Halloween 2013

Good morning! Yesterday was a nice relaxing day. Considering it was Cabbage Night in Jersey & Gate Night in N.Y., I was a little worried, but as usual, the trend hasn't made it down to Texas. Nothing happened, which is a good thing. I had breakfast sausage, cleaned the house, got the mail, took the dogs out, & then relaxed on the sofa & finished the entrelac tam (2nd pic) & then almost finished the entrelac kitchen towel I'm working on & then I had pizza delivered for dinner once everyone was home. Yesterday's Sims game was Glenwood

Cottage & my Sim Faith is in the university waiting to see if she just took her mid-terms or her finals. I couldn't sleep last night, so after an hour & a half of trying, I got up, started up my PC, loaded up Sims, & created a retirement house for Sim hubby & I & our pets (3rd - 10th pics). This morning after a 1 hour nap, I took the dogs out & our retired Sims played shuffleboard on the back porch (11th pic). IRL hubby & I will play Backgammon or Risk together tonight. I then loaded up Bridgeport Heights & my Sim Robert is working on his skills & going to work.

Happy Halloween, stargazers! W/ all the candy & treats lying around you'll want to think about a diet soon. Don't be like my Aunt Rita who went on the all Pop Tart & beer diet recently, which is about as effective as a referee on a TV wrestling match.

H.G. Wells's radio drama War of the Worlds depicts Martians invading Jersey, causing fear when listeners believe the performance to be real, 75 years ago yesterday.

In Mexico, instead of saying "trick or treat" during Halloween, children ask "can you give me my little skull?" The small skull, or calaverita, is made of sugar or chocolate.

Most popular horror film franchises of all time top 10:

1. Friday the 13th
2. Saw
3. The Exorcist
4. Halloween
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
6. Scream
7. Paranormal Activity

Amityville Horror
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Omen

Skins will practically slip off garlic if you plunge the head in boiling water 1st, then soak it in cold water.

Some people say that you have to like yourself before you can like others ...

but if you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psych-up, superficial way.

You remember going trick-or-treating? That was fun. Nowadays it's different. It's Beverly Hills. It's unreal over there. Kids go out yelling "Trick or Gucci."

October 30, 2013

Good morning! yesterday was a busy day, but a nice one. I did get to relax at the end of the day, so it's all good. A day of hard work followed by some down time is always a good thing. If you work hard & don't have some "you time" at the end of the day, I hope you can find a way to make some changes & fit that time in, because it really does help. All work & no play isn't good for anyone. We're not machines. The FD got toned out to a MVA, I made a fried egg sandwich for breakfast, got the mail, 

cleaned the house, went grocery shopping, showered, took the dogs out, processed an incoming Avon delivery, the FD got toned out to another MVA, I had a Stouffer's single-serving 5-cheese lasagna for lunch, then instead of loading up Minecraft, I played Sims until everyone got home. When I got the call that everyone was on their way, I started dinner & made some great baked chicken & stuffing w/ Hershey's Kisses for dessert. Yesterday's Sims game 

was Remington, one of my favorite houses (2nd & 3rd pics). My Sim Michael was working in the military career & was going to fulfill his lifetime wish of becoming an astronaut (level 10 in the military career) before starting a family, but for the 1st time ever, my Sim was pursued by another Sim ... my high school romantic interest sent me a gift, sent me a love letter, called, asked me out on 2 dates, & that's when I just gave up & had Michael marry Lisette. They just had their daughter, Liz Jones (3rd gen). Liz loves the outdoors & is disciplined. She'll do well w/ martial arts. Liz is an Aries who likes kids music, fried peanut butter & banana sandwiches, & the color pink. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up Glenwood Cottage. My Sim Faith (1st gen) is in the university & although I'm done playing the university, it's Friday in the game & I can't tell if it's Friday #1 (w/ another game week to go) or Friday #2 where she goes home tomorrow. I'm going to let her take her exams & see if she goes home at the end of the weekend. If not, she'll drop out of the university Monday morning before class starts. Faith's lifetime wish is to be a gold digger & she doesn't need the university for that. I'm finding that the university isn't needed for anything other than the experience of going to the university. The specialized jobs that were added w/ the university life expansion pack can be obtained w/ just maxing out influence w/ the jocks, nerds, or rebels. You can do that without the university. Now it's true you get a slight income boost w/ a degree as opposed to not having a degree, but not enough of one to to make me want to go through 3 Sim years of the university in every game, every generation.

Chilled onion is easier to slice & chop - & causes no tears.

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During medieval times, dried dill hung above a home's doors & windows was thought to protect the people inside from witches.

Ghost towns of the world top 10:

1. Kolmanskop, Namibia
2. Prypiat, Ukraine (home of Chernobyl workers)
3. San Zhi, Taiwan
4. Craco, Italy
5. Oradour-Sur-Glane, France
6. Gunkanjima, Japan
7. Kadykchan, Russia
8. Kowloon Walled City, China
9. Famagusta, Cyprus
10. Agdam, Azerbaijan

Hump days are a good day for investigations. So make today the day you find out what you put under that blue tarp in your backyard all those years ago. If it smells funny, walk away. Same goes for that new heartthrob you met at the bar last week.

