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Title page of serial Household Words, 3 April 1854
|Charles Dickens
|Original title
|Hard Times – For These Times
|Weekly: Household Words:
1 April 1854 -
12 August 1854
|Novel, Social criticism
|Bradbury & Evans
Publication date
|Media type
Title page of serial Household Words, 3 April 1854
|Charles Dickens
|Original title
|Hard Times – For These Times
|Weekly: Household Words:
1 April 1854 -
12 August 1854
|Novel, Social criticism
|Bradbury & Evans
Publication date
|Media type
Hard Times – For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book appraises English society and is aimed at highlighting the social and economic pressures of the times.
Hard Times is unusual in several respects. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it.[1] Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a preface nor illustrations. Moreover, it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London.[2] Instead the story is set in the fictitious Victorian industrial Coketown, a generic Northern English mill-town, in some ways similar to Manchester, though smaller. Coketown may be partially based upon 19th-century Preston.
One of Dickens's reasons for writing Hard Times was that sales of his weekly periodical, Household Words, were low, and it was hoped its publication in installments would boost circulation – as indeed proved to be the case. Since publication it has received a mixed response from critics. Critics such as F. R. Leavis, George Bernard Shaw, and Thomas Macaulay have mainly focused on Dickens's treatment of trade unions and his post–Industrial Revolution pessimism regarding the divide between capitalist mill owners and undervalued workers during the Victorian era.
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The Utilitarians were one of the targets of this novel. Utilitarianism was a prevalent school of thought during this period, its founders being Jeremy Bentham and James Mill, father to political theorist John Stuart Mill. Theoretical Utilitarian ethics hold that promotion of general social welfare is the ultimate goal for the individual and society in general: "the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people." Dickens believed that in practical terms, the pursuit of a totally rationalised society could lead to great misery.
Bentham's former secretary, Edwin Chadwick, helped design the Poor Law of 1834, which deliberately made workhouse life as uncomfortable as possible. In the novel, this is conveyed in Bitzer's response to Gradgrind's appeal for compassion.
Dickens was appalled by what was, in his interpretation, a selfish philosophy, which was combined with materialist laissez-faire capitalism in the education of some children at the time, as well as in industrial practices. In Dickens's interpretation, the prevalence of utilitarian values in educational institutions promoted contempt between mill owners and workers, creating young adults whose imaginations had been neglected, due to an over-emphasis on facts at the expense of more imaginative pursuits.
Dickens wished to satirise radical Utilitarians whom he described in a letter to Charles Knight as "see[ing] figures and averages, and nothing else." He also wished to campaign for reform of working conditions. Dickens had visited factories in Manchester as early as 1839, and was appalled by the environment in which workers toiled. Drawing upon his own childhood experiences, Dickens resolved to "strike the heaviest blow in my power" for those who laboured in horrific conditions.
John Stuart Mill had a similar, rigorous education to that of Louisa Gradgrind, consisting of analytical, logical, mathematical, and statistical exercises. In his twenties, Mill had a nervous breakdown, believing his capacity for emotion had been enervated by his father's stringent emphasis on analysis and mathematics in his education. In the book, Louisa herself follows a parallel course, being unable to express herself and falling into a temporary depression as a result of her dry education.
The novel was published as a serial in Dickens's weekly publication, Household Words. Sales were highly responsive and encouraging for Dickens who remarked that he was "Three parts mad, and the fourth delirious, with perpetual rushing at Hard Times". The novel was serialised, in twenty weekly parts, between 1 April and 12 August 1854. It sold well, and a complete volume was published in August, totalling 110,000 words. Another related novel, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, was also published in this magazine.
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The novel was adapted as a 1915 silent film, Hard Times, directed by Thomas Bentley.
Hard Times has been adapted twice for BBC Radio, first in 1998 starring John Woodvine as Gradgrind, Tom Baker as Josiah Bounderby and Anna Massey as Mrs. Sparsit, and again in 2007 starring Kenneth Cranham as Gradgrind, Philip Jackson as Bounderby, Alan Williams as Stephen, Becky Hindley as Rachael, Helen Longworth as Louisa, Richard Firth as Tom and Eleanor Bron as Mrs. Sparsit.
The novel has also been adapted twice as a mini-series for British television, once in 1977 with Patrick Allen as Gradgrind, Timothy West as Bounderby, Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Sparsit and Edward Fox as Harthouse, and again in 1994 with Bob Peck as Gradgrind, Alan Bates as Bounderby, Dilys Laye as Mrs. Sparsit, Bill Paterson as Stephen, Harriet Walter as Rachael and Richard E. Grant as Harthouse.
The novel follows a classical tripartite structure, and the titles of each book are related to Galatians 6:7, "For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Book I is entitled "Sowing", Book II is entitled "Reaping", and the third is "Garnering."
Mr. Gradgrind, whose voice is "dictatorial", opens the novel by stating "Now, what I want is facts" at his school in Coketown. He is a man of "facts and calculations." He interrogates one of his pupils, Sissy, whose father is involved with the circus, the members of which are "Fancy" in comparison to Gradgrind's espousal of "Fact." Since her father rides and tends to horses, Gradgrind demands from Sissy the definition of 'horse'. She is rebuffed for not being able to define a horse factually; her classmate Bitzer does, however, provide a zoological profile and factual definition. Sissy does not learn easily, and is censured for suggesting that she would carpet a floor with pictures of flowers: "So you would carpet your room – or your husband's room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husband – with representations of flowers, would you? Why would you?" She is taught to disregard Fancy altogether. It is Fancy vs. Fact.
Louisa and Thomas, two of Mr. Gradgrind's children, pay a visit after school to the touring circus run by Mr. Sleary, only to meet their father, who is disconcerted by their trip since he believes the circus to be the bastion of Fancy and conceit. With their father, Louisa and Tom trudge off in a despondent mood. Mr. Gradgrind has three younger children: Adam Smith, (after the famous theorist of laissez-faire policy), Malthus (after Rev. Thomas Malthus, who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population, warning of the dangers of future overpopulation), and Jane.
Josiah Bounderby, "a man perfectly devoid of sentiment", is revealed as Gradgrind's boss. Bounderby is a manufacturer and mill owner who is affluent as a result of his enterprise and capital. Bounderby is what one might call a "self-made man" who has risen from the gutter. He is not averse to giving dramatic summaries of his childhood, which terrify Mr. Gradgrind's wife – she is often rendered insensate by these horrific stories. He is described in an acerbic manner as being "the Bully of Humility."
Mr. Gradgrind and Bounderby visit the public-house where Sissy resides to inform her that she cannot attend the school any more due to the risk of her ideas propagating in the class. Sissy meets the two collaborators, informing them her father has abandoned her not out of malice, but out of desire for Sissy to lead a better life without him. This was the reasoning behind him enlisting her at Gradgrind's school and Gradgrind is outraged at this desertion. At this point members of the circus appear, fronted by their manager, Mr. Sleary. Mr. Gradgrind gives Sissy a choice: either to return to the circus and forfeit her education, or to continue her education and never to return to the circus. Sleary and Gradgrind both have their say on the matter, and at the behest of Josephine Sleary she decides to leave the circus and bid all the close friends she had formed farewell, hoping she may one day be re-united with her father.
