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Good Morning and Happy Friday everyone .
Hope we all have a great week end.
Good Morning Sisters, Got my Strength training and my Guest Bath room finished this morning. Think as Sue says my Cleaning will be my cardio again today.
Thought this was cute so wanted to share .
Good morning ladies.
Thanks for opening, Alabama. I completely agree with the graphic.
Angii, sorry my post to you disappeared yesterday. I see others have mentioned having your dad see someone or consider medication for his depression. I also mentioned talking to your dad to be sure how he feels about a nursing home. My mom told me she'd kill herself if I sent her to a home. We were forced to have her admitted after her doctor said not to bring her back since there was nothing more he could do for her. She continued to get worse and was falling a lot. My dad was exhausted and getting ill himself from trying care for her. We talked her into going to a home for some rehab but she refused to do it and wouldn't even get out of bed. She refused food and water and basically starved herself to death once she knew she wasn't coming home after more heart attacks after her admission. My dad gave up on life in September and I found him dead in June. My brother and sister console me with the fact that he was able to die at home rather then being in nursing home which would have hastened his death. He was only in the hospital once in his life (as a child) and wouldn't go near them. My point is, I know no one wants to go to a nursing home but if they are as opposed as my mother was try everything else under the sun first. If you can't find a solution, then admit your dad and don't feel guilty about because you did the very best you could for your dad. Who knows maybe he will be one of those people who won't be set against it and will thrive there. Everyone is different. Maybe assisted living would be a better option for your dad. I've known people who really like it because do they still feel like they have control of their life but at the same time have some help when needed. The thing with assisted living it isn't meant to provide end life care. When my mother in law was dying my SIL, her aunt and I took shifts to care for MIL 24/7. The staff doesn't provide that much care. She begged not to go back to the nursing home and so we cared for her and told the staff when she was gone. Most importantly, you've gone above and beyond to care for him and whatever you decide don't feel guilty about it. As far as your dad's mood (grumpy, demanding, sometimes abusive) try not to take it personally. He's mad at the situation, not you I know how hard that is, believe me. Still dealing with it almost 10 years after the fact. I tell myself it was the illness not my mom. The nurses and social worker always told me a person takes their frustration out on those closest to them because there is unconditional love. It isn't easy to deal with and I feel for you. Sending lot and lots of hugs.
Rain, rain and more rain. I have water in my basement because my well is overflowing. Not something new, happens in this area. Just a pain and a drain on the electric bill running the sump pump.
Eye appointment went fine. Slight change but not enough to need new glasses.
My quilt has bidders. I sure hope the winner isn't disappointed with it. It isn't worth what people are bidding. Sure shocked the heck out me.
Guess I need to clean today. I've put it off long enough. The rain is here for awhile, the dog and cat aren't done shedding like crazy and the contractor isn't coming. So, no excuses, have to break down and do it. Sorry Sue, I don't like cleaning as much as you. But I don't like dirt and clutter either.
Better get a move on, have a nice day.
Oops, I should have read yesterday's posts. Angii, I see you've come to a decision. It sounds like you've done all that you could so don't beat yourself up over it. I hope things go well for your dad and he rallies there. Hopefully after the move you will be in a better place emotionally and mentally. Elder care is exhausting emotionally, mentally and physically. Maybe some time taking care of yourself instead of everyone else will be what it takes to get your business off and running. If not, I hope you find a job that you like and enjoy.
Barb, sorry about the wet basement, frozen pikes and never ending winter.
Yah, sure hope you don't need to go out in all of that snow. Stay safe and warm.
Sorry about your feet, Alabama. Wow, you are a cleaning machine. Wish I had your get up and go.
Nice find on the jeans, Molasses. I went to GW on Wednesday but didn't get anything this trip.
Sue, hope the painting project goes well. I see you are busy, busy, busy as usual. Have a good shopping day. I believe you pushed it back until today because of the weather.
Okay, now I really have to get busy. See you later gators.
Well I don't know about nursing homes. I have a casual friend that is the administrater of one in Ohio and to hear her talk it is fabulous . They have people in to entertain the residents and do a lot of things with them. So I don't know . I know my Bil is in one and his wife visits everyday. She goes and feeds him lunch etc it is nearby their house. I haven't heard any cons about the one he is in. Our friend Greg's Mother lived in the Baptist Home and it was very good . She was in assisted living. They did so much with the residents there also so I think there are good and bad. When I was in my twenties I worked for my Uncle and Had to visit many of them. At that time which was many years ago I said I would never put my Mom in one . I think now they are better . and I also think that if I need to be in one then that's what I want my kids to do. They do take everything.
I am doing a little mending again today and I did finish my bath and rugs are in the Dryer getting fluffed. I think the Kitchen should be next as it is the worse and I want to have the worst done before I leave for Ohio.
Day 5 of my Nurtisystem . I am anxious to weigh tomorrow.
Ethel's bell just went off so time to lay those rugs down and close that door.
BBL Errands to day such as Bank
Nursing homes are like anything else. Good ones and not so great ones. If you have time, try to learn as much as you can about several places before you pick one, Angii. Unfortunately often it's more a case of who has an opening. Hope you find a great place for your dad.
Morning ladies,
Wow Bama, you are a cleaning machine and hmmmmm I didn't see the food post this a.m. LOL
Oh Bama, I'd be furious on the bill too, glad the comics gave you a respite.
Oh Angii, I am so sorry and I hope things go smoothly for you. Know we are all here if you need us. Sending my prayers, love and HUGS your way.
Barb, when I lived in "snow country" I'd wait till it ended too. Oh no on the water in the basement. Wow I still can't get over how they got away not disclosing that.
YAH I have always loved the ladies Happy Dancing. Yikes on the 22 inches.
Thanks for the start today Bama. And yes all that cleaning is cardio and I love the graphic and ask again can I borrow it!
Dianna, some great advise for Angii, glad the appointment went well and I see cleaning for you today. Hey Dianna, I am not liking it much anymore either so don't feel bad.
Yes we did push the grocery trip because of the 'rain we were supposed to get all day Tuesday" we should of known better than believe them as now we don't feel like going.
I did a lot of volunteer work in nurisng homes, some are much better than others.
Well off to eat, put my face on and wait LOL
Couldn't resist posting this one.
Yes there is a 2 year waiting list at my Friends place which is in Ohio.
Good Day! I know! Spring will follow, sometimes! Just not sure When! So far, lots of snow! Schools are closed although some had Spring break already I looked out about 5 a.m this morning, but looked like when I go sometimes in winter then, but a lot more later on this morning! Since its warmer than 0 degree's, snow came off south side and lots went on my deck so more of a pile now and I had it almost down Dh is plowing a bit in case of anything or so it doesn't get So deep to do it tomorrow. Sure don't have drought around here! Lots more for basements I guess although our's doesn't get any. I feel better as IF I don't go anywhere from here, I have a good reason today, lots of snow! I know, nuts
Bama, thanks for opening and Love the graphics' Ok, I get exercise doing that! You are a mean green cleaning machine there! I need one Keep it up and hope you get to relax later!
As far as nursing homes, go, they have SO much more rules to follow, at least here in MI. that they shouldn't be able to get away with much bad care. Anyone falls, and there isn't enough N.A's to watch Everyone, everyminute, but the state comes in right away and if you have so many things happen, you get closed down pretty quick. I don't know if private one's are different or have to adhere to the same? But they do have things going on always, if someone wants to take part in them and the PT also is ongoing always also. I know we have one big Vets place in Marq. that only has Vets so they all have their stories to tell and talk with each other. But there's a lot in our facility that talk about their time in service also. Hope you can see what they offer a little to Angii. Hugs and prayers for all the best to you and your dad!
Sue, wasn't sure if you did go shopping or not today but good luck if you did!! I know, I put off and don't go anywhere! I tell myself, tomorrow, but it never comes then. Enjoy your weather and keep blowing the warm stuff this way If anyone needs snow, here it is, FREE! My sis in St. Louis was having tornado watches yesterday so...rather have the snow. Have a very good day everyone!! BBL, Yah
I know that some Nursing homes are very caring . We have several here and they all have wonderful reputations . My work day is over . We are going to our friends house tonite and a little r and r. Then home to relax in front of the tv.
Take care everyone will be so glad when all the snow is done for the year. It's been a long winter for the Northerners . I will be one soon.
Afternoon ladies,
Well I decided on BH:90210 last night for the CBSM network and then we checked disks and took off for bed early and I didn't do my workout as I was exhausted and was asleep before hubby came in. He watched the Jeopardy and tonight Ken Jennings is on, so will be sure to stay up for that one.
As for sleep, I slept pretty good and only had one pit stop during the night too. But had to get up early today with shopping and Handyride. So glad I rolled over so I got 7 hours of sleep...uninterrupted....no but such is the life of old people LOL
As for our rides and shopping......HERE'S THE COMBO RIDE AND GROCERY REPORT....LOL
We got picked up about 15 minutes into our window and got a young guy....Chuck thought we had before, but we hadn't as he's a floater (fills in when others take days off, have appointments, etc) and only been there for a year and a half. His name is Martin and a very nice young man. He took us right to Winco....so we got there a bit before 10:00 a.m.
