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Catuma was born out of a precise need: to bring something new to the eyewear market that it had never seen before. And, judging by the reception of these first years in business, it is doing very well
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Andria is a town of 100,000 inhabitants in the hinterland of Puglia, about an hour's drive from Bari. It is a land of gastronomic excellence, starting with olive oil, and has an important tradition in the manufacturing and trade industries. Vincenzo Pastore, founder of Catuma, started out here, and the very choice of the name emphasises the link between his brand and its homeland. Catuma is, in fact, the name of the main square in Andria, where all the main roads of the city converge. This is metaphor for viewing the company, as a port bringing together entrepreneurial skills, design ideas and the manufacturing capabilities of those working in production. It is a safe harbour for influences from different worlds, from art to fashion, and from design to architecture, where technology and craftsmanship can go together in the same sentence, united by quality.
The adventure began in 2014, with a range made from stone and wood line that was met with instant appreciation from the market. The following year saw the launch of a series of carbon fibre and steel glasses, combined with stone and wood veneers. Then came the Surrealist collection, which helped the brand to reach new markets by participating in the most important trade fair events in the industry. Its products have a strong character, and are the result of a creative "healthy madness", which has animated this adventure from the very beginning. Pastore has extensive experience as an optician and was driven to create Catuma by the need to bring something to the market that had previously been lacking.
The ideas underpinning everything, including distribution, are: sales experience that led the management to attempt to conquer markets like Britain, Brazil and USA, focusing solely on physical stores and not on e-commerce, with the goal of reaching 500 meticulously selected stores worldwide by the end of the year ("We do not sell anything online: we value the relationship we have with retailers who understand the quality of the product and can communicate it well to our customers," Pastor told us last February). Silmo 2017 will provide the occasion for Catuma to unveil the ArTchitecture collection, which we got an early taste of with Levante. Made from decorated steel with laminated cork inserts, this model stands out with its juxtaposition of solids and voids, which mean that it is linear if viewed frontally but complex when seen from a lateral perspective. Paris will also see the presence of Dada, the new line of the company established last March and which, as can be discerned from its name, reveals a homage to Dadaism that is certainly not hidden in the design of the models for the two Cabaret Voltaire and Karawane collections. Around here, a name is never chosen at random.


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SAN RAMON, Calif., January 23, 2019 – Lisa Wadlington, global manager chemical sales, Chevron Oronite, will be presenting at the Specialty & Custom Chemicals America Conference, which is being held February 11-14 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas.
Wadlington will be offering an Exhibitor Showcase Presentation on Tuesday, February 12 at 11:40 a.m. in Sundance Room 3. She will be speaking about Oronite's 100-year history of delivering a diverse product line of raw materials, intermediates, and components, including: detergents, dispersants, polyisobutylene, PIBSA, alkylphenol, phenate, sulfonate, pentamer and tetramer. You can find additional information about these products by visiting Oronite in booth 412.
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LynuxWorks Announces Broad Support for 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family
LynxOS, LynxOS-178 and LynxSecure all moving to the new Intel® microarchitecture.
San Jose, CA, June 08, 2013 --(
)-- In conjunction with the launch of the 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family (formerly codenamed "Haswell"), LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, announced support of the new Intel® CoreTM i7 and i5 processor families for all three of it's major product lines, including LynxOS, LynxOS-178 and LynxSecure.
LynxOS is a fully pre-emptive, deterministic, hard real-time embedded operating system (RTOS) with a POSIX application interface. LynxOS-178 is a time and space partitioned version of LynxOS that is designed for safety critical applications such as FAA certified avionics applications. LynxSecure is a separation kernel and embedded type-0 hypervisor that provides an environment in which multiple guest operating systems and their applications can execute at the same time, in their own virtual partitions, without compromising security, reliability or data integrity.
"The 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 and Core™ i5 processors deliver a significant performance jump over their predecessors by combining 22nm process technology with numerous core improvements including transactional synchronization extensions (TSX), next generation branch prediction, more instruction parallelism and more load/store bandwidth," said Robert Day the VP of Sales and Marketing for LynuxWorks, Inc. "We expect all our embedded market segments, from industrial, medical, office automation, military, aerospace, to avionics to benefit from the combination of our RTOS and virtualization products when running in this exciting next generation of Intel® processors and have enhanced all of our RTOS products to take full advantage of all Intel®'s performance improvements."
"By supporting the latest Intel® Core™ i7 and i5 processors at launch, LynuxWorks continues to offer developers the opportunity to utilize the advanced features that Intel® provides in each new generation of our processors," commented Sam Cravatta, product line manager, Intel® Intelligent Systems Group. "When paired with an RTOS, like the award-winning LynxOS family of hard real time operating systems, or a secure virtualization solution like LynxSecure, our highly integrated 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors improve system performance without compromising safety, security, or battery life."
The new generation of Intel® Core™ processors utilizes Intel®'s 22nm manufacturing process technology and focuses on improving the performance of the microarchitecture while lowering power requirements. Next generation branch prediction technology, deeper buffers for more instruction parallelism, and increased clock speeds combine to help increase performance while maintaining overall TDP. The new generation of processors are software compatible with previous IA-32 processors. These new embedded processors are aimed at meeting the needs of developers in industrial, retail, medical, gaming, avionics, military, government, and energy industries, and when combined with one of LynuxWorks operating systems offers a unique platform for developing next generation embedded systems.
The LynxOS family of deterministic, hard real-time operating systems provides POSIX conformant API's in a small footprint embedded kernel. LynxOS provides symmetric multi-processing support to fully take advantage of Intel®'s multi-core / multi-thread processors. LynxOS-178 adds ARINC 653 Time and Space partitioning support for best in class performance in Secure, Safety-Critical applications. LynxOS-178 has been certified for use in avionics under the DO-178B process to DAL-A and is the only RTOS to have received a Re-usable Software Component (RSC) status from the FAA.
LynxSecure provides one of the most flexible secure virtualization solutions for use in Intel® architecture based embedded and computer systems. Designed to maintain the highest levels of military security, and built from the ground up to achieve it, LynxSecure now offers an industry-leading combination of security with functionality, allowing developers and integrators to use the latest software and hardware technologies to build complex multi-OS based systems. LynxSecure runs fully virtualized guest OSes such as Windows, Solaris, Linux, Android, and Chromium OS requiring no changes to the guest OS. Another key feature that LynxSecure offers is the ability to run guest OSes that have Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) capabilities. The quad-core Intel® Core™ i7 processor makes this feature a reality by allowing one of the guest OSes to run across multiple cores, offering performance never seen before in a virtualized embedded system.
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By Elaine Meinel Supkis
Unlike the previous hurricane where the media studiously ignored spectacular pictures of oil drilling rig failures, this time they couldn't stop the photo showing this huge rig wedged under a high bridge.
