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Another one bites the dust
It is with a good deal of regret that I mark the passing of another of my mother's kalanchoes.
We had a good run. I managed not to kill it through two insanely hot and dry Central Texas summers (If only the fragile begonia had been so lucky!). Last spring I nursed it through a nasty infestation of mealybugs. Then a couple of weeks ago I went outside to water it, and the roots and base were totally rotted. I replanted the few leaves that had stayed green, but they soon turned grey as well.
It may be an actual blight issue, and not just over-watering, so I'll be keeping a close eye on the rest. The one that I nearly killed a year ago is still plugging along.
Someday they may actually flower again so I can tell which plants I lost – they were all different colors and bloomed like crazy when they were living on Mom's back porch. For now I'll just file this away as another learning experience. My thumb isn't nearly as brown as it used to be, but I still have a long way to go to green.
The Stakeout, or On Mothers… again
Don't Quit Your Day Job
Peter Puppy
Don't Quit Your Day Job
Yup. Still have Peanuts on the brain.
My sincerest apologies to Messrs. Schulz and Gesner. The dog made me do it.
[insert maniacal laughter here]
I win!
With Halloween come and gone and no sign of a sewn wizard costume or jacket, I took my sweet time finding a second set of buttons and getting them sewn onto the doggy sweater.
This week has been a bit of a battle with Jacob, because I brought in my more delicate (read: dead and dying) plants from the porch, and they are currently sitting on the table at the end of the couch, well within reach of a certain water-craving nose. I feel like I've done nothing but yell, "Jake! No! Down!" at him for the last several days.
The kalanchoe that was nearly dead a few months ago is still hanging on, but only just barely, and there is really only one shriveled little twig that still has green leaves on it. More precisely, there was only one…
Last night I left Jacob unsupervised just long enough that I came back in to the living room to find him up on the table, with that little sprig of green leaves next to him, very much detached from its shriveled twig. After resisting the urge to lock him on the porch overnight, and planting the leaves in the soil (that dog is exceedingly lucky kalanchoes grow from cuttings), I finally got to work on those last two sweater buttons.
Tonight, I had my revenge:
The three buttons at the neck in combination with the cinch on the back appear to have created a proper straight jacket for our crazy little Jake.
On Brown Thumbs, week 2
It's been a week since I started intentionally neglecting my plants. Here's the update:
Day 2:
It rained. So much for quickly drying out the plants. Moved them in under more cover.
Week 2:
After the highly inconvenient rain storms, we had a week of very bright, hot, and dry sun. The two healthier kalanchoes look very pleased with their excessive sunlight and general neglect. The gasteria is looking a little pale.
The third kalanchoe is very sad indeed. I replanted three cuttings that broke off in the transplanting process. One died instantly, one is barely hanging in there (like the parent plant) and the third is actually looking ok for the time being.
The aloe is looking even paler than the gasteria. Upon further research, the orange color suggests too much sun, so it's going back under more cover to hang out with the begonia.
And just for added effect, there's a sweet little root sticking out the bottom as if to say, "Hey! Where's my new pot?"
Speaking of the begonia:
Looks much happier being neglected but left in indirect sun.
I'd like to say I've been very good and resisted the urge to water everything for the full week, but I just didn't have the willpower. I did at least restrain myself to giving only a few ounces to each over the course of the week.
Now that more than half the plants look like I'd feel if I were out in that sun all day, I'm pulling them all back to the partially shaded part of the porch. I'll try to be good and keep letting them dry out, then see where things stand next week.
On Brown Thumbs
I have met very few household projects that I couldn't tackle after some amount of self-education. However, I must confess that I have a grotesquely bad record with house plants.
My mother had a sizable collection in and around the house I grew up in, and managed to keep the vast majority of them not only alive, but relatively happy. I, on the other hand, nearly managed to kill off the aloe vera she sent off to school with me.
Were it not for the valiant efforts of one of my best friends and suite-mates, the poor thing would surely have shriveled and died on the windowsill over my bed.
That said, when my parents moved out of the aforementioned house, I had to beg and plead with my mother just to get her to take the indoor plants (she has an impressive collection of African violets – mostly gifts from her over-eager children), and so I was left with the daunting task of rescuing as many of the outdoor plants as I could. I brought with me four small kalanchoes (leaving another half-dozen that were too big to transport), that poor old aloe, a particularly stunning begonia given to us as a gift from a friend I was particularly sad to leave behind, a cactus-like spiny thing that hurt like hell to handle but looked really cool, and the remnants of two Christmas cacti we'd been killing off for a year anyway.
When I got them here in October, all were doing tolerably well. I pulled them in for the couple of freezes we had during the winter, and they thrived in the nice long, mild spring. Then summer hit. The strong-ish wind and blazing heat prompted me to pull the plants in to the slightly shielded end of my porch. When the plants started looking wilty, I made a point of watering more. Then they all started dying on me.
The Christmas cactus was, bafflingly, not the first to go. One of the kalanchoes just shriveled up and died before the cactus lost the last of its pale, pitiful color. Once I finally admitted that there was nothing more I could do for these dried shells, I decided to take advantage of the now-unused pots. One of the other kalanchoes was looking pretty pitiful and I realized the pot it was in was no longer draining, so it was transplanted to the pot its dearly departed sibling had last occupied. The cactus-y thing took the larger pot recently vacated by the actual cactus.
It was during this transplant that I made a particularly startling discovery. You see, I'd assumed it had long outgrown its pot, but I hadn't realized just how much:
Turned out the damned thing was filling the whole pot and still growing like crazy. As I put it into a pot at least double the size of the one it had previously occupied, I realized that I was likely going to wind up with a whole lot more of this unpleasantly poky plant.
It's been about two weeks since the replanting effort. The poke-master is looking a little unsure of itself around the bottom, but otherwise seems just as defiantly perky as ever. The kalanchoe, however, is rapidly deteriorating. I loosened the soil tonight before watering.
Then I had a brainstorm.
I looked up the care of kalanchoes online.
I've been doing everything wrong.
They want lots of sun and very little water. Basically, they like to be ignored.
Then I wondered what I should be doing with the aloe. Same deal – more sun, less water.
I'm failing at plants. Hard.
Maybe I'm doing right by the Sir Pokes-a-Lot. After about fifteen minutes browsing pictures of first cacti, then aloe relatives (it has a cute little long-stemmed flower like aloe vera), I finally land on Gasteria, of the family Asphodelaceae. As best I can tell, my little monster is a Gasteria bicolor.
…which also likes lots of light and very little water.
I am a miserable failure at caring for plants.
In a last-ditch effort, I look up my big, beautiful begonia, which has been varying from perky to very wilty, apparently at random.
It is a Superba Cane-Stemmed Begonia! Begonias like attention! They like to be fed! They like to be pruned! They… still don't like to be watered much.
I will not be defeated.
I now have a new project:
I will be leaving the plants out in the sun and wind tomorrow, in the hopes that they will dry out quickly. Then I will very carefully monitor their progress as I don't water them.
I will stop failing at cultivating plants.
The way I see it, this is not a matter of innate talent. This should be a learned skill.
If I can figure out how to bake gluten-free, care for a tiny monster of a puppy, use a soldering iron without burning a finger off, and do basic accounting, I can learn to grow a few healthy house plants.
…I'll let you know how it goes.


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This restaurant has never reopened from the flood. It was very dated and needed a bulldoze or a major overhaul anyway.
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This restaurant has never reopened from the flood. It was very dated and needed a bulldoze or a major overhaul anyway.
Just a heads up ... Went/ drove by after a long day of hiking in area (last week of May 2015), They are CLOSED for renovation ... Dont get caught, wanting protein! Call ahead!
We've so wanted to make this place work for us, but can't! It is average at best - service, food, everything about this restaurant. It is a quirky spot with so much potential, but they just can't seem to rise above their mediocrity. It has...More
Call ahead and they will chill your wine for you. While they suffered in the 2013 floods and are rebuilding we await the renovated Steak Pit when available. The last experiences have been very pleasant with properly prepared steaks, good service and a rustic decor.
We took friends to the SP for a special occasion. The steaks for us all arrived raw, not blue , not rare...raw.It took three returns to the kitchen, and three returns of the cut up steaks to get medium rare. Needless to say by the...More
The people were very nice but the quality of the food for all 8 of us was very poor - tough steak, cold... the service was extremely slow and there were only a couple other tables with people at them so it didn't make sense...
We have just returned from the Steak Pit at Bragg Creek and I can honestly say that I have never tasted a better steak since moving to Canada six years ago. It was cooked to perfection and melted in the mouth. The food portions were...More
Very rustic setting, but also very romantic, if that is what you are looking for. Food is delicious. Staff is great. Love the wooden sign they give you, with your name engraved!!
we ate here many years ago and it was very good. Thought we would try it again and found it to be not that special.
Our group of 6 arrived on a snowy Friday night. Service was very attentive without being intrusive. Great choices of wine reasonably priced. Everyone at our table raved about the food. Live music was a nice touch. We will be back.
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In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE.
for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single
adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly,
there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And
no way to figure out what's happened.
Hunger threatens. Bullies
rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens
themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous,
deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.
It's a terrifying
new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies
against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless.
And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like
everyone else... (goodreads.com)
I am way late in the game and I'm okay with that. I decided to pick up this book when I was flipping through growing magazine and saw the most recently released books in the series. I'd have to give this book three and a half to four stars, and the simple reason, it was incredibly creative. The plot line of this book was so unique that I feel like, even if I didn't like the characters (which I did), I would have finished the book yesterday. Not only is the idea of people dissapearing literally in front of you eyes so fantastical, when you add that to secret super powers one of two things is bound to happen
1) a cheesy book or
2) and awesome book.
I can't figure out how much detail to go into, without ruining the book, so I'm just going to type.
Sam is our main character, he's a beach loving 14 year old who's kind of famous because a few year prior he saved a school bus full of kids when the driver had a heart attack. Being the good guy that he is though he's pretty modet about the whole situation and would rath hang out with his friend Quinn in the water, than be the leader of the pack.
After the big "poof", as they're calling it, Sam, Quinn (his best friend), Astrid (the girl of his dreams), Little Pete (Astrid's autistic brother), and Edilio (the new kid in town) become the unlikely leaders of a town filled with kids no older than 14. The town is surrounded by a dome that seems to go in a complete circle and burns anyone who touches it, coyotes are talking, kids are mutating, and the kids from the Academy have moved into town and plan on taking over.
This is getting long so I'll try to be quick. A big part of my love for this story was not only the uniqueness of the situation created here, but also the character. I liked Sam, but I really wasn't too caught up on him, he was the typical modest kid who would rather remain indifferent that become responsible for all that was left of his town. My favorite characters were Quinn and Astrid. I loved the fact that Quinn turned out not to be the type of character that I was expecting. He made some... rather questionable decisions in this book and I was unprepared, I thought he would be more like Sam, and I was dead wrong. I liked Astrid because it's very rare to see a nerdy smart girl as the love interest in a book unless the book is being told from her perspective and she's trying to figure out how to make a guy like her. It was refreshing to read the hidden message that a girl can be exactly who she is, Astrid didn't dumb herself down, she never lost focus, and she was very strong in her own way. I loved it.
So those are my thoughts, I can't wait to get around to the next book!


