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Day Two of Vintage Blue Pocket Altered Pages

Welcome back.  I am continuing on with my Vintage Blue Pocket Altered Page.  I hope you all got the chance to see Day One of this post, which was on the blog yesterday.   Here is a link to day one in case you missed it.  Day one is where I gathered all of my goodies and prepared everything for my Vintage Blue Altered Pocket Page.  Today you will see everything assembled and put into my pocket page.  Also, please check out the info at the end of this post on how to join our Altered Pocket Pages swap later this month.

I mentioned yesterday how much I love this paper pack from Glitz.  It is beautifully vintage, but it is also masculine and with Father's Day coming up I thought one of the pin stripe pieces would be the great beginning of a "Thank you for all you do" to Dad or Granddad.

In my previous post I showed you preparing the pocket cards, basically creating ATC sized cards.  I also fussy cut collage images, did some stamping and paper punching.

Then came some detail work with more stamping, washi tape, staples and ephemera. The great things about these pocket projects is that you have a go to source to make a quick card or layout.  So, I created this project with just that in mind.  You might need a Thinking of You card.  You might need a Birthday card or a whatever card.  That is on hand right here with this one pocket...placed in a binder.  Some of my pockets I actually keep so I know have a quick resource for creating a quick card when needed...even manly ones.

You can see here some of the beautiful collage images from Altered Pages.  I also added paper flowers and pearl dew drops.

More goodies in the form of fibers, charms and a chip board crown.

Below are some more buttons, paper flowers and
a cute purse charm added to a string of pearls.

Below you can see some vintage gold lace, buttons and paper punched circles. These were left un-adhered so there is freedom to place later.

And, here is the final project front and back.

This has been just a blast to much so that I already started working on the next one, which you will see later this month.  I hope you check back to take a look at the next one.  It is 100% total opposite of this soft vintage compilation...think Cosmos and Girls Night Out!   I hope you enjoyed my post.
Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.  You can even join our swap and get in on the fun - details below.
Have a great weekend!
~ Steph S.
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Here is the info on how to join our swap!  You do not want to miss this.
 How to join the swap: How to join the Pocket Altered Pages swap!
1. Go to On FACEBOOK
2. At top of the group page the “EVENT” will be pinned. You can access the SWAP via this link. ...
3. Or you can click the “events” under the banner to get to the event listings page, and click into the swap.
4. Once you are on the “events” page, you must click up in the upper right hand corner to join the swap.
5. Now you are registered and will be on the list for the swap….this is how you are allowed into the SWAP! At this point you can access the free collage selections for use in your pages.
6. The swap will be open on June 1 and sign ups accepted until June 20.
7. On June 21-- A listing of random partners will be created and posted on the event page June 22.
8. You have until June 30 to mail out your Pocket Letter to your partner.
9. PLEASE connect with your partner to get address information. You may want to decide what kind of Pocket Altered Pages theme/colors/ topic you wish to send to each other.

10. International Swappers are invited, however, postage costs will vary from country to country.

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Great Link: Lost In Public School

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I, too, was lost in the public school system. As much as I excelled in elementary and most of high school, I never was once challenged. There were no AP classes. There were no individualized learning plans. Turns out I was about 10 years too early for those things in my school. So, I had to suffer because my school and district couldn't find ways to adjust and individualize my education? I was bored, and I was already asking for more work most of elementary.

I spent hours doing multiplication tables, working up to trying to beat the time that the 6th grade math teacher could do them. 100 multiplication problems from 0-12 in under 2 minutes and 16 seconds if I remember right. In the 9th grade, I did it, by 2 full seconds, winning myself a restaurant meal for me and a friend, paid for by said teacher. I honestly think he thought no one would ever do it. But I did.

I always asked for the workbook at the end of the year and took it home and finished it. That's right, we never finished an entire workbook or finished reading an entire textbook in any grade in the entire 12 years. Turns out it wasn't even possible to teach all the material to the middle level when you have to put in required projects and testing that sometimes had nothing to do with the classes in which we did them. I never learned about Ronald Reagan, we never made it that far. History was always distant subjects for the most part. And I would have read them if I had been able to take the textbooks home all summer.

Public school systems are not made for special students. No matter how many special education teachers they are required to supply, those don't help kids who are advanced, or who need more challenge. Individualized learning plans might be on the right track, but I have of course never experienced them, so I wouldn't be able to say they help. You can't offer AP classes to one student, can you? Most schools won't do it because they have to have a certain number in order to run the class. Then you spend hours sitting in the seats. Hours that are spent waiting for everyone else to work could have been spent in an AP class lesson or something. I usually retreated to the band room, as a band geek I could listen to my own music, play with a music program, goof off on the piano, organize the music teacher's office (he's a true artist, people), read, or whatever. Peace and quiet.

I am a bit disenchanted by my experience. I don't know if I could ever be convinced that public school would do the best for my children. Homeschooling will work because I can teach them based on their individuality, what they are interested in, what their level is, what their strengths are, work on their weaknesses specifically, going faster or slower based on their motivation or skills. With public school, its all middle. You can't move too fast to keep up with advanced kids because that leaves behind the strugglers, and you can't move so slowly that the strugglers can keep up because then you aren't even covering what's required. It is all middle, even if its individualized somehow.

Anyway, I like that homeschooling brought the perfect solution for the problems in the article. I like that instead of being overwhelmed daily, the kid is now able to do his work and be social in set times and amounts that are comfortable for him. Not only that, but in groups that are closely guided and structured by adults who have a common goal. As much as people say that smaller sizes are better, somehow a size of 2 in a family home isn't good? Even in the "small class sizes" of 20-30, as hard as the best teacher will try, they won't ever be able to know, understand and be individualizing to every student they have. Not to mention that some teachers and kids just do not get along, which no matter what means that it's going to be hard to teach to them at all, forget trying to personalize it.

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Green Scene!

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The area of Bangkok dates at least to the early fifteenth century, when it was a village on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya. Because of its strategic location near the mouth of the river, the town gradually increased in importance. Bangkok initially served as a customs outpost with forts on both sides of the river, and became the site of a siege in 1688 in which the French were expelled from Siam. After the fall of Ayutthaya to the Burmese Kingdom in 1767, the newly declared King Taksin established his capital at the town, which became the base of the Thonburi Kingdom. In 1782, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern bank's Rattanakosin Island, thus founding the Rattanakosin Kingdom. The City Pillar was erected on 21 April, which is regarded as the date of foundation of the present city. While settlements on both banks were commonly called Bangkok, both the Burney Treaty of 1826 and the Roberts Treaty of 1833 refer to the capital as the City of Sia-Yut'hia.
Bangkok's economy gradually expanded through international trade, first with China, then with Western merchants returning in the early-to-mid nineteenth century. As the capital, Bangkok was the centre of Siam's modernization as it faced pressure from Western powers in the late nineteenth century. The reigns of Kings Mongkut (Rama IV, 1851–68) and Chulalongkorn (Rama V, 1868–1910) saw the introduction of the steam engine, printing press, rail transport and utilities infrastructure in the city, as well as formal education and healthcare. Bangkok became the centre stage for power struggles between the military and political elite as the country abolished absolute monarchy in 1932. It was subject to Japanese occupation and Allied bombing during World War II, but rapidly grew in the post-war period as a result of United States developmental aid and government-sponsored investment. Bangkok's role as an American military R&R destination launched its tourism industry as well as sex trade. Disproportionate urban development led to increasing income inequalities and unprecedented migration from rural areas into Bangkok; its population surged from 1.8 to 3 million in the 1960s. Following the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam, Japanese businesses took over as leaders in investment, and the expansion of export-oriented manufacturing led to growth of the financial market in Bangkok.Rapid growth of the city continued through the 1980s and early 1990s, until it was stalled by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. By then, many public and social issues had emerged, among them the strain on infrastructure reflected in the city's notorious traffic jams. Bangkok's role as the nation's political stage continues to be seen in strings of popular protests, from the student uprisings in 1973 and 1976, anti-military demonstrations in 1992, and successive anti-government protests by the "Yellow Shirt" and "Red Shirt" movements from 2008 onwards.

