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Sunday, 16 December 2012
FFM-not so much
FFM, the acronym for female, female, male. Who knew? Erotic authors and readers know. MM (male, male) sells well, as does MMM or MFM, or MMF. FFM, not so much. It took not a little courage to write this novel, and I leaned on my gay friends not a little! One of them told me that heterosexual women read gay erotica featuring men a whole lot but aren't as interested in FF. I guess when I thought about it I wasn't either. Except Jackie and her girl Ashley had to be written. Jackie also loves Alistair, so we have that triangle as well...I loved writing this book and to date those who read it loved it too. I begged the cover artist not to make the hero prevalent and bless him, he didn't. Not that Alistair isn't dominant. He most definitely is, and how this relationship sorted itself out was sweet. I don't know if I'll write this configuration again, but I'm glad I tried it once. Oh, and there's a nice doggie too.
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LINCOLN, Cathederal- misericords.
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For our March visit we visited Lincoln Cathedral and were shown the misericords in St Hugh's Choir. These are the hinged medieval oak wooden seats in the choir stalls with intricate carvings on the underside. There was widespread destruction of religious buildings throughout the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII, but fortunately most of these wooden carvings escaped damage.
There are 92 misericords in the Cathedral. Most of them do not depict religious scenes, but scenes of agricultural workers, craftsmen, foliage and flowers, and animals.
The misericords and their history were explained to us by a knowledgeable Cathedral guide. When the hinged seats were in the upright position the occupants would be seen to be standing, although actually were supported by the upright seat. This was very useful during long services!
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What Your Bankruptcy Lawyer Will Do For You
What happens when you file bankruptcy, and what will your bankruptcy lawyer do for you throughout that process? If you have never dealt with bankruptcy or even the court system, you may feel lost. It is important to understand what happens when you file bankruptcy, however, so that you can fully comprehend your rights and responsibilities. This is where an experienced bankruptcy lawyer is very helpful, as he or she has done this before and can guide you through every step you must take.
A bankruptcy means test is likely one of the first things your lawyer will help you complete. The bankruptcy means test helps you and your lawyer decide what type of bankruptcy is best for you. If you are below the median income you can qualify for both a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13. While a Chapter 13 will require monthly payments, sometimes in the long run it may be a better option than a Chapter 7.
Through the bankruptcy means test, your lawyer will help you figure out if your income is low enough to file for Chapter 7, or if Chapter 13 is a better option for your situation. Because this determination also depends on things like income and expenses, it is a good idea to get the expert help of your lawyer to complete it.
Filing for bankruptcy involves a lot of paperwork, documentation, and forms, all of which your lawyer will have experience handling. In theory, you could do this yourself, but it will likely take you a long time and cause a lot of frustration. You could also inadvertently make a mistake that would tie your case up in the court system. A lawyer, on the other hand, will have no troubles properly collecting, completing, and filing all necessary documentation with the court, to expedite your case as much as possible.
In general, obtaining a discharge when filing a Chapter 7 without an attorney occurs about 60-70% of the time. With an attorney, that goes up to nearly 100%. What is not reflected in these numbers is whether you were able to save most or all your assets by applying proper exemptions.
Your lawyer will also navigate wage garnishment laws and the manner in which they may apply to you. Wage garnishment laws require your employer to withhold some of your income to pay creditors. In Arizona, there are limits on the amount of money that can be withheld through wage garnishment laws, and filing for bankruptcy should put a halt to these orders. If you are facing wage garnishment, contact your bankruptcy lawyer right away for expert assistance and guidance.
This blog is intended as a general discussion of legal issues and not as a statement of fact, legal advice or a legal opinion. No attorney-client relationship is created by this blog. Do not act or rely upon law-related information in this communication without seeking the advice of an attorney licensed to practice in the relevant area.


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One Week Left Before Supreme Court's Marriage Meeting
Next Monday, September 29, the US Supreme Court will meet in closed session to decide whether to take a marriage case. They're expected to reveal their decision the following week, on October 6, but there's no way to predict what the court will announce.
They could choose one of the seven cases currently pending before them. Those cases originate in Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Indiana, and each presents slightly different issues.
But rulings in all seven cases are generally in agreement that marriage bans are unconstitutional. The justices may therefore delay a decision, in the hopes that a more controversial petition eventually arrives. That option seemed likely to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who revealed last week that the justices might opt to wait.
They could also simply deny all of the petitions, which would allow marriage to start immediately in numerous states. But that seems unlikely: over the past few months, the Supreme Court has imposed stays to prevent the start of marriage until they could issue a nation-wide decision. It would be surprising if they had imposed those stays, simply to overturn them without issuing a decision.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hints at Marriage Decision: 9/22 MNW
Stunning Day in Court for Marriage Equality
Never before has the legal case for nationwide marriage equality seemed stronger than at the recent Federal Court of Appeal's argument in the Indiana and Wisconsin marriage cases. For nearly two hours, the Seventh Circuit panel of three judges, appointed by Presidents Reagan, Clinton and Obama, tore gaping holes in every argument the states' attorneys defending Indiana and Wisconsin's marriage bans offered.
The states' attorneys sometimes appeared at a loss for words or flustered, and the Wisconsin attorney even tried, unsuccessfully, to evade answering one of the Court's questions by suggesting his time was up when it wasn't. One judge referred to various arguments the states made as "feeble," "absurd," "ridiculous" and "pathetic." The states' attorneys came up with nothing credible to defend the bans. When the Court asked Wisconsin's attorney how ending the exclusion of LGBT couples from marriage would harm anyone else, he responded: "…[w]e don't know."
Perhaps the most important aspect of the argument was the respect all three judges evidenced for the dignity of LGBT Americans and their children. For decades, opponents of equality have slandered LGBT Americans by falsely accusing them of being harmful to children — be it Anita Bryant's 1970s "Save the Children" campaigns, or the 2008 Proposition 8 campaign. Last year, the United States Supreme Court, in its decision striking down DOMA, held the opposite: anti-LGBT laws, in fact, harm children of LGBT parents.
The Supreme Court stated that DOMA "humiliates tens of thousands of children now being raised by same-sex couples…mak[ing] it even more difficult for the children to understand the integrity and closeness of their own family and its concord with other families in their community and in their daily lives…" The Seventh Circuit went further, with one judge referring to many of the harms that the states' marriage bans have inflicted on children of LGBT parents as "harrowing" and noting America's history of "savage" discrimination against lesbian and gay people based on "hate."
Indiana and Michigan's attorneys argued that their states could continue to bar same-sex couples from marriage because they claimed the purpose of marriage was to encourage unmarried heterosexuals who engage in sexual activity in which the woman became pregnant to stay together. The Court asked why the states did not criminalize heterosexual "fornication" outside of marriage instead, and it noted that the states' current laws actually penalize LGBT couples who carefully plan their families.
One judge presented data showing that, in fact, from 1990-2009, years in which the same-sex marriage bans were in place, the proportion of out-of-marriage births increased 68 percent in Indiana and 53 percent in Wisconsin, with the out-of marriage birth rate for some demographic profiles over 90 percent. Noting that the states' purported policy of banning same-sex marriage to prevent out-of-marriage births was "pretty unsuccessful," the judge named the states' argument for what it was, an "artificial rationale" to exclude same-sex couples from marriage.
Next up: the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco heard oral arguments in the Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii cases. Stay tuned.
John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney, together for nearly three decades, were plaintiffs in the California case for equal marriage rights decided by the California Supreme Court in 2008. They are leaders in the nationwide grassroots organizationMarriage Equality USA.
* Photo (Below) – Boyack, 91, left, and Dubes, 90, tied the knot Sept. 6 in Iowa.
Proving it's never too late for a white wedding, Vivian Boyack and Alice "Nonie" Dubes were married Sept. 6 after 72 years together.


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There are nine games to cover on Thursday, so let's get right to breaking down the MLB odds closer.
Nine games await us today, with four of those coming in the afternoon. Be on the lookout for early starts for Yankees/Rangers, Tigers/Angels, Brewers/Cubs, and Nationals/Diamondbacks.
Rangers (Holland) vs. Yankees (Hughes)
Covered by Ron Patrick
A nice offensive performance against Andy Pettitte guided the Rangers to a series-evening victory yesterday. Nelson Cruz hit a big home-run and Texas totaled eight runs on 13 hits in the win.
Derek Holland hasn't been nearly as dominant as he was earlier in the season, but on the whole he's still been far more reliable than Phil Hughes, who just gave up 10 hits and five earned runs in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers in his latest assignment.
