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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

School pages backup jill

up to 11/22

Jillian Preschool

week of 11/22
Last week, we had so much fun learning about food and health. Next week, we are going to discover the theme, “The First Thanksgiving”.  We have so many fun activities planned and look forward to learning some more interesting facts about the culture of Thanksgiving and the deeper meaning of gratitude. We will give thanks to the community and love ones that surround us.

Happy Friday! The children enjoyed painting, reading books and playing shape games.

Today the Preschoolers worked on the letter 'f' and read "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester".
The Pre-K students worked on the letter 'y' and sang "Yetta Yo-Yo".
 Making my lips smile ! 😬😬😬😬

Today we begin our unit on Food and Health.

The children enjoyed reading "Can I Play Too".

week of 11/16
Last week, we had so much fun learning about sight and hearing. Next week, we are going to discover the theme, “Food and Health”.  We have so many fun activities planned and look forward to learning some more really interesting facts about different types of foods and ways to keep our bodies active and healthy. We will determine how each type of food will affect our bodies and mind.

The children did a great job as they worked on sequencing while putting picture cards in the correct order.
We enjoyed "scent" painting as we added cinnamon to our paint.

11/11 math games today

week of 11/9

11/6 she's been sick this week, so today (fri) is only day she's been

10/19 We enjoyed talking about the Fall Harvest and reading "The leaves are falling one by one". We also had fun counting are leaves and writing a fall story.

10/16 Happy Friday! We enjoyed reading "Officer Buckle and Gloria".

10/14 We enjoyed Rhythm and Notes today singing "Do Mi So". Preschoolers have been working on the letter "B"

week of 10/11

We had a fun week! In Art today we made "flashlights" and pretended to be firefighters. We also went on a bear hunt.
The children enjoyed a puppet show today.

The children have been learning what to do if there is an emergency. Today we practiced "dialing" 9-1-1.

10/5 week

10/2 We had a great day! We enjoyed Spanish with Mr. Carlos, reading "Buzz", playing a letter game and Rhythm and Notes.

Preschoolers played a game called "Number or Letter". They did a great job deciding which was a number and which was a letter.

In Math we are working on one-to-one correspondence, comparing sets of objects and recognizing numerals 1-10. You were correct...Jillian had a lot of energy today.  (she slept from 3pm sunday to 6:20am monday)

 week of 9/28 and looking back
 Whether you call it yinyue or la musica, it’s all music to our ears
This week, we had a blast learning about music around the world. Next week, we are going to explore the theme, “Animals around the World”. We have so many fun activities planned and look forward to learning some more really cool facts about different types of animals from different parts of the world.

Wrapping up the week the children did a great job in Math working on "Bag It".
In Reading, we read The Great Shape Hunt. We had fun noticing and pointing out all the different shapes in the classroom.

Pre-K read "The Big-Mouth Frog" during Reading today and did a great job working on vocabulary and comprehension.
During Reading, our Preschoolers read "Alphabet Under Construction" and enjoyed tracing Capital letters with their fingers.

9/21  Jillian had fun playing with her rocket ship today and did a great job sharing it with her friends.
In Math we played a game called "Bag It". The children did a great job looking at the number and putting the correct amount of counters into the bag.

week of 9/21 This week, we had a blast learning about sports around the world.  Next week, we are going to explore the theme, “Music around the World”.  We have so many fun activities planned and look forward to learning some more really cool facts about different types of music from different parts of the world.  Please see the attached newsletter for the upcoming week’s classroom activities for the unit “Music Around the World”. This week preschoolers will explore music in the United States and in other countries through books, Circle Time conversations and lots of Rhythm & Notes with music from The Music Class lessons and activities to explore various forms of music as part of our "Music Around the World" Unit of Learning.
Mon-Students practice stating their full names today with "Full Name Catch" as part of this month's Life Skills theme, "I Know My Name and Address." The theme also ties in with our 9-week Get Ready. Get Safe. emergency preparedness blog series and Family Plan Checklist. Did you know that knowing their name can help children in an emergency?
Wed- In Science today we conduct an experiment mixing different ingredients together to create "Yellow Goo." Mixing in yellow food coloring helps us review the color of the month as we with explore this ooey gooey science experiment!
Fri- Counting by ones and tens and song count, clap and stomp

9/18  We had Spanish with Mr. Carlos today and the children had a great time. We sang songs, played maracas and danced while singing in Spanish.
We had the cultural parade today as well, our class was representing Kenya, we made flags and marched to the song of It's a Small World

9/16 The children did a great job in Reading making predictions about what would happen in The Lion and the Mouse.

9/14  In Math our preschoolers are learning to recognize objects in a set without counting. Our Pre-K children are working on recognizing which of two sets has more or fewer objects without counting.

week of 9/14
Explore sports around the world. Mon- Sports collage, Weds- Bells during music time. Alternate singing and playing on cue. Fri- comparison skills (less or more than with one to one correspondence)

9/11 During Writing we were practicing writing and sounding out letters.

9/9 During Mucho Mundo we learned that "el mundo" means the world. We enjoyed reading Aqualicious today.

week of 9/7  we are going to explore the theme, “Children Around the World”. We have so many fun activities planned and look forward to learning some more really cool facts about different cultures.

We had a blast in Thumbs Up playing Musical Spots.

week of 8/31
Mon- Sttudents work together on a Pass-Along Picture during Art today. One person starts the drawing on a large sheet of paper then passes the marker to the next student until everyone has contributed and the project is complete!
wed: In Thumbs Up! today we work on moving in different ways with a fun theme-related activity called Henry Finds a Home. Students take turns moving from spot to spot (home to home) performing different actions
Fri: Students review identifying different musical instruments by picture and sound during Rhythm and Notes today.
This week we discuss the names of our teachers and classmates and what it means to be a friend during the Friends at School; Unit of Learning. Celebrate new classmates and the back-to-school season at home by making "Back-to-School Crafts" the whole family can enjoy such as: backpack tags or pencil toppers. This is a great project to share with older brothers and sisters too!

We had a wonderful day making clouds, build inside outside city out of blocks and watching clouds outside on the playground. During Art we discussed how clouds form while we painted with white paint on blue paper.

End of Summer Popsicle Party! - Popsicles for snack
Durning Thumbs Up we had a great time playing "Inside, Outside Rings".
Today we enjoyed playing outside in the cooler weather.

Today during Science we explored the inside of fruits and veggies. We also cut up a cucumber and will be making pickles. During Writing we walked around the classroom with clipboards and "wrote" words and toys that we saw.

school work so far:
 1st day of preschool, practicing her J's

 her rocket ship day 3

 calendar helper

  birds and animals are playing and flying outside my window

Jillian enjoyed building a farm with the bristle blocks and playing with all of her friends this morning. Have a wonderful weekend!
Weekly Theme: Express Yourself: Today the children enjoyed a puppet show about friendship.
Lunch - some of the Tropical Fruit, all of the Milk, all of the Cheese Tortellini, none of the Green Beans
Reading with a friend Caleb

8/19 "We read Mouse Paint during Circle Time today. Jillian enjoyed mixing yellow, red and blue paint together and guessing what color it would make. Today we learned some Yoga moves...Tree Pose, Butterfly and Rolling Rock."

8/17  Jillian enjoyed reading books with her friends today. During Writing we practiced our letters while making a Letter Collage.

week 3 look ahead: Mon: Singing, dancing, drawing and painting are soome ways we can express ourselves. We will be exploring these ideas and more this week as we learn to express ourselves! Weds: Today during Noggin' Joggin' students will explore the concepts of drawing and painting. After reading "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh we sing a song about painting and drawing.
Fri: This week we experimented with different yoga poses during our Thumbs Up! transition times. Some of the poses we tried were "butterfly" and "rolling rock". These poses got us in the right mind set for our next activity!

week 2 This week we had fun doing our wild and wacky experiments.  Next week our theme is Express Yourself.  We will be learning to express ourselves through music, art, writing, facial expressions and dancing.  During Thumbs Up we will be learning different yoga poses,.

