For my wedding, I had made some really beautiful wristlet corsages.
This was a very difficult task. The reason being is because here in Turkey, we don't have all the things that are needed. First of all here in Turkey there are not flowers in Weddings. That was a huge shock for me and really difficult to imagine. No flowers.
The Long Rock and I discussed this in great length and we agreed that it was more prudent and cheaper and in the end just all round better if we just had flowers for my bouquets, for wristlet corsages, and boutonnieres. We agreed that this was the best. It ended up being a lot better that way. And really quite lovely.
I gave Long rocks Female and Male Close Family members, Long Rocks mom got two corsages, I got three bouquets, the Long Rock got two boutonnieres the Wedding Helper got a wristlet and then my witness for our wedding got a wristlet.
The reason for this is because We had a Wedding Ceremony. The Ceremony was on July 4th and the Wedding Reception was on July 7th. So, The Wedding Ceremony I made flower for me, the Groom and The Groom's mother to keep things simple. On the wedding reception I made flowers for everyone. I made for his cousins, and one cousin has a wife so I made her one also.
So all in all I made 12 wrist corsages, 15 boutonnieres, and three bouquets.
The supplies were not in Turkey because no one wears them. They are just unheard. The floral wire, floral tape, everything was imported from USA because I had no way of getting something like them from Turkey. They just are not here. There is a part on the wrist corsages that has a plate. The plate is for hot gluing the flowers on the wristlet. Well, on the wristlets that are not just the plain smaller elastic, but for the beaded bracelets, when they come they are supposed to have a platform that is tied on to the bracelet.
Another thing that I discovered it wire ribbon is also not here in Turkey, so I had to just go with the regular satin ribbon. But, no matter! I made them and they looked so pretty.
On my wedding day, I wore a white lace blouse, and pinl shoes with an aqua marine colored dress. I tied a really long pınk ribbon around the waist to add some color, and it just looked really pretty. My colors on the bouquet just tied everything together. I had Gerbera daisies, pink small roses, and hygreanga, which was all greens, blues, and pinks. Oh! I loved the bouquet and how it turned out.
Everything just turned out really lovely. I love my flowers and I worked really hard on them, but they were worth it and everyone was really great about wearing them.
I am so grateful to Long Rock for highly encouraging me to make the flowers. My hair? Long crazy funny story I will have to save for another time.
I will have to add pictures to this post in a few days when I find the pictures. They appear to not have made it onto my new laptop
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
An Open Letter To The State Of Pennsylvania's Attorney General (Kathleen Kane)
Dear Attorney General of (the fine state of) Pennsylvania;
Congratulations on your winning the incumbency. I wanted to let you know I am sure you are so very happy you are now Attorney General. You know, when you were wanting to go into Politics, I am sure it is because you wanted to help people, and being a public incumbent as yourself, you were so happy that you are in office.I will just get to my point of where I am going with this letter, shall we?
Attorney General is assuming you hate crime and want to stop crime in your state. I assume that going into LAW you would be one of those types of people that want to help people in a legal bind... I mean it couldn't possibly be the money. (haha... YES, I mean, you poor politicians and lawyers) So, when people write you emails to let you knowof the crimes happening in your state, I am sure you really want to know what the heck is going on in your own state? Oh, but wait. Not so fast.
I have a family member who lives in your state, is wanted in your state, but, is also wanted in other states, and does crime in other states, you don't want to know about it?
Let me go back. (This is a good one, please, pop popcorn. )
A Certain Family member of mine for years has been using my Social Security Number for many various crimes. She has found that if she is already wanted, she can say my name, my SSN and my information, and no one is the wiser. But are they? It is actually against the law in all 50 states, and a Federal Law, and it is a serious offense. Well, you would think that in all states it is taken seriously. My fellow Americans, beware of the state of Pennsylvania, as it is not taken seriously.
Let me tell you why
My Family member (Let's call her Christine because I don't have a family member named that & I love my family but don't like this member) Christine all her teenage life and even adult life she had been in and out of prison and jail, using my SSN for various crimes through out Utah, where I am from. She also for a time did some crimes in other states, NV, CA, and used my name. All those times I have been able to write to the various police chiefs, and sheriff departments and I was able to clear my good name. Believe me, I have never committed a crime. So, the worst I have done is something like speeding. But, come on, that is all.
