Things to carry with you
Keys to the new home
Directions to new home
Map of new town
Money, cash, or credit card
Documentation related to the sale of your home
Insurance policies and agent's phone number
Address book or personal planner
Pets
Jewelry & valuable items
Prescriptions & medicine
Important records & documents
Photo albums
Back up copies of important computer files
Sheets and towels for the first night in your new home
Personal hygiene items e.g. toothpaste, soap, and raz
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Trail ride
Karen didn't make it to the barn today (heat wimp!!) so I went to take Hobbes out bareback. I love his bitless bridle, by the way. It got rather wet though today, because we went to the creek and Hobbes was a bit more playful than usual. He also pooped in there. How nice. We stopped at Smile on the way and saw a big buck, and Hobbes was pretty curious. On the way to the creek, Al and his owner (a redheaded woman...I'm afraid I don't know her name) caught up to us and we walked up to the creek together. Al and Hobbes were fine together. Hobbes really had fun in the creek together; even I got wet on him, he was fussing and playing so much!
Then we went up to equitation and grazed for a bit. Two men were at the picnic tables...they were acting really weird though, so I got kind of scared and decided to go home. I felt kind of bad because Hobbes didn't know why I was nervous. I'm glad I left though, those guys were acting pretty weird. Hobbes loved the galloping field of course. When we got home, we grazed to cool off a bit and got a nice groom. He had turn out from 4-5 too.
I've noticed this on Hobbes on trail alot; he just stops randomly and looks around for a bit. Does he do this with you guys? Like every few minutes he just stops. It's kind of weird. Maybe it was because he knew Al was behind us a little ways, but he's also done it other times when we're alone.
Then we went up to equitation and grazed for a bit. Two men were at the picnic tables...they were acting really weird though, so I got kind of scared and decided to go home. I felt kind of bad because Hobbes didn't know why I was nervous. I'm glad I left though, those guys were acting pretty weird. Hobbes loved the galloping field of course. When we got home, we grazed to cool off a bit and got a nice groom. He had turn out from 4-5 too.
I've noticed this on Hobbes on trail alot; he just stops randomly and looks around for a bit. Does he do this with you guys? Like every few minutes he just stops. It's kind of weird. Maybe it was because he knew Al was behind us a little ways, but he's also done it other times when we're alone.
Pictures taken on july fourth
Some pics of the 4th of July at the fair. Somehow I don't have a single picture of Lana Bo. I don't know how that happened. (well, I do. I didn't take any pics at the parade, and she napped during the fair.)
This was the bouncy slide. It was pretty big & the kids had to climb up while holding onto the "railing". I was a little nervous, but Luke did great & wasn't scared at all.
He went on this about 5 more times. Every ride he went on was his "favorite" once it was over, but I think this was probably his actual favorite.
Here are the pony rides that he decided halfway through he didn't want to do anymore. (Honestly, I agreed. There were flies everywhere, it was hot and they smelled. The one he was on pooped everywhere while he was riding it. GROSS! Even as a kid I've never been a pony girl...unless they were plastic with flowing pink hair & flowers on their butts - of the "My Little" variety.) The picture turned out cute, though:
it was a very fun day. I think Luke went on every ride at least twice, with the exception of the pony rides. (The smelly $5.00 pony rides!) We had a BBQ at my grandpa's house & Luke got to play with Jessica & Nicole. The girls are awesome with him, they are so sweet & run all around the backyard with him.
We watched the fireworks from Schalm - something we (I, at least) have never done. Growing up I always watched them from my parents backyard, and then in highschool all of the kids watched them from the 50 yard line. Those were some fun times...basically the entire highschool was out there. I don't know that we will be watching from Schalm anymore, though, some firework schrapnel kept flying over by us. Luke fell asleep halfway through, Lana stayed at my mom's house because she was supposed to be asleep, but the sound of the fireworks woke her up & she ended up watching them with Meme on the couch through my parent's living room window.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Vampires galore
Well I really do not know what I am getting into. I have been writing on aliens, and now here I am writing about Vampirism. No need to fear though, it’s about energy vampires that I am concerned about, not the real variety, the Count Dracula variety. That could be scary, but luckily it seems, if C.W.Leadbeater and company is to be believed, they would not exist in countries where people burn their dead. They need the body to project themselves into the astral form.
The Astral Plane by C.W Leadbeater contains several interesting accounts of the plane that is said to be the next to that of the physical plane that we live in. The belief is that we enter the astral world soon after our death. It is said to be much like the world that we live in and exists in the same region although unknown to us. According to Mr. Leadbeater the completely soulless and depraved men can not stay in the astral world after death and has to go to the “eighth sphere” whatever it is, to under go painful torments for the terrible deeds done by them while living.
Well such men, if they know something of the “black arts” can postpone this fate indefinitely by preserving their body in a “cataleptic trance” by infusing blood into it and thus keeping it in a state of freshness. It is said that the eighth sphere can not claim them till the dispersal of the physical body. As there were no blood banks in the distant past, they had to draw blood from other beings with the help of their “semi materialized astral”.
Leadbeater has said that there were a few such examples of vampires at the time of writing his book. I could not get the date of the actual publishing of the book from it, but I believe the articles in it were written sometime early in the last century. Interestingly he cited Russia and Hungary as the most likely places in which we can find some of these rare individuals.
