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Quake Time

Looks like the effects of the gravity wave from last month's events might be trickling through...... . That, and / or my plummeting mood state...... .

I think I am done... . I'm ready for total tectonic upheaval... . Why Japan??? It's because I should be right there, *now*, making Chrono Trigger and Rainbow Road inspired electric guitar videos....!!!!!!! Arrrggh!!!!!! I'm so embarrassed and upset at the ineffective 'containment' 'attempts' blitzed at me. I have the proof... . I have the electric guitars / studio gear. I can wield magic real-time now. I even fried yet another church amidst witnessing 'Easter' 'Sunday'... . Hmph. I did not note '10,000$' when I tried to propose a peaceful plan for this world,

so I will note billions in damages......... . How does it feel? It feels great, and I give thanks to the loving and good people who grant me the energy and support...necessary to shake this planet...... . The more upset I get, the more these quakes will happen..... . It's exciting really....... .

Yea. I just don't get it.... . Why do the enemy forces not even attempt to distract me with a fake psychic agency job and a bevy of the 'hottest' fake psychics........, and that with a distracting location like Beijing or Paris or something???? Well, I'm not complaining...... . In any case I can do something about my situation, and I am *thankful* for that.

I will put a donation button on here for whenever consecutive earthquakes beyond the 9.0 mark take place.... . It's to ease my guilt.... . If I am not in Japan soon, this planet is done.

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Sketch Crawl 21

I was painting with Colors! on my iPod Touch using a Pogo stylus doing some lighting studies. nothing too fancy.
anyone can view the painting process online via that link :)

GG Park. Carousel

GG Park. Side of a building

GG Park. View from Hippy Hill

De Young. Tops of trees at sunset right after the group photo was taken

De Young. Just after that last picture, the moon started to rise.

Alina Chau said...

Beautiful set of paintings!! The last one is very poetic!

Matthew Scheuerman said...

Really liking the 1st one, great use of colors.

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

FALL PORCH PARTY (Make Mine Spooky, Please!)

It's Party Time!!!

Debra, over at "COMMON GROUND", is hosting a Fall Porch Party....

And since we are well into October now, I decided to go all out with the Halloween decorating before joining the party.

I started with a simple concept....six metal hooks, six plastic pumpkins, one string of orange lights, one string of purple lights, and seven yards of black netting.  And this is what I came up with around the header of the porch....

A good start.....but somehow just not quite "enough".

So, I crafted a "SPOOKY" garland to add another layer.... we were getting somewhere.

I dug around in my bins and crates of Halloween decorations and culled out my this Ghostly Greeter to welcome visitors onto the porch....

And this "Which Way Witch" and vintage-style garden flag to carry a bit of fun over to the side stoop....

Might as well throw in another witch for good measure, right???

A quick re-arrangement of potted mums and pumpkins
(which were already part of the Porch Decor)....

And so far, so good!

But, the real test was to wait until the sun sank lower and lower......

Almost dark.....

Finally......there is the look I was going for!!!

Not too creepy....not too spooky....just a whole lot of FUN!!!

And one final look.....BOO!!!

 Now, me and my porch are headed over to "Common Ground" to hang out.  C'mon and join us....there will be lots of Fall porches to explore and Inspiration galore!!!  It's simple to follow, just click on this link....

See y 'all later!!!

  1. Oooohhhh!! I love it! Especially with all the lights on!!

  2. I love your spooky fun decorations, Jane! They look great in the dark! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for your nice comments!

  3. Porch looks awesome..those little trick-er-treaters will love coming up to that door!
    Tammy :-)

  4. What a Cute Fall porch ~ bet you have fun on Halloween.... Thanks for Sharing

  5. Jane, you're right on! Just the right mix of spooky and fun! I'd trick or treat at your house!

  6. Hi Jane, your porch is definitely going to be a favorite with all the kiddos this Halloween! What a super job you've done. I really love the black tulle and how you did the banner! Thanks so much for linking up with VIF. Your post is just wonderful!

  7. That is one festive porch. Nice job. My favorite is your ghost. He's spooky, yet cute.

  8. EEEK! What fun decorations! What a great idea to use black tulle! I bet every kid around wants to come to your porch for trick or treat:0)
    Karla & Karrie

  9. Cute as it can be! I bet the kiddos will love it if you have trick-or-treat in your neighborhood.

  10. Hi Jane - Your porch is absolutely charming and whimsical for Halloween! Love it. Thanks for stopping by, and hope you can join my gift raffle.

  11. Oh my gosh Jane!!! I'm in love!!!! Your are the bomb dot com!!!! Your idea to hang those pumpkins is brilliant!!! I love your style girlfriend!

    Sorry your beans didn't turn out right. Girl, I can't boil water! lol!

    Take care!

  12. Your porch is so darn cute and inviting I would tend to think that the trick-or-treaters may come in droves and never leave.

THANK YOU for stopping by for a little visit on the Porch! I absolutely LOVE comments, so please leave a note and let me know what you're thinking.

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Baird Brewing

Baird Brewing is poised to become the largest craft brewery in Japan. Many people already consider it the best. It’s an easy assertion to make.

Few breweries in Japan produce such high quality beer so consistently. And certainly no other brewery pushes out more variety. Stop into any of Baird’s five taprooms and it seems there is some new seasonal selection every week. No doubt, few craft breweries in Japan have seen as much business growth, though Baird is by no means rich, as president and founder Bryan Baird frequently proclaims.

That may change with the recent opening of their enormous, beautiful new brewery in the rolling hills of rural Shuzenji, Shizuoka. A single batch on their largest system there is 6000 liters—that’s the minimum amount that a brewery with a happoshu (beer with additives) license has to brew in a single year. And Baird Brewing is now doing it three to four times a week. The brewery has the potential to scale up to 6000 kiloliters a year, which is more than twice the size of the current largest craft breweries in Japan. At that size and level of quality, Baird is likely going to change the state of craft beer in Japan, and probably nearby countries importing them.

None of this was the result of luck or magic or big money. Bryan’s vision and determination counted for much. I first visited Baird Brewing in 2001, a few months after he and his wife Sayuri had launched. Bryan was brewing on a mere 30-liter system, cranking out brew after brew at an exhausting pace, but also sending his learning curve skyward. Money was so tight back then that I remember seeing Sayuri crying one night, wondering how they would ever get by.

Bryan is no slouch when it comes to finances and had a business plan in place that helped them move from those dire early days to where the company is now. An avid adherent of Warren Buffet, the famous billionaire investor and philanthropist in America, Bryan studied political economy in college, then Japanese studies and international economics in graduate school. He knew he would need capital to properly drive his business plan and turned to investors. Contrary to assumption and rumor, the investment capital Bryan and Sayuri elicited from friends and family over the years was not huge, but rather modest commitments of money that any frugal, middle-class professional could afford. Bryan and Sayuri have always had majority control of the company. At the new brewery’s inauguration before opening to the public, Bryan acknowledged to those assembled—local politicians, some investors and industry figures involved in the brewery’s construction—the importance of investment capital.

Still, years lean on cash define most of Baird Brewing’s history. When you see the almost primitive 30-liter system that now adorns the entrance to the new brewery’s taproom, you have to marvel at how far the Baird team has come. Naturally, the narrative comes back to beer and its quality. Without that, no amount of investment matters.

“There was never any Eureka moment for me,” relates Bryan. “The more that time passes, the less clear the answer as to when I actually fell in love with craft beer. It was a gradual appreciation. When I graduated from college in 1989, craft beer hadn’t really taken off yet in America. I had been captivated by Japan because of a modern Japanese history course I took, so right out of college, I taught English for three years in Osaka.”

Bryan returned to America after that stint to attend graduate school at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C. There, he met John Chesen who is now the managing director of Baird Brewing. According to Bryan, the two frequently went to the legendary Brickskeller, which was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the largest selection of commercially available beers, at over 1000.

“As I was graduating, Japan was deregulating the beer industry so I thought it would be an interesting time to return. I wasn’t just interested in craft beer but craft culture. Japanese have always been very good at it. Small-scale artisanal beer making had an immediate appeal to me.”

