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Our local reindeer parade at The Malls in Basingstoke, is normally the first festive event in our calendar and it never fails to give me all the Christmassy feels. We missed it last year as we were at my Uncle's wedding and we had a bit of a disaster trying to go to the one in Windsor instead, so I was looking forward to making up for it this year!
It's quite a small parade but they keep adding more and more entertainment each year and even just for a couple of hours it's lots of festive fun for the whole family and completely free! It's always busy so I'd recommend getting there early if you want a spot right by the fences. We tend to hang back and as the crowds die down have a look at all that is going on.
The event starts with the parade itself, Father and Mother Christmas being pulled into the town centre on a sleigh by Cairngorm reindeer. Once the reindeer are settled around the Christmas tree, Father and Mother Christmas hand out treats and collect those all important Christmas lists, whilst various entertainment acts perform around the centre.
Sophia answering some questions from the event compere. She was extremely unimpressed when he called her Sophie not Sophia and she let him know it over the microphone! Ha.
Some cheeky elves with the 'Naughty or Nice' machine. Sophia and Ryan were good, Lucas was a maybe and I was naughty -apparently, obviously not true!
There were more elves walking around the shopping mall handing out chocolates. I'm almost certain this little boy of ours ate the most. He kept dragging us all off to find another elf once he'd finished scoffing the last chocolate he was given.
Now I have no idea what this Narnia like creature was but it was pretty weird and magical. The kids got called up one by one to stroke and interact with it. Lucas went up with Nanny and after about ten minutes of sussing it out surprisingly to us all (because he literally burst into tears when he saw it) decided he wanted to stroke it after all.
Once the crowds died down we finally got our chance to meet Father and Mother Christmas. Lucas wasn't interested in a photo but he did quite happily give them both a high five in return for (obviously) more chocolate from them!
After our festive morning we headed for some food from the wooden huts that have popped up throughout the town centre serving things like hot donuts and bratwurst sausages and then we took Lucas for a long overdue hair cut (and he now looks like a 3 year old – sob)!
We had such a lovely festive few hours. And if you're thinking of heading into Basingstoke next year perhaps to do some Christmas shopping I'd definitely recommend trying to tie it in with the parade if you have some time to spare.
As well as putting me in the Christmas mood it also sent me into sheer panic at how unorganised I was so I went home and ended up doing a lot of organising and online present buying. Not long now!


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Mary has vanquished Christian enemies for centuries. It is time we call upon her again to conquer all that is opposed to her and to her Son.
By Carrie Gress, Ph.D.
Several months ago, I raised the question as to whether our age is marked by an antimary movement seen in progressive feminism. If there is such a thing as an antimary, what would it look like, I asked:
Well, these women would not value children. They would be bawdy, vulgar, and angry. They would rage against the idea of anything resembling humble obedience or self-sacrifice for others. They would be petulant, shallow, catty, and overly sensuous. They would also be self-absorbed, manipulative, gossipy, anxious, and ambitious. In short, it would be everything that Mary is not.


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However, I was reminded of this saying for the opposite reason at this conference, because at times I felt like the least smartest person in the room. But thats not surprising as this conference did have some of the worlds leading researchers, clinicians, scientists, and experts in their fields present.
And despite my own self inflicted feelings of stupidity I still thoroughly enjoyed the conference and learnt a lot. However, my experience was tarnished by a few conversations I had with some of the very smart and immensely qualified delegates and something I have being encountering more and more recently.
Qualification snobbery!
What do I mean by this? Well its the pompous, arrogant, and self imposed belief that some academics have that formal qualifications are the only measure of an individuals intelligence, skill, and knowledge. A qualification snob believes that if you have little or no formal qualifications you are somehow less intelligent, less relevant and your thoughts, views, and opinions are worth less.
For example, at this conference I was in conversation during a coffee break with a well known physio academic who suddenely appeared to think my IQ level dropped through the floor when they realised I was 'only' a clinical physio, who wasn't associated with a university, who wasn't working towards an MSc or PhD, and who wasn't a widely published author. They even started to speak a little slower and louder as if they suddenly thought I was hard of hearing, that was until they made their feeble excuses and left hastily.
This attitude pisses me off immensely…
Now I am the first to admit that I am no academic, nor will I ever be! I love my clinical work and will never give it up, most likely unless a big lottery win rolls in. When it comes to academia I will admit I only just 'survived' my Bachelors degree, finding the whole experience arcahic, restrictive, and highly hypocritical. I also found the whole academical system a vipers nest of lecturers personal ego's, and a mine field of politics.
For example, although critical thinking was occasionally taught, it wasn't really encouraged or allowed. Students where often frowned upon and labelled as trouble makers if they asked too many awkward questions, or dared discuss any research or evidence that challenged what was being taught.
I remember being chastised in one of my MSK practicals by a tutor when I questioned the accuracy and reliability of pelvic motion palpation techniques and how accurate it really was to feel stiffness in spines. I was firmly told that I had to trust her experience, and that if I carried on asking questions I would be asked to leave the session!
This was a fairly common theme throughout my under graduate training, the more I questioned the relevance or reliability of what I was being taught, the more trouble I seem to get into and the more I got labelled as a trouble maker by some of the tutors and the faculty.
That's not to say all my time at university was all bad, I had some great times and met some great people, but due to the many negative experiences I had, I've never had a desire to go back… Ever!
If it wasn't for the support and encouragement of one of my tutors, who still acts as a mentor for me today, I would have quickly stuck two fingers up to the world of physiotherapy and told it where it could stick them, with its bull shit motion palpation tests and other crap… I am still tempted to do this most days!
It was these experiences which have meant I have never had a desire or inclination to go back into formal education. Instead I have choosen to focus and direct my own post graduate learning. I like to read all the research I can get my hands on, which is easier said than done, and critically review and appraise it myself. However, I am aware this can lead me prone to my own biases and distort my views and opinions.
So I have regular discussions with some trusted peers, mentors, and colleagues of mine who I respect for their honesty, integrity and simplicity in this profession of the exact opposite. They keep me grounded, thinking alternatively and open to other views and opinions… occasionally!
Now, you maybe thinking that my decision not to go back into academia is foolish, based on some bad experiences, in one university, with a few bad tutors, back in the bad old days of guruism, before true evidence based practice really got established.
And I am well aware that things have moved on a lot since then, and I don't tar all university's or tutors with the same brush. I now know many tutors in many universities who are excellent teachers and critical thinkers. But I'm afraid the experience has left a very 'bad taste' in my mouth, and now with other work and life commitments taking up my time and money, any thoughts of returning to academia are highly unlikely.
But is a physio with no formal post grad qualifications disadvantaged?
There are more and more physios working towards, or have MSc's and PhD's, and I do think this is great for the profession. I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for anyone who has or wants to continue along the academic path and get these formal qualifications! Kudos to you guys!
But this path isn't for everyone, it certainly isn't for me! But does this hinder me or anyone else in their career, or make for a poorer physio than one with post grad qualifications?
Well it does seem that nowadays the only way to progress your career is with post graduation qualifications, with most jobs insisting applicants have MSc's or are working towards them. I also see and hear a lot of physios undertaking these post graduate qualifications just for this reason, career progression, not for a desire to truely learn or advance their knowledge.
Now it is admirable that many are keen to progress their careers, and I dont blame anyone for wanting to do an MSc for this reason, but this is, in my opinion not a true reason for wanting to do further qualifications. Clinical career progression should be based on clinical markers of progress, not academic ones. I am not saying that further qualifications should not help career progression, and I am not suggesting for one minute that we go back to the bad old days where career progression was done more on time in service rather than skills or knowledge.
What I am suggesting however is that careers and jobs should not be only limited to only those with formal post grad qualifications.
Education doesn't just come from schooling
Many employers today, both in the private and public sectors have in my opinion instigated a culture of formal qualification elitism and unfairness by insisting nearly all jobs beyond basic grades have, or are 'working towards' an MSc, even roles that clearly don't warrant or need them.
Some would argue that a physio with or working towards an MSc/PhD is going to be a better candidate and therefore be more suitable for a job than one who hasn't got these qualifications. I argue that this could be the exact opposite, as Mark Twain famously said…
Qualifications are not the only way to demonstrate learning. Learning does NOT just come from formal education. In fact formal education can limit free thinking, formal education can only teach you to recite and reherse what others have told you to learn, like a mindless drone.
Formal qualifications in my opinion demonstrate how good someone is at writing essays and sitting exams, what they don't demonstrate is how good someome is at critical thinking, problem solving, and most importantly how they are with patients. It is these important skills that seem to get overlooked by employeers with their qualification bias when they automatically rule out candidates simply beacuse they dont have an MSc.
Where is the common sense in this?
When did being a good, honest, hard working, reliable, knowledgeable physio only be measured and assessed with formal qualifications?
Of course a physio who has, or is working towards, an MSc/PhD will have skills in clinical reasoning, critical thinking and working under pressure, but so do many other physios in their every day to day practice.
Of course doing an MSc/PhD involves designing, implementing and undertaking research. But it should also be remembered that there are many physios out there who are involved in clinical research, in their own time, using their own money, and who are not seeking any qualification, or lists of publications, rather they just have a question that they want answered. These are the real hero's of our profession, these are the candidates employeers are missing out with their qualification bias.
The digital age and the access it gives to information nowadays is astronomical meaning universities and formal academia are not the only way to learn. Social media and the internet have opened up a wealth of opportunties for people to seek out research, journals, blogs, experts views and opinions. In fact I would go as far to say those who don't use these other sources and only rely on formal education are more limited and more restricted in their learning and knowledge due to the narrowness of their exposure to others views and opinions.
