We had recently given our dilapidated kitchen an overhaul and were searching for some stools for the newly-built in bar. But all I could seem to find was the mass-produced department store selection of stools, until a long-time friend of mine pointed me to a site offering counter chairs that went exceptionally well with our new furnishings.

The hillsdale barstool is one of the most appealing and stylish pieces of furniture I have seen. To me, it was crucial to have a chair with a sturdy back, and the array of styles and fabrics offered by Home and Bedroom’s online shop is the most sensational assortment that can be found online. The hardest thing has been to figure out which tone and pattern will complement our new kitchen colors the best. I was leaning more towards the pastel bar stool, but I think I'd also love the Montello backless bar stools that highlight the black streaks of our bar top.

After having browsed for a while at this online store, I noticed that there was a wealth of both decorative items, like bakers shelves and etageres, and larger furniture pieces, such as beds and benches. In fact, there were so many choices, I'll possibly start making plans to redecorate some of the other parts of the house. I never knew there were so many choices and designs for our home!

Not too long ago, we gave our shabby kitchen a makeover and were trying to locate a set of chairs for the newly-installed bar. I was having trouble finding a design I really liked, until I accidentally stumbled upon a site selling bar stools and bistro tables that went exceptionally well with our new décor.

I fell in love with the allure and elegance of the hillsdale bar furniture series and thoroughly enjoyed picturing what the pieces would look like in our house. I have always preferred a chair with a footrest, and the range of models and patterns I've seen at home-and-bedroom.com is the most sensational selection I have viewed yet. Ironically, I now face a new problem. Which kind of stool would be a suitable choice for our newly-remodelled kitchen? At first, I thought my favourites were the stools from the pastel casual dining sets collection, but I was not able to take my eyes off the classic Thierra Mar stools that set off the black patches of our cabinet finish.

After having browsed for a bit at this web site, I saw many other interesting products such as sideboard cabinets and mirrors. In fact, I was so wrapped up in the enormous range of children’s nightstands, I almost forgot to make lunch. I had no idea there were so many choices and designs for our home!

We were very happy with our newly-restored kitchen – now all we needed were some beautiful stools to match the new breakfast bar. But all I could seem to find was the same old outlet store selection of stools, until I ran across an online shop that sold a type of bar stool that matched perfectly with our new décor.

I fell in love with the allure and uniqueness of the hillsdale game room furniture series and thoroughly enjoyed imagining what the objects would look like in our house. I like a stool with a sturdy back, and the array of styles and fabrics available at Home and Bedroom.com is the most amazing collection on the furniture market today. I would love to purchase each and every stool on display, but, unfortunately, we only have a limited budget. I could imagine a set of stools from the pastel game room furniture collection, but I think I'd also love the elegant metal swivel chairs that accentuate the black flecks of our bar top.

After having browsed for a while at this site, I noticed that there was a wealth of both accessories, like bakers shelves and etageres, and larger furniture pieces, such as beds and headboards. In fact, I was so captivated by the magnificent range of kids furniture, I nearly forgot to make dinner. Who would have thought there would be such a wonderful furniture shop on the internet!

What a hard time does man have,

while trying to have a good time.

Repeatable test means that you can build up the _same_ starting state and run the _same_ test cases with the _same_ test tools configured the _same_ way. Even if you have random simulations, you should be able to reset the random seed.

It can happen that you cannot use the same starting state in your project, because it is around a terabyte (a database containing transactions and their history). You can’t step twice into the same database : ) Some sort of justification can be that this big state is an aggregate state. So a given test case depends only on its close environment. In this case though, the locality of these environments should be documented.

It can happen that the schema of the database changes and because of this, some of the numerous test cases are modified during the regression tests. But not all the ones that depend on the old schema (or on the schema in general). Years later nobody knows what the hell is going on when testing with those old cases. Either about the way they should be fixed.

By the way, don’t represent the cases in MS Access databases. In case you want to understand the evolution of a test case (e.g. along with the evolution of the database schema) by looking through the versioned history of their representation, that’s quite time consuming because there aren’t any good tools to diff MS Access databases.

