tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83464299916615110912024-03-12T19:34:45.704-07:00IWasWonderingThere are those "niggling" little thoughts that pass through your mind from time to time. I wonder why....(you fill in the blank), or I wonder how...or I wonder who...
This blog contains some of MY wonderings. Be they absurd, funny, serious, speculative...they're a peek into MY brain!Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-9745192754500309342010-10-03T16:37:00.000-07:002010-10-03T16:37:34.658-07:00America stands for free speech. Even when it shouldn't.<b>I believe in free speech...except when it is inflammatory to US...</b><br />
<b>What is wrong with this country when it allows people to burn our flag...or say things like "Thank God for dead soldiers"? We are TOO laid back regarding those who wish to defame the men and women who are serving our country. If you don't want to be here, then get the hell out!</b> <b>And stop criticizing our soldiers for doing what they have signed on to do, just because you don't agree with our country "tolerating homosexuality". Some members of the Baptist Church are bigots. Because they don't agree with ANYONE being homosexual, they are ready to show up at a soldiers funeral and hold signs saying "Thank God for Dead soldiers". What kind of religion is THAT? Shame on every one of you who held those signs. Check out this story (copy and paste the link below in your browser) and tell me if you could deal with this if it was YOUR child. I find this very hard to believe. What has happened to humanity?</b><br />
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36449471/Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-63913494249025406432010-09-04T08:01:00.000-07:002010-09-04T08:01:51.228-07:00Taking part in a real team effort. Promoting Bonanzle!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/TIJdLBj35EI/AAAAAAAAAMM/e6EPln5ivXM/s1600/Bonanzle+ad+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/TIJdLBj35EI/AAAAAAAAAMM/e6EPln5ivXM/s320/Bonanzle+ad+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I am happy and proud to be a member of a terrific community of online sellers. I've been a part of the Bonanzle community for a year and a half now, and have seen it grow by leaps and bounds! For the next week and a half, the sellers of Bonanzle are conducting an Ad Blitz, and I am doing my part to contribute to that push.</b></span></div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
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<div style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sometimes I think my brain will explode out of the top of my head. Sometimes I think it will just leak out of my ears. And sometimes I wonder if it is even still THERE! Ever had days like that?</div><br />
<div style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm worried about my (and hubby's) business. I'm worried about my country. I'm worried about my father (who hasn't been the same since contracting Encephalitis 8 yrs. ago) who is in a rehab facility at the moment. I'm worried about my mother, who is home alone and should be happy to be so, but seems to be falling into a depression. I'm worried about my husband, who has recently had (again) heart-related issues. Should I be worried about MYSELF? Maybe...maybe not. </div><br />
<div style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>After coming back from a two week vacation, I'm really not feeling the "relaxation" of mind and body that I think I should be feeling. Everything is just as I left it. No money coming in at work to pay the mounting bills. A house with cat hair fluffs blowing around the floor and into the corners of the rooms. A suitcase still sitting on the floor, waiting to be unpacked. Weeds have sprouted up to 3 feet high in places. Why can't flowers...those pretty things...grow like weeds? Why am I sitting here blogging instead of tending to domestic chores??</b></div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF IT!!</b></div><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ok I feel better. Hey, maybe there IS something to this blogging thing. </span>Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-582127790369340492010-07-09T16:05:00.000-07:002010-07-09T16:39:59.914-07:00BONANZLE...SO much more than an on-line place to buy or sell!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/TDepOsmoTaI/AAAAAAAAALY/RFqlBIzODTg/s1600/new+bonz+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/TDepOsmoTaI/AAAAAAAAALY/RFqlBIzODTg/s320/new+bonz+logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bonanzle, yes, Bonanzle...NOT Bonanza. Never heard of it? Well you are in for a treat! It's NOT ebay...thank goodness! I wonder how many people are missing out on this terrific place?</b></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>The discussion boards (or Forums) are the most amazing places to learn so much, ask for positive thoughts when life is throwing lemons at you, get well-informed opinions, promote your "booth" (that's what it's called on Bonanzle...not a shop or a store...), and laugh yourself silly. I do believe that some of the funniest people in the world have taken up residence there. </b></div><br />
<div style="color: #b45f06;"><b>So it's not just a place to sell your wares, or buy (amazing bargains abound!)...it's very much a social site if you choose to join in. If not, well, that's ok. It's not necessary to join discussions...but it can be helpful in getting some exposure for your booth, and meeting amazing people. </b></div><br />
<b><span style="color: lime;">I</span></b><b style="color: lime;">n the past year I have had to deal with a brother who had cancer(HE'S A SURVIVOR! WAHOO), and a hubby who had heart issues. I took my concerns to the "boards" and got incredible comfort from Bonz'ers! (That's what I like to call us). People followed up well after each crisis was averted. Is it possible they really cared about a person they never really "met"? Damn straight!</b><br />
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<div style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>So you don't think we're all mushy-gushy....Bonanzle is one of (if not THE) fastest growing on-line buying/selling sites. We're all into the business of selling, but also have a wonderful time socializing with one another. What a refreshing change from the big, bad evilbay! I spent two years there and would never, ever consider going back!</b></div><div style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><b style="color: orange;">Interested in checking us out? It's easy...just go to:</b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/">www.bonanzle.com</a></b></span><br />
