You should watch it. Just. You Should. Watch It.
Mortgage Rate Falls Below 5%
2 days ago
Sunday, November 8, 2009
War Dance
The wife and I watched it the other night. Simply fantastic.
You should watch it. Just. You Should. Watch It.
You should watch it. Just. You Should. Watch It.
One Person's Brainwashing is Another Person's Responsible Parenting
I do my best to include Annie whenever I am doing chores - dishes, laundry and from time to time some yardwork. My usual schpeal goes something like this:"Oh Annie, filling the bird feeder is SO. MUCH. FUN. But only big girls get to fill bird feeders and only if they are good and keep their rooms nice and tidy. One day YOU will get to fill the bird feeder and YOU WILL LOVE IT!"
It's worth a shot . . .
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Adorable Comes Standard
This is standard fare around here. When you lay Annie down and give her a blanket, she immediately whips it up against her cheek and there it remains all night long. It also serves as her default reaction whenever you give her a fluffy stuffed animal . . .
Friday, November 6, 2009
Times They Are a Changin'
Sorry about the thin gruel around here lately.
I am going through something of a mental spring cleaning - reevaluating goals and whatnot. I have another project which is taking most of my time and attention right now. After that I have a MASSIVE project that I have been thinking about for some time and that I really want to get going on.
This blog will always be here though (otherwise I would just have to spam e-mail everyone with the latest bacon breakthrough!)
I hope to do more actual writing here in the future but it will take me just a little time to wrap my head around the new reality and what goes where and time constraints etc.
(I know, you have all been losing sleep over it.)
So anyway, that's the latest.
Thank you for your readership!
This blog will always be here though (otherwise I would just have to spam e-mail everyone with the latest bacon breakthrough!)
I hope to do more actual writing here in the future but it will take me just a little time to wrap my head around the new reality and what goes where and time constraints etc.
(I know, you have all been losing sleep over it.)
So anyway, that's the latest.
Thank you for your readership!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Quote of the Day
Oh, hell, it's Hump Day, which never lives up to it's name in the manner that you are thinking.
Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix
This buttermilk pancake mix has Vosges Mo Bacon Bar Chips - a chocolate we've featured before on RBF. It's chocolate that has bacon made right in it. Mmmm, a yummy combo of salty and sweet.
LINK HERE
- Thanks Gillian!
Quote of the Day
"In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards."
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Times
by Unknown
my love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between
the times you doubt me, when you can't feel
the times that you've questioned 'is this for real?'
the times you've broken, the times that you mend
the times you hate me and the times that you bend
well my love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between,
these times you're healing and when your heart breaks
the times that you feel like you've fallen from grace
the times you're hurting, the times that you heal
the times you go hungry and are tempted to steal
in times of confusion and chaos and pain
im there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame
im there through your heartache, im there in the storm
my love i will keep you by my power alone
i dont care where you've fallen, where you have been
i'll never forsake you, my love never ends
my love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between
the times you doubt me, when you can't feel
the times that you've questioned 'is this for real?'
the times you've broken, the times that you mend
the times you hate me and the times that you bend
well my love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between,
these times you're healing and when your heart breaks
the times that you feel like you've fallen from grace
the times you're hurting, the times that you heal
the times you go hungry and are tempted to steal
in times of confusion and chaos and pain
im there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame
im there through your heartache, im there in the storm
my love i will keep you by my power alone
i dont care where you've fallen, where you have been
i'll never forsake you, my love never ends
Monday, November 2, 2009
Driving Nails
by Gary L. Lark
I learned to walk stud walls
setting rafters when I was six.
I straightened nails for my father
to re-drive, piecing a home together
after work or on weekends.
We were called Okies by some
when we moved to the valley,
putting up our tar-papered shack.
Two years later a house was rising
to face them across the pasture.
The only plans were sketched
on a six inch pad, but all the corners
were true. The septic tank hole
was dug with pick and shovel.
Lumber carted home from the mill.
The only time help came
was when we poured the foundation.
Guys from the mill rode springing planks
to deliver tons of wet concrete by wheelbarrow,
tamped down with shovel handles.
My father beveled the molding,
drilled and set each piece of hardwood flooring,
not a nail would show. I crawled insulation
into tight places above the ceiling
and helped with rolled roofing.
Nobody mentioned our low rank
when my mother joined the garden club.
I learned to walk stud walls
setting rafters when I was six.
I straightened nails for my father
to re-drive, piecing a home together
after work or on weekends.
We were called Okies by some
when we moved to the valley,
putting up our tar-papered shack.
Two years later a house was rising
to face them across the pasture.
The only plans were sketched
on a six inch pad, but all the corners
were true. The septic tank hole
was dug with pick and shovel.
Lumber carted home from the mill.
The only time help came
was when we poured the foundation.
Guys from the mill rode springing planks
to deliver tons of wet concrete by wheelbarrow,
tamped down with shovel handles.
My father beveled the molding,
drilled and set each piece of hardwood flooring,
not a nail would show. I crawled insulation
into tight places above the ceiling
and helped with rolled roofing.
Nobody mentioned our low rank
when my mother joined the garden club.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
From the Archives
So I received a disk of photos from some friends and they had these two gems from a couple of years ago on it. First of all, could there be a more handsome canine?:
And second of all, WHATEVER I DID I AM SORRY! It's funny because my first thought is, wow, she's really pretty and my second thought: I feel really sorry for whomever she is upset with (of course the wife was mugging for the camera - but still - probably going to have bad dreams about that one):
And second of all, WHATEVER I DID I AM SORRY! It's funny because my first thought is, wow, she's really pretty and my second thought: I feel really sorry for whomever she is upset with (of course the wife was mugging for the camera - but still - probably going to have bad dreams about that one):
492 Years Ago Today
Martin Luther posts 95 theses
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
Tico Tico - 2 Guitarists, 1 Guitar
Sorry but blogger is not cooperating this morning - go to the link. You won't be disappointed!
Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
RECIPE HERE
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