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Katie Sowell
I met a Redpaw customer and his dog at a recent dock diving event where both of our dogs were competing. He told us about Redpaw products and all of the benefits of your dog foods. We did some of our own research and he advised us to give Randy (one of your employees) a call as well. My husband gave Randy a call for a few questions. I'm pleased to say that after speaking with Randy we are excited to inform you that we have made our first purchase. My husband and I love what we have heard so far and look forward to the benefits of your products. Our dog Mia is a yellow lab and just turned 1 years old on March 25th, 2014. We are excited to see the positive results of your products in her future dock diving, obedience, agility (which we hope to take up later this fall) and her general over all appearance, health and attitude. I have attached photos of her dock diving from this past weekend at The Ultimate Sports Show in Grand Rapids , MI which we competed in and Mia obtained her personal best jump so far of 15 feet and 7 inches. We just wanted to let you know how we had heard great things about your product and are again excited to see what it can do for Mia). I hope to be able to send you more emails telling you about our continued success this summer and years to come!
Shannon Davis
We have 3 black labs ranging from 14 weeks to 14 years old; all on different versions of Redpaw.
Lindy: 14 weeks old (X-Series Puppy)
Jackson: 2 years old (PowerEdge 32K);
Ally: 14 years old; (X-Series Maintain).
I always wanted to get into the dock diving sport with my dog, but never knew where to start. I read an article about a local dog owner who just competed in the World Championship for dock diving. I contacted him and within a few months we started practicing.
July 4, 2013 was our first competition. Jackson made the finals but did not place. Jeff suggested now that Jackson was on the path to becoming an athletic dog, we should change his food to RedPaw PowerEdge 32K. Jackson had been on RedPaw for over 6 months and in Nov. 2013, we made it to the World Championship for Speed Retrieve Express division, where Jackson took 4th. He is so lean, has a shiny coat, and a ton of energy. We receive complements on how fit he is wherever we take him. Lindy is our newest addition to the family. She is now 14 weeks old and has been on RedPaw X-Series Puppy since the day we brought her home at 6 weeks. She was a chubby roly-poly puppy. Since being on RedPaw, she looks healthy, well-proportioned, and her coat is shiny. Loads of energy after eating and wants to play with her big brother. She is next in line for dock diving! Ally is our 14 year old. She had been on the same food for the last 6 years. After switching our other two labs to RedPaw and witnessing such great results, we thought we should switch her as well. Ally is on the X-series Maintain. Within the first week we noticed her coat was more smooth, shiny, and shedding a lot less. Now she has a little more pep in her step and looks forward to feeding time. We would highly recommend RedPaw to all dog owners.
Rick Laes
Praz, a 2 year old Lab/Shepard
Atiie, a 5 year old Yellow Lab
Bandit, a 9 year old Lab/mix
Attie has been eating Redpaw for over 1½ years. After talking to a friend I decided to try it to put some weight and muscle on her which has been very hard to do since I got her at 10 months old. We started in Dock Diving in 2010 with Attie, she could never put on any weight. Since starting her on Redpaw 32K not only has she gained weight and muscle she also had less shedding, less waste, better coat, clearer eyes, little to no more ear infections, less gas, and the ability to feed half. In Nov. 2013, she made it to the World Championship for Extreme Vertical, where Attie took 4th.The best performance she has ever done in 3 years she is so lean and strong, has a shiny coat, and a ton of energy.
Praz has been on Redpaw for about a year. When we picked him up from The Sioux Falls Humane Society he was tall and very skinny. His muscle mass was a concern for me because I wanted to start him in Dock Diving in 2013. After 7 months of eating 32K Praz was ready to compete. He started in July,2013 and by November ,2013 he qualified for the Dock Dogs World Championships for Iron Dog, Speed Retrieve, Extreme Vertical and is 2013 - World Champion in Turbo Speed Retrieve and took 3rd in Extreme Vertical. There is no way Praz could have achieved the World Championship without Redpaw. You can say Redpaw has a "World Champion".
Bandit has been on Redpaw for 1 ½ years. He has been a my Vets and my mystery for 6 years. He couldn't put on weight from the day I rescued him. We did every blood test tried every food with supplements. Raw food , dry food, canned food you name it we tried it. Bandit has an extremely high drive and his body always very skinny with every rib showing. After starting the other dogs on Redpaw so did Bandit. It took a long time but for the first time in his life his ribs show no-more. I cut his nails so often now that I know Redpaw works from the inside out. He is 9years old but you would never know it because he looks and acts like a puppy.
I would highly recommend RedPaw to all dog owners.
Officer Trisha Burington
Sheboygan Police K9
K9 Bud was sent to me in the Spring of 2009. He came with some digestive issues, and he was about 10 pounds underweight. I tried several different dog foods and nothing helped.
He has a very high metabolism, and he wasn't getting the nutrition he needed. He has a very demanding role being a narcotics K9, and is expected to search large buildings and areas, and have strength and endurance. I reached out to Redpaw for help. I started Bud on their food and within a few weeks he was digesting his food and putting on weight. I am very pleased with this product, and it shows in my K9 partner's performance.
Thank you Redpaw,
Officer Trisha Burington, Sheboygan Police K9
Kathy Amrine
I wanted to let you know that Redpaw works wonders on dogs shown at confirmation shows as well as performance dogs.
I own and show an Akita. I had numerous coat issues while feeding (a different brand), large patches of hair gone clear to the skin, but healthy skin. (My Vet), one of your distributors and in my mind, pretty much one of the best Vet's I have ever seen, recommended Redpaw PowerEdge 32K. We have been on it for almost a year now, and we no longer have any coat issues. She is strong, athletic and a force to be reckoned with in the show ring.
Kathy Amrine and BPINSS SheBogi's Fly'N High ShowKayce
Ken Anderson - Fox, Alaska
My wife, Gwen Holdmann, and I began feeding Redpaw about two years ago. Prior to that we had been feeding another premium food. We switched the dogs over cold turkey and were impressed to see that they took to it immediately; eating with vigor and not having any stool problems. We also noticed an immediate reduction in stool volume. The best thing about the food was that it was several dollars cheaper than the food we had been using, and the dogs seemed to do better on it.
After a few months we noticed that their coats had become much shinier. We switched the dogs over in the summer and that fall the dogs put on much more muscle mass than in previous years under similar training conditions.
We believe it was the catalyst that took our kennel to the next higher level. We have tried EVERY top pet food over the last ten years in an effort to find the best possible food for our dogs. We're done looking because there isn't a single thing we don't like about this food. The dogs love it, they've never been healthier, and it's much more affordable. I'm not surprised to see that more and more kennels are switching to Redpaw because it's the best deal around.
Sean M. Siggins - Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
Location: Shrewsbury, PA
Dogs in Kennel: 1
Breed: Belgian Malinios
Type of Activity: Police / Protection Sports
Other Experience: K9 Officer, National Police Decoy, National (P.S.A.)Protection Sports Assocation Decoy, Member of (P.P.C.A.)Penna. Police Canine Assoc., K9 SWAT Handler/Dog Team.
Training Regime: Daily training in patrol and detector work
Feeding Strategy: 2 to 3 cups a day with hot water
Comments about Redpaw: Looked for 3 YEARS and about 10 different feeds for one that could keep weight on my Police/Sport Dogs and one that could do what it said it could. I needed a feed that delt with K9's in a highly stressful environment and were worked continuously at a very high level. After having my service dog on Redpaw for a little over a month I noticed he maintained his weight without supplementing his diet. His stools were smaller and consistent even when stressed in training. His energy level has been real high. It's remained high longer through training and his focus has been excellent. I don't know how many Police K9's are on Redpaw but I wish I would have discovered it a long time ago. Thanks for making a high quality feed.
Terry Streeper - Fort Nelson, BC Canada
We have been feeding Redpaw for 1 year; we switched over to it last September. The dogs had no problems in switching over and loved it. We immediately saw smaller and firmer stools.
During the 2005 Atta Boy stage race our team was having trouble keeping weight on and was running out of gas during the later parts of the stage. We had been feeding a high percentage of meat in our diet. We tripled the amount of Redpaw we were feeding and the results were immediate. Buddy came from a 20 minute deficit to win the final stage and win the race. The credit had to go to Redpaw. We have fed a lot of different foods in the last 30 years and I know we are using the best when we feed Redpaw.
Rob Lombard - Iron River, Wisconsin
Rob Lombard is married and has four children. He has been mushing 4 years and has 25 Alaskan Huskies. He runs mid and long distance races.
