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Christmas Tour 2014–Dining Room
Hi Friends! And Merry Christmas! I am here today to give you a peek at my Christmas décor in the dining room. The dining room turned out to be my favorite room in our house this year…probably has to do with the vintage ornaments! Anyway, get ready for picture overload!
As you can probably tell, I LOVE vintage ornaments! I can't get enough of them. I love that they are each unique and have so much detail. I will be back soon with a tour of the rest of the house!
Monday, November 3, 2014
Halloween Recap!
Hey Ya'll.
I wanted to do a quick recap of Halloween. I made the kid's costumes this year so I want to remember all of my hard work for all of time!
Caroline (11 years old) requested to be a unicorn. She wanted a tutu and a horn. I made that happen! These pictures were taken before Halloween as she didn't go trick or treating with us…we are now lame. She went with a friend, so these are the only pictures that I have.
I used a combination of this tutorial for the ears/horn and this picture of the mane that I found on Pinterest.
And sweet Baby Jesus…disregard the mess that was my house in the background!!
Charlotte requested to be a Bad Witch…not a good witch or just a witch. A BAD WITCH. She is three, I kept it simple. I made her hat using this tutorial that I found on Pinterest. It was so darn cold on trick or treat night that you couldn't even see the rest of her costume. Boo. These pictures were taken at her Preschool class party.
William (8 years old) was a dinosaur, as requested by Charlotte. Actually, she wanted him to be a dragon but when I asked William if he was a dragon or dinosaur he replied dinosaur. So we went with that. These pictures were taken the week before Halloween when we took the kids to Boo at the Zoo…it was warm that day.
He totally loved the tail. I found the tutorial online. It was pretty easy to make. I just added spikes to a hoodie…easy and he LOVED it. One point for Mom!
The kids had a blast trick or treating. When we got home they both dumped their bags and gorged on candy for thirty minutes and then went to bed. Did you have a good Halloween?
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Today, I am going to talk about something that has nothing to do with home décor, DIY or thrifting. Today, I am going to talk about things that our family is struggling with. This isn't something that is new to us, but rather something that we continually deal with, re-evaluate and tweak all the time. But first, let me give you a little back story…
Our son was born with a rare genetic syndrome and with that syndrome comes lots of issues. With the syndrome come cognitive delays, meaning he has an intellectual disability. Some children with the syndrome are also considered medically fragile and I am grateful that William doesn't fit into that category. But that doesn't mean that we are free of all medical issues…he just isn't considered "fragile". William's dominate issue regarding his syndrome is that he is non-verbal. He doesn't talk. He does say some words (go, bye, hi), but me and my husband are really the only ones that understand what he is trying to say beyond those three words. There are sometimes that he surprises us all and drops an "I love you" and you cry big tears of joy. Or he sings Happy Birthday to his sister and we are all in such shock that we just stand with our mouths open staring at him. But those times rare…very, very rare…like only happens once and then he never says it again. For all intents and purposes, William is functionally non-verbal.
William uses an app on an Ipad for his communication. Praise the Lord for Mr. Jobs and all of the people that made apple technology so amazing. I can not tell you how life changing the Ipad has been for William…at school. Yep, he will not use it at home. I know, I hang my head in shame. Why doesn't he use it? Truth…because I haven't MADE him. You Moms get me on this…I know what William wants most of the time by just looking at him. Over the past 8 years I have really honed in on the different cries, whines, grunts and gestures that he would make…just as Moms and Dads do with a new baby. But as he gets older the wants and needs get bigger and more complicated, like when he wants make a toy do something that he saw on TV but I have never seen the show…yeah, that. He gets upset, I get upset and no one wins. I am not sure why I thought that THAT was communicating. How was that communicating?? Telepathic communication? It sounds so stupid, but I truly believed that William was communicating with me.
At school William uses his Ipad more. He uses it in all areas of his day. He uses it during class to answer questions. He uses it to tell the teacher what he wants. He uses it during Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. He uses it during math, reading and spelling. The one area that he doesn't use his Ipad…with his friends. He doesn't use his Ipad to have a conversation. If you ask him a question he will answer the question but he will not go up to someone and start communicating. William is perfectly content to sit and watch everything that is going on around him and to not participate in the conversation, which is frustrating.
All that said, I have been on a mission to get my child to communicate here at home as well as communicating better at school. I need him to know that I value what he has to say. I need him to know that I will listen. I need to hear him. I need to hear what he thinks. I need to hear what he wants. I need to hear when he hurts. I need to hear about how much he loves school. I need to hear about how much he loves swimming. I want to know if he doesn't want something. I want to know if he doesn't like my spaghetti. I need to know how Mickey Mouse is supposed to sit in the rocket ship. I need to know…William.
So with my new mission comes learning all that there is to know about AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) and about TouchChat (the app that he uses). AAC is the terms uses when someone uses some type of communication device, whether it be an ipad, pictures or other voice output system. I have been watching YouTube videos, reading blogs, reading in Facebook groups. Ya'll…I'm not even going to kid, this shit is tough. I have been programming items into his Ipad like a mad woman and I know that I am not getting everything. I have to program things that I think he would want to say. Things like, Minions, Planes characters, favorite snacks, Gatorade flavors, his Minion shirt and his puzzles just to name a few. But think about that…you have to anticipate what your 8 year old would want to say. It's mind blowing. Lucky for me William is pretty easy going and if there isn't an icon for what he wants to say and lets me add it real quick.
It has been a rough start to the new school year. We are only a month in and I have already called for an IEP meeting, which IEP meetings are the worst. I hate them, they suck but they are a necessary evil. I have emailed more people within our school district in this last month than I have during his entire school career. And there are some people that may or may not be avoiding my phone calls. ha. This is a fight that I am prepared to take on…it goes with the territory. Right now we are on week 3 of waiting for the school to get things set up so that William can print out his written work from his Ipad…3 FREAKING WEEKS!!! Crazy thing is, I told them how we could do it in the very first email that I sent to the teacher but that was ignored. They are complicating the hell out of the simplest of issues. Our IEP meeting is on the 2nd, so we will see how things go after that.
