• April 22, 2013 •

Good afternoon! Holy crap am I tired. Went to bed at 4:30a last night. LOOONG weekend. Saturday I chatted w/ Pete on the phone, went up to the Onion Festival in Princeton for breakfast & took a look around w/ Kyle & Sarah, got the mail, surfed eBay, planted more flower seeds, TRIED to go to the station & get some work done but ended up having to abort mission because of Kyle, TRIED to do what I could

from home but Excel FUBAR'd on me & then finally gave up. Sorry guys! Kyle & I went to KFC for lunch & stopped at Michael's on our way home, I took the dogs out, quilt crocheted, & then went through my yarn stash in the yarn room (yes, there's an entire room full) & randomly chose a storage bin, pulled it out, sorted all the yarn that was in it, had Kyle & Pete each choose their favorite from that bin, then

swapped out those 2 for some yarn I had in my office queue that's the "next to use queue". My Sims game for Saturday was Diamond, a house I had built a while back. My 2nd gen Sim is on his way to becoming a World Renowned Surgeon & for the entire 4 game days I played he had no time to do ANYTHING other than eat, sleep, shower, & work. His mom, Marisol, was a vampire & a young one at that ... she mysteriously died at work & that's not the 1st time I had a vampire just die on me for no reason that I could see. Very odd. The last thing I did in the game Saturday night was have a birthday party for Elizabeth (3rd gen). She aged up into a child & gained the hot-headed trait. Sunday we slept late, it's

the day we catch up on sleep for the week. I took the dogs out, worked on my bead banner, board knitted, went through my Avon that was delivered, made a bagel for breakfast, went through the Sunday paper, surfed eBay, hand knitted, latch hooked, machine knitted, made a cheeseburger for lunch, took the dogs out again, & then went onto Ravelry & discovered a new craft. I know, just what I needed, right? It's 

called Mandala Crochet (5th pic). The patterns & the color combinations are endless & I have MORE than enough scrap yarn to make these. I can't wait@! Google Mandala Crochet & click on Images. You'll be amazed. I love Sundays because they're the 1 day I'm NOT usually working & it's my crafting day. I started a new Sims game on Sunday. 44 Elm Ave (2nd pic), a beautiful Prividence-style home built by a talented other. I love it! Lots of room to expand, too. There's a basement, a spare room on the main floor, a 2nd floor, & a full unfurnished attic which I already started using when my Sim needed a workout bench (1st pic). My 1st gen Sim is Ferris, an absent-minded, neat, heavy sleeper who's never nude, & equestrian. His lifetime wish is to be a CEO & he likes peanut butter & jelly, custom music, & the color aqua. He's an Aquarius. His furry companion is Zach, a Bedlington Terrier who's quiet, likes swimming, & is playful. The 1st thing Ferris did was join the business career where he met Iliana Langerak who he married. They're pregnant & adopted Voxel, a Schnoddle puppy (don't ask me). Ferris learned gardening, made waffles for breakfast, & went to bed. The next morning he made autumn salad for breakfast, showered, worked on his athletic skill (1st pic), cleaned the house, & went to bed. The next day he chatted with someone on the PC, cleaned the house, made pancakes for breakfast, & spent time with the pets. That's where my Sunday & 44 Elm Ave left off. Pete & I did a lot of work into the night after all the other stuff & we ended up going to bed at 4:30a. This morning I woke up briefly, started up my PC, let the dogs out & went straight back to bed. I couldn't even focus yet & I had a splitting headache. When I woke up again not too long ago, I updated the apps on my iPad Mini, downloaded a new one called Knitsy, & here I am. Calls & IMs returned & still half asleep, but here I am. Today's BOA meeting has been postponed until next Monday @ 7:p & the LCFD is honoring one of its founding members, Glen Eastham, who has recently passed. The viewing is at Turrentine Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home tonight from 7:p-9:p.

AwardWallet:

AwardWallet keeps track of the loyalty programs you participate in, such as your frequent flyer miles, hotel and credit card points. This application gives users fast access to their balances and reward numbers even in locations where there is no internet connection. The current version includes the following major features:
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2.Detailed view of any given reward program (if you are an AwardWallet Plus member you get to see all properties).
3. Ability to check your balance when an internet connection is present.
4.Once logged in, all of the data is available in an offline mode.
5. Ability to manage loyalty programs that are in your wallet.

Because we are, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of conditioning & conditions, it's because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us.

Bite Hunter:

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Children will get hours of fun from a box filled w/ dress-up clothes. Shop thrift stores for hats, costume jewelry, fancy scarves, uniforms, etc.

Corn is used in a huge range of products, from baby food to insecticides!

I bought some of those biodegradable garbage bags that, you know when they come in contact w/ sunlight, they're supposed to fall apart? That's true. As opposed to the kind I usually have that fall apart when they come in contact w/ the garbage. -Johnny Carson 1990

Inspect the home at least once a year. Before buying a home, buyers often hire a professional inspector to ensure the home is safe & sound. But the inspections shouldn't stop once buyers sign on the dotted line. To prevent flooding, homeowners should inspect their home's foundation for cracks once a year. If the home has a chimney & fireplace, check for cracks there as well. If any cracks are discovered, consult a professional immediately.

Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth ... about 1½" every year. But don't worry, the Sun will incinerate all of us when it becomes a red giant, well before the Moon can break away from orbit.

Play handball in your office.

World's most traded products top 10:

1. Crude oil
2. Coffee
3. Natural gas
4. Gold
5. Brent oil
6. Silver
7. Sugar
8. Corn
9. Wheat
10. Cotton