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have to go mow the lawn like right now b4 it gets any hotter. then we are going to see the preview for conan the barbarian.
so gotta go and chat later.
dunno why those porcelain farmer sinks are so popular. porcelain also chips if you drop something really heavy.
replacing a sink is not too expensive and i'm sure your dh could do it. probably easy job for him. the hardest part of the job would be picking out a new sink and faucet. too many choices!
returned to family drama. FUNNN. not.
now i need to put away the groceries and do it quick while my knee is still mercifully numb from the electrical stimulation therapy and the ice, and while my shoulder is somewhat quieted down because of the elec. stim and ice. sigh.
so off i go! more later.
hope all of you are enjoying a rain free day!
Chlorine will not clear that up because it has seeped into the plastic. But in addition, you don't want to use chlorine inside those cups, because that too will seep into the plastic and kids will end up consuming the chlorine, in however small doses.
it will not stop clickity clacking.
all.evening.long.
all.night.long.
all.day.long.
seems unnecessary to make this much of a racket all day long. especially when your brethren are not even around you to respond.
how do they not get soar vocal chords from so much incessant noise making? ridonkulous.
Started JJ on the Feingold diet 6 days ago and he's emerging into a happy and much calmer little boy!
I was surprised @ how many preservative/artificial color/artificial flavor FREE products that ST carries. Which made me happy when I had to restock the pantry. I always thought he ate pretty healthy snacks (Cheerios, goldfish pretzels, granola bars & loads of grapes, raisins, apples and other fruits). Turns out he's pretty sensitive to all of those chemicals in those foods, not to mention all of the salicylates in the grapes & apples. We'll reintroduce grapes & apples after 6 weeks to see if he still goes bonkers. Poor little dude!
Had a nice dinner out with the hubby tonight at Outback.. gave in and ate some bloomin onion even though I know those things are horrible for you.. Gotta eat better tomorrow! Now, I just sipped some coffee and totally forgot how late it was and didn't even do decaf *sigh* gonna be a long night!
i heard somebody comment behind me that the 3D actually took away from the movie b/c the action was blurry which i have to agree. i think for almost all the 3D movies it works best for the title screen and the credit screens b/c they are slow movement and really demonstrate the 3D effect. probably another reason why it worked so well for avatar b/c most of the movie was slow and dreamy.
the staging of all the props was excellent, the special effects were awesome, the scenery was not as beautiful as lord of the rings but very good. the sword play was well choreographed. definitely an expensive movie to produce. no character development whatsoever. don't know anything at all about any of the supporting characters. rose mcgowan had amazing hair and makeup and played a pretty good villain but like dh said, if she was supposed to be able to do sorcery, she should have done more than just the sand warriors.
i told dh i think jason momoa is the next arnold schwarzenegger. doesn't talk much in the movie. dh agreed. fyi- jason momoa was the obligatory *wookie* in stargate atlantis. many tv shows and movies have a very tall and warrior-like supporting cast member or sidekick.
i'm tellin' ya. all the targets 30+ minutes from my house are so much better than the 3 closer ones. next time i hunt clearance, now i know where to go.
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Started JJ on the Feingold diet 6 days ago and he's emerging into a happy and much calmer little boy!
I was surprised @ how many preservative/artificial color/artificial flavor FREE products that ST carries. Which made me happy when I had to restock the pantry. I always thought he ate pretty healthy snacks (Cheerios, goldfish pretzels, granola bars & loads of grapes, raisins, apples and other fruits). Turns out he's pretty sensitive to all of those chemicals in those foods, not to mention all of the salicylates in the grapes & apples. We'll reintroduce grapes & apples after 6 weeks to see if he still goes bonkers. Poor little dude!
hahahah.
what's the feingold diet (too tired to research)? i'm glad he's doing better.
i used to eat honey nut cheerios thinking i was eating healthy food. come to find out most conventional cereals (and other grain products, as well as supermarket frozen meats, frozen fish etc) have a preservative called BHT (or a relative of it). It's designed to prevent discoloration/rancidity - extend shelf life and profits. only problem, the chemical in that preservative is the same as that in embalming fluid.
and of course, the toxic biological impact list is considerable.
