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Frustration squared! Yes, I can't figure out what I'm doing or where I'm supposed to go with it. I guess my "old school" life hasn't yet caught up with technology....and often I'm not sure it ever will. Still I slug along trying to make the most of the assignment. I can see where RSS might be helpful to libraries, etc., but for me - not so much.
I've subscribed to the ten feeds...but I'm not sure I'll really ever read any of them. Yes, they are categories of interest to me, but my day seems to be taken up with other things that will negate my having time to read the feeds.
I only subscribed to what was already on bloglines because when I tried to subscribe to the Technology Tapas feeds, it never read it as subscribed to. I did what it said on Bloglines, but it never seemed to register. Maybe that's what's wrong with me...so far this stuff hasn't seemed to register.
Ok, well it's frustration out. Hopefully the next tapas will be better for me.
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Creba's 2005 death sent waves of outrage rippling through Toronto and beyond with dismay over the random shooting of the bright young girl on downtown Toronto's busiest street in the waning hours of the busiest shopping day of the year.
The now 20-year-old man, who can only be identified as J.S.R. because he was under 18 at the time, remained stoic after the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, two of six counts of aggravated assault and five weapons charges.
The Crown exchanged hugs and huge smiles, while the defence was incredulous. Lawyer Mara Greene's tear-stained face spoke volumes about their utter shock.
Outside court, lawyer Gary Grill said "in our combined experiences as defence lawyers, Ms. Greene and I, we've never, ever, ever had a stronger defence case."
They will "obviously" be appealing, he said.
"We maintain our client's innocence and we will not stop fighting as far as we can go in order to make sure that everyone knows that he indeed is innocent."
The defence called no evidence, but in his closing remarks Grill said the Crown's allegations defied common sense.
The Crown alleged the group of men J.S.R. was with that day escalated a confrontation with another man, Jeremiah Valentine, by pulling guns out, which prompted Valentine to allegedly fire the first shot.
One of the shots that came from Valentine's gun is the one that killed Creba, piercing her back and exiting her body at the base of her throat, the Crown said.
In her closing arguments, Crown attorney Kerry Hughes likened it to street racing, and the courts have said if one driver involved in a street race kills a bystander, both drivers are guilty.
Three guns were fired that day: Valentine's .357, a .25-calibre pistol and a 9-mm Ruger.
Though J.S.R. was arrested carrying the 9-mm gun, the defence argued that another man, Louis Woodcock, was the one who fired shots with that gun, then handed it off to a naive and underage J.S.R.
The Crown alleged J.S.R. took Woodcock's gun and began shooting after Valentine fired the first shot.
The fact that Woodcock brought the gun downtown that day and had it when the shooting began was in the agreed statement of facts and apparently gave the jury trouble, as they went back to the judge with a question about it.
Valentine, Woodcock, five other adults and one youth are charged with either second-degree murder or manslaughter in the case and are expected to stand trial next year.
As the jury's deliberations dragged into a fourth day, many began to wonder if the jury of 11 people (one was excused for personal reasons) would in fact be able to reach a unanimous verdict.
"Of course as time went on we all started thinking, as everybody else here did, as to which way it was going to go," lead investigator Det.-Sgt. Savas Kyriacou said
"(But) I knew what the right thing was and I knew that ultimately they would come up with the right decision."
The defence, however, was stunned.
"I can't explain this jury's verdict," Grill said. "Most of the observers can't explain this jury's verdict. It really is confounding for us."
In his closing arguments last week Grill urged the jury not to let anger over Creba's senseless death cloud their judgment, but outside court Sunday he suggested that's exactly what happened.
"That's obviously what goes through our heads right now, but I don't know and we'll never know what this jury was thinking," Grill said.
Kyriacou said he knew the jury would make the right decision.
He said he spoke with the Crebas and they are also satisfied with the verdict.
When Kyriacou heard the word guilty in the courtroom he said many things went through his head, but primarily the young girl who was shot while shopping with her sister then lay dying on the cold street that day.
"We've been thinking about Jane since Dec. 26, 2005," he said.
"We always think about Jane and I'm sure anyone that's a parent or has siblings or loved ones would also think about her."
A date for sentencing will be set on Thursday.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
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I love how this one relates like a phone conversation with a rambling friend.ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you! I wanted it to be like something overheard, really intimate.Delete
I really appreciate the sense of realism and character.ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you! I had been reading about couples with fetility issues, and I wanted to do something raw and real, not cold and clinical. but also kinda blaming the guy. (ha!)Delete
I like this!! I get the frustration from it.ReplyDelete
oohh this is one of the best ones i have read!ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you! fun to write in this rambling style.... also, I like that she is accusing HIM of having little tantrums, but her diatribe says otherwise?Delete
Plus it kind of shows there is probably a lot wrong in their relationship so it would perhaps not be the best idea to try and keep it together by having a baby...ReplyDelete
great job! i havent seen a phone conversation in the responses, and I could hear her voice in my head!! really relatable!ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks! like chatting with an upset girlfriend.....Delete


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2. Although many people may scoff, it may yet be shown that astrology can explain a lot of things.
3. America is getting so far from the true American way of life that force may be necessary to restore it.
6. It is only natural and right that women be restricted in certain ways in which men have more freedom.
9. Too many people today are living in an unnatural, soft way; we should return to the fundamentals, to a more red-blooded, active way of life.
10. It is more than a remarkable coincidence that Japan had an earthquake on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1944.
12. The modern church, with its many rules and hypocrisies, does not appeal to the deeply religious person; it appeals mainly to the childish, the insecure, and the uncritical.
14. After we finish off the Germans and Japs, we ought to concentrate on other enemies of the human race such as rats, snakes, and germs.
17. Familiarity breeds contempt.
19. One should avoid doing things in public which appear wrong to others, even though one knows that these things are really all right
20. One of the main values of progressive education is that it gives the child great freedom in expressing those natural impulses and desires so often frowned upon by conventional middle-class society.