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When talking to your children about gangs, it's important to not only let them know about the dangers but to also LISTEN to what they have to say about gangs. A gang is basically a group of people who try to control a specific area or location, which they often call their "turf." (That area may be a small section of a neighborhood, an entire city, or even larger.) Gangs are often involved in illegal activities like selling drugs, threatening people, and even violence. Have an honest chat with your child today to help ensure that they stay far away from gangs tomorrow and for the rest of their lives. With a child locator device like the Amber Alert parents can listen in to conversations their child is having to help keep them safe.


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Friday, July 2, 2010

Amber & You Are What You Love And Not Your Epiploic Appendagitis

Oh hai.  Meet my organs.

I have an internal boo boo.  The good news is that they finally figured it out (remember my ER trip and my "flank pain"?) and I am going to be super duper fine.  The bad news is that I am on bed rest for the next seven days...  although that might turn out to be a very good thing for the blog.  Except that I am all stoned on pain pills.  Again, could be good.  You be the judge.

The sad, sad news about being on bed rest is that I can't go to the birthday party for this gal.

Remember when I gave her all those cats as a present when she came to visit me in Canada? Too bad she forgot to take them with her.

(Photo by Jimmy)

I once noted her signature style was warm hats in the winter.  The real quintessence of Diana is beauty.  Both internal and external.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

swim lessons!

I can't wait!  We're a little late (too old - Aidan, not me) for parent-child lessons, it seems, but he'll start swim lessons in May.  I'm so excited - it's been on my list of things that hasn't gotten done for a long time, but we're going now.  I can't wait to report back.  He'll start his lessons before our next beach vacation, so I'm hoping it helps him feel comfortable right off the bat.  We'll keep taking them when we get back, too, but I'm just so happy.  It's more of my doing phase, in which I try to accomplish.  Oh, and have fun!  Time is slipping, slipping, slipping; no time to lose.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween

Yesterday we were able to finally carve our jack-o-lantern and then Coleen had lots of fun dressing up as Anne of Avonlea.

We were especially happy with how the jack o lantern turned out this year- though it was a real challenge to get it into the house to carve. William said it weighed at least eighty pounds!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Fall Colors

A lot of the trees here haven't even started turning- so it's hard to believe we've had snow showers twice already!

It wasn't snow that lingered, but somehow I think it might signal a long winter...

Here's hoping you are enjoying yourweekend!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

For fun we grew pumpkins in our front flower bed. They filled in the end of the bed that we weren't quite sure what to do with quite nicely. In fact they took over! and climbed down the hill all of the way to the mailbox.

We planted three plants and harvested one pumpkin from each. Here is one as a baby. They grew quite large.
Two of them were cooperative and grew up in the flowerbed. The third grew over the edge of the hill. It was quite a challenge for William to get it up and of course it was the largest!

I had Coleen and Biscuit pose with the pumpkins after William rolled them around the house. As you can see Biscuit is a little distracted...

by the cat!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Enough to make a sewing Mom proud

Coleen walked out to the kitchen this morning with the biggest grin...

smugly, she says

"I made everything that I'm wearing."

Friday, September 11, 2009

1st day of school clothes

Coleen's first day of school was Monday and this was the outfit we made. Coleen made the shirt and I made the pants. Both patterns are from Ottobre magazine.

Of course, after a very cool August, it has finally warmed up and it was too hot for a long sleeve shirt. She ended up wearing the t-shirt she dyed in her batik class at College for Kids.

She is very enthusiastic about school this year (of course, Coleen is always enthusiastic). We were able to meet her teacher last night and were very impressed. She is on Safety Patrol this year and has crosswalk duty in the mornings so she has to be at school half an hour early. The exciting thing about the Patrol is they get to go on a two day trip to Wisconsin Dells in the spring. Besides they really stress the responsibility the older kids have for the younger kids. They make sure all the kindergartners get on the right buses and help them during lunch to get through the line, etc.

Here's to the beginning of a great school year!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Yes, there was an August and it was full of lots of good stuff.

But I wasn't here I was out...

Summer's almost over and everything should settle into a routine again.

Talk to you soon...

Thursday, July 23, 2009

County Fair

We all entered items in the county fair this year.

Here we are with the ribbons we won.

Coleen was especially thrilled that she won both first and second place and is proudly displaying her ribbons in her room.
William and I will put ours in our workspaces to remind us to always work towards the best we can do.

I think county fairs are great. It is one of the few chances any more that people get to show off their talents without the pressure of trying to sell it. There were some beautiful items entered. I only wish that there were more people participating. It seemed, at least here, that most of the entries were put in by people over 60 or by kids working on their 4-H projects. How do you create interest for younger adults to participate?

Friday, July 10, 2009

Flower Garden

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Meet the newest member of our family

This is Biscuit. She came to live with us on Tuesday.

She looks especially funny when she is running. I think her back end gets going faster than her front end.

The cats are not sure what to think of her. They both run away from her even though she is probably only a quarter of their size. Lucy (pictured here) will not get near her at all. Thomas has sniffed noses and will settle down in the same room with her as long as Biscuit is napping, but as soon as Biscuit moves, Thomas is out of there!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Dorothy, I don't think we're in Wisconsin anymore...

William had to make a business trip down to the Carolinas last week and I was able to join him for the weekend. We went to the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden near Charlotte and then over to Great Smoky National Park where we took an 8 mile hike up to Charlie's Bunion.

Everything was wonderful! It was warm. We have had a cool spring here in Wisconsin and getting out of the plane and feeling the sun upon you was a lovely thing.

It is extremely lush. Green everywhere. The trees towered above you and everything was flowering. The azaleas up in the mountains were blooming. There were large patches of wildflowers along the road that included Flanders poppies and cosmos. I don't know if they were truly wild or had been planted at some point but they were lovely. This was at the botanical garden, but the ones on the roadside were similar.

The Botanical Garden was lovely. There were all sorts of plants growing outside that William remembers tending in the greenhouses in Chico. Including the passion flower.

And then they had an orchid conservatory which was full of orchids and other tropical plants that cannot handle the cold of South Carolina - bananas, begonias.

We had great food while we were there. Lots of fun restaurants both in Charlotte and Asheville.

Then we got to hike a part of the Appalachian Trail. The trail starts in Georgia and goes all the way to Maine. You can see how much further you had to go from where we were at the North Carolina/Tennessee border.

We chose to hike only 4 miles in to a place called Charlie's Bunion which was a rock outcropping overlooking the layers upon layers of rolling valleys that are part of the Smoky Mountains. It was quite stunning.

We had a great weekend and when we talked to Coleen in New Mexico it sounded like she was having lots of fun visiting her grandparents. We did wish that we could share it all with her. She would have especially loved the different kinds of rocks in the mountains and the fiddler that was dancing a jig in downtown Asheville. Well, I guess that gives us an excuse to return...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Tag Team Sewing

Coleen needed some capris for summer.

We took some time last week and sewed up a couple of pairs. She made the blue ones and I made the khaki ones. This is the best way to teach her sewing. I can show her every step without doing any of it for her. She constructed these all on her own. She even serged the seams!

The pattern is from Ottobre Design 3/2009. The pants are full of great details - like these waistline pockets-

They also had a narrow waistband with an invisible zipper in the side seam. They have a long slit at the hem. Very cute!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Kyuki-do test

Coleen had her test in kyuki-do on Tuesday. See this post for the difference between Kyuki-do and karate

When they test, they work through the forms for all of the different levels up to their level and then they also practice kicks and punches and then do sparring with a partner.

