tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82355349024711844912024-03-12T18:34:19.729-07:00A Second Cup Archivecarol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-14581353256652624772011-03-01T07:53:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:53:27.950-08:00Entries from August 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from August 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8602207" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/18/life-takes-precedence-over-bloggingsigh.html">Life Takes Precedence Over Blogging....Sigh</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 10:33AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have to take a blogging break, so A Second Cup is on hiatus. I need some time to think, organize, plan and regroup. If you just happen to drop in, there is an extensive monthly archive listed on the right...enjoy!</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/18/life-takes-precedence-over-bloggingsigh.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />17 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-in-the-real-world"> <div id="item8488536" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/16/aging-with-adventure-netflixs-the-rules.html">Aging With Adventure: Netflixs: The Rules</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>My son has gotten Netflixs. Evidently it is legal to use it on more than one device, so I can legally use his account. Legality is a big deal to me. Not so much to the younger generation.</p> <p>He has rules for my use of his account. This is a role reversal. Usually I have rules for using my stuff.</p> <p>Rule 1: Use on demand viewing only</p> <p>Rule 2: Do not put anything (not even the whole Alien Nation series....sigh) into the queue.</p> <p>Rule3: Do not comment on his movie choices.</p> <p><em>I plan to follow these rules with the same diligence he gave to mine when he was a teen.</em></p> <p>Thank you son!<em><br /></em></p> <p>Have you experienced any role reversals with you adult children?</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/16/aging-with-adventure-netflixs-the-rules.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />13 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parents-using-kids-accounts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parents using kids accounts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-in-the-real-world"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting in the Real World</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8488382" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/14/what-would-you-do.html">What Would You Do?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/sisters.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1281192899601" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p>My sister (whom I may disown) has posted pictures of our family, that include me, on Facebook. I do not take a flattering picture. My kids are tagging me (I may disown them also). Let it be know to all family members, that I have some of those old high school pictures of you and I will learn to use my scanner if I have to.</p> <p>I feel better now. I guess I better lose a little weight.</p> <p><em>Have any of your siblings committed a disownable offense?</em></p> <p>(I have posted posts I though were funny that had my sibilings wondering if I was mad and venting to the blogosphere. For the record I am not mad. I just am running out of blog ideas..... again.)</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/14/what-would-you-do.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item8488334" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/12/baking-with-fresh-milled-whole-grains-a-second-cup-suggestio.html">Baking With Fresh Milled Whole Grains: A Second Cup Suggestion</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/22/the-magic-of-homemade-bread-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/the%20grain%20mill.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1281191860059" alt="" /></span></span>I have been baking bread since the kids were toddlers</a>. It often saved my sanity back then to be able to show my husband that yes indeed I accomplished something today. I still bake because it is so satisfy to make a loaf of bread. <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/12/no-knead-bread-is-amazing.html">Since I stumbled on the no-knead method of bread baking</a>, the quality of my loaf has improved. Now I am baking with fresh ground flours.</p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/8/a-little-light-reading-skylers-reading-list.html">The homeschool co-op we are in</a> is peopled by healthy eating types. They love us even though we are full of preservatives. The kids love us because at my house you can get real junk food. These women have been baking with whole grains for years. They will their grains themselves. It was never a project I wanted to take on. Then <a href="http://www.thegrainmillwf.com/?SID=c36d131f58612e1110e4cb80291b100c">The Grain Mill Of Wake Forest o</a>pened down the road a bit. I can get fresh milled grain easily. Baking with whole grains is now a doable project.</p> <p>First off the bread is wonderful. Secondly if you are experienced baking with regular flour, fresh milled whole grains is a different breed of vegetable (grain is a vegetable right?). <em>First you must make the sponge.</em> Secondly I have to add gluten flour or I wind up making bricks of bread instead of loaves. Adding gluten flour is controversial in the whole grain bread baking world but I prefer loaves to bricks so I add it. You must to use small bread pans to get that nice curved top and you need to bake the bread at a lower temperature, 350 instead of 400. It helps to take a baking class.</p> <p>Find more information at <a href="http://www.thegrainmillwf.com/?SID=c36d131f58612e1110e4cb80291b100c">The Grain Mill of Wake Forest</a>. Dave is a natural born teacher. He will be more than willing to answer any questions you may have.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/12/baking-with-fresh-milled-whole-grains-a-second-cup-suggestio.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/baking-with-whole-grains"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />baking with whole grains</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bread-baking"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bread baking</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/making-bread"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />making bread</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/using-whole-grains"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />using whole grains</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-grace"> <div id="item8488140" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/10/aging-with-grace-some-things-are-worth-the-extra-expense.html">Aging With Grace: Some Things Are Worth the Extra Expense</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I am knitting (more or less) <a href="http://wendyknits.net/">a pair of toe up socks on 2 circular needles</a>. One set of needles are Addi Turbos and the other is a set of Crystal Palace Bamboo needles. Each set was about $13.00. I could have bought cheaper needles and probably would have if I had found them in my local knitting stores. Finding size 0 circulars locally instead of ordering them off the web is a blog post in itself. As it was finding 2 size 0 needles from the same manufacturer proved difficult, hence the 2 different manufacturers which worked out well because I mix up my needles far less than I would if both sets looked the same.