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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71395625228642494462014-10-02T22:20:33.846-07:00We Had To Have The PuddingWe had the $240, we had to have the pudding...M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-90977714306197083382007-07-21T08:40:00.000-07:002007-07-21T08:46:35.215-07:00Got milk?I love organic milk. Next time you're at the store, check out the expiration date...it's like, six weeks away! We switched over years ago, and I never throw out spoiled milk. Plus, it doesn't have growth hormones and antibiotics in it, so, yay! Plus, it really tastes good!

Horizon makes a whole line of products, and I love love love them. Especially, their yogurt in tubes. Like Gogurt, but in normal flavors and no weird ass colors. I am not anal about it, but I try to avoid Shrek green food for the peanut. You can freeze it, it's like a frozen yogurt flav-r-ice pop. Bella LOVES it, frozen or not.

5 Minutes for Mom is having a contest, giving away $300 in gift certificates to one lucky blogger. I already buy this stuff, so, wow, huge help with the grocery bill. If you do dairy, I recommend entering. Their products are superb!M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-73241018052925138372007-07-21T08:19:00.000-07:002007-07-21T08:40:22.321-07:00MIAYeah, I'm an ass. I've been incommunicado.

I disappeared. I finally got in to see a cardiologist, and the news was really shitty. He took one look at a report that a previous group pretty much ignored and put me on serious cardiac meds, told me to wean my daughter *now* and that I probably shouldn't have more kids. Oh, and since this is genetic, I'd better make sure daughter gets screened before participating in athletic activity, cause this is the kinda thing that causes 12 year olds to drop dead on soccer fields.

You can imagine how well I took this. Well, in true M'Lynn fashion, I rallied. I whimpered in self pity on the way home, then decided, this needed a kick in the ass. What's the alternative really? I have a fan-fucking-tastic family, and I'm going to be around as long as possible to enjoy them. I was going to beat this.

First, I posted to Dr. Hale's lactation forums to ask about the medication. He is the leading authority on medication and mother's milk, and since I'm a nurse, I can log in and ask questions. He said that the amount that is transferred to the milk combined with how little milk a toddler actually gets is negligible and to nurse without worry. I went on the meds, and meanwhile, was doing a hellish communte for a short term job in a surgery center. I also decided that having a positive attitude was the way to go, cause no one ever got better saying and thinking, "I'm not getting better." I heard John St. Augustine tell this story on the radio just before my diagnosis, and it really stuck with me. I visualized my heart pumping blood more effectively (it helps that I know exactly what this looks like, cause I've done open heart surgery.)

A few months into that job, I fell and sprained the hell out of my ankle. I was in a cast for weeks. Pain, pain, pain. It had been about eight weeks since I started the medication. My doctor wanted to do another test to compare to the original. Guess what?

The test was normal. Completely normal. Like, what a 34 year old should be. So much so that they ordered a copy of the original test that the other practice did to review it, cause this was a huge difference. Two separate physicians reviewed the original. It was read correctly the first time. The problem was there. However, it's not there now.

The doctors can't explain it. I'm on a fairly low dose of medication. However, next to them saying, "Your original doctor was clearly high when she read this, you never had a problem," this is the best possible news I could get. I asked him about future pregnancy...could I? He said, "Sure, just come see me before you do, and we'll check you out again..." I asked him if I needed to hook up with a high risk obstetrician. He said, "Nope." He said that they could change my medication to what they give pregnant women with blood pressure issues...that it's quite safe.

So, now that I'm out of the cast, I'm not really doing a particular diet thing, but I am moving my copious ass. The treadmill is fixed, and I'm doing the Couch to 5k running plan. I'm not a runner. I *hate* running. However, I'm loving this. Hubby scored me an ipod shuffle on jellyfish.com (which I'll detail in another post.) I have loaded it up with shake that ass music (and I have awful taste in music...really,) and the thirty minutes flies by. Take a look and check it out.

Food is an obstacle. I loooove to eat. Plus, it's been stressful, as always...pain and limited mobility for a while, self pity and worry that would creep in about my heart, something else huge that I won't get into here, and the loss of my 13 year old beagle made it hard. However, I didn't gain, which is more than a little amazing. So, I'm back on the horse. Let's ride!M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-30173774559935907962007-01-28T06:19:00.000-08:002007-01-28T06:23:15.686-08:00ProgressSix pounds gone by making smarter choices and exercising.

Started WW Online Flex points on Friday. Discovered that I'm not eating as badly as I thought.

In the department of shit that just ain't fair, the treadmill belt is screwed up, and I have to wait for the repair. Luckily, we're going to Seattle this week and the hotel where we're staying has a deal where you can use the local Bally's for free.

I'm going to be starting a new job (I'm an OR nurse) so I'll be up and moving more. At least for those thirteen weeks. Then, we are starting our own business (as long as everything continues to go well.)

*One* coke as morning coffee will not kill me. A waste of two points? Yes, but it's not the end of the world.

Oh, and best reason to keep breastfeeding: the extra points you get for lactating! She's a toddler, so I don't really count on using all ten extra points. More like five.M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-89528029438922679912007-01-19T10:58:00.000-08:002007-01-19T11:02:22.722-08:00Where My Blog Got It's NameI have tried several times to post this where it will be here in my blog, but I clearly lack the mad skillz. So, here it is.

AWWWW YEAAAAAH...M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-83951229962650346542007-01-19T09:03:00.000-08:002007-01-19T10:57:56.023-08:00Been in a funkso, I've been a hermit. And I've been bad.

There has been coca cola...and cupcakes.

Today, however, is a new day. Back on the treadmill. No coke. We picked up one of these yesterday, and I basked in it's blue glow this morning. Hopefully, it will work. I am optimistic.

I'm coming to visit you ladies this weekend. I promise. I will be interactive.

I was ready to declare it All Lost, but darnit, we have to keep trying.

I will, however, leave you with this. A dear friend of mine wrote it. She is a constant inspiration to me, as she has more than walked the walk when it comes to this. She has fought the battles the hard way and won. She did it. We can do it, too.

I have saved this. When I'm feeling lazy and hopeless, I read this. Some of it is harsh, and it's meant to be. It's a kick in the pants. I'm sharing it with you, because it helps me. It will never be any easier than it is today. We CAN do this.

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What is this miracle cure? How can you get it? How much does it cost?

Its absolutely, positively free.

Its called Willpower. And no one can sell it to you. You won't win it in the lottery, and no one will come to your home or office and give it to you because its your birthday or you were nice to some old lady in the grocery store last week.

It means you, saying no to yourself.
It means controlling your urges.
It means having the discipline to look at the long-term picture and make short-term decisions to head towards the goal. every day. every minute.

It means that YOU *yes YOU* have to start. RIGHT NOW.

Its no good to buy the exercise equipment if you're not going to use it.

Gym membership ~payments~ burn no extra calories.