Indians (Kluber) vs. Orioles (Gonzalez)
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A blown save for Jim Johnson condemned the Orioles to a crushing 4-3 home loss last night. Let's see how they respond against Corey Kluber here as -127 favorites at the top sportsbooks. A Cleveland win is listed at +122.
Kluber has enjoyed a highly effective month, going 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA in four starts. Funnily enough, Baltimore's starter, Miguel Gonzalez, has the exact same numbers in June, so bettors will have an interesting time in making their MLB picks.
Blue Jays (Wang) vs. Red Sox (Lester)
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Jon Lester has been absolutely awful in June, having recorded a 8.44 earned run average in four starts. In 21 and 1/3 innings, he's given up 20 earned runs, including eight home-runs. His overall ERA now stands at 4.57.
Perhaps returning home, where he's 2-0 with a 2.86 ERA on the year, will help the left-hander get back on track. As for the Blue Jays, they have to love what they've gotten out of veteran Chien-Ming Wang, but he'll need to have his best stuff if he wants to corral the Red Sox offense. Boston is favored at -160.
Phillies (Pettibone) vs. Dodgers (Greinke)
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Both Zack Greinke and Jonathan Pettibone are coming off great starts. Greinke shut down the Padres in San Diego, holding them to four hits and one run in a 6-1 win, while Pettibone held the Mets to one run over six innings.
However, glance over the MLB odds and you'll find the Dodgers as the heaviest favorite of the day. They're as high as -185 at certain betting sites, and that number could rise even further if the public picks up steam.
Royals (Guthrie) vs. Twins (Deduno)
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At one point this season, back in early May, Jeremy Guthrie had a 5-0 record and a 2.28 ERA. Since that point, he's gone 2-5 over eight starts and his earned run average has spiked to 4.20, in large part due to getting destroyed by the White Sox (five hits and six runs in 2.1 IP) six days ago.
Luckily for the Royals, Minnesota's Samuel Deduno had a hard time in his latest start too, coughing up six hits and four runs in a 5-1 loss to Cleveland. In a battle featuring two unreliable pitchers, the Twins are -120 favorites.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Whoooo Hoooooo
Let me introduce myself..
I am Adriana, wife to Michael, step mom to a beautiful boy we call "C" and mother to Hendrix.
For years I have a been a freelance fashion writer for numerous blogs and even a couple fashion publications but by far the most challenging and complicated writing endeavor has been this blog. I started it as a form of therapy after my babe almost died in front of me during his birth. Read our birth story below.
This week I have been re-posting my absolute favorite posts for your reading enjoyment. Check them out below. Feel free to leave some love, follow me on Twitter, or maybe both.
I am in the process of making a one year video for my little Henry...check out the teaser for it below. It includes some footage of his first real game of peek a boo and H falling asleep in his lil car.
Hendrix in the month of July from adriana moniz on Vimeo.
So glad to have y'all here!!!!
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Congrats on your very own SITS day!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day!! I'm going to go poke around your blog now but thought I'd say hello before I do!! :)ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day! I'm a new follower!ReplyDelete
And I'm off to go read your fav posts!
Nothing beats being a Mom, eh? =)ReplyDelete
Your little guy is adorable, quite the ham.
Happy SITS day, enjoy!
Happy SITS day. Gonna go look around a minute before I have to head out to work. Hope you have an awesome day.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day. I can't wait to read your story.ReplyDelete
Congrats om your STS Day!! =)ReplyDelete
I know how difficuly your birth must've been. I like the way yo wrote it. I admire your strength an so glad baby Hendrix is alright.
Have a lovely day!
Congrats on your SITS day! I'm looking forward to reading your birth story; I'm so glad it had a happy ending even if it was a bit scary in the moment. Enjoy your special day!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day.ReplyDelete
congrats on your special day! im your newest follower! Come follow me back and lets stay in touch! ;)ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day! Enjoy! New follower - I love your story! :DReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! Enjoy the love you receive today. I just read your birth stories. How scary!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day!! What an amazing story you have. Off to poke around now... :) Have a great day!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day! I just read your birth story, both parts. Your writing is amazing. I've had 5 children so I have birth experience to go upon, and that combined with the way you write- wow, I feel that I am right there with you, and my heart breaks for you. My worst fears are put into words right there. Your son is beautiful, I love his big blue eyes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Congrats on your sits day. Really like the name of your blog and the photos.ReplyDelete
thanks everyone!! so glad to have you all here : )ReplyDelete
Congrats on your big day. The pictures on here are amazing!ReplyDelete
Dropping by from SITS to wish you a happy SITS day!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS day!ReplyDelete
I completely get the blog-for-free-therapy factor. I too have nearly lost my own babies at birth and have now lost 'my' babies that I care for. Not much else taxes the human spirit.
Having watched my baby die, at one month, in front of me, I understand completely. I am dreading but looking forward to reading your story.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day.
Oh my goodness! I just finished reading parts 1 and 2 of your birth story and it is incredible. I'm so glad that everything was okay in the end. Just to write that must have been difficult! I will definitely be following you.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS day! I look forward to reading your blog.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! I just read your birth story, and now I am sitting here crying! Great post. Your baby is beautiful!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS day!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SiTs day! Im glad everything turned out for the best for you and your baby.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day! So far your blog looks amazing.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day! Loving your blog--new follower! =)ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day! Your story is amazing. What a blessing your son has been!!!ReplyDelete
congrats on ur day. ur birth story touched me so much....much love. im ur newest follower!ReplyDelete
congrats on your SITS day! i just read your birth story and could feel your pain as i was reading. my last baby was in NICU for a week-had to be taken from the hospital he was born in to another-i will never forget them telling me they were taking him. you have a beautiful son.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day! I will be reading your blog. I am a fellow Boston blogger and looking forward to Bloggy Boot Camp in Boston next year.ReplyDelete
You have such a sweet little baby! Those eyes are precious and remind me of my little boys :-)ReplyDelete
I'm excited to read your fav. posts!
Happy SITS Day!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS, I love the pictures on your blog!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day!ReplyDelete
Looooooooooooved the video!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you were featured today - congrats. It cracked me up to read your experiences in going reaching motherhood! Your pictures are wonderful and what a cutie you have there. No wonder he turned your world upside-down.!ReplyDelete
Happy Sits day! What an awesome idea with the video. That will be a treasure.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day! I really enjoy your blog, and I hope it's helped as therapy. You do a fantastic job!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 8:12 AM
Happy SITS day! Read your birth story, both parts. Fantastic writing, I could feel myself there... what trauma, what joy!ReplyDelete
Congrats on being feature blogger today! I love your blog! It is so fun to read!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! Your blog is sweet. And the baby--ahh.ReplyDelete
Grats on your SITS day :DReplyDelete
So you'll never guess how I found you so I want start with that....ReplyDelete
Love the video! So sweet and fleeting in its beauty, like baby-daom, you captured that, truely!
I joined! can't wait to see the rest of the video on its completion!
Congrats on your SITS Day - I look forward to reading more about you and your beautiful family!ReplyDelete
Amber :)
Happy SITS day and congratulations! I would love to exchange fashion and beauty information with you at some point!ReplyDelete
Your baby is adorable! He has the biggest eyes!
- Shelli :)
Congratulations on your SITs feature! I hope you enjoy your day in the sun:-)ReplyDelete
Stopping by from SITS to have a look around. The blogs about the birth of your baby were so moving. My son's birth wasn't so traumatic for me as he was a c-section, but I remember so well that he couldn't breathe. They brought him to me, rubbed his little foot against my face and rushed him to NICU while I lay there trying to sort it out through my groggy mind. It was so frightening and it was 5 days before I saw him again. He's 29 now and very healthy!ReplyDelete
I was a new mother's group, I remember a woman saying that all mother's should share their birth story over and over and to anyone who will listen because it is the most love.trauma.joy.pain. transcendent experience of our lifetime. I agree and adored reading yours as terrifying as it was. Happy ending and all.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 8:50 AM
what a beautiful blog.... and baby! Love your July video and all the photos you've got in each post. Happy SITS day!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Happy SITS Day! I just read your son's birth story and found myself reading very far back. I loved the way you wrote about it...I just kept reading and reading. He is so beautiful!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your SITS day! YAY!!ReplyDelete
I love how your personal therapy turned into an awesome blog!! Good for you!