Back at the Gradgrind house, Tom and Louisa sit down and discuss their feelings, however repressed they seem to be. Tom, already at this present stage of education, finds himself in a state of dissatisfaction, and Louisa also expresses her discontent at her childhood while staring into the fire. Louisa's ability to wonder, however, has not been entirely extinguished by her rigorous education based on Fact.
We are introduced to the workers at the mills, known as the "Hands." Amongst them is a man named Stephen Blackpool or "Old Stephen" who has led a toilsome life. He is described as a "man of perfect integrity." He has ended his day's work, and his close companion Rachael is about somewhere. He eventually meets up with her, and they walk home discussing their day. On entering his house he finds that his drunken wretch of a wife, who has been in exile from Coketown, has made an unwelcome return to his house. She is unwell, and mumbles inebriated remarks to Stephen, who is greatly perturbed by this event.
The next day, Stephen makes a visit to Bounderby to try to end his woeful, childless marriage through divorce. Mrs. Sparsit, Mr. Bounderby's paid companion, is "dejected by the impiety" of Stephen and Bounderby explains that he could not afford to effect an annulment anyway. Stephen is very bewildered and dejected by this verdict given by Bounderby.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gradgrind prepares to talk to his daughter about a "business proposal", but she is seemingly apathetic in his company, and this seems to frustrate Mr. Gradgrind's efforts. He says that a proposal of marriage has been made to Louisa by Josiah Bounderby, who is some 30 years her senior. Gradgrind uses statistics to prove that an age inequity in marriage does not make it unhappy or short. Louisa passively accepts this offer. Bounderby is rendered ecstatic by the news, as is Louisa's mother, who again is so overwhelmed that she is overcome yet again. Sissy is confounded by, but piteous of, Louisa.
Bounderby and Louisa are married, and they set out to honeymoon in Lyons (Lyon), so that Bounderby can observe the progress of his 'Hands' (labourers who work in his factories there). Tom, her brother, bumps into her before they leave. They hug each other, Tom bidding her farewell and promising to look for her after they come back from their honeymoon.
Book Two opens with the attention focused on Bounderby's new bank in Coketown, over which Bitzer and the austere Mrs. Sparsit keep watch at night for intruders or burglars. A dashing gentleman enters, asking for directions to Bounderby's house, as Gradgrind has sent him from London, along with a letter. It is James Harthouse, a languid fellow, who became an MP out of boredom.
Harthouse is introduced to Bounderby, who regales him with improbable stories of his childhood. Harthouse is utterly bored by the blusterous millowner, yet is astounded by his wife, Louisa, and notices her melancholy nature. Louisa's brother Tom works for Bounderby, and he has become reckless and wayward in his conduct, despite his meticulous education. Tom decides to take a liking to James Harthouse, on the basis of his clothes, showing his superficiality. Tom is later debased to animal status, as he comes to be referred to as the "whelp", a denunciatory term for a young man. Tom is very forthcoming in his contempt for Bounderby in the presence of Harthouse, who soaks up all these secretive revelations.
Stephen is called to Bounderby's mansion, where he informs him of his abstention from joining the union led by the orator Slackbridge, and Bounderby accuses Stephen of fealty and of pledging an oath of secrecy to the union. Stephen denies this, and states that he avoided the Union because of a promise he'd made earlier to Rachael. Bounderby is bedevilled by this conflict of interest and accuses Stephen of being waspish. He dismisses him on the spot, on the basis that he has betrayed both employer and union. Later on a bank theft takes place at the Bounderby bank, and Stephen Blackpool is inculpated in the crime, due to him loitering around the bank at Tom's promise of better times to come, the night before the robbery.
Sparsit observes that the relationship between James Harthouse and Louisa is moving towards a near tryst. She sees Louisa as moving down her "staircase", metaphorically speaking. She sets off from the bank to spy upon them, and catches them at what seems to be a propitious moment. However, despite Harthouse confessing his love to Louisa, Louisa is restrained, and refuses an affair. Sparsit is infatuated with the idea that the two do not know they are being observed. Harthouse departs as does Louisa, and Mrs. Sparsit tries to stay in pursuit, thinking that Louisa is going to assent to the affair, though Louisa has not. She follows Louisa to the railway station, assuming that Louisa has hired a coachman to dispatch her to Coketown. Sparsit, however, misses the fact that Louisa has instead boarded a train to her father's house. Sparsit admits defeat and proclaims "I have lost her!" When Louisa arrives at her father's house, she is revealed to be in an extreme state of disconsolate grief. She accuses her father of denying her the opportunity to have an innocent childhood, and says that her rigorous education has stifled her ability to express her emotions. Louisa collapses at her father's feet, into an insensible torpor.
Mrs. Sparsit arrives at Mr. Bounderby's house, and reveals to him the news her surveillance has brought. Mr. Bounderby, who is rendered irate by this news, journeys to Stone Lodge, where Louisa is resting. Mr. Gradgrind tries to disperse calm upon the scene, and reveals that Louisa resisted the temptation of adultery. Bounderby is inconsolable and he is immensely indignant and ill-mannered towards everyone present, including Mrs. Sparsit, for her falsehood. Bounderby finishes by offering the ultimatum to Louisa of returning to him, by 12 o'clock the next morning, else the marriage is forfeited. Suffice it to say, Mr. Bounderby resumes his bachelorhood when the request is not met.
The discomfited Harthouse leaves Coketown, on an admonition from Sissy Jupe, never to return. He submits. Meanwhile, Mr. Gradgrind and Louisa cast suspicions that Tom, the "whelp", may have committed the bank robbery. Stephen Blackpool, who has been absent from Coketown, trying to find mill work under a pseudonym, tries to exculpate himself from the robbery. On walking back to Coketown, he falls down the Old Hell Shaft, an old pit, completing his terminal bad luck in life. He is rescued by villagers, but after speaking to Rachael for the last time, he dies.
Louisa suspects that Tom had a word with Stephen, making a false offer to him, and therefore urging him to loiter outside the bank. Mr. Gradgrind and Sissy concur with this theory and resolve to find Tom, since he is in danger. Sissy makes a plan for rescue and escape, however, and she reveals that she suspected Tom early on during the proceedings. She sends Tom off to the circus that she used to be a part of, namely Mr. Sleary's. Louisa and Sissy travel to the circus; Tom is there, disguised in blackface. Remorselessly, Tom says that he had little money, and that robbery was the only solution to his dilemma. Mr. Sleary is not aware. The two have feelings of acrimony towards each other. Bounderby dies of a fit in a street one day. Tom dies in the Americas, having begged for penitence in a half-written letter to his sister, Louisa. Louisa herself grows old and never remarries. Mr. Gradgrind abandons his Utilitarian stance, which brings contempt from his fellow MPs, who give him a hard time. Rachael continues to labour while still consistently maintaining her work ethic and honesty. Sissy is the moral victor of the story, as her children have also escaped the desiccative education of the Gradgrind school and grown learned in "childish lore."
