact as possible.
2. strip leaves from remaining rosemary sprig and chop. mince remaining garlic clove. place in a dish with lemon juice and zest and whisk in olive oil and chile flakes. season with salt. heat oven to 200 degree.s line a small baking sheet with a couple of layers of paper towels.
3. heat grape seed oil on medium-high to a depth of 1/2-inch in a skillet large enough to hold potatoes in a single layer. when oil is hot, add smashed potatoes and fry, turning once, until golden brown and crusty. season with salt, transfer to baking sheet and place in the oven.
4. bring an inch or so of water to a simmer in a shallow 2-quart saucepan. add vinegar. break an egg into a teacup and slip the egg out of the cup and into the water. repeat with additional eggs. simmer until just set, about 3 minutes. divide potatoes between to warm plates, give the vinaigrette another whisking and drizzle about half of it over the potatoes. use a slotted spoon to life eggs from the water and place onto the potatoes. drizzle eggs with the rest of the vinaigrette and serve.
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OTTAWA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday declined to comment on the value of the Canadian dollar, which has fallen to 11-year lows against the U.S. dollar in recent sessions amid a drop in oil prices and global market volatility.
"The Canadian prime minister doesn't make any comments on the value of the Canadian currency. That's the responsibility of the Bank of Canada and I have full confidence in the monetary policy of the Bank of Canada," he told a televised news conference in Lancaster, Ontario. (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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Women and the Media
There 's no doubt that the media affects our culture and reflects our ideals , but is its influence strong enough to affect our behavior ? When it comes to portrayal of women , particularly of the physical ideal of women , the media can indeed contribute to – if not cause – negative and self-destructive behaviors
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about 5 feet , 4 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds . The average model , by contrast , is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 117 pounds .1 Despite the fact that these models represent only about 2 percent of the female population , women and girls still believe that they should be as thin as the women they see in advertisements and on television
In fact , not only are the women shown in ads and on television thin many are actually underweight . This means that this ideal ' that so many women believe they should live up to is not only unrealistic but also unhealthy . Even the media itself has recognized this through references to the lollipop ' phenomenon – where a woman is so thin that her head seems to be out of proportion and too large for her body Sadly , this image of the attractive woman is so ingrained that if we see an average-sized woman on television she appears fat ' in comparison
Affect on Young Women
Younger women in particular are at risk for unhealthy behaviors that might be , at least in part , caused by the body ideal they see in the media . In a survey conducted on a college campus , 80 of women claimed to be dissatisfied with their figures . 91 of the women surveyed had dieted to try to alter their figure and 25 admitted to suffering at some time from anorexia or bulimia . 2 Supporting the theory that the media is at least partially responsible for negative body image is a study done by Harvard Medical School in May of 1999 . The study documents the rise in eating diss among Fijian women , most of them 14 to 22 years old , from 1995 to 1998 . In 1995 , only 3 of the women reported having vomited to control their weight . By 1998 , the percentage of women reporting having vomited to lost weight had risen to 15 .2 What contributed to this increase in unhealthy behavior ? American television became available in Fiji in 1995 , bringing with it images of thin beautiful women and introducing the Fijian women to that unattainable ideal
Self-destructive behaviors such as bulimia or anorexia are not the only way young women are trying to change their bodies . Thanks to television shows like The Swan ' Dr . 90210 ' and other before and after type programs , plastic surgery has become more popular than ever . Between 2000 and 2004 the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported a 20 increase in teen cosmetic surgery .3… [banner_entry_footer]
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Namaste and a warm welcome to all.
As you can see my blog is about food and recipes. I love eating and trying out new recipes all the time.
Very often we mum's think of healthy and interesting food options that we can make for our kids especially when they are back from school knowing that their lunch boxes never come back home empty. Hence I always feel its important to give them a healthy and wholesome snack once they are home. When my kid comes home from school I always try and give him some source of carbohydrate combined with proteins along with this, a fruit and milk, or puddings made from milk. Kids normally can't eat too much at one time, so the portions can be small but giving them a little from each of these food group ensures a balanced meal.
