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Word Connect Game Review

November 30th, 2020

So, This game claims that you can earn real cash playing it. I like word games so I thought what the hell, and I downloaded it from the Google Playstore.

It's free to play you have 10 hearts to use that refill over a set amount of time. There are ads, and you can spend coins you also earn to get hints.

This game started out very easy passing levels with no problem, and each time it awarded you 10-12 bucks. Upon checking out how you cash out your money I learned that you have to have 100.00 to cash out on paypal, or trade in for amazon gift card worth that same amount.

I thought okay that's not such a big deal right. So I played vigorously over the next few days. Well soon each level started giving me 1 dollar instead of 10 dollars. When I hit the half way point (50) I started recieving only 30 cents for each level I passed. When I finally reached 98 dollars it started awarding only 10 cents a level, and I had to go 10 levels before I got the 10 cent reward.

Needless to say 2 weeks later and I'm still getting 10 cents but I now have to pass 20 levels before I'm awarded the 10cents I'm still at 98.65. The levels are longer, and the ads have tripled since I started playing the game. It's damn disappointing to say the least. I know shoulda known better. So if you don't feel like wasting your time do download Word Connect on Google Playstore it is a total scam, that's full of ads.

I give it a 0 star rating straight up!!!!

1. total waste of time

2. Scam

3. riddled with ads that waste even more of your time.

4. So far no real money cash out on pay pal or amazon. Maybe a month or more now depends on if they increase the levels anymore.

5. Disappointing as hell, and not that entertaining.

But a side note I am going to play it until I reach the 100 bucks. I want to see if it will ever actually pay out or if it's total false advertisement. I will add that infor when reach my goal.

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Clickworker review

September 17th, 2020 Clickworker Review I recently started using clickworker app for a side hustle to make some extra cash. So far so good it is completely free no hidden fees or charges. I have not cashed out my first payday yet. There could be a fee to get paid and I believe you can only cash out when you have an available balance of $25. To get started you create a profile with a password. Then you fill in your information like name, experience, contact info, education, etc. make sure when you fill in as much information as possible to get the max amount of jobs available to you. They have a place to upload samples of your work you have done, and more. It makes a difference when I copied the link to this blog in the appropriate area I found there were a lot more jobs posted then before I had copied my link to my blog. So as much information as possible about your self. Now the jobs are not going to make you rich or anything, they only pay between one cent per job  and the highest one I have seen so far was $17 per job. The available jobs vary from taking surveys to listening and rating audio clips for AI purposes. They have a secret shopper category as well. But Clickworker has an affiliate program called URHS, Which is a third party company that has higher-paying jobs available, and projects you can be selected to work on. They have areas where if you know a second language you can translate for them, they also have data management, internet research jobs, and more. To be able to get the jobs through the URHS you must first pass a two-part assessment through Clickworker. You can click on the assessment tabs to complete those. They also have other assessments that can come up that you can qualify for higher pay. I just passed the assessment, and have not fully used the URHS platform yet.  But I am hoping it works as well as the Clickworker platform does. Oh and the payout system is quite simple as well you only need a pay pal account, and you have to fill out an IRS self-employment form for certain states. And you must submit a copy of a valid ID to Clickworker, and then your all set. After joining Clickworker I figured out that it is best if you do some of the jobs on a desktop computer, along with the assessments they work far better if you are on a desktop.  So if you are looking for a small side hustle for a little extra money you, I recommend Clickworker.

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Oregon’s Air Quality is rated Hazardous.

 Wildfires

Oregon’s air is still hazardous despite what your weather app might sayUpdated Sep 18, 12:57 PM; Posted Sep 17, 9:28 AM

Air quality in Oregon ranged from unhealthy to hazardous on Thursday despite what some weather apps may say.

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Kale Williams | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Numerous air quality monitoring sites run by the Environmental Protection agency in Oregon appeared to be offline Thursday morning, causing some apps and websites to show healthy air where it was in fact still hazardous due to inundation from wildfire smoke.

Monitors from The Dalles to Grants Pass to Baker City all showed a result of “N/A” for current conditions as of 9 a.m. Thursday morning on the agency’s website. According to the Apple weather app, the current Air Quality Index in Northeast Portland was 5 with air quality rated as “good.”

A screenshot from the Apple weather app on Thursday erroneously showed the air quality in Northeast Portland as "good."

The state’s air quality map showed a different, more accurate, story. Air quality for much of the state is still unhealthy, with the Portland metro area blanketed under hazardous clouds of smoke.

However tempting it might be to believe your weather app, officials cautioned residents to remain indoors until the air quality improves, which could begin as soon as Friday.

Air remains hazardous! Key air quality blogs & maps are down but @OregonDEQ readings https://t.co/hVCs0pGIkN & app are accurate. Stay indoors. keep kids inside, close windows/doors. If working or outside, wear an N95 or KN95. pic.twitter.com/dqostGafjw

“We experienced a problem last night with information exchanged between DEQ and the National Air Monitoring Networks,” Harry Esteve, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, said in an email. “This has been resolved, but it may take several hours for AirNow.gov to catch up. We are working with them to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.”