Of course qualifications are important, but so are a lot of other things, experience, a desire to self learn, passion for excellence, these things can not be measured with an exam or test. Just because someone doesn't have a gazzilion letters behind their name doesn't mean they know less, or are less suited to, or less capable for a role than someone who does, in fact they may be more suitable and capable than you think!
And as at the start I will leave you with a little saying…
If you are a qualification snob, you are a knob!
As always thanks for reading


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Mozilla, Firefox and Security on the Net
A Look Back at the History of Firefox
In the early 1990s, a young man named Marc Andreessen was working on his bachelor's degree in computer science at the University of Illinois. While there, he started working for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. During that time Sir Tim Berners-Lee released an early form of the web standards that we know today. Marc was introduced to a very primitive web browser named ViolaWWW. Seeing that the technology had potential, Marc and Eric Bina created an easy to install browser for Unix named NCSA Mosaic). The first alpha was released in June 1993. By September, there were ports to Windows and Macintosh. Mosaic became very popular because it was easier to use than other browsing software.
In 1994, Marc graduated and moved to California. He was approached by Jim Clark, who had made his money selling computer hardware and software. Clark had used Mosaic and saw the financial possibilities of the internet. Clark recruited Marc and Eric to start an internet software company. The company was originally named Mosaic Communications Corporation, however, the University of Illinois did not like their use of the name Mosaic. As a result, the company name was changed to Netscape Communications Corporation.
The company's first project was an online gaming network for the Nintendo 64, but that fell through. The first product they released was a web browser named Mosaic Netscape 0.9, subsequently renamed Netscape Navigator. Internally, the browser project was codenamed mozilla, which stood for "Mosaic killer". An employee created a cartoon of a Godzilla like creature. They wanted to take out the competition.
Firefox Send – Securely Transfer Large Files for Free
We have covered several file sharing applications over time with apps like Wormhole, EasyJoin, and Android File Transfer For Linux. Today, we introduce you to Firefox's recently released file sharing service, Firefox Send.
Firefox Send is a free, encrypted file sharing service that enables you to privately share files up to 1GB (and files up to 2GB using a Firefox account) with privileged parties. How does it work? Upload the files that you want to share and send the link to the recipients who just have to click the download button.
Send uses end-to-end encryption coupled with an extra layer of security that you can advantage of by password-protecting the links. That way, people who are able to access the download link will not be able to use.
Why is no one signing their emails?
It seems to me that there is a fairly easy solution to verify the author of an email: sign it with a digital signature. Either S/MIME or PGP will do. I don't even care about encryption here, just signing to prevent phishing.
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i cant seem to get this header off, i hit remove and it wont leave lol. can anyone help me? im going to work at it a little longer , we shall see. hugs
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
how do i remove my header
Posted by *Tracy* at 1:40 PM 9 comments
new years
so nothing new really going on here just a house with sick people! my bf was sick for a couple days and now my son is sick, poor thing! had me up all last nite passing him the bucket :P i really hope i dont get sick, i feel like i am at times but then it passes, although iv been on a antibotic now since august so really i shouldnt get sick right, you would think! i had wanted to go out tonite for new years but didnt really have anywhere to go, no car cause bf has to work, and wouldnt be spending it with bf. i just didnt wanna stay home, my sister n law offered to watch my son if i wanted to go out but i wont anyway cause hes sick now. its so windy here today can just hear that a wind blowing away! i made me a good cd, bought me some songs off itunes. this was the first time iv ever did itunes and it was pretty easy but now i need to figure out how to get the songs on my ipod that i have no clue how to do . it was my nieces ipod and she upgraded, this things on its last leg but it will do for now, figures i cant get a hold of her. so thats it for now i hope everyone has a safe and great newyears! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 12:34 PM 5 comments
Thursday, December 25, 2008
christmas eve pictures!
my nephews son, my dad and my son
my son, me and my 17yr old niece
me and my really tall nephew lol who's 21
my sister who's been like a mom to me!
me and my older sister
Posted by *Tracy* at 7:17 PM 8 comments
Merry Christmas!!!!!!
i hope everyone is truley haveing a wonderful day! i am for the most part but am feeling a little down. my father is only about a mile away and i wont see him today, hes at my brothers house with my sister having dinner. i wont hear from him today or get invited but what else is new. its just me and the kid , daddys working! i really feel like the black sheep and dont no why i am. i did get to see my dad yesterday and have lots of pics wich i will put up. seen both my sisters and nieces and nephews at my dads for my sons accual birthday and for christmas eve dinner. it accually was a very nice time and we all got along. my sister the one im very close with bought me like 5, 6 presents and they were all great! she gives me such wondeful stuff cause she no's just what i like. the most special thing she did for me this year was put together a a little photo album for me of pictures of my mother, she died when i was 5yrs old and i dont remember her much and only had like 3 pictures of her. so my sister tryed to round up some more pictures from family members to give to me but only found a couple more but i will truley cherish what she found for me. she also made me copies of my mother and fathers wedding picture and pic of just my mom and dad and put them in frames for me. this was truley the best present ever, makes me teary eyed just thinking about it. i no when i was younger i didnt care honestly about pictures and if i didnt have my parents wedding picture or my mothers it didnt bother me, now that im older i appreciate that stuff and want all i can get my hands on. also i can show my son who his mom mom was. i love you mommy and wish you were here, i miss you everyday! okay enough depressing stuff. hope everyone is safe and having fun and happy. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 5:46 PM 4 comments
Monday, December 22, 2008
okay heres a pic
Posted by *Tracy* at 2:41 PM 13 comments
Sunday, December 21, 2008
no pics
Posted by *Tracy* at 9:40 PM 4 comments
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
well i did it
i went and got my hair chopped, its like a bob style as the stylist said. i got it dyed a brown color wich is more my natural color and some highlights. i like it pretty much but deffiently have to get use to it! its the shortest iv ever had it. i will post a pic saterday when we have my sons birthday party! i hope everyone is well and keeping warm! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:55 PM 6 comments
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
okay question
so just sitting here waiting for my son to get home from school and tell me all about the nutcracker, im sure he had a blast! did i mention that boyfriend on the way to taking me to the drs gets us pulled over cause he wasnt wearing his seatbelt and so now $63 later thats that! he will never learn, he hates wearing them but i tell him you gotta get over it and just wear it your costing us too much money! so heres my question.............. i mentioned some time last month about getting my hair done the whole shabang, cut, dye, highlights for my birthday thats not going to be cheap, i dont think ill be walking out of the salon for less than $100. well i never got it done cause money got tight and bf not working as much but now hes working this side job everyday and will be at least till feb. we are doing better money wise and not behind on anything so should i get my hair done now? he says i should why we have a little extra cash but i feel so guilty. its like my birthday/ christmas present now lol. i dont no what to do, i want to get it done so bad cause i havent had a haircut in 7 months and need a change but feel like a bad person and should just put the money aside if we need it. what do you think? put aside incase we need it or just go do it cause like bf says if i wait to long we wont have it and should just do it while we have the extra cash. but dont think im not going to rub that $63 we have to pay for the ticket in his face that could have went to my haircut lol hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 2:13 PM 4 comments
Monday, December 15, 2008
smellin good and drs appt
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:13 PM 4 comments
Friday, December 12, 2008
im okay now lol
im okay now, dont feel like crying lol. what the heck is wrong with me, mood swing maybe?????? bf is home and sleeping, been working since 2pm yesterday till 3pm today poor baby. im just sitting here playing on the computer and no attack yet but still feel every so often im gonna have one. quite weird! so again hope everyone has a great weekend. toodles :P
Posted by *Tracy* at 6:02 PM 8 comments
not having a good day!
