tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82267951621712310112024-03-05T08:20:10.137-05:00Totally Tattoo'd MotherBooks, my personal drug of choice. Also see costumes, singing and shoes. Ah, shoes.One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-10249084029090651602013-10-01T09:58:00.001-04:002013-10-01T09:58:14.622-04:00random tire size informationI just had to search all over for this information, so I thought it might be handy to have all in one place.<br />
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To calculate a tire's diameter (found at <a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7" target="_blank">tirerack.com</a>):<br />
Tire size example: 195 75 R14<br />
1st we need to get all of the numbers in the same measurement - the first part of the tire size is in millimeters and the last part is in inches. You can use a converter or multiply inches by 25.4 to get millimeters, or divide millimeters by 25.4 to get inches. This works either way, but I'll be using millimeters for the example.<br />
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we'll say the 1st number of the size is s (section width)<br />
2nd number is a (aspect ratio)<br />
skip the letter - it is the style of tire, and doesn't play a part in this<br />
3rd number is w (wheel size)<br />
Aside - if you want to know more about tires, hit up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code" target="_blank">wiki</a> page<br />
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2(s * .a) + w = d<br />
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working with our example:<br />
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2(195 * .75) + (14*25.4) =<br />
2(146.25) + 355.6 =<br />
292.5 + 355.6 = 648.1mm<br />
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If you have changed tire size and want to know how to calculate your new speed (found at <a href="http://www.ehow.com/facts_7469774_tire-size-miles-per-hour.html" target="_blank">ehow.com</a>):<br />
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n = new diameter<br />
o = original diameter<br />
s = speedometer reading<br />
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n * s / o<br />
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we'll use 733.5 for our new diameter<br />
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733.5 * 55 / 648.1 = 62.25<br />
So if your speedometer says you are traveling at 55 mph, with the new tires you would actually be traveling 62 mph<br />
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o * s / n<br />
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648.1 * 55 / 733.5 = 48.6<br />
So if you want to go 55 mph, you would need to be traveling 48 mph according to your speedometer.<br />
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To determine your actual traveled miles you will need a trip meter. You will need to divide the new diameter by the original diameter and then multiply your metered miles by that number:<br />
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733.5 / 648.1 = 1.132<br />
we'll say the trip meter reads 203 miles traveled:<br />
203 * 1.132 = 229.8 actual miles traveled<br />
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To figure your mpg, just use the new number of traveled miles instead of your trip meter reading:<br />
229.8 miles / 15 gallons = 15.32 mpg<br />
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I know this isn't something I would normally post about, but it needed to be all in one place. I would create handy dandy calculators, but I don't know how to do that.<br />
Good Luck!<br />
<br />One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-86947674484318080732013-05-03T11:55:00.000-04:002013-05-03T11:55:59.819-04:00Hollywood Undead masks (American Tragedy) 100th post!So, last year for my daughter's 13th birthday I made her a mask board along with 6 masks. Earlier in the year I styled her a pair of sneakers to match. It is so much fun trying to find decent pictures of their masks for reproduction. Here are some pics:<br />
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She was pretty thrilled and they are still hanging on her wall / being worn. This year we went to Disney's Magic Kingdom. Yeah, we're well rounded ;)</div>
One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-61955238697169335502013-05-01T08:16:00.001-04:002013-05-01T08:16:40.164-04:00Andouille - JohnsonvilleI don't know that I've ever had andouille sausage, so grain of salt and all that.<br />
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BzzAgent strikes again, this time with Johnsonville Premium Cooking Sausage. I went to my Kroger and they had 2 of the 5 varieties, Chicken Italian Style with Cheese or Andouille. I picked the Andouille and went home to make dinner.<br />
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I grabbed a box mix of Dirty Rice and sliced up the sausage and threw it in.<br />
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This was really tasty. We normally have left-overs if I make any version of rice and sausage, but not last night. I didn't even get a chance to take any pictures it went so fast.<br />
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Disclaimer - I received 1 package free from BzzAgent, but I will be purchasing it for myself in the future.One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-58438585560221850912013-05-01T07:54:00.000-04:002013-05-01T07:54:20.227-04:00A review - Göt2b POWDER'ful<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT';">
I am not one to keep a diary, so I'm not sure why I thought I would be able to blog without some kind of reason. Nothing interesting has been happening lately, so I haven't had a reason to write. um, yay?</span>
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The first thing I got was a notice for this hair powder stuff. I had some hair powder that I had gotten about 6 months ago that I liked, so I thought that would be a good little trial. Turns out it is the exact same product, Göt2b POWDER'ful, but on the plus side I knew I liked it.</span>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT';">The directions say to put a small amount on your hands and work into the hair, but I am lazy and skip steps sometimes. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT'; text-align: center;">I sprinkle it directly in my hair where I am looking for some omph and rub it in vigorously. Then give it a little brush or finger comb to make it look presentable and that's it.</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT';"><br /></span><br />
