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It's A Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes. Pt. 2
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Hi Peachies! I hope you're all doing amazing on this Tuesday morning.
I left y'all with this cliff hanger of a post over a week ago now It's a Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes and i'm sure you're tired of waiting to hear more of our wedding love story so, without further ado, here's part two!
*Side note* In Part 1 I totally forgot to tell you about the nice English man named Andy we met. When we were getting out of the Jeep at my parent's beach home there was a man (Englishman named Andy) walking his dog down the road. His dog was pulling hard on the leash to come see us but the man was being nice and not letting the dog over to us. Me, being the animal lover I am, asked if she'd bite. He said no so I said that she could come see us and he walked over with her and struck up a conversation. We were telling him how we would be getting married on the beach there on Saturday. After a while he started walking down the road while we went back to un-loading our Jeep. A couple minutes later he came back and said "I hope this isn't weird but God lead me back to you to pray. I don't know if you believe in him & i'm not trying to make you but may I pray with you?" We were blown away and honored that this man took a chance to speak his heart to a couple of strangers because in this day and age you never know how people will react so we obliged his request and held hands while he prayed for us. He prayed that we would always stay in love and honor each other. It was incredibly touching & felt like something out of Love Actually or Notting Hill (This will play a part in the story later on).
So Friday after we all went our separate ways to get ready for the rehearsal dinner my honey & I went back to our cottage and got ready in a frenzy because we were running behind and still had presents to wrap for all of our wedding party. Luckily my hubby is the best at taking over and doing whatever I need when i'm getting panicked & I was so he got ready really quick then wrapped presents while I got ready. He's a dream, that man of mine. On our way to Margaritaville, where we were having our reception, my in laws called. They were already there and had talked to the host and he told them that he would only hold our party area for 15 minutes. My honey let me out at the front, I kicked off my shoes, and ran to find the host and talk to him. I flew past my in-laws like lightning and they all laughed. They'd never seen this side of me! I'm usually very laid back, quiet, go with the flow but they got to see the hurricane side of me. When I made it to the host he said that my whole party had to be there for them to seat us and he could only hold the party area for 15 minutes. I'm sure this young guy was scared of me as I looked like a hot mess and was pretty much telling him he WOULD be seating us. He looked at me wild eyed (because i'm sure I looked a little crazy) and said, just come back when you're whole party is here. I'm fairly certain I rolled my eyes at him as I spun to walk away. I walked back out the door and my in laws were sitting there, still chuckling, and my fiancee had joined them. One of them said that my Mom and Dad were in the gift shop so I ran in there to get tabs on everyone and round them up. I found my mom, and frantically told her what was going on so she rounded up the family that was there and joined my in laws outside. One of our couple friends were running late & time was running short so my mom suggested that I just say everyone was there so we could be seated. Great idea Mom! We did that and within a few minutes our friends joined us.
Our families and friends are the silliest but most fun and loving bunch of people you'll ever meet. It was amazing to be surrounded by all of them on this special night. We laughed, a lot and made the best memories.
And the pics are off but the lighting inside Margaritaville was dark.
There's my tree hugging Uncle Tom
Our son & I
Me, my sis in law, & my brother
Me & my honey
And all of our parents
It was such a fun night. Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of the whole party. :(
After dinner it was time for me to go back to our cottage with my honey and get what I needed to spend the night at the beach house with my family since, as we all know, it's tradition for the bride & groom not to spend the night before the wedding together. When we arrived at the beach house for my honey to drop me off for the night we were unloading the Jeep when a couple approached us from across the street. They were almost running at us which was enough to send my senses into high alert, never mind the fact that they came from out of the dark. (It was a man holding a little dog & his wife.) She said "Hi, i'm Barbra (I think), who are y'all? We said Leslie and Alex, we're getting married tomorrow. She said "oh, well we just got the cops called on us here and we want to apologize." Something just didn't sit right with me, I know that if my family calls the sops on someone it's for good reason. She continued on with "it was just a joke and that man invited us in" Okay, well now let me explain something to you. My family is super friendly but they don't just invite people into our home (rented or not) who come knocking on the door. At this point i'm starting to shake because obviously something is up. Luckily my fiance is right beside me and he usually carries a weapon of sorts, I'm not worried that they're about to do something to me, I just know something isn't right. The man keeps saying, "come on Barbra, we don't want trouble" but he was doing very little to make her move along. All I can say is "well, if they called the police on you then there's a good reason. You should go." She continues with "it was all going fine until that little blonde headed woman started in." The she proceeds to tell me that she rang the bell with a box in her hand and when the man (my dad) answered the door she (Barbra) asked if this is where the wedding for Leslie was. My Dad, thinking she was a friend of my fiancee's said yes and invited her in since she seemed to know what she was talking about. Then she said it was just a joke and could I please apologize to my parents? She also said, she asked for Linda since there's always one in every party. I had no idea what that meant. It just happens that my Grandma's name is Linda. (This is useful info in a minute). Then her husband convinced her to walk away so down the road (in the opposite direction that they came from) they went.
Totally baffled I looked at my fiance and said "what the hell just happened?" We walked into the front door of the beach house where my mom, dad, grandma, son, brother, sister in law, and Aunt Devon & Uncle Tom were and said "what in the world was that?" "You had to call the cops on that man and woman?" My Aunt, being the fireball she is, said "did she just talk to y'all?" When we said yes, she and my uncle were out the door faster than a bullet from a gun. While my mom, dad, & grandma explained the story to us.