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

ARC Review The Tulip Eaters Antoinette van Heugten

The Tulip EatersThe Tulip Eaters by Antoinette van Heugten
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Nora de Jong returns home to find her mother murdered and her baby missing. Frustrated with the lack of developments from the police department Nora decides to find her baby on her own. In doing so she discovers family secrets that change everything she thinks she knows.
I loved Those that Save Us by Jenna Bloom and Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay and was really hoping for a similar read with a World War II theme. Unfortunately, this book fell far short and I struggled to get through it.
My main issue with the novel was the writing, I found it to be very juvenile and it did not convey the emotion or depth the novel should have had.
Immediately, in the first chapter when Nora discovered her deceased mother the writing threw me off. Passages like, "Nora tried to push the gray lumps back into her mother's skull. They felt like buttery worms and smelled like spoiled eggs." Often times, through out the novel the author became very descriptive but it did nothing to convey emotion or depth in a character, it seemed like she was trying to hard.
In other instances the dialogue between characters and inner dialogue was forced and very simplistic or stereotypical.
Nora de Jong was not a fully fleshed out character. She never seemed to be a grieving or distraught mother of a missing child. She was certainly frantic and very focused on her research of her family secrets but she seemed too focused on that. Her reaction to finding her dead mother and eventually her missing baby was odd and once the investigator came it got even worse. Nora and her friend were allowed to remain in the home and meander through the crime scene repeatedly, eventually having tea in the kitchen while the investigation continued. I found this highly unlikely. Later when the detective comes back for a follow up, he and Nora have coffee in the living room where the mother died, a blue blanket thrown over the blood and brains on the carpet. Again, who would stay in a home after that "awful day" as it was often referred to.
When Nora went to Amsterdam to search for the kidnapper she became even more unbelievable as a mother of a missing child, focused on her research and family secrets and eventually her former lover. At one point she is sipping wine in a bar thinking about how relaxed she is, totally unrealistic.
Then there is Nico, her former lover and as it turns out the child's father. Conveniently, he is the director of the historical society Nora needs to do her research at. She left Nico after he refused to move to the U.S. with her where she had a neuro surgery fellowship and soon after arriving in Houston she found out she was pregnant and decided to not reveal this to Nico. He has since remarried but that doesn't stop the feelings between the two and neither does her confession of a shared child. I found their relationship to be very shallow and Nico unbelievable as a father denied his baby.
The supporting characters Amarissa, Ariel and Dirk were very one dimensional and stereo typical as well and did little to improve the story. I really hated Amarissa not just because she was a horrible person but also because she was a very very cliche character.
The premise of this book was very interesting, the title interesting and the preface got my hopes up, the actual story disappointed. I would like to give this story idea to other authors and see how differently it could have played out, to see it reach its potential.

I received a copy of this novel from Net Galley in exchange for a fair review

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LONDON: Predatory bacteria - that eat others of their kind - could be a new weapon in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria or 'superbugs', a new study suggests.
A naturally occurring predatory bacterium is able to work with the immune system to clear multi-drug resistant Shigella infections in zebrafish, researchers from Imperial College London and Nottingham University in the UK said.
It is the first time the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus has been successfully used as an injected anti-bacterial therapy and represents an important step in the fight against drug-resistant infections, or 'superbugs'.
Shigella infection is responsible for over 160 million illnesses and over one million deaths every year - and is a common cause of travellers' diarrhoea.
Cases of drug-resistant Shigella are also on the rise as, although the diarrhoea usually clears up without treatment, antibiotics are often used even in mild cases to stop the diarrhoea faster.
To investigate Bdellovibrio's ability to control drug resistant Gram-negative infections, researchers injected zebrafish larvae with a lethal dose of Shigella flexneri strain M90T, resistant to both streptomycin and carbenicillin antibiotics.
Bdellovibrio was injected into the larvae's infection site and a decrease in the number of Shigella was seen.
In the absence of Bdellovibrio, zebrafish were unable to control the replication of Shigella and levels of the bacteria rose.
"This study really shows what a unique and interesting bacterium Bdellovibrio is as it presents this amazing natural synergy with the immune system and persists just long enough to kill prey bacteria before being naturally cleared," said Serge Mostowy, from Imperial College London.
"It's an important milestone in research into the use of a living antibiotic that could be used in animals and humans," Mostowy said.
Bdellovibrio can invade and kill a range of Gram-negative bacteria, such as E coli and Salmonella, in the natural environment.
Previous research has shown that it can reduce pathogen numbers in the stomach of chickens when taken as an oral therapy, but there is growing need to develop therapies to target infections in wounds and organs.
Successful use of Bdellovibrio highlights its potential uses in tackling a range of drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections that can develop in hospital patients.
"This has been a truly ground-breaking collaboration that shows therapeutic Bdellovibrio in action inside the translucent living zebrafish," Professor Liz Sockett, from The University of Nottingham said.
"The predatory action of the Bdellovibrio breaks the Shigella-pathogen cells and this stimulates the white blood cells; redoubling their 'efforts' against the pathogen and leading to increased survival of the zebrafish 'patients'," said Sockett.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008

And the winners are!!!

About a week or less ago, I got the pleasant surprise of a blog award. Imagine that, someone actually LIKED my blog! My day suddenly got brighter, and I was smiling from ear to ear. Thanks Pam! Visit her Consummate Life blog, you will surely enjoy your visit. Then I figured there are millions of other blogs out there who need a little love and attention. So here is how it shall go. I submit an award to seven blogs, if you receive an award, you do the same, and send that reward to at least 7 other bloggers. So go ahead, spread the love, and make somebody smile. :)

1. Daisy the Curly Cat. This blog features the one and only adorable cat Daisy. Join Daisy as she ventures onto mischievous adventures, painting, dressing for the circus and much more. This blog is filled with her day to day events and pictures. If you are a cat lover like I am, Daisy will surely melt your heart.

2. Poetic Architecture. Sanjay an excellent poet, displays his written talent in a well put together poetry blog. Labeling himself as an optimist, his talent shines through his words. Take a peak, you won't leave once you do!

3. Robin's Nest. I find this blog very dear to my heart because it serves as a reminder when my heart needed time to heal. Poetry was something that helped me get through a broken heart. Robin's nest displays poetry that will touch you and get under your skin.

4. Subjective Soup. What are the ingredients to make a nice bowlful of subjective soup? Why its daily events, thoughts, and feeling. Don't forget to sprinkle on some attitude. When you read Subjective Soup, you will always want more than one serving.

5. Emila's Illustrated Blog: A blog with giveaways, pictures, and artistic work, Emila's blog is something that I took notice of very quickly. If you want a RSS Dolly, she's the girl to go to!

6. Caught in the Stream: This blogger definitely knows how to draw. If I could draw a perfect circle I would be perfectly content! Visit this artist's blog, the drawings are phenomenal.

7. Lily's licorice. This is a tasty blog with stories, politics, and thoughts. My favorite post is of her silly husband burning down the house. Psssh Men! Don't ask me how it happened, if you want to find out, you'll just have to read her post.

kris said...

Thanks Kavita - I'm so glad Lily's Licorice is staring to get attention. The stories of my hubby are all true, so imagine the life I live. How I am still sane is beyond me.

Daisy said...

Congratulations on our award! And thank you so much for thinking of me, too. You did make me smile real big!

Robin said...

Thank you for thinking of me!

Francis Scudellari said...

Hi Kavita, thanks for the kind words and the link love!

Sanjay Chhabria said...

Hey Congraaaatualtiiiiiooonnss!!!

Great to hear your blog was recognized. A recognition does boost the spirit you blog for.

And yes, you did raise my spirits too... by recognizing my blog.

Thanks a lot Kavita... You DID made my Day.

Patricia said...

Thank you so much for giving "Subjective Soup: its very first award! I have already posted today about this honor.

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I am a 25 year old loud mouth by my words yet soft spoken at heart. I have love affairs with new thoughts, ideas, controversies, movies, news,helping those in need and politics. If something tickles my fancy, I will blog profusely about it. The world is filled with nonsense, and writing helps me grasp the reality, whatever that may be.
I graduated from Northern with a Bachelors in Health and Human Sciences, with an emphasis in family and individual development. I hope to GOD my thousand and thousand dollars in loans has prepared me enough for Grad school which I will be venturing off into this Fall of '10. YIKES!
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Winnie's woodchips

WOODCHIPS - From Winnie's Corner
Fresh chips from old family trees as well as other genealogical subjects

In 1853 Great grandfather Bernard KEENAN came to the United States with two older siblings when he was about 12 to 14 years old, thus relieving the pressure on the family in Ireland caused by the potato famine. On his way west Bernard stopped in Iowa, from there went to the gold fields of California.

Great grandpa KEENAN had come from California to Weston Oregon by ox team in 1863 where he marries 1st Triphene WILDER, an older sister of my great grandma Lydia Emma Wilder KEENAN. Triphene died soon after the birth of her first child, Bertha KEENAN. Lydia Emma, Triphene's younger sister, 20 years younger than Bernard, came to care for baby Bertha and stayed to marry Bernard. They had three children, Arthur KEENAN, (grandma) Grace Pearl KEENAN and Alvin KEENAN.

My grandparents, Harry SHEARER and Grace Pearl KEENAN had my uncles Carl SHEARER and Harold SHEARER, my mother Mable SHEARER and my aunts Mary SHEARER and Bertha SHEARER. Aunt Mary celebrated her 100th birthday May 10th 1998.

My mother's people left Weston, Oregon in the early 1900's and settled on a homestead near Biggs, just up the canyon from Moro. Bernard had a long mail route covering two counties, Moro and Sherman that I know of, he traveled by horse. While covering his route he was bitten by a dog on his shin bone. The wound would not heal and he became more and more infirm.