So now on to the GROCERY REPORT........First and foremost Winco did it again, we got all of the stuff on our list minus the orange pops that weren't stocked today (boo hoo) but regardless of that we still saved $20.00 from our total on our list. WE LOVE WINCO.....however, we will NEVER EVER go on a Friday again...crowded and for the first time some areas, like the ice cream were empty in spots.
Oh and our checker charged us for 2 loaves of French bread and we only got one so we will bring our receipt back when we go and get our second one for the month for FREE! My fruit must have been on sale as it was only $1.08 a can when it's normally $1.78....love it!
Plus we added some stuff to the list too. Lettuce was on sale too for 88 cents a head and I saw Dole romaine there too, so when the time comes can get some of that too. I did get my Kraft FF Ranch dressing and a Three Cheese Ranch by Kraft too...haven't had it a while...I should have gotten my avocado though....it was only 88 cents. Sorry I didn't now...oh well next time maybe. As Chuck and I say it wasn't on the list!
Did get some shoe string French fries and Chuck got some steak fries. Yeah I know we can make them but for a buck and 29 cents you can't beat the price and the time and cleaning and cutting and yeah I know home made is better, but sometimes you just gotta say (that saying that we all same sometimes LOL).
Did use our coupon for Buddy's Snaps so didn't have to pay for those.
I also got the Lysol All Purpose Lemon spray cleaner....(kills 99% of germs)....so I am a happy camper, now I can spritz and wipe after all the stuff is put away, instead of having to make up a solution to do it. Even though they did say spray and wipe I did use a paper towel and then dried it with my rag, but worked great and smells marvelous...even Buddy sniffed at the table.
I don't like the floral scents so many of these cleaners have in them...lemon is fine or just plain.
Anyhoo, a great trip and saving money and our bus arrived right when our window started. Had another gal at Winco too and in fact, a lady I have been on the bus with a number of times. She's the lasagna lady as she's the one that told me to get the Winco mozzarella at the deli. And also loved our lasagna and our manicotti recipe too. Our driver was a lady we have had before, Frances, and she got an add in so we had to go down towards Shaw (not too far) and pick her up and then we took the other lady home (she's in a wheel chair), though I did ask Frances as she drove past did she miss out street (as one of the driver drove by one time on the way to our place since we were talking at the time....and he realized it and turned back LOL In any case, we dropped her off, then us and then we went off with the other lady, still got home before even the end of the window as they were all in the same area.
So we were happy campers, and so was Buddy to have us home. We got the stuff away, changed, washed up, had lunch and I had to rearrange under the sink to get my glass plus and Lysol stuff in there.
All in all a good day, but we are all tired and looking forward to nap time.
So off now to do my mail and by then will be time for comics and crackers and then nap time...
On tap for tonight is Magnum P.I. and Murder She Wrote for the CSBM network and a nice dinner of Penne Rigate with Hot Italian sausage pieces and pepper strips in Chunky Ragu Tomato, Garlic and Onion sauce topped with pepper and Parmesan/Romano blend of cheese, with a slice of French bread....and a scoop of Peanut butter cup (Peanut butter ice cream with mini peanut butter cups and swirls of chocolate fudge sauce)
Hope you had a nice Friday and same for tonight and the weekend,
Howdy ladies. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.
I would love it if Dad could go to assisted living instead of a nursing home, but he needs way too much care for assisted living. The CG was here today, and is trying to talk to Dad about staying. So now Dad is changing his mind. He told the CG, that we don't love him and want to kick him out. That is so far from the truth, as the CG knows, but I am tired of fighting with my Dad almost daily to try and get him to walk back and forth to the bathroom. We don't have many options here, as most of the places are assisted living or adult family homes with 24 supervison, but not 24 hour care, which is what he needs at this point.
I am just so tired of fighting with him, and I can't fight enough for both of us, so even though he has again changed his mind this afternoon, I think I will still research them and see how long it will take to get things done, and what all needs to be done.
DH and I went out today and got the body scanner I purchased for my business calibrated, and then we stopped and saw one of our racing friends, and then stopped and had lunch at subway. Now we are home and trying to decide what to do with the rest of the day. SO I am off. Happy Friday.
Yep, I guess we have a added season here! Don't know exactly how much we got here of snow but enough of it and it has another part to go through now and maybe then it will stop? I can't see very good across the road so it must be the middle of that part now hopefully. My deck is loaded up since the snow slid off so fast, it didn't go to the sides of the little roofy over patio door, but came on it instead. Had shovel but it was to dense and heavy so just took some softer stuff off top to put seeds for birds.
I see a girl who used to live by here, but went to San Francisco, must have bought a house in Marq. and they are living there now. Saw her post on FB that there was a plow going down her road and her friends in CA. were amazed at this! She picked a good time I guess?Lucky to be living in Marq. I say!
Sue, I guess I was thinking it was Fri. yesterday and thought you had made up your mind not to go shopping, but I was mixed up! Glad you got your very good shopping done and it went very well! And you saved also I kind of wonder how i will get up for work next week as I've been rolling over lately even though I get up early but nothing to get up for out here. Seems like such a long day to me. Nice to see you had a good sleep to
Bama, enjoy your night out tonight also and relaxing at home after! You deserve it.
Angii, sorry about your dad being like that, and changing his mind and all but I imagine it would be good to look into it all now anyway, so you know what to do when the time comes or you have to move fast all of a sudden. To bad he couldn't be in a place with some privacy but all the care he needs but people around also if he wants to wheelchair out of his room or? to see them. I guess you can tell him how much you love him there, but if it comes to him having to go, then try to tell him all the upsides of it I guess? To watch tv with people or some play cards even etc. There are a lot of things depending on their minds I guess. Hugs!
Well, son had to plow in case more to come and other son probably went back to Marq. today but they both work the weekend. Hopefully this wouldn't make more of a problem for married son with water in basement. Since the Lake has never iced over all of it for many yrs., Marq. has had more snow also. It usually gets missed as it goes over with less ice. You all have a good Friday night and a great weekend!! Yah
Couldn't help but put this on for a good night Yah
Good morning ladies,
Wow, it sounds like you are really getting dumped on with snow, YAH. I think we should be done with it here but some places just a few miles away got a foot last Sunday so who knows.
Angii, sorry the CG put a monkey wrench in your plans. Would a bedside commode help with the bathroom issues? I kind of thought you mentioned already having one. Is your dad having control issues or is it just taking too long to get to the bathroom? When my mom refused to get up to use the bathroom and was calling for the bedpan every few minutes, I finally told the staff to use Depends or something like them. Maybe the thought of them would motivate your dad to get up and get to the bathroom. If you dad is honestly too weak to make it there and won't use a urinal or bedside commode maybe that is the route you'll need to go. I am curious as to why, if your dad agreed that a nursing home was best, the caregiver stuck his nose in the matter. It was a hard enough decision to make without him complicating things. I know you love your dad and you want him with you, if possible. But from what you've said recently, it really does sound like a nursing home may be in the best interest of all involved. If you had siblings willing to help you daily it might be a different matter but sadly it isn't. Sorry if I've overstepped with my opinion.
It sounds like a like a much deserved break Alabama. Are you listing the house before you go to Ohio? It will be all Sp-c (can't use that word here) and Span and ready to show.
Glad you had another good shopping trip, Sue.
Hi Molasses and Barb.
Not sure what today will hold. DH is busy doing electrical work upstairs now that the walls are up. I got the house so so cleaned yesterday. Floors still need scrubbed but with the rain not in a hurry to do them. I have some things to get done for RFL maybe I'll work on that.
Still waiting for the Virgin Diet book to come. It should be here soon. I'm almost done with week one of the 2nd phase and I don't want to mess it up. No problem putting eggs back in my diet. Not sure yet what I'll try next week. Not happy that cheese is a no no but honestly but not really a surprise. Sure knocks a lot of my favorite foods off my menu. DH reminded me, no more cheeseburgers, pizza, mac and cheese, broccoli salad, southwest salad, turkey subs, cheese, broccoli and chicken casserole, Italian wraps and the list goes on and on. I really am a cheese addict. But that makes sense since you crave what you shouldn't have. I still need to try other forms of dairy and see how I feel on them. Maybe it isn't so much dairy as something else when they make cheese. Desserts don't seem to sit well but I won't miss them like I will cheese. But if it means less joint pain, less moodiness, less sinus congestion, and sleeping better I can learn to live without it. The scale going down doesn't hurt either. Fingers crossed it keeps going down. I still need to work on upping my calories or it's going to come to a screeching halt. They have gotten less each week : 1134 week one,1002 week two, 920 week three and 885 so far this week. I am not deliberately cutting them, it's just working out that way. I am eating and I am not hungry.
