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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352232392018-05-29T02:18:17.534-04:00Crafty CaroleIncluding, but not limited to musings on knitting and other crafts. With any luck, original patterns will also be posted.CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-60148551749083673422013-03-26T22:15:00.004-04:002013-03-26T22:15:55.668-04:00so much since the last post.
Kids:
DD is 1st chair flute in her school concert band YAY... all those lessons are paying off. Her all-city chorus concert was tonight and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
DS1 and DS2 had great conferences today :) Both are playing baseball this spring.

Work:

Lived through my observation in a very positive way!

 2/3 grade concert was last Thursday. Just a taste of the concert:
2nd grade
 3rd grade
It was dedicated to Music Makes Your Mind Grow... for music in our schools month!
The kids were terrific!!!!!

My chorus is singing the National Anthem at our local AAA division PHILLIES baseball affiliate next Friday. WE can't wait. I designed T-shirts for them. SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Had the best time teaching 6th grade today. (major, minor and dorian modes) The ideas kept coming the faster I taught. It was awesome. I'm going to make some manipulatives for class that I'll share when they're finished.

My friend and I did the SOAR award for 2 groups of winners today. It's always so much fun to do something with those kids that lets them have fun and be creative at the same time!

Little League keeps me hopping as player agent and trying to get the league moving in a forward growth direction. Fortunately, I have some very positive people on my side. I never would have guessed I'd be so involved a year ago.

The band parent president asked me to consider being an officer next year. I said ok... Am I nuts? But it's an incredible organization.

Knitting:
What's that?? I finished a baby blanket weeks ago that is still waiting to be blocked.... pictures after that happens (which I hope is before the baby is born!)

OK.... gotta do some school work! Night allCraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-82643484648508153012012-11-24T17:44:00.000-05:002012-11-24T17:44:04.400-05:00the snowmanso beautiful! CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-32981484118413409162012-10-29T11:52:00.000-04:002012-10-29T11:52:02.262-04:00fake it til you become itThis is such a worthwhile 20 minutes. CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-33866253110767435172012-09-17T18:30:00.000-04:002012-09-17T18:30:02.691-04:00Baby panda in DCYesterday the National Zoo had a baby panda born. How cute is that. The panda cam might be too busy but bookmark it and you can maybe see it later! On a musical note. My first chorus rehearsal was today. I hope they think I'm as crazy as I am. Trying to get them to really articulate those consonants. It's hard work! Knitting? what is that? Hopefully by October I'll be in a schedule where I have some time to do some crafts. Between this work thing and my kids life, I have none of my own. It's ok though, can't get in trouble that way!CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-18859380295922530032012-09-15T23:06:00.002-04:002012-09-15T23:09:27.131-04:00how cool is thisCraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-6723923696471127592012-09-09T20:54:00.000-04:002012-09-09T20:54:15.772-04:00School has begun! Tomorrow starts the third week with kids! I can't believe it . But I'm LOVING back at the elementary school and I can tell that the kids are happy I'm back too. :)

My daughter went in the week before and helped me decorate a bit. She colored all my solfege hands that I found on pinterest I've found some fantastic things there and it only gets me more and more excited for school. Mom had a birthday on Friday and I have a special package for her.... not telling yet. boys are playing baseball again.... and the daughter is playing soccer. She is also in her school's marching band and jazz band and choir(s). The last is dependent on her audition results from last week. Maybe I'll find some time to blog again, now that I feel as though my life is returning to me. CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-81783654259867862952012-08-17T16:27:00.000-04:002012-08-17T16:27:35.053-04:00had to share in the ravellenics I earned a few medals. Not as many as I had hoped but I guess enough considering we were on vacation at the time as well. Hat Dash - 2 Lace Longjump - 1 Frogging Trampoline - 1 Cowl Jump - 1 Holiday Hurdles -1 Colourwork Cross-Country - 1 Single Skein Sprint - 2 Baby Dressage - 1 Shawl Sailing - 1 Synchronized Stashbusting- 4 I guess not too bad... Can't post pics yet as there is a gift for someone who reads my blog. trying to prepare for school both physically and mentally.... not being too successful! Oh and I have a stress fracture at the top of my tibia so my workout schedule has been interrupted until further notice (and just when I was beginning to drop some pounds)CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-71843861349711718642012-06-26T10:20:00.002-04:002012-06-26T10:55:10.692-04:00movingthe stash back to its home. This makes me realize that I REALLY may not buy any more yarn. I have lots of gorgeous recycled yarn that I've been sorting by weight. And tons of commercial yarn, so it's a moratorium. Actually I haven't bought any in over a year (of course I've knit next to nothing) but not even more sweaters to frog (unless they're cheap and 100% cashmere, preferable DK or heavier) Well, even that would be hard because I haven't been to the thrift store since forever either. I'll post a picture when I'm finished but DH bought these shelves and filled 40% with clear rubbermaid storage bins which are filling up quickly (with recycled yarns :))
the stash started like this

then the basement looked like this
and the new picture has yet to be taken, but it'll be a beauty.

 And hopefully, the room I'm painting will be complete soon. I want to leave it steampunk but DH wants to box out the pipes.
I forgot to mention the little friend that came to visit us the other day His cardinal parents were flying around encouraging him to take the leap. The neighbor's dog scared him to death. He is so sweet.
 off to weed the garden a bit then move more stash.CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-66281252983000243122012-06-25T15:44:00.000-04:002012-06-26T00:26:04.891-04:00TGISThank god it's summer!

It's all about baseball. DS1 is on his league's all-star baseball team. They have a game Tuesday night. They lost their first so depending on the outcome it could be their last or they could play again on Thursday. I'm hoping for the latter. He's done remarkably well this season and I'm insanely proud of him. He was Snoopy in his school's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown musical as well so we had a hoppin' spring.
DS2 played baseball as well so we were at the field almost every night after school and play practice!
I am headed back to the elementary school to teach and couldn't be happier. I need to get started on making awesome lesson plans. The new books are in my car.
My kids have kept me insanely busy with their schedules, but I guess that's what keeps me young.

My latest project that just finished blocking and drying today is a birthday gift for a friend that I hope to see this weekend.

Pattern: Citron
Designer:Hilary Smith Callas
Yarn: my own handspun targhee cross 2 ply (from a raw fleece)
Weight: fingering
Color: swimming pool blues (kettle dyed with BerryBlast Kool Aid and medium and dark blue Wiltons gel)
Needle: US6
Yardage: less than 600

I hope she likes it. It's only my 3rd project that I've made using handspun. The 2nd was this gift for DH for Christmas, which he wears but I'm not completely happy with:
Also not the most clear picture. That was with 3 ply BFL undyed except for the trim which was romney dyed with coffee.

I haven't knit or spun much in the past 2 years being at the JHS... Hoping that will change with the school change this year.

Well my list of summer projects is growing. And we'll have company for 7 weeks or so, so rather than type more I should get cracking.CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-84877396722841633382012-02-26T00:32:00.007-05:002012-02-26T01:19:17.877-05:00still alivelots has happened and no time to blog.
THe most recent being the daughter's 12th birthday. It fell on a girl scout meeting night so she had her cake there. Then on Saturday she took a friend with the family to Red Robin for diner and to see the new Journey movie (in 3D of course, aren't all new movies released in 3D now?)
Her family party was last Sunday and her request was that in lieu of cake we have cupcakes. (too much cupcake war challenges I believe) So we decided on making both vanilla and chocolate cupcakes. Each with it's share of a chocolate surprise inside and each with raspberry filling.

To differentiate between them, we used pink silicon baking cups for the raspberry filled ones, iced them with raspberry buttercream icing, and topped them with a fresh raspberry.

The chocolate surprise cupcakes had tie-dyed buttercream icing. I did it with a lesson I saw on pinterest (admittedly some of my free time has gone there)

The rapsberry cupcake filling came from the recipe found  here but I combined the idea for this frosting along with this recipe for an incredibly delish frosting

Much of the rest of the time has been spent helping the kids with their school projects, trying to set up the craft room in the basement and lots and lots of school preparations and grading....

I have knitting to talk about but I'll save that for another day!CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-2520634261996524742011-12-31T15:28:00.003-05:002011-12-31T15:46:52.793-05:00happy new yearI am so blessed. I have 3 great, happy healthy children, a loving, caring, generous, kind husband, and really terrific friends whom I love a lot and I feel their love as well,a warm house, enough food and drink, vehicles that take us where we need or want to go, and the beauty of the world that God provides us. What more could a person need?