</p> <p>To the point: Knitting with these needles is a pleasure. The difference I imagine (I imagine because I don’t think I have ever been in a BMW) between traveling a long distance by Honda or in a BMW. Both will reliably get you where you are going but how you experience the process of getting there is different.</p> <p>For the increased pleasure these needles bring to the process of knitting they are worth the money. Even though I tend to the frugal side and I automatically will try the store brand first, some things are worth the extra cost. Named brand plastic wrap is infinitely easier to use that store brands (at least the store brands in my area). A good quality pen is also a pleasure to write with. I never buy them because they tend to go walk about in my house but once the kids move out I hope to purchase a nice pen and actually be able to use it. <a href="http://thegrainmillwf.com/">Fresh ground wheat is my latest passion</a>. It is more expensive per pound than store bought flour but oh my gosh the bread I make with the fresh ground flour is sublime.</p> <p><em>What do you enjoy that you think is worth the extra cost?</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/10/aging-with-grace-some-things-are-worth-the-extra-expense.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/is-it-worth-it"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />is it worth it</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/the-grain-mill-of-wake-forest"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />the grain mill of wake forest</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/toe-up-socks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />toe up socks</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/wendy-knits"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />wendy knits</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging WIth Grace</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/august-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/august-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-64037315428651700712011-03-01T07:37:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:37:42.675-08:00Entries from August 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from August 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-homeschooling"> <div id="item8488018" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/8/a-little-light-reading-skylers-reading-list.html">A little Light Reading: Skyler’s Reading List</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Skyler is homeschooled. School for her starts Monday. All her older siblings went to public high school. I was not overly impressed with their educational experience. Skyler was invited to join a homeschool co-op when she was in 7<sup>th</sup> grade. She has developed a great circle of friends from this group of kids. This group of moms is determined to give their kids an excellent education. I helped with the co-op last year and am doing some teaching this year. Below is Skyler’s reading list for history and British lit. It is an impressive reading list for high school.</p> <p>The Church History (Eusebius), Confessions (St. Augustine), The Hobbit (Tolkien), The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien), On the Incarnation (Athanasius), The Creeds, The Nine Tailors (Dorothy Sayers), The Dragon and the Raven (G. A. Henty), The Ecclesiastical History (Bede),The Rule of St. Benedict, The Gospel of John, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ,Beowulf, The Song of Roland(Howard Pyle) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare) , The History of the Kings of Britain(George of Monmouth), Winning his Spurs, The Two Towers (Tolkien), Macbeth (Shakespeare, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Henry V (Shakespeare), Richard III (Shakespeare), The Divine Comedy: Inferno (Dante), The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer), Ephesians, The Return of the King (Tolkien) and last but not least The Bondage of the Will (Luther).</p> <p><em>When does your child start school?</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/8/a-little-light-reading-skylers-reading-list.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/homeschooling"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />homeschooling</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/homeschooling-recources"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />homeschooling recources</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/omnibus-ii"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />omnibus II</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/veritas-press"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />veritas press</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/homeschooling"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />homeschooling</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-death"> <div id="item8378003" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/6/since-i-am-waxing-poetical.html">Since I am Waxing Poetical</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Grow old along with me!<br />The best is yet to be,<br />The last of life, for which the first was made:<br />Our times are in His hand<br />Who saith "A whole I planned,<br />Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!"</p> <p> by Robert Browning</p> <p>I have this poem framed in my bedroom. A friend made it for me 22 years ago. We had been married for about 5 years and Browning's poem captured for me all the hopes and dreams of the life we were building together.</p> <p><br />Fast forward 22 years (time does go faster than one can realize) after my mother-in-law died, I read this poem from a whole different angle. Then it was the first few lines that entranced me. Now the last line still captures for me the hope and adventure of life:</p> <p><em>Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!"</em></p> <p><em>Do you have a favorite poem?<br /></em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/6/since-i-am-waxing-poetical.