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Embracing Reality

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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Self Portrait 1

When I first joined the diary project, I recorded my family's year-long adventures on sabbatical (part 1 and part 2).

Then I recorded our return home and the transition back to reality.

This year, there will most definitely still be lots of that. But it's also the year I plan to put my (figurative) house in order. I plan to embrace reality.

(And this self-portrait is terrible! But our external HD [which is where I decided to store all my pictures, including the better SP I thought to use here] doesn't want to share anymore. I believe a small-electronics smackdown is in the offing.)
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sunshinecity is a group administrator sunshinecity  Pro User  says:

Welcome back!!

I hope to enjoy more of your diary this year!!
And btw.. i like this selfie!

The Roman Gal
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enochslove says:

Welcome back! I agree, it is a good selfie.
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Simon-K  Pro User  says:

Welcome back, glad to see you're still here! Happy New Year
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Loca....  Pro User  says:

Embrace reality is a great project, I should do it too.
:))

All the best for you and yours for this new year.
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magpie33  Pro User  says:

Hey there!

I've been thinking about you and emil and LaM lately because I have a huge playlist of songs that I need to narrow down and burn for you all.

Happy new year...
xo
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

Happy new year and very happy to see yoru continuing with this again this year always enjoy your posts
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Lalalian  Pro User  says:

Hello, hello!! {:->
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ElisaHH  Pro User  says:

love the selfie!
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leesure  Pro User  says:

Welcome back!

-Leesure
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NatDawg  Pro User  says:

Oh, let's do music swap again this year. I'm finally in a position to reciprocate.

Looks like you had a nice New Year's Eve (from your stream).

Nice selfie!
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

I always use the sharp end of a hammer for my electronics fine tuning...just bring it out - use it on one of the hostages and the others will fall into line...wait - that was for the bank robbers group...sorry.
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BellaGaia is a group moderator BellaGaia  Pro User  says:

is it possible that this is our third year participating in the diary! Wow. Good to see you and Happy New Year.
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*sweet coffee*  Pro User  says:

Glad to see you back on board again. I love reading your stories and looking at your photos. Looking forward to this in yet another year.
I'm in for the music swap thing. I already hinted at Lalalian to start swapping again. Just send a flickr mail if you want to swap.
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NatDawg  Pro User  says:

I'm putting my music list together. I'll send you a FM.
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magpie33  Pro User  says:

NatDawg, PM me your address and I'll send you a copy of my mix too.
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Glow*  Pro User  says:

happy new year !
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Happy New Year, everyone! And welcome to this year's diary! I would love to trade mixes, but I wouldn't be able to send mine out for a few weeks (gotta use that iTunes cash burning a hole in my pocket, first). So yes! Count me in.
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

1 January 2009

As all you old-timers know, my fallback daily picture is often: food I've made.

I suppose to embrace reality, and work towards humbleness, I should tell you that sometimes, I burn food:

Sometimes I burn food

For New Year's Day supper, I made Hoppin' John -- it's a traditional good luck-bringing New Year's meal in the southern US (Not that I'm from the south or anything, other than living in NC for two years). Good luck? I'll take it. And if it comes with black-eyed peas, so much the better (I love black-eyed peas).

The collard greens, on the side, were going to be sauteed in nut-infused oil, and topped with pickled apples (this was very yummy). Except, there is a very fine line between toasted nuts and burned nuts -- especially when the nuts need to cool in the oil after they've browned. So the first batch burned, and here is the proof.

Of course, being humble is hard, and I have a lot of pride, so I really do need to tell you that I made pecan tassies for dessert, and they came out just fine.
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*sweet coffee*  Pro User  says:

This happens to the best! Pecan-pies made it all better.
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

I have terrible trouble browning nuts. There are a few items that I just cant cook and weirdly thats one of em Dont know how but everytime I have tried to toast a nut I have failed badly lol. Now those pecan tassies look yummy
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(P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? is a group moderator (P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?  Pro User  says:

several lines in your hand, some of them really deep, reflects much intensity, and lots of vertical lines near the "love-line" so perhaps interesting people just around the corner...or could be you already just met them
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msspider66 says:

Don't feel bad,I have never met a piece of beef that I could not turn into shoe leather. I do not have the beef cooking gene.