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The Pros:</span>
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It definitely provides volume.</span><br />
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These are negligible as far as I am concerned.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Gill Sans MT;">It makes your hair feel weird, sort of wet/dirty, it doesn't look that way though.</span><br />
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All in all, I like this stuff pretty well for what I use it for. It isn't an everyday product for me so this stuff lasts quite a while.</span>
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I don't really need the sample bottle they sent me + I have a blog = why not give it away on the blog? If you have any interest in trying some Göt2b POWDER'ful, hit me up in the comments.</span></div>
One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-9013882060190317672012-10-24T08:41:00.000-04:002012-10-26T00:14:14.765-04:00Burmese Vegetable Gardens - a nuisance? Updated with video<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As a little bit of back story, for those of you who may not be aware, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=fort+wayne+burmese+refugees&aq=0&oq=fort+wayne+burmese+refugees&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=images" target="_blank">Fort Wayne is housing several groups of Burmese refugees.</a> It has been an issue at times as we both learn each other's customs, but it has been a very good thing for us as a city. I thought.</span></div>
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the afternoon of October 12<sup>th</sup>, I came home to find that the garden
(mostly in my back yard and with a small part in an apartment complex yard) that had been
there all summer had been demolished, as well as several others, including one
larger than the one mostly on my property. I have made several phone calls
today to find out what happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">XXXXXXXX (redacted) Apartments houses a lot of Burmese refugees and that is where
some of this begins. We have a neighbor named Akai(sp?) that lives in those
apartments and built a fabulous garden over the summer. Since he is feeding so
many from it, we told him, mostly through gesture, that he could spread out
onto our yard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Several
calls into today, I have discovered that someone complained that the gardens
were a nuisance to Councilman Hines. This resulted in Neighborhood Code sending many notices resulting in the demolition of all of these gardens. None of these
notices came to our house, even though the garden was clearly on our property
more than that of the apartment. As far as I can determine, it has been put
down to obstruction of the drainage ditch that hasn't been maintained in the 8
years that I have lived there, as well as the possibility that should an
emergency occur, they wouldn't be able to exit the premises. I know this last
one didn't have anything to do with, at the very least, the garden (mostly) on my property. I have since found out that Apartment complexes aren’t zoned
for gardening, so it was also an Agricultural Nuisance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am concerned that a phone call to a councilman culminated in the destruction
of so many of the gardens in XXXXXXXX (redacted) Apartments. There were several
and all have been taken down, some with skid loaders. I am also concerned that
this apartment complex in particular is being harassed about gardens when I
have personally seen multiple apartment complexes with gardens that have no
problems with neighborhood code at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">These
weren't really just everyday gardens. They were quite amazing, created from
fallen limbs off of trees. They had a kind of cross between a hallway and
tunnel that you could go through to get all of the vegetables hanging
down, these having never touched the ground. It was fenced in to keep critters
out, with the fencing also created from fallen limbs. If anyone in the Green movement had seen it, it probably would have been touted as a wonderful
way to recycle fallen limbs as well as creating a large garden area on a small area of land. I really wish I had before pictures to post, but I
didn't think about it and I didn't want to offend by taking pictures of what
I'm sure they think of as just a garden. I do have some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgERuVmChoE&feature=g-upl" target="_blank">video footage of the after</a>, <strike>but I will have to link to that later, as I haven’t gotten it pulled off
of my husband’s phone yet.</strike> *<b>Updated*</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am so very disturbed and saddened that this has happened. It wasn't necessary
and it was a huge waste of several people's time and hard work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I redacted the name of the apartment complex to prevent furthur incedents.</span></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zgERuVmChoE" width="560"></iframe>One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-17897543158739562822012-10-19T14:30:00.002-04:002012-10-19T14:30:46.146-04:003rd candidate - Libertarian<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have learned that I am a Libertarian. I figured I would check to find out if there was anyone I could get behind. There is and his name is Gary Johnson. I don't agree with everything he has to say, but I do find that I agree with a large portion of it. Here are a few things I found on his issues page that stood out to me as things people are very interested in as well as having very strong supporters of. Haven't seen him at the debates, but have heard of him through the grapevine. Thought you might like to know that there is someone else running besides Democrats & Republicans.</span></span></h4>
