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Yep, it's raining here again. It started yesterday and we've gotten almost 3 inches so far with it supposed to continue into Wednesday according to the weatherman/person. It's already been an unusually rainy fall so this rain only contributes to the drab landscape around us. One bright spot is our Confederate Rose bush...
n. infantile pattern of suckle-swallow movement in which the tongue is placed between incisor teeth or between alveolar ridges during initial stage of swallowing (if persistent can lead to various dental abnormalities) v. [content removed due to Bush campaign to clean up the internet] n. act of nyah-nyah v. pursuing wi...
One of the many challenges in bringing home a 5 year old child about whom we know nothing, and who speaks no English, is that she feels like a stranger. She is a stranger. A very stressed stranger. We don't laugh at the same jokes. We can't even share jokes. She doesn't know why I am being silly and lovingly teasing. ...
for those who wants to read full news about the quake, for the entire life I've been living, I've never felt so scared in my whole life as yesterday. a great earthquake occurred here and all over the province, in almost all of the island of java especially the western region.it happened around 14.55 WIB, and it was ind...
To My Mother by Robert Louis Stevenson You too, my mother, read my rhymes For love of unforgotten times, And you may chance to hear once more The little feet along the floor. This photograph was taken by my son. Each time I look at it, the first thing that pops into my head is heartstrings. These are my heartstrings. A...
I loved Tyr’s version of this song, but didn’t realize how much longer and more poetic the full version is.  The song describes the Battle of Kringen which took place in Norway in 1612.  An excellent overview of it can be found here. “Listen to me! The enemy has invaded us!” We are reminded that the once proud Norwegia...
Time to get to the reviews, and as always, I’ve got my entire DVD collection set up at DVD Aficionado, a great site that I’ve enjoyed working with. With very few exceptions, I’ve been able to find all my titles in their archives. You can check it out right here if you’re curious, and I’ve made sure to point out what wa...
### Power Suits Iron Man draws his superpowers from his metallic suit, which, for the film Iron Man, was crafted digitally and tailored to blend with the live action. Animal Kingdom In Prince Caspian, VFX facilities populate the Narnia universe with more and varied 3D characters, who interact more intimately with the l...
Hallo weekend, here we come! This cottage looks like a perfect hideaway after a busy week - a place to slow down and let your hair down, to breathe deeply, sleep in and enjoy the simple pleasures of fresh air, good food, picking flowers, maybe working in the garden or being creative. Don't you just love that turquoise ...
Poison, It's everywhere. I had McDonald's this morning. I had my favorite; steak, eggs, and cheese all on a bagel. Oh, and I had a large Dr. Pepper, even though I ordered a medium. Welcome to America I guess. I then went and did something I haven't done in the two years since I started dialysis; I worked. Sure, I clean...
Ok, so maybe I don't need a drum roll, but I have something exciting to share with you. At the last quilting retreats one of the older ladies shared some of her quilts that involved hand "red work". I was flabber gasted. So I finally got the chance to find a pattern and I did it... it's not the best, but pretty good fo...
All I seem to do is jump from one thing to another.Not sure why. Frustrating as all hell. I wanted to update here, I am in the middle of correcting a letter I need to send and I need to make some phone calls and do a little organizing. I can't decide what to do first, so instead I bounce around and get none of it down....
Today left quite an impression on me. It did this for many reasons. Firstly because God is doing so much in me. He is constantly revealing new truth's about myself and life in general. He is guiding me, and changing me. Slowly but surely it's happening. Tonight, all the interns and camp staff met together like we have ...
Happy Labor Day! It was cold and rainy here and Mia took full advantage and slept most of her day away. What better thing to do when it rains, right? Mia was doing well when we made it over to see her this morning. We missed rounds but her nurse assured us she was good. Her heart rate was a little high this morning so ...
