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Super Quick Self-Care Caregivers Can Do At Home
There is no question that caregivers are among the busiest people around. I'd venture to say, even busier than a new mom caring for a newborn. The difference is, new parents usually have a lot of people jumping in to help or provide meals during that busy time. Caregivers rarely get offers for help or meals. And if you're the first caregiver in your circle of friends, you may not have anyone to vent to since no one in your circle understands.
So of course, one of the first thing to fall of your to do list when you're super busy is probably self-care. Of course, when you're busy, that's when you need self-care the most! Self-care has become a popular buzz-word recently. Suddenly, everywhere we look, someone is telling us how important it is to practice self-care.
But what makes self-care so important? Self-care helps reduce your stress levels, which can help you ward off stress-related health problems such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, depression and gastrointestinal problems. Practicing self-care can also help you focus and prevent overload burnout. Clearly, self-care isn't something you should regularly take off your to do list.
That being said, just because self-care is important doesn't mean you magically have more time to focus on it. The good news is, there are a lot of self-care activities you can do in 10 minutes or less. Anyone can squeeze in 10 minutes for themselves – no matter how busy you are!
Super Quick Self-Care for Caregivers
If you only have a few minutes to practice self-care, these are my favorite activities to squeeze into my day.
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- Morning or Evening Stretches: If you are pressed for time in the morning, get ready for bed just a few minutes earlier and do a few simple stretches before you get into bed. Pick a few body parts that are tight and try to loosen them. If you don't know what stretches to do, do a quick Google search for stretches and the part of the body you want to work. You'll find pictures or videos that will walk you through the stretches.
- Practice Gratitude: We all forget how fortunate we are when we're focused on our day-to-day struggles. I find I'm less stressed when I actually think about the good in my life. Focusing on the good helps you prioritize your stressors. As I always say, even on the worst days, I can be thankful that I woke up in the morning, there was food to eat and there is a roof over my head.
- Meditate: If you haven't given meditation or mindfulness a try, you really should consider it. It's free and fast. I have been thinking about meditation off and on for years but it wasn't until I read Russell Simmons' book "Success Through Stillness" that I really tried harder to implement mindfulness and meditation into my life. While I don't practice the way Simmons suggests, I have started making mindfulness a part of my self-care routine. I use the free app Calm and do a guided meditation for just a few minutes but I feel like it really makes a difference. I also purchased "A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook," which came with a free CD that has several guided meditations for varying lengths of time.
- Elevate Regular Experiences: If you are in a truly busy season and really have almost no time for self-care, try making everyday activities a bit more luxurious. For example, use really nice smelling products in the shower and spend an extra minute or two taking it in. You can also splurge on a really nice hand cream or moisturizer and take a few extra seconds massaging it in to your hands or face. I splurge on a really nice hand cream that I only use before bed. Since I only use it at night, it lasts forever, so it really isn't much of a splurge after all.
- Do Something You Enjoy: When we are extremely busy, we tend to stop having fun. We're either "doing the work" or too exhausted for fun. The problem is, life gets really boring and sad when we are all work, no play. Even if you don't have a lot of free time, try to squeeze in a little fun. I love reading and try to squeeze reading in instead of watching TV. What do you love? Can you find a way to squeeze it in?
- Slow Down: I have started getting up an extra twenty minutes early so that I can fit in morning stretches and drink my coffee slowly while I work on my to do list. I used to gulp my coffee down while I was flying around getting everyone ready to start our day. I was exhausted by 9 a.m. Now that I get up early, everyone is less stressed out and I feel so much more in control of my day because I have slowed the pace of my morning.
Self-care is hugely important, especially if you are a busy person. While I've known this for a long time, I really never found a way to make it work for me until I started making it part of my daily routine. I essentially schedule certain self-care activities into my day.
Activities like my stretches, my morning coffee and elevating my regular routine are non-negotiables now. If I get those done, I'm good. On really great days, I add in a few other self-care activities like taking a walk or doing something I enjoy. How do you fit self-care into your life?
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Global Infection Surveillance Solutions Market: Snapshot
The demand for infection surveillance has been on the rise as the need to curb hospital-acquired infections and other epidemics is intensifying. Infection surveillance solutions are designed to continuously monitor and interpret data related to health in order to ensure accurate implementation of preventive measures. Hospital-acquired infections are also called as nosocomial infections, which are a result of poor hygienic conditions, negligence, decreased immunity of the patient, invasion of drug-resistant bacteria, and procedures that can weaken the effect of ongoing medications.
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A Five-Minute Game of Jungian Analysis
My husband Eric found this article on a friend's Facebook page, and loving self-psychoanalysis as much as we do, we had to play it. Our answers were pretty compelling and spot-on, so I thought I'd share mine here. (If you want to play the game, too, click the link before reading below; if you try to play afterwards, you'll know too much and won't be able to!)
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My answers:
- The cube is about 2-3 square feet in size with a blue-black gunmetal surface and sits directly on the floor of the desert.
- The ladder is a 12-foot aluminum lean-to type that rests against the cube at an estimated 75-degree angle.
- The horse stands to the right of the cube, and it's a strong, sturdy Clydesdale breed. Its coat is dapple gray, and it has a white mane and tail and black eyes.
- There are four or five flowering plants, all of them dahlias in creamy-bright shades of hot pink, peach, and pale yellow. They're close to the ground with about two to three blooms on each plant, and they surround the cube, horse and ladder.
- The storm is far-off, hanging over a ridge of great, gray-blue mountains in the distance. It's a big, swirling storm, but with no lightning.
The interpretation:
- As my ego, the cube is fairly small but not tiny. I'm a little insecure and unsure of myself, but not completely lacking self-confidence. I'm a grounded person, and the dark, shiny surface suggests that I'm reflective and engage with my environment, but not transparent — perhaps not easy to get to know, keeping parts of myself hidden.
