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Chapter 22
May 23rd – Tired … tired, tired, tired. But feeling pretty good. I think I may have picked the last of the blueberries for canning. There are still some that are kind of pinkish like they are trying to ripen but not enough to really bother with except to use for fresh. Today I think I picked the last full bucket and had blueberry dumplings again with enough left over to can one more batch of blueberry preserves. I was reading Momma's notes and she made it out that blueberry season should last longer … like a whole month … but I can't see that happening unless you start counting from when the first one ripens until the last berry falls off the bush. The only other thing I can think of is that the bushes haven't been fertilized real regularly for the last two years and maybe that is why. I'll make note of it in my gardening calendar pages and will just have to see how it goes next year.
And there is going to be a next year. I'm feeling better and better about that. Today I went salvaging again. All four houses seemed to have at least a half bag of potting soil out in their sheds and some dead houseplants hanging around. While that seems kind of useless it isn't to me. Every little bit of dirt was a bit of dirt I didn't have to dig up by hand. Those big tubs were hard to fill. I think I made the right decision to line them up in the orchard. I don't know if that will keep the deer away but I hope so. The deer haven't found my fruit trees yet so maybe they'll over look the containers too. Or maybe it is the tall gates and brambleberry hedges that have kept them out. Momma made some notes on deer I need to read.
When I went salvaging the super neat little house gave me the most useful things. I guess who ever lived there was kind of yard proud though most of it is dried up and kind of crunchy now. There were several bags of top soil and potting soil and all sorts of odds and ends like fertilizers with different numbers on them, milorganite (treated sewage - major ew factor there), bone meal, blood meal, lime, sphagnum moss, lots of specialty plant foods and lots of other science experiment kind of stuff that plants really like apparently. I'm not sure how all of that stuff is going to come in handy but I hauled it all back to the house. I figure when I do start a for real garden that this stuff will help me get a good start. I don't know what I'll do after that; I need to read more of Momma's gardening books and see what I can come up with.
Following some of Momma's hand written notes she said to get a tarp and put a shovel of top soil, a shovel of sand, and shove of potting mixture and keep doing that until I had what I needed for filling the pots. It got to be a mess on the tarp – I don't think Momma was thinking about anything but small pots – so I started mixing the stuff in the wheelbarrow so I wouldn't have to bend down so much or slice the tarp when I was trying to scoop it up with the shovel. I had twelve barrels to work with and that was a doggone lot of dirt to fill them up. My back and shoulders ache like I've been rearranging cases of frozen chicken parts for two week straight at the diner.
In the bottom of each barrel I put some old newspaper I had found to cover the big drainage holes so soil wouldn't fall out. I went to all that trouble to put it in there, I want it to stay in there. Next I added a layer of gravel that I shoveled out of house number one's drive way. I had to do it by the bucket full and dump it into the wheelbarrow. That was a treat. Not. Then it was time to start filling the pots with dirt. Whoa baby, I had no idea how much work that was going to be. It took me hours to get all of those things filled up and just as soon as I finished the last one it started to rain. All I can say is that the rain will save me from having to carry bucket after bucket of water to make the dirt all wet before I plant my seeds tomorrow.
I made myself practice shooting even though no one is around to make me. I haven't seen anyone … or heard anyone … since Rand and his family left. I'm hoping that is a good thing but after everything that Rand said about what is going on I don't know. And I don't know how many bullets I'm supposed to shoot when I practice so what I did was just fill each gun three times. The noise and the jumping of the guns don't bother me so much as they used to now that I know what to expect. The pistol … that Hi-something or other that was the gangbanger's gun … still feels funny in my hand and I'm not sure I'm standing right but I'm getting better.
The poor tree that I have been shooting at needed a break so I started lining up old cans I found on some tree stumps and rocks. I'm hitting the cans more often than not but I'm standing pretty close. Next time I practice I'll stand further back.
I finally have enough hot water to take a bath that wouldn't freeze a polar bear's tush off. That's where I am going because I'm tired of being dirty and stinky; and that's all for tonight.
May 24th – I am sore today but all of the seeds are planted. I was starving this morning when I woke up so I fixed an omelet with cheese and onions. My breath wasn't pretty but my stomach was happy. There is a can of dried mushrooms so I might try and make a mushroom omelet someday soon.
Right after breakfast I grabbed my seeds and headed out to the orchard. I topped off a couple of the barrels that looked like the dirt had compacted down. I keep rethinking the fact that I'm not adding any fertilizer but I'm worried that could kill stuff before it even has a chance to grow. The potting mixture and top soil is already that Miracle-Gro brand that has fertilizer in it. I'll just have to keep an eye on things.
I planted four of the barrels with black eyed peas. I looked all over Momma's square foot gardening books for "black eyed peas" but didn't find it until I looked in the index and saw they are called "cowpeas" or "southern peas" by most people. For these seeds I could plant eight to a barrel since I was counting a barrel as a square foot; it was bigger than a square foot but I figured it would be too hard to do it any other way.
Three of the barrels I planted Lima beans in. Lima beans aren't my favorite but when you are hungry they are as good as anything else. I figured one of these days I might appreciate those lima beans so I planted them and I also sowed them eight seeds to a barrel.
The eggplants are kind of iffy. There were only a few seeds in that bag and the book said I should only sow one eggplant per square foot but I went ahead and planted two because the barrel is bigger than a square foot. I'm not partial to eggplant unless it has the slime factor fried out of them. Grilled they are OK and we sometimes did that at the diner but to be honest they just kind of give me the heebie jeebies. They look like pods that some alien laid or something. But again, if I'm hungry enough I'll eat them. I'm not that picky.
The cantaloupes were an even bigger problem. I love melon; I mean I would eat it every day for breakfast and dessert if I could. Momma used to make pickled cantaloupe and cantaloupe preserves too. But I remember Momma used to have to give those suckers room to grow when she planted them back in Tampa. They had runners on them that went every which a way. For the melons I planted two per barrel and planted three barrels of cantaloupes. If all six plants actually make I hope to have all the melon I can want … for a little while any way. I'm also going to plant some of the cantaloupe seeds in the flower beds that are on the sunny side of the house. Momma had Daddy dig that all out and put in good dirt so I'm pretty sure that it should be OK. I just have to take off the bark mulch and pull back the plastic that is underneath. Nothing has ever been planted in there, Momma just never got the chance and Aunt Wilma was never inclined to when she would only get to see it once a year.
Got another little afternoon shower so I didn't even have to cart water over. I think I'm going to set up a rain barrel out in the orchard so I don't have to carry water any more than necessary. We'll see.
By lunch I was hungry again and I was craving meat. I haven't really had any in a long while, not real meat. It could have been worse I suppose; I might not have the beans or the TVP to try and offset my craving. But sometimes when you want something that is all you want and no substitution will do. Like pizza, I think about pizza sometimes but I try not to. I know Momma used to make a pizza in the Dutch oven but I haven't had time to look for her recipe file yet … and it's gotta be there someplace, Momma was a bear for writing stuff like that down and adding it to her recipe collections.
I decided to crack open one of the cans of freeze dried chicken. What I saw when I opened the can didn't look too good but I figured that since I had already opened the can I had to use it. Glad I did because it actually wasn't too bad. I made chicken salad casserole. I wish I had some sandwich bread or crackers but I made some pan biscuits and they weren't bad either.
First I took two cups of the freeze dried chicken, two cups of freeze dried celery, and two teaspoons of dried chopped onion and rehydrated them. I wish I hadn't used so much celery but I thought it was a good idea at the time to stretch everything else. I also rehydrated a cup of freeze dried cheddar cheese and that was kind of weird looking but actually turned out good. I wondered why Daddy had bought all that freeze dried cheese on top of all of the powdered cheese but now I think I know … just don't eat it straight out of the can, I tried it and I almost couldn't make myself swallow it. Major double eeewww.
I dumped the chicken, celery, and onion into the Dutch oven and added some salt, some sweet hot dog relish from some packets I had collected along my trek, and about a cup of mayo. I'm in trouble with the mayo though because it has to be refrigerated after opening and I didn't think about that until it was too late. It's a small jar and I put it in the cooler with well water so I hope that it keeps until I can use the rest, I just don't know what I'm going to use it for yet.
After I got all of that mixed up I put the rehydrated cheese on top and then sprinkled some crushed potato chips on top of that from that stash of junk food from the fourth house. I'm probably going to wake up with another zit in the morning but I don't care. A girl needs her junk food every once in a while.
