tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64366888188008202972024-03-13T01:21:26.847-04:00FuzzinessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-38497795723721764262010-05-02T13:19:00.001-04:002010-05-02T13:20:08.099-04:00Moving Blog<a href="http://www.kappalachia.com/blog/">NEW BLOG</a> is now on my actual domain. Please do bookmark it or RSS it, and enjoy. You can even login with facebook to post comments, if that's easier for you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-7009707317815087322010-05-01T22:41:00.002-04:002010-05-01T22:48:17.440-04:00I really want to blog more.It's easy to get caught up in quick, simple Facebook posts. I don't even use Livejournal anymore, except to read a couple friends.<br /><br />I want to write about my job, about decorating, about wanting kids, about my silly pets, about my quest for identity, about my parents, about all the delightful things my husband does for me.<br /><br />Part of the reason I haven't done it more is I have NO clue who is reading this, who might actually respond, or at least appreciate it when I do write.<br /><br />So, speak up, if you would please, just a little, "I'm here!" on this post, and my day will be made, and I'll be encouraged to write. If you want, suggest a topic for my next post!<br /><br />I could also do with a new appealing layout. Is blogger even that flexible, or should I consider wordpress hosted on my own domain or something? It might make me feel more in charge of it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-57365831181972112092010-04-11T15:49:00.001-04:002010-04-11T15:49:59.930-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLM5vW939XApAQ1I-2l0hfpPqi09t5T-wiFeQgi6WzFQfm9hBuSJs88mx3TjE-E3yp1hFHP0jmxihZ4OchvA-vVV5JouVVipGNEq-5bBoMXjMCM-EdPZ7XMA3FNgdD2uVcUz_AmQhDJBg/s1600/041110_15471-799931.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLM5vW939XApAQ1I-2l0hfpPqi09t5T-wiFeQgi6WzFQfm9hBuSJs88mx3TjE-E3yp1hFHP0jmxihZ4OchvA-vVV5JouVVipGNEq-5bBoMXjMCM-EdPZ7XMA3FNgdD2uVcUz_AmQhDJBg/s320/041110_15471-799931.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458969573852808706" /></a></p>A frightening wall-eyed crane game duck was discovered in Pulaski, VA<p>This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-40567300586727038752010-01-11T11:08:00.000-05:002010-01-11T11:09:01.721-05:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0r_L8riyEE5OsDrqvFE2FOHwv42n0vRcAd_DPx-LsCT26RK00SuCJdMkr-SSIw_Q9HRRxx7MD95BKgaMVHsmlXyaggDDK7sml6rZKBmnxpzlIuRmgWz4kPZTWuEC1a0Yqmz8RXnspq4/s1600-h/011110_11071-741722.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0r_L8riyEE5OsDrqvFE2FOHwv42n0vRcAd_DPx-LsCT26RK00SuCJdMkr-SSIw_Q9HRRxx7MD95BKgaMVHsmlXyaggDDK7sml6rZKBmnxpzlIuRmgWz4kPZTWuEC1a0Yqmz8RXnspq4/s320/011110_11071-741722.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425514965415954466" /></a></p>I have a new friend with me at work!<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-85512668127707645472009-11-01T00:50:00.001-04:002009-11-01T00:50:37.480-04:00<img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc3/15344_1290178734120_1219792527_30893091_2686127_n.jpg"><br /><br />No, you may not have a bite of this taco, for he is my Darling Dog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-20995740619666970492009-10-13T16:07:00.001-04:002009-10-13T16:07:59.124-04:00Bluebird!<a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/140170296/"><img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/150/f/2009/286/5/4/Bluebird_of_Yippee_by_bumblefly.jpg"/><br/>Bluebird of Yippee</a> by ~<a href="http://bumblefly.deviantart.com/">bumblefly</a> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">deviantART</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-64578009131628696972009-09-17T12:44:00.001-04:002009-09-17T12:44:49.203-04:00/soapboxI'm not sure how to introduce this, so I'll just launch right in. I encourage my friends to comment, no matter what you have to say. Yes, this is based on specific things, but it applies to so many people and situations. I was going to generalize and say, "Why do guys ____" but I'm sure there are women who do it, too.