All the oil dealers saw it and went crazy and now the price of oil is way way up and it is going to climb and climb because transportation of all sorts is dead in the water in the Mississippi lowlands and this means no oil or gas production, PERIOD.
The reverberations from this will be immense this winter. We will be short of winter oil and possibly even natural gas!
More: we don't know the status of the oil rigs in the Gulf but this picture shows clearly, we will be lucky if half are useable. The multilevel mess here is hard to minimize. This hurricane struck in the heart of our fuel systems. We have systems in New Jersey and in Texas and in California but guess what?
What if, as I fully expect in the next two years, California has its big blow? You know, the blow out of the earth's crust. Already, our economy is teetering on the edge of disaster and unlike the Florida hurricanes which messed with some vegetable harvests and tourism, this one hit a major industrial city complex that sustains our entire economy! The connection between New Orleans and Chicago has been intimate and huge since La Salle. The entire Civil War was over this river for the northern states could do just fine if they controlled the Mississippi river! So they had to fight the states that left the union simply because this was literally life and death for Chicago and its surrounding region.
And guess where Lincoln hailed from?
The headwaters of the Mississippi river.
This is also why the economy of the entire Mississippi basin went into a severe tail spin during the Great Flood and the bankruptcies from that flood took down one bank after another. This was like a small hole in a very big ship. It takes a while for the Titanic to sink!
Last election (sic) we were promised oil would halve in price. Many voters in red areas which are mostly rural or exurban, believed this utter lie and trooped to the polls to support their executioner. Then they waited happily for the oil to drop in price now that Bush controlled all levels of the government. Their bitter dissappointment is showing up in the polls now. After this hurricane, Bush is toast. He is at a vacation resort, talking about crap while New Orleans drowns!
But then, I am not President. Even though my ability to predict the future is very high, people don't want to take the measures we must all take to prevent this sort of mess.
New Orleans isn't habitable. A million people have to be cared for, a long time. Not one week. The flooding will continue until it ends and the last Great Flood went for months. There are more hurricanes waiting down the line in the Atlantic....Mother Nature isn't through with us, not at all.
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Definitions for "reservation"
Keywords: treaty, unilateral, purports, ratifying, exclude
The exceptions that STATES PARTIES make to a treaty (e.g., provisions that they do not agree to follow). Reservations, however, may not undermine the fundamental meaning of the treaty.
a country's attempt to modify certain terms of the agreement, as between itself and other countries
a declaration made by a state by which it purports to exclude or alter the legal effect of certain provisions of the treaty in their application to that state
A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.
specially reserved ecclesiastical rights.
A right retained or reserved by an owner when he/she makes a grant of property either by deed or lease.
A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.
Established Military or Native American tract.
"Trust assets" or an area of land "reserved" or held in "trust" and protected by the U.S. Government for a Native American tribe(s), band, or village to live on and use pursuant to treaties, statutes, and executive orders (Bureau of Indian Affairs 1968; Felix Cohen 1982). The term reservation refers to the early practice (in 1640) whereby Native American tribes were coerced, enticed, or otherwise persuaded to relinquish or "cede" the majority of their homelands by treaty to the Federal Government, while "reserving" a portion of their original lands or natural resources for their use. There are about 300 Federal Native American reservations, also known as Indian pueblos, rancherias, communities, or colonies, located in 33 States. Properties located outside the contiguous boundaries of reservations, as well as lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, that are held in fee title by Native Americans, as private property, generally are not considered to be reservations.
Keywords: hotel, flight, accommodation, passenger, acommodation
an agreement to have some space, service or other acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public transport system, held for one's future use; also, the record or receipt for such an agreement, or the contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to book a reservation at the Ritz.
The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
Prearranged cargo space on a specific flight(s). Also referred to as booking.
Keywords: proviso
a firm contract and no allowance will be made for late arrival or early departure
a firm contract and no refund will be given for late or early departure
Keywords: shouldn't, conference, anyway, arrange, worry
An arrangement to have vacation components held or guaranteed for one's use.
a must, don't worry about being late because you probably won't be seated on time anyway
a must here, this shouldn't be a problem to arrange
Keywords: wholeheartedly, unstated, withheld, doubt, disclosed
Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.
an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
Keywords: revoke, restaurant, canadian, constitutional, internal
a Canadian constitutional power to revoke a law
an internal link referred you to revoke a restaurant at a particular day
a must, but valet parking makes it relaxing and stress free once you get there
an area where hunting animals is not permitted, such as a see National park , wildlife refuge
the deposit paid in a contract de réservation
a Contract between you and us, and can be made by telephone, facsimile or in writing
a legal contract
Keywords: sacramental, communion, devotion, sick, absent
The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.
a contract in law and you may be liable for the cost of the total stay
a term used in international law to mean an exemption
Keywords: upcoming, oregon, opportunity, binding, non
a non-binding agreement between both the buyer and the seller and is approved by the Oregon Department of Real Estate
A non-binding agreement to purchase a home at a future date. Often a reservation requires a small deposit which guarantees the buyer the first opportunity to proceed with the purchase of their new home.
A non-binding agreement between a buyer and a home builders to purchase a home at a future date. A reservation usually requires a deposit.
Keywords: signatory, disagrees, concession, interpretation, correct
a concession that the interpretation with which the signatory state disagrees is the correct interpretation
Keywords: ciggarettes, cheap, gambling, get, place
Keywords: perishable, commodity
a good idea, however
a good idea if going on a weekend
a good idea, not a must
Keywords: arguer, claim, wish, recommended, situation
An exception made to a claim. A reservation usually involves a situation in which the arguer does not wish to maintain the claim.
a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"
Keywords: commitment, requisitions, attend, budgets, purchase
a commitment only to the buyer that he or she must buy
a commitment to attend
a firm commitment to purchase products that have not been produced yet but will be in the future
Allotment in advance of space or weight capacity. Also referred to as 'booking'.
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking"
See "Booking"
Keywords: preallocate, extent, space, file, attribute
An extent attribute used to preallocate space for a file.
a guarantee of space to a file system
Keywords: cop, convention, concerns, official, decision
an official objection allowed under the terms of the Convention
A Party may accept a decision of the COP while noting its reservations and concerns for the record. However, no reservations may be made to the Convention itself.
Keywords: trajectory, intersection, parameters, occasion, set
the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
A set of parameters describing a vehicle's trajectory through an intersection.
Keywords: transponder, notation, station, particular, specific
a notation that a particular station has an interest in using a specific transponder for a specific time
Keywords: withholding, disclosure, concealment, keeping, act
The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.
a landscape area, which is going to be developed and protected in harmony with nature
Keywords: schedule, fundamental, allocation, stock, structure
a fundamental data structure used by the scheduler
The process of designating stock for a specific order or schedule. See: allocation.
a facility whereby an item which you want to borrow is trapped for you by the library's computer system
Keywords: district, purpose, particular
Keywords: store
Keywords: someone, available, publication, borrowed
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It has now been over 14 hours of trying to get a SIM activated and 2 hours on the phone with absolutely no help. I want a refund and they won't even do that
Useless!!!!!! Telstra are happy to port my number but bleeping optus won't get it done. Now my number is stuck floating somewhere and I can't use either. Should have just stayed with Telstra. Can't even call a store near me to talk to an Australian who might be better equipped to help. What a waste of time and money.
