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STOP shopping: If you are jostling for space in your wardrobe, this is the first thing to do. I have stopped buying sarees for a few years now since that's something I don't use often. I haven't bought T shirts in some time now. I have enough to go around. No matter how tempted, I wont buy anything full sleeeves because it doesnt work in the humid weather of Mumbai. And I still have more clothes than I need. If you dig deeper, you will find that you have enough clothes for all times - office, home, weekend wear etc
Put away stuff you 'might' wear: I can't explain the huge difference just doing this made to my wardrobe. There were impulse buys I kept hoping I'll wear. And leaving them in the wardrobe somehow felt I didnt waste money on them. But it makes no sense to let them occupy that space if I was never going to wear them. Accept it. and take them out. From sarees that were gifted to expensive anarkalis that didnt fit anymore, I found a way to get rid of them one way or the other. The latest ones to go out are palazzo pants. (I know they are so comfortable but I have never been happy in the flared ones. so except for a couple of straight cuts, the rest are out) Things that are worn out definitely make their way to the orphanage.
Tackle it section wise. This is common advice. But I say chop it further into sub sections. Clothes mean night wear, gym wear, party wear, office wear etc. This just makes it easy to quickly to look through the sub section and be done with it. With little things like make up and jewellery, start putting them away as you come across something you are no longer using.
Utility not sentimentality: I understand the emotions behind keeping your wedding dress and the first pair of shoes your little one wore. But if you insist on hoarding the shade card from the first time you got your house re-painted, you are going a bit too far. Take away menus you might need come under this category. Everything is available online. For most stuff, if you haven't used in the last 5 years - heck! make it 2 years- it's time to get rid of it.
While I was reading online on the topic, I came across this question:
Are there any specific techniques that have worked for you? I am always looking for new ideas to try. Shoot! Looking forward! :)
This post is the penultimate post for #NaBloPoMo which stands for National Blog Posting Month hosted by BlogHer every year.


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Subject: The Stair-Master (Open)
Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:21 pm
Ugh. This was such an inconvenience. Walking up all these stairs just to send a letter home. Reyna had made sure to express that and exactly how she felt about it in the letter she had quilled to her parents. At least now they only required weekly letters and not the everyday letters that it once was. The blonde had been quick to point out that there wasn't much to report to warrant her sending a letter every day, and that it was a waste of time that could otherwise be spent on actual studies. It had worked like a charm, so now the Slytherin found herself only needs don't to climb the thousand stone steps to the owlry once a week.
But even once a week was annoying enough to have her irritated as she forced herself the rest of the way up the stairs. Her letter wasn't very long. Just the normal things like requesting something she had forgotten or wanted be sent to her immediately and updates on where she was in classes. There wasn't much else to say, other than that she missed home. Which she did. Reyna dearly enjoyed being treated like the royalty she was, and at Hogwarts there were far too many she considered peasants or less for her to be properly happy at school. Something that ought to be a crime, in her opinion.
The Slytherin witch finally found her footing on the top landing, panting a bit from the long haul up the steps it had taken to get there in the first place.
"Whoever decided to put the owlry way up here deserves to die a horrible and painful death. It was probably Gryffindor. Seems like an idiot's decision.."
The blonde remarked in her irritation as she headed into the bird sanctuary. She had her eyes looking up into the rafters to try spotting her owl, Seraphene, and because of this, the teen ended up knocking into the obvious body of another human being. Well, they had knocked into her, obviously. Because Reyna had more grace than to ever have walked into someone else.
"Excuse you! Do watch where you are going!"
She spoke with haughty words, the hand that wasn't clutching her letter now patting the invisible dirt from the brief contact with the other person off her clothes.
"I do not need you ruining my clothes with your filthy self."
Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Tue May 13, 2014 12:32 pm
Sometimes Sami found herself growing quite lonely in the large stone castle, despite how full of students and teachers it was. She just felt so disconnected with the other kids, and she didn't want to talk to any prodding professors. Last year with the stupid accusations of her 'self-harm' was bad enough. No, the Ravenclaw much preferred to simply keep to herself. Even as young as fourteen, she knew she was just too strange for a lot of people to accept or even try to understand, so she shut herself away from them all.
Her feelings of loneliness had led Sami to the owlery, where she had sat for over an hour with only the birds and some mice for company. She was considering writing home to ask for a pet of her own, since Aiden and Axel would be leaving at the end of this year. The little rat scurried out of her sleeve and onto her sweatpants, squeaking and sniffing at the tinier mouse that sat upon her knee.
Observing the two creatures with a smile, Sami had scratched Axel under his chin before finally pulling herself to her feet, leaving the mouse to scurry for his hole before an owl might decide it was hungry. Sami pulled the sleeves of her long sleeve tee down over her hands, the rat having crawled up to perch on her shoulder rather happily.
The Ravenclaw let out a soft sigh and bid the other animals goodbye, feeling like she was leaving the only potential friends she had in the castle, as she could actually interact with them without any fear. The girl was still looking back longingly at the owls in the rafters when she bumped rather roughly into another person, her hands still bare from touching the animals. It was foolish, really, to leave without her gloves in place, but Sami hadn't thought she'd run into anyone, especially not literally!
Her hand brushed against the other girl's skin, and the Ravenclaw gasped, staggering to the wall and holding on as she fell to her knees, vision overcome by an onslaught of deep crimson blood. So much blood. Everywhere she looked, it was just
. Oozing, pooling, and never going away. It was only a small vision, but it had her panting and she couldn't help but violently retch all over the floor before herself, some strands of her blonde hair getting caught in the sick that would not stay inside any longer.
"Oh, gods… please tell me I didn't get anything on you…"
Sami spoke in a soft, defeated voice. She was worried the 'filth' the older girl complained of was the sick that now splattered over the owlery floor, and she'd never been so embarrassed. It was just… oh gods. So much blood. Sami hated blood.
"I'm sorry I… well, I was just… I mean,"
Then she narrowed her eyes on the older girl, feeling a bit more irritated. She shouldn't be apologizing. She went through hell, probably much more than this chick had, and why? Because the girl didn't watch where she was going?
watching where you were going?"
