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The boys are fighting!
We got a Wii, and what do the boys decide to play first thing, when playing against each other? Boxing!
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>Friday I was feeling so bad I couldn’t even eat the soup Em got for me. I took some Theraflu and went to bed. Saturday when she called to see if I would be able to go, I thought I could handle it. So off we went. Camera in hand, torturing Em every chance I got.
And my first chance was at the train station, I did let her take her glasses off though. Actually this is the only picture of her. There rest are of the park and buildings and a husky with pretty eyes. Its all in the slide show, I updated it just now.
Had breakfast at our favorite spot, then went to Exhale where Em had an appointment for a ‘fusion’ massage, no idea what that is but her text message to me after it was done was “this was the best thing”.
We had lunch at Cafe Frida. I was waiting at the bar for Em and the bartender and I were talking/flirting, we got the same waiter as last time, as I was looking for a place to put my purse, he hung it up here. I hope I didn’t offend any Mayan gods!
The museum we were going to go to wasn’t as interesting as we thought it would be so we didn’t go in. We did see a photography museum, Gwen and I might go there when she and I are looking for something to do when Em, her and I are in the city and Em is getting her facial/massage or whatever she is getting.
Then later when we were walking around Rockefeller Center this guy stopped us something about filming did we see the sign next to the pink elephant and giraffe? No we didn’t. We are pretty sure he was a off-duty NYPD (He kept saying, we’re not going to run you in) He was a volunteer for a soup kitchen raising funds and handing out hats. Em’s is FDNY and mine say NYC in big letters and over that in little letters New York City. Oh and in case you didn’t go to the slide show, here is the dog with the pretty eyes.
So far we have attracted the following NYC males, a gay makeup artist, a short Mexican bartender and a psychotic NYPD officer(we think, about the NYPD part, not the psycho part.
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I just received an award. While this is not the first award I have won, I believe this is the first award this blog has received. Thank you very much Jon-Jon from …a Dedication of Love for thinking my blog is FABULOUS!
The rule is to tag 5 newbies blogs that you have read lately. Unfortunately, I have been a little out of touch with the newbies but if you are a new blogger doing your best to spread good thoughts and feeling around the blogging community, consider yourself ‘FABULOUS’.
>Rare Red-headed Woodpecker Visits Stony Kill Farm
There’s nothing like a rare bird sighting to attract people to a new bird feeding and viewing area. So, fortune smiled on Stony Kill Farm when its new feeding and viewing area was christened on January 8 by a visit from a red-headed woodpecker. The exciting news of the rare bird’s presence, unmistakable with its totally red head and black and white nearly robin-sized body, soon drew a big crowd.
Rare Bird Alert
In a classic example of nature center and wildlife conservation group cooperation, Stony Kill staff alerted Dutchess County’s Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club, which posted a Rare Bird Alert (RBA) on its website. The next day, club members, visitors of all ages, and DEC staff began flocking to Stony Kill for a look. Within a few days, club photographers had added many photos of the bird, both feeding and in flight, on its website.
As of January 30, the lone male was still visiting Stony Kill’s suet feeder at the Manor House, and the corn crib at the farmstead. If you want to come and see for yourself, please look from indoors at the Manor House to prevent disturbing the bird.
The rare red-headed woodpecker swoops in for some food at Stony Kill—photo courtesy of Steve Golladay
Species of Special Concern
Not to be confused with its near relative, the red-bellied woodpecker whose populations are increasing across New York, the red-headed is in sharp decline and listed as “A Species of Special Concern.” The bird is in trouble despite being at home in old woodland burned areas and recent clearings, as well as wooded parkland and farms where it exploits a diverse variety of food resources. Likely causes are loss of habitat from land development and nest hole competition with European starlings.
Red-headed woodpeckers feed on insects on bark and foliage, and sometimes even snag flying insects, flycatcher-like, in mid-air. Plant foods include acorns, beechnuts, corn, berries and seeds, which are cached in natural cavities. Starlings and jays often raid cache sites. Compare nest site maps from 1980-85 to those from 2000-05 in the newly published Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State by viewing the atlas’s database comparison map on DEC’s website.
