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A day at Otto's: Circa 1990
Otto Huber, the founder and 40-year owner of Otto's Import Store and Delicatessen, died of natural causes at his Burbank home. He was 77.
While researching his legacy for Wednesday's edition of the Leader, Huber's family sent me a local newspaper article by correspondent James Danelli. The April 25, 1990, story from the Burbank Leader is attached below:
Otto's Delicatessen
Pickle or polka, you'll find it here
By James Danelli, Correspondent
Accepting an assignment to write about guy named Otto, owner and operator of Otto's Import and Delicatessen, this reporter for one was a little skeptical.
After all, who would have thought that being inside his store s like taking a trip to Hungary, of that Otto himself would whip it some polkas on his computerized accordion, or that his beautiful wife, Irma, would make me an "Otto Special" – a sandwich where the meat is piled as high as the hospitality?
Otto bought the property, located at the corner of Clark and Brighton in Burbank, some 20 years ago. At the time it was just a regular corner grocery store. That was before his Hungarian friends asked him to carry different specialty foods and meats that are important to many Hungarian dishes.
There's antique cookware and Hungarian books and records stacked along the crowded aisles a decorum not at all keeping with the "Play the California Lottery" banner nearby.
In the midst of it all sits a display case filled with beautiful Hungarian porcelain figurines. Read the rest of this entry »
Former Leader, News-Press columnist weighs in on airport curfew
The FAA in the next three weeks will announce its decision on whether to grant or deny the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's application for a nighttime noise curfew at Bob Hope Airport.
In reading through the letters submitted to the authority last year and FAA this summer, several stood out from a crowd of government officials, airline and cargo associations and valley residents. One in particular, from former Leader and Glendale News-Press columnist Will Rogers, was submitted July 3 under Docket No. FAA – 2009 – 0546.
I've copied the letter in its entirety below for your reading pleasure. A PDF of the letter and whimsical attachment is here.
I am writing to urge FAA approval of the Part 161 application made with regard to the imposition of a nighttime curfew at the Bob Hope Airport In Burbank, Calif.
When the city of Burbank conducted a referendum among voters in 1976 to approve the creation of the Airport Authority that currently operates the airport, voters approved that undertaking with the understanding that panel of representatives from a trio of area cities would operate the facility in a manner that did not increase the airport's impacts on the community which serves as its host: Burbank. I believe this is every bit an urgent consideration as the entirety of the airport's application.
I confess skepticism that missives such as this one are actually given even cursory consideration as part of the review process, and so I am reluctant to invest the massive amounts of time required to document those assurances, and the facility's operations on the 33 years since that date. But I will be happy to provide that information on request.
Ultimately, the point is that, had Burbank voters realized there was any possibility that "local control" of the facility, and the meaningful restriction of noise impacts would fall by the wayside and control would fall to the federal government, the proposal would have failed dismally back in 1976, and the facility simply would not exist today for the subsequent debate and current Part 161 application to take place. Read the rest of this entry »
PETA cries 'fowl' outside "Jay Leno Show"
A flock of animal-rights activists dressed as chickens descended on NBC Studios Tuesday to shame Jay Leno into dropping McDonald's from a planned promotion.
Flapping their wings and hoisting signs that read "McDonald's: Nothing But Cruelty," and "McCruelty: I'm Hatin' It," protesters with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals lined a stretch of Bob Hope Drive as "The Jay Leno Show" prepared to unveil a promotion for McDonald's Monopoly contest.
Full story here.
PETA to protest outside "Jay Leno Show"
PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, announced plans to dress up in chicken costumes for a demonstration outside a taping of "The Jay Leno Show."
The group is feuding with Leno over an in-show promotion featuring McDonald's Monopoly-related contest.
PETA is asking Leno to use his influence to benefit the millions of birds who end up as McNuggets, PETA officials said statement.
"McDonald's still allows its U.S. suppliers to cut chickens' throats while they are still conscious and even scald birds to death in defeathering tanks," wrote Dan Mathews, PETA senior vice president. "We hope that you'll use your unique position to urge McDonald's to adopt the more humane chicken-slaughter standards already in place in Europe."
The protest is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. outside the Burbank studio.
Burbank class teaches legal pot growing
While Glendale looks to introduce a 45-day moratorium on pot dispensaries, Burbank teaches classes in Cannabis.
From ABC 7 News
It's a fast-growing market in California: medical marijuana. Wednesday career-minded people got together to learn everything about pot dispensaries, from legal issues to making brownies.
Welcome to the Cannabis Career Institute. Wednesday night's class: the Medical Marijuana Business 101. Forty eager students learn from a top advocate the ins and outs of starting up in this "budding" industry.
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I made this collage for the library – it was supposed to be a "quick craft" and ended up taking me several days! It went through many UGLY stages before I was finally satisfied. My hope is that they frame it and sell it with the understanding that I will add a quote if the buyer wants one. I'm so bad with quotes! And, they are personal…so this way they can pick what they want.
I think it's the final details that bring a collage together – I liked it a lot more once I did some pen work -
It's hard to catch it on camera but this collage glimmers with different pigment powders and paints. I was inspired by this pin on Pinterest. I started with a piece of cardboard and mod podged torn up magazine pages over the entire thing – then traced the bird and branch and painted around them…it gives it all a nice texture.
It was also Abby's birthday this week – I made her a couple new pillow cases and put some new pillows in them.
I got the fabric at a garage sale for one dollar!!! The fabric on the cuffs was from my stash – a gift from a friend of a friend.
She likes them! (And Grandma Mary we did get your phone call and card – thank you!!)
Well, that's it – got a new project on the craft table right now – here's a peek -
It was a wooden tray that I've started painting and papering… Happy Crafting!!!

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Obits for Albert Brunner, a General Tire and Rubber retiree, and Virgie Farris, cafeteria manager for Cuyahoga Falls schools, can be read on the newly launched Cuyahoga Falls Patch.
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Random Rant
I'm not feeling well at the moment. I think I got food poisoning or something along those lines. Note to self and those who are reading this: do not consume leftover pizza that is four days old, no matter how "normal" it looked or tasted. I repeat, do not! Trust me on this one.
I finally finished watching Save the Last Dance for Me after it has been taking space on my computer for months. I also finished The Snow Queen. So that's a total of 36 hours of my life, mostly wasted on nothing more than eye candies. Surprisingly, I liked the former more than the latter even though it doesn't have Hyun Bin. I'm not that shallow, you know. I can be objective too, sometimes.
I'm also done with Hwang Jin Yi and I loved it! One of the best dramas I've seen to date. I've been wanting to write a review of sort for the drama but it's quite difficult coming up with right wording and organizing all my thoughts into one that's coherent and detailed. I'll try and see if I can get one together because I really want to get the word out on how great this show is. Highly recommended!
The premiere for Witch Amusement will be pushed back as Surgeon Bong Dal Hee will be extended to 18 episodes due to its high ratings.
I also read that the airing date for Time Between Wolf and Dog will be further delayed until September. Aish, really. Let this be the official date. Please, no more delays!
Thanks to this blog, my respect for Hollywood has changed dramatically. Not that Hollywood cares about what a little person like me thinks about them, but I'm writing this as a kind of "just so you know.." type thing.
I'm probably going to do episodic summaries and/or screencaps of Hello!Miss because this blog is, afterall, "mukgu-fied." March 19th is the premiere. It's next Monday! Woot woot!