Kennel Name: Frost Line Kennels
Location: Iron River, Wisconsin
Racing Experience: Empire 130 in 2002 8 dog placed 27th, Apostle Islands Sled Dog 6 dog class 3rd in 2002, John Beargrease mid distance 150 2002 placed 15th.
Other Experience: Minnesota Boundary Waters week long snoring expedition.
Training Regime: Pull hard and slow in early season focusing on forming good running, pulling, resting and hookup habits. Then increase distance after the basics are instilled into the dogs.
Feeding Stategy: I like to feed the easiest way possible and with RedPaw that is made incredibly possible. All I do whether I am training or just a normal feeding is to feed the dry 32/20 meal ration along with water. No pre-mixing involved. Just dump a scoop of meal and 1-2 scoops of water and the dog is guaranteed to get the water and nutrients it needs.
Comments about Redpaw: I have been feeding RedPaw for 3 years now. There are a lot of benefits to mention with feeding RedPaw to working and non-working dogs alike but the most noticeable benefits are the ones that you can see. In that matter, I have noticed with dogs that I have bought for racing from other kennels that feed mostly meat with some dry mix is that their coats are brittle and dry. They suffer from bald spots that are created due to collar and harness wear. Once they have been fed RedPaw for about 1 year and they have had a chance to blow their coats a couple of times it is amazing what a difference comes out. No more collar or harness wear, their coats become soft and shiny, and in most cases they look like a completely different dog because certain colors come out in their coats that were never evident before. I can only imagine that the physical appearance improving like that means that their immune system, mental abilities, and muscular development all improve as well.
Philip Lester - Vancouver, Canada
Wanted to let you know that everything you mentioned about your product has come to fruition and we are "sold" on it. My 4 month old girl has been given 32K as a starting diet with no other additives necessary and she continues to grow as expected. I have also been giving my 3 1/2 yr old rottweiler male the Redpaw diet and he immediately has taken to it, requiring no transition with his previous food. His interest in mealtimes has actually increased. His poo is less and more solid than ever before. His coat is also shinier. My thanks and congratulations to Redpaw for such a great product!
Cascade Kennel - Washougal, Washington
Alaskan Malamutes and offspring won 8 national titles at the IWPA International weight pulling Championships 2008 and now have a 2 time National Champion, Teton, on both snow and wheels, and Taboo on snow 2008. In addition, our dogs and offspring have now won 21 National weight pulling championships to date.
By feeding Redpaw PowerEdge 32K to our Alaskan Malamutes they have built more muscle and had more stamina & strength during the drag trainings in harness and cart work preparing for the competitions. At the competitions by feeding Redpaw 32K our Alaskan Malamutes performances have been nothing less then outstanding to be bringing home the National titles. We also feed Redpaw to our puppies. It gives them the head start they need to become top winning weight pulling Champions.
We feed and recommend Redpaw!
Madeleine Nathan Sellers, Cascade Kennel Alaskan Malamutes, Washington
Penny and Kevin Nelson - Poynette, Wisconsin
My husband and I are recreational mushers in SouthCentral Wisconsin. We also have been involved in Siberian Husky and sled dog rescue for 7 years. Some of our foster dogs are in pretty good shape when they come to us, but we have had some that would bring tears to your eyes.
We first tried Redpaw food about a year and a half ago when we picked up a rescued Inuit Sled Dog from Linda Fredrickson near the Twin Cities. She sent a bag of Redpaw home with us and it was a hit with all of our dogs.
Unfortunately, we did not know of anyone near that carried it and could not store a pallet worth of food. Early last spring we discovered that Sarah and Paul Thuot near Lodi were distributors for your company. We contacted them and have been buying our food from them every since. Not only is it GREAT for our sled dogs, it is incredible how fast our foster dogs start to improve as soon as we put them on it! They start to gain healthy weight and their coats begin to improve almost over night. We also have a couple of old retired dogs and it is much easier to control their weight with the RedPaw.
We have almost 20 dogs of our own and all except one are from shelters and rescues. Most are actively involved in our recreational teams and ALL are healthy and happy - a lot of which has to do with the Redpaw. We will probably never win a race or a weight pull, or a beauty contest since we have such a mix of Sibes, Mals, Inuits, and Alaskans. But our mutts are the best that they can be and they are happy, what more can we ask for!!
Thank you Redpaw.
Penny and Kevin Nelson
The Storm Shelter Sled Dogs and Rescue, Poynette, Wisconsin
Rick Snyder - Kokomo, Indiana
I wanted to pass on to you our experience with feeding Redpaw. In December of 2001 my son purchased Dusty, an alaskan husky, from Brian and Linda Fredrickson in Minnesota. Actually we purchased 5 bags of Red Paw dog food, as Linda would not "sell" her Dusty. So we began feeding Redpaw at that time to the huskies and our family Gordon Setter, Dixon. This story is actually about Dixon.
At the time of the switch to Redpaw, Dixon had a history of stomach problems that resulted in severe cramping to the point of not being able to walk. The problem was associated with food and switching foods was tried without much success. Also, at the same time he developed a skin condition that caused hair to fall out and severe itching and a rash. He was a mess.
We completely switched him over to Redpaw in January of 2002 and I am happy to report he has not had one incident of cramping and his skin condition has completely disappeared. He also had been a very fussy eater, but now he meets us at the door, at feeding time, and devours his food, just like the huskies.
Thanks a lot to Redpaw for providing a very excellent dog food at a reasonable price. Keep up the good work.
Rick, Marlene and Chase Snyder
Kokomo, Indiana
Doug Ruzicka - Alaska
Let me tell you about our success with Redpaw. My daughter, Rebekah has run the Junior Iditarod the last three years. Her first year she finished in 21st place. Her second year she finished in 13th place.
After that year we began using Redpaw products exclusively and she finished in third place this year. Had she not made a wrong turn in the fog on the Yetna River she would have finished second. Iditarod veteran, Vern Halter, noted that her team looked the best of all the teams entered in the Junior Willow 100. Her training speeds have increased 2 to 3 miles per hour over what they were last year. And this is with the same team that she had last year. We are really looking forward to next year!
Doug Ruzicka
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Semiconservative replication
Semiconservative replication describes the mechanism by which DNA is replicated in all known cells. It derives its name from the fact that this mechanism of transcription was one of three models originally proposed[1][2] for DNA replication:
- Semiconservative replication would produce two copies that each contained one of the original strands and one new strand.
- Conservative replication would leave the two original template DNA strands together in a double helix and would produce a copy composed of two new strands containing all of the new DNA base pairs.
- Dispersive replication would produce two copies of the DNA, both containing distinct regions of DNA composed of either both original strands or both new strands.
The deciphering of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953 suggested that each strand of the double helix would serve as a template for synthesis of a new strand. However, there was no way of knowing how the newly synthesized strands might combine with the template strands to form two double helical DNA molecules. The semiconservative model seemed most reasonable since it would allow each daughter strand to remain associated with its template strand. The semiconservative model was anticipated by Nikolai Koltsov, supported by the Meselson-Stahl experiment[2][3] and other even more revealing experiments that allowed for autoradiographic visualization of the distribution of old and new strands within replicated chromosomes.
Experimental evidence confirmed that two lines were observed, therefore offering compelling evidence for the semi-conservative theory.
Rate and accuracyEdit
The rate of semiconservative DNA replication in a living cell was first measured as the rate of phage T4 DNA strand elongation in phage-infected E. coli.[4] During the period of exponential DNA increase at 37 °C, the rate of strand elongation was 749 nucleotides per second. The mutation rate per base pair per round of replication during phage T4 DNA synthesis is ×10−8. 2.4[5] Thus semiconservative DNA replication is both rapid and accurate.
See alsoEdit
- ^ Anthony J. F. Griffiths; et al. (1999). "8. The Structure and Replication of DNA". An Introduction to genetic analysis. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-3520-2.
- ^ a b Meselson, M.; Stahl, F.W. (1958). "The Replication of DNA in Escherichia coli". PNAS. 44: 671–82. doi:10.1073/pnas.44.7.671. PMC 528642. PMID 16590258.
- ^ Meselson M, Stahl FW. (2007 ) Demonstration of the semiconservative mode of DNA duplication. In "Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology" (editors Cairns J, Stent GS, Watson JD). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ISBN 9780879698003
- ^ McCarthy D; Minner C; Bernstein H; Bernstein C (October 1976). "DNA elongation rates and growing point distributions of wild-type phage T4 and a DNA-delay amber mutant". J. Mol. Biol. 106 (4): 963–81. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(76)90346-6. PMID 789903.
