• July 23, 2013 •

Good morning! A perfect day yesterday & that was WITH discovering Ancestry.com, which has really exploded into a wealth of information that I can't seem to keep up with on both my side of the family AND Pete's. I went through the mail, dusted off the Wii, de-cluttered my machine knitting table, surfed eBay, worked on my Caron Interlocking Filet Stitch Crochet (1st pic), the FD got toned out to a MVA but I couldn't leave the house at that time, I had Italian bread for lunch, took the dogs out, worked

on my Light Gray Cabled Classic Throw (2nd pic), settled down on the sofa for a while & played Bejeweled 2 on the Wii, & then had carrots for dinner. Yesterday's Sims game was LizC864 6 & my Sim Tasha is in the university on a distinguished fine arts award & has been working on her skills & going to class. This morning Kyle is in a rotten mood & I have no idea why. He came out & did the dishes, but he was slamming things around hard & I won't be surprised if something is in the dishwasher broken. He had the hot water running at full blast the whole time he was loading the dishwasher & wasn't even using it. It was opposite of

where he was working & just ... running. I got up to look because I could hear the force that it was coming out of the faucet & he stopped working & just glared at me. I asked him why the hot water was running at full blast & he damn near bit my head off. I explained that A) It didn't need to be running WFO like that & B) He wasn't even using it because it was in the OTHER sink, not the one he was working in & that it was a waste to have it going like that. After he finished he went to his room & then came back out & wanted to know what type of dog Joselyn is. She wasn't feeling well & vomited in my office & now he wants to list her on Craigslist. Shit, I hope "I" never get sick! I have no idea what's wrong with him today, but it better ease up or it's not going to be a good day for either one of us because I won't put up with any more of his crap today. You don't waste gallons of hot water, almost break half our dishes, & give the dog away ... just because you woke up in a pissy mood. This morning I took the dogs out & started up a new Sims game called Premactra 22 (3rd pic) that I placed in bridgeport. My Sim Harry (1st gen) is perceptive, a bookworm, a natural cook, dislikes children, & has a photographer's eye. His lifetime wish is to be a pervasive private eye. He likes cheesesteak, custom music, & the color yellow. He's a Cancer. His furry companion Ugene is an American Longhair who's skittish, aggressive, & playful. Harry enrolled in the university w/ an apprentice in science & medicine. LCFD training tonight!

Branded cookies in America top 10:

1. Nabisco Oreo
2. Nabisco Chips Ahoy!
3. Keebler Chips Deluxe
4. Pepperidge Farm Distinctive
5. Nabisco Newtons
6. Keebler Fudge Shoppe
7. Nabisco Teddy Grahams
8. Nabisco Snackwells
9. Nabisco Nilla
10. Pepperidge Farm Classics

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Count the times the youngest person in your office says "like" in a single day.

Did you know former President Nixon still doesn't have a presidential library? That's okay. He's big in video stores, though.

Giant African pouched rats have an excellent sense of smell, so scientists have trained these rats (which they call HeroRats) to detect landmines. Because the rats are much lighter than humans, they can go over a landmine w/o detonating it.

Microwave lotion for 5 seconds to soothe dry winter skin.

Now is the time to get those deadbeat relatives off the sofa. Try asking nicely. If that doesn't work try setting it on fire.

Techniques & skills that really make a difference in human interaction are the ones that almost naturally flow from a truly independent character. So the place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our Circle of Influence, our own character.