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I agree - the XPS 13 is a lemon - stay away from the Dell XPS 13 - it has a trackpad/touchpad that is barely useable, you have to use an external mouse with it, thus your portability is nixed.
the trackpad on this laptop is infuriating.
i, too, have had the issues that others have mentioned on this page (the movement during taps, the complete loss of any scrolling after windows 7 update)...and now since that windows update, i had to install the new version to get gesture scrolling back. this version has the most infuriating issue to date-
sometimes (and by sometimes, i really mean sometimes. some days i will not have the issue all day, but some days, i have this issues a few times) ALL of my trackpad inputs will lag behind by one step. what i mean is this- say i move the cursor, it will trigger my last input.
-move pointer up, no pointer movement happens on screen
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sometimes this issue lasts for only a few seconds, but sometimes it lasts for multiple minutes. i cannot tell you how frustrating this issue is when it is happening.
after having so many great dell laptops (d620, e6420) being forced to use this work-issued turd is very difficult.
There is no answer from Dell that works, follow the links they have to waste your time, have the touch-pad replaced under warranty to waste more. Only use it with a mouse and tape over the touch-pad since its worthless. I gave my Dell XPS 13 to one of my kids to play with, and got a Lenovo X model as many other commentators have.
I am planning to get XPS 13 but after hearing about the touchpad issues, I am certainly double minded. I hope Dell folks fix this issue asap.
Is there an update regarding this? My XPS 13 touchpad same issues. How about an updated driver?
Never mind, found it ... hope it works.
I just installed and quickly tested. It has a nice new interface and seems to be functioning rather well. At least much better than the previous version.
Foremost I can say the laptop performs with the exception of the touchpad.
The issue I have experienced with the touchpad was left click only seems to work is I move the mouse then attempt to left click (*a high failure rate like 90% of the time)
Also when scrolling long pages like facebook; if you pause while still left clicked then attempt to scroll further your left click action seems to have "expired"
Just trying the new drivers now.
So nice they made me register a new account to post here.
Please note after the driver upgrade my right click no longer works. I will try to report back on the left click after more testing.
Looks like Dell finally fixed all the issues with trackpad. I just installed 188.8.131.52 A04 version on Windows 8 and is working great. The UI for trackpad also looks awesome. Glad I didn't return my XPS 13. All this time Dell wanted to send in a technician to replace the touchpad. It wouldn't be a hardware issue if a trackpad feature works fine with one version of driver and fails in other version. Thanks a lot Dell for releasing a new driver. I will keep buying from Dell. You made my day.
this version is the worst yet!!!
the option "two finger click for shortcut menu" does NOTHING. NO MATTER WHAT, TWO FINGER CLICKS OPEN THE SHORTCUT MENU. THIS IS INFURIATING.
I am literally ready to throw this laptop out of the window. When typing, my palm is constantly hitting the trackpad and triggering the shortcut menu. then, if i am typing quickly, my keystrokes are registering commands on the shortcut menu.
I installed version 18.104.22.168 A04 a while ago and it's a big improvement over the previous version. The only problem I have now is that a tapping (clicking) on the right side of the mouse pad sometimes doesn't cause a response. Everything else seems to be working fine.


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I had the rare opportunity to hear Mark Leonard, founder, President, and Chairman of Constellation Software speak at a private luncheon organized by a friend last week.
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What I find fascinating about Mark is that despite the fact that he operates in the world of software, an area often ignored by value investors, that he is in fact a value investor. He is focused on price, and the return on capital invested. His capital allocation record is superb. He also made the point that he felt that in order to be successful one needed to be a concentrated investor – a classic value investing idea which has been hotly debated in recent years with the marked resurgence of passive investing strategies.
Constellation has grown by making in excess of 270 acquisitions over its life, but is concentrated in the sense that all of these acquisitions are in what is called Vertical Market Software. Making and integrating acquisitions has been the comeuppance of many a Management group and yet Constellation has done 100s of them. When I asked Mark about this he attributed their success to a culture of accelerating the development and responsibilities of a capable #2 within the acquired company in conjunction with Company wide metrics that rank each acquired company among its peers, and which fosters peer interaction as they try to improve their relative ranking.
The Company issues no stock options but rather pays cash bonuses and has a policy that managers will invest 75% of their bonus in Constellation shares with a hold period.