Yesterday was a good day. I had:
Breakfast: 1/2 c oatmeal, 1/3 c blueberries, 1/2 almond milk - 210 calories
lunch: 1 1/4 c chicken, spinach, carrots, celery and brown rice soup and 8 grapes. - 300 calories
supper: 3 c spinach, 3 oz chicken, 1/8 c craisins, 1 Tsp sliced almonds, a small apple and 2 Tsp diet raspberry dressing - 312 calories
snack: banana, pineapple almond milk smoothie - 180 calories
total for the day: 1002 calories
Monday was my bad day:
I had 2 eggs and a rice cake for breakfast, no lunch, an apple for a snack, and a chicken (2 oz) and black bean (1/4 c), lettuce and grape tomatoes (6) salad with 2 Tsp salsa for supper: 630 calories for the day
Tuesday 900. Wednesday 805, Thursday 1085.
My goal is to be at 1200 a day while I am losing and then raise it to 1500/day.
Have a good day and a nice weekend.
Good Morning all, I am up and at 'em this am . LOL . I am wrapping some things that I am taking to Ohio . Taking all the knick knacks from the walls. They are either being wrapped for transport to Ohio or into the Garage sale area of the Dining Room. No, we are not listing it before we go to Ohio. I wanted to but DH said "what is it sells and we have to come back early" . Whatever , so we are when we get back.
Well I was disappointed with my scale this morning . No decrease in the numbers. I Enjoying my first cup of MickeyD's coffee this morning . I haven't had any all week and it is free until April I think the 13th.
Not much planned today . DH got my car started . The battery doesn't stayed charge even though it is a fairly new one. The Alarm runs it down. Of course I don't drive it enough so today I will take it out for a spin. Maybe go to the mall or something. I am almost tempted to get rid of my car since I don't drive a lot BuT it is there when I want it and we just had all that work put into it.
Angii, I too would possibly be a little upset with the CG. You have a tough decision to make . As Di says if you had some help from other family members it would be easier on you. Just remember That GOD doesn't give us more than we can handle. I know sometimes it seems he does but he is just testing us , making us stronger to survive in this crazy world of ours.
Di sounds like you are doing great on your PLAN. Just hang in there it takes time . My DH told me this am to just continue with what I was doing that it will come in time. I'm so happy for you that you have found something that works and helps you.
Good Morning to everyone else . Hope we all have a nice day.
Oh any one with hardwood floors. My SIL has told me of a product that her DIL is using on her floors and they are just beautiful so she says so I have the name if any one interested. I am going to be getting some soon as I am ready to do the floors.
Hi ladies,
(((Angii)))) good idea for research but I hope the CG has him convinced and things can work out for you to take care of him.
Glad you and your hubby got out and about today, Angii.
YAH, I love the new season graphic....and send you warmer air from California. Sorry about the winter weather and let's hope maybe this is it. No problem with the shopping thing and I have been very tired lately too, not wanting to get up, just sleep. Hubby too, seems like the time change really messed us up.
I love the good night pic, YAH....so cute.
Dianna, glad the diet is going well and you can still have eggs. You sound like us with the cheese Dianna, and I have to agree I know I couldn't do it.
Bama, good luck with the wrapping of the knick knacks and with the eventual sale. Sorry about the scale but remember 5 days isn't a long time and the scale isn't always the best barometer. How do you feel.....any better? Personally I think a good month of the program is a better indicator for you but JMJO. Sorry about the car. Maybe take the alarm off.
LOL Bama on the cleaning of the house graphic.
Well I am off to Susie Homemaker duties,
It is going to be a long month. I want to try and give the CG a chance to find a new job, and let him keep his hours for the month, but man o man Dad is being very difficult. I guess I just need to do what I can and forget the rest.
Di, I think that the caregiver just wanted Dad to know the bad side of the nursing home, and what giving up means, and I think that he is trying to get Dad to see that staying home is the best place for him. But that isn't what Dad wants anymore. And I need to respect his wishes and just do what I can. I think that the caregiver was thinking that Dad was just pouting and throwing a temper tantrum. But he isn't. And Di, I don't think that you overstepped your opinion.
Not sure what all we will get into today. It is raining pretty good. I may try and go to the farmers market.
Happy Saturday, all,
Dianna, there are some vegan "cheese" recipes that aren't bad. They don't taste just like cheese, but I've had some acceptable mac'n cheese substitutes made with cashews and nutritional yeast, and vegan Parmesan (a mix of almonds and nutritional yeast ground in the food processor) is nice on spaghetti or pizza. You can buy good vegan cheese, but the non-soy ones are pretty pricey; they'd work for a craving though. I got stomach pains at book club last night, but it was my own fault--I was picking at all sorts of things that I shouldn't really eat. I'm glad eggs are okay for you (and me, too!). There are work-arounds to replace them in baking, but it's nice to have them for a protein option in meals. You can take my suggestion for what it's worth (as you know, I'm not a certified health coach! ), but I'd recommend adding some fat to your diet. I've come to believe that eating healthy fats kind of primes the pump for your body to burn fat.
I'm sorry about your son getting water in the basement, YAH. We have that problem, too, and it's a pain in the rear. Hope Sprinter gives way to Spring there pretty soon. Yikes on all that new snow. Thanks for the smile this morning--what a sweet baby picture.
Angii, sending another boatload of hugs your way. What a difficult situation for all of you. I wonder if a month at a nursing home will have your dad wanting to move back with you, but I think you are right to try to comply with his wishes. He may feel better knowing he isn't stressing and burdening you. And maybe he will find a friend there; you never know.
Yay on another good shopping trip, Sue! Sorry about the tiredness, and hope you and Chuck both adapt to the time change soon.
Bama, sorry the scale didn't reflect your efforts this week, but maybe Sue is right and you just need to give it a little more time. I love the graphic, and it certainly rings true for me!
Barb, hope you are enjoying your time in Duluth!
I thought I was going to go out and plant my strawberries and rhubarb this afternoon, but it's too cold and windy. Maybe tomorrow. My hot pepper plants and mini sweet peppers have germinated, so that's exciting. (I have them on top of the fridge, where it's nice and warm.) Yesterday I planted some cabbage seeds in a little Jiffy pellets greenhouse; those are in DA's room. Almost time for PT, and then I think I'm going to go to the library for awhile.
Have a great afternoon, everyone~
Angii, why do you think your dad feels he'd be better off in a nursing home? I hate to admit it but I am afraid there were times when my dad could hear the weariness in my voice and I never meant him to feel that he was the cause of it. Every time I'd say good bye to him I'd ask if he needed anything and said to call me if he needed me. His answer was always," I'll get by". It cut through me like a knife. I think those may have been the last words I heard him say. Maybe you dad just feels like it would be better for you if he went to a home. A frank discussion with him may be in order.
Molasses, I was hoping you'd have some thoughts on things. I use coconut olive and olive oil some times but I kind of cut them this week. If you notice anything else you think I should change, please let me know. Thanks for all of your help.
Good Day! For those of you with dogs making you feel guilty when you go
Its a nice sunny day finally although we never expect it to be snowfree until maybe July Never know up here! I have a Lot of snow on my deck now and it is very dense since it came off the roof! Guess it was iced up all winter so didn't get it down and when Dh tried to help it down, he pushed it to side, but this came down fast, and on my deck. Will have to wait now. Its kind of depressing and I'm already that way
Bama, your car sounds like you could sell it for pretty good bucks when the time comes as lots of people are looking for older fixable ones to. When were you going up north now? I have old hardwood floor. Enjoy your drive today!
Di, sorry about the cheese but is it the stuff in it as some people get lactaid milk etc. as they are allergic to the fat? Not sure of words for this Or maybe the color in the yellow cheese compared to the white ones? Hope you find something, thats a lot to give up You sure have some willpower though! I am lacking that and since I'm way out here, not in a good mood for any change I guess. I have No trouble having calories ! To many I'm afraid Great food there, just maybe add more of each
Angii, hoping all comes together for you and the month will be the final decision for you also. Wish you all the luck you can handle and hugs!
Mo, wow, no ground here and no room inside really to start planting. I only like the tomatoes Yep, we had enough new snow, and then one big bunch for the night came so Dh plowed a bit until he got stuck. He had loader going across the highway at his garage but said he can't come down sideroad yet cause of restrictions Snow is up half way on garage door and in between here so will have to wait a while before even getting there! I like to park my van back there and clean it out more then in the front also. Enjoy your day!
Sue, thanks on the pic's and just saw the baby one later last night I guess my GS slept for 6 hrs. straight last night and so did my DIL Although her mom was there the other night and I know my son has been up with him as he can take a bottle sometimes. Josie had my son reading the phone book, trying to put off going sleep one night Filibustering, they said Course he makes up a story. She knows when its time and is a little smarty pants, but then sleeps nice and long when she does go up.
Hope your having a nice day today and relaxing a bit to
Bama, love the graphic and I do that a lot, whether a book or whatever
Have a good day everyone! I got up to watch a little tv even at 3 a.m last night since I Could not fall asleep, even with help. Glad no one called in! Yah
Had a wonderful Friday night of dinner and TV and watched Ken Jennings in on Jeopardy before we rolled over to go to sleep. I slept pretty good, just had some very very strange dreams that's for sure.
