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Frontpage Interview's guest today is Cuban-born Humberto Fontova, who left Cuba in 1961 at age seven, has written for several conservative magazines and is the author of Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant. He has appeared on many radio and television shows and is active in the Cuban American community. He is the author of the new book Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him.
FP: Humberto Fontova, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Fontova: It's my pleasure. Let's face it: how many media outlets are there for the truth about the Cuban Revolution and the murderous Cuban regime? Frontpage is among the few and the proud. And I'm among the grateful for that.
FP: Well thank you. We try our best.
So what made you write this book?
Fontova: The 50 year blizzard of BS in the MSM and Academia about Castro/Che and their "ideals" and "accomplishment" etc. simply drove me to mount a counterattack, in whatever modest capacity I could manage. We're talking about a regime that jailed more political prisoners (as a percentage of population) than Stalin's and for twice as long; that murdered more people (in absolute numbers) during its first three years in power than Hitler's regime murdered in it's first six; that drove out 20 percent of the population from a nation formerly inundated with immigrants.
Then I'm supposed to sit by placidly while constantly hearing my parent's generation, (middle class folks much like the readers of this magazine) who fought that regime, who include the longest-suffering political prisoners in modern history, who lost everything they'd worked for, who sacrificed all to see their children grow up free--I'm supposed to acquiesce in slanders against them as "gangsters, filthy-rich scoundrels," among other choice descriptions by the international left--and Michael Moore in particular?
Well, I'm not about to put up with it.
Mainstream Media and academic depictions of Cuban-Americans constantly fascinate me: If one of us gets down to work and raises a family, he's an effete dispossessed millionaire. If he engages in politics, he's an underhanded rascal. If he takes up arms to free his homeland, he's a terrorist. We can't win.
Now we see the Today Show reporting from Havana. Amazing. North of the Florida straits and in front of Republicans no question for these "reporters" is too rude, irrelevant or offensive; no demeanor too haughty, combative or insolent.
But just let these "reporters" cross the Florida straits and find themselves feted by a Stalinist regime. Then Eddie Haskell's addressing of June Cleaver seems combative in comparison.
FP: I feel you my friend. I come from the Soviet Union and for a lifetime listened to leftists around me praising a regime that persecuted my family and massacred millions of my people.
So what accounts for Che Guevara's international heraldry? What exactly did he accomplish
Fontova: He accomplished exactly nothing. As I document in the book, Ernesto Guevara failed spectacularly at everything he attempted in his life--except at the mass-murder of defenseless men and boys. But he had the great fortune of linking up with the 20th century's top publicist: Fidel Castro, who hatched and propagated (with the aid of his ever-faithful media and academic accomplices) the Che legend, of which nothing is true.
FP: Most say it was Che's "idealism" that made him attractive. But just what were those ideals?
Fontova: That's the beauty of it. We don't have to speculate about Che's ideals. They're on full display 90 miles south of Florida--a Stalinist police state where the regime mandates what its subjects, read, say, earn, eat (both substance and amount), where they live, travel or work. Che's dream wasn't to convert Latin America into Sweden--he wanted to convert it into Stalin's Soviet Union. In fact he often signed his early correspondence, "Stalin II."
This KGB-trained and worshiping hangman named Che now serves as the idol of "do your own thing" radicals and the slogan that adorns Che posters under T-shirts is "Resist Oppression." The mind boggles. It really required a sense of humor to write this book--otherwise I'd have gone nuts.
FP: Tell us about Che's violence and sadism.
Fontova: In my book, Roberto Martin-Perez who served almost 30 years in Stalinist Cuba's dungeons says "Castro ordered mass murder, but for him it was a utilitarian slaughter, in order to consolidate his power. A classic psychopath, the butchery didn't seem to affect him one way or the order. But Che Guevara, as his chief executioner, relished the slaughter. You could see it in his face as he watched men yanked from their cells and tied to the execution stake."
Che also loved toying with the distraught and sobbing mothers who came into his La Cabana office to plead for their (innocent) son's lives. He loved to pick up the phone right in front of them and bark" "Execute the Fernandez (or whoever) boy tonight!" As Mr Martin-Perez concluded: "There was something seriously, seriously wrong with Che Guevara." Alas, Che's sadism found a useful outlet as Castro's chief hangman.
FP: What did Castro think of Che?
Fontova: Castro initially found Che useful, let's put it that way. It's hard to say if Fidel Castro could ever think highly of anyone except himself. I conducted interviews with people who saw them together and all say that Fidel loved to berate Guevara savagely, and in front of the other Communist leaders, similar to how Che toyed with those poor, distraught mothers. It must have been a power ploy, by Fidel. But it's clear that by 1964 or so, Che's usefulness to Castro had run it's course. There's evidence he was under house arrest briefly in 1965.
FP: So all these distortions and outright lies regarding Che Guevara's altruism and heroism have lasted almost half a century. What does this say about modern day academics and pundits? About modern culture in general?
Fontova: It says we should be very careful about what we read by these organs. Look how long it took for the truth of the Soviet Union to finally sink in. I loved Robert Conquest's quip after the Iron Curtain fell and the truth started emerging and abundantly confirming everything he had written in his books, The Great Terror, etc.: "I told you so, you bleeping idiots!"
Sadly, Che's cachet as the worldwide symbol of Anti-Americanism let's him get away-- not just with murder--but with Mass-murder. That Anti-American cachet (the gallant David's against the American Goliath) seems to excuse all the horrors of the Cuban revolution for much of the worldwide intelligentsia. When, in fact, as I document in this book, the Castro/Che rebels were aided by the U.S. State department and CIA and after Oct 1962 the Castro/Che regime enjoyed U.S. protection as pledged by JFK to Khrushchev.
FP: You claim that Fidel Castro himself--via the Bolivian Communist party--helped seal Che's doom by feeding information to the CIA regarding Che's whereabouts in Bolivia. This is quite a revelation. The evidence? Have any of Che "scholars" broached this issue?
Fontova: Some have danced around it a bit. But none have tackled it head on. I got the evidence for Che's betrayal by Castro from a primary source --actually from the primary source: the Cuban-American CIA operative who was in overall charge of the hunting down Che in Bolivia. he was the one getting the info from the Bolivian Communists who were getting it from Castro.
FP: The real guerrilla war in Cuba, you write, was fought not by Fidel and Che--but against Fidel and Che and mostly by humble rural rebels. That strikes one as similar to the Contra war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Doesn't this fly in the face of leftist legends regarding Latin America?
Fontova: You're absolutely right. It wouldn't be so bad if what we heard and read regarding the Cuban Revolution was merely wrong. Instead the academic/MSM version is the exact opposite of the truth--it completely upends the truth. A savage anti-communist insurgency by humble rural folk was waged for six years 90 miles from our borders. But it might have occurred on another planet for all we read about it in "scholarly" tracts.
An anti-communist insurgency just doesn't fit their mental template of insurgencies--especially as it was fought against Che Guevara. I interviewed among the very core of these rebels who survived the communist massacres that finally crushed the rebellion. Their bravery awed me. Yet these people have been completely ignored by historians, scholars, reporters, etc. I try to rectify that injustice with this book.
FP: And thanks you for trying to rectify this injustice. You are doing a great service to history, freedom, truth and to the heroes that fought for Cuban freedom – and to all those who died and suffered because of its non-existence.
Let me ask you for an analysis of the psychological mindset that is involved here in terms of the Left.
Let me set the foundation here:
I know many leftists Mr. Fontova. I have even recommended this book on Che to those of my acquaintances who live their lives dedicated to this mass murderer. They won't read it of course. But to several of them I made the comment that there is no point for them to read it, because even if the truth was proven to them regarding what a monster this sadist and executioner was, they could never accept or admit it. That's because they couldn't lose all of their friends and their entire social communities. They would also have to re-examine and change their entire identities, which are interwoven with seeing Che as a hero. Leftism is, after all, a social life, and it is a depersonalization of personal neuroses – and usually very pathological and malignant neuroses at that.
I have bluntly asked some of these people: "how many friends would you have left if you realized that Che was a fascist and began saying such a thing?"
I have received a eerie silence in response to this question every time.
Let me just say here, Mr. Fontova, that, throughout my life, I argued with gizzilions of leftists about communism, trying (naively) to convince them of many things. During my doctoral years in the field of Cold War History, I spent much time debating my colleagues about who was responsible for the Cold War.
My colleagues found my views very amusing. I was ridiculed. They reserved special mockery, and howling fits of laughter, for my respect for Reagan's reference to the Soviet system as an "Evil Empire." Till this day I remain confused as to what is so funny about it.
In any case, when the Soviet archives were opened after the fall of the Soviet regime in 1991, I devoured all of the revelations in declassified KGB documents. They all confirmed and substantiated what conservatives had been arguing for decades – that the Soviets were totalitarian and malicious expansionist aggressors that started and prolonged the Cold War.
When I approached my colleagues with this new evidence, ranging from everything from the issues of the Korean war, Berlin, Soviet espionage, American communists' links with the Soviet regime, etc., I showed how I had been correct on every issue that we had argued about for years.
And yet, instead of hearing a mea culpa, a stated regret or admission of some kind of lesson learned, all that I received were smug disinterested facial expressions and callous and apathetic shrugs of the shoulders. These colleagues brushed me off and even told me that all of this was "old" and "ancient" and suggested that I stopped chasing "old ghosts" and "engaging in necrophilia."
And these were historians.
I have a feeling that the leftist milieu will greet your revelation and evidence in the same way.
Give us your psychological profile of this pathological mindset.
Fontova: Well, I'm no psychologist or psychiatrist but the term "battered-wife syndrome" certainly comes to mind when contemplating Western Commie-lovers and apologists. As you probably know, these are women who refuse to see what's in front of their face, even when it's a fist three inches from bashing them in the eyes and approaching at warp speed--the same fist that bashed them 100 times before. For some reason these women keep returning to the man attached to that fist. After having their dreams pummelled by Lenin then Stalin, then Castro, then Che then Pol Pot, etc., etc (so many broken eggs, such consistently putrid omelets) these "battered--leftists" keep returning to some communist paramour in the same manner. "In denial" is a psychobabble term I generally loath. But it strikes me as ideal to describe Castro and Che fans and apologists. During the 30's (the "Red Decade") Stalin was whooped up by everyone from Hemingway to Lilian Hellman to Dashiell Hammett to Auden to Malroux. The Spanish Civil War had much to do with it, then his cachet as victor over Hitler cranked up Stalin's heroic cachet even higher. But Khruschev's "Secret Speech" before the Soviet Congress in 1956, finally shook some foreign Stalin fans. Then, of course, Khrushchev's own invasion of Hungary had even more Western Communist lovers leaving the ranks--however slowly and grudgingly.Nothing even remotely of this sort has taken place regarding the romantic cachet that still surrounds the Cuban Revolution and hence Fidel and Che. Many of those finally disillusioned with the Soviet Union in 1957 (Jean Paul Sartre comes to mind as a shinning example) then put all their hopes on Cuba's Communist regime--which jailed political prisoners at a rate slightly higher than Stalin's! Cuba's secret police where inspired, trained and counselled by the KGB and STASI! Almost 50 years of proof that the Castro/Che regime is Stalinism rehashed in the tropics simply will not shake the faithful.And it's that "anti-American" cachet attached to Che that accounts for the thundering block-headedness of so many otherwise rational people. The legend of that handful of long-haired, bearded beatniks who overthrew a "brutal U.S.-backed dictatorship that repressed and impoversished Cuba," (When in fact Cuba had a higher standard of living in 1958 than half of Europe, a larger middle class than Switzerland, a more highly unionized work force than the U.S., more doctors and dentists per capita than Great Britain, more cars and televisions per capita than Canada or Germany, was inundated with immigrants.... I could go on--but will instead refer readers to my book for these statistics and the corresponding documentation.)If those conditions represent "Yankee-exploitation" then other Latin-American nations should have been half as lucky as Cuba. And if a Stalinist police-state that mandates a monthly salary of $12 dollars a month and food rations lower than Cuban slaves ate in 1848 for its subjects, and where donkey-powered rickshaws have become a luxury item, and where the hottest items on the black market are styrofoam (to build a raft) and ping pong paddles (to paddle away with)--if conversion into such a place constitutes "liberation"....well. As I said, I wrote this book to try and dispel the mountains of outrageous humbug on Cuba we get from Academia, Hollywood and the MSM.
FP: Humberto Fontova, thank you for joining us. And thank you for being such a brave, tenacious and wise soldier for the truth and for liberty.
Fontova: Thank you Jamie.