Officials recommended checking the Oregon smoke blog, which tracks air quality across the state, or downloading the agency’s air quality app.

By 9:50 a.m., many of the monitoring sites appeared to be back online.

-- Kale Williams; [email protected]; 503-294-4048; @sfkale 

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Introduction Part 4

Part 4 of Introduction September 17th, 2020 We decided not to answer the door and the social worker went away. The next day they were right back at the door, and I had gone and picked up my mom for back up. This social worker Maria was horrible. They were throwing out all kinds of accusations, and she told us that my baby needed to Portland to have her arm checked out right now. Like she was going to die at any moment. I said look at her she is fine, and she replied with  I cannot judge that I am not a doctor. They tried to say that the baby girl tested positive for meth at birth. But the hospital never said a word about it to us and because of the circumstances of her birth she was in there and tested a few days. Not one person said not one word to either of us about drugs being in my baby's system.  Along with the fact I knew I was clean and hadn't done any drugs since I found out that I was pregnant. I asked the caseworker if this was the case then why did the hospital not say anything. She replied with IDK we are still trying to figure that out. But since the baby was positive you are being held in neglect, and you cannot ride to the Pendleton hospital that we have to stop and get a referral to take the baby to Portland. What? But once they are on their way then you can follow them up there. She sent my other half with the baby when he did not know her feeding schedule because he was always at work. Along with the fact that Maria herself said that he had a previous founding for abuse against his other daughter. Yet he was okay to take my two-month-old baby to Portland. She did not want me to go to the first hospital because I could've stopped the whole thing right there. The thing is they jetted off and left me there crying with my son. If I am neglectful why was I okay to be left with my son? The caseworker had forgotten about him, and a little while after they arrived she realized what she did and she told my mom that she had to call her husband and have him leave work to go check on My son who was of course fine. My son and my daughter were never in any danger, 12 years I have had not one problem like this. But none of that mattered to CPS. When the Doctor in Pendleton examined my daughter he said and what the hell are we doing here. This baby is completely fine. The caseworker and her supervisor left the room with the Doctor and when he returned he said well I think maybe they should go ahead and have a closer look at the mark on her arm. They jetted off to Portland and left my mom stranded at the hospital. Where my son and I eventually picked her up. I don't know what all was said in between that time but I know my mom ran her mouth when she should've just kept it shut. Before departing Maria had my mom sign a protection plan that stated she was to be in the line of sight vision of both children whenever I was around. I could not be left alone with my kids whatsoever. So I pick up my mom and we head to Portland, and we arrived at 3 am tired sore from being in the car. We go up to my daughter's room, and immediately they tell us only two are allowed at the bedside at all times, and that my son couldn't be there at all due to the COVID-19 virus that was just hitting our area of the united states. My mom asked about the safety plan and the nurse said I would listen to What Cps is telling you to do which meant that I couldn’t be a the hospital, and I couldn't be left at the hotel with my son. This is after Maria said my son was all cleared everything was okay good to go. So we take off to look for a hotel room and guess what no hotel could check us in until at least noon the next day. So we all three my son, my mom, and me slept in my little crossover Jeep compass, in portland.  The next day we got a room and got checked in. Now mind you we had to pay for everything gas, room, food all of it and never got any reimbursement anything but hell. We did not know what to do about the safety plan, and so we just waited. Well, the doctors at the hospital in portland wondered why I was not there, and basically, maria did a good job at making me a huge piece of shit. Finally, Maria called and said it was okay that I needed to go to the hospital, and there a worker would also be meeting with us. I got there and the doctors met and talked to me it was all bullshit, and they milked my insurance good knowing there was nothing wrong with the baby. One night they had run a bunch of tests including negative drug panels, they did cat scans and ultrasounds. They brought in a speech specialist to try out a bunch of bottles after I had already gotten it figured out they changed her bottle and her feeding schedule. All in one night everything was different. They said they needed to see me with my daughter so that's what I did. Oh and the mark on baby's arm this horrible bruise guess what it turns out it wasn't a bruise at all. It's a rare birthmark a hemangioma. The abuse allegations were dropped right there. They said the baby was fine to go home, but because she had gained weight since being there that we were found for neglecting to feed her like we purposefully tried to starve her. No, we just did not have enough time to get her weight up before we saw that fucked up baby-snatching cunt Diane Knight. They said before they could release her we had to meet with the fill-in CPS worker who would be showing up. I told them then she needs to get here I want to be the priority it is Friday and we cannot afford to stay in Portland anymore. I had already spent my car payment for that month on this trip, and now my mom was spending her money.  The worker came quickly after that and we talked with her and she was much better than Maria. She listened to us hadn't completely judged. She said we would be fine to take her home as long as my mom still agreed to be safety provider, and if we gave them a drug test today. This is where we fucked up but we had been so many days we both thought we were clean. They also didn't care what the results were that day just that we took them. So we did, and they released baby we had to pay for one more night at the hotel and jetted off in the middle of the US freaking out about COVID. They had shut us down and I mean almost everything. I t was chaos on the return trip. Along with a baby who was not happy about being stuck in a car all that time. The car was packed full with all of us. We barely were able to get gas because all the gas pumps we stopped at were down. We barely made it home, and I am going to have to continue the rest of the story soon.

