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Inbjudan till Goodyears presskonferens på IAA Hanover 19 Sep
SEP IAA Commercial Vehicles Hanover September 19, 2012, from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. (with light lunch)
SEP IAA Commercial Vehicles Hanover September 19, 2012, from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. (with light lunch)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We are pleased to invite you to attend the Goodyear Dunlop press conference at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show 2012 in Hanover, Germany, which will take place on the Goodyear Dunlop Stand B22 in Hall 12 on Wednesday September 19 at 1.15 p.m.. The following topics will be presented: • World premiere of the Goodyear Marathon Coach tire • World premiere of Goodyear Ultra Grip Coach winter tire • News on the new EU tire label • Future innovations for the transport industry • Presentation of the 'LEGO truck' charity project supporting DocStop , with German entertainer and 'King of Majorca' Jürgen Drews. On September 19th, European and German members of the company's top management as well as members of the R&D team will be available for interviews. If you would like to arrange an interview please use the attached reply form. Carola Cotronei, Communications Manager EMEA and Jens Völmicke, Director Corporate Communications EMEA will be on site to answer your questions and to assist you during the press days. Yours faithfully, Linda Brandelius


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And I'm really quite mad at Morgan. I had to change his diaper, clean up his throwup and put him in the tub and she wouldn't wash the dustpan. THE FREAKING DUSTPAN!?
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Jaxon's sick
Okay, I'm better now. Still a little disappointed that my sister won't help when someone's sick, but...
Posted by Kyle Hendricks at 3:18 PM
4 comments:
- Kendra Logan said...
I hate it when my sister gets out of stuff when I'm stuck doing all the dirty work. It makes me really mad, lol! Hope Jaxon gets better really fast! :( And hope Morgan will pitch in a little more, too :)
- April 5, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Kyle Hendricks said...
He's still sick... Hopefully Morgan will help pitch in with chores and stuff this week.
- April 6, 2009 at 1:43 AM
- Kendra Logan said...
Yeah :( Still hoping for a quick (ish?) recovery...*crosses fingers*
- April 6, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Sandy F. said...
Man my sister really pisses me off to when she gets away with this stuff. Like the other day I had been sweating while sleeping all darn night and felt like S%*^ in the morning only to find out little miss prissy had a sniffle and got out of doing the laundry. OH PLEASE
Thanks for the Ramble Sandy F.
- June 7, 2009 at 6:11 AM
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Some Previously Unpublished Tweets
I might be developing a twitter problem. I used to tweet once or twice or thrice per day, and not at all on some days. Now things seem to be… progressing. The infection is spreading, and my brain is warping around the 140 character format. I sat down to write a blog post one day and all that came out were tweet candidates.
- I would be a lot more inhibited in my writing if my grandmother were still alive and "on the internet."
- She always said, "I'm so proud of you kids. Don't ever do anything to make me not proud of you."
- She was an avid reader of police reports in the paper.
- I keep getting all these amazing tweets in the shower.
- Not *these* ones. You're not seeing the good ones. I forget every single one of the shower tweets.
- Okay, I'm back. I was busy playing with my Buckyballs. (Not in the shower.)
- DAMMIT, twitter. I keep thinking of tweet ideas instead of post ideas.
- I'm afraid all of you shallow chuckleheads might be limiting my greatness.
- Is it sad, to be precomposing so many tweets? But this is me, now.
- I'm suddenly reminded of the time, early in my jr high career, when I jotted down a whole page of conversation ideas before calling a girl.
- This is all a bunch of crap.


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I have art on the brain. I have been lusting after a large, original artwork for a while, specifically Michelle Armas, though I don't want to buy until I see in person. She recently added some new pieces to her website. Here's my favorite:
I dont know if this one is new, but it's still my favorite. Currently.
I also like this one by Jenny Andrews:
She is the person behind mfamb and I like her. I don't know her but I like her. I think we could hang. Another cool chick I just recently discovered is Lee Kleinhelter. I didn't really just discover her, but just recently put a face to the rooms. She is fabulous at putting a chic spin on rustic elements. My idol. Check her out:
Perfection. Nothing like someone like Lee to make me feel entirely inadequate on a Friday afternoon. Way to start the weekend. Lucky for my goldfish-like memory, I'll forget about it in about 12 minutes. In keeping with that, I'm already off to my next thought. These classic loafers:
I've really always loved them. They were on sale at Belks this weekend (I know it's just Belk, no S, but I prefer to say Belks with a thick Southern accent). It got me thinking about them again and how they are the perfect fall shoe. With some high-waisted high water jeans and a vintage polo- collar popped. I would channel that classic New England vibe. Add a cropped trench and satchel to my arm... and some oversized wayfarers. Now that is classic fall style and it's right up my alley.
Last, I'm getting my haircut today. I always go in with big plans and walk out with... the same haircut I went in with. It's never my fault though. I think people are afraid. Adventure is my middle name though. I've gathered pictures and intend to find out if blondes really do have more fun. Wish me luck.


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Montreal, April 27, 2016 — The Court of Appeal of Quebec has granted Kofi Norsah the right to appeal a lower court ruling in his case of race and sexual orientation discrimination.
The decision, rendered by Justice Marie-France Bich two days ago, can have a significant impact on how complaints of discrimination based on race and sexual orientation, and involving the legal concept of intersectionality that is often avoided in Quebec, are handled by the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission.
Mr. Norsah, an English-speaking gay Black man originally from Ghana, was a social work student at McGill University who wanted to be open about his sexual identity in his field placement at Saint Columba House. His supervisor discouraged him from doing so on the grounds that his Black client was "afraid of gay men." Disagreements over the issue of sexual orientation disclosure in a social service setting eventually led to the termination of his placement in 2011.
His complaint with the Commission was at first turned down on the basis that his "sexual orientation is part of (his) private life, and (the agency) as well as any regular employer is entitled to ask their staff not the share their private life with their clients." He had to appeal this decision for his complaint to be finally accepted.
The Commission produced an investigation report in 2014 that contains several discrepancies, such as the description of himself as being "Black" (instead of a Black and gay man), from Guinea (instead of Ghana) who "was living in Canada when he followed a personal path that resulted in the fact that he is a homosexual". Also, the Commission's report used, as evidence, a negative field evaluation of Mr. Norsah that was twice dismissed by the McGill School of Social Work.
The Commission eventually dismissed the case in 2014 due to "insufficient evidence" of discrimination. However, the decision itself reveals more problems. The Commission has erroneously used the concept of discrimination based on intent, when the courts have stated since the 1980s that discrimination should be assessed on the basis of its effects. It has also failed to address intersectionality, i.e. the intersection of race, sexual orientation and gender as an integral part of the victim's identity.
More importantly, the Commission ruled on the case despite the fact that the social work profession, and the Commission itself, have no official policy on sexual orientation affirmation in the context of a professional helping relationship. A Commission mediator's suggestion that a legal opinion be prepared to help the Commission better assess the case was ignored.
Mr. Norsah filed for judicial review of the Commission before the Superior Court on the grounds that the Commission made serious errors of fact and errors of law in its decision. However, the Court ruled in December 2015 that the judicial review should only be limited to procedural issues, such as whether he met the time limit to file his judicial review (which he did) and whether the Commission met its duty of "procedural fairness" in handling his case (which the Commission did, in the court's opinion). "Procedural fairness", in the Commission's view, means that the Commission's main role is to gather the versions of the complainant and the respondent, produce a factual report and receive comments from both parties before making a ruling as to whether discrimination exists.
Considering that the Superior Court did not correctly rule on his judicial review, M. Norsah sought leave to appeal before the Court of Appeal. In her decision, Justice Bich of the Court of Appeal found that this case raises important procedural questions in relation to the coming into force in 2016 of the new Code of Civil Procedures, and "questions of interest … as to the merits of the case." Consequently, she has allowed his case to proceed before the Court of Appeal.
"My client is very happy that the Court of Appeal will look into the merits of the case because it can have an important impact on how the Quebec Human Rights Commission must handle all complaints of discrimination, particularly those involving intersectionality, such as race and sexual orientation as in his case ", said Me May Chiu, Mr. Norsah's lawyer.
"This case is, at this stage, no longer about Mr. Norsah", added CRARR Executive Director Fo Niemi. "It speaks first to the need for the Commission to pay due attention to complaints filed by English-speaking Black and other individuals with multiple identity traits."
"The Commission needs to base its decisions on law, facts and clear policy guidelines rather than on improvisation, especially when it comes to an issue as important as a professional's right to affirm his sexual orientation in a social service setting, without risking sanctions," he noted.