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<a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues</span></a></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;">Our current Medicare and Medicaid systems are unsustainable and must be
reformed. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/health-care">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/health-care</a></span></h4>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New Mexico</st1:state></st1:place>, when the
state took responsibility for Medicaid, costs were reduced by 25% and services
improved. Removing unnecessary federal mandates would have allowed even greater
savings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Federal
assistance for those who cannot afford essential health care should be provided
through simple block grants to the states, where innovation will create
efficiencies and better care at less cost. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The government should simply stay out of the business
of trying to promote or “manage” energy development. The marketplace will meet
our energy needs in the most economical and efficient manner possible – if
government will stay out of the way.</span> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/environment">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/environment</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“The government cannot pick and choose which of our
constitutional rights it must uphold. That applies to the Second Amendment and
our right to bear arms. It means what it says – and for good reason.
Restricting gun rights, whether at the federal, state or local levels, results
only in denying rights to law-abiding citizens while leaving criminals and
those who would do us harm free to do what they do: Break the law..”</span><span style="background: #EFEFEF;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/guns-rights">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/guns-rights</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Legal Immigration strengthens <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country>’s economy and the social
fabric. It will also strengthen our relationship with our southern neighbor <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country>. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/immigration">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/immigration</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">An Internet free of regulation and taxation has
produced innovation and enhancements to quality of life almost unparalleled in
human history. If the market demands Internet services, speed and access, the
market will provide them without any help from the government.</span> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/internet-and-technology">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/internet-and-technology</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are a nation of many peoples and beliefs. The only
way to respect all citizens is to allow each to make personal decisions
themselves.<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/civil-liberties">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/civil-liberties</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Life is precious
and must be protected. A woman should be allowed to make her own decisions
during pregnancy until the point of viability of a fetus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stem cell
research should only be completed by private laboratories that operate without
federal funding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Government
should not impose its values upon marriage. It should allow marriage equality,
including gay marriage. It should also protect the rights of religious
organizations to follow their beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Over a million and a half Americans were arrested
last year on drug charges, and nearly 40% of those arrests were for marijuana
possession alone. Does this make sense? <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/drug-policy-reform">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/drug-policy-reform</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">A recent Gallup
poll reports that 46% of Americans now agree that marijuana should be legalized,
a dramatic increase in support that reflects Americans' increased knowledge and
understanding of the issue. Proposals to regulate marijuana similarly to
alcohol have been considered in several states, and Governor Johnson has
supported those efforts; he believes the federal government should end its
prohibition mandate and allow each state to pursue its own desired policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Governor Johnson
believes it is insane to arrest roughly 800,000 people a year for choosing to
use a natural substance that is, by any reasonable objective standard, less
harmful than alcohol, a drug that is advertised at every major sporting event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">As Governor
Johnson often points out to concerned parents, "it will never be legal
for a person to smoke marijuana, become impaired, and get behind the wheel of a
car or otherwise do harm to others, and it will never be legal for kids to
smoke marijuana." But we have to understand that marijuana is our nation's
#1 cash crop despite the prohibition; it will always be available to those who
really wish to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">When polled,
high school kids say marijuana is easier to get than alcohol. Is this perhaps
because they buy from black market dealers who do not ask for ID?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Legalization of
marijuana would instantly and dramatically improve conditions on our southern
border. Marijuana is <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country>'s
#1 illegal export; legalizing it would result in dramatically reducing the
power and wealth of the drug lords, and instantly helping to restore stability
in a nation whose stability and sustainability is truly vital to our economic
and national security interests. If we truly wish to reduce border violence,
take the profit out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is borrowing or printing more than 40 cents of every dollar the government
spends today. The math is simple: Federal spending must be cut not by millions