23. He is, indeed, contemptible who does not feel an undying love, gratitude, and respect for his parents.
24. Today everything is unstable; we should be prepared for a period of constant change, conflict, and upheaval.
28. Novels or stories that tell about what people think and feel are more interesting than those which contain mainly action, romance, and adventure.
30. Reports of atrocities in Europe have been greatly exaggerated for propaganda purposes.
31. Homosexuality is a particularly rotten form of delinquency and ought to be severely punished.
32. It is essential for learning or effective work that our teachers or bosses outline in detail what is to be done and exactly how to go about it.
35. There are some activities so flagrantly un-American that, when responsible officials won't take the proper steps, the wideawake citizen should take the law into his own hands.
38. There is too much emphasis in college on intellectual and theoretical topics, not enough emphasis on practical matters and on the homely virtues of living.
39. Every person should have a deep faith in some supernatural force higher than himself to which he gives total allegiance and whose decisions he does not question.
42. No matter how they act on the surface, men are interested in women for only one reason.
43. Sciences like chemistry, physics, and medicine have carried men very far, but there are many important things that can never possibly be understood by the human mind.
46. The sexual orgies of the old Greeks and Romans are nursery school stuff compared to some of the goings-on in this country today, even in circles where people might least expect it.
47. No insult to our honor should ever go unpunished.
50. Obedience and respect for authority are the most important virtues children should learn.
53. There are some things too intimate or personal to talk about even with one's closest friends.
55. Although leisure is a fine thing, it is good hard work that makes life interesting and worthwhile.
56. After the war, we may expect a crime wave; the control of gangsters and ruffians will become a major social problem.
58. What a man does is not so important so long as he does it well.
59. Human nature being what it is, there will always be war and conflict.
60. Which of the following are the most important for a person to have or to be? Mark X the three most important.
artistic and sensuous popular, good personality65. It is entirely possible that this series of wars and conflicts will be ended once and for all by a world-destroying earthquake, flood, or other catastrophe.
drive, determination, will power
broad, humanitarian social outlook neatness and good manners
sensitivity and understanding
efficiency, practicality, thrift
intellectual and serious
emotional expressiveness, warmth, intimacy
kindness and charity
66. Books and movies ought not to deal so much with the sordid and seamy side of life; they ought to concentrate on themes that are entertaining or uplifting.
67. When you come right down to it, it's human nature never to do anything without an eye to one's own profit.
70. To a greater extent than most people realize, our lives are governed by plots hatched in secret by politicians.
73. Nowadays when so many different kinds of people move around so much and mix together so freely, a person has to be especially careful to protect himself against infection and disease.
74. What this country needs is fewer laws and agencies, and more courageous, tireless, devoted leaders whom the people can put their faith in.
75. Sex crimes, such as rape and attacks on children, deserve more than mere imprisonment; such criminals ought to be publicly whipped.
77. No sane, normal, decent person could ever think of hurting a close friend or relative.
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Sin is a Killer
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"The wages of sin is death." That's the message that Paul gives us in Romans 6:23. In a broad sense, sin is killing us each day because it convinces us that's God's way is not the best way. Sin attempts to teach us the opposite of John 15:5. Sin tells us that the life-giving, life-sustaining vine that God tells us to branch into does not give what it says it gives. As a matter of fact, sin encourages us that the fruit we bear as we are connected to the vine is actually not beneficial. What sin does not inform us is that if we disconnect from tis vine, then we die because we are now trusting in ourselves to offer the life-giving necessities to live longer.
Jesus teaches us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. But if we allow sin to reign in our mortal body, it just doesn't kill us and remove us from the presence of God eternally. Poetically, death comes not just in our bodies but in our hearts and mind and strength.
When we sin, from my experience, death strangles my hopes and my desires to be righteous. When I have a day that I realize I have totally screwed up, it ruins my attempt at a "good" day. We all have those days where we wake up and say, "No sinning today. It's gonna be a good righteous day." Then BAM! Day ruined. It crushes my heart.
In times when I sin, it ruins my mind. I can't think for the rest of the day because I'm too concerned with how I messed up and even though I ask for forgiveness and apologize to God for screwing up, I still can't bear the day because I know it has ruined my relationship with God. I have grieved Him. It kills my mind.
It also brings death to my strength because when I sin, I don't want to try anymore. I feel satan's conviction on me telling me I can't do it so why try. So I give in and give up. I don't even try to be strong. I begin to listen to his lies that I am a hopeless case. It kills my strength.
Thankfully, we don't rely on our strength, mind, hearts, or body to be righteous. We are righteous though Jesus and that is where we find our heart, mind, and strength as we renew ourselves daily in Him.


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Sunday, April 10, 2005
Spring snowflake (leucojum). These are attractive, rather large plants that bloom for a long time in late spring. The downside? They spread fairly aggressively, and their foliage, which is about the size of a large daffodil, stays green FOREVER, and flops around, laying on, and shading out, other plants around it. For such dainty flowers, it's a LOT of foliage to contend with. I really need to dig it out of my mixed beds and give it spots of its own in the woods, where it can flop around to it's heart's content.
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Yeah, let it flop around on the garlic mustard! You've got quite the collection of spring photos here. Do you have any idea what the primrose with the silver line around the petals is?
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The entire family is characterised by a paucity of phonemic vowels (two or three, depending upon the analysis) coupled with rich consonantal systems that include many forms of secondary articulation.[3] Ubykh (Ubyx), for example, had both the minimal number of vowels (two), and probably the largest inventory of consonants outside Southern Africa.
Linguistic reconstructions suggest that both the richness of the consonantal systems and the poverty of the vocalic systems may be the result of a historical process, whereby vowel features such as labialisation and palatalisation were reassigned to adjacent consonants. For example, ancestral */ki/ may have become /kʲə/ and */ku/ may have become /kʷə/, losing the old vowels */i/ and */u/ but gaining the new consonants /kʲ/ and /kʷ/. The linguist John Colarusso has further postulated that some instances of this may also be due to the levelling of an old grammatical class prefix system (so */w-ka/ may have become /kʷa/), on the basis of pairs like Ubykh /ɡʲə/ vs. Kabardian and Abkhaz /ɡʷə/ heart. This same process is claimed by some to lie behind the development of labiovelars in Proto-Indo-European which once neighboured Proto-NWC.