The pecan tassies look wonderful!

[Ms Spider 2009]
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Lumberg the Lactating Llama  Pro User  says:

Did you say "Aw, nuts!"?
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

SC: That is true, and yes they did!

Jonathan: I can usually handle it when they are dry-roasted, but browning them in oil is just a pain. (they were! I like little bites of things because then you still get the enjoyment, but in much smaller amounts, even if you have 3 or 4, than a piece of pie or cake).

Pablo: Do you know any palmistry? Trixie wanted a book on it for Christmas, and there seem to be so many variables. (She was concerned b/c my life line has a very significant break, but then starts up again -- perhaps I'll be going into the Witness Protection Program??)

Ms spider: I haven't cooked meat in so long, I would definitely be in the same boat!

Lumberg: I probably said rickin' frickin'! (or perhaps one of its more profane cousins). I'm usually quick on my feet only in retrospect ;-)
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aikithereska  Pro User  says:

Your dessert looks marvelous...and the new year's fortunes a wonderful idea. Looks like you had a great celebration, despite the nut hassle :)
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(P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? is a group moderator (P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?  Pro User  says:

mmm I know a little the lines of life and love, it is true your life line has a slit-up, and supposed to mean deep change, how ever is not a radical change in your way of life but more in the way you percieve your life, so its possible that you face something (could be in your self or in someone close to you) that makes you decide, because you have a division its a decisions, if its a paralel line wich joins your deep line its an outside change, makes you decide to do some, probablly, radical changes in your way of living your life.

my comment earlier was because you have at least three deep vertical lines near your love line, wich marks people attracted to you and wich you notice hardly but you are not strongly attracted to them. how ever seems deep enough to leave a mark in your life

of course that is my impression with the things I know and the little I can see
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Loca....  Pro User  says:

Never had pecan pies, they look great though.~:))
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ebilflindas is a group moderator ebilflindas  Pro User  says:

Hello, dear Friuduric! That selfie is NOT terrible. Sheesh! Say, if there's to be any more trades, I'm gonna need your non-sabbatical address. Just sayin'.
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

CollardGreens...what a nice addition to any meal !
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magpie33  Pro User  says:

Pecan tassies! Mmmm!

Pickled apples, huh? I'm a fan of many things pickled, but I am not sure about apples....
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

2 January 2009

New books -- my nemesis

New books - my nemesis

I had some books to return to the library, and some requests I had put in were ready for me. Since it's only the second day of the new year, I walked (resolutions and all) the 5 miles roundtrip.

As usual, I was lured by the New Books shelves and came home with more books than I expected in my backpack.
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

erica: The apples were sliced, some cider vinegar was boiled with sugar and pickling spices, and everything was steeped together for a few hours. The spicy tangy sweet apples were a nice contrast to the strong taste of the collards.
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

friuduric: Every non childrens new book that comes to the library comes too my desk its hard not to fill up the car with them lol
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leesure  Pro User  says:

Ahhhhh...I just started 2...Annie Liebowitz's "At Work" book and a new Fantasy tome from Stephan R Donaldson.

What did you check out??
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

jonathan: I would have a hard time, too!

lee: Some Wendell Berry Sabbath poems, a book on handknits, a CD of music by Eddi Reader, and a new book on Vegetables on the grill (and we don't have one of those fancy grills, just a kettle Weber!). I just today finished re-reading Sabriel by Garth Nix, and today I can't put down SM Stirling's Dies the Fire, one of his novels about The Change. If you like fantasy, you must at least try Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. I've probably already said this to everyone I know, but his Songs of Ice and Fire series is really, really good.
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

3 January 2009

Waterworks

Took a bath, in a room lit with candles. Wondered what would happen if I set my point and shoot to "fireworks" and took a picture of the rippling water.