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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Photo Storage
I'd be interested in your thoughts and the alternatives ...... I'd insert a photo but ....... oops !!
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A Flickr Pro Account costs money - I signed up for mine a year or so back and from memory it was because I'd reached my limit - not sure how much I pay could be $24.95 for 12mths?ReplyDelete
I like Flickr - it's easy, efficient and I have a certain amount of control over where my photos might end up.
Haven't come across this before, but hopefully someone will have the answer for all of us!!! Disappearing blogs won't make for happy sewers...ReplyDelete
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Yes, I do think about this. I used to upload my pictures as they came off the camera - in high resolution. Once I realized this was wasting space on my Picasa account, I started resizing my images so they are much smaller before uploading them. In 3 years (since starting my blog), I have used up 1/3rd of my Picasa limit. By extrapolation I have another 6 years to go. Maybe I should consider sizing my images down even further.ReplyDelete
Another thing I did this year was to delete about a dozen posts. These were early posts where I didn't like the photos, or the garments, etc. I first backed up the posts (and comments) to my local drive, as well as the corresponding photos. Most of these photos were of the larger variety.
I also created a free account on another photo hosting site, in fact, I have one on Flickr and another on Imgur. I prefer Picasa over Flickr because it has a larger limit.
Anyway, this is all to say, I have thought about it. It would make me sad if I had a paid image account, then passed away, and my images disappeared from my blog.
Oooops, this is the first I've heard of this problem. I wonder if you could simply start your blog under a new name with brand new storage capacity?ReplyDelete
I think about this as well. I store in Picasa, and like shams, I've deleted a few posts, and I try to purge the photos I've not used. This got me in trouble recently, though, when I inadvertently deleted a profile pic!ReplyDelete
I don't take my "fashion" shots in high resolution - if I'm only doing it for blogland, I use a mid resolution. I think I have a ways to go before using up all of my storage.
I'm too cheapImeanfrugal to pay lol!
I store, edit and catalogue all my photos on whatever software comes with the computer I have at the time, or the software that came with whatever camera I am using at the time.ReplyDelete
My point is to be selective with what you upload to flikr then it will take much longer to get to use up the limit. Picasa tends to grab everything and it becomes much harder to control.
I resize my pics down for my blog because I had seen other bloggers have to deal with lack of storage. I store the high res pics at home and I'm slowly figuring out an online storage solution. Flickr has been handy but I'm not sure about continuing with this account as yet.ReplyDelete
I hope you come up with a solution that suits your needs and budget.
I do like Shams: decrease the size of my photos before uploading them to Picasa. I started my blog in 2007 and without seriously cleaning up on pictures at any time I've used only 24% of the allowed space. That's another 15 years to go!ReplyDelete


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Petaluma Valley Hospital is a vital community-owned asset. The Petaluma Health Care District wants to assure this community that we continue to work diligently through the multi-faceted and increasingly complex process of transitioning our hospital's operations from St. Joseph's Health (SJH) to Paladin Healthcare.
Throughout our District's 70-year history we have harnessed the community's vision and provided oversight to ensure southern Sonoma County's health care needs are met. As your public agency, local access to a thriving hospital is a primary objective — this means ensuring a facility that meets the community's current and long-term needs via a lease that protects core hospital services and provides ongoing investment in infrastructure, state-of-the art medical equipment and technology, and people.
We understand the due-diligence process to identify and select a long-term operator, which has consumed the District for more than two years, has been lengthier than anticipated and some feel it is not as transparent as it could be. We sympathize, and we feel it too. The District has always aimed to keep the community abreast of the steps toward securing the best operator for the next long-term lease. Until an agreement is reached, we are required to follow a specific process that enables us to negotiate the best outcome for Petaluma. We have shared, and will continue to share, as much information as possible as we hit specific process milestones. This includes notifying the press of updates, holding community meetings and forums to solicit feedback and answer questions, and providing the opportunity to sign up for bi-weekly updates via our website: www.phcd.org.
The District continues to work through the critical transitional planning required to get a measure on the ballot for public vote. Here's where we are:
Initially, the District moved forward in good faith to reach a new lease arrangement with our current operator, SJH. Ultimately, and to our surprise, SJH ended negotiations after nine months, as we were unable to reach agreement on three material terms: Fair market rent, which the District is required to charge by law; a non-compete clause assuring that SJH would not offer services in Petaluma that could and should be offered through PVH; and maintaining women's health services.
After SJH ended negotiations, the District immediately re-engaged in a process to identify an alternative and new hospital operator. Paladin Healthcare was chosen based on its thorough proposal that aligned with community-identified priorities, demonstrated its strengths as an organization, and articulated a strong vision for PVH. It took the District and Paladin six weeks to negotiate a letter of intent under the same terms pursued with SJH.
Since then the District has been and continues to be actively engaged in finalizing a new lease with Paladin and an Operations Transfer Agreement with SJH – a complicated and charged process because the District is essentially brokering the transition of all hospital operations from SJH to Paladin. We are endeavoring to ensure that SJH, part of the Providence Health System, fulfills its legal obligation to return a viable, functioning hospital to the District so that we can then lease hospital operations to a new operator.
Representatives from the three parties involved – the District, SJH and Paladin – have been meeting weekly to discuss various aspects of the agreements. As a result of SJH's decision years ago to adopt a regional IT system that includes PVH, it is exceedingly complex and expensive to develop a new IT system and required interfaces to allow for the transfer of PVH with a functioning IT system on the effective date of a new lease. There are meetings taking place to evaluate the full cost of creating an IT platform outside of the regional IT system that SJH set up, and we are making every effort to streamline the process and to reduce the associated costs. The District expects SJH to fulfill its financial, operational and other obligations resulting from its business decisions and to transition our viable and functioning hospital back to the District.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
School has been a mad rush
So, my day so far has been....
Up at 5 am to cut and wash what I can for tonight's dinner. Bring out the meat/fish to the fridge to defrost.
Leave for work at 6 am.
The most relaxing time I have is from 6am - 3 pm. Yes, I finish work at 3 during daylight saving time and 4 pm for the other 6 months of the year.
2.59 pm, I shut down my laptop! Leave at 3 pm on the dot.
Drive as fast as I can home using the shortest route possible. 20 minutes. 3.20 pm.
I try to put in 30 minutes of exercise. But have to alternate this with house cleaning now. 4 pm.
Cook. Wash up all the pots. Clean the kitchen floor and walls. 4.30 pm.
Bathe, rest a while and take a little bite. Leave the house to pick up boyboy. 5 pm.
Reach home and let him play outside for a while. 5.30 pm.
Give him his dinner, followed by fruits, followed by some other desert of his choosing, followed by some more biscuits! He can really eat, I tell you! 6.30 pm.
Hubby is back! GREAT!!!!
Wash up and wipe the floor where boyboy was sitting and eating and messing everything up! 7.15 pm.
Get hubby's dinner ready. Take boyboy up for his bath. 7.40 pm.
Watch some TV (snatches). Read to boyboy. Teach him a bit. 9 pm.
Time for milk. Hubby brings boyboy up to bed. 9.10 pm
Iron clothes (more becuase of boyboy's uniform!!! but since I am at it....). 9.40 pm.
Bath (again) and pray, talk to boyboy till I get sleepy myself. Or if boyboy is already in bed, catch up on my reading. 10.30 pm.
