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I am in my 30 's , married and have recently , finally , become a mama . I am a smug mama , because I have two wonderful , healthy , happy , and secure children and I feel that this comes from stellar parenting : ) . Join me as I post about my life and the joys of being the mama ! 2010 has been full of wonderful memories and full of loss . I gave birth to my first child in 2010 . I said good - bye to my Grandmother and cousin in 2010 . I think back on the past year with mixed emotions , so much good , so much wonder , so much love , but I have cried a lot in 2010 and worried and lost people I love . As I think forward to 2011 , I am full of hope . There is something amazing about New Years Eve , there is this feeling of promise , like anything is possible . Most years turn out about the sa
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me , good and bad , yet we tend to look at each new year as a new beginning ; something exciting ! I want to get healthy in 2011 . I went about 3 years without getting sick before I got pregnant , then it seems like I have been nothing but sick since . I want to boost my immune system , cut that nasty dairy out , and start exercising on a regular basis . That doesn 't seem to hard to follow does it ? I don 't want to start out tomorrow with a plan to workout 5 hours a day , 7 days a week or anything crazy , but I have to do something . When it was nicer out I was walking with the babies , but then it got really cold and I kept getting sick and no more walking . Smug - Sister got a Wii and since I will be there , I think that I should plan on playing something like dance off each day and wa
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It strikes me that I never posted the link to Kira , a student film I worked on last year . It certainly has its flaws , but I am very proud of the work done by everyone involve in the project . This was nearly a full time job for many people involved , and Kira went from initial concept to finished project in just nine months , during which time everyone who worked on it was a full - time student , and many were heavily involved in sports , clubs , and other such things as well . We had a ton of fun ( and learned a lot ) making it , and we hope very much that you enjoy watching it ! Towards the end of this past summer , I received the very happy news that a literary journal wanted to publish a short story of mine . Below is the link to the online version , with the print version of the bo
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ok soon to come ! Enjoy ! This is a short film that I made for the final project of my New Media class last semester . It 's based on the short story of the same title by Debbie Knubley which appeared in last fall 's issue of Kodon . The sound quality isn 't great , but it was pretty fun to make . " You sure this is what you want to do , Elsie ? " I asked . I wanted to look her in the face when I said it , but for some reason I couldn 't , so I just stared through the windshield at the large red lettering that spelled out " QUICK MART " on the building in front of me . " Yes . " I suppose I really didn 't expect her to say anything else , but I wasn 't above hoping that she 'd change her mind last minute . I pulled out of the gas station and back onto the freeway . The silence between us w
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Hye was waiting for her usual bus at the usual bus stop near her work place . It was late at night , almost 10pm . She was all alone . But , what she didn 't realize was that she wasn 't exactly all alone . There was someone who was watching her from afar , and another someone who was watching her from over the glass . Both of them wasn 't able to approach her . No , only one of them wasn 't able to approach her because he saw that she wasn 't alone . It wasn 't 3 minutes later that the bus came . It was very cold that night , but it didn 't bother Hye because her mind was somewhere else . She had been having late nights and her body condition wasn 't tip - top . She boarded the bus and because there wasn 't many people around , she was able to get a couple seat to herself . In such circum
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stances , the girl would usually sit near the window , but Hye chose to sit near the aisle . She put on her earphones and played her music . The lyrics of the first song on the playlist seemed to be singing out her story . She closed her eyes and unknowingly , tears flowed . There was someone who was watching her , beside her ; Hye of course wouldn 't have noticed . Hye was starting to weep a little , but there was no noise . The man seated next to her stretched out his hand to wipe off those tears rolling down the cheecks . The cold touch startled Hye . " I … " JaeJoong is lost for words . He didn 't know how to explain it to Hye . No matter how hard he tried to read her mind , he can 't . And , he was kept away from her with his mission . " And … You know . . Usually , at times like this
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" Remember , go straight to Grandma 's house , " her mother cautioned . " Don 't dawdle along the way and please don 't talk to strangers ! The woods are dangerous . " " Oh thank goodness dear ! Come in , come in ! I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest , " said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter . A few minutes later , Red Riding Hood knocked on the door . The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose . " Who is it ? " he called in a cackly voice . Every man would have given anything , including his life , to marry her . Indeed , their lives are just what they did give , for Fate had decided that no mortal would every marry the Snow Queen . But in spite of that , many brave souls did their best to approach her , hoping always
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to persuade her . Without the slightest emotion , the Queen would watch the scene , her heart of ice unable to feel anything at all . The legend of the crystal palace and the beautiful heartless Queen spread as far as the most distant alpine valley , the home of a fearless chamois hunter . Fascinated by the tale , he decided to set out and try his luck . Leaving his valley , he journeyed for days on end , climbing the snowclad mountain faces , scaling icebound peaks and defying the bitterly cold wind that swept through the alpine gullies . Summoning all his courage , the young man entered the Throne Room . But he was so struck by the Snow Queen 's beauty that he could not utter a word . Shy and timid , he did not dare speak . So he knelt in admiration before the Queen for hours on end , wi
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Leave a reply Tisha Porter didn 't think she was going to make it . Convinced she would die from her injuries , she left a blow by blow account of what happened to her and who was responsible . The why of it was still a mystery . Thanks to Detective Harlan James , Tisha was on the mend , but she was ready to get out of her father 's house and back into a house of her own . She was anxious to see that recently renovated old Victorian home and buy if she liked it . She wasn 't counting on the stress being too much for her still too weak body . Zachery Douglas was hosting the open house in the old Victorian . They 'd had more than two hundred people tour the house so far which was far more than he expected . And when Tisha walked through the door , he knew what she was to him , and he 'd do a
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nything he had to do to make her his . Spencer Graham had been trying to get a hold of Jason Crosby for weeks , but he didn 't seem to answer emails , mail or the telephone . She had an idea that would make them a great deal of money , but she needed him to invest in her project before it was too late . So , barging into his home at 4 a . m . was the only solution as far as she was concerned . She didn 't , however , expect him to answer the door naked and proposition her as soon as she walked in the door . Spencer did the only thing that came natural to her , she knocked him on his ass … . Jason Crosby was nearly two thousand years old , and in all his days as a vampire , he 'd never seen anyone quite like her , not that he thought that was a good thing . He didn 't . She was his mate , a
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I worked with a woman and her son . The son got into some serious trouble with the law . I could see that she was distressed so I spoke to her when I had a chance to some privacy with her . She told me that she was so ashamed . The first thing I told her was that she had nothing to be ashamed about . She had done nothing wrong . She had committed no crime . I also told her it was okay to still love her son . He may have done something wrong but he is still her son . A mother should love her children no matter what . And even though what he did ( and admitted to doing ) was wrong he is still a basically good person . I knew him and believed that . My son is a wonderful person and I am terribly proud of him . You need to remember that because it is important . If he did anything he should no
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t have done it does not change the fact that he is a generous caring person who loves his family . His family loves him . Period . When he found out that I was writing this blog my son became so excited . He , as well as his brothers and sister , have been after me for years to write these stories down and compile a family history . I send him copies of what I have written and he comments back . Then I got a bonus . He has been sending me stories . Some of them I knew at least parts of . Some are new . He told me I can share them here . I will write them in his voice . One day I was at my house with my girlfriend . It was the middle of the day when I got a phone call . It was my girlfriend 's ex - boyfriend . He said he was in front of my house and wanted to talk to me . I went out and he
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We are not opening Christmas gifts until New Years and we are gathered as a family . Before Christmas packages arrived for me . The packages looked like flowers . The first one was not flowers , but a box of chocolates . The second one was the above vase and flowers from Dr John . Both the chocolates and the flowers were from John . We had a different Christmas . We didn 't open gifts . We are going to wait until New Years Day , when the family will be here . We went to church to a nice service . I have had two other Christmas ' that were not traditional . When Dr . john was in the hospital 30 + years ago was the first . He was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Green Bay . John 's brother - in - law drove his mother and I down behind the ambulance . We stayed at John 's cousin home as
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that family went to Florida . John had surgery . A friend in Crystal Falls who was caring for my children drove down so that the kids could see their father on Christmas . That is when the snow storm came . Very bad driving . I got a parking ticket how the officer found the mark on my tire I do not know . Then as I was driving back to his cousin 's house I got lost because you could not see the signs . There were no gifts to give . John 's cousin left cookies . John 's mother kept saying Santa Claus flew right over . I can 't remember if his mother got a meal . I remember I went to the cafeteria but I didn 't find the food tasty . The second different Christmas was when Dr John was in the hospital for the last major illness . That time my children were grown . Peter and Pennie came up and
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Overtime wore on late that day , and by the time Douno left the office , it was past nine at night . An accident had happened along the route home , closing off an entire lane and bringing traffic to a standstill . Douno did not get to his apartment until past ten . The asphalt in the parking lot still carried a damp smell from the heat wave during the day . Exhausted , Douno climbed the stairs with a drooping head , and when he opened the door to his apartment , the first thing he saw was a familiar pair of shoes . Dirty white runners ― Kitagawa was here . " I 'm home , " Douno called as he entered the kitchen . Mariko was there preparing Douno 's portion of dinner . He peered into the living room beyond to see Kitagawa asleep , lying on his back on the sofa . Curled up like a cat on his
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chest was Honoka . " Honoka was practically jumping up and down when Mr . Kitagawa came over . She wouldn 't leave him for a moment . At around nine , I think , he tried to go home , but Honoka had a crying fit , and he 's been keeping her company since . I guess they must have tired themselves out . They 're both fast asleep . " It was now about two months since Kitagawa first came to Douno 's house for dinner . After his first visit , Kitagawa began to come over at least once or twice a week to eat dinner . At first , Kitagawa would telephone Douno , and would wait at the bottom floor of Douno 's apartment until Douno arrived home , at which point they would go up to his apartment together . Eventually , Kitagawa appeared to grow more comfortable with Douno 's family , for he began to co
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Hey there ! Thanks for dropping by Just Call us " The Hecks " ! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed to stay updated . See you around ! We have some " interesting " neighbors that have moved in that have made us more vigilant when it comes to making sure things are locked up when we leave , etc . I hate feeling like this in my own home . It didn 't used to be like this . Well we are very active in our church and attend meetings every Sunday . When you live in the type of neighborhood I live in , most people know when you are gone on Sundays and at what times and for how long . This is information that you really don 't want people knowing if they want to break into your house . Two weeks ago , we came home from church and I had just come out of the bathroom . I was singing The Wreck of
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the Edmund Fitzgerald , or at least trying to because I couldn 't past " Chippewa on down " because I couldn 't remember the words . So I was in my own little world trying to figure out what the next words were . I came around the end of my bed and turned to go out the door when something grabbed my ankle from underneath the bed . I really shouldn 't have to explain my reaction . It was like having a near death experience . I screamed for at least 2 minutes before I heard my daughter laughing . She is lucky she started laughing or the adrenaline might have jumped and I might have started kicking her in the face . I seriously had to sit down after this . Have you ever been scared so bad that your heart hurt ? My heart was pounding so hard it hurt . I sat there breathing hard and holding my
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There were , once upon a time , a king and queen of Denmark who had an only son , a handsome and clever lad . When he was eighteen , his father , the old king , fell very ill , and there was no hope that he would ever get well again . The queen and the prince were very unhappy , for they loved him dearly ; but though they did all they could , he only grew worse and worse , and , one day , when the summer had come and the birds were singing , he raised his head and , taking a long look out of the window , fell back dead . They travelled all day , only stopping now and then to rest , and already the queen began to be better and to take a little interest in the things she saw . Just as the evening was coming on they entered the forest . Here it was quite dark , for the trees grew so close tog
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ether that the sun could not shine through them , and very soon they lost the path , and wandered helplessly about wondering what they should do . ' Didn 't I tell you so ? ' cried the prince . ' Stay here a moment and I will go and see if I can get food and shelter for the night . ' And away he ran as fast as he could go , for by this time they were very hungry , as they had brought very little food with them and had eaten up every scrap ! When one takes a long journey on foot one does not like to have too much to carry . The prince entered the house and looked about him , going from one room to the other , but seeing nobody and finding nothing to eat . At last , as he was going sorrowfully away , he caught sight of a sword and shirt of mail hanging on the wall in an inner room , with a p
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I don 't know why I had to take the damn music box . It was pretty , sure , beautifully made . It wasn 't like I could have wound it up to hear the sound it made , because I was in the middle of robbing a house , so it definitely wasn 't the tune it played . It looked old , possibly valuable though how would I know ? But something … something possessed me to take it when I found it in the child 's room . I had a job , cleaning houses , and I was studying , but most of the money went for rent , utilities and university ( books , fees , etc ) . At the end of the month I was left with a dollar or two if I was lucky . So I lived from paycheck to paycheck , and though it wasn 't the best way to live , I was getting by . But I was tired . I was tired of always calculating in my head . I was tire
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d of browsing several shops for discounted groceries and food that tasted like cardboard , but I bought it because it was cheap and it didn 't kill me , so how bad could it be ? I was tired of skipping meals at times , because I had bought a monthly ticket for public transportation , since it was so cold that my hair froze when I was walking to uni . I was tired of having to do laundry in the middle of the night , because that 's when electricity and water were the cheapest . I was tired of turning my heater off and sleeping with five layers of clothing , because I had to pay the next semester 's fees . You get the gist , I was simply exhausted of always having to choose between things most people took for granted . So , when I was cleaning the Fischer 's house and happened to find an enve
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Having assumed her rightful place as the Trylle Queen , Wendy Everly must save everyone she loves - and the kingdom she 's fought so hard for - from her cruel Vittra rivals . Oren 's immortality renders him nearly impossible to defeat , and if he can 't have Wendy 's power for his own , he 's determined to destroy her and her friends … including Finn and Loki . As Wendy faces her toughest enemy yet , she 's also forced to make the ultimate choice - who to love for the rest of her life . Everything has been leading up to this moment , and now it 's all coming to a finish . Don 't miss the final chapter in the Trylle trilogy , an epic finale that will leave you breathless ! I had my back to the room as I stared out the window . It was a trick I 'd learned from my mother to make me seem more
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in control . Elora had given me lots of tips the past few months , but the ones about commanding a meeting were the most useful . " I 'm not . " I turned back , giving him a cool gaze , and he lowered his eyes and balled up his handkerchief in his hand . " But we can 't ignore the problems any longer . " I surveyed the meeting room , doing my best to seem as cold and imposing as Elora always had . I didn 't plan to be a cruel ruler , but they wouldn 't listen to weakness . If I wanted to make a change here , I had to be firm . My assistant Joss sat at the back of the room , furiously scribbling down notes as we talked . She was a small human girl who grew up in Förening as a mänsklig and worked as Elora 's secretary . Since I 'd been running the palace , I 'd inherited Joss as my own assis
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Having assumed her rightful place as the Trylle Queen , Wendy Everly must save everyone she loves - and the kingdom she 's fought so hard for - from her cruel Vittra rivals . Oren 's immortality renders him nearly impossible to defeat , and if he can 't have Wendy 's power for his own , he 's determined to destroy her and her friends … including Finn and Loki . As Wendy faces her toughest enemy yet , she 's also forced to make the ultimate choice - who to love for the rest of her life . Everything has been leading up to this moment , and now it 's all coming to a finish . Don 't miss the final chapter in the Trylle trilogy , an epic finale that will leave you breathless ! I had my back to the room as I stared out the window . It was a trick I 'd learned from my mother to make me seem more
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in control . Elora had given me lots of tips the past few months , but the ones about commanding a meeting were the most useful . " I 'm not . " I turned back , giving him a cool gaze , and he lowered his eyes and balled up his handkerchief in his hand . " But we can 't ignore the problems any longer . " I surveyed the meeting room , doing my best to seem as cold and imposing as Elora always had . I didn 't plan to be a cruel ruler , but they wouldn 't listen to weakness . If I wanted to make a change here , I had to be firm . My assistant Joss sat at the back of the room , furiously scribbling down notes as we talked . She was a small human girl who grew up in Förening as a mänsklig and worked as Elora 's secretary . Since I 'd been running the palace , I 'd inherited Joss as my own assis
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Posted on July 24 , 2016 by Carly Janine 2 The morning after my mugging , I awoke in a canyon . I was really lucky that although it was November in the Bay Area , the weather was very mild . It had almost been nice sleeping outside , or would have been if I hadn 't been so afraid . What had seemed like a fun adventure only a day ago ( spiked with moments of terror ) now suddenly felt like a nightmare . I was scared of everyone , and started thinking certain people I met were Evil while others were Good . It wasn 't the best mindset to be in while wandering streets full of strangers . During my week on the streets , I had started calling myself Rose and identifying myself as such to some people . So when I walked into the RV place , that 's how I introduced myself . Which of course , did no
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t match my ID . Which didn 't matter anyway , because I gave them an old expired ID I had kicking around in my purse . None of it made any sense . I had my real ID on me , I had enough money in my bank account to rent the RV , everything could have been fine . But it wasn 't . Instead of renting the RV to me , they turned me away . I guess they actually thought I was trying to commit fraud . So I left . I walked outside and although I do not remember what happened exactly at that point , the end result was that I noticed a set of keys dangling from the door of the RV . Something in my delusion told me that it was FOR me , so I just hopped in and drove off the lot . Almost immediately a man from the lot started following me , and I took the on - ramp to the freeway that led from San Mateo t
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I stopped dead as I heard Mr . Johnson 's voice . My heart began beating faster and my shoulders stiffened and rose slightly . I was frozen in place momentarily , and then I slowly turned around , full of trepidation . As I came to face him , however , despite my fear and anxiety , my eyes automatically fell to my teacher 's long dong . It was soft now , well almost . Rather than hanging down long and straight as it always had when I had seen it those other times , now it was pointing out from his body very slightly . The head of his giant cock was red , and I could see the shine of wetness on the tip . I knew why , and so did Mr . Johnson ! Now the only question was , did he know that I knew , and , if he did , what was he going to do about it ? I felt myself start to tremble slightly . T
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hen Mr . Johnson , standing right in front of me now , reached out and took my jockstrap , which was dangling below my books , the one strap of which had been held by one of my fingers . In my haste to get in and out of there as quickly as possible I hadn 't even realized that I had snagged it when grabbing my books . " You know that you 're not allowed to take your jock back to your dorm , Ryan , " Mr . Johnson said . The jockstraps were provided by the school , each student 's first name and the first initial of their last name written on the front of the wide waistband with permanent marker . After they had been worn ( we didn 't wear them for every gym class ) they were to be tossed in a bin for laundering , and never allowed to be removed from the locker room . " I - I 'm sorry , Mr .
