Anna~Anna
"Flintville Annie"
© 2006-2015
Spoilsports and Oil.
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.♫ Some days are sunshine-
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Good Afternoon!
I am hoping to finish this in time for Miss Kelli's drive home. I shall try to type fast. (We all know that won't work).
Kelli comes almost every night to take the pups for a walk. But they don't walk, they run, or jog.
Coco runs about 10 miles- Punk maybe 5- and Miller about 2. Kelli just keeps both eyes on all dogs, most of the time.
Punk spied me up at the house on their way back and began running home. Coco saw that Punk was running wide open and thought 'ARF' Which meant "what fun!" And they both were up top in record time.
Kelli and Miller brought up the rear...
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An awesome shot...
it would be, sans burn barrel...
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With our cold weather (unseasonably)-, my little sunflower finally was done in.
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It finally shriveled up yesterday morning-
hanging its sad little head.
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Out walking that night, my neighbors have a few decorations up for Hallows Eve.
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And oh do those lights carry! Very nice!
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When I had posted this mornings blog, I was chilled to the bone. I have warmed up now, cooking a turkey roast (and perfecting my stew from yesterday).
Was reading online. As I read, Miss Punk began to growl. Low. Menacing.
A few seconds later, I heard the "beep beep beep" of a truck backing up...
What a surprise as Olsen's delivered my oil.
(I hadn't even called)!
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Nor had I even ventured to look at the gauge in the basement, being very miserly with the thermostat...
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...... Looks just fine now! Thank you Alan!.
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Remember this shot?
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All hell has broken loose...
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Mother Nature is a spoilsport...
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It began, almost insidiously at first...
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The lawn between the driveways as it started coming down...
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And what it looks like now...
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Suffice to say that I am not impressed!
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Last week, the migrants helped me get that pool cleaned, dried and stored.
Today they are not having so much fun.
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Methinks they are playing hide and seek with squash!
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So come inside with me, and peek out the window in the dining room...
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Nasty that...
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Punk is bored, and has taken to pouting...
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She does do that well.
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I'd better close. I have an appointment tomorrow morning at 7:30 with Dr. Mario- (he's the pain doctor). My back is real bad today- Not sure why, save that it must hate this early snow too.
Hope all is well (and warm), in your little corner of the world.
Love to all
XOXO
Anne
An Ethical Responsibility to Teachers, Parents and Students
Christopher Columbus never even MADE it to the U.S. of A. !
This, for all parents and teachers of every nation, race and creed...
Please feel free to link and to borrow the enclosed text.
The following, because of our proximity to "Columbus Day" (WHAT?!)?!?!?
...and to Thanksgiving as well.
Good Morning All!
Snow today.
It hasn't gotten here yet, but I did wake up to the watches on my weather.
"...ACCUMULATING SNOWS POSSIBLE COLUMBUS DAY...Terribly unfunny. (Note the word "unseasonably" above).
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER THE STATE TODAY
WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR
TO PRODUCE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...
HOWEVER MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OR WEST MAY RUN INTO MORE SNOW.
ACCUMULATION FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
MAINLY NORTH OF LINE FROM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO CLINTONVILLE TO OCONTO.
Know too this should be North and West of where I am.
If you live around here, and are anything like me, those winter coats are still packed away. -Not for long. Even Punk was all balled up on the couch earlier. Now she is tucked behind the blanket. As I type, the furnace is running. Must be Winter? It feels like December- Not October.
This is for Mother Nature. --->
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Say YAY too! Casey has blogged! TWICE!
For her updates, click here for health, or here for school.
Now on to the topic at hand...
The following artwork was done by my niece, Meghan Dorand Keirs.
She is a highly talented and respected artist.
(Click on her name if you might like to see more of what she has done).
She takes many beautiful photos as well.
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Still my favorite of all her wonderful works...
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Having been trying to catch up on a few blogs, and being reminded that apathy and ignorance run rampant among some of us, I searched my computer for hours to find where I had stashed the following words...
Please feel free to share this with others.
I am sorry that I cannot give credit to the author (Originally I had read it at one of my Native Groups on Yahoo 360).
Of interest is that every group of people can actually 'use' these ideas... whether of Native/Indigenous descent or not.
Young children's conceptions of Native Americans often develop out of media portrayals and classroom role playing of the events of the First Thanksgiving. The conception of Native Americans gained from such early exposure is both inaccurate and potentially damaging to others.
