tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293054022024-03-07T18:41:30.021-05:00LIfe at Number 17sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-16002871144960565812013-03-30T21:06:00.003-05:002013-03-30T21:06:58.400-05:00I'm so over it...I'm so over people doing stupid rotten hurtful things just because they can...we're supposed to be better than the things in this video...<br />
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...and? seriously? save the justification...that dog don't hunt...sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-2725370718081334582013-03-04T16:06:00.000-05:002013-03-04T16:06:07.993-05:00I'm Learning a New Skill...it is called "Lowering the Bar"...<br />
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see, just 3 or 4 years back, I would have taken 15 photos to get 1 decent shot of the Rahhhh Kitties in their St. Patrick's Day ribbons...<br />
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...and I would have decorated for the day a bit more than adding two green ribbons to the Rahhhh Kitties...</div>
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But, one of the advantages of getting older is gaining a little perspective...The Rahhhh Kitties don't mind the crummy photo...they're just happy to get a change of ribbon because they wore their last ribbons about 2 years...might actually be 3 years...If the RKs don't mind, then I guess I shouldn't either...</div>
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actually, taking the whole 2-3 year thing into account, perhaps I'm a little further along the path </div>
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to mastery of the whole Lowering the Bar thing than I've been thinkin'...</div>
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change can be as simple as, yes, a can of spray paint...</div>
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irritant of several years vanished</div>
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One I sent to a charity gift shop because I disliked it so much...</div>
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One I like just as it is...</div>
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the other three need some work..</div>
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sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-42514781001231898062011-10-29T07:39:00.004-05:002011-10-29T07:54:18.918-05:00It Just Doesn't Get<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">any easier than this!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhxpZLI2NX_Cvg6hNngwNNN6iAhBQF9RoUER3lLIwFtvOkisxDuF_opMyy1A2rcfdz9UiJqj5AfKD0g4OV5P0leKqPysf0PlwLPi9v_oAmVMI2Mjv0VcBIxvgSgopLtSuiSv_/s1600/bag1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhxpZLI2NX_Cvg6hNngwNNN6iAhBQF9RoUER3lLIwFtvOkisxDuF_opMyy1A2rcfdz9UiJqj5AfKD0g4OV5P0leKqPysf0PlwLPi9v_oAmVMI2Mjv0VcBIxvgSgopLtSuiSv_/s400/bag1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668895585291178978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I bought the Cute Halloween Gift Bag just because...well, I had another project in mind for it, but</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">like so many projects...let's just say it didn't come to fruition...and my friends would say well, imagine that...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">so, the bag is just hangin' there on the coat rack...kind of makin' me feel crappy with those unspoken taunts because it is Yet Another Reminder of the Un-Done Things...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">but then I get a flash of Cheap Door Decoration Inspiration: find some twigs, paint them black and orange*, stuff them into the bag** and stick on the front door...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">as an aside, a good indicator of my Crafting Abilities is that when my husband sees me standing on the driveway, spray painting sticks, he doesn't even ask any more...he just heads in the other direction...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9rM91yQgLZVXbX645yFHqrSaswcIbyTykaZ4yhrHej5fT7IGnb0lY7PX2c8zQiOD5QbOfw7jEHbGhMoZM7yEhXkYhsbOLbDTAgoKUqqDP60Fl4DC-beqanoLgPPZPh6lOFgB/s1600/bag2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9rM91yQgLZVXbX645yFHqrSaswcIbyTykaZ4yhrHej5fT7IGnb0lY7PX2c8zQiOD5QbOfw7jEHbGhMoZM7yEhXkYhsbOLbDTAgoKUqqDP60Fl4DC-beqanoLgPPZPh6lOFgB/s400/bag2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668895748013336882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">********************************************************************</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">*The black-and-orange thing didn't work out so well...at least not using both on the same twig...kind of had a Creepy Halloween stripe thing going on...painting each twig a solid colour is a better way to go...unless you like the Creepy Halloween Vibe...I prefer the Cute Halloween Vibe...just sayin'...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">**the bag, bein' paper, will not hold up for a long time if you leave in a Naturally Moist Environment like southeastern Georgia...but it'll last several weeks as long you give it a sheltered spot...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-60456917265698822342011-10-19T10:00:00.001-05:002011-10-19T13:46:48.985-05:00We're The Proud New Parentsof Samantha!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb4YWqMpoHCchAmoOgFDKkuf2_JRSZWHV-IH2_mcSskPg9RKqSZHFH_qvrGth9IjY4rp0DJgC9C_HBIEMdzMOz274HTSlJ_Zc8IEo092mMsRoV5rbNvN8fsNciKxv_pztzNyE/s1600/Certificate_samantha_-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb4YWqMpoHCchAmoOgFDKkuf2_JRSZWHV-IH2_mcSskPg9RKqSZHFH_qvrGth9IjY4rp0DJgC9C_HBIEMdzMOz274HTSlJ_Zc8IEo092mMsRoV5rbNvN8fsNciKxv_pztzNyE/s400/Certificate_samantha_-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664977570050053826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Many thanks to<a href="http://littlehouseinthehudsonvalley.blogspot.com/"> Lorraine</a> for posting about the <a href="http://www.savethechimps.org/">chimp sanctuary</a>...I decided I'd much rather<br />have a bouncing 19-year-old baby chimp than that new laptop I don't really need ('cause, yes, I do lay around on my large behind too much as it is...)...and I believe DH is thinking about adopting <a href="http://www.savethechimps.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=photo.album&id=37">Elway</a>...sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-88789120047275924482011-10-16T17:58:00.010-05:002011-10-16T18:41:57.551-05:00At # 17<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMH7ZF5ztCvEsulusYPMX76s0yR7QVdZ7w09tUxYglBVcvUUSWIiLadyu_1NSmKLajtQT_DU4auW5_E2LZAnRTgAAIMllTCCD_7Jvc5jTkqs03mmuMZKx2leVgsC2sb9O1IDg2/s1600/pumpkins5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMH7ZF5ztCvEsulusYPMX76s0yR7QVdZ7w09tUxYglBVcvUUSWIiLadyu_1NSmKLajtQT_DU4auW5_E2LZAnRTgAAIMllTCCD_7Jvc5jTkqs03mmuMZKx2leVgsC2sb9O1IDg2/s400/pumpkins5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664234447462698562" border="0" /></a><br />in October, it is allllll about the pumpkins!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGtCrcfuHTW53bG8pCJgnOVYl5yYkKUQzFFeDLjYuI8TFa_Mwg4T4EVaX26Rj0YhaY1MhQM9WgihqPXYP-YqCfyuxmMov3ewusYAMDAm0lPdDW0anrEUAYWM7B7F-4mm3Xff4/s1600/pumpkins7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGtCrcfuHTW53bG8pCJgnOVYl5yYkKUQzFFeDLjYuI8TFa_Mwg4T4EVaX26Rj0YhaY1MhQM9WgihqPXYP-YqCfyuxmMov3ewusYAMDAm0lPdDW0anrEUAYWM7B7F-4mm3Xff4/s400/pumpkins7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664235293962132194" border="0" /></a><br />(normally, scarecrows freak me out but this guy cost only 10 cents plus he stays on the porch sooooo...)<br />I confess to havin' a pretty serious Pumpkin Problem...But gettin' your pumpkin on is soooooo easy...you can just plop them down anywhere...<br /><br />in the house...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz61zqH_pe89YzbKSTR08YY7jJuEaRTM2OqT-T-2TxMH-e30DiLCk9-RwbiZmjpVxi61SzHdyBkkhKnXwWGFZa_iEcLOy1p19LK9-awM728TXH3tfIRglb5D5T-1X115i0yFw0/s1600/pumpkins2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz61zqH_pe89YzbKSTR08YY7jJuEaRTM2OqT-T-2TxMH-e30DiLCk9-RwbiZmjpVxi61SzHdyBkkhKnXwWGFZa_iEcLOy1p19LK9-awM728TXH3tfIRglb5D5T-1X115i0yFw0/s400/pumpkins2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664233943911656786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBW5wXTxgoGDIwP8HjyXwVqCy9qKhqV33x12XKiS66gTVHvHEze7xAxQfSm467CwsJ7qvWq9o_-NaL5KFMUNmkG79OPi3ls8vof4os_p22yXMmkceQzxa6z_9xl7hMFg4skIj7/s1600/pumpkinhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBW5wXTxgoGDIwP8HjyXwVqCy9qKhqV33x12XKiS66gTVHvHEze7xAxQfSm467CwsJ7qvWq9o_-NaL5KFMUNmkG79OPi3ls8vof4os_p22yXMmkceQzxa6z_9xl7hMFg4skIj7/s400/pumpkinhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664230167513251554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-8FFOwbk5T_PcyTL5BcaHpfHVGg45QyMF1J-uM5_IJjHAhLEI4zps2qtiBt6fHX2dIAJbJIZkTVeNWAjZ3G-GSdXO7Cbu_hJsrD-B0TqYCWsMSTx_r4TrlFgaAmDWnlk4jnL/s1600/pumpkins3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-8FFOwbk5T_PcyTL5BcaHpfHVGg45QyMF1J-uM5_IJjHAhLEI4zps2qtiBt6fHX2dIAJbJIZkTVeNWAjZ3G-GSdXO7Cbu_hJsrD-B0TqYCWsMSTx_r4TrlFgaAmDWnlk4jnL/s400/pumpkins3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664230166991702466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgYVrNBDJ_viTUr7BzZPeBvJsDijLcZulTN5tTGSzKmJ1klSkBTEAT2jigQ5iX82cPBx3zsqgOKPQpvS1yQGYqUY1zrjyvzP_325C8zr7J11F5O26j3NmzRvsuvZ5oBuRM74I/s1600/pumpkins1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgYVrNBDJ_viTUr7BzZPeBvJsDijLcZulTN5tTGSzKmJ1klSkBTEAT2jigQ5iX82cPBx3zsqgOKPQpvS1yQGYqUY1zrjyvzP_325C8zr7J11F5O26j3NmzRvsuvZ5oBuRM74I/s400/pumpkins1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664233149790722866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeDk3WeJv9MtJjGuGhCPPodNygmExRZMTK4qE4dCRAsyGxLmA045uDWAseI-uxDxBuXjycDfJQVGGm4Sq45yQEO0ugSrcVExZTdScpQWL6tRojClISGCnZN23GmuZtnfCAxXj/s1600/pumpkins4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeDk3WeJv9MtJjGuGhCPPodNygmExRZMTK4qE4dCRAsyGxLmA045uDWAseI-uxDxBuXjycDfJQVGGm4Sq45yQEO0ugSrcVExZTdScpQWL6tRojClISGCnZN23GmuZtnfCAxXj/s400/pumpkins4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664233148731777058" border="0" /></a>on the porch...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdzHN4M6gE5cHxJsWFHltsvkiwga3CkKk-Ds5XLU4vODBOr6QlLeY3QcTeIvYFZSWktyet6J_H0Bu3A2JwDuB6zXIeNhvBFGQrOlvCZu_90i2E6GY-idTb7gWw7LQo4Z9UxoF/s1600/pumpkins8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdzHN4M6gE5cHxJsWFHltsvkiwga3CkKk-Ds5XLU4vODBOr6QlLeY3QcTeIvYFZSWktyet6J_H0Bu3A2JwDuB6zXIeNhvBFGQrOlvCZu_90i2E6GY-idTb7gWw7LQo4Z9UxoF/s400/pumpkins8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664229341395366002" border="0" /></a>another scarecrow but this one is a <span style="font-style: italic;">Bear</span> Scarecrow and surely he can't animate some dark Georgia night and go all Horror Picture on me...plus, he too lives outside with his other little freaky scarecrow mate....yes, I do have issues....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNvQZB7uy_Rl29I1jakQMkJqg7__oLNVGzuBoeKVPXRPWAoOurTbgYAKt8m927WQhW6ltS_Rk-RWG61wkOly6D5PN8HxkqtrpBIW2LFg0fQ0ipSumty_tJB9IZ0Liv3tpjqwV/s1600/pumpkins9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNvQZB7uy_Rl29I1jakQMkJqg7__oLNVGzuBoeKVPXRPWAoOurTbgYAKt8m927WQhW6ltS_Rk-RWG61wkOly6D5PN8HxkqtrpBIW2LFg0fQ0ipSumty_tJB9IZ0Liv3tpjqwV/s400/pumpkins9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664230172237682402" border="0" /></a>somewhat belatedly realizing I really should have found time to paint the wicker this year...pretty sure it ain't gonna happen in 2011...