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Due to some technical issues The City is extending the deadline for online engagement on the 50 Avenue S.W. Corridor Study project to Monday, May 30th.
All four corridor concepts and example cross-sections are available on Calgary.ca/50AveStudy. I encourage you to take some time to review the concepts, cross-sections and provide them with your feedback. Your feedback will help them select a concept to further refine and bring back to the community at an open house in the fall.
Thank you to everyone who has already provided their feedback.
The new Flanders Interchange will soon open to traffic! On October 29th, the Currie Community invites you for a sneak preview to celebrate: http://www.currielife.ca/event/ for more information
50 Avenue S.W. Corridor Study Open House
We are now in Phase 3 of the study. Please join us at a public open house to help refine the preferred design concept for the future of 50 Avenue S.W., between Crowchild Trail and 14A Street.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Altadore Baptist Church
4304 16 Street S.W.
5 – 8 p.m. (drop-in format)
To view a summary of what we heard in Phase 2 of the study and for information other engagement opportunities, including community events and online activities, please visit www.calgary.ca/50AveStudy.
50 Avenue S.W. Corridor Study Update
February 2017
The City of Calgary recently completed the transportation corridor study of 50 Avenue S.W., between Crowchild Trail and 14A Street S.W.
Visit www.calgary.ca/50AveStudy to view the final recommended plans, short-term recommendations and summaries of what we heard throughout the study.
The City of Calgary appreciates the community's participation throughout this project and would like to thank everyone who shared ideas and feedback.
Summer has officially arrived with the season's opening of the South Calgary Outdoor Pool on June 20th.
Open to all during the summer months, it's the place to be on a hot, sunny day. Learn to swim with private or group lessons, rent the pool for a private party, or simply enjoy a quick dip with the kids. Registrations are now open for adult and children's swim lessons - book yours before they're gone!
This month we're celebrating our opening with a chance to win a free Family Season's Pass, valued at $350. The lucky winner and their family will be able to visit the pool as many times as they'd like, all season long.
To enter, visit us on Facebook or Twitter and "Like us" or retweet our swimming pool posts with the hashtag #swimmardaloop. Contest runs June 15-30th and the winner will be selected by July 2nd. Click here for full contest rules and regulations.
Join us at the South Calgary Outdoor Pool to celebrate Summer in the Loop!
We'd like extend a big thank you to all the volunteers and community residents who participated in our Community Cleanup on Saturday May 16, despite the non-stop rain! We'd also like to thank the City of Calgary Waste and Recycling Services and all of the great recycling organizations who came out and helped our stuff find love again!
We collected:
- A cube truck full of clothing and household items for Women in Need
- 2 bags of mens clothing for the Mustard Seed
- 38 Bicycles for Bikes for Humanity
- 28 Car Seats to be recycled by KidSeat Recyclers
- A furniture delivery sized truck with electronic waste for the Electronic Recycling Association
- A massive trailer with scrap metal for Calgary Scrap Metal
- 69 tires for Liberty Tire / Kal Tire
- Three packer trucks full of household waste ( 9255kg)
- Two packer trucks full of organic waste (2990kg)
Our amounts were above average compared to communities who have been doing this for years - way to go Marda Loop!
We also received $318.50 in cash donations which will allow us to hold an even bigger event next year - we're already looking forward to it!
A big thank you to the 283 community members who participated in the first MLCA community survey of 2015. We appreciate your input, feedback and ideas! The results of the survey have been compiled into a report and they have been, and will continue to be, used by our board and staff to inform our work on your behalf. The results will also inform our recruitment of volunteers as events were a very popular suggestion (see highlights #5, 3 and 2!), and we will need lots of volunteers to make them happen (hint hint nudge nudge see highlight #1). We know this will be difficult (see #4) but we were pleasantly surprised how many of you are interested in getting involved (as per #1). Without further ado, here are 6 highlights from the results:
6. Marda Gras was the most well attended non-MLCA event in the community for our respondents, with 61% reporting that they attended. This was followed by Stampede Breakfast with 54%, and Block Party with 23%.
5. The Farmer's Market was the most popular MLCA event for our respondents, attended by 66% of them. This was followed by Indulge at 22%, and Peanuts Soccer and Swim Lessons tying at 19%.
4. Community residents are very busy people, with 36% reporting that they do not attend more MLCA programs, events, and activities because they happen at inconvenient times, and the most common theme in the "other category" being that they were busy or had other priorities, as described by 25 people.
3. The program, event, or activity that the most people wanted to see MORE of in 2015 was Special Events at 55%, followed by Children's Programs at 43% and Adult Programs at 36%.
2. When asked for SPECIFIC ideas for programs, events, or activities they would like to see the MLCA organize or sponsor in the future, the most common response was art classes at 26 mentions, followed by concerts at 15 mentions, and fireside chat or speakers at 8 mentions.
1. 102 respondents said that they wanted to volunteer for a committee or event! Unfortunately not all of them gave us their name and contact info. If that was you, please contact us! Or if you did not volunteer on the survey, but really want to see those events happen, contact us! Email our Director of Volunteers, Catherine Fraser, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
See our Community Survey Results here : SURVEY RESULTS
Flanders Bridge will be demolished on the Labour Day long weekend to begin construction of the new Flanders Interchange.
The demolition means Crowchild Trail will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 7 p.m. on Friday, September 4 to 6 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8. Drivers are encouraged to avoid Crowchild Trail from 33 Avenue SW to 50 Avenue/Mount Royal Gate SW during the long weekend as lengthy delays are expected. Traffic on Crowchild will return to normal September 8 at 6 a.m.
The new bridge and Interchange roundabouts will open to traffic in fall 2016.
More information on detours and Interchange construction impacts:calgary.ca/flanders and flandersinterchange.ca.
We're very excited to announce the opening of the Marda Loop Farmer's Market on Saturday August 23rd. From August to October, the market will run every Saturday morning from 9am to noon. Located in the upper parking lot of our community hall, the market offers local fresh food and produce. Take the kids. Mingle with local artists, musicians and craftspeople. Our goal is to foster a community farm-to-table movement where healthy food is available within a walking distance of your front door.
Special thanks to Shawn McDonald and his committee of dedicated volunteers who worked tirelessly this year to make this market a reality! Walk, cycle, or stroll, and Join us at the Marda Loop Farmer's Market.
Enjoy a wine and food affair in your backyard! Join us for a fantastic evening of culinary treats, wine and beer, all served up by local restaurants and merchants. Proceeds from Indulge support our ongoing operations and community recreational programs that bring children, youth, and adults together. You'll never have a more noble reason to eat yourself silly!
Drink and Raffle Tickets are also available for purchase on-line. Thanks for your support!
Click here to buy tickets
Attending the Cycle Track Network Launch Party is a great way to meet fellow cyclists and show your support for Calgary's new bike lanes. What better way to arrive than surrounded by your neighbours, friends, and family!
Meet at the Marda Loop Community Centre at 10:00am with your bike, helmet, water bottle and weather appropriate clothing. The ride leader will go over safety items before the group departs at 10:30am. The group will ride at a leisurely pace into the cycle track network and on to Barb Scott Park (9th Street & 12th Ave SW) to take in the ribbon cutting, food trucks, live music, fun & games (croquet, bocce ball, foosball, ping pong), arts & crafts, a bike skill course, and more! The ride and party are family friendly and suitable for riders of all abilities.
We invite you to take part in the Mayor's 26th Annual Christmas Food Drive, supporting the Calgary Food Bank!
Last year, 15 communities participated donating 2,195 pounds of food and $491 in cash for a grand total of over $4881 in food and funds. We challenge you all to step up and participate, and help us provide food for families in need this holiday season.
Please bring your non-perishable food items to the Marda Loop Community Hall (3130 - 16 Street SW), weekdays from 8am-2pm, before December 22 2014.
Items on this year's "Holiday Wish List" include soup, rice, pasta and sauce, peanut butter, fruit juice, and baby formula.
The food bank also accepts perishable items such as canned fruit, vegetables, fish, tomatoes and meat. Perishable items can be dropped off at the Food Bank's warehouse location, at 5000 - 11 Street SE, Warehouse door 3.
For more information about the Calgary Food Bank, visit: www.calgaryfoodbank.com
Happy Holidays!
The MLCA is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant through the Alberta Government's Community Initiatives Program that will allow us to renovate and lease long-term space for our Preschool program.
The MLCA Preschool Program was at risk of having to close due to lack of space to run the program. The Preschool program spent many years renting space at Altadore School, spent five years at St. James School, then moved back to Altadore School for the 2014/15 school year. We received notice in 2013 that due to higher enrollments the schools were no longer able to provide us space. The search for long-term space was launched and many options were assessed.
Through the tireless efforts of our Preschool Space Planning Committee, headed by Susan Vukadinovic, an opportunity to lease space long-term at the Calgary Community Reformed Church was identified as the most feasible option however the space would require renovations in the vicinity of $90,000 in order to support our Program. Grant money, sponsorship and board support would be required in order to make this plan a reality.
And a reality it is. Our new Preschool space is ready for students for the September 2015 school year!
