Last Weekend for the Burlington Christmas Market

The 18th and the 19th are the end of the 2011 season for the Burlington Christmas Market.  The last opportunity to sit in my chair is this Saturday 4-7pm.  Get a spot of massage for yourself in the midst of the holiday hurry, $5 for five-minute increments.

Burlington Christmas Market 2011

The season is about to start for the Burlington Christmas Market! They open Black Friday (11/25) at 3:00p.

I will be doing chair massage all four Saturdays, 4-7p.
(11/26, 12/3, 12/10, and 12/17)

Same budget-friendly price of $5 for 5-minute increments.  Be sure to take a moment for yourself and enjoy a spot of massage this holiday season!



(The market is on Facebook.  As am I.)

Slight Change of Plans

We have decided that it is in the best interest of the baby, and the family, to extend my sabbatical.  I will be participating in the Burlington Christmas Market for my third season in a row, but afterwards I'll be off-the-radar again until around spring.

Gearing Up

The sabbatical is going great and our baby is growing joyfully!

I'm gearing up for being available again, starting in November. Look for an updated menu of services over the next several weeks. Any questions or queries can be directed to my email.

Hope your summer has been fabulous!


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North Carolina Senate Bill 31 (2011)

Over the weekend a great panic developed over SB31.  It is revising the penalties indicated in NC General Statute 90-18(a) so that the penalty is the same whether you're coming from out-of-state or are in-state.  If you'd like some cross-eyed reading you can pick through the entire GS90.  Otherwise, what is causing the panic is what is NOT included in the list in 90-18(c)...naturopathy, homeopathy, aromatherapy, etc.  They are not even searchable terms throughout the entirity of the General Statutes.  What is specifically stated in 90-18(c)(1) is that "the administration of domestic or family remedies...shall not constitute practicing medicine or surgery as defined in this Article."

Another spot of panic regarding SB31 is in regards to the current situation with midwifery in the state.  There is a concern that the CPMs that are caught illegally providing services (currently only CNMs are legally permitted to provide care for pre-, peri-, and post-natal mothers) will now be prosecuted as a Class I felony.  The practice of midwifery is covered in Article 10A of GS90 and GS90-178.7(b) clearly states:   Any person who violates G.S. 90‑178.3(a) shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.  The penalty is already established within the Practice article and should not be impacted by the change to 90-18(a).

A mother on a local e-list shared the form letter response received from Senator Mansfield regarding her concerns about the midwifery question.  I feel that his response sheds some additional light, especially when he states "to ensure that this would not be misinterpreted as to delve into scope of practice issues."

Thank you for taking the time to write the General Assembly. I am the primary sponsor of this bill. This bill has nothing to do with midwives and is not trying to place midwives in prison. This bill is in direct relation to an incident that occurred in Cumberland County where a person who impersonated a physician was caught in the ER. He then went to Tennessee and did the same exact thing. Currently, if you have an out of state license and come into our state and impersonate a physician then it is a felony. If you are in state and impersonate a physician, it is a misdemeanor. This law attempts to close that discrepancy.

Before I filed this bill, I discussed this with Russ Spigett, your lobbyist, the NC Medical Board, and the NC Medical Society to ensure that this bill would not be used as a tool for a witch hunt. The NC Med Board helped change the language to ensure that this would not be misinterpreted as to delve into scope of practice issues. Mr. Spiggett did not speak against it on the Senate side during public debate, nor did any other profession where there are current scope of practice issues.

This bill has no impact on the licensure that the professional midwives are trying to get through Sen Goolsby. The bill will be amended to say that midwives will remain a misdemeanor.

Thank you for being engaged and if you have further questions please write back.

Massage and bodywork therapies have their own practice act within GS90 and should not be impacted in any form by SB31, in my opinion.  I have not, however, ferreted out any information yet as to how all of this might effect my pediatric aromatherapy preparations--it has been a couple of years since I've explored and researched all of that...I would not have embarked upon providing them to others if there was risk of being against the law--and nothing in the law has changed (or is changing) except for this streamlining of practicing-without-a-license penalties.

BOV Farmers' & Crafters' Market--2011 Season

The BOV Farmer's & Crafters' Market will be held in the old Pfaltzgraf storefront of the Burlington Outlet Village (formerly BMOC) Sundays 1-5p starting 1 May.  The season will close 25 Sept.

If you're interested in being a vendor feel free to file an application with the market manager.

As previously stated, I will not be participating this season due to my sabbatical.  I look forward to being a customer though, and cannot wait to see which vendors will be there!

Sabbatical

I'm officially going on sabbatical until October 2011 due to the upcoming arrival of the latest addition to our family.

Aromatherapy preparations and Frontier co-op orders will be available upon request.  Outcall chair massage is on a very limited basis and restricted to Fridays or Saturdays only.  I will continue to be available via email for questions, consults, and orders, but please be understanding if I do not have an opportunity to reply immediately.

If you are looking for a table massage, I can confidently recommend Sheri Young at A Touch of Therapy.  She has additional training in rehabilitative massage and I've been impressed with the bio's of the other therapists in her office (though I've only been on her table thus far).  I have not yet been to their new location, but expect the quality of care to continue as before.