Bryan returned to Japan to work as a salaryman, but was following the development of craft beer very closely. He and Sayuri, whom he had met in DC, both liked beer and, realizing that he didn’t want to be a salaryman in Tokyo, Bryan decided that he needed more knowledge about beer to enter the industry successfully.

In 1997, as the craft beer industry in Japan was starting to show cracks because of widespread poor quality, Bryan returned to the U.S. to take a 3-month brewing and engineering course through the American Brewers Guild. Thereafter, he apprenticed with Red Hook in the Northwest.

“My desire was always to come back and brew in Japan.”

The dream was deferred. When he returned later in 1997, it was as an employee of an equipment manufacturer for brewing equipment. His job was to educate brewers and sell the equipment. His first assignment was to a brewpub in Numazu.

“I didn’t believe in the way my company sold equipment or the way they brewed beer. I quit and looked into other brewing supply jobs, but I ultimately wanted to brew. Sayuri and I were doing translation work on the side to make more money, but I realized that nobody was going to make the beer I wanted to make. I decided that we either start our own brewery or that I go back to Tokyo to become a salaryman.”

Bryan bought a small homebrewing system—the 30-liter one in the entrance—then spent the next year and a half home brewing on his balcony and writing a business plan. To guide him in that plan, he read every annual report that Warren Buffet had written.

Reminiscing over those days, Bryan suddenly exclaims, “If I had known it was going to take this long and this much hard work, I probably wouldn’t have started. This is why passion for beer is so important. Everything is so much harder than you think. But if you are doing what you love, you won’t give up. You don’t fail and go do something you don’t want to do. When we hire people, we look into their eyes and ask, ‘Do they care?’ At the end of the day, I do want to make money. I have four kids. I put my life into this. But if you work with honesty and integrity and have a long-term plan, you will succeed.”

Bryan’s original business plan was a 200-page document. He visited several friends over the next few months to raise the ¥10 million to get his plan rolling. He and Sayuri began talking to the tax department in 1999 and established their company in March of 2000. They opened the Fishmarket Taproom in July and the process of approval, Bryan claims, accelerated after that. He received his brewing license in December and debuted their first beers in 2001. It was hardly an overnight success.

“The first two years were very difficult and very slow because the local market never really cared about us. But mid to long-term, Numazu seemed like a good location. The water was good. Distribution was good because of its proximity to Tokyo. Costs were lower.”

In the latter half of their second year, they landed their first outside accounts. Kobayashi of Copa in northern Yokohama was the first to discover them. Then Aoki of Popeye. John Gauntner, the world’s most respected sake expert, and Robert Yellin, owner of the eponymous Japanese ceramic art gallery that was then located in Numazu, introduced Baird Beer to Takara, in Tokyo, where they had been doing sake pairing dinners together.

By the end of 2002, they were able to purchase a larger 2.5 hectoliter system that fit in the room beneath the Fishmarket Taproom.

Bryan admits, “I was still losing money, but my partners believed in me and continued to invest. I was also adding my own money. It would have been easier to raise money if I had been in Tokyo, but I was in Numazu.”

In that second year, a buzz about the brewery had begun in the craft beer enthusiast world. Most of the guests to the Taproom were traveling down from Tokyo. A rock band of Americans and Canadians called Code began to play live shows there, packing the place (at least one band member and some of those early guests later became investors). Accounts in Tokyo multiplied and things steadily grew from there. Getting that 2.5 hectoliter system to fill demand had been a turning point.

“Amazingly, I’ve only had to dump two small batches in 14 years, only because they didn’t secondary ferment. Our main beer portfolio evolved, though the only beers that we still have from those early days are the Kurofune Porter and Teikoku IPA. I love Anchor Steam and thought our Baysteam Beer, modeled after it, would be big, but it was hard to brew on a small system and that evolved into our Red Rose Amber Ale. Our Fisherman’s Wheat Ale became a Wheat Pale Ale when I made it hoppier, but then I started making single-hop pale ales from that, and eventually our Rising Sun Pale Ale was born. I basically followed what I liked.”

The next big leap for the Bairds was their first taproom in Tokyo, the Nakameguro Taproom. They were required to manage people, but not directly. It was an extremely difficult challenge and, Bryan admits, their biggest challenge after getting the original brewery running.

“Taprooms were an integral part of our plan from the beginning. I thought we would be a good company if we had our hand in every level of the market. We needed to have a showroom to sell directly to people.”

As that continued to drive demand for Baird Beer, they built a larger brewery in Numazu, just a few blocks from the Fishmarket Taproom, in late 2005 and began brewing in 2006. The seemingly omnipresent Hori Teruya of Laff helped broker and commission the brewery with Bryan. Accounts increased nationwide, more taprooms followed—in Harajuku, then Bashamichi, Yokohama—and demand soared. During that rapid growth phase, and partially helping to drive it, Baird Brewing won three gold medals at the World Beer Cup in 2010. Some insiders whispered that Baird was shortlisted for Small Brewing Company of the year.

With four Taprooms, hundreds of accounts across Japan and a fledgling export program, the little brewery in Numazu was strained to capacity. It was clear the new brewery had to be built. And soon.

When I arrive at the new brewery, everyone is involved in some kind of manual labor. Naruoka, the manager who rotates among the taprooms, and Joon Ou, the executive chef, are chopping wood between the brewery and the nearby river. Taguchi Shohei, former head brewer at YoHo Brewing and now an assistant brewer at Baird, is moving kegs with other brewery staff. Inside, Bryan is sweating through his sharp business clothes as he and Chris Poel, the head brewer, move heavy tables through the brewery. Chris Madere is preparing the brewery taproom for the night’s festivities. From the deck outside the taproom, you can see some young hop fields growing as well as an area for camping near the river—the property was formerly a campground. Old friends like Hori and Yellin start arriving.

Touring the brewery is an excitement in itself. It has three brew houses of varying capacity, which will enable a dazzling array of brews for the future. Dry-hopping machines are stationed on the brewery floor. Bryan takes me into what will be his dedicated lab and points out one of his new hires down on the floor, a young scientist who, like others doing necessary manual labor, is working a packaging machine. In one of the several offices, we run into John Chesen, looking sleepless and ravaged from the months of stress from building the brewery (and from often acting as the interface between Bryan’s passionate explosions and company staff). The overall feeling in walking through the beautifully designed place is that craft beer in Japan is starting a new chapter.

A few nights later, I run into Bryan randomly on the streets in Yokohama. We go for a few drinks at Bashamichi Taproom afterhours and talk about past, present and future. Bryan frequently cites those he most respects in the industry: Charlie Papazian, homebrewing pioneer and president of the Brewers Association of America; Michael Jackson, the famous beer writer; Fritz Maytag who revived Anchor Steam and launched the craft beer movement in America; and Ken Grossman, the founder and president of Sierra Nevada. Bryan reveals that he is trying to model himself after Grossman in Japan, never compromising on quality.

He goes on to say, “The problem with craft beer in Japan is the lack of entrepreneurship. There are too few individuals with dreams that aren’t afraid to take risks. There are too many company presidents dictating what should be brewed and how. There are not enough brewer-owners.”

And there is not enough money. Or time. Or good staff. Or acceptance of craft beer. Yet Bryan has still achieved his dream and is already looking ahead.

Out on the street, he says, “Let’s change craft beer in Japan. Let’s raise awareness and educate others. Let’s make this better.”

Sounds like a challenge for everyone. We’re ready.

by Ry Beville

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Lianna and Irvin's Cinematic Film

Lianna and Irvin were married on a gorgeous day at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL.  They are such a sweet couple and we had an amazing time filming this absolutely beautiful wedding!

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Ceremony + Reception: The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
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Sunday, March 23, 2008

I am not kind. Nor do I have a good heart.

As evidenced by a number of my posts, I enjoy complaining, a lot.