Like Warren Buffett, another well known value investor, Mark has occasionally stated that he felt that Constellation shares were overpriced.
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We do not own shares of Constellation Software and never have. This is not an investment recommendation but rather information about a unique CEO in the software industry who thinks like a value investor – a rarity.
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Behold the Northern California coast: rugged, inspirational, and freakin' freezing. Where can you enjoy a shoreside swim without risking hypothermia? Try Bass Lake in Point Reyes National Seashore. It's a scenic 2.7-mile coastal hike up from the parking lot, and the water's warm (warmer than the Pacific, at least) and clean. A plunge into the Bass won't freeze your ass—but watch the posterior-poking nettles when you're changing in the bushes. We're also assuming you don't mind the occasional free-spirited skinny-dipper. Bonus: Pack a picnic and inflatable raft and make it your own backyard pool.
From Hwy 1 just north of Stinson Beach, take a left on Olema-Bolinas Rd. near Bolinas Marsh. Turn right on Mesa Rd. and follow it all the way (6 miles) to the Palomarin Trailhead. Hike the Coast Trail 2.7 miles until you see Bass Lake on your left.


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Once again the RBA cash rate has remained unchanged at 1.5% In all of the noise, it's hard to see what this even means anymore. Business profits are up Wage growth is slow Interest only loans are a thing of the past (maybe, but not just yet) Smaller lenders are cheaper than larger lenders –


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All month long on my website I've been celebrating the Royal Wedding with the best tidbits I can think of, and today I posted my latest: Needlework Royalty and a beautiful wedding dress worn by one of Needlework's Royal Princesses.
My Needlework Posting is the latest of my attempts to move into the future and to date I think it is my tutors' favorite. It is probably a toss up between me rising up out of the back of my personal e-Rolls and this one. In time I am hoping I can do even more with this one, but for now it makes me smile. I enjoyed making it to celebrate my Queenship and the Royal Status of a few of my friends.
So it is the Eve of the Royal Wedding and tomorrow is the Big Day. I suspect many of us will have a great day-long or, depending on how industrious you are, an all-night stitch in in front of the television. I suspect, because of a very bad cold, that I will sleep tonight and Tivo it for tomorrow, so now my final decision: which station do I want to record?
Enjoy the eve and the day.
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Canadiens long to prove they're more than Priceby Arpon Basu
BROSSARD, Quebec -- All summer long, people were saying the Montreal Canadiens are a team that relies too much on goaltender Carey Price to win games for them.
In their first chance to prove those people wrong, Wednesday in the season-opener at the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canadiens did the opposite.
They proved them right, allowing the Maple Leafs to control long stretches of the game but coming out with a 3-1 win based largely on 36 saves made by Price.
It was remarkably similar to what the Canadiens did last season.
"Obviously we'd like to score more, but as long as we're winning the games, that's what matters," Canadiens center Tomas Plekanec said Sept. 8 at the NHL Player Media Tour in Toronto. "A big part of that was [Price], which is the one thing honestly we want to get better at and play better in front of him."
Asked Friday about reverting to that problem to start this season, Plekanec got annoyed. He's not taking back what he said last month, but there is a difference between what he said and saying, as many do, that the Canadiens are good solely because of Price.
"You know what? I'm kind of sick of hearing that we're a team that's just about Carey," Plekanec said. "Obviously he's the best goaltender in the world, we all know that. But should we feel sorry for ourselves that we play in front of him?
"He's a great goalie, but I think we're a better team than that. But we've got to show that. We've got to show that in the game that we're better. We've got to help him out a little bit more."
The Canadiens were outshot 37-30 by the Maple Leafs and had 47 percent of the shot attempts at 5-on-5. They were not necessarily dominated, but it was not exactly the type of performance they expected of themselves.
"I think like anyone else we're trying to build, we're trying to get better, and we want to help [Price] out as much as we can and make it as easy for him as we can," Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher said. "But it's no different than any other team. Other teams rely on their best player; our best player happens to be our goaltender, and we rely on him."
That's not to say the Canadiens are comfortable with that reliance, or at least the degree of it. Even Plekanec can agree with the idea that it's one thing to claim the Canadiens are more than just Price, it's another thing to show it.