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Sunday, 9 May 2010
Year Five Spellings & Year Six Pupil Blog Work
Year Five
Please write the example sentences for this week's spellings.
The test will now be on Friday.
Year Six
Please type up your recount of our trip to the Anne Frank exhibtion at your page on our pupil blog.
Visit http://bit.ly/pupilblog - the Falcons School for Girls pupil blog, enter your password and type up your work.
See me tomorrow if you have any problems with signing-in or the blog.
Due: Wednesday
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Veteran game maker speaks his mind on next generation of consoles.
With Microsoft's impending Xbox 720 announcement on the horizon, former Lionhead studios boss and celebrated games maker Peter Molyneux wants the next console to focus on gaming not connectivity.
Following Sony's partial-revelation of the PlayStation 4, console connectivity has been the forefront of the next-generation's technology showcase, such as integration with Facebook and video-streaming services.
Microsoft is expected to follow suit this month at its own event, with rumours suggesting the console will require a permanent connection to work, but Molyneux hopes this isn't the focus of the next Xbox 720.
"What I would do is double-down on what this console is for: it's for playing games," he told Edge.
"When they start to mix all this other stuff in there I'm kind of slightly like: 'look, I don't want another way of looking at Facebook'. You know, I've got all the ways of looking at Facebook. I don't want another way of looking at Netflix. Just give me what I've paid my £299 for, and that is to play amazing, incredible computer games."
The Fable and Populus creator left Microsoft-owned developer Lionhead to start his own venture, 22cans last year.


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The goal of raising the living standards of the poor is a long-term aspiration, and though GTP 1.0 did much to lay the foundation for poverty eradication, much more needs to be done to help the poor and extreme poor out of their present states.
Moreover, the process of eradicating poverty is a learning process, and the LIH NKRA has had to adapt its delivery and initiatives based on the lessons learned from the first horizon of the GTP.
As a whole, the GTP 2.0 will emphasise the economic empowerment of individuals and communities through productive welfare, and this effort will require the establishment of basic facilities and the right environment. In order to achieve this objective, the LIH NKRA will work more closely with the various ministries and other relevant NKRA – i.e. the Rural Development, Urban Public Transport and Education NKRAs.
The LIH NKRA aspires to reduce poverty to 2% from 3.8% presently, and to ensure that every poor household registered with the Government gets an opportunity to empower themselves through the appropriate programme.
Expanding the e-Kasih Database
An improved version of e-Kasih, the database managed by the ICU (Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister's Department) maintaining records of Malaysia's poor and vulnerable, called Greater e-Kasih will be implemented with broader data sources to accurately reflect the social and productive welfare support provided to each person.
Currently, ICU, government ministries, agencies and a selection of NGOs contribute to the e-Kasih database. Going forward, more NGOs and Civil Society Organization (CSOs) will be engaged to provide and update information on e-Kasih. To do so, the e-Kasih database will be simplified and training provided to help NGOs to upload information onto e-Kasih. ICU, through the district focus groups and State Development Offices, will filter and verify the information to avoid duplication and ensure consistency.
Furthermore, to ensure information is updated frequently, an email alert system will be put in place to remind relevant agencies and NGOs to update their information at least semi-annually.
Ensuring a More Granular and Targeted 1AZAM Programme
In the GTP 2.0, the 1AZAM programme targets will be more granular and state-specific to target under-served districts and place greater emphasis on urban areas.
The selection of 1AZAM participants will also be more stringent under the GTP 2.0, and selection priority will be given to participants who fall into one or more of the following categories:
The LIH NKRA will also enhance its delivery process in Sabah and Sarawak. The delivery of the programme will take on a more holistic approach in the GTP 2.0 to take into account community requirements while providing economic assistance via 1AZAM.
The initiative in Sabah and Sarawak will also see greater engagement with non-governmental agencies and other organisations to deliver poverty eradication and reskilling programmes.
Introducing Innovative and Sustainable Opportunities
A key part of the LIH NKRA's delivery of its initiatives is to ensure that the latter are sustainable. This means that the initiatives will ideally help the recipient develop sufficient skills and employability that they would not need to participate in the 1AZAM programme in perpetuity.
The GTP 2.0 will introduce employment opportunities for 1AZAM participants to help break them out from the poverty cycle. Among these opportunities are:
In addition to poor and extreme poor households, the 1AZAM programme in the GTP 2.0 will target specific vulnerable groups and communities, namely ex-drug addicts, ex-prison convicts and communities such as the Orang Asli groups in Peninsular Malaysia and the Penan communities in Sarawak.
In the GTP 2.0, there is committed support for these vulnerable groups through the various 1AZAM programmes. For instance, over the next 3 years, 2,400 ex-drug addicts and 2,250 ex-prison convicts would receive 1AZAM support.
Enhancing the 1AZAM Programme
One of the goals of the LIH NKRA in the GTP 2.0 is to build on the success of the 1AZAM programme implemented in the GTP 1.0 to engage and enrol civil society to help monitor the 1AZAM programme with greater regularity. A key tool is the AKRAB Programme, which is a mentor-mentee programme that employs successful 1AZAM participants to be mentors monitoring the projects of 1AZAM participants. The target is to recruit 4,000 volunteers by 2015 covering 40 of the most under-served districts.
In the GTP 2.0, clear criteria for 'second chances' will also be developed to ensure that 1AZAM participants with recommended assistance to ensure consistency across the different 1AZAM programmes. A committee in the appropriate ministries and agencies overseeing the 1AZAM programmes will be established to approve the requests.
Engaging NGOs and Other Community Organisations
The LIH NKRA in the GTP 2.0 will see greater participation by NGOs, community organisations and corporations in order to make the poverty eradication more sustainable and more far-reaching. To better facilitate and encourage external participation, the GTP 2.0 will:
Improving Nutrition Levels of LIH
The GTP 2.0 looks to enhance the delivery of nutrition to vulnerable groups in a bid to address immediate-term issues related to poverty. In addition to the poor and hardcore poor in urban areas, specific ethnic groups such as the Orang Asli and Penan communities also suffer from structural poverty that restricts their access to adequate healthcare. Initiatives under this program are as follows:
Enhancing Delivery of Health Services and Housing in the Interior
The GTP 2.0 will take on the poverty issues faced by LIH living in the interior areas on two fronts: enhancing healthcare and housing. Specific initiatives have been identified to address the specific challenges of gaining access to these communities.
Enhancing Social Support to Enable Economic Development
TBreaking the poor and extreme poor from their cycle of poverty require more than just injecting direct aid, but building the appropriate social support structures to enable their own economic development. The LIH NKRA will implement the following initiatives in the GTP 2.0 to effect this transformation:


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Finding inspiration by Kelly McCullough · 365 Project
Sometimes we all need a bit of inspiration. I have the top magazine bookmarked on a page that will allow me to use postage stamps with my spindles... the bottom one I just want to make at least 5 projects form this magazine!! And who couldn't love that front picture??