Cookies eaten in the dark have just as many calories as they do during the daytime.

Spending money that you don't have on frivolous things will NEVER be okay in the long run

Being exhausted from not enough sleep from watching another mindless TV show late into the night is NOT acceptable excuse for not making it through the day

Spending another day of complaining about your job (or lack of job) when you have not done absolutely ::everything:: in your power to get up off your ass and DO something about it is ridiculous.

It means deciding that today is the day you stop rationalizing all the poor decisions you have made and make out of habit.

It means no more excuses for taking just one more bite, or sitting on the couch when you could be exercising. or not being completely present in your life Right. Now.

It means YOU have to be an Adult. It means YOU have to decide that your life is not going to get lived by ::anyone else::. No one is responsible for your health and your happiness ~other~ than you. If you aren't happy where you are? Go Change it for God's sake! What the HELL are you waiting for??

If you aren't healthy? And you CAN Do something about it? Get off your sorry, lazy ass and DO SOMETHING! Do you ~honestly~ believe someone is going to do it FOR YOU!? How could you ::possibly:: let yourself delude yourself for a single day longer? Baby, you ain't getting a single day younger. Its not going to get ANY easier than it is Right. Now.

Think about the rest of your life. Do you ~really~ want to feel like ::this:: for the rest of it?
How about worse? Want to feel worse? Because I'm here to tell ya, Life will NOT Improve unless YOU take the steps to make it that way. Age has a way of having a mighty slippery slope. Downwards.

I don't care WHAT you do to get there. I don't care if you want to learn to juggle Amazon ruffled Roosters, for god-sake... but there is something you COULD be doing that you aren't, and in the end, there is absolutely NO ONE to blame but yourself.

I am holding you to task. I am looking directly at YOU and telling you to give me an accounting of why you think there is some reason you can't do it. And let me tell you, whenever you get done with your laundry list of excuses and rationalizations, I'm still going to be here, staring you down and expecting you to get on with it.

Because you want to know something good?

Whenever you get done telling me why you ::can't:: start making healthy, positive choices in your life? I'm going to be here telling you that YES. YOU. CAN.

Right now. Decide you want you life to be better, longer, healthier, richer, more peaceful, more loving.
See what that means to you. See your spirit being lighter and your horizons expanding. See it. Imagine what it feels like. What it tastes like. Make the image ::real:: to you.

and then?
Just Do It.

You CAN Make changes in your life.
YOU have the power to break bad habits and forge new, healthy ones.
YOU are responsible for your own life and making the happy endings you want.

You are a Grown Up, and You can do this.
Its a brand new day.
I have faith in you.

Now Get to it.
*****M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-23514507837728134102007-01-14T13:43:00.000-08:002007-01-14T13:46:19.846-08:00Off. The. Wagon.Had a bad day. Two sweet, sweet, co-colas made it better. Oddly, I was at two grocery stores, hadn't eaten lunch, and didn't get any snack or Bad Food.

Maybe, I'm not HFCS's bitch anymore.

In any case, tomorrow is a new day. That was 9 days cold turkey. Let's go for at least 10 next time.M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-55856447825902753362007-01-13T06:14:00.000-08:002007-01-13T06:15:09.262-08:00An article of interestShe's Not Heavy, She's A MotherM'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-66912226729193431762007-01-12T20:16:00.001-08:002007-01-12T20:16:41.457-08:00That sucks...Stripilates is on a 4-6 week hold! LAAAAAAAME!M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-71208931757119130942007-01-12T11:50:00.000-08:002007-01-12T19:06:25.264-08:00Friday Future MILF check inI don't think I lost anything this week. That doesn't mean that there wasn't progress, baby!

I discovered that Chai Luna bars are quite tasty.

Yesterday, I learned that I AM an emotional eater. I was on my way to get a big ass Subway sammich full of veggies on whole wheat bread (cause I do love that,) and Something Happened that pushed some buttons. As I was driving to Subway (on my way to run errands,) I was consumed by the desire for a red velvet cupcake from the bakery in our small town (they are DIVINE.) Earlier this week, I was pleasantly surprised at how I didn't want any of the baked goods or candy or any such nonsense at the store while I was shopping. I've always been tied up in knots about one thing or another that the eating for comfort was just something that I did. I thought I was just an undisciplined, lazy fat girl, and while I may indeed be those things, there is an emotional reaction going on that I didn't even realize. I was able to look it in the eye, call it what it was, and move on. No cupcake.

One week without Coca-Cola. I'm kinda jonesing for one right now. I'll have a big glass of pom-water* instead.

I discovered that there is strength in doing this with some other people, even though I don't know you all personally. I know that there is a group out there full of women who are going through the same struggles, the difficult choices, and we're gonna do this.

Yesterday, I got on the treadmill for thirty minutes. I was up most of the night with the baby and napped this morning. I was perfectly content with sitting here on the sofa and vegging out on the internet...maybe doing some knitting or making some of the beaded stitch markers (for knitting) that I now have all of the supplies to make. I thought about it. Thirty minutes, M'Lynn. You promised yourself. You promised Princess Punky Pants. I did it. My secret for passing the time is my collection of DVDs...I am watching Sex and the City from the beginning. When Chris Noth is on the screen, my walk has a little more sway in it (unrelated, but kinda related: when I'm in Manhattan, I wear Chanel Cristalle, cause I like it, and he said in an interview that he has a weakness for that scent. In the Fantasy World I Often Inhabit, this would cause him to tell me I smell terrific if I passed him on the street. That's all I need...just a little spring in my step and the approval of Mr. Big.) So, two days in a row. It's not a habit yet, but it's a step in the right direction, and an hour more exercise that I've done in a long time.

Oh, what you can do to make your toilet clean freeing up time for you to move your hiney. I got it a couple of months ago. It works.

I mentioned this in Mom O Matic's comments the other day. Karrie over at One Weird Mother said it is, indeed, the shizzle. I told Himself to forget bringing flowers. Maybe, he should bring home one of these (there is a Costco right by his office.) Of course, what I really want him to bring is over here, but I digress.

Oh, Karrie...I used to live in Somerville near Porter Square. Boy, did I ever need a SAD light that year!

Progress. That's what we're doing here. I'll check in with all of your blogs over the weekend!

*pom...the "m" kinda looks like an "r" and an "n" run together. That's a whole different kinda water.M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-28022560451198621642007-01-10T19:36:00.000-08:002007-01-10T19:41:24.463-08:00Natural peanut butter can kiss my ample, cottage cheesy posterior.

Holy crap is that stuff bad.

Not only does it lack taste, but the Trader Joe's brand I had bought had completely separated. I stirred it as much as I could, but it was runny. Combine the consistency with the color, and anyone who has routinely changed diapers can see how unattractive that is.

