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Good morning ladies,
I see Alabama and I are on the site at the same time. Not sure which one of us will end up opening for the week.
Congratulations on Cody's win, Angii. Glad you had a good trip. Hope you slept better last night.
My project yesterday afternoon ended up being trying to take pictures of the birds outside my office window but they are camera shy. They kept flying off every time I picked up the camera. That and they just refused to hold a pose.
Mowing on tap for today after the fog burns off and the grass dries. The monster hedge is growing like crazy so guess that will need to be done sooner than later. I was hoping we could get our tree trimming guy in to cut it back to a manageable size but that hasn't happened yet. So it will be hateful project again this year. If we don't get to it soon, it will be blooming and full of bees. We won't even attempt trimming it then. Have to wait for the flowers to die so the bees to go away. Still have to get a several more flats of annuals and get them planted, weed again and finish mulching. Then on to trimming shrubbery. I was hoping to have it all done before June but the weather just isn't cooperating this year. Spring house cleaning will actually be summer house cleaning since DD and family are coming the end of July or early August. SIL is allergic to lots of things but especially cats so I will need to deep clean and scrub everything good just before he comes to visit. I am too lazy to do it twice. So that will be my July project in addition to keeping up with the yards. Need to fit remodeling DH's bath room in there sometime too. We bought a new shower and wallpaper for it the other month but still waiting for DH to have time to install the shower before I can do the walls. We are getting into one of his busy seasons again so not sure when we'll get to that project. Also want to remodel the laundry room/back porch, the sun room, our bedroom and the guest room. When all of that and DH's office and workshop are done I will think about living the "retired life". Something tells me I am going to run out of time before I run out of things that I want to get done.
DH is up and moving so have to go.
Have a great day.
Thanks for opening Di, I started the thread for Sisters and then when I went to start here It wouldn't let me so I went away for a while and then came back. I don't know whether it's me or Prevention that is giving me a hard time . LOL
I'll be back later . We have to take our son to work. and then I need to finished my workout.
Good morning, all,
Big congrats to Cody, Angii, and so glad you had an awesome weekend!
Dianna, I have to laugh every time you use the word "lazy" in connection with yourself. It sounds more practical than lazy to me, especially with all the outdoor work you want to get done now.
Bama, glad you had a good weekend with your DD and GD. The Hamburger Wagon looks like fun. Sometimes I think it would be neat to have a food truck.
YAH, lovely picture of your niece's yard--looks like a great place to relax and hang out. The Lake Superior picture doesn't even look real! I'm sorry about the losses at work. Sending hugs to you.
I'd love to have my old marbles, Sue. (Yes, you can totally say I've lost my marbles!) They are so pretty--besides playing with them, I used to like to just look at them and sort them into categories. Maybe I'll have to check eBay for a bag of them, just for fun. Nice duck pic.
Yay on the yard sale, Barb! Hope you slept well last night and are all caught up on your rest.
My yard sale participation fizzled. Fri. night, I got a text from DD's MIL saying it was postponed till Sunday. Then Sat. morning she texted again, saying it was on, but by then DH had plans so I was home with DA. DD said it was a disaster anyway, not many shoppers, and not even close to worth the amount of work and time that they put into it, so she wasn't about to try again on Sunday. Sunday DD and SIL came here and put the first coat of paint on the stable building, so I got to feed them lunch and dinner, so that was fun for me.
Lots to do today, especially since I've got a pact with Sue to finish one decluttering project this month, and the month is over halfway done already. Time to paint the front steps, too.
Have a great day, everyone!
Morning ladies. I slept much much better last night. I have no idea what if anything I dreamed. When the alarm went off I felt like I had only been asleep for a few hours and not the whole night.
I am starting a challenge with Herbalife today where I have to invite 100 people a day for 7 day to get a free wellness evaluation. I printed everything up last week, and will head out somewhere after the dogpark to get them done. If the rule of averages works correctly, I should get 2 new clients/customers for every 100 people. SO that is 14 new customer's. Which means if I do that consitantly, I can stay home! Since there is NOTHING out their job wise that doesn't have weekend work. I don't want to work on the weekends. I have worked to hard with hubby to get where we are in racing and everything else to not be able to be there.
Well I better run if I am going to stick to my schedule today.
Morning ladies,
Oh Angii, I am doing my YIPPITY SKIPPITY dance for you and a BIG CONGRATS to Cody. I am so happy for you both. Yikes on that ride home and HUGS on that night's sleep. Thanks so much for the pics, I will look forward to looking at them.
Oh Dianna, thanks so much for the chuckle this a.m. with the whole paragraph on your project for yesterday afternoon, but particularly the "They kept flying off every time I picked up the camera. That and they just refused to hold a pose." I read the whole paragraph to Chuck and he laughed too.
Good luck with the mowing today and on that monster hedge again, that is one big one. Oh yikes on the bees, I am very allergic so I avoid them.
Your Summer house cleaning if it's in August could count as Fall housecleaning Dianna. Wow on the bathroom remodel too, sounds like a very busy Summer for you both.
Sorry about the Prevention issues Bama. Hope you got your son to work and I already know you got that workout in.
Molasses, LOL well I have "lost my marbles too" and like yourself I love to look at them too and touch and feel them. Yes, and I was a real good player back in my early years and used to win a lot of marbles. LOL
Glad you enjoyed my duckies that visit me.
Sorry about the yard sale. And good for you on our pact. We got ours done but hoping to get a second one done this month too.
Angii, glad you slept better last night. Wishing you all the best with the Herbalife challenge and sending lots of positive vibes your way.
Well I am off to eat, workout and make some calls, etc plus get ready for my doctor's appointment tomorrow, YUCK.....
Well back again, Son is at work my workout is finished and shower all done and cleaned up and ready for what ever comes my way. Dh is mowing and I think that is about all we have planned . Trying to get him to go to Menards or Lowes for some shelving for the Garage . I have some things that I could store out there .
Angii, congrats on winning . I haven't looked at the pictures on Facebook yet but I will soon. Glad you all had a great time.
Mo sorry your garage sale didn't work out and yes they are a lot of work and sometimes not worth all the work you have to put into them. Luckily we only have them on one day and then only until noon. You would never see a garage sale on Sunday in Alabama. The Southern Mamas wouldn't allow that . Dh needs to go get gas . My son had our gas can on his front porch for us to pick up and someone stoled it so we had to buy another one . Was shocked at the price of them.
I stopped at the used book store which is right by the gas station . Very interesting . They will allow 25% of the cover price if they accept the book you bring in only give you credit towards more books . Books are half price the cover price and if you have credit another half of that price . Not a bad deal I thought . I have a lot of books in Bama that I will probably bring up as the price would be better than a garage sale price. Oh they have to be10 years and younger .
Well I have been writing this all morning
Grass is cut and now settling down for a quiet afternoon .
Here's a lovely slideshow (she sent in an email, but only good way to put all pics up was to put in slideshow) compliments of YAH,
Just sending a few cute pansies your way to say HI today! Sorry can't really post much as I think I'm going bed very soon. Got called in this morning and I work tomorrow. Older son came out with his deep fryer and made some trout for Dh with it so I had a few pieces when I got home. I did want to fry lightly some with onions but they did the whole bunch I guess We'll get more I'm sure someday. I know Tues. will be busy and it was SO hot at work, I think it had something to do with thermostat being funny in there as it was overly hot! Anyway, takes a lot out of you.
Congrats to Cody Angii! Sounds like a very fun time for all of you and I'm sure he had a Happy Birthday also
Di, you do so much so you should get a day of rest I was brought up like that also, church, visit and don't do anything but those things you Had to do, like milk the cows etc. I think that monster hedge looks scary to do!
Bama, glad you enjoyed your GD and sorry about the gas can to and sounds like a nice place to get books from also.Hope you find a car soon to
Sue, love bird pic's and that is a real nice bright one of the blue jay I see a lot of the residents have some flowers from their kids I guess. Today I had a little time to talk to some of them between dryers Enjoy your evening to!