My Dad said she rung the doorbell and he answered. She had packages in her hand and asked if this is where Leslie's wedding was. My Dad said yes, and she pretty much pushed past him. My family thought maybe she was someone from my fiance's side since they knew everyone on mine. At this point everyone in the house is on alert and my mom's asking her what can she help her with. Barbra said "I'm here for Linda. We were old high school friends." My Mom is suspicious but not overly so. Everyone is thinking that maybe my Grandma had told one of her friends and that friend was Barbra. Well my grandma just happened to be coming down the stairs at that point so my Mom says "there she is!" The lady kept going with this story even though my grandma said, "I don't know who you are." Barbra said, "sure you do, you don't remember me? We went to school together." My grandma said "No, I think i'm older than you." Barbra replied back "Oh no honey, I'm 61." My Grandma replied back "well i'm 73." At this point my Mom realized that this lady was not who she said she was and no one knew her so my mom grabbed her by the elbow and escorted her outside. Well, she was resisting so the cops were called.
When she was talking to my fiance and I, she said "well, I knew the way in was to have a box" because she had seen boxes full of things being un-loaded for the last three days for the wedding. My Aunt & Uncle came back in the house, followed by my other Aunt & Uncle. They were all furious because those people had stopped again to talk to them. Mind you, one set of Aunt & Uncle were in the house when this all went down. The other pulled up in the last part of this adventure. Needless to say, we didn't have any more trouble from them but my aunt and mom were saying that all the decorations on the back porch looked like they had been rifled though and the box that said cards was thrown on the porch, out of place and while we were gone we had to leave Drago (my mom's german shepard) there alone. He's a good dog but when they all got back he had chewed one set of blinds and one of the door frames was chewed or clawed up and all 5 windows that he could see out of were slimed as far us as he could reach down to the bottom. He usually gets nose prints on windows but this looked like Kujo had been there.
So that couple had seen nice vehicles filled with boxes full of stuff coming in all week & friendly people, too. So the first time everyone was away from the house they were trying to steal stuff. They didn't take anything. They didn't find anything with value outside and we truly believe that Drago protected that house. He may be only 11 months old & my mom's big baby but apparently he means business when he has to. It was the most bizarre night ever and I truly worried that those people would try to start something at the wedding but others were convinced they would stay away & my aunt and uncle promised me they'd make sure they did.
Not everyone has a wedding crasher story and luckily ours didn't go as bad as it could have. Those people didn't cause anymore trouble, thankfully. In fact, when my fiance and his best man pulled up to the house for the wedding the next day those people were on their balcony across the street and they quickly disappeared. You don't mess with this tribe.
Oh, and remember the Englishman Andy, I told you about before? He came back Friday when I wasn't there and asked my Aunt Melody to give me a card. She handed it to me and said "it's from some guy named Andy". My fiance and I knew exactly who it was from.
It said:
Dear Alex & Leslie
Just a note to wish you all the best in your new life together! It wasn't
So that was our night before the wedding/wedding crasher story.
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Whittington Open Gardens 2019 - Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th June
The hugely popular village Open Gardens event is coming up on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June. Most gardens will be open from 11am to 5pm both days. Last ticket sales 3pm and last entry to gardens 4pm. Up to 16 gardens will be open, but the total may vary from day to day.
We have a fabulous variety of gardens with a particular emphasis on being wildlife-friendly in many. There is a community orchard, spectacular meadows, community farm and special Hospice garden. There will be plant sales in a number of gardens. There are refreshments available in several gardens and of course in our two pubs in the centre of the village with excellent food
There is plenty of car parking available including spaces for those with disabilities at St Giles Hospice. Disability-friendly minibuses are available to transport visitors between gardens all day.
Cost - £5.00 adults which covers both days, accompanied under 16s free. All proceeds from ticket/programme sales will go to village greening projects and associated events. Programmes and tickets for entry will be on sale from the car parks and individual gardens. Last ticket sales 3.00pm.
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Release Date: Mar 3, 2017
Record label: PLZ
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
Pleasure arrives as Sondre Lerche's eighth studio album--ninth, should we include his soundtrack for the otherwise forgotten rom-com Dan In Real Life, which today seems an appropriately off-kilter retrospective of the tones and textures dominating his career's first half. Since 2001 debut Faces Down cast the then-teenaged Scandinavian singer-songwriter as a winsome prodigy, he's both charmed and irritated a critical press left wondering whether such a preternatural talent for popcraft would always feel somewhat squandered via genre wanderlust or willful eccentricities. If his fanciful wordplay, bristling intelligence, and restless muse deserved the regular comparisons to occasional tourmate Elvis Costello, it's only this year's model.
Either Norwegian artist Sondre Lerche isn't quite old enough or he refuses to allow youth to be wasted on the proverbial young. Pleasure, Lerche's latest full-length, arrives in full regalia, a dazzling (and dizzying) display of bleeps and bloops, bells and whistles. The opening one-two punch of New Order then New Edition ("Soft Feelings" followed by "I'm Always Watching You") sets the spirited tone for what eventually becomes a vivid album front to back, a musical version of a peacock's plumage, if you will.
Pleasure, like its predecessor, Please, presents Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche as he had never been heard before: a total mess. On the six studio LPs leading up to 2014's Please, Lerche explored a range of emotions, but rarely did the music ever stray too far afield of the smooth jazzy-pop that he refined to perfection on albums like Heartbeat Radio (2009). The windy structure of Two Way Monologue's (2004) title track and the distorted punk chord progressions on Phantom Punch (2006) are notable instances of Lerche's edgier compositional side, but even in those instances the songs sound undeniably contained, smoothed over with proficient production.