I have some interesting ideas that I'd like to share with you all. You might find some of my recipes very basic but I am hoping that my blog is helpful not only for Indians but for people all around the world! Indian food is quite popular and enjoyed by most, so hopefully you can attempt recipes from here and make it yourself now, in your kitchen. Please do go through my recipes and give it a shot at trying them. Let me know how things turned out and if you enjoyed your experience of cooking.... Feel free to get in touch, share your experience, leave a comment or ask any questions you may have. Thank you for stopping by and taking a look! I do hope its helpful.
Happy cooking!
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Chana Masala
2 Cups Chana (chickpeas - wash well and soak overnight)
1 Big onion (finely chopped).
2-3 small green chillies.
1 tbspn grated ginger.
4-6 black peppercorns.
1 big bay leave.
1 tspn Jeera (cumin).
1 clove.
2-3 tbspn of tomato puree
2 tbspn oil.
1 small boiled potato.
Pinch of cinnamon.
Pinch of freshly crushed black pepper.
1/4 tspn Turmeric powder.
2 tspn roasted cumin powder (dry roast the cumin on a non stick pan till you get the cumin fragrance, do not burn or roast too much, cool and then grind to make a fine powder. You can store this in a bottle for future use).
1-2 tspn Chhole Masala (available in all Indian Stores).
1 tspn Garam Masala.
2 tspn dry mango powder.
1-2 tspn coriander powder.
Salt to taste.
Wash the chickpeas well and soak them overnight. Add salt and boil in enough water (so the chana are all submerged in water), till they become soft or pressure cook on a medium to high flame (around 4-6 whistles should be enough depending on how good the pressure cooker is) till they are soft.
I have used the pressure cooker. Switch off the gas after about 4-6 whistles. Do not open the lid immediately. Allow it to cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
Heat oil and add clove.
Add peppercorns and bay leave.
Add cumin and grated ginger.
Add finely chopped onions and green chillies.
Stir and cook the onions on a medium flame till they turn brown.
Add tomato puree and stir.
Add coriander powder.
Turmeric powder.
Dash of Cinnamon.
Garam Masala powder.
Dry mango powder.
Roasted cumin powder and stir well.
There are many spices used here hence if you feel the taste would be to overwhelming for you then reduce the quantity of each spice used and make it milder depending on your taste.
Now add the boiled chickpeas along with some water used for boiling them.
Stir and cook on a medium flame.
Add Chhole masala and stir well.
Chop the boiled potato in medium sized squares and add into the chickpeas.
Add little bit of freshly crushed black pepper and stir.
Chana Masala is ready. Serve hot with Roti/Paratha or Rice and sliced onions marinated in salt, lemon juice and few chopped green chillies.
Whenever I have left over chana in the fridge this is how I use it up the next day. What you will need is:
Bread slices.
Lemon juice.
Finely chopped green chillies.
Finely chopped onions.
Coriander and mint chutney (optional).
Haldiram's Bhujia or sev (this is made from gram flour and is available in all Indian stores).
Spread the chana on the bread as shown.
If the next day you feel the chana gravy has become thick add little water (to bring it to the consistency you like), warm it up and then spread evenly on the bread slice.
Add some finely chopped onions.
Squeeze some lemon juice on top.
Sprinkle few finely chopped green chillies.
Add finally add sev or bhujiya..
You can also add green coriander and mint chutney on top (or keep on the side), however this is optional. It tastes great either ways.
Chickpeas contain phytoestrogens which are weak plant versions of real oestrogen. There's evidence that these may modulate the body's own production of the hormone in a way that could lower the risk of breast cancer, protect against osteoporosis and minimise hot flushes in post-menopausal women.