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Tag : tale The Island Girls April 19 , 2017 cecilecristofariLeave a comment I posted this story a few years ago on melimuses , a Livejournal community created after the publication of Amal El - Mohtar 's The Honey Month . One of the challenges was to write stories , in the spirit of pastiche , inspired by various sorts of honey . I thought of a rare sort of honey made from the flowers of arbutus trees , trees with clusters of white flowers and red berries that grow around the Mediterranean . Having recently come back from a holiday in the place this story references , I wanted to put it back up . It is loosely inspired by a legend about the islands in Hyères , or Golden Islands , although I have no idea how ancient this ' legend ' actually is . Pirates from Greece and Barbary often swooped
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on the kingdom , yet the king let his daughters swim in the high sea , alone . His warriors liked to watch them from their ships , glittering like nereids , and hoped to catch a peek of their naked breasts , yet the king let them swim . It was said that the maidens could swim so fast that their hair turned into seaweed and their arms into foam , and if you tried to catch them your hands would close on sea water , and you would only hear their laugh . One day the king heard bells , and saw foreign sails on the horizon . He ran to the shore and heard his daughters playing . The enemy sails were approaching and he called out to them , Swim back ! They dove into the waves and darted to the shore . They were so far , the ships so close . And what king believes folk legends about seaweed and in
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It is three o ' clock in the morning and as I pet the sleeping cat next to me it hits me . Almost 14 years of marriage are over . My life is forever changed and my children 's world is about to crash . How are they going to handle it ? How am I going to handle it ? I was in my 20 's the last time I was single . Now I will be a single mother . What has he done ? I am so mad . His poor decisions are going to effect us for the rest of our lives . He not only cheated on me , he cheated on his children too . How dare he ! ! ! ! I need so much strength now , I need to stay firm . I can 't keep him from the kids , but I can 't let him get to me . I fear his mother . She owns this house and she said she would give me time to find a place if we ended up separating . But she also said similar things
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when we moved out of the last house and that turned into a fiasco that still haunts us all . Will he come home in the morning ? Will he force his way back into the house ? What will the morning bring ? My stomach is in knots and I can 't help but cry . Then I think of him calling me a cry baby and I am mad again . I go back to petting my cat . He is purring and comfortable , so peaceful . I am envious . I hope I can sleep tonight . The rhythmic purring makes me feel so much better , maybe sleep will come . Three o ' clock in the morning . Today after my husband left for work I sat down at our desktop . As usual it was on my husband 's settings , I hardly ever use the desktop so that is nothing unusual . He has been getting a lot of new female facebook friends , from the looks of it , they
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Miss Hailey Bug of Ottawa , is having some trouble adjusting to the temporary state of not having a pack . After nearly 5 days of having 2 labs to play with , as well as her constant companion Gemi , she seems lost . It is further complicated by the Man 's absence in the house . Since " the incident " as those of the house are calling it , she has been sort of avoiding her Lady ( although she did sleep with her , she is not coming and demanding lover and attention ) . Lady was very angry with her after the incident ( but since has been very loving and kind and tried to go about their lives as normally as possible ) . Lady realizes that she also was the one who took the other pack members away and the one who took her to get her nails cut yesterday ( which didn 't go very well . Perhaps giv
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en her agitated state as well as the fact that a dog in the store tried to attack her 2 times prior she shouldn 't have done it , but she did get through it ) . Lee is being super calm and quiet . She has not pulled any of her antics . She is being rather dull . When asked Lady said " She is finally the dog of my dreams , but I don 't like the cost of getting her there . Hopefully when Gemi recovers and life gets back to normal she will become herself . Or at least a happier version of this calm dog . " Last night I decided for sleeping Gemi might be the most comfortable on her bed on the floor . Apparently this was too hard . She carried on . So I picked the bed up and put it on the bed . Apparently this was too soft . She carried on . So I lifted her out of the bed , kicked it on the flo
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Miss Hailey Bug of Ottawa , is having some trouble adjusting to the temporary state of not having a pack . After nearly 5 days of having 2 labs to play with , as well as her constant companion Gemi , she seems lost . It is further complicated by the Man 's absence in the house . Since " the incident " as those of the house are calling it , she has been sort of avoiding her Lady ( although she did sleep with her , she is not coming and demanding lover and attention ) . Lady was very angry with her after the incident ( but since has been very loving and kind and tried to go about their lives as normally as possible ) . Lady realizes that she also was the one who took the other pack members away and the one who took her to get her nails cut yesterday ( which didn 't go very well . Perhaps giv
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en her agitated state as well as the fact that a dog in the store tried to attack her 2 times prior she shouldn 't have done it , but she did get through it ) . Lee is being super calm and quiet . She has not pulled any of her antics . She is being rather dull . When asked Lady said " She is finally the dog of my dreams , but I don 't like the cost of getting her there . Hopefully when Gemi recovers and life gets back to normal she will become herself . Or at least a happier version of this calm dog . " Last night I decided for sleeping Gemi might be the most comfortable on her bed on the floor . Apparently this was too hard . She carried on . So I picked the bed up and put it on the bed . Apparently this was too soft . She carried on . So I lifted her out of the bed , kicked it on the flo
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Miss Hailey Bug of Ottawa , is having some trouble adjusting to the temporary state of not having a pack . After nearly 5 days of having 2 labs to play with , as well as her constant companion Gemi , she seems lost . It is further complicated by the Man 's absence in the house . Since " the incident " as those of the house are calling it , she has been sort of avoiding her Lady ( although she did sleep with her , she is not coming and demanding lover and attention ) . Lady was very angry with her after the incident ( but since has been very loving and kind and tried to go about their lives as normally as possible ) . Lady realizes that she also was the one who took the other pack members away and the one who took her to get her nails cut yesterday ( which didn 't go very well . Perhaps giv
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en her agitated state as well as the fact that a dog in the store tried to attack her 2 times prior she shouldn 't have done it , but she did get through it ) . Lee is being super calm and quiet . She has not pulled any of her antics . She is being rather dull . When asked Lady said " She is finally the dog of my dreams , but I don 't like the cost of getting her there . Hopefully when Gemi recovers and life gets back to normal she will become herself . Or at least a happier version of this calm dog . " Last night I decided for sleeping Gemi might be the most comfortable on her bed on the floor . Apparently this was too hard . She carried on . So I picked the bed up and put it on the bed . Apparently this was too soft . She carried on . So I lifted her out of the bed , kicked it on the flo
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Miss Hailey Bug of Ottawa , is having some trouble adjusting to the temporary state of not having a pack . After nearly 5 days of having 2 labs to play with , as well as her constant companion Gemi , she seems lost . It is further complicated by the Man 's absence in the house . Since " the incident " as those of the house are calling it , she has been sort of avoiding her Lady ( although she did sleep with her , she is not coming and demanding lover and attention ) . Lady was very angry with her after the incident ( but since has been very loving and kind and tried to go about their lives as normally as possible ) . Lady realizes that she also was the one who took the other pack members away and the one who took her to get her nails cut yesterday ( which didn 't go very well . Perhaps giv
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en her agitated state as well as the fact that a dog in the store tried to attack her 2 times prior she shouldn 't have done it , but she did get through it ) . Lee is being super calm and quiet . She has not pulled any of her antics . She is being rather dull . When asked Lady said " She is finally the dog of my dreams , but I don 't like the cost of getting her there . Hopefully when Gemi recovers and life gets back to normal she will become herself . Or at least a happier version of this calm dog . " Last night I decided for sleeping Gemi might be the most comfortable on her bed on the floor . Apparently this was too hard . She carried on . So I picked the bed up and put it on the bed . Apparently this was too soft . She carried on . So I lifted her out of the bed , kicked it on the flo
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Scully smiled once more at Mulder sprawled asleep in his bed . He was so beautiful . She 'd always seen him as physically attractive , but his face , as he had loved her last night , had brought tears to her eyes . " I don 't think so . " She kissed him and he nuzzled her . " Mulder , go back to sleep . I 'll see you later . " He made a grumbling noise and she smiled tenderly at him . She gave him one more kiss and slipped out of the bed . She dressed in his bathroom and stopped once more at the door , to look at him . It had been a shock to her that they had ended up in his bed . She had known it was inevitable , but the timing was still a surprise . He had been stunned , and a little put out , that she had had an epiphany in a Buddhist temple while he was out of town , but it had freed h
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er . It had been right . Nothing had ever been more right . She had experience , not lately of course , but she wasn 't a virgin . However there had been a moment last night when everything had merged . They had . . . melded . She had honestly not known where she ended and he began . It wasn 't just her , she had looked up into eyes as wide and stunned as hers . She felt warm again just remembering that . It was something she would always remember . Scully mentally shook herself after almost running a red light . She 'd see him in a couple of hours . She eased up on the accelerator . No need to prolong the separation by being stopped for speeding either . She froze for an instant and the blood left her face . How ? How had he gotten inside ? She had thought he was gone . They hadn 't seen
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The last couple of days have been pretty non - eventful , so there 's really nothing for me to talk about . Unless you want to hear about the 8 loads of laundry I 've done between today and yesterday . Or the number of times I 've swept the floors . I used to be excited for summer and letting Luke play outside all the time , but now that I see how much grass and dirt he ( and the dog ) track in , my enthusiasum is waning . Maybe you 'd like to hear about Luke 's first purchase today at Hobby Lobby . No , you 'd rather not ? That 's okay . I just had two coupons that were " one per customer per day " . So Luke ' bought ' something so I could use both coupons . Clever , eh ? I think I 'll just bake myself a cookie for a treat , hop in the shower ( one of those really rare days where I didn '
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t get a shower today ) , and call it a day . Fingers crossed that tomorrow something worth talking about happens . On second thought , uncross those fingers . When something exciting happens , it 's usually a little on the crazy side , and I think I 'll take a few uncrazy days for awhile . This morning I took Luke to a birthday party . Our friends ' little boy , Zane , turns 2 next weekend ! Since it 's Easter weekend for his actual birthday , they bumped up the party and Luke got to participate in another first . . . . his first Easter egg hunt ! He was into it for the first five minutes , and then once we got towards the drive - way the cars were more alluring and he lost interest in finding some silly ole eggs . Then we all went inside to open presents , and Luke decided it was melt dow
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It 's foggy . I can barely remember yesterday or the week before . I remember it eventually but it takes more work than it should to remember something that happened not too long ago . My body feels foreign . I am a foreigner in my own body . Nate said I spent most of yesterday , either staring at the wall or laughing while I looked at my hands . Either way , he said that I was unresponsive . So , I really have no idea what the fuck happened to me . Must have zoned out for a long time , didn 't I ? Anyways , I 'm tired as fuck , and hungry . Dammit . Yesterday was Thanksgiving and I missed it . I wanna eat some turkey . Sorry if I made any of you peeps worried . Peeps . Oh , how I love those delicious peeps . With their marshmellowly goodness . So hungry right now . I can 't really remembe
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r what I did while I was gone . I walked around for a bit , and sat down for a bit . I think I slept under one of those highway bridges . Kobalos , it has almost been three days and you still haven 't come back . If you 've walked through one of those doors I swear I 'll make you regret it . I punched a monster - child in the face for crying outloud . I 'm probably going to have to give that kid a feast . He must be hungry right now . I am Nate , for the people that don 't know me . It seems that Kobalos has been blogging about his experiences . I also found out about these other " little " creatures . Just what everyone needs . Oh joy . . . Anyways , I would take what Kobalos said with a grain salt . It 's not that he 's a liar , but he tends not to tell the whole truth . Then again , eve
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Posted by One Gay at a Time in Gay Dating on November 30 , 2011 In unrelated news , I came across this video from my fellow blogger , http : / / www . ty - curious . com / . He shared it with me , and I think it 's spectacular . Totally safe for work ! Hope you like it ! Take the time to check out his blog too . Great guy ! He described his drunken night involving too much Patron and a lost iPhone . He hadn 't had a chance to track it down , so I offered my assistance to make some phone calls for him . He was grateful , but had it under control . While he described his night , I described my time out in the sticks with no power or technology . " Yeah … It was a real Amish paradise , " I said . Once again , I had to facilitate plans with him . He typed , " Okay . Off to go get food . I 'm s
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tarved . " I quickly replied , " What are you doing later ? " I knew it would be difficult getting ahold of him the second he signed off for the day . It 'd been a while since I 'd seen him , and I was anxious to do so . " No plans , although I may go back to the bar tonight for a Halloween thing , " he declared . I wish he had the same desire to see me to invite me without provocation , but I 'll take what I can get . " Wanna try to get together later ? " I asked . " Jump on the bike and come over and have brunch with me , " he finally stated . I explained the bike was snowed in with a dead battery , but I told him I 'd meet him for brunch . I quickly made my way into the city to meet him at the Christopher Street PATH station . I arrived well before him and waited for him to show . I cou
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With self - publishing , you can publish as many books you want , as fast as you want , and the way you want to . The traditional publishing process can take years . You can start making money from self - publishing in as little as a few months . Agent Derek Turner from Covert Police Detectives Unit in Portland , Maine , is assigned to be her bodyguard . He goes home with her and her son to the Amish community where she was raised in Unity , Maine . Putting away her stalker is the most important thing to him , since that very same sex trafficking ring killed his wife for revenge two years ago . This short eBooks documents all the work at home jobs I have tried , even the ones that failed . I will give you my honest opinion on different online jobs and tell you of the scams I have come acro
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ss . In the end , I 'll tell you how I make money from home now and about the online courses I am taking to start my second home business . Agent Derek Turner from Covert Police Detectives Unit in Portland , Maine , is assigned to be her bodyguard . He goes home with her and her son to the Amish community where she was raised in Unity , Maine . Putting away her stalker is the most important thing to him , since that very same sex trafficking ring killed his wife for revenge two years ago . Police Detective Olivia Mast would rather run through gunfire than return to the Amish community of Unity , Maine , where she killed her abusive husband in self - defense . However , Liv begrudgingly dons her old prayer kapp and covertly investigates a murder there while protecting her old flame , Isaac
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In 2004 I finally had enough ! My husband took off and went to Nebraska and left me home with the 2 miniature horses , burro , Sam ( big horse ) , dogs , and cats . He went to his son 's ( my step - son ) for 3 days . We have not been able to go on vacation since we got the miniature horses . I pointed that out to him when he bought them . . . but that did not matter to him at the time . He could not have gone if he did not left me at home to take care of the animals . While he was gone we had a storm . Around midnight I sat in this double wide with the wind blowing 100 miles an hour . It was hailing so hard that it actually put holes in our guttering for the first time in 22 years . The hail was hitting so hard that I thought it was going to break every window ! ! When the wind blows a do
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uble wide the house kind of shakes . The car was not in the garage and I could not move it in the garage . How it was not hail damaged had to have been a work of God . Many times the electric goes off with weather like that . He should have come home that night but he stayed one night longer . Needless to say I was pretty upset ! ! We went to eat at a local cafe the evening that he got home . As we were sitting there we were both giving each other looks that could kill each other ! ! He had his way and now things were to continue as before . The next day our son called me and said that his dad had come to see him and told him that he was thinking about getting a divorce ! ! My son thought it was funny and said he was trying to talk his dad out of getting a divorce . Here is a man that I ca