Played Susie Homemaker on Saturday as got my dusting done, bathrooms done, cleaned up a head of lettuce and refilled my snack bags (as Saturday is my snack lunch...mmm good). Took out one of our cheesy enchiladas for dinner for tonight.
Plus got the washes done and took up the Buddy towels until the next rain spell.
Hubby put some new wiring on the VCR and will give the Some Kind of Wonderful and Mr. Mom a try now to see if we want them on our Amazon wish list. Won't get both done tonight but one tonight and one next Saturday.
We've already tossed or took some of the movies off our list, so weeding out the ones we don't want and making up a list of the ones we do and get them on DVD from Amazon.
Also ordered my regulator too and should be in next week. More than we thought with $8 for shipping, but what can you do, Amazon prices are no longer stable they fluctuate not only from day to day but hour by hour. Drives me batty.
Well I thought I'd get my slide shows up on line but it seems the Gods are against me today....and we will be calling the company on Monday for sure. I worked on the shows yesterday and part of this a.m. after getting the Susie Homemaker things done and then after lunch, I figured as I was refilling our Butterscotch bags I would let the program do the video for on line.
However, I came back in to check and it's telling me my "trial period" is over....DUH we own the program. So I do a restart on my computer and while it's coming back up take care of the budget sheet for April and I open the program back up and still doing it. So I get our registration key and it say's it's not correct, yeah it is...so I go up on line to write to them and get the site is doing maintenance, and while yes I could call, just not into that today so late in the day.
So will see if maybe there maintenance is done tomorrow, if it will work on Sunday...
In any case....looking forward to my "me day" and a nice relaxing one. As I will be starting Spring cleaning next week. Gotta say for the first time in my life, I really don't give a toot for doing it, but I will, just not a lot of motivation. Oh well and this too shall pass.
Hope you are having a nice weekend and have a wonderful Sunday also,
And this says it all on the world of kids today!
And the problem would be????LOL
Don't be eating or drinking as you read this next one!!!
I know what you mean about the Amazon prices, Sue. I have a habit of leaving things in my cart for a while to see if I really want them, and the price almost always changes, even if just by a few cents. Weird. Hope you can get your slideshow program working.
I'll bet your DIL was thrilled to have slept 6 hours, YAH! My kids are 13 mos. apart and it seemed like it was a long time before I got a decent's night sleep. I guess that's one argument for spacing them out, but it sounds like Josie is a good sleeper anyway. And a clever girl, too!
Dianna, it looks like you are eating quite a bit of produce--yay--and getting in your protein, too, so that's great. I'd really try to add some fat--put some coconut oil or nut butter in your oatmeal; drizzle a little olive oil in your soup or on your salad; add some nuts, seeds or avocado to your salad; hemp or chia seeds in your smoothie.
Oops, gotta go--DA is yelling for me.
LOL, one of my favorite songs, but alas, not so wild anymore Like to get the motor running and take off though, which I did not do though. Well I happened on TLC and they had Dateline Mysteries I believe its called, one after another but this one 2 hr. one called Deadly Connections is about Travis Forbes?sp and he is the one they think might have had something to do with my niece Amy as he was let go in Denver at the time. They couldn't hold him right then, and were very sure he had something to do with the death of another girl, and anyway, by the end, he did confess to killing This Kenia Monge and also Almost killing this other women when he was let go again, and they even had followed him for a while in Fort Collins, but he tried to burn, bleach and all the scene of this other one, Lydia, but she did recover finally and they must have found some DNA I guess but he wouldn't confess for Amy even though I learned from my sis that they had asked him about her. Its the first time i saw it although cousins had said it was on quite a while ago so watched it and it was hard but so nice to know he is gone to prison for life. So darn many of these kind out there though!
So thats about my afternoon anyway. Sure hope you all had a nicer one and have a wonderful evening and a great 'me' day tomorrow to!!
Hope your regulator comes in ok Sue and loved all the comic's to! Lots of truth in some also Hope you can get your program fixed also. Love the flowers!!! Seems I have to look at a lot of them online as none around here.
Mo, Well I ordered a bit to online this week. Now got to try stuff on which I hate. Just looking for the old fashion big shirts and all Plus expecting pkg. from Vitacost also
Next, new shoes one of these days but should go get feet measured and all. Have a good night also!
Suns going down, hate the time change as its later than I feel it should be again. Says its 40 out there so I'm hating myself for staying in again also. C U, Yah
YAH, I realized I forgot to say this a.m. that I was sorry to hear about your poor son's basement and the water issues.
Oh Angii, I am so sorry to hear that the CG and his experience and talking didn't change your dad's mind. Know I am doing extra prayers for you and hoping that it all works out for you and your dad. HUGS
Molasses, I am with you on the healthy fats they make a world of difference in how you feel and what the scale and body measurements do too. Yeah we hope the time change thing and our body adjusts soon too. LOL
Bummer on the planting you wanted to do today, darn weather. MMMM hot pepper plants and sweet ones too.
I see you have echoed what I did to Angii in my post Dianna, about her dad feeling bad about her having to deal with it all and his fluctuating moods and if he were in a home or elsewhere it would be different and he wouldn't feel guilty.
Oh YAH yup the Labs are the winners LOL Hope the snow stayed away and the weather stayed nice. Wow 6 hours straight for Tommy, bet your DIL was in seventh heaven LOL
OMG on Josie and the phone book.
Molasses, I see you aren't any happier with the Amazon fluctuations. Yeah we will find out what's up with the slide show stuff.
Oh YAH you and I are kindred spirits as Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf is one of my favs too and can still picture me on the back of the bike coming back from the beach in my bathing suit on the Long Island Expressway since the couple that had my clothes took off. GRRRR And yes I got hooted at LOL
Oh my goodness on the show, YAH....how scary.
Chuck checked before I came in to post and it's already shipped, my regulator that is. Glad you enjoyed the comics. I thought of you when I posted the flowers.
Sorry you stayed in but you must have needed the rest too.
Well I am off to clean up after dinner,
Wow strange that no one has posted this a.m. as while it's only 9 a.m. here, it's noon time for most of you back east.
Hope everyone is alright. Have a nice Sunday all and be sure to take some "me time".
We slept in a bit this morning. So I just finished breakfast, and now need to get my Dad up and moving.
Happy Sunday!
Will I did visit this morning but didn't post . One of those lazy, hazy raining days here . We did grill out today in the rain so now we are taking it easy and enjoying that it is raining out and we have to stay in.
Hope all are having a nice Sunday.
HI, So its half done already but hope you are all enjoying a super 'me' day anyway!! More flowers, I crave flowers Will have to look to pick some up from a store If I ever get to town I guess, which I do work Tues. Its a sunny day today and maybe upper 40's and might be a bit rain later in evening. That will help the snow go down but be a mess to I suppose. Got my patch so one good thing for the day. Have a feeling that will be it. I need to go through things always so maybe that while I'm watching tv or listening to the oldies Was glad no call in but I was pretty sure of ladies showing up as one gets most of next week off anyway. And the other is PT and picks up in N.A's but has some days off I'm sure. I went on scale and shouldn't have as I gained of course and now that has me down Well, keep on trying I guess hey?
Hope you all are ok and I see Sue is up and at them and Bama to Have a great day ladies! I have SO many water bottles to fill up at my son's whenever I get there. I fill up the gallon one's for coffee and have to buy the 16 oz. for drinking. Not fun with iron water but at least it has never froze or stopped I guess. No water lines to street here. Hope you are enjoying your little trip Barb! BBL, Yah
Happy Sunday, everyone!
I slept in this morning, so didn't get on the computer until late. Cover your eyes, Bama, Dianna and YAH, all you early birds--it was 8:30 before I rolled out of bed! No time then to visit, had to get busy.
It's a beautiful day here--I planted my 2 rhubarb roots and put the 10 9 strawberries in, although not only did they short me one, the plants look like they are totally dead. And I have 2 loads of laundry on the line. Normally I don't like to do laundry on Sunday, but since rain is coming tomorrow, had to take advantage of the sunshine.
I hope the stuff you ordered fits and you like it, YAH--it's always tricky. I almost ordered some jeans from Groupon last week, but they aren't returnable and I don't need any more jeans that almost fit. Is there a good shoe store near you where you can get your feet measured and try on to find comfy shoes? I'm with you on craving flowers. I did see that my lilacs have leaf buds anyway, and my daffodils shouldn't be too long--the green shoots are about 6" high now. Hugs on the Dateline show.
Bama, sounds like you are enjoying your rainy day anyway! What did you grill?
Angii, I see you slept in, too, this morning.
Glad your regulator is on the way, Sue, and hope you are enjoying your Sunday, too. Funny to think of you on the highway on a motorcycle in your swimsuit, but I don't suppose that was very comfortable!
Dianna, after an hour of digging weeds out in the garden today, and an hour of picking rocks out of the grass the other day, I have to say that you are my idol--I wouldn't even dare to aspire to 8 hours of yard work in one day!
