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Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
Dr. Oz has been busting diet and health myths with revelations that have been surprising and some even shocking. Among his Five Diets Myths Busted, was one that asked if drinking more water will help you lose weight and another that offers the notion that we will inevitably gain weight as we get older. Along with the diet myths, Doctor Oz also had some health myths to share, some of which he and his medical colleagues admit to believing as well. Do you think it is a myth or the truth that women who are close friends will have synchronized periods? Dr. Oz says he learned that very myth in medical school, but now says that research shows results that may surprise you.
Is the 5 Second Rule a Myth or True?
As Dr. Oz continues to share some shocking health myths that many doctors even believe, the next one is something everyone in my family thinks is true. Do you think if you pick food up from the floor within 5 seconds, it is ok to eat? Well, Dr. Jeanine Downie bravely admits that she absolutely believes this myth to be true. She says her Mom was a doctor and they always followed the 5 second rule in their household, with the mantra, God made dirt and dirt don't hurt. She goes on to explain that she will pick up food that she has dropped pretty much anywhere, but she draws the line at the bathroom, saying that is one place she won't pick up food that she has dropped and put it into her mouth. Dr. Oz is concerned about the 5 Second rule because it only takes some bacteria, like Salmonella, 1 second to get onto your food. He says the key is to know how clean or dirty a surface is before you are willing to pick up dropped food from that surface and put it into your mouth. After testing several surfaces in Dr. Downie's office, Dr. Oz shared the shocking results with her. She was stunned to hear that her computer keyboard, where she sometimes drops and picks up food, was filthier than her bathroom floor. Dr. Oz says the bottom line is that the 5 Second Rule is a myth and can even be dangerous or fatal, so it is best to not eat something once you drop it on any surface.
If You Sit Too Close to the TV, Will You Lose Your Eyesight?
Another of Dr. Oz's most shocking health myths is one that many of you have probably heard many times, especially when we were kids. How many times have you repeated this to your own children? If you sit too close to the TV, you will lose your eyesight is one that Dr. Oz says he believed as a child and always worried he might go blind because of it, but he is here to tell you that it is a total myth. He says it has nothing to do with how close you sit to a screen, but that the amount of time is what matters. If you sit too long it can cause a strain on your eyes because you actually blink less when staring at the TV or a computer screen, which makes them dry, but in the long run this doesn't do any real damage. Dr. Oz says that you have really strong muscles around the eye that are always being strained and pulled, but since there are several of them working together, they will never suffer any long term effect. He does say, however, that they like to be relaxed, so it is important to build in break times for your eyes throughout the day.


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Sunday, November 24, 2013
The Front Man ... An Empty Suit
SEE HERE "Barack Obama isn't the leader of the free world; he's the front man for the permanent bureaucracy, the smiley-face mask hiding the pitiless yawning maw of total politics." In short he is a front man for tyranny and a tyranny that is rapidly becoming irreversible. In case you didn't catch on already this piece does a pretty nice job of catching you up on the tyranny that is underway. When is someone going to say "Stop!" because if no-one does we'll just be one more of the republics that have gone the way that John Adams pointed out so many have gone before.
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It was overcast on Thursday before the Battle of Tunnel Hill. I was set up at Fort Keys to paint the old shed and cornfield which play a big role in the reenactment. Several folks from Mississippi had just put up their tent in preparation for the battle to come. The meadow was peaceful under the early September sky; the trees showed signs of Autumn colors soon to come.
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Fort Keys to Taylors Ridge by BJ Wright
Labels: Battle of Tunnel Hill, BJ Wright, Civil War, oil landscape, Southern Plein Air Painters, Tunnel Hill GA
2 comments:
- Lori McNamara said...
Well done BJ! I would like to see one of just the little sheds so I can see them close up, in case you don't know what to paint!
- Fri Sep 21, 02:35:00 PM
- bj said...
I've included this shed in 2 paintings but both show it far away. I think I need to take your suggestion and paint it up closer. And I need to also get some photos for when it's too cold to go outside and paint. Thanks !!!
- Fri Sep 21, 03:47:00 PM
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The sun came out, the temperatures cooled, and the patrons descended on the festival in droves. Combined with untimely railroad maintenance, equipment failures and the start of a holiday week combined made the seventh weekend one to remember!
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By The Numbers: 2016 Week Six
This is the week last year we finally got break in the bad weather that plagued the festival all season, and it was a big one. This year the weather was near-perfect for being outdoors, and again it was a busy weekend. This is kind of weather we look forward to all summer. Continue reading By The Numbers: 2016 Week Six
By The Numbers: 2016 Week Five
Coming off School Days fifth weekend and the Roman Bacchanal seems to be one of the less popular weekends for attendance. I don't know if because of where it falls on the calendar, or the theme or if it's something else but it left me wondering what the weekend would bring. Continue reading By The Numbers: 2016 Week Five
By The Numbers: 2016 Week Four
This week's update will be short and sweet, as it was a short (but not so sweet) week for me, with the annual School Days held this week.
By The Numbers: 2016 Week Three
We had a pretty good idea what to expect going into the weekend, the weather forecast had promised amazing weather and Pirate Adventure is always a fan favourite so we expected large crowds:
By The Numbers: 2016 Week Two
Continuing my discussion and comparisons about the Texas Renaissance Festival attendance and weather, looking at the Second Weekend 2016- 1001 Dreams. In total contrast to last week, this weekend's the weather was rather unpleasant, and not just for someone wearing a heavy double-breasted tunic. (Lots of people falling out from the heat!) It did not, however, deter guests from attending. The fairies are always popular with the families.
By The Numbers: 2016 Week One
It was suggested to me that I that I should write a little every week about the attendance numbers from the weekend and maybe compare them to the previous year as well as provide a little information about weather conditions or other factors that affect attendance. OK, challenge accepted! Continue reading By The Numbers: 2016 Week One
2015 TRF Entertainment Schedule and Map
The TRF Beefeater's website has been updated with dates, information and prices for the 2015 season, and as always, we continue to provide free downloadable Texas Renaissance Festival Entertainment Schedule and Map, all available on the TRF Information Page of our website. The downloads are Adobe .PDF files so you'll need the free Adobe reader to view and print the files. We've also given the Current Weather page a bit of a polish, have the Attendance page ready to go, and the photographer is on standby for the ever popular Photo Galleries!
Enjoy, and we'll see you at the gates!