- The ladder, representing my friends, is lightweight but sturdy — perhaps suggesting that I view my friends as capable people without a lot of baggage to carry around. Even so, I feel that they lean on me for support and remain close to me.
- The horse, representing my husband, is sturdy, emotionally and financially supportive, and dependable. He's my right-hand man and a reliable, equal partner and companion — he isn't bearing the cube like a weight, nor is he bearing down on it. He stands beside me. The dapple gray coloring is (to me) elegant, almost otherworldly, and suggests a kind of contemplative reticence, which makes sense because my husband is introverted, reserved in public, and intellectual in nature. We have great conversations.
- As a representation of children, I imagine having a small number (definitely not as many as four or five!), and I view them as grounding (being close to the ground), warm and enlivening (dahlias represent warmth, vitality, and happiness to me, and the colors reflect this, too). There aren't not too many of them, and they surround me and my husband (with their love!). I didn't mention this above, but they're also very healthy-looking — I guess I'm pretty confident that we can bring up our son and his future sibling to be healthy, happy, confident people. I really do view my son as this little ray of warm, vital sunshine — he has so much energy, and he's such a happy, good-natured baby. Playing with and taking care of him keeps me in the present, which is good for me. I'm sure that my subconscious was expressing my perception of him when I thought of the flowers.
- The storm, representing threat and risk, suggests that I'm aware of risk, but it's far off in the distance and hedged by barriers (the mountains) that catch the brunt of the storm so that it'll dissipate before reaching the scene. I feel secure in my life because we've taken good measures to hedge risk, and I don't worry too much.
All in all, a pretty good summation of my perceptions of myself, those around me, and my environment.
Share your answers in your comments below! I'd love to hear what you come up with.
Magical Poetry: Publication News
Just in time for the magical Hallowe'en season (oh yes, it's a full-on season at my house), I am happy to announce that one of my poems, "A Spiral Upward," will appear in the upcoming fall/winter issue of Witches & Pagans Magazine. I don't yet know what the release date is, but I'll announce when it's available for purchase online and at your local Barnes and Noble bookstore.
"A Spiral Upward" contemplates the central figure in the John William Waterhouse painting The Magic Circle (shown above). That painting has long fascinated and inspired me; it resonates with the part of me that is wild and ritualistic and magical. It evokes the earthy mystique of fairy tales and the strong, mysterious female figure that is the Witch in our collective unconscious. I connect with that, or want to. It's that felt connection, as well as a moment of enlightenment, that serves as the subject of the poem.
If you can't tell, I'm thrilled about this news. W&P is a well known, well distributed magazine with a great community of readers and contributors. I've been interested in sharing my work with the pagan community for a long time because I think my work — nature-oriented and fairly mystical — would find a wider audience of willing readers there, and I'm glad to be given the opportunity to do so. Hopefully, this isn't the last you'll see of me on W&P.
A Note On Understanding
The following is an abridged version of an editorial I wrote for American Athenaeum Magazine's "The Understanders" issue in Winter 2012.
The summer before last, a high school friend of my husband, who was also becoming a friend of mine, asked me one night, out of the blue, "How are you so nice to people?" I was surprised by the question and didn't really know how to answer it, but I managed to say, "Well, I think I understand people." He responded with a laugh and said, "I guess that's the difference between you and me. I don't understand people at all." It was such a casual, in-passing kind of conversation that I would have forgotten it, except that that was the last night I ever saw him, and it was one of the last things he ever said to me. A little more than a month later, he committed suicide.
I realize this is a macabre, intimate story to share. I don't mean to be confessional, and I certainly don't mean to be macabre. But I think that memory is important here because it highlights a significant but not often enough considered aspect of the theme of this issue: the fundamental value of understanding for one's own salvation.
When we speak of compassion and understanding, we often think of it as a kind of votive offering, a sacrifice, something we give of ourselves to others. And there's truth in that. True understanding is deconstructive. It requires us to break down those presumptions and hard beliefs that act as walls to divide us from other people– especially those people whom we consider our enemies — and to reconsider our world and the events that happen within it from a perspective beyond ourselves. Doing so requires humility in accepting that our perceptions of the world and our understanding even of ourselves is subjective; it also requires a nimble imagination to go beyond our particular experiences and modes of thinking. Understanding is challenging and too often taken for granted.
Even so, understanding doesn't have to be perfect to have its effect. Often, simply acknowledging that another person has a completely different frame of reference that we may never fully comprehend is enough to humble us, to make us reconsider (or consider for the first time) our sense of our own righteousness. What I meant when I told my friend that I think I understand people was that I understand, however imperfectly, that every person I meet has known pain and that pain is very often the cause of the hurtful, sometimes truly terrible things people do. It doesn't mean, of course, that I don't often feel frustrated — even enraged — by others' actions and words, and it certainly doesn't mean that I haven't sometimes hurt other people. But I do carry with me that glimpse of wisdom in knowing that there is a common thread that binds us all together and that this thread is, macabre as it sounds, pain. This unifying thread reminds me to be kind as often as I can, in whatever small or great ways I find. It also reminds me to forgive and move past the pain I experience. Understanding our common humanity — our sensitivity and frailty — makes us able to use that pain to heal rather than as a weapon.
As I've said, healing ourselves through understanding is inherently a part of that forward movement. This is something that my friend unfortunately never realized. To him, his pain was unique and unbearable. He didn't understand that others had felt similar pain before, that it was something we keep mostly hidden, as he had done. When we can't perceive the suffering of others, we are left only with ourselves and our own heavy pain. We are engulfed by it, and it makes us feel supremely, desperately lonely.
