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I have a very distinct early memory of the first time somebody didn't say 'No' when they really meant 'Yes.' I'm not talking about a sexual context, either.
We were still in Saudi Arabia, and I had one of my friends over for dinner. When my mother offered her seconds, my friend said 'Yes, please.'
I was startled, even taken aback, at those two little words, so accustomed was I to the sacred ritualistic exchange: "No, no…" and "I insist, you must," and "I really can't" and "I'll be very sad if you don't" and "All right then…it looks delicious."
I knew the process well from the perspective of the guest; I'd followed the ritual closely time and time again during afternoon visits with my mother, sitting on living room couches as aunties offered trays of goodies. I'd always say no first even though my stomach was growling and I knew I wanted that piece of baklawa or cake that was being offered to me. Why? Because it was polite. Because otherwise I'd be thought a greedy, rude, presumptive little girl who did not know how to respect the hospitality being given to her.
It had exasperated me but never confused me before the night my friend so casually said 'Yes, please' and I wondered why accepting hospitality was at odds with respecting hospitality. I had to process my feelings about it. There was so much going on!
I realized that I had been trained to feel–and in fact did feel– a sort of blaming negativity towards my friend for saying Yes, she really did want seconds, that–at least for a moment–I viewed her as the disrespectful greedy little girl my mother so often warned me from being.
Why? It was clear to me that both I and my mother wanted her to take what we offered, that in fact it might be an insult to our hospitality, cooking, and generosity of spirit if she ultimately refused. So why the game in which she must demur and we must insist and she must reconsider and eventually be wheedled into admitting something that she may have felt all along? What was so wrong in saying she wanted something?
And, more interestingly, why did my friend seem so oblivious to these rules, so quiet and sure in what she wanted without exhibiting any shame for it?
I later chalked it up to her having an American mother, because I learned from my limited experience with Americans that they did not offer you food or a ride unless they truly wanted to give them, and did not expect people to say No unless they really meant it, and that they'd take your words at face value if you said No and not offer again.
Such a simplistic conception of American culture was later shattered as I realized that there were strikingly similar parallels with hospitality in various conservative and/or Southern US cultures. I also realized just how many situations there were where girls shouldn't or couldn't say they wanted to do A Thing that was somehow Not For Them, or that held some shame for a woman. I learned that sex and womanhood were treated with different standards than hospitality, where there is an entire culture of expectation surrounding the games of playing hard to get, saying No at first to mean 'try harder', of women shamed for admitting they wanted things that were assumed to be not for them, concepts that the clothing and appearance of a dissenting person might indicate that they really, secretly want "it" despite their words–in short, a culture where shaming consent and ignoring non-consent is normalized in various ways–but only in some contexts.
What is it, I've been wondering, about some forms of American culture, that makes it okay to say 'Yes' when you mean it and take 'No' at face value in the contexts of hospitality but not in the contexts of sexuality? Why is there such shame attached to a woman who admits she wants sex, why such flippancy towards a statement such as 'No, I'm not interested?', and why do those two things interplay in such a way that if a woman has sex and wants it sometimes that makes her less credible when she refuses it with other people or at other times?
Here are some broad cultural differences I've been thinking of as potentially related: America is a place where general self-sufficiency is prized, where taking charity is often full of shame and stigma and never a virtue, and where individualism is heralded as a sort of master value. In the Arab world, in contrast, being dependent in various ways is prized, taking help extended to you, as long as it follows the correct ritual, does not bear the stigma of shame and is in fact expected, as it honors those who extend their generosity, and, for men, supporting your family, being in a dominant parental or familial role, and giving to charity is a consistent marker of the same virtues of hospitality and generosity prized so much.
It's also generally true, I noted, that the same things are often markers of deficiency or shame when women do it, implying the lack of a male presence to take on those proper roles. In short, in Arab culture there is a sort of undercurrent that– although you are expected to refuse at first in order to not seem greedy or disrespectful–you must, yes, you must, be open to receiving what others seek to 'give' you in various ways circumscribed by rule or law, without ever acknowledging that you really want those things.
Regardless, in fact, of whether you actually do. That's what I missed when I was a little girl thinking over this problem–I wondered why it was so horrible to say you wanted a piece of cake if someone offered it to you. I didn't realize that you would be both obliged to say No even if you meant Yes…but also eventually say Yes even if you meant No…that many, many times people ended up eating an extra bit of something even if they really were too full or didn't actually like it, for fear of insulting their hosts. I realized, too, that accepting food out of politeness would later, for a woman, come to be at odds with remaining trim enough to be desirable, a worthy match…and thus a further dimension of tension would ensue, where mothers and aunties would tsk and say just this once, and do you really want to be eating that? in tension with the hosts' insistence. And even later on I'd come to realize that women were, in various ways, expected to say Yes to things they did not like or want all the time, including marital choices, career choices, bodily choices, clothing choices..all the way down to the sexual advances of their husbands, as a matter of course.
In short, neither consent nor nonconsent is even a relevant consideration for all these things. (See my post about Sex and Virginity for more about that side of this issue).
And oh, what a horrendously destructive set of values these are, that have ultimately worked towards silencing and marginalizing women and children, forcing them to be dependent and choice-less, and hashing those things as virtues.
How dare you refuse what someone is so generous to offer? How dare you not want what is given with such magnanimity?
And if you do want it…how daring, bold, and without shame you must be to admit it!
And what an almost unnavigable double-bind it is, to find yourself in a place where your own desires must be neutralized in favor of the desires of those under whose power you are–under their roof, under their employment, under their provision, and where you simultaneously must not express personal affinity with those desires.