Coleen and Sergei both started around the same time and usually test for their belts at the same time. They really like to egg each other on.

In kyuki-do there are 13 belts between white (novice) and black (expert). Coleen just moved up to her sixth belt.

We're proud of you kid!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Doll Quilts

Gwen at After the Dress posted an adorable alphabet quilt she did for a friend. It reminded me of these doll quilts I made. They were the standard birthday gift for all of Coleen's friends when she was in kindergarten-1st grade.

I mentioned in a comment on Gwen's site that free-motion quilting can be quite fun and these all employ it. Hopefully you can zoom in and see the quilting

Saturday, May 16, 2009

A field of stars

While there is still very little to show in the flower garden (we really should plant some more early season flowers - we seem to have one daffodil plant and about 3 tulips.)-

the wildflowers are already spectacular.

On one of our favorite walks in Perrot Park you come around a corner and are confronted by this lovely sight.

These are Dodecatheon radicatum
with an occasional Aquilegia canadensis thrown in.
An absolutely stunning sight! I went Thursday and took pictures because William said the flowers were stunning when he went on Monday- I came back with shots of flowers he hadn't seen three days before. I think we could probably discover new things each week - hopefully we'll get out there more this summer.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Then and Now

Coleen - March 2005

Today on her way to school. I am amazed this dress still fits her, though it is more of a tunic now. I made this from an Ottobre Design pattern for her birthday four years ago!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Our weeping crabapple a couple of days ago.

The pants class is going great! I am learning alot and I really think I'll have a well-fitting pair of pants by the end.

Coleen will be testing for her next belt in karate next week.

William is busy in the garden. Our front flower bed is expanded and planted. Everything but the tomatoes and the beans are planted in the vegetable garden. Hopefully it will warm up for the squash soon. It's been a long, cool spring.


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City Symphony

From Pictorial Artistry: The Dramatization of the Beautiful in Photography
"Imagination is the thing of which most beautiful and unusual pictures are created. Walk along this lake with me and gaze at what seems to be a sunken castle in the shimmering water. See how it follows us as we proceed, changing with every move to grotesque and weird shapes. Why, snakes seem to be running up and down the edges! There now, towards us comes a tree, upside down. We stop. So does the tree! It stretches its fluttering arms out as if to embrace the castle. There are more quivering leaves at the bottom of the lake. Everything seems to vibrate on the eddying water. The gentle breeze that stirs the water sounds like music, floating from the submerged castle with its towers of glory… a City Symphony.
A steelyard arrangement, but pyramidal in effect. Notice the harmony and unison brought about by the stretching branches and leaves, unifying things that “belong” together”. The tree trunk, bent slightly backward and the heavy foreground made it possible to move the tower somewhat off center avoiding immovability and stagnation.
Technical Problems:
Depth of focus, due to large camera and moving objects, was difficult to achieve. Only by compromising and throwing the foreground (6 feet away) into darkness to overcome lack of focus, then waiting long for the wind to still its movement, and leaving the lends fairly wide open, was it possible to get an exposure short enough to arrest the swift creeping motion along the roof tops. The sky was empty and looked dreary so clouds had to be introduced to create the fairylike atmosphere. To convey a sense of mystery, texture was printed in.
Camera: 9x12cm Jewell A
Lens: Zeiss Tessar
Opening: f.8
Filter: Light
Film: Agfa Plenachrome
Exposure: 1/25, on tripod
Print: 14x17 direct, on Tuma Gas"
by Adolf Fassbender, 1937
Currently not on view
date made
before 1937
Fassbender, Adolf
place made
United States: New York, New York
Physical Description
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image: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Travel Light

I like to travel light. I like to keep my clothing and travel items to a minimum and my travel luggage portable and functional, especially since I often take public transportation to get everywhere.

Cinda B has a vast range of graphic, colorful bags and accessories that fit the bill. All the bags are made of a lightweight poly/nylon fabric, water- and stain-resistant, machine washable, available in a variety of prints, and come with a bunch of compartments, zippers, snaps, straps, and pockets. Perfect for everyday use or for travel.

P.S. Another option for a fun travel or makeup bag.

(Photos courtesy of Cinda B.)

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Portland Made, Part I

Today's post is written by Eric Gold, a freelance writer in Portland and editor of This is Part I of a Portland Made miniseries.

In Portland, as anyone who can read knows, you could eat at a different food cart and wash it down with a new local microbrew every day for a month—and you’d just be getting started. But Portlanders bring the same level of craft, inspiration, and collaborative enthusiasm to their work in wood, metal, leather, clay, and fabric as they do to their Probats, cocktail shakers, and saucepans.

Portland Made launched in April with the mission of promoting Portland, Oregon-based makers, manufacturers, and retailers of local goods. You’ll find more information on these products at Portland Made, along with the stories behind the makers who make Portland one of the most creative cities in the world.

Walnut Studiolo Seat Trunk (pictured above)
Geoff and Valerie Franklin started Walnut Studiolo to market Geoff’s leather and wood bicycle accessories. The Seat Trunk, reminiscent of a St. Bernard’s brandy cask, will rescue your bike from unstylish anonymity. Still, the ex-architect Franklin maintains a sober design stance—people occasionally ask where the “bling” is. “My aesthetic opinion on the gear is function first,” he says.

Portland Bee Balm
Brad Swift’s lip balm, made from the wax of the ten to fifty thousand (depending on the season) Italian honeybees in his Portland backyard and other natural ingredients, is available in Brooklyn at the Herb Shoppe on Atlantic Avenue, or online. Swift, who quit his job to make bee balm full time in spring 2012, is smoothing out his operation. “Everything’s getting better all the time,” he says. “Each step, every time I do it better.”

Breach Industries O!Snap Clip
This proprietary TPU alloy clip is magnetized to attach to your sleeve or collar and keep your headphone cord out of the way. When you get back from a run or the driving range, the clip keeps your headphones handy on the fridge or any metal surface.
A reflective sticker keeps you safe at night, but makers Justin Metras and Mieszko Kruger are happy to swap it out for your company logo.

Clive Coffee Clive Stand
Mark Hellweg and Delaney Kelly designed the Clive Stand, made from salvaged Oregon walnut, to hold the Hario V60 dripper and decanter. Committed to sharing knowledge as well as excellent coffee equipment, the Clive Coffee site has tutorials and this video showing the stand’s construction.

Read: Portland Made, Part II.

(Photos courtesy of Portland Made.)

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Republican National Convention: Day 1

RNC Day 1I’m in Tampa with my colleague, Maribel Hastings covering the Republican National Convention. Here’s our roundup of what happened in immigration yesterday — the sort-of-official-but-mostly-cancelled first day of the RNC:

Protesters from Occupy Wall Street, labor, and immigrant groups joined together despite the inclement weather to rally outside the convention:

Despite the reduced numbers from what was expected, they managed to articulate opposition to a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from corporate greed, to funding education, from defending women’s rights to union, student, and workers’ rights….

Among the more interesting signs, “Romney. Great for ‘68” and “If Liberals Hated America, We’d Vote Republican.”

Craig Romney, Mitt Romney’s Spanish-speaking son and one of his very few claims to the Latino vote, released a Spanish-language radio ad playing up the fact that Mitt Romney’s father was born in Mexico.  Seems a pretty weak way to try and win a sliver of the Latino vote.  Here’s the translation of the ad, courtesy of Talking Points Memo:

Hello. I’m Craig Romney. I want to tell you about my father, Mitt Romney. He is a man of great convictions.  He has been married to my mom for more than 40 years. Together they have five sons and 18 grandchildren. My father loves our country greatly. What he has achieved in life, he has done so by working hard. And it is with that same dedication that he will fight to put our country back on track and create jobs. He greatly values that we are a nation of immigrants. My grandfather George was born in Mexico. For my family, the greatness of America is how we all respect each other and help one another. It is the dedication, the sacrifice, and the hard work of those who struggle to achieve that dream for their families.  But on the path our country is on, each day it’s harder to achieve.  My father knows how to revive the American Dream and he needs your help to do it.  I invite you to get to know him and listen to his ideas.