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Battle for New York City
The zombie GOP continue their parisitic week of feeding upon our city... SUCK SUCK SUCK...!
Nick-o uploaded his entire photo series from Sunday's protest. Progress through it and watch the destruction...! (I used to work in a building at Penn Station/Madison Square Garden...!)
Here's something sublimely stoopid i stumbled on that seems emblematic of the blind devotion many of these pod-people have for their beloved fucking party. EAT KETCHUP, ASSHOLES!
Here's actor Ron Silver saying some idiotic things at the idiot carnival.
Jesus, you could have a field day with all the bullshit that's being pumped out of this convention. I think it's sickening that the biggest thing this party is trumpeting is TERRORISM and 9/11. One big brained delegate said that the Republican party is the party that "handles terrorism best". WHERE IN THE FUCK DOES THIS COME FROM!??!
America is the self-proclaimed sheriff of the planet. And it's doing a bang-up fucking job.

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Article source: Vertice Arquitectos
We were faced with a plot of land shaped as a quarter of a circumference that had a height difference of 5.50 meters on the curved side. This side has a privileged view of the sea. In addition, we were conditioned by the construction regulations which enabled us to build two terraced levels.
- Architects: Vertice Arquitectos
- Project: Descriptive Memory J-4 House /Villa
- Location: Fila J, Lote 4; Urb. Lomas del Mar, Lima, Perú
- Land area: 255.96 m²
- Built area: 279.58 m²
- No. of floors: 02
- Architect In Charge: Arq. Luis Miguel Becerra de la Fuente, Arq. Hernani Canessa Lohmann, Arq. Sandro Moro Miranda


