tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62555592024-03-07T18:31:57.428-05:00The Morningside ProjectPotpourri with an Orthodox Christian slantElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-3672634485372108072013-11-12T21:23:00.002-05:002013-11-12T21:23:55.657-05:00The RA Information ButtonI'm adding the RA Information Button to this blog. I know few people come here and look anymore, but on the off-chance you are here and are interested, here it is:<br />
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Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-60965213399735854852013-04-13T20:56:00.005-04:002013-04-13T20:56:54.304-04:00New Post on Morningside Project Wordpress Site!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://morningsidedrive.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/stardate-309718-264174277-17486andcounting/">Try THIS on for size!!</a> I'm having so much fun with this!</span></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-42873138717917512562010-11-05T10:21:00.001-04:002010-11-05T10:24:54.495-04:00RA Is Not "arthritis" - A PSA about Rheumatoid Arthritis<object style="background-image: url("http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/fG_TCBCsa24/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fG_TCBCsa24?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fG_TCBCsa24?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Rheumatoid Arthritis is certainly NOT your grandmother's arthritis. I will die close to 10 years sooner than I would have without it. I am gradually becoming more crippled all the time. Please watch this video, then consider how to help. We are trying to increase public awareness of RA. Please share this video with your family and friends.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-50543623081678740982010-10-18T09:55:00.000-04:002010-10-18T09:56:39.619-04:00My Great New Kitchen!<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d546b324d6a6b304e6a593d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" alt="Click to play this Smilebox scrapbook" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d546b324d6a6b304e6a593d0d0a.jpg" width="386" height="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" alt="Create your own scrapbook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" width="386" height="46" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="middle">Create a scrapbooking design</td></tr></tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-2794655346374112902010-09-07T18:50:00.003-04:002014-04-09T21:32:14.983-04:00We ARE the Economy!<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We decided a while back to re-do the kitchen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are helping the economy by purchasing:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">24 cabinets and their associated hardware, and 24 feet of beech chopping block countertop from IKEA</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">200 sq feet of Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry) laminate flooring, 2 ceiling fans, and assorted hardware, piping, venting, etc, from Home Depot</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3 ceramic tile murals through Overstock.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">40 cobalt blue bullnose tiles from finecraftsimports.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1 new 24 sq ft upright freezer (the old one died at the wrong time), 1 new sink and a new faucet assembly from Lowes</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1 18 x 24inch Pella triple paned window with Argon between panes and a miniblind between two other panes (30% of cost will be a tax credit, but that's not much)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Employing 1 worker for 7 weeks - full time</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Paying another worker for 8 days of work - full time - to do the electrics</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Paying an HVAC company for installing vents and changing some of the air runs</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Spending money on gasoline going to and from IKEA more times than we can count, trips to Home Depot, trips to Lowes</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Spending money on food delivery (PapaJohns, Locos, etc) that we otherwise would not have had delivered</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Spending money on paper plates and plastic cups, plasticware, and many more paper towels that we otherwise would not have purchased.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, just what is the economy going to do for us? Can we get income tax credits or a "chunky" income tax refund for all this? Only for the Pella window.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I will shortly detail some of the processes in this undertaking, but just wanted people to understand that there are economic implications other than just the money we are spending on this project. And there are economic implications other than just the money YOU spend on similar projects. We people who purchase "things," be they groceries, items for our homes, maintenance items, fuel for autos, lawnmowers, blowers, gas grills, motorcycles, etc, are the backbone of this economy. We ALL deserve some recognition for our economic support activities!<br /><br />"The Economy" is not just the trillions spent by the government, it is, even more, the trillions that "we the people" spend personally. We ARE the economy!</span></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-65650066861971720642009-09-15T12:09:00.002-04:002009-09-15T13:38:32.598-04:00New Widgets About Health<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have added some widgets from the CDC. Goodness knows, I've been in the health biz for over 45 years (OMG!), so I ought to be promoting it!<br /><br />Not only do we have to deal with our "regular" seasonal flu this year, but there is Swine Flu (H1N1) to contend with. Prevention is the same as for seasonal flu - the CDC website recommends:<br /><blockquote><ul><li>Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.</li><li>Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.*</li><li>Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.</li><li>Try to avoid close contact with sick people.</li><li>If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from others as much as possible. This is to keep from making others sick.</li><li>While sick, limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.</li><li>Visit the CDC website (<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/">http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/</a>) to find out what to do if you get sick with the flu and how to care for someone at home who is sick with the flu.</li><li><em>*Though the scientific evidence is not as extensive as that on hand washing and alcohol-based sanitizers, other hand sanitizers that do not contain alcohol may be useful for killing flu germs on hands in settings where alcohol-based products are prohibited.</em></li></ul></blockquote>Antivirals can treat flu. They don't cure it, but they shorten the length of time you are sick. According to the CDC:<br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><ul><li>If you get seasonal or novel H1N1 flu, antiviral drugs can treat the flu.</li><li>Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaled powder) that fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses from reproducing in your body.</li><li>Antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications.</li><li>Antiviral drugs are not sold over-the-counter and are different from antibiotics.</li><li>Antiviral drugs may be especially important for people who are very sick (hospitalized) or people who are sick with the flu and who are at increased risk of serious flu complications, such as pregnant women, young children and those with chronic health conditions.