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Monster Mini Golf
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Posted:Jan 7, 2008 8:20 am
Last Updated:Jan 7, 2008 8:21 am
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This weekend, my husband and I brought the girls to play Monster Mini Golf. So you ask, "What is Monster Mini Golf?" It is an indoor, 18-hole glow-in-the-dark mini golf course with a monster theme. Great concept, right? Unfortunately, this great concept was not executed well at all.
The place is quite large (it has as much or more room than your traditional 18-hole mini golf courses) and is painted almost entirely with flourescent paint and uses many black lights to get the glow in the dark effect. When you first walk in, it actually does look rather neat...there are many large monster statues, etc.
The problem begins when you go to play mini golf. First, there is no coat room so you are forced to drag your winter coat around with you through the whole course. Second, the course was designed as one large continuous rectangle with nothing more than a bunch of L-shaped and U-shaped "mazes" with only the occassional gravestone to bump your ball off of. Whatever happened to all the fun obstacles that you find in mini golf courses. They could have very well stayed with the monster theme and created some very unique obstacles.
In addition to all this, the golf course was DEFINITELY designed by a right handed person. I know, I know....we live in a society that is geared toward right-handed individuals, however give us south paws a break here. The plate that is supposed to be used to place your ball to initiate the shot at each hole was so close to the edges and/or walls created for the hole that it was impossible for a left-handed individual to make any shot off those plates. The holes were also placed in locations up against walls or edges that prevented a left-handed person from getting in there to make any sort of shot.
Once we were done with the course, the individual working the desk to collect the clubs asked if we enjoyed ourselves. I mentioned to them that the course was definitely designed for a right-handed person and their response was "Well you should have just compensated and played right-handed". I don't play golf right handed so why should I have to compromise and play mini golf right-handed?
Needless to say it was our first and last time that we will be visiting this mini golf course. We have several others in the area that are much more fun to play even if they are only open in the summer. Of course, we would have never known what Monster Mini Golf was like unless we had tried is so at least we can say we did it and we won't go back.
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Update to Informative Post Concerning Bling
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Posted:Jan 5, 2008 4:27 pm
Last Updated:Feb 19, 2008 1:16 pm
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This is a follow-up to my previous blog post Informative Post Concerning Bling which was written by me after receiving an accusation made about "stealing" bling. I have been very concerned over this issue and have discussed it in detail with several of the other bling makers within the A*F*F community.
Through my disccusions, I learned some very disheartening information. It appears that the individual who contacted me accusing me of "stealing" several of their bling from another A*F*F site was knowingly reproducing bling on this site from several other of the well known bling makers here. This individual was reported to A*F*F several times and eventually became non-active here and began doing bling on another A*F*F site. This occurred approximately a year ago. This individual recently returned after "hearing" that someone was "stealing" bling from them. They took it upon themselves to write me several times, threatening to "plaster" my name throughout A*F*F and blocked me so that I could not even respond to any of their emails.
I am in no way trying to condone or excuse the fact that I re-created bling through a member request after ensuring that the bling was not available on A*F*F. I do feel however that the actions of this individual is a blatant case of the pot calling the kettle black and is very hypocritical of them.
I very rarely air dirty laundry in a public forum or speak of other members in a negative fashion, however I wrote a sincere blog post about what I was accused of and the reason behind how it potentially happened. I then find out that this individual was accusing me of something that they obviously saw no problem in doing themselves. Furthermore, this individual had the audacity to threaten me. My intentions were harmless and I was merely re-creating some bling for a member since she could not find it here on this site. This individual, however knowingly and willingly reproduced numerous bling from several prominent bling makers here on A*F*F.
I stand by everything I stated in my previous blog post, however I will admit I no longer have respect for the individual. They accused me of something without allowing me the means to provide an explanation and I subsequently found out that they were maliciously reproducing bling and felt there was nothing wrong with it yet they felt the need to threaten me for what they now refer to as "stealing".
Perhaps this individual lives under the motto of "Do as I say, not as I do."
