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jemz: (DBSK - so tired!)
Oh hey, look who is online again!? Yup. That's right. ME!!! *happy dance*

Which isn't to say that I haven't exactly been without internet connection since I last posted in the warm lobby of the Hilton Seattle where I was enjoying Sakura-Con with some fantastic friends and making new ones. I've had internet......on my blackberry (aka Shige-Dex). I just haven't had time to make a post!

So what's new/happening/exciting in my life in the past two weeks?

I'm so glad you asked! )

So. How are you doing this fine spring? :D Less hectic than me, I hope. One day soon I will actually comment on your posts! Promise!
jemz: (DBSK - lean back)
I am doing ten million things at once.

and all I can post about is that my States Quarters collection is almost complete!!! I am only missing Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Anyone have these quarters?

Today's To-Do List

sleepy Sleep in. I slept until 8:20am!
rice make miso soup for breakfast OM NOM NOM NOM. I even had some gyoza.
computer Catch up on LJ
shirt Do Laundry yay for warm, clean socks!
punch2 work out
document1 finish [livejournal.com profile] jesummary
mailto email stuff for Fanime/ALA
wallet Check out It's A Girl Thing & Ulta I totally do not need a gorgeous Furla purse and matching wallet. I don't.
hamburger Eat dinner
camera1 Suprise Birthday Party About to go!
house Clean!
jemz: (HYD - apples)
How did this year pass by so fast?

I'm still a bit boggled by how quickly time passed me by and that it probably all meant that I was too darn busy to notice! I was telling a few friends that I felt that I didn't accomplish very much this year. So I decided to do a Year in Review and to remind myself that I did accomplish a lot!

I combined it with that meme (Take the first sentence (or two) from the first post of each month of 2008. That's your year in review.)

So what did I do? )

I...think I need more sleep. XD
jemz: (Holiday - bowl of ornaments)
It's been an awesome weekend, my friends! I had NO work at all besides a few phone calls but I SLEPT IN. uwaa, it was a wonderful feeling!

Today, I uploaded new music to Teppei (iPod), went shopping with some of my favorite ladies ([livejournal.com profile] damiri and [livejournal.com profile] aelfsciene), bought some great stuff on sale, had frozen yogurt and Beard Papa's creampuff for my wild card day (LORDIE, IT WAS DELICIOUS), spent some time with family and eating fantastic food, and am now winding down after trying to catalog my concert pamphlets/photobooks/dvds while packing for Anime LA.

Seems busy but really, it's not! I caught up with people who matter lots to me and destressed!

Soon, I'll post up my new resolutions for 2009 and maybe list things I've done in 2008 so I don't feel like a loser workaholic loser and that I've not accomplished a lot.

But yay for a free weekend of just doing things for me!!!
jemz: (WaT - I Bet You Can't)
Life has been busy as usual and I've splurged myself with something I've been wanting for a while. :D

Meet Jaebaby!!! :D He is adorable, cute, tiny, and every things I need in a mini notebook...or netbook as they are also known.

I took Jaebaby with me on my trip to LA. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to introduce [livejournal.com profile] karinberry to him but everyone else at the meetings on Sunday did. :D

I also had a chance to shop until [livejournal.com profile] seshat's bff dropped. :D I helped [livejournal.com profile] seshat spend a lot of money but I think she's happy with what she's got.

I think I am headed to bed but there's a ton more that I want to write. Ah well, I'll save it for tomorrow! :D

Still working on last week's [livejournal.com profile] jesummary. I've been less of a slacker lately! :D yay me!

Oh, here's a meme. <3

jemz: (DBSK - Happy Jae!)
plane Leaving in about 4 hours to fly to LA.

computer I bought this and flailed a lot at people over it, especially [livejournal.com profile] impynymph. <33333

lips SEXY, Y/Y/Y/Y/Y?!?!?!?!

briefcase It's coming with me to LA. :D

!? I am contemplating two or three names for it. It would be hilarious if I named it "Oh-No!" though. XD Then I would want a laptop hard drive and name it "Ni-No!"

sweat *runs away from being bricked*

onigiri I've been super busy and pigging out. :/ not the best combination, ne?

document1 Still need to work on [livejournal.com profile] jesummary too. Wahh. It'll be a bit late. >.>

5am is when I am waking up. Hopefully. *crosses fingers*

sleepy off for a nap.
jemz: (SuJu - white jacket)

I am so bad. I got THIS and I'm totally in love with it.

Instead of doing work and other errands, I am channeling my inner model and just flouncing around the house in this jacket.
jemz: (NewS - :O)
Last night, I

~ had a great dinner with fantastic friends
~ teased [livejournal.com profile] karberry's husband. He has a new nickname of "NICKLE KITTY"
~ was sad that Mike and [livejournal.com profile] karberry didn't feel well enough to go out to the Castro.
~ made a face at my phone's dying battery
~ danced my tush off
~ got hit by an ugly man who was nowhere near as good looking with a hook nose as Alan Rickman. And really, a velvet jacket in a club full of hot, gyrating bodies? -_-
~ got super tipsy! 2 double shots of Patron, some horribly strong Cap'n Morgan and Coke, half of something else, a blueberry kamikaze shot with an adorable and flirty bar boy (taken without hands! What? They were in test tubes!)
~ watched some boys shake their tush in jockstraps, touching themselves in many, many different ways.
~ was told that my boobs were asymmetrical. ARE THEY REALLY?!!??! :O
~ umm...forgot my dead cell phone in Kachang's car. Oops. ^_^;;

Now I'm late for something but hey, I just wanted to share how utterly FAIL I am.

Ta ta, lovelies! Back to San Francisco to shop and then party at Asia SF.
jemz: (panties)
So I went shopping yesterday. Totally on a mission for something cute to wear to [livejournal.com profile] bluebyyou's wedding this upcoming Saturday. Totally last minute, I know, but it was when I had some free time!

I also found the shoes for the dress and for my Maid of Honor dress for[livejournal.com profile] karberry's wedding. :D Btw, I was really tempted to buy a TON of shoes at DSW. Again, I mourn over the fact that my closet isn't bigger. ;_;

the goodies! )

I'm in the mood to take some pictures. What do you guys want a picture of? :D I'll snap a photo and upload it!
jemz: (Jin - Hotter than you)
Wah, I've been super busy this week! So I'm just listing things really quick!

microphone Sunday's SF JE Meetup went really well! Peyton and I had a blast organizing the event! We gave out omiyage to them in the form of official JE Shop photos I picked up while in Japan. :D Their favorite JE member/group. We ate lunch at the yummy Juban Yakiniku Restaurant. SO YUMMY. We also did PuriKura and the mad purikura scramble when I yelled "SWITCH!". It was great fun. thumbsup Karaoke was also amazing! We had such rockstars in our midst to liven things up in our room. I hope to see you rockstars again at the next meetup!

pigface Afterwards, we came back to San Jose for some delicious food at Izakaya! MMMMMM. NOM NOM NOM. We even had Otokoyama sake. Peyton didn't realize that Jin's dog in Yukan Club was also named after a alcoholic brand! :D Now she does and she likes their light and slightly dry Ginjo. Umaaaaai!

computer Work sucks. I'm still behind and they gave me a ton of things to work on. I've been working overtime like mad to catch up. And WHY WON'T THEY STOP CANCELLING MY FIX OF THE SYSTEM! I've been trying to resynch my live and shadow boxes before I left for Japan after the other dept's incredible muck up and I'm still trying now. Hopefully, it'll all be done by Friday morning. *grumbles*

scissors Bridesmaid dress is altered! The halter was too long but now it's not! :D All I need is shoes to match. Probably my sparkly white heels. I just got sparkly hair pins to match everything since I'm doing my own hair. No way am I going to pay for an overpriced updo in Hollywood.

lipstick Am packing for the wedding! I have almost everything ready. I just had my red highlights retouched earlier tonight. Nails, facial, and eyebrows are going to be done tomorrow. Then all is left is to fly out for the rehearsal dinner. [livejournal.com profile] veilsdegto, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! TWO MORE DAYS.

shoe Any of my flist still into BPAL? I just culled through everything I have and am going to sell most of it off. I can't wear that much perfume and I don't want them to go to waste. If interested, check this post out. I am not charging anyone one my flist shipping. :D Buy my stuff, plz.

camera1 Pictures of Days 3 and 4 will be up soon! I still have to write up my concert reports but that will have to come after the wedding.

martini Wine party tomorrow night! I am excited to see [livejournal.com profile] purelica and the rest of our friends and indulge in a glass or two of wine. Maybe it will help me go to bed earlier than 2am.

document1 I need to start this week's [livejournal.com profile] jesummary. :x

ticket I also need to finish up the bridal party invites for the other wedding I'm in. wahhh, so many weddings!

heartyeyes Jaejoong, Jin, Junsu.....all made my week even better.

^_^;; I may have made more work for myself. But more details on that later.

lightbulb How are all of you?
jemz: (w-inds. - Ryohei's mic)
The adventures of jemz and mousaPi (ie. the grand adventures in fail)

YAY! We are safely landed in Japan. Not much going on yet but we had a lovely time gabbing with [livejournal.com profile] ilanabean42 and her friend, Meaghan. Then we met up with [livejournal.com profile] alissa at their terminal while I was on the phone with [livejournal.com profile] bloodybrilliant. We passed her around like a h0 (which she totally admits that she likes) and said happy goodbyes to Ilana, Meaghan, and Alissa before heading over to our own terminal.

