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Marvelous Markers
In the 2013-2014 annual catalogue, we offer the Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit (item 130034, page 163) to help you update your Many Marvelous Marker pack. Now, we've sweetened the deal. For a limited time, from 15 July until 31 October, you can buy any of the new colours in the pack or on their own! Go on, fill in the missing pieces in your collection or buy the lot.
|Stampin' Write Marker New Color Kit Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder
|Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker
|Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker
|Calypso Coral Stampin' Write Marker
|Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker
|Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker
|Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Marker
|Pool Party Stampin' Write Marker
|Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker
|Soft Sky Stampin' Write Marker
|Wisteria Wonder Stampin' Write Marker
Or email your order to email@example.com and I'll do the work for you.
Happy colouring!
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Freshly Made Sketches 90 Sneak Peek
I am loving the Mosaic Madness Stamp Set and matching Modern Mosaic embossing folder (both available 2 July) so much that I just had to make another card using it today. I struggled to get going today so to get my creative flow going I thought I'd try the latest sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. Here's the sketch…
And here is my card.
Oh…and by the way…did I mention that there is also a matching punch (available 2 July)? Told you I had awesome news. Genuis…right!
- Ink up the embossing folder with your trusty brayer before running trough the big shot.
- On a piece of plastic or glass squeeze out some versamark refill. Use your clean brayer to cover the piece of embossed card with the versamark.
- Cover the piece with clear embossing power and melt the powder using your heat tool.
- Spray the reverse side of the piece of card with a little water and crumple.
Sneak Peeks (all available from 2 July):
- Mosaic Madness Stamp Set and matching Punch will be available as a bundle so you can save $$!
- The matching Modern Mosaic Embossing folder adds versatility to the stamp set and punch so you get more bang for your buck.
- Yummy new designer series paper stacks give projects a pop of colour and are on trend. Love love love the new paper stacks.
- We welcome Bermuda Bay to the Brights range. Isn't this colour delish?
Stampin Up Supplies:
Stamps: Mosaic Madness (130249 Clear) (130246 Wood) and Really Good Greetings (130333 Clear) (130330 Wood)
Card: Whisper White (106550), Vellum (106584)
Paper: Brights Designer Series Paper Stack, Daffodil Delight (130134)
Ink: Midnight Muse (126860) and Bermuda Bay (131286), Versamark Refill (102193)
Fabulous flourishes: Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246) Clear Embossing Powder (109130)
Tools: Big Shot (113439), Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder (129984) Paper Snips (103579), Stampin Trimmer (129722), Heat Tool (129056), Brayer (102395), Mosaic Punch (131267)
Adhesives: Stampin Dimensionals (104430), Glue Dots (103683), Snail (104332).
Well…Helloooo Lovely and Gorgeous Grunge Sneak Peeks
I finally got the chance to sit down and play with the lovelies that I brought back from convention and thought I'd have a go at the latest sketch challenge from Retro Sketches.
Sneak Peek: Gorgeous Grunge (available 2 July) allows you to make the perfect background without the mess. Stamp the stripes, fold in half and trim along the lines to form a quick and easy banner.
Sneak Peeks:
- Hello, Lovely (available 2 July) I love love love this set and I know it's going to be one of my favourites. I've stamped the sentiment in two colours and popped up the thank you with dimensionals to give more colour and interest to the card.
- We see the return of Blushing Bride (available 2 July) to the colour range. Happy dance…I love this colour and still have heaps of card stock in my stash!
Stampin up Supplies:
Stamps: Hello, Lovely (130243) and Gorgeous Grunge (130517)
Card: Sahara Sand (121695), Whisper White (106550)
Ink: Summer Starfruit (126991), Early Espresso (126974), Sahara Sand (126976) and Blushing Bride (131172).
Fabulous Florishes: Whisper White Bakers Twine (124262)
Tools: Big Shot (113439), Apocethary Accents Framelits (127003), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin Trimmer (129722).
Want a copy of the new catalogue? Well you can pre-order yours now. Simply email me with your payment details ($9.95) and your copy will be sent to you directly from Stampin' Up from mid June. If you are an Inkydayz customer (ie you have ordered from me within the past 12 months), you will automatically recieve yours FREE from mid June.
Want to become an Inkydayz customer? Simply place an order to the value of $50 or above online shop and you will automatically receive a FREE Stampin' Up! 2013-2014 Annual Catalog delivered to your door. You will receive your catalogue separately from your order from mid June. And don't forget to use this hostess code JVA64JTJ and you will go into the draw to win a $50 shopping spree!
Stampin Up Retirement Lists are Here
Well the new catalogue will be moving in soon so it's retirement time!
Hundreds of stamps and accessories from the 2012-2013 catalogues are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they're gone. Many products are only available while supplies last and they are going fast so be sure to get your orders in early! Don't forget some items are discounted up to 40% so now's the time to get those items on your wish lists.
Check out what's retiring here
To celebrate…I'm running an on-line hostess draw. Use this On-line Hostess Code JVA64JTJ when you order and once orders reach $300, I'll draw one customer to receive a $50 shopping spree of hostess rewards. This offer is limited until 15 June and if you win the $50 spree, you will need to redeem your reward by no later than 28 June.
To take part, click on the link below to start shopping. Be sure to include the Hostess Code: JVA64JTJ in the field under the special offers section of you online order shopping bag.
Want to get your free copy of the new catalogue? Why not book a retirement party? On top of the awesome hostess benefits, you will receive a copy of the new catalogue the first day of its release and as an added bonus you and your friends will also gets some sneak peeks of items made using new product. Woo Hoo!!! Can't wait to share!! This offer is available until 30 June so email me to book yours today firstname.lastname@example.com
Happy shopping!
Stampin Up rocks with 70% off
Stampin Up are temporarily taking over a hundred products out of retirement with discounts up to 70 percent off retail-only while supplies last! There will be four different groups of products on sale during the next month.
These are the sale periods:
- 14-20 December
- 21 December-3 January
- 4-10 January
- 11-21 January
There are some great gift ideas for your crafty friends and family not to mention some great gifts for you too!
Check out the first now:
Be quick, these products are only available while stocks last!
- There is no minimum purchase in this special offer-go nuts!
- Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits. Bonus!
- Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last for each time period they're on sale-so don't wait!
- Sorry, but there are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.
- You need to take advantage of this sale before 11.50pm on the last day of each sale period.
Check out last year's catalogue to reference sale items:
Over the next few weeks, I will add each group of products to this page so check back the day before each sale period for more.
Happy Shopping!


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Lisa Kokin's extraordinary works spin thread and shredded money into poignant social commentary. Always brilliant at combining meticulous process with limited materials (mostly thread, but in this case thread and shredded money), Kokin succeeds in creating art that seems impossible to accomplish. In "Lucre" (the title alone a pithy reflection on the corruptive power of money), Kokin uses currency that has been shredded acquiring it in bags ordered online from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
To quote the Renny Pritikin's catalog essay, "Kokin is a master who has been making art involving sewing, fabric and the like since well before the turn of the century. Such work requires long hours of both planning and execution, often to the extent that they become meditative, almost trance-inducing disciplines. Lucre has been built exactly in that way. The result is elegant and utterly resolved, deliciously satisfying in its formal completeness."

