I absolutely worship the rain. Clouds and storms are the best weather ever. If for no other reasons than they block the sun, and cool things down.
"For every minute of every day, 1 billion tons of rain falls on the Earth." That's a lot of rain. You'd think with *that* much water falling, at least some of it would be here.. But no such luck.. It's 48 thousand degrees outside.
Ombrophobia – fear of rain or being rained on
This summer it rained while we were at the zoo. It was awesome! It was the first time I didn't have to fight being miserable in the heat while gazing at giraffes.
Brenna doesn't like being outside when it's raining. She obviously doesn't get that trait from me. The only time I can stand being outside is if it's cloudy and sprinkling cold water.
What I don't like about rain has to do with where I live.. Muddy gravel roads.. I've grown up driving on them, and really they're not that big of a deal, but they do take some skill. A skill I've had to school nearly all of my boyfriends in at one time or another.
Don't worry, all my current boyfriends have it figured out.. ;)
The corner of 130th & Cherry has a tendency to flood in big ways. It flows on down and floods the dip down the road too. It used to be a pain having to find alternate routes to work. But I fixed that. I stopped working!
I guess the other thing I don't like about rain is that it sticks to my glasses.
Big. Pain. In. The. Ass.
But so worth it.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
You did *what* with a cardboard tube?
Okay, I've been asking around and looking up ways to use toilet paper rolls. People have way too much time on their hands. And that's saying a lot coming from *me*. Here are a few of my favorites..
Make a fly and pest strip. Get rid of pesky flies and mosquitoes with a homemade pest strip. Just cover an empty toilet paper roll with transparent tape, sticky side out, and hang where needed.
Coat a toilet paper roll in peanut butter; roll it in bird seed; and you have a classic bird feeder.
Stuff a toilet paper roll with dryer lint, and you have the perfect fire starter without any outlay.
Sidewalk Chalk. Seal the end of a toilet paper tube with duct tape, then plastic wrap and a rubber band. Mix water with a little craft or tempra paint and mix with plaster of paris (follow the directions on the package for proportions) and pour into the tube. Let dry completely and then peel off the cardboard tube.
Binoculars.
Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Extension.
Well other than seed starters, I really can't seem to find (or think of) anything else. Frankly, I'm disappointed. There are TONS of web sites dedicated to reusing toilet paper rolls, but they all showed me the same stuff.
The internet has let me down.
Bad internet.
Make a fly and pest strip. Get rid of pesky flies and mosquitoes with a homemade pest strip. Just cover an empty toilet paper roll with transparent tape, sticky side out, and hang where needed.
Coat a toilet paper roll in peanut butter; roll it in bird seed; and you have a classic bird feeder.
Stuff a toilet paper roll with dryer lint, and you have the perfect fire starter without any outlay.
Sidewalk Chalk. Seal the end of a toilet paper tube with duct tape, then plastic wrap and a rubber band. Mix water with a little craft or tempra paint and mix with plaster of paris (follow the directions on the package for proportions) and pour into the tube. Let dry completely and then peel off the cardboard tube.
Binoculars.
Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Extension.
Well other than seed starters, I really can't seem to find (or think of) anything else. Frankly, I'm disappointed. There are TONS of web sites dedicated to reusing toilet paper rolls, but they all showed me the same stuff.
The internet has let me down.
Bad internet.
o/~My vulture has a first name..o/~
Genders appear identical and it is impossible to visually distinguish males from females.
Twenty-five to 32 inches long, with a wingspan around 6 feet.
Turkey vultures do not have a voice box.
The Turkey Vulture is gentle and non-aggressive.
Vultures urinate on their legs and feet to help cool off on hot days,
and their urine also helps kill any bacteria or parasites they’ve picked
up from walking through carcasses to help keep the birds healthier.
When threatened, vultures vomit to lighten their body weight so they can escape more easily into flight.
The
turkey vulture is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of
1918, and it is illegal to kill this species in the United States.
A group of vultures is called a committee, venue or volt. In flight, a flock of vultures is a kettle, and when the birds are feeding together at a carcass, the group is called a wake.
International Vulture Awareness Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of each September.
Vultures have keen eyesight. It is believed they are able to spot a three-foot carcass from four miles away on the open plains.
Vultures are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
Vultures only lay one egg every year or so.
In ancient Egypt, vultures were used as a symbol of femininity.
In Germany, police have trained turkey vultures to help them finding missing people.
Most vulture species mate for life.