Anyways, I tell you all this not to get sympathy but more for me to just vent. I feel better having typed all of this out. We are heading in the right direction though not at the speed that I would like but in the right direction. Thanks for listening Friends.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Thrift Report!
Hi guys! It has been a crazy summer at our house and now that the kids are back in school I feel like I can breathe. Our summer consisted of a surgery, another hospital stay, birthday parties, baptisms, a trip to Milwaukee, Cardinals baseball, swim team practices and swim meets. We did manage to enjoy the pool a lot, so that made the kids happy!
Now that the kids are back in school my thrifting schedule is back on track! I was beginning to go through withdrawals…I kid, I kid. <not really>
I have picked up some fun stuff in the last few weeks so I thought that I would share. Thrift Report is BACK!
I found two sets of bamboo handle utensils. The first set has really long handles, so I'm guessing they are appetizer forks or some sort of serving fork. The second set have a fantastic handle and are more of a butter or spreading knife. I think they are both amazing.
I have been finding tons of bookends! These elephants may be my favorites! I think that they would be adorable in a nursery but would also look very chic on any bookshelf.
I mean, who doesn't love a brass unicorn. I can't leave them behind.
These glasses are just beautiful. They are Georges Briard and the colors are simply amazing.
And these Culver glasses…the gold stripes. I die.
This little teal waste basket is in perfect condition. On one side it says "Things 'n Stuff" and on the other "litter basket". The graphics are fun.
I have had great luck with glassware and these are stunning.
Are your kids back in school? Have you gotten back into the swing of things? I am happy to be able to go thrifting without kids! My baby started Preschool three days a week for a few hours each day. Those 2.5 hours fly by and the time to myself is wonderful. But I sure do miss her and love seeing her big smile when she sees me in the pick up lane!


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While Jordan Staal was busy saying "I do," the Pittsburgh Penguins were busy finalizing a deal to send the center to the Carolina Hurricanes. The agent for Staal, Paul Krepelka, informed him at the wedding reception that he would be joining his brother, Eric, with the Hurricanes. "It was definitely tough news to hear," Staal [...]
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Scene City (previously Suicidator) is a city generator, it lets you build entire 3D cities very easily, big or small, with a high visual quality. It is meant to be used along with Blender.
Start by setting your city options in the generator, an easy to use standalone 3D application for Windows, Mac and linux
Walk in your city with a first person camera, or fly over it, all in realtime
Export your city as a .blend file that can be directly opened in Blender, the powerful and free 3D creation application
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Render your city in Blender Internal for fast renders, or in Cycles for the highest quality, choose whichever you need
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It's still there, waiting. Lurking there, just under the surface. You've tried to suppress it, will it away. But then, out of nothing, it strikes. And all of a sudden, there it is, back again, back with a vengeance.
You could be doing anything. Mowing your lawn. Washing your car. And all of a sudden, there it is, standing there with its hideous grin. You try to run, but there's no escape. There it is, as awful as ever. You've tried to suppress it, will it away. But you know it's still there. And no, it isn't done with you.
The pain, I mean.
Five yards. Just five more yards.
The pain's still there, and not just for the obvious reasons. Not just because we were that close, to returning at last to the top of the league. Not just because we were that close, to the perfect ending for the second year straight.
Not just because we were that close. But also because we just don't know, whether we'll get that close again.
Sure, as I've said, this was always a three-year plan; though we came up short those first two years, we weren't supposed to be there at all. We overachievedwildlyso our window is really just opening now. But the truth is, we just don't know.
In Super Bowl XXV, the Bills lost by a couple of feet. But they still had a Hall of Fame core, which just then was beginning its prime. We'll be back, the Bills proclaimed, just as Colin Kaepernick did. Yet despite four consecutive AFC crowns, the Bills were never that close again.
In this league, as in this life, you just can't count on anything. That's why you've gotta seize your chances, when they come. Logic might say that you'll get some more. But the truth is, you just don't know.
In other words, sh*t happens.
Take this offseason, for example.
When Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles, there was some talk of the Niners' "curse" at wide receiver. Surely such talk shouldn't go too far; after all, the Niners drafted both Rice and Owens, Nos. 1 and 2 in all-time yards. But the frustration was understandable. We hadn't had a legitimate pair of starting receivers, since, you guessed it, Rice and Owens. With Crabtree and Anquan Boldin we did, but only until the very first day of OTAs. The first practice, of the very first day.
Irksome, to be sure, but not as irksome as what it revealed.
Trent Baalke is widely credited with having assembled the most complete roster in the NFL. Yet Crabtree's injury sent the Niners into nearly total disarray. Signings off the street. Competitions among no-names. For a Super Bowl favorite with such a "complete roster," the desperate scrambling was downright pathetic.
Of course, it's not that Baalke hadn't planned for this. It's just that his plan went horribly wrong.
On the eve of last year's draft, the story goes, Baalke placed A.J. Jenkins' name in an envelope and sealed it. After the crow that his critics had eaten in the wake of the 2011 draft, Baalke had earned a display of arrogance. But when you act like you're smarter than everyone else, you raise the stakes for your decisions. And when this particular decision was Jenkins, easily the draft's biggest surprise, the stakes became positively enormous. A little arrogance can be a good thing; but if you defy the conventional wisdom, and if you do it arrogantly, you'd better be right.
Baalke was wrong. Last year Jenkins did nothing, even as our "cursed" receivers were ravaged by injury. That no-showing, though disappointing, was justified as evidence of Baalke's preference for "redshirting" rookies. (A sensible preference, in general.) But when Jenkins failed to seize Crabtree's spot, Jenkins (and Baalke) had no excuse. Nevertheless, we scaled down our hopes; maybe he'd be at least serviceable, maybe he'd partially fill the void. But after two preseason games, he was clearly incapable even of that.
The realization was stupefying. Despite the Niners' desperation, and despite the scraps he was competing against, A.J. Jenkinsso physically feeble, psychologically frailwas already on his way out the door.
You can give Baalke credit for recognizing his mistake and acting immediately. But no matter what Jon Baldwin becomes, there isn't any dressing this up. It's not that Baalke missed with a low first-round pickBill Walsh spent two on Todd Shell and Reggie McGrewit's that he missed so spectacularly. Jenkins wasn't merely a bust; he was literally a total waste. One season, zero catches? It's hard to do any worse than that.
