• May 30, 2012 •

I finally caught up with my mail yesterday. The storms have woken me up several times during the night & at one point I swore we were going to get toned out because it sounded like lightning hit ground CLOSE. We sure need the rain though & I'm loving it for the plants. Happy plants, happy grass, happy trees ... happy firefighters (less grass fires). Got some bad news this morning, Fire-Rescue Camp has been canceled due to not enough students to start a class. They needed 15 & only got 5. Kyle was really looking forward to it too. :( I just installed Office 2010 (I've waited SO long for this!) & although I've only seen Outlook so far, I love it! Mitt Romney will be in Dallas Tuesday!

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An addiction to gardening isn't all bad when you consider all the other choices in life.

Even if the host has tipped the coat-check person because he collected all the tickets on arrival, it's a nice gesture to try to reimburse him: "Jack, won't you please let me take care of this?" But also know when to take no for an answer.

If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be true. The envelope-stuffing business is a scam, so please don't send 1 of those companies $50 to learn more about that "wonderful career."

Lilies of the valley in your outside garden would look just lovely indoors. Can you dig them up & bring them inside, to bloom indoors in the winter?

Keep your car clutter-free. Empty all trash & other supplies from your car each day when you come home. Start each day with a clutter-free car.

Name at least 3 weeping plants that could grow well in a tub on your terrace. Weeping willow doesn't count: it grabs too much space.

Here are a few:

Weeping blue Atlas cedar

Weeping Nootka false cypress

Weeping willowleaf pear

Weeping siberian pea

Any weeping flowering crab apples or cherries

There is no more striking plant sculpture than a weeping tree. These handsome weepers may be controlled with pruning & will grow in a terrace tub, which should be at least 18" in each dimension.

Salad Spinners:

The fastest, easiest way to remove water from greens (& lingerie!).

Sex and the City movie released (2008):

On this day in 2008, the film version of HBO’s iconic comedy series Sex and the City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, premieres in more than 3,200 theaters around the country and goes on to become a big box-office success.

The Sex and the City TV series, which debuted some 10 years before, was based on the book by the same name by the New York City socialite and writer Candace Bushnell. As conceived by Darren Star (famous for the long-running Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210, about rich and privileged teens growing up in that Los Angeles-area Zip code), the show followed the 30-something sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw (played by Parker, an executive producer of both the series and the movie) and her three very different girlfriends--libidinous Samantha (Kim Cattrall), prim Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and cynical Miranda (Cynthia Nixon)--on their adventures in New York City.

Arguably the main drama of the series revolved around Carrie’s on-and-off relationship with the emotionally evasive businessman she dubbed Mr. Big (Chris Noth). In the series finale, which aired in February 2004, Big follows Carrie to Paris, where she has moved with her latest beau, to proclaim his love for her. As Sex and the City: The Movie opened, the couple is planning to move together into a sumptuous Manhattan apartment. A wedding is planned, and Carrie’s three friends--now all involved in committed relationships themselves, with varying degrees of success--gather to watch the fireworks that ensue. The high-fashion element of the trendsetting TV show--especially Carrie’s  outrageous ensembles, dreamt up by the series’ costume designer, Patricia Field--was played up even more in the movie, including couture brands such as Louis Vuitton and designers such as Vivienne Westwood.

Though a movie version of Sex and the City was buzzed about shortly after the series wrapped up in 2004, the project stalled due to questions over money and co-star Cattrall’s reported reluctance to sign on to the project. The popularity of the show was fueled after its finale by rerun episodes appearing in syndication as well as strong DVD sales, and the movie, written and directed by Michael Patrick King, was eventually made on a budget of some $65 million.

Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film’s box-office success would immediately spark talk of a sequel. After opening in midnight showings, Sex and the City: The Movie raked in some $55.7 million in its opening weekend, beating out the latest installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, according to a report in the New York Times. As the Times pointed out, this fell short of the mark that some predicted after sold-out early shows led to a $26 million haul on opening day, but it far exceeded previous opening weekends by similarly female-driven features (so-called “chick flicks”) such as The Devil Wears Prada ($27.5 million). It was also the strongest opening for a movie with a female lead character (without adjusting for inflation), beating out the previous mark of $47.7 million set by Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), starring Angelina Jolie.

Sward:

1: A portion of ground covered with grass. 2: The grassy surface of land.

Students in flip-flops slap lazily across the green swards of campuses as bell music peals from the campaniles.

"Sward," which sprouted up i the English language more than 500 years ago, is currently used more frequently as a surname than as a noun having to do with lawns & the like. Still, you'll find the occasional reference to a "green sward" or "grassy sward" in newspapers. And the term pops up in a number of old novels, such as in this quote from Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles: "The sun was so near the ground, & the sward so flat, that the shadows of Clare & Tess would stretch a quarter of a mile ahead of them ..." "Sward" at one time referred to skin or rind, & especially to the rind of pork or bacon, although this meaning is now archaic. The word comes from the Old English sweard or swearth, meaning "skin" or "rind."

There are lots of great things to do besides thinking about food & diets all the time.

What significance does the presence of oranges have in the three Godfather films?

Where in North America is the largest freshwater island in the world?

In Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. Manitoulin Island is not only surrounded by fresh water, its 1,068 square miles contain 108 freshwater lakes.

Which animal type has the most, 2nd most, & 3rd most species?

A. Parrots

B. Bats

C. Cats

BAC. Estimates vary, but there are believed to be 1,100 species of bats on the planet. Compare that with 350 species of parrots & 36 species of cats, &, yes ... it's a pretty batty world.

Which letter is used the most, 2nd most, & 3rd most?

A. E

B. R

C. A

Which of these were invented or patented by Thomas Edison?

Bifocals, lightning rod, light bulb, storage battery, telephone, peephole movie box.