The MLCA is very thankful to the Government of Alberta for providing $53,916 to this project. By investing in this space, the MLCA is assured of space to operate the program well into the future. Our teachers and students will be able to return to the same environment each year and we will not be faced with the risk of having to secure new space each year or close the program.
We also wish to thank our other sponsors for this project - New Century Designs, Urban Craft Homes and Caroline Abougoush, Barrister & Solicitor who all donated services in-kind. And thanks to our contractor, Katra Investments Inc. for completing the project on time and on budget!
The MLCA was delighted to welcome MP Joan Crockatt and other distinguished guests on Wednesday, July 29th at our Hall where MP Crockatt announced that the MLCA was one of the recipients of the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program grant.
The Marda Loop Communities Association is very grateful to the Government of Canada and Western Economic Diversification for providing funding to us through this Program. These funds, together with funding from the City of Calgary, will allow us to do much-needed repairs and upgrades to the MLCA Hall.
The upgrades included in our project are critical to maintaining the ongoing operations of the community Hall. This work was scheduled as part of our 2014/15 life cycle plan however due to the high costs involved, (estimated at $308,155) it has been very difficult for us to find the necessary funds. Needless to say, we are very happy to be able to schedule this work to be done in 2016.
The work includes the replacement of the existing canopies over the front doors, as well as a major upgrade to the HVAC and electrical systems.
By investing in these facility upgrades, the Hall can continue to operate for many years into the future and be a vibrant hub for the communities that we support.
Thank you very much to Western Economic Diversification and the Government of Canada!
As well, we thank all others who supported us in our bid for this grant – MP Joan Crockatt, MLA Greg Clark, Ward 8 Councilor Evan Woolley, Ward 11 Councilor Brian Pincott, and the City of Calgary.
Click here for the full press release.
On April 27, 2015, Mayor Nenshi declared the third Saturday in June "Neighbour Day"! Neighbour Day is a newly established annual celebration of community spirit, and will take place this year on June 20, 2015. Neighbour Day was established last June to recognize and celebrate the great community strength and cooperation exhibited during the flood in 2013.
It's time to come together again. Make Saturday, June 20 the day you host a block party, a picnic at your local park or even introduce yourself to a neighbour and lend a helping hand.
The City of Calgary wants to make this as easy as possible by waiving the fee for block party permits, and park venue booking fees, and providing you planning and promotional tools to get started. Please note the deadline for block party permits and green space applications is May 29, 2015.
Please consider participating in Neighbour Day this year. Make new friends, have fun, build a stronger neighbourhood.
For more information about Neighbour Day, ideas for events, promotional ideas and information about permits and other logistical considerations visit Calgary.ca/neighbourday.
On this hundredth anniversary of "the war to end all wars", The Marda Loop Communities Association would like to remind the citizens of Calgary that the streets in the neighbourhood of Garrison Woods are named in commemoration of Canadian World War I battles. On August 4th 1914, Britain and Canada entered the World's first mechanized war. The conflict would eventually lead to the death of over nine million combatants and more than seven million civilians.
In 2000, the Canada Lands Company placed a series of brass plaques on the streets of Garrison Woods that describe the battles after which these streets are named. Please take some quiet time to make the walk, and pay homage to the men and women who lost their lives fighting for the young nation of Canada.
The plaques of the Garrison Woods Legacy Walk read as follows:
In the spring of 1915, Canadian soldiers of the 10th Battalion, perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders, proved their mettle in the face of heavy bombardment and the use of a deadly new weapon – chlorine gas. On April 22, 1915, a greenish-yellow cloud drifted over the Allied trenches at St. Julien, part of the Ypres salient, killing French and Algerian troops and creating a gap in the Allied lines. This was the first effective use of gas on the Western Front. The Canadian First Division, including the 10th Battalion, would be the next victims of this new weapon. In the early hours of April 24, a dense cloud of chlorine gas was released to drift over the Canadian lines. Badly outnumbered, and suffering the ravages of the gas, the Canadians were forced to withdraw to hold a new line. But they did not break, and the enemy advance stalled.
Best known through Lt. Col. John McCrae's immortal poem "In Flanders Fields", this flat region straddling the French-Belgian border was the scene of horrific battles during the First World War. It was here that most of Canada's soldiers fought during the conflict, in such battles as Passchendaele, Ypres, Messines and St. Eloi. The soil in the area, which receives rainfall almost daily, comprises impervious clay and has very poor drainage. After shelling, the resulting sticky mud made fighting in the region extremely difficult. Lt. Col. McCrae, a Canadian doctor, served in the Second Battle of Ypres in the spring of 1915. He wrote "In Flanders Fields" on May 3, 1915, after 17 days of treating the wounded. McCrae died of pneumonia in France in 1918.
Mount Sorrel, located southeast of Ypres in northwest Belgium, was the focus of a German attack on June 2, 1916, which involved three of the four Canadian divisions. As part of the 3rd Canadian Division, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) was responsible for the flank north of Mount Sorrel in an area called Sanctuary Wood.
The Germans captured Mount Sorrel and some of the woods nearby, but made very little gain from the Canadian defenders to the north. The PPCLI suffered 400 casualties, including 150 killed on the first day of the attack. The forces moved back and forth over the next several days of the battle. Finally on June 13, troops of the first Canadian Division recovered Mount Sorrel and the surrounding areas.
The Somme offensive was the main Allied attack on the Western Front in 1916, and the bloodiest. The offensive took place along a 30-kilometre front north of the Somme River in the Picardy region of France. Between July 1 and November 19, 1916, at a staggering cost in human lives, the Allies gained only a few kilometres of territory. Of the 623,907 Allied casualties, more than 24,000 were Canadians or Newfoundlanders. The Germans suffered 670,000 casualties. During a September 1916 offensive at the Somme, Canadian soldiers were supported by tanks – the first use of such weapons on the Western Front.
On March 30, 1917, the German army occupied Moreuil Wood on its push towards the major railway centre of Amiens. The Wood commanded the approach to this important French town, only 100 kilometres north of Paris. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade, which included the Lord Strathcona's Horse, was sent to recapture the Wood on the same day. Lt. G.M. Flowerdew, who led the attack for 'C' Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse, died from wounds received in the charge and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. The Germans recaptured the Wood on March 31, but the Canadian Cavalry Brigade re-entered and cleared the Wood the following day. Although the Germans recaptured Moreuil Wood and nearby Rifle Wood by April 5, the delaying action by the Canadians and their allies halted the Germans for several months and cost them thousands of irreplaceable casualties.
Of all World War I Battles in which Canadian soldiers fought, Vimy Ridge stands unparalleled in its impact on the national consciousness. British and French troops had already tried and failed to capture the tactically important ridge in northern France. On April 9, 1917, all four Canadian divisions of the Canadian Corps attacked together for the first time in the war. Among those involved were the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and the 10th and 50th Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, later perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders and The King's Own Regiment. In a matter of days, the Canadian Corps achieved a stunning victory, securing not only Vimy Ridge, but also a source of enduring national pride. Like the battlefield itself, the price was steep: Canadian casualties reached 10,602, including 3,598 fatalities.
Four Canadians won the Victoria Cross at Vimy, including John G. Pattison of the 50th Battalion. Maj. Gen. Arthur Currie, after whom Currie Barracks were subsequently named, was knighted on the battlefield.
To the soldiers of the day it was simply "Wipers", an ancient walled city in a little corner of Belgium known as Flanders. Time and again, Canadian Battalions returned to battle in defence of the salient around the city to stop the relentless German attacks. Despite the heavy shelling that reduced the city to rubble, Ypres never fell into enemy hands. The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was almost destroyed on May 8, 1915 at Frezenberg, holding the line a few kilometres from Ypres. Both the 10th and 50th Battalions, perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders and The King's Own Regiment, served in the water-filled trenches of the Ypres salient. All three Regiments were awarded the Battle Honour "Ypres".
Passchendaele Ridge was a key location in the Allies' plan to take Flanders and open the way to the Belgian coast ports. Late in 1917, all four divisions of the Canadian Corps took part in attacks that became known as the Second Battle of Passchendaele. Among those who fought in the battle were Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the 10th and 50th Battalions, which are perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders and The King's Own Calgary Regiment. Of the nine Victoria Crosses awarded to Canadian veterans of Passchendaele, one went to PPCLI's Sergeant George H. Mullin. Canadian troops occupied the ruins of Passchendaele village and captured most of Passchendaele Ridge.
At a cost of 15,654 Canadian casualties, the offensive gained only seven kilometres of mud, which the Germans soon took back again.
The eastern French town of Cambrai was the site of the first effective tank attack in history. On November 20, 1917, 380 Allied tanks rolled toward the Hindenburg Line and captured a great deal of enemy territory. The Hindenburg Line was a defensive barrier of barbed wire, deep trenches and pillboxes located a few miles behind the front lines. It was constructed in 1916-17 to counteract the Allies' superior numbers and firepower. As part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, the Lord Strathcona's Horse provided infantry during the German counter-attacks. Although the German army soon reclaimed the Allied gains, the place of the army tank in the military arsenal was assured. These weapons were used successfully for the duration of the war.
