tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951435835052452182024-03-14T10:14:45.233-07:00This Side of the RainbowCrafter's diary of challenges and newly learned techniques. Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-41514200082292376242020-05-03T18:06:00.001-07:002020-05-03T18:07:56.817-07:00Things to Listen to on YouTube While in Quarantine #10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's are some links to bring music to your ears (and a couple because it's World Laughter Day) from our friends on YouTube.<br />
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The Rainbow Connection by Kermit<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5fTzMP_mg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5fTzMP_mg</a><br />
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow<br />
https://youtu.be/V1bFr2SWP1I<br />
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Perfect Together<br />
https://youtu.be/pnhH1XiDu0Q<br />
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The Sound of Silence by Disturbed<br />
https://youtu.be/Bk7RVw3I8eg<br />
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SNOW WHITE vs ELSA: Princess Rap Battle (Whitney Avalon ft. Katja Glieson) *explicit*<br />
https://youtu.be/gcrQvoCzs80<br />
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Dumb Movie Ways to Die - Dumb Ways to Die Parody<br />
https://youtu.be/6vqAa95EplE</div>
Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-18240050433146966312020-03-20T13:00:00.000-07:002020-03-20T13:00:03.344-07:00Things to do while in quarantine or shelter-in-place #8: War room prayers for mom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">War room prayers for the weary mom from </span><a href="https://www.themodernmary.com/war-room-weary-mom/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">The Modern Mary</a><span style="text-align: left;">. Enough said. </span></div>
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Excerpted from The Modern Mary's blog, here are the verses she calls out. She does provide a prayer for each on the blog. I shared one.<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Psalm 119:28</u></span></h4>
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“My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.”</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">“Oh Father, I am so weary. I am weak from trying to hold everything up with my own strength. Forgive me, Lord, for not giving my struggles to you. Hold me up, Father, and remind me of your Truth. Amen.”</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Psalm 61:2</u></span></h4>
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“From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety,”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Philippians 4:6-7</u></span></h4>
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“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">1 Peter 5:10</u></span></h4>
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“And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Isaiah 46:4</u></span></h4>
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“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”</div>
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“And in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.”</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Psalm 55:22</u></span></h4>
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“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”</div>
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Until next time!</div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-84240934807969684622020-03-20T07:30:00.000-07:002020-03-20T07:30:06.653-07:00Things to do while in quarantine or shelter-in-place #7: Homeschooling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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of topics became available in a fairly organized way. However, there is so much
of it, how would you know what to look for? Well, I've spent hours on Pinterest
collecting things. I might have it. I kept a sampling of homeschooling
references and these are now serving as a starting point for me to give you
some ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why do I have these? I had little
kids once. I also have a couple brilliant friends from college roomies whose
families were homeschooled and have found many other friends like them since. I
love, love, love and admire what they do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I picked a few things that seemed
the most relevant for y’all right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Do you have
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">No. </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Check out Mary's blog <a href="https://simplybewildandfree.com/4204/how-to-homeschool-3-days-a-week/">article</a>
about homeschooling three days a week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Monday – Core Lessons (full day of
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of schedule and schooling)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesday – Field Trips (zoo
science classes, parks, museums and nature centers)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of schedule and schooling)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Friday – Day Off (errands,
housework, catch up)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this and even divide up the time, if you can, with someone else. You get a day
and a half and then they do. Maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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deal with infants AND homeschooling? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe this <a href="https://www.inspirethemom.com/2018/06/25/homeschooling-with-babies-and-toddlers-present/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=435469590_148623" target="_blank">article</a> will help. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cliff notes version:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Keep Lessons Short and Breaks Frequent<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Spend Time with the Littles First - cuddles or a tickle session<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Have Some “School Time” Only Activities - If you pull out things
that they don’t normally get to touch or play with, it usually keeps them
pretty enthralled. This is like only watching a certain show at the gym. You
have to go to see the next episode.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Create a Baby-Safe Zone for Roaming and Play</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Include Them - someone else can learn how to change a diaper. LOL.
J/K. Everyone is welcomed to sit and
listen or play quietly while listening.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Babysitting practice for older siblings<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Take advantage of nap time. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3) How do I
keep this interesting for older kids? Break up their daily homework. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One noun. Madlibs. Here is a <a href="http://www.madlibs.com/printables/" target="_blank">link</a>
to free printables. They learn and laugh. They can Google others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4) Two words.