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The historical narrative of the Darfur genocide is presently being re-written. Despite dozens of human rights reports that have established the basic realities of ethnically-targeted human destruction in Darfur and Eastern Chad over the past seven years, an effort is being made to minimise the scale of that destruction, elide the role of ethnicity in the conflict and downplay the responsibility of the Khartoum regime.
This large-scale revision has been taken up by those – particularly on the left – with an ideological aversion to humanitarian intervention. If the catastrophe can be portrayed as non-genocidal and essentially local in character, then advocacy efforts – initially for humanitarian intervention and currently for robust support of a weak and ineffectual UN/African Union peace operation – are misguided and misplaced.
The most conspicuous effort at re-writing history is Mahmood Mamdani's "Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror." The book focuses on the purported misperceptions and distortions of the American-based Save Darfur Coalition, which Mamdani argues is an unwitting supporter of the "war on terror". "Darfur [has become] not just an illustration of the grand narrative of the War on Terror but also a part of its justification," Mamdani writes. He would have us believe that in turning the Darfur conflict into a moral rather than a political issue, Americans in SDC can "feel themselves to be what they are not in Iraq: powerful saviors." "Darfur is a place of refuge. It is a surrogate shelter. It is a cause about which they can feel good."
It is true that some advocacy efforts have been prone to oversimplification, naïveté and occasionally misguided policy initiatives. Some corrective is no doubt needed. But Mamdani's points are tendentious and overstated, and should not distract from the substantial consensus about events that has been authoritatively established by human rights reporting, UN investigations and some excellent on-the-ground news reporting. Perversely, human rights reporting on Darfur is invisible in Mamdani's text. Read more >>>>>>>>>>>>>
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My dd has started soccer and is loving every minute of it. She's on the high school team and the coach and trainer are working with her to get her back into her best form again. She had knee surgery last November, so couldn't play at all last season. She played for 7 years before that. She is going to the Survivor Camp at the high school today and tomorrow so will miss the morning practices for soccer, but will make the afternoon ones. Then Thursday back to the 2 practices a day.
Ds is really looking forward to getting back to school. He's bored. LOL He's ready to be on a schedule again and of being a 4th grader. Can't believe he's growing up so fast. Both of them are growing up so fast. Egads! lol
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Friday, August 21, 2009
But, Can She Juggle???!!!
Okay, I warn you: This is a rant and it's going to be short as I'm dripping wet. Not kidding, dripping.
I often wonder about this business of multi-tasking, who invented it, how do I find him or her and, as to the rest of what happens next, you don't want to know. That way you can't be hauled into the court room as a witness for the prosecution. Trust me, I'm only looking out for your welfare.
So, here's the thing, we know that life is incredibly different for women and men. For more about my thinking about why that might be, take a read back on Tigers & Berries. But not at this moment because then I'd be forcing you to multi-task and that would just be wrong.
And, when it comes to the most simple of tasks, sometimes it's not fair that it is more simple, or let's say less complicated for our men folk. Taking a shower being today's example:
When Michael gets into the shower, I'm telling you, if he decides to lallygag, it will take him, oh, about five minutes including drying time where he flaps and snaps that towel around like it's the mainsail of a schooner. That extended shower almost never happens. Most of the time, he's in and out in about three minutes. Amazing! Hair washed, body squeaky clean, and he's even one of those wonderful men who squeegees the walls and glass! I know! Lucky aren't I?
We have one of those showers that when you see them in the model home, you're fairly certain you'll die if you can't have one just like it for your very own. Yeah, tile and glass on two sides....lovely. Well, be careful what you wish for! Can I tell you how I hate that shower now? There's no keeping it looking pristine...NO WAY!
So it bugs me. I try to ignore it but it's too big for that. It's a huge rain box staring at me. Taunting me with its streaked self. But, I digress...
I'm in the shower this morning and I look down at the container that neatly holds all of our shower supplies. And, I think, "Cripes, Mike has one body/hair wash. ONE! While I on the other hand have my body wash, my shampoo, my face scrub, a razor, a pumas stone, a luffa!"
Let me remind you, I am not, am NOT a girlie-girl. But, still, I have all this stuff. One thing I take great pride in is that I don't use conditioner. Score one for me. So, I'm still one up on the average chick.
The shower then commences. I wash my hair; I scrub my face; I shave my legs and my underarms; I scrape off my feet with a stone. I run the luffa around. And, I'm exhausted.
It's now a tropical rain forest in the bathroom. I'm certain two Scotties were in the room when I started, but I'll never find them in the fog. Bark so I can locate you!
Now here's where it really gets nuts and you know me, I always get back to the point I started...back to the multi-tasking. Some of you with weak stomachs may want to stop here because the rest of this entry is not pretty. It may fall under the heading of TMI, but it's my blog.
At the very last moment, I decide to hop out of the shower, dripping wet, run like a mad woman to the kitchen to get the bathroom cleaner. Did I mention the front door is open? Why did I go streaking through the house? Because I may as well clean that freaking shower while I'm in it and already soaking wet.
Yep...there's a naked woman standing there, soaked, scrubbing down the walls and glass. Don't look hard you'll likely burn your retinas out. It's seems the easiest way to get it clean! So, water off, me dripping away, standing there to squeegee the walls and now clean glass. Even wipe it down with paper towels.
It's now 25 minutes later than when I started running the water. 25 minutes to his three in the shower. So not fair. And, a simple thing like a daily hygiene ritual has turned into a marathon of multi-tasking! To make it even crazier, I decide I have to go rant about this, so I rush in to the office to fabricate this! Rrrrggggg!
There is one bright spot, though; up until now, I haven't found one good point about the fact that I'm wearing glasses for the first time in my life. The fact that I can't wear them in the shower turns out to be the bright spot...
Without them, everything looks really clean. And, The Queen is very pleased. Clean, exhausted, but pleased.
Namaste' Till Next Time,
Holly aka She Who Hates Housework
32 comments:
- Kavindra said...
Oh sweet baby jesus this is funny!
Only YOU could toss this off dripping wet just back from your multitasking shower.
You just made my day.
- August 21, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Linda said...
Self induced pain deserves no pity!
Neurotic bathroom cleaning does not need to happen during or immediately after a nice relaxing shower. Save it for another day- and then end it with a refreshing shower silly! Only you could make a spa like existence sound like waterboarding! No wonder the dogs are hiding- fear!
- August 21, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- Alix said...
Can't. Breathe.
Can't. Catch. Breath.
Laughing. Too. Hard.
The visual was priceless, and you are funnier than freakin' chit man.
I am now convinced that we are twins separated at birth.
- August 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Kyddryn said...
Oh, Mizz Holly...Ohmugoodness...I just had to put down my lunch for fear of dropping it, I was laughing so hard.
Thank you, ma'am.
I have a tiny shower, just big enough for me. I wish it was larger - showering with a loved one saves water. Ahem.
And how's this for synchronicity? Last night I was at my weekly Pagan discussion group, and we were chatting about multi-tasking and who we thought generally did a better job of it - men or women?
We weren't as funny as your post, though...
Thanks again for the laugh.
Shade and Sweetwater,
- August 21, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- ajordan said...
- August 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Sunny said...
You are too funny! I can't stop laughing!
Sunny :)
- August 21, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- jkc said...
Wonderfully hilarious pictures here...although I must admit I was waiting for someone to be at the open front door as you ran to the kitchen!!
- August 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Chester said...
Funny post!
One question though. Wouldn't it save you steps if you kept the bathroom cleaner in the bathroom instead of the kitchen?
I'm getting old enough and comfortable enough that I don't worry about household perfection anymore and just do what I can and live happily with what I can't. Cuts way down on multitasking.
For example: while lying on the floor with Chester this morning I saw multiple cobwebby corners. Did I spring up and get something to swoosh them away?
NOPE! Come on over, I'll let you look at 'em. Take your time 'cuz they are gonna be there awhile. Chester and I are going to take a walk or play football instead.
Is my house a hog pen? No, but it's comfortable -just the way we like it.
Chester's Mom :0=)
- August 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- Mel said...
When you're done at Chester's house...c'mon over...I"ve got a few of those cobwebby things myself...
Is yours the kind of house where I'd be afraid to sit down for fear of crinkling up the sofa? Good thing you have dogs..if my crumpet made a crumb I'm sure they'd take care of it....:)
Mind you...I don't enjoy streaky glass....still...I can live with it...*grin*
I was also hoping for a delivery person at the front door...;)
- August 21, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- beth said...
we have one of those showers, too....and I hate it !
granted, it's great being able to see my television through it while I'm showering, but keeping it clean...YUCK !
we are total squeege people...we have to or otherwise I'd freak out daily instead of monthly over the glass cleaning needs !