Hutch is here! Born 1.24.2010 at 6:01 AM 6 pounds 20 inches. I was totally not expecting to deliver Hutch as fast as I did, but nothing with this whole process has gone exactly to plan! First, I thought I was going to deliver him at 31 weeks when I went into preterm labor, and then all of that resolved and I had a norm...
Collingwood concentrates on England preparation Paul Collingwood insists that Australia's current struggle for form will have no bearing on England's preparations ahead of the first Test in Brisbane later this month, as they turn their attentions to their opening three-day warm-up game against Western Australia in Pert...
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases. ISBN: 9780060539696 | 0060539690 Cover: Paperback Copyright: 6/10/2010 Little Critter is a bit nervous about starting school today. There's a lot to be done before he can even get on the bus-he has to pick out his clothes, find his back...
The [recently discovered] giant pyramid in the Azores Islands –submerged only 45m below sea level– must have already been identified by both military sonar scans and geo-satellite surveillance several decades ago, yet a local fisherman fortuitously stumbled upon one of the most exciting sites publicized since the major...
Whilst Summer is off in the hospital, bringing her little leorabbit into the world, I thought I'd work on her older daughter's chimerical creature. Now, this lass was a trickier one - she was born in the Year of the Ox, but her star sign is Libra. Libra is symbolised by a set of scales. Now, scales do not hybridise wel...
After we left Grandpa's on Sunday, we headed to Dallas to watch our play in the Kirk Herbstreit Classic. I had never been to Cowboys Stadium, so I was in awe from the get-go. It's a pretty insane facility--impressive to say the very least. My kids were in awe, too... for about the first thirty minutes. Then it was all ...
Because it was a long weekend and because I had a free ticket on Southwest and because who really needs to have a good reason to get away for a long weekend, I went to Reno. I had not been back since earlier this summer and it was very nice to take a break from travelling. I don't know yet if it's a bad sign that I fee...
This past weekend (April 25) was ANZAC Day in New Zealand. Being an American, I’ve learnt all about what ANZAC is and what the day means to New Zealanders over the nearly two years I’ve been here now. A short lesson for those unfamiliar. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and was a joint force creat...
Right after we moved into the house we needed to buy some furniture. The boys bunk beds were given away, oh like, five minutes before we closed on our old house. I'll just say this about that. My husband is a wonderful, wonderful man and so I forgive him for loading the moving truck so full of shovels and bricks and va...
Tracy Tangonan (right), 2016 Golden Apple Excellence in Service by a Staff Member awardee, with Office of Academic Affairs colleague Joseph Agudo, administrative coordinator The people make Hawai‘i Pacific University a special place, according to Assistant to the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Tracy Tan...
early morning walk. before the heat hits. the grass in the park freshly cut. like our own lawn that tom cut yesterday. the softest breeze off the lake. edgar isn't feeling well.....walking gingerly with sadness in his eyes. he's so sensitive to not having enough water. maybe it's some urinary tract trouble. i'll keep a...
Eggless Blueberry Banana Whole-wheat Muffins It is sunny and beautiful outside. The kind when you want to spend each minute outside, soak in the beauty, walk barefoot in the grass and make sunny memories to look back on during the dreary cold winter months. Especially during the weekends. But our days are being planned...
Feeling much better today so drove to my daughter's to pick up my sweet Toby. I sure did miss him. My brother has a dog, A J, a golden retriever, beautiful. So calm, most of the time you are not even aware he is around except when he wants a little lovin'. The whole week I was there I never heard him bark, not once. We...
Not a report story, but it happened in my car rental days and it was funny. I was renting a car to a lady whose regular ride was in the shop. Not unusual. The rental car, depicted by the red car in this drawing, was parked in "Stall #1." Right next to it, on the right, was a concrete sidewalk, six inches off the groun...
Chris Doig: Shrewsbury Town's summer business 'slowly coming together' Assistant boss Chris Doig insists Shrewsbury Town's summer business is slowly coming together, adding: "there's a lot we still want yet to be done." Salop have completed three deals over the close season so far, signing Arthur Gnahoua, Lenell John-L...