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHnMC903OE2e8DMxSf50Lobb2mhhosuhQiB59lVINrSGK5NnmNznpZ17SIg8LPI-OQyvy_KkmWCMRumWocGOir0oWBsCT4mcmkevIEX_NthnAs78IBrwpjIjlWWEK_3d0btSX/s1600/pumpkins6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHnMC903OE2e8DMxSf50Lobb2mhhosuhQiB59lVINrSGK5NnmNznpZ17SIg8LPI-OQyvy_KkmWCMRumWocGOir0oWBsCT4mcmkevIEX_NthnAs78IBrwpjIjlWWEK_3d0btSX/s400/pumpkins6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664233946699640834" border="0" /></a>in the garden...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbP1Ju2h82RIhraHOt8nZHE40-QnPPSAeI1hbBsVqBgfDGRTEJiQPs-aIodBLx9LfsMUguhyWpjJ9aI5_0YxOxH2DF5evhUY642YljSVp_UGatkyoeLMXKr3v0ga81XKJkRKH/s1600/pumpkins10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbP1Ju2h82RIhraHOt8nZHE40-QnPPSAeI1hbBsVqBgfDGRTEJiQPs-aIodBLx9LfsMUguhyWpjJ9aI5_0YxOxH2DF5evhUY642YljSVp_UGatkyoeLMXKr3v0ga81XKJkRKH/s400/pumpkins10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664234443030801810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTd6DISPSpUKxDzYDZzmtf2OgWjjXuSupx6nKAKKTgfG6Ir92rtYBG1oIJt1uTaLz5CN2NrqojzshffCT4ocZET7yttsUHONXeG8LS_USUgSWDNlaCK79ofxjs9t1HyXrOyTe/s1600/pumpkinsstand.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTd6DISPSpUKxDzYDZzmtf2OgWjjXuSupx6nKAKKTgfG6Ir92rtYBG1oIJt1uTaLz5CN2NrqojzshffCT4ocZET7yttsUHONXeG8LS_USUgSWDNlaCK79ofxjs9t1HyXrOyTe/s400/pumpkinsstand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664229343294277554" border="0" /></a><br />and *poof* you're callin' it done...and the older I get, the more I like *poof* easy...<br /><br />and then we have an entirely different type of Pumpkin...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1ruzRzr4XRg78859rEFx75INlA3uVodzYdkfJYTGuwxDXLVEaTwTh7ReGTYDq4AAmhGqz9rg91wBWtcimvYtHVdugheQxnoOyeGwgbuTR8IK3bpdevBwKEwm6e5Mee4xo36j/s1600/chub.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1ruzRzr4XRg78859rEFx75INlA3uVodzYdkfJYTGuwxDXLVEaTwTh7ReGTYDq4AAmhGqz9rg91wBWtcimvYtHVdugheQxnoOyeGwgbuTR8IK3bpdevBwKEwm6e5Mee4xo36j/s400/chub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664236496999463794" border="0" /></a>Pumpkin Butt plopped down in our bedroom...watching my Leslie Sansone walk-aerobic tape...the tape finished and Chubby sprawled out like "whew, man...that wore me slap out!"<br /><br />No, Chubby Bubby...trust me, I've tried...just watching the exercise video does not melt those pounds away..<br /><br />*****************************************************<br />*before anyone gets hysterical, I do try to "exercise" the Bub...she loves to chase the red laser light from the level around the floor...<br /><br /></div>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-14366548693058987312011-09-25T15:38:00.010-05:002011-09-25T16:08:52.201-05:00Appearances Can Be Deceiving...<span style="font-weight: bold;">at least when you have Blind-As-A-Blind-Bat vision...or limited attention span...and I can raise my hand on both of those...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">thought</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> the garden was all petered out except for these </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_%28plant%29">spider lilies</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> that I completely forgot I planted*...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTLO2Un8U1gfqRktz6IZKoQRTNxUOeqDNcFw6T7jiSLpyh2sHVtPwNq5CAJfRhIgLTtCkngAocA9ENTBDAbjqcgKwK_PWxLTGyF_oFWuXzEB-xs2y0GeE9xBjVpPjhxpBGoJq/s1600/spiderlilies2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTLO2Un8U1gfqRktz6IZKoQRTNxUOeqDNcFw6T7jiSLpyh2sHVtPwNq5CAJfRhIgLTtCkngAocA9ENTBDAbjqcgKwK_PWxLTGyF_oFWuXzEB-xs2y0GeE9xBjVpPjhxpBGoJq/s400/spiderlilies2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656399752743180930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">so, nice surprise there...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">once I was out & about with my camera, I decided to taunt </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://misschar.blogspot.com/">MB</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, a northern friend of mine, with this shot...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhbLla-mFTRT6AsNXqZ38_fUOm2N-TknGyK1qGc5W3Mi-afTbRgINTnYR4QSoTI9oIV72J2oS79cIyKx0O5vpAGfP-wY20zT96xZRsTvKzm5EcBIiddptqe_kmKtKM9KvlXVC/s1600/magnoliapod2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhbLla-mFTRT6AsNXqZ38_fUOm2N-TknGyK1qGc5W3Mi-afTbRgINTnYR4QSoTI9oIV72J2oS79cIyKx0O5vpAGfP-wY20zT96xZRsTvKzm5EcBIiddptqe_kmKtKM9KvlXVC/s400/magnoliapod2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656402151602144354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">the woman can gather up buckets of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera">osage oranges </a><span style="font-weight: bold;">that are crazy beautiful but, somehow, I still find myself pickin' up dirty old magnolia pods for her...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and then I noticed some blooms here...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7mfcOwHEncYh1RRTK9hEFpR0KK5uMJZtl45TdF0KY8sEopiXpDHY7u4AWk02mODsQw3UuMKJk1dt8f4RO__4v-713tQgIH1Q9KR4rLQWlDS481SGKIhdGiqNLnrbG8yp1Rcv/s1600/hosta2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7mfcOwHEncYh1RRTK9hEFpR0KK5uMJZtl45TdF0KY8sEopiXpDHY7u4AWk02mODsQw3UuMKJk1dt8f4RO__4v-713tQgIH1Q9KR4rLQWlDS481SGKIhdGiqNLnrbG8yp1Rcv/s400/hosta2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403822140423890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q7DuykLcmt7ifgoSjFvGP7RIWKWYRMxceJfaI6BJ4scN8yIk_0Ksg4Ru-u0bUibVEiBPT-V3lrtlyowxSUgBqYrzrKeJ2c_UJaGObsgm4lVPiTiofdP6VY1onpLqdr46uqF8/s1600/lantana2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Q7DuykLcmt7ifgoSjFvGP7RIWKWYRMxceJfaI6BJ4scN8yIk_0Ksg4Ru-u0bUibVEiBPT-V3lrtlyowxSUgBqYrzrKeJ2c_UJaGObsgm4lVPiTiofdP6VY1onpLqdr46uqF8/s400/lantana2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656402637318516898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iPI0Lie3ct3C6sISXBmCi98WHNlu5R-9hFnNSUFA38LdwQQ_tmOqw_o2Gajg-NLO5hUVm9tL6-CYbGcj_hYheLftIEUTvHxvMrXoRTUeKKvLbRWchu-AQkhICIBona3uxL2w/s1600/lantanas2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iPI0Lie3ct3C6sISXBmCi98WHNlu5R-9hFnNSUFA38LdwQQ_tmOqw_o2Gajg-NLO5hUVm9tL6-CYbGcj_hYheLftIEUTvHxvMrXoRTUeKKvLbRWchu-AQkhICIBona3uxL2w/s400/lantanas2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403125910527522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq5pSxkco5Qfd4ccZPQciVpGdkS0e_ZEGc1hOD8r4pQotDg8a4FQIa0OiO2zpwNuALFiM3rgkVA6J4-5MLP39dUGacwo76hz5MFOpmo8Em9DLePhKHFLnYOuuoOHuUnvEv5aw/s1600/whitebutterfly2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoq5pSxkco5Qfd4ccZPQciVpGdkS0e_ZEGc1hOD8r4pQotDg8a4FQIa0OiO2zpwNuALFiM3rgkVA6J4-5MLP39dUGacwo76hz5MFOpmo8Em9DLePhKHFLnYOuuoOHuUnvEv5aw/s400/whitebutterfly2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656402628167047346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq0_HNPvB3PiMbgGSm5BRIgXQJrwMNjQi367umrU-eu-qzSJJy0i7QXu8n22YMgyahjOauVQZTJlXEa5AcI5EHtc0y5eRrABKOQbBHyJzOl8_WLVtlkvNoTGH0f-4zBZ1KkhI/s1600/knockouts2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq0_HNPvB3PiMbgGSm5BRIgXQJrwMNjQi367umrU-eu-qzSJJy0i7QXu8n22YMgyahjOauVQZTJlXEa5AcI5EHtc0y5eRrABKOQbBHyJzOl8_WLVtlkvNoTGH0f-4zBZ1KkhI/s400/knockouts2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403827668473010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">a couple more here...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxbRaR-9K9vMRjnYMiev8L8dOq8GB9vYRBSAPvn_V2mJ_aS9geEHAcNIU6n30XH_FRqR2gt4jwd1FR3kL0I8rRyJH54vhi1rSFUbPIZIf6PcXP8oxAlSxjAsBkF8X5_n7zkEW/s1600/tomato01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxbRaR-9K9vMRjnYMiev8L8dOq8GB9vYRBSAPvn_V2mJ_aS9geEHAcNIU6n30XH_FRqR2gt4jwd1FR3kL0I8rRyJH54vhi1rSFUbPIZIf6PcXP8oxAlSxjAsBkF8X5_n7zkEW/s400/tomato01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403120806392322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVG1CILZ7a5-3wwKwQUIRcxiMJ5wWolH2B-EnEvd6DMiZ0pAlwzGa4P_KyMzz0szRpOLPxomsfEcE7mNxSSSPeQR-8iZJfW3sHkk8z2at9lFGboVnBWOgX_HrM7JyTPcwn5K6Q/s1600/tomato02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVG1CILZ7a5-3wwKwQUIRcxiMJ5wWolH2B-EnEvd6DMiZ0pAlwzGa4P_KyMzz0szRpOLPxomsfEcE7mNxSSSPeQR-8iZJfW3sHkk8z2at9lFGboVnBWOgX_HrM7JyTPcwn5K6Q/s400/tomato02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656404588334110930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0CxtVw6oWhxnVnjSzfdNnbR76mS5X6ogd8F0CuqxgwMNdPN44MlTmveRlJFSULTKsSOcAbt5wm6yaduixaTlhyXY_Bz-qJvIWi021_5usUbMTx3hYLOjm2ZUbffX3oaOarCi/s1600/flower-carpet-amber.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0CxtVw6oWhxnVnjSzfdNnbR76mS5X6ogd8F0CuqxgwMNdPN44MlTmveRlJFSULTKsSOcAbt5wm6yaduixaTlhyXY_Bz-qJvIWi021_5usUbMTx3hYLOjm2ZUbffX3oaOarCi/s400/flower-carpet-amber.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403818998315234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSRtGrwMoYBUjLd-pHmOC7DO042pw3xF8MTHMzRQfDJNuOjeG13PMEESQgYANCusdMQuIkmYnYzwXhV7Rhzpe7WSJcFcH0AXYwRsSs-DnPub0UUwzetSGnAldVlRGFLZ1V2kP/s1600/russiansage2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSRtGrwMoYBUjLd-pHmOC7DO042pw3xF8MTHMzRQfDJNuOjeG13PMEESQgYANCusdMQuIkmYnYzwXhV7Rhzpe7WSJcFcH0AXYwRsSs-DnPub0UUwzetSGnAldVlRGFLZ1V2kP/s400/russiansage2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656403120947207090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh3JxnTCQz8G9wAnnbbGOz3UeNA8J8NW2b2JkkvGuraoeFYNbSZTDDoPGe4HvfHLonWOhlqLvTUT5xMX4szEwNM5ykxZtf464WgVvZ099G9V7MdMXnWnsjbNJgRyWvtmwb4xT/s1600/pyracantha2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh3JxnTCQz8G9wAnnbbGOz3UeNA8J8NW2b2JkkvGuraoeFYNbSZTDDoPGe4HvfHLonWOhlqLvTUT5xMX4szEwNM5ykxZtf464WgVvZ099G9V7MdMXnWnsjbNJgRyWvtmwb4xT/s400/pyracantha2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656405885879554130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_a_XuVupfMbwrePPGC55B50gjxcJYyC5Ao-y_xKoJAJhJLbBC2rXVk8iAE5iFagMPO7F3gOT9sOax0mDA01pviz8bcLkRbXD2RVBZz7hao9iYVhJqzcWGrA2c9-QI8o9UiNu0/s1600/orangeteaolive2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_a_XuVupfMbwrePPGC55B50gjxcJYyC5Ao-y_xKoJAJhJLbBC2rXVk8iAE5iFagMPO7F3gOT9sOax0mDA01pviz8bcLkRbXD2RVBZz7hao9iYVhJqzcWGrA2c9-QI8o9UiNu0/s400/orangeteaolive2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656404595472481458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2by5nnsaVq5FQPfHK7Bj-BZ5CPyWkXBOGGHDZOHguyXB_XbH4Zp5KSmMStCk4sPpsd4ZLuXD8Bkbgem7SqcGYaYxHxFMQNxe2_aA2J1Z5zRYnFgVTCjTaS5DZTrCXiiWC5Q6X/s1600/garden01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2by5nnsaVq5FQPfHK7Bj-BZ5CPyWkXBOGGHDZOHguyXB_XbH4Zp5KSmMStCk4sPpsd4ZLuXD8Bkbgem7SqcGYaYxHxFMQNxe2_aA2J1Z5zRYnFgVTCjTaS5DZTrCXiiWC5Q6X/s400/garden01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656405887338534018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">and I realize this garden is still bloomin' along...and that makes me smile...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">********************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*I truly cannot remember these at all...I wonder if they have been lurkin' under the dirt for the 5 years we've been here, just waitin' for the right time to pop up...but I love these...my granma grew these alongside of her house in Thunderbolt...and since they weren't blooming when we moved away from Thunderbolt, well, I didn't get the chance to bring any along with me...I've regretted that...that and the Snowdrops that didn't come along either...