Northwest Caucasian languages have rather simple noun systems, with only a handful of cases at the most, coupled with highly agglutinative verbal systems that can contain almost the entire syntactic structure of the sentence. All finite verbs are marked for agreement with three arguments: absolutive, ergative, and indirect object,[5] and there are also a wide range of applicative constructions. There is a split between "dynamic" and "stative" verbs, with dynamic verbs having an especially complex morphology. A verb's morphemes indicate the subject's and object's person, place, time, manner of action, negative, and other types of grammatical categories.
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It is Time You Get Paid for Travelling.
Travelling and seeing new places is one thing that almost everyone enjoys to do. This passion drives people to put in hours and hours ant their work places just to earn some extra cash that will see them afford travelling. People will take vacations to travel and relieve themselves from all the pressure they get from their work places or just to escape from the general pressure of life. This is good for the body since it helps you to recuperate as you relax in the trip. The worst bit is that after the fun you have had in your travels, you have to go back to the work that made you want to take a break in the first place.
How would it feel if you could actually have the opportunity of travelling and get paid for doing it? This is what many would call having your cake and eating it. However unattainable this may sound, it is a reality to some. These people have formed a club based on their love for travelling. This club enables you to pay close to nothing for travelling. The club is able to get huge discounts on traveling costs due to the large number of the members. It give you an opportunity to earn some income through direct sales.
The process of selling a product face to face and not from the store is what is referred to as direct sales. It will involve talking to people and convincing them to buy your product. If you happen to selling a product that most people have no love for then the process can be a bit challenging. This experience is different in the case of this club since the product being sold is the travel. It becomes as easy as a walk in the park because most of the potential buyers like to travel.
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The selling bit is quite simple since you can start with your own family members and closest friends who will give you the audience that you need. They then will give referrals to their friends and your network starts to grow. In a short time you will find that you don't even have to go to people because they will have heard of the opportunity through your network.
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The job is a rare one since you don't have to report to an office in order to do it. What makes it even more worthwhile is the fact that you can do it alongside another job. When you feel the need to travel you also will have no worries since all will have been taken care of.


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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Exam anxiety
The way the econ comp works is that a week before the exam you are given a specific article on the economics of education. At that point, the goal is to study it in great depth. You look for everything you don't understand and figure it out, look for holes that could change their findings, and try to guess what questions will be asked.
The exam itself was 7 questions, three of which were multi-part. We had an hour. This makes sense, in a way, because in the first exam, we had three hours to cover three subjects, although I allocated a more than proportional time to econ that time around. We actually ended up with about 10 extra minutes this time.
The first four questions I felt pretty solid on, but I've learned that I am less able to trust my perceptions when it comes to econ than to other topics. Back at IUPUI, I was sure I had flunked our first test in the microeconomics class. I was certain! And then I got it back, and I don't remember the exact grade, but it was at least a B, so nowhere near flunking. And after the comps first time around, I wasn't confident about my econ performance, but this time my uneasiness was right.
I skipped to question 7, then. Six and 7 were "what-if" scenarios. I think if there was an area our studying was weak on, this was it. We were so focused on understanding every footnote and every table that we didn't think, "OK, what scenarios could make their findings invalid?" And we've been through Dr. Ballou's stuff before, so we should have anticipated it. Then again, the possibilities for that sort of thing are infinite, right?
Then I went back to question 5, and just as I was working into it, we were told we had 10 minutes left. I ended up spending three minutes on the last question, and I can tell you that was a flub - I only had time for gut reactions with no explanations. I never run out of time on tests, even when I do badly, but all three of us worked up to the last second. One would expect, of course, that those of us who are poorer at the subject would take longer, but I'm not entirely sure it was just us versus the length of the test. (As there was no control group of highly economically competent grad students, this is just conjecture.)
So now the tests have to be scored. A 1 is a flunk, and 2-4 pass. It's entirely likely that Dr. Ballou has already marked them, but he has blind copies, so he wouldn't be able to tell us how we did. (Unless we all passed, right? So that means we probably didn't.) If a test gets a 1, it goes to a second reader. Judging from last time around, the second reader is unlikely to give it a different score. My two fellow test-takers also had to retake the methods exam, and it's possible they won't tell any of us anything officially until all results are in.
And now, we wait.
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- Rebecca said...
This is interesting to me. I am also in ed policy and trying to figure out the best format for my comps. Yes, read that again; I'm supposed to decide and negotiate it with my chair. My department sees everything from portfolios and "your diss proposal passed so that's your comps" to "answer these 3 questions that can be about ANYTHING covered since you started taking questions" either timed (easier grading) or untimed/ take-home (harsh grading).
I would almost prefer your style. There is some structure to it and something to focus my study on. Yes, it sums up what I've learned in the past few years and displays my expertise, but it does so without being this huge wide-open thing where I don't know what the questions will be like.
Of course, I'd actually prefer the portfolio/diss proposal route. Portfolios allow me to show that I can publish (either with someone or alone) while the proposal (first 3 chapters of the diss) includes dealing with contextualizing and the literature review for the subject I will focus on. Both strike me as more useful.
- January 19, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Wow, so you just have to read one article and then take a test on it? Do you have to take orals too or just writtens?
- January 19, 2008 at 1:18 PM
- turducken said...
Hm, I think many people in my program would rather be in your system. You at least have some control if you can negotiate a good format! We have to be tested even on the subjects we do not intend to use again. However, I can certainly see why you would like to have your program settle on one way of doing things. That must be unnerving.
I think the biggest theoretical drawback to our exams is that they exactly replicate coursework. The econ of ed exam covers the econ of ed class; the sociology exam exactly covers the soc class. The exams are written by the profs that taught the course. This leads to the obvious question - shouldn't our satisfactory grades be enough proof of mastery, then? What more information does the exam provide?