It is not a secret I am here in Turkey. I have never been to the (fine state of) Pennsylvania. Well I am trying to get my husband back to USA with me. I am also trying to get a job.
I have been told by my father via email that I have charges against me for various crimes:: prostitution, drugs, drug paraphernalia and the list goes on.
Well, Christina actually did these things (and several times before in the past). Now, in the State of Utah where Christina did steal my ID at first, The Police of several cities and does a check. They know that my name is used then they automatically charge Christina with those charges and Fraudulent use of my SSN. Then they inform me. Well, Christina went to the State of Pennsylvania right after getting out of prison, and went to a home where her (common law) husband lives in a the small town of Corry, Pennsylvania. She waited about a month before she started getting bored (??) and started using my name in hospitals all over her city of Erie, and Corry (and another city) of Pennsylvania. When I first was notified, AG, I emailed the Sheriff and Police Departments of the cities. I heard nothing. And so I wrote you. Your response? Basically it was a "We don't care". See, now I am here in Turkey and want my husband to come back to USA, because you refuse to look into the case, and because you are sloppy and you don't want to be bothered, I will not have an easy time bringing him to USA. I have already been turned down from jobs because, "I have or might have been involved in criminal activities". The other thing that will happen is all my IRS Tax refunds will be withheld from me, and Thank you, for your lack of looking and lack of sympathy because, Mrs Kane, if you would have spent 5 minutes to care and take very seriously Identity Theft in your state, you would see that Christine is one of hundreds of crimes in your state. But, of course, you don't care. Not until it happens to you. In the meantime, your state, because you don't care, will go down and keep deterriorating until someone finally does care enough to take Identity Theft is taken seriously.
Also, State of Pennsylvania, it stands to reason you all don't care, I mean Penn State is infamous for covering up worse crimes than Prostitution and ID Theft. (I think you know which I am referring)
For those of you planning to live or travel in Pennsylvania, beware!!! Beware because if there is an Identity Theft, if there is a crime which a victim is accused of a crime and someone else did the crime, BEWARE because Mrs Kathleen Kane and her office DOES NOT CARE. You will be told "Too Bad, Why don't you try another office".
I hope that You people in Pennsylvania be wise in electing new officials and vote this woman out of office when her time is up. I hope I don't have to have anyone in MY State of Utah like this woman. In Fact, In Utah the Attorney General Office takes ID Theft seriously. I have spoken with my Attorney General in the past over this problem family member and the state of Utah CARES.
Sincerely,
Deej Phelange
P.S. Why are you saying you are "The win made Kane the only woman ever to be elected State Attorney General in Pennsylvania,[Note 1] and the first Democrat elected to the position since it ceased being an appointed office in 1980.[3]"
on Wikipedia when Linda Kelly was elected the year before you?
and, why is it you "helped convict hundreds of cases of fraud, sex offenders," etc,etc, and yet you don't care about mine? Shame on you
Congratulations on your winning the incumbency. I wanted to let you know I am sure you are so very happy you are now Attorney General. You know, when you were wanting to go into Politics, I am sure it is because you wanted to help people, and being a public incumbent as yourself, you were so happy that you are in office.I will just get to my point of where I am going with this letter, shall we?
Attorney General is assuming you hate crime and want to stop crime in your state. I assume that going into LAW you would be one of those types of people that want to help people in a legal bind... I mean it couldn't possibly be the money. (haha... YES, I mean, you poor politicians and lawyers) So, when people write you emails to let you knowof the crimes happening in your state, I am sure you really want to know what the heck is going on in your own state? Oh, but wait. Not so fast.
I have a family member who lives in your state, is wanted in your state, but, is also wanted in other states, and does crime in other states, you don't want to know about it?