It was just enough that we didn't have to wait too long before boarding our own flight to Tokyo. It was fun. The flight was long and we tried to sleep. Key word is try. But I have swollen ankles to prove I made it through the pressurized flight and every time I glanced over at mousaPi, she would either do one of the following: wiggle in glee, say whoo hoo, or stare like hamster at me and then looked away. I think her guinea pig has been giving her lessons in staring. :/

"Watch out, jemz. I'm going to be watching you from outside your capsule." states MousaPi who's sitting next to me (reading over my shoulder).

Big words from her. But it's really cute how she's so excited to just be in Japan that it fuels my own excitement! We made it through the immigration, customs, currency exchange, and the ticket counter for the Keisei Skyliner only to be balked at the cell phone counters. I did not want to go to the fourth floor of the mall to slap more money on the pre-paid phone I borrowed. Oh well. Maybe in Akihabara we will find a store and get that handled. :D

Our adventures have started and I'm looking forward to the next 10 days, both of ultimate coolness and utter fail. MousaPi already has a head start. She made some random Japanese man trip over his feet. :D Way to go, Pi.

Anyways, Ryohei-top is out of batteries. More to come when we arrive at the futuristic Capsule Inn in Akihabara. I feel strange things will be occuring tonight.

Okay, so my battery died on the Ryohei-top. But we're at the Capsule Inn now and up on the top floor in the women's lounge trying to get internet on our laptops. Sadly, we are currently failing.

mousaPi wants to say we're alive and I just want to check my email. I miss everyone already and it's pretty warm here. The humidity is like a slap in the face when we walked out of Ueno Keisei station to cross the street to the JR Ueno station. The sky sprinkled fat raindrops on us. It was sprinkling when we arrived at the Capsule Inn as well.

The Capsule Inn is pretty nifty. The capsules aren't as small as I originally thought they were (I get a touch caustrophobic) and they really are pretty cool. Our pods are next to each other and we took dorktastic pictures to me laughing, "Oh hey! It's mousaPI in a POD!"

So now we're just chilling and I am elevating my swollen ankles in a poor attempt to get them to stop being swollen. This happened last yearr too. Sadly, they hurt. D:

Okay, off to see [livejournal.com profile] shimmeredusk and have dinner! Yay!
jemz: (earth in water)

Today, I haven't slept yet!! Too many things to do before I leave for Tokyo! plane Nearly done with packing briefcase and emailing everyone back mailto

I am so excited, everyone!! I love traveling to new places shinkansen and seeing beautiful sights fujisan and eating delicious food onigiricakebreadfishcherryhamburgermartini

But I may be too busy to find internet to post up my travels. Don't worry! I will try my best to write them and keep a photo diary!

My excitement is growingmelody2 as the time approaches for us to leave for the airport! MousaPi and I will meet a familiar face at the airport. Ilana-chan will be in the same terminal around the same time! It will be an exciting reunion!! Ah! My excitement just grows and grows and grows!!

AH! Leaving for the airport in 4 1/2 hours!! watch Time to sleep a little bit sleepy

See you all soon, minna-san!!

jemz: (Jin - Y HALLO THAR)
Let's start off with my To-Do list!

Things to do before Japan!
* Omiage for meeting. Don't let me forget, mousaPi! Bought and Packed!
* Laundry & packing!
* Finish printing out directions and map routes for the shinkansen
* Call hair stylist for hair cut. I have red highlights! And bought some hair care stuff for it!
* Withdraw cash.
* Finish research for Japan.
* Confirm with Casey, meeting at Shin Yokohama Station
* Finish[livejournal.com profile] jesummary for the week. I AM FREEEEEEEEEEE!
* GO TO TEN BILLION BBQ's on FRIDAY. Party that night.
* Watch fandom stuff! TOMAAAAAA!!!!! RIIIIIDAAAAAAA!!!!!!
* Finish dl'ing music and upload to iPod. I am craving R&B. Got Ne-Yo's album? Chris Brown? thanks, Tia love! Also, I HAVE w-inds.' NEW ALBUM!!!!! heart1heart1heart1heart1heart1
* Try not to work on Fanime stuff! July = rest period!
* Print out bridal invites on vellum. Buy green ribbon and cheesy stickers.
* Reply to comments. Err. I'm bad. :(
* Dinner with Peyton and MousaPi! Vietnamese fooooods on Tuesday.
* Pedicure with MousaPi on Wednesday!

So there really isn't much for me to talk about other than MY REALLY AWESOME HAIR. I did red highlights and they are totally rad in the sunlight. I had to buy new hair care stuff for it but OMG. SO WORTH IT. :Dv I'll upload pictures when I'm done packing and stuff.

Also, I just got new studs for my piercings. White Gold. Totally expensive but I am hoping they are worth it. I've been reacting to the surgical steel post and hoop that I have. Hopefully the new posts will be enough to calm my body down from the metal allergy and heal enough so I can sleep on my side again!!! They are totally sexy. :D I am just waiting for the shiny, sparkly rhinestone gem to come it to match my other one.

Wheeee! I need to post pictures of the care package I got from [livejournal.com profile] jackoweskla and [livejournal.com profile] iverin (or Seekrit Agent Nishikido and Seekrit Agent Higashiyama) !!!! SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU BOTH. I know I flailed at you the day I got it but omg, must flail again! It made me feel so loved. heart1

Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] nerdinside for the lovely flowers! I haven't forgotten! We will have to do lunch when I come back from Japan!

Anyways, let's do a meme so I have something to babble about on the plane. :D Cheerfully from [livejournal.com profile] jackoweskla

1. It begins with a list of all 26 letters of the alphabet.
2. Comment with something you want me to talk about that starts with one of those letters. Choose whatever letters. I don't care which ones.
3. One topic per letter.
4. I will make a new post talking about all 26 topics given to me!

A - Aquascaping
B - Bridesmaid
C - California
D -
E -
F - Fashion
G -
H - Hentai
I -
J - Jin XD
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P - Pomegranites
Q -
R - Rhythm
S -
T - Time
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

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Freshly Made Sketches 125

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

This week is our 125th challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  That's quite a milestone, don't you think!  This week's sketch is designed by Narelle and although it is curiously devoid of layers, I somehow suspect that she sneaked a few onto her card anyway.  You better pop on over to her blog to check and make sure!

It's probably no surprise that I kept my CAS card pretty close to the sketch.  The vibrant colors at Dynamic Duos provided the palette and, of course, the always amazing Gorgeous Grunge set the stage for the background.  How did I ever live without that stamp set?

An awesome sketch, awesome cards from the design team and loads of inspiration!  I hope you have time to join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (SU); Funky Florals, Signature Greetings (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  White Linen (Ellen Hutson); Wild Wasabi, Whisper White (SU)
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango (SU); Pitch Black (Adirondack)
Accessories:  Cute Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)

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12 Responses to “Freshly Made Sketches 125”

Linda Callahan said...

Fun card! Love the pop of bright colors and the thin green matting! And yes this design is just the foundation for Narelle's card :)

Deepti said...

This is a very pretty card :) love the dimension added by the flower !!

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a clean and simple sketch--great card Jen!

Jen Brum said...

Super fun Jen! I love the combination of the Gorgeous Grunge and that flower! Love the sentiment and all that white space!!! Great job!

Karren said...

What a great card, you old fossil ;) I love the CAS-ness with the added interest of Gorgeous Grunge. You've done a great job with those colors - that I ran a mile from!

Julie Gearinger said...

Love the use of the fun sketch and the Gorgeous Grunge details look fabulous!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Dynamic Duos :-)

Greta said...

Wonderful use of the stamps, colors & sketch--artistic & beautiful!

Holly said...

What a fun layout.. I love your grungy take on it and it's soft look. Thanks for joining us at Dynamic Duos.

Narelle Farrugia said...

hahah - I'm laughing at your post Jen! Yes I did manage to sneak a few more layers in there, but I just couldn't help it! Your card is, as always, just stunning with all that white! Totally beautiful!

Kigz said...

You seem to manage to get so much in there with such little effort! What a fun sentiment along with the bright pop of color! :)

Rita Wright said...

So fun! The sentiment is perfect with the pops of bright colors.

Cindy Hall said...

LOVE this card! Great sentiment (both for the saying and the font), and I am in love with those enamel dots. I'm definitely going to have to expand my stamping horizons!

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Idul Fitri holidays in Jakarta

Today is the start of the Idul Fitri celebration In Indonesia.

Idul Fitri, or Lebaran, marks the end of Ramadan the Muslim holy month. This is the start of a week long holiday when most of the population go home.

Sarinah and Samino left on Tuesday night for their holiday, it has been so interesting going back to living like an ordinary Australian.

I have mentioned before that in Jakarta we live like semi-royalty, we know it and SO appreciate it.
The girls and I (Ben is trying to) have been cooking, cleaning, washing dishes and clothes... and gasp, making our own beds!