"I think we're better than people are saying, but everyone has a right to their opinion," he said. "I don't think we're just about [Price], but we've got to prove that more."
Did they prove that Wednesday?
"Not really," Plekanec said before a wry smile. "But we've got to start somewhere."
The Canadiens can start Saturday when they play the Boston Bruins at TD Garden (7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVA Sports). The Bruins made massive changes this offseason, but the Canadiens don't expect that to alter the nature of their games.
"The logos on the front are more important to the rivalry [than the players]," Gallagher said.
Montreal coach Michel Therrien said he is hoping the game will be more reflective of the way he wants the Canadiens to play.
"We found a way to win (Wednesday), that's the most important thing, but we all know as a group that the execution's got to be better, pushing the pace has got to be better," Therrien said. "There's a lot of things. It's the same thing with both teams."
Gallagher said the Canadiens need to control the puck more, and generally speaking that's what they want to do better than they have in the past. Montreal's possession numbers have been weak under Therrien, but it appears the desire is there to change that.
One reason is the Canadiens' chip-and-chase style, creating mini battles and counting on their speed to win them. Gallagher said that style won't change, but the hope is the Canadiens become more efficient at it.
"That still has to be our game. We still have to rely on our strengths, and our strength is our speed," he said. "We have a lot of guys that can win battles, so we try to get into battles and wear teams down that way. The worst thing you can do is turn the puck over and go the other way, and that's what leads to the chances, and that's usually when you have to rely on [Price].
"It's just about having support, supporting the puck. You can play a possession game if you chip it in and forecheck and get the puck back if your forechecking game is where it needs to be. As long as you're playing in the other team's zone, even if you don't have the puck on your stick you still consider it offensive if you're in their zone and they're under pressure."


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Magic of Compounding: In 1626, Peter Minuit of Netherlands bought the island of Manhattan from the Lenape people for a basket of clothes, beads and other stuff that would have been worth just $24 then. Now, you might think that the native Americans were robbed. Actually, if they were able to invest that $24 in... Continue Reading →
Amazing Anthony Deden!
I stumbled upon this long interview (2 hrs 25 mins) of Anthony Deden who is Chairman of Edelweiss Holdings! He is amazingly articulate and his clarity of thought (in his domain) reminded me of Charlie Munger! Watch this interview at leisure and with full attention...and let it sink in...slowly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4_U6bS-cU4
First IKEA Store in India and Investment Lessons from Herd Mentality
Last week (on 9th Aug) IKEA opened the first store in India in the southern city of Hyderabad and it was an instant rage. IKEA mania led to stampede and more than 40,000 people visited the store on first day! They did a sales of Rs 2.4 Crore ($350K) including Rs 11,00,000 from food sold... Continue Reading →
Apple: The First Trillion Dollar Company
Apple recently touched market capitalization of $1 trillion! Here are some interesting facts: Apple IPO valuation (Dec 12, 1980): $1.2 billion Apple valuation on 2nd Aug 2018: $1 trillion Stock return since IPO: 50,000% Apple va Nokia rivalry: Valuations today: Apple: $1 trillion Nokia: $30 billion Valuations when iPhone was released in 2007: Nokia: $110... Continue Reading →
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Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger's Funniest & Wittiest Moments
This is far from the complete compilation of the funniest and wittiest moments of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger - not even 1% of what the duo have given over their combined life of 182 years! But it is a good place to begin exploring... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LJq4y-xS1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDTOFaowXAw
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Anatomy of A Blowup
I read the following news about Jet Airways: JET AIRWAYS posts loss after 11 straight quarters of profits Loss higher than past 6 quarters of profit combined Fuel costs and higher other expenses dent numbers It reminded me of the following side explaining Nassim Nicolas Taleb's assertion of "Anatomy of A Blowup" Few days ago,... Continue Reading →
CNBC's Warren Buffett Archive
Yesterday I posted a short blog post with link to 2018 Annual General Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway. I watched the Live telecast of the AGM till very late night (as per India Time). Some days back I posted a blog on Charlie Munger and shared some of his videos. Few days later I wrote another... Continue Reading →


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Gerland Corporation
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Gerland Corporation was a retail company headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States;[1] the company operates various grocery stores, gas stations, and check cashing stores within the Greater Houston Area.