Because many of us don't often share our pains with each other face-to-face — perhaps we're ashamed to; maybe others discourage it, finding it uncomfortable or even frightening; or perhaps the opportunity never really comes up — it is often through art that we learn to understand and find understanding in others. James Baldwin wrote in The Price of the Ticket: "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive." Reading opens us up to a larger community — however remote in space and time — that is always there, and through it we realize that we are never truly alone. Reading makes it possible for us to experience the pain of others, helps us begin to understand experiences that may be far removed from our own and otherwise inaccessible to us, and to find the common threads between our own and others' stories. This connection through words is what Baldwin relished. …
It is a gift to ourselves to understand — to see the humanity in others, to see ourselves in them and, reflexively, them in ourselves. This is how enemies cease to be enemies, how strangers grow close and become part of a growing sense of a human family. It allows us not only to become kinder to others but also to ourselves. Understanding makes it possible for us to persist in spite of our struggles, in spite of our pain, because we know that others have been before where we are now.
I hope that the stories and poetry in this issue help us all to do just that: to be challenged, to be seized and opened wide, to take in alien thoughts, emotions, and experiences, to be made freshly vulnerable to pain, and therefore to be transformed, made greater and more understanding, and to be healed. Because we can be healed by understanding, in recognizing and accepting the pain that lies in others and in learning to identify and love the humanity revealed by that pain. Through that, we can be re-made universal and whole.
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For Your Reading Pleasure
As promised, I'm announcing the release of my latest published poem, "Snake River 1986," in Subprimal Poetry Art's Origins and Destinations issue. The poem is a semi-mythical, earth-centered take on the theme of belonging/foreignness that runs through some of my work.
Growing up in an Army family has always made the answer to the question, "Where are you from?" sound a lot like a Facebook relationship status: It's complicated. I often want to respond, "What are you really asking–where was I born? Where did I grow up? What place do I call home?" I was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho; I did most of my growing up in Augusta, Georgia, and would consider that my hometown; but, to be honest, I get just as homesick for Germany (where I lived for a total of five years as a kid) as I do for those other places. I feel deeply connected to each of those places but, at the same time, detached from them. I am from many places and from nowhere. Which I think is why the Japanese concept of ukiyo, "floating world" — the sense of impermanence and detachment from a place — strikes me so strongly. While the Tokugawa-period term refers to pleasure-seeking societies detached from the real, natural world, it's expanded for me as I struggle to attach to places that have defined me and yet do not, in some ways at least, belong to me.
Don't misunderstand — I don't regret the lifestyle of my childhood, even if it has made me feel lonely for a sense of rootedness from time to time. It was a gypsy kind of life, one that gave me an opportunity to meet many kinds of people and see quite a bit more of the world than most of my peers. It has allowed me to be fearless when faced with change and the unknown, to be eager to confront Otherness and being an Other. I feel more alive when I'm in a strange place, and I get restless living in one city or town for too long. It's made me adventurous and strong.
Still, I sometimes find myself yearning for a place where I belong, where the culture is intimate to me and embraces me, that expresses what Wallace Stevens observes in his poem "Anecdote of Men By the Thousand": "There are men whose words / Are as natural sounds / Of their places / As the cackle of toucans / In the place of toucans." I don't know where my words are natural. Maybe they are in some place. Maybe not.
The theme for the issue, Origins and Destinations, addresses "places we come from or are going to… work that deals with traditions, transitions, trials, tribulations, things that are part of our all too human identity, legends of the past, visions of the future." There's a lot of strong work in this issue, and many of the poems (including my own) include audio of the poet reading with complementary light, ambient music. I am proud to have my work displayed there, and I hope you'll check it out. There's a comments section at the end of each poem — leave a note! You can also leave your thoughts here.
News and Thoughts on Poetry
The Omniformalist Manifesto
I came across a blog post by poet Annie Finch on her website a little while ago, and it's stuck with me. It reflects many of my own feelings about the poetry community, its relationship with the rest of the world (or the lack thereof), and my personal poetic inclinations. So, en lieu of rehashing what has already been said well by poets more experienced than I, I figured I'd just send readers to the blog post itself. It's a quick read and well worth the time: Omniformalism Revisited
Annie Finch is one of my favorite poets, partly because of her bold, unique perspective (as an earth-centered, feminist Wiccan poet who is well-respected by the poetry community at large — how rare is that?) but also because of her deep knowledge of poetic forms and her use of them in her work that avoids sounding cliche or stiff. Most of all, I love her fascination with and respect for mystery. I'm glad that formalism has reemerged in the poetry community, not because I dislike free-form poetry (the grand majority of my poems are, in fact, free form) but because I enjoy seeing the new expressions that old forms can take in a modern context. I like play with structure as much as I like deviation from it, which is what Omniformalism is all about — celebrating all forms of poetry.
Upcoming Publication
In May, a poem of mine will appear in Subprimal Poetry Art, an online journal based in Mexico that "looks toward poetry, flash fiction, music, and art work that takes the reader / viewer / listener out of the ordinary and into a place altered from that which they normally experience. In an enjoyable, thought-provoking way." The next issue will feature not just the text of my poem but also a recording of me reading it. I've never done something like that before, so I'm excited about it and look forward to hearing what readers/listeners think. I'll provide more details when it's published.
I'll end with a quote from the above-mentioned manifesto:
We have a madness for poems that pound in the blood, that are moved into three dimensions by the immanent necessities of their form, that know the stubborn patterns and rhythms the world keeps.
March 20
In honor of the March equinox/first day of spring (at least for us in the Northern Hemisphere), here are a few things that look both forward and backward — fitting for this time in which dark and light are momentarily in balance and things begin to wake or make their return.
"The Current"
by Wendell Berry
Having once put his hand into the ground,
seeding there what he hopes will outlast him,
a man has made a marriage with his place,
and if he leaves it his flesh will ache to go back.
His hand has given up its birdlife in the air.
It has reached into the dark like a root
and begun to wake, quick and mortal, in timelessness,
a flickering sap coursing upward into his head
so that he sees the old tribespeople bend
in the sun, digging with sticks, the forest opening
to receive their hills of corn, squash, and beans,
their lodges and graves, and closing again.
He is made their descendant, what they left
in the earth rising into him like a seasonal juice.
