ablackram

10:38 am

going to use more filtered posts when I get on for the time being. Nothing personal to anyone, just going to start putting my research on here, at least links and with copyright issues for this or that I don't need any hassles.

That and everyone doesn't need to hear me on other issues. :)

Have a great day!

08:16 pm

So trying out the new blackberry so I can communicate with the hubby better :). Only prob so far is the VZ Access manager is not configured to smart phone so have to take laptop in and upload the program from the wifi. Tre cool tho!!

06:54 pm

Last 2 weeks have been a busy week off. First getting ready for Mom and Dad to come and sit the farm while we go to Vegas. Lots of info to tell them in 24 hours.



Left for Vegas, temps over 100 each day. Walked our feet off. The monorail which is supposed to be really cool etc, not that big, not that convenient, but at least it was better than walking on Las Vegas Blvd.



The Venetian. Wow. 4 Billion dollars well spent. ( more info on hotel thoughts and what we saw )

But the quote from the trip is as follows

"no deal is as it seems" Things changed to meet the whim of the place offering the deal

07:00 pm - pomander bead tassel 2 - showing everyone the pretties she is making!

pomander bead tassel 2
Originally uploaded by ablackram

04:12 pm

Squeeee! Wii Fit Plus is ready for preorder. Sweet and if you have a board its only 20$. Awesome. New games, and they must have listened to someone who wanted more :)
Comes out Oct 4.

Current Mood: excited

12:45 pm

Crap

All tomato plants are infected and pulled and trashed away from the recycle pile. Nuts. So my 6 quart is all that is coming from my garden. I did manage to get some that didn't look infected, will rinse with a bleach solution and put on newspaper to dry. Really pathetic when I tossed probably 50 quart worth out. It was like an Ebola virus for tomatos. Started out as a scab, which when picked could be cut out....if left started liquifying the interior. Also had black spots on the vines themselves.

More head banging.....

10:06 pm - sniff

bye bye convenient Starbucks that actually made a great Java Chip.  The drive thru one in Standale is closed.  And yes there is one IN Meijers, but it's not that convenient.

04:28 pm

note to live by.....don't go get a fasting cholesterol test after a family birthday weekend involving a  Coldstone peanutbutter cake, and pulled pork ad nauseum and pot pie the day before all that.   Bad bad move on my part.

On the other hand, everything was delicious.

09:31 pm

Well I took the plunge and joined Facebook.  Only problems is that I cannot view at work at all 100% locked out, have to figure if I can post remotely like on LJ.   At least LJ I can mostly read at work or on my phone.  Now I have my full contingent of Virus scanning etc and souped up memory so maybe things will go easier.  Still have to get at home regardless.  sigh, but so many peeps I know. :)

Will keep up the LJ cause I really like it.  Easy to use and I can get at least to my own journal at work. :)

06:51 pm

Well its up.  I finally got a page up regarding our desires for the Barony of Andelcrag.  Hope my peeps on here will have a look and tell me if anything seems awry.

http://www.insaneaboutgarb.com/blackrams.html

keeping my foot in it

07:15 pm

Shiraz Grille in GR is fabulous!  And reasonable. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

12:58 pm

well this is a bummer...Geocities from Yahoo is closing October of this year.  So much for a quick webpage.  Sigh. Means I have to go thru my Lunarpages instead.  Bother.

11:19 am

a Hudson sprayer is worth 10,000 times more than the free one that comes with Roundup regardless of how cool it looks.  As I went for a second time in a month over the spots I Roundup'd which grew back like a fiend.

Pants update.. Second side on other half of topstitching.  Took time out for cleaning the barn, weeding and going to Art in the Park.  Sigh, the cajun food guys weren't there.  We were depressed

03:20 pm

For florentinescot  and everyone else who wanted to know but haven't asked yet.  Thinking of doing this over a square necked workstyle dress.
http://pics.livejournal.com/ablackram/gallery/0000bz3b

The painting is by CAMPI, Vincenzo
Kitchen
1580s
Oil on canvas
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
found at WGU.hu http://www.wga.hu/art/c/campi/vincenzo/2kitchen.jpg
(there is more by this painter there, just only posted the one)


but wait, theres more
untucked version and half hanging on the girl
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
The Well-Stocked Kitchen
1566
Oil on panel, 171 x 250 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://www.wga.hu/art/b/beuckela/kitchen.jpg

tucked in version
BEUCKELAER, Joachim
The Vegetable Market
1567
Oil on panel 149 x 215 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
http://www.wga.hu/art/b/beuckela/v_market.jpg