The book might be available at some of the Theosophical sites
The Astral Plane by C.W Leadbeater contains several interesting accounts of the plane that is said to be the next to that of the physical plane that we live in. The belief is that we enter the astral world soon after our death. It is said to be much like the world that we live in and exists in the same region although unknown to us. According to Mr. Leadbeater the completely soulless and depraved men can not stay in the astral world after death and has to go to the “eighth sphere” whatever it is, to under go painful torments for the terrible deeds done by them while living.
Well such men, if they know something of the “black arts” can postpone this fate indefinitely by preserving their body in a “cataleptic trance” by infusing blood into it and thus keeping it in a state of freshness. It is said that the eighth sphere can not claim them till the dispersal of the physical body. As there were no blood banks in the distant past, they had to draw blood from other beings with the help of their “semi materialized astral”.
Leadbeater has said that there were a few such examples of vampires at the time of writing his book. I could not get the date of the actual publishing of the book from it, but I believe the articles in it were written sometime early in the last century. Interestingly he cited Russia and Hungary as the most likely places in which we can find some of these rare individuals.
The book might be available at some of the Theosophical sites
Monday, July 7, 2008
Powell reunion
Another fun family reunion at Powell. Yes all 31 of my dad's side of the family comes to Powell every year for one big reunion. It was so good to get away and get a little sun-kissed. Unfortunatly Luke busted his ankle the third day we were there while water skiing so he hopped on one leg the rest the trip... he was a good sport. We took him to the doctor right when we got back last night and found out its going to take three months to heal... poor Lucas.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Public Divorce Records Search
In terms of public information, it doesn't come much better anywhere else than in the US. Public Records is one example to that claim. There are various public record categories at the disposal of anyone who seeks them and this is actually required by law (Freedom of Information Act 1966). One of the most widely searched categories is State Divorce Records.
At a basic level, the information contained in public divorce records includes personal particulars of the divorcing parties and those of their children if any, time and place of both the divorce and the marriage at hand, asset division, alimony and other settlement, filing number, children custody, grounds for divorce, restraining orders and final decree.
If you know the very courthouse where the divorce proceedings were conducted, that's the quickest source of divorce records. Otherwise, they can be requested at the various government agencies responsible for it. This is a public service and any member of the public is entitled to free divorce records but there are rules and regulations to observe.
Divorce records fall under state jurisdiction. They are hence subject to the variation in state laws governing them from state to state. Depending on the particular state, the accessibility and use of the information derived from them can be very restrictive or entirely liberal and the each of the states have a central repository where they are kept.
Divorce records is one of the most widely searched public records. It is most commonly used in checking the marital, or more precisely, the divorce background of a prospective spouse, as requisite for a divorcee who is applying to re-marry, locating natural parents by separated children and genealogy studies. Although it's a public record, its use may be subject to restrictions.
Besides government agencies, conducting a Divorce Records Search via commercial record providers is also gaining popularity. With computerization and internet, what used to be utterly onerous and costly has become a breeze and comfortably affordable. For a small fee, ready-made divorce records can be served to you in a matter of minutes.
At a basic level, the information contained in public divorce records includes personal particulars of the divorcing parties and those of their children if any, time and place of both the divorce and the marriage at hand, asset division, alimony and other settlement, filing number, children custody, grounds for divorce, restraining orders and final decree.
If you know the very courthouse where the divorce proceedings were conducted, that's the quickest source of divorce records. Otherwise, they can be requested at the various government agencies responsible for it. This is a public service and any member of the public is entitled to free divorce records but there are rules and regulations to observe.
Divorce records fall under state jurisdiction. They are hence subject to the variation in state laws governing them from state to state. Depending on the particular state, the accessibility and use of the information derived from them can be very restrictive or entirely liberal and the each of the states have a central repository where they are kept.
Divorce records is one of the most widely searched public records. It is most commonly used in checking the marital, or more precisely, the divorce background of a prospective spouse, as requisite for a divorcee who is applying to re-marry, locating natural parents by separated children and genealogy studies. Although it's a public record, its use may be subject to restrictions.
Besides government agencies, conducting a Divorce Records Search via commercial record providers is also gaining popularity. With computerization and internet, what used to be utterly onerous and costly has become a breeze and comfortably affordable. For a small fee, ready-made divorce records can be served to you in a matter of minutes.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Mullet spotting
I had a wander down to the creek this evening, as I was in the area.
This time my time wasn't wasted. I spotted some cracking mullet, about 6 to 8 feet from the waters edge, in only 12 to 18 inches of water.
I was about 40feet above them on the road, but my camera phone did me proud, and with a lot of tweaking in Photoshop, you can just about make out two of them right in the middle of this image :-)
There was about ten in the shoal, and averaging about 3 to 4lb as far I could tell.
They seemed to love hanging about right on the edge of the weed, or in the little clear pockets in between.
Ill be going back at the end of the week with luck to try for them on the Fly :-)
This time my time wasn't wasted. I spotted some cracking mullet, about 6 to 8 feet from the waters edge, in only 12 to 18 inches of water.
I was about 40feet above them on the road, but my camera phone did me proud, and with a lot of tweaking in Photoshop, you can just about make out two of them right in the middle of this image :-)
There was about ten in the shoal, and averaging about 3 to 4lb as far I could tell.
They seemed to love hanging about right on the edge of the weed, or in the little clear pockets in between.
Ill be going back at the end of the week with luck to try for them on the Fly :-)
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