And he sees the bearers of his own blood arriving,
the forest burrowing into the earth as they come,
their hands gathering the stones up into walls,
and relaxing, the stones crawling back into the ground
to lie still under the black wheels of machines.
The current flowing to him through the earth
flows past him, and he sees one descended from him,
a young man who has reached into the ground,
his hand held in the dark as by a hand.
From "Rising"
by Wendell Berry
Ended, a story is history;
it is in time, with time
lost. But if a man's life
continue in another man,
then the flesh will rhyme
its part in immortal song.
By absence, he comes again.
There is a kinship of the fields
that gives to the living the breath
of the dead. The earth
opened in the spring, opens
in all springs. Nameless,
ancient, many-lived, we reach
through the ages with the seed.
It's our first spring at our (first) house, and it's exciting to discover the flowers and plants we didn't know existed when we bought the place late last summer. We've planted strawberries and lemon thyme in the front yard around the mailbox and more strawberries in the backyard near the porch, and the seeds we've ordered for our vegetable and herb gardens should be coming in any day now. So, for us, it's a time of surprise and anticipation, of eagerness and hope. It's also, as with other things, a time of returning. As my husband said while we were preparing the soil around the mailbox, "It's like being a kid again — digging in the dirt outside."


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Do stretch mark remedies work?
How to prevent, get rid of them
STRETCH marks affect up to 90 per cent of pregnant women. It therefore comes as no surprise that most people associate them with pregnancy.
However, obstetrician/gynaecologist Dr Robyn Khemlani has said that stretch marks also affect women who have never been pregnant, men, and children too.
"Stretch marks are basically small scars located in the middle layer of your skin (dermis) that are visible in the top layer of skin (epidermis). They form with rapid weight gain or loss, hormonal changes — such as during puberty when there is a growth spurt — and when the skin goes beyond its ability to repair itself, such as during pregnancy or when muscles grow rapidly in weight training. That's why they're called stretch marks," Dr Khemlani explained.
She said that the unattractive scars, which are most common on the abdomen, chest, hips, bottom, and thighs, affect such a wide cross section of people that they have inspired the development of dozens of products that marketers claim can effectively prevent stretch marks and get rid of mature ones.
However, according to Dr Khemlani, this might not be the case.
"There are many products, mostly topical creams and oils, that are marketed as being effective in the prevention and removal of stretch marks — but numerous studies have revealed that many of them don't actually work," Dr Khemlani said.
She pointed out that while there is no guarantee that you will manage to keep all the stripes away, the most effective way to prevent stretch marks is to treat them early.
"Even before they appear, [in the case of pregnancy] you want to treat them. You also want to make sure that you do so often; this is important because once stretch marks have been formed they are more difficult to get rid of," Dr Khemlani advised.
To achieve this, Dr Khemlani recommended that you adhere to the following guidelines:
Maintain a healthy weight
Eat a healthy diet and exercise during pregnancy so you can maintain a healthy weight.
"This is recommended since stretch marks occur when your skin pulls apart quickly due to rapid weight gain. Therefore, you want to aim for a normal body mass index gain — a total of 25-35 pounds during pregnancy," Dr Khemlani advised.
She said, too, that even outside of pregnancy, maintaining a healthy weight will also reduce the chances of you getting stretch marks.
Stay hydrated
"Staying hydrated and drinking enough water may help keep your skin hydrated and soft, and help prevent stretch marks as well," Dr Khemlani said.
Use balms and creams frequently
Dr Khemlani noted that, in addition to keeping hydrated in pregnancy, applying an all-natural, soothing, moisturising balm to areas stretch marks frequent — such as your stomach, hips, thighs, and chest — at least twice a day could help.
"Hydrating balms and creams work by increasing your skin's elasticity. This allows your skin to expand and grow without tearing and forming stretch marks. Moisturisers can often help reduce itching that happens as the skin stretches," Dr Khemlani explained.
She also said that during pregnancy women should make sure that they choose a balm that is safe in pregnancy.
Creams and oils to prevent stretch marks
Stretch mark-prevention creams and oils — such as almond oil, cocoa butter, olive oil, or vitamin E, or some other products like steroids — can be used to keep stretch marks at bay.
"When applying these products you should gently massage the stretch mark-prone areas to push the cream deep into your skin, where it can do the most good," Dr Khemlani instructed.
She pointed out, however, that several studies have demonstrated that even with the use of these products, stretch marks may still appear. However, some people claim to have seen much improvement.
Dr Khemlani said when stretch marks are mature, the scarring is permanent and as such, while you may be able to make them less visible, you will not get rid of them altogether.
"In the case of existing stretch marks, your ob-gyn will enlist the help of a dermatologist. He/she will tell you what treatments, especially in the form of topical creams prescribed, will help the stretch marks to fade and therefore become less noticeable," Dr Khemlani explained.
In the case of stubborn stretch marks and as a last resort, Dr Khemlani said that your dermatologist might invite you to explore invasive treatments like microdermabrasion and laser therapy. Some other treatment options include chemical peels and radio frequency, she said.
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One Day Bride • Ashleigh
Ashleigh and David's wedding was timeless and beautiful. Held at the Abbotsford Convent admits a crowd of close friends and family. The stunning bride dressed in lace and the handsome groom all suited up share a delicate moment together before the ceremony. It's the stuff of fairy tales and this wedding had it all. And when you get an A-team of suppliers like this one you know it's going to be an epic wedding.
BRIDE… Ashleigh
GROOM… David
David and I met over nine years ago at a party and started dating shortly after. Toward the end of 2013 we took a trip to Europe and it was on this holiday that David proposed. One evening when we were staying in Paris I was surprised (and a little suspicious) to come home to our apartment and find the room filled with red roses and candles. Dave then made us the most delicious dinner, and I spent the whole meal waiting for him to propose! No ring appeared during dinner so, with me feeling a little dejected, we went for a walk. Just as I had forgotten about the idea of a Parisian proposal, he got down on one knee and proposed on a dimly-lit cobblestone street near our apartment with a view of Notre Dame – it came as a complete surprise!
