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Wednesday, March 24, 2004
** Middle East

I'd been meaning to write up a piece on the assassination of Shaikh Ahmed Yassin, but just haven't had time, and now it's getting to be too late. I do highly recommend this piece by Juan Cole on the subject.

The only other thing I'd like to say is that I congratulate George Bush and Ariel Sharon for this innovative move. In one fell swoop, they have raised the tension level throughout the Middle East to the boiling point, which will surely lead to an escalation of violence. This should help George's reelection prospects, and should perhaps also help to keep Ariel in power.

If it leads to the deaths of hundreds or thousands of further American, Israeli, and Palestian innocent victims, oh well, most of the dead wouldn't have voted anyway.
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Back To Mr.B

Happy Birthday to my great big 9 year old boy!

We finally have our 'full' Mr.B back!  He is certainly feeling more of himself the last few days which is so nice to see.  He is 'chatting' all the time and very playful and happy (all of life is a smile when you're Mr.B).

It's been a rough few weeks fighting off this virus with B finally feeling better and then I felt worse and vice versa.  We ended up back in hospital on Jan 2 because when the Homecare Nurse came for a visit he was only able to Sat at about 90-91%.  He had that audible 'wheeze' and was just not a happy boy.  I still had our bags packed from our last stay and I knew that I was most likely going to have to take him in but was still trying to manage it all at home.

I didn't get to ACH until later that evening when Mike got home (if it was in any way urgent I would have gone right in).  When we got there the little stinker was able to Sat 97% at the Emerge desk!  We were still taken back right away due to the previous admission and the fact that his lungs were so tight.  It was a Dr that we've had a few times (thankfully) and he's seen B at some of his worst Respiratory admissions so at least he had a baseline to go off of.  The Dr walked in and B was laughing and playing with me, sating 97% on the monitor and the Dr said, "any other person and I say, why are you even here?".  It's so nice to know that the Dr's do take me seriously and do listen to me (most of the time anyhow).  I quite like this Dr because he then took a listen to B was not at all happy with what he heard.  "Ahh, yeah, that would be why".

I explained the constant need for ventolin at home and that he'd not really progressed to getting better after our release on the 27th (which, yes, I did push for).  We went for a repeat chest x-ray and had a chat with the RT.  The xray actually did show some improvement over the one on Christmas day so that was reassuring as well as the fact that he was still able to maintain his sats.  The main concern was whether or not B would be able to maintain his sats while sleeping.  I knew that with B sating as well as he was that I could push to take him home and I also knew that Nurse Bo would be able to come by the next day to listen to him and check him over.  The Dr wanted to hold us until B fell asleep but I explained with how over stimulated the ER makes him that that could be hours away (I also knew that the Emerge was packed).  I asked about 'borrowing' a Sat monitor to read his overnight levels and the Dr was happy with that arrangement.  Unfortunately the RT explained that I couldn't actually borrow one unless it came from the Respiratory clinic so that was out.  I reassured the Dr that I was completely comfortable having him at home now that I'd seen how well he was holding his oxygen and I promised that I would bring him back in a heartbeat if needed (this Dr also knows how fast B can flip from 'ok' to very ill).  He did stress that I should consider buying a Oximeter for home (measures oxygen and heart rate) and I had to laugh because I didn't want to bring B home at 7 1/2 mths without one and all the Dr's and RT's said if I needed a monitor then B wasn't ready to be at home.  The Emerge Dr also said that he was on shift the next day as well and that if there were any issues to just bring B right in to see him.

I did have the Homecare Nurse come out the next day and just take another listen to him (he wasn't any worse or better) and she said he sounded about the same.  We had an appointment with Dr.Cassie the next week so I was confident that we could make it through the next few days.

**I just have to say how thankful I am for the Homecare Staff (our Nurses, RT's and Physical Therapist) because they will try their darndest to help out a family when needed!  They will even rearrange a schedule so that they can come all the way over to your house!**

When we saw Dr.Cassie on Monday B was certainly still not himself but she did say that his lungs sounded okay.  Works for me!  I had arranged to get into see the Pulmonary (lung) Dr earlier then planned (we weren't supposed to be seen until March) so Dr.Cassie was happy with that follow-up to come as well.

We also got in to see Dr.Frank last week (Plastic Surgeon) and it had been almost 2 years since he'd seen Mr.B.  Dr.Frank was very pleased to see B's jaw growth and said that he would rate B's jaw (Pierre Robin) as being mild to moderate now when it had been severe when he was born!  Yay for B!  I was thrilled that we'd made the right choice not to trach B or to do the mandibular distraction surgery (move the jaw forward)  when he was tiny and let him grow instead.  (Of course if it had not been an option for B to breathe we wouldn't have opted out of it).  It was a hard decision to make at the time, we were never expecting that B would be off his oxygen at 18mths of age, it was expected he'd be on it for many more years.  I look back at what this child has overcome and I'm just stunned!  When you hear him screech now you'd have no idea that one of his vocal cords was almost completely paralyzed after his heart surgery!  Dr.Frank did say that yes, we'll most likely still need palate surgery (extremely high/peaked palate) but that it would still be a little ways off for now.  From a jaw standpoint though?  Dr.Frank was happy to see how things looked and said that B's jaw will continue to grow with him and may even 'catch up' by his third birthday.  It is SO nice to have good news for a change!!

We had an anniversary of sorts last Saturday (on Torin's Birthday), it was our second year anniversary of donating blood.  Mike and I decided two years ago that we wanted to give back and we weren't sure how.  Our good friends Lorna and Amie thought of the idea of a blood drive and it worked!  We got right on board with the idea and we've now donated with a group of 8-10 friends every 56 days (give or take) for the past two years.  This makes me proud for several reasons but some of the biggest are that we were able to replace (and much more) the blood that B needed to survive.  We have had friends and family literally from coast to coast go out and donate over the last two years (some of them multiple times) all in Braeden's honour.  We've also had so many of our donors be FIRST TIME DONORS.  That is huge!  We are so proud to say that more then 1/2 of the people that have donated in B's honour did so for the first time in their lives!  It was a great day to celebrate so B wore his new Tiny Superheroes cape and wowed the donors with his cuteness (and his story and probably the chocolate cupcakes!).

B continued to drag his butt a bit though through the weekend but we could see bits of improvement each day.  The viruses this season sure have one heck of a long life!  We started this week off (Tues) with another visit from Homecare and all three of them were very happy to see B up and at em (and maybe just maybe performing a bit for them).  Shawnee (RT) said his lungs actually sounded great and Luci and Andrea (Nurses) were happy to see him a lot more active and alert then the last time they'd seen him.

We also met with our Physical Therapist and Dietician this week and they were both happy to see B progressing.  He was actually back on the chart for his weight in the 3rd percentile...I'll take it.
Mr.Poser and Miss Sweet!