This is what happened -- "Waterworks".

Cool.
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

oh nice effect!
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NatDawg  Pro User  says:

Nice! hope your bath was nice and relaxing. The picture turned out really cool.
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sandelion  Pro User  says:

Baths rock! It's how I started my year! At least you lighting was safer than my choice of lighting
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pizzo  Pro User  says:

@friuduric - Wow. Very nice shot. I love the fire reflections in the water. Makes me want to take a hot bath with candles.
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magpie33  Pro User  says:

Turned out great - love it!

That sounds and looks very appealing.
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ebilflindas is a group moderator ebilflindas  Pro User  says:

Good for you still playing and experimenting with the p&s! Have you ever heard of AA Attanasio's The Dragon and the Unicorn?
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

OK - (master collards cooker here)...did you use vinegar and fatback in the bottom of the kettle?? Don't need much - the vinegar helps to break down the cell walls and the fatback is obligatory ! You have to have an attitude on when you clean the raw leaves as well...just my special spin...ANNNNND you have to tighten them up with a little pepper vinegar on each bowlful...no other way to do it. Man - I wish someone would smuggle over some collards...rewards are worth the effort !
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Hey, everybody! I think you all should take a hot bath -- it's so relaxing (especially in a nice deep clawfoot tub).

sandelion: Holy cannoli, that is scary! I was worried enough bringing the little handheld in the tub. But aren't you glad to know your flickr friends care so much about you? ;-)

emil: I hadn't heard about that book, but it sure looks intriguing (especially with the grudging praise in the PW review)

CG: Now, don't be mad, but there was no fatback (that whole vegetarian thing, you know?). There was some vinegar from the pickled apples, but not until the cooking was over -- I will have to try your oil and vinegar version soon!
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msspider66 says:

A clawfoot tub would be lovely.

My local library branch has been closed for renovations. It save money on buying books I am trying booksfree.com. Like a netflix for books. The long wait to get the books has me debating on if I want to keep going with it next month. I'll give them a chance to see if it speeds up after the holidays.

[Ms Spider 2009]
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girlzoot  Pro User  says:

Yay, so looking forward to your year. As far as the cooking goes, the bravery of cooking means occasionally eating something a little wonky or burnt. I'm just impressed with all the bravery in your cooking.
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sunshinecity is a group administrator sunshinecity  Pro User  says:

wow amazing effect in the bathroom...
Very romantic! Hope you weren't alone!
; )
LOL

~ The Roman Gal
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Ms Spider: That was a perk of buying this old house: the one full bathroom came with a clawfoot tub: deep and metal, so it keeps the heat for a wonderfully long time. I often request books from other branches of our city's library systems, so sometimes when I finally get a book I can't remember why I asked for it (Wendell Berry's Sabbath poems?? I just don't remember why I wanted it!) I'll have to check out that booksfree site!

girlzoot: Well, thanks! I go though cycles of liking to cook and of finding it a terrible chore. Right now, it's OK.

SSC: Nuh-uh. A bath is solo-time. Me-time. (Plus, we have a regular tub, so there is no way two people could fit in it!)
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

4 January 2009

Last day of Christmas vacation. We spent it doing chores, cleaning the house, (finishing homework that should have been completed earlier!), vegging out, and ended the day playing some Pinochle.

Pinochle deal

I was dealt terrible hands most of the night, unfortunately.
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(P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? is a group moderator (P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?  Pro User  says:

sounds like at least you had fun
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enochslove says:

So, did the burnt walnuts have to be thrown away? Good thing you had time to make pecan tassies.

Was it harder to walk home from the library with your backpack fuller than expected?

I like the candle effect.
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

bah ! ...people from the north ! Barry Goldwater lost the presidential bid (at least the Florida vote) because he put sugar on his grits at a fundraiser...SUGAR !

