tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1014282911198519072024-03-05T03:33:13.969-05:00Bea's BlabberWhat's the Buzz?Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-20406772431069913002011-04-20T14:31:00.000-04:002011-04-20T14:31:15.440-04:00National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love Pineapple Upside Down Cake. They are not hard to make but I have only made one in my entire life. It was for Christmas Dinner in 2001. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cake got pushed to the back of the counter and forgotten. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYA83NBC86U2v6l9vxHmPY-oRhq0oA2wi2Kj2NwXSq_EmhyphenhyphenQ2yPm_UIQQiIQlOkYh7M6wGg4mWDO9AOHhA2-1GsTptE6G6RrdixqkfDqgyZrXndfLeCbA8-a16EwO2zA0meaCTm3POBSq/s1600/pineapplecake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYA83NBC86U2v6l9vxHmPY-oRhq0oA2wi2Kj2NwXSq_EmhyphenhyphenQ2yPm_UIQQiIQlOkYh7M6wGg4mWDO9AOHhA2-1GsTptE6G6RrdixqkfDqgyZrXndfLeCbA8-a16EwO2zA0meaCTm3POBSq/s320/pineapplecake.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Look how young and thin I once was!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> When I finally remembered it, it was looking a lot more Christmas-y than before.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We first met her on Saturday, March 12. I traveled on to Kansas for a few days. Upon returning, we visited Miss Sophia again - one short week later. I could not believe the changes in her. When we see her again in June, she will be ready to go to prom. Well, almost...</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is my favorite thing this week. Some of my family members tease me about my obsession with them. I carry these in my purse and in the car. They are used to wipe sticky hands and messy faces. On occasion, I've used them to wipe down a table or high chair at a restaurant if I feel like it might not be clean enough. I <i><b>NEVER EVER</b></i> touch a grocery cart without wiping it down with one of this wipes and then I only touch the cart where I have wiped. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As reported in <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/2011-03-02-grocerycarts_N.htm"><i>USA Today</i></a>, researchers from the University of Arizona swabbed 85 grocery carts in four states for bacterial contamination. They found fecal bacteria on 72% of those carts. Ewww! With results like that, I might even start wearing rubber gloves!</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Find out more about this young father and his daughters <a href="http://manofthehouse.com/blog/editors-blog/the-guy-on-youtube-singing-with-his-daughter" style="color: red;">here</a>. </span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is Hoodie-Hoo Day!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What, you ask, is Hoodie-Hoo Day?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday everyone was talking about the latest snowstorm being forecast in North Carolina. The grocery store was really busy for a Wednesday. Lots of schools in the state delayed the start of school by an hour or two. This is what we woke up to this morning. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spring is on the way!</span></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I attend a spin class three times a week. The instructor for this class is Maria, but I call her Mania(c). She is intense</span>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Two days a week I attend a class that works all the muscle groups. Most of the time we use our own bodies for resistance. Ouch!</span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The only thing I have been able to get Hubs to do so far is to attend yoga classes with me three nights a week. That is okay because yoga helps him relieve stress, gain flexibility and increase balance. When we attend a Yin yoga class, we work on the connective tissues around the joints which helps his arthritis. I receive the same benefits as well as stretching and relaxing all those muscles I have worked so hard in the other classes. </span></span> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Since I have been following this workout schedule and eating less, I have managed to lose this...</span><br />
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<a href="http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/?action=view&current=sigtest.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/sigtest.png" /></a>Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-32177670972910110752011-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:002011-01-27T17:40:11.928-05:00Unexpected Trip to the Midwest<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On January 14, Hubs and I loaded the dogs and a suitcase into The Tank and headed west to St. Louis. An unexpected trip back to Hubs' boyhood home was in order as his mom had emergency surgery. We stayed on for ten days until Hubs' brother could come to stay with Maxine the Great.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Genealogy is one of Hubs hobbies. He took the opportunity to scan some pictures of his ancestors. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is a picture of his maternal great grandmother, Irene Jane Collins.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">She lived from 1868 - 1949. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6vf_VvYOO5VFoHxXA2UqBPHURGFj9CdKD8DVHFOS5no9uaXhCgVFfol0kpFfvaJ3S16CDhSzgzI274olK629vO-kCf0YX7Y8VcgAOclkPmSQa8cpdc7hEklj2K5y0yrccMr3Ecj6Jwwo/s1600/Irene+Jane+Collins.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6vf_VvYOO5VFoHxXA2UqBPHURGFj9CdKD8DVHFOS5no9uaXhCgVFfol0kpFfvaJ3S16CDhSzgzI274olK629vO-kCf0YX7Y8VcgAOclkPmSQa8cpdc7hEklj2K5y0yrccMr3Ecj6Jwwo/s320/Irene+Jane+Collins.JPG" width="288" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Maxine the Great wanted me to look for this quilt that Irene Jane, her father's mother made. It is not known when she made this quilt, but it is thought to be about 100 years old. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">It has been a while since I have joined other vintage lovers for <i><a href="http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/2011/01/vintage-thingie-thursday-vintage-doggie.html" style="color: red;">Vintage Thingies Thursday</a></i>.</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? It is almost mid-January. How are you doing with those? I don't do resolutions, but am continuing to build strong, post-menopausal bones and a healthier heart. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV9qDSNYIoPP3n30wQYbmuotfEfhEmi1H03q93uTZF0TuYtx1oaGfxS0L-4FrFMG_d7g5iYiiFXZqyg3hvrj53ZjJWfpxEtC8ytm-deShN0pwXSDSfnBYcPA2DT5RIHlDnk3jspt4iyKT/s1600/One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV9qDSNYIoPP3n30wQYbmuotfEfhEmi1H03q93uTZF0TuYtx1oaGfxS0L-4FrFMG_d7g5iYiiFXZqyg3hvrj53ZjJWfpxEtC8ytm-deShN0pwXSDSfnBYcPA2DT5RIHlDnk3jspt4iyKT/s320/One.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">from Get Religion.org</span></span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today's date has intrigued me. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1/11/11 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Do you know that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11111 X 11111</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">is</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">123454321?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cool, huh?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thinking of the number one lead me to thinking about these guys...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I wore out this album.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My mind has been bouncing around like a BING.com commercial...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I think I need some sunshine...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just the left shoe...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is there a one legged person on a crime spree?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe an animal carried it off? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you think happened to the right shoe?</span><br />
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<a href="http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/?action=view&current=sigtest.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/sigtest.png" /></a>Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-78159988775316440752011-01-03T23:07:00.000-05:002011-01-03T23:07:59.884-05:00Toss It Out!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Did you get one of these for Christmas?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmgN0eC2kQVgYiohrxg-t86-PxZCvCVVfKelBH2DpEbH_0Qq97DRL4SBi8JMjc7czvEtTT7ewk0-tfFjbyBOXvesjE8dJ470ApY_32n9UP0Lyq9FDJGxbaJ6XuzqkO7oo6jp8FrmAmHfd/s1600/fruitcake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmgN0eC2kQVgYiohrxg-t86-PxZCvCVVfKelBH2DpEbH_0Qq97DRL4SBi8JMjc7czvEtTT7ewk0-tfFjbyBOXvesjE8dJ470ApY_32n9UP0Lyq9FDJGxbaJ6XuzqkO7oo6jp8FrmAmHfd/s320/fruitcake.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does any one give fruitcakes as Christmas gifts?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why, yes, they do.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hubs and I received a Sear's fruitcake via USPS from his brother and sister-in-law our first Christmas. Sear's? Really? Can you find those next to the snow shovels and Ice Melt? Hubs and I got a good laugh at our gift. The fruitcake went into the freezer (I think they last forever without freezing!) and we sent it back to his brother and sister-in-law the next Christmas. We've all heard stories of families passing the same fruitcake back and forth for decades. It was a big disappointment when we didn't get the fruitcake back the following holiday.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This question begs to be asked. What did they do with the fruitcake? Maybe they still have it and are using it as a doorstop or bookends. It might have kept them warm that winter if they used it as firewood. Oh, I know! That was the year Hub's brother was into working out. Bet he used it as a free weight...</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or maybe they just waited until January 3, which is Fruitcake Toss Day. Yes, the day when every one who received a fruitcake over the holidays gets the opportunity to toss it. Just be careful not to toss it <i><b>AT</b></i> some one. Those thing could cause bodily injury. And if you still have <strike>fruitcakes</strike> in laws <strike>mooching</strike> visiting, toss them out too! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><a href="http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/?action=view&current=sigtest.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/sigtest.png" /></a>Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-5870564916091327412010-12-28T10:13:00.001-05:002010-12-28T10:14:22.050-05:00Aftermas<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That is my term for the days following Christmas.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were some of the lucky ones to have a white Christmas... Actually the snow didn't start falling until just about dusk Christmas Day. By the time it stopped snowing here in the Carolina pines, we had about eight inches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBe58D6_mmrmPQdaJds8eKfKyz_3Z-BWgp4IwgX558pCp6uCKMurTItLqEgNiX8Zg2nJX6eMKV01B7AbCo4UdwAAR3joGTBU7YzxPyc55NTI2D68eUhdqIRbxgyBDEorFlltG6yohRHa8J/s1600/DSC04346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBe58D6_mmrmPQdaJds8eKfKyz_3Z-BWgp4IwgX558pCp6uCKMurTItLqEgNiX8Zg2nJX6eMKV01B7AbCo4UdwAAR3joGTBU7YzxPyc55NTI2D68eUhdqIRbxgyBDEorFlltG6yohRHa8J/s320/DSC04346.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today is the first day since Christmas that I am going to leave the house. I am taking my Christmas cookie filled butt to the gym...</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><br />
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I still do not have my Christmas tree decorated! Since most of the kids live away and their gifts need shipped, I should have had four huge boxes at the post office this week so we do not have to spend $1,000,000 on postage. But I'm still shopping!<br />
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If you have kids - big or small - on your holiday shopping list, you have to make a video of Santa talking to them from <a href="http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/home"><i><span style="color: red;">Portable North Pole</span></i></a>. They will love it and want to watch it over and over again. I took time out yesterday to make a message from Santa to one of the grandsons and will make one for the other tonight. Be prepared with pictures so Santa can put them in his book for the message...<br />
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Have you heard of "Elf on a Shelf"? Today was the first time I've heard of him. You can check him out <a href="http://www.elfontheshelf.com/#/home"><i><span style="color: red;">here</span></i></a>. I'm thinking I've got two little guys that may need their own elf.<br />
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With so much to do, I doubt I will be blogging over the next fifteen (FIFTEEN! IS THAT ALL THE TIME I HAVE LEFT????) days...<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">December 1 already??? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">May your stuffing be tasty.<br />
May your turkey plump.<br />
May your potatoes and gravy <br />
Have nary a lump. <br />
May your yams be delicious <br />
And your pies take the prize.<br />
