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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Summer Vacation!

I finished work on Thursday, June 9th. Packed up my kitchen, took my toys and magnets home and bid adieu till the end of August. It feels great! I love now having my own time to do what I want and when I want to. Like sleeping in. No more setting the alarm.  Ahhh, that is such a lovely pleasure. Friday, I slept till 9am and then my hubby took me to breakfast to celebrate.

I celebrated turning 61, at the end of May and my family threw me a Finding Dory party! I am a sucker for anything Disney and my youngest did a great job planning my party. Lots of wonderful and thoughtful gifts and this year I chose my main gift myself. I have wanted to convert my old VHS home movies to DVD for so many years, and have never wanted to send them out. I couldn't bear the thought of them being lost. So we bought me a VHS to DVD dubber! It works great, and I have spent many hours happily revisiting my little ones. Now my memories will be safely on DVD format to last for many years. And I can make copies for my girls. :)

So now, I am looking forward to working in my gardens. I bought my flowers for all my patio pots last week. Youngest and I had a fabulous time at the Pink Grizzly Nursery. So many plants and too many choices....LOL  I am going with pink Geraniums, yellow Marigolds and purple Lobelia. I will have other pots throughout the yard too, with Begonias, Cosmos, Moss Roses, and Impatiens and Zinnias! That will be my happy "chore" tomorrow morning. I put my tunes on (I have outdoor speakers) and start creating my pots. I think that means the start of vacation the most to me. Well, I am off to watch an Indy car race, and eat some chicken. And sit with my feet up and maybe even stay up late. Cause I am on vacation. :) Always, Kit

Tammy@T's Daily Treasures said...

It is a wonderful thing to have time on your side. I don't even know what's on all the videos we have. We used to be able to hook up to the tv to watch them with the camcorder attachment, but don't even know where all that is now. A shame. Have fun converting yours. Your garden plans sound lovely. Happy summer!

Lurena Sheary Williamson said...

Happy Summer Break!!! Enjoy every minute of it

Diane said...

A very belated happy birthday to you, Kit. Enjoy your summer - I know you will enjoy every minute. Your posts just make me happy. Diane

Liz D said...

Happy Birthday! Happy Summer! Enjoy every moment. [and I know you will!].

Pom Pom said...

Hooray! What a delicious feeling! Enjoy!

Susan said...

Oh Kit, happy BELATED birthday. Your blooms will be gorgeous, I am sure. Susan


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Lily Allen Drifts Away on New Song ‘Air Balloon’

By Jeremy D. Larson

Following her sort of subversive music video and return to the music spotlight with “Hard Out Here,” Lily Allen releases a new single ‘Air Balloon’. It falls in line with similar U.K. pop songs, like Charli XCX‘s “You (Ha Ha Ha)”, with balearic tempos and breathy vocals, fitting for an air balloon, really. It is also markedly less controversial than “Hard Out Here.”

The track was co-written by Allen and Swedish mega producer Shellback, produced by Shellback and will be released officially as a single on March 2. Grab a listen to the song below.

Allen caught flack for the way she used her back-up dancers in her video for “Hard Out Here”, which she deftly responded to in a lengthy tweet.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

There's that damn G word again!

It creeps up when you least expect it. I've talked about it before and no matter who are you and what you do on a daily basis, mommy guilt can get you.

I've talked about how it's hard for me to balance my life with motherhood: work, sleep, socialization, Brady, the house, my husband. I feel like I am constantly juggling. I have been at the working mom thing for over a year now and it's gotten easier now that we are sleeping at night but there is that constant twinge in the back of my mind. It gets especially loud and apparent this time of year. The weather is beautiful and work gets insane. I should be out a the park playing with my son. I should be taking him on play dates and teaching him all the good things in life. Instead, I am working on a budget and calming a mom who feels lost. Most of the time, the parts about my job make me a better mom. I see the struggles parents go through and no matter our child's abilities, we all struggle the same. It is the good days in my job that I find peace with it and I think working with other parents helps.

Then, all hell breaks loose. The past two weeks have been nothing short of hell for me, just some work stress and too many days that I had to work late. Those days are hard. I get home, see the things that I usually do with him are already done. I get a few kisses in before bed and I see him for a few moments the next morning before starting my day all over.

As I am always honest here, I think most moms who work, can tell you this is the part we struggle with most. At the end of the day, we are tired and we still need our own time to wind down and get ready for the craziness the next day has in store but we only have so much time with our babies and at the end of it all, they come first. There are days when I come home and want nothing more to just veg out on the couch but my kid needs to eat and get bathed. That is where the guilt comes in. It's very much routine and sometimes i feel like our time is not 'quality.' Our time is precious and when I"m not fully in it, it makes my heart hurt.

I'm not sure where this post is going except to tell other mom's that sometimes we do have to come first. It's incredibly hard to do but at the same time, we have to be our best to give them the best. It's something I know most moms struggle with and I find a hard time making peace with it. (I'm reading a book right now  and have another lined up and I"ll share more about them later but they talk a lot about this.)

A friend of mine made a point the other day that stuck with me. 'My mom worked full time when I was growing up and we had a good relationship and I was understanding of it. I keep reminding myself of that.'

She's right. My mom worked most of my life and I'm ok. I just have to remind myself of that when that damn G word strikes again. I need a cheat sheet to get me through motherhood. I think this might be another mantra I add to my list.

He won't rememember how my working impacted his life, he will remember how I impacted his life and that is so much more important.

Julia said...

wonderfully put, mama. Agreed!

Mrs. Dirnberger said...

Amen...from one working mom to the other. I just wrote a post about this :)

Carrie said...

Working moms continuously amaze me!

The Unglamorous Mommy said...

mommy guilt is the worst!

Thanks for the follow! I love meeting other STL bloggers! Returning the favor!

Carrie said...

Me again. Just noticed that we were commenting on eachother's blogs at virtually the same time. How crazy are we??

Erin said...

I'm getting ready to go back to work after being off since November. Each time I think about it I get knots in my stomach. Thanks for posting this.

Kelsey said...

I just found your blog and I really enjoy your posts. This one really resonated with me. It is so hard this time of year to concentrate on seeing clients when all I want to do is spend time with my 2 year old at the playground. Hang in there.


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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Challenge II, D11: Wrangling {Goals}

It's been a week of transition. And it's obvious to me that (a) Mother Nature thinks so, too and (b) Mother Nature (like me!) is stubborn & does not always deal well with change. This week we have been blessed with cooler weather, but also a lot of gray and rainy skies.

Honestly? I don't mind too much. I love crisp gray fall days, when you can smell the chill in the air and the trees are vibrant against a dark sky. Also, this is perfect weather for hot tea, cozy blankets, pillar candles, kitty snuggling and sweatshirts.

Not bad at all, in my opinion :)

And now here we are, teetering on the cusp of another weekend. I love holiday weekends, and the way the following week seems to fly by afterwards (you know, which is only fair, as the week preceding a holiday always seems to creep by ;) It's been (as always) a good & busy week for us. ...One which I will attempt wrangle into submission via stories, pictures & memories.

(A weekly round up. Each week I am going to “wrangle” my life's happenings into a post filled with pictures, lists & general tidbits about the past 7 days.)

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Our CA trip is coming.... Soon!

Exactly 10 days from now I will be in Northern California with the love of my life, on a trip of a lifetime. And so tonight I celebrated with a glass of wine. (Duh.)

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Just to keep it real here: I like to be as positive as I can be (in real life & on the blog), but I am most definitely a normal human being. Frustrating & annoying things happen to me all the time.

For example: Here's my Tuesday...

(I am pleased to report that I was not, in fact, harboring a stowaway mosquito...)

And then this morning I missed my mouth & poured piping hot coffee down my cleavage. (I couldn't make this stuff up.) Trying to figure out how to discretely stuff tissues in my shirt to mop it up was, in a word, tricky.

As part of my "woman of grace" initiative, I am working to bounce back quickly in these situations; to smile & move on....One day at a time...

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Marathon Training Update:

It's been a rather mellow running week, apart from the race on Sunday. Which has been nice for two reasons :)

First off, I did just run a race on Sunday. An awesome, empowering, exhausting race. I needed some recovery miles after that, for sure.

And secondly, I *gulp* am running 20 miles on Saturday morning. ...Which, needless to say, will blast my weekly mileage well above what it's been before.

I am actually quite nervous about Saturday's 20. Realistically, I know that it's just 2 miles more than the last long run I did. ... But 20 miles sounds incredible long ;) Nerves or no... I know I can do it, and I'm looking forward to reporting back to you later.

