omg omg omg!! I got on da blog! I updated a couple of things so that must have been my problem!
wow, that is quite a chart ya got there puddle - tells me even more people are waking up! there was a lot of cussin from dems about Obama's speech re: the economy, they skipped all the good stuff and pissed and moaned about reducing the tax rates for biz - didn't say a darn thing about the plans to close the loopholes. I'm getting pretty tired of that, it was a good plan and speech - he's had a lot of these lately imo. and ya know what? you can bet the repugs aren't gonna agree to anything the Pres says so let them refuse to compromise for the thousandth time!! that's what is making those numbers go up in the dissatisfied column!
In the short run the point is that Republican leaders are about to reap the whirlwind, because they haven’t had the courage to tell the base that Obamacare is here to stay, that the sequester is in fact intolerable, and that in general they have at least for now lost the war over the shape of American society. As a result, we’re looking at many drama-filled months, with a high probability of government shutdowns and even debt defaults.
Over the longer run the point is that one of America’s two major political parties has basically gone off the deep end; policy content aside, a sane party doesn’t hold dozens of votes declaring its intention to repeal a law that everyone knows will stay on the books regardless. And since that party continues to hold substantial blocking power, we are looking at a country that’s increasingly ungovernable.
The trouble is that it’s hard to give this issue anything like the amount of coverage it deserves on substantive grounds without repeating oneself. So I do try to mix it up. But neither you nor I should forget that the madness of the GOP is the central issue of our time.
Ah, Burt and I bizzy bizzy with political events to attend, candidates to endorse and support... Primary day is Tuesday and our ballots are in the mail. fortunately, Seattle is a consistently progressive city.
Ah, the really fairy tale wedding--in this family at least--was well planned and hugely enjoyed. Even the weather co-operated for an outdoor wedding. Everyone tired, glad to have time at the dinner to visit with family members. Brenda and I start home tomorrow.
I'm home! Got back early evening, but VT*Grand is here through early afternoon tomorrow, so I've been a bit busy. :-)
The painting class was good. The teacher nice, though with something of an edge which, given the bits I learned of her life, I understood and it simultaneously made me wonder if I were irritating her some some way. Ha! I completed a painting a day and two would probably have been par. But then I usually complete at painting over a two week period. I didn't come home with anything I'd frame, but I didn't expect to. And I learned a LOT about complementary colours, values, intensity, perspective, what makes a good painting, and so on.
It was lovely to be at the Inn again!! The last time I was there was two weeks before Irene hit. It's AMAZING that everything is back to how I remember it, and better....!! I'm very much looking forward to Christmas there!
Last night I fell asleep reading and about 3:30am rolled over and my knee hit my eyeglasses which apparently had migrated south. I thereby managed to knock out BOTH lenses, and as they're the kind with a plastic wire rather than a lower frame, I could not get them both back in successfully. So I painted all day wearing my sunglasses, despite the driving rain. Heh. But I did it. And it was good.
Listener--this is very interesting. Where do you go for your painting classes? What kind of painting do you do-oil, watercolor, landscape, abstract, etc.? Maybe you could start a new style--painting while wearing sunglasses! I wish we could see some of your work.
Can one get bored with all this beautifully joyously moderate weather in mid-summer? Maybe. But I'm not. Just doing my very best to enjoy every second of it!
listener, how like you to keep truckin'!
Shirlee, glad the wedding came off, as promised, and traveling mercies for the return trip!
May your perfect weather continue for you, Puddle. Brenda and I left Battle Creek this morning and are at Parkersburg across your state! Will rest here tomorrow and go on to GSO on Wednesday. We decided it was less tiring to drive longer days in order to have a day to rest without packing up and in every night. We travel with a lot of STUFF--most of the comforts of home!
Thanks for the link to the Moral Monday movement in NC. I am happy they are in Asheville--a lovely, lively city--
Happy to report that my eyeglasses took about ten minutes to fix and there was no charge!
Spent the day with VT*Grand and we had a blast! After breakfast we painted, danced, read books, went for a bike ride (she is learning to ride a two wheeler), went into the forest and collected sticks and pinecones, leaves and other goodies, came home and built a fairy house, then went to the Shelburne Museum so she could ride the Carousel. :-) A perfect time together!! ♥
Shirlee ~ I paint with water-soluble oils. I used to do some watercolour, but when the water-soluble oils came out I started using them in 2002 and never turned back. It was SUCH an amazing discovery to find my true medium...the medium that works best with my style and approach. Oils are really the opposite of watercolours!
That's a link to photos from an art show in April of last year. The paintings that are UNframed are by my daughter-in-law. The framed paintings and photos are mine. Enjoy!
Listener--Thank you so much for this. These are really wonderful. My very favorite is the triptych seascape--lovely. Was this exhibit in the library where you work? Are you in the photos?
Parkersburg, W.VA is an interesting old town. Brenda and I have spent today resting and doing a bit of touring. A massive stone wall protects the town from Ohio rIver floods. Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Built of stone because they admired Stonewall Jackson. Two interesting bridges over the rivers and a district of restored Victorian mansions. Ah well this can all be found on Google-- but I love old towns--so this is just a tidbit! Tomorrow over the rivers and through the lovely mountains to Greensboro.
Yes, the exhibit was at my Library. :-) We change the exhibit monthly, so that many artists can show their work.
I wish you could see the triptych in better detail. For example, there is a Robin on a branch, a pair of ducks on the Lake and a flock of geese on the wing.
The water paintings are all of Lake Champlain here on the west coast of New England. ;-)
The house is my son's house. I wish you could see the three cats and two dogs in the painting. LOL! There is a big orange kitty in the front flower garden and another in the leftmost window, as well as a white cat and two dogs on the front lawn. They always have pets around (even chickens), and it has a real "lived in" look. So this pristine version makes us all smile. :-)
LOL! Thanks, puddle. Not much else TO do, given that it happened on a Sunday. I sure wasn't going to waste that $500 Christmas present due to a glitch! Ha!
A beautiful, beautiful drive through the mountains with no particular delays. Back to my downtown apartment in Greensboro with normal traffic, train, live music from one of the restaurants and street voices. Home--I love it!!
To go along with the above, night before last I was ordering somethings from Amazon. And the page got messed up. It somehow got two orders of magnesium, and I couldn't remove one. I checked out, checked back in, nothing worked. Meanwhile, the price of the almond flour went up to $39 (from $34, previous order), and then again to $42. I finally quit around midnight. And went back yesterday and fixed it by deleting everything.
But it got me wondering if the biggest online store could mess up its own ordering, I wonder how well NSA is doing with the stuff its tasked to do?