I baked the casserole kind of chicken salad thing in the Dutchie for fifteen minutes by putting hot coals on the top of the lid as well as around the bottom. I checked it but it needed a few more minutes and then it was done. There was a lot more of it than I had expected. I had it for lunch and dinner and there was still a spoonful left that I just couldn't force myself to eat so I gave it to Fraidy. She picked out all the chicken and left the celery. I've never had leftovers before. I dug a hole outside and buried them. So today's lesson is to be careful about how much I cook. It might have not been very wasteful this time but next time I could do worse … so I don't want to have a next time.
The casserole leftovers made me wonder how Rand is doing. I never really had a bunch of friends but I could always pick up the phone and call someone if I wanted to know how they were doing. Now I guess if I want to know I'll have to find another way. I'm thinking about riding my bike over there and paying a visit but I don't know yet. I wasn't invited exactly, only in an emergency. But maybe if I find something that could be useful to them it would be OK.
I can at least tell Rand that I'm practicing … oh, wait, I can't because he doesn't know about all of Daddy's ammo. Maybe I could tell him that I found some more, but that would be kind of lying. Maybe I can just give him blank face if he says something' that usually drives people crazy and they start going off about something else and we get off the subject I didn't want to talk about. I guess I'll just have to play it by ear.
Before I closed up for the night I put some beans to cooking in the ground. I'll have beans tomorrow but instead of rice I'm going to fry some cornbread. I'm getting a little sick of rice. I'm thinking that instead of trying to plan my menu day-by-day I should try and plan it for the whole week and that way I wouldn't get so burned out on stuff.
May 25th – I'm bored. OK, not really, but yes I am. No fruit to pick, no plants to plant, no cows to feed, no reason to cook much because I did most of it the night before. I spent the first half of the day picking up wood. I'm not going through as much since I'm not canning but since I know I'm going to need it shortly for the blackberries I might as well get a jump start.
I tried using the ax on the downed tree but could only whack off some of the smaller branches. I wound up using one of Daddy's saws and got a lot more done that way. I stopped when the wind picked up. For some reason I'm scared the tree is going to roll over on me if I cut the wrong limb. Maybe stupid, maybe not … better safe than sorry.
The wind brought rain with it so I've been stuck inside. I had to dig my beans out in the rain which was so not fun but at least they were ready and not still crunchy. I fried up cornbread on the grill and to make it a little different I added some seasoning to the batter.
I took a box of cornbread mix, added powdered eggs and powdered milk, then added a little poultry seasoning and close to a cup of water to get the batter just the right consistency. After that it is easy, you just cook dollops of it the same way you would pancakes. Next time I won't add quite so much poultry seasoning … it was a little too much something … but it made a nice change and it helped with the beans since they turned out a little bland because I didn't add enough salt.
I was at loose ends once it started raining so I cleaned around the house but I'd been picking up after myself as I went so there wasn't that much to do. The kind of stuff that was left like dusting and sweeping I just wasn't in the mood for doing. I did sweep off the front porch and the lanai but that didn't take long and I was at loose ends again.
With all the extra time I had I decided to look through some more of Daddy's and Momma's notes. I've got a ton of ideas and absolutely no way to get them done. Daddy had notes on how he would build a stockade around the house but it included using the PTO on the tractor to dig the holes and fence posts and wood that he planned on buying … that never happened. There were notes on expanding the solar power by buying more panels and whatsiwhosits but that never happened either. He was going to have a big propane tank brought in and filled and a kerosene tank too but … well, you get the picture. My parents had a lot of plans but ran out of time to accomplish them. I guess that happened to a lot of people.
Now I have to make my own plans and they don't include having access to a ton of fuel like Mr. Henderson seems to. They don't include being able to power my house with solar panels, though I'm sure there are people somewhere that are doing that. I don't have a ton of anything. They sure don't include going the way of the Harbingers and just taking what I need from other people.
I need to figure out how to get enough that doesn't include the expectation of it being given to me for nothing in return or finding it lying out with no one else already claiming it. I might be able to put that "abandoned property" rule to good use but not for food.
Work smarter, not harder. I have to think like that all the time now. One of the things I thought about came from a funny place. I was rearranging some of the books up in the bonus room I want to turn into a library when I ran across my old Little House on the Prairie books. I read the paper back versions until they fell apart so for my tenth birthday Daddy bought me the whole series in hardback. While I was remembering that I thought about Ma Ingalls. Momma always reminded me of Ma Ingalls. She was sweet and could do all this stuff for our family and kind of kept us together.
One of the other similarities between Momma and Ma Ingalls was how they did house work. Both of them had specific tasks for each day of the week. I vaguely remember asking Momma about it one time and she said that she had learned it from her mother and that it was just the way women used to do things before so many of them went off to work outside the home. She said it helped keep things neat and organized. I think I'm going to so that as well. It will at least keep me from having to guess at what I need to put on my daily chore list.
Ma Ingall's Chore List goes like this:
"Wash on Monday,
Iron on Tuesday,
Mend on Wednesday,
Churn on Thursday,
Clean on Friday,
Bake on Saturday,
Rest on Sunday."
Well, I can tell you I'm not ironing anything if I can help it. I have Momma's old sadirons but no way I am going to iron my t-shirts and blue jeans, there's no sense to it. And the sheets and bedding get pretty straight on the clothes line and I sure as heck am not going to iron towels and washcloths. That would just be plain silly. And if there are a few wrinkles in things there is no one but me around to see them and I never cared too much about that stuff.
Mending might be a good chore to keep but I think I'll change it to a sewing day. Momma taught me to sew and one of my grandmothers taught me to crochet while the other taught me to cross stitch and do needle point. I need practice but I know I can do it because I would always do something like that for Aunt Wilma as a Christmas gift. It seemed to surprise her every year that I'd go to the trouble when I could just buy something at the store. And I'd make new pillow cases for Aunt Wilma and Uncle Charlie every year for their anniversary and Aunt Wilma actually used them so they couldn't be that terrible.
I don't have a cow to churn butter from so that one is out and not much reason to bake bread either right now since I can just make biscuits as I need them. I am going to keep the wash day and the cleaning day but I'm going to switch it around some.
So here is my cleaning chore list:
Gather wood on Monday
on Tuesday
Sew on Wednesday
on Thursday
Clean on Friday
Wash on Saturday
Rest of Sunday
I'm not sure what I need to do on Tuesday and Thursday yet. I know I'll figure it out sooner or later. I have a bunch of daily stuff I have to do like dishes, cooking, taking care of Fraidy (when she lets me), gardening, preserving food (if everything grows like it is supposed to), and then I've got some ideas of other things I want to do as well.
Today is Thursday which makes tomorrow Friday and a cleaning day. But I've already cleaned everything pretty well except for dusting and moping. What I am going to do tomorrow is go salvaging at the houses for book cases. If I can't find ready-made book cases that I can move by myself I might try taking them apart and then putting them back together. If that fails I'm hoping to find something that I can use to build book cases with.
That is probably going to take most of tomorrow, but it should count as something that goes with cleaning day. I'll be getting the books up off the floor upstairs.
May 26th – The only thing that makes this stupid goose egg in the middle of my forehead worth getting is I now have a whole wall of book cases up stairs that match. I found them in three different houses. The one house – the little neat house – that I thought would give me exactly what I needed wound up giving me nothing; well, except for some book ends that have come in handy. All of the books cases at that house were either these big, heavy things that I would never be abe to move or were built into the wall.
I found three in the first house, two more in the really messy house, and then three of them in the fourth house that always gives me a funny feeling to be in. I guess they were having a sale at Walmart and everyone must have got them at the same time. Two of them are painted black and the rest are stained to look like wood. OK, so they aren't as fancy as the ones at the neat little house but I could move them and that is about all I care about at this point. They have a Better Homes & Gardens sticker on them so they can't be that awful.
Once I had found the first ones in the first house (one was in the girl's room, one in the boy's room and one out in the living room) I had to unload all of the stuff on and around them. That was kind of depressing. In the boy's room there was a girly magazine and a pack of cigarettes. I would have laughed if it hadn't been so sad. It seems the stories about some boys hiding stuff like this from their parents were really true and not just silliness you saw in the movies.