Teaching Araya how to crawl!
Mr.B is making so many gains both physically, cognitively and in speech that it is amazing to watch.  He is happily and consistently now saying 'Hi' when I (someone he knows) walk in the room and he is mimicking our intonations on other words.  He may not be pronouncing them but he sure is trying out new sounds in his throat.  He is crawling at a rapid pace (especially if he's trying to get somewhere he's not allowed) and he is certainly acting just like a 2 year old!  For a kiddo who is 'globally delayed' I would say without hesitation that he's certainly acting his age! :)  He has learned 'No' really well (both from us telling him and his response to us!), he is happy to get into everything (Rylie calls him a 'cute little monster' when the boys forget and leave toys around), and he's more than happy to have a fit when he can't/won't get what he wants (along with the lovely stage of hitting and head butting).  I'm THRILLED to write down all of these stages (though not thrilled at all when the head butt comes my way)!  He's growing in so many ways and he continues to challenge me each and every day.

From Our Home To Yours...

Thursday, 9 January 2014

The Season Of Giving Back

I hate being behind, I am (of course) my own worst critic, but this post is SO important!

I've learned many, many things (some I wish I could forget) in this journey but what I've learned is so important is to 'give back'.  It was almost an 'instant' need for Michael and I, we wanted to give back.  Mr.B has taken so much in terms of hospital support, etc and we felt that if there was a way to give back we would try to do just that.  It is the reason that we started donating blood every 56 days (or so).  The blood donations started initially with the want of replacing the 37 transfusions that B's had but then we figured why would we ever stop?  The need for blood will never stop!  If anyone is interested in joining us, whether in Calgary or wherever you are, please click on the link for the FB page for updates!

I had a pressing need to give back to The Alberta Children's Hospital this Christmas, our home away from home.  It is a big hospital with a great deal of amazing donors but I wanted to make an impact where I knew that I appreciated it when we were there, the NICU.  We have a world class NICU over at Foothills Hospital (almost across the street per se) so when they built the ACH they didn't initially include a NICU (silly I know).  They soon realized there was a need for somewhere to put these wee surgery patients that were coming in from the other NICU's for surgery.  The NICU at ACH is only for surgery kiddo's and they are generally children that are born clinging to life (as was Mr.B).  There are only 8 beds in total (but that is about to change this year!!) and they are generally always full.

Mr.B was born in November and due to part hope and part not grasping (or wanting to grasp?) the seriousness of our child's situation(s), I held out the hope that B would still be home for Christmas.  If you've followed our story you already know that no, B didn't make it home for Christmas (or for another 7 1/2 months).  B had heart surgery when he was 22 days old and from there went septic/meningitis and was critically ill (again) over that first Christmas.  I would say it would have been an awful Christmas, and I suppose it was in a few regards, but it really wasn't in most.  The ACH NICU was and is an amazing place.  The staff are incredible, the Dr's are astounding and we felt that Mr.B got the best possible care.  The staff went out of their way for the families that year, we came in to homemade baking, presents and so many other wonderful things through that hard week.  The Nurses who work in Pediatrics do it because of love, not because of a paycheque and they are amazing.  The Nurses who work in the NICU's do it because it is their calling, they are gifted with a gentleness and hope like no other.  The NICU Nurses hoped with us, they laughed with us and yes, they even sometimes cried with us.  Our journey in the NICU was made so much easier with the staff that supported us and cared for us.

I put a call out to anyone that wanted to help, either with a donation or with time and I was humbled that so many people were willing to help.  While most of the donations came directly from Mr.B's family and personal friends some came from others that I've not had the pleasure of meeting and some came from other Parents of ACH that know all too well the life of an ACH Parent.  For Mr.B's second Birthday I set up a 'wishing well' to take donations for ACH and our incredible family and friends donated over $400 to it and that was my starting point for the Season to Give Back.

Each fancy shoe box was filled to the brim! The majority of the money went to gift cards for Co-op, Safeway, restaurants, ACH Cafeteria, and the Good Earth (ACH coffee shop).  Inside there was also a blanket, a new pair of booties/socks, a 'Baby's First Christmas' ornament, home baking, an inspirational word find book, and a 'set for life' lottery ticket.  I am so proud to say that each box was worth about $250!  Way to go Team Mr.B!!!

We had planned on 8 boxes total and that is what I had made and I did discuss with a few of you (as I wanted it to be a complete surprise) what I wanted to do if there was an 'extra box'.  Sure enough, there were only 7 babies in the ACH NICU for Christmas this year and it gave me SO much pleasure to take our additional box and deliver it to one of my favourite families on Unit 2.  This family hasn't known a Christmas at home with their little one (who is a few months older than B) as their child hasn't come home yet (in over 2 years).  I was able to give them a little more love then I had initially planned and was so happy to do it!  The 'Baby's First Christmas' ornament and the wee booties I gave it to one of my favourite Unit 2 Nurses and asked her where it should go (I know there are many kiddos that had their first Christmas there).  She chose to give it to a baby arriving 'home' to ACH from heart surgery in Edmonton Christmas day.  I added a huge box of chocolates for the Unit 2 Families in the family room and another box for the Unit 2 Staff and we were done!

**Thank you to Angela MacKenzie for helping me assemble and deliver the boxes, with B so sick I don't know how I would have found the time to do them otherwise!**

We were able to deliver them all on Christmas Eve (I had planned for earlier but life and B have a way of changing for me).  I have heard back from two of the NICU Nurses that they were very well received and that the Dad's were the ones that were emotional.  I know how hard it is to go down to a lower income after a baby arrives and I know how much stress it adds when that baby is sick.  I also know that the Dad's feel a good deal of pressure to provide for their families and yet feel the grief of not being able to be present in the NICU as much as they'd like.  I left the hospital that night with a sense of 'lightness' and happiness but also some sadness.  (I think I also knew in my heart that we'd be spending our own third Christmas in a row there the next day)

For anyone that still wants to donate, B always has a page open for ACH donations on their site, click here. (His story does need to be updated on it!)

Among all my Thank You's I need to give I also have another huge personal Thank You to give first.

On the night of December 14th we had 14 gift bags dropped off at our front door for us by a 'Secret Santa'.  14!!!  (The hilarious thing is that the 'secret' was a bit busted since Mike saw the vehicle and I had a good guess who it was!)  For this person to take the time out of their own busy life and shop and wrap up 14 individual gifts for the boys and us was, well, astounding to me.  We are so blessed daily with the kindness and love that our friends and family bestow on us.  I've said it before but can't say it enough, so much of this journey has been made bearable by our support network.  (I'm not supposed to tell but this Secret Santa's name might rhyme with Gina Lachuk...or that could just be her name ;).)

To all of our donors (and for goodness sake if I've some how forgotten you please tell me and I'm SO sorry!!) in no particular order as I love you all the best!:

Hicks Family (North Vancouver, BC)
Zebedee Family (Calgary, AB)
Fawcett Family (Vanderhoof, BC)
Fawcett Family (Stetler, AB)
Fawcett Family (Ponoka, AB)
Tania Stephenson (Calgary, AB)
Ursula Stephenson (Calgary, AB)
Kelly Lock (Calgary, AB)
Reichel Family (Calgary, AB)
Harding Family (Rosemary, AB) And for the wonderful necklace!
Jacobsen Family (Calgary, AB)
Reutlinger Family (Airdrie, AB)
Johnson Family (Burnaby, BC)
Begaliyev Family (Calgary, AB)
Martens Family (Calgary, AB)
Angela MacKenzie (Calgary, AB)

And to the 90+ people in attendance at B's 2nd Birthday that donated to the 'Wishing Well', your donations inspired me to give back in a bigger way then I had originally planned!  We love each and every one of you!