okay so this post is gonna be a downer so if you dont want to read about my whining then you might wanna stop reading now lol. im just not having a good day, where do i start.................i think im about to have a gallbladder attack, my stomache is starting to hurt real bad and iv just got the feelings i always get when im about to have one, i hope its not too bad if thats the case. im just so weepy today, i think i need a good cry or something! i miss my bf sooo much i havent seen him since 2:00pm yesterday cause hes been working emergency on call and i have no clue when i will see him. last nite was the first time i stayed home all nite with out him here, needless to say i didnt sleep to good. i dont like being home at nite by myself and could not do it always im too chicken! my dr called today and my muscle test or still bad , they havent gone down at all in the last 5, 6 weeks. so thats means ovously this new medicine isnt working and the steroids arent working either. wich i dont get why cause the steroids were working for couple months and now my test just keep coming back bad and i dont no whats going on and where to go from here. if the test keep coming back bad but i feel okay than im not too worried but if it means in the long run im going to start getting sick again i just cant do it and thats what scares me. im already stuck in this house alot due to only having one car and wish i could get out more. but to not be able to leave my house again cause im too weak to walk and stuff i just dont want to go thrue again. so i guess i just need to keep the faith and when i see my dr on monday we can figure what we are going to do. i need to not get myself upset before i truley understand whats going on. to all that do read my blog i dont write about my disease for anyone to feel pity or anything just to thow that out there i just have to write how i feel down, it helps me to feel better since i dont have alot of people to confide in. but yes please dont ever feel sorry for me( this means you lucy) cause trust me i doing fine, better than alot of people. i can get out of my house, walk, do things for myself, your son is the one that truley suffered and it breaks my heart when i think about it! so anyway just going to try to have a good day the best i can and quite being so down. i hope you all have a great weekend. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 2:02 PM 5 comments
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
so here i am wide awake
why is it i get all this energy at the wrong darn time, its 10:30 almost i should be in bed not rearing to go lol. could have been cause we finally got my sons room done and moved the rest of his stuff back in there. iv been bagging up toys and am going to give them to someone on freecycle. always feel bad though cause i get some many responses of people who want them and i dont have enough to give to everyone. plus you get sob stories i have 10 kids etc and they need them, i dont no who to believe. so i just give them who responds first and then go down the list if they dont pick them up. i have a jacket and some shoes im getting rid of too, i just wanna clean this place out and get rid of the clutter. i admit though i have a hard time doing it , im always afraid that something i get rid of ill need it at some point and we dont have money to just go pick out a new one like that, but i have to keep in mind if i havent used in in a while then really i dont need it and need to pass on to someone else. somethings must have been dusty cause my nose is bugging me now! iv yet to figure out what kind of cake to do for my sons birthday, dont no whether we will bake our own wich im deffiently not the baker ,i managed to botch up some chocolate chip cookies i baked earlier and they deffiently didnt come out right, real flat and cake like lol. so im not baking no cake , or do we buy. i say i might just have to buy a small one, we shall how much they are, and of course he will want something on it a theme i mean. so for his birthday wich we arent getting together on his bday cause thats christmas eve, we will get together next week some time. just invited my sis and her family and my sis n law. my dad wont come im sure and other brothers and sisters wont come so it will just be a little affair. thats more to my liking though, i dont like big crowdes and alot going on at one time it drives me crazy! i think i try to keep track of everything to much and all thats going on and wind up giving myself a huge migraine. we didnt even buy him anything yet (gasp) just havent been in the shopping mood and theres nothing he really needs so felt theres no rush you no. will have to pick him something up this weekend though. well i guess thats really it, man you would think iv drank a gallon of coffee the way im feeling lol, i dont even drink coffee for that reason. hope everyone has a great thursday! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:22 PM 6 comments
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
im just so drained right now for some reason! i just wanna go to bed and its only 5:30 lol. i dont no if its from doing alot yesterday and today and it just wiped me out or what but iv been dragging. went and got blood work done and had to stop a few times when i was walking, felt like i was gonna drop right there. kept the kid home today, hes doing better but still dont feel good as hes still being quite and just lieing around. i made some turkey noodle soup today so that was a nice easy dinner in the crockpot, although my egg noodles got all mushy :( still taste good though. my sister n law is the one who took me to get blood work and it was nice talking to her, i really dont see her much but shes like a sis to me. she told me today she is deffiently divorseing my brother( my twin) and its really no surprise. shes just getting some stuff straightened out and her plan on what shes going to do etc. theyve needed to be divorsed forever ago but she was always to afraid to leave and he wont go. my brother unfortunally has problems, not a good person, i no deep down he is somewheres but it just doesnt show. hes got a drinking problem and is a very mean person when he drinks and he becomes verbully abusive and has been physically before. so i guess shes just had enough, 10yrs worth or so and so im glad shes doing this. i worry what will happen to my brother when this all comes out and brought into action cause hes the type if he cant have her no one can but i hope he can get straightened out and get help. still dont have the darn christmas tree up, i hope bf gets it down from attic at least by the weekend so i can put it up, christmas will be here before you no it! i hope everyone is having a good day. im gonna lay down and read for a bit. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 5:30 PM 5 comments
Monday, December 8, 2008
alittle sick
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:05 PM 5 comments
Sunday, December 7, 2008
time changes everything!
One day, long, long ago, there lived a woman who did not whine, nag, or bitch.But it was a long time ago, and alas....it was just that one day!!
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:18 PM 4 comments
Saturday, December 6, 2008
another good day!
something must be in the air, i had another good day!(meaning happy) it snowed today and not happy about that, i hate snow! im always afraid my big butt is going to slip n fall and then im not going to be able to get up lol, funny but not funny! my sister n law decided to keep my son over nite so that was nice. we didnt really have any plans to do anything tonight bf and i so we just went to walmart to pick up somethings and i got my christmas cards, just gotta fill them out now. i wanted to rent a movie from the red box, but they didnt have what i wanted to see wich is The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian , has anyone seen this? or wanted to see something funny but they just didnt have anything good. that horton hears a who comes out tuesday i wanna see that, sorry im like a big kid :). so anyway just came home and ate dinner, played alittle game system and talked to my niece for a while on the phone, shes 17 and like this age alot more than when she was younger although i dont see her as much cause shes always on the run! plus bonus was me and bf had a nice , peaceful time together. he was being so nice to me wich dont get me wrong he normally is nice but today we didnt fight at all. poor thing was sooooo tired though, went to bed at 10. these long shifts are going to kill him but worth it for the money, hes gotta work today all day too. he said i could come with him and sit in the truck and keep him company but um no thanks! sitting that long will just stiffen and swell me up and plus its too darn cold! finally feel like im coming around again, to the land of the living. i cant really explain it ......but when i was really sick and sorry ill always talk about being sick cause its my life and its something you dont forget. but i didnt want to see anyone or really talk to anyone and now that im doing so much better im talking to some old friends again and it feels nice and making some new friends, im not feeling quite so lonley anymore. it will still be awhile before i feel comfortable hanging out with certain people and stuff cause i still cant do certain things with out feeling like everyones looking at me and with my face being puffy and my eyes puffy most days i feel weird looking at people who new me before cause i no i look different but overall im starting to feel normal again. do you no what i mean at all lol. well i guess thats it for now. hope everyones weekend is going great! lovin getting the christmas cards, thanks kat, missie, lucy! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 11:48 PM 4 comments
Friday, December 5, 2008
Posted by *Tracy* at 9:58 PM 5 comments
Thursday, December 4, 2008
its thursday already........
wow this week is going by real fast to me.......... dont have much going on really. bf has had a little work this week so far, not much! will be intresting to see what his paycheck is for. we go thrue this stress every year during the winter because of the type of job he has but this year with the bad economy it just didnt help and so the stress is here a little sooner than usual and im hating it! but we were able to pay rent wich i was relieved about, was a little worried. theres no other jobs really out there right now and i should say nothing that is worth taking that we can get by on with one income. bf and i are i arent getting along and havent for 3 days, it mostley starts at nite , maybe hes just tired, i no it could be stress too but i cant let it take control over us cause its not going to help matters you know. he says its my attitude and how i say things, and thats what gets him started, well it could very well be........... will have to work on that, but when im stressed it shows! today was library day at my sons school, every thursday they get to pick out a new book but he didnt cause he couldnt return the one from last thursday cause we cant find it! i could kill him lol, he throws his stuff all around and never no's what he does with stuff, probobly got thrown away in the shuffle of his room being cleaned out and redone. i just dont want to have to pay alot for the book cause when he got it it was missing pages and ripped up, but what can you do. he got his hearing checked at school today and paper says he hears fine so WHY THEN DONT HE LISTEN TO ME!!!!! lol, still gotta get his eyes double checked they said again, just havent been able to take him to eye drs with the whole car situation. bf worked on the car yesterday and thinks its fixed , $90 some dollers later, its sucking us dry, what it does is you'll be driving and it just shuts off but will restart but will keep shutting off the whole time, so he put a part in and let the car run for an hr and it stayed running so hopefully that was it. if that was it thank you lord for fixing one problem in my life right now! you no what sucks though , you buy these parts and they end up not being the problem and you cant return them so we have over $100 in parts that have to stay in the car even though they didnt need to be replaced. i just never could understand why you cant return them if you didnt use them , once you open box its yours! i need to start christmas decorating around here just have been to lazy lol plus bf has to go up in the attic and thats a pain to get him to do that.............. well i guess ill get back to doing my laundry it never ends around here. hope everyone has a great day. also dont forget if you want a christmas card from just email me, you dont have to send me a card back to recieve one.
firstname.lastname@example.com. i going to try to pick some cards up this weekend. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 1:17 PM 5 comments
Monday, December 1, 2008
im around
i just wrote a whole entry out and then bam aol shut me down!!!!!! anyway my thanksgiving was pretty good, had a couple near disasters with bf scorching the mashed potatoes, turkey trying to catch my oven on fire, this house was a smoken! but it was nice and we were together and thats what counts. i didnt even over eat only had one plate full if you can believe it! iv been feeling pretty good too, havent had an attack since last monday and hopefully dont have one anytime soon but its been showing its face around every two weeks. just real tired and achy all the time but i can deal with that. my dr called today and asked me did i get my monthly blood work done yet and i said no , hopefully will get that done sometime this week and i have to get a ct scan done from something they seen on my lung couple months ago, but said it didnt look like anything serouis so this is just a check up. am surprised the dr called though cause hes never done that hmmmmm. we are redoing are sons room, painted it a blue color he chose and yellow. bought some of those removable wall sticker things and a new light some other little odds and end things. only redoing his room so we can get him out of ours!!!!! hes going to be 5yrs old christmas eve! has his own bed and its in our room and he sleeps in our room wont sleep in his own. we figured if we decorated his room maybe we can get him in there. my friend gave me a bed thats made out of wood , real nice, thats suppose to look like a skateboard but i think it kind of looks like a car too lol but anyway the kid likes it and it goes with the theme of his room. he seems to be excited about this change and hopefully it works out, no wait its gonna work out even if i have to sleep with him for many nites till he falls asleep hes going to sleep in that room!!!! so all his toys and stuff are sitting in the middle if my kitchen cause the rooms not done yet and im going crazy. i cant stand stuff all over the place, im not the most orginized person out there but have to have some kind of order. i have to go thrue his toys and see what i can get rid of , hate doing it cause he doesnt want to get rid of anything but sorry its gonna happen. this year he isnt getting much for his birthday/ christmas just what he needs, wich thats how it should be anyhow. the money just isnt there, car is still broke down have been borrowing a family members car, bf is getting temporarly laid off for 10 weeks . so this isnt a good time of year for us but it could be worse im sure, theres plenty others having a hard time, but the lord will get us thrue this . i cant get family members any gifts and iv already told them that and they understand, i just feel gulity when they buy for me. im the type of person you buy for me i feel like i have to buy for you. but at least i wont be stressed out trying to find the right gift, i like to get someone something they want or need, i put alot of thought into it and its so hard sometimes. some people just give you any ole thing but i think putting effort into it means more i will be sending out christmas cards though, cant stop that its the least i can give . if you would like one from me send me an email at email@example.com. one year i recieved like over 20 some cards from this group i was in on here and it was just so nice, made my christmas more special. i cant remember what else i wanted to say since aol ate my last entry darn it but i guess thats it. i hope everyone has a great week, stay warm! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 2:32 PM 9 comments
Monday, November 24, 2008
just feel so.....
