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The orphanage I visit on Wednesdays has felt like a battle zone lately. There were a couple kids who were behaving particularly badly, and after I prayed about it, those kids didn't come to the lesson for a few weeks. That wasn't exactly the result I was hoping for. But I continue to pray for them.
This Wednesday, I made a board game to use for the year-end review session, designed after "Chutes and Ladders." I decorated it with stickers, hoping that the visual presentation would draw the kids' attention. The kids were fairly cooperative about participating in the lesson, not counting the usual interruptions. I had a few new kids visiting. One, a girl of 10 or 11, played the game with us despite not knowing any English. The other visitor was a 6 yr old whom I first mistook for a boy, but turned out to be a girl with a shaven head (head lice???). She sat and grinned as we finished the lesson.
But I can't really say that all was well. One of the more disruptive students was misbehaving again. He's 11 or 12. I was very dismayed (to say the least) when he started making sexual advances toward a 9 yr old girl. It fits with his pattern of behavior, but to see the younger kids involved is heartbreaking. Even more disturbing was that the girl didn't object. She simply giggled a little bit. There was only one other child in the room at that point. I looked at her and she looked confused and disturbed. She told the counselor that the boy was bothering them, and the boy was dismissed.
This had taken place before the 6 yr old entered the room. But I shudder to think of her becoming a victim, too.
I feel prompted to pray for God to erase these children's memories. There is a time when reconciliation and forgiveness is needed, and there is a time when it is better to just forget. They are still young enough that maybe it's not too late to leave everything in the past. God can always redeem lives...
(Misha, below, is not the culprit)
(But Katya, below, was an unfortunate witness to Roma's inappropriate behavior)


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R.I.P. Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley passed away this morning. J. Freedom will have a full appreciation in tomorrow's paper, but the man's influence on rock 'n' roll is hard to overstate. He brought a rougher guitar sound into play and I always loved the guy because he knew that you could write a memorable song without pesky things such as chord changes. But he'll be most remembered for creating the iconic rock rhythm, which is, appropriately enough, called the "Bo Diddley beat." So in honor of Bo, enjoy some tunes that use his beat. The man must have been doing something right if everyone from George Michael to Iggy Pop wanted to rip him off.
"Bo Diddley" - Bo Diddley
"Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly
"1969" - The Stooges
"She's the One" - Bruce Springsteen
"Desire" - U2
"Faith" - George Michael
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June 2, 2008; 1:24 PM ET
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Sweet Jesus, how many songs can you think about right now that uses Diddleyan Riffs? Everybody from the Allman Brothers to U2, and maybe some VWXYZ band/singer/guitarist I can't think of should tip their hat to this Sweet Genius of a Man.
Forget about the copiers, though. Bo Diddley's music made you want to be alive through all of whatever you're going through. Put a skip and a hop to your creative depression, make you laugh out loud when you're still pretty low.
Everybody gotta go sometime, but still I'm a big sad face today.
Posted by: Meepo | June 2, 2008 2:43 PM
...and let's not forget the famous commercial:
"Bo...you don't know Diddley."
Posted by: SportzNut21 | June 2, 2008 2:48 PM
Glad to see this tribute to Bo Diddley, an American master, in my former paper.
Another group that took a lot from him was Quicksiler Messenger Service, whose "Happy Trails" album is one long Diddley homage, and the best record they ever made.
Posted by: Tim Page | June 2, 2008 2:57 PM
No offence, but Richard Harrington should write the appreciation. I know he was one of the Staffers who was bought out by the Post, but no one among the Post Staff music writers have the braeth or depth of his knowledge of the music scene, especially here in Washington where Mr. Bates lived for several years. Perhaps someone will contact Bobby Parker who was in Bo's band when Bo played the Ed Sullivan show.
Posted by: Novaron | June 2, 2008 3:03 PM
A very sad day for rock and roll as well as blues. They just got a frontman for a great gig in the sky.
Posted by: PC | June 2, 2008 3:16 PM
I saw Bo play a gig in a small club in New jersey in the mid '80's -- an absolutely amazing performance before fewer than 100 people -- he had everyone on their feet dancing and hollering -- the world has lost a great entertainer . . . .
Posted by: tom | June 2, 2008 3:30 PM
To paraphrase the Doors "Back Door Man"
We eat our dinner, Eat our pork and beans
Diddley eat more chicken, Than any man ever seen
The world lost some serious cool today............
Posted by: Les Izzmore | June 2, 2008 3:31 PM
How about giving Bo Diddley better play on the washingtonpost.com home page? Look at nytimes.com. They've got a huge picture and three big links. Post.com took Bo way down on the page less than three hours after the news.
Posted by: Pedro | June 2, 2008 3:49 PM
I can't even estimate the number of times I played "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover". That 45 changed my musical life, and NO ONE has ever duplicated Bo's guitar sound and momentum on that track. If you think you play rock guitar, shut up, cop some humility, drop to your knees, and point a moment of tribute to God for letting us borrow the amazing Bo Diddley. Keith Richard and George Thorogood, get up off your money and at least pay for the man's funeral. You owe him way more than that and you know it.
Posted by: Max Maxwell | June 2, 2008 3:51 PM
I "met" Bo Diddley in 1980. My private high school in St. Cloud, Minnesota had a fund raiser each year: "Rock Around the Clock" and that year Bo Diddley headlined the show. As an 18-year old music afficianado, I was mesmerized wathing Bo rock "Lucille" -- his famous guitar. After the show I saw him walking in a corridor of the arena with his people and I called out "May I have your autograph?" He replied gruffly, "No!"
Ahh, my all-too-brief brush with greatness.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 2, 2008 3:52 PM
Just heard the news. With tears streaming down my face, I mourn the loss of the man who put the rock in rock and roll. Throughout the years, I've been lucky enough to have seen and partied with Bo everywhere from New York City to Durango, Colorado to here in Southeastern Arizona. Well, Bo, I guess you've put your suitcase down for good. May you live on through your music and through the memories of the many folks around the world who love you.
In peace and love,
Caldonia (AKA Patricia Donnelly)
Posted by: Patricia Donnelly | June 2, 2008 3:52 PM
The Stooges! Ha. RIP Bo Diddley. I always though of him as that henpecked guy in the movie "The Rutles" who claimed he taught the Beatles and the Stones everything they know.
Posted by: johng1 | June 2, 2008 3:56 PM
I have a 45 recorded by "The Snakes" called
"Pay Bo Diddley"... It is GREAT. To honor what Bo stood for I will NOT put it on the internet. Intellectual property rights are everything in the creative world. This man should have been a billionaire.
Posted by: B.L.Lindstrom | June 2, 2008 4:09 PM
Another Titan of Rock n' Roll leaves the stage. Thanks, Bo. Rock music would have been a emptier creature without you.
Posted by: Tom Roedel | June 2, 2008 4:10 PM
Of the, I can't remember how many, shows I have seen in my rock lifetime the Clash/Bo Diddley, 'Give'em Enough Rope Tour' which stopped at DC's now defunct Ontario Theatre in Feb. of 1979 will always be remembered as one of the highlights. The Clash were well aware of who they owed some debt to when it came to guitar riffs and they were playing with him that night. I remember that the sound might not have been the best but the musical legacy vibes made it all great. Funny how today when the most recent Rolling Stone got delivered with their '100 greatest guitar songs of all time' issue there was not one Bo Diddley sung song in the bunch. Yes, they had Quicksilver's cover of 'Mona' listed but nothing from the man himself. Don't tell me that 'Who Do You Love' can't at a bare minimum replace 'Gravity' by John Mayer at #84 to name but one. Bo and his unique guitar and sound will be missed.
Posted by: GSM | June 2, 2008 4:33 PM
Um, Lucille was BB King's guitar.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 2, 2008 4:48 PM
Um, who said anything about Lucille.
check it out.
Posted by: GSM | June 2, 2008 5:08 PM
"Um, who said anything about Lucille."
The anonymous poster at 3:52.
Posted by: Anonymous | June 2, 2008 5:12 PM
I actually was at a show where the Snakes (who I think were originally the Kingsnakes but then changed their name; awesome, awesome Nashville-based blues band) opened for Bo and closed their set with "Pay Bo Diddly." The shame of it was that the show was ear-splittingly loud and Bo kinda phoned it in.
Posted by: 23112 | June 2, 2008 5:18 PM
Bo played a free concert at the University of Florida bandshell in 1989, and it was my introduction to the blues and to the magic of live performance. It changed the way I appreciate music. Farewell!
Posted by: snowjack | June 2, 2008 5:33 PM
Didn't know about this until i jumped the gun on Lucille (sorry about that), but Bo's guitar also had a name, Big B. Who knew?
Posted by: GSM | June 2, 2008 5:34 PM
Saw David Lindley do "Pay Bo Diddley", but not the man himself.
As far as songs with the beat, what about "Who Do You Love"?
Posted by: kdt | June 2, 2008 6:15 PM
The guy not only pioneered rock music and style, but his lyrics also were 50 years ahead of their time:
"I walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,"
Posted by: htj | June 2, 2008 6:19 PM
I saw Bo at the Chicago Blues Fest in the 1980s and most recently at the Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland in 2006. Bo was in very poor health at that time and he only managed to play a 5-song set with lots of dialogue between selections. But for a brief time, he was able to summon enough strength to play "Bo Diddley" and "I'm a Man" with swagger and authority. That alone was worth the trip. I feel privileged to have sat in the front row at the feet of an aging master and give him some adulation when he clearly needed it. Thanks for the memories and the music Bo. If there's a rock n' roll heaven, I hope you'll finally get paid what you're owed.
" It's time to set the record straight,
To tell the truth before it's too late.
So so I've been told,
Bo Diddley put the rock in rock n' roll"
- Bo Diddley
Posted by: Ragamuffin Jim | June 2, 2008 6:22 PM
I first saw Bo Diddley at the long-gone Ontario Theater along with the D.Ceats and of course The Clash on February 15, 1979. There was a foot of snow on the ground from the famed Valentine's Day blizzard the night before (when I saw an equally epic set by Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band at Columbia Station -- just saw Billy in McKeesport PA two months ago and he's doing great).
Bo mentioned during the show that he had lived on Rhode Island Ave NE in the 1950s. I saw him again in Portland OR later in the 1980s and asked him about that, because when I was a preschooler my family lived in the Brentwood Village apartments at 13th & Rhode Island before moving to a home in Brookland. It turns out Bo moved to DC in 1959 and lived at 2614 Rhode Island NE.
What I didn't know until Richard Harrington's article on Bo in the Post in November 2006 was that he recorded his 'Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger' album in a basement studio there. That record is timeless and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
By the way, Richard was my boss in 1979 at the Unicorn Times, and yes, he should be the one to write a full piece on Bo Diddley for the Washington Post.
Bo Diddley straddled the lines between generations, between parts of the country, between musical styles, and followed his own course no matter what. While boastful, he had a right to do so as a rock'n'roll innovator, a great guitar player and singer and performer who kept the faith when the spotlight moved on to other many lesser talents. And he had a wicked sense of humor that still shows through in the all-too-serious business of music.
"Lookee here!"
"What's that?"
"Where you from?"
"South America."
"What's that?"
"South America."
"You don't look like no South American to me."
"I'm still from South America."
"Yeah, what part?"
"South Texas!"
Posted by: Fred Heutte | June 2, 2008 9:26 PM
Nice remembrance Fred. I remember a couple times seeing Bo in DC in the 90s, including the Barbecue Battle when it was held at Georgetown Harbour and he always recalled DC and the Howard Theater. One would not have known he lived in DC from reading the appreciation in today's paper (or at least what is on th net). Is the Post too cheap to have someone contact Bobby Parker who was with Bo on the Ed Sullivan Theater. I am watching Channel 9 story on Bo that showed the Rhode Island address that he lived in and where he had his studio or he touched Marvin Gaye, among others. One should note that Bo's former bass player, Jesse James Johnson, passed away a little over a year ago. Some will remember the band Jesse James & the Raiders. The Post did not note his death, which increasingly is tyopical for this increasingly pathetic paper.
Posted by: Novaron | June 3, 2008 6:00 AM
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Oddly though they include titles like Peter Weir's car horror flick The Cars That Ate Paris and Sirens yet exclude classic (or, at least, noteworthy) Aussie movies like Mad Max 2, Walkabout, Death in Brunswick, Cosi, Japanese Story, Children of the Revolution, Wolf Creek (in fact, the Aussie horror genre got neglected entirely), Bad Boy Bubby, Romulus My Father, Abba: The Mov... er, okay, maybe that last one was left off for a reason. Lest the AFI forget that Japanese Story and Romulus, My Father were both AFI winners for Best Film as recently as 2003 and 2007. My how quickly they forget when last year's real top Australian film, Noise (y'all know how I feel about that), was included on the list.
But, I shouldn't gripe. It's the AFI's 50th year so at least they're doing something. Nevertheless, I found it hard to round down my selections to merely a top five, but top five I did. I'm sure this would change tomorrow if I re-evaluated, but this is what I submitted:
Because it's certainly my favourite. Sure, it is perhaps cheating in that a lot of the funding came from overseas, but it's still an Australian film and it's my favourite so no. 1 it is.
2. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, dir. Peter Weir)
I imagine Gus Van Sant adores this movie, don't you? It's an absolutely stunning piece of cinema. Those scenes at the rock are like some abstract beautiful ghostly poem.
3. Newsfront (1978, dir. Phillip Noyce)
It feels incredible "strayn" and proud of it, in fact I'd probably consider Newsfront one of the most patriotically Australian movies ever. Yet, it's also a fascinating film about news, the people who document it and the lengths they'll go to do so.
4. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, dir. Stephen Elliot)
Because apart from perhaps Flying High! no movie consistently makes me laugh as much and as hard as this film about two drag queens and a tranny driving through the desert in a big pink bus.
5. Lantana (2001, dir. Ray Lawrence)
Worldclass drama that became a phenomenon at the box office, trumped everything else come awards time, and put the industry momentarily back on the map. Proves that while American "best of" lists continue to name the same movies - routinely swapping between Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Casablanca - that we are indeed (despite popular opinion) still capable of cranking out absolute modern day classics and that we're actually a still-growing industry.
I felt sad about leaving Muriel's Wedding, The Piano, Gallipoli, Malcolm, Proof and several others off, but it had to be done.
The Herald Sun's Leigh Paatsch has done a countdown for today's Hit liftout of his 30 top Aussie films. I can't imagine why he left out Newsfront yet did include the original Mad Max (not actually that good of a movie, sequels notwithstanding) and Love Serenade (although I think I'm in the minority of not liking that film). His list can be seen below, but click over to the Herald Sun website for his comments on each.
The greatest Australian film ever continues to stand as a shining example for others to follow in the future.
The many strands of an intricately-woven contemporary drama intersect at one character, a police detective whose heart is hardening under the stress of juggling the attentions of an unhappy wife and a distant part-time lover.
Some might argue there is nothing quintessentially Australian about Lantana, that it could have been made anywhere at any time.
However, the sheer perfection on display here in every department , especially the uniform excellence of its ensemble cast, the eerie resonance of Andrew Bovell's screenplay, and the textured direction of Ray Lawrence, achieves an intelligence, eloquence and emotion that showcases Australian film at the absolute height of its powers.
2. Mad Max 2 (1981)
3. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
4. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
5. Romper Stomper (1992)
6. Shine (1996)
7. Gallipoli (1981)
8. Muriel's Wedding (1994)
9. Breaker Morant (1980)
10. Chopper (2000)
11. Mad Max (1979)
12. The Boys (1998)
13. Love Serenade (1996)
14. The Dish (2000)
15. Dead Calm (1989)
16. Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
17. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
18. Malcolm (1986)
19. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
20. Two Hands (1999)
21. Australian Rules (2002)
22. My Brilliant Career (1979)
23. Proof (1991)
24. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
25. The Castle (1997)
26. Noise (2007)
27. Kenny (2006)
28. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
29. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
30. Don's Party (1976) / The Club (1980)
Do you have a favourite Australian film? I'd love to hear about it. Speak up in the comments section if you're that way inclined.