<br /><br />Some people need to learn how to apologize.<br /><br />I don't mean grovel, I don't mean beg forgiveness for a wrongdoing, I mean just the simple act of expressing that you didn't mean for something to happen. Whether you didn't mean to do the thing you did, or whether you just didn't mean for someone to get hurt over it, saying "Sorry about that," is essential to keeping friendships.<br /><br />Let me say it again. Saying, "Sorry about that," is <b>ESSENTIAL</b> to keeping friendships.<br /><br />Now I am going to generalize a bit, because stereotypes happen for a reason, and I fully admit that there are exceptions in both directions. Guys seem to be more reluctant to do this than girls. I think it's because they want to keep their appearance of toughness, independence, and self-respect. I've gotten the impression that guys will just never ever apologize, because they think doing so would mean bowing to the person they're apologizing to and giving them power. So it actually takes a guy with MORE confidence to apologize, because they can realize that saying they're sorry for something that happened does not cut them off at the knees or kick them in the balls or otherwise diminish them.<br /><br />When you have friendships, you always have misunderstandings, missteps, unintentional hurts. If you slap a dude on the back, and he screams at the top of his lungs because he had just gotten a tattoo, and you didn't know, you should apologize. You didn't do anything <i>wrong</i>, because you didn't know about it, you didn't do it on purpose. Saying you're sorry at this point means, "I'm sorry that what I did hurt you." Now that you are aware of it, you won't slap his back again for a good long while.<br /><br />Over the internet, things can be worse. Easier to do something hurtful completely unintentionally. You always read silly little internet articles about this, about the importance of being clear, and using smilies to express sarcasm or playfulness. (Those smilies get cheesy pretty quickly, though, I don't really advise using them to punctuate the intent of every single thing you say.)<br /><br />One of the easiest things to do is unintentionally ignore someone, which can cause the feeling of being snubbed. The person not getting a response doesn't know that you're currently reading over your sister's thesis paper. Or that you had to leave the computer to clean up after your cat's daily puke. You can start taking the online presence of your friends for granted, just assuming the company of simultaneous online-ness is enough. But it's not!<br /><br />What if you came home from work or the store, reading the mail as you walked in, and the person at home greeted you. Yes, you're distracted. Yes, you might ignore the greeting for a moment. But you realize that if you don't acknowledge your friend/family memebr at all, it's rude. At this point in time, the appropriate thing to do is say, "Oh, sorry, I was reading the mail/juggling groceries/something." You're not apologizing for reading the mail, you're not making yourself less of a respectable person, you're just being a sociable human being, a friend.