It is amazing what you can become accustom to in a few short months!

It has been sort of nice to have the house to ourselves, you know leave the bathroom with out being fully dressed etc......

We are off to Singapore tomorrow.....We booked this trip at the start of the year before we even had any idea it was Idul Fitri. We are meeting up with GJ's father and partner on the way home from his first ever overseas holiday.
We are also going to meet up with a family that we are close friend with here in Jakarta.
We have a list of so many things we want to do and see.

And of course I will take many photos and blog all about it !!! LOL

treespotter said...

i'm annoyed

Sass said...

Might bump into u at the airport :)

Anonymous said...

Dear Ace,

Why annoyed???

U R loved here!!!


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Recap of Week 2/15

This week went really well.

On Monday, I worked out my upper body and abs. I'm proun\d to announce that I was able to up the weights for my upper body exercises. Having great upper body strength is key, because your swinging arms can help you keep running at a good pace when you are otherwise exhausted.

All of my runs from Tuesday-Thursday went really well.

Also on Wednesday, I worked my abs and lower body. I was able to increase the weights on the lower body machines as well. The ab workout was a killer...I could still feel it when I did my ab work on Friday.

I didn't have any problems getting my cross training in on Friday, because my work trip was canceled. Friday's cross training consisted of 25 minutes on the bicycle, 25 minutes on the elliptical machine, and 15 minutes of ab work.

I woke up on Saturday feeling great, so I decided to do my long run then instead of waiting until Sunday. I actually felt so great that I ran 9 miles instead of the scheduled 8 miles. I ran the 9 miles in 1:35:47. This equates to a pace of 10:38!

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Rainman Goes To Camp: What it’s like to send your special needs child to camp

Sending a typical child to camp can be daunting, but it is especially so to send your special needs child to camp. Nine year old daughter Blair attended summer camp last week. At family day, we celebrated Blair’s finely honed skills of gluing stuff to wood and ate fried chicken. I can’t remember the last time I had actual fried chicken. I confess I spent most of my effort eating the crunchy bits off the chicken, so I technically just ate fried chicken skin. Yum. At the end of the feast, the families and their campers disbanded. Only Devlin was nowhere to be found. Twenty minutes later and fifteen volunteers searching and calling his name, Devlin turned up on one of the hiking trails, having followed another family into the wooded area. I take these incidents in stride, but I’d be lying if I didn’t also admit it takes a few weeks off my life each time he wanders off. With this backdrop, I delivered Devlin this morning to attend a five-day sleepover camp for kids on the spectrum. I consulted IPhone Siri to direct me to the designated drop-off. Stupid bitch did not know where I was going and I got lost on the way there.  I love a good stress-buzz first thing in the morning. It’s like waking up in a fit at the exact time you’re supposed to be someplace. I have concluded that it is much worse to think you know where you’re going than to be totally lost. If you’re lost, you don’t have hang-ups about where you think you are. If you think you know where you are but you don’t really know, you tend to take routes that seem correct, but never are. Better to be lost. I thought I knew where I was going this morning.

All I could think of when I was speeding around this morning was what if I’m late and they won’t take him? It’s been a long summer. We’ve had a lot of togetherness. I have nearly reached my capacity to discuss what different kinds of chex mix there are, which flavor is my favorite, what the bags look like, where we can get them, when we can get them, how we can get them, what the different flavors taste like.  There are actually 19 different flavor varieties. I’ve discussed each and every one of them in numbing detail with Devlin, who is fixated and entranced by chex mix. When I finally arrived (on time), there was a line out the door of parents trying to corral their autistic offspring. It’s cruel and humorous to make special needs kids wait in lines (a/k/a organized chaos). Devlin rolled over my sandal-clad toes five times with his suitcase. No parent thought twice about a random, unfamiliar child grabbing their purse, getting into their personal space or asking inane questions. It’s like an impromptu smash mob event where parents instinctively block doorways from wandering children, don’t think twice about redirecting a rogue child who is flapping their arms and doesn’t flinch at the sound of kids screeching or toppling over a piano. Devlin, who woke up at 6:00 and was practically dressed and waiting at the car at 6:15 a.m., showed his excitement by refusing to let me take his picture.

You don’t have typical fears with an a-typical child leaving for camp for five days. First, you feel relief and gratitude that someone else is going to assume complete responsibility for your child. Guiltily, you are off the hook for consecutive days in a row, and it is a type of freedom that exceeds all expectations. Each parent in that room today checking in their special needs child had their own unique fear. One feared her child wouldn’t eat the food. Any of it. Another worried their child would refuse to sleep in an unfamiliar bed. Refuse, as in, can’t make him do it. Most of us handed over large bags of medicine for seizure control, allergies, ADHD, OCD, ODD. The list goes on. After a few rejuvenating days of not discussing the virtues of chex mix, I may even miss them.

4 thoughts on “Rainman Goes To Camp: What it’s like to send your special needs child to camp

  1. I’m in the midst of the pain of sending Mia off today too. I bet not many parents sending their kids off to sleep-away camp have to act out a certain, special kind of seizure for the sweet 15 year old “aid” who is taking over all care for their child to make sure it’s noticed if it happens. With the unique joy that comes with handing off a high- needs kid for a week, comes a unique kind of terror. I’ll relax by happy hour.

  2. Please know your efforts don’t go unnoticed – I’m heading out to buy some Jalapeno Cheddar Chex Mix RIGHT NOW! (Who knew? Devlin did.) Please thank him for introducing me to this bit of deliciousness!

  3. Bold Flavor. Ate an entire bag at the movies yesterday between The Wolverine and Pacific Rim.
    He’ll be fine. I promise. They seldom lose them and always try to return them to the correct parents.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

I am your are my child. I am your quiet are my wild.

I am your calm are my giggle.
I am your are my wiggle.
I am your dinner, you are my cake...
I am your bedtime
you are my wide awake.
I am your are my peekaboo
I am your goodnight kiss...
you are my I love you.

Meet "FOOF"...7years old. Short for "woof"...most treasured possession.

she came home from school with this tiny heart on the side of her hand..she can't recall where it came from..."we didn't even have out the markers today Mama!"

The tiny heart...the ruffled fur of "FOOF" the grasp she has on him while she slept....the little dirty nails (she passed out after our walk:) All these things...I want to remember for always...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

December Frenzy AND Summer Mini are on!!!

Click on the icon on the right side to see what specials Stampin' Up! have available during the month of December. Fantastic products for up to 50% off retail price.
Also starting on the 1st of December is the lovely new little Summer Mini Catalogue which runs through to 31st March. There are some lovely products in this years Summer Mini. Please check the catalogue out by clicking on the icon to the right side of the page.
Thanks for popping by & happy stamping!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

December Frenzy

Hello fellow stampers! Are we in for a treat? I am so excited that we have a new special coming up with December Frenzy which runs from 1st-29th of December. We have selected items that are up to 50% off. Some of them new stamps this year so have keep an eye on this spot after December 1st to see what Stampin' Up! have in store for you.

Well we had our first workshop since arriving home from holidays. It was nice to get everyone together again and hear the fun and laughter amongst themselves. We made a Christmas Meander Album and I was so surprised at how quickly everyone completed their album. They all looked gorgeous and I had one lady who has never made a card before and she managed to make her album without any bother. Actually I didnt know until the end that Debbie had just made her first project. Well done Debbie! I am sure Debbie will get the bug and be addicted to stamping very shortly like us all. Here is my example which I demonstrated for this years Stamp Camp. The lovely Beate Johns came up with the design of the Meander Album. It is very small and is made by using only 1 piece of DSP. It is the way you cut the DSP and fold it that you come up with the album. You then have the front and back cover. I am going to make one with my favourite sayings. I printed the photos from Kmart where you can do a collage of up to 7 photos at one time to get your small prints and they only cost .25c each. A wonderful way of showing off your favourite photos.
I was asked tonight if I would make sympathy card for someone. Here is the card I made. I got the idea from a card we made at last years stamp camp which was done by Lynda Winfield. We made it with butterflies. The actual flower is Vellum embossed with White Embossing Powder and using a heat gun and then cut out and mounted on Stampin Dimensionals. The card is A5 size so that it is big enough for everyone to sign it. I think it turned out pretty well.

Also I have made up a very quick and easy card for Christmas. It is using the Sparkly and Bright stamp set from the new catalogue. I have used Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock. I have also used the Polka Dot Embossing Folder. I used the 1 3/4" circle punch to punch the front of the card to show the cute little reindeer which was stamped on the inside along with a sentiment which you cannot see until you open the card.

I have been busy making little gifts for Xmas with the Top Note Die Cut. These little bags are very quick and easy to make. I used the Large Oval Punch for the hole and then tied it together with ribbon. I bought some bags to tape inside and then all I need to do is make my little sweets to pop inside.
Its getting late and I have to work tomorrow so I had better call it a day. Remember to have a look at the specials coming up in December. Thanks for popping by!


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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Hair Bow board

Hair Bow Board
1.What you need to get started:
-Fabric 22x18in
-Ribbon 17ft (3/8" wide)
-25 pushpins
-25 jewels
-19x15in board
-18 1/2x 14 1/2 backing felt
-19x15 (40z)batting
-glue gun
2.Place the fabric face down on table then center the batting then add the board last.