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I always have problems stitching hair. It constantly baffles me and tests the boundaries of my creativity. Throughout this post, you'll see some the pieces I've done with hair.
But on this post, you'll find several great ideas, done in free embroidery.
Here are some of the techniques I like for hair.
French Knots are my favorite for curly hair. If you don't want the "poodle perm" look, stitch first with a thinner than normal thread. Then do French Knots over. This means you don't have to pack in the knots and can make them looser.
Encroached Gobelin I love this oblique Gobelin stitch for wavy hair. You can make it different lengths. A diagram for one variation of this stitch is below.
Side-by-side Couching You may have done couching in a single line, but did you know that you can make parallel lines of couching to create straight or wavy hair? Just be sure not to make the couching stitches next to each other and to use matching couched and couching threads.
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What is (a) Liquid Electron?
Also, about Me
If you're here to read about Josh's business experience, please click here to view his online resume via Stackoverflow Careers.
Josh Elster is a software developer residing in the middle of the Second City - Chicago. After attending "The U" for something... other than computers, he nonetheless started developing software for various businesses and in varying capacities. After doing this for a number of years and getting competent in it, he went independent with his work. It just so happened that this event coincided with the announcement of Windows Phone 7 and XNA. Excited by the business and learning opportunities this presented, he launched Liquid Electron in mid-2010. In addition to programming, Josh enjoys reading, playing his guitar, and of course, gaming.
P.S. - According to Wikipedia, an Electron Liquid - a "Liquid Electron" - is a "model system used by physicists to theoretically study interactions among electrons". I'm not going to pretend that I know what that is or how it works, but it sure makes for a cool name. Yeah, I'm a geek.
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Fresh Tomato Ricotta Tarte with Garlic Herb Crust
In some parts of the country, it might be a little late for this post; but here in Ohio, we're still trying to find ways to enjoy fresh garden tomatoes before the first frost hits. Hopefully that first frost will not present itself as 2 inches of snow in the middle of October (like it decided to last year). After the infamous 2013-2014 winter, I'd be fine waiting until Christmas Day for snow, and then having winter be over. For now, I'm still revealing in the fact that it's beautiful, a perfect 70 degrees, with the garden is still going strong.
I felt like being a bit adventurous (per usual) and made ricotta cheese from scratch for this recipe. It was pretty each- basically just heat milk, add lemon juice and vinegar, and then strain over cheese cloth for about 10 minutes. It was fun to try, but it did take this from being an easy weeknight meal to kind of a production with multiple things to clean up. I made the dough for the crust a day in advance, so this was pretty simple when it came to putting together. It really highlights the tomatoes, and lets you hang onto that last bit of summer. Better get on it before it becomes a winter wonderland around here!
Fresh Tomato and Ricotta Tarte with Garlic Herb Crust
Serves 6
For the crust:
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 clove garlic, coarsely chopped
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 8 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 3 tbsp. ice cold water
For the filling:
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 2 tbsp. minced fresh basil, plus more for garnish
- Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 3-4 tbsp. milk, if needed
- 2 large ripe heirloom tomatoes, thickly sliced
- Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
1) To make the crust, combine the garlic and basil in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely minced, scraping down the bowl as needed. Add in the flour and salt and pepper to taste, and pulse again to combine. (If you don't have a food processor, just mince the garlic and basil as well as you can and then stir into the flour mixture. It will work just fine.) Add in the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal and the largest butter pieces are the size of peas. Add in the water and pulse just until the dough comes together. Remove from the bowl, form into a disc and cover with plastic wrap. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill 1-2 hours, until firm. This can also be done in 1-2 days in advance.
2) Transfer the chilled dough to a lightly floured work surface. Roll out into a flat round sheet about 12 inches in diameter, or large enough to fully line a 9-inch pie plate. Transfer to the pie plate, trimming away any excess at the edges and crimping the dough to create a fluted edge. Transfer the pie plate to the freezer and chill 15-20 minutes, until firm.
3) Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Line the chilled pie shell with aluminum foil, making sure all edges of the crust are fully covered. Fill the pie shell with baking beads if available to weigh the crust down (dry beans or rice also work). Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and baking beads, return the pie shell to the oven and continue to bake until the crust is golden and fully set, about 10-12 minutes more. Transfer the pie plate to a wire rack and let the crust cool completely.
4) In a medium bowl combine the ricotta, garlic, and herbs. Stir together until evenly combined. To give the ricotta a smoother texture (if needed), stir in 3-4 tablespoons of milk until evenly combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread the ricotta into the pie shell in an even layer. Layer the tomato slices on top of the ricotta, drizzle lightly with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Garnish with additional minced basil. Slice with a sharp knife and serve immediately.
Source: Annie's Eats
Apple, Ham and White Cheddar Panini
Every once in a while I see a recipe and immediately feel the need to make it that very same day. This would be one of those recipes. With an absolutely beautiful September behind us, and what I'm hoping will be an even more beautiful October ahead, I couldn't pass up a recipe that so perfectly matched this fall weather. It helps that there's only about 5 ingredients and that from start to finish this only took about 20 minutes. Residency + a long commute + triathlons + general career/life crises have been taking up pretty much all my time, and blogging hasn't been at the top of my list…but truth be told, I miss it!
You know this sandwich must be pretty great, considering it made me come out of blog hibernation. In fact, it really makes me want to go apple picking and drink cider. The combination might sound a bit odd, but the apple and apple butter is really a nice balance to the saltiness from the ham and cheese. Plus, I love adding sweetness to anything I can. So if you're looking for a quick an easy dinner to enjoy with fall, look no further.
Apple, Ham and White Cheddar Panini
Serves 4
- 8 slices sourdough bread
- 3 T. butter, at room temperature
- 2 large apples, thinly sliced
- Sliced white cheddar cheese, about 4 ounces
- Thinly sliced maple ham, 6-8 ounces
- 1/2 cup apple butter
Heat a grill pan or case iron skillet to medium heat. Butter the outside of each sandwich liberally. On one piece of bread, layer apple slices, cheese and ham. On the other slice apply a thick layer of apple butter. Sandwich the pairs together so that the buttered sides are facing outwards.
Cook the sandwiches, turning once, until both sides are golden and the cheese is melted. Slice in half and serve immediately.
Source: Annie's Eats
Grilled Blueberry BBQ Salmon
Apparently there are some people in this world who don't like fruit with their fish. Thankfully, I don't know any of them. If you happen to be a fruit with fish hater (tear), perhaps this recipe will convert you. Especially with summer "officially" here, this is a refreshing dinner that is easy to throw together after a day at the pool, and won't ruin your waistline for the rest of bikini season. I was somewhat hesitant about the sauce, since it's fruit combined with garlic, onion and mustard powder – but I figured anything originally from The Neely's would be hard to ruin. Somehow the flavors just seem to work, and created an interesting twist on a simple salmon recipe.