Thomas Gradgrind is a utilitarian who is the founder of the educational system in Coketown. "Eminently practical" is Gradgrind's recurring description throughout the novel. He believes in facts, and statistics. Only after his daughter's breakdown does he come to a realisation that things such as poetry, fiction, and other pursuits are not "destructive nonsense."
Josiah Bounderby is a business associate of Mr. Gradgrind. Given to boasting about being a self-made man, he employs many of the other central characters of the novel. He has risen to a position of power and wealth from humble origins (though not as humble as he claims). He marries Mr. Gradgrind's daughter Louisa, some 30 years his junior, in what turns out to be a loveless marriage. They have no children. Bounderby is callous, self-centred and ultimately revealed to be a liar and fraud.
Louisa (Loo) Gradgrind, later Louisa Bounderby, is the eldest child of the Gradgrind family. She has been taught to suppress her feelings and finds it hard to express herself clearly, saying as a child that she has "unmanageable thoughts." After her unhappy marriage, she is tempted to adultery by James Harthouse, but resists him and returns to her father. Her rejection of Harthouse leads to a new understanding of life and of the value of emotions and the imagination. She reproaches her father for his dry and fact-based approach to the world and convinces him of the error of his ways.
Cecilia (Sissy) Jupe is a circus girl of Sleary's circus, as well as a student of Thomas Gradgrind's very strict classroom. Sissy has her own set of values and beliefs which make her seem unintelligent in the Gradgrind household. At the end of the novel, when the Gradgrinds' philosophy of religiously adhering solely to facts breaks down, Sissy is the character who teaches them how to live.
Sissy Jupe is first introduced to the readers as Girl Number Twenty in Gradgrind's classroom. She struggles to keep up with Gradgrind's extreme reliance on the recitation of facts, and therefore is seen as not worthy of the school. Sissy is also representative of creativity and wonderment because of her circus background, and those were things that the Gradgrind children were not allowed to engage in. With the urging of Josiah Bounderby, Mr. Gradgrind goes to inform Sissy's father that she can no longer attend his school.
Gradgrind and Bounderby arrive at the Pegasus' Arms, the Coketown public-house where Sissy, her father, and the rest of Sleary's circus were staying. While Sissy and her father were very close once, Mr. Jupe packed up and abandoned his daughter, leaving Sissy alone. In a moment of compassion, Mr. Gradgrind takes Sissy into his home and gives her a second chance at the school. Sissy continues to fall behind in the school, so Mr. Gradgrind keeps her at home to tend to his invalid wife.
While Sissy is the device of imagination and fantasy in the novel, she also serves as the voice of reason. The reason she cannot grasp the philosophy of Gradgrind's classroom is because she actually has a more realistic view of how the world should be perceived. After Louisa and Mr. Gradgrind come to terms with the fact that their way of life is not working, Sissy is the one they come to; she takes care of Louisa and helps her live a new, happy life. [3]
Thomas (Tom) Gradgrind, Junior is the oldest son and second child of the Gradgrinds. Initially sullen and resentful of his father's Utilitarian education, Tom has a strong relationship with his sister Louisa. He works in Bounderby's bank (which he later robs), and turns to gambling and drinking. Louisa never ceases to adore Tom, and she aids Sissy and Mr. Gradgrind in saving her brother from arrest.
Stephen Blackpool is a worker at one of Bounderby's mills. He has a drunken wife who no longer lives with him but who appears from time to time. He forms a close bond with Rachael, a co-worker, whom he wishes to marry. After a dispute with Bounderby, he is dismissed from his work at the Coketown mills and, shunned by his former fellow workers, is forced to look for work elsewhere. While absent from Coketown, he is wrongly accused of robbing Bounderby's bank. On his way back to vindicate himself, he falls down a mine-shaft. He is rescued but dies of his injuries.
Bitzer – is a very pale classmate of Sissy's who is brought up on facts and taught to operate according to self-interest. He takes up a job in Bounderby's bank, and later tries to arrest Tom.
Rachael – is the friend of Stephen Blackpool who attests to his innocence when he is accused of robbing Bounderby's bank. She is a factory worker, childhood friend of Blackpool's drunken and often absent wife, and becomes the literary tool for bringing the two parallel story lines together at the brink of Hell's Shaft in the final book.
Mrs. Sparsit – is a "classical" widow who has fallen on hard times. She is employed by Bounderby, and is jealous when he marries Louisa, delighting in the belief that Louisa is later about to elope with James Harthouse. Her machinations are unsuccessful and she is ultimately sacked by Bounderby.
James Harthouse – is an indolent, languid, upper-class gentleman, who attempts to woo Louisa.
Mrs. Gradgrind – the wife of Mr. Gradgrind, is an invalid and complains constantly. Tom Sr.'s apparent attraction to her is that she totally lacked 'fancy,' though she also seems to lack intelligence and any empathy for her children, constantly telling them to "go and be somethingological."
Mr. Sleary - the owner of the circus which employs Sissy and her father. He has a speech impediment but is a kind man and helps both Sissy and young Tom when they are in trouble.
Relating back to Dickens' aim to "strike the heaviest blow in my power," he wished to educate readers about the working conditions of some of the factories in the industrial towns of Manchester, and Preston. Relating to this also, Dickens wished to confront the assumption that prosperity runs parallel to morality, a notion which is systematically deconstructed in this novel through his portrayal of the moral monsters, Mr. Bounderby and James Harthouse. Dickens was also campaigning for the importance of imagination in life, and for people's life to not be reduced to a collection of material facts and statistical analyses. Dickens's favourable portrayal of the Circus, which he describes as caring so "little for Plain Fact", is an example of this.
This theme is developed early on, the bastion of Fact being the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, and his model school, which teaches nothing but Facts. Any imaginative or aesthetic subjects are eradicated from the curriculum, but analysis, deduction and mathematics are emphasised. Conversely, Fancy is the opposite of Fact, encompassing fiction, music, poetry, and novelty shows such as Sleary's circus. It is interesting that Mr. Sleary is reckoned to be a fool by the Fact men, but it is Sleary who realises people must be "amuthed" (amused). This is made cognisant by Tom's sybaritic gambling and Louisa, who is virtually soulless as a young child, and as a married woman. Bitzer, who has adhered to Gradgrind's teachings as a child, turns out to be an uncompassionate egotist.
Prying and knowledge is key to several characters, namely Mrs. Sparsit and Mr. Bounderby. Mr. Bounderby spends his whole time fabricating stories about his childhood, covering up the real nature of his upbringing, which is solemnly revealed at the end of the novel. While not a snooper himself, he is undone by Sparsit unwittingly revealing the mysterious old woman to be his own mother, and she unravels Josiah's secrets about his upbringing and fictitious stories. Mr. Bounderby himself superintends through calculating tabular statements and statistics, and is always secretly rebuking the people of Coketown for indulging in conceitful activities. This gives Bounderby a sense of superiority, as it does with Mrs. Sparsit, who prides herself on her salacious knowledge gained from spying on others. Bounderby's grasp for superiority is seen in Blackpool's talks to Bounderby regarding divorce proceedings and a union movement at his factory, accusing him that he is on a quest 'to feast on turtle soup and venison, served with a golden spoon.' All "superintendents" of the novel are undone in one way or another.