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/grow-old-along-with-me"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />grow old along with me</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/how-poems-make-us-feel"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />how poems make us feel</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/robert-browning"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />robert browning</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/death"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />death</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-death"> <div id="item8377910" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/4/death-and-taxes.html">Death And Taxes</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>My mother-in-law died last month. She was 84 and in failing health. I think Dylan Thomas had it all wrong when he wrote of his father, a man in his 80s, formerly a giant of a man now in failing health:</p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Do not go gentle into that good night,<br />Old age should burn and rage at close of day;<br />Rage, rage against the dying of the light. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Though wise men at their end know dark is right,<br />Because their words had forked no lightning they<br />Do not go gentle into that good night. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright<br />Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,<br />Rage, rage against the dying of the light. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,<br />And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,<br />Do not go gentle into that good night. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight<br />Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,<br />Rage, rage against the dying of the light. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">And you, my father, there on the sad height,<br />Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.<br />Do not go gentle into that good night.<br />Rage, rage against the dying of the light.</span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">I have </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">never seen someone die before. I am so glad she did go gentle into the night.</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"> Rage would not have helped, nor would it have returned her health.</span><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"><em>It would have wasted those preciouse few hours when her mind was clear and she could interact with her husband and her </em></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"><em>boys.</em></span><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">I always liked Thomas' poem until I watched someone elderly and in failing health die.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;">Have you ever been at the death bed of a loved one?</span></em><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/4/death-and-taxes.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />7 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/mother-in-law-dies"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />mother in law dies</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/watching-a-loved-on-die"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />watching a loved on die</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/death"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />death</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8377775" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">02</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/2/parenting-semi-adults-shel-can-bring-a-smile-to-any-situatio.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: Shel Can Bring A Smile To Any Situation</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, August 2, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>While looking for an image to post with <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/31/parenting-semi-adults-the-fling.html?SSScrollPosition=0">The Fling</a>, I came accross a Shel Silverstein poem. I used to read his poems to the kids mostly for my pleasure. Enjoy!</p> <div style="padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 13px;" align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(60, 96, 91); font-family: Times New Roman;">Messy Room <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">by Shel Silverstein</span></span></div> <div style="padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Whosever room this is should be ashamed!<br />His underwear is hanging on the lamp.<br />His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,<br />And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.<br />His workbook is wedged in the window,<br />His sweater's been thrown on the floor.<br />His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,<br />And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.<br />His books are all jammed in the closet,<br />His vest has been left in the hall.<br />A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,<br />And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.<br />Whosever room this is should be ashamed!<br />Donald or Robert or Willie or--<br />Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,<br />I knew it looked familiar!</div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/2/parenting-semi-adults-shel-can-bring-a-smile-to-any-situatio.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8377695" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/1/happy-birthday-to-me.html">Happy Birthday To ME!!!</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; 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I need some time to think, organize, plan and regroup. If you just happen to drop in, there is an extensive monthly archive listed on the right...enjoy!</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/18/life-takes-precedence-over-bloggingsigh.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />17 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-in-the-real-world"> <div id="item8488536" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/16/aging-with-adventure-netflixs-the-rules.html">Aging With Adventure: Netflixs: The Rules</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>My son has gotten Netflixs. Evidently it is legal to use it on more than one device, so I can legally use his account. Legality is a big deal to me. Not so much to the younger generation.</p> <p>He has rules for my use of his account. This is a role reversal. Usually I have rules for using my stuff.</p> <p>Rule 1: Use on demand viewing only</p> <p>Rule 2: Do not put anything (not even the whole Alien Nation series....sigh) into the queue.</p> <p>Rule3: Do not comment on his movie choices.</p> <p><em>I plan to follow these rules with the same diligence he gave to mine when he was a teen.</em></p> <p>Thank you son!<em><br /></em></p> <p>Have you experienced any role reversals with you adult children?</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/16/aging-with-adventure-netflixs-the-rules.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />13 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parents-using-kids-accounts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parents using kids accounts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-in-the-real-world"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting in the Real World</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8488382" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/14/what-would-you-do.html">What Would You Do?