Selfishly, I feel I deserve an explanation. After I ate my crow for 2011, I defended Baalke against all comers. Even before Jim Harbaugh did, I mocked the "experts" who'd questioned the choice: "Some, it seems, will never learn." Now here I am. I've bashed Baalke, and I've praised Baalkeand either way I've looked like a fool. Maybe I'm the one who should learn.
But how I look doesn't matter, of course. What matters is the Niners' success, and Baalke's mistake has this team in the lurch. Crabtree is hurt. Mario Manningham, likewise, is hurt. (Both, we're told, will be back this year (and effective this year), but I'll believe it when I see it.) Obviously, Ds will focus on Boldin (and Vernon Davis), leaving Kaepernick to rely on a strange melange of odds and ends, none of whom have proven reliable. With a Super Bowl title a moral imperative, it isn't a good proposition at all.
Which leads us back to where we began.
You just can't count on anything. That's why you've gotta seize your chances, when they come. Logic might say that you'll get some more. But the truth is, you just don't know.
Just ask Trent Baalke. He could've been a Super Bowl-winning general manager. Instead his seat is a little warm. All because of one decision, equal parts atrocious and arrogant.
And, of course, those five damned yards.
One Mistake Turns Up The Heat
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 6:55 AM | 21 comments
By Jeff Kaplan
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By: Lucky PhilDate: Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 4:01 PMComment: Stories we won't be talking about this NFL season. 1) "Tebowmania" is now just another word for "Lunatic". 2) This may sound trivial but JJ Watt has the smallest package in the NFL... But don't ask him about it. 3) What is it about ex-Chicago Bears players that become Head Coaches.... they're just freaking crazy. 4) Trent Baalke will not send any Christmas cards this year. No one will open the envelope. 5) The Chiefs will have a great season this year...wait a minute, where's that AJ Jenkins guy running to? 6) If someone will just put a ball in this guy's hands, I'm sure this dude is the next Forrest Gump! 7) Who's Got It Better Than Us?...The Ravens. 8) Jim Harbaugh - "Attack this day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind." Thank God this guy didn't become a proctologist! Have A Good Day Niner Fans!
By: Lucky PhilDate: Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 8:41 AMComment: Welcome Back Jeff! Welcome Back! I'm Ready For Some Football! And to get this season started I thought I would quote some of the all-time great motivational speakers in Niner Lore! "Take A Look At These, Take A Look At These, Gosh Dang It!...This Is A Hall Of Famer's Ball Sack." Thanks for all the good times Mike Singletary, mind if I get a picture of you two with my son? "Does he want me to kick these sons of bitches through the uprights?" Joe Nedney, after Sing's most inspirational speech. Yes, Joe, we want you to kick this Son Of A Bitch out of the building. "I Can't Wait, I can't wait to get out there and smell the breath of these guys." Actual quote from Jim Harbaugh....I just love this crazy bastard! "And the envelope says?" Yes, Trent Baalke, we know, it says we lost a Super Bowl. "You Got That?" A.J. Jenkins. Have A Great Year Niners!
By: GreenReaperTTDate: Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8:47 AMComment: Your love/hate relationship with baalke is ridiculous. you deserve an explanation? that's awesome. you're a hoot.
By: Dallas niner fanDate: Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 6:35 PMComment: Told you to watch Patton. You heard it here first.
By: The DukeDate: Friday, August 23, 2013 at 9:18 PMComment: Saying Baalke's seat is the tiniest bit warm is WAY more than a tiny stretch. You're doing Pilates with that one. His seat is more like a chillow, stop trying to create something that's not there.
By: Dallas Niner FanDate: Friday, August 23, 2013 at 1:45 PMComment: Good article Jeff. You make a good point, why does this franchise dummy up when it comes to WR? In all fairness there have been a lot of injuries to the WR corps, but the bottom line is someone has to step up. I think Patton has a lot of potential, I saw him when he played against SJSU last year, he torched them.
By: Nick S.Date: Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 11:29 PMComment: Jeff Kaplan, ladies and gentlemen. How the mighty has fallen.
By: overthemiddleDate: Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 5:18 PMComment: Jeff you and I know that the word "IF" is the biggest word in the English language. There were thirty some picks and twenty some picks that did not recognize Kap or Rodgers for their talent. Drafting is a crap shoot. Even though they do their homework sometimes they get it wrong.Response: True, OTM. But rarely do they get it THIS wrong. (Even Rashaun Woods mustered SEVEN grabs.) And my fear is that we're going to pay for it. I believe that a championship contender needs a championship-level receiving corps. And I don't think we've got one, not even close.
By: KEDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 8:37 PMComment: Old habits die hard I see, my only question is where is all this TB arrogance talk coming from? When I hear him do interviews I have yet to hear arrogance. I realize that youre only a blogger, but even some in the REAL media have adopted these silly tactics of stirring the pot, like L Cohn and his spawn. You guys are like a broken watch that's only right 2 times a day! Were talkin bout a #30 pick, Cmon Mannn ... I would say stuff like this is why Baalke is standoffish with the media, but then I remember... THIS IS NOT real media.
By: Terry B.Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 12:29 PMComment: "Until proven otherwise this is like having a great new first rounder!" If we pretend that the last two years aren't "proof" then we have a "great" first rounder! And if we pretend that Michael Crabtree didn't tear his Achilles, then he'll be ready week one! And if we pretend we got those five yards, we won the Super Bowl!
By: Barry SnyderDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 12:28 PMComment: Jeff...I think youre a bit over the edge here trying to make a story. The results of Baalke's tenure speak for themselves. He has drafted very well and got Harbaugh into the fold. You really think his seat is getting warm? That is a major stretch.Response: Just a "little" warm, Barry. So, at most, just a little stretch.
By: NinerDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 12:09 PMComment: Move on already. People complained about Walsh keeping Montana and Clark and getting rid of some drafted wr and trading Steve Deberg. Who cares? I hated the pick but he's gone and Jon has speed height and size. Let Seattle try to bully him. He made great leaping catches in college. We need a 3rd down playmaker a la Dwight Clark. If he makes a td or one first down, we already are ahead. With our improved deeper pass-rush, long drives will help both offense and defense. How can Brady, Manning et al win if they are on the sidelines. Until proven otherwise this is like having a great new first rounder!
