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Angii, Have a great weekend and glad Charger give the Nursing Home a good visit. See you on facebook.
Yah, what a beautiful picture. I don't know if I could handle living in Michigan . Too much snow . LOL but it is beautiful .
We are on the way to take DS to his job above 20 minutes away and then get back and get a workout in. Out to dinner tonite with our Ohio friends and then to DD tomorrow so a busy weekend .
BBL Happy Friday . Remember to do something for yourself this weekend.
Get a good book or watch some Hallmark/Lifetime .
Good morning,
Thanks for opening, Alabama. Enjoy your evening out tonight and time with your DD tomorrow.
Pretty picture YAH but that just isn't right this time of the year. We spent the whole day yesterday working on flower beds and you have snow. Hope no call in for you today.
Glad Charger did well at the nursing home, Angii. Enjoy your trip. Hope you have a great time and Cody does well.
Glad the mole checked out okay, Molasses. Good to hear that your son will be home for awhile. Enjoy your time together.
Hope your yard sale goes well and you sell lots of stuff, Barb. Hope you don't have snow for it. I haven't done a yard sale in decades so I'm no help but sounds like you've gotten some good tips for the others. My DD's both have yard sales and from what the say the advise you've been given right on target.
Cute squirrel picture, Sue. Is that one of you creations? Glad things worked out well with Amazon.
It's raining, it's pouring and we have a flood warning. Our sump pump is working overtime and the septic system alarm just went off. No other issues that I am aware of yet. We worked our butts off yesterday because we knew the rain was on the way. Got some plants moved and 96 new impatiens planted. Weeded and mulched five flower beds and around trees. Pulled maple seedlings and weeds out of some the paths but didn't get time to put fresh mulch on them. Probably a good thing since it would have washed away with all of this rain. Going to do a little cleaning and work on the quilt today. Thought we might get back out in the yards tomorrow but I think it's going to be too wet to do anything outside. Might go get some more plants for when it dries out though.
That's about it from here. No luck with my scale this week.
Have a great day all.
Good morning, WOW Sisters,
Supposed to be rainy here today, too, then a bunch of nice sunny days in the low 70s.
Congrats to Charger, Angii, on his first dog show win! Safe travels.
Wow, more snow, YAH; that's incredible. Gorgeous, but enough is enough already, right?
Enjoy your action-packed weekend, Bama!
Yikes, Dianna, that's a ton of work you did yesterday. Can you stand up straight today?!
Good morning, Sue and Barb!
I need to run some errands later this morning, but first on the list is a workout and a shower. I also want to go through a few things to see what I can bring to DD's yard sale tomorrow. (Her neighborhood is doing one, so she's going to try to get rid of some stuff that they don't want to move.)
Wishing everyone a lovely day~
Morning ladies,
Bama, I know what you mean I have some older dishes and stuff that has "made in the USA" on them too. How long does it take you to adjust to the time difference. I know this year with DST we had a long time before we adjusted to losing our hour.
Angii, glad Charger was such a good boy and I know the patients love to pet the dogs as we had them visit years back when I volunteered and our patients were always so excited for them to come. Wow I see Charger got his reward plus a gift card too. Safe trip and good racing vibes and you will be missed. Which season of Atlantis are you up to? Yeah I realized the other day we didn't have any links to the last race.
Yikes YAH and hope there was no call in for you today.
Thanks for the start Bama, have a good day and enjoy the dinner with friends tonight.
Dianna, yes it's a picture of our front area where the squirrels love to climb and sit in the trees out front. Yes, we are happy campers with Amazon. In fact we got it last night, delivered by UPS.
Oh no on the rain and flood warning....we have a AQ warning and excessive heat warning. But still better than poor San Diego County area with all the fires.
I see you did yeoman service yesterday on the yard work and plants, flower beds, etc.
Have a nice workout Molasses and good luck with the errands today and the stuff you give to DD for the garage sale.
I am off to mail, breakfast, workout and then more cooking....etc etc
Good day! Well might as well enjoy the snow pic's hey? Seems Spring is canceled this year. These sandhill cranes in the bushes and snow They blend in as the deer still do as not much green stuff around yet. Still in 30's here but almost 40 but cold and nice Big clouds so I think it will be snow if it does anything still today. Very windy to.
Di, wow, you sure worked a lot and I do hope you don't have any aches and pains today? Thats a Lot of flowers there! I bet they will look so pretty though I guess snow is better than rain in some ways as no flooding and it just melts but doesn't run all over. Enjoy your day indoors.
Bama, hope you enjoy your day and then a night with friends and your DD this weekend Guess your south of us hey?
Mo, gosh I wish I had a yard sale around to just bring some things to! Not going to have one myself so I guess on to thrift store but I'm slow at that and then lugging the stuff. Glad your mole turned out good and hope your new bed is very comfortable!
Sue, LOVE the Budster pic! Thanks for showing online that there still is hemming tape to be ironed on out there! I saw it on other sites then to I may have to take his down yet if they feel funny as So many inches put up If time and room, should have cut some off and then folded over and sewed then. Hoping that smoke air doesn't come up your way. Terrible pic's of those fires for sure also! enjoy your day!
Angii, so glad Charger was a good boy and I'm sure the residents loved him!! I love to see pets at work. Lots of cats but no dogs unless someone brings them in or one of the workers has one following them around all day Good luck on the race and just have fun and relax while you can!
Barb, hoping you do have a good yard sale to! Wish I was closer Hoping it all goes! And looks like snow again here and maybe better next week?
Have a good day all and I better get going on some stuff as I work tomorrow. BBL, Yah
Well we are back from our dinner with friends. Had a nice visit and some good food. A nice ride to and back . Started raining as soon as we to home.
Sue I don't ever adjust to the difference . I love central time. That is one think I will miss. I love having everything coming on an hour earlier . I know that eventually I will adjust to it.
Got my jammies on and watching American Pickers . Not much on on Fridays and I am wide awake.
Yes Yah, I guess we are south of you. You all get to much bad weather . My Sis every winter says they are moving South (Harrisburg Michigan) but by summer they are loving Michigan again . LOL My Neices father lives in Kalkalska and they hope when they retire that they will move to Michigan . They love it there and go up as much as they can . They live here in Ohio. My Husband was born in Michigan and still has family in Traverse City . I have been there a couple of times but that is as far . I know you are on the UP . DH's Uncle had a Steak Restauant in Traverse.
Good Nite Ladies hope you are sleep well tonite.