Abbotsford Convent ticked all the boxes – not only is it a stunning venue with an old-world feel, we could have photos, ceremony, and reception all in one place. Meeting the amazing staff at Bursaria who look after this venue sealed the deal.
Our wedding didn't have a strong theme, but we did want to create a moody, wintry, romantic vibe. Our venue was beautiful and in keeping with this theme to begin with, so that gave us a good head start. What really brought everything together in terms of styling were the incredible florals by Prunella – especially the wrought-iron screen embellished with blooms that served as a ceremony backdrop, and the hanging installation in the reception space. The floral chandelier was such a showstopper!
Do a "first look"! Both our photographer and our Event Manager had recently been married, and they had both spent the day with their grooms before the ceremony. When they initially suggested this to us I was hesitant, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. We are not a particularly traditional couple, we wanted to focus on having a relaxed and fun day, and we wanted the ceremony to flow into the reception with a relatively short break. So, we decided to do a first look and get our photos out of the way before the ceremony. As it turned out this worked perfectly for us, and our first look is one of my favourite moments from the day. Seeing him calmed my nerves instantly, and we were able to savour excitement and emotion of seeing one another all dressed up and ready for the wedding. It was a really special moment for just the two of us, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.
The food and wine! David wanted to have extensive input into these elements, and Bursaria were very accommodating.
We went to a winery for lunch, then to a friend's beach house for dinner, drinks, and a grown-up sleepover!
CEREMONY: Abbotsford Convent (with Event Management and Catering by Bursaria
CELEBRANT: Charlotte Cels (personal friend)
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tess Follett
We were lucky that Tess is David's best man's sister. We definitely didn't choose her solely due to this though, we had been following her work for a long time, and we loved her style.
VIDEO: Purple Ribbon
Again, we were lucky – Dave's best man is with Purple Ribbon! We also did not choose this by default though. Purple Ribbon do amazing work.
I knew I wanted something classic that I could look back on in 50 years and still love. I definitely wanted beautiful lace and long sleeves, and didn't find any off-the-rack styles that fit the bill so I started looking into custom made gowns. I was drawn to One Day Bridal due to the service, the quality, and the timeless yet fashion-forward aesthetic.
HAIR & MAKE UP: Monica Gingold did my hair and makeup – she was wonderful, I can't recommend her highly enough.
My shoes were Jimmy Choo, and I found them in the boutique at Chadstone. They were perfect with the dress, not too high, and incredibly comfortable!
I had three bridesmaids. I found their dress in the window of Kookai one day on my lunch break! I was not expecting to find the bridesmaids' dresses there, but they were perfect – the colour looked beautiful, and it was a perfect stretchy style for my pregnant bridesmaid!
David's suit was by Oscar Hunt
The groomsmen went to MJ Bale for theirs.
FLOWERS: Prunella
We really wanted the flowers to set the scene, and we absolutely loved Prunella's aesthetic. Vanessa and Caris are just so talented, so we just gave them some guidance in terms of colour and some reference pics (overgrown looking, deep plums and pinks with hints of blush and lots of dark greenery), and told them to create whatever they wanted! We were over the moon with the result.
It's a cliché, but don't forget to have fun in the lead up to the wedding. It can be challenging, but it is such a special time – keep it all in perspective and focus on what is important: you're marrying the love of your life! Also, feel free to pick and choose the traditions and "rules" you adhere to. It should be all about the two of you – do what makes you happy and what feels right for you as a couple.
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Padru is a very beautiful deserted village located nearby Thar Desert in the district of Barmer in the state of Rajasthan in India. The most famous temple near Padru is Shri Rama Temple which is worshipped by locals all the time and especially on the occasion of Ram Navmi which marks the return of Lord Ram to his hometown. The people of this village follow their customs, culture and traditions very gracefully. The distance between Padru and Jaipur is 480 km.
Places to Stay
There are good budget hotels in Padru. Some of them are Takjhat Vilas (Tariff – Rs. 1000), Hotel Ajit Mansion (Tariff – Rs. 1000), Suryagarh Vilas (Tariff – Rs. 1000) and Junachand Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 500).
The official language of Padru is Rajasthani. Other languages spoken are Hindi, English, Marwari and Sindhi.
The important festivals of Padru are Diwali (November), Dusshera (October), Ram Navmi (October) and Pushkar Festival (November).
Places of Interest
There are several places of tourist attraction in Padru. Some of them are Barmer (65 km from Padru), and Jalore (82 km).
How to Get There
The closest airport is Jodhpur Airport (154 km) from the village.
The nearest railway station is Gole Railway Station (42 km) from the village.
Padru and Barmer are directly connected to each other via road. The distance between these cities is 64 km by road. The nearest bus stand is Padru Bus station at a distance of 1 km from the village. There are regular local buses that travel from Padru to the nearby places. The tourists can book tickets in advance from travel operators like KP Travels or Sharma Travels. TicketGoose.com is your one stop solution for all your bus travel needs. When you make use of any bus ticket offer on various travel websites, you can save a lot of money.


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Recently, First Lady Michelle Obama was joined at the White House by Miami Heat players LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Ray Allen and Chris Bosh and Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra to talk about her Let's Move campaign. During the hangout, the group ate fruit, drank water and then Michelle Obama dunked on Dwayne Wade...with a small assist from LeBron.
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Finally, the weather is getting hotter and hotter and it's time to bring out your spring wardrobe which consists (naturally!) of mini vibrant printed dresses or maxi delicate florals. Today we are showing you how to wear your retro dresses to complement your body shape but also your wardrobe. We're all searching for the 'perfect' dress - that will make us feel like the prettiest girl! It has the qualities of understated, yet, bold style, plus it increases our confidence levels and that, alone, does the trick!