Vultures can live more than 100 years.
Vultures can eat rotten meat at any stage of decomposition.
Vulture urine is so powerful that it could be used as a household cleaner.
I think that covers it!
The Poop Scoop
Here's a little TMI Trivia for you.. I've had diarrhea since July of 2005. I can count the number of solid shits I've taken since then on one hand. No, I don't have a freak disease.. It's due to my diabetes medication. It seems a fair trade off for you know, staying alive and stuff.
The part that makes me a little sad is that I can no longer fart if I'm not on a toilet. That takes the fun out of cousin reunions, and sitting on my kids.
Another downside is the hemorrhoids. My butt is constantly on fire. Sometimes there's so much blood that I think I've gotten my period. Just. Plain. Gross. I keep suggesting to myself to talk to my doctor about it, but that's just not an office visit that sounds enjoyable. It's in my nature to avoid things that I don't enjoy. Like spiders, news and having someone poke around my rectum.
Also the sun, basketball, mustard and pumping my own gas.
Poop doesn't bother me, but Zac and I have had an agreement since Chris was born.. He cleans up the poop, and I clean up the puke. It's hilarious to watch him when someone is puking.. He starts gagging and staggering around.. Kind of like watching Kristi watch Survivor or Fear Factor episodes where they have to eat brains and bugs..I am always entertained.
Always. Entertained.
The part that makes me a little sad is that I can no longer fart if I'm not on a toilet. That takes the fun out of cousin reunions, and sitting on my kids.
Another downside is the hemorrhoids. My butt is constantly on fire. Sometimes there's so much blood that I think I've gotten my period. Just. Plain. Gross. I keep suggesting to myself to talk to my doctor about it, but that's just not an office visit that sounds enjoyable. It's in my nature to avoid things that I don't enjoy. Like spiders, news and having someone poke around my rectum.
Also the sun, basketball, mustard and pumping my own gas.
Poop doesn't bother me, but Zac and I have had an agreement since Chris was born.. He cleans up the poop, and I clean up the puke. It's hilarious to watch him when someone is puking.. He starts gagging and staggering around.. Kind of like watching Kristi watch Survivor or Fear Factor episodes where they have to eat brains and bugs..I am always entertained.
Always. Entertained.
Long flowing locks of armpit hair..
Here's some facts for you..
Hair is as strong as a copper wire of the same diameter.
When you shave, dead skin makes up 36 percent of the material collected.
Hair on the underarms grows in different directions.
The underarm area experiences more humid conditions than the rest of the body.
Underarm hair grows faster than leg and other bodily hair.
There are many health benefits to keeping your underarms hair-free, such as reducing the potential for bacteria build-up, which is the main cause of odor.
A theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen the friction on the skin when we move our arms.
Hair has been used for defense, think of lions, horses and roman centurion helmets. It's hard to cut or bite through. It may be that beards, pubic and underarm hair cover exposed parts of the body that have vital arteries under the skin (neck, armpit and groin).
Robert Starrett is the proud owner of the official world's longest armpit hair, measuring 5.3 inches.
Antiarm hair ads began appearing in McCall's in 1917. Women's razors and depilatories didn't show up in the Sears Roebuck catalog until 1922, the same year the company began offering dresses with sheer sleeves.
0.35 millimeters a day or 1 centimeter per month is the rate at which human hair grows.
Shaving, tweezing or waxing does not cause hair to grow back thicker or fuller.
When saturated with water, the strength of a single strand of hair is approximately one third to one half less than the strength of dry hair, making it much easier to shave.
Body hair usually grows out from an individual’s skin at a 30 to 60 degree angle.
Hair grows faster during the day than at night.
It is false that human hair continues to grow after death.
Brenna says that armpit hair is annoying, and she hates the fact that her's grows back so fast. Has she ever mentioned she hates shaving with a passion?
I shaved mine 2 days ago.
..and there ya go!
Hair is as strong as a copper wire of the same diameter.
When you shave, dead skin makes up 36 percent of the material collected.
Hair on the underarms grows in different directions.
The underarm area experiences more humid conditions than the rest of the body.
Underarm hair grows faster than leg and other bodily hair.
There are many health benefits to keeping your underarms hair-free, such as reducing the potential for bacteria build-up, which is the main cause of odor.
A theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen the friction on the skin when we move our arms.