Good Night everyone as I guess its try to go sleep earlier tonight for work. Going to be hard to get back in that groove. Will be nice and cool in the morning I'm sure also. I go for 7 a.m as no one called me for otherwise Glad you had a good visit and enjoy your night Bama. yep, from Traverse City, probably another 7 or so hr. drive to where we are I know by Detroit the people say their going 'up north' but they don't mean across the Big Mac bridge usually Only the northern Lower Peninsula is as far as they go! Marquette is about half way between the Sault and Copper Harbor
Hope you all have a good evening and a good night of sleep also Yah
Good Morning! I see a nice moon out there or I did but its getting fuzzy with some clouds stuff now. Its only 28 degree's right now. Hopefully it get higher later Hope you all have a very nice day and weekend also!! I got to get ready yet so better go, Yah
Good Morning all ,
Yah, don't work to hard today.
It's cold here also but not as cold as you.
Not much going on this morning . Lucy washed a load and now Ethel is drying .
Going to my DD at 10 and spend the day with her at the Spring Fling. To bad it is cold out. Won't be as enjoyable.
Have a great Saturday all.
Good morning ladies,
Nothing much new here. The sun is peaking through the trees out back so looks like it may be a nice day. I don't see any yard work on the agenda for a couple of days since we still have puddles and run off from the fields behind us. They just planted the fields Thursday so their seed may all be in my yard. Hope I don't get corn or soybeans coming up in my flower beds. DH said good thing we didn't mulch the paths on Thursday. The run off would have washed it all away. Other than a few of small limbs down no damage. The basement is drying out and nothing was ruined down there. The septic pump finally caught up to the run off that was flooding in the system. So, all is well again at our house.
Spring has finally arrived. Lots of pretty birds at the feeder. The azaleas and rhododendrons are starting to bloom. I'm a happy camper.
Wishing you all a great weekend.
Morning, all,
Looks like a nice day here, too, but the yard sales were postponed till tomorrow because of yesterday's heavy rain. That's good for me, since I didn't have much time yesterday to go through things.
I want to get the kitchen floor washed, the upstairs bathroom cleaned, our new bed made up so we can try it out tonight, some laundry done, and spend some time in the garden, weeding and planting. So that's my day.
Yesterday I picked up a new cable box, and confirmed while I was there that I am back to my original pricing from 4 years ago. So DH won't miss his sports after all.
I stayed up too late last night to finish a book that certainly wasn't worth waking up with a headache. I took a migraine pill and hope that it kicks in pretty soon. I've been reading till late because I don't get in bed before 10. My preference is to be in bed shortly after 9 so I can indulge my reading habit before I go to sleep, but I think I'm going to have to give up the books for a while till I get through the certification exams. Guess I'll live though.
Have a wonderful Saturday!
Oh YAH I am sure Spring will show up, just one of those late May storms, we had them in Rochester too. Though Spring didn't last long those years and Summer came early....so HUGS.
Love the pic of the sandhill crane.
Glad you enjoyed the Budster pic and just sorry that WM didn't sell it on line and only in the stores, but didn't think the Amazon price was bad.
Yeah I have a pair of jeans that a girlfriend sent to me that are like that. I just roll them under when I wear them around the house. I miss the lady at had in Lousy LV she hemmed them for $5.
Yeah the smoke is far away but our AQ stinks anyway with the higher the heat goes.
Bama, glad the dinner was so nice and I like my Pacific time, just hard sometimes to connect with my East coast buddies.
Love the kitty goodnight, YAH.
Have a wonderful time at the Spring Fling Bama.
Yikes on those rains Dianna, but glad you are alright. Oh pics of those birdies would be nice and yes I imagine a big smile on your face with the azaleas and rhododendrons are starting to bloom. You too, Dianna, have a nice weekend.
Sounds like a busy day today, Molasses, good luck getting all of it checked off your list today. Glad you got the new cable box and your pricing for 4 years back.
Sorry about the book and the migraine. HUGS
Well I am off to eat, clean bathrooms, cook a frittata and hoping to do more in the computer room, we shall see.
Hi ladies,
Oh no and Chuck knows where my marbles are too!
Well I was too tuckered out Wednesday night after shopping to do my dusting, so did it Thursday morning before I got on line. OMG the movie we watched Wednesday night was hysterical...it was Last Vegas (with Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, and Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara, Roger Bart, Weronika Rosati, Romany Malco, Jena Sims, Autumn Dial, Bre Blair}. It was for those of us of a certain age for sure, but we laughed so hard and so much we had to run it back and replay to hear what we missed.
I did have a better night's sleep but so hot in here Thursday morning the a/c went right on, that blanket on the bed will NOT be going back on after it comes off on Sunday. Did my vacuuming after breakfast, and before I even came on line I had the eggs on to cook for our dinner, Thursday night. Plus took my sausage out to defrost. I got the lettuce cleaned up too. We (well Chuck as he crawled under my desk unhooked the printer that broke (yeah I know took us a while, but had to wait till Chuck's back was good enough to go down under my desk cause he refuses to just let me do it. Whatever! We also got my speakers moved to my desk and my mouse wire from out under the stand my monitor is on and it doesn't get hooked up anymore. Got my nighttime sleeping stuff washed and a bunch tossed too, stuff I haven't worn in ages. Plus got a bunch of on line stuff checked too.
I had to look up drinking glasses as SOMEONE aka Chuck broke my dinner glass (a nice big one...Libby glass made by Anchor Hocking}...18 oz if memory serves us. So looked at Wal-Mart and Amazon, but we have to take our measuring cup and the glass Chuck uses to make sure of the size.
I moved the pics over from the start of our lives together back in 1975 and on over to my slide show file so I can start on those slideshows.
After dinner, I got all the pictures in the computer room cleaned so that's done.
Then we had a great night of Nikita and Highlander....it was my night on the CSBM network and then we checked more A-Team disks.
We cooked up a box of penne rigate on Friday morning for another set of frozen dinners and I finished the sausage I had in the freezer.
So while hubby took off for the computer room, I cooked up my sausage and when it was almost done put on the oven so it would be hot and ready for my fish to cook in. I put my frying pan and stuff I used to do my sausage in the sink to soak and popped my fish in and set the timer.
Then went and got my mail cleared out and when the oven beeped turned it around and put the timer back on.
By the time the fish was done, it was time to clean off the stove, washed up the fish pan and put that away along with my fish in the fridge. Then went in and took care of my 'to check' and 'do' lists.
Did some more on line stuff after lunch, while hubby checked some disks.