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Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Wed May 28, 2014 9:41 pm
Reyna's lips curled in disdain, even as her blue eyes filled with contempt as they narrowed, watching the clearly younger girl stumble over to the wall to grasp it, only to fall to her knees and be sick all over the place. The Slytherin might have been somewhat concerned, if she hadn't been offended by the fact that the entire scenario seemed to have been from the simple collision the two had had.
The blonde didn't bother in trying to keep from scrunching her nose in disgust as the other's hair got some of the sick-mess all over it.
"Ugh. That is entirely disgusting."
The Slytherin remarked primly, turning her nose up as she pulled her wand with the jewel-encrusted handle to vanish the mess non-verbally with a simple flick of her wand. The blonde clearly had no intent of being in the same vicinity as something so revolting. Even if it was on the already filthy floor.
Truthfully, the owlry was one place at Hogwarts the seventh year hated to visit, and she always made a point to spend as little time there as possible. The teen did not enjoy the smell of the place, for one. For another, the ground was laden with the skeletons and bones of the unknowing prey the owls swooped down on to use as meals. Furthermore, the place was covered in owl droppings. All in all, it was certainly one place she had no intention of being in for longer than it took to tie the letter to her owl's leg and send Serephene off on her weekly journey.
Even her owl seemed to find the place repulsive, as she could ten be found with her beak in the air much like her owner stuck her nose in the air when it came to things and people she deemed beneath her. Reyna often took the time to apologize to the magnificent dark bird for having to reside in such a place. The room dedicated for owls at home were much cleaner and infinitely more satisfactory. Truthfully, her owl probably lived better at home than a lot of actual humans did at times.
"No, you did not, and you are lucky you didn't. This outfit was made in Paris. You would most certainly would have ruined it with your vomit. Now keep your distance. I do not care for you getting sick again anywhere near me. Perhaps you should visit the Hospital Wing of you are filling ill, or not spend so much time in here. This place would make anyone vomit with it's foul smell."
The blonde replied almost matter-of-factly, holding her arm out in signal for Serephene, her own blue eyes narrowing in response at the audacity of the younger girl, who she looked at like an insect that ought to be squashed.
"Excuse me? I do hope, for your sake of course, that you are not insinuating that this is at all
fault, as I do not blunder around in a mess of owl droppings, unlike some people apparently do."
Her tone was scornful, her gaze full of contempt as she looked down upon the girl before turning her nose up at the younger witch again in favor of giving her regal owl, which had soared down from the rafters to land on her outstretched arm, her full attention. Oddly enough, Reyna seemed to immediately soften as her eyes fell onto her familiar, reaching up with her free hand to stroke the soft feathers of the bird gently.
"Hello Serephene."
She murmured softly to the bird, lips curving up into a smile.
Her current demeanor changed drastically in the moments between her attention turning from the younger girl to the owl on her arm, and Reyna was unintentionally showing a side of herself no one else had ever gotten a glimpse of as she showered her pet with attention and clear affection. The simple interaction seemed to have changed her mood considerably, as she spoke again in a clear tone, though this time it held no venom.
"You really should see Madame Pomfrey if you are feeling ill."
The Slytherin female added aloud, not looking from her owl while she did.
Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:51 pm
The girl was so rude! Sami couldn't believe how cruel the blonde was even as she still panted a bit from the images that swirled through her brain. It was horrible, truly, and the girl didn't even seem concerned about her well-being. In fact, the girl was insulting her simply for spending time in the tower with the owls and mice. There was no reason for the rudeness, and Sami was getting rather… mad.
She'd been about to tell the girl off when she noticed the way the Slytherin and her owl interacted. It was actually… sweet. Strange, but sweet all the same, and she was stunned by the behavior. How could someone so harsh, so mean, be so kind? Perhaps it was something like how Sami herself got along with creatures more than other humans. They understood. They loved her. They wouldn't show her things she couldn't handle, things she'd never understand. They were the things she could never change, those things humans showed her. It bothered Sami. Made her feel inadequate that there was nothing she could do.
All she ever wanted to do was save them all.
"Your owl really loves you,"
she said softly, feeling a bit foolish for having thrown up and for being so underdressed in comparison to the rather stunning, if petty, girl.
"Sometimes they're so much easier to relate to, aren't they? So much easier to trust…"
She tucked her hair behind her ear as she approached the girl and the owl, ever observing the interaction with wide, interested eyes.
Sami wrapped her arms about herself and stood with most of her weight on her right leg, left foot moving slightly to scratch the dirty floor.
"I'm sorry I was sick. I just… well, sometimes when I um… touch people… I get a bit overwhelmed. It's hard to explain in any way that wouldn't make me sound completely off my rocker."
She sighed, looking down as she let a hand wander to her pocket and tug out the thick leather gloves that we her biggest burden and her best friend.
"It's nothing the nurse can help though, unfortunately. Just something that will haunt my nightmares for a while…"
Her gloves were soon in place, looking sad and alone.
"Yeah, being sick is the least of my worries though. If that doesn't creep you out enough, I just have to go and see how you're gonna die. Like that's completely normal."
Sami felt a tear roll slowly down her cheek, but didn't bother to wipe at it. She was sure the other blonde would just run off soon. Send her owl with the letter and be on her way, away from the girl who should have been sent to the looney bin ages ago. That was how it always seemed to work. Nobody ever stuck around when Sami Henson was honest with them.
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Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:43 pm
Reyna, unable to fight the action, rolled her eyes at the younger girl's words. Though her lips continued to keep their curve into a gentle smile as she stroked the soft bird feathers of the owl who looked every bit as arrogant as it's master, and who also seemed to preen under the attention it was getting, also much like it's master.
"Of course she loves me. What isn't to love?"
The teen questioned back with that haughty tone of hers that was simply what she was born with, clearly suggesting that every bit of he pristine self was to be admired and cherished.
Glancing around, the blonde found that they were quite alone, save for the owls of course, and supposed it couldn't hurt to be a little less..uptight, as usual. After all, people did think the younger year was crazy, so even if she did to around saying she had a somewhat decent conversation with Reyna, who would believe her?
