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At a young and tender age , Patti Wilson was told by her doctor that she was an epileptic . Her father , Jim Wilson , is a morning jogger . One day she smiled through her teenage braces and said , " Daddy what I 'd really love to do is run with you every day , but I 'm afraid I 'll have a seizure . " Her father told her , " If you do , I know how to handle it so let 's start running ! " That 's just what they did every day . It was a wonderful experience for them to share and there were no seizures at all while she was running . After a few weeks , she told her father , " Daddy , what I 'd really love to do is break the world 's long - distance running record for women . " Her father checked the Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80 miles . As
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afreshman in high school , Patti announced , " I 'm going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco . " ( A distance of 400 miles . ) " As a sophomore , " she went on , " I 'm going to run to Portland , Oregon . " ( Over 1 , 500 miles . ) " As a junior I 'll run to St . Louis . ( About 2 , 000 miles . ) " As a senior I 'll run to the White House . " ( More than 3 , 000 miles away . ) In view of her handicap , Patti was as ambitious as she was enthusiastic , but she said she looked at the handicap of being an epileptic as simply " an inconvenience . " She focused not on what she had lost , but on what she had left . That year she completed her run to San Francisco wearing a T - shirt that read , " I love Epileptics . " Her dad ran every mile ather side , and her mom , a nurse , followed |
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When we first moved here Avery made a new friend , Simon . They only went to school together for 4 months but formed a strong bond . Simon moved into a group home in another city , but he calls Avery when he is home for a visit . So today we went and picked up Simon and headed to Longview for a day of fun . They were so excited to see each other ! And Zachery was as thrilled to see Simon or Sigh Man as he calls him . lol I have to say that even kids with disabilities tease each other . The first time Zachery called Simon , Sigh Man at a special olympic track meet , the other kids all laughed and teased Simon . It really cracked us up ! We went to Best Buy , Target , Game Stop and Chuck E Cheese . Simon had never been there . I read a book and the kids had a blast ! It was a really fun day
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. Simon 's group home was nice enough . It just makes me sad to think of him there . He says he hates it and wants to go home . Unfortunately his dad died 4 years ago and his mom is mentally challenged too . So Simon is a little overwhelming for her . The guy working at the group home said how nice it was that we picked him up , that it somehow made us good people . I don 't see it that way . Simon is Avery 's friend . It doesn 't matter that he 's different . I mean have you met my kids ? lol We love different ! But it made me sad that is it rare for someone to show up and visit or take someone somewhere . And I have to say it scares the hell out of me . For the future , for when we are gone and Avery is alone . I really hope that he won 't ever be . That he will always have someone to pi |
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It 's that time of year again . Out come the nativity play costumes . Who 's going to be Mary ? What new slant can we take on the story this time . . . ? I can 't answer those questions , but I recently did a staff training session at my local school on the meaning of the Christmas story to Christians . It is easy to find that the Christmas story becomes stale and trivialised , no more than a nice story to give us a bit of sparkle in the darkness of winter . But what did it mean to those who first told it ( or rather " them , since there are two distinctly different stories in Matthew and Luke 's Gospel - and none in Mark or John ) . And what does it mean to the grown - up Christians who cherish it still . I produced a handout to go with the session I led - if it is any use to you , please
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use it . It 's called " Beyond the tea towels and the tinsel " , and that is where I hope it will take us . N . B . This assembly is about the whole body working together . Be aware of the fact that some children in your assembly might have disabilities . Parts of their bodies might not work , or not work well . Be sensitive in the way you talk about what the body can do . Song - I 've got a body . There was once a group of people who all wanted to live the way Jesus had taught them . They were Christians , some of the very first Christians , and they lived in a city called Corinth , in Greece . They had learned about Jesus because St Paul had travelled to Corinth and told them about him . They liked hearing stories about Jesus and they had each decided that they wanted to be Christians , |
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When I opened my eyes , it was dark outside . I hoped so much that I had escaped the darkness from my dream and it really felt different . The room was well lit and I wasn 't alone . I looked to my side where the chair stood next to the bed . There was the boy . I hadn 't been mistaken . He had a slim figure , not to thin , but well built and cute . He looked to be about fourteen years old , with cheek - long hazel brown hair … and emerald green eyes , like Aiden has had them . Had ! This thought almost brought the tears back to me . It was a stab right through my heart . I tried to fight them back . It worked , for now . " Finally ! " The boy smiled at me . " I already thought , you 'd sleep away another day . " His voice had something special in it . I couldn 't tell it for sure , but it
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s tone was somehow soothing . My attempt to sit up resulted in a soft groan coming over my lips . I could feel every muscle in my body . I think I have to get used to that . To be mortal again never had crossed my mind . This mere constraint . " You 're thirsty ? " To be honest , I didn 't know if I was . My needs had been quite different for a long time , but in his eyes I could read his ambition to be a good ' nurse ' . So I nodded , just to do him a favor . " You 're welcome . " I gave it back to him and he put the glass where it belonged . The sip of water actually felt quite good . My throat had been so dry and arid . Humans definitely needed a lot of water to keep their bodies working I remembered that . I cleared my throat . " Who are you ? " I had this question on the tip of my ton |
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As you have gathered from the last few posts although we were away it was by no means a vacation . It was not a happy time although there were some happy spots here and there . I 'm still crying almost every day . My friends don 't seem to understand my sorrow , but my husband does and so does God so I will get through it . Life goes on and so do I . On Thursday I slept all day . Literally . I got up , had breakfast , laid down and slept from 10 : 30 a . m . to 7 : 00 p . m . Wow ! I don 't know if I was that tired or still had the medicine in me . Maybe both . But so much for getting the car fixed . I did make fried rice for dinner because Joe and I were still in an Asian mood from having that wonderful sushi . On Friday we got up early and took the car into the garage . We said we would
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wait while they looked at it . It turns out the dome lights not turning off was a switch that was easily fixed . In fact it was fixed in a few minutes . But . . . While they were looking at that they found that the burning we had been smelling on the way home from the airport was a leaking timing belt and one of the motor mounts was loose . So we left the car there , had our friend Carole pick us up , and headed on home . It took them all day to fix it . Carole wasn 't able to pick us up to take us back to get the car . We were going to take a couple of buses up there , but it was only 30 * F . and we didn 't want to stand on the corner waiting for the bus . So I called a couple of people . My friend , Paulette , was home and happy to help us out . I 'm so glad we discovered this place . I |
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blog ( n . ) Short for Web log , a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual . Typically updated daily , blogs often reflect the personality of the author . ( v . ) To author a Web log . Other forms : Blogger ( a person who blogs ) . It 's not quite midnight , but I 'm sure I 'll still be on here at that time , downloading Season 3 episodes of Prison Break . I am trying to get caught up to current when the series starts back up in Jan . Netflix recommended Prison Break to me based on the ratings I 've done on movies I 've watched . They hit the nail right on the head . I love it ! I loved it so much , I 've gotten my friends Emily and Jody watching it , and also my Mom ! If you start , you will be hooked . We watched the 1st episode of seaso
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n 3 this afternoon with Jody and Emily , and I am now downloading the 2nd and 3rd episodes off of iTunes . Then , Emily tells me I can watch all of the rest of them for free on Fox . com . We invited Emily , Jody , Silas , Hattie and Luke over this morning for brunch , and then this evening we were invited over to my friend Sherry 's house for pizza and games . We had a good time . The weather here is very windy and cold . We had a little bit of snow today , but not too bad . Scott is going out to hunt pheasants in the morning , so it will be a cold one for him . We don 't have too much planned for tomorrow . Emma has been begging me for 2 days now to take her to a place where she can go ice dancing . She got a new Strawberry Shortcake " Let 's Dance " DVD for Christmas and Strawberry goes |
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Published on Amazon ? If you have a book , e - book , or audiobook available on Amazon . com , we 'll promote it on WritingForums . org for free . Simply add your book to our Member Publications section . Add your book here or read the full announcement . The green light had been flashing for as long as he could remember , over 56 years , and then it wasn 't . The marking read Burial 352 . Captain Nelson tapped the plastic and frowned . He leaned back in his chair and lit a cigarette . His orders were quietly delivered into the tiny black pearl attached to his collar . He retrieved a file from his desk . " Looks like 352 . " He held the paper up before him in the light and touched his cigarette to the edge . " You let us worry about it . " Across town the young man mumbled and pulled his v
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est tighter . He was in the back row . The corner of North and King was filled with blue uniforms , all gathering beneath tall slabs of glass , chrome , and concrete . Little pieces of neon were popping and shining in the windows . The low rumble and chatter of people bounced and echoed off the concrete . The sound dipped below metal fences and into alleys . More officers were arriving and finding their way into rows . A small group had retreated in the corner to sip coffee . " What 's with that guy ? " " He 's new , that 's what 's with him . " Private Philips puffed out his chest and then stretched his back . " There 's nothing more to say . I 'm just wondering what happened to his sense of pride , his charisma . I guess you either have it or you don 't . Do you know what I mean ? Read t |
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It 's the most wonderful time of the year - when I struggle like a madman trying to get his head unstuck from the revolving door before that big guy on the other side tries to come through - to think of something both holidayish and spectacular for my - holiday spectacular . After my last year 's effort , Don did put on some pressure for me with his Christmas Day comment : " If you 're gonna top this one next year you better start working now . " I 'm not sure I can do that off the top of my head , as I don 't even remember last year 's . Every holiday season I like to set down the best comments I got during the year , the sole criteria being , I guess , that they insult or make fun of me . Bear has always dominated and now that Don has all but dropped out of the insult - comment field , B
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ear strives uncontested upon the field . In fact , two people who actually read my blog regularly ( and I 'm still shocked anyone reads it ) but rarely if ever comment told me they actually only read a little bit and then scroll down to see how Bear insults me . Just great . Here are Bear 's finest comments for this year , made with all the ardor of a ten year old knocking down his friend 's blocks . I don 't rank them , but put them in reverse chronological order . My present comments are put in italics : Here Bear weighs in on my Christmas movie list . She 's Got Mail " , " Love , Actually " great movies ? ? ? ? ? Who is the Mary writing this stuff ? " . . . the effervescent Jeremy Pivin . . " How GAY is that ? Next time I see you and have the urge to whack you in the head , I 'm going t |
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It 's the most wonderful time of the year - when I struggle like a madman trying to get his head unstuck from the revolving door before that big guy on the other side tries to come through - to think of something both holidayish and spectacular for my - holiday spectacular . After my last year 's effort , Don did put on some pressure for me with his Christmas Day comment : " If you 're gonna top this one next year you better start working now . " I 'm not sure I can do that off the top of my head , as I don 't even remember last year 's . Every holiday season I like to set down the best comments I got during the year , the sole criteria being , I guess , that they insult or make fun of me . Bear has always dominated and now that Don has all but dropped out of the insult - comment field , B
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ear strives uncontested upon the field . In fact , two people who actually read my blog regularly ( and I 'm still shocked anyone reads it ) but rarely if ever comment told me they actually only read a little bit and then scroll down to see how Bear insults me . Just great . Here are Bear 's finest comments for this year , made with all the ardor of a ten year old knocking down his friend 's blocks . I don 't rank them , but put them in reverse chronological order . My present comments are put in italics : Here Bear weighs in on my Christmas movie list . She 's Got Mail " , " Love , Actually " great movies ? ? ? ? ? Who is the Mary writing this stuff ? " . . . the effervescent Jeremy Pivin . . " How GAY is that ? Next time I see you and have the urge to whack you in the head , I 'm going t |
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Lately , this blog seems like a long , lost friend that I need to visit more often . More and more , I 'm finding it more difficult to make my way over here to blog . Sometimes , I 'm just not feeling it , and then when I am , I have other things to do . Such as the following … The past week went by in a whirl of activity . There 's something about the arrival of warm , sunny days that makes me want to clean and spruce up the place ! Therefore , the beginning of last week found me stripping old wax off the kitchen floor , and applying new wax . I know , waxing floors is a dying activity , but my floors aren 't the no wax kind - yet ! It took both Ed and myself to get the task done , but we made it ! We were so inspired by having a clean , shiny kitchen floor , the following day we began sh
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ampooing carpets , and spent the next two days doing that ! Unfortunately , I think I hurt my back , in the process , so it 's been aching for several days . Live and learn . In addition to cleaning floors , all week , I was trying to get ready for a yard sale , on Saturday . I 'd spend a couple of hours , here and there , working on that . Meanwhile , Ed finally got started building a small shelter to store his lawnmower under . I worry a bit about him , it 's his first real project since his heart attack , in October . Ed and I had our yard sale , on Saturday , along with our daughter and her husband . We held the sale at Ed 's parents ' house , and could not have asked for a prettier day ! The weather was cool and foggy , at first , but that soon gave way to glorious blue , sunny skies |
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Live albums . Albums that record a band performing live in concert . Let 's face it , most artists are much better in the studio rather than performing on stage . In the studio , you can correct mistakes , rerecord until it sounds the way you want it to . You can put multiple tracks over each other called over dubbing and make the sound fuller and more rounded . It takes a special artist to be able to give a live performance that sounds as good as the sound from the studio , if not better , in front of a live audience . These are a few live albums that define an artist as being able to do on stage what they accomplish in the studio . The Allman Brothers were more a less a regional group with a huge following in the southern states , particularly in Georgia , Alabama and Florida . Their stu
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dio albums had not been well received outside the south and even in the south fans preferred to see them live than listen to the studio takes . When they went north and decided to cash in on their fans love of their live shows they decided to record it . The result was an album that was an immediate hit and climbed the charts extremely quickly . Suddenly the Allman Brothers Band were nationally known and going on tours would find all of their shows sold out . Eventually they became part of the first wave of artist that were selling out stadiums . When playing this album sided with their studio albums , it is clear that this was a band made to play live . The southern blues that would produce songs on the stage that had a lot of improvisation put into the songs that would last well over the |
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It was an early , crisp winter morning . Fresh snow had fallen that night before , the sun reflecting the white power so that it danced like diamonds in the light . Things were quite and tranquil , but that wouldn 't last for long . " What ? ! " came a loud screech from a white farm house . The chimmey shooting smoke into the air as fires were going to keep it warm . Inside a young girl just woken to the worst news her parents could give her . " Now , now my love it isn 't all that bad . The men there are rather attractive . " a mother cooed her daughter as she was pacing around the kitchen . " No way , you 'll . . . you 'll have to drug me or . . . or tie me up to even consider doing such a thing ! " her daughter protested . " Why can 't you send Dawn , or . . . or Mary ? " she asked . "
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You know why , both of them are being married off to two other man already . Honey you are 21 years old now and still unmarried , you are turning into an old maid . " her mother said just as gently as looked back up to her daughter . " Mother , there is no way I could - " she was shortly cut off by a grunt from her father , now choosing to speak . " You are going young lady , and that 's final . We 've worked hard to keep this family going , and you 've all had it easy . Now it 's your turn to do some work . " he told her . Even though he spoke calmly , his words carried a certain weight and boom to it , leaving the girl to simply stare at him before storming away . Twilight was just starting to fall upon the town as a horse and carriage finally came to a stop in front of a rather large an |
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2025 : Year of the Helix . After decades of government fighting about genetics . World opinion has turned against geneticists . There is passing of laws in the United Nations that would eliminate everything concerning genetics . However , a grace period has been granted . Until these laws passed , scientists and citizens could do what they want without threat of prosecution . Unbeknownst to anyone , nuclear war was adverted by an unknown visitor who claimed to be from the future . Susan Jecong gave birth to a healthy baby boy , but the doctor summoned the new parents . Dr . Milo Burnett has some bad news for them . Mrs . Jecong said , " What is it . You said my baby was healthy . " Dr . Burnett said , " Yes he is . However , you Mr . Jecong aren 't the father . " Mr . Albert Jecong almost