3.Staple one side of the fabric, then staple the opposite side of fabric, with tugging a little to make it taunt, but make sure on front side that It’s not so tight it’s creating dimples in the fabric. Continue till it’s all stapled.

4.For the corners just fold neatly under then staple down.

5.Add ribbon, cut strips into:
-2 strips of 27in. (add first)
-4 strips of 15in. (add 2nd)
-4 strips of 21 in. (add 3rd)
-4 strips of 9 in. (add last)
staple to one corner, then pull taunt to opposite corner and staple down, continue till get the finished look. When adding ribbon in between two ribbon spots measure for the exact middle then add ribbon to that point.

6.Hammer in front side at all cross points a push pin, should be 25 ct.
7.Hot glue backing on back to cover all staples.
8.Attach picture hanger on middle top of backside.
9.Hot glue gems to top of all push pins.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Bathroom Faux Drape

In my last house I made a faux drape for my guest bathroom, but in my new home the ceiligs are a foot taller, so I added a foot of a solid fabric to the bottom and ta da! Sewing a drape is easy, you just sew the edges in and make a pocket for the top to slide the drapery rod in. I took a rod and cut it to the size I wanted, and screwed only one of the hooks that came with the drapery rod into the ceiling and then srewed a closet pole bracket (circular, can find at any Home hardware store) into the wall.


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Nemain, Sword Maiden

Painted March 2003

This is the second time I've tried to paint this fig. The first time I went for a dark blue look, but that didn't really work out so she got to spend some time in acetone. After giving it some thought I decided to go with a warm, brown leather look the second time and I think it works much better. You can say a lot of bad things about GW's paints, but their browns rock :) To complete the "brown look" (hmmm that sounds kinda awful) I decided to paint the gems brown too. I had never tried it before, but I thing it worked ok.

The are some good thing and some bad things about this sculpt. The bad first; The is a huge (HUGE) moldline in the middle of her face. It really makes giving her a human expression difficult. Painting her sword NMM style is a major pain because of the size and the patterns. Really annoying. The good things; I absolutely love her outfit. It was so much fun to paint. Her pose is also super. Really cute.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

1 and a half!

Alexandra turned 18 months, which means she is officially a year and a half old!

Her vocabulary is developing a lot even though she doesn't pronounce all of her words very clearly, and she is improving every day.

Some of her most-used words are:
UP please!
Thank you!
Hi Sadie!
Fish  (pronounced Pisshhh, which is really funny sounding!)
Uh Oh!
Good Girl (pronounced go-go)

She is 25 pounds (70th percentile for weight) and 33 inches tall (90th percentile for height).  She has been fairly healthy lately (although she has had a few colds, it's nothing like the ear infections we battled last year!)  She has 8 front teeth (4 on top, 4 on the bottom) and 4 molars.

Her favorite foods are waffles, milk, bananas, bean burritos, mandarin oranges, hot dogs, and turkey.  She is not a great eater, and any of her favorite foods listed above can suddenly become the most vile things she has ever seen depending on her daily mood.

Alex is extremely temperamental and is already throwing temper tantrums pretty badly when she doesn't get her way.  She throws herself on the ground, rolling around kicking and screaming, and will even bite herself if she gets really angry!!! But she can turn from angry to calm in a matter of minutes, and will make us laugh at her expressions or body language.

She loves her daycare/school, and runs to see her teachers and give them hugs every morning.  Sometimes when I pick her up she even cries because she is having too much fun and doesn't want to leave! It sometimes makes me sad when she pitches a fit about going home, but I'm ultimately glad that she is being taken care of by wonderful people who love her.  I drive 45 minutes to drop her off at this particular daycare, and it is extremely inconvenient for us, but I can't bear to transfer her elsewhere because I haven't found anything comparable.

At home, Alex's favorite activities are playing with her kitchen, her toys (like her dog Patch), and BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS! She cannot get enough of the books.  I think she would be fine if we read to her for hours every night.  Not to say that she has a wonderful attention span, because she likes to change out the book sometimes before you have even finished reading it.  She loves the playground and the slide is her obsession.  If I let her walk down the driveway and take my eye off of her for a second, she takes off running at full speed to the playground (which is about 30 yards away) and I have to chase her.

We are both so proud to be the parents of this little joy.  She is brilliant and funny and thoughtful.  She is also stubborn and willful and determined.  We have our hands full every single day with her, and we are continuously amazed at how difficult yet awesome she is!  We can't imagine what life was like before her, nor do we want to!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!!!

What a wonderful Christmas we have had!

We announced to our families what we will be naming baby #2, which we have kept under lock and key up until today!   And her name is......

Kathryn Grace!

It was the name that we both loved when we first started coming up with name ideas.  And even though we came up with many other ones that we loved, for some reason, we just kept going back to our first choice.  It just felt right, and now we have already come to think of her as our Kathryn.  So there it is!  We can't wait to meet her and see how her name fits her!  :)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Naming Baby #2

Want to know what we are naming this little baby? We are going to be announcing her name on Christmas! Stay tuned! :)

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Over halfway there now!

This pregnancy is flying by so quickly! It helps that I have a busy toddler to chase after (which distracts me from the months of waiting for the new baby).  I'm much bigger than I was at the same point in my pregnancy last time despite having gained less weight.  I guess it's true what they say, that your body knows what to do and jumps into gear a lot faster the second time around! I haven't been as excited about taking photos this time, not because I'm not excited about the pregnancy, but because I'm just not that into my pregnant self.    But here are my 2 photos, at 3 months and 5 months (oops, forgot to take one at 4 months!)

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Katie's Jungle Baby Shower

My best friend Katie is having a baby! I was given the privilege of throwing her a baby shower, and boy did I have fun with it!!! We chose to do a jungle theme to match the baby's nursery decor.  As usual, once you give me a theme, I pretty much can't help myself from going crazy trying to plan and plan and plan around it.  Her sister, Kelly, the amazing creative paper artiste, designed and made the invitations and the paper decorations for the shower.
They were gorgeous! This photo doesn't do it justice, because you can't really see the dimension of the animals coming off of the card, but you get the idea.

I had fun designing a menu around a jungle theme.  We had Safari Salad (Spinach Salad with Cranberries, Walnuts and Bacon), Monkey Mushrooms (Mushrooms stuffed with Brie cheese), Wild Jungle Vines (Rosemary skewers of mozzarella, salami, olives, etc.), Critter Crunch Chips and Artichoke Dip, Grilled Vegetables (titled "Zoo you want some vegetables?"), Jungle Fruit Kabobs, Monkey Bread, and Chocolate-dipped Bananas.

Besides being pretty darn yummy, if I do say so myself, it was a great themed menu!

Katie and I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning on the night before the shower to finish the food preparations.  We were most entertained by our cookie decorating, and maybe it was the sleep-deprivation, but we had some hysterical giggle moments.  There were some definite flops (most notably the Giraffe with measles) but we kept at it and came up with some cute enough versions.

I'm not in love with them, but they fit the theme, and there definitely wasn't enough time to start over, so there you have it.  Next time, I will START with the detailed cookie-decorating instead of trying to finish it at 3 a.m.!

I decorated the tables with palm fronds and jungle animals, simple and cute.

Kelly made the banner, and of course it was BEAUTIFUL!!! I keep saying that I will take some classes from her one day when I have time for another hobby!  But I think with a full time job, a toddler, and photography, baking and book club, I'm pretty set on the schedule at the moment!

The most important thing was that Katie enjoyed her day and was showered with a ton of great gifts for her and baby Lucas.


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google reader {tutorial}

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Personally, I love reading blogs through a reader. There's something so easy with having everything in one spot. I've used Google Reader for years and find their layout to be simple and very user friendly. Here's the gist...

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Once you open your Google Reader page (if you have a gmail account, you have Google Reader), you can easily subscribe to blogs by clicking subscribe and entering the URL. You'll see all your subscriptions on the left hand side, and any with new posts will be highlighted. (This is only a few of the blogs I subscribe to. There's no way they would all fit on one page.)

google reader page

You can also create blog categories. Sewing, Knitting, Food, whatever category you want, which helps organize your reads even more. Want to remember a post that you might want to come back to? Simply star it, and it will remain in your starred items until you remove it.

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You've probably seen the ever popular Google Friend Connect that is on many blogs. This is such a convenient way to subscribe to blogs. One click and it easily dumps it into your Google Reader feed. However, Google has been making some changes over the last several months. Starting March 1st, this feature will no longer be available for non-blogger blogs. Instead, Google is encouraging those blogs to create a Google+ page and place a Google+ badge on your site (you can also read more info here).

I imagine this proposes a great inconvenience to those who have relied on this feature for so many years. This does not mean non-blogger blogs cannot continue using Google Reader. It simply means that Google Friend Connect, a service that provides an easy way to subscribe, will no longer be available for those blogs. It also means that if you have followed non-blogger blogs through Google Friend Connect that you will need to subscribe to those blogs another way. So, either 1. you need to get on Google+, or 2. find another service to offer your readers. You'll also need to change the way you've subscribed to non-blogger blogs because come March 1st you won't see them in your reader if you subscribed through GFC! To continue following through Google Reader, simply click the RSS feed and choose Google Reader.

