January 3rd, 2009 admin
Sooooo, Santa did not bring me what I wanted for Christmas. Boo hooooooooooooo! How am I suppose to get in shape in 2009? I really need one. Oh. I suppose needing a new TV has something to do with not getting a Wii Fit, but I want one! I keep hearing how people love it and how great they feel and how fit they’re getting. Oh well. I guess I’ll have to get it myself, which is fine but I’ll have to save up a little. Maybe it’ll be an early bday present for moi. Yes. Body, get ready to get fit! Want to join me?
Get Fit and Have Fun at the Same Time!
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November 22nd, 2008 admin
What is Scrapbooking and Where Did it Come From?
Here’s a little history from wikipedia - In ancient Greece, hypomnemata were a form of notebook for recording one’s own copies of what one had heard, read, or thought that might be worth remembering. There is little evidence in the archaeological and historical record that this sort of method was undertaken anywhere else before. That one had to make one’s own hand-written copies of what someone else had written reflected the expense of hiring a scribe to do so.
With the advent of affordable paper, precursors to modern scrapbooks became available to a wider array of people. Beginning in the 15th century, commonplace books, popular in England, emerged as a way to compile information that included recipes, quotes, letters, poems and more. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator’s particular interests. Friendship albums became popular in the 16th century. These albums were used much like modern day yearbooks, where friends or patrons would enter their names, titles and short texts or illustrations at the request of the album’s owner. These albums were often created as souvenirs of European tours and would contain local memorabilia including coats of arms or works of art commissioned by local artisans. Starting in 1570, it became fashionable to incorporate colored plates depicting popular scenes such as Venetian costumes or Carnival scenes. These provided affordable options as compared to original works and, as such, these plates were not sold to commemorate or document a specific event but specifically as embellishments for albums. In 1775, James Granger published a history of England with several blank pages at the end of the book. The pages were designed to allow the book’s owner to personalize the book with his own memorabilia. The practice of leaving pages to personalize at the end of books became known as Grangerizing. Additionally, friendship albums and school yearbooks afforded girls in the 18th and 19th centuries an outlet through which to share their literary skills, and allowed girls an opportunity to document their own personalized historical record previously not readily available to them.
The advent of modern photography began with the first permanent photograph created by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. Photography became available to an ever-widening population with the invention of George Eastman’s paper photographs in the late 1880s and the mass production of the Kodak Brownie, a camera designed to be simple (and inexpensive) enough for a child, in 1900. This allowed the average person to begin to incorporate photographs into their scrapbooks.
Old scrapbooks tended to have photos mounted with photomount corners and perhaps notations of who was in a photo or where and when it was taken. They often included bits of memorabilia like newspaper clippings, letters, etc. With the availability of printed material it is likely that the content of scrapbooks shifted away from one’s own hand-writing or drawings or those of one’s family members toward commercially available printed mat ephemera, memorabilia collections and journaling. Modern scrapbooking has evolved into creating attractive displays of photos, text, journaling and memorabilia.
Modern Day Scrapbooking
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August 9th, 2008 admin
People tend to think that if you’re an adult, it’s too late to learn an instrument. That is hogwash. It’s NEVER too late to learn anything. Don’t use your age as an excuse. That being said, here’s a wonderful guitar for beginners. Adults and your kids will love it. There were no short-cuts taken when assembling this guitar, those small details that usually distinguish entry level instuments. I would recommend this guitar to anyone. It’s absolutely fantastic. It produces an awesome sound that is brilliant and warm, and it’s a good size. It’s great for a beginner, or someone that doesn’t want to spend a whole bunch of money, but that wants a full sized, excellent guitar. Though it is an entry level guitar, it will never be mistaken for a cheap guitar. This is a true value for a quality instrument.
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August 7th, 2008 admin
America’s favorite pot-dealing soccer mom is more addictive than ever in the third season of Weeds, the highly acclaimed Showtime Original Series. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mary Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, a single mom who resorts to dealing pot after her husband dies suddenly. But when an off beat way to make ends meet grows into a mini-empire, the mother of all dealers finds she may be in over her head - and on the verge of taking everyone else with her. Hilarious and subversive, Weeds is the hit that put the herb in suburb.
Get Weeds Season 3
Not familiar with Weeds? Get Weeds Season 1 and while you’re at it, Get Weeds Season 2
I don’t think you’ll regret it. It’s perfect for when you have a free moment and want to escape the world to watch a wacky fun, comedy on television.
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August 2nd, 2008 admin
Have you been perplexed by all your choices of golf clubs, bags and the like? Order this is a complete set of golf clubs for women. From the woods to the hybrids all the way through the wedges, each club was designed to fit together and offer forgiveness, confidence and style. This full set takes the guesswork out of purchasing because everything you need is in the bag.
Features
- High MOI, 460cc titanium driver. The largest size driver allowed by the USGA for maximum distance.
- 3 & 5 Fairway Wood Patented low profile club face lowers the center of gravity
- 7, 8 & 9 Hybrid Irons.
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July 26th, 2008 admin
Angels in my Hair is the autobiography of a modern day mystic, so she’s called, an Irish woman with powers of the saints of old.
People thought Lorna was retarded as a child because she did not focus on the world around her much like her peers. Consequently, Lorna remembers seeing not just the world around her but seeing equally vividly angels and spirits. For many years she assumed everyone saw the world like she did.
Reading the story of her life, growing up in a poor family, later working in Dublin, marrying and experiencing family tragedy, the reader meets, as she did, the creatures from the spirit worlds who also inhabit our own - mostly angels of an astonishing beauty and variety – including the prophet Elijah and an Archangel- but also the spirits of people who have died.
Today, it is not only the sick and troubled who come to visit Lorna, looking for healing and consolation, but theologians of different faiths and the head of a religious order in Rome are asking her for guidance too.
This remarkable book is the testimony of a woman who sees things at the other end of the dimension spectrum, beyond the range of most people’s every day experience.
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July 23rd, 2008 admin
There’s nothing better to do to decompress than to play a game or two. While some fogy people will dare not play games because they say they’re a waste of time (We really know that they are simply just lame gamers. ;-)), playing mac games (assuming you own a mac) will relax you, give you a laugh and de-stressify you. I made up that last word but you know what I mean. How could they be negative for you if you enjoy them? Answer: They aren’t negative, they are positive and can be good for you. Below is one of my favorite places to find fun games. Remember: you’re never too old to have fun. Some might say that having fun keeps you young.
Look for some games here: mac games
Note: If you don’t have a mac, and instead have a pc, go here: computer games.
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