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In last Sunday's paper Commissioner John Goodloe in a letter to the editor criticized eight other commissioners for wanting to reallocate $10,000 from The Rehabilitation Center and give $5,000 each to The Family Center and Boys and Girls Club.
In last Sunday�s paper Commissioner John Goodloe in a letter to the editor criticized eight other commissioners for wanting to reallocate $10,000 from The Rehabilitation Center and give $5,000 each to The Family Center and Boys and Girls Club.
This should have been a mere difference of opinion reflected in the vote. I feel Mr. Goodloe�s true intent was to make us look evil, like we don�t support The Rehabilitation Center, which is far from the truth, as well as shame us into supporting a pay raise for county employees.
There were several pertinent facts he conveniently left out of his letter. Here is the rest of the story.
No charitable contributions the county makes to non-profit organizations year after year are guaranteed. They are based on the needs of citizens.
In the 2011-2012 budget year, Commissioner Beckum made a motion to give The Rehabilitation Center 10,000 more dollars. They were already receiving $29,600.
For the past three years they have been appropriated $39, 600. They rank second to Maury County Rural Volunteer Fire in receiving funds from the county as a charitable contribution.
The Rehabilitation Center also receives monies from city, state and federal governments. You can visit The Department of Human Services website, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/rehab/vrs.html, and see the numbers.
I think you will discover they are sufficiently funded. The Rehabilitation Center�s budget was left out of Mr. Goodloe�s letter, although he specified what The Family Center and Boys and Girls Club budgets were.
Absolutely, The Rehabilitation Center is a very reputable organization in training and placing into employment some of our citizens with special needs, and yes, we support and are proud and thankful for their efforts.
In the past three years the face of Maury County has drastically changed, though. With a poor economy, many more have lost their jobs, and good-paying jobs with benefits are hard to come by. Some citizens have fallen on hard times, and the need to help has grown.
Is it wrong for some of us to want to help two charities who serve only Maury County and are just as deserving? Commissioner Goodloe seems to think so.
The Family Center just provided 315 Maury County students 100 percent of their school supplies, not to mention all the hungry they help feed. They maintain their own vegetable garden and have numerous fundraisers to aid their cause. They work very diligently to never have to turn anyone away. This is tremendous aid to ones who have lost their livelihood. The pleas for help are simply greater now, and support from the county is a must.
The Boys and Girls Club serve Maury County�s �at risk� children, providing a safe haven and productive learning environment. Their motto, �Great Futures Start Here� is indicative of the 100 percent graduation rate for the kids that go there. Because of increased participation and the success they are having, another location was opened which is almost full. This place may be the only exposure some get in building character and learning good, moral and ethical behavior. With Maury County ranking No. 1 in domestic violence, greater achievements can come from their services.
Also in Commissioner Goodloe�s letter, he chastised some commissioners for not supporting a pay raise for county employees. I�m sorry, but maybe some of us don�t think a tax increase and pay raise need to be in the same sentence. While county employees are taxpayers, too, we must listen to all our constituents, and the majority seems to feel as we do.
We would love to be able to give our county employees a raise; there�s just one major problem � we simply can�t afford to this year because we�re faced with a $2 million deficit. The proposed 16-cent tax increase would only balance our budget at the taxpayers� expense, and the solution for a new Central High School is not even in the equation. A 5-percent pay raise would cost the taxpayers $777,546.00; a 3-percent pay increase would cost $469,987.00.
Although over a million dollars in cuts to the budget were submitted, none were considered by the Budget Committee of which Commissioner Goodloe is the chairman. There were also suggestions for increasing revenue, and they got shot down, too. Perhaps if the spending and hiring frenzy would cease, we maybe could save money and give a pay raise, plus not consider cutting any services.
To Commissioners Cepicky, Shackelford, Burkhalter, Stovall, Dickey, Roddy, and Barner, I am honored to serve with you. At least some of us are trying to be good stewards of taxpayer money which was what we were elected to do.
Debbie Turner,
County commissioner,
District 8