Let me go back. (This is a good one, please, pop popcorn. )
A Certain Family member of mine for years has been using my Social Security Number for many various crimes. She has found that if she is already wanted, she can say my name, my SSN and my information, and no one is the wiser. But are they? It is actually against the law in all 50 states, and a Federal Law, and it is a serious offense. Well, you would think that in all states it is taken seriously. My fellow Americans, beware of the state of Pennsylvania, as it is not taken seriously.
Let me tell you why
My Family member (Let's call her Christine because I don't have a family member named that & I love my family but don't like this member) Christine all her teenage life and even adult life she had been in and out of prison and jail, using my SSN for various crimes through out Utah, where I am from. She also for a time did some crimes in other states, NV, CA, and used my name. All those times I have been able to write to the various police chiefs, and sheriff departments and I was able to clear my good name. Believe me, I have never committed a crime. So, the worst I have done is something like speeding. But, come on, that is all.
It is not a secret I am here in Turkey. I have never been to the (fine state of) Pennsylvania. Well I am trying to get my husband back to USA with me. I am also trying to get a job.
I have been told by my father via email that I have charges against me for various crimes:: prostitution, drugs, drug paraphernalia and the list goes on.
Well, Christina actually did these things (and several times before in the past). Now, in the State of Utah where Christina did steal my ID at first, The Police of several cities and does a check. They know that my name is used then they automatically charge Christina with those charges and Fraudulent use of my SSN. Then they inform me. Well, Christina went to the State of Pennsylvania right after getting out of prison, and went to a home where her (common law) husband lives in a the small town of Corry, Pennsylvania. She waited about a month before she started getting bored (??) and started using my name in hospitals all over her city of Erie, and Corry (and another city) of Pennsylvania. When I first was notified, AG, I emailed the Sheriff and Police Departments of the cities. I heard nothing. And so I wrote you. Your response? Basically it was a "We don't care". See, now I am here in Turkey and want my husband to come back to USA, because you refuse to look into the case, and because you are sloppy and you don't want to be bothered, I will not have an easy time bringing him to USA. I have already been turned down from jobs because, "I have or might have been involved in criminal activities". The other thing that will happen is all my IRS Tax refunds will be withheld from me, and Thank you, for your lack of looking and lack of sympathy because, Mrs Kane, if you would have spent 5 minutes to care and take very seriously Identity Theft in your state, you would see that Christine is one of hundreds of crimes in your state. But, of course, you don't care. Not until it happens to you. In the meantime, your state, because you don't care, will go down and keep deterriorating until someone finally does care enough to take Identity Theft is taken seriously.
Also, State of Pennsylvania, it stands to reason you all don't care, I mean Penn State is infamous for covering up worse crimes than Prostitution and ID Theft. (I think you know which I am referring)
For those of you planning to live or travel in Pennsylvania, beware!!! Beware because if there is an Identity Theft, if there is a crime which a victim is accused of a crime and someone else did the crime, BEWARE because Mrs Kathleen Kane and her office DOES NOT CARE. You will be told "Too Bad, Why don't you try another office".
I hope that You people in Pennsylvania be wise in electing new officials and vote this woman out of office when her time is up. I hope I don't have to have anyone in MY State of Utah like this woman. In Fact, In Utah the Attorney General Office takes ID Theft seriously. I have spoken with my Attorney General in the past over this problem family member and the state of Utah CARES.
Sincerely,
Deej Phelange
P.S. Why are you saying you are "The win made Kane the only woman ever to be elected State Attorney General in Pennsylvania,[Note 1] and the first Democrat elected to the position since it ceased being an appointed office in 1980.[3]"
on Wikipedia when Linda Kelly was elected the year before you?
and, why is it you "helped convict hundreds of cases of fraud, sex offenders," etc,etc, and yet you don't care about mine? Shame on you
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Dear Turkey: I Will Be Blogging A LOT about you!
This is not a threat, it is a promise and it is not a warning. (unless you take it that way)
I will wait until my husband is at my side and boom... Stay tuned. I have a lot to say about Turkey. I have a lot to say about "work ethics", how women are treated, how Doctors are not allowed to use all their resources and how students are treated and how University students are not inspired by greatness but forced to study "according to their intelligence" so in other words, poorer kids get less opportunities for education but rich kids get lots of opportunities. I will blog about racism and how prejudism is a live and working here. So, go right ahead, Mr Prime Minister of Turkey, I welcome you to keep doing and saying what you do and say. Because us really informed and educated people do not blame foreingers for the problems of your own decisions and country.