One of the real-life stories that struck me the most from the novel Girls of Riyadh when I read it was Sadeem's, whose husband divorces her after she has sex with him before their official move-in, because he thinks she must be lacking all virtue to have welcomed him into her body so easily. It reflected to me how often women and girls are told to show shame, to have shame, to have haya, even about those things that were lawful or permissible: sex with your husband, eating food…no, we are told to look down, to not show that we like or enjoy it…otherwise, we suffer consequences.
And it's true, I realized–it is viewed as only natural when men eat heartily, desire sex, or speak forcefully–in the most literal of ways, with the divisions of gender roles in Muslim-majority cultures appealing to the so-called 'natural' differences between men and women. Very 'boys-will-be-boys'-esque, very much reinforcing damaging myths about dominant intellect in men that naturally inclines them towards choosing, speaking, and leading, myths about the prominence and uncontrollable nature of male desire and how those 'needs' pose a sort of privilege and right to women's bodies, myths about the natural 'weakness' of men in resisting the wiles, charms, and temptations of the female body, myths about men needing more space, more food naturally because of their bodies…myths that are not reciprocated because women are not constructed in the same manner, do not have the same abilities, desires, and needs…
No wonder our cultural norms train women to have haya, to have shame, to neither tempt nor acknowledge ever being tempted, to neither resist the will of others nor exhibit our own will…because heaven forbid we view women as people with agency, desires, and needs.
No wonder we say 'No' because it is shameful to say 'Yes', then say 'Yes' because it's insulting to refuse…
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Date: November 8, 2012
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Formal charges have been filed against Timothy Charles Draper II for discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a person, a second-degree felony.
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office responded to a weapons complaint around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 near Herschel King Park. A party reported observing a vehicle drive into the parks and hearing two rounds being fired from what sounded like a .22 caliber rifle.
As a deputy approached the scene, the party reported that a truck was exiting the park and had fired another round, according to a charging affidavit.
A deputy conducted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle, and observed that the passenger, later identified as Draper, had a black rifle between his legs with the barrel pointing toward the ground, according to the affidavit. In addition to the male driver, two female passengers were in the vehicle, as well as a child in a car seat.
A witness and passengers in the vehicle said Draper had fired shots while they were driving in the park on the circular dirt road near the restrooms. There was a live round found in the chamber of the recovered firearm, along with two live rounds in the magazine.
Draper said he had been drinking beer during the evening, but said he never fired the gun.
The shots were allegedly fired on Grady Prather Drive, which runs parallel to streets in Grand Haven, within 1000 feet of residences.
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My bf of almost 4 1/2 years is still unsure about what kind of future he wants (whether or not he wants marriage & kids like I do). It has been an ongoing issue for the past couple years-ish and causing tension between us recently. He has asked me for time to figure out what he wants his life to look like, and I have always wanted to give that to him, but he never told me when he would try to figure it out by, and I let him know I couldn't wait forever for him to figure it out.
Last Thursday, I asked him about why he was feeling distant/closed off, and he said it was because he missed having guy friends (they all recently moved away and he's had trouble making new friends in the area), and he'd like to spend some more nights apart so that he can focus on that. It kinda hurts me that he feels like we need to spend more time apart, and it made me think about if/when we do get married how is that going to translate over? He also said that he'd have an answer for me about the marriage/kids thing in a year and a half.
I'm not optimistic about it, even though I'm trying to be and frankly, I feel scared, like I know the exact time our relationship is going to end. People keep telling me that if in 4.5 years he's not seriously thinking about marriage/kids with me then he never will and I should cut my losses and move on. I'm not sure if I can do that, but I don't want to waste another year and a half either. ugh!
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City Opera Vancouver Presents PaulineTuesday, May 27th, 2014
Hi Guys, John Espley here. Although my nickname is the "Mountain Man", many folks don't know I used to be a music student. I enjoy all sorts and styles of music but must admit that I've only attended a few operas in my time. I am so glad that one of those operas was the recent premier of Pauline. Pauline was written by the very special author, Margaret Atwood joined with the incredible talents of Tobin Stokes providing the musical composition. This was obviously a partnership destined to do great things. (more…)
Love Your Family DayTuesday, February 4th, 2014
Now that we are in February, often thoughts will go to Valentine's Day. For the next few weeks young couples start getting more "smoochy" than usual. Wives begin saying to themselves, "will he remember this year?" And of course husbands, well husbands just don't think anything yet. As fun and cute as this all may sound, here in B.C. we now have something else, perhaps more important to think of in February. Family Day. (more…)
Pass it alongTuesday, November 13th, 2012
There is a line in a song by the British rock band Chumbawamba that says "Pass it along by word of mouse" This is not just a great lyric but a statement that pretty much defines our world today.
Within moments of taking a photo, receiving a video, a joke or a special offer, we pass it along to all those folks on our contact list without a moment's though. But should we perhaps give it a moment's thought?
How many of us pass it along without removing the email addresses of those dozens of people who have passed it along to us? How many of us pass it along to people we barely know without a moment's thought as to their political or religious views, their workplace email policies or even the validity of the content? (more…)
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The Royal Canadian Legion launches their Poppy Campaign October 26. As it should, it sparks me to reflect on what remembrance day means to me and to our society.