- August 21, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Jane said...
I'm laughing over at this end. We have the opposite in our house. Breen has an entire detailed morning ritual for the shower. Me? I'm in and out quickly. In my old house, I had glass doors and I know what a pain in the arse it can be. The glass was always streaked, foggy and mildewed.
- August 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- Eileen said...
Well then I guess I can be happy with my "old fashioned" three tile walls and a shower curtain arrangement. Thanks, you saved me a bundle! Too funny even without pictures ... ah, but my imagination has had a few very funny minutes!
- August 21, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Kathleen Krucoff said...
ROTFLMAO. You are too much! Thanks for sharing.
- August 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Sara said...
Giggling here too. Love ya! xx
- August 21, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- joyce said...
Oh my gosh....your ability to write such an entertaining blog every day is amazing. This one was one of the best, but then I say that everyday. I must say though, I was waiting for something to happen with that open door!
ps...here's another way to add to your shower multitasking.....throw all your dirty dishes in there too. :)
- August 21, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- Sarah said...
ROFLMAO...I am blew coffe through my nose all over the keyboard...Holly girl you owe me a new one...giggle snort....
There was not a single part of this post that did not make me giggle with glee...retinas whaaaa haaa - me too.. Huge hugs and keep it up girl...love ya, Sarah
- August 21, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- cinner said...
Holly dear, now I know why you were late with the post this am, because of your multitasking...I was sure there was someone at the door, thats what the new blog i read was talking about his neighbor streaking through her kitchen with cleaning products. I can send you his http address, oh he also said you were being chased by two scotties. Love ya, c
- August 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- The Weight of Me said...
Cinner with the wasps, Holly with the streaks ... hee hee ... want I should make it even worse? hmmmMMMMM?
in my family, wherein I'm the only female, I am the 3-minute prepped & waiting party ... I'm always sitting on the couch fidgeting, waiting for my three GQ stud muffins to finish beautifying themselves. Hate me now?
- August 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM
- Marisa @ Getting Back To Basics said...
Ha ha...so funny. I know what you mean about the glasses. I wore reading glasses for years, but only for reading. It wasn't until I graduated to transition glasses
(three different levels)that I had to wear all the time, that I saw just how dirty my floors really were.
- August 21, 2009 at 7:19 PM
- Joanna Jenkins said...
Since I left the house at 7:15 am, I'm just reading your post at 4:30 pm. I will now laugh my ass off while i make dinner, trying not to multi-task, naked, dripping wet.
Holly, YOU CRACK ME UP!!! Great post Snarky Sister.
- August 21, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- Ribbon said...
Too funny holly :)
thanks for multi tasking and sharing this... another upside:)
love to you
- August 21, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- Barbara said...
OMG, Hi-larious! And you have just summed it up for all of us with picturesque little visual! Thank you! That made my night.
- August 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- Renee said...
Thank so much for the laugh. I needed that.
Renee xoxo
- August 21, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- My name is PJ. said...
Holly, Submit this as one of your three examples of writing! Excellent and just dripping with truth!
- August 22, 2009 at 6:02 AM
- Ty-Anna said...
Oh my I'm laughing sooo hard picturing all of this! ... and of course I can say, I understand :-)
great post!
- August 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- histreasure said...
totally hi-la-rious..i just couldn't stop laughing...
ahhh..just wat i needed..a good laugh an already too weary day..thank you
- August 22, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- david mcmahon said...
Thoroughly enjoyed this post. My first visit here - a friend gave me this URL and said I simply HAD to check out your work.
- August 26, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Brian Miller said...
lol. you know as a guy, i never think about cleaning the shower when i am in there...maybe we need the glasses? congrats on the POTD mention over at Davids.
- August 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- Alix said...
GIRLFRIEND!!!! This post was nominated for Post Of The Day by David McMahon!
You really ARE Queen of the Universe.
PS: I got nominated too. Are you believing this??
- August 27, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Cheffie-Mom said...
I came over from authorblog. Congrats on the Post of the Day Award!
- August 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Eddie Bluelights said...
Came over from David to congratulate you on POTD - very glad I did, Holly, because I was highly entertained.
I am only a man and hence have no idea how to muli-task but we can do one thing at a time properly!! (gosh! I've been and done it now - bars of soap and this and that are being chucked at me so I am going to retire to my shower and concentrate on cleaning all my imortant little places one by one so I do not get system overload!
Love the blog - You have a fabulous sense of humour (I hope!). I will return when I can to read some more ~ I am doing a play at my place - a new version of The Wizard Of Oz - Eddie
- August 27, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Joanna Jenkins said...
Recognition from David McMahon is VERY cool.
- August 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM
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Hurrah - we're all done except the final signing, and that should happen tomorrow!
4.875% on a 30 year fixed means that our mortgage payment falls and our debt snowball goes even faster. We'll take the difference between what we paid before and the new mortgage payment and apply it to debt, moving up the date when we can say "We're debt free!"
I really want to be debt free. Really, really. And this will make it easier.
If anybody wants a referral to a mortgage guy, I'll pass along the number. We're pleased with the rate and the fees, and the process has been relatively painless (okay, we did have to put together 31 pages to fax, but that's just how it goes.....nobody is taking any chances and we had to prove just about everything we said with a couple years of W2s, insurance papers, checking account statements, and the like). It lowers our payment by $200 - hurrah!
And due to some weird thing, we skip a mortgage payment as a result of the refi, and that money will get applied to our porch, which is in dire need of replacement. I wish we could do it for cosmetic purposes, but we just need it to be done so that it's not rotten. River rock columns will happen some other time, but right now we just need it to be safe. (Hopefully it will be prettier, too. The porch is the face of the house and it could use a little facelift.)
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
this is old, but i'm posting it anyway...
a while back, i made a couple half-assed attempts at painting digitally. this was one of them. although i'm happy with the result for now, i have no clue as to how i really got there--i mean, i was working blindly in photoshop. i think there's a lot more happy accident here than there is painting...
i'm looking forward to learning the intricacies of painter. i'm looking forward to being able to understand (even in part) the digital process..
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|Reviews for A Number of Quiet Attentions
| Nichalia chapter 1 . 9/15/2014
Loved it. Wish there was more.
| Queen Gabby chapter 1 . 2/3/2014
I didn't know exactly what I was expecting when I decided to read this, but I'm so pleased with it. It's so sweet and thoughtful, and I love how you picked out very small things to show their care for each other. I love it!
| Crystal-Bulma chapter 1 . 5/17/2013
Please check your PM as I'm showering you with praise in one HUGE mail. This little note is only for your review ticker... ;-)
| Suilven chapter 1 . 5/14/2013
The first scene was my favourite, but I can't even pick out my favourite part from it because I would have to paste its entire contents here and hug it to death. Serious melt for all of this. *puddle*
| AnneRene chapter 1 . 5/13/2013
Reading this, after reading the recent chapters in a Handful of Dust... It's... it's... *sniff* *tear* *try not to cry* *cries a lot*
It's so adorable. And it is so sweet. But... But... Gah! You write amazingly.
| rubberleg chapter 1 . 5/13/2013
ahhhh :) just what I needed after a day at work - this is lovely
| CyanB chapter 1 . 5/13/2013
A Shepard and Vakarian thing; describes this beautifully.
| Velasa chapter 1 . 5/13/2013
D'aaaaw that was lovley, bless you you write the best stuff.
| The Red Celt chapter 1 . 5/13/2013
This is wonderful. Love is in the little things, and you portrayed that perfectly. :) Garrus is such a sweetheart! Great job on this minific.
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I enjoyed this!
| Emmalyn chapter 1 . 5/12/2013
GOSH this was so cute! I love the idea of leaving gifts about the house, and "just happening" to have time to do some painstaking work on a gift for your partner. Not that I'VE ever done anything like that. (*coughs*)
I love seeing little fluffy works from you, and I look forward to catching up on your more dramatic fics too! c:
| Shootingstar7123 chapter 1 . 5/12/2013
Pretty much everything you write about these two is a home run and this is no different!
| Inkess chapter 1 . 5/12/2013
Stupid evil FFN! Late 10 hours to give me update on THIS! Grrr!
I am tempted to give this a one word review ("D'awwwwww!"), and leave it at that, but nah. I'm not that mean.
So fluffy and so cute and yet so mature. Their love shines through every word. Just love and care. I might have said it once or twice (ahem) already in my reviews, but I absolutely adore the way you write their relationship.
Great work!
| Jaeger Gipsy Danger chapter 1 . 5/12/2013
lovely, adorable and just so garrus 8-)
| Rokubi chapter 1 . 5/12/2013
This was adorable :) I love little stories like this that easily fit with the game.
For some reason Fanfiction has stopped sending me story alerts and I'm glad I checked the Mass Effect page before this was buried. Ah, this really lifted my mood, thank you :D