Well today was my birthday and it was a awful one at that. i wish i had happy things to write here latley but its just not there. spent my whole day sick in bed with chills, slight fever, body pain etc etc and gallbladder attack yet again. i only was able to eat a slice of bread and a bannana today just so i could take my meds. this just really sucks anymore and im so tired of never feeling good. iv been really depressed latley and dont no if its cause im suppose to get my time of the month but never do anymore for somereason. iv been flipping out on everyone around me and okay one minute and then crying the next! im on the new meds my dr prescibed for my muscles but bf wants me off them. iv only been on them for 5 days but 2 times already have felt like i was going to black out/passout and have had more than usual body pain. bf thinks its from new meds but i dont no. i think hes just worried cause hes a truck driver and all over the place driving and wont be able to get to me if something happend. on a happier note im going to accually try to make some homemade stuff this year for thanksgiving. i live with a picky bf and son and sometimes thats good cause then i dont have to be the greatest cook lol. but going to make real stuffing this year for me instead of box kind lol. going to try to make an apple pie wich i made one 2 years ago and it wasnt bad. cant make my own crust though, gonna use frigerated kind, but will use real apples and stuff. gonna make bananna pudding wich everyone loves here! our dinner just consist of cause of picky eaters is turkey, gravy , and im going to try to make that from scratch too, can greenbeans they wont eat anything else :P, mash potatoes, rolls and cousin is making me her coleslaw, i love it and cant seem to make hers. so thats about it, miss going to others homes cause then id get all the foods i love instead of just these few but oh well, i dont need it really anyway, dont need to get any fatter!!! lol. hopefully i can even eat my darn thanksgiving dinner! probobly wont write anything else anytime soon so hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving and enjoy the time with your family. ((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:00 PM 11 comments
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
drs appt and such
god i think im falling apart lol. now iv got this pain in my left shoulder near my chest and all on my left side near my ribs and hurts when i breath. it started last nite and has been hurting ever since although right now its not as bad. i dont no if its gallbladder related or something else. i go to the regular dr tonite to get my pulminary lung test done so ill ask the dr, hopefully he can tell me what it is. bf had no work today cause there just wasnt any. sucks cause he drives a stone slinger ( like a dump truck but slings rocks) and gets payed by loads, if no loads gets no pay. so that is stressing me out a bit cause work has slowed down so much and hes not getting many loads so pay checks have cut down quite a bit, maybe thats whats causing me pain, the stress, who no's. so anyway hes again trying to fix the car, thought it was fuel pump, $100.00 later its not that. so now hes bought a brain or computer thingy and seeing if its that, this car is driving me crazy! we have to borrow a relatives car tonite just to go to the drs and i soooo need to get out of this house. i have been in this house for 7 days straight except if you want to count going out on the porch to get son off to school and afternoon, thats it! im going stir crazy! i was suppose to get my new meds im trying out for my muscles last friday but havent been able to get them cause couldnt get to the store, will deffiently try to get them tonite. bf and i were talking about marriage and i was saying how im willing to get married at the court house and then spend a few days in nashville for honeymoon/vacation. iv always wanted to go to nashville but we never seem to have the money or something comes up when you have the money. but i thought this sounded like a great plan. not tottally happy about getting married at a court house but will settle for that if i have too. he seemed to like the idea but its up in the air and deffiently wont happen till like tax time or something when we have MONEY! we were engaged 3 yrs ago but then we stopped talking about it and i lost the ring (gasp) and etc . so we are still engaged just dont no when we will get married wich bugs the hell out of me, i feel like something is missing. i hate calling someone iv been with for 6yrs my bf you no, i want to be made an honest woman. but hes in no rush already been there done that but he nos the rule like iv said to him many times before........... ill be 29 monday if im not married by 30 then goodbye lol. he thinks im joking and maybe i am but im not going to wait around forever for someone to marry me. im not getting any younger or any better right now...... sometimes i think maybe hes holding off on marrying me cause im sick, who would want to marry a sick woman? just these thoughts in my head today dont mind me. maybe i want that added security feeling? but anywho hope everyone is having a good week and its going by pretty fast i think. have a good one. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 3:09 PM 5 comments
Monday, November 17, 2008
Doing better
feel so much better today! yesterday i made it through the day with no pain thank god! thank you for your wonderful comments guys, means alot! to some who have asked its, deffiently my gallbladder, or i think 95%. i have been checked and have had a ultrasound and have gallstones, have had this problem for 5yrs now on and off. i just have been noticing latley its started to come around again and worse than ever. i no surgery for this is no big deal thats not the problem. id hop up on a table in a heart beat and get this thing taken out if a dr said lets go. when you have no insurance or minimal like i do wich only pays for my primary dr and meds and glasses NO hospital stays, NO emergency room visits or NO surgery than my options or shot to hell. iv talked to several surgeons and they wont do it with out insurance or even let me pay out of pocket. iv talked to emergency room dr and he said why dont you get it taken out, what are you waiting for i say i have no insurance....... all he said was "oh". pretty much the way i take it i cant get the hospital to do anything unless i go there and its about to rupture. trust me i wouldnt live this way if i could get it taken out, its past the point of being scared or worried about money. i cant afford any good insurance, and cant get approved for insurance thrue social services so then what? we pay for are sons insurance and thats all we can afford and thats more important than me, plus for children its always cheaper anyway. so i guess until some nice surgeon feels sorry for me i will just have to deal and you'll just have to read about me complaining and dieing!!!!! lol. but thank you all for your nice comments and for caring it means alot! my bf tottally doesnt get what i go thrue and wont undertand unless youve exsperenced the pain yourself but i wouldnt even wish it on him on a day that i might be hating him lol. so anyway back to other news we are just having thanksgiving here , just me and bf and my son and thats okay with me. my sister i talk to, her husband didnt want to go to anyones house for thanksgiving so she isnt coming here like planned. my sis im not talking to she is going to spend her thanksgiving at my dads wich is where she is staying anyhow. her and her husband or split right now imagine that. i do feel sorry for her though and want to be there for her right now just dont no how to. i guess ill just have to suck it up and call her and let her no im here for her, its the right thing to do. i think we are having marinated steak for dinner and mashed potatoes and something else not sure for dinner. i want this sooooo bad, not being able to eat anything really but soup and crackers and sandwich has sucked! so hopefully ill be okay today and can have that for dinner. i tell you though i can put on weight just like that, said yesterday i lost 15 and today im up 6pds just from having a little bit to eat yesterday, man i cant win for nuthin!!!!!!!! lol. anyway hope everyway has a good monday and good week. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 11:23 AM 7 comments
Sunday, November 16, 2008
i think im alive , just barley!
These last couple days have been horrible for me! iv just been soooo sick or worrying that im going to be sick cause of this darn gallbladder. i know i know you all are saying just get the darn thing taken out but its just not that simple. if i go to the hospital like i wanted to so bad friday they would have just kept me there forever and gave me pain meds im sure and sent me home, thats not going to help me!!!!!! so friday was the worst day, i think i accually scared my boyfriend the way i was grunting and moining and groining and slightly screaming, i was in so much pain i would have rather been giving birth. i was vomiting so much that in 2 days iv lost 15 pds. im happy about the weight loss :) sick aint i! but i just cant deal with this pain. the pain i get starts in my stomache then its all in my chest my ribs, my back, all over, feels like im having a heartache plus vomiting makes it worse and last for hours on and off and by time its over im just so tired and spent i go to sleep! today im good so far except for my body all over is killing me but that should go away later hopefully. i just hope i can make it thrue the day without getting sick, i ate a little something but just so scared. even drinking some water can get it started and thats pretty bad. pray for me i can have a good day without pain pleassssse! bf is working on the car or is suppose to be, thinks problem with the car is fuel pump so hopefully thats all it is, see thats a problem to with car acting up if im serouisly really sick , cant even drive to hospital cause car wont make it that far right now, id have to call an ambulance and i dont want that lol. so thats it right now......... hopefully if bf gets car fixed we go to walmart later so i can just get out of the house. its been raining and so windy and cold around here its depressing! i think alot of people are down and blue this time of year, i know i sure am. i shouldnt be i have my family wich is my bf and son but i guess it just hurts that i cant spend it with my father and 3 brothers and 2 sisters cause we just dont get along and not close. its very sad really! sorry for this entry to be a downer but that just a place where im at right now. hope everyone is having a good weekend. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 2:47 PM 7 comments
Monday, November 10, 2008
just another day!