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My syndication lament
April 3rd, 2009 | Tags: atom, feed, nerding, rss | 2 Comments
I am pretty frustrated with the feed reader landscape. My requirements are not that esoteric; I need a feed reader that supports:
- Flagging, tagging, starring, or otherwise annotating items (organizing feeds is nice but not crucial),
- Offline reading (for airplane/car/whatever use) and archiving (for future reference),
- Synchronization among multiple devices, and
- Cross-platform operation (at least Mac and iPhone; Linux or web-based clients are a huge win here).
Finally, stability and scalability are important. I currently subscribe to 295 feeds (although many of them are low-traffic, like tracking price changes at Amazon.com, the police blotter in Madison, or machine and network statuses), which I suspect is easily within the realm of what a feed reader should be specified and designed to handle.
Alan Jacobs rightly points out that there are basically two games in town: Google Reader and NetNewsWire. And, indeed, I have at times been only somewhat dissatisfied with either of these. Each has certain commendable points: Google Reader has one of the most usable web interfaces I've seen for a feed reader; NetNewsWire's built-in browser (and intelligent handling of tabs, with, e.g. undo for tab close), like the rest of its interface, is superb, and its integration with Instapaper and my weblog client of choice are great features. NetNewsWire also benefits from an accessible, responsive, and friendly developer (unlike certain other feed readers).
However, each of these falls short in some crucial way. Google Reader is not accessible offline and cannot sync with anything reliable that is. (I have been using Byline on the iPhone for about a month, but it is crashy, prone to leaving my phone in a state of hot, churning insomnia, and consistently logs me out of Reader and/or forgets what it has downloaded. I know of no offline Google Reader client for the Mac, but I haven't looked very hard.) NetNewsWire only supports synchronization (or any iPhone use) through the NewsGator servers, which lag catastrophically behind the real world for many feeds, especially low-traffic or unpopular feeds. (This is certainly NewsGator's prerogative, and they are justified in devoting limited resources to feeds that reach more users. However, many feeds that only I subscribe to have lagged 12 or more hours on NewsGator. Since many of these feeds contain time-sensitive data, this lag renders them useless.) In addition, the only way to get at NetNewsWire feeds from Linux is via the NewsGator web interface, which is far clunkier than Google Reader.
If you, dear reader, are happy with how you consume feeds, I'd like to hear about it. Until then, I'm considering the drastic and foolish act of adding a project to my overfull spare-time queue.


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GLENDALE — The following are updates on area athletes in college.
Jenna Orlandini (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 2009) redshirt freshman, University of Washington volleyball: Orlandini and the Huskies are set to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Tournament, beginning on Thursday, when the Huskies will face Michigan.
Should the Huskies make it through the opening two rounds, they would advance to the Seattle Regional on Dec. 10-11. The Huskies (21-8, 10-8 in conference) have won two straight matches, sweeping Oregon on Friday and Oregon State on Saturday.


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Another windy and rainy day.
We started in the same lake as yesterday going straight into the wind. It was another fast start again. This time there was a long line behind me drafting into the wind. We pushed really hard. Ryan pulled up right next just when we had a 3 meter gap on the rest. So I told Ryan let's go. We worked hard, sharing the lead when we crossed the lake we had a good lead. Which we kept the whole day. The last 2 hrs Paul Jackson and Casper were pushing hard to gain ground on us. So we were working hard all day right up to the finish. It came to a sprint again.
1st Bart de Zwart 5hrs 30min
2nd Ryan James (eng) 3 sec
3 rd Casper Steinfach (Danemark) 3 min
1st Angie Jackson
2nd Anne-Marie
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Friday, March 29, 2013
The Faces of East Nashville Beer Festival 2013
11 comments:
Cute pics! Plus it's nice to see a friend or two in there too. =)ReplyDeleteReplies
Ha! Awesome! Nashville is a pretty small town.Delete
Oh my -- these pictures make me so happy! You can tell that you had a lot of fun and/or a lot to drink! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh I had a lot of fun AND a lot to drinkDelete
Looks like you guys had a great time! And I love your coat :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Great minds think alike :)Delete
looks like a wonderful time! i adore your hair and your glasses by the way!ReplyDelete
lindsey louise
Thank you girl! I like your glasses as well!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Tehe, this looks super fun!ReplyDelete
I'm already waiting for next years event!Delete
So I was pouring beer at the beer fest and remember seeing you there thinking 'wow, that's awesome to see someone rocking cat eye glasses'. Now I can follow your local adventures (and restaurants) - swell!ReplyDelete


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Police Search Around Charlie Hebdo Paris Offices
As police secure the area around the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, family members and journalists look to find answers. WSJ's Noémie Bisserbe reports from the scene. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I'm here in price thanks to the office of French cooking magazine Salvador ... where this morning to the good men armed with AK forty seven rifles ... and ten the news room inside shooting and John that ... we know at least twelve people died in the attack including one police officer ... it has been cordoned off ... and people are ... friends and family have gathered here trying to find out more about the identity of the ... victims we know at least one ... famous cartoonist ... died in action ... but was still trying to find out more about getting the of God ... at the Cairns ... during two men also on the run ... and that ... it is not yet been born what their motives are ... this is no use them ... for dosage on ...