<br /><br />A friend of mine with a relatively new child is teaching her politeness early. She taught her girl to say "please" and "thank you" within the family and everybody else. Someone commented on this, and said, "Oh there's no need to be polite, we're family!" and this shocked both my friend and myself. Politeness is doubly important between friends and family. It shows respect, affection, and a general concern for the well-being of your friends. When you appreciate something, you should thank for it. When you regret some action <i>or</i> consequence, you should apologize for it. Unless the apology's recipient is a complete *insert terrible word here*, you will be respected and liked MORE because of your expression of care.<br /><br /><b>tl;dr</b>: You're being an inconsiderate jerk if you don't ever apologize. Stop treating apologies like they're going to kick you in the nuts or make you less of a man or woman. If you like the person, and you hurt them, even (especially!!) unintentionally, apologize for the hurt, and things will be so much better.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-4080767236459514122009-09-09T21:15:00.003-04:002009-09-09T21:22:11.452-04:00I feel AMAZINGOkay, so, since this isn't LJ, there isn't the suspense of an LJ-cut to hide the photo behind, but pretend you can't see it yet.<br /><br />Today, I had a very long visit to Wal*Mart. I feel like a new person, because of some things I got.<br /><br />- $5 discounted Swiffer WetJet, to inspire me to clean (and I do feel inspired!)<br />- A nice little mouse with snap-in usb receiver for the netbook to please my geekiness<br />- a $15 pair of jeans that ARE COMFORTABLE and ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD. Flared leg bottoms, and some decoration on the back pockets to accentuate the fact that they actually FIT my bottom, and don't just sag and show off the fact that I have very little to show off there<br />- delicious food, a few unhealthy, mostly healthy! (I've learned to like broccoli in most formats, what a leap for me!<br />- a cute pair of $5 sunglasses, which I can actually wear, because.....<br /><br />(now you can look at the photo!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs269.snc1/9616_554694905376_57504009_32880167_4802535_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 604px; height: 453px;" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs269.snc1/9616_554694905376_57504009_32880167_4802535_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I GOT CONTACT LENSES!!!<br /><br />I haven't not worn glasses since I was 9. 20 years in glasses. I do not know myself. I didn't know my eyes were that dark. Everything is a little bigger. The dog food cans are bigger by about half an inch across. The carpet is closer, and more detailed. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT TO BITS.<br /><br />The eye doctor had a hard time getting the left one in my eye, but once I was shown how to do it myself, it was a snap. Got it out on the first try, and back in on the second. I feel fantastic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-11224634825111600662009-08-25T18:51:00.001-04:002009-08-25T18:51:47.001-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A1Jh42UpmrrBBLSoiE2Ah4GIfgLpeYStohzWsu6fL9cAjJsizVg3QvAvYgpaWgVNwDRT5AygczYHrv3WMQAChJ95G-d1DEY9AMOs8_C67oteIdSHssyWU3L8DFv1NIxTS_ASvFeAps8/s1600-h/082509_18501-707002.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A1Jh42UpmrrBBLSoiE2Ah4GIfgLpeYStohzWsu6fL9cAjJsizVg3QvAvYgpaWgVNwDRT5AygczYHrv3WMQAChJ95G-d1DEY9AMOs8_C67oteIdSHssyWU3L8DFv1NIxTS_ASvFeAps8/s320/082509_18501-707002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374037918282083170" /></a></p>Last hurrah!<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-39849707688231063012009-08-25T13:13:00.002-04:002009-08-25T13:13:40.765-04:00Feeling Marvelous!This morning I got to my bus stop 3 or 4 minutes early, so I decided to hoof it up the hill to the next stop. WHEW. Halfway through, my legs said, "PLZ NO" but I kept going.