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I've never sat down to write the birth story for any of my 5 children, and I guess that's as good a reason as any to do so. While each baby has their own individual birth story, each Mother has their own birthing history. Varying pain levels, lengths of laboring, "war stories", birth methods, and other details lead us down incredibly different paths to arrive at one amazing location: Mother-ville.
I feel blessed to have experienced pregnancy as a few different people. Meg came along when I was 22-23 and had NO clue about much of anything... even though I strongly believed otherwise. The 2nd wasn't too far behind, and at the age of 25, I had Emily. We were very poor, very unhappy as a couple (on the verge of divorce... our marriage was over shortly after), and very stressed out. I was a totally different Mom to those two toddlers than I was several years later when Elle came into the world shortly after I turned 31. I had grown up a LOT in the five years between their births and Motherhood was very different this time around. 3 years later, Abby was born... only to be followed by my son, Lars, just 11 months and 11 days after her birth date.
Five children in 11 years time is no award winning feat as many Moms do that (and more) in much shorter time spans... but it always makes me stop for a moment when I realize how different I was with the birth of each baby.
In spite of all the differences, each pregnancy shared one common theme: BEDREST.
I inherited some not-so-wonderful pregnancy genes, and ended up with horrible morning sickness, gestational diabetes, and preeclampsia early on each time. Before I even knew I was pregnant, I was hospitalized for dehydration due to what was believed to be the longest bout of influenza ever had. Wake up, and throw up. Have a glass of juice and throw up. 10-12 times a day... throw up. After a week or longer of this, I ended up in the hospital with an IV for fluids. Several hours later, and some wonderful nausea meds later, life was looking up a little. I remember being asked if I could be pregnant and more specifically, remember answering "NO". As mentioned earlier, I really had NO clue - and being I hadn't been using ANY protection for several months, there really isn't a good reason for that answer. The nurse was apparently used to dealing with idiots like myself and suggested a test. Positive. Huh... who new?!?!?
From that day on, most of the time was spent in the bathroom with several nice breaks of hospitalization for Hyperemesis Gravidarium. Which is a nice way of saying "You're gonna puke your brains out until you can't walk yourself out of the bathroom anymore". It wasn't pretty.
As if that weren't enough, with Meg, it was at about 20 weeks when I was made to drink that horribly sweet fizzy drink they fed us pregnant girls to check for diabetes. It seemed rather strange to me as they were in a sense saying, "Here, drink this, and if you have a bad reaction, we'll know something's up"... Something was always up for me, and this time was no different. They suggested a diet low in carbs yet high in fat. Since I was still not keeping much of anything down, I took Snickers motto - Packed with peanuts, it really satisfies" - to heart. Peanuts were very low carb... and I was technically only renting the food for 10-15 minutes at a time before it was being sent back.
My doctor (Dr. L) had a terrible sense of humor and didn't really like me much. I could tell. He assigned me a home health nurse to come check on me DAILY from about week 24 and on. We settled into a nice routine that went something like this: She'd come over to check on me and I'd end up back in the hospital for a couple days until my blood sugars and blood pressure was better. I'd go back home, she'd come over the following day, and then we'd rinse, lather & repeat.
One very specific memory is of an afternoon somewhere around week 30 when I was laying on a hospital bed out in the hallway near the nurses station as I waited to be taken down for ultrasound #658 (or so it seemed). Dr. L happened to watch as I sat up to take a drink of my water and I was SCREAMED AT by him to "GET BACK ON YOUR LEFT SIDE NOW!!!!"... He's lucky that 37 year old me wasn't there that day - and I'm probably lucky he was there... so I figure we're all even for now :)
Bouncing in and out of the hospital ended around week 31 when nothing helped to keep my blood pressure down any longer. Truth be told, I felt better than I had in months. I was only sick a few times a day by then... and thought I had lots of energy (turns out that really high blood pressure makes ya jittery and I mistook it for energy!). It was a few days before Easter that year when they announced that I was "in" for the duration. Could be a few weeks, could be a couple months... and I wasn't getting out early regardless of how good I was.
I was crushed.
The days were spent in a dark room (light raised my blood pressure) on my left side (right side raised my blood pressure). I couldn't watch tv (it raised my blood pressure) and visitors were 1 a day for 15 minutes (people raised my blood pressure too). I could shower every 3rd day... but was allowed to pee freely!
Easter passed - and as a gift, Dr. L decided it was time for me to try out Magnesium Sulfate. Now - for those of you who know this drug, you won't even need to read the following description. You'll just close your eyes, and say a prayer for all the other women out there suffering from it at this moment! Mag Sulfate is the DEVIL! (I love The Waterboy!). This stuff slows you down. It slows your thinking and your reflexes and your ability to open your eyes. It gives you a headache that just won't go away, but you really don't care too much because you can't focus on anything for more than 2 seconds at a time. You're in a grey-zone. You sleep... you drift in and out. Food doesn't taste. Conversation is impossible. Opening your eyes becomes the biggest chore of the day and when you DO finally open them, it's not very far and not for very long because your head is all fuzzy and swollen-feeling... and it's just not very good. It's the Roofie of pregnancy - and I there are only a handful of women I'd wish this stuff on!
BUT - apparently, Magnesium Sulfate kept that baby cookin' awhile longer and that's what it's there for so THANK GOD for it. Right?
On April 28th, I woke up (as much as I could) to my nurse dragging in the scale. It was the fun part of my day... seeing how much fatter I had gotten from the day before. Sometimes I'd race my stretchmarks to see which was getting closest to my boobs... sometimes I'd forget :) This particular morning, she got all excited when she charted my weight gain: 11 lbs since the morning before. She got me back in bed immediately, said Dr. L would be right in - and that this baby was likely being born today.
I'm sure being so anxious had something to do with the high BP numbers (164/116) - but regardless of why they were high, they were high in spite of all the bedrest and meds. Dr. L. had me in the OR within a couple hours time.
God wanted me to have the full effect of hell (being unwed and pregnant and all), so It took the anesthesiologist 3 pokes to get my spinal done and then I experienced vomiting non-stop on the OR table while my baby was being born. There is something HUGELY unsettling about being cut wide open and having to throw up and the whole getting a spinal procedure was horrible enough that with my next three deliveries I BEGGED to be put to sleep (and only had that granted once!).
The actual surgery wasn't nearly as bad as my imagination had believed it would be. Before they started cutting me open, they dipped a foam brush into cold water and ran it down my sides from my armpits to my groin. I couldn't feel much of where they touched which told them it was okay to being. When a mom has extremely high blood pressure and is having a cesarean done, it's customary to strap the Mom to the operating table (mine was at least 6" wide!!! LOL) - and then tilt them to their left side. This was convenient when it was time to throw up.
After hearing the sound of someone, somewhere sucking up fluids - it dawned on me that they must have already started. I felt no pain, very little pressure, and within minutes, the whole procedure became boring. It seemed to take a long time, and I just wanted to be DONE. God, having heard my prayers, gave me something new to focus on and made me colder and shakier than I had ever been before in my life. The first heated blanket didn't help nor did the fourth or fifth.
Time passed a little more quickly however, and the next thing I knew, I was finally in the recovery room... throwing up in a whole new environment.
At 33 weeks, 5 days, Megan Noelle was born weighing 4 lbs 12 oz. She was breathing on her own, but taken to the NICU immediatly and spent the following 2 weeks there. I was taken to recovery where I continued to vomit, and then back to my room for the rest of the day. My blood pressure was still so high they only finally allowed me to see her later that night when they wheeled my whole bed down to the NICU.