I had about a tablespoon or so of it with some whole wheat crackers before dinner. They say that if you eat some nuts about twenty minutes before you eat, you will eat less. It works. However, next time, I'll be eating something else.

Oh, Peter Pan, how I miss you.M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-83960411276132725602007-01-07T19:12:00.000-08:002007-01-07T19:20:46.381-08:00What I wanted and what I ateIncludes the following:

I wanted peanut m&m's (I keep them in my mouth til it's melty enough for the shell to crack easily, then I suck all the chocolate off and then disassemble the peanut with my teeth, yes I know I'm weird.) I ate dry roasted almonds (cause Dr. Oz says to eat the nuts.)

I wanted cocoa pebbles. I ate frosted mini wheats (I'm weaning myself off of crazy chocolate frosted sugar bombs, a habit that started up after our October trip to Disney World and someone had effing cocoa pebbles.)

I wanted Coca Cola. I drank so much water that I thought that I was going to float away. I haven't drank this much since I was pregnant and dehydrated, flinging me into some contractions at 35 weeks and darnit, that baby wasn't done cooking.) I'm trying to keep my pee clear. This means I'm running to the bathroom as often as I did when I was pregnant. Peanut has an annoying night cough, so I'm up anyway.

We had spaghetti and meatballs. I tried out the Ronzoni whole wheat blend pasta. It doesn't suck. I didn't notice a difference. So, I'll be substituting this as often as possible.M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-19060940880298146712007-01-05T17:16:00.000-08:002007-01-05T17:51:50.796-08:00Future MILF Weekly Weigh In and Shizzle!Okay.

Here's the deal.

Behavior modification is what I'm doing. Strict dieting will fling me in the direction of a nasty eating disorder faster than you can say, "Nicole Richie," so I"m taking it slowly. I know that the dieting doesn't work. However, I AM going to be as healthy as I can to make sure that I am around to raise that gorgeous little girl sleeping up stairs and be a general pain in the ass (but in a good way,) to everyone.

Today? No Coca-Cola (aka Mother's Milk, aka Nectar of the Gods.) Oh, how I love it. Actually, it has been starting to taste funny as of late. Maybe, I'm successfully convincing my taste buds that high fructose corn syrup is, indeed, the devil.

So...I did have some sweet tea. I make it with 3 parts Splenda and 1 part sugar (straight up Splenda doesn't have the viscosity of sugar...the mouth feel is not right without a wee bit of syrup-iness.) I'm not sure if I can give up that sugar entirely. Right now, we're on the "no Coke, dammit" plan.

Water. I drank a lot today. I continue to drink it while I type this post (I think I'm gonna get one of those beer hats with the straw that comes down to my mouth so I can drink, drink, drink!) I like to put a splash of pomegranate juice in it, as it gives me some sweet, sweet antioxidants, and it makes the water taste like Kool Aid that you'd make as a kid (before that nutrasweet nonsense,) and you didn't mix the sugar in well enough, so it just tastes like barely fruity water? I get the blueberry mix, as, MORE ANTIOXIDANTS! and I love me some blueberries, as well.

I came up upon a fresh accident (car vs. deer) as I was going to the grocery to get dinner. Since I am a nurse, I always stop to see if anyone is hurt. Since said deer was in the middle of the lane, I parked my car in the lane with the hazards on so that no one else would come up and nearly hit it like I did. As a result, dinner quickly downshifted from anything involving me handling raw meat (I'm a notorious hypocrite. My meat comes from a styrofoam and plastic wrap factory.) and became Chinese take out. I carefully went over the menu, and instead of ordering what I really wanted (egg roll, crab rangoon, and greasy lo mein,) I ordered spicy tofu and broccoli (what I often order anyway,) brown rice and steamed (not fried!) dumplings.

While waiting for that, I went next door to the grocery, and among other things, I tried to purchase some yogurt. It never occured to me that most yogurt has our good friend, high fructose corn syrup, in it. I try to stay away from the nutrasweet and lean more to the splendiferous Splenda (which everyone will know is awful for us in about seven years.) I finally found some that had Splenda in it (Dannon Something with the word "Fit" in it...Sit and Be Fit, anyone?) I do have a yogurt maker. I tried making homemade yogurt for the peanut, but she is sensitive to the dairy. I tried the goats milk and what not. She still broke out in a rash. Now, I could make it with soymilk, but I got the Silk yogurt, and realized that after all of this, the peanut would rather feed herself things that crunch. I'll probably start making yogurt for my own self soon.

Fitness. I'm getting the same ick that the Himself has. I had a million errands to run today, so I parked far away from the stores I went to, and dammit, I attended the scene of an accident! I did order some fitness DVDs. I'm trying out the following (in addition the current bellydance DVD I bought, but never used, cause just the PURCHASING takes care of the fitness requirement, right? No? Okay...)

East Coast Tribal Bellydance
Island Girl Dance: Tahitian Cardio I clicked poorly! There is Tahitian Hip Hop! Which brings me to...
Quickfix Cardio Hip Hop Workout Cause I wanna get my dance on.

and last...but not least...
Stripilates

Oh, and to give myself a quick pick me up, I went to the hairdresser and got my hair cut in a sassy bob and had it dyed red...harlot red, with some blonde highlights in the front. I managed to put on makeup, and I dressed kinda nicely. As a result, the cute boy behind the counter at Borders was being a bit flirty. So, maybe I am on my way to MILF-itude (I'm right as rain with the term.) You know, in a Non Goal Oriented Flirting kinda way.M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-60352549868442265632007-01-03T18:30:00.000-08:002007-01-03T18:39:24.583-08:00Well, am I getting anywhere?Not really. I need to purge the leftovers from the New Years extravaganza we had here. There was an entire baked brie left over!

I have not had The Holiday Spirit this year. I otherwise love Christmas. I usually put up a minimum of three trees (was planning to expand to FOUR this year!) I put up two, and I did so weeks later than I normally do. Yesterday, I took down everything except the tree in the family room. I decided that the up and down the stairs with boxes and crap counts as light cardio. Disassembling the 9 foot tree will do that to a girl, dontcha think?

I've decided to start with the whole "YOU: On a Diet" thing. It seems it all starts with walking thirty minutes a day, no matter what. That seems like a pretty good start, rather than something like, "Never eat another piece of fruit." I haven't cracked the book open yet, but in the Costco magazine I picked up at their customer service desk today, the first of the ten things in a highlighted box full of "important crap from the book," was an order to have a happy, healthy sex life. Dude. A diet that tells me to have sex can't be too wrong, you know what I'm sayin'? Way better than, "NO FRUIT EVER!" (You can see that I kinda have a thing about the low carb diets.) Maybe tomorrow, I'll start with the reading.M'Lynnhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139562522864249446.post-61159845470733173362006-12-28T07:52:00.000-08:002006-12-28T08:07:27.700-08:00And so it starts...I'm M'Lynn. No, that is not my real name, but ever since watching Steel Magnolias back in the day, I realized that I *could* go by "M'Lynn," and it would make sense. Someday, my hair *will* have to be styled to look like a brown football helmet, so, there you have it.