</li><li>For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started within the first 2 days of symptoms.</li><li>Flu-like symptoms include fever (usually high), headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose muscle aches, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting.</li></ul>I last had flu back in the 1960's - it was really rough. I was about 18 or 19. My temp went up to 105, and I was so weak I couldn't always get to the bathroom in time. I ached all over - like someone had been hammering me with a sledge hammer. I had febrile hallucinations. My chest hurt - if I coughed it was worse, but if I didn't cough I couldn't breathe. The sore throat and runny nose were minor compared to the rest. And, yes, I had diarrhea and vomiting. Horrible. It lasted a full 2 weeks. I missed so many classes I had to drop out for the rest of the school year. It didn't help that I had just sort of recovered from a bad case of infectious mononucleosis. With my resistance reduced by the mono, I suppose I was more susceptible to other infections. Seasonal flu that year was really bad, so I probably would have been nearly that sick anyway.<br /><br />Don't try to be a stoic and just keep going! First, you'll give it to others; second, you'll be sicker than you would have been, and third, you'll be sicker longer.<br /><br />To treat flu, whether seasonal or H1N1, the CDC recommends:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><ul><li>Stay home from work or school.</li><li>Get lots of rest, drink plenty of liquids, and avoid using alcohol and tobacco.</li><li>There are over-the-counter (OTC) medications to relieve the symptoms of the flu (but never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have flu-like symptoms, particularly fever).</li><li>Remember that serious illness from the flu is more likely in certain groups of people including people 65 and older, pregnant women, people with certain chronic medical conditions and young children.</li><li>Consult your doctor early on for the best treatment, but also be aware of emergency warning signs that require urgent medical attention.</li></ul>So, that's my homage to the flu season. Have a safe and healthy one!<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-37865758584229979352008-11-01T01:59:00.001-04:002008-11-01T10:40:43.355-04:00Time for Demo!<span style="font-size:100%;">Today I'm going to do a demonstration with Emmy for the Gwinnett Woodworkers Association.<br /><a href="http://www.gwinnettwoodworkers.com/">http://www.gwinnettwoodworkers.com/</a><br />We were among the early members of GWA, and the Ol' Curmudgeon was the first elected president of GWA.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">The members of this club have been wonderful about holding little raffles and holding displays of their work with auctions of the entries - and this is being contributed toward my monetary obligation to PAALS. </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paals.org/gpage.html">http://www.paals.org/gpage.html</a><br />Pictures probably will be taken, and I'll download them and place them here.</span><br /><br /> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class="multiply:no_crosspost"></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-32520308401010514122008-10-31T11:22:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:22:30.406-04:00FriendsWhat would we do without friends? Now that I'm so immobile, I rely more and more on internet connections to keep up with my friends. <br><br>Tomorrow (Sat, Nov 1, 08) Emmy and I plan to attend the Gwinnett Woodworkers Association meeting with the Ol' Curmudgeon. If I am able. If so, I may be able to present a small demo to these people who have been so supportive of my getting Emmy. They have been holding small raffles and doing actions to raise money for my dog. What a wonderful, generous group of people! I believe the LEAST I can do is bring her to be shown off!<br> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-75411708104018850022008-10-27T15:07:00.000-04:002008-10-27T19:07:41.695-04:00New Place!<font size="3">All those previous entries were imported from my Blogspot (Blogger) account. When Blogger locked me out and said I was "spam," I saw red. Once I could post again, I referred everyone to one of my other blogs and vowed I'd never use Blogger again! <br><br>So, now I'm in a new place, and I'm adding a new blog. Don't know what on earth I'll talk about here that I'm not talking about somewhere else:<br><a href="http://livingwiththewoof.wordpress.com">http://livingwiththewoof.wordpress.com</a> wherein I discuss my service dog, Emmy!<br><a href="http://turtlemom3.wordpress.com">http://turtlemom3.wordpress.com </a>mostly about the church calendar and religion <br><a href="http://thefunniesetc.wordpress.com">http://thefunniesetc.wordpress.com </a> Wherein I post silly stuff received via e-mail<br><a href="http://morningsidedrive.wordpress.com">http://morningsidedrive.wordpress.com</a><a href="http://thefunniesetc.wordpress.com/"> </a> Nostalgia for my growing up years<br><br>But I'll think of something!</font><br><br><br><!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-81407029836204615532008-05-06T09:30:00.002-04:002008-05-06T16:36:16.718-04:00Blocked - Locked - Mocked and SHOCKED!This probably will be the last post you will see here.<br /><br />Catch the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://morningsidedrive.wordpress.com/">NEW BLOG HERE</a>. I'll be gradually posting the old posts from this site as well as adding new posts.<br /><br />Blogger decided this was a **spam** blog, and locked me out for 5 days!! I wasn't permitted to contact a *real* person, just automatic responders. No explanation of what it was about my blog that was causing the problem.<br /><br />To top it off, "they" were not even courteous enough to notify me that my blog was active again. I kept checking it, of course, and **finally,** today, I could get into it. But no notification of why my blog was LOCKED for 5 long days, no notification that it was unlocked, and no APOLOGY for locking it - for no real reason - to begin with.<br /><br />For those reasons I'm doing this. I'm furious about this! This is NO WAY to treat a client - free or not.<br /><br />So, "farewell," to this site, and "hello," to the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://morningsidedrive.wordpress.com/">new site</a>! Hope to see you there!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-10026523301819645112008-04-24T07:03:00.000-04:002008-04-24T07:45:08.710-04:005 Things meme<p><i>OK - I got this from Meg on <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://skovranok.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-five-things-meme/">Muttonings</a> (which is a great Blog)!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>What I was doing 10 years ago:</i></p> <ol><li>Realizing I was getting too disabled to work any longer, but not wanting to go through the "disability battle"<br /></li><li>Wondering if DD and I would ever have a decent relationship<br /></li><li>Wanting to move into a different house, but not wanting to go through the misery of moving<br /></li><li>Trying to survive my DD's pre-divorce throes of emotional upsets<br /></li><li>Working on developing the Orthodox Women's List and the Choir Cues<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five things on my To Do List today:<br /></i></p> <ol><li>Take a shower and wash hair (major productions, anymore)<br /></li><li>Grocery shopping<br /></li><li>Laundry - 1 load<br /></li><li>Clear off the dining table<br /></li><li>Change out the litter boxes and "do" the downstairs bathroom<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five snacks I enjoy: </i></p> <ol><li>chocolate, in moderation - or not!<br /></li><li>vanilla wafers - one of my ongoing addictions, made more bearable since the Ol' Curmudgeon has started making them.