Hair has been used for defense, think of lions, horses and roman centurion helmets. It's hard to cut or bite through. It may be that beards, pubic and underarm hair cover exposed parts of the body that have vital arteries under the skin (neck, armpit and groin).
Robert Starrett is the proud owner of the official world's longest armpit hair, measuring 5.3 inches.
Antiarm hair ads began appearing in McCall's in 1917. Women's razors and depilatories didn't show up in the Sears Roebuck catalog until 1922, the same year the company began offering dresses with sheer sleeves.
0.35 millimeters a day or 1 centimeter per month is the rate at which human hair grows.
Shaving, tweezing or waxing does not cause hair to grow back thicker or fuller.
When saturated with water, the strength of a single strand of hair is approximately one third to one half less than the strength of dry hair, making it much easier to shave.
Body hair usually grows out from an individual’s skin at a 30 to 60 degree angle.
Hair grows faster during the day than at night.
It is false that human hair continues to grow after death.
Brenna says that armpit hair is annoying, and she hates the fact that her's grows back so fast. Has she ever mentioned she hates shaving with a passion?
I shaved mine 2 days ago.
..and there ya go!
A
theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen
the friction on the skin when we move our arms. - See more at:
http://www.chacha.com/question/can-i-get-some-facts-about-armpit-hair#sthash.MDRif4A4.dpuf
A
theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen
the friction on the skin when we move our arms. - See more at:
http://www.chacha.com/question/can-i-get-some-facts-about-armpit-hair#sthash.MDRif4A4.dpuf
A
theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen
the friction on the skin when we move our arms. - See more at:
http://www.chacha.com/question/can-i-get-some-facts-about-armpit-hair#sthash.MDRif4A4.dpuf
A
theory suggests that the reason we have armpit hair is to help lessen
the friction on the skin when we move our arms. - See more at:
http://www.chacha.com/question/can-i-get-some-facts-about-armpit-hair#sthash.MDRif4A4.dpuf
Being Reminded.
Last night's dream really put me in a contemplative mood. It thoroughly managed to capture every emotion and concern from every angle of the moments leading up to a stay in the hospital.
I was aware of my actions, and aware that they were causing the people around me to doubt my stability. I did my best to alter my thought processes, but it comes to a point where there's just no hiding the crazy.
In my dream, this point came when I was lying in my mother-in-law's bed, stabbing at my stomach and arms with a pencil, hyperventilating and trying to hide it all under a blanket. I could hear Zac and his mom discussing what they should do, and I knew all I had to do to make it better was to simply stop. But I was not in control.
I know it's really hard for some people to understand not being able to control their brains.. or their actions.. They don't understand laying on the bathroom floor for 2 hours.. They don't understand self harm.. They don't understand making a 500 page master to do list.. They don't understand moving all your furniture into the kitchen, and then sitting in the middle of the floor crying until someone comes home and "fixes" the chaos..
Well ya know what? I don't understand it either. But I live it. It's a humiliating and unsettling feeling to experience your body and mind doing things you did not approve of. You either have to be physically stopped, or wait for it to pass.
I've been very lucky lately. I haven't had a major "episode" in awhile. I have managed to get through the weaning of my medication with relatively no ill effects.
So I'm hopeful.
But I know how easily, fast and without warning things can change. I don't take my sane moments for granted.
My dream reminded me of why I can't.
I was aware of my actions, and aware that they were causing the people around me to doubt my stability. I did my best to alter my thought processes, but it comes to a point where there's just no hiding the crazy.
In my dream, this point came when I was lying in my mother-in-law's bed, stabbing at my stomach and arms with a pencil, hyperventilating and trying to hide it all under a blanket. I could hear Zac and his mom discussing what they should do, and I knew all I had to do to make it better was to simply stop. But I was not in control.
I know it's really hard for some people to understand not being able to control their brains.. or their actions.. They don't understand laying on the bathroom floor for 2 hours.. They don't understand self harm.. They don't understand making a 500 page master to do list.. They don't understand moving all your furniture into the kitchen, and then sitting in the middle of the floor crying until someone comes home and "fixes" the chaos..
Well ya know what? I don't understand it either. But I live it. It's a humiliating and unsettling feeling to experience your body and mind doing things you did not approve of. You either have to be physically stopped, or wait for it to pass.
I've been very lucky lately. I haven't had a major "episode" in awhile. I have managed to get through the weaning of my medication with relatively no ill effects.
So I'm hopeful.
But I know how easily, fast and without warning things can change. I don't take my sane moments for granted.