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hit the doctor , but said flatly , " I 'm not ? " Dr . Burnett presented a chart . He said , " This sequence in the middle is your son 's . The one to the right is your wife 's but the one to left is not you . " Mr . Jecong asked , " Well who does it belong to ? " Dr . Burnett said , " It belongs to a person of Asian descent , specifically from Japan . You know , It 's kinda odd because this sequence looks familiar . Oh , now I remember . The cops found a man bearing the same sequence . A man living in the country thought he saw some kind of wolf attacking his chickens . However , when he stepped in for a closer look , he saw a dead man . He had no identification We 've been unable to even find anyone bearing his sequence . My recommendation , sir , is to love him no less . " The Jecongs w |
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2025 : Year of the Helix . After decades of government fighting about genetics . World opinion has turned against geneticists . There is passing of laws in the United Nations that would eliminate everything concerning genetics . However , a grace period has been granted . Until these laws passed , scientists and citizens could do what they want without threat of prosecution . Unbeknownst to anyone , nuclear war was adverted by an unknown visitor who claimed to be from the future . Susan Jecong gave birth to a healthy baby boy , but the doctor summoned the new parents . Dr . Milo Burnett has some bad news for them . Mrs . Jecong said , " What is it . You said my baby was healthy . " Dr . Burnett said , " Yes he is . However , you Mr . Jecong aren 't the father . " Mr . Albert Jecong almost
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hit the doctor , but said flatly , " I 'm not ? " Dr . Burnett presented a chart . He said , " This sequence in the middle is your son 's . The one to the right is your wife 's but the one to left is not you . " Mr . Jecong asked , " Well who does it belong to ? " Dr . Burnett said , " It belongs to a person of Asian descent , specifically from Japan . You know , It 's kinda odd because this sequence looks familiar . Oh , now I remember . The cops found a man bearing the same sequence . A man living in the country thought he saw some kind of wolf attacking his chickens . However , when he stepped in for a closer look , he saw a dead man . He had no identification We 've been unable to even find anyone bearing his sequence . My recommendation , sir , is to love him no less . " The Jecongs w |
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Fagan sat on the edge of the well , watching Brianna draw water . Tabitha was telling Brianna about James 's latest escapades around the house , which had included him falling into a pile of horse manure . He smiled slightly , remembering times when Grady and Keelin would have done the same things . Now they claimed they were too " grown up , " to run around as they had done when they were younger , and though they still got into trouble , their household was a good deal quieter , for Ness and Aina were less troublesome than their brothers were . " And so because mama was busy with Charlie , I had to give James a bath … and you know how he hates … " Tabitha stopped short , and Fagan and Brianna followed her gaze . A squad of Fàolan 's men was marching through the town to the ruins of the o
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ld walls . " There is a love - a love so much greater than you could ever imagine - waiting out there for you ! It is a love that is perfect , a love that will someday come to take us away from this broken world ! Look around you - do you see peace and joy in the faces of everyone ? No , you do not ! Someday we will be taken away from this broken world , but for some it will only be to go to a world more broken than this , to eternity with Daron . Yet others will go to a land flowing with joy and love , a bright and sunny land , beyond what we can imagine . We will be with the Creator forever ! But we must know that we are broken and know that we have disobeyed him ! " " He is not your - " Fagan stopped , holding his tongue . He took a deep breath . " Can 't you see that he 's just a ravin |
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Peter settled himself down on the edge of the gently sloping grassy scrub on the cliff top and took in the whole sweep of the bay with a single glance . It was worth looking at in the afternoon sun . A heavy brown boulder clay expanse of cliff led out to Filey Brigg , pointing along the horizon to the far off , sparkling white , chalk headland over at Flamborough Head . There was nothing but air between him and the long shining stretch of sand a hundred feet below and it felt like he was flying . The gannets were plunge diving out at sea , dropping like bullets one by one into the water , performing a sleek , finely honed dance of death and the wind was singing in his ears . This was all right . It had been a good choice to come here . It was good for the dog too . He ruffled the scruffy b
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lack tufts of hair on the back of her head and she beat her tail a few times before shaking him off . The dog was a jack russell terrier and until two weeks before she had been spending her time sitting behind the wire mesh of a run in a dog rescue centre thirty miles away . Her habit of growling at anyone who went past had ensured that she had spent almost four years in there until Peter had seen her and told the incredulous girl in the green hoodie that he wanted to give her a home . It had all worked out . The dog had found the soft bed which he had bought for her in the coroner of the kitchen and made it clear that she wasn 't going anywhere and that she would be doing exactly as she pleased . That had been fine by him . She had a name , but dog was what he called her and she didn 't s |
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Copyright © 2008 by Grant Bentley . All Rights Reserved . If any person , place , event , happening , thing , nice person , or nasty person seem familiar , it is purely coincidental . My name is Chad Emerson . I am a seventeen - year - old senior at Central Memorial High School in Strathaven , Alberta . I came to the realization that I am gay four years ago , when I was thirteen . It terrified me . I had heard so many horror stories about kids losing their families , their friends - everything - because they were gay . I read about Matthew Shepard and Larry King . I cried the whole time I was reading their stories and for a long time afterwards . I couldn 't comprehend how people could treat another person with such cruelty and hatred . How could they kill someone for something as insignif
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icant as their sexual orientation ? Unfortunately , their stories reinforced my fear and confirmed my belief that coming out would be far too dangerous . I decided then that under no circumstances would I come out - ever . I was careful to never look at any guy for too long . In the locker room and showers , I kept my eyes focussed on the floor at all times . I might glance up at someone if they spoke to me , but it was only for a second or two at the most . I had it under control and everything was going to plan - until HE showed up . There were any number of guys at school that were the focus of my fantasies - at home , in my room , with the door locked . At school , I was able focus my attention away from them . But him … I don 't know what it was , but I couldn 't take my eyes off him |
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I fully intended for my last post on this blog to be about Kabo , over 2 years ago . And then 18 days after he died I had Penelope and realized that I needed to add her birth story here , just like I had her sisters . And now that we have had our fourth ( ! ) child , our family is complete and I feel I need to add Henry 's birth story here as well . You can 't say that the youngest always gets the shaft ! My due date was 9 / 9 / 16 . It was the Friday after Labor Day weekend . I was sure that there was no way , considering this was my fourth child , that I would make it through that weekend . Our cottage is up a hill from the lake so I knew there would be a fair amount of walking up and down that hill . Surely that alone would put me into labor ! Workaholic and I spent the entire weekend i
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n a state of wait . Everyone wanted to know when I was due and when was that baby coming out ? Great question ! We compared the wait to being on vacation ( not that my pregnancies are vacation . . . anything but ! ) and it is the last day and you are waiting on your flight . The fun is over . It is time to head back to the real world . Only our real world was about to be flipped upside down . We chose not to find out ( again ) the gender of our baby . We realized after we had Penelope that it is just more fun that way . Sure , it is an agonizing 28 week wait . But it is the last chance for a true surprise in our lifetime . So we waited . And waited . I went to the doctor on Tuesday after Labor Day . I was mildly annoyed I had to keep that appointment . I was supposed to have had a baby by |
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the alley . " Hey Bandor look what we have over … " Whatever he had been about to say cut off with a thud , as a stone dining bowl hit him in the temple . He crumpled to the ground , the knife he had in his hand clattered onto the wood floor . " Grevail ! " Braiden was behind him , already holding another bowl over his head . " Come on out the front ! " Grevail scrambled up , and ran over to him , looking back at the man still down in the doorway , only his legs inside the house . " Norum ! You idiot ! You have to open doors before you go through … " Whatever else he said was lost as Braiden pulled him through the house to the front door and shoved him out . " That was close , I thought I had heard someone . " Braiden looked flushed , his blonde hair swung about as he looked down the stree
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t . " Now we have to get out … " Suddenly a few talking voices could be heard , seconds after a band of men and women came around the corner . They were all in blue tunics with an odd black symbol on their chests , but between the dust from the street and Braiden pulling him the other way , he couldn 't tell what it was . " Faithless ! " Somebody behind them cried , he could hear people start running behind him , and he ran faster , keeping stride with his brother . They took their next left , and Braiden jumped over a chair in his path , as Grevail stumbled and almost fell . When he looked back up he saw the two thieves standing in the street . The skinny man who 's back was to them , Norum , facing the big man apparently nursing his head wound . Luckily they didn 't see them right away , |
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the alley . " Hey Bandor look what we have over … " Whatever he had been about to say cut off with a thud , as a stone dining bowl hit him in the temple . He crumpled to the ground , the knife he had in his hand clattered onto the wood floor . " Grevail ! " Braiden was behind him , already holding another bowl over his head . " Come on out the front ! " Grevail scrambled up , and ran over to him , looking back at the man still down in the doorway , only his legs inside the house . " Norum ! You idiot ! You have to open doors before you go through … " Whatever else he said was lost as Braiden pulled him through the house to the front door and shoved him out . " That was close , I thought I had heard someone . " Braiden looked flushed , his blonde hair swung about as he looked down the stree
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t . " Now we have to get out … " Suddenly a few talking voices could be heard , seconds after a band of men and women came around the corner . They were all in blue tunics with an odd black symbol on their chests , but between the dust from the street and Braiden pulling him the other way , he couldn 't tell what it was . " Faithless ! " Somebody behind them cried , he could hear people start running behind him , and he ran faster , keeping stride with his brother . They took their next left , and Braiden jumped over a chair in his path , as Grevail stumbled and almost fell . When he looked back up he saw the two thieves standing in the street . The skinny man who 's back was to them , Norum , facing the big man apparently nursing his head wound . Luckily they didn 't see them right away , |
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I do not usually have much to post on my blog when I am not in Ghana and I don 't really even know if anyone reads my blog when I am not in Ghana , but even if I am only writing this for myself , I need to take the opportunity to write about something amazing that I found out about today . So , as you might remember , Fire Mountain Gems and Beads wrote an article about my trip to Ghana and beading in Ghana which was published on their website last year . I got a few emails from FMG customers about my work in Ghana but not many . I was proud to be on their website but didn 't really think much had come out of it . Boy , I sure was wrong . Today , I learned that three volunteers who traveled to Ghana this past summer to volunteer at Christ Orphanage were inspired by ME ! They went to Ghana ,
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and specifically Christ Orphanage to volunteer after reading the FMG article . Its amazing how far this article truly went and how much it inspired these women . Its so amazing that my story touched them so much that they traveled around the world and volunteered with the children that I had written about . Today , I truly realized the power of words and photos . I hope that I am able to inspire more people to travel to Ghana , to volunteer at Christ Orphanage , or to even make a donation to help these children continue to live , learn , and thrive . My aunt is a softball coach and donated her team 's uniforms to Christ Orphanage . The uniforms were a bit big on the kids but they loved them anyways ! They loved them so much that they asked to wear them everyday ! Here are some photos of t |
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Since Todd and Michael have been spending a few days with Todd 's dad at their country house , Katie and I have been getting in some quality girl time . Even though I am home with her every day , we rarely get one on one time as I watch David during the week and Michael is home the rest of the time . I tried to think of something fun that we could do together so I asked Katie out for lunch . She said yes and was so excited . I told her that she could pick where we would go . Of course she chose her favorite place , McDonald 's ! We both got ready to go and loaded up into the car . When we got there , she got to pick out what she was going to eat and we went over to the table . It was so nice not to have to fight with her as she sat right down . We chatted while we ate lunch and she told me
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that she loved me so much . It felt so good to have that time together , just the two of us girls . It gives me a glimpse into what I hope our relationship will develop into as the years go on and she gets older . Ever since Katie climbed out of her crib a few weeks ago , we decided that she would need to convert into the full sized bed sooner rather than later . So Todd 's parents generously bought her a mattress , Dora sheets and Dora comforter for her big Christmas present from them . It was ordered the weekend before Christmas and delivered to the store later in the week . We were getting ready to go out of town so Todd picked it up today . We had to do some rearranging of Katie 's room to fit everything in there as she has quite a bit of furniture . After trying several combinations |
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When Walker got out of the pen he checked into a cheap hotel across the street from a bar & grill with a flashing neon sign . The light went on and off as he lay in his bed smoking a cigarette and listening to the rain outside . He wasn 't really thinking about anything , just listening to the rain and enjoying the smoke . Afterwards he had a good meal in a chophouse and found a woman walking the rain - washed streets . It started to rain again later so he waited in a doorway smoking another cigarette and watching the cars go by . He could see the rain falling in their headlights and under the streetlamps . He felt good now , better than he 'd felt for a long time . He wasn 't the type to get excited about things . He was a low - key , easy - going type who just drifted along , maybe too e
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asy - going because he 'd operated like an amateur and that had gotten him five years inside . He 'd gotten used to the joint fast enough and after a while it suited him like any other kind of life . Nothing really changed for him . He had long , serious talks with other cons who spoke softly like him , talks about how they 'd been wronged and how you had to look out for yourself , and he liked to have one last cigarette before turning in and that put him in touch with himself , it was just him and the cigarette and his random thoughts all locked together in an intimate kind of way . It didn 't really dawn on him that he was out until he 'd had the woman and the good meal . But then , when he lay on his bed smoking the last cigarette of the day , it was as though he was inside again . The |
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Marriage . Infidelity . Divorce . Infertility . Baby . Diabetes . Insulin Pump . Not necessarily in that order . My life 's better than a soap opera . Nemo e - mailed me to say that he was going on vacation and that he 'd see us next week . The first thing I did was get up and do a celebratory dance . And then I told my Mom , who also joined in the celebration of having a week to ourselves . A week with Lucian going to bed on time ! ( I 'm so happy with the small things . . . ) Then I e - mailed Nemo back . I asked him where he was going . And to thank him for letting me know because so many other times he just disappeared and left me hanging . He replied to me and said that he was going to his parents ' cottage . He wanted to go to Las Vegas but he couldn 't find anyone to go with him . A
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nd , get this , did I want to go ? It 's unbelievable , that 's what it is . Of course I 'm not taking the offer seriously , but it 's so bizarre because for such a long time I couldn 't get him to go anywhere with me . And now he 's joking about going on a trip ? My therapist said that his offer was inappropriate . He 's crossed the boundaries that I 've set up . I couldn 't help but feel a little more powerful though . I 'd rather have him joking around with me than fighting me . I 'll be celebrating not only America 's independence this weekend , but my own . A few years ago , I spent a month in Europe with my mother - in - law , Cruella . I felt pressured into going by Nemo , Cruella , and my father - in - law , Jabba . My in - laws built a house there , with the intention of living th |
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Reading week quickly came up during first semester . I didn 't have any plans - just figured I would get caught up in my school work or try to get ahead . I was also looking forward to touring London and I had started to make some good friends and was occupying myself with them . I still thought about M alllllll the time , but I forced myself not to message him and I 'm proud to say I didn 't . I think it 's pretty important to respect what he had asked of me . On the Tuesday night of reading week I got a message from a friend of mine , Greg . Greg and I were best friends during most of university , but the summer before I went travelling and ultimately met M , Greg told me he was in love with me . I told him he was in love with the idea of being in love with his best friend , but that he
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wasn 't really in love with me . Greg had only ever had relationships that started in a club with a hook up and were kind of messy the whole way through . He 's cheated on every girlfriend he 's ever had and he has told me on occasions he intends to get married at least twice . . . Boyfriend material ? I think not . But best friend material ? Absolutely . Greg is super fun . We like the same things . He always makes me laugh . I indulge him in conversations that no one else will because they think he 's nuts , which he is of course , but it 's all part of his charm . It works for him . And he takes good care of friends ; he would move mountains for them without even being asked to . We met because we were neighbors in first year university . There was a brief flirtation , but it never amou |