H is a beautiful little boy.. oh those cheeks!! =) Have a fabulous Sits day!ReplyDelete
Good morning! What fabulous pictures of your little cutie!! Congrats on your sits day!!ReplyDelete
Awwwww... Hendrix is too darn cute!!! Congrats on your SITS day btw! Enjoy it!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS Day!! Enjoy it!ReplyDelete
Wow you've got a quite a story...and you tell it beautifully! Off to check it out. Enjoy your SITS day!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! I'm off to read some of your favorites now!ReplyDelete
What a cutie!! Cracked up at him falling asleep at the end of the video. LOLReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day!!!
Aww your little one is adorable!! Love the photo on your button!! Congrats on your SITS day! New follower so I can find my way back!!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS Day!! I look forward to exploring your blog a little more - looks fabulous so far!!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your SITS day, but don't let all the comments go to your head!ReplyDelete
LOVE your header...so cute!
Happy SITs Day! I just read your birth story. WOW! I am so glad he is OK!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day!ReplyDelete
Adorable video. How did you get him to time his falling asleep in the car to the music? ha ha!
here from SITS! Enjoying your blog and so glad Hendrix turned out perfect.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day - nice to meet you :) That video is such a great idea, I'm sure he'll love watching it when he's older. Are you going to do one every year?ReplyDelete
Your pictures are amazing—what a gorgeous baby!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day! You're son is gorgeous! Looking forward to checking out your blog . ..ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS day. What a beautiful baby! I just read your birth story posts and was blown away by them. I'm so glad the story had a happy ending.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your day to Shine with SITS!ReplyDelete
Hendrix is adorable. What a wonderful blessing.
I am thrilled that you were featured today, because I just read your birth story and my heart moved mountains. You are a wonderful writer! I am now following!! Have an awesome SITS day :)ReplyDelete
Read your two-part birth story and was amazed at the skill and beauty of your words. I don't believe I've read another that is so poetic and yet so very very real. Thanks.ReplyDelete
hello! sending you love from austria. found your blog via SITS. really beautiful blog you have here, wonderful true and honest words.ReplyDelete
Congrats! Your baby is so cute. And what a birthing story. Wow!ReplyDelete
happy SITS day! i love your header, and your photography in general!ReplyDelete
So glad that SITS featured you today! I used to be a fashion copywriter and my husband also DJs, so I feel like I found my mom blogger soulmate or something. Hendrix has amazing eyes! Love the footage of him dozing off in his car.I look forward to getting to know your blog better.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day!!ReplyDelete
Happy Sits day! Your boy has the most amazing blue eyes! I'm off to read your birth story but I hope you enjoy your day!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Happy SITS Day! I hope you enjoy it.ReplyDelete
Your little boy is so cute. Love those big blue eyes!
Adriana, Congratulations on your SITS day! Thank you for sharing your blog, your life, and your video ~ we're so lucky to be living in an age that allows us to record all those wonderful moments! Those baby giggles are the absolute best music in the universe! I'm following your blog, and look forward to reading the rest of your featured posts! Best, Jenn/Rook No. 17ReplyDelete
OH- your birth story gave me the chills and made me tear up. I had a completely controlled c-section (she wouldn't budge) and the circumstances were COMPLETELY different, but...I think any Mom would be hard-pressed to not think about what a miracle havin' a kiddo is and how her personal story was simply kinda incredible.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day from Chicago,
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Happy SITS Day!ReplyDelete
What an adorable boy you've got there! Love the idea of monthly videos!ReplyDelete
Nice to "meet" you! Congrats on your feature!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your SITS day!ReplyDelete
My apologies if this posts more than once. I got a message saying "Service Unavailable" and tried again.
Happy SITS... I like your post with the setting of the hotel.ReplyDelete
Neat that it goes through different times.
I thought it was a beautiful post.
Definitely touched me.
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 3:03 PM
Happy SITS day :)ReplyDelete
I just read all of your birth story and about the ghost limb. I cried... You're a beautiful writer. I look forward to reading more from you <3
Happy SITS day! Following you on Twitter!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! I work in a NICU and reading your story puts what the parents go through into such perspective. Your son an adorable NICU grad! Best of luck to you.ReplyDelete
Hope you had an amazing SITS day and got a lot of new followers! You have great pix and are a great writer! hendrix (great name) is a doll!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day to you! Your blog is obviously a labor of love. Your writing is just amazing. I wish you and your family all the best after all of the troubles you have been through.ReplyDelete
What an amazing birth story! I am so glad that it had a happy ending. From a mom that does natural labors, and epidurals that don't work. I could totally relate!ReplyDelete
Your writing and description is amazing.
Happy Sits day. I think your awesome!
Congrats, Adriana! Happy SITS day. Intrigued by your birth story. Off to read it now.ReplyDelete
Adrianna, I really like the feel of your blog and your writing. I can also relate to finding myself completely different than I imagined thanks to becoming a mother.ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day!
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Happy SITS Day. Your blog is amazing and your son is absolutely adorable.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your very own SITS Day!ReplyDelete
Congrats and Happy SITS Day! I'm glad Hendrix (love that name) made it and is the source of tremendous joy in your life.ReplyDelete
You have taken a potentially traumatic story and turned it into a loving celebration of life and love. Kudos and keep blogging!
You are fabulous! I need to read more.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day SO glad I found you.
Congrats, Adriana! Happy SITS day. Your writing is amazing. :)ReplyDelete
I love the photos on your site! Happy SITS day!ReplyDelete
Happy SITS day! I am so excited, your blog is the first one that I was already following before you had your day... I feel like I found you first! LOL! I love your blog, read it often and your son is absolutely precious.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Congrats on being Saucy today. I actually read your birth story first, and it was gripping. You are a talented writer!ReplyDelete
You blog is a breath of fresh air! Congrats on your SITS day...and might I mention you have the cutest little kiddo ever {I mean besides my two girls. Wink} Now, I'm going to check out more stuff on your blog.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your SITS day (sorry I'm a big late)! I can't wait to get caught up so I can look through some of your other posts!ReplyDelete
YAY! congrats on your SITS day! i'm not gonna lie... i'm glad you have a baby blog... i looove me my baybee blogs right now. my little dude is 6.5 months. so. much. fun. i love your photography and am definitely looking forward to connecting more. enjoy your spesh day and revel in all the SITS goodness. xxReplyDelete
I'm a new follower ... and you have a really cute little midget :)ReplyDelete


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The Arthur Miller parable about the Salem witch hunts in 1692 has a run starting Friday through Sept. 28 at the Studio One Theatre on Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus.
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VIDEO: Woman rescued by Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics Saturday after she fell through the ice at Tom T. Hamilton Reservoir, Palatine.
Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:14 p.m. Saturday to a report of person that fell through the ice at John T. Hamilton Reservoir, 1037 North Smith Street. Emergency responders received a report that the victim was a female, and was hanging on to a sheet of ice in the water in the southwest corner of the reservoir near the pump house. Police and firefighter/paramedics rescued the woman from the water by about 4:22 p.m. Saturday.
Palatine police officer Dave Brandwein and police assistant Kevin Freese were first on the scene and approached the victim — spreading out their surface area and body weight by crawling toward the victim and hoping not to crack the edges of the ice. Brandwein and Freese were able to pull the victim from the water without falling through the ice.
Firefighter/paramedics transported the woman to a local hospital in apparently good condition. Afterwards police, firefighters and a family member were working to get the woman's dog off of the ice.Weather Data for Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
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Stephen LendmanMore About: United States
Interference in America's Electoral Process
Interference in America's Electoral Process
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman)
Interference is internal, not external - not by Russia or other foreign sources, as falsely claimed.
US deep state power brokers decide who'll hold all key government posts. Voters have no say whatever.
Elections in America are exercises in deception, especially for the nation's highest office - future incumbents carefully vetted to assure they'll continue dirty business as usual. Independent thinkers and social democrats aren't considered presidential material.
Duopoly power runs things. Republicans and undemocratic Dems take turns controlling the executive and congressional branches of government.
Trump wasn't elected president for being anti-establishment. He didn't become a billionaire by being a good guy.
Ignore political rhetoric. It's unrelated to longstanding US policies - dirty business continuity regardless of what's said on the stump.
Trump supports making America great again exclusively for Wall Street, war profiteers, other corporate predators, and super-rich households - no one else.
So did Obama, Bush/Cheney, and the Clintons. Democracy in America is pure fantasy. It's always been this way.
Powerful monied interests run things for their own self-interest. Same old, same old wins every time elections are held - a farcical process, not a legitimate one.
Why would any foreign power try interfering in America's electoral process when most often there's not a dime's worth of difference between candidates for the nation's highest office and top congressional posts?
