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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39622438051145043432016-07-23T13:13:01.709-04:00Little Scotia - Midland Ontario - Shop LocalMidland Ontario ART. Granny Craft Techniques, Punk Rock Attitude. Blog! Secret Giggly Adventures of a Poet, Forced to Live in Real Life. Gardening, Art Dolls, Paintings, and Bad Behaviour. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-90316612109262239802016-07-21T17:34:00.002-04:002016-07-21T17:34:21.520-04:00Midland Ontario Art StudioHave I mentioned that Little Scotia is all set to have it's own little room in September?
Yes. I'm excited. And freaking out. I don't feel very organized. My crafts and are supplies are currently all over my house.

The Little room is down the hall from my Tarot office. And it's sort of a glorified closet. But it will work for what I need. To get the stuff out of the house, and organize it so I always know where the glue sticks are.

I'm still producing, and doing markets and some shows. The producing is small scale and slow though. I'm so excited for my new room. It means getting busy!!!

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-23239566133436861182016-07-21T17:27:00.001-04:002016-07-21T17:28:40.118-04:00Georgian Bay Renovations
Georgian Bay Renovations

I met a down to earth fellow last week, and he runs a local contracting company. He's the contractor that's been working on the office building where I have my office, and where Little Scotia will be in September. I was surprised to learn how well rounded his business is.

The renovations they do in Georgian Bay (and even further south) include kitchen renovations, bathroom renovations, basement renovations, and office or work renovations. But they also do brick laying, and will build houses from the ground up. Small renovations to the whole house. I was impressed!

His website has some photos on it, showcasing his company's former jobs. There are some great pictures of the dream house exteriors, as well as some fantastic interior kitchen and bathroom renovations.

http://georgianbayrenovations.ca/

The website is simple, but you can call and ask all the questions, get quotes, (with no obligation) and meet this Midland Ontario contractor who is also the project manager.

check it out!

email@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-17153521251582221792016-07-11T17:54:00.002-04:002016-07-21T17:31:06.581-04:00Midland Ontario Reflexology, Massage, WaxingIt's been a busy summer. Already.
I'm sneaking in levity when I can! But, still there's work.
Wanted to share some of my Summer relaxation links in Midland Ontario.

Midland Ontario Reflexology

That's me, ofcourse. it's very relaxing to give Reflexology, believe it or not!

Midland Ontario Massage - This lady knows her stuff! And RMT in Midland that absolutely rocks.

And then, this.

Midland Ontario Waxing - so... Midland Ontario Waxing helps me look nice and smooth all summer long. As relaxing as waxing can be... really, it's more about not shaving everyday. Now THAT'S relaxing. hehehe.

There you go!

L.

email@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-73933567245706603572016-05-29T17:35:00.001-04:002016-05-29T17:37:33.220-04:00Chipmunk Loose in Stackers Pancake House, Midland Ontario.Seriously. This is how I'm spending my time.

It's The Most Silly Fun. YOU TUBE!

I am creating like furious for the Buttertart Festival. But these little gems happen.

L. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-82466122006336527652016-03-31T16:01:00.002-04:002016-04-07T15:07:15.304-04:00Seven Hour Gaps.I do this thing. I've always done it. I'm feeling like I MUST catch the reigns on it soon.

So, this morning I had an appointment at 9:45am. That took me to 10:30. I was out of the office before 11am.

My NEXT appointment isn't until 6pm.

It's currently almost 4pm as I write this. Now. Ask me what I did all day.

To be fair, I did pop into the office to change my window display from Winter to Spring, took stock of what linens I needed there. I popped into the bank. I came home and put a load of laundry on.

Other than that, I've been sitting here, in my work clothes, surfing, listening to music... and watching the clock. Waiting till it's time to leave for my next appointment.

I have always done this thing. I feel like I can't get into anything at home, because I will miss my next appointment. Even though today, there was SEVEN HOURS between appointments. A seven hour gap with nothing in my dayplanner.

I could have sewn something up. This money, for example, took me 2 hours yesterday. I could have been sewing this whole time.

But no. I managed to make a tea. To peek in the cupboards. To do a few dishes.

I have an entire work space to move into my bedroom. (This is a long story for another time.) And I am sitting here. Waiting.

What is UP with that?

The answer could easily be that I put in my dayplanner: "Sew monkeys."