Other things you should know about me: I love pop culture, I abuse ellipses..., and I am crazy about my husband and daughter (aka Himself and Bella aka Bunny aka Peanut aka Punkin aka Peanut Head...if it's a kooky sounding term of endearment, I'm talking about her.)

I plan to blog here with Happy Shiny crap, I hope. I have other places to vent my angst. I want a place where I can just be wacky fun.

I'm also wanting to participate in the Future MILFs thang over at Mom-O-Matic. Not only am I Slightly Larger Than Average, (HA!) I have just learned that I have the beginnings of the genetic cardiomyopathy that seems to run in the women in my family. I have a fourteen month old daughter and, dammit, if there was ever a reason to be as healthy as possible, isn't she it?

Losing weight will help my heart to not work so hard, so, it's gonna happen. How? Well, I haven't figured that part out yet, but support is key, so let's do this thang!M'Lynnhttp://email@example.com


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1942 - U.S. forces land on Guadalcanal
By mid-1942, Japanese forces had driven back U.S. and Allied forces in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean and had set up a defensive perimeter stretching from the Aleutian Islands in the north to New Guinea in the south. Most remaining Allied forces had retreated from the western Pacific, hastily establishing new bases from which to operate in Australia and New Zealand. From there, they focused on protecting the vulnerable sea line of communication that ran through the South Pacific to U.S. forces in Hawaii and the United States.
Although the staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army did not share the same outlook on what Japan's next strategic moves should be, both services agreed on the need to isolate Australia so that it could not serve as a springboard for future allied offensives. To do so, the Japanese looked to establish a network of air bases around the Coral Sea northeast of the Australian landmass. One key element in their plans was the seizure of eastern New Guinea, from which their aircraft could patrol the Coral Sea, bomb northern Australian targets, and help protect the vital Japanese naval and air facilities at Rabaul on the island of New Britain. Another was the establishment of a seaplane base on Tulagi and an airfield on nearby Guadalcanal, two islands in the Solomons chain.
Alarmed by prospect of Japanese forces consolidating their position in the
Solomon Islands, the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed U.S. commanders in the Pacific
to seize Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and the island of Gavutu-Tanambogo, eject the
occupying Japanese forces and gain the use of the airfield to help establish
control over the area. The operation, codenamed "Watchtower," would
be the first major U.S. amphibious assault of World War II.
Map of Guadalcanal.
Adapted from First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
Overall responsibility for the operation fell to Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Commander of South Pacific Forces, who in turn reported to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who headed the U.S. Pacific Fleet as well as the U.S. Pacific Ocean Areas command. The amphibious task force commander was Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner. Turner's transports carried Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift's 1st Marine Division, reinforced by a regiment from the 2nd Marine Division, which brought the size of the landing force to approximately 19,000 men. Naval support was provided by a three-carrier task force under the command of Admiral Frank. J. Fletcher who, as senior naval commander, had overall responsibility for the operation.
Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner and Major
General Alexander A. Vandegrift
confer before the U.S. landing on Guadalcanal.
Naval Historical Center
All of the forces involved in Watchtower assembled in the Fiji islands in July 1942, coming together from Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and even San Diego. After a short and inadequate rehearsal, the expeditionary force sailed for the Solomons.
Due to marginal weather on 7 August, the small Japanese garrisons on Guadalcanal and Tulagi did not detect the warships gathering in the sound between the two islands. After a brief round of shelling, 11,150 Marines landed on Guadalcanal, while another 6,800 stormed ashore on Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo. The 2,200 Japanese troops on Guadalcanal - most belonging to construction units - offered little resistance and melted into the jungle. Japanese naval infantry on Tulagi and Tanambogo put up a spirited but brief fight, and all three islands - including the airfield, now dubbed Henderson Field - were under U.S. control by the end of 8 August.
The 1st Marine Division comes ashore on
Guadalcanal, 7 August 1942.
National Archives
LVT(1) amphibian tractors come ashore on Guadalcanal
Reacting to the U.S. naval presence in the Solomons, the Japanese launched intense air attacks on the task force from bases near Rabaul. Fearing the loss of his carriers - three of the last four fleet carriers remaining in U.S. service - if he remained tethered to the beachhead, Fletcher withdrew them on the night of 8 August, leaving the Marines ashore with no defensive or offensive air support. The following night, Japanese warships sank three U.S. cruisers, one Australian cruiser, as well as one American destroyer in a night surface action off Savo Island near Guadalcanal. With his air support gone, and shorn of a good part of his covering force, Admiral Turner withdrew his transports from the area, taking with them a large part of the Marines' supplies, heavy ordnance, and construction equipment. At this point, the 1st Marine Division was truly isolated, short of many items - including food - needed to defend the island.
Overall, the operational focus of the subsequent Guadalcanal campaign was the
control of skies over the Solomon Islands, for the side that had mastery of
the air in the area would ultimately control the sea as well. Given its small,
invaluable, and potentially vulnerable aircraft carrier force, Henderson Field
was critical for the United States. Possession of the airfield allowed U.S.
forces to control the air and seas around Guadalcanal - at least during the
daytime when its daylight-only combat aircraft were operating. Consequently,
the goal of Marine operations ashore was to hold on to the field at all costs.
Vandegrift's units established a defensive perimeter in the broken terrain and
dense jungle in the area around Henderson, and waited for the inevitable Japanese
reaction. At sea, the actions of both the Japanese and Allied navies involved
reinforcing their forces ashore and interdicting the enemy's forces so as to
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Henderson Field as it appeared in August
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U.S. plans began to come together on 15 August, when four fast destroyer-transports delivered aviation gas, ordnance, and aviation technicians to the Marines on Guadacanal. On 20 August, 19 fighters and 12 dive-bombers flew to Henderson Field from deck of the small escort carrier Long Island (CVE 1). Small numbers of Army P-39 and P-40 fighters also were sent to operate from Henderson later in the campaign.
The Japanese began to react to the Marine presence on Guadalcanal as well. A 1,000-man army combat team landed on 18 August, the vanguard of a larger force the Japanese Army was assembling to send to the island. For some reason, this small force flung itself against the Marine perimeter before it was reinforced and was essentially smashed as a cohesive fighting unit.
A week later, the movements of a large convoy carrying additional Japanese reinforcements - covered by a carrier striking force - attracted the U.S. Navy's attention and led to the battle of the Eastern Solomons, in which one Japanese light carrier was sunk and the U.S. carrier Enterprise (CV 6) badly damaged. Even as carrier forces withdrew after the battle, the flow of Japanese troop convoys and the warships protecting them - dubbed the "Tokyo Express" - continued. Marine dive-bombers from Henderson and long-range Army Air Force bombers operating from the New Hebrides Islands southeast of Guadalcanal subsequently found and attacked the convoy, damaging or sinking several ships and forcing the survivors to turn back.