No Russian interference occurred in the 2016 presidential election. No evidence suggests it, yet baseless accusations persist - led by media scoundrels, deceiving their viewers and readers.
A neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post propaganda piece claimed "(o)ne of the most dangerous misconceptions about the threat of Russian interference in American democracy is that it began and ended with the 2016 presidential election," adding:
"Whatever your partisan affiliation, everyone should accept the intelligence community's unanimous conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections."
"(E)veryone should accept Tuesday's warning from the country's top intelligence chiefs that Russia should be expected to do the same when Americans return to the polls in November."
Fact: So-called "foreign interference in US elections" can't be fought when none occurred. Nor does any credible evidence suggest it's intended for the November midterm elections. Claims otherwise are Big Lies.
Fact: The "unanimous conclusion" of the US intelligence community, claiming Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, was a bald-faced lie - Trump vilified for defeating media darling Hillary.
WaPo saying the "US government must act to improve security and assure Americans that their votes count" is laughable under a sham system, mocking what democracy is supposed to be.
WaPo: "(T)he the administration should issue a declaration: "The United States views any foreign attempt to influence our election processes through covert or clandestine means as an attack on the fundamental underpinnings of our system of government."
"We will not tolerate such activity and reserve the right to respond to such activities."
Fact: "(O)ur system of government" is too debauched to fix. Revolutionary change alone has a chance to be responsibly transformative.
WaPo and other media scoundrels are part of the problem - suppressing hard truths on vital issues, mocking legitimate journalism, substituting rubbish.
America is run by powerful privileged interests. Continuity follows each electoral cycle.
Names and faces alone change. Dirty business as usual remains the same no matter who's president or controls Congress.
Governance remains of, by and for its privileged class exclusively. The Constitution's general welfare clause applies to them alone, no one else.
Bipartisan-supported imperial madness threatens everyone everywhere. It risks destroying everyone and everything if it isn't forcefully challenged and stopped.
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Opportunity and Threat
1.0 Environmental Analysis
1.1 Trade Agreement
India: Malaysia' largest trading partner
Malaysia signed a free trade agreement (FTA) between India for strengthen economic ties purpose and double bilateral trade up to $15billion. This agreement is to complement existing free trade deal between India and Association of South-East-Asian-Nations (ASEAN). Under this agreement, two countries are fully allowing foreign shareholding over 80 sectors including automotive and manufacture industry. Moreover, Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) marks on new era bilateral ties that serve to encourage free movement of goods and services enhance their investment flows between India and Malaysia. Forge stronger economic partnership and linkages
In trade agreement that had inked, both countries desire/seek to forge stronger economic partnership, a deepen economic linkages. Since South-Asia economy was shining on Malaysia, India is a potential market to invest due to its wide regions. These create chances for PERODUA to trade with India domestic companies (as a good future orientated) and also importance in interpersonal relationships market. CECA will continuous usher in new era for further economic cooperation opportunities. Market access commitments which are under CECA had set free ASEAN-India Trade-in Agreement in order to have more liberal tariff concessions. Other than that, India' cooperation investment could be strengthen through improvement on rules and regulations, and provide protection on it. Therefore, endorsement of this agreement is highly perceived as a trading investment opportunity.
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Economic liberalization
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Waiting Miss September, here is the last Playboy set shot by Dominique Jane as Playmate of the Month August 2015. "I like connecting with people," says Dominique. "Not too long ago, if you'd told me I was going to be in Playboy, I would have said you're crazy. Now my ambition is to become your […]Read more
Miss August 2015, Dominique Jane is back in front of Sasha Eisenman camera for Playboy. "I think the lighting gives this set just the right ambiance," she says. "Sasha set the mood with some incense, and I picked up my shaker and just went to work!" With a sexy cabaret lingerie, Dominique Jane is teasing […]Read more
Here is the third set with redhead model Dominique Jane as Playboy Playmate of the Month August 2015. "I'm Irish, and I really identify with that culture," she says. "Irish people are always in a good mood, and they're always ready for a drink. That pretty much sums me up." At the chinese bar, Dominique […]Read more
For her second Playmate of the Month August 2015 pictorial, Dominique Jane is inviting you at the cabaret. "I saw my first Playboy magazine when I was a kid," explains Dominique. "I'd always wanted to do this, so when Sasha contacted me, I jumped at the opportunity. To my surprise, Hef approved me personally—even though […]Read more
Californian redhead model, Dominique Jane is Playboy Playmate of the Month August 2015. "Actually, we shot my pictorial on Chinese New Year," she says. "I'm Irish, so I definitely believe in good luck. I loved this vintage Asian-style bar, and Sasha made me feel beautiful, super confident and excited to be there!" In front of […]Read more


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So if you can't tell by the title of this post, I received a prank call at work the other day. I don't know why I take things like prank calls to heart. It wasn't even directed at me, it was directed at the business, you know? Someone saw "tattoo shop" in
the phonebook* the Google and had the most hilarious idea ever. This is how I imagine the conversation went before the call took place:
"Omg let's do a super fake sounding accent, call the tattoo place and ask them something."
"Okay but what should we ask?"
"Hm. What about that bit about the refrigerator running? That's pretty funny."
"No no no! It's gotta be something fresh, something they've never heard before."
"Alright, whaaaat abooouuuut something to do with...hmmm...funny...funny...what is funny...? EUREKA! I'VE GOT IT! DICKS! WE SHOULD ASK THEM ABOUT DICKS!"
"Perfect! There is absolutely nothing on this planet that is funnier than dicks."
"Okay so dicks....dicks....tattoo shop...dicks....AHA!" (snaps fingers dramatically)
"You got something?"
"Yes...but...I'm not sure they'll understand the subtlety..."
"Goddamn it Jenkins, what is it?"
"What if we ask them...what if........no! It's too risky!"
"Tell me! Please! My life depends on this moment."
"Alright, are you ready for this? Okay. What if we ask them ... if they do penis tattoos?"
"Yes. That's it! That will blow their minds! Let's do it."
And so they called the shop ... not blocking their name or phone number or anything and I, the receptionist, answered. I always check the call display while the phone is ringing because if someone's from out of town I like to know, it makes it easier booking their appointments. This was a local cell phone number.
"Good afternoon, tattoo shop."
(high pitched voice and a horribly done Texas-ish accent) "Howdy! How y'all doing today?" (muffled laughter in the background)
"I'm...fine, and you?"
"Oh good, good, just whackin' off."
"Hm." (I then sat there silent for a bit because I was 99 percent sure it was a prank.) "So. How can I help you then?"
"Yes. I was wondrin' if y'all do penis tattoos."
And I hung up. Just to be clear I don't hang up on everybody who wants a penis tattoo, but I do hang up on people who I think are fucking with me.
I looked back on the call display and wrote down the name and number. I waited a minute and called them back. I had no plan, I just wanted them to know that I know who they are.
"Hello?" Answered a normal voice.
"Ya hi, do you guys do penis tattoos?" I said.
They hung up on me this time.
I told the tattooers who had been outside smoking what just happened and they all had a laugh and said for me to call their bluff and say yes, come down to the shop and we'll do it. I told them the name that appeared on the phone and one of the guys said "Oh I wonder if that was my friend ___".
And that's what kind of pissed me off about the entire thing. If someone is calling to bother their friend ... why are they harassing me, the receptionist? I don't think it actually was their friend because nobody ever called back or took ownership of their ingenious hilarious joke but if it was...seriously fuck off.
Anyway, two days later I'm still cringing about this. I don't know why being the butt of a joke is so awful but it is! Even if it wasn't exactly meant for me personally, I still feel a bit embarrassed. So...of course I wrote about it on the internet.
*Phone book? Really, me?


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Liverpool, Arsenal fighting for Julian Draxler's signature
With the January window on the horizon, there's plenty brewing in the transfer market. All the latest deals and potential deals can be found here.
Liverpool and Arsenal battle for Draxler
Liverpool are set to battle Arsenal for Julian Draxler with the Mirror detailing that the Germany international will become available due to the FFP burden that Paris Saint-Germain currently faces.
The Reds and Gunners could profit from PSG's need to comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules with Neymar's £198 million move from Barcelona to be followed 12 months on by a £166m deal to turn Kylian Mbappe's loan into a permanent move.
Arsene Wenger has been a long-standing admirer of the former Schalke and Wolfsburg star, though Jurgen Klopp could take advantage of being a compatriot of Draxler's to persuade him to move to Anfield.