As a further update, I was able to identify & set some marathon goals for myself this week, and I'd like to share them with you. I take no credit for the a,b,c tier system, but I think the idea is a fabulous one! Here are my goals for my very 1st marathon:

A: (My feel good, I can't believe I did this goal): Finish the race (upright) with a smile on my face.
B: (My "you go, girl... you surpassed your own expectations' goal) Finish the race in 5:25.
C: (My "Holy *bleep*, NO WAY, THAT'S AWESOME!!!" goal) Finish the race in 5:20.

(Please note: I would prefer to be smiling & upright in *ALL* scenarios!)

Stay tuned to see how it all unfolds :)

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... Speaking of goals, I was having a good time looking through my old posts the other day (tell me I'm not the only one who does this...) and I stumbled upon my "28 Things by Age 28" list. Just for fun, I decided to give a little update (I am about 1/2 way through my 5 year time frame, after all!)

Amy's 28 by 28 (original post here ):
  • Visit Carlisle, PA with J. Completed June, 2010.
  • Go to San Francisco with J. To be completed September, 2011.
  • Go to Boston
  • Go to an all-inclusive Sandals Resort with J (perhaps for our 5th Anniversary?)
  • Run a marathon To be completed October 16, 2011.
  • Write out a life plan and start making it happen. An ever evolving process. See below...
  • I'd really like to attend a Healthy Living Summit one of these years :)
  • Buy a house with J Completed April 1, 2010.
  • Have a baby
  • Help out with a Chrysalis Flight
  • Host a holiday dinner for my family - I DID host the 4th of July celebration this year, but that wasn't really what I had in mind... I plan to check this one off the list in December, 2011.
  • See my all-time favorite band (AC/DC) in concert.
  • Do a TTD/ Fearless Bridal portrait session with Kelly.
  • Go hiking in the Rocky Mountains
  • Go back to Gatlinburg with J.
  • Start playing guitar again.
  • Get involved with a "young adult" bible study. A real one :) I will be participating in a 10 week study entitled "4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice"... starting next Monday!
  • Run an 8 minute mile. Oy.
  • Run a sub-2 hour half marathon.... Oy vey
  • Visit the Napa and Sonoma Valleys-- Tour lots of wineries! To be completed September, 2011.
  • Go to a Country Music Concert :) Completed August, 2010
  • Go on a roadtrip with J. (This is something he's always wanted to do-- I think it would be fun to go with him!)
  • Go to Europe.
  • Keep a garden. Sigh. Currently, I feel like an 8 minute mile is more attainable... but I'd like to keep it on the list of goals!
  • Learn to fold a fitted sheet Check & mark!
  • Bake a cake from scratch Yup. I've made vanilla cupcakes & bohemian wedding cake (a la Jenna at Eat, Live, Run)-- can't wait to make the wedding cake again soon ... it's a pumpkin-y fall treat!
  • Go see "The Nutcracker" downtown at Christmastime Maybe this Christmas? I'm actually (please don't kill me!) really looking forward to Christmas all ready. Going to do a lot of things differently this year ♥
  • See a Broadway Show

As I was looking through the list, I was really awestruck by the phenomena of shifting priorities... As we grow into the people we were meant to be, it makes perfect sense that our priorities change. And that is in no way a sad thing. It is a good thing. Who am I to think that I can plan all the little details?! (And how painfully boring my life might be if I could!)

I am excited to look back on this list again when I turn 28. To see how much I have accomplished ... but also to reflect on all the things that have been accomplished that I never dreamed of when I developed the list. I created this list 2 years ago, and all ready, some of these items aren't as important to me.

It's a beautiful thing... this crazy life of ours ♥

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"I love this day."

I've been seeing this phrase popping up everywhere this week, and I like to think perhaps the universe it trying to tell me something.

"I love this day, indeed."

Have a wonderful Thursday night, friends :) I'll see you back here tomorrow for another "Good Friday"!


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On Whether to Keep Shooting in a Tragedy

Many of our were glued to their TV screens on Monday the 15th of April as the events unfolded at the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts.   As the bombs exploded and innocent victims were killed and maimed, we saw a multitude of photographers and news cameras rush the area of attack to get the perfect shot or the perfect story.

At first it seemed wrong; to take pictures of suffering people when the photographer could put down the camera and help.  But then amid the myriad of carnage rushed police officers, paramedics, soldiers and average citizens to help, and it seemed like there were more than enough.  In fact, the help seemed like a well-orchestrated militia reporting for duty as if right on schedule (hats off to the police, firefighters and people of Boston for that).

The photographer also helped, in my opinion, by taking his shots and capturing the story in single frames.  He not only documented the event live as it was unfolding, but he gave voice to the victims through his photos.  This is why we have war photographers, for example; to capture what needs to be relayed to the public, and in doing so, he serves the greater good through is lense.

(Of course any decent person would put down his camera rather than let someone die, but this wasn't the case here.)

So although at first I scowled at the media rushing in, it's clear that they were just doing what any good photographer or photojournalist must; telling the story and capturing history.

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"A university has a lot of weird people. Some of the faculty are weird, some of the grad students are weird." Read more about this here.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Why bulls are better than literary critics

``Bulls don't run reviews. Bulls of 25 don't marry old women of 55 and expect to be invited to dinner. Bulls do not get you cited as a co:respondent in Society divorce trials. Bulls don't borrow money. Bulls are edible after they have been killed."

This according to a letter from Hemmingway to Pound that has been recently found. See here for details.


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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Blog 11: The last blog: With Those We Love Alive and The Cape

Blog 11: The last blog: With Those We Love and The Cape
By Andaiye Hall

I found The Cape to be completely uninteresting. The black and white stood out to me but in the way that it was completely not engaging for me. It didn't captivate me as well as other pieces have managed to do for me. I think I'm really stuck in my way of how e-lit is supposed to be. Nevertheless, the author did do a variety of unique things to capture the general reader's interest. She had pictures that would appear out of thin air and audio files that would randomly play where she saw fit to place them.

I did like the other piece With Those We Love Alive predominantly a lot more than the rest of The Cape. I had explored this piece before and was confused at where it ended. During this revisit, I was still confused and stop at the same place I stopped before. It was a little personal when you were given some choices. I wondered if you chose a different b-day if your experience would change. I thought that if everyone would see something different, that would have been a lot for the author to have written. Even though this piece was simple it still had the key elements of music and color. These are what are very important to in terms of what I think e-lit can be. I want to turn to e-lit for the authors help in how to view the story and possibly hear the authors voice or what the author wants me to hear when I read his or her piece.

It's been a fantastic semester learning about this new branch of literature which isn't that new but I'll save the rest of my thoughts for my self evaluation.

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Paula B. Holtzclaw

Paula’s paintings have been displayed in many national juried exhibitions, a few of which are the  Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, the Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art, and the International Marine Art Exhibition at Mystic Seaport.  Museum venues include the Gilcrease Museum, Booth Western Art Museum as well as the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Having received notable awards from American Women Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and Women Artists of the West, Paula maintains that her most prized reward comes from creating and the very act of painting itself.  Her lifelong love of the Eastern Coastline, particularly the Carolina Lowcountry, figures prominently in so many of her paintings.  Paula was a finalist in American Artist Magazine's 2012, 2010 and 2009 Cover Competitions.  SouthWest Art Magazine featured Paula and her studio in the “My World” section of their September 2011 issue.  She was named one of Southwest Art Magazine’s “21 over 31” artists to know in November 2010, also as one to collect by Southwest Art, July 2009.

Paula resides in a small North Carolina community just south of Charlotte (where the horses outnumber the people) with her husband Chuck, and constant companion Timber, her “Velcro” Golden Retriever.

Paula is a Master Member of American Women Artists, Signature Member of The American Society of Marine Artists, The National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, WPSE and Women Artists of the West.  She is a member by invitation of PAP-SE, Plein Air Painters of the South East.  Paula also is an associate member of Oil Painters of America, and the California Art Club.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

You're My Wonder Wall

On August 14th we celebrated our 8yr wedding Anniversary! Usually for our Anniversary we try to go on vacation. kids and all... But this year we ended up staying home. As I was thinking of things we could do I realized that we have never been on a hike ALONE! I had never been up to Timpanogos and had heard it was amazing. So off we went. It was one of the most beautiful hikes and earthly wonder's I have ever seen!

The English man and his lady ork. LOL

Andy is the most amazing husband. He works so hard for the kids and I. He is kind, gentle, loving and is not only the love of my life but my best friend. After the day was over I was thinking about how I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time! He always makes me feel like I am the only person in the room. Or cave. LOL He really acknowledges what I have to say. I am so blessed to have him in my life. Not a day goes by I don't treasure our relationship. After all, he's my wonder wall!!!
I LOVE this door. I would rock this as my front door any day!

Stalactite's, stalagmite's, stalag what??

The view was breath taking and the most important thing about this hike is that Andy came down in one piece. LOL

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I serve as the Alexander M. Crenshaw Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. My research concentrates on strategy and innovation in public policy and organization studies, often centering on knowledge organizations. I am currently Field Editor at the Journal of Public Policy and an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. I received the 2017 Herbert A. Simon Award for “significant contribution to the scientific study of bureaucracy.”

