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The place was jumping at 2 in the afternoon, but when it's hot, so's the bar. Any excuse for that martini, shaken not stirred. I fit right in wearing what I call my William Faulkner summer suit since everyone seemed swaddled in Ralph Lauren. I've had it forever bought when I was flush, and since, if you're from Connecticut, it's only worn three months out of the year staying in eternal, tip-top shape. I was told it was the color bisque not beige when I slid into the last empty seat at the far end of the bar. This handsome fella commented at once knowing it was vintage Ralph, as he called it. When I took off the jacket as if we were in woman's separates, he rolled up the sleeves to my blue button-down.
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His name was Roy and when I mentioned seeing Ian McKellen I knew he didn't worship at my temple either since he grew another inch in various places.
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Alrighty then.
With my vodka and tonic soaking in lime, I relaxed taking in the sights. It could have been a commercial for the smug and snooty the way everyone posed and preened. The men with their hips cocked ready for action, while women resembled mannequins that move. It brought me back to when I was a bit modelly myself, even when I wasn't modeling. Every movement was like a chess game, one's body doing all the talking. Knees rubbing, shoulders shimmying, like a well choreographed horny ballet.
I made love to my long time man, Stolichnaya, who kept me chilled yet cozy while serenely watching the show.
See, at my age you want a sure thing, like a Russian you can trust.


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Since the last post in April (!! Has it really been that long?), a lot of time has passed, and with it, a lot has happened. I suppose I've just been putting off updating because of various reasons. Oh well, it's time to catch up.
I haven't given up my writing, I promise. It's just rather hard to focus on writing when a lot of work shifts come first and after those, I just find myself wanting to catch up on sleep. I do admit I'm stuck on a few works-in-progress, but I'm trying my best to get back to those once I get inspired.
(One should see my active list...so many ideas. My mind, honestly, is a rather cluttered place sometimes. At least the list helps...)
Work...is work. Not really much to say about retail.
Still working on my room, little by little. Have moved the historical fiction timeline to new shelves (two now, for space...a lot of journals now, especially since I got some more for christmas! Canadian ones, even~) and I'm still sorting things I may never get to in case I want to fill another donation bag.
(I'm amazed at some of the random things I've picked up. I have a lot of reading to do, just with my discard piles...and I do mean piles!)
I suppose my communities have all been idle. I can start posting random stuff to FDD again, but I'll need material for RPW (and I still don't know what we're doing with the muse community, but I might try coming up with a post for that too...).
If any of my community members still follow this journal, feel free to chime in with something idea-wise. Suggestions for a prompt list, or whatever you can offer.
As for goals for this year, beyond that? Well, mom and I have some places we want to get to when the weather gets nice again. After all, we have extended family over in VT who miss us, and we've had invitations to visit them again. :)
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- Fishbane, M. Loving with the Brain In Mind: Neurobiology and couple therapy. 2013
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- http://www.gayfamilysupport.com/gay-help-books.html
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- Ahrons, C. The Good Divorce
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Time to get caught up on some of the crazy stuff of the past week I haven't had time to blog.
- Wednesday we went to go check out the new sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. I had heard about it on public radio that morning and since we didn't have any plans for the day, we stopped by. Turns out it's closed on Wednesday's, but you can see the sculpture garden from the street near the beach. It's an amazing piece of engineering but it didn't move me emotionally; still a wild thing to behold. Just down the street is a little piece of beach that has become a big controversy. It's called the Children's Pool, but it's not a place a kid could play. One reason is a lack of thought in architecture: the man made break that curves around the inlet doesn't allow the cove to wash out well, therefore it becomes very polluted. This issue is compounded by the second reason: seals have moved in and have no interest in leaving. Some local citizens what them out and are willing to pay big bucks to make it happen. Others believe that if the seals want the beach, it was their's before it was ours, so have at! It's become a spot for birthing, mating, playing and tourists crowd around the sea wall to get a glimpse. As a Wannabe Hippie, you can guess where my loyalties lie.
- Lily keeps stealing my camera and dropping it or trying to make it grow by spraying it with the hose. I decided to make her one with which she could do whatever she pleases. It's spiffy. The only problem is that when the clay dried, it pulled at the contact points and cracked it. She loves it, so what do I care?
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If you don't care about football, skip down to the picture of my hand....
I'm not much of a football fan. My high school didn't have a football team, although our basketball team was good. I went to the University of Illinois during the 1970s, when the football team there wasn't very good. I went to a lot of football games, but they were social events -- I sat with a group of about 30 friends and rarely knew what was happening on the field.
So, I don't take it personally when the football team isn't so great, although it's nice when they do well. This has been a good year -- the Illini have won more games this year than in the three previous seasons combined. It didn't upset me at all when they lost to Iowa a few weeks ago.
But this afternoon -- well, this afternoon they BEAT the number 1 ranked team in the country (and perpetual Big Ten powerhouse) Ohio State! The fact that this win also messed the post-season plans of tOSU -- they insist on being called THE Ohio State University -- makes it all the more sweet. I'm wearing my orange and blue tonight!
Since the score was 7-7 within the first two minutes of the game, I decided that it wasn't the time to work on the Honeybee Stole (although I did work on it a bit last night). Instead, I cast on for these:
I'm calling these the Bus Stop Mittens, because the pattern is based on the Subway Mittens in the Winter 2007 IK. I'm making a fair number of changes to the pattern. The big adventure thus far was the corrugated rib cuff, which went very nicely. It was the first time I ever actually held yarn in both hands while knitting, and now I'm excited to do more. I'm thinking about the Kilm Gloves, also in the Winter IK, although perhaps it would be smarter to begin with something with fewer colors and fewer fingers. Maybe Eunny's Endpaper Mitts. Suggestions?
*Oskee Wow Wow is a turn-of-the-20th-century phrase/cheer found in both Illinois fight songs.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Oskee Wow Wow!*
5 comments:
- twig said...
I vote for the Endpaper Mitts. Or the gloves. heheheh I'm no help am I?
- Chris said...
Gloves = 10 thumbs = ewwwww! :) Corrugated ribbing is lovely, isn't it?
- Amysatx said...
I'd love to see some Endpaper Mitts. I think they are beautiful!
- Bezzie said...
I love it when #1s get upset. Maybe someday they'll abolish that stupid BCS system that ranks them as #1...this football season has certainly been a start!
Nice mittens! I love those colors!
- AndreaLea said...