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/sisters.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1281192899601" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p>My sister (whom I may disown) has posted pictures of our family, that include me, on Facebook. I do not take a flattering picture. My kids are tagging me (I may disown them also). Let it be know to all family members, that I have some of those old high school pictures of you and I will learn to use my scanner if I have to.</p> <p>I feel better now. I guess I better lose a little weight.</p> <p><em>Have any of your siblings committed a disownable offense?</em></p> <p>(I have posted posts I though were funny that had my sibilings wondering if I was mad and venting to the blogosphere. For the record I am not mad. I just am running out of blog ideas..... again.)</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/14/what-would-you-do.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item8488334" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/12/baking-with-fresh-milled-whole-grains-a-second-cup-suggestio.html">Baking With Fresh Milled Whole Grains: A Second Cup Suggestion</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/22/the-magic-of-homemade-bread-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/the%20grain%20mill.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1281191860059" alt="" /></span></span>I have been baking bread since the kids were toddlers</a>. It often saved my sanity back then to be able to show my husband that yes indeed I accomplished something today. I still bake because it is so satisfy to make a loaf of bread. <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/12/no-knead-bread-is-amazing.html">Since I stumbled on the no-knead method of bread baking</a>, the quality of my loaf has improved. Now I am baking with fresh ground flours.</p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/8/a-little-light-reading-skylers-reading-list.html">The homeschool co-op we are in</a> is peopled by healthy eating types. They love us even though we are full of preservatives. The kids love us because at my house you can get real junk food. These women have been baking with whole grains for years. They will their grains themselves. It was never a project I wanted to take on. Then <a href="http://www.thegrainmillwf.com/?SID=c36d131f58612e1110e4cb80291b100c">The Grain Mill Of Wake Forest o</a>pened down the road a bit. I can get fresh milled grain easily. Baking with whole grains is now a doable project.</p> <p>First off the bread is wonderful. Secondly if you are experienced baking with regular flour, fresh milled whole grains is a different breed of vegetable (grain is a vegetable right?). <em>First you must make the sponge.</em> Secondly I have to add gluten flour or I wind up making bricks of bread instead of loaves. Adding gluten flour is controversial in the whole grain bread baking world but I prefer loaves to bricks so I add it. You must to use small bread pans to get that nice curved top and you need to bake the bread at a lower temperature, 350 instead of 400. It helps to take a baking class.</p> <p>Find more information at <a href="http://www.thegrainmillwf.com/?SID=c36d131f58612e1110e4cb80291b100c">The Grain Mill of Wake Forest</a>. Dave is a natural born teacher. He will be more than willing to answer any questions you may have.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/12/baking-with-fresh-milled-whole-grains-a-second-cup-suggestio.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/baking-with-whole-grains"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />baking with whole grains</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bread-baking"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bread baking</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/making-bread"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />making bread</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/using-whole-grains"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />using whole grains</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-grace"> <div id="item8488140" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/10/aging-with-grace-some-things-are-worth-the-extra-expense.html">Aging With Grace: Some Things Are Worth the Extra Expense</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I am knitting (more or less) <a href="http://wendyknits.net/">a pair of toe up socks on 2 circular needles</a>. One set of needles are Addi Turbos and the other is a set of Crystal Palace Bamboo needles. Each set was about $13.00. I could have bought cheaper needles and probably would have if I had found them in my local knitting stores. Finding size 0 circulars locally instead of ordering them off the web is a blog post in itself. As it was finding 2 size 0 needles from the same manufacturer proved difficult, hence the 2 different manufacturers which worked out well because I mix up my needles far less than I would if both sets looked the same.</p> <p>To the point: Knitting with these needles is a pleasure. The difference I imagine (I imagine because I don’t think I have ever been in a BMW) between traveling a long distance by Honda or in a BMW. Both will reliably get you where you are going but how you experience the process of getting there is different.</p> <p>For the increased pleasure these needles bring to the process of knitting they are worth the money. Even though I tend to the frugal side and I automatically will try the store brand first, some things are worth the extra cost. Named brand plastic wrap is infinitely easier to use that store brands (at least the store brands in my area). A good quality pen is also a pleasure to write with. I never buy them because they tend to go walk about in my house but once the kids move out I hope to purchase a nice pen and actually be able to use it. <a href="http://thegrainmillwf.com/">Fresh ground wheat is my latest passion</a>. It is more expensive per pound than store bought flour but oh my gosh the bread I make with the fresh ground flour is sublime.</p> <p><em>What do you enjoy that you think is worth the extra cost?</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/10/aging-with-grace-some-things-are-worth-the-extra-expense.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/is-it-worth-it"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />is it worth it</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/the-grain-mill-of-wake-forest"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />the grain mill of wake forest</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/toe-up-socks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />toe up socks</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/wendy-knits"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />wendy knits</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging WIth Grace</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/august-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/august-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div></div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-70042020464464880662011-03-01T07:35:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:35:59.192-08:00Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8139969" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/4/when-in-the-course-of-human-events.html">When In The Course of human events......