From Our Home To Yours...

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We arrived in Amarillo, Texas late on Tuesday night. The night ended with a beautiful lightning storm that consumed the whole sky. There was no thunder, just a continuous stream of lightning bolts. Ginger pulled out the video camera to try and capture a bit of it. The second it turned on the sky began to light up even more, Ginger turned to me with a smirk and said "Looks like God's showing off."

After a good nights sleep we made our way to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jordan (who is represented by the octopus) told us about his church here, so as we arrived we scooted on over to see Calvary's wednesday night service.
The worship was sweeet and it was nice to dig into the Word of God. After we spoke with pastor about volunteer opportunities in the community and were given a nice little list of places that would love help. The night I enjoyed some soup and salad. The boys enjoyed discovering that the car we parked in front of had a red octopus sitting in their front dash.
In fact I think it made their night. We almost lost Jordan because they thought it would be so funny just to leave him on the window, staring into the eyes of the pretty red octopus.
Ultimately we all agreed we couldn't do that to Jordan, so the boys settled with leaving a note on the window of the red octopus' car letting the owner know that we also had a octopus.

That night we all discussed a lot of things. It was good. This trip has really opened our eyes to what t truly means to walk in love. How difficult it can be, how necessary it is. Walking in love is so very important. It's a decision. It's a life style. It's the way we are called to live.

So that's what we must do.

Keep growing, loving, and learning.

On Thursday we looked up the different organizations that we could volunteer at. We found this two places, one called Joy Junction that cares for and feeds homeless families in the area. The other was a shelter for women, the Barrett House. Both had a list of supplies they needed, so we put some pen to paper and headed down to Walmart to do some shopping.
We got lots and lots of food and hygiene products along with a few cleaning supplies. The only tricky part was filling our already full car with all of these things. But we managed to move things and people around enough to fit everyone in semi-comfortable.
The highlight of that trip was that Stan's entire right leg fell asleep before we got to Joy Junction. So when we got out he was dancing around like a crazy person, trying not to fall over, and fake crying rather loudly. I don't think I've laughed that hard in awhile :)
At Joy Junction we swept, mopped, and took out trash. We didn't get to interact with a lot of people, but it was nice to just be able to be there.
I think the fact that we were serving on our own free will was astonishing to many of guests and other volunteers.

After dropping off the other supplies at the Barrett House, we made our way down Route 66 to find somewhere to eat. Instead we found the coooolest hostile! so we totally had to stop.
They were full for the night, but we were able to talk with the people who worked there. They were really cool to talk with and it was awesome talking to them about love. Our tummies kept rumbling to be heading down to this cute little Route 66 diner for some shakes.
We're very thankful for the the support we've been given <3

Today we move on to the Grand Canyon! We're still figuring out details on camping and hostels but I know it will all be worked out. We hope to volunteer at an Indian reservation somewhere, but I'm not sure if we're going to be able to.

I can't wait to meet more people and keep learning to walk in love :)

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Linda earned her master of science in nursing from the University of New Mexico and has provided care to the Albuquerque community for almost 40 years.  She is a volunteer for International Medical Corps and Physicians for Peace and a past US Army Nurse Corps Reservist.

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It’s OK to Be Bitter

Summer and cocktails go hand in hand. Whether you are relaxing at home or enjoying an evening on the town with your friends, you are doing yourself a great disservice if you are drinking classic cocktails like the Manhattan or the Old Fashioned without bitters.
We are still experimenting to determine our favorite brand, but we do have a couple that we prefer so far:

The first is Bittermilk. Founded by husband and wife team Joe and MariElena Raya, it is a line of cocktail mixers made for cocktail enthusiasts by bartenders with real ingredients. Our personal favorite is Bittermilk No. 2, Tom Collins with Elderflowers & Hops. The bright and refreshing taste feels perfect for a relaxing by the pool on a Saturday afternoon. They are crafted and bottled by human hands in Charleston, South Carolina. You can purchase them online at www.bittermilk.com.
We also love Crude Bitters. Don’t be fooled by the name— it is a reference to the rudimentary origins of bitters that included exotic roots, herbs, and spices aged in various liquids with beneficial (and unverified) claims attached to them.

In truth, they are very careful to make sure their methods are not crude and that their ingredients are all natural. Their selection, preparation, maceration, bottling and labeling is done by hand in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our personal favorite selection from Crude Bitters is “Sycophant” Bitters. This flavor starts as a sweet, citrus taste and finishes with earth tones and vanilla bean. It pairs well with gin or bourbon. For more information on purchasing Crude Bitters and trying them out for yourself, visit www.crudebitters.com.

Pick up our July issue (while you still can!) for more information on the history and uses of bitters. Visit our Facebook page to win samples of a variety of bitters from the above mentioned companies! Good luck!


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Sunday, 2 September 2007

Radius arm strip down - Bye Bye Rear Subframe!

Stripped down the rear subframe and radius arms, which I will be rebuilding sometime this week when the parts arrive. It's bye bye to the old rear subframe - in exchange for the rear beam.

Not much else to say really!

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January 13, 2013

4 Months

He talks. He poops in the toilet. He sings. He sleeps. He smiles. He is wearing 9-12 month old clothing. None of his socks fit him, besides the 24 month old fellas. He is losing some of his hair. He has chubby thighs. He pulls our hair. He sits and stands with help. He smacks books. He isn't a fan of bottles. He loves his reflection in the mirror. He giggles at his toys more than he giggles at humans. He pees out of his Bum Genius diapers at night unless I stuff 3 thick microfiber inserts in 'em. He sleeps in a SwaddleMe. He sleeps in his own room. He's four months old, and we love it!

hand eating: it continues, and it's going on strong. He will grab my hair while eating and bring it to his mouth (mind you, while he's already eating). He will grab your fingers and put them in his mouth. He will grab toys, your straw as you slurp your smoothie, his burp rag... it all goes into his mouth and all I can say is: hooray for not being in daycare! Everything into baby's mouth + a million other babies + bacteria you cannot avoid = numerous trips to the pediatrician, with a diagnosis or 6 of ear infections and strep throat. Oh, germs, you nasty!

His stats: at his four month well child check up he weighed in at 19.10lbs, 27 inches long, (both 98% for babes his age) and 56% in head circumference! Hooray for giant babies! His doctor says she imagines him thinning out a bit once he hits 6 months, which could continue until 9 months, so we shouldn't fret if he turns into a skinny bubba out of no-where. I wuv our chunk muffin and will definitely miss his rolls! Make them stay?