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FEEDBACK WANTED

SEPTEMBER 15TH 2020

LIAR LIAR PART3

PLEASE LEAVE FEED BACK ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE LIAR, AND THEIR LIES, ,AND THEN THINK ABOUT THE FACTS THAT COUNTER THEIR LIES. DO THE FACTS PROVE THE LIAR IS TELLING LIES. THERE WILL BE A SECOND STORY AFTER LIAR LIAR. ITS EVEN UGLIER THAN THE FIRST.

But he left me to deal alone with me begging him to come stay with me only to sleep alone and in silence. Now I see that you were not miserable like me. You left so you could talk to her, you ran when shit got hard, and you were joking and laughing telling her it was amazing to talk to her calling her sexy, see I was right. Cute, but you never seen her at all. My ass.

Liar, the thing is you would just message her wyd, if I waited for you to send me a message or a funny meme I would have to wait forever cause you have never done that to me ever. You say its because all I do us bitch. But that would be due to you ignoring me until my thoughts are all bad and I’m pissed.

I honestly wish I was her. I wish that would’ve been me you were talking to.

So now I know and I’m not stupid. Most likely there have been pics like all the selfies you took at hotel I paid for that you never sent to me. Mic/ phone sex I mean that’s what I see. Idk maybe I am wrong. I just know what makes sense to me and its not what he keeps insisting is the truth. So anyone has any feed back besides I’m stupid get rid of the douche. Either way I want to hear it from him.

I want him to actually tell me the truth that makes sense. Because he say he us that I am wrong. Is there a chance I'm wrong and that he is telling me the truth even though there are so many facts against the shit he claims to be the truth. I just want to know if maybe I really have lost it, or if the its as clear as I see it in what he's done. He treats the whole situation like a big joke. Its not like I think at all I am making something out of nothing. No im devastated and lost right now.

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FEDBACK WANTED

LIAR LIAR PART 2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FEED BACK IN PART ONE THANK YOU

SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020

. I mean it was obvious, first you moved out and I was left alone to deal with all the bullshit that was going on. Then you stopped coming around, long periods of silence from your end. You acted like you could not stand me when you did come around, and everything I talked about no matter what the subject was stupid. Then there was the huge attitude change. I felt like someone else was keeping you busy, and entertained, and that you would rather be with whoever it was. You kicked me out of everything, and started guarding your phone. You got to the point that if you fell asleep you woke up in a panic that I had gotten into it. Which in itself is obvious, when prior to this shit storm you didn’t care if I looked through your phone. You told me because I was always a bitch questioning you that you started acting like this. I was a bitch because I knew the whole time and still you lied to my face, strung me along. The worst part is my need to try and inability to let go had us out doing things we did not get to do before. Camping, hotel suites, things that should’ve been good solid memories for us. While away from normal life, and people you actually started being with me no psn, no phones, you were normal again, loved me again. I thought we were on the path to being happy again. But you were still being weird about your phone. When the opportunity came around I took it. I finally got to see the truth. That your selfishness had already ruined any future chance we had to be happy. Because I was right from the start and all the memories we had just made together seemed fake that none of how you felt towards me could possibly be real with this new discovery. You down played the texts, said you barely knew her, barely talked to her, nothing sexual, she was from your psn, and all you talked about was the game. When I asked her she claimed the same and there was nothing really in the texts that said differently. Except that when I texted her first I acted like you, and said wyd sexy. She didn’t blink an eye and answered thinking it was you. You of course said I was wrong and crazy. I let it go somewhat. The texting I was right the whole time and you lied to me saying you talk to no one else had no one else, and you hid it from me all this time just hurt me. We both did not to talk to anybody else, and had no other friends which I thought we were both fine with it I thought. I guess I was wrong about that. But my gut kept telling me no, there is more. He is downplaying it there is more. So I tell him I want to see his psn since that’s where she came from. He wouldn’t give me her user name. He deleted their messages. But on psn they are never gone. You leave the group the message disappears. But if you have the username all you have to do is search the name and send them a message. Every message, and photo ever sent comes right back. I am the one who told him this fact before. So he let me search the wrong user name. But I’m fucking good, and in a few hours I found her, and there it was. Second slap in the face. All the shit he told me at start it was all lies. They party chat all the time, their messages didn’t have much about the game in them, they were all pretty much sexual, they acted like they were in a relationship. You lied to her said he broke up with me. Lied to her about what he did on the forth of July. He couldn’t tell her that we had spent an amazing 4th together. If there us nothing between you, and you don’t talk why would you have to lie about what you did. So you has feelings or something with her. He still has not answered me as to why he lied about those things. He said of course I was wrong and crazy reacted with anger. Couldn’t explain why I was wrong about what I seen in the messages. I mean come on don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining bitch. He didn’t block her so I did. But he fucking was cheating on me. We have had a horrible fucked up year. He left me alone to deal with all pleasereadpartthreebe4givingfeedback