When you are ready - I will help you with a proper recipe for collards...we can adapt the fatback out of it (though for the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would want to....)

...and he put sugar on his grits...SUGAR !!
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leesure  Pro User  says:

@CG...well what are you supposed to put on them??

I lurve me some pinochle...watch out...I'm a machine!

-Leesure
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Pablo: Yes we did!

Michelle: They were ruined, so I composted them, that way they'll come in useful for food, just in a different form! Luckily, I had taken the big backpack, and I was able to balance the load!

CG: Well, I certainly wouldn't vote for someone who used sugar on his grits -- clearly he wasn't all right in the head!

Lee: You put a nice, soft-cooked over-easy egg on them, break the yolk and stir the yellow goodness into the grits, then season with salt and pepper. Mmm mmm good! (At least, that's how I eat them; maybe that's sacrilegious, too.)

Pinochle machine? We'll just have to see about that, buddy! (But it's nice to meet someone who actually knows how to play; there aren't many people around who do, it seems.)
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

oh pinocle I love pinocle used to play it tons when I was in the navy darn hard to find people to play it here
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NatDawg  Pro User  says:

We often used to have grits when I was growing up, and generally had them with scrambled eggs and some bacon on the side. However, my step-father, who was from South Carolina, ate them with scrapple.

I always wanted to learn how to play pinochle. The only card game that I really know is hearts.
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MissLoriBlair  Pro User  says:

I adore your bath photo, such a pretty dreamy light.
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Jonathan: I thought cribbage was the US Navy's game? That's great that Pinochle is alive and well in the Navy, too!

Natalie: Scrapple? errrrrrrrrrm, yuck. My mom likes scrapple, but even when I ate meat, I didn't like those mish-mash meats. How about Spades? Do you play that game? it's a great introduction to the idea of trump.

that girl: Thanks. It was a nice mellow experience, too!
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

Cribbage is huge as well we of course played for money lol. I still play alot of cribbage as its fairly well known sadly pinocle is nto as universily popular
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

5 January 2009

Trixie's box of tricks

Trixie's box of tricks

Household rule: You can start dyeing your hair and/or wearing makeup when you start high school. This is tearing Trixie apart, because she would love to wear makeup, but she has two years to wait, whereas Impera, who can, doesn't like to, because it's too much of a bother (but she did bleach a bit of her hair that she dyes blue or red on occasion).

So Trixie adorns her nails with nail polish on a regular basis. It's sorta like her methadone, except without the whole opiate mess beforehand.
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Pool Shootin' Boy  Pro User  says:

Self portrait is lovely and liked the reflection of the candles on the water.

Afraid I'm a shower man myself. My wife loves a long luxurious bath with her ipod rather than me.
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Glow*  Pro User  says:

Wow, I love the bath photo. You mean you have a mode on your camera which is called "fireworks" ?
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leesure  Pro User  says:

OK...so we men have our weekend warriar sports that you think are nuts, but we think THAT many bottles of nail polish (or shoes for that matter) is NUTS. ;)
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Tony: Your wife is a woman after my own heart!

Maia: Yes! My little point and shoot has all sorts of settings: indoor, foliage, snow, beach, fireworks, aquarium, underwater (????), and kids & pets. I really like it (but I like my big Canon, too, of course!)

lee: I sure hope one of the real women chime in here (SSC, BellaGaia, ???), because 10 bottles is nowhere near "that many bottles"! ;-)
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

6 January 2008

2:30 pm: Look at the calendar, I mean REALLY look at it, and realize that, Crap! it's Epiphany!

2:35 pm: Nonchalantly mention to the family that, oops, there doesn't seem to be a cake this year.

2:36 pm: Is told that by golly, there ought to be a cake!

2:38 pm: OK, so I whip together a coffee cake (but whole wheat, because we're trying to be New-Year's healthy).

8:29 pm: "You'll probably get the bean, Mom, like you always do." (Complete confusion -- you don't remember winning the bean in the past!)