Hope everyone is enjoying some Me Time today. I picked up a Book Pages at the library yesterday (a free newspaper with reviews of new books) so I'm going to spend some time reading it and checking the library website to see if they have the books that sound interesting.
Angii, glad you got to sleep in this a.m. Hope you had a nice Sunday.
Bama, I remember those lazy, hazy rainy days. Glad you got to grill out and are taking it easy....enjoy!
YAH, I love the beautiful flowers and I hope you had a beautiful day too. Soon my friend, soon the flowers will bloom. I see you work on Tuesday and yes some flowers for yourself would be nice. I see you are in the 40s and sunny, I am glad. Oh no on the rain. Glad you got your patch and hope you got through the things you wanted too. We are listening to the 45s I put on disk since the oldies station has a minor league game on. Our local Grizzlies team. Sorry about the scale and the increase.....what goes up will come down....think of it that way. I hope you get to your son's soon to fill those water bottles too.
Molasses, wow 8:30 a.m. and I thought my 7:30 was late LOL Same here, it's gorgeous headed to the 70s, a light breeze and we have the windows and doors opens....stop throwing those snowball at me YAH.
Glad you got your planting done, Molasses. Oh I so miss hanging clothes, sheets and towels out on the line.
I am enjoying my Sunday, Molasses, thanks and wasn't funny at the time, about the bike. I could have killed Jenny and Steve for taking off with my and Tommy's clothes in the car. He at least had shorts on to swim with a t-shirt too. I tried to get him to part with the T-shirt, but he said no....LOL
Oh Molasses, I spent close to that digging up the front yard area of our house in Sacto to find the break in the pike of the sprinkler system, repaired it and covered everything back up. I was on my first day of vacay from work and wanted to get it done so I had the rest of the time off. Mind you my boss still couldn't figure out what the landlord didn't do it since we were just renting at the time and not the rent to own.
Enjoy the book pages Molasses. I am re-reading my books and donating those that no longer 'tickle my fancy' LOL
Well I am off to do some slide show work and play some Bookworm.
Wishing you all a great Sunday,
Evening ladies,
We had a nice time and the weather Saturday was fantastic! Nice today, too, but cloudy. The snowpack is shrinking. The big lake is still mostly iced over and there were ice piles on a beach in Duluth that were just huge! People everywhere! Of course we were there in the middle of the day so the light was very harsh. Got a few photos, but nothing much. Fun to see everyone out enjoying it though, and Canal Park was absolutely packed. You would have thought it was August tourist season! We gave up trying to find a parking spot for lunch and went on up the shore. I did get my very favorite pie. Stopped at Panera this morning for breakfast and got a dozen bagels and a couple of asiago baguettes - yum! Fish & chips for a late lunch too. Yikes! All the carbs this weekend will show up when I go for lab work in the morning, but it is what it is.
Not much else to report. The dogs are crashed from a weekend at Camp. Anyway, it was good to get away, and nice to be home. I'm looking forward to the rest of this snow melting. Just wish we could skip mud season. Temps in the 40's and 50's all week. Hope you all had a good weekend!
Not much going on here and not yet to sleep but thought this was a good wish for all of you later Just got done shower and all, don't feel as clean as I do from sauna though. No Sunday paper as Dh didn't think of it I guess at the store. Like to look at the ads in it etc. since we quit getting it otherwise. He was over here and there all day. Had door open for a while anyway since it did get to 55 degree's here!! Its still 45 but going down for the night and maybe a little rain later. Mo, I sleep later anyway unless I'm going work or have something to get up for and go to You probably needed it and nice on the clothes outside! There is a shoe store Way over in Marq. when I get there sometimes that does do measuring etc.
Sue, yep, I work, so far anyway, 4 out of the next 6 day,. going to be a bit hard getting back in the groove for sure. Hope your 'me' day was a nice smelling one also and you are getting to relax for the end of it
Wishing you all a relaxing evening! Yah
Missed you there Barb! Must have been posting same time Glad you had a good time and got out, you did better than me! This camp is getting to me but I get out for work.
I imagine the ice piling up and I so wish I was by the lake to hear the ice and all that nice stuff. Fish and chips sound nice to me Have a good night and enjoy the fur kids to Yah
Sue and Mo, I had you both beat as I didn't get out of bed until 9! LOL
Uuuugggggg,,,,, it has been a day. I have started using Dad's wheelchair to get him to the bathroom in the morning as it is such a long walk for him, and today on his first "real" trip to the bathroom, he fell when we were trying to get back to the chair. He didn't get hurt, other than a scraped arm, but I did. I scraped up my hand pretty good and twisted by back. So I ended up putting Dad to bed. I just can't muscle him around anymore. I am trying, but he isn't helping as much anymore so I can't do it on my own. I was really trying to hold out till the end of the month, but I am not sure I can. We will see. Hopefully I can.
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WPDFD Issue #10 - January 01, 1999
by Ben Summers JPEG is rather more complicated than GIF, and it's useful to have a basic idea of how it works to get the best out of it. JPEGs are compressed in two stages. The first is lossy compression, which removes information from the image, and is why JPEGs never look quite the same as the original image. This stage splits the image data into three components, one of which is brightness and the other two colour.
List of Previous Editorials There is a pop-up list of previous editorials at the bottom of each editorial page, but here is a complete menu. New Search Facility WPDFD now has its own search facility and will quickly find all references to any word or phrase you enter. Web Page Design Survey It is interesting to find out what other web designers are using in terms of computers, monitors and browsers.
JPEGs compress smooth images better than images with sharp edges, so you could try smoothing the image slightly before compression (your web graphics application may have a slider to apply this without affecting the original image). This gives a good reduction in file size for little change in quality of the compressed image. JPEGs don't have to contain colour data. So if your image is made up of greys only, save it as a greyscale JPEG and save space by omitting the colour components you don't use.
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Introducing…the baby holster! Sure, you may be terrible in a gun fight, but maybe you could kill 'em with cuteness!
I hope he doesn't have to run anywhere or that baby is toast.
Looks like his gun shoots formula … among other things.
seems wrong to have this next to the tribute to the slain child.
That looks like fun.
Cute as long as it doesn't cut off circulation to the baby's arms.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Where for Art, Thou?
A few Kansas City art notes for the coming months. The Bingham@200 exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum opened this week. George Caleb Bingham was a renowned regional artist and this will be the first of several events celebrating his documentation of life on the plains. The Nelson's exhibit features a selection of Bingham's drawings.
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is currently running Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth, 2000- 2010. Didn't feel like there was a whole lot of global wealth left the later part of the decade, but the photography exhibit will likely prove otherwise.
Enough of flat surfaces? Stop in to the Belger Art Center to see Wendall Castle in the 21st Century. Castle, engineer, sculptor and furniture designer, has pieces in the collections of the Nelson, the Met and the MoMA. See more than a dozen of his designs (sculptures?) here through June 3rd.
And, looking ahead, mark your calendar for the opening of the Monet Water Lilies exhibit. The Nelson's panel will be reunited with the two others from the triptychs beginning April 9th. The single panel is big. The three together should be, well, really, really big. Tickets are required; members are free.
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- Karen @ BonjourBruxelles said...
I love the Nelson. And I would so love to *blink* be there, go to lunch and *blink* myself back.
- March 11, 2011 at 5:20 AM
- TC said...
I remember seeing these three Water Lilies in Cleveland, one of the most memorable exhibits in my life. Seeing the triptychs together was almost overwhelming.
When I clicked on the link to the Nelson about the exhibit, I questioned my memory because the blurb said that this would be the first time the triptychs had been together "in a generation." I thought I must have misremembered because I am not that old. Upon further investigation, the exhibit I attended happened in 1979. Imagine my shock to discover that 1979 truly was a generation ago--seems like yesterday to me.
At any rate, if you live anywhere within a day's drive of the Nelson, make the trip. Like a comet, the triptychs may only appear together once a generation or so, and they are spectacular. - March 11, 2011 at 7:30 PM


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My personal style is a mixture of like girly, throwback, like retro 50s pin-ups, floral like hippies, like anything feminine and like flirty. How much time do you have? I use a lot of Oribe, Sebastian, Bumble Mumble- what else- I use Moroccan oil sometimes. What I've discovered to be more helpful is the Oribe oil. I think that's actually even more effective than just regular Moroccan oil. No offense, Moroccan oil. When I'm having a- like a yucky day, I will just not wear makeup and, you know, I started this new thing last week where I don't wear makeup Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday, Sunday 'cause I shoot on Thursdays and Fridays. Normally, I have to do press and, you know, radio tour and promos and stuff on the other days of the week, but if I don't, I just won't wear any makeup. I'll just throw on some mascara and call it a day because it's just so much better for your skin and I feel so much more comfortable that way. But I have a lot of makeup on right now. I have a good amount of makeup on right now and I feel like a little bit like there's a lot on my face. You know, I like feeling like there's less, but this is awesome too. If I have to get dressed in a hurry I wear something like this. What I love about what I'm wearing right now is that it's floral. I love florals. I love girly paddings. I love florals and it's comfy, it's short, it's flowy, it's bouncy. It moves. It's not too tight. It's not too constricting. It's very free and comfortable and girly. Audrey Hepburn. I would steal her wardrobe or I would go in. I would put it all on at once. I just love how girly she is and classic and feminine and sweet-looking and demure and lady-like she is. I love her so much. The best fashion advice I'd say would be just to do what makes you comfortable and what makes you feel cute and that's how you're gonna look your best 'cause when you feel your best, everybody else can feel it too.
