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Inspire — OrganizationPosted: January 29, 2013 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts, Organization Leave a comment
We had a great time at our Inspire (formerly More Than Moms) meeting last night! I was the hostess and COMPLETELY FORGOT to ask anyone to take pictures! BOO!
I covered seven different areas of organization, most of which, I have already covered here on the blog. Most of what I shared, I've already explained in these posts so instead of typing it all out again, I'm going to direct you to several different places via links.
- Command Center: I blogged about my process of organizing my command center HERE. There are several before and after pictures. I was inspired to do a command center by DaNita over at Delightful Order. You can see her amazing command center HERE. I also shared a few pictures of some simpler command centers in case you don't have much room to work with:
- Pantry: I blogged about my process of organizing my pantry HERE. There are several before and after pictures. I featured two other pantries that are much fancier and roomier than mine:
- Laundry Room: I blogged about my process of organizing my laundry room HERE. There are several before and after pictures. I received most of my inspiration from Jen over at iheartorganizing. You can see her amazing laundry room HERE.
- Office/Craft Room: I blogged about my process of organizing my craft area HERE. There are several before and after pictures. When I'm crafting away in my space, I dream that I'm working in Maggie's (Smashed Peas and Carrots) BEAUTIFUL studio.
- Planning and Scheduling: I featured 5 different planners that I have seen, heard about, and LOVE. I personally use an Erin Condren planner, but all of them are GREAT.
- Erin Condren: I recommend the journal over the life planner. I didn't really have use for all that the life planner provides.
- momAgenda: Great if you have school age kids who are involved in extracurricular activities.
- Paper Coterie: Has a place to journal special memories and reasons to be thankful.
- Plum Paper Designs: Similar to Erin Condren, but a bit cheaper.
- May Books: FULLY customizable.
- Organization in the Car: I haven't blogged about what I use to keep my car organized. I have an organizing utility tote where I store Wet Ones, Clorox Wipes, Kleenex, a flashlight, changing pad, DVDs, and an "emergency" kit that is contained in a diaper wipe container. I got the idea for that HERE. Here are some pictures of other ways to organize in the car: There is a tutorial HERE on how to make this organizer for your car.
- Recipes: I blogged about my process of organizing my recipes HERE.
Finally, I shared that my 3 favorite organization blogs are:
LabelsPosted: January 26, 2013 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts 3 Comments
In 5th grade, I failed the Presidential Fitness Test. When we weighed in, the girl behind me in line saw my weight and proceeded to announce to the rest of the class that I was a good 15-20lbs overweight. On that day, I took an imaginary Avery name tag, wrote "the fat girl who can't exercise" in bold, and stuck it to lapel of my identity.
In 8th grade, I tried out for and made the basketball team. As I worked hard to be able to confidently rip off the label I had been wearing for 3 years, I went the entire season and didn't score one goal. Label confirmed.
In 9th grade, I was cut from the basketball team after a long couple of months of daily workouts and practices. The coach told me I had potential, but I just wasn't good enough. Label confirmed.
At this point, as a teenager, I felt it was too late to rewrite my label so instead of trying and failing, I just started to adapt to the identity I had believed and worn for so long.
Last year, I finally decided this label would not define me any longer. I made the choice to sign up for a 5K (The Color Run), downloaded the Couch to 5K app on my phone and started my journey of redefining what I BELIEVED about myself. It was HARD. When I started, I had a difficult time running for one minute without stopping and my pace was a 15 minute mile. It's been a LONG process, but I'm finally starting to see myself getting stronger. I've shaved about 4 minutes off of my pace, added more exercise (BOOT CAMP!!) into my weekly routine and I am seeing myself do things that I believed for FAR TOO LONG that I could not do.
Last week when I was running with Nick, I realized that when I got to a point that I need to take a break and walk, I was say, "I can't!" and stop. When I ran my 5K today, I decided to change my dialogue and use the encouraging words I hear from the other ladies in my bootcamp classes on MWF. I would put a goal in my head (the next stop sign, a tree, a curve in the road) to get to before I stopped to walk. As I approached that point, I would start to say, "you got this! you can do it!" and I found myself pushing beyond the goal I had set in my mind.
I have reached a point in which I am free to rip off that nasty name tag that has been worn for far too long, and confidently wear the name tag I was originally given….
…Amy…a Beloved daughter of the most high King who has created me, called me, and equipped me for every good work that I might bring ALL glory, honor, and praise to Him!!
We were challenged last week at church to look for opportunities to share our story…this is part of mine. If you've been wearing a nasty name tag on the lapel of your identity, RIP IT OFF. Rediscover who you are. You ARE capable. You ARE beautiful. You ARE designed for something greater.
And if you've believed for far too long that you've always been overweight so you might as well just stay that way, it's a LIE. Start somewhere. YOU GOT THIS.
The Bedtime DashPosted: January 16, 2013 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts Leave a comment
So…when Nick and I take Reuben to bed at night, we tuck him in, turn on his music, and say a prayer. As soon as we say amen, Reuben starts in on the questions to delay bedtime as long as possible.