or billions, but by trillions. And it must be done today.<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/spending-and-the-deficit">http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/issues/spending-and-the-deficit</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Submit a
Balanced Budget to Congress, not five or ten years down the road, but in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">End excessive
spending, bloated stimulus programs, unnecessary farm subsidies, and earmarks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Reassess the
role of the federal government and identify responsibilities that can be met
more efficiently by the private sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;">Recognize that
you can't have limited government at home, but big government abroad.</span></div>
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One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-25792388225988486732012-08-03T01:36:00.001-04:002012-08-03T01:36:21.488-04:00Daughter's Birthday present - teaser<div><p>Started with these</p>
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I paid $25 or $30 at the time, and was so thrilled to have it. I didn't have a real reason for the purchase, I just knew I had to own it. It sat in my sewing room for a few months until I decided it would make a wonderful Glinda the Good Witch costume. I did some alterations on it since I was not a size 14 (add a few sizes), mainly making the lacing area a little more plus-size friendly. I did add some poofy sleeves, but those have since been removed.<br />
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Here is my daughter showing off the dress with the hula-hoop insert I made so the dress wouldn't touch the ground at the party I went to.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is my daughter in the dress without the hoop.</div><br />
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</div>For reference purposes, my daughter is 5'8" and somewhere in the size 16 area.<br />
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I am seriously going to miss this dress, but if it can help someone see the wonderousness of themselves, it will be better served out and about rather than in my room being looked at occasionally.<br />
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Oh, and because it is so awesome - it has a pocket too :)<br />
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I'll try to remember to add a pic of the back of the skirt, because it is fabulous.<br />
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Someone (well a few actually) has claimed it, and as soon as we get some pictures in it (and an address) it will be mailed out to someone who needs some time in a beautiful dress.<br />
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Here's to <a href="http://thebloggess.com/" target="_blank">The Bloggess</a>, thanks for being awesome :)One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-58406919608586288912011-10-11T07:07:00.000-04:002011-10-11T07:07:28.448-04:00Mmmmmmmmm!!!Why did no one tell me <a href="http://www.ferrerousa.com/products/nutella/hazelnut-spread/">Nutella</a> was so delicious? That it is like spreadable <a href="http://www.ferrerousa.com/products/ferrero-chocolates/confections/">Ferrero Rocher</a>?<br />
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Also, apparently I am clueless. I just went to Ferrero to do a link for the super yummy candy and discovered that they make Nutella as well.<br />
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I am slow.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">But happy, now that I have discovered the joy of Nutella :)</span>One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-53937376794058083642011-09-23T10:31:00.000-04:002011-09-23T10:31:55.597-04:00Book SqueeeeI just had to post that my library (<a href="http://acpl.lib.overdrive.com/D8D3F478-8236-43B8-A2BC-8946484A401E/10/522/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=574132s">ACPL</a>) finally loans Kindle books!!!!!!! I am so happy for my cheap self.<br />
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Thank you, end squeeee<br />
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:)One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-81239578604168116792011-06-07T13:15:00.001-04:002011-09-14T12:55:38.700-04:00Meh, I'm gonna post it anyway.I always feel like there should be all of these things I could blog about. Then I think about it for a second and unless you want to hear about how I just ate a whole bunch of caramels and now my teeth hurt you're kind of out of luck.<br />
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I guess I could talk about how my glasses are ALWAYS dirty, and how does that even happen? I don't touch the glass when I push them up (which is constantly). I work in a quite office, not a kitchen. How do they manage to get so greasy and dusty and just gross?!? Grrrr I would wear my contacts but for some reason when I get home and look in the mirror my eyes are RED? No irritation causing this that I am aware of, it just looks like super allergy has struck again and my eyes are the poor victim without the horrible allergy problems. Probably not a good idea to walk around causing fear in the hearts of <strike>millions</strike> <strike>thousands</strike> <strike>hundreds</strike> a few with my glowing red eyes, so I wear my stupid dirty glasses.<br />
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Oo, I can talk about how my stupid boobs are always falling out the bottom of my bra. Even the ones that fit perfectly. I love my boobs, but could they just stay where I put them and not try to escape all the time? I catch myself righting the girls all the time. Grocery shopping? Check. Getting gas? Check. Sitting in church? Check. In a restaurant? Check. Half the time I don't even realize I'm doing so until on the second boob. And the bra strap falling off the shoulder thing? ALL THE TIME! Having boobs is totally overrated.<br />