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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Hello My Dear Ones,
I had a real pleasant surprise today!! This sure took my mind off "the countdown"!!
I got a totally awesome and wonderful Bourse and Fob from dear XSGranny Rene!!
I absolutely love it!! It will surely be on my most cherished shelf!! Thank you so very much Rene!! This is the picture above for you all to see!!
Oh, this reminds me, I got a fantastic RAK from Kathy K. also that I have not yet pictured on here!! I will definitely make a note to do this ASAP!! Kathy sent a truly awesome and beautiful Halloween Fob several days ago!! Thank you so much Kathy!!
I must keep this update short!! One, I don't really have much to update on and Two, I have to spend every moment I can beg, borrow or steal on my "12 Days of Christmas" Exchange stitched piece!! I am very close to being finished with the actual stitching, but I need to "finish" it to complete it. This could prove to be a real challenge to me!!
All of my "STASH TO GO" has been finally posted!! It goes without saying that I do not think I will be able to do too much as far as getting it out before my hospitalization and surgery!! It will be top on my list to do when I get going again though. I truly want to "finally" get my "Stitching Sanctuary" completely done!! I have discovered I need to do the big closet space in this room before I can truly call it done. I have about 200 big kits in two very, very large plastic tubs in this closet space and they are overflowing mega lot!! I want this all clean, organized and sorted out!!
I plan on continuing my quest to rid every thing in MY HOME of "Mad Max"!! I have a foyer and it's closet, large built in shelves and drawers in connecting hall, bathroom and, unfortunately, "THAT Room" that is going to be turned into my new "Stitching Sanctuary" this winter according to Eunice and Wanda to finish yet!! The kitchen's carpet is clean and that room is absolutely PERFECTION!! Soon I will have MY HOME and all is going to be fine!! I then intend to stitch, stitch, stitch and stitch some more then!!
Please continue the good vibrations and prayers for my nerves to calm down and that I can fly through Thursday's surgery even better than I did the surgery in September!!
Love and Hugs!!
Miprezious, too!!
The early bird catches the worm!! My most devote followers of my Blog have seen the 185 iteems I have posted on my Webshots album!! I do not know what will really be left, but I will open it up to the entire Group after my surgery and when all the first round things have been sent out!!
I have two way larger than I can lift tubs of full sized kits. There are probably close to 200 of them!! This will be the next spot I hit!! Then, I will be going in to "That Room", that Eunice and Wanda have vowed to move my "Stitching Sanctuary" into this winter, and I will be going through about 300 small kits and a five shelf bookcase of nothing but older charts from before my accident time!! I think I will again handle them each in the same manner as I did this "STASH TO GO"!!
I sure am getting a bit more nervous, if that is truly possible to do, about my surgery on Thursday!! I am well covered with many prayers and good vibrations!! I sincerely hope you all really say special prayers at about noon till 3:00 p.m. ish!! I just have to some how get a hold of my self so I can concentrate on letting my pain medications work!! As soon as I feel confident that my pain is under control I can be discharged from the hospital. Eunice took Miprezious to the Groomer today. Eunice was a bit late, so instead of the usual hour, the groomer said she would have to keep Mi for a few hours to work her in between other dogs!! I was not happy, but I could not have done better!! The groomer's husband is very near end of his battle with brain cancer!! The groomer is cutting to half days through the holidays and then she is not sure what will happen. For the past few months, she has slightly "razor burned" Mi!! It was bad enough it really upset me, but today was absolutely a crime!! Poor little Mi is burned all the way down her stomach and her private parts!! I am absolutely PISSED OFF!! LIVIDLY PISSED OFF!!
Consequently, it is going to be harder than ever for me to leave the little one!! I have been applying corn starch to her as often as she lets me know it needs redoing. The little sweetie had soft little cries all the way home and after!! Initially, I thought this was just her upset that Eunice had taken her without Mommy. However, late afternoon Wanda arrived and for some reason Mi went right to her and rolled over to show her!! Now, I really do not want to leave my little darling, as no one will keep applying the corn starch like Mommy!! Consequently, I will be wanting to come home immediately for her!! I realize I just can not do so until I am sure I have reached adequate pain control levels as I will be no good to either Mi or my self if I am in more pain than usual!!
I really have to hit my "12 Days of Christmas" Exchange hard the next 24-36 hours!! I would love to have it all complete and shipped out before I leave for the hospital ideally. However, I do have Plan B in the works with Wanda able to handle it for me if necessary!!
Thus, I do not know if it will be possible to get postage rates and envelopes readied before I go in to the hospital. I will try though!! If not, it will be first on top of my list of "To Do" List when I get home again!!
Well, I did finish all 185 items on Webshots!! Enjoy!! And, I hope every one will be able to get every thing they wanted!! Thanks for replies!!
Love and Hugs!!
Miprezious, too!!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Well, the final count down is ticking away!! On Thursday, November 20, I am hoping and praying that I will undergo my last surgery of my life time!! Good Grief!! There is little else they could possibly figure out to do!!
I should have realized long ago, that having to have my tonsils and adnoids out twice as a child that I was predestined for multiple surgeries!! And, this past September, marked the second time my bowel was resected!! And, looking back, I have had countless numbers of surgeries for my mylenoma cancer. There was the large tumor in my left cheek bone and the reconstructive surgery for it!! And, then we went into the gallbladder rupturing before surgery could be performed and I was on operating table a bit over six hours and I had to spend 40 days in the hospital!! And, then there was the massive fibroid tumor and malignancy of my ovaries that resulted in a complete hysterectomy.
And, then in 2000, more of the evasive gall stones showed up, and they had taken up residence in my liver duct!! I had been on my feet all day taking care of Patty as this was the day she entered the hospital for a quick D & C. This soon escalated into a full adominal hysterectomy which was abruptly stopped when it was discovered she had massive cancer!! Her surgery was stopped to try and get her enough strength to be taken to the University of Iowa Oncology Unit in an attempt to remove the cancer. I had promised to stay with her for that "same day surgery" until she could be discharged and would recuperate at my home!! Well, that plan went down the toilet real quickly!! About midnight, the pains I had been having all that day just literally took my breath while helping Patty up to bathroom again. This bout of pains took me right to the hospital floor my self!! I was promptly picked up and taken down to the Emergency Room where the on call doctor diagnosed me as having "sympathy pains" for my dear friend, Patty!! He admitted me and had me placed in the other bed in Patty's room!! A few hours later, Patty was at my bedside as I was being rushed to emergency surgery to unblock my liver. I was one sick puppy!! Patty was taken to Iowa City, examined and treatment began. Yet, Patty was back at my bedside before I was discharged from the local hospital!! It was fast going into the holiday season and the many holiday balls we went to back then. Both of us had decided there was no way we were either going to miss the big Holiday Ball we both looked forward to each year!! And, the big Holiday Ball was the first time either of us ventured out!! I can remember so well how both our dates were so skeptical of taking us any where as we both walked kind of stooped over. But, we both danced almost every dance of the night!! Then, right after the New Year's Eve Ball we both had to go back into the hospital again!! Patty went back to University Hospital for her hysterectomy and I went back in locally to have the stints placed in my liver removed. After this, things went pretty well until the first bowel resection.
NOW, I have to go into the hospital on Thursday to have all the bits and pieces that used to be my teeth removed!! My RSD illness coupled with the many medications I must take for any quality of life have been taking a major toll on my entire body, however, they really took out my teeth. A few months ago, my teeth began disinigrating and all had crumbled within a ten day period!! I made arrangements in July to have my teeth removed, however, my stomach had other ideas. Thus, in September, I was taken in to the hospital for emergency surgery, however, it was for another bowel resection!!
In between all these surgeries, it finally became very apparent that I needed a port catherer placed in my chest for IV access!! I went into the local hospital to have this Port placed in my chest and ended up with the dumest anesthesiologist on this earth. I came to right as the surgery began!! I really had night terrors for months over this!! You always hear of such tales and think they are just that "tales"!! But, they definitely are NOT!! I can only remember the Surgeon just becoming instantly lividly mad!! The Surgeon ordered every thing stop and he had a nurse making transfer arrangements to Davenport, 50 miles south of us, even before I was taken from the Operating Room!! I was taken down to Genesis Hospital and taken back into surgery and the Port was quite successfully and easily placed!! What an ordeal!!
So, Thursday is D-Day for my teeth and mouth. The Oral Surgeon has been a real nice man!! He volunteered to make the 50 mile drive north to Clinton and perform the surgery locally so I could be near my home and friends!! This Surgeon thought it would be easier on me to not have to travel my self and to be close to home as he would like to see me stay in the hospital for a few days!! The plan is to take out all my teeth and then reduce four bones in my upper gums.
I have never been such a big chicken in my life!! I have been waking up with night terrors of this surgery and recuperation. My local General Practitioner is to take over my care after the surgery. The Oral Surgeon was concerned about many things and very cautiously started to ask about the possibility of my going into the hospital and be put completely out!! I told him that it was absolutely NO problem as I was not going to have it done any other way!! I definitely want to be put out for this operation and I want to stay put out for about two weeks!! I do not think or can remember being so apprehensive and upset about any surgery as I am about this one. However, most of my surgeries were all emergencies and I had little time to think about any thing!!
And, my most significant surgery, was one of the very first for nasal polyps. It was up at Dubuque Finley Hospital. I know it was one of first and I feared it like nothing else in my life!! I had a very nice Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist for a doctor and surgeon. At one point, he bargained with me to get me to consent to this procedure. I had been admiring one of his staff's beautiful earrings. She informed me they only came in pierced version. I was telling her how badly I wanted my ears pierced, but was way too CHICKEN to do so!! The doctor overheard us talking, and he presented bargaining of his piercing my ears while out with anesthesia if I allowed the much needed polyp surgery to take place. Well, now he was talking some thing I could understand and I sure signed on that dotted line real quickly!!
And, I am looking at this present surgery's pay off also!! I have requested all my teeth, or pieces of them, be returned to me after this surgery! The pre-op nurse is quite upset by such a request, however, my anesthesiologist assured me that even in spite of her he was assuring me the full return of all my teeth after the surgery is completed!! "WHY"? "What possible reason do you have for them"? was the reaction I got from the pre-op nurse!! Well, last I knew one tooth was worth at least $1 from the tooth fairy!! I think they said 26 teeth would be coming out and that is quite a nice little sum to haul!! And, I further told her that I always vowed to go to my grave with my own teeth!! Well, albeit in my pocket, but my teeth are going to my grave with me!!
I have been stitching all along, but afraid this has to be a secret!! It is appearing to be one of my very best projects ever, but it is also my "12 Days of Christmas" Exchange stitched piece so it has to be a secret for a bit yet!! Just wish me luck on finishing of this piece!!
I am hoping to get a whole lot of stitching done while down recuperating from this new surgery!! I am being assured from my General Practitioner, that he will make sure I have whatever morphine levels I need to attain complete pain control and I am going to keep him at that promise!! I can do any thing, if I don't have to deal with pain!!
Well, my STASH TO GO has had tremendous response!! I am so glad these pieces are going to good homes!! I have posted some 115 pieces thus far and I have a total of 185 ready from this clearing. I have two more large clearings after this one. I wanted to get this one out of the way if at all possible as soon as possible!!
Well, ladies and gents, please keep me close in good vibrations and prayers all week, but especially Thursday!! Thursday morning that I get out of this home, Thursday afternoon as my Surgeon begins my procedure at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday evening, that I will be as good as can be and missing my little Miprezious and will want to come home first thing in the morning!! And, pray that little Miprezious does not chew through the rest of my entry door in the kitchen and that she does not have too bad of separation anxiety problems this time!!
And, what do you think my chances of going for the second hole for earrings this time? I really have always wanted permanent diamond studs in a second hole!!
Love and Hugs,
Miprezious, too!!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
I had a wonderful, wonderful Friday and today, Saturday, appears to to be a great day also!! It is VERY cold and frigid outside!! But, it is not likely any one is willing to take me out in this any way!
I am a bit calmer today, but then I was awake all night by one tooth that does just throb!! By Thursday, I will be ready to get rid of each and every one of them!!
I have had dozens and dozens of responses wanting my "STASH TO GO"!! This is good as it is a few less boxes to trip me and cause me to fall!!
I was able to stitch last night, but it is for an exchange that I can't talk about yet!!
Well, I am off to prepare some envelopes for mailing, piddle around the home perfecting this and that and I need an exchange finish soon so I need to get those needles smoking!!
Love and Hugs!!
Miprezious, too!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Well, it appears that my Blog photographs and I are not getting along any better today!! Well, let me describe them so you can see them when they are mentioned in the Blog. One is a single TEA CUP and another is two TEAPOTS!! And, then the darker ones, is my new passion of decorating with TWIGS WITH LIGHTS, which is newest and hotest trend out in decorating magazines and decorators!! I finally go my and love them!! And, the other pictures are of my all so coveted and wanted PINK PRINCESS STYLE TELEPHONE!!
Today was my last, at least I hope, visits for pre-operation details!! Eunice was ready to scold me as I had a bunch of four letter words to say today!! My blood pressure has been totally out of whack all week, as my dear doctor continues to point out!! And, I have been IRRITATED to the very core all week by Max!!
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
So, I called Granny Lou and told her of the new development in our party Monday plans!!


