tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249181372024-03-13T15:03:58.283-07:00Princess Of The Known UniverseColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.comBlogger1123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-90182903185607194872019-01-02T18:45:00.000-08:002019-01-02T18:45:00.883-08:002018 Year In Review2018 was a fantastic year! Loads of traveling and crafting and just simple living! Some stats!<br />
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Nobel intentions - 2</div>
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Noir - 3</div>
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Destroyer of planets - 2</div>
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The dragon kings -3</div>
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Cast under an alien sun - 4</div>
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Fireborn - 5</div>
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Corset diaries - 5</div>
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The Mouse - 3</div>
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Miss frost solves a cold case - 4</div>
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Artimes - 5</div>
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Madison’s song - 3</div>
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Bring out your dead - 5</div>
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Cast in deception - 5</div>
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Mercy blade - 5</div>
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Midnight marked - 5</div>
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Annihilation - 5</div>
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Altered Carbon - 5</div>
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Broken angels - 5</div>
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The singularity trap 5</div>
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The pharaoh key - 5</div>
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Galaxy Outlaws -Black Mobius - 5</div>
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Adrian Vernon - 5</div>
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Ms. Peregrine’s home for peculiar children - 5</div>
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Blood, fangs and going fury - 5</div>
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Dance Master - 5</div>
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Cat Tat - 5</div>
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Memories of a dragon hunter - 5</div>
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Raven Cursed - 5</div>
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Cajun with fangs - 5</div>
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Golden delicious- 5</div>
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Deaths rival - 5</div>
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The grey kings - 5</div>
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Abyss beyond dreams - 5</div>
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The lost starship - 5</div>
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Hollow City - 5</div>
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13479 yards knit</div>
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<br />ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-8684251923132647032018-01-02T05:34:00.000-08:002018-01-02T05:34:08.016-08:002017 in Review2017 was an excellent year! Besides a lot of crafting and reading there were a lot of adventures and trips!<br />
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Books read with my rating of 1-5 stars. <br />
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The Sirens of Titan - 1</div>
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The ghost in mr peppers bed - 4</div>
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One Fell Sweep - 5</div>
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Abby Copper Physic Eye -5</div>
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The winter over - 1</div>
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I'm a vampire - that's why - 4</div>
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Dark Currents - 1</div>
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We have lost the president - 1</div>
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Sands of Time - 3</div>
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Eat, pray, die - 3</div>
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Web of Lies - 4</div>
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Red Hope - 3</div>
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Storm Warrior - 5</div>
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Cast in peril - 4</div>
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Hard days knight - 5</div>
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Dark Debt - 5</div>
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The kracken project - 5</div>
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Blow me down - 5</div>
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Cast in Sorrow - 5</div>
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Cast in honor - 5</div>
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Over Sea & under stone - 5</div>
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The importance of being Alice - 5</div>
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The dark is rising - 5</div>
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The kasari nexus - 5</div>
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Cast in flame - 5</div>
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Greenwitch- 5</div>
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We are Legion - 5</div>
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For we are many - 5</div>
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All These Worlds - 5 </div>
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Skinwalker - 5</div>
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Blood cross - 5</div>
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Cocaine Blues - 5</div>
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Cast in flight - 5</div>