A few nights ago, Nick high stepped out of Reuben's room so he wasn't the one left behind to answer the questions. Well, I wasn't going to be caught in that trap again. During the prayer, I planned my escape. What I didn't plan for was the random toys in my path that I couldn't see since the light was off. We said amen and I took off in a dead sprint. The next several seconds consisted of me tripping, trying to recover, and eventually falling.
I started by laughing which quickly turned into tears. My knee hurt and my thoughts immediately turned to the fact that I probably just ruined my Bootcamp and running routine by trying to beat my husband out of Reuben's room. (Dramatic much?!?)
Reuben got down out of bed (I'm sure he was thrilled by the opportunity to delay bedtime even further), crawled in my lap, and started very sweetly patting my back. He turned to Nick and said, "Daddy, I think Mommy needs an ice pack." So, they went and got his monkey boo boo pack for my knee. I continued to sob.
Nick was starting to become concerned and asked, "Are you going to be okay? Did it really hurt that bad?" I assured him that I would survive, but I've been needing a good cry so I was just seizing the opportunity to let it all out.
The next thing I know, I felt a little tap on my shoulder and Reuben asks, "Here, Mommy. Do you need this?"
I look up and he's handing me a plastic slice of chocolate cake from his play kitchen.
My response, "Yes. That is exactly what I need."
At least plastic is calorie free.
I'm SorryPosted: December 27, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts 3 Comments
There seems to be a bit of a trend lately in some viral posts about women…specifically moms…trying to come out from under the pressure of Pinterest.
There was the FB post from a mom in Florida writing about her thoughts on trying to measure up as a mom that went viral…
There's Kelly's post today…
There's Jen Hatmaker's post last week…
I must admit. I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed the last couple of weeks…well, really the whole year, but here's a glimpse into why the last couple of weeks stressed me out…
Here's what came of my Advent plans and intentions this year. My cute stockings were pulled to the ground. I managed to pick them up and pile them on the piano, but that's where they stayed. I think we got around to doing approximately half of our planned activities. Guess which one's I posted about on Facebook? The few we accomplished.
Our Christmas tree never got a star this year and Reuben asked me one day, "Mommy, why doesn't our tree have a star on top?" When I took our star out of the box, it was broken and I just never got around to buying a new one. It finally got close enough to Christmas that I realized it would just be better to buy a new one when all the Christmas stuff went on sale AFTER Christmas.
This is my living room right now. Enough said.
AND…Ella Reu headquarters needs some serious love and attention.
Back in October, Angie Smith wrote this post about "The New Pretty." She talked about starting a new revolution of showing pictures of our reality rather than our highlight reel. This post really resonated with me.
So…this is all what brings me here today. I want to apologize. The majority of the time, I have the BEST intentions when I post anything on this blog or on FaceBook. I very rarely come up with my own idea…most of what I do is copied from someone else who shared…so I want to share what I do via social media to spread the love and ideas to other people. HOWEVER, I am always more motivated to show my best than I am to be honest about my daily reality. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in my struggle to make sure people believe I have it all together and am successfully living out my life as a stay-at-home-mom, pastor's wife, and recent small business owner.
What I DON'T want to happen is in my effort and attempt to make you believe I have it all together to make you feel like you are any less than your best.
A friend of mine came up to me at church last night to hug me and thank me for posting a "real" FaceBook status. This is what I wrote:
Anyone else considered lining up childcare for holiday festivities with family? Not for ALL of it…just to enjoy a few family traditions without having to chase the little crawling human vacuum or discipline the ball-throwing-in-the-house, toddler-and-baby-wrestling, constantly-on-the-move-and-questioning-everything little boy.
No? Just me? K, cool.
The truth is…no one usually comes up to me to hug me and thank me for posting a picture of the cute new craft I did or the clean house I keep. I'm not saying I won't ever post anything like this again, I just want to make a new and fresh commitment to be REAL…to share my REAL life and my REAL struggles. My heart is TRULY to dispel the lies and make other women feel that they are NOT alone in their struggles with motherhood, measuring up, weight, fashion, etc.
And I want to sincerely apologize. I'm sorry if the things I've posted via social media have ever made you feel less than best. The truth is, I struggle daily with measuring up. I'm in a process with God in which I am RE-learning the truths He has laid out in His Word which clearly describe how He feels about me and choosing to BELIEVE them. I want to be open and honest and share my journey with you because there have been women along my path who have done the same for me and it has made such a difference!
So…here's my heart…in a random, unplanned, disjointed blog post.
Know that you are LOVED. You are TREASURED. And you are ENOUGH.
(P.S. I make no apologies for pictures or posts bragging about my children. It's a mother's duty to brag, right?!? I sure love reading about and seeing all of your babies!!)
Merry Christmas!Posted: December 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Wishing you a JOYFUL holiday season full of QUALITY TIME, LAUGHTER, and REST all while focusing on the true reason for the season…JESUS CHRIST. It is our prayer for you that this upcoming year is one of HEALTH, ADVENTURE, INCREASE, PEACE, and IMPACT. We are thankful for each one of you. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Top 10 Reasons the First Week Has Been AWESOMEPosted: December 7, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts, Family Fun Leave a comment
Nick is wrapping up his first week of being a full time worship pastor at Destiny Church. There have been several times this week we've looked at each other and smiled huge smiles when we've realized how GOOD it feels to have MARGIN back in our lives. As we've pushed on the brakes, we've started to understand just how hard we were pressing on the gas pedal.