Loch Ness monster was mentioned as early as the 7th century in writings about Saint Columba of Ireland, who banished the "water beast" for attacking humans.

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Spiritual renewal takes an investment of time.

You know what happens when politicians start mixing politics w/ religion, what you get? A holy mess.

▶ October 29, 2013

Good morning! Yesterday I made Eggo waffles for us for breakfast, cleaned the house, got the mail, we went grocery shopping at Kroger, I showered, took the dogs out, made a chili cheese dog for lunch, & then thought long & hard about making a beaded knit afghan, but couldn't come up w/ any ideas that I thought would look good. There's just something about plastic pony beads on a knit afghan (or sweater) that I don't think would look good. Not to mention the loud noise it would make in the dryer. Instead, I started on an entrelac knit hand towel that looks very nice & will finish quickly. No special pattern since it's being made from 2 color-changing cotton yarns. When it was time, I stopped knitting & made chicken fried steak & mashed potatoes for dinner. Yesterday's Sims game was Modern Beach House & my Sim Jeanita Ware aged up into a child & started working on her athletic skill. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up Remington. My Sim Michael Jones (2nd gen) joined the military & is working on his athletic skill.

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For quick cleanup, use fewer dishes when you cook. Mix the salad dressing in the same bowl you'll use for the salad. Grate cheese directly onto food.

Importance ... has to do w/ results. If something is important, it contributes to your mission, your values, your high priority goals.

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Scariest movies top 10:

1. Night of the Living Dead
2. Psycho
3. Eraserhead
4. The Exorcist
5. Don't Look Now
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. Jaws
8. Halloween
9. The Silence of the Lambs
10. Alien

Wedding dresses used to be colorful! Scandinavians used to wear black, even. It was only after Queen Victoria got married in 1813 in a white dress, to incorporate her favorite lace, that white bridal gowns became fashionable.

You know what show is coming back on the air? How many of you remember the show called The Millionaire? Very popular show in the 50s, & that's where someone was given a million dollars unexpectedly. It's going back on CBS & because of inflation, it's changed a bit. In the premier episode a destitute man is given a check for a million dollars & he blows it in the express line at Ralph's. -Johnny Carson 1978

Your lucky words this week are: dingleberry, Sherpa, & fuzz ball.

October 28, 2013

Good morning! Super busy weekend, but we got a LOT done & the living room looks great! Saturday I had a boiled egg for breakfast, cleaned the house, went grocery shopping & drove back in a storm from hell, took someone to work, grabbed lunch out at a great Italian place, & then headed off to the next county over for a GREAT housewarming / Halloween party. We weren't even to the party yet when someone called that they needed a ride from work. They waited quite a while before we were all the way back to Princeton to pick them up from work. Saturday's Sims game was Modern Mediterranean & my Sim Piper II Sisk (5th gen) just aged up into a child & is going to school & doing her homework. She's an excitable neurotic who's a Leo, likes Egyptian music, vegetarian lobster thermidore, & the color green. She's also a snob. Yesterday I took the dogs out, drove someone to work & the FD got toned out to a med call as I was out of district, I came back & went through the Sunday paper, made eggs over easy for breakfast, the FD got toned out for a trash fire, I cleaned the house, then we drove to our other house to grab some stuff, picked someone up from work, & then did a LOT of putting stuff away. Everything we've been bringing here from our other house was in the middle of the living room & it's now all put away. We can see our living room again! YAY!! It was a lot of stuff, the other house was used for storage & squeezing all of that stuff into this little house took some planning & Tetris-like skills, but it's done now & it's all out of sight & stored neatly. Yesterday's Sims game was Chateauroux & my Sim Rusty Keaton (2nd gen) is up to level 9 our of 10 of the private investigator career & he's mastered the logic skill which makes him great at his job. This career doesn't require level 10 of the career to achieve the lifetime wish, but instead 35 solved cases. I think he's almost half-way there. Since this job requires player interaction (it's one of the Ambitions add-on careers), I can't let him have a family until he reaches his lifetime wish or he never will. The good news though, is that he was so successful that he was able to take the age-freeze potion as a young adult, so I don't have to worry about him running out of time to have a family. He's immortal now (as long as he doesn't do anything stupid). He & his dad both can die, but not from old-age, since neither of them will ever age. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up Modern Beach House. My Sim Jeanita Ware (3rd gen) is going to age up into a child as soon as I finish this blog. Jeanita is a loner who is friendly. She's a Cancer who likes soul music, pumpkin pie, & the color spice brown.

Boalsburg, Pennsylvania:

Birthplace of Memorial Day!

5 minutes from Penn State.

The name Boalsburg comes from the Boal family who settled the region. The fourth generation of the Boal family, Col. Theodore Davis Boal, married a descendant of Christopher Columbus and brought the Columbus Chapel to the Boal Mansion from Spain in 1909 including an Admiral's Desk that belonged to Columbus himself.