<br /><br />Then a while after I got to work, I put one of these in my water bottle:<br /><a href="http://www.liptont.com/our_products/iced_tea_to_go/ttg_iced_blue_pome.aspx"><img src="http://www.liptont.com/images/products_th/ttg_iced_blue_pome.jpg"></a><br />Lipton's Energize To Go Iced Tea Mix, Blueberry Pomegranate flavor! 0 calories, 100mg caffeine, and 160mg "protective flavonoid antioxidants" per packet. Very tasty, and probably contributed to my energy and good mood. Yay!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-207030839048105592009-08-25T12:33:00.001-04:002009-08-25T12:33:40.368-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L6Tx6EHM9WWX8I9mcKNN21B3QWEPfZ52-dRru2LAJj7z18NINbVTTy0zRyYDCuPIqnHk547rm1fzxom5dr3TSojnPMxL-fzw9gm0L27WamvFGrYCK345Nu9dNYXxMwMaADXezjz4NzU/s1600-h/082509_12321-720369.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3L6Tx6EHM9WWX8I9mcKNN21B3QWEPfZ52-dRru2LAJj7z18NINbVTTy0zRyYDCuPIqnHk547rm1fzxom5dr3TSojnPMxL-fzw9gm0L27WamvFGrYCK345Nu9dNYXxMwMaADXezjz4NzU/s320/082509_12321-720369.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373940479626253762" /></a></p>What a rotund 'fellow!'<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a 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class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh5EUZWs6O5FNgd9Gauz6Ctn_nwp6O5WK1tvzEqgc2SKIcOg97gTUZP3xhbipz7eReIOy-0lgoQYhC1Wtwq1Y5wGCn4NM4ULq7lC9qPlUBy_8gDaS6I3hvhua9iO_5lXPnqvbIP3m1-U/s1600-h/082109_08241-732359.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh5EUZWs6O5FNgd9Gauz6Ctn_nwp6O5WK1tvzEqgc2SKIcOg97gTUZP3xhbipz7eReIOy-0lgoQYhC1Wtwq1Y5wGCn4NM4ULq7lC9qPlUBy_8gDaS6I3hvhua9iO_5lXPnqvbIP3m1-U/s320/082109_08241-732359.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372392622203447410" /></a></p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-42038456823310314702009-08-21T08:00:00.001-04:002009-08-21T08:00:30.760-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYxvzFhgGEdJpms_UJ8iRZMqSSiMeCz8HwnTmUqgaqi2ZbP4eZ7cLVjM5nm7wsZZHFTT2SV48LPH8cYtSWrVPfc9TuPLyLR8YCk7xtHpTMvyDnmXDnFOSzKuUQkhnwnNX7hp6dn-XYHc/s1600-h/082109_07581-730762.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYxvzFhgGEdJpms_UJ8iRZMqSSiMeCz8HwnTmUqgaqi2ZbP4eZ7cLVjM5nm7wsZZHFTT2SV48LPH8cYtSWrVPfc9TuPLyLR8YCk7xtHpTMvyDnmXDnFOSzKuUQkhnwnNX7hp6dn-XYHc/s320/082109_07581-730762.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372385741971995666" /></a></p>This is what the creek normally looks like.<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a 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clouds are doing really pretty things this evening!<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-80669763959891208472009-08-06T17:43:00.001-04:002009-08-06T17:43:07.382-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuERNJqlIIVmIxJ1ilwpR4qxtqPISXTGD8gqMskhRk3qW3NkK3OFBo3s4OCRhf__Yz7Hu6DvPSh4dtGthlhdfk0d71IBziQWZybCtaWJL9g6jz6tY8m3rqnIk9OmQ49uSvLgWiUuMkqE/s1600-h/080609_17421-787384.jpg"><img 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required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-42004157733523100312009-08-03T15:37:00.004-04:002009-08-03T15:42:28.681-04:00Two pictures so farfrom Snipe Con '09. I don't have a normal camera anymore, so these were stills taken by the camcorder.<br /><br />This is on the way between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. I <3 Tennessee.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpjmWI2ZVmDYv3TcnZYXiy6MWN1VX5WWzXH8gYLwIuirM2FXyUtGqMbsuXdOd3VmgDqs72Mee0xBO4RiNksXrtesDnk7og3CjGOZzQFCtBlpQsXVl5Hm8eiRcR5Vyji-jwOX1gXF2Ewg/s1600-h/IMGA0033.