Mo, nice to have painters there I'm still waiting for some here. At least son took the rollaway bed home when he was out here so will have springs under the mattress he has over there in case of overnight guests
Hoping the weather has been nice for you all? Was cool this morning but got warmer but very windy and its pretty windy and cloudy now so not sure whats in store. Hope you all have a nice evening or night! C U, Yah
Waiting for it to warm up a little so I can head out and get busy weeding. Last week's heavy rain washed away the mulch in my big flower bed and now it's full of tiny weeds. The ground is still really wet but if I don't get them pulled they are going to take over the bed before long. I'd like to get that bed and one of the other bigger ones mulched today. Thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow so hopefully it doesn't wash away again. Got the mowing done yesterday so that's out of the way for this week. Hope to buy more plants when we go shopping tomorrow. Will plant them Thursday, weather permitting and hopefully finish mulching the flower beds. Then it will be on to mulching the paths. That's all unless we attack the monster hedge this week. That takes at least two full days of trimming and cleaning up. The bugs are horrendous this year, not looking forward to fighting with them all summer. If it ever dries out, I have some staining to do on the deck, the back steps and the fences. The stain didn't hold last year for some reason. I am guessing dampness. No big outdoor projects this summer, just general upkeep this year. So, maybe we can get back to some of the indoor projects.
I crashed and burned last night. Tried reading a book last evening but I was out cold before 9:30. I saw this morning that DH and DD were emailing back and forth and I missed it all.
Starting week 12 of the elimination diet this week. I added some foods back in to my diet last week and the pain was awful. Back to the strict routine and feeling much better this week. Wish I could figure out exactly what causes the pain but I haven't been able to pin point it. When I add something in it often has more than one of the eliminated foods in it so I don't know which one is the "bad food". I am almost 100% sure that cheese and processed meats are on my no no list. I can eat gluten once in a blue moon and get away with it but can't eat it on a regular basis. I think eggs are okay for me and I seem to be able to eat salad dressings with soybean oil in it. Sugar is a huge mood changer for me. One small piece of chocolate candy and I get really cranky the next day. I think water makes a big difference in my scale. I've been drinking more this week and it seems to be making a difference. The book says not to drink much water with your meals but that doesn't seem to work for me. I think I need it to lose weight.
Sorry about the call in yesterday, YAH. Hope you get some days off soon.
Hope your painting projects go well, Molasses. As I said earlier it's been too wet here to stain or paint outside. How's your garden coming along? Sorry the garage sale fizzled.
Garage/yard sales usually are Friday and Saturday in this area but some run Thursday through Sunday. We are limited to either one or two a year in our township. I am not sure which it is since it changed after they started requiring a permit. Probably at least 20 years since I've been a part of one. I don't go to them since I feel like I have to buy something to be polite and I don't need anymore stuff sitting around.
Thanks for sharing the slideshow, YAH and Sue. Very nice.
Good luck with your challenge, Angii. Hope you get enough steady customers to make it your full time job. Nicer to have a job that you enjoy than one just to pay the bills.
Sounds like a good plan on the books, Alabama. You can't even give them away at sales around here. People make them $1 a box and they still don't move. That really stinks about the gas can. We were shocked by the price the other year too.
I had to pick up marbles with my toes as part of my PT years ago. Not sure whatever became of them. Maybe you can find some at a Dollar Store, Molasses.
Hi Barb, anything coming up in your yard yet? It will be exciting to find all of those treasures that you didn't know you had since you were there last spring.
Well Dh is up so I'd better go.
Have a great day everyone.
Good morning, WOWsters,
I got my front and side porches painted yesterday, but then it sprinkled a bit in the evening so I'm hoping that didn't hurt them. There was no rain in the forecast till tonight so I wasn't very happy about that.
I bid on a bag of vintage marbles on eBay, but we'll see if I get them as I don't intend to raise the bid and there are still a few days left. It was fun just to look at all the pictures (thousands of listings on eBay), but then I imagined them piled in a Mason jar and really wanted them for my very own!
Bummer on the chocolate, Dianna, and the cheese. I haven't found any migraine triggers yet, except maybe peanuts, but have gotten headaches even without peanuts, so will test that one more time when I get brave. Dairy definitely gives me a bloated, gurgling belly so it has to really be worth it, like the occasional delicious GF pizza. There's a list of things I try to avoid just out of general principles, like GMOs, processed wheat, most vegetable oils, unsoaked nuts, etc. so eating out or at someone else's house is tough, but it's easy enough at home.
Good luck with all your weeding and mulching. My garden is coming along. The pea plants are 6-8" high, but no blossoms yet. All the new strawberries I planted are doing well. I put in almost all the seedlings I started in the house, so almost all the beds are filled now. I do still have some seeds to plant, more than I have room for, but some can wait till the pea plants get pulled out. Next project will be to mulch around the plants with grass clippings to keep the weeding down.
Thanks for the pretty pansies, YAH! Sorry you got called in yesterday but hope your day goes well today and your energy holds up. Yum--trout and onions sounds like heaven--hope you get a new batch soon!
Thanks for the slideshow, Sue; will have to check it out a little later. Wishing you luck with your doctor's appointment today. Love the bluejay photo. My grampa always said they are nasty birds, but they are so pretty, I like to see them in my yard anyway.
Bummer on the gas can, Bama. Some people have a lot of nerve, don't they? The book store does sounds like a good deal, especially if you haven't bought your books at full price anyway.
Good luck with your challenge, Angii!
Good morning, Barb.
I'd better get moving--lots to do again today. Happy, happy Tuesday, WOWsters!
Not feeling too great this a.m., feel like I have an elephant sitting on my chest...gas from last night's dinner, took 2 gas pills last night and some Tums and still here this a.m.
Off to breakfast and to get ready.
Hi ladies,
Kind of a dreary drizzly day around here. I finally loaded everything up to run over to the Laundromat with my kingsize quilts (they won't fit in my mini washer & dryer). Turned right around and came back because the parking lot was full. I am not waiting around for a large washing machine! Oh well. Maybe later today.
It's too wet to go dig in the garden but I need to get busy on that. I have no clue what I'm doing since I haven't had a garden in years and certainly not one in this zone. I did notice that strawberries were starting to come up. I guess I will do a little research today. Right now I have lots of daffodils blooming. Some poppies are starting to come up and I think my purple cone flowers. I'm not pulling anything that I'm not 100% sure it's a weed since I don't know what all has been planted. Just thankful for all the perennials.
Hope you feel better soon, Sue. Yuck on the call in YAH. Hope it is a little cooler for you today. I hate the heat and couldn't imagine working in it. I would be wringing wet! Keep thinking cool big lake thoughts.
Wow, you seem to be really limited on foods, Dianna. I'm glad you get some relief from the pain though.
Hi Bama, Angii & Molasses. I'd better go get something accomplished. Have a great day!
Morning ladies. I finally found a place yesterday that let me hand out the invites. Walmart of all places,,, I am going back there on Friday. So I have a couple of days covered anyway. Now I just need to find a place today and tomorrow and Thursday. Saturday I will hit the farmer's market, and I am not sure where I will go on Sunday, but maybe to a park or something since we are supposed to have a good weekend weather wise, as well as it is a long weekend.
Sue, I am sorry you are not feeling well, and I hope the appointment goes well.
Di, I hope the rain doesn't wash away the mulch if you get that done.
Barb, sounds like an exciting adventure trying to figure out what all is in your garden!
Bama, hope all is well there,
Yah, sorry about the call in. I hope today isn't too bad.
Mo, I have discovered that sugar is a trigger for me for my migraines. So I need to learn to curb my sweet tooth.
Well I am off to look for a place to hand out my invites.
Back for a while but had to get all my "stuff" I take put away and then do my mail and by then it was comic and crackers. More tomorrow....barnacles were great and got another taken off but BP not good at all....so kind of scared, upset and depressed.
Angii, check your email I had an idea for you!
Thanks too Barb and Angii about thoughts on my behalf.
Well off to nap time,
Only a minute to say Good Morning and Hope you day will be blessed.
Busy day for me and I want to get started or actually I have . I am a morning person so will be back later when I am finished cleaning house.
Glad the skin check went well but sorry your BP was up, Sue. Hopefully it was just nerves and you'll have a good reading next time it is checked.
Glad your Walmart will allow you to hand out flyers, Angii. I hope you can find more places that allow it. Have you considered walking around your neighborhood (and others) leaving them at people's houses? Many years ago in real estate that was called farming. I used to leave a monthly news letter. I don't think it's done much these days though. Are there any vendor fairs in your area that you can take part in? Does your area have health fairs? I would think that you would fall in that category.