That was an awesome game! We were all so happy for Illinois. If only Michigan had won too...
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We have had a great time on the Cape, and have reconnected with each other as a family. We've spent time on the beaches, visiting lighthouses, enjoying the food, and even do a bit of shopping.
Remember that crab shell that Megan picked up on the beach? I didn't tell you the whole story. It was a very cool shell, the top of the crab. It was very light, and Megan enjoyed looking at it, showing it to the rest of us, and couldn't wait to show her friends at home. As we walked to the car, we talked about how we'd protect it in the car and on the way home.
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Bye-bye, crab shell.
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Shiny and new/
I've been reflecting a lot lately on my pregnancy and life since my baby was born. Outside of the obvious miracle of giving birth to my beautiful daughter, labor and delivery were pretty straightforward. I read books about pregnancy and childbirth, but I never really considered what happens after that. Pregnancy was difficult for me both physically and mentally, so I thought if I could get through that and natural childbirth surely I could handle the aftermath. I was wrong.
Some women write their birth stories, but I've decided I need to write my post-partum story. Up until now I've thought these were things to hide, things to be ashamed of because I never heard anyone talk about anything but the wonder of a new baby. Now I know that is exactly the wrong way of thinking and we all deserve to speak our truth without the fear of being judged. So, leaving my fear at the door, these are the things nobody warned me about and I never saw coming.
First things first, I realize and fully appreciate that I am incredibly blessed. Childbirth was uncomplicated and here I was with a perfectly healthy baby, an incredible tribe of people to support me, a fiancé who loves me unconditionally and is not only present but actually desperately WANTS to help any way he can. Anything I needed was right there or a phone call away at most, and believe me I do not take any of that for granted. Without a doubt I loved my tiny, squishy, wonderful new baby, but I was not okay.
About 3 days after giving birth the darkness started to roll in like storm clouds. Typically I consider myself strong, independent, and quite honestly I get shit done…but suddenly, I was broken. I didn't recognize my body. I didn't recognize my own thoughts - they were distorted and slow and foggy. My brain wouldn't focus, my eyes wouldn't focus, I couldn't breathe. If I allowed myself to cry it wouldn't stop. Who was this person? This was not me. I prayed this was not the new me. I never had any negative or harmful thoughts so I was sure this wasn't postpartum depression. Again, I was wrong.
People visited. I could tell you who they were but I couldn't tell you when they came or what we talked about. I wanted to cling to my mother and my sister like a small child; as soon as they would arrive I began worrying about when they would have to leave. I DID cling to my fiancé like a small child. I had a full on panic attack when he went back to work 2 days sooner than I expected. I needed someone to hold me, to keep me on the planet, to talk to me because silence was daunting.
I obsessively rationed out my placenta pills, dose by dose, hour by hour, day by day, and panicked that this feeling would last longer than they would (yes, I encapsulated my placenta and yes, I would tell anyone and everyone that they should do the same). At any given moment I could tell you how many pills were in that jar in the fridge. I would count down the minutes until I would allow myself to take more because for a few hours they helped me feel a tiny bit normal. All anyone could tell me was "It gets better" and I desperately wanted to know WHEN. (To answer my own question, it took about 7 weeks.)
Yes, I was tired, but I didn't want to sleep. This baby was mine. My responsibility, not anyone else's. If she was crying it was up to me to fix it because after all I was a Mom now, and in my mind Moms can handle anything. Asking for help seemed out of the question because I thought I should be able to do it all or I was failing. I felt like if I told anyone how panicked I felt inside they would see me as an incompetent mother.
Slowly but surely it got better. Going outside made me realize that the world had, in fact, continued to exist outside of my clouded mind. The amount of gas I burned driving aimlessly was well worth it because it made me feel like a human again. The world had kept moving so maybe I could too? The days got less daunting and eventually I found a new balance in my life. A new normal. I felt better long before the placenta pills ran out. I'm sure things will continue to shift but right now, things are pretty great and that is all I could ask for.
I've only been at this 4 months, so I'm certainly no expert, but if any of this rings true for you here is my humble advice from the other side of the darkness…
- Know your limits and ask for help - not just help with the baby, but help for YOU. It can be hard to ask for help and you may not even know what it is that you need, but ask anyway.
- Talk about it, cry about it, go outside…do whatever you need to do to recover (within the scope of safe, obviously) and know that it DOES end. Some days are harder than others but you will find yourself again.
- Please, STOP comparing yourself to everyone else. The internet is full of posts of blissful moments from new Moms that can make you feel like you must be doing it wrong, but I assure you that you are not. Those blissful moments will come, I promise you. It's not all happy all the time for anyone, but maybe posting the happy times makes us appreciate them all the more.
It is okay to feel defeated, it is okay to talk about it, and it is okay to think that sometimes this just plain sucks. It does not make you any less of a mother. You are not broken. Everything you knew is different in one way or another, and that takes time to get used to. What if we all cut ourselves just a little bit of slack and remember that we just grew and birthed a brand-spanking-new, squishy little human? (High five by the way.) Just like that baby you are shiny and new, and if you're anything like me, a little squishier than you used to be.


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The Black Maria Film Festival will return to Florida SouthWestern State College on October 14th to celebrate its 36th anniversary tour.
The festival was originally founded in 1981 to honor the pioneering spirit of Thomas Edison through cinema and allows independent directors to showcase a variety of short films. Black Maria is recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Academy Award qualify festival which travels across the county to universities, museums and other venues.
FSW has worked with the Edison/Ford Estates for the last eight years to keep the festival returning to Southwest Florida.
"The films we will screen at the college this year were chosen by students in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars," said Dr. Wendy Chase coordinator of FSW's Honors Scholar Program. "They selected these particular films in hopes that they will provide a platform to engage in meaningful and civil conversations about pressing issues of social justice. The students will facilitate a discussion following the screening."
The event will begin at 7:30 on October 14th and is being held in the Rush Library Auditorium, Building J, Room 103, on the schools Fort Myers campus. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for members of the Edison/Ford Estates, $5 for FSW staff, and free for FSW students. They are available in advance at the Edison/Ford Estates or at the door.
Proceeds from the sale of tickets will benefit the RCMA Immokalee Community School to help low- income victims of Hurricane Irma. RCMA operates three charter schools, 66 child-care centers, and around 25 family child-care homes.
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City comes alive with bold plans for future
As we leap into the second month of this new year, celebrations immediately erupt across our city welcoming the Year of the Pig.