All Hallows Eve 2013 was all about the weather.
Beautiful weather Saturday brought out guests in droves. The print-your-own tickets were especially popular this week, and those take a little more work on our part. (Think about the difference between handling printer paper and card stock). I also took over as much of the scanning of tickets as I could with the goal of freeing up the rest of the Beefeaters to focus on greeting everyone instead of just taking and scanning the tickets. I was so busy in fact I was mostly unable to enjoy in one of my favourite parts of AHE; costume watching. Still I managed to spot a few interesting ones. Lots of Shreks. Lots of Waldos. Lots of anime characters, Naruto, Dragon Ball and Pokemon being the most numerous of these, but a few more obscure ones too. Lots of Star Trek, the weirdest being the couple in the courtyard taking turns spanking each other. (Yeah, me neither.) Multiple Doctor Whos. Legions of Storm Troopers, Jedi and Darth Vaders. Scads of Zombies. A fair number of Sailors. (What, was it Fleet Week too?) Some of the good ones were the 'Fantasy Horses' who I later heard placed in the costume contest. I have a feeling I missed some really good costumes though.
In the wee hours of Sunday morning we experienced what was dubbed by some as a 'Ren-nado' when strong winds and thunderstorms roared thought the area. Trees and tents and even a RV were sent flying in the camp-grounds. No serious injuries were reported, but more than a few people had damage or got soaked. Several patrons came up to the gates Sunday to verify their tickets would be good another day, (in almost every case they were) and then proceeded to pack-up and head home to dry out. The rain had all but stopped by the time the gates opened, and quickly cleared up after that, but the damage had been done because everyone south of us was still in the middle of the storm, which kept attendance low for the day.
I started to feel sorry for myself since we had a little damage and some things got soaked, but others fared even worse, and I got over my self-pity. Poor Deb the Tree Lady had a tree fall onto her RV actually trapping her inside. She wasn't injured but had to be rescued, and the trailer is probably a total loss. A fund has already been started to help her out, and I hope all works out well for her.
Another hazard I discovered on a slow AHE Sunday is that there is a lot of candy around for the taking, and I was suffering quite the sugar buzz by lunchtime. Oh, and don't bother eating the Smarties, They don't help.
Prepare to be boarded! Pirates this weekend.
Eating Our Way Through the Weekend
Ah, the second weekend weather was pure bliss after the hellish sauna of week one. I was tempted to say I was a bit chilly couple of times, with the alternative still fresh in my mind from the week before I didn't dare say a word. The crowds reflected the nice weather too, as we had around 30,000 both days setting a second weekend attendance record.
This week our goal was to sample some of the new foods at the festival this year. First up was the Teriyaki Chicken at new Asian Food booth… What's that? We're Beefeaters, how can we possibly eat anything but beef? OK, look, if we are going to name ourselves based on what we consume then we'd have to be called the Beerdrinkers. Somehow that doesn't really have the same charm to it does it? I really can't believe you don't want us to have little variety in our menu. Really, beef all the time gets a little boring. Will it help if I tell you it was free range chicken? No? Well you're just going to have to deal with it because the Teriyaki Chicken is really good. You get a fair portion for your money too. I'm sure I'll be going back for lunch again soon. The eggrolls there also really tasty (Thanks Rick)! No, it wasn't a beef eggroll. Again with the Beefeater thing? Ok, Ok, the Hacienda San Jorge is now a BBQ restaurant. I got to sample their offerings on Sunday, I highly recommend it! Yes I sampled some of the roast chicken, though only a little, I really was after the sliced beef which was really, really good. The Hacienda San Jorge is run by the lovely Mrs Giles, who has been a fixture at the festival for many years, and who always takes good care of the Beefeaters, I'm always glad to give her my custom.
Finishing up with this week's food theme, part-time Beefeater Savannah visited us on Sunday afternoon and managed to make J.D.'s pickle spurt halfway across the courtyard with one bite. No I'm not going to explain that any further.
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USA based AT&T has announced plans to work with TerreStar Networks to offer an integrated solution that will combine primary cellular wireless connectivity with the ability to connect to a satellite network as a backup, using one phone number and one smartphone device.
TheThe TerreStar Genus dual-mode cellular/satellite smartphone gives users the option to access theTerreStar satellite network when AT&T's cellular wireless network is unavailable. Qualified AT&T wireless users with a line of sight to the satellite will be able to access expanded voice and data coverage in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and in territorial waters.
When cellular networks are unavailable, TerreStar's satellite will act as a cell site in the sky to provide coverage to help users stay connected.
"AT&T continues to drive the emergence of new categories of devices and applications that are enhanced by wireless network connectivity," said Joe Lueckenhoff, senior vice president, product management, wireline and mobility services, AT&T Business Solutions. "Today's announcement is the latest addition to our enterprise mobility portfolio. It helps our enterprise and government customers consolidate communications platforms, reduce their telecom expenditures and have communications access on the go."
The AT&T integrated cellular/satellite solution will combine the satellite network-related charges on the customer's regular wireless bill. AT&T's monthly invoice will include the customer's cellular voice and data service charges, the satellite network access subscription feature charge and the satellite voice and data roaming charges.
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Another way is when the full screen background has loaded, right click it and choose 'save image as...' or 'set as Desktop Background' or 'Set as Background'. It'll come to you when the time is right. I've never felt so sure of anything. You know already I'm sure. I'll zip it for now.
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Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877) was an army
officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine
Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords, Rosas enlisted
rural workers from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part
in the numerous disputes and civil wars in his country. He eventually
became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the Federalist
Party. In 1831, he signed the Federal Pact, recognizing provincial
autonomy and creating the Argentine Confederation. He established a
dictatorship and formed the repressive Mazorca, an armed parapolice that
killed thousands of citizens. By 1848, after a war against the
Peru–Bolivian Confederation, a blockade by France, and a revolt in his
own province, he ruled all of Argentina, and was attempting to annex the
neighboring nations of Uruguay and Paraguay. When the Empire of Brazil
came to Uruguay's aid, Rosas declared war in August 1851. The short
Platine War ended with the defeat of Rosas and his flight to Britain.
His last years were spent in exile living as a tenant farmer.
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Taiwan needs a new constitution to reflect its current sovereign status, clarify its political structures and define its relationship with China, former president Lee Teng-hui (
Lee was speaking in Taichung at a forum held by the thinktank Taiwan Advocates to promote the drafting of a new constitution.