so dont really have much to say i think......... but im sure stuff will come to me :) new pic of me , i figured i needed to update it. i dont like getting my picture taken anymore though cause i think my face looks weird, funny, just different than im use to. i dont no if its the steroid im on are what but my eyes always look weird to me than they use to, puffy like and my face looks alot heavier and puffier even though im smaller than i have been in a long while. who no's just some of my crazy rambling. we went out saterday nite for karaoke with some friends had a good time although i was ready for bed it seemed around 10:30, was tired of sitting there i guess. i had one beer, i hadnt had one in a year and i no that since im on meds i shouldnt drink but wanted one so bad so had one. was it worth it.......... hmmmmmm not really, aint missing much! now if i had a ciggerate to go with it maybe, i smoke honestly like once a month, i literally have one smoke, sounds stupid but i guess thats how i keep myself from smoking all the time. now if i could only find some kind of balance and control like that with my eating lol! you no what i really hate is people who only talk about themselves , my neighbor whom i talk to once in a while but see her everyday, shes young like me and has health problems. i noticed once i made friends with her that i do all the talking and she talks but its always about her, i ask her stuff about herself but she never asks me anything! today out of the blue she starts talking about how she just had surgery yada yada, never new she was getting surgery ,and how shes doing so good now etc . im happy for her dont get me wrong but she never ask me how im doing its just always stuff about her, i no more about her than she does me. i dont no i guess that just bugs me. my son got a note from school that he needs to get his eyes checked at the eye drs, they checked them at school and i guess it came back a problem so we have to get them checked now. i really hope he doesnt need glasses cause i no he will give me so much trouble about them and wont leave them alone, hes gotta mess , touch everything! i have to go to the eye drs too cause its been 2yrs since iv had mine checked and i no they have gotten worse. iv lost some pounds since iv been on the higher dose of medicine for 2 weeks now, i think around 7 pds so i hope that continues. iv been at a stand still with my weight these last couple months, gaining and loosing the same 5-10 pds, but i no it doesnt help with my body being so out of wack right now! i just dont want to be gaining weight it depresses me! oh well i guess thats really it, its kind of a bla day. hope everyone has a good week. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 1:35 PM 10 comments
Friday, November 7, 2008
just some rambling
Posted by *Tracy* at 10:07 PM 7 comments
Thursday, November 6, 2008
drs appts, annoying sisters!
well my week has gone pretty good even though my son was off for 3 days, glad he went back to school today, i need peace and quite! my bf is getting on my nerves , he keeps bugging me to call my sister back who keeps calling me but im not calling her back anytime soon. she almost 2 months ago had asked to borrow money and we let her and we let her use the bank card and she took more money than she was suppose to and that really upset me and made me loose my trust in her cause here we were helping her out in a desperate time. she did end up paying us back but im not ready to forget what she did cause i consider that stealing. so anyway she keeps calling me and leaving messages saying i shouldnt be mad at her anymore etc etc and calling bf , and he has sense spoke with her but like i said i havent and dont plan on it till im good and ready. bf says im being rude, and ignorant but i feel like its my sister if i no that when i go to talk to her i have nothing to say cause im not over it than its my choice right? thats the problem with her she thinks she can screw you over than wait a little bit and its all good and i dont feel way at all! i think deep down he wants me to call her back to find out what she wants this time and he wont do it cause he thinks she wants money again so its put the guilt trip on me , well it aint working honey!!!!! went to my regular dr for a follow up and we are trying to file for disability and he said he would do it for me, while i was there he set me up an appt to get pulmonary function test( lung test) done in 2 weeks. i have trouble taking deep breaths and make this weird noise now sometimes when i breathe and my specialist had wanted me to see a pulmonary dr anyway cause my disease can effect my lungs. so getting the breathing test done at my reg drs at the clinic and then if they are bad will have to see a pulmonary dr wich i dont no how im going to do that with no insurance and they are sooooo exspensive so i pray my lungs arent to bad and we can take care of this some other way, just never ends for me it seems lol, but it could be worse. also have to set up an appt to see the dreaded........... gynocologist :( havent been to one in 4 yrs and my dr really wants me to go, also suggested mammagram. i said no way buddy im only 28 yrs old gonna be 29 in few weeks im not old enough for that, he thinks other wise but didnt push the issue as long as i see gyno! so thats really it in the land of tracy, drs appts and such. going to hopefully get my hairdone for my birthday here soon, dont wanna wait till my birthday the 24th so hopefully get it done sooner but i wanna make a drastic change. tired of the same look iv always had basically and want something very low maintence cause my hair falls out a lot sometimes and its changed alot since being sick the texture and stuff and its just not as pretty anymore. so gonna get a short cut and dye job. just dont no what kind of short cut is the problem cause i have a fat face! lol and its round so what kind of short cut will look right? ill have to check around a bit i guess before i make this move but im doing it darn it, its grows back right......... lol. i may not have internet here for to much longer cause we have to cut back on somethings cause we have to try to find away to get another vehicle. the car all the way to the drs last nite kept stalling and wouldnt start and gears were all screwed up just a mess, i wasnt too afraid cause bf was driving and hes an excellent driver but just hate that i have no car to drive, he wont even let me drive it now if i wanted too. so going to have to cut out stuff and internet might be one, i really dont wanna give it up lol i really dont want to!!!!!! but i guess if i have to so we can find cheap payments on a car than i have to, we shall see. i told him if you take my internet away your getting rid of your seruis satalite too cause your not keeping your thing and me get rid of my luxery. im sure everything will turn out, i hope! you just gotta keep positive they say and so thats what imma gonna do. hope you all have a great day and remember its almost friday! hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 9:43 AM 6 comments
Friday, October 31, 2008
HaPpY HaLlOwEeN
Posted by *Tracy* at 7:00 PM 11 comments
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
six random things about myself
okay no one tagged me to talk about myself but oh well :P no one here at home ever wants to no things about momma so you all gotta suffer haha! hmmmmmm this is a little harder than i thought.
1. i hate shoes worn in the house, unless you are a guest no shoes worn in the house, i dont no what it is but it irritates me to no end and feel the house is cleaner with no shoes!
2.i love to read, could spend a whole day reading a good book!
3. i have a fraternal twin he is my brother but we dont get along and dont talk!
4.i wash my hands alot, i hate dirty hands and people with dirty hands!
5.i love karaoke, i could go to karaoke 7 nites a week!
6. iv never been to the dentist! but luckley my teeth or in pretty good shape!
wow that was hard, iv guess i dont ever really sit and think about myself. the only things i could really think about were all my complusive behaviors lol like having to have a clean house, no crumbs or dirt on the floors or counters. if i never had to cook on the stove and dirty it up id be so happy. im a crazy girl what can i say. hope you all tell me 6 things about yourself , i love getting to know people. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 4:49 PM 8 comments
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Posted by *Tracy* at 9:58 PM 4 comments
well what can i say
well went to drs yesterday and he first thing he says to me is what have you been doing and im like say what? he said you test came back all crazy and i was like came back bad? my muscle test came back 6800 wich is bad! when i was there 5 weeks ago it was 2823 so its increased and that would mean my muscles or getting weaker. my muscle test needs to come back 200 for me to be all good. i told him iv felt like something wasnt right that something has changed but nothing to drastic, just more so really tired, weak on and off and just a change than before hard to explain. so basically im falling apart again because hes trying to wean me off the steroid (predisone) and im not responding well to that so the longer i stay on a low dosage im going to fall apart again so he upped my dosage right back where we started in the beginning where it was helping me to get better. hes also got me going to get some blood test to see if i can try out this medicine called rituxan, they are trying it on patients who have muscle disease. so hopefully i can start taking that with the predisone and really start getting better. i had to yell at the boyfriend though and say i told you so. he always thinks im milking things , like when i ask him to help me with soemthing cause i dont feel good, help me get out of the chair etc. he thinks im just being lazy but the truth is i need help sometimes still and he doesnt get that, he says he knows that im going to have good and bad days so why then question me when i need help just help me!!! thats how i feel anyhow. he took real good care of me when i was really sick over the summer but hes not the overly helping type , its more like ask him for help he wont just offer, he claims he dont want me to get too use to his help and relie on him and i get that but still you should help me when i need it exspecially if its small things. so needless to say i dont think he will be questioning me quite as much anymore. so today havent done a darn thing really besides wash clothes. its very windy here and cooooold! bf didnt have any work so he got my son off to school for me and has been playing wii all day, do i sense a problem here lol. i hope he doesnt think hes going to spend hr and hrs playing that darn thing! thanks for all your comments to by the way. as far as insurance im trying to get help but not so easy cause i have a bf of six yrs not married , its my sons father so since we have a kid together and live together but not married they go by his income and he makes to much so it screws me. i have this little insurnace right now called pac but all it pays for his my primary dr and my prescriptions wich does help. doesnt pay for hospital, specialist or anything like that so that where my problem lies. i just thank god that i am able to take care of my muscle problem right now even though its out of pocket. i get all my blood work done everymonth out of pocket and just pay the hospital what i can each month. i dont worry about the debt anymore cause my being alive and getting healthy is more important to me than worrying how much this test is going to cost me you no. i hope everyone is having a good day. hugs
Posted by *Tracy* at 3:00 PM 10 comments
Monday, October 27, 2008
in pain!!!