The empty shelves weren't really heavy, not at first anyway, but they were awkward to carry and I wound up having to take the shelves that were adjustable out of them. That's how I came by the goose egg. I was moving a book case around and one of the shelves slipped out and conked me in the forehead. I was bent over trying not to cry like a baby … who was there to see anyway … when I looked under a table slid up against the kitchen wall and spotted a box full of cans of cat food and some kitty litter. That explains the boy cat smell in the house.
The three shelves from that house smelled just a little but by the time I got them back to the house using my handy dandy wheelbarrow technique of moving, they were already smelling OK. I left them out on the front porch for good measure until I went back for the other book cases.
After I moved all the junk off of a book case and then got it out of the house it generally took me twenty minutes to get it to my fence, heft it over and then use the wheelbarrow to get it the rest of the way home. Even that got easier though when I found a dolly at the messy house. So yeah, figure an average of twenty to thirty minutes per book case just to move them. I was at the moving part almost four hours and that didn't include finding them, unloading them of whatever was already on them and then getting them out of the house. The fourth house was a real trip because I had to move so much stuff just to get to the book cases and then move even more just to get the book cases out of the house.
I was another hour and a half figuring out how to get the book cases up stairs because the stairwell was closed in and made a right hand turn half way up. It made me understand why the lawyer hadn't kept more of our furniture from the house in Tampa.
I took a short break and went practice shooting. My head hurt so bad that every time I shot my head felt like someone was hitting my forehead with a hammer. I didn't even practice as much as I should have, I just couldn't stand it.
After I finally got them upstairs it was smooth sailing. I had already put the books in piles the way I wanted them on shelves so all I had to do was load the bookcases and stand back and admire what I had managed to accomplish all by myself. It would have been nice to show off to someone else but that wasn't going to happen so I decided I was finished working for the day and went back downstairs, took care of my dinner and mess and then grabbed some of Momma's books and came up to the dormer room to review my day.
One of the things that I need to think on is where to move all of the photo boxes that I found. Well, I thought they were photo boxes but I knocked the lid off of one – I'll admit I've been avoiding looking in them – and the box didn't have photos in it but oversized index cards. Each index card was a different recipe. Each of the two dozen photo boxes held different types of recipes. One box was marked beverage, another was marked "fish & seafood," and another that said "game." Each of the boxes also had dividers in there that separated stuff; like in the "game" box there were tabs for venison, boar, alligator, and a bunch of other stuff I have a hard time imagining that I would eat. Some of the boxes looked like they were labeled the same, like there were two marked "fowl." But, one of them said "fowl-chicken" and the other said "fowl-other."
I pulled out a couple of the index cards and they are all in my mother's handwriting. I can't for the life of me remember these things; I know she collected recipes and cookbooks but … it bothers me that I don't remember these. They must have been a lot of work and they must have been important to here. You'd think I could remember something about a collection like this. Now I wonder if I have lost more memories than I thought or if I was just more clueless than I thought. I miss my mother. I wish she was here for me to ask. How am I supposed to figure all of this stuff out without her?
May 27th – I was kind of out of it when I woke up this morning. I kept dreaming about my parents and little brother. But it was all pictures and no sound and I kept asking them what they were saying but they just laughed and kept on talking like I was funning them. What made it worse was that I knew absolutely beyond a shadow of a doubt what they were saying was important but I couldn't hear them. I woke up at four o'clock bad sick to my stomach and I barely got to the trash can before I puked up a bunch of acid. It's been a long time since I did that. I mean I've puked but not acid from being stressed out. I used to take Tagamet and Zantac it was so bad. I hope I'm not doing that again. I plan on being real careful, there is not doctor for me to visit to fix it.
I drank a glass of milk real slowly and then went outside to try and clear my head. Fraidy thought it was cool that I was outside so early. She kept rubbing against my leg to get some attention. When the sky was pink enough that I could walk around without tripping over stuff I walked out to the orchard to get the kinks out of my muscles and to check on things. I pulled off a cupful of berries and took them back to the house with me.
I think the garden is going to take the place of the cows as far as work goes. I am watering the containers every day that it doesn't rain. Since it didn't rain yesterday or today I had to water … which meant running back and forth to the rain barrel. I think I will try and move a rain barrel out there. I saw a drawing in one of my dad's notebooks on make a "tarp funnel" for a rain barrel to catch water. I wonder if that is why Daddy bought all of these tarps I keep finding all over the place. There is a bunch of them stacked in his hidden storage room in the barn. One of them was nibbled on by something but the others were just fine. I found tarps at the four salvage houses too; it will be a long time before I run out of those suckers.
The blueberries I kind of stewed into a filling while I gathered together what I needed to start the day. When the berries were finished I made a little pat-in-the-pan crust … a real easy pie crust that you just kind of use your hands to make and pat out. It's not pretty like a rolled crust is but it's hard to make a mistake with it. Then I made fried pies. Fried pies are really easy. Pinch off some dough, flatten it out, put your filling in the middle, fold one half over and seal it with a fork around the edges. Then you just fry in a skillet of butter. I had powdered butter and I had non-stick spray flavored like butter. I went with the non-stick spray. I made enough fried pies for breakfast and lunch. They were good. I remember when I was really little and watching my Aunt Flossie (my grandfather's sister) make them for the first time. She stood me up on a chair and I got to stand right by the stove and flip them all by myself. I thought I was hot stuff.
Today is Saturday and I kept to my new schedule once I had gotten up and moving; I washed clothes. I didn't have a lot to wash so I went over my whole "wardrobe" and made a list of things that I needed or could use more of. I also decided to go back to the salvage houses and grab anything that was made of jean material and to try and fill in the gaps I was finding in my wardrobe. I found Momma's pattern for making jean skirts out of old blue jeans and I am determined that once I can figure out had to fix the treadle sewing machine that I am going to make that blue jean quilt.
My problem is under things. I wonder what other girls are doing. The elastic is going in two of my bras and I'm a little bit on the bosomy side so it's not like I can just go without. And it is kind of freaking me out thinking about having to wear someone else's. It doesn't look like I'm going to have any choice except that there weren't any that fit me in any of those houses. The idea of traipsing around the county looking through a bunch of abandoned houses hoping to find something that will fit me the way it is supposed to is just … icky.
There was a stall at the farmer's market that had all these bras and slips and stuff hanging on strings between the poles holding up a canopy and there was more stuff laying on tables but I didn't really look at what they had. There were women and girls over there though, and a couple of men too that just handed lists to the lady manning the stall; I guess they were shopping on behalf of their womenfolk. I just couldn't bring myself to look and now I wish I had. I need to get over myself I guess.
After I hung the last load of blue jeans that I washed out to dry I made myself practice double since I had cut it short yesterday. I took five steps back from where I normally stand and it took me several tries before I could hit the cans again. I finally remembered that I should save all the "spent casings" of the bullets. By the time I picked up all I could find it was time to go back to the house and check to see if I could bring the clothes in off of the line and to start myself some dinner. Nothing sounded good so I just ate granola and dried fruit. I know I shouldn't skimp while I've got the food to eat but it's just not as much fun eating by myself, it's just more work.
Tomorrow is Sunday and I think I'm going to give biking over to see the Crenshaws a try. Laurabeth seems the type that wouldn't die of embarrassment if I asked her about bras. And if Missy is still there I know she'll clue me in. Besides, I'm interested in seeing what they did with the blueberries and whether Rand's face has healed up.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chapter Twenty-Two
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Tom Hingston Studio
I can't quite remember how I came across the portfolio of Tom Hingston Studio but it's hugely inspirational stuff. This is the studio that art directed that Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album with the truly beautiful cloth-bound cover. The softness of colour along with the perfectly complimenting photography and typography is so seductive and has a subtle richness about it. Other work on the studio's portfolio site is similarly gorgeous.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
SoftLightes "Heart Made Of Sound"
Fantastic animated typography via the very short list mailout.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Tea tag
Daily poetics has some really great little bits of ephemera on her photostream at the moment. I love this little tea tag - so much thought has been put into this tiny inconsequential thing. It didn't have to be, but it has. And it's beautiful.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Ásta Kristjánsdóttir
I found Ásta Kristjánsdóttir's website via createmake. There's some really nice portraiture on there, but really I find the 'behind the scenes' ones fascinating. I love the way they expose all the falsities of a fashion shoot. Probably not what was intended but they're really great photos nontheless.
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(And Book Giveaway!)
We're home from vacation, and I'm getting back to my usual morning routine.