Cabramatta will come to life to this weekend to celebrate one of the most important cultural events in south-east Asia – Lunar New Year.
The two-day festival hosted by Fairfield Council will take place at Freedom Plaza Cabramatta on Saturday and Sunday, featuring plenty of family-friendly entertainment, cultural activities and world class cuisine.
Fairfield City Centre also celebrates some positive additions throughout the CBD. Our centre continues to eagerly await the commencement of the 12 major landmark sites.
These iconic buildings which have been part of an Urban Design Program are conservatively making their way through the governing channels. Although the commencement date for these state-of-the-art projects is still unknown, our city continues to evolve with the integration of dozens of exciting new businesses across the CBD.
The continued integration of quality businesses and beautification programs will provide substantial benefits, providing a better shopping experience.
In line with our major centres Neeta City and Fairfield Forums' enhancement of quality, Fairfield Chase is set to undergo major improvements.
The continued integration of quality businesses and beautification programs will provide substantial benefits, providing a better shopping experience attracting more shoppers.
On behalf of the Fairfield City Chamber of Commerce I would like to congratulate Alan Young, our City Manager , for recently being awarded a Public Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours for his 44 years of service to local government .
VINCE MOVIZIO, President
Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
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The Kouris Dam is the largest structure of its kind in Cyprus. It's located about 15 km from the city of Limassol and about 6 km west of Ypsonas Village, within the Limassol district of Cyprus.
After construction was proposed in 1968, the Kouris Dam was completed in September 1988. For this structure to be built, Alassa Village had to be relocated nearby. The water is collected from the Kouris River, Kryos River, Limnatis River, and Diarizos River.
Even though it's nice to visit the Kouris Dam, unfortunately, there's not a picnic site located nearby.
Site: Kouris Dam.
Category: Nature.
Location: 15 km from the city of Limassol, within the Limassol district of Cyprus.
Phone Number: N/A.
Operating Hours: Daylight hours.
Entrance Fee: Free.
Date of Visit: 2010.


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Callaghan, Sarah and Carpenter, Todd and Kratz, John Ernest (2015) Walk softly and carry a large carrot: how to give credit for academic work. In: FORCE2015, 12-13 January 2015, Oxford, UK.
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Heinemann, Georg (2015) Jenoptick CHM15k Nimbus ceilometer data sheet. Other. G. Lufft GmbH.
Hooper, David A (2015) Atmospheric Science. Documentation. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA), http://cedadocs.badc.rl.ac.uk.
Juckes, Martin N and Eyring, Veronika and Taylor, Karl and Belaji, Venkatramani and Stouffer, Ron (2015) The CMIP6 data request: The next generation climate archive. Other. UNSPECIFIED.
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Pirot, Serbia – Tigar Tyres is employing Cimcorp's Dream Factory concept for automated material handling at its recently expanded factory in Serbia, Cimcorp has reported in its latest company newsletter.
The technology, it said, is helping Michelin-owned Serbian tire maker to achieve a planned 50-percent increase in annual production capacity – from 8 million to 12 million tires by the end of 2016.
The Pirot plant manufactures entry-level passenger car and light truck tires, which are sold under Michelin's Tigar, Kormoran, Riken and Taurus brands.
The €215-million expansion project was launched in 2012 as the entry-level market segment grew – especially in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS countries.
Once completed the investment will create 500 new jobs, bringing the total number of employees to 2700 by the end of 2016.
Tigar Tyres commissioned Cimcorp to automate the material flows in the tire-building and curing areas, as well as in the finishing and palletising area for three production lines.
"Cimcorp was already on our radar, in fact, as the company has delivered several robotic systems to the Michelin Group over the years for the storage and palletisation of finished truck and bus radial tires in France, Spain, Brazil, Italy and China," said Gary Scheide, Plant Director.
"Cimcorp's automation,offered us a complete and efficient solution that would mean quality, speed, flexibility and cost control, thereby helping us reach our production targets and satisfy client demands," he added.
Implemented in 13 months, the Cimcorp project at Pirot is based on its Dream Factory concept and features conveyor, monorail and robotic technologies.
Green tires are transferred by conveyor from the building machines to the spraying stations and then to an automatic green tire buffer.
This is served by gantry robots, which store the green tires in a single layer on a mezzanine. When specific tires are required by the curing presses, the robots pick them from the buffer and they are transported via monorail to the curing presses.
After curing, tires are collected from the trench conveyor and placed on the cooling conveyor, and then transferred to the visual inspection area.
They then enter the testing buffer and are transferred to the testing machines before proceeding to the labelling area, the palletising buffer and the palletising area. Here, the Cimcorp system automatically calculates the optimal palletising method for each product type and robots arrange the tires in a space-optimised rick-rack pattern.


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Orlando, FL
As the number one meetings and convention destination in the country*, Orlando offers a world of possibilities for unique one-of-a-kind meetings and events. From a top-rated convention center, low-cost accessibility and wide variety of hotels to world-class entertainment and unforgettable experiences, Orlando is an exciting gateway city for meetings of all sizes.
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Relive the romance of Spanish-colonial Mexico as you follow in the footsteps of explorer Don Francisco de Coronado at this Resort. Find your own mythical city of gold in a Southwestern-themed haven of brightly colored Casitas, rustic Ranchos and beachfront Cabanas encircling a glimmering 22-acre lake. Each accommodation provides a unique escape and a welcoming home away from home.
Please note that availability is limited for the nights of the conference. For additional availability that may not be available online, please contact our Group Reservations department at (407) 939-4686.
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
1000 W. Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Reservations: (407) 939-4686
PLEASE NOTE: Hotel Space is very scarce this close to the event. If Disney cannot locate a room for you, we have the following other venues you can possibly try:
Swan & Dolphin Hotel - 800-227-1500
Hilton Walt Disney World - 800-782-4414
Buena Vista Palace - Hilton - 407-827-2727
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista 800-624-4109
Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista- 844-482-8444
B Hotel - 800-248-7890
Holiday Inn - 888-465-4329
Double Tree Suites - 407-934-1000
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This is one of my newest watercolour paintings based on a orchid I found growing in the wild on one of my travels a few years ago. I finally got a chance to paint it as it had been one of those inspiring flowers that I had loved and thought of from time to time over the years.
It is great fun to be exploring my favourite painting combination of watercolours and flowers once again!


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We have been re-accredited as 'Gold' by Unicef UK's Rights Respecting School programme as a result of our continued commitment.