By: Cris TDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 11:33 AMComment: For one thing i agree 100% on the article!!! Baalke's mistake was merely being pointed out. For that matter look at the whole 2012 draft!! ONLY LMJ MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM!! Don't get me wrong, Baalke made some good drafts but lets not get carried away here! The arrogance of JH and TB is whats irritating some people! UNTIL THIS TEAM WINS A SB THERE WILL BE CRITICISM. Bill Walsh gets a pass making mistakes in the draft because he won 3 SB's. That remains to be seen with the JH/TB tandem. I for one do not believe what JH says in the media anymore.
By: WalterDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 10:31 AMComment: Total overreaction. Are you fishing to get people to read your posts? Baalke is going to be around long after the petty commentators find real problems to write about.
By: FrankDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 10:17 AMComment: Jeff, Really? Wow, I'll bet if you looked around the league, there'd be a pretty long list of GM's who whiffed on 1st rd picks. The fact Baalke pulled off what should be another excellent trade is what matters. We didn't lose the SB because we had Jenkins...we lost it because our defense and ST's gave up way too many big plays. Sure, it sucks to miss on a 1st rounder...but Baalke's not the first nor will he be the last to do so. Overall, I think he's done an excellent job acquiring talent for Harbaugh to coach. Appropriately, TB drafted/signed plenty of help on defense, most notably beefing up our DL significantly. There's plenty of talent on defense now to avoid any sort of late-season dip in performance. On offense, Kap's not devoid of talent to throw to...by the end of the season, I'd bet McDonald and Vernon will form one of the best TE tandems in the league. Boldin, Williams, Patton, Baldwin, Collie, Moore, et al will get the job done. Manningham's return will supplement them. So, in the big picture, Jenkins was a minor setback, nothing more.
By: JVDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 9:29 AMComment: I think the 9ers have done a great job of shoring up the defense this offseason. I think Austin Collie emerges as the #2. Oh and he does have experience and was very productive. I know he has to stay healthy.
By: Terry B.Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 8:21 AMComment: When you spend a first-round pick on a fifth-round prospect, you've got to expect some growing pains. And there's no point in trading him for someone who has failed after having even longer to prove himself.
By: Paul A.Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 8:05 AMComment: Jeff, Off the top, nice to have you back and to my chagrin on point. It is more than pain, it is also sadness. As a lifelong fan, I want to believe that the team will be back in the SB and win it all. But the curse of being around for all of the SBs is the realization that it is so difficult to get back to the SB, not only does the team need to be great but lucky as well. So today I listen to my heart and I will, as I have done for the last 57 years of following the 9ers, start this new season with hope that all of the magic will come into play and the team will be crowned Champions at the end of the season.
By: NinerFan408Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 7:45 AMComment: I think Trent's seat is only warm because he is sitting in it.
By: StanleyDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 7:44 AMComment: I can't believe the whole premise of this article blames the 49ers' problems at WR on Baalke's so-called "arrogance" and the failure of a SECOND-YEAR WR who was drafted by a team he wasn't going to start on anyway. "Pathetic, disarray, desperate scrambling," give me a break. You act as if the 49ers are dependent on the pass. Kaep will grow, his presence alone opens things up for the WR's, and the 9ers have the most creative run game in the league. If ANY team lost its top two WR's they'd be in a tough spot. If there's anything "atrocious" it's this article.
By: JKDate: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 7:34 AMComment: Too much focus on those who touch the ball. Defense lost us a SB. Don't tell me Flacco's Ravens were better than Marino's Dolphins. 16 pts vs 34. 28 in nearly a half. 26 points was the record for points scored against us in a SB. Our "super" defense last year blew away that record. This is where our focus should lie.


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Mercer Maximus, part 1 – down in the trenches with David Greenlees
When one starts to think about it, this is what a blog is really good for. While the behind-the-scenes stuff and extraneous little information that doesn't fit in the magazines is fun, the daily nature and the intimacy of a blog is perfect for following a project step-by-step, with all the grueling little details in sharp focus. I've been doing so with Project HMX, and now David Greenlees is going to give us a blow-by-blow account of the engine rebuild for the Mercer Raceabout in his shop.
This is where we are going to assemble this great car and engine we have been working on for quite a while. The car is a dream come true, a 1914 Mercer Model 35J Raceabout. It's a car that was made famous by a wonderful design, racing success and incredible good looks. A Mercer is a 12 on a scale of 10. In the '70s, I read a road test claiming that the modern performance equivalent was the MGB; not bad for a 60-year-old car.
In the '40s, Sam Bailey, an early restorer, had it timed on the sand at Daytona and it was clocked at 112 mph. He would also drive it to Indy for the race – all the way from Pennsylvania.
Read the earlier posts that Dan has put together and you can get an idea of what we have done already. It has been a time consuming task, as we hardly ever have the luxury of being able to get replacement parts for these cars. We have a few trusted suppliers for specialty parts like crankshafts, connecting rods, gears and castings, but end up machining the rest. This assembly will also be full of many small tasks that crop up along the road as it is the nature of working on a very old sporting car that has already lived a long and full life.
Keep your browser pointed here as David digs into the guts of this magnificent car.
following up on the Cadillacamino, Curious Yellow, the Continental Mark II convertible and David Greenlees
I didn't realize there was this much interest in converting Cadillacs into pickups. Roger Trudeau, inspired by the '62-ish Cadillacamino that Jesse shared with us, sent in a picture of the one he built from a 1974 coupe. Dig the targa-bar-mounted taillamps:
What is not obvious in that picture is that the tailgate is flush with the floor of the box, when it's down. Sorry for the slow reply, I'm very busy rebuilding a 1974 eldo convertible from ground up, and two parts cars. That should be ready early spring.
To which we say, send in pics when it's done, Roger!