Great grandmother Emma Lydia Wilder KEENAN became the strong one of the family, She took charge, she built the Columbia Hotel at Biggs OR. All the womenfolk helped great grandma run the hotel including my grandmother and mother. I being a preschooler in the early 1920's spent hours setting on the front steps of the hotel and dreaming about that huge mansion (Maryhill)across the river. I believe my fondness for castles, prince and princesses, dragons and Merlin the sorcerer came from those early dreaming days.

Emma and Bernard had “Dinty's Station” built to provide an income for Bertha's daughter, Rheta and her husband, Dinty DURLAND.

Mother told me that she and dad explored Maryhill Castle inside and out one weekend, approx 1916/17. She and dad found a loose window on the ground floor, pried it open, went in and explored the big empty building.

Often used expressions used by my family and others was “What in the Sam Hill are you doing?” or “What in the Sam Hill do you think you are doing?” even “Why in the Sam Hill are you doing that?” I believe you get the picture.

This immense pile of concrete and stone called Maryhill castle, set high in the vast nothingness of a stark hill on the Washington side overlooking the Columbia's gorge, was built be the eccentric Samuel HILL, son-in-law of James Jerome HILL the railroad man. Supposedly Sam built it for his bride, but no one can explain why (the Sam Hill) he chose such an inaccessible spot.

Years later, on the Oregon side, long after both Hecker's “Biggs Hotel” and great grandmother Emma's “Columbia Hotel” burned down, married and with children of my own … I visited the castle for the first time. It had been turned into a museum, and a surprisingly good one at that, with the support of Queen Marie or Romania. Queen Marie left her homeland to come all this way for the dedication. Plenty of hot wind, temperatures in the 90's or reaching 100. I wonder what she thought as she looked out over that parched landscape for miles in each direction and saw naught by rock and sagebrush.

Today my family have all moved away, the original warehouses, rails and depot, the Hotel sites lay under many feet of water backed up from Celilo Falls (Deschutes) Dam. The old homestead is covered over by a modern highway carrying the bridge traffic north and south.

Dinty's Station became Dinty Moore's and the last I saw, it was called just plain ol'e “Dinty's market”.

With the passing of time Maryhill's castle museum has prospered, a paved highway runs past, the grounds have been manicured into a park with trees, green grass, shrubs and flowers. There is a modern campground near by for our comfort and as I recall homes, stores etc. are near the shore line.

But the view from Maryhill remains vast, lonely and beautiful.


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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

In the Hospital - Feb 18, 1944

Feb. 18, 1944

Hello Dad,

Thought I might write to you and find out how things are going.
Is there anything new on the place? You should be getting a check for twenty dollars a month from the government. That will take care of the payments on the place. I forgot who's name the allotment is in, but it doesn't make any difference.
What's the remaining balance? I forgot to keep track of the number of payments that have been made.
I had an idea the other day and thought you might see how it struck you. There should be quite a few billboards around St. Louis and Southeastern MO. that are empty. If a person could buy several of those boards in good shape, and just keep up the ground lease they might become pretty good assets in the next year. Of course they would have to be picked up dam cheap. I imagine that any being sold that way would be by small concerns pretty hard hit by the war.
I'll try and get a hundred dollars to you next month. If you and Mother like the above idea the money will be available. If you don't like the idea, well the money can be put in the bank or used as you see fit.
I've been in the hospital for a couple of weeks. I had a light case of pneumonia, not very bad. I'm on light duty for a while yet, and then back to the outfit.
After I get back, I'm going to make out a power of attorney to you. Then you can transact any business in my name if you care to.
Let me hear from you soon.

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  1. The pneumonia that he had was actually much worse than he let on. The Dr. did not expected him to live. He didn't want his family to worry about him so he told them it wasn't very bad.


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Saturday, December 15, 2007

On our way!!!!!

Well, it's finally the time to frantically pack, get little or no sleep, and rush to LAX. We leave EARRRRRRLY tomorrow morning. I'm sure Maddie will be a jewel to be with tomorrow afternoon after waking her so early. We can't wait to see everyone! It seems like it's been a very long time, but we were home in August. One more year to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a pic of our half decorated tree. Pretty funny. Wonder why we had to do that???

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Maddie's 1st bangs trim at 16 months old!

Maddie turned 16 months old today and Jason just couldn't stand her bangs in her face anymore. I can't say I liked it either, but I didn't really want to cut it yet. I guess that seems like something we would be doing when she got older, a LOT older. I trimmed her bangs and of course kept the wisps in a bag for scrapbooking. She's going to role her eyes at me when she gets older, isn't she? Oh well, that's what moms are for.

Maddie and I went to "Under the Sea" on Friday. It's an indoor play area. I'm not sure why California needs such a thing but it actually rained all day that day. There were tons of kids there. I think it was a bit overwhelming to Mads but she seemed to like it. We met a few more of the stay-at-home moms group there.

Maddie has really enjoyed our plastic Christmas balls this year. Last year we had the brain power enough to buy those for the tree since she would be able to get to them eventually. She loves putting the balls in this shoe box and then dumping them out and flailing her arms to scatter them everywhere. I almost can't bring myself to put them on the tree, not that they'll stay there for long...

On a sad note, Mom's dog Rugby passed away this morning. He's been sick most of his life and she kept him alive by taking such good care of him. Here's an older picture of Rugs at Christmas time. He was 15+ years old.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Thanksgiving and so on...

Well, we had our Thanksgiving here in CA. I had the windows open and not because I burned something... I cheated a bit and got a turkey and the fixins from Ralph's (a.k.a. Krogers). I fixed a 7-layer salad, Petra's stuffing, and two attempts at her chocolate pie. I don't own a double boiler so I improvised and lets just say that it was like hot chocolate and not a pie filling. Oh well, I know what to ask Santa for for Christmas! Petra said she would make one while we're home for Christmas so I can observe.

Jason ended up sick as a dog that night. He thinks he picked up a virus a few days before. I was afraid it was food poisoning. The only thing we didn't both have is gravy. I hate gravy... Thank GOD Maddie and I didn't get it. That's the sickest I've ever seen him. He was improving by the weekend, but now he's in KY and hadn't gotten enough sleep.

Here are a few silly pictures of the Madster in the tub. She's so funny with all her words and facial expressions. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and we can't wait to come home in a few more weeks. 18 more days, I think!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Maddie's 1st real shoes and Mama's birthday

For my birthday we went to a fancy-schmancy mall in Irvine, CA on Saturday 11/3. We didn't have any idea what it would be like but one of Jason's coworkers told him that that's the mall to go to in the area. I've never seen a Tiffany's store or Badgely Mishka, etc... They are already decorated for Christmas and have the biggest Christmas trees I've ever seen! We'll have to go back when Santa is there and get some pictures.

The intent was to go to Stride Rite and get Moo her first shoes. The weird thing is that the malls here close at 8:00p.m. on Saturdays!!! How dumb is that???? Of course, we walked in the store at 8:00 and got ushered out rather quickly. Stupid California!!!! So what made us late was that we ate at the "Rainforest Cafe" (Hey Holly, there's a Maya tiger on here) and also rode Maddie's first carousel. The cafe was absolutely unbelievable. It was all decorated as a rain forest (duh), but it had animatronic gorillas, elephants, alligator, snake, butterflies, and actual rain. It was rather dark in there but every few minutes a thunderstorm would come up and it would lightening and thunder. Pretty wild. Maddie didn't seem to mind it. When I was that age, I would have been terrified. They had people walking around making balloon animals. In the pictures on the carousel, you can see Mad's frog on a limb.

Since we missed Stride Rite, we went to the local Del Amo mall Sunday (my actual b-day). We allowed plenty of time to get Moo's shoes and also mommy got to shop for some jeans as well. I had to take some pictures to scrapbook (some day).

She kept playing with a little puzzle they had at the store. It was just the perfect height. You can see her new little brown shoes.

We ended up eating at Red Lobster and went home for cake. It was a very nice birthday, even if it was my 6th anniversary of my 29th birthday!

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Happy Halloween!!!

Here's our motorcycle mama this year. Her cousins gave Maddie this outfit at Christmas last year and it now fits and it's perfect timing. She wondered what in the world I was doing when I slicked her hair down with gel. We went to a few houses but not many people were home or participating. They leave candy in bowls on their front porch with a note to help yourself. Strange! That's not any fun!!! Anyway, Motorcycle Maddie was pretty interested but I couldn't get her to say "trick or treat." Maybe next year!

And if you want to see the cutest costumes and trick-or-treaters you've ever seen, check out Sara's blog for today.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Happy 11th Birthday Lexie

Today is Lexie's 11th birthday so I wanted to do a quick blog for her. She's done really well here but misses her running space. If she didn't act up so bad around other people, we could take her to the beach. Oh well, she'll get back to the country eventually.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Map of fires

I wasn't quite right about the locations of the fires. I found a map to show where we are compared to the fires.