Could the pandering be because Mitt Romney needs to win such a high percentage of the white vote—61%, among the highest a Republican challenger has ever won with that demographic—that he’s desperate to peel off any amount of Latino numbers away from President Obama?  That would also explain the need for the Romney campaign to be insanely optimistic about how it will do with Latino voters in the fall:

Jose Fuentes, a co-chairman of Romney’s Hispanic leadership team, told the Hill the campaign’s target number is 38 percent, roughly consistent with 2008 nominee Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) results with Latinos. That could be a harder target for Romney, though, given his views on immigration and other issues. While McCain was a supporter of immigration reform — a position he backed away from, but didn’t drop, during the election — Romney opposes paths to citizenship and the Dream Act, which a strong majority of Latinos support.

Thirty-eight percent is pretty far away. Nearly every poll puts Romney far behind President Barack Obama among Latino voters, 63 percent of whom support the president, according to the poll released Wednesday. That gap hasn’t closed since Romney selected Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate.

Which further explains the need for Jose Fuentes to cite a bit of revisionist history yesterday during a Hispanic press briefing.  Here he is claiming that the 2010 DREAM Act failed in the Senate not because of Republican opposition, but because of Democratic obstructionism:

Mmm, yeah.  Media Matters and are going to have to call you out on that:

Obama supported and lobbied for the DREAM Act, which would have created a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. The bill passed the House in December 2010, but failed in the Senate largely because of Republican opposition.


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So every now and again there is a new craze with a new food to help promote your fitness or stamina performance. The new veggie to crop up is Beetroot, something we have been eating and blending for quite some years. So lets look at the benefits and see why, if you haven’t already, should add it to your 1 of your 5 a day. Aside from it being a super-food which increases your performance, speed and endurance, there are other added benefits to consuming this red root veg.

Reasons why you SHOULD be consuming beetroot

  • Contains vitamin B – needed for energy production
  • Contains vitamin C – a known antioxidant
  • Contains Beta-carotene AND Beta-Cyanine
  • Essential minerals such as; Magnesium, potassium and iron
  • Anti-inflammatory betalains
  • Nitrates which have been proven to help performance

This little red veggie, juiced, baked or raw has been proven to increase athletes performances in time trials and with its anti-inflammatory properties, is a great source of relief for those suffering from sporting injuries – or take before sport to lessen your chances of getting injured.

It has also been proven to increase the amount of time you can physically make yourself exercise by 16 MINUTES!

What other reason do you need, aside from the big old list above, to start consuming this super-food.  You can start stocking up on it from your local supermarket where it’s already been juiced and ready to consume.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Wrecking the anal ring

Nailing the rectum everyday now with the largest dongs, that asshole ring muscle has broken down and is allowing Huge rubber shafts almost 3-1/2 inches in diameter into the asshole. Big black is a favorite (see below) for wrecking that anal ring. It took 5 solid days to break down the ring to where it is now, huge, open and non closing. Shaving the pubes at least 3 times a week to keep slutty and bald for anal sessions. Assdaddy leaving for3 weeks, need to keep rectum in proper condition for his return.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Rectum Conditioning Update

Managed to get 3 asshole wrecking sessions this week, The anal ring opened right up after a 14 day break due to the Holidays. Assdaddy had really worked the asshole ring muscle hard, and I managed a few solo sessions during the break, so the asshole ring muscle never really got a chance to tighten up. The first session back into it, the large dongs sunk in with ease, and his whole hand almost slipped in for a solid fisting 5 finger alternate hand fisting. Next week we will continue to breakdown the anal ring also start sounding out the piss slit as well. We have some nice large plastic fishing worms to slide down my bald cock shaft. Stretch out the slit, while Assdaddy wrecks the asshole in unison. Working the rubberbanded off nuts, cuming from anal.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Nut Banding technique

I see your are using a #64 thick rubber band to isolate off your balls when your getting your asshole worked over. Here is an idea for a hotter looking tie job to go with your bald pubes. Use 3 of those rubberbands (#64, 1/4" wide), Band off each nut individually, nice and tight, then the final one around the whole nut sack or nutsack+cock. This will lift and separate your nuts for your assmasters view and easier access to your asshole. Now stick a large sound down your piss slit and you'll be ready for your asshole session.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

The Iranian Colon Bend Assistant

Iranian Assistant, Babaloo.Is training to be an assmaster specializing in depth. His 14 inch cock as thick as your arm, loves to go balls deep and fuck into the colon bend. He came in near then end of the session when you were fisting out the chute, his limp 14 incher, ready for action. You hand left my gaping asshole and was replaced by just the head of his horse cock, my warm chute, thickened and hardened his cock as you watched. Soon he was at max hardness and ready to slide in. You both placed me doggy style, as he squatted over me, the full 14 inches rock hard, he slide into my open chute, deeper, deeper. At 9 inches he announced that he bottomed out in the rectum. You instructed him to swivel your hips, search for the colon bend opening. He did that, the head popped into the bend

"Ohh my rectum" I moaned
"I'm in!, he goes" He said.

Inch by inch slide way up into me, until he announced.

"I'm balls deep in your asshole slut sir"

"Good pump the colon bend good" AD instructed .

He started thrusting in and out with long swift strokes, popping and out of the bend continuously, I was taking it, and felt the head of his cock expand, he was going to blast a huge one.

"I'm going to cum in your slut soon sir"

"I want to to cum, when you completely to the hilt, cream that colon" AD instructed. He blasted a huge load in the down stroke, then pulled out.

An Automated Sling

You invited me in as usual and.... there it was a super automated sling from 4 eye hooks in the ceiling, you took no time, and opened up the ass wide with toys. The sling had a mechanical ass cheeks spreader and automatic nut worker built in, It was remote controlled device that had to be attached to the slut first. A quick clean out, followed by shaved pubes, balls and asshole, and I was ready. Assdaddy helped me in the sling, the fastened then ass cheeker, spreading my ass cheeks widely, totally exposing my loose anal ring for abuse. The nut worker was then attached. It looked like Softball with marbles rotating working the nuts, Once in place. He drove into the rectum full force, with the starter dong, pumping the rectum full of lube and air. He took no time working up in dong sizes as my asshole preceded to totally give out for him. He noticed and took advantage of the situation.

"Fuck yea, lets go large, wreck that ass!" He said grabbing the largest dong, old big black.

He greased it and pointed the butt missile at my gaping asshole. The massive 4 inch head split the ring, but was to big. More pushing and the large head made progress, At the widest part, it felt like my anal-ring muscle was gonna tear in half, then the entire thing sank into the rectum swallowing 8 inches of the massive shaft before stopping. I gasped for air as my chute was expanded out to the maximum. Slowly he withdrew the huge dong until the widest part of the head was right at the anal ring again. He punished the anal ring, pulling on it, spinning the dong in circles, the triangular head making mincemeat of my ass-muscle. The he drove it back in right up the chute and repeated this over and over again. Soon the asshole let completely loose and was able to punch fuck the hole. I could not hold out as was about to blast a huge load.

"No cumming yet slut, I'm using the red rectum destroyer dong and the nut worker in unison"-He said.

The dildo punching suddenly stopped, luckily I did not cum, or I would never take the red rectum destroyer (shown here), huge 3-1/2 inches across with ribs. I hit the poppers hard, as he eased the monster up my loose asshole, but it was too large even for mine. More pressure and the ring began to give way.