<br /></li><li>krispy treats - love 'em<br /></li><li>fresh cherries<br /></li><li>chocolate dipped anything<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five things I would do if I were a billionaire: </i></p> <ol><li>See my CPA about how to protect as much as possible from the gun-totin' IRS!<br /></li><li>10% off the top goes to the Church, divvy'd up among various parishes, monastaries, dioceses and Metropolitanates.<br /></li><li>Set up an Educational Trust Fund for our descendants.<br /></li><li>Set up a Retirement Fund and a Medical Fund for us </li><li>Establish an Orthodox School system K-college in the Atlanta area<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five places I have visited:</i></p> <ol><li>San Francisco CA<br /></li><li>Philadelphia PA<br /></li><li>Boise ID</li><li>Kalamazoo Mich</li><li>Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five places I would like to visit:</i></p> <ol><li>Moscow, Russia</li><li>St. Petersburg, ditto</li><li>Kizl Russia<br /></li><li>Vashon Island, Washington (Monastery of the All-Merciful Saviour)</li><li>Jordanville NY (Holy Trinity Monastery)<br /></li></ol> <p><i>Five jobs I have had:</i></p> <ol><li>Temporary typist<br /></li><li>OB nurse<br /></li><li>Nurse Midwife<br /></li><li>Assistant Professor Nursing Clemson University</li><li>Legal Nurse Consultant<br /></li></ol> <p>Your turn!</p>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-82285082403074859462008-04-20T13:45:00.001-04:002008-04-20T13:59:09.340-04:00What's Your Theme Song??<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/2008focus/?section=ThemeSong&searchid=442235%7C23205655%7C191439133">What's Your Theme Song?</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step in the Focus Theme Song-a-tron, find out & send to your friends. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is mine! Isn't it a scream??!!</span><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="322" width="351"><tbody><tr><td><br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus_bbplayer.swf?gDoor=241&gClient=122&gTopic=0&bgcolor=&mid=26851535&gDynamicServer=http://host.oddcast.com/"><param name="BASE" value="http://host-d.oddcast.com/"><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><br /><param name="salign" value="t"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07970407941721482 visible ontop" href="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus_bbplayer.swf?gDoor=241&gClient=122&gTopic=0&bgcolor=&mid=26851535&gDynamicServer=http://host.oddcast.com/"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07970407941721482 visible ontop" href="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus_bbplayer.swf?gDoor=241&gClient=122&gTopic=0&bgcolor=&mid=26851535&gDynamicServer=http://host.oddcast.com/"></a><embed allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" name="hostMov" swliveconnect="true" src="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus_bbplayer.swf?gDoor=241&gClient=122&gTopic=0&bgcolor=&mid=26851535&gDynamicServer=http://host.oddcast.com/" base="http://host-d.oddcast.com/" scale="noborder" salign="t" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="298" width="350"></embed><div><a href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/2008focus/index.asp?section=ThemeSong" title="Create Your Own!" target="_blank" style="padding-right: 167px;"><img src="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus/fcreate.gif" border="none" /></a><a href="http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/2008focus/index.asp" target="_blank" style="margin: -168px;"><img src="http://host-d.oddcast.com/fordfocus/ford.gif" border="none" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-14226045154622163972008-04-06T20:27:00.001-04:002008-04-20T14:01:53.464-04:00Babies as Punishment?!<blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/348569.aspx">Obama Says He Doesn't Want His Daughters Punished with a Baby</a><br />March 31, 2008<br /><br />A lot has been made (by both sides) in this Democratic primary race that "words matter". Well, The Brody File brings you this:<br /><br />At a town hall meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, Barack Obama told the crowd that he didn't want his daughters, "punished with a baby". [--<a href="http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/348569.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MORE</span></a>--]</blockquote>Look, I'm against abortion, but I don't view babies as "punishment." Babies are a gift from God - and like many other gifts from God, they involve responsibilities, commitment, and self-sacrifice. Is it "punishment" to accept responsibility, to make a commitment, to sacrifice your own wants and druthers for the needs of a helpless baby?<br /><br />I don't think so!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where is all the media outrage??</span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-58225386050512304582008-04-01T18:26:00.000-04:002008-04-01T18:35:31.713-04:00I am Tigger!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRtjxbO9vx0Rb52lDc55kgMa5NC9IWEPh4j5nc42LsrbiOBfFxegT4c_PsnMlM6JB_1Ax5rluemNhpBisnWrdEiqqVFLs0aQXnlypcFrzKfeKXS6mdGjtBFBbH_oJRTOgod7sBQ/s1600-h/Tigger!.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRtjxbO9vx0Rb52lDc55kgMa5NC9IWEPh4j5nc42LsrbiOBfFxegT4c_PsnMlM6JB_1Ax5rluemNhpBisnWrdEiqqVFLs0aQXnlypcFrzKfeKXS6mdGjtBFBbH_oJRTOgod7sBQ/s400/Tigger!.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184407609166642578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I scored 18 Ego, 13 Anxiety, and 18 Agency</span><br /></div><br />And as they went, Tigger told Roo (who wanted to know) all about the things that Tiggers could do.<br /><br />"Can they fly?" asked Roo.<br /><br />"Yes," said Tigger, "they're very good flyers, Tiggers are. Strornry good flyers."<br /><br />"Oo!" said Roo. "Can they fly as well as Owl?"<br /><br />"Yes," said Tigger. "Only they don't want to."<br /><br />"Why don't they want to?" well, they just don't like it somehow."<br /><br />Roo couldn't understand this, because he thought it would be lovely to be able to fly, but Tigger said it was difficult to explain to anybody who wasn't a Tigger himself.<br /><br />You scored as Tigger!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ABOUT TIGGER:</span> Tigger is the newest addition to the Hundred Acre Wood, and he lives with Kanga and Roo, because Roo's strengthening medicine turned out to be the thing that Tiggers like best. Tigger is bouncy and confident - <span style="font-weight: bold;">some of his friends think he is a little TOO bouncy and confident, but attempts to unbounce him tend to be fruitless.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU:</span> You are a positive and confident person. You feel capable of dealing with anything and everything, and funnily enough, you usually ARE. You don't worry about much, and you love to go out and find new adventures.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your friends and family might sometimes be a little exasperated by your boundless enthusiasm.</span> You don't like to admit your mistakes, and when you find yourself in over you head, you tend to bluff your way out of things. You would be surprised, however, at how happy the people around you would be if you would actually admit to a mistake. It would make you seem more human, somehow.<br /><br />= = =<br /><br />I think this one has me nailed!! How, I don't know, but there I am! :)Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-22092904790077245942008-03-22T10:06:00.002-04:002008-03-22T10:47:45.877-04:00Ephemerancy - Is That a Word?I am <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://waitingforthewoof.wordpress.com/">waiting for a service dog</a>. I've been approved and accepted, and I'm waiting for the dog to be matched and trained and paid for! While I'm waiting, I'm doing all I can to prepare, naturally. I read, I talk, I research.