So…here's the Top 10 Reasons (from this week) I'm LOVING Nick's new job:
- After pouring his heart out while leading worship in our 3 services this weekend, we had Monday OFF to REST as a family!!
- We didn't have to pick out and iron his dressy work clothes for the entire week. He is able to dress in his "normal" clothes!
- On Tuesday afternoon, Nick was home by 4:15 allowing me to cook dinner while he watched the kids!
- We had almost 3 full hours with Daddy at home on Tuesday afternoon/evening before he had to go to vocal and band practice. It used to be he'd run in the door, eat dinner, and run back out the door.
- Nick didn't have to fight his way through 5 o'clock traffic after a crazy day at work to make it to church on time. He was already at church…finished his work day at 4:00…and was able to hang out at church and work on writing a new song until preservice band practice began.
- Nick is off on Thursday mornings so he stayed with Gabriella while I took Reuben to school and then had a chance to run errands by myself!
- We got to enjoy a staff Christmas party at our pastors' beautiful home over lunch on Thursday and then spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing as a family.
- We had TIME to go out with some of our friends on Thursday night because our schedule was open enough to allow it!
- Nick got to come home and have lunch with us today!
- My husband has a pep in his step, a smile on his face, and is excited about this new journey…AND SO AM I!!
Pride Comes Before a FallPosted: December 5, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts, Holidays 3 Comments
So…I was working on preparing Advent activities to do with Reuben this year and ran across a website that has several FREE Pre-K packs that are categorized by a variety of holidays and themes. They are super cute! I decided the Winter Wonderland and Nativity Packs would be great to have on hand to use with Reuben when we have down time. He has been highly interested in all things counting, shapes, alphabet, reading related so these seem right up his alley.
These Pre-K packs are super cute and I wanted to use them more than once SO I figured I would print them in color on card stock paper and laminate the pages that required writing. This way Reuben could just use a dry erase marker and work on them over and over. Once I got them all printed, I headed to Mardel to laminate them.
After working as a school teacher for 7 years, I feel very confident in my laminating skills. In fact, dealing with lamination was one of my favorite parts of being a teacher. Preparing for each school year felt like Christmas to me because I would have a LARGE stack of lamination that needed to be cut out. The stress of an impending first day of school was quickly minimized the moment I sat down in front of the TV, grabbed my trusty pair of scissors, and started to glide my way through the stack of lamination. LOVED IT.
Because of my extensive resume in the field of lamination, I confidently walked back to the machine, checked to make sure all the appropriate lights were lit, the perfect speed was set, and the level of heat was just right. Once all these things were properly checked and adjusted, I began the process of sending my cute little Pre-K pack through the laminator, one page at a time.
As I was sending my pages through, I was thinking to myself:
"You know, Mardel sure has a lot of faith in the customer to allow any Joe Schmo to come back here and use this expensive machine. I mean, I'm highly qualified and have extensive experience, but not everyone is qualified as I when it comes to the art of lamination. There are so many people who could really screw these machines up."
Suddenly, my prideful thoughts were interrupted by a Mardel employee, who looked herself to be a retired school teacher who probably had her own extensive resume in laminating, waving her hands at me and telling me to stop the machine. You see, what I didn't realize as I was having an award ceremony in my head in which I presented the award for BEST LAMINATOR EVER to myself, was that the beautiful pages I was sending through were not coming out the other side. Instead, they were jamming up and wrapping back into the machine.
I was horrified.
How could I, not just any Joe Schmo off the street, jam up the laminator?!? The poor retired school teacher had to take the machine apart and CUT MY PAGES OUT OF THE MACHINE. I stumbled all over my words as I tried to prove to her that I knew what I was doing, followed all the procedures, and tried to convince her that there must be something wrong with the machine.
I don't think she bought it.
I hung my head in shame as I carried my wad of halfway laminated preschool papers under my arm and walked out of the store. As I walked away, I looked over my shoulder just in time to see an "Out of Order" sign being taped to the front of the laminator.
First pride, then the crash— the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.
–Proverbs 16:18 (The Message)
Trusting His Next StepPosted: December 3, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts 1 Comment
**I asked my amazing husband, Nick, to write a guest post for me today describing the exciting new season our family is stepping into this week. So, without futher adieu, here he is…**
Recently, I made the decision to transition from working a secular IT job to full time ministry. For the past four years, I have served as the worship pastor of our church while working a full time job as a DBA. Thanks to the Destiny Church staff who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, I was able to do ministry bi-vocationally. When I was in my twenties and had no kids, this was feasible. But, now I'm in the thirties and we have 2 kids! My margins had disappeared and it became obvious earlier this year that a change had to occur sooner than later.