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Friday, March 24, 2006
Hay Market for Herrerasaurus
"As I sat opposite Hyde Park in the centre of London, I couldn't help wondering if I'd slipped into the set of Jurassic Park, by some strange quirk of time." Said Charlotte Hanson after attending the Haymarket's 'PR and the Media' conference at The Dorchester. It seems they are serving a very interesting niche market.
Picture: Natural History Museum
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Clinical Reference / Spotlight on Rosacea / Erythemato-telangiectatic (E-T) Subtype
Erythemato-telangiectatic (E-T) Subtype
Characterized by diffuse erythema and telangiectasias on the cheeks, forehead, dorsal nose, or entire face.
- Patients often complain of intolerance or sensitivity to topical products and cosmetics.
- Though considered the mildest form of rosacea, the E-T subtype is marked by significant impact on quality of life stemming from persistent facial erythema.
- This type is best treated with avoidance of flushing, photoprotection, and electrosurgery or laser therapies to treat the erythema and telangiectasias.
A significant advancement in treatment of rosacea erythema is now commercially available; once-daily application of brimonidine tartrate gel 0.33% (alpha adrenergic receptor agonist) (such as Mirvaso gel) has shown great promise as an effective topical treatment for facial redness in rosacea.


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We missed last week LIL' KICKERS but we LOVED going this week...
Hailey did not do any of the opening stretching or running but she LOVES everything else...
We were making our Soccer Ball Clown to kick into the goal.
Hailey kicked it and giggled! LOVE THIS GIRL! ~
Cleaning up the Clown mess, the kids are behaving SO Much better this week!
It was a GOOD time had by all. I think next week she MIGHT do the warm ups with the other kids! LOL!


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Honestly we never try to hide the fact that we home school but if it hasn't naturally come up in conversation then I tend not to mention it. The reason I don't mention it isn't because I'm ashamed or embarrassed. I don't mention it because of the questions. Questions, questions, questions. We live in a city with a LARGE home school population, home school is slowly becoming more familiar to the general public, and my kids don't present themselves as aliens so I'm always surprised at the QUESTIONS.
This family wasn't rude or judgemental (well there was that one thing they said) but they were curious. THE QUESTION was "How DO you do it?" I tried to polite gloss over it the first time. Then she asked again. I tried to shrug it off. Then she asked again. I took a deep breath. It wasn't the time or the place to delve into our story (although I'm 95% sure she will ask about it more in the future). We know the family is a church going family so maybe this woman is so curious because she's considered it. Maybe she has never known a home school family. Maybe she thinks we're crazy. Either way I took some more deep breaths and tried to condense 4 years of home school into 2 sentences.
"Well home school takes less time than traditional school so we are typically finished around lunchtime. It also works great with Hubby's rotating schedule."
Her husband was kind and said it must be like a full time job. "Well yeah it is." Then she commented that it was a good thing we keep our kids in sports so they can be around other kids (see note above). I don't think she was trying to judge though. That's just the one thing most people think about home school. Oh ya gotta socialize them!
When I get asked this question my snarky inner voice wants to say "How DO you send your kids to public school everyday?" but I don't because I know home school isn't for everyone and I know that isn't a fair question. I know public school is a blessing for some families. I don't expect everyone to follow our model. And I don't want them to expect us to follow theirs.
In the car on the way home I thanked Hubby for throwing me under the bus. He smiled and said that's the only way to get people to stop questioning him about police work. :) Bless him.
So if I had all the time in the world to answer the question here are some of the things I'd want to say:
How do you do it?
* With God's grace
* Because my kids are awesome
* With a super strong support system
* With some amazing curriculum
* With loads of Bible verses floating in my head to keep me from losing my mind
* Some days I can't, we just muddle through
* With buckets of coffee
* Facebook chats with other home school moms to keep me from pulling my hair out
* With lots of healthy recess time which requires my children to go outside
* Because I can laugh at things like this:
|A Banana Playing a Trumpet (obviously)
* Prayer, prayer, prayer
* And last but not least with some great friends who don't home school and don't judge us for homeschooling
This verse came to mind earlier so I posted it to my personal Facebook page but I feel I should share it here to:
I Pet 3:15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.


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Death notices, Thursday, 17 May
John McHugh, Clondra
The death has taken place of John McHugh formerly of Killeenreveagh and James Street, Claremorris. Reposing at St. Joseph's Hospital Chapel, Dublin Road, Longford, today, Thursday, from 5pm until removal to St. Mary's Church, Newtownforbes, arriving at 7.30pm. The funeral mass will take place tomorrow Friday from 12 noon. Burial will follow at Ballymacormack cemetery.
Vincent Reilly, Drumlish
The death has taken place of Vincent Reilly of Clonellan, Drumlish, Co. Longford. Funeral arrangements to follow.
Billy Feely, Boyle
The death has occurred of Billy Feely of Marion Road, Boyle, Co Roscommon. Funeral arrangements to follow
Bridget (Bridie) Mulvihil, Frenchpark
The death has occurred of Bridget (Bridie) Mulvihil (nee Gordon) of Frenchpark, Co Roscommon.
She died peacefully at the age of 95 at the Mayo General Hospital. Deeply mourned by her beloved children, her daughter Anne, son John, her grandchildren, as well as her great-grandchildren, her daughter-in-law, son-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Reposing at The Sharkey Funeral Home, Frenchpark on Thursday evening from 6.30pm, followed by prayers at 7pm. Removal to Frenchpark Church, arriving at 8.30pm. Mass of the Resurrection on Friday at 12 noon, with the funeral proceeding to Kilmaryl Cemetery.
Family flowers only are requested, and donations, if desirable, be made out to the Kidney association of Ireland
Gerry Caslin, Strokestown
The death has taken place in Manchester of Gerry Caslin of Strokestown, Co Roscommon. Reposing at McHugh's Funeral Home, Strokestown, tomorrow, Friday, from 6.30pm, followed by removal at 8pm to the Strokestown Parish Church. The funeral mass will take place on Saturday at 1pm, with burial afterwards in the local cemetery.
The staff and management of the Longford Leader wish to extend their sympathies to those bereaved.


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'Why are you telling me all this?'
'As consolation.'
Doctor Who is the best science fiction series on television. The renegade Time Lord and his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) have been travelling through the vortex for over 46 years now, and the series has accumulated hundreds of episodes worth of amazing adventures through time and space. Flat out it is my absolute favorite science fiction program, one I recommend wholeheartedly and without reservation. Yes, the older episodes do feature wobbly sets and aliens that look cobbled together from cardboard and aluminum foil, but there was such an insane fury to the show, a zest and bounce and sense of fun that helped it through the cheesiest of cheesy episodes during it's original tenure of 1963-1989. Put 'on hiatus'(a nice way of saying cancelled) in '89, the show would not return to the airwaves (with the exception of a Fox television movie in '98) until 2005.
Trying to explain the continuity of a show that's damn near 50 years old would be an exercise in pointless futility, so let's break it down to the essentials. The Doctor (the only name he's ever given, apart from the occasional alias of Dr. John Smith) is a Time Lord, the last of his race who fought a war throughout time and space from which he emerged as the sole survivor. He's an alien being with twin hearts, a phenomenal constitution (two hearts and the ability to undergo a regenerative process that makes him a completely new man. . .which has allowed the series to have had a total of ten--soon to be eleven--actors inhabit the title role), and an intelligence that'd put a skyscraper full of geniuses to shame. He roams through time and space, a wanderer and a vagabond who often travels with people from Earth, his favorite planet. His mode of transportation is the aforementioned TARDIS, a space-time machine from his home planet of Gallifrey that the Doctor 'borrowed' centuries ago to escape the Utopian tedium of his home planet so very long ago. The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental (leading many to note in awe that it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside) and--if in proper working order--would possess a chameleon circuit allowing it to blend in seamlessly with the surrounding countryside whenever it materialized from the depths of the space-time vortex. Unfortunately, the Doctor's ship isn't exactly in perfect working order, and after a time the circuit jammed and the TARDIS became stuck in the shape of a London police box from the 1950s(it's also a point of irony that for the most advanced piece of technology his enemies or companions will ever see, the Doctor's TARDIS is old and holding together with a combination of the Doctor's technical know-how, bailing wire, and liberal amounts of percussive maintenance). With this simple formula, what originally was intended as a children's program about history morphed into a science fiction saga that has enthralled millions.
David Tennant (perhaps best known to North American audiences for playing Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is nearing the end of his tenure as the 903 year-old protector of time and space, and they're bringing his era of Doctor Who to an end with four specials, The Waters of Mars being the second to last. The TARDIS lands on Mars in the year 2059, bringing the Doctor to Bowie Base One, the first human outpost on the red planet. Here he quickly finds himself entangled in a potential disaster. . .one that must become a certainty. You see, Bowie Base One was destroyed on November 21st, 2059. It's destruction a matter of historical fact. But as the body count rises and the clock counts down, can the Doctor stand idly by and let history take it's course, knowing that it means watching good people die?
The Waters of Mars is vintage Doctor Who, with the Doctor coming across an outpost or way station and becoming embroiled in the events there. The kicker is that this is one instance where his intervention is something that has to be avoided; this disaster must take place as it's a matter of recorded historical fact. How that fact endures with the Doctor's presence is one of many twists and turns through an enjoyable enough adventure, though to be fair I have to say it's not the series at it's absolute finest. The hidden enemy, the Flood, is effective enough in a scary sort of way, but it's not really developed all that well beyond a spooky method of vampiric transformation and some creepy visuals. The denouement leaves the viewer scratching his head as to whether a big explosion is really capable of taking out alien baddies comprised of water. . .I mean, it'd just be mutated alien water now, wouldn't it? It's effective enough in an Aliens sort of way, but Doctor Who villains work best if they offer a moral or intellectual challenge to the Doctor.
Now that said, the special was still a lot of fun, with Tennant turning in his usual enjoyable performance as the Doctor, albeit one laced with a bit of arrogant darkness that brings the viewer up short at the end. Lindsey Duncan plays Adelaide Brooke, commander of Bowie Base One and the Doctor's 'companion' for this adventure, and it's here that the importance of the companion as moral compass for the Doctor is illustrated nicely. Without someone to question him or provide some perspective, things could go very, very wrong. This episode gives us a nasty example of how even the best of intentions can lead down a very dark road.
Is it the best the series has ever produced? No, for that I'd have to offer Blink or Doomsday for the sheer creepiness or emotional devastation that comes with great Doctor Who episodes. This was good, very good indeed and while it's not the best Who I've ever seen it's certainly a lot more fun than some other shows out there where smiling is verboten and the concept of actually enjoying being in space, having adventures is considered a crime punishable by Angst. Recommended.
Ps. Sorry it's been so long but I'm neck deep in National Novel Writing Month. I'll post more regularly soon, promise.