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A. J. Gerland founded the Gerland's Food Fair chain in 1967.[2] The first store was located in the Spring Branch area in northwest Houston.[citation needed]
Following the success of the Weingarten's and Randall's supermarket chains in Houston, Gerland's added bakery and delicatessen departments to its stores in the late 1970s. In recent decades both in-store pharmacies and gas stations were added at certain locations; however, the two gas stations that were in service have both been shut down and repaved.[citation needed]
In 1980 Gerland's had 6% of the Houston-area grocery market share, making it the fifth largest grocer there.[3] Gerland's acquired several stores from the defunct Weingarten chain in 1981, and operated more than 40 store locations in the Houston area by 1990. While most were company-owned, a handful of the Gerland's stores were independently owned franchises.[citation needed] In 1994 Gerland acquired five stores from Appletree Markets.[4] On February 28, 1999, Gerland's had 15 locations. It had an annual sales of $163.5 million. It had 3.1% of the Houston market, making it the sixth largest grocer in Houston. It had 1,650 Houston-area employees. Within the year until February 28, 1999, it remodeled one store.[5] In July 1999 it had 3.2% of the area market share, still being the sixth largest grocer.[3] In 2002 Gerland's was Houston's seventh largest grocer, with 16 locations generating $185.9 million in sales. It had 1,005 Houston area employees. At the time its headquarters was in Pasadena.[6] In 2015, Gerland's was purchased by Lewis Food Town, another local, independent grocer established in Houston. All Gerland's were converted to Food Town and the owners retired.
Most grocery stores operated by the company are Gerland's Food Fair; stores are located in Houston, La Porte, unincorporated sections of Harris County, and unincorporated sections of Montgomery County.
Grand Market was an upscale store; it was located in Sugar Land until closing in 2011.
Food Town is another name brand; Food Town stores are located in Houston, unincorporated sections of Harris County, Sugar Land, and Deer Park. Two Food Town stores in unincorporated Harris County included combined gasoline stations and convenience stores referred to as Food Town Express, however they have both recently been shut down.
Check Cashing & More are check cashing stores; they are located in Houston, Pasadena, and Baytown.
Lewis Food Town bought out Gerland's as of 2015. Therefore changing all the Food Fairs they owned into Food Towns.
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- ^ a b Sit-DuVall, Mary. "`Right' store was ripe for picking / Randalls joins trend with deal." archived copy Houston Chronicle. Saturday July 24, 1999. Business 1. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.
- ^ Hassel, Greg. "AppleTree to hand over most stores this week." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday January 4, 1994. Business 1. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Hassell, Greg. "CHRONICLE 100 LEADING COMPANIES OF HOUSTON / Grocers getting food for thought." Houston Chronicle. archived copy Sunday May 23, 1999. Special Section, Page 38. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "CHRONICLE 100 LEADING COMPANIES OF HOUSTON / CHRONICLE 100 GROCERY - FILL IT UP UNLEADED / Largest grocery chains." Houston Chronicle. Sunday May 20, 2001. Special Section Page 33. Retrieved on December 1, 2011.[dead link]


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Starting in April, pregnant women will have a new space to delivery their babies at Wilson Medical Center.
The latest renovation project at the hospital is an 18,000-square-foot gut and rebuild …
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Starting in April, pregnant women will have a new space to delivery their babies at Wilson Medical Center.
The latest renovation project at the hospital is an 18,000-square-foot gut and rebuild project on the second floor that will house labor and delivery, the nursery and post-partum rooms.
Mark Holyoak, CEO at Wilson Medical Center, said there were three main concerns with the design of the new unit: safety, quality and experience.
One of those concerns is addressed starting the minute someone comes to the doors of the new unit and wants to gain entry. The unit will be locked, he said, and visitors can only enter if someone lets them in.
This is to protect the patients, Holyoak said, but also to give them privacy.
The new unit has six labor and delivery rooms.
"We're accommodating growth," Holyoak said. He added that just under 1,000 babies are born at the hospital every year.
The rooms are different sizes, but each one will include a bed for the mother, a space for baby care, a reclining chair and a spacious bathroom with a shower. The rooms have soft paint colors and cherry cabinets and are designed to have an upscale hotel feel, Holyoak said.
