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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Forget The Zohan....You Don't Mess With Mrs. Schmitty!

I had a meeting with the kids on the first day of summer vacation. I told them they were still going to take care of the few chores they had. Daily. Not just when they felt like doing them. They all have their lists of chores and things they need to do, like brush their teeth and hair, get dressed, etc. You know, the things that they have been doing like, forever. The things I, for some reason, need to remind them to do. Daily. Next thing you know I'll be reminding them to breathe.

They are to do all of these things BEFORE friends come over or video games are played. I think that's fair because once fun time begins, well, forget about anything being accomplished.

This morning I found them, in pajamas, rooms a mess, playing Wii. W. was asking if friends could come over. ARE YA KIDDING ME?!

It's only been 3 days since the meeting.

"T., get dressed, please." "T., GET DRESSED!" "HELLLLLOOOOOOO?!" He then began his recent habit of arguing with me. I threatened soap on the tongue.

I told W. to turn off the Wii and clean the pig sty he called a room. He continued to set up a game. "Don't start that game!" I said. He started the game. UUUUUUUUUGH!

I turned off the tv and game console. I started freaking out on them. I think I was justified.

I came downstairs, steam coming out of my ears.

Mr. Schmitty says to me, "When I get back from W.'s church camp meeting, why don't you go back to sleep."

HUH? "Everyone around here ignores me so I flip out. Then YOU tell me I need more sleep?! That's why I flipped?! Are you serious?!

He knew he was doomed. It was almost as bad as the time he excused my justified yelling for PMS. NEVER.EVER.EVER tell a woman, "that's okay, honey, I know you are just PMSing." NEVER.

I told him to go away before I smacked him with the laundry basket I was holding. Any of you that read my blog regularly, know, I may not be able to kick his butt physically, BUT, I will triumph in my own sneaky way. I'm vindictive that way.

I waited for him to get in the shower. I walked in, flushed the toilet and then proceed to pour a glass of, from our cooler, ice cold water over the top of the shower curtain. He was scorched and then I dowsed the burn...'cause I'm thoughtful that way.

"Smell it, smell it, smell it, now take it!"

Queen Goob said...

I bow before the almighty and powerful Mrs. Schmitty, my liege.

I hope you made them make their own dinner and clean up the mess, too! While you went out by yourself....okay, so that may have been pushing it but it WAS a good thought!

Leigh said...

Girl, I feel your pain. My kids got the same speech, yet they too are not geeting responsibilites done. They say, "I did it" and I will go and check and it might be half way done.
It is ver likely that I loose my mind by summers end.
I think Moms need a built in summer vacation!

Bonnie the Boss said...

My 12 year old asked me one time if I was having my period. I ripped his head off, and then explained very calmly that you never ask a woman that. You can think it all you want, but keep your trap shut.
I feel your pain in the chore department. I thought you must have peeked in my window and saw how things go here, minus the Wii. That as the give away.

Zephra said...

Mine do the same thing. Try hiding the Wii before you go to bed. they can't play if they can't find it...

Karly said...

You are evil with that toilet/cold water thing. I love it! :)

Good luck with the kids.

Amy W said...

I can't stand it when my husband tells me I am PMSing...makes me want to throw something at his head.

Justice Jones said...

I know exactly how you feel. I repeat myself daily. "Pick up your underwear!" "Brush your teeth!" The meeting sounds like a great idea. Someone told me to put a daily checklist on the bathroom mirror that reminds them what must be done before they walk out of the room or go to bed. I may try it.

ADK_Chamber said...

I will never forget standing in the kitchen lamenting how hard it can be to find pants that are long enough for me, when my husband, in what he thought was a sensitive and understanding move, said, "You should go to a big and tall shop."

Amanda said...

Totally just left a comment still logged into my work account. My wattage has been exceedingly low of late.

slackermommy said...

I also use the flush the toilet while in shower trick. The cold water over the top is even better. Thanks for the tip.

Jennifer H said...

I am very, very impressed. Well done. So deserved, too.

kristi said...