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</b></div>Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-2424867052579682442010-07-01T14:07:00.000-07:002010-07-02T05:52:26.711-07:00I am an American. Natural Born. Do I get anything for that?I was once proud to say "I Am An American". I'm wondering...am I STILL proud? I wouldn't be a patriot if I said no. I'm just torn these days about WHO is most important to our American government, and to Americans who are in some seat of power in our many industries. I so badly need to vent...before my head explodes right off of my shoulders. Bear with me, please, I believe some of my vents may be buzzing around in your heads, too. Maybe you, also, are losing sleep...<br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Small Businesses...backbone of our WHAT?</span></div><br />
Health Insurance: <br />
My husband and I have owned a small mailing business for 28 years. We've never suffered so much as we have in the last few years. Our state - "Tax"achusetts hasn't helped. Keep increasing our employer paid taxes and say sayonara to most of us. Our state mandated Health Insurance for all, a few years ago. The backlash of that is being borne primarily by small businesses. God forbid the Health Insurance companies should reduce their profits. Two years ago we were going to get a 20%+ increase in our premiums, so we went with a $500 deductible. Last year, on our anniversary date, we were going to get hit with a 33% increase to keep the plan we had. We could not afford such an incredibly high increase, so we went to a $2,000 deductible. We quadrupled our deductible, yet still pay about $25 more each month. Tell me how that makes sense? We're helping to cover all of those who HAD to get insurance even tho they couldn't afford it. The Health Insurance companies sure weren't going to take a hit...so pass it along to the little guys.<br />
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AND DO YOU WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN OBAMA-CARE kicks in? Our state is a model. Be afraid, be very afraid. <br />
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<div style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OH YEAH...SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY.</b></span></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Oh, right, many took bailouts with condition that (Oh, wait...WERE there any conditions?) they would make low interest loans available to those who needed them...including small businesses. WE had a business loan (line of credit) that our esteemed Bank of America decided to "call in". We weren't using it to borrow from...then pay back...than borrow from again and again. No...we were just paying interest each month, because we didn't have the money to pay it down over and over again. So now...it is no longer available to us, except to pay (through electronic debit) each month for the next five years...until it is paid off. We certainly needed THAT help while pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps to keep our company afloat.</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">So now, as a gift to ALL of us, they've found ways around the Feds new rules to add more and more fees to the fine Natural Born Americans who are struggling. Many are now charging you $6.00 (or maybe more in some places) to cash a check at their bank if you do not have an account there. (Blackmail? Are they having that hard a time getting new account holders?) Oh, and they also fingerprint the individual who's paying $6.00 for the privelege of cashing their check there. And don't even get me started on the way they account for your debit card uses. I think it borders on "illegal". They don't debit your account in the order you USED that debit card over the course of a day. They are entitled to start with the HIGHEST charge and go down to the lowest. Overdraft fees anyone? They are making money "hand over fist"...at the expense of those who are finding it hardest to get by.</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">City and Town Governments:</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Yes, they are having a hard time, despite our taxes increasing each year. So, they employ "vendors" to do some of their work. Be very afraid if their June 30th end of fiscal year is approaching. Don't expect to get paid...even for bills over 30 days old...until AFTER June 30th. And a huge corporation who has many state contracts...well...screw the little guys...they need to make their bottom line look good. The little guys who service them well can wait. Like WE (little guys) don't have bills to pay!</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">Keep increasing the costs of the little guys to live something closely resembling the way they used to live...and what will America be then?</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">I don't even want to start on benefits afforded to illegal aliens that WE NATURAL BORN CITIZENS would NEVER qualify for. </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">We've always been considered a "Melting Pot"....well we're all MELTING...and where is our government to stop the flow?</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">Gee, I wish I could be assured of a raise every year...great health insurance...and a nice pension!</span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">Dream on Americans. </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="color: black;">Maybe the next revolution will be American citizens vs. American politicians. </span></b></div>Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-37901575898329313622010-02-17T06:47:00.000-08:002010-02-17T08:12:14.485-08:00Recycled or upcycled?<div style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>THERE'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF THINGS TO RECYCLE OR UPCYCLE!!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: small;"><i> I spent an entire day, recently, surfing the web to see how much people are doing to recycle or upcycle mundane things into something entirely different and exciting. I started off wondering WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECYCLED AND UPCYCLED??</i></span></div><br />