During a hard-hat tour last week, Wesley Byrd, with Robins and Morton construction company, pointed out that one of the labor and delivery rooms is set up as an isolation room to accommodate any special needs during delivery. The room includes direct overhead lighting.
If, during labor, it becomes necessary to deliver the baby by Cesarean section, the patient won't have to travel far. The new C-section suite is just steps away from the labor and delivery rooms. The bright room, already outfitted with surgical lights last week, will be equipped with the latest technology, Holyoak said.
Once the baby has been born, the mother and child will stay in one of six post-partum rooms in the unit. Holyoak anticipates most babies will room-in with mothers during the hospital stay.
When they are not in the mother's room, babies will be in the new nursery. With the new design and because of the configuration of the space, the viewing window is much smaller than the one in the current nursery.
Once the labor and delivery unit is complete, work will move to the pediatrics and gynecology rooms on the same floor. The cost of the entire women's and children's services area is $13.3 million.
After the completion of this area, surgical services, including the operating room, pre- and post-surgery, will be next.
The current renovations are part of Duke LifePoint's commitment to $120 million in capital improvements at Wilson Medical Center as part of an acquisition plan. Patient rooms are being enlarged throughout the hospital and behavioral health and cardiopulmonary units are up and running.


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We endeavour to make the children's learning experience stimulating and fun and arrange school trips which support and enhance the curriculum. Recently the children have visited places such as @Bristol, Westonbirt Arboretum, Redwood Estate and Slimbridge. The cost of these trips is subsidised by the school but voluntary contributions from parents are requested.
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On Wednesday 4th May we welcomed Sally –Ann from Minibeast Mayhem. Minibeast Mayhem is an outreach educational resource that brings a selection of entomological workshops into schools for exciting and practical learning experiences.
Our jam packed afternoon included a really fun and informative interactive show called Bug Scientist. It was an exciting mix of Horrible Histories, Bush Tucker Trials and Entomology!
The children learned all about why invertebrates are important to our planet, in the past and in our future. They were also taught how insects have affected mankind and how we actually use insects to enrich our daily lives.
We learned that invertebrates help forensic scientists, provide us with food, clothes and money! The children even dared their teachers to try insect vomit and to eat a real bug! Urgh!
Sadie modelled invertebrate body parts to help teach the rest of the class all about the anatomy of a butterfly.
Did you know that beetles do not have any blood!
The fun then continued with a brilliant hands on experience with a large selection of invertebrates.
Did you know that for every person on our planet there are around 200 million bugs! That's a lot of bugs!
Thank you Minibeast Mayhem we have learned so much and are ready to learn even more.


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My sister made this. I am very jealous. She was always the artistic one. I have strong artistic impulses but no real eye or talent. She found this beat up and broken glass insulator in the boathouse of our family cottage near Nelson. Two pieces of driftwood and two nails later, she had created something I would pay to own. So cool that it perfectly holds a tea candle, making it both beautiful and useful.
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Apple Cinnamon Dutch 'Baby': The Food of Love 2015
Posted in cottage, cottager's wife blog, family, favourite things, food, frugal tips, Gibson's B.C., Keats View Cottage Gibson B.C., recipes, Sunshine Coast B.C., Uncategorized, tagged Apple cinnamon Dutch baby recipes, cottage recipes, Dutch baby recipe, food, food of love, frugal tips, frugal Valentines day ideas, Gibsons BC, Keats View Cottage, recipes, special breakfast recipes, special recipes for Valentines Day, Sunshine Coast on February 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday this year, so why not pass on getting sucked into the commercial hype of it all and show your love with a unique breakfast treat.
This looks great just out of the oven and tastes even better. I adapted this slightly from a recipe given to me by Mary Wallgren, from the Idaho branch of my mom's family.
You will need a blender and also a cast iron skillet. If you don't have the skillet, perhaps you should? Next thing you know you will be making frittatas and oven-fried chicken.
If you are really frugal, pick up a grotty cast skillet at Value Village and recondition it. There are instruction for this process on-line. It is a bit of a dirty job.
2 apples, peeled,cored, sliced
2 T brown sugar
2 T butter or margerine
1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
1/2 tsp cinnamon, or to taste
3 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 T granulated sugar
1/2 tsp orange peel zest (optional)
3/4 cup milk
3 T butter or margerine
confectioner's sugar for dusting
In a bowl, stir together apples, cinnamon, brown sugar and lemon juice until apples are coated.