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and what is this strange weed that grew up in one of my butterfly bushes?!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEXNzGo4HX_v4ClXk8gVwwpiSRADGgtDRZcFWIYM_3JwpGpyqvQBAKvFseIT_9IgTQWr2ZkBxBhlt3e5j_UfXnL0XZRFO1oBDlFyJUd-iGhZH1wzqsQO0rFPOXe1YjhPgnIDj/s1600/strangeweed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEXNzGo4HX_v4ClXk8gVwwpiSRADGgtDRZcFWIYM_3JwpGpyqvQBAKvFseIT_9IgTQWr2ZkBxBhlt3e5j_UfXnL0XZRFO1oBDlFyJUd-iGhZH1wzqsQO0rFPOXe1YjhPgnIDj/s400/strangeweed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656404593512134242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> it has papery pods that remind me of the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_alkekengi">orange Chinese lantern pods</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> but I don't know...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-7349721563955793522011-09-18T17:15:00.007-05:002011-09-18T17:44:52.905-05:00Re-Purposing That Cooking Spray<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">around the house...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You may know this...might never have crossed your mind...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">but if you have one or more of these</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinR9W-CERUWR150KEljj7i2BdtmC9t1XKAxJOeBBLwXn-L2HMULxkWJVXB27WPZy3RYFO31pmCsoBrt8UB2LdbRkXXkNSH6KBueDn5Nfe_46iOl21VNUNdwDPOChiQfih4hB_B/s1600/callie2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinR9W-CERUWR150KEljj7i2BdtmC9t1XKAxJOeBBLwXn-L2HMULxkWJVXB27WPZy3RYFO31pmCsoBrt8UB2LdbRkXXkNSH6KBueDn5Nfe_46iOl21VNUNdwDPOChiQfih4hB_B/s400/callie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653833778615050946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> who like to *L*I*C*K * whatever/whomever cannot run away fast enough...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">or one of these who likes to get into everything not intended to be gotten into...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kiHxl_0j7ZmAqDOmCqD0qS-hNEfDALk6dZ5YKiHltuPgsNFAWvx5nY4zkxj6mHF3f3dTrxel3lATdVmZEFUC17Kp6T0IfyuB7pJ4eobN27SbM-HDcVRxOjS0TwVS_XNKa4Z2/s1600/bart2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kiHxl_0j7ZmAqDOmCqD0qS-hNEfDALk6dZ5YKiHltuPgsNFAWvx5nY4zkxj6mHF3f3dTrxel3lATdVmZEFUC17Kp6T0IfyuB7pJ4eobN27SbM-HDcVRxOjS0TwVS_XNKa4Z2/s400/bart2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653828548558251922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">then try using your cooking spray</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcuZCiU4LrFC0v66itBlm7-AgJqqOO_-lsiFmGZ_UnLzhfCMgOpUdsM2QsMzHoYIcBeXeI3RBWvHjBJYq1tapFuBlLhfVFMUnWmnsnmdeI9J0YkZhiVrPs_2eBYljPrn4xarr/s1600/spray.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 357px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcuZCiU4LrFC0v66itBlm7-AgJqqOO_-lsiFmGZ_UnLzhfCMgOpUdsM2QsMzHoYIcBeXeI3RBWvHjBJYq1tapFuBlLhfVFMUnWmnsnmdeI9J0YkZhiVrPs_2eBYljPrn4xarr/s400/spray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653828689861973010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> on those Squeaking Door Hinges because that ceaseless squeaking will drive a person to Crazy Land...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I mean </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'm not an expert</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or anything on this* but I figure slurpin' up WD-40 is probably not good for one's gastric system, human or otherwise...so I'll just be on the safe side and try to avoid that tragedy-waiting-to-happen-slash-ginormous-vet-bill...I believe we're already financing a new wing on the vet clinic as is**</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First, my closet door started...eeeek eeeeeeek eeeeeeekkkk...and every time during the of the day that damn door eeked at me, I'd make a mental note: Spray Hinges...that went on for at least 3 or 4 weeks...Additional Footnote: the laundry basket resides in my closet so DH is in & out of that closet several times a day too...just sayin'...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then, the garage door started....eeeek wweeeeeeeeeeellll...Mental Note: spray hinges...Footnote: DH is in & out of this door more than I can count...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then one of the interior french doors started...errrrrreeeeeekkkkkk...Mental Note: Doesn't this bother him*** </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">at all</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">?...Spray Damn Hinges My Own Damn Self...We won't even bother with the Footnote here, okay?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yesterday, it became a Matter of Sanity to, finally, make myself stop in the middle of going from Point A to Point B in the house cleaning, go to the kitchen, get the spray and Take Care of Business...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aaaahhhh....sweet non-squeaking door silence...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Cherry on Top? DH wanders up to the last door where I'm spraying, swingin' door widely to-and-fro to work the spray in, spraying again...and says "aren't you just the little Miss DIY..."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don't worry...he only got The Stare****...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**********************************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*as I said: Not a professional on squeaking door hinges or using cooking spray on them...don't have a fit if you do it and you get a funky residue or the finish comes off...I'm just sayin' I've done it for years without a problem...that's all...will not be financing all new hinges in your house :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**L-O-V-E our vet...but, seriously? with all the FB (Furry Babies) that shack up here, our vet bills already sit right next to our mortgage in the Expense Category...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">***of course not...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">****Not the Assault with the Cooking Spray he was buckin' for...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-2124024366904188102011-09-14T04:38:00.008-05:002011-09-14T04:49:27.561-05:00Ever Have One of Those Days<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">when nothing will do but some blog time</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_c_hI1wSb_6ijvLJXsJKlE-DwD7MzupjQoaoPI1d8yMpw2l74fPck2DXva6HyYSk9o5t32NqT29dlt5HmvUsDO8BzRnScHL1Zv0jvgiEcNpysQeNSOP6yNcx8hFle3DTUXda/s1600/blogpix.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_c_hI1wSb_6ijvLJXsJKlE-DwD7MzupjQoaoPI1d8yMpw2l74fPck2DXva6HyYSk9o5t32NqT29dlt5HmvUsDO8BzRnScHL1Zv0jvgiEcNpysQeNSOP6yNcx8hFle3DTUXda/s400/blogpix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652149292666994994" border="0" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh35CLWJzXZMrO8LjfYy5Nm5AmpDy6vlDbMqPB0lMmTFUm7rrKBC_hoCNbFAgB8hW5_nBadRlIsH5XdyVScaguUhwW12zZQNE94QJTKlmgpNEZhTTt9VuWTTVnxeQIj9LOoKj/s1600/blogpix.jpg"><br /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3 candy bars</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil134Y5Nt5GqDC1-6oryom2GPH4Yu_ihUnCt1NYmtYRws1IRn7VPVb4Sq4209thpMLWHNDqLPfLKRl-rVCzTnz36insPS1r_bLpsDla4I_vpSWuC-7n5h9AbJjxVQP1VjZ9xLL/s1600/candybar1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil134Y5Nt5GqDC1-6oryom2GPH4Yu_ihUnCt1NYmtYRws1IRn7VPVb4Sq4209thpMLWHNDqLPfLKRl-rVCzTnz36insPS1r_bLpsDla4I_vpSWuC-7n5h9AbJjxVQP1VjZ9xLL/s320/candybar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652147895194227570" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and a big diet coke?</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwE1O9tojs5b1_klGN4opx6fWold4P8tqSc_DU-mEib4BV_g6m5goDq-sz1z0yuggVRSb97IEoWklSqdL9KujLTQlpqdJRHcI6BQG4pBT_lEQloG58SigFUsvvcsBiT9lg49Q3/s1600/drink1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwE1O9tojs5b1_klGN4opx6fWold4P8tqSc_DU-mEib4BV_g6m5goDq-sz1z0yuggVRSb97IEoWklSqdL9KujLTQlpqdJRHcI6BQG4pBT_lEQloG58SigFUsvvcsBiT9lg49Q3/s400/drink1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652148141789815554" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">apparently? I did...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Just sayin'...<br /><br />I'd link up to <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/03/wow-us-wednesdays-4-and-new-life-for.html">Wow Us Wednesday</a> but I'm not sure<br />it is the kind of Wow Miss Kim has in mind...<br /></span></span></span></span></div>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-67150234645959723922011-09-12T17:41:00.002-05:002011-09-12T17:43:55.818-05:00R. I. P.my dear Sally<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNK3Yxyv5ccB-Pq0vuM7HCexhRtofjcN6o9cjK_ahU37VDRSDd4Yz9MVsFicj6SRE5fY0eo16KlLUk9kF8tu2jCiOXWfLTOWWMEzZ0oxOU2XCSYu-XBksVoW1zEf3gPr_Uqo8/s1600/emptyjar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNK3Yxyv5ccB-Pq0vuM7HCexhRtofjcN6o9cjK_ahU37VDRSDd4Yz9MVsFicj6SRE5fY0eo16KlLUk9kF8tu2jCiOXWfLTOWWMEzZ0oxOU2XCSYu-XBksVoW1zEf3gPr_Uqo8/s320/emptyjar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651607392159844706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I gave it my best shot, but simply could not get Sally the Sourdough Starter to thrive...sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-10272870418697817882011-09-04T13:02:00.007-05:002011-09-04T13:25:49.257-05:00Um, Beg Pardon...<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">but is it </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">supposed</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"> to look like</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> this</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">?</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWsjcrxizWaPQSZtYzo6FTzlsKuusWG3WM9RUh2xpm9X9Nh6yvqp4Z2TRut3vEWqGyg0p5cXk0UPIgsW3cR0b7EdQbIpwZ-6GoiNPix58fQYTFfoz38-6-Kx8DUkO31MN-oqY/s1600/jar5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWsjcrxizWaPQSZtYzo6FTzlsKuusWG3WM9RUh2xpm9X9Nh6yvqp4Z2TRut3vEWqGyg0p5cXk0UPIgsW3cR0b7EdQbIpwZ-6GoiNPix58fQYTFfoz38-6-Kx8DUkO31MN-oqY/s320/jar5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648566530976555090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"> I mean, seriously? I'm thinkin' this is either some Kick Ass Sourdough Starter or a guaranteed jail term after I kill somebody off with this stuff...</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Bart appears to be leanin' towards the jail time option...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZn1dkuhkquWWZkjPq8ltdnMAnqJYQYxMBByBzDaQArA7VbC_XhncjazjpAbTiL4MGKHeKpkUp9MjwumQHBNVYjnvruPoZHDC0lfNpHe8qNmjTDH7FjuO-Dmf8TF-bHrOCGwTU/s1600/bartsink.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZn1dkuhkquWWZkjPq8ltdnMAnqJYQYxMBByBzDaQArA7VbC_XhncjazjpAbTiL4MGKHeKpkUp9MjwumQHBNVYjnvruPoZHDC0lfNpHe8qNmjTDH7FjuO-Dmf8TF-bHrOCGwTU/s320/bartsink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648568165904092418" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Typically, situations like this whole sourdough mess begin with my good intentions...good intentions and an impressive lack of actual knowledge...