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I 'm really sorry guys , but I 'm going through some deep emotional stuffs right now and I can 't really work on April while I 'm like this because it isn 't helping . I am continuing my legacy , as it 's a happy happy happy story which is what I need right now . I apologise that updates haven 't been exactly fast anyway , but I hope to restart in the new year when this will all have hopefully cleared up . I am by no means quitting this story , as I have a lot planned for little April and her friends , just taking a short break to get my mental state back in order and then we 'll be back in business . I 've not really had much time to write this for over a month , I spent the rest of the summer break outside with either Lottie and Justin , or Emily and Travis , or all of them , or a mix of
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a few of them . I slept over at Lottie 's a few times , or she slept over mine . I stayed at Emily 's a couple of times , but because my Daddy was still staying there then there was only room if Amelia was out . Daddy moves at the weekend . School started back up today . I didn 't want to get up , I 'd got used to sleeping in . I sat next to Emily on the bus , because we both get on at the same stop . Lottie was already on the bus , but she was sat next to Holly , a girl who lives near her and is in our class , Justin didn 't get the bus , and I wondered if he was coming in to school at all , but he told me later that he walked in because he can see the school from his front porch . I guess that makes sense really . We have a seating plan now . A boy - girl one . Emily and Travis are sitt |
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It seems like every time i turn around , the boys are going thru a transition of some sorts . I mean they went from sharing a crib to sleeping in separate cribs . And they didn 't mind . Then they went from bottles to sippy cups . This , we struggled with . It seems like it took me forever to find a cup that they liked . I think I tried everything I could find , until I gave in and bought the ones I thought for sure they wouldn 't like . And turns out I was wrong , they loved them . One of the next transitions we had was going from cribs to toddler beds . We got lucky when we got their cribs , they each transitioned into toddler beds . That was a rather easy transition as well . They knew they couldn 't get out of their bed and roam freely . They knew that bedtime ment they had to lay down
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and go to sleep . They knew that I was just a few steps away from them , all they had to do was speak to me , and I would hear them on the monitor and come to them if they needed something . I was expecting the worse with that transition , I mean , first off they share a room and I thought for sure they would test us and try to get out and play . The next transition was from diapers to underwear . I was not looking forward to potty training . I think this was harder on me then it was on them . That is , once I figured out that there was no way they were going to potty train together . I mean sure , I 'm sure a lot of twins do things like this together , but not my twins . Ethan made this transition quickly . I 'm talking less than 1 week , and he was staying dry even at night and would cr |
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving . Can someone please explain why football has become such a huge part of the day ? I don 't think I ever read or learned in school that a football game broke out between the Pilgrims and the Indians . So how did football become so important on this day ? Seriously football was on my television for so long a box popped up saying something about ' due to the inactivity the satellite will be shut down . If you wish to continue press cancel . ' To me that is a sign the football games should be turned off for the day , to my husband that is an annoyance to have to pick up the remote to finish watching the game . Go figure . Now I do remember learning about a feast taking place , so a feast is what we had . I made a few things for yesterdays meal that I can not eat , i
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t bothered me a little bit to see stuffing on the table but not on my plate . It bothered me a little to see mac and cheese on the table but not on my plate . I was bothered by the thought of not having a piece of pie after dinner so while making the pies I made one that had a gluten free crust . When it came time to have pie , I served up everyone and my husband said I will try some of the gluten free one . Darn it , he liked it ! I was hoping he would not like it and I would get the whole pie to myself ! ! Then David wanted to try some of the crust so I broke a piece of mine and he liked it better than the regular crust . I made some gluten free sausage balls the other day and stuck them in the freezer . Last night when we were getting a bit on the hungry side but not wanting to eat a re |
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At 22 weeks , Rosie is still refusing to sleep for long periods of time - at night . The sling is a different story . I haven 't yet resorted to wearing the sling to bed , but it 's close . Thankfully , she 's adorable as hell during the day , chunky thighs and all . I mean , HELLO , look at those eyes . Gah . She turns into a cartoon character when she smiles ! She 's hit that awkward stage where she really really wants to be up and around , but just can 't yet . She grabs for all my food , all Mitchell 's toys , everything . Her favorite thing right now is a set of links . She rattles them , she chews on them , she gets body parts stuck in them ( did I mention she has CRAZY narrow feet ) , all in all she loves them . She also loves Laika right now . Poor dog . If she isn 't outrunning Mi
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tchell ( who 's decided she 's a horse ) , she 's getting drooled on by a baby . Luckily she 's got that neglected child persona going on , so she takes any attention she can get , good or bad . Rosie got her first cereal tonight . She loved it . I cried . I would have appreciated at least token resistance to the idea of growing up . But no . She grabbed the spoon and ate as much as she could . https : / / goo . gl / photos / ZTcFAUjC4UiGxdGq8 Mitchell 's very first speech therapy session was this afternoon . Because there 's a shortage of therapists in Dayton ( along with every other medical professional ) , the only chance of us getting into therapy this summer was taking the 12 : 30 slot , even though that 's not an ideal time for us at all . It takes half an hour to get there , which s |
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This is the story of Buddy , a shelter dog who was deemed " aggressive and vicious " and " unadoptable " by the powers - that - be at the Devore Animal Shelter , and the battle that ensued to save his life . Just because a vet deems a dog " aggressive and vicious " doesn 't mean he 's " unadoptable " . It just means he 's unbalanced and needs someone to get him re - balanced . This is our story of doing just that with Buddy . Enjoy ! Today , Claudia and I were going to meet with Jenifer to do a 3 - hour consultation at Claudia 's house . I arrived at Claudia 's at 3 : 45 , and as I pulled up , my cell phone rang . I answered it and it was Jenifer . She told me she had been busy all day " breaking Noah from jumping the fence " . She said he started jumping the fence the day before , so she
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had stayed home all day and worked with him , trying to break him of it . I asked her if this meant she wasn 't coming out to meet with us , and she replied , " Yeah , I want you and Claudia to come here instead . " I met Claudia at her front door and told her that Jenifer had called and said she wanted us to go to her house instead . . Her response was , " Here , I cleaned all day because I was expecting her . " I said , " Yeah , I know . I would have done the same thing . " I explained to her what Jenifer had said about Noah jumping the fence and that she had stayed home all day , trying to break him of it . We were both concerned that he was now jumping fences as this posed a serious problem . We then got ready and headed to Jenifer 's house . We got to Jenifer 's and she walked us to t |
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This is a work of fiction . Names , characters , places , and incidents are either the work of the author 's imagination or used fictitiously . Any resemblance to actual person or persons , living or dead , events , or locales is entirely coincidental . All rights reserved " Cassandra , why did you come to see me if you are not ready to talk about your abuse ? " She didn 't understand . Hell , I didn 't fully understand . Life has always been a struggle for me , but lately things have been getting worse . I look at myself and see nothing but failure . I 'm twenty - eight years old , still a virgin , hell I 've never been in a real relationship . Every time someone asks me why am I still single it is like a knife to my heart . I didn 't know the answer to that question . On average only one
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eligible man approached me a year . Some years it was less . I didn 't know how to talk to men who were interested in me . I became nervous , if I gave them my number , I would avoid them when they called . I could talk to them on a platonic level , but if they showed the slightest interest I would shut down . The sad part is , is that I want a romantic relationship . There were three times when a man showed me interest , I gave them my number before they even asked . Only for them to never call . I would cry for days on end . The last time I made a vow that , that would be the last time . I have accepted the fact that I was meant to be alone forever . " Cassandra ? " " I 've been having dreams . Dreams where I kill It . " That 's why I came to see Dr . Zakiyyah . I started having these d |
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One day he received a letter from home . It was from his mother , who wrote : ' I am getting old , and should like to see my dear son once more before I die . Come and say good - bye to me and bury me , and then , if God pleases , return to service again with my blessing . But I have found a girl for you , who is sensible and good and has some property . If you can love her , you might marry her and remain at home . ' Zhílin thought it over . It was quite true , the old lady was failing fast and he might not have another chance to see her alive . He had better go , and , if the girl was nice , why not marry her ? It was a time of war in the Caucasus . The roads were not safe by night or day . If ever a Russian ventured to ride or walk any distance away from his fort , the Tartars killed hi
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m or carried him off to the hills . So it had been arranged that twice every week a body of soldiers should march from one fortress to the next to convoy travellers from point to point . It was summer . At daybreak the baggage - train got ready under shelter of the fortress ; the soldiers marched out ; and all started along the road . Zhílin was on horseback , and a cart with his things went with the baggage - train . They had sixteen miles to go . The baggage - train moved slowly ; sometimes the soldiers stopped , or perhaps a wheel would come off one of the carts , or a horse refuse to go on , and then everybody had to wait . Zhílin rode on in front , and stopped , waiting for the baggage to overtake him . Then he heard the signal - horn sounded behind him : the company had again stopped |
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The O bus is always full of characters . It travels the length of Broadway , which is a major North / South road that runs from downtown to Highlands Ranch , and is full of Mom and Pop stores , bars , restaurants , antique stores and marijuana dispensaries . I was on the last leg of my journey home , and watched as the regulars boarded the O at the Englewood station . First came the young man I call the Thug . He 's about 25 and wears baggy shorts , a funky ball cap askew on his head and walks the gangsta walk . Actually he has a legitimate reason for the walk , since he wears a knee brace that actually hinders his stride . Next came a middle - aged man who walks with a cane . I call him Grimace , because he always has a look of pain on his face . I can 't tell if he 's genuinely in pain o
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r just has a scowl about him . They both took a seat at the front of the bus . Then Construction Guy got on the bus . He 's tall and about my age , and always has his orange construction vest on , shorts and dirty work boots that come just high enough up his ankles to allow room for his electronic monitoring anklet . He never smiles or acknowledges anyone when he gets on , and heads directly to the back of the bus . We all settled into our usual seats , and politely ignored each other . A few stops down the road a young man got on , early twenties I 'd say , and very , very buff . The kind of buff that not only shows muscles , but muscles on top of those muscles . He was carrying a case of water and as the bus began to move he grabbed onto the bar by the front seats , dropping his water an |
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Was I just writing the other day about the heat while on a ride ? I was ! And now here I am with a story from the other end of the weather spectrum - cold and snow ! A few weeks before this , we rode in Death Valley where it was almost 100 ° F . , and then we roasted in the unseasonable heat here at home . This time I put my jacket liner and pants liner back in . The forecast said highs in the 40 ° s F . for Flagstaff , with a small chance of rain . Oh gosh I hope so , I thought . Hal and I headed out of town and soon got on the Beeline Hwy . Just past Fountain Hills after our first fuel stop , we were attempting to get back on the Beeline when we saw that a big plastic cooler had fallen out of a pickup truck into the roadway . The man who had dropped it was trying to pick up the mess befo
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re traffic smashed it . All the stuff that was in the cooler fell out , too , and the guy was trying to pick that up as well . He was blocking the left lane , and his vehicle was parked on the right side shoulder . Then an SUV stopped in the left lane to keep traffic from the hitting the first man . Everyone slowed down . Hal and I were waiting at the light to turn right . Hal started to go , but still being very " gun shy , " I thought to myself , I am not getting into that mess . Our intercom system was still not working , so I wasn 't able to tell Hal to wait . He pulled out , and just then a young woman driving a silver car came barreling through the scene , not paying any attention . I don 't know how she managed not to hit anyone . If she 'd hit that SUV from behind , she could have |
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I just happened to actually read my email one day in mid - August and I saw the announcement for Star Trek Mission NY on Labor Day weekend . I bought the tickets almost immediately . I have been a fan of Star Trek from the time the very first episode aired back in 1966 - < sarcasm font > I was just an infant , not even born , yet really < end sarcasm font > , so needless to say , I was excited . The first obstacle for DC would be going to New York City ( his favorite place ) without visiting " DC 's New York City " ; meaning the big Barnes and Noble , the Disney Store , the Eloise Store in the Plaza , Hershey Store , Hard Rock Café and ' Citral ' Park ( Central Park ) . I began explaining this to him weeks beforehand . We also promised him that we would go back another day very soon to spe
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nd the day doing his favorite things . As much as he seems to understand when I am prepping him for something , I never really know if he does until I get his reaction when it happens . I have to say that I did expect some kind of reaction to not going out into the city when we arrived , but the promise of going back another day seemed to be good enough . - Progress ! DC knows Star Trek TOS because he has me for a mother , of course . One of his first " signs " before he could speak was the " Live Long and Prosper " sign . Of course he did not know it meant LLAP , it was just his sign for Star Trek in general . I have seen all of the incarnations of Star Trek over the years with the exception of Enterprise so I knew most of the guests that would be in attendance . DC ? Not so much . We hav |
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I just happened to actually read my email one day in mid - August and I saw the announcement for Star Trek Mission NY on Labor Day weekend . I bought the tickets almost immediately . I have been a fan of Star Trek from the time the very first episode aired back in 1966 - < sarcasm font > I was just an infant , not even born , yet really < end sarcasm font > , so needless to say , I was excited . The first obstacle for DC would be going to New York City ( his favorite place ) without visiting " DC 's New York City " ; meaning the big Barnes and Noble , the Disney Store , the Eloise Store in the Plaza , Hershey Store , Hard Rock Café and ' Citral ' Park ( Central Park ) . I began explaining this to him weeks beforehand . We also promised him that we would go back another day very soon to spe
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nd the day doing his favorite things . As much as he seems to understand when I am prepping him for something , I never really know if he does until I get his reaction when it happens . I have to say that I did expect some kind of reaction to not going out into the city when we arrived , but the promise of going back another day seemed to be good enough . - Progress ! DC knows Star Trek TOS because he has me for a mother , of course . One of his first " signs " before he could speak was the " Live Long and Prosper " sign . Of course he did not know it meant LLAP , it was just his sign for Star Trek in general . I have seen all of the incarnations of Star Trek over the years with the exception of Enterprise so I knew most of the guests that would be in attendance . DC ? Not so much . We hav |
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I feel as if these words describe not only my heart but my soul as well . Can a soul be shattered ? I feel as if there is nothing left to wake up for in the morning , nothing left to care about , nothing left to live for . It has all passed me by and I was looking the other way . My mind is wandering , aimless , unsure . Lost in a morass of fear , doubt , pain . My focus is gone , my thoughts scattered to the four winds , hidden from myself . Before I had hearts , hands , souls to help me find my way back . Now , now I am alone . I know who I am , who I am supposed to be , what my purpose is . I have found though that I do not care . It began several months ago . I am only now free of that place , that man , the drugs , and the fear . Well perhaps not the fear . If I were free of the fear
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I would not be constantly glancing over my shoulder , would I ? I would not have a need to have every light in the house turned on , only turning them off in the light of day . When my sisters see my electric bill they will not be pleased with me . Oh dear god , my sisters . I 'm going to have to tell my sisters . Of course , it would have been nice if even one had noticed that I was not attending our usual Sunday dinners . Noticed and then come to see if they could locate me . I know I have missed a dinner or two in the past but I have never missed without letting someone know . Normally I would have contacted someone . My other sisters have missed previously , without a call , or a text . I 've always made a point of swinging by to see if everything was alright … . No , this is his fault |
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I don 't know wheter I believe in ghosts or not . I guess I 'm still thinking should I or shouldn 't I ? There was one experience that happened to me when I was around ten or so ( I was very mature for my age back then ) . It was a really warm summer 's day . I was sitting in my family 's kitchen alone , drinking some orange juice at the table . Before I go on , I have to describe somethings . Our kitchen was sunny and spacious , and the table was at the far end of the room . To it 's right was one of those giagantic glass sliding doors . It opened up to a huge backyard , which inclued a small jacuzzi ( my grandpa 's faviorite ) , a cactus garden at one side , our big vegetable garden next to it , and a small fish pond a few feet from the house . There was a willow tree that sort of obstru