After a few albums in a row that staked out Sondre Lerche's claim as one of the better sophisticated pop craftsmen around, especially on 2014's Please, the Norwegian crooner takes a whiplash-inducing left turn on his 2017 album Pleasure. He carefully sets aside the guitar-heavy, almost middle-of-the-road pop sound he'd so carefully developed in favor of an approach that relies on programmed drums and loads of icy synthesizers, and mostly puts guitars in the passenger seat. Gone are the carefully arranged songs that sound like gems from the early Aztec Camera or Prefab Sprout catalogs.


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Everyone deserves a little self-promotion. Whether you're shy about tooting your own horn or have fully mastered the humble brag, embracing your inner marketing maven will take your fundraising to the next level.
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Congratulations to Barbados' Amanda Haywood and the University of Virginia Women's Squash team on winning the Kurtz cup
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Barbados juniors retain squash title
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Dynamic Discs Guard Review
The Dynamic Discs Guard is their deepest rimmed putter to date. Is this the protection you need to keep those bad putts away?
The Latitude 64 Caltrop was released in 2016 around the time that many lower glide and overstable putters were hitting the market. With plenty of high glide and finesse putters in their lineup, Latitude 64 filled a hole that many disc golfers are looking to fill in their bag. Here's how we think it stacks up to the others in the market.
Discraft Luna Review
The first disc Paul McBeth has developed in conjunction with Discraft is a putter – the Luna. This putter is seriously out of this world!
Galaxy Disc Golf Magneton Review
Galaxy Disc Golf enters the disc golf market with the Magneton, a low profile putter. Will this putter be your magnetic moment?
Innova AviarX3 Review
Innova Discs has released several overstable driving putters in the last 18 months with the Rat, Aviar3, and Stud. Each of these discs feels and flies differently while still being considered a driving putter. It won't win any awards for an original disc name, but does the AviarX3 win the overstable putter slot in your bag?
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The Sarek is Latitude 64's first venture into overmold. True to the overmold expectation, this putter holds it's line and going to be a dependable workhorse for many disc golfers.
Discraft Ringer and Ringer GT Review
Discraft's Ringer, originally released in Pro-D, has now been released in the adjusted Ringer GT mold available in Jawbreaker and Soft-X plastics. We've been testing the Ringer for some time and Discraft just recently sent us a Ringer GT in both plastics to review. Both molds left our ears ringing with confidence from the number of chain hits.
RPM Discs Piwakawaka Review
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Find out which pharmacies will be open over the Easter weekend
PUBLISHED: 14:36 12 April 2019
Opening hours of chemists will be altered over the bank holiday weekend so make sure you are aware of when your local will be open with our guide.
Pharmacies can provide health advice so you do not end up calling on A&E simply because your GP surgery is closed.
We have listed below the opening days and times for pharmacies across Suffolk and Essex.
The list includes Good Friday, April 19, Easter Sunday, April 21 and Bank Holiday Monday, April 22.
If you need medical help over the three dates and your pharmacy isn't open, help is still available.
If it is not an emergency the NHS 111 is open 24/7 for advice and they can direct you to the most appropriate service.
However, in a medical emergency where there may be a risk to life, always call 999.
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Before I say anything else, let me please say thank you to all of you who have reviewed, favorited or alerted this story, or me personally as an author. I have so much love for my amazing readers!
Next, this is in place of me updating on Sunday. Some real-life stuff has come up for this weekend, and I am afraid I won't get around to posting on Sunday. So instead of reneging on my promise of two updates per week, I thought you'd enjoy the update early rather than late. Hugs!
Balti K is my beta on this one, so she makes the boo-boo's go away & she's the bestest! K is always very generous about making additions to the story here and there, but for this chapter she really went above and beyond, really helping me flush out what I wanted with the negotiations – so thanks, sister, I'd be lost without ya & I thank you kindly for your intelligence and investment in my story!
Disclaimer – Still don't own them, but I still wish I did!
Bill gaped at me, nearly doubled over laughing, with a look of sheer incredulity on his face, which only fueled the flames of my amusement. He looked as if he absolutely could not believe I was laughing, let alone laughing hard enough for blood tears to trickle from my eyes – which they were, steadily. I was lost. I was gasping for unnecessary breath, crying blood tears, and cackling like a buffoon. Pussy at the Piggly Wiggly… I wonder if they would keep it near the beer and snack foods? Pussy, kept chilled for freshness. Simply heat and eat. Those thoughts, of course, brought on more fits of uncontrolled laughter.
"Fuck, Sookie," Pam began, "I think you broke him." The 'ice princess' actually sounded worried. How curious… it was an emotion I almost never witnessed in her.
I raised my glance to my progeny, and lost it all over again when she exclaimed, "Fuck! Now he's leaking. He's definitely broken!"
The look on her face, combined with the unprecedented whiny tone of her voice, did me in completely. After another laughing fit ensued, followed by several long minutes trying to compose myself enough to speak, I looked at Sookie and said, "Look at them, my love. They look positively… constipated!" I nearly choked on that last word as I tried to get it out. I wondered absently if I were indeed broken. The stress of the night had done irreparable damage, perchance? My behavior was wildly out of character and yet I was quite unable to contain my hysterics. Perhaps this is what happens when a vampire nearly loses his mate several times in one day? I suddenly wondered if my current state was more than simply the stress of this evening; Sookie was oddly calm and I was borderline hysterical. Was it possible the bond between us was tighter than I had imagined?