Click here to find out more about our RRSA work.
We are an Expert Learning Centre for Global Learning. To find out more information about The Global Learning Programme please click here.
The Glebe Primary Healthy Schools Programme
The Glebe Primary School is committed to our programme of activities that ensure the children develop a sound understanding of the importance of a healthy life-style. We focus on four areas: Healthy Eating Physical Activity P.S.H.E. (Personal Social Health Education) Emotional and Physical Health and Well-being
The whole school community including members of the school council are involved in planning and implementing ideas. Our school believes that it is important to help the children to follow a healthy life-style. To do this we work hard within the school curriculum and also with extra-curricular activities to encourage the children to eat a balanced, healthy diet, to take exercise and to understand the importance of being a happy person.
Here are some of the healthy activities on offer in school over the year:
- Cycle and Pedestrian training
- Lets Get Cooking club
- Sports clubs e.g. football, dance, netball, multi-sports
- Free fruit throughout the whole school
- Healthy School/Eco-gardening clubs
- Daily outdoor play in EYFS
- Large and small equipment in both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds
P.S.H.E. Curriculum
Our Personal Social and Health Education (P.S.H.E.) curriculum teaches children about wellbeing both physically and emotionally. We complete units of work on themes such as 'New Beginnings', 'It's Good to be Me', 'Going for Goals', 'Relationships' and 'Changes'. We also carry out work with children on Drug Education, Internet Safety and Anti-Bullying.
We participate in a lot of themed work during Anti-bullying week, including work on cyber-bullying, in November each year, to teach children ways of interacting with each other, what bullying is and what to do if you are being bullied. Our school takes bullying very seriously and throughout the year looks at ways of promoting positive relationships between all those at The Glebe Primary School. We are currently working towards Anti-Bullying Accreditation.
Pupils are actively encouraged to: Drink water during lessons to help keep them fresh! Exercise during P.E. lessons, clubs and using small and large equipment during play times and lunch times. Eat healthy lunches and taste new products from our salad bar. Receive training, facts and gain awareness from specialist people to help keep them healthy and fit.
Improving our Environment
Part of our Healthy Schools Programme is to look at ways we can improve the way that children feel about school and its surrounding areas. The school council and our parents association, the Friends of The Glebe have fundraised to purchase playground equipment, sculptures of children's work and artwork to enhance our school grounds. We have two pedestrian shelters to encourage parents and children to walk to school, (no matter what the weather!) and cycle racks for children in year 6 to use; after they have completed the cycle training they receive in years 5 and 6. We have also recently purchased a scooter rack for children in Key Stage 1 and a shelter in the Key Stage 1 yard to protect the children from excessive sun shine in the summer months.
Physical Education
Our children are doing at least two hours of P.E. per week. We have specialist sports coaches coming into school to work with different classes in sports including: Gymnastics, Football, TAG Rugby, Volleyball, Cricket, Dance and Netball.
Children in Lower Key Stage 2 also go swimming. Any child that does not gain the minimum 25 metres by Year 6 are given access to top-up sessions in the Summer Term to ensure they reach the required standard.
We also attend competitions run by North Shore Health Academy in a variety of sports, giving children the opportunity to participate in sport at a competitive level and against children in different primary schools across Stockton.


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Building Insulator
Kaitauārai Whare
Alternative titles for this job
Building insulators install or apply special material to buildings or equipment to prevent or reduce heat, cold, air, sound or moisture.
New building insulators usually earn
$17-$18 per hour
Experienced building insulators usually earn
$18-$25 per hour
Source: Insulation Association of New Zealand, 2016.
Job opportunities
Pay for building insulators varies depending on employer, region and experience.
- Pay for new building insulators ranges from minimum wage to $18 an hour.
- Experienced building insulators usually earn between $18 and $25 an hour.
- They may earn more than this if they are leading a team.
Some building insulators are paid according to the amount of work they complete. They may earn:
- a standard salary and a bonus for each square metre of insulation they install
- a rate based on the amount of work they complete.
Pay for building insulators who run their own businesses varies depending on the success and size of their business.
Source: Insulation Association of New Zealand, 2016.
- PAYE.net.nz website - use this calculator to convert pay and salary information
- Employment New Zealand website - information about minimum wage rates
(This information is a guide only. Find out more about the sources of our pay information)
What you will do
Building insulators may do some or all of the following:
- advise clients on what insulation to use
- erect scaffolding, trestles or ladders
- install heat, sound or fireproofing insulation in ceilings and walls, and under floors
- put draught sealant around doors and windows
- install insulation around hot water cylinders
- use equipment to inject loose fill or foam insulation
- insulate vehicles and boats.
Skills and knowledge
Building insulators need to have:
- knowledge of insulation materials and methods
- the ability to read building plans.
Building insulators who are self-employed also need business skills.
Working conditions
Building insulators:
- usually work regular office hours, but may have to work overtime, including evenings and weekends
- work in buildings, including homes, factories, hospitals, offices and on construction sites
- sometimes work in small enclosed areas such as ceiling spaces, under floors or in engine rooms and freezers, which may be noisy, hot, cold, dirty, dusty, and/or hazardous
- travel to work sites.
What's the job really like?
Jacob Kleparek
Building Insulator
Attention to detail key to doing a good insulation job
"When we get a job to insulate a house, we get here in the morning, we get a jobs card to tell us how many metres we need to take with us of what materials. Then we load the trucks up and go out to the house.
"We look for all the hazards. Downlights in the ceiling are a big one, and heating sources like chimneys and flues. The potential of burning a house down is possible, so you've got to be careful and you have to know how to put it in properly so that it reduces the risk of fires."
A physical job, a little dirty, a little cramped, but enjoyable
"It is a physical job – you get dirty. You have coveralls, or overalls, that you can put on. A lot of guys don't wear them in the ceiling, just because you get too warm, but if you're in the under-floor, you always wear your coveralls because you're basically lying on the dirt.
"Our safe working height for ceilings is 700 millimetres, which is not that high. So, if you don't like being on your hands and knees or crawling through a ceiling then you probably wouldn't like it. But I'm used to it now that I've been working here for almost a year, and I enjoy the job."
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements to become a building insulator, as you learn skills on the job.
However, most employers prefer you to:
- have a driver's licence
- pass a drug test
- agree to a pre-employment police check.
You may choose to complete the Insulation Association of New Zealand's (IAONZ) training programme for building insulators, which involves on-the-job training and theory.