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cted my view of the jacuzzi , but I could still see it where I was sitting . Anyway , back to the story . I was sitting at the table , thinking about him . Eversince he had died , I kept wishing to see him one last time . Now , I was wondering what he was doing . About two seconds later , I felt this wierd sensation float over me . I stopped what I was doing and turned my head to look at our backyard . At first , the form I saw , standing next to the jacuzzi , was so bright , I thought it was sunshine reflecting off the jacuzzi 's metal poles . I looked down at my juice , but immediately I did a double - take . The form had dimmed down a little , and he was standing there . He was smiling and stroking his beard . For a second he looked directly at me , then he began evaporating and faded a |
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JavaScript is currently disabled . Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript . You should check them out . We think you 'll have a much more enjoyable experience . I guess it was meant to happen sooner or later . I came to this town to relax and rest for the next decade or so . But someone brought in bleeding everywhere changed that . Now I 'm sitting with wolf elves looking at stars I don 't know . Let me back up a bit . Next thing I know , a man 's bleeding on a table , Ari 's lost her marbles , and we go trekking through the woods towards a cave marked in blood . Ari barely gave us enough time to gather something to take with . Shoot , I had to grab a walking stick along the way to make sure I was armed with something . But it did concern her missing sister s
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o I can 't give her too much grief . The cave … The cave was too odd . It was so smooth everywhere . I almost wanted to say we were walking into a dwarven work until there was no mining equipment anywhere . But as we went farther , we finally found a part with stalactites from the ceiling . Glad to finally see something normal , we might have rushed in without looking too well . Spiders . Spiders everywhere . Gods on high , do I hate spiders . I just wanted them dead . Period . Until a couple seemed to pounce on me . I panicked and propelled myself backwards , willing a stalactite to crush them . My hands got hot , and before I could blink , magic sparks shot out and brought the thing down on them . I was a bit stunned , needless to say . After getting away from those damnable spiders , we |
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That day , the day I 'm thinking about , I was sitting at my breakfast table alone . It was a bright Saturday morning in summer and I had some things to account for to myself . For one thing , I 'd already been in that town three years . And , to be honest , " town " is stretching the meaning of the word : It had about twenty thousand people and about two bars per person and there was a lake nearby full of fish you couldn 't eat without poisoning yourself . That isn 't a town in my book . For another thing , my husband , Bucky , had run off two months before with this woman from around there . I won 't reveal her name , but she had fake blond hair , wore her blue jeans like hands grabbing her butt , was no more than twenty - five , and was looking for trouble . And that 's exactly what she
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got in Bucky Gilman . The only other thing I had to account for was that I turned forty that day . Nothing much , except that forty was precisely two years past half my life expectancy , and not a pretty idea . These are thoughts that bright days and breakfast tables bring home to a person . Bucky had made the breakfast table , which was one reason you couldn 't touch the top of it without spilling your coffee . It was so unsteady I had to keep folding junk mail under the legs to even things up , though no matter what I did , the table turned out unsteady . It was a meaningful table . I 'd been married to Bucky for ten years , nine of them pure torture and one of them worse . I was sitting at his table , thinking all these things and wondering what was next . I thought maybe I 'd pack up |
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One day at a time sweet Jesus that 's all I 'm asking from you . Just give me the strength to do everyday what I have to do . Yesterday 's gone sweet Jesus and tomorrow may never be mine . Lord help me today , show me the way one day at a time . I spent Christmas in Omaha again this year with , Sister Johanna ( my aunt ) and Sister Jeanne . Before you ask - no , there was no blizzard this year and the weather was pleasant - slightly colder than Denver . In fact , it was 40 degrees Thursday morning in Omaha when I left . The flight left on time and arrived in Denver 30 minutes early . I have not had that happen in the past . It started snowing shortly after I arrived and became Denver 's worst snowstorm of the season . Good thing I had an early flight . I knew the good weather would not las
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t forever . It had been in the 50 's and 60 's the whole time I was gone . It turned out to be a very sad time for the Mercy Community . One of Johanna 's dear friends was in a car crash . They think she must have had a massive heart attack . For those of you that know some of the sisters , Stella was one of the sisters that was with Johanna for their 50th Jubilee . A few days later Sister Joan ( pronounced JoAnn ) died . She has fought a battle with cancer for 19 years and has been on Chemo every week for years for the liver cancer . She also was a very close friend and lived next door to Johanna and Jeanne . Sister Marie , who lives on their floor , stumbled over a rod sticking out from a snow removal . When she fell she broke her pelvis and has a couple of other fractures in her hip and |
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I had to work today , while Sean was home with Liam . In the mid - morning , Liam and Sean came to the museum in the building where I work . I visited them during my break and helped Liam make some festive new year artwork in the craft room . The guys had fun looking at all the exhibits afterward . I came home a bit late , after stopping at the grocery after work . Liam was so excited to see me when I got home ! He gave me a big hug and was in a great mood all evening . Being greeted with a happy munchkin makes a long day of work worth it ! Yesterday Liam celebrated the holidays at daycare . Cheri , his daycare provider , bought small gifts for each of the kids . Liam got a train , of course . ; ) He was so excited about it that when he got home , he had to tell daddy all about it . Liam i
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s working so hard at making sentences now and puts words together . It is cute to see him gesturing with his hands as he attempts to convey what he is thinking . : ) Today we treated Liam to a train ride with the Little River Railroad in Coldwater . This time of year , Little River has a polar express themed train all decked out with Holiday decorations . The trip includes cookies , hot cocoa , and a visit from Santa ! We met my mom at the station and all road together . Liam was so excited ! We sat in the lounge car for our trip out . The windows were nice and large , so Liam got a good view of all the scenery . We ate cookies and Cheetos , and sipped our cocoa . There was a little coal stove in the corner of the car to keep us warm . When we arrived at Quincy , Daddy and Liam wanted to g |
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Hi , I 'm Jim Ryan . I work for an energy company that my grandparents started more than forty years ago . He passed away a few years back . Gram now holds the company in her hands . She is grooming me to take over when I have learned enough and she feels I am capable . She has had me starting at the bottom . I 've been in sales , procurement , personnel and transportation . For the last month I have been troubleshooting . Next month I am going to be working with equipment . That scares me a little . Gram says when I learn the inner workings of the company , it is then time to learn how to hire managers to oversee the actual work . What worries me is the selecting of the perfect person for a particular job . Case in point : I 've not been too successful in the women I have been interested
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in . Pat , the first woman I was engaged to , one I felt I could spend my life with , turned out to be a gold digger . Then , while attending college , I found Kate . She now works for a small company here in town as a finance officer . She is smart and reasonably attractive . I thought when I married her that she would be the ideal mate in helping me run the company that was coming to me . I 've been reticent in telling Kate what my job is , the reverse of how I handled Pat , with whom I had been very open . I also have neglected to lay out how much time I 've had to give to the company . This has led to a contentious relationship . The fight this time was a doozy ! I called Kate about 3 p . m . on a Thursday afternoon and told her I had made dinner reservations for us and a guest I very |
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We had such a wonderful time last night . We shared the evening filled with spooky tales , stories and moments presented by numerous people . There is a place in Jonesboro , Ar that is so outstanding in what they do . They offer a place and times for people to gather and enjoy the arts in many forms . We have gone and listened to music you wish would never end , as the evening is amazing for all . The entertainers do more than play their music , they join with such passion everyone becomes a part of it all . There are special events of so many different kinds that allow everyone to view , hear and become a part of it as artists show their creations , writers share their words and works , and musicians play a variety of music to delight and entertain . TheArts @ 311 is a musicians / artists
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collective . It is a meeting place for artists and those who appreciate and want to support the arts locally . A warm comfortable and friendly place for friends , family and neighbors to join in the fun . It is a place to meet and make new friends that are having a good time at 311 South Church Street , Jonesboro . Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas have an incredible amount of talent . Music , fine arts , visual arts , and writing , that is shared in a friendly atmosphere . TheArts @ 311 hosts these local professional and semi - professional artists for performances and exhibitions . There is a stage with equipment for music performance and the space is perfect for exhibitions of visual and fine arts . The stage can be cleared for theater and dance performances . The goal is to promote the |
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The previous chapter was the last chapter of book 3 . I will take some time off before starting with the new book . Right now I 'm working on getting book 1 ready to be published as an e - book , and it will take me some time , but I will try to get back to regular posting as soon as possible . In the meanwhile I will try to publish a few bonus stories , mostly about what happened the night that Faakhir and Emily died . " I can 't understand how you can be so ok with all this , " William said . " Kaiserin betrayed us , she took things under her own hands and took the Dominion for herself . She broke her promises once , how can you be so sure she won 't do it again ? " " I 'm not so sure about that . You can 't keep closing your eyes to what 's in front of you . It 's just like before , Kai
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serin took a taste of power and she doesn 't want to share it with anyone , just like my sister . " William knew it was pointless to keep discussing with his mother , she trusted Kaiserin and nothing he could say would change her mind , but he wasn 't so sure that trust was placed in the right person . Kaiserin had promised them that they would be part of her effort to take the Dominion back , but she had moved without them , leaving them out of the loop . He couldn 't help but think she had done that to keep them out . After living with his sister 's betrayal and all the pain he had to endure after that , William had trouble trusting people . His power helped him know if a person was being truthful or not , all he had to do was ask a question and the person would be forced to tell him the |
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The driveway curled off the main road , ending in a tall wrought - iron gate with a speaker mounted on the stone pylon . The gate was currently open and the woman who had called said she should drive on up to the house . Ari let her car idle at the mouth of the drive , staring through the deceptively inviting façade to the house that lurked further along the path . Lots of green shrubbery , pretty flowers , absolutely nothing whatsoever to cause alarm . Just the fact it was a mansion , and Ari had been wary of mansions since the Gavin House . She 'd never trusted rich people but Katherine Gavin had turned that mild dislike into a distinct phobia . She looked down and saw that it was two minutes until the scheduled meeting . She took a breath to calm her nerves before she finally made the l
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eft turn and drove onto the property . She parked under the porte - cochere and stepped out , half - expecting a valet to trot up and take her keys . No one arrived , so she straightened her tie and walked up to the door . Ari had dressed for the part , at Dale 's insistence . A new shirt , a red tie that cost more than some of the outfits in her closet , and fitted slacks . Her hair was pulled back and braided , something Dale had done for her before she left the office , and she resisted the urge to check her breath before she rang the doorbell . Her shirt collar felt too firm around her neck and she reached up to adjust the knot of her tie . She nervously dropped her hand when the door opened . The woman who answered the door was a few inches taller than Ari , with strawberry blonde hai |
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Hey You all , A friend of mine named Dot has asked me to tell her about what I went through with my by - pass surgery almost four years ago , so here goes . She is going to be having the same surgery in a couple of weeks . Please pray for her to have easy surgery and a rapid recovery . My surgery was performed the day after Labor Day in 2004 . The doctor did 3 bypasses and put in a temporary pacemaker . Three days later I went back to surgery and they put in a permanent pacemaker . They did not allow me to feel any pain during that time , and gave me some kind of pain pills . Also some time in the day or the day following my surgery , according to my daughter , Teresa , who was by my side at the time , said that I just stuck out my arm and said , " Morphine , I want Morphine " . ha . ( I a
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m not any kind of drug addict , by the way ) One cannot be held responsible for what one says when he or she is " out of it " . ( BTW , I had my surgery the day after President Clinton had his surgery - only different hospitals , ha ha . He had just been on the South Beach Diet , too , as I had ) Within a few days following the surgery they had me on my feet and walking around some . Now the circumstances following my surgery were somewhat unusual . Four days following it , Hurricane Ivan hit the Florida Coast and I was there in the hospital at Pensacola . They had boarded up the windows on our side of the hospital in preparation for the hurricane , the hurricane hit on Wednesday night , I was talking to Allie back here in Tennessee and telling her how exciting it was . I got up to walk do |
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Hey You all , A friend of mine named Dot has asked me to tell her about what I went through with my by - pass surgery almost four years ago , so here goes . She is going to be having the same surgery in a couple of weeks . Please pray for her to have easy surgery and a rapid recovery . My surgery was performed the day after Labor Day in 2004 . The doctor did 3 bypasses and put in a temporary pacemaker . Three days later I went back to surgery and they put in a permanent pacemaker . They did not allow me to feel any pain during that time , and gave me some kind of pain pills . Also some time in the day or the day following my surgery , according to my daughter , Teresa , who was by my side at the time , said that I just stuck out my arm and said , " Morphine , I want Morphine " . ha . ( I a
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m not any kind of drug addict , by the way ) One cannot be held responsible for what one says when he or she is " out of it " . ( BTW , I had my surgery the day after President Clinton had his surgery - only different hospitals , ha ha . He had just been on the South Beach Diet , too , as I had ) Within a few days following the surgery they had me on my feet and walking around some . Now the circumstances following my surgery were somewhat unusual . Four days following it , Hurricane Ivan hit the Florida Coast and I was there in the hospital at Pensacola . They had boarded up the windows on our side of the hospital in preparation for the hurricane , the hurricane hit on Wednesday night , I was talking to Allie back here in Tennessee and telling her how exciting it was . I got up to walk do |
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I went into the house as quietly as I could , expecting that Avery would be resting on the little bed in the corner . He was not there . I saw Benjamin was sleeping soundly in his daybed . Where did Avery go ? I was still shaking from my encounter with this intruder . Avery 's brother ! How could that be ? It couldn 't be . I have been with his whole family many , many times and I have never heard anyone speak of a missing brother . You would think they would mention him from time to time if he wasn 't present . Wouldn 't Avery have told me about his older brother if he had one ? No , this guy is trying to trick me . I picked up the rifle to make sure it was ready if I needed to use it . All of a sudden I heard a sound , a creak on the cellar stair ! I jumped up and cocked the rifle , when
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the cellar door opened , I had my gun aimed on it . When the door opened , there was Avery ! With his arms full of winter squash , " Rachel ! What are you doing ? " Avery looked down at the rifle , " That is the rifle that we keep in the barn . Why is it in the house ? Is there something you aren 't telling me ? " He set the vegetables down on the counter and looked at me , " Come on Rachel , tell me what 's going on . I am not an invalid here . " From the look on his face I knew I had to tell him about this bum . " Avery , I did not want to worry you . Please sit down and I will tell you what is wrong . " " When I went out to the barn this morning , Peanut led me to the wagon on the path where I had those men put it that brought you home . There was a bum sleeping in it . I went back to |
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An odd thing has happened a few times since my dad passed away . Before he went , I asked him to send me a sign that he was OK . The evening after he died , a pretty moth turned up flying around my living room . It was mid - November - not exactly moth season , and we had not had windows open for a couple of months . DH tried to shoo it out the door , but it did not want to be sent out . I had a weird feeling about it , so I told him to stop and let it be . It went and landed on a wall hanging my dad gave me . It stayed there a couple of days and left . Now today , my mom called me and said she had the same kind of moth at her house . The moth kept flying low over a rug that was my dad 's , then settled calmly on her arm and was sitting there for a long time . His birthday is this coming w
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eek . I have lived here for 10 years now and never seen moths in the house in winter time . It 's kind of a big one with brown and orangey markings on the wings . It 's so odd . We all think it 's him somehow sending us a sign . Though he and I in particular were not the type to believe in that sort of thing , but my mom and sister always have been . Has anyone else experienced anything at all where you felt your loved one was with you like that ? My mom passed away a year ago mid march , we knew her death was imminent but the night she died I had a dream that we were having coffee at the mall in the town I grew up in . We weren 't talking much . . . and she sorta suddenly stood up and told me it was time to go , then she walked away . A couple of hours later I got woken up by the call tha |