"Its gonna go slut, take it!, take it in that rectum" he demanded."Oh my ring, almost!!" I screamed.... Waaaaaaaaaa", it sunk home.

"Oh yea, now here cums the nut worker" Assdaddy said, flipping the switch, the nut worker started kneading my balls hard, as Assdaddy starting stroking big red. I was about to shoot.

"No cum from analwork like a asshole whore should, then I'm gonna cum in your destroyed hole"

"OK not jacking, oh thats it nail those nuts, here it comes!, Ohhhhhh Errrrrrrrr I'm cumming from anal!!!!! I screamed.

My asshole started to spasm violently around the huge red rubber shaft, but Assdaddy kept pounding the shaft deep in the rectum and I took it like a whore, he totally wrecked my asshole muscle and rectum. He ripped out the dong real fast.

"ok push out, show me some red meat" Assdaddy said, now jacking his cock.

"ERRRRRRRRR...." and i felt the rectum drop down ans "Errrrrrrr..." I flowered out for him

"I'm creaming your rosebud boy, Ohhhhhhhhh" AssDaddy Came.


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Demand: Theory of Demand

Meaning of Demand

Demand is not the same as desire or need. Demand for a commodity means desire, willingness and ability to pay. For example, a poor man's desire and willingness to pay for a car is not demand since he does not have ability to pay. Similarly, a person's ability to pay for a car is not demand since he does not have willingness and desire to buy a car. The demand for any commodity is the desire for that commodity baked by willingness and ability to pay. Thus, demand means effective demand, in the sense of being able and willing to buy. Only this affects the volume of sales.

According to Fredric Benham, "The demand for anything, at a given price is the amount of it which will be bought per unit of time at that price."

In the words of Pappas and Brigham, "The term demand is defined as the number of units of particular goods or service that consumers are willing to purchase during a specific period and under a given set of conditions."

According to Milton H. Spencer, "Demand is the quantity that will be purchased of particular commodity at various prices, at a given time and place."

Thus, demand is always defined with reference to a particular time and given values of variables on which it depends. Two things should be noted in the definition:

First, demand always means demand per unit of time. The time period might be a month or year. We must specify the period for which the commodity is being demanded. The statement that demand for ghee in Kathmandu is 1000kg at Rs. 50 per kg, has no significance unless we state clearly the period for which this quantity is being demanded.

Second, the condition on which the things is demanded should be specified. The conditions would include the price of the good in question, price and availability of competitive goods, expectations of price changes, income, tastes and preference, advertising expenditures and so on. The demand for the product depends on all these factors. For example, the term demand has no significance unless it is related to price. The statement that the weekly demand for ghee in Kathmandu is 1000kg is meaningless unless we specify the price at which the quantity is being demanded by the customers of Kathmandu. The demand may be fairly small if the price is high.

Derivation of Individual and Market Demand Curve

The process of derivation of individual and market demand curve has been explained as follows:

Derivation of Individual Demand Curve

The individual demand schedule is a schedule of prices of commodity and the demand for the commodity made by an individual. Similarly, individual demand curve is the schedule of different quantities of goods demanded by an individual at different prices. The demand schedule shows the relationship between the prices of the commodity and the quantity demanded. The individual demand (for sugar) schedule has been presented in table below:

Individual Demand Schedule
Price (Rs. Per kg)Quantity Demanded (kg per month)
As shown in the table, the quantity demanded of sugar at price Rs. 2 per kg is 14 kg, at Rs. 4 is 10kg, at Rs. 6 is 7kg, and so on. It shows that the quantity demanded increase with fall in price.

The individual demand curve is derived on the basis of this demand schedule. The individual demand curve DD has been derived in the following figure on the basis of above table.

In the given figure, OY axis represents price of sugar and OX axis represents quantity demanded DD is the demand curve. It shows that the quantity demanded is 14kg at price Rs. 2, 10kg at Rs. 4, 7kg at Rs. 6, 5kg at Rs. 8 and so on. In this way, the demand curve shows the relationship between price of the commodity and quantity demanded. According to R. G. Lipsey, "The demand curve for a commodity shows the relation between its price and a quantity a household wishes to purchase per period of time."

The demand curve has the following characteristics:

  • Traditionally, the price level is shown along the vertical axis and the quantity demanded is shown along the horizontal axis.
  • The demand curve may show the demand of an individual or the group of consumers in the market.
  • The demand curve assumes that there is no change in the value of other relevant variables. This means that the prices of other goods, income of the consumers and taste of consumers are assumed to be constant.
  • In general, the demand curve has negative slope, or the demand curve slopes downwards. This means that people demand more at lower prices.

The law of demand implies this. But there are two exceptions to this – a) The situation of snob appeal – as for example, the expensive jewelry are demanded more at higher prices, but demanded less at lower prices due to the fall in snob appeal. b) The situation in which consumers judge quality by price – as for example, if the consumers do not have ability to judge the quality of the products directly, they use price as the quality. Hence, demand may fall when price falls.

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Secure Multi-channel Group Key Generation in Wireless Networks with Multiple Cooperating Attackers

The broadcast nature of communication channels in infra-structureless wireless networks poses challenges to security. The problem becomes more difficult in settings with multiple cooperating attackers (and full knowledge of the protocol). We propose a key generation algorithm, the Secure Multi-channel Group Key Generation (MuGKeG), which is independent of variations in channel conditions, remains effective in the presence of multiple cooperating attackers and places no pre-requisite conditions on eavesdropper’s locations and channel conditions. Analytical closed form solution for the entropy of the secret group key generated has been derived and verified using NS-3 simulations. Real network implementation using USRP kits is under progress.

Predicting New Collaborations in Academic Citation Networks of IEEE and ACM Conferences

Of key interest in the study of social networks is their evolution with time. Among social networks, collaboration networks have been the subject of significant interest with regards to link prediction. The accurate prediction of the appearance of new collaborations between members of a collaboration network can help accelerate the realization of new synergies, foster innovation and raise productivity. For this study, the authors collect a large data set of publications in 630 conferences of the IEEE and ACM containing more than 257; 000 authors, 61; 000 papers, capturing more than 818; 000 collaborations spanning a period of 10 years. The data set is rich in semantic data that allows the exploration of many features that were not considered in previous approaches.

Post Summarization of Micro-Blogs of Sporting Events

Social networking sites e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn are becoming popular among users as they are successful in connecting people and have become a great means of information dissemination, communication and entertainment. Popularity of these services motivates us to study characteristics of online social networks. In 2012, more than 500 million users have subscribed Twitter, generating over 340 million posts and 1.6 billion search queries each day. Due to the enormous number of posts generated by Twitter, it is often difficult to understand what is being said by people on a specific topic. In this research, we perform post summarization of critical events using twitter posts on three sporting events.

VNC: Vehicular Network Coverage for Multihop Quality-of-Service Data Delivery

ANDASH group, in collaboration with Sungkyunkwan University, proposes a Vehicular Network Coverage (VNC) algorithm for providing vehicles with the Quality-of-Service (QoS) Data Delivery in vehicular networks using infrastructure nodes, such as Road-Side Units (RSUs) and Relay Nodes. Researchers have considered two multihop data delivery directions, such as outbound delivery from vehicle to RSU and inbound delivery from RSU to vehicle. We define the QoS of data delivery with the mean and standard deviation of End-toEnd data delivery delay. For the given requirements of both outbound and inbound QoS delivery, we need to deploy an appropriate number of RSUs. In this research, we propose the optimal deployment of RSUs.

Deep packet inspection probe deployment

AN-DASH group, Dr. Usman Younis and a team of undergraduate students fro SEECS worked closely with Tellabs and WiChorus to install a deep packet inspection (DPI) probe in the SEECS Data Center. The probe is being used to generate traffic analytics of SEECS entire incoming and outgoing network traffic.