So all we have to do is make up our salad while dinner is cooking or in my case....heating up and we will be ready to dine.
Chuck has decided on a night with Magnum and JB Fletcher for Friday night, so it was another excellent evening on the CBSM network.
Well Ken Jennings lost the tournament to Brad, oh well.
Slept pretty good and got a bunch done on Saturday, my dusting before I even got on line, along with the towels in the wash, got the bathrooms done, then made up our frittata for dinner tonight. In addition I got my whole desk done too, top to bottom, sides, etc. ...plus the cubbies and everything in them, all the stuff on my desk itself, keyboard and underneath also. So I am a happy camper about that. Chuck checked disks today that we had gotten and needed to check.
When I put the kitchen light on this a.m., it flickered and then flickered and interfered with the radio.
Mind you they were just changed a couple months back, we go through them at least once to twice a year...not right.
Oh and now the kicker which will be having us write to Westco the management company itself. As we call on Saturday and there is NO ONE there at all, so Chuck left a message about the lights. Mind you they were having a yard sale in the complex today, so I am sure that is where Maria was, instead of being in the office.
There used to be an emergency number but it's no longer in service at all.
So did the stuff I had to do with very little light. Will have to unplug one of our lights behind our chairs and put it in the hallway angled into the kitchen for light.
So Chuck tried calling the office again but still no answer. So we had a late lunch and then I tried calling and Maria answered, so we told her and she says Martine (our maintenance guy is out of town due to a death in the family). So we said well can you just open the maintenance area and get us the bulbs as we have put them in the last couple of times (well Chuck did too high for me to reach) but she says....get this "they don't have keys to the maintenance area". WHAT.
Mind you I know to her I am sure that the light being out in the kitchen isn't an emergency but mind you we are supposed to have 24 7 day a week maintenance. So to say we aren't HAPPY is an understatement, so we shall be looking as Chuck says and checking out other apartments, I guess.
We will also be calling or writing to Westco about this and when Martine does come to fix it, we will also be asking for a second set of lights for us to keep here as it always happens on a freaking weekend.
Anyway, at least dinner is easy tonight, cut the frittata, pop it in the microwave and eat LOL
Haven't decided what movie I will watch yet, but we have some new DVD ones I can select from too as we have to make sure all is well with them.
Other than that, I am done for the day, well until my rags buzz and I put them away.
Hubby wants to take the office lights and put them in the kitchen, I am not a fan but he's probably right. A lot smaller and would do better than the light in the hallway since last time we had to do it, it wasn't too great.
Well off to check mail and by then it will be time for comics and crackers, then our weekly scan for viruses with Avast while we nap.
Hope you had a nice Saturday, wishing you the same for this evening and a great "me day" Sunday,
For all you gardeners out there!
Reminds me of taking Pixie in my bike basket
HI, view of Lake Superior from on top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Marq. where I hope to get to the top of someday clouds and ice look great hey?
I guess its late again so quick. Time to go bed and read and maybe sleep Just in case since one of the ladies wasn't there today so I'm hoping she's there tomorrow. Hot day and facility was closed to All visitors with all wings sick. I don't think all the people were sick but I guess they finally wanted to watch for people coming in sick to. Hopefully the germs didn't stick to me. Few more passed away so it seems May hasn't been to great for people to live Although blessing in some cases. Love the comic's Sue and the exercise stuff Sorry about those lights! Enjoy your evening and the "me" day!
Di, hoping it dries up for you. Hopefully the farmer's seeds don't all come down
Bama, sounds like a fun thing to go to, enjoy!
Mo, hope the bed is a dream to sleep in and hope you got All that done today
Dh says we're getting some fresh trout tomorrow so we'll see Gotta go as I'm fading fast. Hi to everyone else also and do enjoy your sleep tonight and take time out for YOU tomorrow! Yah
Good Morning all,
Well we had a good time yesterday at the Spring Fling. Not as big as the one they hold in September which is called Starving Artists but Chloe enjoyed it. They had lot of crafts and of course Rides so she had a good time . Her other GM showed up and between the two of us she got a few things . Some beautiful barrettes , some jewelry (her favorite thing and some silly stuff that she won. Afterwards we stopped at what is called The Hamburger Wagon. It is a wagon that has been on the same corner since 1913 . It was started during the 1913 flood to feed everyone . It is similar to one that you see on the beaches but a little bigger as they are able to cook inside it. It is put away after the day is over and then brought back out each day . They only sell burgers and bags of chips and canned soda . No condiments on the burgers but onion and pickle. You can have the onions left off. They are small sliders and not to bad . 1.25 a piece. I had two. Chips are 50cents a bag. There was a line waiting for them. I have a picture and I will see if I can post it. I have been wanting to have a burger from there for years and finally got to . Now I can mark that off my Bucket List .LOL>
Not sure what we will get into today . She wants to tear into some of my Packing to look for her Girl scouts badges etc as she wants to take them to show her troop . So that is probably what we will do. Not sure where they are . she was a scout for 14 years and it's another thing I get rid of LOL. I still have their school jackets and baby stuff . The clothes they came home in from the Hospital . My son's I will keep as his wife would just throw away . Anyway looks like I will be getting rid of some more things.
Well the little one is up and wants some dip it eggs .
We had a beautiful day for the garage sale yesterday so we were able to keep most of the stuff off the porch and in the yard. It went well and we were very busy all morning. Got rid of a lot of stuff, and most of the larger stuff that I had. I still have a ton of books, but I'll donate those to the library book sale that's coming up. My GF took a few, too. The afternoon was very slow but we had to stay open until 4:00. DH and I ate a brat for dinner and both crashed. We were pooped! I just don't do well getting up early anymore. I was awake at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep and we were setting up before 7:00. Long day, but we got rid of stuff and made a couple hundred bucks.
Not much going on today. My GF has the urge to go camping with our popup campers but our camper won't be ready for some time. DH worked on some of the fire damage issues yesterday afternoon, but it's tucked in the area behind our garage (which was used as previous owners' landfill so it's soft). Anyway, we also need to use the Jeep to get it out of there and the jeep doesn't have a tow hitch yet. It's gonna take some time. Besides, we haven't used it for 2 years so it needs to be cleaned up and organized and restocked. GF keeps hers in their garage in the winter and they also don't use the water system, and we do, so there's more maintenance for us. We need to buy new tires too, since we don't trust the ones on it because of the heat from the fire. Too bad - they were new. Anyway, we have a few projects ahead of us, but not today! We're taking the day off. Have a great day!