PSG lead City in Sanchez race
Alexis Sanchez looks set to join PSG in January with the French giants ready to beat out Manchester City for the Chile international, reports the Mirror.
The Arsenal star will become a free agent next summer, meaning a probable sale in January.
And while Pep Guardiola is desperate to reunite with the former Barcelona star at the Etihad, PSG look ready to offer a £350,000-per-week deal to convince him to leave the Premier League.
While Sanchez will initially battle with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Edinson Cavani for a place in a probable front three, the move for the 28-year-old is motivated, in part, due to the potential for their Brazilian superstar to move back to Spain with Real Madrid.
Barca plot Ozil move
Barcelona are planning to begin talks with Mesut Ozil with the Sun reporting that the German is most likely to move to the Camp Nou next summer on a free transfer.
The Arsenal star has recaptured his best form for the Gunners and is not short of offers as his deal runs down.
Ozil favours a move back to La Liga, though PSG are also keen, with the 29-year-old set to command up to £330,000 per week as a free agent.
It's not all doom and gloom for Arsenal though as the Mail believes they will bid again for Thomas Lemar in January.
The Gunners will not match the £90m they offered in the summer though, as that figure was influenced by the potential fortune incoming from Man City had they sold Sanchez.
Real Madrid plan £80m raid for Martial
Real Madrid look set to rattle Manchester United with another offer for one of their stars, with the Mirror claiming that they plan to offer £80m for Anthony Martial.
Jose Mourinho's men have had a strained relationship over Los Blancos' pursuit of David De Gea and could clash again, with the French forward seen as a priority for Zinedine Zidane.
Martial could offer his compatriot an option through the middle in place of Karim Benzema, or operate as one of the wide forward.
Mourinho has failed to consistently bring out the best in Martial, though his form this season -- seven goals and six assists in all competitions -- has suggested he may finally have found a solution.
- Another potential exit at Old Trafford could be Luke Shaw, who has once again failed to earn a consistent run of games under Mourinho.
The Mirror believes Newcastle will offer to take the former Saints starlet on loan in January.
Chelsea appear to be front-runners to sign Hamburg super talent Jann-Fiete Arp, according to the Mirror, though Arsenal and Man City remain interested in the 17-year-old striker.
- Tottenham could bring in Bologna star Adam Masina with the Mirror claiming that the Moroccan-born Italian is a potential replacement for Danny Rose if he joins Man United.
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four amazing years.
Can you believe it? Four years has came and gone in flash. It seems like just yesterday we had meet up for our first date. Today we celebrated in style! He took me too the Melting Pot, one of my favorite restaurants! {second only to Benihana or Noodles + Co.} It was absolutely fabulous… and utterly filling! I went all out and made a snapfish photo book {their software is pretty spiffy, I recommend it to anyone wanting to make one!} In an attempt to make him decide on something I gave him pretty much free range over the menu and here's what we ordered:
Fiesta Cheese Fondue – instead of the usual Wisconsin Trio – It was actually very good, a lot like a queso, not my fave, but delish to the last morsels – it even came with tortilla chips. Unfortunately they were out – yes, out – of their raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing. Boo double boo. As usual we got our fill of Salmon, Chicken, Shrimp + Sirloin – in the Mojo. Always amazing.
As a special treat we tried the Oreo Chocolate Fondue – It even had marshmallow in it, sugar coma central -we couldn't even finish it! {ps join their email club and you get a free desert on your anniversary + birthday!} So, off went our very full bellies attempting to digest all this yummy food! I sure feel like I have eaten a house… or an elephant!


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A government minister has finally returned a verdict on a controversial plan for the Bilthorpe incinerator.
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark undertook an inspection of the plan after strong local opposition, but has now found in favour of the developers.
The plan involved a new renewable energy incinerator plant to be built on the old Bilsthorpe colliery site, but it was after a similar plan in Tees Valley fell through that the secretary of state gave objectors to the scheme another chance to comment.
And today (Thursday, June 2), it was announced that ministers had chosen to allow the plan to move forward.
Controvertsial Bilsthorpe incineration plan on hold by government minister
Controversial Bilsthorpe incinerator plant delayed yet again
"This is experimental unproven technology," said opponent, County Councillor John Peck. "There isn't one (of this particular technology) up and running anywhere in the world. Many have been rejected."
And the options for campaigners to fight the plan have slimmed, with legal expenses of appealing said to be in the tens of thousands.
Developers say the proposed Bilsthorpe Energy Centre (BEC) could bring a £4.3 million annual economic boost to Nottinghamshire, creating up to 46 jobs along with some 330 construction jobs and creating supply chain opportunities whilst diverting waste from landfill and using it to generate low-carbon energy.
Applicants, Peel Environment, said: "Our plans will stimulate investment and bring new jobs to the area as well as being a former industrial site into productive use."
Campaigner Shlomo Dowen said previously: "Air Products has abandoned its plasma facility project at Tees Valley because of concerns about the technology which they have been unable to overcome.
"It is the same technology which would be used in the controversial Bilsthorpe plant.
Mr Dowen added that the Bilsthorpe facility plant involved an even more experimental variation of the plasma gasification technology.
"How much more money do Waste2Tricity and Peel intend to squander on this unwanted and unnecessary proposal before they follow Air Product's lead and give up on this failed technology?"


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And what are they doing???For those of you with minders do you ask your minder at drop off in the morning where she will be taking kids that day? As in shopping centres parks other peoples houses etc?Have 2 very young children with a minder and really do like to know where they are at all times. Is this normal? Dh is the same even more so than me (I am trying to let go a little bit) but for instance yest when I said they went to x,y,z he said he would prefer to have known in advance of that.How does this work with other people?Once you drop off is it up to minder from then to pick up?Sorry if this all sounds insane!!
I think as a parent you have to choose what's best for your child. If you feel you don't want your child in the "home from home" environment as in doing school runs or weekly shopping trips then a crèche would suit better as they don't leave the building.If you get somebody to your house for childminding you can probably leave themTasks that you want them to do with you LO as in painting, play doh etc. however when your asking somebody to mind child in their own home you can maybe ask but no way could you request them to attend different groups with your child and do certain tasks that is just OTT.This thread has really opened up my eyes !!
You have every right to know where your children are. Everyone is accountable in their jobs and you are paying someone whose sole responsibility is to mind your kids for certain period of time. Obviously weather can change plans but thinks that aren't weather depend like playgroups, library, entertainment centres she can let you know where she's going or maybe you should ask her to bring them on certain days to different places. You are her employer it's upto you what you want her to do - if she doesn't like the arrangement or wants more flexiblility maybe you should find someone else or maybe a crèche would suit you better in that you know where they are. Personally when a child is younger & can't tell you about their day I would prefer a crèche as would rather them doing jigsaws, painting than sitting in a buggy while someone is doing their errands on my time. You feel comfortable to ask your minder what she does with the kids seen as though your kids are at an age where they can't tell you themselves - she shouldn't mind telling you about their day!
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Being out and about is fine!! I just would like to know where they are and what their plans are if possible. I'm all for playgrounds/play groups etc post office yes. Long days in shopping centres not so much. They are her only mindees so her only priority while I am paying her. I obviously don't want to tie her to the house all day sure no one would be happy then! One child is not walking the other barely walking so if they go far it's a lot of buggy time, then naps in buggy so I guess that's a small concern also! Thanks for replies!
I often meet minders out with mindees - I walk to work via a park with a playground and a duckpond. Some are minding a baby and picking up a sibling from the preschool also in the park.
Yesterday the weather was wild first thing, and fine by mid morning - it would have been hard to predict that it would be good enough for an outing.
I thought being out and about was one of the bonuses of having a minder.
Would your minder not bring your kids out for a walk Mary ?
I don't think anyone said or suggested that rose gold. And yes, the children being safe, warm and cared for is the most important thing.
I guess it really depends on the minder. I had worked and managed crèches previous to having my dd, it didn't pay me to go back after as after paying for her place in the crèche and petrol costs etc is have been coming out with €60 per week and missing out on 50 hours with her (most of her waking day!) I always did developmental stuff with my do and my mindee as well as plenty of fun activities like I would have done in the crèche. But they also got the socialisation side through groups and play dates as well as outdoor excursions. And it was all In a much more relaxed way than in a crèche. As I said too I did a daily report on mindee in a hardback book and I know her parents still have that book.