Other ways you could consider using chickpeas are in salads, (they are particularly good with tuna and sweetcorn) or toasted as a snack (stir fry them in some olive oil until golden).


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Me: (Sighs) I'm hungry…
Ber: Are you going to eat before editing me?
Me: …Probably. I'd rather eat and then start editing than start editing get so hungry I can't concentrate, and then have to abandon you in the middle of it.
Ber: Hmmm…
Me: Don't be so depressed. I have a stupid dog that won't shut up. She wants in she wants out she wants in she wants out. She won't decide and all she does is whine. That's something to whine about.
Ber: Well. I suppose you have made progress.
Me: You're half done!
Ber: You took two days off to…crochet! For a cat!
Me: (Darkly). Don't be speaking ill of my cat.
Ber: He's fat.
Me: He is a Tom! They're supposed to be big!
Carna: You stopped editing me!
Me: Ah! Where'd you come from?
Carna: Your brain stupid!
Me: (Whines). I have to get him edited so I can publish him. I'm doing good with you.
Alaric: And what about me?
Me: Oh for pity's sake!
Alaric: You haven't written anything for me in weeks!
Me: You're harder ok! You're not a fairy tale, you're a mythological character with no story. I have to make you up 100%.
Carna: You made me up 100%.
Me: (Glaring). You're not helping.
Carna: Humph…
Ber: Go eat Mistress. Edit me, edit her, and write him.
Me: That's a long day…
Alaric: It's only 2:00 pm. You have plenty of day. Especially since you work in fives.
Me: (Nods, making a plan). Right. Five chapters of Ber, five chapters of Carna…a chapter for Demoncurse.
Alaric: A chapter?!
Me: Writing is way different than editing. We'll see. Maybe two.
Alaric: She doesn't work in fives, she works in evens.
Ber: She edits in fives.
Carna: If she doesn't get burned out. Go on. (She is shooing me away). Get to work lazy bones.
I go. Time to eat. And then editing. I just hope I can milk my juices enough to write too. The sad thing is…I'll probably edit some of Ber, and then take a nap…or play Guild Wars. My poor characters. No wonder they hate me…


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Photo of the day: an Escort RS Cosworth police car
Now here's a police car we wouldn't mind getting pulled over by
Stop what you're doing in the name of the law and look at that image above. Go on, soak up the sheer magnificence of it.
Yes, that really is a retro photo of a Ford Escort RS Cosworth in police livery with a police helicopter hovering in the background. Win, win and more win.
Now nothing gets us excited quite like an inappropriate car with blues 'n' twos, but this Cossie may take the biscuit. It was purchased by Humberside Police's Vehicle Crime Unit in 1992 as a development vehicle. Based on the standard model, the rozzas turned to Ford Motor Sport and Ford Special Vehicle Engineering with the aim of making the most sophisticated police car ever. Well, as sophisticated as the early Nineties would allow.
With 250bhp from a 2.0-litre 16-valve turbo, plus permanent four-wheel drive, it could hit 62mph in five seconds and chase naughty crims past 150mph. These were figures that were unheard of at the time. The fact it looks achingly cool thanks to its double whale tail spoiler is just a happy by-product.
Since then, the fast police car game has moved on quite a bit. Especially in the Middle East. So in case you've missed out, we've corralled together some of the world's finest fast police cars, so sit back and take a look through by clicking these blue words. Then tell us which one you'd like to be pulled over by below.
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Tod Seelie released a NYC photography book, 'Bright Nights'; Silent Barn hosting book party tonight before tour (dates)
NYC photographer Tod Seelie has been taking pictures of New York City since 1999 (including some for BrooklynVegan), and he's now compiled selections from his 14 years of photographing the city into a new book, Bright Nights. In a piece on the new book, Animal New York writes:
[Tod] has been shooting iconic New York — not your shiny postcard tourist New York, not your banal work-a-day New York. Seelie shoots sweaty basement DIY shows, firey tall-bike jousting Bike Kill, Swoon's Swimming Cities trash-art-rafts on the Hudson River, lawless block parties, artists, train-hoppers, anti-heroes — our heroes. He's kayaked to abandoned hospitals on New York's lesser known islands, crawled down subway tunnels and climbed bridges. Name a place. He knows how to get there. I've asked him, "How?"