For example, a visitor to a child care center heard a four-year-old saying, "Indians aren't people. They're all dead." ...This child had already acquired an inaccurate view of Native Americans, even though her classmates were children of many cultures, including a Native American child!
Derman-Sparks (1989) asserts that by failing to challenge existing biases we allow children to adopt attitudes based on inaccuracies. Her book is a guide for developing curriculum materials that reflect cultural diversity.
This digest seeks to build on this effort by focusing on teaching children in early childhood classrooms about Native Americans.
- Note that this digest, though it uses the term "Native American," recognizes and respects the common use of the term "American Indian" to describe the indigenous people of North America.
- While it is most accurate to use the tribal name when speaking of a specific tribe, there is no definitive preference for the use of "Native American" or "American Indian" among tribes or in the general literature.
STEREOTYPES CHILDREN SEE
Most young children are familiar with stereotypes of the Native American. Stereotypes are perpetuated by television, movies, and children's literature when they depict Native Americans negatively, as uncivilized, simple, superstitious, blood-thirsty savages, or positively, as romanticized heroes living in harmony with nature (Grant & Gillespie, 1992).
The Disney Company presents both images in its films for children. For example, in the film PETER PAN, Princess Tiger Lily's father represents the negative stereotype as he holds Wendy's brothers hostage, while in the film POCAHONTAS, Pocahontas represents the positive stereotype who respects the earth and communicates with the trees and animals.
Many popular children's authors unwittingly perpetuate stereotypes. Richard Scarry's books frequently contain illustrations of animals dressed in buckskin and feathers, while Mercer Mayer's alphabet book includes an alligator dressed as an Indian. Both authors present a dehumanized image, in which anyone or anything can become Native American simply by putting on certain clothes. TEN LITTLE RABBITS, although beautifully illustrated, dehumanizes Native Americans by turning them into objects for counting. BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY (Harris, 1993) contains a speech delivered by Chief Seattle of the Squamish tribe in the northwestern United States. However, Susan Jeffers' illustrations are of the Plains Indians, and include fringed buckskin clothes and teepees, rather than Squamish clothing and homes.
AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF NATIVE AMERICANS
Native Americans make up less than one percent of the total U.S. population; yet represent HALF the languages and cultures in the nation.
The term "Native American" includes over 500 different groups and reflects great diversity of geographic location, language, socioeconomic conditions, school experience, and retention of traditional spiritual and cultural practices. However, most of the commercially prepared teaching materials available present a generalized image of Native American people with little or no regard for differences that exist from tribe to tribe.
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
When teachers engage children in project work, teachers should choose concrete topics in order to enable children to draw on their own understanding.
In teaching about Native Americans, the most relevant, interactive experience would be to have Native American children in the classroom. Such experience makes feasible implementing anti-bias curriculum suggestions.
Teachers may want to implement the project approach (Katz & Chard, 1989), as it will allow children to carry on an in-depth investigation of a culture they have direct experience with.
In these situations, teachers may prepare themselves for working with Native American families by engaging in what Emberton (1994) calls "cultural homework":
- reading current information about the families' tribe, tribal history, and traditional recreational and spiritual activities;
- learning the correct pronunciation of personal names.
POSITIVE STRATEGIES
A number of positive strategies can be used in classrooms, regardless of whether Native American children are members of the class.
1. PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICANS to balance historical information.
- Teaching about Native Americans exclusively from a historical perspective may perpetuate the idea that they exist only in the past.
2. PREPARE UNITS ABOUT SPECIFIC TRIBES, rather than units about "Native Americans." For example, develop a unit about the people of Nambe Pueblo, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, the Potawotami.
- Ideally, choose a tribe with a historical or contemporary role in the local community.
- Such a unit will provide children with culturally specific knowledge (pertaining to a single group) rather than overgeneralized stereotypes.
3. LOCATE AND USE BOOKS THAT SHOW CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN OF ALL COLORS ENGAGED IN THEIR USUAL, DAILY ACTIVITIES playing basketball, riding bicycles as well as traditional activities. Make the books easily accessible to children throughout the school year.
Three excellent titles on the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico are:
PUEBLO STORYTELLER, by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith;
PUEBLO BOY: GROWING UP IN TWO WORLDS, by Marcia Keegan; and
CHILDREN OF CLAY, by Rina Swentzell.
Many titles are available at the Smoke Shops in Green Bay and Shawano.
Oneida, Ojibway (Chippewa), Winnebago- to name a few tribes in Wisconsin.
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4. OBTAIN POSTERS THAT SHOW NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS, especially when teaching younger elementary children.