So you were transferring from Telstra?
were you billed or prepaid?
did you sign up in store? Online?
calling a store won't make any difference, all they can do is call the activations team to push it through. The same as you can by speaking to activations.
Porting a number from telstra. Prepaid. Online failed. Customer service wouldn't even tell me how I could complain.
Was the date of birth correctly recorded on Telstra end?
thats the only reason prepaid ports fail more often than not.
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2019 Ferrari Dino Price, Redesign, and Release Date. Even two decades may successfully pass until the launch of 2019 Ferrari Dino. However, according to known things, we can now say that this activities vehicle would be the embodiment of rate and energy. The key good purpose why for this would be its highly effective motor mixed with great style.
The internal of 2019 Ferrari Dino would have one chair row and it would be created for two travelers. The use of the highest quality components and components and furniture is never introduced in query. Furthermore, the maker would also allow a lot of recent technological innovation, such as USB< MP3 and iPod slot, to be able to compete and modified.
2019 Ferrari Dino would have an average activities vehicle external style with two gates and a little bit reduced bonnet. The producer would also use LED front lights and taillights. The taillights would be circular while the front lights would be formula-like. The car would also have double fatigue pipe joints.
Since 2019 Ferrari Dino was created to be a activities vehicle with everything that goes with it, the maker would absolutely use a incredibly effective motor choice for it. There have been some gossips that the maker would opt for a 3.0 litre motor, which would be also a V6 one.
It has been expected that this motor would be able to generate 530 horse power, which would provide it with required durability and energy.
There is not any query that this car would also be about rate, i.e. it is considered that it would be able to achieve 62 mph in only 3.3 a few moments, and that it would be able to create the utmost rate of 200 mph. we still do not have any details about the transmitting, but there may be the choice to select between the guide and automated one.
It is magnificent now that 2019 Ferrari Dino would be incredibly magnificent and robust. On the contrary, the prospective very high cost would absolutely restrict the variety of audience.
Regarding the cost, there have been may reports and gossips about the prospective costs. However, considering that 2019 Ferrari Dino is still a a idea and that the demonstration time frame may be even two decades from now, we would maintain from providing any hurry cost reports.
One thing is very sure, this car would be costly and there would be only a few people who would be able to manage it.
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When we are discussing about 2019 Ferrari Dino we can only say that it is still a a idea and a mysterious to the marketplace. There are some forecasts that this car may be formally provided during the second 50 percent of 2016.
Also, when we are discussing about the revenue schedules, we are still groping in the black since we do not have virtually any details about this. However, there have been some gossips which estimate that the revenue would most probably start during the second 50 percent of 2017.


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There is for sure one good habit that you need to have – wash foods!
On the list for wash foods, there are those that you certainly wash.
However, on the list for wash foods, there are also those you have not been washed before or preparing food until now.
With washing your foods you will have more protection from a nowadays way of growing and preparing foods in the modern industry.
Wash foods is preventing diseases
– 1. Fruits and vegetables with edible skin
The fruits and vegetables with edible skin seem to be completely clean and shiny.
At the same time, that does not mean you do not have to wash it.
It is imperative to place it under a strong water jet (squirt) and also rub them with your hands well.
Industrial fruit and vegetables are preferred to peel before consumption, according to the recommendations of the experts.
On the other hand, homemade fruits clear from pesticides you do not have to peel.
In addition, you just have to wash it.
– 2. Certain groceries in cans
Foods such as canned tuna cannot be washed without destroying.
However, you can rinse foods such as canned peas, corn, garlic, and other processed vegetables.
– 3. Fruits and vegetables with inedible skin
You need to know that all fruits and vegetables, edible or inedible, you need to wash before prepare or consume it
– 4. Nuts
If you ask people if they wash nuts, they will respond negatively to you.
However, keep in mind that you cannot know for sure where they were stored during transport and pre-packing.
That is also one reason why we should wash it before consumption.
You only wash foods that you eat or use to prepare your meals.
– 5. Dried fruits
Did you know also that dried fruits are considered to be one of the dirtiest foods?
Therefore, you must wash it before consumption.
The experts will advise you to put it in the water for several hours.
Share this health information with your friends and family members.
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I love that sculpture in Rhyolite, NV; but I don't like my picture above. The way I am sitting makes my butt and/or my stomach look HUGE. Of course both are bigger then I would like them to be.
These were taken about a week ago. I have gained about 45 pounds in the 6.5 months that I have been working in Death Valley.
Soon after I got to work yesterday, I started feeling strange. I recognized it as the feeling I get when my blood sugar drops to low. I don't bring my glucose monitor with me to work and this feeling started about 50 minutes before my breakfast break so I wouldn't be able to check my blood sugar even if I had brought it anyways. I finally made it to breakfast and loaded up on the potatoes, eggs and 2 muffins. I needed something to raise my blood sugar quick and potatoes usually works. I had lunch 2.5 hours later and all I could eat was a salad & watermelon. This crazy schedule of having breakfast soon after clocking into work and then lunch 2.5-3 hours later is ridiculous.
I got out of work early yesterday, around 2:30. Finally checked my blood sugar around 5pm. I was at 240…highest I have probably ever been…and soooo darn tired. Late last night Kim got a pizza and I ate 2 slices. This morning when I woke up my blood sugar had dropped down to 97. This afternoon I checked it again and it was up to 196.
I called (emailed) outta work today and have spent hours researching diabetes online. For now, i am tired again so will be going to take a nap before Kim comes back from her day at work.


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Google has officially named the next version of Android as Android 10. With this, Google has ended a long-standing custom of naming Android version after a dessert. Up until Android P, every Android version have been named after some sort of sweets but from now on Android will be simply known as Android 10, Android 11 and so on. It has always been a fun game for people to guess what the next version of Android might be, but from now on, no one has to guess anymore. In a Google blog post, Google said that they took this step to make the Android naming more global and easy to understand. For many parts in the world, the naming of Android is confusing due to different accent and dialects.
For example, L and R are not differentiable when spoken in a few languages in parts of the world. This creates a problem that confuses many people. "As we continue to build Android for everyone in the community, our brand should be as inclusive and accessible as possible" Google said in the blog post. Another reason for Google to take this step is that desserts are not the same everywhere. Like for example, in some places, Pie is not a dessert and Marshmallows are not popular. There is also the aspect of new users. When a new user first joins Android family from other OS like iOS, the name sounds confusing and thus creates the problem of not knowing if their device is running the latest software.