"Yes, well, people are not the most trustworthy of creatures. Especially not where I come from. And owls do not speak, therefore they do not spill secrets that should be kept as such."
She replied back briskly, though her tone was a good deal less high and mighty, even if the ever present arrogant lilt was there. Nodding in acceptance of the apology the other blonde gave her, Reyna was prepared to move on to send her owl off with her letter. But one look at the younger witch had her pausing in that notion as she caught the forlorn appearance of the girl as she pulled her gloves on. Gloves weren't in season yet. No wonder people thought the girl was crazy. The ones she was wearing weren't even in style!
The poor lowly creature. She was in dire need of fashion assistance. Perhaps hair assistance too. She was quite pretty, Reyna supposed, but no where near her own beauty. But who was? Certainly none of the other pureblood females in the castle, even if their horrid manners and distasteful actions didn't already place them all beneath her, their looks certainly did. All in all, there was hardly a match for the teen in both pride and beauty as far as competition went. And the muggleborns and halfbloods weren't even close to being on the same field as she was, even if they had both. Their blood worked against them in that manner.
Reyna wasn't about to play big sister though. She had never wanted one and was glad her parents had stopped at her. She quite enjoyed being the princess of the family, and if she had a younger sister she wouldn't be. The blonde was likely to never want daughters either, as she wanted to be the only princess her husband attended to. She was selfish like that, and had no trouble admitting it. But then the girl was rambling on and starting to cry, and she had no clue what to do about it.
"Do not
. It is highly unbecoming in front of others. And what is this nonsense about seeing me die? I am perfectly alive and will remain so for a very long time, of that I have no doubt."
Her tone was matter-of-factly as she responded, sniffing arrogantly once more. But the saddened look of the girl pulled the strings of the heart that so many assumed was like a block of ice, and so Reyna did the only thing she considered worth doing, and what was likely the one nice thing she had ever done for another person. She attempted to console the younger girl and make her feel a bit better.
"This is the magical world. Nothing is normal here. Now hold out your arm so that you may hold Serephene. She adores being adored."
Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:57 pm
The other blonde was utterly ridiculous- clueless, really. Sami didn't even know what to say to her. She actually laughed when the girl seemed all concerned about the impression Sami's crying might give other people. Like she cared what impressions she was making! Nobody thought she was sane anyway. The way she wandered around looking terrified and wearing those thick gloves meant that most people thought she was some kind of murderer in training.
"It's sweet of you to think that I need to worry about the impressions I make..."
she muttered, holding out her arm for the owl and blushing a bit at the simple fact that this obviously rich, obviously well above her girl was letting her bond with the animal that knew her heart. It was a special bond a person made with their pet, and it was wonderful to be allowed to experience a bit of that.
Sami ran her fingers softly over the bird's feathers, smiling at the way it preened. Clearly it loved to be adored just as the other blonde had said. She looked at the girl again with a sadness in her wide eyes.
"You are alive right now, yes. That much I can see. But... Well, I've not told many people about this but since I rambled and I have something to explain now I... I'm going to tell you a secret."
The Ravenclaw leaned against the nearby wall, still stroking the owl even as it seemed to grow a bit uneasy. It was as if the animal could feel her fear and reluctance to share what she had seen. Taking a deep breath, Sami looked into the blonde's eyes and said in all seriousness,
"You are going to die one day, and I know how."
It was a creepy thing to say to someone, especially when you didn't even know her name, so Sami usually refrained from saying such things, but she just couldn't help it. She shook her head and sighed, letting the bird fly back toward the other girl as she slid down the wall toward the floor yet again.
"I don't even know who you are or what you might dream of doing, but I know you'll face a lot of blood loss. I couldn't see your face, so I don't know how old you'll be, but I know they won't be able to staunch it. You're going to die. From loosing too much blood. And there's nothing you or I can do to stop it."
She looked at the girl with so much sadness, another tear slipping from a wide eye.
"I'm so sorry."
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Subject: Re: The Stair-Master (Open)
Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:31 pm
Reyna looked to be somewhere between preening at being referred to as
, which was a sort of compliment in her mind, and the blonde thrived off of compliments to her person, and disbelieving that the other, younger girl, didn't seem to think she needed to care about impressions.
had to worry about the impressions they made. Of course, Reyna was a bit hypocritical in that sense, as she never seemed to care if she came off arrogant or stuck up. But then again, the teen
often and usually arrogant and stuck up, and mostly to let others know where they fell in the ultimate structure of the world they lived in. Which was beneath her of course.
Either way though, the Slytherin had mostly just been trying to get the other blonde to stop her ridiculous crying, and the idea seemed to have worked. It was a good thing too, otherwise she would have had to resort to something else. Like slapping the girl out of it or something. Reyna's mother had done that to her a time or two when she had thrown a crying fit and forewent all propriety. Needless to say, the action had shocked her enough to have her stop her blubbering and tantrum immediately, and the sting to her cheek was nothing like the sting of her own shame at acting with such little dignity, and her mother's scornful look and words thereafter.
Such thoughts had her regaining her usually regal composure, and smoothing down her impeccable and expensive clothes with a haughty manner after transferring her owl to the other girl.
"If that is what you think, it is no wonder you have no friends and that everyone thinks you are insane."
She advised, still matter-of-factly, and there was still that arrogant coloring to it as she sniffed primly, looking almost scornfully at the younger blonde. It was quite clear the older teen took no prisoners when she spoke to others.
"As it is though, I do not care either way. I was more concerned with you ruining my beautiful ensemble with your blubbering."
Her blonde head lifted just that much higher, her nose arrogantly in the air as she stuck it up at the girl, looking completely indifferent. There could be no question as to whether she cared one wink if the other was crying, or why. Even if she
allow her to handle her familiar. That's what Reyna told herself anyways. Besides, why should she care about the girl crying? It was a disgusting exhibit, really. It made the teen scrunch her nose in distaste.