If I am lucky, boyboy's talking/screaming in his sleep, hubby's snoring or my growling tummy will not wake me.
And then the new day starts again.
Boyboy is eating alot these days. It's like a never ending process of feeding! And I have to come up with dishes that he can poke himself on one side, and his rice with soup on the other side. AND I am sooooo running out of ideas!!!! What more have to be yummy!
Monday took leave from the kitchen.
Tuesday was carrots and potatoes and fish.
Wednesday was fishballs and celery.
Today will be omellete, rice pancake.
Can make small meat balls next week.
Any other ideas?
7 comments:
- Cynthia said...
Hi, first time to your blog :) Nice schedule to keep you busy ya :) but you are doing very well with it :) *clap clap* mummy!
- June 17, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Ponytail said...
Okay, since you r looking for meatballs recipe, I just happen to have 1 that I learned from my Mom recently after her trip to China. You can use mince chicken or pork, add in chopped onions (big ones), a little salt + pepper + corn flour and five spice powder. Mix them all together and make into meatballs, the size is up to you. Steam the meatballs for a while (you can choose to skip this step also but the meatballs might not hold so well together during frying). Beat one egg and dip the meatballs into the egg. Fry the meatballs with a little oil.
Zoe loves this dish and it goes well with some tomato or chilli sauce too.
- June 17, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- LittleLamb said...
suggest u buy a recipe book n follow 1 recipe a day.........
i'm using one..n work well for me.
- June 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- mommy to chumsy said...
daylight savings time? you work for a North American company? Nice to leave work at 3pm eh? no jam at all :D cook more eggs..different style so it's like a different dish..hahahaah
- June 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- reanaclaire said...
yeah..what company that allows u go off at 3pm? hahaha...so wonderful boss.. so this is yr day? well, reminds me of my kids when they were young as yours too... no time wasted..and the best time is hitting the pillow as early as 11pm those days... phew..
- June 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Julie said...
So nice you can leave office early but hate the early morning part.
Try steam egg with minced meat and add some diced pumpkin. Mushroom? Christopher don't like vege? You can try cucumber stir fry with dried shrimp. Jonathan likes it a lot and the cucumber is soft.
- June 18, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- andrewjune said...
wow you sure hv a very BUSY schedule everyday!
waking up at 5am to cut wash for dinner...that is something i really can't do! waking up that early! i salute you to that!
you're really one dedicated lady...to career, to family and to yourself! juggling btw your work, your hubby and son, cooking and also hv some time for exercise...wow! i salute again to you for that!
boy boy is really blessed to hv such a devoted mum :-)
and here's also wishiong ur hubby a happy father's day!
- June 18, 2009 at 9:16 AM


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"Like as to make our appetites more keen" a new gadget has arrived in time for weekend experiments. I'm going to implement that "use what you have" strategy so successful in the Iron Chefs' ice cream makers. I'm looking through the cabinets and thinking tea-flavored sorbets and candied fruit and nut frozen custards (herbal teas from flu season and leftover Easter ingredients).
Friday, May 30, 2008
Frozen treats of doubtful authenticity
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- Cristina said...
The very very best ice cream recipe in the whole entire world is in City Cuisine. Endlessly adaptable, though written as is for lemon ice cream is my favorite. Everything I've cooked from this book is amazing.
- May 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- miscelenious said...
Tea sorbet sounds delicious and so many combinations to experiment with! I did giggle when I read the part about leftover Easter ingredients because my sad twisted brain immediately thought of frozen peep ice cream...
- June 1, 2008 at 10:54 AM
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Despite low blood cell counts, low platelets and being in isolation Sy is still in good spirits. I'd like to think it was because I spent he last 2.5 days with him, but I think it's probably his new obsession with Facebook and farmville. So if you have it, hook his farm up and make his day. But on to the serious stuff...his temperature is back to normal, his blood cell counts are increasing thanks to another transfusion and isolation. This morning Sy received a platlette transfusion and his numbers are expected to increase more by tomorrow. If all goes well there is a good chance Sy will be back home tomorrow evening. He will them get to be home for the weekend before returning for round 6 of chemotherapy. So keep him in your thoughts, prayers and facebooks. :)
Don't forget about the Cancer Sucks/ Team Sy bracelets. All proceeds go to helping Sy fight this battle.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bump in the road
With 6 rounds under his belt, chemo is doing it's job and Sy is staying strong. Masses continue to shrink or stay the same which is great news. Despite all the great news and Sy's amazing strength he still hits some bumps along the way. On Friday Sy got his second blood transfusion which was needed because his counts were low. He also had a 102 fever which as more then enough for Salinas Memorial to admit Sy and transfer her by ambulance back to LCPH. His fever has dropped and is on antibiotics for a small infection. Doctors want to keep him undress observation until his counts get back up, infection clear and fever completely gone. They expect this to take a few days but hopefully not longer than that since he has to be back on Friday for more scans and round 7 starts Next Monday. In the mean time Sy is doing well, watching cartoons and his nurses let him give himself his medicine which continues to amaze me. Please keep sending positive thoughts and prayers, we also still have bracelets if you'd like to help support Sy.
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Congrats Sergio and Jessica. Married March 27 at Saguaro Buttes. What a beautiful day. What a very very sweet couple. You may recognize some of the pictures from our web site. Several of them were so dramatic we added them right away.
Like this shot. WOW...The blue just jumps off the page. They had a good size wedding party and a good looking group at that.
Jessica had the girls practicing line dancing before the ceremony. It was adorable. They continued after getting dressed and here they are on in action.
Jessica was glowing all day, just a stunning bride. All the girls had silver shoes and a style to match their taste. They were scattered all over so what a photo op.
The guys were not short of having fun themselves. Lots of playing around and having a good time.
Ceremonies are the reason we come to the party and Children make some of the best shots. I love this little guy being curious with Jon's camera.
Several members of the wedding party including the groom were ball players through college and I believe into the pro's. So of coarse they had to incorporate some of this into the theme. Look real close you can see home plate in front of the bride. Guys.....it is great when you put your touch on the wedding. Check out this cake topper. And, look at that colorful cake.
All I can say about this next shot.......OMG Stunning!!
Jessica and Sergio surprised the guest when they broke out in a crazy and fun choreographed dance.
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The cushion cover is coming on and I am so pleased with the colours. I have played around with the photo and think these colours are more like they should be. I often find my photos are not quite right as far as colours go but I am slowly learning a few tricks of the trade!
And the beanies for the Christchurch babies are also coming on. A friend has completed the ones in the first photo and mine are the second. This will be 'it' for a while as I feel a bit beanied out and want to get on with some other projects, painting as well. It was lovely to receive the bundle from my friend and she has loved doing them as well.
The computer is incredibly slow today and keeps timing out so I'm thinking I have loaded something and am waiting waiting for it to go through when I realize that I have no internet...so no more photos today.
Yesterday I went to a rose specialist nursery and came home with two special treats, a Mutabalis and a
General Galliani, two that daughter Kate often talks about. It is fun for the two of us to have the same albeit in different countries.As a family we love to swap bits fro the garden and it is very frustrating not to send Kate back to NZ with a cutting or two. at least this way we can talk about what our rose is doing!! Now my problem is where to put them, maybe I'll do a bit of shifting first. it is a beautiful day today so am looking forward to getting outside. A light frost made writing this blog first was a more attractive proposition though.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend as i will, the forecast is good so probably will be outside, otherwise i will go on with the painting I have begun...I may show it later...if I like what I am doing!!