<br /><br />Naturally, one "knows" that people live longer than dogs do. As I'm a "senior citizen," I've made arrangements for the dog for when I die, assuming I will die before the dog will. But, what if I <span style="font-weight: bold;">don't</span> die first???<br /><br />I follow some blogs by / about service dogs. One of them, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://ssdwinston.blogspot.com/">SSD Winston</a>, died the first of this month. It was so sad. He had been sick off and on for a while, but seemed to be getting better, when he suddenly became worse and had to be put to sleep. There was time for all of his "family" to get together and say goodbye to him, but still, how hard for all involved! He was the mainstay for his disabled partner, and now she is alone. She is less independent, less able to function, more dependent upon the vagaries of other people who have their own lives to live. She is most perturbed.<br /><br />Another one, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dogsforthedisabled.blogspot.com/2008/02/sad-news.html">Venney</a>, was in England. He lived to 12, which is old age for a Labrador Retriever. He will be missed by all his friends, but especially by his disabled partner who is devastated.<br /><br />And I will be lost if I should outlive my service dog. To grow together in a relationship of mutual interdependency that is similar to a marriage, and then to lose the partner who makes your independence possible - that just seems to be terribly, impossibly tragic.<br /><br />Yet, perhaps this is a metaphor for all of our lives.<br /><br />Ephemerancy.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-91119774275637109962008-03-17T15:59:00.000-04:002008-03-17T21:03:31.949-04:00545 Responsible People<div class="post" id="post-189"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="postentry"><div class="snap_preview"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div align="center"><div style="text-align: left;">HOW TRUE!<b> </b><b><b>Finally someone most of us can agree with. I don’t know if this guy is real or what, but it is an interesting idea. A bit simplified, (there are economic cycles and outside influences) …but he still has some good points. And of course, we are responsible for whom we vote for.<br /><br /></b></b> Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years, reporting on everything from sports to politics. From 1969-71, he worked as a campaign staffer for gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional races in several states. He was an editor, assistant to the publisher, and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He now writes a syndicated column which is carried on LewRockwell.com. Reese served two years active duty in the U.S. Army as a tank gunner<br /><br /></div>THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA’S WOES</div> <div align="center"> BY CHARLEY REESE</div> <p>Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.</p> <p>Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?</p> <p>You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.</p> <p>One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices-545 human beings out of the 300 million-are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.</p> <p>I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.</p> <p>I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton- picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it.</p> <p>No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.</p> <p>A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.</p> <p>What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a SPEAKER, who stood up and criticized G.W. BUSH for creating deficits.</p> <p>The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.</p> <p>Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto.</p> <p>REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS</p> <p>It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted-by present facts-of incompetence and irresponsibility.</p> <p>I can’t think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.</p> <p>When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.</p> <p>If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red. If the Marines are in IRAQ, it’s because t hey want them in IRAQ.</p> <p>There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.</p> <p>Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exist disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.</p> <p>Those 545 people and they alone are responsible. They and they alone have the power. They and they alone should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses–provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess.</p> <p>= = = = =</p> <p><i><b>Elizabeth sez:</b></i> OK Peepul - There it is in pretty clear language. It’s up to US to oversee the idiots in Washington and make sure they allocate and spend our - <u>OUR</u> - <b>OUR!!!</b> - money wisely and carefully. WE make the decisions about who our Representatives are, who our Senators are, who our President is. They, in turn, make the decisions as to who the Supreme Court Justices are, who the people on the Federal Reserve Bank Board are. You’ll see this on my other blogs, too!</p> </div> </div>Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years, reporting on everything from sports to politics. From 1969-71, he worked as a campaign staffer for gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional races in several states. He was an editor, assistant to the publisher, and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He now writes a syndicated column which is carried on LewRockwell.com. Reese served two years active duty in the U.S. Army as a tank gunner HOW TRUE!<b> </b><b><b>Finally someone most of us can agree with. I don’t know if this guy is real or what, but it is an interesting idea. A bit simplified, (there are economic cycles and outside influences) …but he still has some good points. And of course, we are responsible for whom we vote for.</b></b><br /> </div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-83051873755885537352008-03-12T09:30:00.000-04:002008-03-12T09:51:04.764-04:00Which Beautiful Fairy Are You?<div style="width: 322px; background-color: rgb(216, 233, 237); text-align: center;"><br /> <div style="background: rgb(129, 172, 201) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; height: 4px;"><br /> <img src="http://www.quizilla.com/images/blue_drk_corner1.gif" style="float: left;" height="4" hspace="0" /><br /> <img src="http://www.quizilla.com/images/blue_drk_corner2.gif" style="float: right;" height="4" hspace="0" /><br /> </div><br /> <div style="padding: 0pt 0pt 5px; background: rgb(129, 172, 201) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><br /> <span style="padding: 3px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ><strong>Which Beautiful Fairy Are You?</strong></span><br /> </div><br /> <div style="padding: 5px; text-align: left; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(216, 233, 237);"><br /><br /><center><img src="http://images.quizilla.com/T/TE/TEG/teghangirl12/1138627810_Earthfairy.jpg" /><br />Earth Fairy:-- *ADVENTUROUS and CARING* You have a very interesting personality. 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Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation: a Book of Etiquette. Williamsburg, VA: Beaver Press, 1971.