"If you see an island and there's water in the way, get a boat," he says, smiling. "Figure it out."
For two months, Seelie sifted through 14 years of New York photographs, film rolls and negative stacks, mating deliberate diptychs for the book. "That's at my ex-girlfriend at my old apartment in Bed-Stuy in 2003… That's my friend Porkchop in Staten Island on the train tracks in mid-2000s. It was like a playground out there."
Why now? "I'm trying not be an art handler anymore. I have to start having a career," he says. "There're all these hacks doing boring photography. I'm doing something wrong."
The book is being celebrated with a party in Brooklyn at Silent Barn tonight (11/7), which includes sets from local rock bands The So So Glos, Unstoppable Death Machines, Ken South Rock, Amour Obscur, and Japanther, whose Ian Vanek contributed an essay to the book. Advance tickets to tonight's show are off-sale but there may still be tickets at the door..
Tonight's party is about a week and a half ahead of Tod's book tour, which includes dates in Asbury Park and Philly but no other NYC dates at the moment. All dates (many venues still TBA) are listed below…
Tod Seelie — 2013/2014 Tour Dates
Nov. 7th – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Japanther, The So So Glos, The Unstoppable Death Machines, Ken South Rock and Amour Obscur
Nov. 18th – Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery
Nov. 20th – Boston, MA @ ?
Nov. 21st – Providence, RI @ 186 Carpenter
Nov. 23rd – Montreal, CA @ ?
Nov. 24th – Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean
Nov. 25th – Syracuse, NY @ ?
Nov. 26th – Rochester, NY @ ?
Nov. 27th – Buffalo, NY @ ?
Nov. 30th – Toronto, CA @ ?
Dec. 7th – Miami, FL @ Select Art Fair during Art Basel
Dec. 12th – Philadelphia, PA @ Space 1026
Dec. 13th – Asbury Park, NY @ Parlor Gallery (subject to change)
Dec. 17th – Baltimore, MD @ Atomic Books
Dec. 18th – Richmond, VA @ ?
Dec. 20th – Asheville, NC @ ?
Dec. 21st – Atlanta, GA @ ?
Dec. 22nd – Gainesville, FL @ ?
April 24th – Vancouver, BC @ Hot Art Wet City


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There are a million Chalk Paint How to's on the interwebz, but I finally decided take a stab at it myself. I learn best by doing, so there was only so much I could read before I actually bit the bullet myself. My motivation? We have a few small furniture pieces we need on the 1st and 2nd floor, and I'm all about finding them on craigslist and refinishing. On Saturday night we stayed in, and I was completely determined to finish an old night stand that we are now using as a lamp stand on the 1st floor.
Now, Annie Sloan paint isn't cheap, it runs at $39 smackaroos a can - which is supposed to cover two large furniture pieces - and if you wanna cover it with wax, that is another $30 bucks a can. Overall, it gives furniture a great shabby chic look, so I think it's very much worth it. Especially when you compare it to buying NEW furniture. I mean geesh, we all know that can annihilate any bank account.
So, as I know very little about this paint - I called up my sis-in-law Sara, and she gave me the skinny. She's the expert chalk painter in the fam, and here is what I learned.First find it - Annie Sloan Paint isn't sold everywhere. Go to their website and find out who sells it. I bought my two cans at Michella's in Old Town Spring. What I liked about this place was the samples they had. Sounds weird, but keep reading.