Above Politics: Bureaucratic Discretion and Credible Commitment, written with Gary J. Miller of Washington University in St. Louis, was published in 2016 in the Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions series of Cambridge University Press. It received the 2016 Book of the Year Award of the Section of Public Administration Research (SPAR) of the American Society of Public Administration. Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda: Constructing the War on Drugs, written with Jeff Yates of Binghamton University, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

My papers have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Administrative Science Quarterly, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the American Journal of Public Health, and the American Journal of Political Science. My Erdős number is 3.

I am also Visiting Honorary Senior Research Associate in the School of Public Policy at University College London and Research Fellow in Arizona State University’s Center for Organization Research and Design. I have also spent time at the University of Manchester as Hallsworth Visiting Professor in Political Economy, at the National University of Singapore as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, in Germany as a Fulbright German Studies Seminar Scholar, and at the University of Michigan as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research.


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***IMPORTANT***: This is a widget and will not show up in your app drawer so please do not down-vote before following these instructions: After installing, you must place one or more instances on your home screen or other screen. On older Android devices, long-press the location where you want it, and then from the pop-up that appears, navigate to the bottom of the widget list and click on Wind Dummy. On newer devices, look under the "widget" tab at the top of your apps list.

Once placed on a screen, you can configure each widget separately to display data for any of over 17,000 weather stations in the Weather Underground network. To find your best stations, zoom into the global map here: tap a WindDummy widget, enter the station ID, click OK and you should be good to go!

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my Little Man.  Today is your sixth birthday.  I love you more now than the day you were born.  You have been my joy; I love watching you grow up.  You have learned so much in the few short years you have been on this earth.  God truly blessed us with a special gift - more precious than words can describe.  You are the brightest, handsomest, sweetest little boy I have ever known.  I love you more and more each day.  You are a true blessing, and I thank God for you daily.  You make me happy when I'm sad, laugh when I want to cry, surprise me when I least expect it, and love purely.  I am so proud of you and the young man you are becoming.  I hope one day you are able to realize the true joy you bring to me and your father.  I love you so much and wish the world and more for you.  Happy Birthday Little Man, and may you have many, many more.

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Sunday, 1 January 2012

52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy - Week 1 - Blogs

Week 1 – Blogs: Blogging is a great way for genealogists to share information with family members, potential cousins and each other. For which blog are you most thankful? Is it one of the earliest blogs you read, or a current one? What is special about the blog and why should others read it?

Challenge from Sunday 1st January 2012 - Saturday 7th January 2012

I can't remember the first genealogy blog I read. I started this blog in a very naive form in 2002, which makes me in the blog world nearly 10 years old!

Blogging is so very easy to start, find a platform, and start writing, connecting with others and making comments. Of course, because there are so many blogs and so many great blogs, it really is hard to choose a particular blog. There are so many personal genealogies to read, genealogical processes and thoughts read that can be used as a springboard for others to use. With there being so many blogs it is easy to miss a great one - Twitter helps with that for me. That said, the biggest blog resource I use is Geneabloggers.

Just look through the Geneabloggers site. Thomas produces a daily post every day of every week. All free of charge. The site is a spring board of positivity, contemplation and blog prompts. If ever you wanted to write a blog post and didn't know what to write stop by Geneabloggers to read a list of prompts. It is also an information gateway, a host to other bloggers. If it is possible to have a Genealogical Blogging Encyclopedia then Geneabloggers is it!

Turning now to my own blog. What I am most grateful for is the facility to be able to write and share with a whole host of people over a host of things. The focus of my blog is quite simply me and everything that makes up me - my hobbies and obsessions, my ancestry, holidays, thoughts, photographs and much more. What there is rarely a mention of is the day job and I guess that says it all!

I take part in various meme's across the week - Tea Cup Tuesday which means that I get to share tea cups and alike that I inherited. I also post fairly regularly to Postcard Friendly Friday and share my postcard collection. I am planning a more focused post for Sunday Stamps using my childhood collection of stamps before they travel across the Pacific in the Autumn to the next generation of my extended family. I also like to take part in Sepia Saturday which enables me to share my photographs of past generations and occasionally I include a more recent one. I tend to follow my other obsession of books with a bookish post at the Sunday Salon, although I have been slack of late. Almost finally, I often post about Weekend Cooking, where I perhaps share a book review of a cook book or program or in the past a smart phone cookery app and perhaps a recipe or two!

In addition to these I take part in various prompts provided by Geneabloggers and have just almost completed the 52 weeks of personal genealogy. I usually take part in the Carnival of Genealogy hosted by Jasia.

I host a blog called Grave Encounters as part of the Graveyard Rabbits and have been invited to write in their international slot during 2012.

During the latter part of 2011, I started a year long project of sharing my Guildford and District Collection of postcards, again I decided to post these to a separate blog.

I also have a blog called George's War, which has been quiet over the last few years which is about my Grandfather's time in the Army during the Second World War.

The plan during 2012 is to share my One Place Study on Puttenham, a rural village in Surrey England using a separate blog.

The absolute beauty of a blog is that, whilst perhaps isolated writing in our homes or other venues we can share our research, thoughts and much more with a mixture of known and unknown world wide web population. The search engines tend to record posts for prosperity and I am always aware that once a thought or comment is committed to the blogosphere it can be read by ALL, so I use the rule of thumb, if I wouldn't tell someone a specific at a bus stop then I won't share via my blog!

A blog can grow and develop with you. This blog has. It has grown as I have become more confident, taken part in more posting activity and received more comments from others. What I am grateful for is the on line friendships that it brings. The people that we "meet" along the way as we read other blogs, post to our own blogs and leave and receive comments. There is a real sense of community, both within the blogging world and the genealogical world.

What is quite remarkable is that the world has a landmass of 13,056 million hectares, yet the world wide web has reduced it in a virtual way to the size of a matchbox! We live in a remarkable world and have an enormous amount of technology and information at our disposal, the blogging world helps to make that possible.

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Welcome to Animalytics. Animalytics is a company set up to help animals and those interested in their well-being. The philosophy behind animalytics is the application of analytical thinking to the resolution of animal behaviour and welfare problems using evidence based yet empathetic techniques whilst concommitantly respecting the human-animal bond.

The Netherlands gets their first specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine

Valerie Jonckheer-Sheehy is a behaviour veterinarian and has just received the title “European Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine” (Veterinary behaviourist). The title was awarded by European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM).

The ECAWBM falls under the European Board for Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS) together with the other European Specialist Colleges such as Surgery (ECVS), Dermatology (ECVD), Ophthalmology (ECVO) and Internal Medicine (ECVIM).

Jonckheer-Sheehy may now use the title ‘Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine’ or “European Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine”. Only veterinarians who have completed specialist training and passed examinations may be awarded with this title.

Jonckheer-Sheehy: " “I’ve always loved animals and been interested in their behaviour and welfare. I became a veterinarian to improve the animal welfare.

Behaviour problems are the number one reason that pet owners request veterinarians to put their animals to sleep.  Thus it’s not because of other medical conditions such as cancer and diabetes but behaviour problems. I discovered this fact as a young veterinarian and this was also confirmed by several international scientific research studies. Because of this, I decided to specialise in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine.

Behaviour problems often lead to a break-down in the human-animal bond. The animal is often frustrated, anxious and usually suffering and the pet owner becomes disappointed and can’t understand their pet, whilst these problems can usually be treated and are often preventable.

Veterinarians who are specialised in this discipline treat animals who display pathological or sick behaviour. Pathological behaviour means that the behaviour, although it may sometimes look normal, is diseased, sick or abnormal. Animals diagnosed with pathological behaviour conditions are usually suffering. It’s a mental health issue often caused by neurochemical imbalances in the brain. Thus this happens in animals just as it can occur in humans!

 Thus pathological behaviours are generally not the result of inadequate training or the fault of pet owners. Only a Veterinary Behaviourist can diagnose and treat pathological behaviours in animals.

Scientific knowledge and study in this field, Veterinary Behavioural Medicine is growing exponentially abroad but is still lacking in the Netherlands. Incorrectly addressing an animal behaviour problem can lead to major animal suffering, owner frustration and ultimately severe injuries to people or other animals. I specialize in this area so that I can help people to understand their animal’s needs and behaviour to safeguard his/her welfare thus restoring the human-animal bond and combatting the number one killer of animals thus minimizing animal wastage“.

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Monday, February 08, 2016

The Animation Guild Golden Award Interview #9 -- Jack Ozark

From long ago (1984) but not particularly far away (Toluca Lake -- at the long-gone Sorrentino's Restaurant on Riverside Drive).