To mean something, I think the exams should test our ability to integrate knowledge across disciplines or to adapt what we already know to a new situation. Or they should do what they do in most humanities programs and be individualized for what that particular student proposes to be a specialist in. As it stands, none of us are sure what purpose they serve, other than to be a hoop to jump through.
- January 19, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- turducken said...
Nope, nothing oral.
But that's just the econ format - the professor chooses the format, within the bounds of being a written exam.
The international education exam question consisted of four questions. Question A was "What are the purposes of education and how are those purposes defined and measured?" - a very different type of question. We had three hours to answer econ/ soc or int'l/ and politics of ed. We had another three hours for methods. And then a final three hours that were either K-12 or higher ed.
- January 19, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Rebecca said...
Wait; they aren't integrative? That makes no sense to me. I agree with you; if you've passed the course why should you be tested again on the same material.
I do see the point of using an article as the stimulus and I suppose they would tell you that it was a way of showing that you can apply the knowledge. Still...
As far as negotiating the best format, the question is what is the best? If you wait until your diss proposal is approved that can take quite some time. if you do a portfolio you are at the whim of the anonymous reviewers.
I really need to figure out the answer to which is the best, since I'm technically done with classes. (I'm taking an extra one this term because of my work schedule, but that only delays for a few months.)
btw, I'm jealous that you have someone to teach economics of ed. I probably know as much as anyone else around here because my masters is in business; this is a very qualitative department and it makes me crazy.
are you going to aera? we should meet up...
- January 19, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- turducken said...
I would say "your diss proposal passed so that's your comps" is the best format. :) Otherwise, I don't know, but I think you'd at least have an illusion of control - if you thought your portfolio was strong, you could go with that.
If you want economics, come to Vanderbilt! We have at least four profs in my department whose work is driven by it. On the other hand, we have only two who could be described as qualitative, one of whom is a historian.
Yes, I'll be at AERA. You won't want to miss the Vandy reception.
- January 19, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Rebecca said...
we'll have to find a way to meet up! I'm presenting 1 session and chairing 2.
I probably should have gone there; You have a center on my core topic (school choice). I'm totally quantitative in my approach and my secondary interest is history; we don't have a historian here either.
(I went here [ASU] because it was convenient and a decently ranked school. We weren't in a position to move. I now realize the flaw in that plan.... If I had wanted to do qualitative work on language policy I would be in the best place in the world. Everything else is kind of lacking....)
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Culture, Art and Language: Women in Love
In Women in Love the structures of the self, its conditions of growth and disintegration, are essentially the same as those found in Studies and in the earlier novels. However the sources of disintegration in culture and society are identified differently and the novel has an altogether more contemporary conception of the problems of being human. (Indeed those ideals designated by the word 'human' are themselves called in question as adequate aims for the aspiring self in a way which recalls the title of Nietzsche's Human, All-Too-Human.) Dangers to the self only hinted at in the earlier novels are fully explored here. For example that condition represented by the cultured mistress of Alfred Brangwen, that 'inhuman being who used up human life for cold, unliving purposes',1 is much more fully investigated in the person of Hermione Roddice, just as the industrial magnate, first seen in Ursula's uncle Tom, is expanded and deepened in the person of Gerald Crich.
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Well it only took me 3 weeks to put up another post.
This weeks chaburah was concerning the backwards "nun"s in this weeks parsha. The gemara in Shabbos 115b has a machlokes why we have simanim by the parsha of "vayehi binso'a aron". Either it tells us that this parsha doesn't belong here or it tells us that it is a sefer b'fnei atzmo. However, the gemara doesn't tell us what these simanim are.
The Maharshal (Siman 73) writes that the simanim can not be referring to placing upside down or backwards nunin by this parsha. Writing a nun backwards before and after this parsha would make a sefer torah pasul. You can't just add letters into the sefer torah. Rather the Maharshal writes the m'kor seems to come from a zohar that writing the nun upside down/backwards teaches us that even when the aron is travelling the shechina stays with b'nei yisroel. Furthermore, the nunin the zohar is referring to are the nunin of the words "b'n'so'a" and "u'v'nucha". There are those who flip around the nunin of "mis'oninim" as well.
The Noda B'Yehuda argues and says adding extra letters does not pasul a sefer torah. The only extra letters that pasul a sefer torah ar eletters you add to a word. Adding symbols on the side of the torah is okay. Furthermore, the rishonim discuss these nunin. The halacha is one can not write 2 symbols on Shabbos. Rav Hai Gaon gives as an example the two nunin in our parsha. Therefore, writing 2 separate nunin is okay.
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Last I left off in the Napoleon story, I shared our second sushi date, the time I made him a home cooked meal and then he stopped me from getting handsy with him in bed. Not one to be discouraged, I decided to step up my game.
Have you heard of Steak and Blow Job Day? If you have, congratulations. If you're male and have celebrated it before, even more congratulations.
For those of you who don't know, it's a holiday that takes place on 3/14 (yes, also Pi day) which is one month after Valentine's Day. It's the male answer to flowers, chocolates, and hallmark cards. Basically the idea is to celebrate your man-friend by buying or cooking him a steak and then giving him a blowie.
Well, second best is National Pancake Day. Or National Grilled Cheese Day. I guess it depends on which you prefer. So the two next best holidays are National Pancake Day and National Grilled Cheese Day, in whichever order you prefer.
National Pancake Day falls at the end of February. So I invited Napoleon over for Pancakes on National Pancake Day. He had a prior engagement, but bounced on the "going out with friends" part in favor of coming over for a pancake dinner.
I made starch free pancakes (because it's the only kind of pancakes I can eat) with Peanut Butter, Eggs and Bananas. Then I made a banana glaze sauce to drizzle over top of the pancakes and served them with bacon because I'm a grown up.
They were so good and he had no idea they were starch free and mostly healthy/protein filled until I told him. We were both so happy and full that we fell asleep watching TV over the next hour.