I have had trouble ordering from Amazon for years. I gave up and let Dana do it or when books found independent dealers who knew their stuff! Sometime about 5 years or so ago they supposedly "upgraded" their ordering system. I found it much more difficult, inaccurate and confusing. (Does that cover everything:)
Yesterday I learned something really wonderful. Over 45 years ago I went on a school field trip, and I think we had stopped at three different places. I was bored with all the stops until we came to the last one, which was some kind of museum. All I remember is that they had the most exquisite collection of glass flowers!! All my life I have wanted to see that exhibit again, but I had no idea where I was living at the time, what museum we'd stopped at, or even whether it was a temporary or permanent exhibit. I wished so much that I could show it to my children during our home schooling years, and we even stopped at possible museums, but never found it.
Then yesterday my granddaughters' other grandfather posted a photo he took of our eldest Grand looking at something in a museum. It was a case of glass flowers, and the cases looked exactly as I recalled them. Just to be sure, I asked if the museum has rooms full of the glass flowers all in cases just like that one. He replied that it does...!!! So we will soon be visiting the Harvard Museum of Natural History! I can't explain how much this means to me...!!
Jo posted this Thursday as a message on facebook. Just came through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hi hon. didn't want to post this to my feed on facebook but fyi Mom fell out of her wheel chair and broke her hip last night.. have weighed everything and opted for surgery, will be this afternon at 4 pm. spent the night in the ER, made a short visit earlier and going back soon to be in pre-op with her. most pain that I have ever seen her in, but she is drugged right up and resting now, vitals are all good. prayers please and please let the ladies know. ! love you. xoxoxo
sorry puddle! I'm pooped and heading to bed soon, t's been a crazy few days. here's my msg to puddle:
she had partial hip replacement surgery last night and it went as well as it possibly could have. she is resting well and they are managing her pain - I was in the same place with my surgery so I know what a fantastic team they are! the nursing home that she has been living in is also one of the main rehab places around so she will go right back there from hospital, probably in a few days. xoxoxo
love you all! thank you for being here! I have a phone interview for a job that I would LOVE, working from home as an online community manager for Front Porch Forum, a community connection that a fellow from Burlington started some years ago. it has spread across the state and he's moving into other states - it's GREAT! and I think I would be perfect for it. say a prayer or two and send good vibes about 10 AM on Monday please! xoxoxo
Front Porch Forum's mission is to help neighbors connect and build community. We do that by hosting regional networks of online neighborhood forums.
Common sense and a growing body of research tell us that well-connected neighborhoods are friendlier places to live, with less crime, healthier residents, higher property values, and better service from local government and public utilities.
My wife, Valerie, and I founded Front Porch Forum in 2006 to serve our hometown of Burlington, Vermont. Amazingly, more than half of Burlington households subscribe to FPF now. Members have shared tens of thousands of postings among nearby neighbors about all sorts of topics: lost cats, car break-ins, plumber recommendations, school budgets, block parties, helping neighbors in need, and much more.
The seed for FPF was planted in 2000 when Valerie and I wanted to meet and get to know our own neighbors. We started a precursor to FPF, then and it boomed in our own Five Sisters neighborhood.
What we found then is now playing out across dozens of Vermont towns... once people have an easy and safe way to communicate with neighbors, they will! And that simple act adds up. The cumulative impact can be huge... after months of FPF, people often report feeling more connected to neighbors, more tuned in to local goings on, and more a part of their community. And in many cases, people then become more active... organizing a group yard sale, mentoring a local kid, volunteering for a park clean-up, voting on election day, etc. That's what FPF is all about!
I'm glad your mother is doing well,Jo, and she'll be able to recuperate where she is living. Thank you for informing us, Jo and Puddle.
Jo, prayers for your success. You are so talented, such a good writer, so personable and empathic. Yes, that's the job for you. I knew that your talents and experiences were needed in a special job, and this seems to be one for you.
I think it’s pretty clear that Paul actually has no idea that the deficit is falling; it’s quite possible that neither does Cantor. The whole incident reminds me of 2011, when supposedly well-informed candidates like Tim Pawlenty went on about soaring government employment during a time of unprecedented cuts in the public payroll. Once you’re inside the closed conservative information loop, you know lots of things that aren’t so."
After all the fuss of having to get a street address, it evidently doesn't show up in GPS's. Have a friend on the way, who *after she left home* tried. She left a message on facebook that I can't respond to. I just called her, no response, left a message with directions, and didn't hear the message blink off, so hopefully she got it.
Thanks for the links, Puddle. Loved the comments on the Krugman article. Here in GSO the sequester has hit. HealthServe--where many low income folks were able to get meds and referrals has had to close. It was always busy. I really can't think of a punishment too harsh for the TP Gang. There is NO redeeming feature in the whole bunch.
good morning! I don't think that Pat is near the flooding, there is no news for bad weather near her home in Drake and Colorado Springs area is more than 100 miles away. I was worried too so checked it out.
thanks listener, Pat, Shirlee and puddle! I am so excited, I would love this job. I contacted my longtime best work reference yesterday to confirm that it was okay to use him and surprise! he is friends with the owner of the company! I think and hope that the stars are aligning for me! seems like they have been out of whac for a while now, LOL!
today I am going to be with my grandsons for the day, heading over at 8 am. their Mom bought my sone a kayaking trip on a local river for his birthday in May nd today is the day to go - temps in the 70s and not a cloud in the sky! it will be fun, I am bringing my laptop and digital microscope, they love to look at rocks and shells and sand and things and they have a whole new batch of trasures from the vaca in Old Orchard Beach a few weeks ago. that will keep us busy for a while and then will probably spend the rest of the day outside, they have a small pool so that will wear us all out I'm sure!
puddle sorry about the lack of gps to your house, I find that a lot of rural roads nearby aren't shown on google maps. someday maybe.... hope your friend got there okay!
Hmmm...sorry about your guests, Puddle. Hope everything. is OK...with everyone :). Brenda is getting my kitchen updated?. After the fire I asked the complex not to put another stove in--I am way too short to feel safe at one. But do need something to hold small appliances to do the little I do. So, she found a small table that will hold the things I might use--toaster, microwave, hot pot. Should be OK for her also when we have guests here.
The Tea Party’s paranoid aesthetic conveys this narcissistic view of itself and its role in our politics and history. If its fusion of form and content is compelling to its audience — and it obviously is — this is because it offers one of the most intense pleasures any narrative strategy can: the pleasure of luxuriating in our own importance and significance, qualities only confirmed by the fact that history itself has resolved on our total defeat. This is the message paranoid narcissism ceaselessly delivers to its devotees. “The Others are irreligious, unproductive, licentious, treacherous. You are the rock on which this nation was built and you are the foundation on which it will rise again. You. It’s all about you.”
Ah folks. Sorry I haven't been here in a while. getting ready for annual party which was great. over 50 folks and they seemed to stay far longer than usual so it seemed like a lot more people.