Melt 2 T butter or margerine in a regular skillet on the stove top, add apples and saute until apples are tender – at least 5 minutes. Turn off heat and set this skillet aside for now.
Place your 11 inch cast iron skillet into cold oven, and set to 400 degrees.
Now, into blender put your three eggs, and blend really well.
Reduce blender to low speed. Add flour, salt, granulated sugar and orange zest.
Then slowly add milk.
Stop blender and scrape down sides to ensure all flour is being combined.
Blend again for one minute.
Carefully remove cast skillet from oven using two oven mitts.
Place on cold stove top and add 3 T butter or margerine, moving it around with a spatula until melted but not browned. Carefully add batter from blender, then distribute cinnamon sugar apples on top and return to oven using two oven mitts. Bake 25 minutes, until edges are puffed and brown. Test centre with finger to ensure fully cooked.
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All About My Mid-life Crisis
Posted in cottage, family, favourite things, Keats View Cottage Gibson B.C., kids, Modern Life, pet adoption, pets, Sunshine Coast B.C., Things to do on the Sunshine Coast, travel, tagged dog rescue, Gibsons BC, pet adoption, Sunshine Coast B.C. on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
If you noticed my new friend in my last post you already know something about this. This month, for the first time, both Bu and Lu moved away to school and we are officially empty nesters.
In advance of this event I succumbed to a long held inclination and adopted a rescued dog. Received him rather suddenly on the day Farley Mowat passed away. And since he had just been plucked from a shelter with very low adoption rates – if you catch my drift – in the greater Los Angeles area, we recognized his new citizenship and a new start in life by naming him after that great Canadian writer.
Now Farley goes most places with me. He is happy at the cottage, so with rental season winding down, he and I will start to spend some time there. For a smallish dog he is pretty versatile: Canoes, hikes and travels well with us. We are vastly contented with each other. Cottager – who was agreeable to a dog but not really enthusiastic – likes him too.
As the saying goes, adopting a rescue dog won't change the world, but it will change that one dog's life forever – and your own.
Starting the Long Weekend Right
Posted in cottage, favourite things, garden, gardening, Keats View Cottage Gibson B.C., pets, Sunshine Coast B.C., Things to do on the Sunshine Coast, vacation, tagged BC, Gibsons, Keats View Cottage, Sunshine Coast B.C. on July 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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Everybody Gets a Vacation
Posted in cats, cottage maintenance, deck stain, family, favourite things, frugal tips, garden, gardening, Gibson's B.C., hiking and biking, household tips, kids, landscaping, outdoor adventures, paint, pet adoption, pets, renovation, Sunshine Coast B.C., Things to do on the Sunshine Coast, travel, travel tips, vacation, tagged Camino de Santiago, cottage maintenance, cottage vacation, Gibsons BC, rescue animals, Sunshine Coast on May 30, 2014| 1 Comment »
The Cottager is questing on the Camino de Santiago in Spain at the moment and if inclined, you can see what he is up to on his blog where he posts a few lines and some great pictures almost daily.
I spent the better part of a week at the cottage, just catching my breath and bonding with my new friend Farley. He is a rescue from an L.A. shelter and is now permanently on vacation.
The Urchins had a week at home without mom harassing them to clean up after themselves. And the cats were happy just to have a week without the dog, whom they do not consider a particularly good addition. And so for the price of one plane ticket to Spain, 7 winter-weary creatures had a vacation. Told you I was frugal.
I did get a few things done. The deck got its last ever coat of stain. Before it is due again we will rebuild and only use an oil product after that. Stain is a hassle.
I also did some gardening at a relaxed pace, having decided to limit rentals and keep the cottage principally for my own enjoyment this summer.
A few good friends came to visit. My parents came too, which was wonderful as the have only come in fall or winter before and hadn't seen my garden to advantage or walked on the beach.
Besides these pleasant events, the highlight of my vacation was having nine or ten blissful and uninterrupted hours of sleep each night. No doubt Cottager and the Urchins have better highlights.