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</div><b style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upcycling</b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> involves processing new materials into new products, or the re-use of a product with crippled functionality for alternative purposes</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A while back, I recycled a plastic bottle into beads for making a necklace, earrings, etc. I cut strips from the clear plastic bottle, colored onto them with permanent sharpie markers, rolled them and "shrunk" them with a heat gun. You can take a look at the end result below....</span>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">I now have a few bags full of used/empty soda bottles to use to make more of these beads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">So...here I've taken a used material and made it into a new product...RECYCLING? I think so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Currently, I've been looking around my house for items that are no longer used, and trying to figure out what I could possibly make with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See one of my finished products below...and another I'm still working on to come up with a great idea...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">The pic above shows design pieces from an old <b>Spirograph</b>. I absolutely loved creating designs with the Spirograph I had when I was a kid (back in the dark ages!). These pieces came from a travel version of Spirograph which I had purchased for my kids back in 1991. Had to have something to keep them from whacking & whining while we were on long car trips!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">I glued on acrylic gemstones over some or all of the holes in each Spirograph piece, then added a jump ring and a chain. Voila! I believe I've just <b>upcycled</b> something! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">I reused a product with "crippled" functionality into an alternative purpose...or is it that I processed a new (well, slightly used) material into a new product??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">I guess I can consider this Upcycling??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3v86nzoyYI/AAAAAAAAAKs/pvz87OP3jfw/s1600-h/DSC_1605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3v86nzoyYI/AAAAAAAAAKs/pvz87OP3jfw/s320/DSC_1605.JPG" />These are keyboard keys from an old childs keyboard. (Hence, the bright primary colors!) I popped them off with a flathead screwdriver (not very difficult to do) and here they sit, waiting for inspiration! They all have a long-ish stem on the back(that's how they attached to the keyboard), so I guess I'll have to cut those off somehow, in order to use them for jewelry or SOMETHING! Being the lazy type(sometimes), I'm trying to figure out a way to use them without having to cut off that stem. Hmmm....the wheels are turning....</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: lime; text-align: left;"><i>I found a wonderful site showing many, many ideas for things others have recycled or upcycled. It's definitely worth checking out...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><br />
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Go to the Crafts Gossip area of the site and there are pages and pages of ideas!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3L4IeJljPI/AAAAAAAAAJc/cPVUZh4-xe8/s1600-h/DSC_0541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3L4IeJljPI/AAAAAAAAAJc/cPVUZh4-xe8/s320/DSC_0541.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am at about age 3 - not a wrinkle in sight! Skin as smooth as a baby's...well, you know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3LFwPfMD_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/Y7_X4BCnsjo/s1600-h/DSC_1575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3LFwPfMD_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/Y7_X4BCnsjo/s200/DSC_1575.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">At age seven...smooth as silk! A little young to get married, don't you think? (My lame attempt at humor...I had just made my First Communion)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3LI7hW75EI/AAAAAAAAAJU/_09nydzMqYI/s1600-h/DSC_1308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YoyAX76Ws8Y/S3LI7hW75EI/AAAAAAAAAJU/_09nydzMqYI/s200/DSC_1308.JPG" width="135" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here we go....age 57. You may not have to look too closely to see the many lines across my forehead, between my eyes, beside my eyes, and even between my eyes and my eyebrows (what is THAT about?) Bigger & darker circles under my eyes, and MUCH bigger bags. What doesn't seem to show...AGE SPOTS!! Well, maybe you CAN see one on my nose. A few other stragglers reside on the sides of both of my cheeks. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED???</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>According to a <a href="http://www.aestheticsurgeryjournal.org/article/S1090-820X%2809%2900350-1/abstract">study in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal</a>, women had more wrinkles and deeper lines than their male counterparts. Their analysis attributes a woman's wrinkles woes to fewer sweat and sebaceous glands, fewer blood vessels, and a different muscle structure.(Well, I'll tell ya what...I sweat more during MENopause than any 3 men could in a LIFETIME!! How many sweat glands did THAT take?)<br />
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<b>CBS News</b> medical correspondent <b>Dr. Jennifer Ashton</b> said on an episode of <b>"The Early Show"</b> this is particularly the case around the mouth and nose for women. As women age, Ashton explained, the muscles pull in closer to the mouth, and cause wrinkles. <br />
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But what about shaving - does that make a difference? (Well, ya....if you're a woman!)<br />
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Ashton said the study didn't address hair, but added there are theories that hair follicles give more structure to the skin.(Well, I've got MANY more hair follicles now than I EVER did! Especially on my chinny-chin-chin!)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><i>10. Do men stay up late waiting for the kids to get home?</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 9. Splashback from spray cleaning products.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 8. Splashback from toilet water (while frantically cleaning it before company comes).</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 7. Constant grimacing and muttering when the person in front of you at the supermarket has more than 12 items.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 6. Exhaust fumes while trying to stuff your kid's soccer equipment in the trunk.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 5. Grease splatter from the huge breakfast you're cooking for everyone.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 4. MENstruation.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 3. MENopause</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 2. MENtal health issues.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i> 1. MEN.</i></div><br />