- When selecting historical posters for use with older children, make certain that the posters are culturally authentic and that you know enough about the tribe depicted to share authentic information with your students.
5. USE "PERSONA" DOLLS (dolls with different skin colors) in the dramatic play area of the classroom on a daily basis.
- Dress them in the same clothing (t-shirts, jeans) children in the United States typically wear and bring out special clothing (for example, manta, shawl, moccasins, turquoise jewelry for Pueblo girls) for dolls only on special days.
6. COOK ETHNIC FOODS but be careful not to imply that all members of a particular group eat a specific food.
7. BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH TRIBES USE PARTICULAR ITEMS.
when discussing cultural artifacts (such as clothing or housing) and traditional foods. The Plains tribes use feathered headdresses, for example, but not all other tribes use them.
8. CRITIQUE A THANKSGIVING POSTER DEPICTING THE TRADITIONAL, STEREOTYPED PILGRIM AND INDIAN FIGURES.... especially when teaching older elementary school children.
- Take care to select a picture that most children are familiar with, such as those shown on grocery bags or holiday greeting cards.
- Critically analyze the poster, noting the many tribes the artist has combined into one general image that fails to provide accurate information about any single tribe. (Stutzman, 1993).
9. AT THANKSGIVING, SHIFT THE FOCUS AWAY FROM RE~ENACTING THE "FIRST THANKSGIVING."
Instead, focus on items children can be thankful for in their own lives, and on their families' celebrations of Thanksgiving at home.
Besides using these strategies in their classrooms, teachers need to educate themselves.
MacCann (1993) notes that stereotyping is not always obvious to people surrounded by mainstream culture. Numerous guidelines have been prepared to aid in the selection of materials that work against stereotypes (for example, see Slapin and Seale [1992]).
PRACTICES TO AVOID:
- AVOID USING OVER-GENERALIZED BOOKS, curriculum guides, and lesson plans; and teaching kits with a "Native American" theme.
- Although the goal of these materials is to teach about other cultures in positive ways, most of the materials group Native Americans too broadly. When seeking out materials, look for those which focus on a single tribe.
- AVOID THE "TOURIST CURRICULUM" as described by Derman-Sparks.
This kind of curriculum teaches predominantly through celebrations and seasonal holidays, and through traditional food and artifacts.- It teaches in isolated units rather than in an integrated way and emphasizes exotic differences, focusing on specific events rather than on daily life.
- AVOID PRESENTING SACRED ACTIVITIES IN TRIVIAL WAYS. In early childhood classrooms, for example, a popular activity involves children in making headbands with feathers, even though feathers are highly religious articles for some tribes.
- By way of example, consider how a devout Catholic might feel about children making a chalice out of paper cups and glitter.
- By way of example, consider how a devout Catholic might feel about children making a chalice out of paper cups and glitter.
- AVOID INTRODUCING THE TOPIC OF NATIVE AMERICANS ON COLUMBUS DAY OR AT THANKSGIVING.
- Doing so perpetuates the idea that Native Americans do not exist in the present.
CONCLUSION:
Much remains to be done to counter stereotypes of Native Americans learned by young children in our society.
Teachers must provide accurate instruction not only about history; but also about the contemporary lives of Native Americans. '
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Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!
XOXO
Anne
Yes, this is a repost from September 2007
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She looks happy enough!
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Good Afternoon...
(I am hoping it is for you anyway).
My day began with that shower I spoke of earlier... At least it should have.
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Wanting to get outside, and mosey around a bit, I had to shower first. I was still in my jammies when I'd posted my 1st blog. hehehe
I go to get in the shower, I disrobe. I brush my hair. I find I cannot stand my "gray" anymore-
So then I get out one of those colored boxes that I seem to have a zillion of (whenever I don't want to color anyway).
WTH?
My choices are Medium Blond. No.
Platinum blond. Uh-Uh.
Or
Champagne blond. NO WAY.
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Not even close. Those are for highlighting-
Desperate now, I concede that I either want color, (or a laundry maker).
FYI- When Berta was at Martins College of Cosmetology, she shared that we are never to use the word "dye" when doing our hair. We are to use the word "color" as a verb. This is the acceptable way of saying it being that 'dye' can be so dreary and sad..
So back to the cupboard I go...
I finally find a Clairol Dark Blond. (Kind of 'cool' for this time of year, but it'll do quite nicely in a pinch). It must have been on sale when I picked it up- I have never used the Clairol stuff before-
No big deal. How hard can a different brand be?
I rip it open, and dump it out.