In the past few months, Amy and I have been through a process of reassessing our 'ministry.' First and foremost, our primary ministry is to our family, specifically our children and to each other. This is something that Pastor Carl Lentz from Hillsong New York City tweeted a few months ago, that really resonated with me. In this last season, we had been overextending ourselves and not giving ourselves the margin we needed to be the parents we knew God wanted us to be. This involved some serious soul-searching. We had reached a fork in the road. Something had to give.
Next, it was important for us to ask ourselves if we were answering the 'call' of God on our lives. We are all called to something. We are called to do, called to sow, called to help, called to bless, called to minister, called to be the Hands and Feet, called by Christ Jesus Himself. Part of this transition was revisiting what we felt we were called to do, and to seek God for where we were called to be planted. Our family believes that there is life to be found in the body of a local church, and it was important for us to recognize that Destiny Church is the place that God has called us to be planted during this next season of our lives.
Many times, we get busy with the where, hows, and whens of our call. Jobs, titles, and roles may come and go, but the call of God on your life will stay with you forever. Knowing who you are in Christ and what He has called You to do is an integral step to discovering Your purpose on the Earth. As a family, we had to get back to basics. Come back to our First Love – Jesus, and obeying the next step which He had put in front of us. I'm finding a major piece of faith is simply asking God what's next and obeying that. Trusting God with your next step is many times much harder than trusting Him with your eternity.
This journey has helped us bring clarity to our purpose and we couldn't be more happy (or full of joy) for what has been placed before us. We know that there will be challenges, but like Pastor Mike spoke about at church this weekend – there's a difference between God's word, and God's word for MY life, and today, I will choose to live according to His word for MY life.
The concept of a new season is a theme that has been a part of Amy and I's relationship from the very beginning. It was the theme of our wedding! That theme continues to ring true as we turn the page and look forward to a new chapter of HIStory – God writing His story through us.
Do You Feel…?Posted: November 26, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts 1 Comment
Honestly, I don't really remember when he started doing it, but something Nick does on a very regular basis has helped me to maintain so much peace and clarity. A few times a week, usually when we've collapsed into the bed after a long day, Nick will start into a list of questions:
- Do you feel safe?
- Do you feel loved?
- Do you feel cared for?
- Do you feel happy?
- Do you feel provided for?
This process of questioning is something that Nick has gleaned from a variety of spiritual leaders who surround him. I'm so thankful he decided to take their lead and bring this same series of questions into our relationship. It helps me to pause and really think about my answer. The truth is, my answer is always yes to each of the questions. There's something about answering each of these questions with a confident and resounding "yes" that helps me to gain some perspective. If I feel safe, loved, cared for, happy, and provided for that's really all that matters…not the dirty dishes in the sink, the floor that needs vacuuming, the bed that didn't get made, the pounds that weren't lost, the to-do list that wasn't fully conquered, the stitches that weren't sewn perfectly straight, and the list goes on… As a stay at home mom, it is easy for me to get wrapped up in the cycle of perfection. Because this is a standard I set for myself, I often project those expectations onto myself on the behalf of those around me. This leads me to feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and sometimes ashamed when I don't accomplish what I intended or with the level of excellence I expected. But when I collapse into bed feeling beat down because I didn't meet my unachievable goals and am met with a loving husband that genuinely cares to know and make sure that I'm safe, loved, cared for, happy, and provided for, it instantly melts the pressure I had been putting on myself to perform.
In this way, Nick has been a beautiful example of my relationship with the Father. Because of Him, I am always safe, loved, cared for, happy, and provided for regardless if the wonderful people I'm surrounded by on this earth help me to feel this way. It's become a quick mental checklist for me to scroll through when my life feels chaotic, overwhelming, frustrating, or just "blah." When I can pull back and focus on the reality of the wonderful place that I am in, the "big" things around me quickly become meaningless.
Maybe you don't have someone in your life who will ask you these questions and work their hardest to make sure your answer is "yes." But you do have a Father who cares for you. As His child, your answer can always be "yes."
Do you feel safe?
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
14 The Lord says, "I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life
and give them my salvation.
Psalm 91 (New Living Translation)
Do you feel loved?
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.
39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 (New Living Translation)
Do you feel cared for?
29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
30 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
31 So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-31 (New Living Translation)
Do you feel happy?
…All who seek the Lord will praise him.
Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.
Psalm 22:26 (New Living Translation)
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 (New International Version)
21 He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 8:21 (New Living Translation)
Do you feel provided for?
19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 (New Living Translation)
Now…REST…because you are His child, you are safe, loved, cared for, happy, and provided for…
Ella Reu DesignsPosted: November 21, 2012 Filed under: Amy's Thoughts, Crafts 1 Comment
I apologize for my absence from the blogging world the last several days! I've been busy with a new business venture! After many years of talking and dreaming about it, I finally took the plunge and decided to begin making and selling some things through my small business, Ella Reu Designs. My mom, sisters, and I have always enjoyed going to craft shows and making crafts of our own. I don't know how many times we've said over the last 10+ years…"We could SO do this!" I finally decided that there's no better time than the present to take the leap.