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.- Mark Twain<br />
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Brooke Shields: Now here's a woman with good genes! Great looking skin. Could scads of money have anything to do with it?<br />
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What's a woman to do? There are more anti-aging, anti-wrinkle products on the market than there are wrinkles on our collective faces! And we're spending tons of money on these products!<br />
<h3 align="center"><span style="color: #663399; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Driven by the aging world population, the desire to preserve youth, and the numerous advancements made in reversing the natural process of aging, the world market for anti-aging products is projected to reach U.S. $115.5 billion by the year 2010. </span></h3><h3 align="center"><span style="color: #663399; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></h3><h3 style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Found a couple of homemade "recipe's" using stuff from your kitchen to making your own facial skin care (anti-aging?) product.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #663399; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Instant face exfoliator</b>: Buy a bag of cornmeal. Take a tablespoon of that and a tablespoon of olive oil and one drop of lavender. Exfoliate your face. Then use a hot flannel to wipe it off. (P.S. DON'T use your pajama's!)</i></span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="bodycontents"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anti-aging mask:Simply</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="bodycontents" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> take some carrot juice, either store bought or home juiced, add a few drops of olive oil and an egg yolk. Mix well and apply to your face and neck and relax for about half an hour.(You might want to wait to do this until you're home alone!)Rinse with luke warm water.</span></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> For a good soother for dry and wrinkled skin, take a tablespoon of grated carrot, a teaspoon of honey and a few drops of olive oil. Mix well - apply to face and neck and relax for 15 minutes.(Don't, I repeat DON'T go out into the garden-who knows WHAT kind of wildlife you may attract!) Rinse with luke warm water.</i></span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="bodycontents"><i> </i></span>Honey is a fantastic cleanser, it draws dirt from pores and removes dead skin cells from the surface leaving your skin deep cleaned and renewed. (Don't do any dusting while your face is coated with honey - not a pretty picture!) </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tomato pulp tightens skin. </span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can use almost any fruit or vegetable to make some kind of <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Do-Facial-Skin-Care-Products-Really-Work">facial skin care </a>product, and it can be great fun (and messy) experimenting.</span></h3><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Just don't expect THESE results:</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cG6ugF8r7aJtZM:http://www.infomercial-hell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dermitage_wrinkles_ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cG6ugF8r7aJtZM:http://www.infomercial-hell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dermitage_wrinkles_ad.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h3 style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> And now I wonder.....will doing any of these things make me look more like my 25 year old daughter? FAT CHANCE!</i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>One last thing....maybe THIS is a good idea for PREVENTING those wrinkles?.....</i></span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Tp-P_yoiWO-yrM:http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/intellect_and_entertain/assets/clothespins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Tp-P_yoiWO-yrM:http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/intellect_and_entertain/assets/clothespins.jpg" width="145" /></a>He's called "Pinhead"!</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><br />
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I found a pretty cool project on the Instructables website. See below for the steps(without written instructions-I have faith that you'll be able to figure it out) I took to create....well, you'll see my creation at the end.<br />
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I call this creation CANNY Squares to Go!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it can hold all of my junque(a fancy word for JUNK), it's a GO!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you don't know how to crochet, perhaps there's a way to knot the squares of tin together with yarn or jute. Give it a try. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There may be other things to make...trivets, anyone?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><i style="color: red;"><b>How about an idea for using all of those bottle caps (beer or otherwise!). </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check out this talented seller on Etsy, who made the magnets below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: blue;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/JEllieCaps</div><div style="color: blue;"><br />
</div><div style="color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Bottle Cap Magnets: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <i><span style="color: lime;">Check out this creative person on Instructables.com(who made the item below)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: lime;"><br />