I personally like to keep the skin on the salmon it because it keeps it in one piece while grilling and adds moisture to the filet, but you could also grill up a fish filet as long as you throughly oil the grate. While the sauce is mostly "hands off", it does need about 30 minutes total of simmer time – which I kind of enjoy because it gives you a chance to shower from the pool, pick up the house, or just relax with a glass of wine on the patio. Unfortunately my brother won't be bringing any Copper River salmon back from Alaska this year, but if your pocketbook can afford it, it's in season now!
Grilled Blueberry BBQ Salmon
Serves 2-4 depending on amount of salmon used
- ¾ – 1 ½ pounds salmon filet, with skin on
- Salt and Pepper
For the Sauce:
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
Heat a small saucepan over low heat and add blueberries. Heat for about 10 minutes, then mash with a fork. Add in ketchup, both vinegars, brown sugar, onion and garlic powder, ground mustard and worcestershire sauce. Whisk well to combine and break up blueberries and turn the heat up to medium. Heat until simmering and bubbles appear, then turn heat back down to low. Cook for an additional 20 minutes, whisking every few minutes. Sauce will be thicker than a normal barbecue sauce.
Preheat your grill to it's highest setting and spray grate with oil. Season the salmon with salt and pepper, and once the grill is hot, lay skin side up directly on grate. Cook for 5 minutes, then gently flip so that skin side is down. Using a pastry brush, brush BBQ sauce on salmon and let cook until flaky and opaque, about 5-6 more minutes. Adjust time as needed for thicker/thinner salmon (mine was about 1 1/2 inches with skin.)
Source: How Sweet It Is
Chicken Tikka Masala
Looking on a the positive side of things, I will have to say that one of the best things in the past month has been able to see a lot of my mom and brother – 2 of the most special people in this world. I know my mom thinks she's imposing, but I seriously love it when they are here. It basically makes it feel like a vacation, because usually when we are all together – it is a vacation. Of course having "house guests" also makes me like a grown up, which is really just like "playing house"- with a slightly more sophisticated (and dangerous) fisher price set. Because I really wanted to impress them with my domestic skills, I carefully planned a few things to make when they came. One of them was an old favorite, stuffed green pepper soup, and the other was this Chicken Tikka Masala. I'm pretty sure they will be coming back again soon :-).
My mom, who claims to not really like curry, couldn't stop raving about how deep the flavors are in this dish, and my brother stated that it was the best chicken tikka masala he had ever had (even better than some posh Asheville Indian restaurant he loves). I purposely waited a while to post this, because I wanted to see how the leftovers would be after freezing them for a while – and I can now safely say that they are still delicious. I froze the chicken, then thawed it and reheated it, adding just a little bit more milk and John and I still loved it! I would recommend making the whole batch, even if you don't think you'll be able to finish it all, because the frozen leftovers really are convenient.
Please don't be intimidated by the seemingly long ingredient list, it is actually a really simple dinner and there is very little prep work. I chose to brown the meat first because it tends to add a depth of flavor, but if you don't want to dirty another pan feel free to simply put all the ingredients in the crockpot without pre-browning. I was also really excited to finally use the Garam Masala I had bought way back when from Penzey's. If you don't have a Penzey's nearby, I noticed when I was home at Christmas that even local grocery stores carry this spice. Having never used it before, I was a little worried about using a full 3 tablespoons of it. But never fear – it's not nearly as strong as you might think and the dish was seasoned perfectly. My last pre-recipe suggestion would be to adjust the cream in this recipe for your liking. The original called for 1 1/2 cups of heavy (whipping) cream. That seemed like an awful lot, so I dialed it down and added some more greek yogurt at the end. Feel free to play with it a bit to get it the creaminess you would like.
Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala
For the Chicken:
- 9 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs
- 1 Tablespoon Ground Coriander
- 1 Tablespoon Ground Cumin
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 whole Jalapeno Pepper, Stem Removed, Pepper Pierced Several Times With a fork
For the Sauce:
- 3 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 whole Large Onion, Peeled And Diced
- 6 cloves Garlic, Peeled And Minced
- 1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt
- 3 Tablespoons Garam Masala
- 1 piece Fresh Ginger, About 2-3 Inches, Peeled And Grated
- 4 cups canned Crushed Tomatoes
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup Heavy Cream (depending on preference)
- 1 cup greek yogurt
For Serving:
- White Rice
- Chopped Fresh Cilantro
1) Cut the boneless, skinless chicken thighs into 1- 1 1/2 inch pieces. Sprinkle the coriander, cumin and salt over the chicken. Stir in yogurt to evenly coat the chicken. Cover and let sit 10 minutes or refrigerate for several hours.
2) Melt 1 tablespoon the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Raise the heat to medium high and brown about 1/2 of the chicken. . Transfer browned chicken to the slow cooker as it is finished. Then repeat with 1 more tablespoon of butter and remaining chicken. Throw the pierced jalapeno in on top of the chicken.
3) To make the sauce return pan to medium and 3 T. of butter over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, salt and stir. Cook until onions begin to brown, stirring frequently.
4) Add the 3 T. of garam masala and ginger and cook until fragrant (30 seconds), then raise heat to high and add crushed tomatoes and sugar. Scrap the bottom of the pan as you stir and bring to a boil. Then pour over chicken in slow cooker.
5) Cook chicken on low for 5 hours.
6) Mix heavy cream and greek yogurt into mixture, adding cream until you get your desired color. Heat for 1o minutes more.
7) Serve over rice and top with a generous amount of cilantro (it really adds a lot)
Adapted from Tasty Kitchen Blog c/o Eat. Live. Run.
Harvest Apple Salad with Buttered Almonds
Pretty much every type of salad that I like is some variant of spinach, fruit, good cheese and nuts. For as long as I can remember my Mom has been making a spinach salad with pears, blue cheese and salted pecans, and for a Mom who loves decorating the table but isn't so big on the actual food – this salad was quite a delectable creation. I have made that salad countless times, and it's still my go to, but in the interest of changing it up ever so slightly, I decided to try this recipe, and guess what, I loved it! In fact it holds the title as the first salad a certain "salad hater" has ever eaten, and liked (no…it's not John but another picky husband who doesn't like vegetables :-)).
I think what I really liked about this is that it includes an easy, throw together recipe for a really good dressing. So much of the time I go to the trouble of toasting nuts, chopping fruit, buying spinach, and then covering it all with some bottled dressing because making homemade just seemed like too much work. This dressing is super easy, and really complements the flavors of the salad well. Also, I think I like this salad because I love an excuse to eat my new favorite apples, 'Honeycrisp". (Which, ironically recently had a sign aat the grocery store that said "Everyone's New Favorite" – good to know I'm not alone). But if you can't find Honeycrisp, I think Fiji or Granny Smith would work equally well.
Harvest Apple Salad with Buttered Almonds
For the dressing:
- ¼ cup finely minced sweet onion
- 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp. white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp. sesame seeds
- Pinch of paprika
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
For the almonds:
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- ¾ cup sliced or slivered almonds
- 2 tbsp. sugar
For the salad:
6-8 cups baby spinach leaves, washed and dried
2 medium apples, cored and thinly sliced
4-6 oz gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
To make the vinaigrette, whisk all ingredients except olive oil in a measuring cup. Then slowly add the olive oil whisking vigorously to combine.