Harvey Deneroff interviews animator Jack Ozark:

Jack Ozark started in the cartoon business at Fleischer in March of 1932. Working his way up to animator, he moved with the company to Miami in the late thirties and worked on Gulliver's Travels, Mr. Bug Goes to Town and the early Superman shorts before his country called him for military service in the dust-up known as World War II.

After the war, Jack spent several years at Famous Studios (the Fleischer studios corporate successor) and then years on the west coast which included work at UPA, Disney, Bakshi and two decades at Filmation. Mr. Ozark passed away on November 16, 2000 at the age of 86.

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Ore ga Ojousama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken photo
English title Shomin Sample
Japanese Title 俺がお嬢様学校に『庶民サンプル』としてゲッツされた件
Type TV
Airing Status Finished Airing
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Air Date 2015-10-07
End Date 2015-12-23
Season fall 2015
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In a hidden school surrounded by mountains, young ladies of good families are taught everything a high class lady needs to know. They are also completely cut off from the outside world, keeping them sheltered and innocent; however, a problem has come up recently—more and more graduates are failing to cope with the modern world after graduation. To deal with this problem, they've decided to kidnap a male commoner student, and enroll him as a student. They hope that this will be a gentle way to introduce the girls to the outside world.

Kagurazaka Kimito is chosen for this dubious honor, mostly because he seems utterly average; however, the school leaders also seem to have concluded he's a homosexual with a muscle fetish. When Kimito hears that the alternative may be castration (to protect the girls' purity), he eagerly plays along with this misconception. Now he'll just have to survive the attention of many high class young ladies that are completely out of touch with the world!

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Oh, right, this thing exists

Oops. Forgot this blog existed. Welp, I'm back, and hopefully, I can get some cool stuff out for you guys.

One thing I have planned is Breaking It Down, wherein I take a character from a series, break him or her down to their core, and give them a complete analysis.

I'll also have a couple con reports a year coming out. That'll be pretty basic stuff. Go to panels, take photos, etc.

And maybe more reviews. Dunno about that yet.

Thanks for waiting guys, it's good to be back!

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Things I found that I love

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by annakjarzab

It wasn’t very long ago that I found out Mindy Kaling, writer/star of The Office, has a blog called Things I Bought That I Love. The title is, um, pretty self-explanatory. She doesn’t post very often, but when she does she’s hilarious, which makes sense. I don’t totally understand why the blog is such a huge mess, layout-wise, but who cares! Anyway, you should check it out. Also, her Twitter, for good measure. I liked how she basically guilted Jimmy Fallon on live (not live) television about not following her on Twitter. And then he dropped his iPhone and the screen smashed. Coincidence? No. DO NOT THUMB YOUR NOSE AT THE KELLY, James. You learned your lesson.

Thing the second, this New Moon poster:

Now, AS I THINK WE ALL KNOW, I am not a huge fan of Jacob Black, but I do have to say that Taylor Lautner, despite being 17, maybe 16, I don’t know, my math skills aren’t great (b. Feb 11th, 1992, you figure it out), and thus jailbait for me, is looking pretty fine. Although I suspect he still doesn’t clear 6’7″ and I DEMAND VERSIMILITUDE from my hastily-made low-budget teen vampire/werewolf romance films. Also, much as I love RPATTZ, I think Jacob wins this poster with his good haircut!

Thing the third, Tap & Gown, the latest book in Diana Peterfreund‘s Secret Society Girl series, which I read without pausing from 7:00 last night until 11:30 when I closed the book and sighed and *slight spoiler alert* swooned over Poe. Yeah, that’s right, I SWOONED. And as you may or may not know, I don’t swoon.

Okay, being the savvy, in-the-know book person that I am, I’m aware that sometimes books get put on store shelves before their release date, because the bookstore employees just kind of clear out the back room all at once and, unless there’s some crazy Harry Potter-type do-it-and-we’ll-kill-you ban on letting anyone get even a little peek before midnight on release day, you might be able to get it a little ahead of time. I’m super impatient, so this weekend I went to three bookstores over three days to look for Tap & Gown. Last year, this method worked for me–I got Rites of Spring (Break) two days early and scarfed it down in one night. This year, not so much. ALTHOUGH, as I would find out, it might be because I am blind.

Yesterday, Tap & Gown‘s official release date, I went to the Borders near my work and looked for it on the Fiction shelf. Diana’s books are pretty easy to spot, being candy-colored, and I found a copy of Under the Rose and a copy of Secret Society Girl. Frustrated, I went over to the customer service desk and asked a guy for help. He said they should have copies in the store, looked through all the paperback tables for me, did a little rain dance to see if he could conjure it up from the sky, and then was like, “Well, let’s check the Fiction section again, just to see if it’s been misshelved.”

So I follow him over to the Fiction section, under P, and on the shelf RIGHT BELOW the one where I’d found copies of UtR and SSG were, like, eight copies of T&G and about three of RoS(B). RIGHT BELOW the shelf I’d been looking at. Now, okay, in my defense, I expect all books by a single author to be shelved together alphabetically, so this was technically someone else’s bad, but seriously, Anna? You can’t check the other shelves? It’s not like you’ve never been in a bookstore before. Anyway, I bought my copy and got out of there before people could laugh at me for not using the eyes God gave me.

Now I’m wondering if those copies were there all weekend, and I am a dumbass. The answer on that one is probably YES.

Anyway, Tap & Gown was the best book of the series, hands down. It took me a while to get into the Secret Society Girl series, but Under the Rose hooked me (not coincidentally, there’s a lot of Poe in that book). You know, I read about Amy and the Diggers and I look at all the nonsense they put each other through, or are put through by the patriarchs, and I think, “Why do they put up with this? Why stick around?” And then I remember every other day in my sorority, all the bullshit we had to deal with from each other and nationals and the alumnae. I actually have to work to recall that stuff, because what remains of my fraternal experience is the fun and the love, so I get it. I know, as Diana points out in UtR, Greek life and society life aren’t the same, but there’s enough similarities to make me miss my Theta days.

So back to Poe. Poe is pretty much the Chuck Bass of this series, and you know how much I love Chuck Bass. And by “is the Chuck Bass of this series” I mean that he’s the dark horse romantic interest, the person you never saw coming but the chemistry was too strong to ignore. Not that he’s a rich playboy who can’t engage emotionally, because none of that is true of Poe. I can’t really get enough of him, so I’m glad he was plenty around in this, the final book of the series. I’m going to miss those two crazy kids and their exploits (and I wish there was more than one love scene, but, you know, it was special this way). Now the plan is to spread the love.


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Whose Tutu?

The Nutcracker, again

by Amy Kuras

From the December, 2011 issue

The lights dim, the oboe plays an A to tune the orchestra, and the conductor lifts her baton to signal the commencement of the overture to The Nutcracker ballet. Again. This year will be my eighteenth season of playing in the pit orchestra for The Nutcracker.

I have played cello for most of my life, pursuing it seriously through my second year of music conservatory. I burned out and left the program, but still play professionally; like most musicians, I travel all over for gigs. I've played for the Comic Opera Guild, done plenty of weddings, and performed for the occasional church service, and every December I travel to Plymouth to play the three performances of The Nutcracker.

It is a wonderful avocation, although like any job it has benefits and drawbacks. One benefit is that I get to play many great pieces of music, including The Nutcracker ballet. One drawback is that I will have played it fifty-four times when 2011 draws to a close.

I have never actually seen the ballet while playing. From the pit at Salem High School, a good ten feet below the front of the stage, nothing is visible but the walls, and the audience is a faceless mass of noise. Every once in a while, I glimpse an arm or a leg at the edge of the stage. It is always the same arm in a red jacket, the same leg in a white tutu. Not much to go on if I wanted to follow the plot line.

I did see the ballet once as a child, but I hardly remember the story. I know there are maice, there are fights, there are dances from many cultures, and of course there's the Sugar Plum Fairy. I don't remember who exactly the Sugar Plum Fairy is, but the audience is invited to have tea with her and the other dancers after every performance, and it seems to be a highlight of the experience.

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can hear, and sometimes feel, the clomping of the wooden-toed shoes at the conclusion of a leap. During one scene, dry-ice mist slithers over the edge of the stage into the pit, invariably causing several musicians to break into coughing fits. In another scene, I nearly drop my bow when the sound of a small cannon apparently marks the climax of one of those fight scenes. I can't spend too much energy straining to see what is going on, as I might lose my place in the music. This happens rarely, however, as I have memorized nearly every note of the two-and-a-half-hour production, from overture to finale.

Back in the day, the pit orchestra was much larger, and we had rehearsals aplenty. It was a bit more festive then, as cookies and candy were passed through the pit to help celebrate the holiday. This is no longer the case, and no one thinks to bring snacks. There seems barely to be time to fit in a dress rehearsal, much less wipe chocolate off our fingerboards.