I'm not one for new year's resolutions. It seems as though they fall by the wayside shortly into the year. I would like to finish some outstanding projects: home improvement and craft, organize my time a bit more and become a bit more motivated, and maybe lose a few pounds, but no promises ;-)

2011 brought us lots:
The first year my sons played organized baseball (and the oldest one LOVED it).
The first year my kids played organized soccer.
The completion of my first year as a junior high music teacher (totally NOT my age choice).
The year my daughter became a woman (TMI I know).
The little patio in the back.
A cool hammock stand for the hubs so he can USE the hammock.
A new furnace and water heater (ouch on the wallet).
Experiencing my first earthquake.
My first year as a parent of a middle schooler.
Dealing with a leaking roof... still dealing with that one :-(
Snowstorm before Halloween causing multiple day power outage.
The first time my oldest son auditioned for a play (and got the role he wanted YAY!)
A larger project knitted from my handspun yarn :-)
The Christmas where I truly found no need to receive any gifts because of the pleasure I got from giving them (and this was the best gift of all!)
The least stressed holiday ever (and the most organized I've been in years)

I am so blessed. May you have a blessed 2012CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-36369828302162424792011-12-11T17:20:00.004-05:002011-12-11T17:28:49.234-05:00yule moonwas yesterday. There was a lunar eclipse on the west coast of the US and I believe in the southern hemisphere on Friday. Of course, we didn't see it.

Today I found this

"Hierbas Buenas" Valley Petroglyphs (Night Time Lapse Movie) from Stéphane Guisard on Vimeo.
set to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. So beautiful.

DS1 joined the science club at his school and his work for this week was to watch the moon. The beginning of the week was a bust as we had cloudy skies and lots of rain (yes the roof still leaks) but since Thursday the skies have been really beautiful.

Last night I went to see DH's women's chorus at Moravian College Vespers. I decided to hoof the mile to the church in spite of the sudden low temps. It was a beautiful walk.

Today I feel miserable. I finally have the cold that's been going around school. Thank goodness it waited until my concert at school was over (and my Messiah gig)

The vest... what a story I have to tell with that. I'll wait until it's complete then tell the while mess at once.

3 batches of cookies are baked and dough for cut outs is in the fridge. Today I started to infuse a pint of Bombay gin with pomegranate.... Has to work it's magic for a month.

Some Christmas gifts are made, others have yet to be finished. And yet I feel this still calm in my soul... like no worries. It'll get done in time before the baby is born.
8 days of school until break. Not that I'm counting ;-)CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-44658265638081928482011-11-26T10:21:00.004-05:002011-11-26T10:26:27.802-05:00muppet madness
Last night we took the kids to see the new Muppet movie. If you remember the old muppet movies or the Tv show you will LOVE LOVE LOVE this film... Even my husband who had no clue about the muppets laughed and my kids loved it as well. A good night of family fun!
And don't forget to check out bakerellas muppet cake pops. They're really adorable. If only I had the time.. although I woulnd't want to eat them then!CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-16644716771850800772011-11-11T04:37:00.002-05:002011-11-11T04:42:42.697-05:0011.11.11Today's date: only happens once a century. Unfortunately at 11:11 I'll be in the middle of a rehearsal at school. I hope something magical happens. My chorus could use it.

What will you be doing?CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-84648745819269176952011-10-31T22:15:00.002-04:002011-10-31T22:20:53.754-04:00it comes in 3send of August was the earthquake

September brought a hurricane to the northeast knocking out power all over.

and Saturday the 29th of October..... a major snowstorm hits the Northeast knocking out power all over.

Enough already! So that should be the end of the surprises from Mother Nature right???

after 48 hours we have power again. I was able to get a hot shower and put a dent in the laundry. We were able to cook at home AND do dishes.

And now I think I'll go to bed. (just as soon as I grade these school papers)

Happy Halloween!CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-30152306286327294972011-09-17T13:38:00.003-04:002011-09-17T13:41:26.013-04:00sip
The third Saturday of September is world wide spin in public day (sip) So I took my wheel to the son's baseball game and spun about a half bobbin of yarn :)

So busy with school preparations and running after the kids I don't knit spin or play at all lately. Hoping it settles down soon!

Go out and spin in public today!CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-79863549133581754232011-09-07T20:19:00.003-04:002011-09-07T20:22:21.020-04:00happy birthday mom
91 today... hope you enjoy many many more!

photo courtesy of simplysweetsazCraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-23196753672627630832011-09-05T19:25:00.005-04:002011-09-05T19:42:03.273-04:00happy labor dayI'm so thankful for the long weekend.

Friday night I was able to catch up on some lost sleep from the first week of school beginning. We were blessed enough to not be hit too hard by hurricane Irene. In the town I live, the schools were closed because of lack of power and flooding but where I teach we were a go. So I had a full week to put in with students... and boy was I tired by Friday.

Saturday morning called for a fall baseball game. Then some cleaning while DH ran to the supermarket to pick up a few things for our company for dinner Saturday evening. What a wonderful visit with fantastic friends.

Sunday, DH ran off early in the morning for church and I cleaned up from the night before. All three kids had soccer in the afternoon. They came back beat. The hub and I watched the end of the very long (and sad) Phillies game. I wonder how their protest will turn out.

Today, I've spent most of the day working on school lessons, still not finished. It's raining again. Baseball was cancelled this morning. FOr dinner I made 40 empanadas: spinach, egg and cheese, corn & blue cheese, walnut and celery. I also made baked feta for DH and I from this recipe I found on pinterest. I'll tell you how it was after we eat
CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-83056637027841346432011-08-23T22:43:00.005-04:002011-08-23T23:00:54.155-04:00earthquake day
Well the east had an earthquake today. The first that I've ever experienced. I was at school sorting band music, putting the mess in order that my predecessor left. I was wondering what the custodians were doing that would shake the building... turns out it was an earthquake. Whodathunk??

I made Betz White's cashmere bunny for two baby gifts. Paired it with a copy of the Velveteen Rabbit. One couple are both colleagues from work. The other mom was a student of mine for my first years of teaching.

DD needed a few more things tonight for school and I noticed a sale at Staples. We got a boatload of stuff: 6 one subject notebooks, 5 retractable bic pens, 12 dixon ticonderoga pencils, a package of 6 mechanical pencils, 2 reams of copy paper, an 8MB thumb drive, a clear 18" ruler (for me), 20 pencil top erasers, 2 sharpie markers, 100 sheets of notebook paper... between the $5 off coupon, and our staples rewards and the sale. I spent $1.53 and we put in for $11 in rebates... ROCK on thrifiness :-)

My Phillies won tonight and the Little League team from PA won too!

Peanut butter cookies surrounding Reese's peanut butter cups baked after dinner.

Great day!CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-68296450849209403472011-08-04T00:00:00.002-04:002011-08-04T00:11:48.695-04:00it's officiali managed to spin over 2 Kilos of yarn during July... 2020g to be exact. I finished the BFL/BL fleece (the never ending brown fleece) and swatched to see what kind of vest I can make for DH. Using US8 needle I get 16 stitches x 23 rows for a 4x4 square.

Smaller needles gives a fabric that is too dense. (trust me I've knitted 1/4 vest on 5's and 6's... and ripped out both)

I'm almost finished the first recycled cashmere sweater blanket... couple of things to do yet, but it's pretty nice If I do say so myself. Grays, black and a touch of grey, white and red argyle. Needless to say, it's super soft.. trimming it with black blanket binding
Here's a sneak preview:

There's still some work to do, but it's looking pretty good.

OK... gonna grab a banana and be off to bed. I've been a little under the weather lately.CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-26699557910482508082011-07-28T15:20:00.003-04:002011-07-28T15:24:01.343-04:00color?for the new craft room to be done after the furnace switch... I'm thinking of perwinkle with white furniture accents... which means I'll have lots of painting to do...
and I want a floor with that foamy stuff so I can block on the floor directly. I'll have lots to paint... maybe I'll do one of the bookshelves in a darker shade of the periwinkle.

so opinions??

Oh and the glass doctor said he can't fix the window. The husbeast will have to do it. I wonder how much he'll charge the kids :)CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-22532285658716201872011-07-27T23:09:00.009-04:002011-07-28T10:06:12.488-04:00guess what I made?
These

Sliced

Reamed with my new toy from the Moravian Cookshop. A whole pound of these babies.

and baked to perfection

for the hubster for tmrw after the Iron Pigs game. Our neighbor gave us 2 tickets for a late morning game so he's taking the boy who LOVES baseball, while I wait for the window repairman to come.

The recipe for the body of the pie is from Emeril's (the same one I always use) but this time I topped it with meringue from the Joy of Cooking cookbook.