The next morning, I made us coffee, got ready for work but this time he didn't stay in bed. He got up, got ready, walked out with me and kissed me goodbye while wishing me a good day.
There was just one problem. I wasn't sure I was happy about it. Something felt…off? I don't know. I didn't feel anything when he kissed me. Not really the night before either. It was like I was kissing a friend. I just didn't have any feels. I had on other dates – other dates with him, no less. Just not this time. Maybe it had something to do with being over-full of pancakes and bacon or being exhausted?
Around noon that day, he asked me if I wanted to spend St. Patrick's Day together. He said he didn't like to go out for the holiday, but did like to drink green beer and cook corned beef and cabbage. He offered to come over, make me dinner and we'd watch a movie. I think I chose Boondock Saints because it seemed most fitting.
While we were cooking (he let me help) we got to talking about an upcoming trip I was going on. I asked him if he was interested in going. He was considering it, but he hadn't planned on it just yet. I told him I think it'd be fun if he'd like to go with me and stay with my friend and I at her house.
He agreed that he'd like to come with me and would welcome a weekend away with me. It all sounded so wonderful, so I began the process of planning our trip. I had planned for some sight-seeing, some delicious food tours with my friends and a bar crawl of awesome.
A week or so later, I had started planning our LONG car ride, planned to bring Gizmo with us, and got really psyched. The plan was to take an additional day off of work (Friday) and head up Thursday night. Friday would be spent sight-seeing the city, going to museums and zoos and whatever else we could find to do that would be both fun and date-y.
Though, things changed a little bit as the date of our trip approached…
Come back next week to see what changed, how it affected our dating-ship and how our trip went.


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we get there and there still is the same stupid truck, cops, and a dj table but NO food. ya ya ya there is millions of dollars worth of diamonds we could go look at.. BORING! we want the food. we are starving at this point and did we bring our wallets, nope... we were really putting all our marbles on the free finger food. so we walk ALL THE WAY back home. on the way home we both have this inner debate.. should we go to institute? we should we have nothing to do.. i am so hungry my stomach is eating itself... talk about good angel on one shoulder and devil on the other... so in trying situations like this what do you do? bargain. perfect. we said that we would call sarah and if she can give us a ride we would go. we call sarah.. nothing.. call again.. nothing. ok.. LETS EAT!
we take our scooter this time and were planning to park in the parking lot we always park in but it was closed due to the "diamonds international grand opening totally LAME party" so we drive a little further traffic traffic traffic.. we start going down a one way road in the wrong direction AHHH!! before death caught us we skid into cayman cameras parking lot, caught our breath and heading to margaritaville. we get there.. closed. what is the freaking deal? we start walking back to diamonds international for the THIRD time. there has GOT to be free food by now... nothing...swear words... we finally give up on the free finger food and decide to go to this local coffee house and get a stupid muffin or something. just then we get a text BEEP BEEP bEEp its shalynna, she says sarah is out of town and the elders will be teaching institute.. the debate starts again and poof the good angel and bad devil are back. we should go.. ya we should.. ah we will be late... well we will be blessed.. ok lets grab something real fast and go over. ok. we now have a plan.
right next to the coffee house there is this little party going on with loud music. we are drawn to the music, round the corner and guess what we see. FREE FINGER FOOD!!! hahaha we must have had the wrong party or something or Heavenly Father is blessing us with free finger food for making the correct choice to attend institute. one of the two.... it is this art gallery show. they just got all these new art pieces from various art programs that are held in local prisons and juvenile camps... ok so.. the food is there no one is eating it they are all looking at art. jamie and i did not want to be rude so we said we would go inside look at the art real fast, grab some grub and head to institute. we get inside and the art projects are FOR SHIZZ SUPA FLY! seriously so cool. i decide to buy one on a whim.. does the girl go to a juvenile school for bad decisions? ya you bet, but i support her in trying to get better and give her $50 for this wicked cool piece of art. i'd take a picture but it has to stay there for a few weeks, anywho... we now dont feel so awkward for getting the food because we are indeed buyers and TOTAL supporters of this little show.
we grab some food. there was chicken, meatballs, crackers, and fruit. YUM! they did not have big plates because it was "finger food" they just had little plates to catch the crumbs. Jamie and i loaded up... that plate will never hold that much food again. to escape the embarrassment for our oversized towering plates of food we go around the building and sit on the stairs and gobble down our food. when finished we look at the time... it is way to late to go to institute (our slow browsing of the art pieces was unintentional to pass time..i swear). we would show up a half hour late which is rude so we bagged that idea and went to see if they set up a desert table.
they had not, but there was more food... so.... yes you guessed right! we got more. there were only two tiny plates left. we were so lucky! we load up our plates again as quietly as we can because some lady is giving a speech about the prisoners blah blah blah grab me some crackers! this little girl walks up approx. age seven, but that is just a guess, she says "there is no more plates....?" quivering lips and puppy dog eyed and all. it was so that moment from Aladin when he steels the bread and sees the two hungry children digging trough the garbage and gives them his loaf. who really takes life lessons from Disney movies though? so we did not give her our plate. she walks away and then the bottom of my plate breaks and sauce starts dripping EVERYWHERE! knock knock who is it? Karma? IM A BELIEVER! we grab some napkins and jet back to the stairs. gobble gobble gobble yum yum yum unbutton the pants.. and then we go back for desert. there is none. we expect way to much from these stupid parties. we did indeed see a HUGE cooler full of juice boxes. kinda weird? you can think that but i loved it. we grabbed some, one for now one for the road, stuffed our pockets with crackers,we're american. portion control....what?? then we leave. finally. as we are walking back to the scooter we pass the now thriving diamonds international party. there are super tall and slender women in beautiful dresses sipping wine and laughing elegantly at dumb smart jokes that are probably not even really funny, wearing diamonds, naturally.. haha jamie and i walk by juice box in hand sip sip sip and cheddar crackers crunch crunch crunch while they look at us with disgust almost. lifestyles of the rich and the famous..sheesh... it was a very Lehi's dream great and spacious building moment.
and that raps up the night. life lessoned learned? go to institute and always support art shows put on by prisoners.