YAH love the view of Lake Superior from on top of Sugarloaf Mountain. Hope you also got some sleep last night. Sorry about the day at work and very sad about all those who passed too. Hope you are alright and don't get sick. Glad you enjoyed the comics and the lights are inconvenient but such is life. More concerned if something 'bad' had really happened. Will find out what is up and go from there.
Oh the Spring Fling sounds wonderful Bama, and so glad Chloe enjoyed it. I am with Chloe, I love jewelry too LOL
Wow on the cool hamburger wagon and that is a long time....the burger sounds good, like the old fashioned kind.
Good luck with finding the badges today.
Barb, so glad it was such a beautiful day for the garage sale and you sold so much too. Yes, the library is a great place to donate the books too. Did you sell any of the table top books?
Very sorry about the camper and the fire damage and hope eventually you can get it all taken care of. Enjoy your day off!
Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday,
Good afternoon ladies,
Hope you all are having a good weekend.
Yesterday was busy. Went to the fruit farm for apples, bought more flowers and got them in the ground, cleaned and scrubbed floors, finished my quilt and did the laundry so tomorrow would be free to mow grass and work on weeding and mulching. This afternoon, just taking it easy.
Glad your yard sale went well, Barb. I hope the camper repairs go well.
Sorry about the light, Sue. Hope you get results soon. Nice duck picture.
Good luck finding the badges, Alabama. Sounds like you had a nice day yesterday. I am hungry for a really good burger but not on my diet.
Sorry about losing more residents, YAH. Enjoy your trout. Fish on the menu here today too.
Hope your DD's yard sale goes well today, Molasses. Hope you have nice time together.
Hope your trip is going well, Angii.
Guess that's it from here. Have a great day and enjoy some me time.
Afternoon all, Barb glad you did well on the Garage sale . I will be having one when we get back and I hope it's my last one. We only hold them on Saturdays from Dawn until around Noon . Here in Ohio they are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and all day but not opening until 8 . Bama you have to get permit but it is free, here permits are 5 00. and both places you can only have two a year .
They are definitely a lot of work . Sometimes I wonder if they are worth it . Sorry about your camper .
Yah, I wouldn't be able to work where you do as it would break my heart to hear of all the passings. I often thought about volunteering in a Hospital but decided I couldn't handle it . You have to be strong to be around that.
Di, sounds like you got a lot accomplished yesterday . Now get yourself a good book or find a good movie and settle down for the day. I still have my Gd and DD here so won't be able to relax until tomorrow. We ran errands for her this morning and I am Pooped. My feet just can take being on them to long any more. All I am doing the rest of the day is good Supper and then I am done.
If did find her badges and all her girl scout clothes Plus brownie clothes also. Of course they are not longer the same but she wants to take them and show them to her troop. Perfectly glad as it take a few boxes away from my house.
We stopped at the Good Will this morning as I had a coat from there to return . It was a really nice coat from Kohl's but was too big for all the women in my family and while we were there we had to look at jewelry. Chloe loves jewelry and it was a task to get her away from it.
Mo, hope your DD sale went good for her . I really sometimes thing they are more trouble then they are worth. But its nice to get rid of some things.
Sue Love the Duck pictures.
I'm working on a headache so I need to go and relax for awhile.
Maybe bl .
Just popping in as time is going so fast. Slept on and off and then to late. Was all blue out there but lots of clouds coming in but not sure if they will stay, I haven't been outside but it says 70 on temp. thing. Wow, wish I was at a lake at least but probably will not go anywhere today anymore. Dh will have the trout later but we had the pasty that he picked up at the end yesterday. Would have ordered more but didn't know so he just was lucky to get 2 left over I guess.
Good day to rest Di I guess they had the first Farmer's Market in Marq. Sat. but I'm sure there's no tomatoes I never seem to get there.
Bama, sounds like those things i like to go to and that hamburger place sounds Great! Wish they had it around here! I'm sure chloe enjoyed her time Hope you find the 4-H stuff as I have a hard time finding anything anymore.
Sue, Love the duck pic and I hope you have a very relaxing "me" day today!! Funny with the frozen marbles to
Barb, wow, thats a lot to make but I suppose if there was furniture also? I can't remember what we made that one summer, we had it all summer with the 2 boys here helping me cover up with tarps every night Guess it was ok but it went all summer Woman across the street has her's open all the time but i guess she calls it a business but I doubt if she pays gov't anything much She likes cash only.
I sure hope you get the pop up camper going and not to far to go now to enjoy things hey?
Well I better do something today Enjoy your ME day! Yah
Just had to add these lovely flowers in my nieces front yard in Idaho! I imagine they smell so good!! Can't smell nothing here Enjoy them Yah
Back again, I sat down to watch a movie and I was having trouble staying awake. Told DH I need to find something to do before I fall asleep. Reading won't cut it, I can only get few pages in until I start nodding off. I am done with the quilt and caught up with RFL stuff. Took my camera for a walk yesterday but didn't see anything I wanted to photograph. I don't like to do yard work on Sunday afternoons, just not something that I feel right doing. Wish you all were close by, we'd have a girls afternoon.
Well I had my picture of the Hamburger Wagon plus a little note and it couldn't be posted . Not because of the picture but because there was no Submit Reply Button. It is kind of annoying and it happens at least once a day. So here I go again. no so far no go.
Di, It would be great if we could all have a girls afternoon together .
Growing up our Sundays were Church and then going to Grammas for Sunday Dinner and then just visiting . No work on Sunday.
Let's see if I can get the picture on here again.
Afternoon ladies Cherry Blossom Sue here,
Wow Dianna, you did good on Saturday and I am tired just reading all you got done. The light is a minor thing we just want them to check the light itself as these bulbs were put in November of last year (I remember cause it was after I had washed the ceiling and walls in the kitchen with the mop that I had to walk over in the a.m. and asked the guys when they arrived, for a set of bulbs).
Glad you enjoyed the duck pic.
Bama, that is why I had to stop volunteering at the hospital many years back, my friend Debbie and I started as candy strippers, remember those?
And Debbie, worked at C.I. Mental Hospital and we both volunteered with the mentally retarded children (that's what they were called back then) and the autistic children too. We used to take them to the mall and to eat out and all.
But I also did volunteer work at the hospital in pediatrics, and then geriatrics and the kids were great as once they were ready they went home but after about 4 years I started to cry more and more when an elderly patient would pass on and my supervisor there said it was time for me to take a break.
