Once again to publish my playlist for the summer...ok, it's really from any time since the average age of my songs is like, 10 years old.
Love and Sex and Magic - Ciara
I Dreamed a Dream - Les Mis
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
Warwick Avenue - Duffy
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Amazed - Lonestar
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Top of the World - Dixie Chicks
Put Your Arms Around Me - Natasha Bedingfield (I love her!!)
Ok this is not so much a summer playlist but what I feel like listening to RIGHT NOW!!! So I will!!!!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Happy Bastille Day!
As far as I can tell, the French also wanted an excuse to light fireworks, so today is like our Fourth of July. Apparently, storming some prison with 7 prisoners equalled freedom from royal rule...whatever, let's party!
Wikipedia has this for your history lesson for the day:
On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General to hear their grievances. The deputies of the Third Estate representing the common people (the two others were the Church and nobility) decided to break away and form a National Assembly. On 20 June the deputies of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, swearing not to separate until a constitution had been established. They were gradually joined by delegates of the other estates; Louis started to recognize their validity on 27 June. The assembly re-named itself the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July, and began to function as a legislature and to draft a constitution.
In the wake of the 11 July dismissal of Jacques Necker, the people of Paris, fearful that they and their representatives would be attacked by the royal military, and seeking to gain ammunition and gunpowder for the general populace, stormed the Bastille, a fortress-prison in Paris which had often held people jailed on the basis of lettres de cachet, arbitrary royal indictments that could not be appealed. Besides holding a large cache of ammunition and gunpowder, the Bastille had been known for holding political prisoners whose writings had displeased the royal government, and was thus a symbol of the absolutism of the monarchy. As it happened, at the time of the siege in July 1789 there were only seven inmates, none of great political significance.
When the crowd — eventually reinforced by mutinous gardes françaises — proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, Governor de Launay, the commander of the Bastille, capitulated and opened the gates to avoid a mutual massacre. However, possibly because of a misunderstanding, fighting resumed. Ninety-eight attackers and just one defender died in the actual fighting, but in the aftermath, de Launay and seven other defenders were killed, as was the 'prévôt des marchands' (roughly, mayor) Jacques de Flesselles.
The storming of the Bastille was more important as a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than a practical act of defiance.
Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, on 4 August feudalism was abolished and on 26 August, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaimed.
Wikipedia has this for your history lesson for the day:
On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General to hear their grievances. The deputies of the Third Estate representing the common people (the two others were the Church and nobility) decided to break away and form a National Assembly. On 20 June the deputies of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, swearing not to separate until a constitution had been established. They were gradually joined by delegates of the other estates; Louis started to recognize their validity on 27 June. The assembly re-named itself the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July, and began to function as a legislature and to draft a constitution.
In the wake of the 11 July dismissal of Jacques Necker, the people of Paris, fearful that they and their representatives would be attacked by the royal military, and seeking to gain ammunition and gunpowder for the general populace, stormed the Bastille, a fortress-prison in Paris which had often held people jailed on the basis of lettres de cachet, arbitrary royal indictments that could not be appealed. Besides holding a large cache of ammunition and gunpowder, the Bastille had been known for holding political prisoners whose writings had displeased the royal government, and was thus a symbol of the absolutism of the monarchy. As it happened, at the time of the siege in July 1789 there were only seven inmates, none of great political significance.
When the crowd — eventually reinforced by mutinous gardes françaises — proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, Governor de Launay, the commander of the Bastille, capitulated and opened the gates to avoid a mutual massacre. However, possibly because of a misunderstanding, fighting resumed. Ninety-eight attackers and just one defender died in the actual fighting, but in the aftermath, de Launay and seven other defenders were killed, as was the 'prévôt des marchands' (roughly, mayor) Jacques de Flesselles.
The storming of the Bastille was more important as a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than a practical act of defiance.
Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, on 4 August feudalism was abolished and on 26 August, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaimed.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Weekend Plans
My prediction for the weekend: relaxation and hot weather! I think the months of July and August can be compared to the bitter cold of a northern the winter - you just stay inside. We may need to break out the "wintertime" hobbies, like crochet and baking! (But who needs a blanket when it's 100 degrees? Oh I know, a BABY!!! Which leads me to............)
Congrats Tyler and Kate, I can't wait to meet your new little one! Oh, and it better be a girl because I am working on a pink blanket :)
Congrats Tyler and Kate, I can't wait to meet your new little one! Oh, and it better be a girl because I am working on a pink blanket :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
So You Think You Can Dance
What an annoying name to type (but so fun to say in rhythm! So you think you can...doo doo doot doo)
Anywho, I thought for sure that Jason and Randee were going home tonight!!! But boy, was I wrong (Randee and Evan were shockingly not even in the bottom 3).
Let me know tell you who is NOT going home anytime soon - Kayla. Check out my favorite dance of the night, where Kayla is an addict and Kupono is the addiction. Seriously, click on this. It is only a 1:51 video.
Anywho, I thought for sure that Jason and Randee were going home tonight!!! But boy, was I wrong (Randee and Evan were shockingly not even in the bottom 3).
Let me know tell you who is NOT going home anytime soon - Kayla. Check out my favorite dance of the night, where Kayla is an addict and Kupono is the addiction. Seriously, click on this. It is only a 1:51 video.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Chiro is lifesaving
Raise your hand if you knew that an out-of-place neck could make you nauseous and actually barf. I didn't.