This post is part of a series with other bloggers. Visit other reader options in this series...

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  1. I view blogs almost exclusively on Google reader. It helps me get through a bunch of blog posts in a short time. I've found that Google Reader and RSS are helpful for more than just blogs, though. I actually posted a video on my blog a few months ago where I showed a few of the lesser-known uses of RSS and Google reader.

  2. I usually read all the blogs I follow through blogger. When I'm away from home I use google reader but my app doesn't allow me to comment. I'm going to have to learn how to use google better in the coming months. Thanks for the tutorial!

  3. I started using google reader exclusively once I had problems with blogs I followed not appearing on blogger. Fingers crossed google reader doesn't have problems come March 1!

  4. Thanks for sharing this tutorial Jen! I hope people all understand even if they are a blogger blog, these changes are going to change the way they follow all non blogger blogs. They will have to make sure they are 'subscribed' through google reader and not 'following' through google reader. Confusing... yes. :)

  5. Great point Jennifer about following non-blogger blogs. There are really great choices out there, but they may require a bit of time to transfer blogs over especially if you are following TONS of them. Start NOW!

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Thursday, 6 September 2012

Horror Trailer Analysis

When The Lights Went Out

The trailer begins with a family driving along the countryside in their car, there is a light piano playing in the background which does not suggest that this is a horror film as the mother and father are making jokes of their stroppy teenage daughter, typical conventions of a normal modern day family who are moving house. The text "based on a true story" also does not give away that it is a horror as the text is in gold and fades softly showing no conventions of a horror. However when the scene changes to the darker surroundings of the woods and the girl says  "I've been in there" "its right mysterious" the music changes to a more eerie and deeper tone suggesting that something is not right and gives the viewers a hint of what genre the movie will be now. The contrast with the bright and happy scene at the start to the darker scenes within the house suggest that there is danger revolved around the house.

The scene of the father in a dark room connotes unknown danger as we hear non-diagetic sounds of banging and scraping suggesting that something else is there in the room with him, his face is shadowed suggesting mystery and eeriness within the room, the non-diagetic voice over of him saying "shes played tricks before" suggests that he believes it is his daughter but in the scene she is not there and he has realized that it something else.

When sally looks through the key hole and asks "why are you crying?" you can hear the non-diagetic sounds of weeping coming from the dark room her father was in. This suggests to the audience that the "thing" inhabiting the house could be a child and also the reflection in the car window of sally is not of her but another child who appears to be dead which could also denote that there are two sides to sally now.

The repeated verse of "the majestic Christ commands you" increased in volume as the scenes become more violent responding to him, building up to a climax of the trailer which will also put the audience on edge as they know something is going to happen when he stops repeating the verse. The last scene cuts to sally, talking to an empty staircase suggesting there is something there and connotes a sense of supernatural, as she tries to run towards the door the music comes back and builds up the more sally is dragged up the stairs by nothing and into a closed room connoting isolation and making the audience want to see the movie to see what happened to sally behind the door.

  • -When the lights went out trailer.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Summer Flashback: Sunset Park

When my siblings and I were little, we loved going to visit our grandparents because they had such fun playgrounds in their community. When we visited Chicago last August, we made sure to bring our kids to Sunset Park, a favorite stomping ground in the '80s.

Emma waves from the top of the rocket.

I love Madeline's expression as Papa helps her down the roller slide.

Cousin Jordan.

Emma swings with Aunt Brittany.

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Thursday, 30 September 2010

A Huge Great Big Massive Thank You

Hello everyone, you may have noticed my extreme lack of blogging lately and and it’s all down to my lovely customers placing so many orders over the last few weeks and making me such a busy bee.  I’ve had some amazing press this year and when Birds in Love featured in Grazia magazine last month the orders came flooding in, along with some really kind comments from you all.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am as you are letting me keep my dream job, not only the money side of things either, when someone takes the time to let me know how much they like my designs/website/packaging, it brings such a huge smile to my face.  Massive thank you’s and virtual hugs all round!!

PS. Pic is of me enjoying a coffee break in the sun last Saturday.  That chunky cardie is from Top Shop and is soooo snuggly.
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What’s New for the Seder Table?

With Passover coming fast and furiously — April 3 to April 10 — this year's selection of new or improved kosher for Passover products runs the gamut, from upscale kosher wines and pomegranate juice to potato pizza poppers and cakes that you'd swear contain flour. And there's lots of kosher-for-Passover gift ideas as well. Here's a roundup of some of them:

From Oxygen Imports, purveyors of gourmet food from Israel, come fig and cinnamon confiture and orange-ginger marmalade; from Kedem, sparkling PomeGrape juice with no sugar added, heat-and-serve frozen soup bowls, hazelnut truffles, grapeseed oil, Fireman's Frenzy Cilantro and Chipotle sauce; Gedillah falafel snacks and Redwood Farms all-natural vegetable crisps.

From Alle Processing come shelf-stable dinners (great for travel) with entrees that include bone-in chicken, beef goulash, stuffed cabbage and chicken soup with matzah balls.

Cinderella Sweets Bakery offers 44 different bakery items kosher for Passover, including meltaway crumbs, Ring Tings, lemon-colada layer cake and iced bell ring cake, as well as sugar-free desserts.

Extra-virgin organic olive oil from Tunisia is kosher for Passover from Sultan's Finest Food, and from Beverly Hills, Calif., comes Neshama's chicken and turkey sausage, available in country apple or smoked-andouille flavors.

What would Passover be without A&B's famous gefilte fish, with a new twist for Passover 2007 — it's low-sodium and carb-free. Salt-free, fresh-roasted and shelled chestnuts are available this holiday from Quality Frozen Foods, and for the kids comes French applesauce in a reclosable pouch from Rue Lafayette.

If you're not sure which wine to serve at your seder, here are some new choices. From Yarden comes Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon 2002, Yarden Syrah 2002, Yarden Merlot 2002, Golan Moscato 2006 and Galil Yiron 2003. Allied Importers' highly touted imports from Israel include Dalton Reserve Shiraz (non mevushal) and Dalton Zinfandel; and Teperberg Winery's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Maritage, Shiraz and Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, among others.

Matzah-lovers can enjoy Matzot Aviv's assortment of egg-and-onion, honey-flavored, or egg-and-garlic matzahs, available in several beautifully decorated tin boxes, all produced in Israel.

The Passover certifications for the products mentioned above are from a variety of kosher-certifying agencies.

For information on kosher-for-Passover products, go to the following Web sites: www. oupassover.org; www.kof-k.org; www.star-k. org; www. ok.org; and www.koshertoday. com.

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1.) Anderson Cooper loses his shit.
While doing his RidicuList—rife with pee and poop puns—about Gérard Depardieu peeing in the aisle of an airplane, Anderson Cooper got an infectious case of the giggles.

2.) Gloria Steinem: Good feminist.
This week, HBO aired a documentary about the famous women's libber, Gloria: In Her Own Words, in which she talked about her life and feminism. In this clip, she shares that she had an abortion after college and it was partially why, years later, she came to be involved in the women's movement.

3.) Gloria Steinem: Bad feminist.
The abortion story is the exactly the kind of thing that you'd expect to hear in a documentary about a lifelong feminist. I was more fascinated by the supposed frivolous aspects of her life, like the fact that she modeled her blond streaks after Holly Golightly, the hooker in Breakfast at Tiffany's, backcombed her hair like a pro and had gorgeous natural nails. She said that even now in her 70s, she still resents accusations that she was successful in her life because of the way she looked.

4.) Pint-Sized Preachers.
A National Geographics special aired this week that featured Kanon Lipton, a 4-year-old evangelical boy that started preaching when he was just 21 months old. Normal people would think that he was just mimicking his father and grandfather—both preachers at his church)—especially when he's preaching about money, but the rest of the congregation takes his bible slamming and revival talk totally seriously, despite the fact that he's shown in school, being unable to tell whether the number 2 or 3 immediately follows 1. He also was asked to show his teacher his thumb and he held up his index finger, which should perhaps make his family and parish reevaluate their stance on whether or not we're descended from apes.

5.) Strangers With Candy/Super Pac connection.
The Colbert Report has been scrolling the names of people who've donated to its as-yet-to-be-defined Super Pac, and this week, Jerri Blank and Mr. Jellineck chipped in.

6.) Kathie Lee's nostrils.

7.) Getting drunk with Hoda.

8.) Newsflash: Tyra was a bitch.
Tyra has told the story about how she was a bully when she was younger so many times—on her talk show, on ANTM, on Today, etc.—but she rolled it out again at the Do Something awards. Are we supposed to commend her for her honesty that she would kick girls out of her clique because of the way they looked or dressed or walked? Because that's exactly what America's Next Top Model is predicated on. So she's still doing it. Only now she's humiliating girls in front of millions of people on TV instead of tens of people in the school yard.

9.) Catching up with Allison DuBois.
The psychic—once infamously featured on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills—is still saying bitchy things around the dinner table, only now it's to her teenage daughter. Also, she has a giant gumball machine in her house.