I wonder if it would make a difference?

email@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-58524989408929975762016-03-11T08:08:00.002-05:002016-03-11T08:08:48.134-05:00Gardening update, and Global Warming.I've been taking a lot of my blogging energy out HERE lately. Quick pictures and commentary of the things I've been creating. Which are badly behaved. But SO MUCH FUN.

It's SO CLOSE to the time where I put up the shelf and start my seedlings. It's actually been quite warm for a few days, and I'm itching to put peas in the ground, and maybe some greens.

This winter however, was bizarre. Every year it gets stranger and stranger. Less snow, for less period of time... maybe that's not entirely true. It stayed fairly mild until about mid January? We got some snow, then we got DUMPED ON at the end of February, and the very beginning of March. And now, March 11th, it's gone mild again.

Climate stuff. Earth rotation. It's all happening. I've noticed the summers where we are, haven't been as hot as they usually are. These things are a big deal for not only farmers, but everyone who relies on the food farmers produce. (So, that's EVERYONE, just incase you were confused.)

Anyway, This year, I'm feeling ambitious. All that I successfully got out of my garden last year, really, were tomatoes. (a handful of carrots, a bowlful of peas, and I don't think anything else really.)

Most of the snow has melted from the dumping we got last week, and if I hoop a raised box, I should be okay to put some greens in. (I've never done a hoop house before.. mainly because in my head, I'm convinced it will cost too much...)

Also, tomatoes go into little pots for me, somewhere around the 20th.

I really to love this time of year.

L.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-43930516071616595182015-12-14T17:55:00.002-05:002015-12-14T17:55:39.086-05:00December 14th. It was warm today. Like, +10 and raining. but not cold to be in.

I asked the Boss Lady today at the thrift store what her plan was for January, and at this point she doesn't think she's going to do layoffs. This is good. But also, I want more time to sit and sew swears.

It's not quite Holy Tits cold yet, but it will be soon, I'm sure. I've noticed the seasons changing the last few years (and mostly because of my gardening habit.) It's strange for it to be so mild, this far into December.

I'm having too good a time with the embroidery.

L.
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-5495325794669153872015-11-19T17:13:00.003-05:002015-11-19T17:13:53.075-05:00I Freekin' Love Impending Winter
Aside from the shovelling of snow, ofcourse.

I freekin' love impending winter, because it's CREATIVE time!

Also, my lovely bride Lillah is settling in. We've done a few videos, but there is definitely a learning curve. Filming the videos takes me 5 or 6 minutes. Then an hour to upload it from my phone to Youtube... and tonne of time to edit it, and then Youtube takes at least another hour or more to format it.

This little creative play is really trying my sense of patience.

(Is patience a sense?)

Anyway. I have been stitching swears.

L. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-88268052325691829412015-10-21T18:37:00.002-04:002015-10-21T18:41:48.885-04:00Mail Order Bride.My Mail Order Bride is on her way.

We connected online, and I was charmed by her.

She travelling through BC right now, and should arrive by the end of the week.
I'm completely thrilled.

She's not going to require too much space, which is good. She's going to sleep in my bed, anyway, and hopefully her clothing won't take up too much room.

I will post her photos as soon as she arrives.

Her name is Lillah. firstname.lastname@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-44260508971493655392015-10-18T21:17:00.001-04:002015-10-18T21:17:33.986-04:00Fairy Tale Life. The house is somewhat clean. There are a lot of things I could do to improve what's going on here. I still feel like I can't have company over in this.

My living room IS my art/craft room. I can't see how I can change that at all.

But I finally laid the groovy gypsy carpet on the floor. That involved a lot of shifting of heavy furniture, and getting the old carpet out. Also, I bought a vacuum.

I love this time of year. I shift more into being able to be creative more. Creative in my art, creative in my writing, creative in my thoughts, day and night dreams. Creative in the kitchen. (although that last one is mainly because I HAVE to be! lol.)

I started a writers page on facebook. Because I felt like I probably should, as I'm doing more writing.

I also have to figure out Youtube. Because there are some creative things I want to do in that forum. I'm excited for them.

I have a few craft shows I've been invited to this year, although I don't have anything NEW to offer, I do have a bunch of crafts ready and waiting.

I'm making some shifts.

I have dreams of running away to Nova Scotia and living a fairy tale life... I've come to realize I have to just live that life here and now, where I am. Make it happen.

L.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-40302457546555544192015-10-04T15:33:00.000-04:002015-10-04T15:33:52.858-04:00October. Already?How is it that I haven't written since April?

Well, I've been working nearly every day since then. Today is the a second day off in a 3 day streak. Which I am so thankful for. I was beginning to feel exceedingly burnt out.