Nothing evokes the 60's like a mini vintage dress in a vibrant pattern. Versatile to wear and mix with sandals or flip flops, our Cherry dress will add a touch of color into your everyday style. On the other hand, our 50's ditzy floral dress is so elegant, yet, in an understated way fresh and modern that styled differently can easily be worn from sunrise to sundown. Right now, pair them with a feminine cardigan or in the evening with a tailored jacket.
Get swept away with these two vintage dresses from totally different eras yet irresistibly versatile and chic styles. The Laura Ashley floral 50's style dress will enhance your bust and falls perfectly onto your shoulders. Mix it with your favorite espadrilles wedges and a raffia retro bag for a statement look. The 70's patterned dress is a perfect blend of traditional and modern style. Even though it is a bold print it has this bohemian style written all over it. By the way, orange is the new black and this retro dress has a lot of orange in it!!!
Now, if you're looking for an everyday dress to make an entrance, this sensational 70's boho maxi will guarantee it! It's a laid back feel yet it's stylish and bold to wear also at night. Plus it's a wrap dress!!! However if you're into light, silk fabrics and blue is your favorite color then our Dafne silk dress is the one for you. Wonderfully wearable now and in autumn will make a stunning addition to your maxi collection.
Go floral with maxi flowing dresses by styling it either with flat sandals or high wedges and wear them all day long. Easy, breezy and totally stylish; especially if you want to encapsulate the bohemian vibes of the 70's. The open back maxi is one of our favorite shapes as it's super easy for most of body shapes to wear . Carmen 70's maxi has the perfect cut and the perfect finish for any look. Into gypsy boho style? Then that's your dress.
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GRIMJACK - KILLER INSTINCT collects the 6-issue miniseries from 2005 featuring the return of the creators of the character, John Ostrander and Tim Truman, back with his first new adventure since the demise of First Comics in 1991.
I'm fairly familiar with the original series, having most of Truman's original run and scattered issues after that (I never did feel any of the later artists worked out quite as well as Truman, although I thought Tom Mandrake did okay). From what I could piece together, the story seemed to get pretty convoluted in the second half of the original series, with clones, time travel, re-incarnation and who knows what else. So it's probably for the best that for this return they've opted to go back in time and tell a story from some years before the original series, which explores some backstory that had been mentioned before, including the origin of Grimjack's ownership of Munden's Bar.
The book opens with the end of the Dancer Rebellion, at a time when John Gaunt / Grimjack is a member of the Trans-Dimensional Police in the multi-dimensional city of Cynosure, partnered up with Roscoe. Following the requisite bloodshed, we find out how Grimjack got from there to a member of the secret police Cadre, then jumps to his final mission for them, which forms the rest of this book.
Truman's art is excellent as always. Still very much in the style of the original work, but he's gotten much more polished and detailed in the two decades since. The whole "multi-dimensional" thing is obviously a convenient excuse for him to draw whatever interests him, so there's always a great mix of sci-fi, fantasy, historical and modern elements.
Ostrander gets back into the old rhythm as well. It's the old mix of pulp adventure in a fantastic setting. I'm not sure how it'll read to someone not familiar with the original series, but it seems that enough of the backstory is given early on to get people up to speed, and for the most part this story doesn't depend on the earlier stuff. He's also free to put in a lot more adult elements now, in terms of language, sex and violence, and he seems quite happy to use this new liberty. It's a nicely dense story compared to a lot of modern comics, with some interesting concepts open to explore, and a lot of surprises while still feeling comfortably familiar to those who read the original series.
Ostrander and Truman are apparently still at work on the next chapter in the Grimjack saga, whatever form that will take. I look forward to it.


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Just like a trader, you are solely responsible for every day exchanging actions and behavior. Every day exchanging success is determined by how you act while exchanging. Listed below are 3 problem day exchanging behaviors that ensure failure. Fortunately, all of them are within the control of the trader and is remedied:
Problem Day Exchanging Behavior #1: Day Exchanging Without Any Strategy
Traders who enter industry without any strategy are immediately baffled. We are not speaking of a exchanging plan, however a method. Your exchanging plan will specify trade setup criteria, risk parameters, markets and periods traded, and so forth. Your strategy notifys you how you can implement your exchanging plan in our market.
In preparing a great strategy you will have completely assessed market conditions. The task in the strategy is always to identify where the next trade setup will most likely occur, based on your assessment. If, for example, you are each day trader as well as the current trend remains tabs on no evidence of concentrated selling, you perfectly risk turning to purchase morning weakness against an important support level. Getting a casino game plan gives you proper points where you can think about a trade. Set up market functions differently from everything you expect, there is a reference out of which to assess the marketplace action. Getting no strategy enhances the odds you will be making random trades. Produce a strategy each night inside your nightly preparation. problem
Problem Day Exchanging Behavior #2: Exchanging With A Lot Of Size
Novice traders go to a market move and think, "Essentially traded this with 10 more contracts, I'd make actual money!" Ideas similar to this bring a trader downhill very fast.
Professional traders maintain their risk under 2.5% for each trade. It is because there's a proper respect for your probabilistic nature of exchanging. Even when a trade setup looks perfect, there's still an absolute probability it'll fail. Simply how much might be lost and the way easier to manage the risk could be the prime consideration for your pro. The novice's attention is all about just how much profit will probably be made. Exchanging a lot of size places the trader well outdoors reasonable risk parameters. Any mistake might be account-damaging. Learn management of their money and hang up an accountable risk threshold you do not violate while exchanging.
Problem Day Exchanging Behavior #3: Adding To Some Losing Trade
This is often a seriously poor exchanging behavior. Referred to as "averaging lower," you boost the position and average the entry cost lower just like a marketplace is the alternative of the original position. The idea is always that getting a lesser average cost from the trade, you'll be able to exit gracefully if the reverses or pulls back. This works many occasions, but lulls the trader into the truth that a losing trade or mistake can almost always be remedied. And not the situation.