</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNzc5MDQzMDE*NjYmcHQ9MTI3NzkwNDMwNDMwMCZwPTM5MDEmZD1ncmFwaGljcyZnPTEmbz1jMjkxMWUwMTY2OTA*/ZTYxYWFhZWRhMDZjNDkwOTg2MyZvZj*w.gif" width="0" border="0" height="0" /><span id="pyzam-graphic-start" style="display: none;"></span> </p><p><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/graphics"><img src="http://content.pyzam.com/graphics/9/MJZ2720.gif" alt="4th of July" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/myspace2layouts">New MySpace 2.0 Layouts</a></p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://stuff.pyzam.com/misc/CXNID=1000015.68NXC.gif" width="0" border="0" height="0" /> <span id="pyzam-graphic-end" style="display: none;"></span> <div style="font-weight: bold;" align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;">The unanimous Declaration</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">of the thirteen united</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">States of America</span></div> <p><img src="http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/images/w.gif" alt="W" width="125" align="left" height="90" />hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</p> <p>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.</p> <p>He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.</p> <p>He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.</p> <p>He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.</p> <p>He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.</p> <p>He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.</p> <p>He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.</p> <p>He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.</p> <p>He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.</p> <p>He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.</p> <p>He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.</p> <p>He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.</p> <p>He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.</p> <p>He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:</p> <p>For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:</p> <p>For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:</p> <p>For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:</p> <p>For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:</p> <p>For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:</p> <p>For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:</p> <p>For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies</p> <p>For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:</p> <p>For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.</p> <p>He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.</p> <p>He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.</p> <p>He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.</p> <p>He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.</p> <p>He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.</p> <p>In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.</p> <p>Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.</p> <p>We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/4/when-in-the-course-of-human-events.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Post a Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-blogs-worth-a-click"> <div id="item8109867" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">03</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/3/put-on-your-thinking-cap.html">Put On Your Thinking Cap</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Here’s a word puzzle courtesy of <a href="http://www.brainbashers.com/" target="_blank">BrainBashers</a> via <a href="http://www.smart-kit.com/">Smart Kit</a></p> <p>This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing is wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/8/24/aging-with-grace-my-family-was-not-helpful.html">Answer</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/3/put-on-your-thinking-cap.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/think-cap"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />think cap</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/word-puzzles"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />word puzzles</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/blogs-worth-a-click"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Blogs Worth A Click</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8044049" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/1/beating-summer-doldrums-reading-programs.html">Beating Summer Doldrums: Reading Programs</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/cmsd%20kids%20reading.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1277137179015" alt="" /></span></span>I like reading and I like free stuff, so anything that combines the two is grand. Unfortunately you have to be under 13 (12 and under) to participate in either of the programs below....sigh.</p> <p><a href="http://media.bordersstores.com/pdf/summerreading.pdf">Borders Book Summer Program</a>: read 10, get one free.</p> <p><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/index.asp">Barnes and Noble: </a>read 8, get one free.</p> <p>Free books are chosen from a preselected list. The lists are on the web sites.</p> <p>Check your local library to see if it has a kids reading program for the summer.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/1/beating-summer-doldrums-reading-programs.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010">1</a> <span class="paginationEllipsis">...</span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">4</a> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-59811175058862084532011-03-01T07:33:00.002-08:002011-03-01T07:34:48.220-08:00Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item8215023" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">13</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/13/parenting-teens-now-i-cant-read-the-words.html">Parenting Teens: Now I Can't Read The Words</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have accepted that my kids and their friends listen to music that I can't understand the lyrics to. I accept that there are supposedly ring tones I can't hear because I am old and therefore defacto, so not phat. Ichabod's friend Nick, one half of the This <a href="http://thismomentinhardcore.blogspot.com/">Moment In </a><a href="http://thismomentinhardcore.blogspot.com/">Hardcore</a> podcast team, had on a t-shirt with a cool looking logo. I commented that I liked it and he asked me if I knew what it said. Knew what it said, I didn't even know the logo had words in it!