For her 5 year old birthday Kendra received 2 chef hats and a few aprons. She roates through them every time she is cooking something. I LOVE the Hats!! With all of the apples from Grandma Sandy & Papa's tree, we made a LOT of applesauce. Today we made a Kook Kendra Kreation: 20 - 30 apples splash of 100% apple juice 1...
2 strips of smoked apple wood bacon, diced 3/4 cup chopped onion 2 tsp fresh thyme, minced 2 tsp fresh rosemary, minced 1 garlic clove, minced 1 large Russet potatoes, peeled and cubed 2-3 ribs of celery Freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 1/2 cups half-and-half 2 (6 ounce) can minced clams (1 drained, save the jui...
All dressed up and no place to go Here I am with The Girls. Our friend Dave, the guy in the red hat, uses his draft horses for logging, sleigh and hay rides. He was logging across the street the other day and gave me a call to come see The Girls in action. So I did. Aren't I fetching? (I had just finished cleaning one ...
Sears Tower unveils glass balconies on Skydeck A general view of cars driving on Wacker Drive is seen through a glass floor which is part of "The Ledge", 1,353 feet (412 meters) above the street, in Chicago July 1, 2009. The Ledge is part of Skydeck Chicago on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower. REUTERS/Frank Polich (U...
Harper's Bazaar - September 12 Harper's describe this stunningly simple look as the prettiest of the AW12 beauty trends, and I have to agree. Suddenly, my usual powder blush looks a bit flat. The hunt for a cream replacement that will give that fresh faced flush has officially begun...
Has anyone here read the Little House on the Prairie books? Or seen the show? I've never read through/watched through them, but I've read excerpts in literature classes and my family has several DVDs from the show. One thing I've always wanted to try is making maple syrup candy. That was from one of the early books, wh...
I was just listening to on Triple J and they were reporting on a small NSW town, Bundanoon, who are planning to ban bottled water from their town. Go Bandanoon! Filtered water fountains will be installed along the main street and residents will use their own re-usable bottles to keep hydrated. Hmmm hopefully Sydney cat...
Dohnanyi 'Variations On a Nursery Song' Op 25 There is a composer's tounge in cheek dramatic introduction to this very simple piano concerto. A melodic variation on a Nursey Song composed by Ernst Von Dohnanyi in 1918. He played the work at it's FP in Berlin on February 17, 1924. He dedicated the work to the enjoyment...
I did a ranger walk yesterday with our new Boss Darren.  He let me choose where we should go so I chose Cowley Peachey and some of the Slough Arm. One of the first things we noticed was this broken fence near Packet Boat bridge. then just as we walked away, a respectable looking middle aged couple walked off the towpat...
This time of year, it hits me really hard – the desire to get back on stage. I’m not sure if it stems from the fact that for the past 5 years, I have always done spring/summer shows (and therefore always been in prep this time of year) – or the fact that it’s Arnold season (stay tuned for a flashback post on this tomor...
Catching up with my Happy Day Projects. Day 6- Thank someone in service. We will be doing this one a little later in the week. I’ll make a batch of our favorite cut out cookies, we’ll decorate them and take them to the kids’ classes on Wednesday night to thank their teachers for being such awesome servants to our famil...
“Opinions are like feet. Everybody's got a couple, and they usually stink.” This week’s end of the week smile is “The Shadow Knows” cartoon from the satirical magazine, , that was my bible in my younger days. In case you don’t know, these comics depict people in a normal setting, while the shadows cast on the wall depi...
Many clients ask me how the tarot works, usually after a reading when they are pleasantly shocked at the accuracy of it. My honest answer is that I don't know. There are many theories of course but to me its a kind of magic. A case in point was a client who recently returned to me for a further three card reading. I la...