I get up when my alarm clock, er, the dog, wakes me; Grab a cuppa and sit outside and soak in my vitamin D3 while my doggie does his stuff; pick up after said doggie (on a good day); and then, the best part?
Talk to God.
Most days I have my daily devotional with me and I read that first, and then talk to God (Some call this PRAYER. I try to keep the line open so it's a conversation.) One of my favorite ways to start that dialogue is by thanking God for at least ten things.
My journal is another vehicle for a good list of "just ten things" (to be thankful for). Have you tried thankfulness as a discipline in your life? It is such a good exercise for increasing your sense of well-being. If NOTHING else changes, no matter what you're going through, the exercise of gratitude in itself is a game-changer.
Below is my list of ten from this morning.(Some days I want to go on for 20 or more. It's amazing that when you choose to be grateful you begin to realize you have incredible blessings to be grateful for.) If you do this exercise often, you will slowly start to live with an attitude of gratitude. Take it from me: a reformed worrier.
Are you a pessimist? Counting your blessings should be a mandatory routine! Gratitude leads to praise, and the Bible tells us that "The Lord is present in the praises of His people." Think about that: the Lord is present in praise! (Psalm 22:3)
"Draw near to me," says God, "and I will draw near to you." (James 4:8)
Don't know about you, but I'll take that any day.
1. This beautiful, not-too-hot morning, with a clear sky.
2. The yard work that's been done (yay). (The yard work that WILL get done, yet!)
3. My family, despite the work a family requires.
4. My puppy, Ruffles. (More work, but more joy.)
5. Our country, which is still a better place than so many other spots on the globe.
6. Our recent vacation to the Smokies, and the wonderful homes of dear friends.
7. Dear friends.
8. Our church and it's leadership; our small group.
9. The work the Lord continues to do in me.
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More of "Polly's" Cabinets and...
I don't mind telling you that she sold for $75...not bad for my original investment of $5.99! I really hated to see this go, but I don't have twin beds in my guestrooms anymore, so it had to go to make room for other projects!
Carry on...I
In case you don't remember my last project using one of Polly's cabinet doors, I will refresh your memory...this cute little wine tray:
Since then I completed another tray using the same image but the original wording and adding a couple of flourishes:
Next I decided that I want to make some message boards. For this one I used the same image that is on the bed. I bought the knobs from Hobby Lobby when they were 50% off...perfect for hanging dish towels or keys. The handle on the top is one that I picked up from Restore...it was painted using Rustoleum Flat Black. I purchased a package of 4, 12 x 12 pieces of cork board from JoAnns and cut to size.
The second one I used a Valspar sample paint from Lowe's. I purchased these knobs from Hobby Lobby and painted both of those plus the handle with Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze. The image is another that I purchased from Graphique.
And last but not least, I actually have a few cookies to share.
Last night was the teacher "meet and greet" for Thomas. Believe it or not, he will be returning to school next week! What better way to butter up your new teacher than with a little cookie bouquet!
till next time...
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There's a skinny girl who lives inside of me that's screaming to get out...I can usually shut her up with cookies!
8 comments:
- Melissa Moore said... [Reply to comment]
Love!!!! Who knew ugly cabinets could be so freakin' cute?!
- July 19, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Papel Scissors said... [Reply to comment]
i wish you lived closer..i would try to buy the farm fresh eggs one from you :))) Great creativity..
- July 19, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Papel Scissors said... [Reply to comment]
i wish you lived closer..i would try to buy the farm fresh eggs one from you :))) Great creativity..
- July 19, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- MG said... [Reply to comment]
I love all of the trays and message boards, but....
how can it possibly be time for back to school???
I feel like we're only half way through summer!
- July 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- gail@My Repurposed Life said... [Reply to comment]
great message boards Terri! :) You're so good with those images.
woohooo on selling the headboard! can I ask where you sold it? People around here are so tight...they won't buy anything! hahaha
- July 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- Karolyn at Paper Therapy said... [Reply to comment]
OH MY GOSH!! You are KILLING me here with all of your amazing transformations of Kelli's ugly cabinets!! The wine trays - are you KIDDING ME?!! And those messsage boards - BE STILL MY HEART!! Congrats on the great sale of the headboard - some lucky bitch is skipping around like a silly little fool about that purchase!!! Whatcha' gonna do with your profits - I feel like there are some stamps calling your name . . . or are those just the sick little voices in my head?!! LOL Miss you bunches!! xoxo
- July 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more said... [Reply to comment]
wow great stuff!
- July 23, 2012 at 6:55 AM
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said... [Reply to comment]
this is another cute cabinet door idea!
- July 24, 2012 at 5:53 AM


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Probably one of the oldest debates known to man: Should religion and politics go hand in hand, or never be considered together?
Before I continue, I should point some things out. I am a christian, I believe in God. I've read the bible and I am a left-wing libertarian. I suppose this makes me biased. Maybe, maybe not.
Let's start with the average day beliefs. A good relevant example of religion reigning over politics is the Gay Rights Movement. Many conservatives and republicans are known to be closely associated with faith and not support gay rights. This is because they think homosexuality is a sin, because that's what the bible says. So, as politicians, they make the decision that everyone should be heterosexual, and anything else should be illegal. Basically, if you're happy and different, stop it, because then you wouldn't be a model cookie cutter citizen in the eyes of a republican. Modern day society is hardly the same as it was 50 years ago, where if you weren't at church on sunday morning in your best, then you had to be sick at home. We are all surrounded by many different cultures and religions, immigration is bringing so much diversity into our westernized atmospheres.
Using religion to make decisions as a politician in modern-day society just does not work. Doing that is assuming everyone is ruled by said religion, when, a large amount of the population differs in beliefs.
When I'm thinking about politics, I push all thoughts of religion aside. We do not live in a theocracy, and we should not pretend like we do. As I mentioned, the diverse cultures we are surrounded by have different beliefs, and I would never, as a politician decide that what I believe is the only way. Everyone deserves happiness, I'm not going to be someone who denies such a basic right to humanity.
Often this belief gets many challenges. How could I be a Christian and support what is wrong and sinful? Everything comes down to morals, I happen to believe everyone should be happy, and that everyone deserves equal rights. Happiness isn't a sin.
Isn't it funny how those who preach homosexuality is a sin, are sinners themselves?
In this day, people are fueled by greed, they lie and cheat to get to where they wish to be. Are those not sins?
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
I want to keep you informed!
Hi Everyone, I am so sorry that I haven't posted for awhile. Please keep checking the site as hopefully I can put something on for you see. My reason for this right now is that Pam , my neice is planning to do my next card workshop for the 5-7 time on the 23rd. She will need to know how many is coming. Let us know as soon as possible. Also, Terri is thinking about doing the 2-4 workshop but wants to know if anyone would wants to come if she does so. before she makes up her mind. Please get back to me soon so I can let Hobby Lobby know what is happening with my classes. Hope to hear from you soon.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Another card we will be making!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Another card to share!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
You just got to go there!
Hi, I was looking at StampTV gallery section, If you can take some time to view some of the beautiful cards people make, you should. Maybe just a few pages each day cause there is only over 2000 pages to view. Alot although beautiful are way to elaborate for most of us. But they sure can give you ideas. Also Gina K has more than 200 short videos you can watch and learn from. I do recommend going there. Have a wonderful, sunny day! God Bless, Laura
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Turns out though, that since there is so much more natural light in the kitchen you can barely tell the color has any blue. It just looks like not-quite-white. Disappointing in both rooms, since in the store it was my favorite color card. (The color is Glidden's Barely Jade, if anyone is wondering).
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
patchwork walls
Before you get the crazy idea that I've done something cool with actual patchwork, I need to warn you: I'm talking paint colors. Turns out, guys, that picking paint colors really is this hard. I never thought I'd be the person holding up two of basically the same color telling my husband to choose his favorite.
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I. Hate. Painting. We went through no less than 11 beige options in our condo. Good luck! Try taking it to your hardware store and telling them why you dont like it in the house, they may be able to tweak it for you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Good call. I think we've finally decided but honestly, it was ridiculous!Delete
I can't tell you how relieved I am to know that I'm not the only person who can get that involved in choosing paint colors! After all that, we were pretty successful and still love all but one color. Good luck!ReplyDeleteReplies
Haha, I remember how crazy it was when you were trying to decide thinking "what's so hard about it?". I take that back now. ;)Delete
I definitely know what you mean about the paint...ReplyDelete
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seriously, right? haha. I hope all is well!Delete
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Brian Cashman, the New York Yankees' general manager, said this in spring training: "The story that we're too old gets written so much that at some point they'll be right."