I am aware of this particular character flaw. Not sure how to fix it. Not even sure if I should fix it in some instances. I mean, for real. I think I'm totally justified in some of the complaining I do. I mean, I think I'm allowed to be pissed off if I, for example, do all the work of the supervisor, have the same degree as the supervisor (not to mention a MUCH better rack) and he gets paid like, eleven million dollars more than me AND takes the credit for all my work.

I think anyone would be irritated by that, right? Not just me?

For some reason, though, I am finding myself really, really, really intolerant of other people's complaining lately. Which makes me a big hypocrite and probably a huge jerk, but I just. can't. help. it.

I really want to be the type of person who is sympathetic. And understanding. And doesn't try to compare my personal issues with those of other people. There is no assigned amount of pain that anyone necessarily has to feel over something. My sadness isn't worse than anyone else's. The struggles that other people face are difficult, even if they are struggles that I would absolutely KILL to have.

So I find myself avoiding people. Which also sucks, because, well, I don't really want to avoid people.

But also? I don't want to snark their heads off, so it's probably a good thing for me to avoid them.

How does one deal with this? How do you deal with someone complaining, constantly, about things that would you would love to have?

Because honestly? I'm about to shriek at some people to just give ME whatever it is they are complaining about. Just so I can see if it's really as awful as all that.

The Huffs said...

Ha! That's funny. Kinda like the millionaire that complains that he doesn't know how he can possibly find enough things to spend his money on. And how having three Mercedes and two Porsches is a big pain, because he can't decide which one to drive, and he was pissed because he couldn't fly to the coast today because his plane was in the shop and the Pilot had a cold.

Yeah, sometimes it's all in the perspective.

The way I look at it? When I complain about my job, and my co-workers, and how much it costs to put gas in my car, and how much my car payment is, and how expensive groceries are, and how much I hate cleaning my house and doing laundry? I'm sure that some homeless person wishes to hell they had that problem. That they had enough money to not eat out of garbage cans, and wishes they had a house to clean, and a car to drive, and a job to have.

Truly? It is all in the perspective, darlin! It's all in the shoes you walk in.

The trick is to be grateful for what you have, and to some people? It's never enough. You wonder sometimes, what Bill Gates might complain about. And how for just once in my life, I'd like to have that kind of "problem".

The Huffs said...

. . . and I was first! Woot!

AndreAnna said...

I go through these phases, too. It gets me especially in the gut when a 22 year old tells me she's tired from being out all weekend. I seriously want to rip her teeth out from her navel.

But it usually passes.

Then I realize that things are all relative, like you said, and I just try and remind myself that the poor 22 yr old will one day know what bone tired is and can suck it. :)

beautyishere said...

:) I don't know what to tell you. I know how you feel, though.

I am Trish Marie said...

I get this way sometimes. When someone starts bitching about something I find so petty or insignificant, I just want to scream, "REALLY?! That is all you have!"

Jenski said...

It is definitely a phase I've gone through! Sometimes, I take a break from office mates who also complain a lot because it just makes me complain more and feel worse about it. If it is nice out, I'll go outside; or I will just hide in lab. Maybe as the nice weather comes, that will help too. I also definitely use my blog to get frustrations out!

Allie Bear said...

I hate when people feel sorry for me so that helps me complain less also, I take my worst day and compare it to people that don't have food for their children or themselves (or something like that) and it makes whatever I'm feeling pity for myself about seem a lot less important.
There are two things I think about complaining.
1) It is toxic for the soul.
2) Its contagious.

Denise said...

I don't know. I would love love to buy a house, and it is a little irritating to be around a certain friend. When she complains that she just wrote out a check for $11,000 for some home renovation, I want to slap her. I wish I had a house and eleven thousand dollars to spend!

Mikey said...

Chicklet, just let em have it. Seriously. Bout 15 yrs back I decided to just be brutally honest w/people and say exactly what's on my mind as it comes in. Granted, it doesn't win me any popularity contests, but I rarely feel like screaming anymore :)
You're so damn funny, just give em both barrels. Those who hate you for it aren't worth your time, (and might avoid you henceforth) and you'll find those people out there who appreciate your keen wit and biting tongue :)
And of course I find myself sometimes clapping a hand over my mouth to restrain myself, cause there are times... it's just not appropriate.
But I promise you, you'll feel a lot better. Quit bottling it up. Don't ever be wishing you'd said this or that. Just say it!!

tiger lamb girl said...

When I first lived abroad in an ex-pat community, I found myself complaining. A lot. I think it partly had to do with my age at the time (early 30's)

Then someone mentioned the term 'stitch-n-bitch-brigade'. And I thought, "No way, don't want any part of that!"

But also? I didn't like myself when I complained. I'd cringe when I heard myself......*cringe at the memories now*

That's not to say there aren't things that upset me. And that's not to say I don't bitch about things sometimes. Coz I do. Sometimes. Heh.

I think it's okay to blow a little steam sometimes. But I always try to quickly kick my own ass back into perspective;).

I have boundaries about complaining:
Never stab anyone in the back.
Never bitch to anyone but a very close, trusted friend.
Don't say anything about someone I wouldn't say to their face. Ever.

And I try not to complain in front of my kids. That's because they started being hyper-critical. And I found myself looking in the mirror when I heard them moaning. Gah - that's awful.

When I feel like moaning (when my kids are around)? I stop and think how I want them to develop their view of the situation and skills for later use in life. That in itself always makes me take a step back and evaluate how I handle the situation.

tiger lamb girl said...

Oh, and I guess I'm not the jealous type.... From reading some comments...

I'm the kinda person who gets really excited for my friends when they achieve or obtain something. Me and jealousy? Just don't seem to gel. (But, hey - I have other fault that are probably far worse!)

I had one friend who was uber jealous of everyone. A result of this was that she'd never ever acknowledge, much less compliment or congratulate her friends ---- UNLESS ---- she'd just got/achieved/accomplished the same thing. The only time I remember her being happy for me was when I had my first baby (but she had hers first..and *that* was important to her....coz she wasn't too nice to another friend who popped out a baby before her. How pathetic is that?).

Sigh. Human nature is shit sometimes.

Perspective is the key, I think.

Dawn~a~Bon said...

ahhhh **hugs**

Kellie said...

Anything I'd say has already been said and said way better than I could. And? They're all right!!

Captain Steve said...

If they really are complaining about pure shit and you really don't like them. . .one up them. Or tell them that God has a plan. That always pisses people off and they tend to leave you alone. Of course, I probably shouldn't be encouraging such antisocial behavior, but then I wouldn't be me.

Captain Steve said...

If they really are complaining about pure shit and you really don't like them. . .one up them. Or tell them that God has a plan. That always pisses people off and they tend to leave you alone. Of course, I probably shouldn't be encouraging such antisocial behavior, but then I wouldn't be me.

Lily's Mommy said...

I either tell people how much worse things could be, ie. them - "I owe taxes!", me - "Imagine if you were audited!", or how to fix their problems. I don't think complainers really want a solution - they just want a sounding board.

And no, you can't offer a long walk off of a short pier as a solution. :) (unless you really want to)

Angie said...

I'm in the same boat as Kellie. . .I think anything I would've said has already been said.

I guess if you don't let the negative thoughts completely take over and get you down. . . expressing ones' self can be good.

Maybe that's what we're for. Accountability? I know we certainly get paid well for our tasks....the laughs are priceless!!

. . .and for what it's worth, I spend a HECK of a lot of time kissing Caroline. Can't help it!

notsosmallfries said...

Hugs. I think it is about perspective. People forget to be grateful for what they have. Then because it is mundane, they complain, forgetting that others would give just about anything to be so blessed.

Catwoman said...

I think we all go through that at times.

Two words: voodoo dolls.

Heather J. said...

I'm liking the voodoo doll deal.

At least you acknowledge that you have little tolerance for other people's crap right now. You are not required to be understanding and supportive of everyone you know. (you probably aren't making a lot of friends, but friends, eh, are overrated...)

You've had more than your share on your plate, lately....and you're true friends love you anyway...

David said...