If you look across from Catalina Island, you'll see Rancho Palos Verdes.

Thank you for smoking....?

I haven't seen that movie yet, but the title seemed appropriate here. We can smell the smoke from the Malibu fires but we should be safe. I can't believe all the fire problems Southern Cal has had since last night. I suppose it's like tornadoes in KY, you just never know when they'll hit and what they'll do. I feel really sorry for all those thousands of people having to evacuate their homes not knowing if there will be anything left when they are able to return. Some of the fires were arson, which is despicable. They seem to usually catch the evil people who set them and I really hope they do this time as well. I hope the firefighters can get all of it contained in the next week or so. The "governator" has promised all the help they need.

On another lovely note, Maddie's got a virus. I think she picked it up at a park playground, but who knows for sure? She's got a fever and is cranky, but nothing that warrants antibiotics, thank goodness. I hate giving those to her. We went to the doctor on Saturday morning to make sure she didn't have any ear infections, which she didn't. She should be on the mend, but will miss a Halloween party on Friday that my new SAHM (stay-at-home-moms) group is having. We plan on going to the Los Angeles zoo on the 27th with the group and GRAMMY will be here by then. My mom gets here Thursday afternoon. We can't wait! I haven't seen her since August, but it seems like it's been a LOT longer than a few months. Hopefully we won't get Maddie's virus. We've agreed to absolutely NO doctor or hospital visits this time... Mom is still fighting with the insurance company from her visit in April.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Kitty walks

Now that Maddie is walking pretty well, we take a jaunt to the mailboxes down the street in the afternoon. We also look for Mr. Orange Kitty, the fluffy one and the skinny one, near the mailboxes. The skinny version is so nice and patient with Maddie. The fluffy one is much more skittish and runs away pretty easily. Here is the skinny version Mr. Orange Kitty. He's so sweet and he helps me get some kitty lovin' while we're out here. He's got the longest tail I've ever seen on a cat, but I didn't capture that in these pictures. I'm hoping to get pics of the fluffy one too. I don't know if they're related, but they are almost the exact same color and size (besides the fur). Maddie loves to hear them meow when they walk up to us.

Here's a video of Maddie playing with Mr. Orange Kitty. I have to remind her to be very easy with him. He's had every right to smack her a couple of times and never has. She wants to grab his tail so badly! She does pretty well but I have to keep reminding her to be nice. He sure puts up with her well. At the end of it, she gets stuck on the slight incline of the driveway and I have to abruptly stop the camera so I can help her up. Sorry for the extreme close ups of the kitty, but I had to keep Maddie from pulling his tail or fur.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Dodger game

Jason office chose to go to a Dodgers baseball game for an outside activity for the families. I've never been to a pro game so it was pretty neat. Can't say I could stand to watch it on t.v. or anything but the atmosphere of it all was fun. The game went to 10 innings and LA finally won against the San Diego Giants. Our seats were in the outfield and we could see really well. Here are a few pics with my camera phone (forgot the digital camera). Not the greatest, but I wanted something to scrap one day...

Thursday, September 20, 2007

A few birthday pictures... finally!

I've finally gotten the birthday pictures off of Jason's camera. Aunt Amy sent some she took as well. Here are a few. We had a small party on August 1st on her actual birthday and then an open house at our church on August 4th. The kiddos had a big time crawling around the fellowship hall and under the tables. Maddie's cousins, Lilli and Thomas, have a lot of fun together. Maddie LOVES being around other kids and playing. Of course we had a sheepy themed party. This is probably the only year I'll be able to decide on the decorations. Next year she'll be into some character I imagine. Once we got back to CA, mommy and daddy got her a few birthday gifts. We didn't want to take things back on the plane trip so we waited. I guess she had three b-day celebrations. She liked her cakes. Angela made the sheepy cake (the most adorable cake I've ever seen) and the large sheet cake. Grandma Petra made her first little b-day cake and cupcakes for the small gathering. You can see she enjoyed smooshing up the little cake! We still can't believe she's almost 14 months old now.

And last but not least, here's a short video of Maddie's first pool experience. It was on July 22nd so it's been a while.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Happy Birthday Pappy ~ and Happy Grandparents Day!!!

Happy Birthday to Maddie's Pappy. He's in KY so we can't celebrate with him. We miss a lot of birthdays and holidays being out here. We were so lucky to be home for Maddie's birthday.

Same ol' going on here. Another huge pile of dirt. More bulldozers. More beeping.

Jason should be back today. He's been in KY since Wednesday. This is my and Maddie's longest stint by ourselves. It hasn't been bad really. Just can't wait for Jason to get here so I can do something without some little person hanging on my leg. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to see him too since he's the fun daddy. She's started repeating "no, no" when I tell her to quit doing something. Funny, but not funny.... She has a lot of words she likes to say and is getting quite understandable. Moon, Lexie, ball, night, light, mama, dada, and of course, no no.

By the way, these girls are the bravest people I know. They had a kidney donation procedure between the two of them in August. They are both doing well and I'm so proud to know them. We sure miss them and can't wait to be able to see them in December. We all enjoy stamping and I look forward to a stamping get-together. This picture was before the surgery. Thank God for His blessings on them and on us for having them in our lives.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, be..........

As you probably saw a previous post about the construction behind our house, you know that I'm really thrilled about it and wish I owned a large weapon of some sort. Well, the project manager I spoke with must have completely lied to me. He said they would only be up close to the house for 3 or 4 more days... O.K. It's now aprox. 6 weeks later and they are there TODAY, as they have been every freakin' day since I spoke to him. Oh, and they did stick to their promise of not starting up right behind us until 9:00a.m. but since we've been back from KY on Aug. 7th, they've gone back to 7:00a.m. I seriously understand how some relatively normal person ends up going off the deep end and going "postal." I think they should call it "constructional" instead. That constant beeping sends chills down my spine. I have trouble getting Maddie to nap because of all that %&*($#@ beeping. She probably thinks that the beeping is a normal, everyday occurrence in this world since she's heard it most of her life so far. You can't even escape it unless you leave the house. We used to leave the windows open all day and not run the air conditioner. Now we have to keep the windows closed, not only for the noise, but for all the dust and dirt that gets blown around here.

Here are some more pictures. I hope they think I am documenting for a lawsuit or something. I'm sure they think I'm a crazy woman on her balcony taking pictures of dirt and bulldozers. It will be evidence in my trial once that one last beep cracks my inner cortex and I go after the workers with my extremely sharp Rachel Ray knife. Yes, I'm that crazy right now...

They dump more dirt (as in exhibit B) and then smooth it out or move it around to somewhere else. They've laid this huge concrete pipe (as in exhibit A) all along the periphery of our property lines. Most everyone only has to deal with this on Saturdays--yes they work EVERY Saturday now. I don't think anyone actually understands (except Pam who told me they are doing construction near her house too) and doesn't respect what I'm dealing with every day. I've got to find something I can do to get out of here every once in a while. I've got to get my nerve up and just do it!

On a lighter note.... I haven't gotten Maddie's birthday party pictures transferred to computer yet since they are on Jason's camera, but here are a couple of cutie patootie (literally) of her napping on a quilt.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

1 Year Pictures!

Back in sunny CA....

Well, we're back from KY. I must say that a break from the 100 degree heat and humidity is nice, but that's it! One week is just not enough of a visit. Maddie had a wonderful birthday celebration and had her first cake and frozen yogurt. We got to see several friends at her open house on the 4th. She was so worn out after everyone left, she fell asleep in Daddy's arms. As soon as I get a chance I'll post some pics. We also had her 1 year pics done at Sears and I can post those too.

I see there was an earthquake here this morning. I wouldn't have known it if I didn't see it on the news. No problems for us.

Guess I'll go for now. Just wanted to say we're back.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Who needs an earthquake when...

... you have freaking bulldozers in your back yard before 8:00a.m.? This has happened last week and they shook the light bulb in the bathroom loose! Today we're so lucky to have them RIGHT behind the house. I can't believe Maddie is still sleeping. She was up from 2-4:30 a.m. so maybe she's just out of it. I have no idea what her problem was, she's been doing so well sleeping through the night. I usually can sleep through thunderstorms, but not bulldozers evidently. All that dang beep-beep-beep every 5 seconds when it backs up. I hate this place!!!! It's so beautiful and they have to mess it up and have construction the whole time we're going to live here. We're locked into the lease so we can't even get away from it. Of course, I'm the one who gets to listen to it all day. Jason is at work most of the time they are working. It's a very good thing I'm not a gun-toting citizen because I'd be aiming at the fuel tank on that thing right now. I called the project manager and he said they'd only be up here 3 or so days more.... MORE. I told him that I would truly appreciate if they could wait until 9:00a.m. to start rattling the house. I said I have a baby who was up for 2.5 hours last night and the only place I could put here to get away from the noise is in the car in the garage. He claims he's going to talk to the contractor this morning and then call me back, but when you're dealing with millions of dollars, I'm sure they could care less about a big ol' Kentucky hick who's complaining about the noise. Here are some actual pictures of where they are working. Notice the balcony railing? That's how close they are!!!! I would have taken some out our bedroom window on the bottom floor, but I figured I'd scare the driver enough and he might drive right through the wall. I hate this place.... just to make sure you know how I feel about it.