Working at night, however, the Tokyo Express eventually landed 6,000 additional troops on the island by late August. Between 12 and 14 September, this force tried to outflank Marine positions around Henderson Field by attacking from the south at a point that became known to the Marines as "Bloody Ridge." After fierce fighting and heavy casualties on both sides - the Marine Raider and Parachute battalions holding the ridge suffered over 20 percent casualties, while the Japanese probably lost up to half their force - the attack was repulsed.
After this battle, both sides redoubled their efforts to get reinforcements to the island. Admiral Turner's task group pushed through to the island by mid-September and landed the Seventh Marine Regiment and all their equipment, bringing the size of Vangegrift's force to more than 23,000. However, as the U.S. naval forces withdrew, a Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank the carrier Wasp (CV 7), whose aircraft were providing air cover for the convoy. Meanwhile, the Tokyo Express transported almost 20,000 fresh troops to Guadalcanal.
The next month was punctuated by intense nighttime engagements between U.S. and Japanese surface forces and bombardments of Henderson Field. American warships ambushed yet another Japanese convoy on the night of 11 October during the battle of Cape Esperance, heavily damaging two Japanese cruisers, sinking a destroyer, and forcing the Japanese to withdraw without delivering the embarked troops . On 13 October Admiral Turner's transports landed the Army's 164th Infantry Regiment, but on that night the Japanese also landed thousands of additional troops, and their battleships Kongo and Haruna shelled Henderson Field, destroying Marine aircraft and putting the airstrip out of action for a week.
The next major Japanese land assault marked the apex of Japanese efforts to capture Henderson Field. For several days and nights beginning on October 23, the Japanese launched heavy attacks on the perimeter, several of which took advantage of darkness and heavy rain. However, the broken terrain and extremely dense jungle hindered Japanese command and control, and separate attacks on different parts of the perimeter were often uncoordinated. Nevertheless, fighting was fierce, perhaps nowhere more so than on the lightly defended southern perimeter, which was held by a single battalion of the Seventh Marines. Ultimately, the Japanese were stopped and suffered heavy casualties.
With this battle progressing ashore, both the Japanese and American battle fleets cautiously maintained their positions offshore. Both launched air strikes against each other on 26-27 October during the battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Each fleet suffered heavily, with the United States losing the carrier Hornet (CV 8) and the carrier Enterprise being heavily damaged. For their part, the Japanese lost a light carrier and also had a large-deck carrier suffer heavy damage. Just as importantly, Japan lost more than 100 aircraft and their irreplaceable pilots.
After this action, the cycle of reinforcement, nighttime shore bombardments by the Japanese fleet, and attempts by U.S. surface action groups to interdict incoming Japanese transports continued. The introduction of the 2nd Marine Division allowed General Vandegrift to begin relieving exhausted 1st Marine Division units and expand Henderson's perimeter beyond the range of Japanese artillery. For their part, it was the turn of Japanese troops to be undersupplied - and in some cases half-starved. However, the still-significant enemy force dug in and continued to doggedly resist Marine efforts.
Japanese transport beached on Guadalcanal.
Naval Historical Center.
At sea, during three consecutive nights of sharp surface engagements between U.S. and Japanese warships during the period of 13-15 November, the U.S. Navy began to successfully contest the Japan's nighttime use of the seas. When Japanese transports continued to press on unsupported during daylight hours, they were hammered by air attacks by Marine and Navy aircraft from Henderson and the repaired carrier Enterprise. In the end, only a fraction of the Japanese troops headed for Guadalcanal made it to the island.
In December 1942, General Vandegrift and his 1st Marine Division were relieved by General Alexander Patch and the Army's Americal Division. With additional reinforcements, Patch eventually formed the XIV Corps, consisting of the 2nd Marine Division, the Americal Division, and the Army's 25th Infantry Division. Numbering almost 58,000 men, this force would go on the offensive in January 1943, pushing the remaining Japanese forces toward the northwest tip of Guadalcanal. Fighting a skillful rearguard action, the latter were finally withdrawn by the Tokyo Express in February 1943.
The six-month campaign had been hard-fought and costly, particularly for the Japanese. All told, their forces lost 24,000 men, with 14,000 killed or missing in action, 9,000 dead from disease, and approximately 1,000 captured. In addition, the Imperial Japanese Navy lost two battleships, one light carrier, three heavy cruisers, eleven destroyers, and six submarines. American forces lost 1,600 men on the ground, two carriers, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and 14 destroyers.
U.S. forces learned many lessons during this campaign. The withdrawal of Turner's transports highlighted the need for effective combat loading of assault equipment, better structuring of the shipping in the assault and follow-on echelons, and the more efficient movement of supplies from ship to shore and from the beach inland. The requirement for better air-ground and general fire support command, control, and communications was also evident.
Critically, Guadalcanal also caused the Navy and Marine Corps to examine command relationships during amphibious operations. After Watchtower, the amphibious task force commander would retain overall command of an operation only during the movement to the objective and during the initial stages of the landing itself. Once the bulk of his forces were ashore, the landing force commander would assume responsibility for subsequent land operations. Moreover, both the naval and ground commanders were to be coequals during the planning for an amphibious assault.
These and other modifications would serve U.S. forces well as the war in the Pacific progressed. However, the somewhat unique circumstances of this campaign also prevented U.S. commanders from gaining important knowledge in areas such as pre-landing fire support and integrated air-ground operations. These lessons would come later.
R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy, The Encyclopedia of Military History, 2nd revised edition (New York: Harper & Row, 1986).
Allan R. Millett, Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps (New York: The Free Press, 1991).
General Holland M. Smith, USMC (ret.), The Development of Amphibious Tactics in the U.S. Navy (Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1992).
Henry I. Shaw, Jr., First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992).
Ronald H. Spector, Eagle Against the Sun
(New York: Free Press, 1985).

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- 10.3201/eid1412.071371
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 12
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- 2008
- Language:
- English
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- Article
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- Journal Article
- Larger Work Title:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
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text: The Second Grand Designer is the second creater of the united universes and is the eldest brother of the Original Grand Designer. Like Grand Designer 1, SGD was part of a super intelligent races of machinces called "The Amoral", machinces capable of creating universes and worlds. While grand disigner was respondsable of creating the idea of the endless struggles of good and evil, Second Grand Desginer was responsbile for looking after all that was lost during the endless battle between darkness and light and those who werent up to the challenge of becoming a hero or a villain and just disappeared into extinction. When the lougers reformed his brother, he desides to take drastic messures to finnish his brother's work back when he was evil, disband the lougers by destroying both Spongebob and Spyro and alter all of the universe to his personal liking. He easily defeats Grand Desinger, the lougers and all who fought with or agaisnt them, takes Spongebob, GD and Spyro prisoners and sends the lougers, their friends and enemies to a simulated version of the entire United Universes while he alters the real one in his persional image of his Amoral Empire. He two is a victim of his own programing and personal obcession and needs to see the light on this.