Yes Bama, a nice relaxing day, glad you found the badges. Sorry abut the headache and glad you enjoyed the ducks.
YAH I have that lovely blessed Sunday too. Hope yours turned out to be a nice one. Wow the 70s, we have the a/c on today.
Glad you enjoyed the duck pic and I had a wonderful day and the evening looks good. Yeah I loved marbles and have clearies and colored ones and painted ones, etc....they are all in an old fashioned designed Maxwell house coffee jar. I lost some over the years to kids as I gave them away to them.
YAH wow I love the beautiful flowers.
Sorry about the dozing off Dianna, you did a lot so doesn't surprise me. How about some phone calls to family or friends that would take up some time and keep you awake!
Hope you found something to keep you up.
I grew up where Sundays were a day for rest, so we never did anything, I'd ride my bike to church (or walk) come home and take a bath/shower, watch the game (whatever was in season) with my dad, or read a book and then we always had an early dinner as Sunday evening we all watched TV together and I did my nails LOL
Same with us Bama, no work on Sunday.
I love the pic of the Hamburger wagon and the history behind it....that is so great.
Well I am off to do more catch up before crackers and then to play some Mah Jong.
Oh Yah, I can just smell those lilacs . I love them . Don't have them in Alabama but plenty here in Ohio . They just don't last long enough .
DD and GD has left and all is quiet now. We had a great time this afternoon . We played Uno and Blink which are similar games. Chloe has so much fun. She is so fun to be around. She has the cutest little shoes that she wore in a wedding with heels . I swear I do enjoy her . Oldest GD had to go to Girl Scouts to I think it's called Bridge up from a brownie to a Girl Scout . I missed it since it is so late .
Time for a little relaxtion and I need it LOL. Loved having them with me but am tired. Can't do as much as I use to . LOL I think we all know what I mean .
Have a great evening all. Grass cutting tomorrow .
We are home. Cody won!!!! Super happy girl here, and a wonderful way to spend Cody's birthday weekend.
So it was a really good weekend. We got up there on Friday, and got everything unloaded and set up and tech'ed in. Then Saturday we started qualifying, and since there was a threat of rain for today we actually started eliminations yesterday as well. They ran the first two rounds, and since the motorcycle class only had one more round, we also ran the final on Saturday. Cody did awesome! I am exhausted. On our way home we were fighting a 35mph head wind. So it was a long and hard ride home. Plus I didn't sleep well last night as I kept having weird dreams and even a few nightmares that woke Cody up as well. I will try and catch up tomorrow.
Oh, Sue, here is a link to the pictures from the last event! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201976962002168.1073741835.1128824182&type=1&l=4a2c38fb08
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Times Co. criticized for McKenna, gay-marriage ad campaigns
The Seattle Times Co. jumped into two of the state's hottest political contests Wednesday, launching a $75,000 independent-expenditure campaign promoting Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and announcing a similar effort in support of gay marriage.
Seattle Times staff reporters
Independent expenditure report
The Seattle Times Co. jumped into two of the state's hottest political contests Wednesday, launching a $75,000 independent-expenditure campaign promoting Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and announcing a similar effort in support of gay marriage.
The move — which company executives described as an experiment to show the power of newspaper political advertising — drew harsh criticism from Democrats and from opponents of gay marriage, as well as from journalism and political experts.
The Times Co. began the effort with a full-page ad on page B6 of Wednesday's newspaper, touting McKenna as the "easy way" to end gridlock in Olympia. More pro-McKenna ads will follow — including one in Thursday's paper — along with ads urging approval of Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage in Washington.
The decision to run the ads was made by the corporate side of The Times, and was "completely separate from the journalism functions of the newspaper," Alan Fisco, Seattle Times executive vice president, revenue and new products, said in a news release.
Fisco described the effort as a pilot project to show the power of newspaper political advertising and to attract new revenue. He said the company will analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns and present the results to political consultants and campaigns to try to persuade them to advertise more in the newspaper.
The Seattle Times news department, which includes reporters covering the political campaigns, "was not part of the discussion or the decision to do this," said Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman.
But the ad campaign was swiftly criticized by some journalism and political experts who said it threatens to damage the credibility of the newspaper's reporting.
"It's not the newspaper's problem; it's not the publisher's problem; it's not even the readers' problem; it's the problem of the reporters who are covering these issues and these candidates," said Roy Peter Clark, vice president and senior scholar with the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank in Florida. "Their credibility is at stake."
Dozens of Seattle Times news staff members on Wednesday were drafting a letter to Times Publisher Frank Blethen protesting the ad campaign.
The campaign in support of McKenna will total $75,750 and include ads every day through Election Day, according to a report filed Wednesday with the state Public Disclosure Commission. The ads were designed as an independent expenditure and were not coordinated with the McKenna campaign, The Times' news release said.
Another $75,000 in contributions will go toward the gay-marriage campaign, said Jill Mackie, a Times spokeswoman.
The pro-gay-marriage ads are an in-kind contribution to the Washington United for Marriage campaign, which is receiving discounted rates for newspaper ads it is purchasing, said campaign manager Zach Silk.
The contributions reported for both campaigns are the market value of the advertising, not the actual cost to the newspaper.
The Seattle Times editorial board has strongly endorsed both McKenna and R-74, but the ad campaign takes that backing to another level, some experts said.
"Regular people have trouble believing there is a wall between the editorial side of news, and the reporting side. This would seem to make that even more difficult," said Todd Donovan, political-science professor at Western Washington University. "My sense is the public perception of The Times' credibility and objectivity takes a big hit here."
Indeed, the gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Jay Inslee said Wednesday the ad raised questions about the newspaper's content.
"In this media environment most people read all news sources with a somewhat skeptical eye, but I think you have to look at The Seattle Times with a much more skeptical eye now," said Inslee spokesman Sterling Clifford.
Frank Schubert, campaign director for Preserve Marriage Washington, called The Times decision "a stunning example of journalistic bias, greed and stupidity." Schubert said the newspaper had "abandoned any pretense of objectivity" and said "the whole thing smacks of a pay-to-play scheme."
Matt Barreto, a political-science professor at the University of Washington, said in addition to the credibility issues, he was not sure how the company could measure the effectiveness of its ad campaign.
That would require a controlled study, Barreto said, where some readers get the ads and others do not, followed by a comparison of their voting patterns.
This isn't the first time The Seattle Times Co. has waded into political campaigns. For example, during the 1990s, the Blethen family, which owns a majority stake in the newspaper, sponsored political ads opposing Initiative 200, which ended affirmative-action programs in the state.