- ^ Drake JW; Charlesworth B; Charlesworth D; Crow JF (April 1998). "Rates of spontaneous mutation". Genetics. 148 (4): 1667–86. PMC 1460098. PMID 9560386.

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In his celebrated Preface to the novel, Hawthorne makes a point of calling The House of the Seven Gables a romance.
Intent on distinguishing it from the novel, which he asserts is bound more closely to tenets of verisimilitude, the novelist insists his work is less concerned with representing with exactitude the everyday life of the people he writes about than it is with offering readers a portrait of human nature that is psychologically true. Hawthorne makes use of the intrusive and omniscient narrator, who comments on the actions of the men and women in the story and directs readers to an understanding of both character and theme.
A master of the use of symbolism, Hawthorne fills this novel with objects and people who serve to highlight his themes and suggest a greater dimension to his work. Without question, the central symbol is the House itself.
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Today all I want to say is that me and Volt are going to Luxembourg! We will take part in the team and the individual events... if I had won the lottery, maybe Chaos would have been going as well, he really did perform well over the weekend of the Try Outs (he walked away Reserve South African Agility Champion 2014), however without the added pressure of competing for a spot on the team, things do have a very different dynamic.
Volt and me had a bit of a roller-coaster ride leading up to the Try Outs.... for the whole year I have been very concerned that Volt is just 'not right', but the vets and physios could not find anything wrong. Then 10 days before the finals, the chiropractor saw Volt... and FIXED him ten times over. He fixed him so much that Volt quadrupled in speed, leaving me jogging behind with dust in my eyes. Literally in every single training session leading up to the finals me and Volt dq'd... generally spectacularly because I was not used to him running The Flash.
I decided that I would take it as it comes, in actual fact I couldn't care less about our result or whether we would go to Luxembourg or not, I was just happy I had my super speedy super Sheltie back.
The first course was a very enjoyable technical course and Volt was running so amazingly that I did not foresee our elimination AT ALL. So we started off on the back foot. In the next round we had 5 faults due to another timing error on my part. Admittedly I ran my last two rounds a bit more carefully, but still very happy with how Volt handled it all, finishing 2nd in the third round and winning the last round.
And more importantly we qualified as the second highest qualifier for the South African Agility Team (highest qualifying small dog). So now the FUND RAISING and preparation for the World Champs begin!
Chaos was beyond amazing the entire weekend, after a dog walk fault in our first round, he managed 3 clears to become the Reserve South African Agility Champion. SO proud! This amazing dog has given me everything he possibly could in the last 8 years and he keeps on giving more, getting better and stronger. He really is my heart and my soul!
I am really looking forward to seeing many of my international Agility friends in Europe in September. And making some new ones! And now I would like to introduce you to Team South Africa 2014:


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It's Day 13 of Blog Every Day in May!
Today's Prompt is - "Issue a public apology. This can be as funny or as serious or as creative as you want it to be."
I don't like apologizing in the first place, but right now "I will apologize for this boring post!"
I think my readership has dropped by half during this month, so sorry...
Speaking of, does anyone have some suggestions for blogs I can read? Lately the blogs I read have not posted or seemed to have faded out, and I'm only left with like 7 that I actually read. So suggest some!
Thanks in advance!
Onto the prompt from Rosalilium.com
Talk about being green, eco-friendly or ethical. What do you do to make a difference?
We are CrAzY recyclers at my house - my boyfriend knows how to recycle everything. So batteries, metal, regular stuff etc... we don't have much trash. I also am an electrical Nazi (is that offensive? I hope not.) Most of the electrical items in our house are off unless we are using it. We shop local. I rarely bathe to save water - ha! (joking) that was to see if you were actually reading this :) Anything I can do - I try. I would love to compost but renting and compost don't real work out.
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The man, named only as Frank P, worked for over 30 years in the Ghent court before he was fired last March for holding a photo shoot with naked models while the building was closed at a weekend.
An employment tribunal found that he had been wrongly dismissed because the hobby photographer has permission to hold a shoot, although he nor discussed the use of naked models with his employer.
The tribunal ruled that Belgium's Federal Department of Justice must pay €57,000 euros for wrongful dismissal and severance pay, plus €15,000 euros "moral damages".
"The court took very seriously the fact that my client was held for a night in the police cells," the sacked man's lawyer told the Nieuwsblad newspaper.
"Moreover, he had permission to take pictures, and a nude photo is also a photo. As a hobby photographer, he does not distinguish between nudes and other photos, so he did not fund it necessary to go deeper into an explanation when making his application. In addition, this was stylish photography and not crude pornographic images."
The sacked man said: "Of course I am happy that the ordeal is finally over. But why did I have to sit for a night in jail?."
The Belgian Department of Justice is considering an appeal against the verdict.
Last march, two models, either wearing skimpy lingerie or completely naked, were photographed in various poses in the Flemish city's modern and glass fronted courthouse.
One picture showed a model sitting in the leather seat of a judge and another showed a different naked woman lying across a judicial bench.
Both women were also shown exposing themselves through the glass fronted court building to the busy Ghent street outside.
The illicit modelling assignment was revealed when photographs were shown on the websites of the models. "He told us that he could take pictures," one of the models said. "Nude pictures in a courthouse, you don't get that chance often huh? Such a beautiful location."


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I admit when I first read an Axe Cop, I wasn't all that impressed. I loved the art but thought that the stories were a bit stupid and randomly dumb. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I learned that Axe Cop is written by 5-year old Malachai Nicolle (now 6) and illustrated by his incredibly talented 29 year-old brother, Ethan. After I figured that out, I went back to the beginning to re-read them and it all makes perfect sense! Pure genius! Head over to the Axe Cop site for a real awesome time and it'll remind you what being 5 years old was all about -- dinosaurs, blood, axes, super-heroes, swords, robots, ninjas, aliens, bombs. I'm going to get all of the aforementioned items tattooed on my chest and neck tomorrow.
Friday, March 26, 2010
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- Kate said...
Hnuh. Simon Pegg was tweeting about this a couple of weeks ago.
Are you on Twitter? I is there:
Prefer it over Jerkbook, where people seem to base their sense of self-worth on how many "friends" they have. And most of those "friends" don't give two shits about their "friends"; makes for awkward run-ins. Fo' sho'!
Jerkbook: popularity contest a la high school, with the same dynamics. Bleech! I fled from there at the end of December, and am a MUCH happier person for it :)
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Ne-Yo Accused of Ditching $800 Restaurant Bill
Ne-Yo had a hit with 'Sexy Love' back in the days, but he's getting no love from a New York restaurant after he allegedly ditched a bill and left no tip.
According to the New York Daily News, the R&B singer came to Negril in Manhattan's West Village to dine earlier this month. He ate and partied with a group of 10 people, who ate chicken dinners with mac and cheese, and ordered a round of vodka drinks from the bar.
When it was all said and done, Ne-Yo charged up an $800 bill. However, when it came time to pay, the 'So Sick' crooner skipped out on the tab and on top of that left, failed to leave the waitress a tip.
"We had a Monday Night Football thing, the Giants were in, too, and Ne-Yo came in with [road manager] Jayvon Smith, a group of girls, some guys and a bodyguard," an onlooker explained to the newspaper. "He was ordering all this stuff and he kept asking people what they want, and kept the drinks coming.
The eyewitness also claims that Ne-Yo and the group had the waitress "running ragged" serving food and drinks to the table, but she was very generous and helpful.
"The waitress was really sweet, she even helped his bodyguard, who sat at the bar while the group ate," said the snitch. "She's smiling like she's going to get a good tip and she ends up looking for him after no one paid the bill."
Apparently, after a quick game of keep-away with the food bill, Ne-Yo walked out of the restaurant and left in an SUV. However, the manager of Negril did try to get the singer to pay the tab but was blocked by his bodyguard.
This isn't a good look for Ne-Yo who, ironically, released an album called 'Year of the Gentleman.' If this story is true, he wasn't so honorable with the restaurant or waitress.
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Exploring Thailand's Heartland–Isaan and the Central Plains
December 13 – 20 (Days 48 – 55)
13.12.2012 - 20.12.2012
View World Tour 2012/13 on Elmar123's travel map.
We've come to Thailand for several years now and have been here probably more than 10 times but we have never visited the center of Thailand and the most populous of all regions, Isaan. Isaan, or the Northeast, is also the poorest region of Thailand and is often associated with the "Red Shirts", who demonstrated in Bangkok a couple of years ago until a military crackdown cost over 90 lives. The Isaan region also mainly fuels the vast sex industry of Thailand with young women who don't see a future in Isaan and who often have to support big families back home who have a hard time making ends meet.