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Mardi Gras, my favorite holiday! In New Orleans we get the whole week off of work/school for the glorious event. Living outside of the state, you get nothing! However, being such an important part of my cultural heritage (and having missed last years celebrations) I decided to allow myself the time to go home for the occasion.
Despite what many people may think, Mardi Gras is not about beads and boobs. Beads yes, boobs no. To dispel the myth, the only people who flash at Mardi Gras are not from New Orleans. In fact, the people on the floats in the parade are likely related to us or are friends of ours. That would make it quite embarrassing if it actually did occur, not that anyone in their right mind would do so.
With that said...Mardi Gras happens to be my favorite time of year for a number of reasons.
1. There is nothing better than a city wide party (think way bigger than block party) where you can see everyone you know. This provides ample time to catch up on things, life, and everyone related to them. This is part of what makes New Orleans a community. Also during this time, you are introduced to those they are with. Thus, making new friends and expanding your social circle. A very realistic Mardi Gras situation would be meeting someone 6 blocks away and walking to do so. In the process running into 3 different people you know and having 20 minute long conversations with them. At this time you may be offered beer and the use of a toilet (if you are really good friends). On the way back, you run into 3 different people from before and the process continues.
2. Aside from the city wide party. Often times you and your closest friends will set up shop at one part of the parade route. This provides a place for family and friends to come see you and a general meeting up point. This spot is all about location. It must be convenient to bathroom and beer as well as in a safe area and within walking distance of other friends. Ladders are often times part of this set up, food, coolers etc. Which leads me to another part of Mardi Gras....
3. The Barter System. Everyone works on the barter system during this fabulous holiday...with the exception of bartenders and cab drivers. The group behind you has a table of crawfish, you have a box of fried chicken...you trade each other for it. You have a spot close to the parade with ladder, they have beer...you trade. The guy on the float has some AWESOME beads that you in your drunken state cannot live without...you have a beer...you trade. Life was much simpler with the barter system.
4. Drunken revelry. It is my belief that in order to keep ones sanity, one must cut loose. This happens usually more than once a year in New Orleans, but this longer than a week celebration is what keeps us sane..."its through losing our minds that we find our hearts"-fred leblanc
The list continues and I'm getting tired, but bottom line...I MISS NEW ORLEANS!


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To the editor:
This letter concerns only those persons in the 41003 Zip Code area.
You received a letter just this past week from a Bob Redden at 1591 Dalton Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45234-8992. This letter is from the United States Postal Service. It is a very important survey concerning the service options the Postal Service is offering to the patrons in the 41003 area served by the Berry, Ky. Post Office.
To the editor:
To the editor:
As I was writing my original letter of endorsement for our fine Democratic candidates, I realized that I could sum it up much better and still make my point with the following words.
I trust President Obama to keep us safe in the world.
I trust President Obama to get our economy back on track.
I trust President Obama to always keep our country moving forward.
I trust Ben Chandler to continue to be the hard-working and dedicated Congressman for the Sixth District that he has always been.
To the editor:
During these crucial financial times in Kentucky it is very important for the citizens of the 78th. Legislative District to send Rep. Tom McKee back to Frankfort.
Rep. McKee is the Chairman of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committee and he is constantly looking for ways to help Kentucky farmers, small business owners and all citizens.
By Susan Arnett-Switzer, Guest writer
Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes, recently encountered my brother Capt. Samuel Arnett in Kuwait while evaluating the voting systems of deployed soldiers.
To the editor:
In light of recent events I have been left with a resonating sadness for the loss of such a young life. A teenage girl who must have felt so lost that her only option was to take her own life, how does this happen? I am forced to ask myself as a concerned parent "How is it that we are failing our youth?"
The issue of bullying is spiraling wildly out of control and lives are being lost. Not just any lives, but the lives of our youth who have barely experienced what the word "life" means.
To the editor:
Election Day is approaching quickly. If you are like me, you are tired of the commercials and the mud-slinging and the politics. While the results of our national elections are important to us all, local races probably have more impact on our day to day lives. So even if you're not very excited to vote for our national candidates (which I encourage you to do wisely), take seriously the impact that your vote can have here locally. Vote in our local races!
To the editor:
On Nov. 6 we can send a message by voting for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, Andy Barr and Thomas Massie, and Bryan Lutz. These gentlemen will bring conservative, common sense solutions to Washington and Frankfort.
To the editor:
The Harrison County Tea Party thanks the more than 60 people that attended the debates held at the Extension Office on Sept. 30. This is a prime example of how a non-partisan organization that focuses on today's issues can help provide information to the community for the upcoming Nov. 6 election. Special appreciation is extended to: candidates Tom McKee, Bryan Lutz, Bill Adkins, and Andy Barr; Moderator Amber Philpott; WCYN, Chris Winkle and Doug Miller; Ben Hyatt, Cynthiana Democrat; and the Harrison County Extension office.
To the editor:
The best Congressional candidate on the ballot Nov. 6 is without a doubt Bill Adkins, a native son, born in Letcher County. Knowing he was born in Letcher County, you won't be surprised to learn he worked as a track laborer for the L&N railroad, in coal mines, and in construction on the way to earning his law degree in 1999. He knows the pride of the labor of his work and of striving for a better future. He wants to help build a better future for all Kentuckians.
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Wat's Dyke made its way through the ancient Lordship of Bromfield. The townships which formed this area are shown in the figure to the right, which was taken from the detailed work of Palmer and Owen. It shows the flow of Wat's Dyke in relationship to Offa's Dyke as they both pass through this area. Less than two miles apart, in the area of Bersham and Wrexham, they form a narrow space which must have been an exchange point between the Welsh, and those Anglo-Saxons, who built the dykes.
It was at this geographic point that the "commot of Wrexham" became the "Manor of Wrexham". Initially called the townships of "Wrexham Fawr" and "Wrexham Fechan", they were jointly called "Wrexham Regis". Early forms of the name were "Wristlesham" (1161 AD), "Wrettesham" or "Wrectesham" (1236 AD), "Wyrcesson (1291 AD), and "Wrightlesham" (1316-17 AD). These names were felt by Palmer and Owen to be errors made by clerks.
Acton (Acatone/une) [Church with Saxon stonework], Allington(Allentune), Broughton(Brochetone/tune), Eaton (Eton) [1000 salmon] {must of been a good place to fish!}, Eyton (Eitune) [fisheries], and Gresford (Gretford) were all recorded in "The Domesday Book", but no Wrexham. Apparently, its name first appears in English records 1161 AD as outlined above. [Taken from: The Domesday Book, Thomas Hinde, Editor.]
It was here that the eldest son of Jeuaf (Ieva) (JH-1), Iorweth Fychan (JI-1), was first identified as "of Llwyn Onn". [Jeauf (JH-1) was alive 3 March 1140 AD).] This Llwyn Onn, meaning "Ash Grove", was apparently the winter home (hendre). The land was roughly 1.5 miles to the east of Wrexham. The summer home (hafod) was near Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, which was also called Llwyn-ynn (Llwyn Onn). As you can see from the map above, this land was split by Wat's and Offa's Dyke. Just how did we, my Welsh ancestors, manage to keep active these two areas on different sides of the fence? That story is yet to come!
The family tree is given in detail at: http://jonessurnamedna.blogspot.com.
The most detailed reference is: A History of Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and The Marches, by Alfred Palmer and Edward Owen, printed 1910. The map above is enlarged from this text.
The Domesday references are taken from the most readable text: The Domesday Book, England's Heritage, Then and Now, Thomas Hinde, Editor, Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1985. pp. 52-55.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Cadwallader Jones a New Blog
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Brick Wall Protocol
Just started a new blog to help get around those brick walls. This should be called Ge-ne-al-o-gy 401! http://thebrickwallprotocol.blogspot.com
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We were recently invited to what i think was the best wedding ever.
a woodland wedding!!!
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It was absolutely magical!!!
So peaceful, happy, creative, earth friendly, it was nice and cool, surrounded by green…
All of the crockery and all of the glasses used at the event were bought at second hand shops and charity shops, and they all looked spectacular on the table!
The woodland is being looked after so well; there are hundreds of butterflies and beautiful specimens of rare plants. There are mystical creations all around, amongst the trees, hiding in secret places… oh! ts just magical… At one point we even saw two deers chasing each other for ages around the trees! (maybe they were playing hide 'n seek?) The location, Shadow Wood, is absolutely stunning…
The have yurts for guests to stay overnight and also cabins… but not ordinary cabins! These cabins:
Aren't they amazing? I just fell in love with the place, I must admit!
At shadow wood they host woodland craft, nature and healing courses; I would highly recommend a visit if you have the chance!
Jason and I were asked to use are creative talents to create wooden made signs to direct people around the woods, since the place it's quite big! So Jason made them and I painted them in the requested 'rustic-shabby chic' style.
I decorated them with little bunches of fresh white and purple lavender and natural raffia.
Here is them in my house and in the woodland; i definitely like more in their natural environment them surrounded by the green of the trees…
I would like by conclude saying:
Many congratulations to the Beautiful couple Hannah and Jorick!
thank you for letting us be part of your special day...
Much love to you both
ps. i might few more pictures in the next few days!