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The Cold Bear Challenge is tough. It is often cold. The trail conditions can be unridable at times. What's more is that some participants push morbidly obese bicycles up the steep and copious hills. Last year I put my blood sweat and tears into the seriess and came out in second place in the advanced category. For my efforts I was rewarded with a cup. However, my prized pint glass/ trophy from the Cold Bear Challenge has broke, shattered into a hundred little pieces. This happened months ago, and I have been mourning ever since, slowly progressing through the five stages of loss. My therapist says I should move on. Maybe I should. No. I can't. I can't move on because I keep stepping on the glass' invisible shards, the ones that scattered into the kitchens corners upon impact, the ones so tiny that not even a broom can sweep them up. A pin prick in the heal every now and then, a cold jolt in a big toe. I dig out these thin shards with a tweezers and hold them up to the light. The tiny reminders shine with my blood. Like I said, the Cold Bear is tough. This time next year I hope to be stepping on first place, pug catagogy shards of glass.
That's right the pug frame I've had hanging on a hook for the last year is coming together. Ben at Milltown Cycles is setting me up with some wheels (White non-trash Darryls). Due to a ordering mix-up with White Industries however, only the front wheel will be ready for tomorrows race. If you need some better wheels for your Mukluk call up Ben. He's got some Darryls on hand, and I'm sure he wont mess up your order. Sponsor plug aside, one of my cohorts may lend me a rear marge. That is if the aforementioned individual has forgotten about my reputation of breaking wheels. I've said too much. Peace out.


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There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want
Bill Watterson
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It has been two years since I wrote last.
Many things have happened.
The mystery of time, how two years can sound so long and go so fast.
I've had the flash of an urge to write on the blog, but that's all it has been over these past many months. I've just recovered from a bad cold and my energy is back up and I'm feeling good. It makes me grateful to be alive and moving.
The sun is shinning out side my store window and the cool crisp scent of fall is in the air, with winter just around the Corner. Customers preparing for the coming snows are in buying books so they can do nothing in comfort. (Some people think reading is doing nothing, some of us think it is much more than that)
This time of year often makes me want to curl up with my computer and write, and do nothing else for a while. Gather my thoughts, spin story wool, and make gold of it... if I can. I have so many stops and starts, I wonder if transformation will ever happen, and a satisfying ending find me. (A novel) No matter the outcome, I still have the impulse to write.
This weekend I'm going to cloister myself and attempt to restart.
At least I'm back on the blog doing nothing.
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The nothing of blogging is at least a substantial nothing. It often has proverbial meat on its bones and emotional grit behind its words.ReplyDelete
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You are an Inspiration to me, both personally and spiritually. Bless you, and Thank you for your friendship and writings. U should Blog more.ReplyDelete
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Hi guys, counting down the days and the projects and this one is all about the cool tees we made for the trip this past weekend.
Bleached Mickey head shirts
For these I used some clear contact paper and cut out heads with the cricut, stuck them to the shirts and then sprayed them with bleach and then removed the contact paper.
Hubby wanted his to be a bit different so after he peeled of the contact paper he added more detail with a bleach pen and a sharpie. They turned out really cool. I am really happy with them.
Vanellope Von Schweetz Hoodie
For this one I found a shirt on Ebay that was the right color and had a hood and the kangaroo pocket. I string Fuchsia string through hood and through kangaroo pouch to give the stitching her hoodie had. To finish it off because I am not going to brave a skirt at a theme park all day, I added a pleated brown ribbon to bottom (hubby's brilliant idea) to mimic her candy wrapper skirt.
Candy hair clips
You can't dress up like Vanellope without her candy sprinkle hair, so I ordered some resin gummy bears on esty and got some mini peppermint ornaments at Christmas and glued them on some hair clips I bought at Hobby Lobby and tada! Hair clips!!
Rapunzel Top
I am really thrilled with how this turned out. Again I bought a shirt on Ebay, then I used peel'nstick fabric adhesive and created the corset and added the ribbon on the sleeves. I also sewed on some lace to top to give more detailed look. So Happy with all our creations, can't wait to wear them!
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OCEAN Of SORROWS
Ach...there is so much that I need to say and say right now, only the words I need to express those feelings and ideas (that are wearing a hole in my SOUL at the moment) have NOT been invented yet...at least in any language that I happen to know!
I have often felt as if all the familiar links that I previously have had to my sanity were being challenged and stretched to the very limit....Yet today, well this is different. The links themselves have actually snapped, Pop, Pop, Pop....one after another and my mind is left abandoned to it's own devices.
I think I'm in some trouble here and have not really dealt with such intensity so focused in my mind.
Some years ago..even before I was raped at age 12, I started to have nightmares (both at night and during the day while I was by all purposes asleep) of violent death, enduring endless shellfire and combat in Great War Trenches. I could not shut them off and I feared for my sanity. My parents took me to see a shrink to get some answers about these awful dreams but nothing was ever diagnosed...except a vivid sub-conscious imagination, I guess.
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At first glance, these women look oh-so-gorgeous and sexy, no wonder why Amber Valletta once said, "women with short hair lace wigs are really sexy. There's something liberating about freeing yourself from the norms." You've worn long braids, tried different extensions and weave, but what about short hair? According to Helle Berry, "there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair" and we can instantly see that in these South African celebs. So, if you've been pondering whether to grab those scissors, please allow these beautiful women to inspire you.
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Remember all those Disney Pins I showed you here? As you can see I have A LOT of pins. Definitely way too many to wear on a lanyard and walk around Disney for a day. Luckily for me I have not only a very beautiful girlfriend, but also a very smart and creative girlfriend.
As a gift for me she made me this:
It is just a piece of foam board with a ribbon stitched in around the edge. Obviously it is the shape of a hidden Mickey! JC made this for me to have a place to keep and display my favorite Disney Pins!
I finally found some time during my busy four-day weekend to put together my pins and organize them on the board. I will probably need another board/need to reorganize the board every now and then when I find more awesome pins (especially Figment pins) on our trips to Disney World. Sunday (Mother's Day 2010) we hit the parks with FOUR lanyards (JC, JC's mom, my mom's and mine) and attacked many an unsuspecting cast member so I already ended up with some new pins that I will want to add.
But here is what I currently have:
I kind of have it grouped the best way I can. The bottom is all my figment pins (can you tell I like Figment?) plus I have another section with Donald pins and the upper left is my three festival pins.
I proudly have my pins displayed on my new desk and I love it! JC happens to have a LOT more pins than I do so she made herself some Disney pin boards:
Aren't they cute?
I'm glad I got this amazing girl in my life to help me out with things like this! I was just keeping mine in a zip lock bag!!!


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Friday, July 31, 2009
07/31 No trading Today
Once things get into gear the PM job will be done after trading, so everything will be back in its place. As much as I can, I'll trade, just as long as it is in the right time-frame. No sense in chasing pips..
Thursday, July 30, 2009
07/30 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+ Properly allocated for the trade
Keeping Limits: A+
Stop Management: C Did not manage it on the first trade
Trade Set-up: B Taking the first set-up was a mistake.