I’m not sure though, that teaching people comparable textual representations worth it in contrast to not comparable wysiwyg editor based information forms. A solution can be a wysiwyg solution with predictable and _not_ verbose export functionality. For example pg_dump and pgadmin as GUI:

% pg_dump -s | grep -v ^-- > dbscm1.sql
% psql -q
=> create table zfoo (a serial primary key, c numeric check (c > 0));
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "zfoo_a_seq" for "serial" column "zfoo.a"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "zfoo_pkey" for table "zfoo"
=> \q
% pg_dump -s | grep -v ^-- > dbscm2.sql
% diff dbscm1.sql dbscm2.sql
270a271,278
> CREATE TABLE zfoo (
>     a serial NOT NULL,
>     c numeric,
>     CONSTRAINT zfoo_c CHECK ((c > (0)::numeric))
> );
>
>
>
340a349,353
> ALTER TABLE ONLY zfoo
>     ADD CONSTRAINT zfoo_pkey PRIMARY KEY (a);
>
>
>
%

… aber mein Malprogramm ist klasse ..

Good Morning Friends,  Now is the special day of our teacher.  Before anything else I want to greet all teachers a “Happy Teacher’s Day!”.  They are our second parents the moment we leave our house and face the reality of life. 

I just remember what was all my experience with my teachers when I’m still studying.  The things they taught me.  How to e a goon human being.  They are the one those we depend on inside the classroom (like our home).  Allow me to say some of good things which my teachers done to me. 

I remember that time, one of my teacher told me that his subject is hard, so we have to study well.  He told us that there will be no hard time as long as we know what we are doing and we know how to cope on that.  Same thing as in real life.  He told us that no  matter how hard is everything, we have to focus so that it will make our life easy. 

With my other teacher, He taught us to have self confidence all the time.  Whatever we do, whatever we think, he said we should always think that there will be a good and positive result.  Never think of any negative result.  And I always remember the things he said. 

This I will not forget.  One of my favorite teacher told us that whenever we have fear inside us, we can’t do anything good.  We always have the thought of losing at the end.  He keeps on reminding us   Yes, we all have fear in our life.  We experience on that.  But the important thing my teacher told us is that,  whenever fear is the first in our life, till the end the fear will never be gone.  As it became our shadow in life.  I believe in him and I’m doing that till now. 

I am thanking all my teachers who contribute their effort for me to become a good man.  I am doing all the things they said.  Thank you.  Again Happy Teacher’s Day.

I don’t know what I want to write about. I don’t know what I want to do right now. I don’t know what I want to do with my life.

Well crap, talking to Brendan always makes me think about the big things. God and life, love, materialism and all of those… big things. Deep thinking. Like floodwater deep (and that’s pretty deep, kids).

Oh man, does my head hurt. It’s just beginning to start to pound. My sister has a friend over, so it’s not like I can go in my room and sing to music. Or even practice and try to talk myself out of the headache. Nope, I have to be a docile little girl and not scare the shit out of Tara with melodic lines warbling through the troposphere.

I think I might grab some cappuccino (we went to Wal-Mart today) and head downstairs anyway, turn on some Avett Brothers or Anna Netrebko or maybe Bob Marley. I don’t care about what my sister’s friend thinks about me, that’s not why I’m not going to practice. I do care that my vocal techniques might make Tara’s somewhat critical and clique-y attitude whip toward my sister. They already call me the Opera Freak… therefore I won’t make Michelle pull more excuses out of the air about me. I think she already has enough of a hard time, because so many people that know me end up meeting her. She came home from Drama Camp one day and told me I was the Devil’s spawn. Ripley called her Kim. Emma called her Kim. Everyone else called her Kim’s little sister, except for like, Colleen. I think it gets a little old after a while.

So I won’t put any more stress on her. I’ll lay low and put together my bag for school (eight days!). I might cobble together a “first day” outfit. Drink some caffeinated beverage, and organize some old story snippets.

Yeah, that’s what I’ll do. It’ll be a cozy, hopefully relaxing end to the day. Maybe.

These past 2 weeks have been REALLY hard for me, to be honest. Yeah, I’m working at the temple every week. But for some reason with my schedule it has been the only form of spiritual uplift for me. Not smart. I can feel myself slipping farther and father away without prayer, without study, without church. It’s so easy to say “I’m really busy” or “I’m really tired” and just go to bed without reading or praying. At the very least I should pray! I feel so guilty that I haven’t been in contact with my Father in heaven that I don’t even want to pray! I don’t want to seem like a fair weather friend because I seem to only come to him when I have a problem. Well I’ve got problems right now and I need someone to turn to! Why am I not turning to him?!

2 Nephi 32: 8-9
And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the devil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.
But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

Why would I think that he doesn’t care?

John 14: 27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Prov. 3: 5-7
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Matthew 11: 38-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Hey guys.

I’m finally back home again. It’s good to be back. But I guess I will miss back to France within a few days. Hoestly I can say that I have had a bumpy ride while I was away. It was hard, but I got through it. I feel like I have come so much further than I ever could have imagined. So basically it’s all better. So mabye you have to have a down fall to move forewards and realize how bad and unhappy you can get by continue on the “old path”.