Secondary education
There are no specific secondary educational requirements, but NCEA Level 1 is recommended.
Personal requirements
Building insulators need to be:
- reliable
- able to use their initiative and display good judgement
- able to work well with others
- good problem-solvers
- accurate and able to do basic maths.
Basically you just need to be able to work well as part of a team and be prepared to work hard.
Jacob Kleparek
Building Insulator
Useful experience
Useful experience for building insulators includes:
- building industry work such as carpentry
- general labouring work.
Physical requirements
Building insulators need to be fit, healthy and strong, as the work involves climbing and lifting. They also need to be comfortable working in confined spaces and at heights, as they may need to crawl through small spaces under buildings and above ceilings.
Find out more about training
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
- 0800 358 676 - www.eeca.govt.nz
- Insulation Association of New Zealand
- firstname.lastname@example.com - www.iaonz.co.nz
What are the chances of getting a job?
Insulation plans and building boom mean good demand for insulators
Insulators are in demand due to:
- the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, requiring all rented homes to be insulated by 2019
- the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes scheme, which funds subsidised insulation for some rental properties occupied by tenants on low incomes
- a lack of suitable workers applying for building insulator jobs
- a construction boom, including the Christchurch rebuild, which is predicted to extend until at least the end of 2017
- the extra 22,000 houses that are needed over the next 10 years in Auckland, which will generate work for building insulators.
However, like many building jobs, this role can be affected by economic conditions. A downturn in the economy can lower demand for building insulators.
Some insulation work is seasonal
Demand for insulation refits in existing homes tends to fall in spring and summer, with about half as many homes insulated in this period, compared with autumn and winter. Because of this, it's harder to get this kind of work during the warmer months as insulation companies cut back on hiring.
However, insulation companies specialising in new buildings have year-round work.
Building insulators work for private companies
Building insulation companies range from small businesses with only a few staff, to businesses that employ 100 people or more.
- BRANZ and Pacifecon, 'National Construction Pipeline Report 3', July 2015, (www.branz.co.nz).
- Brockie, P, managing director, AbsoluteEnergy Ltd, Careers New Zealand interview, February 2016.
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), 'Funding for Insulation', 16 June 2016, (www.eeca.govt.nz).
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, '2006-2014 Occupation Data' (prepared for Careers New Zealand), 2015.
- Smith, N, 'New Insulation and Smoke Alarm Requirements Finalised', 19 April 2016, (www.beehive.co.nz).
(This information is a guide only. Find out more about the sources of our job opportunities information)
Progression and specialisations
Building insulators may progress to:
- training or management positions
- sales jobs with insulation products
- buy a franchise or start their own business
Some building insulators specialise in installing products such as fibreglass or foam insulation.
Last updated 6 April 2018


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Happy 2013! Clay Decor just developed a new line of crackled glazes. This glamorous new selection of 9 glazes adds a pop of color and sparkle to any interior. Combine small tiles to make a large medallion, or create jewels with smaller decos around the wall--the possibilities are endless!
Fractured Glaze is a specialty glaze with a different personality than our regular finish color offerings. Additional charges apply per square foot (on pricelist 'Policies' page).
Here are some guidelines and options:
- Use on wall tiles only
- Can be applied to tiles 6x6 or smaller
- Used only with tiles with raised borders on the edge
- Small tiles can be pressed into a larger piece of clay to create this border needed around the edge
- Choice of Bone or Gloss White glazes for background/edge/border
- Custom Fractured colors available, inquire about samples and availability


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My M&M's is now available in the UK! At MyMMs.co.uk you can purchase personalised M&M's through a wide selection of gift ideas, whether you want to send a personal greetings message or just tell someone you love them. My M&M's caters for everyone and every occasion so visit the site today and make all celebrations that extra bit special. The uniqueness of My M&M's means that you are able to choose everything from the colour, message, picture and even the packaging. Let your imagination run away with you as to how you can personalise your own My M&M's.


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Below please find information and resources shared at the 2018 Pacifica Synod Workshop for Treasurers & Administrators held at the Lutheran Center for Mission & Learning in Santa Ana on October 6, 2018.
We are working to edit and post the video recordings of most of the presentations from this year's workshop. When available, they will be posted on this page.
Download the PowerPoint presentations used during the workshop:
Terri Robertson's Presentations (PowerPoint)
Gerry Marecek's "Employment in the Church" Presentation (PowerPoint)
Download a PDF of the handout of the presentation slides used during the workshop:
Terri Robertson's Presentations – Slides PDF
Gerry Marecek's "Employment in the Church" Presentation – Slides PDF
Resources included in the packet received by participants included:
ELCA Congregational Treasurers Financial And Accounting Guide
ELCA Internal Control Best Practices
ELCA Congregation Retention Schedule
Pacifica Synod Treasurer's Remittance Form
2019 ELCA Mission Support Statement of Intent Form
ELCA Social Media and Congregations
Pacifica Synod Funds for Mission – Oct 2018
Treasurer's Workshop Resources Page – Oct 2018
Resources NOT included in the packet, but mentioned during the workshop:
ELCA Credit Card Best Practices
ELCA Congregational Audit Guide
Tax Information for Congregations
Pacifica Synod Semi-Monthly Employee Time Sheet – Master
ELCA Congregation Administrative Software
Tithe.ly Gift Processing App
Portico Benefits Video – Managing Benefits 101
If you have any questions about the items included here, please contact Terri Robertson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Contact information for the two other presenters during the workshop:
Nancy Bond, ARM
Nancy Bond Insurance Services
Andrea Arey, Regional Representative
Portico Benefit Services
Gerry Marecek
Synod Council Member & Retired HR Professional
You may view the video of the workshop held in September 2017 by clicking here.


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Honest Burger.
By Olivia Vincent
No visit to Brixton's maze of intertwining alleyways would be complete without a stop at Honest Burger.
Honest Burger
Unit 12, Brixton Village
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Stuart Ablett's Gixxer Page
The GSXR is
For Sale!
Update, the Rebirth of the Old Nail!!
Go see page two of the GSXR!
Scans of the Service Manual, Carb Rebuilding
Scan of the Parts Catalog Exploded view of the Clutch
Head Scans
Super Tune the GSXR 750 Info!!
Here are some recent pictures taken this at the end of June 2002 just before I shipped the bike to the USA where is will take up a new career in racing the Dinosaur class in California.
|I want to welcome all of you who have stopped by for a
look at what is going on with my Gixxer.
