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StickyJune 15, 2016Travelroad trip,yosemite,hyundai genesis
Our road trip up the Central California coast peaked in Yosemite. Where Hearst Castle was the most magical part of the journey, Yosemite was the most memorable.
When we booked the hotel from the comfort of our San Diego home without any knowledge of the size of Yosemite National Park and the roads in and out, it seemed like a 10 minute drive each way. That didn't actually work, and each day we were there we spent at least 60 minutes on the road to and from the park. Some people (including two in the car we were driving) might think that was a poor decision, but as always, I tried to see the positive in it. And as we drove back and forth, we had the most fun looking into the forests for waterfalls, burnt trees mixed with thriving, towering Pines, and the occasional herd of deer.
At one point, we pulled off the road leaving Yosemite's famous wall face to look around and found a wooded area that looked an awful lot like the speeder chase scene from the Return of the Jedi.
The sheer beauty of Yosemite is inspiring. We planned to stay in the area for another day but were told that President Obama would be there the next day and that traffic would be insane, so we decided to leave a day early. But I'll always want to go back. Look at these pictures!
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StickyJune 14, 2016Traveltravel,hearst castle,road trip
[dropcap custom_class="normal"] T [/dropcap]he drive took more than 6 hours, up the coast from San Diego, through L.A., winding our way through Santa Barbara, and eventually looping back a bit to take the coastal road more than an hour into what seemed like a dead end highway. Then there it was.
We'd just spent a night in Solvang and really enjoyed the Swedish town and all its charms. But this was an entirely different experience. It came with awe and wonder. I was seriously blown away.
If you haven't ever made the trip, it won't disappoint. The "Castle" is much more than a residence with stone walls; it's an architectural wonder, built over nearly 30 years, and overlooks an entire expanse of coastal property void of any other building or sense of community as far as you can see from atop the hill. Rolling golden hills and the Pacific Ocean are the only things within view, and that's all you need to take in, frankly.
William Randolph Hearst was the mastermind behind the estate. A media mogul with as much money as anyone in America has ever seen, Hearst's genius is world-renowned. And his passions were limitless.
According to the Hearst Castle website, Hearst owned the largest newspapers and media publications. He collected thousands of fine art pieces the world over, with a seemingly endless capacity and desire to buy more. He ran for and won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Congressman from New York in 1902, and many years later entertained British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S President Calvin Coolidge at the Castle (in addition to dozens of Hollywood celebrities and sports stars).
As we walked through the halls, taking pictures of the incredible collection of art pieces, ornate decor, rugs, ceiling frescos, armor, vast dining halls and Hearst's personal study, from which he managed the country's most influential newspapers, the feeling of awe was powerful. How could someone make this much money? How do you finance a 28-year building project and still stay afloat? Room after room revealed one treasure after another. And we only went on two of the tours offered.
In addition to the main home, Hearst built expansive pools (the kind you'd see at the Palace of Versailles, built for King Louis XIV), additional homes, vast gardens with statues littered throughout, and to top it off, he established his own personal zoo on the property, with giraffes, lions, and more.
I've yet to go to Europe, but I can't imagine it would have anything on this place. I think what makes Hearst Castle even more incredible is that it wasn't built by centuries old monarchies or on the backs of peasants. Hearst Castle was simply one man's dream, and through hard work and decades of commitment, it stands today as a living American marvel.
No matter how old or young you are, believe me, this trip up the coast is one you must take.
For more information, check out Travel Caffeine's Hearst Castle Tips and Review. Phenomenal photos.
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[dropcap custom_class="wh"] T [/dropcap]he packet said For Your Eyes Only. Inside was a brief on the current situation, with the Soviet Union positioning itself to march into Iran and capture its oil fields. The information I had indicated that western civilization would end if the Soviets were allowed to take Iran. I was the President of the United States, and it was my job to keep that from happening at all costs, even if that meant using nuclear weapons to do so.
This was a Cold War simulation in Boston, where I was paired with some of the best thinkers at Harvard, and pitted against a 40-year expert in Soviet affairs. I'd asked for the role because I wanted to experience the pressure our leaders face when making decisions that impact the world. What I learned was invaluable.
The scenario was simple on paper, but overly complex in reality, and designed intentionally to exploit the differences in governmental leadership between the two superpowers. On the US side, I had a cabinet of twelve, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (an actual officer from the Naval War College in full dress), my Chief of Staff (Professor Tom Nichols, Naval War College), and nine others from across the country. None of them had all of the information, and no one knew what I did.