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The drive back to Griffin was one of almost total silence and even the normal sounds of traffic seemed muted from inside the long black car as we left the big city behind . We all were lost in our own thoughts that must be processed and catalogued before we could talk about this entire happening , at least with the boys , and again I felt like I would be walking on eggs when and if they wanted to discuss their mother . I would have to think hard to find one redeeming grace that was left of the shell of Bubba 's lovely , carefree daughter , and Gene 's teenage bride . I knew , other than her needlework skills , I would be hard pressed to think of anything ' good ' I could share , and try as I may , I could not come up with any thoughts that might soothe these small boys . " Oh yes , " I ref
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lected , " she was the mother of my handsome husband and these wonderful boys , " so at the very least that was the one thing for which I was grateful . Secure in the fact I had discovered the best thing to say when someone asked me about Helen , and I knew the time would eventually come ; I now had the perfect answer . Even before we reached the Agricultural Station right outside of Griffin , Gene and the boys were either asleep or had closed their eyes as if to try and forget these last two days had ever happened , and even Billy , with his head resting on mine , seemed deep in thought , or asleep . I felt like I would sound as if I were shouting in a cathedral if I tried to speak , so I just squeezed his hand softly to see if he was awake , and he immediately lifted my chin and kissed m
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Author 's Note : This is a fanfic for the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull , and it takes place in 1958 , almost a year after the movie ends . I wasn 't overly fond of the movie , especially compared to the first three , but I did love the idea of Indy having a son , which is what this story focuses on . This was written for The Little Spanko 's Prompt Challenge . I picked the prompt ' Accident ' . Mutt anxiously watched the clock , willing it to go faster and end his torture . He 'd been such an idiot to agree to go back to High School . School was a major drag , and his English class was the worst of the worst . His teacher started droning on about the symbolism in Moby Dick , and Mutt fought the urge to lay his head down on the desk . No doubt if he did , the old
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bat would rat him out to the principal , who would rat him out to his father . Mutt sat up a little straighter in his chair when he realized what he 'd just done . He 'd just casually thought of Indiana Jones as his father . It had been roughly nine months since he 'd found out that Indy was his biological father , but knowing it , and feeling it , were two very different things . He tried to pinpoint the moment he 'd started feeling as if Indy was his father , but couldn 't . It wasn 't while his mother and Indy had been dating . That had been an awkward two months for all of them . Marion and Mutt had moved into an apartment close to Indy 's house almost immediately after getting back to America , specifically so that Indy and Mutt could get to know each other . But when Indy would come
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I was beginning to get annoyed . How much more information would they need before I would be allowed to see the doctor ? My world was collapsing around me and all they cared about was getting my personal and insurance information . " Okay Mr . Fox . All I need now is your insurance card and then you can have a seat over there . Dr . Haverty will be with you shortly , " the receptionist said . Luckily , I was the only patient in the reception room . I felt uncomfortable enough just being there without having an audience . I had never talked to a shrink before so I was a little nervous . Dr . Haverty had been recommended to me by our company doctor but I wouldn 't have been there at all if my boss hadn 't insisted that I get psychiatric help . I admit that I needed help but the idea of havin
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g to talk about myself to some old man who couldn 't possibly understand or appreciate my life bothered me . I hadn 't met Dr . Haverty yet but I had developed a mental picture of him . I saw him as a short old man , bald on top with a horseshoe of long gray hair around the sides of his head . Sometimes I pictured him with a goatee and other times with a full beard . I usually pictured him smoking a pipe as he asked questions like , " How did you feel about that , " or " How did that make you feel ? " The receptionist was quite attractive and I had given her my best smile when I came in but I got no response from her . I tried to make eye contact with her again as I walked across the room to the door that led into Dr . Haverty 's office . The receptionist looked at me , pointed to the door
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It was a crazy time for everyone . You know how it is in August . The rains are really heavy , and half the time the school bus is late . Or your shoes get wet on the way to the bus stop and you feel so cold ! And when you get to school , the prefect scolds you for being late or not wearing your socks . ( I told her they were wet , but she just would not listen . She can be mean ! ) August is also when all the festivals come . I don 't know why they must always come in the monsoon . November , now that is a good month ! Lots of good things happen in November . My friend Aishwarya 's birthday is in November , for example ! August is a month of wet shoes and unit tests . In the middle of all the unit tests and homework , this year , my school decided to have a dance program for Navaratri . P
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ractices would start two months early , in August . Of course , Aishwarya and I raised our hands to participate . Aishwarya is the best dancer in my class . And I also love to dance . There would be three different dance performances on the last three days of Navaratri . The small girls would dance the first day . They were going to do many folk dances of India - bhangra , garba , koli dance and dances like that . The big girls would dance the second day . They were going to dance some story about Rama or Krishna . The best dancers in the school - small and big - would dance on the third day . I feel very proud to tell you that we were straight away chosen for the third day . I told you Aishwarya was the best and I am also quite good . On the third day , we would each get a chance to chore
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There was a house , not a real fancy house , nor not a very plain house , but a nice house . It was not a small house nor a big house either . It had a front porch for sitting and visiting when the mosquitoes would let you . Word was it belonged to a man named McLean : a man that had moved away from Manassas to this remote village to get his family away from the war after a cannon ball ripped through their kitchen . At any other time in the past four years this would have been a great irony . But , not today , the war stopped here . It was a Sunday in April when the soft woods are starting to bud , the hard woods , the oaks and the walnuts would wait until the days were a little longer before their stolid branches would turn green with leaves . Next to the house the hyacinths were beginnin
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g to push their blue tops out of the ground , and it wouldn 't be long before the tulips came in . The house yard was just starting to turn from brown to green ; that is where it was not worn down by treading . The eyes of sixty thousand men were watching the house knowing that a momentous event was to take place this Palm Sunday . First came General Lee dressed in his finest uniform , a shining saber at his side . He was astride Traveler who was known to every soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia . He stopped and patted Traveler 's neck saying something that only he and the horse could hear . Dismounting he handed the reins to a young Union soldier then gave a perfunctory salute as he courteously removed his hat at the door . The wait continued : sixty thousand men and only a slight m
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I saw myself inside my house standing in front of my mother , who was folding and keeping washed clothes in the closet , and asking her as to what my father was talking about on his mobile , in the lawn downstairs . It had been half an hour and he looked concerned and intense as he walked on the grass , in the dim light of a distant tubelight at a corner of the lawn . " Are we having some problems , some health or money problems ? " I asked , without thinking . My mother stopped in the process of folding clothes and looked at me , and said , " It is your aunt . She 's having some troubles . " I don 't clearly remember if this aunt was my father 's sister or friend , but anyways , I again saw my father through the window of our house , as he talked and tried to counsel her and convince her
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for something , maybe . I was then reminded of my project meeting I had that morning with my mentor . I had to find a partner for that project . I decided to take her as my project partner . Lets name her P . Now I knew that all I had to do was to meet her the next day and ask her to be my project partner . Then suddenly I remembered that the project required coding and she was not a computer science student . I thought , " oh , never mind . I 'll do all the computer science part . " I then saw two kids coming in from the front door of the house . It took me some time but I finally recognized them as my cousins . My father came in and said , " Hey kids , how have you been doing ? " with a smile . The two kids didn 't look cheerful . The boy must be about 10 years old and girl some 7 or 8 y
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Willie has been taking care of my dad on his days off . As much as I love my father , he can be very challenging to care for . He has trouble getting to the bathroom on time , and refuses to wear a depends . He will ask what we are going to have for lunch , and then say he 's not hungry once you get lunch ready . He refuses to let his bath aid give him his bath at least once a week . His dementia leaves him unable to remember something that you just told him ten minutes ago . You have the same conversation with him over and over . Willie has been very patient and very kind to him through it all . They have been talking a lot and learning more about each other . They have been watching golf together . According to Willie , Dad really seems to like to watch golf . He has told Willie stories
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about how he used to caddy when he was in high school . Something I never knew . Willie says he doesn 't seem to like baseball though . He falls asleep when that is on , well , who doesn 't . Willie and Dad haven 't always been close . Not that there have been any hard feelings between them , just that they haven 't had a lot in common . Willie loves to garden , Dad loves to watch TV and read the paper . Willie loves sports , Dad has never been one to watch sports , ( honestly though , I 'm not sure that was his choice , Mom hated sports . ) They just are different people . The day that Willie and I got married Dad was as proud as I have ever seen him . Not knowing much about the proper ways of weddings , I had Dad and Willie dressed in black tuxes with tails and ascots . This was really m
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Michael and I grew up together . We went through grade school together . Then on to high school , where together we stayed . Neither of us wanted to pursue a " higher " education , so we decided to travel to broaden ourselves , as the terminology was in those days . At that time , we thought good would always win out over evil . But we were yet to be taught our lessons of the real world . Evil does sometimes triumph over good . Michael James was six feet tall . He had straight blonde hair and blue eyes . The bluest eyes I ever did see . If limpid means clear as I think it does , then Michael 's eyes were limpid pools of blue . The color was that of the sky , perhaps a little lighter with flecks of yellow throughout the irises . Upon meeting Michael for the first time one was taken aback by
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his eyes . They did not bore into your soul - they lit up your life . Then there was his smile . I had known Michael for many years and I don 't think I ever saw him without that shit - eatin ' grin on his puss . And that grin , and its persistence , was amazing , given the fact that Michael suffered from a skin problem . He had large red patches on his skin , including his face . They came and went . I thought the name of the disease was psoriasis , but of that I am not certain . Michael had no mother . She died when he was quite young . . . before I knew him . He had no siblings ; he was reared by his father , which is probably the reason I am alive today . By that , I mean he was raised to be a man . He was taught " The Code " of real men , which is : You do what you have to do . Thoug
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We had an OK weekend . Kind of quiet . I hadn 't felt good the last few days , from lack of sleep , so I rested all day Saturday , slept good that night , so , we went to church Sunday morning instead of our regular Saturday night . Pat & Christine printed up the cards I had asked for . They look nice . Now , when we go somewhere and people try to communicate with husband , I can slip them a card that says , " Thank you for understanding our loved one has Dementia " . This will solve any issues I have learned to deal with in public . Looking at the cards reminded me that this is really happening . It seemed strange . As I was looking at them I thought , " This is MY husband we 're talking about " . Kind of a small punch in the gut . I remember 3 years ago this time . Tish was pregnant with
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baby Alex , we were looking forward to his birth , I had been laid off from my job and I knew something was wrong with husband . Alex came 3 weeks early , emergency c - section , Jace was in Iraq , so I had to step in and take care of all of them . The whole time there was this nagging thought and a heaviness in my heart . When Alex was born , I clapped , laughed and cried . And there it was again , this feeling , deep down inside of me knew he was sick . Then , one week before Christmas , after working for 30 years as a concrete cutter , being one of the best in town , husband looses his job . I was cooking spaghetti , standing at the stove . He comes in and tells me this news . OK , I thought , the worst happened . I had said earlier in the month that the worst thing that could happen w
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New short story coming soon Posted on February 17 , 2014 by jsassychriselda I have a few short stories that need editing then I can post them and hopefully get more written . Share this : FacebookPrintEmailLike this : Like Loading . . . Posted in Useful Writting Links | Finding A Family Ancestor Posted on June 29 , 2014 by jsassychriselda Walking around the well manicured grounds of the large plantation that she was visiting . As she walked the grounds she hoped that the visions she always get when she visits places don 't start , she just wanted to visit places and not have them . Coming up on where the slave quarters were sitting , as she stepped closer she could see the slaves gathered around fires cooking . Children playing simple games of chase laughing and giggling as they did . She
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could tell that these slaves were healthy , happy and seem to be well cared for . But as quickly as the vision came it left the minute she left the area of the quarters . Shaking her head the young woman made her way over to the path that lead up to the large man house . Making her way up the main path Sarah looked at the trees and flowers that were planted all along the path . Reaching the steps that lead to the porch she stopped and looked up at the white washed house with its green shutters . A image of how the house looked in its prime came to her , oh to have lived in such luxury must have been so nice she muttered to herself . Climbing the steps a vision suddenly came to her . & Miss Sarah , Miss Sarah you best come on your pa will be mad if your not ready to greet your guests . & A
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Yesterday , after I finally got all of this set up , I was tired . I had , technically , written for 15 minutes and so , in my fashion , I quit . In my defense , I had one of the hardest days I 'd had in a long time yesterday . At 8 : 30am , Dave had to have his wisdom teeth removed . At 7 : 50am , ten minutes before we needed to leave , the Bug got tired . So we called Lindsey to come sit with her and I drove Dave down Vista Hermosa to the dentist . I left him there as the doctor said it would be an hour and a half . The Bug woke up in time to go back and pick him up and we all traipsed home . The rest of the day was spent taking care of my two ' babies . ' It was not easy . The Bug was grumpy , Dave was in pain . The Mommy had to make baby food , only to find that the avocados ( which th
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e Bug loves ) weren 't ripe enough , nor were the bananas . I ran out to buy more avocados and steamed some carrots and decided to wait on the bananas until today . The Bug was mad , the Mommy was stressed and , again , Dave was in pain . I didn 't get to eat lunch or take a shower until 2pm . Then my friend KLE came over so we could be crafty and I made a shopping cart cover . Martha Stewart would be proud . Homemade baby food , a shopping cart cover , all the diaper changes , all the ice pack changes , jello and pudding delivery service , bath time / bed time and finally , sleep . I did my best , but I 'll tell you what - it was exhausting ! By 9 : 45pm , I could barely keep my eyes open . But honestly , I feel like I accomplished something . . . well , many things . And today looks much
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When the girls rang the doorbell , they heard Mrs . Henry shout , " Go Away . " " Mrs . Henry , " Amber yelled through the door . " It 's Laura and Amber . We came to see if you need any help . " " Come on in , " She yelled back . As the girls opened the door , they heard her say , " Might as well . You already woke me up . " The wrinkled condition of Mrs . Henry 's house dress told Amber and Laura that she really had been sleeping . Her thin white hair was piled up on her head so that it looked like a giant spider had woven its web there . " It 's a long story , " Mrs . Henry sighed . Amber and Laura were sure it would be . " I was late for my Bridge game and I had my arms full of old clothes I was taking to the thrift store . The gravel in my driveway was loose . I wish I had a cement dr
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iveway , but Mr . Henry said we couldn 't afford cement so we had to have gravel . Anyway , the gravel was loose and my feet started slipping . I tried to grab a hold of my car door , but I kept slipping . The next thing I knew , I was down on the gravel . I probably would have lain there until I died , but Doris Duncan came by to check on me when I didn 't show up at the Bridge game . At least I have one person who cares a little about what happens to me . She called for an ambulance and they took me to the hospital . The doctor ordered an x - ray and said I have a broken hip . The next day , I had surgery . They put me in rehab for three weeks , and now I 'm supposed to take care of myself . I can get around some in my wheelchair , but no one cares if I starve to death . " Laura and Ambe
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Melinda hated driving at night . She did her best to avoid it . Short trips to the store if she just realized she ran out of tampons or had nothing for dinner after getting home ; that sort of thing happened now and then . But she did her best not to go out after dark unless someone was coming to pick her up . As so many unpleasant things in her life , this was her father 's fault . She hadn 't seen or spoken to the bastard in fifteen years , but just after falling asleep tonight . . . no , that was wrong . It would be yesterday by this time . Out of the blue , her phone rang , and his voice was on the other end . The old ass was probably drunk , but he 'd never called her before , not since she was a child and he was still trying to convince her mother to take him back . It felt like she