THe mans' birthday is Saturday, so I'm trying to surprise him a little each day this week. Yesterday I brought home the cutest t-shirt from the zoo... 4 beetles crossing a pedestrian crosswalk.. and it says in the correct font The Beetles. Today was a few dark chocolate truffles from the Moravian cookshop. Champagne, cappucino, coffee, raspberry, amaretto, and some pyramid looking one. Sunday was a Phillies towel that you take to the game. Monday was a lost day, I'm afraid. but I have lots more planned for him.

Just a bird's eye shot of what I made during the 2011 Tour de Fleece. There's lots of yarn there... and a few rolags to spin yet. It will be finished before school starts.
CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-57511026951791410352011-07-27T18:05:00.005-04:002011-07-28T10:06:39.933-04:00from the Philly zooall my animal friends would love you to check them out We went yesterday and I took far too many pictures. I've only posted a few there.

still spinning the fleece from the tour de france.CraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-20037022041365314532011-07-22T22:17:00.002-04:002011-07-22T22:20:44.988-04:00day 21
I finished 3 bobbins and plied them together.
Two skins fo about 220 yards and one of 175 yards... not bad... now to wash it and set the twist and fluff the yarn a bit....

found out a friend of mine has breast cancer today... sad day....

also got a paire of etienne aigner shoes at the thrift store for less than $5. They have no wear and fit great. Perfect for school :) I'll post a picture later.CraftyCarolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-35223239.post-49954774916621182352011-07-20T23:45:00.005-04:002011-07-20T23:51:23.072-04:00bobbin bobbin who has the bobbinI managed to finish almost a whole bobbins worth today.

Here's a pic of the two bobbins that are done:

Yesterday we went to the Camden Aquarium. On the next street over is the RCA Victor building with this beautiful stained glass window

We touched jellyfish, and sea stars, stingrays and sharks and saw lots of stuff but my favorite was the sea turtle...If you want to see the best pictures point your browser to my facebook albumCraftyCarolehttp://email@example.com