There was a larger Soviet team, as well as a United Nations contingent and a Press Corps.
And the weekend proved to be one of the most exhilarating and exhausting 72 hours on the job that I've experienced.
I've led weekend-long brainstorm sessions and business workshops, but this was different. This came with the pressure I'd put on myself--a test I needed to endure. Could I be a good US President?
"Even in a simulation, the idea of going to war and using nuclear weapons is intense."
September 18, 2015My Life As A Single Dad
I lost my first wife, Jeseca, to cancer eight years ago. Why start with that? Well, because it was the most difficult situation I've ever faced, and it has shaped nearly every action I've taken in my life since. Something happens when you lose the person you love more than anyone in the world—it forces you to consider a number of things: why you loved them, what you did right and what you did wrong, how you can possibly go on, etc. But the piece that really matters comes when you can logically ask Why. "Why did this happen to me?" As I thought and prayed about it, I realized something critically important: Losing my wife didn't happen to me. Rather, the life we had together strengthened who I am; and despite the pain, her death forged a deeper sense of character within me, and it would influence any thought I had of moving forward.
Somewhere between the first and second years as a widowed single dad, I started praying about the next woman in my life. It wasn't that I was ready…I definitely wasn't. But I was able to outline some very specific characteristics in the woman I might someday bring into the family culture I had worked so hard to cultivate. I never considered that God would steer me in the direction of a woman who'd never had sex before, didn't know what it was to be a mom, and was so strict in her convictions that terms such as "date" and "boyfriend" took on monumentally different meanings. In the end, though, a small voice assured me that Lindsey Nicole Isham was the woman we needed. And boy did I fight it.
You see, I'd read Lindsey's book. A friend dropped it off a day or so after she launched her speaking tour. Within those 200 or so pages, she spoke about the man of her dreams; a man she had yet to meet. As I turned every page, I knew more and more that she was talking about me.
I reached out with an email, encouraging her to keep standing strong (just as I had been after losing my wife). Several letters later, we decided to meet, and over the course of three years we developed a friendship, flirted with dating and the very-scary-for-me title of "boyfriend/girlfriend," went to a few TV auditions for one another, landed on TLC together, and then in front of millions of people across the country, I proposed to her on ABC's The View. Four months later, with an incredible San Diego skyline serving as the backdrop, Lindsey and I officially began our journey together.
The reception was one of the best nights of our lives, and as we chatted with friends and family, shared laughs together and performed our elegantly choreographed opening number, I'm sure there was one question on the minds of everyone in attendance: How is tonight going to go? Believe me, that's what Lindsey and I were wondering as we checked into the La Costa Resort and Spa to spend our very first night together. I'll leave the rest of that story for Lindsey, but what I can tell you is from that night on, Lindsey and I have developed an incredible relationship due almost entirely to the fact that she saved herself for marriage. How can that be true? There are several reasons, but most of all is the very real fact that men care about how they please the woman in their life. Call it pride or just being a guy; it's real. And with that comes one big question: "Am I better than anyone else she's been with?" Believe me, no matter how narcissistic the man, that question exists in his head. Lindsey, because of how she lived and the stance she took, removed that thought from our relationship, and it has given us the opportunity to build a relationship based on trust, incredible intimacy, and a great sense of excitement for the future God has for us. God has that for you, too. All you have to do is wait.
June 27, 2015Politics
With today's US Supreme Court ruling on marriage in America and the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges, we are already hearing an outpouring of support from celebrities and others in the media. How should Christian America respond? I think the best response, ironically, is one that it should already have been using: Love.
I lost my wife, Jeseca, to cancer eight years ago. What ensued was an emotional battle that challenged me in every way, from how I would survive the heartbreaking loss of the woman I'd grown to love and cherish for 12 years to the new adventure of single parenting and leading two young boys through their own grief and hardship. A year or so after Jeseca died, a friend of mine lost his partner and asked if we could go to lunch to talk through what he was feeling.
As we sat in the popular Hillcrest cafe, "Jeff" brought back all of the vivid emotions I felt when Jeseca died, without even mentioning her name. He was recounting the memories he had of his partner—the ups and downs, the fun times and the arguments, the sadness and the regrets. But the loss…the loss came through so strongly! And as much as I wanted to resist it, one incredibly profound but simple thought entered my mind: Jeff loved his partner as much as I loved my wife.