She was TINY - and I was so out of it (had to be on Mag Sulfate for 2 days after delivery). She was still breathing on her own, but had help via CPAP. Meg was dubbed as a "Feed & Grow"... meaning she only had to learn how to eat on her own and gain weight before they'd let her go home. The down side of this is of course going home without a baby. The silver lining to this is also going home without a baby. Bedrest for 2+ months had taken it's toll. 2 weeks was a decent recovery time for myself and it was nice to spend each day next to her nursing and pumping and being her Mom. It was also nice to get almost 2 solids weeks of sleeping through the night before she came home and put an immediate stop to almost ALL sleep :-)
About a week after she was born, I could fit into a pair of shoes - and a few days later my toes stopped feeling squishy. I credit this to the gallons of milk I was producing each day - and to the wonderful people at Medela. My cups runneth over and I believe I had over 100 8oz bags worth frozen by the time Meg came home.
Life was good... and little did I know - just really starting!
Anything Mom
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Goals (More Specifically - How I got back to being as fat as I used to think I was)
One single word...
Yet it is SO big.
Especially when you don't have it.
I don't have it either.
But today - I'm happy to say
I don't have it either.
But today - I'm happy to say
This is me on December 12th, 2012.
I weighed...
Lets just say I was well over 200 lbs.
Well. Over.
But not quite halfway to 300.
This is me on March 11th, 2013.
52.6 lbs less.
I lost a WHOLE kindergartener worth of fat.
In just under 90 days
(which isn't that impressive I guess)
(which isn't that impressive I guess)
Except for the past where I tell you
I'm a Mom to 5 kids - and have no time to count calories or work out. I DID join Snap Fitness recently, and have gone 7 times total (in 6 weeks time)... which still sucks, but is better than before.
Before Christmas I saw a friend of mine was having some good results from a healthy weight loss plan called Zija . It was less than a dinner out for Brandt and I - so I bought an 8-day sample pack.
I thank GOD for that decision daily.
By the end of the 1st DAY - I had more energy (NEVER anything jittery - I just wanted to DO things... I felt good!) - and I had a much smaller appetite. I simply wasn't hungry.
This continued for all 8 days - and while I DID continue eating the foods I normally would have eaten - I stopped having cravings. SERIOUSLY - they were gone within days. I didn't want junkfood - and when I ate, I got full so much faster than normal.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Here I am on day 33 of a weight loss / nutrition program and have lost 20.6 lbs so far with ZERO effort on my behalf. I have energy every single day - I'm NEVER hungry anymore - and I feel incredible despite still not making it to the gym.
For those of you who don't want to know MY details - check out the links directly below. If you want to know my story - keep on reading down below the links.
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The mere fact that I've lasted 33 days at ANYTHING should speak volumes to you - unless, of course, you don't know how I've given up on every other weight loss plan/program/shake/drink/etc within a week or two tops.
Maybe you don't know how this is at least the 5th or 6th thing I've tried to lose weight... or know that I forgot to turn off AutoShip on the last program I used and ended up giving away $400+ worth of products because I could not gag down even one more shake or shot glass full nasty cleansing juice. Maybe you don't understand how having to make 2 shakes a day could be too difficult for me to follow through with - and that when I could finally eat for a day or at least a meal, how 500-600 calories just wasn't gonna cut it.
Maybe you don't know that in 2009 I herniated 2 discs and then re-injured them this fall and have been too scared to go to the gym... or that I've continued to pay for our membership month after month because I just knew that somehow, paying for it would motivate me to go. HA!
Maybe YOU have willpower and haven't ever chewed up an Oreo cookie and then spit it out into the sink JUST so you could taste it.
As for me? Notsomuch. I have no willpower whatsoever. Never have and probably never will. While I don't consider myself lazy (We have 5 kids and own a business) I have issues with following through - and regularly will leave the kids folded laundry in nice neat piles on the washer/dryer instead of carrying them upstairs and putting them away. I fail on so many levels (at least feel that I do) and any time I could spend working on growing my willpower (if this is even possible) is spent frantically looking for a child's shoe, or a hat every morning before we can leave the house for the day. I digress - I'm a mess.
So... longer story shorter, there I was - I had just gotten my Zija Fit Pack in the mail a few days earlier. In a hurry I opened it, took out the contents - and opened up a pack containing the XMam capsules. It was still before lunchtime - so I took one without reading anything on the box. I went to work, accomplished quite a lot - then went home and cleaned both the little kids bedrooms. Top to bottom. Then I brought up the kids clothes and put them in their dressers. We ate a late dinner because I simply can't multitask as well as everyone else - and at 9pm all the kids were asleep.
For the next few days - I took an XMam capsule before noon each day. I had energy ALL day long. I'm not talking about jittery - coffee energy... but I just DID things I normally wouldn't do. Mt. Laundry dwindled and I even took all 6 sets of bedding to the laundromat and washed it all at once. I was SuperMom compared to normal. That night, Brandt asked how my back was. I told him it wasn't too bad. I figured that all the moving around had probably loosened it up a little. Besides, I was down 5.2 lbs and didn't really care about much else!
I decided to order a months worth of the XMam capsules - and I finally got around to trying the drink packets that came with my Fit Pack. There were 2 different drink packets. XM+ and SmartMix.
Each morning for the next 8 days - in addition to using an XMam capsule before lunch, I mixed up a drink pack (tastes like mildly sweetened iced tea) and drank it before breakfast. My back pain lessened each day - my energy level was still amazingly high - and I lost another 6 lbs for a total of 11.2 in 16 days. I figured there HAD to be something to this and my back hurting less... and when I brought the info to my chiropractors, I was told that while it wasn't magic and certainly didn't put the cushioning back between my discs - it DID have some awesome anti-inflammatory properties. This isn't a drug - it's nutrition... vitamins & nutrients. It's safe - and I should keep on keeping on :-)
As of this past Monday (Jan 7th, 2013) My back pain has been completely gone. DAILY back pain that was a 6 to an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 was now gone. And I had lost even more weight. As of today... day 33, I'm down 20.6 lbs. I don't get hungry at all. In fact - the first thing EVERYONE else who has tried this (from me) has told me is that they have huge amounts of energy and they are NEVER hungry. The next thing they tell me is that they're surprised at how good the drink packets taste. I've had people RAVE about their backs (and other aches) hurting less and less... I've had people lose 5 lbs in their first 2 days - and EVERYONE except the already skinny people has lost weight. I can't say enough good stuff about it.
It's the easiest thing I've ever done. I mix up one drink packet with 12 oz water and a few ice cubes each morning and drink it. Then I take an XMam capsule before I eat lunch, which makes me not want to eat lunch (although I've been starting to make myself eat in spite of not wanting to). Occasionally, when I remember, I take an XMpm capsule before dinner... and sometimes I make a cup of Premium tea in the evening before bed. The tea is a detoxifier - and MAN... ummmm.... it works. I recommend you take it on a Friday so you can be home near the bathroom the following morning. It gets better (likely because I'm cleaner) with each time I use it - so sticking close to home isn't a necessity so much anymore.
I am so thankful to have found Zija. It's the easiest thing I've ever done to lose weight - and to become healthier. In fact - I recently joined yet another gym and won't be paying for it without using my membership this time around. I feel that good!
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
How to save a TON of money on your Christmas
Had to start off with pictures of some cute kids :)
Now - those of you who know me, know I love Christmas. It's magical for me... and it's my goal to make it magical for everyone around me. It's truly a celebration of Jesus' birth, and is the time of year for family to be together and celebrate with one another. I completely understand that some families don't celebrate with presents and gifts - and that is very much ok. I'm not too keen on "presents". Presents to me are generic. It's giving someone something with no meaning behind it other than for them to have something they might like to unwrap. A gift is so much more.