10.) Richard Branson had an adult circumcision.
Either that or he used to get boners as an infant and has an incredibly good memory about them, according to a TMI story he shared with Jane Fonda, which she in turn shared on The Tonight Show.


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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Press Release

JH Basement Finish Receives 2015 Best Businesses of Centennial Award
Centennial Award Program Honors the Achievement
Centennial, July 28, 2015 — JH Basement Finish has been selected for the 2015 Best Businesses of Centennial Award in the Contractors category by the Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program.
Each year, the Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Centennial area a great place to live, work and play.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2015 Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program and data provided by third parties.
About the Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program
The Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Centennial area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
The Best Businesses of Centennial Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

Monday, July 20, 2015

JH Basement Finish Company has a BuildZoom score of 135, which places them above 99% of 55,949 contractors in Colorado; license verified as active.
Pro tip: We generally recommend hiring a contractor with a score higher than 95. JH BASEMENT score is 40 points higher than this.
(99 percentile)

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

A New review:

As an avid viewer of HG channel "Holmes on Homes" & "Holmes Inspection", I was very wary of hiring a contractor to finish my basement. I spent lots of time researching before I decided on JH Basement. I could not find anybody with anything bad to say about JH in the last 20+ years. I am a businessman myself & I know you do not win all those BBB awards if you do shoddy work.

I signed the contract to have them add 2 bedrooms,2 bathrooms & a large entertainment room. Not only were they the lowest price but they quoted the shortest finish time 6 weeks. Everything went very smoothly. If I had any questions or concerns Joe would get back to me right away and my basement turned out better than I could imagined. It flows with the rest of the house, which is exactly what I wanted.

We now spend more time in the basement than in the rest of the house.

I would (and have) recommend JH Basement to anyone.

Scott J.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

We are excited to announce that JH Basement Finish Company has been selected for the "2015 Best of Aurora Awards for Construction Companies" (Eight years in a row) and proudly accepts a position in the Aurora Business Hall of Fame.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

JH BASEMENT FINISH wins "BEST OF HOUZZ" for the second year in a row!!!

We recently had JH Basement finish our 1400 sq ft basement.  We had finished two bedrooms, one master bath, one 3/4 bath, a double-sided wet-bar, home theater and work-out room.  The process was professional and timely.  There were no additional charges, the work process went smoothly, a lock box was placed on the door so we did not need to be be present or bothered with the comings and goings.  We had our home appraised directly after construction and the appraisal increase was for more than the basement cost.  We are able to recoup our total investment.  Joe, his sons, as well as all the contractors, were clean, courteous and very professional.  I would highly recommend Joe Hannah and JH Basement Finish.

Tricia Ledbetter

Friday, January 16, 2015

Ready for carpet! The bar floor is a new trend. A tile that has the appearance of wood slats. Attractive and Durable.


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4,709 canisters of tear gas

Monkeyfist: Shedding Democracy for Tears

"When the meetings and were over at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City last April, police had used 4,709 canisters of tear gas over a 72 hour period, effectively filling downtown with gas. A month later, homes and other buildings in downtown were still contaminated by the gas, and calls for a public inquiry had been dismissed."
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Monday, July 29, 2013

F L O R E N C E , italy

We didn't see David.
I just had to get that out right away.
We should have stopped to see him, but we are ok that we didn't. Next trip.

There are those who travel here and have every minute mapped out. They have the need to check every single country and sight off the list. I admire what they are able to accomplish and see.

There are those who do not leave the base, have never driven the Autobahn and eating out is BK. Seriously. There are lots of them. I know- it sounds unbelievable. A shame.

I like think we fit somewhere in the middle.
We love to travel. We love to check countries and sights off our list. The boys are fairly easy to travel with as well. Easy as long as we don't go too crazy.

I have to remind myself that doing too much in a trip really can take the fun out of it for them. If they're not happy, we're really not too happy either.

Florence was one of those cities that I did not push on them.

We gave them the option to check out Florence with the adults, or stay at the villa and swim.

Ty took one for the team and stayed home with the littles.

They were happy. We were happy.

So- Justin, Ashten, Scott, Jazz, Jim and I headed out for an afternoon in Florence.

On my itinerary of our week in Tuscany, I had several day trips outlined. I like to have options. There were more things to see and do in a two-hour radius of our house than anyone can possibly do in a week's time or even a month's time.

Florence was a quick 45-minute drive from our villa making for an easy day trip.

Our greatest challenge with Florence was finding the parking garage. In researching, I was told to park underground at the train station. It was secure and easy to walk from there to see everything.
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We had it in the GPS but for some reason with six {6} of us looking we passed the entrance to the underground parking garage at least five times {maybe 10 times} before we finally spotted it.

Looking at this picture, it is still difficult for me to see where you drive under.

You can see the blue P signs, but the ramp going down was a little tricky for us.

In that space of time we drove in circles looking for the parking garage, we managed to drive the wrong way down road and were told we couldn't park in a spot because it was a blue spot {or wasn't a blue spot- can't remember now}.

It was more than a little stressful.

We also managed to keep calm and laugh along the way in this major city with crazy drivers.
Again, Jim's driving skills were at their finest- he is really incredible especially under pressure.

Florence is magnificent.
Florence is artsy.
Florence is old.
After parking and getting some food, we walked the short distance to the Dom, or Cathedral. As we turned the corner and saw the square- I could not get over how massive and huge and colorful the buildings were.

Oh, and the white, pink and green Tuscan marble. I loved the marble.
In spite of not being our first large city, it was still jaw-dropping and extremely impressive. With each large cathedral we have visited {Cologne, Carcassone, Notre Dame, Strassbourg...}, the feeling is the same while each has been so different.

They are extremely impressive especially considering the time frame in which they were built.

The dome of Florence's Duomo {Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore} was completed in 1436. The cathedral is Europe's fourth largest church and the city's tallest building.
The Baptistry is famous for the bronze doors and is one of the oldest buildings dating back to the 4th century. Each panel shows a scripture through pictures.

We tried to go through the Cathedral but were turned away because we were wearing shorts. Oops.
They weren't even short shorts, but rules are rules. Instead of purchasing the paper smock-like article that allows you to pass security into the church, we took a couple pictures in the entrance and headed back outside.

From here, we split up going different directions with a time to meet back up.

Justin, Ashten, Jim and I were excited to go up the Tower {Campanile di Giotto} next to the Dom. Jazz and Scott checked out the rest of the city.

The view from the top definitely made the climb worth every one of the almost 500 steps.

With a super narrow winding staircase, it was nice to have several landing look-out landing spots to take a break and take in the view.

With our fear of heights, both Ashten and I thought we were incredibly brave walking across this metal grate looking all the way down. Jim and Justin {along with the other people taking a break} probably thought we were crazy.

Even knowing it was secure and we weren't going to fall through, it was scary!
On to the top- it was nothing shy of astounding.

The view of the Cathedral along with everything else within the these hills of Tuscany was beyond impressive.

Love. Love. Love.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

91 degrees is hot over here

On a normal day, 91 degrees is blissful in my opinion.
I love the heat.
I love 100.

I know this is cool for Arizona.
Or, most anywhere else in the US right now.

In Germany, it is a little different.
There is no air conditioning.
Kind of like Alaska, only it is a little hotter for a little longer here.

Nope, just fans.

This being our third summer in Germany, it is definitely the hottest. The whole month of July has been sunny and warm and perfect for days at the pool.

Look at this nice melted coconut oil sitting inside the cupboard looks like it just spent a minute in the microwave.

It has been much-needed sunshine, but it makes for warm, stuffy, sticky nights.

We keep everything {rolladens} closed most of the way during the day, and crack the windows at night.

Of course, that only lets the bugs in. My legs are covered in bug bites.

It's ok.

I know the grey skies are just around the corner.
I love this sunshine.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

T Y is an adult... 18 years?

In all of the craziness of Caden getting hurt, I almost forgot to post the news that we officially have two adult children!

He wanted to go bowling, the pool and a good German dinner.

Can you guess how this turned out?
Yes, he landed straight on his side causing a sting and quite a few "Ahhhhs" from anyone watching.

Yep, he's 18!
We went to the bank first since he's now old enough to have an actual checking account/debit card on his account. That took too long, so we decided to go straight to the pool and skip the bowling alley.

As soon as Jim was off work, we left the pool and were ready to head to dinner.

Have I mentioned yet how much we L O V E  the food here?

We do.
ALL of it.

The place I picked to eat at in downtown Kaiserslautern had closed its doors. Bummer. The second place we went to try was only open on weekends. The third place was open and was good. Not our favorite, but good.

Yummy schnitzel, pommes and salad. The salads are so good here.
It was a great time for a super fun kid.
Welcome to adulthood.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

documenting L I F E

I'm way behind.
I'm going to try to catch up this week.

Our goal while living four years in Europe was to create memories. I feel we have grown stronger and closer as a family while seeing as much as we can in our limited time here.

Sharing our memories and every-day life experiences has been an easy way for me to stay in touch with friends and family.

I'm not good at calling home.
As soon as everyone is up and moving, we are usually working to get through dinner and bedtime is in sight.

I'm really not good at sending pictures or letters.