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Lake Champlain Regional Chamber and Central Vermont Chamber to Host President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for Public Event
The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce have partnered to host Boston Fed President & CEO Eric Rosengren who will provide an Economic Outlook on the U.S. economy on May 10, 2017.
The event will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in South Burlington from Noon until 1:30pm. The event is open to the public but seating is limited.
Mr. Rosengren became the 13th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on July 23, 2007, after holding senior positions in both the Bank's economic research and bank supervision functions.
President Rosengren has written extensively on macroeconomics, international banking, bank supervision, and risk management, including articles in leading economics and finance journals. Much of his research, analysis, and public speaking have focused on how problems in the financial sector impact the real economy. Mr Rosengren sits on the Open Markets Committee which is charged with setting interest rates.
Following Mr. Rosengren's presentation, questions will be taken from the audience. Media questions are not permitted. A transcript of his speech will be made available to the media and media representatives will be allowed to record both the presentation and the audience Q&A.
The Lake Champlain and Central Vermont Chambers represent over 2000 businesses across every sector of Vermont's economy. This event is part of their continued commitment to educate its members on issues of critical importance to improving our private sector economy.
For more information, visit www.vermont.org/chamber/events.


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Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.
1. The main question raised in this reference is whether a partner who continues the partnership business after the dissolution of the partnership succeeds to the business within the meaning of Section 26(2) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. On the 16th September, 1935, the assessee and one Venkatarama Aiyar entered into a partnership for the production and exhibition of a cinema film called 'Pathi Bhakthi'. .The partnership continued until the month of May of the following year, when Venkatarama Aiyar retired from the partnership and was paid the amount of the profits which represented his share, namely, the sum of Rs. 9,524. Thereafter the film was exhibited by the assessee for his own benefit. For the assessment year 1937-38 the Income-tax authorities assessed Venkatarama Aiyar in respect of this sum of Rs. 9,524 and he paid the tax, but later the Income-tax authorities considered that they were wrong in so doing, and to have the question settled, the Commissioner of Income-tax has, under the provisions of Section 66(2) of the Act, referred the following question:
Whether the provisions of Section 26(1) or Section 26(2) of the Act are applicable to this case and the petitioner is liable to be assessed on the sum of Rs. 9,524 which represents the ex-partner's share of the profits of the film business.
2. In his statement of the, case the Commissioner has very properly stated that should the Court answer this question against the assessee he would exclude the sum of Rs. 9,524 from the assessment of Venkatarama Aiyar, who, of course, would thereupon be entitled t6 a refund.
3. Section 26(2) reads as follows:
Where at the time of making an assessment under Section 23, it is found that the person carrying on any business, profession or vocation has been succeeded in such capacity by another person, the assessment shall be made on such person succeeding, as if he had been carrying on the business, profession or vocation throughout the previous year, and as if he had received the whole of the profits for that year.
4. For the assessee it is said that inasmuch as he was a partner in the business of exhibiting this film before he acquired the right to exhibit it for his sole benefit there could be no succession, because as part owner of the business he could not succeed to himself. This argument ignores the fact that a partner is not the partnership. A firm for the purposes of assessment to income-tax is an entity quite distinct from the partners who compose it. In two cases which have come before this Court it has been accepted that where a partner carries on the business of the partnership after dissolution he does 'succeed' within the meaning of Section 26(2). These cases are Karuppaswami Moopanar v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras : [1934]2ITR284(Mad) and Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras v. Muthukaruppan Chettiar : (1939)1MLJ482 . For the assessee it has been suggested that the judgments in these cases cannot be regarded as deciding the question because this proposition was not disputed. It is true that the argument which has been addressed to this Court was not addressed to the Court in the two cases mentioned; but the cases cannot be ignored for this reason. Obviously it was not considered to be worth while taking the point. If the partnership is an entity distinct from the partners there must be succession in circumstances such as we have here. The Rangoon High Court took the same view in In re The Commissioner of Income-tax, Burma v. N. N. Firm I.L.R.(1933) Rang. 501 : 2 I.T.R. 85 and the same view has been taken in England : see Michael Faraday, Rodgers and Eller v. Carter (1927) 11 Tax. Cases 565.
5. In the course of his arguments Mr. Ramaswami Aiyar has suggested that the decision of this Court in Kesava Rao v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras : [1935]3ITR339(Mad) has application here, but this cannot be accepted. There the Court was merely concerned with the question whether there could be succession within the meaning of Section 26(2) in the case of the death of one member of a joint Hindu family. It was held that there could not be. It was not a matter of succession at all. It was a matter of survivorship. The family remained joint, notwithstanding the death of the member. In no sense of the word could it be said that there was succession or a change in the identity of the assessee.
6. It has been also argued on behalf of the assessee, that as Venkatarama Aiyar has paid the tax on the Rs. 9,524, there cannot be a fresh assessment by reason of the provisions of Section 44 of the Act. That section says:
Where any business, profession or vocation carried on by a firm has been discontinued, every person who was at the time of such discontinuance a member of such firm shall be jointly and severally liable for the amount of the tax payable in respect of the income, profits and gains of the firm.
7. This section only applies when there has been a discontinuance of the business, which is not the case here. The section says that if a business is discontinued the partners shall nevertheless be jointly and severally liable for the profits which had been earned. We are not concerned here with a case where there has been a discontinuance of the business. We are concerned with a case where the same business has been carried on by, one of the partners, and carried on without any break. In such a case the section which is applicable is Section 26(2) and not Section 44.
8. For the reasons indicated we answer the question referred in the affirmative. The Commissioner is entitled to his costs, Rs. 250.


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Alias: S.O.S.Posted by kumbang kelana
Weiss: "One more thing. Next time, just call."It was fast-paced, it was amusing, it had everyone committing treason and Marshall in disguise, so I watched most of this one with a big smile on my face. Well, okay, I wasn't as thrilled when it segued into medical ickiness, but still.The Langley mission was standard "Alias" fun. I particularly liked Eric Weiss coming to their rescue, Marshall
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Reposted from tweets.
I heard that Lee Na Young is coming to Baeksepjoo Maeul (Baeksejoo Village) in Samseong-dong today.
The owner (of the tweet) is using the entire first floor and Bae Yong Joon's agency is having a year-end party in the basement with Lee Na Young, Kim Hyun Joong, Choi Gang Hee, and so on (at Baeksejoo Maeul 'Baeksejoo Village').
source: http://twitter.com/hdeuxj
For your reference, I (suehanbyj) obtained some restaurant photos from http://blog.naver.com/whitekjh/150093201499
Thanks a lot Elley-nim for sharing these beautiful scans of Hyun Joong ^^
The name of the magazine is a bit…err haha…I think I want to establish my own magazine named Crazy about Mr. Woojusin/ Crazy about Kim Hyun Joong
I must say he looks so good in suit >.< I used to think suit is kinda serious outfit which will look basically the same on everyone, but Hyun Joong changed my mind. He always manages to look dashing and stylish in whichever kind of suit he wears *it also helps that his stylish noona does a good job*. He should be crowned The most gorgeous man in suit on Earth.
ah oopsie I love his necklace here. good fashion sense ne ^^
and his eyes looks so dreamy and hypnotic, don't you think?
Merry Christmas everyone ^^
Christmas gift from Kim Hyun Joong Perfect, Hyun Joong's smile – the most beautiful one in the world
Credit: Kim Hyun Joong Perfect
Hyun Joong's supa supa cute in this video >.<, he really has the ability to make everyone on set laugh
watch it if you wanna see him rolling on the bed, sleeping, yawning *super cute*, and he's in white, innocent like an angel
he's so relaxed and playing around while shooting, makes me feel relaxed too watching him ^^
Credit: MurdererQ
Japanese Translation: miyo @lovekimhyunjoong.com
Big news in 2010?
"In terms of work, have moved to another management company, acted in drama 「Playful Kiss」, attend the Guangzhou Asia Games Opening Ceremony as a representative from Korea and sang the official theme song and winning the Best Dresser Award at 「Skyperfect! Awards 2010」.
In terms of private, I have moved house and had a trip to China.
This time I went together with the male dancer friends. In 2009, when I went to Hong Kong together with friends, I had a bad experience with photos taken by paparazzi (laughs). Last time, I do not have that much of interest in travelling but now has changed. I would like to go to Africa and South Pole. I'm interested with places that not many people have been to.
In 2010, during the World Cup Soccer at South Africa, it was the best news to know that Japan and South Korea got into the best 16. Proud of both countries showing what Asia soccer is to the world. For Japanese soccer player, I like Honda Keisuke."
If 100points is full marks, how many points would you give for satisfaction in 2010?
"Although I do not have much rest, I do not feel overloaded as I play while working.
I think I have achieved over my target so it will be 100points."
Recently how do you spend your off time?
"In these 2 years, when I have the time I will spend it on working on my body. My body fat is about 10%. 6 times a week, 1 day for 2 hours swimming, jogging and weight training with my trainer.
On Sundays is soccer with friends. My position is center forward!"
Target for 2011?
"I'm preparing for the album production now. I'm also planning for Asia tour. In future, my biggest target would be a solo concert at Tokyo Dome!
I would like to challenge more in drama and movies too. Korean version 「Boys Over Flowers」, 「Playful Kiss」 both were roles of a prince.
There's a scene in 「Playful Kiss」 where I have to say this line "you are more dazzling than the sunshine", it was hard and embarrassing. I shouldn't say this but I thought next time I could act in a role as a poor guy who has no money and is troubled (laughs). I think this type of role fits me. When I was 17, I had left home and stayed in a basement for several months. I lived with rats and cat with nothing else but only a bed in the room (laughs). Of course there isn't the need to pay rent. It was happy. Please love my next work even if it's not a prince role!"


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Yesterday, was Grace's last day of school!
Hard to believe her first "school" experience has come to an end.
Just to see what a difference a year makes, I had Grace wear the same outfit to school yesterday that she wore on the first day of school.
Grace on the first day of school. September 2011
Grace on the last day of school.
Schoooool's out....for summa!
Come on, sing it with me....
Schoooool's out...for summa!
A glimpse into the future...the teenage years??
A few pictures of the Rainbow Room.
Playtime before Mom left for a nap in the car...I mean a run to the grocery store.
Some candids of Grace at school. I saw these only for the first time yesterday.
It makes my heart feel good to see her happy and independent.
Pick up time!
I have a couple of these video stashed on my phone. I plan on saving them forever so on the days she gets in the car and her answers are hi, no, no, whatever, I don't know...I can remind myself that she was happy to see me at one point in her life!
And finally, a glimpse into her budding personality.
Yesterday, the teacher offered an activity that not only let the kids get out all their "frustration," it aided in their motor skills. Using a styrofoam board, each child had his or her name written on it in. The task?
Using a plastic hammer, they were to pound nails (aka golf tees) into the styrofoam.
You can see the kids in action...pounding away.
Before I left, I took a quick snapshot of Mrs. Campbell explaining the activity to Grace. When I left, Grace was waiting in line for her turn.
When I came back, this is what I found in her cubby!
Her name was meticulously outlined with the golf tees. (The teacher removed the tees to save for next year but you can see the holes left behind.) Over 75 tees were pounded into the outline of her name.
There are no rogue holes or tees. None!
So we can summarize either she has a future in carpentry or she has fierce focus.
She takes my breath away every day. Sweet. Thoughtful. Smart and funny.
We are so proud of you Gracie girl! The future is yours!