Sounds like your garden is coming along nicely, Molasses.
Barb, it sounds like you are having a nice adventure discovering what is planted in you yard. We dug out three plants yesterday that I had left go because I wasn't sure if they were lilies or weeds. They started to bloom this week and they weren't lilies.
Happy house cleaning, Alabama. Wish I could get an early start on my cleaning but there is only one morning person in this house. But that also means there is only one night owl and it isn't me. I can't seem to stay awake much after 9:30 recently. I'll have to check online to see who won Dancing with the Stars last night. I got board with it and switched to something else. Figured I'd go back for the last ten minutes of the show but by then I was sleep and missed it.
We worked outside most of the day yesterday. Got the south yard weeded and the big flower bed and some other things mulched in the lower half . Still have the upper flower bed and some shrubbery to mulch. It's been raining most of the night so no outside work today. It's errand day anyway.
Scale is still going down. Not sure what's different but I'll take it. After being stuck for weeks, I've lost a pound every day for the past 4 days. I know a lot of it is fluid but I don't care. I'll take anyway.
Not much else doing here. Have a great day all.
Well until I get to my primary and get my BP meds changed my workouts are suspended. My BP was way way up there yesterday (208/132 on my right side and 194/125 on my left). They did use one of those wrist cuffs one which my body for some reason doesn't like anything but the old fashioned scope and cuff but they didn't have that. Also the "elephant on my chest gas" I had from the dinner the night befoe I am sure didn't help. But not taking any changes. I should be able to walk but will start that tomorrow.
So no workout last night and won't be one today other than real life stuff, as i will be cleaning.
Also will be calling the primary office to see if I should start taking another Diovan till I see her. I have my blood tests tomorrow and once those are done I will call for an appointment. I will be so happy when we can get a BP machine again.
Well off to do my morning checks and then my Wednesday dusting and then more cleaning in the computer room.
Have a nice day,,
Morning, WOWsisters,
Sounds like you have a nice flower garden, Barb, with some good cutting flowers to brighten up the house. Hope you got your comforters washed.
I'm sorry you weren't feeling well, Sue; hope that was the cause of the higher BP and you are back to normal now.
Wish sugar was a migraine trigger for me, Angii! Actually, I'm doing fairly well taming the sugar monster, although not by giving up sweets, just by shifting to other sweeteners. Hope you found some other places to hand out your flyers.
Have fun with your house cleaning, Bama. I am not a fan of the process, but I sure like the results.
Yay on the scale, Dianna! And good luck with your errands.
Our cat, Piper, died yesterday. She was very old (we had her about 16 years and she was a few years old when she got here) and could barely see or hear. The last few months she'd been using the floor instead of the litter box, but she was still eating and getting around. Monday she seemed slower than usual and then yesterday she didn't eat her breakfast. By late afternoon, she was gone. She had a good long life and a pretty easy passing, so I can't complain, but it's still sad to lose her.
I returned my cute, trendy glasses to Lenscrafters last night. I think it was my last day under the 90 Day Guarantee. They weren't too happy about it, but they did take them back and give me a full refund. DH said afterward that he should start a business called "Rent an A$*&^%#." They tried to get me to get the glasses adjusted and give them another shot, but he kept saying, "she just wants her money back," in a tone of voice that suggested he was on the edge of losing his temper. I wanted to ask why they didn't just adjust them for me properly in the first place if that was the problem (which I don't think it was--I just don't have the right kind of nose for the glasses without nose pads). When I picked the glasses up, the guy couldn't have been much less helpful. Anyway. . . now I'll have to get another pair, but not today.
Today might be a good day to do my grocery shopping and errands, so I'd better go eat my breakfast.
Have a good day~
Morning ladies. I didn't really find any good place yesterday, I ended up going to the dogpark while dinner was in the oven, so I didn't get all 100 out yesterday. I figure what I don't get out this week, I will make up for on Friday at WM. I spent way too much time at the bank trying to get new debit cards. Apparently, they captured them (blocked them from use) but didn't send out new ones. SO I waited 2 weeks (10 business days) and I hadn't seen them, So I went into the main branch here, and they actually issued them to me there, but man oh man it was a pain in the rear. I actually think that I am going to file a complaint against the lady who helped me. She was kinda snappy and rude, and I felt like I was being treated like a child. I don't have the same pin # for all of my cards, and I like it like that, so when we went to create the pin, I asked for which account, and she said, well you can do it the same for all of them. I told her No, I like to have different pins for different accounts so should somebody happen to guess my pin #, they won't be able to access all my accounts. I felt like I was bothering her, and that is so not how I usually feel.
Mo, sorry to hear about your kitty. Sounds like she had a good long life! And I am sorry about the issues with the lens crafters store. I hope you can find some glasses that are cute and fit correctly.
Sue, I am sorry about your blood pressure issues, and the no work outs. I know how much you love them.
Bama, I am not a morning person. I can be, but I would much rather sleep in, however on the weekends when we can, it still seems like we are up early.
Di, sounds like you got a lot done yesterday. I hope the weather holds out for you to get more done.
Hi Barb and Yah, I hope you guys have a great Wednesday. I better run and go find a place to hand out my invites today.
Back from running errands, groceries are put away and lunch is over. Didn't buy any plants today after all. Pouring rain and the special price was over on the one's that I wanted. I'll check on Friday at the farmers market and a new greenhouse that we found last week. They have beautiful plants at great prices but Molly rode along so we didn't buy much that day. Want to go back when I can take my time to really take it all in instead of hurrying so she isn't alone in the car too long in the heat.
We are under a flood watch again so no outside work anymore today. DH is working on the church and ambulance newsletters and I think I am going to make myself a pot of chicken and rice soup. I made it with carrots, celery and spinach the other week and it was pretty good if I do say so myself. DH asked for pancakes and sausage for supper so he can have that and I'll have some soup. Comfort food for both of us.
Hugs and sorry to hear about your cat, Molasses. I know you will miss her but it sounds like she had a nice long life with you. Glad your hubby was along to use "the tone" to get your refund for your glasses. Like you said, doesn't make sense that they wanted to adjust them now but didn't offer before. Hope you find something that you like elsewhere.
Sorry about the hassle with the bank, Angii. Geesh, you'd think that they would encourage different pin numbers for your accounts not treat you poorly about wanting different numbers for each account.
Hope your cleaning is all done and you have you feet up by now, Alabama.
Better go get the soup going or I won't have it done in time for supper.
Hi there! Just a pop in for now since I'm way behind on things. Did get called in after all today although I had declined it for the lady who is taking the whole week off. Another lady had called in. so I work the rest of the week to. Guess some family thing happening for the one lady I was called in for Mon. for also. Luckily I got some cards out earlier as my best cousin friend's bday was yesterday and son and DIL's 3rd anniversary today.
Haven't got to catch up to much yet on posts either. Just get on to check emails and check messages etc. on FB and seems I am done and tired out from that! Need to take a shower and wash some clothes also. Now the sun is shining for a while but the clouds keep on coming and looking bad once in a while so I guess, chance of rain to. Its 60 degree's at least but with cooler wind. Was really raining on Tues. morning when I went work. Well, I hope you all have been enjoying your days and getting some outside stuff done to and I just saw about your cat Mo. I'm sure she enjoyed her life with you all BBL, Yah
Well soon it will be sleepy time as it goes SO fast! Di, I hope you can eat more food and not get the bad reactions from it. You sure are doing great on that elimination diet though! Sorry about the rain and flooding. Seems this weird weather is going on everywhere! Just getting a few buds on tree but if it gets cold again? No grass cutting here for a while yet
Sue, so sorry about the b/p and all and do not like that elephant on your chest at all!! You take care and don't even clean to hard until you find out more ok? I'm good at talking but not good at doing either but hopefully you can get that b/p down. Mine is up sometimes but not enough to worry about and take natural stuff for it. Hope you got the light fixed also? Thanks for putting on those pic's before to.
Angii, sounds like a nice trip you had and Lots of good wishes for your business to turn into a fun job for you also!
Barb, love all those flowers you have, especially the daffodils Not sure if All the ice is gone yet but I think there is still some farther out now on the lake.