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Cooking pasta? Choose angel hair. It's the fastest noodle to cook.

Do you want to be taller? Heat to space! Because their spines are pulled down by gravity, astronauts "grow" up to 2" taller in space.

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Have you heard of the latest fad? I'm not making this up, called "nude skydiving." They call themselves "Buff Divers." Absolutely true. I saw a nude skydiver today & I thought - I thought it was a solar eclipse because the sun was blocked out by a moon.

Most important inventions of all time top 10:

1. Computer
2. Television
3. Telephone
4. Antibiotics
5. Printing press
6. Electricity (use of)
7. Steam engine
8. Plastics
9. Transistors
10. Automobile

Nature bequeaths its own blessing on those who immerse themselves in it.

Now is a good time to bond w/ estranged relatives. It's also time to put some Bondo on the dent in your passenger door. Get some candy for the estranged relative & primer for your car door.

• October 26, 2013 •

Good afternoon! I got a lot done yesterday, it was a great day. I had a boiled egg for breakfast, cleaned the house, got the mail, went grocery shopping, showered, went through my LCFD e-mail, took the dogs out, made a chili cheese dog for lunch,  went through my outlook 2010 settings & still can't set up the mobile notifications, updated the apps on my iPad mini & then set up a recipe in IFTTT, went through my iCloud e-mail & made an appointment to get the oil changed in my truck, then sat down to work on the entrelac knit afghan that I'm making & it's beautiful. :) Good & bad news after that. The bad news, teenage drunkenness. How do you get a teen to listen? Drinking, smoking, theft ... breaking all the rules of the home & the state. I swear, I'm getting gray fast. The good news, I made a GREAT dinner last night ... BBQ baby back ribs w/ carrots & chocolate truffles for dessert. YUM! Yesterday's Sims game was Modern Mediterranean & my Sim (1 of 8 in the household + 2 pets ... it's CROWDED!) was Isabel Shuler (4th gen) who just had a daughter, Elizabeth Shuler (5th gen). Elizabeth is going to be very successful (as all my Sims are). Elizabeth loves the outdoors & is athletic. It's a little to soon to be sure, but she's probably going to be a sports agent. She's a Sagittarius who likes Indie music, fried peanut butter & banana sandwiches, & the color sea foam. Today I took the dogs out & loaded up the same game as yesterday ... Modern Mediterranean again. Halloween / housewarming party tonight! I can't wait. :)

As I look into the future I see long, drooling fangs, hairy hands, & dangerous toenails ... Yes, it means your in-laws are coming over for dinner.

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Global food companies top 10:

1. Nestle
2. Unilever
3. Kraft Foods Inc.
4. Cargill, Inc
5. Tyson Foods, Inc.
6. PepsiCo Inc.
7. General Mills Inc.
8. Kellog Co.
9. Groupe Danone
10. ConAgra Foods

I find renewal in daily prayerful meditation on the scriptures because they represent my value system. As I read & meditate, I feel renewed, strengthened, centered & recommitted to serve.

I'm a sentimentalist by nature & holidays & Halloween bring back wonderful memories of my boyhood youth on the plains of Nebraska, where I grew up. I still remember this day. I had to go to the Halloween dance w/ the ugliest girl in high school, Karla Malden. And I saved money because I didn't have to buy her a mask. She went as is. -Johnny Carson 1979

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More than 50% of Americans say they shop for groceries 3 or 4 times per week. Instead, shop for groceries only once a week. Make a list, establish a budget, & stick to this routing to save.

Save time defrosting ground beef by dividing it into 1 lb patties & freezing flat.

Whistling backstage is considered bad luck because whistles were originally used to signal scene changes. An ill-timed whistle could bring an unplanned curtain drop on the performance!

• October 25, 2013 •

Good morning! I kinda took yesterday off & it was nice. I cleaned the house & then just played Sims all day. :) I made a great chicken dinner that was easy to make! Just take boneless, skinless chicken breasts ... season w/ salt & pepper only, brown in a pan for 5 minutes on each side, then add enough milk to cover 3/4 of the chicken, add Velveeta if you like, then slow simmer on low heat (2), uncovered for 2 hours. The chicken was so tender & tasted great! Tonight I plan on making baby back ribs for dinner. :) Yesterday's Sims game was Le Chateau Contreau & my Sim Kyle Marshall (3rd gen) mastered the logic skill & is level 7  or 8 of the medical career. He's about to settle down & start a family since he's almost reached his lifetime wish of level 10 of the medical career. The rest is smooth sailing now, so he can go ahead & start his family.

11-year-old Elvis Presley had wanted a bicycle, but his mother bought him a guitar instead ... & the rest is history.