<br /><br />George Washington, as a boy, copied out these rules of civility and decent behavior from a Jesuit manual. Richard Brookhiser, in his book on Washington wrote that "all modern manners in the western world were originally aristocratic. Courtesy meant behavior appropriate to a court; chivalry comes from chevalier – a knight. Yet Washington was to dedicate himself to freeing America from a court's control. Could manners survive the operation? Without realizing it, the Jesuits who wrote them, and the young man who copied them, were outlining and absorbing a system of courtesy appropriate to equals and near-equals. When the company for whom the decent behavior was to be performed expanded to the nation, Washington was ready. Parson Weems got this right, when he wrote that it was 'no wonder every body honoured him who honoured every body.'" <span style="font-style: italic;">Richard Brookhiser, <u>Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington</u> (New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1996) pp. 130-131.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Washington's Rules of Civility</span><br /><br />The Exercise of a Schoolboy*<br /><br />George Washington, sometime before the age of 16, transcribed Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation. (Original errors in numbering have been corrected; original spelling is unchanged.)<br /><br />1st Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.<br /><br />2d When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usualy Discovered.<br /><br />3d Shew Nothing to your Freind that may affright him.<br /><br />4th In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.<br /><br />5th If You Cough, Sneeze, Sigh, or Yawn, do it not Loud but Privately; and Speak not in your Yawning, but put Your handkercheif or Hand before your face and turn aside.<br /><br />6th Sleep not when others Speak, Sit not when others stand, Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not on when others Stop.<br /><br />7th Put not off your Cloths in the presence of Others, nor go out your Chamber half Drest.<br /><br />8th At Play and at Fire its Good manners to Give Place to the last Commer, and affect not to Speak Louder than Ordinary.<br /><br />9th Spit not in the Fire, nor Stoop low before it neither Put your Hands into the Flames to warm them, nor Set your Feet upon the Fire especially if there be meat before it.<br /><br />10th When you Sit down, Keep your Feet firm and Even, without putting one on the other or Crossing them.<br /><br />11th Shift not yourself in the Sight of others nor Gnaw your nails.<br /><br />12th Shake not the head, Feet, or Legs rowl not the Eys lift not one eyebrow higher than the other wry not the mouth, and bedew no mans face with your Spittle, by approaching too near him when you Speak.<br /><br />13th Kill no Vermin as Fleas, lice ticks &c in the Sight of Others, if you See any filth or thick Spittle put your foot Dexteriously upon it if it be upon the Cloths of your Companions, Put it off privately, and if it be upon your own Cloths return Thanks to him who puts it off.<br /><br />14th Turn not your Back to others especially in Speaking, Jog not the Table or Desk on which Another reads or writes, lean not upon any one.<br /><br />15th Keep your Nails clean and Short, also your Hands and Teeth Clean yet without Shewing any great Concern for them.<br /><br />16th Do not Puff up the Cheeks, Loll not out the tongue rub the Hands, or beard, thrust out the lips, or bite them or keep the Lips too open or too Close.<br /><br />17th Be no Flatterer, neither Play with any that delights not to be Play'd Withal.<br /><br />18th Read no Letters, Books, or Papers in Company but when there is a Necessity for the doing of it you must ask leave: come not near the Books or Writings of Another so as to read them unless desired or give your opinion of them unask'd also look not nigh when another is writing a Letter.<br /><br />19th let your Countenance be pleasant but in Serious Matters Somewhat grave.<br /><br />20th The Gestures of the Body must be Suited to the discourse you are upon.<br /><br />21st: Reproach none for the Infirmaties of Nature, nor Delight to Put them that have in mind thereof.<br /><br />22d Shew not yourself glad at the Misfortune of another though he were your enemy.<br /><br />23d When you see a Crime punished, you may be inwardly Pleased; but always shew Pity to the Suffering Offender.<br /><br />24th Do not laugh too loud or too much at any Publick Spectacle.<br /><br />25th Superfluous Complements and all Affectation of Ceremonie are to be avoided, yet where due they are not to be Neglected.<br /><br />26th In Pulling off your Hat to Persons of Distinction, as Noblemen, Justices, Churchmen &c make a Reverence, bowing more or less according to the Custom of the Better Bred, and Quality of the Person. Amongst your equals expect not always that they Should begin with you first, but to Pull off the Hat when there is no need is Affectation, in the Manner of Saluting and resaluting in words keep to the most usual Custom.<br /><br />27th Tis ill manners to bid one more eminent than yourself be covered as well as not to do it to whom it's due Likewise he that makes too much haste to Put on his hat does not well, yet he ought to Put it on at the first, or at most the Second time of being ask'd; now what is herein Spoken, of Qualification in behaviour in Saluting, ought also to be observed in taking of Place, and Sitting down for ceremonies without Bounds is troublesome.<br /><br />28th If any one come to Speak to you while you are are Sitting Stand up tho he be your Inferiour, and when you Present Seats let it be to every one according to his Degree.<br /><br />29th When you meet with one of Greater Quality than yourself, Stop, and retire especially if it be at a Door or any Straight place to give way for him to Pass.<br /><br />30th In walking the highest Place in most Countrys Seems to be on the right hand therefore Place yourself on the left of him whom you desire to Honour: but if three walk together the middest Place is the most Honourable the wall is usually given to the most worthy if two walk together.<br /><br />31st If any one far Surpassess others, either in age, Estate, or Merit yet would give Place to a meaner than himself in his own lodging or elsewhere the one ought not to except it, So he on the other part should not use much earnestness nor offer it above once or twice.<br /><br />32d: To one that is your equal, or not much inferior you are to give the cheif Place in your Lodging and he to who 'tis offered ought at the first to refuse it but at the Second to accept though not without acknowledging his own unworthiness.<br /><br />33d They that are in Dignity or in office have in all places Preceedency but whilst they are Young they ought to respect those that are their equals in Birth or other Qualitys, though they have no Publick charge.<br /><br />34th It is good Manners to prefer them to whom we Speak before ourselves especially if they be above us with whom in no Sort we ought to begin.<br /><br />35th Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.<br /><br />36th Artificers & Persons of low Degree ought not to use many ceremonies to Lords, or Others of high Degree but Respect and highly Honour them, and those of high Degree ought to treat them with affibility & Courtesie, without Arrogancy.<br /><br />37th In Speaking to men of Quality do not lean nor Look them full in the Face, nor approach too near them at lest Keep a full Pace from them.<br /><br />38th In visiting the Sick, do not Presently play the Physicion if you be not Knowing therein.<br /><br />39th In writing or Speaking, give to every Person his due Title According to his Degree & the Custom of the Place.<br /><br />40th Strive not with your Superiers in argument, but always Submit your Judgment to others with Modesty.<br /><br />41st Undertake not to Teach your equal in the art himself Proffesses; it Savours of arrogancy.<br /><br />42d Let thy ceremonies in Courtesie be proper to the Dignity of his place with whom thou conversest for it is absurd to act the same with a Clown and a Prince.<br /><br />43d Do not express Joy before one sick or in pain for that contrary Passion will aggravate his Misery.<br /><br />44th When a man does all he can though it Succeeds not well blame not him that did it.