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.... . .: 17 . 2015 .In this video we run down the history of the Toilet and poop. Time for the real Game of Thrones... where we walk you through an invention you have probably used more than your iPhone, unless you also use your iPhone on it. How did people poop in ancient rome and medieval England, and where did it all go? The answers will disturb you.Dont miss history, SUBSCRIBE http:bit.ly1U0izNEFollow us on TWITTER http:www.twitter.comlaughhistoryLike on FACEBOOK http:www.facebook.comlaughinghisto...ABOUT US:Join brothers Brandon and Nevin on their crazy trip through time as they dive into some of the weirdest (but true!) and most interesting bits of world history. Laughing Historically is a fun educational web show thats teacherclassroom friendly and great for kids of all ages!Terms:Ancient Rome a civilization that began on the Italian peninsula in 8th century BC, lasting until 476 AD. It expanded to be one of the largest empires in history.Medieval Ages In European history lasted from the 5th to the 15th century beginning with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged with the Renaissance.Toilet a sanitation fixture used for the disposal of human urine and feces.Chamber Pots a bowl shaped container, often with a lid, kept in the bedroom and used as a toilet at night.River Thames a river that flows through southern England, including London.Elizabeth I of England 15331603 was Queen of England from 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess, was the final monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, her reign is known as The Elizabethan Era.It is a truth universally acknowledged, that everybodyIn historypooped.In ancient times, the Romans built public underground sewer systems, which not only carried waste, but also drinking water,so It paid to be up stream.The romans used large, dividerfree public restrooms some with up to 50 toilets. Many people read prayers and protection spells to keep them safe from demons, rats biting their bums, or open flames that could flare up from methane pockets.In the middle ages, where you pooped largely depended on your class. Lower class people pooped in chamber pots aka jerry, guzunder, a po, thunder pot If you were really poor, a bucket.In medieval London it was illegal to empty these out the window (not that that stopped many people). Most people carried their full chamber pots to a nearby stream or river and emptied it there.Larger houses had attached latrines which drained into cesspits which were emptied by men called gongfermours or gong farmers. who would then carry the waste to the streams and rivers. The Gong Farmers of London would end their shift bathing in the River Thames, which was probably only slightly cleaner than themselves at least they were wellpaid.For the top of the Poopingladder, Castles featured rooms called Garderobes, which had literally a seat with a hole to the outside cut into it. Poop would drop right into the castle moat. When the tide was low, it would pile up above the water until it was flushed away into the river.Which was also drinking water.The word garderobe is french for Wardrobe. People would hang their clothes in these rooms, as the fleas and moths didnt like the smell.There was a job called The Groom of the Kings Stool, whose job was to wipe the kings bum when he was finished pooping. Naturally, this was a job of honor and only princes or boys of royalty were allowed to do it.With all this poop being throw around, you can imagine the smell literally everywhere. If you cant, think about this, Archaeologists have found medieval poop and it still stinks to this day. This past year they even found several 700 year old barrels unearthed in Denmark in the Werners Square. Boy, do we stink Brandon.Finally, in 1596, a man named John Harrington, who was actually an English poet, invented a flushing toilet for Queen Elizabeth the first. But it was so loud it scared her from using it. It did, however, become popular to call this new invention after its creator, John.By the 1850s over 400,000 tonnes of sewage were flushed into the River Thames each day around 150 million tonnes of poo a year.Eventually, in the 1880s, a man came along who invented the ballcock and many other patents, which helped silence the scary flushing toilet, leading to its widespread adoption his name?Thomas Crapper.FUN FACT:The US Navy has developed a way to vaporize on their vessels. The technology has been installed on their newest aircraft carrier the Gerald Ford Aircarft Carrier because he was a real stinky President.
A flush toilet bowl during the flushing actionTypical sound of a flush toiletThe focus of this article is a flush toilet that uses a mechanical flush from a water cistern that is above the toilet.Mechanical flush from a cistern edit A typical flush toilet is a vitreous, ceramic bowl containing water, plus plumbing to rapidly fill it with more water. The water in the toilet bowl is connected to a hollow drain pipe shaped like an upsidedown U connecting the drain. One side of the U channel is arranged as a hollow siphon tube longer than the water in the bowl is high. The siphon tube connects to the drain. The top of the upsidedown Ushaped drain pipe limits the height of the water in the bowl before it flows down the drain. If water is poured slowly into the bowl it simply flows over the rim of the upsidedown U and pours slowly down the drainthus the toilet does not flush. The standing water in the bowl acts as a barrier to sewer gas coming out of the sewer through the drain, and also as a receptacle for waste. Sewer gas is vented through a separate vent pipe attached to the sewer line.When a user flushes a toilet, a toilet flapper valve (not to be confused with a type of check valve ) opens and allows water from a reservoir tank to quickly enter the toilet bowl. This rapid influx from the tank causes the swirling water in the bowl to rapidly rise and fill the Ushaped inverted siphon tube mounted in the back of the toilet. This full siphon tube starts the toilets siphonic action . The siphon action quickly (47 seconds) pulls nearly all of the water and waste in the bowl and the onrushing tank water down the drainit flushes. When most of the water has drained out of the bowl, the continuous column of water up and over the bottom of the upsidedown Ushaped drain pipe (the siphon) is broken when air enters the siphon tube. The toilet then gives its characteristic gurgle as the siphonic action ceases and no more water flows out of the toilet. After flushing, the flapper valve in the water tank closes water lines and valves connected to the water supply refill the toilet tank and bowl. Then the toilet is again ready for use.At the top of the toilet bowl is a rim with many angled drain holes that are fed from the tank, which fill, rinse, and induce swirling in the bowl when it is flushed. Mounted above the toilet is a large holding tank with approximately 1.2 to 1.6 U.S. gallons (4.5 to 6.1L) of water in modern designs. This tank is built with a large drain 2.0 to 3.0 inches (5.08 to 7.62cm) diameter hole at its bottom covered by a flapper valve that allows the water to rapidly leave the holding tank. The plumbing is built to allow entry of the tanks water into the toilet in a very short period. This water pours through the holes in the rim and a siphon jet hole about 1.0 inch (2.54cm) diameter in the bottom of the toilet. Some designs use a large hole in the front of the rim to allow faster filling of the bowl.Manual flush (pour flush) edit Another variant of the flush toilet is the pourflush toilet. 5 This type of flush toilet has no cistern, but is flushed manually with a few litres of a small bucket. The flushing can use as little as 23 litres. 5 This type of toilet is common in many Asian countries. The toilet can be connected to one or two pits, in which case it is called a pour flush pit latrine or a twin pit pour flush pit latrine. It can also be connected to a septic tank .Manufacture edit Toilet with an elevated cistern of water and a chain attached to the tank to release water and flush the waste awayA toilets body is typically made from vitreous china, which starts out as an aqueous suspension of various minerals called a slip . It takes about 20 kilograms (44lb) of slip to make a toilet. citation needed This slip is poured into the space between plaster of Paris molds. The toilet bowl, rim, tank and tank lid require separate molds. The molds are assembled and set up for filling and the slipfilled molds sit for about an hour after filling. This allows the plaster molds to absorb moisture from the slip, which makes it semisolid next to the mold surfaces but lets it remain liquid further from the surface of the molds. Then, the workers remove plugs to allow any excess liquid slip to drain from the cavities of the mold (this excess slip is recycled for later use). The drainedout slip leaves hollow voids inside the fixture, using less material to keep it both lighter and easier to fire in a kiln . This molding process allows the formation of intricate internal waste lines in the fixture the drains hollow cavities are poured out as slip.At this point, the toilet parts without their molds look like and are about as strong as soft clay. After about one hour the top core mold (interior of toilet) is removed. The rim mold bottom (which includes a place to mount the holding tank) is removed, and it then has appropriate slanted holes for the rinsing jets cut, and the mounting holes for tank and seat are punched into the rim piece. Valve holes for rapid water entry into the toilet are cut into the rim pieces. The exposed top of the bowl piece is then covered with a thick slip and the stilluncured rim is attached on top of the bowl so that the bowl and hollow rim are now a single piece. The bowl plus rim is then inverted, and the toilet bowl is set upside down on the top rim mold to hold the pieces together as they dry. Later, all the rest of the mold pieces are removed. As the clay body dries further it hardens more and continues to shrink. After a few hours, the casting is selfsupporting, and is called greenware .After the molds are removed, workers use hand tools and sponges to smooth the edges and surface of the greenware, and to remove the mold joints or roughness: this process is called fettling. For large scale production pieces, these steps may be automated. The parts are then left outside or put in a warm room to dry, before going through a dryer at about 93C (199F), for about 2036 hours. 6After the surfaces are smoothed, the bowls and tanks are sprayed with glaze of various kinds to get different colors. This glaze is designed to shrink and contract at the same rate as the greenware while undergoing firing. After being sprayed with glaze, the toilet bowls, tanks, and lids are placed in stacks on a conveyor belt or car that slowly goes through a large kiln to be fired . The belt slowly moves the glazecovered greenware into a tunnel kiln, which has different temperature zones inside it starting at about 200C (392F) at the front, increasing towards the middle to over 1,200C (2,190F) degrees and exiting around out 90C (194F). During the firing in the kiln, the greenware and glaze are vitrified as one solid finished unit. Transiting the kiln takes glazecovered greenware around 2340 hours.After the pieces are removed from the kiln and fully cooled, they are inspected for cracks or other defects. Then, the flushing mechanism may be installed on a onepiece toilet. On a twopiece toilet with a separate tank, the flushing mechanism may only be placed into the tank, with final assembly at installation.A twopiece attaching seat and toilet bowl lid are typically mounted over the bowl to allow covering the toilet when it is not in use and to provide seating comfort. The seat may be installed at the factory, or the parts may be sold separately and assembled by a plumbing distributor or the installer. 6Water usage edit The bowl drain is visible at the rear of the bowl, connected to the waste pipe.The amount of water used by conventional flush toilets usually make up a significant portion of personal daily water usage: for example, it could be as much as 50 liters (13U.S.gal) liters per person per day if a person flushes his or her toilet five times per day with 10 liters per flush.Modern lowflush toilet designs allow the use of much less water per flush 4.5 to 6 liters (1.2 to 1.6U.S.gal) per flush. citation needed Some users do not flush their toilets after urination, in order to save water. 7Dual flush toilets allow the user to select between a flush for urine or feces, saving a significant amount of water over conventional units. The flush handle on some of these toilets is pushed up for one kind of flush and down for the other. 8 In other designs, a segmented flush pushbutton is used pressing the smaller section releases less water.Flush toilets may, if plumbed for it, use greywater (water previously used for washing dishes, laundry and bathing) for flushing rather than potable water (drinking water). Heads (on ships) are typically flushed with seawater .Flushing mechanism edit The flushing mechanism provides a large flow of water into the bowl (which is described later in this article). The mechanism usually incorporates one or more parts of the following designs:Tank fill valve edit The ballcock or float valve is often used to regulate the filling of a tank or cistern. When the fluid level drops, the float descends, levering the valve opening and allowing more fluid to enter. Once the float reached the full position, the arm presses the valve shut again.Tank fill valves are found in all tankstyle toilets. The valves are of two main designs: the sidefloat design and the concentricfloat design. The sidefloat design has existed for over a hundred years. The concentric design has only existed since 1957, but is gradually becoming more popular than the sidefloat design.The sidefloat design uses a float on the end of a lever to control the fill valve. The float is usually shaped like a ball, so the mechanism is called a ballvalve or a ballcock. Cock is a term for valve see, for example, stopcock . The float was originally made from copper sheet, but it is now usually plastic. The float is located to one side of the main valve tower at the end of a rod or arm. As the sidefloat rises, so does the sidefloatarm. The arm connects to the fill valve that blocks the water flow into the toilet tank, and thus maintains a constant level in the tank.One type of concentric float valve. The concentric float valve opens when the fluid level is low, allowing more fluid to enter (Figure 1). When the fluid level returns to the full level, the valve is shut (Figure 2).The newer concentricfloat fill valve consists of a tower which is encircled by a plastic float assembly. Operation is otherwise the same as a sidefloat fill valve, even though the float position is somewhat different. By virtue of its more compact layout, interference between the float and other obstacles (tank insulation, flush valve, and so on) is greatly reduced, thus increasing reliability. The concentricfloat fill valve is also designed to signal to users automatically when there is a leak in the tank, by making much more noise when a leak is present than the older style sidefloat fill valve, which tends to be nearly silent when a slow leak is present.Tank style with flapperflush valve edit A traditional gravity toilet tank concluding the flush cycle. As the water level in the tank drops, the flush valve flapper falls back to the bottom, stopping the main flow to the flush tube. Because the tank water level has yet to reach the fill line, water continues to flow from the tank and bowl fill tubes. When the water again reaches the fill line, the float will release the fill valve shaft and water flow will stop.1. float, 2. fill valve, 3. lift arm, 4. tank fill tube, 5. bowl fill tube, 6. flush valve flapper, 7. overflow tube, 8. flush handle, 9. chain, 10. fill line, 11. fill valve shaft, 12. flush tubeIn a tankbased system, the storage tank (or cistern) collects between 6 and 17 litres (1.3 and 3.7impgal 1.6 and 4.5USgal) of water over a period of time. This system is suitable for locations plumbed with 12 inch (13mm) or 38 inch (9.5mm) water pipes. These small diameter pipes cannot supply water quickly enough to flush the toilet the tank is needed to supply a large volume of water in a short time. The storage tank is kept full by a tank fillvalve. The storage tank is usually mounted directly upon the bowl, although some tanks are mounted on the wall a few feet above the bowl in an attempt to increase the flush water pressure as it enters the bowl. Tanks near the ceiling are flushed by means of a dangling pull chain , often with a large ornate handle, connected to a flush lever on the cistern itself. Pulling the chain remains a British euphemism for flushing the toilet, although this type of tank or cistern is becoming rare. A similar German expression is Wasser ziehen (to pull water).In tanks using a flapperflush valve, the outlet at the bottom of the tank is covered by a buoyant (plastic or rubber) cover, or flapper, which is held in place against a fitting (the flush valve seat) by water pressure. To flush the toilet, the user pushes a lever, which lifts the flush valve from the valve seat. The valve then floats clear of the seat, allowing the tank to empty quickly into the bowl. As the water level drops, the floating flush valve descends back to the bottom of the tank and covers the outlet pipe again. This system is common in homes in the US and in continental Europe. Recently this flush system has also become available in the UK due to a change in regulations.Tank style with siphonflush valve edit This system, invented by Albert Giblin and common in the UK , uses a storage tank similar to that used in the flapperflushvalve system above. 