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Informative Post Concerning Bling
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Posted:Jan 5, 2008 11:08 am
Last Updated:Jan 8, 2008 8:18 am
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I was recently contacted by an individual here on A*F*F who stated that I have "stolen" bling of hers from other web sites. I attempted to contact her to address her concerns, however my emails apparently did not go through and I have been banned from communicating with her.
She has subsequently contacted me threatening to "plaster" my name through A*F*F yet she has not allowed me to communicate with her in any fashion therefore I have not been able to explain what potentially may have occurred.
As a bling maker, I have gotten to the point of receiving numerous bling requests on a daily basis. Included in these requests was a recent request with attached photos of bling which the member had seen on another site. When I received these, I specifically asked if they were from this A*F*F affiliated site or if they were from another site. I stated to them that if it is a bling from this site that they should contact the bling artist who made the original bling and they can do any desired modifications. I went on to state that if the bling is from another site they should contact the artist on that site and see if they have an A*F*F membership and if they would be willing to make the bling here for them.
The member did as I requested on the other site and stated that the member did not contact her back. Since the bling was not from this site, and was not available to the requester, I decided to recreate the bling in her desired color scheme.
It is in no way my intention to "steal" bling from another individual. I was simply fulfilling a request because it was unavailable to her here. I have made well over 500 bling since I started doing it approximately a year ago and have always been aware of the other bling makers "styles" on A*F*F and try to have my own unique style.
I truly saw no harm in recreating these bling for the member since I had done the proper due diligence to ensure that it was unavailable to them on A*F*F. I had absolutely NO ill intentions at all.
When I received this accusatory email from a member here, I was shocked to say the least. I would have been more than willing to forward this request to her had I known she was the designer from the other website and would still be more than willing to forward future requests of this nature to her, however since she has blocked me from even being allowed to have an open line of communication, this makes it impossible to do.
I am very sorry that something like this has occurred as it is never my intent to copy bling from other bling designers. I have a very good relationship with many of the top bling makers here on A*F*F and I believe my reputation as a respected bling maker in the A*F*F community speaks for itself.
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Cold Start to the New Year
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Posted:Jan 4, 2008 6:29 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 6:42 pm
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Well Mother Nature sure decided to bring in the New Year with a roar!! It has been incredibly windy with temperatures in the single digits (can't even imagine what the wind chill has been). At least today the wind has calmed down a bit but the temperatures are still way too frigid for my liking!!
I hope everyone had a very enjoyable New Year's Eve and Day. Mine was completely uneventful but at least it is the start of a new year and I can put 2007 behind me, hopefully for good. I'd definitely have to say it has been the most difficult year of my life thus far.
 Here's offering cheers for a wonderful 2008 for everyone! Let's just hope the weather gets a bit warmer.....and here's to Spring coming early (how pitiful is that....wanting Spring already!!)
Well that's it from me for now....until next time have a great day!!
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Happy New Year
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Posted:Dec 31, 2007 10:34 am
Last Updated:Jan 7, 2008 10:58 am
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 Wishing everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year!!!
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The Day After
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Posted:Dec 26, 2007 11:03 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 6:42 pm
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Hi everyone! I hope you all had a very enjoyable and funfilled Christmas holiday. For us, it was a long day but filled with food, fun and frolic. My girls finally got the Wii system they've been bugging us for and it was a huge hit!! Even mommy and daddy got in on the action. I am not a huge video game play by any means but I will admit the Wii is very family oriented and the games we were playing were a blast!
Dinner was delicious as usual (yep I'm tooting my own horn!! I'm not ashamed to admit I am actually a very good cook. hehehehehe) I hadn't done a Prime Rib in a few years so that was my selection for this year. It came out just right and everyone ate so much there was very little in the way of leftovers....I'm not a huge fan of leftovers so that was a good thing.
My girls are now off to my parents for the rest of their school vacation. They left earlier this morning so the house is now quiet to say the least. I'll be able to take care of all the things that need to be done around here including taking down all the Christmas decorations. I love putting them up but will admit it isn't fun having to take them all down...that's just work!! LOL
Next thing to look forward to is New Year's Eve (although hubby says he doesn't want to do anything...booooo hooooo). After New Year's is the long haul of the typical New England winter. January and February are by far the worst months here...they seem to drag on and on and it is always so dark and dreary.