I posed the challenge to my Facebook friends to come up with the business name for me. My friend, Caney, came up with Ella Reu Designs (Ella for Gabriella and Reu for Reuben) and I absolutely LOVE it. It's cute, has a ring to it, and represents the reason I'm doing all of this…for my two little blessings.
My friend from church, Devin, did the amazing logo design. He was a pleasure to work with and put up with lots of emails and nitpicking from me. I definitely recommend him for any of your design needs!
I'm still in the VERY beginning stages…mostly just selling to my Facebook friends…and trying to get a feel for what people are excited about and what I enjoy making. So far, I'm having SO much fun and feel like I have opened up a whole new pathway to JOY and FUN for myself. I've been spending nap times and late evenings busy sewing, planning, shipping, organizing, etc and am thoroughly enjoying myself!! So…we'll see where it goes from here! I'm eventually planning to open an online shop, but for now, I'm solely on Facebook. Stop on by, take a look around, and let me know what you think!!


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A couple who met in the Sunrise, Florida IKEA store got engaged there two weeks ago - with the help of a flash mob.
Carlos Gato and Rebecca Shackelford had their first date - a 10-hour-long day hanging out in the furniture store - two years ago.
Shackelford thought she and some friends were just dropping by IKEA when she was asked to fill out a survey and then wait for a prize.
Then it all started... watch the video of the entire performance above.


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Richard Lee, 75, of Creve Coeur has owned both the Manchester Road and Kingshighway locations of for 25 years, along with his bother-in-law and business partner William Choi.
He tells Patch he never could have imagined what happened Sunday evening when he was kidnapped and robbed in broad daylight. As previously reported,
"Hard to believe in daytime, in Manchester. It's West County. I'm surprised even now," Lee tells Patch. "Thank God we are OK."
Lee believes the heist was an inside job. Someone who knows the business or an acquaintance of someone who knows the business.
"I think so, somebody who knows inside. They know what I'm doing on a daily basis, how to walk in," Lee said. "Every detail they know. Somebody has good information."
Manchester police are heading up the investigation and searching for two suspects, but they will not comment in whether they believe the assailants are familiar with Uncle Bill's.
Lee said it all began around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a time when he routinely collects the weekend earnings from the restaurant. He had just emptied the safe and counted the money, about $5,000, plus another $15,000 in credit card receipts. That's when two males entered through the unlocked, open back door of the restaurant.
"Somebody attacked me," Lee explained. He said each of them grabbed one of his arms, then pepper sprayed him in the face and eyes.
They then forced Lee out the back door of the restaurant with the money and into his own car.
"They push me into my car, the back seat," Lee said. "One of the guys said sit down next to him. He pushed my head to the floor."
While Lee sat next to one of the suspects in the back seat, he said the other male got into the driver's seat and began driving. Lee kept his head down and could not see where they were going.
"I feel like we got on the highway and the driver was speeding. The back seat guy asked him, 'Slow down, slow down.'"
They eventually exited around Highway 44 and Kingshighway, and left Lee and his car at Boardman Street and Shaw Avenue.
Lee's kidnappers stole the money from the restaurant, his cell phone and his wallet which contained credit cards, cash and his driver's license. They told him not to move or do anything for at least 10 minutes.
"I stayed there, like they told him and I didn't move or anything," Lee said. However, he did grab his water bottle in the car and tried to rinse out his eyes and his face. "They were burning so hard. I couldn't see anything."
The rinse didn't do much to help Lee and after his estimated 10 minutes, he got out of his car.
"I needed help. I needed some water. So I got out in the street," Lee explained. He said a woman pulled up behind him and called 911. He said he still couldn't open his eyes because of the burning from the pepper spray. "Still burning hot and the smell was just so bad."
Police said Lee was sprayed in the face one last time when his assailants fled from the car. While Lee waited for police, the woman who stopped to help him, ran into her house and brought him more water and towels to rinse his eyes.
St. Louis Metropolitan police arrived and took Lee back to his Manchester restaurant where his wife of 46 years and business partner, Choi, were waiting.
"Good thing that they didn't hurt me. I was fortunate," Lee tells Patch Tuesday. "I'm glad I'm safe."
Lee is back at work, but making some changes as a result of Sunday's attack. The back door will now remain locked and the locks are being changed. He is also installing a new surveillance system in the restaurant. He said has installed them in the past, but they never worked that well. He said a newer, high-tech camera system will be installed this time.
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THE £45million South Essex College campus in Grays is beginning to take shape.
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Well this "fly through" gives a very clear indication of how the state-of-the-art campus - which opens in September - will look and how it will transform the southern end of Grays high street.
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Austin Police say a 26-year-old woman is responsible for causing a deadly high speed collision on MoPac early Wednesday morning. She was going the wrong way on the freeway and detectives are trying to figure out where she got on and what she was doing before she got behind the wheel.
"The last thing anyone expects to see is headlights coming at you on the highway," said Senior Police Officer Vaneza Bremner during an afternoon press conference.
Someone called 911 at 12:52 a.m. to report a speeding car going the wrong way on the northbound lanes of MoPac.
