XShot

   

Here is a product I just love! This is  an awesome arm extender to your lens when shot is important. I 'll give you an example, when i was atthe zoo with six little kids and one on every arm, you leaning into the  tank to gettheat pic of the dolphins your daughter just has to see and trying not to knock yourself and six kids in to the tank! The XShot is a  life saver when you only get one shot to make the pic! 

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Pamper Yourself?

Pamper Yourself, No Really

I was walking around the mall this past weekend, while waiting for my manicure appointment (no, really you should see my nails, it’s scary!) and I didn’t realize there were so many great buys! There are some clearance racks in Macy's, Jcpenny's, and Kohl’s you wouldn't believe!

So I took it upon myself to make it "a pamper me" day. I thought to myself, “you know I worked all those long hours of overtime to make the kiddies Christmas to die for”, and now I have to work three months to get out of debt so I can start it all over again this fall!

It is important to take care of yourself, to refresh and rejuvenate after a long stressful holiday

season. And with the economy heading south, I know, I know you, should be saving right?

Well feel no more guilt! With After season in full swing, I found a Tommy sweater set for Honey, a Nike jogger for my son and a half a dozen awesome blouses for under a hundred bucks! The nail salon has had no lines so there manicure prices are 12.50 during the week, talk about a deal!

Because of the economy, there are some great deals out there, so what better time than now? It’s cold and gloomy outside, go pamper yourself and enjoy some shopping therapy and the deals too!

Slavery: The Rite to Freedom

Slavery:

The Rite of Passage

When the large grandiose Portuguese ships arrived off the Guinea Coast it was known to everyone why they had come. Mainly it was for the riches of gold, ivory and pepper. Yet there was a deeper darker commodity that they craved as well, the growing demand for production workers, they called slaves.

                Columbus’s voyage changed the trade world so dramatically that supply and demand grew to gregarious proportions. Similarly the African Government was in the midst of their expansion into The Kingdom of the Congo’s. Therefore the immigrants’ of Africa made themselves for easy targets and prisoners’ of war as they further sabotaged their people by selling off their own enemies and oppressors to trade groups many called the Atlantic Slave Trade Society (Darlene Hine, 2004,p.15).

                It did not happen overnight; rather the main intentions of the european foreigners were to purchace the Africans at a fair price to do the job of serventry. After all, African tribesman were no strangers to this type of debauchery, they traded ethnic family members within their tribes for centuries simply because there was no racial solidarity (Darlene Hine,p. 16).

                Europeanist didn’t instigate the war but they waited in the wings to capture their prisioners and ship them to the Americas. The passage of these slaves was horrible and brutal that many generations had to endure as prisioners of war. The slaves never gained their right of passage they so richly deserved. The africans had no idea what it was to discriminate the mortality of human beings and because of their ignornace they were attacked and preyed upon for mnay years.

                Unfortunatly, greed and self serving goverments led to the demise of the African American descendants as slaves. Europeanism craved the prosperity of the Americas and the riches of Spanish Gold. The Carribbean islands provided anappealing array of spices to sweeten the soul. These very things that were to provide comfort had a high price tag on it. To many the Americas was  a second chance at a newl ife of freedom from debauchery and the force of the King. Even though  the founding fathers did just that, many years of suffering came and the ground was rich  in blood as the high price for passage to America and freedom.

                It’s a funny thing, Freedom in all respects is freedom from war, government communisim, and discrimination of race. After all these years we have lived in the Americas, the price is stil being paid with bloodshed. Many Men have stood up like Martin Luther King, to illiminate the bloodshed and dsicrimination even the new impending President Elect Obama. As we look to the future for the first time in peace, and hope to finnally earn our right of passage in the Americas, land of the free.

 

Sources

Darlene Hine, W. H. African Americans: A Concise History. Upper Saddle , New Jersey Vol.1 p 15-124.

 

 

 

 

Cocktail Time!

Boy It's chilly outside!!! Burrrrr!

Time to make something to warm you both up on a cold wintery night! 

Try something to give your taste buds atickle with a twist of lime and lemon!

To start with you will need:

1 part Vodka

1part Honey Malt Liquer (your favorite , I  allways use top shelve it taste much richer in flavor)

1 part Mikes Hard lemonade

Splash of Simple Syrup

Thyme and Mint sprigs

Two Limes

Serve on crushed ice and your favorite chilled glasses, then grab your honey-pie and curl up on the couch to warm yourselves inside and out!