"Oh hell, Pam! I think we did break him. Maybe the Piggly Wiggly comment was too much for him?" my mate pondered with all seriousness. "Stick a fork in his perfect butt… he's done!"
Any hope I had had at regaining my composure was gone now. Possibly permanently. I sat on the floor and put my face in my hands, imagining being skewered with a piece of cutlery, and laughed until I was sure I'd pass out; which, incidentally, was impossible, since I had no need for oxygen. I wondered if it would be stainless steel or if they would reach for actual silverware. Sookie came to sit next to me on the cold, hard floor of my bar and while I worried absently that she'd get dirty or sick, I was still too wrapped up in my mental breakdown to act upon my fears.
It had all just been too much over the past few months. Losing Godric, finally tracking down the one that murdered my human family after all this time, fighting to understand my feelings for Sookie, killing Talbot, the battle of wits with Russell, seeing the sun, burning in the sun, conversations with my dead Maker, burying Russell in concrete, revealing Bill's duplicity and having to watch as Sookie's heart was crushed, realizing I loved her only to almost lose her several times tonight… no wonder I was losing my fucking mind!
My musings took only seconds as I continued to guffaw uncontrollably and I began to wonder if I would ever regain my normally stoic self, but then my reason for existing pleaded softly for me to "Cut this out." Apparently, I was scaring the natives.
Her sweet smile, along with the genuine concern in her voice told me it was time to say goodbye to my brief stint with insanity. Sobering up quickly, I pulled myself from the floor then offered Sookie my hand, helping her up as well. Wiping the blood tears from my face I sighed, "Boy, I needed that!"
Pam still looked slightly alarmed, but quickly donned her mask of bitchy-indifference as I addressed Bill. "Now, Bill, do you agree to Sookie's terms or are we going to have another overthrow of the throne tonight?" I made sure to lace my voice with an exorbitant amount of malice, seeing as I'd just lost my shit like a tween at a Beiber concert.
"Is it well and truly over with us, my sweet Sookeh?" Bill brazenly questioned. I know I was fucking amazed he'd have the balls to ask her that, so I unsurprised when she lashed out at him over it.
"Are you fucking kidding me, Bill?!" she exclaimed, as her fingertips began to flicker slightly with her strange, yet undeniably sexy, light. "After all you've done to me, not to mention the bullshit you were spouting off 'bout me earlier (I heard that, by the way!), you think I'd EVER forgive you? Are you a complete fucktard?!" she was beginning to vibrate with rage now, and I was seriously concerned that I'd end up being King without the benefits of being the one to deliver Compton to his final death.
"But, darling, you love me…" Our idiot king began. He never got the chance to finish. My mind was still stuck on the newest of Sookie's interesting phrases. Fucktard! Perhaps I could put a salutation on a plaque and hang it above his front door? "Welcome to Fucktardia… have you met our idiot king?" or, "Welcome to Fucktardia. Bill Compton, supreme moron, presiding." Either one would be quite fitting…
I was snapped out of my inner monologue when suddenly, Bill was flying across the bar. It took only nanoseconds for me to realize it was Sookie behind the invisible force currently governing him. He landed with a deafening thwack on the bar and appeared to be held at the wrists and ankles by her force field, from the way he was struggling. Sookie calmly sauntered over to her former lover as if she were taking a leisurely Sunday stroll, the only thing betraying her casual demeanor was the look of pure hatred on her face as she glared at him.
"William Compton, king or not, I could end you with barely a thought." To demonstrate her point she flicked her wrist absently behind her, one of the wooden chairs collapsed and suddenly there was a very sharp piece of chair leg hovering above Compton's non-beating heart. What was I thinking having wooden chairs in a vampire bar? Watching Sookie woman-handle Compton made it rather worth it though.
"There are no guards or soldiers here to protect you now, and we both know Pam and Eric are not your biggest fans. Hell, I'm sure they'd throw me a parade if I staked you now." Sookie's rant was interrupted by my progeny.
"Sookie, you stake this little fuck now and I'll take you shopping in Paris," she paused before she seemed to reformulate her offer to more appeal to my bonded. "Oh, fuck it. You let me stake him, and we'll have one of those appalling human girl's nights where we give each other pedicures and gossip while watching 'chick flicks' and giggling about sex." Pam looked positively nauseous at the thought of it. She must really want revenge on Bill for the cement debacle earlier.
Pam's offer earned a small giggle from Sookie before she replied simply, "I'll keep that in mind, Pammy." Pam grinned evilly and nodded slightly, seeming quite pleased with the possibility that she'd get to end Compton.
That was the moment I realized that my progeny and my mate were friends. Pammy? Fuck, Pam had once threatened to stake me in my slumber when I called her that and yet my mate got a grin and a nod. I looked around my bar quickly, searching for anything out of place. I wondered if some former male model was going to jump out of the shadows and tell me I was being Punked; this night was far too bizarre for it not to be some ridiculous MTV program. I was almost disappointed there were no signs of life present other than Sookie. At least I would have gotten to eviscerate someone had that annoyingly loud Ashtray, or whateverthefuckhisnamewas, been present…
"There is nothing stopping me from ending you now, Bill, except for the kindness my Gran raised me with. So… are you going to play nice or is Ginger going to have one more goopy mess to clean up in the morning?" And there it was. The next thing, in a long line of many, my mate said or did that made my cock stand erect. Watching her threaten Compton, in such control of her astounding powers as she joked about that half-wit Ginger, did me in. My dick was instantly titanium hard and aching for her desperately. Fuck my un-life! I needed to claim my woman soon!