I used to bitch like 90 until I lost my hearing and most of my good health 6 months ago.
Now I am the biggest fan of life.
Loved the post!
Thanks for making me smile

CPA Mom said...

funny.ironic. i just posted a post that was nothing put a pile of complaining and felt like a huge a-hole for complaining. but sometimes, we just HAVE to complain, get it out, or explode! I'm with you.

Jhianna said...

When I've been in really, really bad spots (and yeah, they were still relative. I've always had a roof over my head, even when I wasn't sure that I could rob Peter to pay Paul another month without it all going down the drain... gah on the parenthesis!), that's when I've felt like you describe. Later when things got better for me, I realized that my pool of empathy had just run dry.

Do what you have to while it's bad.

SJ said...

I get this! I totally get this.

EE said...

I was hoping Alpha Dude would have the answer to this one.
Where the heck is he????

Rachel said...

As some other's said, it's all about perspective. While someone else's problems may seem trivial to you, they aren't trivial to that person.

I hate complaining, but, like you, I find myself doing it more and more. Mostly to my husband about things around the house. And, I've noticed that it's starting to rub off on Kaylie, so I have really really made an effort to curb the complaining alot. I think it's just human nature. We never realize how lucky we are.


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Lost and may never be found

Author: Jax Cassidy // Category:
I can think of one other time in my life when I got my purse stolen and everything I owned was in that thing..that was over a decade ago and I still didn't learn my lesson. Now I've seen a repeat of past mistakes. On Thanksgiving Day, I was rushing around getting last minute items I must have dropped my wallet or gotten pick-pocketed. It's the holidays and in the hustle and bustle of the festivities, you don't pay attention as you should. Granted I'm a moron for putting all my ID in there. I had shopping $$$$, my SS, insurance card, and credit cards in it as well. Normally I don't carry my SS card. I should have followed my instincts and put it away a few weeks ago but I just never remembered to do it. Okay, I should be really pissed that I spent a whole day trying to get new ID, file a police report, call all the credit agencies--only to discover nothing was open due to the holidays, so I have to wait until Monday to get things sorted out. I think because of the financial crisis, the holidays...my stupidity will make me an easy target for identity theft. Basically, I handed all my life data to some random stranger, including my bank account info! I was hoping some Good Samaritan will mail it back to me (one can dream). At least I was able to freeze my bank account :)

So, where do I go from here? Well, I just have to call it a loss and start over. I'm glad that I wasn't held up at gunpoint for the items and I'm just thankful that the only thing that's missing is my wallet...so I guess I learned an even more valuable lesson...minimize your personal items and be prepared so this won't happen again!

6 Responses to "Lost and may never be found"

Dara Edmondson Says :
5:18 PM

Oh, Jax - you poor thing! I think you can contact the 3 credit reporting agencies via email and ask them to put an alert on your credit file.
So sorry that happened to you.

jax Says :
2:07 PM

Thanks Dara! I am coping. It's more of an inconvenience than anything else. I've done most of the work so hopefully once I get all my IDs I'll feel better.

Katie Reus Says :
5:10 PM

Dang girl, that sucks!! And Dara's right, you can put an alert on all your accounts. I'm pretty sure there's an option that you can do it for like 90 days or something so it's not forever.

Chudney Defreitas-Thomas Says :
6:38 PM

Jax honey I'm so sorry.take Dara's advice, the last thing you want is someone stealing your identity. I've had it happen to a family member it's not easy to clean up. I hope you get your ID's back soon. (Hugs)

The Man Says :
11:12 AM

Don't carry Id on your person...you already know who you are.

jax Says :
3:58 PM

I got all my stuff taken care of when I called the police to file a report. I should be well on my way and hopefully no one would think about trying to be me!

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By the way, the construction on our house is FINALLY FINISHED! Whew! It was done just in time for Thanksgiving. We are very happy it is done and with the work Luis did. You can't even tell where the walls were added.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Hmm... What to Title This One?

I must first start by saying this will, unfortunately, not be a blog about my cute little Jaxon. It will be a tad more serious. So if you aren't feeling in a serious mood then I suggest you come back at a later time.
It is quite difficult for me to write this and am not even sure if I should be blogging about it. I asked Brian and he said, "I'm not sure about the public-ness, but if you feel comfortable, then go for it." I asked Ami ( blogging fanatic!) and even she wasn't sure! So what to do? Blog about it. I figure you are all my friends, I love you all and want you to be in loop. I'm sure by now you are dying to know what is going on so let's start at the beginning.

In January I went to see my mid-wife for my annual "womanly" exam. Karen, midwife, was out that day so they had me see a substitute midwife, Abigail. Nice girl, about my age pregnant with her 3rd baby. She starts off by feeling my neck and throat.

"Oh. Hmm. Have you ever noticed a little lump here?"

Not exactly what you want to hear when you are in a doctor's office.

"No not really. Do I have something there?"

"Yes, why don't you feel it."

So I feel. Sure enough a pretty good sized little lump.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to consult with the doctor and see what he says."

She leaves and I am left in the exam room wondering what the heck is wrong with me. She comes back and tells me I have to make an appointment with a general surgeon so that he can check it out. A surgeon?!?! Am I going to be cut open because I am not okay with that!

Fast forward to the end of January. I have an appointment with Dr. Coffman, the general surgeon recommended to me. Now, Dr. Coffman is fairly young and quite the looker!

Ok, not quite, but he is blond & blue-eyed.
He has 2 young sons and Jaxon REALLY likes him. I also like him. He has an excellent demeanor. He tells me that I need to have a ultrasound. Depending on what the ultrasound says I might need a Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy. (Don't like the sound of that!) Dr. Coffman says most of these nodules are benign, 99% of them and less than 1% are cancerous. So I feel pretty good about this appointment.

Now it is February and I am at Lovelace Westside Hospital. I feel a little nostalgic as I walk into this building because this is where I went for all of my pre-natal appointments. Funnily enough once I get there I am led to the same room where I found out that Jaxon was Jaxon and not Nadia or Emma. :)

It's a Boy!

For my thyroid ultrasound I was lying in this very room. Thankfully I am skinnier now!

After the ultrasound I see Dr. Coffman. I am just going to tell you that this was a waste of an appointment & a $20 copay! All he said was, "You are going to need a biopsy." Ok, so he may have said a few more things, but that was the gist. I was in his office for a total of 9 minutes! And that is from the moment I walked in to the moment I walked out. It took me longer to put Jaxon in the carseat! Needless to say I was irritated, especially since his office is WAAAY on the other side of town.

On Monday, March 9 I go in for my Fine Needle Aspiration. Let me tell you, there is nothing FINE about this! I lie on a bed with my shoulders on a pillow and my head tilted back. The doctor (not Dr. Handsome) pokes a needle in my throat and literally stabs me repeatedly! It was not pleasant. Picture someone punching you in your throat, that's how it felt. He had to poke at stab about 7-10 times. At the end he says, "Well, I'm not sure I got enough samples. The nodule is very hard and the needle kept slipping off. You may have to come back!" SERIOUSLY!?!?! I will tell you this, I will not be coming back! That hurt and I didn't get a cute baby to take home! All this gave me was a nice bruised neck that is still sore! It hurts to cough, yawn and swallow.

So now I just wait until March 19 when I get the results. WRONG! On Thursday March 12 Dr. Coffman himself calls. Uh Oh. That is never a good sign. While I was in Pilates I might add, so I had to not only suffer through pilates itself, but also think about the following conversation.

"Yes, this is she."

"This is Dr. Coffman. Can you come to my office today?"

"Today? What time?"

"Around 2:00"

"Okay, I'll be there."

That's it. That is the extent of my conversation. I call Ami right away, she is my resident doctor expert. I tell her what happens and she yells at me! Well, not really, but she did reprimand me for not asking what was wrong and why I had to go in today. I believe she said, "Anabelle, I want you to pull up your cahones (sp), call that doctor back and demand he tell you what's wrong!" Which I replied with, "I have no cahones, I don't want to know what's wrong!"