Agilent long-range RF sensor testbed

AN-DASH, in collaboration with Agilent Technologies and their local partner Mushko, has deployed a long range, passive RF sensor testbed on the campus of NUST. This testbed consists of four (4) Agilent 57200 RF sensors spread over an area of approximately 1 square Km. The sensors are currently equipped with antennas to scan the RF spectrum from 30KHz upto 1.1GHz and locate transmitters.

Social unrest detection by monitoring information flow on Twitter

The popular uprisings in a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the Spring of 2011 were enabled in large part by local populations' access to social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook. This paper attempts to use language independent features of Twitter traffic mentioning different countries to distinguish between countries that are politically unstable and others that are stable. Towards this end, we collected several data sets of countries that were experiencing political unrest during the period now known as the "Arab Spring", as well as a set of countries that were not. Several different methods are used to model the flow of information between Twitter users.

Identifying Influential Neighborhoods

Estimates node’s importance by virtue of its criticality to the control to disrupt the flow of commodity in a network. We identify influential nodes and Influential neighborhoods. PCC is based on PCA and the KLT which takes the view of treating a graphs adjacency matrix as a covariance matrix PCC allows the addition of more features for the computation of node centralities PCC of a graph gives a form of compact representation that identifies influential nodes and influential neighborhoods.

Influential Nodes Identification in Online Social Networks

Notion of a central node in a network changes with application and the type of commodity flowing through a network we identify social hubs, nodes at the center of influential neighborhoods. Applications include friendship graph of 70,000 users service of Google’s Orkut service, a gaming graph of 143,020 users from Facebook’s ‘Fighters’ Club’ application. Basec idea is the use of Principal Component Centrality (PCC).

Distributed and Privacy Preserving Algorithm for Identifying Information Hubs

Identifying the top-k information hubs in a social network. Our method can identify hubs without requiring a central entity (enhancement of Kempe-McSherry algorithm). Applications include a Facebook data set of ~3.1 million users having more than 23 million links. Performance shows 50% more accuracy than existing distributed algorithms. Our scheme can rank top-k information hubs more accurately than existing approaches.

Behaviour of Facebook Users

We study the probability with which a friend belonging to a particular group of friends will interact from other friends belonging / not belonging to his own circle of friends. We collected data set of Facebook profiles of 50 volunteers. Our study shows that information propagating through Facebook tends to coalesce (to some extent) within communities.

Data Collection and Analysis

We collected and analysed Data of various Twitter events: Malala's diary (Blogs at BBC Urdu) September 2008, National Youth Peace Prize 19th December 2011, Assassination Attempt 9th October 2012, Malala Day, Speech at UN, 12th July 2013, meeting with Obama, 11 October 2013, 2013 Nobel Prize Nomination.

Identifying Leaders and Followers in Online Social Networks

Longitudinal User Centered Influence (LUCI) model. Input includes user interaction information. Clusters users into four categories: Introvert leaders, Extrovert leaders, Followers, Neutrals. Data set collected from "Everything2" with more than 3 million users over the duration of one year. Our average classification accuracy of up to 90.3% in classifying users as leaders and followers

Tag Clouds of Twitter Trending Topics

Collection of tweets on trending topics. Removing the stop words and building a graph using “NetworkX”. Creating word clouds based on eigenvector centralities. Application of principal component centrality (PCC) as a measure of centrality that is more general and encompasses eigenvector centrality (EVC).

Sentiment Detection in Tweets

Classifies tweets by the positive or negative sentiments expressed in them. Performs sentiment tracking over time. Implemented in the form of a website at

Press Release Tracking System

An automated system that tracks the amount of information contained in a press release that is at every stage as talking points wind their way from Client / company / organization -> PR company -> Websites of news outlets (Dawn, Tribune, GeoTV). Allows performance analysis of press releases prepared by PR firms.

First report detection

Early detection of first reports / eyewitness reports of events / accidents / incidents critical to clients of Global Rescue. Early detection allows Global Rescue to pre-emptively prepare to evacuate clients from developing dangerous situations.


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 Sometimes Ladies experience partial epidural results (a person side of body) or health-related carelessness may perhaps come about that also entails injecting the wrong compound, as in the case of Grace Wang, whose Tale has sparked a world Local community outrage.

Andrews continued to work on Broadway, till the release of The Audio of Audio (1965), the best-grossing Motion picture of its day and among the best-grossing of all time. She quickly located that audiences recognized her only with singing, sugary-sweet nannies and governesses, and were reluctant to just accept her in spectacular roles in The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Torn Curtain (1966).

An incredible athlete, a gifted photographer, and, he was, by all accounts, one the nicest fellas you'd satisfy any place. Bobby valued his marriage with National Geographic tremendously, and was honored to be named an Emerging Explorer, and to have acquired a grant with the Expeditions Council. After we delivered a signed poster to him from very last yr's Explorers Symposium, he had a huge grin on his face, and his mother reported he looked at the poster each day soon after and it introduced a smile to his encounter.

He had the fuzziest ears ever, we laughed as I took out my macro and explained, “I cannot hold out to get these fuzzy ears!!!”

“I think he is meant for a giant reason,’’ suggests Vargas. “He was given back again to us twice.’’

“It was a normal pregnancy. There have been no warning signs of anything,’’ she says. “I understood his program of movement and that working day he was not transferring whatsoever.’’

11,” she said. Alabama is different from New York, she said. Folks don’t speak about nine/eleven a similar way they do on Long Island. “I haven’t listened to nearly anything about this however here,” she said. “I'm sure Big apple, New Jersey, Connecticut, We've got potent connections to nine/11. I just figured men and women will be much more reactive below.” She is going to share her mother’s legacy via a few media interviews that day, and she or he plans to invest the evening with her new mates. “My dad and relatives are large believers in celebrating my Mother’s daily life,” she said. “We constantly finished the day on the good note.”

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This momma was considered one of my contest winners and chose to do a maternity session with me. She was just so lovely and experienced such fashion and cherished that we ended up equipped to get a few different looks with only one outfit.

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Kielbasa and Pasta Skillet Dinner

Another recipe off The Grocery Cart Game's menu Monday. For official recipe go here

I actually made this yesterday. It was just me and the boys. The furry hubby (yes, it is nickname) and Court were doing their thing...which consisted of one working and the other attending a band thing out at Michigan State.

This was a very good meal.

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Jump on Over for a GREAT deal on Victoria Secret Bras

I got 2 bras, 1 pair of underwear and an eye mask and I only spent lie. Along with the deal came a free messenger bag valued at 50 dollars.

I found about this deal at My Penny Pile's website and you can find out about it here
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Anderson went as a pilot. He has never been a big trick or treater. He just goes a couple houses and the thrill building up to the actual trick or treating exhausts him and we end up coming home after a few houses ;)

Jack's first halloween.
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Jack's First Halloween

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Most Popular Teen Girl Costume as seen on The Morning Show UNBELIEVABLE

I sat down to feed the baby and had a few minutes to spare for t.v., which is very unusual. Anyway, caught the end of The Morning Show and they were talking with someone from Yahoo who was talking about most popular costumes for different age ranges. The most popular costume , the one most googled, for a teen girl is a PLAYBOY BUNNY!!!!! They think that this is the case because of the show The Girl Next Door..

I would kill my daughter if she wore this costume or watched that program. Isn't there something wrong with this. I don't get it.

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To top it off, they said this is the second year in a row. There is something seriously wrong with that.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Dinner Tonight was Amazing, Brown Rice and Lentil Casserole

I saw this on Grocery Cart Challenge's Menu plan for the week. Decided to try it out on the family. THEY LOVED IT...I LOVED IT...its a keeper.

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Before the cheese was added.