To make the buttered almonds, melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the almonds and cook, stirring occasionally until toasted and lightly browned. Stir in the sugar and cook just until melted and well incorporated. Set aside to cool.
Place spinach in a large salad bowl or on individual salad plates. Top with apple slices, gorgonzola, and the buttered almonds. Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately. Leftovers are good for up to a day, as fresh spinach does not wilt as quickly as other types of lettuce.
Beef and Barley Stew
Ah. Real Food. This is what January was meant to be. Not including the peanut M&Ms (which I mistakenly bought a XXL bag of because I was hungry at Costco….never a good thing) the food around here has most definitely taken a turn for the more wholesome. I can't really promise that this will last long, but while I'm craving healthy food, I might as well take advantage. There is nothing quite like a warm, hearty, filling and yet healthy stew to warm up with on chilly January evening. Or considering the 40-50 degree days we have been having I should probably say, "On a abnormally warm, almost balmy January evening in Ohio", but it just doesn't have the same ring. Global warming is seriously ruining seasonal eating.
No matter what the weather, I could probably eat this stew. Well I might be lying slightly. I wouldn't eat it in the summer. That would be like some kind of sin- hot stew in the summer? But anytime September through April would be fine if you are lucky enough to live in a place like tropical Toledo. (Can you sense my bitterness at winter – and this is even after I got an automatic car starter for Christmas!). But in all seriousness, the first time I made this stew was back in Louisiana, where the humidity never drops below 100% – and it was still good. It's the kind of stew that feels well balanced because you get vegetables, grain, and protein all in one place. I really love the addition of barley because it makes this stew seem extra hearty and yet also somewhat gourmet.
One caution is that the barley continues to absorb water after cooking. When you go to get leftovers the next day you may find that all the liquid is gone and the barley has doubled in size – but never fear – just add a bit more water, and reheat. If you are trying to make this in advance, or if you'd like to freeze it, I would probably make it without the barley, and then just add the barley when reheating it.
Beef and Barley Stew
Serves 6-8
- Cooking spray
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 2 ½ cups chopped leaks (about 3 leeks including green stems)
- 2 ½ cups sliced carrot
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 cups water
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 bay leaves
- 2 – 14 oz cans beef broth
- 1 cup uncooked medium pearled barley
1. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add half of beef; cook 5 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove from pan. Repeat procedure with remaining beef.
2. Heat oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add leek, carrot, and garlic; sauté 4 minutes or until lightly browned. Return beef to pan. Add all ingredients EXCEPT barley and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, or longer if desired. Add barley; cook 30 minutes or until beef and barley are tender. Discard bay leaves.
Adapted from Cooking Light
French Apricot Crock Pot Chicken
Welp, it's happened. The first recipe on the blog made almost entirely by John. I don't mean to belittle his cooking talents, but I think the fact that I trusted him with making this dinner should tell you something about it's complexity. I had set the ingredients (all 3 of them ) out on the counter the night before, and planned on throwing them in the crock pot before I left for school, but as I mentioned last time, normally I barely get 2 of the same shoes while I'm running out the door, let alone make dinner 8 hours early. Despite my best intentions, if I wake up a few minutes early, then I simply diddle-daddle around longer until I am once again rushed to leave. So John was nice enough to make this for me in the morning.
While this is certainly not a complicated or gourmet cooking dish, it is definitely something worth keeping in your recipe arsenal. Also, I should mention that there is really nothing "French" at all about this, other than the fact that it uses American's version of "French Dressing". Nevertheless, this dinner is delicious and I had trouble saving my second piece of chicken for lunch the next day. I found myself eating every last piece rice that the scrumptious sauce had touched. Plus, its so easy you really have no excuse not to make it – it's 3 ingredients that you put into a pot. You can adjust the cooking time to fit your schedule so it's ready when you get home. For example, Nikki mentioned that you could use 6 frozen chicken breasts and cook it on high for 4 hours and low for 2 hours, or use 4 fresh chicken breasts and cook it on high for 3 hours. Since I think one of the best things about crock pots is coming home to them being ready, I prefer to cook things for a longer period of time on low, which I have indicated below. I think next time I am going to at least 1.5 the recipe because this really made great lunch leftovers (especially when compared to the hospital cafeteria).
"French" Apricot Crock Pot Chicken
– Serves 4 (or 2 with great leftovers the next day)
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup french dressing (I used Newman's Own)
- 1 cup apricot jelly or preserves
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- salt and pepper to taste
Place all ingredients in the crock pot and cook on low for a minimum of 7 hours, but longer is fine. Serve over rice.
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The term was coined in 2006 by Wired magazine, and in it's short amount of time it's had some amazing results. There's a list of examples here and here, but probably the most amazing to me is Wikipedia's success at being the biggest and most up-to-date encyclopedia, well beyond it's textbook counterparts.
Bringing this idea to the nudist venue has already happened at Sandy Terraces and a few other places, but leaves a lot to be desired. The economics side of it is working -- instead of members giving Sandy Terraces extra money for them to hire a maintenance crew, members can keep the money but are tasked with doing the maintenance themselves. The problem is that being forced to work is what nobody wants. This was one older group's main complaint against VVRC, which is why they aren't members.
Remember that a majority of the laws that impede our freedoms are the type where a choice is made for us. We have the choice to wear our pants baggy, but when the choice was made for us by lawmakers, it was struck down as unconstitutional. Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? I prefer a choice, which gives each person to option go either way depending on their circumstances. Going Pro-Life under some conditions can kill both the baby and the mother. Would you prefer a clothing-optional beach, or having the lawmakers make the choice for us? In my opinion, it's better for lawmakers to regulate the choices instead of making the choice for everybody. What authority do they have to decide what's best for me, when they don't even know me? I should have the option to smoke if I want to. I don't, and I don't like smelling smoke, but smoking shouldn't be banned because of my opinion. The government is doing the right thing by increasing the tax (a lot) on cigarettes to cover the cost of increased healthcare related to the them, and letting people make the choice. Why hasn't that idea of choice been carried over to nudist venues?
Here's how I would do it.
Let's assume that Alice and Bob are poor college students who want to tent camp at VVRC for the weekend. (I'm using names from here.) Based on their rates, it would be $26 per day grounds fees and $11 per night to camp. Three nights and two days would be a total of $74, which they both think is a bit expensive for their budget, especially since they need to put on clothes and go to town for decent food. (Remember they have no fridge or kitchen in a tent, so food is limited.) So far, it's a bit discouraging for them. And people wonder why the college generation doesn't go to campgrounds like these...
At my resort, they would have more choices thanks to a crowdsourced approach. They would be charged the same, but would have the option of very specific discounts. I'd have a markerboard in the lobby with all the tasks that need to be done, with due dates if needed, dollar amounts, volunteer spaces, and verification spaces.
Every week, there is a task of "mowing the lawn" worth $10. Also, there are a bunch of rocks that made it to the bottom of the pool so Carol (another guest) added the task to clean them out. The owner deemed this to be worth $4. Alice decides that she can clean the pool, and Bob decides that he can mow the lawn, so they both write their name in. They spend an hour or two working, and this reduces their bill to $60. (Victor "verifies" their work to ensure it was done satisfactorily, and closes the task on the marker board.) Both agree that it was well worth it, and they saved the resort from hiring someone to do the task. Alice and Bob are willing to go to the resort for the weekend, because they know they can do some work and bring the cost down to their budget while enjoying a clothes-free mini vacation.