The newspaper also donated more than $6,000 worth of newspaper ads to an unsuccessful 2006 campaign to repeal Washington's estate tax.
But Mackie confirmed the McKenna ad represented the first time the company has sponsored ads in support of a candidate in a partisan political race.
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There are many Filipino restaurants in Metro Manila that offer a "buffet style" of eating, like all-you-can-eat priced affordably for everyone to enjoy. The Cabalen, is a Kapampangan inspired restaurant which boasts of almost 50 variety of dishes such as kare-kare, sisig, kilawin,dinuguan and kaldereta to name a few. One of the popular buffet restaurants, they are proud to inform to have 14 branches that can cater to its enthusiasts.
Primero Casa Filipino in Quezon City also has a unique style of serving buffet meals to their guests. The first time you visit the place, you will have a feeling that you are on a fine dining restaurant with all that ambience and expensive place. The setting and atmosphere can be a bit intimidating but who says buffet style can't be that classy? The variety of dishes is not really that extensive but buffet dining in this place is quite an experience. The quality and taste of Filipino food is such a best seller.
Kamayan restaurant is the original buffet restaurant that offers almost all the favorite Filipino food that you are craving for. For a reasonable price you can eat everything from a variety of main courses to the different desserts that you can think of. Aside from the good food, the staffs are all friendly and accommodating, ready to assist you in al your needs. If you are fond of lechon and ihaw-ihaw's, then kamayan is the best place for you.
Kamay kainan is also one of the best Filipino buffet restaurants that you have to experience. Food is great, you can choose from a variety of 50 dishes; drinks are bottomless and desserts are really delectable. The price is reasonable and the place looks good and service is dependable.
Lola Maria offers an affordable buffet from a variety of Filipino dishes. The restaurant is also famous of the so-called "celebrity dishes," which are recipes named after celebrities. Different regional Filipino foods are showcased at the buffet table of Lola Maria's. If you would like to experience buffet at its best, make Lola Maria's top of your list.
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'How to NOT build a Terminator' talk set set for Feb. 25 at Great Valley1/22/15Penn State Great Valley will celebrate National Engineers Week with a special presentation on robotics and ethics.
Civil rights attorney, author Guinier to speak at Great Valley on Feb. 181/9/15Civil rights attorney Lani Guinier, known for challenging conventional thinking on the issues of race and class, will speak at Penn State Great Valley.
Penn State online bachelor's programs ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report1/7/15Penn State World Campus was ranked highly in U.S. News & World Report's 2015 Best Online Programs, including No. 1 for best online bachelor's programs.
Great Valley's Henry Gallery to host Philadelphia Art Connection works12/5/14Penn State Great Valley will host the works of 11 regional artists from the Philadelphia Arts Connection (PAC) in the Henry Gallery. The exhibit, Colors of Korea, is an expression of the unique colors, memories and reflections of the PAC members whose works embrace Korean and Western art traditions.
Chester County Penn State Alumni Society presents campus with $25,000 donation10/30/14The Chester County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Society recently presented Great Valley with a $25,000 endowment to support the campus' cultural arts and community events.
Great Valley Faculty Research Showcase set for Nov. 1210/29/14Eric W. Stein will present the highlights of two books he has written on ways to enhance individual creativity and to develop high power creative teams and organizations from noon to 1 p.m Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the Musser Auditorium of the Conference Center Building.
Vegan superstar comes to Penn State Great Valley10/24/14If you are intrigued about the vegan life but worry that it's expensive, too hard to maintain or just plain cow-hugging weird, join Penn State Great Valley on November 13 as we host holistic health counselor, author, and longtime vegan, Victoria Moran for an inspiring talk and book signing.
Abington students engineer their futures 10/12/14Two Penn State Abington students are basking in the opportunities offered at the new regional engineering suite at Great Valley.
Essence of Joy Singers set to visit Great Valley campus Oct. 2210/9/14The Essence of Joy Singers, the prestigious chorale ensemble from Penn State's School of Music, will perform at Penn State Great Valley at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Great Valley hosts statistical symposium Oct. 1710/2/14Annually since 1999, John I. McCool, Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering, has worked with the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Quality to host a half day Statistical Symposium. This year's program will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Penn State Great Valley.
Penn State Great Valley to host screening of 'Growing Cities' documentary 9/22/14At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, Penn State Great Valley will host a free screening of "Growing Cities," a documentary film that examines the role of urban farming in America.
Penn State Great Valley to host 'From Isolation to Collaboration' exhibit9/19/14Penn State Great Valley will host the works of 17 regional artists from the Assemblage Artists Collective in the Henry Gallery, Oct. 9 through Dec. 17.
Free screening of "Growing Cities" set for Oct. 19/12/14Penn State Great Valley will host a free screening of "Growing Cities," a documentary that examines urban agriculture as a way to revitalize cities and provide local food to its residents.
Public radio program highlights Great Valley exhibit on woodworker Milan 9/12/14Emil Milan (1922-1985), a somewhat forgotten but highly influential 20th century American studio worker, is getting more attention since Penn State Great Valley opened the first public exhibit of his work, "Emil Milan: Midcentury Designer Craftsman," earlier this summer.
Ribbon cutting for new Penn State regional engineering suite set for Sept. 16 9/5/14Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to the unveiling of Penn State's new regional engineering suite from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Penn State Great Valley's Conference Center building.


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Re: [OS] TURKEY/US/MIL - EX-Turkish diplomat says US has nukes in Istanbul
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Matthew Powers wrote:
EX-Turkish diplomat says US has nukes in Istanbul
Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:42:13 GMT
A senior Turkish diplomat says the United States has stored tactical
nuclear weapons in Istanbul.
Former Turkish defense ministry adviser and retired ambassador to
Washington, Taner Baytok asserted that nearly 100 tactical nuclear
weapons were stored, "not at the US Incirlik Base in Adana", but in
Istanbul, the most populated city of the country, Hurriyet Daily News
He said some of these weapons are in other cities near the Black Sea.
"Twelve million people are living on nuclear warheads in Istanbul...
Those weapons must be taken out of Turkey," he added.
According to Baytok, tactical weapons, which are fired with a double-key
system, were placed during the Cold War.
The weapons would be fired to the satellites of the former Soviet Union
as they are attached to faster missiles with shorter ranges, said
"One of the keys is in the US and the other in the host country, in this
case Turkey," the former ambassador added.
Based on a former report published by The Times nearly 50% of US nuclear
weapons in NATO member countries can be located in Turkey.