Getting into the Corners
Posted in cottage, favourite things, garden, gardening, Gibson's B.C., landscaping, planters, tagged cottage, cottage garden, cottage life, garden, gardening, Gibson's B.C., Keats View Cottage, Sunshine Coast B.C. on April 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
So satisfying to pick one sad corner of the garden and do some spring cleaning.
That's what I did last Friday while waiting for the honey wagon to come and pump out the septic tank.


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Hubby & I got stuck into it and finished painting the dining room, with the both of us working it only took the better part of a day. He prepped and sanded, I washed the walls. I did the cutting in and he did the rollering. Done in a jiffy! And it looks a million times better, that puky yellow was really bringing us down
*big cheesy smiles*
Next painting project will be the laundry, probably when school goes back from hols. We've also decided to put some cupboards on the wall in there and replace the handy homemade wooden bench with a longer, even handier and more aesthetically pleasing bench. Should look great when it's all done.
Yesterday the bobcat fairy visited us and dug out all the stumps from our pruning efforts from a while back and the his friend, the stump grinding fairy also popped in and completely anilhilated the rubber tree stump... all in an hour. It would have taken us a lifetime.
Step 2 of the garden will be sorting out the retic then I think we're going to lay weed mat before planting and we're still debating whether to have pea gravel or mulch.... this will depend largely on $$$. I meant to have a photo of our empty garden bed to display but haven't taken it yet and it's dark right now so maybe I'll do a post with a step by step in photos of it all later down the track when I've got something spiffy to show you.
Having Hubby home has it's advantages (aside of the obvious ;) He has been bitten by the declutterbug too and has been ruthlessly sorting out the shed(s). Oh man the stuff we found! The stuff we forgot we even owned!
I knew we had a few bags of toys that have needed sorting for a long time.... stuff Miss 5 had outgrown but might be good for Poss and I had to be ruthless too. We simply do not have the space for more toys... especially soft toys. My girls only have one or 2 very special cuddly toys that they are attached to and the rest mean very little to them, so off they went to the charity shop.
Man it feels good to purge all that stuff. Stuff that we simply didn't need and didn't miss. There's still so much more to do but I am pleased that we've made significant progress
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Summer Eating
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The zucchini have not escaped from the farm and they also did not fall in the mud and require a bath.? But they are in full production mode, now and because of this, require much of my time.? I am grateful for a productive, fruitful garden.? My husband worked hard plowing and planting and weeding.? My job is to do something with the bounty, so we can enjoy it now and save some for later.? It's only June and my freezer is full.? I have given away dozens and I am getting very creative in the … [Read more...]
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It's time for vegetable garden planting.? So here's my dilemma.? Zucchini love me.? I grew so many of these large squashy beauties last summer that I had to start taking them with me every where I went.? I brought them to work and gave them to people I barely knew.? I brought them to networking meetings and handed them out like business cards.? If you ate dinner at our house, you had to take zucchini home at the end of the evening.? And all of this generosity,? did not in any way lead to a … [Read more...]


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It's still the preseason in the NBA, but I guess somebody forgot to tell Trae Young.
Trae Young from 30 feet for the win? pic.twitter.com/Gi46xZQj8l— FOX Sports: Hawks (@HawksOnFSSE) October 11, 2018
The Hawks electric rookie already looks in midseason form as he nails this three from way down town to ice the game against the San Antonio Spurs.
Its rare a rookie is exposed to this much hype entering a season, but by the look of it, Trae Young appears to be ready, already putting the team on his back.
TRAE. YOUNG. — Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) October 11, 2018
Atlanta is definitely excited, and if Young can keep making shots like this one from the parking lot, he will give them something to continue to be excited about.


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Reading the Sea of Cortez
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One of Steinbeck's most memorable characters is Doc: "Doc is rather small, deceptively small, for he is wiry and very strong and when passionate anger comes on him he can be very fierce. He wears a beard and his face is half Christ and half satyr and his face tells the truth."
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Hi Stampers, today I'm playing with my #1 pick from the catalog; Stampin Up Touches of Texture. Why is it my #1 pick? First of all it's artistic, also, it has a great selection of elements, therefore I have many choices in my card creating and here are just two for you today.
Today's layout is for our Weekly Happy Stampers challenge:
This week it's a sketch: I love sketches they give you such a great starting point for your projects.