Isaan and the Central Plains are also regions where you can find many of the manufacturing plants supplying products to e.g. Japanese, European and some American car manufacturers as well as companies like Jim Thompson, which produce silk for expensive pashminas and the like.
So, while we have heard many stories about this region we have never visited it and thought that on our extensive visit this time it would be a shame to miss out on a chance to get to know the "real Thailand" and not just the Thailand of the beaches in the South, hills in the North and Bangkok, which is in many ways unique anyway. Finally, we also saw it as an opportunity to get away from the typical tourist razzmatazz of most places in Thailand for a few weeks which you can grow tired of.
So our plan was to travel through Isaan for about five days, maybe catch a boat on the Mekong in Nongkai and make our way back to Bangkok through the Central Plains with the two old capitals of Sukothai and Ayutthaya. The following chapters describe the different stages of our Trip to Thailand's Heartland.
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So even after a VERY long morning of setting up for the neighborhood yard sale, I somehow mustered up the energy to drive into DC for a DC Metro Moms event to promote the new movie Kung Fu Panda. Now let me preface this by saying, I probably never would have gone to this had Andrew been in town. No WAY would he have agreed to this. But since we were on our own and I was beat from the yard sale, I thought this would be an easy activity. Also note, that when I RSVPed I thought they would actually be showing the movie.
There were two goals with this outing 1) to meet up with some of my DC Metro Moms blogger friends 2) give us something 'different' to do. So, I guess since those two goals were achieved the outing was a success.
However, the event was not really my bag--driving 45 minutes (both ways) and paying $16 to park for some free food, silly goody bags and video games is kind of a waste for me.
But some good things came from it and I learned a few lessons about me and my kids from Kung Fu Panda. Thanks Panda!
1. I'm learning to navigate the DC roads much better. I don't need entire silence in the car when I'm driving the silly one-way streets.
2. My kids are so easily amused by anything that I don't need to drive 45 minutes for activities. While they had great crafts and games at the event, all my kids were interested in was the TV and the food. We have both of those at home. Ok, they did enjoy the face painter, too.
3. My kids learned how to play "I spy" on the way home.
4. The kids enjoy outside more than inside. We stopped at the Theodore Roosevelt Island part on the way home and let them throw rocks in the water.
5. My kids use the potty as an attention ploy. The minute I would start talking to a DC Metro Mom, someone had to go to the bathroom. How can you push them off when they have to potty? The minute one didn't get their way at Roosevelt Island, they had to go potty. We had to pee by the tree. And the minute Alex did something Anna didn't want to do, she had to poo. We had to go home.
6. My kids will not be seeing this movie until they are older. Even though the lady there told me it was meant for little kids, I'm not so sure they need to see a movie about Kung Fu fighting. They already fight too much.
Despite everything, it was fun to catch up in person with the moms and 'do something different,' as Alex says.
What I Learned from Kung Fu Panda
So even after a VERY long morning of setting up for the neighborhood yard sale, I somehow mustered up the energy to drive into DC for a DC Metro Moms event to promote the new movie Kung Fu Panda. Now let me preface this by saying, I probably never would have gone to this had Andrew been in town. No WAY would he have agreed to this. But since we were on our own and I was beat from the yard sale, I thought this would be an easy activity. Also note, that when I RSVPed I thought they would actually be showing the movie.
Questions from Alex
I've been reading this new book Writing Motherhood, which I LOVE by the way. It's basically a great instruction guide for people like me who love to write and love even more writing about their kids. She offers up unique ideas, suggestions, topics and strategies for keeping yourself writing. One of the things she mentions is keeping track of the questions your kids ask.
Here are the questions from Alex (age 4) in about a 10-minute period in the car yesterday. (Yes, I wrote them down at the stop lights.)
Are we on the toll road now?
How long until we get home?
When does daddy get home?
I see an airplane, is daddy on that airplane?
Is today Tuesday?
When is Tuesday?
Is Daddy your husband?
Can Abby be my wife?
Is Max excited about me coming to his house today?
When do we go to his house?
Are we going to his playground?
Why not?
How old is Cameron?
Is he in Anna's class?
When will be in Anna's class?
Is 18 months older than 2 years?
What time does Elizabeth get off the bus?
When is 3:30?
Does she sleep at school?
Where does she sleep?
Can I have peanut butter and jelly when I get home?
Do I have to take a nap today?
How come you didn't slow down at the yellow light?
What happens if you slow down at the yellow light?
There was discussion in between some of these, but yes, this is the thought flow. When I look at these clustered togethered I realized how interested he is in other people. Funny guy.
First Giveaway: Mommy Needs a Cocktail
As I was standing at the playground on Monday, I looked over and saw a mom wearing a shirt that says "Mommy Needs a Cocktail." I smile and tell her I have the same shirt. We talked for a bit on how the shirts were hysterical and great quality. Turns out, the day before, I met the woman who makes these shirts. Woo hoo, I felt famous for a brief moment. I must admit to already "knowing her" from DC Metro Moms. Yes, she's another fellow mommy blogger.
So here's the scoop on these shirts. Every mom should own one. Even if you don't like cocktails she has some that include Mommy Needs a Beer, Mommy Needs a Latte, Mommy Needs a Glass of Wine, Mommy Needs a Vacation, Mommy Needs Some Chocolate. So you really have all your bases covered. And if that's not enough, you must see the baby/kid shirts with sayings like "So, when do I get the pony?" or "My Mom Doesn't Want Your Advice."
Kristen of Baby Brewing actually makes these shirts herself. That's right ladies read her bio on her Website and she has managed a screen printing machine into her basement. I give her props right there!
Here's how the giveaway works. Leave a comment on the site before Saturday, May 31, with your best 'Mommy Needs a Cocktail' story. (See mine below.) We have all 'em every day. It's one of those moments when you just need really need drink in hand to ease the moment, but know you can't because it will just slow you down and make things worse. If you don't have a story, then just leave a post saying 'hi' and tell me how great the shirts are. Please make sure you include your email somehow when you reply or I can't get in touch with you if you win. I will randomly pick a winner on Sunday for a free shirt, courtsey of Baby Brewing.
My Mommy Needs a Cocktails story: Today, I'm trying to make a dinner for a neighbor who had surgery. The kids want to be outside, but I need to cook. I just got yet another book rejection. I believe we're up to about 10 now. No one wants to buy our book because we're no-name moms who apparently don't know about having kids less than two years apart. I have a neighborhood yard sale I'm planning and need to finish gathering items AND pricing them all. I'm hosting a playdate this afternoon in my rather messy house and right before nap both my kids managed to assault the neighbor's son--with a bite (Anna) and a swat from a stick (Alex). Oh, and my husband's out of the country with no phone access. I need a cocktail.
Observing Kids
We've had a rough day in our house today. For the most part, I've felt like a parent who really can't parent. We've had unusual hitting, pushing and random acts of destruction. It's a bit disturbing. I can't ever tell what brings it on or figure out where it comes from--fatigue, clash of personalities, disappointment?
I was glad to have had the chance to 'observe' my kids this morning. I really wish for more two-way mirrors, especially at school. Our gym is fortunate enough to have its Kids Gym area on the basketball court, which can be seen from the actual gym. So I have the luxury of watching my kids play without them knowing it--unless they look up and catch me in the act.
Not really wanting to work out today, I decided to take the time to see how they interact with other kids. Alex runs immediately into the group and scopes out who looks like the cool kids to play with. He hovers, as if checking them out. Hovers enough so they notice him lurking. Sure enough, one kid goes over and talks to him and they are immediate friends. When he tires of them, he heads for the game/puzzle table.
Anna immediately heads to the craft table to color. After doing a drawing or five, she tries to find some girls to play with. I see her following some older girls who don't notice her, and Anna gives up and runs to some boys to play with. I guess it's her rough n' tough attitude. She seems to teeter between playing with boys or coloring. Perhaps she's just trying to find her place in a world where she wants to be a girl, but her role model is a very tough four-year old. The good news is neither child is shy, but with their assertive personalities, I'm afraid they may have trouble keeping friends.
Oh, parenting is hard!
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens; NoVA's Hidden Treasure
I'm sure Meadowlark Botanical Gardens is one of the overlooked tourist attractions of the area. On a beautiful day, you'll find people downtown on the Mall, the National Zoo, Frying Pan Park or Great Falls park. But one of my favorite little hidden treasures is Meadowlark Botanical Gardens right off the Toll Road in Vienna. Surprised, huh? I love this off-the-beaten path place. It's quiet and serene--even with my kids there.