A little History. I have been riding bikes from about the time I was 8 years old, back in Canada. It was mainly off-road, of course. When I was about 20 I bought my first "BIG" bike in 1984, an 83 Suzuki GS 750 EF. I had it for about two years and then I traded up to an 1986 GSXR 750, or Gixxer. I had it for about two years, and then for various (stupid) reasons I decided to sell it (sigh). Fast forward, the year 2000. I now live in Japan (please see About Us), and one day a fellow Canadian, Marc, walks in the shop in bike gear, we get to talking and he is from the same part of the world that I am, he even went to school with some distant relatives of mine. When I ask what he is riding, he tells me a GSXR. I stroll across the street to find that it is an old GSXR, almost exactly like the one I used to have. Now skip ahead a few more months, and Marc finds himself at the the Tokyo Dome Bike swap. There he finds a 1997 TL1000S, with about 300 km on it and at an good price. It seems the guy bought the bike, rode it a few time, and then life got busy, and he decide to sell it, problem was no one would believe him, on the mileage. Marc had friend Keith look at it and it all seemed OK. Now Marc has two sport bikes parked in front of his apartment building, the landlord is pissed, parking space is a premium in Tokyo, even for bikes. Now Marc need to get rid of the Gixxer. He comes buy the shop for some beer and he tell this story to my wife Emiko, she says "Maybe Stuart wants it". Is the Pope catholic?
About the bike, it is a 1985 Suzuki GSXR 750 Model # GR71F.
I will keep this as a running commentary, and if there is something about the bike you'd like to know, drop me a line at mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com
|August 2000
|I am currently in the process of rebuilding my clutch. I have finally sussed the fuel shortage problem, and now with a lots of gas getting to the engine the clutch has started to slip even more than it did be fore. If I am in second gear, for example, and I crack the throttle open, when the bike hits about 8,000 rpm it revs to 11,000, with no noticeable acceleration, yes time for a rebuild. I used to replace clutches on my dirt bikes, so I figured it would not be so different. It wasn't, no problem at all. I decided to take some pictures and document this, one because with the new technology I can, and two, I hope that someone who is contemplating this will be helped by my little page here.
Ok, now I'm ready to take apart the clutch, and see why it is slipping so bad.
Cover is off, everything looks clean and well oiled, I run 100% synthetic oil.
Springs and pressure plate off, now comes the good stuff.
Friction and steel plates on the way out.
Hard to see, but the inner basket was very worn, and had some major ruts in it at the least needs to be touched up with a file. I held it using the special tool, (two chunks of steel with a few holes drilled in them, a nut an boot too), you need a 27 mm socket to take of the inner basket.
Hard to see, but trust me it is worn.
Perfect, no, but a heck of a lot better. If you are to do this, it is essential that you have some chalk to load you file with, because this aluminum clogs the file up in one or two strokes with out it. A card file, or at least a good stiff wire bristle brush is also needed to clean the file.
Found out that they want a few hundred dollars, or more for a new inner basket. I Clamped it in my wood working vice, with wood to protect it, and got to work with a sharp file, an hour later, and you can see the results.
The outer basket was just fine, I pulled it and checked the spacer, thrust washer, and needle bearing, as well as the shaft, all were in good shape.
The steel plates, were really warped, they were also very blue, with some obvious hard spots on them. The friction plates were fine, no need to replace. The springs were just marginal, their limit is 34 mm, and they were about 34.1 mm, so I ordered them too. I also got a new gasket, and a new lock washer for the inner basket. With the new steel plates, and the inner basket cleaned up, I think the bike will run like a scaled dog!
Now I am waiting for the parts
|August 30, Update
|So I have the clutch together, but now the clutch
won't disengage. It seems the master cylinder for the clutch is in need of a rebuild. The
inside of the relief cylinder, the one that disengages the clutch, is a bit spotty too, so
I'll replace it as well.
When I pulled the cover off that holds the relief cylinder I could not believe the amount of oil and dirt there, it seems the seal around the clutch pushrod has given up, and oil, lots of it, was coming out, another part on order.
Today I'm going to take apart the back brake, as it is making a "zzzzzzz" noise (oh what a joy trying to describe bike sounds) when you really hit the back brake hard. There is plenty of pad left, and the disc is OK smooth, and still thick enough, just going to pull the caliper and see what's up.
Wish me luck, and maybe I can get out and RIDE this bike, instead of just wrenching it!
|September 1st, Update
|The bike has been busting my balls, but I finally
got it sussed (G*d I hope), but have to wait for parts, earliest delivery is Saturday
noon, so to put it all together by Sunday morning, well I doubt it. Saturday is a busy day
at the shop, plus to put all of these parts together and then go for a long ride is not
prudent IMHO, not that I doubt my mechanical skills (ha!) but just to many things to go
wrong, so I would rather stay close to home on the first ride.
The (fluid) clutch system was giving me fits, I put in a new relief cylinder on the bottom, the one that moves the clutch push rod, thus disengaging the clutch, and still it would not disengage the clutch. I then rebuilt the clutch master cylinder, but to no avail. I had to file the inner basket a lot to get it smooth again, and in a conversation with my friend Marc, he suggested that, as a possible problem. It wasn't, but it got me thinking about the pressure plate. It had a lot of dents, or wear marks on the inside of where the springs sit, I was thinking that the wear grooves might hang up the springs, and not allow full movement. I was also a little worried that I put the clutch itself together incorrectly, so I drained the oil and took that apart again, no problems, it was right, and the pressure plate wear spring marks were not worth worrying about, cleaned them up a bit just the same.
At about 11:30 last night while thinking that I might have to get professional help (for the bike) I was standing there thinking, "Must be the f*&%g clutch master cylinder, because it builds no pressure in the system, or very little (I also checked the clutch hose itself, and it was clear too). I realized that the front brake master cylinder has the same sized banjo bolt, so if the clutch line will reach over there, I can check. Well it did reach over there and after quickly bleeding the system I found that using the front brake master cylinder the clutch disengages without a problem. If this is not evidence enough about the K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) principle needing to be applied, I don't know what is. The problem was no, or little pressure being applied to the clutch to disengage it, I should have kept my search for the problem confined to that system before widening my search for possible causes. I would have saved myself a lot of time.