Brian cancels his trip to Santa Fe so that he can go with me. We wait around all morning just wondering what on earth it could be. We do a little research on the Internet. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

It is now 2:00pm and we are sitting in Dr. Coffman's office with Jaxon. Dr Coffman walks in. Shakes our hands. Sits down, looks at Brian, looks at me and says,

"You have Thyroid Cancer. We have to remove your thyroid."

Tears immediately start flowing. I have cancer. This can't be happening. I'm only 30, I have a beautiful little boy to take care of, I can't be sick. I'm not sick. I feel fine. This just isn't fair!!!!Needless to say, the next half an hour was quite a blur, literally since I couldn't stop crying. Brian, God bless him, is being so strong and asking all kinds of questions. I can't think of one thing to say. Except, "I'm sorry" to the doctor because I'm crying!

Here is the low down on Thyroid Cancer:

It has a 95% cure rate.

If you have to "choose" a cancer to have, this is the one. Lucky me, I chose correctly.

There is no chemo or radiation. So no hair lose, vomiting, etc.

The treatment includes one radioactive iodine capsule. That's it.

The Thyroidectomy (removal of entire thyroid) will be in April, after Easter. There is a 2 week recovery period.

Sometime after the surgery I will go on a low iodine diet. That means no dairy products, no salt, no seafood, no chocolate, no eggs, no commerical bakery products, no beans. Limited amounts of meats, cereals, grains and rices. I can have fruits, vegetables, unsalted nuts, soda & the best one of all.... WINE!!!

I will be on this diet for 2-4 weeks.

Then I take the radioactive iodine capsule. For the week that follows I will have to be in isolation. This means I have to stay 6 feet away from everybody. Jaxon will be going to Tucson during this week. I have to use my own bathroom, flush 2-3 times each time I use the bathroom, rinse the sink well after I wash my hands, use disposable utensils, etc.

During this time they will also make me hypothyroid, which means I will be puffy, bloated, and fatigued. Yippee! The Endocrinologist did say I probably won't gain weight because of the strict diet I will be on

That is about it. I did meet with an Endocrinologist (sp) on Friday, Dr. Edwards. He was very nice and informative. He explained everything to me in "normal" people terms. Again, though, I wasn't paying too much attention because after he said "isolation" I was thinking about what to do with Jaxon. Brian, was the one to absorb everything and ask all questions.

As of right now, I feel positive about what is going to happen. I feel angry, sad, nervous, scared, etc. Who wouldn't? I don't want a pity party, I just want to go on like normal. I may want a pity party when I am recovering from surgery, during the diet, and the isolation. But right now I am good. If you don't feel like calling or writing me it's ok. I now that it can be awkward, and really, what do you say to someone who has cancer? I understand. I know that you are thinking and praying for me. That is what is most important (did I just sound conceited? Oh well)

Thank you for your support and hangin' on to this extremely long blog. If you are interested on learning more about thyroid cancer check out This is the only website Dr. Edwards is allowing us to go on!

Ami said...

Good blog, my friend...(and I judge it not only as your friend, but also your resident doctor expert friend. (thanks for that title!) Well said, well put, and very positive! You go girl! P.S. Who knew your doctor was so HOT??
Love, Ami

O.T. said...

In one case out of five the biopsy can be wrong; therefore the nodule nay still be benign [follicular adenoma]

Fisher Family said...

O.k. so now that I have pulled myself together, all I can say is that you MUST remain positive and optimistic. My mom had this and leads a perfectly normal life. Our thoughts, love and prayers are with you and yours. PLEASE keep us updated!!!!!oxoxox

Anonymous said...

You are such an amazing person!! Just remember that even though it may not seem like it right now God never gives us more than we can handle. You keep up that positive outlook and we will all definitely be praying for you! Jenn Wright

Jen said...

Your positive outlook is the perfect approach! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I'm glad you decided to blog. I believe getting it off your mind and out in the open can only help. Take care

Anonymous said...

You will be fine! You are such a positive person! Please keep us posted! We love you!
Jill and Rylee

Bama Bound Gordons said...

You dont really know me but we have met a few times through Ami - resident doctor. I just want you to know that I will be praying for you and your family. Priscilla Gordon

The Wades said...

I updated my profile on my blog and then started scrolling through all the people in Rio Rancho. That is how I clicked on your name.

I have enjoyed lurking about here, seeing your cute baby and you and your hubby. Looks like you have a sweet family. :) You look familiar to me, but I don't know where I might have seen you before. I asked one of my daughters if she recognized you, but she didn't.

Anyway, all this to tell you that I'm so glad your operation went well. That had to be a terribly hard thing to go through. My husband had open heart surgery at the end of December. Things like that can really shake up a person's world!

I'll add you and your family to our prayers.

Enjoyed the Puerto Rican frog song. :)


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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Here's the problem with having a blog... I am completely obsessed with it! I am always thinking about, "oh, can I post this on my blog?" or "How would I write about this?" Sometimes I feel as if I am too involved in my own blog thoughts to be present in the actual moment! Case in point, my post-op appointment with Dr. Coffman, aka Dr. McDreamy,

Thursday afternoon was the day I went to visit Dr. Coffman, which by the way I have decided he looks a little more like Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy than Brad Pitt. This was decided during my appointment with Dr. Coffman!

Maybe I should nickname Dr. Coffman Dr. McSteamy instead...

Anywhoodle. I am sitting on the exam table, Brian is sitting in a chair a bit behind me and Dr. Coffman is next to me on the Doctor stool. He asks us if we have any questions, which Brian and I did have a list. I ask the first one (Why am I soo tired and weak?) Dr. Coffman starts answering the question and let me demonstrate what was going on in my head

Anabelle's Inner Voice, "Gee he really is good looking. I really hope this isn't my last appt. with him. I need to really study his face and remember what he looks like. I should try describing him better on my blog. I don't think he looks like Brad Pitt. Aha! Dr. Sloan!.

Crap! I should really be listening. Am I staring. Focus Anabelle."

Dr. Coffman has now finished his answer and I have NO idea what he said! Brian has now asked another question (What were the results of the pathology tests from the lymphnodes?)

Anabelle's Inner Voice, "Ok this is important you really should listen. Uh huh, uh huh. This doesn't make sense. I should ask Dr. Coffman for a picture to post on my blog! How do I ask him?

"Uh Dr. Coffman would you mind if I took a picture of you? You see, I have a blog and have been journaling my cancer experience."

Dr., "Sure Anabelle that would be fine. What is your blog address? I would like to read it."

Crap! I can't give him my blog address, then I would have to go back and edit all of the posts that said he was cute! how embarrassing if he read that! Maybe I can give him Ami's blog. He wouldn't ask why my blog name was Bunch Babies would he?

I can't ask him for a picture! This stinks!

He stopped talking and I am still staring. Crap again! What now?

So this is why having a blog is a problem. I say good for those of you who have not given into the temptation of starting a blog!

Thank goodness Brian was there to pay attention. When we left I said to Brian, "Ok so tell me what Dr. Coffman was talking about." Brian looks at me for a second then says, "Were you too busy staring at your lovey lovey man to pay attention? Were his good looks distracting you?" So apparently it was obvious!

Anyway, here is the low down on the appointment:

1- He took the dermabond off of my incision. I think it will be almost invisible in a few months!

This was later that night. Yup, I was a little tired!

For the next year I have to either put sunscreen or cover it up when I am out in the sun. I also have to massage it for 15 minutes a day with Eucerin cream. I guess this will make it softer.

2- The cancer had spread to 2 of my lymphnodes. The pathology report confirmed that it was papillary cancer. He did remove both of the lymphnodes. In one of the lymphnodes was a parathyroid gland. The parathyroid gland is what controls your calcium levels so this is why I am still on 3 calcium pills a day.

3- The lethargic-ness is due to having no thyroid. I will continue to be tired until well after my treatment and my thyroid meds are adjusted.