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FEEDBACK WOULD APPRECIATED

SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020

I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS STORY MAINLY WHAT YOU THINK/FEEL ABOUT THE LIAR AND THE ANSWERS/EXPLANATIONS THEY GIVE. ARE THEY DO THEY MAKE SENSE TO YOU? DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING TO BE TRUE OR FALSE? NOW CONSIDER THE CONTRADICTIONS TO THE LIARS RESPONSES. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE LIARS RESPONSES AFTER READING THE CONTRADICTIONS AGAINST THEM?PLEASEREADPART2BEFOREDECIDING

Liar Liar part1

September 14th, 2020

I am going to tell a story its not a very pretty story. I have a hard time with being lied to. I have very strong intuition. Usually, my intuitions are right on. I don’t want them to be right for the fact I am usually always right about something bad. I cannot stand when not just my intuition is in play, but there are facts, and logic; common sense that is contradicting the answers or explanations that are given to me. Basically I ask a question. If your answer makes no sense to me, or it doesn’t seem to add up, or if it is something that happens that normally wouldn’t happen, or a person does certain things they normally wouldn’t do, and lies about doing them. I will continue to ask those questions, and dig until it makes sense. When I ask questions I usually already have the logic of what makes sense worked out in my head. I think of what reasons there would be to do whatever it is that has happened to make me question in the first place. I know not everyone has the same thought processes, and reasons for the things they do. But when you know the person you question and have prior experiences with them, you have a general idea of what they were thinking. When they lie and downplay situations every time they get caught acting shady, you start to automatically assume the first explanation is a lie. So you automatically go through it in your head sorting out what you know, and the story they gave you and assume its twice as bad as they tell you. Anything that seems obvious that they deny is what actually did happen. That is my process, all I want to know is if anyone can relate to this messed up standoff. Because the outcome always ends the same like clockwork. It gets old, and it comes to a point that you, wish they would skip the game and for once just tell the true story, be honest. Have enough respect to not make you fight for a truth that you are owed or deserve to know. Things like why would they do this, what were their motives. My common sense usually tells me the normal reasons and thoughts. But time after time I have to fight to get the truth. I have to repeat, dig and question. I tell you what I know that you are indeed lying to me. You know I won’t stop until its out, or it makes sense. Why do you have to play games, and lie? Why can you not Just fucking be honest with me when I ask you to the first time? Yet every time it’s the same. Deny, deny, deny, until finally you tell a little of the truth still downplayed. Give a story that is full of cracks, and things that do not make any sense. While common sense is saying what you claimed to be the truth makes no sense. Yet you still say what I think is wrong. While being unable to explain why I am wrong, or how I am wrong. So, here is the story and don’t think for one minute I buy any of the bullshit that is trying to be sold to me. Maybe I am wrong in my reasoning or if certain things really are common sense. I would like if maybe some one could explain to me why or how I am wrong in the view I have about being lied to. Like people say; don’t tell me the car is red when its fucking blue. It drives me insane and lately lo seems to be this way all the time. lol Ok so we will start with the first fucked up part. I knew from the moment it started happening, and I stated I knew what was going on, that I was not okay with it. I voiced that it needed to stop. Instead of the truth I was given lies, told I was wrong, I was crazy, that I was blind, a fool. That I was making it all up. A few months later, there it was the first slap in my face 2 days before my birthday. I mean it was obvious, first you moved out and I was left alone

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Oregon's Wildfires

Today's air quality was non-existent the air is filled with smoke thats settling into our valley. With little to no wind to push it onwards. You can see the haze like fog. The sun is blood red, and the mon is no where to be found.

I am 300 miles away from the 35 wildfires that are blazing through Clackamas County Oregon. Te fires are close to reaching Portland. 500,000 people are on evacuation orders. I can only imagine how bad the air is in Portland right now if its this bad 300 miles away.

I am setting up evacuation plan because 300 miles is no distance at all for one wildfire let alone 35. Dozens of people are missing. A young boy was found deceased with his dog in his lap trying to escape the fires. Very tragic, my heart goes out to all that have lost, family and other valuable possessions in Oregon and California's fires. A whole lifetime destroyed in an instant.

I pray that fire fighter can contain these fires soon. The are predicting a massive number of deaths before its through on the news. I hope they are wrong.

Also a huge thank you to all who are putting their lives on the lines to contain these wildfires. Firefighters are amazing brave people that fight to save lives and land from devastation. With quick responses, and tactics. There is a science to fire fighting that most probably never think about yet its what save us from burning down.