A gift is something you've put thought into. Something you may have made. A scarf you knitted while praying for the recipient, hair clips you've made picking out the perfect colors for someone, personalized ornaments, or anything bought in a store that ties the gift giver and gift getter together... such as a wine bottle opener for a dear friend who is moving away after sharing many "wine nights" together. I can't bring myself to give presents very often... and hate doing so.
Being thrifty, frugal, cheap, etc - whatever you want to call it is as important to me year round as Christmas is to me this time of year. With a little planning, some time spent scouring the internet for good deals, shopping clearance items in the off season, and FREEBIES - everything comes together nicely while I spend about 25% of what things normally cost.
Here are a few tips:
*** FREE STUFF (Or almost free stuff).
It's everywhere all year long - you just have to find it. This year, the Paper Coterie (www.papercoterie.com) had 2 offers for new/existing customers to get $40 worth of their products for FREE. Their personalized photo journals are $18 each. I uploaded a picture, added a cover caption for each of the 2 books I ordered - and it was just under $9 to have them shipped. Then Brandt did the same. For $18 in shipping, we got 4 GORGEOUS (Seriously - their products are VERY VERY high quality) personalized photo journals to give as 4 gifts. This NORMALLY would have cost $90 to have purchased and had shipped. We paid 20% of what it would normally cost. $4.50 for a gift I am excited to give - and that the recipients will LOVE.
Yesterday, a blogger, Heather at the EO gave away a $20 photo book from The Blurb to her first 50 commenters. I was lucky and was one of them. However - when I got to their website - they had such great deals on other items (50% off 2nd copies too!) that I ordered more photo gifts (like Instagram books, and Facebook picture books) for people too. Watch blogs for giveaways on items that would make great gifts!!
SWAGBUCKS Use their site as your search engine - and earn swagbucks. Which in turn can be redeemed for Amazon.com giftcards. Which in turn can buy almost anything you need, want, or wish for to survive... including some awesome Christmas gifts that can be purchased during their Black Friday Deals Event or Cyber Week Deals Event... I used Swagbucks casually this past year - and was able to redeem them for $225 in Amazon Giftcards. I used that FREE $225 to buy over $750 worth of gifts during their Black Friday sales this past week. Total NO-BRAINER.
*** MAKE STUFF (It's MUCH easier than you think - and SO much better!!!)
Handprints for Grandparents are an awesome gift... portrait ornaments are nearly free when you buy the ornaments after Christmas on clearance for the following years gifts. I bought 4 boxes of picture ornaments (snowflakes) for $1.90 a box last year on clearance. I snapped pictures of the kids in their Christmas clothes - popped them into the frames - and have 4 gifts to give to the grandparents and great grandparents for about $11 total.
Name ornaments. For $30 on ebay I was able to purchase a BUNCH of scrabble tiles and scrabble trays. B cut the trays down to size for me - to fit 3, 4, 5, and 6 letter words/names - and everyone got their own name + a couple of seasonal words (Hope, Joy, Love, Gift, Fir, Tree, Jesus, etc) for a gift. I made 10+ gifts that everyone LOVED. Some hot glue to secure the tiles to the boards, and a red ribbon glued behind the middle tile in a loop for hanging - and Voila! Perfect gift!
Bath Bombs: For about $50, I was able to buy everything I needed to make a TON of homemade bath balls in some pretty incredible scents (epsom salts & essential oils are the 2 main ingredients - add a drop of food coloring for some beautiful colors). Martha Stewart has an awesome recipe and guide on how to make these. I made over 100 large bath balls, decorated some tins/jars to "wrap" them in - and had 15 + really REALLY nice gifts to give to some very deserving ladies who said these were better than any store bought bath balls they'd ever used.
Sugar Body Scrub: For about $35, I bought everything needed to make these jars of body scrub in scents like Gingerbread, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Citrus & Basil Lemon. It's just sugar, coconut oil, essential oil(s), a pretty jar with a printable label for the lid, and a ribbon to finish it. Package it inside a box with some tissue paper and wrap it nicely - and for about $2.50 each, you have a $20 gift to give.
Scarves: For $10 at Walmart, you can buy a circle knitter (which is re-used for each scarf) - and for $6 more you can buy enough yard to make a gorgeous scarf for someone. $6 for a homemade scarf is a GREAT deal. Add a nice card - pray for the person while you make it - and you have a gift anyone would love to receive.
Holiday treats: Bake some cookies or some fudge. Go to your thrift store and buy all the old metal tins you can find (ya know - the ones some cookies come in). Buy some beautiful holiday colored spray paint and paint the tins. Buy a paper doily, and paint a 2nd color over the tin through the doily (OR leave it just a solid color or use some Holiday rub-on decals). Package cookies inside wrapped in tissue paper or wax paper... you have a beautiful handmade, homecooked gift for less than a few bucks each.
*** SHOP WISELY: Clearance is your friend!!!
I shop clearance year round for stocking stuffers - and gifts too. Target has a wonderful after the Holidays toy clearance. We're talking 70% off!!! I buy much of the kids clothes a year ahead in the off season - just find the clearance rack, and buy a size or two bigger than your kids are now. Next year - those $3.50 Christmas PJ's will fit them - and you'll save yourself some money!
Each year, everyone gets a pair of Christmas socks in their stocking - and we take a picture of our feet all lined up. These socks are just over $1-2 on clearance and are normally $5-10.
Even if it's not for Christmas - it's a good idea to stock up on Birthday presents when you can. Each of my kids get invited to a few parties throughout the year - and it's so nice to pull out a $5 gift when the time comes than go shopping and pay $25+ for one.
Restaurant Gift Cards ROCK this time of year. So many places offer you an extra $25 if you buy $100 of their giftcards. I gladly do this for places we typically eat out at. It's like feeding the 3 little kids for free! Restaurant.com has some wonderful deals (literally $5 for $50) too - just read the fine print... sometimes you can only use them on certain days - or have to spend a certain amount. I've used their gift cards several times with no issues and LOVE them!
Groupon has wonderful deals too - Just pick your city/state - and you'll get some awesome bargains! Yesterday - I bought an indoor waterpark pass for $10 that's normally $35... VERY cheap entertainment for our larger family! I've purchased Pumpkin Patch tickets for less than 50% off there too... I check it daily to see if there is anything ridiculously cheap that I'd use.
Zulilly. If you're a mom - check this out. I've clothed my kids with their unbelievable bargains for the past several years. I bought this years Christmas clothes there for UNDER $30 total for the 3 little kids. It would have been almost $100 had I bought them through another store. Zulilly also carries many many other items besides clothing for kids. I've brand name clothes for our whole family, shoes, boots, Christmas decor, household items and MUCH more for 60-80% off.
WHEN IN DOUBT - Stuff a Stocking!
Anyone who spend any part of Christmas with us, gets a stocking to open. Stockings can be bought for $0.50 to $5.00 each after Christmas on clearance. I always keep a handful of the $0.50 ones. Personalize them with some Elmers glue and glitter - and stuff away! With what?
Gum, Candy, Candles, Handsoaps (trust me on this one -nobody can tell the difference from clearance Christmas hand soap from Bath & Body works even if it's a year old!), fishing lures, nail polish, nail polish remover, matchbox cars, a bottle of microbrew/imported beer, single serving bottles of liquor - coloring books, crayons, and SO SO SO much more...
It's really simple to make a stocking for someone... to personalize it or tailor it to their liking - and finding stocking stuffers on clearance year round is a cinch. Anything small enough to fit in a stocking is fair game! I typically keep a large laundry basket FULL of stuff I've found on hand and can almost always find a stocking for it to fill!