This appears to be that point. The Yankees learned last week that Derek Jeter's left ankle had fractured once again, and he'll be 39 when he returns after the All-Star break. Then again, the Yankees thought he might be ready for opening day.
Mariano Rivera is 43, and he says this season is his last. Andy Pettitte turns 41 in June. Ichiro Suzuki is 39. Hiroki Kuroda is 38.
Alex Rodriguez turns 38 in July, when he may or may not return from hip surgery. Mark Teixeira is 33, with an OPS that has dropped for four consecutive years, rehabilitating the kind of wrist injury that often saps power from batters. CC Sabathia, 32, has thrown between 180 and 266 innings every year since he was 20.


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But President Trump's virtual declaration of war on Iran puts the deal in a new light:
Donald Trump slammed Iran during his Saudi Arabia speech in Riyadh on Sunday.
In an address to 50 leaders from Muslim-majority countries, the president, said countries must unite to isolate Iran until the regime committed to becoming a "partner of peace."
"From Lebanon to Iraq and Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region," Trump said.
"For decades Iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror; it's a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of Israel, death to America, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this very room.
By rallying the Arab world (and to a far lesser degree, the broader Moslem world) to a fight to resist Iran, Iran has a problem with the deal existing--not the West.
If Iran abides by the deal, Iran gives Trump about a decade to defeat Iran during which Iran won't have nuclear weapons.
And if Iran cheats on the deal, we will presumably call Iran on that and justify harsher measures against Iran in the alliance against Iran.
Iran thought they'd shackled America with that nuclear deal. In one speech, Iran finds the handcuffs are on them.
Now that's Smart Diplomacy.


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I'm continuing to journal each verse or two of 1 Corinthians 13. The Love chapter. See prior blog posts for the first two verses.
1 Corinthians 13:3 "If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing." NIV
The Message says: If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but don't love, I've gotten now where. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love."
Wow! If I give all, everything I own—my furniture, my house, my car, my savings, my time, my talent – to the poor – the homeless, the sick, the war-torn people in other lands, the lowest castes in India, the lepers, the sex-slaves, the prisoners—or even give up my life – die for Christ's cause, but don't love—it's all useless. The things I do have no impact, no influence, without love.
Wow again! Teach me Holy Spirit how to love as God loves.


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Goodbye to MY Oakland Raiders
March 27, 2017. Darkness hovers over my sports fandom. The NFL, spurred on by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, approved the Oakland Raiders relocation move to Las Vegas. Las Vegas Raiders. excuse me while I tend to some digestive discomfort The Raiders. The Raiders. You say that name and you automatically think, Oakland. And if …
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I know this all the time but Brock Aaron is getting so big and growing into a young man! I can't believe in 3 years he will be going off to college. He is so busy with school, his friends and sports we don't get a lot of time together. I'm so thankful that every morning we get to eat breakfast together and I can talk to him a little bit about his day. I am usually getting back from the YMCA when he is coming down stairs to eat breakfast. We get to spend about 15 minutes together eating and talking. I like to watch the Today Show at 7 so we watch that for a few minutes and then he turns it to Sports Center.
Here are some pictures of him from yesterday morning. He wasn't interested in getting his picture until I promised I would bring him some pizza to school before his next baseball game :)


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Meercat Workboats has this month moved from Portchester to new, purpose built premises in Hythe Marine Park, Southampton. To coincide with the move the company's management team has been restructured, two new vessels have been delivered and one new order confirmed.
The new site is 1,600 sqm, has two 20-tonne gantry cranes, a machine shop, an electrical workshop, a hydraulic workshop, aluminum welding bays, steel fabrication bays, dedicated stores, offices and customer parking.
Late in September Meercat Workboats delivered two new build vessels; MC26 into the Aquaculture sector and MC28 to a Marine Civils Contractor. The company has relocated in time to conclude two further builds – MC27 (a 14m workboat) and MC29 (a 15m workboat). The team are also pursuing prospects for House Boats, Pontoons and Barges both locally and further afield.
The newly restructured management team includes Mr Jason Coltman, who has recently returned to the business fresh from a summer sabbatical.
As part of the restructuring three new roles have been created; Mr Ric Haselhurst has taken on the role of Production Manager and Mr Jim Mair the role of Technical Manager and Mr Tim Baily the role of Project Manager. All four are key stakeholders in the business and will be the principle drivers of the business moving forward.
Mr Nicholas Warren, the CEO of Burgess Marine, the parent company of Meercat Workboats comments:
"the move is exactly what the business needs. Meercat is a growing business and we need a dedicated site and a dedicated management team. I've complete confidence in Jason, Ric, Jim and Tim as they lead the business going forward; they really are masters of their own destiny. They're key stakeholders in the newly restructured company and I firmly believe that they can grow the company effectively and independently".
He goes on to say:
"Burgess Marine is a business that's been built by individuals that genuinely do care. The same care and attention goes into each and every Meercat and it's that passion that gives me complete confidence in the new management team and the business. Across the Group we're investing in plant, equipment and accreditation and we see Southampton and the Solent as the focal point for all our key initiatives".
Jason Coltman comments:
"it's great to be back in the boat building business and overtime Ric, Jim, Tim and I, along with the entire team here at Meercat fully intend to develop the Meercat brand and product range to be the very best in the workboat business".
He goes on to say:
"We're newly independent and entirely committed to building both the business and our own standalone reputation. We've proven this by succeeding in a hard-fought pan-European public tender for ABP's new Southampton based workboat. This vessel, hull number MC30, will be a 15m boat and she'll be built right here in Southampton and delivered to the port early in the New Year".
He concludes by adding:
"Whilst we're intent on building more traditional Meercat's we've also got pontoons, tugs, barges, house boats, RIB's and landing craft on the near horizon and some very exciting core Meercat product develop to include hybrid propulsion for the aquaculture sector – watch this space!".


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Burger Envy? Burger King is offering ALL YOU CAN EAT Whoppers until October 15th in the "Bi" King campaign!
No Burger King isn't claiming sexual preferences, "VIKING" in Japanese means all you can eat buffet, hence the play on words.
From the country that gave us Takeru Kobayashi, Nathan's hot dog champion, now you can participate in your own gluttonous eating contest!
Order a set with fries and a drink and you are able to eat as many whoppers as you can possibly handle!
At about 400 yen per burger, if you go 315 times, you can save about 126000 yen ( about $1500).
Please order a ticket to Japan asap!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Burger King in Japan!! HURRY! FREE BURGERS! MOVE TO JAPAN!
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SilverlightDevCampDC is an upcoming gathering (November 3rd, 2007) in the Washington DC area, inspired by BarCamp, to build Silverlight applications. It's organized by volunteers & Silverlight enthusiasts, with attendance free to all. More info at http://www.barcamp.org/SilverlightDevCampDC
Also, Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP) will be holding the Fall Edition Code Camp on October 13, 2007. The Code Camp will be held from 9am - 5pm in Columbia, MD. More info at http://www.cmap-online.org/CodeCamp/


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Vs. Matamata Intermediate from myles webb on Vimeo.
Classroom page of Y7/8 at Melville Intermediate School, Hamilton, Waikato, NZ. (Formerly Room 8@ Melville Intermediate School). 2009-2013. This site is now closed.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Matamata Intermediate
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Inter Intermediate Touch Results
Melville Intermediate - Advert for Bio Tech
Enviro Group Advertisment from myles webb on Vimeo.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Maeroa Intermediate Girls Touch
Vs. Maeroa Girls 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Makurhari Students Farewell
Makuhari Dance 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Berkley Normal School Touch
Touch Berkley Normal from myles webb on Vimeo.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Makuhari Students Powhiri 2011
Makuhari Powhiri from myles webb on Vimeo.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Touch Vs. Cambridge Middle School
Touch Vs. Cambridge 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Drum Lessons
Drumming at MIS from myles webb on Vimeo.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Police Blue Light Challenge 2011 Video
Blue Light 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
This is the video of the Police Blue Light Challenge Car Push that Sita wrote about yesterday!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Police Blue Light Challenge 2011
On Monday 21st of March a group of 8 students (four Girls and four Boys) went to Ashurst Park for a Police Fitness Test called Bluelight.