Not just Android name, Google has also updated the Android font and logo. The text is now in black instead of its original green color. Google also tweaked the font style to make it modern. Google says they did this to make the font stand out and also easy to read. "We found the green was hard to read, especially for people with visual impairments," Google said. The Android robot icon is now a close-up of the robot with a different shade of green.
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In My Life
What I like to do: run, read and knit.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a great holiday!!!
Also who is excited for the
Doctor Who Christmas Special
"The Snowmen"???
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
I am becoming a very bad blogger. I keep forgetting to update. I have been very busy with other end of the semester and Christmas things.
I did read this...
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Don't let the quote by Sherman Alexie (author of
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
) on the cover throw you off. He writes "This is a SCARY funny book OR a FUNNY scary book. In either case it is a GREAT book. I LOVE IT." Alexie is correct it is funny, but I am not sure it is "scary." It is suspenseful, but nothing scared me. Maybe I am desensitized or I just think Sherman Alexie loves his opinions.
A very interesting read; a guy finds out he is a necromancer after being protected from the paranormal world his whole life. It is written through a male point-of-view and no heavy romance. I really needed this change.
Apparently, it is a series so now I need to read...
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Everything in YA seems to be a series. What are you feeling on series? Are they getting out of hand?
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Fever 1793
So long time no post...anyway.
I read
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson. I knew it would be a good book because Anderson is an amazing author. I loved
. I hope to read more of her work.
This is a sad and gripping story of 14 year old Mattie living in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. To say much more would give away a lot of spoilers. Let's just assume the main character doesn't die. That is all I can say.
Fever 1793
was very well written. I learned a lot about the time period without too much preachiness. As my good friend says, historical fiction is the preachiest of the genres.
This completes my historical fiction challenge for 2012. And there was much rejoicing! I really enjoyed all the historical fiction that I read this year and I hope to continue to work it into my reading schedule. There is just so much good fantasy and dystopia right now, it is hard to make room.
What should my 2013 reading challenge be?
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Historical Fiction Update
I barely read over Thanksgiving break but I did finish reading
A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson.
Image from Goodreads
I love watching Downton Abbey and this book was recommended to me because the setting is very similar to the show, the English countryside at a manor after WWI.
Apparently the late teens and 1920s in England was a crazy time. End of the first World War and the end of the Russian empire probably would do that. It just seems that the people were extra crazy and had fantastical ideas. Maybe people will think that about us when historical fiction is written about our time period. I try not to be too judgy.
A Countess Below Stairs
is about Anna, a countess, that fled Russia, with her family, to be penniless in England. She goes into service as a maid. She meets the Earl and they fall in love even though he is to marry someone else, a very horrible someone else. Crazy hi-jinxes ensue on the wedding day. It was pretty predictabl,e but very enjoyable. A bit long winded, but the details were nice.
4/5 stars
I highly recommend this one for other fellow lovers of Downton Abbey.
I have now read 4 of 5 Historical Fiction books for my 2012 challenge. What should I read next? I have five weeks to get it read.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Black Friday Shopping
My family loves to shop and we love a good deal so we love Black Friday shopping. This year is different though. My grandmother is in the hospital and my parents went up to South Dakota to see her. (She had a really bad prognosis, but now is doing better and will survive.) My mom is the glue that holds Black Friday shopping together for my sister and me. Without her, is it just not he same.
My sister and I did manage to go out Thursday night before my sister had to go to work at 10 PM. My mother-in-law came too. I got a few things for D and something very special for me....
All three seasons of The Vampire Diaries!!!!! I am so, so happy. I love this show. I have to wait another week for the next new episode. It is torture. Season 4 is amazing.
This morning, the actual Black Friday, my husband and father-in-law are out shopping and I am home (well not my home, my in-law's home) with the little girl and dogs.
I am excited for Small Business Saturday tomorrow. I am going to a yarn store in Bettendorf, IA called Knit & Knot to buy some yarn for a sweater. (I wish I could shop The Fiber Universe, but we will not be in Peoria.)
I am going to make this...
Rocky Coast Cardigan
Image via Raverly
It is from the book
Coastal Knits
. I love Hannah Fettig; she designs great things. She was the designer of my
first sweater
, the Yoked Cardigan. Two other knitters I know have made it and it looks pretty fabulous in-person. Not sure when I will actually get to the knitting of this cardigan, but it is good to be prepared.
What are you shopping for?
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I remade the
It is so much better is time around.
Last time, not so good.
Plus, I think I figured out why my knitting was so loose; it was my tension. I am now holding my tension differently and things are working much better. I still don't know why my swatches and finished projects didn't match up, but I don't think that will be a problem with my new tension holding. I can't even say it is a new way of holding my tension. I used to always hold my yarn that way but them migrated to the loosey-goosey way. Well I am back and it is great. I re-knit on the same size needles with the new/old tension way and it turned out pretty great.
I loved using the Malabrigo Worsted yarn. Such heavenly stuff to work with. It didn't even get tangly or weird being re-knit. 5 star yarn!
This will be going to a lovely person for Christmas. I hope they love it.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
New Adventures
We had a great weekend. We had nothing planned. No one was coming to visit. Just a weekend.
My husband decided it was time he cleaned out all his old teaching stuff from the attic. You know, since he hasn't been a teacher since we moved to Peoria and never wants to be a teacher ever again. We now have lots of space in the attic for...more junk?
He also decided it as time to clean out D's room and rearrange it for her new bed.
He made her this bed last month.
I am not the only crafty one in this family.
The problem with this bed is that it takes up a lot of room. We need to figure out how to get her dresser and bookshelves back in. Oh and all the toys. So many, many toys. This girl may be spoiled.
Besides all this hard work, I got tons of knitting done and finished several Christmas gifts.
Today, I am off work again because I had to take D to the hospital for an out-patient procedure. They needed to test her pooping muscles and see if she had anything wrong that is causing her constipation woes.
Luckily, the test went well and there is nothing physically wrong with her, she just uses her muscles wrong and so can not fully void her bowels. She will need physical therapy but she should get better. I am so thankful she will get better without surgery.
Because today is a special day, D dressed herself.
She does have a very unique sense of style. All the hospital staff loved it.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
New Yarn
I finally got around to spinning another yarn.
This is 112 yards of 100% Merino Superwash in a nice pretty brown.
I tried to ply this one tighter than my previous yarns and I think I did better. This is my 6th yarn. I still need a lot more practice and probably some lessons (Hint: Christmas gift idea!!)
So what should I make it into? I have yet to make any of my handspun into any finished object.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Loose Knitter
Recently I developed a problem, I knit a bit too loosely. I am not sure how it came to this. I used to knit near to gauge or down just one needle size. Then over the past summer, it was two needle sizes. Now this fall, going down two needle sizes is not enough.
This is
, an ear warmer pattern.
Image by Kathryn Schoendorf on Raverly
Great pattern, super easy to remember the turns and count. No stupid flower on top.