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had been dreaming ; waking up to hear his voice again after all these years . It sounded like he was crying . His voice sounded just the same as the last time she 'd heard it . As though in a dream , she had risen , dressed , and gotten in the car . She was well out of town and halfway to his old place before realizing that she had no way of knowing if he even still lived there . She received updates from her mother from time to time over the years about where he was . The last time she heard from her mother about him was seven years ago . Had he ever stayed in one place that long ? Not to her recollection . She had been seven when her mother finally had enough and showed him the door . Prior to that , a move had come every few months . The house they had been living in was their longest s
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I am a 42 year old woman that is about as happy and content as one person can be . My husband of 21 years and our 15 year old daughter live on five and a half acres out in the country . We moved from the city four years ago and never looked back . I homeschool our daughter . We also love our animals . Our daughter has a miniature horse and two rabbits . We also have a border collie , two cats ( again ) , two pot belly pigs , four peafowl , three emus , 2 llamas and an undetermined number of chickens , lets just say ohhh about 200 . I have many breeds , from layers to fancy chickens . I love poultry shows , I love fowl in general as I have come to find out through having more than just chickens . Chickens will always be my first love though . I do show some of my birds occasionally . MMMmmm
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mmm . . . . can you smell that ? That is the smell of my pot roast in the crock pot cooking away all day . That is one good thing about cold weather . One pot warm meals . . . chicken and dumplings , chili and cornbread , pot roast . What do you like to fix for a warming meal in the winter ? I broke down and turned the heat on yesterday . I couldn 't stand it anymore . I was chilled down to the bone . It got down in the thirties here last night so I had to have it on anyway . The cotton is gone , the wind is brisk , the leaves are falling , the days are growing ever shorter . I guess I have to face it , its fixing to get cold and dark , period . I guess that just makes me appreciate Spring and Summer all the more . Well , I got two answers about the rooster . One person said that it was ra
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Kay sighed at the sky . The cloudy , bleak , cold winter made her upset . She readjusted her books on her hip and looked around . " One more year . " She sighed . " Hey , Kay ! " Someone called , waving an arm over their head . Kay turned and waved back , waiting for him to catch up . In a couple seconds they were next to her and she continued to walk . " How your other half ? " Ren asked . Kay sadly shook her head , feeling tears prick at her eyes . " He still won 't talk to me . " She whispered , she felt Ren wrap his arm around her shoulder and leaned against him . " I don 't understand what he was thinking ! " She shouted suddenly . " I don 't either . All 's we can do is hope that he actually reads the messages we send him and that he 'll get better . " Ren said comfortingly . Kay nod
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ded , wiping her face and hurrying up to get to school on time . Hey . It 's just Kay . I wanted to say that I love you and miss walking to school with you and Ren . Please , get better soon . I miss my twin . My other half . My brother . Lovingly yours , Kay . Kay sent the message , linked her arm through Ren 's and walked into class like that . She ginned at Ren as she sat down and he slid into the seat next to her . He knew that he had gotten textmessages , and he was pretty sure they were all from Kay . Who else would care enough to do that ? He sighed and looked at the phone , lying on the side of the bed . He hadn 't looked at any of them . He wasn 't ready to meet Kay , not even to text her . Not just yet . Of course he cared about Kay , or at least he should . But he couldn 't thin
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Some people believe your life flashes before your eyes the moment you die . I guess that 's what 's been happening to me . It 's the stuff you never thought was important that ends up coming back in the end . Like how Dip n Dots ice cream felt rolling around and melting slowly on my tongue the first time I ever tasted it at the beach with my cousin Brett . Or the way I couldn 't stop smiling that afternoon in sixth grade when I got my braces off ; mostly because of how slimy my teeth felt against my lips . Or how my gram 's house always smelled like old cigars , not because of my gram , but because of my granddad . His car still reeks of cheap cigars to this day . I never started smoking , even when most of my friends were doing it . There were always a lot of ads on TV showing pictures of
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black decaying lungs and people with oxygen tanks following their every move . Sure they were convincing , but nothing seemed to stick in my mind as much as one conversation with my gram . She always talked to me as if I were her best friend , even if I was only eleven and she was sixty five . All she had to do was tell me never to start smoking , because it was such a hard habit to break . If it was hard for my gram to do something , it must be almost impossible . I 'm sure if she 'd given me any more advice I would have stuck to it like glue . Maybe she did and I just couldn 't hold onto it all . I hope I 'll get to ask her . I hope that 's what heaven really means . I was never mad at Jenny . I would be lying if I said I was . You can 't control the thoughts in your head sometimes . An
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Living overseas you have to learn how to do certain things . One of them is how to barter . Did you know that even in a " fixed price " shop you can usually talk the shop keeper down a little bit ? I 've had a lot of fun learning how to barter since I moved to ! nd ! a . At first I was a bit shy in this area , and when I would try it , I didn 't start very low so I 'd end up only getting 20 rupees off whatever it was I was buying . ( That 's when you start hearing things like , " For you , special price , 10 rupees [ 20 cents ] less . " ) But I 've gotten much better . The best buy I have gotten yet was when Suzy and I went to D3lhi the second time for my passport . We were walking down the street not really even intending to buy anything when these little elephant key chains caught my eye
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. My sister 's birthday was coming up , so knowing she likes elephants , I asked the guy how much they were . He said they were 250 rupees ( about $ 5 ) . I was utterly shocked ! I said " 250 rupees for ONE ? ! ? ! " He then informed me that it was for the whole package of five . Well , I only wanted one , so I asked how much for just one . " Oh , we cannot sell just one . They come in a package . " I said no thanks and began walking away , fully intending not to buy them . But as I was walking away he said , " Ok , Ok madam . How much ? " I looked directly at him and said " 30 rupees . " He then said he 'd give them to me for 225 . " No , 30 rupees is all I will pay . " And I walked away . " Ok , ok madam . How much ? " " 30 rupees is all I will pay . " " Ok , for you , 200 rupees . " "
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We had a wonderful start to today , in that I got up very early , before 06 : 00 and managed to get a few things done ( and cleaned ) before Linda got home . That 's right , Linda came home today . She is back from that road trip she took with her parents , up to Utah . They went up there to spend a few days with Linda 's sister , Lisa , and it sounds like it was a good trip . On the way up they stopped at a few other places and saw some other family and friends , including a stop in the S . F . Bay Area . We 're just glad that she is home safely and that Joe and Jess made is back home as well , after dropping Linda off . What happened was that they drove down , and when they were in San Bernadino ( or close ) they called and we drove up to Fallbrook , to meet them . As it turned out , the
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y arrived about two ( 2 ) minutes after we did . I hadn 't even finished getting the van closed back up , when they drove up . It sure felt good to see Linda , and the girls ( yeah , we had them with us ) were all over Grandma , when they saw her . We all walked through the house and after a short visit , Joe and Jess took off to go back up to their place and we took off south . Like I said , we were up in Fallbrook , and you know we 're going to go see the property once we get there . The appliances are all installed , now and the place looks great . There really isn 't much left to be done , except for stuff out side the house . We all had a wonderful time walking through the house and seeing all that had been done . This was Jason 's first visit to the house in several weeks , so he saw
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We had a wonderful start to today , in that I got up very early , before 06 : 00 and managed to get a few things done ( and cleaned ) before Linda got home . That 's right , Linda came home today . She is back from that road trip she took with her parents , up to Utah . They went up there to spend a few days with Linda 's sister , Lisa , and it sounds like it was a good trip . On the way up they stopped at a few other places and saw some other family and friends , including a stop in the S . F . Bay Area . We 're just glad that she is home safely and that Joe and Jess made is back home as well , after dropping Linda off . What happened was that they drove down , and when they were in San Bernadino ( or close ) they called and we drove up to Fallbrook , to meet them . As it turned out , the
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y arrived about two ( 2 ) minutes after we did . I hadn 't even finished getting the van closed back up , when they drove up . It sure felt good to see Linda , and the girls ( yeah , we had them with us ) were all over Grandma , when they saw her . We all walked through the house and after a short visit , Joe and Jess took off to go back up to their place and we took off south . Like I said , we were up in Fallbrook , and you know we 're going to go see the property once we get there . The appliances are all installed , now and the place looks great . There really isn 't much left to be done , except for stuff out side the house . We all had a wonderful time walking through the house and seeing all that had been done . This was Jason 's first visit to the house in several weeks , so he saw
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Posted on December 2 , 2016 by UnsettlingStories 1 As Andrew got sicker , he 'd point to perceived smudges on our bedroom window . Nothing discernible to him . Not at first . But the decline in my partner 's health brought with it a growing realization . " It 's a face , " he told me . " It 's someone 's face . " I sat with Andrew through it all . Every sleepless night . Every shriek of terror as nightmares tore through him . Every sobbing declaration that he wasn 't ready . In the mornings , the smudged face would be there , ever clearer to him . He was terrified of it . Still , I saw nothing . Posted on November 4 , 2016 by UnsettlingStories Reply I 've lived in the same house for 40 years . After Ralph passed and I was left alone for the first time in three decades , I turned to my neig
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hbors for comfort . They provided it in spades . I was honored and brought to tears by their kindness . Not too many places would make sure a lonely old man was taken care of . I 'm surrounded by wonderful , beautiful people . I took on the role of a grandfather to some of the neighborhood children . I was more than happy to babysit ; Ralph and I always wanted to adopt but it wasn 't permitted in our state . So , having the opportunity to be a formative figure in the lives of these children was a great privilege . It made me feel like I was getting another chance to do everything that had been denied to me . I wish Ralph could 've been here to take part . Still , I know he 's watching with the same love and pride he expressed every day he was alive . One girl , Madison , formed a particula
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And that 's it . It was a reckless exercise in fiction . A sprinted marathon . But there it is in all its flawed glory . Typos . Plot holes . Character issues . And maybe a few words that are actually quite good . Did you follow along ? Are you still back in chapter 7 wondering what the hell is going on with these people and when I 'm going to find a story ? Finish ! It 's short ! Did I lose you ? Where and why ? I 'd love to hear from anyone who read it , even if it 's years after I posted this . I 'll get an email letting me know you commented . Please do ! " You 'd better not leave us here all day like the last time , you wankers ! " Juliette shouted . She just wanted to be by Petros 's side . He looked incredibly pale before they carried him away . With Mozer dead , she worried about h
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is position with the police . He had planned to testify against Mozer in order to get out of a harsh sentence for his history of petty crimes in the city . But now , she wasn 't certain at all what would happen . Several minutes later , the door opened and the chief 's wife walked in with a basket of sandwiches and cups for soup . She stopped when she saw the girls . " You again ? " " It 's not us ! It 's the men . They can 't seem to go a day without having some officer or another after them . " The chief 's wife looked at them , alarmed . " What happened ? " " It 's a long story , but the short version is that they were both shot . " The chief 's wife nodded and smiled . Juliette snorted . The soup and sandwiches were delicious , as always , and over the course of the next hour , they to
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A young woman returns to the cloth bazaar with a bundle . She sets it on the counter of a corner shop with bolts of chikkan , lawn , muslin , and georgette 's displayed on shelves . Pouring down the walls alongside the counter are chiffons and silks . Under the counter in rolls are beaded braids and embroidered trims in all colors of the rainbow , silver , gold , and copper . Two men are seated behind the counter , and she opens up her bundle , addressing the black haired one with gleaming black eyes , ringed with kohl ; he reminds her of a raccoon she saw once on a road somewhere . " Listen bhaya , you sold me these muslins without mentioning that they 'd bleed in water , the colors have all run ! I thought they were pakka , instead you sold me kachaa raw dyed cloth with no word about was
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hing them separate . I suggest you replace them to make amends , and also the white fabric to stitch new skirts with ! " " Wah jee , listen to this foreign return bewakoof woman ! She doesn 't know how to do her wash anymore after living too many years in vilaayat , and now she expects me to give her for free more of the same kachaa cloth plus chikkan to fix her bewakoofee ! What next ! " She glares at him and leans forward , " Bhai Saab , in this world there are , as you have pointed out so clearly , bewakoof women like me . Being as wise as you are and observant to boot , why don 't you spell it out for us : : Bibi colors run , take care to wash separate hmm , what does it cost you to tell us this ? Save us the hassle and you the trouble of having us show up here with our cloths ; don 't
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Author Notes : I would like to thank my beta readers Sally , Kris and Emma . Also to Lorrie , Keri , Michelle , Emma and Shelly thank you for answering my calls for help . To the whole SMK5 group , you are all great and I am glad I was a part of this . * * * I have an extra big , gigantic hug thank you to Emma . I was so upset when I lost part of my story on 10 / 24 , she talked to me and emailed back a section I sent to her . Friday October 23 , 1987 Seedy building in the warehouse district On a dark and raining night we find two men talking on the phone , one talking in such anger , while the other gives him information on the day to day activities of his potential victims . He grew more aggravated as the conversation continued . " Brother , this is not going to work ! I need another ang
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le . " The rain pounded on the roof of the warehouse building . " Get me more information on that man , check into his partner 's life too . . . . . . NOW ! " " Yes , I will . I 'll contact you tomorrow night , I should have something by then . " " You better , don 't disappointment me , Samir . " The man 's voice rose with each word . " Calm down , Samrat , I know what this man did to us too . Just stay out of sight , we don 't want him to know we are here until we can put our plan into action . " It had been over ten years since Samir and Samrat had a wonderful little gun smuggling ring in Kandla , India . Or at least thought they had , until a cocky rookie agent messed up their plans . Now with their prison time behind them , the vowed to each other that the person responsible would pay
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These are 42 timeless tales of inspiring wisdom . They are stories of life , love and learning . They open our heart , rekindle our spirits and buoy our emotions . They are a tribute to life and humanity . Many stories will leave the reader with a feeling of tenderness and a moistness in the eye . The Mountain Trail is the inspiring story of a blind boy who feels he is no good . Then one day in 1857 , as the British launch a fierce attack on the troops of Tantia Tope , this little boy , unmindful of the risks , leads the forces of the latter up a hill . This changes the course of the battle . I 'll Always Be There , Run , Pammi , Run , No Greater Friendship , Two War Heroes , and many other 's are stories of courage , love and compassion . The Cripple Who Became a Champion and Overcoming D
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ifficulties are stories of people with no hope ; yet by sheer hard work and perseverance , they achieve what they sought . Man at His Best exemplifies the spirit of this book - Man is basically good . The Mountain Trail This is the inspiring story of a blind boy who feels he is no good . He lived in a small world of herding his father 's goats . Then one day in 1857 , his father and elder brother leave to join the troops of Tantia Tope ( one of the Indian leaders who is fighting the British rulers ) . As the boy feels sad , forlorn and helpless , a quirk of fate brings him face to face with Tantia Tope , the leader of the Indian army . As a herdsman , he leads the troops of the latter up a hill . This changes the course of the battle . In reality this battle took place in 1857 near Jhansi
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I took a moment to look around my bedroom , now filled with piles of boxes that were marked either " storage " or " school " in blue sharpie . I have too much stuff , I thought to myself . There were a lot of other things I could have been thinking about ; the party after graduation , what happened after I left last night . I just had so much crap . Dad was the only person in my sphere that was against me going to Berkeley . To him , my going there was like a personal attack as if I were running away . During our regular arguments he 'd always bring up how I got into Cal Poly and how I should go there instead . He 'd always talk about how close it was , how many people I 'd know and the convenience of it all . In his head it was the superior school . I tapped the text box to reply . As the