Several folks that came hadn't heard the news of Mz Little and were just devastated when they heard. Yes, she was well loved by the community.
Now, for the next week of cleaning up. So well worth it.
Jo, I LOVED the Crushie pic of Howard that you posted for my birthday. I had to go get Burt and show him. Thanks to all for my great birthday greetings. Truly made my day.
LOL, Barb I thought you would love the photo, it's a great one! Hope your burthday was loverly!
Interview went great! they had 40applicants, will have possibly 7 phone interviews and probably 4 face-to-face interviews - I meet with him/them for my face-to-face next Monday! it sounds like a job that I would love, he feels that I have everything that they are looking for so I am very optomistic! part time but pay will be such that I should be able to handle my bills no problem. fingers crossed!
Just had a message from, Puddle. She can not get on the blog "no-way, no-how" she says. Her guests have arrived and she seems to be having a fine time with them. Hope the bugs remove themselves from her lines, soon!!
Just went back and read Puddle's message. The words "no-way, no- how" don't appear. Guess I was imagining her voice. What she did say was that she had been trying since seven last night with no success.
I LOVE Al Franken. His latest pitch is a funny "OK, cancel your vacation, still much work to do to fight off the R.s." However, if you pitch in a few bucks you can vacation guilt free--and just think how much better the ice cream will taste!"
"Lots of rain, thunder, hail in Colorado. We're about a 100 miles from the flooding, but thanks for your thoughts."
Gee, from this distance, 100 miles off is still pretty fair aim! ;-) I'm glad you're okay Pat! We have a cousin in Longmont, and no word yet, but assume she's okay.
My daughter-in-law posted pictures of hail in CO Springs yesterday. Looked pretty deep. Crazy weather.
All is well in the far west here. Weather cooling off a bit. Wasn't hot, just gloriously sunny. Now a bit overcast. Nothing serious.
Nothing to report. Endorsement meeting tonight for the General election and I'm putting out coffee and refreshments but should be low key since I've stopped serving dinner.
Incase you're wondering what my last post refers to, it's what my sailing sweetie says when he gets home from a sailing race. Usually, it's just funny. Last night he came home with a pretty serious rope burn across the back of his right hand. That's what happens when the crew wreaks on a line without looking to see if it's wrapped around anyone's hand! He was on the foredeck flying the spinnaker, and they were in the cockpit. I think that sailboat is too large! Argh! He's bearing it well. He never even mentioned it to the crew until after the race and the boat was put away. Egads.
good morning ladies! thank you for your concern Shirlee - I'm fine, not sure about puddle. she hasn't been on facebook either that I can see.
my next interview is Monday morning at a cafe in downtown Burlington. I'm meeting with Michael (the owner) and 3 women who work for him. everyone who knows him says that Michael is a very sweet man and from our talk I know that the work environment is more like family and frinds than 'fellow employees'! I'm very excited! thank you for asking!
thank you listener! I feel really good about this one!
I'm pretty sure that puddle reads our posts because as a blog moderator she gets an email notification of each post, but she can't get on the blog to read or write. she'll be back soon I hope!
Yes, we all miss Puddle as we missed you, Jo, when you couldn't get on.
Good thoughts, cheers for you, and some prayers for tomorrow. It's wonderful to be able to work on what we see as valuable, that uses the talents we have, and of course, learning and sharing with compatible colleagues.
Hot here again. I just transplanted six Ponderosa pine saplings that were crowding my little aspen. I hope that I didn't kill it in the process. I've read that seeds grow where they find the soil and environment compatible. True for us too, I think.
I've so far planted 32 trees and bushes this year, spent hours watering, praying up the aspens from the ground. In Hindu philosophy, the second last stage of life is called wilding, getting to know the land, spending time in solitude. I like to think of it as my tending earth time.
Have a good day, and Jo, hugs and more hugs. Heck, hugs for everyone.
Good to hear from you, Pat. May all your planting thrive! My mother was a beautiful gardener, but for some reason I didn't inherit that talent. My only success were pots of herbs on the front porch when I lived on the coast in Texas.
Quick drop in. Hi Shirlee. My mother was an excellent gardener. I never was, but living in the mountains I think we've planted probably a couple of hundred trees. This is the conclusion I've come to:
Enduring Meadow
The meadow will do what the meadow does best. It has its own will and decides its own way. Whatever I want and endeavor to do, The meadow will do what the meadow does best.
Beautiful to me the vermilion blooms of the crabapple tree. I bought one, planted it, and watered it freely, yearning to see it blossom in spring, but the meadow determined what the meadow would bring.
The deer ate the bark, girdled it round. The drought dried the roots in the hard baked ground. Pocket gophers tunneled and constructed their nests. The meadow did what the meadow does best.
In spring after snows and abundant rain the meadow brought forth wildflowers profuse in whites and purples, blues, yellows and pinks creating a beauty only the meadow could choose.
My ideas of beauty and efforts to wrest are subject to something beyond what I know the earth has its own inclinations and will. The meadow will do what the meadow does best.
Are there any Mac owners here who know how to calibrate the color scale on an HP Photosmart? I just bought a 7520 and it prints great, except that the color comes out a little too red. Ideas?
Dear Pat, thank you. Having spent the evening (nay, the last 5 weeks) wrestling with printer issues, it is good to be turned back toward earthiness and the wisdom of the meadow. The same cannot be said of the printer. It does not have a sense of the seasons, experiences of sun, wind and rain, camaraderie with the creatures of the field, the birds, the seeds. Unlike the meadow, it has no soul. And it plagues mine. Your poem softened my night. Thanks so much.
No help from here, Listener. I have just been in the Mac world for a couple of months with this iPad. I must say I do love it. Just today Brenda dismantled my microsoft computer and it goes to the non- profit where she works. They can always use back ups.
If it helps anyone to explain... I've already discovered that if I go to Mac HD -> Library -> Printers, I can actually change the color balance in the software of a bunch of printers I don't have. But darned if I can find MINE in the list! Huh?
listener is it a brand new ink cartridge? if not oyu may need a new one. I don't use mac but for the printer you should have software called HP Solution Center. Open that up, go to settings> print settings> printer toolbos. here you can align the cartridges, clean them or print a test or diagnostic page. if that all fails call the manufacturer - is it new so that you have a warranty?
just read your comment listener about not seeing that printer - that might not be showing up because color calibration is not available for that particular. are the others that are listed real stand alone printers or are they 'virtual printers' - what you might send a digital file to for professional printing? my recollection is that you could specify what you wanted when sending a digital file to the print shop but not on a home printer. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) never seemed to apply to home printers unless they were really high-end machines.
another thought is to see if you can do it in the software specific to what you usually print from, such as what you create your cards in. you might have some choices there.
yes my interview was this morning, thank you Shirlee! I think it went wonderfully well, I met with the owner and three laadies who do or have done the job and they are great! very nice people, relaxed conversation. got a lot of 'excellent point', 'that's it exactly' and 'excellent idea's from them! near the end he was reviewing huis list of questions for me and said that the qujestions I askjed and we duscussed had answered them all! this job would be an excellent fit for me, or perhaps I should say me for it. Michael said that I would hear from him this week. he's very professional yet very approachable, I like him!