This is closely related to Dickens's typical social commentary, which is a theme he uses throughout his entire œuvre. Dickens portrays the wealthy in this novel as being morally corrupt. Bounderby has no moral scruples; he fires Blackpool "for a novelty". He also conducts himself without any shred of decency, frequently losing his temper. He is cynically false about his childhood. Harthouse, a leisured gent, is compared to an "iceberg" who will cause a wreck unwittingly, due to him being "not a moral sort of fellow", as he states himself. Stephen Blackpool, a destitute worker, is equipped with perfect morals, always abiding by his promises, and always thoughtful and considerate of others, as is Sissy Jupe.
Critics have had a diverse range of opinions on the novel. The critic John Ruskin declared Hard Times to be his favourite Dickens work due to its exploration of important social questions. However, Thomas Macaulay branded it "sullen socialism", on the grounds that Dickens did not fully comprehend the politics of the time. This point was also made by George Bernard Shaw, who decreed Hard Times to be a novel of "passionate revolt against the whole industrial order of the modern world." Shaw criticised the novel for its failure to provide an accurate account of trade unionism of the time, deeming Dickens's character of Slackbridge, the poisonous orator, "a mere figment of middle-class imagination." However, believing it to be very different from Dickens's other novels, he also said: "Many readers find the change disappointing. Others find Dickens worth reading almost for the first time." [4]
F. R. Leavis, in The Great Tradition, described the book as essentially a moral fable, and said that 'of all Dickens' works (it is) the one that has all the strengths of his genius – that of a completely serious work of art'.[5] This, however, was a view which he later revised in Dickens the Novelist, which recognised that Dickens's strengths and artistry appeared fully in other works.
Walter Allen, in an introduction to an alternative edition, characterised Hard Times as being an unsurpassed "critique of industrial society", which was later superseded by works of D. H. Lawrence. Other writers have described the novel as being, as G. K. Chesterton commented in his work Appreciations and Criticisms, "the harshest of his stories"; whereas George Orwell praised the novel (and Dickens himself) for "generous anger."
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- 1 July 6, 2006 at 1:31 am
the important thing is the spiritual experience, and you have both, the camp might not like other camps but you're all enjoying it and it's a blessing to experience that.
Happy TT. my list is up too.
- 2 July 6, 2006 at 1:40 am
I remember saying THE prayer at my cousin's camp when I was 5 or 6. Very special.
Your camp sounds wonderful, too. But I'm more hit by the "roots" that your family put down for you, and now you are passing them along. It must be wonderful to have that for your children, too.
- 3 July 6, 2006 at 2:17 am
I used to love the summer bible school that our church had. It was called Youth For Christ. It was alot of fun going with my Aunts, Uncles, cousins and brothers.
I'm up.
- 4 July 6, 2006 at 4:04 am
Sounds like a great camp! I love that it's on an island – I bet that makes it even more special for the kids.
- 5 July 6, 2006 at 4:36 am
Wow! That sounds interesting! An island??? Sounds very cool!
- 6 July 6, 2006 at 5:03 am
Oh, thank you for brining back my own memory of summer camp. I think is cool that you and your hubby are involved with the camp you have met. I think that you don't have to have fancy stuff – God is enough :smile:.
Have a blessed day…
- 7 July 6, 2006 at 5:42 am
That sound so cool. I've never been to summer camp in my life.
- 8 July 6, 2006 at 5:49 am
That IS cool about having camp on an island. I've never been to camp, but my daughter goes to our church's youth camp every year – unfortunately it's only a week long but she loves it.
- 9 July 6, 2006 at 6:13 am
On an island? That sounds great. When I was a kid, our church camp was at a lake. My favorite part was vespers–after dark, sitting around a campfire, singing songs. Nice memories.
- 10 July 6, 2006 at 6:41 am
That sounds great, makes me want to go!
- 11 July 6, 2006 at 7:12 am
Summer camps are so much fun.
My TT is up.
- 12 July 6, 2006 at 7:22 am
I want to go too… That sounds like so much fun and the fact that it seems to be a family tradition makes it better….
- 13 July 6, 2006 at 7:39 am
Sounds like fun! My kids are in VBS this week and the volunteers are knocking themselves out making it fun for the kids – people like you really make the summer great!
- 14 July 6, 2006 at 8:13 am
It's nice to have family traditions like that.
Happy Thursday!
- 15 July 6, 2006 at 8:22 am
Cool, I love that its on an island. That is awesome. Sounds like good times for all.
- 16 July 6, 2006 at 8:58 am
I took my kids to camp when they were babies too. Kent was a youth pastor for 10 years and we ran our own camps. Usually that would be two weeks of camp and several retreats a year. Ours was on a lake, but an island would be even better. One of my favorite pictures is giving my firstborn a bath in a big metal tub at camp.
- 17 July 6, 2006 at 10:11 am
Some of my best memories growing up as a kid are of VBS, or Bible camp. My brother and I always had a great time.
I think I'll post some of them on Monday for Monday Memories.
Have a great Thursday!
- 18 July 6, 2006 at 11:08 am
I never went away to Bible camp, but I always helped with VBS at my church. I was part of the praise band and i worked in the nursery. It was always so much fun!
My TT is up.
- 19 July 6, 2006 at 11:38 am
I loved camp when I was little…I hope David will love it just as much when he gets older.
My TT is up!
- 20 July 6, 2006 at 12:10 pm
sounds fun!
- 21 July 6, 2006 at 5:52 pm
I LOVE CAMP!!! i grew up spending my summers at bible camp and my heart is full of happy memories.
- 22 July 6, 2006 at 5:56 pm
I love camp too! I'll love it even more when it's over next week.
- 23 July 6, 2006 at 6:08 pm
Sounds so great!!! How 'bout pictures? So neat that you met your husband there at camp! Thanks for sharing all these wonderful memories.
I had a similar experience as you did. I met my American husband at a Young Life camp where we were both youth leaders. We married three years later, just after we graduated from university. And that's how I ended up moving from Canada to the US. Such sweet times!
Maybe you'll be priviliged to watch the cycle repeat itself, like I am. Our daughter is now a Young Life leader and plans to take some jr. high girls to camp this summer as their counselor. My husband is still going to camp too. He's been asked to help coordinate at a youth camp in Russia this August. We love camp!!!
- 24 July 6, 2006 at 6:58 pm
My kiddos are going for their 3rd time this year, and LOVE VBC. It's such a wonderful Summer thing for them to participate in, isn't it?
- 25 July 6, 2006 at 7:08 pm
I like the banner! I am glad you guys have such a good time.
- 26 July 6, 2006 at 7:08 pm
I remember Church camp when I was young. My Mother was a cook in the lunchroom. It was in the hills of Oak Mountain in AL – out in the woods! So much fun to go to church at night down the trails – didn't think about getting scared of snakes. BUT, I wouldn't do it now! And, my kids never went to camp.
