Before the month of August ends, here are some pics of PEACHES and my go-to bag this month: Bottega Veneta Sloane bag in peachy-pink color.
BTW, my fave peaches to eat are the white peach variety as they are more sweet.
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Stuff and Events of Interest to a non-PC wife and mom of 6 kids+
Friday, August 30, 2019
August: National Peach Month
Before the month of August ends, here are some pics of PEACHES and my go-to bag this month: Bottega Veneta Sloane bag in peachy-pink color.
BTW, my fave peaches to eat are the white peach variety as they are more sweet.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Triggered by Typhoon Pictures in Laoag, Ilocos Norte PI
Severe tropical storm, Ineng: People killed, crops gone, many farm animals dead -- yet it's the one picture below that truly stopped me in my tracks.
I am prompted to remember:
Me as a young passenger in a motorized tricycle being driven to my private grade school. We pass a man & woman on the dusty road (this is how I immediately surmised how poor they were). The lady had to try hard to keep up with her husband who with his ramrod-straight back was focused straight ahead towards their destination. He is carrying their young daughter in his arms similar to the man above. She is also fully wrapped in a white hospital sheet, and her exposed feet bounced as he walked. She is obviously dead. Not from a severe flooding, but very likely from a short illness that our rural hospital could not cure. Her Parents were taking her back home, on foot, for a simple wake; and then a burial in a pauper's grave. I weep inside.
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For the next 3 days, every donation to the @pacquiaofoundation will go to feeding and providing shelter for thousands of people in Laoag City. Click LINK IN BIO to help!
My heart breaks for the people affected by the tropical storm and flooding but together, we can make a huge impact! Imagine if everyone gave just $5. Thank you for helping others! -- Senator Manny Pacquiao, Instagram
At the height of the typhoon on Saturday, Ilocos Norte residents particularly in Laoag, Bacarra, Pasuquin, Burgos and Vintar experienced one of the worst flooding caused by torrential rains of around 50 millimeters volume of water for 16 hours.-- pna.gov
Me as a young passenger in a motorized tricycle being driven to my private grade school. We pass a man & woman on the dusty road (this is how I immediately surmised how poor they were). The lady had to try hard to keep up with her husband who with his ramrod-straight back was focused straight ahead towards their destination. He is carrying their young daughter in his arms similar to the man above. She is also fully wrapped in a white hospital sheet, and her exposed feet bounced as he walked. She is obviously dead. Not from a severe flooding, but very likely from a short illness that our rural hospital could not cure. Her Parents were taking her back home, on foot, for a simple wake; and then a burial in a pauper's grave. I weep inside.
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For the next 3 days, every donation to the @pacquiaofoundation will go to feeding and providing shelter for thousands of people in Laoag City. Click LINK IN BIO to help!
My heart breaks for the people affected by the tropical storm and flooding but together, we can make a huge impact! Imagine if everyone gave just $5. Thank you for helping others! -- Senator Manny Pacquiao, Instagram
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,
saith your God.
-Isaiah 40:1
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
CHART: List of iPad and Android Apps for Special Needs Children & Parents
Schooldays are here! Here are handy charts of various Apps For Teachers and Parents of Kids with learning disabilities:
iPad
Android
iPad: Educational Technology
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Saturday, August 24, 2019
ATTEMPTED STABBING OF US MARINE VET BY ANTIFA
Every time you wade into a crowd or don a concealing garment, you risk deindividuation, and it often brings out the worst in you. When you step back and see yourself as the perpetrator, you act as though your reputation and position in society is at stake. When you have no identity, when you are nameless, faceless and free from retribution, the chains of inhibition fall from your brain.
-David McRaney
Read about masks and deindividuation H E R E
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Why Visit Marylebone, London England?
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| Marylebone Floor Mat, Mackenzie-Childs |
I am intrigued; though my primary purpose for ever visiting Marylebone (how is it pronounced?) would probably be to see the Sherlock Holmes Museum.
The pictures on IG aren't bad. If the rest of the neighborhood is just as nice, I am impressed. Look at those windows!!
Dialling code: 020
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| Baker Street pillow, MacKenzie Childs |
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| Marylebone travel umbrella, MacKenzie Childs |
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| High Street accent chair, MacKenzie Childs |
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| pc: MacKenzie-Childs |
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (Psalm 8 )
16.06.2020
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Sunday, August 18, 2019
MacKenzie-Childs: MC Farmhouse Kitchen in Honeymoon
The kitchen remains in working order (used by MC employees in the past); and incredibly well-decorated... chock-full of their gorgeous stuff. Style is mostly in pink checks which indicates their HONEYMOON pattern; or Rose Petal as in their drawer knobs. Courtly Check, Parchment Check, Fish, and their other patterns are also present. The room is large, bright, and mostly in my favorite color combo of pink (wooohoooo!!) and white. The high-end appliances are by VIKING.
We toured on our own, so some questions remain unanswered. Daughter went through the house tour twice -- willingly! Son matched the kitchen with his pink shorts. No complaints from him neither. Strong central a/c helped a lot, me thinks.
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drawer-pull detail of Honeymoon Rose Petal pattern |
25.06.2020
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Bathroom Renovation: Double Vanities
I am very thankful for our own double sink/vanity. It was especially useful while all of our kids were still residing at home. Disappointed that the MacKenzie-Childs Farmhouse had single sinks in all of their bathrooms; though each bathroom did have double shower-heads and their use of tile was awe inspiring.
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| MC Farmhouse bathroom sink |
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| MC bathroom double shower heads |
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| Our renovated Bathroom #1 |
21.06.2020
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