Good morning! Yesterday was a good day & I'm still loving this new schedule. Always something new & different & I'm still being productive, in fact, more so than I was before! I got the mail, chatted w/ Pete, made egg salad for breakfast, neatened the end tables in the living room (Pete's side ends up collecting a lot of "stuff"), showered, took a look at some Access databases (4th pic), changed the bedding, put away my favorite project, the Bavarian
Crochet Caron (1st pic) to work on my Mile-A-Minute Crochet Red Heart (3rd pic), went to the store & picked up some groceries & Italian bread for lunch, took the dogs out, & then copied the pattern for the Mile-A-Minute afghan that I'm working on into Publisher format so I'll have a spare copy just in case anything ever happens to it. Yesterday's Sims game was Lafayette & my Sim Scarlet went to the university on a distinguished fine arts award & has been going to classes & working on her skills. This morning I've taken the dogs out & Kyle is STILL in bed. He's been asleep over 12 hours now & missed his ride w/ Pete to the college. I'm only going into town ONCE & I'm not going to sit there for 2 hours waiting for him. The deal was, Pete drives him there & when he was done testing he was supposed to call me to pick him up. Now he's screwed. He doesn't listen to directions, never got w/
Pete to plan this after I told him to, nor did he get our keys from Janis after she got home from work like I asked him to. He's spending too much time on his computer & is dropping the ball out here in real life. Not nearly as bad as his sister, but we're going to try to prevent him from going in her direction at all costs. I don't speak to Eve anymore after her retirement right out of high school for the past 2+ years, but I saw a post on facebook about a new book that's out & there was Eve commenting about how she just HAS to read that book. That's part of the problem ... that's ALL she does is read books. I would have been much happier if I saw a comment from her that said "I have to get a job so I can earn the money to buy that book for myself & read it on my days off." But of course the family is mad at me for calling her things like "lump" or "slug." Well? So what? THEY may be OK with
supporting her all her life, but I didn't raise her that way & I do NOT approve of her lifestyle choices. I'm allowed, whether they all like it or not. I'm also allowed to vent about it here. Maybe they DO have some shame about her choices, why else would they be hiding it? They brag & take pictures of their children at graduation & other birthdays, so apparently talking about your children online is OK, but only if it's "good"? Talk about biased & slanted media. If she does good, I'll talk about it. If she does poorly, I'll talk about that too. I do the
same with myself. I don't ONLY talk about the good. I also talk about things I screwed up. Fair & unbiased. If my readers wanted happy happy joy joy all the time, they'd be on the Disney page where life is beautiful ALL the time. None of us live in a dream. We all have ups & downs ... some of us lead a more charmed life than others, some of us seem to be behind the 8-ball more than others, but on average, we ALL have ups & downs. If you're going to write about your life, write about all of it. People who care will want to know everything & people who don't won't bother reading it. It's that simple. NO ONE is perfect. I know I'm not ... just a few days ago I was on here talking about my vices. Caffeine, nicotine, crafting (more than most people spend doing it) & FOOD. I don't work out, I don't eat right, & I smoke ... e-cigs now, but it's still smoking. I admit that. I also admit not wanting to quit
my vices. I like them. It's all about balance though. I try to balance out my vices w/ good things. Hard work. A clean house. Anything less would just be lazy & selfish on my part. I would NEVER expect to sit here all day w/ a Dr Pepper & an e-cig while crocheting all day & expect everyone else to clean up, cook, & just buy me stuff while I sit on my ass. The thought of not earning my keep is just ... unthinkable. How can the thought of EARNING what you want be completely lost to some? ESPECIALLY someone who was NOT raised on the welfare system! How can you have never held a job & still be walking around saying "I want I want I want!" like a 2-year-old? You're not 2 anymore ... GET A DAMN JOB! How some people can live like that is beyond me & disgusts me. Speaking of e-cigs, I JUST swapped out the cartridge on my desk e-cig. 1 cartridge is equal to 1 pack of cigarettes. It lasted me 5 days. Old way: 1 pack = $7 & lasted 8 hours. New way: 1 "pack" = $1.20 & lasts 5 days. Cha-CHING! I just bought an 80-pack & still have 20 packs of the current flavor (too strong, that's why I bought more already ... different flavor). That's 100 packs. They will last 500 days. That's what? A year & a half? WOW! That's not even counting the free 10-pack of flavored cartridges I got for free. Assuming I smoke all those too, we're going to go on close to 2 years just on the cartridges I have on hand. The flavor packs should be interesting. I'm not entirely sure my brain will accept smoking chocolate or cola. Very odd to think about. Today's Sims game is Exmoor & my Sim Daniel is still in high school. Based on his traits he's going to do well to join the military or law enforcement career when he gets out of high school & the university. The traits he's going to concentrate on in his spare time based on his traits so far will be fishing, gardening, athletic, handiness, logic, & painting. Mostly athletic though since it's useful for both career choices. LCFD business meeting tonight. I personally don't know if I can make it or not, but if YOU can, please do (assuming you're a member of the department). We're an all volunteer department & that means that the LCFD needs the full support of its members. If I don't show up, it's for a very good reason (like work or my son).