Once we got there we felt pretty nervous and couldn't wait for it to start. We got split up into two teams, team red and team green. I was in team green with Raearna, Jackson and Hone. In team red was Annika, Shyniah, Keegan and Reece. First event we did was the car push. The time to beat was 27.6 seconds to push the police car ten meters and put the seat belts on in the car. We tried our best but we got 32.6 seconds. We could have got out in less time but it was the silly seat belt. Our second activity was the obstacle course. It was so hard we had to jump a six foot wall, jump through a window, walk on a beam, run 200m and so much more. Our best time was 2:51 minutes and we almost beat the best time which was 2:40 minutes. Last of all we had our swimming race. We had to do four laps of 50 meters with a ball. We did really well to get third. Overall it was a good day, we all had fun and we finished 5th out of 15 schools.
Report by Sita Latu, Room 18.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Handball in New Zealand
NZ Handball Demo for Denmark from myles webb on Vimeo.
One of the sites that we've really enjoyed visiting recently has been Vonslid School Blog in Denmark, it caused us to research Denmark because we discovered that we didn't know very much about it as a country. One of our students, Lana created a slideshow about the comparison between Denmark and New Zealand. She thought that she found that Soccer was the national sport of Denmark, apparently its Handball! This brought much mirth to Room Eight as Handball is a game played by some students at interval and lunch break, but is for fun only. We've actually researched Handball the sport, and its of course quite different from New Zealand Handball - this video was filmed by Mitchell and Kris and demonstrates what most New Zealanders think 'Handball' is.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Digital Photo Challenge Group Five
Digital Photograph - Group Five on PhotoPeach
Digital Photography - Group Six
Digital Photography - Group Six on PhotoPeach
Friday, March 18, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Digital Photo Challenge Groups Three and Four
Digital Photography - Group Three on PhotoPeach
This is the entry in the competition from Group Four:
Digital Photography Group Four on PhotoPeach
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Photo Option Photo Challenge
Digital Photography - Team One on PhotoPeach
This is the effort from Tatiana, Ridwan and Tamara
Digital Photography Team Two on PhotoPeach
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Maggi Cook Off 2011
Melville Intermediate School is again entering a team in the Maggi Cook Off Competition, as part of the Erin Simpson Show, like we did last year. The team from Melville Intermediate will consist of Morgen and Dante from Room Eight, and also Annalize (who was in Room Eight last year) we will keep you posted with updates as the competition starts and details about how you can vote for Melville Intermediate School!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Music as an 'Option'
Kennedy Music Options 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Melville Intermeidate - Mufti Day Fundraiser for Christchurch
Melville Intermediate held a Red and Black Mufti Day last Friday to raise money for those people who were affected by the Canterbury Earthquake. Melville Intermediate students were encouraged to bring in more than the requested $1.00 and plenty of students did. In all $1,176.00 was raised, Chartwell Westfield undertook to double the donation meaning that we raised $2,3520.00 for the Red Cross.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Visit Vonsild School Blog!
We've just being making contact in the last few days with the students of Vonsild School in Denmark. Our students have really enjoyed visiting their wonderful class page, its filled with videos and other work that is interesting and really gets you thinking about the students and what they are like. We held a class brainstorming session about Denmark and although we've had contact with most of the world, there wasn't a whole lot of information that Room Eight could come up with, that's all going to change as we start looking at Denmark as a nation tomorrow and learning about our friends on the other side of the world, in the meantime you can visit Vonsild School in Denmark by clicking here and check out their wonderful students work!
Melville Intermediate - Inter Intermediate Cricket 2011
Melville Intermediate - Stephen Tours the School Garden
Stephen Garden Tour 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Cooking Options on Thursday
Kennedy Options - Cooking from myles webb on Vimeo.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Melville Intermediate - NZAIMS 2011 Here we come!
Melville Intermediate are preparing to compete again at the NZAIMS Tournament. This tournament is the premiere sports competition for Y7 and Y8 students in New Zealand. Last year there were over 100 schools and 4,000 competitors, with over 800 officials in Tauranga for the week of competition. In 2010 Melville Intermediate entered Boys Soccer, where the team came 14th, Hip Hop where our team finished 4th by 0.5 of a percent and Girls Basketball.
Our Basketball teams over the last two years have a proud record of success, last year our Girls made the semi finals before being defeated by Kura O Te Koutu from Rotorua and finishing 4th. Our 2009 team was undefeated for the entire tournament and crowned national champions at the conclusion of the games! This years team has started preparation by playing at the YMCA on Tuesday night. The team is in a Boys/Mixed competition and has already defeated Maeroa Intermediate and St Andrews Middle School. Last week the Girls were defeated 35-45 by the Flyers Lakers, although they were dissapointed to lose they managed to play a forty minute game with five players and no reserves! Today Melville Intermediate played against the KBC Sting and defeated them 43-33. Kobe managed to score 17 points, in her first game for the year, Mata scored an impressive 16 and Sita contributed well with 10. The team has three more games in the 'A' pool against top opposition before the play offs. This footage is from Melville Intermediates game against the Sting tonight, the AIMS Games might be six months away but its approaching fast.
Basketball 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Pottery Options 2011
Pottery 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Sativa's Explanation of Bone Carving
Bone Carving 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Poetry Sites for Term One
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Skyping with St Marys School
Yesterday Mackenzie and I Skyped with St Marys School, Room Seven. They saw a link of Mackenzie and I in the CPA doing the Hawaiian dance for my Grandmothers Birthday. I was so surprised that they only had around two hundred students from Y1 to Y8 and we have nearly 300 students from Y7 and Y8. It was great talking to Room Seven and I really enjoyed it.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Extension Cooking and Music
Extension Cooking 28th February 2011 from myles webb on Vimeo.
The video above was created by Lana, who also wrote the description and filmed the footage in the Cooking Room. The video below is of the Music Extension Room.
Music Extension 28th Februay from myles webb on Vimeo.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Melville Intermediate - Music Technology 24th Feb
Music Technology 24th February from myles webb on Vimeo.


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> Can anyone give me the title of the Norman McClaren film (or at least a
> Canadian film) from the 1950's --animation -- showing the effects of a
> nuclear holocaust? It had rather gruesome images of people being
> incinerated. Thanks.
"Neighbours" released in 1952 is very likely the title you are
looking for. This pixillation film won the Academy Award.
Depending on the version you remember, it may not be as violent
as the original. The "baby bashing" scene was cut and the world
devastation sequence at the end was shortened in the general
release version.
>From the NFB catalogue: the restored "Neighbours" is available
in compilations on video for both the library and home market:
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Canadian Animation, Images for a Peaceful Planet, 50 for 50: Vol.
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Some areas that I am interested (but not limited to) in are futurism, economics, diet, health, politics, human nature. I'll try to stick to the theme of lesser known but important topics.


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|He's in the HoH room, but he's not
The madness begins. Well, for us, anyway. The hamsters have been in the Habitrail for at least a week now. Nominations on both HoH sides were made, the Battle of the Block has already gone down, there's now a single HoH and only two nominations for eviction remain. Oh ... and the Have Nots have already moved into the Have Not room. We have a lot of catching up to do! So, here goes:
- One constant in the house remains despite its makeover this year -- the ants have already moved into the kitchen.
- James is the sole HoH even though Jason keeps hanging out in the HoH room trying his gay glue mojo.
- Steve and Jackie are on the block. (No, not ME Jackie. I'm in a chair.)
- Jace, even though Austin seems to have taken to him, is wearing thin on the rest of the house.
- The current plan is that, if anyone other than Steve wins Veto, James will take Jackie down and put Jace up.
- Steve's plan to be the goofy kid seems to be going awry. He's coming off more as awkward and lost a bit.
- Steve told Jace the ants were "nefarious." Um. Okay. I would have gone more for "prevalent" or even a "constant." But I'm no Steve!
- Audrey told Meg that she thinks Liz and Jace should have a showmance. I don't know if she realizes how much Liz wants a showmance with just about anyone, but is smitten with Clay's looks.
- The Have Nots (not sure how it happened) seem to be Vanessa, Liz, Austin and Da'Vonne. But John keeps hanging out in the dentist sleeping chairs in there consoling an upset Vanessa. He might be one, too. It's all so confusing!