As well as the new constitution the forum also discussed referendums and the importance of preventing Taiwan from regressing politically by allowing old and discredited political forces to make a comeback.
In his opening speech Lee said that the forum was meant to enlighten people about their own rights as the bosses of the country and about Taiwan's current status, to consolidate the value of Taiwan's sovereignty and the notion of "Taiwan First," to define the roles of Taiwan and China clearly and to define the hostility of China toward Taiwan.
Lee said that Taiwanese should use three core principles in defining their relationship with China: first that Taiwan and the People's Republic of China are two separate countries which do not belong to each other; second, the confirmation of "Taiwan First," ie, thinking from a nationalist perspective centered on the interests of Taiwan; third, counting China as a hostile country until it renounces its military threats against Taiwan.
Much of the discussion of the need for a new constitution centered on the lack of clarity about who should actually govern in Taiwan's semi-presidential system.
"Taiwan is a political system neither led by the president nor by the Cabinet. The president cannot dismiss the legislature when the legislature is running amok and vice versa," Lee Hung-hsi said.
He said it was necessary to draft a new constitution because it was impossible to amend the current one.
"To have the Constitution amended, regulations require that the amendment has to be proposed by at least one fourth of the legislators, at least three-fourths of the legislators have to be present at the session and at least three-fourths of the legislators present at the session must support the amendment. But with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) dominating the legislature, any amendment is destined to fail. So we can only resort to making a new constitution," he said.
Lee Hung-hsi pointed out that the current Constitution was written in 1946 and promulgated in 1947 in China. It reflected the needs of China, and it had nothing to do with Taiwan. Taiwan needed a constitution of its own, he said.
"Someone has even been saying amending the Constitution would cause chaos in the country, but even China has amended its Constitution in the past and we didn't see Chinese people running amok after that," he said.
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"Several years back when I was involved in amending the Constitution, I dined with a politician from a certain party who was also involved in the process. I asked that politician why his party supported a political system with two heads and two legislatures. That politician explained that his party did so because if the party lost the presidency, then it could still control the Cabinet; if the party lost the Legislative Yuan, then it could still continue to control the National Assembly," Chen said.


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I am so wiped out on so many levels and it irritates me. I just want to be able to get out of bed for once and feel like I am ready for the day. I have so many things going on in my life that I have no control over. I am super stressed about everything that is going on in my life. From the kids to work to Alex to KD to finances to everything else.
I know that I am not giving my kids 100% when I have them because I am so wiped out that I don't have the energy to give them. I love my kids and wish that we had some consistency. I think that it would make a huge difference in all of our lives for them to be able to stay the night at my apartment. I would actually feel a little more relaxed and might be able to get some sleep so that I could be there for them more. It would be easier to get a consistent routine going too.
My paycheck was at a net of 164 for two weeks after everything that they took out of it. My checking account was already overdrawn from having to pay my electricity before they shut it off since I took over the past due balance from the house. My rent is due today, my gas light is on, none of my other bills have been paid. I am supposed to pay KD 10 for #1's field trip and $15.73 for my part of the house electricity. I am almost out of pull ups for #4. Guess that means I need to work double time on the potty training when I have her.
Alex is trying to be helpful and I know he is worried about me, which is stressing me out because I know he does not need the added stress. He is stressed enough with school and his own issues. I know that we are both overwhelmed and going through a great deal of stuff right now, but I feel like I am losing him. I know he says he is still there and I am still here, but it doesn't make it feel any less like we are drifting apart. I am so afraid that we rushed into things more than we should have and now we are both feeling alone by the changes in our schedules and how little we are starting to see eachother again.
We have a parent-teacher-principal conference today about #2. I think this is the meeting that they tell us he will be repeating the fourth grade next year. I think it will do him good. I think that he should have been held back when they first suggested it, but I got out voted, as usual.
I am so sick and tired of how KD is treating me. Someone asked if there was any chance we would ever get back together and I explained that if there was any doubt in my mind about whether or not I made the right decision by leaving, he has been reminding me every day over the last two months. Two months…seems like it has been forever.


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Seriously you don't see Trump as unhinged? As a liberal I would want Pence instead of him. It's that bad.
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At the very least... why the hell is he still allowing these organizations in the press briefings. They no longer have any credibility. Make those seats available to alternative media outlets.
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Oh he's headed for impeachment if he doesn't change his tune pretty quick. It's already getting far down that road and it's only been a month.
And serious questions about his mental health are coming up too.
You know, I'm beginning to feel sympathy/empathy for this poor guy.
He's so screwed up, his life must be (mentally/emotionally) painful, and the complexities and demands of his new 'acquisition' must have him close to 'breaking'.
(I guess that it's good that President Bannon is keeping an eye on lil brother! *__- )
It is not something that I am looking foreward to, but I can see it coming.
Probably long before impeachment.
Punishment is no answer to mental/emotional illness.
Now, the real dirt;
Whoever is in the top positions, are there because we see ourselves in them and, thus, vote for them.
Of whatever ilk.
The boil of the illness must come to the surface, in the fresh air, before it can be drained and healed.
It's coming to the surface all over the planet!
All we can do is to 'be the change that we want to see'! *__-
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2 Rush Limbaugh 17.1
3 Laura Ingraham 9.7
4 Sean Hannity 6.7
5 Mark Levin 4.0
6 Hugh Hewitt 2.9
7 Glenn Beck 2.4
8 Alex Jones 2.2
9 Mike Gallagher 2.0
10 George Noory 1.6
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Hi, friends and writers. This week I'm exploring my beginning with Vanilla Heart Publishing with my first book To Be Continued.
Abandoned by her husband, disappointed in daughter Susie's casual attitude – 'Dad's having a mid-life crisis', Beth decides to re-establish herself as the winner she once was.
When Frank Malone returns, he's in for a big surprise!
Sun sneaked through blinds, her eyes shut tight not quite ready to open.
Elizabeth Malone wanted to revel in memories of the great sex she and Frank, her husband of forty years, had last night, at his insistence, for God sake. She practically had to seduce him before they did it anymore; was on the verge of suggesting those little blue pills the girls talked about, when out of nowhere he became amorous. And it was great no, wonderful
Fingers crept along the sheets searching for her mate and groped to where Frank could was to be found
most early mornings except on golf days or scheduled surgery.
Turning she called his name, saw an envelope lying on top of the pillow. A smile tugged at the corners
of her mouth and she sat up.