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line flashed I drew a blank . I didn 't know what to say and I could only imagine what he saw on his end . Those silent ellipses flashing as if I were writing a heartfelt message back - if he was still looking at the screen . I closed it and put my phone away . I 'll reply later . Last night a few friends and I decided to sneak into La Purisima Mission which is considered by many " paranormal experts " to be one of the most haunted places in California . Since the Schwarzenegger budget cuts the security presence has been limited at best . As a result , local kids made it a rite of passage to spend a night on the grounds . Cam took it a step further and brought beer . I don 't usually drink beer , but that night I drank it . When the pounding in my head ceased . I got onto my knees and dra
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I took a moment to look around my bedroom , now filled with piles of boxes that were marked either " storage " or " school " in blue sharpie . I have too much stuff , I thought to myself . There were a lot of other things I could have been thinking about ; the party after graduation , what happened after I left last night . I just had so much crap . Dad was the only person in my sphere that was against me going to Berkeley . To him , my going there was like a personal attack as if I were running away . During our regular arguments he 'd always bring up how I got into Cal Poly and how I should go there instead . He 'd always talk about how close it was , how many people I 'd know and the convenience of it all . In his head it was the superior school . I tapped the text box to reply . As the
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line flashed I drew a blank . I didn 't know what to say and I could only imagine what he saw on his end . Those silent ellipses flashing as if I were writing a heartfelt message back - if he was still looking at the screen . I closed it and put my phone away . I 'll reply later . Last night a few friends and I decided to sneak into La Purisima Mission which is considered by many " paranormal experts " to be one of the most haunted places in California . Since the Schwarzenegger budget cuts the security presence has been limited at best . As a result , local kids made it a rite of passage to spend a night on the grounds . Cam took it a step further and brought beer . I don 't usually drink beer , but that night I drank it . When the pounding in my head ceased . I got onto my knees and dra
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I took a moment to look around my bedroom , now filled with piles of boxes that were marked either " storage " or " school " in blue sharpie . I have too much stuff , I thought to myself . There were a lot of other things I could have been thinking about ; the party after graduation , what happened after I left last night . I just had so much crap . Dad was the only person in my sphere that was against me going to Berkeley . To him , my going there was like a personal attack as if I were running away . During our regular arguments he 'd always bring up how I got into Cal Poly and how I should go there instead . He 'd always talk about how close it was , how many people I 'd know and the convenience of it all . In his head it was the superior school . I tapped the text box to reply . As the
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line flashed I drew a blank . I didn 't know what to say and I could only imagine what he saw on his end . Those silent ellipses flashing as if I were writing a heartfelt message back - if he was still looking at the screen . I closed it and put my phone away . I 'll reply later . Last night a few friends and I decided to sneak into La Purisima Mission which is considered by many " paranormal experts " to be one of the most haunted places in California . Since the Schwarzenegger budget cuts the security presence has been limited at best . As a result , local kids made it a rite of passage to spend a night on the grounds . Cam took it a step further and brought beer . I don 't usually drink beer , but that night I drank it . When the pounding in my head ceased . I got onto my knees and dra
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Tom got into Jack 's pickup , squishing Tiffi closer to Jack . She felt a spark where their legs were touching and she grinned while looking down at the floor . She cleared her throat . She kept looking at Tom who didn 't answer the question . He met her eyes and knew immediately that she knew what really happened . She just kept staring at him , not letting him get away with not answering . " Um - " " You don 't have to answer that Tom . Kat just broke up with her boyfriend two days ago . Tiff 's just trying to set her up with someone already . " Tiffi wanted to defend herself but it was obvious that Tom didn 't want Jack to know . Maybe because Jack was so protective of his friends or maybe he saw Jack kiss her forehead and thought it meant something more . " Well , " she said . " She 's
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been with Parker for so long and she got so tired of him I thought she would be ready for something … different . " There was an awkward silence . Tom didn 't seem like a real talkative guy . He was selective with his answers when Kat asked him those questions about his career - probably just more of a quiet type . He can 't be a bad guy ; he is a firefighter . Tiffi 's leg felt like it was burning where it touched Jack 's . She was always so aware of Jack . He was always so close . Well , they were friends , right ? She remembered when he and Kat used to date in school . They both had a crush on him their junior year ; the big jock , good looking despite the freckles and red hair . There was something about him that made all the girls want him . Well , he showed an interest in Kat at som
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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 . After speaking with Kalona , I returned home to see what the plans were for the day . There was a few things I needed to go buy , some of which I wanted to go buy alone , but I needed to see if there was anything important we had to do . We still needed to find the crown for Mark , so Cade and I decided that we were going to do that later on , so I had the morning to myself . I ordered a bracelet to be made for Kalona and then decided to do something I never wanted to do ever again . I decided to go to a brothel . Now , it wasn 't for the normal reasons . You see , my parents ' were the " wait until m
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arriage " type and well , I hadn 't been doing that . I was a little concerned about you know , getting pregnant , but I didn 't know where to get contraceptives so I thought asking someone at the brothel would be the best option . The lady who I asked about them was super nice , even though I was very awkward about it , and told me that I needed to go to the apothecary to get some . I did as she told me , had an awkward conversation about how much I needed with the person running the apothecary and then went on my merry , yet shameful , way . The last thing I wanted to do before I met Cade near the Black Market was to apologize to Lord Allen . I got a nice bottle of wine from one of the taverns and went to his house . He didn 't open the door fully when he answered it , but accepted my ap
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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 . After speaking with Kalona , I returned home to see what the plans were for the day . There was a few things I needed to go buy , some of which I wanted to go buy alone , but I needed to see if there was anything important we had to do . We still needed to find the crown for Mark , so Cade and I decided that we were going to do that later on , so I had the morning to myself . I ordered a bracelet to be made for Kalona and then decided to do something I never wanted to do ever again . I decided to go to a brothel . Now , it wasn 't for the normal reasons . You see , my parents ' were the " wait until m
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arriage " type and well , I hadn 't been doing that . I was a little concerned about you know , getting pregnant , but I didn 't know where to get contraceptives so I thought asking someone at the brothel would be the best option . The lady who I asked about them was super nice , even though I was very awkward about it , and told me that I needed to go to the apothecary to get some . I did as she told me , had an awkward conversation about how much I needed with the person running the apothecary and then went on my merry , yet shameful , way . The last thing I wanted to do before I met Cade near the Black Market was to apologize to Lord Allen . I got a nice bottle of wine from one of the taverns and went to his house . He didn 't open the door fully when he answered it , but accepted my ap
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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 . After speaking with Kalona , I returned home to see what the plans were for the day . There was a few things I needed to go buy , some of which I wanted to go buy alone , but I needed to see if there was anything important we had to do . We still needed to find the crown for Mark , so Cade and I decided that we were going to do that later on , so I had the morning to myself . I ordered a bracelet to be made for Kalona and then decided to do something I never wanted to do ever again . I decided to go to a brothel . Now , it wasn 't for the normal reasons . You see , my parents ' were the " wait until m
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arriage " type and well , I hadn 't been doing that . I was a little concerned about you know , getting pregnant , but I didn 't know where to get contraceptives so I thought asking someone at the brothel would be the best option . The lady who I asked about them was super nice , even though I was very awkward about it , and told me that I needed to go to the apothecary to get some . I did as she told me , had an awkward conversation about how much I needed with the person running the apothecary and then went on my merry , yet shameful , way . The last thing I wanted to do before I met Cade near the Black Market was to apologize to Lord Allen . I got a nice bottle of wine from one of the taverns and went to his house . He didn 't open the door fully when he answered it , but accepted my ap
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Summary : Written for Reel Torchwood , the story is based on the movie " Laura . " Ianto Jones is found dead and Det . Jack Harkness is assigned to the case . During the investigation Jack finds himself falling in love with the victim . But is he really dead ? Ch . 1 - Ianto JonesIt was ten thirty on Friday night when Det . Jack Harkness got called in to investigate the murder of Ianto Jones . Jack sighed . Normally he tried to stay away from high profile cases . They always tended to attract unwanted attention from the news . Ever since he 'd broken the Starling case and become a " hero " , however , he 'd been asked to take this kind of case more and more . Thinking of the Starling case made Jack grimace . He hated that case and its brutality , and the injury that he 'd suffered to his l
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eg continued to bother himEspecially when it was raining . So of course , it was raining that Friday night . * * * * * * * * When he got to Ianto 's apartment he found it crowded with people . The CSU was going over the room gathering evidence , and the body remained as it had been found by one of the neighbors . Jesus , thought Jack . No wonder the neighbor was hysterical when he called 911 . His face is completely blown apart ! Aloud he asked for information about the murder , even though he could see it was a gunshot . The CSU people went over it with him and Jack went to the apartment of the man who made the emergency call . The man was in shock and could not even answer the door himself . A police officer let him in . Jack nodded hello to the woman , and went into the kitchen where th
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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 . Being in Alaska with winter coming on you tended to start thinking of how you 're going to get around with multiple feet of snow on the ground . I could get from point A to point B the same way Stanley and I did down home , riding Shanks Mare , better known as walking . To tell the truth I was planning on doing just that since I figured it was going to be my only option until I made a trip to town that is . There was a small cafe where I used to hang out every time I went to town . It was a
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place where most of the locals hung out and as such it was a great place to learn about living in Alaska . I got ignored the first few times I went there but after awhile the folks realized that I really meant to stay in the country and they began to be a little more friendly with me . The place not only served really good food but it was also kind of a community gathering spot where the locals could visit and catch up on the news . Among the locals were several folks that lived out in the bush like me . I got to know one old timer when I found out that not only did he live alone in the bush but he also liked to play chess and would make the trip to town every chance he got just to have a good meal and play a few games . After I managed to hold my own in a few games and he saw that it was
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Billings and her husband both worked night shifts - he at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co . and she at the Kansas Neurological Institute , 3107 S . W . 21st . After the storm passed , they left their children with a babysitter and headed to their workplaces . Billings was driving their car as they traveled along Interstate 70 . " It was completely dark and I wasn 't quite sure where everybody was , " Billings said . " There was a person missing , so we went out looking for that person and found him . Everybody was OK , but there was quite a bit of debris everywhere . It was a night I 'll always remember . " By the time she arrived , the weather had turned threatening , and they sought shelter in the basement of a family member 's home . They heard reports that a tornado had come over Burnett '
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s Mound in Topeka and destroyed some apartment complexes . Selvidge hoped her apartment and roommates were safe . The next morning , Selvidge drove to Topeka and couldn 't believe the devastation . She had to park her car and walk through the debris to get to the apartment complex , which had been leveled . Her roommates - all uninjured - were already there . Selvidge called the photographer and caterer to let them know the wedding was still on . The white eyelet wedding dress was cleaned . Her mother and sister , who lived in southwest Missouri , brought fabric scraps from the wedding dress and sewing supplies to create a new veil . The long slip she was to wear underneath the dress disappeared in the storm , so she wore a half - slip lengthened by a diaper sewn around its bottom edge . G
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There were once two cousins living together at the same winter - station , and at the time , their wives were both childless . In spring they parted from each other , saying , " Well , we will see who first gets a child . " One traveled away to the south , and established himself for the coming winter . At this place he lived in prosperity , and his wife bore him a child . When the boy grew up , the father took a fancy to return to his cousin . He , however , had still no children ; and for this reason he caught a young deer , and trained it up for his amusement . At length it improved so much that it could understand human speech . About that period the cousin returned , and he first beheld the calf running about outside the house . The cousins once more lived together , and the boy and t
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he calf became playmates . The calf , however , soon grew stronger , and sometimes knocked over the boy , at which he wept . For this reason the boy 's father went and shot the calf , though he loved his cousin dearly . The childless man got into a great rage at this , and at once challenged his cousin , and they met , armed with their bows ; the childless man shot his cousin on the spot , but was very much afflicted afterwards , and burst into a flood of tears . The son of the man that had been thus killed removed to a distance , for he could not endure the sight of his father 's cousin . When he was full - grown and strong he returned to the place , but he had come too late , the cousin was no more . He heard some rumor of an enormously strong man who used to rob other men of their wives
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A couple of weeks ago I went out of town with my parents to the funeral of my great aunt . She had been sick for a long time , was in her 90s so they had just a graveside service for her . They set up a tent right where she was going to be buried , 20 or so chairs , and the very short service is held right there in the cemetery . Before we left our hotel , Mom warned me and Dad to go to the bathroom and she said it was important because the cemetery was located in a rural town and that there probably wouldn 't be any bathrooms to use . Dad and I waited in the rented car while Mom followed her advice in the room and stayed back to go to the bathroom . The drive to the cemetery was only about a half hour , although Dad had to swerve a couple of times to prevent hitting road kill which includ
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ed two deer , a dog , what looked like a skunk , and several rabbits . I was looking forward to my cousin Amit being there . He 's a couple of years older than me , lives two states away , but we 've become better acquainted because his family has visited us more . After the service , it was cool enough under the tent that both he and I knew the adults would probably hang around and want to talk , so he told them that we were going to walk around and get some exercise since we were later going to have a lot of waiting around to do at the airport and the boring flight back home . There 's a pretty good size hill that when you get to the top , is at the middle of the cemetery . That side of the cemetery isn 't visited that much because it 's almost totally full and when you look at the head
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Hey all , I just wanted to let you know that I 'm sick ( bleh ) and wont be up to writing for awhile . So I figured I would post this to keep you greedy readers busy for awhile while I stop feeling like crap : DI don 't think there 's any of my little extras in here , but since so many people tried so hard ( I got like 15 emails about the guesses ) I figured I would tell you . So if you don 't care just skip to the story . The character names in Revolution are from Doctor who companions ( Rose Tyler , Mickey , Donna noble , Martha Jones ) and the disney reference was Pocahontas ( They 're different than us , which means they cant be trusted ) Enjoy Aaron walked down the quiet street , his cane tapping his path before him . The cold night air scared away any wanderers that the dark already
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didn 't . Aaron didn 't mind the dark though , it was all he knew . He heard faint footsteps behind him . He knew it was more than one person but tried to ignore it . ' Probably just some homeless guys . ' He shrugged . The footsteps started at his pace but were slowly speeding up and getting closer . Aaron new he wouldn 't stand a chance at a run so he could do nothing but wait for it to happen . One of the owners of the footsteps behind him grabbed his shoulder and spun him around , throwing him at a wall . His shoulder hit hard and he grunted . " Give me your wallet . " The guy holding him to the wall said . Aaron knew this was directed at him and quickly fished out his wallet . He held it out in his open hand , not knowing where the other mans hands were . " Come on , Craig , just give