My dream reminded me of why I can't.
Recipes. And cooking in general.
So I married someone who went to culinary school. And I ruined him. I don't like anything, so he's been reduced to making tacos and hamburger helper. Sometimes I feel bad, but then I remember it means I don't have to eat tomatoes or mayo, and I get over it.
Now that he works 2nd shift, the kids are stuck with me in the kitchen. So let's see what they like..
Chris tells me his favorites that I cook are Pirate Stew (without the potatoes) and alfredo. For the stew.. cut up some potatoes, carrots and celery and toss them in a crock pot.. add some browned hamburger, water, a packet of onion soup mix, salt, pepper, and a couple teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce.. mix it up and set it for around 6 hours.. Then pick out the potatoes and feed it to your son.. hehe.. The alfredo is a no-brainer.. boil some noodles, add a can of chicken and a jar of alfredo sauce..
I have 3 meals that I could probably live on. Manacotti and cheese, pinwheels and chicken noodle casserole. For the manacotti, I dump 2 containers of ricotta cheese in a giant bowl, add most of a bag of shredded mozzarella, a random amount of parmesan, mix, and stuff it into cooked manacotti noodles.. I cover it with spaghetti sauce and a little more mozzarella.. cover with foil and cook at 350 for 40ish minutes. Pinwheels I have been in love with since 6th grade at Pleasant Hill.. Fry some bologna until the sides curl up, top with mashed potatoes and melt a slice of cheese on it.. SO YUMMY. I want some now. Chicken noodle casserole is something I learned from Martha a zillion years ago. Boil noodles, add a can of cream of chicken soup, a can of chicken.. put it in a cake pan, top with shredded cheddar and cook at 350 for maybe a half hour.. but make sure you leave some of it without cheese, or Brenna won't eat it.
On to what Brenna enjoys. According to her text, she likes tuna and noodles, Tony's pizza, Stouffer's lasagna and garlic toast. I suppose that's some indication of my kitchen habits.. YAY frozen stuff! As for the tuna and noodles.. it's just that.. tuna and noodles, and a can of cream of something soup.
Something else Chris thinks is fun are what we call "pizza shells".. It's a tortilla with pizza sauce, pepperonis and mozzarella melted in it.
No.. We don't really eat healthy, per say.. But my kids like the good stuff as well.. broccoli, squash, fruit.. They will probably survive.
Now that he works 2nd shift, the kids are stuck with me in the kitchen. So let's see what they like..
Chris tells me his favorites that I cook are Pirate Stew (without the potatoes) and alfredo. For the stew.. cut up some potatoes, carrots and celery and toss them in a crock pot.. add some browned hamburger, water, a packet of onion soup mix, salt, pepper, and a couple teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce.. mix it up and set it for around 6 hours.. Then pick out the potatoes and feed it to your son.. hehe.. The alfredo is a no-brainer.. boil some noodles, add a can of chicken and a jar of alfredo sauce..
I have 3 meals that I could probably live on. Manacotti and cheese, pinwheels and chicken noodle casserole. For the manacotti, I dump 2 containers of ricotta cheese in a giant bowl, add most of a bag of shredded mozzarella, a random amount of parmesan, mix, and stuff it into cooked manacotti noodles.. I cover it with spaghetti sauce and a little more mozzarella.. cover with foil and cook at 350 for 40ish minutes. Pinwheels I have been in love with since 6th grade at Pleasant Hill.. Fry some bologna until the sides curl up, top with mashed potatoes and melt a slice of cheese on it.. SO YUMMY. I want some now. Chicken noodle casserole is something I learned from Martha a zillion years ago. Boil noodles, add a can of cream of chicken soup, a can of chicken.. put it in a cake pan, top with shredded cheddar and cook at 350 for maybe a half hour.. but make sure you leave some of it without cheese, or Brenna won't eat it.
On to what Brenna enjoys. According to her text, she likes tuna and noodles, Tony's pizza, Stouffer's lasagna and garlic toast. I suppose that's some indication of my kitchen habits.. YAY frozen stuff! As for the tuna and noodles.. it's just that.. tuna and noodles, and a can of cream of something soup.
Something else Chris thinks is fun are what we call "pizza shells".. It's a tortilla with pizza sauce, pepperonis and mozzarella melted in it.
No.. We don't really eat healthy, per say.. But my kids like the good stuff as well.. broccoli, squash, fruit.. They will probably survive.
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