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Q: Who is your typical client?
A: Our client tends to be an empty nester or on the verge of becoming one. We have spent the last 21 years with a high degree of focus to satisfying this demographic.
In the 1990's we targeted the blue collar retiree. We did a great job. Some of you may recall "Quail Condominiums". We developed communities that provided single level living in a low maintenance environment. Our target client base loved and still loves living in them. It was so successful that we changed our company name to Quail Homes (our first project was named Quail Glenn).
We transitioned out of them mainly because of the "Growth Management Act of 1994". This was a land use policy that increased the density of housing in cities and counties here in the state of Washington. Think of a farmer trying to increase their crop yield per acre. Cities and Counties are required to do the same thing. Increase their units of housing per acre. What this meant is we had to change our business model. No longer could we build single level units because they ate too much real estate. We could not meet the units per acre requirement. For instance, we were building 6 units per acre. The new land use required 10 units per acre. That is why you will see so many two story homes on very small lots. Believe you me, that density did not come from either the consumer or the developer/builders. It was State mandated.
Sometimes things completely out of one's control require drastic changes. The State Growth Management Act did so to us. We do indeed focus on the same demographic but in a different way. I will share that next week.
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Chimney caps usually are made of aluminum, copper, or galvanized or stainless steel. Metal chimneys commonly have caps when purchased, while masonry chimneys may need one added if the owner decides this is beneficial. Chimney caps serve a number of purposes, including improving home safety, preventing disruptive occurrences and avoiding costly repairs.
It is common for birds to enter a chimney that does not have a chimney cap, typically looking for a nesting area. The birds can also fly into the fireplace and, if the fireplace door is open, right into the house.
Animals also are known to get into chimneys, particularly squirrels, raccoons and bats.
Nesting Material
If nesting material in the chimney is not removed, the blockage can cause carbon monoxide to build up in the house when the fireplace or wood stove is used.
Rain coming into the chimney can cause unpleasant odors and damage flue walls. Rain also may run down into the stovepipe and the stove itself, or into the fireplace, and cause further damage.
Another purpose of a chimney cap is to minimize wind downdrafts that cause smoke.
A chimney cap prevents embers and sparks from flying out of the chimney and possibly damaging the roof.
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In the lead up to the new movie, Marvel is also releasing $1 reissues of previous Deadpool comics. This week we have:-
True Believers: The Groovy Deadpool #1
True Believers: The Meaty Deadpool #1
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Writers: Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Rafael de Latorre
Colorist: Marcelo Maiolo
I am a huge Harley Quinn fan so I just had to pick up the latest book by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. The book exceeded my expectations. The artwork by Rafael De Latorre is just stunning. It does a wonderful job of taking a book that could have been seen as an upbeat comic book for tweens, and making it a book that does justice to the more serious subject material. At its heart this is a book about a young girl struggling to find her purpose in the world. She is desperate to be noticed for doing something extraordinary. Something that many of us can relate to, who didn't go through a phase of wanting to be a pop, rock or movie star. Dru Dragowski dreams of being a super hero and saving the world, what's scary is the lengths that she is willing to go to so she can achieve her dream. There is no evil or malice in the choices she makes but she's very lucky that they don't lead to disaster. On the surface is this a fun book, but from a parents perspective it's a little scary. Dru admits to having a happy home life and wonderful parents yet she isn't happy and puts herself and them in danger. It also tackles the topic of child abuse, Dru's friend Tana is being beaten by her father, a potential chance for Dru to help her friend and be a real super hero.
There is so much more to this book than I expected. The themes that are being addressed in the book make it a wonderful example of what comics can be. I'm very excited for what is coming in the next issue.
Ivar, Timewalker comes to an end this week, sorry to see it end but very excited about the new titles that Valiant is going to be adding in the next few weeks. Some great leading women coming our way from Valiant as Dr. Mirage and Faith make their debuts soon.
I'm not too familiar with Lucifer so I thought I'd take a look at the new book, before I start watching the tv show next month. Harley will always make the list. I'm loving the Little Black book sealed covers at the moment. As I'm such a big Harley fan I just have to give Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's new book a read. I'm really enjoying the stuff that AfterShock is putting out so far. Aspen Comics releases the final issue in the current volume of Jirni this week, I just love the artwork in these books.
This has to be my number one. It was so strikingly different from all the other Book of Death covers, which were very dark. Marguerite Sauvage is rapidly becoming my favorite comic book artist. I can't wait to see here work in the Valiant series Faith next year.


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Complexions Spa's team of specialists invites guests to unload their stresses with a 75-minute spa experience that nourishes the face's epidermal expanse with organic skincare products. Using natural salt instead of synthetic crystals, the spa's microdermabrasion treatment exfoliates the face's nooks and crannies, helping to even skin tone, fade scarring, minimize pores, and reveal treasure maps hidden beneath the surface. Techs then lessen redness and calm the skin by applying a soothing mask.
The chocolate and rose organic facial kicks off with a cleansing and exfoliation using organic ingredients. After ousting imperfections with steam, extractions, and pink slips, beauty techs pamper ocular sockets with a revivifying eye treatment. Nimble fingers finish off by softening skin with a moisturizer customized to each skin type and easing tension from the face and neck with a relaxing massage. Patrons can then sip a cup of rose leaf tea while drinking in Complexions's earthy interior, which includes light-green and beige walls, dark-brown treatment rooms, and exceptionally high ceiling space to accommodate jolly green giants.
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K-State to Host Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic
K-State to Host Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic
March 14, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Volleyball coaches across the region will have an opportunity to attend one of the most comprehensive, revolutionary and valuable coaching clinics in the nation this summer here in Manhattan as Ahearn Field House will be a host site for one of the Gold Medal Squared Coaching Foundations Volleyball Clinics in June. K-State Head Coach Suzie Fritz will serve as one of the clinicians along with Gold Medal Squared co-founder and seven-time Olympic coach Carl McGown and St. Mary's Head Coach Rob Browning.
The Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic will be held June 21-23 at Ahearn Field House and will cover a range of topics including offensive and defensive systems, practice planning, skills and drills and more.
"It's an honor and pleasure to host Coach Carl McGown and the Gold Medal Squared Clinics on our campus," said Fritz. "Coach McGown is world renowned for his coaching principles and methods and has been a pioneer in developing coaching techniques to help coaches and players throughout the world. This clinic is the best in the country and is a tremendous opportunity to grow and develop your ability as a coach."
Cost for the Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic is $399 and $359 for an additional coach from the same team or program. Check in for the clinic will be at 7:30 a.m. June 21 with sessions starting at 8:30 a.m. The first two days of the clinic will have nearly 10 hours of instruction and drills. The third day will conclude at 3:30 p.m.
Coaches wishing to register for the Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic can do so and get more information at goldmedalsquared.com or by visiting wildcatvolleyballcamps.com. Registration is now open and spots are anticipated to fill quickly.
Gold Medal Squared believes its coaching clinics can provide the foundation for new and experienced coaches to build a lasting and successful volleyball program. Proof can be seen in coaches and programs that have already bought into the Gold Medal Squared plan.
K-State has been to 14 NCAA Tournaments, nine in the 12 years Fritz has led the program, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2011. Browning and his Gaels have been to four NCAA Tournaments in his eight years leading the St. Mary's team. He also has served as an assistant coach for the USA Men's National Team at four Olympic Games, including last summer in London.
The mission of Gold Medal Squared is to seek out and share the best way to play and coach the game of volleyball. Gold Medal Squared is the collaborative effort of three of the most successful and experienced coaches in the history of volleyball in the United States, Dr. Carl McGown, Dr. Marv Dunphy and Dr. Doug Beal. Its clinics and camps were created with the improvement in the quality of volleyball players and coaches in mind.