After the 911 call two officers and air units were dispatched. By 12:56 a.m. four calls came in reporting the head on crash.
"It was so quick from the first call to the crash. There was fire and it was pretty traumatic," Bremner said.
The 26-year-old driving a Honda Civic slammed into a Chevy Malibu driven by a 48-year-old. Both drivers were killed. Debris from the impact scattered across the highway.
"There is severe damage so the speeds were very high at the time," said APD Sgt. Darrell Burnham at the scene of the crash.
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Names have not been released yet. The deaths are Austin's 61st and 62nd traffic fatalities of 2013.
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I've been pulling my hair here. I have installed SS and it is running OK, using the default BlackCandy theme. Then, I installed the E-Commerce and payment module. When I enter the product page, the product menu as well as a few places on the page are messed up. See attached image on how it looks like.
Then, I checked out the source of the published page (view source from the browser), and found out that some PHP code did not get parsed correctly. For example, the code for the "Product Group A" link loos like this:

<a href="/product-group-a/" title="<% sprintf(_t("GOTOPAGE","Go to the %s page"),Flying Floor-Whizzers) %>" class="current levela">Product Group A

I tried deleting the modules and reinstall, but ended up with the same result. All other aspects of the modules, such as adding stuffs to the cart, increase & decrease quantity, and check out, seems to be working OK.
I'd apreciate of anyone can help.
By the way, my SS version is 2.3 and ecommerce is 0.6 beta1.
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Consider this case closed. I read through the code and realized that the sprintf is mainly for the link's title. It was meant to support of multi-linguage site (i18n) e.g. to specify title of the product link in different languages.
I don't know if any body runs into this problem. Maybe it's the server thing, because it looks ok on my WAMP development environment before I uploaded to the linux production site. Anyway, what I did was remove the sprintf all together and it worked. Here's an example of the code:
Original code in ProductMenu.ss:
<a href="$Link" title="<% sprintf(_t("GOTOPAGE","Go to the %s page"),$Title.XML) %>" class="$LinkingMode levela">$MenuTitle.XML
Change to:
$MenuTitle.XML
Though I solved my own problem, I would appreciate if anyone can tell me what really was the problem. My site is an English only site, but I may have future projects that need to use this feature.
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(London, KY.) - On June 23rd, 2012, at 1:00am, State Police Sergeant Steve Walker was conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on KY3434 in northern Laurel County. A 1999 Nissan Pathfinder approached the location and attempted to avoid being stopped by turning into a nearby parking lot. The operator identified as Kimberly Johnson, age 47 of London, was stopped and subsequently arrested. Seven plastic bags containing methamphetamine, Oxycodone pills, and drug paraphernalia were located in Ms. Johnsons possession. Johnson was charged with Driving Under the Influence 2nd offense, No Operators License, Trafficking in Controlled Substance 1st Degree (2 or more grams Methamphetamine), Possession Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Oxycodone) and Drug Paraphernalia Possession. Sergeant Walker was assisted by Laurel County Deputy Sheriff Justin Walker and Constable Denver Mays.


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I'm watching the City Council Special Meeting to discuss and decide on the process for hiring a new City Manager. One item that popped up was worrisome. Kennedy brought forth the notion to "be up front" in the advertisement for the position and state there would be no contract. He made a motion for this in the meeting.
As you know, a lot hinges on this question, so this test was pivotal.
The usual suspects lined up on either side - Kennedy, Rourke, Belanger, and Elliot (presumably, he didn't speak on this because he's the chair) for putting this language in the ad, and Bill Samaras, Bill Martin, and Milinazzo against doing this, as it would "limit the pool of candidates" willing to apply. They brought up the fact that the pool of qualified candidates is already small enough as it is, and they also made the point they think a contract is a good idea.
The arguments on the other side were awful. One that needs addressing is, someone (Rourke? Or Belanger? - ed's note: it was Rourke, as Dick's notes show) tried to make the point that since the current Manager was leaving before the end of his contract, it's obvious that the contract did no good for Lowell. How wrong they are.
I made this point before, but let's reiterate: without a contract obligating Lynch to give 60 days notice, he could have left yesterday. Now, Lynch is a good professional and probably wouldn't do this, but if he had no contract, he could have. Or, he could have given less notice; a month, or two weeks - almost as bad. Suffice it to say, with no CFO, with the assistant CM leaving in February, and budget season coming up rapidly, this would have totally hosed the city. So yeah, the contract actually saved our collective asses, even if you just count that one thing.
Also, just about every other city and town has a contract for their top administrator. (Someone made the point that in a strong mayor system, you essentially have a contract in that a mayor serves at least until the next election, unless in the rare case they resign mid-term.) Of course, Rita talked about Dracut and a [former] long term manager there, but let's face it - Lowell is a whole different animal. Given the publicity around the CM position and Lowell's history, and the nastiness that has permeated the entire last election and its aftermath (including last week's meeting), and Elliott's apparent willingness to violate at least the spirit of Plan E, Lowell is skating on thin ice. We're already going to have trouble attracting the best and brightest applicants with a good solid resume.