Best-known rabbits top 10:

1. Peter Rabbit
2. Thumper
3. Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
4. The White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland's "I'm late, I'm late," rabbit)
5. Roger Rabbit
6. Pooh Bear's friend, Rabbit
7. The Energizer Bunny
8. Bugs Bunny
9. The Easter Bunny
10. Br'er Rabbit

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- The in-game debut of “Monster,” an original new song from internationally acclaimed rock band Imagine Dragons.
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Play across all supported devices - iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini, or iPod Touch 5 - for a single low price.
NOTES:
- IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended users update to iOS 7 before purchasing or updating Infinity Blade III.
- Supports full iPhone 5 resolution, iPod 5, iPad 4th generation, and iPad mini - and it looks amazing!
- PARENTS: you can turn off In-App purchasing in the iOS settings.

Keep tortillas in the fridge. Practically everything you make w/ them is fast: quesadillas, burritos, wraps.

Look for a good opening in a conversation to bring up that pesky jail-time you served. Better now than when the parole officer shows up.

President, that's a tough job. I don't envy the President. You notice how it ages him since he's been in office? Now when he smiles you see liver spots on his teeth.

Renewing the spiritual dimension provides leadership to your life.

Trip Cubby:

We're working on a huge update to Trip Cubby that will be released this fall as a new, iOS 7 only app. While we're working on the new app, enjoy the full version of Trip Cubby completely free (previously $2.99)!
Trip Cubby is a polished, full featured app -- essential for anyone who needs to track mileage for tax deduction or reimbursement.
Trip Cubby is also available as a free, sponsored app called "Trip Cubby FREE."
"Trip Cubby makes recording my trips simple and fun, and version 2 improves upon a winner... Trip Cubby is an app that I use and rely upon every day." Dave Caolo - tuaw.com
"This is the app everyone else was promising. App Cubby delivered." -Rusty640
"It has way more features than you could imagine and the support from the company is top notch" -sweetrock
After many failed attempts over the years at keeping a paper mileage log, we created Trip Cubby to take the time and tedium out of this money saving process. We designed Trip Cubby to be fast, clever, and above all, easy to use. With predictive input, auto-entry, auto-calculation, and quick access to frequent trips, Trip Cubby does the hard work for you. A few quick taps will create useful data ready to search, sort, and generate email reports.
Features:
• Designed with IRS compliance in mind
• Excel-compatible email reports (CSV attachment)
• Online sync/backup
• Easily sort, filter, and search trips
• Predictive text fields and data entry shortcuts
• Mass editing of records (Delete or Mark Paid)
• Frequent trips enable quick entry
• Data fields may be turned on/off in Settings
• Customizable tags make it easy to group trips
• Charts: Deduction Categories, Paid vs. Unpaid, Mileage
• Supports both miles and kilometers
• Customizable reimbursement rates
• Supports multiple drivers and vehicles
• Icon badge for incomplete trips
• Number Pad or Odometer style entry
• Custom deduction categories
• Swipe navigation of detail views
• If data entry is interrupted by a phone call, the data will be stored and retrieved on next launch
The App Cubby Team is dedicated to responsive development and support. If you have questions or criticism of our mileage tracker, please send us a note: bugz@tripcubby.com We may be able to fix your issue in less time than it would take to write a negative review!

October 24, 2013

Good morning! Yesterday was a busy day ... I ran out of time before I got to craft at all, but I guess I got a lot done. I got the mail, the FD had a med call, & had an Eggo for breakfast, the FD got toned out to a mutual aid grass fire in Princeton & oh how I wanted to go on that one! I was stuck at home though with a sick child who had to be picked up from school after their 1st class. I cleaned the house & then had to drive someone to work & on the way I passed the grass fire & still wanted so badly to be there. It made me wish I had my gear in the truck with me ... I would have swung in on the way back home & helped w/ anything I could. Once back home I changed the color scheme in Outlook & now it's a light blue. Huh, looks great! Why didn't I ever think of that before now? While I was at it I changed the persona on firefox to a beautiful blue pattern. I took the dogs out, had leftovers for lunch, took a phone call, started a pork roast for dinner, hubby came home & we picked someone up from work, came home & then had dinner & watched CSI. One of the things that took up a bunch of time in the middle of all that yesterday was an online job application that I filled out. I've never seen this happen before, but they called me 2 hours after I submitted the application & I have a job interview tomorrow! COOL! Hubby doesn't think I should take the job though, it's too far away & I'd be on the tollway which would greatly increase the cost of commuting. Fuel round trip each day would cost me $16.25 & hubby says tolls would add another $10 a day. That's $26.25 per day to go to work & back. Now this isn't anything like the jobs I've had in the past that pay $25/hr. This is just a minimum wage job that I'd be really good at & would bring in a few extra dollars ... IF it didn't cost me so much to get there in the 1st place. Unfortunately, it's not close ... it's in Flower Mound. I guess I can drive out there for the interview & see what happens. See what they offer pay-wise & see if it would be worth it or not to consider it. It's for a brand new place that opens in December. Most online applications I've filled out had a BUNCH of psych eval questions. Lots of weird stuff that I never could figure out had to do with the minimum wage part time job I was applying for. This application was nice, it didn't have anything like that! They did however, have ONE odd question: "If you were a food, which one would you be & why?" What?? LOL! I guess I gave a good answer because the called me in record time.

Essence of renewing the physical dimension is to sharpen the saw, to exercise our bodies on a regular basis in a way that will preserve & enhance our capacity to work & adapt & enjoy.

Halloween is when? Next Thursday. Do you celebrate it? Do you still go out? ... Let me tell you what happens in California. Beverly Hills is a very wealthy community out here. Instead of masks, the kids have plastic surgery. Before they go out. They don't even go door-to-door. They each have an 800 # & an operator stands by & takes pledges. -Johnny Carson 1985

In the 18th Century, high class European women would crush cochineal insects into powder & use it as rouge. You don't have to crush insects yourself today, but cochineal are still used as a source of red dye in food & cosmetics.

iRecycle:

iRecycle is the premiere application for finding local, convenient recycling opportunities when you are on the go or at home. iRecycle provides access to more than 1,600,000 ways to recycle over 350 materials.
FIND LOCAL RECYCLING FAST
iRecycle can tell you how, where and when to recycle just about anything. Using your current location, ZIP code, address or city, get access to vital details for collection points, such as website, phone number, directions, hours of operation and other materials collected.
CONNECT SOCIALLY
Share your enthusiasm for recycling by connecting through Facebook, Twitter, SMS and email.
REVIEWS
iRecycle has been featured as the iTunes "App of the Week" more than 5 times!
“What this application does is present you with an amazingly simple-to-use interface that shows categories of recycling, first of all. This app is so easy to use and so helpful when we want to recycle our wares that it’s almost amazing that it’s free. Thanks to Earth911 though, it certainly is free, and it’s certainly worth a download – grab it!” - Chris Burns, SlashGear
“iRecycle is sure to be your new go-to consultant for recycling locations and tips.”
- App of the Month, atomicaxis.com
“The iRecycle app provides a great resource for customers who are looking for up-to-date information about recycling and sustainability.”
- Ralph Reid, vice president of corporate responsibility for Sprint.
“Earth911 makes their fabulous recycling search feature into an iPhone app with some convenient features.”
- Mother Nature News
“Even when you think you're eco-savvy, sometimes you still find yourself asking, "Can I recycle this? If so...who takes it?" Kinda cool your phone can now answer that for you.”
- Treehugger.com

Oldest universities in the world top 10:

1. University of Toulouse, France
2. University of Naples, Italy
3. University of Padula, Italy
4. University of Salamanca, Spain
5. University of Cambridge, England
6. University of Modena, Italy
7. University of Paris, France
8. University of Oxford, England
9. University of Bologna, Italy
10. University of Parma, Italy

Take a deep whiff of peppermint. Research shows that the scent can stimulate your brain.

You might buy a car that you can actually drive home. Check under the floor mats for signs of things to come & loose change.

October 23, 2013

Good morning! Yesterday I cleaned the house, showered, took the dogs out, grilled a cheeseburger for lunch, went through my Outllook.com e-mail & decided to have Pizza Hut for dinner, did the monthly cleaning of the ceiling fan blades, then sat down to work on the entrelac knit tam. I thought I was going to finish it in 1 day, but it turned out to take longer than I had expected. Then I thought I was going to finish it last night, but again it's taking longer than I expected. I'm good at

knitting, I'm good at entrelac, & I didn't think a hat could take that long, but I was wrong. It's going to be a 3 day project... I think. :) Yesterday's Sims game was the Goth household & my Sim Misty II is in the university towards a science & medicine degree. She just took her final exams & now I'm waiting to see if those were mid-term finals or final finals. This morning didn't start out great, but turned around into a great morning soon after I got up. I

was woken up way too early by a phone call from someone needing a ride, so I stumbled out of bed, let the dogs out, got dressed & drove up into Princeton. When I got home I loaded up Sims & decided to finally purchase Monte Vista (3rd pic)! Isn't it beautiful? I then added Sunset Ranch to the town (9th pic) & then created George. He's a great kisser who is eco-friendly, loves the

outdoors, is a savvy sculptor, & has a green thumb. Loving the outdoors & having a green thumb is a great combination & he chose to have the perfect garden as his lifetime wish, which also works out great for him because Sunset Ranch comes with a garden out back with a bunch of perfect plant sprouts already in it. As soon as they mature & he harvests the garden the 1st time, his lifetime wish will be completed & he'll be free to concentrate on starting a

family. George likes Shawarma, custom music, & the color aqua. He's an Aries. His furry companion is an Afghan Hound who is destructive, shy, & quiet. Sunset Ranch is only available unfurnished, so George has to decorate as needed. He started out with decorating the living room (6th pic) so he'd have a place to learn the gardening skill by reading books on the subject (5th pic). Before he could read the book, he had to go buy the book at the Monte Vista book

store (2nd pic). Once he got through chapter 1 & had level 1 of 10 under his belt, he had to furnish his garage w/ some transportation (8th pic) & 1 of his 2 vehicles is a NICE blue Ford Shelby (7th pic). He went to the Monte Vista City Hall (4th pic) to register as a self-employed gardener. He went back home & then read chapter 2, bringing him up to level 2 of the gardening skill which finally allows him to tend the garden that's out back.

10,500 Cool Facts:

What's a better way to waste your time than learning 10,513 new cool facts?
Simply SHAKE the iPhone/iPod to move to the next fact.
OR, Swipe left, swipe down, or tap the iPhone/iPod to move to the next fact. Swipe right, or swipe up to move to the previous fact.
Did you know that a group of geese on the ground is a "gaggle", and a group of geese in the air is a "skein"?
Did you know that like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is

different?
Did you know that a cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as 5 dynamite sticks?
***Note from Developer***
OK, I think we figured out what you guys meant by "doubles" :) What we did was scour through our facts one by one and deleted duplicates. However, facts still show up "randomly." As a result, because facts are chosen at random, you may

encounter a fact that you've seen before. BUT, you'll notice that you didn't COLLECT a new fact, therefore, the fact collection counter will not be incremented. Please look forward to a new update that will allow you to go through these facts sequentially, instead of randomly. Thanks for the feedback!

American chemists celebrate Mole Day today, between 6:02a & 6:02p. That time &

date combination, 6:02 10/23 is derived from Avogadro's # (6.02 x 1023), which is the # of particles in a mole of substance.

Countries w/ the most mobile phones top 10:

1. Nigeria
2. Germany
3. Pakistan
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Brazil
7. Russia
8. USA
9. India
10. China

Even though we all know you love your favorite team, once you hit about 45 you might want to think about cutting back on face painting. Believe it or not, your team will appreciate it & so will the people sitting next to you.

 

Glen Burnie, Maryland:

Glen Burnie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population of Glen Burnie was 67,639 at the 2010 census. A Maryland District court building is located here.

Population by Race in Glen Burnie Maryland (2010)
Race	Population	% of Total
Total	67,639	100
Caucasian	44,930	66
African American	14,856	21
Hispanic	5,368	7
Asian	2,686	3
Two or more races	2,413	3
Some other race	2,374	3
American Indian	260	< 1%
Three or more races	212	< 1%
Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander	120	< 1%

 

Isn't that nice? Never mind the applause, where are my birthday gifts? ... Well, it's - it's a birthday time, yes. 6-o. Hard to believe, isn't it? You realize another 20 years, I'll be eligible for a guest shot on Love Boat? -Johnny Carson 1985

 

Spending:

Spending is the most easy to use expense log that keeps track of your spending. No complex operations, no impractical functions. Spending is easy to use.
Spending will quickly and easily record each expense. It’s easy to see how much money you have spent every week and even how much money you have spent this year.
Key features:
- Multiple accounts,Cash/Credit Card
- Support different currencies for different account
- Transfer between accounts.
- Fast and easy to use native iPhone user interface
- Recording a purchase takes seconds
- Auto-generate recurring expenses and income entries
- Create/Edit/Sort expense/income categories and subcategories
- Support to order category by Alphabetic/Frequency/Customized.
- Dynamic graph showing costs in percentages
- History to view and adjust your previous entries
- Flexible reports to view expenses by week, month, or year
- Password protection
- Export CSV file.
- Export HTML file.
- Export to Google Docs.
- Export/Import Backup by USB
- Online backup via Dropbox
- Back up via Mail.
- Sync data across multiple devices via Dropbox. (In App Purchases).
I will not be able to reply directly to you in your review, so if you have any problems while using Spending, please email me.
I will help you to solve your problem ASAP
My email address is:appcheer@gmail.com

 

Take a break: Go for a 10-minute walk outside. The fresh air & exercise will rejuvenate you.

 

When you exercise your patience beyond your past limits, the emotional fiber is broken, nature overcompensates, & next time the fiber is stronger.

October 22, 2013

Good morning! Relaxing day yesterday ... I made biscuits & gravy for breakfast, cleaned the house & then just said to heck with it & started knitting myself a beautiful entrelac tam (2nd pic). I thought that a hat couldn't take that long ... it would be finished before the night was over. Nope, an entrelac tam takes longer than I expected. I'm halfway finished with it & it looks great! I think this will be one of my new projects that I'll make many of. At LEAST 1 of each color so I can have a

matching tam no matter what I'm wearing. This one is my multi-color tam. Yesterday's Sims game was the Journalism career & I didn't get much game play in because I was knitting that beautiful tam. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up the Goth household. My Sim Misty II is in the university towards a science & medicine degree. We'll see if I do stuff around the house today & get some game play in or if I decide to finish that beautiful tam! :)

Call a friend. Social contact can be uplifting when stress or boredom are behind your fatigue.