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Mr. Motorcycle. Nearly everyone in Canada knew Frederick Trevor (Trev) Deeley by that nickname. After all, by the time he passed away at age 82 in March of 2002, he had six solid and very successful decades behind him of racing, selling, collecting, customizing, designing, and well, just generally promoting all things motorcycle. Trev Deeley was one of those individuals who managed to combine his birthright with passion, shrewd business acumen, fearlessness, and intelligence so spectacularly that he left behind not only an empire, but also a hefty legacy. In his case, the empire he built rests on Fred Deeley Ltd., which is the sole Canadian distributor (and the only one in the world not partially or wholly owned by the factory) of Harley Davidson motorcycles and branded merchandise. On the legacy side, Deeley also left behind Canada's largest private collection of motorcycles—a 280-strong (and still growing) dream garage of machines that ranges across 60 marques and illustrates the long history of the Deeley's involvement in the industry. (more…)
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If you've ever fancied yourself to be a bit like Indiana Jones searching for ancient artifacts or Jacques Cousteau combing the ocean floor for pirate treasure, you may be interested in a slightly more modern version of these activities – the garage sale.
That's right. Today's garage and yard sales are the way that modern urbanites get an opportunity to study both the current and past lifestyles through the discarded treasures of their fellow man (and more often their fellow woman).
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Who would ever think that Amy Grant's hit song "Baby Baby" from 1991, would make a comeback of any sort? Well, it has and it's had e makeover as a dance remix.
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I'll be frank with you all, this thread has given me a perforated ulcer.
I philately deny any wrongdoing with my above post. Whether your are mail or femail, many people dislike puns and but I think they are part and parcel of our humour, I stand by every letter.
I'll be frank with you all, this thread has given me a perforated ulcer.
Think the mods need to stamp their authority and wrap this thread up.
It's a shame the OP won't be around Friday to see how this thread develops - can someone volunteer to keep him posted?
This has truly been a waste of a POST. CODE you not have found any jokes to tell us?
Let's not keep addressing this post. We were given a joke, signed sealed and delivered, and it was quite funny, but let's not make a red-letter day out of it......
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Reflections on mentorship and sisterhood
"When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this."
― Sonia Sotomayor
Just what is mentorship? I once saw a quote that charity is one beggar telling another where s/he found bread". In the women's movement we have thrived on mentorship, on women who have carried us on their shoulders so that we don't stumble on the same spots, they tripped.
It is my belief that we will have lived our worth if our younger sisters do not have to go through the same mistakes we made. This is not about older and younger women really; everyone has younger women and girls looking up to her and vice versa. This includes supporting younger ones who are starting out, not stifling their efforts. It includes correcting each other and taking the corrections in stride, in sisterhood. It includes holding each other accountable and challenging them to live up to what we know they are capable of.
A young woman recently told me she has really asked several persons to mentor her as she is still in college but getting no response or "I am not available" has really disappointed her so she is still struggling to find her way. It didn't help that she had nasty experiences from some older sister in the movement as she strived to try out and made some mistakes.
Another one told me how excited she is after meeting a mentor I had linked her to. She feels that her life will never be the same again. (Since I don't have permission will not put any names). The latter was on a trial basis that a friend of mine Rahma (for her I don't need permission) started on and I picked up, linking younger girls and young women to our friends to mentor them. I linked several young women and one of them my cousin called to give me feedback. She was very impressed that another older-young woman was willing and ready to take time to speak with her and give her some guidance in line with her career path. She was excited after the first meeting, someone she has never met before but felt encouraged and sure her career life will be better because of this interaction that has started. It starts with our very own sisters, nieces, daughters.
I believe I can make a difference in the gender agenda if we can hold my younger sisters and point to them once in a while what I know by virtue of lived experience. I can also gain from older sisters in the movement doing the same to me, which when we look up and wonder how did you ever get there? The older sisters can tell enable me to know if that was magic or if I am on the right path.
I recall sharing with some younger women that I worked with during a young women's mentorship forum and the female colleagues later on took me to task. Are you sure? You mean it was never that smooth? I could relate to them as a fresh graduate from college venturing into the NGO arena.
Sometimes we feel that we are not made headway but it helps to know what others have gone through and realize it is human. It is especially harder for women since the societal expectations often put us on such a pedestal that leave us feeling we can't afford to be that human! We look at others and imagine they have it all together and wonder when we will ever get it 'all together'. We forget that everyone one has their story.
It doesn't take much; then again it takes a lot. Sometimes it is just listening and assuring the younger women (or older woman) that she is on the right path. Sometimes it is reminding them to be gentle with themselves. Other times it is giving a part on the back, affirming little efforts. Other times it will be sharing what did and what did not work. Sometimes it will be challenging and correcting. Everyone by virtue of being alive has lots of wisdom. More so it involves encouraging not stepping on younger sisters who are still fumbling around.
It means a lot to hold another sister's hand. That's my challenge for you and me. Oh and mentorship is two way, you can also learn from the younger ones! I appreciate that there are many sisters I can call out to in different areas of my life. One of them is about 10 years younger than me! I still have gaps in some areas of my life that need mentors but I also have many older & younger sisters that have been my amazingly supportive sisters. Those who have reminded me that I am only human; offered a shoulder to lean on.
We all need someone to lean on.
What you have written is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO important and often this wisdom is not passed to those who come to developing countries(or anywhere) to help. You have opened a big dialogue that needs to be talked about and heard. I applaud you for this and the courage you have to speak out. I have seen SO many women who had potential in Livingstone Zambia not get ANYWHERE, and I mean NO WHERE, because those around her/his environment(including volunteers from developed countries and well educated) not "get" what you are talking about. Keep it coming, girl. We need you desperately in order to make sustainable change.
