tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164796072024-03-23T13:48:11.422-04:00 My world according to me!Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2089125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-68763108486027051662016-04-02T13:06:00.001-04:002016-05-09T20:11:55.453-04:00B is for BabyBaby could be a newborn baby;your child, no matter how old it is;or a new person in your life etc.<br />
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This B is for baby that my baby had. Since last April I am a grandma. When I first found out that my baby was having a baby, it was a little bit of shock to my system. She had just landed a full time job in the field she went to school for after she graduated from College and she had many more plans on continuing her education and then the news...."I'm gonna have a baby". A baby changes everything. And so he has. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy almost a year ago and all of a sudden there is this little bundle of joy that mixes up everything. I am amazed as how well she has mastered everything, new baby, new job, new living situation etc. As for me..... I love my baby's baby. He is just the cutest and most adorable little munchkin. And the time with him is just flying by. He is growing up way too fast.<br />
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-35563168680671799672016-04-01T12:33:00.000-04:002016-04-02T13:06:50.319-04:00A is for Absence and A-Z ChallengeWell it's been almost two years since my last blog entry and I thought joining the A - Z Challenge would be a good way to start blogging again. It is a push to get back into it. I have missed reading the blogs of my blogger friends and even though I have read the odd one over the months, it was not like it used to be before, and I feel disconnected. A lot has happened in their lives, a lot has happened in my life and my absence was due to a lot of these changes, including health changes, professional changes and other personal changes. Some have been good, some have been not so welcomed changes, and some have been just amazing. So after all this time of ABSENCE I am hopefully back and I am looking forward to reading amazing blogs written by amazing people and reconnecting with some "old" blogger friends. Bring on the A - Z Challenge.Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-46712566642818967912014-06-17T09:31:00.001-04:002014-06-17T09:31:35.559-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-43240281461430642732014-06-17T08:49:00.001-04:002014-06-17T08:49:01.690-04:00How Donkeys Saved my Ass: Katharin Harkins at TEDxGuelphU<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lCh6pckkqO4" width="480"></iframe>Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-13977400280719464712013-12-07T08:22:00.000-05:002015-02-02T15:33:56.864-05:00Where did the time go?Where did the time go from my last entry in late September to over two months later? Well they say time flies when you are having fun, however it also flies when life isn't kind and fun. A lot of things have happened since the last entry, a lot of sad things and some life changing things are in the works.<br />
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Remember the last entry....Pumpkins for Cathey? Shortly after that entry our good blogger friend has lost her fight with cancer. It was such a shock and such a sad time, even though I knew she was very ill, you always have hope that things get better. But they didn't for Cathey. There hasn't been a day gone by that I don't think about her and her young family, I have re-read her last email to me a hundred times. I will always treasure the memory of a blogger friend I have never met in person, but thru emails and letters and packages. She will always be remembered as the kind and thoughtful person she was and her great spirit will live on in her young sweet son. What a gem she was!</div>
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Starting the entry with this makes really everything else that happened fade into no real importance....so this will be it for today. </div>
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-27246347787284965402013-09-27T07:18:00.001-04:002013-09-27T07:18:06.470-04:00Pumpkins for Cathey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-31725223752593118942013-09-22T12:35:00.001-04:002013-09-23T07:55:37.487-04:00Not a very introvert thing to doYesterday I spent the afternoon in pouring rain with the donkeys Bob Ray and DaVinci at the St. George Applefest. Usually this is a very busy weekend for the Fest, but do to the lousy weather it was a very quiet day. The rain finally stopped coming down in buckets by 3 pm and more people came out and a lot of them visited with the donkeys. After our shift we took the boys for a walk around the area and they just loved to stretch their legs and get going. Man, I forgot how much strength it can take to walk a donkey and not let him have his way. but after a few minutes Bob Ray and I had a good thing going. He is a very good donkey. After that I drove back to Brantford and cleaned up a little bit, put on some dry clothes and left for Kitchener to meet up with a friend to go to a friend's birthday party. Omg I love my GPS, this place was total strange territory for me but my GPS got me there so easily. I should take this drive in the daylight now, to see where I actually was. I had a great time at the event and it was nice to just sit, watch, listen to great music and hang out with my friend and spend time together. Beside my friend, I really didn't know anybody, well I met the birthday girl and her partner at a previous event, but didn't really know them. They certainly are amazing people and it was a great evening, even though I was way out of my comfort zone lol.... Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-45957894789367367702013-08-31T12:34:00.000-04:002013-08-31T12:35:50.570-04:00Carlisle Country CraftLast Saturday I have done something I haven't done in ages, and I am so thankful to my boss for making this happening for me. :). You are just simply the best. For the past year I have spend a lot of time at the DSC, however not with my donkey friends, but mostly in the office and the boutique. Even though I love both places I have missed time with the donkeys more than I wanted to admit and it has caused me some real grief and sadness, I just missed those long ears way too much. So Saturday felt like the old days and it was great and an absolutely amazing day. It started early in the morning when we packed up everything to go to Carlisle to set up with two of our boys in a small run and a craft and information table at the entrance to the Rustic Fair.<span id="goog_1868730015"></span><br />
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Even though the day was all work we had a lot of fun and meet some great people, who have now since come out to visit the Sanctuary and have shown their support, whether through donations, registering for our Pace for the Donkeys Event at the end of September or just by spreading the word. It was a well spent day. And of course the boys were the stars and everybody loved them. </div>
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<span id="goog_1868730014"></span>Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-40345266920473641722013-08-27T09:05:00.002-04:002013-08-31T12:43:20.378-04:00Froggin'Ha ha....one could almost think this is a Stitching post, however at this point I am not even sure I remember how to stitch, haven't done it in so long..This is about a different kind of Froggin. :)<br />
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Friday was an absolutely beautiful day at work, the day wasn't cramped with deadlines and tons of things that needed to be accomplished before the end of the day, everything was moving along smoothly and nice. Usually I have to say "no" to a lot of the things during the day because if I say "yes" I won't get all my work done, even though that means saying "no" to the boss lol. So Friday when the boss asked if I wanted to come for a walk with the dog I didn't hesitate and off we went. We walked down over to Memorial Hill and then around the pond on the DSC grounds. Oh we had so much fun and were laughing our heads of and screaming like little girls at every frog that jumped at us. There must have been hundreds of frogs in the damp grass and with every step we took they feared for their lives and jumped to safety. Jumping on us, across our feet and just hopping ahead of us...funny puppy dog didn't seem to be amused by them at all and didn't even react to them. We continued our walk around the pond and then ventured deeper into the woods there however we regretted that pretty much right away as the mosquitoes in there were just eating us alive. So happily we reached the lane way and finished our walk. Back to work, but in the afternoon we got in some more donkey time as we visited the sick bays in the the old barn and mingled amongst the barn yard donkeys, making connections with the shy Austin and hugging my sweet Orly. We also paid a visit to the four new donkeys that are now out of quarantine but still kept away from the others as they are almost feral donkeys. Jasper has been gelded last week and will soon join some new donkey friends, however much training for these donkeys is in store to be handled by staff, volunteers and other animal caregivers. So as we were standing there watching the donkeys have a snooze in the sun and trying to get them to come over the fence, because we are now allowed to pet them, they didn't want to have any part of us. We stood there for 20 minutes, funny then "Tom" ( name has been changed) comes over, talks to them, two of them get up and walk right over to him, we just smiled at teach other in awe of his effect on the animals.<br />
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-88332929069741256422013-08-25T21:33:00.001-04:002013-08-25T21:33:06.896-04:00Lagging behindWell somehow work seems to get in the way of everything lately, so I am lagging behind in the keeping up with blogging department.<br />
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Diamond reminds me a lot of a donkey we have named Tengen, who has long flowing tuffs of hair just as Diamond. Pearl is a real beauty and she will give our two most picture perfect donkeys a run for their money. Jasper is a very handsome donkey. And of course Ruby is just simply adorable.<br />
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-87707731483010813662013-08-12T08:05:00.001-04:002013-08-12T08:05:56.180-04:00It's a been a little bit crazyWith the widely publicised arrival of our four new donkeys it's been a little bit crazy out on the farm. TV reporters, radio news shows, newspaper reporters and of course the amount of visitors wanting to get a glimpse of the baby. It's not often that we have a baby, the last one was eight years ago when our Odin was born on the farm after taken in his pregnant mom. Come to think of it, having a baby has only happened about eight times in the twenty plus years the Sanctuary has been open. Not only had all this publicity an impact on the visitors that came out but also on the online and telephone donations we have received over the past week to help with the dire care of these animals. Wow, the out pour has been incredible. So it is great for us to be that busy, even if it leaves some of us in the dust of always lagging behind with our work loads.<br />