9 This flush valve system is sometimes referred to as a valveless system, since no traditional type of valve is required. Some would argue, however, that any system of regulating the flow of a fluid is still technically a valve. In the siphonflushvalve system, the user pushes a lever or button, forcing the water up into the tank siphon passageway which then empties the water in the tank into the bowl. The advantage of a siphon over the flush valve is that it has no sealing washers that can wear out and cause leaks, so it is favoured in places where there is a need to conserve water.Until recently, the use of siphontype cisterns was mandatory in the UK to avoid the potential waste of water by millions of leaking toilets with flapper valves but due to EU harmonisation the regulations have changed. These valves can sometimes be more difficult to operate than a flapperbased flush valve because the lever requires more torque than a flapperflushvalve system. This additional torque required at the tank lever is due to the fact that a user must forcefully lift a certain amount of water up into the siphon passageway in order to initiate the siphon action in the tank.Older installations, known as high suite combinations, used a highlevel cistern (tank), fitted above head height, that was operated by pulling a chain hanging down from a lever attached to the cistern. When more modern closecoupled cistern and bowl combinations were first introduced, these were first referred to as low suite combinations. Modern versions have a neaterlooking lowlevel cistern with a lever that the user can reach directly, or a closecoupled cistern that is even lower down and integrated with the bowl. In recent decades the close coupled tankbowl combination has become the most popular residential system, as it has been found by ceramic engineers that improved waterway design is a more effective way to enhance the bowls flushing action than high tank mounting.Dual flush toilets edit Main article: Dual flush toiletDual flush versions of this design are now widely available. They have one level of water for liquid waste and a higher level for solid waste . In countries such as Australia , Israel , Singapore or Germany which either have limitations on water consumption or where people are keen to save water, dual flush toilets are now common in both homes and public washrooms.Tank style with highpressure or pressureassist valve edit Sloan pressure vesselThis system uses water main pressure to prepressurize a plastic tank located inside what otherwise appears to be the more typical ceramic flush tank. A flush cycle begins each time a user flushes the bowl. After a user flushes and the water in the prepressurized tank has finished emptying into the bowl, the outlet valve in the plastic tank shuts. Then the high pressure water from the main refills the plastic tank. Inside the tank is an airfilled balloonlike rubber diaphragm. As the higherpressure mains water enters the tank, the rubber diaphragm is also pressurized and shrinks accordingly.During flushing, the compressed air inside the diaphragm pushes the water into the bowl at a flow rate which is significantly higher than a tank style gravityflow toilet. This system requires less water than a gravityflow toilet or alternatively can be more effective for a similar amount of water. Pressureassist toilets are sometimes found in both private (single, multiple, and lodging) bathrooms as well as light commercial installations (such as offices). They seldom clog, but the pressurized tanks require replacement about once every 10 years. They also tend to be noisier a possible concern for residential settings. Pressureassist toilets from several companies use 1.4 US gallons (5.3l) to 1.0 US gallon (3.8l) per flush.New toilets that use similar pressureassist technology along with a bowl and trapway designed to enhance the siphon effect use only 0.8 US gallons (3.0l) per flush, or 0.5 US gallons (1.9l) 0.95 US gallons (3.6l) for dual flush models. 10 This design is also much quieter than other pressureassist or flushometer toilets.Tankless style with highpressure (flushometer) valve edit Main article: FlushometerIn 1906, William Sloan first made his flushometer style toilet flush valve, incorporating his patented design, 11 available to the public. The design proved to be very popular and efficient, and remains so to this day. Flushometer toilet flush valves are still often installed in commercial restrooms, and are frequently used for both toilets and urinals. Since they have no tank, they have zero recharge time, and can be used immediately by the next user of the toilet. They can be easily identified by their distinctive chrome pipework, and by the absence of a toilet tank or cistern, wherever they are employed.Some flushometer models require the user to either depress a lever or press a button, which in turn opens a flush valve allowing mainspressure water to flow directly into the toilet bowl or urinal. Other flushometer models are electronically triggered, using an infrared sensor to initiate the flushing process. Typically, on electronically triggered models, an override button is provided in case the user wishes to manually trigger flushing earlier. Some electronically triggered models also incorporate a true mechanical manual override which can be used in the event of the failure of the electronic system. In retrofit installations, a selfcontained batterypowered or hardwired unit can be added to an existing manual flushometer to flush automatically when a user departs.Once a flushometer valve has been flushed, and after a preset interval, the flushometer mechanism closes the valve and stops the flow. The flushometer system requires no storage tank, but requires a high volume of water in a very short time. Thus a 34 inch (22 mm) pipe at minimum, or preferably a 1inch (29 mm) pipe, must be used, but as the high volume is used only for a short duration, very little water is used for the amount of flushing efficacy delivered. Water main pressures must be above 30 pounds per square inch (2.1bar). While the higher water pressure employed by a flushometer valve does scour the bowl more efficiently than a gravitydriven system, and while fewer blockages typically occur as a result of this higher water pressure, flushometer systems still require approximately the same amount of water as a gravity system to operate (1.6 gpf).Flushing with nonpotable water sources edit
GeekBomb: The History of Poop in the MoviesPosted on Monday, February 9th, 2009 by Kevin KellyEveryone poops. Its a truism that you cant deny, and theres even an entire book on the subject. In fact, theres a whole slew of books in that department, ranging from Whats Your Poo Telling You? to It Hurts When I Poop: A Story For Children Who Are Scared To Use The Potty . Which based on the title alone scares me, and Im an adult. For some reason, from childhood to our adult years, toilet humor amuses us for some reason, and that means weve seen plenty of it in the movies.In fact, Oscar nominee Slumdog Millionaire has a pretty extensive and memorable poop scene in it, and we hope that somewhere theres a propmaster or special effects technician who is proud to say, I made the poop in Slumdog and that someone is buying them a beer. Since the nominations came out, Ive been thinking about all the other memorable poop scenes in movies, for better or for worse, and thought Id round up some of the best for a Monday morning GeekBomb to get you going. Have your daily dose of fiber and dive in after the break.Toilets in TelevisionEven though everyone shares this body bodily function, censors havent wanted to admit it. In fact, the first toilet that was ever going to be seen on television was in the Leave it to Beaver 1957 pilot episode Captain Jack, but the FCC ruled that they couldnt show a toilet, mostly because people in the 1950s apparently didnt go to the bathroom. So, a compromise was reached in which Beaver could show the toilet tank, which Wally and the Beave were using to house a baby alligator, but they couldnt show the actual toilet. So Captain Jack was shelved for a couple of weeks, and Its A Small World became the pilot episode.The first time a toilet was heard on television was in 1971, in the pilot episode of All in the Family. CBS also ran a disclaimer before the show that was wiped offscreen to the sound of a flushing toilet, really opening the door to the bathroom wide. So, it only took 14 years to go from the first appearance of a toilet tank, to the sound of one flushing. Theres some real censorship progress.PsychoIn the movies, as far as my research has turned up, the first time a flushing toilet was actually shown in a movie was in 1960 with Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. Screenwriter Joseph Stefano was adamant that he wanted a flushing toilet in the movie (who knows why), so Hitchcock said he had to show it in the writing. In the script, Marion (Janet Leigh) adds up the stolen money on a piece of paper, and then flushes it down the toilet. Strangely enough, the first flushing cinematic toilet was upstaged by another bathroom feature: the shower.Pink FlamingosJohn Waters 1971 movie Pink Flamingos is considered a classic by some, and a travesty by others, and it famously features actress Divine eating a piece of dog poop. Yes, real dog poop. Waters reportedly wanted to make a sequel to this movie and have a scene where Divine poops and a dog eats it, but since heshe died, moviegoing audiences will just have to imagine that scene in their heads. According to Water, they fed the dog steak for three days before the scene was filmed, and boy I just cant go on for this one. My stomach is churning too much as it is. Watch at your own risk.Airplane!1980s Airplane! is still such a groundbreaking film for humor, and even today youre hard pressed not to go through a week without hearing someone quote a line from this movie. One of my faves is when facing a looming deadline, Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue! Not quoted nearly as much, but definitely a memorable poop scene is when Ted Striker says When Kramer hears about this, the shits gonna hit the fan! And then, the shit does indeed literally hit the fan.Caddyshack1980 also gave us the extremely classic scene with the Baby Ruth bar in the swimming pool. Bill Murrays Carl is in the process of scrubbing and disinfecting the entire pool after a swimmer finds a floater, only to discover its a candy bar. Im not sure why the sight of a Baby Ruth bar floating through the water accompanied by the Jaws soundtrack is so funny, but this scene was one of the funniest things I can remember when I first saw this years ago. My childhood friends and I thought this was comedy gold, and its still hard to top today.Weird ScienceWhats the ultimate revenge on a painintheass older brother? Having him turned into a creature made of poop is probably pretty high up on the list, and thats what happens to Bill Paxtons Chet in Weird Science. Its a fine fit for this flattopped pest, who greets his brother with lines like Whats up turdbrain! and Dont smart mouth me you wormy little shit! Sadly, Lisa doesnt leave him in this state, and he reverts back to Bill Pullman as normal by the end of the movie. If youre a Chet fan, you probably wont want to continue living without snapping up one of these tshirts inspired by his quotes .The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertLong before Guy Pearce was in Memento or L.A. Confidential, he was vamping as a drag queen Felicia in this 1994 movie. Heshe famously wears a reliquary of sorts, similar to the one Hellboy gives to Abe in Hellboy. Although instead of the knucklebone of the saint, this one contains something entirely different. Felicia was backstage during an ABBA show, and when band member Agnetha Fltskog exited the bathroom, heshe went in for a souvenir. This prompts Terence Stamps Bernadette to remark, What are you telling me? This is an ABBA turd? Of course, it is. Hopefully this isnt based on a true story.PleasantvilleIn a nod to Leave It To Beaver and all the classic 1950s television shows that couldnt show a toilet onscreen, this movie has Reese Witherspoon going into the restroom at the local diner, only to find an empty stall. Thats right, theres no toilet at all, which just reinforces the fact that if you were in black and white and on television, you just werent supposed to go to the bathroom at all. When everyone in Pleasantville begins turning colors, do you think they needed to install toilets? Inquiring minds want to know.DogmaKevin Smiths Dogma features yet another monster entire out of poop, a la Weird Science, but this one is a demon made of all the poop from everyone who died at Golgotha, which is where the Romans used to crucify people. While hes pretty vile, and voiced by Ethan Suplee, hes easily defeated by Silent Bob and a can of air freshener. Its not the last time youd see a monster made from fecal matter. In fact, 2003s Monsturd was about a monster made entire out of poop that terrorized people. I shi er, kid you not.TrainspottingAnother Danny Boyle film, trainspotting has not just one, but two (how appropriate) poop scenes in it. The most memorable one is undoubtedly Ewan McGregor diving face first into the filthiest toilet in Scotland in order to retrieve two opium suppositories that hes accidentally lost. However, Spuds breakfast scene where he wrestles his girlfriends mother over a dirty sheet comes in a very close number two. If youre interested, the music when Ewan dives in is Brian Enos Deep Blue Day off of his excellent Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks album, which is highly recommended.Synecdoche, New YorkThis wonderfully eccentric Charlie Kaufman film features a couple of shots of poop, and this is probably the only time youll ever see Philip Seymour Hoffman prodding feces with a wooden spoon. So, if youve been looking for that in your moviegoing experience, look no further. Hes convinced that something is wrong with his body, so hes been checking things out closely. Even his young daughter has problems of her own, and has bright green bowel movements of her own, that the audience is also treated to. Dont write this movie off despite this description, however. Its very quirky and definitely worth seeing.Zack and Miri Make A PornoZack and Miri features a pretty graphic scene involving porn star Katie Morgan, actor Jason Mewes, and poor cameraman Jeff Anderson. If you havent seen the movie, you might want to avoid the spoilers below, but those of you who did catch it remember this pretty well. Morgan drops a big hint earlier when she tells Seth Rogen that shes really constipated, but that anal sex really loosens her up. And she sure isnt kidding about that. At both screenings I saw of this, audiences were laughing too hard to hear Andersons line Can you believe THIS shit?! which actually is pretty hard to believe.Nick and Norahs Infinite PlaylistThis movie practically channels Trainspotting when Norahs drunk girlfriend Caroline accidentally loses her beloved piece of gum in an extremely wellused New York city subway toilet, and decided to retrieve it after contemplating it for a long time. According to director Peter Sollett, he wanted actress Ari Graynor to drag that scene out as long as possible, because the audience is hanging on the will she or wont she moment. Well, she eventually does, and she picks the gum and and the chews the well, you get it.Slumdog MillionaireThis is the movie that inspired this GeekBomb, and you really need to catch it while its still in theaters. The scene in question probably contains the most amount of poop out of any of these others, and its fairly graphic as well. Suffice it to say, you dont want to be shoving anything chocolate into your mouth when this moment comes onscreen. Despite all this, the actual moment involves a little boy exiting an outhouse via the hole below, landing in a huge pile of excrement, and dashing off to get the autograph of his favorite Bollywood star, Amitabh Bachchan. Hes successful, despite being covered from head to toe in poop, and triumphantly celebrates his deed afterwards.Honorable Mentions and AddendumWhile there are a huge number of movies with poop scenes in them, I tried to shudder only include ones where you could actually see the poop. Yes, its disgusting, I know. See what a scene from an Oscar nominated movie can do to you? Granted, the Caddyshack scene doesnt contain real poop (none of these probably do, except Pink Flamingos), and Pleasantville literally doesnt show a bathroom at all, but theyre in line with the spirit of this piece.Having said that, there are tons of movies that I omitted because they didnt fit the criteria. Films like Harold Kumar Go To White Castle, Van Wilder, Along Came Polly, Dumb and Dumber and even The Goonies all contain memorable bathroom moments, but you (thankfully?) cant see anything. Or course, then theres stuff like the deleted scenes from Team America, which I just could not include after Pink Flamingos. I was having enough trouble keeping my dinner down. Likewise, I havent seen the film Hunger, which apparently contains plenty of poop as well. Ill have to put it on my list.Strangely enough, research this was harder than youd think as well, as most film institutions seem to be mired in the same 1950s mindset. Hello, American Film Institute? 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I was bracing myself as I was walking from my car to the gym. I was expecting that Janice the spin instructor would call me out for not being in her class last week. I had a legitimate excuse- I was out of town for work! When I walked into the spin studio, it turns out that my worrying was unnecessary because there was a substitute. I liked her...I wouldn't mind if she subbed again.
For tonight's card, I wanted to use the large background stamp that came in the Asian Inspired set from Fiskars. Ideally, I would use the Fiskars stamp press to transfer the ink to the cardstock, but since I don't own one of those, I decide to improvise by putting the stamp on my working surface, ink it up, and press the cardstock over it. Ok, I admit that it didn't leave a perfect impression and after 2 tries, I decided to go in a different direction. Instead of covering the whole front of the card with the background stamp, I decided to use my paper trimmer and cut a chunk out that looked ok. I was going to stick the stamped floral/butterfly piece on as-is, but something about it didn't look right. Hmmm, what could it be? Ah-ha! It needed rounded corners. Much better. :) I'm in love with that K&Company paper!
Card Specs:
Ink: Colorbox chalk ink in Rose Coral, Blackberry
Stamps: Fiskars- Asian Inspired (cherry blossoms), Fiskars- Just Between Friends (sentiment), Studio G (butterflies)
Punch: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Fiskars Apron Lace Border punch
Paper: K&Company Citronella Scribble Flowers
Foam Adhesive: EK Success
Song of the day: "If We Ever Meet Again"- Timbaland feat. Katy Perry.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Unnecessary Worry
1 comments :
- Krishenka said...
Hello stranger delighted that I found your blog and your card is really lovely, I love butterflys. I too started a blog a couple of months ago so I am following you now:)
- June 16, 2010 at 12:43 PM