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Introduction Part 3 Challenges

Part 3 of Introduction Challenges August 31st, 2020   So, I left the story at rescheduling the baby’s doctor's appointment. Since it was a reschedule baby’s doctor was out of town the set us up with the doctor who was in charge of the baby’s doctor’s workload at the time. Which was March 10th I will never forget that day and meeting Diane Knight. We were both so proud of our selves for fixing baby’s problems with eating and spitting up ourselves, and when Diane Knight entered the exam room she came in the room ready to shame us, she started in on the voluntary weight check that I had previously called and canceled. She tried to say that we had missed like 4 weight checks like they were not voluntary, and we broke some kind of rules. She continued by mentioning the 2 months check-up I missed staring directly at me not my partner just me like it was all my fault. So I tried explaining to her that we all got sick for a while and I was ill the day of baby’s appointment. She heard none of it. She went further to say that she was extremely concerned, and thought we needed to admit the baby to the hospital to see what exactly was wrong with her.   She would hear nothing we had to say, and my partner decided to choose this time to mention a lump in her arm we were worried about. I was not going to say anything at this appointment because I knew exactly what would happen and It did. The lump is a bluish color I had found previously a week or so before. I asked my grandmother about it and about my fears to say anything. She said she didn’t know what it was but she observed the same things I did, it doesn’t hurt her or bother her in any way, that the lump moved around, and that was about al ewe could tell. Well, My daughter’s dad decided to bring lt to the doctor’s attention. WE BROUGHT IT UP TO HER. Yet she jumped back from our baby and asked in an outraged voice what happened there. We both said we do not know but it doesn’t hurt her and it’s looked the same since we noticed it.   She wasn’t having it she said I am going to have to get x-rays it could be a fracture. I said no it’s not a fracture it’s not an injury. We don’t know what it is but we know it’s not an injury. She says I don’t know that. I said okay do your x-ray, lets get this going. Diane took that as hostile, and pretty much had pegged me for beating my daughter maybe losing my temper when maybe the baby wouldn’t stop crying. All bull shit I know either one of us hurt the baby plain and simple. But I understood where she was coming from. So we went down to x-ray they did all kinds of skull exrays etc. But the doctor didn’t stop there and order a urine sample, and a blood draw form my poor baby it was a good 4-5 hours getting everything done. My little two-month-old baby was then held down by a nurse as the phlebotomist attempted to stick a huge needle in my daughter’s arm. Her dad could not do it and he left the room. When the stuck the needle in her arm she cried out mom and was bawling. The first time I heard my daughter say mom, she was crying out in pain and fear and couldn’t understand why these ladies were hurting her. The lying ass staff kept saying they were going to check her for pneumonia that’s why the blood draw. I was so distraught I missed the fact that pneumonia is found in chest x-ray, not blood draws. When my daughter screamed I jumped up and went over to her she immediately calmed down. And They staff was amazed and shocked that she loved me like I was a huge piece of shit who hurt her all the time. The second time the got it they had to poke her twice. After that, we were told we had to wait for the result s of the x-rays before we were allowed to go.   I finally went out and got some air while we were waiting and when I did the doctor pulled my daughter's dad aside and showed him a paper. This paper was a medical record, or mine and babies. I supposedly showed that my baby had tested positive for meth at birth. This was either of us would hear anything about it the hospital discharged us without a word. That doesn’t ever happen. Another I hadn’t done any meth. Since finding out I was having a baby. I am not a perfect person, I have demons just like everyone else. I know we wouldn’t have left without the hospital staff saying something about it because I had a previous miscarriage that was very bad and ended up in the hospital for a blood transfusion. They were all over it and the was no baby going home with me. They sent someone in asking about rehab and whatnot.   I was not that bad, but everything that happened after the positive test was blamed on drug use. So, I know they would   Ve said something. My partner told her it had to be wrong or a lie and she looked at him and said oh she never told you I'm sorry. When in reality either of us had been informed at all about it. The baby and dad then came out to the car where I was at. He told me everything that Diane had said to him. I was pissed and confused. But like I already 100% knew the mark on her arm came back clear it was not from trauma or abuse. But upon returning home from this horrible day, we look at our cameras and see that a social worker and a cop were banging on the door. That cunt doctor turned us in anyways. Because she diagnosed our daughter with failure to thrive she would not listen to our previous struggles and the fac we had just figure it all out, and she just hadn’t had enough time to gain any weight. She lied to us in what she was taking her blood for and we had already figure it was to test her for drugs. Which of course she came back clean.   We decided not to answer and they after a few rather short moments went away. I am going to have to continue into part 4 there is so much more to tell of this nightmare.  Like I said before don't ever take your children for granted because they can be taken away you think it could never happen to you, it can!

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Travel Spotlight  Review of Wild Horse Resort & Casino

August 29th 2020

Travel Spotlight

Review of Wild Horse Resort & Casino in Mission OR.  

Wild Horse Resort is located at the foot of the Blue Mountains in Mission OR. It is a hidden gem that is great for a weekend getaway. Whether it is a romantic weekend, or fun with the family Wild Horse Resort has you covered.  It features a large hotel that include economy priced courtyard rooms, and a little more costly tower room, and suites. The tower has 8 floors with a stunning view of the Blue Mountains. I have myself stayed in all three of the types of rooms available, and all were great.  

My stay in the courtyard rooms was a double queen bed that were okay comfortable. The bedding could have been a little nicer kind of scratchy, it was very roomy, and quiet. The room had a comfortable at home kind of feel to it though. The bathroom was really small, but had a nice deep bathtub. The water could have been a little hotter to my taste though. The room also came with a mini fridge, a big flat screen tv, and a coffee maker and coffee. This room was about $115 a night.  