It was profound because I had recently supported Prop 8 and the effort to keep marriage between a man and a woman in California. The issue was a political lightning rod that was being pushed to the extremes on both sides, with the extreme right arguing for political boundaries based on religious principle and the far left politicizing everything and accusing anyone who didn't agree with them of being afraid or bigoted. Neither side was entirely right, of course, but neither did they talk from the middle, where people live and breathe and feel. It was Jeff's feelings about his loss, more than anything else, that showed me that love is real for everyone. And it challenged me to go beyond the rhetoric and examine who I am as a man of faith striving constantly to model integrity for my boys.
"Changed understandings of marriage are characteristic of a Nation where new dimensions of freedom become apparent to new generations." – US Supreme Court
If I read my bible right, I don't see a Jesus who sided with the religious right or those who continually rejected the "sinful." Rather, I see someone filled with mercy and grace who went out of his way to associate with those the pious condemned. And if I'm reading it right, he didn't do it for political gain. He did it to show them a love that transcends differences, boundaries and social norms. He went for their hearts. He changed understandings.
Politically, gay marriage will continue to be divisive. In dissent of today's 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John G. Roberts wrote, "If you are among the many Americans who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today's decision. Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal. Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits. But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it."
With that said, Christians may not have the luxury of taking a political position anymore. Instead, we should consider Jesus' model of love over the next several days as we contemplate where and how we align with the new dawn on marriage in America. It may be the very thing that changes society's understanding of Christianity.
June 18, 2011My Life As A Single Dad
Just looking at this familiar, but so far removed from present life screen is strange. It's been so long since I've had the chance, or even the interest to write again. And now......well, where do I begin?
I made some changes to the site this week. To gain perspective on how long it's actually been, my age read that I was still 36. Time sure presses on. But after Monday's appearance on the Today Show, I realize that I still have much to do and say.
I receive quotes from a friend of mine each day. They're sent automatically, but the quote from Thursday was appropriate for who I am, who I was recognized to be this week (Hottest Single Dad in America), and for tomorrow (Father's Day 2011).
My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." ~Clarence B Kelland
I hope this will be the beginning of another great segment in time.
November 6, 2009My Life As A Single Dad
It's been a long time since I've written, and I've missed it. I've made myself busy; I've spent time on other things and with other people. But now I want to come back here and begin a different journey. I want to explore what it is to be a man. A real man. I don't like the word authentic...I think it's too cliche today. But I'm driven to become the man I'm supposed to be, and perhaps even take some men with me along the way.
I've spent the past 2+ years trying to become a better man than I was in my two previous lives (as a baseball player and when I was married). I've become a P90X fanatic. I've learned how to cook nearly everything you want to eat. I've broadened my interests in music and movies, and even done some interior decorating to make our condo feel tranquil for the three of us. I've put myself on video for the world to see and entertained the idea of a reality TV show with five different production studios.
I've met incredible, beautiful women, grown my hair out as long as I could stand it, and spoken to 500+ athletes about what it is to trust God in the middle of what seems to be a nightmare. I've thought about one day becoming the President of the United States, writing a best seller, and/or chasing the impossible dream of playing on the PGA Tour.
But what matters most to me are the two young men living at home with me. Do they know what it takes to be a man? Having lost their mom at such young ages, have they seen in me the courage and faith required to make it through the toughest challenges with grace? Time will tell, right?
That's where I want to go now. I want to show them how to be the best men they can be. To be honest at all costs. To be chivalrous. To reach beyond their own grasp on faith, and trust that God will raise them up when the time is right. To never give up. To honor women. And to be courageous when they're scared.
So what makes a man a man? That's what I want to teach them. And that's where this site may turn to next.
August 3, 2009My Life As A Single Dad
The boys are back again! Well, that's not entirely true. Now they're at their aunt April's house camping out for the next few days, but at least they're back in California. We're just two weeks away from the second anniversary of Jeseca's death and the beginning of the third official school year at The Rock Academy. And perhaps something even more amazing looms.........
I've been going through old video over the past few days, and have taken some new footage of the 3GBs. Two of those videos are below. The first is of all of us at the ice skating rink around Christmas just before Jeseca was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2003; the second is from Friday's hair cut session at Sweet Salon in Ocean Beach. We are all so much younger, and yours truly doesn't look nearly as burdened or weathered by the storms that came immediately afterward. But you know what? We're all still smiling because God has given us the hope to go on. He's a great God...