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Precious little.Did they heed our warnings about 'reaching peak pre-history'?
Did they bog-roll.Exploitation of Atlantean and Hyperborean locales continued apace, until all the exoticism was pumped out and Cimmeria was as familiar to readers as Coronation Street.
So the celebrations that greeted the news reports of a newly-discovered submerged continent were not restricted to people who remember Lemuria. A thousand fantasy novelists shook off their long-moribund manuscripts, with a swirling of dust like unto the sandstorms of the deserts of Zothique... adventure beyond imagining in long-vanished seething jungles, and the last desperate struggle for survival among the remnants of doomed civilisations as lands sink beneath the waves...
'Lemuria' has been downsized to 'Mauritia': the reports involve a thin sliver of land caught in a custody battle between India and Africa when the former tore itself away from Gondwana (reportedly feeling 'trapped' and 'hemmed in') and began a slow trek across the Tethys Sea in the direction of Laurasia 'who understood the landmass that India wanted to be'. The theory has it that Mauritia broke into even smaller fragments which all sank to the ocean floor because (in a terrible run of bad luck) each in turn drifted over the Réunion mantle plume, which buried their lighter lithospheric rocks under floods of heavier basaltic lava. Ultramafic, even.
So the Réunion plume, when it created the island of Mauritius some 10 Myears ago -- the southmost of these purported continental fragments -- brought to the surface some of the evidence it had previously buried. An experience with which many of us are familiar SHUT UP SMUT
The other fragments of this putative Mauritia landmass remain speculative. Sadly, there is little difference between (a) "Island chains and sunken sea-mounts and thickened ocean-floor plate marking some fragments of continental plate that drifted over a plume", and (b) "Island chains and sunken sea-mounts and thickened ocean-floor plate where it drifted over a plume without fragments of continental plate".


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Madonna's adoption appeal
A Malawi court has awarded Madonna the right to adopt Mercy, an African orphan, two months after turning down her initial bid.
Chifundo Mercy James, 3, will be joining Madonna's other three children -- including David, also adopted from Malawi -- ASAP.
"I am extremely grateful for the Supreme Court's ruling on my application to adopt Mercy James. I am ecstatic... My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her," Madonna says in a statement released by her rep.
Madonna's Malawi lawyer, Alan Chinula, says the singer stayed up all night awaiting the news. "It's the early hours in New York now, but my client has been awake all night waiting for this," he says. "She was ecstatic when I broke the news to her. She said, 'Thank heavens.'"
"[I am] now awaiting instructions from New York to start preparing travel arrangements for Mercy," says Chinula. "I have to be there for her passports and everything."
It is expected to take three to five days to prepare the paperwork, and then a private jet will whisk Mercy to her new digs in New York. Madonna will not be making the trip to Africa to meet her. Can't interfere with her yoga and workout schedule...
The singer's initial request to adopt the little girl in April was denied due to residency laws. Under appeal, Madonna bought some new laws, and presto! Baby.
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Sorry, no entry again this morning – I was fully loaded with a suit carrier and well packed rucksack, as I am heading up to Leeds for a conference. So sitting on the train what 'hot topic' should I cover during my extended 2.5hr commute?
After much deliberation I have decided to dedicate this entry to one of my favourite current 'sporting icons' – Mario Barwuah Balotelli.
Every article I read on Super Mario seems to quickly condemn his wild and bizarre antics both on and off the field. I understand why the heavily regulated national press cannot be seen to back British sport's number one villain…but I have no such restrictions.
I do not support Manchester City, I don't care if they win the league, I'm not Italian and I have no allegiance to Manchester United or Scott Parker – I am a complete neutral – but I love Mario Balotelli.
Sport is about entertainment, but for me it's not really about the 90 minutes on the pitch, it's about the pointless post-match debate (usually after about four pints). A spectacular goal might provide five minutes of 'expert analysis' but the image of Mario, dressed as Santa, handing out £50 notes can really loosen up the conversation. And barely a week goes by without another classic headline, he is consitently providing the fireworks for countless late night rants.
Mario is an anti-hero, an 'old-school' baddy, who gets every supporter (and hater) very excited. When he is on the pitch every touch (or stamp) is booed or cheered, and off the pitch he even dresses up to cement his villainous image. I believe he is doing it deliberately – he has created a brand that all football fans have bought into; whether they love or loathe him everyone has signed up to the Balotelli roadshow.
And he is just what football needs, if every side was filled with dull, soulless players we would all turn off. And he's not the first; Cantona lit up football in the 90s and more recently Mourinho has been inspirational with his brilliance.
As a neutral I would rather watch Manchester City than any other team, not because they play the best football (although arguably they do) but because I want to see what Mario is going to do next. He, almost single-handedly, manages to drive my excitement and passion for the sport.
So Mario, if you read this, please don't try and conform…this country needs you!


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Gee, this travel blogging is not exactly a lot of fun. Had to send photos from my I-phone (which does not take sufficiently good photos like the new Samsung phone) to my email before I could post about it. The first photo is the beautiful QVB, wonderfully restored by Ipoh Gardens, a fact not known by many people.
The 3 levels huge Apple store on George Street, eternally packed. No, I did not buy the new mini I-pad. Tempted though.
Anyway, tried to do all my shopping needs in one afternoon.
Another mega store, Louis Vuitton, thankfully, no need to buy anything there for anybody (gulp).
The ravishingly beautiful and large Zara store.
So what did I buy? Stuff I couldn't get back home. Bought tons of stuff from Dymocks Bookstore.
This one even our wonderful piracy industry did not put it in their list. Its probably the funniest series made in recent times. So glad to snare these two DVDs.
Yes, I have a strong penchant for horse racing and horse racing personalities and stories. More wonderful books to add to my reading list.
Went to my usual pizza parlour, as long as they made a decent pizza, I always have my own alacarte order: tomato paste, cheese, pineapples, garlic, chilli oil and anchovies ... mamma mia!!!
Took my pizza to Watson's Bay or better known as The Gap. There had been too many suicide attempts in the past that they had to put up fences and signs like this around the place.
Anyone who was an overseas student in Sydney for the past 30 years would have eaten at this place in Chinatown. Its called Minh Hai and they serve this huge crispy grilled maryland chicken with rice, sauce and soup. Nostalgia food.
Towards the evening, ended at the only casino game I willingly play, Texas Holdem. At least we do not lost to the casino (they just take a cut of the pool) but to one another. Thats my table. Did OK, left after 3 hours, tired already. Yes, the table had 7 Asians and one gwailo.


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Bentz '14 Swimming In Rio
August 6th, 2016
SPX 2014 Alumnus Gunnar Bentz will be representing Team USA (and St. Pius!) this week in Rio during the swimming events.
Bentz will likely swim on Tuesday, 8/9/16 just after 1PM as a member of the Men's Preliminary 4 x 200 Meter Freestyle Relay Team.
See the schedule for all swimming events here: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/24/olympic-swimming-schedule-rio/
Go Gunnar and Team USA!