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After a few invasive and gruesome sounding tests( needle biopsy=big needle, through the chest, snip out a piece of lung tissue....)
the results have come back=
My Dad indeed has lung cancer. It's in his upper left lung.
The test that tells us if it's spread to any other part of his body won't come back for a few days..until then he has to heal up from the pneumonia that could have killed him. The illness that sent him to the hospital in the 1st place, and which, in a weird twist of providence, led to the discovery of the tumor.
On top of all that there is his collapsed lung from a post biopsy coughing fit. So until he gets better...we wait and see what's next..What the test says about any other cancer will determine the battle plan as it were.
My mother is being the strong and awesome woman she is about all this. I of course hung up the phone and cried like a , well like a woman who has just found out her father has cancer.
He is home tonight, sleeping in his own bed.
My Mom is tired, the concerned phone calls, the family members dropping by to see him. The whole drama of going to the hospital every day, wondering if he had cancer or not.
Being a nurse for 42 years she knows the drill. She cared for her father when he had lung cancer.
I know that Dad is not at death's door ..well, not now that the pneumonia is under control. Yet I know there is so much more to come, diagnosis wise, treatment wise, all of it.
I'll be strong and positive for my Pa, but tonight I'm a daughter who needs to take it all in..
Okay everyone , go tell your loved ones you love them.
Oh, and quit smoking.
Right now. Iam not kidding.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
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Oh Heidi.. I send you hugs, and strengthening wishes to your Pa. Hang in there. I can't think of anything helpful I can offer, but if you just need a friend to talk to I'm always here...
- Leanne said...
that choked me up. sending blessings to yuo, and to your dad
Leanne x
- FrauKlug said...
Thank you both for your kind wishes and blessings.It means so much, and Hello Leanne, and welcome!
Things are chugging along, and Dad is doing pretty well. No cancer any where else in his body, that is good news!So next step is surgery, but it's kinda of tricky..the cancer is in a tight spot in his lung..Good wishes shall be passed on to Pa!
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If you read my post at the beginning of the year (journey to my wedding dress, the beginning) you'll know it dawned upon me that I'm getting married this year and seriously need to switch up my fitness goals. I went back to slimming world (3rd time lucky) after new years and was impressed I… Continue reading week 1 weight loss and stats…
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Happy New year! Here we are! 2018! 2017 was a pretty amazing year for me, after living together for over a year my other half and I brought our first house together. A couple if months later we got a puppy and then in October he proposed! A lot of faulting milestones right there! Now… Continue reading Journey to my wedding dress… the beginning
The invert struggles
I have been pole dancing now for 2 and a half years, most people at this stage are competent competitors and thinking about teaching the sport. How about me? You ask... I still class myself as a beginner in the grand scheme of things. I am yet to achieve the sought after invert, in simple… Continue reading The invert struggles
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I found this last night before going to bed. I find this to be very beautiful and it does bring a tear to my eyes (yes, I'm a softy at heart). I hope you enjoy this, too. ~R
Thursday, September 9, 2010
An Ode to the Autumn Equinox
Posted by Rowan LeBoutillier at 9/09/2010 07:49:00 AM
3 comments:
- greekwitch said...
Do you know what is the name of this song. I love it! Peaceful yet powerful!Her voice dreamy!
- September 9, 2010 at 1:28 PM
Thank you Rowan. Very lovely. I left you a present over on my blog under "Happy". You can go there directly at: http://frugallivingcoach.blogspot.com/2010/09/happy.html.
Hope you enjoy!
Marci )O(
- September 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
Hi Rowan -- Found your blog via "That Witch is True" -- always happy to find other Canadian daughters of the Goddess!
- September 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM
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Lower Merion Township, PAHome Menu
Planning Division
The Township's Building & Planning Department provides a high level of service and maintains absolute integrity and honesty assuring customers of the Department's commitment to safety, sound planning, promotion of economic development opportunities and the quality of life issues. To promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare throughout the coordinated and practical development of the Township as outlined in the Zoning Code. To partner with Township residents and the development and commercial business community to encourage development that protects and enhances the aesthetic character of the community. To balance the evolving needs of the community in a comprehensive manner which culminates in the safe and timely completion of construction and development projects.
(include but are not limited to)
- Implementing comprehensive building & planning goals and land use policies by preparing recommendations for amendments to Township Codes.
- Developing and overseeing long range comprensive planning efforts. Evaluating and developing Township land use policies for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
- Reviewing subdivision, land development and Conditional Use applications according to Township Codes within legal time limits. Facilitating coordination with Commissioners, Township Engineer, staff applicants and their representatives, and neighborhood groups. Negotiating solutions to development issues and providing recommendations to the various advisory boards and the Board of Commissioners.
- Ensuring that Conditions of Approval imposed on zoning, subdivision, land development and Conditional Use applications are met.
- Coordinating with the Township Engineer's office to review traffic and transportation proposals for subdivisions and land development proposals.
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- Preserving community character through open space, streetscape and historic preservation efforts.
- Implementing and managing Township approved redevelopment plans including the Ardmore Transit Center Plan, the Bryn Mawr Master Plan, Bala avenue and City Avenue Streetscape Plans, Rock Hill Road/Belmont Avenue Transportation Service Area (TSA) and City Avenue TSA.
Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
- Date: 07/06/2015 7:00 PM
- Location: Township Administration Bldg - 2nd Floor Board Room
75 East Lancaster Ave
Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003-2323
Meeting minutes - Posted 11/11/2015
|Charles Howland
|Brian O'Leary, Anthony Vale, Harriet Ruffin, Richard Pasquier, Catherine Cantlin, & George Ross
- June 1, 2015
- TENTATIVE SKETCH OPEN SPACE SUBDIVISION PLAN – 1010 Spring Mill Road, Villanova, SD# 3751, Ward 6.
- A proposal to subdivide the 12 acre lot into six lots. New single family detached homes are proposed on Lots 1-4. The existing coachmen's house will remain on Lot 4. The existing single family dwelling will remain on Lot 5. The existing carriage house and garage will remain on Lot 6. A 7.7 acre preservation area is also proposed.
- TENTATIVE SKETCH OPEN SPACE SUBDIVISION PLAN – 1401 Morris Avenue, Villanova, SD# 3752, Ward 6.
- A proposal to subdivide the 6.6 acre lot into two lots. The existing single family dwelling will remain on Lot 1 and a new home is proposed on Lot 2. A 2.9 acre preservation area is also proposed.
- TENTATIVE SKETCH LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN – 100 Coulter Avenue, Suburban Square, Ardmore, LD# 3747, Ward 5.
- A proposal to construct a new four level, 571 space parking garage at 75 St. James Place with approximately 3,000 square feet of retail space at grade along Coulter Avenue. The plan also shows the construction of a new two story, 40,000 square foot building at 100 Coulter Avenue with retail on the first floor and office space on the second floor and a 3,445 square foot one story addition to the rear of Trader Joe's. Demolition of an existing storage building (a former a freight shed), a Class II historic resource, is also proposed.
- PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN – 47 Cricket Avenue, Gillane's Tavern, Ardmore, SD# 3750, Ward 4.
- A proposal to subdivide 47 Cricket Avenue into two lots. The existing tavern will remain Lot 1.
- An ordinance to amend the Zoning Code, Chapter 155, to add definitions for the words "Governmental Purpose" and "Municipal Use" and to permit Municipal Uses in the ASDD – Ardmore Special Development, MUST – Mixed-Use Special Transportation, BMV – Bryn Mawr Village and City Avenue Districts.
NOTE: Applications acted upon at the Planning Commission will be discussed at the following meetings:
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Issues memos and conditions of approval for agenda items can be obtained by e-mailing Senior Planner, Andrea Campisi; Planning Technician, Carissa Koll-Hazelton or Planning Technician, Jillian Puleo Dierks.
If an application is TABLED, it is not forwarded to the Building and Planning Committee. If you are uncertain about whether or not a plan has been tabled, call the Planning Division at 610-645-6140. If you have a disability and require auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to participate in the proceedings, please contact Jody Kelley, Township Secretary at 610-645-6145 to discuss how the Township can accommodate your needs.