I then transferred to a tower room with 1 king bed. It was $30 more in price and well worth it. The view was amazing. It had a nice Keurig maker and k-cups, an entertainment center with an even bigger TV. Then the last I could order room service on this TV.  There was a nice coffee table and chairs along with a large chair, and a closet. The bath room was rather large, and had a private toilet and a walk-in shower with a glass door. The hot water was extremely hot compared to the court yard, and it lasted forever. There as a mini fridge, and microwave as well in this tower room. This room ran about $140 a night.  

Then came the suite I stayed in the Plateau suit and it was very big room with a king-sized bed, and couch with a hide-a-bed, a coffee table with an even better view then the last one.  This room also had a Keurig maker, a microwave and fridge with a wet bar. The bath room was huge including private toilet, a very large soaking tub, and huge walk-in shower with multiple shower heads, and endless hot water. There were also his and her sinks. This room was a much higher price than the other rooms. Running ruffly 200 or more a night. There is also has an RV park, and teepee village located in the back separate from the casino. It has a community building, and an outdoor swimming pool & spa. I have not stayed at either yet.  

Wild Horse Resort also offers a full casino with 1,000’s of games to play including card tables. There is a mini bar located in the lobby as you walk into the front desk to check in. The indoor pool, spa, dry sauna, and gym are located to your left as you enter at the front desk of hotel. The gift shop and business center are also located to your left.  

To the right is casino floor, lobby bar, and Wild Roast coffee shop. There is also The Hot Rock café for quick foods like pizza. Then there is Traditions, which is a buffet, and last there is the Plateau for fine dining experience.  There is also a sports bar Wild Fire which offers televised sporting events, comedy nights, and Karaoke nights. There is a large number of events that take place at wild horse resort year-round, from concerts, to Pow wows, and fire-work shows.  

Wild Horse Resort is a Family resort, so there are activities for the family as well, a Cineplex, arcade, and opening soon a 24-lane bowling alley!  Wild Horse Resort also has a 18-hole golf course, and close to all other attractions, like the Pendelton underground tours, Hamley’s steak house, and Hamley’s western store.  Also, there are many thrift shops, and antique shops, etc.

So Wild Horse offers you a wide range of fun from hotel, RV park, indoor pool, spa, dry sauna, and gym, outdoor pool and spa, gift shop, coffee shop, sports bar, cineplex, arcade, soon a bowling alley, fine dining, family dining, 24-hour gas at arrow head truck plaza, which also has McDonald’s. I definitely would recommend Wild Horse Resort and Casino for you vacation!  

Hours, and availability can be affected by Covid-19 please make sure to check with Wild Horse Resort on these restrictions. Or you can go to their website which offers you a tour of the casino, and the dining experience there is a menu online for each. It also offers you show times for movies and the ability to purchase movies tickets. You can tour the hotel virtually and make your reservation there as well.https://www.wildhorseresort.com

The Vista Suite. The highest priced room available, comes with full  bar and sepereate bedroom. 

The Tower Room

The Plateau Fine dining

The Plateau Sutie 

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Crafting Spotlight  Review on Cricutjoy smart cutting machine.

Crafting Spotlight

Review of Cricutjoy Smart Cutting machine

August 28 2020

I recently purchased the Cricutjoy Smart cutting machine. This machine is the mini-me of the Cricut series of cutting machines. It is very compact compared to the original machine, it’s still quite heavy for the size. Cricut joy has the ability to write like the other Cricut smart cutters as well. I came with one sample vinyl square, instruction that send you to the website or to download the app from your app store on your mobile device.  One 4”X6” cutting mat, a writing pen, and 1 cutting blade and housing were also included as well.  

I was super excited to get to crafting some projects when I purchased this machine. Needless to say, I have been rather disappointed in my purchase of the Cricut joy smart cutting machine. The first problem I have with this brand is that they make it so everything you need must be Cricut brand accessories, and the price of all their accessories and products is outrageously high.  The next is after I bought certain expensive products and accessories, I have found them to be completely useless and/or incompatible for any project that I attempt.  

The third problem I have found is that they only let you use Cricut templates and font from their app, and your choice is to pay per item, (that you cannot save or keep, making you pay over and over every time you create a project). Or you can buy a monthly subscription for 10 bucks a month. That is all you can create with you cannot use your own custom templates, drawings, or fonts.  

The fourth qualm I have with this machine is that it is in fact too small for projects I had in mind.  You are limited to a width size of 4” and if you are not using smart  cricut joy smart materials to cut with you longest length that can be cut is 24’.   The fifth irritation is that it only holds one writing me, and so your designs are limited all the way around.  The sixth issue I have is that the infusible inks and blanks are only compatible with each other, they will work on no other types of material, and both transfer sheets, and blanks are extremely expensive. Below is a list with prices of everything I have purchased through Cricut. Note since my last purchase I have found a place to get lower cost supplies, and it wasn’t easy but I have made those products work well enough with my Cricut joy smart cutting machine.  