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Brief report from Mexico:
The Lord truly blessed while we were in Mexico. Our missionary, Bro. Steve Harris and his wife, were truly gracious hosts. The Lord's hand was evident throughout the trip. We saw, at best count, 65 professions of faith while in Mexico. This is from door to door visitation, church services, and Pastor Ismael witnessing to his lost family. There were 8 first time visitors at the church's first service, and four of them were saved Sunday. The Lord truly blessed and we give Him the honor and glory. Most of this could not have been done without the sacrifice and time spent with us by Pastor Perez from Hermosillo and his group of Bible Institute young people. Praise the Lord!
Time to get back in the saddle though, so let us review:
The church in action in Acts 2 is an example for us today. We see that that church was a place:
1. Where Proper Gospel Preached (vs. 22-28)
2. Conviction was evident (37).
3. Proper Leadership (38)
4. Families were strengthened (39)
5. A place of Godly living (40) We continue our study now to the sixth example this church gives us:
6. A Place of Growth (vs. 41) People were being saved and baptized and added to the church. I do not believe that a church has to be large in number or buildings to be blessed of God. I do not believe that there is a magic number where when attendance reaches, the church has made it. Matter of the fact, I have met few, if any, churches that hold to strong Baptist doctrine (Salvation, church, closed communion, alien baptism, etc) that are "mega" in size. A preacher once stated, "Just because something is growing, doesn't mean it is alive and doing well. I pass many swelling opossums on the side of the road, but they aren't alive, they're quite dead." Having said all that, I do believe a church should be a soul winning church and should be seeing people saved. Should be seeing people baptized. Should be seeing people discipled. Should be seeing new faces and babes in Christ within the church. The church should be a place of growth.
7. Proper Doctrine (vs. 42) We read that the church continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine. As just stated, there are certain doctrines that a true New Testament church must hold to to be a true New Testament church. This will be a constant battle to stand as such, thus we read that they continued "steadfastly." A church must hold to the doctrine of Scriptures. That our Bible is the perfect, preserved, inspired, Word of God. That God is the Author of the Bible and the Holy Spirit moved holy men of God to give us God's Word. We believe that the only correct translation is the King James Version. We reject the modern paraphrased versions, common versions, and others that delete the pure meaning of redemption and the Deity of Christ. Our Bible is the final Authority for all faith and practice. A church must hold to the doctrine salvation. That salvation is by God's grace and that it is free to all through the Gospel. That the individual must accept by faith that salvation, and that by rejecting it, they are condemning themselves to a Devil's Hell. It is God's will that all should come to repentance and have the gift of eternal life. Repentance and faith are solemn and inseparable prerequisites for salvation; that they are inseparable graces wrought in the heart by the quickening power of the Holy Spirit, and as the sinner is deeply convicted of his guild and helplessness he turns in repentance to the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving Him as personal Saviour and Lord and is immediately born again! This salvation is eternal and cannot be lost!The church must hold to the doctrine of the church. That the church is a local, visible assembly of called out believers into a public place of worship. That service to our Lord is done through the church. The idea of a universal or invisible church is a false teaching and contrary to Scriptures. That our Lord began the church with His disciples and His Authority to fulfill the Great Commission is given to that church. Only that church has authority to baptize. The local church should observe the Lord's Supper (closed). That the church is not governed by an ecclesiastical hierarchy, and that the will of the local church is final. The church should hold to the doctrine of the second coming. That our Lord will rapture the saints before a tribulation period. That there will then be seven years of tribulation upon this earth. During that time, all saints raptured or having prior died will stand before God and experience what is called the Marriage supper of the Lamb. Here the churches (those that held to proper doctrine) will make up the Bride of Christ. The angels, O.T. saints, and saints of the present age who did not hold to New Testament doctrine will be guests at the marriage supper. Following these seven years, the Lord will return with His saints to rule and reign for 1,000 years on this earth. Satan will then be loosed and then a final judgement. We then shall forever enjoy a new Heaven and a New Earth for all of eternity.Time does not allow me to also write of other doctrines the church should uphold: virgin birth, creation, God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Devil, Hell, Fall of man, giving, missions, separation, etc A church should uphold these doctrine to be a true New Testament church. A church should teach these doctrines faithfully, discipiling their members in a knowledge of God. It is a lack of knowledge of the Law of God that is destroying our churches today (Hos. 4:6). A church should be a place that upholds proper doctrine! (Scripture for above doctrines: John 3:15-16, 1 Pt. 1:5, John 1:12, Acts 3:19, Eph. 3:21, Acts 2:47, 1 Tim. 3:15, Acts 8:1, Matt. 3:13-17, 28:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-34, Rom. 6:34-35, 1 Thess. 4:13-18, 1 Cor. 15:51-55, John 20:27, Jude 14-15, Titus 2:13).
8. A church should be a place of Fellowship (vs. 42) The church should be a place where brothers and sisters in Christ can exhort, rebuke, strengthen, and encourage one another. A place where you enjoy your company. A place where the brethren can break bread (eat) with one another. Pray for one another. Sing with one another. Laugh with one another. A place of wonderful loving fellowship. For this is indeed what eternity will be, what a shame to avoid it now!?


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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Move Over St. Patrick's Day, Hello Easter!
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Love her wish list! I need to get on that and do Hallie's!ReplyDelete
Oh my one year can go by so very quickly can't it!?ReplyDelete
So sweet! Cant believe how much Aria's hair grew in a year!ReplyDelete
I just downloaded a template to make that bunny garland the other day! SO cute!ReplyDelete
Okay I may just need to make that bunny butt garland, so stinking cute! And those bunny pajamas are a must! If only they had a somewhat masculine version...ReplyDelete
I've got Wyatt's basket DONE but Stella, well, she doesn't have a thing. I'm kind of stumped on hers. I like the swimsuit idea, she does need one...or five. ha. Wyatt is a huge fan of Pat the Bunny book, it's always been one of his favorites!ReplyDelete
How adorable! The banner is so cute!!ReplyDelete
Love the bunny butt banner!! And that pic of Aria with the bunny is too funny - she's got her best "Just take the picture already!" face on ;) The plastic cutlery is a good idea for the basket, Ez is currently obsessed with forks and spoons, and it's probably time he got a practice set.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, I love the bunny butt garland! I wanna make that! Ha, ha! :)ReplyDelete
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Bunny butts :). I am a total fan. LOVE her wishlist, everything on it is perfect.ReplyDelete
Aria. Easter 2014. TOO CUTE! Look at her hair. It's grown so much now! She looks too cute with her eggs. Can't wait to see her egg haul this year!ReplyDelete
That bunny garland is adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh my word, how adorable (and little!) is Aria with that bunny last year?!
Little Aria! I just watched our egg-hunting video from last year, and it really is crazy how much they've changed. Love that bunny garland - may need to make that soon.ReplyDelete
We are lame…we don't even celebrate St Patricks day around here. But, I love how festive you are for all holidays. So awesome! Love the bunny garland. Too cute. And those bunny jammies? Oh my word. CUTE!ReplyDelete
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The awards are run by Leeds City Council to recognise projects that make the city cleaner and greener. The ceremony was at Leeds Civic Hall and prizes were handed out by Look North weatherman Paul Hudson.
We were in the Green Space Creation category; first prize went to Bruntcliffe school.