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There are total 13 letters in Sarmentaceous, Starting with S and ending with S.
Total 2058 words created by multiple letters combination of Sarmentaceous in English Dictionary.
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Definition of the word Sarmentaceous, Meaning of Sarmentaceous word :
a. - Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.


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To battle the unbelievably cold weather of late, I wore this heavily layered look "to work" on Tuesday. With wind chills reaching about negative thirty degrees or so, I passed up the walk to work and pounded away in Excel from the comfort of my home office. So technically, I wore this to work, but I definitely did not wear leggings to the office!
I layered up to beat the chill Mother Nature has been dragging down to Chicago far too often these days with two sweaters, two pairs of socks, and even two neck accessories (the necklace and my scarf) which, let's be honest, only the scarf provided any comfort from the cold. But it's a mighty cozy scarf, for sure. I still, none-the-less, did not beat the cold. When I did step outside briefly to drive The Little Guy to daycare and The Man to his office, the cold still kicked my butt.
On a style note, I have been down this road before but will return again to how much I love the added depth and interest that layering can provide for an outfit. If you scroll down, you can see this look with just the purple sweater and boots. But adding the over-sized cardigan and boot socks makes the outfit much more exciting. And one can never go wrong with a simple accessory or two. Either the necklace or the scarf would have sufficed, I suppose.
Hope you're all staying as warm as I did in this "layering on steroids" look. And for those of you in warmer climates staying warm in a light jacket or shorts, I'm so jealous!
Purple Sweater – Target Maternity; Cardigan – Style & Co (via Macy's);
Leggings – Lululemon; Boots – old; Scarf – Gift; Boot Socks – Target;
Necklace – Self-made


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"Kyzylo was deputy commander of the 1st battalion of the 72nd mechanized brigade, the Hero of Ukraine, the People's Hero of Ukraine, a beloved husband, a father of a child, a respected warrior, a commander of an assault group... And he was only 23.
"From now on, former lyceum student Andrii Kyzylo will be called during the evening summon of the 1st training company. He has returned in their ranks. Every evening, his example will remind the Bohun lyceum students that their college trains people of honor. That defense of the Motherland are not just words here.
"The new history of independent and free country is being created by our hands and deeds. At war, the path from a boy to a fighter is very short. Many of them might go in combat as soon as tomorrow.
" - Major Kyzylo Andrii Oleksandrovych!...
"He will always be the first in the list of the Bohun lyceum students. Always an example. And the formation will always respond in various voices - he's here, he's with us. Just as he was on Jan. 29, 2017, when an assault group followed him in an offensive against 'Almaz.' He won that battle of Jan. 29... And left for eternal service for the people of Ukraine."
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Giveaway at the end of this post 🙂
The Krumspring Blog is offically live AND the Krumspring Dream Team is finally public!
Wow, you can't imagine how much I have been looking forward to sharing all this with you.
To celebrate the blog + Dream Team you can save 15 % on all items in the shop until January 6.
We will have lots of fun, inspiration and events on this blog and I really hope you will all follow along! 🙂
The Krumspring Dream Team consist of some pretty awesome ladies (if I dare say so myself lol).
I will pick the ego card and introduce myself first ha ha… I am Maria and I am the owner/designer/triangle wizard behind Krumspring.
I am 25 years old and live in Denmark with my boyfriend Jacob.
I have been crafting forever, but have gotten really into cardmaking since 2014.
I love geometric shapes – particularly triangles, colours, layers, sequins and well, my favourite thing in the whole world is clear stamps.
Okay, now I need to introduce you to my team – I am so proud to have these ladies on.
Hi! My name is Rosali and you might know me under my nickname ilovestamping! Because I just loooove stamping, ha! My little addiction with cardmaking started in 2014-half a year later I joined Instagram and met so, so many wonderful crafters and even soulmates there. It's amazing to connect with people all over the world through this wonderful hobby! Stamping and cardmaking to me is not only a perfect way to unwind AND create something pretty but also to spread kindness. Who doesn't love a little happy mail?
Find Rosali on Instagram and Flickr.
Hello everyone, my name is Maria. I'm 48 years old, based in Hamburg, Germany where I live with my husband and my 12-years-old son.I started with cardmaking in June 2015 and shared them on Instagram since December 2015.
I am creative in different ways since I was a child. I blogged two years about my other hobbies like DIY, Home Decoration, Baking and Bookbinding.
Then I gave up the blog because it needs too much time and I haven't.
From time to time I made cards for birthdays or Christmas, but I haven't any idea that such a great card making community exist. And how many fantastic products are on the market. I discovered this in June 2015 and since this time card making is my passion. I love to create scenes and I love it colorful. Card making is pure relaxing for me. I forget all around me when I make my cards. Especially coloring is like Yoga. That's such a great compensation to my (non-creative) job.
I met so many wonderful people with the same hobby on IG.
Find Maria on Instagram.
Hello everyone! My name is Dana Gong and I live in South Korea.
I have always been a crafty girl as long as I can remember and I discovered cardmaking in Mid-2015. This amazing world fascinated me at first sight. Before starting cardmaking, I was a tea addict who was crazy about collecting papers, washi tapes and pretty things like that just for my fun.
Through cardmaking, I discovered a lot about myself that I love and enjoy not only 'hoarding' but also 'creating' something more than I had thought. The most wonderful change was being able to share my cards with others!
I love making clean and mixed cards based on creative ideas. I'm so thrilled to be on Krumspring Dream Team and looking forward to inspiring you with my creations.
Find Dana on Instagram and her blog.
Hello, my name is Rowena. I'm a cardmaker from Canada, where I live with my husband Terry, my son Anthony, and a very spoiled labradoodle name Coco.
I have been crafting in some form or another since I was young. I fell in love with cardmaking about a year ago now. I've been hooked ever since! I don't really have a particular style of my own. I just like making fun, cute, and simple cards. To me making cards is an adventure, you gotta love what you make and be happy with it!
I'm very happy and honored to be part of Krumspring Dream Team. You can join me over @rmcards on Instagram for my cardmaking adventure.
I am Anna, live in beautiful city Saint-Petersburg, Russia, with my sweet and crazy family – hubby, our baby and cat.
I liked to create something all my life (I even tried myself in writing books), but in 2011 I met the scrapbooking and since that time I always live around the paper, glue and stamps. I really like to document our life with scrapbook layouts and project life albums, but currently cardmaking is my main passion in crafting.
Will be glad to see you on my blog, instagram and youtube channel.
Hi, I'm Erica. A crafting mad, coffee-oholic, borderline craft hoarder who's happily married with two dogs.
My favourite mediums are water coloring at the moment but that tends to change with my mood. I have several PhD's, which in my world means 'Projects half Done' and I'm a firm believer that crafting is awesome therapy, you can't have too many different colour sequins or too much foam tape.
Find Erica on Instagram.
Well, how about that? Epic team, right?
Of course we need a giveaway to celebrate the new Dream Team and the blog!
You can win the full release coming this february! That is right – the new stampsets that will be released (which isn't even public yet) can be yours before everyone else 🙂
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Julian Draxler could well be on the move this winter despite it seeming like Wolfsburg wanted to hold on until the summer when his €75m release clause activates.
I have to be honest, I didn't think there was any chance of him moving when the window opens in January but reports from Germany seem to think there is now no option for Wolfsburg but to sell the player who has made it perfectly clear he wants to leave.
There is no way that they will get €75m for him in January so they are stuck with a stark choice – take a far lower fee or keep a player who wants to leave and is being booed by his own fans.
Is it worth it for them to keep an underperforming player for another six months? His wages won't be that much of a burden – they are significantly lower in Germany for the most part, but what would it do having an influence that could be seen as disruptive around the club?
A report in Bild said this about Arsenal and Draxler – "There, his mate Mesut Özil plays (the two made holiday after the EM). In the 4-2-3-1 system Draxler could play on the left, Ozil in the middle. The offensive style of the Wenger team is best suited to Draxler."
Bild also list Juventus and PSG as possible suitors however it is only Arsenal with whom the paper thinks he fits. They merely talk about the others in terms of if they could afford him and if they want him.
I'm still to be convinced that this move will happen in January but I'm more than a little happy to be proved wrong.