Check out my 13 at http://tidbitsandtreasures.blogspot.com/2006/07/tidbits-of-my-life-today.html
- 27 July 6, 2006 at 7:50 pm
I like the fact that I gave myself to the Lord every summer for three years. It finally stuck! lol, Thanks for the T13 and visiting FBO. lgp
- 28 July 7, 2006 at 5:49 am
My daughter is at Bible camp as we speak. She always has such great memories and such a fantastic introduction to the world of fun as a Christian. I would not trade one day of it for a week at Disneyworld. (The kids probably would though…)
- 29 July 8, 2006 at 4:17 pm
I'm pretty sure I'm not doing this right, but I want to practice before next Thursday!! By the way – your baby is gorgeous.
I'm signing up for Thursday 13 now.
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hey everyone! how are you? well, things are looking up...at least w/ JT..not school..lol. We talked last night...ALOT, we got everything out on the "table" as u would call it. and he didnt think he loved me w/ all his heart....but then today, he realized he did when he went off on ashley for asking him wat was wrong and i guess usually, he'd tell her but yeah...I dunno. o well...love can hurt sometimes, and i suppose it has to, it just sucks..lol. well, im out to go and talk to some friends. Later!
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yeah..wat a fricken wonderful night...NOT! JT brought up an old event...which is when i had cheated on him...i didn't want to...and I don't kno wat provoked me...it happened like..8 months ago...and i can tell hes hurting and its killing me inside...i wish i could do something to ease his pain....i feel like the worst person in the world....i wish he would tell me all his feelings and stop hiding his feelings....i love him so much and i don't know what to do...maybe...o i dont know...i wish i could be dead somedays..it may make it ezier on everyone....im still talkin 2 him so i will write some other day.
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hey everyone..yeah I know, it's been a while. Well..hm..to update u, Prom was fun, and going further into the me not being pregnant..I could tell b/c I had a miscarriage...sad..huh? I feel horrible, I mean...yeah, it would've been bad if I did end up having it, but still, it was in me and well..yeah...neways..hm..school's almost out thank god...um...exams start next friday...crazy crazy..well, I haven't got much else to say so I'm gonna go and get ready to go tanning...ttyl!
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
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Hey..things are looking up a little..I know I'm not pregnant..so that's a good thing, prom is on Saturday (May 1st)...um..JT is just going to try and forget about his feelings for the friend of his....yeah...hm..ACT is 2marrow, I should b in bed but I can't sleep good neways, so it'd b pointless...o well...it's just a college test, I can always retake it if I get a bad score..I want a 20 or above..which who knows if thats gonna happen...well...at least we get to leave as soon as its over..Thank god...and on thursday, I have the PSAE or w/e it is and I get 2 leave early on that one too...well, I'm gonna go and continue watching Real World! TTYL!
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Hey everyone..how are ya? Everything here is pretty much okay...my mom is staying w/ my dad till I graduate next yr...then yeah..o well...everything else seems to suck...and I found out my b/f has some feelings for one of his friends....yeha..nice huh? He used to like her ALOT when me and him 1st started dating and then those feelings went away and everything was fine...and just recently he started getting those feelings back and it hurts so much inside, but I won't let him know, the only thing he does know is that it bothers me and thats all he's gonna know. I don't want him worrying about me anymore than he already does. He's got enough stress b/w his family, school, and work. Me being worried bout bein pregnant prolly doesn't help him and I feel bad that I even mentioned anything to him. I'm trying to convince him not to worry and that I'm not and I'm pretty sure I'm not cuz I'm only a week late..so yeah..o well, if I am...then I'll deal with the consequences..my b /f said he'd help me if I was and I trust that he will, I just don't want that burden to be put on him, it may b too much for him to take, but yeah..I'm gonna go cuz I'm actually gettin somewhat tired..tty all later
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Hey..none of u who read this really need 2 know much about me, if ya wanna kno sumthin, ask me!..neways, to the real reason why I made a journal. right now, I'm dealing with so many problems with my family and if I write it down, maybe...just maybe it'll help me get through it. my step-mom who has been my mom since I was 3 is probabaly gonna leave my dad. my step-brother has been living w/ us for about a yr now b/c he is having trouble getting back on his feet after his divorce (he's 30 something) and my dad hates him. my dad hasn't showed ne of his emotions until just recently. he makes small comments about him to my mother and this hurts her emotionally b/c he is her son and it's hard. I don't kno wat to do, the only thing that has been keeping me going is my boyfriend, JT. he is the only source of happiness I have, whenever I talk to him, things seem fine and then I have to go and talk to my family and then all of it goes away. I'm gonna have my step-mom adopt me, so if she decides to leave my dad, I'll b able 2 stay with her. my dad isn't stable enough to take care of a 16 yr old grl and I only have this yr to finish and then my senior yr next yr so I don't really want to move, plus I want to be able to be with JT...b/c without him, I know I won't b able 2 make it. I try 2 be strong for everyone but sometimes the pain is too hard to handle...I feel hopeless and lost...it's a horrible feeling. b/c on one hand, my dad is my true dad but on the other, my step-mom has always been there for me, even when my dad gave up hope and didn't care, she was there and I kno she will alway be there..so yeah...well, I'm gonna go and work on my paper due 2marrow..I may write more, I don't kno yet. Night
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17-OH progesterone is a blood test that measures the amount of 17-OH progesterone, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands and gonads.
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17-hydroxyprogesterone; Progesterone - 17-OH
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The Waring Pro Professional 6.5-Quart Slow Cooker cooks food automatically on a high or low setting and can be set to cook from two to 12 hours (in two hour increments). When the cooking time is complete, the unit will automatically switch to a warming mode to keep food at an optimal serving temperature, making it an ideal product those who don't have time after work to prepare delicious meals.
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Nokia Lumia 710 24 month Free handset £7.50 pm 100mins 5000 texts, 250 data @ carphone warehouse £180.00
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Nokia Lumia 710 @ carphone warehouse - 24 month contract with 5000 texts, 100 minutes, 250mb of data and a free phone worth £110.
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- sphinxy2 years, 4 months ago #1Show comment tools ReplyGreat find OP, thanks for your first contribution! :)
- johnwilliamson472 years, 4 months ago #2Show comment tools ReplysphinxyGreat find OP, thanks for your first contribution! :)
Thanks, i thought it was pretty good as on giff gaff atm with an old iphone and this will save me money and you get a free phone worth £110... although less minutes!
- sphinxy2 years, 4 months ago #3Show comment tools ReplyYes, it's a very good deal considering the phone itself is £150+ on Amazon.
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Edited By: sphinxy on Aug 01, 2012 22:16
- rejector12 years, 4 months ago1 Like #4Show comment tools ReplyPlease tell me what is 250mins of data ?
- johnwilliamson472 years, 4 months ago #5Show comment tools Replysorry mb of data, bit of a typo ill adjust the listing.
