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Happy Anniversary to us!

Happy Anniversary to us! Happy Anniversary to us! Happy 16th wedding Anniversary to us!!! Happy Anniversary to us! Hehehehehehehe

Back to the pool

So FINALLY got back to an aqua fitness class last night. It was great. The water was nice and warm, a great instructor and some neat people. Hubby attended also, so it was nice working out with him. It was SOOOOOOO nice to be able to work out and not freeze! The university (when wellness actually could have aqua fitness classes) kept the pool cold and even at full workout I froze. So this is much nicer. My only complaint is there is only one shower at the facility in the women's changing room and I almost froze to death before I could get in as the other ladies beat me to it LOL. With luck tomorrow night I can throw myself into the hot tub there for a few minutes after class.

Zombies! ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!! Oh my!

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Last nights Zombie Walk was a blast. I got Ms Ella all decked out: and dressed up a bit myself: They had a table and bins set up to collect food for the food bank and critter food and supplies for the animal shelter: There was a pretty good turn out for a first time event: Over 200 people showed up for the whole event. There was even a zombie dog: I do hope they do this again next year, we've got some more ideas of how to dress Ms Ella up for it. Here is the link to the other photos I took.

New from Purple Ducky Designs

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Moscow Id & the Palouse, 2010 by JeanC_PurpleDucky More Moscow Calendars

Not just the leaves falling off the trees

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so are the nuts: Do these guys really think they can convert people by yelling at them, telling them they will go to hell if they don't convert to their flavor of Christianity? Don't they realize they are portraying themselves as whack jobs and wing nuts every time they do this? Didn't Jesus say something about practicing your faith quietly? I have a number of friends who are Christians and you know what? They don't go screaming their faith from the roof tops or go around telling people they are going to go to hell if they don't convert. They practice their faith quietly and don't push their religion on you unasked. They respect the beliefs of others and are a joy to discuss religion with if you want to. They are the real Christians, not the wing nuts who come on campus and verbally abuse people. Shortly after taking these pictures I was told the cops wandered by and suggested the crowd disperse. Left the guy as it is public space and he can spew his hate all he

Ticking along

Had a fairly low key weekend and a busy couple of days for the week. Weather on Saturday was great, just wish I had had the energy to finish painting. We would have loved to have finished the roof, but the ladder we borrowed had gone back to its owner and he was out of town. Oh well, we still may have some nice weather sometime I can finish. If not, next spring. We are really loving the HD TV, esp the races and movies. We've decided we really don't need the networks in HD, well maybe Fox, at least for now. Since we have so little HD record storage we are going to be picky at what we record in HD. We still want to check out Bones and House before deciding whether or not to keep Fox in HD. Things like the races and such we can set to record on the HD version of the channel and everything else on regular. Decided on pizza and cheesy bread from Papa Murphy's for dinner last night. So it was a pizza and Man from UNCLE night and then early bed. Leftover pizza for lunch today. Hub

Serious Snerkage!

If you haven't heard, Ralph Lauren got slammed for the photoshopping (and BADLY photoshopped) image of one of his models, Filippa Hamilton . So Ralphy boy and company apologized for the bad photoshop, but then then someone in Australia spotted this window ad . OH.MY.FUCKING.GHODZ!!!!!!! This all on top of Ralphy boy firing Fillipa for being too fat! Of course he says it was over contract problems, but when an already very thin model (at 5' 10" and 120 lbs her BMI falls below WHO levels of "normal" BMI, but does wear a size 4) is told she is to big fit into his size zero clothes, we can see who is talking out to the side of his mouth. He is obviously an untalented hack if he can't design a dress in slightly larger sizes. Now The Reg out of England has weighed in (pun fully intended) on the incredibly shrinking fashion model front with their own version called "Skinny Fit" fashion . Can't wait to see if the Reg comes out with more.

Serious kewlness!

Moscow Idaho Zombie Walk Food supply drive We are definitely going to participate. I'll be bringing Ms Ella along and see about getting LOTS of pictures and footage. This is a great idea for collecting food and money for the food bank and also supplies and money for the animal shelter. Now I just need to figure out how to zombiize Ms Ella. Definitely shredded and bloody clothing, just have to figure out the rotting flesh. I think we still have some liquid latex, so I can see about making strips of flesh we can attach to her tusks to make it look like she's been munching people hehehehe Zombie elephant!!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we now have upgraded to HD TV. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some channels we'll stick with regular signal, like Comedy Central. We only have a limited amount of HD recording time (30 some hours or so) and we want to save that space for things like races and movies and hour blocks of The Daily Show and Colber

WHO LEFT THE %&^$ FREEZER DOOR OPEN!?!?!?!?!?!

BRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Low last night was 17F and it had been a bit colder the night before. It's too darned early for this kind of cold! I'M NOT READY!!!!! At least it is supposed to warm up this week. Since the front door still is drafting cold like crazy (we are getting someone in to look at it and see if they can either unwarp it or figure out a better way to stop the drafts (I've weather stripped it to heck and back and it still leaks cold air), we put a large piece of Reflectix over it last night, stapled it down and taped the edges. It means once that is done, we aren't opening the door for anything until morning, so kitties have to be in before we can seal up. At least it was better in the living room this morning. Got a big batch of split pea soup done. Picked up the ham hocks on the way home on Friday. The package had 5 in it and I used two. The other 3 are stashed in the freezer for future use. I packaged up some for a co

HOORAY!! HOORAY!!! It's Friday!!!!!!!!

And it is going to be a cold weekend. Very much doubt I will get any painting done. I think painting is over for the year, tho i would like to get the south side finished. Oh well, at least I got a good start. I do need to finish putting things out in the shed for the winter and get the porch organized. Definitely going to see about getting some soup going this weekend. It is such a pity I had to toss all those ham bones after the great Thaw, but I may look at picking up some ham hocks from Winco and using those. A couple smoked ones would make for some yummy split pea soup. I've got just about everything else I need to make some. Kitties are not so cranky about not getting to go out at night, tho Scrapper still scratches at the one kitchen window for about 10 minutes before he gives up. But it is too cold for them now. Besides, I don't want them bringing anymore fuzzy toys in to play with. I still haven't gotten all the feathers from the feathery toy someone dispatched und

My nomination for Total Douchbag of the Century

H/T Rio at She Dances on the Sand Constantine "Connie" Xinos The term "mother humping asshat" is entirely too mild a term for him.

Serious YUM!!!

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Finally tried out the Chana Masala spice sent by Dame Janus. I'd soaked some chickpeas over night on Saturday so I had plenty to work with yesterday. I made enough that I had plenty to bring for lunch (actually I brought enough for two days lunch, so I'm good for at least another day this week of not having to fall back on toasted cheese sandwiches for lunch LOL). I'd made some soft pita bread last night, so it makes a nice addition for lunch: I made humus with some of the chickpeas and then set aside some to make turmeric chick and chickpeas later on in the week. Have to restock my pantry tho, used up the last of the chickpeas I had. Didn't get out to finish painting, was way too windy. So instead we pulled the AC in the bedroom and got it into the shed and the inserts into the house. So we are now most of the way winterized. Just need to finish sealing up a couple smaller windows and redoing the weather stripping on the front door. Fairly low key weekend, tho we did m

Kewlness - Zazzle now has binders!

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So I whipped a couple or 3 out this weekend: Bonfire binder by JeanC_PurpleDucky See other Fire Binders My Recipes - Brandied Sweet Potato Pie by JeanC_PurpleDucky Design custom t shirts at Zazzle My Recipe Binder - Mini Ham & Cheese Sammies by JeanC_PurpleDucky Browse other Recipes Binders

Finally succumbed to something

Ended up out sick from work Wednesday and Thursday. Back today, I'm fine as long as I take it easy. Poor hubby is down with what ever it is. Not the flu thank goodness, but what ever it is, it is a pain. Started feeling like crap late Tuesday, woke up with a slight fever and the start of a cough on Wednesday morning. So decided to stay home. Slept a lot and short circuited the cough before it really got started. Got up Thursday, was feeling not too bad as long as I didn't move. Started moving and ick! So stayed home and rested more. Since hubby is not feeling well I have the car today. Didn't luck out on getting a close street spot to park, maybe when I get back from lunch. Weather has definitely taken a turn for the colder. We turned the furnace back on the other day and we'll pull this bedroom AC first chance we get. Have to pull the backdoor and window inserts out of te shed so we have room to put the AC in. Kitties are NOT happy about being locked in at night, but i

New from Purple Ducky Designs - in time for the holidays

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Hippie Dippy Ghost Trick or Treat bag by JeanC_PurpleDucky See other Hippie Bags Christmas Party Invitation by JeanC_PurpleDucky View other Christmas Invitations Ms Ella Holiday Card by JeanC_PurpleDucky Browse more Christmas Cards