Since then:

I signed a lease on a new office space for my tarot readings/energy work.

I've done some writing that has been published on Elephant Magazine . (I have a few pieces, however you'll have to look up my name to find them there. Or join my Writers Facebook Page.

I've been paying more attention to my writing in general, submitting short stories to different places, and working on the pieces I've left to collect dust.

My garden was planted, and then didn't look at it again. You should see the tomatoes rotting in the yard. Ugh.

I was working 4 and 5 days a week at the thrift store, as well as doing tarot house parties, tarot in my office, and reflexology

I made the last payment on my car!

I did no sewing, or painting, or crafting of any type. I think those things are for winter.

Anyway, it's October now. I'm down to 2 days a week at the thrift store (because I asked to be...) The kids are back into the school groove.

Today I am cleaning the house. I did NO cleaning all summer. And it shows. Right now, I'm taking a break because my sinuses are angry with all the dust I'm kicking up.

I've told the Universe that it needs to make sure I can still pay my bills and continue paying down the credit cards I lived off of all summer, and give me the time to clean the house, write the stories, make all the foods. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-16892234854148323022015-04-06T11:12:00.001-04:002015-04-06T11:15:33.741-04:00Seedling Time!It's seedling time at Little Scotia! 13 days ago I put tomatoes, peppers, and beets in to start. (I've never started beets indoors before, but it was suggested to me that I do, so we'll see.)

This is the first year I've used these Coco seed started pellets to start my seedlings. It's also making me a little nervous. The idea is that they hold water longer, so you are supposed to be able to water less. I'm watching them closely.

a little container with some herbs.

coconut expanding seedling growing pellets.

The beets are in the square containers with coco filling seedling starter. The square (is it peat? I can't recall, they are from last year.) have started to develop mold. Ugh. so today I'll be spraying that with a peroxide mixture, and covering the whole thing with soil. I'm wondering if they have to go out earlier.

In OTHER news, Here's a BUNCH of free information to help your garden this year! Information for beginners and old pros! :) Enjoy! I'm watching a video or two a day, while doing other things around the house (or during the time I would normally be brainlessly playing facebook games.)

Home Grown Food Summit - Click Here

firstname.lastname@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-24688689709899150862015-03-05T11:25:00.000-05:002015-03-05T11:25:03.497-05:00Technically, The Doll is On the LIST. Today my Reflexology client cancelled. Which left me with a 'free' day. Free Days aren't REALLY free days. We know how this works. There's a list. It looks like this:

The Big Tall Boy when he was still a little squishy cute boy, as well as the list.

Today, I ignored it.

And instead, finished THIS little beauty.

Technically, she's on the list under the category "Make all the things."

Also, the "Your Mom" at the end of my list MIGHT be an insult, scribbled there by one of my daughters. Their nanny may not be impressed. Except that I'm sure neither one of us will know exactly what it means.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-91437161543015787212015-02-27T11:47:00.000-05:002016-07-21T18:15:40.001-04:00Little Ginger Babushkas
Isn't she lovely? Isn't she Wonderful?

the Irish Russian. Hanging out with the Native Russian, and the Old Sleeping Russian. Party Time.

My boss at the Thrift Store texted me just as I was putting the finishing touches on this little mama. She's a Ginger Mama, and I was thinking of her! It's an Irish Russian Doll. Oh yes I did.

She's just so flippin cute. It is going to be hard to see them go, but a pleasure that they'll bring someone else joy too!

I have a sale at the Native Friendship Centre on March 21st, and I'll bring these beauties. All the others you'll be able to find at the Tiny Art Shack in Tiny Ontario in May 2015.

firstname.lastname@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-71934882806643825152015-02-26T12:30:00.003-05:002015-02-27T11:48:36.860-05:00Russian Dolls Have The Best AdviceI've been making a tonne of these ladies over the last week. They take an enormous amount of time for stuffed dolls, but I just ADORE the end results. And they SPEAK to me. In the times of quiet when I get to embroider little faces and aprons, I get the best ideas.

I have about 4 more cut up and in various stages of completion. However, it's slow going. My sewing machine is at the 'end' of the kitchen. And I have to completely dig out the machine and desk, spreading the crafting joy all over the dinner table. I also open up the ironing board to sit in front of the buffet and hutch that houses all the practical and impractical dishes. (I have a bit of a Pretty Tea Cup problem. And a vintage set of dishes, complete with tea pot, creamer, sugar, dishes... that I do not let children touch without supervision.)