Steve Segal and I continued to discuss the story of his old Lemon Twist 'Cuda when he informs me that Chrysler got the name Curious Yellow from a very controversial semi-pornography, semi-documentary Swedish film of the time called I Am Curious (Yellow). Kinda reminds me of the urban legend about Plum Crazy's original and unapproved name of Statutory Grape. We need more risque automotive paint names.
Barry Wolk, owner of the 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II convertible that appeared in the October 2007 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, recently put together a soothing video using the Latcha + Associates photography that accompanied our article.
Finally, David Greenlees sent along this photo of an antique sign he recently bought.
It is from Hudson Mass. Could you post it to see if anyone knows anything about the garage? I am guessing it is late teens thru the thirtys maybe. I really like the graphics.
Cool even if he finds out nothing about it.
Four-Links – Airstream Ranch, Geronimo's Locomobile, FBCG model saved, two-stroke Volvo
Photo by soupstance.
Inspired by the Cadillac Ranch, the Airstream Ranch between Tampa and Orlando has stood since 2008 using the aluminum trailers rather than big American land yachts. Atlas Obscura has more on the installation; meanwhile we have to wonder who will be next to stick a bunch of old road-trawlers at an angle into the ground, and what will they choose?
* Every old car nut has probably by now seen the above image of Geronimo at the wheel of an old car, purportedly a Cadillac. But not many probably know the context of the photo, provided by Mac at Mac's Motor City Garage this week, or that it's a Locomobile not a Cadillac.
* After last week's story on the missing Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild models, word of a few survivors came out of the woodwork, including the story of Paul Tatseos's model, which Dean's Garage ran this week.
* If you're building a Volvo Amazon into a dragster, you don't just chuck any old V-8 into it. No, instead, you find an Evinrude two-stroke V-8 and figure out a way to integrate expansion chambers for every cylinder, as Engine Swap Depot illustrated this past week.
* Finally, David Greenlees at The Old Motor undertook an investigation into claims made about an old old photo of an underslung racer with a V-8 named the Comet and discovered that not all was what it appeared to be.
Four-Links – Harley-Davidson V-4, hidden Porsche prototype, Conover Silver, Austin's kiddie cars
* Harley-Davidson is known for its v-twin engines, but that doesn't mean it's always stuck to that layout. Take, for instance, the 1970 Harley-Davidson V-4 Nova, a developmental project that nearly reached production. The Visual Gratification blog has more of the story. (via)
* Where would you expect to find a Porsche 901? Hidden in a German barn? Filed away in some Porsche warehouse? Or perhaps under your nose the whole time, as was the case with this 901 – chassis number 300005 – that had been so thoroughly disguised as a 1980s 911 that even the owner didn't know the car's true origins until he started checking its numbers.
* Most of us by now probably know of Anheuser-Busch's Bevo Boat, the Prohibition-era promotional vehicle the erstwhile beermaker used, but as David Greenlees at The Old Motor recently revealed, it was actually the design and work of Conover Silver, a New York-area dealer who built several other interesting automobile bodies.
* The Austin J40 child's pedal car was more than just a promotional gimmick to sell full-size Austins to the children's parents; rather, as John Straub at Along for the Ride noted a couple years back, they were the result of an employment program in the U.K., and a rather long-lived and productive result at that.
* From kiddie cars to something even smaller: Cafe Roadster this week took a look at the London Scalextrics scene, still hopping after almost 40 years.
Four-Links – Driveable Dreams museum, FWD, 6×6 Renault, Wildfire build book
* Car museums typically display everything in pristine condition – to the point where some people describe their restored cars as museum-worthy. Not the Beller Museum outside of Chicago, however. As Austin Coop wrote on Roadtrippers this past week, the Beller Museum is dedicated to displaying its cars and trucks in unrestored, as-used, real-world condition.
* When we looked into the origins of four-wheel drive a few years back, we started with Otto Zachow and what became the F.W.D., but didn't spend much time on his cars. David Greenlees at The Old Motor expanded on Zachow's story this week with more on how the carmaker became a truckmaker and refined its four-wheel-drive system.
* Better than four-wheel drive? How about a six-wheel-drive Renault 5? Torchinsky explored the reasons for and brief history of the Christian Leotard-conceived, Tissier-built six-wheeled R5 that ran Dakar in 1980, that inspired an even crazier twin-engined Turbo version, and that still exists.
* Geoff Hacker at Forgotten Fiberglass presented the story of father-son team Ed and Phil Cox building a Woodill Wildfire last year, and now he's collected all three parts of the extensive story into a free e-book.
* Finally, Peter Brown of the Provincetown Banner this week pointed us to the story he wrote on explorer Donald MacMillan's Ford Model T snowmobile – probably the lowest-mileage Ford Model T out there – and the effort to restore it after it sat out in the elements for several decades.
Four-Links – vintage Nash papercraft, RC concept Fords, building Bugatti's Tank, gangster's last day
* Ever wanted to have your own car dealership? Geoff Hacker of Forgotten Fiberglass recently found a fairly inexpensive way to do so. Of course, the cars don't run and you have to assemble the whole thing yourself. And watch out for papercuts. And you have to like Nashes.
* As we mentioned in our story on Alex Tremulis's time at Ford, he turned a couple of his designs into 3/8-scale radio-controlled cars. Antics ensued. Bill at Mac's Motor City Garage recently came across a little more on those RC Fords, including a video of one in motion.
* What does it take to put a Bugatti Type 57G Tank back on the track again? Well, you could petition Dr. Simeone, who owns the only Bugatti-built Tank left, or you could build your own Tank from some Type 57 bits and pieces and a scratchbuilt engine, as one Bugatti restorer recently did. Mate Petrany at Jalopnik has the story on the world's newest Tank.
* Pittsburgh gangster John Volpe was a sharp-dressed man, and he had a sharp car to match. Over at The Old Motor this week, David Greenlees recounted Volpe's last day and included the above photo of his V-16 Cadillac.
* Finally, speaking of the intersection of organized crime and automobiles, John Heitman this week posted his presentation from the recent SAH conference on the early history of auto theft, anti-theft measures, and countermeasures.