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Grandfather looked up from the book he was reading . My sister and I stood in front of him , flashing what we hoped were our most winning smiles . I was eight and Ama was six , and we were bored out of our minds . " Yaay ! " Ama said , sitting down by Grandfather 's feet and looking up into his face . I sat down on the floor too , a little distance away from Ama . " No . I will tell you a new story , children . I will tell you a story that my grandmother told me , and her grandmother told her , and which one day you will tell your grandchildren in turn . I will tell you the story of the river that fell in love . " Ama , who , being only six years old , had a hard time keeping quiet , said " A really really big river ? This big ? " She spread her arms as wide as they could go . " Nobody cou
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ld remember exactly when the river became their god , nor could they remember a time when it was not so . Years passed , generations passed . Kings came and went in the village , but the river stayed eternal , and all was well with the people . " And occasionally the Spirit of the river would take the form of a man and walk among the people , unnoticed , and he would listen to their problems and commune with them , though they never knew it . He did not do this often , perhaps only once in a few decades . Gods do not lightly mingle in the affairs of men . " She did not see him ; he hid himself in the trees and watched until she was done and had gone back into the village . The Spirit made himself invisible - most gods can do that - and followed her . The woman came to the palace and went i
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Grandfather looked up from the book he was reading . My sister and I stood in front of him , flashing what we hoped were our most winning smiles . I was eight and Ama was six , and we were bored out of our minds . " Yaay ! " Ama said , sitting down by Grandfather 's feet and looking up into his face . I sat down on the floor too , a little distance away from Ama . " No . I will tell you a new story , children . I will tell you a story that my grandmother told me , and her grandmother told her , and which one day you will tell your grandchildren in turn . I will tell you the story of the river that fell in love . " Ama , who , being only six years old , had a hard time keeping quiet , said " A really really big river ? This big ? " She spread her arms as wide as they could go . " Nobody cou
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ld remember exactly when the river became their god , nor could they remember a time when it was not so . Years passed , generations passed . Kings came and went in the village , but the river stayed eternal , and all was well with the people . " And occasionally the Spirit of the river would take the form of a man and walk among the people , unnoticed , and he would listen to their problems and commune with them , though they never knew it . He did not do this often , perhaps only once in a few decades . Gods do not lightly mingle in the affairs of men . " She did not see him ; he hid himself in the trees and watched until she was done and had gone back into the village . The Spirit made himself invisible - most gods can do that - and followed her . The woman came to the palace and went i
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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 . Lucian is sick again . Or should I say sick still , since he had a cold last week ? Last night I dropped him off at Nemo 's parents ' house . On the way over , he was quietly reading his Thomas the tank engine brochure that he likes to study in the car . He was so quiet , I thought maybe he had fallen asleep . Usually he reads and points at things - car ! bus ! trees ! When we dropped him off , he was fine . My Mom and I went shopping . An hour into it ( and before we got to eat dinner I might add ) , I received a call from Nemo saying that Lucian was screaming his head off . They couldn 't get him to eat or stop crying . I said I 'd be righ
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t there , and we went and picked him up . We were able to get him to stop crying , but he wasn 't himself . We ended up taking him to the after hours clinic at the hospital . We had an amazing doctor who was incredibly patient with Lucian . He told us that Lucian has hand , foot and mouth disease . ( I thought it sounded like something that horses get so I looked it up and that 's called hoof and mouth disease ) Although it sounds worse , it 's just a virus and he should be back to normal in a few days . I was very happy with the way that Nemo and his parents handled the problem . I 'm glad they called and deferred everything to me . It was a good lesson for them too - normally they see only the best side of Lucian , when he 's happy , clean , well , and rested . It gives me a bit of hope
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Last week , my friend , Jamie * sent me a private message on Facebook telling me she has a problem . Though I already have an idea what her problem was , I still had to confirm it . And I was right , sadly . She walked out on her husband . Why ? How could a woman leave her husband of 20 + years and 6 children . There was only one explanation I had in mind . She was pushed to leave . That night , my friend came over . When I asked her what happened , she said she couldn 't recall everything . She just remembered changing her shirt , grabbing her wallet and walking out the door without turning back . When I asked her about her children , she said she couldn 't take them with her . Twenty and more years ago , Jamie met the man of her dreams , though she didn 't know it at the time . Unaware o
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f what she really felt for the guy , she was shaken when she learned that the guy got his girlfriend pregnant and married her . Jamie was devastated . She lost her friend , her mentor and the guy she deeply loved . She turned to the easiest and most inviting of ways , self destruction . She entered into a relationship in an attempt to mend her broken heart . Naturally , it didn 't work . It was then she met Alex . He got her pregnant so they got married . But if Jamie thought she was settling down for good , she was wrong . Alex was a suspicious , spineless and slothful creature who wouldn 't work and wouldn 't let his wife work because she might flirt with another man . But the bills were piling and the kids were growing fast . So , Jamie had to push Alex to work and so he did , but what
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Tears before the sun shines I must say it has been a really long time since I blogged . I think I have kept away because I didn 't want to have my real feelings out . I feel like I am in a better place . My hurt and frustration with myself is mostly gone . Some of you maybe like , " What ? " Soon after I had Nora I felt like I needed to have another baby . After much praying and fasting and thought my husband and I were on the same page . The fear of what others would think and how we were going to afford one , etc came to mind , but we knew it was God 's will . I became pregnant soon after . Once I did the fears and reality of having to tell people was real . I began to brace myself for the thoughts of others forgetting I knew I was to listen to what the Lord wanted for my family . I had
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just gotten to the point where I could be ok with being pregnant and that it did not really matter what others thought when I lost my baby . I didn 't realize how much it hurt until I became numb to the world around me . I pretended that everything was alright . I wasn 't . I was so alone . Which was ok . I wanted to talk about it , but I also didn 't . I was in too much pain . My body hurt . It hurt that I could not stop my body from killing my baby . Had I wished it away ? Was I not worthy enough to have it ? Had I done something wrong ? I was in so much physical pain and mental pain . I could not do anything . I just lied on my bed it the dark holding my 10 month old baby . Half holding her . Half not wanting to be near her . I didn 't know who I was anymore . I was so alone . I was so
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Sharon jumped when the phone rang . She always developed a slight case of the creepy crawlies when she was alone after dark . Settling herself down , she reached for the receiver . " Yes ma ' am . We 've think we 've recovered some of your stolen property . But we 'd like you or your husband to come down to the station and make a positive identification . " " That 's great , " Sharon replied . " We can come down tomorrow if that 's all right . My husband won 't be home until late tonight . " " Ma ' am , we 'd sure appreciate that . You 'll need to come to the Claiborne station . The officer who recovered your property is still here filling out his report . It would help if you could get here before his shift ends in two hours . " " Sure , I 'll come down right now . I live on Poydras , so
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I should be there in about twenty minutes . After all , you found everything so quickly , it 's the least I can do , " Sharon answered . Sharon hung up the phone and quickly wrote a note to her husband Ron , telling him the good news . He was always so down on the police department . He thought they were as bad as the crooks they investigated . This would show him . She managed to make it through every one of the green lights until she reached the intersection at Elysian Fields . " Damn , " she said as the light turned bright red . Stopping her car , she glanced in her rearview mirror and noticed two men walking toward the passenger side of her car . Drumming the steering wheel nervously , she willed the light to turn green . Come on , she whispered impatiently . The men were closer now ,
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Every time I begin to write today . . . it seems my words begin to talk about . . . Tommy . I wonder ' why ' ? He would have been 43 years old on November 20th . . . and this is the third Thanksgiving he isn 't . . . here . I know I 'm thinking about him . . . though , my mind is thinking about other things . I 'm glad I 'm not crying . Do you know . . . I miss my son . I miss him with my very heart . I don 't worry that you will tire of me writing about him , when this happens . You have the choice to go on to the next blog . . . post . This happens ever so often . I write grief , pain . . . it 's what I know best . Then , I write my colors / my life . . . my thoughts . I was thinking today of how Tommy died . . . I wondered if his eyes were opened long enough to look up at the beautiful
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, blue sky . . . see the white sea gulls flying over him . I keep imagining the sea gulls singing to him . . . ' Tommy , come home . . . it 's time to come home ' . I pray that he didn 't feel any pain in his chest . . . nor feel pain as his body collapsed on the sand . I pray that invisible angel 's hands guided him gently as he fell . Did his ears hear the waves as they washed ashore close by where he lay ? My son died a beautiful death . . . people say this to me . I can ' see ' that they are right . Everyone would want to ' go ' that way . My mind worries for any pain he might have felt . . . he had two blockages to his heart . The autopsy showed this . . . I wonder . . . is it possible he didn 't feel pain ? Imagine the music that the ocean , and sea gulls make as the sounds blend tog
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Today started at 5 : 30 a . m . I fed Micah , who actually had not eaten since midnight , so that was pretty good . However , he could not get back to sleep because he has phlegm in his throat that he can neither swallow nor cough up . I got him settled by 6 : 30 a . m . , but not before Cody was awake . By 7 : 30 a . m . , Jamie was BACK in bed , because he was so grouchy . He was only up for about ten minutes . I was not looking forward to the rest of the day . I fed Micah again at 7 : 30 a . m . and when I was done with him , I discovered that he had peed through his diaper , his clothes and his blankets , and my shirt was also soaked . Wonderful . My day was already swirling towards disaster . Before lunch , the boys were pretty good . Not awesome , but decent . Oh sick ! Jamie is cryi
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ng now . It is 2 : 19 p . m . That means he probably pooped and is now in pain from a diaper rash that he got a couple of days ago after a poop went undiscovered in his diaper for several hours . Oh boy . He sounds really miserable . Guess I 'll have to continue this after I deal with him . Oh boy . This just keeps getting worse and worse . Before lunch , I was feeding Micah in the living room and I heard the answering machine go . I don 't mean that the phone rang . It did not . Jamie was standing in his high chair pressing buttons on the answering machine . He then recorded a message which was quite lengthy and consisted of Cody asking repeatedly , " Can I have a message ? " and me shouting , " Jamie , get down off your high chair ! Jamie , get away from the answering machine ! Cody , ge
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Today at the library I had a woman do that thing where they go , " Oh no ! That dog scared me ! " This is not the first time this has happened . It is kind of common . My dog was doing nothing but standing there quietly . And she wasn 't scared of him or she wouldn 't have hung around acting scared , you know ? of rude to look at someone who is disabled and say they are scary . She harrumphed . I just feel all fed up with people these days . Usually I ignore people who Isaac got a stuffed monkey named Bananas from his friend Mike for Christmas . Isaac grabbed him up right away , carrying him around and making him squeak . Isaac loves squeaky toys but hardly ever gets them because he usually de - squeaks them right away . Bananas has a squeaker in his belly , one in his head , and one in ea
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ch of his legs . His hands have little velcro tabs so he can hang on to Isaac 's neck . It 's hilarious . Isaac loves him and carried him around and chewed on him and got him all slobbery . Isaac and I were on our way out to pee and one of Isaac 's favorite neighbors was in the lobby . She had a bag of apples with her , which Isaac wanted to sniff . She said , " Here , I " ll give you one . " She said she was going to give him one anyway and held one out to him and he took it . And then if he didn 't eat it . Almost all of it . A whole apple , not peeled or sliced or anything . He was cleaning up the little bits that fell out of his mouth onto the floor . He said it was yummy . I wish I 'd I had my eyes closed but I opened them when I heard heavy breathing . Isaac was standing over me , ho
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Today at the library I had a woman do that thing where they go , " Oh no ! That dog scared me ! " This is not the first time this has happened . It is kind of common . My dog was doing nothing but standing there quietly . And she wasn 't scared of him or she wouldn 't have hung around acting scared , you know ? of rude to look at someone who is disabled and say they are scary . She harrumphed . I just feel all fed up with people these days . Usually I ignore people who Isaac got a stuffed monkey named Bananas from his friend Mike for Christmas . Isaac grabbed him up right away , carrying him around and making him squeak . Isaac loves squeaky toys but hardly ever gets them because he usually de - squeaks them right away . Bananas has a squeaker in his belly , one in his head , and one in ea
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ch of his legs . His hands have little velcro tabs so he can hang on to Isaac 's neck . It 's hilarious . Isaac loves him and carried him around and chewed on him and got him all slobbery . Isaac and I were on our way out to pee and one of Isaac 's favorite neighbors was in the lobby . She had a bag of apples with her , which Isaac wanted to sniff . She said , " Here , I " ll give you one . " She said she was going to give him one anyway and held one out to him and he took it . And then if he didn 't eat it . Almost all of it . A whole apple , not peeled or sliced or anything . He was cleaning up the little bits that fell out of his mouth onto the floor . He said it was yummy . I wish I 'd I had my eyes closed but I opened them when I heard heavy breathing . Isaac was standing over me , ho
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Raggylug , or Rag , was the name of a young cottontail rabbit . Ho got this name because he had a torn and ragged ear , the result of his first adventure . He lived with his mother in Mr . Olifant 's swamp , where I became acquainted with them and learned their life and ways . Perhaps , when you read this story , you will think that I have made the animals too much like human beings . But those who have lived near them and studied their ways and their minds will not think so . Of course , rabbits cannot speak as we do , but they have a system of sounds , signs , scents and movements , by means of which they understand each other . In this story I translate from the rabbit language into the English language , and I do not say anything that they did not say . The swamp grass concealed the ne
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st where Raggylug lay . When his mother had to go away , she covered him with some of this grass and , as always , she told him , in Rabbit language , to « lay low » , that is , not to move or make a sound . For some time he lay still and , with his bright eyes , looked at that part of the little green world that was straight above him . Then a blue jay and a squirrel began to quarrel , and soon the bush under which Rag lay became the centre of their fight , A little yellow bird caught a blue butterfly over Raggylug 's nose , and a black and red ladybug walked across the nest and over Rag 's face , - yet he did not move . After a while he heard a strange movement among the leaves of a bush near him . It was a strange sound , and although he heard something move this way and that way , and
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So my friends dad 's friend wanted a fish pond . So my friends dad says : " get a hole auger , some fertilizer and some diesel fuel call me up when everything is ready and I will bring the fuse " . Anyway a week later his friend called and said he was ready for the fuse . So he bought a quarter mile fuse , when he gets there he finds the guy used a telephone pole auger around 4 feet wide and instead of a few bags of fertilizer he bought a few pallets of the stuff . And instead of some diesel fuel he bought a trailer full of it . He said he had drilled 24 holes filled with fuel and fertilizer , in the size of an average 2 bathroom 3 bedroom house . The man with the fuse said " I thought you wanted a fish pond , not a passage to the earth 's core . He said that 's right , I do want a fish po
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nd . So they set the fuse and went running for the nearby forest . When it exploded it was described as raining huge chunks of mud . When they realized what had happened they jumped in a truck and headed the other way . Someone flagged them down and when they stopped they thought " today die " but the guy asked did they hear the huge explosion ? They said yes and they thought it was over there ( opposite direction ) and that 's where they were headed . Anyway my friends dad 's friend got one interesting fish pond . So we were combining a field of soybeans and it was not on the main farm , it was a neighbors and there was a small 2 acre lot with a house next to the field . Some woman ran out into the field , bawling yelling " murderer murderer your killing it your killing it . I hopped out
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Leave a Comment » > I 'm a little sad today . It is good news , actually . The dogs that we rescued the day before Thanksgiving have been returned to their " parents . " They stayed at our house for almost a week , though , and it is impossible not to start to love them in that amount of time . So I 'm sad . Here 's the story : Last Wednesday ( the 24th ) was a huge day . So much to do , I took a half day off from work to do it . The day before the Turkey Trot ( the 5k race we put on in Palm Desert ) , there were many last minute preparations to attend to , including picking up the U - Haul truck we use to carry tables , chairs , cones , sound system , etc . for the race . Also on the agenda was shopping for Thanksgiving and hopefully getting a few things prepped . I wanted to do some last