When I went to rebuild the clutch master cylinder I was worried (rightly it turns out) about a bit of pitting on the cylinder wall. The local guy did not seem to think that it would be a problem, wrong! I then took the clutch master cylinder and wrapped some 400 grit emery cloth around a piece of tube and stuck it in the drill, my homemade hone, After a lot of sanding, or honing, the pitting actually got bigger! 12:30, after midnight, time to give up. This morning I went and ordered a new clutch master cylinder, I wonder how much that will cost?
While I was waiting for the clutch parts, I decided to tear the back brakes down, glad I did. there was no, nada, like zip, brake fluid in them, there was also a small chunk of metal jammed in the groove in one of the pads, that is for sure what was causing the "ZZZZZ" sound on occasion. The seals on the brake pistons are history. The pads were soaked with brake fluid, should I replace them? They are in good shape otherwise. The boots were leaking too. In tearing apart the pistons, I found a lot of evidence of water in the fluid, there was kind of light brown growths on the aluminum, indicating the presence of water in the system, this most likely lead to the seals going. The pistons are just fine, some polishing with 1000 grit paper, and good as new, thankfully. While I was at it I ordered the parts for rebuilding the front brake calipers and the pads too, as they are getting a bit lean. I will wait to to the front brake caliper, as they are working fine, and I would
like to ride the darn bike! I also have steel braided lines on order form Dennis Kirk, so I'll do it when they come.
While I was doing all of this I noticed that the seal around the clutch push rod was gone, that is probably why there was so much oil and dirt around that area, and the front sprocket. To replace it I need an pneumatic impact driver to get the front sprocket off. The local guy has offered to do it, but as I have a compressor already, for my wood working stuff, I figure that it is a good excuse to buy one :) . I have also ordered the seal around the drive shaft to the front sprocket, as they are covered by the same retaining plate.
A note to the wise, change your brake fluid! In the Gixxer the brake fluid was the color of maple syrup. and it was gritty too. I bleed all of the brakes and the clutch has new fluid too, even though it is not working. Compared to the repairs I have done brake fluid is cheap. If your fluid is over two years old, replace it, it is not that hard, maybe a half hour job. Some of you who ride very hard, well most of you I guess, would probably do better to change it every year. Just my opinion, I know from now on I will change it every year!
Hope to see you all on the road one day soon!
BTW, I wanted to send out happy Birthday greeting to My brother Todd!
New Brake fluid is on the left, the old stuff....... well you can figure it out, I think.
|September 2 & 3 Update
Well I finally got it all back together, and everything runs just great. The front brakes are still a bit spongy, but I figure to let them sit over night and have another go at it, should stiffen them up. All of the fairings etc are back in place, and the new clutch works great, no problem lifting the front wheel now! I wish I could go for a real ride now, Sunday, but I have to go to a birthday party, oh well. I am sure glad to have this done. I still need to replace two seals, one around the clutch pushrod, and one around the shaft of the front sprocket. I'll get to it next week some time, not critical, just the build up of oil over time is annoying.
Thanks to all who had suggesting and words of encouragement and or help.
|Computer fans for cooling
|Something else I have done has generated a lot of e-mail from others wanting details, so here you go. I put a computer fan, about 6" square, by 1" thick on the left side of the oil cooler. I rigged up a switch for it up near the speedo, just under the fairing. On the face of the frame of the fan that comes in contact with the oil cooler I put some peel and stick, foil backed fiberglass insulation. Four long screws with washers and nuts to hold the fan on, and that's it. works great! I don't know how long it will last, but the fans are cheap, so when it goes, I'll replace it. It works so well, I will be putting another one on the right side, when I do that I'll post some more pictures here.
I had to give this idea up, as the fans soon destroyed themselves at speed on the highway. If there was some simple way of locking them out, stopping them from spinning, it would work, but when they spin free, at 180 Km/h they soon wear out the bushings :)
It is still a great idea, but you should use fans from a bike, they would be built to last.
|This is a stand I threw together while I've been waiting for Suzuki to send
SEVEN, not FIVE
drive plates for my clutch, (Boneheads).
|I know that I could just go out and buy one of
these, but I bought the steel for about $5 and spent A Sunday getting reintroduced to my
arc welder. Not the prettiest stand, but strong as hell, and the bike is rock solid on the
stand. I want to put a front stand on it too, for safe wrenching, but the head tube is
blocked by the front brake line divider, I guess I'll have to relocate that.
Here is my 4 year old daughter Mizuki showing off her riding technique.
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A day late and a dollar short. I should have had a card completed for yesterday's challenge post at MPS. Unfortunately, I didn't get any time to craft this weekend. Sorry I failed my DT duties.
I started coloring last night and messed up 3 other images. I wasn't having much luck. Here is the card I finally finished this evening for the Turquoise and Brown Challenge.
This is Pearl, you can find her in Michelle's Etsy Store. My papers, punch and embossing folder are SU.
Come play along with us at Michelle Perkett Studios this week, don't forget to use an MPS image on your creation. One lucky winner will receive an image from Michelle's Etsy store.
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
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All Hail, King Friday
With the writing process almost complete, I've taken a step back and looked at the picture that I've painted so far and have decided to rename the album: King Friday.
"It's Not Karma If It Doesn't Hurt"
I'm gonna lie and say I don't think about it
Was it that long ago?
Maybe it has to bite me in the ass
And come full circle
Answer a question with a question
Or just delay inevitability
I don't know if it's pretend
Anti-Love, she thinks about me
It was never really worth it, I'm sure
It was a familiar taste in her kiss
And it came back to haunt me today
Anti-Love to make you sick
The grass was always greener
If you had only seen her
I need to take a breather
Anti-Love made me a believer
(album artwork in progress)
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i like this a lot richy :]
August 27, 2009 at 7:06 pm


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From 12/12/03 Memorandum:
"In an effort to improve performance measurement reporting, OECA is pleased to provide the attached guidance on estimating environmental benefits from concluded enforcement actions for the Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action programs. This new document provides guidance for the "Volume of Contaminated Medium Addressed"(VCMA), which for remediation programs more accurately reflects both the magnitude and nature of an environmental problem addressed by an enforcement action than does a measure of the mass of pollutants reduced. As evidenced from Regional comments on the July 2003 proposal for estimating pollutant reductions resulting from Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action enforcement actions, all Regions are supportive of the VCMA approach.
The attached document provides a brief background on the measure, describes the rationale for the new volume-of-contaminated medium basis for the measure, and identifies the methodologies that should be used to estimate the Volume of Contaminated Medium Addressed for various Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action response actions."