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Okay , guess what ? I went from 6 , 699 words last night to 4 , 886 . NOT BAD at all . Still need to get rid of a few more words though . * SIGH * I 'm glad what I 'm cutting out is making the story better though , more succinct . I put the original version in my binder already . I can 't wait to see how my baby looks completely edited . I 'm SO excited to see what it 's going to become . Oh crap . What if they want me to cut stuff out of my novel ? ! ( They being future publishers ) . I don 't think I 'm going to be able to do that alone . And I 'll be blasted if I 'm going to print out an original version of that . This novel has been everything to me . and I KNOW it 's likely to happen . So . I 'm just preparing myself . I 'll write it , and then let them decide . I 'll do what it takes
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to get my vampies on the shelves . It 's WEEK 2 of my Workshop . This week , we 're focusing on World Building . Oh Joy . LOL . No , really , this is the panel I missed at ConBust due to overbooking . But now I have it . So I 'll be taking it slowly , and trying to get it all ingrained into my head . LOL . I have a 500 - word assignment due by next Thursday . Won 't wait that long , since he has all these other assignments . Leave a comment » I got this idea from Holly Black . While I 'm not publish yet , these are things that I am hoping to get published in some shape or form ! Original work : Sent off my possible submission to a friend for reviewing . I 'm new to the Urban fantasy genre , as far as writing it full on , so I 'm hoping it wasn 't a really bad try . * nervous nelly here * |
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Although Annie 's Friday Smiles is not up and running again yet , since her house move , I do have a little smile for you . In fact it was a big smile for me . One of my dear blog - friends , Di , posted today an old card featuring Benjamin bunny , that she had made for her grand - daughter 's first birthday , along with a jumper she knitted for her with the same image . I thought ' I know that jumper ' . I knitted the very same one when my son Benjamin was one , and he just loved it , and wore it for ages . I rooted through some old photos and this was the best I could find in a hurry . He was just taking his first steps . Ben is twenty - - seven now , so Di , it is a very old pattern , but your blog post brought happy memories flooding back . Do visit Di 's blog which you can find here ,
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and see her jumper with its lovely matching card . Now for a little happy story that I should have included last week , but I didn 't have time . The Friday had been a bank holiday here , so there was no market in Turre , so on Saturday I decided to go to the big one in Vera instead . This is spread over a maze of small streets and I always lose my sense of direction when I go there . Because the streets are narrow and very busy , I did not take my wheely - shopper , but instead had a big supermarket ' bag for life ' . I did not intend to buy much , but as usual I got carried away by all the lovely fresh fruit and vegetables , and ended up with a much too heavy bag . Heading back to where I thought I had left the car , I felt the first handle of my bag start to tear . Soon it had broken s |
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Although Annie 's Friday Smiles is not up and running again yet , since her house move , I do have a little smile for you . In fact it was a big smile for me . One of my dear blog - friends , Di , posted today an old card featuring Benjamin bunny , that she had made for her grand - daughter 's first birthday , along with a jumper she knitted for her with the same image . I thought ' I know that jumper ' . I knitted the very same one when my son Benjamin was one , and he just loved it , and wore it for ages . I rooted through some old photos and this was the best I could find in a hurry . He was just taking his first steps . Ben is twenty - - seven now , so Di , it is a very old pattern , but your blog post brought happy memories flooding back . Do visit Di 's blog which you can find here ,
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and see her jumper with its lovely matching card . Now for a little happy story that I should have included last week , but I didn 't have time . The Friday had been a bank holiday here , so there was no market in Turre , so on Saturday I decided to go to the big one in Vera instead . This is spread over a maze of small streets and I always lose my sense of direction when I go there . Because the streets are narrow and very busy , I did not take my wheely - shopper , but instead had a big supermarket ' bag for life ' . I did not intend to buy much , but as usual I got carried away by all the lovely fresh fruit and vegetables , and ended up with a much too heavy bag . Heading back to where I thought I had left the car , I felt the first handle of my bag start to tear . Soon it had broken s |
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Although Annie 's Friday Smiles is not up and running again yet , since her house move , I do have a little smile for you . In fact it was a big smile for me . One of my dear blog - friends , Di , posted today an old card featuring Benjamin bunny , that she had made for her grand - daughter 's first birthday , along with a jumper she knitted for her with the same image . I thought ' I know that jumper ' . I knitted the very same one when my son Benjamin was one , and he just loved it , and wore it for ages . I rooted through some old photos and this was the best I could find in a hurry . He was just taking his first steps . Ben is twenty - - seven now , so Di , it is a very old pattern , but your blog post brought happy memories flooding back . Do visit Di 's blog which you can find here ,
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and see her jumper with its lovely matching card . Now for a little happy story that I should have included last week , but I didn 't have time . The Friday had been a bank holiday here , so there was no market in Turre , so on Saturday I decided to go to the big one in Vera instead . This is spread over a maze of small streets and I always lose my sense of direction when I go there . Because the streets are narrow and very busy , I did not take my wheely - shopper , but instead had a big supermarket ' bag for life ' . I did not intend to buy much , but as usual I got carried away by all the lovely fresh fruit and vegetables , and ended up with a much too heavy bag . Heading back to where I thought I had left the car , I felt the first handle of my bag start to tear . Soon it had broken s |
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December 31st , 2007 Wilson and I were planning on responding on calls today . When one came out , the Rescue was out of service , so we didn 't get to go anyway . The Rescue came back in service around five in the evening . So I didn 't get to play today . I worked on my table saw . I want to get a new blade for it . So I was going to have to get the old one off of it . I got some stuff to help loose the bolt because when I looked at it , it appeared to be pretty gunked up . I worked on the bolt for about twenty minutes before I was able to get it off . It turned out that Pullman Building Supply was closed . I wasn 't able to get a new blade anyway . I spent part of the day messing around on the computer . Some of the day was spent watching some TV shows . I feel like there are a lot of t
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hings I want to get done . I am at a point where I wanted to work on my big project involving the reserve website but the problem is I didn 't want to waste this day away just doing that . The new years eve parties only come once a year and I wanted to partake in at least one . Doug said he was working at The Zuu . So I decided to go there . Mark was there and we spent most of the time I was there talking . Peter showed up for a while . He blind sided me with a new years kiss on the cheek . I saw Catlin there . His girl is the one who I always buy my pop from down at the Tesoro . While at The Zuu I noticed the DJ . He was a ten - six - seven . I watched him for a while . Then I found out that Peter knew him , so I asked Peter what his name was . I also saw this other ten - six - seven . He |
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I 'm trying to figure out when my two year old son became a football fan , because I don 't know if I 'm ready for this . It 's Sunday , so I was trying to watch a little TV , but every 30 minutes , D asked if he could watch football . Because I 'm kind of sneaky , I would turn the channel to football and when he started playing with some of his toys , I would change the channel . Of course he would notice that the game was not on and he would ask to see it again . After about 6 times , I got sick of it and went into my office to catch up on some blog reading and do some research for my Social Media Addiction - Solution essay for English class . Now I enjoy using sites like Facebook , Twitter , even YouTube ; but I 'm always conscious of the amount of time that I spend online . I am a true
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believer in the adage , " Time flies when you 're having fun . " This means that I know I could easily spend 4 to 6 hours playing games , tweeting , and watching silly videos . Last week I turned in an essay about the of Social Media Addiction - Causes , which in my opinion is 50 % boredom , 25 % loneliness and 25 % avoidance . BoredomWe all get bored sometimes but there are a lot more things to do besides sitting in front of a computer all day , especially if you are not doing anything constructive . First of all , you could read a book . Maybe you could watch something on TV . Get out and go for drinks with friends . You could even learn to crochet a sweater for your dog . But spending 4 or 5 hours sending notes and posting comments on MySpace gets old after a couple of days . Yes , the |
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LG got her first pair of ice skates from Grandma and Grandpa Mickelson and we tried them out yesterday . At first she kept trying to walk on the ice with them , but we showed her how to glide and she was off like a pro . It amazes me how many things she can do well the first time she tries . I was a lot more causious and clumsy as a kid . It might have had something to do with my height . LG is just a little peanut and doesn 't have a height issue to compensate for . Anyway , we had to coax off the ice with hot cocoa and dinner and a promise to go back tomorrow . We had little girl overnight for the first time Friday . It was a success . When I picked her up at Foster mom 's house I didn 't know if it would be . She seemed a bit nervous . When we got into the car I asked her if she was . S
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he told me that ' yes ' she was nervous . We were able to talk about it and I was thankful for that . She has been having a few problems talking about her feelings with her foster mom and with her therapist , so I wondered how that would go with me . We had a good talk about it , and thankfully that 's all she needed . Once we got back to the house , we were met by her therapist and LG showed off her room and all the great things that she had in it . After she left we played paper dolls , crazy 8s and Old maid . Then Jerry came home and played with LG so that I could cook dinner . We ate and LG talked nonstop about all kinds of things . I must say that she 's a good eatter . The nieces and nephews are the opposite , so it 's nice to cook for a kiddo that will eat anything . After dinner sh |
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" Our flying time today to Newark will be four hours and twenty - two minutes . . . " The 738 was still on its climb - out from McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas . Trace listened as the plane 's first officer gave the obligatory announcements . It had been a year since he had seen Jackie at a conference in Orlando . In four and a half hours he would see her again , and her husband , Manny , who he had only met at their wedding . Trace remembered hiring Jackie . A few days before , my secretary had handed me a resume to look at . I had taken a quick glance at it and guessed from the lack of job experience that Jacqueline Smith had probably just graduated from college . I needed another person in the department but I wasn 't all that anxious to train someone . I was hoping to find
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someone with a little experience . I tucked the resume in my briefcase and quickly forgot it . I had been to visit a company in Princeton , a couple hours from the office . Returning in the late afternoon , I had decided to head home instead of returning to work . I consulted a map to determine the shortest route . One of the towns I had to go through rang some bells . Then I remembered the resume in my briefcase and that the applicant lived in that town . I was already stopped for gas , so I took a look at the resume . Jacqueline Smith seemed to have the right credentials , even if she lacked experience . I noticed her list of awards in gymnastics . Of course there was no picture and no physical description with her resume , but I still imagined that with her achievements in gymnastics , |
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Hi everyone ! ! ! The next four chapters are up , as Monica receives shocking news , Cheryl and Chris take their relationship further , and Riana and Shawn admit their feelings for each other . Seven As everyone was going on with their lives , no one noticed that the beginning of the semester was now at the middle , and midterms were approaching . Riana was in her room typing a term paper on her computer , when Cheryl walked in and headed towards their closet . " Where are you going ? Shouldn 't you be studying for midterms ? " " Yeah ; he couldn 't take it anymore with his roommate , so he called the RA and moved him to a private room . " " Cool , but how did he swing that ? We 're in the middle of the semester . " " I guess he has connections ; how this look ? " Cheryl asked . She pulled
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out a Carolina blue sleeveless dress . " Don 't you think it 's a little cold to wear that ? " " No . " " Whatever . " Riana said . She started to type away on her paper . " I 'll be back by 11 . " " Fine , " Riana said while looking at the computer screen . Cheryl goes over to her dresser . She started to talk while going through the drawers . " I know I 'm going to sound crazy , but I 'm concern about Monica . " Riana stopped typing and turned around to face Cheryl . " I know . " " She hasn 't been herself lately . In fact , she hasn 't insulted me in three days . " " She has been kind of passive lately . I was thinking it was because of midterms , but Mon 's not the type to worry about things . " " You think something is going on with her ? " " If there is , she could talk to us about |
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I was one of those crazy kind of days , where we didn 't think there were any appointments , however , he was out of one of his medications ( he had made an error in calculating how many he had - - he counted wrong ) , so he needed to go in and ask for a refill . Yep , not only was he out , he was also out of automatic refills , so it was a double reason to go in . Anyway , the need required us to go in and have to talk to a couple of different folks , and while we were there we visits a couple more . It made the stay at Balboa go a little longer , but we had to wait for the Rx to be filled anyway . It was also one of those crazy days because Jason received a notification about how the use of utilities could possibly go up , unless a waiver was processed . The form needed to get in this we
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ek , as time was running out and we 're going to be gone next week . Anyway , neither of us know 32nd Street ( That is what the Naval Base is called , where we went ) , so we ended up driving around a bit , and even getting lost only a couple of times . Once we arrived at the right office Jason was greeted in the lobby and one of their specialists came out to speak with him . One of the first things she said , after her introduction , " Oh , with this you 're exempt anyway . You don 't need to worry about this . " Obviously , the paperwork wasn 't very clear on that , and no one else made any attempts to let us know . On the other hand , we now know 32nd Street a lot better . ( didn 't know they have the cheapest gas ) The rest of the day was spent at the house , and Jason was feeling pret |
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I was one of those crazy kind of days , where we didn 't think there were any appointments , however , he was out of one of his medications ( he had made an error in calculating how many he had - - he counted wrong ) , so he needed to go in and ask for a refill . Yep , not only was he out , he was also out of automatic refills , so it was a double reason to go in . Anyway , the need required us to go in and have to talk to a couple of different folks , and while we were there we visits a couple more . It made the stay at Balboa go a little longer , but we had to wait for the Rx to be filled anyway . It was also one of those crazy days because Jason received a notification about how the use of utilities could possibly go up , unless a waiver was processed . The form needed to get in this we
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ek , as time was running out and we 're going to be gone next week . Anyway , neither of us know 32nd Street ( That is what the Naval Base is called , where we went ) , so we ended up driving around a bit , and even getting lost only a couple of times . Once we arrived at the right office Jason was greeted in the lobby and one of their specialists came out to speak with him . One of the first things she said , after her introduction , " Oh , with this you 're exempt anyway . You don 't need to worry about this . " Obviously , the paperwork wasn 't very clear on that , and no one else made any attempts to let us know . On the other hand , we now know 32nd Street a lot better . ( didn 't know they have the cheapest gas ) The rest of the day was spent at the house , and Jason was feeling pret |
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Since we 've started packing for the move , I 've been looking at what things to toss and what things to keep . I found a photo album last week or so and it happened to have a picture of the scum that I " dated " before my current boyfriend in it . The one who was married with two children and lied to me about it . I saw the picture and I got upset all over again , but something else needed my attention so I just closed the album without removing the picture . Now I can 't get the fucker out of my head . Don 't get me wrong . There is absolutely nothing wrong between me and my current boyfriend ; we haven 't been fighting and everything has been going really well . There is absolutely no reason that I shouldnt ' be thinking about my man instead of the garbage before . But the asshole keeps
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coming across my thoughts and it really makes me mad . I keep telling myself that my boyfriend is the best man for me and that I 'm really happy with him , so there 's no reason to think about anyone else . But I 'm thinking I never got closure from the ex . I never got to beat the shit out of him for putting me in that position . I never got to tell his wife that he was cheating on her and had done it before to warn her of who she was sharing her life with . He 's been in my dreams for the past three or four nights . So has my boyfriend , but the ex always appears first . It 's tearing me up because it 's starting to make me feel like I 'm hiding something from BF or that I 'm mentally cheating on him , even though I can 't control my dreams . Is it just a matter of forcing myself to thi |
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" Jowy ? Jowy , where are you ! Get back here immediately ! " Jowy could hear his mother yell , but he was sure she would never find him in his safe hiding place . Nobody had ever been in this place , except for him . When he found it , he didn 't dare to believe he had been this lucky . Hidden in the rocks of the hill that protected his house from the elements was a small cave , barely visible because of the large tree that was blocking the entrance and the stones that hid it . For years now , it had been his hiding place whenever he wasn 't able to bear it anymore . It was the place where he could pretend his current self didn 't exist , the place where he could dream of a life somewhere else . But for now , he knew he had to face reality once more . He had to return home , or the result