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There are many exciting opportunities with Baby Foundations, Baby Sensory, Toddler Sense and Mini Professors.
These programmes have proved to be a wonderful space for over 400 people to work, start their own business and make a new life outside the corporate world. It is a number we are very proud of and one we wish to grow!
Becoming a Franchisee
As a multi-award winning franchise company delivering classes right across the UK, clearly we must be doing something right.
Joining up with us, in whatever capacity, has 3 principal advantages:
Firstly, the proven track record of franchising makes starting your own business so much easier. Much of the hard work has been done for you, and after 10 years of franchising we have refined our set-up to make it as easy as possible to be successful.
Secondly, we have a wide range of businesses for you to choose from, which not many companies can offer:
- Baby Foundations – if you love working with adults in the vital pre-birth period of nesting and learning.
- Baby Sensory – a fabulous journey spanning the baby's and carer's first year together.
- Toddler Sense – mad-cap activities and adventures designed for under 5's (and that includes your attitude!)
- Mini Professors – for those who love to impart learning and see young minds grow in front of them.
Lastly, we are always here to help. If you already have your own business, then you are the programme developer, the social media marketer, the product sourcer and much more. In a franchise, it is this support that you pay for with your quarterly fees.
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that by joining a pioneering company like ourselves, we can offer you a network of teachers with many thousands of hours of experience behind them and the cumulative wealth of knowledge of teaching more than a quarter-of-a-million babies and children! Therefore, there will be someone who has seen it before and can talk you through it.
The process
If you wish to explore the possibility of becoming a Franchisee, we suggest you send an email to us (firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com) for an initial pack. You will receive a brief summary of the offering and a short form to fill out.
On returning the form, you will be introduced to the Regional Franchisor who coordinates all the programmes in the area you have requested. They will be able to tell you about the business of interest, if there any vacant territories or businesses for sale (which happens as a part of the normal cycle of things), and any other information you may need to know.
After a 'phone call, it's on to a casual meeting and then, the most important part, sitting at the front of the class for a day to see if you actually enjoy the feeling! If it is a 'Yes!' then you move on to training to get you up and running depending on your timeframe.
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We strongly believe that any new business should be securely funded. We are delighted to work with the Government backed Startup Loans to provide funding and support for your business. Go to http://loans.startupdirect.org/baby-sensory/ to find out more.
As a job
Class Leaders are the grassroots of our business. They are there every day, down with the babies and young children running our exceptional sessions, which have made this company what it is. As well as receiving 2 months of the very highest pre- and post-training support, they spend an immersive 2 or more days training to really polish off their skills.
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Working as a Class Leader can be anything from a part-time role to a full-on job teaching more than one of our programmes. It's a great way to keep active (one teacher recently did 10,000 steps on her Fitbit tracker in 2 classes) and the reward of watching small babies, toddlers and families grow cannot be beaten.
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If you would like to find out how other new franchisees have got on after deciding to set up their own Baby Sensory franchise take a look at one of our case studies.
Michelle Grzbiela - Basingstoke/Alton Baby Sensory and Toddler Sense Franchisee, England
Lisa Reed - Newcastle, Baby Sensory Franchisee, North East England
Helen Dicks - Southampton, Baby Sensory Franchisee, England
Joanne Kane - Baby Sensory Franchisee, New Zealand
Angela Kennedy - Guildford Baby Sensory Franchisee, England
Kayleigh Thornton- Isleworth Baby Sensory Franchisee, England
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30th November and 1st December 2016
The Training Centre, Faraday road, Churchfield Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7NR
Toddler Sense Class Leader Training Course (TSCL)
Please note: TS kit orders can take up to 6 weeks.
20th and 21st October 2016
The Training Centre, Faraday road, Churchfield Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7NR
22nd and 23rd November 2016
The Training Centre, Faraday road, Churchfield Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7NR
Mini Professors Training Course
2nd and 3rd November 2016, plus an observation day at the founders classes in Winchester on the Friday 4th November
The Training Centre, Faraday road, Churchfield Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7NR
2017 dates to follow shortly
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14th October 2016
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26th October 2016
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Style Icon's
7 comments:
- Just Another Shopaholic said...
I love this post! SJP aka Carrie Bradshaw is fabulous!!
- October 16, 2013 at 5:18 PM
- Claire said...
I am totally in love with Carrie!!
(I've actually caught up on my mail i'm so sorry its been so long but I have put some in the post for you this week :)
- October 17, 2013 at 11:14 AM
- Marlen said...
all three of those are total icons of mine too, they're all so gorgeous! and i especially love carrie's style in the last season- her whole wardrobe in paris was swoon worthy!
xo marlen
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- October 17, 2013 at 2:30 PM
- Lindsey Louise Bales said...
ah, i love eddie! (or one D, i can't remember!)her style is so wonderful, i love the amount of tights she would wear!
lindsey louise
- October 18, 2013 at 6:55 AM
- Gracie said...
I'm such a fan of Audrey. I love her classic style and it's something I would definitely wear.
- October 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM
- Imogen said...
Carrie Bradshaw is definitely my favourite too. I love every single one of her looks here. I always adore those tutu style skirts she wears.
- October 20, 2013 at 1:32 PM
- Down by the sea said...
That's great inspiration and lovely outfits.
Sarah x
- October 23, 2013 at 12:26 PM


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If you are a Whovian and have not yet watched the first episode of season 7 or you have no interest in anything related to Doctor Who (to which I say WHAAAAT?! WHY DON'T YOU? THIS SHOW IS AWESOME!), feel free to skip straight to the recipe. I don't mind. Really.
Okay. Maybe just a little.
So, guys.
This is how I felt during the entire episode: OHMYGOODNESSOHMYGOODNESSOHMYGOODNESS!!!
For reals.
Since I like making lists, here are some of my random thoughts about the episode.
- The Doctor: Out of ten… Eleven. Loved that. Felt bad for him because he really wanted to help fix Amy & Rory.
- Amy and Rory: Divorce papers?! Nooooooooooooooo! (some time later) Awww… she gave him up… (even more time later) Kiss and make up. BIG YES!!
- The Daleks: Holy Toledo. There's a crapton of them. Seriously.
- Oswin Oswald: Super cute. Super smart. Super sad ending.
- Steven Moffat: Such a brilliant writer.
Next up: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.
Simple Sugar Cookies
1 ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
½ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- Preheat oven to 350⁰F.
- In a medium bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a large bowl, add butter and sugars and cream with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat to combine.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat to combine.
- Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, scoop dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 10-12 minutes, rotating pan 180⁰ at least once.
- Remove from oven and let cookies sit on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes.
- With a spatula, remove cookies from baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack.


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Kimberly Ovitz
In this collection, I really enjoyed the simplicity of the pieces. I especially liked the flowing dresses in white. There were also some impressive coats and arm bands.
Katie Gallagher
I really enjoyed the black pieces and this jacket in the collection. They're a bit edgy, but easy.
I really enjoyed this collection. The designs were super feminine and young, but with a modern twist (the necklines and the volume especially did this). I could see these designs being worn by a celebrity like Taylor Swift. I also really enjoyed the styling - simple makeup, a braided updo, and comfy, cute sandals.
Costello Tagliapietra
This collection features classic feminine silhouettes with classic feminine colors that are easy. Good for the girl who likes to dress and go. I also liked the styling - minus the makeup. It looked as if all of the models rubbed their eyes too hard before walking out.. (sorry...). But I did enjoy the soft hair and strappy shoes.
Chadwhick Bell
I liked a lot of the pieces in the collection. They were all classic with a little bit of an edge. All the piece were wearable and styled great (loved the necklaces and headpieces!). As weird as it sounds, I actually REALLY like the beekeeper visors AND the fanny packs... Would I ever wear them? - No. Would I enjoy seeing someone else (like Lady Gaga) wear them? - Absolutely.
Check back tomorrow for more pictures of my favorite looks!


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|Butterfly Ornaments, Fenton
|These are the old Fenton butterfly ornaments. They have a wingspan of three inches and, as can be seen, are much more delicate than the newer ones. It's been suggested that they were given away at the factory when a purchase was made. About 40 of these are known in seven colors: aqua, blue, marigold, green, ice blue, ice green, and white. Marigold seem to outnumber the others.
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Butterfly ornaments Updated 6/21/2018
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In fact, the doctors who I have seen to treat this additional "outside" problems have, in some instances, helped me to gain some of the greatest insights into my 'self' - which is, after all, the root cause of my alcoholism and addiction, as well as my depression.
Indeed, I have been blessed to have a plentitude of what Bill called the "loving advisors" who helped steer him through his alcoholic addiction, as well as his own battles with chronic and lasting depression.
"Had I not been blessed with wise and loving advisers," Bill writes in the August 1961 Grapevine, "I might have cracked up long ago. A doctor once saved me from death by alcoholism because he obliged me to face up to the deadliness of that malady. Another doctor, a psychiatrist, later on helped me save my sanity because he led me to ferret out some of my deep-lying defects. From a clergyman I acquired the truthful principles by which we A.A.'s now try to live."
"But these precious friends did far more than supply me with professional skills. I learned that I could go to them with any problem whatsoever. Their wisdom and their integrity were mine for the asking."
"Many of my dearest A.A. friends have stood with me in exactly this same relation. Oftentimes they could help where others could not, simply because they were A.A.'s."
["As Bill Sees It," page 303.]
Having had the chance to share my experience in dealing with one of the "grave mental and emotional disorders" which others in the program also struggle with, I have found that reading and understanding our pamphlet on "The AA Member - Medications & Other Drugs" is invaluable. I am not a doctor, and as just another 'alky' (albeit with a concurrent illness), I would not dream of sharing my "medical expertise" with an alcoholic who is a fellow member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Fortunately, the "Other Medications" pamphlet contains a report from a group of physicians in A.A. that the General Service Conference approved, presumably, for use in just such instances. At the beginning of the pamphlet it states the following:
"The experience of some A.A. members reveals that drug misuse can threaten the achievement and maintenance of sobriety."
"Yet some A.A. members must take prescribed medication in order to treat certain serious medical problems."
"Experience has shown that this problem can be minimized if the following suggestions are carefully heeded:
- Remember that as a recovering alcoholic your automatic response will be to turn to chemical relief for uncomfortable feelings and to take more than the usual, prescribed amount. Look for nonchemical solutions for the aches and discomforts of everyday living.
- Remember that the best safeguard against drug-related relapse is an active participation in the A.A. program of recovery.
- No A.A. Member Plays Doctor.
- Be completely honest with yourself and your physician regarding use of medication.
- If in doubt, consult a physician with demonstrated experience in the treatment of alcoholism.
- Be frank about your alcoholism with any physician or dentist you consult. Such confidence will be respected and is most helpful to the doctor.
- Inform the physician at once if you experience side effects from prescribed drugs.
- Consider consulting another doctor if a personal physician refuses or fails to recognize the peculiar susceptibility of alcoholics to sedatives, tranquilizers, and stimulants.
- Give your doctor copies of this pamphlet.
"A.A. members and many of their physicians," it further continues, "have described situations in which depressed patients have been told by A.A.s to throw away the pills, only to have depression return with all its difficulties, sometimes resulting in suicide."
As a member who has come all-too-close to suicide in sobriety let me be brutally honest with you. If an A.A. member gives such advice to another member, he or she is self-centeredly playing with that person's life. If the advice is given to you - even by your sponsor - ignore it and talk to your doctor about it. If you hear another person giving such advice, intervene. You may save that person's life.
Remember, as the pamphlet stresses in capitals: No A.A. Member Plays Doctor!
But also remember that, thank God, there are many "wise and loving advisers" we can turn to - inside and outside the program for help with any of the difficulties we may face in life. We are "no longer alone," nor need we be.