I used the best yarn ever. New to The Fiber Universe last week was Malabrigo Worsted!!! This might be my new favorite yarn. Gorgeous colorways and so soft.
This is Stonechat. I got another color of the Malabrigo Worsted for another project. I can barely wait to start.
I finished and then realized that normal people don't have the size head required for this thing. Maybe Stewie Griffin or some other fictional character.
I went down two needle sizes. I swatched. And yet, huge ear warmer. Not suitable for a Christmas gift, as I had hoped.
So I frogged it. I am pretty proud of myself for frogging it (or ripping it all our to the layperson.) It takes a lot to get to the point in your knitting journey to get to where you will just rip out hours and hours of work instead of rationalizing that the item is fine (when it is obviously not). It is now a ball of wool waiting for me to try again.
I need to figure out this loose knitting problem. The socks I spent much of this year knitting and then hiding away only to knit again, also turned out to be a bit loose even through I swatched. The swatches are lying to me!!! Or maybe I can't count right. I might need to start holding the tension in my yarn differntly. Or maybe I am doomed to keep going down and down in needle size.
Any suggestions?
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Monday, November 12, 2012
I ran a 5k on Saturday. It was nice to only run 3 miles, but I was also stressed because this race was on "home" turf. My employer held their first race,
Run 101
with 5k and 15k options. I knew a lot of people at this race. In fact, I knew a majority of the runners, and I wanted to beat them.
I placed 3rd in my age group and 27th overall! I thought I would place because of the small number of runners, but I wasn't sure. It feels pretty good to be 3rd best in 20-29 y/o females.
I barely had time to get home and shower after the race before my in-laws showed up. They came to take down a dead tree in our backyard and to haul the wood away. I am so thankful for their visit! (Especially since on Sunday it was so windy the tree could have lost more branches and caused some major damage on our house or out neighbor's.)
While everyone was hard at work with the tree, I got to sneak away to my favorite store,
The Fiber Universe
. It was their 1 year anniversary. I had to celebrate with a bit of shopping and knitting.
I have good knitted things to show you later this week!
What did you do this weekend?
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
I have two rumbles going on.
1. The daylight savings time change has me all messed up. I am hungry and sleepy at all the wrong times. I know I have gone through this time change business twice a year for the past 29 years, but it still messes with my internal time clock, I think more than my daughter's. She seems to be fine and on a good schedule. I, however, seem to have a perpetual "rumbly in my tumbly". I now better understand Pooh and his plight to get honey in an attempt satiate his rumbly. I often feel as though a bee hive wouldn't stop me.
2. Election day was on Tuesday. I voted early so, I didn't have to wait in line or worry about making it to the polls on time. It was my first time voting in Illinois, and for the first time I knew that my presidential vote would be for the same person as the state's electoral votes. My past two votes for president have been located in Iowa (swing state and in 2004 swung the way of not-my-vote) and in Tennessee (not a swing state, always the way of not-my-vote). 2012 was different for me, the media "called" Illinois for President Obama with 0% of the precincts reporting. A few hours later, President Obama was named the winner of the election. This is causing quite the rumble. I know a lot of people happy and unhappy with this outcome. Personally, I am very happy, which should not be shocking to my friends and family. What is shocking is the horrible stuff being passed around on blogs, talk radio and social media. People saying things and really hurting other's feelings. It is just not right. It is more vicious than ever. This is coming from a lady who owns a "the only bush I trust is my own" t-shirt. (That was just plain funny and a bit oppositional.) It was a hard fought election and very emotional on all sides. Discussion and arguments over politics is fine, but it needs to be done respectfully. Something I think we have all forgotten. Something everyone needs to work on.
I am really proud of America and the amazing new senators and representatives at the state and national level. (And that a local library bond finally passed!) I am happy that in a country where women make up half of the population, we can have more female congresspersons. The diversity of the newly-elected officials is something to celebrate: openly gay, disabled, Hindu, Buddhist, Asian-American, etc. When there are more representatives like this, I feel that our country's government is better because it actually represents the amazing diversity throughout the nation. A representational government should represent the population.
I am also excited that four states voted for marriage equality. I know this is another hotly contested issue. I personally think that all Americans have the right to marry another person. In Tennessee in 2006, I voted No on a constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. It passed anyway by a large majority. I am glad to see, 6 years later, people and states are saying no to banning gay marriage. I again hope that Americans can be civil toward one another and accept other people's convictions on this matter. Diversity is something that makes America so great. We are united in our diversity.
Now that the election is over, it is time to move forward with the future of our country. It is time to get along with each other and not fight...for a least a few years.....
If you read this and agree or disagree, please leave respectful comments. I usually don't get a lot of comments and they are always very nice, but when talking politics, you never know.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Money is one of those impolite topics to discuss, but I am am going to discuss it. Today, we paid off the balance on our credit card!!!! It has been a long, long road. I never thought we would have credit card debt. We were married for four-and-a -half years without credit card debt so, I really did not see why we would ever need to carry a balance, until I got this job, three years ago this month.
Now getting a job you would think would be the opposite of going into credit card debt, but not for us. Me getting this job meant paying for us to quickly move to another state, paying rent at an apartment and the mortgage on our house in Nashville, my husband unemployed without unemployment benefits, and my education loans coming out of deferment. D was 18 months old and we had to pay for diapers and tons of clothes as she seems to be growing much faster than an average child. Oh and both our cars needed repairs.
About 6 months after moving to Peoria, my husband got a job, low-paying compared to his job before but a job. We also sold our house in Nashville, but lost all of our equity, our savings, and had to borrow $6000 from my parents to sell it. At least we didn't have the mortgage to pay anymore.
We started to recover, but those months left us with credit card debt. People told us, you are young, you'll recover. But it didn't feel that way.
Three years later, we finally paid off the credit card balance!!!! We still owe money to both of our parents, but we are making monthly payments and have made a good dent in the total that we owe them. Plus they don't charge interest or change our credit score.
I am so thankful that I had good credit and could have a credit card to help us out through a very difficult time in our lives. I am now so thankful that the debt is gone.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Knitting is like that
Part of my 2012 challenge for
The Fiber Universe
is to knit gloves...
Done and done. I decided to make child size for D.
The yarn is Jojoland Baritone (loved this wool! first time using it.) and the pattern is
Gloves for Kids
Only there is one problem...
They are not the same size. I seem to have forgotten some important step in the palm area on the second one making it smaller. Knitting is like that, very unforgiving if you, you know, forget to do something.
I have enough yarn to make a thrid. Maybe then I will get a matching pair. Or maybe I will just throw these in the pile of knitted objects never to be used.
Still on a teal kick....
Next project might still be teal. But after that no teal..........
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
It is not secret, we are a football family. My husband has turned my daughter into a Packer fan which is just horrible for his Vikings fan.
Anyway, when I saw this pattern from
Knit Picks
on Pinterest. I had to buy it and make it.