Of course, the idea of being told a secret was rather interesting to the seventh year, though she hardly showed it. One would never guess she was at all interested in anything the younger girl had to say, to be honest, if judging by the indifferent look on her face, one eyebrow quirking up, as if to say she doubted the other blonde had anything to hide that was worth her time to listen to. Only the slight and subtle widening of her blue eyes when the girl finally got on with it would have told someone who knew her well enough to spot the imperceptible action that she was, indeed, interested.
Her first reaction was clearly surprise, and shock, which she hid well. Her second reaction was to scrunch her nose again, the idea of being covered in blood, even if it was her own pure blood, utterly repulsive to her. The idea that someone could possibly see how it was she would actually die was both intriguing in some masochistic way and frightening, to say the least. Of course, emphasis on
. Because the younger girl hadn't said much to convince Reyna at all to take her seriously, even if she was playing the part of saddened quite well.
"I do not believe you. Not only would I never be doing or be involved with anything that would have me losing any amount of blood, much less enough to kill me, but you sound enough like Trelawney for me to conclude that this is an utter hoax. Even if you do play the part well. And I do not appreciate the joke at my expense. To play such tricks is deplorable."
Reyna gave the girl a disapproving glare for her trouble, her tone derisive as she finally tied her letter to her owl's leg, taking the time to pull a treat for the precious bird of hers from her pocket, and now all but ignoring the young blonde who was propped up against the wall. Reyna would not allow the younger girl to make a fool and mockery of her, even if the other's ominous words had a shiver coursing down her spine.
She couldn't possibly be telling the truth. She just couldn't. There was simply no way.
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Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:09 am
Of course the girl would react badly. It was only natural that someone would react in such a way when told they were going to die after all. Especially when told they would die in a rather gruesome way. Sami should have been used to those types of reactions, but she wasn't. Somehow she always expected people to believe her, and when they didn't, she was a little crushed.
She was especially upset in this case, as the other blonde had gone from actually being rather nice to being a completely demeaning beast of a woman. The way she spoke to Sami, telling her that she was to blame for her own lack of friends... it stung. It was all her insecurities and all her inner thoughts and fears coming right back to slap her in the face. Merlin, did it hurt.
She gaped at the older girl, feeling so... angry. How dare this spoiled blonde bimbo tell her what she knew or didn't know or what was real or not! How
she accuse Sami of playing horrible tricks on her!
"You shut your rotten little mouth!"
she screamed, hands now free of the owl so that she was able to reach out without thinking and slap the girl hard across the face. As her hand hit the Slytherin's cheek, Sami was overcome by images of blood and the sound of screaming in her ears, which might have been any combination of the scene in her head, herself, or the girl who was no doubt feeling pain at the moment.
This time was much like the last- quick and bloody and inconclusive. They might have been in a medical institution, but Sami couldn't tell for sure, and at this point she didn't really care.
"I would
lie or joke about this. Do you think I find it
to see people dying every time I dare to touch them? Do you think I
knowing my brother won't live to see his children grow up, should he have any? That he will leave me all alone and there is nothing I can bloody do about it?!"
She was in tears again. Sami didn't care. She hated her 'gift' with all her heart and soul, and this girl had the nerve to accuse her of making it all up.
"Maybe you don't have a heart, but I do, and I hate seeing the shit I see. I absolutely cannot stand knowing that people are doomed and having no way of saving them. I've been through hell, so don't you
judge me."
Sami gave the girl a hard look, never breaking eye contact.
"And you
die in a horrible way. There's no denying the bloody scene that I've seen twice now. Believe me or don't, I don't care. But it
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Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:29 pm
The younger girl's shriek had Reyna's ears ringing and scared her owl, who hooted in outrage and flew back up to the rafters. The blonde had just turned her narrowed blue eyes back to the other witch when a loud smacking sound reached her ears at the same time a hot, painful stinging erupted across one side of her face. The little ingrate had just slapped her!
Shock was what she felt at first. Then the outrage came, flooding her mind and sparking in her eyes that arose slowly to meet the younger girl's gaze, a hateful look in them. And to think she had been relatively nice to the horrid child!
you lay so much as one of your filthy, disgusting hands on me you cretin!"
Oh, she was so angry!
Did no one in this school understand how to act with dignity and grace? Putting your hands on someone was not an act of grace! It was only years of training in acting as such that kept Reyna from wrapping her hands around the younger girl's throat and squeezing. The idea was most satisfying, to say the least, but she was above such crude behavior, and she would not
herself to the standards of the filth before her.
The blonde pulled herself to her full height, ignoring the stinging of her cheek and pinning the other witch with a look so cold it was entirely possible it could've frozen the younger witch through.
"I do not care about you, your brother, or anything to do with the waste of space you undoubtedly are. The fact that you sit here feeling sorry for yourself and whining about how unfair your life is, is pathetic and disgusting."
Reyna's tone was harsh, her words coated in venom and yet she was hardly done. In fact, she had only just begun.
"I hate to rid you of your delusions, but if you do not want to be judged, then I would suggest not doing things to be judged on. It is no wonder you are doomed to see the deaths of others and suffer from it. If anyone deserves such a punishment it is the vile little cretin you, and if you think I am cold hearted now, you have seen nothing. Whatever small amount of humiliation you've deluded yourself into thinking I have suffered at your hands, you will suffer one hundred times as much at mine."
It was an ominous end to the interaction that had started out without much issue. The blonde' swords were promising, and her tone cruel. Reyna was not known for being forgiving, and neither was she the kind of girl to brawl physically like some filthy muggle. But she was vengeful, and she would not let the act of physical altercation against her from the younger year to unpunished. Letter all but forgotten, the older witch smiled at the other as she turned and headed back out, thinking that if the girl felt lonely now, she had no idea she was about to be when she became the social leper Reyna was going to make of her.
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Vancouver, BC – April 18th, 2017 – Joseph Cooke, the President of Web Presence In China discusses the Chinese market opportunities for the Canadian businesses with BIV (Business In Vancouver) on Roundhouse Radio. Cooke talks about the main challenges that businesses face when expanding to China's market.