1) Short EUR/USD: Took the trade without waitting for a retracement, the breakout set-up is confirmed with a retracement and continuation. If it had retraced and then broken the low point highlighted in the chart, then it would be a good set-up. I also failed to adjust the stops, no good reason why, just got caught as a "deer staring at the headlights" mode. -4.17% ROI
2) Short EUR/USD: This was a great example of the same breakout pattern, notice we broke the trendline, moving averages and all the support lines in the chart. Made a clear retracement and then broke the low point. Took the trade without hesitation and rode it to its target. +3.87% ROI
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
07/29 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+ Properly allocated for the trade
Keeping Limits: A+ Sticking to a price target is extra difficult because I trade with a group and the folks there advocate for taking small profits. I've posted before regarding my strategy when it comes to risk : reward and taking profits. So I have to be confident in what I'm doing when everyone is jumping off the trade as soon as it moves 1 or 2 pips.
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: A+ Spotted a good set-up and took it without hesitation.
1) Short EUR/USD: This was a 1-2-3 continuation trade, notice there was room to reach the target and no visible price support before the target. With that information I quickly added my lots and took the trade. +3.5% ROI.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
07/28 Day Trading FOREX
I also want to point out that I have been extra conservative with my trading, there were several set-ups that I didn't take because they had some sort of support/resistance between my entry and the profit targets. Eventually they made their way, however, not the usual clear cut that happens when the path is clear. I pasted an example of a trade I didn't take Today.
Capital Allocation: A+ Properly allocated for the trade
Keeping Limits: B Limit was not properly set up on the second time I took the trade
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: A- Spotted a good set-up and took it, got whipsawed the first time.
1) Short GBP/USD: Took the sell twice, the first time got whipsawed (-4.02% ROI), the second made it to the target (+3.17% ROI). At the second entry my limit was a few pips off the target, so it didn't quite fully recover from the first trade.
a) Short EUR/USD: We had the 4250 in the way to the target, see how it bounced from there, this bounce could have hit my stop. Assuming it didn't hit the stop, it took the EUR/USD 15 to 20 minutes working through the barriers. In the trade above, we got to the target in 7 minutes
Monday, July 27, 2009
07/27 - No trading
For my test Today I took a couple of good set-ups that simply fizzled and failed. I was using test money and don't want to mess up my performance adjusting to a different trading time/volume. So, it is better to miss a few sessions and come back whenever possible than it is to try adjusting to an environment that is completely different.
I'll be trading in and out this week, will be posting whenever I can trade.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
07/25 Weekly Review
Day-by-day review:
07/20 - 4 trades, 1 win, 3 losses. -0.97% ROI
07/21 - 3 trades, 1 win, 2 losses. -4% ROI
07/22 - 2 trades, 1 win, 1 loss. -1% ROI
07/23 - 1 trade, 1 win. +3.71% ROI
07/24 - 1 trade, 1 win. +3.6% ROI
Totals for the week:
11 trades, 5 wins, 6 losses. +0.73% ROI (Compounded)
Winning Percentage = 45%
07/25 Anatomy of a Recovery
It takes a lot of effort not to let a string of losing trades spiral out of control, it takes more effort to not let a string of negative days to turn into a negative week. For me, I had to look at myself first, then review my trades and finally make the turn. So, I decided to write this and outline what I did.
First I had to look at myself. Was I trading on my best mood? Best focus? NO, once I realized, I then took a look at what I could do to fix it, like any machine operating under stress, it usually breaks down. This is my case with my own body. I was having a hard time sleeping and was not doing any form of excercise, not to mention eating a lot of white bread. So, I fixed all 3 items on Wednesday: I went running on the beach early in the morning, that gave me energy and focus for the trading day, I fixed my breakfast to remove the white bread and replaced with an Acai shake with banana and oatmeal, I also started reading at night instead of watching TV. That took care of the body.
Also Wednesday, around 8 PM, I was still very focused and took a look at my trades. I realized my failing trades were break-out trades from the top or bottom of channels, then I looked at the market and realized we were in a very tight channel and I should be extra careful not to sell at the bottom nor buy at the top (see posting). This was most important for the turn-around, but it would never come to me if I hadn't "observed" my own self first.
Last, but not least, another key component is the fact that I'm trading with a decent risk to reward ratio. By keeping a 1 to 1 risk to reward (see posting), I ensure that I'm able to be profitable even if my win-ratio is slightly over 50%. If I was trading with a non-favorable risk to reward ratio, a string of losses would be enough to put me back in the red for quite a while.
All that being said, I hope this helps me in future similar situations. Also hope it helps others if they find themselves going through a rough trading time.
Friday, July 24, 2009
07/24 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+ Properly allocated for the trade
Keeping Limits: A+
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: A+ Spotted the set-up and kept an eye on it to make sure I was there to catch when it developed
1) Short GBP/USD: This was a reversal pattern, see how price punched the SMA 21 and then retraced to bounce back down. Following the suggestion from a fellow trader (George) I got in a few pips after it broke bellow the 6450 price level, just to be sure it cleared before I got in. +3.6%
Thursday, July 23, 2009
07/23 Video on win-ratio and risk to reward
In a nutshell, the math is very simple. If you put together a very simple spreadsheet, you'll see that if you take small wins, and accept a much larger loss, you'll need to win a much higher percentage of times in order to make money at the end of the day, the week, the month.
On the other hand, if your wins are bigger than your losses, you don't need to be right a lot of times in order to make money at the end of the day, the week, the month.
It is part of the human phsychology to avoid losses. So, it is normal that a person will gravitate towards taking smaller profits, so they lose less often. However, look at the spreadsheet bellow (click to zoom), you'll see that the right thing to do is not to feel confortable with your wins, but set yourself up with a decent risk-to-reward ratio, so that your losses are not going to hurt you as much. Just to be clear, you will still HATE your losses no matter how small they are, but in the end of the day, you'll be making money.
I've been trading with a 1:1 win:loss ratio, that means if I take a bad trade, all I need is a good trade to recover. It is a lot easier to control capital allocation and risk:reward ratio than it is to trade with a set-up that has over 90% of win-ratio. If you have both, then FANTASTIC, you have a great risk:reward and a great win-ratio, you don't need anything else in life, just to keep doing what you're doing. :)
For my own trading, I've seen my win-ratio around the 68% mark for the good weeks and bellow 50% on the rough weeks. However, I am working consistently in keeping the risk:reward to at least 1:1. In many occasions I'm able to manage the stops on losing trades, reducing their costs and making the risk:reward even better than 1:1. In the long run, I like my odds of making money consistently starting with a decent risk:reward, then moving on to improving the win-ratio.
Like Richard Regan suggests on his video, it is much harder to achieve and sustain a very high win-ratio.
I hope this helps.
07/23 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+ Was able to quickly calculate and allocate the propper number of lots
Keeping Limits: A+
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: A+ Specially great Today, as I avoided at least two trades that would have failed on me.
1) Long GBP/USD: Took the trade as I was about to exit the session, noticed that we had a clear path to the target and didn't hesitate to enter the position. +3.71%
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Rough week so far
07/22 Day Trading FOREX
I also went for a run at the beach this morning, it helps me by giving an extra energy reserve, allowing me to stay focused longer and to not fall into a blame-game when a whipsaw takes me out of a good set-up, like it happened Today. If I don't excercise early in the morning, I end up needing more coffee to stay alert, then it triggers anxiety.. My trading is a lot smoother when I have time to do some morning workout activity
Capital Allocation: B -- I misscalculated the Size of the GBP/USD profit target, took it with 1 extra lot on the first time.