Four-Links – first Geek Squad car, Brock and the Cadet, SARB Start, Tropfenwagen
* The first Geek Squad car? Given that Geek Squad was founded long before VW released the New Beetle, it wasn't one of those. Rather, as Motoramic wrote this week, it was a 1958 Simca Aronde, followed by a 1960 Ford Falcon, an ice cream truck, and a 1953 Morris Minor.
* Peter Brock participated in more than just the Corvette Sting Ray's design process while at GM. As we see on Brock Racing Enterprises's website, he also designed an Isetta-fighting microcar called the Cadet. Make of that what you will.
* We don't see nearly enough vans with fins, but that's probably because we don't live in Ukraine, where the GAZ M21-based SARB Start was built, as we learned from Truque this week.
* Over at The Old Motor, David Greenlees took a look at the Rumpler Tropfenwagen, an early attempt at introducing streamlining into automobile design.
* Finally, from the world of model cars, the Model Junkyard blog highlighted some of Hakan Guney's work, which bashes together all sorts of military vehicles (both winged and wheeled) to create some post-apocalyptic gnarliness.
Retromobile to honor a pair of land-speed record pioneers and their cars
"Babs," Parry-Thomas's record-setting car. Image courtesy of BABS – Parry Thomas's 1926 Land Speed Record Car Facebook page.
In post-World War I Europe, the battle for the land-speed record was largely waged at Pendine Sands, in the south of Wales. There, men like John Godfrey Parry-Thomas and Malcolm Campbell would climb into creations that were part automobile, part airplane, and fearlessly seek to push the land speed record ever higher. This year's Salon Retromobile pays tribute to these two pioneers of velocity with a display of early land-speed record vehicles, including "Babs," the bomber-engined racer that carried Parry-Thomas to his untimely death in 1927, and a Sunbeam 350HP that was one of the first cars to carry the "Bluebird" name.
Parry-Thomas was the chief engineer at Leyland Motors when he quit to devote his life to his true passion, racing automobiles and pursuing his goal of being the fastest man on land. When Count Louis Zborowski was killed racing for the Mercedes team at Monza in 1924, Parry-Thomas acquired an unusual car from his estate. Dubbed the Higham Special, Count Zborowski's creation was powered by a massive 27-liter (1,648-cu.in.) V-12 Liberty engine, rumored to produce between 500 and 600 horsepower. With its semi-teardrop shape and low-tail bodywork, Parry-Thomas felt the car would be ideal for pursuing a new land-speed record at Pendine Sands.
His first trip was made in October of 1925, but inclement weather prevented Parry-Thomas from making a serious attempt at the record, then set at 152.33 MPH by Henry Segrave. April of 1926 saw his return to the south of Wales, and on April 27, Parry-Thomas drove Babs to a new land-speed record of 169.26 MPH; a day later, he'd crack the 170 MPH barrier with a run of 171.05 MPH, which brought hearty congratulations from his friend and rival, Malcolm Campbell.
In February of 1927, Campbell stole the record back with a recorded pass of 174.88 MPH in his Bluebird. Aware that Henry Segrave was about to attempt to break the 200 MPH mark at Daytona Beach, Parry-Thomas returned to Pendine Sands in March of 1927, determined to beat Segrave to a new record. History says that Parry-Thomas was sick with the flu when he climbed behind the wheel of Babs for the last time, and a further land-speed record was not to be. During his timed run, the rear of Babs stepped out, likely due to a tire failure at speed. With no way to correct the slide, Parry-Thomas was trapped inside the car as it overturned and slid down the beach. Those first on the scene realized that it was too late to save their colleague and friend, fatally injured in the crash, and period accounts recall that his crew had to break Parry-Thomas's legs to extract him from the burning wreckage.
Parry-Thomas was laid to rest in Saint Mary's Churchyard, in Byfleet Surrey, England, the first man to die in pursuit of a land-speed record. Babs was unceremoniously buried in a trench hastily dug at Pendine Sands, and the historic racer would have been lost to history had it not been for the efforts of automotive restorer Owen Wyn-Owen. In 1969, Wyn-Owen received permission to exhume Babs from her resting place on a Welsh beach, and a 15-year restoration project ensued. Today, Babs is a frequent sight at historic motoring events throughout Europe, looking much like she did in the days when Parry-Thomas, Campbell and Segrave battled it out in an ongoing effort to be the fastest man on land.
The Sunbeam 350HP at the National Motor Museum. Photo credit Paul Hermans.
Another car to be featured at this year's Retromobile exhibition is one of Malcolm Campbell's early "Bluebird" land speed record cars, a Sunbeam designed by automotive engineer Louis Coatalen and powered by an 18.3-liter (1,117-cu.in.) Sunbeam Manitou V-12 engine, rated at 350 horsepower in racing tune. In May of 1922, Kenelm Lee Guinness, a racing driver and member of the esteemed Guinness brewing family, drove the Sunbeam to a land speed record of 133.75 MPH at England's Brookland airfield. In June of that year, Malcolm Campbell borrowed the car to compete in the Saltburn Speed Trials, where he posted a top speed of 138.08 (unrecognized as a record due to the unofficial timing equipment used). Campbell acquired the car shortly after this run, painting it blue and officially naming it "Bluebird." Though hardly the best-known of Campbell's Bluebirds, the Sunbeam 350HP would go on to power Campbell to a pair of records, including his first official land-speed record of 146.16 MPH, achieved in September of 1924. When not on display at events throughout Europe, the Sunbeam 350HP Bluebird resides at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.
Other exhibits at this year's Salon Retromobile include a Paris-Dakar Rally retrospective, which will display a dozen vehicles that have run the event in its 37-year history; and an exhibit entitled "1914… 2014 – Lest We Forget," which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.
Salon Retromobile is scheduled to run from February 5-9, at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. For additional information, visit Retromobile.com.
UPDATE (28.January 2014): The British National Motor Museum in Beaulieu has announced that it will start up the Sunbeam for the first time in 50 years at noon January 29. Following its display at Retromobile, it will then return to the museum for a display on British land speed records that begins March 20.
UPDATE (31.January 2014): David Greenlees at The Old Motor has more on the Sunbeam, along with some video of the startup.