and that's just the preservative. that's not counting the caramel food coloring (shown to cause lung, liver and thyroid tumors, as well as hypertension), and the pesticides in the grains, sugar and all other ingredients in the cereal etc. exhausting.
so unfortunately, the truth is that many of the foods that we've been picking as being healthy for our loved ones, are not healthy at all. we make the choice based on conventional nutritional wisdom and with the best of intentions, not realizing that they've then been doused with really toxic chemicals.
grapes and apples are high pesticide residue fruits because of their thin skins and high sugar content. the conventional versions are also coated in a chemical wax again to extend shelf life and make them shiny. if you find stores in your area carrying the organic versions, you might want to try those on him first, to see how he reacts.
if you can't find organic versions, for the apples, you can make a mix of baking soda and organic lemon juice (you can use the bottled pasteurized juice), wash the whole apples in that, scrubbing with a fruit brush. that will help remove the waxy coating and also reduce some of the pesticide residue trapped in the skin.
corn and soy - i know you mentioned allergies for him, so this is more a general thing for everyone: majority of the corn and soy grown conventionally in the US comes from genetically modified seeds. the seeds were genetically modified by large pesticide companies like Monsanto so that the plants would tolerate/absorb the most toxic pesticides made by those companies. so, buy their seeds, then buy their pesticides. many of the seeds are also designed so they can't be used from year to year. farmers have to get new ones each year. more money for the pesticide giants.
how does this affect you as a parent/consumer? the GMO (genetically modified organism) crops are very highly sprayed with the harshest pesticides, because that's what they're designed to withstand. and those high levels of chemicals are making it into food. GMO's first came into the market in the early 1990s with a tomato variety. corn and soy are more recent growths, but you can already see that the incidences of soy and corn allergies are growing dramatically.
there isn't enough scientific evidence yet to know how the GMO seeds themselves (without any spraying) affect human health because of their changed genetic structure. but many consumers are wary. multiple national polls have shown that an overwhelming majority of shoppers would like their food labeled to note when it is made from GMO ingredients, but the pesticide giants have been lobbying against it, saying it would be like putting a skull and crossbones symbol on food.
at any rate, as a consumer, if you're concerned about corn and soy allergies, or are concerned about your family being introduced to high levels of toxins, stay away from the conventional corn and soy products. if you're going to eat either, only pick organic. if you buy fresh corn on the cob, get it from a small family farm, and ask what they spray, what seeds they use etc. exhausting, but for now those are the only options. in some instances - organic tofu vs conventional tofu - there isn't a huge price difference, maybe 40-50c a box. frozen corn products are also pretty close in line with the conventional counterparts. fresh corn on the cob is harder to come by organically and you do see a bigger price difference there - say 99c an ear organic vs 49c an ear for a non spraying conventional small family farm, vs 20-25c for the genetically modified, pesticide sprayed version.
things like cornstarch, cornmeal - again not a big price between organic and conventional, even more so if you catch em in a sale.
we only get organic ears of corn a few times in the summer as a treat because it is still pricey. it's one example of a place where choosing organic, i will choose to do without if i can't find/is too expensive, rather than go the pesticide route.
if you're interested in finding out what other crops are commonly GMO, and what the modification is, what the names are, wikipedia has a good list here: http://en.wikipedia.or
The Non-GMO Food Project has also compiled a list of food products/companies that are verified GMO free (because of cross contamination,
To find the list of nonGMO items your local Whole Foods carries (if you have one near you), go to the store web page for your local store and look for the link on the left. WF stores fall into national regions (i believe there are 6 regions, but I might have that number wrong), and each region has its own list based on local products. That's helpful when shopping - WF created this list after pressure from shoppers, who were spending dollars trying to get clean, healthy food and still were unsure what they were getting. It is a work in progress.
thanks for heads up. won't see it then.
we saw 2 3-d movies in this new fangled, advanced 3-d of today. didn't like it. the glasses gave me a headache (i have 20/20 vision) and made much of the tribe either headachy or nauseous. so we decided 2 tries was enough. no more 3d for us.
do the 3d tvs do the same thing? you have to wear glasses at home?