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The first things ready to load into the van are my thread bins, my quilt tool bag, filled with all the items I don't duplicate, and the bins of scrap strips, sorted by size. I have 4 Rubbermaid totes to pack, along with DH's golf clubs, 2 guitars etc., etc., etc!
The next item on the agenda is to sort clothes for packing. We brought more than usual this year, as our trip to Houston in the fall kept us on the road longer. We usually make the trip in 3-4 leisurely days, with stops along the way.
We are fortunate to have many great neighbours who take care of our place while we are away. There is always someone keeping an eye on the comings and goings. When we have friends or relatives staying at our place when we are not here, we always call the neighbours to warn them so they don't call the police!
I'm getting anxious to see my family again, and to meet DS2's new girlfriend! And after all the hard work of packing and cleaning, I'm looking forward to a few days in the car.....


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Welcome to my blog! I hope to be a resource to help you in your walk with God. Now more than ever we need to get back to the basic fundamentals of moral living and take a stand for what is right and truthful with God as our ultimate authority. His Word is reliable and preserved and can be trusted, so that is the basis for my advice and teaching. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or topics you would like me to cover. I look forward to sharing what God has placed on my heart. See my website at http://www.dawnfoss.tateauthor.com and http://www.dawnfoss.com/ for books and music I have written that will enrich your life!
Ezekiel 22:30: "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." Let's stand in the gap together!
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"One of the major challenges facing young people in America today is staying grounded. In schools and work places, young people are restless. Though several factors come into play, none is as key as a weak family structure. Unreasonable expectations to succeed, economic pressures and technological advancement, with all its benefits, have all contributed to the erosion of core values of our society. It is in this context that I welcome Dawn's book, I Will Stand. It offers not only a purpose, but a goal in the lives of young people. Upon reading this book, they will have a basis for the belief that love is the most valuable tool in their journey. I have enjoyed reading this book and should be a must read for all growing adults."
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The kids had their first Field Day at the new school and loved it!!! It was all Olympic-themed and very well organized by the P.E. Dept. Thankfully, the kids had their activities at separate times so I could spend time with both of them.
They did a 50 yard dash, tug of war, archery, frisbee throw, relay races, and so much more. They especially loved getting their faces painted and eating Pop-Ice and Frozen Custard.
There was a Field Day Casualty in the Kelley Family. Kaitlyn was sitting in her line while another classmate was pulling someone on a flat coaster. Well, when they came running up to the line, nobody tried to stop the coaster and rammed right into Kaitlyn's wrist. She immediately started to cry and went to the nurse. The nurse said she had a busy day with other injuries.
Besides that, everyone had fun. Just FYI, don't forget to put sunscreen on the back of your knees. LOTS of sunscreen!!!! Because when you get a sunburn there, it hurts to wear jeans. Just sayin'...
Here's a video of Kaitlyn doing her best to throw a frisbee despite all the wind.


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It's Thursday and another Pals Paper Arts Challenge. This one's a color challenge... pretty Fall colors... Delightful Dijon, Old Olive and Cajun Craze.
Not only are the colors pretty and perfect for Fall, the stamp set is perfect for just about anything. It's on "My Favorites" list from the new Holiday Catalog. "Among the Branches" can be used for cards as I did here, for tags on packages, goodie bags, wine bottles and just about anything you want to tag or decorate... there's one for Halloween, Autumn and Christmas or New Year's.
As I was stamping the sentiment, I had to laugh... the words "tasty dishes" made me think of a slice of cheesecake! So that means I'll have to indulge... maybe this weekend.
So, pull out your card stock, do a little fussy cutting and create something beautiful to link up with the Pals.
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Valentine disaster
While most people are having fun on Valentine's Day, the doctors at Seattle Grace are poised for disaster — and it arrives, when the roof collapses at a popular romantic restaurant. Dozens of injured people flood the emergency room. Derek (Patrick Dempsey) tries to manage his busy schedule as Chief of Surgery; Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) wrestles with her new duties as the Chief's wife; and Mark (Eric Dane) and Callie team up to convince Sloan to do the right thing.
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Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC
Break out the beer and the chicken wings. The Indianapolis Colts led by Peyton Manning and the New Orleans Saints led by Drew Brees will go helmet-to-helmet in Miami for the 44th edition of the "Super Bowl." in Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The halftime show is led by aged rockers The Who, whose songs, coincidentally, play in the opening credits of the "CSI" franchise. The Super Bowl also airs on CBS.
Today, 6:30 p.m., CBS
Menace 2 society
As Charlie Sheen gets ready for a court date related to his recent altercation with his current wife, "Two and Half Man" airs a Valentine's Day episode that shows him having problems with the women in the show's story line, too. Turns out that TV Charlie's jealousy now threatens his relationship with his girlfriend Chelsea. Co-starring Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones.
Monday, 9 p.m., CBS
Celebrity roots
Using the latest tools of genealogy and DNA testing, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the family histories of 12 celebrities in "Faces of America." Along the way, he reveals stories of displacement and homecoming, of material success and dispossession, of assimilation and discrimination. Investigating their roots are chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols, heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and "Dancing With the Stars" champ and gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi.
Wednesday, 8 p.m., PBS
My funky valentine
Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) break from their traditional Valentine's Day dinner date and plan a little "role play" excursion. Meanwhile, Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria's (Sofia Vergara) ideas of romance clash when he takes her to a comedy show – David Brenner is on the bill — and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) play cupid for little Manny (Rico Rodriguez).
Wednesday, 9 p.m., ABC
Ellen vs. Simon
All eyes will be watching to see what all the fuss was about as Ellen DeGeneres joins the judging table at "American Idol." According to published reports, Simon Cowell was quite late to the taping of Ellen's first day on the show —the beginning of the Hollywood rounds and she was ticked off. When DeGeneres, who is still doing her talk show, signed on to replace departing judge Paula Abdul, she couldn't have known that Cowell was thinking of leaving himself. So, with Cowell's disengagement in the works and DeGeneres very wet behind the ears, the action this season on "Idol" may well be at the judges' table — not on stage.