Posted by *Tracy* at 12:50 PM 7 comments
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Hi :)
havent wrote for a few days cause my computers been acting up! thanks for all the complements on my new background, i like it too, pretty much! ummmmm not much really been going on, went to a bonfire one nite that was fun roasting weenies, might do that this weekend too. had my nephew sunday( the baby) hes the one that i wanted to watch cause i never get to see him and he was soooooo good for me but i deffiently couldnt of handled him on my own. hes 9months but can crawl and he trys to walk, he gets into everything so it was a good thing bf was around to help me lol. i still really dislike his mother though she just really needs to grow up. i no everyone has faults i have MANY IM NOT PERFECT! but i realize my faults! this girl thinks she has none and dont take advice well......... anyway she sends him to my house with no wipes, no milk for his bottles, a onesie with food all over it , that its not warm enough for him to wear anyway it was 60 degrees here, no toys, 4 diapers wich went to 3 cause i had to change him when he got here and then his carseat was all wet. i had him for 6hrs, 3 diapers is cutting it close! i just feel so sorry for this baby, if shes a good mother id really like to give her that benifit but i dont see it happening. finally got my sons halloween costume, hes gonna be handy manny, hes a animated tool guy on disney channel i think? has talking tool belt, its cute! plus bonus we got it half off it was on sale, i love when i find stuff on sale! went and got my monthly blood work done yesterday and go see specialist monday to see how my muscles or doing so looking forward to that, i think it will be good results! hmmmmmm what else think. think. :) got some body spray i love wich everyone else out there must love too cause they were all out of the normal size body spray and only had little bottles and werent getting anymore in anytime soon, its vanilla sugar from bath and body works. bf dont like it but i dont CARE! lol. well i guess thats it for now, not alot going on. hope everyone is hav ing a good week, its going by fast! hugs
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
okay stupid question........ im sure youve already told me how to but just tell me again :P i wanna change my background to something halloweenish and found a template but cant figure out where i put the code. can you help me and remember im slow lol. hugs
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for heather
Heather, over @ corset, asked for some participation of her readers and so here is my answers to her questions.
1. I have several bible verses that I have committed to memory that give me strength when I am discouraged. Can you share a few of your favorite? Or maybe just a quote or passage or song lyric that you find empowering? / i dont really know any verses or quotes, i just make sure i remind myself no matter how hard it is to do that sometimes that someone out there has bigger problems then me and has gone thrue more. i just try to appreciate what i have because it can be taken away from you! and talking to people help me get thrue things.
2. What would you consider your "lean" years as far as finances are concerned? Many might say college - or when they were newly married. Tell me about your hard times and how you survived... ramen noodles? I may glean some tips that help us get through! / well right now isnt too bad for us still have some tax money :) but every winter it is hard! work gets slow and so no work means dont get payed and we get behind on bills but somehow we make it thrue. im a sahm so that doesnt help, but cant afford daycare and with being sick that doesnt help. we eat alot of bolonge and hotdogs, cheap meals! and try to cut out what exspenses you dont need
3. I'm interested in your love stories. It's discouraging to not be "lucky in love". My first marriage was abyssmal. My second marriage was, without a doubt, the greatest disappointment I've ever faced. I want to hear stories about how you may have given up on finding someone special and ended up meeting him... / the man im with is my longest relationship ever, weve been together 6yrs, before that i was only with guys maybe 8months? i met him thrue my sister, hes already been married i havent. we have a open, honest relationship and i love him dearly and hope to marry him one day. we have are bad days too but i truly believe if you have trust and honesty in your relationship you can make it!
4. I'm loving having TV again after 3 weeks of not really watching. I'm a big tv junkie. My favorite show right now is Jon & Kate Plus 8... what show are you watching obsessively and why?/ i like john and kate plus 8 too, diners drivein and dives, kitchen nitemares, hells kitchen, biggest loser etc
I'm also a big magazine reader. I love People, Shape, Self, Weight Watchers, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping... lots and lots of random mags. What magazine do you never miss? Why?/ i read the country magazine sometimes and people at the store but dont get any sent to my house right now :( mostley read books!
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Monday, October 13, 2008
feeling bla
Well its monday again yay, NOT! i just really hate mondays for somereason. iv felt so bad today, iv been in bed all day just got up to get my son on the bus and get something to eat, other than that in bed. i called in my prescription for predison and it went thrue but when bf went to pick it up yesterday at walmart they said i had no more refills, even my bottle said i had refills i dont no what was up with that. so needless to say i couldnt take my meds today and i didnt really realize how fast and how bad i would feel, my body was hurting all over and had a migraine all day. i wont be waiting till the last minute to call in my prescription again!!!! i did get them though, called my dr although he took all day to call it in but i took them and feel so much better! saterday i went and seen my father in Delaware, i havent seen him since feburary. i love him soooo much he lives alone and i worry about him and i would see him more but we arent that close and plus i was sick so i couldnt get out to see him. we stopped by we had to go to best buy near him to get my washer. it was great seeing him and i realize iv gotta try more to see him even though he doesnt try, hes my only father and iv already lost my mother at a young age. so trying to catch up on laundry, around here a few days not washing we get backed up!!!!
hope everyone has a good week. hugs
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Friday, October 10, 2008
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
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sooooooo my chicken noodle soup turned out Great! i didnt get a chance to take a pic . i know it was good cause my boyfriend is sooooo picky and he ate it up so ill have to try to make some other kind of soup one day. we went to karaoke last nite for only about an hr but it was nice, nice to see some regulars i havent seen in awhile. wednesdays are burger nite there so that what we got but i got mine to go, cant eat then sing. i got to sing 2 songs, trisha yearwood - baby i lied and unforgettable by nat kind cole ? i sang this with a guy that goes there that can sing really good, he sings alot of frank sonatra songs. got alot of compliments on my singing wich always makes me feel good, like i said its been awhile like 5 months since iv been to karaoke and i was feeling a little rusty plus i get nervous being infront of people. if i could live my dream right now it would be to be a country singer, its my life! to never sing again i think i would just die. iv been asked to be in bands and told to go to american idol , contest etc but i just dont do it cause i cant handle people looking at me and setting myself up for failure. and im not being cocky i know i can sing good just dont want people thinking im full of myself cause im not! isnt that funny that me admitting i sing good makes me feel bad and so full of myself, why cant i say something good about myself without feeling that way? but anyway......... my son had fun, normally i would sing a song with him but we didnt have time, he would of wanted to sing a taylor swift song or hanna montanna he loves them girls! the older ladies there were trying to get him to dance with them and giving him candy to be his girlfriend, it was sooooo cute! i said man the ladies love you huh and he was like yea and grinning! he was so hard to get up this morning very grumpy but i figured it would be that way since he didnt go to bed till after 10, we were home by nine but he didnt want to go to sleep. todays just been another day, might go to the doller store later to get some picture frames for his school pic, it turned out great! sorry if my blog is boring but to be honest i dont have an exciting life its pretty boring honestly so thanks to all that still come by and read and leave comments, i look forward to them! hope you are having a good day! hugs
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
how do I
Okay so im trying to figure out where to put my playlist code, can someone tell me please :) im surprised i even figured out how to make a playlist lol................ . im making chicken noodle soup for the first time, yes i repeat for the first time eva!!!!!!! i dont no how to cook that good, im a cook from a box kind of girl pretty much! so anyway cooking soup in my crockpot, i put in it broth, chicken, tyme, bay leave, corn, carrots, potatoes, onion and going to add egg noodles eventually, i have no room right now. hope it turns out good, smells good, might have to take a pic lol but then i wouldnt no how to put it on here probobly.............. todays been an okay day mood wise, just sooooooo tired all the time, guess its from my decrease in meds, weaning me off the steroid and believe me i can tell quite a difference! my weights up today still swollen all over but feel okay, as okay as i can be i guess. i was looking at the angels jim shore makes from heartwood creek on ebay, they are sooooo beautiful! i have one that my sister gave to me, its a sister one and i bought her an angel last christmas, thats what im getting her this christmas too. i wanna start collecting them and so does she. so i was looking at them and trying to figure out wich one to get her next cant quite decide, it will take me forever to decide! well hope everyone is having a great day. hugs
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Monday, October 6, 2008
just another monday
So i had a pretty nice weekend, my sister in law took my son saterday till sunday at 4, we didnt ask she offered, gotta love her!!! saterday me and bf went to oxford pa to this little amish farmers market, they have lots of amish furniture wich are beautiful id never be able to afford it! and they have little things for your outside water fall things and birdhouses etc, just country looking stuff wich I LOVE! got some yummy freshly made pretzels omg they were so good. went to the amish grocery store next but they didnt really have anything much different than your normal grocery store so i wasnt that awed. spent the nite at home cause we couldnt find anyone to go out with but it was nice to just have some quite without my son around. yesterday just went to wally mart and got me a squarecrow for my front yard and a nice smelling candle, i burn candles all year long , i cant get enough of them. so that was really about it just stayed around the house yesterday we were too tired or too lazy to do much :) im soooooo tired right now i could take a nap and just might after a while, after i read my book. im suppose to be taking my nephews baby one day to spend some time with him cause i never get to see him, hope i dont regret it. 1 do i have enough strength to deal with a 7month old who can crawl all around and get into things and 2 do i remember what all to do lol, it makes me nervous thinking about it but i wanna see him and bf will be off work before i no it and can help me. theres one thing his mother did to him that i just hate though, hes a boy and she went and got his ear pierced! so now when my sister has him for the day when she takes him places people think hes a girl and she has to explain. who does that to a BOY baby 7months old. his mother is only like 20 if that explains anything, shes real imature if you ask me. but anyway what can i do........... well that about all i have to say right now im too sleepy :P have a great day! hugs
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
brrrrr its chilly!