Note: The new filters in ICIS no longer allow the unit: 1,000 cubic yards. Therefore, the volume to be reported for groundwater response actions is cubic yards, not 1,000 cubic yards as shown in protocol 2 of the attached guidance. Therefore, please ignore the last part of step 5 in the "Methodology for calculating the measure" section of protocol 2 (i.e., do not "divide by 1000 to get the reporting volume in 1000s of cubic yards.")
Final Methodology for Estimating Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action, 12/12/03 Memorandum
(See attachment)
Measure and Calculations for Volume of Contaminated Medium Addressed (VCMA) With Respect to the Superfund And RCRA Corrective Action Programs, November 2003 Guidance
(See Attachment)
VCMA Appendix A: Problems In Using Mass-of-Contaminant as the Basis for the Pollutant-Amount-Reduced Measure for Superfund, November 2003 Guidance
(See attachment)


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On November 1st, I embarked on my first honest attempt at National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo). That means no head editing, just spilling the scenes into my head into a word document. Now halfway through the month that word document is 79 pages double-spaced, and my word count is exactly 26,361. Overall the story is shaping up pretty nicely, not sure about my writing but that's what editing is for.
My observations about my NaNoWriMo writing habits? Well for one, most of my writing gets done at midnight and beyond when no one else is awake to possibly bother me and after my homework gets done. If there's a scene in my head it's easy to churn out the recommended 1,667 words. However a downfall that I think will come up in the editing process is I tend to let my characters go into internal monologue or circular arguments that don't really go anywhere. Given that NaNoWriMo is not an exercise in producing quality but simply producing I will not go back and edit these things now but I will add them to my list of concerns.
Another thing I noticed is that the ideas I get for scenes come to me at one of two particular times. One is while I am writing a completely unrelated scene and my mind goes on a tangent about what I should write next. The second time is when I am doing something that is not NaNoWriMo related. (Yea, that paper I worked on for Hail Wedded Love last week, definitely inspired the artificial intelligence in my store. )
Which is one of the reasons that why I am worried about how much time I will have to write next weekend, with the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and a Wizard Wrock Festival, I realize that the events are important and more then likely someone I don't know, who I've never met, will say something that will spark a thought in my head and then it will lead to another 2,000 words of NaNoWriMo.
Also, a lovely challenge to my faithful readers and those who might be reading this for the first time.
I am not revealing my plot to you guys but I would you to blindly prompt me with a question about my novel. Characters? Relationships? Favorite alcoholic beverage? Anything is fair game. Whatever you want to know, whatever makes a character interesting to you, put me to the challenge and ask me a question.
Come on readers! I dare you!
I will write up scenes and post a few samplings here when I reach 35,000 words.


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After having icy conditions Friday in the area I wasn't sure how Saturday's run would be. I had went out on a car accident at 3:30am so that messed my sleep up. Annette was running with Cheryl at 6am but I opted to run with a later group at 7:45am. Why everyone has to start so early I don't know. Some just want to get it done and over. In the summer you start early to beat the heat. I haven't figured out all the reasoning behind the early starts in the winter other than people having other obligations they need to get to.
The late group decided to do what we call the Mt Tabor loop. It's about 7 miles around and that was exactly what I needed. It was a cold 30 degrees when we started with little or no wind. Somehow I ended up leading the group down Hwy 89 towards Mt Tabor. It wasn't too far down the road when I found the first icy patch on the road. This made the run a little hazardous. We actually moved over to the grass on some of this section as we sure didn't want anyone falling down on Hwy 89.
After we turned on Mt Tabor I started slowing down. About 1/4 mile down the road we encounted another icy patch where the road crossed a small creek. These were pretty tricky and if you ran across them you were probably going to fall or slide. I think one of the ladies at the back of the group did fall on one of these but luckily she wasn't hurt.
After about my second water break I fell to the rear of the main group. There was still a couple ladies behind me a pretty good ways. It just seems I cannot hold any kind of good pace anymore. In October and November it would have been nothing for me to be maintaining a 10:20 pace on this run. Now I was hovering around 11:20. What gives?? I did have a little foot pain on my left heel which I always have but I also was starting to get some pains in my left knee. My right leg that had the stress fracture felt great. So this kind of messed with my head a lot. Was it the shoes?? I keep thinking the shoes are messing me up. But that really should not be the case. I was running in Saucony Pro Grid Hurricane 9's that were almost brand new. These are super cushioned and made for over-pronators. The leg doctor had given me inserts to use while my leg was healing so I thought maybe these were causing the twinges in my knee. I had actually taken them out for this run just to see how it would feel. Maybe its just old age. Maybe I should just bike.
The run continued. Mt Tabor has some nice rolling hills and I ran up every one of them. We turned on Hickory and more rolling hills. I just ran an easy pace but It really wasn't that easy. Maybe it's the extra 4 pounds of holiday weight. I need to lose this and get back to my marathon weight goal of 170 but I have never had the best eating habits. It's much easier in the summer for me.
After I turned on Dogwood I heard someone running up behind me and it was Bailey. She had gotten to the school late and had run about a 9:00 pace trying to catch up to us. I could see the two lead groups slightly ahead of us. Bailey said she was having some knee issues so she ran the rest of the way in with me. It was nice having someone to talk to and finish out the miles. Hwy 321 has some huge hills on it with the last one we all nicknamed "Heart Break Hill". Well, let me tell you we ran every hill on 321 and conquered Heart Break Hill with no problems. I may have lost speed but my hill climbing ability is still there if not better. It's just hard to not be where I was 3 months ago.
Afterwards a bunch of the runners went to "The Diner" which is a new restaurant in Cabot for breakfast. This seems to be a tradition on some runs and the Cruisers try to eat at different places in town, not that we have many choices at all. I will have to say the food at The Diner was good but their service was somewhat lacking. They were packed with people and the cashier didn't even know how to collect money on two tickets together. They are a new business only being open a couple weeks so things should get better hopefully.
Here are my splits from Saturdays run. I am not happy with them but they are what they are.
Total miles - 7.6
Time - 1:28:10
Avg. Pace - 11:36
1034 calories
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday 7+
Labels: marathon training, running
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You're being way too hard on yourself! You were off for a long time, I'm still having issues from being off in October for 4-5 weeks, I'm not up to the same speed I was at prior to my ankle sprain, but oh well, remember we are not spring chickens, but we are out there running, most people our age are sitting on the couch doing nothing!
- January 30, 2008 at 9:32 AM
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