High Schoolers. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Never too early to start a
college, scholarship or job application. LOL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Have them write a song, movie
script, play, movie review, makeup review. Tell them to start a TikTok or YT
channel but figure out the cost of new equipment. Make them do math on the comps
they have to pull and the tax they calculate. Reward: $50 for a game plan of
any kind. Money talks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Also, pay them to take photos of
things to list on eBay or give them a cut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know these aren't formal lessons
per se, but there are learnings to be had between their actual reading or
science. What if they looked up cliff
notes or other people's essays on the Internet for the topics they are
studying? I'm not suggesting they plagiarize. BUT, if they looked for what
other people did and short versions, and read them, they're still making
progress. Make sure they don't plagiarize, please. They can take
inspiration. You can talk to them about
how 'taking inspiration' works in the real world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5) I just
can't. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri light" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then don't. Hire a teacher or friend
that isn't teaching right now or has bandwidth. Give them your conference line
for a couple hours a day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leave you with a fun game and a clip of some answers I found on IG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-33050553058678701062020-03-19T23:39:00.000-07:002020-03-19T23:48:59.282-07:00Things to do while in quarantine or shelter-in-place #6: Job interview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Have you ever had a kid interview YOU for a job? Try it. It's fun.<br />
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Instructions are simple.<br />
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Have a kid of any age (recommend under 20), pick one of the below roles or one of their choice and they interview YOU for this role. They make up the questions and you answer. If they don't know what to ask, just tell them to ask what they would want to know about someone in that job. Does not matter. No wrong ways to do this. Good luck!<br />
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Astronaut<br />
Bicyclist<br />
Cell Phone Builder<br />
Dentist<br />
Elon Musk's Back Up or Elon himself<br />
Fairy<br />
Garbage Man<br />
High School Teacher - any subject<br />
Iceberg Climber<br />
Judge<br />
Kangaroo Keeper<br />
Lawyer<br />
Maid<br />
Neighborhood Watch Captain<br />
Ophthalmologist: Medical and Surgical Eye Care (or Optometrist or Optician)<br />
Pirate<br />
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Quiz Master - any quiz</div>
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Racecar driver</div>
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Superhero</div>
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Teacher</div>
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Universal Studios Gate Guard</div>
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Vet</div>
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Water Skier</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">X</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto slab" , serif; font-size: 16px;">enobiolgist - person who studies extraterrestrial life forms (this one I had to look up) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "roboto slab" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Photo credit site: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Superman Sits At A Job Interview</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; text-align: center;"> is a drawing by Jason Adam Katzenstein </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; text-align: center;">Published in the New Yorker </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial";">Publication: New Yorker, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial";">May 11th, 2015</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial";">Print available for purchase at </span><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/superman-sits-at-a-job-interview-jason-adam-katzenstein.html">https://fineartamerica.com/featured/superman-sits-at-a-job-interview-jason-adam-katzenstein.html</a></span></div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-5278887688917307202020-03-19T19:25:00.000-07:002020-03-19T19:29:41.122-07:00Things to do while in quarantine or shelter-in-place #5 : Memes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Let's talk about memes<br />
Your love of memes can become activities with a group or by yourself.<br />
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<li>Play the board game "What do you meme?" </li>
<li>Do you have an 'old' digital camera sitting around? Give it to the kids and tell them to take a bunch of photos that you'll later turn into memes.</li>
<li>Collect the funniest or worst or best or animal memes. Pick your theme. Here are a few to get you started. </li>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-91916441920391932572020-03-18T19:27:00.000-07:002020-03-19T23:17:17.580-07:00Things to do while in quarantine or shelter-in-place #4: Science experiment & pet in one<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Someone in your house may have been asking for their own pet. Now's their chance, provided you have flour and water among your quarantine stash and some jars or empty tubs in recycling. You can use cling wrap or a blessed piece of paper towel for a cover if you no longer have jar caps.<br />
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<br />Let me introduce you to sourdough starter.</h3>
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Warning: If you listened to my Covid-19 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DzQKGx0ecwQjo0OxjASDP" target="_blank">playlist</a> and heard some intense language, know that I am not obsessed with expletives. What does this ahve to do with sour dough? The information I am about to share is from <a href="http://www.badmamagenny.com/2011/11/07/sourdough-starter-101-bmg-style-or-please-yeast-doesnt-want-your-pity/#axzz6H5zCgNdr" target="_blank">Bad Mamma Genny</a>'s blog. She has a basic, straightforward outline. And bad words.<br />