>In the last several years, there has been a push from those that provide electrical power and those concerned with the environment to use fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for lighting to conserve energy. The theory is that the less energy consumed, the less energy power plants need to produce. This in turn creates less stress on the environment due to fewer greenhouse gas and mercury emissions, which lead to global warming and mercury poisoning of our natural resources.
Compact fluorescent bulbs use 75% less energy than incandescent (standard) bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. In comparison, a coal-fired power plant emits 13.6g of mercury to produce the electricity required to use an incandescent bulb but 3.3mg to produce enough energy for a compact fluorescent bulb.
When fluorescent bulbs burn out, what do you do with them? Should they be thrown away in the trash or do they need to be recycled? Fluorescent bulbs contain trace amounts of mercury. The bulbs contain anywhere from 5mg, about the size of a ballpoint pen tip, down to 1.4mg. Mercury is essential to these bulbs’ efficiency.
If bulbs are broken or disposed of in landfills and break, the mercury can leach into the soil, groundwater and eventually into rivers, lakes, streams and our food supply. According to the U.S. EPA’s Energy Star program (www.energystar.gov), if your state or local environmental regulatory agency permits you to put used or broken CFLs in the garbage, seal the bulb in two plastic bags and put it into the outside trash or other protected outside location for the next normal trash collection. Never send a fluorescent bulb or any other mercury-containing product to an incinerator. Other options may be available, such as local recycling programs or retail recycling locations like most Home Depot, IKEA and Ace Hardware stores. Other recycling options can be found at these Web sites: www.epa.gov/bulbrecycling or www.earth911.org.
In the end, compact fluorescent bulbs are a good way to help save Mother Earth and save consumers money when disposed of properly.
For a selection of recycling products from LSS, please click here.
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I think I already mentioned that. Anyway, here is the card I sent her, I got it at Borders. The inside is blank, I don’t remember exactly what I said. I also included a gift card from Target. Well, I said I wasn’t going to send her any money, I didn’t say anything about anything else.
On another note, another person signed my guest book! That makes me so happy! I now have 13 slides in my book, which means I really have 12 guests since one is of me. Well, OK, 11, one person signed twice.
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These are all true.
Waiting His Turn: Feliks Goldshtein, 24, was arrested minutes after he allegedly robbed a bank in Ohio on Jan. 8. He may have tipped off the teller by standing in line while wearing a ski mask before staging the holdup, police said. (ya think?)
Squeezed Out: Michael G. Dick allegedly walked naked into an elderly woman's home and pushed her into a chair. But the 88-year-old victim got the best of him, reaching around and squeezing his crotch. He bolted, and was soon arrested. She was unharmed. (Don't mess with Grandma.)
Raiding the Refrigerator: Devin Perry allegedly went to great lengths Dec. 14 to recover his urine sample from a probation office in Gainesville, Fla. Police say Perry, 26, shot out a window at the office and stole a small refrigerator with the sample, which tested positive for drug use. Perry was arrested at his home. (O.K. this guy is just stupid.)
Bad Dad: According to police, Daniel Allen Everett showed up in a "World's Greatest Dad" T-shirt for a sex meeting with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The Michigan man pleaded guilty to sex abuse on Aug. 2. (I don't have anything to add about this.)
Duct Tape Bandit: In August 2007, a man wrapped his head in duct tape and tried to rob Shamrock Liquors in Ashland, Ky. He fled after the owner wielded some duct tape of his own — wrapped around a club. Kasey Kazee pleaded guilty to the crime and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Isn't duct tape great? One guy says yes, the other, maybe not.)
To see the pictures and some others mind-numbed criminals click on the link.
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I found this at the park, on one of the picnic tables, written on, front cover missing, first page torn.
As I was leaving, I found this on the grass between the picnic table and the parking lot. I don’t know if you can see from the cover, but the book is Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
I know some people might be thinking, “Oh its just a cheap paperback.” To me it is important, I feel cheap paperbacks are printed to encourage people to read, they should not be scribbled on and torn and left in parks! Unless you’re releasing them. But I can think of lots of better places to ‘release‘ a book.
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 