Obvious Plant via Evie Zimmerman, trendingly.com
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Imgur.com via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Burak Kukic via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Imgur.com via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Third Immortal via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Thanks to Emily Davis, trendingly.com
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Love Your Life via Stephanie Youmans Wilson
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Nuxunoxan via Kate Woodberry, trendingly.com
These are talented street artists blending their artwork into the surroundings. I love it!
Pao Pao via Kate Woodberry, trendingly.com
Natalia Rak via Kate Woodberry, trendingly.com
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“Heated Discussion Between Two Crows in the Snow” – Paul Militaru Photography
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Remarkably Domestic
I’ve gotten recipes from EVERYWHERE since I started my low carb lifestyle a little over a year ago, and then even more when I added low sugar or no sugar or diabetic recipes to our staples list. I’m now buried alive in recipes in cookbooks, on my Kindle, printed from the net, etc.
I’m trying LOTS of new recipes. Some are keepers, some are not. The ones that are good are now all over the place. I spend more time now trying to FIND a recipe than cooking it. :0(
I have a three ring notebook where I’m trying to organize the printed recipes from the net, but I still can’t remember if I got a recipe from that notebook, from a book… ARRRGH!
I finally decided to organize differently so I have ONE PLACE to check on a regular basis in order to make menus for the next week, grocery lists from the menus, and then to know where to go for directions on how to make the food.
I got an index box, much like this one.
I just got divider recipe cards so I have a way to organize stuff in the box. I have 3×5 index cards.
Now I’m going through things, using a card to list some of our favorite recipes, listing it by category, such as snacks, appetizers, etc., and then writing the name on the card and the source (cookbook and page number, or printed out notebook and where it is).
This will definitely be a work in progress, but I should be able to get most of what we’re enjoying lately in the box relatively quickly, and then add to it as we find another recipe we like.
I’m trying to work through stuff in our freezers, too. I can find something, such as a pork loin, and should be able to quickly find the recipes we like the best using that cut.
At least, that’s the plan. Wish me luck!
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Icosahedron-Richard Sweeney via SmashingMagazine
Paper Flowers – Coup de Grace – Tumblr.com via SmashingMagazine
Sonnenbad – http://www.kokdesign.jp – via SmashingMagazine
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Since I’m being honest with you, I’ll admit that I’ve been intimidated ever since I received my new yoga DVD in the mail. That’s dumb, but there it is. No one is telling me that I can’t just simply use the “Gentle Yoga” DVD set for the rest of my life. The same people who created it, though, are offering a follow-up, taking the practices to a new level.
I guess that’s what intimidated me – the idea of ‘taking it to a new level.’ The DVD has been sitting in the pile on the table by my chair in the living room since it arrived, 3 or 4 days ago. Not only have I not tried it, I hadn’t done the other practices that I knew I could do!
I was frozen in limbo.
Today I decided I would play it and just LOOK at it – kind of like steeling yourself to watch a snake wriggle across the room. Then – talking to myself – I decided I would get my stuff set up, just in CASE it wasn’t too hard for me to try.
I’ve just finished “Practice 1” (of the four on the DVD). It was wonderful.
I should have known that the instructor, Cat Kabira, would guide me carefully through the poses, giving clear directions and reassuring me that if I tried to do the poses, I would get the same benefits as if I could actually fold myself into a paper airplane. This first practice was a series of wonderful stretches that hit the high spots, head to toe, along with the relaxation time at the end. I now am looking forward to doing Practice 2 tomorrow.
With the 2 DVD set of “Gentle Yoga” and the new DVD containing 4 practice flows, I have a total of 5 ‘flow’ practices and then 7 practices designed to target different parts of the body.