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There are a couple of older series that I like.
The first is David Eddings Belgariad and Malloreon series (each are five books long). These are of the "peasant finds out he is actually a key part of saving the world" genre but I found them very entertaining, with fun character interaction. The problem with Eddings, though, is that everything he has done since has basically recycled these characters into different plots, even down to the same banter between characters. The Sparhawk series is okay but derivative.
Another is Barbara Hambly's Darwath books or the Winterlands series. Actually, I enjoyed all of her fantasy novels that I have read (she also writes historical fiction and mysteries).
David Duncan has written several series that I have really enjoyed. The Seventh Sword is about a dying young man (in our time) who finds himself transported to a different world in the body of a master swordsman.
The Pandemia books are good too. I didn't really care for his King's Blades books, though.
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Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, has today (Tuesday) said the results of the Growing Up In Ireland survey, which measures, among other things, the level of obesity among Irish children, are worrying and indicate the amount of work that has to be done in educating parents and addressing this critical health issue.
The Growing Up in Ireland survey examines the factors contributing to and undermining the well-being of Irish five year olds with a view to formatting policy and services that best suits our children's needs. The results are the first of their kind for this age group.
"Findings from the Growing Up In Ireland survey show that one in five children are overweight or obese, and that this figure increases to one in four for those aged three. These are exceptionally worrying statistics which are storing up chronic health problems for our children later in life.
"I recently attended a conference which focused on the nutrition a child receives in the first 1,000 days of his/her life; from conception to two years old. The impact of the decisions we make in terms of what we feed our children and the encouragement we give them to lead more active lives lays the foundations for the their future health.
"Conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure and certain cancers are all linked to obesity and being overweight and we can greatly reduce a child's chance of suffering from ill health if we take their nutrition seriously and give it the attention it deserves.
"Safefood recently launched a campaign aimed at educating parents to make certain lifestyle changes associated with portion sizes for children, the amount of sugary drinks we give them and the amount of screen time they are allowed. It is so unfair to give our children such a poor start in life simply by giving them the wrong foods.
"As the principal of a National School, I saw first-hand how important good nutrition was in giving children the best possible opportunity to develop and concentrate. And the children who had a good breakfast before coming to school were easily identifiable from those who did not.
"The results of this survey, which has been commissioned by the Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald TD, give us a magnificent insight into the areas that need most attention, allowing us to chart the best way forward for our children. It is evident from the results published today that childhood obesity must be prioritised to ensure that we are not storing up problems for the future."


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It has been a while since the last post here. The time has been spent on a career transition to commercial brewing and it has taken up a lot of my time. Many of the upcoming posts will cover some of my beery experiences since the last post. There certainly have been a lot of those. For now enjoy this pint of cask ale from England…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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"A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say, 'How to Build a Boat' !"
~ Stephen Wright
|Ms. P proudly shows off the scale of HMS Smeagol
HMS Smeagol- out of Dry dockWith a wee bottle of whiskey tapped gently across her bow (didn't want to spill it now) The HMS Smeagol was launched out of drydock and sent down the harbor, ready for sails and, erm, flags. You may have seen early tests of the model at Fossling proving grounds (see blog post here) and now she's ready for the real game. Based upon a mashup of the HMS Beagle and the Lady Washington, she's kinda a Square rigged sloop/ brig thingy. Hey- it's Hollywood baby!
|Note large base are for masts. This holds them up till they are struck
For game purposes, the Smeaol is designed such that the masts, bowsprit, wheel, and guns can all be knocked over. And of course, the crew. In retrospect, I wish I had built the ship either a bit wider, or waited till I was done before making the gun carriages. the biggest issue was how much space the bases for the masts needed to be, in order to keep them stable enough until well struck. Later I'll re cut some slightly smaller gun carriages, and if (when) I make another ship, she'll be slightly wider as well. She needs a bit of a bow sprit too, which maybe I'll get to before the convention. Maybe...
|From here that uniform looks the part
|Concept art for Sailors with variations.
Gun BoatsThe scenario calls for gunboats to try and make it ashore and take outthe shore fort (and now capture sheep) while the HMS Smeagol, the only ship light enough to get into shore close enough to protect them, gives covering fire. It will take 3- 4 turns for the gunboats to get to the beach, so I needed to make sure there was enough to actually succeed.
|Gun boat full of marines is launched from the HMS Smeagol
I'm going to pass out rum flavored life savers candy to all the row boat crews before the game, to "steel" them for the upcoming task.
|The business end
|Each gunboat has a different color for easy player identification
I made these out of laser cutting 3mm birch ply for the bases, sterns and rudders, while the sides are heavy matt board that I got from dumpster diving local frame shops. Frame shops are a great resource for foam core and good matt board offcuts- I highly recommend you find your nearest ones and when they take out the recycling!
the bottoms are just painted to look like there are benches. Pretty happy with the results.
|Behind the scenes- how the backdrop was created.


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06687 Mangalore Central-Haridwar Super Fast Special Express trainwill depart from Mangalore Centralon Thursday on 02.04.2015 (01trip)at 10.30 p.m. to reach Haridwarat 07.00 p.m. the third day. In the return direction, the 06688 Haridwar- Mangalore Central ExpressSuper Fast special trainwill depart from Haridwaron Tuesday on 07.04.2015 (01trip) at 09.00 p.m.to reach Mangalore Centralat 08.00 p.m. the third day.
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text: When I Sing Wednesday, August 12, 2009 When I talk she coos and smiles, but when I sing, she just beams. Share This Story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin this Post Tags: Baby, Miss H Newer Post Older Post Amy Seven-Stitches You Might Also Like 3 comments hanna13 August 2009 at 16:38gorgeous, you can see the delight in her eyes!ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyJackie15 August 2009 at 14:15She is just so cute! Keep on singing!ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyunpicking is the pits !19 August 2009 at 01:41and she wouldn't care if you were singing in tune or not ! Bubs just love to hear our voices !to them, we are perfect !what a sweetie she is !ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Your comments make my day. I would love to hear from you.