</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">"by gum, I'm going to actually </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">do</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">some</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">of these cool things in the magazines I buy!"*</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVGo8A3HFy2CTjQHJYKCCJ6g9aKIoxKVRtMcVbS8VzjNmKABWjftT4eL1MdhI_OxWdrb25J0hryNIXcIdAatddBRj_t1_awCeXulevQGzzbV1BSSiEJS5RZRCbzbdmDnYpKxV/s1600/hobbymag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVGo8A3HFy2CTjQHJYKCCJ6g9aKIoxKVRtMcVbS8VzjNmKABWjftT4eL1MdhI_OxWdrb25J0hryNIXcIdAatddBRj_t1_awCeXulevQGzzbV1BSSiEJS5RZRCbzbdmDnYpKxV/s320/hobbymag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648568638086048738" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Generally, this is when my closest and oldest friends dissolve into helpless laughter**....</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">It smells sour...so that is a good sign? maybe? yes? no?</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Sally (yes, I've named her so I'm under even greater pressure to keep this thing alive) looks like this after her mid-day feeding...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIUdASTxj3Lrxk1m_mLdpCLjeZfFLUqm-V7svhWBwWPPsiEhnkc4fX3mPB4h5SonUgUt3qwPNs0ze4BUg0KX5KopaKgA32h_O_VQVUzAkKivQt9oFYDyHvs2bJGjAcv9Oy8Ur/s1600/stuff1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIUdASTxj3Lrxk1m_mLdpCLjeZfFLUqm-V7svhWBwWPPsiEhnkc4fX3mPB4h5SonUgUt3qwPNs0ze4BUg0KX5KopaKgA32h_O_VQVUzAkKivQt9oFYDyHvs2bJGjAcv9Oy8Ur/s320/stuff1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648569879297392866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">Okay, open for opinions here...</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">although, at this stage of the game (meaning after being caught several times dubiously staring into the jar, giving a half-hearted swish with my wooden spoon and then putting Sally back into the pantry), I'm pretty sure even Hubby won't consider eating anything that evolves out of this project...and I'm even more certain I won't...</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">*******************************************************************************</span>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">*sort of trying to justify the ridiculous amount of $ I spend each month on magazines...and we're not even talkin' about the ones that arrive courtesy of our lovely mail lady...</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">**and then I get to hear all of the Remember When You Tried stories...</span>
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<br />sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-81009840733951196052011-08-27T20:16:00.008-05:002011-08-27T21:17:43.060-05:00Out of the Box<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br />while hitting my usual Saturday thrifting haunts, I found these...</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXmiDvaAIg7gBTY7gGMTDn1K8FJ-8SxXc1fgcRZIe2MuGIbJuE22UaLK666f527-lSWFeHRdK01xYHYgT69qea7gNQnUtm02xwT8_ouDIJMyBYk-hz5h_MTMm4IsAdSXJBq1r/s1600/napkins1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXmiDvaAIg7gBTY7gGMTDn1K8FJ-8SxXc1fgcRZIe2MuGIbJuE22UaLK666f527-lSWFeHRdK01xYHYgT69qea7gNQnUtm02xwT8_ouDIJMyBYk-hz5h_MTMm4IsAdSXJBq1r/s320/napkins1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645710890914670066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6 immaculate large heavy cloth napkins with a groovy 70s vibe goin' on...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">you don't even have to think it, much less say it...I know a lot of people would pass these by even if the price was a dime...but since I<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> L-O-V-E</span> orange...seriously, today? I painted a one-armed rocking chair bright orange...home these came to #17...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">once in the door,*snap* went the tape holding the napkins in the box so I could count my junkin' booty (arrrgghhh*), the count started and, beneath the last napkin, I found this</span>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PBSXShYYAjinunSAlQ50tIL4KhCraJbRavakg0Rxg5q4SvC6ieNkpWEKg4hjKpW8KhmIozJfzkoutTy1MEw7H-DhJUgiGOENKFg_ajCg-W-CiB_-_2A1GdcfmdYlQLS-lhmj/s1600/napkin2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PBSXShYYAjinunSAlQ50tIL4KhCraJbRavakg0Rxg5q4SvC6ieNkpWEKg4hjKpW8KhmIozJfzkoutTy1MEw7H-DhJUgiGOENKFg_ajCg-W-CiB_-_2A1GdcfmdYlQLS-lhmj/s320/napkin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645712615110574130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">maybe these napkins weren't exactly the Birthday Girl's favourite** so the box and its wild</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> napkin contents made its way into the linen drawer</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> just in case</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Ginia ever popped in for fondue and the naps had to make an appearance at the table***</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But, knowin' myself and knowin' a lot of other women, I think, more than likely, this gift entered that Eternal Black Hole of Uselessness...Savin' It for a Special Occasion...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">what a shame...they're only napkins...Cool Ass Groovy Napkins, true, but still </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">just</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> napkins...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Confession time...what have I Saved for a Special Occasion?...clothes, of course***...candles...china, crystal, sterling...and, yes, napkins and table clothes...and things that are so weird even if I could remember, I probably wouldn't share it with ya'll...garden twine...that's all I'm sayin'...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We should make a pact...with one another...with our selves...no more waiting for some around-the-bend imaginary perfect occasion to start busting out with Special Things...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Every day is special...light those candles, grubby up those napkins and wear that dress you bought because you were channeling your Inner Real Housewife...what on earth could it hurt?****</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*Junkin' Pirate Talk</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**I can see that...these napkins are pretty Taste Specific</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">***some of those clothes were waiting for the Special Occasion of my large butt being able</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to squeeze into them...I'm just going to toss those to the GW...sick of those downers every time</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I open the closet...Ralph Lauren linen suit from, oh, at least 15 years ago...the jacket is almost long enough to be a dress...I don't know what wishful thinking</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> that</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> was all about...apparently, I was channeling Miami Vice and The Great Gatsby that day...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">****technically, I guess, you could 1) burn the house down when you forgot the tapers were lit because you Never Light Them 2) piss off your mother-in-law when you get lipstick all over the family Irish linen napkins that came over on the boat back when and 3) have people question what you do for a livelihood...but probably those things won't happen...</span>
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<br />sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-61524218558679677712011-04-17T19:52:00.009-05:002011-04-17T20:29:02.300-05:00Considering<strong>it took me only 10 years to finally unpack my granny's Fostoria, it should be no surprise that I am a somewhat unreliable blogger, right?<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596724852589871490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTkgr61oOJQyJllwXrXELNQE8PKqVQQ75WNfWIFOJiODVJ8qBZwe9Obc8lo52ldtxJSnLp4yeouwRg62z-2cIxIszHqZ9WWPreFIHhIpwXOYPg0dzwsN5Tld8bVmNV8lFtSzL/s320/tub.jpg" /></strong> <br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><strong>But since, apparently, today is a Red Letter Day around #17 what with me unwrapping all that glass from newspaper dated 2001, I thought "what the hay"...</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>Mungo is a Very Helpful Cat...</strong></div><strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596723808810411570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JjkBU9_9V7rgZhJcwgftV_gvtufwPlWhIafYxccSa0yEW8BWGaEhD-LTx01gQOL6-IkcZxoOyiGcACUqlrolfA472tzmX69xdSZgPF-wWT8hcx665vshVgfO81vKIYehDhyphenhyphenu/s320/mungopaper.jpg" /> Every summer when I was in school, I spent a week or two with Granny and Papa...and when I got older, Granny would let me take her Fostoria out of the china cabinet where it spent the rest of the year just hangin' about the place and set the dining room table with her good dishes and the Fostoria... </strong><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>I don't know why I've taken so long to get around to this...and I could swear there were more pieces...in 10 years time, any other pieces could be anywhere...</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>The Hubby got that panicked look on his face when he realized I wanted to put my hands on something that was in one of the Endless Tubs in the Garage...inevitably that involves bringing each tub (you say "tote", I say "tub") house for me to rummage through and announce "No, not in this one"...why is whatever I'm looking for always in the last tub?</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>But I was a real stinker this morning (let's just chalk it up to hormones and call it good) so I let the whole missing Pickle Dish* go for the moment...</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>All of that aside, my granny's Fostoria at all set out <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596724638359061474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSBKvLThWThRXmdEmJTMFuppzApztZdof8cCyJXFvaoGf4vvKX4OAM6kfPezmyvk_nStNhSEJOg8wGY8LTOTB6WoHlou_-uWiZwdHoBzOIq0u6LyhVAp48825r5w45fIkx8m5/s320/fostoria.jpg" />and then it is going into our new island (dragged it home from Habitat for $30**...love it) so I can actually get my hands on it and use it...now I've got find where I stowed that cake plate...<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596724183757477762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLNxLG9csujOHoklbOMfocdi49TsXpBRDQGl04NXXqGfIJaH40qR_ybP-d36S7wUGwk9CuHe81wGrvnvJ1cgMmWYe5sF9v7dvpbC62PThRggkbUJNyZAqmIfCP6axokgNVinn/s320/island1.jpg" /></strong></div><strong>I did mention Mungo is a Very Helpful Cat... </strong><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>***************************************************************</strong></div><br /><div><strong>*I know I did not dream up that Pickle Dish...</strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>**and with that fantastic price, I can so give serious thought to buying that great vintage chandelier at the little antique store...</strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-53314634041358560432011-01-29T20:56:00.006-05:002011-01-29T21:06:39.678-05:00What is Better Than<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">One Rrraaahhh Kitty?</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_M9GntVnLmb0DlhACd4_aGiabke7vAwEy4Du9sC5kZw7wah_AVKWJZlOMTIjeQ54FpjZhkSKQZcmMfOcidGYG1DO9bS0S7ylWlRQlkTg5vWmKMPmhSkMdX4tnd2NprmfCVar/s1600/january-2011-008-edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_M9GntVnLmb0DlhACd4_aGiabke7vAwEy4Du9sC5kZw7wah_AVKWJZlOMTIjeQ54FpjZhkSKQZcmMfOcidGYG1DO9bS0S7ylWlRQlkTg5vWmKMPmhSkMdX4tnd2NprmfCVar/s320/january-2011-008-edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567793577648981474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Why, Two RrraaahhhKitties, of course!</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wI-2LeDp9Ac1bcvRDBj2pMAcPHt8mvExv25bdnIOMtIJRj_uG3zDLEiKQOKdf9MvYRdYvyN7hJZkZeXp_dqx91mGB1NX8Xola0EzS6gSIHZ-CMrWSG1wBOnTsded9ypAfdge/s1600/january-2011-009-edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wI-2LeDp9Ac1bcvRDBj2pMAcPHt8mvExv25bdnIOMtIJRj_uG3zDLEiKQOKdf9MvYRdYvyN7hJZkZeXp_dqx91mGB1NX8Xola0EzS6gSIHZ-CMrWSG1wBOnTsded9ypAfdge/s320/january-2011-009-edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567793763391534338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">and, Little Rrraaahhh Kitty, you must have a ribbon too...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVIh8q1BL5TGleAPUkxa7kiQ3tq2IDH_ixhUkJyLiBmKISHMslyam-OXxPJhZ1Ucf1YY9TdFfLEOqeBbbPM76db7oSQTPwDpbMMZj2MRUGW2MO_w9LM7AnRMNSziO9UPpKQ4C/s1600/january-2011-012-edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVIh8q1BL5TGleAPUkxa7kiQ3tq2IDH_ixhUkJyLiBmKISHMslyam-OXxPJhZ1Ucf1YY9TdFfLEOqeBbbPM76db7oSQTPwDpbMMZj2MRUGW2MO_w9LM7AnRMNSziO9UPpKQ4C/s320/january-2011-012-edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567794354814666802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">yes, this is how collections get started...Thank Goodness :)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-pkVzf-e1R3mayQFoN-1W-gKHpwBrCN6tty4C-txUwYE-XabH6g-2LvdgDw4rZSdg5JP7dRHF85tBcBIQffLkXEUlu93JqUugTqjC19CRgmdrYaCGlv4x5vEU6NC3a9kv5qe/s1600/january-2011-012-edited.jpg"><br /></a>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-18945281428776660322011-01-22T06:57:00.009-05:002011-01-22T17:30:34.914-05:00One of Life's Little Windfalls<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">So what is your knee jerk reaction when you get a nice little piece of unexpected pocket change?</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBc_VF-tJDgmGfGKQMumvKHA2IUL3jfbzhrNccZyBcywOZ0Yzh0Uvoe_pdNrXu1eVhcjfXlV-rniD-WZAgveCvUrumEBodLoXorraWI7_z_KP3bzXB4ovP00U3WMniF9AUXmV/s1600/january-2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBc_VF-tJDgmGfGKQMumvKHA2IUL3jfbzhrNccZyBcywOZ0Yzh0Uvoe_pdNrXu1eVhcjfXlV-rniD-WZAgveCvUrumEBodLoXorraWI7_z_KP3bzXB4ovP00U3WMniF9AUXmV/s320/january-2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565140378852099394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Hang onto it for a while? Spend it on the family? Indulge in a Spa Day? Something nice for the garden? or for the wrist/ears/neckline? Buy a stack of BOOKS?! (yes, I keep a running list* jotted down on little bits of paper for just such occasions....those little bits of paper have a tendency to get lost in life's jumble but show back up from time to time...)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">My knee jerk reaction was D) All of the Above but, unfortunately, $200 can spend like $20 when you're </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tryin</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">' to cover all those bases! well, excepting covering the Spa Thing...I'm not a Spa Chick...I'd like to be, but I'm more comfortable digging around in the dirt & weeds and then climbing into our hammock than </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">layin</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">' butt naked** on a table with a stranger kneading my fat cells...it kind of ticks the fat off...and we don't like to get the fat angry...bad things happen...the fat will respond with a retaliatory counter-offensive and my butt will end up needing its own zip code...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Back to subject matter: It is time to make a list...I'll write down everything I'd like to do with my Happy Card, along with pricing, and then winnow out until I get the Very Best Things to Buy...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">This is some really serious business...I mean, what if I buy </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Eleanor-Extraordinary-Hazel-Rowley/dp/0374158576/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295699355&sr=1-1">Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">...and then I cannot stay awake through it? A Waste of My Happy Card! somehow, I don't think I </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">will</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"> be bored with it because I'm fascinated by marriages...even wonky ones...but still, there is that possibility...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Or, what if I buy 2 urns for the garden that I've been eyeballing ? then comes our Mandatory </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Freakin</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">' Hot Summer and I will have to spend a great deal of extra energy cursing them (and me) because I have to drag out the watering can twice a day and my plants </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">still</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"> get fried?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Or, perhapsI treat the family to a very nice dinner out (and maybe still have enough for books and urns...</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">heh</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">heh</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">...if we make if coffee and doughnuts I'd have the books and urns......although I could do that (the doughnuts and coffee) at home for </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">much </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">less...practically free...</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hey, family time is family time</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">), and it turns out to be Crappy Night at the Restaurant...that would be HUGELY Disappointing...Plus, I'm not inclined to spend Windfall Money on food...here today, gone tomorrow if you know what I mean...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">I could be making too much of a big deal about this...A list...yes, definitely, I need a list...okay, I'm off to find some paper & a pencil***</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">****************************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">*Current List Includes: Chernow's Washington, Mark Twain's autobiography, Franklin and Eleanor, a score of Home and Garden books...the OED...a little bit of fiction...I'm not much into fiction...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">**I'm sorry, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ya'll</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">, but towels and/or sheets (unless at a Toga Party...and then a flat sheet in lieu of pants is only acceptable because of the vast amounts of alcohol to be consumed) do not constitute "Clothes" unless you're a baby wrapped in swaddlin' clothes...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">***with a big eraser</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-44478352421393469962011-01-17T18:28:00.009-05:002011-01-17T19:14:27.513-05:00When I Get on a Roll<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I can be dangerous!!! at least that is what Fred is thinkin'...since he is one of the Resident Kitchen Monitors, Fred spends a lot of time in the kitchen when there is activity that needs, um, monitoring...that would be any activity where a food particle might hit the tile...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45EK3XiOiZ_LEmSzG49EqOVLy83uVr5-H9tqp8SZRP3c4tfghPbZ70BavRiJR8gXH7OeCLe_WbzCl3VNK2iCSChSFaYGthS6TuRe0b-NkWqz2qdvMIpgidJ3MlRB_cUH1tKHz/s1600/january-2011-003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45EK3XiOiZ_LEmSzG49EqOVLy83uVr5-H9tqp8SZRP3c4tfghPbZ70BavRiJR8gXH7OeCLe_WbzCl3VNK2iCSChSFaYGthS6TuRe0b-NkWqz2qdvMIpgidJ3MlRB_cUH1tKHz/s320/january-2011-003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563304309601390850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">We bought ourselves an early 21st Anniversary present*...a Kitchenaid 12-cup food processor...</span> <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJSL7LKVljCok3ucwTNLa4bOVNbEJKMjow5TkZqhwrxsByrSoKeT9BiX0ACI4x6L3qol4-3-iZApoLcU-9Y9oAxgNODd_eMXJ22enzU_z7-syzrQq7SZ0AMPNz3ydy2aUu8Jr/s1600/january+2011+006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJSL7LKVljCok3ucwTNLa4bOVNbEJKMjow5TkZqhwrxsByrSoKeT9BiX0ACI4x6L3qol4-3-iZApoLcU-9Y9oAxgNODd_eMXJ22enzU_z7-syzrQq7SZ0AMPNz3ydy2aUu8Jr/s320/january+2011+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563305054958635314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">now, I'm not one much for a kitchen full of Specific Task items...my Food Saver taught me that lesson (once I realized how much the replacement rolls cost *Bam* into the cabinet where it sat until I dragged it off to Goodwill...what incredible waste of $ for me...now if you love yours, that is great but I just didn't get into it) and I have resisted getting a food processor ever since I managed to kill the 1970-era one DH brought to our marriage...there were words like "deliberate" and "malicious" tossed around that day...along with phrases like "piece of dilapidated crap" and "ancient piece of crap" (I know, but you gotta switch it up a little when havin' a self-righteous hissy fit)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(and here it is, the "but" you knew was comin') BUT after hearing a couple of good friends (</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://misschar.blogspot.com/">visit Miss Char</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">) keep on about how much they loved their food processors for this, that and the other, well, I finally yielded myself up to </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">temptation...</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />On Sunday...or was it Saturday?...I forget...anyhoo, we had a veggie bin full of citrus from the holidays and then somebody gave us <span style="font-style: italic;">more</span>...and neither of us really are all that into citrus (I bought wayyyyy too much for tour traditional ambrosia) so we decided to take the juicer out for a spin**...