Mobile Baby? So, as of right now he is happy to sit with you holding his hands as he faces you, as well as sit pretty sturdy-like in your lap, on your leg, even in his bebePOD chair. He also really enjoys going from sitting to standing, his knees wobble a little but he smiles and giggles as we go from lying down, to sitting, to "up! Biiig boyyy!" and back down again. Really he'll go on for a long while before he's bored, I'm usually keen to stop before he even asks to because I'm ready to do something different! He isn't rolling over yet, but does enjoy tummy time a lot more than he did when he was an infant. On his back, he likes to roll to his side but not for very long unless there is a lot of excitement to see on his side (light up toys, hanging toys, his papa's face). I'm going to try n' practice a bit of stretches and strength training while his hips, legs, and tummy muscles to encourage fun mobility. I'm know I'm crazy for wanting to speed things up, don't get me wrong I'm thankful for his not-yet-crawling self at this time, but there ain't nothing wrong with strengthening them muscles!

On infant potty training: also known as, Elimination Communication. I read a little about it online and was a little intimidated. Here is Andrea's way of putting it:

"The first thing you should know:
Half the babies around the world are potty trained by 12 months (Pediatrics Magazine), yet in the United States, the average age is currently 3 years old (webMD).
The second thing you should know:
Finishing with diapers does not have to take 3 years. Elimination Communication, aka Infant Potty Training or Diaper Free Babies, is the natural alternative to diaper dependence and the dreaded toddler toilet training. You can stop changing diapers today, at any age.
And…the third thing you should know:
Elimination Communication should not be difficult to begin. Learning should be clear, fun, and smooth, with an ease about the practice within a few weeks. You can expect a certain amount of day or night dryness by 6-20 months (depending on when and how you begin).
You can do EC as little or often as you like. It fits every lifestyle. And it doesn’t have to be hard (if you know precisely where and how to begin)."

I bought her online book, EC Simplified, and love how she guides us parents! She really explains it in an easy-going, stress-free way, making me feel like there is no pressure in getting Santi to stay diaper-free or clean-diaper boy before he is 7 months old. We're going at it very slowly, too. All I am doing now is sitting him on the potty (I sit behind him and hold his legs so he feels supported) and say "poopy" while grunting a little, until he poops. We do this after each nap and/or feeding, especially first thing in the morning once he has a bit of time to wake up. He has pooped many times and peed in the toilet, it's amazing! Of course, he still poops in his diaper but when he does this, instead of going nuts and ripping off his pants n' diaper and running to the toilet, I simply tell him "poopy ughh" for the sake of sound association. I'll do a full post on it some day, when he is more consistent and we're seeing progress! For now, we're having fun with it - and it's so cute seeing his poopy face as he goes on the big-boy potty!

On sleep: his sleep patterns aren't as consistent as I mentioned back in the "sleep progression" post. As long as he has 2-3 naps during the day, lasting anywhere from 1 hour to 2, he will sleep pretty well. Pretty well for him means: sleep at 8:30pm, fuss and need more soothing to sleep at 9:15pm, wake around 3:00am to eat, wake for the day around 8:30am. Santi is an uber happy baby when this is the case for him with naps and nighttime rest! It just depends on us pushing those daytime naps, and not accepting a 30 minute cat nap in the middle of the day from this guy! 1.5 hours minimum or you're going back to bed, cutie. We use white noise for the naps and nighttime sleep, it's a gem. Also, at 3 months old we moved him to his own crib in his room and he's been there since! His daytime naps take place in the living room in his swing, but all night sleeping goes down in his room like a big boy! I love it, it was a very smooth transition. I recommend the whole Pack N' Play in parents' room from birth on, then switching to nursery when you're feeling up to it. We put the same furniture "raisers" we had on two of the Pack N' Play legs under 2 of the crib legs so he's on a mini-incline, which we think made the switch to crib easier, too!

Drool: Oh me oh my. He has been drooling like madness for over a month now. We were able to feel one of his teeth coming in back around Christmas time, but no signs of it greeting us, yet. It's definitely on it's way, though - the proof is in the buckets of drool, the constant chewing, and the random fussy periods. Breaking out the bibs has commenced, and light rashes on his chin from the constant wetness is a given. Hooray teeth! Can I feed him a sandwich, now?

Other than those topics? Hmmm... we haven't started solid food yet - although the pediatricians say that you can start rice cereal as early as four months old. I offered him a carrot but he was all, "yeah, no..." and just used it as a teething toy. Choking hazard? Yesh. We're thinking of waiting until Santi shows us he needs more food besides breast milk, or once he reaches the six month mark, whichever comes first! and, well, he's growing pretty well - praise God! - so we're not currently worried about him getting enough to eat. My oh myyyy, how do babies grow so rapidly without us even realizing it? I don't even remember holding an 8lb baby back in September. All I know is Santiago's chubby, sturdy, pretty mucha toddler body! Comparison photos bring it all into perspective. Blows my mind to bits and pieces, I tell you.

Happy four months, love bug. We think you're pretty spectacular!

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Greenville, SC 29609 USA
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2/5 stars

Yellowfin nigiri on rice (yeah, yeah, but that's how I like it). Picked it up, and the rice crumbled.

Um. Ok… The yellowfin itself was fine, but if yellowfin ever doesn't taste at least fine, call the health department and prepare for food poisoning. But not packing the rice firmly? What? This place had passed the who-is-eating-here test. Maybe it's the only option nearby.

The shrimp and vegetable tempura, however, had *no* flavor. None. Well, ok, the one piece of broccoli is what convinced me my mouth wasn't broken. The shrimp, sweet potato, and even the onion were utterly devoid of flavor. I could feel something in my mouth. It went crunch. But nothing more. Even with the sauce. Nada. The batter clearly is straight from the box, and the sauce likewise and also watered down.

Now the kicker. The layout places the sushi prep area against the back wall. There's no seating against it, and you walk past it to reach the restrooms. Heading back there makes it clear why there's no seating: the smell. That fishy smell sushi should *NOT* have greets you, says hi, and talks you out of having any more. Wow.

Why two stars and not one? The folks working there were great. I didn't feel at all ignored as a lone diner, and they were nice and quick with everything but without pressure. And the atmosphere is ok. It's a kind of sports bar / sushi place that's more common on the West coast.

The sushi chefs looked rather dour. I suspect they know what's going on (except the rice… seriously?). Whoever is buying the ingredients and setting temperatures needs to think hard about what they're trying to accomplish. The prices are far too high for the quality, or the quality is absurd for the price. Pick one, and fix it. It'd be a shame to keep wasting the great location and good people (definitely giving the benefit of the doubt about the rice: utterly amateur mistake).

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Checking In...

The Thanksgiving weekend was fun. Time spent with family, time to relax, time to go see the new Twilight movie... Thanksgiving was fabulous.

Black Friday Shopping did not happen at my house. I thought about it, but it didn't happen. I have heard different stories from friends but most of them said while they were sad that others had to work on Thanksgiving, they were excited about the things they bought and their savings.

I have been busy creating things for Christmas, which happens to be my favorite holiday. And because my creations are for Christmas, I have no pictures to share yet.

I have also started back up on my giant granny square blanket which I put down too long ago to work on other things. I am happy to have it back in my hands.

I hope you are feeling blessed with life and the promises of the holidays.

Monday, November 12, 2012

This Is Really Cool...

When you have time, head on over to Sew, Mama, Sew! They are having their Sixth Annual Handmade Holidays. Every day for the month of November you will find different tutorials, printables, recipes, giveaways and more.

I was really excited when they contacted me a few weeks ago. On November 10th, they featured my Outer Space embroidery pattern. You can check out the page here.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Sweet Dreams...