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s would be … He didn 't dare to think about it . So Jowy carefully pushed the branches aside , and checked the surroundings . No glimpse of his mother . He saw the lights of their little house burning in the distance , and quickly slipped out of the hole . He carefully covered his tracks and trotted towards the house . When he got closer , he could see his father talking to his older sister . " No apologies ! Now go to your room - no food for you tonight ! " Jowy knew he had to move , but his body simply didn 't let him . He felt paralyzed , unable to move or obey his mother 's command . " To your room . NOW ! " His mother 's yell woke him up . He had heard it before , and he knew worse would come if he didn 't act quickly . He acted swiftly , but not fast enough to avoid another hit from |
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My sister and I have 3 horses that we trail ride - - a Morab , a Morgan and a Morgan mix . This blog is all about them . By the way , check out my two books " Trail Training for the Horse and Rider " and " Trail Horse Adventures and Advice . I also have the most adorable , loveable cat named Thunder . I call him a mini Maine Coon . He is the light of my life when things go wrong . He will always listen to me and try to comfort and cheer me up . He does a pretty good job of it , too . I was riding Cole in the arena the other night , and a really nice boarder at our barn brought her horse in to lounge . She has a sweet Paint mare , that I have never seen truly misbehave , but her owner is afraid to ride her . She needs to lounge her a lot before she will ride her , and with her busy work sch
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edule , she usually doesn 't have the time to both lounge and ride . As we all know , fear isn 't logical , and it certainly isn 't in this case . I thought that demonstration of the usefulness of clicker training might help her . I told her that she would be less worried if she knew that , whatever she was doing , all she had to do was say " whoa , " and her mare would stop . I trotted down the wall , said " whoa , " and Cole instantly stopped . I clicked and treated him . I also explained that I don 't need to treat him every single time at this point . I just click him now and then to keep him sharp . I then told her how he will stand until I tell him to move off - explaining how convenient this is if you are on trail and a dozen motorcycles come flying down the road . Instead of worryi |
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My dad is my hero . He 's cheerful , kind , and makes me smile when the job is done . He 's always going to be my hero . My father 's name is Shane . It was summer time when it happened . The river was up north where our cabin was . We go up north every year . My mom and my brother were at the shore when this happened . I was swimming and the current took me away . My dad was fishing when this happened . I was crying and my dad heard me , so he swam even faster and got me out . When he was going to get me out , his glasses fell in the water so I clung on to them . All that I could hear was gurgling sounds of water and my mom talking to my brother . My mom was saying , " Auron , its OK . Daddy will be right back with sissy . " Auron said , " Mommy I want sissy ! " Auron was crying like craz
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y because he wanted me . Dad 's line was gone but I was more important than that thing to him . I was scared and nervous . I thought I was going to be gone forever . Then I felt my dad pull me by my arms and shirt , and I thought for a moment , then I knew my dad was my hero . Then we went home to the cabin and we hugged . My dad is the most courageous and fearless person I know , to swim down the river to get me . He listens like a hawk , so that he doesn 't miss some noises that are difficult to hear . In fact , my dad is wonderful . I 'm grateful for my dad . He 's always going to be my dad , the hero ! My dad is protective . My dad saved me from going with the current , and that is why my dad is my hero . My brother protected me because he was helpful to cheer me up . He was my hero to |
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Posted on June 23 , 2017 Our daughter has been attending college in Maryville , Tennessee . She contacted us with the logistics for graduation . After speaking to several family members it was decided that we would look for a cabin to rent instead of all of us finding hotels . My son , who has been an Airbnb host for several years , suggested that we use Airbnb again ( we had used it once before with excellent results ) . The search was on to find the perfect spot for 14 of us to meet and stay for the May graduation . After several emails back and forth amongst the group we had narrowed it down to two places . The reviews were great for both , and the price was about $ 100 difference per couple between the two . We made sure that the cabin would accommodate the group , and that it would be
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handicapped accessible , which was confirmed by the host . After asking a few more questions of the host for " A Little Piece of Heaven " in Sevierville , Tennessee it was decided that we would take that one . On January 2nd , 2017 , we paid $ 1498 for the booking . It was rented for May 18th through the 23rd . All of us were excited and I exchanged a couple of emails with the host , " Jouandot Enterprises " , telling him that we were excited . Fast forward to the week of the trip . We were driving leaving Naples , Florida on May 17th heading to the cabin to meet up with family coming from Michigan and Pennsylvania . The host emailed me with the code for access to the cabin and wished us a safe trip . It would be a 15 - hour drive and we would stay in Pigeon Forge for the night . We could |
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Like babies , puppies need near - constant care . If you don 't pay attention for two seconds , you look back to find the puppy chewing up your son 's pants , chewing on the couch , or urinating on the floor . It happens . It doesn 't mean you 're a terrible owner or you have a bad dog , it just means you have a puppy . Toddlers are similar . Kevin can be playing nicely and suddenly , it gets quiet . When you are a mom , you know it isn 't the noise you have to worry about , it 's the silence . You run and check to find that your son has discovered a book and is delightedly ripping the pages out . ( This doesn 't really happen anymore , Kevin 's gotten past the point of destroying books . Now he just likes to read them . ) We are so blessed . I am so grateful for my family , including the
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canine part of it . They aren 't people , and they never will be treated the same as our son , but they do enrich our lives by being part of it . Yesterday , Kevin , Dakota , Arkhon , and I went with our next - door neighbor on a walk ( this is the neighbor who received Arkhon 's brother ) . We were walking her daughter to school , but seeing as we had two small puppies , we decided to leave at 10 : 30 . School started at 12 , and we didn 't want to be late . Even with the two pups , we made pretty good time and got there about 11 : 50 . We would take frequent breaks and make the puppies ride in the stroller after a while . We were trying to be very careful not to over - exercise them . It was really fun to see the differences between the two brothers . Arkhon is a little thinner and less |
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My stay at Apartment 18 B was brief , but I assure you it has put its mark on me for good . I was looking for an apartment after just moving out of my rented home due to a horrible smell coming from the basement . I am an artist , and I found that the smell that had gotten exponentially worse over time was making it hard for me to concentrate on my work . So I contacted one of the apartment complexes I lived near and turned in an application . I was soon called back to be shown an apartment , Apartment 18 B to be exact , and I fell in love almost immediately . Apartment 18 B was small , it contained only four rooms if you included the bathroom , but it was perfect for my needs . Plus , the rent would be cheaper than it was at my old place . However , odd things began happening on the very
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first night I was there . It was late , and I was engrossed in my work on the art easel . I was painting a piece that was inspired by the smell of the basement of my old place . A pile of four corpses , piled in the basement of the house they once lived in , that 's what I was painting when I began to hear voices . Whispering , commanding , and almost angry , the voices drew me over to the window . When I reached the window , I drew back the curtains revealing the glass . I could see nothing but darkness outside , as that side of the complex was poorly lit . In the reflection of the glass however , I saw a face , angry and twisted whispering terrifying words . I looked down to try to make sure that the window lock was secure , but I noticed it was broken , something the landlord must not k |
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Tagsblogging , original , stories , Wordpress , writing When I learned that Lainie had got the job at Jensen 's Hardware , part of me was happy and part of me was sad . I 'd really wanted that job . I left my house that day , and ran into Kate . Well , I didn 't run into to her literally , of course . I knew that she 'd be at Mayer 's after lunch . Her shift usually ran either eight o ' clock in the morning to four in the afternoon or noon to eight at night . She was there and she siddled up to me and winked . I winked back . We had a good friendship I thought . And she was one of the few kids in school who had never made fun of me . God knows , there were enough of them that did . " Sure , right away . " She walked towards the back and I watched her . I was half torn between my love for L
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ainie and a strong attraction to Kate . The girls were so different , I decided I was just weird to find them both attractive . It didn 't occur to me that maybe my thoughts were normal for a guy my age . I was used to finding fault with myself , mostly because of the dyslexia and the teasing I 'd got all through school . " Well , good for her ! Give her something for herself , instead of looking after her old man all the time . " As she spoke , Kate lowered her voice and tossed her head towards the back of the restaurant . I saw why as soon as I checked out the room . Lainie 's dad was at a booth with three of his cronies . Mrs . Mayer smiled at me . She said , " I 'm glad to hear that . Her and I have had some bad luck at that game . Too bad I missed that . I was working that night . " S |
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To what ? JAZZERCISE ! ! That 's right . I am addicted to it . I love it and kind of can 't live without it . A good friend of mine and former Visiting Teacher teaches the class . She is working on becoming a certified instructor of the " Jazz " ( say that in a French accent , it 's more fun ) . She has been kind enough to teach us at the church for free until she has a place to teach . It is a killer workout ( I sound so sporty , don 't I ? ) and you sweat a ton ! It 's works pretty much every muscle I have , even ones I didn 't know I had . We don 't Jazzercise to any 80s songs ( yet , I will have to discuss doing " Physical " by Olivia Newton John with Allison soon ) , it 's mostly today 's " hottest hits , " and it is so much fun . I have gone when I have been tired and cold . I have g
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one with a stomach bug and other illnesses . I can 't seem to keep myself from doing it . I go every time Allison has it . It makes me happy and I have lost 9lbs . just by doing it . I stand up straighter with good posture and I have gained so much muscle . The best part about all of this is that BFF Janelle is just as obsessed as I am ! ! She is really good at it too . I have no coordination , so I have had to work very hard to get the routines down . But Janelle just picks it up so naturally , I 'm kind of jealous . I have decided that once Allison is certified and has a place to teach that I will continue to take classes . I don 't know if I could function without it , haha . Maybe , just maybe , if I get really good , one day I will teach . It actually sounds like an achievable goal . |
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My sister and I have 3 horses that we trail ride - - a Morab , a Morgan and a Morgan mix . This blog is all about them . By the way , check out my two books " Trail Training for the Horse and Rider " and " Trail Horse Adventures and Advice . I also have the most adorable , loveable cat named Thunder . I call him a mini Maine Coon . He is the light of my life when things go wrong . He will always listen to me and try to comfort and cheer me up . He does a pretty good job of it , too . Remember the horse that was given to me about 2 years ago ? He was a drop - dead gorgeous palomino Morgan that was green broke . After reviewing ground work with him , I tried to ride him and on the fifth ride , he went into a violent fit of bucking . Of course , I flew off . I tried it again - - the same thin
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g happened . I hired a trainer - - and it happened to her , too . I ended up giving him to Windy Hills Farm . They train and sell horses . I was completely upfront with the situation . He was more than I could handle . If I could have stayed in the saddle , I could have worked it out , but I didn 't have the skills of a bronc rider . All I could see was me getting seriously hurt . Windy Hill told me they would keep in touch , but I knew they wouldn 't . I was right . I could have contacted them to see how he was doing , but honestly , I was afraid I would hear bad news . I would rather not know than to know that he didn 't work out . From time to time , we would see him in the background of their sales videos . One time , they posted a picture on Facebook that showed a young lady sitting o |
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Today was Leap Day , an extra day in the year , and I did nothing . Well , next to nothing , because we are all sick with bad colds and sore throats . So we didn 't do more than Bible for school and whatever the kids did on the computer . I 'll check tomorrow to see if they did anything , when I hope to feel better . I didn 't sew , knit , or crochet . I didn 't clean , other than to clear off the table for supper and help Mr . I sop up the juice he spilled twice . Yes , he spilled juice twice in one day . The kids are more accident prone when Mommy is sick , and even more so when they aren 't feeling well . It kind of throws them for a loop to see me horizontal . I did cook supper , an enchilada casserole , for the crew and loaded the dishwasher once , but I didn 't do laundry . I helped
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Ms . D walk the neighbor dogs part of the way , but I went straight to the sofa and watched a movie right after I came in . I didn 't use this extra day in the year for much of anything productive . And that 's OK . Because tomorrow will be a new day . And I hope the rest I had today will help me to heal . And if I 'm not better , I might just have another unproductive day . Well , except for laundry . We have a lot of towels that have juice on them . Our family is passing around a cold and last week the kids had strep , so we 've been avoiding contact with my grandson . We don 't want to spread the illness to him . But at the same time , we miss the little guy . This is where Skype comes in . We can 't snuggle and kiss his little cheek , but we can see him play , toddle around , and try o |
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Country Humor . The Good ? ? Ole Days . Just a collection of stories , thoughts and memories of growing up in oklahoma . Most of them will involve my best friend of the last 55 years , Stanley Johnson . I hope one day to have his versions on here also because I 'm sure our memories don 't always match . Cut the squirrels into quarters and add them , celery , onion , carrots , potatoes and bay leaves to a large pot along with two quarts of water , salt and pepper to taste ( I like a lot of pepper , you can add some sage if you like the taste , I do ) Bring to a simmer and keep it there until the squirrel and taters are fork tender . If you don 't mind the work you can dip the squirrel back out at this point and remove the meat from the bones . That 's more work than most folks I know want t
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o put into it so they just leave the meat on the bones . I 've noticed a new trend in chocolate candy lately . With Hersey 's kisses and a few others the candy companies are pumping air into the chocolate . I tried one of the new kisses and don 't like it as much as the old ones , course that 's just me . But the one thing I keep wondering about is how come the new stuff costs the same as the old stuff since there more air and less chocolate ! Seems like they have a really good advertising company that can convince people to pay for a bunch of air bubbles . Maybe I 'm wrong and the air really tastes good to most people . What do you think ? ? Blanch Polk in a pot of boiling water for about a minute . Melt the butter in a large frying pan and add the Morels , Bacon and Onions . Cook until t |
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Country Humor . The Good ? ? Ole Days . Just a collection of stories , thoughts and memories of growing up in oklahoma . Most of them will involve my best friend of the last 55 years , Stanley Johnson . I hope one day to have his versions on here also because I 'm sure our memories don 't always match . Cut the squirrels into quarters and add them , celery , onion , carrots , potatoes and bay leaves to a large pot along with two quarts of water , salt and pepper to taste ( I like a lot of pepper , you can add some sage if you like the taste , I do ) Bring to a simmer and keep it there until the squirrel and taters are fork tender . If you don 't mind the work you can dip the squirrel back out at this point and remove the meat from the bones . That 's more work than most folks I know want t
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o put into it so they just leave the meat on the bones . I 've noticed a new trend in chocolate candy lately . With Hersey 's kisses and a few others the candy companies are pumping air into the chocolate . I tried one of the new kisses and don 't like it as much as the old ones , course that 's just me . But the one thing I keep wondering about is how come the new stuff costs the same as the old stuff since there more air and less chocolate ! Seems like they have a really good advertising company that can convince people to pay for a bunch of air bubbles . Maybe I 'm wrong and the air really tastes good to most people . What do you think ? ? Blanch Polk in a pot of boiling water for about a minute . Melt the butter in a large frying pan and add the Morels , Bacon and Onions . Cook until t |
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Email Address : tbotsauthor @ yahoo . com * * DISCLAIMER : I own the rights to this story 100 % . This story contains strong sexual content between minors ( boy - boy ) , mature language , and some violence . If you are offended by this sort of material , please do NOT read any further . If you are underage ( < 18 ; < 21 in some areas ) , please do NOT read any further . All characters , main setting , and places or people mentioned within Baton Rouge , Louisiana ; Dallas , Texas ; Salina , Kansas ; are completely , 100 % fictional . If you find similarities between this story or any characters in this story in comparison to some place or someone in real life or other stories you may have read anywhere else , these circumstances are purely coincidental and do NOT reflect the intentions of
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the author of this story . * * Hey everyone . This story is something I 've been thinking about lately . I 'm going to do whatever I can to make sure this story is genuine and is written well . All comments and criticisms are more than welcome . You can just email me at this email address : tbotsauthor @ yahoo . com . If I don 't get back to you right away or at all for some reason , don 't be offended . I will make an effort to reply to as many emails as I can , but I would like to spend as much of my free time as possible actually writing the story . I appreciate all the emails I received for the first chapter . I certainly wasn 't expecting that . Anyway , this second chapter was a little slow honestly , but the main characters are now set up and the story is ready to really take flight |