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Jubilee Party launches Coast Chapter, appoints Mung’aro as spokesman

Political temperatures were high at the meeting as the leaders vowed to work together in a structured and coordinated way to completely change the region’s politics for the better.

By Free Press Correspondentnewsdesk@kenyafreepress.comMonday, 19 Sep 2016 16:39 EAT

Kilifi North mp Gideon Mung'aro chats with Jubilee leaders after hosting them at his home to popularize the newly launched party.(Photo courtesy of the Star).

The recently launched Jubilee Party has established a regional chapter at the Coast under the leadership of ODM rebel MP Gideon Mung’aro (Kilifi North) and outlined its agenda to woo voters ahead of 2017 general elections.

Hon Mung’aro hosted thousands of Jubilee Party supporters at his home in Dabaso, Watamu on Thursday. Those who attended included seven MPs, former MPs, and aspirants as they planned how to change the politics of the region.

The attention of the Jubilee Party leaders is now to embark on destabilizing the perceived ODM strongholds and persuade supporters to join Jubilee party.

The meeting saw the leaders unanimously endorse Mung’aro as the coast kingpin to take over from late cabinet minister Karisa Maitha popularly called ‘mugogo wa pwani’  (Coast kingpin). Mung’aro would also be seeking support to replace Amason Jeffa Kingi as Kilifi governor in 2017.

Those present during the launch included former Garsen MP and Jubilee gubernatorial aspirant for Tana River Danson Mungatana, Kilifi South MP Mustaffa Iddi, Ganze MP Peter Shehe, his Lungalunga counterpart Khatib Mwashetani, Kwale Women Rep Zainab Chidzuga Nominated Senators Emma Mbura and Mvita Kisasa.

Others present were former Kilifi country council chairperson Esther Kache who is vying for Kilifi North parliamentary seat, Mombasa gubernatorial aspirant Ananiah Mwaboza and vocal Watamu Member of county assembly, Ibrahim Matumbo.

More than 50 MCA aspirants from all over the region and five parliamentary aspirants were also present. All the legislators and regional leadership present also dismissed Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Jeffa Kingi over their claims that they controlled coast politics and vowed to crash them and bring them down politically.

They vowed to begin a major campaign soon to all the constituencies in the region beginning with Mombasa County’s Likoni and Kisauni which are the home turf of Joho to campaign for Jubilee.

Political temperatures were high at the meeting as the leaders vowed to work together in a structured and coordinated way to completely change the region’s politics for the better.

Supporters dressed in Jubilee  party attire, and banners portraying Uhuru/Ruto and Mung’aro were all over the venue dancing and singing songs of praise for their new Kingpin of coast – Mung’aro.

During his speech Mung’aro said as leaders the journey has begun to take coast people to another level. “We have responsibility of not only development but taking the people of the region to another level, that’s why after 2013 we resolved to join the government where resolutions are made,’’ he said.

Mung’aro who is the Kilifi North MP also highlighted on the benefits the region has received since they joined the government noting they were impressive and evident all over.

He also reminded the coastal people to accept their decision to support the government like the way the late Ronald Ngala broke KADU to join KANU. “We  can stay for over 150 years without bargaining power as the Coast cannot deliver alone. That is why we require constructive politics. As a region we need to plan   so as to have a base,’’ he said.

Mung’aro also hit out at Joho and Kingi claiming they were jealous and had plans to join Jubilee only if he was kicked out. “If there are people who wanted to join Jubilee its Kingi and Joho, but they are bossy and jealous , they are against Mung’aro and claim that I am not fit,’’ he said.

Mungatana said the team of Jubilee in Coast was complete and its flag bearer is Mung’aro adding that it was no joke.

He explained that historically the kingpin of coast from the late Ronald Ngala, Jembe Mwakalu and Karisa Maitha hailed from Kilifi County and that’s why Mung’aro was fit for the position.

The former Assistant Minister dismissed Joho’s claims that he was Coast kingpin saying he was too young politically and covering only Mombasa. He said all Coast leaders should back Mung’aro for the gubernatorial and leadership of the region the way other regions their spokesmen.

"We joined Jubilee by choice with an agenda, opposition will not give us anything or budget for us just by mere words. Joho should wear his dress and stay at home to sleep and stop confusing us since as coast people, we want to hear one voice”, he said. The former Garsen MP said time has come to reorganize the politics of Coast.

Mr Iddi said they joined Jubilee alliance to be in government after 2017. “Being in opposition won’t help address our problems, research has shown Uhuru will retain his seat, Joho and Kingi are in opposition for their personal benefit,’’ he said.

Chidzuga and Mwashetani said opposition will not get any votes as the region was now going to vote for Jubilee. Ganze legislator said Raila and ODM will not help coastal people adding that its only Jubilee  which had the agenda of the region.

After the declaration the leaders announced they would go to all constituencies with governors and MPs to garner support for the Jubilee Party.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Knysna Oyster Festival MTB Race

Having missed my “home” town event last year, I was eager to get stuck in this year, especially as it is one of favorite races on the circuit. Between Dave and I, we had won it over the previous two years and were keen to keep the title in the camp. However, competition would be tough this year and most of the big teams would have riders down for the race.
It was the usual fresh start, temperatures very low but clear skies would ensure near perfect conditions. The race follows the normal route, and very quickly the race splits up, if not on the Simola climb, then the steeper Gouna. This year was no different and after Gouna, the big start bunch was reduced to seven riders. Dave and myself for MTN/Energade, Burry Stander (Specialized), Jaco Venter (DCM), John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld), Phillip Buys (Garmin) and Rene Goustra (GT). Unfortunately for Rene, his race ended at the start of “Petrus se Brand”, the fairly technical forest section in the middle of the race. I managed to put a hard effort in to win the “King of the mountain” competition, albeit perhaps to my detriment. The rest of us then dueled it out, with different riders taking hard turns on the front and keeping the pace very fast. The route was in great condition and being fairly dry, would make for some record fast times. John-Lee was the next rider to come off the bunch as he found running in his road shoes a little difficult, after having to dismount on a steep climb up a fire break. As we went into the final 15km of the race, Burry was setting a hard tempo, and I had a small go on one of the drags. We managed to shake Phillip off here, but unfortunately Dave was taking strain after a week on anti-biotics.
5km to go and Burry and I got a five second gap on Venter through the final technical descent. I told Burry to roll through with me because Venter would have a good sprint, and we managed to hold him off, although I committed a little harder I feel in the final 3km and ultimately paid the price for that. Around the final corner, I had the lead but Burry had that little bit extra in the tank to come around my outside and steal the win.
That would make it four times I’ve been beaten on the line in my home town race.
Otherwise it was some good race preparation for Dave and I before we depart for our assault on the Transalp Challenge in Europe.
Race reports might be few and far between over this period, however you can follow me on twitter if you want to keep up to speed.

Provisional results:
1st Burry Stander
2nd Kevin Evans
3rd Jaco Venter
4th Phillip Buys
5th Dave George

1 comment:

Steve said...

Seems like a great result regardless Kev - Congrats!


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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Kev's Wonder Recipe - Homemade White Sauce Pasta

Hey mates, here I back again...Why so late? Can I use back the same reason - I am just simply BUSY? Haa...I was chatting with my greatest buddies back in Aussie (JZ and PW). It's so hard to have such golden chance to sit down and chat virtually over the internet. Oh ya, I am really delighted to be able to meet my boss - JZ and his dear (LM) @The Curve, Damansara last week. Really miss the life back in Brissy, boss...I want to go back!!!!!!

Sweetish Red Velvet Cake@The Laundry, The Curve

JZ with his dear, LM...Lovely birds!

The reunion of the food monster and his "boss"...

When we were talking about our life back in Brissy, JZ suddenly popped up with a question whether I can teach his dear to cook my signature dish - Homemade white sauce pasta. Without any hesitation, I just verbally described those ingredients and the steps for that recipe. But, I have promised them to publish this luscious recipe for people to savour this wonderful dish whenever they want...Come, make a wish and I will grant you one!!!

When people mention about pasta, what would you think at first? A staple food from Italy? Red sauce is the only sauce available for pasta? Pasta is actually a generic term for variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and with/without eggs. Pasta can be served in red sauce (often calls as Bolognese or Napolitan style), white sauce (Carbonara style) or even used in making soup.

Varieties of pasta...