Mo, Bama and anyone else I missed now, have a good night also! Hope you all get a good relaxing sleep later. Be nice to sleep in this weekend if no one calls in. Enjoy your plans for the weekend. I just realized it was Memorial Day weekend at work before. Thought it was the end of the month Night all! Yah
Hi Wowers,
Nothing exciting going on here. DH is driving me crazy, but what else is new. Seriously, sometimes men just don't think. We had BLTs for dinner. DH offered to cook the bacon outside on the grill (in a cast iron pan) so the kitchen wouldn't smell like bacon. He cooked TWO pieces. Total. One apiece! Seriously???!! It's really good thick bacon but only one piece for a BLT? This is the guy who usually fixes three pieces each when I tell him I only want two. Arrrrgh. I wasn't happy and we got in a big argument about who was going to fix another two pieces for sandwiches. I give up. I think I'll load my camera gear in the car tomorrow morning and spend the day out. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent.
So sorry about your cat, Molasses. Bummer on the glasses too. I returned the pair I got from Visionworks last year and got a full refund. Unfortunately, I really like the ones I pay a lot of money for. I have a strange prescription and it seems like the expensive ones are the best for me. Otherwise I end up with one lens that looks like the bottom of a coke bottle. I got the slim ones when I ordered my spare pair from Zenni but it's still much thicker. I have to have the nose pads too.
Yikes on the BP, Sue. Take care! I hate changing meds. I've gained about 4 lbs since I switched. Checked the drug info and yep, gaining weight is a side effect for the beta blocker. I'm going to journal my food for the next couple of weeks and will be contacting my doc if the scale doesn't go back down. (More stress eating recently so I'm hoping that's the reason, but I usually don't go up that much that quickly.)
Sorry you have to work all week, YAH. You always seem to be working on the holidays.
Hi Bama, Angii and Dianna. I'm going to get this posted before the submit button disappears again. Seems to happen more frequently these days. So frustrating!
Sorry about all of the extra work days, YAH. Good for the pocket book but not great on your health. Maybe you could take a little of the extra money and treat yourself to a day out during something that you enjoy when you get some time off again. You could can use a mental health day after being cooped up for the very long winter there.
Barb, hope you and your camera have a nice day out. If I could think of someplace to go I'd do the same once in awhile. Sometimes you just need a little time to yourself.
Hope that you are feeling better, Sue. A BP that high and an elephant sitting on your chest sounds like a trip to the ER or at the very least a call to your doctor demanding to be seen immediately. If you are still feeling like that after all of this time, get some help. We don't want you having a heart attack or a stroke.
Not sure what I'll get into today. I am thinking the ground and mulch pile are going to be too wet to do much in the flower beds or paths. DH went down to the mountain on Monday morning and collected two truck loads of rocks that had fallen. We use them to line the flower beds and paths. We could work on that. I also need to clean floors again away running in and out from the wet yards. Maybe I'll do that tonight while DH is at band practice. Going to try and get more flowers tomorrow, weather permitting. There are water puddles from all of the rain around the monster hedge so I don't see us cutting it with electric trimmers any time this week. Supposed to be extra hot next week and I expect it to bloom any day now so I don't know when we'll get it done. Going to be a nasty job whenever it happens. The gnats have taken up residence in it. I stirred them up when I mowed the other day and thought they were going to eat me alive. The hedge shelters the house from the road but it sure is a pain. I remind myself that the miserable hedge stopped a car from hitting our house several years ago, blocks out a lot of road noise and provides privacy, other wise it would be gone.
Guess I'll go hunt something quiet to do until DH gets up.
Have an nice day.
Good Morning all,
Sue, That is some high blood pressure and also the gas situation . I hope it goes down very quick with the new meds. Be careful and keep an eye on it as Yah says we don't want anything to happen to you.
Barb , wow two pieces of bacon a typical man for sure although my would do the opposite he would fix it all. I made an Amish Broccoli and cauliflower dish yesterday and it called for bacon . Well I put it in the oven on a cookie sheet at 400 degrees . My friend said 20 minutes but it was done in 10 . A very easy way to do it. Probably will be my way from now on. No shrinkage at all . I did buy a cheap bacon so next time I will do a better bacon I was shocked at the price so bought the cheapest but it worked for the dish.
Yah sorry you have to work all week end but I imagine the extra money will be nice.
Di, That old monster hedge is a job but it does a lot of good for you. Our back yard in Bama is lined with Honeysuckle trees/bushes which go clear up to wear you can see over them . When we first moved there there were so many bees at that time of the year that you couldn't get near them . The last couple of years hardly any . Kinda scarey I think'
We had some flooding not to far from us last evening and intersate 70 and 75 were closed for awhile where they connect . I think some of the water has receded so haven't heard of any to serious happening but they did show some cars being up to the windows in water not to far from where our friends live. All is well with them.
Not sure what I will get into today as I cleaned all day yesterday so that is done . We may meet some friends for an early dinner and also look for a car.
Morning Angii and Mo. Hope all is well your way. BBL
Here is the Amish Broccoli and Cauliflower recipe
1 head of Broccoli chopped
1 head of Cauliflower chopped
1 cup of mayonnaise
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound bacon , fried and crumbled
1 cup of shredded Cheddar cheese.
Mix the Mayonnaise , sour cream, salt together
and pour over the veggies then add bacon and cheese.
I used Miracle Whip . You are either a Mayonnaise or Miracle whip and we are Miracle whip . LOL. It makes a big bowl . Too much for the two of us.
Goodness gracious, Sue, those are high numbers. I am really hoping the dermatologist's equipment was off, and that you can get in quickly to see your primary.
Thanks, Angii. Glad you got your new debit cards, but since the bank rep is getting paid to do that job, there's no reason for her to be snippy. Maybe she had a bad morning, but taking it out on you isn't right. Sometimes I wonder if customer service reps forget their job title! I've done customer service (and waited tables) so I know how hard it can be to maintain pleasantness, but it is part of the job.
Your chicken soup sounds yummy, Dianna. I love soup, and pancakes, so I'd have enjoyed your supper the other night. I made lentil soup yesterday, but may have to soak some oats for pancakes over the weekend. Thanks for the hugs. I'm sending them back for the hedge and the bugs.
YAH, the bird pics were so pretty. I'd love to see some of those colorful ones in my yard! Sorry about the call in. I'm sure you were wiped out yesterday. I am sending energy and happy thoughts your way. Thanks for the kind thoughts on Piper.
Barb, I have to agree with you there--one piece of bacon doesn't make much of a sandwich! Thank you for the sympathy. I need the expensive glasses, too, overall, although I find the ones I like the best are the ones I got from Zenni a few years ago. They are very light (titanium frames, if I remember correctly); I am not as wild about the style, but they are the most comfortable. Too bad I've got the lenses all scratched up from dropping them. (The hinges are springy, and sometimes leap from where I've left them!) The Lenscrafters were $600, with a sales on the lenses; the Zenni were just over $100. I think after I get a new copy of my prescription, I'll try Zenni again, but will also go to Cohen's. I'm sorry about the weight gain, and hope you can get out by yourself for a mental health day--that may help with the stress eating, too. I need to do a re-boot today--too much stress eating for me, too, the last few days.
Hi, Bama, hope all is well with you.
I'd better get moving here. I want to move the cat stuff out of the exercise room and maybe do some re-arranging in there before DH is ready to work out.
Wishing you all a wonderful day~
There you are, Bama, and I see all is well. I'm a Miracle Whip girl, too. Sounds like a good party recipe!
Glad the flooding didn't affect you or your family. Good luck with the car shopping!
That recipe it similar to my broccoli salad. I use a mixture of broccoli and cauliflower,
bacon (but not near much), cheddar cheese, sugar, vinegar, onion and light mayo. I often replace the bacon with Canadian bacon or ham to reduce the amount of fat. I just love it but doubt I would enjoy it as much without the cheese and bacon which are now on my forbidden foods list.
Not a Miracle Whip girl, give the light mayo made with olive oil.
Morning ladies. Not much new going on around here. I need to call my cousin and talk to her about getting stickers made for my car and trailer's and such. It is going to be a hot one today so I am not sure where I am going to go to hand out invites. I just hope all this hard work pays off and I can make this a full time job! That would be so great for me. Especially since the job market sucks right now, and I have been averaging at least 5 resume's out a week and I have only had one phone call and that was for door to door insurance sales. (not my cup of tea, and if I am going to go door to door I will do it with Herbalife)
Sue, I hope you are feeling better by now.