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One of Sri Lanka's most promising young golfers is to be supported in her dreams of mastering the amateur circuit by the sponsorship might of the Softlogic Group, arguably the country's most dynamic conglomerate.
Fourteen year old Taniya Balasuriya of Sri Jayawardenapura Balika Vidyalaya is the latest beneficiary of the Softlogic Group's commitment to foster young Sri Lankan talent, a commitment which saw the Group take the country's first Asian Tour professional golfer Mithun Perera under its wing in 2016. The Group has awarded Taniya a one-year golf scholarship commencing January 2017. The scholarship is to be administered through the Sri Lanka Golf Union, the national body for golf in Sri Lanka, and her coach Jehan De Saram.
Commenting on the sponsorship, Mr Ashok Pathirage, Chairman of Softlogic Holdings PLC said: "At Softlogic we believe that talent scouting is vital, whether in respect of professionals or potential young sporting stars. As a Group we are committed to help nurture and grow worthy talented individuals in the arena of sports. I have the fullest confidence that Taniya will deliver results soon under appropriate guidance."
"We believe Taniya has the potential to be a champion in the future and to contribute positively in moving Sri Lanka towards world class standards in the sport of golf. We have therefore decided to support her to improve not only her technical skills but also her physical training, nutrition and mental focus." He said the sponsorship would also enable Taniya to participate in identified overseas tournaments to gain exposure to the standards of other junior players in Asia and gain valuable experience on courses in other countries.
Taniya, who started playing golf at the age of 10, currently holds a club handicap of 6. In her relatively short association with the sport she has notched up several noteworthy wins including the Ladies Sri Lanka Stroke Play Championship in 2015, the Regional and Sri Lanka Junior Open Division championship and been ranked No. 1 in the Silver Division (Age Group 12 – 14 plus years) in the National Junior Rankings 2015. Among her recent achievements were securing a berth in the semifinals of the Sri Lanka Amateur Championship in 2016 where she finally succumbed to Thailand's top seed.
Up to now, Taniya has been supported by the Royal Colombo Golf Club, the country's oldest and most prestigious and only "Royal" golf club and the Sri Lanka Golf Union, which is the controlling body for golf in Sri Lanka recognised by the Ministry of Sports, whilst Sri Lanka's only qualified PGA professional coach Jehan de Saram has been providing her with the necessary basic skills and knowledge which has given her the confidence to move to the next level. "The Sri Lanka Golf Union is overjoyed that a prominent company like Softlogic Holdings PLC has taken this step to provide funding for our high potential junior golfer Taniya and hope that others too will follow suit as we get into a more formal golf development programme in schools," said Priath Fernando, President of the Sri Lanka Golf Union accepting the cheque for her scholarship fund.
Softlogic Holdings PLC is one of Sri Lanka's foremost, dynamic conglomerates, with leading market positions in the country's growing economic sectors; retail, healthcare, ICT, automobiles, leisure and financial services. Softlogic holds Authorized Distributorships for key global brands and today, employs over 9,000 people in its offices located in Sri Lanka and Australia.


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For Christians who are experiencing conflict with each other, mediation doesn't just offer hope for a settlement. It can do more, offering a chance at authentic reconciliation.
"The problem with that idea is," I was once told by an experienced lawyer, "when people are mad enough to sue each other, they just ain't feelin' very Christian!"
Well, that's right. The process of Bible-based, Christian reconciliation is pretty strong stuff. Most likely, if you are in a dispute -- especially if you have been sued or are thinking of suing someone -- you ain't feeling very Christian right now. This is not a blog post for the ordinary person. It is only for a committed Believer. If you don't fall in that category, why should you want to even consider Christian conciliation? On the other hand, if you are a committed Believer, my question to you is, are you willing to try the Biblical way?
For the Christian Believer, the first step in Christian reconciliation -- your first decision -- is to investigate the concept of Christian reconciliation and what makes it different from other forms of conflict resolution. You are reading this. That's a big step. Thanks for being here! Now for the hard part ... the spiritual part.
The offer of hope for reconciliation doesn't mean that parties to a conflict are expected just act like nothing every happened. Acting like everything is okay, when it's not really, is to "fake peace" rather than "make peace". I'm afraid this is the sin I personally am most prone to.
When I was a young child growing up, Sunday School was a place for hats and white gloves. The appearance on Sunday morning was that everything was perfect: in order, perfectly coiffed, unruffled. In real life, Christianity where the tire meets the road is a bit more messy than this. In real life, there are days when one's hair is ruffled. Indeed, in real life there are days when one's friend commits suicide, when one's spouse is diagnosed with a terminal illness, when one's boss gives a pink slip, when the bill collector is calling and there is no way to pay the bill. So, nothing is perfect. It's only when we acknowledge that -- when we acknowledge our own brokenness or the brokenness of our relationship with another person -- that we can begin to take positive steps to address the causes of that brokenness and to heal it.
So, the first step is to acknowledge that things are not really okay.
There's another, important part of our requirement to acknowledge when things are not okay. We must be on the alert to whether we have done something that causes another person to not be okay: Our natural inclination is to be "on the lookout" for times when someone has wronged us. It's less natural, but just as important, for us to be aware of (and be sensitive to) ways in which we have offended others.
The second step is to do our part. If I have offended someone, it is my duty to make restitution. These are subjects for a different day.
What I want to write about today is actually the part that comes next: If I am the one who has been offended, the Bible commands me to forgive.
This is something I've personally struggled with. What does it mean to forgive? What if it seems impossible? What if the other person has not even acknowledged that they've done something wrong? What if they haven't even acknowledged that they need forgiveness? So, I'd like to dwell on this a bit.
Authentic reconciliation requires more than just "saying sorry" and then acting as if nothing ever happened. Nor does it mean that there are no consequences. We can't change the past, we can only change the future. I suggest that when a person seems focused on the past, it means they are not quite ready to move forward to forgiveness. Do you find yourself focusing mentally on wrongs from the past, on how evil someone was? Are you having trouble "letting bygones be bygones"?
What reconciliation means, is that we are offered an opportunity to change that path. We can't change the past, but we can deliberately change the shape of the way we move forward in the future. Changing this path, adopting the path of reconciliation, is not easy. But if we seize the opportunity for reconciliation, what we are seizing is an opportunity to move beyond the brokenness of a wounded world, to give and to experience forgiveness. If we address conflict at its emotional root, by giving and accepting redemption and reconciliation, then the wound can heal. This frees us to move on emotionally from a conflict. When we move on emotionally, we are then freed to experience genuine peace.
Imagine the experience of peace! Breathe deeply, sigh, let go of tension. Imagine a peace that passes all understanding. Imagine the restfulness of that. Does it sound too good to be true? That's the vision.
Perhaps all this "forgiveness" stuff sounds complicated and theoretical. How do we put it into action? What steps do we take to get there? How can we capture that vision and make it reality?
I suggest that the first step is to pray. Begin by praying about your conflict.
Prayer opens doors to new ways of perceiving conflict
Read scripture. Think on what it really means to "forgive ... as we have been forgiven". (Matt 6:12) Indeed, the entire possibility of reconciliation of one with another begins with God's ultimate gift to us of redemption and reconciliation with HIMSELF. Jesus provides the model of what to do in response to sin.
Wow, that's a tough one. The Bible doesn't say for us to forgive if the other side meets us halfway. Nope. It's pretty straightforward:
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Jesus had done nothing wrong, yet he just stood there and took it. He was a man who, though blameless, willingly gave his life in order to reconcile God with Man. We in turn -- who have been forgiven so much -- have an obligation to extend that same, sacrificial level of forgiveness to others. As I said, this is a difficult thing to wrap our minds around. It's not only hard to read about and to understand on an intellectual level. It's even harder to apply in our own lives. Nevertheless, through reading and understanding the principles, we can begin to believe in the possibility of forgiveness. Now time for more prayer. Take time to plow deep furrows in the field of our own willingness to be changed.
Jesus as a model for how to respond to a wrong? The guy allowed himself to be crucified for a crime he didn't commit! Does this mean I have to be a martyr?!!
Step three is simply this: to give it time. For right now, the idea of forgiveness may seem to be an impossible fantasy. I think it's perfectly natural to feel as if a wrong is so evil that it can't be forgiven. The easiest case to visualize is those few-and-far-between cases where a parent forgives the person on death row who murdered their child.
Prayer invites the Holy Spirit to work miracles
"How," we ask, "could a parent actually forgive the person who murdered their child?" It is only through a miraculous act of Grace. And moreover, it is not my place to judge you for what you can or cannot forgive. Who could judge someone if they feel they could not forgive their child's murderer? I surely will not cast the first stone on that one! All I can say is, the teachings of the Bible say what they say, and there is nothing easy about them. If we are able to forgive, surely it is through the miraculous workings of God's grace. So, that's why I say the first step is prayer. And the second step is prayer. And prayerful reading of scripture. At least, that's the way it is with me.
In terms of pursuing the activity of mediation, there's also the issue of, what if the other person is not willing to even talk or consider a mediation? I recently was reading a statistic that of every ten cases referred to mediation, only five people are interested in mediating. The other five just want to proceed to a lawsuit. And then, of those five cases where the person is interested, only about 20% of the time is the other party also willing to mediate. What does it take to bring the other side to the table? Well, that is a discussion for another day. The key for discussion here, today, is whether I have a duty to "go it alone" on this forgiveness thing even if the other side won't even come to the table. And also, what exactly does that mean? How can I forgive something if the other side doesn't even acknowledge he's done something wrong?
I don't have the answers. All I can say is that, one can have great faith, even in the face of grave doubt. If you have doubt, you are also in good company. One man who doubted, spoke candidly to Jesus about his doubt. The man had approached Jesus and asked him to heal his son. But he didn't say it just that way. Instead, what the man said to Jesus was put this way: please heal my child "if you [Jesus] can".
Jesus exclaimed to him, "If you can!?" I can almost hear the outrage in his voice. Jesus doesn't seem to have much patience for this man's doubt. But he answered the man, "Everything is possible for him who believes!"
The man replied, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:23-24)
Prayer opens doors to possibility
When we have doubt, the next step on the journey is to pray for God to help us overcoming our unbelief. Perhaps, with God's help, forgiveness might be possible.
Over time, with God helping our unbelief, we may find ourselves beginning to imagine a world where forgiveness might be possible not just in theory, somewhere else, but in this case. Here. Now. Me.
How to pray about this?
Well, first look at this picture, then put it aside and read on. This is an exercise and I'll come back to the picture after "talking" some more:
"Forgiveness is the final form of love."
Reinhold Niebuhr
Prayer enables us to imagine a better future
In your prayer journey, be imaginative. Imagine what a world would look like, and feel like, in which you have forgiven. Imagine a world in which you have peace, individually, whether or not the other person does. Imagine a world where your children were free to be friends with the children of the person who had wronged you -- a world where even the kernel of bitterness was gone. Is that a nice thought? Perhaps it would take a miracle. Imagine that miraculous grace.
Now, suppose the person who wronged you is willing to talk. If you are preparing for a mediation, ask yourself, "What exactly would it take for me to be open to the idea of forgiving this person? What do I need to hear from this person -- or see them do -- that would remove obstacles to my forgiving them?" Sometimes, it will be impossible to come to terms with another person. But it sure makes forgiving easier when the other person meets us halfway. Or maybe even all the way. Gee, in my own life, sometimes even a baby step is a help.
This is where the mediator can play a role. The mediator can discuss issues with each person, together, separately, and can literally be a "go between" when things are just too hard to talk about. The mediator can also provide some feedback, assessment, and other tools that just might shake the tree enough to help parties get beyond entrenched positions. (See for example, Breaking Impasse in Mediation, HERE .)
Bear in mind also, that this process -- discussion, communication, forgiveness -- does not mean either party is expected to become buddy buddy or to just kiss and make up and act as if there has never been a grievance. Sometimes there are consequences of actions that cannot be undone.
The mediator's role is to help parties reach a peace, a place where they feel right with each other and with God. A place where the party can pray, honestly, "Forgive me my many debts, Lord, in the same manner as I have also forgiven the one who owes me." What that means is a matter between the parties and God.
On our own, this type of forgiveness might seem impossible. But it is something God asks us to do, and therefore, it is not impossible. As Christians we walk by faith and not by sight. No matter who we are, or what we have done, or what may have been done to us, there is a path to forgiveness. It may not be easy, but with time and prayer we can find it.
Prayer illuminates the steps on the path to peace
It's also a path that goes two ways, back and forth. In our prayer journey, each of us needs to also ask ourselves, "What do I need to ask this person to forgive me for?" The path to peace involves not only bestowing forgiveness, but also acceptance of and appreciation of the gracious act of being forgiven. Sorry, but it's a Biblical mandate: "Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed." (James 5:16). Rarely is hurt purely one sided.
Prayer heals wounds
Life wounds us. We need healing. Failure to forgive results in bitterness. Bitterness festers. It's as if a knife remained embedded in the wound. No matter how many bandages we put on the wound, the wound will not heal until the knife of unforgiveness and bitterness has been removed. Unfortunately, I'm afraid, many of us know people who have lived their lives this way. Bitterness eats at them like a cancer and robs their days of joy.
Luke 17:3-4 says, "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him."
This requirement of forgiveness prohibits us from holding grudges; it prohibits us from even having bad feelings toward our fellows. Matthew 5:21-24 says:
You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Our society also seems to put great weight on the principle of "righteous indignation". Sorry, but there's no such thing. Romans 3:10 says, "There is no one righteous, no, not one." This cuts both ways. It reinforces that your feelings are normal. None of us are perfect. As we also know from Romans 3:23, all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. Yet also, this passages reminds us that there is no such thing as "righteous indignation". We are all under an active obligation to forgive, as we have been forgiven.
Prayer reminds us to have compassion
Still got indignation? Pray about it. If you're having trouble letting go of a wrong that someone has done to you, I suggest that over a period of time, you meditate for a few minutes per day over the following story, and how it might be applied in your own life:
Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.
As this passage shows, what's really at stake is our reconciliation with God. We are given a commandment to forgive "as" we forgive others. This is incredibly difficult. But ultimately, it also holds out the promise that we can achieve an authentic peace not just with each other, but with God.
This brings me back to the picture I included above. This is a famous drawing designed to illustrate the concept of "gestalt". When we see it for the first time, we only see a group of random dots. Over time, however, the picture changes. Our mind brings order to the dots and we see a scene of something else. This is similar to what I am suggesting prayer can do. Applied over time, using scripture as a reference, prayer can actually change us in miraculous ways. We begin to see things in ways we never would have thought possible. We become able to do things we perhaps never would have thought possible. We may even be able to relate to another person in a way that ... previously we never would have thought possible. Perhaps, miraculously, we become able to forgive.
I conclude with Colossians 3:12-17:
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Peace to you!