8:31 pm: We have a queen!

Trixie found the bean! (again)

9:47 pm: You check, and you were right, you didn't win the bean last year. That darn Trixie sure has a bad memory.
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enochslove says:

Cute story.

Tabitha is totally into nail polish these days. I like your rule, I wonder if I'd be able to be that strong to keep her away from make-up until then. She puts on different shades of lip gloss already. I never wear make-up, so she is just girly on her own. :)
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(P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? is a group moderator (P Granovsky) Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?  Pro User  says:

"hi, these are my meat loaf contact glasses"
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girlzoot  Pro User  says:

See I never liked makeup, but I'm a total fool (okay it should be capitalized FOOL) for nail color. If Trixie ever wants to do a color swap, I'm yer methadone color clinic!
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leesure  Pro User  says:

Wow...what a difference a year makes...she's growing up fast.
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sunshinecity is a group administrator sunshinecity  Pro User  says:

oh i love vegging out!
Hahaha

Hahaha i love your stories!

The Roman Gal
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Lumberg the Lactating Llama  Pro User  says:

I like the bathroom shot. I know men aren't supposed to publicly confess that they've ever even thought about taking a bath, but our house doesn't have a bathtub and we miss it.

It's a nice house built by an older man and apparently he didn't find it necessary. We have two small kids with one on the way though, and bath time used to be one of their funnest times, besides giving us a break while they played.
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Glow*  Pro User  says:

I had a boyfriend who loved baths, specially if I was inside :-))
I've never tasted coffee cake....can you send a slice by UPS ? :D
here for Epiphanie we have "galette des rois"
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earth_bound_misfit_3 says:

Seeing your photo of nail polish reminded me I have to change mine! LOL :) It's all chipped and yuck! Having two girls myself I like your rule too..although mine are 18 and 20..and nither one of them wears much make-up!
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moominmolly  Pro User  says:

- My husband takes more long luxurious baths than I do, by a long shot. Rarely by candlelight, though.

Also, pepper vinegar on collards is mandatory! But I don't use fatback, either, just miso paste and onions sauteed in butter. :) It's not quite the same but it's a hell of a lot more vegetarian that way.

How was the whole wheat coffee cake?

-Molly
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lindabarber  Pro User  says:

Ten bottles of nail polish is nothing! Neither is ten pairs of shoes. ;)
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

We don't have a bathtub (not enough space) in the apartment so when I am on the road THAT is the end of my day...a red hot bath, book, glass of whatever...the problem is the water gets cold before the alarm clock goes off ! I fall asleep every time !!
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

7 January 2009

All the snow we got in December has melted, frozen, remelted, and refrozen, until it's almost gone now.

Today we got a light dusting of new snow.

A dusting of new snow
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

8 January 2008

Returning home from Girls Night Out.

Drive-by shooting

Was I driving and shooting at the same time? Of course not, officer.
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Oh yeah, I'm looking for movie recommendations, so won't you go look at my short list of our favorites from 2008, and maybe suggest something you've enjoyed?

Thanks!
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Simon-K  Pro User  says:

Very cool shot!
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MissLoriBlair  Pro User  says:

oh I love baths. I'd also love a family shower with lots of rain jets and power jets and benches to sit on. There's something tres special about the last car selfi, the lights, maybe, idk but it's great!
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ebilflindas is a group moderator ebilflindas  Pro User  says:

Ooh, what did ya do for GNO?
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

pretty neat shot
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Simon, that girl, Jonathan: I'm glad you all like it!

Emil: Oh, you know -- the usual: liquor, hot tubbing, body oil ... nice try, buddy, LIKE I'LL TELL A MAN!

What happens at GNO stays at GNO.

Ahem.
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ebilflindas is a group moderator ebilflindas  Pro User  says:

Oh, so you were in Stockholm, hangin' with SSB, then, eh? ;-D
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

9 January 2009

New earring style

I wanted to take a picture of my new earring style. I seem to have lost many of my earrings, but only one of any given pair. I keep looking at those lonely singletons at the bottom of my jewelry box, and feeling bad for them. Today I decided to begin a new earring-wearing style: mismatched ears. I don't think it will catch on very well because no one has noticed, all day.