I’m gradually loosening up. I realize that I’ve spent many years getting stiffer and less flexible, and that I won’t correct the problem overnight. This wonderful instructor makes sure to remind you that as long as you’re trying to do each pose, you’ll get the same benefit as if you could actually touch your toes, or bend yourself into a pretzel shape. :0)
I’m learning to listen to my body, breathe into any tight, sore, or stiff areas, and I’m learning to relax. I’m FEELING much more. I realize what areas need work. I’m recognizing that I’m improving gradually!
I now heartily recommend the “Gentle Yoga Flows” DVD by Sixty & Me as a great follow-up to the “Gentle Yoga” DVD.
Filed under Attitude, Challenges, Changes, Encouragement, exercise
Kate Woodberry from trendingly.com gathered a group of photos of artwork where talented street artists blended their artwork with their surroundings in an extraordinary way.
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I hope this is a tree that changes color in autumn. Wouldn’t THAT be a fun difference?
David Zin
I love this artist’s work. He’s so talented, and I want to see more and more.
Ernest Zacharevic
I’m glad I didn’t see this one while trying to cross the street. I would have stopped, gawked, and laughed (as I was being run down by motorists).
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Reddit via GrowingBolder.com
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“Arizona – Painted by the Hand of God” – Rick Serafin via Ann Gilstrap
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Jen Philion via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Imgur.com – via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
hcaszualcc via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
tazzydw2 via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
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Save on Phone
We still have a ‘land line’ at home, although technically it’s a cell phone with a fixed base. We have this because a lot of our long time financial stuff likes this information, plus really long time friends and relatives are familiar with this number.
We get a LOT of phone calls we don’t want on it – several per day – always in the middle of something we’re trying to do. We stop what we’re doing, answer it, to find no one else on the line, or an obvious robocall, or an obvious ‘wait-until-someone-answers-says-hello-twice-and-then-a-pickup-and-sales-pitch.” The disruption of whatever we’re trying to do is more than annoying, causing frayed nerves, bad moods, intemperate words, as well as a lot of time for us to regain composure and figure out what it was we were trying to do when the call came in and get back to the place we stopped.
After several months of beating his head against the wall, my smart husband bent a new computer language (Asterisk) to his will and created a phone answering system that we’re hopeful will stop most of the crank calls while allowing the people we want to hear from to call without noticing anything different.
We created a list of people and numbers from whom we would like to hear, (using three address books, our Christmas card list, and both contacts lists from our computers) and then a shorter list of people from whom we NEVER want to hear. The new system will check its lists and decide whether to let it ring through as usual, give a message, “If you’re human and you’re not selling something, press 1”, at which point it will ring through (assuming the person pressed 1), or will give you a message, “Don’t call us anymore!” and then hangs up the phone without our hearing anything. We’ll add to our good and bad lists as calls come in.
We have it on line now. I was talking about how it might be difficult to know if the phone system is actually working or not, since it’s been quiet all morning! My husband answered that we could look at it ‘from a hysterical perspective’ and see if anyone is on the call log. I fell apart laughing. When I told my husband that he’d said, “hysterical” rather than “historical,” he had a good laugh, as well. :0)
I’ve decided that this is too good to just forget, so the next time I ask him to check the log, I’ll ask for the HYSTERICAL perspective…
Filed under Attitude, Bright Ideas, Challenges, Changes
Juliene Harrison via chung designs via freehostia.com San Francisco via Smashing Magazine
Golden Swan – Larina’a Center in Palermo via Smashing Magazine
Helen Musselwhite – Romany Caravan – via Smashing Magazine
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stop domestic abuse via desiree angelique hackett
Lately, I’ve been ‘good,’ doing my exercises every day. I do well on my eating until after dinner – then spiral out of control. I’m thinking about wiring my jaw shut.
I’ve asked my husband, who keeps us well supplied with cashews, to hide them from me. I’m TRYING to only eat a sugar-free chocolate pudding after dinner and before bed.
The problem is that we eat about 7pm and don’t go to bed until about midnight. In that 5 hour expanse the kitchen calls to me.