</span></i></div> <span style="color: #741b47;">http://www.instructables.com/id/Pop-Tab-Bracelets/</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"> <i><span style="color: magenta;">A cool bracelet made from pop-tabs and elastic! </span></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b45f06; text-align: left;"><i>I'm curious how many of you (my visitors) have tried any of the above projects. Please leave a comment and let me know. I'd love to hear of any other ideas you have for re- or up-cycling tin cans, bottle caps or pop tabs.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</a></div>Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-31453997825989059092010-02-07T07:24:00.000-08:002010-02-07T07:40:28.981-08:00I'm tired of eating crushed chips!<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cgvy4RpRPNKneM:http://www.fotobank.ru/img/FC00-2209.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cgvy4RpRPNKneM:http://www.fotobank.ru/img/FC00-2209.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl" width="200" /></a><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've always wondered why about</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1/4 of the chips in a big bag are</span></b><br />
<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>"Crushed"!</b></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In my quest to see if there is a</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">scientific reason for this I've</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">searched many different ways...</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">crushed potato chips just got me</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">pictures and recipe's using</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">crushed chips. I'll include</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">one below. I found many humorous quips about crushed chips,</span></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but no one talked about WHY!!</span></div><br />
<div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I did learn (as we probably ALL know) that chips have a lot</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of air put into the bags before sealing them. This is to provide</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a cushion for them so they won't break before the end-user</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(ME, or you...) opens them. SO.....how come there's always</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a layer of crushed, broken up chips at the bottom of EVERY</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bag I've ever opened?</span></div><br />
<div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">HEY, maybe that forced-in air is actually pushing the chips</span></i></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">down! The top half to 2/3 of the chips retain their "wholeness",</span></i></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">while those at the bottom get....well...crushed.</span></i></div><br />
<div style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brilliant conclusion, huh?</b></span></div><br />
<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>My wonderings thus far have really not netted me any real</i></span></b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>scientific, factual results.</i></span></b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Maybe that's why I'm still wondering...haven't seen any rational</i></span></b></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>explanations for the wonderings.</i></span></b></div><br />
<div style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SO....here's a yummy recipe for all those crushed chips</b></div><div style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>we always seem to end up with.</b></div><br />
<div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Potato Chip Cookies</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://justjennrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/potatochipcookies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://justjennrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/potatochipcookies1.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><br />
Ingredients:<br />
1 cup butter (2 sticks)<br />
1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)<br />
1/2 cup white sugar<br />
1 egg<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1 cup flour<br />
1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/8 teaspoon salt<br />
1-1/2 cups crushed potato chips<br />
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lay parchment on cookie<br />
sheets to keep the cookies from sticking.<br />
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In a freezer bag, crush the potato chips with your hands, followed by a<br />
rolling pin.(WELL...I hardly see the NECESSITY of doing this, since<br />
we're STARTING with crushed chips!) Measure out 1-1/2 cups of<br />
crushed chips and set aside. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugars.<br />
Add the vanilla and the egg until combined.<br />
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In a small bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add<br />
to the butter mixture until combined. Mix in the crushed potato chips<br />
by hand. ( by HAND? Yuk!!)<br />
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Drop by teaspoonfulls on a prepped cookie sheet.<br />
You should get about three dozen out of this<br />
mixture. Bake for 10 minutes.<br />
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Take them out of the oven and let them set slightly<br />
for a few minutes. Then carefully lift them to a wire rack to cool. They will crisp up quickly.<br />
If you want, drizzle with some melted chocolate.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://justjennrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/potatochipcookies5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://justjennrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/potatochipcookies5.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>DON'T THEY LOOK YUMMY?? I think drizzled<br />
chocolate would really do wonders for them!<br />
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By the way....I found this recipe at:<br />
www.justjennrecipes.com<br />
...and there are many more great recipe's there!<br />
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<div style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i>SO....another "wondering" not fully satisfied. BUT...I did come across</i></b><br />