And may your Thanksgiving dinner </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stay off your thighs. </span></div><div class="article_ad"> <div class="inner"> <div class="ad_unit"> <center><br />
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<a href="http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/?action=view&current=sigtest.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/sigtest.png" /></a>Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-49737915740913705562010-11-21T09:11:00.000-05:002010-11-21T09:11:00.492-05:00Whirled Peas, Please<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdtK5Aurmo9BMW637BKDC6vv9C7XHUfi9yU9PjaxQ9VX7GAh8CdsWulLDrPgoPdiqzhiREMQs65qlk_uTX-Vkvg4-9Hv9G-PfGGwOvEhoQWeTVi1k1r_NliEjwLBPOc7h7WB6EWXTXn0u/s1600/sp_WorldPeaceSymbol.png.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdtK5Aurmo9BMW637BKDC6vv9C7XHUfi9yU9PjaxQ9VX7GAh8CdsWulLDrPgoPdiqzhiREMQs65qlk_uTX-Vkvg4-9Hv9G-PfGGwOvEhoQWeTVi1k1r_NliEjwLBPOc7h7WB6EWXTXn0u/s320/sp_WorldPeaceSymbol.png.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from neoformix.com </span></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Annyong ha shimnikka</span></i></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since today is World Hello Day and since one of our grandsons is here for the weekend, I thought I would greet you in Korean. </span> </span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATkfzvk8mM69fsf0_kNp3AcwVL5E3mwH4K45BfU3f16PM54B1TAi0B7dnWfvbNoDy-Yo_5LERBi93_p2JALcLFE96Z9HSMzeQdW1gurSntDRaZZSebD_ftS_4IMpXPq_dwHHTPuZHHKPP/s1600/P1010006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATkfzvk8mM69fsf0_kNp3AcwVL5E3mwH4K45BfU3f16PM54B1TAi0B7dnWfvbNoDy-Yo_5LERBi93_p2JALcLFE96Z9HSMzeQdW1gurSntDRaZZSebD_ftS_4IMpXPq_dwHHTPuZHHKPP/s320/P1010006.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">understands Korean and can speak it well for a three year old.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">World Hello Day began in the fall of 1973 in response to the conflict between Israel and Egypt. </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">By saying hello to ten people today, you show the importance of personal communication in preserving peace.</span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Konichiwa (koh-Nee-chee-wah) is hello in Japanese.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Jambo (JAM-bo) is hello in Swahili.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Hola (OH-la) is hello in Spanish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Ni hao (nee-Ha-OW) is hello in Chinese.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Bonjour (bohn-Zhoor) is hello in French.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Buon giorno (bwohn-JOR-noh) is hello in Italian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Annyong ha shimnikka (An-YOH HASHim-ni-kah) is hello in Korean.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Czesc (Chesht) is hello is Polish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Zdravstvuite (ZzDRAST-vet-yah) is hello in Russian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Al Salaam a' alaykum (ahl sah-LAHM-ah-ah-LAY-Koom)) is hello in Arabic.</span></div><br />
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<a href="http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/?action=view&current=sigtest.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv182/bzznbea/sigtest.png" /> </a>Beahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012163754907975057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101428291119851907.post-65708260980835105672010-11-18T21:09:00.000-05:002010-11-18T21:09:07.058-05:00Late Bloomer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This heirloom tomato plant has been growing outside our back door all summer long.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6UHMrXBEOjo156qkN747eSkhM2JvVe2_c0tvF60inV0CevZgBZvsv4PJfLsXdLrdiG9Z9ZFmqcdleUlBPtb7DQo5iQWd7AKLhqUqBDlDdrURhmv6ISX-RiqT-wB8sU-Twaj8DEK4ebN3/s1600/DSC03730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6UHMrXBEOjo156qkN747eSkhM2JvVe2_c0tvF60inV0CevZgBZvsv4PJfLsXdLrdiG9Z9ZFmqcdleUlBPtb7DQo5iQWd7AKLhqUqBDlDdrURhmv6ISX-RiqT-wB8sU-Twaj8DEK4ebN3/s320/DSC03730.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Until last week. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIVTrGCszZGYbtc6ujq7vzBKDU_bU3dXK0dN_exvkjWitn7d-c601HkEXscO3YohlBTS406rgi3Nbu_5GM-NCsFKEtqUvKGfGqtly9k1BzC1jf8MhJF3vPuTbOj9uatC-Hb6-3vBNQVVa/s1600/DSC03729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIVTrGCszZGYbtc6ujq7vzBKDU_bU3dXK0dN_exvkjWitn7d-c601HkEXscO3YohlBTS406rgi3Nbu_5GM-NCsFKEtqUvKGfGqtly9k1BzC1jf8MhJF3vPuTbOj9uatC-Hb6-3vBNQVVa/s320/DSC03729.