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Straight from Bad Mamma's Genny's <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2018/10/30/maintaining-a-smaller-sourdough-starter" target="_blank">post</a>, "Sourdough Starter 101, BMG Style", here's what you do:<br />
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<em style="font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Day 1: </em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">Grab yourself a one-quart container with a lid (glass is ideal, plastic is okay, not a fan of metal). Now toss in 3/4 cup flour and 3/4 cup water. Mix vigorously, being sure to beat in plenty of air. Scrape down the sides as well as you can. Starter that stays on the side can dry up, die, or grow mold. Cover it with a kitchen towel or the lid just kinda balanced on top (not screwed on tight, and not sealed. This baby produces CO2). Then leave it in a room-temperature, draft-free place until tomorrow.</span><br />
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<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Day 2:</em> The next day, take a look. You might see some bubbly activity–this is great! Dump out half the mixture and feed again, just like before. Cover loosely and let it sit undisturbed, just like before.</div>
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<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Day 3: </em> Dump out half the mixture and feed again.</div>
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And so on. After about a week, it should be ready to use–you’ll know because it will double in volume between feedings and smell strong and sour.</div>
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At this point, loosely cover that starter, move it to the refrigerator, and keep it there for maintenance.</div>
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If this happens earlier than a week, fantastic, go ahead and proceed to maintenance. But as a general rule, I don’t trust the microbial stability of sourdough starter until it’s at least five days old. At this point, it’s usually strong enough to maintain its pH and fight off mold and other undesirables.</div>
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At various points, you will probably see a dark liquid floating above your starter–this is just alcohol, a natural byproduct of yeast fermentation, separating out. Just stir it back in and carry on.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.16px;">Excerpted From:</span><span style="font-size: 12.16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.badmamagenny.com/2011/11/07/sourdough-starter-101-bmg-style-or-please-yeast-doesnt-want-your-pity/#ixzz6H65NmbRH" style="color: #003399; font-size: 12.16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.badmamagenny.com/2011/11/07/sourdough-starter-101-bmg-style-or-please-yeast-doesnt-want-your-pity/#ixzz6H65NmbRH</a></div>
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<b>Maintaining small starters (60g) </b><br />
Consider these a small litter if you have many kids and they each want a pet. King Arthur's blog has a great <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2018/10/30/maintaining-a-smaller-sourdough-starter" target="_blank">article</a> on small batch starters written with the help of a microbiologist including info about proper care and feeding of this daintier set. Your kids can decide to have their own variety of a starter pet by having a stiff or liquid starter or even gluten free. </div>
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The small batch beginning is this:<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.016rem;">for 60g of starter: </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.016rem;">Save 20g (1 heaping tablespoon) starter and feed it 20g (4 teaspoons) water and 20g (2 tablespoons) flour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px;">Excerpted From:</span><a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2018/10/30/maintaining-a-smaller-sourdough-starter">https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2018/10/30/maintaining-a-smaller-sourdough-starter</a></div>
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If you did any of the above, you have a pet, a science experiment and the start of pancakes or bread all in one.<br />
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By the way, care and feeding can be somewhat loose. Put your starter in the fridge and feed every couple of days if you are not planning on using this right away. Otherwise, have kids feed it daily and in a few days, decide what you'll make.<br />
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Related but not really, a book recommendation. </h3>
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916024-sourdough" target="_blank">Sourdough</a>" by Robin Sloan. Check it out on Goodreads <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916024-sourdough" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916024-sourdough">R</a>obin (yes, he's my friend that is a stranger) is a fantastical writer. I appreciate his imagination and funny characters, and BONUS, his settings are local to the San Francisco Bay Area.<br />
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He also wrote "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13538873-mr-penumbra-s-24-hour-bookstore" target="_blank">Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore</a>" based in San Francisco with a character that is a Googler. </div>
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Update: The second series of "Just Add Magic" called "Just Add Magic: Mystery City" on Amazon Prime Video has a mystery about a sourdough starter. This is a family friendly show. You might have the time now to binge watch, so start with the first series to get the full scoop. When you get to episode 9 in Mystery City, listen for Chuck's painfully relevant line about stopping at the drugstore. </div>