We made several visits during the spring, summer and fall last year. But took our second trip there on Tuesday. Once again, it was wonderful. If you haven't been at all or this year, here are a few reasons to check it out:
1. It's cheap. Kids under six are free and adults are only $5. My parents ended up buying us a season pass which will get all our guests in for free.
2. It's big. That's right, even with the gardens, there is enough space for kids to just run while parents enjoy the beauty. There are even trails back in the woods for some "hiking."
3. Kids area. They have moved the interactive tea party garden now, and it includes a sandbox and a few other "games" in the area. My kids really just loved the sandbox.
4. Fish food. When you pay admission to the garden, as for fish food. There is a nice collection of turtles and catfish in the large pond to feed.
5. Something's always in season. Our first trip there this spring found us at the end of the cherry blossoms (which were beautiful) and the fields of tulips. Our trip this week was filled with flowering trees and peonies.
This is a great place to take kids of any age. Babies will enjoy the walk or sitting on a blanket with a snack. You'll have to sneak in a snack and clean up after yourself. No food is allowed in the gardens, but no one has ever stopped us from our mini PB&Js up on the Adirondack chairs. Toddlers and preschoolers will love the opportunity to just run.
Welcome Summer
I laughed yesterday when I thought of people hitting the pool this weekend. The weather hasn't been exactly. . . .warm. I ate my words today and caved. The heat in the high 80s (ahahahahah) had me wanting pool and I was in luck. Even with hubby out of town, I put on my new swimsuit, piled the kids in the wagon, filled up my new Scout beach bag (fabulous bag!) and we were off to the pool.
The water was cold but my kids were in heaven. I sat nearby and realized this will be 'the summer of the pool.' I thought it was great last summer, but my kids are comfortable in the water and as long as snack is provided--what is it about snack and the pool?--then I think we're good for the next three months. Bring on the heat! The best thing about the pool....it makes everyone tired.
The Magic of Star Wars
I remember the first Star Wars movie I saw at the theater. It was Return of the Jedi. I was eight. Does that date me? I had previously seen the original Star Wars and Empire Strikes back. My brother, three years younger, had too. So when I do the math, he probably began the Star Wars trilogy around the age of five. Hmmmmmm.....
I hadn't given it much thought until a few nights ago when my neighbor's kid, also five, came out with a giant light saber--complete with noise and lights. Next thing I know all the kids are running around playing Star Wars and assigning roles. Anna declares herself Darth Vader and stands with her best mean face and hands on hips. The boys argue over who's going to be Luke Skywalker. And soon, they're all running around making up a Star Wars world of good vs. evil.
Where do they get this? My kids wouldn't know Star Wars if they saw it. I don't think they've even seen a picture from it. But even I remember as a kid, being fascinated by it all and begging to be Princess Leia. What is it about Star Wars that fascinates us all? Why are even young kids drawn to this?
Then I started thinking when would I actually let my kids see this? The older ones are pretty basic. But there are still topics in there I'm not ready to address. Five seems so young, but when I think about Alex...I know he'd love it. Beyond the messages in the movie, Star Wars opens up a whole new grown-up science fiction world to him. Am I ready to leave behind Dora, Thomas and Backyardigans? I've only just gotten use to Spiderman. I think I want to wait a little longer and let Star Wars be something in his imagination. Maybe next year.
The Last Day of School
So many asked what I ended up doing on the kids' last day of school.
1. Dropped off kids at 9:15
2. Drove to Herndon Farmer's Market and bought strawberries, snap peas, spinach, apples and basil plant.
3. Talk to my mother on the cell phone.
4. Went to a new nearby cafe (So Addictive Dessert Lounge) with free Wifi and worked for an hour. Great place, by the way.
5. Stopped off at Trader Joe's to pick up a few things.
6. Drove home and dropped off groceries.
7. Checked email again. :-)
8. Quickly made a picnic for the kids and myself.
9. Raced back to school 11:35 for Anna's good-bye cupcake party. Made there 5 minutes late and they were already sending them home 10 minutes early!!!!! Seriously.
That was it. Afterwards, we stopped at a park on the way home and had a celebratory end-of-school picnic. I managed to pass down my love for eating outside to my kids, even if my husband doesn't.
We spent the entire afternoon outside playing and the celebrating went into Friday when Anna's class met up for another playground picnic. Gotta love summer! Maybe this no-school thing won't be so bad after all. I may not be singing this tune next week.
Last Day of School; What to Do?
Tomorrow is my kids' last day of preschool before the summer vacation. Luckily we have lots of activities planned for the 13 weeks of summer. Yes, I have counted them.
While this time last year, I was in total panic mode about weeks upon weeks of no structured activities, this year I am relatively calm about it all. The kids are older and more fun. We have five weeks of half-day camps and a few classes including swim lessons and gymnastics. I have a feeling most of the summer will be about the pool, which is fine for me.
But still, I have one day left. Tomorrow. What should I do with my last day of school?
After Eight Years, I Still Love Him
Eight years ago today, my husband and I were married. I don't know if ever thought much about what our life would be like eight years into marriage or 38 years into marriage. But I'm happy to report, we still pretty much follow our same daily pattern, even after having two kids. Some might call it boring, but for me, it's perfect!
You can still find him reading on the couch or outside with his gin and tonic. You still find me writing and playing computer or trying to squeeze in a bath. We both still make it to the gym, although much less often then we used to. We both still enjoy going out to dinner and still can't ever agree on the type of place. He still picks at me about picking up my clothes. I still make fun of him for having the hiccups all the time. We both love to travel, but for very different reasons.
Eight years later we've seen quite a bit. We've managed to make it through four major moves, three of those international ones. We've survived several job changes for him. We've adjusted to our two most wonderful children. We've endured the loss of one pregnancy. We've struggled through seperation, though not as badly as others have. I know we have a lot more ahead of us, but so far it's been a wonderful ride. As he said, "Here's to another 88 years together."
Summer . . . Yikes
I'm over at DC Metro Moms today blogging about summer, which for us, starts next week.
What Are the Play Dynamics?
As you know, we've been living outside these days. It's been fun to see the neighbors' kids who have all grown over the winter months. Everyone is taller and stronger and very verbal.
It's fun to watch the dynamics between different groups. My kids get along with some better than others. I don't know why that is other than having a clash of some very strong personalities. Our neighborhood boasts a pretty diverse age range. My kids play with other kids as young as two and as old as 10. You might think that would be strange. It's been fun to watch it all play out.
My parenting style tends to be very lax. I am a believer in letting kids work things out on their own. I don't like to get in there too much unless, clearly, someone might be on the road to injury or I know another parent is a more hands-on parent. That's not to say that I send my almost-three and four-year old out on their own to wander the streets, but I do think it's good for them to learn to work things out for themselves sometimes.
After some conversations with a few other moms this weekend, I gave more thought to this subject. With some kids, perhaps intervening earlier is appropriate based on your child and their abilities or the dynamics at hand. Playing with much younger kids or much older kids requires a bit more "presence" from a parent. A child who tends to be more physical--like my kids--perhaps needs a better tending to around certain situations.
But what interests me lately is how children of other lax parents do well in situations where they are left to figure it all out. Our little backyard group of ten or so kids gets along rather well. It may take the kids a few minutes to adjust to everyone and remember the hierarchy or 'chain of command' so to speak. But within a few minutes, everyone it playing nicely knowing his/her 'place' without too much supervision. Except for the occasional "stop that", "don't go over there", or "don't climb that tree so high." It's like Lord of the Flies...supervised.
Ahhh....a little reassurance that it's OK to step back sometimes and let your kids really play and figure out life on their own.
We Came, We Read, We Conquered the Library
The library is like this looming building. One reason is because my kids tend to leave a trail of books behind them. Second, usually at least one computer is messed up afterwards, and we've usually pissed off a few library goers in the meantime.
Today....we conquered the library!
I am still in disbelief and unsure of how we finally, after four years, mastered this feat. After this morning's yoga class, when I felt at peace with the world momentarily, I decided because of the rainy drizzle we'd stop off and pick up a few books. The rules for the kids were: "No running. No screaming. No touching the computers."
We walked in with an agenda and this time, I had a list of books. Alex wanted a kids book on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pippi Longstocking and book on flags. We managed to pick up a few others on the solar system, Madeline and Lyle the Crocodile. I was able to browse the books in both the children and the Junior Reference section, which my kids...get this...sat at the tables and read! There was no running, no screaming and no playing computers.