Kev's Wonder Recipe - Homemade White Sauce Pasta (Carbonara Style)

Angel Hair White Sauce Pasta with Grilled Butter Fish (Thin like hair pasta)

General Pasta & Others
  • A packet of pasta of your choice (Spaghetti, Fettuccine, Angel Hair, Spirals and etc.)
  • Olive oil or cooking oil
  • 1 medium size of onion (chopped)
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 200g of Bacon cubes
  • 2 capsicums (green, red or yellow)
  • 2 chopped tomatoes
For white sauce
  • 4 tablespoons of melted butter
  • 2 tablespoons of flour
  • 2 cups of fresh full-cream milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt, pepper (alter for individual liking)
  • Italian herbs or other dry herbs
  • Optional: White wine for extra luxurious fragrance

1. Firstly, boil a pot of water for cooking the pasta. **Remember: Don't put oil into the pot of water but only 10g (2 tsp) of salt per 1 litre or (2 pints) can be used as a rule of thumb for seasoning** When the water comes back to a rolling boil, add in the pasta and give it a good stir to keep the pasta pieces from sticking to each other. Cook about 12-15 minutes, for al dente or chewy texture, taste, or break open a piece of pasta to test for doneness. Drain the pasta and retain a cup of pasta water for later use.
2. Secondly, Put some oil on the heating pan and add in all the bacon cubes. Fry until slight golden brown colour. Add in both chopped onions and garlic cloves, then fry together with the bacon cubes.
3. Put in the chopped capsicum and tomatoes to stir-fry together until it is slightly soft. Remove all the ingredients from the pan and put aside for later use.
4. For making the sauce, start by adding the melted butter on the hot pan, follow with the flour - a little at a time - the mixture will thicken up to the consistency of wall paper paste (roux). When the roux has turned from yellow to white, then you can start adding milk - a little at a time - until it is enough for the whole cooked pasta. Put in salt and pepper for taste. Then, add in herbs or white wine on personal preference.
5. When the sauce is slightly boiling, add in the cooked pasta and the pre-cooked ingredients. Mix well until all the noodles are coated with the thick white sauce. **That's why I don't add oil into cooking pasta noodle**
6. Magical Step: Add in the cup of pasta water and stir the pasta for 1 minute. Switch off the stove and the pasta is ready to be served. Topped with shredded Parmesan cheese if you are dairy-product person...

1. Learn Homemade Pasta Sauce Recipes For Everyday Cooking
2. Pasta from Wikipedia
3. Pasta Recipes Collection
4. How To Cook Proper Pasta - Al Dente

P/S: By following this recipe, you can easily have a homemade pasta meal in under an hour - any day, any time of the week...You can always expand your imagination by substituting the ingredients or pasta type to make your fully own pasta...

Angel Hair pasta (from Cold-Storage sales) and present from Adelaide - Garlic&Herb Fettuccine pasta (Thanks to my houssie - Ernest)

Arh, its 15 minutes to 12 midnight and my stomach is growling! Gotta go to bed to resist having any thought of grabbing a biscuit to munch...Alright buddies, thanks for reading such recipe and please try it out for yourselves. Do throw some questions if you have, I will try my best to answer 'em all~ Till then, ciao and a presto~

jj said...

aiya, i never notice that u are good in cooking pasta tim... knowing u too late~ haha..

good job, keep it up for more recipe!
just wondering do u still cook when u r working now?

Joe-Lene said...

weh weh, i remember few years back you told me to put in oil+salt for cooking the pasta. heheee.

Kev ** said...

JJ: Hee, it is never too late to know me, come, starting today, just let me know if u need a recipe~ Well, don't have much chance to cook nowadays, but the passion for cooking and yummy food is always here with the FOOD MONSTER!!

Joe: Ahem~ Put oil into cooking pasta ONLY IF you going to serve the sauce separately with your pasta! For this recipe, I'm adding the pasta into the sauce, the oil that surrounds the pasta will make the sauce not clinging on the pasta noodle, making it less tasty! Give it a try, Joe :D

huahua said...

wow..really pro...haha...=P just dropped by...hee..take good care ya =)

mercure cheval said...

not quite interested with the instruction, just cook one for me will do, lolz...

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Around about 12 million individuals in the nation are experiencing hepatitis B or C and every year around 150,000 new cases are being included while dominant part of individuals is getting the contamination from the medicinal services settings without monitoring it, said World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
 In an announcement issued here, WHO expressed that the Eastern Mediterranean Region is the most influenced by viral hepatitis on the planet. Evaluations show that right now more than 15 million individuals are incessantly tainted with hepatitis C and 21 million with hepatitis B. Many individuals in the area still get the disease in medicinal services settings, through perilous infusions or deficiently screened blood transfusions.

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 Within the EMRO region, Pakistan and Egypt bear eighty percent of the illness burden and at intervals Pakistan, virtually twelve million people are affected by hepatitis B or C. Every year regarding a hundred and fifty,000 new cases are added. Majority of individuals catch this infection from the aid settings while not being awake to it. The illness is termed a silent killer as a result of several patients stay unknown and untreated for several years before developing complications and death.

  Key challenges for an efficient national response, in Pakistan included: restricted timely and reliable information handiness on coverage and quality of essential infectious disease services; unnecessary injection practices, capability of workers on safe injection practices and effective sharp and waste management; unregulated blood transfusions generally moreover as inadequate screening; low coverage of harm reduction services for PWIDs and restricted access to the new DAAs treatment within the public sector.
 In 2015 nearly 325 million people around the world were living with chronic hepatitis infections, out of that one.34 million individuals died.

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Hawaii’s Most Wanted: Lamar Johnson

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On Hawaii’s Most Wanted we feature a man who’s wanted on warrants totaling $1 million.

Honolulu police are looking for Lamar Johnson.

“On July 19, 2012, a male checked into the Trump International Hotel using a credit card that was found to be fraudulent. The owner of the credit card was contacted and notified them that he was actually in possession of the credit card and that he did not authorize Johnson to use the credit card,” Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers coordinator Sgt. Kim Buffett said.

Police and secret service agents stopped Johnson as he was leaving the hotel.

“In his pockets were numerous credit cards with identifications of his face and their names to match,” Buffett said.

Johnson was charged with identity theft, forgery, resisting arrest, and fraudulent use of a credit card.

His bail was set at $1 million.

Police say Johnson’s friend bailed him out by paying a bail bondsman using forged property.

Johnson was supposed to be in court on June 10 but he never showed up.

He’s now wanted on two warrants totaling $1 million.

Lamar Johnson is 27-years-old, 6′ tall, and 260 pounds. He is from California.

Johnson does not have any local address here nor prior convictions. If you know where Lamar Johnson is call Crimestoppers at 955-8300.

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Boy describes scary ‘stranger danger’ incident near school: ‘He chased us’

Parents who have children in the Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area were sent letters Thursday alerting them to “stranger danger” incidents involving three elementary schools this week.

The elementary schools were Ewa Beach, Mauka Lani, and Keoneula.

According to the Department of Education, all three cases involved students walking to or from school. In all cases, officials say no students were injured and the incidents were reported to parents and/or school officials.

They reported being approached by a man in a black- or dark-colored truck who offered them a ride. In one case, a student reported being grabbed the man in an attempted abduction.

Luke Okihiro’s 8-year-old son, Cameron, was there.

As he spent the afternoon watching his son play soccer, Okihiro said he’s thankful Cameron is safe after running from a man who tried to lure him and his friends into a truck days earlier.

“Basically Cameron told me some guy in a black truck try to offer him candy and tell him to come into the truck, so he kind of knew what we taught him, and so he ran and went away with his cousins and his brother. They ran away from the truck and I believe he shouted stranger danger and warned others,” Okihiro said.

Cameron Okihiro says he and his friends were walking to school on Tuesday morning when two men in a black truck approached them.

“He said, ‘Do you want a ride?’ and then we all ran and he chased us,” the 8-year-old said. “After that, he grabbed the kid and he was chasing us, and the kid kicked the guy. There were two people in the car. Other guy went around and went to our parking lot and said, ‘Do you want some candy?'” Cameron Okihiro said.

The kids ran straight to the office at school and they reported it to police.

The Honolulu Police Department is investigating.

Meanwhile, school officials urge parents to talk to their children about “stranger danger” and highlight measures that students can take to stay safe.

After two other similar stranger danger incidents this week, the DOE says teachers will be introducing how to deal with strangers into school curriculums.

Ewa Beach parents, like Okihiro, are also keeping an extra eye out until someone is caught.

“Just as a community, you just have to watch out for suspicious activity and watch out for the kids,” he said.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, many abduction attempts happen when children are traveling to and from school, most times in the late afternoon. The suspect involved is usually driving a car.

Even if your child is walking with a buddy, they can be at risk, so it’s important for all kids to recognize suspicious behavior.

Abductors use different tactics when trying to lure in kids. They offer a ride, candy, or even money. They say they’re looking for a pet or want to show off a pet.

Simply asking questions can be a tactic to lure in kids.

If this ever happens to your child, teach them to say no, even if the person is asking for help.

They should stay well away from strangers’ cars.

Then there’s run, yell, tell.