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Much ado about vampires - 5</div>
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A tale of two vampires - 5</div>
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Roving Spun - 1856 yards</div>
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Knit - 11973 yards</div>
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I did the Tour de Sock this year (sock knitting competition). It meant I got back into knitting socks and really enjoyed it.</div>
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2016 was a great year. Loads of vacations, travel and fun. I have also made a plan to start half decade birthday adventures. 45 is coming up and I either want to go treking or run a fun marathon. Now to just decide and plan! I know that 2016 had a lot of emotional ups and down for folks with elections and change, but for me - it was a centering good year. Some of my totals are below:<br />
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Ghouls just haunt to have fun - 4</div>
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Ghouls gone wild -4</div>
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Travel - 1</div>
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English as a second language - 3</div>
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Ghouls, ghouls, ghouls - 5</div>
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Ghouls Interrupted - 4</div>
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Fire Touched - 5</div>
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What a ghoul wants - 5</div>
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Emperor's Edge - 3</div>
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The ghoul next door - 3</div>
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The Perils of Effrijim - 5</div>
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The first truth - 3</div>
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A girls guide to ghouls and murder - 4</div>
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Audible Books (22)</div>
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Cast in court light - 5</div>
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Cast in secret - 5</div>
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Forged - 5</div>
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Sweep in Peace - 5</div>
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House Rules - 5</div>
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In the company of vampires - 5</div>
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Nightwalkers - 5</div>
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Written in red - 5</div>
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Cast in fury - 5</div>
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Murder of crows - 5</div>
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I knit 8,854 yards and again didn't spin. The spinning upsets me because I have been knitting with a lot of handspun this year and I do so love it. I think this next year I'll have to spin more.<br />
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On tap for adventures this year - another trip to Hawaii, more camping and a lot more hiking. I think that Z is now old enough to start putting in some serious miles!<br />
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HAPPY 2017 everyone. </div>
ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-56533048421871579392016-09-20T04:30:00.000-07:002016-09-20T04:30:03.399-07:00Ten on Tuesday - the 5 editionCarol asked us for this week: 5 best things I did this summer and 5 things I'm looking forward to this fall.<br />
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ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-44778411417341287042016-09-17T13:14:00.001-07:002016-09-17T13:14:54.969-07:00Colorado Fun<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rP8qiJYupSk/V92kOC3A4VI/AAAAAAAAGsg/9-Lzqhp8cSI/s640/blogger-image--1769592040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rP8qiJYupSk/V92kOC3A4VI/AAAAAAAAGsg/9-Lzqhp8cSI/s640/blogger-image--1769592040.jpg"></a></div><br></div>We spent the past week in Colorado. Ouray -> Salida -> Denver -> Salida<div><br></div><div>It was incredible. The leaves are starting to change color. There was a light dusting of snow all over the mountains. The best part was seeing old friends.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EkTA1oin7zc/V92kPWy9rVI/AAAAAAAAGsk/6m-ClN98HNU/s640/blogger-image-45995320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EkTA1oin7zc/V92kPWy9rVI/AAAAAAAAGsk/6m-ClN98HNU/s640/blogger-image-45995320.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A raccoon got into our car and tore it apart - but that is what adventures are made of!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ouc3GfaU2ZQ/V92kM6UwBLI/AAAAAAAAGsc/FguHjiCOZNA/s640/blogger-image--1031985748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ouc3GfaU2ZQ/V92kM6UwBLI/AAAAAAAAGsc/FguHjiCOZNA/s640/blogger-image--1031985748.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A few things that I've noticed on this trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">1. My kid loves maps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2. We all love rocks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">3. Pink eye spreads really easily</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">4. We need to figure out a way to help a kid who can't write journal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">5. The wilderness must be explored!!</div><br></div><br></div>ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-28033593515916969522016-09-07T06:14:00.003-07:002016-09-07T06:14:59.279-07:00Ten on TuesdayI've decided to take back up with <a href="http://caroleknits.net/2016/09/06/ten-on-tuesday-332/">Carol's Ten on Tuesday</a>. Her question for this week is 10 things I did this weekend.<br />
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1. I picked fruit from my trees.<br />
2. I made peach, pear, ginger butter.<br />
3. I took my kid to gymnastics.<br />
4. I got over a cold (thank goodness).<br />
5. I had a bbq with great friends.<br />