Well that's it for now. I think I've blabbered on long enough for now.
Ciao!!
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Sad News
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Posted:Dec 21, 2007 5:54 am
Last Updated:Jan 3, 2008 7:27 am
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My mom called me early this morning and unfortunately they have to put the miniature Dachshund Scarlett to sleep today. Scarlett got sick several weeks ago and they determined she had an autoimmune disorder...her body was making red blood cells but something was attacking them. They put her on progesterone and she had a blood transfusion to try to bump start her system again and build her red blood cells back up. Unfortunately the transfusion didn't work and when my Mom and Dad woke up this morning, Scarlett couldn't even move the back half of her body.
Scarlett has always been very special to me because she was originally my dog. I got her in 1995 however when I moved to Seattle WA in 1996 I had to "temporarily" leave her with my parents until I got settled....of course once I was settled my parents had grown so attached to her that they didn't want to give her back so I let them keep her. I of course see my parents on a regular basis so I got to see Scarlett all the time and I was always her "Mommy"....
She will be greatly missed....of course my were very upset but at least I was able to ease their sadness a bit by telling them that Scarlett would now be in doggie heaven with our two dogs Scrappy and Chase. We had to put Scrappy to sleep on December 23rd 4 years ago and we just put Chase to sleep this past February.
Funny, it seems that Christmas has been a mixed set of feeling for my family over the past 4 years. We now have Scarlett being put to sleep this year, last year I was diagnosed with cancer, the year before that my Mom slipped on a bit of ice on our driveway as we were on our way out to Christmas mass. We ended up spending Christmas Eve in the ER and she ended up with a broken wrist and a dislocated shoulder. The year before that we had to put Scrappy to sleep on the 23rd of December.....wow...how crazy is that!!
Anyway, the photo in the post is of Scarlett...may she rest in peace and have lots of fun in Doggy Heaven!!
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101 Dumbest Moments in Business 2007
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Posted:Dec 18, 2007 5:43 am
Last Updated:May 27, 2008 5:46 am
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I read a very interesting and somewhat comical article this morning about the 101 Dumbest business decisions made during the past year. I had to share a couple of the more interesting ones:
1. It's Gone to the Dog, Literally: Leona Helmsley leaves $12 million to her white maltese named Trouble. And just what is this going to do with this much money??
2. It's a Fat World, After All: Disneyland announces plans to close the “It’s a Small World” attraction to deepen its water channel after the ride’s boats start getting stuck under loads of heavy passengers. Employees are now asking larger passengers to disembark–and are compensating them with coupons for free food. Sure, let's just exacerbate the problem by giving them free food!
3. A New Meaning to Getting Buff: The Fitworld gym in Heteren, the Netherlands, introduces Naked Sunday. I would imagine only the buffest of members are now going on Sundays!!
4. We Seriously Mistrusted Those Sprinkles: Just one week after unveiling the world’s most expensive dessert–the $25,000 Frozen Haute Chocolate, 28 cocoas infused with edible 23-karat gold served in a goblet with a diamond bracelet at its base– New York restaurant Serendipity 3 is shut down for failing its second health inspection in a month. Inspectors find a live mouse, multiple piles of mouse droppings, fruit flies, houseflies, and more than 100 live cockroaches. Makes me not want to eat out at a restaurant again!!
5. It's Not As If Their Doing Brain Surgery or Anything: The state Department of Health fines Rhode Island Hospital $50,000 when, for the third time in less than a year, one of its doctors operates on the wrong side of a patient's head. This one hits way too close to home considering I live in Rhode Island. I can honestly say though I have never been to Rhode Island hospital. Once is bad enough but three times!!!???!!!
6. Virginia is for Bangers: The Virginia Tourism Corp. scraps an ad campaign featuring people making heart symbols with their hands after it's noted that the gesture is also the gang sign of Chicago's Gangster Disciples.