I hope this helps! I'll be posting again tomorrow with a MASSIVE Stocking Stuffer list sorted by whose stocking you'd put it in!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
As Random As Can Be...
I FINALLY made time to take the little girls Christmas pictures for our Christmas cards that I WILL get out this year! For those of you who know me, you'll remember that in the past my good intentions haven't always helped much. I've even gone so far as to order the cards, address the cards, STAMP the cards, and procrastinate my way out of mailing them. YAY me! It takes talent to be THAT absent-minded :)
It's deer hunting opener (gun season) here this coming weekend. Brandt & Dad will hopefully each come home with a big buck!
I can't EVER walk past the snow-globes without shaking at least one of them. I reminded myself of this today at Target.
The girls BOTH went to the schools first dance this past Friday night with their friends. Can you tell it was an Eighties dance theme?
It's hard to believe this picture was taken exactly 7 years ago... I can't believe how much they have changed...
There are LESS than 60 days before Christmas!!
It's deer hunting opener (gun season) here this coming weekend. Brandt & Dad will hopefully each come home with a big buck!
I can't EVER walk past the snow-globes without shaking at least one of them. I reminded myself of this today at Target.
The girls BOTH went to the schools first dance this past Friday night with their friends. Can you tell it was an Eighties dance theme?
It's hard to believe this picture was taken exactly 7 years ago... I can't believe how much they have changed...
There are LESS than 60 days before Christmas!!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I'm BAAAAAACKKKKKK :)
I have to admit, in real life, I'm the friend who will send you a card a day the week of your birthday, pick out a wonderful gift for you, make you a fabulous birthday dinner... and then proceed to disappear off the face of the earth for the next 4 days not returning any text messages, e-mails, or phone calls. I'm that girl.
It's never because I'm angry or upset about anything - but most likely have just gotten busy (busier) with life and children and work and crafting and most recently wrapping Christmas gifts. So please use this as an excuse for my not-so-current-blog if you will.
We've been crafting everything from camera strap covers to HERDS of wine-cork reindeer ornaments to cinnamon scented wax dipped pine-cones... and hair clips, and lit garland, and wreaths, and a dozen other different kinds of ornaments...
It's never because I'm angry or upset about anything - but most likely have just gotten busy (busier) with life and children and work and crafting and most recently wrapping Christmas gifts. So please use this as an excuse for my not-so-current-blog if you will.
We've been taking pictures and more pictures and then for good measure even more pictures.
Then we napped. Though not enough in my opinion.
We had our first day of Kindergarten.
We've been crafting everything from camera strap covers to HERDS of wine-cork reindeer ornaments to cinnamon scented wax dipped pine-cones... and hair clips, and lit garland, and wreaths, and a dozen other different kinds of ornaments...
We've been busy. In a good, it's almost the Holiday Season kinda way.
And we've been dreaming of what we'd like for Christmas.
Newer, longer pants are definitely on the list!
And we've been taking some time to have a relaxing bonfires with friends & family.
So while we're preoccupied with things like making cookies & chili & homemade bread... I'm GOING to find time to write more often. I promise!
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World's first partially POO-POWERED city will burn smelly sewage gas to fuel water purification plant
Danish town of Aarhus set to use human waste to satisfy growing demand for electricity
A CITY will become the first in the world to provide its citizens with fresh water using only energy from household sewage.
More than 200,000 people living in the city of Aarhus in Denmark will be drinking water through a system powered by the Marselisborg treatment plant.
It generates energy from the biogas created out of household wastewater, including sewage, which is pumped into digesters kept at 38°C and filled with bacteria.
The resulting biogas – mostly methane – is then burned to make heat and electricity, the New Scientist reports.
An alternative form of organic bacteria is used to filter polluted materials from the sewage water.
The Marselisborg plant can now generate more than 150 per cent of its electricity after a £2.5 million investment, which means the surplus can be used for pumping drinking water.
The plant is the first anywhere to produce more than 50 per cent more energy than it consumes, claimed the country's Ministry of Environment and Food.
Environment Minister Eva Kjer Hansen told the Local: "Treatment plants must move forward from being energy guzzlers to being energy producers, and we have a really good example of this here."
Other cities including Copenhagen, Chicago and San Francisco are said to be considering using energy from sewage to power water supplies.
According to IEA's World Energy Outlook 2016, the amount of energy used in the water sector will more than double over the next 25 years.
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I'm looking to rehome my terrapins. I have two musk terrapins, one female and one male (Myrtle and Squirtle). I have had them for two years after i rehomed them from a friend who could no longer look after them. They are approx 6 years old. I do not want to get rid of them but hate them living in a tank and want a better life for them. I am looking for someone who already keeps terrapins in an outdoor pond, or a sanctuary/rescue centre. I wouldn't be looking to rehome them to another tank. I am based in West Sussex.
I have already contacted local centres to me but they are unable to take them.
Looking for terrapin sanctuary to take my two terrapins
Any specific terrapins you're trying to find, for sale or rehoming.
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They say time flies when you're having fun and there must be some truth to it. I have been busy busy busy with deadlines and projects and the past 6 weeks have flown by!
You might remember this piece, "In The Shadow Of God" made after taking Keith Lo Bue's workshop last May.
"Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings." Psalm 17:8
I have reworked it and added a found object chain and just yesterday submitted it, along with 2 other pieces, to the Woman Made Gallery for acceptance into the "Some Assembly Required" assemblage art show. I won't hear until the 18th of April whether my work was accepted.
Chain includes a 1919 red cross button, antique clock key, vintage bus token, religious medallian, some sort of souvenier stick pin (minus the pin), cuckoo clock chain, and iron wire. I've taken a stab at fabricating my own clasp and was quite pleased with the results.
I've made a lot of art since my last post. Here are a few more things I can share with you.
A page for a collaborative book to boost friend and fellow artist, Kelly's spirits during her battle with cancer.
"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy." Psalm 126:5
Kelly is such a generous and caring person. Even in the midst of her own troubles she is constantly lending support and encouragement to others. Gods promise to return this to her with songs of joy is awesome.
I've spent a lot of time working on pieces for the book project I am so lucky to be a part of. I can't show you any of the finished pieces (you'll have to wait for the book!) but I can give you a peek at a few things that have occupied my time.
Antique key hole with the key hole cut out of it, waiting to be turned into....
oh no! You'll just have to wait and see! ;)
This project has really challenged me to grow. I've been honing my skills at wire working. Here is my first earring hook. And the finished piece? You'll have to wait to see on that one also! :)
Here is a commissioned piece I can show you. I still love to turn these antique letter stencils into necklaces. I've made this one with the customers own baby photo, but usually I use antique tintype's and photos. Check out my flickr albums to see more finished pieces.
I have 4 more on my work table that are just about finished for another customer and would love to make one for you too!


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Dip into spring with this fresh and frothy fling, bursting with crisp, clean color. This delightful 1950s vintage parure in gold tone begins with a base of chaton rhinestones in peridot and peachy aurora borealis. Marbled jonquil oval and marquise opaque glass cabs pair with translucent cantaloupe art glass marquises. The color palette is further enhanced in the necklace and earrings with a large lucite cabochon embedded with glittery foil confetti in lemon / lime. The pairing of colors and materials in this set is totally tantalizing. A breath of fresh air with colors, luster and sparkle as vibrant as when created.
The three piece set includes the necklace, adjustable to about 16 inches with hook type closure. Decorative center spans approximately 5 inches and is 1 1/4 inches at it's widest point. The bracelet, with foldover clasp measures about 7 inches x 1 inch at it's widest point. Completing the parure are the clip earrings, at approximately 1 1/8 inches x 7/8 inch. Confetti cabs are approximately 11 millimeters; marquise cabs, 15 millimeters x 7 millimeters and peridot chaton rhinestones, 4 millimeters. Weight of the three piece set is approximately 54 grams.