Cooke shares the challenges of the Great Firewall of China and differences between the Global and the Chinese internet. He also breaks down the initial steps to take when entering the Chinese market. "In order to have an effective web presence in China, there are two key aspects to follow. Businesses need to get a .cn domain for a website as well as host a website inside of China with a valid ICP (Internet Content Provider) license. The following steps will allow websites to be seen by local Chinese search engines and have fast loading speed online" added Cooke.
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What's new, let's see... I just got back from Thailand last week! What a great trip, it was kinda a 30th birthday present to myself (11 months after the fact). But hey I'm still 30 so it still counts. I've always wanted to take a warm winter vacation so that's exactly what I did.
I flew to Bangkok via Moscow, yes is Russia, and no there was no issue. Actually, I thought Aeroflot was really a decent airline, it was much better than any US airline, that's for sure although US airlines are not hard to beat. Sure there were direct flights from Amsterdam but going via Moscow was cheaper and I thought it would be a bit of an adventure. Not that I really got to see the country or anything but I did have a Russia beer and some kind of cheese bread pocket thing at the airport. The Russian travel videos that they had on the plane also kinda make me want to go to St. Petersburg. Maybe next year.
Bangkok was amazing! Wow, so much going on, so warm, delicious food, genuinely kind people, and so much more. The city was always bustling with people and no matter where in the city you were you could always smell many many different kinds of street food... delicious. I ate on the street or at local "restaurants" and I use that term loosely, most of the time. I think I may have eaten at an inside place with a proper menu maybe twice during my whole trip, but that was the whole point, experience Thailand for what it really is, not the Disneyland Europeanized version of it for all the white folks.
I took a food tour that brought us though local neighborhoods where we went to 5 different restaurants and tasted 10 different foods, not to mention the stuff that we could not resist buying along the street as we were walking from place to place. New favorite things mango sticky rice and spicy papaya salad. There just happened to be a food blogger on my tour and you can ready about the whole experience with pictures here.
I explored much of the city and then before I new it, it was time to hop a plane to Phuket for some time at the beach. I stayed in an area called Pantong Beach and as expected it was quite touristy. Luckily not everywhere though, it was still quite easy to find local food places and markets. The beach was great and the water incredibly warm, maybe the warmest I've ever been in. On my last night there, I actually watched the sun set while I was in the water. The colors were amazing and it was still oh so warm, try doing that in the North Sea without freezing to death.
Also I got a lot of massages there. You could get 1 hour for less than €10. Pretty amazing. As a matter of fact, everything was amazingly cheap, meals would cost me only about €2 - €3. On my last day I was trying to spend money on whatever I could just to get rid of it.
Lastly, after getting back I had a huge fever and headache on Saturday. Didn't thing too much about it especially since it was pretty much gone on Sunday. But then Monday it was back in full force and I had to leave work after only being there an hour. Later I did have some mild itching and joint discomfort (I would not say pain though). Judging by the fact that I did get bitten my a mosquito in Phuket, I'm pretty sure I got Dengue Fever! Not 100% sure though since the second stage was so mild. Woo hoo, my first tropical disease! ha. The good news is if I did in fact have Dengue fever, I will be immune from it for the rest of my life, the bad news? There are 4 different kinds and I can still get the other 3 and being that I already had one (maybe...) then the second time I get it could be much worse. Was it worth it? Yes for sure! Will this stop me from going to the tropics again? No way!
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Collective barganing is the negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment. Listed below are both the classified and certificated collective barganing agreements for Jurupa Unified School District.
Negotiations Update
The link below outlines the status of negotiations between CSEA-Jurupa and the District.
JUSD-CSEA Joint Communication 2018-2019
The following link contains the Classified Bargaining Agreement between the Jurupa Unified School District and the California School Employees Association, Chapter #392.
CSEA Contract 07-01-2017 through 06-30-2020
Classified Salary Schedule 2018-2019
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2016-17 Tentative Agreement.pdf
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Today is the 1st of August and in Switzerland, this is a special day. Today, we celebrate our national holiday! Correspondingly, I have created a wonderfully summery and fruity Dessert: Profiteroles in the shape of a Swiss Cross. (Or something like a double éclair, if you like. 😉 )They're filled with a wonderfully light lime mousse and fresh raspberries, strawberries, redcurrants and peach. A soft little summer dream…and absolutely delicious! They lightness and the wonderful colours match perfectly the lovely flowers that can currently be seen in my garden…By the way: If you're not Swiss or this Comes to late to bake today you can also make "normal" profiteroles or éclairs with this recipe. I had a bit of dough left over and so I've also made a few small profiteroles. Aren't they cute?Liebi Grüess und en schöne 1. Auguscht,
Summery Swiss Cross Profiteroles for the 1st of August
yield: about 8 filled crosses
preparation time: 1h 15 min
total time: 1h 45 min
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- Preheat the oven (or, if possible two ovens) to 190°C.
- Put milk, water, butter, salt and sugar in a medium pot and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat.
- Add all the (sieved) flour at a time and stir 1-2 minutes until a soft dumpling forms which doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot anymore
- Take the pot away from the stove and let it rest shortly.
- Add the eggs one at a time and stir them into the dough. Make sure that the dough gets soft but doesn't dissolve.
- Put the dough into the piping bag and pipe 8 crosses (about 10 cm long and wide).
- Bake the crosses for 20-25 minutes in the middle of the oven. Be careful: Don't open the oven during these 30 minutes!
- While the profiteroles are in the oven, prepare the filling: Whip 1.5 dl cream (with Express Gelatine and sugar) until stiff. Add elderflower syrup, lime zest and juice. Fill the cream mixture into a piping bag and put into the fridge.
- Wash and dry the fruits. If necessary, cut them into small pieces.
- When the 20-25 minutes, are over, switch off the oven and let the profiteroles dry in the slightly opened oven for about 10-15 minutes. Then, take the profiteroles crosses out of the oven and let them cool down completely on a cooling rack.
- Cut the crosses horizontally and pipe the lime cream on both sides, then put fruits onto the cream.