THANK-YOU, JO! I'm super excited that your interview went so well~!! I'm working every day this week, but will check in from work to see if there's news. My fingers, toes, eyes and heart are crossed! :-)
PLUS!!!
PRINTER ISSUES *SOLVED*!!!! Once I set both my Display ColorSync and Utilities ColorSync to the same colour scheme, VOILA!! Plus, my new 7520 printer pops the colours really nicely, whereas it turns out my old 7760 was printing them a bit dull. I know it's perfect now, because what I have printed matches a professionally printed photo that I had framed. I'm back in business and couldn't be happier!!! [I could be $1300 richer, but I'll use this new equipment well!]
I like how someone recently suggested that we not call certain folks "Conservatives" because they don't conserve anything. Rather, they are rightly called Regressives. And so I shall refer to them as such hereafter. These folks don't want to take their country back, and they certainly don't want to take their country forward. They just want to hijack it!
listener, I never really thought it was my computer; more, blogger.com. They've been pulling *chit* like this ever since they "upgraded" last year. Not too keen on recognizing when they've mucked up.
Been watching House of Cards for the past several days. Sarah is just now discovering that Urquhart is a murderer. Interesting: she's a hard right Tory who advocates abandoning the unfortunate, whose beliefs and policy triumphs have likely resulted in many deaths, and yet she's horrified that he could toss a girlfriend off a building.
So good to have you back, Puddle! I am sick to death of R.s--all,..everyday, local, state, Feds . Can't we put something in their water to,humanize them? In a country this large we expect disagreements. But why do they need to be so hateful? Listener has it--call 'em REGRESSIVES!
As I listen to the radio at night, and note the ads, and the facebook ads, and the ads that show up on every web page, I can't help but observe that Madison Avenue is convinced that scaring the sox off us all is a money maker. Have to assume it's working and/or they're marketing to what they see, numbers they have. Someone is going to steal your identity, or your child's identity--you must PAY to prevent that. You must get your gold altogether because the economy is going to go belly up. You need car fix insurance because you won't be able to afford to repair it. You need to find a home for your mother: a *SAFE* place to park her.
The Right seems *most* afraid. Perhaps because they believe they have the most to lose? And have the least imagination? They live in a world where the pot is a set amount: others getting more means they get less. . . .
here's some grist for your mill - from huffington post:
Here is some USDA-certified grade-A 2016 speculation: Howard Dean is visiting Iowa and New Hampshire just in time for the anniversary of his historic "I Have A Scream" speech.. He'll also get to put that fantastic dye job on full display!
---- I haven't seen the dye job, I'll see if I can find a pic!
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Howie's da prize.
I wonder how many of those rePublicans who are unhappy because their guys haven't been destructive *enough*?
omg omg omg!! I got on da blog! I updated a couple of things so that must have been my problem!
wow, that is quite a chart ya got there puddle - tells me even more people are waking up! there was a lot of cussin from dems about Obama's speech re: the economy, they skipped all the good stuff and pissed and moaned about reducing the tax rates for biz - didn't say a darn thing about the plans to close the loopholes. I'm getting pretty tired of that, it was a good plan and speech - he's had a lot of these lately imo. and ya know what? you can bet the repugs aren't gonna agree to anything the Pres says so let them refuse to compromise for the thousandth time!! that's what is making those numbers go up in the dissatisfied column!
Ah, Jo! So *nice* to see you here!! Welcome home!!
In the short run the point is that Republican leaders are about to reap the whirlwind, because they haven’t had the courage to tell the base that Obamacare is here to stay, that the sequester is in fact intolerable, and that in general they have at least for now lost the war over the shape of American society. As a result, we’re looking at many drama-filled months, with a high probability of government shutdowns and even debt defaults.
Over the longer run the point is that one of America’s two major political parties has basically gone off the deep end; policy content aside, a sane party doesn’t hold dozens of votes declaring its intention to repeal a law that everyone knows will stay on the books regardless. And since that party continues to hold substantial blocking power, we are looking at a country that’s increasingly ungovernable.
The trouble is that it’s hard to give this issue anything like the amount of coverage it deserves on substantive grounds without repeating oneself. So I do try to mix it up. But neither you nor I should forget that the madness of the GOP is the central issue of our time.
Krugman
Wonderful new thread, Puddle. I am always amazed at the
topics you find.
Welcome back, Jo. Hope we can keep you on with good vibes ...or something!
Another wonderful, cool, moderate day. And the forecast to its end says more coming (ten days). Un be lieve able.
Ah, Burt and I bizzy bizzy with political events to attend, candidates to endorse and support... Primary day is Tuesday and our ballots are in the mail. fortunately, Seattle is a consistently progressive city.
XOXOXOXOXO to all.
Ah, the really fairy tale wedding--in this family at least--was
well planned and hugely enjoyed. Even the weather co-operated for an outdoor wedding. Everyone tired, glad to have time at the dinner to visit with family members. Brenda and I start home tomorrow.
I'm home! Got back early evening, but VT*Grand is here through early afternoon tomorrow, so I've been a bit busy. :-)
The painting class was good. The teacher nice, though with something of an edge which, given the bits I learned of her life, I understood and it simultaneously made me wonder if I were irritating her some some way. Ha! I completed a painting a day and two would probably have been par. But then I usually complete at painting over a two week period. I didn't come home with anything I'd frame, but I didn't expect to. And I learned a LOT about complementary colours, values, intensity, perspective, what makes a good painting, and so on.
It was lovely to be at the Inn again!! The last time I was there was two weeks before Irene hit. It's AMAZING that everything is back to how I remember it, and better....!! I'm very much looking forward to Christmas there!
Last night I fell asleep reading and about 3:30am rolled over and my knee hit my eyeglasses which apparently had migrated south. I thereby managed to knock out BOTH lenses, and as they're the kind with a plastic wire rather than a lower frame, I could not get them both back in successfully. So I painted all day wearing my sunglasses, despite the driving rain. Heh. But I did it. And it was good.
Listener--this is very interesting. Where do you go for your painting classes? What kind of painting do you do-oil, watercolor, landscape, abstract, etc.? Maybe you could start a new style--painting while wearing sunglasses!
I wish we could see some of your work.
Can one get bored with all this beautifully joyously moderate weather in mid-summer? Maybe. But I'm not. Just doing my very best to enjoy every second of it!
listener, how like you to keep truckin'!