I throw a few books in a backpack and head out to a tiny, tiny library. I open the door and put the books inside. Next time I come by, my books will be gone and different ones will be there… Lately, I’ve been taking long walks through the neighborhoods of Northeast Portland. I go up and down the streets searching for P...
Below is a quote from Dead Poets Society, less famous than the dramatic ‘Oh Captain, my Captain!’, but in that scene, Mr Keating (Robin Williams) calls all boys together around him, in a very secretive manner, as if to explain one of the big secrets of life. Since this is a literature lesson, it is actually about why w...
Last week I teamed up with Home Depot and Operation Homefront of Oregon with a bundle of Christmas goodies and made a suprise visit to a local military family just to say “thanks for all you do” as part of The Home Depot Foundation’s “Celebration of Service.” I was pretty excited because I got to make my first Christma...
Due to health blah blah blah stuff I'm on a low acid (IC) Diet. I'm not suppose to have chocolate, my favorite sweet, so I'm trying out other dessert options. The only fruits I can eat are watermelon, pears and blueberries. Since two of these things are very seasonal and expensive, I have resorted to frozen blueberries...
The theme for Project Spectrum 3 in August/September is WATER. Before I pulled out my blue/black/purple skeins, I thought: "Meeeh, not really my colors. I probably don't have that many skeins in my stash." Well... I guess this proves that my stash denial is pretty severe. To be fair, a large part of my blue stash consi...
I printed the image on X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with Promarkers, then I cut it out with Spellbinder's Wonky Rectangles and sponged light blue ink around the edges before removing the die I hand-cut the Real Red mat and punched a hole in the corner to add my Real Red ribbon to make a tag. Then I added the...
Today’s Gift:   today is the day to ______ (Fill in the blank). When we think about January, our thoughts turn to exercise, diets, and organizing to name a few common resolutions.   I’m one of the few people out there that actually enjoys making a list of resolutions and sticking to them.  I love January and it’s clean...
I love me some St Patrick's Day. I don't really know why, other than I feel sorry for the little holidays that seem to be overshadowed by the big, popular ones like Christmas and Easter and 4 of July. So in an effort to embrace all holidays and make them feel valuable and loved -- I celebrate like nobodies business. I ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — On Sept. 28, Christopher Wolfson and Cathy Seastream-Barry hosted “The Sherbrooke Drive Block Party Reunion 2013,” a nostalgic celebration for those who grew up on that street. Months of planning by Wolfson and Seastream-Barry went into the party, which recreated block parties of days past. After gather...
I have been trying hard to do a lot of reading this week in order to finish by Barbara Kingsolver in time for our Sunday discussion. Also, I wanted to get it done in time for today's Friday Books post. Alas, I almost made it for Friday, but not quite. I'm about 80% done with the book. Today I won't have time for readin...
Sunday May 29, 2016 Auschwitz wasn’t the only concentration camp used during the Holocaust. In fact, 6 camps existed in Poland. Today is our first full day in Lublin. We have a meeting with our tour guide, Magda at 9 am. Our plan is to visit another concentration camp, Majdanek (pronounced my don ick), to see how it co...
A flock of sheep are hanging out in the barn, having a little snack and happily going "baa baa" to each other and discussing life as usual when suddenly they hear a "moo moooooooooooooooo!" They look around and see only sheep. They carry on playing as before. Pearl can hear it all too clearly next to her. She shuffles ...
, on her blog Writing in the Buff , one of my favorite memes. Each week, she posts a photo and asks us to imagine it is the cover of a book. Then, she says, we are to: Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book. Above is this week's "book cover"...
Odinga Skips Kenya Presidential Inauguration Top leaders of the alliance preparing to be the official opposition - Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula - will not attend Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration, nor "will they send an apology". Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenya's first president, was sworn in as the count...
