8:40AM
Stuffed French Toast for breakfast.
Took about 3 ounces cream cheese
and whipped in 2 Tablespoons
Nutella.
Whipped together 2 eggs in
a medium sized bowl.
Spread Nutella cream cheese
onto a piece of cinnamon swirl
bread
(you could also top with banana
slices),
top with another piece of
bread.
Dip both sides into
whipped eggs.
Fry in a pan with a little
butter until golden brown.
Made 4-5
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9:40AM
Some flowers around the yard.
This is the most morning glories
I have seen bloomed this year!
All the Hostas are in bloom around the yard.
Pears with Enchanted Rose Zinnias.
Front yard flower bed.
I grew them all from seeds.
I think there's some cosmos
coming up also but haven't bloomed yet.
Crackerjack Marigold
Other Marigolds
Enchanted Rose Zinnia
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10:30AM
Got the first load of laundry done
and hung out to dry.
Jonathan has a friend over playing
video games. I think it's too
early for this!
Chased the cat around the yard
on two occasions with her getting out.
Now listening to the melody of
MEOW, MEOW, MEOW, MEOW, MEOW!!!
Like someone poking me in my
head with a finger constantly!!!
Eyes are starting to twitch.
Considering shaken cat syndrome!!
Mom stopped by on her way to Meijers
to drop of some coupons. I'm
having her pick up some celery
for me. Maybe this afternoon I can
start chopping celery and bell peppers
for the freezer.
Found a blanket I washed up and have
hanging on the line. It is a double
sided blanket. I think since I can't
find anymore bean bag stuffing I will
use what I have and cut open one end
of this blanket and fill it with
these styrofoam marshmallows.
Knowing my luck the dog will try to take
it over and use it as her bed.
Because my kids like to throw blankets
and pillows on the floor.
I don't like dogs nor cats on my blankets,
clothes, furniture or beds!
Makes me itchy!!
Going to bang head on wall if
this freakin cat don't shut up.
Going to get a water bottle
to spray it's ass with!!!
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11:15AM
Now that's what I'm talking about!
I filled my one blanket with the
stuffing from a bean bag chair.
I love the way it contours around
the body, not hard like memory foam.
I still want to make
a baffled box style mattress topper.
But for now at least all these
styrofoam pieces are contained in
something and not blowing all around
this place! Hoping to possibly
find some bean bag chairs at move
out time to do my project.
But for now I can use this blanket
like a body pillow.
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According to these statistic below
it looks like I am below average.
Which in this case is a good thing
because I am all about saving money!
I couldn't imagine living like
the average American spending this
kind of money!!
Way to go on all those mom's and dad's
spending all that money on college students!!
If they only knew how much of that stuff
they threw out a year later for me to
scoop up for free, they'd probably freak!!
But then again if you have that kind
of money to throw away, I'm sure they
don't care.
* The average American family will spend $606.40 on clothes, shoes, supplies and electronics, compared to $548.72 last year.
* The average family of school-aged children is expected to spend $225.47 on clothing and $102.93 on shoes. An average of $181.60 is expected to be spent on electronic or computer-related school needs and $96.39 on school supplies.
* What about college? The average college student's family will spend $616.13 on new apparel, furniture for dorms or apartments, school supplies, and electronics.
* Back-to-school spending (combined K-12 and college) will reach $55.12 billion, making it the second biggest consumer spending event for retailers behind the winter holidays!
(Source: The National Retail Federation 2010 Back-to-School and Back-to-College Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey)
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No need to buy a gun for protection,
get a can of wasp spray!!
Never thought about this before but important to know!
Subject: Wasp Spray
I know some of you own GUNS but this is something to think about...---
If you don't have a gun, here's a more humane way to wreck someone's
evil plans for you. Did you know this? I didn't. I never really thought
of it before. I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat.
Wasp Spray - A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk
area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob
them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police
department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she
get a can of wasp spray instead.
The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a
lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too
close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds
an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a
can on her desk in the office and it doesn't attract attention from
people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at
home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of
use.
On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in
Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.
Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High
School . For decades, he's suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet
spray near your door or bed.
Glinka says, "This is better than anything I can teach them."
Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than
mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if
someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says "spray the culprit in
the eyes". It's a tip he's given to students for decades.
It's also one he wants everyone to hear. If you're looking for
protection, Glinka says look to the spray. "That's going to give you a
chance to call the police; maybe get out." Maybe even save a life.
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I was reading on Snopes.com about
using the Wasp spray as self defense.
Get this, they say it is ILLEGAL
in many jurisdictions to use it.
It also states on the spray bottle
that if you use it in a manner that
is inconsistent with its labeling
it is a violation of federal law.
Ok I can see not carrying a can
of wasp spray around in your purse
or dangling from your key chain
like mace (lol). But if an illegal
burglar is going to illegally break into
my house to illegally harm someone or
illegally steal items, then hell yeah
I'm gonna consider that can of
wasp spray to illegally spray them with!!
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1:00PM
Just got done dicing, slicing,
blanching and packing up a stalk
of celery and 15 green bell peppers.
Now I have a whole bowl of
seeds that need drying out
since I saved them all.
Being home grown peppers
you are able to use the seeds
again. You cannot do this
with store bought ones.
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9:00PM
Cleaned out the crap from the back yard
and around the shed. Got a truck full
of stuff dumped. Yard looks so much nicer.
Stopped in McDonalds for supper.
I told the cashier I wanted it
to go. She started putting it
on a tray. That's when I checked my
receipt and she charged me $1.00 sales
tax to eat in. The manager had to
come over for the cashier to get
in the drawer for my refund.
She didn't seem too pleased
to give me my $1.00 back.
What happened to places treating
the customer nicely and the saying,
the customer comes first.
I'm having a hard time seeing
that anywhere now a days!
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See what my honey found for
me today. Someone moved
out and left a nice tote
with lid full of this stuff
inside (full bottles!)
towel, scale, Windex, Starch,
Dreft, Greenworks cleaner &
Purex laundry soap.
Tony wanted to know ahead of time
when we start DDn what we were looking
for. I said men's small clothes,
food and cleaning supplies. And of
course whatever school supplies
and bookbags we can find.
You never know what you will find
but that's a start of what we
will look for along with a few
other items for friends and family.
Will drive by UV this coming weekend
to see how it's going. Not sure
what day as Mopar Nationals will
be in town. So either Friday or
Saturday we will be in Reynoldsburg
checking out all the old Mopars.