Its a sunny chilly day here, its my kind of weather! should hopefully knock the grumpyness and blues out of me! Didnt end up going out last nite, 8 aclock rolled around and i said naaaa dont wanna go, had a massive headache by then and was just miserable, no since spreading my bad attitude around. just made a sandwich for dinner and watched some tv, nothing special. at least i have one thing to be happy about im down on the scale today , down 7 pds since tuesday! i figured it would be a loss cause i peed soooooo much yesterday lol. my weigh in for my group the dietbusters is tomm, me and my partner jeanne were the biggest losers last week but i dont no about this week. It isnt looking to good on my end :( but all i know is it isnt from me eating bad cause iv been really trying to work on that and have been paying attention to what i eat and when. today at my sons school , hes in pre-k they go to the library and get to pick out a book and then next thursday turn it back in and get a new one. he loves this day, i think i look forward to it just as much as he does :P , i love to read and love to see what hes picked out! still have no clue what hes going to be for halloween, there just isnt any good custumes out there unless your a girl i feel. im not talented enough or crafty enough to make something up. it will end up being a last minute thing im sure but at least i know what ever it is we will get are moneys worth, he was spiderman last year and still wears his custume around the house, its seen better days by now lol. well thats its for now .................. have a great day! hugs
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
if i hear NO one more time.......
omg if my son says no to me one more time today im gonna go crazy! when i ask him to do something its no............ i hope hes gonna out grow this cause momma dont like it! im sooooo moody today, dont wanna talk to NO ONE and everyone is irratating me, same thing yesterday. i was getting all upset over little things and wanting to cry lol. i think we are going to karaoke tonite at this place called beach combers. going to take our son with us because we are going to have dinner first then karaoke starts at 8 and we normally leave by 9:30, wich cause my sons with us we have to leave the bar/ restaurant by 10 anyway. this will be the first time iv been to karaoke since may, i use to go at least every other weekend until i became sick. this week seems to be going by fast, tomm is thursday already yay! i wish i new how to get pretty pictures on my blog like everyone else, im sooooo slow at this! well hugs to everyone! have a good nite
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testing 123, is this thing on? this is going to be hard for me to get use to!!!!! BLA
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Arthur's Reading Race
It may be summer, but that doesn't keep me from planning for next year. The first story in my basal is Arthur's Reading Race.
Title: Arthur's Reading Race
Author: Marc Brown
Illustrator: Marc Brown
Genre: Fiction
Summary: Arthur doesn't believe that his little sister can really read, so he challenges her to read ten words and offers a reward of ice cream if she does.
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Season 06, Episode 14:
The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell
Piper has enrolled Wyatt in a preschool, but he is unwilling to play with the other children. As Piper speaks of her worries with Phoebe and Paige, Wyatt orbs back to the manor. The sisters orb after him and find that a door has appeared next to the manor's stairs. The door opens and a man calls for help; the Headless Horseman appears behind him and chops off his head. His head can still speak.
The head says his name is Sigmund and explains that the rest of him at Magic School. He says Gideon needs help. Leo orbs in and Sigmund recognizes him. Leo says that Magic School is supposed to be protected from evil.The sisters and Leo go through the door, with Sigmund's head with them. Leo says that Gideon was his mentor and had advocated his and Piper's marriage before the rest of the Elders. The sisters, Leo and Sigmund's head meet with Gideon, who says the students had been pulling pranks and finally one conjured the Headless Horseman, who is cutting off teachers' heads. He believes the guilty student is influenced by a demon. Gideon tells the sisters that they can find what they are looking for on the grounds of Magic School.
Paige takes over one of Sigmund's classes and find one of the students levitating another against his will. She finds her new students to be very disrespectful. She suspects that one of her students conjured the Headless Horseman.
Phoebe follows a wolf, which leads her to a camp-fire. The wolf morphs into a Shaman, a woman who notes that Phoebe's premonitions are unreliable lately and offers to help her see her future more clearly. She tells Phoebe she is conflicted, questioning her future; Phoebe uses her empathic power, but cannot tell if the Shaman is telling the truth.
Piper and Leo are watching Wyatt, who is being much more sociable here than at the non-magical preschool. A mother comes in and describes her near-miss with the Headless Horseman. An alarm sounds, and the Headless Horseman appears and cuts off Piper's head.
Leo and Paige walk into the nursery and find Chris there with a demon using some kind of power on Wyatt. Chris claims that he can explain, but an angry Leo orders him out. Leo orbs Wyatt "up there."
The Shaman offers Phoebe a potion, which she drinks. She has a vision of herself before a portal and beset by demons. On awakening, she finds herself fighting demons. Paige orbs in and tells Phoebe what happened to Piper, but Phoebe decides to stay to seek answers.
Paige orders her students out the door and into the manor. She says that one of them is responsible for the Headless Horseman. The students argue among themselves. The door opens and the Horseman rides out. It cuts off no one's head, but runs out the conservatory door. Gideon offers to help Paige find the Horseman; no one outside would be protected and would be killed if beheaded. They find him and Gideon opens a door, returning the Horseman to Magic School, but a mortal killer has been killed.
Chris claims that the demon was able to scan for evil and could possibly find out who was going to turn Wyatt. Gideon says that he had promised that Magic School would never cause harm and that he now must close it. Paige talks him into changing his mind. The students in the manor suddenly freeze and an unseen figure grabs Piper's head. Paige and Gideon conclude that one of the students did this and is not actually frozen.
Phoebe has tried her vision quest again, without much success. The Shaman advises her not to use her powers to get through, but to "want it more than anything". She takes another potion, but this time, the demons pass through her without harm and she reaches the portal. On the other side, she sees Wyatt at about six years old and he has a brother; Phoebe then notices that she is pregnant when Paige, Headmistress of Magic School, needs to pawn off taking her to a doctor appointment on Piper. Wyatt's brother asks for Phoebe's help and it morphs into Chris asking for her help in the present. The Shaman encourages her to embrace her powers and her path.
Back at the manor, Phoebe uses her empathic power to examine the students and finds Zachary to be angry, and to be astral projecting. His projection fades, and the sisters and Gideon realize that he's tapping into other people's powers. He had frozen the room with Piper's power.
Inside Magic School, the Horseman attacks again, and cuts off the heads of Paige and Phoebe.In the manor, "Paige" comes out of the door and urges Leo to orb the other students away. Once Gideon is alone, "Paige" morphs into Zachary and attacks Gideon. Zachary feels that he's being held at magic school against his will and being kept from his family and friends.
The Charmed Ones' heads say a spell and vanquish the Horseman. When he explodes, the sisters are made whole again. They convince Zachary to let Gideon go by explaining the similarities of their having to deal with magic in their lives and his.
Zachary is back with his family at the end of the episode. Paige is contemplating binding Richard's powers. Phoebe talks vaguely about what she saw on her vision quest. Phoebe asks Chris if he is Wyatt's brother. He says he will be, if Piper and Leo get back together soon enough.
- Foreshadowing: Chris tells Paige he's running out of time, but doesn't get any more specific.
- Phoebe's vision shows she'll have children in the future. Attempts to ensure this happens will drive her actions for the remainder of the series.
- Innocuously Important Episode: Gideon won't be another in the line of one-off Elders; he's going to be the season's Big Bad.
- Off with His Head!: Oh, what do you think?
- The Reveal: Chris is Wyatt's younger brother, and if Piper and Leo don't get together soon enough, he'll cease to exist.


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Technical Specifications
This proscenium arch theatre has a stage with a sprung floor that is roughly 30 feet wide by 28 feet deep and a maximum seating capacity of 285 (281 regular seats and 4 accessible seats).
Whether you wish to have our technical staff create the right lighting look for you or you wish to bring in your own designer we can accommodate all of your lighting needs.
With a 66 channel digital effects audio console, full speaker and monitor system, ever-growing microphone stock, and professional projection equipment the Al Green Theatre can accommodate events of various sizes and styles.
Theatre Specifications
Seating Capacity
Maximum capacity 285 seats (281 regular seats and 4 accessible seats).
The seating is modular and the first 3 rows can be removed to form an orchestra pit or dance floor area approximately 36'-0" x 12'-0" (this reduces the total capacity by 54 seats). The entire seating system is retractable, allowing for an open floor seating plan.
Stage Dimensions
- Stage: 17'-2" from proscenium to upstage back drop
- Proscenium Opening: 29'-0" W x 15'-0" H
- Fixed Apron: 35'-6" W x 10'-9" D x 3'-9" H
Please note that wing space is limited, especially on the SR side
Drapes & Screen
- Main Curtain: Red velour (travels, hand operated from stage level, SL)
- Legs: 4 Panels (double sided, black velour on one side and wood façade on the other)
- Borders: 2 Panels (black velour)
- Traveler: Black velour (upstage, motorized, used to hide the projection screen)
- Projection Screen: 24' (W) x 13' (H) to 16'-6" x 12' (front projection with motorized masking, upstage with 100' throw distance and a 20' elevation from stage
Dressing Rooms
Two dressing room areas that accommodate approximately five people each. Each dressing room contains a washroom with toilet and sink.
Green Room/Dance Studio
65 person standing room only (this is a shared space with the dressing rooms, includes mini fridge, microwave, program sound and limited storage).
Lighting Specifications
Lighting Console
- ETC Element Control Console; 60 Faders, 250 Channels
Click here to view the console manual
Control Location
- DMX input positions, booth, stage left and house
- 94 1.8k dimmers (8 Reserved for house lights)
- 26 On split catwalk in front-of-house, shared with LX1 bar 16'-9" from proscenium
- 12 6 circuits on each box boom ladder, either side of FOH
- 14 LX 2 bar 1'-8" upstage of proscenium
- 12 LX 3 bar 10'-6" upstage of proscenium
- 12 LX 4 bar 16'-4" upstage of proscenium
- 6 Floor positions at rear of stage
- Additional 100A disconnect available stage left (must be arranged in advance)
Please note that all theatre electrics are u-ground power connections
Lighting Instruments
- 3 x Strand SL, 26 degree 575W
- 11 x Strand SL, 36 degree 575W
- 17 x Strand SL, 25 - 50 degree 575W
- 15 x Source 4, 36 degree 575W
- 4 x Source 4, 26 degree 575W
- 4 x Source 4, 25 - 50 degree 575W
- 2 x Source 4 15 - 30 degree 575W
- 25 x Source 4 par lamps 575W (12 available with attached 15 colour scrollers)
- 9 x Elation Sixpar 300i LED's
- 4 x Ampro Cyc Lights (3 cels) 500w per cel
- 4 x Ampro Ground Row Cyc Lights (3 cels) 500w per cel
- The Theatre has a limited supply of gel frames, gobo holders, barn doors, Iris's (SL ONLY) and gel stock
Video/Data Projector
- Mitsubishi WD8200U 6500 ANSI Lumens
- Native Resolution: 1280 x 800 Maximum Resolution: 1920 x 1200
- Inputs:
- PC: 5 BNC x 1, Mini D-Sub 15pin x 1, DVI-D (with HDCP) x 1
- Video: BNC x 1, S-VIDEO (4pin) x 1, HDMI (Ver 1.3) x 1
- QLAB (Mac Mini - 2.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5)
- Multi-region OPPO BDP-93 Blu-Ray/DVD player
- Kramer VP-728 Presentation Switcher
Please note we do not support DCP
Audio Specifications
- Soundcraft Expression Si 2: 24 Mic Preamps, 4 Line Inputs + 32 Mic Preamps located backstage (Total of 56 mixable channels), 4 Lexicon FX Processors, 14 aux/group mixes each with compressor, 4 band EQ, BSS graphic EQ and delay.