So, it was with baited breath we awaited the two in the middle to speak. First, it was Rita, who quickly made the point that she didn't want to limit the pool of candidates by using such language in the advertisement. Angels sang and light came down from the heavens. Thank you, Rita Mercier!
Leahy didn't speak until nearly the end, but he reiterated Rita's point of view. More angels and light! Thank you, John Leahy!
So the motion went down, 5-4. This doesn't mean we're in the clear - we have yet to see how many great applicants apply, and who gets to be in the final five for public interview, after all. It doesn't mean that a contract will be offered, as it should be for the right candidate. But it does mean that a majority of this Council does not want to signal to the CM job market that they are unwilling to be above board and reasonable.
I would like to thank Rita Mercier and John Leahy again for their vote. It seems minor but it's not. I think if you feel the same way, you should call them and thank them.
Update: Dick has his notes up about the Special Meeting already. That's right, the bloggers are on the job!
Lynne you have to be careful sending such profuse thanks! C Leahy is still recovering from a heart attack and C Mercier is no spring chicken. I wouldn't want you to feel responsible if something happened.
Hold on there, Rita: you want to give applicants the impression that they're going to get a contract if hired, but then not give them one?
I was just going to write what Joe posted. Not putting any mention of a contract, or lack of one in the ad is not the same as voting to offer a contract.
What professional manager in his/her right mind would agree to this without a contract?
I seem to remember one of the candidates last time around when he was asked if he would require a contract and he said yes also pointed out that he is a professional municipal administrator and does not have a law practice or anything else to fall back on.
So leaving out the language about a contract, or more likely the lack of a contract, might attract more applicants, but the good ones will walk when they find out that a contract is not going to be offered. That leaves us with what? John Cox II? Great.
The contract issue last night was bizarre. Are we trying to trick a potential candidate into assuming there will be a contract when in reality there might not be one? I do not think this is a typical contract vs no contract debate. To me it's about being upfront and forthcoming to the person that will be chosen to lead our city.
Yes Joe, I'm sure that's the excuse that they want floating out there. But you see, there's only four sure votes with a definite no on contracts. So, there very well could be one. That was signaled tonight. If the GOB's wanted no contract, they should have gotten another sure-fire no vote elected in November.
It would be stupid to put that in the contract, since there very well could be a contract offered for the right candidate. If another highly qualified person dared to wade into this mess (gosh I hope so, please, applicants, apply!) and said, "well, I would only work under a contract" - and Rita and Leahy really like this person - they'd vote yes. I suspect they might have been yes votes on another one for Bernie, actually.
Personally, what I think is happening, is Rita doesn't want to be painted into a corner by stating it one way or the other. If she says, we'll offer a contract, maybe she won't want to and then she'll have to go back on her statement. If she says probably not, if an amazing candidate comes along and says they won't accept without one, she'd have to go back on her statement. She's hedging her bets.
Lynne, I agree with everything that you just typed. But I think it was a missed opportunity. The contract issue will be decided by leahy and Rita. Politically you will never get a better opportunity to get them on the record as being pro contract. There is no candidate yet. If someone is truly undecided but was forced to vote they will almost always side with pro contract. How could someone describe themselves as undecided on the contract issue and then vote NO before even meeting the candidates?
I laugh more watching the council than I do watching Saturday Night Live. They sounded like buffoons talking about placing an ad for the new manager. There was so much "lets try this" or "lets try that". They clearly don't know what they're doing and I don't expect them to be experts at this task.
I would have said "this is one of the biggest decisions we are going to make as a council, let's hire a consultant or hiring firm to help us with the process of attracting some great candidates". That would be money well spent, as opposed to a SECOND independent audit. I didn't hear all of the special meeting but they seemed to only focus on the Globe for an ad which seems so 1996.
Thank God for Ed "make an amendment to the motion" Kennedy. He tries to play it both ways but is clearly a smart guy.
Dracut's charter does in fact require a written agreement (not sure how if at all that is legally different from a contract), and that the manager not have served within 5 years as an elected official in town, but that the person does have at least five years of municipal management experience. Sounds reasonable - not sure why Lowell can't do the same.
I know that a lot of the progressives in the city view last night as a victory but was it really? The vagueness of this approach to hiring a city manager could have some negative consequences. At some point along the line the leading candidate will need to know if the city is willing to offer them a contract or not. And how will this work? Will the council be voting on a candidate to candidate basis? At some point the council will have to decide this contract issue. Why not do it next Tuesday ? It might not be the most important issue with the search but its definatly top 3. I'm a contract convert. It makes sense and is fair. So what is the strategy here? Do we just hope and pray that Rita and Leahy agree with us ? The reality is that all nine of the councilors have someone at the top of their list. If Rita is on the fence then common sense says that she would give her top choice a contract. The same goes for Leahy. There is an opening right now for the the pro contract councilors to win this battle. Make a motion and make them vote next Tuesday.
Heck, Brian, they axed the idea of a blue ribbon committee - which is how the School Committee hires their Superintendent. What's nice about a blue ribbon committee is that you can take less blame for the outcome, since residents and other stakeholders have their say on who the finalists are.