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two months.
my baby boy is growing too fast!
at his 2 month check up:
weight: 13 pounds 1 ounce (70th percentile)
height: 25 inches (99th percentile)
head: 16.25 inches (96th percentile)
he always has the most concerned look on his face and 90% of the time if he is holding still, this is the position his hands are in.
brooks is the happiest little baby. in the last month he has become so much more alert and aware of things around him. he recognizes his momma and daddy's voices and he loves to talk back. he is a little lizard and sticks out his tongue all the time, it is the cutest thing.
he has the perfect little face, and if you can't tell i'm pretty obsessed :)
cars were driving by outside and he was looking around to find the noise
mid sneeze haha i love how his whole body gets into it.
i could just eat him up.
at 2 months he likes:
-being held facing out so he can see what is going on.
-being outside
-being told he is cute.. seriously he smiles every time i say the word cute.
he dislikes:
-when other babies cry
-carseat and long car rides
-his gassy little tummy
i'm such a whimp, but every time we have gone to the doctor and he has gotten shots i've cried. i do not like watching him be tortured. haha although it probably is really harder on me than it is on him.
he is a healthy baby and growing like a weed!
in the last two weeks brooksy boy has started sleeping through the night. he usually wakes up at about 6 or 6:30 to eat and then he goes back to sleep until 9.
i don't know what matt and i did to deserve such a good little guy. i'm convinced that God blessed me with an awesome baby since my pregnancy was less than stellar. he has been such a joy and light in our lives.
i know that i was put on this earth to be a mother to this little boy.
he is everything :)
happy 2 months baby boy. stop growing so fast.
Posted by Amy Harris at 7:00 AM
Labels: baby, bhh, brooksy boy
10 comments:
- jason & kiley. said...
Jamillie is 1 inch shorter, 2 pounds heavier and exact same size head.... at 4 months!
- August 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM
- Cara Howard said...
I LOVE HIM. Happy 2 months Brooks! He is the most handsome baby ever. I mean that!
- August 22, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- Courtney B said...
Ooooh he is SO CUTE! How can you not love that sweet face?
And it's totally okay to cry over the shots. Those are so rotten! I wish they'd come up with a pain free way to immunize!
- August 22, 2013 at 1:08 PM
- Katie said...
he is SOOO cute!! what time does he go down for the night? tell me how you got him to sleep that long!! we need help over here! :)
- August 22, 2013 at 1:29 PM
- Lex said...
He is just the cutest. :)
- August 22, 2013 at 11:52 PM
- kurt and angel blain :) said...
He is seriously one adorable little guy!!! love the pics you took of him to. So cute!!!
- August 23, 2013 at 10:16 PM
- Amy said...
Oh so handsome! :) Love the bowtie!
- August 27, 2013 at 7:48 AM
- Kelly {Sparkles and Shoes} said...
He is SO cute!
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- August 27, 2013 at 1:41 PM
- Kelsey Eaton said...
What a cutie!!
- September 14, 2013 at 11:24 AM
- Ashley Eliza said...
i just love him!!! he's so handsome!
- September 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM
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This is the essay question:
How do language, culture, and history shape the way we think, feel, and view the world? What do you believe about human nature? ( i.e. do you consider humans to be basically good or evil?). How are your attitudes toward "others" influenced by this belief?
These are some side notes from previous chapters that can be included in the essay:
-Who else" does not seem to fit the perceived or unofficial definition of an American?
* First-hand experience to understand the subtleties of any culture
* Apprehension, loneliness or lack of confidence are common feelings when experiencing another culture
* Cultural differences often seem threatening
* What is logical and important in one culture may seem irrational and unimportant to an outsider
* People tend to describe another's cultural differences rather than their similarities
* All cultures have internal variations
* Cultural awareness varies among individuals
* Stereotyping or over-generalizing may be inevitable among those who lack frequent contact with another culture.
Relate and cite to Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Mutlicultural America.