So todays motivation is a poem, or what ever you will call it, I heart very much. I have had it for a while now, and I carry it in my heart. Since parts of my disease was about being perfect at all time, the poem means allot to me. Now I have realized that nothing is perfect. Everything can be better, and perfection doesn’t exist. At least that is what I tell myself every day.

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve desided to look beyond the imperfections.”

Me: JohnO, I’m sorry if this comes as a shock to your self-image, but you are not humble.

JohnO: Oh come on! I’m certainly not- what’s the opposite of humble?

Me: Arrogant?

JohnO: I’m not arrogant-

Haze: Well, plenty of people have called you an arrogant prick.

JohnO: I suppose.

Me: And let’s face it, how many people have called you a HUMBLE prick?

JohnO: . . .

Me: Exactly.

I give JohnO a hard time, but only because I care.

And he deserves it.

I had a hard time stopping my mind–or my body–from racing.

I had chronic insomnia. I was tired and strung out, yes. But I wasn’t depressed.

Source:
http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/Club-Med

I’m a big believer in *positive thinking*… though i see it more as seeing the obstacle as an opportunity for a miracle, an opportunity for God to move, and an opportunity for us to learn. Learning is good. Transformation is good.  so i guess it isnt really *positive thinking* in the way most people would think of it… i embrace hard times and obstacles as they are opportunities for God to move in my life to shape me and change me and grow me and to move.  i trust in him and hope in him and because of that hope and faith in God who is always with me i am not deterred by obstacles…

no matter what the circumstance is there is “a silver lining” – the something good that God is at work in.

We can totally be totally confident (yip two totallys!) that God is a) aware of the situation and b) working good for His glory in it. The Bible says so. Not only in Romans 8:28 but in every life story. Joseph. Job. Paul. Peter. Ruth. Naomi. Mordacai. God was at work in each obstacle to bring changes – changes in attitude, changes in circumstances. Some were to set things up long term – to save Israel, to birth a lineage, to change the world.

If we look on the bright side we’ll be brighter people. Brighter people, people that are optimistic and favour-thinking (not thinking the world is against me and woe is me) are attractive people. People want to be around them, especailly non christians who are drawn to HOPE!

People that make every day worth living and make opportunties out of obstacles are people who are responding with faith to the challenges of living. They are trusting in God and His ability to protect us and nurture us and work through everything.

Even the worst of the worst can be used for the glory of God. It can be used to bring comfort to someone else going through the same thing (that is if we allow God to heal and restore us…). It gives hope to someone that if we can get through it till tomorrow then they can too. It gives someone hope that there is sunshine and roses and bunny rabbits, smiles and joy. I’ve been through some stuff myself to KNOW that this is the truth.

Those are my thoughts…. Following is a wonderful devotional by Max Lucado whose simple words and life stories make the point so much better than my words can….

GRATITUDE FOR UNGRATEFUL DAYS by Max Lucado

“Always be joyful. Pray continually, and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NCV

Look at the totality of those terms. Always be joyful. Pray continually. Give thanks whatever happens. Learn a lesson from Sidney Connell. When her brand-new bicycle was stolen, she called her dad with the bad news. He expected his daughter to be upset. But Sidney wasn’t crying. She was honored. “Dad,” she boasted, “out of all the bikes they could have taken, they took mine.”

Make gratitude your default emotion, and you’ll find yourself giving thanks for the problems of life. Need spice in your day? Thank God for every problem that comes down the pike. Is any situation so dire that gratitude is eliminated? Some of the ladies at the Women of Faith Conference thought it was. This great organization fills arenas with women, and women with hope. The president, Mary Graham, told me about one particular weekend in which a shortage of space tested everyone’s patience.

The floor had 150 fewer seats than needed. The arena staff tried to solve the problem by using narrow chairs. As a result, every woman had a place to sit, but everyone was crowded. Complaints contaminated like feedlot fragrance. Mary asked Joni Eareckson Tada, a speaker for the evening, if she could calm the crowd. Joni was perfectly qualified to do so. A childhood diving accident has left her wheelchair-bound. The attendants rolled her onto the platform, and Joni addressed the unhappy crowd. “I understand some of you don’t like the chair in which you are sitting. Neither do I. But I have about a thousand handicapped friends who would gladly trade places with you in an instant.”

The grumbling ceased.

Yours can too.

Impossible, you say? How do you know? How do you know until you give every day a chance?