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Was Your Husband Comfortable With Your "Alter Ego" Sex Scenes? Omotola Answers (Photos)
Was Your Husband Comfortable With Your "Alter Ego" Sex Scenes? Omotola Answers (Photos)
In a new drama, "Alter Ego" Omotola Jalade Ekeinde played a woman with multiple personalities and was in some sex scenes.
The new movie by Moses Inwang's Sneeze Films, which also stars Wale Ojo has just been released and as expected people are talking about the sex scenes.
In an interview with Jayne Augoye of Premium Times , Omotola discussed what her husband thinks about the movie.
On how her husband perceives her sex scene in the movie, Alter Ego
Some of the sex scenes in Alter Ego were downplayed because I'm married. But I won't play the sex scenes if it wasn't necessary to be included in the film. I know by starring in this movie that my fans would either hate me or love me forever.
While shooting the film, I knew I was doing something quite risky. There are several ways to shoot a sex scene tastefully. I'm all for playing a sex scene convincingly and my husband knows this. I tell my husband, "You know what darling, you married an actor"; and secondly, he is my biggest fan. I tell him, "Do you want me to be great or do you just want me to be good?" He will say, "I want you to be great, sparklingly great".
Then I'll say, " Ehen, we go love o" and he's fine with it. He understands but just like every other human being and the professional that he is, he too wants to be convinced that I played a sex scene because it was necessary. I know when he watches movies sometimes he would say, "Did they have to kiss if they were not going to kiss well?" When I wasn't even confident, I starred in a movie called a prostitute, which was released 22 years ago. If I didn't die then, is it now? I'm ready.
On if Nigerians will embrace such movies
You don't even have to "chop" somebody's mouth if you don't want to. If the scene is not about you showing real mad crazy love then you can't now be showing mouth to mouth kissing or removing of clothes. In Nigerian movies, we have downplayed chemistry.
I hope we can bring that back. Back in the day when I shot Mortal Inheritance in 1995, I had to spend time with my co-star, Fred Amata. He was already a renowned director and in those days, directors were revered. So imagine, my director who had directed me in a movie prior now acting as my lover. I was really afraid that we broke the ice by spending time with each other.
So, he demystified himself and we had chemistry and you could tell. So, I'm hoping all of this returns to Nigerian movies. So, as professionals, we need to ask ourselves if it is necessary for a movie to have a sex scene and when it is, it should be done well.
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Renovated in 2011, this hotel is the perfect choice for families and business travellers alike, providing 199 rooms, plus excellent hospitality and services. Guests are welcomed in the air-conditioned hotel's lobby, which offers a 24-hour reception and a 24-hour check-out service, as well as a hotel safe, cloakroom and lift access to the upper floors. It features a modern style which is topped off by its cosy facilities such as the restaurant, bar, TV lounge and caf�. Various meeting rooms and ballrooms are also on offer at the hotel. Guests can stay connected during their stay thanks to the Internet access provided. Room and laundry services are also provided. Those arriving by car may leave their vehicles in the free parking facilities. The hotel offers a shuttle bus service for city tours and airport transportation.
Located on Pekanbaru city's main thoroughfare, the hotel is conveniently accessible by public transportation and is just 8 minutes from nearby shopping centres. The hotel is only 10 minutes from Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport.
The modern, elegant and bright guest rooms come fitted with amenities such as tea and coffee making facilities, a minibar, wireless Internet access and satellite/cable TV. All rooms are en suite with a shower, bath and a hairdryer. A double or king-size bed comes as standard. Further standard in-room amenities include a telephone, air conditioning and a kitchenette with a fridge and microwave.
The property offers excellent recreational facilities including two swimming pools, one of which is outdoors, a gym, sauna, steam room and sun terrace with parasols. Younger guests can let off steam in the children's swimming area. Refreshments are served at the poolside snack bar. Guests can treat themselves to a relaxing massage treatment, and fans of the fairway can head to the nearest golf course located around a 20-minute drive away.
Guests may select their breakfast from a continental buffet and the midday meal may be enjoyed as a set menu or � la carte. In the evening buffet, set menu and � la carte options are served.
American Express, MasterCard and VISA are accepted at this establishment.
The hotel provides 24 hours check-in and check-out counter.
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