1.Cricut joy Smart cutting machine $17

2.Mini hot press $50 (hardly ever use this)

3. A 3 -piece tool set $24 (hardly ever use them)

4 Scraper, press tools $14

5. 4”x12” cutting mat $15 (they only work for about 5 cuts then the sticky is gone)

6. 5”x8” card cutting mat $6 ( only lasts about 3 cuts and sticky is gone)

7.5- piece infusible markers $8 (I have nothing that is compatible to use them on)

8. 2x rolls of smart vinyl $9 each (4”x120” each)

9 1x roll of smart iron on vinyl $9 (same size as above)

10. Galaxy stars infusible ink transfer paper $12 (2 12”x12” sheets)

11. Watercolors infusible ink transfer paper $12 (same size as above)           

12. 2x Regular sized Cricut Vinyl rolls $10 each ( I have to cut them to fit cutting mat)

13. Coaster blanks for infusible ink 4 pieces $8 (nothing seems to be compatible with them)

14. 2pc metallic marker set for writing $8  

15. Monthly subscription $10/month (I didn’t include this price in the total)

Total : $374.00  

Over 300 dollars and I cannot even use the templates, fonts, or graphics that I want and half of the stuff I purchased I cannot even use cause it’s incompatible. This was an extremely disappointing purchase for me I would rate the Cricut Joy smart cutting machine, and the Cricut brand a rip off, a 1 star if that product.  

Note: The statements in this blog review are solely my own opinions.  

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More than ever

shybutterlfy2020           August 28th 2020

I love you more then ever we have been through so much.....I want you more then ever I long for your touch.....I  need you more than ever to be home with us.... I wait for you alone more than ever..I don’t forget you, and everyday is harder than the last

You love me less because everything we been through was too much....you want me less than ever you run away from my touch...You refuse more than ever to come back home to us...you forget me more than ever. Each day being easier than the last. 

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Kelvin Hudson

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Amazing, would love to see this...

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Intro pt2

August 28th 2020

Introduction Pt.2  

Baby girl and the Challenges that came with her birth.  

The next challenges after my daughter’s traumatic birth, were stressful to say the least. She continued to have feeding problems, along with being very gassy and spitting up a lot. She wasn’t gaining weight like she should have been. She had skin problems as well, so we started trying new baby wash, and lotion until we found two brands that work, Cetaphil baby, and Aveeno baby. Aveeno is quite spendy, Cetaphil is a more affordable product. I, myself have skin problems, psoriasis runs in my family, and I have it mildly as long as I use the right products, and I actually use Cetaphil product myself it’s an awesome line of products!  

So, there was one small challenge down, and at the same time we were trying different expense and strange looking bottles until one stuck. We tried Dr. Brown’s bottle which is a good bottle it just did not work for my daughter. MAM’s brand bottle is the one that finally stuck, and we are still using it today. The last challenge was her being gassy to the point of extreme pain, and spitting up constantly. We had asked my daughter’s doctor about maybe changing her formula, or switching her to soy formula. She said no just keep using this one and feeding her ever 2-3 hours.  

My daughter got to the point where she refused to eat because of the pain it would put her in every time. She passed gas that sounded like a grown man had let loose. She would scream so bad and wiggle around, grabbing you and holding your fingers so tight until the pain would pass. It was worrisome to say the least, traditional gas medicine did not work on her to boot. So, finally we decided on our own to change her to soy formula, and it worked. Baby girl started doing much better almost immediately.  

In the mix of all the other challenges, the next and biggest challenge of our lives presented itself in the form of Children’s Protective Services. Someone had called us in claiming we were doing meth. She had a police officer with her, and yes, I knew my rights. I didn’t have to talk to her or let her in. But I had nothing to hide. I let her in and she explained that the report was about my 12-year-old. The baby was not mentioned in the report.  

The investigator went from us using meth to an allegation that my daughter’s dad which is not my son’s dad had threatened to “beat my son’s ass”. Completely untrue btw. But she continued on to ask me if I knew he had an existing CPS case with his previous child. I replied that yes, and no one got in trouble because it was an accident. She had no comment on my response. The investigator could see that there was food in the house, the house was clean, and so were the kids, and there were no signs of drug use. She left, leaving me with her card and a threat that she would be back around. I said okay, and have a good day as they walked out the door. We did not hear from her again. 

So, life went on and we all came down with really bad colds, I fell ill the day before my daughter’s two-month checkup. My mom was going to take her but she did not want to last minute she canceled on me. I was too ill to even call to cancel. So, it ended up being a missed appointment. When I was feeling better, I rescheduled baby’s appointment.. I will have to continue the rest of this story soon.....Until then a few words of advice … don’t take your life, loved ones, kids, or anything that’s good for granted. Because it can all be gone, or taken away in an instant. Live, Love, and Laugh like there is no tomorrow.  After thougth all of the events I just wrote about happened between January-Feb. of this year.

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Woke up early to catch this image of Mt. Rainier at sunrise [OC] [1792x828] - Author: jsnowman97 on reddit

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Would love to wake up to this scene...

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Health & Beauty Highlight Essential Oils

Health & Beauty Spotlight 

August 26th, 2020 

Essential oils 

Today I am going to be blogging about one of my favorite health and beauty products Essential oils. 