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minute cleaning before my family arrived . And , finally , I had promised to sit with my grandsons while their mother did her Thanksgiving shopping . Since I had prevailed upon her to host not only Alan and myself for dinner , but my sons , my niece , and my future daughter - in - law , it was the least I could do . As soon as I got home from work , Alan and I left to pick up the truck . It was about noon and while we were waiting for the truck to be brought to us , two little dogs wandered up . No collars ( of course ) . At first we thought that they were the " U - Haul dogs , " that someone brought to work with them . So we asked . No such luck . They were very friendly , relatively clean and groomed dogs . A poodle and a Maltese . They weren 't scared at all , in fact , they came right
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Happy Birthday ! Jason turned 30 years old today , and I 'm looking forward to the next 30 + . Of course that would put me over 90 , so perhaps I 'm stretching things a bit . . . or not . I meant to go for a long bike ride today - about 30 miles - but due to some coordination efforts , and me not wanting to get up this morning , it was put off . I 'll have to wait a couple of days before the opportunity comes along again . Besides , it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow , and I 'm not sure I want to ride in the heat . The girls are both doing well , as is Linda . Jason kicked back for a good portion of the day , and in general it has been a very nice birthday for Jason . We had a little party at the end of the day , and we all had some cake ( or at least a cup cake ) . Jason likes chocolate
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cake and I don 't , so I had a nice little white cup cake . Linda was being her normal creative self , and had a 2 and a 9 candle on the cake , with a separate solitary candle placed in front of the two numbers . I thought it was a cute way to indicate 30 . The girls got their baths , and insisted on Grandpa telling them a story , so after Grandma got them in bed I took over . I think it is because when I tell them the story I will shake the bed for earth quakes and stuff like that . My stories are very active . . . ; - ) Anyway , they 're both asleep by now , and I am just finishing up the blog . Thank you , for all your continued support and all the prayers , take care and stay positive . Today was a totally relaxed day for Jason , though the morning started out a little on the confusin
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Happy Birthday ! Jason turned 30 years old today , and I 'm looking forward to the next 30 + . Of course that would put me over 90 , so perhaps I 'm stretching things a bit . . . or not . I meant to go for a long bike ride today - about 30 miles - but due to some coordination efforts , and me not wanting to get up this morning , it was put off . I 'll have to wait a couple of days before the opportunity comes along again . Besides , it is supposed to be warmer tomorrow , and I 'm not sure I want to ride in the heat . The girls are both doing well , as is Linda . Jason kicked back for a good portion of the day , and in general it has been a very nice birthday for Jason . We had a little party at the end of the day , and we all had some cake ( or at least a cup cake ) . Jason likes chocolate
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cake and I don 't , so I had a nice little white cup cake . Linda was being her normal creative self , and had a 2 and a 9 candle on the cake , with a separate solitary candle placed in front of the two numbers . I thought it was a cute way to indicate 30 . The girls got their baths , and insisted on Grandpa telling them a story , so after Grandma got them in bed I took over . I think it is because when I tell them the story I will shake the bed for earth quakes and stuff like that . My stories are very active . . . ; - ) Anyway , they 're both asleep by now , and I am just finishing up the blog . Thank you , for all your continued support and all the prayers , take care and stay positive . Today was a totally relaxed day for Jason , though the morning started out a little on the confusin
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A couple of weeks ago , I was trying to back out of my driveway . K was visiting as he seems to spend most of his time at my house these days . K had not pulled his car up to the point where I 'd repeatedly asked him to . I was in a rush . I tried to back out of the driveway 20 times and each time I felt my car falling into the ditch , I pulled back up . As I was pulling out , I saw the neighbor across the street in her yard . When I returned , I remembered something I wanted to tell the neighbor about being gone and expecting some packages . She mentioned how much watching me back out that morning had scared her . I explained that I 'd talked with K about pulling his car up before and he just wouldn 't listen . Her response was classic " That 's all men . " Yes , individual incidents like
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that where a man puts his wife in danger of running her car into the ditch might be just being a man but when you are married to a man with Aspergers , it 's so much more . These incidents are constant . There is no redeeming moment . There 's no apology . Being married to a man with Aspergers is like having all the bad traits of men amplified with few moments of redemption . There 's his need for power and control but no tender moments in the evenings when the kids have gone to bed . There 's getting mad and breaking things but no he makes no apologies about it and sometimes never fixes or replaces what he breaks . He gets a long with everyone but his own wife . He will say whatever it takes to please them but he will never stand up for his wife . People once told my husband they thought
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This weekend we have family coming home . It 's homecoming Sunday at the family church . I haven 't been to one in years , but it 's the old - fashioned type church homecoming . Everybody will get there early to catch up and talk for awhile , and then preaching during the morning . Everyone brings food so at lunchtime , there 's a long break and everyone goes outside and eats under the trees and more catching up . When lunch is done and cleaned up , they all go back inside and listen to more preaching . As I said , I haven 't been to one in years and each year Fmom tries to guilt trip me into going , but I always refuse . I call it the family church because my grandparents helped get the most recent incarnation built , plus my aunts , sisters , nieces and nephews have been married there .
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Anyway half the family will be here this weekend for the homecoming . So Fmom is using her Fmom code language to let me know to straighten up the house . But I have my secret weapon for the furtherance of the slackerly lifestyle . Whenever I pick something up by Fmom I just let out a groan and set my face is the most horrible of grimaces . She 'll immediately ask me what 's wrong and I 'll innocently say , " Oh nothing , just the back . " She 'll tell me to stop the cleaning right now and go lay down , and I 'll valiantly refuse saying we have family coming home . Another groan , another grimace and then I 'll finally let myself be convinced by her to take a break . OK I admit I 'm milking the back situation , but it really does hurt . Of course once it 's better I have to go back to the c
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This weekend we have family coming home . It 's homecoming Sunday at the family church . I haven 't been to one in years , but it 's the old - fashioned type church homecoming . Everybody will get there early to catch up and talk for awhile , and then preaching during the morning . Everyone brings food so at lunchtime , there 's a long break and everyone goes outside and eats under the trees and more catching up . When lunch is done and cleaned up , they all go back inside and listen to more preaching . As I said , I haven 't been to one in years and each year Fmom tries to guilt trip me into going , but I always refuse . I call it the family church because my grandparents helped get the most recent incarnation built , plus my aunts , sisters , nieces and nephews have been married there .
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Anyway half the family will be here this weekend for the homecoming . So Fmom is using her Fmom code language to let me know to straighten up the house . But I have my secret weapon for the furtherance of the slackerly lifestyle . Whenever I pick something up by Fmom I just let out a groan and set my face is the most horrible of grimaces . She 'll immediately ask me what 's wrong and I 'll innocently say , " Oh nothing , just the back . " She 'll tell me to stop the cleaning right now and go lay down , and I 'll valiantly refuse saying we have family coming home . Another groan , another grimace and then I 'll finally let myself be convinced by her to take a break . OK I admit I 'm milking the back situation , but it really does hurt . Of course once it 's better I have to go back to the c
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As they walking holding hands a falling deeper and deeper in love . The boy stopped and looked down , not even noticing but he picked up a folded up dollar . Thinking it was only a dollar as he opened it he slightly turned around to not show the girl . It was a 100 dollars , everything started going through his mind . All the things he could buy . New shoes , New hats , New pants then he thought I want to spend it on this girl . " Whats your favorite kind of flowers ? " He asked her in a slightly soft tone . " Oh , just wondering . " They kept walking and he seen these beautiful red roses . They were bright , and so alive they remind him of her . As he was walking with her . Holding her hand and looking into her beautiful eyes . They were blue bright blue . He stopped walking and turned in
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front of her to face her eyes . " I 'm in love with you . " He said softly . She looked her eyes got wide , and a bright smile came upon her face . Her month opened He looked at her and smiled picked her up and swung her around . Just slightly he kissed her lips , pressing against them but not pressing to hard to hurt them . She pulled away and smiled and grabbed his hand . Her phone vibrated it read " We need you home , right now sweetie . " She looked at the message and her face dropped . After he kissed her and watched her leave , he walked into this old pawn shop . He knew what he was going to get , He was going to spend that 100 dollars that he found on a promise ring for her . He wanted the ring to promise that he didn 't want to be with anyone else but her . That is what happened ,
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Felix woke up in a beautiful mood this morning , but really hungry . He had such a busy day yesterday , playing and having fun , that he didn 't really eat much at his party . When I got him out of his cot at 6 . 30am , he started signing , " Eat , eat , eat " . When I got him his porridge , he couldn 't eat it quick enough . We spent the morning reading some of Felix 's new story books which he got for his birthday . He loves books so much , and was very spoilt by his friends with lots of new stories to read . I love seeing his excitement when he discovers something new . He busily pointed to pictures and signed ( if he knew the sign ) all the things he could see . He has some touch and feel ones which he thinks are awesome , and some where he has to lift up the flaps to see what is under
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neath them . A couple of his new books are interactive with different buttons to press at each stage of the story , which make noises . Tonight we read one which had sea creatures , with big goggly eyes , in the book . The eyes glow in the dark , so Nathan sat by the light and turned it on and off as we read each page . Felix thought that was pretty amazing ! Our big ( or should I say , small ) , two year old walked everywhere today . I didn 't see him crawl once ! ! I was so proud of him , but also had a tinge of sadness as I realised that his baby days are almost over . He 's turning into a little boy now , who doesn 't need his Mummy as much as he used to . His new found independence is fantastic but , like with all of our babies , I feel a little bit sad to say goodbye to that part of
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with men and boys and also much drinking . It was natural , with such influences around me to grow up wild . I took the stand that I must fight my way died a few years ago of heart trouble . My step - father and step - mother have passed away many years ago . My step - father met a horrible death at a coal City , and lived with her relatives for a while . She received help from her husband to pay her expenses . Then it stopped . About this time she gave birth to a son and as I had to go to work in the mines with my stepfather . My stepfather could not read or write . He was a native of Wales and followed coal passed away with a heart attack , aged 81 years . His wife died 12 years before him . Henry lived a clean life and never got into trouble ; neither did he arrived just as the crash oc
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curred . After the coal dust settled , I noticed one body lying near by . His name was COX , a one - legged man . Only a wide leather belt was around his rocks just behind the P . R . Railroad Depot . The two dollars which I had saved in Wadesville came in handy now . My cousin , James , brought bread and sausage I realized soon that I must find work , as my board bill must be paid . My cousin James was about my age . He had worked , driving a mule in a coal mining was by contract , either by yardage or by tonnage . So much per yard or so much per ton . I have always preferred to mine by contract . throw SHANKLIN , who was larger and heavier than I and somewhat of a bully . I threw him . He got angry and struck my companion full in the face . Then , I struck him in the face as my come on a
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He didn 't think it was a good idea , saying that his parents didn 't like meeting people on holidays or some load of complete bullshit . It really pissed me off that he would be in the same city as me , but wouldn 't be able to find time to see me , or if he did , it would be on his terms . Although it hurt my feelings , it really helped me put things into perspective . I hope this card brightens your day ! is that a smile on your face ? Good ! These past couple of weeks I have been thinking . I know you are going through a lot of stress right now , so I 'm gonna try my best to be support for you rather than a headache ! I 'm also gonna stop asking questions about your future ! See , now aren 't you happy ? Well one main purpose of this card was to wish you a happy Thanksgiving . I hope y
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ou realize how lucky you are to have a friend like me . I hope you truly are thankful this Thanksgiving ! Ha ha , I couldn 't help it ! On a serious note , I want you to know that I am truly blessed to have someone like you in my life , you make me laugh on my shittiest day ! That means so much to me . You also put up with all of my bullshit . OK , enough about me and how much better you are ! I hope this card has brightened your day , made you laugh , made you cry , brought you down for a second only to lift you back up forever … wow that was pretty cheesy ! As you can see , I need some help writing , maybe you can start proofreading my cards ! Well have a GREAT day Holly , you are an amazing and extraordinary person ! When Thanksgiving actually came around , I didn 't see or talk to Aust
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From Parts I - IV : I returned from Afghanistan , having been shot in the shoulder and having two surgeries to repair it . I got out of the Army to help my mother who had bladder cancer and ran into the high school girl on whom I had had a crush . I found out she was a single mother of a young daughter and tried to ask her out , only to have her accuse me of treating her like someone who I thought couldn 't take care of herself and needed to be saved . She realized her mistake and we dated once then I was invited to her house , where I ran into her ex , who had drugged her and then knocked me out . After the incident , Lily says she won 't see me anymore , but then , one night she arrived , drunk , and fucks me . When she wakes , she says it was a mistake and goes back to not seeing me any
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more . After a few weeks of being ignored and turned down by Lily , I asked the waitress Cindy out and she proved to be a sexual dynamo . After getting very close to Cindy and having wonderful sex , Buck gets sentenced and his family comes after me , leading to Cindy getting killed . < / i > I managed to get through that day , but barely . The next day the police brought my car home and asked to talk to me . They asked me about the incident and I took them through it as I remembered it . I didn 't tell them about the Afghanistan flashback or the dream . No fucking way . They said it would be awhile before I got my weapon back . They were very apologetic while staring at me as if there was something wrong with me . It wasn 't that they seemed suspicious , but it was as if they were looking
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This is my new puppy jack ! This weekend I was taking a mid day nap and my little brother vahang came into my room and plopped a puppy onto me . I wake up and its looking me in the eye terrified . I pick it up and fleas are crawling everywhere ! I rush to take it outside where my family is waiting for me , all looking at me with huge smiles . I look back at that like what the hell is going on . My tatik , who is the only one who looks angry , tells me my papik bought the dog for me . He paid 1 , 000 dram she says . I show them that the dog has bugs . Then don 't look worried , but I am disgusted and don 't even want to touch the fur ball . My brother comes out with a big bucket some soap and some water he has boiled . He mixes the water with cold water and throws the dog in the bucket . He
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begins to scrub her . I sit and watch perplexed . I mean washing the dog isn 't going to kill the fleas … My host dad was an vet in the early stages of his life , I mean sure he worked with cows , but shouldn 't he know what a flea is ? As the dog is being washed you see the bugs just clinging to her , there must have been at least50 of them . We begin to comb through them and kill them one by one , me , my brother and my host dad . An hour later we are still killing them off . I resign as my brother takes out the blow dryer to dry the dog . I come back an hour later hoping that they are done , they are still killing off bugs . Three hours it took , and I was really skeptical , but she really doesn 't have fleas anymore . I check everyday , and none ! I guess you don 't always need that e
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Theodore Nott became a private detective for one reason : To help people . To be like the heroes in his comics . But it 's not until Hermione Granger walks though his door that his life takes a more heroic turn . Theodore didn 't know where he was going ; he just ran . He quietly made his way down the stairs while his father slept in the living room , left his family home and ran . He didn 't pack a bag , any clothes or possessions ; he didn 't want a thing from that house . He didn 't want to stay there anymore . Theodore breathed heavily in and out , his sides and legs aching . He was exhausted , but he didn 't want to stop , not as long as he was near that place . He didn 't want anyone to find him . He slowed down more and more as crowds got thicker and thicker , until he started to wa