Based on the report, US President Barack Obama will remove all nuclear
arsenals out of the NATO member states, including Turkey.
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LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks on during the third quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Finals agaist the San Antonio Heat at the American Airlines Arena June 20, 2013 in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs, who are tied in the NBA Finals series, are competing to win game 7 to determine the series champion. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Updated: June 20, 2013 11:03PM
MIAMI — The book on LeBron James is still being written, but another chapter closed Thursday night in Miami.
''I want to go down as one of the greatest,'' the four-time NBA MVP said heading into Game 7 of the NBA Finals. "I want our team to go down as one of the greatest teams.''
Three straight Finals appearances for James and the Miami Heat are impressive but not enough to earn the ''dynasty'' title on their own. It's about the rings.
However, every so often a team or an individual comes along and becomes bigger than the trophy — bigger than the game. Charles Barkley, Michigan's ''Fab Five,'' Barry Bonds. They weren't just players or teams — they were movements. Title or no title, they made you watch. Rings helped, put them on a bigger stage, but the ring wasn't a requirement.
Since James left the Cleveland Cavaliers three years ago, the Heat — love it, hate it or both — has achieved that status, lifting the NBA to a higher level. Television ratings and attendance figures as arenas don't lie.
James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are rock stars, and exactly what the NBA needed at just the right time.
''My only goal is to win championships,'' James said.
James, though, has also said on several occasions that he wants to be a global brand.
''[Championships are] what I came here for,'' he said. ''This is what I wanted to be a part of this team for. As far as validation of me being here, that side doesn't really matter to me about what validates us coming together. The camaraderie and the friendship and the teammates and what we've done over the three years can never be replaced.''
The NBA wouldn't want it to be replaced. Think of the rivalries that have grown since James, Wade and Bosh came together. Boston, Chicago and Indiana all hate anything Heat. And Cleveland hates James — forever. It's story-line gold.
In the bigger picture, by coming together the way they did, the ''Big Three'' have affected how players now do business. Owners' and general managers' power is at an all-time low when players are recruiting each other and trying to build superteams behind closed doors.
Bulls guard Derrick Rose said last year that he would never get involved in recruiting another player and that Chicago sells itself. Rose had better adapt or be left behind because All-Star Games and Olympic teams are becoming big secret meetings of players plotting their next moves.
Wade argued there's still more to it.
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It's been about a year since Sinjin Hawke's "Prom Nite" changed our lives. If you want to look at consistency in today's electronic music scene, you have to follow the path he's taken. This mix captures just a glimpse of the moves he's made (well, the moves we've been able to see him make). From his DJ Funk remix to his edit of "Bring In The Katz" to collaborations with Just Blaze, Mike Q, DJ Slow, DJ Sliink, and others. This is a great look at the bass music that moves me (personally). He touches everything from RP Boo to DJ Assault, and it's all fucking dope. But don't take my word for it. Hit he g-d play button and go dumb. And if you wanted to know what R&B Sinjin rocks with, check out this interview.
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MikeQ & Sinjin Hawke – ThunderScan
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Like many Porsche drivers, I've long loved 911s but felt a bit snobbish about the Boxster. Raw power was not in evidence, the original Boxsters sporting only 201 hp. And the styling? Granted, Porsches are about engineering rather than looks - they're like the smart, plain schoolgirl who wears no makeup because she knows that any boy who's going to get interested in her will have to pay closer attention than that - but even so, the early Boxsters resembled bugeye Sprites more than Carreras. The Boxster may have been Automobile Magazine's 1998 Automobile of the Year, but to me it smacked too much of the 914.
Younger readers may wish to be reminded that 914s were mid-engine half-Volkswagens - in Europe they were even sold from VW showrooms - that Porsche produced from 1969 to 1976. Most of them had four-cylinder engines, and almost all seemed to be painted the same awful road-cone orange. The good ones were said to be remarkable, but the only good ones I ever encountered were at the track, at Porsche club events - and here I must admit that my snobbery, like all snobbery, was based on a combination of ignorance and insecurity. Back in the 1990s, I'd be tooling around the track in my street-legal, silver-on-black 911 Carrera 4S when a shuddering flash of orange in the mirrors announced that I was about to be overtaken by a stripped-down, souped-up, slicks-shod 914. Club racers on a budget bought aging 914s for a pittance - they liked to call them "disposable" cars - and turned them into fierce competitors that proved to be as agile as Pro Bowl cornerbacks. All I could do was sigh, wave the damned thing past, hound it down the straight, then watch its little orange tail whip away through the twisty parts.
I had the half-baked notion that "real" Porsches have their engines behind the rear wheels. It dated from the day in Miami that I first saw a 356 up close. I was fourteen years old. One sunny afternoon in 1958, our music teacher, a suave veteran of the Broadway orchestra pits who wore Italian loafers yet was rumored to be heterosexual, took me and three peerlessly cool Latino trumpet players outside to see his new white Speedster. I didn't know what to make of it. Just when American cars were sprouting enormous fins and grilles as edgy as medieval maces, the Porsche looked as soft and droopy as a half-used bar of soap. It was so tiny that you could almost have hung it on davits across the back of my father's Cadillac, and the engine, which seemed only marginally bigger than the Eldorado's air-conditioning compressor, was situated where the trunk should have been. Yet the Speedster's single-minded design, its wire-mesh headlamp grilles and knockoff wheels, its sparse, race-car-like interior - not to mention the fact that the trumpet players flipped up their sunglasses and ogled it with genuine respect - persuaded me that Porsches must be a) cool and b) rear-engined. Since the 911 was a direct descendant of the 356, I came to regard it as a proper Porsche, the Boxster not as much so.


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In the hall/kids bathroom the linen closet door is right behind the bathroom door and is always getting slammed by it. The doorknobs also get caught because they hit against each other. I want to remove the linen closet door but then what? Accordian door? Any ideas would be appreciated! (Or I could take off the main door and do a barn door, but how complicated is that? expensive?) |
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Why not put a hinge limiter on the bathroom door so it can't slam into the linen closet door? |
- Posted by mydreamhome (My Page) on Mon, Feb 25, 13 at 20:20
Could you just leave the closet door off the linen closet and just make the space open shelves that are only seen when the bathroom door is closed? |
Would a bi-fold door work? |
Hinge stop. |
Curtain? |
- Posted by PAINTEDPEGGIES (My Page) on Wed, Feb 27, 13 at 14:06
Wow, great ideas...I might do the curtain or bi-fold door. I don't think the hinge stop would work because the door knobs jut out so far they bang together before the actual doors come close to touching. I looked up barn doors and yikes! Had no idea they are that pricey. |
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It's what's inside that counts at Intel Ireland
Ireland is Intel's centre of manufacturing excellence in Europe. Since 1989, Intel has invested US$7.5 billion turning 360 acres of the Collinstown Industrial Park into the most advanced industrial campus in Europe.