- avsie2 years, 4 months ago #6Show comment tools Reply250mb of data will not get you far. Sure it's low cost per month but surely you would need more than 250mb per month to make full use of the phone? When you consider it is designed for cloud storage it doesn't take many photo's to be uploaded to Skydrive, many mp3's to be streamed from Zune/ Spotify etc or Apps to be downloaded before that 250mb limit is reached.
I'm not saying this is cold, just that the tariff does not seem to match the phone it is paired with.
- johnwilliamson472 years, 4 months ago #7Show comment tools Replyyeah i see your point.. i posted it to obviously share the deal with others but also get an opinion on these basic contracts, im beginning to think im better off with the £10 giffgaff deal :p
Edited By: johnwilliamson47 on Aug 01, 2012 23:08
- mushtaqshah2 years, 4 months ago #8Show comment tools Replyany quidco?
- Ajazb2 years, 4 months ago #9Show comment tools ReplyMy wife's 500mb lasts about 20 hours of watching streaming films .
- Mandioll2 years, 4 months ago #10Show comment tools ReplyJust ordered and waiting for confirmation. Bargain. Good reviews. Thanks for posting and costing me more money! :D
- scrumpypaul2 years, 4 months ago #11Show comment tools ReplyBargain deal and great for kids as long as data is kept in check.
- Sykos2 years, 4 months ago3 Likes #12Show comment tools ReplyAjazbMy wife's 500mb lasts about 20 hours of watching streaming films .
Factually impossible, that's 25MB a film and compression technology is simply not that advanced
- thrillhouse2 years, 4 months ago #13Show comment tools ReplyPaying £15 a month for pretty much the same deal :( Great phone, only downsides are not the best camera and you can't bluetooth files for some reason. But Whatsapp kind of makes this a non factor.
- thenewyou2 years, 4 months ago #14Show comment tools Replyhttp://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nokia-lumia-710-blue-pink-10-pm-250-mins-5000-texts-500mb-data-carphone-warehouse-1284677#post15218871
250 mins, 5000 texts, 500mb data
would probs be better off paying the extra £2.50 for double the data and mins.
- josephobrien20002 years, 4 months ago #15Show comment tools Reply... I think the data usage is 3g. wifi in ur house is free. So cloud sync then. You may be able to use other wifi - check ur contract with mobile and home broadband
- kharma452 years, 4 months ago1 Like #16Show comment tools ReplyNo comments yet about the 8GB of storage or lack of Windows Phone 8?
I'm astonished.
- Gavin012 years, 4 months ago #17Show comment tools Replymaybe because its a brand new phone for under £200 with minutes texts and data. over 2 years.
- mister.c.2 years, 4 months ago1 Like #18Show comment tools ReplyLooks like £60 from quidco for new contract sales.
- MINCER2 years, 4 months ago #19Show comment tools ReplySykosAjazbMy wife's 500mb lasts about 20 hours of watching streaming films .
Factually impossible, that's 25MB a film and compression technology is simply not that advanced
No that's 25MB per hour not per film - still don't know if that is possible but I can read and do sums.;)
- Sniechu3602 years, 4 months ago #20Show comment tools ReplyWhat about simlock?


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You Cannot Build Your Way Out Of!
Commissioner Tommy Adkisson
November 21, 2002
Those words still ring in my ears. Only this time I am dealing with this problem as your Commissioner regarding your Jail, not as your State Representative regarding your prison. Your County is taking dead aim at the kinds of dysfunctional dynamics that a Commissioner's Court can and should rectify that bloat our jail population.
To this end, the ad hoc Jail Population Committee is hard at work rounding-up Bexar's 'best and brightest' to bring their insights and solutions and perhaps most importantly, their willingness to cooperate and coordinate the solutions. Among other things, it will be our goal to properly use our jail space. Have plenty of room for those who should be in jail, keep those out who really have no common sense reason for being there and achieve safety first, then economy next where ever possible would be seem to be key goals for our committee.
Half of the battle in challenges like jail population is rolling up your sleeves and getting down to the nitty-gritty, grunt work of understanding the inmate classification lingo of the various bureaucracies! Your jail is around 555 inmates over the acceptable population as viewed by our State's Jail Standards Commission. Guess what? The State has a grand total according to my records of 1,385 inmates staying free in our Jail!
Am I asking them to pay up? I would like to but instead of expecting the impossible for our "5 billion-plus shortfall" State to send us money, I would like to just have the State get off our backs. As it stands Bexar County is an unwilling participant in the State's prison management program. Just one month of being ordered by the State Jail Commission to house 300 inmates out of county would likely cost $40.00 per day per prisoner times 30 days is $360,000.00. So you can see how this really adds up in just one month!
Turning to what we do on the homefront, we can and must do plenty to alleviate problems being created by our outdated and fragmented system of incarceration. With citizen's safety first and pocketbooks next, we can and must achieve these two critical goals in our jail's operation. Just like any good school, we must classify what kinds of prisoners we will keep and which ones need to go to another facility like a mental health institution or some such.
In any event, we will get creative, keeping ever present in mind, the goals of our process: safety and economy!
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At Highland Walk Golf Course, Bermuda grass fairways and greens arch over 6,407 yards of steep hills studded by tall Georgia pines for a challenging 18-hole layout. Throughout the round, the course's dramatically undulating terrain gives way to sweeping views of the countryside as well as numerous blind shots, giving an advantage to players whose golf bags double as periscopes. Georgian course architect Denis Griffith's creative use of the terrain is on full display at the signature 17th hole, where golfers drive the ball from terraced tee boxes and over the shadowy, intimidating depths of a ravine. Though the elevation changes place precise shot making at a premium, the course features relatively open fairways and greens, providing ample landing areas for aggressive drives and caddies airlifted in for emergency putt-reading services.
Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 72 course * Length of 6,407 yards from the farthest tees * Course rating of 71.4 from the farthest tees * Slope rating of 131 from the farthest tees * Four tee options
Amid cypress swamps and the gurgling waters of Seventeen-Mile River, anglers and nature enthusiasts alike can quiet their minds and enjoy the sunshine. While spending the nights at one of General Coffee State Park's 50 primitive campsites, visitors can spend the day with their line in the water, spotting gopher tortoises crawl through endangered plants in the wiregrass nearby. But there's also plenty to do besides fish. The onsite Heritage Farm, for instance, showcases the area's agricultural history with log cabins, a tobacco barn, a cane mill, and a corn crib, as well as friendly sheep, chickens, and pigs. To get the full rustic experience, campers can also roast hot dogs in a fire pit, draw water for their breakfast from the nearby spigots, and look up at the stars to find all the constellations they just made up.
Owners William and Paula Smith arm players with Spyder or Tippmann markers before they trek across bridges, sneak through the trees, and dodge incoming fire from behind a cluster of barrels on Low Country Paintball's wooded field. The staff has decorated its massive course with obstacles and barriers such as an upturned rowboat and a rusty old truck. Elsewhere on the 63-acre facility, staff members oversee participants who weave through the speedball field's bounty of blue inflatables. In addition to open-play sessions, Low Country Paintball hosts frequent games and events through its LCP Scenario branch, including bouts themed after famous battles such as the Thumb War of 1812.