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lk , pushing his way past . No one stopped or any paid attention to him , except to turn and shout at him for being rude and to watch where he was going . Some called him words he 'd never heard of before and assumed they were bad , but he ignored them all ; he didn 't care what they thought . Theodore stopped in the corner , between an old pawn shop and an alley wall lined with bins , only when his legs started to shake and he thought he would fall , or worse , faint from being overtired . Across from him , was a small , green shop . The place looked abandoned and old ; the painting was chipped and the windows had cracks in , but it was quiet and apart from all the rest . It seemed like the perfect place to sit and rest , to hide for a while until he could figure out where to go next . Th
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Oh , four - day weekend . . . you make all my dreams come true . Well , except for the part where my husband screams at various football games on TV . And the part where his greatest contribution to our list of household chores is to lift his feet when I come through with the vacuum . But , other than that . . . it 's all good . Our Thanksgiving was basically a repeat of last year . I cooked dinner and then we went to a friend 's house for dessert . I picked out a couple of cookie recipes from a kids ' cookbook and tasked my daughter with the job of making dessert - under careful supervision , of course . In anticipation of indulging in said dessert , I worked out four days in a row , including a yoga class on Thanksgiving morning . It was free if you brought a canned good . At this time o
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f year , I keep extra cans o ' food on hand for just this sort of thing . Food drives galore . Although I don 't actually prepare a turkey ( I bought some roasted turkey breast for my husband from the HoneyBaked Ham place , it still took most of the day to prepare everything and to help the kid make two kinds of cookies ( birds ' nests and dirty snowballs , in case you wondered ) . I made yeast rolls from scratch , roasted a tofurky , and also made mashed potatoes , dressing ( vegetarian , using my mom 's recipe ) , green bean casserole , and a rice casserole . I must confess I did get fairly irritable by mid - day . Because I don 't like to do a lot of cleaning and laundry on the weekend , I try to get everything done on Thursday of each week . So , in addition to cooking all day on Thank
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Oh , four - day weekend . . . you make all my dreams come true . Well , except for the part where my husband screams at various football games on TV . And the part where his greatest contribution to our list of household chores is to lift his feet when I come through with the vacuum . But , other than that . . . it 's all good . Our Thanksgiving was basically a repeat of last year . I cooked dinner and then we went to a friend 's house for dessert . I picked out a couple of cookie recipes from a kids ' cookbook and tasked my daughter with the job of making dessert - under careful supervision , of course . In anticipation of indulging in said dessert , I worked out four days in a row , including a yoga class on Thanksgiving morning . It was free if you brought a canned good . At this time o
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f year , I keep extra cans o ' food on hand for just this sort of thing . Food drives galore . Although I don 't actually prepare a turkey ( I bought some roasted turkey breast for my husband from the HoneyBaked Ham place , it still took most of the day to prepare everything and to help the kid make two kinds of cookies ( birds ' nests and dirty snowballs , in case you wondered ) . I made yeast rolls from scratch , roasted a tofurky , and also made mashed potatoes , dressing ( vegetarian , using my mom 's recipe ) , green bean casserole , and a rice casserole . I must confess I did get fairly irritable by mid - day . Because I don 't like to do a lot of cleaning and laundry on the weekend , I try to get everything done on Thursday of each week . So , in addition to cooking all day on Thank
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Aug17 by gweyant : The rain poured down on the county . Cleansing the air of the stench , and the brown haze . A summer thunderstorm the weatherman had said . That was a full week ago . It continued to rain so hard the mountains began to run down in streams of mud . The first hill collapsed after the third week of rain . By the time it did the measurable amount showed twenty inches plus . Truth of the matter it was no longer an issue of actual amounts . The threat became people drowning in mud . Also the threat of bad water and influenza seemed to be the worst of the situation . I grew up at a time when they closed down the orphanage and farmed us out to locals to raise for added income . I got lucky the couple that took me in were good to me . They were old stock . They didn 't care how r
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otten a child was they loved them any way . Their natural born son was the rotten he died while trying to rob the bank in Charleston , WV . I grew up and became a doctor . The only revenue in this part of the mountains was coal mines , farming , and logging . The county administration held two jobs to support their families . Which is how I ended up in the situation I was in . Today the sun shown for the first time since the rain started . It has the most wonderful warm feel to it . It is even drying the top to the layer of mud that 's everywhere . People are starting to shovel their homes out . Walking to the normal places I go . I can check on people without being obvious about it . I saw Daniel Elkton out helping Mrs . Carrow it was cute . He 's at least seventy - five and she 's ninety
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The school year is well underway and I haven 't done a single post in here since before the summer holidays began . This year is different for me than any previous year . I have only one child home with me every day , and that is Lauren , my only girl . She turned three this summer , and she is amazing . Strong , both in body and spirit , and just a delight to have around . I have told more than one person recently that I feel like a bit of a fraud . Desperate house - mom ? Not so much anymore . Yes , I am still staying home with my kids , but now there 's only one here full time , and it feels so . . . dare I say it . . . easy . That is not to minimize in any way the challenges of being a stay - at - home mom . When I was home with just Cody , it was very hard , but he was much younger (
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under one ) , and much higher maintenance . Lauren is independent , and she doesn 't get into trouble the way her brothers used to . People used to tell me , " It will get easier ! " , and it felt like the day would never come , but here I am . I feel strong now , once again , perhaps for the first time in ten years , since before I was pregnant with Cody . Lauren is now okay with a baby sitter , and that has opened a whole new world of opportunities for me . Not that I 'm running all over the place now . In fact , I 'm still home all day , most days . But tomorrow , for example , I have a baby sitter lined up and I 'm going riding . Horseback riding , that is , for anyone who doesn 't know me . Micah is in grade one this year , which means he is in school full time , every day . I worried
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John " Preacher " Middleton is about to close the bar when a young woman and her three - year - old son come in out of a wet October night . A marine who has seen his share of pain , Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one - the woman is covered in bruises . He wants to protect them , and he wants to punish whoever did this to her , but he knows immediately that this inclination to protect is something much more . Paige Lassiter has stirred up emotions in this gentle giant of a man - emotions that he has never allowed himself to feel . A fierce and unseasonably cold September wind blew chilly rain against the windows . Preacher wiped down the bar and while it was only seven - thirty , it was already dark . No one in Virgin River would be out on a night like this . After the dinner hour wa
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s past , people tended to stay in on cold , wet nights . Those campers and fishermen in the area would be locked down tight against the storm . It was bear and deer hunting season , but it was unlikely any hunters would pass en route to or from lodges and blinds at this hour , in such weather . Jack , his partner and the owner of the bar and grill , knowing there would be little if any business , had gone for the night . Preacher had also sent home their seventeen year old helper , Rick . As soon as the fire burned down a little more , Preacher planned to switch off the OPEN sign and lock the door . He poured himself a shot of whiskey and took it over to the table nearest the fire , then turned a chair toward the hearth and propped up his feet . Quiet nights like this were to his liking .
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I am dog tired . It 's very hard work being a movie star . We shot for over 2 hours tonight under hot , hot lights . Toto wasn 't in every scene , just the ones that Dorothy ( aka Tierney ) was in . We were filming the yellow brick road part . The reason the background is green is because they will digitally create the background on the computer . I 'm not sure why people are not wearing shoes . Tier had special sparkly ruby slippers too . The good witch was very beautiful and the bad witch was really frightening . I also got scared when the lion jumped out at Dorothy and roared , but I didn 't let it show on my face . What a pro ! ! I was given lots of breaks to rest in front of the air conditioner and a few times I got to wait outside on the grass until it was our turn again . I never ma
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de a peep or tried to jump out of my basket . Everyone said I was a perfect Toto . I did see two guys dressed up as flying monkeys and heard they will be shooting a scene Saturday in the woods . NO WAY am I going to allow myself to be carried away by the monkeys ! I 'm calling my agent ! Linda has to admit , as annoying as Chim can be sometimes , right now he is so cute it 's breaking her heart . For two hours , he has been running , leaping , chasing , and spinning around the backyard chasing bugs ( or imaginary friends since it looked like he was just acting crazy . ) She let him inside and he ran right for Mutilated Coyote . He was dragging it around , showing off his kill , but at the same time he was so tired that he was staggering and tripping over it 's body . Finally , he jumped up
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2 : . . . to Thomas Lonsdale Allen and Ruby Williams . She is the youngest of 8 children : George Kenneth was born August 27 , 1900 . He went by Kenneth . Lillian Roweine was born April 22 , 1903 . She went by Roweine . Lester William was born April 26 , 1906 . He went by Les . Thomas Raymond was born June 7 , 1908 . He went by Ray . Josephine was born February 3 , 1910 . She went by Jo . Lucille was born September 5 , 1911 . She went by Lucille . Ruby June was born June 9 , 1913 . She went by June . 3 : 1 . The Beginning I was born three days after Christmas in 1917 . I don 't remember too much about Provo , except a couple of things . My dear oldest sister , Roweine , was like a second mom to me . People would ask her why she didn 't get married and have a family , and she 'd say , " Why
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should I have a family ? I 've raised these 8 kids . " But I was one more than she wanted . When Roweine heard that Mom got pregnant again , she just shook her head . I came along 4 years after June , so of course , she thought she was through raising kids . Roweine liked to read and Mom had a big leather rocker . And Mom would put me in the rocker on a pillow when I was about 6 months old , that next summer , when it was a wash day and she would tell Roweine to make sure I was okay . Roweine said , " So , I 'm reading and you 'd start to fuss and I 'd push you in the rocker . back and forth , back and forth , and pretty soon , the back and forth wasn 't enough and you 'd started to cry . So I would just push that chair harder and harder until it rocked so hard and out came pillow and bab
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The 26 - year - old mother stared down at her son who was dying of terminal leukemia . Although her heart was filled with sadness , she also had a strong feeling of determination . Like any parent she wanted her son to grow up and fulfill all his dreams . Now that was no longer possible . The leukemia would see to that . But , she still wanted her son 's dreams to come true . She took her son 's hand and asked , " Billy , did you ever think about what you wanted to be once you grew up ? Did you ever dream and wish what you would do with your life ? " " Mommy , I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up . " Mom smiled back and said , " Let 's see if we can make your wish come true . " Later that day she went to her local fire department in Phoenix , Arizona , where she met Fireman Bob ,
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who had a heart as big as Phoenix . She explained her son 's final wish and asked if it might be possible to give her six year old son a ride around the block on a fire engine . Fireman Bob said , " Look , we can do better than that . If you 'll have your son ready at seven o ' clock Wednesday morning , we 'll make him an honorary fireman for the whole day . He can come down to the fire station , eat with us , go out on all the fire calls , the whole nine yards ! And if you 'll give us his sizes , we 'll get a real fire uniform for him , with a real fire hat - not a toy one , but one with the emblem of the Phoenix Fire Department on it , a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots . They 're all manufactured right here in Phoenix , so we can get them fast . " Three days later Fireman B
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Sam MacLeish is the private eye in Bill Armstrong 's COLD AS ICE . Obsessed with the vicious shooting murder of his friend Lynn Harding at her Vermont farm house , and the disappearance of her young daughter , Macleish is determined to solve the crime . Making his primitive vacation cabin high in the nearby hills his base , he tries to ferret information from an array of unsavory local characters . In the course of his investigation he manages to alienate the county sherriff and even his own friends . Making blunder after blunder , he finally zeroes in on the murderer , in the process setting himself up as the killer 's next victim . The mysterious , awesome beauty of a cold and snowy Vermont winter forms a strangely lyrical backdrop for the mayhem that follows . COLD AS ICE provides a str
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ong dose of nail - biting suspense wrapped in a lovely pastoral setting . Add to that a sharp - eyed look at the backwoods characters and chronic alcoholism of deepest Vermont , and the result is more than unusual , it is irresistible . The stuffed deer had been displayed in the window of the Reedville country store for as long as I could remember . When I pulled into the lot just before closing time , I noticed that the deer was now wearing sunglasses and an orange Day - Glo watch cap , and there was a Luger squirt gun slung around its neck . Two men I didn 't know were sitting on the porch in front of the store , wearing orange camouflage suits , high lace - up infantry boots and hats much like the deer 's ; the way the men were positioned the squirt gun was aimed right at one of their h
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We just got back from having fast food for our New Year 's Eve dinner . As you can probably guess , that wasn 't the original plan . A couple of our friends invited us to meet them at a steakhouse , and we were excited . We hadn 't had a chance to hang out with them in quite a while . Plus , they have a son who 's only 3 months younger than Biscuit . Jeff and I used the call - ahead seating option , thinking it would make things easier with the boys , as 2 - year - olds aren 't known for their patience . We got to the restaurant , and our friends were already there . They didn 't know we had called ahead , so they had put their name on the wait list . We met at 5 p . m . , thinking that should ensure us a quick wait before being able to eat ( or more accurately , a quick wait before we cou
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ld feed our boys ) . Our friends were told there was a 30 - minute wait . And Jeff and I found out the call - ahead seating was baloney . All they did was move our name from the call - ahead list to the bottom of the wait list . At 6 p . m . , we were still waiting , and the hostesses were still telling people it would be 30 minutes as they walked in the door . One of our boys was on the verge of a meltdown , and the other was starting to whine about being hungry . Our friend made a joke about just going to a fast food place , and the more I thought about it , the better the idea sounded . Even if they had called our name next to take us to our table , we would still have had to wait for our server , then wait for our drinks , then wait for our food . And for toddlers , waiting for an hour
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My daughter woke up the other night because " I hear music in my ear and it scares me " . So she fell asleep next to me on the couch while I wrote . When I was ready for bed , I went to pick her up and carry her to bed . She is much like her dad and talks in her sleep . When I scooped her up , she moaned , stretched , and said , " Don 't do that . I might come back to life ! " Huh ? Deep sleeper , I guess . Then there is # 3 . He is a funny little kid . He 's funny just existing . Today , on the way home from school , he was excited over a penny he had . " Mommy , it says 1981 on it . Does that mean it was made in 1981 ? " Yes . " Wow ! So how much do you think it is worth ? " A penny . " But mommy , it should be worth more since it is so old ! " 1981 ? Old ? I must be archaic by now . The
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re is more to tell of this story , of God 's ways of caring and comforting me , of unlikely people who did the right thing and brought me comfort , of facing fears during another pregnancy , and of God 's goodness . But the reason I began this story is that I wanted to tell what gift God had given me with the death and birth of my first daughter . We named her Lydia . It was not the name we had originally chosen if she was to be girl , but we named her Lydia . Lydia was the seller of purple , a valuable cloth fit for royalty . With Lydia 's small life , I began to see God 's hand in my life in a real way . . . like a purple thread woven throughout my daily journey . Lydia was the first believer in Asia . Our Lydia was our first baby in heaven , and it seemed like a good name . Our children
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DATASET_README.md
---
language:
- en
task_categories:
- text-generation
- summarization
- question-answering
- conversational
tags:
- multitask
- email
- stories
- qa
- summarization
- chat
license:
- cc-by-4.0
- apache-2.0
- mit
---
# Gilbert-Multitask-Mix
A diverse multitask dataset for text generation training, combining samples from 5 different domains with structured prompt formatting.
## Dataset Description
This dataset contains 6,500+ examples across multiple text generation tasks, formatted for instruction fine-tuning of language models.
### Domains Included:
1. **Email Drafting** (1,200 examples)
- Source: Enron AESLC emails
- Task: Generate email replies from subject and body
2. **Story Continuation** (1,500 examples)
- Source: STORIES dataset
- Task: Continue fictional narratives
3. **Technical Q&A** (1,300 examples)
- Source: Stack Overflow and technical forums
- Task: Answer programming and technical questions
4. **News Summarization** (1,300 examples)
- Source: CNN/DailyMail
- Task: Summarize news articles
5. **Chat Responses** (1,200 examples)
- Source: Everyday conversations
- Task: Generate conversational replies
## Dataset Structure
### Data Format
Each example follows this structured format:
```json
{
"text": "### Task: <task_description>\n\n### Input:\n<context>\n\n### Output:\n<target>"
}
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