- Somehow (again, not sure how) Vanessa saved Austin. If he is indeed a Have Not, she didn't save him from that. More on that when I hear more!
- It's hard to get a grip on all of what's happened that we've missed. It will be easier when the feeds have been on for a while. But we definitely miss a chunk with that first week gone!
- I'm not thrilled that Austin seems to be aligning with Jace and Liz. I find the both of them annoying while I had high hopes for Austin's game.
- The fish tank is a table this year.
- I'm sure fish will still die.
- James is more entertaining than I thought he'd be.
- I haven't seen John a lot, but give him kudos for talking to the upset Vanessa.
- They picked for PoV players already. But I'm not sure who other than Jason (HG Choice picked by Steve) and John (not sure who picked his chip) is playing besides those on the block and James.
- Wait! Did I mention they're on an indoor lockdown?
- No?
- Oops.
- They are, most likely for the PoV comp set-up.
- They had a huge nail salon party with the guys getting their nails painted by the women.
- Even Austin.
- According to James, "I don't care what anyone says. I have the prettiest toes in the house!"
- James also loves the dentist chair beds in the Have Not Room. "They must be Sertas!"
- They're just his size while Austin's feet hang off.
- Some talked about Jace acting up since the feeds went live "just like he did the first few days." Apparently he had a streak of not annoying people.
- Austin! Get away from Jace right now! Poison! Poison!
|Nails party for the boys and girls
The guys got into it and had fun. No alcohol, even!
|Audrey seems to get along with all
|Jace is the nemesis of Jason
He seems to be in with Austin, though.
|John consoles Vanessa in Have Not
Fitting for John, at least, the Have Not room has dentist chairs for beds.
|Jackie is on the block, surprised?
|James remains HoH after BoB
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
If you had no idea how old you are now, how old would you think you are? In short, how old do you feel you are right now?
The Hub turned 30 last week. In the months leading up to his birthday, he was in quite a state. It had hit him that he was reaching a major milestone in his life. Another point to evaluate just how close or far he was from his goals. I was so certain he would hyperventilate on the actual day so I made sure I had a few emergency numbers in my phone. I had a plan laid out in my mind; if he did panic or faint, I would call the guy next door to carry him to the hospital. So I encouraged The Hub to stay fully dressed at all times because there was no way I was going to try and get his dead weight dressed before anyone saw him. Surprisingly, he was really calm on the day. I don't know what conversations he had with himself but it seems he has come to terms with it.
For some reason, everyone around me is turning 30. I swear I know more than 6 people who are 30 this year. 1985 was quite a productive year for our parents. The thing about marriage (and any other relationship if you seriously think about it) is that you get to experience certain things multiple times. The life you share makes it necessary to go through their joys, pains, insecurities and moments of confidence with them whether you want to or not. And so when The Hub was fretting about his life goals and ambitions, I was analyzing mine too.
It was during one of these moments that I realized that somewhere deep in my heart, I am looking forward to turning 30. I've been practicing how to be 30 all year long and I didn't even know it. There are certain things I have adopted or taught myself that normally would have come from living with me for 3 decades.
Self-Love: There have been times I wanted to be anyone but myself, lots of times. But I have been on journey to learn how to love myself. I have been learning acceptance and gratitude. One of the things that prompted this was the realization that the time I spent looking into the mirror criticizing myself was huge compared to the time The Hub spent and he weighed more than me.
Knowledge of Self: In the past I have relied on people to tell me where my strengths lie. I found myself always mining for the negatives in me but not the positives. And I would act surprised when someone pointed out a good thing about me. But now I'm finding out my strengths and any compliment from friends is a confirmation and not a discovery.
I'm not guilty about my dress choice anymore: I have never been the chic girl or the best dressed girl. For the longest time I felt the need to apologize for not being the type to dress up. And now as time goes on I am learning that I value how clothes make me feel way above how they make me look. So I will dress up when I want to but I am dressed down most times because I want to. I'm not apologizing anymore for my dress choices.
I do what I want: So many times we do things because someone in our class or position is expected to. We buy things that we don't even like just because someone said it is fashionable or classy. We get married or have children because that's what everyone our age is doing. Coming from a background that expected me to act a certain way because "that's the way we've always done them", I question my intentions for almost everything now. I am learning to do things because I want to or decided to and not because society expects me to.
I pay my own bills: It's needless to say a major part of being an adult is paying bills. I swear bills hold meetings to plan on how to haunt our lives. But it's safe to say no one is out for my head for any outstanding debt.
How old would I be if I didn't know how old I was? I would probably be 30…for the next 5 years.
How old do you think you would be?


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Sunday woke me up with a wake up call from the front desk. Half zombie, I put my clothes on and went down looking for Gerardo so that I could tape his speech and share it for all the atheists in Mexico who, just like the Peruvians and atheists from all around the world, must have a hard life.
At first there were some problems with the audio, but after finding a solution, Gerardo gave a great speech about what it is to be an atheist in Mexico and what kind of activism he and his group does. I was able to videotape the whole speech and give it to him before leaving. As soon as he finished, I went to my room, passed it from the camera to the computer. Meanwhile, I was picking up all my stuff, for I had to leave the hotel that day, and check out was at eleven. At 10:45 I went down, met Gerardo and gave him the video and finally say good bye to him and to all the good people I had met during that weekend. All of them happy to see fellow nonbelievers that would not think of them going to hell or being immoral people. Moreover we were happy to meet people with whom we shared a mutual element: our stories, all of them interesting and most of them painful of our way from believer to nonbelievers. That is who we are and we are proud of having got to that conclusion by ourselves, despite all the adversities we had to face.
I am glad I went to this convention. The next one will be in Canada. I don't think I will be able to go, but as soon as I get an opportunity, I'll be in the AAIC.
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Lots of top rope potential, with many cliff top anchor points. There are a few ringbolted sport routes and a couple of old carrots.
Access issues
This is a National Park. Keep a low profile.
Park near the speed camera on Henry Lawson Drive. Cross onto the southern side of the road and walk 50m East. A series of tracks should be visible in the scrub near the road. These tracks all lead to the cliff top. There are 2 or 3 points along the face that can be scrambled down to the cliff base.
The original development here went on in the early '60s with scout groups from Revesby and Padstow. The main area was on the other side of the ridge from Blackwall where the cliffs were higher. Climbs were top-roped and used for abseil practice for climbing and caving. As this was the early '60s not many climbs were led but there was not much around in the way of gear - steel crabs and laid nylon and manilla ropes. None of the routes were named but pretty much everything that could be climbed was, starting with the cracks. There may have been a more recent wave of activity in the 1980's and 2000, but nobody has come forward with any details.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Should the tax system encourage marriage?
It's not that I don't believe that marriage provides the most stable environment for children to be brought up in. It quite clearly does. But is providing tax incentives to get married really likely to provide more stable, loving homes - or might it actually achieve just the opposite?
Okay, so I probably move in rather traditional social circles compared to some, but most people I know got married because they believed they had found their soulmate, not because they wanted to find a way of knocking £200 a year off the income tax bill.
If there really is anyone out there who got married for those sorts of reasons - and that I rather doubt - then they are probably three quarters of the way to the divorce court already.
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"...aimed at making it easier for one parent to stay at home to look after children."
So it's good old fashioned "keep the woman in the kitchen" then.
Same old.
- 11 July, 2007 09:00
- Sim-O said...
It'll take more than 200 knicker for me or my wife to be able to stay home.
- 11 July, 2007 13:15
- Raymond said...
In some ways, what David Cameron said makes sense. I'm inclined to agree that a lot of the problems in British society seem to be exacerbated - if not caused - by unstable family backgrounds. The statistics certainly support this view.
I have to agree with you, Paul, that tax is not the solution. Yes, we need to rebuild the family group as the norm. The government should be supporting families. I believe putting power back with the family group is a better way of achieving this: by systematically undermining the family group and its authority in society the government have created - or at least fuelled - the state the conutry is in.
So: we need fewer draconian and authoritarian laws and to encourage discipline led by parents; that's my recipe.
- 11 July, 2007 13:35
I never could see the English assemblies working. The Scottish Parliament was a de facto complete devolution of significant central powers; albeit Westminster still is the ultimate authority, even in the devolved activities. This devolution included the Scottish Executive have statutory superiority over local authorities.
So far as I can judge, that was never the type of package on offer to the English regions.