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Sick in South Africa
Joe Eldridge
March 11, 2011
Hey, I hope everyone is enjoying the blog so far.
When I left you last, I was preparing for the Tour of South Africa — a seven-day stage race. A stage race is a multiple-day race in which each rider's time from all the days is added up at the end of the final day to determine the winner. Some riders will race for the overall title, while others will focus on winning a single stage of the race. Both types of wins are prestigious, but they are usually won by two different types of riders.
During our time between the race in India and the start of the Tour we were training in Johannesburg (a beautiful city, by the way). The second day we were there, I began to feel a slight tickle in my throat. Well, what started out as a tickle turned into a full-blown sore throat, complete with congestion and stomach bug — you name the symptom, I had it. I tried to rest for a few days so that I'd hopefully be feeling well enough to race by the time the Tour started. In addition to resting, I was trying to figure out my new diabetes regimen, since I was becoming less sensitive to my insulin as a result of whatever bug I had.
The first day of the race was 156 kilometers (roughly 97 miles) around Johannesburg and passed through the Cradle of Mankind Natural Area (for those of you who know Jo'burg). I started the day feeling 80% of normal, so I decided to give it a go and try to race.
The race was fast and intense from the gun. The route had over 5300 feet of elevation gain in the 156 kilometers. This alone makes for a difficult day on the bike, and it's even more so when you're not feeling 100%. The race played out and a lone rider broke away from the field, gaining a big advantage and maintaining it to the end to win the stage.
On a positive note, I nailed my diabetes management during the race. I had numbers between 154 and 221, but the majority were in the 160 to180 range. (These are higher numbers than I run when I'm not exercising, but I elevate them a bit to make sure not to have a hypo.)
Unfortunately, though, my body was not happy with me for trying to race: Although I started the day feeling 80% health-wise, I finished it feeling close to 0%. So what did I do? Tried again the next day!
However, starting out feeling so poorly caused me not to last long in the race. After 30 kilometers of fast-paced racing, my body shut down and made me stop. Chills and leg cramps consumed me. I usually don't listen to my body when it's telling me to stop racing, but this time I decided things weren't normal. So, my Tour of South Africa ended on the second day of the race, and I headed back home to find out what was wrong with me.
I went straight to the doctor when I got home after my 16-hour flight. OUCH! Blood tests, chest X-rays &mdash I got the works. Then I went home, started some antibiotics, and waited to hear the results.
What was going on with my diabetes management during this time? I first knew something was wrong when my continuous monitor woke me up at 3 AM with a high glucose alarm. I had gone to sleep with a normal blood sugar, taken my long-acting insulin, and not eaten anything before I went to sleep. I also hadn't had anything that wouldn't "kick in" until the wee hours of the night, like pizza. This happened two nights in a row, so I knew something was up. I increased my basal insulin almost 25% and had to increase my bolus insulin by 50% just to keep my blood sugar levels under 200. This is the most frustrating aspect of being sick and having diabetes, but I also think it makes you get back on track with the management if you have been slacking.
Eight days later I'm almost finished with the antibiotics, and I think I'm feeling normal again. My insulin levels are a little increased, but almost back to normal. I plan to try my regular routine tonight to see if I am actually back on track.
Our next competition is in Singapore, and it should be an exciting race and travel experience.
Thanks for reading.
Joe, Sorry for all the troubles, but I know you'll pull through stronger than ever. I look forward to your next post! Ride hard! Mark
Posted by: MarkM | Mar 11, 2011 10:02 AM
Being sick stinks. Being sick with diabetes really stinks. Strangely we like to read how you handle that. Thanks for sharing and best wishes for a quick road to full recovery.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Mar 15, 2011 08:06 PM
Hey Joe, Hope all is well now. It was so good to see you recently. Jill
Posted by: Jill | Mar 15, 2011 08:47 PM
Hey sorry about the sickness! hope you are feeling better. Thanks for the post. cheers from Cape Town, South Africa
Posted by: Luke Ferguson | Mar 16, 2011 02:56 PM
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Back to normal now! Joe
Posted by: Joe | Mar 31, 2011 09:08 PM
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ADHD Nurses-what area do you specialize in? - page 3
I would very much like to hear from other nurses with ADHD/ADD! What area of nursing do you work in? What do you love about it? I appreciate all who take the time to answer :) Thanks... Read More
- 0Aug 8, '12 by hershey3282Somebody mentioned they have severe ADHD - I probably have severe ADHD - combined type because wasn't diagnosed until 3 years ago at age 63. I had problems with most nursing jobs - lost at least 15 over the years - probably made hundreds of medication errors. I've had several specialities. I was a dialysis (hemo) nurse for 16 years, did home health for 7 - the home health is good for someone with ADHD because you only have to focus on one patient at a time. I'm working 2 days a week in a small nursing home -I get SS and no pension since I never worked anyplace long enough to get one (by the way, I'm working with chronic pain) Who could live on SS?. I've been diagnosed with depression by at least 5-6 therapists. Then, finally my boss diagnosed me - I got diagnosed by doc quickly - put on med which helped - then quit that job shortly after because I was sure I was going to be fired. From age 63-65 I had no med insurance - no meds (remember - medicare starts at 65) worked part time. It was scary - I have several medical problems. Then, I finally went on medicare - have med. advantage plan -HMO. I restarted the Vyvanse I had been taking - but forced to stop because my med insurance no longer covered. So now, I take generic Adderal - which helps but it's not perfect
- 0Oct 3, '12 by cassiemasseyI have always had symptoms of ADHD and for the most part i credit it to my success in school. Behavior modification and diet regulations really helped. I recently left my Med-surg posistion and while there I noticed my symptoms effecting my preformance. the longest I've had a job is 2 years, i tend to get bored and find a more interesting position. I was just hired to a position in Critical Care and I'm worried that, while i will finally have a position that can hold my interest, my symptoms of ADHD may limit my preformance or god forbid endanger my patients. any advise on how to handle the critical care setting with this level of impulsivity and distractablity? Its a night shift position which i hope will help. I tend to be able to focus more on night shifts. Id like to avoid meds in the long term but Im not opposed to them in the short term if theyre needed to get me to a point where the behavior therapies can start working.
- 3Dec 11, '12 by Kathired62I have been an RN for 28 years now and have worked in a variety of settings over the years, chronologically; NICU, cardiothoracic surgical ICU adult, Newborn nursery, NICU again, postpartum, lactation consultant in private practice and for the last 12 years LDR. Now, at age 50, I have been diagnosed with combined type ADHD. What a fantastic relief! This diagnosis has enabled me to recognize that my strengths exist, in part, because of my ADHD, and has allowed me to identify the things that I am not as good at, while developing strategies to cope more effectively. For example, I have noticed that I am far more capable and confident when working in a higher acuity environment, that is highly STRUCTURED, than a floor nursing environment with many competing patient tasks and priorities. I have no difficulty managing my own critical situations, because I am structured and organized within my own bed-space, but feel completely inept if I join in to help a co-worker because I don't know where to start! Now, when everybody is running to help, I know that the best place for me is covering the board, watching tracings, and covering for those who remain in the crisis area. Win-win. My stress level is now so much less, and I am much better at my job! I also fine that my social anxiety issues fall into place with my new understanding of myself. It is a whole new ball game! Best wishes to you and good luck on. Long and fulfilling professional career. It can be done! Develop strategies and routines that work for you. Consider a therapist to work with you for professional development support, or perhaps engage a life coach. Find the strengths inherent in your ADHD, and dare I say, enjoy them! Good luck in all you pursue.