**Stepping off my soap box... For now**
I will wait until my husband is at my side and boom... Stay tuned. I have a lot to say about Turkey. I have a lot to say about "work ethics", how women are treated, how Doctors are not allowed to use all their resources and how students are treated and how University students are not inspired by greatness but forced to study "according to their intelligence" so in other words, poorer kids get less opportunities for education but rich kids get lots of opportunities. I will blog about racism and how prejudism is a live and working here. So, go right ahead, Mr Prime Minister of Turkey, I welcome you to keep doing and saying what you do and say. Because us really informed and educated people do not blame foreingers for the problems of your own decisions and country.
**Stepping off my soap box... For now**
The Countdown Continues!
I will be moving back to the USA on the 11th of September! I am so excited. I believe it is long over due. I have always said I never intended to be here this long. I never wanted to be here three years.
I am nervous, stressed out and yet, I know it is the right thing to do and the good thing to do. I wish I would have done this 2 years ago, But, I am grateful ı am doing it now.
My wonderful husband will follow me and we anticipate getting jobs, and being able to live, work and save money for our future. I am intensely looking for a job now, but have decided to wait until I get to the USA to actually apply and go through the application process. I need to freshen up my resume and I am looking for a free and nice looking Resume Template. Anyone of my readers know of a good one?
I am having writers block, too. What do I say about myself? I am intelligent,talented self starter that has been out of the country for the last three years and bam! I am here now! Hire me! :) Well, that is all I can come up with. But it sounds stupid. And, Why did I stop working here in Turkey? Because #1 It was charity work #2 I was able to work because of the type Residence I had did not allow me to work #3 Because I was against working for men that were jerks...
My friend here in Turkey said she thinks the work I did here was volunteer work. Well, that is basically it.
Well, I am just excited to get back to USA. And more excited and more happy when I have my husband with me
I am nervous, stressed out and yet, I know it is the right thing to do and the good thing to do. I wish I would have done this 2 years ago, But, I am grateful ı am doing it now.
My wonderful husband will follow me and we anticipate getting jobs, and being able to live, work and save money for our future. I am intensely looking for a job now, but have decided to wait until I get to the USA to actually apply and go through the application process. I need to freshen up my resume and I am looking for a free and nice looking Resume Template. Anyone of my readers know of a good one?
I am having writers block, too. What do I say about myself? I am intelligent,talented self starter that has been out of the country for the last three years and bam! I am here now! Hire me! :) Well, that is all I can come up with. But it sounds stupid. And, Why did I stop working here in Turkey? Because #1 It was charity work #2 I was able to work because of the type Residence I had did not allow me to work #3 Because I was against working for men that were jerks...
My friend here in Turkey said she thinks the work I did here was volunteer work. Well, that is basically it.
Well, I am just excited to get back to USA. And more excited and more happy when I have my husband with me
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Samsung Ultrabook NP530U3B Review (Girl's Lingo, Guys!)
So, I wanted to review my new Ultrabook.
I don't know if anyone recalls but I had an Asus, and it died on me right around Christmas time. We wanted to wait to get a new laptop because we were in a Wedding Planning mode and we were researching which one we would like to get and what would be better for us, for me, etc.
We were looking at many different options. Well, we sort of gave up looking for a while because I wanted something that will last and something that was versatile, and something that was not so heavy, I had a lot of things on my mind I wanted
First::: Graphics
Second::: Storage.
Third: Speed
Fourth: Weight
Fifth: Quality
and Last: Price/Affordibility
Well, Lets not put it all in exact order. These are just what I wanted.
Like I said, not in this order. Husband is an egghead, which helped me a lot, and he has some of his own specs too.
So let's look at what I got! (Thank you Husband!)