Click here to view the console manual
House Speaker System
- Main Speakers: 2 x Community SLS 920 loudspeakers
- Delay Speakers: 2 x Community CPL 42 - 94 loudspeakers
- Front Fills: 2 x EAW fr122e loudspeakers
- Subwoofers: 2 x JBL MP 418SP powered subwoofers
Please note we do not support 5.1 Surround Sound - Stereo ONLY
Monitor System
- 1 x QSC RMX850 amp
- 1 x Yamaha PX1700 amp
- 4 x Yamaha BR12 speakers
- 2 x Yamaha CM12V speakers
Processors & Playback Specifications
Speaker System Control
- Peavey MediaMatrix
- Crown CE4000 amp (main)
- Crown CE1000 (front fills)
- Yamaha PX1700 (Delays)
- Denon DN 500-C CD/Mp3 Player
- Tascam CD-200 CD Player
- 3 x Shure SM58
- 1 x Shure SM57
- 1 x Shure Beta 57
- 1 x Shure Beta 58
- 1 x Matched pair KEL HM1 (large diaphragm cardioid condenser)
- 2 x Matched pair Rode NT5 (small diaphragm cardioid condenser)
- 4 x Audio Technica Pro 45 hanging mics
- 1 x Neumann KMS105 (vocal condenser)
- 1 x Sennheiser E902 (kick drum mic)
- 4 x Sennheiser ew100 G3 handheld mic
- 2 x Sennheiser ew100 G3 Lavalier mic (**Additional Cost**)
Audio Accessories
- 9 x DI boxes (7 passive & 2 active)
- 15 x Mic Stands (6 Boom, 13 Tripod/Telescopic)
- 4 x Music Stands w/ Clip lights
Additional Equipment
- Yamaha C3 Grand Piano (**Additional Cost**)
- Rosco Vinyl Dance Floor (**Additional Cost**)
- Chauvet Hurricane Hazer (**Additional Cost**)
- 6 x 2 channel com system
- 4 x hearing assistance headsets
Important Information
We do not provide backline services (i.e. guitar amps, drum kits, etc.)
All painting, on-site construction, etc. must be pre-approved by the Technical Director. Should any damage occur as a result of negligence on the part of the rental client or any of its representatives restoration charges will apply.
Download a copy of the LX and Stage Paperwork
To ensure the best service and success of your event we ask that all of our clients fill out our Technical Questionnaire and return it to the AGT Technical Director no later than two weeks before your event.
Download a copy of the Technical Questionnaire.


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THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR OBSERVATIONAL ACTIVITIES COMET AND NOVA SECTION. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT for 1964. 1. SEARCHES FOR COMETS AND NOVAE: During 1964, 2222 searches were made of 59 areas by 13 observers. This is a decrease from 1963 when 2299 searches were made of 60 areas by 27 observers. This apparent decrease in interest may be attributed to the fact that no bright comet or nova was well placed for observation during the year. Most observers used binoculars and checked stars in their 10°x10° areas to about sixth magnitude, and two observers made naked eye searches of the dome. No discovery was reported by members during the year. 2. OBSERVATIONS OF COMETS AND NOVAE: Two observations of Comet Ikeya 1964 were reported, and notice was received that other observations of several fainter comets were made. Not enough information was received for a statistical study. Mr. H. N. A. Maclean of Niagara Falls reported 21 observations of Nova Herculis 1963 during 1964. It showed a gradual decline from 10th magnitude to 12th magnitude during the year. 3. BULLETINS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: One Bulletin (no. 5) was issued during 1964; on March 15. Two Announce- ments were mailed out; no. 8 on July 5 giving an ephemeris on Comet Tamita-Gerber- Honda, and no. 9 on July 21 for Comet Ikeya 1964. Both comets remained near the sun while they were bright, and were not well placed for observation. 4. SUMMARY: As in previous years, some observations of comets were not reported to the National Coordinator. Since members and Centres wish to keep copies for their own records, making extra copies can present a problem. Perhaps if a standard report form for comet observations was prepared, this would encourage the reporting of observations. This matter should be given much thought and the National Coordinator would like advise form the Chairman and Committee before going ahead with any plans for making more forms than already exist. April 2, 1965 Respectfully submitted, 108 Roy Avenue, Apt. 102 Jim Low, National Coordinator Dorval, P.Q. S.C.O.A., R.A.S.C. Comet and Nova Section
2nd Annual Report
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Donegal Heritage Town is located in the South West of the County of Donegal. As well as the Railway Heritage Museum, Waterbus and Donegal Castle, it also boasts over 15 Pubs and Restaurants. Alternatively you can Cruise around Donegal Bay in a state of the art 160 seater Waterbus.
Gateway Lodge is located less than 1 km from the Mill Park Hotel and within 7 KM's from Harvey's Point Lough Eske and 5 Star Solis Lough Eske Hotel. We are also walking distance to the Abbey Hotel and the Central Hotel. There are also a wealth of things closeby to see & do in Donegal Town and the surrounding areas.
Double Room Sleeps up to 2 Adults with Full Ensuite Facilities. Rooms equipped with 1 Super King Bed of the highest quality, Flat Screen TV with Satellite Channels, Tea and Coffee Making Facilities. Hairdryer, Hair Straighteners, Iron and Ironing Board available on request. Complimentary Wi Fi throughout the building. Complimentary On Site Parking. Full breakfast and lunch available in Blas bistro, additional charges apply.
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With the festivities over for another 10 months its time for a break
Stay 1 night B&B midweek (Sun-Thurs) for only €69 OR be extra nice to yourself (you deserve it) and make it a 2 nighter for only €99
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24 refurbished en-suite bedrooms offering excellent facilities
The Gateway Lodge offers guests the choice of multiple room configurations to suit their individual requirements.
Blas Restaurant at The Gateway Lodge Awarded Best In Ireland at the Good Food Awards 2017
Blas restaurant is located within The Gateway Lodge on the ground floor of the original Drumcliffe house dating from the early 1800's. The restaurant has been lovingly restored with an emphasis on retaining as many original features as possible and all of its charm.
While staying with us you can sample from our award winning menus beginning with a fantastic breakfast menu sure to please everyone followed by an equally superb lunch and light dinner menu, all served daily from 8am - 5pm.
Awarded Best In Ireland at the Good Food awards 2017.
There are a wealth of things to see & do in Donegal Town and the surrounding areas, check out the highlights below
Built by the O'Donnell chieftain in the 15th century, beside the River Eske, the Castle has extensive 17th century additions by Sir Basil Brooke. Donegal castle is located in the centre of Donegal town, a mere 2 minutes walk from The Gateway Lodge.
Donegal has an abundance of beaches to try out your sea legs or for the more experienced surfer plenty of challenging surfs.
Donegal is home to no fewer than 17 golf courses, each one more beautiful than the last. Challenge yourself on some of the most scenic links courses in Europe which are consistently ranked in Irelands top 10.
Glenveagh National Park is a remote and hauntingly beautiful wilderness of rugged mountains, pristine lakes, tumbling waterfalls and enchanted native oak woodland in the heart of the Derryveagh Mountains in the north west of County Donegal.


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I spent a lovely day at Cheekwood with my mom and Nan Nan to see their American impressionism exhibit (and Chihuly, but more on that later). I was dying over the beautiful paintings, and on closer examination of White Azaleas-Magnolia Gardens by Alfred Hutty (which sadly does not exist on the internet), I saw that his inspiration was Charleston. It said that the first time Alfred went to Charleston, he immediately wired his wife and said "Come quickly, I have found heaven."
The first time I saw Charleston, I felt exactly the same way. Love at first sight.
*This is my other favorite painting we saw. I want to jump into this scene, or attempt to recreate it. Dream world.


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Deep breath, then, and let's see if we can avenge *some* of these little mishaps down the years:
|Ali Bernabia sees red at Highbury in 2002. Score 1-2.
|Tony Coton about to see yellow in a dull 0-0 draw in 1993
|Fitzroy Simpson struggles to no avail in 1992. Scoreline 0-1
|A home game, this one, so it doesn't really count. Still, memorable for the ovation the Gunners were given at half-time by the Maine Road faithful, as we watched our men trudge off 0-4 down. One-all draw second half, mind you.
|One of City's better days at Highbury in ahem recent years. This is 1991 and a stirring 2-2 draw. Seems like only yesterday.
|Nicklas Jensen gets the better of Sylvain Wiltord in 2002, but City lose 1-2
|1981: Rafael Meade, anybody? Another reverse, this time 0-1
|If there is one that needs avenging more than most, it is this shocker from 1983. Three games before the end of the season, a demoralising pasting at Highbury. Three weeks later, the unthinkable had happened and City were relegated.