Our only issue was I found Anna in the stacks giggling with three older boys (about age 6). What does that say about her? I asked what she was doing. Her response, "I'm playing with they boys." I told her not to tell her daddy about it.
How to Have a Conversation
I'm blogging over at DC Metro Moms today about learning to converse on topics other than parenting issues. I'm not doing so well in this area.
Pit Stop
This was a first for us. On the way home from school, Alex announces he has to go pee pee right now and cannot wait. I pull over into the parking lot of a business park. He pees by a tree--out in the open. Just as he finished up a man comes out for a smoke break. We've done the peeing at the park. This pulling over for an emergency pit stop was a first for me. After we were done, Alex asked if he got a treat since he was able to hold it and not go in the car. Treat? I don't think so!
Reliving Pippi Longstocking
A few months back, I called Barnes and Noble to try and pick up a Pippi Longstocking book to read to at my son's school. "How do you spell Pippi?" The lady ask. You have to be kidding??!! Pippi Longstocking was easily one of the most recognizable little girls in children's literature. I laughed at the salesman on the phone and said, "Are you serious? You don't know Pippi?" She didn't even know the author--and she worked in the children's section. Shameful, really.
After our brief stint in Sweden, where Pippi lives as a hero to children. Before the age of three, any good Swedish child can name every character in the books and tell you about them. They have a museum dedicated to Pippi and Astrid Lindgren (the author). You'll find Pippi clothes, books, back packs, dolls, games, puzzles. You name it, they have it.
This past weekend, the Swedish embassy in DC hosted a Pippi Day. Me needing a little bit of Sweden, made the very long trek into town. It was cute and very Swedish. Alex asked all kinds of questions about why Pippi lived alone and why she has a monkey and a horse. We have read a few of the storied, but I went to get one of the Pippi movies on Sunday since it rained all day. (Not the same ones I saw as a child.) Both kids just instantly fell in love with her. She's fun and mischievous. Pippi stories, like many Swedish stories, touch on topics which are a bit taboo here like bullying, grief divorce, and death. You mix that in with a bit of imagination and even a bit of magic and you get something very unique.
The past few days it's been fun to have Pippi back into our lives. She gives us a touch of Sweden and a bit of fun. I hope she'll stick around for a while.
Vaccines and Autism
I found this interview with the former director of NIH to be interesting. I wanted to share. My interest with vaccines started right after the birth of my first son, right around when the discussion of vaccines and autism hit an all-time high. It was very important for us to space out our children's vaccines during their babyhood. Now I feel good that we did. I wish doctors would be more open to this since it certainly couldn't hurt. Especially since most admit to knowing little about vaccines other than what the AAP tells them.
We Are the Empathetic Ones
You can say all you want about equality, but women really are different from men.
Recently I've been thinking about women as a community. What is it about tragedy and sadness that brings people together. In the past year, I have become part of an amazing community of moms. Every time someone has a new baby, moms volunteer their precious time to make meals for her. And they are not just frozen meals. Some of them are several-course meals full of nutrious yummies and even gifts for the kids. I have made countless meals for my mom's group always with the thought, "If this saves someone one night from cooking and more time to spend with a child, take a shower, enjoy a bath, or sleep then I would do this."
We've even moved on to helping a mom in need while her husband is sick and another who's battling breast cancer with a baby undergoing surgery. While these are all amazing feats to deal with while taking care of a family, I find it comforting that community comes from nowhere sometimes. People we hardly know step up to help out and we find within ourselves a reason to step up and help out. Many times, we ourselves, don't have the time, but we feel a part of us calling to help those in need.
Most recently, I was touched by my best friend's community in Atlanta. Her dear friend Amanda said goodbye to her three-week old baby last weekend. I have been following this heartwrenching story (God, I wish it was a only a story) for the past many weeks. Baby Gavin was born early (but not too early) and with brain hemorrhaging, which had been going on in utero, unbeknownst to anyone. I think what touched me as much as Amanda's strength through it all, was her friend's unyielding support to babysit her other two boys, bring her food, help with household chores, even sit in the NICU with Gavin while the parents spent time with the other two boys. In his little life, he was never ever left alone.
Cara told me her friends helped pick out the funeral music and take photographs of the family. They were by her side through the whole thing. Even now, the help still keeps coming in with babysitting and meals.
Call it maternal instinct, call it empathy, call it whatever you like, but women really can be amazing. Thanks to all who give from their hearts.
I Love My Kids . . .
. . . because they are absolutely hysterical. Right now as I type I hear them on the monitor talking about how one is older than the other and that she should listen to him because of it. I love when age trumps everything.
. . . because they know just the right things to say. Like at dinner Alex told me this was by far the best dish ever and could I make it again and could he have a piece of chocolate.
. . . because they know when they misbehave what the consequence is. Alex will even send himself to his room sometimes.
. . . because they are SO good about bedtime! Enough said.
. . . because they're so lovable and cuddly when I ask nicely for 'huggles and cuddles.'
. . . because they are so smart and can outsmart me.
. . . because they continue to teach me so much everyday about love, life and even myself.
It's not until you experience motherhood that I think you really learn to appreciate your own mom. I love you mom! Happy Mother's Day to everyone.
Dinner Party Success
So the party was a success. The weather managed to clear up just in time. The food was amazing. The winners for the evening were the chicken, the pesto/tomato torta, and the truffles. I have to thank Andrea for her help with the menu because I actually had everything ready to go right as the first guest arrived and really didn't have to do anything other than refill my serving platters. Lots of people showed up. I had time to sit and talk and chat . . . here was the only problem.
In the past few years of having babies, not entertaining and working from home, I seemed to have lost all ability to talk about things besides kids. I stand their shyly in a small group, laughing and contributing now and then to the banter, but somehow I feel my kids may have taken away my ability to integrate into normal society. I read the paper every day and keep up with the events in the world. But somehow launching into a conversation about a child's sleep patterns or preschool woes is easier than talking about the election, global warming or national security. And I have opinions on all of this! But somehow it's harder to share than my kids' potty habits. Why is that?
Anyway, party success on most fronts. Not sure I'm ready for another one anytime soon. I took me all day to recover from this one.
Planning a Dinner Party With Kids, Tiny Kitchen
Back before children, my husband and I loved to entertain. We'd spend time working on a menu and be super meticulous about the food. We had fun shopping together and he had fun making the drinks. We anticipated it and then loved to talk about it later. The last party we had before kids, I was six months pregnant. It was madness. I couldn't drink. I stood up doing so much preparations and didn't even enjoy myself. It was three years before we ever attempted a no kid party again.
This weekend will be our fourth dinner party in this house. Most of the time it is a mix of my husband's work colleagues, which is fun because they love to talk all the no-no topics of politics and religion. That's what happens when you invite people from The Hill. But as of late, dinner parties have become less fun in the preparation phase due to a few things:
1. The size/layout of our house
2. The size/layout of our kitchen
3. The kids
4. Did I mention my kitchen?
The past three parties, I have made my standard fare. The problem is anything which needs an oven heats means our entire main level of the house is painfully hot. Our kitchen only comfortably fits one maybe two people.
What I needed for this party is a complete menu that could be prepared ahead of time and in the final hours before the party, I could just plate things without using an oven and without being in the kitchen. It's no fun to be at the party if you're in the kitchen and no one can fit in there with you. Yes, it's seriously that small!
I was at a loss for a menu of tastefully done hearty appetizers to feed my 15 or guests. We're hopeful that the weather will hold out so that will help push everyone outside onto the deck.
I am super grateful to my fellow DC Metro Mom blogger Andrea of Andrea's Recipes who managed to arrange an entire menu for me free of oven! She is truly the small home dweller's dinner-party dream. I'm sure you're all curious of the menu, right? Well, I won't give you her entire list, but this is what I've chosen to serve in case anyone really cares.
So here is the menu for the small-house-no-oven-make-ahead-kids-in-the-way-spring-dinner-soire.
Fruit + Cheese
Fruit skewers (mix 2 or 3 types--strawberries, melon, grapes, apples, Swiss cheese, ham pieces, cocktail shrimp; cut the fruit 1 day before, prepare skewers the morning of and cover tightly in plastic so they don't dry out)
Chevre coated in minced parsley and finely chopped pistachios (chop the parsley and nuts and roll the log in it)
Wheel of brie, top removed for those who don't like the skin (I might wrap phyllo around it, but that would involve the oven.)