Whenever I brought my mindee to friends houses it was other mums with children of similar age or possibly a bit older so it was a play date as such I guess. And I would be supervising mindee the whole time. Min der's mum would have known a lot of the same people as me also.Sure in a play centre/park/public place it's all strangers and strange kids that you'd be around so that's a risk too?? I was mindin in their house so any housework was only related to tidying up after the kids. And any errands were short so def not too long in a buggy.
I think the idea behind a childminder is definitely the home from home experience and you have to trust that whoever you chose to look after your child is good enough to trust their own acquaintance and wouldn't put your child in any danger or harmful situations. Our own Ds is with a great childminder who does what I would do on a daily basis with him - goes for walks, runs errands, meets family/friends for a coffee and they happen to look after children too, they go to the playground, park and when the weather gets better the beach. He is always well protected from the elements - be in wrapped up or covered in sun cream and I like that the ladies in the local shop know hime and that he gets to be out an about even if it's not always with me or DH. And I completely trust that he wouldn't be put in any situation that I wouldn't be comfortable with.
I use a minder for my baby and wouldn't ever presume she'd be staying in the house all the time, I'm at an advantage in that the minder is a friend of mine. She minds for a few families and is great with the kids, shes always out and about with them even if it's playing in the estate(always supervised) or a playground or even the local football field for picnic lunches. She generally goes with the flow on any particular day but I know if she ha planned a day trip to the beach or zoo shed say it in advance so the kids would have an appropriate lunch and the parents would know they were off on an adventure. I think like Others said a child minder is more of a home from home situation and we all know the things that happen at home. That said I know my minder doesn't do house work or the weekly groceries with the children in tow as she feels her time minding shoyld be spent with the kids as opposed to getting he chores done. Jillard would you consider asking the minder to tell you if a big day out is planned or maybe a midday txt on what the Los have been up to?? I always send a text or call to check all is ok.
All this should really be sorted out at an interview stage if you choose a minder that has a few kids and or minds other kids she is going to be doing school runs and possibly kids activities it's at that stage you need too see What you want for your child ,like your child sitting in a buggy while the minders child does a swim lesson for example . Or a minder doing two pick ups a day from two different schools . I think most minders who have kids of their own the deal is usually the mindee just goes along with what the family is doing a good minder will to mindful of the effects of a baby in and out of a car all day or siting in a buggy for long periods , I know a lot of good minders I also know a lot who spend a lot of mornings in hotels and coffee shops while their mindeees are stuck in a buggy , the odd time I get but a constant thing I don't .i think it's wrong . But I think if you pick a childminder for your kids the plus to it over a crèche ( which wouldn't be my choice ) is they can be brought out for walks to the park ,playground , mother and baby group etc. same thing most mums would to with a developing child . Staying in every day isn't right for any child .As for the minder going to other peoples houses for a visit once you trust your childminder 100% your trusting them to make the right call if the house or the people are suitable company to be in .
I know what u mean jillard.had minder who had him in her car I just said would appreciate knowing if he out and about. She said what was the big deal!! Am amazed with school mams letting kids head to other roads and wouldnt know mams!!
When I hired my childminder for Dd the reason I liked her was that she took the kids out and about. I boughta car seat and she got me to fit it so I was sure it was right. She'd take them for a coffee in the morning and on the odd errand or if nice to playgplay ground or feeding the ducks. Never too far and she'd fill me in on my return. Occasionally in the morning if had a plan. I trusted her completely and liked that Dd had a varied day. I was always out and about. It is hard to hand over your children, especially when too young to report back but you have to trust your childminder. The poor kid would be fed up at home all day. Imo.
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Thanks for replies everyone. It's not the minder I don't trust but others they might come in contact with along their travels..... So other peoples houses (which has happened) I don't know these people!!!! That scares me. As someone very aptly pointed out young children can't talk (neither of mine can) both under 2yrs of age. Also as another poster said not happy for them to be in a buggy for the best part of a morning running errands. Minder works from my home and so that may be different from some peoples perspective? Not sure really just trying to see what other family's do re these scenarios. This is a relatively new contract (6 months)
I am childminder, i would never bring mindees to someones elses house. I wouldnt like my kids going to someones house i didnt know either. I do bring mindees to playgroup, supermarket and short school runs. Yesterday i brought them to my older daughters school camogie match. I would have cleared it with mindees parents when we done initial contract.
I don't know how anyone would leave their child with anyone they don't trust 100%. As a minder I couldn't work for anyone that didn't trust me.i have nearly 30years experience and have a very long waiting list.
As a minder I would take children with me wherever I had to go - I would have school runs but the school is close and on good days I would walk with mindee in buggy and on bad days I would drive (5 min drive each way). I would also need to go to a supermarket twice a week and on nice days I would often go to the park/playground spontaneously. The odd time I would need to pop to the post office/bank/chemist etc. I wouldnt expect a mindee to fit in with 'my life' as such but I would expect a little freedom from the parents to allow the child to experience real life. Being stuck in a house all day is boring and not real life imo. I would always talk to parents - we would discuss this sort of thing at initial stages of a contract. I have no problem with somebody asking to see my car/car seats (often people provide their own seat) or asking about my driving licence/penalty points etc as part of an initial interview for a job that may involve driving their child around.
A neighbour of mine is a minder too and she used to pop in to me for coffee oncea week and for the kids to have a play with different toys etc on wet mornings. When she mentioned it to a mother the mother went mad and said no way could she bring her child out so my neighbour had to stay home all day with the lo - both bored and miserable. That job didnt last long. I dont think you can leave your child in somebody else's home and keep them inside a bubble at the same time. If you have that much need for control its better to use a creche I think.
We have a lovely au pair who is fantastic with our kids. I definitely trust her but if I feel say like today, it was too cold I texted to ask her to wrap my babies up with scarves, etc. as the day was deceptively warm looking! Other than the odd thing I might think of (like asking her to keep an eye on temperature, etc.) I send her two texts per day to make sure all is ok, one at about 11 and the other later on in the afternoon assuming I have time.
It is totally understandable to feel like that jillard81 but I would also say, if you feel worried then perhaps you should go with your gut instinct. I always follow up on something if I'm worried about it, and maternal instinct is a strong one! Perhaps you need to find a child minder who you do trust more? Nothing worse than the worry of a parent, and of course we always think the worst.
If it helps though, I feel eternally guilty about having to work in general, and I always feel really bad when I'm falling into bed at night that "I didn't spend enough time going over homework", or "I didn't give them enough attention". But I reckon from the minute you give birth, you take that big stick out and start beating yourself with it. If it's not your child minder, I reckon it would be something else so try not to be too hard on yourself.
I suppose as somebody pointed out, the diff between sending your kids to crèche where the kids are essentially kept in a controlled contained environment all day with lots of similar aged kids and a minders home, whose routine tends to shadow real family life with much fewer chldren, is the deciding factor isn't it!.it all comes down to what you want for your child .
cecily98, I wouldn't blame you for firing the one who drove while on the phone. That is disgraceful!
I had a couple concerns with minders who took my kids out (many moons ago). The first and main one was driver safety. does the minder have suitable car seats, does the minder have a full driving licence. Is the driver insured adequately ( I think you may need additional insurance if using your car as part of business). The next thing was where would they be taken. I had no issue with going to park, quick run to the shops etc but I would strongly object to an infant spending hours in a buggy in a shopping centre. I got rid of one minder as my neighbour saw her on the phone in the car while my child was in the back. I got rid of another one who felt it was ok to spend from 9am until lunchtime in Blanchardstown / Pavillions / Liffey Valley with my children. both seemed to think that the babies should fit in with their daily routine. I don't believe that I feel that if you are paying a childminder, a registered one, that they should work their day around the needs of the children. My final wonderful childminder who I had for years would rarely take the kids out when they were very small and as they got older then she would take them to the park, zoo and they might go with her for the odd shopping expedition to Aldi. for some reason they still like Aldi!
I used to be a minder and in 5 years that I did it not one parent ever had a problem with me bringing their kids out. To be honest I wouldn't have been able to mind them if they had. I always offered a home from home environment so we would always be out and about. It could be food shopping, post office, beach, farms, zoo, out for lunch etc etc. they always had a ball with me. I can understand the worry of not knowing where your kids are but at the end of the day if you are paying someone to take care of them and you trusted them enough to leave your children with them then I think you have to accept that the minder is doing a good job and would look after all the children in her care.