BEUCKELAER, Joachim
Kitchen Interior
1566
Oil on wood, 109 x 139 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
http://www.wga.hu/art/b/beuckela/kitchen1.jpg

BEUCKELAER, Joachim
The Four Elements: Fire
1570
Oil on canvas, 158 x 216 cm
National Gallery, London

http://www.wga.hu/art/b/beuckela/element2.jpgAERTSEN, Pieter
Peasants by the Hearth
1560s
Oil on wood, 142,3 x 198 cm
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
http://www.wga.hu/art/a/aertsen/merry_co.jpg
(the ones in the background may not be peasantish)

AERTSEN, Pieter
Cook in front of the Stove
1559
Oil on wood, 172,5 x 82 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
http://www.wga.hu/art/a/aertsen/cook.jpg

07:04 pm

Ok, funniest thing I heard this weekend

Blackram...it's not fair.....you have a major car company make a car for you (a Black Ram truck from Dodge), where am I going to find a Zygmunt???

Zyg I am still giggling. :)

05:47 pm - squeee finally got the Pagemason to work - primo!

http://www.insaneaboutgarb.com/

hot darn I'm back in business. Kewl thing is that I can make and upload from any computer....now to figure how to get different page looks now that the main page will copy from page to page.

Coffee cup not so easy to use. Really needs a PAPER handbook to know what you are doing. Downloading little video clips not so helpful when your computer is being s l o w.

09:19 am

Perhaps some help for those who need to refinance/get out of an ARM and their bank not wanting to help....Call your congressman!

>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_go_co/storytext/us_congress_foreclosures/32268773/SIG=11i9a4u4b;_ylt=AopMVRhrWKtBSLaeTdZKr0zs.6F4;_ylu=X3oDMTE4cW85bTM3BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9zdG9yeV9ib2R5BHNsawNodHRwbWFraW5naG8-/*http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/eligibility.html

01:30 pm

Day off...sorta. Not working for pay, but running around looking for this and that.

Looked for - Off Clip - sista Pammy said Meijers in da hood. Yup they had 20, but I had three other areas that I checked beforehand. Buy one get one free coupon from SCJohnsons website made the trip sweeter (thanks Femke)

Looked for - neckband of fly repellant stuff for the donkeys. Tried the newly reopened Millbrook. They only had leg bands. Eh worth a shot. Also picked Mugsy up a new fly mask.

Looked for - cream dupioni. Brain said....old Target plaza.....nope.... Old Burlington Coat factory. But I did find 4 shades of white to cream and picked out a nice winter white. So that and the silk chiffon from Dharma that left today will make a spiff dress and not 1400$ worth. (well maybe after the hand beading) (and Collette, the Magenta shot silk is very slubby otherwise you would see that in a saia for Val Day...just warnin you)

Looked for - the new Ball canner.....Gemmens the premier canning mecca around here doesn't have them yet but are due in 2 weeks. I am on a list to get called. And what is special about it....the new canner is stainless steel. No more rusting when the porcelain chips! Sweet!

And dropped off the pans from the Period Cooking day to Chad and Lauries as well as Chads portable hard drive and loads of cords.

All in all, pretty productive. Now waiting for the beer to filter thru the paper towel cause it really has a lot of sediment and cocoa butter floating on top. Both of the attempts at a choc chip cookie beer are good. One is milder in flavor and the other one is a good hearty stout. Choc chip cookie taste....nope. bugger.

After that we test drive cars and go to Festival for dinner!

Current Mood: accomplished

04:37 pm - What Movie Is Your Love Life Like?

Your Love Life is Like The Princess Bride

"Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind." For you, love is like a fairy tale - albeit a fairly twisted one. You believe romance is all about loyalty, fate, and a good big of goofy fun. Your love style: Idealistic yet quirky Your Hollywood Ending Will Be: Perfectly romantic

06:06 pm

squeee computer back, but I have a lot to reload. I mean Milo did a lot by nuking it from orbit and it really works much better now. Just have to put the current stuff on that I'm working with. Good thing we loaded the VZ Navigator onto a flash drive for Collette as it is the only thing from keeping me from tearing apart old computer with a screwdriver to get the CD out.

Will post more when I have a chance and a brain.