Over 4,500 people work at the Leixlip, Co. Kildare campus and in addition, there are over 200 people employed at Intel Communications Europe located in Shannon, Co. Clare, which is the Ireland product development arm of our Communications Product Group.
The fabs at the Leixlip campus produce 300mm wafers on multiple process technologies and our combined facilities constitute one of Intel's most technologically advanced, high-volume manufacturing sites in the world. These facilities produce leading edge silicon products that power platforms and technology advancements which are essential to the way we learn, live and work today.
Research is at the heart of Intel Ireland
The core of advanced manufacturing capability at the Leixlip site is a key enabler for numerous research and development initiatives that are carried out at the campus.
There is a dedicated team of employees involved in Silicon Nanoelectronics Research who collaborate extensively with research institutes such as the CRANN Nanoscience Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin and the Tyndall National Research Institute in Cork. The team also collaborate with universities and other companies from across Ireland and Europe.
Also located at the campus is the Innovation Open Lab - Ireland. The lab is home to a research team who facilitate and engage in open research and innovation opportunities in Europe that can ultimately lead to value-driven technology solutions. The lab is focused on Energy & Sustainability, and Dependable Cloud & Services research. The lab is a member and network leader of Intel Labs Europe which has the goal of expanding the scope of Intel's European R&D activities by coordinating innovation activity and future investments against an Innovation Agenda focused on enabling a Digital Europe.
Another growing competence in manufacturing research at the site is represented by the Product Development Engineering team which design leading edge test solutions for Intel semiconductor circuits such as microprocessors, chipsets, consumer and embedded electronics devices.
Intel Ireland is also involved, in a leadership role, with two Technology Centres in Ireland. These Technology Centres, The Energy Research Centre (I2E2) and The Irish Centre for Manufacturing Research (ICMR) are collaborative entities established and led by industry which address the key issue of building and reinforcing areas of strength within both industry and the academic sphere and ensuring that these are highly networked with each other.
Intel Ireland cares for the world around us
Intel strives to be a trusted, leading corporate citizen and corporate responsibility at Intel Ireland reflects our deep respect for people and for the communities around us. Intel Ireland employees are deeply involved in a number of activities and programs in the communities where they live and work and are committed to making positive contributions to them.
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An American woman was treated with NPL healing for six months for binge eating disorder, complexes about her skin colour, procrastination and allergies, among other things.
This was supposed to be a treatment for weight loss and it would last a few years. However, Marnyka could no longer commit herself due to a busy schedule. The results after six months of NPL healing are to be found here.
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find a taxi and rang up several car services. A bystander explained,
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flagging down, and the snow plow driver ended up giving the parents to
be a ride to the hospital.
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girl. The couple has not released the name of their first child, but
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Blaine popped the question to Guinochet in 2009, after a courtship of
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The rain ended just as we pulled into the Datai, the kind of resort that makes architects and interior decorators salivate. Parts of it are reminiscent of a Japanese castle, with pagoda-like roofs; designer-furnished rooms face the island-dotted Andaman Sea. Nearby, waterfalls thunder down mist-shrouded, jungle-covered mountains. A 10-minute walk through virgin rain forest leads to a crescent beach, where the owners of the Datai recently built a 188-room resort called the Andaman.
It is easy enough to confine oneself to the Datai. During my stay, I spent hours floating in the pool on the terrace overlooking the sea, and training the hotel-supplied binoculars on the red flying squirrels soaring between the trees just beyond my balcony.
But most of the time I resisted temptation, and with good reason. Along much of its northern shore, Langkawi is still a naturalist's dream. From December to March, it is a stopover for hundreds of bird species migrating from as far away as Siberia. Three-foot-long black monitor lizards-- sharp-toothed survivors from Cretaceous times-- dash along its pure-white beaches. From the sky above, skittish Brahminy kites and majestic white-bellied sea eagles plunge into the turquoise waters offshore, emerging with fish in their talons.
Granted, there are some human blemishes hidden among the orchid fields, monkeys, and hornbills. Mahendra Dev, the Datai's naturalist, took me on a boat tour of the coastal mangroves with six other passengers, from Pittsburgh, Melbourne, and Osaka. He pointed out an island once famous for its bat cave. A hotel developer decided it would be more appealing if the dense mangroves were replaced by pine trees, stone benches, and picnic tables. This resulted in an ecological domino effect: the long-tongued bats, which fed on the mangrove flowers, have starved or moved elsewhere. In the absence of bats, wasps have infested the cave. The pines don't have the mangroves' extensive root networks, which protected the beach from erosion, so the waves have shattered the benches and tables.
Before leaving Langkawi I wanted at least a glimpse of more traditional Malay society. Malays call themselves bumiputra, or "sons of the soil." Driving through the mountains, I could see thousands of acres of green rice fields stretching across much of the central part of the island far below. Surely, there were still plenty of bumiputra villagers living in their airy wood houses on stilts.
At a local café I met Shukri Shafie, who grew up in Langkawi and had recently built himself one of those traditional-style Malay dwellings. We drove through the jungle, then along a clearing of rice paddies, and finally up a hill to Shukri's house. It was a wonder to behold. Shukri explained how carefully he had followed local custom and architectural style. He had hired a religious shaman to approve the location of the land and decide the most propitious day to begin construction. From his ancestors' plot, Shukri had brought earth in a coconut shell and buried it with a gold coin under what would be the central pillar. On the sides of the house, artisans had carved wood panels with traditional Kedah motifs, such as spice plants, flowers, and animals. The high roofs and open windows provided natural ventilation even during the hottest part of the day.
Perhaps it was indiscreet, but I couldn't help asking Shukri how he could afford to build this residence worthy of a sultan. He had spent much of his adult life, he explained, as an advertising executive in the United States and Europe. "I once handled the Coca-Cola account in Malaysia," said Shukri, who had set aside enough savings to enjoy a simpler, more provincial existence.
Enlightenment, it seems, can take many shapes. And so, at journey's end, I had finally come across somebody able to effortlessly sort out and balance the conflicting strains of traditional and modern life in Malaysia.