LOL!! Are you my long lost evil twin?? I am evil too!!

Lynette said...

MUCH more considerate that me. I will flush the toilet, or dump cold water on him in the shower. But not both. Very impressive.

EE said...

I do believe I'm going to have to file that act of revenge away...hehehe!!!!


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Ashley's Story

She will leave fingerprints all over your heart

Part 3

Formal night was definitely one of my favorites. Its not often that we get all dressed up and go out. Our life is a little more mundane than all of that. So of course it was fun for me to see the kids and Dave all dressed up.

As I scroll through the pictures from the trip I'm just so overwhelmed. I love these people so, so much. The children are amazing, and I know they got all of those amazing qualities from their dad. Seriously, they are simply amazing people. My sweet, sweet Ashley is the most precious thing you've ever seen. She lit up the room on this night. Strangers were taken in by her sweet spirit and they never failed to share their joy with us as they watched her throughout the week.

There were times that I ached so very much as I watched people stare at all the "extras" that accompanied my Ashley through out the week, but seriously it paled in comparison to the sweet expressions shared with us by our fellow passengers. As a mom I wanted so desperately for Ash to enjoy all that the ship had to offer children her age, but I can't change the circumstances that we have been given. The best I can do for my sweet Ashley is to allow her to live life to the full extent that she is able. So I wake up every day and push back the hurts and disappointments so that I can give to Ash all that she gives to me. She so deserves happiness, and this week she was definitely happy.

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Quick Trip to Nashville

I love Nashville. I have always loved Nashville. So, anytime I can make the short drive for a quick shopping trip or visit friends, I'm totally up for it. This time, I went to see my best friend in the entire world play in a band called Darling Parade. They. Are. Amazing. I rode along with Casey's sister Lindsey and her husband Mike.

When we first arrived, we got to do a little shopping. I love shopping in Nashville. :) We went home, changed, and headed to The Muse. I'll have to say, it was quite an interesting venue, but we still had fun. And DP ROCKED.

This band is going to be big, I just know it. If you get chance, you should definitely check out their myspace (, find them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter (DarlingParade).

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Lubbock, Texas

Wow...haven't blogged in a while. Things have definitely been crazy. Now that I am finally moved into my new apartment in Tuscaloosa, hopefully it will slow down a little and I'll have more time to blog. :)

I have SO many things/events I need to blog about, but my trip to Texas cannot wait any longer. :)

Earlier this month, Casey and I flew to Lubbock, TX to visit his parents. First of all, I love his parents. I am so thankful that they allowed me to come along with Casey to visit them. To be honest, I had never heard of Lubbock until the Conrads moved there. I was expecting a little hole-in-the-wall-middle-of-no-where town. HA! Lubbock is the complete opposite! Mr. R actually told me that Lubbock is BIGGER than Southaven AND Olive Branch put together! And it was.

Much to my surprise, there was a LOT to do in the town of Lubbock. Every store you could ever need is there, and boy did we do some shopping. :) My favorite shopping stop was at World Market where I bought a few cute things for my new apartment.

Casey's parents took us to many great places to eat, but my favorite was Orlando's. It was a really neat Italian restaurant. Oh, and we just happened to stop in on "All You Can Eat Spaghetti, Salad, & Garlic Bread" night. Mmmm mmm good.

We had so much fun in Texas. We shopped, ate, visited, and watched the CMT Country Video Countdown ;) BUT, my favorite part of the trip was when Mr. & Mrs. C took Case and I to the lake for the day. The lake was absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect.