6. I reorganized my jewelry.<br />
7. I cleaned (who ever gets away with a weekend of not cleaning?)<br />
8. I finished a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10031259-the-emperor-s-edge">book</a> (it was so-so).<br />
9. I've been cleaning out closets and thinking about project 333 again.<br />
10. I finished a pair of <a href="http://nuclearknits.blogspot.com/2016/09/fo-sole-sister-mittens.html">mittens</a>.<br />
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Next time I promise to have a few more photos! ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-35764459116421583932016-01-01T05:34:00.001-08:002016-01-01T05:34:20.402-08:002015 Year In ReviewIt is that time again. 2015 has come to a close and I look back on what an amazing year we had. Besides all of the adventures and family time I did manage to get a bit of reading in this year.<br />
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Up in smoke - 5 stars</div>
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Immune - 5 stars</div>
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Book of the dead - 5,</div>
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The wheel of darkness -5</div>
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Envy - 5</div>
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Wormhole - 5</div>
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Me and my shadow - 5</div>
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Mind games - 5</div>
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Derik's Bane - 5</div>
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Rapture - 5</div>
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Big Bad Wolf - 5</div>
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Forever - 5</div>
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Twice Bitten - 5</div>
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Dragon Fall - 5</div>
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Second Hand Souls -5</div>
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Men in kilts - 4</div>
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Drink deep - 5</div>
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Time thief - 5</div>
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Biting Cold - 5</div>
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The Atlantis gene - 5</div>
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Books Read ****10****</div>
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Lost Empire 2</div>
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Zen and the art of vampires - 4</div>
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Crouching Vampire Hidden Fang - 5</div>
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Aphrodite's Kiss - 5</div>
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Nancy Drew Hidden Stairs- 5 </div>
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Aphrodite's Secret - 3</div>
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Love, lust and pixie dust - 5</div>
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A Charmed Death - 4</div>
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ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-59925936734411506622015-10-29T18:25:00.001-07:002015-10-29T18:25:41.656-07:00Garden Update<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UqcgCOh9TdM/VjLHCmwJlqI/AAAAAAAAGnE/15vTWqzIB5M/s640/blogger-image--1932529925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UqcgCOh9TdM/VjLHCmwJlqI/AAAAAAAAGnE/15vTWqzIB5M/s640/blogger-image--1932529925.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Well this year was okay for the garden - but not fantastic. A number of seeds just didn't grow well. The beets, cucumbers and peas all did terrible. Potatoes, herbs, pumpkins and squash did well. The tomatoes were just sad and tired all summer. Too much rain I think.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xRwGYntKYvs/VjLHD11etsI/AAAAAAAAGnM/l3JqlQ7ERbI/s640/blogger-image-1375737283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xRwGYntKYvs/VjLHD11etsI/AAAAAAAAGnM/l3JqlQ7ERbI/s640/blogger-image-1375737283.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> In other growing news I pulled out the front bed of our house - which was just bushes and planted flowers. 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Mostly picking bad bugs off and weeding. But today we harvested in the cool morning air!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I5DRcWTxYmY/Vb4r7e2m6hI/AAAAAAAAGjA/PqRBABdYxTw/s640/blogger-image-734181671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I5DRcWTxYmY/Vb4r7e2m6hI/AAAAAAAAGjA/PqRBABdYxTw/s640/blogger-image-734181671.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7hRvyIODmXU/Vb4r8gu5G9I/AAAAAAAAGjI/P8MIxJ5D4-8/s640/blogger-image--956789259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7hRvyIODmXU/Vb4r8gu5G9I/AAAAAAAAGjI/P8MIxJ5D4-8/s640/blogger-image--956789259.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-73639085694722843302015-04-13T05:50:00.001-07:002015-04-13T05:50:37.283-07:00SpringThe garden is planted and weeded. 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Part of my issue with social media is the competitiveness it gives each and every one of us. You see people climbing, biking or doing whatever and you feel the need to compete with this. The worst, currently for me, is parenting. Too many parents compare their children. I see them using Facebook, Twitter or blogs to basically talk about how their kids are the greatest children on Earth. Each of us loves our kids like no other (um hello - they are our children). But, comparing them is wrong.<br />
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Each person has strengths and weaknesses (even as children). There is no perfect human and even if your kids is the smartest one in this city or state, I can guarantee you there is a smarter child somewhere in the universe. Learning humility, compassion and love are more important than learning you are the smartest or prettiest kid out there.<br />
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Too often I see kids tearing other kids apart for their faults, instead of seeing what the other child has to offer. They have learned this. They learned it from you parents out there.<br />