Ed is getting prepared for the next quake. He's filling his pool w/ vermouth. And gin. And when it comes, he's gonna have the biggest martini in town. -Johnny Carson 1981
Family matters take precedence early in the week. Stay out of sight or feign a contagious illness until Thursday.
In 1631, the royal printers in London who were commissioned to print the Bible accidentally omitted the word "not" in the 10 Commandments, so it read "Thou shalt commit adultery." The so-called Wicked Bible was recalled & burned, although there are a few rare copies that have survived to this day.
"Inside out" says that if you want to have a happy marriage, be the kind of person who generates positive energy & sidesteps negative energy rather than empowering it. If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to have more freedom, more latitude in your job, be a more responsible, more helpful, more contributing employee.
Most popular bald actors top 10:
- Bruce Willis
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Say to your male boss, "Yeah, I know how it feels when your kids buy you a tie & you feel like you have to wear it."
Sketchbook Pro:
Find out for yourself what has made SketchBook Pro the industry standard for digital sketching!
Autodesk SketchBook® Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching & painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed exclusively for the iPad experience.
Whether you are an occasional doodler or a professional illustrator, SketchBook Pro transforms your iPad into the ultimate digital SketchBook.
Features:
✓ Full Screen work space with support for any device orientation
✓ Retina Display
✓Custom Canvas sizes
• Create large canvases (up to 6.2 MP on new iPad models)
• Dynamically sets available number of layers
✓Multi-Touch Interface:
• Two finger pan & zoom navigation with 2500% zoom
• Three finger tap for controls
• Three finger swipe gestures for quick access
✓High Quality Brushes and Tools:
• Professional grade paint engine delivers smooth and precise brush strokes
• More than 60 preset brushes, including pencils, pens, markers and natural media
• 90 additional brushes and stamps brushes
• Completely customizable brush settings for each brush
• Draw styles for creating straight lines, rectangles, and circles
• Synthetic pressure sensitivity (brush fade-off)
• Dynamic symmetric drawing
✓Layers:
• Import images from Photo Library
• Import from Camera
• Duplicate, Merge and Reorder Layers
• Move, scale, and rotate layers interactively using Multi-Touch
• Toggle visibility and adjust Layer Opacity
• Layer Blend Modes: Multiply, Add, Screen and Normal
• Preserve Transparency mode to paint only where paint already exists
• Template Library in the Layer Editor that includes a variety of grids, perspective reference and ruled paper.
✓Gallery:
• Store and view work-in-progress
• Export images
• Import/Export as a layered file (PSD)
• Import/Export via iTunes File Sharing or Dropbox
• iCloud - easily access your iPad canvases on the Mac App Store versions of SketchBook!
✓Colors:
• Color Wheel with HSB and RBG color space
• Customizable Color Swatches
• Copic Color Library
• Erase color chip to convert any brush into custom eraser
✓ Customizable UI
• Customizable double tap canvas shortcuts.
• Palettes to store your favorite brushes and colors
• Radial menu so store custom brush and color combinations.
✓Time-lapse Record – save speed drawing sessions directly to your Photo Library
✓Stay Connected:
• Built in SketchBook News panel for live info about Sketching events and announcements
Email any inquiries to: sketchbook.iOS@autodesk.com
Autodesk SketchBook® Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching & painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed exclusively for the iPad experience.
Whether you are an occasional doodler or a professional illustrator, SketchBook Pro transforms your iPad into the ultimate digital SketchBook.
Features:
✓ Full Screen work space with support for any device orientation
✓ Retina Display
✓Custom Canvas sizes
• Create large canvases (up to 6.2 MP on new iPad models)
• Dynamically sets available number of layers
✓Multi-Touch Interface:
• Two finger pan & zoom navigation with 2500% zoom
• Three finger tap for controls
• Three finger swipe gestures for quick access
✓High Quality Brushes and Tools:
• Professional grade paint engine delivers smooth and precise brush strokes
• More than 60 preset brushes, including pencils, pens, markers and natural media
• 90 additional brushes and stamps brushes
• Completely customizable brush settings for each brush
• Draw styles for creating straight lines, rectangles, and circles
• Synthetic pressure sensitivity (brush fade-off)
• Dynamic symmetric drawing
✓Layers:
• Import images from Photo Library
• Import from Camera
• Duplicate, Merge and Reorder Layers
• Move, scale, and rotate layers interactively using Multi-Touch
• Toggle visibility and adjust Layer Opacity
• Layer Blend Modes: Multiply, Add, Screen and Normal
• Preserve Transparency mode to paint only where paint already exists
• Template Library in the Layer Editor that includes a variety of grids, perspective reference and ruled paper.
✓Gallery:
• Store and view work-in-progress
• Export images
• Import/Export as a layered file (PSD)
• Import/Export via iTunes File Sharing or Dropbox
• iCloud - easily access your iPad canvases on the Mac App Store versions of SketchBook!