The pattern is
Faster Football Hat
The yarn is ???
Again, my model either does this or won't let me take her picture at all.
What is your football team? Or do you not care?
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Friday, October 19, 2012
New Trick
This is my newest trick:
This warn was white when I started. There are three shades of green/ teal in the skein now. I am on a teal kick.
I took a class at
The Fiber Universe
and learned to dye yarn with things around the house like food coloring or Kool-Aid and a Crock-Pot.
I am so excited to try it at home soon.
What colors do you think I should try? I need something not teal.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Another KAL
I may or may not subscribe to a variety of knitting and crochet magazines. One of my favorites is
Knit Simple.
The new holiday issue just came out. One of the regular columns is
Vickie Howell'
s knit-a-long (KAL).
I don't know waht it is about a quick and simple KAL, but I can't resist.
The pattern is
Happy Cowliday
The yarn is Teal Heather-
Cascade Pacific.
I am on a huge teal kick.
I even got D to model for me. She is such a ham.
She is trouble.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Purple Yarn or Number 5
Spinning yarn is a crazy thing. I start out with a ball of fluff and end up with this.
This is 100% Superwash Merino Wool about 8 oz. I love this purple; there are beautiful shades of red and blue throughout.
It took a long time for me to make this. It is my fifth yarn ever. Not sure on the yardage. I forgot to get an accurate count on my niddy-noddy. I tried to spin a thinly as I could. I am starting to get the hang of spinning, but I think I need a few lessons to get better.
I am now working on spinning a much chunkier brown yarn.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Candy Corn
A few months ago, a friend from my book club asked me to make her this
I had no pattern. Just his picture.
I had a tough time finding the fun fur/eyelash yarn/fuzzy yarn. I ended up getting that yarn from two different stores plus eBay.
I just cast on and made a bit of a sack with arm holes. I was doing great, then I somehow lost one of the orange eyelash yarns and had to order another on eBay, adding a 5 day wait to finish the project.
But here it is.
I am sending it out today.
What do you think?
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Catching up
I have been home for the past three weekends. Three whole weekends in a row. Now this may not sound like a long time, but for me it is. I don't know that last time we have been home three weekends in a row.
Since we moved to central Illinois (nearly 3 years ago) we are only about 100 miles away from both my parents and my husband's. This was a huge change from a 9-10 hour drive when we lived in Nashville, to now under 2 hours. This has been great because D has spend a lot of time with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. But it has also meant that we are gone a lot of weekends.
It is hard to build a life in a new town when we are gone a lot of weekends. It is hard to get things done around the house when you are away from the house. It is very stressful for me to be gone so much and fall so far behind with housework and relaxation.
After these past few weekends home, I feel energized and I am starting to get caught up with my long to-do list.
I finally got to play with my Cricut. My parents gave it to me for my birthday, in May. The box has been sitting out on a chair in the dinning room for a long time.
I packed up all the too small clothes for D. She grew 1.5 inches in the past 6 weeks so it was a perfect time to get fall/winter clothes out. I switched out my closet for fall while at it. It is like shopping with things I already own.
I did some mending, knit a lot and did some yard work, despite the rain. I picked up, cleaned, organized and took care of the things I just leave for another day. I cooked meals. I played with D. We had a nice evening going out to dinner at Chili's.
For church today, I dryed my hair and straightened it. I even put make up on. I haven't even felt like doing that in weeks.
I have tons to do at work tomorrow and papers to grade for my class, but that is tomorrow. Right now, I feel caught up.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Judging a Book By Its Cover
So, which one did you think I would like?
both images via Goodreads
Here is the deal...
Something Like Normal
is an amazing book but a horrible, HORRIBLE cover. I can totally see why a boy wouldn't want to read this, but it is a boy book. Or at least it has a male protagonist and it is all about his experiences as a Marine being deployed to Afghanistan at 18 years old and his first time on leave. I have no idea what the publisher was thinking on this one. YA books are known for really embarrassing covers and this one might be the king of all embarrassing covers. But the story, is so amazing. Travis is suffering from undiagnosed PTSD and on his first leave at home is having trouble coping with home life. He has nightmares and visions of his dead best friend. Travis story is one of figuring out how to cope (and a few make-out sessions, but not enough to warrant the cover of the book.) It is the story of hundreds of men and women returning from war at the age of 19. It is manly and touching at the same time.
4/5 Stars on Goodreads
A Discovery of Witches,
on the other hand, is an adult book with whiny teenage overtones. The protagonist, Diana, started out pretty cool. Independent woman, scholar, tenured at Yale, runner, rower, witch, all-around pretty awesome woman from my academic librarian standpoint. But then she falls in love with a vampire and becomes a total crazy person. When teens fall in love with vampires and become crazy, that makes sense because teens are a bit crazy. They are new at the whole love and hormone thing. But Dianna is late-30-something, super-educated and independent woman who, as a witch herself, falls in love with a vampire. This is Edward and Bella on adult steroids and I really don't like to compare every vampire story to
. Diana knows very little about this Matthew and is head over heels nearly immediately. Anyway, the book was way too long and drawn out. I see why some people really liked it and why it was a best-seller but, I won't be reading more of this series. I have no desire to see what happens next. But great cover!
2/5 Stars on Goodreads
So which one would you have liked?
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Monday, October 8, 2012
2 Books
I finished reading two books over the weekend.
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
Image from Goodreads
Something like Normal
by Trish Doller
Image from Goodreads.
One I loved, the other I did not. Any guesses? No peaking at my Goodreads reviews.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Blogging was so much easier in the summer. Since school began, I have barely any time to reflect or compose my thoughts. I hope to do better in the coming weeks, so bare with me, my 5 loyal readers. October looks to be a bit less hectic that September (hope, hope, hope). I have books to review and fabulous items to show off. I will find more time to do this, right? After I finish grading essays, right?
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Twin Stockings
Over the weekend, I did nothing I didn't want to do. My schedule has been pretty crazy lately so I really needed a relaxing weekend.
On Saturday I read a lot (
A Discovery of Witches
) and watched a disc of
's first season. I am so happy we have Netflix. Life is so much better with it. I finished one stocking and started another. On Sunday, I watched the movie
and, beside crying when Wash died, I finished the other stocking.
They are for my cousin's twins. I just have to stitch the names in.
The pattern was cut from a magazine by my aunt so I decided to go with that pattern for her grandbabies. The pattern is "
Christmas Stocking with Swirls
" (sans swirls) by Galina Carroll and I used Deborah Norville's Serenity Chunky Weight yarn.
So now, in the past few weeks, I have made four stockings and D still has a store bought one. I guess that is life.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Third time's a charm?
I ran my third half-marathon yesterday. The
Quad Cities Marathon
started when I was in high school. The inaugural year, some of the girls cross country team and I ran the 5 person relay. 15 years later, I was back to run half of it.