On Wednesday I did something at the DSC that I haven't done since September....volunteered. It was great to be down with the new arrivals and tell people about the rescues and what beautiful animals they are. And they truly are. The baby is cute as a button. Mom Diamond is protective and caring for her new baby while doting over her other two children, Jasper age 2 and Pearl age 3. I had a most enjoyable day, even though I had just had an falling out with one of my best friends and somebody I treasure a lot. After ignoring her all day we were almost good again by the end of the day after each having had our say. Happy about that. I didn't get to be in the office at the DSC a lot over the last two weeks, due to my other job commitment so I spend all day Saturday catching up on my donations and letter writing. It's nice to be all alone in the office you can get a lot done. Later in the afternoon the boss came out as we had made some plans for dinner that evening. It feels weird going for dinner with your boss but at the same time it feels great, we have an awesome relationship at work and outside work. And yes we are as different as night and day and we fight like cats and dogs at times. Yikes! Oh well, it's a fine line lol.<br />
Talking about bosses, I also had lunch the other day with my former boss from the centre, so it was nice to get out and away from the desk and it was nice to do some catching up with each other.<br />
It's been a busy, emotional week and here is to a new one......after all it's Monday. Have a happy week.<br />
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The Hamilton-Burlington SPCA has rescued five donkeys and a foal.</div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Saturday August 3, 5 donkeys and one foal began a journey to health. These animals have experienced long-term significant neglect and their physical and emotional health is very poor. Donkeys are normally highly social animals and they love the company of people; however this group - with no names –are almost feral from neglect.<br /><br />These 5 donkeys and one foal need your help. Your donation dollars are needed to assist in the care of these lovely animals and support immediate vet care and follow up, proper nutrition, grooming and transportation. Our immediate concern for the donkeys is hoof care. Donkeys’ hooves require regular trimming and if not trimmed will continue to grow until they resemble an elf shoe. This makes walking very difficult and eventually results in lameness. This condition can be corrected; it is a very long process as the hooves can only be cut back a small amount at a time.<br /><br />And where are these donkeys now? Lucky for the HBSPCA <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=120101861347541" rel="nofollow" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="To tag someone, type @ and then the friend's name">The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada</a> was quick to lend a hand in the rescue. These guys are the donkey experts! The care of 3 of the adults and the foal was immediately transferred to the Donkey Sanctuary and they will provide medical care as well as the love and time that it will take to rehabilitate their newest friends. The remaining 2 adult donkeys have been placed in the care of the HBSPCA. They too need significant veterinary, hoof, and coat care and will be placed at an appropriate foster farm to continue to heal until they are ready to be adopted.<br /><br />Many people are aware that the Hamilton/Burlington SPCA Protection Department deals with cases of cruelty and neglect to household pets, like cats, dogs, rabbits and birds. Our Protection Officers are also called upon to investigate cases of neglect in livestock and farm animals including donkeys. This was the case on Saturday Aug 3/13 when the health and welfare of 5 adult donkeys and 1 foal was in jeopardy.<br /><br />PLEASE HELP. Any amount, large or small, is appreciated. Dollars for Donkeys Donations can be made through the HBSPCA at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.hbspca.com&h=SAQGGCqW3&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.hbspca.com</a> or through The Donkey Sanctuary at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.ca&h=FAQEeOvrN&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.thedonkeysanctuary.ca</a>. </span></div>
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-19022615121018379332013-08-04T11:59:00.003-04:002013-08-04T12:08:25.420-04:00How?A farmer, a field, <b>five</b> neglected donkeys, no water, no food, left to die as rendered useless to the owner, hooves in terrible shape, an observant person passing by, a call to the SPCA, quick action, no fussing around with bureaucracy, a rescue effort, an emergency call to us, and we have <b>four</b> new donkeys, including a twelve day old foal. The future for the three grown donkeys look as grim as it did for the fifth donkey, that never made it to us.<br />