Children being followed should run away. If the person is in a car, run in the opposite direction.

Yell, scream, whistle, do anything to draw attention to the situation.

Then head to a place where you know there is a trusted adult, like school, a store, fire station, or library, and tell that adult immediately about what happened.

Parents should point out safe places ahead of time and talk to kids about strangers they can trust, like store clerks, parents with children, even park workers.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says by simply telling your kids to never talk to strangers, you’re eliminating a key source of help for them.

Click here for more information.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Taking Chances

Day two of my writing challenge and as I write this I am trying to come up with a topic. I find that there is usually something going on in my own family that I can draw from, so the topic today is fear and regret.

My youngest son was given the opportunity of a lifetime! He was asked by our neighbor if he would like to become the mascot for our local hockey team. It would be about once a week for the next 30 weeks or so and always on a Saturday so it would not interfere in case he had a homework assignment. The job paid forty dollars for about two and a half hours work and since he was saving up for a new gaming computer the money would definitely come in handy. With all those pluses you would think he would jump at the chance, but he told our neighbor he needed time to think about it.

The fellow who asked him to take this on told him he would have to decide before the weekend, because if my son didn't want the job he would have to have enough time to ask someone else. This huge opportunity was sitting in my son's lap and he was looking at all the reasons not to do it. Now I totally understand his concerns as this was a big unknown to him, but in his mind he was thinking about all the negatives such as having to perform in front of people, which being a bit on the shy side was not something he was familiar with. As it got closer and closer to the end of the week I kept asking him if he had made a decision and he kept saying he didn't want to talk about it. Finally, a day before he was supposed to let our neighbor know one way or the other, I decided to take matters into my own hands and cornered him. I told him that even if he didn't take the job I would not be disappointed in him. I told him I understand this is really scary for you and if you really feel like you cannot do it I understand, but... if there is any chance in your mind that you will regret it if you don't do it, then I suggest you do it. He was quiet for quite awhile and then he suddenly said out of the blue, " I am going to do it!"

I am so proud of him, as I know full well how nervous he is about this, but he let his fears take a back seat for a minute before they could get the better of him and took a huge leap of faith. I told him I am going to take a page from your book and the next time that I am scared to try something new, I will think about how brave you are.

He starts his new job this Saturday and will shadow the former mascot before he attempts going on his own. He doesn't want any of us to go to the game as he feels he would be too self conscious if his family were there, which I totally understand. I am hoping this opportunity will help him to not only overcome some of his fears, but also help build his confidence, as sometimes I don't think he realizes how amazing he really is!

Anyway, that is my blog for the day and hopefully it will give you some food for thought if like my son, you are talking yourself out of doing something you truly want to do out of fear, ask yourself is there any chance that if you don't do it you will live to regret it? If the answer is yes, take a deep breath and go for it!!
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is the regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."~Sydney Smith

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Monday, March 26, 2007

First Outting

Here is V-daddy on his first outting
since the accident.

As Spring has approached, both Vincent and I couldn't
stand being indoors any longer.

So, here we are at Pickle Barrel's roof top, enjoying the nice weather, our friends and the bright yellow donut that allowed Vincent to sit for the very first time in three and a half weeks.

vanckirby said...

mmm, i could use some fried pickles right about now!

kate said...

another beautiful shot of the couple of the year


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ISA Narville commands Hooper

Hooper receiving orders from Narville

Hooper is one of the supporting ISA characters in Killzone 3. He first appears bringing a HAMR IFV for Sev and Rico to use in the convoy. He later appears with the remaining ISA group in the Kaznan Jungle when they are in hiding. Captain Narville is trying to convince him to eat and fight for his little sister at home. Hooper is also the Engineer who is trying to deactivate Stahl's nuclear petrusite defense grid in the mission "Scrapyard Shortcut". Hooper does not speak until Captain Narville mentions his sister back at Vekta while they are still hiding at the Kaznan Jungle. In the novel Killzone: Ascendancy, he has a wife and two daughters.

  • Rico, Hooper and Sev seem to understand the Helghan alphabet. As elite special forces, it is likely they studied the language before taking part in the invasion of Helghan. Their knowledge was likely bolstered during the six months they spent surviving on the planet following the ISA's failed evacuation.


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I'm a bad, flat-footed, under pronator, and wear the soles off my shoes faster than I can replace them. I think this is why my foot started hurting a few weeks ago (back in April already) and my ankle swells anytime I use it. Since I've had to take a little break, I've been busy obsessing over new shoes, strengthening my weak ankles and arches, and fixing running form. I went for a test run today (after 2 more weeks resting)...it's not really better, but the run didn't make it worse. I'll take that as a good sign.

hiking: le môle (1863m)

There is still a lot of snow up in the mountains, but we're ready to start with some lower elevation hikes. (I've heard some resorts might open for the novelty of skiing the first weekend of June...there's that much snow). We can't wait any longer to start the hiking season, so we went for an easy afternoon hike to the summit of Le Mole - through fog and flurries.

Daffodils and snow together on the slope.

There should be spectacular views of the Alps from the summit, but we were trapped in a cloud when we got there. We waited a bit, our fingers froze, but the clouds cleared enough to enjoy some of the view over the valley. The trail would be a good training run, so we'll plan to come back, when the visibility is a bit better.

caves ouvertes

I look forward to Geneva caves ouvertes all year. As far as best-days-ever, it ranks up there with Christmas. This year, despite the unseasonal cold (39 F when we started) and my lingering sickness, was still pretty great. We weren't waiting for the doors to open at ten in the morning as we usually do, but wandered down to Dardagny after lunch for a few tastings. The rain didn't dampen our enthusiasm so we walked to the Essertines for sampling at two wineries we hadn't tried before. We took one final glass to accompany the walk home through the vineyards.

Getting rain in my wine. Santé.

missing may

Between bad weather, injury, and the most horrendous sinus infection I can possibly imagine, I'm getting a bit stir crazy. At least the trifecta hit all at once - it might be the only way to keep me resting in bed - waiting out the rain, icing the foot, and quarantined from spreading germs. After over a week of bad tv, stale pajamas, and three boxes of tissues, I couldn't wait anymore to go outside and get some exercise, even though my teeth and cheekbones still hurt. I've been a big wad of sickly complaining, but I think it's nearly passed. Fingers crossed.

chamonix run

Today was so cold and wet, but late in the afternoon, the sun came out and we ran along the river trail in Chamonix. I've given my sore foot two weeks rest from running (something happened about a week before the Geneva half), but an easy trail along the valley seemed like a good place to test the foot and my new trail shoes. Shoes passed, foot didn't.

Saturdays seem to be especially rainy this spring, but we squeezed in a few hours hiking and watched the gliders near Chambrey after the search for new running shoes.

more colza

More colza, another walk. Taking it easy on a sore foot.

swiss walk

Mostly cloudy, but at least it's not raining. The colza fields are magnifique!

We returned from Crete just in time for the two perfect days of magnolia blossoms. Since then, apple and apricot blooms, wisteria, lilacs, and the pink tree in the middle of town have all taken turns to flower and leaf. It has been a rather gray, cold, and rainy spring so far, but the very few clear days have been absolutely lovely.

geneva half

We're lucky to have a beautiful, comfortable running day for the Geneva races. Anna, myself, Derek, and Laura ran the half marathon this morning (above photo cred: Dan van der Ster) . The race spent a few kilometers in vineyards outside the city before dropping along the lakefront, winding through some city blocks, and finishing on the Pont du Mount Blanc in front of the Jet d'Eau. Way to go team!

 I was really excited to drop 11 minutes from my last (only other) half marathon time six months earlier.


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Archive for December, 2013

IndyCar’s Andretti team joins proposed electric-car race series

December 4th, 2013  |

IndyCar’s Andretti team joins proposed electric-car race series

Lucas Di GrassiDriver Lucas Di Grassi spins his wheels making doughnut turns while demonstrating the new Formula E electric race car prototype in downtown Los Angeles in April. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times / July 17, 2013)
By Jim PeltzJuly 17, 2013, 12:39 p.m.

Formula E, a proposed new series featuring all-electric race cars, got a substantial boost Wednesday when the Andretti Autosport team said it would join the program.

Andretti Autosport, led by former racer Michael Andretti, is one of the major teams in the Izod IndyCar Series. The team’s drivers include reigning IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti, Michael’s son.

Formula E proposes to hold street races starting next year in 10 cities around the globe, including Los Angeles. It would use electric cars that are roughly similar in size and shape to those in the IndyCar series.

Andretti Autosport is the first U.S. team to join Formula E and the third overall. The others are Britain’s Drayson Racing and China Racing.

“It’s an honor for Andretti Autosport to have been selected as one of the 10 founding Formula E teams for the inaugural season,” Michael Andretti said in a statement.