St. Quentin and St. Quentin Canal are located in eastern France, 80 kilometres east of Amiens on the Somme River. The Canal formed part of the Hindenburg Line, a defensive barrier with barbed wire, deep trenches and pillboxes armed with machine guns. Located a few miles behind the front lines, the Hindenburg Line was constructed in 1916-17 to counterbalance the Allies' superior numbers and firepower.
On November 20, 1917, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade attempted to cross and secure the canal and capture the town of Cambrai. During the next several days the Canadians, including the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), held off German counter-attacks, suffering more than 50 casualties on December 1, 1917.
During the German offensive of 1918, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, again including the Lord Strathcona's Horse, fought alongside the British west of St. Quentin. For three days in March 1918, the Canadians covered the British retreat west towards Amiens.
In August 1918, the Canadian Corps (all four Canadian Divisions) and the Canadian Cavalry Brigade played a leading role in what German General Eric Ludendorf later termed "the black day of the German army". Named for nearby Amiens, an important transportation and communication centre in eastern France, the Battle of Amiens proved a significant Allied victory and heralded Germany's final retreat along the western front. Both the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) took part in the Amiens offensive, as did the 10th and 50th Battalions, perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders and The King's Own Regiment.
Among the 11,822 Canadian casualties was Sergeant Robert Spall of the PPCLI, who received the Victoria Cross posthumously for holding off a German counter-attack on August 13, 1918.
For three days in August 1918, Canadian soldiers fought southward from the canalized Scarpe River in eastern France against desperate German defenders. During that period the 3rd Canadian Division engaged, and almost annihilated, two complete German divisions and part of a third. After bitter fighting, the Canadians had succeeded in driving back the enemy eight kilometres, capturing 3,300 prisoners and large stocks of weapons. The Battle of the Scarpe cost 5,801 Canadian casualties, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry losing almost 200 of that number.
Arras, the capital of the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France, lies 170 kilometres north of Paris. In August of 1918, Arras was one of several key towns held by the German army. The region was the source of bitter fighting that would see the Canadian Corps suffer its worst casualties of the "Last Hundred Days of the War".
The Canadian Corps' objective was to break the major defences surrounding Arras. Well-constructed German positions involved a series of deep trench systems, strategically placed and protected by belts of barbed wire. The Canadians attacked on August 26 and amongst those at the forefront of the battle were Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the 10th and 50th Battalions, perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders and The King's Own Calgary Regiment. On the morning of September 3, after more than a week of heavy fighting, patrols sent out at dawn found no trace of the Germans. At the cost of 11,000 casualties, the battle was won.
Two major First World War battles took place at Mons, a Belgian town on the border with France. British and French troops lost the first battle of Mons in August 1914 when the German attackers swept into France. The second battle, which began on November 2, 1918, involved the Canadian Corps under the leadership of General Sir Arthur Currie. Among the Canadians who liberated Mons on November 10th were members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. The next morning, sentries remained alert as raw mist hung over the ground; infantry cleaned their weapons, the artillery was packed, and the advance was ready to resume. However, instead of the expected order to advance, troops received word of a cease-fire. General Currie made his first official entry into Mons on November 11, 1918, the day the armistice was signed. After four years of bloodshed, the war was over.
We're all concerned when motorist speed through our neighbourhood, take illegal shortcuts, or roll through stop signs. In response, the Marda Loop Communities Association has adopted a simple and effective traffic awareness program, first conceived by Parachute, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives.
The concept is simple and effective. Place a yellow PACE CAR decal on the bumper of your vehicle and lead by example. By adhering to posted speed limits and following the rules of the road, you set the pace for the motorists who follow behind. Pick up a decal and join the team. Posters for our PACE CAR awareness campaign can be found on neighbourhood fences, construction sites, and freeway overpasses throughout Marda Loop. A special shout out to Tony Norman and his mobility committee for putting wheels on this campaign. Thanks Tony.
Relocating to 1638 30 Ave.—the MLCA Preschool's permanent home—has been a project many years in the making. Please come out on Saturday, September 19 to celebrate our grand opening. Everyone is welcome to celebrate a wonderful addition to our community and to hear from some of our community's leaders.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015
MLCA Preschool, 1638 30 Ave. S.W.
10 a.m. to noon
Entice your kids with: the promise of treats, special guests and a bouncy castle!
We are grateful to the major sponsors who donated to this project:
Construction of Phase II is beginning!
The following article was submitted to Marda Loop's December newsletter by Ward 11 Councillor, Brian Pincott.
Dear Marda Loop Source,
As you are most likely aware, River Park, Sandy Beach and Britannia Slopes are currently undergoing a major improvement project. Phase I is now completed and Phase II is slated to begin. In recent years it became apparent that the area was in need of a large-scale improvement. Since 2009, the City has been working with residents via a public engagement process to develop a management and design development plan. In 2014, crews began working on Phase I which was made up of improvements that were immediately necessary, such as, trail restoration and improvements, changes to off-leash area boundaries, and the installa- tion of fencing for the protection and restoration of the park's natural areas.
Now, construction of Phase II is beginning! This phase of the project includes a broader scope of work, including:
To improve citizen awareness, signs will be posted throughout the park describing the work being done. Phase II is expected to be completed by end of 2016. We will continue to update my website and my Facebook page as often as we get new information, so be sure to stop by regularly to see what's coming next. Of course, you're always welcome to contact my office with any questions you might have.
Brian Pincott
Councillor, Ward 11
The City of Calgary
Phone: 403-268-5056
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
To sign up for regular updates from the Ward 11 office regarding city related issues and community events, please visit the Ward 11 website.
This just in from the City of Calgary - The Sandy Beach pedestrian bridge is re-opening on November 23, 2014.
United in our efforts to rebuild after the flood of 2013, the City of Calgary has replaced the three pedestrian bridges damaged beyond repair. Sandy Beach Bridge is the first to re-open. Come celebrate the opening of the newly rebuilt Sandy Beach Bridge and be one of the first to cross.
Ceremonial opening of the bridge will feature a First Nations Blessing and speeches by Mayor Nenshi and Councillor Pincott. Enjoy free hot chocolate, coffee and entertainment.
We encourage those to walk, jog or bike to the event. Public parking will be very limited. Click here for full event details and construction photos.
Date: Sunday, November 23
Time: 12:00 pm Ribbon cutting and ceremony
Location: Sandy Beach Bridge
Enter at west side of Sandy Beach Park (50th Ave. and 14 A St. SW).
On Monday, May 11th, City Council will vote on a bylaw allowing secondary suites in Wards 7, 8, 9 and 11. For more information about the proposed bylaw, please visit the City of Calgary's website at calgary.ca/suites.
If you would like to share your comments on this initiative directly with your representative, please email Councillor Woolley at email@example.com or Councillor Pincott at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Looking to get involved in your community? We are on the hunt for some volunteers to help support two popular MLCA events. Please contact Catherine at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested in getting involved!
Wine Night Chairperson:
The role of the Wine Night Chairperson is to coordinate with MLCA staff and volunteers in organizing the monthly Wine Night event, held at the MLCA community hall. This is a great opportunity to support
Stampede Breakfast Planning Committee Members:
We are also looking for 5-6 interested people to form our planning committee for our Annual MLCA Stampede Breakfast.


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Titles with ** before them are re-watches.
Titles with # before them I watched with my little siblings.
Full House Take 2 ~ 2012 ~ 6 eps
This drama continues to be absolutely hilarious.
Cantabile Tomorrow ~ 2014 ~ 4 eps
This was another amusing one. And the music!!
Back To the Future ~ 1985
Wow!!! This movie. Wacky, but funny!!
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial ~ 1982
This one was so sweet!! And little Drew Barrymore was adorable!!!
An Affair to Remember ~ 1957
I love old movies!!! Even when they are a bit corny! Mum and Mel didn't enjoy it very much.
The K2 ~ 2016 ~ 2 eps
And the drama that we were waiting for!! It is Ji Chang Wook's newest and we are watching it as it airs. It started out a bit more thriller-y than I expected, so I didn't know if I would be able to watch it, but it leveled out and I'm loving it!

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Members of the Northwest U.S. Highway 93 Corridor Area Plan Committee got a quick lesson in hydrological studies and roadwork Tuesday night.
David Anning from the US Geological Survey gave the group a description of where the department was in its timeline to finish its surveys of the Detrital, Hualapai and Sacramento Valley aquifers in Mohave County.
The department is currently about halfway through its survey of the three basins and expects to complete the survey and start publishing its findings in September 2009. The final comprehensive report on the three basins will be finished in September 2010.
Anning explained how the aquifers in Mohave County work. Each aquifer has a water budget. Just like a checkbook, the aquifer has a deposit and outflow system.
Water is withdrawn from the system through pumping from wells or by the natural flow of water underground toward a larger body of water, Anning said. The Detrital and Hualapai Valley aquifers naturally drain toward Lake Mead. The Sacramento Valley Aquifer drains into the Colorado River.