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This couple was really fun! They love to do anything outdoors; whether it's going to the cabin, the lake, or snowmobiling, you'll find them doing something fun! So we went to a place that would let them be themselves and it was a beautiful night. It was fun getting to know them- and I can't wait for Heather's Bridals. Her dress sounds beautiful, along with her unique bouquet! Thanks so much for the fun summer night together!
Monday, June 30, 2008
{Scott & Heather}
This couple was really fun! They love to do anything outdoors; whether it's going to the cabin, the lake, or snowmobiling, you'll find them doing something fun! So we went to a place that would let them be themselves and it was a beautiful night. It was fun getting to know them- and I can't wait for Heather's Bridals. Her dress sounds beautiful, along with her unique bouquet! Thanks so much for the fun summer night together!
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
{Summer Fresh}
This is one of my favorite cakes so far this wedding season. How fresh and fun and SO Martha Stewart! {This is from Christy & Chase's wedding last night}. The colors and atmosphere were so fun and summery- more pictures to come soon, I just had to share the cake! (made by Karen at: www.karensweddingcakes.com)
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
{Ronnie & Angie}
This was such an awesome day! From the weather to the flowers, decorations to cake, every detail was just beautiful. Angie looked stunning her dress and Ronnie couldn't keep his eyes off her. The bridesmaids were darling in their green dresses and pearls, and the groomsmen loved their yo yo's! After the receiving line, they cut the cake, threw the bouquet, hunted for the garter, danced away, and made their get away under the sparklers of friends and family into the honeymoon limo. Such a memorable day- one that I'm sure these two will never forget.
Posted by photography by Mikki at 10:09 PM 7 comments
Thursday, June 19, 2008
{Maternal Instinct}
This was my first maternity session:) I first met Annie a few years ago when we were both student Ambassadors at Dixie College. I thought she was the coolest girl. Now, she's married to Reagan and they are about 2.5 months away from welcoming their first baby, Brooklyn, to the family. I am so excited for them- they'll be great parents and they are still the coolest! (P.S. All the jewelry pieces were made by Annie herself. If you're looking for some awesome stuff let her know! She gave me the most beautiful purple necklace and earrings and I can't wait to wear them!)
Posted by photography by Mikki at 11:09 PM 13 comments
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
{mind dump}
Lots of things on my mind lately...here are a few:
I went running last night for the first time, in a long time. In 2006 Brade and I ran the St. George Marathon. Last night, 2 miles seemed really far. But I'll get there:)
Yesterday was the last time I'll ever have to wait until 9pm to see Brade. He finished up his last class, except for an online one, so I'll get to spend more time with him. That brings many smiles to my heart and face! August Graduation, here we come! It's been a long educational road- he's been in school since I've know him!
I need a vacation. So does Brade. We need to do something fun together. Hopefully our trip to Europe plays out as planned. I've been dreaming of going since the Summer of 2005, when the Platt family went out there for 3 weeks and I've heard endless awesome stories of it ever since. I can't wait to experience it for myself and appreciate new things. And of course to take the most amazing pictures ever!
I'm going to be an aunt in less than 2 months. Jenna & Mandi are due within about days of eachother, so we'll be getting 2 babies at the same time! We can't wait. Between the Platt's and Ward's, there are going to be 7 new aunts, 2 new mommies, and 4 new grandparents- Keep up the good work Jenna & Mandi; hopefully Summer won't be too warm:)
I am in serious need of some eyebrow wax. It's starting to look like animals peering through my eyelashes. Wow.
I left my wedding ring in St. George last weekend. (in a safe place-while doing dishes) and I have felt naked without it on my finger. I'm excited to get it back.
My parents have a pool now. It has been so much fun to hear about their poolside summer days. After some photo sessions last weekend, I went for a night swim with my Dad. And it was so fun. I have great parents and I am so grateful for them and their qualities, advice, friendship, and examples.
Marriage is great. Learning to save money and make wise decisions is fun.
Life is good.
Posted by photography by Mikki at 12:30 PM 8 comments
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
{are you my mother?}
I was out running today and just when I thought I was about to pass out, I stumbled across this helpless little fella. He looked like his feet were too big for his featherless body and he must have just fallen out of his nest. So I sprinted a few blocks home, grabbed my camera and a bag of cheese and hurried back to him. The mom kept flying overhead so I'm hoping she'll swoop down and bring him back home to safety. I don't think he liked the cheese I tried to feed him either:) I'm sure birds don't eat cheese, at all, but I couldn't find any worms at the time. Best of luck my little friend...
Posted by photography by Mikki at 8:00 PM 5 comments
Monday, June 16, 2008
Dennis & Mataya
This was one of my favorite sessions! These two were really fun and up for anything we had in mind. He's a football stud and she's his biggest fan, and a beautiful dancer too. We all got some good laughs, a few mosquito bites, and scared by some farm dogs. All in all, it was a fun night with the Pitta's!
Posted by photography by Mikki at 12:04 PM 9 comments
Friday, June 13, 2008
After working a 10 hour event yesterday, the best thing in the world became a .99 cheeseburger from McDonald's with a chocolate shake at 10pm. No, it's not healthy. But it was so good. Shoes that are too small, that made me feel oriental and broken by 10pm, not so good.
I also got to work with a really great videographer for the wedding I was photographing. His name is Matt Baker, and he owns Happily Ever After Video: happilyeverafterdvd.com. So if you're looking for someone to be efficient, totally fun, affordable, and give you an awesome video for your wedding day, this is your man!
Posted by photography by Mikki at 11:27 AM 3 comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
{Kade & Sierra}
I love these two! We had such a good time with them and can't wait for their upcoming bridal session, and of course, Wedding Day! I love how they love each other, their friendship, and the way that they look at each other. These pictures of them make me smile. I hope they make you smile too.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Q's Romance (Part One)
Guest Poster: Q
Times have been very interesting recently, since I started my romance with the female Q.
Not that we in the Continuum can measure time, of course. It's just a figure of speech. But all in all, it has been a good time.
Naturally, that doesn't mean I haven't been terrorising people in the universe. Of course I have, but my love has joined me in doing it, and seems to have that wicked sense of humour that I do. Poor Jean-Luc and his merry minions were left dazed when she swapped the warp engine and put that of a 1950's Chevrolet there instead. Kathrn didn't know what to do when Q rearranged all the sensor calibrations. Voyager didn't know if it was coming or going!
"Darling!" says a charming voice behind me.
"Q!" I exclaim, "How are you, my sweety weety?"
"All the better for seeing you, Q-sy woozy!" she replies in a playful way, "Whose life shall we make a misery now?"
"Well, I don't know." I say in a slight twinkle., "How about if...
"Q and Q" a voice says behind me.
I look, and can see it's the Q who is our Leader's head flunkey. He has adopted the appearance of a Vulcan as he thinks it makes him look more officious.
"Listen you two." he sneers, "The Head Q wants to see you right away. He's not happy, I can tell you that."
He smirks, as he knows the two of us are in for it. The Head Q's flunkey is disliked more than the police did Internal Affairs or the Feds in the 20th and 21st century.
"Come on, sweetie." I say to my love, "Let's see what the Head Honcho wants."
To be continued...
12 comments:
- The Curmudgeon said...
Q and Q-ette may only be in for yet another stern admonition about messing with lower life forms... but I suspect there may be some rules against romance in the Continuum.
In particular, I'm guessing that nearly omniscient creatures are not supposed to be using terms like "Q-sy woozy" or "sweety weety."
- 18:42
- Linda said...
Those uppy-ups sure know how to throw a monkey wrench into a Q's good time, don't they?!? Hope it's nothing serious and you still have some time for some shenanigans later!
- 01:45
- Jaime said...
Don't let them talk you into being a good Q, Q!!
- 03:28
- The Mistress of the Dark said...
Uh oh, poor Qs :(
- 12:02
- Jana said...
Q-sy woozy? I feel a little queasy-weezie.
- 17:14
- Jean-Luc Picard said...
I suppose even powerful creatures like Q use lovey names when it comes to romance.
- 20:07
- Fly Girl said...
Snobby or not, Vulcans always look officious!
- 22:06
- Amanda said...
I hope Head Q doesn't put a complete end to what Q & Q have been up to.
- 01:18
- Match said...
I hope the Q's can keep up with the mischief.
- 09:25
- Jon the Intergalactic Gladiator said...
Q seems so uptite. Unlike Q and usually Q. Q's pretty cool, too. Q sometimes annoys me, though. ;-)
- 03:57
- Michael Manning said...
..."adopted the appearance of a Vulcan!" I was laughing over this one! :D)
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The days are getting colder here - and we are in that awkward stage between summer and fall when you don't really quite know how to dress in the morning.
Today I was feeling particularly uninspired by my closet and opted for basic, classic black. Black trousers, black shirt with black belt, black jacket and red shoes (of course).
I walked to the car and as I sat down Julian said: "Mommy, you are wearing black." I replied: "Yes, I am." Julian's response: "Mommy, are you a ninja?"