I used to mind a little girl two weeks older than my dd1, started when they were ten months old. Now the mum was a friend of mine, but we kept the minding as a business arrangement with contract/agreement etc done up. This included outings so I knew they were fine with it. I used to bring the girls to toddler groups, sling meetings, friends houses, parks, play centres and also out on my own errands if I had any I needed to get done. Sometimes we'd go for a spin if I needed one/both of them to nap and it just wasn't happening at home. Their parents were both ok with all of this and I think grateful their dd wasn't stuck inside the house all the time, but was getting out and socialising etc. I rarely told them beforehand what we were doing, but I always did a daily note saying what their dd had got up to so they'd find out then what we did. Personally I would have found it irritating to have to let someone know beforehand exactly what plans were as sometimes we were spontaneous and just take off somewhere.
I couldn't care less what they do with their minder as long as they are safe, well nourished, well hydrated and having plenty of fun with everyone and have big happy heads on them.
It's not OTT at all! I think it's a manifestation of guilt. I'm sitting at my desk now wracked with guilt that my son is in a park with my mother in law instead of with me. It's a big leap from being with them 24/7 to not knowing where they are while you are at work. Childminders should be aware that the parent is not questioning their competencies, they are just fretting because they miss their child.
id always tell my mindees dad if we r going out anywhere, if its a walk in the forest nxt door then i wouldnt tell him but id say it when he comes to pick up. But if we need to go out somewhere in the car i would send mindees dad a text asking if that was ok. He's great though and would always be fine with whatever i go with.
i think if my kids were being minded by someone id like to know what their plans for the day was.
I understand that happy66 which is why I phrased it the way I did!!! However u can't really compare sending a child to primary school age 4/5 and having your 1 yr old baby minded in sometimes unfamiliar environments like other peoples houses (not minders but other peoples houses they might visit with minder)
I trust my CM with her plans, she'd only tell me if she's taking DD out of the town but otherwise I'm fine with whatever she's doing. There's a point when you simply have to let go, don't you think?
It's only natural to wonder what they are up to during the day but you must trust that your carer is treating your child like part of the family. Otherwise you might want to re-vist your arrangments.
I wonder is it just me then who wonders where they are and what they are doing at various times during the day??? What about visiting houses with dogs etc? I do trust her obviously but maybe it's just my nature to worry...At least in a crèche there is less to worry about because they essentially do not leave the building
I'm the same as Mary. Never ask the childminder what her plan for the day is. I trust her with my child & as far as I am concerned she still has to get on with her life within reason. If there is a chance she will be late returning from shopping etc & my ds is with her she will of course drop us a text in advance.
My sis used to mind two children & after about 6 months their mother insisted she did not leave the house with them anymore after my sis mentioned one day that they had been out for a spin and had a great time. So my sis gave up minding them.
Everyone is different.
My boy is in a creche and I get an update at the end of every day. Once a month my parents in law take him for an afternoon. On these days I like to know where he is and whtat they're doing. I have come to realise that it's a trust/guilt thing for me. I don't like my in laws taking him out of creche and I feel guilty that I'm at work and not with him.
I have a neighbour who visits me with her mindee the odd time. I doubt she tells the parents. However if she is taking the child out in the car she would always tell the mum her plans.
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Two Mantic Orcs and a Dwarf
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Good job on these, i prefer the muted look myself, more 'realistic' IMO (never seen a real orc of course but im sure you get my meaning)ReplyDelete
nice work on the leather and metals too, brings them together nicely
- Anonymous5 June 2011 at 16:57
Yep have to agree Dave, the mighty gunk (patent pending) works well with the Orcs and Gobbos. I've experimented with thinning mine down a bit further, as I'm painting a good few figs dressed in white or near white. Results are I'm getting less shading and the varnish is much more matt.ReplyDelete
Nice work, the dip worked well, i like them and the green.ReplyDelete
Nice figures KP. Maybe someday I will try the "dip"ReplyDelete
I like the miniatures and your paint jobs. Well done!ReplyDelete
Nice! Not a fan of green orcs but I like these.ReplyDelete
Might have to get some orcies for WFB 2nd ed. :)


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Travel - Every adventure has its humble beginnings. I grew up in a small town on the rocky coast Of New England. Living near the water was always something that I appreciated, and because of that, I developed the idea that a person's sense of belonging to a physical place is a sacred thing. During high school, marine science classes put me in tune with my immediate
surroundings, while self-conducted experiments like swimming in hurricanes educated me as to how powerful natural forces could be. Knowing that at any moment I could be swept away by the sea put things in perspective. When it came time to choose where I would go after high school, being near the water was of the utmost importance. The coast was the backdrop for my childhood and the place where I was first introduced to the idea of adventures.
Coming to New York City at the age of eighteen turned my world upside down. Despite
the fact that Manhattan is an island on the same Atlantic Ocean that I grew up on, I was forced to redesign the concepts I had about home and belonging. I was now in a jungle. Gone were the soothing sounds of mother ocean; this new chapter in my life was accompanied by screeching breaks, police sirens and garbage trucks. This confusing transition caused me to seek out calm enclaves that reminded me of the natural world I had left behind. My attempt to understand the city was marred by incessant comparisons to smaller towns and seeing it only in the context of where I grew up.
After two years in New York, I traveled to Australia where I had the opportunity to reflect on New York from very far away. Sydney was the happy medium between the town and 2
the big city. Though there are parts that are bustling like New York, there were beautiful parks and beaches that broke up the relentless pace of Australia's biggest metropolis. Going to Australia and finding complete happiness convinced me that through travel came a new understanding about myself. While I was there, I started to miss New York like it was home, not just a place where I went to school. The experience gave me a new perspective on life and a deeper understanding of the importance of traveling.
Travel is essentially any exploration of unknown places. All my fears about missing out on adventures by moving to the city were obliterated by my travel experiences. Wandering new continents and meeting other travelers illustrated a strange, but seemingly inherent nomadic tendency that exists in many people. Many times, exposure to travel imagery in magazines and television creates pre-conceived ideas about places that might be unrecognizable to others.
To what effect does preconceived notions about the places the traveler goes to shape how he perceives those places? Can one escape this subjectivity and really come to know a foreign place? Surely, the natives of any given travel destination know their country and cities better than anyone else, but why is it that sometimes a traveler seems to see more about a place than the native? How is our nomadic tendency related to our capability to travel faster and further than before? It seems now that our desires to drive fast cars, to be "on the road" and to amass frequent flyer miles illustrate the overall yearning for travel in contemporary society. Furthermore, the undeniable presence of car-oriented places like parking garages, shopping malls, motels and drive-thru a restaurant on American highways testifies to the fact that people want to move.
Is our propensity for these kinds of places a sign of our desire to be a nomadic people? Are we now living in a new age of exploration and discovery? 3 In The Song lines, Bruce Chatwin travels the Australian outback and examines the connection Aboriginals have with the natural world. For Australia's native population, land is the most sacred thing in life; it tells the story of their past. As an Englishman, Chatwin is intrigued by the way Aboriginals defy white conventions and wander the expansive continent in a seemingly pointless manner. He learns that their "walkabouts" are in fact a way of passing ancestral histories onto younger generations and of connecting with deceased relatives.
Destroying any natural environment is like chopping down entire branches off a family tree.
Aboriginals haunt buildings that are established on invisible "song lines" where their ancestors reside. Their inability to settle down and adjust to fixed schedules or permanent dwellings baffled British colonists and led to dire circumstances when their world became "civilized." The A Song line raises the issue of whether human beings are essentially nomadic people. Though the Aboriginal way of life is incomprehensible to civilized cultures, they seem happiest when roaming the outback. Is Chatwin right when he claims that the root of human unhappiness is based on the fact that society expects us to "settle down"?
While studying in Australia, I had my first encounter with Jean Baudrillard's America. Reading about my own country on the other side of the world allowed me to think and observe in a way that I couldn't manage while in New York. In a sense, I had to be far away to realize the influence America has on the world. Conversely, Baudrillard is a foreign traveler who has always acknowledged the American influence on Western culture, but never understood it. He studies Americans in the same way anthropologists might study cannibals. His outside perspective allows him to break down day-to-day trivialities and describe them in a way that makes our behavior seems strange and unreasonable. Baudrillard's satire of life on the Los Angeles freeway reminded me of ideas put forth in Geography of Nowhere by James Howard 4 Kunstler.
While Baudrillard uses highway etiquette to characterize human interactions in California, Kunstler damns suburbs for creating these highways that make people dependant on cars. The two authors have a similar obsession with automobiles and the way they affect the United States. They both would agree that the automobile not only changed the American landscape, but it also changed the way Americans live. Despite the fact that Kunstler is an American, his road trip teaches him many new things about his own country. In his discussion of American cities, he illustrates the fact that no matter how far we've evolved from living nomadic lives we are once again in constant motion. Much of his cynicism is directed towards suburban areas and how they distance people from not only natural environments, but also other human beings. In this context, is our connection to automobile travel isolating us from other human beings?