Many resorts instead offer a discount to the younger generation. Has it been working? I don't have the numbers, but I'm guessing that it hasn't. My approach is better in two ways. First is that it gets people more involved through radical transparency. At the resorts I've visited, I've always felt like an outsider and am unable to help out. Full-time members have a connection that keeps them loyal and involved, and that same connection could be made with newbies over a weekend. Second is a part of prospect theory, where people make more aggressive decisions when faced with a loss. This human attribute is obvious when nude beaches are at risk of being closed. We fight hard to keep them open, but nudge softly when trying to get a new one. Stores make use of this attribute when offering coupons. Resorts can make use of this by charging the full price initially, and giving credit when tasks are completed.
Let's expand the idea further. Some resorts also keep motels, which Alice and Bob might want to rent instead. Each room could contain a markerboard just like the one in the lobby. A task might exist for "prepare the room for the next guests" worth $20. Alice and Bob can choose if they want to clean up after themselves and get a $20 credit, or have the resort hire a housekeeper (or volunteer) to do the task for the same price. If Alice notices that the motel room needs an improvement, such as fixing the door seal or replacing the shower head, she can add the task to the marker board and have management assign a dollar amount to it. If she's quick, she could get the door seal fixed and earn the credit on her own bill. (A rule may need to be made about this though, so the same person cannot identify and fix an issue, because they may try to create the issue for a discount.)
We should evaluate what's going on here from the resort's perspective. Older people come in and pay the normal price to enjoy not having to do any work. Younger and middle-aged people, who are able to do the work and generally have smaller budgets, come in and volunteer for some work to enjoy a cheaper stay. As the resort owner, everything costs the same no matter who does the task (volunteer or hired hand). Overall, the crowd will promptly identify tasks and the tasks will get completed in a timely matter by those with the greatest desire for a discount. As resort owner, all you need to do is associate costs with the tasks and keep the process running smoothly. There is no need to collect everyones money, and track all the things that need fixing (or forget about them), then hire people to do tasks or do them yourself (if you remember, eventually). Remember, you (the owner) can always volunteer for tasks just like everyone else.
Does this type of thing work? In a broad sense, the backpacker community is already doing it. Young people (mostly non-US people) like to get out of school and travel the world for a year before settling down. They have the option to stay at a hostel, which is a minimalistic motel with no room service or housekeepers. Basically, they're paying for a bed in a room with other guests. If they can't afford a typical hostel, they'll find one that offers a free room. Fruit plantations in Australia are an example -- backpackers can stay for free and get free meals, and some profit, as long as they work in the fields picking fruit. Many resorts, some even nudist ones, offer a free stay to backpackers who are willing to work. [UPDATE, 2010: The linked nudist resort has slowly become more of a sex venue, but they still seek workers.] If you take a week-long vacation to another country as a tourist, you'll likely be dealing with backpackers in some form who are working to pay for their much longer (often up to a year) vacation.
The idea is spreading... More recently, a local jail started using the crowdsourcing concept. Inmates can get out earlier by doing cleanup work, which saves the jail from bringing in a worker for $30/hr.
Fancy resorts, like the Terra Cotta Inn, may not have success with task-based crowdsourcing. I doubt that a businessman would be happy to walk into a room and see "remove huge spider web from behind TV. $1" on the markerboard. Fancy resorts are expected to have housekeeping, and hide the internal activities of maintenance. Is it possible to find crowdsourcing success in places such as this? Perhaps, but only if I keep expanding the idea.
In a typical resort, the owner charges people enough to make profit and cover costs of maintenance and improvements. We've already short-circuited the cost of maintenance by crowdsourcing it, so people don't have to pay for maintenance costs if they do it themselves. Can we do something similar for improvements?
Alice thinks the resort needs an indoor hot tub for the winter months. Bob thinks it needs another volleyball court for the tournaments. Both have found one to purchase and have figured out how much it would cost. I write both ideas on a markerboard and place a bucket below each one. In order to buy them, the bucket (or related account) needs to meet the purchase price. The amount in each bucket is public. The buckets need to show progress or the idea will be removed and the money will be split among other active ones. This is an evolutionary approach to allow the popular ideas to continue, while performing natural selection on the bad ideas.
Any guests that pass through would see the idea for a winter hot tub. If they like it, they'll donate to that cause. The best ideas would get the money, and eventually be implemented. This is better than an owner taking all the money and implementing what they think would be best. People are more willing to donate money if they know exactly where that money is going -- at least I am.
If Carol doesn't have much money to donate, but wants to contribute to the winter hot tub idea, she has an alternative option -- a fundraiser! She can organize a fundraiser and drop the profits into the winter hot tub bucket.
Volunteer fire departments often have suppers or breakfasts to raise funds. The department buys all the food and works the event, and generally makes good profits from the event. A workplace that I know of has improved this form of fundraiser. They call for a volunteer to organize a lunch. The volunteer sets a date and figures out a lunch, then calls for other volunteers to donate the specific food items that are needed. Once it's all together, one of the volunteers cooks the lunch, and a few others take the money during that time. Employees pay for the lunch, which is about the same price but easier than going out, and all the profits are donated to charity. Volunteers organize this sort of lunch event at least 30 times per year, and end up with over $10,000 going to charity. It's a win-win situation for everyone, which is why it's still going strong.
Volunteer-driven meals are a great idea for a resort, but only work if people have the motive to organize them. Motive in this case is that the proceeds would go to the organizer's choice improvement idea. For a whole bunch of other fundraising ideas, Habitat for Humanity has 6 pages of them. [UPDATE: Link gone, but here's a search.] Some fun ideas could be sports tournaments, parties, craft/bake sales, auctions, and raffles. Get creative! If Alice and Bob knew that proceeds from this weekend's spaghetti supper was going towards that winter hot tub, they'd plan to go and might even volunteer to bring spaghetti sauce.
In conclusion, my resort will make use of the following ideas:
- Charge a normal rate, but give people the option to save money by working on tasks. Rich people will relax and enjoy the resort, poor people are willing to work and still enjoy the resort. Backpackers use this method and it works.
- People are able to add tasks for others to work on without having to deal with management. Management oversees the tasks by assigning dollar amounts, and can verify that tasks are completed correctly by volunteers. This basic process is commonly used in writing software.
- Lower the amount of maintenance in order to lower the number or complexity of the tasks that need to be done. A great reference for this is the book "Make your house do the housework" -- it's completely full of great ideas to minimize work!
- Maintenance costs remain the same, but the method can increase the number of low-budget (younger) guests and increase the quality of the resort. It's a form of "steal from the rich, give to the poor" which seems to work for Robin Hood.
- Improvement costs can be eliminated once a foundation is in place. Improvement ideas are generated by and funded by the public, and the best popular ideas would make it to implementation. This is standard brainstorming and crowdsourcing, and should work as long as people stay motivated by wanting stuff.