- Store cool until you serve the crosses, then dust with powdered sugar and enjoy
(recipe of the profiteroles adapted from "Luftig-leichter Brandteig" by Luise Lilienthal)_________________________________
To get a printed version: Download the pdf. (Both English and German versions available!)
Summery Swiss Cross Profiteroles for the 1st of August
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The Tama-Do Sound Harmonisation sessions are an exploration with sound, colour and movement. Acoustic sound, overtones & harmonics create an internal resonance which allow you to tune yourself back to your natural balance.
Each person experiences the various elements of vibrational sound using instruments which represent the elements: earth, water, wood, fire and air. The combination of the instruments such as the monochord, kalimba, shakers, wood percussion, strings, bells, chimes work on the subtle energy fields of each individual to clear and harmonise with each sound. The Harmonisations are the work of founding father of Vibrational Sound - Fabien Maman - who created the harmonisations, he found that by tuning with the spiral of nature the work harmonises with the season and the stars.
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I have been the recipient of many heartwarming Mother's Day gestures: breakfast in bed, homemade gifts, brunches, and more. However, my most memorable Mother's Day gift, the one that bonded my children and me forever, was at the complete expense of my husband.
Allow me to provide some background. My husband traveled for work…a lot. He missed out on several family milestones that made me sad for him. But on the flip side, he also missed out on numerous poop-hitting-the-fan moments through the years.
This particular Mother's Day started out with breakfast in bed, complete with a homemade chocolate paprika drink infused with basil and rosemary, concocted by my peeps as an original recipe to commemorate the occasion. After receiving my adorable notes (I have always saved every single one of them) and choking down the celebratory drink, I meandered into the basement to collect my keepsake bin.
The rancid, eye-stinging smell hit me like the sharp corner of a coffee table. Once the tears cleared slightly, I noticed the river of "water" on the floor. Reflexively. I began my investigative process, when it dawned on me that it was Mother's Day and my husband was home!
I calmly walked up the steps, keepsake bin tucked under my arm, and casually mentioned that there was a funny odor in the basement. A short while later my husband headed into the basement clad in his "I mean business" pants (army green cargos circa Clinton, maybe Bush 41). These pants only come out when there is a serious house matter that needs to be handled. (I don't have a uniform for serious tasks, but thinking about it now, maybe I should have my own "frock of intimidation." Let's not go there in my family-oriented column, though. Who knows WHAT images that could inspire.)
The background noise of a toilet flushing upstairs was followed by a sound in the walls that I can only describe as a very enraged jackhammer that was hell-bent on demolishing the structural integrity of our home.
My fight or flight response kicked in, and I shamefully admit that the benchwarmer of human responses won: complete physical paralysis. Did I grab my children and protectively usher them out of the house seeking safety? Nope. I stood there staring blankly at them, hoping they were better equipped for taking action than I was. The roar of some spraying-type of explosion followed, whose sound was somehow drowned out by a harrowing wail from my husband.
The cargo-attired love of my life emerged from the basement covered and dripping from head-to-toe in a wet brown paste of muck and slime. My brain rapidly recounted the previous moments like a montage of video clips: the flush, the reverberating jackhammer behind the wall, the explosion, the shriek of horror, then the image before me. Oh my God. The sewage pipe had detonated a massive #!@$ bomb all over my husband.
At this realization, I was dangerously balancing on the precipice of restraint and hysteria when, with lips pursed together so tightly they could have been Gorilla Glued, my husband began speaking like a ventriloquist with uncanny enunciation. "I can't open my mouth. Help."
What followed was not my finest moment, trying to aid a person in such obvious need, while laughing so hard that I was forced to take, not one, but two toilet breaks (without flushing, of course).
Once Cargo Man was decontaminated from all infectious diseases and radioactive matter, he spoke. The communication was this, and I am paraphrasing here. "Go. Save yourselves."
My knight in !#!& armor sent us off to our lovely brunch, absolutely insisting I go and not stay to help (I swear I offered). So, I did as any wife of 16 years with three children, who had handled her fair share of house and family catastrophes by herself would do. I left my husband with a bottle of bleach and a pair of rubber gloves to deal with the aftermath of the crap volcano in the basement, while I sipped on a Mother's Day mimosa with our children.
That meal was one of the best bonding experiences I have ever had with my kids, and the best Mother's Day gift. We dissected the incident play-by-play and constantly had to massage our cheeks from laughing so hard. This is when I realized that no matter the stage of our mother/child journey, we were always going to have this moment, this priceless experience of inconceivable comedy to bring us back to common ground.


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A cold blue-dark, a glittering, hazed transformation of black stone. A stalled whirlwind, a battered roof, snow in the distance.
I've decided to hold another giveaway here, to mark the ending of 2012 and the promise of a new year. You might remember the giveaway I held at the beginning of this year which was for a booklet of pictures and some other goodies from Scotland. For this giveaway I'd like to set you a challenge:
I'm asking for the best photograph on the theme of PLACE.
A sense of place as obsession
as identity
as an extension of the body
as something to react against
as mood altering vision, as sense memory, as psychogeography
This could be your neighbourhood, your favourite chair (as we saw in the Share Your Spaces posts earlier this year), a mountain or a wood you love exploring, the texture of stone, a tattoo, the interior of a bookshop you frequently haunt – anything that speaks to you on that broad theme. Feel free to write a short explanation of how this image is meaningful to you.
The winning picture will be posted here, with links to the winner's blog if they have one.
The winner will receive a small framed print of their choosing from any of my photos posted on this blog – I have taken a lot this year, so hopefully there's one that takes your fancy. Have a look through the archives! It' ll also probably reveal a bit about my aesthetic biases.
AND ALSO a book from my creaking shelves – this will be a secret, but I have a lot of good reads to choose from and will pick based on what I think you (the winner) would like. Now, I'd love to be able to give away my own novel at this point, but since it's not published yet, that will have to wait. One day, I hope.
FURTHER GOODIES will be picked up from the fine City of Edinburgh as the mood takes me. Here's what I sent Artboy68 when he won.