- 0Dec 16, '12 by bargraphixI am add I am still a student but I want the hustle and bustle of a busy ER
I think that it will be good for me because I will have many patients with different problems
- 0Dec 22, '12 by CGauvinRNI'm an RN supervisor at a 120 bed subacute facility and I have ADHD, I'm fairly well managed on meds however with my crazy sch at work sometimes I'm unable to get to my doc appts and have had to go without my meds sometimes for a few days, not easy and certainly increases anxiety and exacerbates my ADHD Sx's. it's a struggle but I think overcoming ADHD and being successful is a great example for others who think they can't do jobs that involve a lot if concentration and responsibility.
- 0Dec 29, '12 by ohellemarieI haven't read all the responses here but I recently found out I have ADD (thanks nursing school--my brother has it but we are TOTAL opposites--never occurred to me I would have it) and REALLY struggled first semester of nursing school. Barely passed but I did. I think I'll be fine the next three if I passed the hardest first! However, any advice is great. I'm sick of my professors giving me negative feedback during evals such as "slow down, take a deep breath, relax! stop being anxious, stop talking so fast!" blah blah. This is who I am and I don't want to conform to society norm just to fit in but its tough. I also work as a CNA on neuro (med surg like) and feel that some nurses just don't "GET" me. I'm sure I come off as flighty. Any advice or helpful hints to make it through nursing school without completely losing my confidence in ME would be greatly appreciated....
- 0Jan 9, '13 by EMT2ERRNI have ADHD and specialized in ER nursing. I believed that this was the best specialty for me as did my psychiatrist at the time. At 41yo and years of experience, I have learned that the ADHD-ER combo has it's pro's and con's. The fast paced and rapid changing environment was a blessing on many levels: I was allowed to constantly run around, burning off energy, and never forced to sit for any period of time (as opposed to OR nursing); my short attention span was supported (as opposed to ICU nursing); and I was never bored (as opposed to all those clinical rotations in Med/Surg in nursing school). When I was younger and have far more energy to expend, I worked in even busier ER's where I'd hit the floor running from beginning of shift to end and my "personality" went unidentified and never became an issue because everyone was too busy to notice that I was different.
Here are the con's: Long-term exposure to highly stimulated environments such as ER eventually break down the psyche of anyone with ADHD. On the suggestion of my psychiatrist, I took a position in an ER with a far lower census... and was forced to come out of the closet so to speak. Experienced ER nurses have the abilities to identify the s/s of mental illness and chemical dependency. And you know that we, as ADHD nurses, LOVE that the world ties these two very different disease processes together. Because of the slower environment of this ER, where nurses sat around waiting for patients (something I could not do), I continued my energetic path by helping the techs stock, helping the unit secretary with phones/paperwork, and even helping EVS clean. These actions landed me in the DON's office, accused of questionable behaviors consistent with impaired nursing and chemical dependency issues. Even though the DON cleared me of any wrongdoing, the stigma was present among my peers and, eventually, I resigned.
I have since returned to school to get my BSN, and accepted a part-time job in a clinic. It was a very hard transition but I did it. And today, I have no idea where to go to from here.
- 0Jan 12, '13 by _MORA_Any advice or helpful hints to make it through nursing school without completely losing my confidence in ME would be greatly appreciated....
- 4Jan 26, '13 by dthfytrSome time ago a thread formed, may even be a different site, asking the difference between ER and ICU nurses. There many responses, some quite involved. But the real gem was the simplest answer. ER = ADHD, ICU = OCD.


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The palette that mixes sandy brown, vibrant tangerine, peacock blue, and fiery pink together, is not for the color shy. "It's inspired by bright tribal tones," says Eiseman. "The colors are bold and forthright." And they were the perfect shades to create an inviting respite in Prudent Baby blogger Jacinda Boneau's courtyard entry. She used variations of the shades to make painted cushions for her folding chairs and to create the space's focal point: a DIY Native American God's Eye above the bench. To make your own, see Boneau's how-to.


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This roll away bed is the absolute best deal I have found this year! It is very simple to assemble and far more comfortable than one might imagine. I use a down mattress pad on top of the very comfy foam mattress and VOILA. Nighty night!
We received the bed and mattress in one box, on time. It was easy to do the minimal assembly needed. My son ( who used this in our spare room) mentioned that he was surprised that the bed was so comfortable since the one he is used to has a much thicker mattress. The only reason I gave the product 4 stars instead of 5 is that we have not had it long enough to tell how it will endure.
I ordered two of these for use in our vacation home. Loved the first one, but it was out of stock when I tried to order another. When the stock was replenished, I ordered a second one. The mattress now rests on springs instead of slats (not as firm); and a bar was added across the frame where the wheels attach. The wheels rotate and turn perfectly when the folded bed is on its side; but when I let the folded bed rest on the wheels, they do not rotate or turn. They just drag across the floor. The original features were much better than the modified versions. Since my husband had assembled the bed and discarded the packaging, there was no way to return it.
Needed a extra bed for company. Figured the matress would be really cheap due to the low price. Surprised to find how comfortable it is. The matress is much firmer than we expected. Assembly consisted of putting on leg rollers. Ready to go! Very good value for the price!
I received my bed as promised and immediately fell in love with the comfort of the mattress. My daughters absolutely love the bed. The height is just right for us and I can't seem to keep my children out of the bed. I have yet to experience a night on the bed but my children have nothing but good things to say about it. Thanks for the memories !!! I can't wait to purchase another. :)
Perfect for when we need an extra place for our grandchildren to sleep. Good quality. Quick delivery.
It is great as an extra bed at our cottage. I did not like the latching mechanism of the bed which held the two parts together. I use a bungee cord to hold the bed together, but it is easy to detach and attach.
This is nice sturdy Roll Away Bed. I like the length of this bed and it is comfortable to sleep on for a couple nights. I must add that I believe this bed is more comfortable for kids rather than adults.
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Love Funding closed a $17.5 million loan for Broadway Townhomes, a 175-unit townhouse community in Camden, New Jersey, that is the first moderate rehabilitation project approved under a new national program to preserve affordable housing. The program allows proven financing tools to be applied to preserve and upgrade at-risk public and assisted housing, and provides for a long-term Section 8 rental assistance contract. Learn more.
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Declining housing affordability has received a lot of attention over the past few years, and deservedly so. But while this challenge is well understood, declining rental affordability hasn't been as much of a hot-button issue. By 2020, more than one million apartment projects backed by low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) will come to the end of their compliance periods, making them eligible for a return to market-rate rents. Learn more.