Did you realize it's just 2 weeks until the election? 2 more weeks. And both parties announced today that they're out of money. Now they know how the public feels. -Johnny Carson 1972

 

Fax Burner:

Fax Burner - Free iOS Fax Machine (Fax sending and receiving.)
DESCRIPTION:
Fax Burner turns your iPhone/iPad/iPod into a fax machine.  The only app available where you can get started completely FREE with no in-App purchases.
Every time you need to receive a fax just push one button and we'll give you a toll-free fax number that you can use for up to 24 hours. Once you receive a fax, we notify you, store the fax on your phone, and forward a copy to your email inbox. Note: We only offer US (United States) phone numbers.
You can easily sign documents, complete forms, and fax them back out without ever printing.
Complete integration with Dropbox, box.net, and your inbox for inbound and outbound faxing.
Need to send a quick fax? Type a quick cover sheet note and then use the camera or photo library to attach images of the documents you need to send.
The free version of the application may not be available forever, so download your copy today!
There are no hidden fees for this application but you are limited to receiving 25 fax pages per month and sending 5 total pages with the free version. 
MORE FEATURES:
- Completely easy to use. Can be setup and running in 2 minutes.
- Each fax received is stored as a PDF that you can email wherever you want.
- Sign and complete forms electronically.
- Integration with your inbox, dropbox, and box.net.
- Saves paper and the environment.
- Best user experience of any app.
- Special fax alert tone notifies you instantly of your new fax.
- Backed by an 10 year old company that keeps your faxes safe and secure.

Most of us think we don't have time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to.

So many fans of Jane Austen have had their ashes scattered at the author's home & moseum in Chawton, U.K., that the management had to formally ban the practice in 2008.

Stay away from bargain beauty parlors & cheap perms. As w/ all things in life, you get what you pay for. 2 things you can't skimp on: perms & ketchup. Get the good stuff.

Tennis terms top 10:

1. Baseline
2. Love
3. Fault
4. Advantage
5. Double fault
6. Deuce
7. Slice
8. Doubles
9. Break
10. Serve

October 21, 2013

Good morning! Saturday was insanely busy. I started out with breakfast that was made for me, then I cleaned the house, I showered, cleaned out all of the recorded TV shows on my computer from before we got dish hooked up, the FD got toned out to a med call, then I started to machine knit for a few minutes but then I got a huge surprise ... a 40" TV! My office got rearranged for the rest of the night & finished up the next morning & now I have this huge TV in my office, which is handy because most of my time while I'm awake is spent working in my office ... now I've got this wonderful television in here while I work. YAY! Saturday's Sims game was Fall Designer Showdown & my Sim Kira (2nd gen) is raising their son Harry Johnston (3rd gen) who is a good couch potato. Early Sunday morning the FD got toned out to a mutual aid med call, I took the dogs out, went through the Sunday paper, had breakfast, cleaned the house, cleaned out some stuff from the Prime Time Anytime folder, took the dogs out, went out to lunch at Wendy's, surfed Pinterest, chilled on the front porch for a little while, was going to set up a feature in Outlook but it got nixed because they wanted our account user name & password for our wireless account, & then I sat down, relaxed, & played Sims. Yesterday's Sims game was the Sports Agent career. I learned that I can stop sending all my Sims to the university. It may increase pay, but isn't required for the new careers. All I needed for my Sim to get into the Sports Agent career was to max out the Jock Influence & BAM! There was the job offer. Once he maxed out his athletic skill & jock influence, he got the job, married his boss, & they now have a son Robert who is an athletic genius who loves the outdoors. He's an Aries who likes French music, crepes, & the color violet. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up the Journalism career in Sims. My Sim Edward Tenderlove is raising their daughter Olivia Tenderlove (3rd gen) who is artistic & grumpy. She's a Pisces who likes R&B, vegetarian lobster thermidore, & the color hot pink.

Dallas, Texas:

Dallas /ˈdæləs/ is the ninth-largest city in the United States and the third-largest city in the state of Texas. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat. However, slices of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. The city had a population of 1,197,816 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau.

The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county region. Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area had a population of 6,645,678 in 2012. The metroplex economy is the sixth largest in the United States, with a 2010 gross metropolitan product of $374 billion. Its 2010 Real GDP amounted to $325 billion.

Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas, Dallas is the main core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea.

The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines. With the advent of the interstate highway system in the 1950s and 1960s, Dallas became an east/west and north/south focal point of the interstate system with the convergence of four major interstate highways in the city, along with a fifth interstate loop around the city. Dallas developed a strong industrial and financial sector, and a major inland port, due largely to the presence of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world.