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Or I know I can tell you all about how I love shoes (it's a problem really) but hate to actually wear them. Oh, shoes, I love them so. Pumps, Platforms, Stilettos, Wedges, Peep-toes, Sparkly ones, Colorful ones, Stripey, Solid, Strappy, shoes just make me happy. Until I put them on. Then I'm all I don't care how cute these are, my feet want to be free. I love summer just because I can wear flip-flops everywhere then kick them off as soon as I get where ever I am going. Whatever, I just buy cute flip-flops and wear them as long as I can get away with. Which usually means until there is actually snow on the ground.<br />
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See, nothing worth talking about. Meh, I'm gonna post it anyway.<br />
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UPDATED: I figured out why my glasses are always dirty! Turns out my eyelashes are long enough that they just touch the glass, feathering (or lashing, whatever) oil onto the lense, which then gives the dust and whatnot something to stick to. :(One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-68343766914601816912011-04-28T12:17:00.000-04:002011-04-28T12:17:38.211-04:00Anansi Boys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Anansi+Boys/"><img border="0" height="221" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iZ5Ppt_HD4EaYxqAYMeEzUkDNFlCFMbJ-TlprU9p8sDyXe-zztC-OCHJleTPJf5hq1xIqGiFwE55kUY_v5IN-_t6GDWDvyYIfn_gtwmKLqea3wLsoHdlkI_eu1hapFFrLJWu-ll02Fs/s320/anansi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left">I just finished reading this book.</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">Wow! What an excellent read. The end is just fantastic, really makes the whole story come together in a very satisfying way. It's been a while since an adventure choked me up, but there is something about the relationship between a man and his son and between brothers that Gaiman is able to capture wonderfully.</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">Just go read it and you'll see what I mean.</div>One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-38875467195632791172011-04-01T07:47:00.000-04:002011-04-01T07:47:40.701-04:00Wendy's Country Fried SteakDoes anyone out there remember Wendy's Country Fried Steak sandwich from their 99 cent menu? It was just a peice of counrty fried steak with mayo and pickles on a small white bun? Rining any bells out there?<br />
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I used to have them add onions and boy there was just something about that sandwich!<br />
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And then...<br />
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Boom!<br />
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Gone. No more CFS :-(<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRJYg5Kf2Yc">Here</a> is a link to a commercial for it.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wendys.com/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfu8-qzFocTl7d0_hr2SCGUdzrQJv9ndSTypY1dFCeFd9g3VQ6MJeLrlnMD3lC7b2CxjBr2Xdzk7SQfGAcjQMeuGTVj6BKbSwSuSXl7bjMdQ_LzSLUJ9K2i6x1JOtv11dryBwypHIm_lg/s200/wendys_logo2.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_davethomas.htm">from TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots</a></td></tr>
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I say Bring Back The CFS!!!!!!!One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-56384684776841387982011-03-24T09:33:00.000-04:002011-03-24T09:34:03.828-04:00Is Jesus enough?<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>I ran across this in my morning reads…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><a href="http://storybleed.com/2011/01/when-jesus-isnt-enough/">http://storybleed.com/2011/01/when-jesus-isnt-enough/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Quoted from the article:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=5 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:red'>I add Jesus like salt and pepper to a tasteless dish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=5 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:red'>He isn’t the main course, just an extra on the side.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=5 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>This is so true for me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-18768883720039226792011-03-18T11:08:00.000-04:002011-03-18T11:08:27.693-04:00Here it is<a href="http://violenceunsilenced.com/daisy/">http://violenceunsilenced.com/daisy/</a><br />
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I spoke out and just wanted give you a direct link.<br />
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I was really nervous prior to posting this. I wasn't sure how my story would be received. Because I stayed. I know many people out there are probably amazed at my stupidity and that was the reason I wasn't sure I should even go forward with my story.<br />
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But the comments I have received have been nothing but uplifting. Thanks for taking what I had to offer. Thanks for not judging me. And mostly thanks for caring, it really does make a difference.One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-42153680722921041652011-03-09T14:10:00.000-05:002011-03-09T14:10:29.003-05:00I am so on itYeah, I thought I might update the whole costume thing. (yeah the one from Halloween, What?)<br />
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I was Ursula the Sea Witch from Aladin, just kidding. Gotta keep you on your toes. She is from Little Mermaid - here's what I was going for.<br />
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<a href="http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Ursula">image courtesy Kingdom Hearts</a><br />
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Here is my head shot (sorry about the horrible lighting)<br />
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Followed by gratuitous cleavage (the only shot I have where you can see my tenticles *winks*)<br />
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</div>I tried to dye myself purple with food coloring, maybe a better way to do that would have been to thin the food coloring with vinegar instead of lotion?<br />