Condition of the set is excellent / pristine vintage. All components intact. All stones intact and extremely brilliant / lustrous with top notch color retention. There are no chips, nicks, cracks or breaks to stones. Lucite cabs retain confetti shimmer. All goldtone finishes intact, front and back. Earring clips and bracelet clasp secure. Extremely clean. No damage / no repairs. Excellent / pristine vintage.
The set is not signed. Circa 1950s.
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It's Monday. I can tell it's Monday. I didn't want to get up and I was dreaming about cup cakes and I lady I met more than 5 years ago! It was quite a weird dream. I've had a lot of stuff to do this morning and most of it was caused by the dog (don't ask!) so when this card came up I had to wonder why?
The card shows three arrows, piercing a wooden heart, hanging on a tree. The heart is alight in the top right and looks like it will burn. In the bottom point of the heart, blood drips onto the floor. The key word for this card is Jealousy.
I have to ask what am I jealous about? Given the morning I've had, I've hardly stopped to think! What could I possibly be jealous about? So far, nothing comes to mind, but the day is not over yet and I am not yet, in my bed. So, we shall see!
And if I had shot those arrows to be that close together, I'd be feeling pretty pleased with myself!


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Michael Schumacher penalized
Michael Schumacher has been penalized for passing Fernando Alonso on the last corner of the race when the Safety Car was diving into the pits, and has dropped out of the points to 12th place.
This year the rules have changed, and allow drivers to overtake from the line the Safety Car enters the pits onwards, but the changed rule does not apply to the last lap of the race. Schumacher was given a retrospective drive-through penalty, so 20 seconds were added to his final result, dropping him from 6th place to 12th.
The FIA stewards, which included former world champion Damon Hill, said the German breached Article 40.13 of the Sporting Regulations, which states ºif the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."
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Several months ago, my father-in-law gave me a large Christmas cactus he no longer wanted. I was happy to get it because it was a houseplant that wasn't harmful to my cats. We enjoyed its vigorous blooms before Christmas, but recently is when I've been the most happy to have it.
You see, as part of the staging to sell our old house and as part of setting up our new home, we got two new rugs. They both made the rooms they were in more comfortable and attractive, but they smelled. Meaning they gave off volatiles that had that chemical, new carpet smell.
We hadn't had a new rug in years, so I didn't even think about this problem when I bought them. We got the first rug and put it down in the master bedroom as part of our staging. Each time we would enter the house, the chemical smell hit me. My mind would go into worry mode as I imagined that no one would buy a house that smelled like this. Ward, who was not as sensitive to the fumes, said that it was better to have the house smell like we just painted it (that's how it smelled to him) than to have it smell like a house that had cats living in it. After the cats moved out, we had been pretty successful in eliminating any trace of them.
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However, we had to do something. To get rid of the smell, we kept the windows open even though it was freezing outside. We vacuumed. We used air filters. Only slight improvements. I researched and found that some houseplants were supposed to absorb the offending chemicals. They were mostly tropical plants that disappointingly were poisonous to cats. So instead, I moved my cactus into the room. There was an improvement after adding it and luckily, by the time we were ready to put the house on the market, the smell was much better.
We thought all was well until we moved the offending rug to the new house. There when it was shut up in a little used bedroom, I started to smell it again. Not as strong as before, but there all the same. We opened the windows for a few days and that helped some. However it was getting pretty cold, so I shut the windows and moved the cactus into the room. The next day there was a definite improvement. There was not doubt about it. That plant really made a difference.
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That's where the plant stayed until we got a new rug for our family room. I tried to do smarter shopping this time, and while the odors from this rug were much milder, they were there all the same. The cactus moved into the family room and is currently doing it's thing. I don't even notice the smell anymore. The cats come by every once in a while and nibble on the cactus, but no harm is done to either the plant or the cats.
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Giant games, face painting and circus skills were among the attractions at the popular Winter Playday.
More than 500 children flocked to Chorley Town Hall on Saturday to take part in a host of activities as the annual event returned.
There were Punch and Judy shows, video games, arts and crafts and other entertainment, including the chance to decorate recycled bicycles to be placed along the Chorley Grand Prix route next month.
The Mayor of Chorley, Coun Marion Lowe, paid a surprise visit and joined in with the activities.
Information was also provided about activities around the borough for children and young people. The event was organised by Chorley Council to bring families and children together and promote the importance of play.
Coun Bev Murray, who oversees children's activities for the council, said: "We are delighted to see so many families coming out to enjoy our free Playday with many of them staying most of the day and commenting on how much fun they have had.
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Sunday, January 02, 2011
Israeli Connection: Surprise And Shame
Hameed Abdul Karim
The news that Sri Lanka is to boost relations with Israel in the agricultural field comes as a surprise considering the treatment we have received from the Zionist state in the past.
Way back in 1991 Commodore Douglas Ivan Attanayake told an inquiry the Israelis had tampered with the engines of the three Super Dvora boats the government had purchased thus preventing the boats from travelling at its rated speed. The Commodore said if the tampering had not been detected the engines would have seized and would have had to be thrown away. Initially Israel refused to entertain our complaint and it was through Lloyds that Israel agreed to replace the engines. Why did Israel tamper with the engines?
In his lid blowing book By Way Of Deception, Victor Ostrovosky said the Israelis described our army personnel as monkeys. After a hard days work they were probably having fun at the expense of our boys. That they trained the LTTE whilst training our army personnel at the same time is no secret. India's Subramaniam Swamy is on record boasting it was he who had introduced the LTTE to the Israeli Mossad.
The Jain Commission probing the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi reported there were links between the LTTE and Israel's spy agency Mossad. Evidence for this report was provided by RAW and IB. On July 15, 1995 the Lanka Guardian edited by the legendary, fearless and irreplaceable Meryn Silva, reported 'hard evidence of Israel supplying arms to the LTTE' under the headline 'Australian Police Confirm Israel Supplied Arms To The LTTE'. Add to this the fact that an Israeli arms shipment to the government was conveniently hijacked by the LTTE. In 1994 the Israelis abused Sri Lanka's port rules when they were nabbed with four containers of chemicals they use to manufacture nerve gas. There was no apology. That's how much they respect our sovereignty.
In 2007 a Sri Lankan expert on defence died under mysterious circumstances while on a trip to Israel where he was to inspect arms and attend a workshop. Dr. D.A. Munindrasa's family does not accept the cause of death, according to media reports.
More recently the Israelis humiliated a government minister who had to travel via Tel Aviv to attend a Palestinian trade conference. He was refused the VIP lounge even though the Palestinians had paid for this facility. The Israelis even refused his diplomatic vehicle from entering occupied Palestine via the Allenby Bridge at which point he was compelled to take a taxi to reach his destination. But you can be sure when the Israeli agricultural minister arrives in Sri Lanka in January our reporters will go gaga over his visit.
In fact four reporters from different newspapers in Sri Lanka are currently on an all expenses paid jaunt to Israel on the invitation of the racist regime. This trip may be the result of the Israeli ambassador's recent visit to prominent media organisations in Sri Lanka where he lectured journalists on the purity of the apartheid state fitting perfectly with Lord Acton's description of ambassador's lying abroad for their countries.
It is often said Israel helped us defeat the LTTE. But this 'help' was actually trade in arms and ammunition and it didn't come cheap. When our High Commissioner to Pakistan went to Gen. Yahya Khan to find out how much we owed the country for the arms and ammunition Pakistan supplied to fight an armed insurrection here, he said Pakistan doesn't take money from friends when they are in trouble. Now that's help!