July 17, 2009My Life As A Single Dad
Yeah, my boys have left town. They're in Indiana right now and the house is so quiet...so different. I found these photos of a tour of the airport they recently took while I was working away. Aren't they so cute? Hilarious that Christian hit Everen with Rabbit Ears! Love this one... And where in the world do boys get this idea that they have to flex? I just don't get it... My boys are growing up. They are charming and handsome...much more so than their dad. And they show such promise. I read in the Psalms the other night that brothers who live in unity are extraordinary (it actually said they're like oil dripping down Aaron's beard, but somehow I have a hard time grasping the greatness in that). Most of the time they do live in unity, and I'm so proud of them for that.
Have fun guys!!!!!!!!! I love you.
July 9, 2009My Life As A Single Dad
I heard Daughtry's new album yesterday. I know it's not out yet, but through Rhapsody I was able to listen to it a week before its release. I like Daughtry for some reason, and this album's pretty good. One of the most touching songs is called Tennessee Line. It starts with, "I opened my lungs to breathe in forgiveness and love..." What a great beginning......
I've begun thinking about love again. I've thought about it before, but as I approach two years without Jeseca I'm beginning to appreciate how profound love actually is. That may seem weird since I fulfilled my vow to stand by her side for the rest of her life. I guess I've only just begun to understand the depth and courage it took, and takes today, to say Yes to someone and promise that, through thick and thin, you'll be there to see him or her through.
I think love starts all of us on our journeys, anyway. Your first car, first job, first bank account, first trip...none of those work when it comes to our hearts. Love makes our blood rush and our hearts pound, and gives us that unique sense of purpose that comes with knowing that someone cares so much about you that nothing would keep them from standing next to you on your darkest day. Isn't that what we all want?
When you have it and it's suddenly taken from you, whether through death or divorce, life as you know it changes drastically, too. Love is gone, and life means something new entirely. It becomes about survival. It becomes about the task at hand. It becomes about your job, your money, your car, your trips, your whatever... Love is gone, so what else is there?
I get it. Trust me, I never took the time to really ponder how special it was to have someone by my side through all of the bad days. Life was running fast and I was keeping up. If you're married, don't do that. Don't keep up. Look at your wife or husband and know that you are one of the lucky ones who found that person who promised his or her life to you because they love you. They chose you. Spin it all you want, but that's phenomenal.
See, what's most amazing about love, genuine love that puts another person above yourself, is that it's not about you at all. Yes, we want to hear that we are loved. We want to feel it coming back before we jump. But if you're honest with yourself, you don't love someone after hearing them say they love you. You either love them or you don't. And that's why meeting someone who will love you back, someone who chooses to stand by your side through the ups and downs of this life, is an absolute miracle in a world polluted with the search for money and sex.
As 1 Corinthians 13 says, "Love is patient, love is kind. It doesn't envy, it doesn't boast, it is not proud. It's not rude, it's not self-seeking, it's not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love doesn't delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails."
I want that chance again; the chance to love someone better and stronger than I've ever loved before. I know I'll blow it. But I will relish showing someone again that I can be better and stronger and gentler and funnier and happier every day we're together.
Ahh, the perspective of a hopelessly romantic widower...just what you needed, right? Think about it. It's pretty special to have someone say they love you, isn't it?


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Olympus OM-D M5 with Kowa 884
I would use this with the TSN-PA7 adapter and want to know if anyone is using this set up and what are your reactions to it? I love the scope and not sure if I should stick with my Nikon D7100 or get the Oly for the five axis stabilization and no mirror slap. Any help welcome.
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I've been using an Olympus E-M1 on a different scope, and I own the Nikon D7100 & D7200. I would definitely recommend the current Olympus mirrorless cameras for digiscoping. Although the Olympus image stabilization is fantastic, in my opinion it is not very important for digiscoping. When you are digiscoping the focal lengths are so long that you really must use a tripod and avoid all possible sources of vibration for best results. I usually use a remote shutter release. The real advantages of the Olympus EM-1 and EM-5II cameras for digiscoping are the following, in my opinion:
1. Electronic shutter eliminates all vibration. It can introduce some unwanted effects if the subject is moving, but the super high frame rate can often make up for small movements (i.e., the bird is often perfectly still for at least 1 frame out of a burst). Not every Olympus OM-D camera has an electronic shutter, but it is a big help. The original E-M5 doesn't have it. I'm not sure about the E-M10 models.