Dips and Toppings (all served with bread, crackers, pita, etc.)
Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade (I'm cheating and using the Trader Joe's one)
Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Hummus (Cheating and using Whole Food's Garlic Hummus--the BEST store-bought hummus by far.)
Pesto & Sun-Dried Tomato Torta
Chicken Orzo Salad with Goat Cheese minus the chicken for my vegetarian guests
Thai Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Dipping Sauce (Cook the chicken and make the dipping sauce the day before and chill, then rewarm slightly and cut into chunks before serving. Garnish with fresh cilantro at the last minute.)
Sushi (get at Wegman's made fresh and arrange on platter)
Beef and Gorgonzola Toasts with Herb-Garlic Cream
Florentines Turns out Trader Joe's also has almond meal already so looks like I won't have to process the almonds! Bonus.
Oreo truffle balls Of course no Oreos since they have partially hydrogenated oils...I had to get the ones from Trader Joe's.
So there's the menu. I can't wait. Now for the kids. I finally decided to use my babysitting co-op to get a few hours of prep on Friday, and then I got smart this time and arranged for the babysitter on Saturday night to come early this time. We may be well on our way to learning to entertain with kids. We'll just have to see how it all plays out. Now I'm on to preparations in my teeny tiny kitchen. That's a whole other issue!
Good Old Fashioned Play
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. We've been outside almost all day everyday. I am loving the fabulous weather lately--warmer temps blooming trees and flowers. It's making afternoons fun and easy for everyone. No need to try to find things for us to do. I open up the door and we're out until at least dinner. Our townhouse neighborhood is completely set up for this as the kids are able to roam from yard to yard and then play in the common areas with everyone's toys. Neighorbors are generous about watching kids while someone sprints inside or grabs some snacks or drinks.
My kids come home every evening completely filthy and legs covered in scrapes from climbing trees or going on "adventures" with their friends. It's the good old fashioned play I remember as a kid when we played outside everyday after school. Who wants to be inside when you can enjoy spring in Virginia?
What I Would Do Differently the Next Time
Catch me over at DC Metro Moms blogging about what I'd do differently the next time around....with babies. No, I'm not pregnant. But it sparked an interesting discussion among some members in our mom's group.
Margarita Mama: Mocktails for Moms-to-Be
When I first received this book in the mail for me to review, I must admit I laughed. Someone came up with a book just for 'mommy- to-be' safe drinks? Seriously!
But I was pleasantly surprised at how clever Margarita Mama turned out to be. To be honest, I used to make my own mocktails (aka the Mama-rita) during my first prengancy. A few of them are actually in here like the Sparkling Cosmopolitan, Pregnant Punch and Hot Mama. Do you see how cute this is? By my second pregnancy, I was mixing sparkling water with a bit of real wine (no, not everyday!) for my own sanity of having to deal with being pregnant and having a not-yet-one-year old.
This is a great little gift book for a new mom-to-be. Not only do the drink names include things like Car Seat, Baby Shower Shake, Cranberry Crib, but each drink comes with a little humor before about being pregnant. Some even come with tips, like when to install the car seat or why blueberries are so good for you.
Today is: No Yelling Day
Last night before the kids went to bed, Alex said to me "Mommy, I don't like it when you yell. It makes you mean." (Knife in heart.) So he and I made a promise that our house would have no yelling today. We declared it "No Yelling Day."
I asked him what I should do instead of yelling. Here was his response (he's so mature): Mommy, when I do something bad. Please just say to me, "Alex, no, don't do that." And I will just stop doing it.
My response: "Hmmmm.....Really, you'll just stop doing it. And what about when I ask you 20 times to put on your shoes? You'll do it without me yelling."
He smiled and said he would be good if I wouldn't yell. It's 1:30 p.m. and so far, we've managed a very, very nice morning of playing outside, hitting the farmer's market, running two difficult errands and so far, we've had no yelling. Even from the kids.
As Alex got into the car after our final errand he says to me, "I love no yelling day. Could we make this everyday?"


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SXSW 2017: Robert Glasper is the antidote to every track band to shame a stage
There's this weird trend in urban music where many rappers and even R&B artists don't fully perform their songs live. Instead, they execute stage antics and chime in occasionally with the backing track. Houston jazz man Robert Glasper is the opposite of that. He's the antidote to so much of what's wrong with modern music. To every lip-syncher who's ever had the gall to swindle a crowd, to every cheap, auto-tuned hook, to every formulaic nothing song carefully crafted to become a chart-topper.
Appearing with a group of six top-notch instrumentalists, the keyboard wizard led a remarkable jazz session at Empire Garage. The set clocked in at two and a half hours, and it was constructed by a group of artists who had never performed as an ensemble. For the most part, they improvised. The artists passed each other riffs, following the melodies down abstract pathways, indulging their instrumental prowess with sprawling solos. They built layers of sound and broke them down again.
Glasper is a phenomenal talent, ferocious on the keys, but he was also a gracious band leader, passing the spotlight freely and reveling in the brilliance of his peers. "This moment is never going to happen again," he said halfway through, explaining that the band was "making (expletive) up as we go along."
The motivation for the evening was the music itself, the complicated riffs, odd changes, weird time signatures and eerie melodies artists coax out of each other when their only objective is to follow the muse.
Glasper bills his show as Robert Glasper and friends. Here are some of the folks who came through to show and prove.
Neo-soul titan Bilal taught a master class in how to evolve a hook.
Singer Anna Wise, whose featured prominently on Kendrick Lamar's did a sublime feature.
Multi-instrumentalist Taylor McFerrin, was part of the main ensemble for the night. He's a fantastic player, who also has wicked beatbox skills, which is not surprising when you consider who his father is.
An easy highlight for indie hip-hop fans was when Phonte, from Little Brother and Foreign Exchange, popped up and destroyed a few verses.
And Philly rapper Dice Raw showed up on the set too.


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She's a notorious man-eater who has made her aversion to matrimony clear ("There are a lot of ways to approach commitment and relationships — and marriage is just one of them," she said in May).
But Cameron Diaz, 36, is getting serious with her model beau, and Jennifer Aniston's ex, Paul Sculfor!
The Shrek star and Paul, 37, who have been dating since June, have kicked their relationship up a notch.
"Paul has given up his bachelor pad," an insider tells OK!. "He moved into Cameron's home in the hills above the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.
"They've settled into a comfortable routine. She drops him off at the gym."
Another pal adds, "Cam's just about as happy as I've ever seen her!"
The pair were first spotted on cozy dinner dates around L.A. early in the summer, when they were careful to shy away from the cameras.
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A month and a half back, I wrote on my ongoing woes with domestic air travel. Since I had specifically named Jet Airways in that post, I decided to write to their customer care email address and give them a link to my blog-post. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from a lady in Mumbai asking if there was any way she might be able to help. I told her that I wanted to meet someone senior in the organisation who might be able to give me some piece of paper regarding the entitlements of a person traveling with a personal wheelchair, so that I would not need to go through the same ridiculous objections again and again. As she was in Mumbai and I was in Chennai, she asked somebody in their Chennai office to get in touch with me. When that Chennai contact called me, and I said I wanted to meet as senior a person as possible in Jet Airways, she wanted to know why. When I expressed a desire to carry a piece of paper signed by such an authority as to precisely what were the entitlements of a person with disability traveling with his personal wheelchair, she told me that such a document could not be given, but that I could inform her whenever I planned on flying on their airline.
I flew from Chennai to Bangalore a few days ago on Jet Airways, and was surprised to receive an email from them asking me to tell them about my experience of the flight I had just taken. I thought I might as well put that up on my blog, too! The first false note was struck at check-in when the lady at the counter told us our baggage was overweight - because she included the weight of my wheelchair which had to be checked in. After the same discussion we have had innumerable times at innumerable aiports, we were allowed to conince her that airlines are obliged to transport such assistive devices at no extra cost to the passenger. The next hiccup involved the seats we were allotted. There were two passengers who had needed to be brought in a wheelchair to the craft; and both of us were seated in row 15 - bang in the middle of the plane, so that we had to walk some amount till we could get to our seat. I do not know why this was necessary, since I have been seated in the second row from the back in the past. Is it so hard to have a uniformly applied, and sensitively designed set of practices which would minimise the hardships/inconveniences that persons with disability have to face when they fly?