Creating in Chaos. It's a thing.

Anyway, it feels like it's time to tidy up to make dinner. (if that's what you can call piling all-the-things back onto and around my sewing machine.)

Still, I adore the process of seeing them come together. These little beauties for the most part will be available for sale at the Tiny Art Shack in Tiny, Ontario, in May 2015. Unless I manage to get it together enough to attend a craft show myself sometime soon.

Little Scotia Lives!

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-58039616581087338202015-02-12T09:16:00.000-05:002015-02-12T09:16:18.948-05:00Free Square Credit Card Processing for Craft Shows.Yesterday, I recieved my Free SQUARE!

A Square is a device that plugs into your android phone, and allows you to take credit card payments anywhere. Which is fantastic for me and my businesses.

Ofcourse, the first step was that I had to get an ANDROID phone. I had been using an old one with a sliding keyboard. And I loved it. But I really wanted this SQUARE. So, I finally upgraded. The kids welcomed me into "modern times."

I took my first credit card transaction on the Square yesterday, after downloading the app ALL BY MYSELF. (I did have to ask my personal tech support if I was doing it right though, and a question about my phone settings.) It was very easy! I have friends who have been using this for AGES and have had no problem recieving their earnings the next day, deposited right into their bank account.

So, what does this mean for Little Scotia clients? It means that you'll be able to take home dolls and art and all the FUN Little Scotia stuff that you weren't expecting to fall in love with from my booth set up at Farmers Markets and Craft Shows. Convenient! Square can also be used as a regular payment system, you can hook it all up in your office to record ALL of your transactions.

I checked out the backoffice, and there are lots of options for creating your store, with all your items and options.

If you've been thinking about it, no more putting it off! They'll send you a free Square for Credit Card processing HERE. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-37755621925504628682015-02-01T16:16:00.002-05:002015-02-01T16:16:17.829-05:00Craft and Stuff. Sigh. I WANT a ROOM. One that is well lit and dry and spacious. One that is just MINE, to create in and display all the little curious THINGS that I have to resell. I have a collection.

There is so much crafting stuff and THINGS hidden in boxes in my dark creepy basement. My sewing machine is shoved into the back of the kitchen, and will most likely need to be moved before too long anyway. (Once the nicer weather hits, we'll all want use of the door to the back yard. Not easily accessable with my mountain of craft back there.)

I also was thinking today, about how this house will only be mine for about another 6 years or so. It's a rental, it's a social housing unit, meaning as soon as the kids are grown and gone, I'll have no need for a 3 bedroom house.

I have been here for 11 years. I basically have for all those years been WORKING on having a place of our own. Instead, we manage to just get along. Can I do what I need to do in 6 years???

Today I brought home an enormous amount of old magazines that I have plans to do some fun stuff with. They will go on a shelf in my basement.

Gods and Goddesses... help a sister out. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-80849758729100582272015-01-27T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-25T17:36:33.062-05:00Looky Looky what I just picked up!

Prims Handcrafted Dolls Winter 2015 magazine. Love!

I'm so very excited. It feels SO FLIPPIN GOOD to get back into the sewing, the creating. It makes me so happy.

So simply happy.

I'm good at this. Yes, I am good at a LOT of things, but this really feels like where I'm supposed to be. firstname.lastname@example.com, ON, Canada44.749516000000007 -79.89219229999997744.659306500000007 -80.053553799999975 44.839725500000007 -79.730830799999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-16782595508891677962015-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-26T08:00:03.245-05:00Seed Cataloges Are INSeed Catalogues are in.

After going through my seed stash from last year, I really REALLY don't need to buy any new seeds. Except for some Zucchini (how did I save ZERO seeds last year?) and also green pepper. I have TONNES of lettuce seeds, mesclun mix, beets... I have about 10 seeds each from about 5 different types of tomatoes. Lots left.

Provided all of them are viable. Which you just know they won't ALL be.

So, I should TOTALLY place an order.

Totally. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-77042931502949844732015-01-17T18:49:00.002-05:002015-01-17T18:49:45.424-05:00Oh Hey January 2015How are we 2 weeks in already?

I cleaned out the CRAFT CORNER OF DOOM, and reorganized it, so, like, I can actually access my sewing machine. I've got a few craft shows booked and THAT'S pretty motivating to get back to work!