- With motivation to generate money, fundraisers would happen often and many would provide food, tournaments, or chances to win stuff in situations where it wouldn't normally be available. This would improve resort quality, keep things interesting, keep things active, and generate money for improvements. Fundraisers work very well in small communities, which is why they are so common.


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Lean is Green – 5S Supply Volunteers for E-cycling Program
October 23, 2011
5S Supply helps out local organizations as they accept electronics for recycling. 5S Supply has a history of helping when it comes to lean & green initiatives (see Giving Back).
H-F Green Team Electronics Recycling
This event was sponsored by the HF Green Team and Vintage Tech Recyclers. HF Team Members: the Villages of Homewood and Flossmoor, Homewood and Flossmoor Public Libraries, School Districts 161 and 153, HF High School and HF Park District.
Leave it to the lean guy to try to help create flow during the event. The local school volunteered their parking lot on a Saturday morning. We setup flow in one direction (cars could only come in one entrance and leave through the other end). As the cars pulled up, volunteers removed the items and sorted them (5S rules!) into the different types of electronics so it will be easier to recycle.
I was amazed on how much was dropped off during the event. If you think about it, everybody probably has some electronic items that could be recycled like old cell phones, computers, printers, TVs and more.
So if your local community has a recycling program or an e-cycling program, please participate. It only takes minutes to load up the car, drive over and drop it off. You'll be helping a charity and practicing good lean practices. Don't forget "Lean is Green", reduce-reuse-recycle.
– Tony
Top 10 Reasons to Visit 5S Supply at AME2011
October 21, 2011
We hope to see you at the AME Conference in Dallas next week. To assist in your planning and to maximize the use of your time, we wanted to provide a fun, short list of reasons to 'go see' us at 5S Supply.
Here are the Top Ten reasons to visit us at 5S Supply in Booth #506:
- We're a conference sponsor – This is our first time exhibiting at the premiere conference on lean and we'd love to meet you. As a Silver Sponsor of this event, we hope to help make your experience more enjoyable and educational. Come and let us know what you think of our brand new displays.
- Red Tag Toss – Just Toss & Win! Test your skill and have a little fun with our one-of-a kind game. All participants receive a prize!
- Unique & Innovative Products – At 5S Supply we pride ourselves in offering new and inventive products that were created based on our real-world experience in leading Lean initiatives. These include Red Tag Boards, Sticky Tags, Event Carts, Shadows & Boards, Gauge Range, Magwear, Holders, and Reward & Recognition items including hats, t-shirts, pens and pins. Ask for your FREE sample while supplies last!
- Meet – This is your chance to meet one of the author's of Lean Kaizen and the writer of the brand-new Total Productive Maintenance Blitz DVD (from SME and AME), our very own Lean Champion, Tony Manos.
- Fivesennall – Are your lean efforts getting you down? We have just what the doctor ordered! Come and ask us for a free bottle of Fivesennall. It's sure to be the cure for what ails you (or just taste good)!
- Feedback – At 5S Supply we want to hear from our customers. We strive for Continuous Improvement and are always eager to hear from Lean implementers as to how we can better serve you. Got an idea for a new product? We'd love to hear it. Come and share!
- Tweets – We'll be Tweeting all throughout the conference. You can follow us www.twitter.com/5Ssupply or search for hash tag #AMEConf2011.
- Training – We are truly passionate about Lean. We are real-world Lean experts who can assist with all of your implementation needs, from training to deployment.
- Meet the Presenter – Our Lean Champion, Tony Manos is presenting two workshops at the Conference. Hoshin Planning on Monday and Quick Changeover on Friday.
- More Free Stuff – At 5S Supply we offer free training tools including newsletter templates, audit sheets, Find-A-Words, the 5S Numbers Game and more. We also offer FREE Webinars on a variety of Lean topics. Our goal is to advance knowledge and understanding of Lean. To keep informed of these events and other promotions you can sign up on our website at www.5Ssupply.com
"Sure hope y'all have a good time in Texas and come and say hello!"
Jennifer Molski
Customer Care Manager
The "Perfect" Measure or Metric?
October 17, 2011
I had an "ah-ha" moment while working with a team on developing measures & metrics to monitor their processes in a transactional environment. We talked about the usual things like: balanced scorecard, leading, lagging and real-time measures, quality, cost, delivery, balancing measures, realistic measures and so on. What was interesting to me was that they kept trying to create the "perfect" measure; one that would have no flaws, the one that would automatically tell them the absolute source of the problem.
I watched them discuss with this concept for a little bit because I wanted to see what their thought process was. After careful thinking, I spoke up and mentioned that we may never get to the "perfect" measure for any specific process, but we can get an indication that it is not at standard. I used the analogy of a pilot in a cockpit. In a jet plane there can be hundreds of status indicators, but at any one time the pilot is only monitoring a few. It is when a warning goes off that the pilot focuses on that particular one. So to put it another way, there may not be a "perfect" measure that automatically tells me the root cause of an abnormal situation; instead, if I get a warning about a process and have to investigate.
Measures & metrics can be like that; we may not find the flawless one, but we can find one that will help us understand when something is amiss. This also helps us create better measures & metrics as we learn more about our process. If we can create the impeccable measure then we should do it, but don't let the fear of not creating it stop you. And don't get into analysis paralysis.
On a side note, I was coming back from a trip and in the seat next to me was a pilot. When we talked about different airports, we kidded about Lindbergh Field in San Diego, CA; it can have a steep flight approach as it comes over hills right before the runway. The pilot mentioned that when flying an L-1011 that all sorts of warnings go off because of the tight fit. She also mentioned that they can visually see the runway and have it under control. So here's to a visual workplace that allows us to do our job correctly, safely, on-time (hopefully for airlines) and satisfy the customer!
If you find perfect measures, let me know. – Tony
P.S. Here's something that may help when trying to understand transactional processes: Metrics-based Process Mapping
Here's a fun, short list of reasons to be in Dallas, Texas for AME's Conference "Your turning points for success."
- Keynote Speakers – How would you like to hear from leaders in the lean community and inspirational speakers like Jim Womack, Gary Convis, Mike Rother and Dr. Temple Grandin?
- Workshops – Monday and Friday has over 40 workshops schedule from half-day to full-day on all sort of topics on lean (including mine on Hoshin Promotion and Quick Changeover).
- Tours – 20 different tour sites to check out how other people apply lean principles. You can even take a tour of Cowboy Stadium!
- Six Value Streams for Sessions – You can't go wrong when they have streams for: People, Planet, Purpose, Passion, Performance, and Pioneering. Hear from fellow practitioners about their lean journey.
- Special Interest Sessions – Including the idea exchange. Discuss with panelists about topics that will help your organization move forward.
- Meet, Greet and Network – This conference is the premiere venue to talk with other lean practitioners. With over 2,000 attendees you're sure to meet a new friend.
- Chicago Night Reception – Ready for 2012? Have a fun time as AME promotes next year's conference in my hometown – Chicago!
- Exhibitors – Visit with over 50 exhibitors.
- Companion Sessions – Bringing a friend that wants to do something else? There are plenty of things planned to do in Dallas.