In Walden, Thoreau heads to the woods as a way of rebelling against his countries irresponsible ways and to get in touch with the natural world. While his travels are only a short distance into the backyard of his mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau learns many things about himself and delights in his ability to manage without the use of money or many other trappings of the civilized world. The way he strips his life down to the utter basics is inspiring and, in many ways, very primitive. By separating himself from other people and tramping through the wilderness, Thoreau is able to reexamine his place in society and strengthen his sense of belonging to the natural world. Though it's not possible for everyone to disappear into the woods like this, Thoreau sets an example of how people can avoid mindless conformity by living by their own design. His retreat forces him to understand what it takes to survive in the wild. It seems that in New York City this type of retreat is impossible, but there's also less 5 pressure to conform than most other places in America. It is interesting to think about how Thoreau might pursue his transcendental leanings in a place like New York.
In On the Road, Jack Kerouac depicts the modern, car-obsessed American scoffed at by
Kunstler and Baudrillard, but he's using the highway as a way of chasing his every last thought and emotion. Kerouac's hero Sal Paradise uses the expansive American freeways to experience everything he can, and through his incessant discussions with Dean Moriarity he draws many conclusions about his position in life. One thing that Paradise has trouble working out is his conflicting feelings towards settling down. While he is fascinated by Dean Moriarity's wild, nomadic lifestyle, he fears that it will result in homelessness or even death. At the same time, he is easily lured to go on the road no matter how involved he is with school or personal relationships. There are many times when it's hard to tell exactly why he's so down and out.
Does he want to stay or leave? In many ways Sal Paradise would be the ultimate conundrum for someone like Bruce Chatwin. His life is like a cycle where the pressure of life becomes so great that he starts wandering, but then finds sadness on the open road. Does Sal Paradise travel to escape or to learn more about the world by experiencing as much as possible? In Four Voyages, Christopher Columbus faces dangerous storms and the impossible task of crossing the Atlantic for the glory of Spain. With each journey he perseveres despite tremendous odds against him, yet he eventually loses his grip on reality. In the course of ten years, Columbus goes from heroic discoverer of the New World, to a man obsessed with his own misconceptions. His inability to let go of preconceived notions about where he is essentially gets in the way of his ability to learn about the West Indies. Instead of discovering the Caribbean Islands, he conquers the cultures that existed on them. His explorations are not based purely on the pursuit of knowledge; they are tainted by greed and false impressions. Columbus' inability 6 to readjust his sense of place causes him to lose his footing as the world's premier discoverer.
As an explorer he succeeded in opening the door to a new age in discovery but his failure to acknowledge his mistakes had disastrous effects. What would the world be like now if Christopher Columbus acknowledged his true location and treated Caribbean natives better? Would he be humiliated if he returned to Ferdinand and Isabella bragging about the true resources found in the Caribbean instead of what he wanted to find? Columbus's voyages illustrate an element of travel that can easily ruin any adventure. His expectations for what he wanted to find made him blind to the true value of the West Indies.
In The Song lines, Chatwin includes passages from his journals where over the years he collected quotations about travel and movement. Many of them are relevant to my discussion. Here are some of my favorites: "Our Nature lies in movement; complete calm is death (Pascal, Pensees)"."For a long time I prided myself I would possess every possible country (Rimbaud)". "Its good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks (Anatole France)". "The Wayless Way, where the Sons of God lose themselves and, at the same time, find themselves (Meister Eckhart)". "I am a citizen of the world (Diogenes)". "Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but builds no house on it (Indian Proverb)". "But where there is danger there grows also what saves (Friedrich Holderlin, Patmos)". "When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function (J. G. Hamann)". Perhaps some of these quotations will be useful touchstones for further discussion at my colloquium.
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"There is no passion in playing small-in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." Nelson Mandela
"On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale." Alexander Pope.
I have a sincere belief that passion—the seeking of it, the pursuit of it, the nurturing of it and the expression of it--- is a large part of what gives a person's life a certain flavor.
Passion denied can be torture. Passion uncontrolled and obsessed over can breed insanity. Passionless is apathy. And, passion forgone in an effort to thwart fear and obtain security can be a literal death.
However, passion recognized, consciously directed and nurtured to a level that benefits not only the impassioned but also inspires passion in others is priceless. That is the golden fruit of life, as far as I'm concerned.
But, what is passion? Let's look it up. According to wikipedia (my old college professors cringe whenever I reference this—thankfully that no longer matters), passion is a term applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. Interestingly enough, the word itself is derived from the Latin Verb pati meaning to suffer.
Before I get too deeply into this, as the above description shows, passion can (and is) be felt between people or toward a person without reciprocation. That's a relationship flambe' for another day. The type of passion I'm speaking about here is a passion for something. A drive to engage. An inner spark instigated through a certain action, cause or event.
Passion can be both what keeps someone up at night and also has them jumping enthusiastically out of bed in the morning. That "spark" or "fire" causes a visceral reaction in a person.
The heart may skip a beat. Breathing may quicken. Pulse speeds up.
Passion is a trigger of adrenaline. Follow me?
What trips that trigger is as unique to a person as their fingerprint. Isn't that odd? What is an embroiled drive in one person to pursue something can be the equivalent to yawn stimulation in another. And, there are no limits to diversity of quirks a person may have around their own passion.
To me, passion is a fire that demands to be fed. Overfeeding can result in an uncontrolled wildfire that essentially feeds off every aspect of a person's life. Every other possible aspect of a person's being is consumed by the flames be it the pursuit of other interests, career or relationships. The more the passion is fed and allowed to burn uncontrollably, the less in control the person is of their life and more becoming a slave to the passion itself. And yet, in this instance, even with full conscious fueling of the desire, the yearning sense or suffrage of passion, if you will, is never satisfied.
The slave to passion is left without oxygen after a time. Fire does consume oxygen, you know? As well as any type of combustible material.
Passion is the wild and untamed horse of the soul.
The key to the best use of passion is the harnessing of it and conscious, skillful direction--nourishment to a level that is sustainable but not overwhelming or draining. The ability to successfully do this can mean the difference between a sense of satisfaction with life versus a life whose flame burns out tragically and much too early.
The thought of a passionless life scares me. But, the thought of a life emblazoned by passion to the point of radicalism, extremism and non-sensible drive is horrifying. The thought of passion discovered and discarded sounds torturous. The profit and benefit of passion most certainly lies in the balance.
Passion is not lost on youth. This is when the spark typically begins. Unfortunately, wisdom doesn't find us until decades later at which point we've probably already allowed our passions to either destroy us or have completely denied them allowing the fire to be squelched and burn out.
Perhaps the gained wisdom will bring us full circle to re-discovering and re-kindling the passion in a productive way. Or, maybe it will continue to be denied until we meet our desolate and unsatisfied end.
The choice, is largely up to us. Isn't it?


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Duchy Ballet - 'The Nutcrcaker'
8th - 10th March
Duchy Ballet celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a new twist on a classic!
Clara creeps downstairs for her Nutcracker doll and finds herself in a night of magical adventures. Her Nutcracker comes to life and, alongside his soldiers, defeats the evil Rat King and his rabble army.
A tale of daring adventures and beautiful settings, such as the Snow Forest, is given an exciting twist in Act II when Clara's dream leads her to a Jazz cafe. She is welcomed by the Sugar Plum Fairy and Tchaikovsky's familiar favourites danced to the accompaniment of Truro School's Senior Jazz Orchestra.
Running from 8th - 10th March 2018 with shows at 7:30pm and a Saturday Matinee at 2pm
Event type: Theatre
Venue: Hall for Cornwall, Back Quay, Truro. TR1 2LL
Nearest town: Truro, Cornwall, UK
Local Accommodation
There is a great choice of cottages for rent in the local area. Take a look at the beautiful cottages in Roseland, Truro, Mylor and Falmouth.
Holiday Parks
Stay at a nearby Holiday Park and keep the kids amused all day! Parks in the vicinity include those at:
Plenty of hotels are available locally. Consider those in the local towns:
In the vicinity is a choice of camping and caravan sites offering high quality, affordable holiday accommodation. Consider camps in Truro, Roseland, Perranporth and St Austell.
Nearby Attractions
There's plenty more to explore in this area, too! Find more attractions and things to do nearby: