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Thursday, February 25, 2010

How They Do That

In the past couple of weeks two different people have asked me about the Japanese ring makers that are used to create seamless metal clay rings. I first heard about them on the Yahoo! Metalclay forum when a group of members put together a large order. At the time these tools were only available in Japan. The difference in Japanese & American sizing numbers and the way the cylinders were meant to be used was so confusing that I just read along, not interested in joining in the fascination.

Now Rio Grande is carrying them with English instructions and even this great little video that I found on You Tube. Finally, after two years, my interest is peaked! I'm kind of considered the ring lady by some of my jewelry making friends and I've found a few ways to make ring shanks that I think work well to make strong durable rings. This little gadget seems too easy to me, too "crafty" to be used by a true artist. But that attitude seems like more of the same prejudice that metal clay enthusiasts are used to hearing from the traditional jewelry world about the alleged simplicity of making fine jewelry from clay. Hmphf! Guess I need to put aside my pre conceived ideas and give these little gem makers a try. Have any of you used them? What do you think?

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Whazzat Mean?

An interesting historical factoid from a post this morning on Orchid:

"The term 'findings' comes from the practice of jewelry makers digging around in their bin of scrap metal to "find" a piece that could be made into a clasp, jump ring or whatever. Hence the name. 'findings'. Amazing what tid bits surface here and there to further our understanding!"

Nowadays the term refers to components that are commercially manufactured and sold. Clasps et al that you make yourself are generally not considered 'findings'.

Monday, February 22, 2010

I had such a great weekend! Intro class at The Skirball Museum went great! Then dinner with my dear friend Susan Dilger and Michelle at Chin Chin. Yuuuummmm... Need I say more? Well, yes as a matter of fact. I tried on these cool earrings over the mushu pork and curiously they found their way into my collection.

Sunday was the first time I taught at the Palos Verdes Art Center and that was great too! Wonderful facilities, talented and nice students and a fabulous drive home on Pacific Coast Highway looking at deep purple-y blue, menacing storm clouds superimposed over a Maxfield Parrish sky. Perfect.

This coming weekend I'll be down in Tustin for a two day rings workshop at The Beading Place. First time I've done a two day. We'll be learning about 4 (or more) different ring styles including my famous hollow ring. Wanna come? I'd love to see you! Especially after tomorrow's trip to the ophthalmologist for a new prescription (why are there so many letters in that word).

Friday, February 19, 2010

Welcome to the Carnival...

(One of my first fabrication projects. 4 layers of colored aluminum, pierced and riveted. The red and black snakes were supposed to line up exactly - *that* was difficult. You can see I failed miserably. And thank goodness. It's so much better with them offset a bit. This is one of my most favoritest things that I've ever made. It's now a refrigerator magnet.)

Step right this way... Each month a group of jewelry artists use their blogs to get together online and answer the same question - each in their own way. This month the topic is:

"What is the most difficult piece of jewelry you've ever made and why?"

I'm really not sure I've ever made anything that I'd categorize as difficult. Time consuming, yes. Fiddly, certainly. Frustrating, you betcha! Hm - Well, maybe time consuming, fiddly and frustrating pieces *can* be defined as difficult after all.

With metal clay maybe it was my first box form. I made it with no real instruction, hadn't taken a class and just knew a bit about construction from my old friend Bob Villa. I've learned a lot of tricks from This Old House!

Or maybe it was my PMCC Certification Level 3 hinged box. I was going to take the class at Arrowmont, but found that I couldn't make the first day. All Senior Instructors must be certified in all levels before they are "legal" and I still had that one level to finish. But what to do if I couldn't make it to the venue in time! Well, I got the instructions and just figured it out on my own. Since I had two days to work on it - at home, in my pajamas and without the pressure of a class experience and it's time constraints - I must say I did a fabulous job. It's definitely one of my favorites.

I had made hinges before (also self taught with some insight from Bob) so I knew that portion wouldn't be difficult, but the seam kept splitting, my decoration broke three times and had to be repaired, the tubes for the chain had to be drilled out after firing as I hadn't made them wide enough inside to accommodate the chain I wanted to use - fiddly. Annoying even. But not difficult.

With hard metals fabrication - I've made chain caps, a double loop in loop chain, started a box in copper that was too big for my knowledge and experience (and patience level) and scrapped the idea before it went too far, pierced out quite a few intricate designs with a jewelers saw and learned to solder with "a big girl's torch". All considered difficult at the time.

Perhaps making jewelry is a bit like childbirth. They say that as soon as it's over a Mother forgets all the pain of pushing and just revels in the new life. Never having been a Mother myself, I can't attest to that. But I certainly don't remember giving birth to a particularly difficult piece of silver wear. Just lucky? Or just not advanced enough? I think "difficult" is a combination of the fear created by doing a task for the first time and a lack of skill or experience in that particular activity. Meh! Who cares. I love what I do. I find it relatively easy to do the making, the construction. The *design*? Now that's difficult. But that's also another subject and beyond the scope of this post. (I love saying that)

Make sure to stop by the other Carney's blogs to see what they have to say on the matter:

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

While re stocking supplies for my students, one of the brand new brushes fell on the floor and the dang bristles popped right out of the ferrule! Bother!

As I picked it up and started to look at the construction - a light bulb went off. What a great element for one of my Ring a Day projects.

Helga Van Leipsig thinks that this view looks like a tribute to The Sex Pistols. : D

I'm in love.

Such a great use of a found object.

If I do say so myself.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Weekend Eye Candy - Marthe Le Van Edition

Marthe Le Van is the editor of Lark Books and joined in the Flickr based Ring A Day challenge when she noticed the postings on FaceBook. The red straw in the third photo was her first creation.

Marthe says: "I am using the last 10 minutes of each work day to make and photograph a ring. All materials come from the trash can in my office, All tools come from desk drawers. As you can no doubt see, I am a book maker NOT a jewelry maker, but this project is too fun to pass up." Her Frozen Series is fabulous. Variations on "rings" made by pouring food coloring (or perhaps Kool-Aid) into fresh snow.

About "Loose Ends" in image 12 she reveals " I shot this image in my office using natural light. The sun comes through my window really strongly at about 4:30 and only lasts about 5 minutes. I always hope to have my ring finished by then! (The ring is on an matte aluminum surface that I think it's some sort of storage box from Ikea.)"

Now, I'm sure Marthe reallllly knows about photography. All about white balance and depth of field. I'm also pretty sure she's using a great camera and not relying on auto focus as I do. But really! In her office using natural light and a storage box? How does she get these super fantabulous images?! Just goes to show what wonderfully creative things one can come up with using a great imagination, thinking out side the proverbial box, found objects and a little knowledge. I look forward to seeing what Ms. Le Van has come up with every day. Her rings are a real inspiration to me.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I thought I could, I thought I could....

I'm rolling happily along with the Ring A Day project. Kind of. I made all of these shanks while at a play date at Michelle's house; later in the week I made and fired all the metal clay components, and finally soldered the rings together later that same afternoon. Finally this morning I patinated them, took photos and posted to Flickr.

Whew! That was a lot of work, but not really in tune with the theme of making an entire ring per day. My goal was to make a silver ring a day in February, but I realize that I was a bit aggressive in my thinking. I want to make things I can actually sell at my show in June and am not that interested in using my meager supply of sterling and metal clay to make 30 one of a kind experiments - no matter how entertaining, elucidating or educational it might be. So I think I'm back to found objects while throwing in an all silver/metal ring every now and then.

As far as the Month of Earrings challenge started by Vickie Hallmark is going... it's not. I did great for the first five days, using components I already had fired and turning them into jewelry - but now I'm stumped again. I think the next play date (Monday) will find me making components again.

And hey - did you know that over 50 rings are being auctioned off on Ebay to benefit the survivors of the Haiti earthquake. One of mine will be too if I ever get off my butt and send it to the organizer. Read more about it!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Weekend Eye Candy - Lila Ruby King Edition

Lila Ruby King a jewelry maker whose work I've definitely taken notice of on Etsy. And when she started a collaboration with another of my fav's, Mitsy of ArtMind Etcetera, I was hooked. Mitsy makes the porcelain elements and Lila turns them into jewelry.

I've been wanting to take a ceramics class myself so I can make some little components and (almost) can't wait till my enamel workshop is over so I can.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Glad to be Dragged!

What is now many moons ago, I was dragged kicking and screaming into the age of the internet. I had no idea what I'd use a computer for. And was equally scared that I'd just waste my life surfing around looking at odd facts and histories. I've been known to get lost in the dictionary (or the encyclopedia back when everyone had a set in the house) for hours after having "just one little thing" to look up.

The first computer I got was an ancient Apple that someone was giving away. It used to take about ten minutes for the page to change. I'm not kidding. I could get up, make lunch and eat it before the site I had wanted appeared.

Now I don't know what I'd do without one. There are definitely times I get lost in the maze of my cyber world. Surfing blogs, going from this one to that one; looking up just one book and spending hours reading about other titles and going back again and again to Facebook to see what folks are up to. But social networks have turned out to be such great addition to my life. Through FB and Flickr and even Etsy I've either met wonderful, new contacts (as they are known) or expanded what were brief relationships with folks I've only interacted with once or twice IRL. Many of my new friends are talented, giving and a fabulous inspiration to me.

Vickie Hallmark is one of those whose cyber friendship I cherish. Talented, smart (sometimes intimidatingly so), supportive and a wealth of information. I'm so proud of her for doing all she does and how well she does it.

Recently Vickie used the internet (that thing I didn't know how I'd benefit from) to produce two fabulous books of her work. And they're gorgeous! So glad I ordered them. "Birdwatching - a metal clay adventure" is a picture book that shares not only stunning photos of her metal clay, glass and copper birdie themed beads and jewelry but also includes some delightful avian quotes from authors such as Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. "Copper On, Copper Off" is an in depth tutorial on the process of electroforming, the method of creating a copper surface on virtually any object using chemicals and electricity.

Vickie created the books at Blurb. Another site whose "pages" are easy to get lost in. I've been thinking of making a book of my own work to take to galleries and just to have on hand. Thanks for the introduction Miss Vickie!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Fire Me Up!

Look at my new little dedicated soldering area! I've spent the last two days rearranging my studiolo, moving things around, hanging shelves, organizing... There are still some office things to find a home for, and of course findings and beads to put away - but I can see the floor and the desktop at the same time! It's a miracle. Okay - overstating a bit.

But I was so excited to put my new space to use that when the kitties woke me up way too early I decided to go with the flow and get to work. With components that had been laying about on my bench I made two rings and two pair of earrings! Woo hoo! Now I have to patina and finish - but breakfast first. And I wanted to share my joy with you all so of course I had to blog!


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Monday, January 26, 2009

There's the wrinkled "What Cancer Cannot Do" piece that I stitched for my friend who is battling breast cancer. It's all wrinkled from my Q-snaps and I haven't purchased the fabric to make a tuckable banner/frame for it yet...but the stitching is done. I altered the pattern a bit and didn't use the colors listed in the key, but here is where you can find the original pattern for free:
The fabric I used was 32 count Silkweaver Belfast linen, hand-dyed and called "Remembrance Rose". The lettering is done in Vikki Clayton/HDF "Dark Mauve" premium silk, and the rest is DMC floss.

Now here's my recent eBay win:

That's the "Wildly Western" kit by Bucilla to add to my complete(?) Tall Guys collection. I just love those Tall Guys! Surely now I have them all. Surely...

Last night, I finished the stitching and beading on my next Christmas ornament -- "Merry Christmas" mini-needleroll by Shepherd's Bush from the 1997 Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament magazine. I am now pulling the threads for the ribbon. I've got the stuffing on-hand but am not sure about the ribbon. I'll have to look later to see if I've got the color and width I need to finish it off and take a picture.

So much for doing any shopping -- I am officially iced in now. We are not even supposed to get above freezing until Wednesday, and the weather forecasters seem to think our freezing rain will continue off and on between now and Wednesday morning. Great. *sarcasm* Oh well, if we lose power then we're prepared...we've got the fireplace and plenty of wood, lots of food, two generators, and my wonderful husband always makes sure that every time we lose power, at least one generator outlet is saved for my stitching lamp. :-)))

My housework and laundry are almost totally done, so in a short bit I will be working on the needleroll and other stitching. Tonight we are having leftovers so it looks like a great stitching day and evening to me. Woo hoo! Happy stitching, stay safe, and watch out for that ice!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

No pictures yet...

...but I just finished stitching "What Cancer Cannot Do" for a friend who is battling breast cancer. It's hot off the Q-snaps -- wrinkles and all -- so I don't want to post a picture yet. Plus, I hope to get to Hobby Lobby next week and buy some pink ribbon fabric. My plan is to make a wall hanging / tuckable banner-type thing out of the finished piece. Problem is, Mother Nature is most likely going to give us some ice for Monday through Wednesday. Ewwwwwww. No trip to Hobby Lobby 'til that's over and done with.

I fell off the wagon but it's okay -- I consider what I bought "allowable purchases". LOL! One chart was purchased from a friend and I agreed to buy it before I went on the wagon. She finished stitching it and got the chart mailed off to me, so I had to pay for it. It's the "In Love" pattern from the Vervaco kit. I just love that! Anyway, the other purchase I made was off eBay for Bucilla's "Wildly Western" kit. I thought I had all the Tall Guys patterns from the Holiday Sparrow series of them but discovered that kit on eBay. I'd never seen that before! Now it's on its merry little way to my mailbox and then on to my stash closet to be stored with all the other Tall Guys. :-)))

I've got to catch up on everyone else's blog, stitch another ornament, and get a small thing done in order to keep my goals for the month. Technically, I have one ornament done for January but I really finished it in I gotta get another one done. Besides, it'll be one more ornament in my collection, right? Woo hoo!

Hopefully everyone has been doing great. We've been crazy-busy here but at least I've managed a little stitching time. If we do get that icy weather then I'll just stay home, put a roast in the over or a stew on the stove, and stitch my little heart out while the boys play the Wii. Well, that is, assuming my 13-yr-old does his math homework and doesn't get grounded again. Ohhhhhhhh, SNAP! Anyway, keep that frog away and happy stitching! :-)

Monday, January 5, 2009

A finish for me and a gift from Mom

Here is a quick finish I stitched up while we were traveling. It is "Snowflakes" by Pine Mountain Designs. I turned the pillow so that the stitching is in the upper left corner instead of the bottom right as it was shown in their stock photo. I also decided against using the large white felt snowflake cut-out that should be in the dark blue square. It just didn't look right to me and seemed to be rather gawdy. Yuck. Life's too short to display ugly snowflakes. LOL! ;-) So anyway, the pattern is being forward to one of my blog readers. Enjoy the pattern and happy stitching, Heather!

This is an adorable needle roll that my dear stitching friend Carolyn gave to my mother in a RAK package (Random Act of Kindness). My mother, in turn, altered a cat design and stitched this up for me. I love it for two reasons -- my mother did the stitching and it was formerly owned by Carolyn. Every time I see this piece in my home, I think of both of them. Thank you, Mom and Carolyn.

Today did allow me some, even if just a little, stitching time on "O Beautiful". I'm just a few stitches away from getting back to the bands and specialty work. The more progress I make on this piece, the more anxious I get about finishing it and having it framed. *big, huge grins*

With today being the one year anniversary of when I quit smoking, I decided to remove the little counter that shows how long I have been a non-smoker. So for those of you who followed my counter, don't panic -- I didn't start smoking again. LOL! Today I was able to call my insurance agent and let him know that I now qualify for the non-smoker's rate for my life insurance. *goofy lil' happy dance*

I also edited my list of Recent Finishes over on the right. It's now set to show only the last ten finishes. There wasn't an apparent reason to have a list of items that made the page longer than it had to be which surely slowed the page's loading for those who don't have high speed. (I used to suffer through dial-up so you folks who are now doing the same have my sympathy.)

The evening is still young so I think I'll go snack and then stitch some more. Stay warm and happy stitching!

And the winner is...

*drum roll, please*

Lynda! Woo hoo, congrats to you! E-mail me with a list of your stitching likes, dislikes, wishes, wants, needs, etc. and perhaps even some general likes/dislikes. I'll spend a couple of days getting a little goodie bag assembled just for you. You can e-mail me at loriray2003 AT yahoo DOT com. This is going to be fun! :-)

Here's what happened with the drawing of the names: I put everyone's name on a little strip of paper and scattered them out on the floor. Then I called our cat over and told her to pick a name (like she could understand). Well, lo and behold, she came over and sniffed out Lynda's name. Soooooo, I guess that means Lynda has something about her that our cat likes. Consider that a huge compliment because our cat is, um...let's just say "not very nice most of the time". LOL

I told the cat to pick another name (again - like she could understand) but she was so freaked out because I picked up the piece of paper that she had so carefully sniffed out that she wouldn't come back over to the pieces of paper. Hahahaha! Crazy cat! This was fun and I'll have to have another drawing in the future.

Thanks a million to everyone who entered (and didn't enter...*pointing a finger at Lisa* ;-) hee hee). I appreciate the comments and reading everyone else's blogs, too.

We've been out of town for a couple of days so I need to post a picture of a small finish and catch up on everyone else's blogs, too. Hopefully today and/or this evening will allow me some free time to do those things and work on "O Beautiful". Happy stitching! :-)

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

May 2009 be all we each want and need it to be. It's going to be a great year, I just know it!

Today I will work a little bit at the shop because we are taking off tomorrow and going out of town to visit my grandmother and my sister. Brad will do the driving so that means stitching for me in the car - woo hoo! I won't be able to work on "O Beautiful" because it seems linen and I don't get along too well in the car but I can easily work on an aida project, perforated paper, or perhaps a small evenweave project. (Like another 2009 Christmas ornament or a Pine Mountain pillow kit maybe?)

Okay, I'm going to take the plunge here and offer a drawing. If you'd like to be entered, simply leave a comment on this post stating that you'd like to be entered. The prize is a grab bag of things yet to be determined because I will try to pick things to send that the winner likes. Easy peasy, right? I plan on drawing a winner's name on Monday, January 5, 2009, so check back then for a post that announces the winner's name. By the way, that date also happens to be my annniversary for quitting smoking -- one year smoke-free, so celebrate with me!

I don't know how many of you frequent the stitching message boards but I usually do. That being said, the boards seem to be taking a turn towards being negative again. I hate it when those phases happen. Sooooooo, blogging and roaming other stitcher's blogs is becoming my favorite way to communicate with other stitchers, look at photos, and get inspired with tons of great ideas. Don't get me wrong -- I will never quit the boards altogether...but maybe it's time for me to play it safe and avoid 99% of posts that aren't stitching-related.

I don't make resolutions for New Year's but I do have some goals in mind I'd like to achieve (in no particular order):
1. Make it through year #2 without smoking.
2. Be a better mother and wife. (I'm not bad at all but my theory is that we can all find ways to improve, so why not?)
3. Change up my blog a bit...make it more visually appealing, add a few gadgets, etc.
4. Stitch at least one -- but preferably two! -- Christmas ornaments per month.
5. Stitch one "small" per month. I'd love to have a basket of needle rolls! Ooooooooooooh! A small might be a needle roll, Pine Mountain pillow, needle book, etc.
6. Try not to start a new project unless I either finish a project I've already got going, am making a gift for someone else, or if it's for one of these goals (like an ornament or a small).
7. Don't buy any new stash without stitching or purging some of what I've got first. There are a few exceptions which I outlined in the last blogging post. I did add the "purging" part, though. If I go through my stash and sell things that I know I will never stitch, then I can use that money for new stash. The points of this goal are to quit impulse buying and accumlating more than I am stitching because I already have way more than enough. Stitch more, buy less.

That's enough goals for now but I might add to or change that list. The main purpose was to just get some of my thoughts and ideas out and see what I can start working on accomplishing.

Hope everyone is stitching to their little heart's content today and feeling good about 2009. Take care and bye for now! :-)

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Phil Jackson To Be Introduced By Knicks

NEW YORK(AP) – Phil Jackson won NBA titles as a player and a coach. He’ll now try winning as an executive.

And this quest will take him back to where his career began.

Jackson has agreed to run the New York Knicks’ front office and will be formally introduced by the team at a news conference at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday morning, a person familiar with the negotiations between the 11-time champion coach and the franchise told The Associated Press on Friday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Knicks would only confirm that a “major announcement” involving team executives was scheduled. Jackson also did not make any immediate public comment, but the move had been expected for several days — and was practically confirmed earlier this week by Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, who said he had heard the Hall of Fame coach was “coming on board.”

Jackson had been courted by clubs before, and fans in Los Angeles clamored for him to return to coaching not long after he left the Lakers after the 2010-11 season. He’s largely shunned limelight during this three-year break from work, during which he did things such as working on his health — arthritis pain hampered him toward the end of his coaching career — and released a book chronicling his basketball life.

Denver coach Brian Shaw, who played for Jackson and has been an assistant under him as well, said Friday that he would not be surprised to see one of his mentors take on the challenge of rebuilding the Knicks.

“I think he’s a basketball lifer, a basketball junkie,” Shaw said in Miami, where the Nuggets were playing the Heat. “I think that with all the success that he’s had, what he’s learned and his passion for the game, I think it gets boring when you do something like he’s done all his life and all of a sudden you’re kind of out of the mix. If he does do it, he’d be excited about the challenge of attacking the game from a different position.”

Jackson played his first 10 NBA seasons with the Knicks — he was there for 11 actually, missing the 1969-70 championship season because of injury. Jackson was a key part of the 1972-73 team that won the NBA title, topping the Lakers.

New York hasn’t won a championship since. Jackson has won 11 since, six with the Chicago Bulls and five more with the Lakers.

Shaw has spoken with Jackson regularly during the season, saying that his former coach will sometimes call or text to ask if a play the Nuggets run was one that they used together during their triangle-offense days. But Shaw — who will likely be mentioned as a potential coaching candidate in New York if the Knicks decide to part ways with Mike Woodson — has kept his distance from Jackson during this will-he-or-won’t-he process.

“I’ve kind of left him alone during this period of time because I know it’s a lot going on and certainly people are hitting him from every different direction,” Shaw said.

Odds are, that won’t change anytime soon.

Jackson’s arrival in New York will likely usher in a new era for the Knicks, who may miss the playoffs this season after winning 54 games a year ago. Even NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this week that he wanted to see Jackson back in the game, saying “the league needs him.”

Apparently, the Knicks felt they needed him as well.

New York could lose Anthony this summer through free agency, will likely look to upgrade their roster in several other areas, and Jackson will have to tackle all those issues — and plenty of others — even though the Knicks have spent about as freely as any team in recent years. And a playoff trip this year is hardly a certainty, with the Knicks currently on the outside of the postseason picture.

With the Bulls, he had Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. With the Lakers, he had Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant.

With the Knicks, he’ll have more questions than answers, at least in the beginning of his first foray into life as an executive. There’s also the issue of how much power he’ll actually have working for Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan. Since the start of the 2004-05 season, the Knicks have gone through six head coaches and won a total of seven playoff games.

Starting Tuesday, it’ll apparently be Jackson’s job to change all that.

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Cat Photos Friday # 14- Cloud: Queen of Cat Food

Cloud knew exactly what was in this box and decided to claim it all for herself.

She has the saddest begging face I've ever seen!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Night on the Blue Ridge Parkway, And More Good News!

You may remember me talking about my camera being messed up. I have a Nikon D5100 and I smacked the lens on the door frame coming in the door back in march and it started giving me an "Autoexposure Error". I couldn't use it on any mode except manual, I couldn't use the flash, and when taking pictures in low light (Like indoors) it would come out pretty much black. I tried googling the error and a few other people with this camera had gotten this problem too, but no one really had an answer on how to fix it except to send it into Nikon and have them look at it, which is also what my user manual said.  I was pretty bummed out and kept putting it off, making up excuses as to why I couldn't send it off that day: "Oh I need to get a picture of those shoes I wore so I can finish my outfit post..." "Oh I need to take a portrait of my cats first.." But I knew I had to do it eventually so I told myself I would send it off the day after we got back from our weekend trip to the mountains.

I love taking pictures in low light so I was pretty annoyed I couldn't do that anymore, but during our trip I realized I could still take long exposure night shots, because it would be dark anyway. So on our way back from Steven's aunt's house we stopped at our favorite place on the blue ridge parkway, Craggy Gardens and I took these three shots.

I was pretty excited how they turned out and I as I was messing with the settings to take some more I accidentely made the flash go off and blinded myself. UG.

But wait!  The flash?!  How did that happen?!  My camera was broken!  I looked at the screen and noticed the error was GONE. I tried putting it on the other settings and taking pictures and it worked just fine!

I don't know how or why taking a 30 second exposure fixed whatever was wrong with it, I'm just glad it's fixed. I was so happy that I may or may not have shed a few tears.....

Anyway, here are some more night shots I took on the trip. It was DARK out there. When I put my camera on the rock ledge to take those first few pictures, I couldn't even see it once I stood up! Having what I thought was a broken camera  I wasn't all that concerned with it falling 4000 feet off the side of the mountain, but once it fixed itself I found myself a walmart and bought a tripod.

The blue ridge parkway is a road that runs along the super tall blue ridge mountain range and there are many areas where there is a steep drop off the side of the road with NO guardrail. At night you can't see the edge of the road or how high up you are, so it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. Haha..

I had so much fun taking these pictures! Well until I freaked myself out thinking bears would come out and attack me. It's interesting to see what colors the sky shows up as in these pictures. It looked completely black to us. It's like the camera is showing us some hidden world.  I want to take so many more night shots!

We had a lot of fun on our trip and I have plenty of daytime photos to share soon!

Monday, May 26, 2014

Makeup of the Week

 I have still been trying out different makeup combinations each week, I've just been lazy when it comes to editing them. :P  This combination was a light golden green eyeshadow with dark green shading, I ended up liking it quite a bit!

Eyeshadow: Not named!- Too Faced
Shading eyeshadow: Mildew- Urban Decay
Eyeliner: Tattoo Liner- Kat Von D
Mascara: Lash Blast Fusion- Covergirl

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Close up in the garden

I love taking close up shots. I don't have a macro lens, but I would like to get one someday! But for now, enjoy these semi macro shots of my the flowers in the garden.

I'll end this post with our friend, the five legged grasshopper!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Cat Photos Friday #13- Portrait Day

Ever since I got these three goons I have been wanting to get a good picture of all three of them together like I did with my mom's cats. Buut, these guys have more energy than I ever thought possible for cats so it's almost impossible to get all three of them to sit still  long enough for me to snap a picture. And if they do manage to sit still, usually at least one of them has a ridiculous look on their face, which I usually don't mind, but I wanted something a little more serious for their portrait.

The other day I was determined to get a good shot. Armed with a handful of treats in one hand,  a feather on a stick in the other hand and somehow managing to hold onto my camera, I ended up getting a decent photo!

This one is going on my desk at work. Not even joking.

And now for the ones that didn't quite make the cut..

 He wanted those treats BAD.

This is the face Cloud makes when the boys get a liiittle too close

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Have a good weekend!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Veggie Garden Update

All my vegetables are planted and growing fast!

I made those bamboo trellises myself, I'll post a little tutorial on how to do it soon!

I was shocked to see how huge the beans were when they sprouted!

My cabbages are looking big, but I have no idea when they are ready to eat. The middle leaves aren't clustered together like you would see on a store bought one, so I don't know if that will happen eventually or if these ones are different and I could be eating them right now! :0

My cucumbers have bloomed!

 I can't wait to make some fried green tomato sandwiches!

 And this here is my prized luffa sprout! If you remember from here, I blogged about growing your own luffas. I ordered these seeds online because I couldn't find any in stores and it took months for them to get here, I thought for sure they got lost in the mail!  I planted a few seeds when the weather finally warmed up, and of course we had a suprise frost a few days later which killed them all. I planted some more, but after a few weeks I still wasn't seeing any. :(  So I frantically tried to germinate my last three inside a paper towel in a plastic bag and only ONE of them sprouted! I watch it like crazy and go out and check on him as often as I can. (Is crazy vegetable lady a thing??)

And this little guy is Cosmo! He lives in the wood pile behind the shed and he's usually just hanging out in the yard munching clover whenever I go outside. I have been spraying rabbit repellent on my veggies and so far he hasn't really bothered them. Although I think  I missed an eggplant and a pepper plant while spraying and sure enough, he ate the whole darn thing. -_- I was going to staple rabbit wire to the fence to keep the rabbits out, but Steven said that would be too ugly and convinced me to buy the repellent instead. If that bunny eats my luffa sprout I'm gonna be maaad. At both of them! Hehe.

I'm just so excited about my vegetable garden!  It's exactly what my dream garden was when I wrote this post. It was my second ever blog post and I remember as I wrote it on that cold January day I was so excited I could hardly contain myself!

Here is my post from when we first started digging and here is one from where we built the fence!


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I’ll freely admit to being a huge MLS fan for lots of reasons you probably don’t care about. One of the biggest reasons, though, is that it’s the most successful professional platform soccer has ever seen in the U.S., and I believe that its continued existence, operation, and success means that American soccer continues to improve internationally and that the game finally becomes a part of the larger American sports consciousness. Of course, when it does, I’ll have to find my skinny jeans, lens-less glasses and Parliaments and remind you haughtily that I was a fan before MLS was cool, but that’s for another time.

One of the biggest threats to MLS’s recent string of successes would have been a work stoppage prior to one of its most anticipated seasons ever. MLS just added two new teams in Orlando City and NYCFC that paid expansion fees of about $190 million combined. Fox, Univision and ESPN just signed an eight year TV deal with the league (and Soccer United Marketing, another long story) for $600 million. The U.S. Men’s National Team is coming off a surprising World Cup performance. Lower division soccer is exploding. It would have been ludicrous for the league to ride this wave of optimism directly into a brick wall over a labor dispute.

While we can all breathe a sigh of relief that MLS and the MLS Players’ Union (MLSPU) reached a new collective bargaining agreement last night, there is apparently still some discord among the players over its terms. Prior to the start of the season, MLSPU reps planted their stakes, saying that they would strike if the league did not grant them free agency. The league, while mostly quiet going into negotiations, has at least a few owners adamantly against the idea in principle. Less discussed but still important was the fact that the league minimum salary was about $37,500, laughable when one considers designated players Jozy Altidore, Ricardo Kaka, Michael Bradley, Sebasitan Giovinco, and Clint Dempsey make $6 million per season or more. It appears, though that both of these concerns were addressed in the final agreement: players 28 years old or older with at least eight years of service in the league are permitted free agency, though a 15% cap on a wage increase applies to any such free agency contract. The league minimum salary was increased to $60,000. While the league wanted an 8 year deal, the players managed to whittle that down to five.

While more details may emerge giving more shrift to why the players were disappointed in the deal, it seems to me that they accomplished a great deal. Free agency, even in this limited form, is a chink in MLS’s “single entity” armor, and it is likely that the MLSPU will be able to do better in the next CBA. The league minimum salary went up 64%. I believe that the discord among the players may be that the salary cap only increased 15%, while there was some back end interest in trying to tie the cap figure to league revenue. However, the first time anyone outside of the MLSPU heard anything about that was Wednesday, hardly the time to start making that kind of push. Could the deal have been better? Absolutely. But breaking the free agency duck and getting a huge minimum salary raise is progress. More importantly, we have MLS to watch this weekend, and I’m pretty sure everyone’s excited about that.

WHICH REMINDS ME: COME WATCH MLS WITH US THIS WEEKEND!!! Some of us will be braving the elements to watch Louisville City FC play UofL at Lynn Stadium, and afterwards, we’re heading to Against the Grain to watch Orlando City SC’s first ever MLS match against NYCFC. Join us!


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Empty a whole bottle (I use 34 ounce) of Italian extra virgin olive oil in a crock-pot along with individual cloves from 3 heads of garlic. Mash each clove a little bit. Turn the crock-pot on low and leave it until the garlic starts turning golden - it will be a few hours - At this time turn the heat off and skim the garlic out of the oil. Save to use in other dishes. Delicious mashed with toasted crostini. After the oil cools, funnel it back into the bottle. Can be stored in refrigerator, but it will solidify and need to sit out a little while.
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We've been having a wonderful summer. A terrific time on our Make a Wish trip to Disney, lots of fun in New Mexico visiting family, and a great time back at home, playing with siblings and friends.

And there's a new movie! Froggy Girl 3 -- "Sidekick." Enjoy! (This is what happens when you let your children read comics and watch "Young Frankenstein.")


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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Weekend YouTube, Part 2

This one's a public service. In case you missed last week's Scrubs, or just want to relive the magic of Turk's new ringtone: Forward to the 2:15 mark and have a blast.

"You were right, Turk!"
"Hell yeah!"

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Sticky Keys said...

That episode was a bit surreal, especially with Dr. Cox's bright orange curls (still, they were lovely), but that was the best part of the entire thing.

That and pop rocks, heh.


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Monday, March 05, 2007

Snow Patrol, We Meet Again

I've got jury duty this week, which likely means minimal blog updating. In the meantime, check out some YouTubey goodness. This is the last five minutes of the series premiere of The Black Donnellys. I was episode two, and I'm officially onboard. The pilot was hit and miss, but I've seen the ending about five times now, and it still smacks me right between the eyes each time. And I've discovered yet another Snow Patrol song via the magic of product placement! Will wonders never cease? Anyway, I've been won over by the show's dunderheaded charms. Check it.

NYOne said...

Meh. I'm sticking around for a few weeks to see Tommy and Olivia from the OC get it on, but other than that I don't think I care about much else on this show. I just find myself wondering why I would ever root for these guys, which is something that never even occured to me watching, say, the Sopranos.
Snow Patrol is as always wonderful. Have you seen the alternate ending with Arcade Fire? (Not alternate ending like Clue; the music is the only thing different).

Pinky Tuscadaro said...

I love the Black Donelleys. Really. I love that show like I love Heroes. Which is a lot. And Jonathan Tucker totally works that role. I want to eat him up. Really. With my mouth. Especially that one scene when he was just in his undies hosing human blood off of himself. God help me. I would have loved to have been that water.
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June 6 (Reuters) - Timmins Gold Corp said it had set up a special committee of independent directors to help respond to a proxy fight launched by a major shareholder to take control of the Canadian gold miner's board.

Asset manager Sentry Investments, which owns about 17 percent of Timmins, said on Monday that the company's assets had been mismanaged and its board was not sufficiently independent.

Sentry said it planned to nominate six candidates for Timmins' eight-member board.

The asset manager had also alleged that the gold miner had ignored shareholder requests to allow potential buyers to conduct due diligence.

In its response on Friday, Timmins said that a potential suitor had been given an opportunity to conduct due diligence, but had declined to make a binding offer.

"The company remains active in exploring and pursuing opportunities to enhance shareholder value ... Should the company receive an offer, the board will, of course, consider it in accordance with its fiduciary duties," said Paula Rogers, an independent director who is heading Timmins' special committee.

The company, which owns the San Francisco gold mine in Mexico, said that Sentry had refused to compromise and had "instead threatened to launch a public proxy contest unless it accepted Sentry's demand for control of the board."

Timmins said its annual shareholders' meeting would be held on July 31. The company had said on Monday that it was seeking to postpone the meeting to Sept. 23.

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MADRID May 8 (Reuters) - Spanish oil major Repsol said it expects production to grow 7 percent in 2014, excluding Libya, where political unrest hurt overall output during the first quarter.

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98th Street - Phase I main trunk line on the South Lubbock Drainage Project continues at different locations along the street. Construction continues between Indiana and Quaker avenues as tunneling and trenching continue.

98th Street - from Slide Road to Juneau Avenue. Removal and recompaction of utility ditch, relocation of utilities and construction of two storm sewer pipelines. Project in three phases: From Slide Road to Chicago Avenue, from Chicago Avenue to Frankford Avenue and from Frankford Avenue to Juneau. Traffic will be diverted to 93rd Street, with temporary signal at 93rd Street and Slide Road. Through 2008.

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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Farmington police say a woman "sick of living" with her father has been charged with criminal solicitation of murder for trying to hire someone to kill him.

Police arrested Anita Barron, 30, on Wednesday after learning she allegedly made repeated attempts to pay a hitman $5,000 to kill her 67-year-old father by smothering him with a pillow while he slept.

She is being held at the Farmington Police Department on $30,000 bond.

Farmington detective Brian McAchran said Thursday the alleged hitman - a friend of Barron - notified police after Barron allegedly asked him to kill her father last week.

McAchran said the man was "troubled" by the request and helped police in their investigation. The man told police that Barron wanted her father killed because "he was controlling her life."

"She was sick of living with her dad and stood to inherit his house," McAchran said.

Police say Barron allegedly administered a double-dosage of prescription medication to her father last Thursday in an effort to induce a deep sleep, which would allow the hitman to enter the house and commit the crime without being detected.

When the murder was not committed Thursday, Barron allegedly confronted the friend and made another attempt to arrange for her father's murder, a police statement said.

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"Modern businesses today, irrespective of their business sector, are all about more agile, accurate, faster and accountable information. Delivering those outputs in traditional statement style reports, as well more dynamic analytical and visual information, and in addition supporting both internal and external governance and controls, are key themes being witnessed in today’s highly competitive business place. Addressing the above, businesses nearly always turn to the “office of finance” to provide not only the core and essential financial consolidation (beyond mere aggregation), but also the forward looking budgets, plans and forecasts, that are completely integrated with the consolidated actuals, and the outputs from all these areas being delivered in modern reporting and business outputs. LucaNet really is a winner, and having spent over 25 years working in both finance and IT, am delighted to be working with LucaNet.“

A qualified accounting professional, having spent his formative years working his way up through the accounting profession for over 10 years, who then moved into technology by chance following a corporate implementation of a leading ERP system. Now approaching some 20 years in this technology space, having worked with partners and vendors alike (including IBM Cognos, Tagetik, BOARD and Adaptive Insights), am now delighted to working with LucaNet as managing director of their UK and Ireland business division. It is a delight to be working with LucaNet, who bring a family feel to the world of financial performance management, along with what I believe is a truly agile and revolutionary approach to financial consolidation, planning, budgeting and forecasting, disclosure and reporting and analysis, along with the very latest in memory computing techniques, for blazingly fast performance and optimisation.

Gavin Allen is responsible for the LucaNet UK & Ireland Subsidiary Division.

GAVIN ALLEN, KEYNOTE PRESENTER - LucaNet World 2016, Professional Feedback

Hello Gavin,

As we have not be working together in the preparation of your speech, you get this feedback just as part of LucaNets efforts to deliver better and more streamlined benefits to its customers.

Before I could say anything about doing something in a different or maybe even more impactful way in your part of the keynote, we’d have to agree about your specific goals and check those against what was achieved. As it is, I can only put it into the context of what I know about the company strategy for the keynote, which leaves me with not much to bicker about. So please don’t think I’m overly enthusiastic if I can’t find anything but praise. In fact, I’d love to use the video of your speech as an example inside LucaNet for colleagues to learn from. But let me elaborate which aspects (from my point of view) were most important for the impact of the message you delivered:

The central strength of your speech for me seems to be the clear structure and the concise statements, delivered convincingly and heads on. No lingo, and just the right amount of enthusiasm. You set forward claims people might be sceptical about ("LucaNet does it best in the field!") and develop believable examples/proof to support those claims („I know, because I worked with all of them.“).

Doing that, you embrace being a bit „non-corporate“ (which means „human“). That is refreshing and shows a strong belief system that makes it very easy to relate to you as a person and to form a strong relationship. Standing for something as a person lets your credibility rub off onto the company quite convincingly, which perfectly serves the more emotional/trust based goal aspect of a keynote.

Using some potential dissent, you prepare the audience for a discussion which can develop nicely afterwards. The healthy bit of provocation I perceive spices things up. It gives the audience the impression „They decided in a certain way as a result of sound thinking.“, which shows spine and grit.

It was a nice trick when you put the motto on the banner into your speech - smooth!

Using the insecurity of decision makers to illuminate the difficulties of acting with even too much information was a smart move. It makes the audience feel understood and possibly opens up a new line of thought for some of them, which can lead to more interest and potentially sales und customer loyalty. Talking about simplifying analysis and guaranteeing the quality of data implies a very strong orientation towards user benefits and shows you know what the key points are.

You sell strong opinions about LN software quality and you stand for it. Quite convincing. No wavering, no overdoing.

Your voice is relaxed and induces trust. The audience contact is a very direct dialogue. Smooth, calm, energised. Your voice melody is vivid and easy to listen to.

All of the above lets me think that you make an excellent brand ambassador, with just the right amount of cheekiness. („I’m an accountant. I love numbers to bits.“). The reaction of the audience supports my assessment, as it was proven by the duration and the quality of applause.

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"Since the introduction of LucaNet, our work structures have been simplified substantially. We have gained time, thanks to the modern analysis options and the convenient import of data using the interfaces to SAP and Excel. The good price-performance ratio with regard to our requirements, the very high user-friendliness and the option of customising largely on our own, also convinced us to select LucaNet."


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I’ve heard people say ‘What good are learning things in school if you don’t use them?’. After my lifetime of careers, I realize you never know what may be useful to you later. One of my most useful high school classes for example, was a one-semester class in typing – a ‘fill-in’ course – way back when they taught ‘Typing’. I guess it is called ‘keyboarding’ if anything similar is even taught today. Geometry was another, which at t...

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The sounds coming from my saw seem to tell me that it needs some TLC. I was a cabinet maker for 8 years in a great shop. We lived a pampered existence leaving the maintenance to our “lackey” but now I wished I would have payed more attention so I could bring that experience down to my basement shop. Quick question: Is there any q...

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Can anyone recommend a supplier that would have a reverse thread 5/8” arbor nut and washer? I’m not coming up with much success. I believe my saw has a left tilt and I measured the threads at 12/inch. It’s an Enlon table saw. Enlon was bought out by Star in the 90s and there’s next to nothing on either of those companies ...

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When I decided to move my small woodworking operation indoors, I knew I would need some type of dust collection system. My projects are small – mostly wooden rings and the occasional ring box or other small item, but I still didn’t want even a small amount of fine dust particles floating around in our house. The good thing for me was I knew I wouldn’t require a full-fledged, expensive unit.

After a bit of research (thanks to the guys in the LJ forums for suggestions!) I decided on the Grizzly G9955 Bench-Top Duel Fan Dust Filter. I’ve been using it almost daily for over 30 days and have been very pleased with the unit.

Setup was very simple. The only assembly required was to attach the plastic handle to the top of the unit with two provided screws. The clear hood pieces are adjusted to preference and held in place by velcro strips. Lastly, the filter (one ships with the unit, but I ordered an extra) simply slides into the front.

The unit performs well. One of the first tests I did was sanding a piece of Padauk with a belt sander. That is a pretty good indicator, as you would normally get fine bits of red dust everywhere. I could clearly see that the unit was quickly pulling the dust away as I sanded. Larger bits mostly get pulled “toward” the unit and not really sucked up. This is expected and completely fine – that’s the stuff I get later with the Shop Vac.
(...and when I do that, I tend to go over the filter and give it a bit of a cleaning as well)

Another good indicator for me was when a moth drifted into that territory and was “stuck” to the filter. Kinda felt bad for the little guy struggling so he was freed later when I turned the unit off. :)

I also run the unit when I’m working with cyanoacrylate adhesives. I NEVER smell the fumes when the unit is on.

One caveat for the average user may be the fact that you have to work close to the unit – within the hood area if possible – for best performance.

All in all the unit works VERY WELL for my small ring projects.

The only drawback I see is that it is only “relatively quiet”. Meaning, you’ll have to raise your voice a bit to be heard over it. For me, it also means my 4-yr old is able to sneak upstairs and scare me when letting me know it’s time to come down for dinner. ;)

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Congrats on the new tool….and lol at the 4yr old scaring you.

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Welcome to Lumberjocks! Enjoy yourself.

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Welcome to Lumberjocks . This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.

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Welcome to the wonderful world of LJ’s (Enjoy) Come on in, The water’s fine, fine, fine. Happy, that you have chosen to join the family.
You can ask, show, teach, learn, and Share woodworking experiences.
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#9 posted 05-03-2008 05:09 AM

Welcome to LumberJocks. Glad to have you aboard.

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#10 posted 06-10-2008 06:38 PM

Thanks for the nice comments. The legs are attached with pocket holes. Not a very strong joint, but I was not about to attempt a sliding dovetail type of joint.

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#11 posted 06-10-2008 07:48 PM

Join in, tlove! This is a great group of folks here!

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Friday, October 31, 2008

A Monsters Inc Halloween

Last year I made Lumpyhead's Halloween costume by sewing and gluing and borrowing my friend Rich's poker chip case and ruining the finish on our dining room table.

This year, I smartened (that's a word, right?) up about Lumpyhead's Halloween costume and bought that sumbitch online.
Mike Wazowski, from Amazon for about twenty bucks

Bump made the scream canister using a wine gift box and some colored paper. It looks truly amazing. He drilled some holes in the top and added the strap from our video camera bag and TADA! It doubles as a container for candy.
Somewhere along the way, I got the crazy idea to theme the kids' outfits, so I made Lula a Boo costume. It's basically a piece of purple cloth with velcro closures and some shiny silver arms and legs.
I bought the stuff to make mop hair and lamp eyeballs, but ditched them at the last minute. This made the costume more wearable for her and simpler for me.
It needs a little adjusting for trick-or-treating tonight, but I think the overall look is a success.

Then, well. . . then things got a little out of hand. I decided Bump should be Sulley. I looked into buying fur to make a costume, but the cheapest stuff I could find was $22 a yard (that translates into at least $100 to make a costume big enough for Bump) and wasn't the right shade of blue. I found a turquoise tee shirt and purple spray paint at AC Moore for about $10 total. I also got a piece of turquoise cardstock for a mask.
After I futzed around for way too long with fabric horns and fur eyebrows, Bump pulled out the cardstock and made himself a Sulley mask.
I don't know why I even bothered with the fabric stuff.

I needed to fit into the scheme somewhere, and felt my choices were Celia (Mike's girlfriend, which seemed a little icky with my son as Mike) and Roz (the mean administrative official, who is ultimately in charge of everything). Also: Celia = slinky and sexy, Roz = fat and ugly. Choice made.

I sewed a dress. Using a horrendous gold patterned fabric that kind of looks like Roz's skin in the movie, I found an easy pattern and made myself a dress. As is appropriate for anything hand-sewn by me, it is perhaps the ugliest item of clothing I have ever worn. And that's saying something.
Add a sweater and some glasses from ebay.
Um, right. Nathan Jr. Nathan Jr is a CDA agent. I was going to use a star snowsuit I made for Aunt Bob's Little Guy, but we couldn't find it so I ended up sewing a new one. Add some marker decorations, and:
I used so much marker that the baby smells like a Sharpie when he's wearing it. His agent number is 80308, which is his birthday. While the CDA dudes in the movie don't have the agency's name on the front of their uniforms - only the back - I decided to use a little creative license and put it on the front as well.
Still, the whole effect of the costume is only realized when I turn the baby around.

So that's it. A family of costumes. Happy Halloween.
All that's left to do is listen to Lumpyhead and Lula fight constantly over who gets to wear the blue hat. Well, that and go trick-or-treating.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Monkey

Guess where I went today?
Ever since Bump and I saw the Eddie Izzard show in which he repeats "le singe est sur la table," we have referred to the fancy cooking store as The Monkey.

The Monkey was hosting a book signing with Ina Garten. Since Bump had to be in Lumpyhead's preschool class today, I loaded up Lula and Nathan Jr and went to meet the Barefoot Contessa lady.

I will admit it never seemed like the best idea.

When we got there, the line was nearly around the block. At least the store served little cupcakes and samples of angel food cake while we waited in line. The people directly behind me were incredibly sweet, they carried my bag when I had to feed Nathan Jr and held my place in line when the stroller wouldn't fit through the maze of cluttered store aisles.

We waited for an hour and a half, and the kids were great for about an hour and twenty-nine minutes. Just as it was our turn to enter the room where Ms. Garten was signing books, Lula decided she was done. She declined apple juice with extreme prejudice, threw the fruit strip I offered her on the floor, and squealed the Mighty Squeal of Meltdown.

In a flurry of embarrassed activity I dug out the cookbooks, shoved Lula's rejected items back in my bag, and pushed the stroller into the room. I spent about forty-five seconds with Ina Garten while her handlers distracted my child, snapped a photo, and sent us on our way.
What. Ever. I had waited long enough. Plus, that dude with the cupcakes didn't make a second pass. Dickhead.

The author could not personalize the inscription, which was a little disappointing. In hindsight, I should have waited until Lula calmed down to get my books signed - I could have let others in line go first - but I was suddenly anxious to get it all over with. At the very least I should have pulled out the emergency M&Ms, which would have shut off Lula's fit immediately. Plus, the refused apple juice leaked in my bag and now my wallet is wet and my cellphone doesn't work.

While I got what I came for, I wouldn't necessarily call the trip a success. If I had the chance to do it again . . . um, I wouldn't.

But! I got to bring Nathan Jr to Sur la Table wearing this outfit.
Which is amusing only to me.
I gotta take the joy where I can get it from this disaster of a morning.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Yep, Still a Little Bitter About That

Let's say you've agreed to a playdate that turns out to be free babysitting. And let's say the child arrives and she immediately strikes you as, ahem, less than charming. Then she tells you she has to poop.

Here's a little nugget (heh) I learned while toileting another person's child.

Well, first, she called it "cah cah." Bwa ha ha ha hah.

Okay, here it is:

Sure, all poop stinks, but holy moley do my kids produce some heinously foul-smelling bowel movements. After getting a load (heh) of Freeloading Child's cah cah, and comparing it to what Bump and I deal with on a daily basis, let me tell you this: WE DESERVE SOME DAMN MEDALS OVER HERE.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Playdate Not a Playdate

We hosted a playdate yesterday morning. Well, half a playdate.

We had a traditional playdate - wherein a child Lumpyhead's age comes over with a parent, and the child excitedly plays with our kids' toys while Lumpyhead and Lula are suddenly possessive about crap they haven't cared about in months. Meanwhile, Bump and I chat with the parent over coffee or mimosas or martinis.

Bump also got roped into something that was billed as a "playdate" but turned out to be "free childcare," wherein a child was dropped off at our house and picked up six hours later.

So there was that. Don't get me wrong, I'll happily babysit your child - for free, even - just don't call it a playdate.

And there was this: Lumpyhead walked over to where Freeloading Child was sitting, very sweetly bent down so his head was even with hers, and asked if he could play trains too.

"No," she replied, flatly.

Lumpyhead's face crumpled and he chirped "That makes me very sad." Then he started sobbing.

I rolled my eyes and
a) called Freeloading Child a jerk,
b) encouraged sharing, or
c) turned on the TV until everybody shut the hell up.

On the upside, Freeloading Child had to poop while she was here, and she called it "cah cah." That is still cracking me up.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Pumpkin Patch

I had this grand plan to find a farm when my parents were here. On a beautiful, crisp fall day, we would pick apples and frolic happily in a sunlit pumpkin patch. The perfect autumn photo op. Later we would eat a lovely lunch at an underappreciated pub - a kid-friendly place with excellent food and maybe a fireplace - then the children would nap on the drive home.

I didn't really think through how we would negotiate a pumpkin patch with my barely mobile father. Nor did I have any idea where this "farm" was located - I assumed we would just drive west until we found something - ditto for the fictitious pub (which I'm sure has exceptionally reasonable prices, too. And a great selection of draft beer).

I wanted to go on a weekday to avoid crowds. With Lumpyhead's preschool schedule, that gave us four potential mornings for this outing. But when it wasn't threatening to rain, it was approaching 80 degrees, which didn't really put me in the mood for apple picking. (Nothing says "fall" like a photo of your sweaty kids in shorts, holding a pumpkin. Or your rain-drenched kid, crying in front of an apple tree.)

So it didn't happen.

But! Lumpyhead's preschool came through with an autumn event. Bump's mother and stepdad were in town on their annual migration from Maine to Florida, and off we went for pumpkins and a bonfire and a hayride. I got my damn pictures.

With grandparents, even.
I started a pumpkin circle around Lumpyhead, but he got bored with the idea and walked off. So I made my other son sit in my stupid circle.
Even though I got tons of oohs and aahs and squees while I was taking this picture, I think it looks like I'm sacrificing Nathan Jr to a wiccan harvest god. Guess I should have gotten lower to the ground. After I picked him up I saw at least five other families using the pumpkin circle for their photos, so, go me. I totally win Pumpkin Patch.

And even though Lumpyhead and Lula seemed much more into the heavy machinery than the pumpkins, I think they had a good time.

Lumpyhead was stone silent on the hayride from the parking lot to the bonfire site, even though we were accompanied by two of his teachers and saw a deer. Of course, now he won't stop talking about the damn hayride hayride HAYRIDE! and if I learned anything from the outing, it is this: never go to a farm with three children unless you have at least two grandparents and beer.

Friday, October 17, 2008

I Never Feel Inclined

I was going over the days of the week with Lumpyhead. (Relax, I wasn't encouraging learning or anything, I was just trying to explain that the weekly potty present he was demanding was several days away.) I said "There's Sunday, then Monday, then Tuesday. Do you know what's next?" I asked him. "What comes after Tuesday?"

"Threesday," he told me, matter-of-factly.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Report from Preschool

Bump had to entertain 12 preschoolers for a few minutes, and selected a game as the method of distraction.

Bump: Simon says touch your nose.
12 Preschoolers: [touch nose]
Bump: Simon says touch your mouth.
12 Preschoolers: [touch mouth]
Bump: Simon says touch your hair.
Preschooler: You don't have any hair.

To his credit, Bump could have responded with "Simon says don't be a douchebag," or "Screw you, Little Shit." Instead, he just kept playing.


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Friday, February 27, 2009

Traffic Question

This is not about getting more blog hits [waves at the quadrillionth googler looking for a DJ Lance costume] but an actual traffic question.

1. Let's say you're on a multi-lane road (OKAY SO I'M TALKING ABOUT ROUTE 50), traveling at a pretty good clip. You're not barreling along at dickwad speed, but there's no congestion so you're probably exceeding the posted speed limit by 10-15 mph.

The green light ahead turns yellow. Do you:
a) Slow down
b) Speed up

To stop at the light, you will have to brake pretty hard. Probably hard enough to make the stuff on the front seat move. If you speed up a little, you'll get through the intersection as the light is turning red.

The car on your right chooses a) and slows down.

What did you do?

Okay, new question:
2. You are waiting to turn left at an intersection controlled by a stoplight. You will need to cross three lanes of oncoming traffic. Two cars are approaching. The light turns yellow. Do you:
a) Go for it
b) Wait for the oncoming cars to clear the intersection.

Today, I picked b) to Question 1. Someone else answered Question 2 with a).

My brakes squealed and my car swerved and my heart rate doubled and I got a good shot of adrenaline for the day. Luckily there was no car on my left. Everything is fine.

I'd be pissed at driver #2, but honestly, the timing was such that I might have done the same thing, thinking both oncoming cars were going to stop.

I think the universe was determined to see the contents of my bag on the car floor today - one way or another.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Lumpyhead will probably just give you a withering glare if you make fun of his hat.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Wingo. He Actually Drew Wingo.

Bump leaves notes like these in Lumpyhead's lunchbox.
Apparently my husband's magnadoodle skills are transferable to paper napkins.

Seriously, People. This is what I'm up against in the art department.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Yep, hand sanitizer. That second bottle with the darker green label is liquid hand soap (in case that bar of soap was too confusing, I suppose).

It seems no request is too silly, so today I'm going to ask the nurse for $40.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Honey I Know, I Know, I Know Times Are Changing

I listen to shitty music. There, I said it. Everyone may think their favorite music is awesome, but the kind of music that makes me want to dance in my chair or sing along in the car SUCKS. It's terrible.

I don't listen to music very often.

Note: drinking often turns me into an asshole, but I'm not about to give that up.

My parents arrived on Valentine's Day ready to babysit. Bump and I acknowledged Cupid's holiday by throwing our children into their beds as quickly as possible and running out the door to play poker at Aunt Bob's. I love you Baby, and to show you just how much I am going to beat your flush with this full house. Pass the chocolates.

During a break in the card action, Aunt Bob fired up the 80s music and the wii, and we all did some sappy reminiscing about high school.

I realized that in high school, I never imagined I would be where I am today. On a Friday night, video bowling with my best friend and the father of my three children, I couldn't have been happier about where I landed.

Although in the interest of full disclosure, I had free babysitters and a lot to drink.

[Consider this a placeholder for where I bitch about the NPR pledge drive, which forces me to listen to crappy radio, which makes me realize how much I need public radio.]

This morning I was stuck listening to the kind of shitty music I enjoy, and Purple Rain put me in the same state of mind as Friday night (except with a BAC of 0.00). When I first heard this song, where did I think I would be when I "grew up"? Certainly not here, living this life.

Twenty years ago, I imagined I would end up in the Twin Cities, getting paid lots of money to order people around. I would live in a loft-style apartment with a great view and drive an expensive car. Children, if they existed, were something to worry about later.

While I didn't think I would die young, 20 years ago I definitely never thought I would get this old.

So, how about you? When you were in high school, where did you imagine yourself at this age? How does that compare to where you are?

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Just When I Thought I Was Done Being a Moron

I took Lumpyhead to Disney on Ice on Saturday. As we were getting ready, I felt guilty about leaving Lula at home, so I took her too.

They both enjoyed the show, and were relatively well-behaved, but I know this for certain: as my kids get older, this whole parenting thing is going to require a lot more booze.

Friday, February 13, 2009

I Don't Get It

My office building has a room reserved for lactating moms. It's a lovely little room with chairs and a couch and pretty pictures of the Capitol grounds. There are two hospital-grade pumps, a small refrigerator, and over the past few months someone has been bringing in parenting magazines.

The women who use the room and those who administer the facility communicate via notes. For example, instructions on how to use the complicated electronic lock are left on a little notepad. You'll find a message if something is broken or missing.

Today, I saw this note:

Which I think is strange. I'm not opposed to hand sanitizer, necessarily, but do we need it
in a room with a sink?

A sink, with running water. And soap.

Really? Hand sanitizer? What am I missing here?

Thursday, February 12, 2009

On/Off or Dimmer Switch?

Lumpyhead wakes up in the morning ready to go. The minute he opens his eyes, he bolts from his room at full speed. Bump and I hear his door squeak, immediately followed by the THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP of the boy running down the hall. "Goddamn," we'll grumble at each other over the thundering, "how many children are out there?"

Lula - like her father and me - takes a few minutes to wake up. She's happy to lie in her bed quietly for awhile, spending her first few post-sleep moments drowsy.

What about your kids? You? Do you wake up ready to take on the day at a dead run, or do you scowl at anyone who crosses your path during the first fifteen minutes?

More importantly, will Lumpyhead outgrow this Morning Person phase, or will he be our alarm clock for the next fifteen years?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Bump: Ugh. I stink.
Lula: Pee-yew! Do you need a new diaper, Papa?

For the record, he just needed a shower. His pants were fine.

Monday, February 09, 2009

Surprise. Disgust. Relief.

We took the entire brood the playground yesterday.

I'm accustomed to seeing a throng of mildly misbehaving kids with one frazzled almost-adult. I'm not used to a toddler accompanied by an entourage of four adults - two parents and a set of grandparents. There were two such baby rockstars at the playground yesterday, tiny walkers followed closely by two people and watched hawkishly by two more. Bump and I snorted derisively at the excess while being wildly envious of the kid-to-grownup ratio.

The grandparent-types fawned over our children, nodding their approval over our fertility, and making sure the parent-types made note of our situation. You could see the grumbled complaints of "That couple on the playground had three kids. You could have three kids too, ya know" forming in their mouths.

We pointed out a secluded section of the playground for smaller kids - perfect for their royal charges - and eventually the toddler play area had two children under two and eight adults fenced inside.

Bump packed pretzels and sippy cups for the stroller ride back. As we neared the house, Lumpyhead asked his father "Will you take this? I'm not going to eat it."

Bump stopped the stroller, expecting to collect unwanted pretzels.

Lumpyhead handed him a huge booger.