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History of Damoind
Since the dawn of time, diamonds have had a magical aura about them, and have stood as a symbol of purity and wealth. Natural color diamonds in particular have been, and continue to be, cherished by the rich and the famous.
The first documented case of a cut diamond being worn by a woman dates back to the XVth Century and involves a natural color diamond: Agnès Sorel, the official mistress of Charles VII, wore a pink diamond. Perhaps as a sign of what the future would bring, she was also the first non-noble woman to wear a diamond.
In the XVIIth century Cardinal Jules Mazarin, who served under King Louis XIV, collected diamonds from Catherine the Great. More than anything else, he loved natural color diamonds and had a special affinity for brown diamonds.
Maria Pavlovna, the Grand Duchess of Russia, can be credited for saving the Romanov's great jewelry collection by having them brought to her after her exile to Yalta. Upon her death in 1920, she divided the collection among her four children; her only daughter received the diamonds.
The "hold-up of the century" took place on 3 August 1949 when the Begum and the Aga Khan were stopped by three robbers outside their home in the Côte d'Azur. They had 200 million old French Francs' worth of jewelry stolen from them.
In 1947, Queen Elizabeth II received a 54-carat intense pink diamond for her wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh. This stone was later mounted onto a brooch by Cartier. The Queen remains one of the biggest collectors of natural color diamonds.
In 1958, Farah, the former Empress of Iran, wore the world's most famous tiara for her wedding: 324 brilliants pink, clear and yellow diamonds set around the Noor-al-Ain (Light of the Eye), one of the largest pink diamonds in the world (60 carats).
The Sultan of Brunei is also a great collector of natural color diamonds.
In recent years, natural color diamonds have also found their way into the hearts of the international jet-set who purchase, give and wear them for the most important occasions.
Ben Affleck bought Jennifer Lopez a 6.1-carat pink diamond - estimated value $2.5m;
Kobe Bryant has given his wife an 8-carat fancy purple diamond - estimated at $4m;
David Beckham offered his wife Victoria a 10-carat pink diamond - estimated at $1.8m;
Halle Berry wore a beautiful 5.54-carat pumpkin diamond to the 2004 Oscars;
Maria Menounos wore a $2.5m champagne/brown-diamond dress and shoes to the 2004 Oscars;
Cate Blanchett wore a yellow diamond and emerald brooch to the 2005 Oscars.
Natural color diamonds are considered to embody elegance, wealth, beauty and all that is most precious in the world.