During the intermissions (there are two), our pit becomes a sort of zoo display. Parents with little girls clad in velvet dresses and shiny bows lean over the railing and gleefully point to our instruments; it's a rare opportunity to see a cello or clarinet up close. I try to hide behind a magazine or pretend to nap, but we often have no choice but to engage with the young audience. I know I should be more gracious toward our fans, but I dearly need the mental break before the intermission is over and we proceed to Act II.

For a couple of years, I deliberately planned my vacation to miss The Nutcracker. It was just too many performances, and I needed a break. In the conservatory, they never told me that someday I would be repeating the same melody enough times to rob the joy from even "Frosty the Snowman."

Despite many years of playing the same music, there are always moments where its beauty deeply moves me. Some movements of The Nutcracker make me smile, while others are just plain fun to play. And then there is the enchanting oboe solo of the Arabian dance, an exotic, longing melody that can send me into a trance (partly because I play only two notes, repeated hundreds of times).

Many productions use recorded music nowadays, so I am grateful that this ballet company still employs a live orchestra. It isn't cheap to hire musicians, and as a consequence, our orchestra has become smaller each year. The piano plays the harp parts, and a dance scored for three flutes is now played by one flute, a clarinet, and an oboe. The worst insult, however, is the instrumentation of the Pas de Deux, which features a heart-wrenching cello melody. With the cutbacks, this cello part is now doubled by the viola section. It is difficult to endure.

Despite my rant, I do-yes, really-look forward to those moments when the joyous music transcends the tedium of repetition, and I feel fortunate to play such a masterpiece. And maybe someday I will actually be in the audience at a performance of The Nutcracker ballet, so that I can understand the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and see who is behind the red sleeve and the white tutu.    (end of article)

[Originally published in December, 2011.]

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Waiting On Wednesday [15] - Beautiful Darkness

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post started by Breaking the Spine. It is a feature showcasing upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Beautiful Darkness (book #1) is a book that I've had been on my TBR for a while. I recently finished listening to the audio version. I have to say I absolutely loved it. The narrator did such a brilliant job bring the world and the characters to life. The story pulls you in right from the beginning, I don't think I've finished an audio book so fast. It looks like I just finished it in time, because book two is coming out very soon. I can't wait to fall back into this world and see what will happen with Ethan, Lena and the rest of the characters. If you haven't checked this series out yet, I definitely urge you to give it a try. :)

Title: Beautiful Darkness
Series: Caster Chronicles
Author: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Release Date: October 12, 2010

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Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena’s family of powerful supernaturals for generations.

And now that Ethan’s eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there’s no going back.

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Sunday, December 02, 2007

Oh Suzani, Oh Don't You Cry for Me...

I found another suzani I had to have...I'm waiting for it to be shipped to me from Uzbekistan...Last time I got something from Uzbekistan my postman, who is from the Ukraine, looked at the package when he delivered it to me and wanted me to open it right away so he could see what it was.

Today has been a lazy Sunday for me. It snowed, then it rained, then snowed, then the rain won the fight for good. I hate it when the weather is on that cusp between the snow and rain; a few degrees on either side of the freezing point determines which will happen, I suppose. Hate that. Harumph!
Rosie came downstairs for while this morning, got out her camera and took a picture or two of Jynx, who is a total photo hog.

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I´m a suzani lover too - but don´t know where to buy it, I live in Denmark. You are writing that you order it from Uzbekistan. Nut where?
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

TOPPS.....being sued?

I found this article today on and was rather surprised at the article. You can find the article here regarding a former Topps Employee. A copy of the article is down below if you do not want to click on the link. The link has a copy of the legal documents that were filed.

Topps Sued For Firing Employee, Then Putting Him On A Trading Card

In the fall, Topps released a handful of very odd cards. Dubbed "American History Relics," they were five-card runs of John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Leif Ericson. Despite their rarity, the cards were a flop — one sold for $84 on eBay — perhaps because they were so strange. Card collectors like collector's items, but they mostly like baseball.
That's not our story. The story is the creation of the cards, which you might have noticed feature one man who died 1000 years ago and two men who never existed, and as such were probably hard to photograph. But that's a real human being up there as John Henry, the steel-driving man. His name is Christopher Holmes, and he used to work at Topps, and he never gave them permission to make him John Henry, and now he's suing for $4 million. That lawsuit is below.
Topps Sued For Firing Employee, Then Putting Him On A Trading CardHolmes was a brand manager in Topps's marketing department, and had been with the company since 1994. One former employee says Topps was "not the most diverse work environment," and as such, Holmes was the go-to when the art department needed a black guy. In 2008, he posed as "Wheelbarrow Walker," a fictional baseball player (what is with Topps and cards featuring nonexistent people?) and was happy to do it. He was told of the idea behind Wheelbarrow Walker, posed for the photoshoot, was shown the proofs before the card was printed, and signed off on them.
In July of last year, Holmes posed for another photo. It's not clear if he knew what this one would turn out to be for, but he claims he specifically prohibited the use of his likeness until he could see the finished product. In August, Holmes was fired from his job of 17 years, one of many casualties of Michael Eisner's restructuring (Eisner had purchased Topps in 2007.) In September, the "American History Relics" were released, featuring Holmes as John Henry.
"TOPPS never obtained the written authorization of Plaintiff for the use of his picture in the subject promotion nor did the Plaintiff provide his consent in any manner," says Holmes's lawsuit. "TOPPS knew, or should have known, that Plaintiff did not and would not consent to the use of his likeness, image, portrait, and/or picture to depict him as a former slave."
Holmes is seeking lost wages, royalties for the card, and a whopping $3,000,000 in punitive damages. The question will be whether he knew what he was posing for, and whether Topps still required his cooperation after firing him. We'll leave that to the American justice system, but we'll also note — as pointed out by a former employee — that "the only other black person on the floor" also sued Topps after being fired.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

My addictive itch has been unleashed and is out of control!!!

Well now.....let's just see what my itch has made me open in the last few days!

1. Case of Topps Supreme football
2. A jumbo box of 2012 Topps Baseball
3. A total of eight 2011 Topps baseball value boxes (which 4 of them had autographs------SO WRONG)
4. I bought a rack pack of 2011/12 UD Hockey and pulled a Ryan Nugent Hopkins Young guns rookie!
5. Bought 3 boxes of STARGATE UNIVERSE SEASON 1, 1 box of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 4, and a box of STAR TREK Quotable movie cards. All from BLOWOUTCARDS.COM
7. A Jumbo box of 2011 BOWMAN BASEBALL.
8. A box of 2011 Topps USA Baseball set (7 auto's- very sweet)

I will post the results in my next posting on here. There is some colors and numbers that are just plain SICK in what I pulled. Oh YES......let's just say my Cam Newton hot streak has continued! MORE TO COME!!!

Monday, February 6, 2012

The NY GIANTS do it again!!!

Victor Cruz said...................TIME TO SALSA DANCE

Then this guy had to do a little "tiptoe through the tulips"

In the end.........this was all that really mattered:

Thank You BIG BLUE!!!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Things are getting back to normal...........I think.

It has been a very rough couple of months emotionally for the Hertzog family. My Fiancee (future Mrs Kahuna) had lost a family member in the beginning of November due to long term illness. Then my mother had passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 15th. Then my Fiancee's Grandfather passed away on Dec. 30th from Pancreatic Cancer. I had not been through so much rough and raw emotions since I had lost my 2 uncles and Grandfather months apart in 1989. Things have appeared to calm down now and hopefully we can find some comfort and peace in our lives again. Start healing again.

My Mother......I miss her everyday. I keep thinking it's a dream. It's like I am going to walk in the front door of her old place and see her sitting in the chair waiting to tell me a new joke or tell me about how she was able to do a little bit more cooking in the kitchen. Perhaps my phone ringing is her calling to tell me she needs help getting back into her chair again as I was her lifeline for many situations that she got herself into like that......and yet.......the voice I hear...... is not of who I had hoped it would be. Yes, I can find peace in knowing that she is free of the disease and suffering and pain that she endured and that she is "home" and in the arms of the Angels. She is no longer bound to her chair and I am quite certain that when she looks at her feet she can see all 10 toes and not just 5 as she wiggles them in the tall dark crisp green Kentucky style grass. No cancer or diabetes or dialysis to hold her back. I am sure she can hear the laughter of children and the sweet sounds of the heavenly orchestras and not the monotonous continuous noise of "ringing" in her ears. I can even begin to imagine the 1960's hairstyle that she used to have like I saw in her school pictures which consisted of thick plentiful dark brown hair on her head. She's probably even now saying under her breath to me, " I still have more hair than you son " in her own sense of humorous way (my hair is thinning out and she used to say that I was catching up to her). My mother wore wigs to cover the bald patches because she tried to hide her illness and always made her self look good because she didn't want people to know just how much of a battle she was fighting with her health. My mother did so much for much. Thank you mother for my life. I love you Mom and I miss you dearly. One day we will meet again........and when we'll probably still have more hair than me!