Send your photo entries on PLACE to: wheresthebread[@]hotmail.com by the 31st of December. Please forward this to any friends who might be interested in taking part.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with.


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Scott Galvin is a lifelong resident of North Miami. He was inspired to government service at a young age, having served as president of Student Government at North Miami Senior High.
Galvin's work experience is focused on education. He has taught History at the secondary level at public and private schools in the North Miami area. He is currently the Vice President of Education for Junior Achievement of Greater Miami.
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"Flyin' West" is a drama of humor, suspense, and sisterhood, directed by Seret Scott. It is set in 1898 as the Civil War is still a living memory and the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas, offers a refuge for many formerly enslaved people. At one homestead lives a family of courageous and sharp-witted women determined to make a place for themselves. They overcome tremendous odds in a heroic effort to escape the scars of the past.
Michele Mitchell is a former North American editor of "Gender & History." She is the author of "Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges" (2015), "Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the Politics of Racial Destiny after Reconstruction" (2004), and co-editor of "Dialogues of Dispersal: Gender, Sexuality and African Diasporas" (2004). She was an elected member of the American Historical Association and Organization of American Historians. She received her doctorate from Northwestern University.
The Sunday Symposium Series is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
"Flyin West" Production Partners are Johnna G. Torsone and John McKeon; Corporate Production Sponsor is Fidelity Investments.
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- If you must abandon your vehicle, keep all passengers together, and take all packages with you. Lock all openings (hatchbacks and t-tops) including the doors.


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Lobster Lake has many bays. From the air, it sort of resembles a lobster and has 17.3 miles of shoreline. It located west of Alexandria and I-94 is nearby. A 2013 MN DNR Fisheries Lake Survey reports water clarity of 8.5 feet and depth maxes out at 65 feet. Along with Lake Miltona, anglers have the opportunity to catch muskies.
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October is the month to make every day safe
Health and Safety Month is the time to discuss safety in your workplace. Hear from industry experts who are leading the way in mental and physical wellbeing, and make sure you are up to date with industry best practice to keep your workplace safe year round.
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Seminars will be held across the state on a range of topics including the safety of young workers, an international perspective on health and safety, what to expect during a workplace inspection, OHS issues for small businesses, drugs and alcohol in the workplace, occupational violence, workplace bullying and quad bike safety.
Where will we be?
Our state-wide program kicks-off in Geelong (5 October) before heading to Hamilton (9 October), Port Fairy and Warrnambool (10 October), Ballarat (11 October), Bendigo (12 October), Horsham (13 October), Swan Hill and Wangaratta (18 October), Echuca (19 October), Shepparton (24 October), Morwell and Wodonga (26 October) and finishing in Melbourne on 1 November.
There will also be several events across metropolitan Melbourne and a one-day conference dedicated to the needs of Health and Safety Representatives (31 October).
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A record 388 people from over 20 countries attended the annual attended the 2010 Glass & Optical Materials Division meeting. GOMD 2010 was hosted May 16-20, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel Corning, in Corning, NY. Meeting. John Mauro (GOMD Program Chair), the GOMD Executive Committee and over 40 organizers put together a 243 poster & presentation program that included four concurrent symposia, along with a special symposium to honor the memory of Prof. Robert H. Doremus. In addition, a special Glass Strength program developed by GMIC was held on Thursday, May 20.
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Name: Hilary Blair
Location: Denver, Colorado
Professional Industry: Communications
Company: ARTiculate: Real & Clear
Job Title: CEO and Lead Coach
I'm…careful of the voices that I listen to. I question more. I trust gut more.
Meet our featured Wixii™, Hilary Blair. She is in her early 50's and mother to 3 fabulous rescue dogs. She currently CEO and lead articulator for the communication company she cofounded: ARTiculate: Real & Clear.
She rides a unicycle and she's the voice of the planetarium show at the museum of nature and science.
Always teaching, always acting – until, as a tomato I was spotted by a business woman who suggested I work with business folks – while not dressed as a tomato. That one exchange changed my trajectory of working in theatre and education to co-founding a business coaching business professionals using theatre.
Wow! Lots of life to live so let's be living it now! Work hard, remember to play hard too. Love what I do, so it works!
Work: how do you "think outside the box" with respect to your work-life potential and opportunities?
I have been outside the box as an actor working with business folks – and I tried to get in the box so as to connect and not be too scary as the artist type. And I learned a lot in there. Things that have helped me and ARTiculate grow. Now, I'm like jump on out – and I invite our clients to join us. Let's use these awesome art and amazing theatre to get voices and stories heard and to build confidence. Because it works. And I do keep wiggling a bit – every time the allure of the box comes back, I wiggle, throw myself off balance and keep exploring outside.
House: how do you maintain order/status quo and/or how do you "manage it all" just a bit better?
Surround myself with an amazing team!
Self: how do you strengthen your own identity and not lose yourself in the mix?
Constant weeding of my mind garden – weeds pop up all the time. Gotta get rid of them and be clear on what I want growing there.
How does your current mindset/attitude empower and/or frustrate your ability to thrive in your work-life mix? How has your mindset/attitude toward life changed over time?
I have learned that discipline and routine are fantastic and do not show a lack of creativity! Honestly, the best thing I've done is look around at all the weird advice I've been given, check the source and see if is really serving me – if not – jettison! I wish I had started this much younger. It's so odd the advice that has stuck through the years. Some good but some just plain useless or dare I say, destructive. I'm more careful of the voices that I listen to. I question more. I trust gut more.
Please share your favorite efficiencies and timesavers.
Some of my apps are amazing – MileIQ, Trip Case, Asana, Slack, Evernote – I love these. And my morning routine.
Are there changes your workplace or you could make to better manage your work-life mix?
Ha!! Constantly working on that!
What advice would you give an earlier version of yourself?
Don't listen to the naysayers. Business folks are not freaks – they are really cool. And many of them are phenomenally productive and doing amazing things in the world. They have a discipline and focus to be admired and modeled. There are brilliant teachers and mentors ready to guide you in this business realm. Seek and ask and put in the time and energy. And honestly, who told you lists were bad? And routine? Get over it already, and get going. There is a lot to be done in this world! Game on!