Water is also deposited into the aquifers through recharge. Recharge can come from natural sources such as rainwater, he said. It can take millions of years for recharge water to percolate through silt and sediment to reach an aquifer.
It can take several million more years for the water to move north toward Lake Mead, Anning said.
The USGS currently has between eight and 10 people working on the study of the aquifers in Mohave County, he said. The department has also been using special equipment in the air and on the ground to penetrate the soil and give the department an idea of what kinds of sediments make up the aquifers and how deep the aquifers are, he said.
The department also uses soil logs from local well drillers to determine the different types of soil in an aquifer, he said.
The group is not only studying the amount of available water in the ground but also the quality of the water, he said. The department can run a number of tests that will list the levels of specific minerals and chemicals in the water.
The department can also determine the age of the water by testing the different carbon isotopes in the water, Anning said.
The department has already released some preliminary information about the water levels in the aquifers. By testing the levels in more than 40 index wells throughout the county over a number of years, the department was able to get an idea of how water levels have fluctuated over the years, he said.
The preliminary information from those wells indicate a slight increase in the amount of water available in the aquifer, Anning said. However, that increase may only be occurring near the index well and may not be occurring elsewhere in the aquifer.
It also takes a number of years for the department to see a pattern in the water levels in a well, he said.
One resident asked if the department could determine the effects of the current drought on the aquifers.
Anning said it depended on where and when the department tested the levels in the aquifer.
In some areas, water levels rise and fall more quickly, such as along ridgelines or over bedrock areas, he said. This is because runoff from rain moves more quickly in these areas.
In the middle of an aquifer basin, water moves more slowly because it must make its way through several layers of silt and sediment, Anning said.
This is why it is important for the department to test many different wells in an area, he said.
Once the department gathers all the information, it will be able to create models that show the depth and quantity of water in the aquifers, Anning said.
More information on the USGS and its studies can be found at the USGS Web site, www.az.water.usgs.gov.
Also on hand to answer questions at the meeting was Engineer Steve Latoski from the County Public Works Department.
Latoski explained how most of the department's funding came from the state Highway User Revenue Fund, which is collected through a sales tax on gasoline and diesel.
The county also has a five-year road maintenance program, which is updated by the County Transportation Commission in April or May every year.
The department also gets some grant funding from the Western Arizona Council of Governments, he said.
Latoski also explained the two different levels that the county maintains roads at in the county.
The first level is regular maintenance. These roads are sometimes paved and connect into a county or state highway. The roads have also been dedicated to the county and meet specific right of way and engineering standards for the county, he said. The second level of maintenance is a tertiary road. These roads are usually dirt roads and do not meet all of the county's engineering and right of way standards, Latoski said.
There are a number of roads in the county that do not meet the county standards and are maintained by private developers or residents, he said.
Residents can petition the Public Works Department to have a road accepted into the county's maintenance program, Latoski said.
In order to have a road accepted into the county's regular maintenance program, the road must be brought up to and meet all county road engineering standards, without any expense to the county. This can be expensive, he said.
The requirement to get a road on the county's tertiary plan is a little easier, he said. The road must be at least 28 feet wide with ditches on either side, connect to a county road, have a 30 foot right of way on either side and be passable by a two-wheeled vehicle. All of this needs to be done without expense to the county, he said. The Public Works Department also contains a Traffic Control Department, which makes all the road signs for the county and the Engineering Department, which designs the roads and handles traffic counts.
More information on the department can be found on the county's Web site, www.co.mohave.az.us.
The committee set its next meeting for 5:30 p.m. on March 18 at Black Mountain Elementary School in Golden Valley.


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This is a Cajun recipe given to me by a dear friend who is a wonderful cook.It is the recipe of her husband's late mother, and is "tremendously delicious." If she says so, it must be.
Her husband told me the crust is his mom's cookie dough, and it freezes very well. It's not your typical flaky pie dough. Although his mother never used a crust on top of the custard filling, he sometimes dresses it up with a lattice of additional dough strips
Tarte a la Bouillie
Makes 2 9-inch pies plus extra dough, or 3 8-inch pies
Cookie crust:
1 1/2 sticks butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 can (7 ounces) sweetened condensed milk, well-stirred
1 tablespoon corn syrup
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling dough
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add sweetened condensed milk and beat. Add syrup and cloves.
Put flour in a large bowl and mix with baking powder. Add sugar and egg mixture to the flour; stir to combine.
This dough will be very sticky. Place on a well-floured board and knead until dough is rolling consistency, incorporating more flour as needed. With a well-floured rolling pin, roll dough 1/4-inch or thinner. Roll circles to fit two 9-inch pie pans (or 3 8-inch pie pans.)
Any extra dough can be cut into cookies or frozen.
1 (6-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups milk
6 tablespoons cornstarch
3 eggs
1/2 stick butter, room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix milks together in a large saucepan and cook slowly over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Dissolve cornstarch in just enough hot water to dissolve, about 1/4 cup. When the milk starts to boil, stir in the cornstarch, a little at a time.
Beat eggs in a medium bowl, and add a little of the hot milk mixture to the eggs to temper them. Add the eggs to the milk mixture. Cook until mixture thickens to pudding consistency, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in butter and vanilla.
Pour into pie crusts and bake for 25 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees, and bake an additional 15 minutes, until custard sets and crust is well browned.
Serve warm or refrigerate. Delicious cold as well.


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MT DARWIN - Embattled Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday celebrated her recently acquired Doctorate Degree with her supporters in her rural community of Dotito, Mt Darwin, determined to overcome First Lady Grace Mugabe's recent scathing attacks on her, and vowing cryptically that she would never "surrender".
The massive graduation party attended by thousands of people from around the country, was held as information filtered out last night that the beleaguered widow of the late liberation war hero, Solomon Mujuru, was feeling confident about her chances of withstanding the current political storms buffeting her within Zanu PF.
It also emerged yesterday that Mugabe and Mujuru apparently met twice last week, after Wednesday's Cabinet meeting and before Friday's tense politburo gathering in Harare.
It is believed that Mujuru confronted Mugabe about his wife's recent shocking attacks on her during the frank tête-à-tête engagements, where she also reportedly gave the president the green light to sanction a police probe into her if he believed Grace's allegations.
Well-placed sources also told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that Mugabe did not appear to agree with his wife, particularly Grace's public shellacking of Mujuru — a development that gave the under fire VP cause for optimism.
Another source said close Mujuru confidante, Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa, also spent more than two hours alone with Mugabe before Friday's politburo meeting, where assurances may have been given that the president would not allow the tense situation inside Zanu PF to get any worse.
Analysts canvassed by the Daily News on Sunday also described Mujuru's holding of her graduation party as a sign of confidence that she had weathered the current vicious onslaught on her by Grace and her Zanu PF faction, at least for now.
Addressing the crowd at yesterday's graduation party, amid deafening chants from her supporters of "Amai muri Huchi" (Mother you are Number One) and the derogatory "Pasi nezvipfukuto" (Down with weevils, targeted at her opponents), Mujuru revealed how hard studying for her PhD had been, and that her supervisor had been a Professor Chanetsa.
As she spoke, some of her supporters shouted provocatively that:
"Degree raMai Mujuru nderekushandira, harisi rekupihwa (Mujuru earned her degree which was not dubiously awarded to her) a thinly-veiled low blow aimed at the First Lady whose PhD has elicited much controversy.
She also narrated briefly her war history, saying it had been Mugabe who had encouraged her to join the liberation struggle, and vowed that she would never "surrender or sell out" President Robert Mugabe.
Mujuru has been sensationally accused of plotting to topple Mugabe by Grace.
"If I leave the President outside then that is not Teurai (her nom de guerre). When I left my biological father James, VaMugabe took over from where he had left. Ndivo vakanoita baba vangu kuhondo kusvika nhasi ndirikutaura pano (he is the one who become my father when I went to war)," she said.
Imploring party supporters to unite, Mujuru said all Zimbabweans should work in harmony.
"Ukada kupinda munyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika tinobvumirana. Pindaiapa, apa hamukwane apa mirai imimi mupinde apa. Chiregerai kurwadziwa mongoti Mwari mandinzwa. (If you join politics it's fine),
"We just had elections last year and we are left with about three-and-a-half years before the next elections. From today let's not attack each other," she said in remarks that were interpreted by many as directed at Grace.
Regarded as a moderate, Mujuru said the ruling party was wasting time on trivial matters instead of looking ahead and seeking to help improve the lives of Zimbabweans.
"Nokuti nhasi uchamurova uchamutuka kwasare less than three years kuti umuti huya undivhotere anenge achine chigumburo newe. Tirikutora nguva yakawanda yakawandisisa tichiita zvisina mubhadharo, ahehwa, ndakuudzai kuti ndaakukwana 60 years. Ndirikufunga kuti chandinofanira kusiya ndaita chinoratidza kuti vaMugabe vakadyara mhodzi ino yakabuda yaita zvibereko kubatanidza vana vemusangano.