4- I asked if my treatment could be postponed for a week and this was his response, "Why would you want to do that?" I said because of work (the last week of school is the 1st week of my low iodine diet and of being hypo thyroid). He tells me that "Work is not important right now Anabelle. You cannot postpone treatment!" Ok that settles that!

So that was it. I have been released from his care. boo hoo. Not only is he easy on the eyes, he is such a genuine, nice guy! He never made us feel rushed. He always seemed to truly care about my health and well-being. I will miss him.

I am now a patient of Dr. Edwards, an endocrinologist. He will be in charge of the rest of my treatment. I will see him on May 11 and have more info on when the diet will start and when I will have to have the radioactive iodine (RAI). You know I will keep you posted!

Fisher Family said...

I am really happy that you are doing so well and have such a wonderful sense of humor about it. I couldn't stop laughing! i have had that inner voice speaking to me at the strangest when I should be listening to something really important! I think you should have acted like you were texting and snuck in a shot. Just a thought: ) Wonder if he is on the net somewhere?!!!

Adam and Samantha said...

I'm glad everything is going well, I'm sorry you don't get to see the cute doctor anymore, but I think you should have taken a picture of him, by the time he saw your blog, you wouldn't have to go see him anymore and the rest of us would have had the joy of seeing him... I'm glad I'm not the only one with an"inner voice that pops up at really important times!

kershner3 said...

Hey Anabelle! I'm glad everything is going well and looking good. The Doc is right, nothing else is as important as your health. It's time to be focused on yourself. It seems like my mind wanders a lot after I ask someone a question, too. It's a good thing Brian was there with you:)

Anonymous said...

It's ok that you're addicted to the blog. Even though I do not have one of my own, I seem to be addicted to checking out everyone else's to see if maybe they have posted something new that day. We both have problems. HahA!
Love, Becky


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Defense Reinvestment Grants are provided to communities to help support the needs of a military installation or to help expand the community’s non-defense economy. The total grant award amount of $846,136 will help to protect Florida’s military installations, as well as promote economic diversification strategies in defense-dependent communities. The 2016-2017 Defense Reinvestment Grants were awarded to defense partners in the following counties: Bay, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Miami-Dade, Walton, Orange, Escambia, Brevard, Clay and Duval.

Five counties also received a 2016-2017 Florida Defense Infrastructure Grant: Bay, Clay, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Duval. Defense Infrastructure Grants are awarded to communities to make improvements to a military installation’s surrounding area in order to positively impact its military value and the local community. The Defense Infrastructure Grants total $1,375,000 and will help fund projects that include encroachment mitigation and transportation and access.

Cissy Proctor, Executive Director of the Department of Economic Opportunity said, “Florida’s military personnel work tirelessly to protect our state and nation. Defense communities contribute greatly to Florida’s economy, and the 1.5 million former military service men and women in our state help strengthen our workforce with their highly valued skills. Florida prioritizes investments in our military and defense sector, and these grants play a vital role in supporting our military.”

Awards are as follows:

CLAY COUNTY: The Clay County Economic Development Corporation received an $89,000 Defense Reinvestment Grant to aggressively strengthen and diversify the non-defense economy while promoting the area’s military training operations at the Camp Blanding JTC and NAS Jacksonville. The Clay County Development Authority received a $300,000 Defense Infrastructure Grant for critical roadway restoration at Camp Blanding JTC.

In fiscal year 2016, the Defense Reinvestment Grant award to Clay EDC contributed $50,000 towards the completion of a 5-Year Strategic Plan for Clay County Economic Development.  The fourth strategy of the 5-Year Strategic Plan is the implementation of “placemaking” to brand specific corridors and raise visibility of distinct amenities (i.e. manufacturing, medical, educational, innovation, and ecotourism).  The fiscal year 2017 Defense Reinvestment Grant award to Clay County will contribute at least $65,000 towards the first step of this objective, which is the completion of a study to determine specific signage locations, types, and design.

DUVAL COUNTY: The City of Jacksonville received a $97,925 Defense Reinvestment Grant for a study to determine how to grow military presence at NAS Jacksonville and NS Mayport and a $300,000 Defense Infrastructure Grant for encroachment protection activities at NAS Jacksonville, NS Mayport and OLF Whitehouse.


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Consumer Confidence at Highest Level in Over a Decade

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Consumer Confidence at Highest Level in Over a DecadePosted: 10 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST

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Two recently released reports reveal that the American public is starting to feel much better about the U.S. economy. The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers showed that:

“Consumer optimism reached the highest level in the past decade in the January 2015 survey…Consumers judged prospects for the national economy as the best in a decade, with half of all consumers expecting the economic expansion will continue for another five years. The anticipated strength in the overall economy has been accompanied by more favorable income and employment expectations.”

Here is a chart showing results over the last decade:

Consumer Optimism | Keeping Current Matters As all consumers are feeling more optimistic, more young adults are moving out of their parents’ basements and into a residence of their own. The recent Census report shows that new household formations skyrocketed in 2014. Below is a chart showing the historical significance of the numbers:

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Bottom Line

The economy is definitely improving and, more importantly, the American consumer is beginning to feel much more confident. This should lead to a very robust real estate market in 2015.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Paul Krugman - "Fiscal Poison Pill"

My previous post (Real issues - McCain vs. Obama tax proposals) was about this comparison (click on it to enlarge):

Today's op-ed by Paul Krugman (below) explains what it means.

--Jeff Weintraub
New York Times
Fiscal Poison Pill
By Paul Krugman
June 16, 2008

A poison pill, in corporate jargon, is a financial arrangement designed to protect current management by crippling the company if someone else takes over.

As I read the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center’s analysis of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals, I realized that the tax cuts enacted by the Bush administration are, in effect, a fiscal poison pill aimed at future administrations.

True, the tax cuts won’t prevent a change in management — the Constitution sees to that. But they will make it hard for the next president to change the country’s direction.

Exhibit A of the poison pill in action is the sad case of John McCain, part of whose lingering image as a maverick rests on his early opposition to the Bush tax cuts, which he declared excessive and too tilted toward the rich.

Since then the budget surpluses of the Clinton years have given way to persistent deficits, and income inequality has risen to new heights, vindicating his opposition.

But instead of pointing this out, Mr. McCain now promises to make those tax cuts permanent — and proposes further cuts that are, if anything, tilted even more toward the wealthy. And how is the loss of revenue to be made up? Mr. McCain hasn’t offered a realistic answer.

You can explain though not excuse Mr. McCain’s behavior by his need to shore up relations with the Republican base, which suspects him of being a closet moderate. But he’s not the only one seemingly trapped by the Bush fiscal legacy.

Barack Obama’s tax plan is more responsible than Mr. McCain’s: relative to current policy, the Tax Policy Center estimates, the Obama plan would raise revenue by $700 billion over the next decade, compared with a $600 billion loss for Mr. McCain.

The Obama plan is also far more progressive, sharply reducing after-tax incomes for the richest 1 percent of Americans while raising incomes for the bottom 80 percent.

But while $700 billion may sound like a lot of money, it’s probably not enough to pay for universal health care, which was supposed to be the overriding progressive priority in this election.

Why doesn’t Mr. Obama propose raising more money? Blame the Bush poison pill.

First of all, Mr. Obama — like, to be fair, his main rivals for the Democratic nomination — isn’t willing to challenge the Bush tax cuts as a whole. He only proposes rolling back tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year.

Second, Mr. Obama proposes giving back a substantial part of the revenue raised by this partial tax-cut rollback in the form of new tax cuts.

These tax cuts would mainly benefit lower- and-middle-income families, although this can’t be said of Mr. Obama’s plan to eliminate income taxes on seniors with incomes under $50,000: since most seniors already pay no income taxes, this would do nothing for those most in need. And one wonders why we should create the precedent of exempting particular demographic groups from taxes.

But the big question is, are these tax cuts, however appealing, a top priority? The most expensive proposal, under the title Making Work Pay, would give most workers $500 in tax credits, at a 10-year cost of more than $700 billion. Isn’t it more important that workers be assured of health care?