Rio Vista Rapids, L. Daniel, 12 x 16 Today our painting group met up on the San Marcos River, where the water is still flowing in spite of the drought we are having. It's a great place for tubing and kayaking and just staying cool in the heat. Lots of moms were there with their kids enjoying the glad freedom of summer....
When I drop my Little O off at school each day he always love to race to the kindergarten door then turn and wave or flash me an 'I love you' sign before disappearing inside. I have noticed something else, though. When another boy arrives at the same time as he does it is always a race to see who can get inside the doo...
One of the little joys about our job is the fun of discovering what I call hidden treasures. This week there were a few, but one I thought I would highlight as a favourite was this cute bedroom or occassional chair. I love this style of chair and am always drawn to them. You may remember it, as it looks in the first pi...
The Brindt-Garrian Conflict is a full-scale armed conflict that erupted in Aleria around late October 430 AR. The two belligerents participating in the war, Brindtsong and Gaur, are both influential Alerian nations towards Corseria, resulting in some Corserian citizens being drafted onto either side. Background During ...
Today I hit a bench mark. Ohh yes, the Camry hit 188,888 miles today. I felt it was such a big moment, I just had to take a picture of it and share with you all. Today was a heck of a day. It started off with me waking up and realizing I had a very strange dream about Janice. I keep having these dreams. . . kind of ma...
A couple of years ago my friend Gerit told be about the Fischerhütte, or Fischer cottage, where an old woman lived with chickens, cats, sheep, and cows, in a farmhouse tucked into an orchard. Hikers who found the place could stop by and have a glass of apple wine and buttered bread. The thought fascinated me. And yeste...
First 70 degree day in months and a great time to head out on the to clear the cobwebs and get ready for another quarter at the Learning Factory. Ongoing construction at Log Boom Park and along the BGT in Kenmore was mildly inconvenient, but kept a good pace and cruised down into Juanita Bay, where the cormorants were ...
An excellent thing happened to me the other day, which was that I got to visit the hallowed halls of the Julian Ashton Art School, and to attend a class, no less! I dropped in on some life drawing and had a bit of a snoop around at the school where my teachers trained, perched proudly on The Rocks. While I’ve done load...
The past couple of weeks I have seen some stuff! And by stuff, you all know what I'm talking about. In these past couple of weeks there is little left to say that has not already been said about the justice system in the United States. I've always had trouble processing acts of violence and how another human could take...
The Brunei Runnergy Team yesterday led Brunei Liquefied Natural Gas (BLNG) 1.5km jungle trekking session at the Bukit Shahbandar Forest Recreational Park. Also present to lead the warm-up and jungle trekking session was Her Royal Highness Princess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah, who joined the Brunei Runnergy Team about a mo...
As it turns out, we did not lose power for more than one second at a time. However, we did not have cable/internet for about three days. This made it pretty difficult to do my grad school work... which is why I am writing this and taking a break from reading boring articles right now. Although we were expecting the wor...
I love living in the student housing at the U of U. It really is great to walk outside and see a ton of kids running around playing and riding their bikes. Even better is when all the bikes are laying around on the ground at the end of the day when kids have all gone inside for the night. Highly reminiscent of home in ...
This is my third round in the , and I am really enjoying it.  It's exposed so many other blogs to me that I would not have otherwise come across.  I thoroughly enjoy perusing over the blog I'm assigned every month.  It's so much fun to see what types of recipes they enjoy, and learning about new foods, cultures and tec...
This is my bff and my sister Marcie: She's a world traveler, an optimist, sassy to the core, empathetic, loyal, incredibly faithful, beautiful and a humanitarian. So we're sending her off to Nicaragua with HELP International to be her wonderful self and do some good for the world. Because well, someone's got to and why...
I try to always practice what I post, especially when it comes to learning. I truly believe that learning is not restricted to the halls of academia, that it is a lifelong process. I also believe that we always must be willing to learn new things, even if that contradicts what we thought we knew. Keeping an open mind a...