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What better way to opt for sustainability in your interior decor than to simply buy secondhand furniture and use it again? Except for some fuel on transportation, your use of the planet's resources for your new look is absolutely zero. Yay!
Of course, you might like to do a little at-home restoration: a nice slick of antique white or delicate apple green paint and some roughing up with sandpaper, and you've successfully shabby-chic'd.
But wait! To be sure that paint isn't toxic and petrochemical-filled choose an eco-friendly brand, like Norfolk-based The Organic & Natural Paint Co. and breathe easy.
Gorgeous vintage antique pieces of course need no adulteration – go bargain hunting at local auctions and antiques fairs, make a day trip of it by visiting Portobello Rd, Spitalfields, Camden Lock Market and Greenwich Market, or just duck into that little antiques shop you pass every now and again.
Ebay is obviously another good source for finding lovely secondhand and vintage furniture – check out your local Freecycle site too! Even better on the purse.
It's not just the ready-made that makes a great sustainable choice. You can get creative with all manner of junk with a few inspirational upcycling ideas – and Pinterest has a tonne of those.


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If the person has already said what they want done with their organs, the ideal scenario is for families to follow and respect that. But of course, there is not one type of family and a wide range of scenarios can come up along the way.
There could be a mother so devastated with her son's passing that taking an organ from her beloved would just add salt to her wound. There could be a horrible death that dismantling a person's body would seem unethical. There could be a number of things that may happen for families to go against their relatives' will, but I think it would be for the best interest of everyone involved if they just uphold the decision of the person who had already adamantly stated what he or she wants.
For the person who is fixed on doing whatever they want to do with their organs, it is also their duty to let their families understand why or how they plan to do so. If say they want to donate their organs, they should make a list of the good things that this donation can do to a stranger's life—how so much good can come from so much pain.
If a plan of action is clearly presented to families when this kind of decision is being made, it could also be easier for families to follow what you want. Be honest. If you want to sell your organs to the black market, which I recommend you don't, then make damn sure your reasons are at least worthy of a listen.
When the person has, for example, signed an organ donor card without informing their families, the best solution I can think of is to have a legal governing body within hospitals that could see to it that families don't intervene. There are European countries that have an 'opt-out' policy in which there is assumed consent of organs being donated unless they register to oppose it.
All of these are of course easier said than done. If you care for a person, you would want your image of them to remain intact. The actual intervention from families usually happen when there's a sudden death – how can you expect them to deal with this issue while they are in grief? A myriad of emotions can come to play and so it is imperative that there is a firm hand that could deliver the person's wishes- whether it is an NHS authority or an inconsolable parent.


text: Poem written to mark the closing of Carysfort College in Blackrock. Séamus Heaney wrote this poem to mark "a significant moment in the history of Dublin" – the closure of Carysfort College in Blackrock. The Nobel Prize winning poet taught at the teacher-training college between 1975 and 1981, before he took up a position at Harvard University. Carysfort was founded in 1877 as a college for Catholic girls who wished to become teachers. Other lecturers at the college included Éamon de Valera and Eoin MacNeill, co-founder of the Gaelic League and founder of the Irish Volunteers. The poem was written, as Heaney notes, "to mark the end of an era."