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If you have scrapbook and stamp supplies crying for attention but don't feel the mojo, a friend of mine has shared a free online class by Layle Koncar. She is hosting a two-part series of all things Travelers Notebooks. You can get more info at <a href="https://laylebymail.com/blogs/news/free-on-line-traveler-s-notebook-class?fbclid=IwAR1KQlSRXekPQBH9q3RM4sHcF6pwb4ZIma6I9UbfUCxZK_JPLrvUPltqS3k" target="_blank">her blog</a>. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Where:</em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a aria-describedby="a11y-new-window-external-message" href="https://www.youtube.com/laylebymail" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid currentcolor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #063852; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/laylebymail</a></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why: </em></span>Walk away with a solid understanding of traveler’s notebooks, along with tons of practical ideas & examples on different ways to use and incorporate them in your day to day life</div>
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For the young ones, I found this $10 Just for Kids art journaling <a href="https://journalingthemagic.com/collections/frontpage/products/just-for-kids-art-journaling-autograph-books-sketchbook-class" target="_blank">sketchbook class</a> (self-study) for the Disney fans. </div>
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<li>"Babysitting Kit" has many activities for kids up to age 12 <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/babysitting-kit/&source=gmail&ust=1584602049656000&usg=AFQjCNF_sG5MkdvyBqZ33e_-M-7ZUg92Pw" href="https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/babysitting-kit/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.com/<wbr></wbr>chilispice/babysitting-kit/</a></li>
<li>"Arts & Crafts" obvious - some organization started here for crafts by material (felt, pom poms, etc) <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/arts-crafts/&source=gmail&ust=1584602049656000&usg=AFQjCNHncevD5dYeJw9RDXo4gnbTxxcCcg" href="https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/arts-crafts/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.<wbr></wbr>com/chilispice/arts-crafts/</a></li>
<li>"Sign Language" in case you want some charts and pictures to teach your kids the art of silent conversation <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/sign-language/&source=gmail&ust=1584602049656000&usg=AFQjCNGTN0Mq9LQGm-5fQBNYU5ORhUApCA" href="https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/sign-language/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>pinterest.com/chilispice/sign-<wbr></wbr>language/</a></li>
<li>"Printables" has lots to color, cootie catchers and other stuff <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/printables/&source=gmail&ust=1584602049656000&usg=AFQjCNHr10-oTJnA_ogNE0MuPUvh3bafAw" href="https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/printables/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.<wbr></wbr>com/chilispice/printables/</a></li>
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<li>There's also "Drink List" with both alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. I found that sometimes a fancy drink at dinner elevated a plain meal even for kids - until now. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/drink-list/&source=gmail&ust=1584602049657000&usg=AFQjCNFlcZxtkAY1RiAzznFfCB__I455gw" href="https://www.pinterest.com/chilispice/drink-list/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.<wbr></wbr>com/chilispice/drink-list/</a></li>
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We hear it...all the time. Create a stronger password. Have multiple passwords. Change your password. Don't share your password.</div>
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I've dusted off the old blog to summarize and run a series of 'what to do' lists for friends and family. It's efficient for me to keep what I'm sharing in one place.<br />
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<b>In this small corner of the Internet, it's about the silver lining and getting through it all as best you can. </b>I did this for the people that get me, but there's room for everyone to join, share, contribute productively and move a positive ripple into the world. Bear in mind that if you are feeling in isolation with others, you’re bound to get on each other’s nerves. Respect each other’s space, get some alone time and try to maintain a sense of humor.<br />
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For some, the rolling shelter in place or quarantine orders across the globe in an effort to flatten the impact curve of Covid-19 (also know as the novel Corona virus) can be frustrating and difficult and for others 'easy'.... for a time.<br />
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Earlier this year I colored a stack of tongue depressors (really wide Popsicle sticks) and made a jar of 'things to do'. Three reasons I did this:<br />
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That exercise has prepared for giving you what you need to get through the "Quarantine Quiet". (Understand your house may be full of kids and not quiet; I mean the world is trying to be somewhat quiet right now at home."<br />
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I hope you find my content mostly humorous and constructive.<br />
There are plenty of validated resources available about what to do medically, with hygiene, with social distancing, with psychology and more.<br />
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Let's start with the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DzQKGx0ecwQjo0OxjASDP" target="_blank">Spotify Playlist</a>.<br />
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I recently discovered clean-joke humorist, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNgsjSVXIFEK0i9rN6zFNw" target="_blank">Jeanne Robertson</a>, who is known for encouraging people to find humor in any situation.<br />
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This comes with a warning that you will not love all the music. There's a mix of genre and it was all about the song titles (in their specific order - it's a bit funny). Much of the music is pretty good, but there's some explicit language ones (in case you have impressionable ones) and some other styles you may not love. Skip, fast forward, don't follow. It's okay.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have 10 minutes left in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdEZ8c4cc-cFf9z7Nkv8Cw" target="_blank">Call Me Crafty Al'</a>s No Spend Challenge number 3, "Old Stamps". Check out her video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8WBinQi5Y&index=6&list=PLOjF4zwVYrxmQvN0PZCJ0CiWqbOUSvGzZ" target="_blank">here</a> about this challenge. This is my last submission! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Using a 2014 Ugly Sweater stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, I layered on Nuvo Glimmer Paste onto white cardstock (recommend a heavy weight) and heat embossed with 3 Wow! Embossing Powder colors from more than 2 seasons ago. I have used Rainbow Black Embossing Glitter for the sentiment, Ruby Romance Embossing Glitter on the vest, and Silver Bells Embossing Glitter for the Christmas tree on the sweater. </span><br />
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Another fun and quick project in response to Alicia at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdEZ8c4cc-cFf9z7Nkv8Cw" target="_blank">CallMeCraftyAl's</a> No Spend November challenge. (Yes, it's December but all entries are due in a couple hours; last day!!)<br />
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My dentist hands out a lot of gift cards over the holidays, so I put together a dozen or so gift card holders for her to add a touch of festivity to her gifts. </div>
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I was inspired by this post Su's project for a <a href="https://aromasandart.com/pals-november-2018-blog-hop-anything-but-a-card/" target="_blank">blog hop post</a> several weeks ago. Su posts a tutorial, but here's the quick overview. </div>
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No Spend November Challenge Intro video: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84x2g9oD7U" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/k84x2g9oD7U</a><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Super Sketchy Challenge Video: https://youtu.be/P6aAf-krBKw</span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No Spend November Playlist: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjF4zwVYrxmQvN0PZCJ0CiWqbOUSvGzZ" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...</a></div>
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I'm sticking with the gift card holder theme so that I can give friends and my dentist a variety pack for their gift giving.<br />
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I actually forgot how simple this technique is. You can spend a lot of time embellishing and decorating it because the card itself is less than a minute to 'twist' into shape.<br />
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I found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZFdbBpsQM" target="_blank">this video</a> tutorial on You Tube from Twisted Gift Card holder with Sara.<br />
The video was posted May 15, 2014. I was looking for an older tutorial to fulfill <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAA5GXkOwvo&t=73s" target="_blank">Challenge # 5 Trusted Technique</a> for Alicia's Crafty No Spend November challenge.<br />
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Love that I found this one again. I'm off to make more!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call Me Crafty Al’s Channel: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=qy5Ig38MyBchui7EXDe_K0oCbjZ8MTU0NTAxODk5N0AxNTQ0OTMyNTk3&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FvYr3po&v=UAA5GXkOwvo&event=video_description" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://goo.gl/vYr3po</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No Spend November Challenge Intro video: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84x2g9oD7U" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/k84x2g9oD7U</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Trusted Technique Challenge Video: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAA5GXkOwvo" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/UAA5GXkOwvo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No Spend November Playlist: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjF4zwVYrxmQvN0PZCJ0CiWqbOUSvGzZ" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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I'm returning back to my neglected things including this blog to resuscitate some life into all things I once thought fun and beautiful.<br />
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It starts with a No Spend November challenge from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdEZ8c4cc-cFf9z7Nkv8Cw/featured" target="_blank">Crafty Al on YouTube</a>. She had an open invitation to join her on a "no spend" crafting journey where you basically dip into the hoard of all things crafy and get moving on various themes she offered up throughout the month.<br />
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This was my response:<br />
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So, in various channels, I'm posting my projects starting with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XzDiKL8wQM&t=120s" target="_blank">#13 "Sweet Treat"</a>. Here was the inspiration video that Alicia posted.<br />
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Here's my project.<br />
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Base layers were a scallop circle and cupcake base cut from Cricut Cartridge appropriately called Sweet Treats. I dry embossed the cupcake liners and adhered it to bottom third of scalloped circle.<br />
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I embellished a few and built up a stash to use these on tags, cards and journal pages.<br />
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I used paper scraps and embellishments from last holiday and tapped into the embossing folders I had not yet used. So many check marks on this one project! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call Me Crafty Al’s Channel: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=qy5Ig38MyBchui7EXDe_K0oCbjZ8MTU0NTAxODk5N0AxNTQ0OTMyNTk3&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FvYr3po&v=UAA5GXkOwvo&event=video_description" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://goo.gl/vYr3po</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No Spend November Challenge Intro video: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84x2g9oD7U" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/k84x2g9oD7U</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Sweet Treat Challenge Video: https://youtu.be/7XzDiKL8wQM</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
No Spend November Playlist: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOjF4zwVYrxmQvN0PZCJ0CiWqbOUSvGzZ" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-18461366695155390322018-06-09T13:22:00.002-07:002018-06-09T13:22:44.769-07:002018 Reading Challenge, 1 book down, 11 to go. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35232444-a-mortal-likeness" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Mortal Likeness (Victorian Mystery, #2)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1496729326m/35232444.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35232444-a-mortal-likeness">A Mortal Likeness</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10987.Laura_Joh_Rowland">Laura Joh Rowland</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2418611138">2 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This book was off the beaten path of preferred mystery writing styles that I sometimes wander from but unfortunately not for the better. <br /><br />If you want a book that is essentially terrific at illustrating how a typical person like I would approach a mystery we decided to try to solve, this is it. Maybe that is what the title means. All the heroine's progress was trial and error, she was highly emotional about personal and profession matters, and the smartest person in the book seems to be the street smart kid.<br />
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Baby #1 is celebrating his 19th birthday today. As a mom, I take some time on my sons' birthdays to reflect on the awesome milestones and personal growth experiences [my husband and] I had as parents throughout our family's lives. From figuring out sleepless nights, diaper changes, tiny arm holes, teen fashion these days, the tooth's fairy exchange rate, sports, homework as far as we could go with the kids on the subject matter, figuring out how to pay tuition, figuring out how to pay for extracurricular activities, figuring out if allowances made sense, keeping them clothed, fed, sheltered, well educated, inspiring their imagination, their love for travel, their taste for the refined as well as the rudimentary, figuring out the social network situation and our rules, how to parent with technology, if girls were a thing or not yet, being okay that the kids are taller and loving they are taller, figuring out healthy meals, figuring out when not-so-healthy foods were okay and not getting them in the habit or hoping they don't eat too much junk or processed food, family prayers, cultivating faith, cultivating beliefs they could stand behind, teaching them cleanliness habits, teaching them to appreciate different cuisines, teaching them to cook, teaching them to respect, be well-mannered, be compassionate, learning from them, listening to them, teaching them to drive, teaching ourselves to be patient, learning how to get mad on purpose, learning to set an example, learning to parent with compassion, learning about what kids learn about these days, seeing what my kids are passionate about, excited that my sons are concerned and want to vote, want to save the environment, recycle, compost, seeing my sons appreciate Broadway shows, different kinds of music, different genres of the arts including TVs, film and news sites, and the list still goes on. </div>
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Bringing up another person is an insurmountable amount of work ... but I don't even see it like that. If I think about it, I recognize it, but to me, I'm just a mom/a parental unit and this is what I/we do. I know it's his birthday, but what a great day for me to sit back and say "WOW - We both Survived! And you turned out pretty nicely!" LOL</div>
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This week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp was a shaker card. That is right up my alley!<br />
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Sometimes you have a uber cool design in your mind's eye and sometimes you can execute it flawlessly. Sometimes you get it mostly right. That was this time. I had just an hour (a whole hour!) to make this card for a birthday party on the same day. I envisioned larger gears, but didn't think about the fact that I was making an A2 card. Duh. My own gears were a bit off I guess.<br />
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In the end, I was pretty happy with "mostly" right. The elements came together as I wanted even if the size of the shaker was smaller than I had wanted, and I couldn't fit all my uber cool Papergloss sequin mix in the shaker.<br />
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I was on a card making streak.<br />
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It started with a simple sympathy card. I hate to think I need a stash of these, but I probably do.<br />
I love the elegance of the black and white floral paper. I fussy cut a few of the flowers and popped them up over the same shapes in the background. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the paper since it came from my scrap stash (as did all the others shown in this post).<br />
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Since I was in my paper scraps stash anyway, I made a several more cards for a team at work. I hand delivered them all the way in Utah. </div>
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And I'm still crazy for Tim Holtz's Crazy Bird stamp.<br />
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This is one of my favorite cards. One particular co-worker is a Dr Who fan. I love the galaxy colors in the background, and I really really love the hologram effect from the embossing powder that layers on top of this whole card. I don't think the images do it justice!<br />
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My<a href="http://aliedwards.com/2014/12/one-little-word-2015" target="_blank"> little word</a> (AKA <a href="http://myoneword.org/pick-your-word/" target="_blank">'my one word'</a>) for 2015 was "live".<br />
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My intention behind this word was to remind myself to put less energy into work and more into life. I love my job and company, but being in a high profile, warp-speed and stressful environment for years was taking it's toll on me and my house. It was time to change before I/we hit a wall.<br />
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Looking back, just putting this specific lens on my life enabled us to enjoy many amazing moments. Here's a recap of our household highlights from 2015. <i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">**WARNING - LOTs of photos**</span></i><br />
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<li>Harrison's 18th</li>