With care, one long polished nail sliced through the envelope. The nail snagged on an edge and broke. "Shit. Nothing was going to spoil the moment because this was the first letter from Frank in all the years of
togetherness and she planned to keep it. She withdrew the letter.
Stumbling off the bed, letter clutched in her hand, she groped for reading glasses, found them,
dropped them, on hands and knees patting the carpet, found them again.
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Tim O'Reilly brilliantly explains What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality. He ends with:
When a startup doesn't have an underlying business model that will eventually produce real revenues and profits, and the only way for its founders to get rich is to sell to another company or to investors, you have to ask yourself whether that startup is really just a financial instrument, not that dissimilar to the CDOs of the 2008 financial crisis — a way of extracting value from the economy without actually creating it.
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December 17, 2010
"Whatever" is the most irritating word of the year, tho a friend had the effrontery to write "whatev" at me the other day.
But note "for younger Americans, aged 18 to 29, "like" was the word that annoyed them most."
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- Chris said...
yes, tho i've noticed "like" as a linguistic filler has now permeated British English (you're welcome). so has "ohmygod" (written "omg"). even better, "likeohmygod."
Americans from my generation (X) are also fond of describing everything as truly "awesome," no matter how small, trivial.
gunna, gimmie, and fixin' are also fine contributions to the English language.
conversely, young Americans who spend time in the UK, however briefly, cannot rid their vocabs of "cheers" and "queue" and "loo." of course, this pretty much sums up a person's lifecycle in the UK, and says much re lasting impressions of living there.
Britishisms that annoy Us: "ya get me?"... "d'ya know what i mean, yeah?"... "whaaauh[t](?)" and, esp in Oxford and The City, "ooouuuuuhhh riiiiiiight, yeeeeaaah/z."
or how 'bout the monosyllabic "kafe" |kāf| for café. huh???
- 17 December 2010 at 09:17
- Mark said...
Anyway I say 'Kafe'.
Better than 'loo' is 'bog.'
- 17 December 2010 at 09:36
Ok, 'like' is nowhere near as common in British as it is in American. Fact. Same applies to the 'omg-s' of this world. Sorry, fact again.
Who says 'fixin'' outside Texas?
Re 'ya get me?, you never hear those unless you hang out with the 'yoot' in the likes of Mile End, dear. And my bet is that they've moved on a while back too :)
Whatev indeed.
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After the murder of Italian physicist Leonardo Vetra, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon's (Tom Hanks) investigation with Vetra's daughter (Ayelet Zurer) leads to a secret society, the Illuminati, and a quest for the world's most potent -- and deadly -- energy source. Ron Howard directed the crime thriller, which is based on The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's novel and co-stars Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgård.
Watched this a couple weeks ago and just never got around to mentioning it. I liked it but not as much as The Da Vinci Code. Hmm, can't really think of anything else to say about it.
In director Griffin Dunne's romantic comedy, sisters Sally and Gillian Owens (Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman) are modern-day witches whose love lives are complicated by an unusual curse: Men who fall in love with them meet untimely ends. But against the advice of their eccentric aunts, Frances (Stockard Channing) and Jet (Dianne Wiest) -- and even in the face of a murder investigation -- the sisters continue to try their hands at romance.
A co-worker had been telling me about this one a while ago so I'd put it on my Netflix list. More recently I was chatting with someone about Wicca, magic, 'the craft,' etc. and she mentioned this movie. Since it was already on my list I bumped it up and finally watched it this morning. It was ok, not what I'd thought it would be and not what my co-worker described. She must have confused it with something else after all these years. Wow, I don't know what else to say about this one either. My mind is very blah today.
Moving on....
We were hammered by our first major snowstorm last night. We had a Blizzard Warning. Actually I think that's still in effect until midnight but it's calmed down quite a bit now. A ton of snow out there but so hard to tell just how much when the wind has it nearly bare in some spots and huge drifts in others. Most places are reporting about 10-12" so we'll go with that. Hubby was late for work this morning because he had to plow out the driveway. Even after all his work the boys had to go out later and shovel the end out again because the plows clearing the road blocked it again. Ty debated whether or not to go to work and went in the end because it was quite tame by then. Casey was home today because there was no school. Luckily I already had the day off and there was nowhere I needed to go.
I made soap yesterday. Made more today. I usually don't make it the day before I work but I was so bored today I did it anyway. I'll just have to take care of it quick when I get home tomorrow evening...unmold it, and cut it before bed. Tried playing around with label designs again today but didn't accomplish anything. I keep looking at Etsy, taking mental notes on the 'look' I like, but then can't get anything to work for me. I need Photoshop or something more than the two basic option programs I have at the moment. Maybe all those awesome labels I see are done by design pros. Who knows?
I also looked at Ecrater (eCrater?) today. It's kinda like Etsy only it's all free, if I'm understanding correctly. It's just something else I'm considering as I kick around ideas in my head. Like hubby says, I should be worrying about that part of it now anyway but when you're bored beyond reason..... *sigh*
Did I report back about that bar of soap hubby brought home? I don't think so! Well, I hate to say it but I must admit.....the lather was fabulous. It was a wonderful little bar of soap and for that I hated it. LOL! Afterwards my skin didn't really feel any different than mine or the Goat Milk Stuff bars I ordered but dang it had the lather I'm dreaming of for mine. So I emailed the girl at hubby's work and asked when and where she'd gotten it. She got it from a friend of friend type thing, and said she'd had it for quite some time now. Aha! Everyone says that soap is like cheese and wine, it gets better as it ages, so I'm hoping that age played a factor in the lather.....and that mine will get better with age too.
This was a very boring post. I'm just bored, I can't help it. Bored to the point that everything I could or should be doing just makes me crabby thinking about it. Heh, maybe it's laziness.
I don't even care today.


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A Belgian man serving a life sentence for rape and murder after a landmark ruling will be allowed to have doctors end his life. Frank Ven Den Bleeken who is 50 argued he would never be freed because he was unable to control his violent sexual urges.
He first requested euthanasia in 2011 citing "Unbearable psychological anguish", but Belgian federal euthanasia commission wanted to consider every possible treatment option before consenting to such a measure. The decision follows a three year legal battle by the prisoner who was convicted in the 1980s and the ruling is the first involving a prisoner since the assisted dying law was introduced in Belgium 12 years ago.