“LINNNNNNN _DAAAAAAAA!” “COME INNNNNN here…”
This is ridiculous and I know it. I’m NOT starving to death. I could live off my fat for months. I’m trying to drink water after dinner and wait until about 9:30 for my pudding. So far, it’s a downhill spiral, making my poundage removed smaller.
I’m going to print this and hang it up somewhere in the kitchen to remind me, when I’ve answered the call, that I’m heading in the right direction….
Filed under Attitude, Challenges, DIET!, Encouragement, exercise
Obvious Plant via Evie Zimmerman, trendingly.com
Filed under Funny Signs - Humor, Grin for the Day
I’m unable to give credit for this, but I think these are words by which you and I should live.
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“Art – Orange on Orange” – Paul Militaru Photography
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“Gulls in the Snow” – Paul Militaru Photography
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Jeff Hanson 368 via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Notmyrealname14 via Emily Davis, Trendingly.com
ditk via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Snodialove via Emily Davis, trendingly.com
Thanks to Emily Davis, trendingly.com
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Origami Instructions Art and Craft Ideas
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Mary Lou Lewis
I’m envying my sister-in-law and brother-in-law as they enjoy a week-long music cruise.
Although the weather isn’t the best, with gray skies and choppy seas, this looks really beautiful. I’m delighted she shared it with me.
I’ve never been on a cruise, and my husband really doesn’t like the idea of doing it.
My mother LOVED to cruise. It didn’t matter where the ship was going. She loved the cruise life. She liked dressing up for dinner. She loved figuring out what she wanted to do in the huge number of choices each day. She loved eating at the captain’s table. The food was wonderful. The views were excellent. She would have loved spending the rest of her life cruising – anywhere.
I loved the look on her face when she would tell me about her latest cruise. The light in her eyes. The huge smile. The wonderful memories.
I hope the music on THIS cruise is wonderful, and that the weather cooperates to make this a wonderful experien
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Best Wallpapers on Paper4pc
It’s almost 7pm and I just quit working for the day.
My husband and I are working on a program that will block crank calls and will let people we know through with no problem. This is very complicated, but we’re in the home stretch (we think and hope.) We have the basic program, as well as a list of people we want to talk to, and a way to create another (automated calls, crank calls, people wanting donations, etc.) Each time we get a call we don’t want, we’ll add the number to our unwanted list.
If you’re a real person and we have you on our list, the call comes right through. If you’re somebody we don’t know, it will ask you to press ‘1’ if you’re human and not selling anything, at which point we’ll hear it ring. If you’re on the bad list, you’ll get a message saying we don’t wish to talk to you. (It doesn’t ring in the house unless you’re somebody we know or someone calling for the first time since we implemented the new system.) It’ll be fun to see if it actually works. (Of course, if it does, we might have difficulty figuring it out because we won’t get the crank calls after awhile. :0)
A second project took up much of the rest of the day. We had four different address books, most of which were outdated, had wrong information, people we didn’t contact anymore, people who aren’t with us anymore, etc.
My husband found an online address book that you can input information, save all your input, print it in any fashion you would like, easily change, add, or delete information, print only the pages changed, print labels from the information, etc.
I worked from one address book at a time. When I finished the first one, I used the second to add more people, change information I had typed in, etc. I did this until we had worked our way through all the address books, plus our Christmas card list (newly updated.)
We’ve ordered some address book paper that will fit one of the books we have that is still good. The labels are on their way, too, along with new dividers. We input names, contact type, addresses, email addresses, home phone and cell phone numbers, and any notes we wanted to keep.
Soon we’ll have ONE place with all our business contacts, friends, and family!
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Since I feel as if a truck ran over me, I’ll go fix dinner now and settle into my comfortable chair and enjoy a rented movie or taped TV shows, or both – assuming I can stay awake… :0)
I hope YOU had a good day, too!
Filed under Acting Like a Grownup, Challenges, Changes
Kuriositas
Kuriositas
Mediterranean Cruise Advice – Juhl’s Creations and Collections
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