Hansel and gretel fairy tale On the edge of a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter with wife and his two children; the little boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. Kids love fairy tales. Jingle Toons brings " Hansel And Gretel " - the world famous English fairy tale (story. The boy's name was Hansel and the ...
Happy National Running Day! Has anyone else heard of this holiday, b/c I sure haven't. And I'm what some people might call a "runner" (I wouldn't call myself a runner, but to people like my bf who won't even run to catch a bus, I'm a legit "runner," mmmkay). I'm all about these asinine faux holidays, like National Gril...
The other day Owen was playing his LeapPad and Ella and Zeke decided to join him. I got my phone out to snap a picture and Zeke saw me so he immediately cheesed! Then Owen decided he needed to get his funny face in the picture. We now return to our regular programming! I love how Ella never looked at me...she was quite...
This recipe has come down from the family. I owe this one to my mother-in-law .She makes the best prawn pickle. She makes the pickle masala right from the scratch but here I have used the ready made mango pickle masala. This pickle will keep for atleast 10 days. I make it during the rainy season because you often don't...
I saw this recipe and knew it would be something Phil would like. I was right! It tastes very much like a tamale, just in a casserole form. The cornbread gets to the consistency of the tamale when baked with all the ingredients on top of it. I changed up the original recipe that I got from Let's Dish Recipes Blog , by ...
Melanism related to the process of adaptation is called adaptive. Most commonly, dark individuals become fitter to survive and reproduce in their environment as they are better camouflaged. This makes some species less conspicuous to predators, while others such as black panthers use it as a foraging advantage during n...
Putting a moodboard together is the easiest way to get started on a new scheme/project Hunting and gathering (in my opinion) is one of life's simple pleasures there's something magical about finding, discovering This top board contains a collection of feminine elements, a neutral based scheme with a pop of pink/cherry ...
First thing this morning, I broke out the new jump rope determined to set a new double under PR in a minute. Just made 80. It's amazing how hard it gets in that last 15 seconds! Now I'm shooting for 85 - climbing the board. We got started with Overhead Squats. It had been awhile since we'd attempted any heavy weight bu...
What am I doing these days? Preparing for Quilt Market. as a maniac! Lots & lots of thing to arrange and finish. I have been quilting, by Litamora, she was so kind to lend me her longarm machine, thanks so much! First time longarming, well, far from perfect, but right now, finished is good enough. I'm writing patterns,...
Treasure Dreams Poems From the Heart "Treasure Dreams" is a collection of poetry filled with discovery and soul searching. Through his poetry, Roderick Dean hopes to find meaning and relevance to life's experiences. Each one of his poems describes the fullness of life on a backdrop of ordinary events in which the reade...
095/365. 5 April 2010 It's been a really busy weekend, and today was probably the hardest of all the days. I'm posting this a day or 2 late because as I write this, I'm still not sure if I can get any internet access. And when I can get access is still questionable. Anyway I'll keep endeavouring to update my 365 and if...
RIM has filed an opposition to Apple's trademark registration for 'WebKit' in Canada, according to Patently Apple. WebKit is an open source web browser engine and the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and many other OS X applications. WebKit's HTML and J...
The Fed Express, the Swiss Maestro, the Mighty Federer: these are just a few of the hundreds of nicknames forged over decades of celebration around one of, if not the, greatest tennis players of all time, Roger Federer. He will overtake Nadal if he reaches the semifinals in Rotterdam. The group includes Johnson, Hendri...
Never ending. The cold snap was supposed to break today but instead it's -24 Celsius right now. It's supposed to break Thursday, of course it was supposed to break yesterday and today, hmmmmmmm. I took a very cold coffee bean out to the mailbox today, to show how much snow we got over the last 24hrs (love shovelling th...
Saturday's episode of Starz' "Outlander" will see Claire enlisting her sister-in-law Jenny's help as she sets out to rescue Jamie from his Redcoat captors. As fans of the show know, last week's episode saw Jamie joining the men of the Watch in their fight against the British soldiers. However, they were ambushed and on...