There's been a part of me that's been freaking out a bit (as I do EVERY year at this time.) that says "Hey, maybe you should get another job." Sigh. Because I'm going to find the time for THAT somewhere. (I'm part time at a Wellness Centre as a Reflexologist, I read tarot cards in the office as well as at parties, and I'm at a local thrift store part time.) I LOVE all of these things that I do. It's just that time of YEAR, when it's quiet all over.

Why is it THIS time of year I decide to go over my budget? Mental Self Flagelation.

So, it's NICE to lose myself in the making of monkeys and dolls. It's nice to completely ignore the dishes and laundry and housekeeping in general, and instead sew while episodes of Supernatural play in the backround. I love that show.

I have a show at the end of the month at the Huronia Museum in Midland, but I'm only reading cards there - no dolls or toys. Another show booked for the first day of spring. That's pretty exciting. And when I have enough stock, I'll get a table at one of the Farmers and Artisans markets going on locally.

I'd leave you a picture, but I currently cannot find my camera charger. Avoiding housework. ha!

Little Scotia Lori. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-18506776065445744372014-09-22T14:38:00.002-04:002014-09-22T14:38:32.523-04:00And, The Ball Drops.So, the big opportunity, that was to answer the 14 year request, FELL. Hard.

I cried a little.

And I'm left wondering WHAT does the Universe WANT of me? I'm mostly convinced, after a week of sitting on the disappointing news, that what I'm to do is GIVE UP this goal, and refocus elsewhere.

So.. then I think.. Well, where? Feeling a little lost.

I haven't done any writing in weeks. I haven't touched the piles of stuff in the livingroom, hallways, basement, since getting the notice. I was disappointed. Now, I'm just scratching my head. Everything lined up so perfectly, so prettily, just to slam me with a bitter pie-in-the-face.

So. Right now I feel like I'm just carrying on. Still working on Saving Myself, and my kids along with me.

Hoping the Universe reveals what it wants of me, soon.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-11209365363643126552014-09-04T22:56:00.001-04:002014-09-04T22:56:12.374-04:00Oh my GAWD, The Ball is ROLLING!Got some CRAZY big opportunity put in my FACE by the UNIVERSE this week. Loud and Clear. So many things have led up to this moment, and everything feels RIGHT. I'm so freekin' excited, and I'm working on manifesting the NEXT STEP for it.

So, today I spent hours purging with a girlfriend here to help me. She really lit the fire under me, and made me make the decisions of "keep or donate." Today she focused on the kitchen, and I touched some THINGS in the livingroom. We did two van loads to the thrift store, and bags of garbage were filled. I also marked some filled boxes with CRAFT SALE.

Tomorrow I'm in the basement. I will need to get some more boxes from the grocery. So exciting.

ALSO, I've been going over some training I did some time ago, to boost my home and not-at-home businesses. There are free videos, but the paid parts of this are totally worth it.

Free Videos on Building Your Home Business.

It's a weird thing transitioning my home business from a crafty and artistic side, to more of what I'm doing with Tarot and Reflexology. But it does feel good to purge. The Tarot and Reflexology are bringing in more than enough. I don't have to craft for money anymore. Having the extra space in the house feels so good.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-19162523310667911212014-08-25T10:50:00.001-04:002014-08-25T10:50:21.898-04:00Liquidating the Craft Stash.Here we are. The last week of August. My craft corner is still a disaster. I've been bringing embroidery to stitch and bitch, and that's about it. My heart just isn't in it. I'm busy with Reflexology, with the psychic readings, and with the thrift store.

So, I'm going to liquidate. all the craft shit I haven't used. There are books here just collecting dust. There are buckets of hoarded material. Scrapbooking stuff and jewellery making stuff, wooden pieces for painting, doll making stuff, etc etc etc.. it goes on and on. And it's taking up space. I figure it'll be easy to keep the embroidery stuff since I use it, and the canvasses and paint.

Clearly I'm going in a different direction these days. And by these days, I mean the last year. This is the second year I haven't done market with crafty stuff. I was busy doing the other things that the Universe has pointed me towards.

AND, if ever I decide I really really need any of those things again, because my income depends on it, I work at a thrift store. They will be easy to aquire.

It feels freeing. Now that I have a plan in place to get some money for all the things. Because that was a bit of a hold up. I have a credit card. It is full. I would love to put some money on it and get it chunked down. I've made no headway on it in the last year. And if anything, I've been leaning on it for gas and food in the lean months. I think I'm still catching up from last summers Lunacy.