2. Focus peaking in combination with magnifying the bird on the LCD/EVF allows nailing the focus perfectly.
3. Tilting LCD screen. The D7100/D7200 don't have it; Olympus OM-D bodies do. Tilting the LCD really helps a lot when digiscoping. Often you have only moments to aim the scope and set-up your shot. When your targets are at all different angles of elevation, you will find the ability to quickly adjust the LCD screen angle for optimal viewing is a big plus.
These are the biggies for me, but others might also add the more compact size/weight of the OM-D cameras, and less chance of vignetting at high powers. Finally, regardless of what camera you use for digiscoping, I recommend some sort of red-dot sight. Olympus sells an excellent one, the EE-1, that mounts on any standard flash hot shoe. Some may say it is overpriced, but I can tell you it works marvelously to help speed target acquisition.
Good luck!
PS. Actually the much higher continuous frame rate on the Olympus is another advantage, especially in combination with the vibrationless electronic shutter. Also, by the way, most of the Olympus advantages would also hold true for other micro-4/3 mirrorless cameras, for example some Panasonic models, but others will have to help with those options.
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No, I had been to a new restaurant off Park Lane by the Odeon Cinema in Mansfield and I was just trying to leave the car park to get back onto Nottingham Road.
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Law enforcement is a dangerous occupation. Training, experience and back up from your fellow officers help off set these dangers. I'm all in favor of having "guidelines" and traininig for officers on how and when to conduct a foot pursuit, but to set rules is beyond my comprehension. Bad guys run from the police, police catch bad guys. It's been that way since the beginning. If cops aren't allowed to go after the bad guys then what's the sense. It's what we do. It's what we are suppose to do. If cops don't go after the bad guys, who will? There will always be danger in law enforcemet, it's our training, experience and back up that make the difference.
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Gee, "de-escalation" described here sounds like just turning your back and walking away. God forbid if an armed and dangerous felon gets shot. Where will this crap end?? Glad I'm retiring in 3 years.
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Not susprising...in Phoenix or anywhere elseChicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the C.P.D. has gone "fetal".What did he expect after two outsiders as Superintendent, cutting their ranks by over 3,000, shifting supervision responsibilities of Watch Commanders and Captains to Sergeants. Not to mention everything else like Ferguson.For more details: www.secendcitycop.blogspot.com
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Ken you have it correct, police work comes down to the officer at the scene not on rules that try to control each move they make. Im sorry but foot pursuits can be dangerous but are part of police work They want to "de-escalate"they will if they prohibit solo pursuits altogether since Phx, like most cities, have solo units. If they want Cops to just stop doing police work have the balls to say so and admit they do not want any confrontation (or police work) done at all. Then we will have a completely politically correct "de-escalated" non confrontational friendly (but altogether useless) police force. I am glad that Im retired. The clowns that think of this rules are amazingly uneducated in police work and common sense and way over educated with degrees. Crime fighting is not optional, its not a sport,its not 100% non confrontational and can't be arm chair quarterbacked from the chief's office, unless you want (will get) do nothing, non law enforcing cops on the street. ASU butt out!


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Thanks for dropping by for the next part of our story, finding potential Homes in Portugal. Check out moving to Portugal if you missed part 1 and you can catch up on how we made our decision to move to Portugal and change our little family's lives forever.
This week we have been doing some more packing as it's now only 25 days until we move the kids over to the new place in Portugal… Scary stuff!
Logan – our 5-year-old is excited about the move but perhaps a little confused, this week she asked me if we can take the garden with us to the new house, and that's not the funniest thing I've heard her say over the last few months. It must be so hard to understand; however, I know they will adjust pretty fast, probably much faster than the grown-ups.
Now back to last week's discussion, we fell in love with Portugal in an instant. The next challenge was finding a home.
I think we must defenitely hold an unofficial world record for the couple who have visited the Rightmove Overseas website the most times ever, that's a fact! We searched for months and months and months.
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I know we sound really fussy, but we wanted a forever home that could be perfect. We wanted remote but not so far away that we would struggle for schools and shops, we wanted good weather, somewhere very quiet with a beautiful view, somewhere we would have space for family visiting and an office for my work and a studios for my videography and of course a huge kitchen or at least space for one (every food blogger needs one). Okay, maybe we are a little fussy!