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(sorry for the blurry iPhone picture)
So last night, I tried to be all mushy-gushy romantic.
I definitely got the mushy-gushy part right.
I made rotini alfredo... and it was disgusting. I was hoping for more romantic and less mushy-gushy.
Paul was a sweetie and ate most of the gross noodles.
I made faces and complained.
He is too good to me.
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Tales From the Trails
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Historic Baptist Cemetery: Big White Oak in Rockville, Maryland
Incredible crown structure
Height: 97.98 feet
I drove through downtown Rockville to measure this fantastic white oak tree growing in the Historic Baptist Cemetery. Standing under the canopy of this tree is pretty awe inspiring as trees of this size seem to be few and far between in these urban areas. Perhaps in this fast paced world, actually standing under a tree like this is not even a priority for most people, as we find ourselves enclosed in our climate controlled vehicles most of the time. I'd recommend taking a few minutes to visit this tree if you ever find yourself in downtown Rockville...
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WASHINGTON - Hispanics outnumber African-Americans for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas, shifting the political and racial dynamics in cities once dominated by Whites and Blacks.
Census figures released Thursday highlight the growing diversity of the nation's 366 metro areas, which were home to a record 83.7 percent share of the U.S. population.
The numbers from the 2010 count are already having a big effect on redistricting in many states, where district boundary lines are being redrawn based on population size and racial makeup.
Hispanics became the largest minority group in 191 metropolitan areas last year, their population lifted higher as Blacks left many economically hard-hit cities in the North for the South and new Latino immigrants spread to different parts of the country.
That's up from 159 metro areas when the previous census was taken in 2000, when Hispanics were most commonly found in Southwest border states.
The new metro areas include Chicago; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Atlantic City, N.J., whose states will lose U.S. House seats in the 2012 elections.
Other places seeing rapid Hispanic gains compared to Blacks were Lakeland, Fla.; Madison, Wis.; Oklahoma City; and Omaha, Neb., due to the mid-decade housing boom that attracted many new immigrants seeking work in the construction and service industries.
The Census Bureau reported last month that overall Hispanic population jumped 42 percent in the past decade, to 50.5 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.
Blacks increased a modest 11 percent, to 37.7 million, with declines particularly evident in big cities such as New York, Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis, Mo.
"A greater Hispanic presence is now evident in all parts of the country, in large and small metropolitan areas, in the Snow Belt and in the Sun Belt," said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, who analyzed the census data. "From now on, local, state and national politicians will need to pay attention to Hispanics rather than treating Blacks as the major minority."
The political effects have been immediate. Analysts and Black groups, including some members of the Congressional Black Caucus, are acknowledging the possibility of fewer Black-majority House districts, even as they fight to preserve, if not expand, their gains. That's because of slowing African-American growth in big cities and broader Black movement over the past decade into once predominantly White suburbs.
Currently, there are 43 members in the Congressional Black Caucus, which is mostly Democrat.
In November, Blacks had a net gain of two seats in the House, including Republicans Allen West of Florida, who is a caucus member, and Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is not.
Republicans generally hold the advantage in redrawing the political maps after taking control of legislatures in many states in November's elections.
But many Black legislators are pushing for strong enforcement of the federal Voting Rights Act from the Obama Justice Department, which must preapprove political maps for several states and ensure that minority voting power is not unreasonably diluted.
"The demographic phenomenon we're seeing could cause some big concerns in terms of African-American seats," said Kimball Brace, president of Election Data Services, citing improvements in racial integration between Blacks and Whites in many metro areas that will make line-drawing more difficult. "It's likely to make changes on how we view African-American seats."
In general, Republicans tend to favor packing minorities into a few districts, because it often affords a larger concentration of Republican-leaning Whites in the remaining districts. Democrats typically support spreading sizable numbers of Blacks among several districts to make otherwise Republican-leaning districts more competitive, even though that means election of minority candidates is less assured.
The figures released Thursday show that the White share of the population declined in all 366 metro areas, while all but five showed gains in Asian population shares: Honolulu (slipping from 45 to 43 percent), El Centro, Calif.; Sioux City, Iowa; Logan, Utah; and Kokomo, Ind.
U.S. metro areas showing the biggest drops in White shares due to rapid Hispanic growth over the past decade were Napa, Calif. (69 to 54 percent); Las Vegas (60 to 48 percent) and Orlando (65 to 53 percent).
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This week, I've decided to tackle the age-old question: what makes a book a classic?
Unfortunately for me, there seems to be no universal criteria on which to make this distinction. A Google search brings up about 336,000,000 results of people asking that same question, but there's no real answer designated anywhere, and that makes my job particularly hard. I've seen a gamut of responses, but all are as arbitrary as the next. Yet, our society HAS in fact determined that a set of books are worth reading through the generations. Seriously, you see the word "classic book" thrown around as if it were a fact about nearly every book that just happens to seem old. So it would be nice to know: really, what makes a book a classic?
Common responses have ranged from, "Classic books are those that are universally relevant," to "It can stand the test of time," which are similar enough, I suppose. There's also the pithy maxim "it must have a timeless theme." Basically, this concept has been debated by the likes of Italo Cavino to Mark Twain (or so says Wikipedia). And yet, Cavino even acknowledged determining a universal list of "Classic" books is impossible:
"There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics."
Great. Well, that being the case, I've decided - I'm not going to bother.
What I am going to do is instead take a look at publishing companies who sell books under the premise of being a 'classic book.'
In addition to bookselling chains such as Barnes & Noble and Borders having their own special "classics" list, publishers like Random House, Oxford University Press, Modern Library, and Penguin Books sell what they determine are "classic" titles. Obviously, these publishers have some idea or criteria for what makes a book a classic, but between all of them, there isn't real consistency. From what I've seen, B&N, Borders, and Oxford World's Classics seem to include mostly books whose authors are dead, or that cannot be considered 'modern' classics. Modern Library is dedicated to (no surprise) what they call "Modern Classics," and Penguin Classics and Random House's Everyman's Library is a nice eclectic mix of both old and new.
So, even amongst publishers, different books are considered "classics." I'm not surprised that chains like B&N and Borders have lists made up primarily of older books - many books on their list are considered 'public domain,' so every few years, they can publish a new set of the same books, just with different covers and pages, and make a quick buck off the lit-nerds whose life isn't complete unless they own every edition of the same book they've already read 12 times. But perhaps that's cynical of me (and honestly, I'll need to devote another post to that topic). Let's look away from the profit-driven model of "Classic Book" and examine the content of the individual lists.
B&N and Borders share an interesting commonality: their lists are primarily made up with white, male authors. With the exception of some famous females such as Austen, Bronte, Wharton, and a few others, the list is overwhelmingly male. B&N has what it calls an "African American" subsection of its classics, which includes 8 - eight! - books written by black authors (and of those 8, 2 are just reprints of earlier editions, so it's really 6). 8 out of 320 books published as a classic, written by black authors. And not just black authors, African American authors. African and South American authors seem to be wholly unrepresented when it comes to classic books, from these publishers at any rate.
(Sidebar: to their credit, B&N does what I've seen no other publisher do: publish a book of 4 slave narratives, by typically unheard of authors - why they couldn't dedicate each their own book, well, that's a question for another day.)
But maybe that's not fair. Maybe a wide range of novels from Africa or Central and South America just were not written centuries ago. Totally possible. Let's look at Oxford's list. They include Cervantes, a Spanish author, but technically, being from Spain he's still European, so I don't know how I feel about singling him out. On a positive note, Oxford features a much more even gender distribution, featuring women I've never even heard of (though, they do that with men too, so I'm not sold yet). They do include Sayings from the Buddha by Pali Nikayas, have to give them credit for that. But, overall, there seems to be even less non-white authors on this list.
Hmm. I'm beginning to pick up on a nasty trend. Let's look at Modern Library's list.
Modern Library has identified a list of 100 Best Novels, not necessarily a classics list, but I'll modify it to my purposes. I'm only going to work with the Board's list, not because I have anything against the every-day reader, but because of their best books, they listed L. Ron Hubbard three separate times, and in my eyes, that's a travesty on a scale large enough to strip away any privilege they had in determining a "best novel" list.
Anyway, Modern Library scores points for including one of my favorite books, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, but loses points for including only 7 women (though, I originally thought it was ten because I mistakenly counted Evelyn Waugh as a woman - my bad). Only 7 women, of 100. On top of that, only a handful on non-white authors.
It seems what determines classic books is not the merit of the book itself, but the merit of how progressive our society can be when it comes to recognizing worthy titles. It's not by accident that the majority of all these lists include white male authors. And I don't want to discredit those authors - some of them are truly terrific. Some are...not really my cup of tea. But I am hard-pressed to believe that, even in our modern times, we cannot find more than a sampling of non-white authors writing truly fantastic books.
Ah, but Alex, you haven't finished the last two lists, by Random House and Penguins. Don't worry, I'm getting there. I was actually quite surprised with these publishers. Random House's Everyman's Essentials Library include 100 books, like Modern Library's, but the list is far from being as homogenous as the others. Including more women (such as Toni Morrison), more Latino authors (Gabriel Garcia Marquez rightfully makes the list several times), and more Eastern and African authors (including Achebe and Lao-Tzu), it's a much more eclectic and expansive list.
But as far as classics goes, Penguin Classics by far and away has done the most extensive work with developing a library. With over 1,500 books (and still growing), Penguin includes both Modern and old Classics. But what I admire most about this publisher is their acknowledgment of the trend my brief research is demonstrating.
I shouldn't be surprised that the most famous and Classic books are those written by white men. Our world still operates from the white man's perspective; privilege and racism are ever existing, so of course, our society lauds white men's contributions to literature and books. But Penguin Classics does a bang up job addressing this notion:
In recent years there has been an expansion of Spanish, German and Italian translations, and a broadening of the publishing of non-fiction. The series is now as committed to philosophy, theology, travel, politics, history and autobiography as it is to fiction and poetry. There has been an increase in the representation of women's writing, particularly in the English language. The original Penguin English Library editions of the major nineteenth-century English novelists—Dickens, Austen, Hardy, the Brontës, Gaskell—have been replaced by new versions with up-to-date critical apparatus and freshly and accurately edited texts. There will continue to be a large growth in the representation of vernacular English texts within the Classics, both of fiction and poetry, in response to a much broader sense of literary tradition.
Now sixty years old, the series has little left to prove but much still to accomplish. Whilst reasonably comprehensive on European literature, the vast non-Western canon remains a challenge that can only be met gradually. Gaps cannot be filled overnight. A new edition requires the right person with both the skills and resources for this detailed, painstaking and demanding task.
My point in addressing this is not to clamor for the removal of titles from our "classics" lists. I simply want publishers to begin to include authors who don't fit the white male paradigm we find in these lists. This isn't just a book problem, either. We find it in television and video games all the time as well (but that's for a future blog post). Again, no hate for white people, or men; just a call for diversifying our libraries, and a challenge for us as a society to stretch ourselves when it comes to what we consume in media. Why diversify? Well, that's a post for another day.


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We wade through the almost unending sea of humanity, trying to avoid mud slushes, potholes, cows, and the occasional cow dung. As we approach the ghats, what begins as a slow, rumbling din slowly transforms into full-scale cacophony as we burst forth on to the riverbanks. We are witnessing an almost frenzied hubbub as the God-fearing multitude throngs the waters, hoping it will expunge their sins. The fountainhead of this ardent religious chaos is the mighty River Ganga or Ganges – the polestar of everything holy to Hindus – which overwhelms and entirely engulfs the scene.
The ghats of the River Ganges at Haridwar are chaotically glorious.
It is the first time I'm seeing the legendary river, and the first sight of slow-moving waters gives me goose bumps. However, as much as I feast my eyes, heart and soul on the view, the brown-grey waters dampen any enthusiasm I'd had to take a dip in them. This thought is obviously not shared by the hoard of sanctimonious pilgrims who swarm the riverbanks which, according to Hindu texts, are a gateway to get to heaven. Older men in all stages of undress immerse themselves into the water, hands folded, eyes closed and their lips continuously uttering prayers. A newly-married couple stands on the steps, worshipping an idol of Shiva and his consort Parvati. The murky waters splash right up to the feet of the idol, toppling the container of holy vermillion powder and lending a stranger, foggier colour to the waters. As we walk ahead, women crouch and bend on the river steps as they release what look like thousands of flames into the river. Upon a closer look, the burning flame sits on a bed of orange flowers in a grass-green leaf shaped like a little boat. In the background, men and children are frolicking in the gentle flow of the river waters, grabbing onto the iron chains suspended from the bridge to stop their frivolous pursuit.
I think we ruffle a fair number of religious feathers when we refuse to float the flower-leaf flames, saddened by the already extremely polluted state of affairs. The touts who'd tailed us retreat in slight horror, their eyes as big as saucers. We pass hawkers who're squatting listlessly on the banks, trying hard to sell shiny trinkets to unsuspecting tourists.
"See, he's trying to pass off those brown beads as rudraksh beads" my friend points out, obviously knowing the difference. I overhear two other people discussing the same, and yet deciding on what to buy. I stifle my laughter; everything and everyone around me is so religiously sombre that even a snort seems out of place.
We cross a nondescript bridge to get to Har-ki-Pauri, literally 'the footsteps of the Lord' and Haridwar's main fixture. Here, the I realize the river is toying with our senses – the slightly slow-moving waters we saw earlier have disappeared. At Har-ki-Pauri, the current is relentless, forceful and palpably stronger, and swallows everything that is released into it, whether they are wishes or not.
The hubbub increases as hoards line up to watch the evening aarti. The 'sunset priests' make a dramatic appearance at the temple doors, draped in yards of saffron and yellow and bearing the proverbial aarti thali, their faces scrunched up. For on the thali, sky-high yellow-red flames swayed gracefully, sending all watching eyes into a trance. As if on cue, the atmosphere turns frenetic; thousands of chants reverberate in my ear, folded hands are lifted high up above the head and somewhere, bells begin to clang. For five full minutes, I can't tear my eyes away from the theatre as the crowd seemingly sways and chants as one.
For all its theatricality, the entire atmosphere feels soulless rather than soul-stirring. I realize that try as I might, I cannot drown my consciousness in the babel and wilfully move away from the crowd that throngs the temple steps in a bid to offer prayers. I walk out and pray from afar, hoping I haven't evoked the ire of the many gods whose blessings we seek. I sneak one last look at the Ganges.
The ghats may overwhelm some and disappoint many others, but they're mostly a stage for a spectacle being expertly played out by thespians of the craft. It might not be the ideal way for the soul to get to heaven, I think, but it is certainly an eventful one.