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Behavioral: Counseling intervention with rapid HIV testing
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|Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Deparmtment
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06511
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|Lynn E Fiellin, MD
|Yale University
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Keywords provided by Lynn E. Fiellin, Yale University:
alcohol consumption
sexual risk behaviors
young, unhealthy drinkers
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If you've ever driven through miles and mile of farmland, you know how monotonous it is. Corn or soybeans as far as the eye can see, with an occasional barn thrown in. Svein Møxvold decided to add some color.
He wrapped hay bales in plastic, painted them Pepto-Bismol-Pink, and put them back into their native environment.
Implications - Whether they reside in the city or the country, today's consumer is constantly seeking ways to add an element of fun to their daily lives. The chaotic nature of society creates an unshakable urge to break free and let loose in a consumer; products that provide that opportunity yet still allow for the smooth function of daily life are sure to please.
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I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS since 2010 (as implied by the Rev Number). The LTS suffix means that the Rev has what is called "Long Term Support" from developers. I like LTS as it is more likely to be stable. Because I am mostly satisfied with my Ubuntu installation, I had not kept up with the latest news of additional releases. But, for my Son new installations I wanted to review the latest available release. To my pleasant surprise the current Rev of Ubuntu is 12.04 with LTS. I should have known as it is a even numbered release. For those that do not know, the first two digits of the Rev number is the year and the last is the month. The developers plan is an LTS for each even numbered year.
To me this is good news, I could install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Son's fresh wiped systems, before I would have to figure out how to do the same on my established systems.
We downloaded the ~700MByte Ubuntu 12.04.1 ISO file, to my Laptop and proceeded to transfer the file to a USB thumb drive. But we could not get his older workstation to boot from the USB. The solution should be simple; transfer the image to CD, but that did not work, the image is larger than a CD. A DVD is necessary, but that is OK as my laptop contains a DVD burner. The image was transferred onto the DVD, but then that did not work as the Workstation and Laptop could not use the image written at high speed. With some research, the recommended speed was below 4X. A new DVD was burned at low speed. The Laptop install process was a little slow, but going well enough that a second DVD was burned to use with the Workstation. The Workstation was much faster than the Laptop and finished first. We then had fun playing and admin'ing the two new systems.
That night when I got home (about 10pm) I decided that was easy and therefore I should update my (established) Laptop. It would not be a fresh install, but an update, preserving as all of the user data. At about 3:30am when I went to bed, I had still not completed the task. The next morning all went well and now I have a Laptop running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
I tried to do the same with one of my Workstation, to make a long story short, I attempted to update the system twice and scratch installed it four additional times, my user data was on another disk and therefore a install was not a great lose. In general, the problem and answers were: Build from DVD and not try to use an USB, the NVIDIA video card that the Workstation contains is not supported very well. Ubuntu 12.04 uses what is called Unity for windowing, the menus and workspaces are best viewed in the 3D mode, NVIDA 3D is not currently supported by Ubuntu.
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But, after many hours, I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 on two system, and to my surprise the major thing that I have always complained about Ubuntu, appears to be FIXED. Before at rev 10.40, the "sound" system seemed to never worked right, now it seem to just work -Yeah!
I am going to like Ubuntu 12.04.1 :-)
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I love Italian wines - red, white or rose. It matters not. There's a lot to love in so many wines from this country and the diversity is incredible. From the cool climate whites of the Alto Adige to the big, bold reds of Sicily and everything in between, there's no end to the choices available to consumers. And let's face it, everyone loves Italian food. There's more Italian cook books on my shelves than there are from any other country. The wonderful combinations of 5 or 6 ingredients will usually make something magical and there is always a perfect wine match for what your cooking up.
Montepulciano is the second most widely planted grape in Italy, grown just about everywhere, from Emilia-Romagna in the north all the way to the heel of the country in Puglia. But for me, it's the east coast of Italy that the best Montepulcianos come from, in Abruzzo and the Marche. It's a late ripening varietal that needs plenty of warmth and hang time to really show it's best. The rocky, sandy soils along the coast in this part of Italy lend the wines a distinct mineral component, adding complexity to the bold fruit that is typical of this grape. Rosso Conero is the DOC in this case, where Montepulciano must make up at least 85% of the bottling and Malacari is the producer of this 100% Montepulciano cuvee. Fermented in stainless steel but aged in oak for 12 months prior to an unfiltered bottling, this lovely wine strikes a wonderful balance between fruit and subtle wood flavors.
Dark purple in color, you're greeted with typical smokey cherry and plum aromas with complicating notes of oak spice, coffee and minerals. In the mouth it's rustic but hearty, with large scaled dark fruit flavors and a long spicy, moderately tannic finish. Try this everyday winner with a beef or lamb stew, or a bolognese pasta. Imported by one of my favorites, Polaner Selections, this quaffer set me back a middling $14.99. Cheers.


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A few days after Madisyn was born we had our first major outing- Visiting Miss Lindsay Porter at her studio she had at the time, in downtown Snohomish (which is a SUPER cute little town, if you've never been- GO!). We had so much fun taking photos of our sweet babe and scrunching her up in the funniest little poses- Lindsay was such a professional and I adored her personality.
Needless to say, our relationship with Miss Lindsay did not end there. Madisyn has had the pleasure of being photographed by Lindsay Porter Photography every couple of months in her first year and a half of life. I am so glad that we took the time and expense to have these photos done- they will be treasured FOREVER.
Over the last 20 months I have gotten to know Lindsay a little bit better at each photo session. And as the bunch's product line in Baby Galore, 1st Birthday Outfits and Accessories grew, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to offer these adorable outfits to Lindsay's Clients as well.
What better way to launch our co-branded effort than for a CANDY LAND THEMED CAKE SMASH!? I had SO much fun creating the outfit AND Lindsay asked me to handcraft a Sewn Applique' Rag Tie Bunting for her photo-shoot backdrop.
I found a few tutorials here and there- but none of them had the step by step with photos like I longed for... SOOOOO- here is one for you!!!
Cut, Iron, Sew
The first step is to figure out how big you want your bunting triangles to be. I wanted about a 3 foot banner total, so I eye balled the length on my ruler and decided they needed to be about 9 inches tall and 6 inches wide at the top of the triangle. I used my fabric ruler to measure and rotary cut 1 triangle. Then I laid that triangle on top of my ironed fabric and the ruler over the top of that and rotary cut along the edges, using my first triangle as a pattern. I cut a total of 6 triangles (You will need two for each finished triangle.
I used my Silhouette to cut out my letters with interfacing and ironed on my letters onto 3 of the triangles.
Once the letters were ironed on, I sewed around the edges of each letter with a coordinating color thread and puled the loose ends through to the back side of the fabric. Because this isn't a peice that will most likely be washed very much, or at all, I didn't tie off the loose ends of the thread, they should be fine just pulled through to the inside.
With all 3 of the letters Applique'd, I then laid out the triangles without applique' over the top of each letter triangle (right sides facing), pinned and stitched around 3 sides (leaving the top open).
Cut, Flip, Iron
After you've sewn around the 3 sides, cut the tip of the triangle off (the excess fabric outside of where you sewed) so that when you flip it inside out there isn't a lot of bulky fabric preventing you from getting a pointy tip on your triangle.
I used a chop stick to carefully poke the tip of my triangle to get all the fabric pushed inside out. Once you have it all flipped, iron it to get a crisp finished look.
Trim, Measure, Bind
After you sew your 3 triangles and flip them right side out, they won't be perfectly straight across the top (unless you are perfect, I obviously- AM NOT). Use your rotary cutter and ruler and trim the edges so you have a straight edge to enclose in your binding.
I purchased premade Extra Wide, Double Fold Bias Tape from Hobby Lobby to use as the ribbon for my bunting. I cut the bias tape to 3 feet long and then folded in half to find the middle. I marked it with a pin.
I purchased premade Extra Wide, Double Fold Bias Tape from Hobby Lobby to use as the ribbon for my bunting. I cut the bias tape to 3 feet long and then folded in half to find the middle. I marked it with a pin.
I arranged my bunting triangles on my cutting mat with the spacing I wanted to allow for room for the rag ties between each triangle. Notice my center of the bias tape pin is the in center of the middle triangle.
And then I pinned each triangle inside of the bias tape fold so that the raw edge was covered.
Sew, Rag Tie, and Done!
After pinning each triangle, I used my widest zig-zag stich on my sewing machine and started at one of the ends of the bunting and sewed all the way to the other edge, taking out the pins as I went. After it was sewn, it looked like a finished project, but I wasn't done yet. I used strips of coordinating fabric and tied knots in each strip between the triangles until there was no exposed bias tape remaining... And that's all there is to it!
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