Along with connecting with family and friends, my main motivation for blogging has been to document our adventures. The good and the bad.

Life moves fast. I'm trying to not only enjoy it, but would like to remember it as well.

That being said. I still have not finished documenting Stockholm, Keukenhof, Holland or our Italy trips. To add to that, I just spent 24 hours making a day-trip to Boleslawiec, Poland.

I am working to get back on track and catch up.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Football season is right around the corner.
I just wish it wasn't so hot in Kansas.
I bet the boys wish it was a little cooler too.

Check out these videos of the Highland Scotties.

The Face of Highland

2013 HCC Fall Trailer

Are you Ready?

We are impressed with these coaches turning this program around.
It should be an exciting year.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

a day in the life of a T O U G H guy

It was just another day in the life of Caden.
Without a doubt, he is our little tough guy. We are constantly reminded of this truth.

Here were some stitches and another crash and a little {major} fracture here. A few more tears and blood are here. Have I made my point?

We knew when he was two and we made our first trip to the ER {when he split open his nose} that there were many more ER trips in his future.

Yesterday was another one of those trips.
We had just arrived at the swimming pool. Mieseau- our favorite outdoor pool. Within fifteen minutes of arriving at the pool, I looked up to see Caden in Ty's arms covered in blood.

He and Ty went down the slide at the same time. Caden said he was on his knee and with a little extra push from Ty, we think he flipped over and hit his mouth on the slide.

Ty said even with the water, crowd and kids everywhere he heard the bang and knew that he was hurt.

There were little pieces of the red fiberglass from the slide on Caden's neck and towel from the crash.

Seriously, he took chunks out of the slide. What seven-year-old does that?

I jumped up off my towel and in an attempt to remain calm started wiping the blood off to see where the source was. I realized it was his mouth, but was not prepared for how gruesome it would look. This photo is with all of the blood wiped up.... much better looking.
He said he hit his tooth on the slide. As soon as he made it down the slide, he looked over at Ty and said, "Ty, my tooth."
He definitely hurt both front teeth. Both front permanent teeth.

At a glance {without looking too closely since I had to hold it together and figure out how to get to the hospital from where we were}, his right tooth looked as though he chipped about half of it at a diagonal angle.

His left tooth looked gone and the hole where the tooth was seemed huge. The amount of blood coming out was huge.

I told the other kids to gather their things and head to the car. Ty was amazing and carried Caden.

I ran to the German lifeguards to ask for some ice. Even speaking in German, they thought I was CRAZY. There is little to no ice in Germany. Not for your drink, not for an injury.

I finally got them to give me a plastic bag and luckily had ice in our cooler to make an ice pack.

After finding the address in the GPS, we were on our way- just 15 minutes to Landstuhl and the ER. En route, I had Ty texting Jim to have him meet us there.

I had our friend texting her mom to meet us there as well {she took the other kids home and Ty to work later}. I knew we would be a while.

Both Jim and Heidi were at there shortly after we arrived. Luckily, Jim was in a class and he had arrived home from work as soon as Ty called.

We are reminded once again {especially being here in Germany} how important our good friends are to us. We are so grateful.

After a while at the ER with the doctor not sure what to do, it was decided we would go to the dental clinic.

They gave him some Tylenol and Motrin and we were on our way.

I am so grateful we happen to know one of the doctors in the dental clinic. She worked on Justin and Ty's teeth. Her husband coached them both in football.

It's not often that I use the phone-a-friend card, but we wanted to make sure there would be someone in the clinic.
The ER doctor told us they couldn't get anyone to answer the phone at the dental clinic which worried us. Little did we know- we was calling the on-call phone at 3:00 in the afternoon instead of calling the clinic DIRECTLY since it was open. Ugh.

As we left the emergency room, I received a comforting call on my cell that our friend had called the dental clinic doctor and let them know we were on our way.

She also gave the general dentist a head's up that he needed to keep the oral surgeon and pediatric dentist there so they could check him out as well.

Just knowing she and her husband both took the time out to make the calls for us meant a lot and calmed my nerves.

As soon as we arrived {a 15-minute drive from the ER}, they were ready for him. The pediatric dentist was the first to open his mouth and knew immediately that his tooth was still there. Jammed and twisted, it wasn't knocked out.
The body is amazing.

The doctors agreed that this was a good injury. Caden would be alright. In time, they expect his tooth to come down and straighten itself out. His gums should close up as well. At the worst, they think he might need a little orthodontic help on that one tooth to straighten it out.

They spent a while covering up the cracked tooth to seal the nerve and reduce his pain. We will have to get that tooth fixed as well.

As if we were not amazed enough- the most amazing part of the whole experience was Caden.

He did not shed a single tear. No crying what-so-ever.

When they asked his pain level on a 1-10 scale, he said about a 3. Of course, he was clinching his fists and grimacing as the van hit each bump on the way to the hospital.

Then, he told them when he fractured his jaw the pain was about a 4. We decided his pain scale is a 1-5 instead of a 1-10.

The doctors {all 4 that he saw} were beyond AMAZED at our little tough guy.
We heard no fewer than a dozen times how shocked they were with him holding himself together.

We are excited to see how long this little tooth takes to drop back down.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

the C O L O R S of cinque terre

I love the colors of Italy.

How can anyone walk into a side shop with peeling lemon yellow paint, weathered green shutters and a lilac purple door and not be happy?
The buildings are beautiful.
The doors especially caught my eye.
It was love at first sight and I took a lot of grief for it.
I'm still compiling a collage of all the door photos I took.

I am thinking all of this brightness and color might help get me through our last German winter.
I might have to print, frame and plaster every colorful Italy picture all over our house.

Or, we might have to take a mid-winter trip back to Tuscany for some sunshine and color.
Maybe, we'll do both.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

the beautiful C I N Q U E terre

I think Cinque Terre  (chink-a-tear-a) is perhaps one of the most beautiful places anywhere. The pastel colors, the DOORS, the water, the cliffs, the vineyards. All of it.
Cinque Terre is the rugged portion of northern coast of Italy on the Italian Riviera. The five villages, hillside and coastline makes up the Cinque Terre National Park.

Trails, trains and ferries connect the villages.

Only about an hour from our house, we decided it would be a perfect day trip. We figured we would drive to LaSpezia, then take the train up through the villages.

Sounds easy enough, don't you think?

It's not a region that you drive through, but instead buy a daily train pass to hop on and off at each village.

Even when you think you have thoroughly researched an area, things don't always go exactly as planned.

Finding the train station in LaSpezia turned out to be one of our greatest challenges as crazy as that sounds. I not only had the address, but also had the GPS and we still went in circles.

Luckily, we found a few Italians along the way to point us in the right direction. It was an adventure before we even got started. Believe me, the boys were thrilled.

Once we found the train station, we lucked out and caught the last train of the day only because it was running 10 minutes late. Whew.
The mood changed as soon as we were on the train and on our way. It was hot and crowded, but absolutely beautiful.

Food, gelatto and toes in the water helps everything.
I had read {again proving that things still don't always go as planned...} that you can walk along the trails between villages.
Friends had even recommended we do this in order to get the most beautiful views and see the most amazing countryside.

Things quickly went from tired and hot to more tired and hot. This was not a happy little guy below.
Looking back, I think we picked the most difficult trail to hike.

 After about 45 minutes {in flip flops, of course} of straight up hiking, we asked a group of young girls passing us in the other direction if we were close to the next village.
The laughed and basically said- not even close. Plus, it continued to be straight up and down. Ugh.

Jim made the good call for us to turn back with the little guys. Once again, the boys were thrilled.

Caden had blisters starting at this point and while Coleman didn't complain, he hit a point in the trail  and said, "I'm not going any farther."
Scott, Jazz and Ty decided to go ahead and finish the hike.

The rest of us turned around and caught the train to meet them at the next village.

We met up at the beach and spent some relaxing time playing in the water. There's nothing like a little beach time to turn things around and make happy kids.
All in all, we saw the area and had a fabulous day.
I'm pretty sure we all slept well that night.


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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Review of "The Island" 9-02-06, part of Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Long before The Shawshank Redemption and Cool Hand Luke, African men suffered unjust sentences in Robben Island prison. This Apartheid-era institution that once housed Nelson Mandela is brought to life in The Island, a powerhouse of a play by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. Their play bears witness to the suffering of two men, John and Winston; both sentenced for violations of the unjust racial policies of the state. In the midst of their struggle, they prepare to stage Antigone at a prison concert, and the play centers around the bond between them, their plight, and their ultimate understanding of that play in relation to their lives.

Any director attempting to stage The Island must answer one question for the audience: Why stage a production of Antigone, an ancient Greek myth, while imprisoned? In answering this question, director Daniel Rodriguez and actors Kenard Bunkley and Jeffrey Cousar both succeed and fail in what is ultimately an uneven production.

Most of this imbalance occurs because of a failure to answer that question in one respect. John and Winston stage Antigone as a political protest against the unjust Apartheid regime. But this production loses that element of the play. Some of this is because as John, Bunkley yells so many of his lines that it is difficult to determine what is rage, and what frustration. Then, when John tries to explain to Winston why they perform Antigone as their protest against the state, his words carry little force. As a result, the striking similarities between their cause and Antigone’s go unrealized. This is a shame and a fault, because both actors possess the skill to make this happen, and the audience misses much that the play offers as a result.