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<br />Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-5883802990900112262013-07-27T10:44:00.002-04:002013-07-27T10:44:55.390-04:00Finding balance - somehow not working So over the last little while I have done nothing but work, with probably one full day off weekly. Summer programs are in full swing at the Community Centre and are going great, almost too great. Budget 2014 is finally done as of Thursday late evening and it's presented to the higher up. Well I was suppose to be working only on our budget for our Center, and it was done weeks ago, however somebody went on vacation without having their's done and it left me to pick up the pieces and finish it off, nothing worse than finishing what others have halfway started, but by Thursday evening it was finally done. DONE DONE DONE! What a relief! With the boss leaving on vacation this week, it will be another busy two weeks at the Centre, all while trying to find as much time as possible to work in the Office at the DSC. Somehow the two days there in office are just not enough anymore. Yikes! There are other issues I have been dealing with regarding my time there, nothing major, but the whole reason I got involved at the DSC, the donkeys. With the new location of the boutique, the new location of the office, it has been painfully hard to get any donkey time in at all. And it really has taken a toll on my mental stability right now lol.....well or so I think. And i have to tell myself daily whatever I do there it is still for the donkeys, however I do miss hanging out with them on Open Days and I miss hanging out with my volunteers, which I really haven't had much time to do. So it's been a little bit hard to find the balance between it all. And to add a little bit of excitement to the mix, I have just been offered a full time position. Ha ha ha....so now what? This will require some thinking and schedule shuffling if I make at least a somewhat of an attempt to do it all. We will see what happens......can't it just be simple just for once?Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-8338318310432205432013-06-27T08:47:00.000-04:002013-06-27T08:48:01.455-04:00The Baby Well the baby of the family is all grown up. On Tuesday our youngest graduated from Seneca College with a Diploma in Real Property Adminsitration ( Assessment and Apraisal). Way to go Pookie!<br />
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Next stop: York University!Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-88110091840490128402013-06-24T08:07:00.001-04:002013-06-24T08:08:34.424-04:00Fill a backpack!<a href="https://spana.org/spana-vet-backpack#.Ucg2Yr9YSkU.blogger">SPANA vet's backpack | SPANA</a>Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-67974060408203482942013-06-22T09:33:00.000-04:002013-06-22T09:55:15.821-04:00Road Trip<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoBuegEZgR7fY0cAUujEQLS_EeA0DG5kdb7IqhZSkL_myeRinGaiRbDtcHT1vc2WHLAbQjigLTOk_s09SjglNJv5xbDa27lhIUZ-nrEDJwxqVP_ytQlerRepBi6bRewepARRm/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoBuegEZgR7fY0cAUujEQLS_EeA0DG5kdb7IqhZSkL_myeRinGaiRbDtcHT1vc2WHLAbQjigLTOk_s09SjglNJv5xbDa27lhIUZ-nrEDJwxqVP_ytQlerRepBi6bRewepARRm/s1600/4.JPG" /></a>Last Tuesday a friend of mine and I embarked on a long anticpated road trip. We were so eager to go that we didn't even stop for coffee on the way there. It was my first trip to the quaint little town of Ingersoll, about 45 minutes from here. What a cute little town. Our destination was a littlle show called " Stitch It Central", a one stop shop for Cross Stitch and Needlework, which also has a great deal of quilting, Knitting and Crocheting accessories and fabric. They even have a nice and large Sit and Stitch area which is fit enough for a retreat. Very nice.<br />
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Wow I can't believe how little I blogged in the last little while, some was due to lack of time, some was due to lack of "feeling it" and some was just an overabundance of things to catch up on. Well never really thought anybody would miss reading my blog anyway as it is just a capture of my doing and thoughts so I won't forget from one day to the next what is or was happening. A long time friend of mine from school sends me ecards ever so often, and most of them are with donkey pictures, like the above one and I love them all and I am sorry if I am such a slacker in answering emails or keeping more in touch, I know I need to work on that! Majorly!!!!! I can always try to do better in that way, as I get many complaints from family as well that I don't write.<br />So, what have I been up to in the long absence from blogging? Well not much and yet tons of stuff has happened. First I was sick and I mean sick, so sick that I even missed 10 days of work and didn't start feeling better until the weekend of the annual Stitching Sister's retreat, from there it has been going upwards with feeling better, however the ongoing health issue persists and I have good days and I have flat out I can't function days....especially after those Gummi bears laced with Peach Schnaps.....one thing is for sure.....No alcohol, not even a sip! Then there were 2 big volunteer days to organise, another one to do, Donkey Day to get ready for and attend, budget time, staff evaluations and program wrap up before the summer begins. Between the two jobs working 60 hours a week, not much time to feel like doing anything else, especially when a good chunk of my job is answering emails.<br />