Ubuntu(I am who I am because of who we are together),
Wendy Stebbins
I AM ONE IN A MILLION Non-Profit Organization focused on helping street orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia Africa.
P.S. I loved you when I first saw the picture of your face, before I even read your article. You are amazing.
Wendy Stebbins
I AM ONE IN A MILLION Non-Profit Organization focused on helping street orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia Africa.


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Our biggest trip yet!10 years and counting...:) My 1st PTR!
Well, I have been saying for literally MONTHS now, "I need to start our PTR!". Then, today I looked at our wall countdown calendar (we have a chalkboard wall in Chris' "gameroom" and i decided it need a touch of Disney so I drew a huge calendar and we draw a Mickey head over the numbers as we count down) and realized we were at 55 DAYS! That's right...55! EEEECK! Glad I noticed bc that meant we could start on our OTHER countdown board, one i made when we planned a more last minute trip about 3 years ago with 55 days left. This board had a note card with a Disney quote or fact everyday, and as the days pass, the cards come down! All that to say, this is long overdue!
Enough of all that, meet the cast of our trip!
Huge cast, right? hehe It's just the 2 of us...me (heidilou) and that handsome fella (cjjenkins).
Anyway, I will be making him help me with intro's and plans tomorrow, but I figured if I could at least get a start...FINALLY...then maybe we would sit down and start this thing!
Hope some of you will read and comment...like I said, this is my first....but I'll try to be entertaining. And if I am not, CJJ sure is!
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First up is me, Heidi Lou.
I took a Mickey waffle around the world with me last trip and took a pic in every country with their hat on! I still have that waffle!
I just turned 28, and i have been to Disney World more times than I can remeber...starting from before i was even able to walk! It was pretty much always our go-to vacation when we need to get away or even if a hurricane was coming. My dad would say, "Gatlinburg or Disney World?" (although my dad did also plan some pretty spectacular other trips). We have always loved it and i still can never get enough! So, i saw other people use this approach to introduce themselves so i figured we'd try it out as well...QA section of Disney Favorites! (We have some similar answers)
Park: Epcot because I love walking arounf World Showcase
Ride: Tower of Terror...it was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Resort: Beach Club (although when i say that i feel like i am cheating in Polynesian since that is where my most vivid Disney childhood memories are)
Restaurant TS: Cape May Cafe
Restaurant QS: Harbor House
Non- Ride Activity: resort hopping..it is my dad's first night tradition and i always thought it was such a great one!
Character: Stitch or Mary Poppins
Movie: Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, or Mary Poppins
Memory: probably anytime i have been there with my dad or chris (especially the first time chris and i went together bc it was his first time in like 15 years or so and watching his face was priceless!) or when we were there the day after a hurricane one time and MK was empty. We rode splash moutnain and right when we were about to drop the ride stopped and we got to get out and walk around the ride to exit!
Hooked: as long as i can remeber i have been hooked!
Next up is CJJ or Christopher james!
Chris is 30 years old and just graduated law school from Loyola in New Orleans! i am so proud!!! All he ever does is work and I love our trips bc he needs a break every now and again! He is a care- taker for people with disabilities and has the biggest heart. His passion in life is his car. haha Anyway, here are his answers!
Park: World Showcase at night
Ride: Splash Mountain
Resort: Beach Club
Restaurant TS: Cape May
Restaurant QS: Harbor House
Non-Ride Activity: Winter Summerland
Character: Alice, then Peter Pan
Movie: Alice, then Peter Pan
Song: Yo ho, Yo ho a Pirate's Life For Me
Memory: Seeing the MSEP (blah) from Splash Mountain at night...or being the last to get off the top of Space Mountain(it broke)
Hooked: When we went the first time in 2009 and stayed at Pop!
So that's us! In my next post i will explain a bit about the title of our PTR...
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I am starting my first year at LOYNO in just over a month! So expired to see an alum on the DIS!
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Good luck at LOYNO! It's a great school! You'll love it!
So about our trip, almost all of our trips have been pretty much last minute. I think the longest out we planned was 2 months. The shortest was about 10 days. We never booked way in advance so we have never gotten to do EVERYTHING that we wanted, especially dining reservations. Well this time we knew free dining would be coming for August so we started planning back in February, made our initial reservation about a week before FD was anounced, and added the FD once it was released. This trip we got litterally EVERY dining reservation that we wanted, including some that we had never gotten before, such as Chef Mickey's character breakfast. We are big character breakfast people, and would eat character breakfast every day if we could!
One thing that I HATE is a trip ending and feeling like we didn't do anything! Our last trip was only 5 days, but in that 5 days it seemed like we didn't do anything at all. This is partly because in the hustle and bustle of trying to get "everything" in, you waste so much time traveling back and forth, walking or riding to destinations that are nowhere near each other, or putting things off to do later, and then never getting to them. I'm a planning freak, so naturally this drives me CRAZY! But Heidi is more laid back, and sometimes likes flying by the seat of her pants... or more accurately she likes casually strolling by the seat of her pants This is our longest trip that we've taken (11 days total! 8 parks, 3 waterparks/free days), and it's booked the farthest out, so I definitely wanted to plan out as much as possible to make sure that we utilize our time the most effectively.