Luckily, I no longer have an out of place neck and am no longer barfing! Yeah for ancient medicine!
Luckily, I no longer have an out of place neck and am no longer barfing! Yeah for ancient medicine!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Making my life easier
Dear Lean Cuisine,
Thank you for the innovative mini-pizzas which I currently enjoy every couple weeks. I am thankful there is a microwavable lunch that is less than 400 calories yet still fills me up.
However, I would like you to know that it is extremely annoying to be in a company break room, at the front of the microwave line, and after opening the carboard not be able to get the shrink wrap off of the pizza. Because 1) I am wearing dress clothes and do not need cheese and sauce on my outfit, and 2) there is no knife / scissors readily available in the break room.
Part 2 of my packaging complaint is that once the very slick silver crisping lid is wonderful but covers up the cooking time. Again, in the breakroom, I am not going to put my uncooked item on the counter (ew) in order to read the back of the box before flipping it around.
If you could add a pull tab to the shrink wrap, and print the instructions on the side of the box, it would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
A loyal customer in GA
Thank you for the innovative mini-pizzas which I currently enjoy every couple weeks. I am thankful there is a microwavable lunch that is less than 400 calories yet still fills me up.
However, I would like you to know that it is extremely annoying to be in a company break room, at the front of the microwave line, and after opening the carboard not be able to get the shrink wrap off of the pizza. Because 1) I am wearing dress clothes and do not need cheese and sauce on my outfit, and 2) there is no knife / scissors readily available in the break room.
Part 2 of my packaging complaint is that once the very slick silver crisping lid is wonderful but covers up the cooking time. Again, in the breakroom, I am not going to put my uncooked item on the counter (ew) in order to read the back of the box before flipping it around.
If you could add a pull tab to the shrink wrap, and print the instructions on the side of the box, it would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
A loyal customer in GA
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy 4th of July!
Garth Brooks Double Live, Cokes in coozies, Cheese Hotdogs and Burgers on the grill. (Oh, and flies.)
Nothing more says Fourth of July to me than this. WOOHOO!
Nothing more says Fourth of July to me than this. WOOHOO!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Snowshoe from hell
Maddie, Maddie, Maddie. Oh, she is so adventurous. Like today, for instance, when she snuck into the pantry while I was looking for supplies to grill tomorrow. I accidentally shut the door on her.
Normally a kitty trapped in a closet is easy to hear - a few scratches, meows, and we realize there is a kitty missing.
But TODAY. Good Lord. There was scratching, and then FRANTIC SPASMS COMING FROM THE PANTRY.
I opened the door (at first I thought Bella had caught another mouse and my heart stopped) and Maddie bolted out. With a glue mouse trap on her back paw. Gimping.
I chased her upstairs and caught her, ran downstairs, and panickedly looked at Jeff for support. He got the kitty carrier (oh, she really loved that) and we put her in there until we figured out what to do.
Well, the Tomkat website told us to use vegetable oil to remove the glue residue and then rinse with soapy water, but first we had to actually pull the thing off. Which we did. And Maddie "nibbled" my arm to let me share in her pain.
Now, holding a 16 pound kitty with claws is difficult enough, and to further isolate her back paw is even more so. And then it was even more difficult scrubbing her tender pads with oil, then a soapy rag, and then shoving the paw into running water of the kitchen sink to rinse out soap.
Finally, we thought we got off all the glue, but wait! Must cut out fur on the belly as well (it was also glued).
We put her down, praised her like crazy, petted her, and she had a bath for about 30 minutes. But we survived. WHEW!
Normally a kitty trapped in a closet is easy to hear - a few scratches, meows, and we realize there is a kitty missing.
But TODAY. Good Lord. There was scratching, and then FRANTIC SPASMS COMING FROM THE PANTRY.
I opened the door (at first I thought Bella had caught another mouse and my heart stopped) and Maddie bolted out. With a glue mouse trap on her back paw. Gimping.
I chased her upstairs and caught her, ran downstairs, and panickedly looked at Jeff for support. He got the kitty carrier (oh, she really loved that) and we put her in there until we figured out what to do.
Well, the Tomkat website told us to use vegetable oil to remove the glue residue and then rinse with soapy water, but first we had to actually pull the thing off. Which we did. And Maddie "nibbled" my arm to let me share in her pain.
Now, holding a 16 pound kitty with claws is difficult enough, and to further isolate her back paw is even more so. And then it was even more difficult scrubbing her tender pads with oil, then a soapy rag, and then shoving the paw into running water of the kitchen sink to rinse out soap.
Finally, we thought we got off all the glue, but wait! Must cut out fur on the belly as well (it was also glued).
We put her down, praised her like crazy, petted her, and she had a bath for about 30 minutes. But we survived. WHEW!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
New Things
A certain amount of leeway is granted to new products, rollouts, technologies.
But - what if the consumer does not KNOW that it is new? Their expectation has changed. Then it better work right the first time, and work better than your competitors.
Because there is no second chance.
But - what if the consumer does not KNOW that it is new? Their expectation has changed. Then it better work right the first time, and work better than your competitors.
Because there is no second chance.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
More fun in ATL
Amy on the zipline in our yard. What a fun Saturday of Bocce Ball, sangrias, grilling on the deck, and a Target trip for pillows and toothbrushes (yes, even Dad went).
THIS is what Quality Family Time is made of.
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