One thing I can say for sure........ I miss my friends, I miss just hanging with the donks, I miss just being. And I am working hard at finding a balance, because I know this is not the way to be.......Oh one other great thing that took place.....An Evening with Oprah! Fantastic and it gives you new incentive to do and be better.<br />
So I am working on it......:)<br />
As for today...Road trip.....to Stitch it Central in Ingersoll......I need time to stitch not more stash to stitch!!!<br />
<br />Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-76642228827875688182013-06-10T11:42:00.001-04:002013-06-10T12:18:22.505-04:00Another Record breakerYesterday we held our one and only annual big fundraising event at the DSC. <br />
It was DONKEY DAY !<br />
And again it was a record breaker with over 2500 people attending the fun day in the country. What a perfect day: great weather, not too hot, not too cool, lots of great food...my personal favourite attending as well Mango Chutney from Cambridge, Ontario, great entertainment, great demonstrations and performances and of course great donkeys! Thank you to all that came out and spent money, and I am talking lots of money in the boutique, in sponsor ship and anyway else you could support us. You made this great day even greater.<br />
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When your day seems out of balance<br />
and so many things go wrong,<br />
when people fight around you<br />
and the day drags on and on,<br />
when parents act like children<br />
and everything goes wonky,<br />
go out into your pasture<br />
and throw your arms around your donkey.<br />
His gentle breath enfolds you<br />
he watches with those eyes,<br />
he doesn’t have a PhD<br />
but he is oh so wise.<br />
His head rests on your shoulder,<br />
you hold him very tight,<br />
he puts your world in balance<br />
and makes it seem alright,<br />
your tears they soon stop flowing<br />
the tension now has eased,<br />
the stress has now been lifted<br />
you are quietly at peace.<br />
So when you need some respite<br />
from the turmoil in your day,<br />
the best therapy ever<br />
is out there eating hay.</div>
Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-78300599662890009252013-05-03T08:05:00.000-04:002013-05-03T08:05:15.686-04:00How the Donkeys saved my ass......or at least a lot of money.<br />
Yesterday was a beautiful spring day, the sky was blue, the sun was shining. I was on my way to work, zipping along the quiet country roads. I all of a sudden spotted him and sure enough he spotted me, didn't take long once I past him to see the flashing light in my rear mirror...Darn I thought. I pulled over and this young officer walked up to the window.<br />
Officer: Where are you heading?<br />
Me: To the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada.<br />
Officer: Oh, so do you know a Mrs. Mo....son that works there?<br />
Me: Oh, you mean Mrs. Mo..is? Yes I know Terri.<br />
Officer: I went to school with her daughter.<br />
Me: Oh yes I know M. too.<br />
Officer: License and insurance please.<br />
I handed him the papers.<br />
Officer: Do you know how was you were going?<br />
Me: Pretty fast.<br />
Officer: Yes, about 31 km/h over the speed limit. This will be a hefty fine. About $250 Dollars plus 4 points against you.<br />
At this point I had really nothing to say, but just grin and bare it.<br />
Officer: Let me just run these papers and I will be back.<br />
There wasn't much time between him getting to his car, writing my ticket and returning the papers back to me.<br />
Officer: Well, I love the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, I love the work you guys do out there. I have been out there myself visiting with my son before, and it was great. So I scaled your ticket down to the closest I could to about 15km/h over the speed limit. Which means a fine of about $ 52 and no points deducted. And just to let you know, we will be in this area for a little bit now, so just make sure when you come this way you stick to the speed limit.<br />
Me: Thank you so much and I am sure I will. :)<br />
And of we went our separate ways. Whew! That was a lucky break.Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-84728730295914167812013-04-27T09:55:00.000-04:002013-04-29T09:55:51.648-04:00X is for ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">X</span>erox<br />
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Xerox is pretty much synonymous for photocopy , the way Kleenex is for tissue and Bandaid for bandage.</div>
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A company's biggest fear is that their brand name becomes so commonly used to describe a product that a judge rules that it's too "generic" to be a trademark. That means that any product — even inferior ones — can legally use the name. A brand usually is declared legally generic after a company sues another firm for using its name and the case goes to a federal court. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It's difficult to quantify how much revenue a company loses when its brand is deemed generic. But companies worry that it breeds confusion among consumers. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Xerox is trying hard to not be a generic term. The company, which introduced the first automatic copier in the U.S. in 1959, has been on a public crusade for decades to keep its brand from becoming generic. The machine's success has led people to start using "Xerox" to refer to any copying machine, copies made from one and the act of copying. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"In the mid- to late-1970s, we ran dangerously close to Xerox becoming 'genericized,'" says Barbara Basney, vice president of global advertising. "That prompted a lot of proactive action to protect our trademark." </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Xerox has spent millions taking out ads aimed at educating so-called "influencers" like lawyers, journalists and entertainers about its brand name. A 2003 ad said: "When you use 'Xerox' the way you use 'aspirin,' we get a headache." More recently, a 2007 ad read: "If you use "Xerox" the way you use "zipper," our trademark could be left wide open." </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While people still use "Xerox" generically — the Merriam-Webster dictionary lists the word as both a lower-case verb with the definition "to copy on a xerographic copier" and a trademarked noun — the brand says its campaign has been a success.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Xerox is still popular: It's ranked the 57th most valuable global brand, worth $6.4 billion, according to brand consultancy Interbrand. And perhaps most importantly, Xerox hasn't lost its trademark.</span></div>
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-55461886674850246532013-04-26T09:40:00.000-04:002013-04-29T09:45:10.109-04:00W is for....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">W</span>alking Dead</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>The Walking Dead</b></i> is an American horror television drama series developed by Frank Darabont. It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating "walkers", resembling zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way. The title of the series refers to the survivors, as much as to the zombies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Walking Dead</i> premiered o<span style="font-family: inherit;">n October 31, 2010, on the cable television channel AMC in the United States. It premiered internationally during the first week of November 2010 on Fox International Channels. Based on its reception, AMC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on October 16, 2011.Two episodes into the second season, AMC announced that the show would return for a third season of 16 episodes, which began airing on Oct</span>ober 14, 2012. On December 21, 2012, AMC renewed <i>The Walking Dead</i> for a fourth season of 16 episodes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">The series has been well received</span><span style="line-height: 10.828125px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">and has received many award nominations including ones for the </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Writers Guild of America Award</span><span style="line-height: 13px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">and a </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Golden Globe Award</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> for </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Best Television Series (Drama)</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">.</span><span style="line-height: 13px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">The series has also attained strong</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Nielsen ratings</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">, surpassing various records for a cable series, including receiving 12.4 million viewers for its </span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">season three finale</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> to become the most-watched drama series telecast in basic cable history.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">I have been totally hooked on this series and have not missed an episodes and seen tons of repeats and just can't get enough of it and as much as I don't want to rush the year...I can't wait for the return of the series in the fall. Just love, love, love "The Walking dead".</span></span></div>
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Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499341881273434041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16479607.post-37972911055855248592013-04-25T09:15:00.000-04:002013-04-29T09:29:56.882-04:00V is for ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">V</span>acation</div>
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Even though my last vacation left me with a lot of health issues, I would not trade this experience for anything in the world. From the places I've seen, the things we have done, to the people that bonded closer through this experience, it was the best vacation ever and a dream come true and also another thing of the life list, oddly enough when I wrote my life list, I also wrote that I could die happy once I have done that, hmmmm almost did, but thank God, I'm still here, and I know there is just so much more that needs to be done and tried to change. </div>
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This vacation, was also to a place I really never had an interest in visiting, not even sure why, but it just didn't make my list, however I fell totally in love with the country side and I would so love to go back over and over again, there is just so much to discover. </div>
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So here is to more California dreaming. :) </div>
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