<li>High School Graduation </li>
<li>Conner's 15th </li>
<li>Off to College! </li>
<li>Azores, Portugal Vacation</li>
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<b>Fun with Family & Friends </b><br />
It was so nice to spend quality time with friends, family and colleagues. I spent time getting to know our newest extended family members under the age of 5, making new friends through my volunteer work as a Team Mom for Baby #2's water polo team and leading the seamstress production efforts for his school's annual scholarship fundraising fashion show, honing my culinary skills with my Cooking Club peeps, and working on mad board game skills.<br />
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<b>Fun @ the Office</b><br />
I went on my usual tour of trade shows right after the new year for work and Wow! Embossing Powder: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) & Craft Hobby Association (CHA).<br />
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One cool moment at CES this year was having a business meeting with the infamous <a href="http://shaq.com/" target="_blank">Shaquille O'Neal</a> to work on potential partnerships. The other cool moment was winning eCommerce Retailer of the Year from <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Cscript%3Edocument.write('%3Ca%20target=%22_blank%22%20href=%22http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&pub=5575145360&toolid=10001&campid=5337799271&customid=&icep_store=http---stores-ebay-com-MonsterProducts-_rdc-1&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg%22%3EMonster%20Products%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20style=%22text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;%22%20src=%22http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&pub=5575145360&toolid=10001&campid=5337799271&customid=&store=http---stores-ebay-com-MonsterProducts-_rdc-1&mpt=%27+Math.floor(Math.random()*999999999)+%27%22%3E%27);%3C/script%3E%3Cnoscript%3E%3Ca%20target=%22_blank%22%20href=%22http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&pub=5575145360&toolid=10001&campid=5337799271&customid=&icep_store=http---stores-ebay-com-MonsterProducts-_rdc-1&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg%22%3EMonster%20Products%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20style=%22text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;%22%20src=%22http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&pub=5575145360&toolid=10001&campid=5337799271&customid=&store=http---stores-ebay-com-MonsterProducts-_rdc-1&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]%22%3E%3C/noscript%3E" target="_blank">Monster</a> (well know for their Beats headphones) and seeing the <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/122520453/playlist/5pnNzKxkKSjNOhf8Z4SwPL" target="_blank">Steve Miller Band</a> at their private concert right after. (Yes, I know all the words to their songs. My parents played a lot of music over my childhood.)<br />
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In April, I moved from the Deals team to a new team where I focus on growing retail businesses on our marketplace. I work across all sizes of sellers from small to enterprise, and my flagship service/product was a promotions-based service. Being on this team inspired me to amp up my own retail game and I opened up Papergloss on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Papergloss" target="_blank">Etsy</a> and at Amazon Handmade. I sell other goods on eBay, but hope to have Papergloss here soon.<br />
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I was able to take, not 1 but 2 convention trips for Wow! Embossing with the UK team in 2015! Bonus points for making it out to Boston for the first time! Checked Massachusetts off my bucket list, leaving 9 more states to visit.<br />
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I am positive 2016 will present us with a new and different set of memories, experiences and learnings. I plan to be ready to see new perspectives as I '<b>focus</b>' on what is important. What about you? </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>From all of us to all of you, we wish you all the best in 2016! </i></span></div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-45106842770573071682015-09-20T17:26:00.001-07:002015-09-20T17:31:09.800-07:00Flights of Fancy Stamp Set<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The compromise I made at the craft table as a result of warmer temps making me feel more bright was a muted version of falling leaves using a newly release stamp set from Wow Embossing called Flights of Fancy.</div>
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I can see many more great designs with this stamp set for all seasons!</div>
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If you are curious about what happens during stamp-a-faire, Nichole Heady outlines the schedule and rules of play <a href="http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2015/06/stamp-a-faire-2015-details-schedule-of-events.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And...even though it wasn't an official "favor or giveaway", I love that PTI created a soundtrack for the day and posted their <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/papertreyink/playlist/3TJa3LDK6ypcPXGQjUl3FW" target="_blank">playlist on Spotify.</a> FIVE hours of great music to accompany your crafting experience. I am not great at watching TV and crafting but I can definitely sing along with my madz crafting skills. All others around me beware. </div>
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For the next challenge, I selected a card sketch by Heather Nichols. I turned my card vertical and spritzed water onto the stamp before pressing it to the paper for a watercolor affect. </div>
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I tried two of the threads challenge techniques shared by Laura and Danielle. I think sales of silver thread are going to go up in the next week thanks to <a href="https://youtu.be/eIRbjPpYCXs?t=353" target="_blank">Laura's video tutorial</a>. I know I'm in for one! </div>
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Here is the card with my thread nest. I used a pop of pink that I had on hand. </div>
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And here are my twine and yarn flowers. I love this technique. Super easy especially with full adhesive on the paper. </div>
