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Around the Internet

Posted on August 18, 2012

Hey guys! Here are links for this week!

• 10 Psychological States You’ve Never Heard Of is a pretty interesting article. I find intense emotions pretty interesting.

• Well, this about sums up how I feel when I am trying to figure out How to Fold Fitted Sheets.

• History’s most iconic photos in color. Do you ever get the sense that you can tell what colors are actually in a black and white photo? Like, I feel like I can tell what color clothing someone is wearing, even if I can’t see it. I kind of want to test this out somehow!

• I, Lauren Jones, do solemnly swear to read the book before I see the movie whenever humanly possible. Take the pledge at ReadIt1st.

• This is my favorite song! This is a collection of Youtube versions of Somebody That I Used to Know put together by Gotye.

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Friday Story Time

Posted on August 17, 2012

Guys, it’s story time.

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Postcard: Mt. Vernon

Posted on August 16, 2012

This week we’re back into the part of the collection with words. 😉 This postcard is from Mt. Vernon, and as usual it’s from my family.

East Front at Mt. Vernon

Having a nice visit with family. So nice to see them again. It’s very hot!! Went to Mt. Vernon today. Going to Penna and Maryland also.

Love,
Doris, Larry and Beth

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Babysitters Club Books!

Posted on August 14, 2012

There is a free bookstore in Baltimore called The Book Thing. They make the money to cover expenses by picking out specific books and selling them online. Everything else is sorted out and free to take, as many as you want. Well, actually the site says you’re limited to 150,000. 😉 I’m thinking of taking that challenge.

Sunday, we dropped off a few bags for donations and brought home a bunch in return. And now I am the proud owner of 17 Babysitters Club books! haha! I used to have them all as a kid, but I have no idea what ever happened to them. I got them via one of those mail club thingies.

And here are all the other books I got. The two photography books are kind of a sociological look at photography, one having a more analytical bend than the other – sounds like they were written just for me. :D.

Believe it or not, I have never read an Anne of Green Gables book, so I guess I will have to change that. I dunno, I wasn’t a very dreamy child haha. I preferred the BSC. Anyway, I know we have the first one though and a few more, there might be duplicates, but they’re packed away right now so I’m not sure.

That Hippo one.. it has weird advice in it. I haven’t really gotten to look through it yet. Expect more about that.

And I’m thinking some future posts on what’s in that Encyclopedia of Fashion, yes?

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Around the Internet

Posted on August 11, 2012

Here’s my “little bit of everything” I’ve found around the internet this week:

• NPR’s 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels. There are some great books on here – I’ve read 28 of them and I’ve started and own a few more than that.

I’ve read the usual Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but I’m really excited to see so much John Green on here. I loved Paper Towns!

And I love the Vampire Academy series! (And the spin-off Bloodlines.)

I think I’m going to try to read them all. Anyone with me?

You can go see everything I’ve read since 2006.

• David’s Tea! Lots of yummy looking tea and uhh.. tea stuff, I’m going to have to make an order soon, I’m thinking something from the tea samplers.

• This is insane: Man Sentenced to 30 Days for catching rain water on his own property.

• 20 Alcoholic Beverages Inspired by the Harry Potter Series. I’m a Gryffindor, and I approve of my drinks, they’re right up my alley, actually. I would totally do the Cinnamon Aftershock and Goldschläger shot. 😉

• And finally, this dog is so cool. Stinky Puppy is terrified of water. (Seriously, what kind of dog doesn’t like to swim?!)

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LensLight App

Posted on August 10, 2012

I love the LensLight iPhone app, it’s my new favorite app.

The effects are fantastic, and there are a bunch of them, and the app looks really good, easy to use.

These are definitely my favorite pictures lately.. so pretty.

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Postcard: Rural Pennsylvania

Posted on August 9, 2012

This week’s postcard is from my home state, PA! It kind of sums of what I think of when I think of home.

Pennsylvania
A tranquil rural setting with golden fields nestled among rolling hills. This is the Pennsylvania countryside. As was done a century ago, horses still pull machinery up and down the fields of many a Pennsylvanian farm.

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On cooking..

Posted on August 8, 2012

There is an ongoing theme in our house – that I can’t teach my poor husband how to cook because I don’t actually know how I do it, I just do it. If he asks me a question, I have to come and do it myself because I can’t answer it.

So, continuing on our theme, today I was looking for Italian seasoning on Amazon and out of curiosity, I went to read the spices that are in it.

And, they happen to be the exact spices that I always use when I am out of Italian seasoning in order to get the same flavor.

And I know that I’ve never read them before and I have no recollection of ever being taught them. If you had asked me if I had them correct, I would have said yes. I just KNOW.

My poor husband is shocked though.

I don’t know what it is, but I just sort of know how to cook – I know how to create flavors and I can do comfort food (southern, Hungarian and PA Dutch..) I don’t really do recipes. It just runs in my family – my dad was an amazing cook. It’s the Hungarian in me. 😀

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Stinky Puppy’s 3rd Birthday

Posted on August 7, 2012

Stinky Puppy’s birthday was June 9th, but I never got a chance to write about it. I can’t believe my puppy is three already. I miss when she was a puppy even though she was a horrible little puppy. We got her like a million cheap toys.. most of which were torn up by the end of that day.

She’s laying on the couch snoring right now.

We had to give her a bath last night because she uhh.. lived up to her nickname. She rolled in something and smelled absolutely horrible. I also had to cut off some of her fur around her ears where it had got matted. She looks really funny now, actually.. really short ears.

I don’t know if I ever told this or not, but her real name is Molly. I gave her the name Stinky Puppy because: 1. I thought it was cute 2. she was/is a stinker 3. she has a skunk stripe and it took up most of her body when she was a puppy. I’m actually not even sure if some people realize she has a real name, haha.

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Around the Internet

Posted on August 3, 2012

Happy Friday! I meet my sister tomorrow to see her for the last time before she leaves for the Navy. How crazy.

Here are interesting links for this week:

• Maddie on Things – a super serious project about dogs and physics

• Brought to you by the same person: http://thiswildidea.com/, where one man meets one new person a day for 365 days and tells their story. I love projects like these.

• The Good in Dumber Music – I have to say that it doesn’t bother me that popular music all sounds the same, but the article is interesting nonetheless.

• The Wilderness. I wish I thought of life like this as a kid. I’m not nearly as creative, and my childhood had pretty much zero exploration in it. But it did have lots of dolls & stuffed animals, a kitchen set, a PINK construction hat and making Barbies have sex. haha

• Before & After: Airstream Trailer Makeover

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