</span> <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHfLumypS5xADJQL8WTb3ojeFJvSRF5e9u22AJZQ4niSfJJ8jvugvE4bGqEhdXjH1W5y4aNZAlAGWEO52OqG0tGiKxu5d03vcy6dm4ywfd0a7h67zu39fLsFQJLdGK7Zp6nwk/s1600/january+2011+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHfLumypS5xADJQL8WTb3ojeFJvSRF5e9u22AJZQ4niSfJJ8jvugvE4bGqEhdXjH1W5y4aNZAlAGWEO52OqG0tGiKxu5d03vcy6dm4ywfd0a7h67zu39fLsFQJLdGK7Zp6nwk/s320/january+2011+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563307157414807554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and this wasn't all of leavings! we have, count it, 1 full pitcher of juice</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2fnAm4Zxi33cuh9rgjCfNzzDoPQJs9ZfS386XnDT-0rKVQeVNnSa25sNN81QFr4uxYSD1mrzpjfE_5iZ2_tJTqIjEomGtr0VjJuL4eYXAqKxHJ56aBGl-Gd9177qST0TXRd-/s1600/january+2011+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2fnAm4Zxi33cuh9rgjCfNzzDoPQJs9ZfS386XnDT-0rKVQeVNnSa25sNN81QFr4uxYSD1mrzpjfE_5iZ2_tJTqIjEomGtr0VjJuL4eYXAqKxHJ56aBGl-Gd9177qST0TXRd-/s320/january+2011+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563306307403077474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">good grief...I never realized how many oranges must go into all that OJ sittin' on supermarket shelves! what do they do with all of the leftovers?</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">now, I will make a batch of crystallized orange rind when I get in the mood but it just wasn't happening on Sunday (Saturday?) so into the compost spinny bin with it all...(yes, that is a banana peel, not some strange skinny citrus fruit rind...I had a snack)</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />then we made coleslaw...the outer leafy green part was aggravating to get into the mix but I do love how the rest of the cabbage chopped up all super-tiny...like the kind you get at </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.careyhilliards.com/">Carey Hilliard's</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">...we tossed in an onion and some carrots too...<br /><br />didn't take a photo of that and I'm too lazy to get up, go to the fridge and then load more photos...and it </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">is</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> just cole slaw...</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />next, I realized there were some potatoes that </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">were getting a little long in the tuber lurkin' in the other veggie bin...ya'll know what is comin' right? yep, potato photo...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs0Wx0OuhnwZIwKLjZDD5EK-ae2UXlDqnjRi6Gg1kdu0wBEHKUqIkJDs3G6_Hw5-uRtgLJM-ATp8MU_PYbm_cw_nbLcm6sjBtuN_muY-2NJYWBsdVStWu6cwvb6f_f3uIWLti/s1600/january+2011+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs0Wx0OuhnwZIwKLjZDD5EK-ae2UXlDqnjRi6Gg1kdu0wBEHKUqIkJDs3G6_Hw5-uRtgLJM-ATp8MU_PYbm_cw_nbLcm6sjBtuN_muY-2NJYWBsdVStWu6cwvb6f_f3uIWLti/s320/january+2011+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563308607231037010" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> these little potato slices are very nice to have on hand to toss in the oven for a carby side dish with a dollop of fat free sour cream up on top....</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br />I'm trying to decide what I'm going to "process" next...I am in possession of the egg whippy attachment so it might be meringues on Valentine's Day...</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*********************************************************</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />*I promise no arm twisting was involved...just a wry "you already ordered it, didn't you?"<br /><br />**Time was runnin' out on the Return Window if "we" absolutely hated this thing so it was time to fire up the FP and take it for a spin...<br /></span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-34877424610998260522011-01-10T13:46:00.012-05:002011-01-10T16:51:02.104-05:00I Do, I Do, I Do Love Christmas...<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">(hence the Christmas Tree still standing at #17)</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpwyBshu4LWc5BvpSsDuqFZOZwNCW4FahOcm1Z7Ih6Ajvlz1kPMP2H6lv4knaGTTHAy7nc5Fyl55Wu0THl-S-fLsD2H-93IeuyH6r2ZQH_cOdtpiKjD8tzdctuko4XjGZ2bij/s1600/Christmastree2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpwyBshu4LWc5BvpSsDuqFZOZwNCW4FahOcm1Z7Ih6Ajvlz1kPMP2H6lv4knaGTTHAy7nc5Fyl55Wu0THl-S-fLsD2H-93IeuyH6r2ZQH_cOdtpiKjD8tzdctuko4XjGZ2bij/s320/Christmastree2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560631257308701378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> but I've come to realize as much as I anticipate and relish every moment of the the Holiday season that commences Thanksgiving Day Eve (hey, it is my world) and continues until the Epiphany, truly, January lays claim to the position of My Favourite Month...</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">and while I no longer task myself with Resolutions that, I promise ya'll, will go Un-Resolution-Ed, or stayin' awake until Midnight to toast the New Year in as that glittering ball drops in Times Square*,</span> <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4wY7j1pdZzeHslaeukW7esrhLuRFq1IlWxyJ7H3XQmywXP4zev6L5oGNbhlrUIj9Wwnu1h0X32_7dTLUhyphenhyphenKxBpFxUCdAnNhFmRMEDi0beJMWAQ4ooB3gts39IZFHHCaee3Rx/s1600/fishingfloat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4wY7j1pdZzeHslaeukW7esrhLuRFq1IlWxyJ7H3XQmywXP4zev6L5oGNbhlrUIj9Wwnu1h0X32_7dTLUhyphenhyphenKxBpFxUCdAnNhFmRMEDi0beJMWAQ4ooB3gts39IZFHHCaee3Rx/s320/fishingfloat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560673271887029282" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">I find great enjoyment in putting the house to rights and layin' down my thoughts for directions I hope I find my life takin' in the coming months.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Like the bare branches of this Cleveland Pear tree, the stripped down days of January with no Big Holidays and a Deleted Bank Account allow me to see somewhat clearly what course to set...</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0goBiuyst4-uq1WAabLTz-b2OqlpWG_Jm4VlsChHoFcR-Ail-0YGoIu_VFThTBp5ZJuOMlcAaMWfZBr8X4lqwjzdx4Q7VJLm1nCa0qpW9YHFcSceWYBJOBw6PKRp49IRvUjg/s1600/clevelandpear01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0goBiuyst4-uq1WAabLTz-b2OqlpWG_Jm4VlsChHoFcR-Ail-0YGoIu_VFThTBp5ZJuOMlcAaMWfZBr8X4lqwjzdx4Q7VJLm1nCa0qpW9YHFcSceWYBJOBw6PKRp49IRvUjg/s320/clevelandpear01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560640977709468866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">or at least what direction to face...</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d-q-9P2-y0A4kQTh6pUNNWxe_s-saabzW5jTJJfBXe4wX5XDjFPAtAfnmApIVdxVs7Ca51MD58n7AcOm7juQnHy3aFnPc7x5GkuS02IBHg0K3l4fXQ97L89iQtxq4PsNH6Oz/s1600/goldfish.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d-q-9P2-y0A4kQTh6pUNNWxe_s-saabzW5jTJJfBXe4wX5XDjFPAtAfnmApIVdxVs7Ca51MD58n7AcOm7juQnHy3aFnPc7x5GkuS02IBHg0K3l4fXQ97L89iQtxq4PsNH6Oz/s320/goldfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560671769684874786" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">most likely, that course will alter, over and over again, until it is no longer recognizable by the time Year End nears </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0u_UhJZ10EnpT0h0S7qee2HJ5LKQQMW86xk_9z9iV4jYgdKluzLLy2TmTHHGjtyMg0KkUFyO4aMGt3k6S8SdG1AZ4UfkH1eofDxSkUWZE30CV32UwkCRXmPuF0mIOQsaPI8r/s1600/kiwivineice.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0u_UhJZ10EnpT0h0S7qee2HJ5LKQQMW86xk_9z9iV4jYgdKluzLLy2TmTHHGjtyMg0KkUFyO4aMGt3k6S8SdG1AZ4UfkH1eofDxSkUWZE30CV32UwkCRXmPuF0mIOQsaPI8r/s320/kiwivineice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560668108020961794" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">but that, as we all say, is life...all we can do is pray a little, plan a little and see what fills up our cups...</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8Sa-ejb9bek6tG0oPSPu0lOPqXpyKDJ_SrzgyMb-cwg9LuV8cuMPbVUlN5HqZdZquFoRFhImaaHl5Ej0oEq3txoXObprHk6wTT5g493qWv2HyA6P3mrEXcSxvpvmWkLNR9jf/s1600/eggcups.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8Sa-ejb9bek6tG0oPSPu0lOPqXpyKDJ_SrzgyMb-cwg9LuV8cuMPbVUlN5HqZdZquFoRFhImaaHl5Ej0oEq3txoXObprHk6wTT5g493qWv2HyA6P3mrEXcSxvpvmWkLNR9jf/s320/eggcups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560674855367570114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Happy New Year, everybody! and may all of our cups over run with Love, Good Health and Good Fortune in this Year of 2011...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">***************************************************************************</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">*I made it until 8 p.m. this New Year's Eve...we saved the champagne for another day...</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">As a huge added bonus, January and February in Southeast Georgia are pretty much the only months where a gardener can have a Brief Respite from most of those crushing garden chores...havin' said this, I will own up to being outside in the icy rain today, shaking ice from the leaves and branches of my Little Gem Magnolia, my Tea Olive and a Nandina that was completely bowed down beneath the weight of ice...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-14807064975236978492010-12-01T04:45:00.003-05:002010-12-01T04:46:32.328-05:00Be Back Shortly<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">the To Do List around here has been crazy...lots of long-put-off chores just piled up to make a Never Ending Chore List...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">well, I've learned my lesson said the woman who stood outside in frigid weather pressure washing the walkway...with soaking wet sneakers...and a bad attitude...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-70437011533337132842010-10-12T19:31:00.009-05:002010-10-12T20:34:03.243-05:00Just a Peek<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">into the Heart of Our Home</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2EGobhIbEzzZKSfOb9bMRRZ42vJyoy6AyGYaqMHpkna77ZAEwSRSHN4Hos65eZ_EGHTDeF0xzw6KvB_7WkRrJQQ4nyNwgpcd4AZSGJrBROHngDhq3ZjgMP7aMC6VjKjiEvRG/s1600/october+056.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2EGobhIbEzzZKSfOb9bMRRZ42vJyoy6AyGYaqMHpkna77ZAEwSRSHN4Hos65eZ_EGHTDeF0xzw6KvB_7WkRrJQQ4nyNwgpcd4AZSGJrBROHngDhq3ZjgMP7aMC6VjKjiEvRG/s320/october+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527329647441915794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Weegie says "Welcome"...no, really, she does...and are you totin' snackies?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">DH just painted the new wall colour that I L-O-V-E...but I haven't finished with the bead board...sittin' there next to the stove is a Large Sample of the Granite I want to use for new counter tops...I'm betting on the price going lower...so I'm holdin' out until after the first of the year...</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLa4UwcyqGE54LrngGjJvJ_cUcPq1UHIpHKhYMl9CW53O2J1vFHkQEnJQIv9IKbVvNqfH5EeNqwTw5FXLy595pBY7sYdyNVNG-ko1b-jF8zew_u-JxlPDl6OXcYpV-rvOSA-a/s1600/october+054.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLa4UwcyqGE54LrngGjJvJ_cUcPq1UHIpHKhYMl9CW53O2J1vFHkQEnJQIv9IKbVvNqfH5EeNqwTw5FXLy595pBY7sYdyNVNG-ko1b-jF8zew_u-JxlPDl6OXcYpV-rvOSA-a/s320/october+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527329819038698050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Yes, I realized after I took the photo below that DH forgot to paint over the sink...when I mentioned this, I got a rather windy explanation of why that isn't such a bad or obvious thing...DH got a rather windy explanation of why that is bad </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">and</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> obvious and why it'll be taken care of pretty darn soon...