In the latest rankings released on September 14, 2011, Dallas was rated as an Alpha- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network and is the only city in the South Central region to achieve that status. Dallas is also ranked 14th in world rankings of GDP by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Climate data for Dallas (Love Field) 1981–2010 Normals
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	88 (31)	95 (35)	97 (36)	100 (38)	103 (39)	112 (44)	111 (44)	111 (44)	110 (43)	100 (38)	89 (32)	89 (32)	112 (44)
Average high °F (°C)	56.8 (13.8)	60.8 (16)	68.7 (20.4)	76.7 (24.8)	84.2 (29)	91.6 (33.1)	96.0 (35.6)	96.4 (35.8)	88.7 (31.5)	78.5 (25.8)	67.1 (19.5)	57.5 (14.2)	76.9 (24.9)
Average low °F (°C)	37.3 (2.9)	41.1 (5.1)	48.5 (9.2)	56.2 (13.4)	65.4 (18.6)	72.8 (22.7)	76.7 (24.8)	76.8 (24.9)	69.0 (20.6)	58.2 (14.6)	47.6 (8.7)	38.5 (3.6)	57.3 (14.1)
Record low °F (°C)	−3 (−19)	2 (−17)	11 (−12)	30 (−1)	39 (4)	53 (12)	56 (13)	57 (14)	36 (2)	26 (−3)	17 (−8)	1 (−17)	−3 (−19)
Precipitation inches (mm)	2.06 (52.3)	2.59 (65.8)	3.49 (88.6)	3.07 (78)	4.92 (125)	4.11 (104.4)	2.21 (56.1)	1.87 (47.5)	2.84 (72.1)	4.79 (121.7)	2.88 (73.2)	2.74 (69.6)	37.57 (954.3)
Snowfall inches (cm)	0.5 (1.3)	0.6 (1.5)	0.1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.3 (0.8)	1.5 (3.8)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	6.7	6.5	7.8	6.6	9.5	7.9	4.8	4.5	5.4	7.6	6.7	6.8	80.8
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	0.5	0.4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.3	1.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours	182.9	180.8	226.3	237.0	257.3	297.0	331.7	303.8	246.0	229.4	183.0	173.6	2,848.8

Eat the perfect snack: half an apple for fiber, a few walnuts or almonds for energy & a slice of turkey or chicken breast for protein.

Eventful:

Download Eventful - the only app you need for local events and entertainment. Millions of events await you at your fingertips.
Access the full spectrum of what's happening near you including concerts, movies, performing arts, kids & family events, sports and more in every city across the globe.
Enjoy personalized recommendations and individually tailored alerts that keep you in the know.
Whether you are in your hometown or traveling around the world, your personalized recommendations follow you or search, find and filter events by distance, date or best match.
Detailed maps show you where you are and what events are near you.
Find tickets any time from any location.
Explore the latest movie releases, watch trailers, find showtimes and tickets at your favorite theaters.
Share and invite your friends with seamless social integration for every event.
It's all about you and what you want to do. Anytime. Anywhere.

Most well-known paintings of all time top 10:

1. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
2. The Scream by Edvard Munch
3. American Gothic by Grant Wood
4. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
5. Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
6. Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh
7. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer
8. Peace by Picasso
9. Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
10. Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Popular adoptable-cat names top 10:

1. Lucy
2. Midnight
3. Bella
4. Molly
5. Smokey
6. Tiger
7. Oreo
8. Max
9. Princess
10. Charlie

Street Smart USA:
College Student? Business Traveler? Sports Mom? Parent? Or anyone who leaves your home - this is a must have App for you!
Our Mobile Personal Security iPhone App Alerts You When Traveling in Potentially Unsafe Areas!
Street Smart (formerly Safe-T-Informant is a security information application that provides audio, visual and vibration alerts for 'potentially unsafe areas' throughout the United States.
Whether in your hometown or traveling unfamiliar areas, being informed of locations that present an elevated risk to you or your family's personal safety and security is essential to avoid becoming a victim of crime!
OVERVIEW
Our easy to use product locates, maps and updates your current location, while providing you with a visual map of "potentially unsafe areas", visible by a map-pin and a 1 mile radius circle. If you travel into one of these potentially unsafe zones, Street Smart will alert you with a vibration and audio warning.
Now you can make informed decision regarding travel stops for gas, meals, lodging or services, while in your hometown or when traveling in unfamiliar areas.
FEATURES
* Immediate alerts when entering potentially unsafe areas
* 1 mile radius notification range
* Clear audio and visual alerts with vibration
* Ability to acknowledge and area and temporarily disable alerts for that area
* Over 7,500 documented 'potentially unsafe areas' mapped throughout the United States
* 1 Year of free support and product updates
So act now and get Street Smart and keep you and your family safe!
DISCLAIMER
The purchase and use of this product implies full and complete review and acceptance to the 'Terms of Service and Use' as defined at http://www.safe-t-informant.com/iphone/TOS.
As crime can occur anywhere and at any time, the companies, agents, resellers, developers, affiliates or other parties not directly named, but with acknowledged affiliation to Street Smart, Safe-T-Informant, Sec-Cured Solutions or Balsam View LLC, assume no responsibility for any harm that may or could result by or through the direct or indirect, use or non-use, of this product and service.

We are the instruments of our own performance, & to be effective, we need to recognize the importance of taking time regularly to sharpen the saw in all 4 ways.

We have 1 day of autumn in California. Beautiful today ... I saw a large snail having his hair blow-dried by a leaf blower.

William Shakespeare was the 1st commoner to appear on a British stamp in 1964.

Your lucky words this week are: kryptonite, rack 'em, & Charlie Sheen.