The weather was cool and brisk, my favorite running weather. The course was scenic, right long the Mississippi River for a good majority. The amenities along the race course and volunteers were great (except for the one water/Gatorade station that was out, that sucked).
The morning started out okay. I didn't feel as crappy as I did the night before. After battling some bridge traffic and trying to find parking, I parked (next to my childhood dentist, she recognized me before I recognized her) and made it to the starting area with enough time to work almost up to my pace group and hear the national anthem. The starting cannon went off and we were running. Yes, not a starting gun, a cannon. It was loud and surprising. My beginning mile times were not bad, I reached the first mile in 9:12, but by then I had also stepped in two potholes and hence twisted my ankle twice. I skipped the first water station and when I got water at the second, I choked on it. Then around the 4 mile mark my foot went numb. And on it went for 9 more miles, weird running problems, one after another. I didn't have to stop to go to the bathroom or throw up, though, so maybe I should just focus on those positives.
I ran 13.1 miles in 2:07:50 which is about 9:46/mile. Not my best, in fact it is my worst, but I finished. I did finish before the first marathon finisher so that is something. I was the 975th person to cross the line.
From the beginning this race seemed doomed. My training was poor. I had random bouts of illness. I was home sick from work last Friday. So all in all, I gave it a good effort for what I had and finished.
Today I am sore head-to-toe. But I am moving and that is what matters.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
TV Creations
This week is going by way to fast for me. I barely have time to tell you all about the great things I made during my TV binge over last weekend.
I crocheted two baby blankets:
Yes, two whole blankets done. They are both about 30" X30". They are the same exact pattern. Just a big granny square until you run out of yarn. My type of pattern. I love how they both turned out. I did not plan for the second one to look like a watermelon, but it does! Very cool random occurrence. Now I have to ship them off to the pretty babies I have never met.
I knitted several bibs:
Two are not pictured. I sometimes forget to take pictures of what I make. Bad blogger.
And I finished my second waldo stocking:
(This photo will not rotate and I am too tired to keep working on it, argh.)
I also finished making a pretty purple yarn, but more on that later.
Also, happy 30th birthday to my husband!!!!
I am running my third half-marathon this weekend so I will tell you all about it next week.
What are your plans for the weekend?
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
TVD + Yarn
Do you watch The Vampire Diaries? No? I do. I love it. I randomly picked it out on Netflix earlier this year and got hooked. I quickly watched the first two season and then all summer I had to wait for the next season to become available. Season three just became available last week and I had to watch the whole season before season four starts on October 11. So naturally, I just finished a three day bender of watching all 22 episodes of the third season. I am discovering that the CM is like YA books on TV. Love it!
Image via TVD's
It was an amazing season--lots of action and unexpected plot twists. I cried through most of episodes 21 and 22. Why am I so emotionally attached to fantasy characters? Nothing that happens in any episode could possibly ever be true, but I still feel emotionally attached. Worried. Gripped. Maybe it is because I always hoped for supernatural things as a child and never really grew out of that.
Also, I have to admit, I love a love triangle. I am rooting for Damon because he is much more interesting, amazing and of course attractive. Ian Somerhalder is amazing! Who wouldn't root for him as Damon, even if he is technically playing a villain.
Image via Wikipedia
Such a good looking man and I love his acting. My inner-14-year-old-girl wants posters of him all over my bedroom. I was am so crushed that his character Damon and Elena (played by Nina Dobrev) are not a couple (yet????) in TVD. But I found out, in real life, they are a couple and that makes me happy. I rooting for you Ian and Nina!
The librarian in me thinks I need to read the books the series is based on (
The Vampire Diaries
by L.J. Smith), but I am not sure. I have so much to read as it is. I think I will just love the show for what it is for now, but I have suspicion I will end up reading the books.
With my watching bender comes a whole host of finished objects. I crocheted two baby blankets. Knitted a few baby bibs and finished another
Waldo stocking
. Not too shabby. More to to share with you all throughout the week.
Who is your TV heart-throb? Any other great shows I should be watching?
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
I am a knitting machine.
Here is yet another finished project....
Gaptastic Cowl
in Cascade Pacific Chunky. Lovely and quick. I highly recommend the pattern and the yarn.
This too is for my co-worker. I also made another scarf for her, but forgot to take photos before sending it off. Such a rookie blogger mistake. Well maybe just a blogger mistake, I think I will forever be a rookie at this blogging thing.
I am making good progress on the stocking too so I have almost completed her order. The order that I thought would take me months not a few weeks to fulfill. I guess you don't know until you try and are motivated by actually making money.
Soon I will have to turn my attention to baby items as I am behind in making things for the FOUR babies born to family and friends this year.
So you feel like everyone you know is pregnant or has a new born?
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Two Hats
I made these hats sometime in the past month but forgot to show them off on the blog.
Robin's Egg Blue Hat
in Cascade Pacific Chunky
Regular Guy Beanie
in Cascade Pacific.
There is a Cascade Pacific theme, if you couldn't tell. It is such a soft and shiny yarn. Not to say it doesn't have problems. It tends to have knots and it splits very easily, but the more I work with it the more I am willing to forgive those faults. I have been in a forgiving mood lately...for yarn.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Things I Should Know
Today I ran my last really long run (10 miles) before my half marathon race in two weeks. This is my third time training for a half marathon, but I think this is my worst go at it. I just can't get a rhythm. I am not finishing the whole distance I planned to cover or not running at all. I feel just so pitiful.
Anyway by now I should really know some things about running. I read three running magazines. I read running books. I follow professional runners on Facebook and Twitter. I have friends that are runners. I would think I would not set myself up for pain and bad runs. But I do.
First mistake: I slept in instead of getting a good, cool start. It was actually nice to sleep. I couldn't get the run in early because my husband told me last night that he had an eye doctor appointment in the morning so that nixed my plans for an early run.
Second mistake: I went with my family to the farmer's market and then to Five Guys for lunch...followed by going to Berry Cherry for frozen yogurt. Bad idea for running. Such a bad idea. I usually have to run on an empty/nearly empty stomach to not get sick. A giant burger, fries and frozen yogurt is the opposite of a empty stomach.
Third mistake: landscaping- well this actually happened first since it happened yesterday. I volunteered with my employer to go to the United Way Day of Caring. The ICC group went to the Urban League to paint and landscape. I may have over done it with the weeding and mulching because my hamstrings are so, so sore today.
There is a whole host of other mistakes I have made today and in the past few days, but they all led to a pretty un-stellar run today. 1:40-10 minute miles. I felt horrible and sore and I still feel that way a few hours later. But I finished. I am running the Pumpkin Classic 10k next weekend and the QC Half Marathon the following. And then maybe I can rest a bit.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Waldo's Stocking
I made a stocking last week. This is for a co-worker's nephew.
It went together much faster than I thought and with less yarn. This is my first stocking so I really didn't know what to expect.