✓Colors:
• Color Wheel with HSB and RBG color space
• Customizable Color Swatches
• Copic Color Library
• Erase color chip to convert any brush into custom eraser
✓ Customizable UI
• Customizable double tap canvas shortcuts.
• Palettes to store your favorite brushes and colors
• Radial menu so store custom brush and color combinations.
✓Time-lapse Record – save speed drawing sessions directly to your Photo Library
✓Stay Connected:
• Built in SketchBook News panel for live info about Sketching events and announcements
Email any inquiries to: sketchbook.iOS@autodesk.com
To keep lipstick from bleeding, pat a little concealer around your lips.
Trapster:
Redesigned, simpler U.I. with HERE 3D maps and 3D buildings with retina
display, NEW Traffic Jam Trap, in app purchase: custom dashboards now
available, Faster loading and performance and more!
Install Trapster® today to transform your driving experience. As you drive, your mobile device alerts you to speed traps, red light and speed cameras, traffic, accidents and other roadway hazards. Download and join the world’s largest driver community with over 19 MILLION Trapster users.
Features
- Audio & Visual Alerting: All new HERE 3D Maps and 3D buildings with retina display. Vital road hazard and speed alerts in English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and many fun sound themes.
- Patrol™: Drive with confidence knowing that other Trapster users have patrolled the road ahead of you. You will know it is free and clear of traps by the blue line that displays on your route.
- Search & Routing: Find where to go with access to millions of places and be directed there with ease. Or choose to display local POIs to locate near by gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops and more!
- Automatic Day & Night Display – Map display optimizes for day and nighttime driving conditions. Your device’s brightness level adjusts to limit eye fatigue.
- Speed Limits & Speedometer: Real time speedometer paired with the speed limit of the road you are driving on ensures you travel at a safe speed.
- HERE Live Traffic: Traffic incidents and congestion are completely avoidable with real-time traffic feeds delivered right to your map.
- Push Notifications: Customize Trapster to alert you to speed trap and road hazard locations even when the app isn't running.
What the Industry is saying:
WIRED Magazine #1 of apps that make the most of location
"Trapster maps out where speed traps are in real time, a boon to my occasionally spirited driving." -Roy Furchgott, The New York Times
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Visit Trapster: www.trapster.com
Like us: www.facebook.com/trapster
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What's New in Version 5.2
- Redesigned, simpler user interface featuring menu updates
- High-resolution HERE 3D buildings and maps for retina displays
- Emergency weather alerting
- In-app purchases now available: Custom dashboards
- Backgrounding enabled: Trapster will run in the background. After 5 minutes of non-use Trapster will turn off
- Bug fixes
Note: Continued use of GPS in the background will significantly reduce battery life. The Trapster app is a free service. We do not distribute, share, sell or rent your private information such as your e-mail address or mobile number.
Install Trapster® today to transform your driving experience. As you drive, your mobile device alerts you to speed traps, red light and speed cameras, traffic, accidents and other roadway hazards. Download and join the world’s largest driver community with over 19 MILLION Trapster users.
Features
- Audio & Visual Alerting: All new HERE 3D Maps and 3D buildings with retina display. Vital road hazard and speed alerts in English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and many fun sound themes.
- Patrol™: Drive with confidence knowing that other Trapster users have patrolled the road ahead of you. You will know it is free and clear of traps by the blue line that displays on your route.
- Search & Routing: Find where to go with access to millions of places and be directed there with ease. Or choose to display local POIs to locate near by gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops and more!
- Automatic Day & Night Display – Map display optimizes for day and nighttime driving conditions. Your device’s brightness level adjusts to limit eye fatigue.
- Speed Limits & Speedometer: Real time speedometer paired with the speed limit of the road you are driving on ensures you travel at a safe speed.
- HERE Live Traffic: Traffic incidents and congestion are completely avoidable with real-time traffic feeds delivered right to your map.
- Push Notifications: Customize Trapster to alert you to speed trap and road hazard locations even when the app isn't running.
What the Industry is saying:
WIRED Magazine #1 of apps that make the most of location
"Trapster maps out where speed traps are in real time, a boon to my occasionally spirited driving." -Roy Furchgott, The New York Times
NEED HELP? TRAPSTER SUPPORT:
www.getsatisfaction.com/trapster
Visit Trapster: www.trapster.com
Like us: www.facebook.com/trapster
Follow us: www.twitter.com/trapster
What's New in Version 5.2
- Redesigned, simpler user interface featuring menu updates
- High-resolution HERE 3D buildings and maps for retina displays
- Emergency weather alerting
- In-app purchases now available: Custom dashboards
- Backgrounding enabled: Trapster will run in the background. After 5 minutes of non-use Trapster will turn off
- Bug fixes
Note: Continued use of GPS in the background will significantly reduce battery life. The Trapster app is a free service. We do not distribute, share, sell or rent your private information such as your e-mail address or mobile number.
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