It is also possible the Israeli push to entrench themselves in Sri Lanka could be to act as an agent for the US which wants to counter China's influence in Sri Lanka. The fact that we have to seek assistance from Israel in the field of agriculture comes as a shame. We have been an agrarian society for well over 2500 years and Jews have never been known for their prowess in agriculture. The Israelis' claim to 'making the desert bloom' is an absolute myth. What they have done is steal the arable land from the Palestinians and cultivate it for themselves. The Palestinians were exporting jaffa oranges to France long before the establishment of Israel.
If at all we really need help in agriculture we could always turn to India, Pakistan or Bangladesh – all SAARC countries. After all they grow enough food to feed their near 1.5 billion people. Or do we think it would be below our dignity to ask for help from our neighbours and instead go to those we have been trained to think are superior to us?
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An easy way to create 3D objets are with the technique called Papier mâché.
On the following video you will learn how to make a party animal: a cow
- Choose a form for support (ballon, etc) on which to glue the paper strips.
- Make strips of paper (newspaper, tisue, etc) and glue them together with adhesive on top of the support.
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We have looked closely in the past at the importance of post-election audits and the essential role that they play in guaranteeing election integrity. Many state and local governments have been slow to institute adequate audit procedures, but that could soon change. Colorado's Boulder County has taken a big step forward with a comprehensive auditing strategy that leverages open source software to boost election integrity.
Boulder County adopted ElectionAudits, an open source software program that implements a "risk-limiting" audit system modeled after the concepts described in Principles and Best Practices for Post Election Audits—a guide that is endorsed by the Brennan Center for Justice, Verified Voting, and a number of various state-based election integrity advocacy groups.
In a risk-limiting audit, the sample size of randomly selected ballots in each precinct is based on the margin of victory. A higher volume of records will be analyzed in tight contests where the winner's lead was narrow. Experts say that this kind of audit is more reliable and statistically rigorous than audits that use a predetermined fixed percentage of ballots for every precinct.
ElectionAudits supports several different techniques for computing sample sizes in risk-limiting elections, including the "negative-exponential" method (NEGEXP) and the "probability proportional to error bounds, with replacement" method (PPEBWR). Boulder County used NEGEXP, which was first introduced in a paper that was published earlier this year by Northeastern University researcher Javed A. Aslam and MIT researchers Ronald L. Rivest and Raluca A. Popa. Their paper, On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes, compares several different methodologies and suggests that NEGEXP "appears to have near-optimal efficiency."
The ElectionAudits software, which was largely developed by Neal McBurnett, is built with the Python programming language and the Django framework. The source code is available for download from the project's version control repository and is distributed under the MIT license. Some of the source code for the election computations was adapted from a Python script written by Rivest, who is best known for his role in creating the RSA encryption algorithm and is a member of the Election Assistance Commission's technical guidelines development committee.
ElectionAudits was used in Boulder following the general election to conduct what election officials say could be the most extensive risk-limiting audit in history. The county plans to encourage broader adoption of the methodology and hopes that it will be endorsed by the Colorado Election Reform Commission.
"The overall results give us more confidence than ever in the reported results for this election, based on the close agreement between the hand counts and machine counts," a representative of Boulder County said in a statement. "The audit also set new standards for transparency and verifiability. All the detail on results to be audited was published on the web before the random selection of batches to be audited was done. Peer-reviewed procedures for ensuring verifiably random dice throws and selections were used."
The development of the ElectionAudits software is a big step in the right direction for election integrity and accountable democracy. Modern voting technology poses significant challenges, but it is clear that open software and collaborative innovation can make a big difference and help ensure that the election process remains transparent.


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Less than Perfect StormAgain, my friends, I was unable to catch the performance of our hero as the game time in Japan posed a dilemma. Sleep or Daisuke. In the regular season, the choice would be Daisuke. No question. In the preseason....you know the answer already.
The thing is, it hardly mattered as the 2 innings of work that Matsuzaka was able to get in before the rain started was probably not all that enlightening. I find the walk that he was able to work against Hong-Chi Kuo fascinating, despite everyone around the world knowing that he wasn't going to swing. That's disgraceful. He would end up scoring on a home run by Eric Hinske.
Matsuzaka went back to the bullpen for 77 pitches after the game was delayed by rain, and made sure to get his work in. That's a good thing. The recap provided by Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe told me all I needed to know about the matchups between ML hitters and the man of mystery:
"Though the two minor leaguers scheduled to stand in against Matsuzaka didn't get a bat on the ball, a few Dodgers did. Rafael Furcal began the game by smoking a ground-rule double down the right-field line, followed by a sacrifice bunt by Juan Pierre. With Furcal on third, Marlon Anderson blooped a high changeup into left field, scoring the Dodgers' lone run. Olmedo Saenz followed by lining a high fastball for a single, putting runners on first and second. But that was it, with Matsuzaka using his slider to help close out the inning."
The part of that story that makes my skin crawl is that Dodgers' manager Grady Little decided to sacrifice with Rafael Furcal on 2nd and no one out in the first inning and Juan Pierre at the plate. The Dodgers paid Juan Pierre $44 million over 5 years, despite his career .727 OPS and a horrific 86 OPS+. If you're going to pay him that much money, I assume you expect him to hit. According to the numbers, a bunt in that particular situation actually contributed a -2.8% chance of winning the ballgame. To put it in plain words, you are hurting your team more often than not. What happened next? As you just read, Marlon Anderson got a single, scoring Furcal. I assume that Furcal would have scored from second on a single with his speed. We'll never know because Grady Little gave away an out to find out. For good measure, Olmedo Saenz' single would definitely have plated Furcal had Pierre and Anderson failed to do so. In the end, the Dodgers bunted, got one run, and promptly gave up 5 to the Red Sox. Where is Earl Weaver when you need him?


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The Chosen Five
The Guardians and Fallcrest prepare for war
In the time since the Guardians return from Thunderspire, many things have changed. Understanding that their conflict is likely to be ongoing, Sam'ael has worked hard with Fallcrest to set up a supply line and a means of raising funds. A leadership council was set up in Fallcrest, designed to represent both the growing military and civilian populations. Due to the companions efforts, people of all races have begun to arrive in Fallcrest. For the first time in centuries, Elves, Halflings and even gnomes have begun to settle in the burgeoning town.
The first topic tackled by the fledgling council was commerce. Fallcrest has a modest supply route, but without additional revenue streams, would not be able to rally the needed supplies to fortify Fallcrest. At this point, Ty stepped forward and mentioned that he had recently come in control of a small shop in the Seven Pillared Hall. After several minutes of awkward muttering and discussion regarding the nature of his "acquisition" it was agreed that a trade route would be set up between the two towns. Initially, Sam'ael suggested that Douven Stahl man the shop. Being the town's most accomplished, and some say unscrupulous, privateer, it seemed a natural fit. But the dwarf would have none of it. He claimed that he had seen enough of the world to last his remaining year. Strangely, the next day he returned to the meetings more than eager to head up the shop. On lookers commented about several new dwarf sized bruises on the stocky merchants' body. It was common knowledge that Tomarian had been staying with the Stahl's while in town.
It was eventually agreed that Ty would return to the Seven Pillared Hall with Douvan. Somewhat surprising, Kaz quickly asked to accompany the half-elf, claiming he had "personal business" to attend to in the town. Weeks later, Ty and Kaz returned, with Ty practically overflowing with excitement. He explained that on their journey back, Kaz had spotted what he had first thought was a shiny river trickling forth from a mountainside. Upon closer inspection, Ty realized that the stream was in fact, Mithral. The council unanimously decreed that a miner company would immediately set forth to recover the ore.