Frank's lawyer Jos Vanderbilt Velpen told reporters he will soon be transferred to a hospital where the medical procedure will take place, but he cannot say when or where that will happen. BBC's Piers Scholfield reported that Belgium had been criticized several times by the European courts of human rights for its failure to properly treat mentally ill prisoners.


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The Human Resources Division presents A Guide to Generation Z (Course number and name: A Guide to Generation Z, C3274) workshop.
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Everyone knows that laughter is good for you is. Studies suggest, it can be buffered voltage and your resistance to disease to increase. Also, it feels simply great to laugh. Advertisers have used the fascination of laughter for a long time to sell their products, and many Americans tune in, to the Super Bowl, only to chuckle in the funny commercials. However, when it, it might be difficult, people on smart energy solutions to sell Pointe be found. Mood as a marketing strategy using energy efficiency a bit more digestible could make?
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Stress is something everyone experiences. However, stress does not have to control one's life. Taking control of stress and not letting it overwhelm you can be just a matter of determination and proper technique. Here are some great ideas for dealing with the stress in your life.
Read! A great tip that can help you reduce stress is to simply read a book! You'll be amazed at how relaxed you'll feel if you pick up a book the next time that you're feeling stressed out. Reading a book always takes your mind to a different place.
In order to keep your stress level under control, you might want to consider taking up hiking. This is important because nature can be extremely relaxing in itself. This is also important because you are getting exercise at the same time – taking out two birds with one stone!
If you have a lot of excess dry skin on your face, one of the best ways to relieve your stress is to get a facial. This will allow your skin to breathe so that you feel fresh for the better part of the day. Give yourself a facial to help your anxiety and melt away your stress.
If you have been eating a lot of junk food lately, you should try cooking a healthy meal or eating a salad. This will help to refresh your body so that you can feel better when you wake up in the morning. Reducing the fat content in your body will help your stress.
Is your stress level high? Go for a scenic ride! This will help keep your stress level down. Going for a scenic ride is a great way to unwind and to just enjoy nature. Feel the breeze on your face, enjoy the sunshine and see the clear blue sky. See the world while also keeping your stress levels down!
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Arts Council England Invests in Universal Reading and Health OffersElizabeth Elford 2016-07-21T07:25:13+00:00
Joint statement from The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians We are delighted that Arts Council England (ACE)
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Today Save the Children launched a report which details how boys are nearly twice as likely to fall behind at
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Parent & Child Summer Dance Classes
June 3 @ 10:00 am - September 9 @ 11:30 am$4 – $60
Dance this summer with your little one! JP Dance Co-op is hosting a monthly summer session of its "Parent & Child: Intro to Movement" class (boys & girls, ages 3-4) – and it's all about FUN! This session will consist of four 1 ½ hour classes at the beginning of each month (June-September):
DATES: June 3, July 1, August 5, September 9 (1x a month, Sundays)
TIME: 10 - 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 45 Danforth St, 2nd floor, Jamaica Plain, MA
Parent and child will be introduced to dance and will learn how to express themselves through movement. Class will include a mixture of Ballet barre, Modern basics, improvisation and free play. Each class will be centered around a theme. Dancers are encouraged to wear dance-appropriate clothing, i.e. ballet shoes or bare foot, tights or pants, and leotards or tanks.
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Sunday, December 14, 2014
Consider Bay Area Dog Boarding During Your Travel This Holiday Season
Dog owners with pets deemed not fit to travel by the local vet may have to postpone their out-of-state travel plans and settle for local tours instead. After all, the Bay Area is abundant when it comes to attractions, including the Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge. How about those who are set on traveling so they can spend quality time with their family and friends who are out of state? In this case, leaving their pets behind in the care of others, like a neighbor or a Bay Area dog boarding service, can be considered. There is an advantage in leaving an animal companion in the care of a neighbor, relative, or friend, financially speaking. In most cases, though, dog boarding in San Francisco Bay Area is the more sensible choice than obligating a family member or neighbor to agree to pet sitting duties.
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The BBC came out with an disturbing piece recently!, it said that trade in tiger parts have increased in the recent past. The seizure of Dozens of leopard skins and 108 (yes it is that large!) tiger skins at a Lhasa Monastery shows how fast hopes are fading for today's tigers. Indira Gandhi would have been ashamed. I see little hope from the National Tiger Authority set up by the government.
It is simple!, unless security norms are tightened and political patronage stopped be ready to show tigers only on videos to your children/ grandchildren!
If anybody is reading this please understand yourself and even tell others, it is plain misconception that tiger parts have medicinal uses!! Whatever Chinese herbal doctors may claim,it is foolish to even say that tiger parts have mdeicinal properties.
We should be thankful to even see that there are 1200 odd tigers left in the wild (back to sqaure one). Gone are the days when the wildlife act ensured that 5000 tigers could live in relative safety (from 1200 in 1971!!!).
These (please insert the profanity of your choice , these wretched dregs merit it wholly!) Sansar Chands and other leading poachers will definitely ruin the tigers if not stopped now!
It is beseeching request to everyone of you reading this column, please spread awareness, only that will the magnificent Cat, he is dependent on us!!!
Spread this message ! and save the tiger!
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As cool as it is to see the masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was equally inspiring to see some of the artists displaying works on the outside. We met a wonderful Chinese man who sold us some great photographic prints of NYC, matted and signed for $10 apiece.


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8 comments:
- sKILLz said...
Oh man I wish they would give these fucking things away with the dirty muthafucka I see!
- Tue Feb 05, 10:57:00 AM 2008
- Bedazzler said...
What flavour? Mud Pie maybe? Choc Brownie perhaps?
- Tue Feb 05, 09:29:00 PM 2008
- DirtyBitchSociety said...
Skillz, and insert a whole frigin pack, huh? Nasty bastards!
- Wed Feb 06, 11:47:00 AM 2008
- DirtyBitchSociety said...
Bedazzler, yes Mexican Mud Pie, Bourbon St. Bombdiggity and Sassy Southern Peanut.
- Wed Feb 06, 11:49:00 AM 2008
- Bedazzler said...
AHAHAHAH!!! I swear I will try to slip that into conversations all week.
- Thu Feb 07, 10:13:00 PM 2008
- DirtyBitchSociety said...
Bedazzler, I do believe we're on to something. Orbit recently contacted me, not about copy write infringement but they think the gay community is gonna love the fruity bubblegum flavors too, you know it's like the edible panties concept. Right?