During my last few weeks of school I was already pretty much checked out mentally, so I would sit in my night classes and literally work out a plan for every day. I don't plan out like every moment as far as what rides we will go on, but I've planned out what parks we will go to on what day, mostly according to EMH. I also planned out time for extra stuff like going to Down Town Disney, Disney Quest (my first time!!!), and a quick 9 holes at Oak Trail! (Heidi is a great caddy!) Having 11 days to fill really makes it fun shuffling around stuff to do and fitting everything in. The schedule has changed so many times it's ridiculous, including changing almost every dining reservation at least once, but still getting exactly what we wanted! One night it hit me that a lot of time could be saved by figuring out what mode of transportation was the quickest from one destination to the other. I found the website www.ourlaughingplace.com which has a really neat Transportation Wizard section. You put in two destinations in the resort, and it will tell you the amount of time that it takes get between them on all of the different modes of transportation. We love using the resort transit system (busses, boats, MONORAIL!!!) and while driving is almost always the fastest, we try to do it as little as possible. I also try to schedule in some boat rides or walking whenever it's not that big of a time killer. Both of these can be so relaxing, which is nice to do sometimes, because we all know that a week in the WORLD is anything but relaxing! One of our favorite things is eating breakfast at Cape May on an Epcot day, then walking from the Beach Club over to the International Gateway and entering the park through the back enterance. Nothing super exciting or secret, but one of the little things that we like to do each trip!
I have a spreadsheet on my laptop that is a grid broken down hourly for each day. It's color coordinated to indicate what times we will be in a park, at a dining reservation, at a WPnM option, even a few special surprises that Heidi doesn't know about! I may be a dork, but I get so excited working on my spreadsheet, shuffling stuff around, and finding more efficient ways of getting everything in. My latest obsession with the changes was getting in the most Monorail rides that I could for us! I'll have to be careful as I share stuff with everyone that I don't spill the beans on any of the surprises, but later I'll give you guys an example of some of the planning that I have done so far. And know that I am ALWAYS open to suggestions for changes to our plans, better ways to get from place to place, and even maybe a few activities to add!!!
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The story behind the title!
So "Our Biggest Trip yet, 10 years and counting!" is weird i know...and unfortunatley, it does not mean we are going for 10 years BOO HOO, right?
Our Biggest Trip yet:
All this means is this is the longest trip we have ever planned. It was orginally a 10 day-er, but about a month ago, CJJ called to see if I would mind if we added another day........Is this a trick question??? I mean i seriously was this guy laughing for a while after i hung up. Heck NO i don't mind. Add-on!!!
I think we are both excited about the length of the trip for some different reasons. You see, I am such a "go-with-the-flow" kinda girl that the most common phrase out of my mouth is, "I don't care." And i mean it with my whole heart, not in a "I'm saying I don't care but you better be reading my mind" sorta way. I honestly am usually okay with WHATEVER. This can tend to drive CJJ CRAZY!!! He is the COMPLETE opposite. When I tell you he has his days planned out minute-to-minute it's possible I am understating it. I could probably say second-to-second if I was being really honest. But it's one of those things that makes CJJ, CJJ and i love it. Helps me not have to make decisions!
So i am excited about the length of the trip bc in my mind, it is going to be a laid back, yet fun-filled trip. CJJ is excited bc that means he can squeeze more stuff into the day....we'll see how this goes! But I do have to add how thankful I am that he plans so I usually do just do it (no matter how badly my feet hurt!) He has a lot of surprises planned for this trip so I think I will be excited from beginning to end and not even realize how busy we are. Our first trip we did character breakfast, straight to the park that extra magic hours, and then stayed til closing every day. I almost died on day 1. But now i Know what to expect.
This was me at the end of day one of our first trip...This was my please can i go to sleep face!
and CJJ's response was probably thumbs up...for more rides! There's no sleeping in Disney!
10 years and counting...
Chris and I met 10 years ago when I was just starting college. It was his 3rd year at Southeastern Louisiana University. I lived in the honors dorms on the first floor and he lived in the fraternity house for his fraternity, which was right behind my room! Our windows were actually probably like 50 ft away from one another! I became friends with some of the guys and one day was introduced to CJJ! I won't go into all the details bc it is a funny and crazy story, but we dated, got engaged, broke up, stoppped talking, became friends, went to a CRAZY church, weren't allowed to be friends basically(crazy huh?), were friefnds on and off for a while, now we are here...our 10 year anniversary! We have been best friends now for as long as I can remeber. We have been through so much together and I couldn't ask for a better person to face some of life's hard stuff or celebrate life's good stuff with! I mean, you have to have up's and down's to grow and to appreciate one another and we are there. I am so thankful for that!
This is us 10 years ago!
Hope you don't mind me putting that all out there, CJJ, just telling our tale!
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haha I didn't even know he was adding this while i was also adding to this! Hope y'all enjoy a double post night!
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I can't sleep so I decided I'd add some info about our trip! Chris and I LOVE the value resorts, and while we would love LOVE LLOOVVEE to stay at a deluxe (Beach Club to be exact), for now we can do value...
Our first trip we stayed at POP Century. I absolutely love everything about this resort...the only thing I don't like is that they decided to not do the earlier years , and instead, they built AoA. I really wanted a 20's section- It's my FAVORITE decade ever since I read the Great Gatsby. Hopefully, when we go check out the new resort this trip I will be able to let it go a bit but I dont know! haha Anyway, we were lucky enough to get the exact section i wanted---
The 80's! CJJ and I are huge arcade game fans. Not only do we go to the movies early to play arcade games, but we even have an arcade game at the house...Bust- a -move is our favorite... and no it is not a dance game! We find arcades where ever we are and usually it's the most fun everytime. For CJJ's birthday we went to Destin and found an arcade called Fat Daddy's.