L.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962243805114504343.post-74303459386110837872014-07-29T17:07:00.002-04:002014-07-29T17:07:39.367-04:00blaa blaa blaa.So. Little Scotia has been all about THE INTENTION of creating. But, It's half way through the summer, and I haven't sewn a stitch.

Well, that's a fib. I've done some embroidery. But I really havent completed anything. It leaves me feeling a bit disappointed in myself.

It's been 2 years, and I'm realizing that I'm REALLY having a difficult time juggling kids and home and work on my own. Or maybe I'm just reviewing the past with rose coloured glasses? I'm getting no sewing done. However, I'm 10 hours a week at the thrift store, and about 15 hours a week at tarot and Reflexology. Which really doesn't sound like a lot, but my days are chopped up into little pieces. If I have an appointment at, say, 11am, I will be incapable of doing anything in the morning but wait around for that 11am. I'll be done by 12:30, or sometimes 2, and the rest of the afternoon is SERIOUSLY spent waiting around for 4, when I will start dinner.

It's all in my head, I know.

And the Universe has repeated to me last week, over and over, that I MUST SAVE MYSELF. There will be no lotto, only my own genius and action to work on getting ahead.

My brain doesn't do very well with the division, I think. I seem to recall, when I was crafting and only doing markets, I was earning more in pocket, than I am now, juggling all the things.

I keep checking in with the Universe about the Little Cottage House that will be mine... Sigh.

Working on raising my vibration to meet it. But, I also have to change something to raise my income. And still maintain house and family.

I'm ranting. I should be sewing. But everyone knows you can't work on anything when your vibration is low.

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Last night was the MDBWA June's Networking / Year end event. (Stands for Midland District Business Women's Association.. but if I don't have the letters in front of me, I will NEVER get the order of those words correct. Ever. ) It was called "Bring your Bling"... I wore my little black dress, my dragon corset, some sticks in my hair, and a chinese patterned soft purse. My friend Tess came, all rock starred out. We had so much fun, that I THINK I forgot to network.

Also, yesterday I got a membership to MOMpreneurs, the simcoe county chapter. I'm interested to see how it will benefit my business. You know. Because that's what it's for, and all.

I think my brain is easing into the idea of being at the Thrift Store over the summer. I really do love it there. I just really also love summer time picnics and swimming and gardening and afternoon naps.