"I cannot appear weak to the rest of the vampire world, Sookie. I must have access to your abilities and your blood whenever I see fit or I will be seen as weak and easily overthrown." Even pinned as he was, hovering with his very existence hanging in the balance, he didn't seem to understand or appreciate her. I was about to point out the flaws in his logic, when my lovely Fae did it for me.
"Tut, tut, Bill. You forget; you are easily overthrown, especially by the three of us. All your concerns would be taken care of effortlessly if I were to kill you and let my mate take the throne. Would they not? And it would be fitting, since you let my gran be killed," she smiled sweetly at him again before demanding, "Next!" in a tone that left no room for discussion.
"Fine. I do not wish to die tonight, so you and your little fan-club win. I will leave you alone, under one condition. Let me up so that we can discuss terms while I have a least a shred of dignity." I couldn't help the chuckle that escaped me at his irritated tone. I was witnessing a century-plus-old vampire monarch having to beg a barely more than one-hundred pound female for his dignity… priceless. Figures he would resort to throwing a hissy fit when he didn't get his way. Infant!
"Okay, I'll let you up for now, Bill," she said with a flick of her wrist, simultaneously releasing him from his invisible bonds and slinging the chair leg away from above his chest. "But just remember how quickly any of us can end you, so you behave yourself now, ya hear?" she added as she backed up slowly, taking her place at my side.
Bill used his enhanced speed and strength to remove himself from the bar-top instantly, then smoothed and straightened his clothes at a human pace to illustrate his irritation at being put in his place by a tiny faerie. With a long suffering sigh he began illustrating his terms. "I will agree to a contract being drawn up that would allow me the use of Sookie's talents whenever I see fit. I will pay her expenses, of course, should she be required to travel. I will also need to insist that she take a negligible amount of my blood, so that I would be able to find her should the need arise for her safety, of course." Sookie's rage spiked instantly so I placed my hand on the small of her back and sent waves of comfort to her. We needed to let him finish his demands before objecting so that we could learn the full extent of his plans.
"I would also permit Sheriff Northman to be the only one to drink from Sookie under most circumstances. The only time I foresee this being an issue would be if I were to be injured and needed blood immediately. We cannot risk the kingdom's security over petty jealousy, can we now?" His smarmy voice told me he really believed we'd buy into his bullshit. Amazing! "Do we have a deal?" He pretended to pluck invisible lint from his clothing, looking utterly bored and perfectly sublime thinking we would actually accept his terms.
"We certainly do not!" Sookie insisted firmly as I nodded my support of her. "Eric, seeing as I am your human and mate, would you please broker a more acceptable deal for the use of my telepathy than the one Bill is offering?" she asked sweetly as she deferred her future safety and freedom to me.
"I would be honored, my love," I said as I grasped Sookie's petite hand within my far larger one, brought it to my lips and kissed it gently.
Returning my attention to Bill, who now looked incredibly concerned I might add, I began bartering our future contract with the little fuck. "You may hold court, once a month, to handle any issues that need addressing and Sookie would be able to be present – with my accompaniment, of course. However, we will insist that as little attention as possible be brought to Sookie and her talents, for obvious reasons."
"Of course, Sheriff, her safety is of utmost concern to me. So, how do you propose we have these public meetings if Sookie is not to be exposed?" Bill turned his attention towards my mate, a look of sheer annoyance on his face as he spoke, "And why am I only now finding out about your enhanced abilities, Sookie?"
"The only ability you need to concern yourself with, your majesty, is her telepathy, anything else about Sookie falls under the category of none of your fucking business since you are not her mate." I left no room for argument with the tone I used. I paused briefly to consider how exactly to answer his first question.
"In response to your pertinent question, here is what I suggest… I will be at your side, not as your second in command per se, but as a tactical advisor. Should anyone be ballsy enough to question my presence, simply explain that my strategy planning is invaluable. Sookie will be at my side always, since she is my mate and her safety is my first priority. Sookie will 'make herself useful' by taking notes on the issues you are confronted with. You will preside over all matters, but give no decisions on anything until you have time to deliberate. After hearing all issues, you will announce your need for a brief pause to consider your verdict on all issues, giving us a chance to hear whatever Sookie's abilities have picked up on. If she picks up anything more emergent, she can alert me through our bond, or she may send you a text message or IM to your phone." I could feel pride flowing through our bond in heavy doses as I finished my demands. Apparently, Sookie approved of my ideas.
I continued in effort to cover any incidentals he could ever come up with. "If a situation develops in which the kingdom needs the services of my bonded at an unscheduled time, such as in an emergency or for any regional summits, you may petition me for those services. You will pay her normal monthly meeting fee as well as an additional $50,000 per day, plus expenses and travel, and will cover charges for a daytime guard of my choosing. I will, of course, be accompanying her as well."
Bill seemed to think it over briefly, finally nodding as reached whatever conclusion he was about to deliver. "I agree to those terms, Eric. I think it is both a way to show my new authority as king, as well as protect Sookie from becoming more engrossed in danger." A menacing smirk crossed his weasel-like face for a split second before he wiped it clean and added almost offhandedly, "Speaking of her safety, it would truly be in Sookie's best interests to ingest some of my blood to renew our bond, so that I might use all resources available to me as monarch of Louisiana, should the need arise to track her."
Again my fiery mate beat me to the punch, so to speak, when she scoffed at Bill. "You think you're so slick, don't ya buddy? Not gonna happen, not ever again, so just forget about it and move along!" Well, that left no doubts in regards to her thoughts on the matter – not that I would have allowed it anyway, of course.