Friday, February 06, 2009

He WISHES He Was That Cool

Lula received a pack of Lego people for Christmas - Lego Dudes, as they are known in our house. I told her one of the Lego Dudes looked like her.
She decided it looked like her cousin Denise. Fair enough.

She soon found other similarities. According to Lula, this one looks like Aunt Bob's Little Guy.

This one looks like me.

Then she brought one to Bump, saying "Looks like you, Papa. Looks like you!"

Um . . .She's given it a lot of thought, apparently, because on several occasions she has picked up that particular Lego Dude and called it Papa.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Listening to Sounds with Lumpyhead's Mom

Indulge me for a moment, but I love listening to my children play together.

Lula will hand Lumpyhead a toy and shout "HERE Lumpyhead" and he'll respond with a grand "Thay-YANK you, Lula" and they both comically emphasize odd words and repeat the process until he's sitting there with 35 toys in his lap and she has run out of items to bring him.

Sometimes she will do something that bugs him and he'll say "STOP, Lula" and she'll get right in his face and implore "Why Lumpyhead, WHY?" and he'll whine "Because I said so," doing his best to avoid her laser-beam gaze.

Or when Lula destroys what Lumpyhead is working on, like a tower or a puzzle, I love the stern mix of disappointment and annoyance with which he says "Luuu-la! No."

And even though it signifies that all manner of hell is about to break loose and Happy Play Time is over, I really love to hear them discipline each other. "No Lula. Time out!" Lumpyhead will shriek, right before the Double Wailing begins.

Or she will growl a staccato "Time. Out." at Lumpyhead right before doing something wholly unacceptable like kicking him in the head.

So, yeah. Other than the crying, listening to them play together is really fun. What was I talking about again?

Sunday, February 01, 2009

That Day Will Come

The day will come when the baby will poop and we will change his diaper and put his pants back on and that will be the end of it; we will not need to pull a shit-covered onesie over his head and replace the cover on the changing table and pre-treat every item of clothing he was wearing and give the child a bath. Every. Stinking. Time.

But today is not that day.


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Next Up, String Theory

I had this exchange with Nathan Jr in the car last week:

Nathan Jr: Do you know Kate?
Me: Kate who?
NJ: [indignant] No! This isn't a knock-knock joke.
Me: [not laughing, no really] Okay. [maybe snickering a little]
NJ: [slowly, like I'm an idiot] Do you know Kate?
Me: [mentally ticking through all the Kates with whom I am acquainted; and they are many] Which Kate do you mean?
NJ: He's in my class at school.
Me: [Now legitimately confused. Kate's a dude?]
Bump: You mean Kate Something-Something (I'm not protecting identities here, I don't remember what he said) from school?
NJ: Yes.
Me: No, I don't know her.
NJ: [getting to the damn point, already] Sometimes she calls me Nate-Nate.
Me: She does? (Awwwwww)
NJ: [sternly] Yes. And that's not appropriate.
Me: Okay.

I love that my four-year-old is exploring the concept of appropriate, something I have clearly not yet mastered. Also? It's funny to hear a four-year-old say the word "appropriate."

Amie Adams said...

You didn't suggest he should call him Kate-Kate. If he's a dude, that would be awesome!

bozoette said...

And now you know how often you and Bump say "appropriate".

Stimey said...

I love hearing kids say "appropriate" too. I have one kid who says "obviously" a lot. It's awesome. I also like Amie's suggestion to call her Kate-Kate.


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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Blooming & Blossoming

It was another lesson at NIE/NTU. Due to an accident on PIE, I arrived slightly later than I'd anticipated.

We explored several engaging and enlightening purposes of 'Assessment', to which I contributed, as a purpose, 'for the child's self-awareness and self-knowledge'. This works both ways - if a child knows he has been performing well in Science (as evidenced by the various tests and scores that he has received), he, not only experiences moments of joy, but knows he has the aptitude for Science, and may, eventually, wear the hat of a Scientist.

On the other hand, if a child has been scoring only mediocre marks in Math, there are 2 options open to him: {1} buck up, pull up his sock, get his act together, and do everything within his power to improve; {2} take the view that he may not quite have what it takes to up Math to a higher level. In the latter case, he may decide to focus on building his expertise in French, and, may, end up as a teacher of French!

Bloom's Taxonomy was briefly mentioned to us as we studied on the instrument of assessment. The "interactive lecture" (as opposed to "traditional lecture") concluded with the assertation that assessment is a 2-prong process: data collection and data analysis/interpretation, for a variety of purposes. By the way, assessment is not hard science!

There are a few more examples of dichotomy that I took home that night:

1. subjective vs. objective

2. ability vs. achievement

3. validity vs. reliability

4. summative vs. formative

5. affective vs. cognitive

6. facility index vs. discrimation index

7. alternative vs. orthodox (modes of assessment)

These all need elaboration, which I will do soon!

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Lyman Orchards
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Navigate Back in Time: Lyman Orchards Celebrates 275 Years with this Year’s Corn Maze, Opening September 3

Navigate Back in Time: Lyman Orchards’ Celebrates 275th Anniversary With Annual Corn Maze Opening September 3

Learn the Lyman Family history while supporting the American Cancer Society

Corn Maze

Four acres of towering corn honor Lyman Orchards’ 275th anniversary with the iconic Homestead as its centerpiece. $1 from every admission is donated to the American Cancer Society.

MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (Aug. 31, 2016) – The Lyman Orchard’s Homestead occupies the original parcel of land purchased by John Lyman in 1741. It is recognized by families across New England and is a landmark for the Lyman family which has been farming the same land for 275 years.   As the annual Sunflower Maze comes to a close and the cooler autumn temperatures arrive, Lyman Orchards is happy to announce that the fun is just starting to heat up.  The 2016 Corn Maze is having its grand opening this Saturday, Sept. 3, at 10 a.m.

When you visit this year’s corn maze you’ll learn about local, state and national history and how a quintessential New England family persevered through the daily trials and tribulations that accompanied the birth of a nation. This determination led to phenomenal growth powered by an unending quest for freedom and opportunity. Historical facts about this journey such as “In 1857, David Lyman II establishes the Metropolitan Washing Machine Company in the Baileyville section of Middlefield,” are posted throughout the maze and will make your excursion special and memorable.

Now in its 10th generation of family ownership, the Lyman Family remains committed to the land that they have farmed for 275 years. Guests will leave with a newfound appreciation for the heritage engrained in the farmland that has been cultivated for nearly three centuries.

Getting lost in Lyman Orchard’s annual corn maze is an anticipated fall-time tradition among New England families and simultaneously benefits a great cause, as $1 from every admission is donated to the American Cancer Society.

Fun facts about the Lyman Orchards corn maze:

  • Four acres of towering corn make up this year’s maze.
  • The maze has approximately two miles of winding pathways
  • The average time to make it through the maze is about 30 minutes
  • This is the 17th year of operation for Lyman Orchard Corn Mazes
  • The sunflower maze has raised more than $507,000 for American Cancer Society

Historian, and Durham, Conn., resident, Diana McCain, will be present at the grand opening on Sept. 3 to talk about the history of the Lyman Family and the role they have played in Middlefield,  the state of Connecticut, and the nation. Ms. McCain recently published a historical novel, Thy Children's Children, which brilliantly traces five generations of the Lyman family throughout the turbulent decades that saw a handful of American colonies transformed into a young nation on the cusp of the industrial revolution.

The maze is scheduled to run from Sept. 3 through Nov. 6. It will be open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends and holidays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 4 – 12 and free for children under three-years-old. Big Y customers can also save $1 with a “silver coin,” or $2 with a “gold coin” (limit 5 tickets per coin type). [MS1] The last entrance to the maze is at 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact 860-349-6015. Group rates are also available for companies or outings; please contact 860-349-6058.

This maze is sponsored by SolarCity, America's #1 full-service solar provider.

Once you’ve conquered the Corn Maze, make sure to take advantage of the variety of other exciting fall activities Lyman has to offer. Pick your own apples, pears and pumpkins, enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride on weekends, or take a bite out of one of Lyman’s famous fresh-baked apple cider donuts.

To learn more about the Corn Maze, or any of the other exciting events taking place at Lyman Orchards this fall, please visit

About Lyman Orchards:
Set on 1,100 acres in the heart of the state, Lyman Orchards (est. 1741) is a year-round destination for the whole family in Middlefield, Connecticut. Shop at the Apple Barrel market, filled with fresh farm produce and Lyman Orchard’s award-winning "Hi Top" Apple Pie; celebrate special events and weddings at the Lyman Homestead; enjoy seasonal Pick Your Own fruits and tours of the orchard; golf on two world-class public 18-hole courses designed by Gary Player and Robert Trent Jones, and improve your skills at the Lyman Orchard’s Golf Center and Apple Nine Course. For more information, call Lyman Orchards at 860-349-1793, or visit online at

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