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Yesterday, after my shower (look how fresh and clean I am), I had an idea pop in my head, that I just had to make happen. I got the idea to make Bottle Cap Earrings. Bottle caps, as they are, are just too heavy to have as earrings. Especially filled with wire and resin. I started with my jeweler's saw. I sawed off the "crowns" of matching bottle caps. Then filed the edges.
The sawing was a nightmare, after breaking at least 4 blades, I decided to try utility shears. The saw is nice because it leaves the crowns in tact and I can reuse them in collage art. The shears are much easier to use but turns the crowns into very sharp ribbons of metal. Of course, either way... lots and lots and lots of filing.
After I cut the crowns off, I had to shape the new flat cap discs into something that could hold resin (aka a bezel). Enter my cheap dapping punch set from Harbor Freight. Bang bang bang... flip to another size... bang bang bang... flip to another size... you get the idea. The kids had a half day yesterday too. So they were home and on the computer right next to me as I was banging away. It drove them NUTS!! How fun is that!?! Anytime I get annoyed with them, I getting out my dapping punches and forming bezels, lol.
This is the obvious part... filling up the newly formed caps with wire bits and resin. Yeah... hand sawing and cutting 18 bottle caps was all I could stand, and that took about 4 hours!! My thumbs are so sore. But definitely well worth it. I have never tried to make two caps the same before... it was kinda cool. And something these have, that no bottle caps have had before... GLITTER!!
The resin takes overnight to cure. Oh how I love holding these in my hands!! Only a couple need to be re-poured from overflow. After this picture, I stole Ron's electric drill and started drilling holes in the centers. Lesson learned: drills, no matter how heavy big and tough, do not like to drill trough wire bits. So, when I make the next batch of these (after my fingers are feeling better) I will make sure I leave a little space in the centers of the wire bits for easier (cleaner) drilling.
Of course I have to pop them right in and show them off. This photo is of me sitting in front of my laptop, at the kitchen table, with the camera plugged in, snapping away. And yes, my hair goes red in the sun.
There... now you know what is up with the photos... and we went from what I thought was a fun idea for a Wordless Wednesday to a rather lengthy Wordy Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wordy (NOT Wordless) Wednesday
Yesterday, after my shower (look how fresh and clean I am), I had an idea pop in my head, that I just had to make happen. I got the idea to make Bottle Cap Earrings. Bottle caps, as they are, are just too heavy to have as earrings. Especially filled with wire and resin. I started with my jeweler's saw. I sawed off the "crowns" of matching bottle caps. Then filed the edges.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I need a manicure
For some reason, I had rings on the brain. Shortly after my blog post yesterday, I sneaked down to the studio and just started playing. I had several ounces of 10g ss wire on my desk. I hadn't intented to order it but a computer error at the site I purchased from and a very very rude customer service rep led to it being here. Rather then being charged more the $20 to return it plus pay the increased silver rate at the time to order the gauge it was supposed to have been had me deciding two things... 1)I will never order from that company again and won't promote there site here on my blog (I can't stand bad customer service) and 2) that I will make do with the 10g and try to figure out a way to use it.
It took a lot of trial and error with the 10g before I realized that it is NOT what a needed for the ring in my head. I like the bulk that is has, it feels heavy and substantial. But for what I was designing, it was off balance and too weighty.
I decided (after an hour and a half) that 14g was the answer! I used a bead I had left over from my "Spatter" necklace. I really like that it is transparent and you can see the layer of silver underneath. I had wanted to figure out a way to solder or melt a ball of silver as the "stopper", but ended up going with the swirl. I will still experiment with the stopper idea but this is working for today.
One of the great things about it... it is adjustable. Adjustablity in a ring is a HUGE must. I have neither the time nor the patience to custom size rings. And it is one of the reasons I have never made any of the rings I make available to the public. These are really the first inkling I have had of something I would be willing to offer. Remember these RINGS? Yeah, I never took them any further then that. They just didn't end up sitting well with me.
I wonder if these will be the ones.You know, the ones... the ones that finally make it past my sever ring scrutiny and on to my website. Let me know what you think... it might help the cause.
Monday, April 28, 2008
A Lemonade Stand (of Art)
There is a challenge I am issuing myself and I think I can relate it to a lemonade stand if I try. See if you can follow me with this...
What is a lemonade stand about? I usually had them when I was little. My Mom or Dad would take me and my sister to our grandparents' house. They lived on a golf course, so it was easy to set up a little stand by the 3rd green that was in there backyard. I think we charged a quarter a cup. Most golfers would buy a glass and give us a big smile. Others were nasty grumps that would fill their cup at the water cooler on the next tee.
But then, why lemonade? I know for one, it is because it is tradition/cliche. But then again, it is/was because it was what was on hand. Personally, I can't stand lemonade and in fact, it was the only thing that my Mom ever got sick on while she was pregnant with me. I have to choke it down. So my thinking is there was always lemonade around because I had drank up all the other flavors. It was the leftovers, lol.
I think lemonade stands are about making do with what you have to get something you want. I wanted to sell lemonade to earn money for things. I can't remember anything I wanted to get off the top of my head, but I am guessing it was candy. We weren't well off people, my parents couldn't afford to give us allowance, so if we wanted something we had to do things to earn it. In hine site, it was probably very good we had to earn things rather then having them handed to us all the time. I think it is a lesson my kids need to learn (but we'll save that discussion for another day).
Last weekend while I was cleaning the garage, I did a lot of organizing to my glass desk space. There was a bucket full of rods I had been lazy about putting away. There is an overflowing tub of shorts that I saw I had been adding some not-so-very-short shorts to, too. As I was trying to put away all those rods, and sort through all those not short shorts, something dawned on me. I have a ton... a ton... of glass. Okay, maybe not a ton, but certainly enough to last weeks, if not months. I have gotten in the habit of ordering glass every time I run out of a color. No more transparent teal (one of my favorites), well, let's put in an order... oh and while I am at it, I am kinda low and turquoise... oh and isn't that a pretty shade of copper... might as well get some ink too... my orders end up costing me $200-$300 at a time (sometimes even more). And I place 5-6 of those orders a year. The result is my fully stocked glass rack and too many colors to count that are not getting used.
I really started to think I am being too wasteful. And the more I organized, the more I realized that I really need to start making do with what I have. The thoughts organized further and I started to think what a great artistic challenge it could be. Inevitably, I am going to run out of my favorite colors, just like I would drink up all the packs of Strawberry flavored Kool-Aid first. But what a challenge it could be to find inspiration in colors I don't usually use. Like yellow... hello... doesn't this necklace rock? And I can't remember the last time I ever used yellow!!
Waiting as long as possible to reorder and making do with what I have will be helpful in other ways too. Ron feels like we are hemorrhaging money at the new house, so we have put each other on extremely tight spending leashes. Absolutely NO unnecessary spending!! Now, glass isn't "unnecessary", it is a very obvious business expense. But I know I could be more conscientious about what I am doing. I could certainly use my "lemonade" colors (this by no means applies to yellow only) and earn some pennies for new things I want for the new house (like a new sofa!).
Do you think you could do it? Could you go as long as possible without reordering supplies? Could you challenge yourself to be creative with alternate colors you wouldn't normally use? Could you be resourceful, penny-wise, and artistically inventive? Could you have "A Lemonade Stand of Art"?
Friday, April 25, 2008
A Few Jewels Posted
*Side Note* I forgot to tell you... Icing On The Cake got a big 'ol "No Thanks" for the Bead Dreams competition. I'll have to come up with something even better for next year!
Current Happens
Baseball season is in full swing. Both boys are River Dogs this year. Wuff wuff!
My tulips are bright and beautiful in the front and back gardens. I think I will head out to do some weeding this morning.
This is one of the things I will have the hardest time leaving when we move. I have babied and cared for this wisteria tree for 8 years. I don't know if you realize, they take 7 years to bloom. Last year, it sprouted about a dozen flowers. I put a purple dot on each spot there is a bloom this year. It is going to be incredible!!
And that is just the part hanging over the garden, it also climbs a pergola!! There are HUNDREDS!!
*sigh*... what an active time of year.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Watch Me Create
Lack Of Patience