I have been researching and using essential oils in my personal homemade products for about 5 years now. I believe in their healing, and other health benefits.  

So, the question is what is essential oils, and what are their uses? To answer that an essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid derived from the essence of various plants. (wikipedia2017) 

This is the most concentrated form of the plant, and must be used with caution. Skin irritation can occur if you do not dilute the oils with a carrier oil such as coconut oil, etc. You must also be cautious in that some essential oils are poisonous when ingested and can only be used for topical, and aroma therapies. As well as some essential oil like Bergamot a citrus essential oil like most citric essential oils are actually phototoxic, which means when you go in the sun it will cause a reaction. Usually redness, and sometimes rash or blisters will develop when you have a phototoxic reaction from essential oils. (one essential community LLC 2015-2020) 

I have been researching and using essential oils in my personal homemade products for about 5 years now. I believe in their healing, and many other health benefits. Even though Doctor’s have not yet had enough time to study the long-term effects of essential oils therefore they usually do not suggest or prescribe the use of essential oils. Most essential oils are known for their ability to reduce stress and anxiety, while lower blood pressure. They help reduce pain in joints, and muscles, as well as headaches. They are known to boost your immune system, quite a few essential oils are also aphrodisiacs, and improve sex life for both sexes. Some also say that essential oils help with fertility, and menstrual problems like cramps and heavy bleeding. They are known to promote faster healing, and fade scars and marks, while protecting your skin against the harsh radicals that damage our skin.  

You also must be careful where you purchase your essential oils from there are too many sellers that state their essential oils are pure and they are not. Not only are they giving you a diluted product they are over charging for said products. The brand of essential oils that I use is called Sweeder’s you can purchase their 100% pure clearly labeled bottles on ebay for a reasonable price. Sweeder’s also has a large variety of oils available to purchase, with different sizes as well. I use essential oils in a wide range of products that I make that are all-natural products. Some examples are Body lotion, face masks, face wash (citrus essential oils are great to prevent acne). I also make bath bombs, eyeshadow, lip balm, lipstick, eyelash growth serum, charcoal teeth whitening treatment with clove bud oil and spearmint oil to promote oral health.   I make perfume, cologne, massage oils, and personal lubricant, pain relief cream, and whatever else I find to create.  

My top 10 favorite essential oils that I personally use regularly, and find do what they have been said to do.  

Essential oils list: 

Clary Sage: My absolute favorite this essential oil is a miracle in a bottle. Some of it’s uses include colognes, stress and anxiety management it is a mood elevator, along with an aphrodisiac. Clary sage essential oil also is known to help with hair growth, and pain relief. It promotes faster healing, and is good for eye health. It has anti-aging properties, and helps to fade scars and stretch marks. It helps lower blood pressure, and to relieve menstrual cramps and pms symptoms. It has been said to promote a healthy uterus as well.  

2. Vanilla is my next favorite essential oil, with it stress relieving properties, a mild pain reliever and sleep aid. Skin protectant, that promotes faster healing, and fades scar and stretch marks. Vanilla is also used in deodorants, and perfumes.  Research on Vanilla essential oils and cancer treatments are leaving some believe that it may one day be a part of a cure for cancer.  

3.Clove Bud Oil relieves mouth pain, and helps fight infection, and kills germs. Some studies in India have found that Clove Bud essential oil can actually reverse tooth decay. 

4.Blood Orange essential oil is a natural astringent that makes it perfect to fight acne and prevent breakouts. Blood orange also boosts the immune system, and helps to relieve joint pain from arthritis by reducing the swelling in affected joints. This is another phototoxic essential oil so you must use to with caution, or do not use if you go out frequently in the sun. Blood orange is also a great oil to use in homemade cleaning supplies and in colognes and perfumes.  

5. Pink Grapefruit does all the same things that blood orange does, and is also phototoxic. My favorite part about pink grapefruit essential oil is that is smell amazing in perfumes.  

6. Cedarwood is used for pain relief mostly, but it also has properties that promote healing, hair growth and lowers blood pressure. It is anti-bacterial, and is used in homemade household cleaners often.  

7. French Lavander is a must I use it in almost everything I make, It relieves stress and is a sleep aid, it relaxes your body and mind. It has mild pain relief properties, and promotes healing while protecting wounds from infections. French Lavander also promotes hair growth and anit-aging, while fading scars and stretch marks.  

8. Benzoin essential oil is great for deodorants, and pain relief it has a mild numbing effect to it. 

9. Sandalwood essential oil is a thicker oil that is used in cologne and deodorants often. But sandalwood is also great for pain relief of sore muscles, and ache and pains in general.  

10-. Rosemary essential oil is a strong-smelling oil, that is great for pain relief. It is also used in a lot of homemade shampoo recipes, and is good to promote hair growth.  

I use many other essential oils in my home-made beauty products. These are just my top ten favorites. I plan on posting my recipes for my homemade products on here soon so keep an eye out. The recipes are really easy and come together to make great products. Hopefully this was somewhat help for to some people that wanted to learn about essential oils. They are becoming more popular then when I started using them. The world could really benefit from essential oils. Until next time be well, be happy.