Di, sorry about the puddles and the nats! Yikes!
Bama, I hope all is well there,
Barb, sorry about the bacon issue! LOL And the snit! I hope you can find something to do to get a break.
Mo, I hope you get a mental health day soon.
Yah, I hope you aren't working too hard today and can get some time off soon.
Well I better run and call my cousin. I need to get those stickers ordered.
Oh YAH I love the pansies pic...so pretty. Sorry about the call ins and extra work day.....mmmm love trout...and with onions even better. Bummer on the busy Tuesday too. Hope you got some good night's sleeps. Glad you enjoyed the bird pics and also you got to talk to the residents and see their pretty flowers too.
Dianna, must be hard for the time to pass so you can go outside, I know my aunt got very impatient in the mornings to get out and do her gardening. Bummer on the rain and the mulch. Hope you were able to get the mulching done you wanted. Also hoping the thunderstorms don't wash it away. That monster hedge sounds like a pain, but you have showed it to us and it's a gigantic one so I commend you it only takes 2 days. Yuck on the bugs. I am going to assume that you did the clear coat after the staining.
Well Dianna, doesn't surprise me you fell asleep early. Glad you are figuring out the elimination diet for yourself.
Oh no Molasses, hoping your front and side porches were alright. I hope you win your bid on EBay for the marbles.
Yes Molasses, blue jays are very nasty as we had them in our front yard area when we were kids on Long Island and when my sister and I would come outside on the driveway they would sloop down and attack us. My dad had a guy come to get the nest out of our tree in the driveway finally.
Barb, if you go to BHG they have a lot of info on all the different zones around the country and what can and can't be planted and how to etc.
Finally feeling better today, Barb.
Glad WM let you hand out the flyers, Angii. I sent you an email about a place I thought about.....gyms in the area and see if they will post it for you or allow you to hand them out to their members. Just a thought!
Dianna, I don't do well with 'other machines' when I used to go to clinic they would take it with a small BP machine or wrist one and it would be anywhere fro 20 to 50 points higher than the old fashioned way. In fact, one of my 3 doctors at the time was there when the gal was taking it and then did it again the old fashioned way and Dr. Lohne told her and noted on my file, ONLY DO BP'S MANUALLY NO MACHINES.
Our news program and Jimmy Fallon too went on and on about wow a professional ice skating dancer who won a model won the contest.
Congrats on the scale going down Dianna.
Molasses, I am sure the gas issues, nerves, etc didn't help the BP but since my primary took me off the Shrek feet pill I might not have been getting enough meds. Unfortunately 15 years of steroids in my body isn't helping my BP levels.
Oh Molasses, so sorry to hear about your cat Piper's passing....my heart goes out to you, but know that he is Over The Rainbow Bridge!
Here's my card to you:
Very sorry about the glasses, Molasses. And your hubby sounds like Chuck.
Angii, glad you made it to the dog park and very sorry about the 'rude and inconsiderate' lady at the bank. I'd be filing a complaint too. Thanks Angii, yes missing my workouts but I know it's for the best. I can start some walking next week and I have the RLW's with cleaning.
Glad you got your errands run Dianna. Bummer you had to deal with them in the pouring rain and sorry about the special prices not being effect any longer. MMMM your soup sounds good, but won't see that here for a while with our temps headed to triple digits this weekend.
Oh your hubby's dinner sounds good too.
YAH sorry about the call in (HUGS on all the extra work days, but think of the money) and wish your son and DIL a very Happy Anniversary.
Welll YAH (as my buddy Samantha would say) I did do cleaning yesterday and today but nice and slow and easy, believe me, Chuck would let me do anything hard and he moved stuff when it needed it.
Your welcome on the pics and yes Martine was here on Monday and we now have lights again LOL
Barb, HUGS and I hope you got out today with your camera. I am in your corner on this....2 pieces....yikes, why bother.
Oh Barb, I got to stay on the same meds, just an increase in dosage on the one and getting rid of the amolodopine (which was swelling my feet like Shrek...hence the nickname for the drug by ladies being "Shrek feet".)
Yeah the side effects for so many of the pills are not nice.
Thanks Dianna, the gas pain (elephant on my chest) is gone thank goodness. Just the normal little gas and more abdominal today than chest.
I will post today too and so won't go into all that my doctor said but that she would make a special appointment for me. Oh and she didn't want me walking around either with BP that high and we also added a second Diovan (BP med) back in too.
I will be calling Alexis tomorrow.
No Chuck and I were worried about that too.
Sounds like you will be busy both inside and outside Dianna. Yikes on the gnats...I hate those little buggers too.
Thanks Bama, no we don't want anything to happen either, believe me....I have too many shows to watch LOL
At least I am doing better today, mind wise.
Wow Bama, I like that oven way to make the bacon.
We have done it in the microwave but haven't had bacon in years now.
Yeah Bama, the bee population is shrinking and scary to me too, even if I an allergic to them and don't care for them, I know they are needed.
Well I would change the recipe Bama, I HATE Miracle whip and until my body decided it doesn't like mayo....I was a Hellmann's gal all the way. In fact we moved out here and couldn't find out Hellmann's and I nearly died....but then found out it's called Best Foods WEST OF THE ROCKIES. Whew!
However now I used FF Ranch Dressing by Kraft since my body has rejected mayo....I cried when it happened...as I used to eat mayo sandwiches and pile it on my tomatoes. LOL
Yeah Molasses, I was very frightened by them to say the least.
Barb, a fellow mayo gal and yeah they had Miracle whip but wasn't present in our house. LOL
Sorry you had to postpone your travels today. Very sorry to hear about the life flight....I also hope nothing major.
I am with you Angii, door to door for yourself is better than wasting it on insurance sales as that is NOT an easy sell.
I am doing fine Angii, thanks as the chest gas is gone. Good luck with the call to your cousin and the stickers.
Well I am all caught up and off to do some more on my other boards, a good evening to all of you,
Whootie hootie hoo, I am a happy camper. SIL stopped by this afternoon to say they have decided against moving to Portland, at least at the moment. He was concerned about giving up his good job behind Door No. 1, for whatever might be hiding behind Door No. 2. (Which might be a great decision in light of Angii's recent job hunting experience.)
Thank you for the card and sympathy, Sue. Glad your gas pains are gone, and so glad you talked to your doctor.
The car ads sound like another good idea, Angii.
Now I'd better get to my studying, I've procrastinated long enough.
Oh Molasses, so happy for you on your SIL and I don't blame him. A job today is something not to take lightly and if you have a good one, stick with it. He can always retire their in the coming years. Take a vacay and see if it really where he wants to go.
Your welcome on the card and yes I am very happy with my new primary as she has called me no on a number of occasions, not the norm for many a doctor. I am very lucky on that front as my pulmonologist has also done that for me too.
Good day all! Just popping in to say HI and hope you all enjoyed your day and had some nice weather maybe? Its all thick clouds right now but was nicer but NE wind, and I see sunshine for 3 days now but chance of rain of course for Memorial Day. Maybe up to 60's tomorrow but depends on where that wind is coming from. I was outside on break without a jacket of course since I'm hot I will be turning in soon to read and go sleep again Tired out and have to be there for the 6:30 a.m I guess from now on. I work with people who aren't in there to much tomorrow so will be a long day and I have 2 closets and the 2 longest and more personals to deliver wings also. I had a better position during the week but this is the one I get tomorrow.
Take care of yourselves also and enjoy your weekend also! Yah


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Neat-O! As soon as things settle down around here, I'm going to try out doint this this. Hmmm,....what to use as my subject matter? :P ~Rosemarie |
You may choose any object you like. Important thing is how to make a set of photos with some changes from one picture to another. I dream one day to capture a rose in its growth. You may try to take pictures just holding camera in your hands. Let's say your object is on a distance of 2 – 3 feet from the lens, get something to sit on and move a little your upper body from one side to another and make few shuts. You may also mount camera on a tripod and move it around or rotate object itself on a scene. One more note - file size of entire slideshow will be equal to sum of all photos. I would capture or resize format of the pictures to something that is no more then 640x480pix and will try to minimize file size of each photo to lowest level. It may compromise a bit quality of the picture but this is a price to pay for the fun of interactive display. |
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- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1 cup polenta (coarse cornmeal)*
Bring first 3 ingredients to boil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Gradually whisk in polenta. Reduce heat to low; simmer until smooth and thick, stirring almost constantly, about 18 minutes.