Alas, you see the condition it currently finds itself in. I am lucky I didn't slice my hand wide open when I broke it. Those edges are SHARP! The hole was just a hair too small for the sterling tubing I was using to line it. So, I was reeming the hole with my diamond bit tool-a-mbob thingy. It was going well, and I thought it was big enough to fit the tubing in. And it was, but I really had to jam it in there, lol. (I think we all know that I have the patience of a small child.) Then I decided I would pull out the tubing I jamed in there to reem the hole a bit more... obviously, I had a tighter fit the I realized and I broke my pretty bead to bits trying to get the tubing out.
If I had thought ahead... I wouldn't have jammed it... I would have realized that I hadn't even cut the tubing at that point... and duh, I wouldn't be sawing said tubing while it was in the bead... and I wouldn't be sanding the rough edges of the silver while it was in there either.
Don't worry, my lesson is learned. Next time I will reem longer and jam less. And hey, I might think even farther ahead and use a bigger mandrel, LOL!! But I will definitely pursue the idea until it is right. I think it will be totally worth it!!
Now, as promised, a close up of the new earrings. I need some feedback on these. Cause all I have heard so far is that my sister thinks they look like baby binkies. (And now that I said that, I am sure you will all think the same.) I like the length on them, definitely... I like the big dot covered bubble of glass... but I think I might need to use a smaller size mandrel instead of the 1/4 size hole one. Lemme hear what you think!!
PS~ Spell check is not working, again. So please excuse any typos!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Blue & Green are BFFs
I had a great torch session yesterday! I am gonna keep things short and sweet... The beads above became the finished pieces below.
I haven't done one of these in a while! I'll be pulling out my thesaurus to find a cool name for it.
A new "Snagged" with a very Suessian inspired tone on tone striped green string of seed beads.
I'll share close ups of the earrings tomorrow and a huge OOPS I did being over zealous with my sterling tubing.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Jewelry Lovers Unite!
We have an important topic to cover today, I hope you are prepared with your comments. Who remembers way back in November when I talked about "Drawing A Line"? I blogged about the idea of wanting to design a line of jewelry that would be available in limited edition quantities, in really cool seasonal color combinations; all in an effort to ease some of the stress that is involved with doing shows. It would also make it easier for you to get a chance to buy some of your favorite pieces, since things are so often *SOLD OUT* on my website.
Now that things are really on with the new house, The Line has come back front and center in my thoughts. Our closing date will be June 13th, which is just a few weeks before my first show of the summer, Corn Hill. I think we all know how I leave deadlines to the last minute and scramble to be ready. And we all know how stressed out I get. Okay, maybe I hide the stress on my blog, but friends and family have seen me pulling my hair out worrying that I "won't have enough stuff". Double torch session... you remember those?
Anyway, with the move, I imagine that I won't have as much time to prepare as I have in years past. So, I really want to get a jump on things NOW! I also want to be able to do a big Spring/Summer update/launch of the new line on my website before the shows. Then I can leave my scramble time for one-of-a-kind pieces.
Okay... here is where you need to be ready to make comments. Through out this post, I have shown photos of the pieces I plan to include in The Line. I picked 3 necklaces and 5 bracelets (not necessarily in the colors shown). Plus there will be signature earrings in The Line too. I would love to hear what you think of the pieces I picked, and more importantly... I want to know what your favorite piece is, not shown here.
I am also very interested to hear about what color combos you are lusting after is up coming season. Last year I think the hot one was turquoise and orange. I feel out of the loop style-wise and I would love some input on what colors will be HOT! So get commenting!!
In other news, I know a bunch of you are waiting to hear how yesterday's open house went. Unfortunately, Ron discovered around 6pm on Saturday that the open house hadn't been advertised on the big website for home buying like it should have been. We called our realtor and he didn't know what it wasn't there, he had ordered it done on Wednesday. So, all the hard work we did and only one couple went through. Though, we did hear that the couple stayed for over a half hour and that they are very interested in the property.
It only takes one, right? That one right couple that falls in love with our house. We have another showing tonight too. So, we are still very hopeful that we'll get this place sold by August.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Ready For Another Ride?
First ~ THANK YOU!! To everyone who went nuts buying up ALL of yesterday's Bead Box beads. I am thrilled to pieces that you all loved them so much. And I appreciate your support of my art, I really do :)
B ~ There is new developments with the house. Yesterday around 2pm, we got a call from our realtor saying the selling couple's attorney wants to "work something out". I said these things were going to be quick... so long story short... we met them half way on with the offer that was going to bump us. THE HOUSE IS OFFICIALLY OURS, again. This time with an addendum to the contract that better protects us.
#3 ~ Oh My Stars... we have on OPEN HOUSE tomorrow. So, whatever good luck, positive thoughts, white light, praying, energy thing you are into... do it for us. We really need to sell our house.
And now I need to spend the day cleaning the garage!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Beads By The Dozen
Yes... I understand... feel free to shake your head at me. Because I can't believe I had this many beads setting on my desk not being used either. You know what I think my problem is... I made most of these beads here and there. And individually, none of them really struck me as note worthy. Then yesterday, I was playing at my desk and started making a pile of beads with like colors. Suddenly, I was making groups and thinking... dang... these look really cool together!
So, I am super excited about these new bead sets. I am typing my fingers to the bones editing the photos/writing the descriptions/adding them to the website. I hope to have them all ready to go in an hour or so. Don't worry, I'll send out an email so you all know when to go and grab 'em up. There are 8 sets in all... 5 set with a dozen beads each!!
You are gonna find mixes of hollows, discs, big hole beads, super bubble dot beads, rounds, cones and more. Come on now... what more could you ask for?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Beady Update!
After toying with the beads on my desk this afternoon, I realized I had more beads then I thought!! There are plenty of beads for an update... DOZENS, even!! Above are just a few of what I'll be offering!! Tune in tomorrow, FRIDAY APRIL 18th, for the update!! I hope the tax man was good to y'all... cause these are BIG sets!!
(I love a good reason to use extra exclamation points!!)
Emotional Rollercoasters
Saddle up with your favorite snack, because this is gonna be a long one.
What a difference 48 hours can make. After my last post on Tuesday morning, I got to torch for a good solid 5 hours. I was able to finish up some orders that were on my plate far longer then they should have been. I rocked out to tunes on the radio as I worked. I was picking paint colors in my mind for my new house. It was a truly delightful morning.
I got a confirmation call from the bank that our mortgage commitment went through. Our awesome rep at the bank faxed it to everyone and we were officially "all set"! I called our realtor and he heard his fax machine doing off as we talked on the phone. I think you can imagine I had a grin from ear to ear.
Over these past few weeks, we have gone up and down emotionally more times then I can count. Well, I probably could count if I stopped and thought about it, but I do not want to go back up and down those hills again. I have the biggest hill on the ride in front of me at the moment and I need to focus on what to do about this one.
Tuesday afternoon, I got a strange call from our realtor. He asked "when did they serve you the bump notice?" Um, Sunday... "Yeah, but when?" Late afternoon... why? "Do you know when?" I would say 2:30ish... why? He went on to say that he had just gotten a fax from the realtor of the couple selling the house. It said that since we hadn't responded to the bump notice by 4/14 that he considered our contract terminated. WHAT? We are supposed to have until Tuesday at midnight... that is the 15th. Turns out, that when we signed the bump notice on Sunday, we just used the date that the couple wrote above. It was Saturday's date (the 12th). Oh crap.
We called our lawyer. He assured us that we should be alright. We had done everything we needed to. He said not to worry about writing the wrong date. He said they know when they served us the papers, so it shouldn't be an issue. (Insert a slight sigh of relief.) But then the phone rang again. It was our realtor, again. He said he wanted to let us know that everything was to everyone. But... (insert intake of the sigh above... I hate the word 'but') that he had spoken to the realtor of the selling couple. She said they assumed we would have everything to them by 3pm. Our guy said "according to who? The serving agent said midnight." She said regardless... her clients would probably be putting up a stink about it because the new offer is "considerably" higher then ours.
Yesterday we had plans set with friends to spend the day at Letchworth State Park here in NY. It is the "Grand Canyon of the East". A positively beautiful park to visit on a picture perfect spring day. The kids are on Spring Break this week and it was our adventure for the week. We thought about cancelling but decided we needed the break from the stress. We called everyone before we left... leaving voice mails with our cell phone numbers to be sure that the minute there was news on anything, we would be called.