The cars’ drivers have not yet been determined. The date and exact location of the proposed Los Angeles race also have yet to be announced.,0,6105329.story#ixzz2mYhZvncj


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212 Snowshoe Crescent

46 Snowshoe Crescent

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198 Simonston Blvd, Markham L3T4M2 – German Mills Home For Sale

198 Simonston Blvd

198 Simonston Blvd

Open House June 21 & 22, 2014 – 2 pm to 4 pm.

Renovated 4-Bedroom German Mills Home, Ready For You To Move In. Bright & Spacious With Lots Of Windows. Renovated Kitchen With Stainless Steel Appliances, Gas Stove, Upgraded Cabinetry, Granite Counters & Porcelain Floors. Renovated Bathroom With Upgraded Fixtures, Tub, Toilet, Porcelain Tiles & Granite Vanity. Updated Hardwood / Laminate Floors, Vinyl Casement Windows, Sliding Patio Door. Fenced Deep Backyard. Nicely Landscaped. No Sidewalks.

Fridge, Gas Stove, Rangehood, Washer & Dryer. A/C, Garage Opener & Remotes. All Window Coverings & Electronic Light Fixtures. Close To Parks, Hwy, Schools, Shopping & Ttc. German Mills PS, Thornlea Ss., St. Michael Academy & St. Robert Chs.

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162 Snowshoe Cres.

162 Snowshoe Cres.

Spacious And Clean 4-Bedroom Renovated German Mills Home, Ready For You To Move In. South Facing Home With Lots Of Windows & Bright Interior. Eat-In Kitchen With Pantry & Desk (2004). Main Bathroom (2009). Powder Room (2004). Sliding Patio Door (2004). Casement Windows (2004) & Roof (2011). Humidifier, Central A/C (2012), Garage Opener. Finished Basement. Fenced Backyard. Nicely Landscaped. No Sidewalks At The Front. No Neighbours & No Highways At The Back.

Includes: Fridge, Stove, Rangehood, Washer & Dryer. Central A/C, Garage Opener & Remotes. All Window Coverings & Light Fixtures. Close To Parks, Schools, Shopping & Ttc. Large Driveway. Sought After Public & Catholic Schools!
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Why Kirby Chan Loves Snowshoe Crescent in German Mills (Markham)?

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As I embark on listing my next two homes on Snowshoe Crescent, my wife who is also my business partner asked me some intriguing questions. I thought it would be interesting to document our conversation.

How do you know so many people on Snowshoe Cres.?

Every month I send a newsletter keeping everyone up to date on the German Mills Real Estate Market.
Than I strive to personally meet everyone at least once to “put a face to the name”.
Never once have I asked anyone if they wanted to sell their home.

If you don’t ask people to sell their homes, than how are you listing more homes on Snowshoe Cres. than everyone else?

Well people don’t just list their homes suddenly because a real estate agent comes to the door and asks “Are you looking to sell your home?”
They are looking for someone they have a relationship with and someone that will be fully dedicated to their home as much as they are.
Rather than asking (a sign of lack), I prefer to maintain relationships, making friends and attract (a sign of abundance).

Why do you like German Mills so much?

My passion is helping people. It all started 4 years ago when I sold my first home in German Mills. The neighbours, the community embraced me and made me feel a part of the community. I have never felt so accepted in my life. At that point I decide this is where I belong and the residents  here will be like my family. I committed to give the German Mills area more exposure so more people will know how great it is to live here. I have to admit, it’s not that hard to convince people. German Mills is the most affordable area in Markham to buy a home. Add in great schools like German Mills Public School, Thornlea Secondary School, St. Michel Academy and St. Robert Catholic High School. Add in the central location and easy access to TTC and Highway 401. It hard not to love the German Mills Community.

I see on average you are selling at 110% of listing price. How do you do that?

Our home selling system has comprehensive coverage. That means we do marketing, we proactively locate buyers and we package the product (the house) to attract the highest price that willing buyers are able to pay.

Here are some hard questions… How many homes are on Snowshoe Crescent?

What year were they built?

1972 & 1973

What kind of homes are on the street?

All homes on the street are link homes. That means the basement is attached on one side to the neighbour’s basement. Above ground the homes all look like detached homes. Most of the homes are 2-storey, there are a few bungalows and some raised bungalows.

How big are the large homes  on the street?

The large models are 2000 sq.ft. Some owners have additions that increase the size to 2200 sq.ft.

How small are the smallest homes on the street?

The small bungalows are 1200 sq.ft.

If someone want to buy or sell a home in German Mills how do they get started.

The first step is to give me a call at 416-305-8008. Talking with me can save you hours in planning and doing research.

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Bordering Highway 404, the West Markham community of German Mills is predominately a residential community that features a wide variety of homes great for any buyer or seller. The residents are mostly have cars as the Highway 404 and Steels Avenue is a stones throw away. However, one can also find quick transit close with the York Region Transit (YRT), Viva and TTC all running continuously. For those who have children, German Mills has many schools in the area including; German Mills Public School, Thornlea Secondary School and Willowbrook Public School.

The homes in the area were built between the 1970s and 1980s and still have a glow about them with a certain character about them. German Mills has detached homes, semi-detached homes, apartment-style condominiums and link homes. The average price tag for a property in German Mills can go for approximately $696,648.

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Lotsa Schtuff

So this one will be even more picture heavy than my last post... if that's possible.

This weekend Gina's Vintage Velvet scarf rocked out at the Rib America Fest in Indy! Check it out.

It jammed to Cowboy Mouth and Ted Nugent. And no, I didn't use it as a napkin. Really, I swear! I only got a few rows done before it got too dark to see anything, but it still made the voyage and hung out in Military Park downtown.

And my obsession with Halloween was only made more apparent when Dan caught me throwing this tasty treat into our cart at Target...
Yes, it does exist. Jones Soda in tiny cans with Halloween candy flavors. Like Candy Corn, Carmel Apple, Strawberry Slime, and Berry Scary Lemonade. How great is that, I ask you? If Dan and I could have tolerated having our wedding on a weekday, we so would have gotten married on Halloween this year instead of St. Patrick's Day. But who wants to party down on a Sunday or Monday and then have to go right back to class the next day? Not I.

Here is some more fiber arts goodness for ya.

I'm gonna make my very own quilt from Modern Quilting Workshop! Woo hoo! I've got enough pieces cut to make either a Zipper quilt in any size. Can I tell you how excited I am? My stash of batiks has a purpose now. I need to get atleast 2 more fabrics, if not more for a larger size quilt. Still haven't decided on that whole size thing yet.

More stuff, but that will have to wait until after a really LATE dinner.

At 12:50 PM, Blogger Lee Anne said...

Don't know how I missed thi spost earlier but those are the coolest sodas I have ever seen! Now I am heading to Target to see if ours has them as well. I am also a big Halloween freak and probably have just as many Halloween deoctrations as I do Christmas ones. Kind of scary I know but it's true none the less. You find the coolest stuff!

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Going local will soon be option when dining at the Fountains at Farah.

Crave Kitchen and Bar, a locally owned and operated "casual-fine dining restaurant," is one of several new restaurants opening at the Fountains at Farah in the coming months.

What makes this restaurant different from the others already at the Fountains or currently under construction there is that Crave will be the first El Paso restaurant group to lease space at the East side shopping center. All the rest are national brands.

The Fountains location will be the fourth for the local chain known for its Modern American menu consisting of comfort foods with an El Paso-type twist, such as green chile mac-n-cheese, or a breakfast burger with chorizo and a sunny side up egg.

There are currently two on the West Side and one on the far East side. The target opening date for the newest Crave Kitchen and Bar is this fall.

It will be located on the lower level across from Chipotle Mexican Grill.


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A Sewing Awl works great for harness repair or even to fix a busted footsrap. Can sew through thick tough material and make a fast, durable repair. This has saved us on trips after a harness blew out from one too many uses.

How Do You Use a Sewing Awl?

To use a sewing awl, you must be able to reach both sides of the material you are sewing. Even if you have to work blind, make sure you can reach both sides; if you can't, you will not be able to "lock" your stitches in place. For purposes of this description, we will assume that you sew with your right hand--that means your right hand will operate the awl and your left hand will move the bottom thread.

Measure out twice the thread you will need to sew your project--be generous so that you will have extra thread to tie off your work. Thread the eye on your sewing awl, and push the awl through your material.

On this first stitch, anchor thread on the top side of your material by pressing the thread between the handle and your thumb. Reach under, loosen the thread at the eye and pull the unanchored end of the thread through the hole you made with the awl. Pull that thread as taut as the one on top and secure it gently with your free hand.

You are now ready to begin lock-stitching. Insert the awl a stitch-width from your first hole (usually 1/8-inch away from the first hole). Use your left thumb to pull a small loop in the thread next to the eye, then use your left hand to push the bottom thread through the loop. Ease the awl back with your right hand to tighten the loop and pull down gently with your left hand to lock the stitch. Do it again--and again--that's all there is to it!

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

- 4/15/2010

Great product. The one i received is a bit different to the picture but will do exactly the same job.

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