"Absolutely not! There will be no sharing of blood between Sookie and anyone other than myself. Ever. Even you know it is against all the laws to interfere with bonded mates." I mentally corrected myself that in dire circumstances I might allow Pam to feed from Sookie in order to save my progeny's life, as I would also ask Pam to give my mate blood should she require it to heal and I were unavailable, but these were things we'd work out privately between the three of us at a later date. As it stood, we had no idea what exposure to someone else's blood would do to her anyway.
"I will always be able to find my mate, Bill, so there is no need for a blood exchange, period. Now, as far as your other terms… you will pay Sookie a fee of $100,000 for each monthly meeting she attends. In the interests of Sookie's well being, these monthly gatherings will last no longer than six hours at a time, and she will be granted a twenty minute break in the middle. I think we both know Sookie's ability can be overwhelming after long stints of constant use. Should the meetings ever require a lengthier use of Sookie's talents, she will be paid an additional $25,000 for every fifteen minute block of time the meeting runs later than the agreed upon six hour maximum. These meetings are not to be held at your 'estate' because of the proximity to Sookie's ancestral home. By the way, you seriously need to repair your own home if you are going to be in charge because in the condition in which it currently stands it is a disgrace to all vampires. We are infinitely wealthy beings. For fuck's sake, Billy-boy, our homes shouldn't look as if they belong on the latest episodes of Swamp People!" Truly, I was aghast that anyone – let alone a wealthy vampire, would live in such squalor. What the mold alone would do to his sense of smell over time… Ugh. "Do whatever you like with Sophie Anne's monstrosity of a palace, but I suggest you hold the meetings here in Shreveport. I would even be happy to rent you one my many office buildings, at a very small monthly fee, obviously. Or, we could certainly take the monthly rent off the fealty I owe you each quarter. Your choice, your highness." Buttering up a side-burn sporting assgoblin of a toddler king… what had I been reduced to?
I glanced around the room as I pondered this, waiting for his response, and my gaze landed on the goddess at my side. The answer suddenly became clear. A man in love. Ah yes, now I remembered why I allowed myself to negotiate with imbeciles.
The king was enraged that his master plan for forcing his will on Sookie again was thwarted, but he calmly replied, "Fine. Seeing that dawn is rapidly approaching, I will expect the contracts to be delivered by the two of you personally at first dark tomorrow. I also expect you to have a list of possible properties for me to use for these fucking town hall meetings. If you are not at my doorstep within thirty minutes of first dark, I will consider you all traitors and will use everything in my power to hunt you down and kill you, Northman, as well as your progeny, before claiming Sookie as an asset of my kingdom. Even if it means keeping her as an unwilling prisoner." He paused for what I was guessing was dramatic effect, and then demanded, "Am I making myself perfectly clear?"
As if he worried me, even for the briefest of moments! King or not, I'd fucking end him if he even thought to come after me and mine! "We will be there. No worries, Bill, I wouldn't miss an opportunity to officially show off my claim to Sookie over you." I wondered for a moment if my caveman attitude would raise Sookie's blood pressure, but I was pleasantly surprised when all I felt through bond was mirth at my antics.
"Very well, goodnight, my faithful subjects," he said as he turned to leave. With one last brief look at my Sookie, Compton – King Asshat – sped out of my bar.
Barely a beat passed before the three of us dissolved into fits of laughter. What a colossal fucking tool!
I know this was a long and info packed chapter, but it was important for Bill to see that Sookie really does belong with, and to, Eric. It was also important for her to use her powers without nearly dying and to show her dominance over Bill. She's always been such a limp noodle with Bill on the show & I couldn't tolerate her being anything like that here. So, important tidbits aside now, next chapter can get them home before dawn.
Oh, and I have nothing – at all – against Ashton Kutcher. I actually think he's quite cute and very, very funny. Though I hated that show!
Remember, see you on Wednesday – not Sunday & I'm sorry again about that.
Love and hugs to all – thanks for taking this journey with me!


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First things first. I cannot tell you how sorry I am about the ugly crash of the shop during the last update. What we had hoped would work…. well, it just didn't. Plain and simple. We have spent the better part of the last three weeks working very hard to make the appropriate adjustments so that does not happen again. Thank you very much for your understanding and patience during a very frustrating time.
Which, brings me to – Color Affection, take two! It is finally time to offer kits again. This time there are several new coloreway options and, for the first time, there will be kits in lace weight (both 100% 2ply cashmere and 55.45 Cashmere Silk lace).
If you haven't peeked in on all the action in the Plucky Group on Ravelry, please do so. Pictures of in-progress knits are popping up all over and they are just stunning and really fun.
The Color Affection kit will be available in a wide array color combinations (truly something for everyone) and will be available for sale in the brand new Plucky shop today, Monday, January 16th at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
Shipping: Kits will ship the week of February 13th, 2012.
Thank you very much for your interest and enthusiasm for this kit and, more importantly, thank you for your patience and understanding while we have been working hard to get the kinks worked out of the shop.