The problem, I believe, is that even Democrats have bought into the underlying premise of the Bush years — that the best thing you can do for American families, or at least the only thing that can win their votes, is to give them a tax break.

One more thing: on Friday Mr. Obama declared that he would “extend the promise” of Social Security by imposing a payroll-tax surcharge on people making more than $250,000 a year. The Tax Policy Center estimates that this would raise an additional $629 billion over the next decade.

But if the revenue from this tax hike really would be reserved for the Social Security trust fund, it wouldn’t be available for current initiatives. Again, one wonders about priorities. Whatever would-be privatizers may say, Social Security isn’t in crisis: the Congressional Budget Office says that the trust fund is good until 2046, and a number of analysts think that even this estimate is overly pessimistic. So is adding to the trust fund the best use a progressive can find for scarce additional revenue?

Anyway, back to my main theme: looking at the tax proposals of the two presidential candidates, it’s remarkable and disheartening to see how effective President Bush’s fiscal poison pill has been in restricting the terms of debate.

Progressives, in particular, have to hope that Mr. Obama will be more willing to challenge the Bush legacy in office than he has been in the campaign.

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February already?
2007-02-07 - 5:17 p.m.

If I just *think* about doing it, it never gets done. I need to actually open the little white box and type for my words to appear up here.

Funny how that happens.

So...Kirk and I have a date this weekend. Funny, the prospect of "dating" your husband, but it's a lot like the typing. If I just *think* about spending time with him, life gets in the way. It takes plans, and a babysitter (thanks, Mom), and the motivation of something I REALLY want to do...

We're headed to Love Letters by the Fire at the Fireplace Restaurant. Listening to love letters written by John and Abigail Adams while we eat food made from Mrs. Adams' family recipes--it's the sort of event made for a geeky girl like me. The bourbon tasting is kind of lost on both of us, since he doesn't drink at all and I drink only wine and girly drinks, but the menu--clam chowder and Braintree squash rolls, "Goose on the spit" with mushroom pastry and "cranberries in a slack oven", and ginger apple custard with vanilla ice cream--that part is very, very cool...Oh, and the restaurant is a place I've always wanted to go. Yay for me! Worth every penny of the $60 price tag.

Funny--once upon a time, $60 was nothing to spend on an occasion like this one. Of course, there was no husband and child and mortgage and all that back then...

Anyway...On a different note, I have managed to find myself a group of knitters in the area and am headed out for my first "Stitch and Bitch" evening (or, I guess, it now has to be referred to as an SnB--something about copyright infringement and a nasty New York company and all) on Monday night. 7pm at the Starbucks on the corner of Rte 1 and Dean Street, if anyone is local and interested in knitting with a group of crazy strangers. My family thinks it rather odd that I am heading out for a social evening of knitting. Poo on them. They didn't complain when I knitted them all scarves for Christmas. Besides, it may be just the incentive I need to finish that sweater that has been languishing in my closet since last February, when I decided I only wanted to knit things that were rectangular in shape.

Will skipped out of school today, the result of an extremely runny nose and a pair of gooey eyes. He actually seemed better this morning, but I took one look at him and thought, "If I were one of the other parents and I saw this face looking out at me from the middle of the daycare room, I'd be pissed." I don't think what he has is conjunctivitis--if it were, I'm fairly certain we'd all (or at least I'd) have it, too--he's not exactly shy about poking us and sticking things in our faces and such. And, of course, once I said I'd call the doctor this morning, he appeared to miraculously clear up. Just in time to cost me a half day's work PLUS the $35 that we have to pay for his school day whether he's there or not. Thanks, Will. Mommy LOVES it when you do stuff like that.

The worst part of it is that he sees it as a victory. He likes being at school, but he hates *going to* school. Every Wednesday and Thursday morning is a struggle.

Two weeks ago, coming off of his January sickness, the one in which he threw up 20 times in 18 hours and ended up in the emergency room because he hadn't peed for about 13 or so of those 18 hours, he decided he didn't even like being at school. He demonstrated this dislike at every opportunity, doing lovely things like hitting the other kids, or knocking all the books off the shelf, or singing "Jingle Bells" at the top of his lungs while everyone else tried to eat lunch and being so loud that he made one of the other kids cry, and then, when he was removed from the table, obtaining a toy and banging it on the floor next to the table, again being so loud that there were tears from one of the other kids.

You know it's bad when you walk in to get him and his teacher looks at you and says, "We need to have a meeting."

It's especially bad when said teacher is the mother of your best friend and has known you since you were in brownies with her other daughter. And it only gets worse when, in the course of the conversation, she uses phrases like, "No one wants this to work more than I do," all the while trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.

Yep. Good times.

That afternoon marked a turning point in the lives of the Jenistar household. There is no more eating on the couch. No more eating anywhere but at the table, actually. No more constant background TV. No more sleeping until 9:30, napping from 4-7, and then going to bed at 10. Not that any of these things were bad changes, mind you. It's just that with just the two of us here most of the time, Will tends to lead a pretty relaxed life. No more--the boundaries are up.

Thankfully, it seems to be working. Or, at least, it was last week. He had two really good days, and by the end of the week was actually telling the OTHER kids how to behave nicely. We'll see what happens tomorrow when he has to return to reality after another day of snuggling on the couch with Mom.

At least there were no snacks, though. I did manage to hold fast to that.

ANd now, I'm off to make meatloaf. Turkey meatloaf, actually. Aren't you all sorry you aren't eating dinner at MY house tonight?

Hey, at least it's homemade...And hot.

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wishful Wednesday - Easter

It's Wishful Wednesday at Kelsey's blog!! :) Easter is one of my favorite holidays, can you tell by my new blog lay-out?? Ha!

'I wish' .... I could re-live one Easter memory from my childhood, and it would be the Easter that: well, it would be every single Easter from my childhood!

I miss my childhood Easter's SO much! This is a little play-by-play on how they would go:
  • We would decorate and color eggs that Saturday before Easter Sunday
  • Sunday morning we would wake up to treats from the Easter bunny - which usually included candy, a stuffed animal of some sort (usually a bunny), & other cool little random things that were just 'so cool' when we were that age
  • My mom would get my sister and I all ready (matching dresses and all!) for church. I always loved Easter because we would always get to pick out new Easter dresses :)
  • Our church always held a small egg hunt so of course we were participants in that! :)
  • After that we would head out to my grandparents house in the country for a big Easter lunch
We did this for YEARS; and I wish I could go back, re-live it, and soak up every second of it. I usually head home for Easter, but not this Sunday! Our church is going to be NUTS, so of course I'm helping out with all 5 services in the nursery - but hey, I'm not complaining, more babies for me!! :) :)

4 sweet comments...:

Beth McC. said...

YAY! I love all the memories! I wrote about the same thing! So Fun!

Thanks for sharing! Happy Easter Week

Sammy said...

Our Easter schedule sound a lot a like! :)

Have fun at church Sunday, I'm sure all the kids will look adorable in their little Easter outfits :)

Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's said...

How amazing is your momma!! Would you die if I told you I never remember painting eggs??? Sad right!!

Kendra said...

I have ALWAYS hate painting eggs, I know crazy, but I got the urge to do it this year. I can't wait. I think everything is better as a child. I love your memories though.!!!


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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

This message is the very first with my new keyboard! Yay! My keys are all nice and textured again. No more of that glossy, caved in feel... I can actually SEE the letters now. Woohoo.

(It's only a matter of time before I jack 'em up again, but for now...I shall enjoy being able to see and feel what I'm doing. :)) And now I can type away on the ole' wip to my heart's content. If only I wasn't working so many hours now!!! Ack. (g)

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How an epic gig changed my life

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It was announced last week that Queen — well, Brian May and Roger Taylor — are going on a world tour. Possibly the last of their career. If it wasn’t for the gaping hole left by Freddie Mercury, this would have the word “epic” written all over it. But what is an epic gig anyway?