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In chair making there are all kinds of angles to deal with. I never just use one method for every task. It would be great if I could but considering the pieces I want to make it just requires a variety of approaches.
With windsor chairs we often talk about angles such as splay, rake, sighting, and resultant. Figuring these is often done with a trigonometry chart or some similar method to take our splay and rake and make a sighting and resultant angle to simplify drilling. This works well because we have a nice center line to use as a reference and everything can relate to that. However what do you do when you start to throw in some odd lay outs that don't relate well to that set up.
Consider the three legged candle stand that I have pictured Above. First there is no common center reference line that all the legs would share that would give you one convenient sighting and resultant angel. That is easily simplified by just sharing a common resultant angle and then drilling them every 120˚ in relation to one another, moving around the center point of the table top.
The harder part is figuring the stretchers that are tipped down in one direction and up in the opposite, as well as, being 60˚ in relation to each other and entering the legs that are at a resultant angle of 6.5˚ sighted from the center of the table top. This can make you start scratching your head as to how you will figure these angles and then drill them accurately. Well, it is time to put the calculator down, the angle gage, protractor, or whatever it is that you might think to use in this instance, and just use some practical thinking.
First, I know that, in the simplest therms, I simply want to drill a hole in one leg that is in line with another hole on an opposite leg. In other words to go from point A to point B, whatever that angle might be in relation to anything else. So then, why not just drill from point A to point B. Let me show you how I do just that, rather than take my measurement, disassemble things, and then drill, only to put it all back together again.
Below I show the two points I want to connect.
Second, I know that in order to do that I need to keep everything lined up just as it will be in its final constructed position. Since my top is so thin and doesn't have enough surface within the joint to hold the leg at the correct angel while applying pressure from drilling, I constructed this base, pictured below, that will keep all the legs at the point where they are intended to be placed at the floor. There are holes drilled at the proper locations and the end of the legs are placed in those holes. (I wouldn't do this, if drilling for a typical chair leg, since the seat is thick enough to hold the leg at the correct angle while I drill.)
Third, I need to make sure that all my legs are at 90˚when sighted 120˚, relative to one another from my center point, to confirm that my resultant angles for all legs will be what I intended. I do this by checking all three legs like I show in the photo below. Now comes the drilling!
I didn't have anyone to take a shot of me doing the drilling so, in the photo below, I simply show the drill bit in the leg after drilling to show how I line the shaft of the bit to correspond with one hole location while drilling into the opposite hole location. Ok, but you say, that my hole is not in line with the other hole, it is offset to the outside of the leg. This is simply brought into line by turning the leg a few degrees to line it up. This is not a problem if you are doing something like a side stretcher for an H pattern undercarriage. Since only one stretcher enters each leg then you can turn it a few degrees and everything is in line. But this case is different since we have two stretchers entering each leg. Take a look at the next photo.
Notice that when drilling the lower hole on the same leg I simply drill with my shaft on the inside of the opposite leg, rather than from the outside, thus offsetting it in the same direction. Now that both holes are drilled proceed with turning the leg a few degrees and the holes line up.
If you want to keep all the growth rings in perfect orientation to the table top or seat then simple turn the leg a few degrees prior to drilling so it will fall back in place after everything is assembled.
So, there you have it. Drilling angles without complex calculations. I hope this helps you expand your design possibilities.
Remember when drilling to let the drill do the work. A light touch and a little practice will make drilling this way quite successful. If you grind your own drill bits, then use a shallow relief angle brad point which will make your dill bit less aggressive, aiding in control while using one hand. If you need some advice on drill grinding, check out Peter Galbert's blog post here. A must see.


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Saturday, March 28, 2009
a walking cliché
{photo by jill mcdonald - tattoo by jason}
16 comments:
- doozer said...
Sounds like a great way to celebrate! You'll need another one for your 50th.
- March 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM
I got my first at 35, now at 41, I have three. They're addictive!!!
- March 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Lemongrass Love said...
Happy Birthday! What kind of tatoo did you get, can't wait to see...
- March 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Average Jane Crafter said...
Happy Birthday!
I don't think it's cliche at all. I got my first tattoo at 20, and then got my nose pierced at 30. I keep saying, "one body modification per decade." ;) And I agree with mis3fantastic - they are very addictive. I doubt I'll wait until 40 to get my next one.
Dying to know what you got ..... :)
- March 29, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Average Jane Crafter said...
oooooh - just looked at the large version of the picture ... I spy a needle coming from that needle ....
- March 29, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- countrymummy said...
Hi - happy birthday! I wasn't brave enough to get a tattoo...I just started blogging at projectforty.blogspot.com instead. I had the party and the treats but what I really wanted was a sparkly rock...it had to go on hold for a while. Maybe when I'm 45?
- March 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- jen b said...
happy belated birthday. what kind of tattoo did you get? i got one when i was 21 and don't think they are addictive at all. but that is just me!
- March 29, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- Vintagesquirrel said...
Oooh, sounds familiar. I just turned 41 (March 19), and got my nose pierced.
- March 29, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- Sarah and Jack said...
Hapde Burfday!
- March 29, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Allie said...
Happy Happy Birthday!!! I'm not brave enough for a tattoo - I figured a blog is enough excitement for my 50th, lol. Can't wait to see the finished pic!
- March 29, 2009 at 6:49 PM
- Jessie said...
oh, happy belated, sweet G!!! Your birthday is smack dab in the middle of my husband's and my mom's.... eating lots of cake around here (hope you are, too)!
- March 29, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Early Bird Special said...
Happy Birthday, G! Hope you had a great day! My birthday is in just a couple of weeks. I should've known you were you an Aries, since I love your brain so much. <3
Oh, and I am hoping to treat myself to a new tattoo after the new baby is born!
- March 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Victoria said...
You go girl!
- March 30, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Geek+Nerd said...
Happy belated birthday dear! I can't wait to see the finished product!
- March 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- Joshua Jiraffe Designs said...
Happy Belated Birthday! Remember...the best is (always) yet to come!
- March 31, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- dawn said...
hehe I just turned 50 and got my eyebrow pierced.
- April 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM


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Cathe Olson, author of "Simply Natural Baby Food, "The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook," and "Lick It! Creamy Dreamy Vegan Ice Creams Your Mouth Will Love" keeps you up to date on food politics, whole foods and nutrition, as well as sharing recipes and posting book reviews. Also see her web site at http://www.simplynaturalbooks.com
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Cinnamon Apple Scones
More baking with my local grains. Today I made these scones.
Cinnamon Apple Scones
I found these really quick and easy to make using my food processor. If you don't have one, just cut the butter into the flours using a pastry cutter or two knives, and grate the apple with a hand grater.
2 cups soft whole wheat flour (or whole wheat pastry flour)
1/2 cup Khorasan wheat flour (or whole wheat flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup natural granulated sugar (evap. cane juice)
6 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter or nonhydrogenated margarine)
2/3 cup plain yogurt (dairy or nondairy)
1 large baking apple, coarsely chopped or grated
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet.
Put the flours, baking soda, cinnamon, and butter in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture looks like course crumbs. Add the yogurt and pulse to mix. Pour the dough into a bowl. Core and slice the apples (I use one of those hand apple slicer-corer things.) Place the apples in the food processor. Pulse to chop. Add the chopped apples to the dough and knead them gently into the dough. Form the dough into a disk and place on prepared baking sheet. Press it into a 9-inch circle. Use a sharp knife to score the dough into 8 wedges. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Place on wire rack and cool 5 minutes before serving. These are best warm but if you save them, you can heat in a toaster oven before eating. They can also be frozen.
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Rowan County Wills and Estates
Pictured is an old stone house built by Michael Braun in 1786, Kerr Mill and another old store in Salisbury, North Carolina. The first Europeans to enter what is now Rowan County came with the Spanish expedition of Juan Pardo in 1567. They established a fort and a mission in the native village of Guatari, believed to be located near the Yadkin River and inhabited by the Wateree. At the time, the area was ruled by a female chief the Spaniards called Guatari Mico. Rockingham County was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County. It was named for Matthew Rowan, acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754.During 1770 the eastern part of it was combined with the western part of Orange County to become Guilford County, North Carolina. In 1771 the northeastern part of what remained of Rowan County became Surry County. In 1777 the western part of Rowan County became Burke County. In 1788 the western part of the now much smaller Rowan County became Iredell County. In 1822 the eastern part of the still shrinking county became Davidson County. Finally, in 1836 the part of Rowan County north of the South Yadkin River became Davie County. Many of the Rowan County records, wills, estates, etc. are intact. It is usually researched in conjunction with Surry , Burke and Iredell Counties. Some of the earliest settlers were: Henry Aginder, Erasmus Allen, Thomas Braly, William Barr, Daniel Bates, Henry Bruner, William Bartholomew, Michael Cove, Alex Carruth, Nathan Dicks, Hannel Edwards, George Erwin, Peter Fox, Stephen Glandon, John Holmes, Robert Johnson, Peter King, Peter Lawrence, Andrew Maden, Joshua Nichols, William Ogburn, William Porter, David Rothera, and John Thompson.
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Birds of a feather knit together!
Introducing 'Knits of a Feather' by Celeste Young:
Knits of a Feather, filled with 20 bird inspired designs--
hats, scarves, cowls, shawls, mitts, sweaters, and household items.
Besides beautiful designs, Celeste has included large how-to photos
to help you with knitting technique. Great book.
Introducing Kid Seta Jubile by Schulana.
Come and look at this gorgeous multi-color mohair-silk yarn!
Kid Seta Jubilie and Churchmouse's Color Play Mohair Scarf.
A perfect match.
We're in Dream in Color's monthly new yarn and pattern club.
October's yarn and pattern will make you say WOW.
Everlasting, an 8-ply, hand-dyed Australian superwash merino.
Sock pattern: S.P.A.R.S.F. (Sand People Always Ride Single File)
The socks are designed to be left foot-right foot specific.
We can't explain the sock name, but we do know it's fun to knit!