The latest project in my embroidery class was on card stock. I created the cloud shape and text on the computer and then printed it out on cream colored cardstock. I followed the video instructions from Sublime Stitching for embroidery on paper. Watch the video below...

The first thing you do is punch holes with your needle along your pattern lines, going all the way through the cardstock. Then just stitch away. I cut mine out about 1/4 inch away from my stitching and used embroidery floss as a hanger. I also embroidered a hand drawn star to hang from the bottom.

I love the way mine turned out. My students did a great job on theirs as well. I am really proud of all of them and how much they have improved in their technique so far.

Here is the pattern for you. The "thought bubble" cloud was a template on my computer and I left off the ovals for my class. And, even though I printed it out for my class, I think it would be better to trace the design onto your paper using a light box or window.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

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All by Myself.

I had a bit of a holiday last week.   Mr LC occasionally goes long haul trucking with his buddy to international locales and last week was one such trip.  Now as I have mentioned here when the hubby is away I get all revved up to do something to fix up the house.

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 This little corner is where I hang my clothes.  Yes, folks a two hundred+ year old house does not contain many closets.  We have two upstairs, one that was already here and one my husband made in #1's room.  The one that was already here is in the hall and is full of Mr LC's winter clothes and the girls' castoffs that they cannot part with but don't want have room for in their own homes.  So I cleared out some things from the closet and squeezed hung my things in there and proceeded to remove the ugly wallpaper from that corner of the hall.
It came off amazingly easy, I was really surprised.  Just a light spritz of water and the paper pretty much peeled off in one layer.
Underneath the paper was this nasty pale pumpkin coloured paint.  It looks much better in the photo believe me.  So I dug out some of my go to Cloud White by Ben Moore and splashed that on the walls.
Forgive the photo quality, there's not much light in that corner. I need to do another coat of paint but I ran out and haven't been shopping yet.
This is the view looking out from the master bedroom.  Like I say, there's not a lot of light there and it's a cloudy day.  Anyway, I am so pleased with how easily the paper came off that I'm preparing myself to do the whole hall.  Isn't it funny how you get so used to something you don't even see it anymore?  That paper was horrible and it's all coming off!  And my clothes are staying in the hall closet. So there.  Do you have any places in your home that are kind of nasty or unfinished and you don't even notice it anymore?

Maggie {Okay, now what?} said...

Why yes, we have such a place. It's called our basement. Good job on the wall paper.

Deb said...

Our basement is more of a cellar. (shudder)

An Urban Cottage said...

That looks great! I actually don't mind stripping wallpaper. It's very meditative.

I'm really narrowing down the nasty places in my house. Just a few closets, a bathroom and the basement.

Nice job!

Rural Revival said...

Yep, but it would be easier to tell you about the places that aren't nasty or unfinished. And faster too.

Makeminemidcentury said...

No nasty places, because it's not my house so I don't care about it.

I like when you get all destructive and then restorative.

Deb said...

MMMC It's the restorative part that gets me. Lots of destruction and so little restoration!

the gardener's cottage said...

hi deb, good work! that is one thing i love when larry is out of town too. i usually take on a project of some sort. i don't know why i wait for him to leave to do these things. anyway i really should do a post on this too. but recently i wore my reading glasses whilst doing the dishes. i generally don't do that b/c walking in them makes me dizzy but anyway i did and was appalled by how filthy my sink, tiles and cabinets were. i had NO idea. i thought they were clean! well they are now but wow, were they ever nasty!

Linda said...

OH that is so funny, Deb...we ARE doing the same thing! LOL! You're right...great minds DO think alike! It was SO much fun ripping that paper down...I was in a great mood for days!

sarah atmyyellowhouse said...

You know I love my productive time alone! My best projects get done when the hubbys away! :)

Enjoy your the new white closet but I really LOVE the door!!!

Have fun and get lots more done ~

Faye Henry said...

Good for you Deb.. I have many places especially here at the cottage that I just walk by and don't even think about.. I would get dizzy if I did.. grin..
I am still looking for you.. smile..
Blessings, friend..

camp and cottage living said...

No, nothing nasty. But definitely lots of clutter that needs cleared out!
It's amazing what a difference the paint job made in your closet. It looks so fresh and clean!

Becky said...

It looks so much cleaner and brighter,even without much light. Good job! Wallpaper can be a bear so you sure lucked out as you know.

And yes .. getting ready to move to a 2 bedroom apt and it is not my dream place to live. Planning on some really good updates and color-filling corners to happy up the place a little bit.

ANd missed you too. Glad to be back.

Raine and Sage said...

I sometimes get caught up in reno and life, and don't see my legs anymore; when really they are crying out for a razor and shave.
I like your white walls very much. Cats meow. Cats meow.

From Beyond My Kitchen Window said...

My kids have all of the upstairs. Their bathroom hasn't been renovated in 25 years. It's time to get the lead out and do something, something on a budget though.


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Well, I've been invited to post on Lalaland for a reason which escapes me. Why on earth would you think I'd be more or less permanently in Lalaland these days? Errrm maybe this will help.

A certain person (the title of the blog should give you a clue as to who this might be) sent me a link to a funky crochet cushion yesterday. Made from granny squares with flowers, I had a quick go at the pattern last night and it wasn't difficult at all. For some reason, this morning after I'd clocked in early to Lalaland I decided I'd unpick a hideous old jumper and make my own version of the cushion.

Doesn't look too much hassle, does it? Hah!

Oh dear, here we are about 4 1/2 hours later and this is all I've achieved. I thought it was a badly put together jumper when I looked at it, but it seems I was wrong. Ruddy thing is so fiddly I'm losing the will to live. I don't know about a crochet cushion - might end up as a pincushion.

And so, if I survive tonight here in Lalaland, I shall carry on doggedly and we'll see what happens. Don't hold your breath though - it might end up in the bin. JJ

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An exhibition of works of the legendary Italian designer Gianni Versace will become one of the main events and an opening of Lviv Fashion Week ХХ-th edition. The exhibition will be held in Potocki Palace on October 26-29. Versace’s clothes that will be presented at the exhibition are a part of a private collection of Brazilian collector and visual artist Alexandre Stefani. In 2017 memorable events in honor of the prominent fashion designer, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of his death, are held throughout the world to which Lviv Fashion Week joins: in Ukraine Gianni Versace’s works will be exhibited for the first time. Part of Alexandre Stefani’s Gianni Versace collection has been shown at various events in Brazil, Poland, Germany.

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“I think the fashion history does not make justice to Gianni Versace talent, and remember him only for some cliché of oversexed ladies or flamboyant prints, I want to show a much deeper genius by sharing my collection with the world”

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The Alexandre Stefani, Gianni Versace Private collection today count more than 500 items including lots of total looks of the most important collections and show in a deep and fascinating way the most important moments of Gianni Versace creative mind. For many years Alexandre has been studying Versace's creative activities and collected his works; in his researches he met a lot of Gianni’s personal friends and colleagues and reached to purchase very important pieces - some of them were given to friend by Gianni himself, while others were purchased at charity auctions donated by celebrities.

