Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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Things That Make Me Scream!!!!

I walk into the bathroom to, you know, use the facilities, and I end up screaming! I…

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Worldwide Elections

We’ve been seeing a lot in the news, specifically on CNN and Channel News Asia, about elections…

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And the story is finally continued . . . Paving a road in Sri Lanka

But they dumped piles of rock, otherwise known as gravel here, back on the second of January….

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The tiny sideroad we walk down to get to Fahim’s work is going to be has been paved. We think.

See, it’s not like we were actually told. It’s just the power of observation. Yup. Combined with…

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I’ve mentioned the LDS Missionaries many times.

Here are pictures of our two favorites, Elders Woo and Lawrence. Woo is from Singapore and Lawrence…

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And here are the requisite sunset pictures.

I throw them at you every now and then, and yes, they are different ones each time….

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And here’s a perfect example of vehicles that should not be on tiny little side streets.

As it was, the driver had to take a run for it, back up, get a better…

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No babies delivered by this stork.

Fahim took a picture for me of a stork. Really? A stork? But it doesn’t look like…

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The President is nutso.

The President gave a press conference, and in it, she read from a prepared speech – or,…

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Pizza in Sri Lanka

By the time I get back home to Fahim, it’s 4:30, and I’ve been gone for more…

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Negumbo Branch

Today, a bunch of us went up to Negumbo for church. District President Sunil, who goes by…

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More on Paranoia, AKA Data Backups

If you haven’t already, please read this article this article on backups. There has been some publicity…

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Internet – Yay!!

I got to play on the internet today. But my back hurts after a couple of hours…

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For the record, my back is way better.

I hit a day a few days ago where I woke up, and the tenseness was just…

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450 Counts of Election Violence

There are now over 450 counts of election violence, but I haven’t heard any more about anyone…

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Family History Stuff

Remember me talking about Brother and Sister Houssian from Hong Kong? They came over so I could…

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Fluffy

Back when I was in university, I took a Zoology course. Had to dissect a cat, which,…

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Today, I taught a lesson in Relief Society on Being a Good Citizen.

What with the elections coming up, I thought it would be a timely lesson, and I was…

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On blogs.

The national election coming up on April 2nd.  The body count is already at 2 with over…

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Today’s was officially the worst shower ever!

Yesterday, we had intermittent water outages mixed with extremely low water pressure. Luckily, it didn’t start until…

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Cheese Commercial Creeps Out Canadian

Boneeto has a commercial for their cheese product, which is sold in individually wrapped cubes which are…

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Sri Lankan Elections – Body Count at 2

Two dead, but another 150+ counts of election violence. Man, these guys need to take a serious…

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Rain, rain, and nothin’ but rain!

We’re not scheduled to have much rain here until May when Monsoon Season hits.  March and April,…

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Acupuncture Again

My back problems didn’t appear overnite, so they won’t likely go away overnite, either. They started when…

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Guest Book is removed

I have to find one that is not FrontPage template – in other words, something that I…