Keeping Limits: A+
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: B -- I missed a great set-up on the AUD/USD, also got whipsawed on a good GBP/USD trade.
Daily Result: -1%
1) Short GBP/USD: Whipsawed and got into the trade by a fraction of a pip, ended up hitting my stop. -4.03%
2) Short GBP/USD: Took the same entry, now it worked. It did however take some heat on its way down, the GBP wasn't moving fast during this time. +3.15%
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
07/21 % ROI & Capital Allocation
I subscribe to a pre-defined money and risk management approach, and the results are just easier to publish if I note the trading account ROI.
Here is what I am currently doing as far as capital allocation: TRADING SMALL. I'm not trading aggressive during these summer months, we've been in a tight range for quite a while now. I'm currently allocating a small % of my capital to Forex trading, and out of that %, only 1/10th is actually available in my trading account.
So, if you see in the blog an ROI of + or - 4% for instance, keep in mind it is 1/10th of my trading capital, therefore, this is really 0.4% per trade. Hope that helps to keep things in perspective
07/21 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+
Keeping Limits: A+ I almost closed the winning AUD/USD trade sooner than the target, but stayed with the trade as planned.
Stop Management: A+
Trade Set-up: C Took two trades that were not the best, one was without the retracement, the second bad trade was against a strong trend.
Daily Result: -4%
1) Short USD/CAD: I took this trade without waitting for a decent retracement, as it happened, "I took the retracement" and it hit my stop. This same set-up at the lower point worked after it retraced. -3.58%
2) Long AUD/USD: I took this as a 1-2-3 continuation, there was room at the top and it made the target. There was some hesitation but not enough to keep price from moving up. +2.97%
3) Long USD/CAD: Took this trade, it was against a strong down-trend, and I thought we'd reverse, bad thinking. It hit my stop right away. -3.4%
Monday, July 20, 2009
07/20 Day Trading FOREX
Capital Allocation: A+ (properly allocated in all trades)
Keeping Limits: A+ (kept limits in all trades)
Stop Management: A+ (managed stops properly in all trades)
Trade set-up: A+ (used confirmation in all trades)
Day's P&L Result: -0.97%
1) Long GBP/USD: This was the first trade for the day, it went positive but then reverted back down hitting my stop. Target was 10 pips, I took it with 3 lots. -2.57%
2) Long AUD/USD: This was a test of sticking with limits, the trade went 1 pip short of the target, when it faded I scaled out 1/2 by closing, kept managing the stop for the remaining 1/2, once again it went short 1 pip of the target and closed at the stop. 8 pip target, used 4 lots. -0.05%
3) Short GBP/USD: Great trade, the best of the day. I called in the room, went right to the target. 8 pips target, used 4 lots, +3.7%
Friday, July 17, 2009
07/17 Weekly Review
I also believe that key in making progress is to be honest with yourself and others, sure, there are days when I wish I could just sweep my losses under the carpet and pretend nothing happened, but what is the learning in there? Well, that all being said, this is why I keep this blog, it is an actual picture of what is going on, for better or worse, I'm human and will make mistakes, the key is how I fix those mistakes and improve myself as a trader.
Day-by-day review:
07/13/09: 6 trades, 5 wins, 1 loss. +0.29% ROI ** Decided to weed out small target trades because they were not allowing 1:1 win:loss ratio
07/14/09: 4 trades, 3 wins, 1 loss. +3.79% ROI
07/15/09: No trades
07/16/08: 4 trades, 2 wins, 2 losses. +1.34% ROI
07/17/09: 2 trades, 1 win, 1 loss. -0.32% ROI
Totals for the week:
16 trades, 11 wins, 5 losses. +5.2% ROI (Compounded)
Winning Percentage: 68%
This is all good and fine, but how did I grade my trades this week? After going over one by one, I want to grade my trading based on a few metrics that are ultimately the most important for long-term success:
1) Entry set-ups: B+. I am pround with myself for spending the entire Wednesday not chasing any trades, a fe traders in the group kept chasing and hit a lot of loss and frustration. I did take a few trades on Thursday that missed the trend-line confirmation
2) Managing Stops: A+ I did a great job managing to move my stop candle after candle, 50% of my losing trades had their stop reduced as I followed the price action. That's a lot of savings!
3) Capital Allocation: C -- I allocated less than I planned for 70% of my trades. Propper allocation would give me at least 20% ROI this week. Here is a goal for next week
4) Managing Exits: C -- I had a few trades where I closed before the limit was hit, I didn't document them, but I know they were there, the worst case is the trade I took this Friday. Once you start stopping manually you enter a state of emotional decision-making and end up cutting yourself short. Here is my secondary goal for next week
07/17 Day Trading FOREX
I took a great GBP/USD trade and a not so great AUD/USD trade. Here they are:
1) Long GBP/USD: Took this 1-2-3 continuation, there was room to the target, but for some reason I can't really explain, other than by saying I've been trading inside a tight range for too long that I got scared to take out a 1-2-3 continuation. So, I exited early.
2) Long AUD/USD: Took this as a breakout and continuation trade, I did not see that resistance line in gray, for one reason or another. Anyway, when the AUD failed to satisfy the target, I started my trade management routine: I sacled out after the Doji showed indecision, then I kept moving my stop for the remaining of the position. The results? I only lost 1/10th of my original risk.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
07/16 Day Trading FOREX
1) Short GBP/USD: Took this reversal after GBP failed to rally above the 6450 price zone. Waited for a 1-2-3 to give me an entry and got to the target.
2) Short EUR/USD: Similar set-up, noticed the weakness at the top and took the 1-2-3 trade. EUR then went on a sideways fashion, I scaled out 1/2 with 0 and kept managing my stop (bringing it down) for the remaining 1/2 of the position.
3) Short GBP/USD: Once again, weak top, and 1-2-3 reversal. What? What do you mean I got stopped out?!?!?. One could go on a blame game, I was angry with myself for about 30 seconds, then took a deep breath and went on looking for what was I doing wrong? Found it fairly quickly, can you guess? Take a look at where my support trend-line is.. It wasn't a break of the trend-line. That is a key component that I look for on these 1-2-3 reversals. Because it wasn't there on my first trade of the day (the one that worked), I started ignoring the lack of it in the remaining trades. Well, got myself back in the game.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
07/15 - No trade Today - Patience well tested
The AUD/USD and USD/CAD were trending Today, but I was not focused on those two pairs. Couldn't get my head wrapped around taking trending set-ups with the EUR/USD and GBP/USD so choppy. As I reflect upon this after a few hours from my trading session, and after reading Brett's recent post about Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Trading, I realize that it wasn't such a bad idea to focus on the pairs I trade more often.
Think about it, I'm sure there were great missed trades on the AUD/USD and USD/CAD, however, I was not tracking these pairs closely. I track and trade the EUR/USD and GBP/USD a lot more. So, there were also "traps" in the trending environment, if I wasn't focused, I would be running the risk of taking a few of these traps instead of the good trades on the AUD and CAD pairs.
All that being said, here is a picture of the EUR/USD pair: Notice how choppy the environment was and how tight the range was.. I could not find a good entry with a decent price target. Instead of chasing trades, I kept my focus on the pairs I trade and ended up not trading Today. Well, better than to over-trade like I did early on my trading life.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
07/14 Day Trading FOREX
I also avoid taking positions that have significant resistance/support barriers between the entry and price target. For instance, a set-up where the SMA 50 is in the way, or the daily open is in the way.