Right off the bat, I spy a tube #1, a bottle #2, and a tube #3.
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It even has a PRE-conditioner. "Grey pre-texturizing pretreatment" Ooh~La~La
(This is clearly marked Tube # 1). Whoo Hoo! This little tube is to make my grays more receptive to the dye. (er, I mean color).
Those of us with gray know exactly how stubborn those hairs can be.
Before I put this gunk on my head, I smell it.
It smells good- and NO gross flowery smell either.
It just is a nice unobtrusive smell that I can live with.
I put it in my hair, working it "all the way through to the ends".
Rereading to double check the instructions... No I am not supposed to rinse it out.
Obligingly, I leave it in.
I go to put gloves on...
Not simple, I have just washed my hands of the leftover pretreatment.
I dry them well.
I get those gloves on. (The ones that are generally about 3 sizes too small for anyones hands).
I proceed to mix the #2 bottle with the #3 tube I am shaking it (as best as my pain~filled back allows).
Then I put it in my hair, carefully doing the parts, and making sure I begin with those nasty grays.
I must wait 25 minutes, minimum; or the alloted time indicated by your allergy and hair test (that you did 24 hours in advance).
I wait.
In these 25 minutes, I realize how nice this Clairol smells, compared to the L'Oreal. My eyes are not watering, and my sinuses are not drying up from the chemicals.
I also realize I am more than a little chilled. (I should have warmed that little bottle up before I put it all over my head).
I sneak into the living room- The thermostat gets jacked up.
65 degrees is not warm enough. Not with a wet head, and a damp towel on my shoulders, (not to mention my obvious state of undress).
I hear the furnace fire up... I was comfy in minutes.
I wait the desired 25 minutes as indicated in the instructions.
(I don't peek. I never do. I like to be surprised by the end results).
I rinse.
After a wee bit of towel drying, THEN I peek in the mirror.
I see me there, but surely not what I expected to see.
YOKES baby, ALL OF MY GRAY HAIRS ARE STILL THERE!
(Sheesh, talk about color resistant)!
I happened to turn around, on the countertop, (cleverly hidden behind the empty box), is a tube that says 2b.
What the hell is a 2b anyway? That's not even a bra size for Barbie for cryin' out loud.
I read the instructions... (again)...
Yeah. Oh I see....
2b tube goes into the developing mix (aka Bottle # 2).
It did NOT say this before!
I know how to count already. 1, 2, and 3.
So that is what I did. 1, 2, plus the tube # 3.
(Little bastards at Clairol, they snuck that little 'b' in there on me)!!!!
So the obvious question is, JUST WHAT IN THE HELL DID I JUST HAVE ON MY HEAD FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR?!?
I double~check the mirror. My hair, (and its gray), is still there.
I do a pull test. It hurts. (That means my hair is still well attached anyway).
I check tube # 3. Tube #3 is conditioner.
No problem then. (Conditioner mixed with developing creme is a double conditioner). Actually it is in triplicate, given the fact that Tube # 1 is probably only a conditioning agent of some sort.
Ah! Now I have done a really great conditioning job on my gray hair.
It is so very nice and soft!
And oh!, completely touchable!
Nice.
(And gray).
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I must think...
Since I have tube # 2 which is the "color" (the tube with the stinking little "b" on it); and I really like the color, how about I mix it with one of the other developers and apply that way?
Makes sense to me!
Quite quickly I am back in business.
I mix it with the other.
I shake. (It doesn't mix so well).
I'll give it a few minutes and shake it again. Wait! I still have to dry my hair...
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Good grief, it is hot in here with the blow dryer going...
Who the heck turned the dang heat up anyway?
(I sneak back out to the living room and turn the thermostat down).
I shake that bottle again.
I am losing strength, as shaking is not a 'thing' that is nice to my back.
(Matter of fact, this hurts like hell). Annie, for Gods sake you gave birth 4 times. Grin and bear it already.
Not grinning, I bite the bullet and shake a little more more, then to apply.
Oops. - I forgot to put on gloves.
I put container on sink, dry hands, and don those itty bitty gloves.
I shake once more for good measure.
I turn bottle upside down, and a carrot comes out.
A teeny tiny wormie little carrot? (Well it looked like a teeny tiny wormie little carrot to me)...
And it even "plopped" out with a big old and unbecoming fart noise!
I look closely at the bottle and the developer from box #2.
It is all gooky, and terribly un-homogenized. (Check the above picture).
I know this will not work one little bit.
I just about kill myself looking in that cupboard again.