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Sharon Cuneta slams haters on Twitter
-A A +AThursday, March 22, 2012
MEGASTAR Sharon Cuneta is the latest television personality to receive hurtful slurs on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Since she joined the online craze early this year, the seasoned actress is one of the few stars who actually connected to her fans and made time to reply to her followers.
Cuneta would share her deepest thoughts, current reads, must-see movies, photos of her children and sometimes her frustrations.
The megastar let her fans, and those lurking around, see a new side of her, someone who seem accessible to the public and just one tweet away.
But after a few weeks, the TV5 star received below-the-belt remarks from her critics.
The megastar said that her close friend Judy Ann Santos made the right choice not to open her own Twitter account.
"Judai, my sister, I think you are right not to join Twitter," she said.
Bashers started tweeting negative stuff on Cuneta about her and daughter KC Concepcion, which offended the megastar.
"Life is surrounded by people who judge us day in and day out. They will talk about us when we succeed and laugh at us when we fail. They can make or break us, but the secret is to live a humble life that pleases God, not people. For He will exalt you in His perfect time (sic)," read one of Cuneta's response to the negative tweets.
"Since you won't stop bashing me and my daughter and it's all the same to you -- maybe, it's time I talk and tell the whole real story," Cuneta said in another post.
Personal attacks on the actress further pushed her to fight back and be heard.
"Hindi ako plastic. Pag masaya ako, masaya ako. Pag sinabi kong mahal ko, mahal ko. Pag ayaw ko, ayaw ko. At pag galit ako, galit ako," she said.
The megastar said that "haters have always been, and always will be" a insignificant part of her life. And that through her years in the industry, they've always been there trying to put her down.
Her last tweet on Wednesday night was dedicated to her bitter rivals: "Remember, haters never win."
Judy Ann Santos, meanwhile, rushed to the megastar's defense on her latest issue with her Twitter followers.
In one interview, Santos said that Cuneta's reaction to the nasty tweets was normal for a mom who is concerned about her daughter.
She said it is not fair to attack the actress and her daughter because these haters do not know KC and Sharon on a personal level.
She added that these comments could be traced back to KC's critics and her controversial break-up with "Dahil sa Pag-ibig" lead actor Piolo Pascual.
Santos said that Piolo and KC made a decision and everyone should respect it. They are trying to move on and continue with their respective showbiz careers, she added.
The onscreen tandem of Pascual and Santos is being considered as one of the most successful in the local showbiz industry. (Sunnex)
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I have a sunny sloped bank (newly created) that I want to get covered (preferably with a ground cover) in an expeditious manner; i.e. want to mitigate erosion (although the drought appears to be assisting).
Anyways, any recommendations? I have been doing some research and, like always, come up with various conflicting recommendations. What say ye? Thanks everyone . . . |
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Jun 26, 08 at 16:42
Though there are many ground covers out there that will quickly cover the ground - some even during a drought with high heat, the truth is that clumping grasses have the deepest roots of just about anything (including most trees). In order to control erosion you need deep roots. Turf grasses have deep roots during the growing seasons of spring and fall but the roots shrink back during the peak of summer and the depth of winter - even then the deepest they go is like 15 inches while any clumper can have 15 foot roots. Heavy rains will wash out under any standard ground cover regardless of how thick it covers the ground. |
- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (email@example.com) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 11:51
I would agree with John about the deep roots. That said, there are spreading shrubs that CAN handle dry, the ubiquitous spreading junipers among them, much though I feel they are over-planted. The one thing that spreading, low-growing shrubbery does do is dissipate the force of heavy rain as it hits the ground, esp if the plantings are started above the top edge, so the 'wash-out', as it were would be a bit less than if the rain-drops just hit a bare, dirt slope. What about spreading rosemary? It will mound up at about 18-24", but spreads well, rooting where it touches, especially if given some supplemental water. Again, I am not fond of it, since it seems to over-grow plants in my garden that I DO want more, but vinca (the spreading vine [minor NOT major, which is quite a 'thug'], not the summer bedding annual), will grow and take any amount of neglect. I have been trying to get rid of what I got with gifts of more desirable plants, and STILL have it 4 years later, since the roots are intertwined with the other plants' roots. If you planted the grasses first - or planted large ones - so they were well established, then any scrambling ground cover wouldn't overwhelm them. It goes without saying that watering WILL be needed for the first year, at a minimum, for whatever gets planted. And you will still have some weeding to do, of the trees which sprout from seeds, if nothing else. |
Thanks for the information. After some more thought, I think I will go with the grasses idea . . . at least initially and then consider ground covers down the road. Any recommendations on what grass(es) to grow? |
- Posted by wonbyherwits z7 NC (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 19:52
There are many beautiful ornamental grasses. Most of my garden is on a sunny slope and I planted it up with perennials, annuals, grasses and shrubs. However, that makes for more maintenance. My favorite ornamental grass is Miscanthus due to the fountain form factor. I have 'Cosmopolitan' and 'Little Zebra'. 'Morning Light' is beautiful, too. Do you need height? If not height, then there are some clumping fescues. I also have a ground-cover rosemary and I love it. One plant easily covers 4 ft of ground in 2-3 years. It has the same fragrance as the upright. I think my ground cover blooms more than my upright, but I tend to trim the upright a lot for shape to keep it from getting too woody. Lavender works well on a slope due to the drainage. There are spring and summer blooming varieties. They need trimming about twice a year. Cameron Here is the rosemary (1 plant): This was a 3-gallon size Miscanthus 'Cosmopolitan' planted in spring 2007. I should have divided it when I planted it! It will get even taller. This is 'Little Zebra' in front and another to the left of the stepping stones. These get about 3 feet tall. One of my absolute favorites. |
- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (email@example.com) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 23:39
Some attractive, medium height grasses are Pink Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia ?) and Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tenuissima - its name has changed, but I don't remember the new 'correct' name, and it probably can be found under Stipa). Other attractive possibilities are the various "colored" grasses - bluish, variegated or red. I know that purple fountain grass is an annual, but several forms of grass do have red/purple colored leaves for at least part of their life. |
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From: asg ------------------------------------------------------ I=E2=80=99ve got an EdgeRouter Lite running on EPB home network. I=E2=80=99= ve configured the router for an L2TP VPN according to Ubiquiti=E2=80=99s = site but I can=E2=80=99t make a connection. An nmap scan against the = router shows no response from the router on UDP ports 4500, 500, and = 1701. Does EPB block inbound access on the home network? Thanks, -- Stephen Haywood Owner: ASG Consulting 423.305.3700 firstname.lastname@example.com
From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ Well everyone, I am selling my fairly new APU1D4. I moved to Ooltewah, and got the 1 gig service from EPB. Unfortunately, this little APU doesnt have the horsepower to handle a full 1 Gbps throughput. I was routinely seeing about 600 Mbps on the little guy but never could get it above 700 or so. So, I picked up a Lanner FW-8760 off ebay, running an i7 processor and 16 gig ram, and it is able to handle routing traffic at a full 1 Gbps. Thus, I am selling the APU. Its a great unit, with only a few hours of use on it. Runs pfSense like a champ. Just be aware, that it will only be able to route traffic at about 600 Mbps through its WAN interface. Its really low power, at only about 12 watts. I have added several options to this unit that I will sell with it. Here is the full list of goods: APU1D4 main board Black enclosure built for the mainboard Wall wart power supply WLE200NX miniPCI express card capable of 802.11b/g/n Two dual band antennas and pigtails 80 gig Mini-PCIe SSD drive installed I have about $275 invested in the kit, including the SSD. I am asking $225 for the entire kit which is assembled and will come with a clean install of the latest pfSense nightly on it. You can get the details on the APU here: http://store.netgate.com/kit-APU1C4.aspx As well as price shop the accessories I am including with it. If your interested, give me an email at email@example.com and I will send you my phone number.
From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ Hey guys, I am needing to upgrade my access point now that I am on EPB gig service. I am using an APU1D4 running pfSense as my router, so I just need an access point / Bridge for my wireless devices. I'd like to have 802.11ac in both 2.4 and 5 ghz bands. POE would be nice, but not a definate requirement. Doesn't have to be wall/celiing mountable either. Any good recommendations? I'd like to have one that had multiple radios to handle multiple simultaneous devices. I am looking at some of the Ubiquity units, but its in the $280 to $300 price range.