7. On the Bright Side, Their Learning a Lot About Anatomy: Nigerian schoolchildren receive $200 computers under the U.N. One Laptop Per program and quickly learn a few things nobody expected - such as how to find adult websites and how to store their favorite images on the computers' hard drives. Program leaders say future laptops will be fitted with filters. Wonder if any of them happened upon A*F*F!!
8. Fly the Not-So-Friendly Skies: A Southwest Airlines gate agent tells Kyla Ebbert - a 23-year-old college student and Hooters waitress wearing a denim miniskirt, high-heeled sandals, and a sweater over a tank top - that she's dressed too provocatively to be allowed on a flight from San Diego to Tucson. Though the agent ultimately relents and lets her onboard, an indignant Ebbert goes public, appearing on the Today show. Southwest takes a massive publicity hit; Ebbert is hired by Richard Branson to promote rival low-cost carrier Virgin America and by Playboy to pose for a pictorial. I think Ebbert owes the gate agent a huge debt of gratitude because without the gate agent, Ebbert would still only be a college student working at Hooters.
9. Fly the Don't-Get-To-Friendly-Skies: Singapore Airlines inaugurates the Airbus A380, the world's largest jet, with a seven-hour flight from Singapore to Sydney. To the chagrin of those who forked out $15,000 for one of 12 private, double-bed-equipped suites, the airline asks its passengers to refrain from having sex. Says first-class passenger Tony Elwood: "So they'll sell you a double bed, and give you privacy and endless champagne, and then say you can't do what comes naturally?" Heck, save the $15,000, fly coach and become a member of the "Mile High Club" the way many others have!!
10. Fly the Didn't-You-Learn-Anything-
from-the-Kyla-Ebbert-Fiasco Skies: A man boarding a Southwest Airlines flight in Ohio is ordered to change his T-shirt, which depicts a fictional fishing shop with the words MASTER BAITER. The airline is again forced to apologize. Hmmmmmm, wonder why he didn't get an add promotion deal with another airline and a contract to model in Playgirl????
11. This One is Just Morbid: On a British Airways flight from New Delhi to London, first-class passenger Paul Trinder wakes up from a nap to find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in the seat next to him. Upon complaining about the incident, Trinder - a gold-level frequent flier who logs 200,000 miles a year with the airline - says he is told he will not be compensated and should just "get over it."
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Christmas Cookies
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Posted:Dec 18, 2007 3:17 am
Last Updated:Dec 19, 2007 4:10 am
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Man what a day yesterday was!! I started my Christmas cookie baking....typically it is a tradition that my Mom and I do together but she is not arriving until later this week so I'm on my own this year. I definitely can't complain though because last year I wasn't able to do any baking since I was still recovering from surgery and had the second surgery to have my portocath put in.
I managed to whip out 7 batches yesterday and will finish up today then it is a matter of putting all the gift tins together. With all the doctors that constantly monitor me now I have an extra long list this year and I of course can't forget my oncology nurses who were so incredible and who I still visit regularly.
Do any of you have anything special you make for the Christmas holiday? A family tradition in the kitchen? I'm hoping that soon my girls will be more interested in helping out in the kitchen and then they can start helping with Christmas cookies each year.
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Bling
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Posted:Dec 17, 2007 7:33 am
Last Updated:Jan 7, 2008 7:51 am
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I just wanted to let everyone know that since there have been problems with bling on the site I have had to start charging 1 point for my bling. I have done this with the new bling I have made and with some of my more popular recent bling so that you have the capability of taking it.
When A*F*F did upgrades to the bling area of the site, something happened and unless a bling is very old, you can't take the free bling. I got numerous emails from members complaining because they weren't able to take my bling so I found out that if we charge the bling can be taken. I hate charging points for my bling and have always made it for free, however until this problem is fixed I need to charge the 1 point so that members can take teh bling.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause some of you. If you don't have any points available and are interested in certain bling, please send me an email and I can gift it to you. There were problems with gifting as well but I believe these have been resolved.
Also, thanks so much for all your continued interest in my bling. I love making it and love the fact that other people actually like it enough to use it!!
Have a great day!!
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