1) Short GBP/USD: Took this set-up after price failed to break out the top, waited for a good entry and got a bearish engulfing candle, I entered at the low of the candle, wanted to make sure that we cleared the EMA 5 before jumping in.
2) Short USD/CHF: This 1-2-3 set-up looked good to me, I thought we had cleared the daily open, however, as it turns out, it held on to price and bounced it higher. Lesson learned 3) Short AUD/USD: I was looking for a short opportunity on AUD/USD, it had been moving up and started failing. The entry was the bearish engulfing candle piercing the SMA 21. It went right up to the target.
4) Short GBP/USD: Took this 1-2-3 reversal as prices faded my upper trendline. Got on at the break of the lower 2 and it reached the target right after it.
Monday, July 13, 2009
07/13 Day Trading FOREX
1) Short USD/CHF: The first trade of the day didn't work out, I took the sell when USD broke the wedge, got a few pips positive, but it never made the target and bounced back up. I adjusted my stop, so saved a few pips there. Had to keep a cool head, it is never easy to start the week and the day with a negative trade.
2) Shor EUR/USD: Took the trade when it bounced from the top of the trend-line, it reached the target, it wasn't a quick trade, took 6 minutes to get there.
3) Short AUD/USD: Likely to be the best trade of the day, Sold the AUD when it broke my ascending trend-line, a good trend reversal, made its target in less than 1 min.
4) Long AUD/USD: Once again, got on a trend-reversal, took the trade after the retracement, it made its way to the target in less than 1 min. again.
5) Short EUR/USD: I admit I didn't keep it cool during this trade, it was the end of my trading day and maybe I was too tired to stay in the trade, or maybe didn't want to go negative again. Nevertheless, took this continuation of the down-move when price bounced from my trend-line and made new lows, it oscilated for the first few minutes and I started scaling back of the position, ended up with just a few pips. It made the target.
Friday, July 10, 2009
07/10 Weekly Summary
One way or another, I got a wireless Broadband card, thanks to a 3G mobile network. This will be fine for us as a back up, it is always important to keep a backup in this business. I'll be posting later this weekend and establish a basic but effective technology back up and recovery plan for my trading business.
So, this was a very short week for me, short in number of trades, short in number of successful trades. Here are the numbers: 8 trades, 3 wins, 5 losses (37.2% win-ratio). Early on the week I had several trades stopped out because I moved the stop too close to the fire, remember from last week, I'm adjusting the way I handle my stops, so some fine tunning is still in order. Keeping this as the goal for next week.
07/06 - 4 trades; 1 win, 3 losses
07/07 - 2 trades; 2 losses
07/08 - 2 trades; 2 wins
07/08 Day Trading FOREX
I was able to trade for the morning session on the 8th, and am glad to say there were a couple of positive trades.
1) Short GBP/USD: Took this trade in 2-steps, I entered the first 1/2 when the market took over the most recent low, bouncing from the Moving Averages. As for the 2nd 1/2, the entry was at the break of the #2. GBP didn't make it to the target, and I was quick to exit when I noticed the other currency pairs were in a reversal mode.
2) Short USD/CHF: I took this reversal pattern when it broke the #2 position in the chart, this was a fast trade and went straight to the target. Notice how clear is the break of the lower trend-line.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
07/07 FOREX Market's condition
07/07 Day trading FOREX
1) Short GBP/USD: Caught this trend-reversal, see how price broke down my lower trend-line, I waited for the retracement and entered in a lower low. Unfortunatelly GBP oscilated around my entry price and as it turns out, I moved my stop too close to the fire, so it got hit right before price moved to the limit.
Monday, July 6, 2009
07/06 Day Trading FOREX
I traded 4 set-ups, 1 win and 3 losses. Out of the 3 losses, the market ended up moving in the direction I was expecting 2 times, but it first hit my stop. Now that I am working on adjusting my stops, this had to happen, right? The market has really interesting ways to test your convictions.
1) Short EUR/USD: Took this sell out of the top of the channel, there was room to the down-side. The market basically went flat and oscilated up and down, hitting my stop before going down.
2) Short USD/CHF: Took this sell on a down-side break of my trend-lines, there was some oscilation, no major heat, it made the target as expected.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
07/02 Performance Review & Improvements
This may very well be a great excercise for the end of the week, but since it is my first time, it may take longer, but should run smoother if I do it weekly.
After preforming the review, I noticed improvements in the trades and set-ups I'm looking for, torwards the end of this 2-weeks period I am already using trend-lines, candle patterns and Fibonacci to determine my entries, price targets and stops.
I believe there is improvement to be made on my exit strategy. This is an age old debate for me, since I started trading FOREX. Some say it makes sense to take 3 to 4 pips, others (myself included) preffer to use a price target. I have the price targets in place, and I will maintain that, what I think needs improvement is consistency in managing the stops. Once the price goes my way, I can adjust the stop and therefore protect my capital. This will be my one single goal to improve upon next week.
I took a total of 40 trades, 24 wins, 16 losses. My win-average is 60%. On this ratio, a 1:1 risk:reward set-up will bring me a profitable week. This ratio can be improved if I manage my stops once the trade moves my way.
07/02 Day Trading FOREX: 2 trades, 2 wins (1-2-3 + confirmations)
07/01 Day Trading Forex: 2 trades, 2 losses (didn't move stops)
06/30 Day Trading FOREX: 2 trades, 2 wins (moved stop)
06/29 Day Trading FOREX: 3 trades, 1 win, 2 losses (didn't move stops)
06/26 Day Trading FOREX: 1 trade, 1 win (traded to limit)
06/25 Day Trading - Forex: 1 trade, 1 win (traded to the limit)
06/24 Intra-day trades: 2 trades, 1 win, 1 loss (managed stops, traded to limit)
06/23 Intra-day trades: 6 trades, 2 wins, 4 losses (exit too soon on wins, didn't ajust stop on losses)
06/22 Intra-day trades: 2 trades, 2 wins (more organized, 1 trade 1/2 way to target)
06/19 Bearish Engulfing bonanza: 2 trades, 1 win, 1 losses (no limit, missed a bunch of set-ups)
06/18 The "Dark cloud day": 11 trades, 6 wins, 5 losses (some chasing, fixed stops, no limit)
06/17 FOREX Trades: 6 trades, 5 wins, 1 loss (no limit, fixed stops)
07/02 Day Trading FOREX
1) Short EUR/USD: Took the trade once it broke the #2 on the a 1-2-3 pattern, notice there was a retracement and the trade confirmed a break of the short-term 5-Minute trendline. Also, there was room (i.e. the fibonacci gap was inside the previous low point for the day).
2) Short AUD/USD: Took this trade right after the US unemployment numbers came out, notice how the 1-2-3 is confirmed by a break of the trend-line (green line) and it had room before the next decent support at 7950. I exited with half of my target when price bounced at 7950. Notice that price eventually made it to the target. Since this was an announcement trade, I didn't want to risk a sharp reversal blowing through my stop.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
07/01 Day Trading Forex
1) Short GBP/USD:-- My worst trade this week -- One of the key issues on my first trade was the fact I wasn't clear at that point on what I was looking for. Ended up chasing price action to the down-side, got whipsawed. Notice this was a trade in the middle of the range, something to avoid in the future
2) Short GBP/USD: On the second trade, I was already looking for a sell at the top of the range, the trade went my way (1/2 of the target) but bounced right back up and hit my stop. I failed to update the stop and move it lower to protect my capital. Got frozen on my idea instead of being flexible and follow price.