<br /><br />45th Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in publick or in Private; presently, or at Some other time in what terms to do it & in reproving Shew no Sign of Cholar but do it with all Sweetness and Mildness.<br /><br />46th Take all Admonitions thankfully in what Time or Place Soever given but afterwards not being culpable take a Time & Place convenient to let him him know it that gave them.<br /><br />47th Mock not nor Jest at any thing of Importance break no Jest that are Sharp Biting and if you Deliver any thing witty and Pleasent abstain from Laughing there at yourself.<br /><br />48th Wherein wherein you reprove Another be unblameable yourself; for example is more prevalent than Precepts.<br /><br />49th Use no Reproachfull Language against any one neither Curse nor Revile.<br /><br />50th Be not hasty to beleive flying Reports to the Disparagement of any.<br /><br />51st Wear not your Cloths, foul, unript or Dusty but See they be Brush'd once every day at least and take heed that you approach not to any Uncleaness.<br /><br />52d In your Apparel be Modest and endeavour to accomodate Nature, rather than to procure Admiration keep to the Fashion of your equals Such as are Civil and orderly with respect to Times and Places.<br /><br />53d Run not in the Streets, neither go too slowly nor with Mouth open go not Shaking yr Arms kick not the earth with yr feet, go not upon the Toes, nor in a Dancing fashion.<br /><br />54th Play not the Peacock, looking every where about you, to See if you be well Deck't, if your Shoes fit well if your Stokings sit neatly, and Cloths handsomely.<br /><br />55th Eat not in the Streets, nor in the House, out of Season.<br /><br />56th Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad Company.<br /><br />57th In walking up and Down in a House, only with One in Company if he be Greater than yourself, at the first give him the Right hand and Stop not till he does and be not the first that turns, and when you do turn let it be with your face towards him, if he be a Man of Great Quality, walk not with him Cheek by Joul but Somewhat behind him; but yet in Such a Manner that he may easily Speak to you.<br /><br />58th Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy, for 'tis a Sign of a Tractable and Commendable Nature: And in all Causes of Passion admit Reason to Govern.<br /><br />59th Never express anything unbecoming, nor Act agst the Rules Moral before your inferiours.<br /><br />60th Be not immodest in urging your Freinds to Discover a Secret.<br /><br />61st Utter not base and frivilous things amongst grave and Learn'd Men nor very Difficult Questians or Subjects, among the Ignorant or things hard to be believed, Stuff not your Discourse with Sentences amongst your Betters nor Equals.<br /><br />62d Speak not of doleful Things in a Time of Mirth or at the Table; Speak not of Melancholy Things as Death and Wounds, and if others Mention them Change if you can the Discourse tell not your Dreams, but to your intimate Friend.<br /><br />63d A Man ought not to value himself of his Atchievements, or rare Qualities of wit; much less of his riches Virtue or Kindred.<br /><br />64th Break not a Jest where none take pleasure in mirth Laugh not aloud, nor at all without Occasion, deride no mans Misfortune, tho' there Seem to be Some cause.<br /><br />65th Speak not injurious Words neither in Jest nor Earnest Scoff at none although they give Occasion.<br /><br />66th Be not forward but friendly and Courteous; the first to Salute hear and answer & be not Pensive when it's a time to Converse.<br /><br />67th Detract not from others neither be excessive in Commanding.<br /><br />68th Go not thither, where you know not, whether you Shall be Welcome or not. Give not Advice without being Ask'd & when desired do it briefly.<br /><br />69th If two contend together take not the part of either unconstrained; and be not obstinate in your own Opinion, in Things indiferent be of the Major Side.<br /><br />70th Reprehend not the imperfections of others for that belongs to Parents Masters and Superiours.<br /><br />71st Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of Others and ask not how they came. What you may Speak in Secret to your Friend deliver not before others.<br /><br />72d Speak not in an unknown Tongue in Company but in your own Language and that as those of Quality do and not as the Vulgar; Sublime matters treat Seriously.<br /><br />73d Think before you Speak pronounce not imperfectly nor bring out your Words too hastily but orderly & distinctly.<br /><br />74th When Another Speaks be attentive your Self and disturb not the Audience if any hesitate in his Words help him not nor Prompt him without desired, Interrupt him not, nor Answer him till his Speech be ended.<br /><br />75th In the midst of Discourse ask not of what one treateth but if you Perceive any Stop because of your coming you may well intreat him gently to Proceed: If a Person of Quality comes in while your Conversing it's handsome to Repeat what was said before.<br /><br />76th While you are talking, Point not with your Finger at him of Whom you Discourse nor Approach too near him to whom you talk especially to his face.<br /><br />77th Treat with men at fit Times about Business & Whisper not in the Company of Others.<br /><br />78th Make no Comparisons and if any of the Company be Commended for any brave act of Vertue, commend not another for the Same.<br /><br />79th Be not apt to relate News if you know not the truth thereof. In Discoursing of things you Have heard Name not your Author always A Secret Discover not.<br /><br />80th Be not Tedious in Discourse or in reading unless you find the Company pleased therewith.<br /><br />81st Be not Curious to Know the Affairs of Others neither approach those that Speak in Private.<br /><br />82d undertake not what you cannot perform but be carefull to keep your promise.<br /><br />83d when you deliver a matter do it without passion & with discretion, however mean the person be you do it too.<br /><br />84th When your Superiours talk to any Body hearken not neither Speak nor Laugh.<br /><br />85th In Company of these of Higher Quality than yourself Speak not til you are ask'd a Question then Stand upright put of your Hat & Answer in few words.<br /><br />86th In Disputes, be not So Desireous to Overcome as not to give Liberty to each one to deliver his Opinion and Submit to the Judgment of the Major Part especially if they are Judges of the Dispute.<br /><br />87th Let thy carriage be such as becomes a Man Grave Settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not at every turn what others Say.<br /><br />88th Be not tedious in Discourse, make not many Digressigns, nor repeat often the Same manner of Discourse.<br /><br />89th Speak not Evil of the absent for it is unjust.<br /><br />90th Being Set at meat Scratch not neither Spit Cough or blow your Nose except there's a Necessity for it.<br /><br />91st Make no Shew of taking great Delight in your Victuals, Feed not with Greediness; cut your Bread with a Knife, lean not on the Table neither find fault with what you Eat.<br /><br />92d Take no Salt or cut Bread with your Knife Greasy.<br /><br />93d Entertaining any one at table it is decent to present him wt. meat, Undertake not to help others undesired by the Master.<br /><br />94th If you Soak bread in the Sauce let it be no more than what you put in your Mouth at a time and blow not your broth at Table but Stay till Cools of it Self.<br /><br />95th Put not your meat to your Mouth with your Knife in your hand neither Spit forth the Stones of any fruit Pye upon a Dish nor Cast anything under the table.<br /><br />96th It's unbecoming to Stoop much to ones Meat Keep your Fingers clean & when foul wipe them on a Corner of your Table Napkin.<br /><br />97th Put not another bit into your Mouth til the former be Swallowed let not your Morsels be too big for the Gowls.