"Kubatanidza vana vemusangano. Ndoda kuti vaone kuti dzidzo yavakandipa yashanda. Handidi kuvashaisa hope kuti ndapa mwana wangu dzidzo chave chipandu pandu, chakufamba chishaisa vamwe vana," Mujuru said.
She added that Mugabe has gone through enough and she would never sell him out.
"Ini mwana wavaMugabe handifi ndakatengesa vamwe vangu vari muna Kagombe na Karoyi, varikukamhina hazvigone," she added. (I will never sellout).
"The education should help to organise even those who persecute us they should be told to join us. Even those who hate me you will you will like me when I give things that will change your life.
"Nyangwe ukasandifarira hazvigone nyangwe mese muripano hamungandide zvakafanana hazvimbondirwadza kuti haundidi asi pane acha benefita neezvandakupa.
"Ndinezvitadzo asi musanyepe, zvandingaite handiite. This is not a day about politics we came to talk about education and I am grateful to the President and Zanu PF. Now it's my turn to unite the party tigare zvakanaka muruwadzano," Mujuru said.
Harare and Manicaland youths, who have silently endured withering attacks from Grace shouted "nhasi ndezveduwo" (it's our turn) and vowed that they would never let Zanu PF be destroyed by "weevils".
Among the prominent people who attended yesterday's graduation party were Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, Cabinet ministers Webster Shamu and Slyvester Nguni, former Cabinet minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Deputy minister Fortune Chasi, Zanu PF Harare provincial chairman Amos Midzi, popular war veteran Dick Chingaira and dozens of Members of Parliament.
Could it be that all those who usually pass comments cannot do so today because they use office internet facilities? The silence is too loud!
We hope Mugabe does what is good for the country but leaving Mai Mujuru alone. Mugabe has a problem with his wife. MAKOROKOTO mai MUJURU. I remember as a youth weZanu in 1980 muZimbabwe Grounds tichirara takachengeta ground redu kuitira kuti Smith and his wevils vasaise nyoka. Well done Teurai Ropa you are an inspiration. Do not be distracted nemahure vana Grace and gay gandsters vana Jonathan Moyo and kasukuwere. Pamebei nemi mai Mujuru
Manzwi magara moyo.
God bless Zimbabwe, every Zimbabwean soil, stone, tree, animal and its own people. Let peace and love lead in everything that we do, Amen.
A house divided on its own cannot stand. Imagine husband going this way and the wife going that way.Typical ZANUPF. They have been pretending that all is well but now okulempondo kakufihlwa/rinenyanga hariputirwe. Not so long ago they were busy celebrating their evil success of breaking Biti and Tsvangirai. Now I see this happening to them. They should taste their own medicine. Kana zvavekuitika kwavari Hanzi mavara azara ivhu. Mr Mugabe and his party cannot run their party and its pretty politics. How then can they handle the nation. No wonder the state of affairs today. Mr Mugabe is in a tricky situation. He has to choose between his deranged, rustic, immature, ridiculous, clueless but still trusted and beloved wife and a trusted, a bit more mature, abit more reliable, loyal, and tested right hand person and colleague. Its like choosing between two jealously irrational wives. The good part is that neither the opposition nor the west are involved.
"Pretty" to read petty, "abit" to read a bit.
It's not true that "…it had been Mugabe who had encouraged her (Joice) to join the liberation struggle…". Joice only met Mugabe in Mozambique in the late 1970s as far as I know. She ran away from school in her early teens - nothing to do with politics. She was far too young to understand politics. Joice's speech in Mt Darwin in which she tries to put the record straight does not make any sense - talking about sanctions which have nothing to do with the present internecine fights and vacuous call for unity at this juncture. In piranha Zimbabwean politics it's not what you said or not said or done but what the powerful clique in the party says about you that matters. That is being too powerful for the leader's and leader's family comfort. In this case Grace, the leader's wife has singled Joice out and her political life is about to come to an end. Her mistake was getting the doctorate which some, including Grace, saw as a person trying to be too clever for their comfort. No number of rallies or explanations or meetings are going to change that. The die is cast. It's pointless to mention Mugabe, and praise Mugabe when Mugabe's wife is telling Mujuru to resign. I cannot see a situation where Mugabe sides with Mujuru and opposes his wife. The one who is dispensable in this love-in is Mujuru. I cannot see any compromise. I don't see anything cryptic in what Mujuru said yesterday.
This is how a mother should behave,to unite and not to disunite.Mai do not hit back at weevils,they will be sorted out at Congress.
What a situation we people in Zimbabwe find ourselves in. The two dumbest woman, with poached doctorates fighting each other for the presidency of Zimbabwe !!!!!! To be honest I am ashamed of all of us in Zimbabwe to have ever gotten ourselves into this mess. I regret the day that we did not take the late Vice President, Simon Muzenda's advice, which was that if Zanu PF nominated a baboon as a candidate, we should all vote for that baboon. How we all laughed at his suggestion! but quite honestly if a baboon was put on offer today, I am sure many like myself, would actually vote for the baboon, the way things are going. It is sad but it is the truth
Ndoo zvatinoziva zvinoitwa , ukaona benzi wariziva chasara kuti woitasei naro. Ribatsire , ndoo zvamaita amai mujuru. Asi iri ranyanyo rasika motoramba makashinga nokuti ringaedza kuti mufanane naro . Teurairopa uri gamba.
Well done Mai Mujuru that was excellent. You are a true Hero do not be intimidated by those Mafikezolo who when given platform they will start behaving like a Monstrous Cricket that will go to an extent of ripping off its fat stomach simply because it is trying to draw the attention of every animal that it can make noise. This is Politics where we are going now we now need people who can now stand up and say this I will not accept. Time for Hongu Shef is gone its now time for people to say thats enough. People talk of Corruption when they are the ones displaying it on daily basis. In Shona they say Gunguwo kuseka Zizi iwo muromo uchinga Demo. When one finger is pointing at someone three are pointing at you saying look at this. Do not be forced to resign by anyone allow them to say you are Fired from Office and then the truth will come out. People will fight for you whilst you are quiet. Keep on meditating on the word of God and you will see the true results. One day you will be in that Hot Seat giving Orders to the same people that are persecuting you today. Well Done Comrade
@Musona.I agree with Bro Musona and his analysis is spot on.The die is cast and Joyce is a goner.In fact she should be ready to get her P45 next month.It was foolish for the gamatox to try and contest against Mnangagwa and Jonathan Moyo.These guys are crooks.
One thing I find very hilarious and mysterious is these politicians, not least ZanuPF ones who break into song, trance-like, when they want to convey a message. I have never felt like breaking into song when I want to convey a message. Makes me cringe. It only happens with ZanuPF politicians or their supporters. Why is that so? I read reports Webster Shamu broke into song in Mt Darwin praising Mugabe. I cannot stop laughing. Singing of so-called revolutionary songs - are these sung to instil fear in the opposing groups or the people in general? These are some of the idiotic, inexplicable things in society which are meaningless like people going to the airport every-time Mugabe is going out or coming back to the country. This, to me, is how personality cult is nurtured.
For the next 1 or 2 months this will be a very topical issue, and after a close observation ZPF has always made lots of noise prior to any of their elective congress that are strategically done 4 years before national elections. All our attention is now drawn towards all this noise but come 0500hrs, 1300hrs and 1730hrs ZESA shuts off. In government office service delivery remains poor. Zim Asset dream of employment creation remains a dream!!!! Let us wake up Zimbos and smell the rot, this is clearly a smoke screen meant to distract us from the real issues that affect our day to day lives. All that I want from governmentis accountability and better stewardship of our national resources not this abuse. We are being urinated upon and what makesit sad is that our mouths are wide open:-(
Spot on imhenyu gamatox, this faction thing has been blown out of proportion and is being used as a time wasting tactic so our focus is diverted from important issues of national development and the survival of our suffering families. We will be talkiing about factions and the congress in the whole of next year as things get worse
Oppah put out the fire you started! Now all is blamed on Oppah.But Oppah ignored the warning that,''Uchapemberera n'anga neichabata mai.'' Hezvoko Oppah.
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What goes around comes around, truly these people are fooling us. All people have now put attention on the so called confusion in the part yet people are getting poorer each and every day. May these people address the poverty and unemployment issues on the ground. This , that, she all does not bring food on the table.
Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,yeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss. Kana pataura mai unonzwa kuti zvino mai chaivo vazotaura. Kana pataurwo vasiri unongohwa nehlamba kuti ma1 aya azotanga manje Viva mai Mjuru bereka sub tiende chauya-chauya, singing kkkkkk
Grace has managed to destroy ZANU PF in 2 weeks. America & Britain have failed in more than 33 years. VaMugabe remember how Sampson was unmasked by her wife. Watch this please.