Four-Links – missing Cadillac concept car, life-size Tonka truck, Tonka truck museum, Syd Mead 80th
* Of the four LeMans fiberglass roadster show cars that Cadillac built in the early 1950s for its Motorama shows, one has been missing since November 1953, when it disappeared from an Oklahoma dealership without much outcry. Over at Autoweek this week,
Walter Wallace Wyss tells the story of that missing LeMans and wonders if it's still out there waiting to be discovered.
* Guy played with Tonka trucks when he was little. Guy's mom finds an old Tonka truck. Guy buys Chevrolet pickup, strips the body and replaces it with a handbuilt life-size replica of the Tonka Wrecker. Guy wins.
Photo by vistavision.
* Speaking of Tonka trucks, reader Scotty G. pointed out that the city of Mound, Minnesota, where Tonka trucks were built, now has a museum dedicated to the toys. Mound wins.
* Speaking of my childhood influences, Syd Mead, one of the designers behind the Ford Gyron and probably one of the greatest (if not most prolific) designers of far-flung-futuristic cars, turned 80 this week. Happy birthday, Syd.
* Finally, we've known of the Sternad trackless train for a while now, but Gene Herman and David Greenlees at The Old Motor found some details and a couple of photos of the one-off creation.
Tawney, Jasmine and Crystal Jade: the automotive colors of 1977
As the Seventies dawned, we had automotive colors with names taken from *ahem* risque films. Just seven years later, we had automotive colors with names that would eventually be adopted by *ahem* working ladies. Coincidence?
Okay, all kidding aside, this chart of color codes for 1977 domestic automobiles (AMC, FoMoCo, GM, and Chrysler) should be rather valuable for anybody who's restoring or looking to restore a Malaise Era car, provided the Du Pont Lucite acrylic lacquer, Centari acrylic enamel, and Dulux alkyd enamel codes can cross-reference to modern paint codes. For example, that AMC Firecracker Red looks to be the same Firecracker Red that I intend to use when it comes time to paint Project HMX. Matt Litwin found the chart in the July-August 1976 issue of Du Pont Refinisher News.


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SARANAC - The town of Saranac could soon be getting a makeover for one of its waterfront properties.
The town council has received word it has been awarded a $62,000 grant from the Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The grant, said Councilman Gerald W. Delaney, will allow for the town to begin implementation of its waterfront revitalization strategy, which was funded by a 2007 Environmental Protection Fund grant. The plan - developed by a project advisory committee consisting of town residents, landowners and other individuals and organizations - calls for improving access to the Saranac River and other enhancements to Picketts Corners Recreation Park.
"I was really happy that it came through," said Delaney, who made the motion for the council to apply for the grant last September."[The plan] will give the public better access to the river in the form of a day-use area."
The advisory committee's improvements to the 16-acre park include clearing a shaded picnic area and grading the area along the river, which is currently "difficult to walk due to an uneven surface and field grass vegetation." The committee's plan also calls for a walkway to be constructed from the site's parking lot to the flat area along the river, which is most prominently used in the summer for the Saranac Flatwater Challenge, an annual canoeing and kayaking event which benefits the North Country's Race to Fight Asthma.
The installation of a floating wooden dock, which could be removed for seasonal flooding, is also envisioned, the plan states.
"We're looking at whatever improvements we can that will benefit the challenge," said Delaney, who added constructing a pavilion could also be among enhancements to the park.
Other improvements proposed include installing flood-resistant stone seating and picnic tables, developing a fishing access area, modernizing the appearance of the recreation park buildings, and performing upgrades to the town pool area.
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By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN F. BURNS; Alex Berenson reported from Najaf for this article and John F. Burns from Baghdad.
Published: August 10, 2004
NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 9— American forces besieging militiamen of a rebel cleric in a shrine and cemetery sacred to Shiite Muslims tightened their cordon on Monday, United States military officials in Baghdad said, and they warned the rebels that they could not receive any outside support. But the warnings drew an immediate riposte from the cleric, Moktada al-Sadr, who emerged from days of silence to reject demands for the militiamen to surrender.
''I will defend Najaf until the last drop of my blood,'' Mr. Sadr said at a news conference in the Imam Ali shrine, which has served as a stronghold for his Mahdi Army since his uprising in the spring against the foreign occupation of Iraq.
The repercussions of the latest fighting, which began in Najaf last week and quickly spread to other centers of support for Mr. Sadr, intensified when officials of the state-owned oil industry said Iraq's largest oil fields, in the southern region around Basra, had stopped pumping oil on Monday after Mr. Sadr's militiamen had threatened to attack oil fields, refineries and pipelines. About 1.8 million barrels a day, 90 percent of Iraq's oil exports, are shipped from terminals in and near Basra.
While senior American military officials in Baghdad appeared confident that they had Mr. Sadr's forces in Najaf contained, officers and soldiers on the front line painted a different picture. They said that rebels move freely between the cemetery and Najaf's old city, and that American forces do not fully control the cemetery, which is three miles long and two miles wide.
In Baghdad, American military officials announced a curfew of 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood, home to more than a million Shiites and, with Najaf, a center of support for Mr. Sadr. The measure, the most stringent of its kind in the 16 months since the country fell to the American-led invasion, appeared to be aimed at regaining some control over Sadr City from Mr. Sadr's militiamen and preventing the area from being used for rocket and mortar attacks on the American military and civil headquarters. Despite the curfew, rebels resumed their shelling on Monday night.
In Najaf, Mr. Sadr used his news conference to shred efforts by Iraq's American-appointed prime minister, Ayad Allawi, to lure the cleric away from armed confrontation. Over the weekend, Dr. Allawi invited Mr. Sadr to contest parliamentary elections scheduled to take place by the end of January, and suggested that the militiamen who have fought in Najaf and other cities might not be under his control. His suggestion was echoed by American military spokesmen. Brushing aside the fact that most of the rebels in Najaf, Nasiriya, Basra and Sadr City, the areas worst affected by the fighting, have worn the black trousers and shirts of Mr. Sadr's militia, the Americans have said repeatedly during the five days of renewed fighting that they, too, had doubts that the cleric was the instigator of the violence.