We ended up there at some point everyday of that trip!haha Anyway, based on that I am sure you can understand our excitement!
Our second trip we stayed at All Star Movies, and then our last trip was so last minute that we stayed off the grounds...I hate to even admit it being such a Disney Resort addict. Gotta do what you gotta do to get to the world though...can I get an amen???!!!!! It actually wasn't bad at all, especially for a 25 dollar a night room. The only thing that aggravated me was that the first day when the maid came she spilled my B&BW wallflower all over....and I had bought it specifically bc we were staying off the grounds! o well!
As I mentioned earlier, we knew we'd be staying at a value resort. CJJ likes to try new things and I am all for that! Although I know POP is my fav value, it's always fun to have variety! So this trip it could be between ASMusic or ASSports.....and the winner is..................
(This image is from the internet..sorry)
I haven't stayed here in quite some time so I am excited about it. My only real concern is the bus situation. While I do not recall ever really having a problem, I know that buses at The ALL Stars are shared, which can be frustrating. I know the World will be crowded, but I'm hoping the transportation is as good as i remember it.
Up next, THE PLAN!!!
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The PLAN (kinda)
As I mentioned earlier in the PTR, I am so not a planner...I leave all that up to CJJenkins unless i have a strong opinion on something. Therefore, there is not a whole lot for me to share here. haha I DO know a bit about the front end of the trip so ill break that down as well as i can:
August 24- Leave bright and earlier (even though it is techinically still going to be dark outside). Start driving toward FL but stop in Dothan, Alabama to eat breakfast at Shoney's, a little tradition of ours.(we have quite a few traditions for our Disney trips!) Hit the road again until we get to the FL welcome center so we can be the obnoxious tourists who drink orange juice, grab every disney brochure, and take pictures like this:
Then we will hit the road again and drive til we reach Lake City! We stay here the first night of every trip, and it is amazing to us how much it grows each year. Once we check in and get settled, we will go pick up some chinese food from a place called YUMS. Last year when we went and got our food the owners 7 year old son was ringing us up. I asked if I could get my sweet and sour sauce on the side. In his little sassy-pants attitude with his cute little accent he snapped right back," Sauce is on da side!!!" and gave me the "you idiot" look. We still crack up laughing at this and quote him regularly! After getting our food we head back to the room, eat some yummy yums, watch hopefully a Disney movie, and get some sleep.
August 25: D- Day (Disney)- We leave Lake City probably around 4ish and head to the happiest place on earth.
First thing we will do is check- in at All Stars Music. We do online check-in, which we learned was so beneficial after arriving on the 1st day of free dining a few years back and trying to check in at POP with every other person there! They had to re-checkin to get their new dining passes on tickets. the line would have taken at least 2 hours, but thanks to online check-in, we took maybe 20 minutes! Anyway, so we are hoping to get checked in quickly bc we have our first ADR! Tusker House at 8am then a day at AK. Originally, we planned to do AK this day and just relax and then have dinner at Cape May. However, due to our schedule changes, we had to move Tusker House. This was the only day we could fit it. What better way to start a Disney trip though than with a character breakfast, right? So as soon as we are done eating, we will head to DinoLand for the 1st ride of the trip....DINOSAUR (I still liked it being called Countdown til Extinction better but o well), and maybe grab a FP for Everest on the way. Dinosaur is my 2nd favorite ride in all of Disney world, however, it is the scariest by far and i have NEVER kept my eyes open through the whole thing, and it takes at least 2 rides for me to even opene them for half the ride. SO SCARY! This pic is from CJJenkins 1st ride ever...and he made me promise i would look.
So we will do all the AK things you do- Kilamanjaro, Kali River Rapids, It's Tough to be a Bug, and some shows and so on then head back to ASMu to get ready for dinner at our Favorite Dream Resort!!! Beach Club. I think it will be a nice relaxing night and am so excited about it! We love everything about Beach Club and, as you will see, soend more time there than any other resort. haha We ALWAYS find a reason!
I am going to have to get CJJenkins to help me out from here on bc i kinda know the park schedule but that is it! Have a great day!
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It's been a while since i have posted on my PTR but i have big news...we got a new car!
I am so excited that CJJ decided to do this bc it is roomy and NEW!!! It is so nice and i cant wait to take our 1st Disney Road trip in this car...we usually take Blackie Joe -my corolla!
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|Wed, 03-20-2013 - 2:38am
My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years, but we seem to be arguing a lot lately. He gets mad about little things and what makes me feel worse is that it's when I try to do nice things. He recently joined the army and I want to be supportive by asking him about it and trying to get involved. That actually seems to make things worse. He has had important events that I didn't know about until later. He didn't tell me when he is going to be sent for training until I heard him say it to someone else that asked him about it. So when I asked why he doesn't tell me these things all he said was that he doesn't have to tell me everything he does, but yet he tells eveyone else about it. I decided not to ask any questions about his army things anymore.
Also, about a week ago we had another argument. He says that all I want to do is hold hands, but the only time we do is when we are out walking. Before he told me that I started to notice that he would hold my hand loose and barely holding it. So now we don't really hold hands. He doesn't show much affection, I guess you could say he is a cold person. I try to be nice and caring, but seems to makes matters worse and makes me feel unwanted. He has never said anything about hand holding before.