With trade suddenly looking promising, Sam'ael and the council asked the newly arrived dwarven community to meet. With Ty's shrewd assistance, people were beginning to mutter that he was worse than Douvan, a deal was agreed upon. In return for a generous share of the ore and profits, the dwarves would update the town's fortifications. Stone walls, battlements and portcullis would be installed.


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This week's gardening dilemmas
Q: Please can you tell me what is wrong with my evergreen shrub? Why didn't my laburnum have a good show of flowers this year? It normally flowers well. SS, Denmead.
A:The shrub has been infected with phytopthora fungal disease. Cut out the dead parts and water the roots with copper mixture, using one tablespoon to a gallon of water. Apply two gallons slowly. The laburnum needs a feed. Fork over the soil and scatter over half an ounce of sulphate of potash per square yard, over several square yards, in September. Water afterwards.
Q: I acquired this plant some time ago and it has thrived on neglect. Can you tell me the name please? I gave it some feed and cut off all the odd leaves, then flowers appeared. How do I look after it? MR, Fareham.
A: This is a Crassula, sometimes called dragon, succulent. It is a plant which thrives on neglect but surprises everyone with its pretty flower heads. Simply keep on doing what you are doing and feed it once a month from April but stop in September.
Q: Please can you tell me how to get rid of ivy? It has taken over my garden. HT, Wymering.
A: SBK brushwood killer will be most effective. It kills all plants but not grass.You can only buy it at garden centres in a ready-to-spray container, but it's also available as a concentrate. This can be applied all over the leaves using a long-handled paint roller. The leaves will turn brown and die in three weeks. If areas do not die off another application will be needed.
You need to be patient.
Q: I have been given a lovely shrub called calceolaria, it has yellow flowers like masses of bubbles and I have never seen it before. Can I take cuttings for friends? K F, East Ashling.
A: Yes, cuttings are taken now. Take off shoots about four inches long, remove all the leaves apart from the top two pairs and cut under the joint. Insert a very sandy compost, 50% seed compost and 50% sharp sand. Keep moist and in the shade in a frost free glasshouse. Roots will appear in four weeks. Pot each one into a three inch pot in John Innes number one compost, keep in the glasshouse and plant out after the third week in May next year.
– Now the weather has changed, mow the lawn in a different direction the next time it needs a cut. This reduces weeds because a lot of them lay flat on the surface when the lawn is always cut in the same direction.
– There is still time to move nerine bulbs. When replanting, they are best grown in groups with only half-an-inch of space between individual bulbs. They can also be divided and planted in tight groups and this will ensure they flower this autumn. Leave about a third of the depth of the bulb out of the soil in a sunny place.
– Buy a pack of Anemone De Caen. Plant five corms around the edge of a flower pot five inches in diameter in John Innes number two compost. Once the pot is filled with roots and without disturbing the root ball, plant them where you want to enjoy the flowers and you will always be successful in growing anemones.
– If you enjoy garlic, try to find garlic grown in the Isle of Wight. You will often see it labelled proudly. This strain grows well on the southern mainland and can be planted during the end of September for early cropping next year.
– Did you remember to sow seeds of spring hearting cabbage? If not, do it now.
I did say I would remind you!
– As the length of the dqay becomes shorter, the weeds grow faster – fact . Try to hand weed before the weeds flower, this breaks into the weed's life-cycle and they can be added to the compost bin.
– Flowers in tubs and containers are looking over their best in many gardens. Don't give up, trim back the tips of the plants, remove all dead flowers and water them with half strength Maxicrop Complete Liquid Fertiliser every other day for a week, and in two weeks time, the plants will look refreshed again.
After all that, have a rest in the shade.
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|Long-Term Planning
Mar 12, 2004
I am 38, on HAART and doing well. Assuming I'm taking these meds for life, I'm wondering: Will Medicare pay for these expensive drugs when I retire? I currently pay reasonable copays through my work's insurance, but can't see being able to afford the drugs without insurance when I retire. Any thought?
Thanks! Planning in Seattle.
Response from Ms. Breuer
If I were a betting woman, I still wouldn't touch betting on what Congress and Our Fair Leader will do with Medicare by the time you're old enough to be eligible for it. With this kind of lead time, I encourage you to set up your own private "medical insurance plan," but I mean something different from the usual definition. I mean setting aside savings in the highest-interest safe vehicle you can (bank CDs that mature at rolling intervals?) so that you can supplement whatever you receive in government benefits, pension income and government-sponsored health plans by the time you reach retirement age. My fond hope is that you won't have to swallow a medicine chest full of therapy in 25 years because we'll have figured out a way to stop HIV cold, even when it's had a long head start inside someone's body.
You may have noticed that increased health benefits are not the current direction in Washington. Please use your great planning skills to set aside a medications savings account that I earnestly hope you can use up in some other happy, glorious way by the time you reach that point in life.
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
English Title: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
Production: USA, 2012.
Release Date: 18.05.2012 (France), 08.06.2012 (USA).
Russian Distributor: Central Partnership (07.06.2012).
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Genres: 3D / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sequel.
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath.
Voices: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer.
Running Time: 85 minutes.
Madagascar de Soleil
The Penguins in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted were voiced over by Co-Director Tom McGrath (Skipper), Chris Miller (Kowalski), John DiMaggio (Rico) and Christopher Knights (Private). Monkeys are their loyal assistants, where a couple is particularly distinguished, including voiceless Phil and Mason, whose lines were delivered by Conrad Vernon. The forefront enemy would be the animal control inspector named Captain Chantel DuBois. She finds out about the animals travelling freely around Europe and hopes to get the lions's head to add it to her wall filled with stuffed animals.
Chantel DuBois combines the senses and habits of a detective hound with a voice paying tribute to French singer Édith Piaf (1915-1963), skills similar to the ones of Ethan Hunt from Mission: Impossible (1996-2011) and Cruella de Vil manners from the story of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Her English voice for such a villain has been provided by an American actress Frances McDormand, who is not only the Academy-Award winner, but also obtained three Oscar nominations and many other awards. The only way for the animals to escape is to join the Zaragoza Circus band planning to make shows in Rome and London to win a promoter's endorsement and get a chance to travel to New York.
The already familiar characters in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted will get some new memorable friends, what allows them to communicate extensively and make decisions in various emotional situations. That's why the easy-going sea lion Stefano will quickly befriend Marty, while lion Alex gets interested in a cute cheetess Gia, though he now has to prove to everyone that he is an experienced circus acrobat as he said, when saving his best friends from harm. Even the Russian tiger Vitaly isn't evil at all, though has his own story with a surprises leading him to the hilarious Borsch addiction. Glamorous horse Carmen speaks little, but does correspond to her image.
All the new animals are voiced by Canadian comic Martin Short, Jessica Chastain from The Help (2012) drama, Bryan Cranston and Spanish actress Paz Vega, whose career also included one more Carmen character in the Carmen (2003) feature film. Any new adventure of the crowd just can't happen anymore without the egoistic King Julian XIII, together with his advisor Maurice or the cute Mort creature. Once again Sacha Baron Cohen of The Dictator (2012) takes up the voice of the crowned lemur to get acquainted with the female bear named Sonja. They will go shopping in Vatican and spend more time together to share love and passion with each other. Julian's assistants will appear briefly being complemented by speech and sounds coming from Cedric the Entertainer and Andy Richter.
The wide sense of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted looks appealing both for kids and adults and reminds of the first two Shrek films in some ways. There are just cute jokes and more ironic parodies working with the symbols of modern Pop culture and even movies. It has also been a progressive step forward compared to the sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The weak or monotonous scenes of the previous episode were replaced more action-packed sequences, funny situations and even some fast-paced combat and car chases against the main foe with her uniformed allies.