the rain woke me up. i had opened the kitchen windows overnite to get some fresh air and had to get out of bed and close them. strange how rain will wake me up when i have the windows open but not when i have the windows closed. dh procrastinated yesterday and it got too hot to mow the lawn and today it's raining. hope the rain will hold off tomorrow till we get it done. it's looking really shaggy out there.
happened to go past the largest farmers mkt in the area yesterday and all those beautiful tomatoes, cantaloupe, peppers, corn, etc were calling out to me. that particular farmers mkt is so cheap too and next door is a microdairy, also very cheap. too bad it's too far away to save any money going there b/c the cost of gas eats up any savings. i bought a few corn, peppers and zucchini for the next couple days b/c we won't be home for dinner this wknd.
it reminded me a bit of the farmers mkt we went to in st louis that was so big and had so much beautiful food but this one was a poor shadow in comparison.
You are up mighty late!
it will not stop clickity clacking.
all.evening.long.
all.night.long.
all.day.long.
seems unnecessary to make this much of a racket all day long. especially when your brethren are not even around you to respond.
how do they not get soar vocal chords from so much incessant noise making? ridonkulous.
Air sacs in the hollow abdominal cavity amplify the clicking sounds. The vibration travels through the body to the tympani, which amplify the sound.
Yuck, right?
You are up mighty late!
Now, what I do have a problem with is metal marks. I spent some time on it yesterday with Barkeepers Friend and got almost all of the metal marks out. There are still some stubborn ones that I'm battling.
What really irritates me, is that I don't remember ever having this much trouble with metal marks before. Way back when... 25 years ago when we redid a kitchen (different house) I put in an extra deep, single basin sink. It was off white rather than white, but still...
Another house had the really old double basin with the drain boards on each side. Man, I loved those drain boards. No metal mark problems.
This is essentially the same sink -- single basin, extra deep only in white. I swear it has something to do with how they are finishing them. Everything is made cheaper anymore. I swear a pan or cookies sheet just has to look at the sink and it leaves a mark.
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I am having Hotmail issues so any who might email me, don't. PM me here instead. I am so frustrated. A few days ago I started getting delivery failure notices for emails I didn't send. Ok, fine, I know it's possible to make it look like emails came from an account they didn't.
Other than that my account is working fine. I use Firefox and have hotmail in my toolbar. One click and there I am. Last night I decided I should probably change my password just in case. So, I clicked options, etc. It asks for your password. I give it. Nope. Wrong. No big deal, I forgot I changed it a while back. Use the new password. Uh, oh. I chose the "forgot my password" option.
I can't answer the secret question. Well, I can, but it doesn't match. Your first pet. So, really I wasn't sure, I could have used a couple things for that. So, I did the "send it to me" at my alternate email address. When you do that it pops up a portion of the email address. It wasn't mine.
Ok, now, I'm frustrated. But I can still access my account. I did delete a bunch of stuff I had in there and copied or saved some other info. This morning I click my little link in FF and it's asking for my password. Now, I am totally locked out. Of course, to ask for help at hotmail on the forums or anywhere else, you have to... .... SIGN IN.
Finally, I found a recovery thing where you fill out a form, answer questions including previous passwords, and a number to be able to go post more info. We shall see.
As it stands, I'm probably dumping this email for anything I care about but there are people/places I need to notify. I don't have contacts saved since a while back it was sending my contacts erection medication emails, but at least I can start typing and they pop up.
Oh, yes, and I have a bunch of pictures backed up on my skydrive. I would just as soon delete them. Ok, hotmail bitching done for now.
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Found what looks like a very nice stove for DD. Going to go look at and buy it tonight - assuming it looks as good as the picture. Sooo, today, I get to make room in the big garage to shove it. And make room in the little garage to put the seats out of the van. I want the seats out anyway, they aren't usually in there. Plus, it's easier to do that than to remove the stuff from the pick up and get it out.
What is in my pickup? Why, more of DD's furniture -- a daybed, trundle, both mattresses, and a recliner. Her washer and a 3 piece cabinet set/entertainment center whatever the hell it is. are in the middle of the big garage. I really wish they would get their sh*t together and close on her house so we can move this stuff to her garage. (It's the other end that is holding up the closing -- they are missing an affidavit that is needed) In the meantime, DD is collecting the kind of stuff you need and don't have when you move out for the first time.
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