Open hours of the exhibition “Gianni Versace. Private collection by Alexandre Stefani” in Potocki Palace: 10.00 a.m.-06.00 p.m., October 27-29

Partners: Mystyle-events, Lviv National Art Gallery, Fashion Philosophy Fashion Week Berlin.

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The photograph behind the Art & Writing title (and with this post) is of Maketu, a tiny coastal settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. When I wrote Swimming to Motiti, my first published short story as a serious adult writer, I drew on deeply-held memories of holidays at Maketu.

Living inside me still is the fragrance of wild fennel, the mystery of old graves tucked into a scrubby hillside, and the sound of breakers beating against the sand. At some deep level, these are the memories that ground me when I'm writing or making art. Swimming to Motiti won first place in a New Zealand national short story competition.

Using this image on Art & Writing is a way of entrenching myself into this challenging new world of online writing. What grounds you in your writing or artmaking?
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    Thanks for following my blog and leaving a message on my website!

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Gov. Wolf’s proposal to impose a $25-per-capita annual fee on municipalities that rely on state troopers for full-time police coverage finally recognizes the inequity of allowing borough and township officials to shirk their responsibilities for public safety. And despite strong opposition from many of those officials, the proposal actually doesn’t go far enough.

As State Police Commissioner Col. Tyree Blocker revealed last week, it costs the state about $600 million annually to provide full-time coverage in the nearly 1,300 municipalities without local police. That’s $234 per year for each of the 2.5 million residents in those municipalities, which include 28 in Luzerne County with a total population of 49,042.

Why should residents in those 28 boroughs and townships enjoy free coverage, while those in the county’s other 48 municipalities have to pay? The current system makes its attractive for elected officials to forgo local coverage and avoid tax increases that could anger voters. In fact 16 of the 20 municipalities in Luzerne County with the lowest property tax rates don’t have local police departments.

Wolf’s fee, which would be levied on municipal governments, not on taxpayers, should be increased and imposed directly on residents in those municipalities so that they would recognize the actual cost of a service they have no doubt been taking for granted. A higher fee, charged directly to taxpayers, would generate pressure on local officials to provide local service or consider the formation of regional police forces, an approach that would produce more efficient, more economical and more professional local service than many smaller municipalities can muster on their own.

A higher fee would also deter officials in municipalities that now fund their own police departments from making the calculation that disbanding those forces and paying the state fee would save money.

Wolf’s current proposal, which would direct some of the state’s revenue to the training of 100 new state troopers, could actually result in even more demand for state police to provide municipal coverage, which would not be ideal given the state’s chronic deficits and the difficulty of providing timely police response across Pennsylvania’s sprawling townships.

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Caleb Smith was on top of the world.

The 26-year-old Williamsport man recently graduated from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine with a master’s degree in biomedical sciences, finishing second in his class. He was looking forward to becoming a general practitioner, his mother, Kathy Smith, said.

Those plans ended last Sept. 1, when he retrieved a handgun he hid in his car and fatally shot himself in his head.

Officially, his death was ruled suicide. To his mother, he is another victim of the opioid epidemic — even though he did not do illicit drugs.

In what federal prosecutors acknowledge is one of their more unusual cases, Caleb Smith was charged with causing the May 6, 2016, death of his 26-year old girlfriend, Amanda Leach of Clarks Summit, who died of a fentanyl overdose. Prosecutors say Smith unknowingly supplied her the drug, which he ordered from a website operated by Aaron Broussard, believing it was another substance.

A federal grand jury indicted Broussard and Smith on a charge of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and up to a maximum of life.

Already consumed by guilt, the threat of prison was too much for her son to handle, Smith said.

“He was so afraid of going to prison,” she said. “He’d never been in trouble. ... When he heard he faced 20 to life, he really went downhill after that.”

Broussard, of Hopkins, Minnesota, is suspected of causing the death of at least 10 other people in several states by selling fentanyl through his website. His case remains pending in federal court so details of Caleb Smith’s involvement have not been revealed.

Smith said her son told her he thought he was buying Adderall for his own use. The drug is commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder. It is popular among college students, who find that taking it helps them concentrate better when studying, she said.

She said her son told her his girlfriend asked him to give her some of the drug. He initially resisted, Smith said, but she persisted and he relented. A friend found her dead in her apartment.

Her death devastated Caleb.

“He said, ‘I’m a murderer,’ ” Smith said. “I said, no you are not. A murderer is someone who meant to do it. I couldn’t get that through his head.”

Smith said she doesn’t understand why her son was charged since he did not know he had purchased fentanyl.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Brandler, who headed the middle district’s office when Smith and Broussard were charged, acknowledged Smith’s case was particularly tragic. He said he could not discuss the case, other than to say there were circumstances that warranted the charges against him.

Smith said her son went into a deep depression after he was charged.

“He told us every day, ‘I want to blow my head off,’ ” she said. “I said, ‘please, Caleb. Please don’t do this. I love you.’”

She thought she confiscated all his guns. She did not know he had one hidden in his car. He was at her home when she saw him pull something out.

“He turned around and I saw he had a gun in his hand,” she said. “I jumped on his back, trying to take the gun from him. He threw me back into the dining room. ... I heard a bang and I heard him drop.”

She still struggles with his death.

“I tell people all the time, I can’t imagine the good he would have done,” she said. “This kid was on top of the world. One stupid mistake and the world ended for him.”

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Mara Marinaki

Ambassador Mara Marinaki, Head of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the OSCE, is Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council in 2009.

Personal details:

  • Feb. 2007 - promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary 1st Class
  • 2004 - 2007 - Special Representative in the Greek Inter-ministerial Committee on Migration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Dec. 2002 - promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary 2nd Class
  • 2001 - 2007 - Director of the C4 Directorate for Justice, Home Affairs and Schengen, in the EU General Direction at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
  • Nov.99-Dec.2000 - Deputy Director at the A3 Directorate for SE Europe, MFA
  • Feb.95-Oct.99 - Consul General of Greece in Berlin
  • 1994 - Political Counselor at the MFA Secretary General's Office
  • 1993 - Political Counselor at the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Office
  • 1988 - 1992 - Political Counselor at the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC
  • 1987 - 1988 - Second Secretary, UN and International Organizations Department, MFA
  • 1981 - 1985 - Third Secretary, Political Affairs Division in Thessaloniki, MFA
  • 1980 - Embassy Attaché, MFA

  • 1980 - University of Athens, Law Faculty - Law Degree
  • 1980 - 1981 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Diplomatic Academy
  • 1981 - 1983 - Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki -Postgraduate Studies in
  • International Law
  • 1985 - 1986 - H.H. Humphrey Fellowship in the U.S. - Humphrey-Fletcher Fellow
  • 1986 Master of Arts - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Medford, MA) /cross registration with JFKennedy School of Government (Harvard University)

Greek (native). Fluent in English, French, German. Working knowledge of Italian and Spanish.