So we went off home after the second visit with the thought of leaving it for a little while and putting the whole thing on the back burner.
Of course, our little Rightmove Overseas addiction couldn't stop itself from popping up. I had always done my searches online by defining 4-5 bedrooms on the search filter so it totally escaped me that the perfect 10 bedroom place had been there the whole time. But as fate might have it, one day I forgot to specify the number of bedrooms and up it popped, a 10 bedroom house advertised for half the price of some of the places we had been shown already with 3 bedrooms.
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This time we followed them in our rental car to the house, it felt like the 20-minute journey took forever. As we drove through the winding roads in the mountains with the suspense of when are we going to stop. Around every corner, we were expecting to see this house. The views were breath-taking, and that was very near the top of our list of wants!
Eventually, the car in front stopped and we saw the house high up above us on the right, as we looked over to the left we had the most stunning view of the valley and a small village, it couldn't have been in a more perfect location. I was praying the house would be just as perfect. I really didn't want to look at any more Homes in Portugal.
We got out the car and just looked at each other in awe, we had a steep climb up a rough drive to get to the house. Straight away my builder husband was seeing issues with the property, and I was dying inside because I was totally in love with it without even going inside. However, when they did unlock the door and we stepped inside, I couldn't believe my eyes.
An overwhelmingly large hallway looked like It never ended, it felt so grand I immediately could picture the kids running along playing hide and seek. The first floor was in surprisingly good condition considering this was a 10-bedroom house for a price we couldn't even buy a garage for in the UK.
There was 5 large bedrooms a huge dining and living area and a pretty big kitchen with the perfect space for a pantry next to it. All really good so far, though I was really not sure what Kevin was thinking at all. Next, they took us to the upstairs part of the house and it was another huge hallway same as downstairs but this part of the house was unfinished, which was perfect, a blank canvas for Kevin to go to work on. The most important thing was there was plenty space for an office and studio for creating the Food Blog and Food Videos.
We then headed out to the garden which was more of a neglected hillside, but I could certainly see the potential, but did Kevin? I really couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
Then we walked down to the front of the house, so they could show us the basement… wow, a storage area the whole size of the house above. At this point a knew what Kevin was thinking, this was his dream, a large workshop area, a garden big enough for a pool and to grow vegetables, and a wine cellar. This was the point I knew if he was on the fence before he would now be totally convinced.
The estate agents left us to have a good walk around and we headed back inside, I literally felt like I couldn't breathe with anticipation of what he was going to say now we had a minute alone. I was so worried he wasn't going to like it. I just acted cool, and like I wasn't too bothered and said, "what do you think?" (I didn't want him to know how much I loved it because I didn't want him just to say what I wanted to hear) but he answered with… "I love it!"
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Check out our future posts on the progress with house renovations, business and anything else family life abroad might bring. Or, if you are just here for the food check out my Valentines dinner this year Braised Short Rib it really was one of the best meals I've served up. I really hope I can find quality meat like this when we move.


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I can totally relate to your post! :-) Very beautiful mask you've drawn!ReplyDelete
Housework!??!!? Never heard of it Von! ;DReplyDelete
Wow your mask is fantastic Von...I love the colours and detail.
As for those eyes...they are incredible!
I'd like to see the rest of her and her costume now please. :D
Have fun settling back into the groove next week. ;D
p.s. I fed your fish (in the sidebar) so that's another job off your chores list! Greedy little buggers aren't they?
Very very beautiful. The eyes are incredible. Bravo!ReplyDelete
Crafting always wins hands down in this house too. It just has to in my book :0)
I think it does have a feminine and eerie quality all at the same time since the drawing has no head. It is kinda like the housewife looking out through the artist mask! lol I love it, and glad to hear that artistry wins out over housework! waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)ReplyDelete
I do housework the same way you do ...when there's nothing else to do (and luckily there's always SOMEthing else to do!) - oh, and when it reaches the point where I really MUST do something, I rope Dan in to help - give him assignments of the stuff I don't like and I do the easy stuff :) Great mask ...hope I can get mine done today....ReplyDelete
I am also easily distracted from boring things like housework. ;)ReplyDelete
Love the mask...and the eyes! :)
Housework for me means Gracie's at her Spa Day and I take the Wee Cottage apart and clean it from one end to the other, then put each thing back in its spot. It is very tiny here and I actually live in my studio!! Fortunately Gracie doesn't mind her hair everywhere and I don't feel so compelled to clean as I once did. It's nice for her to have her little day of pampering so I can take it all apart and put it back like new. 300 square feet is just perfect for us...ReplyDelete
Anyhow, I find art wins over just about anything. But this morning I spent several good hours out pulling up all the weeds along the walkway back to the Wee Cottage. Gracie helped and rewarded me by laying happily in the weedless dirt. After I finished I gave her a bath [shower outside] and she spent another hour in the sun drying whilst I scrubbed at the patio. We've had so much rain here and it's yucky out there. I am sore tonight. VERY SORE. But happy, too.