<b><i> MANY recipes that use crushed chips!</i></b></div><div style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><i> </i></b></div><br />
<b style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WHO KNEW???</span></b>Deboakleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070853050649949370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346429991661511091.post-18588093448807916872010-02-04T14:46:00.000-08:002010-02-08T23:21:31.067-08:00I'm constantly wondering about....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/6/16/633492362527999062-temptation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/6/16/633492362527999062-temptation.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</b></td><td><b>Adj. l. wondering</b> - showing curiosity;<br />
<div class="Syn"><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inquisitive">inquisitive</a>, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/questioning">questioning</a>, <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/speculative">speculative</a></div><div class="Rel"><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/curious">curious</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Every day I hear, see, or read something that makes me wonder...</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Why do/did they do that?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">HOW do you do that?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Who said that was RIGHT?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Where is THAT?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">How come I never heard of that?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;"><br />
Why is that funny sound coming from under my car?</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;"><br />
Why are they looking at ME that way when THEY 'RE the one who cut me off?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic;">Why do really bad things happen?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">You get my gist.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">So...I've decided to keep a "journal" of these thoughts and any<br />
information I find out to satisfy my(and maybe YOUR) curiosity.<br />
That "journal" is this blog.<br />
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</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">A little about me....</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #999900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">I'm already half way through my life. Wow, that doesn't<br />
sound good!</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #999900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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I have 25 yr. old boy/girl twins, a husband, and a brick<br />
and mortar Mailing business. I also am involved in<br />
selling handcrafted and other types of items on the<br />
web. I used to sell on eBay but they bounced<br />
me! Never really found out why, and was really ticked<br />
at them. I sent them a real "nastygram" but I doubt<br />
anyone ever read it or even cared. I was a VERY little<br />
fish in a GIGANTIC pond! But...that forced me to look<br />
around and I found Etsy(for selling only handcrafted<br />
items, supplies, or vintage stuff). Been selling there since<br />
late 2008, I believe.<br />
Just about a year ago I found Bonanzle - who? what? - I<br />
know lots of people have never heard of it, but lately eBay<br />
has had many evacuees who've gone over to Bonanzle,<br />
so it won't be long before it becomes a household name. Best<br />
move I ever made!</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #999900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">I'm a dreamer, a planner, an Italian with a fiery temper<br />
(on occasion)! Somehow I've managed to make some of my<br />
dreams come true, but NOT with PLANNING. I don't do the<br />
"carrying out plans" thing too well.<br />
But...there's always tomorrow, eh?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #993399; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">What am I wondering about today?</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: courier new; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Just how MANY commercials are there in a one<br />
hour show?<br />
Geesus - it seems like every few minutes there's<br />
another commercial!<br />
Of course there's never just ONE commercial....<br />
usually at least 3 at a whack.</span><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: courier new; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> I wonder how many<br />
people buy something, or from a business that<br />
advertises incessantly. I know <span style="color: #ff6600;">I</span></span><span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> WON'T!<br />
There must be some statistics on commercials and success<br />
of same.<br />
Gotta go check it out and report back.....</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #009900; font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Well....based on some research, I've found that a one hour t.v. show<br />
has between 18 and 20 minutes of commercials. So (math whiz here)<br />
we get between 40 and 42 minutes of the show.<br />
So, if each commercial is 30 seconds (which I think most of them are)<br />
would that then mean that we are seeing between 36 and 40 commercials???<br />
Holy freakin sh...oot! We're getting bombarded with commercials!<br />
Enough is enough, don't you think?</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #333399; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">As far as success of t.v. commercials...they are considered the<br />
most effective mass-market advertising format. But....HOW<br />
effective? Couldn't seem to find THAT information. Oh well,<br />
who really cares? Do you?</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%;">Be back tomorrow</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%;"> with another "I Was </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%;">Wondering" post. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(and now I'm wondering</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> if I should go to bed or</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> eat some chips...<br />
and THEN go to bed...)</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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