* Sold at some supermarkets and at natural foods stores and Italian markets. If unavailable, substitute an equal amount of regular yellow cornmeal; cook half as long.
my notes
- Calories146
- Carbohydrates25 g (8%)
- Fat3 g (5%)
- Protein4 g (9%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (8%)
- Sodium428 mg (18%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber1 g (4%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol8 mg (3%)
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type: Quick & Easy
main ingredients: Cornmeal, Milk/Cream
cuisine: American
dietary considerations: Vegetarian, Low Fat, Low Cal
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NIGO and WTAPS' Tetsu Nishiyama to Debut New Brand DOUBTFUL AS DOUBLE
Two giants in the world of Japanese streetwear — A BATHING APE founder NIGO and WTAPS' Tetsu Nishiyama — have partnered to announce a new apparel brand, DOUBTFUL AS DOUBLE, set to debut later this month with an introductory Spring/Summer 2015 collection. Details for now are scarce, … READ MORE
WTAPS Fall/Winter 2014 Collection | Styled by End
As the first European retailer to take initial delivery of WTAPS' highly anticipated Fall/Winter 2014 collection, End Clothing unveils the acclaimed Japanese brand's seasonal offerings through the following editorial. The goods represent a polished blend of military, sportswear and workwear influences, highlighted by a pair of WTAPS perennial … READ MORE
WTAPS x Ebbets Field Flannels – Fall/Winter 2014 Capsule Collection
Based out of Seattle, Ebbets Field Flannels specializes in apparel and caps that pay tribute to the sporting worlds of yesteryear, designed and manufactured to the exact standards of those bygone uniforms. Considering WTAPS' strict attention to detail, as well as the the Japanese brand's fondness for a … READ MORE
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WTAPS' upcoming Fall/Winter 2014 collection offers few surprises, and that's a good thing, especially for longtime fans of the Japanese brand's modernist take on vintage looks. Military-inspired motifs are a dominant theme here, seen in a black MA-1 and olive deck jacket. It's designer Tetsu Nishiyama's sure hand … READ MORE
WTAPS – Spring/Summer 2014 Collection Lookbook
Since 1996, Tetsu "TET" Nishiyama has been at the creative helm of WTAPS, creating a multi-dimensional brand previously recognized throughout Tokyo, and now respected and admired on a global scale. A new editorial, courtesy of Honeyee, showcases WTAPS' Spring/Summer 2014 range, featuring standard military-inspired garb — highlighted by … READ MORE
WTAPS Varsity Jacket – Harris Tweed
WTAPS offers up its own version of the classic varsity jacket, and the garment's construction and premium materials are executed in classic WTAPS fashion. The shell is built with genuine Harris Tweed in understated black, while contrasting orange ribbing at the collar, cuffs and waist — as well as … READ MORE
WTAPS N-2B Jacket
One of the last remaining pieces from WTAPS' Fall/Winter 2013 collection takes the form of this N-2B Jacket, made in Japan and featuring an updated military silhouette built with navy nylon twill and two different varieties of fur lining the collar and hood. Zip closure lies behind … READ MORE
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WTaps Suede Hi-Top Sneakers
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Daniel Madison released one of his most popular decks in 2013. The Erdnase-Green colored Dealers playing cards have become a go to deck for card handlers and gambling demo workers everywhere.
Now these beautifully crafted playing cards come in a stunning and classy red color, and feature a thin white border as well! These are fantastic cards that will shine immediately in your repertoire.
But don't just let us get you excited about them. Here's what Daniel Madison himself shares about these luxurious new playing cards:
"When initially designing the Madison Dealers, the borderless design was an imperative element for me, not for the single advantage it lends to certain gambling sleights, but also because of how beautiful the deck looks when the design bleeds the side of the entire deck.
When creating a new edition of the Dealers, I didn't just want to offer a new color; I wanted to do something different. I was very intrigued to see how the Dealers would look with a nice thin border, and when the test deck was printed, I simply had to get these out there.
I love these as much as I love the Green Dealers and think that they compliment each other perfectly, and now, you have the best of both worlds with an edition fit for the table, as well as one fit for magic."


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Bored on Your Commute? Grab Some Post-It Notes and Doodle!
What do you do when you have a long, boring commute? For illustrator October Jones the answer is simple – you give your fellow riders new geeky personas. Jones has been using the ubiquitous Post-It note at a sketch pad, peeling off a yellow page with characters like Spiderman, ET and The Incredible Hulk. [Read more…]
Michael Cho's Superheroes are Super Retro
Two things that really flourished during the '50s: illustration and comic books. Toronto-based artist and illustrator Michael Cho has perfectly combine those two trends in deliciously retro fashion, creating handmade fan art the old fashioned way. Featuring your favorite heroes of yesteryear – from Superman and Thor, to Batman and Ironman – his work is exceedingly positive and makes you feel that all is right in the world… and if it isn't, he'll show us who to turn to. [Read more…]
Superheroes Drop In to Classic Pieces of Fine Art
The Renaissance classics are great, but they lack one thing: superpowers. For their most recent photoshopping contest, Worth1000 invited digital artists to insert superheroes into their favorite works of classic fine art. A baby Spiderman becomes the cherubic star of Caravaggio's Amor Vincit Omnia. Venus slips into a sexy Wonder Woman costume with thigh highs as angels look on. Jacques-Louis David's Male Nude known as Hector looks much different with a Captain America uniform on. See some of our favorite superheroes in a much different era. [Read more…]
Superheroes: Their Past and Present in One Image
They are now the characters of myth and legend, their stories so woven into our collective psyche that their histories seem more fact than fiction. Batman, Wolverine, Spiderman, they inspire us with their struggles, overcoming young lives unlike any other, and showing us the heroic way to deal with them. San Francisco-based graphic designer Khoa Ho is creating fantastic images in his Past/Present series, showing us these figures as their young selves being initiated into superhero status, and as they appear now, fully clothed in their disguise of choice. [Read more…]
Comic Book Heroes As Native American Traditional Art
Native American artist Jeffrey Veregge, a member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe who is also of Suquamish and Duwamish tribal ancestry, puts a modern twist on traditional art by creating this series of comic book heroes. Veregge grew up on a reservation near Kingston, Washington called Little Boston where he, like most boys, developed a love for superheroes and toys, but also for traditional art. Combining his passions for comic books, TV, and film with his artistic talents (an honors graduate from the Art Institute of Seattle) and Native perspective, Veregge's minimalist designs perfectly represent each character. [Read more…]
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Did you ever wonder what a superhero might look like on the Standard American Diet of refined breads and sugars, fast food, and processed snacks loaded with high fructose corn syrup? Wonder no more because Mexican artist Carlos Dattoli has created this hilarious superhero satire! It's as if Superman, Flash, Batman, & Robin went on Morgan Spurlock's McDonalds diet from Super Size Me. From man of steel to man boobs, spandex doesn't look quite as good on Superman's no longer chiseled figure and he needs a crane to soar through the sky. Obese Batman and Robin would have trouble fitting in the Batmobile to hit up all the drive-thru's in Gotham City. And from "super-speed" to super-size, Flash would be going nowhere fast. [Read more…]
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The Department of Canadian Heritage has selected Daniel Libeskind's design for the new National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. Libeskind is part of Team Lord of Toronto, whose winning submission is titled "Landscape of Loss, Memory and Survival." The proposal — chosen from six finalists — integrates architecture, landscape, and art to "communicate the hardship and suffering of the victims while conveying a powerful message of humanity's enduring strength and survival," according to the design statement.
The monument takes the form of a star created by six triangular volumes that are arranged around a large gathering area. Each triangle will offer a distinct theme and a setting for interpretation and reflection. Visitors enter the monument and descend between two tilted geometric structures. One is polished concrete, and the other is a mesh screen that references the incarceration of Holocaust victims behind fences. Photography taken covertly by victims and survivors will be embedded into the monument's concrete surfaces.