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- So I started by stamping the flower on the right side of the art piece
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- Next I used my Banners Framelits to die cut some of the Moroccan Designer Paper to add a bit of colour to the top
- Once the card was all put together, I added some Linen Thread for some texture.
- The sentiment is White Heat Embossed onto a scrap of Basic Black and is from the Helping me Grow stamp set. I tucked a scrap of the designer paper under it to help balance out the colour in the card.
- Finally I embellished with a few gold sequins just to add some light…
Here is a stepped down version of the card. basically the same, without the banner designer paper and I used the dragonfly this time. I LOVE dragonflies and this one I coloured, cut out and glued to the card.
One other thing I did with this card, the flower is a two – step stamping process. You have an outline and then a separate stamp to add the colour, before I stamped the second one; I used a baby wipe to take the colour out of the center so that I could add some Dijon into it. I like that little addition – what do you think?
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14 Zephyr Agents Participate in edMatch for San Francisco's Public Schools
Posted by Melody Foster-Brown — August 22, 2011
San Francisco, CA - August 22, 2011 - Fourteen of Zephyr's top-producing agents have committed to participation in edMatch, a new independent non-profit organization for local businesses and individuals to "match" funds raised in San Francisco's public schools. The funds are then distributed to all 113 schools on a per-student basis.
edMatch was established to ease the distress of budget shortfalls and economic cutbacks by involving the community in a simple and easy-to-use manner. When consumers choose businesses that participate in the program, everyday purchases and services will have a portion automatically donated to San Francisco schools. Through this method the schools will have more money to invest in programs, parental involvement will increase and the students will be better prepared to face the challenges of life, career and workforce.
edMatch has a vibrant steering committee comprised of active parents, PTA leaders and activists who are taking leaps toward making sure San Francisco's children are properly educated. The Advisory Board includes educators, business leaders and concerned citizens.
With California's current budget crises, public schools are at risk; new and innovative programs are necessary in order to bridge the financial gap. edMatch is unique because financial relief is provided to every school and every student in San Francisco. Some of its other flagship donors include miKind, Patxi's Chicago Pizza, and Squat and Gobble. More details about how it works and how to participate are available at edmatchsf.org.
Zephyr's 14 participating agents are Todd Wiley, who first introduced the innovative organization to Zephyr, Michael Ackerman, David Antman, Suhl Chin, Debra Christoffers, Matthew Goulden, Bobbi Levenson, Lorraine Meier, Luba Muzichenko, R. Lee Patterson, Marilyn Picariello, Andrew Roth, Michael Salstein, and Else Townsend. Ten percent of the gross commissions from business referred through the edMatch program will be donated to edMatch, which means that both Zephyr and the agents are contributing.
Zephyr's Community Page on its website has more details about terms and restrictions of the program at www.zephyrcares.com. Transactions must be referrals from edMatch, new and not already in progress, and agents must be informed in advance.
"We are delighted to affiliate with edMatch and for the opportunity to improve our public schools," said Randall Kostick, Chief Operating Officer of Zephyr. "What better way to give back to your community than to enhance the education of tomorrow's leaders," he added.
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Founded in 1978, Zephyr Real Estate is San Francisco's largest independent real estate firm with $1 billion in annual gross sales in 2010 and a current roster of more than 200 full-time agents. In 2010, Zephyr launched its new website, which has earned two web design awards, including the prestigious Interactive Media Award. Zephyr Real Estate is a member of the international relocation network, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; the luxury real estate network, Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate; and the local luxury marketing association, the Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco. Zephyr has six strategically located offices in San Francisco, a business center in Marin County, and serves a large customer base throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit www.zephyrsf.com.


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Have you ever seen those plastic swan favors in the wedding section of the craft store? Usually they have cheap-looking painted details and are coated in a shiny finish. Despite all this, I knew they had the potential to be so much more. So, I gave them a little paint job, attached them onto a headband, and voila! A simple and modern accessory to wear this Valentine's Day.
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1. Paint the plastic swans—you will need two per headband. I painted mine pale pink, but you could repaint them white or try charcoal black. Let dry.
2. Using a fine brush, paint the beak orange and the face detail in black. Add black glitter on top if desired. Let dry.
3. Apply hot glue onto the bottom of the swan and attach onto the headband. Do the same for the second swan so that they're facing each other.
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