It’s a question I’ve been mulling over for years. As a teenager growing up in Britain in the ’90s, when I so desperately wanted to have been at The Beatles gig in New York’s Shea Stadium on Aug. 15, 1965. Or years later, as a grown-up freelance writer whiling away another rainy day here in Vancouver, where I sit wishing I had been at London’s Wembley Stadium on 13 July, 1985, when Queen gave the world’s greatest live performance in the history of rock for Live Aid.

In terms of epic gigs, it’s tempting to think it’s all been downhill since then. But I refuse to believe that we need rock legends to die young and crowd sizes exceeding 100,000 to qualify a gig as epic. Nor, as Live 8 proved, does global poverty alone an epic performance make. With that in mind, I’ve narrowed down my own top three epic gigs:

  • Foo Fighters at Hammerstein Ballroom, New York 2003
  • Basement Jaxx at The Other Stage, Glastonbury 2004
  • Muse at The Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury 2004
  • Mumford & Sons at The Gorge Amphitheatre, Sasquatch 2013

There are other gigs I could name that have been special….Rodrigo y Gabriela, playing undiscovered in a tiny tent at Glastonbury 2004…Brian Wilson in the ‘California sunshine’ at Glastonbury 2005, the Marley Brothers, enjoyed with rum and ginger beer at Glastonbury 2007…Fun Lovin’ Criminals for the backstage party at Koko in London in 2010…and many others. But they weren’t epic.

So what made these gigs epic?

Loud noises

I want the music to thrash through me, I want to dance, sing and feel moved, in a positive way. At Mumford & Sons, I danced my feet off to those bluegrass banjos. At the Foo Fighters gig, I headbanged so much I had whiplash for a week afterwards. At Basement Jaxx, we jumped around like maniacs to Where’s Your Head At. At Muse, the thunderous sound of Time Is Running Out ripped through us and out the other side.

Location, location, location

The venue has to make me feel special somehow. This is a given at Glastonbury, where even at its big stages you feel like you’re in a very unique place. Presumably all those ley lines are supplying good mystical energy. And at Sasquatch, which is situated in a spectacular river gorge that takes your breath away at sunset.  But the venue can also be small, more intimate, more personal. Seeing the Foo Fighters at the Hammerstein Ballroom meant I was headbanging only a few feet from Dave Grohl – how cool is that?

The Gorge Amphitheatre at Sasquatch!

The Gorge Amphitheatre at Sasquatch! – one of the best outdoor venues in the world (Photo: Conrad Olson)

A one-off

I need to feel like no one will ever see this gig again. Festival gigs lend themselves to this idea. Basement Jaxx, Muse and Mumford & Sons were all only playing one night at Glastonbury or Sasquatch. The Foo Fighters are the exception that proves the rule. They played the Ballroom on a couple of nights, but I had no idea until now. Maybe that fact fell out due to all the headbanging. It doesn’t matter –  I felt like it was a one-off and that’s what counts.

Twist of fate

Otherwise known as the “I wasn’t even supposed to be here” clause. Or the “every great gig has a story” clause.

On the day of the Foo Fighters gig, I had no idea who they were, wasn’t a fan and didn’t have a ticket. We were visiting a friend in New York, who woke up that day and decided it might be a fun thing to do. We miraculously procured tickets cheaply from a tout outside. He got in trouble with his boss about it. We got into the gig. The rest is history.

At Glastonbury 2004, Basement Jaxx was scheduled to play on the Other Stage at the same time as Paul McCartney was on the Pyramid Stage. The choice was clear – everyone went to see McCartney. Except us. Instead, we got right to the front of the Jaxx gig and danced like crazy, bonding as outcasts with the others who had  – for some odd reason – chosen electronic dance over Beatles classics. And McCartney? Apparently, he sucked.

Muse at Glastonbury 2004 was a similar deal to the Foo Fighters back in New York. I knew nothing about them, I wasn’t a fan and even when we got to the front I was put off by the somewhat violent nature of the crowd. But then we shuffled back. I took a deep breath, looked up at the stage… and felt the power of Matt Bellamy’s guitar heading straight for us like a nuclear warhead. I was sold.

Finally, to Mumford & Sons at Sasquatch and possibly the most meaningful gig of my entire life. In contrast, the months before Sasquatch were some of the worst in my life. My father and my grandmother had both died. I had been ill. Life had completely sucked for a long time. But I was trying to embrace life again, so here I was camping, drinking and gigging with a small group of festival friends.

I did my best to enjoy myself, but the sad distractions were always there. The Arctic Monkeys, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Sigur Ros, The xx, Bloc Party….all great, but none quite made it through the haze. On the third day, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros briefly broke through with their song Home, exactly reflecting my feelings towards the world in that moment.

Then Mumford & Sons took to the stage. The reason we bought the ticket. The reason we had fought and won our way to the best position, close enough to the front and central to the singer, with an unobstructed view and plenty of room to dance. It’s hard to describe what happened next. Mumford played their infectiously energetic but emotional melodies, while we danced bluegrass country jigs till we dropped.

An enormous wave of euphoria scooped us up and we rode it with abandon. This was crowdsurfing for the soul. By the time Dust Bowl Dance rolled around, we were completely ecstatic and exhausted. It was already one of my best gigs of all time.

Me and a friend dancing at Mumford & Sons at Sasquatch!

My friend Maddy and I dancing to Mumford & Sons at Sasquatch! (Photo: Conrad Olson)

But then came the encore. A cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain. Mumford & Sons, joined now by the Zeros, were inexplicably singing the one song that meant the most to me at that moment.

I didn’t have a lot in common with my father. But as a teenager, I did, for a while, share his love of Formula 1 motor racing. We would watch the Grand Prix on the BBC together every week, cheering for Britain’s Damon Hill, even though we secretly preferred Brazil’s Ayrton Senna. And the theme tune of that Grand Prix show? The Chain by Fleetwood Mac.

Fast forward to Sasquatch, and my feelings transcended the euphoria I had previously felt. Suddenly Mumford & Sons were speaking directly to me with this song. Lyrics about being separated from someone you love, despite the chain that binds you, took on a whole new meaning. The universe was speaking directly to me.

For the first time in months, I felt entirely, truly happy.

Afterwards, as we were swept away in the elated crowd on the nightly march back to the campsite, someone started a singalong. Soon hundreds of people around us were all singing from the top of their lungs – and so were we. The song? Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody of course.

In the end, a gig can be so much more than just words and lyrics. It can transcend a mere entertainment experience. It can speak to you in ways you never imagined. And that’s why we’ll be getting a Queen ticket. Because having tasted that truly epic feeling, I know it exists and I have to hope there is more to come – and this time, I intend to chase it.

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Friday, January 2, 2009

Circus Bears

I felt like drawing some circus bears. Bears are neat creatures. They're like giant badgers or something. Not really a dog, not really a cat.

Mike Moloney said...

haha those are cute, all you need now is their Russian master whipping them

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Utah: Thursday, 8/25

Thursday was perhaps my favorite day of our vacation. We went up to Park City a second time, this time to Park City Mountain Resort. It was so much fun! In the summer they have a lot to do--alpine slide, zip line, and even a mountain roller coaster! And never fear, there were rides for the kids too.

Unfortunately I don't have pictures of the most fun things--I didn't even think about bringing my camera down the zip line. Even the ride up the lift terrified me (I've never been skiing), especially when I thought about bringing up my wiggly little girls to ride down the alpine slide with us. Luckily they did fine, and we all had a blast!
Uncle Peter ( my dad's twin) on the Alpine Slide.

Chris and Jordan

Emma on the carousel.

Dave and Maddie

Emma on the airplane ride. Check out that view behind her!

Emma, Maddie, and Jordan on the train ride
After we played for most of them morning and early afternoon, we went out to Midway to hang out at my aunt Trixie's house. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures, because she has a gorgeous house and is always so generous to host everyone.  We hung out for a few hours, then went into Orem to have dinner with one of my best friends from high school and college, Rachel. I don't have any pictures from there either, but for that I blame my tired kids. :) It was a fun, busy day spent playing with people we love!

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Laura said...

See, Utah's awesome. You should move here.


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