I use the pattern
Striped Holiday Stocking
by Red Heart. I added a few rows and changed-up the color changes. I used I Love this Yarn from Hobby Lobby. Until I got to the heel, it had a real Where's Waldo feeling. I still think it gives a good Waldo vibe.
I have three more stockings to make: one more for my co-worker and two for my cousin's twins. My daughter doesn't have a handmade stocking from me so, maybe I should make one for her too. I really like her store bought one though...it has sparkles.
This stocking only took about a week to make. I feel I am in good shape to get the others made as long as I don't get second-sock syndrome. What's that, you say? Second-sock syndrome happens when a knitter makes one sock but can't find the will to finish the pair. It is a real problem among knitters. I am currently having some second-sock syndrome with a pair of socks I started in the spring...only I am making them two-at-a-time so, I am just stuck on the foot of both. I think that totally counts as second-sock syndrome.
With these stockings under way, I now think I have to start thinking about Christmas knitting and what I will be making, but for now, it is the beginning of September and I am just trying to make it through the week. This fall semester is crazy. I have 20 students in my online class and it is so hard for me to keep up.
Have you begun to think about holiday gifts?
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Matchy Sweater Complete
I finished D's sweater that "matches" mine.
It just barely fits her. I think it should last through most of this winter. She is growing so fast. She isn't even 4 1/2 yet and wearing size 6 or 6x clothes. We even bought one pair of size 7 jeans just to be prepared (and they were awesome stone wash purple jeans.).
The weather looks to be on a cooling trend this week, but it will be awhile before it is sweater season. I have made three sweaters in the past two months and I have weeks to wait until sweater season. I just doesn't seem fair.
Are you looking forward to a fall cool down?
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
My hat was mentioned and shown on Vickie Howell's blog!!!
That is my hat! She called me Michell523 but I am Michelle523. Whatever, I am so excited!!!!!
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Greatest Show on Earth
We took D to see the circus this weekend.
I took D to see a small circus at Adventureland earlier this year, but it was not a very good circus so, I am going to count this as her first "real" circus experience. The Adventureland circus didn't have animals so, I really don't think that counts. Right?
We went with D's cousins, my mom, sister and brother-in-law. The girls got fun hair with cotton candy and my nephew was spoiled by his other Aunt and got a sword.
We saw death defying acts...
Amazing animals...
And one really cool guy on the tallest stilts ever....
It was a great show for children of all ages.
Do you like the circus? What is your favorite part?
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Lucid Dream:
Your creatures always have Sleep. While asleep, they can still attack, and deal 30% less damage and take 50% less damage.Material: Mesmerizing Bottle
Djinn Dreamweavers torment their enemies by rapidly slipping them in and out of a dream state. The victim's inability to differentiate reality from a dream causes them to take risks they otherwise would not.
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As a programmer I find that a very useful set of rules for my daily work is the Zen of Python, a set of basic guidelines that helped me to develop a sense of taste and that became the foundation for more specific rules I try to apply.
Is there a similar set of rules (or "commandments") you find yourself frequently coming back to in regards to User Experience Design?
[EDIT] I was hoping find a set of concise, simple and possibly controversial guidelines, that may serve as a starting point for a conversation about UX Design in my organization. Something I can print out and pin to the board beside the coffee machine. Maybe Dogme 95 is a better example than the Zen of Python.


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Sometimes remaking a card design you've used before can lead to fun new possibilities. Here's an example of just that idea using a Lawn Fawn Christmas set to remake a card for Valentine's Day.
Here's the original:
And here is it remade with Valentine hearts and lots of love:
Try looking at your stamps to see the potential for new design ideas! There's lots of inspiration to be found too. Sign up for a Stamp Fever class to spark your creativity! Here's the class schedules for February and March.


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That's the million-dollar question, figuratively and literally. Wouldn't it be fantastic to have a definitive, scientific answer from a respected data analytics firm so you could take action and boost your revenue?
Nielsen CGA to the rescue! Nielsen, a respected global analytics company that provides consumer and market data, took an equity stake in CGA, an esteemed data and research consultancy firm that specializes in outside-the-home food and drinks markets, back in 2009. The joint venture released their first on-premise consumer survey focused on the United States market in 2016.
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And now their Check-Level Insights Pool, or CLIP, data has revealed the most valuable dayparts for bars and restaurants in the U.S. To obtain their information, Nielsen CGA looked at data from chain and independent on-premise bar and restaurant operations from the period starting April 1, 2017 and ending March 31, 2018.
This means that the following findings are of equal importance to the indies and the chains.
First, CLIP data has revealed that 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., identified by Nielsen CGA as Happy Hour/Early Evening, makes up almost 61 percent of the average weekly sales for restaurants and bars in the U.S. The average check after discounts and including food and drinks for this daypart occasion comes to $68.99. Compared to other daypart occasions, this represents an increase of $8.
Second, Nielsen CGA's data shows that Happy Hour/Early Evening isn't as dominant during the weekend. However, in terms of dollar sales it's still the most important time of day on Saturday (51 percent) and Sunday (46 percent).
Finally, this insight identified a weekday daypart opportunity for bar and restaurant operators. According to Nielsen CGA's CLIP, Wednesday is the underdog operators should leverage. Hump Day, when compared to other weekdays, enjoys a jump of almost 24 percent in average check traffic.
Breaking down the CLIP findings into first, second and third place in terms of most valuable dayparts, we have:
- Saturday
- Friday
- Wednesday
If your POS system has kicked out reports that have provided similar insight, Nielsen CGA has quantified the results scientifically.
"For the first time, foot traffic and check averages are quantified and brands should act on it," says Nielsen CGA senior vice president Scott Elliott. "This Wednesday Happy Hour 'spike' is an opportunity for retailers to better cater to consumer's need for a mid-week break by promoting more premium products rather than the lowest priced alternatives so often available mid-week."
Nielsen CGA's CLIP (Check-Level Insights Pool) data reflecting data from both Chain and Independent on-premise bars and restaurants (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018).


text: What fantastic performances put on by our youngest pupils today: MOL's nursery and P1 children gave their all to put on a great show in front of a large audience of family members and friends who came to enjoy the festive fun! We are very proud of how well everyone learnt their words, songs and dancing – we saw some fantastic flair throughout. Thank you again to the nursery and P1 staff team for their hard work organising and preparing the children for the show and to everyone at home also for helping your young ones to be ready for today, and for coming along to support. We are grateful for the generous donations to the school fund and the school's chosen charity for this session Cancer Research UK. Lastly thank you to the enthusiastic MOLers for their memorable nativity performance – it was out of this world!


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This new service, Connect Edge, will help customers reduce costs by eliminating the need for individual telco connections to each marketplace and make Direct Edge their primary source for marketplace connectivity. In addition, customers who wish to independently manage their own connectivity can utilize EdgeLink, which enables them to directly connect to one or more Direct Edge customer routers.
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