As Winston, Cousar gives a solid performance that suffers only when Bunkley overshadows him. His portrayal flows easily between rage at the guards, despair over his life-sentence, and envy at John’s commuted sentence. However, the deep friendship between these two is blurred by a dynamic that is one-sided; as Bunkley’s singular loudness eliminates Cousar’s tempered responses. When Winston curses John’s newfound freedom, the shock that should have occurred is lost with the sorrow of his advice when he tells John, “Forget me.”

When he wasn’t yelling, Bunkley did prove his abilities in the softer moments of the play. Many of these were exceedingly powerful in their execution: when he feigns a call home, when he portrays Creon during the concert, and mostly when he despairs over his realization that an appeal will soon set him free. Again an imbalance, as he fails to make this depth more evident throughout the play.

The productions best moments occur in their answer to the question, “Why Antigone?” Here the actors displayed the existential force of this piece, as two prisoners performing Antigone because they must hold true to the ideals that give their lives meaning. John receives his reprieve and stays awake counting down the days remaining. Winston tries to count down the balance of his life sentence, and without inflection merely counts out “one, one, one…” In this chilling moment, he refuses to indulge in self-pity, realizes why he must perform Antigone, and forces the audience to share in his plight.

The Island is one of the 20th Century’s best plays, and this production brings out many of the elements that make it such. There are many beautifully performed moments here, but unfortunately Rodriguez never integrates these into a coherent whole. However, this production is worth seeing for those moments that do realize the full force of the play’s theme: that we must live true to our ideals under any conditions, no matter how unjust the times in which we live.

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Karen K & the Jitterbugs

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Big Ol' Truck

by Karen K and the Jitterbugs

Released 2013
Jitterbugs Inc.
Released 2013
Jitterbugs Inc.
In this follow up to her hit inaugural album, Pancakes for Dinner, "Kiddie Queen" Karen K delivers more instant classics with happy, clever, genre-swirling, and totally memorable songs that kids and their parents are buggin' out over. Beep! Beep!
Bug Out! With Karen K & the Jitterbugs, playing retro-rock for the whole family!

Called the “Kiddie Queen” by the Brooklyn Paper, Karen K (the “K” is for Kalafatas) and her Jitterbugs have built a quick and steady following since their debut in 2011. Originally based out of Brooklyn, New York and now out of Boston, Massachusetts, where the singer moved recently with her family, Karen K and her Jitterbugs are new additions to the “kindie” music scene – a term coined for the blend of kids music and indie rock. Karen’s genre-swirling, funny, nostalgic and completely memorable songs have garnered rave reviews from tots, parents and even grandparents. (In fact, many parents admit to listening to her music even when the kids aren’t around. But don’t tell anyone.)

A musical theater veteran with “powerhouse vocals,” according to one national iTunes customer, Karen K's ability to connect with her audience at her live shows make the Jitterbugs as much a treat to experience in concert (“Get ready for a good time!” - The Patch; “A hand-clapping, foot-stomping good time!” - TONY Kids) as at home listening to one of her two albums: the band’s inaugural CD Pancakes for Dinner, or their newer Big Ol’ Truck. Both albums feature the Jitterbugs band members from New York City and Boston, whose musicianship impressively brings the songs to life.

Pancakes for Dinner is a blend of happy retro-rock tunes based on life as a kid and with kids. (Karen was a new mom when she wrote most of these, and as she does now, spent most of her time with her daughter and among the preschoolers to whom she taught music through her Jitterbugs music classes.) Highlights include a bluesy ode to everyone’s favorite dairy drink, the aptly titled Milk, and the bouncy Beatles-esque title track. Danceable, sing-out-loud songs are balanced equally with moments of poignancy, like a sweet lullaby from a father’s perspective in Sing Me the Moon, or a cry for attention from a newborn baby in a 1950’s doo-wop ballad called Swaddle Me. According to Mommy Poppins, “You’ll find yourself singing and dancing along without even trying.”

With their second helping, Big Ol’ Truck, Karen K doesn’t disappoint, as she opens her audiences imaginations – and hearts – to familiar stories of trucks, teddy bears, big brown boxes and even crying crocodiles. The title track is about as catchy a song as it gets, an homage to a hefty assortment of big trucks set to a country-meets-funk groove. (Moms and dads claim to sing this at work, among friends and even in the boardroom. They claim to dance, too, but no security video has been captured so far.) Once again, the album is interlaced with moments of tenderness, like in Bigger Than the World, the song Karen penned with her 6-year-old daughter as a bedtime ritual (her daughter sings along on this one). Of course, laugh-out-loud lyrics and catchy melodies are plentiful, including the “real” story of Noah’s Arc in Animal Party and the harrowing experience of a child’s first haircut in the hilarious First Haircut. Rock, folk, pop, country, musical theater and New Orleans jazz…there’s something for everyone on this album.

Karen K & her Jitterbugs have been featured on CBS-NY and have been top picks in New York Magazine, the New York Times, Time Out New York Kids, Mommy Poppins and Boston.com. Her Jitterbugs classes for kids ages newborn to five years are offered throughout New York City and Greater-Boston, where Karen resides with her husband and daughter, looking for just a few more hours every day to write. Songs. For you.

She hopes you like ‘em.


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Friday, January 29, 2010

Haiti--Its Numbers Tell it All

I was listening to a program on one of the radio stations, and the guest speaker was a professor from a local university in Washington, DC. He was discussing the history of Haiti. As I listened to the heartrending story of this country, I started thinking about its numerical blueprint.

Pulling out my pen and paper that I keep in just about every room of my house, I wrote down three significant dates: 1492, 1804, and 2010. There were plenty more dates to consider in its history, but these three tell the story of Haiti’s mystical journey.  Using the Pythagorean numerology system, I looked at each of these dates in terms of their historical and cosmic effect on Haiti. Just as individuals have a life lesson path, destiny and personal year number so do countries.

Using the date of Haiti’s independence, January 1, 1804, I was able to ascertain its life lesson path of a 6 vibration. However, it is interesting that the date December 5, 1492, when Christopher Columbia happened upon a large island (now Haiti)  in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean Sea is also a 6 vibration. There are no coincidences in the universe.

December 5, 1492         1+2+5+1+4+9+2=24/6
January 1, 1804          1+1++1+8+0+4=15/6

The 6 is the path of idealism, self-sacrificing and love. Haiti was inhabited by the Taíno, Arawakan people. As an indigenous tribe, they embodied all the best qualities of the 6 (I imagine like Avatar): a strong sense of family, protector of the Earth and its beauty, and great nurturers. They lived accordingly to God Divine Plan of peace and harmony. Ruled by the planet Venus, the inhabitants of the island were gifted with artistic abilities of music, and art and the love of beautiful things. You know what happened.  Once westernized and bad leadership, they lost their intuitive nature of living from the heart.  The very soul of the island was destroyed, leaving nothing to support a spiritual intuitive and physical infrastructure.
On New Years’ Day, January 1, 2010, Haiti entered into a 5 personal year cycle. The 5 vibration is associated with change and balance. And on January 12, 2010, a 7 vibrational day (1+1+2+2+0+1+0=7), Haiti, as you know, was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. You might have noticed that the day of the earthquake was a 7 vibration and so was the magnitude of the earthquake. Double vibrations seem to be a part of Haiti's numerical blueprint.

The ancients considered the 7 vibration a mystical number that connects heaven and Earth. There is a need for Haitians to do exactly that by balancing their intuitive wisdom with their logical senses.

The destiny vibration is found in the name. Haiti’s destiny is one of testing for spiritual growth. It will gain mastery through spiritual illumination because it is an 11 Master Number. Was the earthquake like the Tower card in the Tarot-their awakening force?
                H a i  t  i
                8 1 9 2 9=29/11

 In her book, Master Numbers, Faith Javane states: When the forces of the Eleven become fully operative in people, they have the power to change their environments, to create new conditions, to build new bodies and new lives, all in harmony with the Divine Image in whose likeness they were fashioned in the beginning.

 The Master number 11 also means new beginnings. Let’s pray that this is Haiti's time to be the Avatar that it was meant to be.

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Surf Mats - If George Greenough likes them that's reason enough to try one out

These look fun as hell, and I wonder why we don't see more of these in the northeast. We all know some spots that would be perfect.

When George Greenough says these are the fasted surf craft in the water, you best believe him.

So new years resolution amendment #1: Try one of these.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Jenn & Tim - Engaged!

This could possibly be one of the most fun shoots I've ever done! Jenn & Tim are two of the nicest people you will ever meet! They recently built a new house far away (haha!) in the western area of Massachusetts and I was determined to make the long trip out just to see it!

Boy! was it worth it! 22 acres of land covered in beautiful trees, snow and thankfully walkable paths! I spent a few hours at their property pretty much shooting in every section of it. Jealous of it? Of course! :P I ended up with some really special photographs capturing the couple in their natural environment which I love. I cannot wait for their wedding in October! Thanks so much for being awesome! Enjoy :)

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