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Hello. I'm Ed and I hold Amateur Radio callsign KU4BP. I was licensed in 1994 as KE4JZY and in 1997 I changed to my current call sign. My interests in ham radio is chasing DX and currently have worked 324 DXCC entities. I have also earned 5BDXCC, 5BWAZ, 5BWAS, 5BWAC, WAE Top, CQDX Honor Roll and CQ WPX Honor Roll. Also, I'm a CQ Awards Checkpoint and a ARRL WAS Field Checker.
I created this little blog to express my opinions on ham radio and DX in general. I will tap on other subjects also.
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IKEA has these fun tin and plastic Grundtal kitchen organizers which are recommend to be used for storing spices. However they are also handy for storing eyelets and other fun paper fasteners.
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For anyone who truly knows me, I suffer from chronic "messy room" syndrome. It is very easy to diagnose, but a million times harder to cure. There are times of recession when the disease seems to be cured, but add enough stress and the symptoms return very rapidly, many times worse than before. Recently, I struggled through a particularly virulent strain that lasted no matter what treatment I received. I always seemed to ignore the pressure from Mom to take my medicine, and still felt fine no matter where I went. But of all people, I did not expect my young women leader to be the one to administer the medicine needed to cure me, even just temporarily. Our lesson a few weeks back was on "Establishing a House of Order." To put it gently, my house is not generally a house of order, let alone my bed and bath rooms. Her lesson pricked my heart and I began wondering what my friends thought when ever they stopped by, if they were embarrassed as I was. Last weekend I decided to finally fill my prescription and start following what the doctor ordered. I believe it was in conjunction with my greater desire to get along with my mom, mainly doing what she asked, that I finally worked to clean my room. I gathered all the dirty clothes, washed, dried, and actually folded or hung them up. Personally, I was really impressed with that accomplishment simply because my clothes are normally scattered amongst my bed, floor, and anything else in my room. I found a home for the majority of my odds and ends, dusted, and even vacuumed. Do not forget washing my sheets and making my bed each morning for the past couple of days. As I get older and prepare to move out on my own, I am beginning to realize that I am not always going to have my own room to trash. Soon I will be living in dorms and eventually with my husband. I do not want to portray a messy image to anyone I am with, so I figured I better start now to develop my habits. So far I am doing great. Let's just hope it lasts!
For those of you who do not believe me (shame on you!), here is proof!
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Already, it seems my relationship with my son has changed. I am no longer his teacher, and I am no longer parent of a child (not that child anyway). I am the parent of an adult male. What a different animal that is.
He's a little more forceful and assertive with me (is this what my momma meant when she said we were smelling ourselves?). I also am a little more assertive and forceful with him in some ways... in other ways, I am giving him more leeway. Our relationship is evolving, and it is good.
The graduation speaker was a former graduate of the same homeschool program, and has also been a teacher there for the last 6 years. His speech was very helpful to me, and probably to my son as well.
He charged the students to:
1. Find a church and go there
2. Read their bibles every day
3. Seek elders for advice and don't listen to peers because "they are as stupid as you are".
He also charged parents with not being so fast to step back and to be hands-off. We are still parents and will always be. He mentioned that to this day, married and all, he makes no major decision without calling his parents.... and his parents make no major decisions without calling their parents. Elders are here for a reason.
And all the parents and grandparents in the room said AMEN! (in my head).
Friday, May 25, 2012
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I think I've processed my son's graduation
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This recipe is for Traveling Tina.
small Red Potatoes
pot of Water
Smoked Paprika or your favorite dry seasonings
Pre-heat oven to 400°.
Clean the potatoes and then drop them into the pot of water.
Bring the water up to a boil, then reduce the heat so that the water goes down to a simmer.
As soon as the potatoes are fork tender, but not fully cooked, remove them from the water.
Cut each potato into quarters. Do this carefully, they will be hot.
Place the wedges on a baking sheet.
Drizzle oil on the potatoes. Sprinkle them with s/p and paprika. Use your fingers to evenly spread the oil and seasonings around.
Place the tray in the oven and cook to your desired crispy/brownness. It wont take too long, so keep an eye on the potatoes!
Serve with gluten freeTarragon Dijon Mustard Cream.
-The potatoes don't have to be parboiled before roasting, I just like the texture it produces and they seem to cook a bit quicker that way.
-You can also roast potatoes and vegetables on the grill outside. Follow the above steps, but put the veggies on the grill, away from direct heat and close the lid. Flip once, if desired. Remove them when they are light in some spots, dark in others. If you're roasting vegetables, they should still be a bit crisp when you remove them from the grill (or oven). Tender crisp, as they say.
You can roast many vegetables by rubbing them with oil, salt and pepper and then baking at a high degree. It's a simple technique that yields great flavor and texture!
A 'How to Roast Garlic' tip will be posted tomorrow. Till then, bon appetit!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Roasted Potatoes
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Deeeeliciousness! I just learned to roast vegetables, esp cauliflower and I won't ever go back to steaming. Those potatoes with the cream look soooo good. I'm a chili cheese fry loving gal, so that's like the grown up version. I think I'll make that the next time I have a dinner party. :)ReplyDelete
VintageSugarcube, have you ever roasted your cauliflower with orange juice or zest? It's great that way too!ReplyDelete
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Nash (Marked Men #4)
By Jay Crownover
400 pages
Published on April 29 2014 by William Morrow Paperbacks
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Will their past determine their future?
Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse. Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there's no room for love. She doesn't need a guy making waves in her calm, serene life—especially when he's the unforgettable hottie who nearly destroyed her in high school. Dark, brooding Nash Donovan might not remember her or the terrible pain he caused. But he turned her world upside down... and now he's trying to do it again.
Saint has no idea that Nash isn't the cocky player he once was. Uncovering a devastating family secret has rocked his world, and now he's struggling to figure out his future. He can't be distracted by the pretty nurse he seems to meet everywhere. Still, he can't ignore the sparks that fly between them —or how she seems so desperate to get away from him. But the funny, sweet, and drop-dead gorgeous Saint is far too amazing to give up on—especially since she's the only thing in his life that seems to make sense.
When Nash discovers the truth about their past, he realizes he may have lost her heart before he could even fight for it. Now, Saint has to decide: is Nash worth risking herself for all over again.
My review:
I think this was my favorite of the series so far. Nash came from a troubled, unloving home. He's moved past that, mostly and is a thriving and independent man now. He and Saint, highschool classmates, cross paths at the hospital where he is with his ailing father. Saint held a torch for him when they were kids, but felt like he led her on and then made fun of her behind her back. Apparently this ruined her dating life and her ability to trust men.
I kept waiting and waiting for the big reveal of what he did to her and when it was finally told, I did kind of have to roll my eyes. To me, even my highschool self, that didn't seem like something that would make me react how she did.
Aside from that, this book was amazing. Jay Crownover has such a way with words, and more importantly, the written word. This series has been great for me to read. By the time I got through the 4th book it really opened my eyes up to my own youth and that I am sure many of my classmates were dealing with similar home lives, such as the characters in these books. They've given me a bit of a different out look and if I could go back, I may do some things differently.
5 stars!