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpjmWI2ZVmDYv3TcnZYXiy6MWN1VX5WWzXH8gYLwIuirM2FXyUtGqMbsuXdOd3VmgDqs72Mee0xBO4RiNksXrtesDnk7og3CjGOZzQFCtBlpQsXVl5Hm8eiRcR5Vyji-jwOX1gXF2Ewg/s400/IMGA0033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365824517717517746" /></a><br /><br />During the OMG WTF BBQ, our delicious meats smells attracted a full grown black bear! It appeared ambling across the bottom of the driveway, and our yells and hollering made him decide to just keep ambling, up into the wooded hillside. What a rush!<br /><br />The cooking also attracted this, which was not a bear.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKUyAfmYacqBiKFk7LOp9MuVpeAnSttH5Nd6ykRwECB_8ptWve6hsfCpq4guYNs1HgRQCF_Cc8QHD90QvTNueRIuGIktpPYC8cAWRtmCqCCrGIXuI0oBj3UZ2bVbaLMv3ZB5XGVBEmpg/s1600-h/IMGA0036.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKUyAfmYacqBiKFk7LOp9MuVpeAnSttH5Nd6ykRwECB_8ptWve6hsfCpq4guYNs1HgRQCF_Cc8QHD90QvTNueRIuGIktpPYC8cAWRtmCqCCrGIXuI0oBj3UZ2bVbaLMv3ZB5XGVBEmpg/s400/IMGA0036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365825043374085954" /></a><br /><br />There was also a siamese, and one guy said he saw a raccoon later that evening. Whee! Wildlife!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-23332036037926091752009-07-21T21:05:00.001-04:002009-07-21T21:05:30.667-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcs21TW2pQd-nc_8Qgh4g-TF-E11qLRVDmhMPr24IBnkEwQCY2prnJC1dBv-JXVSHMgxlaAz8BQoTxnqta8luD4BaFrW-vFAIgi_wideVAL_s43kl7qIYeafKmYvmTBZ79wI5qHlRmh4/s1600-h/072109_21041-730668.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcs21TW2pQd-nc_8Qgh4g-TF-E11qLRVDmhMPr24IBnkEwQCY2prnJC1dBv-JXVSHMgxlaAz8BQoTxnqta8luD4BaFrW-vFAIgi_wideVAL_s43kl7qIYeafKmYvmTBZ79wI5qHlRmh4/s320/072109_21041-730668.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361084394551922530" /></a></p>HE HAS EYE-FANGS<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-38802589455937565882009-07-17T20:43:00.001-04:002009-07-17T20:43:09.586-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVcWM8zUjQNdsNcHsdjIdGZwlqaYR_phVQ7wgKKoMxfuXM7Ck47lQbSanl43rHs8Q71ok5nbvOsJtKtjl7Vj_qoNOe4opYN2IsTMKgVxnUbr5KhYDt9bX7JoggOZJpEEgEtPRkIpjHCA/s1600-h/071709_20421-789587.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVcWM8zUjQNdsNcHsdjIdGZwlqaYR_phVQ7wgKKoMxfuXM7Ck47lQbSanl43rHs8Q71ok5nbvOsJtKtjl7Vj_qoNOe4opYN2IsTMKgVxnUbr5KhYDt9bX7JoggOZJpEEgEtPRkIpjHCA/s320/071709_20421-789587.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359594296466570994" /></a></p>Heh heh<p>This message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-88560000315675117112009-07-16T17:36:00.001-04:002009-07-16T17:36:53.415-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LHLe8wmvC5Oi7pKj-vHzmgxiMKq9yfwwpWh0erRm4u73E6ZztYw9OBhtrXlP6C4UWNEy2gb3G-vNuimqZELAz8ai33-UFhCJqbmfbMom6b-kZOLFJZ4bWr6RdAsZU9KQk1hsFNeAAQA/s1600-h/071609_17351-713417.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LHLe8wmvC5Oi7pKj-vHzmgxiMKq9yfwwpWh0erRm4u73E6ZztYw9OBhtrXlP6C4UWNEy2gb3G-vNuimqZELAz8ai33-UFhCJqbmfbMom6b-kZOLFJZ4bWr6RdAsZU9KQk1hsFNeAAQA/s320/071609_17351-713417.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359175211138513362" /></a></p>Cherry tomatoes ahoy!<p>This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messsages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-20652423114101121582009-07-15T23:57:00.001-04:002009-07-15T23:57:33.550-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8svJsUpTi6os8woqROLS1E8Z2BULiiEzM6emrm95OHD1sutKydPY2b-tUvD8Li9aptRNev49l4tZ0NAFY3RW9F0H04VlQv14-hLLZwiYIuSGoB2_FHrhe9h3kzamYY0GkW3wWoftjvE/s1600-h/071509_23551-753552.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8svJsUpTi6os8woqROLS1E8Z2BULiiEzM6emrm95OHD1sutKydPY2b-tUvD8Li9aptRNev49l4tZ0NAFY3RW9F0H04VlQv14-hLLZwiYIuSGoB2_FHrhe9h3kzamYY0GkW3wWoftjvE/s320/071509_23551-753552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358902223355868242" /></a></p>Where is my teleporter with which I can go and visit people I like but basically never see?