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Today is my son's second day in Poland. Today he and his classmates went to the Umschlagplatz, the gathering place from which the Jews were shipped to Treblinka and their deaths, and then on to Treblinka as they followed the path of the trains. I cannot help but wonder how will this impact him? What emotions will be evoked? What discussions will they have?
At the same time, I was in my Jewish Thought class discussing how to we reconcile Israel and the Holocaust - the theologies, the philosophies, its role in our history - past and future. What is the "proper" place of Holocaust in the Jewish History and how does it stand in relation to Israel? Especially for these generations of young people who have grown up with the reality of a State of Israel their entire lives. As the survivors of the Shoah are dying, these children will be the last who will ever meet a survivor in person - the last who will be able to personalize the experience in a very unique way.
Where do we go from here?
What is my role as a Rabbah in this conversation?
More thoughts to follow….


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We had some rain this week. And then some wind. And then my neighbor called to let me know that our Oak tree near the back of the lot had uprooted and fallen over. Quite disappointing, although I am extremely grateful that no one and nothing was hurt in the process. Since I just posted a picture of the back yard (last post), you should be able to see the difference in the tree position.
The tree guy will be out to take the rest of it away (the city decided to clear the part blocking the street and sidewalk - for free, I hope), but I guess other people lost some trees this week, so he's booked until next week.
No new baby news - it's just a waiting game now. 16 days left until the official due date.


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This past Sunday, my parents and I went to a double feature at the mall. We kicked things off with Our Idiot Brother, and then snuck into Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. To say the two are polar opposites is an understatement. Let's start with the fun one first:
Our Idiot Brother is a movie about what happens when there is one odder ball in a family of odd balls. It tells the story of Ned, as played by Paul Rudd (SWOON), as a happy-go-lucky hippie who is full of love and light, but entirely too trusting. After being thrown in jail for selling pot to a uniformed police officer, he returns to New York and proceeds to make a mess of all of his sisters' lives. Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer star has his sisters Miranda, Natalie and Liz, respectively. My favorite was (obviously) Natalie/Zooey, the promiscuous bisexual-leaning lesbian/amateur comedian. I just want to be her best friend. Is that so much to ask? (And by her, I mean either Zooey or the fictional character Natalie. I'm not going to be picky here.) Throughout the movie, Ned unintentionally does harm to all of his sisters, and they seem to have a hard time understanding that his heart was in the right place. That was my one annoyance in this movie- the audience can see how pure and good Ned is, why can't his sisters? But it's not like they murder him or anything, don't worry. SPOILER ALERT! Kidding. Overall, I left the movie super happy and giggly. It was definitely a feel-good movie in the end. It made me wish I was more like Ned. I love people like him. No not fictional people... although I do love them, too. But people who unconditionally want to do good and want to see the good in people. Not only that, but people who ultimately believe people are good, and if you set expectations for them, they'll want to live up to them. I like that. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up for Our Idiot Brother, and not just because Zooey Deschanel was in it. (Okay maybe a little.)
After we left Our Idiot Brother, we had planned on sneaking into Shark Night 3D but dink doinks that we are, we didn't realize we wouldn't have 3D glasses for the movie. Idiots! So when we walked out, the theater next door was showing a movie that literally started 10 minutes later. We decided not to risk it and hopped in the theater. All we could see on the marquee was "Don't Be." We sat there thinking of what it could be- then it hit me- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. DUH! I love scary movies, so I was down for the cause. Before I even get into what the movie is actually about, let me just tell you I screamed no less than 5 times... loudly.
The film is a remake, centering around Sally, a young girl played by Bailee Madison (who is semi-terrifying), who is sent to live with her architect father, played by Guy Pearce, and his girlfriend Kim, played by Katie Holmes. (Fun fact of the day: Katie Holmes grew up down the street from me. Fancy, huh? Eh... not actually.) Stupid ass Sally discovers a basement that has been boarded up (WITH GOOD REASON!) and unleashes these little demon creatures in the furnace. They say they want to be friends with her, but come on- when anything whispers at you like that with a breathy, shaky voice, you KNOW they don't want to be friends. COME ON SALLY! It was infuriating to watch her be dumb and NOT know she's in a horror movie, but in hindsight, if she were actually smart about it, there wouldn't have even been a movie to watch. Ah, the paradox of a horror movie... People need to be dumb for there to even be a plot. ANYWAY. Sally releases these horrifying creatures that basically look like demonic rats, and crazy drama ensues. I usually don't like scary movies that center around possessed houses because all the while everyone is just thinking "GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!" This movie was no exception, although I did like it a lot more than I expected. It really did get me freaked out quite a few times. I applaud any movie that has the ability to make me literally say out loud, "I can't watch this anymore. I'm freaking out. Can we leave? I'm going to die." That's a direct quote. Solid one and a half thumbs up from me and my nub thumb.
Overall, I'll probably buy Our Idiot Brother on DVD and never see Don't Be Afraid of the Dark again. But still, I'm happy I saw both flicks.


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See, he's not such a bad guy….
See, he's not such a bad guy….
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Husband planted beans. There were 9 to start with. They were not magic beanstalks. This was disappointing because I think geese are funny and golden eggs are always useful.
Magic aside, we were excited about future beans. I could hardly wait to top and tail them, pop them in the microwave and forget all about them while family ate green-free dinner. Seriously though, we were hoping to eat these ones.
Then this.
How guilty does she look? Very. She knew. She was just hoping we'd blame, oh I don't know, a large bird wearing paw shoes?
There are now 5 plants left, one of which is in the critical ward.
Her punishment was to pose for this next shot. I fear, however, she is growing used to the camera, enjoying the negative attention. It's like she understands her role in this game.
She also got a bath for her trouble. Lucy doesn't like baths. Perhaps that will make her stop and think next time.
Maybe, just maybe, she feels her diet is lacking the goodness of fresh vegetables? If that's the case, I'd like to point out that her diet would be much better if she stopped eating her bed.
Do you have a dog shame story to share?