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The next challenge was right up my alley. It's the one style I can pull together in the morning. What? People don't typically mix prints in outfits? Oh.</div>
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Finally, the last challenge I completed for the day. "Make it work" seems like my normal mode of craftiness given the scarcity of free time and lack of impulse imagination. I admit though, after a few hours of stamp-a-faire, I was just finding my stride. </div>
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As I as testing out different ideas, I did as suggested and put aside the pieces I was not using. In the end, a few came together for this card. </div>
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Products Used: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (design name unknown), <span style="text-align: left;">Papertrey Ink stamp set - Friends til the End and Sending my Love (sentiment), </span><span style="text-align: left;">Lawn Fawn dye ink pad - Freshly Cut Grass, hemp twine, Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Pale Tomato and Butter Bar, Tim Holtz distress ink pad in Fired Brick.</span></div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-65196994366843663862015-04-07T23:44:00.001-07:002015-04-07T23:44:41.692-07:00Super Secret Club<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPUnb2kRRb95lOMU4HKnjTMIpMyhy5bmGCkzkryYMjbGUWNlD10xVkvgyIYqR7AqLstHcxO_20cEGNE0W3qsIHp6aViMpQ2igxbouxrp85vjcDIL2UaqB_t8XRm_S9MPby6ySIWbbyE7w/s640/blogger-image-419567436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPUnb2kRRb95lOMU4HKnjTMIpMyhy5bmGCkzkryYMjbGUWNlD10xVkvgyIYqR7AqLstHcxO_20cEGNE0W3qsIHp6aViMpQ2igxbouxrp85vjcDIL2UaqB_t8XRm_S9MPby6ySIWbbyE7w/s640/blogger-image-419567436.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My first stamp from The Greeting Farm's Super Secret Stamp Club. </div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-42292462169558263162015-04-03T07:00:00.000-07:002015-04-03T07:00:01.424-07:00Friday Favorites - April 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm in an organizing, entrepreneurial state-of-mind these days. Here are a few of my favorites on Etsy this week:</div>
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Celebrating a month-long holiday can be hard work! Said no one ever.<br />
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Did you know that March is National Craft Month? Not to be confused with National Scrapbook Day in May (for those paper crafters out there...who also turn it into a month-long May celebration.)<br />
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I took advantage of the craft awareness month to design new in-home classes for Wow! Embossing Powder. My personal guinea princesses (guinea pigs didn't seem nice) were more than willing to play along and test drive the course last weekend.<br />
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None of these women are veteran paper crafters. They have other crafty talents (that I MUST tap into)! So, the design of the classes were perfect to try out with them. I love hearing the joy from the first venture into paper crafts....after my safety messages when wielding a heat gun.<br />
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With all the fun to be had in learning the ropes, we made it through only 2 of the 3 projects. No one was really in a rush to move on from what they were doing.<br />
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722210311495190606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795143583505245218.post-20515754296047777392015-03-20T07:00:00.000-07:002015-04-01T22:25:24.203-07:00Friday Favorites - March 20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some of my favorite <a href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/tried-and-true" target="_blank">tried-and-true</a> Beauty Products.<br />
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For super wavy "beach" curls - the Goody Heat Wave Creator Curling Iron. Unfortunately this is a discontinued model, but <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Revlon-Curl-Collection-Clipless-Ceramic-Styling-Wand/32427583" target="_blank">similar irons are out there</a> from Revlon and BedHead.<br />
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For a twist on my personal Jo Malone Signature Scent, a touch of <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/jo-malone-wild-bluebell-cologne-1-oz/3217500?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=1610" target="_blank">Wild Bluebell</a>.<br />
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For stay-put fine hair styles, <a href="http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/kenra-volume-super-hold-finishing-spray/ID=prod6150943-product" target="_blank">Kenra's Volume Hair Spray</a>. A MUST HAVE for fine hair!</div>
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<a href="http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/neutrogena-naturals-multivitamin-nourishing-moisturizer-lotion/ID=prod6102856-product" target="_blank">Multi-vitamin Moisturizer</a> for your Face; light and absorbent.Err-day.<br />
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I've used this <a href="http://www.origins.com/product/3855/11247/Skincare/Daily-Essentials/Eye-Care/Eye-Doctor/Moisture-care-for-skin-around-eyes/index.tmpl" target="_blank">Eye Cream</a> ever since I started to use Eye Cream a few years ago. Also, light and absorbent. That's a general theme for me. I also like to get a stress relief gum ball from the shop when I stop by.<br />
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<a href="http://www.target.com/p/yes-to-cucumbers-face-cleanser-towelettes-30ct/-/A-12196303" target="_blank">Say Yes to Cucumbers Face Wipes</a> because I like cucumbers and I like a quick refresher. This product made its way into my routine just half a year ago when I ran out of Kirkland brand wipes and picked these up in a pinch at Whole Foods during lunch.<br />
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Just when I thought I couldn't be swayed to spend more on lip color I am introduced to YSL Rouge Pur Couture No. 10. It immediately knew my natural taste for luxury and clung to my lips all day and night as if to prove I was getting my money's worth. Plus, it smells so delicious I can't believe I'm not devouring it off my lips. </div>
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