- We'll be there! – Of course 5S Supply will be there. Stop by booth 506, say "hi", and let us know how you're doing. Play our "Red Tag Toss" game for fun and prizes!
Check out the conference schedule.
If you can't make it to the conference, be sure to follow our tweets or search for #AMEConf2011.
We look forward to seeing you there and tell a friend!
SME/AME's TPM Blitz DVD World Premiere
October 4, 2011
The world premiere of the Total Productive Maintenance Blitz DVD from the Society for Manufacturing Engineers in conjunction with the Association of Manufacturing Excellence took place on Tuesday, September 21, 2011 at Modern Drop Forge (MDF) located just south of Chicago in Blue Island, Illinois. MDF is a 97 year old die-forging plant that makes parts for the auto industry. Over 30 people attended the premiere which included the cross-functional team that worked on the project in addition to the CEO, CFO, and TPM Coordinator. Attendees were treated to a pizza lunch complete with plenty of popcorn during the show! 5S Supply was the proud sponsor of the event.
After the film the participants of MDF shared their impressions of the film which included:
- "Two thumbs up!"
- "Great perspective on the behind-the-scenes activities that are needed to support production."
- " I felt proud to be involved with such a professional film."
- "This DVD is a must see for anyone interested in using TPM to increase production and reduce waste."
SME filmed Total Productive Maintenance Blitz in October of 2010 at MDF during a TPM event. Team members immersed themselves in a four-day total productive maintenance kaizen event on one of their more challenging manufacturing cells. A total of 17 hours of film were edited into a 30-minute final product. Our very own Tony Manos of 5S Supply served as the facilitator and wrote the script for the DVD. See a preview below.
The program highlights how the team established which equipment to focus on, identified potential problems, determined root causes for underperforming equipment, and then brainstormed improvement ideas. The team then quickly implemented over 50 ideas, which resulted in the company saving over $50,000 per year by reducing production downtime by 50% and scrap by 10%. TPM is a critical element of any successful lean enterprise that relies heavily on their machines and equipment.
Jennifer Molski
5S Supply
Customer Care
World Premiere Special!
5S Supply is offering the Total Productive Maintenance Blitz DVD (TRV-065) for $129 (regularly priced at $149). When checking out, just enter discount code TPMWP. Coupon is valid through October 30, 2011.
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Light in Leaves
November 17, 2013
A while back I took a photo of the maroon leaves on an amazingly prolific plant in our garden, fiddled with it and produced a nice image of blue leaves. . So today I felt drawn to return to the digital image and play with it further. I called the resulting piece: Light in Leaves … More Light in Leaves


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UD reveals plans for NHL All-Star Fan Fest
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
In one more day, the NHL Fan Fest in Ottawa will be upon us. Upper Deck has announced its plans for hockey fans and collectors to get exclusive cards.
"When the NHL All-Star Game is in a great hockey market like Ottawa, we really try to pull out all the stops to make it a memorable experience for hockey fans in attendance," said Jodi Wasserman, Upper Deck's Director of Marketing. "We're anticipating a great turnout, so we've come up with a highly sought-after lineup of All-Star redemption card sets to hand out each day of the show."
Open three packs of any 2011-12 Upper Deck hockey product (Victory is excluded) at the UD booth and receive one 2011 three-card All-Star pack. Wrapper redemptions are limited to one pack per customer per day.
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I love decorating, both my home and my classroom. When it comes to classroom decor, I have used Schoolgirl Style for the past 4 years. It started in my 2nd grade classroom on the island of Lanai in 2013 when I used the Rainbow Chalkboard collection. I love the bright colors and it mixed perfectly with my black fabric bulletin boards, freshly painted black bookcases, and bright colored accents. I even used some of the signs to label areas in the computer lab! When we moved to Maui and I got a transfer to a school in Lahaina teaching first grade, I wanted an under the sea Eric Carle theme to match my new ocean rug from Kid Carpet. So I combined the Bugs and the Ocean collections. Then, I learned about our neighborhood school (I had been commuting 45 mins to an hour each way). It's ... [Read More]
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Summertime means prep-time for many teachers! If you are like me, you have tons of projects planned for the weeks you have off during the summer. My main project: Leveling books. My school uses Accelerated Reader (AR) and I wanted to label the books so kids could easily see the level. Looking around at other blogs, I was instantly drawn to my friend Jen from Teacher by the Beach's library. She organizes hers by author's last name and nonfiction theme (like a real library!). She also puts a sticker on the spine for the level. Her current school doesn't use AR, so she has started to label her books with the Fountas and Pinnell system they use. Another library I love is Molly from Lessons with Laughter's library. I LOVE her color coded ... [Read More]
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What's A Story Without the Hard Parts?
(spoiler alert: major plot points of Jane Eyre are revealed in this post)
I re-read books.
I love to re-read books.
There are some books that have been such intimate friends over the years that I can pull one off of the shelf, open it to any page, and be transported to the world of my favorite character, the colors and details as vivid as a movie playing on a screen.
Sometimes I read selfishly, savoring the first half of the book, the build, the love story when the love is still new and unblemished, when the characters are still true to themselves and each other, and then I stop.
I stop before time travel moves from excitement to terrifying for Henry and Clare in the Time Traveler's Wife. I click off my book light before Jane Eyre leaves Mr. Rochester and spends months in pain instead of newfound joy.
And then I flip to the end. I have the right to do it, I've already read the book a dozen times, suffered with her, I've earned the right to skip if I want to.
But the end is never as exhilarating if I skip the hard parts.
The first time I walked with Jane toward Mr. Rochester when they finally meet again-well, there weren't any words for that moment. Together we'd chosen starvation over sin and then faced the temptation to forsake our hearts altogether for a life and marriage without love. I might smile and nod happily when I skip those parts and turn to the last chapter, but take away the hard parts and where's the story that stole my heart to begin with?
I've begun to see my own story in the same way. What is my story without this middle part?
I spend a lot of time running away from pain, either present pain, or past pain, anxious to get to "the good part". But when I look back at my story of 34 years, which parts do I skip? The past that I once wished to leave closed, present chapters included, are all intricately connected. Events, moments of impact that once (and sometimes still) cause me to cry out, "Why?", don't make any sense as individual stories.
When I look back now those collection of moments resemble the Extreme Dot to Dot that my 11-year-old finished last week. 636 dizzying dots that eventually revealed a complete picture. I don't know the number of days of my life so I don't know how many dots are left to connect, but enough to know that God's plan has been purposeful, not one extraneous dot in this book. Each moment has brought me a little more faith, trust, love, and hope, sometimes while the pain is fresh, sometimes later.
"You cannot amuptate your history from your destiny..my past is something Jesus takes hold of and makes into a destiny. That's called redemption."
Beth Moore
While reading someone else's painful story this week, I felt challenged to be a steward of my story, instead of running from it. As I read Mary Beth Chapman's book about the accidental death of her 5-year-old daughter, she spoke of God making her and her whole family a steward of their story. What an amazing response to the pain allowed into their life (deeper pain than I've ever experienced). And they have done just that, through their lives, through their books, through their music, through their ministry. They didn't hide, they opened their story to the world, their whole story.