And, least I forget my purpose here, I love this mask. And the eyes, wow, somewhat scary and then just mysterious. I guess it is too late for me to BE on here and I might just have to call it a day.
Gorgeous work, Von, really.
Love your mask and it's colors(which are Koi & water colors!) My favorite colors, too. Housework is just not what it is cracked up to be! Although I must say, when it is let go too long, I can't seem to find anything!ReplyDelete
So beautiful!! I love the colors you chose..really striking and a magical combo...truly stunning! and the eyes are fabulous! I would totally wear that mask!ReplyDelete
Art beats housework any day. Great mask, the colors are striking.ReplyDelete
Housework scmousework... who needs it... much more fun to paint the week away... now if only we could move that pesky school pick up back and hour or two... that would be something wouldn't it...xxReplyDelete
thanks for entering sweetie, I know you've been crazy busy so thanks for taking the time. I'm loving those eyes in the mask by the way!ReplyDelete
I love your mask, VonnyK. That shade of blue you chose along with the gold look perfect together. Blessings!ReplyDelete
Good to hear the art is winning.ReplyDelete
This is such a beautiful mask painted in beautiful colors! And I love the colors of your garden pots too!!!! Your blog is a great inspiration! Many thanks!ReplyDelete
I really love getting comments but due to a high amount of spam I had to take the anonymous user off of the comments. Sorry to those who can't leave a comment.
Thanks, Von.


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I was speaking recently with James Poisant, secretary general for the World Information Technology Society Alliance. Jim raised an interesting question to me that I did not have the answer to.....alas I am sharing it with you.
Go back four years to a book written by Nicholas Carr entitled "Does IT Matter?" It created a firestorm of intra industry debate mostly about the competitive value of technology.
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Think about the range of answers. Biotech? If so, why do tens of millions continue to die because they can not get the proper drugs? Education? If so, at least here in America, why do so many believe our education system is systemically broken?Tech for all? Why then are 84 per cent of the world's population not connected to the internet? Hey, do they (the unconnected) know something we don't!
Without sounding to messianic, why did we create the IT industry? What's our global responsibility? Are we mostly talking the talk but not walking the walk?
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With just two league games to go in the 2015 season, Marsden's season reaches its defining point.
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A month long knife amnesty in Humberside draws to a close tomorrow.
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Loose Change
Anybody seen this?
I've been meaning to watch this for a while now, and as I'm not doing anything tonight I figured I'd fill an hour or so while I'm waiting for Match of the Day to come on
I know it's nothing new and everything in it has been said before on many occaisons by many people, but they're releasing the third edition later in the year, and it looks like it's gonna kick up a whole load of interest and debate
You can read about it here:
The second edition is here on Google Video. Not sure if the quality will be up to much, though
This is really worth watching
It's succint and well put together, and goes into areas that I hadn't heard of before. Especially about Flight 93 landing in Cleveland. Just contemplating the idea of that being true makes me shudder to think what happened to the passengers that were on board once they had been evacuated
So yeah. People should definitely watch this if they haven't already
it all seems a bit too far fetched for me
and on wikipedia it points out they leave out any bit of information which damges their claim
I used that the other day
Twenty quid. That should (hopefully) see me through to pay day
7.5, to be precise
But it's worth it. Saves you counting it and bagging it all up. You just take it in, unload it into the little tray and just sit back and wait for the little bit of paper to pop out telling you how much you've got. You then take said paper to the counter, and they give you cold hard cash in exchange for your dirty little coppers
It's amazing
The one in my own hood - Rayleigh
Get involved, Martine. There's a whole world out there
Also, watch the film I've posted. You don't ever sleep, so it'll give you something to do
Technically I live in Benfleet
I say 'technically'. What I should say is 'I live in Benfleet'
I used to live in Rayleigh and now it's just force of habit. Also, you live in Southend. People who live in glass houses etc etc
Check my comment at the end
They treated me like a KING
it is worth it
if someone said would you like a bag of coppers worth 107p, or a pound coin, I'd take the pound coin every time.