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxJE_a5uHcX280W_j_HRTADzaNZdkV-sR63q_8K5fdvaC8jq61mgNEVsafHxrrI5qxW2mDtAHbHyNx7aEaW7f4YrzKmVlCztFdia4HDOejFOun5adKpBMDGFnKI8e30QuQGYT/s1600/october+050.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxJE_a5uHcX280W_j_HRTADzaNZdkV-sR63q_8K5fdvaC8jq61mgNEVsafHxrrI5qxW2mDtAHbHyNx7aEaW7f4YrzKmVlCztFdia4HDOejFOun5adKpBMDGFnKI8e30QuQGYT/s320/october+050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527331307105484034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">I took about 12 photos...and they're mostly awful since I take crum-bum photos so this is a Limited Tour of the Heart of Our Home...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Thanks to <a href="http://notesongs.blogspot.com/">Shelia at Note Songs</a> for hosting this lovely event...just the perfect time of year to start focusing inward on our homes and hearts...<br /><br />(I'm sorry, Shelia, I have tried and tried to get your Heart linky to post but it won't!...every time I click to load the image, crazy blogger saves my post as a draft)<br /></span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-40238449731360733582010-10-10T08:42:00.004-05:002010-10-10T08:49:32.948-05:00Until Mr. Frog<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">perfects his camo technique, I'd afraid he'll be missin' out on the breakfast buffet at the</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"> local feeder...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW5qREUblWgVoaNdozwAR1mDcuV8v3m9SWswwL6yMOfm6MMdJoFX8nPoKKD4nhN5VZntR5J_ynJ5y05w0ySr3fy7sDVcDrpcI7yXQx4y09HdmOI7RdZabE1a2fgs7AeczQGff/s1600/october+034.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW5qREUblWgVoaNdozwAR1mDcuV8v3m9SWswwL6yMOfm6MMdJoFX8nPoKKD4nhN5VZntR5J_ynJ5y05w0ySr3fy7sDVcDrpcI7yXQx4y09HdmOI7RdZabE1a2fgs7AeczQGff/s320/october+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526412774036748370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">although, to give a guy his props, Frog is persistent...I've gotten him off the feeder twice now in three days...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">I think I'm startin' to tick him off</span>...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">**********************************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">disclaimer: this post was going to be about the cool stack of ironstone platters and plates I dug out of a dumpster...well, "dug" is a little extreme...the stack just sat up on top of a full mini-dumpster...but my photo was so crappy that I decided not to inflict it upon your eyeballs...I might gather them back up from around the house but I dunno...I'm feelin' lazy...</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-30228740420514862262010-10-07T17:59:00.012-05:002010-10-07T18:52:44.501-05:00This is How We Roll<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy_wCjwOgldk01Boq-QSV7MhyCO_n6ituI5J6w8PYo30c66eKGDjJQ2QoUKfln12dbSfOF6Mlqo66WsXl6AHSAWEHzdswP5lIzypxi85WXYzfild7Qm9CROTFrTKOQOTbHAIB/s1600/october+014.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy_wCjwOgldk01Boq-QSV7MhyCO_n6ituI5J6w8PYo30c66eKGDjJQ2QoUKfln12dbSfOF6Mlqo66WsXl6AHSAWEHzdswP5lIzypxi85WXYzfild7Qm9CROTFrTKOQOTbHAIB/s320/october+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525449509131489282" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9BGGpBCn8cFHWzUfC0BVirhfAchOKLElZ6Qi2LEHTrekfRLWG04ehPRf70x9_f_YN9qpLi1EDhhMR1qWHxiRFOuW7rF6jLfhDcbjYm3BLvJIN9VFcbt_JpcYs1SjOB-m0CHK/s1600/october+014.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">at #17...(well, this is how we bake...but "roll" is a baked item <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> a passe hip phrase...so, naturally, I could not resist...okay, full disclosure: I didn't try)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have stacks of baking books...I have </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Pie-Tried---True-Delicious-Homemade/dp/155832254X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286492783&sr=1-1">Pie</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">...I have </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Pastry-Bible-Rose-Levy-Beranbaum/dp/0684813483/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286492824&sr=1-4">The Pie and Pa</a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Pastry-Bible-Rose-Levy-Beranbaum/dp/0684813483/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286492824&sr=1-4">sty Bible</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">...I have </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Pastry-Queen-Royally-Recipes-Countrys/dp/1580085628/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286492890&sr=1-1">The Pastry Queen </a><span style="font-weight: bold;">...and list could go on and on*</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But since this thing called Real Life (a.k.a. My Job) intrudes upon my Imagined Mad Baking Skills...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mungo and I busted a move (yet another passe hip phrase) with the</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5UW3oc0UnjTwm-m1wXlDEnFSBPjuzI8D6miEGldEGXcE4Cj8B00cMkfQvMfAbm9NQOI6iSF4Vt0QicX4XaGinwlcEoxzRL7DVepJieXAxYGTmOE4sMPil-3jF9KYC9WDMbkh/s1600/october+017.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5UW3oc0UnjTwm-m1wXlDEnFSBPjuzI8D6miEGldEGXcE4Cj8B00cMkfQvMfAbm9NQOI6iSF4Vt0QicX4XaGinwlcEoxzRL7DVepJieXAxYGTmOE4sMPil-3jF9KYC9WDMbkh/s320/october+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525448700511202322" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Just Add Milk Bag o' Muffins...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">then I tossed in a few things to make it seem like Real Baking**...</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFKCttTEQ-SQ9sPKfQUhXeX7EPPEeLbB0O9VRbEoknZvu5uR-XNl5BaGG552IMD209JXUXIqNCnH6O10tKUkrXuelBXwk1YWWymh30RkISal3oGZt00QOhS9R6oz-N7slZQc4/s1600/october+020.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFKCttTEQ-SQ9sPKfQUhXeX7EPPEeLbB0O9VRbEoknZvu5uR-XNl5BaGG552IMD209JXUXIqNCnH6O10tKUkrXuelBXwk1YWWymh30RkISal3oGZt00QOhS9R6oz-N7slZQc4/s320/october+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525448551661120578" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnhyphenhypheniv6oIkwdlObJdfWAr34g_iPnlFCqJytOs_zTQxOZLXYCzcyU8e1AZsjXYNPwTwVqy8v6s4omlNNXscwuptO2I1FNyxg0ffe3M_yfc-KajfocfakzT8EdB15YIyWuyPynr/s1600/october+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnhyphenhypheniv6oIkwdlObJdfWAr34g_iPnlFCqJytOs_zTQxOZLXYCzcyU8e1AZsjXYNPwTwVqy8v6s4omlNNXscwuptO2I1FNyxg0ffe3M_yfc-KajfocfakzT8EdB15YIyWuyPynr/s320/october+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525448864207441106" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">used my Cute Little Muffin pan...because everybody knows anything smaller than 2" x 2" has no calories...therefore, Zero Points for WW!***</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXj7XU1_ux3PsqhgFMWR16wfh0nMT32zaEvG5TbvcVMWVyjF4-7z30BmUX_9zOaWA5uiSWUhvS8jrSRrHeO7P_3KHJ1COdKBcNZl3eNXoKYZYgnaapEQOk2DqIJUXct04q9gx/s1600/october+023.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXj7XU1_ux3PsqhgFMWR16wfh0nMT32zaEvG5TbvcVMWVyjF4-7z30BmUX_9zOaWA5uiSWUhvS8jrSRrHeO7P_3KHJ1COdKBcNZl3eNXoKYZYgnaapEQOk2DqIJUXct04q9gx/s320/october+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525449308458826034" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNpyx0S2LpPHuR6croxY6zw5G-8DvzJ2a5gPp8CiXaqMR5zGUGJvKOv7oz-cfqsy1xz3J9Iis37pVXcIh_FUb21RA340lyZQvTvSbl9ZojlVM0ukiR-y9A1xOHU2KLAnQsfZi/s1600/october+024.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNpyx0S2LpPHuR6croxY6zw5G-8DvzJ2a5gPp8CiXaqMR5zGUGJvKOv7oz-cfqsy1xz3J9Iis37pVXcIh_FUb21RA340lyZQvTvSbl9ZojlVM0ukiR-y9A1xOHU2KLAnQsfZi/s320/october+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525449904274899442" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and look...oh,</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" > yeah</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">...Mungo and I are ready for our next Fall Induced Baking Session</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6SxcPDN9ufsUh7O6HmF-ynz2ofowbIBkL88Ny440QYYKJh4skKmOBS7sKqRUmsU76lwbuhKqt15A1LXFT_H_VMBrdF1q_LzpANYCEJl4nTUejhYwnqxyx1VLe5oKentZR-EH/s1600/october+019.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6SxcPDN9ufsUh7O6HmF-ynz2ofowbIBkL88Ny440QYYKJh4skKmOBS7sKqRUmsU76lwbuhKqt15A1LXFT_H_VMBrdF1q_LzpANYCEJl4nTUejhYwnqxyx1VLe5oKentZR-EH/s320/october+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525451133806132706" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">**********************************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*I do have to get </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Rowes-Little-Book-Southern/dp/1580089801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286493400&sr=1-1">this</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">**and because those cranberries have been in the freezer since Thanksgiving...time to start makin' room for this year's harvest</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">***I am </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >so</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> lying...do<span style="font-style: italic;"> not</span> make mini-muffins, eat the whole pan, go to weigh in and faint**** when you've gained a few...<br /><br />****or leave troll-ish comments on my blog...<br /></span></span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-41559903978728480942010-10-04T17:14:00.003-05:002010-10-04T17:29:46.885-05:00My Fall Inspired Table Top,<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">er, shelf scape...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0h3aOG5yO_ORacfTCHbVUR-NE3TNwx92sZ3zJ7TiH2XBCY5YjHb8lbSB74U4QA-VLU_wxeuNwvDw0kUGzoWT4qUVTAkfknmNbEqiuiUVS0sXFfwogrkeHLowTWNA2DD5keJD/s1600/october+013.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0h3aOG5yO_ORacfTCHbVUR-NE3TNwx92sZ3zJ7TiH2XBCY5YjHb8lbSB74U4QA-VLU_wxeuNwvDw0kUGzoWT4qUVTAkfknmNbEqiuiUVS0sXFfwogrkeHLowTWNA2DD5keJD/s320/october+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524320590479113218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I did a little work with this wire cloche this afternoon...took it from steel grey to black...the little owl I love...naturally, a thrift shop find...I don't decorate a lot for Halloween...and only a bit for Autumn but I do like to have something pretty and seasonal waiting for us when we open the door...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">DH walked by and said "that looks nice"...yep, ya'll got right...he spent the first part of the day in the Dog House...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">when I took the pix, I decided that a leaf to the far right needed to go away...too much...and I really didn't feel like taking a new photo...but since I have yet to master more than the "crop" and "resize" tools on my Photoshop Elements*, I had to heft it up outta my chair and go take a new photo...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I will not always be that motivated...