A exchanging friend routinely "averaged lower" because he experienced trouble in the trade. Eventually, industry really went against him. He ongoing to improve a losing position, thinking he'd fix his error. He added lots of losing contracts that his broker finally required to a part of and shut the career. He lost over $300,000 in this particular one exchange eventually. Avoid this insufficient habit by cutting losing trades quickly.


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Microsoft Ditches Bing Cashback
Microsoft announced Friday that it will shut down the Bing Cashback feature effective July 30, due to lack of interest.
"After a couple of years of trying, we did not see the broad adoption that we had hoped for," Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's online audience business group, wrote in a blog post.
Bing Cashback debuted in May 2008 as Live Search Cashback. It offered users cash back on purchases made through the Microsoft search engine. The feature attracted more than 1,000 merchant partners, but that did not translate into users.
"We are taking all the learning from the effort and putting it into some new programs for you and our advertisers designed to provide amazing shopping experiences for consumers and great opportunities for advertisers," Mehdi wrote.
He promised more details on those programs later this summer.
For current users, it's "business as usual" until 9pm Pacific time on July 30, he said. After that, the service will discontinue, but users will have one year to redeem earned cashback. Microsoft will also provide 12 months of customer support.


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Wolf Hall won Hilary Mantel the Booker Prize for her account of Thomas Cromwell, and the role he played in the ascension of Anne Boleyn to the throne. I absolutely loved the book. Through Cromwell, Mantel found a fresh take on the Tudor era that we all know so well. The book was huge, but encompassed a very specific period of events, and ended, I thought, perfectly, so I was not without trepidation when I heard that it would now be the first in a trilogy. Would she ruin that ending - leaving us with our own knowledge of history to fill in the gaps - by fleshing it out for us? By the time Bring Up The Bodies arrived in its resplendent crimson and gold cover on bookshelves, my appetite had got the better of me. I couldn't wait to dive back into Mantel's version of Tudor England. It didn't disappoint.
Rising up from his origins as a common London boy, Cromwell is now an established, powerful figure at court. He is the man Henry VIII trusts to get things done, and not without good reason. The only thing Cromwell cannot do is magic up the son Henry is so desperate for. Having rid him of one wife, it falls to Cromwell to rid him of the second. As we all know, this will end with Anne Boleyn on the executioners block, and Jane Seymour on the throne. It is how Cromwell, the Seymours, and the Boleyns get there that is so thrilling.
As familiar as the history is, the novel is about Cromwell. It is told exclusively from his point of view. Unusually, considering this is the case, Mantel does not use first person (I), but rather the third (he). We sit inside Cromwell's head, and yet we are kept at ever so slight a distance by this choice of voice. It is the same technique used in Wolf Hall, with one slight difference. In the first book some readers found the unrelenting use of 'he' difficult to keep track of. For this novel, where Mantel thinks there may be some confusion as to who 'he' is, she specifies 'he, Cromwell'. It does reduce the confusion that, I admit, I found a little distracting at the beginning of Wolf Hall until I got the hang of it. It also adds something to the text. In a sense his name becomes his own epithet. Cromwell becomes this incredibly solid presence, instead of the slippery figure he could be in Wolf Hall. This Cromwell is a powerful figure; his name invokes fear at court. Henry VIII might need his title to invoke his sense of power - Cromwell needs only his name.
Cromwell is a fantastic character: intelligent and cunning. If you are lucky he is a loyal friend; if not, being on Cromwell's bad side is a dangerous place to be. He is an admirable character, and perhaps just likeable enough, despite his ruthlessness. Mantel does a fabulous job of fleshing him out as a man. His mind wanders throughout his life, flitting to memories of his childhood, his time in Europe, and the wife and two daughters who died young.
The dead hover throughout this novel, haunting Cromwell. Not without reason is the second group in the list of characters at the front of the book 'The Dead'. It would be impossible to understand without knowledge, not just of his family, but also of the executed Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas More. A particularly beautiful passage at the beginning of the book, regarding Cromwell's sometime adversary, Thomas More, was for me the moment I sunk completely into the world of this novel
What could he do but splash to the scaffold, on a day in July when the torrents never stopped, except for a brief hour in the evening and that too late for Thomas More; he died with his hose wet, splashed to the knees, and his feet paddling like a duck's. He doesn't exactly miss the man. It's just that sometimes, he forgets he's dead. It's as if they're deep in conversation, and suddenly the conversation stops, he says something and no answer comes back. As if they'd been walking along and More had dropped into a hole in the road, a pit as deep as a man, slopping with rainwater.
Other deaths haunt this novel. Because it is historical fiction, we know how it ends. Two deaths are important to our understanding, the first being the inevitable death of Henry VIII. The precarious position England would find itself in at his death is bought home by a historical occurrence early in the novel: Henry's jousting accident in 1536. He was badly injured - it is said it was believed to be fatal at the time - and it is known that within days Anne had miscarried a male child. Mantel makes clear, through Cromwell's frantic mind, that if the King dies, England would be on the brink of civil war. Henry may be verging on the tyrannical at this point, but an England without Henry is unthinkable. Anne's failure to produce an heir is now unforgivable.
The second death is that of Cromwell himself. I know when his life ends, I can look up the exact date of his death. I know the means, but I don't really know the how. Nor does Cromwell. He does know that a world without Henry VIII is not one that will be kind to him. His position at court is dependant on Henry's goodwill. Mind you, this could be said of almost anybody. Cromwell has the advantage - while Henry is alive, if he is clever enough, ruthless enough, he can stay in Henry's favour. Therefore he does whatever it takes to keep Henry happy. Perhaps the key lines to the novel are these thoughts as the trial of the men accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn approaches
He needs guilty men. So he has found men who are guilty. Though perhaps not guilty as charged.