Mukoma Nhongo bereka sub tiende...Hona Amai Nhongo berekai sub tiende...chauya chauya...
musona hapana kwaakanga asiri. kumozambique aiveko achiona zvaitika between joy and mugabe. kunana smith aiveko futi achiona zvese zvaiitwa na smith. this man knows everything under the sun. he has the datails of joice's life in his brains. very clever man he is. i bet you he knows even the time joy fled her home to moza and the time she arrived. mr 'I know it all'
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you reporter you are now hooked to politics look the economy now instead of checking the current things you are busy with politics. Papers are ignoring bread issues now fooled with political games. you are indirectly supporting zanu at the expense of mdc they are getting publicity december and january we will reach not drawing attention where it matters most. Musadherera ajona moyo. Attend to the economy not politics TANETA tinodya politics here do not publicize zanu
what is happening is unbelievable
The struggle was not about individuals and their inflated egos, rather , it was about our freedom and emancipation, pasi nezvimbwsungata
At the Graduation celebration meeting Mujuru should have owned up and told the world that it is not true she downed a helicopter. I was not in Mozambique in the 1970s. I have followed political events since the 1940s. When Mugabe first selected his cabinet in 1980 there were reports on who was who in the cabinet where Teurai Ropa Nhongo narrated how she became a member of Zanu. She said at the time she ran away from school and ended up in Mozambique. How then can she change now to say she was encouraged by Mugabe? Where was she encouraged by Mugabe? Did Mugabe go to Mt Darwin in 1975 to tell Joice to go to Mozambique? Why did Mugabe especially encourage Joice, a school girl, of all the people? I know a lot of the stuff because - I have followed events for a long time and that I am not gullible. I know the history of this British construct like the back of my hand. Joice narrated her life history herself on 1980 on how she ended up in Mozambique. She never mentioned meeting Mugabe in Rhodesia before then. Where did they meet? I know Mugabe was in Ghana from 1957 up to 1960 BUT I never went to Ghana. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AT A PLACE TO KNOW SOME FACTS. We know man set foot on the moon but we never went to the moon did we? I know Mugabe was born in Kutama but I was not there when he was born. Silly argument.
WHERE AND WHEN DID MUGABE FISRT MEET JOICE, A MERE SCHOOL GIRL IN HER EARLY TEENS. TO ENCOURAGE HER TO JOIN ZANU? In 1980 she said she had run away from school and ended up in Mozambique. What would a 11 or 12 -year old in the Reserve know about politics at that age? Did she know who Mugabe was? She first came to Salisbury in 1980 - she said so herself in 1980 why would it change now?
Mai Mujuru, should prove the nation, because i doubted her, considering statements at Chinhoyi, salarygate"She said lets not expose other Comrades on the public, on its own that was a sinful statement" she is one of the looters who does not consider the ordinary man. First lady is ok, if whatever she has mentioned, can be proved. But i have problem on why she is protecting the other faction, if she really mean it she can simply expose all the faction, so that we take her serious.
When Mugabe was released from detention in 1974 I met Mugabe in High field - he spoke to me and a relative of mine briefly. Mugabe does not know me. A few days later we learnt Mugabe had skipped the border and was in Mozambique. At no time in the reports did we read that Mugabe had gone to Mt Darwin to meet an 11 year old school girl by the name of Joice. Why would Mugabe be talking about serious politics to an 11 year old girl?
ichokwadi ichocho mai mujuru vakaenda kuhondo nokuda kwava Mugabe not kuti vakavonana here kana kwete. nhasi uno vanhu vadiki vanokura vane chido chikuchengeta nyika yavo coz of Mugabe history. nokuda kwava Mugabe' s publicity mai Mujuru vakafadzwa navo vakati ndoda kusongana nemunhu uyu vakaenda kuhondo. kana uchida kuvona tiza Mugabe kana tsvangirai nyika inokuramba mai mujuru love Mugabe and joined liberation struggle.
I think the time has come for Zimbos to define our destiny. We either take this opportunity to choose who we want to lead the country post Mugabe or we stay with the same for another 34 years. Attendance of rallies of the two should send a clear message who has the people.
lets not argue much about grace and mai mujuru because severalpeople have dreamt sydney sekramayi ruling zimbabwe after mugabe. its all done and said....but he will be a worse ruler than the current one. WATCH SEKERAMAYi. he will take over soon. be prepared to die if you are lazy and corrupt because the man is srious. people who live in differnt regions can not have the same dreams about the same man. remember joseph and pharoah
@taurai Musona even knows when Amai is going to toilet, clever Musona. He seems to be knowing every politician. He appreciates, know one likes know one but himself.
VIVA TEURAI ROPA NHONGO MUJURU pasi nana mafikizolo
ndoo kuti amai zvee uku...
makorokoto amai mujuru musapedzwe simba,masvika.
@Sdazo - idiot - yes I know all the Zimbabwean politicians. What is so strange about that? I read the newspapers, surf the Internet, I have got a TV, cellphone and radio. Brainless idiot.
"The massive graduation party attended by thousands of people from around the country". This is unbelievable, such a statement or acknowledgement concerning a ZANU PF figure coming from dailynews. I smell a rotten rat.
@Sdazo - I also know when your mother is going to the lavatory. Idiot.
@sdazo where were you all along musona achikuvadza vana nenhema? ishuwa anoziva zvakataurwa namai mujuru such that zvavakasiirira vakazozvi taura anogona kuti kunyepa nekuti anoziva zvese including what she has not said. hakuna munhu anogona kutaura history yake yese even in a book. she may have chosen to give the nation more personal information about her life. how does one conclude that the is lieing? only the one with all the details of the person's life can make such claims. only mr musona has that capability. kudos to musona.
Well befitting for Presidential material keep up the spirit mother.The weevils are coming home to roast come Congress unless otherwise they become some sorts of magicians
whatever the direction our beautiful country take we still need to be serious and think positively. start your own business venture and we @ Flixcom Solutions will help you register a company here in Zimbabwe. we will assist you in everything that is required under Zimbabwean laws for you to start operating. call us on 0771 419294 or 0776 228 760 email firstname.lastname@example.com
God is able kneel down and pray daughter of the soil lord god lead us forever
Looks like Joyce Mujuru has benefited from the death of her husband, not only materially but also politically. She has a lot of sympathetic support, inside and outside ZANU PF, so it has become very difficult for Mugabe to remove her without splitting the party for over.A split ZANU PF will mean enormous insecurity for his family which he will leave behind shortly. For the benefit of his family, Mugabe needs to leave behind a united ZANU PF because it can only be a united ZANU PF which can protect Garace and his children, including the illgotten wealth
Musona, does one have to talk to you to encourage you to do something? You can be encouraged by one's action and resolve to do something. So that is another way of encouraging someone. I do not see anything wrong.
Musona pliz pasi ne hate language asi hauna mafacts here? why do u behave like grace in hating others ? people are only saying mujuru fought the liberation struggle and was mature in her response to Grace.hapana akachena kuZPF its all corruption and junk.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Happy Easter
I hope you are all enjoying your Easter break so far. It's certainly lovely to be out of the school routine & relaxing lots with the family. Excitement is rising here today with the arrival of the Easter bunny not far away now :)
I finally got around to doing my card for this weeks CPS sketch, last night.
This is sketch #110.
And this is my take on it.
I've used some Prima papers, Crate diecuts & an Autumn Leaves chipboard journaling panel.
I also wanted to tell you about a great event coming up on the Cuttlebug Challenges blog.
They are having an online Spa retreat with loads of fun, challenges & prizes & I can't wait, it sounds like a fantastic event.
Check out all the info at Cuttlebug Challenges.
Wishing you all a very safe, joyous & fun Easter :)
7 comments:
- Melissa said...
Happy Easter Julie, DH, DS and DD from all of us in the far north of Qld.Boys are getting excited about the bunny arriving tomorrow morning too.No doubt it will be another early rise.Hope the Easter Bunny doesn't forget you and DH!!!!
Have a lovely family day out tomorrow too.
Love, Mel xo
- April 11, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Ceci said...
I think my kids have forgotten about the easter bunny coming! lol...I love your card Jewls..just beautiful. Must check out that cuttlebug challenge, thanks for the info. :D
- April 11, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- Chloe said...
Happy Easter! Can't wait to see you all tomorrow!
Love your card!
- April 11, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- Suzanne said...
Your card looks fantastic. I hope you have a wonderful Easter and Easter Bunny brings some lovely surprises.
Yeh to school holidays for me too, I love having no routine.
- April 11, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- Melanie Baldry said...
Happy Easter :)
- April 12, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Allison said...
Terrific creation!
- April 13, 2009 at 12:39 AM
- Leah said...
Gorgeous card, Jewls!
Will have to go check out that Cuttlebug challenge for sure. Thanks for the link.
Hope you had a fantastic Easter!
- April 13, 2009 at 9:04 AM


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Bayside, Maine: A Refreshing Reminder of a Simpler Time
Monday, July 20, 2009; 5:03 PM
There is no grocery store if you run out of milk halfway through Sunday breakfast. The only gas station is a mile out of town. And if you want high-speed Internet access, a jury-rigged antenna hitting a relay beacon across Penobscot Bay brings spotty service at best. The tiny Victorian village of Bayside also has no movie theaters, tourist shops, restaurants or hotels.
That's what makes it the perfect vacation place.