So you'd think I'd want a close-up of my head, to be able to see the one jade drop earring and the one dolphin earring I'm wearing. You'd think so, but after I took this picture (and was chimping [although is it chimping if you're trying to take a self portrait with your camera at arm's length, so you have no idea what you've caught in the frame?]) I noticed Zephyr waiting impatiently in the background. See, it was 1:03 pm and she expects her daily walk at 1 pm sharp! If I happen to be late, then she'll come to the office and stare at me intensely until I notice her.

So that's why I picked this particular picture and why you'll have to click through to look at the large size to see my new stylin' ... errr , style.
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Jonathan W  Pro User  says:

ahh how fashion trends start I never knew :)
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jallen "To Be" dragonhide is a group administrator jallen "To Be" dragonhide  Pro User  says:

what the heck? I haven't been here yet? I'm sorry!

Having trouble keeping up so far this year... Not because of a lack of interest, just very busy at work & home lately.. :P
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NatDawg  Pro User  says:

Good for you for starting a trend. Very Madonna of you.
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Glow*  Pro User  says:

I have that earring problem too :P
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Lalalian  Pro User  says:

Ha! Your dog is funny.

I used to get frustrated when I couldn't find complete sets of earrings, so now I have a little frame that they all hang on. I have done a similar things with my necklaces to stop them getting tangle and so I remember what my options are {:->
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magpie33  Pro User  says:

I love your rearview mirror selfie!

Zephyr sure is cute... what kind of dog? Basenji?

I'll take a gander at your movie list and maybe make some recs... give me a minute.

...OK, I'll think about it - give me a bit of time and I'll get back to you! (off to browse Netflix recents)
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Glow*  Pro User  says:

I'd like to see a photo of that, to better understand; I need to improve my jewelry place !
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MadSunCaribou  Pro User  says:

i think your new earring style is a great idea. who needs to match all the time? your dog is cute! my dad's dogs get fed at 3p sharp and they do the same thing if he's late.
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pizzo  Pro User  says:

I think you earring style idea is a good one, but maybe you should try to pair dangley ones with other dangley ones? But what the hell do I know!
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CollardGreens is a group administrator CollardGreens  Pro User  says:

Beverly imitates your style but with one adjustment...she usually wears one in her ear and the other in her scarf ! (if you wear scarfs - you know what I mean). Zephry stares...better than Zephry piddles !
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Lalalian  Pro User  says:

@Glow* - I'll try to do that in the next couple of days for you {:->
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leesure  Pro User  says:

Earrings, nail polish and candlelight baths, and you don't think you're one of the 'real women'? lol

Very pretty selfie!
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friuduric  Pro User  says:

Tim: I know. I'm so overwhelmed by the number of diarists starting out, there isn't enough time to visit everyone!

Natalie: Thanks, I was thinking more Michael Jackson, though. ;-)

Lalalian: I used to use an earring tree, but as many of my earrings are silver, they were tarnishing too quickly. (On the other hand, I didn't lose as many!)

MSC: Pets are creatures of habit. This can be entertaining, especially when they do the doggy version of SPEAKING. LOUDLY. AND. SLOWLY to get the message across!

pizzo: That's a thought! I'll have to try it out and see if I can make sets that "go" together.

CG: Neat idea from Bev, I'll have to try that, too. And you are a man wise in the way of dogs, my friend!

lee: Well, the nail polish is Trixie's (I don't really like the stuff, it chips too quickly). And I don't relish in the makeup and heels, so no, I don't feel like a "real woman" Heck, I'm almost 41 and I don't yet feel like a "real adult"!
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{ Stephanie } says:

Lovely portrait of you for the 9th.

I don't have any problem with missing earrings but tangled necklaces....!
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