I sometimes hope that once he is doing his training he will miss me and show some affection. Since he also has told me that he wants space. Am I hoping for too much? What do you guys think? I have asked him if he seriously does love me and he said yes, but it's hard to believe him when he acts like this.
|Fri, 04-05-2013 - 3:42pm

We do not live together and I am 22 and he is 21. We are both from the same year but I am from January and he is from November. Anyways, we have decided to stay together and stay in communication when he gets the chance.

I've recently talked to him and asked questions. I asked what did he care about and its was pretty much his new career in the army. I also asked where am I in all of this and he said he doesn't know. After that I asked why didn't he know and he said because he doesn't know the future. So, is that suppose to be a good thing? But aren't you suppose to be sure about your partner? I know what I want with him, but I guess he just goes with the flow?

A partner? Probably so. A convenience? Probably not.
|Mon, 04-08-2013 - 1:25am
"he said because he doesn't know the future. So, is that suppose to be a good thing? But aren't you suppose to be sure about your partner?"
The good news is that he is being honest with you. The bad news is that it seems that he doesn't feel certain that you are "the one" that he wants to commit to so he's not making promises that you two will be together for the long term. This gives him the freedom to break it off with you if he meets somebody else, and not feel guilty. Or he could eventually decide that you are the one. But IMO its good that he is being honest about it. He could easily tell you what he thinks you want to hear just to keep you happy, with no intention of following through.
You said that you know what you want with him, is it a commitment? From what you've told us so far he is not ready for that.


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We've had Ella's best buddy from Grey Stone here all weekend. Kerri and Ella are the same age and couldn't be more opposite in personalities...but they get along great!
I think Kerri brings out the acrobat in Ella.
Ella brings out the artist in Kerri.
Jeremiah and I decided tonight that adding another child into the mix really wasn't such a big deal. Maybe people really are telling me the truth when they say that it is easier adjusting to having the third child verses adjusting to the first and second one.
Those of you that have more than two...care to give your opinion?
Don't get too excited grandparents...we're not making any changes to our family size just yet =)
8 comments:
- Heather said...
I'm too tired to give my opinion. hahahaha
- September 20, 2008 at 10:40 PM
- Heather said...
o.k. so I was just kidding about my comment. Some ways harder, most of the time there's no difference. Except you have to start counting them to make sure you don't lose anyone.
I think the toddler stage is harder, but there's older ones to help out. Also there are more eyes on the look out.
Overall, I love it!
- September 20, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- mommajeane said...
I think that going from 1 to 2 kids is more of adjustment than from 2 to 3...After that it did not matter and now we are way out of hand :) :)but loving our lives and so grateful for each one of you.
- September 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- csdickerson531 said...
Well...my 3 are still pretty little and quite close together in age. I think it's hardest when they *all* need something at once (the logistics of trying to eat out are a close second). But I feel such a sense of peace with 3 and I would agree that going 1-2 is A LOT harder than going 2-3!!!
- September 21, 2008 at 5:48 PM
- Deb H said...
well...Addie and I were just talking about this and thought it was about time for another one! After all your "baby" is not a baby anymore...but a toddler!
:-) I only had the 2, but if there were one thing in my life that I could change that would be it! ;-) keep thinkin! ;-)
Love you!
- September 21, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- MeMe & Poppee said...
We found this to be very true. The adjustment to two is just that...now there is two. But having the 3rd, 4th & 5th only added fun and excitment to the family. So let's get with it.
- September 21, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- mommajeane said...
Isn't it funny tht all of the grandparents commented on this post...
- September 22, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Emily Jennings said...
My number 3 was a breeze for sure. He's so go with the flow. The hardest thing for me to adjust to was not having enough hands to make one trip. But now with number 4 on the way, I have some great helpers...although sometimes the help is unwanted!!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:38 AM


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They could have blown the Fish out of the water.
The Washington Nationals (66-65) put runners on base in every inning but one against the Miami Marlins (49-81), and collected nine hits off the National League's worst team.
The Nationals settled for a "W" by the score of 2-1 on Tuesday night, and despite the lack of the lopsided score the Nationals could have produced, a win's a win.
The Nats jumped out to an early lead after singles from Ryan Zimmerman, Bryce Harper and Ian Desmond plus an RBI-ground out from Jayson Werth put them up 2-0 in the first inning.
But after the opening frame, the bats went quiet. Washington went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position the rest of the night, and left eight men on base.
Fortunately for the offense, the bullpen stole the show.
Starter Ross Ohlendorf cruised through five innings, but was pulled after facing just one batter in the sixth inning. The lone batter was Christian Yelich, who lofted his second home run of the season into the Nationals' bullpen.
The home run ball landed beside Tanner Roark, who trotted out to replace Ohlendorf after the Marlins scored their run. His scoreless outing was as stellar as nearly all his appearances have been this year.
Roark walked two batters, but followed up with two big strikeouts to end the sixth inning. He has given up only three runs – two of them earned – in 17 and one-third innings with the Nationals this month.
Drew Storen threw six pitches to get three outs in the seventh inning, and Tyler Clippard followed with another effortlessly dominant outing, striking out two in a nine-pitch, 1-2-3 eighth inning, begging the question why Davey Johnson continues to turn to Rafael Soriano in the ninth.
Though they have pitched for nearly identical end results in the month of August before Tuesday– Soriano has seven saves to Clippard's seven holds, though Soriano has blown two saves – Soriano's August ERA (6.97) is more than double Clippard's (3.09).
In his post-game press conference, Johnson said he never considered keeping Clippard in to pitch the ninth, and that he is not going to make a closer switch. On Tuesday, that mentality paid off, as Soriano closed out the game, giving up only a two-out single, to earn his 34th save of the season.