<br /><br />98th Drink not nor talk with your mouth full neither Gaze about you while you are a Drinking.<br /><br />99th Drink not too leisurely nor yet too hastily. Before and after Drinking wipe your Lips breath not then or Ever with too Great a Noise, for its uncivil.<br /><br />100th Cleanse not your teeth with the Table Cloth Napkin Fork or Knife but if Others do it let it be done wt. a Pick Tooth.<br /><br />101st Rince not your Mouth in the Presence of Others.<br /><br />102d It is out of use to call upon the Company often to Eat nor need you Drink to others every Time you Drink.<br /><br />103d In Company of your Betters be not longer in eating than they are lay not your Arm but only your hand upon the table.<br /><br />104th It belongs to the Chiefest in Company to unfold his Napkin and fall to Meat first, But he ought then to Begin in time & to Dispatch with Dexterity that the Slowest may have time allowed him.<br /><br />105th Be not Angry at Table whatever happens & if you have reason to be so, Shew it not but on a Chearfull Countenance especially if there be Strangers for Good Humour makes one Dish of Meat a Feast.<br /><br />106th Set not yourself at the upper of the Table but if it Be your Due or that the Master of the house will have it So, Contend not, least you Should Trouble the Company.<br /><br />107th If others talk at Table be attentive but talk not with Meat in your Mouth.<br /><br />108th When you Speak of God or his Atributes, let it be Seriously & wt. Reverence. Honour & Obey your Natural Parents altho they be Poor.<br /><br />109th Let your Recreations be Manfull not Sinfull.<br /><br />110th Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire Called Conscience.<br /><br />Finis<br /><br />*Washington, George. <u>Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation: a Book of Etiquette.</u> Williamsburg, VA: Beaver Press, 1971.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-77029447418305195812008-03-05T17:10:00.000-05:002008-03-05T17:40:22.897-05:00It Takes Two, Baby!Went to the grocery - Senior Discount Day - and they still - STILL - had some Valentine's balloons! I saw this HUGE heart that says Me & You on it, with lots of hearts and music notes in ribbons around the center of the heart, and I noticed it has a sign that says "I Sing - tap balloon." So I thump it in my best 5th grade middle finger against thumb routine and it starts playing - loudly - "it takes two, baby, it takes two, baby, me and you!"<br /><br />Now, tell me - could I REALLY go out of there without that balloon??? It had a nice weight on it so it wouldn't fly away. Everytime I hit a bump on the way home, it played "it takes two, baby, it takes two, baby, me and you!"<br /><br />Well, I drove up the driveway, remote-opened the door, drove into the garage, opened the car, and was just rescuing the balloon when himself arrived to help unload the groceries. Of course, he noticed the balloon - so I told him I got it for him because I love him, then I thumped it - and it played, "it takes two, baby, it takes two, baby, me and you!"<br /><br />Normally, the Ol' Curmudgeon makes a face, but this time he kinda smiled. We wrestled the groceries into the right places in the house, and I set the balloon up so it was between the kitchen and living room - have to pass it every time you go either way.<br /><br />Well, of course I thumped it each time I passed and laughed delightedly. Would you believe when the Ol' Curmudgeon passed by it he tapped it, then came over and caressed my head and said, "you suit me, old thing." That's one of his ways of telling me he loves me. He tapped it several other times during the evening.<br /><br />I think this was a success! On such little things are happy memories built in a marriage.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-83087561284496908512008-02-26T13:51:00.000-05:002008-02-26T15:59:27.589-05:00Calcium + Heredity = A+ Bones!!I went to the Rheumy-doc today. I think my Rheumy-doc is the most wonderful ever, so it was a pleasure to see him anyway. Having the good report from my bone scan today was just the icing on the cake.<br /><br />My RA is pretty well under control, and so is the fibromyalgia. I attribute both facts to the clinical expertise of my excellent Rheumy-doc!! He is in practice with his lovely wife, and they have two gorgeous daughters.<br /><br />He is a "happy-camper" who sings to himself as he writes in the patient charts, as he examines the patients, as he walks from room to room. He is cheerful and upbeat keeping the patients who have these awful rheumatic and autoimmune diseases upbeat themselves. It is really great to go to a good doctor who is also happy and pleased with what he is doing. No matter how bad I am feeling when I go to him, I leave with a smile on my face.<br /><br />The cost of drugs is not his fault, and he works to keep his patients' costs down by prescribing the lowest cost medications he possibly can. He doesn't think the insurance industry has any business telling us where to get our prescriptions filled or who to get our medical care from. He is one of many voices in the wilderness. He speaks up in medical meetings along with many others who only want to provide excellent care to their patients at reasonable cost and medications that are effective and reasonably priced. He and his colleagues are very frustrated with the current situation.<br /><br />In the meantime, he happily takes care of his patients, singing to them and to himself as he walks from room to room, rendering care, making diagnoses and documenting in their charts.<br /><br />May all MDs be as competent, caring and happy in their practices as he is.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-90827593053749709232008-02-22T09:36:00.000-05:002008-02-22T10:24:04.718-05:00A Time to ReflectI decided that today is a good time to reflect on some things. It was also a good time to change colors. The pink was nice, but it wasn't "me."<br /><br />First, I'm very, VERY proud of my daughter. She has a line of products that are starting to take off and sell, she is generously promoting the products of other people, and now, touched by the tragedy which has happened to another member of Etsy, she has dedicated the profits from several of her products to this family. She is an incredibly generous person.<br /><br />Second, I very, VERY much love my family. No reasons. Just love them. Warts and all. They are wonderful.<br /><br />Third, This country ouf ours is truly special. We are blessed to be living in it. We have the liberty, the freedom, to come and go, to believe or not believe, to do or not do. It is hard for us to understand that people in other countries don't have these same liberties. Hard for us to understand that people in other countries cannot live our same lives. It is very important for us to protect it. Not to protect its ability to dole out "bread and circuses" to people who can't or won't work for their own bread, but to protect its ability to make it possibly for us to make our own ways.<br /><br />Fourth, most of all, on this earth I love my ol' curmudgeon. I love him down to my bone marrow. Can't comprehend life without him. Don't want to try to comprehend life without him, much less live life without him. We live our withdrawn, Hobbit-like existence, and it suits us.<br /><br />Finally, I am so grateful to God for all that he has given to us. I think that all too frequently we forget, in the hustle and bustle of everyday, when we are in the throes of political this and that, we forget that we are NOT in control of all this. God ultimately is in control. We may think we are, but we are not. So I refer all to the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.angelfire.com/ga/riggs/Akathist-GloryToGod.html">Akathist Glory to God for All Things</a> as a reminder of what is truly important in life!