But of course, if the fix is in, a blue ribbon committee might totally hose that.
Joe - RE opportunity for getting Leahy and Mercier on the record, that's exactly my point. Rita will not say yes unless there's a candidate in front of her. You saw how she overreacted to the very THOUGHT of going into executive session to DISCUSS how Bernie might stay on because he had unknown conditions he wanted to disclose in executive session - her "I don't know the terms, so I will vote no" even though voting YES would GET her the terms…well. You know, there are the known unknowns and then there are the unknown unknowns…
RE the audit conversation…it was an OK instinct in some ways, but once the facts were out about how we get one anyway every year, that should have tabled it. I kept hearing the phrase in my head, "Who Audits the Auditors?" (Watchmen reference.) And do you get an audit company to audit the audit company that audits the auditor?
Christopher - good points, all. Maybe we should start calling it an "agreement" just to shift the mindset here…
Plan E is what it is. The back and forth is the nature of this type of government, it isn't resigned to Lowell. No doubt there is a set of managers out there that don't want to work in this kind of arrangement but there are plenty who feel it's a healthy form of government.
Obiously it's a very difficult job and having a contract is important to anyone's job security, but I disagree with the assumption that we're going to have trouble attracting the good candidates. The pro's vastly out weigh the con's here.
Besides being one of the biggest cities in one of the country's best states, our delegation on Beacon Hill has proven decade after decade that they can make almost anything happen for Lowell. Very few places are hard-wired for progress the way present day Lowell is. To the right Manager, who has innovative ideas, this means everything. Especially now that the few negatives we had when the previous manager was hired have been squared up ( much to the efforts of the manager and his administration). We're healthy financialy and we now have some innovative planning principles already in motion with momentum behind them. All this adds up to Lowell being on the short list of places for a manager who really wants to make a difference in the way the city lives and runs.
Posting the job in the local papers is falling embarrasing short on this one. The right candidate could be anywhere in the country. The council can only review the applicants they get, which is why I think that the way we advertise the position is ultimatly more imprtant than who we hire. I hope the council may re-evaluate this process adn some seriuos digging to find the right match for us because we've really sold ourselves short here.
I mean, even after we drove Bernie crazy he still couldn't leave us, and now we get to welcome his as our neighbor. We're in Demand!
Good stuff John. My question to you,Lynne and everyone else in the city is simple. How does this contract issue technically play itself out? Right now the city is posting the job without mention of a contract. Lets say Warren Buffett decides he wants to be our city manager. He applies and blows everyone away. Will there be two votes? One for the hire and then another for the contract? It is very possible that the city council will vote against a contract for an actual candidate and then turn around and congratulate that person for getting the job. This all seems very odd to me
"…Posting the job in the local papers is falling embarrasing short on this one. The right candidate could be anywhere in the country…"
And that is exactly the point of keeping the advertising local. If qualified people outside the area don't know about it they will not apply and a "political" manager will be easier to appoint.
Joe - I would guess that it would play out the same way it did when Bernie Lynch applied. He made it clear he'd only take the job with a contract, and therefore that became part of his negotiations with that Council.
Of course, that Council had smart people on it, Broderick and Donoghue and Martin and Ramirez and Milinazzo…the intelligence quotient of this Council is considerably lower.
Of course, that Council had smart people on it, Broderick and Donoghue and Martin and Ramirez and Milinazzo…the intelligence quotient of this Council is considerably lower.
Intelligence aside when I look at your last sentence I see five pro contract votes. This council has four no contract votes and three pro contract votes. Leahy will end up doing whatever Mercier does. All the back and forth between between professional management vs politician and new Lowell vs the good old boys is meaningless. Intentionally or not Rita Mercier has positioned herself as the sole deciding vote in choosing our next city manager. Which way will she go?
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MEQUON, WI: Mequon School District Superintendent Demond Means today named the two interim directors of the district's recreation and high-school athletics departments.
As of February 16th, Michael Schoemer will oversee the district's recreation department. Mr. Schoemer served as the recreation director for the Lake Arrowhead Resort from 2001 to 2004. He was also the recreation supervisor for the City of Delavan Parks and Recreation Department from 2004 until 2006, when he joined the Mequon-Thiensville School District. Mr. Schoemer holds a bachelor's degree in recreation management from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
"Michael is an experienced recreation professional," said Demond Means, superintendent. "The department will continue to serve our community well under his direction."
The district also announced the appointment of John Krueger as interim athletic department director. Mr. Krueger has been a teacher at Homestead since 2000, prior to which he taught elementary and middle school students in the Menomonee Falls School District. Krueger gained a bachelor's degree from Winona State University in 1994 and a master's degree in sports administration in 2000. He is also the current head coach of the Girl's Track and Field team, a position that he will continue to hold while acting as interim athletic director.
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The Washington Peace Center is seeking a passionate and organized activist to lead our programmatic work, ensuring that the Peace Center remains a relevant, engaged and dynamic organization.
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- Manage the DC Trainers Network and organize our monthly training skillshares for facilitators and trainers. This includes finding facilitators, assisting with agendas, logistics, outreach and follow-up.
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