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Happy July! From our last post, we told you that the Kenya Diggit! team went for a road-trip. Now we are back home! We can't wait to share with you the awesomeness that we encountered, and spread the travel bug that Kenya's roads infected us with 🙂
Tune in! Oh! And don't forget to subscribe on our Kenya Diggit! Youtube channel for this week's vlogs. So much in store!
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
OCC Inspiration Challenge
Thanks so much for stopping by,
10 comments:
- peanutbee said...
Gorgeous, Jennifer. The sketch is really cool with that half circle, and I love the placement of the three hearts in a diagonal like that. Beautiful!
- July 12, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
Jennifer, your card is GORGEOUS girl! Love the embossing and your layout is so pretty!!
- July 12, 2008 at 8:09 AM
- Mothers and Daughters Creations said...
Wow, you were right, the inspiration piece is beautiful! I've got some ideas milling around.... but I'm sure they won't be as pretty as your card!! Wow - it's just beautiful and so delicate... great job!
- July 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM
- Cindy Haffner said...
Beautiful, Jen, this card is so you, I love it.
- July 12, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Jessie/knightrone said...
Gorgeous card Jennifer!!
- July 12, 2008 at 10:11 PM
- Viv said...
Well girl.. you've done it again!
A masterpiece (or should that be mistresspiece)of design. I might try this. It will be a poor relation to yours and the other ladies cards, but it all helps me improve. Viv xxx
- July 13, 2008 at 2:42 AM
- Lynda Benden said...
Wow Jen, this is SO beautiful! The colors and all the details are awesome. You did such a great job on the challenge!
- July 13, 2008 at 8:12 AM
- Nancy Riley said...
Jennifer, this card is stunning! Soft and feminine ... you always pull this style off so well !!!
- July 13, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Jessica said...
What a beautiful card!
- July 13, 2008 at 5:51 PM
- Doris said...
absolutely gorgeous card!
- July 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM


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Suggests power, determining things --- 'Pulse for pulse
breath for breath. Speak low lean low. As long ago my
love, how long ago' Christina Rossetti
Writer's Block
A mystery – this blank page with blue pen –
and my duty to write a grand poem;
without engaging hope,
Instead, melting into zero,
atom by - fizzing - atom
equal and equally dissolved:
me, a pen, ink, page:
blank – nothing.
How to speak
There's nothing there at first;
nowt at all,
until the start of a small bubble
expanding sound,
growing up rapid
like a seed of beginnings
swimming in softness
ready to birth
out from the lung wrench,
in-breath, then out-breath
- crucial in moments -
touting a burp for
intended connection;
'Send out the dove'


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Derco Aerospace announced it has signed an agreement to support a contract to provide logistics services to the Royal Thai Air Force.
Wisconsin-based Derco has signed an exclusive deal with Thai Aviation Industries. As part of the five-year total logistics agreement Derco will support TAI on the company's C-130 aircraft maintenance contract with the Royal Thai Air Force.
Officials say Derco, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, will provide logistics for Thailand's fleet of C-130s including repairs and other maintenance services.
"This agreement is significant in strengthening our relationship with TAI and the Royal Thailand Air Force," Brian Holt, Derco vice president of sales and marketing, said in a statement.
"This total logistics support program will ensure the Royal Thailand Air Force's C-130 fleet is mission ready."


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Battle of Kosovo
Battle of Kosovo
Kosovo's aspiration for independence has come face to face with the very same forces that bloodily denied it to Bosnia
Anna Di Lellio
Paix et Châtiment , Florence Hartmann writes that so long as the survivors are denied justice, "the dead of Srebrenica will haunt the Old Continent like ghosts". From 2000 to 2007 Hartmann was spokesperson for Carla del Ponte, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia. Hers is a passionate, but bitter j'accuse against western powers, not just Europe, but also the United States. They have traded justice for security, Hartmann says. As diplomats, intelligence services and even peacekeepers, they have impeded the arrest of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic (indicted for the Srebrenica massacre), in a quiet conspiracy with the nationalist Serbian leadership that continues to shelter the two war criminals.
What makes this book urgent reading is that the riveting story of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia is more than a morality play on the role of international justice and human rights in post-conflict. It is a tale of what the near future might look like in the region, especially now that Kosovo's aspiration for independence must face, once again, the very same forces that bloodily denied Bosnia its own.
Hartmann sifts through key documents that the tribunal was refused for long time, among them, the minutes of the meetings of the Supreme Defence Council of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, still unavailable for public viewing. She reconstructs how Milosevic and other Serbian authorities orchestrated and co-authored the criminal war of Bosnia, while pretending to be disengaged from it; how they dissimulated their involvement, by adding to local Bosnian military units their special units under the interior ministry; and how they funded and protected Mladic and Karadzic from the time of their indictment until today.
This is a claim that warrants close attention. There is nobody among the post-Milosevic leadership, with the notable exception of prime minister Zoran Djindjic, who deviated from Milosevic's policies. Djindjic delivered Milosevic to The Hague and even tried to turn in Mladic, but was assassinated in March 2003. Kostunica succeeded him as prime minister of Serbia. As president he had opposed Milosevic's arrest and only reluctantly retired Mladic from the Serbian army as late as May 2002. It is under his government that Karadzic and Mladic have lived free in Serbia for years, often visiting Bosnia.
Kostunica is now getting ready to fight the battle of Kosovo, as he likes to say. He is not alone. As the new Kosovo parliament is preparing to declare independence from Serbia, a united Belgrade delivered a message of defiance: Serbia will defend Kosovo at all costs. Minister of foreign affairs Vuk Jeremic incessantly repeats that this does not mean that Serbia will go to war. Speaking to military forces at a facility near the border with Kosovo, President Tadic recently assured: "Serbia's armed forces will act in compliance with domestic and international laws."
If there is no threat of war, why talk about it so much? The truth is, as in Bosnia, special forces are already on the ground. When Kosovo declares independence, they will join Serb police currently part of the Kosovo Police Service to seize control of any municipality with a Serb majority. They will make sure that these areas will be free of Albanians. And Belgrade will blame any violence on extremist elements, unknown to the government. The major blame of course will be pinned down on the US and any other country that unilaterally decides to recognise Kosovo independence.
Although nothing happens exactly in the same way, this looks a lot like a replay of Bosnia. What is astounding is the willingness of western powers to see it happen again. As Hartman reveals in excruciating detail, in Bosnia they had enough information to foresee the tragedy of Srebrenica, as well as Sarajevo and many other massacres. They knew the architects of ethnic cleansing were in Belgrade. In wiretappings obtained by the tribunal, Hartmann hears a giddy Milosevic congratulate Mladic for the victory of Srebrenica, disbelieving that the west let them gain a territory where Serbs had never lived before.
Western powers put a stamp on ethnic cleansing, divided Bosnia, and forfeited justice for security. They never had any intention of risking their peacekeepers in Bosnia in order to bring Mladic and Karadzic to justice. Although they always knew exactly where these criminals were hiding, they pretended not to. They even tried, as Hartmann angrily claims, to shield Milosevic from the indictment of genocide. Local extremists, as the argument went, were responsible for the Bosnian genocide, not Belgrade.
They thought they could contain the crisis. It spread to Kosovo, where the survivors have not been yet granted the simple right to choose, with a referendum, freedom from Serbia. Serbian nationalism, briefly subdued after the fall of Milosevic, is back in full force with its old tactics. Momir Stojanovic, the former director of the Serbian Army's intelligence, recently told Glas Javnosti that Albanian civilians are planning a pogrom of Serbs in Kosovo. This is the same propaganda that prepared the arming of Serb militias and led to the war in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. It is an ominous signal for the region, and a reminder that without justice there will be no security.
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The Halifax-based centre says the storm is expected to dump between 40 to 60 millimetres of rain throughout the southern Maritimes, with wind gusts of up to 70 kilometres per hour in most areas.
Forecasters say rain will begin in western Nova Scotia later today and move through the rest of the province, southern New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island on Saturday.
The storm is expected to move to southwest Newfoundland and Labrador by Saturday evening.
The centre says no significant storm surge is expected with waves of three to four metres along the coast of Nova Scotia, although gale warnings have been issued for all marine waters south of the province.
Andrea hammered Florida with rain, heavy winds, and even tornadoes as it moved toward the coast of Georgia and the Carolinas.
It is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which typically runs from June until November.
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And miraculously, just like that, in an instant, I let go! I let go of something I've been desperately wanting for a long time now. If it is meant to be, it will be. And if it is not meant to be, well.. what is the point of pushing at a door that refuses to budge?!
I surprised myself tremendously! I didn't think I had it in me to NOT go behind this.. but curiously, I did, and how! It just took me a long time to get there; for ages, I made myself believe that this should be my sole purpose in life, that I would be absolutely incomplete without it. Hence I went behind it with all my might; I tried everything in my power, I saw positive signs everywhere, I desperately willed my entire being into making this happen.
But now that it didn't, and it probably won't.. I am fine! Amazingly, I am just the same, and I feel as whole as I ever did! Now when I look at people who have what I wanted, I feel no envy, no disappointment, no nothing in fact. All I get is this curiously vague sense of detachment, like I'm looking at them from the wrong end of a telescope, and they don't really hold any interest for me.
Even more amazingly, I feel refreshed! All of a sudden, I realised that in place of this one goal, I can have a 100 new goals, and go behind each of them with a 100 times more zest. I have some wonderful things in my line of sight already, and I'm sure, many more such wonderful things to come.
The best part is that, letting go of things that weigh you down, releases you.. like a catapult! You go from being weighed down into a bottomless pit, to soaring high in the fields you're best at! This one experience was like the universe's sign to me that I'm finally.. finally on the right path! 🙂 And with that knowledge, there is just no going back!
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This has been an awful summer in terms of weather with hardly any warm days and way too much rain. After a very long and cold winter, I think everyone in Manitoba was looking forward to what turns out to be beautiful summers but this has not been the case this year.
I look forward to putting my tropical plants in the sunroom for the summer so that it feels like I am on a tropical vacation every day. I am very pleased to see that my hibiscus is rewarding me with so many flowers that each morning when I open my curtains to the sunroom and I am greeted with a sight similar to the one below. My anthurium lily is also rewarding me with lots of lilies.
So although I am far from the tropics, I am vicariously enjoying a bit of it from my hammock in the sunroom.