The morning in the park was wonderful. Then the phone rang as we were settling into our PB&J lunch. It was our realtor. He had just been sent faxes from the attorney of the selling couple. It said that they were ready to pursue legal action to get out of the contract with us. That the new offer was $7,000 more then ours. And technically, we hadn't removed all the contingencies from our offer because the bank was requiring an appraisal for our mortgage. We reached the top of the hill and get ready for the ride down...
We tried calling our lawyer from the road to no avail. I am sure we called no less then 10 times! We left 3 messages... nada. But then, all we had was the office number. I had left he cell number at home. Letchworth is about an hour or so from home. After a little more hiking and playing, we headed back and was finally able to get a hold of our lawyer about 5pm. He had been in court all day. He hadn't seen any of the faxes. But, he had looked everything over the night before. And sent a few faxes of his own. He confirmed that we had met all the terms of our contract. We were in the right... it is legal and binding.
Now our new decision... are we willing to pursue legal action ourselves? We will need to get a civil attorney. We don't know yet how much it might cost, and there are no guarantees that we would win for sure. Our lawyer says, he has seen these situations before and they usually aren't pursued because of the costs. Ugh. Hopefully we will find out more today.
It used to be that you shook hands and a deal was made. I know those times are long gone but we have a legal binding contract with someone and even now, that isn't enough. Maybe it comes from being bullied as a child, but I just can't stand it when people don't follow the rules. It eats me up. I hate we people get away with things/rule breaking. If some one says no you can't do that... I don't. And it drives me crazy when I see someone else doing that same thing. Doesn't anything have consequences anymore? We are in the right... but because this couple is being greedy, we have to back off or pay an arm and a leg to enforce our rights.
I know I sound like a five year old but, it is just not fair.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Over A Blueberry Bagel
But what has me nervous/anxious/scared-to-death/overwhelmed/gitty and just plain over joyed?
To tell you, I would have to start with the total opposite feelings that were sitting in my gut on Sunday. Imagine this scene... I was inside cleaning something or other, kids were playing inside and out, and Ron was cleaning up outside getting ready to head out to watch The Master's with my Dad. I wondered past the front window and noticed an unfamiliar car in the drive way... "hmmm... who could that be?"
I go outside to see Ron talking to some woman with a clip board... a Bible sales person, I wonder? Ron was talking to her far too long for her to be that. I go outside and she says to me "Hi, I am the realtor of a couple that just put a non-contingent offer in on the house you are trying to purchase. I am here to serve you with a bump notice." See, our offer was contingent on the sale of our house, so the couple owning the house we wanted to buy were free to continue to market the house until we removed our contingency. And suddenly, they had another buyer.
She had us sign a form acknowledging that we had received our notice. It gave us 48 hours to do one of three things... 1) remove the contingency from our offer 2)sell our house before Tuesday to someone with no contingencies or 3) let the house go. I held it together just long enough to sign the paper and have to the woman pull out of our driveway. Then I was completely devastated, I went to my room a balling mess. Yes, me, Kerry... the (most of the time) happy-go-lucky-positive-things-will-be-fine thinker was a crying snotty weeping mess. That is my house!! How can someone take it away? After I have worked so hard these past 3 weeks. It was just awful!!
I sent Ron out to keep his golf watching date with my Dad. I think I needed to not think about anything for a while. And he needed the break too. My Dad is a great person to talk to and debate with as well, so sending Ron to him was a good idea. When Ron got home, we talked and talked... and decided to see what the bank had to say.
I spent no less then 4 hours on the phone yesterday! I talked to the bank, then to Ron, then to the bank, and then to the realtor, and then to Ron, and then to the bank again. Thank heavens for a credit score of 819... there was light suddenly fluttering at the end of the tunnel. Our bank said we could be approved for a mortgage non-contingent on the sale of our current home. It was a risk that, when first suggested, Ron and I didn't want to take. There is no way we can afford two mortgages and all our regular bills (for two houses!). But when we took the time to look at the timing (not numbers) on paper... we realized, these double payments wouldn't actually start until August.... hmmmm....
Can we sell our house by August? With 8 showings in the past 12 days... we are very very confident we can. Heck, we haven't even had an open house yet! We just need a little more time. So August? Can we sell in the next 4 months? We think so.
So the risk has been taken... we have been dealt our cards... we have our hand in front of us... we think we have a winner and we are going for it. Our bank is over nighting a mortgage commitment to our realtor who will forward it on to the nasty lady that showed up in our driveway on Sunday. And he will say, "you can tell your non-contingent clients to keep looking, because our offer just chewed up and spit out your offer." Okay, maybe he won't use those exact words, lol.
Can you see why I am nervous/anxious/scared-to-death/overwhelmed/gitty and just plain over joyed while I chew on my blueberry bagel this morning? We bought our house!!! And now we really really need to sell ours.
*As a special note* ~ I know there has been a lot of "house" talk around here lately with little to no "bead" talk. Rest assured, I realize it and I am thinking about that all the time. I wish I had more bead/jewelry stuff going on. And I hope you aren't too bored by the lack of it. Today, with the kids gone, I will be devoting the whole day to bead making. I have a long list of "must do-s" and I am hoping to have loads to share. I have been working with Zoozii's testing a new top secret tool, so that will be something to look forward to :) Just hang in there and bare with me!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Laugh Till You Cry
Last night, Andrew went to Ron and said "Here Dad, you want to read a story I wrote?" Ron read it out loud... and we all (Andrew included) laughed until we were crying!! I promised Andrew I would "publish" his story. So, here it is...
*Special Note* ~ I know this has the word "kill" and "die" a lot, and most parents would be concerned. But Andrew insists that he wrote this to be a "funny" story. Jacob tends to write war and dragon epics, and I think Andrew is modeling his writing after Jacob's.
Evil Dieing Chickens
By Andrew B
A 1,000,000 eons ago, there was a whole army of evil dieing chickens. The chickens kill evil cows. They kill each other. The chicken always wins. So the cows lost. That means the cows die. So the chicken wins the war.
The End
LOL... okay, so maybe you had to be there last night. We all thought it was hilarious!! I don't think it will be winning any awards, but the fact that he is writing is awesome. All writers start some where. And, come on, you gotta admit... chickens and cows are funny.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Under Control
I had the rooms empty and the carpets ripped up by 11am yesterday. And then the waiting began. A friend of ours was doing the install and he didn't exactly give us a time that he was coming by. I just knew I had to be ready "in the afternoon". I used my time wisely and thankfully, I finished up the last 4 articles that have the April 15th deadline while I was waiting.
Our friend ended up coming by around 5pm and it took until 8pm to get the carpet layed down. Ron tried to convince me to just leave the reloading of the rooms until today. But I couldn't think of sleeping while there were things that needed organizing!! By 10 or so I was done. You know you have a problem when you are putting things back in a closet, in the dark because the kids are sleeping. The floors really look great and the kids think it is cool to have something brandy new in their rooms.
Today has already been full, believe it or not. I just can't seem to slow down! I got the floors washed, rooms dusted/windexed, and the bathroom scrubbed. Ready for weekend showings of the house. Now it is time to borrow a friend's camera to photograph some of the tutorials and, I'll be making the last few beads I need to make the finished pieces for those tutorials too. Once everything is in the mail tomorrow, I PROMISE I will work on Bead Box Beads. Actually, I have something special in mind for the next update... something I haven't done before... I think you'll like it.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
It was time...
The training wheels came off Sunday morning, by lunch she could ride down the hill in our backyard. Monday she just needed a little help getting started and was all over the driveway. Determined to do it ALL by herself, yesterday she mastered starting on her own too.
As far as bike riding is concerned, the Bogey Boys have a proud history. Jacob learned the two wheel thing just a month before his 4th birthday... that means he was riding when he was THREE. Andrew had it down the summer he turned FOUR!! Lauren is a little later then the boys, being that she is five. But hey... she caught on in a few hours... it took them days. LOL.
Today is going to be a nutty one... the carpet in the kids' rooms is being replaced. I have the lovely task of moving all the furniture in both rooms out and ripping up the carpet. The installer will put down the new berber we bought, then I will be replacing all that moved around furniture. I thought you might like a little update on the house... so far 5 showings in 5 days, but no offers yet. We found out yesterday, though, that if the buyer qualifies, they can take over the last $10,000 of our grant! YOO HOO!!