Our trip to Texas was one that I will never forget. I can't wait to go back again!!! :)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Memphis Idol

It's been a few days since I've posted, but I've been a little busy. :)

Yesterday I helped judge Memphis Idol at the Avenue at Carriage Crossing. I had a blast!! 200 people showed up to audition! I along with Angelo Rapan, Erika Cobb, Cody Hanford, Jared Booty, and Lisa Lax had to judge every single one of the auditionees to find the next Memphis Idol. The winner of Memphis Idol received a ticket to skip the line at the American Idol auditions in New Orleans, LA. There was a TON of great talent yesterday. It was definitely hard to pick a winner. However, when it came down to it, we all decided on Jonathan-Blake White. He was AMAZING! His rendition of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" blew us all away. Congrats to him, and GOOD LUCK at American Idol!!!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Shopping & Pizza Night

Today was one of those nice, lazy days. :) I slept in late and hung out with my favorite dog in the world. Around 2:00, I decided I'd get off the couch and do something productive. I went shopping for a little bit to find some decorations for my brother to put into his dorm room. I can't believe he will be in college this Fall!

While shopping for Matthew, I stumbled on a picture that I just HAD to have for my apartment. My entire apartment is decorated in black, white, and red. I have a ton of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn pictures hanging up. So, today, I found a picture today of Audrey Hepburn from her movie Funny Face. It was only $15!! I had to buy it. And I did. :)

Later, I met my Uncle Joe, Aunt Sharon, and PeePaw (my granddad) at Steak N Shake so my granddad could get a chocolate milk shake. ;) We all went over to my house afterwards and I made TWO delicious pizzas. I made one with pizza sauce and cheese, because I like my pizza plain. The other pizza I made was a canadian bacon and pineapple pizza. My family loved it. :)

Tomorrow morning, I have to sing the National Anthem at the DeSoto County Dog Show. That should be interesting. ;)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

New Blogger

I have debated for quite some time now about whether or not I should start a blog. I am almost positive that I won't keep this updated like I should, but I'm going to give it a try anyway. Hopefully I'll never run out of interesting things to say on here. ;)

Since this is my first blog, I'll go ahead and update you on what has been going on in my life the past few weeks. In February, I won the title of Miss Heritage, which qualified me to compete in the Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant. I have always been one of those girls who said I would NEVER get into pageantry, but I had a blast! Since February, I have been training and preparing myself for the competition. This meant finding a song to sing for talent, perfecting that song, picking out a wardrobe for the pageant, and working out like CRAZY in order to look good in the swimsuit phase of competition. ;) The working out and eating better thing was definitely the hardest part of training for me, but I seemed to manage it ok. :)

So, last weekend, I competed along with 44 other beautiful and talented young women from across the state for the title of Miss Mississippi. Although I did not place in the Top Ten, I did however win the "Local Director's Award" which meant I placed 11th. I also won a Preliminary Talent Award and a Non Finalist Talent Award. Overall, I managed to win $2900 in scholarships through Miss Mississippi. I'll definitely settle for that. ;) Not only did I rack up some great scholarship money...I also made some great friends along the way. Friends that I will never forget!

I never knew that pageants could be so much fun. I can't wait to go back next year!!!


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Running a compiled Haskell program; getting errors

Tag: haskell Author: missonstart Date: 2009-07-21

Ok, so following on from my previous question I have ended up with the following code:

module Main where

import Data.List

chain n | n == 0 	   = error "What are you on about?"
    	| n == 1	   = [1]
    	| rem n 2 == 0 = n : chain (n `div` 2)
    	| otherwise    = n : chain (3 * n + 1)

chainLength n =  (n,length (chain n))
array = map chainLength [1..999]
lengths = map chainLength [1..1000000]

compareSnd (_, y1) (_, y2) = compare y1 y2
longestChain = maximumBy compareSnd lengths

From the GHCi this loads fine as a module, but running longestChain ends up with a stack overflow. The resolution to this problem that isn't a complete rewrite is to increase the stack size. So I compile with: ghc --make chain.hs

I get an error:

chain.hs:1:0: The function 'main' is not defined in the module 'main'

Where do I need to put the main function in to make it compile properly.
Then once compiled, how do I make it run the output or use the command? I assume with:

ghc chain.o +RTS -K128M

Once compiled, I only need it to run longestChain with a large stack size.

Best Answer

To compile an executable in Haskell you need to define a function called main. Something like this:

main = print longestChain

anywhere in the Main module.

Check out the GHC documentation on ghc --make.