Way in the back is a box... It IS dye. (er, I mean color)! YAY!
Thank goodness for L'Oreal!
A box of a brunette color waiting just for me in that cupboard.
I am not in high school anymore, and brunette is too dark for me.
It makes me look sickly and pale. Being Native, "pale" is not good.
But it is what I have, so I will work with it.
I repeat most of the above steps, minus a few cuss words.
Sadly, it was NOT brunette.
(Thank God my hair fell out). J/K hehehe
Later,
XOXO
Me
WPR: How patients are treated by medical providers (2009-09-28)
Please take a few moments to listen to this on Wyoming Public Radio
It was sent to me by my friend Polly. This is a friend of hers speaking.
A link to her friends trials with HealthCare in Wyoming.
XOXO
Me
Thursday A.D.D.
A little bit of Fall-Looking Northward from my driveway.
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Good Morning All;
Had a bit of a rough night. Forgetting to take my 2nd pain pill of the day, I climbed into bed- About 3 hours into my 'nap', I woke, and could not move. What the heck does one do in this situation? I took inventory...
Back? Hurts.
Bladder? Getting there.
Patience level? Hanging in there.
So I went back to sleep. (For another hour anyway).
Rechecked all my gauges when I woke again. Still OK- Back worse though.
So for a third time I fell back to sleep...
There comes a time in the course of human events that no pain, and no 'adjustment' will empty my bladder, save for a trip to the toidy. I might have cussed a bit as I finally got to my feet, and a few more curses as I made my way to the powder room. But oh it felt good to sit down and piddle. hehehe
Then to get a pain pill. My back is a bit better now. (Know that "better" is NOT the correct word, less painful would be More politically correct).
Politically correct? Made aware of this by Will, and entitled the "The Conservative Bible Project", I am having a rough time actually believing that the Bible can be rewritten, again. This time adding a political swing to it. Click here. Ask your pastors etc what they think.
Senator Warren Rudman "The millions of Christians in this country reflect just about every conceivable political point of view. For one highly conservative group to proclaim itself 'the Christian Coalition' strikes me as decidedly un-Christian arrogance.... We reflect countless races, religions and lifestyles, and we often differ on questions of morality and behavior.
The only way so diverse a nation can survive is by all of us practicing a high degree of tolerance.
But tolerance is not the way of the Christian right. Its leaders want to impose their one-size-fits-all morality on everyone.
It won't work.
When any group tries to impose its values on everyone else, the result will inevitably be resentment, hatred and violence."
Thoughts? It is Thursday, and I should be able to come up with a few- (Not 13 perhaps, but I shall try)...
Not normally one to even click on the Emusing site, I could not help myself on this one.
Entitled, "The Insult Generator", I had to giggle when it said this about me. "You politically ambiguous pseudo-genius vain b*tch!" (That's a kind one). hehehe
Besides, "pseudo-genius" is pushing it...
Do you believe the global warming?
"The coming global warming bust"
By WESLEY PRUDEN
"We were all supposed to be dead by now, done in by AIDS, the gift of the gays.
After that it was SARS, bequeathed to the world by China.
Then it was avian flu, which, to be fair to the alarmists, did in fact result in the deaths of millions. The millions were all chickens, true, but chickens have feelings, too. You could ask the folks at..."
(Do the click on the title to read more)...
I received a few notes in my regular email about Monday Nights Packer Game against Minnesota.
Larry McCarren said it best on his Locker Room Live Show on Tuesday evening, summing it all up pretty neatly in his entrance monologue"
"They can't do it with their own guys...
They gotta steal our guys.
Who's your quarterback? Well... The Packers all time leading passer
Who's your kicker? Well... The Packers all time leading scorer.
They are not capable of growing their own." Still laughing!
Casey has to make her appointment to get her Swine Flu shot.
Dr Steve Kagan warned of the H1N1 virus in these words.
"This virus is such that you could have a sore throat in the morning, a chest cold in the evening, and be on a ventilator for life support that night- and maybe not make it through to the next day- So this is the kind of virus you have to take very seriously."
- Will you be getting this immunization, or are you taking your chances?
I received this in my email...
Wasp Spray
I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection.
She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.
The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate; while with the pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you.
The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote.
She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn't attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. You could also keep it in your car and it would be legal. Interesting thinking. Be safe.
I haven't seen even ONE wooly bear caterpillar this year. Have you? Legend claims that if the rusty band is wide, then it will be a mild winter. The more black there is, the more raunchy the winter.
I never did know if that meant temps or snowfall?