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my dishes seem to chip sround the edges. the edges just falls off or chip with the slightest used I loved these dishes so I bought 2 sets ......but I only have the 3 of the salad plates left I seldom used the larger ones unless a lot of family is over........now I will have to replace them,,,, not a happy camper
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Engineers have created a continuous chemical process that produces useful crude oil minutes after they pour in harvested algae a verdant green paste with the consistency of pea soup.(snip)
In the PNNL process, a slurry of wet algae is pumped into the front end of a chemical reactor. Once the system is up and running, out comes crude oil in less than an hour, along with water and a byproduct stream of material containing phosphorus that can be recycled to grow more algae.
With additional conventional refining, the crude algae oil is converted into aviation fuel, gasoline or diesel fuel. And the waste water is processed further, yielding burnable gas and substances like potassium and nitrogen, which, along with the cleansed water, can also be recycled to grow more algae.(snip)
The recent work is part of DOE's National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels & Bioproducts, or NAABB. This project was funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Both PNNL and Genifuel have been partners in the NAABB program.
(Excerpt) Read more at pnnl.gov ...
Plus, a couple of ironies: Government research investment truly seems to have paid off, developing a potential process to free us from the Mideast and, secondly, this does nothing to reduce our so-called 'carbon footprint' (its product is hydrocarbons, regardless its source).
Another irony: They seem to have set out in 2009 to develop an 'algae-to-natural gas' process and discovered 'algae-to-oil' as an unexpected byproduct.
If they can get the cost down, refineries can go full cycle on-site, water being the only real raw material (if I understand it correctly). "Byproducts" & "waste" yet to be determined. Hopefully this stuff has the energy of petroleum-based gasoline.
I'll leave the rest of the speculation to others here.
Peak oil? Yeah, right; so much for that. Peak lithium? Absolutely.
Rust Belt cities on the Great Lakes have access to a lot of fresh water.
Turning "pea soup" into oil sounds like a good use for pea soup. I wonder if they will have to exclude ham from the recipe?
algae — it's green energy.
It's better than burning corn and driving up the cost of livestock feed and tacos.
Now to produce enough algae to make it economically doable — that's the question.
If not will kudzu work???
To make this feasible on any significant scale,,,,how big are the algae ponds going to have to be? What's the growth/turnover rate of the algae?
"In the PNNL process, a slurry of wet algae is pumped into the front end of a chemical reactor. Once the system is up and running, out comes crude oil in less than an hour, along with water and a byproduct stream of material containing phosphorus that can be recycled to grow more algae."
So in this process more potential energy from oil is produced than energy consumed?
Grow it on sewage.
I wonder what the EROEI on algae is.
What investment of man hours, raw material and energy has to be put into each barrel of oil from this method?
I could get my 13 year old to power the house with a stationary bike generator, but then I would have to feed him. Not worth it.
Well, is this cost-effective (or could it be made to be) with shale oil?
If not, then it stands little chance of replacing that source. No matter how "green" the biological source of petroleum may be, there is a cost-benefit ratio that has to be respected.
Even if it's break even or not-quite break even, it still might be worth doing.
It converts intermittent sunlight into a continuous oil stream.
If it disposes of an otherwise burdensome waste stream.
"So in this process more potential energy from oil is produced than energy consumed?"
I think if you add in the sunlight and CO2 the algae needs it will be a slight net loss, given entropy (TdeltaS).
I doubt they sieve algae from water directly, though you could.
This is an interesting way of turning solar energy into a usable fuel.
Tens of millions of acres of algae pools to produce significant amounts of oil, not likely to be competitive with drilled wells.
You don't feed him now?
May as well salvage something from the food budget...
Thanks FO the post.
By th way, this wouldn have to be excepted.
Not true.
While I am not suggesting truth in the global warming / carbon output scam, the algae to oil plans result if far less carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
The end product is essentially the same, but to grow the algae, it removes CO2 to grow. So what is released is carbon that was already in the air, not captured underground.
This isn't activism.
Algae to oil processes are essentially a solar energy process. Sunlight provides the energy the algae needs to grow and build its hydrocarbon chains. The processing is just "squeezing out" the chemical energy captured from the solar energy input.
Maybe this is proof that during the dinosaur age oil was created from huge amounts of algae that grew during that time were covered over and buried while other plant growth turned to coal.
Not to mention the smell.
The US Dept of Agriculture currently pays BILLIONS out via the Crop Reduction Program (CRP). This program pays farmers with land that could be farmed, to not farm.
I am of the opinion, that a significant reduction of our foreign oil dependence along with an improvement in the cash flows for farms could be achieved if the USDA would require the production of X numbers of gallons of algae in order to qualify for Y number of acres in the CRP program.
Further, tax breaks could be provided to ag co-ops that build algae collection and process to oil facilities that could then be shipped via trains to refineries.
Growing algae can be done in tanks, in ponds, etc. Farmers might even be able to process the algae into bio-diesel for their own farm equipment thus reducing their costs. The algae can then be sold to the co-op, the co-op collect and process into oil and the oil sold to refineries. In essence, boot strapping a whole ag industry that would be a whole lot more efficient that trying to turn food (corn) into fuel (ethanol).
This process uses 'wet algae'; that's the major difference. Using the 'reactor' is akin to cooking your chicken in an oven vs. a pressure-cooker; much greater efficiency. I believe Sapphire Energy is also using the 'wet' process, but that's not been revealed that I can find.
My 'geek' was stimulated by this research...fascinating.
This may explain Abiotic oil theories that have long been laughed at by enviromentalmidgets.
The problem with solar has always been storage. This seems like a good solution.
Of course the greenies will attempt to ban the technology.