My last post was made many days ago, I also missed one skywatch Friday. And why? Well, the reason is quite nice - my sister and Smallone are staying with us. They are here just for a short holiday and they´ve turned our household upside down. But in the most pleasant way I can imagine. Now, our days are full of games, ...
First of all… Happy National Running Day! I started the day at 6:30 a.m. with a 3.33 mile run with my friend Melissa (blogging over at icrashedtheweb.com about our awesome run today). Yes, this actually happened. For those of you who know I don't do mornings… I did one today. Jillian Michaels said this, and it's been a...
As I have mentioned before I have four kids at home. Our house isn't giant and our linen closet is ! No matter what we do and how many times I reorganize it, I feel like it is always getting out of control. Recently on Pinterest, I saw a great idea of folding sheets and keeping them together in the pillowcase for that ...
On June 10, 2010, Las Vegas Metro Police say Derral Blackston became involved in a violent confrontation with his girlfriend. During this incident, police say Blackston punched and strangled her numerous times, at times picking her up off of the ground by her throat. Because of this incident Blackston is wanted for: Ba...
Ta da! Introducing my first garment. Following a pattern for the first time was interesting to say the least! I just got my first little sewing machine in February and haven't had any lessons, so it was just a matter of muddling my way through. I have since made a second top, in a larger size (and using a different fab...
This is my Once A Month Cooking, or at least part of it, for the month. Potato Soup (great recipe) (not pictured, because we had it last night) Most of these recipes make a very large meal, if you have a small family you can probably get two meals out of them. If you plan to use them for two separate meals, make sure t...
We published a qualitative article in Acta Paediatrica on how Swedish child health nurses felt about fathers coming into the child health centers. While child health nurses accepted and welcomed fathers, they did little to invite, include, or further support fathers (click here to read the full article). I interviewed ...
I-Team accepts award at Columbia University NEW YORK - The ABC Action News I-Team was awarded one of American broadcast journalism's highest honors Tuesday evening for "Incapacitated: Florida's Guardianship Program," a months-long expose of how the state supervises the court appointees who make financial, medical and o...
Where is the happy place in your house? Mine is in my workshop/office. Especially now that it is painted, has curtains and is nearly ready for its new floor. I am really excited! I even have things hanging on the wall!!! The best part, of course, is my scrapbooking wall where you can see 3 of my most recently completed...
James Blackwood along with his three brothers came to settle in Montreal in 1829 from Scotland. James Blackwood worked as a clerk. Though dissatisfied with his occupation Blackwood soon began seeking interest in the Talbot Trail Settlement in 1833. It was at this point in his life that he would meet and marry Georgina ...
Summer continued - Korean Culture Camp in Minneapolis! We stayed with my very wonderful cousin Margaret and her family. Sam, Alle, and their cousin Lucie went to camp and did cool Korean stuff. Sam learning Tae Kwon Do I volunteered in the camp nursing station, which was notable for a report of head lice (none seen), a...
This combination is brought to you by my new Butter Toffee protein powder by Dymatize. You can use any flavor protein for these pancakes though! My favorite pancake recipes all contain cauliflower. I promise you don't taste it, it just makes them extra thick and cake-like! Add whatever filling/toppings you like. There'...
So my friend Denae asked when we are moving back to St. Louis. I found that funny, because anyone who lives by me has to put up with my monthly countdown. It was one year left!, then 10 months left! and now we are at 7 1/2 months left. So in honor of my constant countdown here is a picture from when we lived in St. Lou...
Plastic Nightmare Did you know that the energy it takes to produce an aluminum can is enough to power a 60 watt light bulb for an hour? Did you know that there’s approximately 5.1 billion pounds of plastic waste created each year in the U.S. alone? In Alan Weisman’s book “The World Without Us” he states: “…every bit ...