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On to this year's costume... "Oh no, I've lost my glasses!"One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-90520318607198649922011-03-07T13:44:00.002-05:002011-03-07T14:16:52.519-05:00I'm Speaking Out<div class="Section1"><div><span style="color: navy; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">I'm speaking out - <a href="http://violenceunsilenced.com/">http://violenceunsilenced.com/</a></span></span><br />
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This ends up being the ‘how cheap can I get a gift that is even remotely age appropriate’ game. I am not a fan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Since we are not doing so well monetarily, I have made the executive decision that I will be finding (or making) a few gifts for people that actually mean something to us as a family or me personally. This means that the things I give will actually be things I think will mean something to the person. So much better for everyone involved. No one gets a bunch of crap they don’t want or need!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Why does everyone seem to think that more crap is better than less not-crap?!?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>It is so frustrating that I just refuse to participate. Give me a holler if you agree or have a rebuttal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-35111991028234741752010-11-05T09:34:00.001-04:002010-11-05T09:34:26.274-04:00breathe<div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Holy Crap…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Only 3 more weeks until the wedding<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>I think I am going to pass out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>I must remember to breathe!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>and breathe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Come on, it’s not that bad, everyone in the history of weddings, has made it through this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Stupid control issues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>and breathe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>It’s not like we have boutonnieres to make or food to buy and make or stuff for the guest book or pictures to print for the center pieces or figuring out how to decorate the church so it doesn’t look like a gymnasium or make sure everything comes together so that we can decorate the church, get married and then undecorated all in like 5 hours…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>and breathe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>cause yeah, all of that is left to do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>CRAP!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Oh yeah and hopefully I still fit into my dress………<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>and breathe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-63900575900880823582010-11-02T14:39:00.000-04:002010-11-02T14:40:06.700-04:00Email handling - please read and delete my name & address per below<div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>For those of you who think some of your e-mail buddies could learn a thing or two about e-mail etiquette.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br> From: I didn't listen to the e-mail</span></font><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>To: Everyone and their brother (Hi spammers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sent: Because people should know<br> Subject: Email handling - please read and delete my name & address per below<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-style:normal'>I am sending some instruction on e-mails to you. You can print them and check them out at your leisure.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'> </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'> </span></font></i></em><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>IMPORTANT!! HOW TO HANDLE E-MAIL APPROPRIATELY</span></font></i></em></span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>A friend who is a computer expert received the following directly from a system administrator for a corporate system. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures.</span></font></i></em></span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Don't you hate it?</span></font></i></em></span></font><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> <br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses & names. Sometimes even e-signatures with addresses and phone numbers.</span></font></i></em><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a</span></font></i></em></span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#c20041" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#C20041;font-style:normal'> </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=red face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:red;font-style:normal'>virus</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer. </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>Or, someone can take all of those addresses and </span></font></i></em></span></font><em><i><font size=5 color=red face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:red;font-style:normal'>sell them</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and they will make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over five cents.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>How do you stop it? </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>Well, there are several easy steps:</span></font></i></em></span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'> </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second. Then scroll to the bottom and make sure no names addresses or phone numbers from you or anyone else is left on the e-mail either.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>You MUST click the 'Forward' button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on 'Forward' first, you won't be able to edit the message at all.