  • Nationality: Greek
  • Born in Thessaloniki (Greece): June 9th, 1957
  • Married to Jankos Mavropoulos

OSCE suspends talks on Georgia mission

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VIENNA (AP) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe suspended talks on prolonging its presence in Georgia Thursday, but held out hope Russian resistance to a compromise would ease by a summer deadline.
The Vienna-based OSCE has to shut down its 16-year-old Georgia mission by June 30 after Moscow blocked the extension of its mandate late last year. A separate mandate for 20 unarmed military monitors currently operating in Georgia also expires on that date.
Greek Ambassador Mara Marinaki, whose country currently holds the OSCE's rotating chairmanship, described the suspension as a «temporary drawback.
«Nothing is final,» she told reporters.
Five months of informal talks were stymied Wednesday over Russia's refusal to endorse a Greek compromise plan. The 56-nation OSCE operates by consensus and so one nation can block action.
The crux of the disagreement is that Russia considers Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia an independent state and wants other OSCE members to treat it as such. South Ossetia was at the center of a brief war between Georgia and Russia in August and tensions remain.
Marinaki said the Greek proposal remained on the table but that talks would be put on hold until further notice.
Anvar Azimov, Moscow's permanent representative to the OSCE, said Moscow was not to blame for the impasse.
Russia «has consistently stood for continuation of the OSCE's work on the territory of Georgia and South Ossetia,» he was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti news agency.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergo Kapanadze said the development «demonstrates the fact that Russia cannot meet its international obligations.
Kyle Scott, Washington's OSCE envoy, urged Moscow to reconsider «in the spirit of cooperation.
Associated Press writer Catrina Stewart contributed to this report from Tbilisi, Georgia.
Published: May 14, 2009 15:23h
Last modified: May 14, 2009 19:41h
Europe's top security and human rights watchdog on Thursday halted talks on keeping peace monitors in Georgia after Russia blocked a deployment plan, but it stood by the proposal and nudged Moscow to reconsider.

Russia sent in troops to crush Georgia's move to retake its separatist South Ossetia region in a war last August, then rejected an extension of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's 16-year-old monitoring mission in the former Soviet republic when it expired on Dec. 31. The military and civilian monitors face a June 30 deadline to pull out.

On Wednesday, Russia barred a revised monitoring proposal from OSCE chairman Greece by insisting on language driving home its view of South Ossetia as an "independent" state -- rejected by Georgia and not endorsed elsewhere in the 56-nation group.

U.S. and European Union officials regard an OSCE presence in Georgia as crucial to preventing further fighting between separatist and Georgian forces and mistreatment of civilians.

Greece's OSCE ambassador, Mara Marinaki, announced a suspension in five-month-old negotiations on a new OSCE presence in Georgia. But she said the current proposal remained on the table and she called for "strong political will" to accept it.

She made clear she would stick to an approach that omits mention of Georgia or South Ossetia and related political and geographic references -- skirting the hot-button issue of the separatist territory's status -- while stipulating free movement for monitors across the August ceasefire line.

"We need to review the results of our efforts to build the required consensus around the Greek proposal based on the 'status-neutral' formula that would allow the OSCE to continue its crucial work in Georgia," Marinaki said in a statement.

Marinaki told reporters later she regarded the break-off of talks to be temporary and an agreement would come if key parties were willing to "go the extra mile".

In Moscow, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian Foreign Ministry source as saying no final decision had been made and dialogue would go on but that Greece's plan "makes no sense".

"This plan is based on the premise that everything in the region remained the same after the Georgian aggression. But this plan won't work. Tskhinvali (South Ossetia's regional capital) will not let the observers enter its territory." Georgia's Foreign Ministry accused Russia of trying to force the OSCE out of the country to legalise an "illegal recognition of our occupied regions" and turn them into "non-transparent and unaccountable black holes, where ethnic cleansing is an ongoing practice and where human rights are violated on a daily basis".

U.S. OSCE envoy Kyle Scott urged Russia to rethink what he called its "excessive amendments" which he said offended almost all OSCE states seeking a "genuine compromise" on monitoring.

"We call one last time for (Russia) to reconsider ... in the spirit of cooperation to avoid the deterioration of a critical security architecture we have worked so hard over the years to build," Scott told an assembly of OSCE ambassadors.

Greece's solution would leave Russia's quest for broad recognition of pro-Moscow South Ossetia's "independence" to be addressed at "status" talks in Geneva, while accommodating the insistence of Georgia and its Western allies on Georgian territorial integrity and a single OSCE mission in the country.

But Russia on Wednesday answered the Greek draft proposal with its own version that crossed out references to "free and unimpeded contact and movement" across the truce line.

Any movement, it said, would be agreed with "relevant authorities", meaning the rebels and Russians, with separate monitor missions in South Ossetia and state-controlled Georgia.


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Opened 1849, last burial 1962

Burial registers - Canterbury Wincheap Cemetery 1911-1927 (CCA-CC-Q/BB/F/2), Canterbury Cathedral Archives

The Wincheap cemetery (Non-conformist) is situated beside the King's Head public house on the west side of Wincheap Street. The cemetery was opened in 1849, and closed for burials in 1938. After this time, the cemetery was in a much needed state of repair having been overgrown with foliage and sorely vandalized. In 1976, the City Council's Planning Committee was undecided as to the future of the cemetery.

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1889 "Nonconformist Cemetery, top of Wincheap Street, opened 1849 and under a committee of management of 12 gentlemen, 4 from the Baptist, 4 from the Congregational, and 4 from Lady Huntingdon's Chapel."

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"In affectionate remebrance of John HALKE who departed this life July 30th 1870, aged 72 years. How strangely fond of life we are that none who vies this house would change with me. Yet gentle reader tell me which is best, a painful journey or a place of rest. Also of Elizabeth Atkinson relict of the above who departed this life April 16th, 1874 aged 81 years....." *John was a Grocer

"In affection remembrance of John GIBBONS of this city who departed this life May 6th, 1873, aged 73 years. The battle is fought the victory is won. Tho lost to sight, to memory dear Aslo of Esther wife of the above who departed this life May 16th, 1874....." *John was a Tailor & Draper

"In affectionate remembrance of Lily Blanche JACKMAN who departed this life September 10th 1873, aged 6 1/2 months"

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The grave stone on the far left

"In loving memory of Mary Ann the beloved wife of Stephen CARTER who entered into rest May 11th 1898, in her 87th year. Also of the above Stephen Carter who entered into rest August 29th 1905, aged 90 years." (Stephen was a Baker, daughters Mary Ann Carter and Emily Carter) *Sophia Sarah Sankey, sister in law

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"In memory of John HERITAGE who died May 27, 1869, aged 76 years...... Ann HERITAGE his beloved wife who died May 22, 1853, aged 65 years...."

"In memory of Robert BARBER of this City who remains repose here waiting the resurrection of the just. He died January 5th, 1870 aged 75 years, also of Frank Albert youngest son of the above who lies interred in the burial ground of Holy Cross Church, Westgate. He died June 4th, 1847, aged 7 years.....Also of Elizabeth wife of the above Robert BARBER who died December 1st 1878, aged 76 years."