From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ So, in my possibility of moving to Ooltewah, and getting EPB I have a question for the LUG. Does EPB sell/lease IP addresses to their residential customers? I have a /28 at Peace Communications as part of my Colocation, but it would be nice to buy a /29 to use for my home lab, and a some other personal services. I know we have some EPB guys on here, and was hoping someone could give me some insight.
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Found this map of Municipal networks. Several Gigabit connections in North Ga are listed as EPB. Including Flintstone and Wildwood. http://www.muninetworks.org/communitymap
From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ 3+ hours of phone calls and Web Chat=92s (with 4 total people in one sessio= n) with Comcast over basic simple account settings, convinced me to sign up= to EPB.. = I feel like I need a bath. =97Mike--
From: Dan Lyke ------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:41:13 -0400 (EDT) Rod-Lists wrote: > http://community.namecheap.com/blog/2014/09/01/urgent-security-warning-may-affect-internet-users/ So I'm a Namecheap user, and, I'm slightly embarrassed to say, my Namecheap password was one I've used on a few other sites (it's a mid-tier password). Obviously, I instantly went and changed it to something that came from "pwgen 32". Buuuuutttt... I have three password strategies: 1. A few I remember. Obviously this is not something I can use everywhere. 2. A few machines have a "passwords.txt" file in their documents directory. 3. I also have shared Firefox password storage. #3 is awesome, except that Firefox has broken this at least once, so I always feel like that if I lose my laptop drive I could lose everything, *and* I don't actually know how secure things are. #2 is great if I were smart enough to put that file in git, and *then* if I actually trusted that the machine I stored the git repos on wasn't ever going to get compromised. I'm unwilling to use a third party service for this because the cloud is another name for "on someone else's computers at the whims of someone else's security policies", ie: the most nebulous bits of #3. So: What's the right way to put a passphrase on that passwords.txt that'll go into a git repo? Something so that I can update it from multiple places, diffs and merges are all handled reasonably, it's backed up in multiple places, but I'm not exposing my on-line life on exposed hosts? Dan
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Other than Terms Of Service, static IP, and cost(which I have no idea of), what sets EPB Residential offerings for net from commercial net service?
From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ Walked down to Doctor Bldg. Sorry you didn't get to see me! So... whats the "best" remote support solution for iphone? (eg: to tap IN= TO the iphone) I can't find one that offers full remote control w/o jailbreaking, so whats= the next best thing? Looked at Logmein, Teamviewer, Bomgar so far as this is for Mr McTightwad, I'm looking for the most expensive product av= ailable -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 8/14/14, Ed King wrote: Subject: Re: [Chugalug] lunch downtown today? To: "Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group" Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 11:30 AM = maybe.=A0=A0=A0depends on where and when = = = -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 8/14/14, Rod-Lists wrote: = Subject: [Chugalug] lunch downtown today? To: "Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group" Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 10:01 AM = Whole office is on the road. Anyone up for lunch downtown? = = Rod =
From: David White ------------------------------------------------------ I just moved and had a technician come out to do the EPB install (actually he's still here as there might be a problem with the ONT). He tried to tell me that you don't need Cat6 for sustained gig speeds and that the standard EPB install, regardless of the speed you get (I ordered the 100mb, so don't much care). This doesn't sound right to me. I am surprised EPB isn't using Cat6 from the fiber handoff to the RJ45 jack, especially for 1gb orders. Thoughts?
From: Jonathan Calloway ------------------------------------------------------ Begin forwarded message: > From: Linux Journal > Subject: Linux Journal: Awesome Tech Magazine or Extremist Forum? > Date: July 8, 2014 at 8:00:46 AM EDT > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > Reply-To: Linux Journal = >=20 > Linux Journal: Awesome Tech Magazine or Extremist Forum? > =20 >=20 > NSA: Linux Journal is an "extremist forum" and its readers get flagged = for extra surveillance > by Kyle Rankin > A new story published on the German site Tagesschau and followed up by = BoingBoing and DasErste.de has uncovered some shocking details about who = the NSA targets for surveillance including visitors to Linux Journal = itself. >=20 > While it has been revealed before that the NSA captures just about all = Internet traffic for a short time, the Tagesschau story provides new = details about how the NSA's XKEYSCORE program decides which traffic to = keep indefinitely. XKEYSCORE uses specific selectors to flag traffic, = and the article reveals that Web searches for Tor and Tails--software = I've covered here in Linux Journal that helps to protect a user's = anonymity and privacy on the Internet--are among the selectors that will = flag you as "extremist" and targeted for further surveillance. If you = just consider how many Linux Journal readers have read our Tor and Tails = coverage in the magazine, that alone would flag quite a few innocent = people as extremist. >=20 > While that is troubling in itself, even more troubling to readers on = this site is that linuxjournal.com has been flagged as a selector! = DasErste.de has published the relevant XKEYSCORE source code, and if you = look closely at the rule definitions, you will see = linuxjournal.com/content/linux* listed alongside Tails and Tor. = According to an article on DasErste.de, the NSA considers Linux Journal = an "extremist forum". This means that merely looking for any Linux = content on Linux Journal, not just content about anonymizing software or = encryption, is considered suspicious and means your Internet traffic may = be stored indefinitely. >=20 > One of the biggest questions these new revelations raise is why. Up = until this point, I would imagine most Linux Journal readers had = considered the NSA revelations as troubling but figured the NSA would = never be interested in them personally. Now we know that just visiting = this site makes you a target. While we may never know for sure what it = is about Linux Journal in particular, the Boing Boing article speculates = that it might be to separate out people on the Internet who know how to = be private from those who don't so it can capture communications from = everyone with privacy know-how. If that's true, it seems to go much = further to target anyone with Linux know-how. >=20 > It's bad news to all of us who use and read about Linux on a daily = basis, but fortunately we aren't completely helpless. Earlier in the = year I started a series on security, privacy and anonymity in my Hack = and / column that included articles on how to use the Tor browser bundle = and Tails. With either piece of software in place, you can browse Linux = Journal (and the rest of the Internet) in private. >=20 > Read this and other privacy-related stories at LinuxJournal.com. >=20 > A Bundle of Tor > Tails above the Rest: the Installation > Tails above the Rest, Part II > Are you an extremist? > Dolphins in the NSA Dragnet > Are you an extremist? > Get the T-Shirt! > Get the T-Shirt by itself or take advantage of our special (and = temporary) offer and get a 1-year subscription with your shirt for just = $10 more! >=20 >=20 >=20 > Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook > Copyright =A9 2013 Linux Journal, All rights reserved. > Our mailing address is: > Linux Journal > 2121 Sage Road, Ste 395 > Houston, TX 77056 > If you do not wish to receive further e-mails regarding Linux Journal = products, please visit: = http://linuxjournalservices.com/portal/unsubscribe/?V77Dxgls%2FB0Xo8NsY%2B= qzRuMrEAEQbeqSA.=20 > =20 >=20
From: David White ------------------------------------------------------ This is a bit OT, but I will ask it anyway. I went to a client's office first thing this morning due to internet being "down". I quickly determined it was a DNS issue. The client didn't have their login to their D-Link router. I reset to defaults, rebuilt the network, and upgraded firmware. Internet was working again for somefolks. 20 minutes later, some folks were down. I took out my spare Linksys router, built the network on that, plugged everything in. Everything worked. 10-15 minutes later, some (but not all) users already reporting issues again. I determined everytime a PC was "down" that for some reason its primary DNS server was set to 192.168.15.1 (which was pushed to it by the router). That was a Cisco device (I checked) obviously managed by EPB - basically the next hop from the client's router, although the external IP address was correctly assigned to the client's router. (The client's network was 192.168.0.0/24 by the way) I told the client even before I arrived that I had to be out by 10:00am sharp. Under a time crunch, and nearing 10:30, I finally just went around to eaxh machine and manually entered 184.108.40.206 as the primary DNS server (and yes, I assigned Google's DNS servers to both the d-link and then the spare linksys router too). But for some reason that stupid 192.168.15.1 address kept getting assigned via DHCP as the DNS server. Ultimately, this sounds like an issue EPB needs to deal with. Thoughts? Am I missing something obvious? Issues started happening a few days ago...