Good. Now make several million gallons of it per day. Oh, and keep the price per gallon at $2.50 or less.
I considered that. But I respectfully disagree:
An Alternative to corn-to-ethanol processes & fringe electric/battery tech funded by MASSIVE government investment & bias (both resulting from its own 'activism') is, indeed, Activism.
IMHO. Am I wrong?
If it proves to be economically viable, the greenies will hate it and try to ban it.
If it's a worthless sinkhole of resources, they'll tout it as the way of the future and demand subsidies.
Good news everybody.
But I do have a few questions:
1. What are the resource requirements and energy inputs into growing the algae?
2. What are the resource requirements and energy inputs into reacting the algae into oil?
3. Does the energy output from burning the oil exceed the energy inputs into the total process?
4. Is the growth and reaction processes expandable and sustainable?
5. Are there any undesirable byproducts of the growth and reactions processes?
That is all.
Bump for later
Now I'm confused. You threw me with the 'isn't activism' statement.
The forum is News/Activism.
If this isn't at least news, please direct me to which forum applies in this case.
Not being an a$$; trying to understand and elaborating that I've thought this, and other posts, through.
"This may explain Abiotic oil theories that have long been laughed at by enviromentalmidgets."
Man, the Enviros are going to be pi$$ed.....
It may be a very large amount of oil, but the way things are going, we will be eating the algae and walking to work.
So, the same process can probably be used with any carbon based material when mixed with a proportion amount of H2O under tremendous pressure and heat. And since it's just recycling carbon, there is no need for a carbon credit scheme.
As big as Mars, maybe?
look for PETA to start a campaign to prevent harm to algae.
My question is:
How much does it cost?
If its going to be cheaper per gallon, great. If its going to cost more per gallon, it is not worth doing.
It is going to have to be significantly cheaper per gallon to be worth investing in all the infrastructure that it would need.
maybe it does not take "millions and millions" of years to make crude oil "naturally" either.
This shows the Biotic production of oil, the same process that when trapped away from oxygen in ocean/lake sediment, produced the oil we harvest from drilling.
This is "bio-diesel" they've been putting in Navy ships?
Imagine algae on the endangered species list.
Probably very uneconomical.
Would be useful to produce fuels off earth though.
biotic is biological, grown.
abiotic is non-biological, not-grown.
If we anticipate a steady stream operation right at the refinery, the first question is; What sort of VOULUME, capacity, output is feasible with such a lash-up? It's an interesting process, but if it only produces a few gallons of gasoline or jet fuel or whatever per day, what's the excitement about?
Thermal Depolymerization Process oil has been around for a while. The process is designed to handle almost any waste product imaginable, including turkey offal, tires, plastic bottles, harbor-dredged muck, old computers, municipal garbage, cornstalks, paper-pulp effluent, infectious medical waste, even oil-refinery residues. There are actually three product streams: a form of natural gas, varying grades of petroleum (depending on the feedstock being reduced), and various minerals, either as elemental metals or oxides. The substance goes into the reaction retort vessel as a watery slurry, and cooking time is a matter of only a few hours. Actually, the superheated steam under pressure (two to five atmospheres) is what does the conversion. There is a serious amount of heat that has to be applied to start the process, but once under way, the gaseous volatiles are enough fuel to keep the process going in a series of other retorts, in various stages of the cook-down. The other problem is keeping the process supplied with feedstock material, much like an incinerator that burns trash for power generation. The kinds and composition of the feedstock have to be carefully monitored, but this is a doable technique. It would work very well on a high-volume sewage processing facility, for example, with no need for drying down the residue.
In part, perhaps. But personally I believe Thomas Gold was right about the abiotic origins of most of the hydrocarbons we extract from the earth.
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The organ in Christchurch Town Hall's main auditorium has sustained 'unbelievably minimal damage' following recent earthquakes, a report says.
Two of Christchurch's popular outdoor swimming pools, located at Jellie Park and Halswell, have had their summer opening dates pushed back.
After a lack of sporting events being held in Christchurch this year, the City and its residents can look forward to playing proud host to the 93rd BMW NZ Open Championship at the Clearwater Golf Club from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 December, 2011.
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Beautiful full bread boxer puppies born on June 1st.
Tails docked and dewclaw removed. Will be dewormed and have there first shots prior to leaving to new homes.
Mother is flashy brindle and father is dark brindle. Both very muscular. Very playful with great temperament. Raised around children.
Litter of 8 puppies, 6 females and 2 males. 1st and 2nd pick already taken.
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Our pups were born april 24th . they are 6 weeks old , thier tails are docked and they come with thier first shots and dewormed . mother and father are on premises , great temperments . we are looking for boxer families only . families who have had boxers and what it takes to raise them up lol they need alot of attention.
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After months of training, Fred has decided it's time for Vivian and Geoff to try their skills on a real case. The family is approached by a timid man who says he has a slight ghost problem, but when the family investigates, they discover much, much more.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic to get 2 new expansions in 2014
Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare has confirmed that the MMO will receive two new DLC expansions in 2014.
It comes from this official blog post (which is down as the SWTOR site is currently undergoing maintenance), in which senior producer Bruce Maclean wrote, "Expect to see two digital expansions in 2014 just like you did last year, with one similar to Galactic Starfighter in scope and one more closely resembling Rise of the Hutt Cartel."
He added that SWTOR will receive new bug-fixes on a three week basis, and should see substantial new updates every nine weeks. New expansions aside, there's also a range of PVP seasons, dungeons, raids, items and much more on the way too.
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