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"In affectionate remembrance of Augusta Maria the beloved wife of Alfred ANDERSON, who exchanged mortality for life on the 23rd day of March 1873. How solid all, where change shall be no more. Also of the above Alfred ANDERSON who died December 14th, 1900 aged 69 years. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.... Also of Harriet second wife of the above Alfred Anderson who died December 3, 1903 aged 65 years. For ever with the Lord. "

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"Mr. G. W. BEALE, Baptist Minister of Faversham (41 years). He was interred at the Canterbury Cemetery, Wincheap, on April 20th. His old friend Mr. ROOK of Faversham, officiated at the grave. I am longing and waiting, my brother: and I hope soon to be with my dear departed friend and brother. "Then loudest of the crowd I'll sing, With shouts of sovereign grace." Samuel Foster. Sturry, near Canterbury, Kent. June 5th, 1863 - The Earthen Vessel August 1863 (George Wilson Beall?)

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I.H.S. - Memorial for Thomas Foat COZENS

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The monument to the right is a memorial for Louisa the beloved wife of Thomas Foat COZENS and Sarah Louisa eldest daughter of Thomas Foat and Louisa COZENS

There is a book on the Memorial Inscriptions of the Nonconformist Burial Grounds in Wincheap, Canterbury, containing "a plan of the burial ground, by Richard A. Jones and an exact copy of every legible inscription on every gravestone 1849-1938." Transcribed by Duncan W. Harrington, L.H.G. - The Kent Family History Society 1976. ISSN 0308-9037

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Happy Birthday Angel Girl!

It's hard to believe our little Ashley is now 10!
The top 5 reasons we love Ash:
1. She loves all living things, especially her rat Cinnamon.
2. She is an example of truth and righteousness to her friends.
3. She is a very talented artist.
4. She helps mom and dad out so much and is especially helpful with her little sisters.
5. She loves to read and sometimes gets "grounded" from her books!
We love you sweet little Ashley and are thankful you are part of our eternal family!

Trinette McCrary said...

Happy Birthday to Ashley. You have done good mama raising a wonderful girl.

Emily H said...

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RaCHeL + DoUg said...

Happy Birthday Ashley! I love you & can't wait to see you soon!

Granny Madsen said...

HAPPY, HAPPY BRITHDAY! to our little angel girl who is growing up We love you and look forwarding to seeing you soon.
Grandpa and Grandma Madsen

ConversationsWithACupcake said...

Happy Day, Ashley! Aren't you a cutie?!


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Friday, November 18, 2011

London Fields-(36th book of 1001)

The book London Fields by Martin Amis is AMAZING. Not something I would traditionally give 5 stars to but I was completely engaged in it and read it quickly dying to know how it would all turn out. The story is a mystery, written by the narrator who is narrating "real life". A murder is going to happen and he is faithfully taking down the details of it as it occurs. The odd thing about this book is the "author" is dying, as is the world, and the "murderee". The book is filled with a looming presence of a ticking clock...the world is a bomb that is about to explode!

This book is cheeky, oh so cheeky. It makes you giggle as you pick up on the completely inane subtleties that this book throws at you. For instance, the "author" of the novel is doing an apartment swap with a highly success author, Mark Asprey. The delighful narrator has never made it big and as he is laying dying in Mark Asprey's apartment he making a last ditch effort at a novel. He reads a novel of Mark Asprey's left lying about for him to pick is under a pseudonym with first and last name staring with M and A. The author of this book? Marin Amis (me thinks the author is implying he is the successful author who published this novel on behalf of his dead friend!) Most of the characters have names that are very thinly veiled puns including Guy Clinch (who is the fall guy and the "clincher" that makes the murder happen), Dink Heckler who is a preppy tennis player that hangs around Guy Clinch's house likely having a affair and making a mockery of Guy, the president's wife is called Faith and her life is tied in somehow with the fate of the earth, Chick Purchase is the loathed enemy of Keith Talent (the dart afficionado)who is the "murderer". Why is he the enemy? Because they both have a penchant for violence towards women and one of them outdid the other.

The book also has several really silly pages full of alliteration including:

"In the pimpboot of his pimpcar are more pimpclothes, swathed in pimppolythene"

"Burglars were being burgled, by fellow burglars" (Did I mention the world burgle makes me giggle uncontrollable?)

On horror day:
"he thought of horrordog and horrorcat as after, a sickening drop he shuddered his way tormentedly upwards, wedged in the pungent horrorlift" (I suppose this one isn't really alliteration so much as a repetition of the horror phrase)

Despite its silliness you finish the book feeling like you learned something and were not just entertained. The book is a book about story, and the things we tell ourselves about what we deserve, what will happen to us and what life is all about. The author was the narrator of this story putting a certain spin on the actions he was seeing before him, he observes,

" The lady has an unreliable narrator. Many people in the streets have unreliable narrators"

There were several questions and comments posed to God as well:

"God exposes us, take away our padding, and our room"

"who stitched us up with all these design flaws?"

The book is set in London, and having been there this summer that alone endears the book to my heart. The novel centers around Portobello Road where I made the trek one crazy, Saturday, market day. I got to use my travel guide map as I followed the characters walking up and down streets.

Here are some cute London references:

"If London's a pub and you want the whole story, then where do you go? YOu go to a London pub"

In the Black Cross pub "time was a tube train with the driver slumped heavy over the lever, flashing through station after station"

Anyways, that's all I'll say about the book. I can't quite figure out what it is that I got from the book, or what the author was trying to say, but there's a lot there and I don't feel stupider for having read it. Although comically silly, and a murder mystery there is definitely a point behind this novel.I would recommend it to anyone as there is bound to be something of interest in it for all.

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Rebecca (75th Book)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is a book I picked up because I had it in a vintage mystery compilation. I am getting married on two weeks and have a book themed wedding but wanted to be able to use the vintage book as table decor. It had two books from the 1001 list, this book and The Big Sleep. I managed to finish both while moving, wedding planning and wrapping up work.

I really enjoyed this book because it is narrated from the point of view of the nameless second wife. You are aware at the start of the book that something is horribly wrong and the suspense just builds and builds. The nameless narrator moves into Manderly, a beautiful mansion by the sea she has idolized since she was a child. She quickly finds out it isn't the beauty that the visiting tourists believe it to be. She is constantly plagued by servants that don't respect her and try to undermine her and there are rooms she is not allowed to go in because they were her new husband's first wife's.

I was fascinated the entire time I read this novel and I read it fairly quickly for the time I was at in my life.   It will always remind me of waiting for my fiancé to come with a cargo van to move all my stuff to Vancouver. I was trying to be patient but wasn't being very successful.

I would recommend this book to anyone particularly fans of suspense and older mystery novels. Try just have something going for them that modern mysteries can't seem to capture.

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Jane Fonda (born Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda; December 21, 1937, height 5' 8" (1,73 m)) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during her 50+ years as an actress. After 15 years of retirement she returned to film in 2005 with Monster in Law, followed by Georgia Rule two years later. She also produced and starred in over 20 exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995, and once again in 2010. Fonda has been an activist for many political causes, one of the most notable and controversial of which was her opposition to the Vietnam War. She has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women. She describes herself as a liberal and a feminist. In 2005 Fonda worked alongside Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem to co-found the Women's Media Center, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media and leadership training, and the creation of original content. Fonda currently serves on the board of the organization. Since 2001 Fonda has been a Christian. She published an autobiography in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia Jane Fonda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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