Paul I agree with your doubts about the ability of local authorities to think beyond their own boundaries. Here in Scotland it has been blindingly clear for almost three decades that neither Edinburgh nor Glasgow acting alone have the capacity to be truly globally competitive cities. However, acting together, they would constitute the largest definable market and business regions in the UK outside London. Despite this, it is only in the past couple of years that they have began, reluctantly, to build a collaborative basis.
The extreme distortion caused to the UK economy by metro London should be the significant issue for UK policy makers - something that afflicts all other English regions and Wales as well as Scotland. For my money 'city regions' are the best bet for creating alternative economic and cultural bases in the UK outwith metro London that would be globally competitive. The prize would be how to ensure that these developments have embedded within them, appropriate and sustainable political and governance structures.
There have been some excellent pieces of work on the city region theme such as the output of the IPPR's Centre for Cities and the Work Foundation's 'Welcome to the Ideopolis'
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Italian Smashed Potatoes
2 pounds small Yukon Gold potatoes
1/4 cup Olive oil
2 tablespoons of minced Garlic
3 tablespoon Olive oil 3 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 tablespoon dried Parsley
1 tablespoon dried chopped Thyme
Salt and Pepper
For the potatoes: Put the potatoes in an 8-quart stockpot with enough cold water to cover by at least 2 inches. Bring the water to a boil over medium heat and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Drain the potatoes allow to dry for 5 minutes. Using the palm of your hand, gently press the potatoes until lightly smashed.
In a large, nonstick skillet, heat 1/4 cup of oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant and lightly brown, about 1 minute. In batches, add the potatoes and cook, without stirring, until the bottoms turn golden brown, about 5 to 8 minutes then turn the potatoes over and cook, drizzling with oil, if needed, until golden brown on the other side for another 5 to 8 minutes.
For the dressing: In a small bowl whisk together the oil, lemon juice, parsley and Thyme. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spoon the dressing over the potatoes and toss gently until coated. Transfer the potatoes to a serving bowl and serve
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It's now in the history books.
We Democrats took a shellacking at the polls. For me, the saving grace was the re-election to Congress of cousin Rick Nolan in Minnesota's Iron Range 8th district. Congrats to Rick.
Hopeful Ideas
But this is about ideas, particularly of the hopeful variety. Thru this report, and in conclusion, Ill offer my thoughts on why I'm still hopeful.
This morning, Paul Krugman's, When Governments Succeed got these juices flowing. Also, left-over reading from Sunday's Newark Star Ledger, Tom Moran's Lance Shows why the GOP won't budge on climate, and conservative (yes, Conservative) columnist, Paul Mulshine's Can a RINO cry crocodile tears? rise to the level of motivational.
At the risk of sounding like a plug for the paper, but the Star Ledger has at it's disposal any number of terrific writers in all directions: opinion, sports!, and certainly the Jersey beat; those who hold my interest in "print" so long as we both survive. Those who know me, know my roots are in printers ink — long may it flow.
Can a RINO … ?
Mulshine, while the conservative columnist, is one I often agree with. Why? He represent the age when Republicans were thoughtful and had a plan beyond cutting taxes. A dieing breed in the land, and shrinking badly here in the region that gave us "Rockefeller Republicans". (note to self: time to read Richard Norton Smith's Nelson Rockefeller biography) Mulshine is unafraid and unapologetic about reminding Republicans of their true calling. Recalling the history of Romney-/Obama-care, Mulshine says
The health-care reform Romney endorsed also would have been pretty much the same as the plan Obama pushed through.
So why the Republican outrage? The only possible explanation is because Obama is beating them at their own game.
That they should never have played it in the first place does not seem to have occurred to them.
As a footnote in his online column, he points out the MIT prof, Gruber, who made the "stupid voters " remark about Obama-care is also the author of Romney-care, and also said of them, "they're the same".
Lance shows …
Moran delivers live data gathered from the field of dieing Republican values. Reporting on Leonard Lance, a 3-term Republican from NJ's central 7th district, Moran interviews and quotes Lance, concluding that
… Lance has done a full 180 on the most important environmental question of our generation. He has become as rabid as the rest.
To me, this is beyond sad. In Trenton, Lance was a man of unshakable principle. He lost his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee after he bucked the party and refused to support Whitman's bonding scheme, a stance that history has vindicated. He was deeply respected in both parties.
But since Republicans took over the House in 2010, he's become an orthodox conservative on big issues like the climate and the budget.
and further:
That's an explicit warning from the Americans for Prosperity, one of the financial tentacles of the Koch Brothers.
They impose discipline by promising to kill the outliers.
Lance says that none of that plays into his calculation on climate. "I've always voted my conscience," he insists.
My $0.02: any suggestions the Koch brothers are in it for anything (or one) but themselves needs more evidence-based reasoning.
About Lance: He really needs to check how his conscience has been formed of late. Moran traces his evolution from one who could work across the aisle, to where he now can't find the center aisle. For me, Lance, our former congressman (Pat and I left our home in the Sandy- and Irene- ravaged Union Co squarely in the 7th, for the more liberal if not safer central Jersey 12th this year) is the model of the impact of money and public cynicism it so easily spreads on people of principle.
So, where's the hope in these? For me, it's that there are still people of principle who have the courage, resources, and support to hold our public servants' feet to the fire.
Governments succeed …
Krugman hits a smorgasbord of current issues: the Ebola "freakout", DOE energy investment, ACA success, and Obama deficit growth (or not). These are remain current to Krugman, and the rest of us evidence-based folks, since respectable commentators on the public sphere collect evidence as we go for later recall, something beyond the 24 – hour video cycle.
On the Ebola freakout, it will have a hiccup today (11/17) as word arrives that Dr Salia died from Ebola. Krugman points at the political hay the right was making over "lack of preparation", etc… but that has proven to be the noise it was. Sadly, the problem remains, but the cautions from the CDC about getting to the roots of the problem will fall on deaf ears in the new majority in Congress
The DOE energy investment screen was about the $500 +M we taxpayers lost on Solyndra. Krugman reminds us that was an investment, and the whole program as returned $5B ( ten times as much ) to the government. Even Warren Buffet lost half again as much as us taxpayers on Solyndra. Part of my thinking on this one is the right, moneyed interest section, doesn't want to help JQ Public think too deeply about what investing means, lest he demand his fair share of the capital landscape.
That the ACA success is out of the news does not surprise. First, because bad news sells, and secondly, those in media who were promoting rather than reporting it's potential failure aren't likely to apologize.
… and a new Gallup survey finds that the newly insured are very satisfied with their coverage. By any normal standards, this is a dramatic example of policy success, verging on policy triumph.
In an atta-boy selfie, better part of 3 yrs before the ACA, I was saying "where can I send my check to see that everyone get's healthcare" (what is health insurance anyway, if not care). Here's a simple challenge: What's it worth to you ( in dollars ), to see that everyone has healthcare? I was willing to kick in $1K / yr. Too many of us would say, "nothing", which is a legitimate, if not too-selfish reply.
The purported deficit growth from the ACA receives Krugman's attention:
Surely the exploding costs of Obama-care, combined with a stimulus program that would become a perpetual boondoggle, would lead to vast amounts of red ink, right? Well, no — the deficit has indeed come down rapidly, and as a share of G.D.P. it's back down to pre-crisis levels.
That the rabid right refuses to be held accountable for those predictions points to why I have little faith in dialogue with that segment. Except, bending back to Mulshine and Moran respectively, there remain people on the right capable of harmonic dialogue and those on the left who remember and report on dialogue across the aisle.
Where's the hope…
I've alluded here, and confessed to a certain bias for the "print" media. As TV made it's inroads in the '50s, my dad told my brother and me as we sold subscriptions to the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, "tell them they can't cut it out of the TV". Well that's changed. As the TV and the newspaper collide here on the internet, I detect a residual difference in the reportage, if not opinion and thought. Print media has at its heart a level of engagement not possible in the push media of the video. Certainly changes are afoot in both directions.
My hope here is in print media, however it sees itself, to ever foster legitimate dialogue that holds us and our ideas accountable.


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Once in a while, I pine for Indian food's spice-infused, curry-filled flavors. Couched in a strip of businesses on Queen Street, Namaste is a fairly new addition to Southington, offering a lunch buffet and an extensive menu with a sundry mixture of Indian delicacies. Given the recommendation of a friend and high online customer ratings, I decided to check out this little piece of India.