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October 20, 2008 — ctdave95
Celebrating Passionately Pink Day at Our Hospital
On October 17th 2008 the department celebrated Passionate Pink Day to raise funds for the Susan Komen foundation. The staff made donations to wear pink to work for the day, almost everyone participated.
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister,Susan G. Komen that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. If you would like to participate, then visit the website at Susan G. Komen.
Our staff celebrating the day.
Thanks Janet and Don
Outpatient Imaging Center Completed in Brooklyn, NY - Architecture for Radiology (www.arch4rad.com), is pleased to announce the completion of construction of a new outpatient imaging center in Brooklyn, NY. T...
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Dhani joins Ronnie Faisst on the road with the Nuclear Cowboyz motocross show. Get an up-close look at the spectacle of exhibition freestyle motocross.
In this spike.com exclusive, Dhani hangs with Mike Mason to talk about the Nuclear Cowboyz and how it compares to the competition circuit.
Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Joe Warren and Greg Jackson talk candidly about the tournament format that "Fight Master: Bellator MMA" will use, and how it affects the fighters gunning for a spot in Bellator MMA. "Fight Master: Bellator MMA" premieres this summer, only on Spike!
Jamie is a four time X Games gold medalist in snowboarding. Check out what she thinks of the party scene and what it means to literally be a tree-hugger.
Strap in, get your helmet on, and join Dhani Jones at Northstar Terrain Park as he talks to Winter X Games star and Olympic hopeful David Wise.
David Wise, a freestyle skiing Olympic hopeful, gets a visit from Dhani Jones at Northstar Terrain Park. Check out one of Team O'Neill's top guys and a rising name in an exciting, emerging sport.
Follow the IOC's shocking decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics after 2016, the sport's ambassadors and fans have rallied together to save the legendary form of competition.
Leave it to NFL players Lamarr Woodley & Michael Boley to tell Dhani what to expect from Super Bowl XLVII.
Dhani Jones sat down with Lamarr Woodley and Michael Boley to talk about everyone's favorite subject, football. Get the lowdown on the Super Bowl from a couple of guys who've been there before.
Back in August, David Tyree sat down with his former teammate Dhani Jones and predicted who he thought would take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.


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Officials: Prescription drug abuse on the rise in Iowa
Stashed in medicine cabinets and kept in bottles of all sizes and colors around the house, prescription medicine is fairly common in Iowa homes. But a recent report from the state says these common medications are increasingly lethal.
"The increased deaths is very concerning, and this is a very serious matter no matter how you frame it," said Rob Metzger, treatment and services manager for 2nd Judicial District Department of Corrections.
According to the State of Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy 2013 drug-control strategy report released last week, 62 Iowans died in 2011 from drug-related overdoses involving controlled prescription pain relievers, a 59 percent increase over 2010.
"People don't associate much danger with something that comes from a doctor; they tend to underestimate the danger," Steve Lukan, director of the office, said. "It's a growing concern in the state, and we have to combat this.
Outside of Iowa, the United States has seen an increase in prescription-drug abuse. A January Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report labeled the overall problem as an "epidemic."
The report further said prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the U.S.
"We've seen the devastating impact prescription drugs can have on young people," said April Rovero, founder and CEO of the National Coalition against Prescription Drug Abuse. "We didn't begin to see the depth of the problem until after my son's death, and then we begin to know of the prescription drug epidemic."
Lukan said Iowa is combating this problem through programs such as the prescription-drug monitoring program, which doctors can voluntarily check what medications their patients previously had prescribed to them. The program is an effort to thwart so called "doctor shopping," or when patients go to numerous doctors to get more medication.
"We need to increase the penalties to stop doctor shopping," he said.
Specifically, mentioning the goal of increasing the penalties of charges like knowingly lying, which is currently a misdemeanor to a Class-C felony.
Metzger said he generally disagrees with increasing the penalties to stop prescription-drug abuse and believes it's better to address the problem through rehabilitation.
"It doesn't make the most sense from a public-policy aspect," he said. "I'm more of a proponent of handling the addiction via treatment and therapy. An addict isn't always thinking rationally and is not necessarily weighing the pros and cons of punishment in the decision."
Officials said while the addiction can reach all demographics, they place a special importance on educating young people about the problem.
"We encourage people to talk with their kids," Lukan said. "It doesn't cost taxpayers a dime, and we don't want to see young people get hooked on prescription pain killers."
Metzger and Rovero said they see a lack of knowledge about the dangers of prescription-drug abuse from college students.
"I hear pretty casual attitudes in talking to college students and throughout the age bracket," Metzger said. "They don't tend to equate [abuse] with a dangerous act or practice."
One of the major concerns with the continued abuse is diversion, which officials say is linked the widespread availability of most prescriptions.
"Prescription-drug diversion happens in homes friends and family really play a big part of the problem," Lukan said.
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Hi ladies,
So you all know I did a wash day last weekend right? The process was the same as my last one but this time I made my own detangling spritz with aloe vera juice and olive oil 🙂 I liked it… maybe because I am a fan of aloe vera juice but in terms of the results I felt like my hair was very soft after detangling it. Everything else was the same but for those who didn't get a chance to read the last washday post here's a summary of my routine.
Detangle- on moist hair with a paddle brush and wide tooth comb. I use detangler or a homemade spritz …
Prepoo- (2hrs)I used them same tea tree, olive oil and strongs roots pimento oil mix. I the oil on my scalp so that the tea tree oil can disinfect my scalp and then strong roots pimento oil penetrates the scalp to strengthen my roots
Wash- in four sections but not in braids. My hair and scalp was a lot more dirty so I used shampoo this time instead of co-washing to prevent build up of dirty on my scalp. I gave my scalp a good scrub and may have contributed to a few tangles but I was willibg to comb them out gently for a clean scalp 🙂
Protein treatment- I skipped the protein treatment again this time and when right in to deep conditioning. I will use my protein treatment on my next wash day. Every two months is fine for my hair especially with all this growth. the matting is not my friend.
Deep conditioning- I remain OBSESSED with my JBCO deep conditioner. I think it may be the castor oil component but it leaves my hair feeling amazing and soft… it's sensational!!! and I don't even have to apply too much …This time I even deep conditioned with out heat. I just cover with my shower cap and left it in for about an hour and a half, but the results as always were amazing. oh and all this was in sections.
Blow dry- I moisturized my hair then applied argan oil as my heat protector and blow dried in sections using the tension method.
With the more growth I'm getting the more shrinkage I'm experiencing but I know it's all worth it !! Have any of you done washday recently ? Please share YOUR Wash day regimen with all of us 🙂


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We appear to be ready for the big bad early DST. Yesterday we rolled every single one of our test servers forward and waited for the OS to do the switch. No databases came down (yeah!), unfortunately some of our vendor supplied patches for our large JSP based application seemed to have failed badly as the application simply refused to allow data to be entered "PO create date can not be past PO update date" or something like that.
Now, for the databases where test and production are on the same server - well, that is going to be a "fingers crossed" type of fix.There will still be a large number of IT people in on the morning of the 11th for the old 'just in case'.


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December 9
Day 9 consisted of baking 14 dozen cookies for a cookie swap I attended on the 10th. I tried a new cookie recipe that Becky Higgins shared on her blog. Apparently they were really good (at least they smelled good). I am not a chocolate mint kind of girl so I wasn't even tempted to try one. The large snowflakes on the left are actually the gift tags that were on the presents Santa left under the tree.
December 10
Admist a very busy day we went tree hunting. I love how this page came out. The fabric tag is a retired CTMH product that I have been hoarding because I just love them and didn't want to run out (I have issues...I know). I finally figured out how to use my sewing machine and stitched it on.
December 11 ~
Decorating the tree. I always have a hard time capturing this process. I don't know if it is the set up of my room or the fact that I am shooting into the window. I do love the picture I was able to get of the tree all decorated though. I used one of Ali Edwards December Daily Layered Overlays available at Designer Digitals to create the collage of some of our ornaments. I have never used Photoshop before because it frightens me, but after a few hours of youtube tutorials...I can work a layered template like a champ!
I used the December Daily format & overlays that Ali Edwards uses and many of my journaling prompts/story ideas came from Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class that I participated in this year. Click on either of the links above for more information on both of these concepts.