I’m sure the parents who read this can relate that once you become a parent, the one thing that’s constant is the presence of your child/children. When you see the child for the first time, hold him/her for the first time, kiss him/her for the first time, its a whole new beginning. Life as you know it, has changed eternally. You are now responsible for this being that has been gifted to you by the Almighty. From that point on, your children are a fixture in your life. You cannot escape it, and if you manage a fleeting moment where they are not there, your heart aches for their presence, even when we are reminded of the screaming and the tantrums, and all the other “wonderful” things kids do that drive us bonkers
Today the kids were with Aisha. I had [...]
Disney Cruise Line announces new destinations
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If Zack and Cody’s new show The Suite Life on Deck inspires your family to book a cruise, Disney Cruise Line is offering a number of new destinations to choose from in 2010, including St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tunisia.
Disney Wonder and Magic
Booking for the cruises opens Oct. 14.
The St. Petersburg stop is on the Disney Magic’s 12-night Northern European Capitals cruise, offered in June and July 2010. The ship will depart Dover, England, for Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm among other ports. The cruise will overnight in St. Petersburg with a shore excursion option to Moscow for the second day. Rates start at $3,649 per person, double occupancy.
In April, May, August and September, the Disney Magic returns to the Mediterranean with 10- and 11-night cruises to Italy, France and Spain, plus three new ports of call not offered when Disney last sailed the region: Tunis, the island nation of Malta, and [...]
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Life is a Highway
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First things first. Click on the “play” triangle here: [audio Life Is A Highway] (Don’t worry. It won’t destroy your computer. It should eventually start playing a song, so make sure your computer’s volume is set to a good level. Come on, do it for Finn! This blog post is just soooo much better if you have this song playing! And a quick apology too … I’m not as blog saavy yet as my techno-cousin Cat, who has whole musical albums playing as background music on her blog!)
Now, if this were a Jeopardy game, I’d use the following questions as my “answers” to this “answer” – Finn’s current obsession.
The actual Jeopardy round would look or sound something like this:
Answer: Finn’s current obsession.
Question: What, as of 2004, was 46,837 miles long?
or …
Answer: Finn’s current obsession.
Question: What came into being as a result of President Dwight D. Eisenhowser signing the Federal-Aid [...]
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What Makes Me Happy
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I am happy.
I am a happy person with a great life. And no, it’s not dependent on the price of gasoline.
Here’s what’s currently making me happy:
I didn’t have to work today.
Dinner tonight was healthy, cheap and well received, (pizza from scratch).
I did most of the dishes, but no one cares if I finish up tomorrow.
Both my kids had friends over after school today, and there was only minimal whining about no video games.
My 12-year-old has been drawing more since I took away said video games.
I have four great movies from the library right now, and three whole weeks to watch them. (Juno, Charlie Bartlett, Extras: Series Finale and Star Trek: Enterprise, the Second Season.)
I gleaned a perfect Swiffer today from a neighbor’s garbage pile. I can use it with towel rags, which work perfectly.
My husband just got his dream job, which he’s been working towards for eight years.
The rock wall in my [...]
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Lip Sense: Simple Tips for the Perfect Lips
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In today’s world, where appearances matter the most, it becomes not just important, but in fact mandatory to look you best. Because, from that perfect exterior, stems the inner confidence that forms an indispensable part of modern life day. With the modern day woman, this requirement stands at a heightened importance, as much more is expected from the fairer sex when it comes to looks, and more importantly, good looks.
So having chosen the perfect the little outfit, and dashed on the faultless combination of make up, stop a minute and reconsider the touches that you have added to your lips. If it seems an unimportant aspect, then that is a sad misconception. The lips and their makeup, form a preponderant part of the overall face. So here are a few very simple tricks for those lush lips.
First, pick a color that matches your outfit. If there is none in your [...]
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Movies with a Message
Purpose: To screen a movie, which may possess a hidden agenda or a blatant message that can easily be applied to your life and that of society and open up a forum for constructive conversation which may provoke thought and fellowship amongst us.
Provided below are questions and/or statements to ponder which we will go through as a class after screening this morning’s portion of the movie. Please take time to pan through the questions to gain an idea of what we will be discussing as a group. Thank you for your participation today.
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium: Session 1 Sun.Jul.13.08:
What/whom did you sleep with when you were a child? What was the reason?
If someone were to chronicle your life story, would they be writing…
A drama?
A comedy / tragedy?
A thriller?
A romance?
Would your movie be an inspiration to others? A cautionary tale?
What would make it so? What [...]
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The pace of my life has changed a bit lately. Things had been going along at such a stressful and hectic pace for a while and now things seem, well… good? Peaceful? I can actually remember the things I like about day to day life: waking up before the alarm clock or my son and getting a half- hour semi-cuddle in with my husband, walking around aimlessly with my son each morning, baking bread, reading an entire book in a day- today I made two pairs of earrings on a whim. My son and I ran around in the wind. I let him make his own pizza. We turned up the music too loud and danced around. This is all very good stuff. Soon I will be back to the 9-5 thing and he will be in school and we will remember when we had all of the time in [...]
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A Rough, Rough Patch
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Fly Me Back Home
While moving home was something I would have preferred not to do, it was in my head the “only real choice” I had. For one, my dad had given me an offer I couldn’t refuse, enticing me with the capabilities to pursue a lifelong goal - to run my own business. The training and help that he would provide would be an invaluable learning experience and really, all other options paled in comparison. In a sentimental light, I’ve always wanted to be able to learn from his wisdom and expertise. I’ve always admired him and his path towards success and he has accomplished so much in his lifetime. I had and still do have big dreams of continuing the family legacy and improving upon it.
On the other hand, things aren’t quite working out in the way I would’ve hoped. While I am learning a lot in the [...]
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Hope Fades
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…the next verse of the popular song “Who Needs Soap Operas When You Have Life?”…
When last we left our hero
, he had seen glimmers of hope after sitting down and talking with The Wife about a potential negotiated settlement to us splitting up. I had presented, thoughtfully and slowly, what I thought was a very fair settlement agreement. The Wife, also thoughtful, did not reject it outright and even seemed to be coming to grips that that may be a less-painful way forward than going to court.
Well, so much for that idea. The Wife got it in her mind that, if I die ‘early’*, she would be left—her words—‘destitute’. Wow. I tried to point out that her disability insurance plus her interest from her investments would put her earning not much less than the average American household… without even considering any alimony payments from me (which, yeah, would cease if [...]
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Site was launched CNN World Net, especially the Security and Protection Section on the Internet a new warning to users of the vulnerability of personal data Kkellmat password and credit card number by visiting the site pages pseudoephedrine false Youtube.
The company was able to Banda Internet Sekurete one of the leading companies in the fight against viruses and hacker to address the discovery of a new tool allows the design pages similar to YouTube, was found by chance in one of forums on education matters of piracy and penetrate the computers.
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