Samsung Ultra Book NP530U3B
Graphics, Screen::
Amazing. What can I say? I will be able to play ESO when it comes out (Get ready, I want to start my own little guild. I have some followers for that!)
And I wanted to upload my pictures, blog and do things that well, in layman's terms, I want it to look pretty! This delivers. Intel HD 4000 Graphics. (pretty high tech for a little mini laptop)
The 13.3 inch screen is Ultra Thin. About think of an iPod Touch First Generation... And go a tad bit thinner. some people say bigger is better. Well, I too like big. But think, the bigger the heavier, too. This I can tote in my Coach or Gucci bags and I am off. The graphics resolution for the screen is fabulous, and flawless in my humble opinion. Indeed I am happy with it.
Multi-Media
The HD audio is good. It can get pretty loud, and I have been playing music, which sounds good. I love my music. The speakers are above the keyboard, and I like that position because there are laptops where the speakers are where the USB jacks are and I am not sure I like them there. Speakers are 2x2 Watts, so 4 watts, not bad for a little 13.3 inch Ultrabook.
Webcam is 1.3 megapixels but,HD. I have tried it on Skype and it was actually a good vision. The Husband was in one room with the ultrabook and I was on my iPhone, clear vision, good microphone, everything worked and picture was great. Microphone is a Mic "Noise Suppression Sound Alive" and it works really nicely.
Storage:
I am happy with the 500 Gigs of storage. If I need more I can pop in an External hard drive to store more things, but 500 is ample for me, with the (Express Cache 24GB) I have no idea what Express Cache means. It is just sounding really cool to me.
(Husband don't laugh. I am trying to sound cool now)
Speed and Weight
Everything is fast on this little Notebook. Fast internet. Fast to pull up my Docs, uploading is fast, downloading is fast. Downloading iTunes (64 bit with Windows, don't download the 34 bit, you will not be able to open the set up) it took me 2 minutes to download and set up. Really. That is really fast, ladies.
The weight on mine because I have HDD is 3.35 pounds (that is 1.519 kg for all my non-American readers) And really, that is light.
Battery life
This was an issue I forgot to list in my above list. My Asus eventually gave out on my and before it did eventually the battery died on me. We later found out that is was a huge complaint for that particular model and make, and so we were a little frustrated with it from time to time. This has a battery life of 5 hours when you are running just the laptop and playing music from time to time. Three and a half hours if you have other things attached that sucks battery life. I had a cooler under it to see how long it would later with it and 3 and a half hours with the cooler. I have my iPhone plugged into it right now for charging and it charges a littler slower but, I have 75% battery remaining and it seems to be about a and .5 hour battery life. Not bad either.
There are jacks on the left: HDMI, USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, Ethernet, the DC outlet, ear phones and a phone jack or for your camera. The right has two 2.0 External hard drive USB, and a card slot. The bigger Ultrabooks vary and have DVD drives. This one does not. No matter, I can use a jump drive to watch movies or an external hard drive. For traveling I can use my 500 Gig storage. and this is not meant to just sit on a desk either.
This is a sleek, high tech, great quality and affordable laptop. Did I mention the keyboard is really a nice one ans really smooth finish to it. I will be getting a protector for it, as I tend to use it a lot but that is my preference. There is also options to turn off the palm reader. So, while you are typing and the cursor acts a little crazy, it might be due to the pad. So you can make it less sensitive. I like that.
I will be converting it to English also, which is easy to do. That part is also a no big whoop.
Extras:: I bought a coolant that is USB powered, so I can use it in the bed or on my lap. My (new pink)wireless mouse is a Microsoft and works really well with the new Ultrabook.
The conclusion is that you are getting your money's worth, you are getting a really great laptop. Well, guys, there you have it. My two cents.
I don't know if anyone recalls but I had an Asus, and it died on me right around Christmas time. We wanted to wait to get a new laptop because we were in a Wedding Planning mode and we were researching which one we would like to get and what would be better for us, for me, etc.
We were looking at many different options. Well, we sort of gave up looking for a while because I wanted something that will last and something that was versatile, and something that was not so heavy, I had a lot of things on my mind I wanted
First::: Graphics
Second::: Storage.