Shirlee, glad the wedding came off, as promised, and traveling mercies for the return trip!
And. . . . http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/08/05/moral-mondays-continue/#comments
May your perfect weather continue for you, Puddle. Brenda and I left Battle Creek this morning and are at Parkersburg across your state! Will rest here tomorrow and go on to GSO on Wednesday. We decided it was less tiring to drive longer days in order to have a day to rest without packing up and in every night. We travel with a lot of STUFF--most of the comforts of home!
Thanks for the link to the Moral Monday movement in NC.
I am happy they are in Asheville--a lovely, lively city--
Love to you ll
Happy to report that my eyeglasses took about ten minutes to fix and there was no charge!
Spent the day with VT*Grand and we had a blast! After breakfast we painted, danced, read books, went for a bike ride (she is learning to ride a two wheeler), went into the forest and collected sticks and pinecones, leaves and other goodies, came home and built a fairy house, then went to the Shelburne Museum so she could ride the Carousel. :-) A perfect time together!! ♥
Shirlee ~ I paint with water-soluble oils. I used to do some watercolour, but when the water-soluble oils came out I started using them in 2002 and never turned back. It was SUCH an amazing discovery to find my true medium...the medium that works best with my style and approach. Oils are really the opposite of watercolours!
Shirlee, here you go:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150768903516754.464430.637766753&type=1&l=e194f1d06a
That's a link to photos from an art show in April of last year. The paintings that are UNframed are by my daughter-in-law. The framed paintings and photos are mine. Enjoy!
Listener--Thank you so much for this. These are really wonderful. My very favorite is the triptych seascape--lovely.
Was this exhibit in the library where you work? Are you in the photos?
Good Morning,
Listener, thank you. I think they are beautiful. I like the farmhouse and the ocean scenes best, I think. What a wonderful gift of talent.
Have a good day, folks.
Parkersburg, W.VA is an interesting old town. Brenda and I have spent today resting and doing a bit of touring. A massive stone wall protects the town from Ohio rIver floods.
Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Built of stone because they admired Stonewall Jackson. Two interesting bridges over the rivers and a district of restored Victorian mansions. Ah well this can all be found on Google-- but I love old towns--so this is just a tidbit! Tomorrow over the rivers and through the lovely mountains to Greensboro.
Take care all.
Shirlee and Pat, thanks for the kind words!
Yes, the exhibit was at my Library. :-) We change the exhibit monthly, so that many artists can show their work.
I wish you could see the triptych in better detail. For example, there is a Robin on a branch, a pair of ducks on the Lake and a flock of geese on the wing.
The water paintings are all of Lake Champlain here on the west coast of New England. ;-)
The house is my son's house. I wish you could see the three cats and two dogs in the painting. LOL! There is a big orange kitty in the front flower garden and another in the leftmost window, as well as a white cat and two dogs on the front lawn. They always have pets around (even chickens), and it has a real "lived in" look. So this pristine version makes us all smile. :-)
" listener, how like you to keep truckin'! "
LOL! Thanks, puddle. Not much else TO do, given that it happened on a Sunday. I sure wasn't going to waste that $500 Christmas present due to a glitch! Ha!
Bit of rain last night. Still cool. And expected to be.
A beautiful, beautiful drive through the mountains with no particular delays. Back to my downtown apartment in Greensboro with normal traffic, train, live music from one
of the restaurants and street voices. Home--I love it!!
Glad you are safe at home once again, Mz Shirlee. Street music, imagine that!
Posted that last night before going to bed. It didn't take for whatever reason, lol!
To go along with the above, night before last I was ordering somethings from Amazon. And the page got messed up. It somehow got two orders of magnesium, and I couldn't remove one. I checked out, checked back in, nothing worked. Meanwhile, the price of the almond flour went up to $39 (from $34, previous order), and then again to $42. I finally quit around midnight. And went back yesterday and fixed it by deleting everything.
But it got me wondering if the biggest online store could mess up its own ordering, I wonder how well NSA is doing with the stuff its tasked to do?
I have had trouble ordering from Amazon for years. I gave up and let Dana do it or when books found independent dealers who knew their stuff! Sometime about 5 years or so ago they supposedly "upgraded" their ordering system. I found it much more difficult, inaccurate and confusing.
(Does that cover everything:)
Welcome home, Shirlee!
Yesterday I learned something really wonderful. Over 45 years ago I went on a school field trip, and I think we had stopped at three different places. I was bored with all the stops until we came to the last one, which was some kind of museum. All I remember is that they had the most exquisite collection of glass flowers!! All my life I have wanted to see that exhibit again, but I had no idea where I was living at the time, what museum we'd stopped at, or even whether it was a temporary or permanent exhibit. I wished so much that I could show it to my children during our home schooling years, and we even stopped at possible museums, but never found it.
Then yesterday my granddaughters' other grandfather posted a photo he took of our eldest Grand looking at something in a museum. It was a case of glass flowers, and the cases looked exactly as I recalled them. Just to be sure, I asked if the museum has rooms full of the glass flowers all in cases just like that one. He replied that it does...!!! So we will soon be visiting the Harvard Museum of Natural History! I can't explain how much this means to me...!!
The strangest thing about finding The Museum is that it's located within walking distance of the monastery where I have gone on retreat many times...!
That is a wonderful story, Listener. Thanks. Experiences like this are just meant to be-- I believe.
Yes, lovely to be home-Brenda and I are both a little weary- but we will re-cover!
Another coolish overcast day. Can't quit enjoying this! The high for a week Monday is predicted at 66º!
Jo posted this Thursday as a message on facebook. Just came through.
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hi hon. didn't want to post this to my feed on facebook but fyi Mom fell out of her wheel chair and broke her hip last night.. have weighed everything and opted for surgery, will be this afternon at 4 pm. spent the night in the ER, made a short visit earlier and going back soon to be in pre-op with her. most pain that I have ever seen her in, but she is drugged right up and resting now, vitals are all good. prayers please and please let the ladies know. ! love you. xoxoxo
SO sorry to hear about this. Love to all involved.
There's another message from Jo, and I've been trying for three hours to download it. I hate facebook.
sorry puddle! I'm pooped and heading to bed soon, t's been a crazy few days. here's my msg to puddle:
she had partial hip replacement surgery last night and it went as well as it possibly could have. she is resting well and they are managing her pain - I was in the same place with my surgery so I know what a fantastic team they are! the nursing home that she has been living in is also one of the main rehab places around so she will go right back there from hospital, probably in a few days. xoxoxo
love you all! thank you for being here! I have a phone interview for a job that I would LOVE, working from home as an online community manager for Front Porch Forum, a community connection that a fellow from Burlington started some years ago. it has spread across the state and he's moving into other states - it's GREAT! and I think I would be perfect for it. say a prayer or two and send good vibes about 10 AM on Monday please! xoxoxo
Front Porch Forum's mission is to help neighbors connect and build community. We do that by hosting regional networks of online neighborhood forums.