The Queens Reserve – A test knit.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0722.214.171.1248.127086
Dynamics of acute phase indices in patients with rheumatoid arthritis combined with abdominal obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension depending on Т-786С eNOS gene polymorphism following treatment
Background. The development of modern approaches to the pharmacotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated with abdominal obesity (AO), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM 2) and arterial hypertension (AH) remains relevant today. The purpose of the study was to investigate the dynamics of acute-phase indices following treatment in patients with RA combined with AO, DM 2 and AH, depending on the T-786C gene polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Materials and methods. Sixty patients with RA and 20 apparently healthy persons passed the stage of screening. The polymorphism of the eNOS gene (rs2070744) was determined by polymerase chain reaction, and when evaluating the efficacy of treatment, the presence of comorbid pathology was taken into account. Results. Following treatment, the content of acute phase inflammation indices decreased: C-reactive protein in carriers of unfavorable СС-genotype — by 30.74 % (p = 0.002), TT-genotype — by 44.16 %, and TС-genotype — by 32.21 % (p < 0.001). The level of the rheumatoid factor decreased in the carriers of the TT-genotype by 49.66 % (p < 0.001), TС-genotype — by 26.46 % (p < 0.001) and СС-genotype — by 29.75 % (p < 0.001). The content of cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies reduced only among carriers of the TT-genotype — by 10.79 % (p < 0.05). The level of antistreptolysin O has probably decreased by 14.07 and 21.44 %, with no statistically significant advantage in СС-genotype carriers (p > 0.05). The content of seromucoid and serum test parameters reduced in СС-genotype carriers by 19.52 (p < 0.05) and 24.56 % (p < 0.05), in carriers of the TT-genotype — by 13.84 (p < 0.05) and 18.71 % (p < 0.05) and TС-genotype — by 18.49 (p < 0.05) and 22.89 % (p < 0.001), respectively. Conclusions. After the treatment, the reduction in the content of the acute phase inflammation indices in the carriers of the TT-genotype was the most significant.
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I didn't have high hopes for the BBC miniseries Blandings (2 seasons available on Amazon Prime). Comments from members of the Wodehouse group on Facebook were unenthusiastic or downright hostile. I myself found it wanting in certain areas, but better than I feared.
Deep background: Most people have heard of Jeeves and Wooster, but P. G. Wodehouse had other story cycles, notably Blandings Castle (which now and then intersected with J&W). Blandings is an idyllic stately British home in the county of Hampshire. The theoretical master of Blandings is Clarence Threepwood, Lord Emsworth. Emsworth, however, is an amiable idiot, barely sentient, obsessed with gardening and his prize pig. So actual power is wielded by his formidable sister Constance – one of Wodehouse's legendary "Scaly Aunts." Constance dominates both Emsworth and his son Freddie, who is as mutton-headed as his father, but more active. A man about town (member of the immortal Drones Club), Freddie divides his activities between losing money gambling and falling in love with girls whom Constance finds unsuitable.
The two seasons of Blandings consist of six and seven episodes respectively. All are based on actual Wodehouse stories. I didn't follow them line for line, but going by my memory they kept fairly close to the original plots. (The main differences between the two seasons are that George Cyril Wellbeloved, the pigkeeper, is unaccountably dropped in Season Two, and Beach the Butler is recast.)
The adaptations were funny; I'll grant that. Sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, as they should be. However, they seemed to me to be differently funny from the original stories. The colors are louder, the comedy broader, more slapstick. Perhaps that's a good way to compensate for Wodehouse's essential authorial voice, but it sometimes seemed a tad over the top. The old Jeeves and Wooster series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie handled things better.
Young Freddie Threepwood is a case in point. Jack Farthing plays him pretty broadly, and his garish wardrobe and exaggerated quiff of hair are perhaps what Bertie Wooster would have exhibited, had Jeeves not put his foot down.
The big problem in the casting is with Clarence, Lord Emsworth (Timothy Spall). I think I speak for all Wodehousians when I declare that this is some Imposter (of course, Imposters are an important element of many Wodehouse plots). Clarence in the books is usually described as tall and thin, sporting pince-nez glasses. He prefers to dress shabbily, having no sense of personal dignity. However, the Emsworth we encounter here looks like a madman. His hair stands on end. He doesn't seem like the kind of man who'd wear pince-nez at all. And he's fat. He's funny enough, but he's wrong.
I was happy, in Season Two, to see the arrival of Uncle Galahad Threepwood, (played by Julian Rhind-Tutt, a name almost worthy of Wodehouse himself). "Gally" is an elderly roué, as at home in the city as his brother Clarence is in the country. He's much smarter than Clarence, though, and an inveterate schemer. He's written and acted well, and he sports the requisite monocle. However, Julian Rhind-Tutt, though elderly on close examination, has bright red hair which makes him look too young from a distance. Gally's hair should be white, though his eye is not dimmed nor his natural force abated.
The most faithful performance, I think, is that of legendary comedienne Jennifer Saunders as Aunt Julia. She perfectly portrays a woman of Strong Opinions who takes no nonsense from the idiot men around her. Without her firm guidance, the whole estate would fall to pieces, and she knows it. Saunders is able to convey, however, that Constance loves her family deep down, and wishes the best for them – though her idea of "the best" is looking respectable and marrying the Right Sort of People.
Blandings is worth watching, and will give you some laughs. But go to the original stories afterward, and see it done properly.


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- Begin planning visits to colleges of interest
- Last chance to register for SAT/ACT
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- Ask teachers for recommendation letters.
- Send SAT/ACT scores to colleges directly from the testing agency
- Confirm if your schools require SAT II testing
- Check college application deadlines carefully! Be fully aware of RHS method of sending applications
- Application deadlines MUST be in to counselors 10 SCHOOL DAYS before deadline.
- Check financial aid application deadlines very carefully! Determine if a CSS Profile form is necessary and if so, register. VSAC will hold a CSS Profile night to explain this form. Date and time will be posted on the morning announcements.