</span></font></i></em></span></font><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:blue;font-style:normal'>To:</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> or </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:blue;font-style:normal'>Cc:</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>BCC:</span></b></span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> (blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses. </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size: 16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF'><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>This is the way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your </span></font></i></em></span></font><em><b><i><font size=5 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>BCC:</span></font></i></b></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> option click on where it says </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:blue;font-style:normal'>To:</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose </span></font></i></em><em><b><i><font size=5 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>BCC:</span></font></i></b></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to </span></font></i></em><em><b><i><font size=5 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>BCC:</span></font></i></b></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients' in the </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:blue;font-style:normal'>To:</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> field of the people who receive it.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(3) Remove any 'FW:' in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix spelling.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the <u>actual e-mail you are reading</u>. Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it? By Forwarding from the actual page you wish someone to view, you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to see what you sent.</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(5) Have you ever gotten an e-mail that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The email can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses. </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <u><br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>A FACT:</span></font></i></em></u><em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'> The completed petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and email address on a petition. </span></font></i></em></span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(Actually, if you think about it, who's supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports? <u>And don't believe the ones that say that the email is being traced, it just isn’t so</u>!)</span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(6) There are also those e-mails that say something like, 'Send this e-mail to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen.' Or, sometimes they'll just tease you by saying something really cute will happen.</span></font></i></em><u><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><br> This will not happen<em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma; font-style:normal'>!!!!!</span></font></i></em></span></font></u><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> (Trust me; I'm still seeing some of the same ones that I waited on 10 years ago!) I don't let the bad luck ones scare me either, they get trashed. (Could be why I haven't won the lottery??) </span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF; font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(7)</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'> Before you forward</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> an Amber Alert, or a Virus Alert, or some of the other ones floating around nowadays, check them out</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'> <u>before</u></span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an e-mail that is in question can be checked out. Just go to</span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue; font-style:normal'> <a href="http://www.truthorfiction.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.truthorfiction.com/">www.truthorfiction.com</a></span></font></i></em><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'> or </span></font></i></em><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#010101'><a href="http://www.snopes.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.snopes.com/"><em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family: Tahoma;font-style:normal'>http://www.snopes.com/</span></font></i></em></a> </span></font><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family: Tahoma;color:#8100FF'>these sites have search areas where you can type in a few key words and bring up what you want to see.</span></font><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:#010101'><br> <br> <em><i><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal'>It’s really easy to find out if it's real or not. If it's not, please do not pass it on. If it is true, then pass it on. If there is something saying Snopes verifies this or seen on Truth or Fiction, go to the site to check it out. Please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and viruses being passed via forwards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(8) Remember, as easy as it was for you to delete previous e-mail addresses for you, it is just as easy for someone to change the e-mail itself. What started with certain information can be changed very easily.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>(9) Links in e-mails can lead to pages you don’t want to go. Please be very careful clicking on links in e-mails if you aren’t certain where the original e-mail came from.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 color="#8100ff" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#8100FF;font-style:normal'>As an example I can type <a href="http://www.google.com/"><font color=purple><span style='color:purple'>www.snopes.com</span></font></a> but if you click on that link you will see that it takes you to Google instead. So, please be very careful.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#010101" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#010101'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#010101" face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:#010101'>E-mails are great fun and can be informative, but please be aware that not everyone that uses e-mail has your best interests at heart.