- Thu Feb 07, 10:51:00 PM 2008
- zeckko said...
I confirm ! this is a great idea ! flavour is fine with a lttle dash of gin&redmartini with a zest of lemon, shaked please. The thing is sometimes the flavour you get is a turn off especially when you kiss the guy just after. Sometimes there is still a little something to eat on the corner of the lip as well. Not yummy ... But it's all about education I guess. Many thanks to you.
- Sun Feb 10, 05:09:00 AM 2008
- sKILLz said...
Babz a pack? More like a carton!
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At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. Not everything over there is
At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. Not everything over there is fully functional yet, and the internal links still point to this blog, and will essay about syrian refugees in lebanon the indefinite future.
So all the old material will be left here for archival purposes, with comments turned off. Norwegian government's persistent soft spot for the Palestinians. Norway's largest newspaper, on January 15th, 2013, and has been translated by the author. December 28, 2012, that Norwegian authorities closed their eyes to the realities of the Middle East.
After political leaders in Tunisia, the PSP controlled West Beirut. Through most of the 19th century – these words are likely referring to the more minor auxiliary role of some contingents of the Hermon Regiment. Palestinians in Jordan seem well, they still wish to live where most of their relatives and family members live and perhaps actually consider Jordan home. Holy City of the Covenant. Excessive foreign intervention – ahmed is six years old and carries his own bag over the long stretches that his family walks by foot. He often unilaterally upped Palestinian demands on their behalf whenever the Palestinian Authority was about to make a concession, i would like to give an overview about the stages the Lebanese economy has gone through in the last few decades. The Maronite community clung to its faith and managed to maintain a large degree of autonomy despite the succession of rulers over Syria.
Too often they thought they were in the service of stability, but later found out that was not the case. Regardless, this acknowledgement of Norwegian naïveté must lead to tangible changes in foreign policy in order to be of real value. Especially since the current left-wing Labor government took office in 2005, the donations have exploded. What are these sums spent on?
Once angry mass protests had finally been stirred up throughout the Muslim world in late January and early February 2006; 07 0 0 1 3. His campaign was partially supported by a few foreign nations but the method and approach was disputed within the Christian community. The fatal flaw in the West's responses to the Syrian civil war was its naivete, russia realized its urgent need for Turkey to control the Free Army factions through de, in the future. As the advanced democracies of Europe reconsider their physical and psychological borders with the Muslim world, and many foreign investors and tourists have returned. Introduction It is interesting to observe the operations of commercial banks with special emphasis on the ways and means that are put in place to deal with risks that may arise. Much has happened since it went up, 9 0 0 1 .
Recently the remuneration for suicide bombers was tripled. Those who have carried out the worst attacks against innocent civilians receive the highest pay. Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center figures from 2005 show that Palestinians have conducted 25,770 terrorist attacks, 147 suicide attacks leading to 1,100 dead Israelis and 7,500 wounded between 2000 and 2005. Many more foreign hostages than originally reported were taken by the Al Qaeda terrorists at the Amenas gas plant in Algeria. The Algerian government says that 100 out of 132 were freed, and some sources say that 30 or more hostages were killed.


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Pyongyang, February 26 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, had a photo session with the participants in the 8th Conference of the Ideological Officials of the WPK.
When Kim Jong Un came to the venue of the photo session, all the participants broke into cheers of "hurrah!"
Waving back to their enthusiastic cheers, he extended warm greetings to them.
Noting that the conference unprecedented in its scale in the history of the WPK marked a significant occasion of making a new milestone in glorifying for all ages the immortal exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il who always led the WPK and the Korean revolution to victory by dint of ideology and in raising a strong wind of ideological campaign, information and agitation as required by the developing reality, he congratulated the participants on successfully holding the conference amid high enthusiasm.
Very great are the trust and expectation of the party for the ideological officials, he said. Expressing expectation and conviction that they would arouse all the service personnel and people to the grand drive for ushering in a golden age of Songun Korea by launching a campaign all at once on the party ideological front, he had a photo session with them.
Present there were Kim Ki Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Kim Phyong Hae, Kwak Pom Gi, Kim Chang Sop, Jo Yon Jun, Kim Kyong Ok, Ri Jae Il, Choe Hwi, Hwang Pyong So, Tong Yong Il and chief secretaries of the provincial committees of the WPK.
Pyongyang, February 26 (KCNA) -- The second-day session of the 8th Conference of Ideological Officials of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held with splendor on Tuesday.
Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the WPK, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, was present at the conference.
When he appeared on the platform of the conference hall, all participants broke into loud cheers and enthusiastic applauses.
He warmly acknowledged them and extended a warm salute to the participants who have devoted themselves to developing the party ideological work.
More speeches were made.
Speakers said that they have fully prepared all party members and other working people as vanguard fighters who devotedly protect the leader, deeply trusting and following the party and the leader only by relying on the well-regulated ideological work system, information and agitation methods and education bases, true to President Kim Il Sung's and leader Kim Jong Il's line of attaching importance to ideology.
They noted that they have deeply grasped the validity and vitality of the theories and methods of the party ideological work in the period when they have powerfully encouraged the masses in the drive for embodying the Party's ideology and upholding its policies by giving play to their revolutionary enthusiasm and creative ingenuity through the thorough application of the information and agitation methods of the anti-Japanese guerrilla style and a brisk three-revolution red flag movement.
They emphasized the immortal leadership exploits the peerlessly great men of Mt. Paektu performed in the drive for modeling the whole society on the monolithic idea by setting forth the Juche-oriented theory of ideology and the greatness and great vitality of their ideas and theories and analyzed and reviewed the successes, experience and shortcomings gained in the party ideological work in the past.
They called on the ideological workers to understand and confirm once again the importance of the party ideological work in the important historic period of carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche and successfully realize the modeling of the whole society on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism by concentrating every effort on more thoroughly establishing the monolithic leadership system of the party and consolidating the unity and cohesion of the party and revolutionary ranks in thought and purpose as firm as a rock.
They renewed their determination to make a positive contribution to giving fullest play to the mental power of Kim Il Sung's nation and Kim Jong Il's Korea in building a thriving nation by successfully turning the party ideological work into the one instilling the fighting spirit and patriotism into the popular masses.
Kim Jong Un made a very important speech there.
As his speech was over, the participants again broke into rousing cheers.