Third: Speed
Fourth: Weight
Fifth: Quality
and Last: Price/Affordibility
Well, Lets not put it all in exact order. These are just what I wanted.
Like I said, not in this order. Husband is an egghead, which helped me a lot, and he has some of his own specs too.
So let's look at what I got! (Thank you Husband!)
Samsung Ultra Book NP530U3B
Graphics, Screen::
Amazing. What can I say? I will be able to play ESO when it comes out (Get ready, I want to start my own little guild. I have some followers for that!)
And I wanted to upload my pictures, blog and do things that well, in layman's terms, I want it to look pretty! This delivers. Intel HD 4000 Graphics. (pretty high tech for a little mini laptop)
The 13.3 inch screen is Ultra Thin. About think of an iPod Touch First Generation... And go a tad bit thinner. some people say bigger is better. Well, I too like big. But think, the bigger the heavier, too. This I can tote in my Coach or Gucci bags and I am off. The graphics resolution for the screen is fabulous, and flawless in my humble opinion. Indeed I am happy with it.
Multi-Media
The HD audio is good. It can get pretty loud, and I have been playing music, which sounds good. I love my music. The speakers are above the keyboard, and I like that position because there are laptops where the speakers are where the USB jacks are and I am not sure I like them there. Speakers are 2x2 Watts, so 4 watts, not bad for a little 13.3 inch Ultrabook.
Webcam is 1.3 megapixels but,HD. I have tried it on Skype and it was actually a good vision. The Husband was in one room with the ultrabook and I was on my iPhone, clear vision, good microphone, everything worked and picture was great. Microphone is a Mic "Noise Suppression Sound Alive" and it works really nicely.
Storage:
I am happy with the 500 Gigs of storage. If I need more I can pop in an External hard drive to store more things, but 500 is ample for me, with the (Express Cache 24GB) I have no idea what Express Cache means. It is just sounding really cool to me.
(Husband don't laugh. I am trying to sound cool now)
Speed and Weight
Everything is fast on this little Notebook. Fast internet. Fast to pull up my Docs, uploading is fast, downloading is fast. Downloading iTunes (64 bit with Windows, don't download the 34 bit, you will not be able to open the set up) it took me 2 minutes to download and set up. Really. That is really fast, ladies.
The weight on mine because I have HDD is 3.35 pounds (that is 1.519 kg for all my non-American readers) And really, that is light.
Battery life
This was an issue I forgot to list in my above list. My Asus eventually gave out on my and before it did eventually the battery died on me. We later found out that is was a huge complaint for that particular model and make, and so we were a little frustrated with it from time to time. This has a battery life of 5 hours when you are running just the laptop and playing music from time to time. Three and a half hours if you have other things attached that sucks battery life. I had a cooler under it to see how long it would later with it and 3 and a half hours with the cooler. I have my iPhone plugged into it right now for charging and it charges a littler slower but, I have 75% battery remaining and it seems to be about a and .5 hour battery life. Not bad either.
There are jacks on the left: HDMI, USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, Ethernet, the DC outlet, ear phones and a phone jack or for your camera. The right has two 2.0 External hard drive USB, and a card slot. The bigger Ultrabooks vary and have DVD drives. This one does not. No matter, I can use a jump drive to watch movies or an external hard drive. For traveling I can use my 500 Gig storage. and this is not meant to just sit on a desk either.
This is a sleek, high tech, great quality and affordable laptop. Did I mention the keyboard is really a nice one ans really smooth finish to it. I will be getting a protector for it, as I tend to use it a lot but that is my preference. There is also options to turn off the palm reader. So, while you are typing and the cursor acts a little crazy, it might be due to the pad. So you can make it less sensitive. I like that.
I will be converting it to English also, which is easy to do. That part is also a no big whoop.
Extras:: I bought a coolant that is USB powered, so I can use it in the bed or on my lap. My (new pink)wireless mouse is a Microsoft and works really well with the new Ultrabook.
The conclusion is that you are getting your money's worth, you are getting a really great laptop. Well, guys, there you have it. My two cents.
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