Mantel assumes a certain level of historical knowledge, and plays with it. She plants seeds of ideas throughout the novel, hinting at what we know for these peoples' future. She stays within the facts of history, but it is her ideas of how it unfolds that make it so gripping. The biggest criticism that can be made of this book is that it is so clearly a second book in the trilogy; it just isn't quite satisfying enough - I immediately wanted the third book to read, which is hardly the sign of a bad book. It may be familiar ground to that covered in Wolf Hall, but it is such an interesting period of history that there are plenty of ideas for Mantel to explore. I enjoyed every page; the prose, the characters and the Tudor world are all beautifully rendered.


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Owl Sling Bag
Keeps the phone safe, wallet secure and yourself comfortable!
This cross body cotton sling is great to accommodate keys, some cash, phone and ID Card. It will also make a great gift for little girls. The denim blue, one of our favorites, goes with every outfit. What a cute gift for a young girls or her mom 🙂
- Exterior Details: Blue cotton fabric and has an Owl motif embroidered over the front.
- Interior Details: Blue Fabric
- Material: Cotton Fabric
- Colour: Denim Blue, multicolour embroidery
- Measurements: 14 cms x 15 cms & 45cms drop
- Region: Made in India
Please note: as the item is entirely handmade it may vary slightly from the photographs.
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Product Description
The Owl Trend: Hoo Knew?
The owl is a decor trend that has been there all along in some shape or form since the 1900's. Through taxidermy, design inlay on a leather piece or stitched in to a hanky, these mysterious night creatures have been a part of our culture as a piece of interest for a very long time.
The recent trend of owls has picked up on a new level of design, playing off of vintage styles with a modern day twist that makes them fascinating and simply adorable from everything home decor, holiday ornaments, fashion and party decor.
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Bowen Technique is a very gentle therapy and yet it releases stress at a deep level and allows the body to heal itself. There is no forcing the body to change. Bowen is suitable for people of all ages. It treats the whole body. The question is, can Bowen help you? The best way to find out it to talk to people who have experienced Bowen Technique, or try a session for yourself.
Here are some reasons why clients seek out a Bowen Therapist:
- muscular-skeletal issues
- back pain
- neck pain
- frozen shoulder, tennis elbow
- accident and sports injuries
- stress and tension
- posture and body alignment
- bronchial and related conditions
- emotional stress
There is a lot of information on the BTPA website which I would encourage you to have a look through.
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So Top Cow was kind enough to let me write a peace of added content for tracker, a CSI meets Werewolfs storyline. Even though my name has been in the Top Cow books for a few months now, having my name not under intern on having a page on what I conrtibuted is pretty cool. Ill be posting some stuff im doing to try and get in as an artist. So even though my posts arent always that regular I hope that you find it worth checking in to see whats up. Thanks for tunning in, see you on the flip side.
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Caesar Salad Face Off
An all time favorite, the Caesar Salad. Probably the first time you ordered a salad for a meal, it was a Caesar. In all its simplicity, the lettuce, a rich dressing, cheese and croutons, tossed together in a surprisingly filling bowl of creamy and crisp goodness. And let's face it, you don't order a this if you are counting calories, unless you have the dressing on the side, but what's the fun in that? If I'm ordering a Caesar salad, I want every inch of it drenched in dressing. because the dressing is really the star of this salad.
It could be creamy, similar to a vinaigrette, or somewhere in the middle, but what really makes this dressing is the flavor. The Anchovies. The salty little fish that come in cans packed in oil are the essence of this classic. However, this flavor can be impersonated as we have a Vegan version coming your way. Susan, using some Vegan Parmesan and a Vegan Worcestershire sauce, was able to recreate the Caesar flavor for her salad. Mine has a base of kale, but uses most of the traditional ingredients to pay homage to the original.
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Batesville, Mississippi Pet Friendly Hotels & Lodging
Looking for a hotel in Batesville, MS that you can bring your pet to? We made sure that each one of the hotels below are pet friendly, so you can enjoy your trip with your pet by your side! Once you have found a pet friendly hotel, you can book your stay instantly from our website or call 866-212-1803 to speak with a pet travel agent.
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Days Inn by Wyndham Batesville welcomes pets at their pet friendly accommodation. Up to 2 pets are allowed. The pet fee is $10 per pet, per night.


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On Tour May 26th – May 30th
Author J. Kahele
About the Author
Kahele is a mother of three daughters and lives life via email. She has recently been introduced to Twitter and finds it quite captivating. She enjoys long walks and a good book to cuddle up to. Writing is her addiction and believe it or not it helps her relax after a long day in the hustle and bustle of the nine to five job.
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Purchase Links: Amazon
About the Book
A simple trip to the attorneys turns into a life changing moment for 22 year old Jenna Kramer, when she encounters Andrew Carington for the first time. Their desire for each other is so deep that an affair ensues quickly. But Jenna's abusive and controlling husband Senator Benjamin Kramer will never give her up and soon Jenna finds herself plummeting into dangerous grounds. Book Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohu5UboRxds The Featured Video
Promotion May 26th – May 30th Mon. May 26th – Video Feature/Guest Post Spotlight at IndieWritersReview and (Premium Stop)- Face Book Feature with Author Jeanne White Face Book Tues. May 27th –(8pmcst/9pmest )30 Minute Face Book chat w/ Host Michelle Cornwell-Jordan IndieReview Behind The Scenes on Face Book and Video Feature (Premium Stop) Author Ronda Caudill's Ronda's Book Reviews Wed. May 28th- (8pmcst/9pmest) TwitterChat w/ Host Michelle Cornwell-Jordan- Follow HashTag #MPTour…Plus… Guest Post/Video Feature at Culture Shock (Premium Stop) Thurs. May 29th- Video Feature (Book Trailers) at IndieReview Behind The Scenes TV…Plus Excerpt/Video Feature at The BiaLog (Premium Stop) Fri. May 30th- Interview Post at Write Indie: Musings of a WriterGeek and (Premium Stop) Guest Post Feature with Author Dominique Jordan Bella Online Editor
Maverick Promotion"Artists Not Afraid To Think Outside The Box" ©Michelle Cornwell-Jordan


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