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Thanks to </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2010/10/33rd-table-top-tuesday-master-bedroom.html">A Stroll Thru Life</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> for hosting Table Top Tuesdays</span><br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">*trust me...if I had mastered Photoshop Elements, I'd be sporting some Very Good Looking Photos of myself on the ol' blog :)</span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-23218922103965821422010-10-03T15:41:00.007-05:002010-10-03T16:32:10.391-05:00And So It Grows<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Look! I simply cannot (knock on wood) believe it...but this might be the First Ever Pumpkin I've raised to maturity [this is me grinning from ear to ear]</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjeXVyveGfGBml8LfiVcQm7zt34B4uH9rhkm1koN1De5LdGStzrl371A8230LYm503MiKocsIcYsC58ijQ4BdwHwLTE7y0J9aB4RrrG61oPQTeJZJ_0Ea_G0zWq3SFN5Vpf0A/s1600/october+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjeXVyveGfGBml8LfiVcQm7zt34B4uH9rhkm1koN1De5LdGStzrl371A8230LYm503MiKocsIcYsC58ijQ4BdwHwLTE7y0J9aB4RrrG61oPQTeJZJ_0Ea_G0zWq3SFN5Vpf0A/s320/october+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523923131470947682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Do these things just</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"> fall</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"> off the vine when they're done? (</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">sssshhh, my ignorance is showing</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">And we're* working on a bead board back splash in the kitchen...the bead board is left over from the new ceiling on the front porch...hence the current multi-colour look...</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOQvGx-tVIgQ5Lt5D6KurvWK1Du8ep6AH1FocbqXi1uqAHWZguweW0tdkKgRIfwpa-MjBGwoaW4jh54Tn0d0HL4StzsNoENbod-jlayUiFpTdZJ2n023yHJEqmFx4nA2A-OOK/s1600/october+006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOQvGx-tVIgQ5Lt5D6KurvWK1Du8ep6AH1FocbqXi1uqAHWZguweW0tdkKgRIfwpa-MjBGwoaW4jh54Tn0d0HL4StzsNoENbod-jlayUiFpTdZJ2n023yHJEqmFx4nA2A-OOK/s320/october+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523927227766210594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">And the kitchen getting a new coat of paint...Tan Almond or something like that...I've lost my paint chip...a BHG colour from H/M**...the paint man opened up the can and all three of us (me, DH and Paint Man) looked, first, at the paint can, then at one another, then back at the paint can...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Let's just call this one a Case of Painting Dangerously...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Teddy says "Hey"...sure, he looks all sweet and cute...It Is A TRAP! you go to rub that soft white tummy and then the Claws O' Death come out...</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFmIriozcp66DUARq79pkLNwQmCORw_5KYZtkvD_T67dykDm8roy-czRSIvkcQkP4O4Iovmr_3N6uA3Mqr_qjXQ5xWAsyER-ZVQoq7S1nqSQBx565CGvY0E6BaGUDPV44y5bX/s1600/october+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFmIriozcp66DUARq79pkLNwQmCORw_5KYZtkvD_T67dykDm8roy-czRSIvkcQkP4O4Iovmr_3N6uA3Mqr_qjXQ5xWAsyER-ZVQoq7S1nqSQBx565CGvY0E6BaGUDPV44y5bX/s320/october+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523928798759244834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">*********************************************************************</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">*we're=The Husband</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">**I tried to find a link on-line but Good Luck with That </span>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-34135776712191698942010-09-27T19:01:00.009-05:002010-09-27T19:36:06.411-05:00My First Table Top Tuesday<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">and possibly my last since I expect I'll get booted...I cannot figure this Mr Linky stuff out!!!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NQKEOJ7GY7D3K-CxQItnR_aT7NDjqVbi14YobdVqZ5bDv57uHrFsAUtBsXFZxW8LDcLb-F_UW7BVUeOCWLwHsCd0Yy6ma23HlZ154LpPqtGESFHx_WaBsdjAouPtlV1oX41W/s1600/Table+Top+Tuesday.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NQKEOJ7GY7D3K-CxQItnR_aT7NDjqVbi14YobdVqZ5bDv57uHrFsAUtBsXFZxW8LDcLb-F_UW7BVUeOCWLwHsCd0Yy6ma23HlZ154LpPqtGESFHx_WaBsdjAouPtlV1oX41W/s320/Table+Top+Tuesday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521756449924869426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" >(hey, I got it! I think...)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">you know, as I scouted #17 to find a little vignette already set up, I realized I've seriously let my little Niches of Artfully Arranged STUFF slide...but I do love this little area...</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kqOElCwfeomxBMap9RpzEAUkbUM6F1wdpSFUK6WE1g_1jKAAVhM9Bf2tmB88wxtqHiwCWrdkk120sftddkjto_WAtIozQh9yDdjlhQB-n4Jz3hpmqNKtrHUIXwi7JV8T5Z4Q/s1600/table+top+09+27+2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kqOElCwfeomxBMap9RpzEAUkbUM6F1wdpSFUK6WE1g_1jKAAVhM9Bf2tmB88wxtqHiwCWrdkk120sftddkjto_WAtIozQh9yDdjlhQB-n4Jz3hpmqNKtrHUIXwi7JV8T5Z4Q/s320/table+top+09+27+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521749449923751346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">I love Mr. Fox and his candle...I love my Little Blue and White sugar dish...I love the Prim Pears I picked up a great booth in the antique mall...along with the little wren note a friend sent me some years ago now*...I even love that little scrap of Red and White Fabric!</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11IXFqO1kjzyZD8UIl_s9Ht_OAZq_ppgqmdu5ljswzzJ-r53h8PSeYhFe3Lezg5beoZUD2kFwNrQZfrx2VrCKcZVwgCnuq56gIH6tf78wha92LBXZan7pnfMjWRHtpQ4XbOur/s1600/table+top+09+27+2010+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11IXFqO1kjzyZD8UIl_s9Ht_OAZq_ppgqmdu5ljswzzJ-r53h8PSeYhFe3Lezg5beoZUD2kFwNrQZfrx2VrCKcZVwgCnuq56gIH6tf78wha92LBXZan7pnfMjWRHtpQ4XbOur/s320/table+top+09+27+2010+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521749825890244754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">I love these Dove Dark Chocolate squares...at first, I doubted them...but the secret is to let them warm up**...oh my word...</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHKZ3HRrJtBiDHf6gMizNQCHyGd3WzK34Xky8CuW-ty1I0rEDafrattP8kp7e9o4yCE_2Lq6674semiDcpWcEZyApkX7yj7C2IhdrdfIfk9_0p8-THpZlXqIPHM-tB0ANA_YN/s1600/table+top+09+27+2010+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHKZ3HRrJtBiDHf6gMizNQCHyGd3WzK34Xky8CuW-ty1I0rEDafrattP8kp7e9o4yCE_2Lq6674semiDcpWcEZyApkX7yj7C2IhdrdfIfk9_0p8-THpZlXqIPHM-tB0ANA_YN/s320/table+top+09+27+2010+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521750223897411442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">today, when I got in from work, Ms. Witch was waitin' on me...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6qaofwbh_WIMwhil2MvR2KZThG5ktywvjL_w7aecwvM9mdlxvSDyBmjfpNh2O7A5bJa-viA90Wo-LYtqBQSrV8-LB7VVy_HDCYnfUec-JRFzUNC2Glc0VydNETSq1TGRJ2ka/s1600/table+top+09+27+2010+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6qaofwbh_WIMwhil2MvR2KZThG5ktywvjL_w7aecwvM9mdlxvSDyBmjfpNh2O7A5bJa-viA90Wo-LYtqBQSrV8-LB7VVy_HDCYnfUec-JRFzUNC2Glc0VydNETSq1TGRJ2ka/s320/table+top+09+27+2010+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521751191147448802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">seems a dear friend believes my co-worker doesn't already understand the way the wind blows through our office doors...I'm pretty sure Dear Friend is mistaken...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">But I decided to not take the More Than Inferred Reference personally*** and plunked Ms. Witch down in my little Table Top Scene...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">Thanks to <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for hosting Table Top Tuesday</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">*********************************************************</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">*I hoard pretty paper</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">**Just clutch them in your hand for a few long seconds</span><br /><br />***Hey, some things in this life you just gotta ownsheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29305402.post-60560004407474524832010-09-25T16:36:00.007-05:002010-09-25T17:11:02.573-05:00Three Things<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">First, Buy This...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlnBS7Ztr6g_3zMxNO6u4CHgoIljnMXX_Skv5yAgle44irj3eoGH73aYToqC0NcGB4DS1BwvU-b_92R28IbxpB-LGPUmhahwTTBECx_8IZ6sVdd8LNsbNW-cYBv4dq2b5Rom8/s1600/sept25+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlnBS7Ztr6g_3zMxNO6u4CHgoIljnMXX_Skv5yAgle44irj3eoGH73aYToqC0NcGB4DS1BwvU-b_92R28IbxpB-LGPUmhahwTTBECx_8IZ6sVdd8LNsbNW-cYBv4dq2b5Rom8/s320/sept25+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520969541735003890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You'll thank me...</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">this is not just a mustard</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">...it is like Miracle Mustard...amazing on sandwiches, of course...but also in potato salad...and in pasta salad...and the Good Lord only knows what else...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Second, Buy This...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xq751Bf5Ke713VVd3lCx9C7o2fH-4ZVWDu8J-FPl9w3lcAdgZXxEXqdN_ZZ9cLFAI-hcuLmsaw5eyEv5WeKpU_k1EP7HDK87Eyyk26z-pc2J23dXmm8RvClldg1MwRlLFRhm/s1600/sept25+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Xq751Bf5Ke713VVd3lCx9C7o2fH-4ZVWDu8J-FPl9w3lcAdgZXxEXqdN_ZZ9cLFAI-hcuLmsaw5eyEv5WeKpU_k1EP7HDK87Eyyk26z-pc2J23dXmm8RvClldg1MwRlLFRhm/s320/sept25+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520973000299283282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cook some rice, dump a jar of this tuff on it...oh man...I'll even re-think getting Mexican Take-Out for this...and my good friends know what a fiend I am for Mexican Take-Out...I could eat veggie fajitas, no oil, with red rice, guacamole side salad and an order of enchilada sauce every day of my life...actually, probably twice a day every day of my life...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx52YqAHfGmJXZJoB3BQLRKaAwSWDxkfjgcLj7dfdhg6DXp5aENEFYJGXkE7LAAH1hpZItpScNnVco7NQrGPjWHUXq61exdRKm3ydnFV11EELfyLe0VOeFB82P-PjEjHLjphyU/s1600/sept25+005.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and Third...I believe I've been working on this for a year now...possibly two...appear to have blocked out the actual time frame...this bears no relation to the previous two mentions but I just feel like sharing my slow-behind-progress...</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteYjPLZMIJXPcggQDWDHB_Pk5Qh7cZNBMYTuDHJnldY0_p86Iyq3-CuQ89U52tv42Vq7_hneMLrFsgx5UZ4L9Ke-DUYQlxxpOFjvQ1bNvZmFhu0mtLH8F-38tcTqJGKBMrqtj/s1600/sept25+010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteYjPLZMIJXPcggQDWDHB_Pk5Qh7cZNBMYTuDHJnldY0_p86Iyq3-CuQ89U52tv42Vq7_hneMLrFsgx5UZ4L9Ke-DUYQlxxpOFjvQ1bNvZmFhu0mtLH8F-38tcTqJGKBMrqtj/s320/sept25+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520973417391324066" border="0" /></a>sheila from life @ #17http://www.blogger.com/profile/14307471105709629639noreply@blogger.com5