Have you watched it though?
And in regards to those criticisms on Wikipedia:
"Loose Change openly suggests a missile hit the Pentagon yet does not acknowledge the dozens of eye witnesses at the scene who reported seeing a large commercial jet"
- Well, they do. They show four or five eye witness reports of people who spotted a plane. Thing is, the size/colour etc of this plane differs from witness to witness
"Loose Change appears skeptical about the lack of readily visible airplane debris and bodies in the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crashes and uses other airline disasters as evidence there should be larger debris found. However, those crashes were accidents where pilots were trying to save their aircraft over terrain; rather than deliberately crashing them into the ground or buildings"
- The pilots of the Helios flight that crashed into the save of the mountain weren't trying to save their aircraft, as they were unconcious at the time of impact due to a lack of oxygen in the cockpit. Crashing into the side of a mountain is quite a big impact, is it not?
"Loose Change compares the Collapse of the World Trade Center to other notable high rise fires, but does not clarify differences in building design and size, structural damage and compromised fireproofing"
- The melting temperatures of the metals involved in the buildings is detailed and quite open to scrutiny. I can't personally verify these 'facts', as science isn't my thing. But they're there in black and white and open to dispute, so I'm guessing they must be pretty accurate
As with all things like this, it's important to remember that there is much, much more to be gained from denying certain events than there is from uncovering them
Im watching this
I like conspiracies.
Everyone should watch this
facinating stuff. Particularly the part relating to Flight 77(the plane that crashed into the Pentagon), was it a Boeing 757, was it a C130 cargo plane or was it a cruise missile. The testaments of witnesses vary so greatly that it can't be dismissed as simply a passenger plane that crashed. Also the issue with there being very little wreckage; this apparently explained away by the 'intense heat from the jet fuel vapourising the plane' in spite of the fact that the plane(if it were a boeing 757) would contain titanium, this has a burning point of well over 2000 degrees! The jet fuel would have burnt off far too quickly to allow for these temperatures to be reached.
The damage caused to the Pentagon was also wholly inconsistent with a boeing 757. The hole in the building was far too small, considering that they have a 124ft wing span. The vertical stabilizer(as it's pointed out) would also have caused damage. I could actually keep rambling on but I wont.
Last point, the 'cordite' smell, cordite being a compound used in the production of ammunition-makes the cruise missile theory seem even more plausible.
Contribute something
meaningful; go on, it'll be a new experience. Or are you just trying to be 'random'?
the area that was hit was an area designed to withstand attack, it had blast resistant windows and a re-inforced structure. Also conveniently Rumsfeld was in the opposite side of the building at the time.
Relating to the planes that crashed into the twin towers, many top paying passengers had postponed their travels until the next day- Willie Brown the mayor of San Francisco recieved a phone call telling him not to fly.
FAAs immeadiate reaction to the attacks, when asked if aircraft should be scrambled 'uh I don't know everyone has left the room'.
I've seen these
and they are very convincing but the one problem I have is that at the end of the day, the passengers of four planes are all dead, and to claim they were set up as part of a conspiracy just all feels a little unpleasant, even for American Intelligence.
It's George Bush's devotion
to neo-conservative Christianity that should worry us far more than that...
Slaughtering virgins
and listening to bad Swedish metal?
I won't even pretend that this
is an original thought but the biggest argument against the 'conspiacy' is this:
All of the tens of thousands of people who have somehow been convinced to not reveal it, 6 years later?
Not one of them - a relative, a disgruntled former govt employee, etc - feeling the need to go to the press, instead relying on a couple of internet amateurs to work things out for themselves and make a film about it.
Well, that and that most of the science in the movie is debunked comprehensively on hundreds of sites all across the net if people care to look for them.
But yeah as theories go, they, er, made a nice movie.
but it's just interesting to think about. Also why aren't the actual definitive answers to these queries there and readily available to us?
I have
'YouTubeophobia'. I can't click that.
Jesus Chirst...
that's good...
very convincing...
I wanna know what other people think about this. I will not rest until I've irritated every last one of you
it is
bullshit. Happy?
Was this shown on terrestrial telly this weekend?
Cos my Year 9s were talking about it today and I had to gently explain that there are two sides to every conspiracy theory.


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