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My kid is special and perfect and neat to me because she is my kid. I don't expect, nor want, others to feel the same way. Parenting is hard. Each time a kid changes or grows you face new issues. Working and raising a family is a crazy amount of work that requires focus and dedication (to the family, child and yourself). No parent needs other parents picking their choices or ways apart. How about I raise my family the way I'd like and you do the same? Let my child be wild and crazy and keep your comments to yourself.<br />
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In particular, in case you aren't getting the point, my special message to other mothers out there .... you can be catty, bitchy, mean and aggressive but in the end what does it get you? <br />
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I'm here to raise a strong and passionate daughter who will help other women, not tear them apart. Please take the hint! ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-41837277444000761832015-02-04T11:29:00.001-08:002015-02-04T11:29:29.396-08:00The English Language Part 1There are a lot of things about the English language that drive me nuts. There are also a lot of things I just don't understand the where, why and how it came to be.<br />
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Lately there is a sign when I walk into my building that says "Ensure the door closes behind you."<br />
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Ensure: <span class="ssens"> to make sure, certain, or safe <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guarantee">guarantee</a> (Webster's)</span><br />
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<span class="ssens">But what about assure?</span><br />
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<span class="ssens">Assure: </span>to make (something) certain<br />
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Left with more questions than answers I use the all powerful Google to find this cool <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/433/when-i-should-use-assure-vs-ensure-vs-insure">site</a> and reference:<br />
<span class="_Tgc">Insure: protect with an insurance policy, as in Insure the car before your trip. To “<b>assure</b>” a person of something is to make him or her confident of it. According to Associated Press style, to “<b>ensure</b>” that something happens is to make certain that it does, and to “insure” is to issue an insurance policy.</span> <br />
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When I see it put like that I know I have it. And then I can ensure that the next time this comes up I'll use the wrong word.<br />
<br />Have a question about the English language you want to investigate with me? Drop a comment.ColorSluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477453443106581096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918137.post-68017490942059615542015-02-02T07:10:00.000-08:002015-02-02T07:10:52.015-08:00Organic CottonI have a general question. If you were to look at 2 t-shirts and one was organic cotton and the other was just cotton which one would you buy? Would you spend a bit more for the organic cotton shirt?<br />
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I have a set of pjs and a shirt that are organic cotton. They feel great, although I will honestly say they feel just like "regular" cotton to me. Not softer and not too stiff. But, here is my issue. Both items (which I spent more than I would normally spend) have small holes throughout them now. I wear and wash them just like my normal regular cotton clothing and out of no where there are little holes. Is this something to do with it being organic cotton or just these items? I don't have a good answer for it, but it makes me not want to buy organic cotton again.<br />
<br />I started wondering what is organic cotton. (from Wikipedia)<br />
<b>Organic cotton</b> is generally understood as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and is grown in subtropical countries such as Turkey, China, USA from non <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenic_plant" title="Transgenic plant">genetically modified</a> plants, that is to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizers" title="Fertilizers">fertilizers</a> or <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticides" title="Pesticides">pesticides</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_cotton#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Its production also promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_cotton#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" since October 2014">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup>
In the United States cotton plantations must also meet the requirements
enforced by the National Organic Program (NOP), from the USDA, in order
to be considered organic. This institution determines the allowed
practices for pest control, growing, fertilizing, and handling of
organic crops.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_cotton#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_cotton#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
As of 2007, 265,517 bales of organic cotton were produced in 24
countries and worldwide production was growing at a rate of more than
50% per year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OTA_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_cotton#cite_note-OTA-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
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After reading what organic cotton is, I think I want to
buy it more. But, I'm worried about the longevity of the items I
purchase. I'd be interested to know if other people see the same small
holes appearing in their organic cotton items. Reading this <a href="http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/laundry/msg0508511832607.html">thread</a> hasn't helped at all. I'm going to guess maybe small aliens are eating my clothing!<br /><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OTA_5-0"><span> </span></sup><br />
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