Tuesday, 8 p.m., Fox
Undercover Jack
Despite averting the assassination attempt on peacekeeping leader Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor), Jack Bauer's day intensifies when he is forced to go deeper undercover to secure the unsecured enriched nuclear materials. As international delegates reconvene at the United Nations, President Taylor's (Cherry Jones) goodwill comes into question and CTU races against time to assist with the mission.
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Monday, 9 p.m., Fox
Blue valentine
To avoid feeling lonely on Valentine's Day, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) schedules a root canal.. Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) woos an attractive and successful CNBC host, Avery Jessup (Elizabeth Banks), and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) is disappointed when her creepy stalker loses interest. Also starring: Jack McBrayer, Judah Friedlander and John Lutz (Lutz).
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What a thrill it was today for Sam Welten, Ed Dickson and myself to walk into a baby orphanage with formula under our arms. At $100 per box it can be quite expensive. Thanks to St Pauls school in Norwood we purchased two and have left money donated from a couple at NPC for three more. While there the workers were thrilled to see us again and are always amazed that we keep coming back. The renovated rooms are amazing and the babies sooo cute. We also visited the Aids baby wing and were taken back by the wonderful children there who face a terrible battle from no fault of their own.Thanks be to God that they have some wonderful christian workers and government workers caring for them. Please remember them in prayer. Many of the children have cleft-palates (spell?} ... The surgery cost 700 US ... All they lack is the money.
I miss the team in Central Asia very much and think of them everyday. It is a very difficult thing to leave the team behind but as you can see in the blogs ... They are doing amazing under the leadership of John. It speaks to the quality of team we have representing us there.
Tomorrow we go to xxxxxxxxx to visit and see the work we send fund towards.I also have more funds and will see where they can best be used. xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx are thrilled to be hosting us and they send their greetings to everyone.
Supper at xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx home tonight with the Bishop.
Of course no trick or treating for us or anyone else in xxxxxxxxxxxx . :)
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
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- npcmensmimistries said...
Okay if there's no trick or treating, you can take off those ugly masks :) LOL
Great to hear that the work at the orphanages is going well, you guys just being there, are a blessing for sure.
PS Dont worry aout the spelling, most of us cant read well enough to tell the difference :)
Blessings Dan
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Friday, September 02, 2005
Two dogs again
You would think I'm doing my PhD on dogs by the many entries about dogs in this blog... No, but talk of dogs is such a therapeutic aside to the day to day practice of reading, writing and thinking something so 'serious' as a PhD that I really do enjoy just writing about dogs from time to time on the ol' blog. Excuse the self indulgences...
Well, today I have two dogs. My partners parents are away for the weekend and so their little foxy has come to visit. By my feet are two warm mounds of fur, one with short hair; white with black spots and the other with medium length coarse hair; white with ginger spots. They are curled up next to each other on the same bed which is next to the heater and are dozing lightly. Occasionally a dog with human walker or parent with squeaky pram (I almost wrote pram with squeakly parent!) walks past and both dogs wake instantaneously and simultaneously from their slumber and lunge for the front door in a frenzy of barks and flying fur.
On the PhD front, I happened upon a very exciting find yesterday. A book by Julian E. Orr called "Talking About Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job". Julian studied a group of Xerox Photocopier Technicians as they went about their work in the late eighties. He wrote up his findings in his dissertation (1990) and it was then published as a book (1996). Oh geez. I think he has written my PhD - a point both exhilirating and dreadful to discover. Exhilirating because every word I have read so far I recognise and have thought about as important to articulate and he has done it so elegantly. Dreadful because I also recognise how much work - thinking and hard research, has gone into the final opus and my thoughts and articulations seem so unformed in comparison and of course I have to come up with something fresh and different. Aargh.
The book is all about how the work of technicians is constructed and improvised in practice and largely through narratives of 'sensemaking' by triangulating with the machines and the customers. Their work practice is not, as you might expect much technical service work to be, the routine and rote following of instructions and procedures but as Orr writes,
"Technicians' practice is...a response to the fragility of available understandings of the problematic situations of service and to the fragility of control over their definition and resolution. Understanding is fragile in that accurate information about the state of the machine is only sometimes available, and the meaning of available information cannot always be found. Control is fragile both because the technicians come to work when the relationship between the customer and machine is already askew and because the technicians cannot keep the machines working and the customers satisfied; they can only restore that state after the fall. Work in such circumstances is resistant to rationalization, since the expertise vital to such contingent and extemporaneous practice cannot be easily codified." (Orr, 1996, p2)
He goes on to explain how the process of narrative gives form and definition to the problem which then enables diagnosis. The work involves making coherent that which has no sense (initially) and it is through talking about the problem as it perceived by them, the customer and what the machine is telling them, that the technician gains mastery over the machine. These narrative accounts also have another function. The circulation of such stories and information make up the discourse of the community of technicians. It is this discourse that makes up the body of knowledge of the community giving definition to the technicians job and a sense of identity through participation (p2-3).
I have a strong emotional response to his descriptions because they resonate so much with my own experience of being a computer technician and also in my role as trainer of computer technicians. I have not read enough of his book to identify what some of the experiential differences might exist between his group of photocopier repairers and say a group of computer support workers but I'm sure there will be some. For instance, I imagine one might be working with photocopiers as singular machines versus computers as part of a network, and another might be the remote aspect of much computer support work resulting from the integration of the telephone based help desk model into computer support and the capacity to provide remote support over networks. Oh well, read on...
5 comments:
- Glen Fuller said...
hey you should contact ben kraal his blog: http://newnowknowhow.blogspot.com/ cause we discussed this book ithink when i met him in canberra, he is doing a phd on design related issues.
- Ms M said...
Thanks for that Glen. I'll check it out. Howz the thesis coming along?
- Mac said...
I like the dog posts.