On a cool, foggy June morning last year, I took a walk with my 3-year-old son down Cobe Road, both of us still in pajamas. A vibrantly green, vine-tangled forest guarded both sides of the unpaved road, with Boston fern, lupine and azaleas spilling down to the water in a cascade of color. We followed a sound that to my city ear sounded like a hungry moose. Instead, we discovered a tiny pond full of baritone bullfrogs the size of my hand, croaking in the mist that wavered and then disappeared into the still morning.
Nearby, in a copse of pine trees, a glistening gray stone angel kept watch over a tiny garden with a plaque that read: "John Coughlin Memorial Park, 1954-1999." I sat on one of the two plastic chairs there and wondered who else came to visit with ghosts. As my son poked around the water's edge, I realized that on this Monday morning I had not yet heard one car or seen another person sharing my perfect peace.
Bayside is a throwback to a less frenzied era. The village began as a Methodist camp in the 1850s, when thousands of faithful from around New England gathered each summer on 30 acres of oceanfront to eat, pray and socialize. Then, horse-drawn wagons clogged the dirt roads, steamers disgorged passengers at the dock, and the temporary campgrounds soon were built into permanent cottages. Now, village zoning regulations ban commercial development and the only businesses in town are a real-estate agency that was grandfathered in and the Northport Yacht Club, headquartered in a tiny, weathered, one-room shack next to the pier. There are no billboards, no stoplights and only one stop sign.
I did not come to Bayside as an accidental tourist. Jerry Savitz, one of the town's 50 or so year-round residents, is my husband's second cousin, and 15 years ago my husband's family bought a lovely old home built in 1917 called Bayview Farms. We now spend two weeks there every year. Each summer, Savitz watches this hidden hamlet's population swell to more than 300. The town, he says, stays in the past by choice. "We're very protective of the fact that we can have kids go down on the dock and don't have to worry about 'em," he said while eating homemade rhubarb pie in the house where he grew up.
The Bayside community, officially part of the town of Northport, is tucked away just off coastal Route 1, about 15 miles north of the bustling tourist town of Camden. The most picturesque way in is via Shore Road, with its gentle roller-coaster waves and arched tree canopy. While out for a run one day, I rounded a bend to find a pristine Model A Ford truck puttering slowly toward me. The driver was a senior citizen who gave me a nod as he passed. As I watched him disappear into the gauzy day, I felt, with my iPod and bright orange running shoes, like a time traveler from the future.
That aura of being frozen in the past is what pulls travelers back to Bayside year after year. Some of the 100-year-old houses have been passed down through several generations. Lori Burbank Darnell's grandparents bought the 1906 waterfront, blue-shingled Burbank Cottage in 1939 for $1,600, after her mortician grandfather struck up a friendship with a casket salesman who had married the owners' daughter.
Darnell, who lives in North Carolina, was watching her kids scoop giant hen clams the size of softballs out of the still water in front of her cottage the morning I met her. I asked her about the history of her house. "My grandmother left it to her kids and grandkids, so there are now seventeen owners," she told me. "The scheduling gets complicated, but we're just humbled to have it."
Darnell remembers both her grandparents' and her parents' 50th wedding anniversary parties at the cottage. Dozens of people camped on the lawn, a DJ played Ella Fitzgerald and Cole Porter, and four generations of Burbanks danced under the stars, fireflies lighting up the lawn that slopes to the sea. Life in Bayside, she says, feels simple. "Homemade ice cream, lobster feasts, gathering at the piano, playing hide-and-seek in the dark with flashlights, softball games on the lawn," she added, and turned to look with a particular kind of longing up the rickety wooden staircase leading to her home.
Inside the house, her grandmother's ancient piano, with several broken keys, was crowded against a wall, and the home's original leaded-glass windows refracted sunlight onto the well-worn wood floors. In the kitchen, an old, defunct sky-blue stove looked much more at home than did the two laptop computers on the dining room table.
Renting one of these "camps"-- the Maine term for a small cottage -- or the handful of larger, more luxurious homes in Bayside, is the only option for tourists, because the only hotel ever built in town, the Northport Inn, burned to the ground in 1919. The cottages' gingerbread trim, whitewashed wraparound porches and colors that look stolen right out of a rainbow are charming, but inside some of these tiny Victorian homes, washing machines are a luxury, old floors list or buckle, and original claw-foot tubs have squeaky, leaky faucets. The originality doesn't annoy, though; it simply makes Bayside feel authentic. So do the cottages' funky, funny names.


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text: I posted my 2 cents in regards to the Gemmed game having the colors changed due to color blindness for some people and it got me to thinking that most of the games are geared for right handed people in regards to controls, primary buttons, etc. Probably most lefties don't notice because we conform to these games but I noticed when I'm playing some word games I'll find myself reaching across the screen to tap a button instead of my right hand thereby blocking my view and if done repeatedly it gets to be annoying. I noticed Internal Force actually had an option for left or right handed playing and would like to see this implemented more so (if possible) in future games. Wondered if anyone else has any minor grievances with some games caused by being left handed? And if there game play would improve if had an option to use left handed controls as an alternative?


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Throughout Monday I received but four phone calls asking me to do some electrical jobs. However I accepted none of them for they were either too large, too far away for the job to be cost-effective or asking me to repair specialist equipment in hairdressing establishments and houses. I hadn't any work at all to do on Monday and only one job in the pipeline at that time which was scheduled for Wednesday. I was contacted about that job and was asked if I could reschedule the work for the following Wednesday instead. Very little work could be done on the bedroom project except applying the top coat of gloss paint to the woodwork but E wouldn't hear of it as she wants to do that work herself; she has after all done all the preparation and undercoating of the woodwork so is entitled to have first choice. The only other work left to do besides perhaps changing the radiator control valve which requires a drain-down or partial drain-down of the system in order to do it, is screwing down the loose floorboards. That will only take an hour at most so as far as the project is concerned for me it is finished until the furniture has been constructed in a few week's time. The weather has been wet and windy, though not as bad as it has been in the south of the country but nevertheless not nice for working outside. There are one or two jobs I would like to get done in the garden before the onset of Spring, pruning back some of the trees and digging out a few plants or resiting them. The weather is too poor at the moment so I have to wait. Things haven't worked out as I had planned last year in one or two areas and had they done so I would have something to do in my at-home spare time, things like the outside toilet project which as yet has not really been started. The only thing preventing that work from getting underway is having a new opening for a door to be knocked out and an original doorway blocked up. That work could have been done in the Summer had E's nephew found the time to do it for us. Maybe this year it will get done if all goes well and of course we have the funds to do it. At this moment all I want is four calls for work which I am happy to undertake. I have the rest of the week for it to happen!
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2G scam: Kanimozhi appears before court, seeks bail1 min read . Updated: 06 May 2011, 12:37 PM IST
2G scam: Kanimozhi appears before court, seeks bail
2G scam: Kanimozhi appears before court, seeks bail
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi on Friday appeared before a special court, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman.
43-year-old Kanimozhi appeared along with Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar, another accused in the case. The third accused, Cineyug Films director Karim Morani, who too had been summoned, however, sought exemption from appearance on medical grounds.
Soon after the court proceedings began, senior advocate and former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani filed a bail plea on her behalf contending that she "has no role, whatsoever, in the scam."
He contended that apart from having a 20% stake in Kalaignar TV, she does not have any role in running its day-to-day affairs.
She is neither a board member nor had attended any board meeting of the channel, said Jethmalani, adding that being a woman she deserves to be granted bail.
As Jethmalani argued for her, Kanimozhi looked calm and composed. The argument on her bail plea, besides proceedings relating to other accused, who appeared in the court were continuing.


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Legitimate Business Opportunities
I have been writing about my own home business (Premier Cashback) for several weeks now – to get information about it here on my blog.
So in the interests of impartiality, it's time to look at some other legitimate home businesses that I can recommend with confidence because of either their longevity, and/or because I know the distributor promoting the MLM.
But first, for anyone who has stumbled onto the post outside my regular visitors, a quick reminder of why you would want to start a home business.
Start A Home Business
There are many reasons for wanting to start a home business:
- More freedom and flexibility
- Quit the daily commute
- The chance to be paid what you're worth
- Do what YOU want to do, not what a boss wants you to do
- Build your own wealth, not someone else's
- Work from home to care for a young, or elderly, family member
- Redundancy or just can't find the right job
Whatever your reason, there are many ways to work from home, and I've covered some of them in earlier posts. But for today I want to focus in on network marketing (MLM).
I have written earlier about the pros and cons of network marketing, and there's still no doubt in my mind that – if you choose the opportunity that's right for your circumstances, and stick with it – MLM can be a very low risk way to start an extremely lucrative new career.
Take my long-time friend Roy Strong…. Roy was one of the earliest people I met in network marketing. I have known him for about 17 years now, going right back to the time when he ran his own extremely successful perfume business.
Then he turned to networking / MLM, still within the perfume industry, and has been spectacularly successful, building a huge team within the FM Group for almost 10 years. Please take note that Roy has consistently built his business in the perfume industry for 17+ years, including 10 years with the same company (FM Group) to achieve the success he deserves. He didn't buy any "one-click-wonder" software – he grafted consistently and built a team!