In addition to Libeskind, Team Lord includes Gail Dexter-Lord, co-president of Lord Cultural Resources; artist-photographer Edward Burtynsky; landscape architect Claude Cormier; and Doris Bergen, subject-matter advisor.
The monument is scheduled to open in fall 2015.


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AIDA64 offers several different benchmarks for testing and optimizing your system or network. The Random Access test is one of very few if not only that will measure hard drives random access times in hundredths of milliseconds as oppose to tens of milliseconds.
Drives with only one or two tests displayed in the write test mean that they have failed the test and their Maximum and possibly their Average Scores were very high after the cache fills. This usually happens only with controllers manufactured by JMicron and Toshiba.
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if I try to go to one of the six consoles (CTRL+ALT+{F1...F6}), i get an "input not supported" message from my monitor. This is the same thing I'd see if ...
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CTRL+ALT+{F1...F6} = input not supported by ACER monitor
I also see this just after post and just before Mint boots to the login screen.
CTRL+ALT+F7 brings me back to my X session, so this is not critical, but...
The monitor is an ACER, I don't recall the model as I'm at work. Before Linux, I ran WIN7 from this rig and never experienced this after the POST.
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you can try setting the video mode at boot time. interrupt the grub boot prompt, and do something like:
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ok except, like I said, after the post check and the "press for delete to edit boot menu" bios screen I can't see anything. The screen goes black and the "input not supported" message pops up on the screen until I end up at GDM.
Can this be edited after logging in?
I'm still within my first year of linux, so if I may be missing something obvious.
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I found the solution on the Linux Mint Forums


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All together now: finally! After several broken promises and recalled updates, Samsung's just announced that Android 2.2 FroYo will be available through a "brand new version of Kies" (that's Samsung's software upgrade system) early in November for Galaxy S owners in the UK, while "all operator versions" are "expected" to be available by the end of November (hopefully that includes the "operator versions" of the Galaxy S that Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are currently carrying here in the States).
We have good news and bad news for Samsung Galaxy S owners. The good: the Froyo update source code released a few days ago is now officially being rolled out by Samsung. The bad news: they're starting with the Nordic countries... then "gradually" moving across Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, and everyone else.
The word "gradually" isn't exactly encouraging, and neither is the fact that North America is towards the end of the list.
Who thinks strictly black and gray phones are gloomy and boring? I do and, thankfully, so does Best Buy. A few months ago, the retailer announced an exclusive white EVO 4G, and today we got word of not 1 but 2 more white Android phones arriving on October 24: Verizon's Samsung Fascinate and AT&T's slightly outdated Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. While the exact pricing on either of these is unknown, you can head over to Best Buy today and reserve the device of your dreams with a $50 deposit.
Recently, I got ahold of Verizon's Samsung Fascinate and shot the following video review (and yes, I have a capacitive stylus - start getting jealous):
For a quick refresher, here, once again, are the specs of the Fascinate:
- 1GHz Hummingbird processor
- Android 2.1 (Eclair)
- 5MP camera wih LED flash
- 4" Super Amoled capacitive multitouch (5 point) screen
- 2GB internal memory
- Bluetooth 3.0 (with stereo output)
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack
- Supports HD (720p) video recording
Here are those pictures I promised.
If there's one man with an inside line in the mobile industry, it's mobile-review.com's Editor-in-Chief Eldar Murtazin. This guy has a network of informants rivalling any national security agency you'd care to name.
The latest subject of his (occasionally spurious) tweeting is Samsung's family of Super-AMOLED phones, namely the Wave and Galaxy S. Eldar seems to have some insight into the production and stock of S-AMOLED panels, leading him to think that neither of the two aforementioned phones are in production anymore because of S-AMOLED scarcity.
While not nearly as big a deal as the Froyo rollout for the Droid X, Verizon is also releasing an update for the Samsung Fascinate today. Doesn't look like users will receive a notification for the update quite yet, so to get it you'll need to check for it manually.
The changes:
Good news for what's likely to be a whole crapton of users: CyanogenMod, Android's most popular ROM, will be coming to a handful of new devices with CM6.1. Namely:
There will also be support for a few new devices- Acer Liquid, HTC Wildfire and Samsung Vibrant. My eye is also on the new HTC phones that are about to get released like the G2.
It looks like their doors are still open to new devs and currently unsupported devices, as well - to quote Cyanogen once more:
Samsung has released the source for the Fascinate, roughly a week after the phone was released. As usual, any bits that are special to Sammy aren't included in the release, but there should still be enough material in there to get tinkering. As I've said before, the layperson doesn't really benefit from the release, but modders can get down and dirty with the code to tweak things just the way they'd like - and hopefully, make those changes public so that others can get in on the action as well.
Wow, what a day today for Verizon's Samsung Fascinate! When it was introduced for $199 on a contract, Verizon threw in a 2-for-1 deal, making the price $99.99 if you buy 2.
Shortly after, Wirefly and Amazon Wireless both dropped the price to $99.99, making it a great deal for those who need only 1 Fascinate.
Today, the price war got serious. Really serious.
- Amazon Wireless is now selling the Fascinate to new accounts at exactly $0.01, which is a penny over absolutely free.
Looks like both Wirefly and Amazon Wireless are up to their old, price-slashing tricks again. This time their sights rested on the brand new Samsung Fascinate for Verizon Wireless.
The Deal
The new $99.99 deal, offered by both sites, is a 50% discount off carrier subsidized price of $199.99.
While the BOGO (buy-one-get-one-free) deal offered by Verizon itself technically averages out to about the same price, if you just need 1 Fascinate, Amazon Wireless or Wirefly are the way to go.


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Wacky Races Insurrectionism: Some Thoughts On The Climate Camp
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This piece is part diary, part analysis, about the Edinburgh Climate Camp, and I've *tried* to write it in a way that's of interest to people with no knowledge of the camp as well as people who went along. If you want to know why we went to Edinburgh, give my pre-camp post a glance. There are already some ace blog posts about the Climate Camp: a good round-up by Amelia, a hearty anti-liberal rant by lasophielle, and a Scottish perspective from Harry which I highly recommend, particularly for anyone who went to the camp.
Small-Scale Revolution
On Wednesday at 9pm nearly 100 people, under the cover of darkness, and without a copper in sight, got onto RBS territory at Gogarburn, and started unloading trucks full of marquees and plumbing. It took RBS security a good 10 minutes to realise we were on the back lawn of the global headquarters, and the police another 5 on top of that. Let's just get that again: around 100 amateur radicals, pulling off a secret action successfully, under the noses of arguably the biggest bank in the UK. Okay, so it's Spy Kids, but frankly it's bloody cool.
A lot of the secrecy stuff is, I'm sure, based on what is second nature to various kinds of software programmers, network managers and certain kinds of military and police personnel, so this isn't to say that the skills in Climate Camp are unique. This goes for all the practical skills needed to put on a Climate Camp: plumbing, electrics, carpentry – all these things aren't exactly rare.
What makes the camp quite different though, is that the vast majority of people involved don't do these things professionally. This means that the form of mutual aid practised at the camp actually pushes away from the kind of monotonous labour-specialisation that the modern world offers us: it gives a chance for everyone to pitch in with other activities, in a way that actually has quite a lot of responsibility attached to it, not just as a hobby on the side.
So while the camp isn't a solution in itself, I think it does offer some breathing space away from contemporary work patterns as much as it does economic ones (note that the camp works on a donation basis, and there are no commodities or the like sold on site). This doesn't mean that the camp addresses fundamental issues like commodification on any profound or serious level, but people are transformed in their engagement with the camp, in small ways, and quite slowly. This is why I think it's a small-scale revolution: like a Hornby™ revolution perhaps. But it's also a dry-run: if the revolution needs practical skills, I know where I'm looking for them.
Towards A Class Analysis Of Landscape Gardening
The fields we built our camp in were RBS owned property. We held that site, and kept setting up for 3 days, though the RBS media machine would have it, peculiarly, that they 'showed us the right place to camp' when we got there. However, while RBS understandably didn't want us there, and turned up the pressure to leave at 1pm on Wednesday (Section 60 stop and searches, heavy police road blockades, etc), there is something we shared with them: a taste in gardens.