Stories, both real and fictional, don't make sense without the hard parts.
What story has God made you a steward of?
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One of the under-appreciated elements of what animated the eugenics mindset was the view that each species could very well be conceived of as a 'body' of sort. A different level of moral calculation could be applied to the 'social organism' or 'social body' then the individual. This is no mere invoking of the 'common …
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Long before the Nazis implemented the 'Final Solution,' American and English eugenicists had talked often of the use of 'lethal chambers' to deal with the pressing problem of the 'unfit.' You can imagine Hitler's surprise, when, after acting on precisely what elites in America and England had long been advocating for, he was perceived as …
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The mechanical "steampunk" style of this head turning chair is intriguing and we had the privilege of meeting the innovative designer who conceived this piece!
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Am I a deficit scold?
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I don't think of myself as such, and think I have been consistent in saying that long run deficit reduction and shorter term economic growth should be the priorities. The Prologue of my book Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority says this:
As we head into the 2012 election, the task remains the same: we need to undertake policies to improve our economy in the short run, while seeking a long run plan to move slowly toward a balanced budget in the future. To achieve the latter will require some profound reform of our health care system and an increase in the proportion of the economy collected in taxes. There are other issues to be gotten straight, but without addressing those two realities (taxes are too low given any plausible level of federal spending and projected health care costs too high absent reform) we will never again have anything near a balanced budget.
The CBO long term budget outlook appears to be a Rorschach test in the it confirmed everything that everyone already believed. However, it is a much better story than that of the August, 2010 report, for example. And one of the best bits of news is the reduction in the cost of Medicare and Medicaid over the next decade. Basically, we have had at least one more year of slower than expected health care cost inflation below expectations that does not seem only linked the recession. Since this effects the base of any projections, that has improved the long run budget outlook; that is not projection, but observed reality. I remain nervous about assuming the rate of growth will remain lower, and still believe that long run budget stability will require more aggressive cost and cost effectiveness efforts in the out years. My recent experience navigating the health and long term care system for a Medicare beneficiary has actually lead me to believe that even beyond health care cost inflation, we need to reallocate Medicare spending away from wasteful, non productive expenditures and toward long term care, but that is another story.
So, where do we stand. CBO says current law will stabilize the debt to GDP ratio over the next decade at around 75% in 2023.
The problem is that it begins to rise again in the next decade, mostly due to health care costs of the baby boomers impacting the federal budget via Medicare and Medicaid. What is too much debt is hard to answer, but as you can see, ~75% is higher than most of the post World War II period. What that means is that we have less room for deficit spending in another economic emergency(this assumes there is an amount of debt that is too much; I do, I just don't know what it is). However, the period of the 1950s and 1960s saw greatly declining debt to GDP ratios in spite of consistent deficits because the economy grew rapidly (see fig . 1-1).
CBO released another report that looks at the expected impact of changes in the deficit over the next decade and economic growth, and the cover of the report is this figure.
It demonstrates a tradeoff between short term and long term economic growth and deficit reduction. Increase the deficit by $2 Trillion over 10 years and growth in 2014 is higher, but growth in 2023 is lower. Decrease it by $2 Trillion over 10 years and growth in 2014 is lower, but higher in 2023. The Goldilocks principle ("its just right") is quite elusive, and there is great economic pain and hardship in our country. Several points:
- I think being on a path to 75% of GDP in a decade is ok, but that we need to develop a longer run path that is moving toward 50% of GDP. That means we need a health reform deal that will lay out a set of policies that we will actually try. My book is centered around this notion.
- It will still take higher taxes. In my book I say we need to hit ~21% of GDP in receipts and the tax code we have now won't do that. But, we don't need to do this too fast. A tax reform that was designed with economic growth in mind would be a good next step. I also think the OASDI payroll tax cap needs to eventually be put back to the 90th percentile of wages, which is the essence of the 1983 Greenspan commission deal. Ideally, payroll taxes would be linked to economic growth and might be altered up or down based on economic growth.
- Our domestic discretionary spending is set to be historically low. This is not the place to cut more. I do think we need more cuts in Defense spending, but it is not my expertise.
- Further means testing of Medicare and Social Security seems to be an emerging consensus approach and I suspect a deal along these lines is obtainable. Eventually I think we will need to invigorate Medicare policy to undertake explicit cost effectiveness analysis of options, and formalize the principle that there will be some things we don't pay for because they don't work well. However, that is far off until we have a general deal around the ACA and what comes next. That is really the political stumble that blocks the next policy steps. I have suggested such deals.
So, I don't think I am a deficit scold. However, I agree that there has been lots of energy and discussion of the topic, we have made some progress, but the last step to a truly long run sustainable budget is the next (and the next, and the next) steps on health reform.


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Bristol Palin's ex-boyfriend, Levi Johnston allegedly picked up court documents in order to get the ball rolling on filing for custody of the parties' son, Tripp.
What triggered the potential move for custody of Tripp? Allegedly, after seeing his son's bad behavior on Bristol Palin's reality television show, "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp," Johnston may now seek to turn the tables and seek full custody of his son, gossip website TMZ reports.
The young father, 22, said that he was "disgusted" by what he saw of his son's behavior on the television show and expressed concern that Tripp is on a "downward spiral."
Further, just two weeks ago, the three-year-old Tripp made headlines for allegedly using a gay slur on the television show, The Huffington Post reports.
In California and like courts here in Orange County, courts are reluctant to switch full custody over to the father unless there has been some sort of abuse or neglect by the mother. It will be interesting to see what happens if Johnston does indeed file. At best, he would likely be awarded reasonable visitation every other weekend and one mid-week dinner visit.
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It was just a few short days ago when we heard news of Rihanna putting out a Dancehall Album after constant questions of when she will be releasing new music. Sis has been "work, work, working" on her Fenty Beauty Collection and Lingerie brand Savage X Fenty. Before you go judging us based on the title of this article, keep reading😃
In most of the articles, we found online, it states that Rihanna's team has received 500 records for this project from different producers and writers in the reggae-dancehall genre. Most musicians and artists in Jamaica feel that Rihanna has somehow stolen Dancehall culture and made it her own and is merely using the producers and songwriters. Here's what we have to say -- we found no article that said Rihanna's team stole songs from local talents they willingly submitted their songs.
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Rihanna is of Caribbean descent (Barbados) and has done songs like "Work", "Man Down" and "Pon de Replay" which are all heavily influenced by Dancehall and were all well received. If someone is to "steal" a culture, why not a Caribbean Girl who is not only familiar with the culture but also grew up living in that culture. We kinda think those having an issue are a bit pressed as they might have missed their chance to submit their music for a chance to be featured on the album. We know this is not the article you were probably looking for, but we kinda don't see the issue here.
Instead of always having an issue with an International artiste "stealing" Dancehall, why not turn Dancehall from controversial to profitable--create better music with better beats and think of a strategy that will guarantee your success. We here at The Haute Lifestyle are excited to hear the album and see the styling and of course the make-up looks which will be trending on Youtube as soon as the videos are released as we know Rihanna goes hard on everything she does.
How do you feel about this Dancehall Album?