Wouldn't you want to buy a house that gave you $10K for nothing?
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Don't Do The Dishes
I can't say exactly where this idea came from.If just floated into my head yesterday. Lauren and I were sitting at the kitchen table. She was chewing on some Cheerios and I was reading some emails. I was suddenly panic stricken. I couldn't remember where I had put my sketch book in the midst of all the cleaning I have been doing lately. I eventually found it tucked away on a book shelf. I flipped through the pages and started to doodle this design. I thought about it all day.
While Lauren was at school, I planned to work on Bead Box Beads, but I couldn't stop thinking about the necklace doodle. I grabbed a few rods of my new favorite shade of transparent blue. These are the absolute BIGGEST hollows I have ever made. I am talkin' HUGE! As big or bigger then ping pong balls. As the kiln cooled through out the evening, I took out my wire and readied the base and made the coils. First thing this morning I wired up the beads and put it all together.
Because of the enormous nature of the hollows, I should have made the base wire longer. I started with a piece just over 18ins, but with the chunky beads it now wears like a short 16in. Not that its a bad thing, I like short for summer styles, it just limits the wearers to smaller necked people. Next time I think I'll make one longer with a few more beads.
So far, I am getting mixed reviews from my home based critics. Ron thinks it's weird and has too many beads... Jacob thinks it's kinda crazy... Andrew thinks it's awesome... and Lauren is still sleeping. I would love to hear what you think!
Monday, April 07, 2008
Beeming About Ben
I knew from the very first day that I heard Audrey was preggers that it would be a boy. I just knew it. Although, she never found out at the ultrasound. She was due Friday but Ben waited one extra day and arrived about 10:30 Saturday morning. He is tall (21 1/2 in) and trim (7 lbs 12 ozs)... he slept the whole time I held him. You know, being born is such hard work I can't say I blame him. I even tried taking his blankets off and tickling his toes, lol...but he just made a mad face and went back to sleep.
Ben will be my very first God Child (technically, he is also my second cousin). I asked Audrey if I had to do anything special as the God Mother. I am not an overly religious person. I tend to keep my feelings about faith to myself... I feel it is each person's choice what path they follow. She told me I just need to be someone special in his life... I said "I can do that!"
I am so so excited... and so so in love with little Ben. I get all the benefits of a new baby, lol... without the labor, delivery and sleepless nights. What is not to be excited about!?! Oh... and his name... goodness... you all know how I love alliteration... I could make anything sound good with a name like BEN!
Friday, April 04, 2008
My Secret Revealed
I first started having the ideas stir for this necklace back in Oct/Nov when I was working on the bridal piece I did for my cousin. I didn't want to jump right into making the necklace without playing with the design first. And that is where "The Cup Cake Bangle" started. (I know I told you it started with something from something on Beading Daily, and it did... but it is all intertwined.)
One random day, I got an email reminding me about The Bead&Button Show 2008. And in it was a blurb about the Bead Dreams Competition. I got to see the winners from last year in person when I was at the show. It was too cool. There is some wild stuff in this competition. At some point, I got it in my head that I had to bring this necklace to life, and I had to enter it in Bead Dream.
Under any other circumstances, I would have shared the whole process with you. Trials, errors, bad beads, good beads... but for some reason, I got very protective, and very paranoid. I didn't want any secret blog stalkers suddenly deciding they were "inspired" by my piece and that they were going to enter their knock off too. Since today is the last day to enter... and beads take hours to cool in the kiln, and this piece takes days to wire up... I feel safe that there won't be any "copies" entered. (At least I think it is safe at this point, lol). I was going to wait until I hear if I place or not to share it, but I don't have any beads to show... so here ya go.
If I am remembering correctly, the "status of acceptance" comes out by April 25th (ooohh, that is the same day I have to sell my house by... freaky). Finalists are selected, then you mail your piece in to go on display, then right before the start of the show judges pick 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category... plus there is a Best in Show winner and runner up. I don't really care if I place, I just want to at least be a finalist. I want this in the big glass display case and people walking by to say... "look at that one, isn't that cool".
You can see photos of last year's entries HERE. Let me know if you think this will stand up to this kind of competition!!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Gimme Input
So... here is what I need... a plan of action. I need to not have to actually think about what I am doing. I want to make bead box beads!! Give me ideas for styles and colors you would like to see... and that is what I will work on. And don't all say the tapestry ones from a few weeks ago... they are wicked hard to make. LOL. I need stuff like... "make spring colored plaids"... or "do a whole bunch of bright discs".
Come on... leave a comment and gimme your input!
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Snagged - Necklace
I paused in my flurry of cleaning yesterday to make a few (much needed) beads. I was asked by a magazine if I could make a necklace version of my "Snagged" bracelet. "Of course I can," I told them. I need to get this in the mail today!! And I will let you know the details of which publication when the time gets closer. For now, I am keeping it on the down low.
I am glad I slowed down to work on this. I really like the loopiness of the seed beaded strands. I like that it has a POP of contrasting color (the lime green). The flower shape of the bead is too cute. The length really works and I think it'll look great with t-shirts/tank tops in the summer. See, it has loads of things going for it.
Seeing it in this photo also gave me an idea for another variation on it. I'll let you know how that turns out!
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Grand Tour
I had to get the house perfectly perfect for the listing photos. I thought I would give you the grand tour of my home!!
We'll start in the living room, lol. Look at all the light we get through the big windows. I think for the purposes of showing the house, we are going to pack the china cabinet on the left there and move it out to the garage.
This is the kitchen. Humble, but modern. We have cooked many a fine dinner in here, lol. All our appliance are fairly new. And hey, they come with a full price offer on the house... wink, wink.
I love our little dining room. It is connected to the kitchen and I would say, next to the studio, I spend the most time here. I am sitting in that seat off to the left by the window right now, lol! It is where I always have my laptop set up.
I have to show a couple of the bedrooms. Above is the "master bedroom", and this shot was taken from inside the bathroom. Weird I know, but it was the only way to get a good angle. Below is Lauren's room. You might remember I just redid it a few months ago. She is hoping there is a princess room in the new house. But I have a feeling I will go green and purple again.
You all know this place!! It's my jewelry studio! This is an older photo, but it'll have to do. The studio is just too crazy right now. I straightened it up, but it still looks nutty. Oh well... that's how it goes in the studio of a working artist, right?
I don't have the exterior photos to show you yet. Unfortunately, when my computer crashed a few months ago, I lost a lot of my outdoor stuff. Thankfully though, the realtor had been by our house way back in July of 2007 and he got great shots with the yard looking MINT so... we'll be using those ones!
I am kinda curious... I am on the fence about whether or not I should share "numbers" with you all. You know... how much we are going to list the house for. I guess it is public record right? You could just look it up tomorrow. Property values are so different from place to place. I would love to hear what you think our little house would be worth in your neck of the woods.
Leave a comment and let me know!! And just so you can round out your figures properly... our house sits on .74acres, has 3 bedrooms, 1 bath and is 1348sq feet (small, I know... see why we were house hunting?). There is a two car garage, large deck, above ground pool and 12x12 shed.


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Aladdin Introduction
It's nearly Panto time! We are going to be meeting for a touch tour before the panto on the 2nd
It's nearly Panto time! We are going to be meeting for a touch tour before the panto on the 2nd
I like doing thank you messages! Once again, we must give thanks for the generosity of another supporter: Susanne Hammon-Cruwys
It's Panto time again! Oh no it isn't! Seriously, it is. 2nd of Jan. It's in the diary. We're going.
This is such a powerful message; our children are blind, not broken and should be afforded all of the opportunities
The following link takes you to the notes taken by Iain who attended a NatSIP event regarding EHC Plans from
Long canes aren't just for navigation – can be used to make all sorts of cool noises! Lucas uses his
Here is a Facebook clip posted by Juan Ruiz (totally blind) from World Access for the Blind on his bicycle. It
Earlier this year, The Murray's visited the Science Museum in London and met up with Daniel Kish from World Access
*Photo Description* Connie with her multi-coloured cane at the pelican crossing holding the "Blind knob" waiting for it to be
*PD* Shows Trish and Tristan from Purnet standing either side of Iain from Common Sense holding up a large cheque


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