Though the Nationals made some mistakes and could have come away with a more dominant victory, they still pushed their record above .500, a feat they have seldom accomplished this year. Tomorrow will provide them with another tantalizing opportunity to keep their record rising.


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What's most exciting as has been pointed out, is where does FFG go after Wave 3? What does Wave 4 have in store for the game? Does FFG take the game to the surface battles with walkers and speeders? Do they increase the scale of the game with Capital-Class ships and move from the 3'x3' table to the 4'x6' table? Maybe they go back to Episodes 1-3 and bring in the Nubian and Trade Federation ships. Maybe Clone Wars? Maybe Expanded Universe? The possibilities seem pretty hopeful.
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adjetivoVolver al principio
1(Of food) cooked thoroughly: the turkey will be done to a turn
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cooked, ready, cooked through, tender, crisp, browned
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over, at an end, finished, ended, concluded, terminated, no more, extinct, dead, run, gone, dead and gone, dead and buried, forgotten, over and done with, a thing of the past, in the past, ancient history
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Used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer: 'I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!' called Reilly. 'Done!', said the conductor
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Breaking the Code (April 7 – May 8, 2011), Hugh Whitemore's elegant and deeply moving play about brilliant British mathematician Alan Turing, reveals connections between his cracking of the Nazi's "unbreakable" Enigma Code and his refusal to live a closeted life. Turin embraced seeming contradiction: gay man and war hero, marathon runner and Disney film fan; he envisioned a "universal" machince" and set the stage for modern computer technology. Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science theater collaboration between Underground Railway Theater and MIT, enhances their production with post-show conversations with renowned scientists.
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QuickButtons allows you to create an AppBar with buttons that simulate keystrokes. An AppBar is like the Windows Task Bar - a bar that sits at the bottom or top of your screen. A QuickButtons Button Bar will sit happily above the Windows Task bar and will stay visible at all times so that you can work with your favourite applications and click on QuickButtons buttons whenever you need to. By assigning tricky keystrokes to large buttons complicated key sequences can be reduced to a single click. Buttons can be made quite large to increase the target area, reducing the chance for error. QuickButtons was originally written for Mark Weidmann, who suffers from MD, to try and make the use of his computer easier and it is hoped that QuickButtons will benefit others who find using keyboard shortcuts difficult or prefer to use the mouse. Mark enjoys playing on-line games and communicating with his Internet friends. Some of his games have awkward keystrokes that make playing them rather less enjoyable. QuickButtons lets him replace those keyboard sequences with simple buttons that are always available on the screen. Multiple Button Bars can be created and more than one can be active at one time. This means you can have Button Bars for different applications, or groups of applications. For instance you could create a Microsoft Office Button Bar, one for your favourite game and another for your email program. Also ideal for Tablet PCs or situations where a keyboard is not always available.
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Morici: Obama to Propose Wholly Political Budget -- Progress Be Damned!
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- President Obama is putting the finishing touches on his budget message to Congress. According to press reports, it would be criminal if it wasnt so comical!
The president will drop from previous proposals any effort to curb the rapidly escalating problems with Social Security payouts rising more rapidly than the money flowing into the trust funds. Instead, he will propose higher taxes on the wealthy especially those who invest in new jobs to finance initiatives in education, manufacturing and job training.
All are follies and nonstarters but skillfully crafted to cynically put Republicans in the position of defending the rich leading up to the November elections. In the process, he is bequeathing to his successor one heck of a mess.
The federal government has meddled in the schools quite enough. Instead of teaching, teachers spend countless hours, nay days filling out forms, writing assessments and the like to accommodate No Child Left Behind, the Common Core and other meddling from the Department of Education.
After a generation of ladling on more taxes, money and bellicose presidential rhetoric, America's school children woefully lag students in other industrialized countries. Is it any wonder, even with record unemployment, the nation's high tech industries are pleading for more visas for skilled immigrants.
America's schools are dumbing down our children thanks to Washington's help.
Mr. Obama would have you think with just a little more money he can invest in manufacturing and create a wave of innovation and new jobs better than private entrepreneurs. His higher taxes will hit job creating investors very hard so that the Departments of Commerce and Energy can finance more promising companies like now bankrupt Solyndra and other losers that would profit only big Democratic Party operatives.
Since the Kennedy Administration, the federal government has engaged in federal job training that yields few tangible benefits and generously lent money to prospective lower income Americans to acquire skills at dubious for-profit schools. The former has racked up federal debt and the latter has saddled the working poor with huge debt, which keeps them from buying homes and decently caring for their children.
So tragic, these flimflams would be a tale from a Dickens novel if not dignified by a presidential imprimatur.
The Congressional Budget Office, which the White House now disavows for concluding that raising the minimum wage 40% would cost 500,000 jobs, is projecting the federal deficit will rise precipitously just as Obama is leaving office. This, despite the fact that Americans especially higher income Americans will be paying taxes at rates not seen since World War II.
Big taxes, big spending, big deficits maybe there is a lesson in all that.
The GOP should simply counter: Get Washington out of the nation's schools and meddling in manufacturing and markets, and leave jobs training to the states. Then it could shut large swaths of the Departments of Education, Commerce, Energy, and Labor.
That might create some unemployment, because the dolts that fancy themselves as productive public servants in those places living off money taken by the IRS from hard working Americans would have to find honest work.
I stand a better chance of replacing Derek Jeter at shortstop for the Yankees, I can't hit a fastball any better than Washington can create honest work.
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