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-31076005085809470532008-02-21T18:16:00.000-05:002008-02-21T19:08:10.384-05:00Tag! You're It!!I'm tagging SEWphisticate, Riverdaughter, and Nepsis (You Know Who You Are!!)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What if you had a $100 gift card to the music store of your choice, what would you buy??</span><br /><br />Now, no matter where I go, I figger I can only get 5-6 CDs for $100 - right?<br /><br />So I had to <span style="font-weight: bold;">really</span> work to limit myself to 6 CDs when I wandered over to Liturgica.com's Orthodox Liturgics section!!<br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AJ053 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AJ053&hostname=null"> With The Voice of the Archangel</a> <br /> Russian - Orthodox Liturgical Solos, Duets & Trios </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 17.00</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(252, 197, 75);"><td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AJ046 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AJ046&hostname=null"> Akathist of Thanksgiving</a> <br /> Russian - St. Ignatius Mission Choir </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 14.98</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AL006 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AL006&hostname=null"> Good Friday - Bulgarian Orthodox Liturgy</a> <br /> Bulgarian - M. Popsavov, Mixed Choir </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 15.99</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AL002 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AL002&hostname=null"> Ancient Slavonic Chant</a> <br /> Bulgarian - Angeloglassny Vocal Ensemble </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 17.99</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AC001 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AC001&hostname=null"> Chants of the Roman Church-Byzantine Period</a> <br /> Old Roman - Peres, Ensemble Organum </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 7.98</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="510"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffcc"><td align="center"> <br /></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > AJ062 </span></td> <td align="left"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > <a href="http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AJ062&hostname=null"> Hymns and Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church</a> <br /> Russian - Choir of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, London with Nicolai Gedda </span></td> <td align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" > 19.98</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />______________________________________________________________<br />Total = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = $93.92<br /><br />Hope my shipping wouldn't be over $6.00!!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-84045863788545070242008-02-18T21:14:00.000-05:002008-02-18T21:29:13.999-05:00The Chinese Take Me Out Box Purse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9667251"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXiGuxKF1J0C12-rb7y141qt8ellzc-8xm1xlO688DOX-Vm4J0Fls-yYiN12YM6bCZzkGrpwFjEtqc3Rm493jD80q3bSv6oW5PjLOLBt-4OiDu5hEEWd_i84ywimt1zCtr4VF9A/s320/RedDragonPurse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168509206026420178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Isn't this just the cutest little evening purse you've ever seen in your life!!!??? It absolutely <span style="font-weight: bold;">screams</span> "Take me with you!!"<br /><br />Genevieve has been playing with origami and folding things and designing things since she was a little. One time I remember she looked at a Chinese take-out box and said something about wouldn't it make a cute little purse. We tried to get the smell of the shrimp out of it, but it didn't work, so we gave up,<br /><br />Obviously she never forgot about that idea! I would never have believed it back then, but look what came of it!!<br /><br />There are more views of this at her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5318640">Etsy Shop</a>, and many other items she currently has. The items seem to change almost daily, so visit often!<br /><br /></span><br /></span>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-48108404072182013452008-02-11T12:02:00.000-05:002008-02-11T12:04:21.541-05:00I've Done This Before . . .. . . but it's fun, so I did it again:<br /><br /><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="8"> <tbody><tr><td valign="middle"><img src="http://www.masquerademaskarts.com/memes/minicrest.gif" /></td><td valign="middle"> <span style="color:black;"> My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:black;"> Her Excellency Elizabeth the Excited of Lesser Cheese Winston </span><br /><small> <a href="http://www.masquerademaskarts.com/memes/peculiartitle.php">Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title</a> </small> </td></tr> </tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255559.post-21762764330440714072008-02-10T23:05:00.000-05:002008-02-11T06:51:27.056-05:00SistersRisa posted a poem of mine on her <a href="http://risashome.blogspot.com/2008/01/remember.html">blog</a> out on the Left Coast. ;)<br /><br />I was both childishly delighted and humbled to read how she regards me as her lately discovered sister. Interestingly, I felt the same thing as she, but was having difficulty expressing it. <br /><br />I had a half-sister growing up. We saw each other too seldom to develop much of a bond. I have no clue how she perceived me. I saw her as my father's princess and favored child - his "real" daughter, as it were. No, I wasn't a bastard, but I was one of those children of divorce from the 40's who felt fractured and "partial" most of their lives. Unworthy. I attribute all the achievements of my life to my feelings of unworthiness. Somehow I needed to make myself appear worthy, I needed to be worthy. Thus the BS, the MS, the PhD. My father did not live to see me graduate with my PhD. Neither did my mother, my grandmother, my stepmother, my mother-in-law or father-in-law. Only my husband and children. Maybe that's all who really mattered. I don't know. I do know that ceremony felt a bit "hollow" without any of my parents or in-laws there to see my achievement. It had been a long time coming, and I felt a bit bereft that the members of the generation previous most close to me weren't there to share it with me.<br /><br />Then, a few months ago, someone came into my life through my husband, who has become a sister and more. Oh we are different! We have totally different "takes" on religion. She is Quaker, and I am an Orthodox Christian. She is a Liberal. I am a Conservative. She is an Environmentalist. I'm not. She's an activist. I'm not. But we share so much. A love of good food, of good bread, in particular. A love of books - the sensual feel of good bindings, the joy of reading - and many of the same authors! A love of the motion picture art - many of the same and many different. She is shy-er than I am. I'm afraid I galumphed into her life with all the overwhelmingly unbridled enthusiasm of a Labrador Retriever. Kinda bowled her over and refused to give her time to decide if she liked or disliked me - she HAD to like me! I do that from time to time. Because there is that "something" that is between us, that we recognized immediately both from our correspondence and from our blogging. Risa blogs intensively as she is a writer, a poet and a librarian. I blog desultorily (as any reader of my blogs knows). But we know each other jointly through the Ol' Curmudgeon. They were friends as children, almost a different lifetime ago. <br /><br />Now, I find that I didn't knock her over with my [figuratively] wagging tail! And she has become the sister I have always wanted.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235917932407164518noreply@blogger.com0