Everyday I had a conversation with someone about how beautiful the site was, with its mixture of wheat and long grasses, the scenic clumps of trees complete with small frogs and the occasional adder, the clover and moss paths that wound over the hill and round the back of the meadows, the small bridge folly over the moat.
I suspect that there's a lesson here about the bourgeois nature of environmentalist aesthetics. There's certainly something fishy about the innocent-smoothie-style, happy-go-bunting imagery that occasionally bubbles over Climate Camp propaganda; something which shares a feel with the beautiful, semi-wild gardens of RBS' choosing.
I'm not sure what an anti-capitalist critique of gardens would be, but I imagine it would be along the lines of 'man and nature shouldn't be separated; let's do away with the manipulation of our environment to create a space that breaks down the boundaries of artificiality/ nature.' Well, we didn't do that. We enjoyed the landscaped, semi-18th century garden RBS' landscapers designed as much as anyone.
How To Lay Siege To A Bank, Medieval Style
What came to pass in Gogarburn was essentially a distorted form of a medieval siege. An army of tents were set up directly overlooking RBS headquarters, complete with watchtower. Their shiny glass walls reflected our brightly coloured bunting. On Sunday evening hundred of activists swarmed on to the manicured back lawn of the headquarters, totally outfoxing the police once again, and a couple of windows were smashed. The fortress-like building itself became the target.
On the Monday, the day of action, the watchtower became converted into a rolling siege tower, complete with wheels and a rhinoceros head. Toy bows and arrows were made, and most impressively, the Molassapult: a catapult which threw molasses at the Headquarters. The sheer imagination of the actions was astounding. Most of these were in Edinburgh proper: the Cairn Energy molasses oil spill; the Lady Gaga spoof song 'Dirty Oil'; all those white biohazard suits.
If Climate Camp was previously thought to be too slick and rehearsed, this was the remedy: anarchic, clowning, messy and really very surreal. No one who was there will forget the image of 40 police kitting up and looking scared shitless at the site of a 0.001mph moving papier-mâché and chicken-wire-rhino siege tower.
A few smashed windows, lots of subvertising, blockades of offices and a good swathe of molasses found that nice balance between mayhem and publicity stunt. The smashed windows alone will have sent RBS' insurance premiums through the roof, never mind the gardening costs. Of course, there's a serious question about the effects of inflicting economic damage on a bank that it basically owned by the state – it's theoretically the taxpayer who loses out. But I don't think anyone could argue that's what will actually happen: it's not as if the profits of RBS are currently being ploughed into the common good.
How do you take action against a bank? Well, I think the Edinburgh camp made a start at showing some ways forward. It's not an easy thing to do, and the G20 Bank of England protests certainly didn't achieve it. The Climate Camp definitely felt better than telling people to put their money in the Co-op or pull back from the capitalist system all together by investing in a extra-security mattress. This felt closer to the real thing: you stand outside, brandish your pots and pans, and run straight at it.
I think the medieval feel came from the demonstration of our own powerlessness to which I alluded earlier, but also from a very practical consideration. There's only so far we can go when up against the police before we're classed as being a real threat, and therefor liable to far more oppressive reactions. A siege tower is one thing; a car driving at the fences would have been another. This is how I think we end up with the weird pre-modern (or what Antonio Negri might call alter-modern) protest form of the medieval siege: it's the confrontational public mass actions pushed to the edge, without becoming and out-and-out military attack. Instead, people were quite happy to settle for the wacky races version of insurrectionism.
Broadcasting In Austerity
On the weekend there was lots of positive mainstream media coverage of the camp in the Scottish press: pictures of tents and campers, and lots of messages about RBS and climate change getting through. However, when it came to the day of mass action, the press just couldn't cope. Too lazy to actually do any reporting, they just printed whatever press releases got sent to them. Many of these came from activists, but there were also several from the police, including two which made totally false allegations about a phantom oil slick.
Now, this attitude to printing press releases without checking them seems to have become a trend in journalism. I think it's got worse since the financial crisis: many newspapers, faced with decreasing advertisement revenues, have simply fired their subeditors, and the journalists are overworked for low pay, pay which is kept down by temps and interns on precarious contracts.
However, as Reuben pointed out on this blog last week, it's not just about bad wages, but also the rise of totally free online content:
It was arguably naive for us all to assume that we could suddenly get journalistic content for free … without the product itself being altered … The age of online freeganism could prove deeply problematic both for journalists and those of us who have an interest in quality journalism.
The dominance of online media as a method of publication and broadcast had an upside and a downside. On the upside, our weird acts of spectacle could be easily turned into little pieces of information and sent around the world without any checks. The disparity in technology is really quite ironic: our medieval siege tower and catapult could be photographed, filmed and tweeted on the latest MacBooks, iPhones and Nikons, even though they themselves were constructed out of ticcy-taccy.
The downside, of course, is that all this can just as easily be done by canny police or lazy journalists. The net effect is that while there was a lot of 'social media' work done at the Camp, in the end it was the same tactics being used by the police which, seized the day and smeared the protests.
As is so often the case, the response to this might need to be a two-pronged approach, particularly as resistance grows against austerity measures over the next few years. On the one hand, as Reuben advocates, that means defending the ability for professional journalists to still produce some kind of high quality reporting; on the other it means taking our alternative media networks much more seriously, and putting the time into making them work.
This, I think, is quite similar to the politics of the Climate Camp: pushing for reforms (e.g. an end to RBS investing in fossil fuels) while creating space to create far wider change. In the wee small hours of the morning after the last day of camp, a group of us drove far out of Edinburgh, away from the camp site, along with a truck loaded up with wheelie bins of human shit. High up in the Scottish hills, overlooking a beautiful loch, we unloaded our cargo, shovelling the waste material of 700 campers into hastily constructed composting crates. Penny Red might think just using the compost loos alone is commitment enough: let me tell you, there's greater commitment than that.
Maybe that's the difference between a socialist and an anarchist: while the one might be up for a bit of discomfort, the other gets right in there.


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We have gotten estimates from several contractors to finish our basement. Two of the contractors use wood for framing. The other uses metal. Any opinions on the use of metal for framing? The contractor's explanation was that it is easier to keep the walls straight/flat using metal. He claims wood framing is harder to keep flat due to natural variations in the wood. |
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There have been posts about this in the past. When I finished my basement (over 2000 Sqft about 6 rooms, closets, bat etc)it was framed with metal studs. Walls are straight and the process was much cleaner than wood since there is no saw dust with metal (wait until the sheet rock phase though UGH!). It went up very quickly and was much easier to carry in than wood. I have nothing against wood just in my case metal was great. If you are going to be hanging shelves in a closet you may want to ask them to put some wood blocking between the studs on that wall for extra strengh. |
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I would say you would have to do some research with regard to: Type of metal being used - ? guage/strength - although metal is "moisture resistant" it can rust & that could decrease the integrity Sound - would metal be a greater conduction of sound -Insulation- - Hanging anything on walls such as cabinetry would need to be considered - Electric work - would need to be done by someone familiar w/more of this type of framing as boxes for typical residential wood stud framing - boxes are mounted to wood studs I would also consider access to multiple mechanicals in basement too good luck |
I switched to metal several years ago for basements. It's a nice clean quiet installation--tin snips, tapcons for the floor and power driver for the sheetmetal screws. It provides a better structure for drywall: straight with no shrinkage. It doesn't add moisture to the basement nor provide material for mould growth. The only rust I've found on old metal framing that I've ripped out is on the floor, where it can absorb moisture from the concrete. To avoid that, put in on an inch or more of extruded polystyrene before anchoring into the floor. As noted above, wiring is different and you have to put reinforcements in for doors, sometimes for cabinets. It costs more than wood, but an experienced installer can put it in very quickly. I know it looks flimsy, but when it's screwed in place and drywalled, you really don't see a difference. |
cost wide how much more (%) the metal system will cost compare with wood? |
The light steel is about 30% costlier. For instance, at my nearest orange box, 2.5" by 10' steel studs run $4.39 and 2.5" x10' tracks $4.29 vs. kd 2"x4"x10' @ $3.49. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bailey Metal Products
"Sound - would metal be a greater conduction of sound " The greater stiffness of metal studs reduces sound transmission. |
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