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Law enforcement officers found new violations during the construction of the cosmodrome "East". As reported on the website of the Chief military Prosecutor's office, to criminal liability for an inefficient expenditure of 500 million rubles attracted by the performers of state contracts.
The Cosmodrome "East". Everything you need to know
"The head of one of the enterprises, the General contractor at Spetsstroy Russia in violation of the contractual relationship transferred advance payments to the contractor has not fulfilled obligations under previous payments, wrongfully increasing the advance up to 80%", – stated in the message.
According to the Agency, this resulted in not only inefficient spending of funds in the amount of half a billion rubles, but the failure of the timing of construction of the cosmodrome. Currently, measures are taken to compensate for the damage caused to the state.
Criminal cases related to the misappropriation and embezzlement of budget funds in the construction of the "East", were excited repeatedly. In early October, it was reported that criminal charges were brought against two suppliers supplying the spaceport building materials at inflated prices. The damage from their actions has been estimated in 12 million roubles.


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Who doesn't love Harry Potter? Trick question, obviously the girls who only managed to maintain their popularity from middle school and Voldemort. Harry Potter reminds any twenty-something of their childhood; back in the ~good old days~ when the only all-nighter you pulled was to wait up for the book release, and you didn't judge whether or not you would watch a movie based solely on how hot the guy leads were.
A simpler time. An innocent time. A pure time.
So obviously it had to get ruined sooner or later. Yandy, the creators of the Disney Princess lingerie, that has now forever ruined Cinderella and all of your childhood faves, comes Harry Potter lingerie.
Never have I ever thought of Harry Potter as something sexy. I've never even thought that it was something that could be turned sexy and this lingerie set proves my point.
The Disney Princesses were one thing. While, yes, they represented an important part of my childhood, over the years, I've gotten used to seeing girl's "hoe up" their costumes every year on Halloween. But who doesn't get an icky feeling when they realize that guys are getting turned on by something that's supposed to be for children?
Getting back to the Harry Potter lingerie, I just have so many questions:
- Do the glasses come as a part of the set?
- Do you keep just the glasses on while knocking boots?
- Will wearing "nothing by Harry Potter glasses" become the new "nothing but heels"?
- If so, would anyone like to join me in a pledge of abstinence for the rest of our lives?
- Did this girl just lose her robe?
- Are we just supposed to pretend that a crucial part of the uniform isn't missing?
- Does the wand double as a sex toy?
- Most importantly: would Dumbledore approve of this uniform change?
If you move past the fact that this company is ruining our childhood, one lingerie collection at a time, this getup still just…sucks. Firstly, it's not very inclusive. What about those of us who aren't Gryffindors? Are we just supposed to miss out on all of the fun? As someone whose identity as a Slytherin is a crucial part of my identity, this is just rude. Secondly, it's just not that cute. High-waisted underwear? I thought that we moved past that when we all just collectively agreed that sex was better with the lights off. Suspenders? IDK if the creators over at Yandy have ever met a girl with boobs bigger than a B cup, but suspenders are not a good look (and I would know, I spent a solid week pretending to be a hipster in high school).
I'm going to speak for all of us when I beg the lingerie company to stop. Or else… Immobulus..
[via Cosmo]
Image via Shutterstock


text: we left our homes, desperate for places far away from where we're from. and i was afraid, thought i'd be lost without a map to guide my way, but i was in love...haunted by a ghost, an open road, freedom. these ideas of home saturate my mind like a southern rainstorm, and i fall to my knees when i realize that what's real ain't just what i believe, and so it seems that right where we are is right where we're supposed to be. and now we see ourselves for what we really are...reflections in car windows as we look at the stars.


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Found all over South Africa, this solitary browser derived it's Afrikaans name from the way it runs. Commonly encountered when jumping up from a hidden position close by and dashing off for a few hundred yards in diving, zigzag motion. Distinguishable from Steenbok by being bigger, more gray-brown colored (Steenbok reddish), smaller ears and black band on the muzzle.
Most farmers conserve them as decorations of the veld since they are few in numbers and have little venison to offer, but in certain areas like the tea fields of the West Coast, they are culled as a pest.
Typically taken with light calibers like the 22 center fires. In dense undergrowth a shot gun with AAA or heavier will also do. Not a much sought-after quarry with local hunters.
Many duiker have been mistaken for a jackal at night and got stricken accidentally.
|Duiker females frequently have horns in certain areas
|Duiker are known to clean up human secretions in the veld near rural dwellings


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It amazes me to think how far Western society has come in terms of medical advancement and technology. Sometimes I question whether so much "advancement" is necessarily a good thing, but overall, there are a great deal of positives that come with our evolution in health and medical care.
Yet, for all the progress we have made, we're often unable to face the one very real and unavoidable fact that no medical advancement can prevent indefinitely.
We can't escape death and dying. I don't care who you are or what you do, the end result for each and every one of us is the exact same thing.
Why then, are so many afraid to talk or even think about the subject of death and dying? This palliative care nurse believes that death has become more of a taboo topic than sex. I am inclined to agree.
Is it that we think by avoiding the subject, we'll never have to deal with it? If we run from death, we can escape it? Deep down inside, we are all connected to one another because of this simple, democratizing truth: we will all die someday.
(I'm full of sunshine, rainbows, and puppies today, aren't I?) 😛
If we can start to recognize the ways that death binds us to all humanity, maybe we can overlook some of those trivial frustrations and annoyances that keep us from really appreciating the various people who make their way into our daily rounds. More importantly, if we break the taboo grounds that seem to underlie conversations about aging, death and dying, we can live in a world that's just a little more peaceful.
Acceptance instead of struggling. Embracing rather than avoiding. Looking toward the inevitable (and unknown) with a sense of tranquility as opposed to distress.


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Nathan and Morgan all cuddled up staying warm!!
I just love their new hats and jackets...too cute!! Thanks Grandma!!
Morgy Pie and Mommy!!
Auntie Shana and Miss Morgan!!
I love the face that Morgan is making in this picture!! LOL!!
One cool dude!!
Noah and Nathan are like two pea's in a pod!! Great Neighbors & Great Buddies!!
Kirwan Family 2009!!
Kirwan Family and Great Auntie Debbie!!
Kirwan Family and Auntie Shana!!
Rob holding Morgan. I love how this picture turned out. It makes it look like God was shining down on Rob, but we all know better!! LOL!!
Pull Nathan!! PULL!! It was hard for Sean to pull the wagon with Nathan in it because the wheels had like three inches of mud caked on them and pumpkin vines wrapped around them a billion times...LOL!!
Our yearly picture in front of the sign!!
Mommy and Morgan again!!
Peter is driving the bus, Noah is ready to get off the bus, and Nathan is chillin' on the bus!!
Morgan jumped in for this one!! I think the hat is covering her eyes...LOL!!


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Treasure hunt
Friday morning my girlfriend called me up asking where the clue for the treasure hunt was. I told her where it was and later during the day it was on. At 17.47 she found out we have to go to Boudry so I got an oxygen bottle and we went there. Kit up and jumped into the water before the sun sets. We searched for about half an hour but to no avail. At times the visibility was so bad I could barely see my buddy. So we got out and had some fondue afterwards. That night we were dead tired.
Woke up on Saturday and got a call again. 4pm at Boudry. We got there, kit up and jumped into the water again. This time we found what we were looking for. Got out and went to another diver's home to have some raclette. It was very nice.
Watched the Monaco GP on Sunday which turned out to be an eventful race.
Watched Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Again. Man, Hayden Christensen definitely needs some acting classes. He's more wooden than Pinochio.


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|It's supposed to be a python, even though I didn't intend any specific species and it looks more colubrine.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
A random drawing that didn't fit My Little Python.
This #SciArt is too realistic for My Little Python and too cartoony for the Reptile Report's featuring of reptile art. It was either post it here or forever hold my peace.
Feel free to use this picture anywhere you want as long as you as a person aren't making money off it (selling for charity is perfectly fine) and you give me credit. On a webpage, provide a link to Alli's Snakes or My Little Python. This applies to all Alli's Snakes, My Little Python, and Girl in a Hissi Fit drawings.
Posted by DonnaMusic at 8:46 AM
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