- Some Early Decision/Early Action applications are due
- Narrow down choices of schools
- Work on portfolio, essay, resume. Schedule college interviews, auditions, etc.
- Begin application process for schools of your choice.
- Attend VSAC's Paying for College Night. Date and time will be posted on the morning announcements.
- Complete "CSS Profile" form if required by your schools.
- Check deadlines for college-sponsored scholarships.
- Finalize college applications
- Contact your guidance counselor every time you submit an application
- Complete NCAA paperwork if planning on playing sports in college eligibilitycenter.org
- Register for FAFSA PIN. You should obtain a PIN prior to January.
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- Application deadline for some medical programs (nursing, dental hygiene, PT, etc.). In addition, some selective colleges have January 1st Applications due Jan. 1st must be in to the RHS Guidance Office by
December 11. Counselors will not be in school over the holiday break.
- Sign up to receive the email listing of various local, state and other scholarship opportunities by emailing
- Anne Carpenter at email@example.com and you will be added to this scholarship distribution list.
- VSAC Scholarship booklets available in the guidance office
- Complete the FAFSA (Free Federal Form for Student Aid) on web at fafsa.ed.gov
- Check with college to determine if you must complete additional forms. (CSS Profile form, financial aid forms, scholarship applications, etc.)
- College applications should be completed…don't wait until the last minute as early applicants may have an "edge". NOTE: Those with January 15th deadlines are due in the Guidance Office by January 6th.
- Begin to check the Scholarship File and Chart that is emailed and available in the Guidance Office on a regular basis.
- VSAC will hold two Forms Nights to help parents with questions regarding the FAFSA. The dates will be Date and time will be posted on the morning announcements.
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- Watch for acceptance letters, completed school related forms, check all email from schools.
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- Some financial aid award letters may be received
- Begin search for a summer job
- Compare financial aid award from different schools
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- Notify colleges you choose not to attend about that decision
- Complete "Senior Survey" for Guidance Office – we need to know where to send your final transcript!
- Look for a summer job
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- Plan your college orientation – consider freshmen year schedule-What do you really want to study?
- Check daily announcement regularly and/or have them emailed to you
- 18 year-old males need to register with the Selective Service
- Guidance Office automatically sends grades mid-year and final transcripts to respective colleges
- ROTC deadlines – Consider contacting military recruiters for specific dates, etc.


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Marian McHugh penned this review.
Yolen initially compiled Not One Damsel in Distress for her daughter and three granddaughters, as she wished to provide for her girls that which she had not been able to access — stories where girls are the heroes. Not heroines or sheroes but true heroes, in every sense of the word. Stories where it is the girls who are the knights and the serpent slayers and the pirates. As Yolen writes in the open letter to her girls at the beginning of the collection, "This book is for you because in it are folktales about heroes — regular sword-wielding, spear-throwing, villain-stomping, rescuing-type heroes who also happen to be females."
The first story — "Atalanta the Huntress" — tells the story of a girl left in the woods by her father, the king. She is found and cared for by a bear till the age of three, then she is taken in by a hunter and his wife. She learns the ways of the wood and becomes a great huntress. At the death of her stepparents she calls upon Artemis, goddess of the hunt, to aid her and is told, "Disaster will follow the men you meet." Upon hearing this, she vows to avoid men, easier said than done, especially when one is a hunter.
Eventually her fame is made known to the king and as he has no heir he asks her forgiveness — however, he expects her to marry. She tells him that she will only marry a man who can beat her at a footrace, not an easy accomplishment. Along comes Prince Melanion, who is smitten with love for Atalanta. He asks Aphrodite, goddess of love, to give him assistance. She provides him with three golden apples, which he uses to win the race, and the hand of Atalanta.
"Burd Janet" is the retelling of "Tam Lin," a popular Scottish ballad, which comes to us through the Child Ballads. It is the story of Janet, daughter of the clan chief, who declares that when she is old enough she will claim Carterhaugh as her own. Carterhaugh is a forbidding castle that children are warned not to go near as it is in the possession of the faeries. Being a em-willed child, this Janet did on her sixteenth birthday. It is while she is claiming the castle as her rightful inheritance that she meets Tam Lin, a boy who had been lost to the mortal world three generations earlier. The queen of the Fair Folk plans to sacrifice Tam Lin as a teind to Hell on All Hallows Eve, but Janet vows to save him.
"Bradamante" is the name of the knight of "the white plume and shield" who fought in the time of Charlemagne and just happened to be a woman. There are many stories about the exploits of Bradamante, and here Yolen retells two. The first tells of Bradamante's friendship with Ruggiero, a Moorish prince who should be her sworn enemy. The second story involves Bradamante's rescue of Ruggiero from the magician who raised him and kept him hostage.
The stories have been collected from all around the world and include those from Africa, South America, North America, Japan, Europe and the British Isles. As with her other collections, Yolen has provided the reader with detailed information regarding the sources of her retelling of the tales, as well as a comprehensive bibliography. This will be much appreciated by those who like to trace the origins of folktales.
Not One Damsel in Distress contains a variety of different folktales, which complement each other. Each tale shows that females can be heroes, and that, just as with males, there are many different types of heroes, ranging from Bradamante, the knight in shining armour, to Atalanta the hunter. I look forward to reading these stories to my own children, regardless of their gender, and hope that others will share our enjoyment.
If you enjoy reading the stories in Not One Damsel in Distress you might also enjoy Kathleen Raglan's Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World.
More information about Jane Yolen and her many writings can be found at her Web site.
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