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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Merriol and I independently, and probably for very different reasons (which neither of us have deeply examined), have always wanted one of those old-fashioned roller type school blackboards. Today, as a result of raw unfettered serendipity - and me carpe dieming at just the right time, we have one.

Holly's classroom at school has a brand new superdooper interactive whiteboard and because I walked Holly up to school today - something I hardly ever do - we have the old one. It was lying in the playground waiting to be broken up. The Headmaster was more than glad to help Merriol's dad and I load it in the back of the car. Now all we have to do is shift a light fitting, and a couple of notice boards, and build a supporting structure for it....

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WHAT THEY LOST: Han's silver tongue has long been an important part of his life - it's essential to a smuggler, scoundrel, and gambler to be able to pull one over on others, and Han's fast talking has saved his skin and helped him pull a con many a time.   Paradisa, however, must be trying to make an honest man out of him: while he can still lie, Han is occasionally struck with the sudden uncontrollable urge to blurt out his honest intentions/feelings when he's in the middle of attempting to deceive somebody.  Given that it doesn't happen every time, it'll serve to make him think twice about whether it's worth the risk to lie in situations where he's always taken deception for granted.

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Han Solo is born of Corellian stock, meaning he comes from a planet of people known for their independent, maverick dispositions, and their love of beating the odds.  He embodies these traits, and the Corellian courage and aura of immortality that makes them such large personalities on the galactic spectrum.  Orphaned in his youth within the streets of the city, Han was taken in before he was ten by the violent, hot-tempered bounty hunter Garris Shrike, ringleader of a crime circuit that took in orphans Oliver Twist style and turned them into thieves.  Deprived of a standard education, the first skills Han picked up were criminal in nature, as well as the study of people, ships, smuggling, and con games.  He did read in his spare time to pick up some knowledge of science and history, and attended schools occasionally as part of con jobs for Shrike.  He formed a strong attachment to an old Wookiee matron who served under Shrike, named Dewlanna, from whom he learned to understand the language, and who he came to view as a mother figure.

To keep the young ones in line, Shrike would beat them horribly when they misstepped or tried to oppose him, and tortured them as well, occasionally with the use of poisons.  Han resented and feared the man, but Shrike met any signs of fear with violence.  Han quickly came to see evincing fear as a quick recipe for displaying weakness and inviting someone to take advantage of his vulnerability.   In that band of cutthroats, respect was only earned through bravery, or more specifically, an attitude of bravado that boasted of the ability to take whatever they could dish out without fear.  It became his instinctive response to bury any such feelings both on the surface and within, so that he wouldn't even allow himself to think about the possibility of losing.

When Han finally orchestrated his escape from Shrike, it cost the life of Dewlanna, his mother figure, who urged him to go on and lead a happy life so that she wouldn't have died for nothing.  His strong attachment to her betrayed the truth under his gruff exterior: that he was capable of forming deep bonds of loyalty and love.  He desired to find those again in his true family, but when he finally located his living relatives, they turned out to be terrible people, who betrayed him.  While he would continue to hold on to his unique concepts of loyalty, Han also became well versed in treachery, and it all contributed to his 'every man for himself' philosophy.

With Corellia's isolationist government policies, the darker side of the Empire wasn't something that Han really concerned himself about initially.  After all, growing up in the midst of criminals, his views on morality were slightly skewed, and he knew of the more corrupt end of politicians and bureaucrats firsthand.  He dreamed of becoming a pilot in the Imperial navy.  Escaping Shrike, however, proved difficult, and he first spent time on the planet Ylesia, working to gain pilot experience, where he met a religious pilgrim named Bria Tharen and fell in love with her.  Together, they unearthed the scam behind the religious pilgrimages on the planet, and Han's desire to stop the unjust practice demonstrated a lot about his underlying character, despite his dark roots.    With bounties on his head after accidentally killing a Hutt, Han had his entire identity reconfigured, but Shrike hunted him down anyways.  The confrontation ended with Shrike dead - though Bria, struggling with an addiction to the exultation drug given to pilgrims like her - left Han and broke his heart.

Alone again, and finally free entirely of Shrike, Han fulfilled his dream of enrolling in Imperial Academy.  He invested a great deal of belief in the honor of the military, perhaps as a result of the longstanding Corellian investment in military honor.  He sharpened his piloting skills and rose to the ranks of lieutenant, but his illustrious career was cut short when his entire concept of what the Empire stood for was shattered.  He was assigned to duties that included dealing with the slave trade, where he encountered Chewbacca, who had helped free a group of Wookiee children from slavery.  Han's superiors ordered him to skin the Wookiee, but Han wouldn't follow through, and was to work construction on Coruscant beside the Wookiee slaves.  He was given a perspective on their plight, and the chance to fulfill his debt to Dewlanna, when Chewbacca turned on a superior officer, and Han saved his life and helped him escape.

Met with a dishonorable discharge from military service, Han was left with a very bad taste in his mouth regarding what the Empire stood for and the actual fools who comprised its commanding ranks, and exactly how 'honorable' the xenophobic, harsh government really was.  Chewbacca swore a life debt to him, and together they returned to Han's first trade: smuggling.

Frustrated and cynical after his experiences in the military, and losing those he'd previously cared about, Han wasn't even quick to bond with Chewie, and threw himself into gambling and drinking as a way to avoid facing up to the reality of his feelings.  When a Barabel almost killed him over a sabacc match, Chewie intervened and saved Han's skin, prompting the beginnings of an actual deep friendship between the two.  The two became a very successful smuggling team, and the career afforded Han a personal level of freedom that he cherished.  He made other friends along the way, including taking in a young orphan who tried to convince Han he was a relative.  Even though he knew better, the kid reminded him of himself, and he brought him along on a lot of his flights and adventures.   Han served a brief stint as a magician's stage assistant when he was in a relationship with a magician named Xaverri, and she also introduced him to activities that were a part of the slowly growing Rebellion.  Knowing fully well what the Empire was actually capable of, Han displayed no remaining loyalty to it, not wanting to be a part of something so corrupted.  He participated in the Battle of Nar Shaddaa, along with other pirates and smugglers, to destroy the Imperials attacking the Smuggler's Moon.

After winning the Millenium Falcon from his friend Lando, he and Chewie ended up flying from one end of the galaxy to the other, so that he might escape the matrimonial intentions of his sometime girlfriend Salla.  While he'd had a couple of longterm relationships, Han valued his freedom and the thought of being tied down at such a young age scared the crap out of him.  Han and Chewbacca worked for a wide breadth of employers during this time, and had innumerable crazy adventures, often getting by on the skin of their teeth, and landing themselves in trouble with the law, Hutts, and other smugglers along the way.

Han's life changed drastically after he was forced to dump a load of glitterstem that he was smuggling for Jabba the Hutt, when he got boarded by some Imperials.  Jabba sent the bounty hunter Greedo to collect the money from him, and Han found himself on Tattooine looking to make a quick credit, where he offered the services of his pride and joy, the Millenium Falcon, to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker.  When Greedo confronted Solo, meaning to kill him, Han took him out, and then personally bartered with Jabba for more time to get the credits.   What was meant to be a simple charter trip ended up sucking Han directly into an encounter with Imperials, and the Rebel leader Princess Leia Organa, who he helped rescue from Imperial clutches.  While he originally only agreed to help out because of the promise of a reward, it became clear over time that Han's conscience wouldn't let him just walk away from the Rebel cause.  He helped the Rebels win the Battle of Yavin and was decorated with a medal of honor for his assistance.

Meeting Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, and getting drawn more intimately into the Rebellion wore a lot of cracks into Han's carefully constructed facade of self-interest.  He continued to travel with them, instead of walking away, as he continued to threaten to do, inspired by the selflessness he saw in their (admittedly kind of hopeless) cause.  While he didn't understand Luke's 'Jedi' training, and continued to protest that there was no evidence in his experience of any kind of greater power guiding the fate of the universe, underneath it all he hoped for as much to be true, as he had since the death of Dewlanna in his childhood.  Han desperately wants to be able to believe in something greater, but doesn't think someone in his line of work can afford to - it's putting too much faith in something outside the self.

Directly before coming to Paradisa, Han and friends were betrayed by his old friend Lando Calrissian, who was forced by the Empire to trap them into coming to Cloud City.  As a test of the carbonite freezing chamber meant to transport Luke Skywalker to the Empire, Darth Vader had Han Solo frozen in carbonite, and delivered him to the bounty hunter Boba Fett, to take to Jabba.  Before he was frozen, Leia admitted her feelings for him (and he did for her, in his own special way).