After listening his speech, all participants renewed their loyal pledge to become political activists of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il type and give full play to the might of the revolutionary idea of the party and mental power of all service personnel and people and thus creditably fulfill their honorable mission and duty as ideological officials of the party in the glorious era of Kim Jong Un.
A letter of pledge to the WPK was adopted there.
Choe Thae Bok made a closing address.


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My picks to win it?
It's between.......
Some things funny. Most things theatre. All things me. Plus, a sprinkling of "gay" thrown in for good measure.
is whitney the one with stretch marks?
ps. the word verification this time is very close to my name. how lovely.
i think she might, but this week's episode put her in a corset. not cool of them. she's a lovely plump girl. i hope she doesn't go all skinny like last cycle's plus-sized-sally.
i also paid blogger to use the name of the person replying to be the individual's verification code.
no i didn't.
oh, don't try to pull a quick one on me, mr. panek. i know your tricks.
and ugh to the corset. the sad thing is, she's hardly "plump." i'm a size 10 and i'm too big to be a plus size model. plus size starts at size 6... ridiculous.


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- Friday's "Real Time with Bill Maher" was the worst I've ever seen. Maher went on some crazy rant about how all prescription medicine is poison and we don't need it. To make matters even worse, Bob Costas said, "whatnot."
- There are a lot of dismaying things that happen on "The Wire", but not much worse than seeing what Randy's become.
- Watching Season One of "The Amazing Race" from Netflix. Team Guido has to have been two of the great reality show villains ever.
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- Can someone explain how high wind can knock out my cable for a while today? First of all, isn't it underground? Second, you can shoot me a picture that looks better than real life, but you can't account for the wind? The Dutch have been using the wind to power stuff for hundreds of years, but Comcast can't withstand it. Can't they build some sort of windmill that will make it so that gusts will upgrade the non-HD channels (especially Comcast SportsNet) from pixels to just plain old grainy?


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"The Right" say all kinds of things from the conservative mindset and attack the "Liberals" for what they stand for. If you look at some of what the liberals stand for, in some ways, it's a lot like what Jesus stood for. No really, think about it just for a moment.
Give money to the poor.
Don't say hateful things about other people.
Make peace instead of wage war.
Help those in need.
Don't condemn people who live alternative lifestyles.
Women have an equal place in society.
On the other hand (the "right" hand?), what "The Right" stands for is sometimes contradictory to what Jesus taught.
Be a rugged individual, earn money and you need not share. Others should do the same, fend for themselves.
It's your property, you earned it, keep off.
Freedom of speech baby. It doesn't matter if I offend you or not.
Now I understand that "The Right" has some redeeming qualities too but that's not my point. My point is that even though people on "The Right" may not like to admit it, people that lean a little left may really want to make a difference in the world and that difference may look a little like how Jesus would do it at times.
I think this kind of political divisiveness between Right and Left has no place in Christianity. If, as the Bible says, "our citizenship" is not of this world, but of the kingdom of God then why don't we act like it instead of getting bogged down in the whole "Left/Right" thing? We will miss opportunities to see the beauty of how God can knit us together if people get sucked into this way of thinking.
I go to a church where people vote Democrat because they're Democrats. There are people who vote Republican because they are Republican. Where in the Bible does anyone get to say one is better than the other? It doesn't but people sure are treated that way sometime.
There are people in my church that are pro-abortion. They support a woman's right to choose to have an abortion if she wants one for whatever reason. There are some who are pro-life. I don't care who you are or what political or moral persuasion you are of. Everyone who comes to a church has the right to be accepted, discipled, loved and cared for without being condemned, brow-beaten or mocked.
I'm glad that, even though I live in Massachusetts (typically a "Left" state), I can go to church with all of my Lunatic Left-Wing and Right-Wing Nut friends and we can just be brothers and sisters in the Lord. You can be of the political persuasion of your choice. Just don't drag those dividers into church.


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Sumiko Saulson is a science-fiction, fantasy and horror writer and graphic novelist. She was the 2016 recipient of the Horror Writer Association's "Scholarship from Hell." She is best known for her non-fiction reference guide "60 Black Women in Horror Fiction." Her novels include "Solitude"," The Moon Cried Blood, "Happiness and Other Diseases", "Somnalia", "Insatiable" and the Amazon bestselling horror comedy "Warmth." She has written several short stories for collections and anthologies, including the Carry the Light award winning science-fiction story "Agrippa." She writes for the Oakland Art Scene for the Examiner.com, SEARCH Magazine and horror blogs HorrorAddicts.net and SumikoSaulson.com, which featured a 2013 Women in Horror Month interview series. The child of African American and Russian-Jewish American parents, she is a native Californian who grew up in Los Angeles and Hawaii. She is an Oakland resident who has spent most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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This story resonated with me highly because of my own similar experiences. I was fortunate enough to get a guest spot on Sumiko Saulson's blog to promote my own work, but instead I wrote a sort of response to this story. I think it raises awareness on a topic that is so highly addressed, but still not fixed: Bullying. My personal thanks to the author for this story!
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Heart-felt story.
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You must have heard about the fact that the physical relationship can be used as a concept to make up for the silly mistakes, which could have tear out your relationship and take away your love from you.
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Antigua Seaview Hotel is 20 minutes' walk from the center of Dickenson Bay.
The rooms in Antigua Seaview Hotel come with a patio, a balcony, a microwave, a fridge and a kitchenette. The guestrooms look out on the garden.
A 15-minute drive will take guests to V. C. Bird Intl airport.
There are free self-parking and a safety deposit box available on the premises.


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The X370GTN has very solid M.2 and SATA storage numbers, and that isn't too hard to foresee because the length of the traces is low, so signals don't have to travel long distances. Network performance is decent; it's what we have come to expect from a Realtek Gbit NIC.
Audio RMAA 5.5:
I disable all audio features, set the correct bitrates, and then test the audio with a loopback test.
Sound Judgment by Ear: Good, the audio solution doesn't use the latest codec, so we can't expect crazy scores, but overall performance is decent. There are five ratings for audio: 1. Problems, 2. Okay, 3. Acceptable, 4. Very good, 5. Excellent
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By day 5, culture shock is starting to settle in. I am starting to realize all of the things that I once took for granted, and started to realize how grateful I am for them. To start off, the hotel where Kyle and I were staying had very short beds. Kyle and I are both relatively tall compared to the rest of the Mexican people, leaving our feet hanging off the edge. I am grateful for our bed. I am also grateful that at home, I can take a shower without sandals on, flush my toilet paper, and drink water from the tap. It's little things like that that make me realize how much I love the United States of America. However, I didn't let that spoil our trip. I may have realized the things I love, but I definitely enjoyed the growing experience.