Speaking of weather...
Pete Petoniak has just muttered the "S" word in the forecast for Saturday and Monday. He tried to hide this with the mention of mere 'flakes'. I don't think so!
Flakes are either snow or dandruff, and since he is the weatherman, I don't think he was talking about his hair.
But first, rain today- a few showers.
I got a bunch of work done around the place. My back did not like it much, but oh well.
The hoses are put away for the year- And all I have left to do is get the water shut off- (I have to crawl down in the water pit for that, and prefer to have someone else around when I do that).
I mowed a bit around the house and the shed.
I have to save a few seeds from my messy flowers too. Will get to that in~between raindrops today.
(Michelle, are you ever coming for your Black~Eyed~Susans)?
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Remember this little flower from last week?
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This is what they look like now...
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Slowly but surely the fields are getting cleared too... They removed an entire truckload 2 days ago- And have about 7 acres left to pick.
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When the picking was done, it was time to get the pool cleaned, dried, folded, and stored.
They did a great job helping me out with this too.
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Truth be known, I didn't help. I just watched...
Does anyone know if I can keep that in the (unheated) pumphouse? Or should I have them bring it to the basement?
Also, lots of us are changing our antifreeze, flushing the systems and whatnot.
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Keep this picture in mind if you are one of those people, and have furkids.
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I found this picture in an email, and just have to share...
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So these are all the places my mind has gone today.
Where is yours? hehehe
Love to all. Have a "wunnaful" day!
XOXO
Me
German men are 'world's worst lovers'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6241440/German-men-are-worlds-worst-lovers-with-English-men-in-second-place.html
ROTFLMAO!
German men are 'world's worst lovers' with English men in second place
A poll of 15,000 women found that Germans are considered "too smelly".
English lovers came second because they are so lazy, while men from Sweden were branded "too quick to finish" and came third.
Spanish men topped the table as the best lovers, followed by Brazilians and Italians.
The poll, carried out by global research site www.OnePoll.com, asked women from 20 countries to rate nations on their ability in bed and give reasons for their answers.
Germans were deemed to have bad body odor, Englishmen were accused of letting women do all the work, whilst Swedes were a bit too quick to finish.
Men from Holland were "too rough" between the bed covers and Americans were accused of being "too dominating" in the bedroom.
Greek men were said to be a bit too soppy.
Other countries who didn't fare well in the poll were Scotland (too loud), Turkey (too sweaty) and Wales (too selfish).
Russian men crept in at tenth place amid accusations they are too hairy for the average woman.
A spokesperson for www.OnePoll.com added: ''These results are an eye-opener for thousands of men around the world and female travelers might judge potential new lovers by looking at these results.''
WORLD'S WORST LOVERS:
1. Germany (too smelly)
2. England (too lazy)
3. Sweden (too quick)
4. Holland (too dominating)
5. America (too rough)
6. Greece (too lovey-dovey)
7. Wales (too selfish)
8. Scotland (too loud)
9. Turkey (too sweaty)
10. Russia (too hairy)
WORLD'S BEST LOVERS
1. Spain
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Hmmmm
hehehehehehehe
I married a German...
AND I also feel qualified to put in about the Belgian. (2nd hubby)...
Still laughing! um... Anyone?
XOXO
Me
A Day in The Life Of... Sput- (kinda)
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Sputnik:
aka "The most abused cat on Earth."
La-Dee-"DUH!"
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After those terrible 10 minutes of trimming toenails.
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Please find it.
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You had better steer clear of the 325 pounds of us all.
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I'll just keep your spot on the couch warm so I don't get blamed.
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(Good thing you were sitting on Kelli's lap).
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Sorry about all the noise...
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But...
Now that I have taught her one lesson,
she steals another one????
These are MY toys!
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I think I will try that pounce as a last resort...
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The coast is clear.
Now (finally) you can rest a while...
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and you sink your claws into her toe.
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She always looks funny!
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He's 4, older than me even!
(I won't be 4 'til next March).
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And he shares his toys better than I do!
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Not sure if he's ready for Winter, or hunting season...
But he sure won't get lost either way!
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since we can't have fun in the front yard any more.
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....wasn't it?
But if it was so much fun, how come you got out so fast?!?
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But you look really funny after you do that...
Now go wait by the door 'til you are dry.
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...And I'm tellin'.
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I hafta go ya know... The 'mom' is making some nachos and they are good and sloppy, (and leave a lot of mess in the dish for me to clean out).
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. You can't have any!
Have a good day. ARF! to all
Love,
Punk