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I remember now how lonely I was when I met Cross . I never let anyone know about it , because being alone back then didn 't make me quite so unhappy . Besides , I was just a kid . I thought it was my own fault . It looked like I had friends . In 1962 , I was on the swim team and got elected Assistant Patrol Leader of the Wolf Patrol in Boy Scout Troop 7 . When sides got chosen for kickball at recess , I was usually the fourth or fifth pick . I wasn 't the best student in the sixth grade of John Jay Elementary School - that was Betty Garolli . But I was smart and the other kids made me feel bad about it . So I stopped raising my hand when I knew the answer and I watched my vocabulary . I remember I said albeit once in class and they teased me for weeks . Packs of girls would come up to me o
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n the playground . " Oh Ray , " they 'd call and when I turned around they 'd scream , " All beat it ! " and run away , choking with laughter . It wasn 't that I wanted to be popular or anything . All I really wanted was a friend , one friend , a friend I didn 't have to hide anything from . Then came Cross , and that was the end of that . One of the problems was that we lived so far away from everything . Back then , Westchester County wasn 't so suburban . Our house was deep in the woods in tiny Willoughby , New York , at the dead end of Cobb 's Hill Road . In the winter , we could see Long Island Sound , a silver needle on the horizon pointing toward the city . But school was a half hour drive away and the nearest kid lived in Ward 's Hollow , three miles down the road , and he was a du |
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No visitor 's are allowed in the dressing rooms , but , I wanted to get a photo of Susanna and Maddie in their costume 's . I peeked in and a chorus of , " GRAMMA JUDY - - COME IN " rang out . A dozen girls waving me in . I don 't even know most of them , but because , I AM GRAMMA JUDY , I went right in . ( I later asked Maddie how all those girls know me and she said , " Because you come to all our ballet performances , and you comment on Face Book . . . and they all know , Gramma Judy . " Susanna has been accepted HERE . She is a wonderful , very talented dancer . I 've watched her dance since she was seven - - she and Maddie were little mice in their first Nutcracker Ballet . Baccalaureate was at 2 : 00 at a large church across from the school . A Nazarene Church . Now , when I was youn
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ger , the Nazarene Church was a scary place to me . No make - up allowed . No jewelry . Times have changed . People attending in their pedal pushers and blue jeans - - WHICH - - personally I think is not appropriate ! ! ! I wanted to wear a dress . Had my panty hose and slip on and the dress , which is quite big on me now . Then , I pulled my two pair of white dress shoes out of the closet . I haven 't worn either pair in 12 years and , they are about a size too small now and they hurt like heck . So - - I pulled on my new pair of white dress pants and a top my sister gave me 12 years ago - - which is also large on me , but . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I even put on some colored moisturizer and MASCARA ! ! ! Which was a real big mistake when they sang , the song above , " Oceans " , " Ama |
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No visitor 's are allowed in the dressing rooms , but , I wanted to get a photo of Susanna and Maddie in their costume 's . I peeked in and a chorus of , " GRAMMA JUDY - - COME IN " rang out . A dozen girls waving me in . I don 't even know most of them , but because , I AM GRAMMA JUDY , I went right in . ( I later asked Maddie how all those girls know me and she said , " Because you come to all our ballet performances , and you comment on Face Book . . . and they all know , Gramma Judy . " Susanna has been accepted HERE . She is a wonderful , very talented dancer . I 've watched her dance since she was seven - - she and Maddie were little mice in their first Nutcracker Ballet . Baccalaureate was at 2 : 00 at a large church across from the school . A Nazarene Church . Now , when I was youn
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ger , the Nazarene Church was a scary place to me . No make - up allowed . No jewelry . Times have changed . People attending in their pedal pushers and blue jeans - - WHICH - - personally I think is not appropriate ! ! ! I wanted to wear a dress . Had my panty hose and slip on and the dress , which is quite big on me now . Then , I pulled my two pair of white dress shoes out of the closet . I haven 't worn either pair in 12 years and , they are about a size too small now and they hurt like heck . So - - I pulled on my new pair of white dress pants and a top my sister gave me 12 years ago - - which is also large on me , but . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I even put on some colored moisturizer and MASCARA ! ! ! Which was a real big mistake when they sang , the song above , " Oceans " , " Ama |
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As I type this I can hardly read the words on the screen . I have a migraine coming on , and for me that means I can not see well for a while before the headache kicks in . It is very frustrating because I need to work on my homework today , and if I can 't do that , or anything else useful , I 'd like to read , but I can 't because I can 't see . I haven 't had a migraine in a couple of months , and they always seem to hit at the worst possible time . Maybe it 's never a good time for a migraine . But here I am with three boys to chase , and no rest in sight . I hope we have a better day as far as behavior goes than we did yesterday . This has been a difficult week . I guess I better call it quits as I can barely see anything now . Oh boy . This could be a long day . Good thing it 's Frid
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ay . Not so good that my homework is due tomorrow . Oh well . I am almost done . It just means I may have to finish it tomorrow instead of today . I have to go . It is cold and foggy this morning and I am tempted to turn on the heat in this house . I won 't , though . It 's just a matter of principle . Once it has been warm for a month or more I can 't justify turning on the heat , even though it is below zero outside and only 18 . 8 degrees C in my house . The sun is supposed to come out later , and when it does it will warm up the house . For now , it is chilly in here . Cody and Jamie are in the basement and Micah is crawling around in the living room under my watchful eye . The baby gate to the stairs is open , so I have to be extra careful that he does not breech the barricade and esc |
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I was awake early on Thursday , October 29 . I had to catch a 6 : 00 AM flight - it is better to get through Atlanta early , before the traffic backs up on the taxiways - for departure . My plane showed up and we made it into Atlanta without circling . I made my connection . I was able to board Zone 1 , because I have a Delta credit card . The two men in front of me wanted to sit together so I asked the guy where his seat was - he had the same seat one aisle back , so I gave him mine . They chatted with each other the entire flight , so it was the thing to do . I had a nice fellow travelling home to Mexico , as my new seat mate . About half way through the flight , someone behind us had a low blood sugar crisis . They called for a doctor and six people got up . They worked on her and got a
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n IV going . We thought we might have to divert to Denver , but nothing was said . The plane then speeded up another 50 miles an hour . So we actually got into Los Angeles half an hour early . They told we had to wait until the paramedics took the lady off . I 'm sure she was embarrassed , but we were glad she was okay and that we were able to land in Los Angeles as scheduled . I had to wait for C . J . , my roommate , so when I finally left the plane and found her gate was over by mine , I waited there for her . My phone rings . My limo service wants to pick me up . I tell the guy he 's too early , it 's only 11 : 30 AM and I ordered my car for 1 : 30 PM . No , he says I have to go now , my plane has landed . I said maybe so , but I had a friend in a wheelchair and there was no way I am l |
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I own none of the fandoms for which I am making fics of . They belong to those who created and published them . I am just playing with them . Title : The Defiant Ones Author : rivermoon1970 Fandom : Criminal Minds Artist : blythechild , the art above is an original work and is owned and copyrighted to blythechild . Do not download or share said work . For the rest of the art for this story please click on the name and it will re - direct you to the page . Daniel woke up in a cold sweat . He rolled over in his bed and stood up . For a month , he had rarely slept through the night . He moved to the door to the balcony and opened up it up . He was staying in Atlantis for the month . Seeing if he could stay there after two years on the mainland . Jack had been to see him once since he had come
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to Atlantis for the visit . " You are all that I have . Ronon tries but he can 't replace Jack . Jack is getting worse and there is no cure as of yet . The Asgard won 't answer us . Earth is lost : they can 't figure it out . They can 't track down the part of the NID that gave it to Jack . " " Daniel , it must happen when it happens . I cannot tell you what to expect . The journey is all that happens on the way , not what happens when you get there . " " You know I 'll always be here for you . You tried to push me away before . I am a stubborn woman . I do not leave that easy . " " Daniel , a message came through the ' gate . It 's from the NID . They will give General O ' Neill the antidote if he gives you to them , " Elizabeth said as she entered Daniel 's lab . Daniel wasn 't in there |
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I really don 't remember a whole lot about my Mom 's parents , Leo Joseph McQuiad and Mabel Sawyer McQuaid . Mother and Daddy to Mom ; Mamie and Poppy to their grandchildren . What I do remember are two loving and lovely people , who loved each other , their " girls " and their grandkids . I remember Poppy 's Irish accent and that he manned a tugboat on the Erie Canal . One time he took us for a ride on that tugboat - - - I 'm not sure now who went on that ride - - - and the motor caught on fire . I remember flames and thick smoke , but mostly I remember Poppy being calm and cool , making jokes so we wouldn 't be afraid , while he got the boat , and us , safely to shore . Another time , when I was really little , I had an ear infection and Mom put the medicine in orange juice . It tasted G
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od - awful ! Poppy got me to drink it and then held me on his lap , all wrapped up in a blanket , and rocked and cuddled me till I fell asleep . I can still hear him humming . While at Aunt Ellen 's once , we kids played this really stupid game where one of us would lay down in the sandbox and another of us would jump over that person from a step ladder . Well , on my turn to lay down , and Lindy 's turn to jump - - - - yup , you guessed it . She jumped right on me and knocked the wind out of me ! She was so scared that she had killed me that she ran away , into the cornfield next to the house . Poppy again held me on his lap on a lawn chair until I calmed down . Lindy eventuallly realized I was ok and came out of the corn field - - - - this was probably a matter of minutes all together bu |
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Introduction : A coming - of - age story . NO UNDERAGE SEX ! The heat waves shimmered in the distance , inexorably rising off the sand in an unmerciful display of mother nature 's authority . ________ was nowhere to be found . Off to the left , _________ could be heard , the ___________ signaling the __________ of another ________ . That was what we were given as the " Challenge " for CAW # 12 on out Sex Stories forum . I started this story immediately , but then hit on another idea to use for my actual entry . This is my " non - entry " story - a coming - of - age tale about two nice kids . " The heat waves shimmered in the distance , inexorably rising off the sand in an unmerciful display of mother nature 's authority . Good cover was nowhere to be found . Off to the left , enemy snipers
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could be heard , the gunfire signaling the start of another day in Hell . " Joey wrote me that letter after his unit fought its way back to base camp . He wrote as often as he could . Sometimes , I 'd find a stack of his letters in the mailbox when I got home from work , and then , I wouldn 't hear from him for while . Whenever his family got any news , they would call me or visit to share the letter . I did the same for them . I always let my folks and Joey 's read what we wrote , including the parts where Joey and I talked about getting married when he got home . Joey and I always liked each other . We were too young to think of each other as boyfriend and girlfriend at first . His family moved into a new house down the block the summer after third grade . I was a tomboy . I loved to ri |
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I was seeing a lady who was significantly older than me . She was tall , attractive , graceful , very outgoing , both intelligent and educated , and - certainly just as important as any of those to this young man - well endowed ( read that as " having an awe - inspiring bust " ) . She also had a husband and children ; I hadn 't yet learned my lesson about married women . We met at a club I had recently joined , got to know each other , and it wasn 't long before we were sharing a bed . And I won her loyalty completely by accident , the first time we slept together . After our first time , we were laying in the hotel bed doing the small - talk thing when I mentioned that I had trouble believing that she had actually given birth to three children , because her , uh , anatomy had done a remar
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kable job of recovering from that trauma . To be blunt , she had been really , really good ; far better than I had expected , and once was not going to be enough . She gave me a please - fuck - me - right - now - dammit hug , and thanked me profusely for that compliment . What I said was true , but I had only been trying to be polite . I had thought that as an older woman she might appreciate being told that her pussy was still tight , but apparently she had read something much deeper into it . I found out what a couple of minutes later when she admitted that one of her children was adopted ( and , apparently , she thought that I had figured that out , simply by noticing how tight she was ! ) . Now , I already knew that she was sensitive about her appearance , because before she had gotten |
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Posted on April 25 , 2013 by Paul D Manning Many deep thinking and learned people , scientists , astrophysicists and cosmologists believe in a strange concept which is called " The infinite Universe Probability . " To try to explain this is a very hard thing to do , however I shall try to do that by way of simple illustrations that might just make it clearer , so here we go : Time and space is so unending and so vast that it 's probable that more than one Universe exists , in fact maybe countless trillions do . The chances are that many of them , given time , have replicated each other over and over again like 2 mirrors facing each other . In this way their reflection never ever stops , just as long as the 2 mirrors remain in proximity . Given that this logic may be true then it 's also pr
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obable and possible that we , as humans , have countless copies of ourselves out there in the other parallel Universes . Could it be that each one of us are not as unique as we might like to think we are ? Taking the theory a step further it is likely then that the same human occurrences have happened over and over again with regularity , at any given time , either in the present , past , or even the future . Conversely however , there is a strange paradox to this , it is this : Due to each individual having the freedom of choice within those many parallel Universes , then of course our doppelgänger or clone will probably be making different choices to the ones we MIGHT make here , or to the ones we HAVE made here , or WILL make , or ARE making . Therefore this will result in trillions of |
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It was Halloween , the year of 2012 , and little toddlers and elementary school kids paraded the sidewalk of Mystery Avenue in little princess , pirate , or witch costumes . Some of the older children dared to walk up the chipped brick steps of number thirteen only to squeak with fright and hurry back to their calling parents . This was because number thirteen was rumored to be unlucky , haunted . No one had lived in it in years . Now the house had boarded windows , an overgrown yard , and a For Sale sign that had been there for the last fifteen years . Many neighbors had seen perspective buyers come and go , screaming that they had heard voices in the house , or seen ghosts , that was why everyone who lived on mystery Avenue was surprised when the sign in front of the house read Sold . Th
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e Easton 's family rumbled into the driveway of their new home . The moving truck screeched to a stop right behind them . The crisp autumn air whipped their hair as Mr . and Mrs . Easton stepped out of the car and grabbed boxes of picture frames and kitchen supplies . They were both excited to have a home in the " big city " as they called it . But Charlie had other thoughts about their new home . No one had ever asked him what he thought about moving , nobody asked him what he wanted to do . But , like his parents had told him whenever he complained , he had to make the best of it , so Charlie put a forced smile on his face and hurried to the door of number thirteen Mystery Avenue , his new home . Charlie sat down on the front steps . What day was it again ? Charlie wondered vaguely . The |
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Disclaimer : - I don 't own these characters ( I wish ! ) , they belong to Stephen J Cannell . I just write about them for my own pleasure and no profit . However , Dannii and Debbie do belong to me . Summary : - Face and Hannibal get very close to their clients when the team go to help the residents of a small community being hounded from their homes by a ruthless entrepreneur . Some sex and minor violence , minor character death . Dannii didn 't know how long she 'd been standing in this alleyway but it had been a long time . So much for contacting The A - Team . All she 'd contacted was the flu virus . She 'd been running around in circles trying to contact this combat team for the last few weeks . She 'd been to meetings that no one had turned up to , she 'd been to endless fairgrounds
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and parks and been handed little notes that led her to another dead end . The last one told her to come here at two - o clock in the morning so here she was . Waiting . On her own . There hadn 't been sight or sound of anybody since that drunk who wandered past her about an hour ago . " Dangerous placsh thish alley for a pretty girl like you , " said the drunk . Dannii shifted uncomfortably in the doorway of The Kozy Kat Club . There was no one else around . " I don 't mind if you stay here all night , " said the drunk , smiling . For a drunk , he had the nicest smile and the most sparkling blue eyes she 'd ever seen . " It gives me a pretty face to look at instead of the bottom of a bottle . " There was something about the drunk that made her feel safe . " Sounds funny , I know , " she t |
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Hello everyone ! I am indeed still among the living . I just have a crazy schedule that does not allow much time for writing these days , but I feel like I need to . At least I have to tell the story of Georgia in the Jungle Book play at school . I wrote about Sonya and Lana 's experiences , so it would be unfair of me to not talk about little GG . Plus then , when she gets older , I 'll never hear the end of it about how she , as the youngest child , always got the shit end of the stick . Less writing in the baby book , less pictures of her , blah , blah . It 's a song my little sister Megan likes to sing sometimes . Well , I 'm here to make sure that doesn 't happen to G ! At least in talking about her part in the 2nd grade play . For those of you who have been with me a while , you migh