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If you have not been coming to the Showcase of Stars performances you have been missing out on wonderful entertainment right here in Oak Run, for free for goodness sake! Let your very talented fellow Oak Runners give you a great evening on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Palm Grove at 7 p.m. Admission is free and there will be door prizes and 50/50.
Republican Club
The Oak Run Republican Club will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Orchid Club. Nominations will be taken from the floor for the immediate election of 2012 club officers. Local Republican candidates are invited to come and meet Oak Runners. This meeting is open to all members of the Oak Run community. Membership dues of $5 per person for 2012 will be accepted. Coffee and cookies will be served. For information call Denise Leigh at 352-861-0559.
Little Theatre
Last Thursday on Ev Burg's "FYI" program on Channel 12, our Producer Frank Porterfield, Director Brigid Chick and Ticket Sales Director Linda Noel were interviewed about our current play, "Sex Please We're Sixty," and about our Little Theatre Club. It was a very interesting and informative show and we hope Oak Runners watched it. One of the main reasons for doing interviews of this sort is to stimulate interest and sell tickets to the play. We like to play to the largest audience possible because for some strange reason, casts will perform differently for a full house. It would seem that the reason for this is the encouragement they draw from the audience. Sports teams, for instance, always perform better before a home crowd cheering them on.
Rehearsals continue to go well. Our dinner theatre show is almost sold out and sales of tickets for the other 3 shows are likewise doing well. Only a few days of ticket sales remain in the Orchid Club and Palm Grove Club but please remember you can also purchase your tickets by phone. For the dinner theatre call Diana Schmidt at 352-873-7243 and for the other shows call Linda Noel at 352-873-9908.
Stage Show - The Link Family
The Ambassadors will present the third passport stage show for 2012 on Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at Palm Grove. The Link Family from the Ozark Mountains of Missouri delivers a powerful performance with world-class harmonies and hard driving instrumentals. The warmth and high energy of this multi-award-winning family band is inspiring. They have toured across the United States and Canada, performing at theaters, festivals, corporate events, and much more. The band includes nine members - dad, mom, five children and two in-laws - all singing, playing, and entertaining together. Since 2002, the Link Family has entertained thousands of fans at hundreds of venues across America and Canada each year. Annually, the group travels over 40,000 miles and performs at more than 250 concerts.
Check on ticket availability by calling Carol Forgette at 352-873-3074. Cost is $15 per person.
Fine Arts Show
The Art Club of Oak Run will be presenting a fine arts show on Saturday, Feb. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. at Palm Grove. You can purchase art or just enjoy viewing the gorgeous products of your talented neighbors. There will be free refreshments and a raffle of an enhanced pastel giclee to benefit the club's art scholarship at CCF.
Laurel Oaks Events
The first, fabulous, ladies luncheon of the year will take place at MiMi's Café on State Road 200. The date is Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. Please contact Deb at 352-445-0276 or Mary at 352-237-9454 to reserve your seat or if you need transportation or more information. Don't miss this fun time.
The famous Laurel Oaks St. Patrick's Day Party will be held on Saturday, March 17, at the Orchid Club. Come and throw some blarney with your neighbors, enjoy the music, fun, and games. There will be corned beef and cabbage for dinner. You may bring the beverage of your choice. Musical entertainment will be provided by a professional singer as well as DJ Fred Campbell. Check your cubby for a flyer. For more information call Paula at 352-237-4550.
Tuesdays Are Bingo Nights
Come and join your friends and neighbors for a fun night of bingo at the Orchid Club. Each Tuesday night doors open at 3 p.m., cards sales are from 4 to 5:45 p.m. and games begin at 6 p.m.. No one under 18 years of age is allowed in the Orchid Club during games. All residents and overnight guests must wear visible name tags or pool tags. The snack bar will be open.
Upstate New York Club
Upstate New York Club had their annual pizza party to welcome new members and collect dues. The officers elected for the year 2012 are President- Donna Anderson, Vice President- Sandra Mantel, Secretary- Laura Smith and Treasurer- Helen Denny. Bettye Wilcox will serve as sunshine chairperson. We wish Jean Shipley a fond farewell. Jean served as secretary for the past four years. Our events are held on the fourth Monday of March, May, July and October. The December holiday party will be on Monday, Dec. 10. Please note on your calendar that on March 26 there will be a" Swing Into Spring" party with an all you can eat soup and salad bar. Watch for a follow-up article. Our club welcomes new members all year so why not come and see what you might be missing?
Oak Run Travel
Are you in the mood for a wonderful musical revue featuring the "In the Mood" singers and dancers along with the sensational "String of Pearls" Big Band Orchestra? Call Janet Madsen to enjoy this great music from the 40's and 50's at the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach on Wednesday, April 18.
"What is Susan's Secret?" is a comedy/mystery show at Ed Fletcher's Dinner Theatre on Sunday, April 15. You get two for the price of one at this show - a wonderful buffet dinner and a great show. Call Pat and Roy Meinsen to join this show about a somewhat run down country guest house which is run by an elderly couple who look like endearing characters but in fact are con-artists.
On Saturday, April 26, "Boeing Boeing" is the high style, knee-slapping romp through the age of glamorous, jet-setting air travel. It is a hilarious comedy at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts and is hosted by Naomi and Jim Anzalone.
This morning (Friday, Feb. 17) the travel hosts meet to select their trips for the Spring brochure. We will compile the information and send it to the printer. The brochures should be ready for delivery around the first of March and the sell dates will be on March 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, and 27.
OMI Club - Octoberfest Trip
Want to go to Helen, Georgia, for Octoberfest? Anyone can join the club for a 4-day, 3-night trip on Sept. 24-27, 2012. The trip includes three dinners (included is dinner at the Smith House), three breakfasts, all tips, bus and much more. The highlights of the trip, besides a genuine Octoberfest dinner at the Festhall and entertainment, are a trip to the Cabbage Patch doll hospital, a gold mine tour and mining for gold, model railroad museum, goats on a roof and shopping. A $100 deposit is needed at sign up. To sign up or get more details, contact Skip Kellogg or Jan Acklin whose numbers are in the Oak Run phone book.
Singles Club
The club will meet on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Orchid Club. We are asking members to bring a guest who is single. Invite your friends and neighbors to come to find out a little bit about our club. There will be great prizes drawn for the members who bring someone. Come and have light refreshments and fun activities to get acquainted with our new friends.
For questions about this event please call Jerri Shorey at 352-237-5512. For information about our club please contact the president, Roger Januchowski, at 352-291-1004.
Royal Oaks Women's 18 Hole Golf
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, we played a par 3 tournament. Before play the course was marked so that each hole was 150 yards or less. We need to thank Frank Quigley and his ground crew for taking the time to move the tee markers to the designated spot on each of the 18 holes. The winners were: First Flight: 1st place- JT Lemasters, 2nd place- Nancy Lefebvre, 3rd place- Judie Lavdas, 4th place tie- Diana Galla, Carole Dygert and Carol Allison; Second Flight: 1st place- Noreen Salo, 2nd place tie- Sylvia Zappia, Janet Tully and Joanne Ellis; Third Flight: 1st place- Mary Kay Frandsen, 2nd place- Barb Scozzafava, 3rd place tie- Ginger Drake and Barb Davis. Mary Kay Frandsen was closest to the pin. The weather was cloudy and quite chilly and many of us enjoyed a cup or bowl of delicious soup in the Royal Oaks dining room after we finished golf.
Royal Oaks Lady Niners
We had a great turn out for our Feb. 9 play day. We played low net and in Flight A Beverly Matejicek came in first and tied in second place were Elsa Berbig and Pat Salberg. In Flight B Cindy Kocher was first, Jeannie Konicki second and IIene Simnowitz third. Closest to pin was Jeannie Konicki. We had two chip-ins and, of course, they were the two first place winners, Beverly Matejicek and Cindy Kocher. Congratulations ladies.
Royal Oaks Men's Golf
The game on Feb. 10 was three best net. While the participation was lower than usual, it can be attributed to the fact that the annual Match Play Championship was in progress at the same time. More on that later.
The winners with a score of 184 were Bob Gray, Sam Owens, Ray Hagerman, and Joe Paller. Second with a score of 193 were John Terry, Dick Berbig, and Steve Szabo. Third with a 194 were Charlie Elder, Bill Start, Frank Kelley, and Dick Feltenberger. Good scores, gentlemen! Closest to the pin were Bob Gray (2), Dick Feltenberger, and Ray Hagerman.
The Match Play Tournament began the previous Friday, Feb. 3, and will run until Friday, Feb. 24. It is a double elimination with matches being played between participants during the interim weeks. Thus, there are no winners nor losers to list at this point. So far the matches have produced competitive games and close scores.
The food at Royal Oaks Dining is excellent. This is verified by the speedy play of the Friday participants so that they can finish their match and get some of that good food. Thanks for the added incentive, Royal Oaks staff.
Mr. Cody's Corner
Mr. Cody here again with some very good news. That handsome silver long haired cat Bonnie Manford helped so much has found a loving home. The cat, now known as "Buttons," his new mom, Bonnie, the Oak Run Feline Fanciers, my mom and I are all very happy. Mom was so proud of the part I played that she sent a copy of what I wrote to the wonderful lady who saved me.
I very nicely pointed out to mom that I had been doing the majority of the work on this part of the column lately and that it would be a good idea to change the name of "The Corner" when I had something to say. She agreed, and this week "Carol Ann's Corner" becomes "Mr. Cody's Corner" because it is being written by your columnist's cat, Mr. Cody Wheeler.
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It was a new market. A brand new market. In fact it was a market, that I now realise, a lot of people didn't even know was on!!
Do you see where this is leading?
It was a farcical. It was an unmitigated disaster. It was a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
The day dawned bright, sunny and still which, after the wild windy weather we had last week, seemed like a good omen.
The setting up went well. Even the fabric wrapped stones (???) I had quickly made up the night before to stop everything blowing of my stall looked OK – not great mind but OK.
I was ready. The start of the market was 10am. In fact there never was a 'start' to the market but there was definitely an end.
The end came when the regional motorcycle touring club starting rolling up and parking in the square. Slowly, slowly I was engulfed. By motorbikes decked out in their Christmas finest and lots and lots of bikers. I should have been glad of people of any sort but they weren't really the right demographic for pretty little dresses. And their bikes gave off lots of petrol fumes.
I was the first one to leave. I think I felt every emotion there was that day. When I started packing up the major one was relief. Relief not to be sitting there with no-one, and I repeat no-one, looking! (Well that might be a bit of an exaggeration – I suppose about 15 people came through the square in 3 hours!)
Relief gave way to huge disappointment and then crying! Yes, I cried over it. Luckily no-one was at home so I had my little sob and then got on with things.
It wasn't a totally wasted exercise because I learnt a lot. I'm still processing things from the whole event and will probably put them in here soon to help clarfiy things for me.
But for now thanks. Thank you to everyone for all the good wishes and the great comments on my clothes. If you had all been able to be there it would have been a fantastic day. The bubbly I had in the fridge didn't get drunk on Saturday night, it just didn't seem right. However, it and its sister (I had to get two because they were on such a good special) did get drunk on Sunday night, along with some beer (me) and gin (other half). OMG I haven't got drunk since before I was pregnant with Little Miss Brown – that's 6 years ago. It was fun. It really was fun. Monday wasn't quite so much fun! xx
I obviously realised that I would laugh about this all one day when I took this photo. Can you see my stall? It's in between the two trees. Can't you see it? Oh no there's too many bloody bikes!