Common sense and a growing body of research tell us that well-connected neighborhoods are friendlier places to live, with less crime, healthier residents, higher property values, and better service from local government and public utilities.
My wife, Valerie, and I founded Front Porch Forum in 2006 to serve our hometown of Burlington, Vermont. Amazingly, more than half of Burlington households subscribe to FPF now. Members have shared tens of thousands of postings among nearby neighbors about all sorts of topics: lost cats, car break-ins, plumber recommendations, school budgets, block parties, helping neighbors in need, and much more.
The seed for FPF was planted in 2000 when Valerie and I wanted to meet and get to know our own neighbors. We started a precursor to FPF, then and it boomed in our own Five Sisters neighborhood.
What we found then is now playing out across dozens of Vermont towns... once people have an easy and safe way to communicate with neighbors, they will! And that simple act adds up. The cumulative impact can be huge... after months of FPF, people often report feeling more connected to neighbors, more tuned in to local goings on, and more a part of their community. And in many cases, people then become more active... organizing a group yard sale, mentoring a local kid, volunteering for a park clean-up, voting on election day, etc. That's what FPF is all about!
Thanks for checking out Front Porch Forum!
http://frontporchforum.com/about-us
and lastly here are some recognition and awards for FPF. omg I sooo want this job!
http://frontporchforum.com/about-us/awards
well, almost last - how about a few words form bill Mckibben?!
Yankee Magazine
By Bill McKibben
2010-03-01
How New England Can Save the World
http://frontporchforum.com/media/article05
Jo, thank you! I was SO frustrated! (and it's still not downloading!).
I'm glad she's doing so well, and has a good place to go.
And I'll start sending light right now!!
Thanks for the re-assuring news, Jo. Hoping from GSO to Vermont that you get the job!
Good Morning,
I'm glad your mother is doing well,Jo, and she'll be able to recuperate where she is living. Thank you for informing us, Jo and Puddle.
Jo, prayers for your success. You are so talented, such a good writer, so personable and empathic. Yes, that's the job for you. I knew that your talents and experiences were needed in a special job, and this seems to be one for you.
Have a happy day, friends.
thank you ladies! I'm heading up in a little bit to see her, just getting the kinks worked out, I've been aching a bit.
Well, the cool break seems to be ending. Next ten days have been revised without notice ten degrees upward. Twas loverly whilst it lasted.
facebook is *still* not letting me download messages, and has additionally removed my ability to like or comment. Bozos.
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I think it’s pretty clear that Paul actually has no idea that the deficit is falling; it’s quite possible that neither does Cantor. The whole incident reminds me of 2011, when supposedly well-informed candidates like Tim Pawlenty went on about soaring government employment during a time of unprecedented cuts in the public payroll. Once you’re inside the closed conservative information loop, you know lots of things that aren’t so."
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/a-poll-id-like-to-see/?_r=0
Other good news!
http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2013/08/why_seniors_are_turning_agains.php
After all the fuss of having to get a street address, it evidently doesn't show up in GPS's. Have a friend on the way, who *after she left home* tried. She left a message on facebook that I can't respond to. I just called her, no response, left a message with directions, and didn't hear the message blink off, so hopefully she got it.
Thanks for the links, Puddle. Loved the comments on the Krugman article. Here in GSO the sequester has hit.
HealthServe--where many low income folks were able to get meds and referrals has had to close. It was always busy.
I really can't think of a punishment too harsh for the TP Gang. There is NO redeeming feature in the whole bunch.
Holy Moly!
You miss a few days and ...wow!
{{{ {{ { JO! } }} }}}
Yikes! I'm so glad your Mom is going to be okay!!
A belated =HUG!=
Prayers ensuing for 10am Monday!!
If you need a local reference, I'm on FPF here.
You'd be excellent for it, to be sure!!
And to think, I popped by looking for news from Pat, given the terrible flash flooding in Colorado!
Has anyone heard from her?
good morning! I don't think that Pat is near the flooding, there is no news for bad weather near her home in Drake and Colorado Springs area is more than 100 miles away. I was worried too so checked it out.
thanks listener, Pat, Shirlee and puddle! I am so excited, I would love this job. I contacted my longtime best work reference yesterday to confirm that it was okay to use him and surprise! he is friends with the owner of the company! I think and hope that the stars are aligning for me! seems like they have been out of whac for a while now, LOL!
today I am going to be with my grandsons for the day, heading over at 8 am. their Mom bought my sone a kayaking trip on a local river for his birthday in May nd today is the day to go - temps in the 70s and not a cloud in the sky! it will be fun, I am bringing my laptop and digital microscope, they love to look at rocks and shells and sand and things and they have a whole new batch of trasures from the vaca in Old Orchard Beach a few weeks ago. that will keep us busy for a while and then will probably spend the rest of the day outside, they have a small pool so that will wear us all out I'm sure!
puddle sorry about the lack of gps to your house, I find that a lot of rural roads nearby aren't shown on google maps. someday maybe.... hope your friend got there okay!
A grandmother with a digital microscope! Heaven!
Company hasn't arrived yet. She was aiming at sometime today. Will see. I left another message on her phone, haven't heard back anywhere.
Another life lesson for me: not everyone plans a trip like I do, lol!
Still no company, nor any word. My guess is a miss, and maybe I'll hear when she gets to Charleston. Maybe on the trip back. Or not.
Hmmm...sorry about your guests, Puddle. Hope everything. is OK...with everyone :). Brenda is getting my kitchen updated?. After the fire I asked the complex not to put another stove in--I am way too short to feel safe at one.
But do need something to hold small appliances to do the little I do. So, she found a small table that will hold the things I might use--toaster, microwave, hot pot. Should be OK for her also when we have guests here.
Shirlee, I think that's an excellent idea! I was late to using a crockpot, don't quite understand why, but love it more and more.
I don't think the company's missing is a big problem--just a failure on both our parts to understand that technology may screw us over good, lol!
The Tea Party’s paranoid aesthetic conveys this narcissistic view of itself and its role in our politics and history. If its fusion of form and content is compelling to its audience — and it obviously is — this is because it offers one of the most intense pleasures any narrative strategy can: the pleasure of luxuriating in our own importance and significance, qualities only confirmed by the fact that history itself has resolved on our total defeat. This is the message paranoid narcissism ceaselessly delivers to its devotees. “The Others are irreligious, unproductive, licentious, treacherous. You are the rock on which this nation was built and you are the foundation on which it will rise again. You. It’s all about you.”
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/the_tea_partys_paranoid_aesthetic/
Ah folks. Sorry I haven't been here in a while. getting ready for annual party which was great. over 50 folks and they seemed to stay far longer than usual so it seemed like a lot more people.