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First things first, the weather is beautiful spring weather here!
No rain, just sunshine and a nice breeze. I'm loving this.
It's the same way at home only you never know how long it's going to last or when it will come back.
Yesterday I woke up to "Paper Jams" in my face and then got threatened with some Nerf guns, you know, the normal way to wake up...
{Caleb's in his Halloween costume at 9am showing me all the Nerf guns he could potentially attack me with....great! lol}
I played with Cirrah and Caleb outside. They have a basketball court so I taught them how to play "Around the World"...Cirrah is so good at basketball! She can shoot 3's. No joke.
WNBA watch out! ; )
Notice the lack of pictures with Cylie...she is too cool for me this trip ;) We're going to have to change that...
My parents house is awesome. It's super old and has all these neat little things about it like a super awesome tree fort in the backyard.
{side of the house...they have a white picket fence around the whole acre+ yard}
{garage...to the right is a little building that used to be an outhouse..no joke.}
{back door}
{I don't think you can see it here, but up there in the trees is the tree fort}
{My dad had to mow the lawn yesterday and I thought the lawn mower was funny}
Last night I had a girls night with my friends, but I'll write that post later :) Now we are about to head to WI Dells to celebrate Easter with my Mom's side of the family. I'm sitting here watching Caleb playing Dance Central lol.
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Happy Pink Saturday!! I am linking this to Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Pink Saturday & A Giveaway!!!
Happy Pink Saturday!! I am linking this to Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound!
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Happy Pink Saturday! I love pink depression glass too!! This is a lovely pattern!ReplyDelete
Happy Pink Saturday to you! he pink depression glass is beautiful. I can see why you want to collect more pieces.ReplyDelete
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I love the pink depression glass too although I don't own a piece of it. I don't see much of it around here. The shops that do carry it are quite pricey. Yours are beautiful! Thanks for sharing and Happy Pink Saturday to you. Enjoy your weekend.
Absolutely love this!!ReplyDelete
I adore Pink Depression glass and have quite a few pieces myself!!
Very pretty pieces!ReplyDelete
Me, too, on the pink depression ware. love it. Happy Pink Saturday!ReplyDelete
I love all the pink depression glass too! I own one piece, a candy dish. Thanks so much for the warm welcome to Pink Saturday!ReplyDelete
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Love these pink depr pieces. I entered your giveaway the other day ... thank you.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely PINK weekend ~
TTFN ~Hugs, Marydon
I would love to have some depression glass.....lucky you! Happy PS!ReplyDelete
Hi Julie, Love the depression glass. Have a few pieces from my great grandma. Happy PS!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by. Licks & Wags, Niki
Lovely blog Julie:)ReplyDelete
Thanks for dropping by today:)
Generous giveaway!ReplyDelete
Happy Pink Saturday,thank you for your 'Pink Inspiration'.
I love pink depression glass, because it reminds me of my Grandma, who had a couple pieces! Yours are beautiful, especially that plate. I've never seen any with that pattern. I hope you find lots more pieces!ReplyDelete
Happy Pink Saturday!
Lovely. Happy belated pink day.ReplyDelete


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|We motored over to St. Pete just to check out the Bay
|This pier that divides the Mooring field from the St. Pete Municipal Marina is a main attraction on the Waterfront.
|NO. 850 is the Good stuff for polishing Stainless.
|Add of Layer of Insulator Wax to protect the stainless from surface rust.
|Our choice for the exterior teak.
|The Stainless and Teak Caprail good for another year.
|Tampa Museum of Art
|I am standing just outside of the Tampa Museum of Art with the Hillsbourgh River in the Background and the University of Tampa. The Russian looking building in the Background is the old Tamps Bay Hotel that is now part of the Univ. of Tampa: http://www.plantmuseum.com/
|These downtown buildings are just across a huge Plaza from the Museum, the one on the right is known as the Beer Can Building and was just bought in a forclosure for $22 Million The new owners plan to restore it to it's former Heyday in the 50's.
|Check out these two baby Green Herons
|This one is looking right at you!
|This 68' Irwin is bound for Hawaii!
A couple of days after getting settled into our new slip at Westshore we took the boat out just to run the motor. The St. Petersburg skyline is in easy view so we just headed that way and 2 hours later we were there. Of course the wind was right out of the west and we had almost 2 knot flood tide so it was a good day to motor. We traveled at 1800 RPM,s at a speed of about 5.3 kts. This gave us a chance to learn some about the bay and it seems the best day sailing water is out in front of St. Petersburg with plenty of water with sufficient depth, much like Corpus Bay with 10-15' of water. The wide bodies of water near our marina are mostly <10' so we pretty much have to stay in the channels, there are some areas with deeper water but they are narrow and would not make for pleasant sailing. We toured the Municipal Marina's anchorage and the Mooring field. The Admiral suggested we just take a mooring ball and stay a couple of days but after she checked the weather on her IPhone we decided it might be best to go back to our slip and plan a trip over when there was less rain in the forecast. The mooring balls are just $15.00 a night so this is a must do. With the currant on our side we mad 7.5 knots on the return but there was only about 2 knots of wind so we motored on.
It is time to get Wand'rin Star cleaned up for this next year and May is the deadline for getting these projects done since whatever cool weather we have is diminishing quick. I spent 3 days getting all the stainless on the exterior polished up and a protectorant applied to slow the onset of another round of surface rust. It is so salty in Corpus that this is at least an every 6 month job but the environment here is not near as harsh so I am thinking it should last a year. We use two Collinte products, one to polish with Collinite #850 to polish and remove the surface rust. This is a wax on wax off process and I just use a old sock like a glove to make the work go quick. Then we apply Collinite's 845 Insulator wax as a protectrant and this is just a wax on job as you leave a thin film on the metal to ward off the salty air and water.
After the Stainless is complete then it is time to get after the teak Caprail. We use Cetol since it is a very effective protector and you only have to reapply a couple of coats each year. It is not as glossy or Classy as varnish but it is a lot less work and to me it makes the old boat look a bit salty and refined. I spent a day lightly sanding with #220 sand paper, cleaning, and taping off the rail Then a few hours each of the next two days applying first some touch up Cetol Marine to the areas where there were nicks, or scratches where the teak was exposed. Then two full coats of Cetol Gloss. I got the job done just as my knees explained to me that would no longer support my body, even a soft cushion to rest them on would not convince them to do any more. The next annual project is to thoroughly clean the nonskid on the deck and apply 2 coats a acrylic wax. I will wait for the knees to recover since this is another 2-3 day project.
While I have been busy with the maintenance of WS the Admiral has been birding. There is a very small Mangrove Island right in front of our marina just about 30' from the outer dock/breakwater of the marina. Lynn has been observing what seems to be a rookery for Blue Herons and Green Herons. She spotter the two baby Green Herons looking a bit funny on the shore and a nesting Blue Heron. She could hear the baby Blue Herons but it was not possible to see them through the thick mangroves and the nest. We spent a day over at Weeden Island http://weedonislandpreserve.org/ on a birding tour .We did see a couple of species we had never seen before but the birding right here around our marina is just as impressive. We do want to take our Kayak back to Weeden though since there are many Kayak trails through the mangroves over there that looks very interesting to me. I think we will take our small handheld Garmin as it looks like you could get lost easily in the mangroves there.
We took a Friday afternoon to go visit the Tampa Museum of Art. The museum is located right downtown along the Hillsbourgh River. We got to see the
Masterworks of 20th Century Sculpture from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection
The exhibits were cool to see but the museum had just ended their main exhibit and was preparing for the next one so we will go back next month to see the upcoming Sculptors on Paper exhibit. There is a large river walk and huge outdoor plaza where I am sure a lot of events are held. Across the river is the University of Tampa and a view of the Russian looking Architecture of the Old Tampa Bay Hotel that is now part of the university: http://www.plantmuseum.com/ we will have to make this another excursion into downtown Tampa.
We have begun to meet our dock mates and other boaters around the marina. These people are very friendly and if they see you working on your boat they stop and ask if you need anything to just ask. Almost all of the people here are part of the residential community here but there is one couple with a small 6 year old son and 11 month old Black Lab, Sasha here from Indiana. Jim, Lana, and Matthew are here in Tampa Bay getting some work done on their 68' Irwin Cutter/Ketch. After the work is completed they plan on sailing to Hawaii. I am always amazed to see these huge sailboats that are cruised just with a crew of two. Checkout the Irwin 68 here on yachtworld: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1986/Irwin-Ketch-2435075/Marina-del-Rey/CA/United-States What a trip that is going to be!


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Apart from offering recreational activities, the Massachusetts camp is also equipped with fabulous mountains, athletic experiences, lakes and ocean vistas. Recreational activities featured include hiking, horse riding, swimming and fishing to name a few. If your child has an interest in archery or soccer, you can find them at Massachusetts camp. So, the Massachusetts camp offers activities for any type of interests.
Therefore, finding an ideal Massachusetts camp for children is not a very tiresome job. All you need to do is to know the strengths, interests and challenges of your children and then select a recognized summer camp for them.
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