10/24/09

getting ready

my grandparents wouldn't believe we pay for wood  . . . 







ta da . . .



dealin' with the cold . . .

10/22/09

just in time

My brother turned us on to this wireless thermometer. Grill or roast to perfection - you determine doneness and it will tell you when it is ready. Did I mention that it talks? From 330 feet away.


Oregon Scientific encourages recycling. 


way to deal.

seize the moment


 
What do you buy when you go out of town? I am afraid I get excited about going to the grocery. Pitiful.


Dealing.

10/12/09

Hot, ain't it

A few weeks ago we ordered - or, rather the rep in the next town ordered a fireplace insert for us. A Jotul from Maine. They are all about the same. They all qualify for the IRS Energy Efficiency Tax Credit. You need an authorized rep to install them or your warranty is not good in certain situations. So, this rep has been in the business for 30 years - he came by and measured our fireplace, ordered it, brought it up two weeks ago and "installed" it. 

So . . . . here we are . . . . still waiting on a "piece". Because when it was installed, somehow it was a little over 2" too narrow  - on each side. The "piece" is shop talk for a patch job that will go around the entire opening to cover the space left on the sides that should have been covered by the new exciting insert. 





how we deal . . .?


10/5/09

Brown




Or, white . . . . .


How we deal.

10/2/09

I Hate RJ

This product was introduced last April by the OPI people. They were the first company to support and donate to the Lung Cancer Foundation. Our family lost two very important people to lung cancer and one to emphysema. From the LCFA:  BreatheLIFE

an article from Self magazine:

opi-nails-lung-img.jpgToday's beauty find: OPI Breathe Life donates to the Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA).
What it is: A new silvery-blue shade from OPI that helps raise funds for the prevention, early detection and cure of lung cancer: Breathe Life, $9.
 Why it's cool: This OPI shade is perfect for Spring's bright trend. Your nails will not only look chic, but you will be supporting the fight against the number one killer of women in the U.S., according to the LCFA.
Where to find it: Find Breathe Life at your nearest Ulta, JCPenney, Dillard's or Pure Beauty. Find more info on Lung Cancer here.



WASHINGTON - Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills.
The new Tobacco Atlas from the World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society estimates that tobacco use costs the global economy $500 billion a year in direct medical expenses, lost productivity and environmental harm.

"Tobacco accounts for one out of every 10 deaths worldwide " the report said.

Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on launched a tobacco center to oversee cigarettes and other related products, after winning the power to do so from Congress in June. On Tuesday it set up a committee of advisers to help guide it.

Some other findings from the report, available at http://www.tobaccoatlas.org/:
+ 1 billion men smoke.

+ About 250 million women smoke daily.
+ Smoking rates among women are either stable or increasing in several southern, central and eastern European countries.
+ Tobacco kills one-third to one-half of those who smoke. Smokers die an average of 15 years earlier than nonsmokers.
+ 50 million Chinese children, mostly boys, will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases.
+ Tobacco use will eventually kill 250 million of today's teenagers and children.
+ Nearly one-quarter of young people who smoke tried their first cigarette before the age of 10.
+ Occupational exposure to secondhand smoke kills 200,000 workers every year.
+ One hundred million people were killed by tobacco in the 20th century.


Publicly traded cigarette makers include Altria Group Inc's Philip Morris unit, Reynolds American Inc's R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Inc's Lorillard Tobacco Co and Star Scientific Inc.

how we deal . . .
I ordered mine from JCPenney