Several folks that came hadn't heard the news of Mz Little and were just devastated when they heard. Yes, she was well loved by the community.
Now, for the next week of cleaning up. So well worth it.
Jo, I LOVED the Crushie pic of Howard that you posted for my birthday. I had to go get Burt and show him. Thanks to all for my great birthday greetings. Truly made my day.
XOXOXO to all!
LOL, Barb I thought you would love the photo, it's a great one! Hope your burthday was loverly!
Interview went great! they had 40applicants, will have possibly 7 phone interviews and probably 4 face-to-face interviews - I meet with him/them for my face-to-face next Monday! it sounds like a job that I would love, he feels that I have everything that they are looking for so I am very optomistic! part time but pay will be such that I should be able to handle my bills no problem. fingers crossed!
Congratulations, Jo--and wishing you the best in the follow up interviews!!!!!
Congrats and good luck, Jo.
Just had a message from, Puddle. She can not get on the blog "no-way, no-how" she says. Her guests have arrived and she seems to be having a fine time with them. Hope the bugs remove themselves from her lines, soon!!
Just went back and read Puddle's message. The words
"no-way, no- how" don't appear. Guess I was imagining her voice. What she did say was that she had been trying since
seven last night with no success.
{{{ ♥ JO! ♥ }}}
XOX Fingers, Toes, and Heart Crossed!!! XOX
I can think of no better job scenario than PART TIME that pays the bills!
You would be perfect for this!!
♥ Wishin' and Hopin' and Prayin'! ♥
So relieved to hear that puddle's people appeared! :-)
Quick drop in, hi friends.
Happy Birthday late, Barb. sorry I missed it.
Jo, thoughts and a prayer your way. I hope this is just the job you want and need, and they are wise enough to offer it to you.
Glad your people have arrived, Puddle.
Lots of rain, thunder, hail in Colorado. We're about a 100 miles from the flooding, but thanks for your thoughts.
Have been busy here, and with all the electrical activity, I shut off the computer for at least part of the day.
We're good here, I've never seen such a wet summer in Colorado.
Take care.
Cheer up, folks--looks like Cory Booker just won the primary in New Jersey! I think I have that right!
We are missing Puddle here--she would have a link to the full scoop..and more.
he did win the primary Shirlee! I really like him lot, I sooo hope he gets into the Senate!
thank you all adain for of the good wishes! I need a job so much and this would be something that I could love!
here's the news:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57598415/newark-mayor-cory-booker-wins-democratic-primary-for-u.s-senate-seat/
I LOVE Al Franken. His latest pitch is a funny "OK, cancel your vacation, still much work to do to fight off the R.s."
However, if you pitch in a few bucks you can vacation guilt free--and just think how much better the ice cream will taste!"
I love Al too! that's a good one! he is such a great Senator, what an interesting history his will be!
"Lots of rain, thunder, hail in Colorado. We're about a 100 miles from the flooding, but thanks for your thoughts."
Gee, from this distance, 100 miles off is still pretty fair aim! ;-) I'm glad you're okay Pat! We have a cousin in Longmont, and no word yet, but assume she's okay.
Ah, I see where I went wrong. I got Colorado Springs and Fort Collins mixed up in my mind. Had loved ones in both places for awhile. Silly me.
My daughter-in-law posted pictures of hail in CO Springs yesterday. Looked pretty deep. Crazy weather.
All is well in the far west here. Weather cooling off a bit. Wasn't hot, just gloriously sunny. Now a bit overcast. Nothing serious.
Nothing to report. Endorsement meeting tonight for the General election and I'm putting out coffee and refreshments but should be low key since I've stopped serving dinner.
Much love to bloggie folks.
It's Bennington Battle Day.
http://www.virtualvermont.com/history/benbattle.html
Thanks for this link, Listener. Very interesting.
Missing, missing Puddle's voice here!!!!!
Nobody died and all the injuries were minor.
Incase you're wondering what my last post refers to, it's what my sailing sweetie says when he gets home from a sailing race. Usually, it's just funny. Last night he came home with a pretty serious rope burn across the back of his right hand. That's what happens when the crew wreaks on a line without looking to see if it's wrapped around anyone's hand! He was on the foredeck flying the spinnaker, and they were in the cockpit. I think that sailboat is too large! Argh!
He's bearing it well. He never even mentioned it to the crew until after the race and the boat was put away. Egads.
Glad you explained that, Listener. I would have thought it was the battle at Bennington otherwise.
We know Puddle can't get on the blog, but what about Jo?
Is she having the same problems? When is the next step in her interview process?
Glad you explained that, Listener. I would have thought it was the battle at Bennington otherwise.
We know Puddle can't get on the blog, but what about Jo?
Is she having the same problems? When is the next step in her interview process?
Oops, sorry about the double post.
good morning ladies! thank you for your concern Shirlee - I'm fine, not sure about puddle. she hasn't been on facebook either that I can see.
my next interview is Monday morning at a cafe in downtown Burlington. I'm meeting with Michael (the owner) and 3 women who work for him. everyone who knows him says that Michael is a very sweet man and from our talk I know that the work environment is more like family and frinds than 'fellow employees'! I'm very excited! thank you for asking!
from puddle 20 minutes agO
Facebook just let me back on last night. But still can't comment at BFA.3--ah, technology. Hope this *all* clears soon.
Ah, progress--of sorts :). Wonderful!
{{{ Jo! }}}. Sending most excellent Dean vibes for your interview tomorrow morning!!
Looking forward to having puddle back among us on a regular basis. Can puddle read the blog but not post, or nada?
thank you listener! I feel really good about this one!
I'm pretty sure that puddle reads our posts because as a blog moderator she gets an email notification of each post, but she can't get on the blog to read or write. she'll be back soon I hope!
I wasn't clear - the text of each post is included in the email notification.
Hi friends,
Yes, we all miss Puddle as we missed you, Jo, when you couldn't get on.
Good thoughts, cheers for you, and some prayers for tomorrow. It's wonderful to be able to work on what we see as valuable, that uses the talents we have, and of course, learning and sharing with compatible colleagues.
Hot here again. I just transplanted six Ponderosa pine saplings that were crowding my little aspen. I hope that I didn't kill it in the process. I've read that seeds grow where they find the soil and environment compatible. True for us too, I think.
I've so far planted 32 trees and bushes this year, spent hours watering, praying up the aspens from the ground. In Hindu philosophy, the second last stage of life is called wilding, getting to know the land, spending time in solitude. I like to think of it as my tending earth time.
Have a good day, and Jo, hugs and more hugs. Heck, hugs for everyone.
Good to hear from you, Pat. May all your planting thrive!
My mother was a beautiful gardener, but for some reason
I didn't inherit that talent. My only success were pots of herbs on the front porch when I lived on the coast in Texas.