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t remember reading about Sonya 's experience with this and then Lana , who ended up with the same part Sonya had when she was in 2nd grade . This is one of the things I love about my girls all growing up in the same place . I moved around so much when I was a kid and my sisters never had the chance to have the favorite teacher I did or get the same part in the play . We didn 't have similar experiences to compare . Which is fine , I swear I 'm not harboring a grudge - well maybe a tiny one - however I like that my girls can share and compare their similar childhood experiences . Now unlike Sonya , who was petrified to get on stage , Georgia is my ham . She is the one who longs to be in the spotlight and have everyone looking at her - as long as they are supposed to be looking at her . When |
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Hello everyone ! I am indeed still among the living . I just have a crazy schedule that does not allow much time for writing these days , but I feel like I need to . At least I have to tell the story of Georgia in the Jungle Book play at school . I wrote about Sonya and Lana 's experiences , so it would be unfair of me to not talk about little GG . Plus then , when she gets older , I 'll never hear the end of it about how she , as the youngest child , always got the shit end of the stick . Less writing in the baby book , less pictures of her , blah , blah . It 's a song my little sister Megan likes to sing sometimes . Well , I 'm here to make sure that doesn 't happen to G ! At least in talking about her part in the 2nd grade play . For those of you who have been with me a while , you migh
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t remember reading about Sonya 's experience with this and then Lana , who ended up with the same part Sonya had when she was in 2nd grade . This is one of the things I love about my girls all growing up in the same place . I moved around so much when I was a kid and my sisters never had the chance to have the favorite teacher I did or get the same part in the play . We didn 't have similar experiences to compare . Which is fine , I swear I 'm not harboring a grudge - well maybe a tiny one - however I like that my girls can share and compare their similar childhood experiences . Now unlike Sonya , who was petrified to get on stage , Georgia is my ham . She is the one who longs to be in the spotlight and have everyone looking at her - as long as they are supposed to be looking at her . When |
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Hello everyone ! I am indeed still among the living . I just have a crazy schedule that does not allow much time for writing these days , but I feel like I need to . At least I have to tell the story of Georgia in the Jungle Book play at school . I wrote about Sonya and Lana 's experiences , so it would be unfair of me to not talk about little GG . Plus then , when she gets older , I 'll never hear the end of it about how she , as the youngest child , always got the shit end of the stick . Less writing in the baby book , less pictures of her , blah , blah . It 's a song my little sister Megan likes to sing sometimes . Well , I 'm here to make sure that doesn 't happen to G ! At least in talking about her part in the 2nd grade play . For those of you who have been with me a while , you migh
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t remember reading about Sonya 's experience with this and then Lana , who ended up with the same part Sonya had when she was in 2nd grade . This is one of the things I love about my girls all growing up in the same place . I moved around so much when I was a kid and my sisters never had the chance to have the favorite teacher I did or get the same part in the play . We didn 't have similar experiences to compare . Which is fine , I swear I 'm not harboring a grudge - well maybe a tiny one - however I like that my girls can share and compare their similar childhood experiences . Now unlike Sonya , who was petrified to get on stage , Georgia is my ham . She is the one who longs to be in the spotlight and have everyone looking at her - as long as they are supposed to be looking at her . When |
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I got on an elevator in a skyscraper . A man in a suit stepped onto the elevator with me . I pushed the button for the tenth floor . I turned and saw that the man in the suit was using a breast pump . I could not see the part that attached to him , just the tubing and the bottles that collect the milk . In the ten seconds that it took us to reach the tenth floor , he filled both 5 oz bottles . WOW ! I thought admiringly . He is really productive ! The man was Barack Obama . I was in my dining room with Barack and he was writing his date of birth on a piece of paper . I noticed that the year was 1974 and I was shocked - - he had been lying about his age ! I didn 't confront him about it , but rather got up and left the house . I was on a bus coming home from University and Barack came and s
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at beside me . I don 't know how I knew it was him , because I don 't follow the election at all . He was wearing a dirty suit and smelled bad . I was reading and he asked me what I was reading . I showed him the book : The Lord of the Rings . I 've never seen that movie ! he exclaimed . Then he gave me his business card from his wallet . It was really cheap , like something printed off a school computer , and Senator was misspelled . He got up to get nachos from the bus concession and I put my backpack on his chair so he wouldn 't sit by me again . I 'm at a Harvard Law School alumni event and manage to get up the nerve to sit next to Barack . I extend my hand and say Good afternoon , Senator . I introduce myself and say , Class of 2006 . He says , Barack Obama , class of 1991 . For a mom |
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I own none of the fandoms for which I am making fics of . They belong to those who created and published them . I am just playing with them . Title : The Defiant Ones Author : rivermoon1970 Fandom : Criminal Minds Artist : blythechild , the art above is an original work and is owned and copyrighted to blythechild . Do not download or share said work . For the rest of the art for this story please click on the name and it will re - direct you to the page . Albus Dumbledore arrived at Privet Drive to find the fire trucks already there . Arabella Figg had alerted him to the fire at Number Four and Albus had arrived in seconds . Albus knew that his clothing was strange , but still he went to the neighbours who were standing outside watching . " I saw the flames and called it . They were all ho
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me , and the fire was too hot to go in . The police said that all are dead , " one lady said . Albus nodded and walked away . That was the end of Harry Potter . He heard the lady continue to talk and stopped . " … strange man was outside but the fire was really high then . I don 't know if he just saw the flames or was the one who started it . I told the police . " " He 's dead . We will have to notify the Ministry . The Aurors will launch their investigation . A neighbor saw a man outside . I am assuming that it is a Death Eater , who set the fire . " " I guess that the Dursley 's made it so hard for him to live , that he for a little of time did not consider it home . The Death Eater must have just come to do him some harm . I will look into the matter . We both must get back , Minerva . |
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Authors Note : This story takes place right after the episode of Smallville called , Exodus . It was the last episode of the second season . For anyone who doesn 't know , Smallville is a TV show about Superman as a teenager living in a small town with his adoptive parents . I think Clark is supposed to be 16 or 17 . Written - May 29 , 2003 Disclaimer : I do not own any of these characters , and I am not making any money from these stories . Warning : Non consensual disciplinary spanking of a teen by a parent . In the season finale Clark starts hearing the voice of his biological father , Jor - El coming out of the space ship his family keeps hidden in the storm cellar . The voice tells him he will have to leave his parents and girlfriend , Lana , or he will end up hurting them . He tells
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his parents , and they tell him he can choose his own destiny , and that they believe in him . The next night he hears the voice again and it tells him he has to leave Smallville by noon the next day , or the voice will make him . Then it burns a symbol on Clark 's chest . Clark doesn 't tell his parents about this . The next day is Lex 's wedding where Clark is supposed to be the best man and have Lana as a date . He tells his parents to go ahead to the wedding without him . He says he will arrive with Lana . His dad asks if everything is okay , and if he has heard any more voices . Clark lies and says he is fine , and has heard nothing . His parents head to the wedding . Clark gets his friend Pete , and tells Pete he is going to ruin the space ship before noon , so that he can be free fr |
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Category : Homeschool My first Waldorf Sculpted Art Doll What a fun experience ! This little baby boy is a gift for my son . He 's my first attempt at a Waldorf inspired sculpted art doll . The face is made in a similar way to a more traditional Waldorf doll , but then the face is sculpted using thread and wool felting . Once the skin fabric was sewn on he really came to life ! Given how enjoyable it was to work on this face , I know there will be many more to come Once you get the hang of the pattern , they are very versatile . You could easily be adapt the pattern to make elves , gnomes , simple comfort dolls - anything . You can make them with cotton , wool or any yarn you 'd like . If you use a larger bulky yarn the dolls will be bigger , a thin yarn with small needles will give you a
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smaller doll . Author SeaPosted on September 16 , 2016June 7 , 2017Categories Art , Blog , DIY , Handwork , Homeschool , Winter ArtTags Angel , Art , Christmas , Crafts , Fairy , Kindergarten , Tutorial , woolLeave a comment on Wool Christmas Angel - Tutorial Aesop 's puppet show These are some lovely examples of how to turn fables into simple puppet shows . Leonard Gerwick also has a nice way of making the children laugh by playing with the animals as he tells the stories . Author SeaPosted on September 13 , 2016September 14 , 2016Categories Homeschool , Puppet ShowTags 1st grade , 3 year old , 4 year old , 4 - 5 year old , 5 year olds , 5 - 6 year old , Aesop Fable , fables , kids , videoLeave a comment on Aesop 's puppet show The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Grapes " That 's a cha |
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For Christmas a few years ago , my Gma and Gpa got me this book . It 's by Matthew Christian Harding , and is the first book of a trilogy called " The Peleg Chronicles . " Now , if you know your Bible , you would know that Peleg was a man who lived between Noah and Abraham , which gives you a hint on what its time era is . It 's a rather new genre , without a real label , but it 's category on Amazon is Christian Fantasy and Sci - fi . It doesn 't even really fit with the normal young - earth genre book . There 's no magic , and it takes place in the post - tower - of - babel era . There are dwarves , dragons , sea serpents , and pagan priests who want to make human sacrifices of some of the characters , and tons of adventure and excitement . Since it was written by a man , it 's not surpr
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ising that the cast is mostly male . Of the protagonists , there were only two girls , Suzie and Mercy . There also appear to be three more women in the other two books , Mercy 's aunt and cousin , and the Witch Elsa , who is one of the villeins . The one thing I wonder about this book is some of the names , like Mercy and Strongbow , sound rather English and I would have thought that people living in that era and that people group wouldn 't be speaking English , but something more like Hebrew , but that aside , I guess an author has a right to name his characters whatever he wishes . The character that I liked best was Thiery , one of the titular foundlings . The first thing I liked was his name . Don 't ask why , I just liked it . Thiery , Thiery , Thiery . . . It has a nice ring to it . |
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Fun - loving , crazy , suicidal ( in a fun , not - too - lethal way ) , adventurous and out - going . Love to read and write stories , read and draw comics , listen to music and singing , watch tv and sleep . An uber fan of yaoi , which icked many , including my bf , but celebrated by many onliners . YAOI RULEZ ~ ! ! ! The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve . He hadn 't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away . It was just another day to him . He didn 't hate Christmas , just couldn 't find a reason to celebrate . He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man stepped through . Instead of throwing the man out , Old George as he was known by his cus
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tomers , told the man to come and sit by the heater and warm up . " Thank you , but I don 't mean to intrude , " said the stranger . " I see you 're busy , I 'll just go . " " Not without something hot in your belly . " George said . He turned and opened a wide mouth Thermos and handed it to the stranger . " It ain 't much , but it 's hot and tasty . Stew . . . Made it myself . When you 're done , there 's coffee and it 's fresh . " Just at that moment he heard the " ding " of the driveway bell . " Excuse me , be right back , " George said . There in the driveway was an old ' 53 Chevy . Steam was rolling out of the front . . The driver was panicked . " Mister can you help me ! " said the driver , with a deep Spanish accent . " My wife is with child and my car is broken . " George opened th |
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I really hate my father , and I try not to think about him most of the time , but there have been moments when I 'm laughing and see my smile in the mirror , and when I smile I look exactly like him . And then my face will fall when I see the resemblance . And I 'll feel him underneath my skin , clawing and trying to get out , like a demon who 's possessed me , but he 's running in my blood and I can 't get him out . The only thing you can try to do is make peace with it . There can 't be peace between my dad and me , so the best I can do is try not to hate him . It hasn 't worked yet , and I don 't know if hating does more harm than good for me . But sometimes hating him sustains me , and sometimes it hurts . I fantasize all the time about punching him in the face , about him coming up to
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me one day when I 'm successful and I look him in the eye and tell him what a loathsome creature he is . We 're never big enough to house the crowd . The people who 've affected us , the good and the bad , live inside of us . Our love for them or our hate for them , both will keep them alive . They hurt us and they leave wounds , or they pierce us with love and they leave wounds , and either way we try and stitch the wounds up , but we let them in and the stitches pull apart . Jack , or Greg , or whoever it is , he lives inside of us , and haunts us . I look in the mirror and see his face , and I know that I 'm capable of the same evil he is , that I inherited his curse , his power , his intellect , his wickedness . I know that I can become the monster he is . When I was a baby , my fathe |
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From earliest times , people have speculated about what happens when they and their loved ones die . Their views vary from certainty about life after death to utter disbelief . Today , many continue to believe in the survival of consciousness after physical death with some claiming actual experiences of the departed and contact with them of some kind . In an era which we think of as the enlightened era of science , education and widespread secularism , many people report contact with dead . In a survey at the end of the 20th century , 31 % of people in the USA , reported they had felt that they had been in contact with some one who had died ( Greeley 1975 ) , and in Europe the number was 25 % ( Haraldsson and Houtkooper 1991 ) . Scientist , Erlendur Haraldsson , a native of Iceland , sough
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t an answer to his question , " Have you ever been aware of the presence of a deceased person ? " In the modern and educated society of Iceland , one of the Scandinavian countries ; he conducted an extensive survey . During the following years , detailed personal interviews were conducted with over 450 people who responded with a yes to questions about personal experiences of the deceased while in a waking state . These accounts form the basis for this book . The results are fascinating and make compelling reading . The Departed Among the Living is a profound challenge to the assumption that human consciousness is annihilated with the death of the brain and body . Dr . Erlendur Haraldsson 's meticulous , fascinating research will validate those who already believe in life after death , and |
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Today was the scariest chicken day ever . I let the chicks out this morning when I fed them - - kind of on purpose and kind of because three of them got out when I went in the pen anyway . I decided that they could stay outside on their own for a bit , and I went in to take a shower . As I was showering , I heard a sound like something had fallen . I few minutes later I heard it again . I figured that I had not latched the back door properly and the wind was blowing it against the house . After I 'd gotten dressed , I went to see what was up . Everything looked fine . Nothing had fallen inside and the door was latched , but Honey was on the back porch . The chicks never get that close to the house . I picked her up and walked back to the coop . I didn 't see any of the other chickens . Non
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e . Not a one . Usually they 're in a group , rooting around in the garden or in the roses . No chickens anywhere . I looked and looked . Nothing . Ten minutes later , after I 've looked over the fence into all my neighbors ' yards , I find Birdie and Bee hidden in some undergrowth behind the dirt pile . I put them in the pen , but cannot imagine where the little ones are . I look in the all the places I 've already looked . I go back towards the house where I think I hear something . I looked in the cast iron plants by the porch . Nothing . Finally , I go up on the porch and look behind some plywood leaning against the house : two chickens - - Myrtle and Ethel are hiding there . At this point , I 'm convinced that Rosemary has been carried away by a hawk . I don 't see any feathers , but |
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Some of you may have noticed the lovely new picture of the girls . It is , once again , courtesy of my friend BethAnnDoddKoehn . She takes awesome pictures . Here are a few more of the ones she took of the girls that day . If you live in or around the Southern California area ( mostly San Diego ) , please contact her to take awesome pictures of your family . You can check her out here on Facebook . Thanks BethAnnDoddKoehn ! ! ( The rest of you can just call her Beth . ) This past weekend , Andy and I were in a wedding about four hours north of Los Angeles . Well , I was a bridesmaid and he actually performed the wedding . He got ordained on line a few months back . My husband - a minister ! It 's kinda funny . Anyway , we decided a while ago that we weren 't going to take the girls with us
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. Instead we were going to have a fun weekend away , just the two of us . I asked my parents if they would fly out to take care of the girls and to say they were excited to do it , would be an understatement . My parents live in Florida , as do my in - laws . So , we don 't have anyone near by who we can rely on to come watch the girls for a weekend if need be . Sometimes it really sucks . A few years back my in - laws made a trip with us up north for a different wedding we attended . They took care of the girls in the hotel , while Andy and I went to the festivities . That time we couldn 't leave the girls alone , because Georgia was only 3 weeks old and nursing . This time , however , my girls are all fairly self sufficient and easier to care for . Leaving them for a weekend wouldn 't b |
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