From: Joseph Simoneau ------------------------------------------------------ That's an interesting idea, rob. But, given what's been happening over the last couple years and the history of what happened to the POTS controls, do you really think ANYBODY would go for that? I just want somebody other than Comcast to come to my apartment so I can threaten them with switching if they try to charge me for not fixing something again. -js On May 18, 2014 11:02 AM, "Rod" wrote: > Which is why I have thought since the 90's that cities should run fiber to > home the rent it out to comcast, charter, epb etc. > Unlike water pipes fiber can handle more than one utility. > > On Sun, 18 May 2014 10:33:41 -0400, Robert A. Kelly III firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > On 05/17/2014 11:31 PM, Rod wrote: >> >>> http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/05/understanding-the-new-battle- >>> over-net-neutrality/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 17 May 2014 18:16:09 -0400, Robert A. Kelly III >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 05/12/2014 09:21 AM, Rod wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shouldn't we push the FCC to redifine broadband as common carrier. They >>>>> CAN do that. >>>>> >>>> >>>> What exactly are the implications of redefining it as common carrier? Is >>>> this a good way to protect net neutrality? >>>> >>> >> That was an interesting read. On the surface it sounds like classifying >> broadband as common carrier would be a good thing. But then it sounds >> like there is some provision requiring ISPs to allow others to use their >> network, something along the lines of having Mediacom run lines to my >> home but being able to choose Comcast as my ISP, but I'm not sure how >> that sort of arrangement would work. It sounds like there is some >> concern that this would remove incentive from ISPs to build out >> infrastructure, which is something we would clearly rather encourage. So >> I'm still not sure if reclassifying broadband is a good solution. >> >>
From: Rod ------------------------------------------------------ Which is why I have thought since the 90's that cities should run fiber to home the rent it out to comcast, charter, epb etc. Unlike water pipes fiber can handle more than one utility. On Sun, 18 May 2014 10:33:41 -0400, Robert A. Kelly III wrote: > On 05/17/2014 11:31 PM, Rod wrote: >> http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/05/understanding-the-new-battle-over-net-neutrality/ >> >> >> On Sat, 17 May 2014 18:16:09 -0400, Robert A. Kelly III >> wrote: >> >>> On 05/12/2014 09:21 AM, Rod wrote: >>>> >>>> Shouldn't we push the FCC to redifine broadband as common carrier. >>>> They >>>> CAN do that. >>> >>> What exactly are the implications of redefining it as common carrier? >>> Is >>> this a good way to protect net neutrality? > > That was an interesting read. On the surface it sounds like classifying > broadband as common carrier would be a good thing. But then it sounds > like there is some provision requiring ISPs to allow others to use their > network, something along the lines of having Mediacom run lines to my > home but being able to choose Comcast as my ISP, but I'm not sure how > that sort of arrangement would work. It sounds like there is some > concern that this would remove incentive from ISPs to build out > infrastructure, which is something we would clearly rather encourage. So > I'm still not sure if reclassifying broadband is a good solution. > >
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Edcamp's are wonderful unconferences where teachers and others who care about learning gather together and spontaneously share questions and answers in sessions that are determined on the morning of the event. I recently found out about this edcamp taking place in Chatt. "The first edcamp in Chattanooga, TN, will be held August 23, 2014. Free. All invited. Follow at @ edcampGigCity " Thanks for spreading the word to anyone you know who would be interested in attending. phil If you know folks in Atlanta who might want to attend, it's possible to reserve a round trip Megabus ticket for that day for a grand total of $8. If a person is able to travel on Friday, August 22, 2014 -- the round trip ticket to Chatt would be $2. -- Phil Shapiro, firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
From: Aaron welch ------------------------------------------------------ Thought that was part of the Terenine debacle. -AW On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Rod wrote: > I tried to view a video and got this page. > http://admin.brightcove.com/connect
From: Unkmar ------------------------------------------------------ Don't forget tomorrow is pi day. Be there or be tau. :) On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Rod wrote: > A little heresy to discuss Friday. > > No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto by Michael Hartl > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69YH5TnNXI > > > On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:25:45 -0500, Rod wrote: > > Unkmar called the location. >> Be there or be square. >> >> >> > > -- > Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >
From: AverageSecurityGuy ------------------------------------------------------ I=92m sure that EPB does caching on its network but I=92ve not seen = anything like this before. If you go to http://126.96.36.199/ then you = will get Google=92s home page. If you go to https://188.8.131.52/ then = Firefox complains that the cert is only for *.google.com. Is this = typical caching behavior or is EPB, MiTM Google? -- Stephen Haywood Owner, ASG Consulting CISSP, OSCP 423.305.3700 asgconsulting.co
From: Luke Prince ------------------------------------------------------ Rod, check out https://www.ingress.com/ and http://www.oculusvr.com/ . Another good looking AR project using the Rift is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHscTRpz5WQ , although not strictly mobile. Let me know what you think. > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:38:36 -0500 > From: Rod > To: "firstname.lastname@example.com" > Subject: [Chugalug] Looking for case studies > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > On what is being done with user points and/or persistent gaming ala > enhanced reality style. > I have a web/mobile game app idea. > > Any help on finding documentation on these subjects would be appreciated. > > -- > Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > >
From: David White ------------------------------------------------------ Let's take a poll. Who has experience with pfSense? I spoke with a (tech savvy) board member of a local nonprofit early last year about moving their organization off of a different (closed source) firewall onto pfSense, and he expressed concern that if I went away, not many others in Chattanooga know pfSense. If I had to guess, several of you know it. I know that I know others here who know it. That said, I've just sent an email to the assistant director (and the exec. director) over there, making another recommendation and push for pfSense. I did a network analysis, and have never been able to get more than 45mbps with their current box to the outside world, although they have EPB (and bypassing the firewall, I was able to get 115mbps on my laptop, even though they're paying for 100mbps). The throughput of their current box (Watchguard XTM 23) is 40mbps for when services are running (VPN, WebBlocker, etc...), and 195mbps when those services aren't running. The Watchguard box only has 256mb of RAM. I'm making a recommendation to purchase an embedded, fanless system 1.8ghz system with 2GB of RAM, and let me install pfSense onto an SSD. Does anyone have specific experience in regards to pfSense throughput on similar hardware when a few different services are running such as VPN and SquidGuard (which I'll use for web filtering - they run a student computer lab)? I'm almost certain I'll be able to increase their throughput up to the amount EPB is giving them, but I wanted to run it by you guys and make sure I'm not crazy. -- David White Founder & CEO *Develop CENTS * Computing, Equipping, Networking, Training & Supporting Nonprofit Organizations Worldwide http://developcents.com 423-693-4234


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Amex cardholders using Foursquare will get discounts from merchants.
An American Express program on Foursquare stands to give the geo-location "check-in" service a big boost.
American Express and Foursquare, in a statement today, said "couponless specials" will be offered to consumers who buy services or products at participating merchants.
Under the program, a person would check in at a merchant who is offering a discount on Foursquare, buy a service or product, pay with her American Express card, and then receive the discount on her Amex statement.
At launch, participating merchants are H&M, Sports Authority, and four restaurants owned by the New York City-based Union Square Hospitality Group. An Amex cardholder who spends $75 at H&M, for instance, will receive a $10 credit.
Executives from American Express said they expect the program will "expand rapidly to include additional national and local merchant offers in the coming weeks and months."
Foursquare will not receive revenue from American Express, according to reports. However, its association with American Express could increase the number of people who actively use Foursquare, which claims to have 10 million members. And that could be key to the future of Foursquare, which has been facing increasing competition from rivals that include Facebook, Google, and Groupon.
Tristan Walker, Foursquare's business development director, said the program will help merchants determine the value of its Amex-Foursquare promotions. Metrics that merchants can track include impressions, check-ins, and "loads," which he defined as the special offers that are uploaded to a cardholder's account. He emphasized that Foursquare will not have access to cardholder account information or personally identifiable information, but potentially will be able to obtain metrics about consumer response to offers, broken down by merchants.
People who use Foursquare typically "check in" when they visit a location, such as a business, landmark, or other place. And some businesses offer virtual badges or discounts to people on Foursquare, using the service to reward loyal customers or attract new business.
American Express worked with Foursquare on a trial basis in March at SXSW in Austin, TX. At that time, American Express awarded $5 credits to cardholders who checked in at a venue participating in the promotion.
American Express does not rule out rolling out this program to Facebook or other sites. "We're very close partners with Facebook and they are a good platform to present these types of deals," said Luke Gebb, VP, global network marketing at American Express. "We don't have anything to announce, but that's a great example of what we want to do."
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Chinatown/Convention Center
Hotel Monaco, DC
Washington, D.C., 20004, United States
Construction on this property was completed in 1866 by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument; before it was a hotel, it originally opened as the city's first General Post Office. Since then, it has been deemed a National Historic Landmark, and was renovated by the Kimpton group in 2002. The marble four-story structure, located in Penn Square, contains 183 guestrooms, of which 14 are suites. This boutique property is pet-friendly, with complimentary Evian for dogs, water bowls, and maps of optimal local dog walks; or for those who left their pet at home, "guppy service" is offered, a goldfish brought to the room upon request.
Room to Book:
With 20-foot vaulted ceilings and 600 square feet of space, the Robert Mills corner suites on the third floor are twice the size of other suites.
Insider Tip:
Stop by the lobby between 5 and 6 p.m. for a daily complimentary wine tasting with a monthly rotating selection of varietals focusing on one white and one red. Beer is also available.
Open / Closes- Accessible by Public Transportation
- Business Center
- Concierge
- Dry Cleaning
- Family Friendly
- Gym/Fitness Center
- Green/Eco-Friendly
- Handicapped Accessible
- Kids' Programs
- Luxury Boutique Hotel
- Laundry Service
- Meeting Room
- Parking Available
- Pet Friendly
- Room Service
- WiFi
Number of Rooms: 183
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