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had to take the calendar out and show this little tomato that it is almost Thanksgiving. I reminded him that we do not live in Florida or California and that we have had frost and a hard freeze. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe I should put fresh homegrown sliced tomatoes on the Christmas dinner menu...</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">This week, we have seen the first of the city workers come around to vacuum that carpet. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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It would be so much easier if they would come into the yard and we did not have to get the leaves to the street. (Like I have picked up a rake this year!)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Notice the haze above the truck? That is created by all the little leaf particles being spewed back out of the truck. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I have often wondered if they would rent this truck out for vacuuming the inside of the house. I hate to vacuum. But with all that spewing of fine particles after the vacuuming, I'd have to dust. I hate to dust.</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today I received an email from him containing a link to a FREE post on Craigslist.</span></div><br />
"Two Healthy Pumpins FREE to good home. These pumpins have served their short purpose in life of uselessly decorating our front porch to make our neighbors think we are cool. They are very well-mannered and house broken. Due to their social nature, we need to adopt these two out together. We'd like to see them go to a home with a sunny porch where they can rot togehter in peace.<br />
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If not picked up in the by 11-11 we will have no other option but to humanely euthanize these beautiful creations via a lethal blow with a baseball bat."<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope someone picks up these poor pumpkins...</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wcA6Uqm1g2DCfXjDz7w3odgE10HU800afvkEnxQI2cZzTWZySzz0tCMKv4skDlpfBWCb3QeZIQUeYL8izpH2GF6mBRgcDEac_8B-17F6Yap3GceO6UVz1s6rKLZGxFXjm2OSL5oMpMkF/s1600/200px-John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wcA6Uqm1g2DCfXjDz7w3odgE10HU800afvkEnxQI2cZzTWZySzz0tCMKv4skDlpfBWCb3QeZIQUeYL8izpH2GF6mBRgcDEac_8B-17F6Yap3GceO6UVz1s6rKLZGxFXjm2OSL5oMpMkF/s1600/200px-John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">from Wikipedia</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">While the sandwich was named after him, there is debate as to whether he was the first to create and eat a sandwich.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since today is Sandwich Day, I thought I would share some more recipes from my vintage Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I grew up reading the comic strip, <i>Blondie.</i> So when I think of a sandwich, I think of this guy - Dagwood Bumstead. He was created by artist Chic Young in 1930. Dagwood could eat a huge stack of sandwich and in all those years, he never gained an inch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxZaVFg14z07w9o3aqBNqiEe-c0KWTP5Z-LoSCxe8hARBznJe6O1OgsrnHABH_1MSFLcRR5GWQp0jOfimSLb8pdK03_TsaxCh48pLVNZ4AsLI7iDKFfoq9Ny02JEEMkexgrjTSfbcPdea/s1600/Dagwood-Sandwich8.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxZaVFg14z07w9o3aqBNqiEe-c0KWTP5Z-LoSCxe8hARBznJe6O1OgsrnHABH_1MSFLcRR5GWQp0jOfimSLb8pdK03_TsaxCh48pLVNZ4AsLI7iDKFfoq9Ny02JEEMkexgrjTSfbcPdea/s320/Dagwood-Sandwich8.bmp" width="317" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from NewsRealBlog</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the recipe for the sandwich named after him.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love how this sandwich is topped with an olive. How appropriate!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm7n4RURjdAUyClPfQpLjynQ13OcOIxGT80dnB99pNmiWmyt1BYieOJVQGWtSIMwdin29FhNlTedl_FQ_Y4otI2IURoiensDcFScVN3TUJeIC0eS4jacy8ZPx-NErXZvWO_Yq9dCTtqfh/s1600/DagwoodsLovesSandwiches.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm7n4RURjdAUyClPfQpLjynQ13OcOIxGT80dnB99pNmiWmyt1BYieOJVQGWtSIMwdin29FhNlTedl_FQ_Y4otI2IURoiensDcFScVN3TUJeIC0eS4jacy8ZPx-NErXZvWO_Yq9dCTtqfh/s320/DagwoodsLovesSandwiches.gif" width="287" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from Citrellasmarket.com</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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