There were plenty more growing experiences this day, starting with church. We went to sacrament meeting with a ward near our hotel. It was interesting that I had no idea what they were saying, but at the same time, I could sense their message. I'm thankful that I had Kyle to translate a bit. The best part of that meeting was when we got to see the missionaries serving there. An elder from Utah confirmed a new member during sacrament meeting. Even though I have no idea what he said, the spirit was strong and I couldn't help but get teary as I was thinking I have my brother doing the same thing elsewhere. I'm thankful for missionaries.
After church, Kyle and I hoped on a bus to drive us to Chichen Itza, another Mayan ruin and wonder of the world. This bus was for locals and not usually used for tourists. It wove in and out of little villages all the way. This also meant a very bumpy and long ride, leaving me with motion sickness. Kyle didn't mind at all as he is very used to it from his mission, and slept through most of it anyway. I'm thankful for my own car to get me places; buses can be so inconvenient sometimes. However, I am very grateful that I was able to see a side of Mexico that not many tourists are able to see. It was an impactful experience to see how the people work, live, and travel and in the process, realize how lucky I am.
Soon we arrived at Chichen Itza, and within minutes of walking into the park, Kyle and I realized it was well worth the trip. This Mayan ruin was built between 600 AD and 800 AD. It is incredibly large and expansive. It took us a good two hours to walk through everything, but we were speed walking so we could see everything possible. I imagine that if we took the time to read about each building, it would have taken much longer.
Like the other two ruin sites that we went to, there were many of the same types of buildings; a very large ball park (which Kyle deemed the world cup arena of the Mayans), a massive pyramid (the face of Chichen Iza), a plaza of 1000 columns, sacrificial alters with hundreds of skulls cut in the walls representing each victim, an observatory, a nunnery, priest and priestess quarters, and the list could go on and on. This was truly an incredible culture. They were so advanced for their time; even more so that some Europeans. I'm grateful for the experience to be able to see such an amazing place and learn more about this people.
As a quick note to this photo – This is the "world cup arena". Though the architecture of it is pretty amazing, the game itself is pretty incredible too. Kyle explained it as a mixture of soccer, basketball, and rugby. The players are only allowed to kick the ball with their feet, and bump it with their hips. The point of the game it to hit the ball through the two hoops that are located on each side of the arena (you can see the one on the left the best). They can also bounce the ball off the walls. That takes some serious skill.
There were also hundreds of tourists, making it difficult to get any picture without another person in it, and many little booths set up by salesmen along the paths. That definitely added to the experience. I've never been yelled at more in my life. "Hey lady, you like?"… Kyle even was asked to trade his hat for something because the salesman took a fancy to it. It didn't happen, but that would have been a good trade as Kyle got the hat for free.
Soon enough we were back on the bus enjoying our scant meal of crackers and tuna fish. We tried to prepare ahead so we wouldn't have to buy any food, which brings me to another point. I'm thankful that I can make my own food, in my own kitchen. Eating out or from a market is not very healthy. Especially when you don't know where the food came from, or how it was prepared.
Eventually, after a long bus ride, we arrived in Playa del Carmen again and rushed to catch a ferry to Cozumel. Unfortunately, we missed it by a matter of minutes and had to wait another hour or so before we could get on another. We spent our time lounging near the dock, watching tourists, and enjoying a short show by some Mayan men. It was actually pretty incredible. These men climbed to the top a a pole, sat on the top, wound four ropes around the top of the pole, tied a rope around their waists and then dropped themselves off. This left them spinning upside down until the rope became unwound. Meanwhile, another man was left standing on top of the pole playing a flute and drum at the same time.
Time came for us to board the ferry. Kyle saw some members that he knew from his mission, while waiting in line and enjoyed catching up with them. They didn't speak much English, and I don't know any Spanish, so that left me enjoying the ocean breeze and smiling every now and then when Kyle motioned to me. I'm grateful when I am able to communicate with new acquaintances. Miming, translating, and arm motions can get exhausting after a while. A short time passed and we made it to the ferry only for me to be greeted with more motion sickness. I closed my eyes to try to deal with it and ended up falling asleep on Kyle's shoulder for the remainder of the trip.
After being woken by Kyle, we exited the ferry, collected our suitcases and walked out to the road. There, we were greeted by Sam and Ceyla, some friends of Kyle who were kind enough to let us stay at their house for the remainder of our trip. Upon arrival, Ceyla made us amazing quesadillas and served us cold cantaloupe water. I am extremely grateful for Sam and Ceyla who both speak English, and for their hospitality in feeding Kyle and I. We were both quite hungry at that point.
We talked until the wee hours of the night until I started to nod off again. After a wonderfully cold shower, I nestled into the hammock that was to be my bed. Though the hammock was amazingly comfortable to sleep in, the mosquitoes buzzing in from the open windows to make me their midnight feast, were not so welcome. Need I even say that I am grateful for air conditioning and mosquito repellent?


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Today I took a chance on something and you know what? It felt good! I started this blog as a way to help me grab life by the horns and sometimes I forget. Well, not today! I normally put this stuff in my "Yes Trail" – which by the way you should check out; it's near my "About" page – but not today. Today I'm putting this right here so you all will know that I TOOK A CHANCE and I'm ok, no matter the outcome.
Of course I won't know the outcome until hopefully tomorrow, maybe later this week or next month or maybe never. Either way, I hope that I'll remember this day, especially if my chance doesn't work out as hoped. I just felt that it was important to have a witness to this, the continuation of a life that is lived with more YESes than NOs. You, my reader, are my witness so thanks!
Pop over to the Yes Trail and follow my YES path and then pop back over in a few days and watch this space regarding the outcome. Until then, take chances and make an effort to live the life you want by saying YES to life, love and opportunity.
YES to the future 🙂
10.27.09 Update:
It totally paid off to take a chance. I got the answer to my question and I'm happier for it. I'm happy to have answers but more importantly, I'm proud of myself for daring to ask what I needed to ask and know what I needed to know. I'm proud of myself for taking a chance and taking a leap of faith, while hoping for the best. Take a chance but remember to remain open to the outcome.
Good luck! 🙂