Getting ready to dig in.

The family that prays together, stays together!

You would think that the combination would not be good or the ingredients...but it was really, really, really delicious, very budget friendly and very filling. My 8-year-old even ate it all. BONUS!!!!

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Fast and Easy and SOOOO Good Lasagna.

You will need:

1 lb ground beef (I used very lean ground beef)
1 onion
8 lasagna noodles
25 oz jar of spaghetti sauce. (I used two pouches of the new Bertolli Premium Spag sauce).
16 oz cottage cheese (I used fat free Kroger brand)
4 cups Mozzarella (this was a lot and you could use less)

Chop up onion, brown ground beef and onion and drain. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer through. Spray a 9 x 13 dish with cooking spray. Place 4 lasagna noodles in dish, three going length-wise and then break the one to fit going width-wise. Spread across noodles of the hamburger mixture, then half of the cottage cheese and then half the mozzarella cheese. Then repeat the noodles, hamburger, cottage cheese and end with the rest of mozzarella. Put foil over top, spray foil with cooking spray so cheese does not stick. Bake at 350 for one hour. Poke lasagna to make sure noodles are done. Let sit for 20 to 30 minutes. Enjoy. This was so good. This took me no time to put together, maybe 30 minutes if that.

For more great recipes see recipe swap at The Grocery Cart Challenge
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Tackle It Tuesday

Tackle It Tuesday Meme

I should be absolutely embarrassed. I am posting what needs to be done on this tackle it Tuesday. I guess this is my way of keeping myself accountable, plus my sink will be so happy when I am done.

Get your sunglasses out cause it sure is clean. The angels are singing because I got my sink done. I even added flowers to my picture. That is because my hubby who bought the flowers earlier in the week replaced them so my autumn vase would have new I took what was still good and made a little arrangement for the sink.

My new flowers are called candy corn daisies....I LOVE THEM and I love the person who gave them to me.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

I've Been Tagged

I was tagged by the coupon nerd at I appreciate the nice compliment and am flattered. Now on to the rules for being tagged.

These are the rules for tagging...
1) Link back to the person who tagged you and share the rules on your blog
2) Share 7 facts about yourself
3) Tag seven people and list their links in your post
4) Tell those 7 people by commenting on their blog!

Here are my 7 Facts...

I enjoy knitting, but have yet to finish something.

My favorite season is fall, you may be able to tell from my blog.

I totally LOVE photography. I would like to take some classes some day.

My husband says I am like snow white when it comes to outdoor animals. I tend to feed them a lot of peanuts and will have bluejays, cardinals, squirrels, and chipmunks and the occasional tiny mouse...all at one time.

I am addicted to Tim Hortons coffee.

I have recently developed a donut fetish...which I must correct for my rear is starting to look like a giant pumpkin and my hubby is threatening an intervention.

I can sing and also play piano, but piano is not one I have done in a while.

I am tagging these blogs....

I will have to work on the other ones, but I at least wanted to get my facts out there
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

I Love Courtney!

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House For Sale

Many rooms with a master suite
Spacious love
Open floor plan for peace
Large eat-in grace
Fenced in mercy with room for expansion
Son room with a marvelous view of salvation
Pool of milk and honey in the back
Pearly gates in front

The only way to the Father is through the Son

$0.00 - Calvary - Owner financing

Friendly angelic neighbors
Great family and friends
Praise the Lord all day and night

Crown of stars, new luxurious robe
Golden slippers with matching wings
Bring a friend and get a reward

For more information...
Call your local agent or representative...
Name, address and phone number listed below:

NAME: Jesus Christ
ADDRESS: Repent Highway and Streets of Gold
PHONE: Dial John 3:16

Author: Pam Ryans

In my Father's house are
many mansions; if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself, that
where I am, there ye may be also.
John 14:2-3

For more on Salvation (going to heaven), please click here

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Homeschool Thoughts

I was not able to make it to the homeschool meeting at church this past month. Our pastor spoke to the group and I got an e-mail with some of the points he made. Although I did not hear the whole thing, the points still spoke to me. He has 8 children and all of them were homeschooled or are being homeschooled by his wife.

Here are his thoughts discussed at meeting...

1. Remember why you're doing this. God gave the directions for educating our children in Deuteronomy 6 and there is a stream running all through the Bible of family promises. You can weather the difficulties if the roots of conviction are deep enough.

2. Don't impose "school" on the home. Interruptions can be opportunities for true education. The education of our children can be put in three general categories: Discipleship(learning to follow Jesus), Apprenticeship (learning to work), Courtship (preparing to marry "in the faith"). (We didn't discuss the latter) Firefly Principal: The darker the night, the brighter the light shines.

3. Remember that God is more devoted to our children's success than we parents will ever be. Stay close to God the Father so He can tell you what to do with your children.

I wish I had made it for the whole thing now ;)

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

I just have to say that nothing inspires me like Celine Dion and her music. It gives me such a nice getaway from being a Wife and Mom. I highly recommended her newest CD Taking Chances. Awesome!!!

celine dion Pictures, Images and Photos
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Go Blue

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Then Sings My Soul Saturday

This makes me want to fall at his feet and cry holy, holy, holy is the lamb! I love singing this song in church.

My Jesus I Love Thee I Know Thou Art Mine Hymn
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Black Beans and Tortilla Chips

So, obviously I am catching up tonight on posts that I have been meaning to put up. We had a meatless meal the other night. I am hoping to incorporate beans into our dinners to save some money and still offer some protein.

Black Beans and Tortilla Chips

Put 3 cups of black beans in 10 cups of water add 1 tablespoon salt. Boil and then let simmer for 3 hours. You may need to keep adding water or else they will stick and burn.

After 3 hours, serve up black beans with a bit of the bean broth and then add cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Serve with tortilla chips. It was another hit at my house...except for my 8 year old who put up with it only for so long. He was a good sport though and ate most of it.
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Invisible Mom

Invisible Mother

It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone?' Obviously not; no one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all.

I'm invisible. The invisible Mom.

Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more! Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?? Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, please.'

I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude but now, they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going, she's going, she's gone!?

One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England . Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not tocompare and feel sorry for myself. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe . I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: 'To Charlotte , with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.'

In the days ahead I would read no, devour the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work:

No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names. These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.

A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof, No one will ever see it. And the workman replied, 'Because God sees.' I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does.

No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become. At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree.

When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My Mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for 3 hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, 'You're gonna love it there.'

As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.

Great Job, MOM

Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know. I just did. The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you

thanks katey
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God Really Does Care

Today's Truth
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7 NIV)

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." (Philippians 4:6 NIV)

Friend To Friend
I memorized today's verse as a little girl in Christian school. However, as is typical of God's Word, the meaning of the verse deepens each time God applies it to my life. Just two weeks ago, God reminded me again how much He really does care.

Rushing around on last minute errands prior to a trip, I needed to drop a pre-packaged delivery envelope into the nearest UPS collection box. To my dismay, the receptacle I drove to was a FedEx drop box instead. As I kept driving, my mind tried - without success - to come up with the next closest UPS box.

This problem may not rank high on your personal list of frustrations, but that particular day's schedule and my patience were seriously overloaded. Crying out to God, I asked what to do. In the very next second, I passed a convenience store where a big, brown UPS truck sat idling in the parking lot. The driver congenially accepted my parcel, and I pulled away humbly worshipping the God who cares about the tiniest details of our lives.

Just twenty-four hours later, I approached my travel destination only to find my directions slightly amiss. Deciding to pull off onto a quiet side street to check the map, I began making the corner and immediately knew something was seriously wrong with the car. Carefully guiding the car to the curb, I parked and got out to investigate the problem.