<br> <br> </span></font><em><i><font size=5 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- end of AOLMsgPart_1_c1f63edb-0984-4b0b-984a-637b19b8d81d --> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-38749577888709309482010-10-15T11:20:00.001-04:002010-10-15T11:20:30.998-04:00Costume Contest updates<div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Alright, no one has any guesses so far; I must have made it too hard. Here are some updates on what I’ve done with the costume so far:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Out of the shells I made a necklace and earrings (the earrings are the prize for whoever guesses)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Out of the black satin I cut 4 wonky trapezoids, then sewed them together to make a dress leaving the bottom ¼ unsown and cutting up from the bottom in the center of each piece about ¼ of the way up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Out of the purple satin I cut 8 very skinny triangles and sewed them to the 8 bottom sections of the dress<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>I have straightened 19 hangers and attached 16 of them together at one end in sets of 2 and taken the last 3 and made a big circle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>I think that’s it so far. I only have another week to work on it, and I still have so much to do. Crap.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Hopefully I will have some decent pictures this year. Last year all of the pictures were very dark (I guess that’s what happens when you only take pictures with your phone).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-53406844694526983052010-10-04T11:08:00.000-04:002010-10-04T11:10:26.265-04:00grieving a stranger<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>I don’t really know Nancy W. Kappes, Paralegal. The only exposure I’ve had to her is through <a href="http://thebloggess.com/">The Bloggess</a>. I came close to meeting her when Blogher was in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>, but ended up not being able to make it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>This woman I never met was also from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:State> and I always felt closer because of that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>But I feel strange grieving <a href="http://thebloggess.com/?p=8579">a lady I’ve never met</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>R.I.P. Nancy, you will be missed by people you didn’t even know existed, let alone made laugh endlessly at your wonderful inappropriateness.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=navy face="Curlz MT"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Curlz MT";color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-88568775903547483572010-10-01T12:56:00.000-04:002010-10-01T12:57:00.614-04:00questions answered and hints given<div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>So I just had to call and talk to my credit card company…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Yeah, that is just not a fun call to make when you’re trying to find out <i><span style='font-style:italic'>any</span></i> information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>But I have to give them props. The first call I made was super frustrating, so I hung up and fumed a little bit. <u>But</u>. Then I calmed down and called back and got a different representative, and she patched me through to the people I needed (yay). I talked to the next rep’s supervisor because she couldn’t answer my questions, but wasn’t trying to feed me a line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Here is the best part… The supervisor was actually able to answer my questions and give me options!!! I know holy crap someone that could actually do their job.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Color me super pleased!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'>PS on the costume front: I have just cut into both the black & purple satin, making several purple triangles and a few black quadrilaterals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226795162171231011.post-59714398770204775702010-09-29T10:16:00.001-04:002010-09-29T10:16:34.425-04:00My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster *Updated*<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYjzmsmaEX5A4vfJj4NLU0xRgiy8m58mTiLBPd9Qki1lhgrn1gzgsYKo1H6CKiS3bIWS6KQYXWL3964NCYYXRxEfniiwALEsy_zhG8ltWqxssqYYit2B3GiUUQ7AI-FuEgK44Fj0wV1c/s1600/my+fair+lazy-794426.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYjzmsmaEX5A4vfJj4NLU0xRgiy8m58mTiLBPd9Qki1lhgrn1gzgsYKo1H6CKiS3bIWS6KQYXWL3964NCYYXRxEfniiwALEsy_zhG8ltWqxssqYYit2B3GiUUQ7AI-FuEgK44Fj0wV1c/s320/my+fair+lazy-794426.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522339218137327346" /></a></p><div class=Section1> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>It took me a while to finally pick this up (really download for listening), but I have to say, Hoorah!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>Jen Lancaster is so good at what she does it’s silly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>In <u>Such a Pretty Fat</u>, she made me want to get healthier, even if I have to work at it, and in <u>My Fair Lazy</u> she totally makes me want to get off my ass and do something interesting. Open my mind to new things. Her Jen-aissance might just be what I need too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>I think if more of the American populace were to dig into cultures and do it to learn, we might really grow as a country.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'>But enough of that, this is simply a really funny look into one woman’s attempt to find culture and class instead of being cultureless and clueless.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fair-Lazy-Television-Culture-Up-Manifesto/dp/045122986X"><font color=purple><span style='color:purple'>Look into it</span></font></a></span></font><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'>, it makes me want to do things instead of watching others do them for me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=purple face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:purple'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> One Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768744370858632841noreply@blogger.com0