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(Keep in mind that the type of software you use may be influenced by the type of video you are shooting, so make sure you look into the compatibility, file size, etc. of the camera you will use before pulling the trigger on an editing software purchase. It's all connected, see?)
5 Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro… is expensive. Oh boy is it expensive. You could buy a PC for less than this program costs (not that said PC would have either the right OS or the power to run it). But it is also one of two industry standard editing software programs, and if you want to take your editing really seriously, or if you want to enter the professional market as an editor with some solid chops, then know you this: the "Pro" in Final Cut Pro is not just for fun; this is professional stuff. From TV commercials to feature films, much of what you see out there likely took its shape thanks to Final Cut, so despite its lofty price tag of over $300 base edition, depending on your wants and needs, you may just want to go for it.
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Like the simple, straightforward name implies, this is one of the simpler, easier to use video editing suites you can buy. If your uncle wants help starting to edit all his old 8mm film transfers, tell him to get this program. It has plenty of transitions and effects for the casual user and, really above all, it is not a daunting, complicated beast to tame and use. And at a little chunk under a hundred bucks, it's not a painful price tag, either.
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Another "legacy" entry into the editing software field. This program pushes the price up to $100, so it's not as competitive as some, but Adobe knows what they're doing in this arena. Premiere is relatively easy to use and it's compatible with PCs and Macs, which is nice. Not an overwhelming number of effects or transitions in the Adobe Premiere bag, but it does offer up to 99 separate tracks, so you can use the smaller amount of tricks in rather complexly layered ways.
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Greetings Class of 1985 Alumni! Planning for our 20-year reunion is underway. Spread the word!! Please let anyone from our class that you stay in touch with know about the reunion. Our goal is 100 percent attendance, and it won't be the same without YOU!
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Toulouse, France – Domsware today is pleased to introduce the new upcoming update for Novae — version 1.2 — for iOS, its innovative, match-4, tile game where tiles "fall" inward, toward the Core, in a clockwise spiral.
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Novae derives its name from astrophysics, as the laws of attraction recall a phenomenon called "accretion" commonly found in astrophysics. Matches must include one tile to be on an axis and in contact with the Core. Featuring infinite levels of play, the player must restart from the beginning at level 0 after failing any level.
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Tile matching games are among the most popular puzzle games in the App Store. The eye and mind are drawn to the panoply of small, variously colored tiles in motion, and the goal of creating proximity (usually match-3 or more). Novae takes the classic match concept and creates a fascinating variation with both innovative laws of attraction and matching criteria.
First, tiles do not fall down to the bottom of the screen; they are attracted inward, toward the Core in a clockwise spiral until their progression is blocked. There are two laws of attraction: 1) tiles are always attracted inward, toward the Core and 2) tiles change position only to get closer to the Core.
Second, not every grouping of four or more like-colored tiles makes a match; a group of same-colored tiles is absorbed by the Core when it meets 2 criteria : 1) group contains 4 or more same-colored tiles and 2) at least one tile in the group is on an axis and in contact with the Core.
When a group is absorbed by the Core, remaining tiles get rearranged by the two laws of attraction, forming a new configuration. When the reconfiguration spontaneously generates a new absorbable group, it in turn is absorbed by the Core, leading to a new reconfiguration.
Every new or absorbed tile increases an energy gauge. When the gauge reaches full power, the Player advances to the next level and all the remaining tiles are eliminated. The player restart at level 0 after failing any level.
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Lynchburg Defeats Transylvania 3-1 in First-Round of NCAA Soccer Tourney
Will Face Emory Sunday at 6 p.m.
LYNCHBURG, VA - The Lynchburg College men's soccer team defeated Transylvania University (KY) 3-1 Thursday in the first-round of the 2010 Division III Tournament. The Hornets now advance to the second round of the tournament, and will play Emory University in Atlanta Sunday at 6 p.m.
Senior forward Shawn Bender (Virginia Beach, VA/Bayside) scored at the 23:56 mark of the first half on a feed from Tyler Romano (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown) and the score remained 1-0 until intermission.
Junior midfielder Zach Rusk (pictured on kick - Dale City, VA/C.D. Hylton) converted a penalty kick at 70:56 after Donald Hart III (Springfield, VA/Paul VI) was fouled in the box on a breakaway attempt. The Hornets added an insurance goal four minutes later as Kyle Symczak (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) scored from Shane Spanninger (Horsham, PA/Hatboro-Horsham) to make it 3-0. The Pioneers got on the board at 81:20 as Kevin Jones assisted Kyle Smith, but the LC defense made the lead stand up.
Freshman keeper Michael Releford (Blacksburg, VA/Blacksburg, VA) made four saves for LC and Alex Schmitt (pictured below) made five stops for Transylvania (16-3-2).
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|Christian Mortensen
|16 August 1882
Skårup, Skanderborg, Denmark
|25 April 1998
San Rafael, California, USA
|115 years, 252 days
Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen, known as an adult as Christian Mortensen (16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998), was an American supercentenarian. By the time he died,[1] he had become the oldest man to ever live whose age is not disputed until 28 December 2012, when Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him. Mortensen was baptized in Fruering Church on 26 December 1882.[2] Besides his baptismal record, other records include the 1890 and 1901 census enumerations in Denmark, and church confirmation in 1896.
In 1903, he immigrated to the United States, and lived in various areas and worked in various trades including as a milkman and in a can factory. In Denmark, Mortensen had worked as a farmhand and apprenticed as a tailor. He apparently was married though only briefly and never had children. Mortensen enjoyed an occasional cigar, and, very unusually for a supercentenarian, was known to show a bit of feistiness even in his final years. In August 1997, for instance, he expected to get the Guinness "oldest person" title, but on 14 August 1997, Guinness named Marie-Louise Meilleur of Canada, age 116, the "world's oldest person." Mortensen, angered, said they "just did that to spoil my birthday" (he turned 115 only two days after). Later, however, when he found out that fellow American Sarah Knauss was older too (116 as well), he said "c'est la vie." Mortensen could have been given the title of "oldest living man", however, but Guinness did not officially implement that category until mid-2000.
In 1973, he rode his tricycle to the Aldersly Retirement Community in San Rafael, boldly telling the staff that he was Danish, and that he was there to stay. Mortensen lived there for his final 25 years.[3][4][5]
He is the oldest recognized male ever to die in the United States, and the oldest recognized person ever born in Denmark. At his death, Mortensen was the second-oldest recognized living person only behind Sarah Knauss, also from the United States. He was 115 years, 252 days old.
He was the last surviving person documented as born in 1882 and was the only Nordic person to have lived past their 113th birthday.
See also
- ↑ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E7DB113EF930A35756C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink New York Times, "Christian Mortensen, 115, Among Oldest," 1998-05-03. Accessed 2007-02-16
- ↑ Christian Mortensen's birth record (see image) shows his birthplace as the village of Skårup, Denmark, which was located in Sogn Fruering parish, Herred Hjelmslev Hundred, Skanderborg County, which is now part of Skanderborg municipality.
- ↑ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/04/28/MN29699.DTL Torri Minton, San Francisco Chronicle, "One of World's Oldest Dies in His Sleep," page A-18, 1998-04-28. Accessed 2007-02-16
- ↑ John Wilmoth, Christian Mortensen, 1882-1998. Accessed 2007-02-16
- ↑ Karyn Hunt, San Francisco Examiner, "Guinness book checking after death of woman, 112, " page A-5, 1997-08-05
External links
- Scandinavian obituaries: Dagbladet and Aftonbladet
- Aldersly Garden Retirement Community
- Fruering Church article at Danish Wikipedia
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