Fingers and toes crossed here for Jo tomorrow!
Ah, wrong verb......success WAS......sorry.
Quick drop in. Hi Shirlee. My mother was an excellent gardener. I never was, but living in the mountains I think we've planted probably a couple of hundred trees. This is the conclusion I've come to:
Enduring Meadow
The meadow will do what the meadow does best.
It has its own will and decides its own way.
Whatever I want and endeavor to do,
The meadow will do what the meadow does best.
Beautiful to me the vermilion blooms of the crabapple tree.
I bought one, planted it, and watered it freely,
yearning to see it blossom in spring, but
the meadow determined what the meadow would bring.
The deer ate the bark, girdled it round.
The drought dried the roots in the hard baked ground.
Pocket gophers tunneled and constructed their nests.
The meadow did what the meadow does best.
In spring after snows and abundant rain
the meadow brought forth wildflowers profuse
in whites and purples, blues, yellows and pinks
creating a beauty only the meadow could choose.
My ideas of beauty and efforts to wrest
are subject to something beyond what I know
the earth has its own inclinations and will.
The meadow will do what the meadow does best.
Are there any Mac owners here who know how to calibrate the color scale on an HP Photosmart? I just bought a 7520 and it prints great, except that the color comes out a little too red. Ideas?
Dear Pat, thank you. Having spent the evening (nay, the last 5 weeks) wrestling with printer issues, it is good to be turned back toward earthiness and the wisdom of the meadow. The same cannot be said of the printer. It does not have a sense of the seasons, experiences of sun, wind and rain, camaraderie with the creatures of the field, the birds, the seeds. Unlike the meadow, it has no soul. And it plagues mine. Your poem softened my night. Thanks so much.
No help from here, Listener. I have just been in the Mac world for a couple of months with this iPad. I must say I do love it. Just today Brenda dismantled my microsoft computer and it goes to the non- profit where she works.
They can always use back ups.
Thanks, Shirlee.
If it helps anyone to explain... I've already discovered that if I go to Mac HD -> Library -> Printers, I can actually change the color balance in the software of a bunch of printers I don't have. But darned if I can find MINE in the list! Huh?
listener is it a brand new ink cartridge? if not oyu may need a new one. I don't use mac but for the printer you should have software called HP Solution Center. Open that up, go to settings> print settings> printer toolbos. here you can align the cartridges, clean them or print a test or diagnostic page. if that all fails call the manufacturer - is it new so that you have a warranty?
Pat that was lovely, thank you!
just read your comment listener about not seeing that printer - that might not be showing up because color calibration is not available for that particular. are the others that are listed real stand alone printers or are they 'virtual printers' - what you might send a digital file to for professional printing? my recollection is that you could specify what you wanted when sending a digital file to the print shop but not on a home printer. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) never seemed to apply to home printers unless they were really high-end machines.
another thought is to see if you can do it in the software specific to what you usually print from, such as what you create your cards in. you might have some choices there.
Hoping Jo's interview went/is going well. It is today isn't it?
yes my interview was this morning, thank you Shirlee! I think it went wonderfully well, I met with the owner and three laadies who do or have done the job and they are great! very nice people, relaxed conversation. got a lot of 'excellent point', 'that's it exactly' and 'excellent idea's from them! near the end he was reviewing huis list of questions for me and said that the qujestions I askjed and we duscussed had answered them all! this job would be an excellent fit for me, or perhaps I should say me for it. Michael said that I would hear from him this week. he's very professional yet very approachable, I like him!
sorry for the typos, I'm pooped!
THANK-YOU, JO! I'm super excited that your interview went so well~!! I'm working every day this week, but will check in from work to see if there's news. My fingers, toes, eyes and heart are crossed! :-)
PLUS!!!
PRINTER ISSUES *SOLVED*!!!!
Once I set both my Display ColorSync and Utilities ColorSync to the same colour scheme, VOILA!! Plus, my new 7520 printer pops the colours really nicely, whereas it turns out my old 7760 was printing them a bit dull. I know it's perfect now, because what I have printed matches a professionally printed photo that I had framed. I'm back in business and couldn't be happier!!! [I could be $1300 richer, but I'll use this new equipment well!]
I like how someone recently suggested that we not call certain folks "Conservatives" because they don't conserve anything. Rather, they are rightly called Regressives. And so I shall refer to them as such hereafter. These folks don't want to take their country back, and they certainly don't want to take their country forward. They just want to hijack it!
You sure have that right, Listener. Happy, happy for Jo that the interview went well--even more than well!!
Yea, Jo. I'm delighted your interview went so well. Keeping you in my thoughts until you hear an offer.
Hi folks. A hot, busy day here, so will say good night.
Hey! Hope this holds. Have no idea why it let me back on (or for how long). . . .
She 's B A C K! We hope!!!
Sweet! Nice to find that your computer *can* still do the deed (if only it will!), puddle. { !!! }
Well, let's see if I'm still good to go, lol!
listener, I never really thought it was my computer; more, blogger.com. They've been pulling *chit* like this ever since they "upgraded" last year. Not too keen on recognizing when they've mucked up.
Been watching House of Cards for the past several days. Sarah is just now discovering that Urquhart is a murderer. Interesting: she's a hard right Tory who advocates abandoning the unfortunate, whose beliefs and policy triumphs have likely resulted in many deaths, and yet she's horrified that he could toss a girlfriend off a building.
good to see you again Puddle!
So good to have you back, Puddle! I am sick to death of R.s--all,..everyday, local, state, Feds . Can't we put something in their water to,humanize them? In a country this large we expect disagreements. But why do they need to be so hateful? Listener has it--call 'em REGRESSIVES!
As I listen to the radio at night, and note the ads, and the facebook ads, and the ads that show up on every web page, I can't help but observe that Madison Avenue is convinced that scaring the sox off us all is a money maker. Have to assume it's working and/or they're marketing to what they see, numbers they have. Someone is going to steal your identity, or your child's identity--you must PAY to prevent that. You must get your gold altogether because the economy is going to go belly up. You need car fix insurance because you won't be able to afford to repair it. You need to find a home for your mother: a *SAFE* place to park her.
The Right seems *most* afraid. Perhaps because they believe they have the most to lose? And have the least imagination? They live in a world where the pot is a set amount: others getting more means they get less. . . .
On the positive side, my youngest grand turned 10 yesterday, and her mother is now in a manual wheelchair in rehab.
New thread!
here's some grist for your mill - from huffington post:
Here is some USDA-certified grade-A 2016 speculation: Howard Dean is visiting Iowa and New Hampshire just in time for the anniversary of his historic "I Have A Scream" speech.. He'll also get to put that fantastic dye job on full display!
---- I haven't seen the dye job, I'll see if I can find a pic!
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