Thanks, you're a lifesaver. My skill in Haskell has improoved greatly thanks to you're help.
<nitpick>BTW, I noticed you are still calling array to those [] things. There are arrays in GHC, but they are not the same as lists. It helps to use correct terminology.</nitpick> If you want to learn the differences:… and
Call me when you get to the "evil" monads ;-)

Other Answer1

The problem in your program is that maximumBy apparently has a bug in it. You should report this to the GHC people :)

Here's a fixed version:

maximumByFixed :: (Ord a) => (a -> a -> Ordering) -> [a] -> a
maximumByFixed op (h:t) = step h t
        step v [] = v
        step v (h:t)
            | v `op` h == LT
            = step h t
            | otherwise
            = step v t

As for why it won't build, you need to have a 'main' function, as Martinho says. That said, ghci's just a GHC program, you can always run:

ghci Main.hs +RTS -K128M

Of course, since your program takes quite a while to run, it's not a bad idea to compile it anyway. You can also compile a module for use with GHCI by adding exports and changing the name from Main:

module Chain (longestChain) where

Then run:

ghc -O2 --make Chain.hs

And then run ghci as normal:

ghci Chain.hs

This will load the compiled object automatically if it's up to date.

Fixed a small (but important!) error there, oops.
@bdonlan: there is no need for "Ord a" in maximumBy's context since it should only compare "a"s using the supplied comparison function.


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fulljid is empty after connection to BOSH service with XMPHP

Tag: strophe , bosh , xmpphp Author: xyjdream Date: 2012-11-13

I am trying to pre-bind an XMPP session via XMPHP and pass the rid/sid/jid to a strophe client to attach to the session.

connection code here:

$conn = new CIRCUIT_BOSH('server.com', 7070, $username, $pass, $resource, 'server.com', $printlog=true, $loglevel=XMPPHP_Log::LEVEL_VERBOSE);

  $conn->connect('http://xmpp.server.com/http-bind', 1, true);
}catch(XMPPHP_Exception $e){

I am getting the rid and sid but the fulljid in the $conn object stays empty and I cant see a session started on my openfire admin console.

If I create the jid manually by using the given resource and passing jid/rid/sid to strophe to use in attach, I get the ATTACHED status and I see calls from the client to the BOSH ip but I still dont see a session and I cant use the connection.

Strophe Client Code:

Called on document ready:

var sid = $.cookie('sid');
var rid = $.cookie('rid');
var jid = $.cookie('jid');
    $(document).trigger('attach', {
      sid: sid,
      rid: rid,
      jid: jid,

$(document).bind('attach', function (ev, data) {

    var conn = new Strophe.Connection(

    conn.attach(data.jid, data.sid, data.rid, function (status) {
        if (status === Strophe.Status.CONNECTED) {
        } else if (status === Strophe.Status.DISCONNECTED) {
        } else if (status === Strophe.Status.ATTACHED){

    Object.connection = conn;

I think the problem starts on the XMPPHP side which is not creating the session properly. 'attached' is triggered but never 'connected', is status 'connected' supposed to be sent? What am I missing?

When attaching to a session only the ATTACHED status will be returned. You can check to see what is being sent and received by providing functions for xmlOutput and xmlInput. Something like conn.xmlOutput = function (body) { console.log(body); }
Thanks. I just figured that this behavior is as expected.

Best Answer

Ok, solved, I saw that XMPPHP lib didn't create a session at all on the openfire server, so I wrote a simple test for the XMPP class which was good and created the session, and for the XMPP_BOSH class that didn't manage create one. Then I saw the issue report here: http://code.google.com/p/xmpphp/issues/detail?id=47 comment no.9 worked, it fixed the issue by copying the processUntil() function from the XMLStream.php to BOSH.php, still can't figure out why this is working. Then I found I had an overlapping bug also with some of the passwords set for users on the openfire server. These passwords contained these ! # % ^ characters, for some reason the XMPP_BOSH is sending the password corrupted or changed so I got Auth Failed exception. Changing the password fixed the issue and I can now attach to the session XMPPHP created with the Strophe.js library.