In his youth, Han developed a lifelong secret dream: to one day be the greatest pilot the galaxy had ever known, to be respected by all, have a group of friends who loved him and he could rely on, to have a beautiful wife to share in his adventures, and to be an amazing father to children that he would never abandon as he had been abandoned.  This childhood vision of his actually remained his secret fantasy throughout the years that followed, and would eventually coalesce into a reality for him, after the fall of the Empire.  This dream reflects that sentimental Corellian spark that he houses deep within (also visible in the way he named his first ship Bria, after his first love).  He desires, over most things, to be respected, having come from incredibly disrespectable roots, and part of his turning over a new life from his childhood of hard crime was so that he could hold his head up proudly due to having gotten where he was through hard work.  ... It's worth noting, however, that he never really thought about smuggling as something that wasn't in itself honest work, despite it being illegal.   He and Chewie stuck to a strict ethical code of their own: while they'd transport all manner of things for all sorts of shady employers, they'd never work for the slave trade.

On the surface, Han presents himself as cocky, arrogant, inventive, streetsmart, confident, cynical, and full of dry humor, while underneath he's an incredibly loyal man with a heart of gold and a strong desire to see the unjust get theirs.   However much of a scoundrel who loves credits he may come across as, he's one of the heroes, through and through.

THIRD-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE:

Han had a bad feeling about this.

FIRST-PERSON WRITING SAMPLE:

Whoever's running this show's got a unique way of dealing with prisoners, I'll give you that.  I'm guessin' asking for a quick shuttle off this rock's not gonna get me too far, but it's worth putting out there, at least.

I'll say one thing: this place definitely isn't to Hutt tastes.  Things would be a little more covered in slime, and the girls would be a lot more scantily clad.  So how the hell'd I wind up here?  I'm doubting the old slug got bored and decided to auction off his new work of art.   Maybe that bounty hunter got boarded; in which case whoever thawed me out - I owe you a drink.

INTENT:  Star Wars is my oldest and dearest fandom, and so I approach taking on any character from it with a great amount of respect for all the source material.  I've read all the relevant background novels about Han's pre-movie life, as well as a large quantity of the Expanded Universe canon from after Return of the Jedi.  I RP as Han's son, Jacen at two games currently, and I've always wanted to play Han in a game as well, but it's been impossible for me to play him at either of those places because of their close canon relationship.  Playing Han from a canon point in the films keeps him close to the Han that casual Star Wars viewers are used to seeing, without having him carry around the baggage of the complicated post-Empire era.  At Paradisa, while he probably won't do anything to try and unravel the great mystery of the place, he's still a good guy who will begrudgingly help out in dangerous situations - or in ones where he might benefit.   urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anticommittee:811 anticommittee @ 2010-06-25T21:23:00 2010-06-26T01:23:58Z 2010-06-26T01:23:58Z Well, so much for a reward. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anticommittee:583 sixwordstories 2010-06-18T20:57:15Z 2010-06-18T20:57:15Z R2 convinces Han to help him find Leia.

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Friday, 24 March 2017

Using Recycled Glass in Ponds and Landscaping: About Recycled Tumbled Glass and Sea Stones in Gardening

Most homeowners are searching for designs that may make properties appealing. Of course, individuals can find inspiring designs online. However, in order that designs can provide you with the best benefits, it's best to consider ideas from landscaping and lawn care experts. Below are some of the following ideas you can think about.

Doing laundry, brushing your teeth or taking a shower produces wastewater called greywater. Greywater is only the wastewater that is certainly leftover from household usage including laundry, bathing and washing dishes. Greywater isn't the same as blackwater, which contains harmful contaminants for example human waste. Blackwater can't be recycled since it needs to be cleaned at the wastewater treatment facility.

A less groundless theory in regards to the invention from the leaf blower states it evolved from manual gardening devices introduced by Japanese in 19th century. This is somewhat acceptable as the first leaf blower was probably des igned by Japanese manufacturers. Yet, the evolution of a very powerful gas operated machine from some manual gardening tool sounds strange. Some examples of manual gardening tools that cope with leaves are leaf collectors, reel mowers and rakes and none of those could by any chance evolve right into a something like a backpack leaf blower. That is why this theory should also be ignored.

We will probably never discover who the actual inventor in the leaf blower is. Yet, we can be quite sure that the first commercially available backpack leaf blower was developed in 1970 through the Japanese Kyoritsu company that we understand today as Echo. The PB-9 Backpack Power Blower was not the first blowing machine built by Kyoritsu. The company pioneered producing what are called backpack power dusters which were used to spray pesticides on plants. The story goes that folks started to dismantle the chemical spray unit and used the unit to blow leaves and debris out of t heir property. It is a realistic story. It is not difficult to reckon that the company engineers saw the requirement for something that blows leaves and designed the PB-9.

If your are looking for a landscape contractor Brisbane, you should probably consult cropper bross. With years of experience in the field, they will help you with each of the necessary issues that will significantly add attractiveness for a place. With m any features like fencing Brisbane, you'll be able to find a selection of options for your landscaping designs.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Mother's Day

You know you've hit adulthood when the phrase "Everyday should be Mother's Day!" crosses your mind. Crap. I'm old.

I had a divine Mother's Day. I was allowed to sleep in. I had some scrambled egg whites and coffee waiting for me when I woke up. There were no gifts or cards, but I did get exactly what I wanted.

My son, being as he's only 4, doesn't really "get" Mother's Day. My amazing boyfriend covered for him...which in turn amazes me. This man loves me, I know that...and I know he sees how hard Motherhood is. This doesn't necessarily mean he needs to acknowledge the holiday for me, however. My sweetheart is not the father of my son. We share no children. And yet, he knows that if he doesn't help observe this holiday for me, no one will. He's a keeper. I'm in love.

And to my child's 'father' (typically I use the term 'sperm donor'), once again, you've proven your deadbeatness. Thank you GOD that my son has an admirable man to look up to as a Father and not the one linked to him thru biology.

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Friday, July 31, 2015

Friday Frolics - The Birthday Cake Test

Happy birthday! Even if it's not your birthday today, birthday cake is something worth celebrating every single day of the year. Yes?

And here's a Birthday Cake Quiz for this week.

You Are Daring and Dazzling

You are funky, eccentric, and charming in unexpected ways. You are constantly inspired and inspiring.

You throw caution to the wind and try to avoid the safe option. You love not knowing what's coming around the corner.

You love that the world is full of infinite possibilities - and you'd like to try every combination of them that you can.

You are always changing, growing, and expanding your horizons. You never suffer from stagnation or boredom.

Take last week's quiz: How Active is Your Imagination?

Thursday, July 30, 2015

MH370: Wing of a plane found on Reunion Island

The Star reported today that Malaysia has sent a team to Reunion Island off the east coast of Africa to determine whether washed-up debris may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean last year.

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing, disappeared on 8 March last year. Most of the passengers were Chinese. So far no trace of the plane has been found.

MH370 vanished from radar screens shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. Investigators believe it was flown thousands of kilometers off course before crashing. Its disappearance has become one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.

Search efforts led by Australia have focused on a broad expanse of the southern Indian Ocean.

Debris that is probably from a plane has washed up on Reunion Island off the east coast of Africa, sparking questions whether it is from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

It was reported that a mysterious piece of plane debris washed up on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, prompting some speculation it could be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The two-metre-long piece of wreckage, which seemed to be part of a wing, was found by people cleaning up a beach.

“It was covered in shells, so one would say it had been in the water a long time,” said one witness.

French air transport officials have already opened a probe to investigate where the wreckage could have come from.

Xavier Tytelman, an expert in aviation security, said it could not be ruled out that the wreckage belonged to MH370, which vanished without trace in March last year.

Tytelman noted that local media photos showed “incredible similarities between a #B777 flaperon and the debris found,” refering to a Boeing 777 -- the type of plane that disappeared.

He also noted a reference on the wreckage: BB670.

“This code is not a plane’s registration number, nor serial number. However... it’s clear that this reference would allow a quick identification. In a few days, we will have a definitive answer,” Tytelman said.

Boeing said in a statement it remained “committed to supporting the MH370 investigation and the search for the airplane”.
Source: The Star..Mysterious plane wreckage sparks MH370 speculation

However, it's too early to speculate origin of debris, says MAS

PETALING JAYA: The public has been asked not to speculate on the origins of a piece of plane debris found on Reunion Island off the east coast Africa.

"With regards to the reports of the discovery of an aircraft flaperon at Reunion Island, Malaysia Airlines is working with the relevant authorities to confirm the matter," said the airline in a brief press statement Thursday.

"At the moment, it would be too premature for the airline to speculate the origin of the flaperon," it said.

You can read more about the mystery of MH370 here.