But some American military officers have said that this presentation of the situation was a convenient fiction, propagated by the Allawi government and the American command to allow their forces to hunt down as many of Mr. Sadr's fighters as possible while exempting Mr. Sadr from any deliberate attack.
During the uprising by Mr. Sadr's forces in April, American commanders said they intended to kill or capture him, but that threat was dropped out of fear that any harm to the cleric could touch off a still wider conflagration among Iraq's majority Shiite population.
In any case, Mr. Sadr himself exploded any pretense that he was not the leader of the current fighting with his defiant posture at the news conference on Monday. Appearing in the mosque, only a few hundred yards from the closest American troops, he effectively mocked the Americans and the cordon they have thrown around the shrine. ''I am an enemy of America, and America is my enemy until the last day of judgment,'' he said.
As for taking part in elections, he was similarly scornful. ''The occupiers must go, and then the democratic process can start in Iraq,'' he said. ''I will stay here to support the fighters, and I call on all religious dignitaries to do the same.''
As for Dr. Allawi, Mr. Sadr said the Baghdad government should be ''on the side of the people and not use the same weapons as Saddam Hussein.''
The reference to Mr. Hussein appeared to refer to some of the tough policies adopted by Dr. Allawi in an effort to quell the insurgency and broaden his government's tenuous popular support. On Sunday, the prime minister visited Najaf and vowed that there would be ''no negotiations'' with the Sadr militiamen in Najaf, then returned to Baghdad and said his government was restoring the death penalty for a range of crimes that appeared to cover almost any insurgent activity.
Mr. Sadr's defiance posed a seemingly insoluble quandary for the American command, similar to the one it faced when Mr. Sadr's fighters seized control of Najaf in April. Then, the United States commanders settled for a shaky truce that kept American forces on the outskirts of the city in return for Mr. Sadr's promise that his fighters would disarm and hand control of the city back to Iraqi authorities. The deal was similar to one made in the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja, west of Baghdad, and provided a template for a wider American policy that effectively kept United States forces out of cities with a strong rebel presence, with the hope of lowering American casualties and providing breathing space for political negotiations.


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A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours, he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke–totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient within 3 hours, which is tough.
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
1. Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. Ask the person to SAY A SIMPLE SENTENCE (coherently). (example: "It is sunny today.")
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 911(999, etc) immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.
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It's called the FAST test (in a stunning display of redundant acronyms)
F = Facial drooping
A = Arm strength
S = Slurred speech
T = Test.
It must be simple if us ambo people can learn it…
Getting to the paitent is fine – the trick is to get them to a hospital that can differentiate between a clot and a bleed, and is brave enough to give clotbusting drugs to a clot-type stroke.
Not many in London will do that – I have no idea about Southend general (which has some of the prettiest nurses in the country you'll be happy to know…)
Man the cops around here use that test to check for impared driving, i totally failed it but got off due to the fact that Celine Dion told me via the patterns in my coffee grounds this morning to pound that bottle of Jagermeister and whip nuts in the elementary school playground. Luckily this is Canada and that is apparently a legitimate excuse now.
God bless Steven Harper and smite him dead.
As they say, "And now for the Democratic response."
Claim: Administering three simple tests will help diagnose a stroke, and pricking a stroke victim's fingers will prevent further harm from the cerebral attack.
Status: Multiple:
* Three simple tests anyone can administer can help diagnose the occurrence of a stroke: True.
* Making a stroke victim bleed from his fingers will prevent further harm: False.
The advice given in this much-circulated e-mail appears to be sound, although it needs be pointed out that it has yet to be endorsed by American Stroke Association. It was drawn from a report presented in February 2003 at the American Stroke Association's (ASA) 28th International Stroke Conference, and news of it can be found on the ASA web site and the American Heart Association's (AHA) web site. However, as the ASA says in its official statement about the report, though the research was funded by a grant from the ASA, that body has not taken a position on the topic nor endorsed the test because the results, though positive, arose from a very small study. [/SNIP]
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Of course, it could only work for a first stroke. Someone whose had one stroke before, and is now having another, probably doesn't count.
Certainly most of the damage of my grandfather's stroke was caused by delayed diagnosis (at an East London hospital that Random Tom is probably very familiar with)
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I see it's been awhile - over a month since my last blog.
New Trainer (#15)
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Just a reminder that I AM making progress...
April 28th 248.6
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I LOVE to do strength training - heavy lifting, squats, deadlifts.
My injury has sidelined most of this... Now I am able to do only the following:
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
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I got my "injury" workouts today -
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Those of you who have been here for the long haul know that I've finally found success with a new nutrition plan and working my tushy off in the gym.
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Today I remember my two grandfathers - both served lifetime careers in the Army. Both saw combat. Fortunately for me, they both survived the wars they served in. I got to know them as a little girl (and thought the world revolved around them)... Read more
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Those of you who know me, know I'm on a new nutrition plan...
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Starting on April 28
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Last Friday I was working out at the gym at the college - this gym is full of 18-25 yr olds, usually young men, who are working to get (ok, STAY) "buff" and (most) have an ego to match their accomplishments in the gym. No one really pays attent... Read more
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Today is the end of week one on my new nutrition plan.
Background -
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is although not exactly what I wanted but very close to it. The game which you play as an Security Service operative to clean-up the mess the Umbrella has created. It looks more like a tactical squad-based combet game then the survival horror epic dramatic mood game all RE fans loved. Even though I still anticipate & have high hopes for this game. IMO, there was not a single video game with such execllent mood & setting as Resident Evil.
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I have had my gelding, Max, almost 9 years. I make it a point to clean out his sheath every year. It's usually pretty clean, usually a small bean (about the size of a pea or so) and he sits fine through the whole thing.
Well, today was sheath cleaning day, everything was hunky dory until I got to the bean, and I almost didn't believe that that's what it was because it was so big. I actually had to press on either side of his part and squeeze it out, I was in shock! It's about the size of a walnut (I took many pictures for proof) but it got me thinking- usually with ones this big they have to come off in pieces and I have heard of the horse having lower back pain and kidney soreness after removal, what do I do next??
And how long do you go before cleaning a sheath? I think I may start doing it every six months now, poor baby. I feel like I've failed him..


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