Monday, January 30, 2012

Perfect

A daily reminder must for me since even the slightest thing goes wrong or I feel like what I had done was inadequate, I flounder and get flustered and loose track of everything else while I wallow on what I didn't do.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Some Wonderful Ideas!




Clever ideas: hull strawberries with a straw 
Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarrantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw)..
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Clever ideas: use a walnut to heal furniture scratches  
Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.
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Clever ideas: WD40 for cleaning crayon off TV screens 
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls).
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Clever ideas: keep a cut apple from going brown 
Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.
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Clever ideas: store bedlinen sets inside their pillowcases
Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.
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Clever ideas: bowl as iPhone sound amplifier 
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.
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Placing SOS pads in the freezer between uses will prevent rusting.


PCleaver ideas: wet wipe dispenser as plastic bag storage 
Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.
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Clever ideas: baby powder to remove sand from feet 
Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?!
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Clever ideas: velcro strip on wall to hold soft toys 
Attach a velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.
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Clever ideas: gift wrap storage on cupboard ceiling 
Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.
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Clever idea: stocking over vacuum to pick up lost items 
Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.
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Clever idea: box lid cupcake holder 
Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.
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Clever idea: how to fold a fitted sheet 
For those who can’t stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.
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Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door
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Clever idea: use shower caps to hold shoes when packing 
A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!
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Clever idea: muffin pan craft storage 
A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.
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Clever idea: bread tags as cable labels 
Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.
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Clever idea: cook cupcakes in ice cream cones 
Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones – so much more fun and easier for kids to eat. Definitely doing this!
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Clever idea: microwave your own popcorn in a plain paper bag 
Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff.
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Clever idea: use a tension rod to hang spray bottles 
Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!
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Clever idea: how to make heart-shaped eggs 
Win friends at breakfast with this heart-shaped egg tutorial. Aww shucks!
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Clever idea: use upside-down muffic pan to make cookie bowls 
Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila – you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream.
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Clever idea: freeze aloe vera lotion for soothing burns 
Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.
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Clever idea: gutter veggie garden 
Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering..
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Clever idea: egg cartons for Christmas ornament storage 
Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.


 

Coffee with Jesus


Monday, January 23, 2012

It's been two years...

You died two years ago today.  We weren't even speaking when it happened because of the fight we got into 2 days before.  I really didn't believe your sister when she was screaming into the phone at me.  All I could do was look at our daughter and wonder what the hell I was going to tell her when she started asking.  It wouldn't be for years since she wasn't even two months old yet.  I know you can see how big she's getting and all that she does, including trying my patience with a smile the way you use to.  We had so many plans.  I wonder sometimes if any of it could have happened if really had let go of all your demons, or if this was the way it was suppose to be.  The only thing I'm asking is that you make sure she can hear you at night when you know she's in the process of making the wrong decision.  She needs to know someone is always looking out for her.  That's what dads are suppose to do.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

I might like you better if we slept together...

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

I received this in an email from my Aunt Erika who I happen to hold in the highest regards.

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.  All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time?
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!