Hmm--I haven't seen the book, but it sounds interesting. We've elevated our IT pros to the status of high priests at the altar of technology--trained in esoteric and mysterious rituals, that occasionally actually get results.
- Glen Fuller said...
thesis is a cancer. that is how it is going...
no, seriously, wrote up a thesis plan for completion today for my mega-overdue progress report. looks awright. i might even finish before the money does.
- Ms M said...
Glen, sounds to me like you're making real headway with your thinking - I check into your blog regularly...cya soon maybe.


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Remember when I said I would review the three sauces I picked up at Target? We had burgers with the Shiitake Mushroom-Teriyaki Burger Topper last night for dinner.
We kept it very simple: salt and pepper on 1/4 pound burgers cooked medium-well stove-top in a grill pan. The sauce is dark brown with generous amounts of big slices of mushrooms.
I had mine on a plain burger with a thin slice of onion. It was, honestly, much better than I expected: great teriyaki flavor without being too sweet, a little spicy, a little tangy. The texture of the mushrooms was very good--not canned or preserved-tasting. I kept thinking they would be great on a veggie burger. Dan had his with cheese--horseradish cheddar; I'll never understand this guy--and concurred. His description: "It tastes a little Asian without being gimmicky." Well-said.
My only complaint was that it was a little salty. I would adjust the seasoning accordingly on the burger next time. Overall, though, it has my stamp of approval.
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"Wait? What? I thought the point of being prepared was to avoid death!"
The one disaster that is guaranteed to happen to each and every one of us is that we will die…as will our loved ones.
Yes, that is depressing…but it is a cold, hard fact and since the probability of death is 100% I am planning and preparing for it. In fact, I am preparing for it in three different ways. First, I want to ensure that my passing will be as little of a burden, financially and logistically, on those I leave behind as possible. Second, I want to make sure that I "get right" with all the people around me. Finally, I want to make sure I am "right" with God.
1 – Finances and Logistics
I want to make sure that those I leave behind are able to focus on each other and not on funeral arrangements and the thousand bits administrivia that go with such a loss. To that end I have created a file with a statement from each of our financial accounts along with any needed login IDs and passwords. Each of my children and one of my son in laws know where this is stored and two of them know where the keys to it are. A backup copy of just the account information is kept on my desk (no passwords or IDs in that one!). To make sure my grand children have a little leg up in life we have started a savings plan for each of them and have scheduled regular deposits in their accounts. We also make additional deposits when we can. There are also life insurance policies on both myself and Wonderful Wife to help financially.
We also have some things still on our "to do" list. First and foremost is a will to make sure that our "stuff" is divided ahead of time. It is amazing how often families are torn apart fighting over silly little keepsakes after a family member passes away. Next on our list is to choose and purchase a burial plan. That way our funeral expenses will be covered. I have seen the pressure some funeral home employees can put on the survivors to purchase all sorts of elaborate and expensive stuff. Nothing sells flowers and fancy caskets like the guilt these folks can lay on folks already struggling with a loss. It's disgusting and my family will not have to deal with it. My body will be dead and a pine box is no worse a container to bury it in than a fancy gold and silk lined casket that costs more than my car…
2 – "Getting Right" With Loved Ones
To paraphrase an old country song, will they know how much I loved them if tomorrow never comes? Never leave anything unsaid that needs to be said. Never leave anyone guessing about how you felt towards them. Period.
No one leaves the house without a hug and an I love you. Period.
Being prepared for this is the cheapest and most rewarding prep of all. That doesn't always mean it is easy but it is simple.
3 – "Getting Right" With God
As most anyone who has read this blog knows, I am a Christian (seriously, just look at the title!). As such, I believe that the end of this mortal life is just the beginning of an eternal afterlife and that certain choices we make during our lives here on Earth determine the nature of that afterlife. We can choose to accept the gift of salvation and live eternally in His presence, or, choose permanent separation from God and godly things.
I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross in payment for my sins and, on the third day, rose from the grave and ascended into heaven. He made this sacrifice for any who chose to accept it. It is presented freely as a gift, a gift of forgiveness, of Grace. I have chosen to accept the gift of Grace, the undeserved forgiveness of our sins. Although I am made perfect in His sight (made clean) I am far from perfect. That's kind of the point. I finally realized that I couldn't be as good as I should be or as perfect as I should be. I realized I was a sinner and, finally, accepted his Grace instead. That's not an excuse to give up resisting temptation and sin. In fact, by accepting it I commit strive even harder to be more like Him…every…single…day.
To me, this is the ultimate and most important bit of preparedness.
Next week we will look at the next scenario we are preparing for: Retirement
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- I have paid for the machine a few times over. Think about how much money you spend every year on your daily Starbucks hit of caffeine.
- I don't have to leave the comfort of my own home to have a delicious coffee beverage. I have a coffee in my hands within 10 minutes of getting up - bedhead, pajamas, slippers and all.
- I buy fair trade and/or organic coffee and organic milk. Most coffee shops don't offer organic milk. (If you know of any in Seattle, please let me know!)
- I get to try great coffee like Stumptown, Caffe Ladro, Allegro and Peet's. I grind my own beans so my coffee grounds are oh so fresh.
- I can make whatever my little heart desires... nonfat latte, whole milk cappuccino, americano, espresso macchiato, soy, caffeine, half caf, decaf, you name it.
Now if I haven't convinced you to give up your Starbucks habit and buy your own machine, I don't know what else to say. They are expensive but if you're currently making a daily pit-stop for coffee, at say $3 per day, you will pay off your shining beauty in less than 4 months.
For Christmas I wanted to get my husband and I some over-sized coffee mugs for our morning cup of joe. Not an easy task. I checked out all the major stores... Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Cost Plus and more. No luck. Finally I tracked down two different mugs and got us each our own pair. I got my husband some huge Chantal 16oz mugs from Mr. J in Bellevue. I got myself a pair of the Sculptors Mugs by Ceramiche Virginia from Anthropologie. They start my day off with a smile.


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