<p>This message has been sent using the picture and Video service from Verizon Wireless!<p>To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit <a href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/picture">www.verizonwireless.com/picture</a>.<p>Note: To play video messsages sent to email, Quicktime@ 6.5 or higher is required.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-74006055170478172482009-07-10T18:33:00.001-04:002009-07-10T18:35:17.783-04:00First Tomato!I think I'll only leave the big ripening tomato a few more days. Today, though I discovered three of my cherry tomatoes are turning red! Daniel decided he wanted to eat one orange, so here it is, our very first picked tomato. He said it tasted kind of green (to be expected), but quite good. So exciting!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnCW3dtKKa5Hq6Qy5nne9eHZDRzprAe6SPntDICBnhxw61i3B2YxID4fsAQ0TUv2w8dsjM19xk06EPyiShGpV_nc3LMdB-IvnOL7GfUnuPxFLRVIhPvsIqlBUQaagL8jxUiogUyavYDg/s1600-h/firsttomato.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnCW3dtKKa5Hq6Qy5nne9eHZDRzprAe6SPntDICBnhxw61i3B2YxID4fsAQ0TUv2w8dsjM19xk06EPyiShGpV_nc3LMdB-IvnOL7GfUnuPxFLRVIhPvsIqlBUQaagL8jxUiogUyavYDg/s400/firsttomato.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356963352340361154" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436688818800820297.post-86225303246156689342009-07-09T23:06:00.002-04:002009-07-09T23:16:17.410-04:00First things first, Stacey, here is my reddening tomato. It looks redder here than it really is.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgz3aq_Ll_qjr4yMORv0Po0hLxV2y7b-f8G8Mgy04A4_w5CgQweRqdeLB64VIYLJafZfYU4Dw-ZN9zxJW-dUKmwemUCi5pub_7Q5YywbRSFd0-K16SxHe3kKtYRm0AFu9fWvnL6NIdxw/s1600-h/redtomato.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgz3aq_Ll_qjr4yMORv0Po0hLxV2y7b-f8G8Mgy04A4_w5CgQweRqdeLB64VIYLJafZfYU4Dw-ZN9zxJW-dUKmwemUCi5pub_7Q5YywbRSFd0-K16SxHe3kKtYRm0AFu9fWvnL6NIdxw/s400/redtomato.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356663933008972466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Second, there's about a gazillion grape/cherry tomatoes growing, and I can barely wait for them to ripen! Yes, I don't remember what type I planted. lulz. There's maybe six or eight more clumps like these two, filled with little round stripy tomatoes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3QWvzff_emYos4yEVdWNFCzx8OmVnq2BVOBjah2nBwNTdNVpXBTyWAyRgHN-P2QGL-aPQlR1P_at8zC48ABUtU2rTCVfTH0_xnNlOrRzEzh4n3gfx8D44rhdBvU1L_k8BZjhRyjJDUk/s1600-h/gazillion.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3QWvzff_emYos4yEVdWNFCzx8OmVnq2BVOBjah2nBwNTdNVpXBTyWAyRgHN-P2QGL-aPQlR1P_at8zC48ABUtU2rTCVfTH0_xnNlOrRzEzh4n3gfx8D44rhdBvU1L_k8BZjhRyjJDUk/s400/gazillion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356663938608233618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And lastly, I was starting to worry that I was doing something wrong with this African Violet, but here is a flower beginning to unfurl! And there's about 7 more flower buds all around the top, under the topmost leaves. I'm excited for them to bloom!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISdWe-EFXa9k79hEJD7GNMdmpoJQ5fCAZii9eBufTwwFN_bE1THw9-bRQ5j0dpBi_TZ86f4XucXtRpTZrd68lPG6OHhwk4TyqsGjZCnswwn25hMcGH6VvsRPU8U1wem62t77PFFhEpkY/s1600-h/violet.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISdWe-EFXa9k79hEJD7GNMdmpoJQ5fCAZii9eBufTwwFN_bE1THw9-bRQ5j0dpBi_TZ86f4XucXtRpTZrd68lPG6OHhwk4TyqsGjZCnswwn25hMcGH6VvsRPU8U1wem62t77PFFhEpkY/s400/violet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356663942462657698" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0