Wax on / Wax off - Every chalk paint color can be fininished with clear wax, dark wax, or a combination of both. Or you can forgo wax all together - to really get the chalk look. Your waxing decision will make a big difference in the final look of your piece. These sample boards below really helped me decide:
Now for materials - I've got all the usual suspects below. But most importantly - the dish rag and water (not pictured here) are the most important. And as soon as you open up a can an door into your paint container - seal that sucker right back up immediately. Exposure to air changes the consistency - which you don't want to happen to unused paint.
Before we get started - here's my little night stand turned lamp table before - pretty ugly - I know. I liked this piece because it was small, and I figured would serve as good practice. I recommend everyone start out small, because even this small piece took me about eight hours (four on Saturday, 4 on Sunday).
Now, I've sanded this piece, which isn't always necessary with chalk paint. But since this piece was dark, and my paint was light - I knew it was required. I also think any piece looks better if sanded. Obviously it is up to you. I have also heard about liquid sand paper to save time, but I didn't have any and will try that on my next project.
Then I started painting. This was after the first coat. What's most important is I dipped my brush in water occasionally, then wiped off excess on the rag to help the paint go further. Some people dilute the paint outright, but I heard this brush in the water trick is easier from Sara.
Here is the rag and water bucket toward the end of the project
On Sunday I was finally finished. I'd say I put three coats everywhere. Places that weren't sanded well probably had four coats. Excuse my old, ugly hardware.
I plan to get something new in the future.
|this color is Arles - and has no wax finish
And that was my first go at chalk-paint furniture painting! I wish I was looking forward to repainting the six chairs in my dinning room.
But I am not. (So much left to do in this room!!)
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Hyderabadi's emotional bond with Telangana డిసెంబర్ 9, 2009Posted by Telangana Utsav in 1969, agitation, Culture, Identity, Mulki, politics, Telangana.
Nobody is apolitical in Hyderabad on 'T'
Roli Srivastava & Sudipta Sengupta, TNN 9 December 2009, 02:36am IST
HYDERABAD: Builders can be ruthless businessmen but over the last 10 days a few things have changed in Hyderabad. A big builder, known for luxurious villas he has built on the city outskirts, says the Telangana agitation brewing in the city could dent his business but he still wants a separate state. "It is my homeland and I have seen it underdeveloped for years," he asserts.
Many like him are watching every development in this 'T' story, monitoring (on news portals) every fluctuation in TRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao's temperature. Discussions at home and workplaces centre on whether Telangana would be a reality or not. They could be for or against a separate state, but the issue of Telangana has stirred up emotions of the otherwise indifferent Hyderabadi. This even as NRIs hailing from Telangana, are raising funds for agitating students and families of those who have lost their lives in protests.
Clearly, there are not many 'apolitical' Hyderabadis today with each having a strong reason, most often a personal one, to connect to this issue. People could still be having lunch in a Andhra joint but now people are asking which side of the fence they are on, say denizens. "Any movement like this makes every community member respond," says B Prakash Rao, who hails from Nalagonda, a Telangana district. Small wonder then that Orkut has over a dozen Telangana communities with huge memberships.
M Bharath Bhushan, who recently co-authored a book on Telangana, says most people who are supporting a separate Telangana are neither supporters of KCR or his party but feel strongly for a separate state.
Many Hyderabadis say they sympathise with the issue even if they do not want a separate state. A CEO of a city-based firm who did not wish to be identified said that his area (Telangana) was indeed sidelined all these years with most development activities concentrated in the Andhra region. "I do not want a separate state because it would not solve the problem. But I strongly relate to the sentiment," he says.
Neeta Reddy says she plugs into politics only to understand what's happening but not so when it comes to the 'T' agitation. A senior manager in a multinational, she hails from Mahbubnagar, one of the most backward districts of Andhra Pradesh that falls in Telangana region. Intently watching the developments on various websites, she says she does not support a separate state, as she has seen people from Andhra region toil on the land in Mahbubnagar that local farmers felt was too dry for cultivation
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