Imagine my shock when I noticed a rear wheel was coming off of the car! The five lug nuts normally holding it onto the car were completely missing. Lying on the pavement behind the car, I could see from underneath a separation between the wheel and axel. My mind whirled with the possible scenarios. Just ten minutes before, I had been driving fast in thick traffic on the Interstate. Worship again flooded my soul as I knelt before the Lord and thanked Him for taking such good care of me.

While the world chants: "Don't worry, be happy," we Christians should practice a much more appropriate principle: "Don't worry, God cares!" God knows and God really does care about the little and large things that touch our lives.

Let's Pray
Lord, thank You for caring about every single detail of my life and for taking care of them all. Help me to trust You more and turn to You more quickly for help in every situation. In Jesus' Name, Amen

Now It's Your Turn

How has God taken care of you this past week?
Read 1 Peter 5:6-11. Who is trying to rob you of joy (vs. 8)? Describe the picture the verse creates in your mind. You can resist him by humbly asking God for help (vs. 6) and worshipping God (vs. 13).
Make a list of the troubling situations in your life. Read Philippians 4:6-7 and follow the directions. Enjoy the resulting peace!

Taken from Girlfriends in God devotional for today.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Grocery Gathering

This is a list of all the blogs that show what deals are going on with what stores. I use this to find how my coupons match sales and different stores.

The Grocery Gathering
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Tater Tot Casserole

In the midst of making soup and pie yesterday, I also made a casserole for a friend from church who just had a baby. I love this casserole and it is so simple to make. Also, you can substitute some leaner meat and fat free items to make it healthier. You will see pictures of a doubled version, but I am giving instructions for a single recipe. The single recipe feeds me the kids and Bill just fine, but I doubled it for my friend because she has more people in her family.

You will need 1 lb ground beef, onion, 1 can mushroom soup, milk, frozen mixed veggies, shredded cheddar cheese and tater tots.

Brown 1 pound of ground beef with onion and drain

Place hamburger in square pan.

Mix 1 can mushroom soup and 1/4 cup milk in dish and then spread over hamburger in pan.

Sprinkle 1 cup frozen mixed veggies over mushroom soup.

Then sprinkle 1 cup mild cheddar cheese over that.

Add tater tots to the top. Bake for 45 minutes on 350.

For more great recipes head over to The grocery cart challenge.
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The BEST Apple Pie

1 prepared graham cracker crust
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
5 1/2-6 cups cooking apples (I used Spy and Mutzu)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 cup margarine (you can use butter if you like but I like the topping better using margarine)

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Brush the bottom and sides of the crust evenly with egg yolk.
3. Bake on a baking sheet until light brown, about 5 minutes.
4. Remove the crust from oven.
5. Combine the sliced apples, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 Tbs flour, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon.

6. Mix well and mound into crust.

7. Mix remaining flour, sugar, brown sugar and margarine with fingers until crumbly.

8. Sprinkle the topping mixture evenly over apples.

9. Bake on baking sheet until topping is golden and filling is bubbling; about 50 minutes.

10. Cool thoroughly (at least 3 hours)(I did 1 hour and some of the time it was outside),

11. Serve at room temperature. (We used Vanilla Ice Cream while it was still a bit warm).

12. Note: This pie is best when it is eaten the same day or the next day that it is baked. OH DARN WE HAVE TO EAT IT ALL WITHIN 24 HOURS.

13. If it sits for a long time, the crust and topping aren't as crunchy.

I think this was so good because it was crunchy on top and the graham cracker crust made it crunchy on bottom as well. It really was good.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Chicken Soup

You will need a whole chicken, salt, celery, onion, garlic, carrots, egg noodles, WATER (yeah, you know where you can find that..ha ha), poultry seasoning.

11 quart or larger stockpot, colander.

This is really just about what you think you will like. I don't think you can go wrong honestly.

Put your chicken after rinsing it into stockpot. Add 1 1/2 gallons of water. Add 2 tablespoons salt.

Add 2 tablespoons minced garlic, or however much you want. I used minced garlic out of a much simpler.

Coarsely chop some celery with tops and place in pot. You also could add some onion if you like.

Bring to a boil, then place a cover and turn to low and simmer for 4 hours until chicken is falling apart.

In the meantime, chop up carrots.

Chop up celery.

Chop up onion and mix together set aside. Remember, use however much you want. I used a bag of baby carrots, one onion and about 3-4 stalks of celery.

After chicken has cooked for 4 hours, place colander above another large stockpot or place in the center of a VERY LARGE bowl. Dump pot over colander to separate chicken and stock.

Add veggies to stock, bring to a boil and then let simmer for an hour or until veggies are tender. I also added a little bit of poultry seasoning.

Separate chicken from bones and add to pot after veggies are done cooking.

Also add a bag of egg noodles. I guess if you wanted to cook these on the side and add them as people liked that would be a good idea. You could even make rice instead.

Enjoy. This was a huge fall hit with my family.

We ate our fill which was a lot and still had all this. Will be good to put some in freezer and also to eat throughout the coming week. It is quite satisfying to feed my family good things.
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Friday, April 13, 2012

I Hate Surprises

It's not really that I hate surprises.  I hate when I know there IS a surprise, but I'm not allowed to know any more than that.

Tomorrow is my birthday (#34 for me!) and hubby is taking me away somewhere for 2 nights.  All I know is I should bring warm jammies, my own shampoo-type stuff (which means no hotel), and I will be permitted to bring stitchy things in case I'm bored. What the???????????

So I'll take Fairy Sisters with me - since I am still trying to finish a sweater I started and didn't finish before Easter, I haven't done any work on it for several days.  I hope to finish page 2.  Maybe I'll take the biscornu, also.  I can do a lot of stitching in 2 days when I don't have anything else to do, lol.

Here's a peek at the sweater as of last Saturday evening - nowhere close to being finished:

It's Entrelac!  Of course she waited until ^this moment^ to remind me that she already had a sweater that would work - after I'd spent 3 days knitting in front of YouTube videos.  Surprise, mommy!  So I didn't feel as guilty about putting her sweater aside and whipping one up for the little one.  But I want to finish this one because I'm really enjoying the Entrelac!

I've put in another row of white since this picture was taken, then I'll be able to do the top triangles in yellow and finish the rest of the thing in white.  You know me and modifying patterns - which means there isn't one. I just started with a basic free pattern so I knew how much to cast on in the beginning.  I'm strongly considering switching to crochet once I'm done with the triangles because I know how to make sleeves and shape everything.  Less time in front of YouTube, more time finishing!  Yay!

milly said...

Just found your blog.

Hope you have a great time away for your birthday.

You have some lovely stitching and knitting on your blog.

Love the entrelac sweater the colours you are using are so pretty together.

Andrea Holme said...

Thank you, Milly! Yes, we had a great trip.


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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Faith is believing

Here are some things i did want to share with several of my online friends. Faith is an awesome thing we as christian's have.....we just all need to be reminded every now and then!!!

Faith is BELIEVING the Word of God and acting on it no matter how I feel, believing that God will bring a good result.

Faith is not a belief that everything will turn out to please us; rather it is the confidence that no matter how things turn out, God will somehow use the events in our days for His glory and for our good.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Faith is being willing to trust God - turning your hopes and problems over to Him and trusting in His wisdom - and knowing that somehow everything will turn out for the best. No matter how difficult or dark things become, there is always a light.

Have a blessed Sunday!!!
Well today our DS group hosted a conference titled: How children with Down Syndrome learn". I loved it...taught me several new things... My babysitter called late last night to say she was sick and unable to keep the girls this morning so i missed the first 2 sessions. Lyndsey got off from work and home around 12:15 and I shot right out the door. afternoon session started at 1. so i was able to make it.....

2 nice people had this to say:

William Michael said...

I love you mom. I'm on my iPod. The net works real good. And I've masterd the keyboard

Sig said...

I needed to read this tonight. Thank you.
God bless.