I'm hoping I can catch Roy between overseas trips to add a comment on this blog about how success in his networking business has changed his life. He's now the most successful networker I know personally, yet Roy has never stopped being a real friend. About a week ago he rang me just for a chat and it was great to catch up on old times and mutual friends from those 17 years.
I'm a happy FM perfume and cosmetics customer, but I couldn't give the business the time it deserved for various reasons that were problems with "me", not the business.
So I'm happy to recommend the FM Group network marketing business to anyone ready to put in some time and effort; and you won't find a better sponsor than Roy, or one of his leaders. You can read more about the FM business below.
FM Group – Perfumes, Cosmetics and Household Products
FM Group has fabulous ranges of FM perfume, skin care, body care and spa products, as well as FM Cosmetics, FM For Home products and delicious FM Aurile coffee and tea too. There is no minimum order, just order whenever you wish. It is free to register too.
Based on the simple idea of high quality fragrances and cosmetics at affordable prices, FM Group has over 750,000 men and women around the world who wish to save money on their own purchases and earn money too by recommending our FM perfume, cosmetics and other products to family, friends, colleagues, in fact, everyone they know!
Check out Julita Habet and Roy Strong's website FMPerfumeGroup.co.uk here.
Other Legitimate Business Opportunities
Another long-term friend business and networking of mine is Tom Gibson. We chat regularly on the phone about business, dogs and the world in general. Tom is a great networker too and has promoted the Traffic Wave auto-responder for many years.
TrafficWave Autoresponder
As well as being an essential tool for any business, Traffic Wave has a very lucrative network-marketing style compensation plan attached. So Tom is building a networking business with the TrafficWave MLM, as well as using it in his Internet Marketing business.
This is a shrewd move because the auto-responder is one of the last tools any serious online marketer will give up.
TrafficWave was founded in the year 2000 to develop and manage AutoResponder technology for small and medium sized businesses and now has customers in over 140 different countries. Again note the longevity of this networking business.
You can take a free trial of TrafficWave HERE.
However, of late, Tom's attention has been caught by another network marketing business. He only joined it a few days ago, but it looks very exciting. (Tom's enthusiasm encouraged me to become a playing member!)
LottoSpring – Social Lotto Game
Lottery Players can enjoy being part of this fun business and have the chance to win Cash Prizes in the world's most winnable social lotto game. Use people power to beat the odds, and benefit from the company's social media marketing campaign to track and re-target potential players.
€ 33 Per month or free if you introduce 3 paying friends
- Millions in prizes every month (jackpots insured)
- 8 entries per month for personal prizes
- Up to 400 entries per month for Jackpot prizes
- No product training necessary – everyone knows what a lottery is!
Click here for free information from Tom Gibson or register at > LottoSpring.
(Sorry, not available in USA, France. and just a few other countries.)
Premier Cashback
My own home business is Premier Cashback <<link best viewed on a mobile device.
It is networking for the time and/or budget challenged!
- World-wide business
- One-time purchase (minimum £50+P&P) qualifies you for cashback from our retail partners
- No monthly purchase commitment
- No sales targets – keep any rank attained forever
- Earnings for active and passive members (Disclaimer – passive members are relying on other people's efforts to earn them an income, which can take a long time BUT you will have the product you purchased. For faster results – build an active team.)
- Unparalleled support available within our private Facebook group
Check out the information on my mobile site JoyHealey.net and register for a free account if you'd like me to add you to the Facebook group for more information.
Promoting Your MLM Business Here
Just because an MLM isn't in my list doesn't mean it's a scam. Far from it. There are so many legitimate business opportunities I couldn't begin to review and list them all.
So if you have a product based networking business, please feel free to comment, including your affiliate link, and tell us how long you've been involved and what success you have had. I'm not looking for affiliate marketing links, advertising or training type programs today – nothing against them, it's just that I want this post to focus on product based MLMs.
Please share this post on social media to celebrate the success of these long established legitimate businesses and my friends who have worked so consistently over the years.


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This dress looks better in real life and not like a maternity outfit, I promise. The print on this Garden Lace dress from Anthropologie is very me, old fashioned floral, but I was originally concerned with the length. Now that I have embraced leggings, I can pretty much go any length of skirt now.
On Halloween it was pouring rain during my sister's birthday lunch at a local restaurant. Despite the cold and wet, I just was not in the mood for jeans. I really wanted to float in as I mentioned before, as an artsy looking teacher lady and eat food without that pressure of a button and zipper.
Honestly, for a stormy day and a ladies lunch with family and close friends, this long blouse with leggings was fine. But I would reconsider this look for other public outings. Maybe there is a little too much leggings as pants action going on here, but when leggings are worn with a dress or skirt, it's more of a fashion do in my opinion.
My ballerina flats are my Jessica Simpson Leve style from Macys.
The floral blouse is an older Isaac Mizrahi from QVC and the necklace is an older Rachel Zoe for QVC.
The red reading glasses are part of a three pack from Costco that also come with black and brown. They have a cute rhinestone detail.


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Blackpool have accepted a bid from Cardiff for Thomas Ince, according to manager Paul Ince.
The 21-year-old is one of the most sought-after players in the Championship after making his name as a goalscoring midfielder at Bloomfield Road.
Cardiff are looking to strengthen their squad after promotion to the Barclays Premier League, but Paul Ince reckons it is only "50-50" his son will move on.
"Cardiff have come in massively for Thomas, the chairman's accepted the offer," he said in an interview with Blackpool's official Youtube channel.
"I'm not sure what the offer is because I've been away, but that's been accepted, so it's a case of when he comes back next week, Thomas, we'll sit down and see what he wants to do."
Blackpool have been on warm weather training in Portugal, but Thomas Ince was given extra time off because of his involvement with England Under-21s and is not due back at the club until a week on Monday.
Paul Ince added: "He loves it here. He said to me, 'I'm in no rush to get to the Premiership, I'm in no rush to leave Blackpool.
"I think it's 50-50 at the moment. It's a tricky one for me because obviously you want your son to be playing in the Premiership, but you obviously want your son to be playing with you.
"I feel as far as improvement there's still a long way for Thomas to go and will he get that if he went to the Premiership? I'm not too sure. I know what he needs because he's grown up with me. Another year wouldn't hurt him at Blackpool."


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100% pure silk satin, georgette, chiffon, organza, tulle, dupion, voile, jersey, taffetas...
Pure silk – quality pure silk, that is – is coveted worldwide for good reason, which is why many will pay the price for a quality silk. A quality, "fine" silk has been processed in such a way ensures that the fabric breathes beautifully and is less likely to go static. On the contrary, a cheap silk – and there are some very cheap silks available in larger chain fabric retail stores – will behave like a polyester or nylon fabric; they don't breathe (like plastic) and have a high likelihood of going static. Not only that, the colours of cheap silk always look glarey and tacky and don't have the class and style of fine quality silks. And to top it all off, cheap silks- like polyesters - retain body odours...which is not an attractive quality!
There is a common misunderstanding amongst customers who don't have much experience with fabric, in that many believe "silk" means shiny finish. This is false. silk is an actual fibre which fabric is made of, which can be finished as a shiny or matt or semi-matt fabric. Examples of different types of silk that d'Italia standardly stocks include:
- Pure silk satins (glossy finish), in a range of weights such as light-weight satin, crepe satin, duchess satin and queen satin
- Pure silk satin chiffons (super sheer with a lovely sheen)
- Pure silk georgettes (semi-sheer with a matt finish)
- Pure silk voiles (semi-sheer with a sheen and body)
- Pure silk organzas (semi-sheer with a sheen and firmness)
- Pure silk tulles (super fine, stocking-like and weightless)
- Pure silk stretch silks (solid semi-matt with a lovely drape and no-crush feature)
- Pure silk dupions (semi-matt firm, papery feel)
- Pure silk taffetas (semi-matt firm, papery feel, smooth texture)
- Pure silk brocades (firm self-patterned or printed)
- Pure silk suitings (firm plain silks with a little bit of texture)
All of the above come in either a wide array of plain colours – including beautiful subtle bridal colours - and there is always a range of current-season designer prints available in limited lengths which cannot be re-ordered and are, as such, exclusive and highly sought after.


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Sunday, January 13, 2013
2 Months!
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Babies are Blessings
On January 6th, Preston was blessed. We had him all dressed in white and comfy cozy. We had family and friends from all over come to watch him be blessed. Chad did a nice job. Afterwards, we all gathered at my parents house for a luncheon and spent time playing and enjoying everyone's company.
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Ending 2012
After Christmas, things were still very busy because, let's be honest, I don't have this whole mother of three thing down. I feel like I am barely treading water most of the time!
Me: Mmm, Micah, I like the dark ones the best.
Micah: Mom, do you remember when you bought us Lucky Charms and you told us we couldn't eat it if we were only going to eat the marshmallows?
Me: Yeah.
Micah: Well, you can't eat my popcorn if you are only going to eat the dark pieces.
Me: (Cracking up) Oh Micah, you are funny!
Micah: I'm serious.
I love that he is serious about his food. You have to respect that!
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