Update: 31/7/2015
- MH370: Debris confirmed to be from Boeing 777
- MH370: Then I saw the 'weird thing' on shore, says debris finder
- Australia plays down MH370 luggage link

Friday, July 24, 2015

Friday Frolics - How Active is Your Imagination?

This week's quiz says I have an extremely active imagination. I guess most of you would have that too, right? No? Take the quiz to find out then.

Ooh, we've got sunshine here in Kuala Lumpur today.. Hope you've got the weather that you wish for wherever you are. Happy Friday, everyone!

And now the quiz..

You Have an Extremely Active Imagination

Your mind is vivid, lively, and colorful. There is a lot going on in your head.

You have the ability to make pictures and movies in your mind. You are extremely visual.

Your creativity knows no bounds. You don't put restrictions or limits on your thoughts.

You have a gift that other people wish they had. So exercise that imagination as much as you want!
How Selfish Are You is last week's quiz

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Alto Saxs at Musician's Friend

Musician's Friend is where you would want to look if you are checking out musical instruments.

Their wide range of products include among others, guitars, keyboards and MIDI, drums and percussion, amplifiers and effects equipment, even books and sheet music and not forgetting brass and woodwind instruments, of course.

In the market for a saxophone? Check out the alto saxs at

If you are from outside of the U.S., don't despair, they ship internationally and to enhance your shopping experience, they are constantly adding new instruments. The site is easy to navigate. You can shop by department or by category.

Happy shopping!

Friday, July 17, 2015

Selamat Hari Raya

Today is a public holiday here in Malaysia. It's Hari Raya Puasa, a festivity celebrated by Muslims around the world.

Hari Raya is one of the major festivals celebrated in Malaysia. School is out and offices are closed officially for two days. However, shopping complexes are open for business as usual as well as food outlets.

If you are celebrating Hari Raya, here's wishing you Selamat Hari Raya!

Friday Frolics- How Selfish Are You?

I think this quiz is pretty true about yours truly - being perceived as a pushover, at times. Oh well..

Interesting set of questions this one. Take the quiz to find out for yourself.

Happy Friday!

You Are 11% Selfish

In other words, you're a warm, caring considerate person.

Just make sure to get your way sometimes. There's a fine line between unselfish and pushover.
Last week's quiz: What Do You Value Most?

Friday, July 10, 2015

Friday Frolics - What Do You Value Most?

Do you know what you value most in life? This week's quiz will let you find out.

KL is overcast today, in fact, the entire country could be experiencing the same shrouded skies due to volcano Mount Raung emitting ash and smoke. More that hundreds of flights from Bali have been cancelled as a result. The airport has been closed. Thousands of holidaymakers are stranded on the island. Bali is a popular holiday destination.

Happy Friday, everyone!

You Value Achievement

You are a very goal driven person, and you think that people should know exactly what they want out of life.

You strive to succeed, and you don't mind a good challenge. In fact, life is a little boring when it's too easy.

You especially are driven to achieve things that no one else has achieved before. You get a thrill from being first.

You are a trail blazer, and you enjoy others recognizing your accomplishments. You never lack drive or motivation.
Last week's The Elevator Test

Friday, July 3, 2015

Friday Frolics - The Elevator Test

Here's an easy quiz this week. At the end of it you'd know whether you are a relaxed, patient or impatient person... and more. Go on, take the quiz to find out..

You Are Relaxed

You're not just patient, you are on 'island time' no matter what you happen to be doing.

You refuse to be in a rush or anyone or anything. It's not worth the stress. You'll get there when you get there.

Despite your seemingly lackadaisical attitude about rushing, you often get to places early. You leave with enough time.

You take everything that happens in stride. As far as you're concerned, very little is worth getting worked up about.

If you were a TV channel, you would be Discovery, BBC, or PBS. If you were a cheese, you'd be mozzarella.

If you were a store, you'd be Brooks Brothers or Banana Republic. If you were a wine, you'd be Shiraz.
Last week's quiz: How Much Structure Do You Need?


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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Jaden wrapped himself up in the towel after swimming

Evan and Jaden tested their swimming skills during our trip to Des Moines. I told them, “you WILL like the pool” as I look forward to many summers to come lounging at the pool. However, I do know there are a few years between me, and actually ‘lounging’ at the pool!! I also will not be able to take these two by myself to the pool for a couple summers……so let me know if you want to join us at the pool!!

Evan and Jaden have always done well at bathtime, and I am usually soaked from their kicking! So I thought they may enjoy the pool. I think they were overwhelmed with all the water at first, but then Jaden got brave and started to kick. I can’t wait for summer pooltime!

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1 bedroom home for rent
1813 Girard Ne, 3 P.O. Box 37155, Albuquerque, NM 87106 · Netherwood Park

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LOS ARCOS COURTYARD Apartments Corner 1 bedroom 1 bath 600 SF Charming sunny open living & dining, new carpet, single level, on site laundry, tranquil landscaped grounds, covered parking, long time quiet tenants, near ABQ Tennis Club, North UNM Campus, shopping of every kind, & Padilla’s Mexican Kitchen! NO Smoking! No pets please! 1-year lease tenants pay utilities www.MaddoxMgmt.com

Apartable Overview

This property is a 1 bedroom place listed for $595 monthly. The residence boasts a great location in the Netherwood Park district of Albuquerque. The listing boasts balcony, patio, laundry, and, home office. The property features laundry and will be vacated August 1, 2012.

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Neighborhood & Prices

This unit is located in Netherwood Park, a neighborhood in Albuquerque.

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First month's rent $595
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11045 N 17 Avenue #C, Phoenix, AZ 85029 · North Mountain

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Large 2/1 surrounded by lush green grasses and nice pool.. Laundry room and plenty of parking..Offering special on approved background and residence.. Call or text kathryn

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This residence is a 2 bedroom place listed for $450 a month. The apartment complex is situated in the North Mountain neighborhood of Phoenix.

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This unit is located in North Mountain, a neighborhood in Phoenix.

The average price of a 2 bed rental in North Mountain is $2,367. This unit is listed for $450, which makes it 80.99% cheaper than the average 2 bed in this neighborhood.

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First month's rent $450
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Move-in Date September 28, 2012
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1193 Dewey Drive, Coupeville, WA 98239

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Great 2 bedroom plus den (That can be used as a bedroom). 2 full baths, roomy 1 car garage plus carport, and very large yard! Includes refrigerator, glass top stove & dishwasher. Washer/Dryer hookups. Community beach, boat launch, swimming pool, clubhouse, BBQ area, horseshoe/BB court. Great Place to visit & live! Centrally located: Near ferries & Coupeville. Pet Friendly with pet deposit and minimal monthly pet rent.

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This property is a 2 bedroom unit listed for $850 per month. The residence is located in Coupeville. The listing is equipped with laundry. The property features parking, laundry, and, pool and will be ready on June 1, 2012.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

We Ate Cake

(Quintessential Harper)

Over the weekend, we had a Popsicle Party for Harper's first birthday.  It was a small, family affair, and I just kept thinking over and over about how full my heart was.  Having all of our family come together to celebrate our little girl's life was just so wonderful.  It was a sunny (one million degree) day and I think everyone had fun swimming and playing outside.

I'll share some of the "themey" parts of the party tomorrow (because what kind of blogger wouldn't do that???), but for today, here are some of my favorites of our guests enjoying the day.

There was swimming, with four fearless kiddos who loved the water:

There was lounging poolside, watermelon eating, and snoozing babies:

Harper seemed to love the cake eating portion of the day.  She was curious why we were all singing at her - but then she got in on that cake:

She ate probably half of it.  I had to cut her off.

I love this girl.

She loves her daddy.

She had some little hands help her eat that cake:

Harper loved the ribbon and bags and bows her gifts.

It was such a great day!!  All the kids played together and Harper didn't fuss and we all ate too much sugar.

Storm clouds were quickly approaching by early afternoon, so I forced everyone to take a quick group picture before the rain set in.  All of the kids were crying because they didn't want to get out of the pool.  Lyla was crying that she had to go potty, so she and Courtney had to leave.  Jennifer was feeding Isaac inside.  Kacy took the picture.  Harper was napping.  Finn was napping.  Only a few were looking - but I love it.

And finally, the skies let loose and the rain poured down.  We scrambled inside and crammed into the kitchen.  Then the kids did something adorable:

Popsicle bribery - good for a solid five minutes of kid wrangling.

Happy first birthday, Harper Kate!!  We love you to the moon and back.

  1. Such a precious girl! Congrats on one year, and Happy birthday, sweet Harper!

  2. I love how serious she is about cake!!! Me too, Harper. I think we could be good buds. ;)
    Congratulations on surviving and thriving in the first year!!! You guys have been through so much, and have handled it with such grace. You rock. :)

  3. Sweet party, Harper! What a fun idea, Claire!

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