</p> <p>Can you read this logo? Nick assures me this is a band worth listening to. Don't miss his podcast <a href="http://web.me.com/matthewg2/This_Moment_In_Hardcore/Podcast/Archive.html">This Moment In Hardcore</a></p> <p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/with%20blood%20comes%20cleasning.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1278695789917" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/withbloodcomescleansing">With Blood Comes Cleansing</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/13/parenting-teens-now-i-cant-read-the-words.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hardcore"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hardcore</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hardcore-podcasts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hardcore podcasts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/with-blood-comes-cleasning"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />with blood comes cleasning</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-grace"> <div id="item8139938" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">11</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/11/aging-with-grace-waiting-waiting-waiting.html">Aging With Grace: Waiting, Waiting, Waiting</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I spend a lot of my life waiting. I am waiting for my cherry tomatoes to turn red. I am waiting for a book from my library (Jim Butcher’s <em>Choices</em>). I am waiting for a certain semi-adult to mature and become reasonable again.</p> <p>I have had to learn patience again and again and again. The pleasure of a ripe red cherry tomato is worth waiting for. The joy of growing something (that didn’t die!!), and enjoying that first bite of sunshine is worth the wait. Besides there is nothing I can do to make those tomatoes ripen faster without compromising their flavor.</p> <p>I could go buy the book. I would enjoy reading it but not $18 worth, and then I would have a little more clutter because the book would be too expensive to give away - but I would not reread it any time soon. So I am waiting. I am currently 56<sup>th</sup> on the libraries’ reserved list, but our library has 21 copies of the book. I thought I saw a copy in the used book store and about jumped on it, but alas it was not the book I am waiting for. Hope deferred is not hope disappointed..sigh.</p> <p>As for that certain semi-adult, I suspect he will mature into a very nice adult. Patience, patience, waiting....waiting.....</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/11/aging-with-grace-waiting-waiting-waiting.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />6 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/patience-with-semi-adults"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />patience with semi-adults</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/patience-with-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />patience with teens</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/waiting-patiently"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />waiting patiently</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging WIth Grace</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item8139923" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">09</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/9/parenting-teens-a-basic-philosophical-difference.html">Parenting Teens: A Basic Philosophical Difference</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, July 9, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/9/25/parenting-teens-genetic-tic.html">I am the finder of things in my home.</a> I have never questioned why this is. I'd assumed that it was a MOM thing. A gene that gets activated at conception (theirs, not mine) that allows me to find stuff. I have now come to realize that it is not so much an innate ability as it is a fundamental philosophical difference in belief between the children and I that allows me to find stuff.</p> <p>I operate out of the world view that material things do not move by themselves. Hence they can be found: if something is, and I know it is, in the house then it is findable.</p> <p>An encounter with Ichabod caused me to realize that it is philosophy, not genetics, that allows me to find what my children can’t.</p> <p>Ichabod attempted to walk off with my black flip flops because he had lost his. He avowed, he insisted, he stated without a doubt that the flip flops were lost. Anyone with teens knows that once you allow the exception, it becomes the rule. If I allowed him to “borrow “my flip flops I would never see them again. I insisted he take them off and wear his sneakers and go buy another pair of flip flops if his were well and truly lost.</p> <p>While he was stomping around looking for his sneakers, I espied one black flip flop I knew wasn’t mine because mine were now on my feet. I told him about that one and the child assured me that the other was lost.</p> <p>Here is where world views come into play. I know that material things do not dematerialize into thin air. I know that material things are not carried off by unseen forces. I know that things that are material, if they are in the house, can be found given some time and effort. I am willing to bet that statistically if one flip flop is in the room, the other is nearby. I would not bet my life on that premise, but I will invest some time looking for a flip flop based on it. Evidently my children do not share these beliefs.</p> <p><em>I took me less than a minute to find the avowed, insisted without a doubt, lost flip flop.</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/9/parenting-teens-a-basic-philosophical-difference.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/a-second-cup"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />a second cup</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parenting-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teens</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/teens-losing-stuff"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />teens losing stuff</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item8139899" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">07</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/7/parenting-teens-the-do-not-wash-pile.html">Parenting Teens: The Do Not Wash Pile</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have an ongoing struggle with the wash. Not the clothes and I personally, but the kids and I over fabric things getting cleaned. Towels, do not get me started on towels. I removed 8 towels from one child’s room and 3 from another, after my husband informed me he had no clean towels and I knew I had washed them all that week.</p> <p>I removed and hid all the beach towels so they would not get added to the weekly pile of used, not dirty, towels. Towels in our house are like potato chips. You can’t have just one. The towel battle will go on, but I am not willing to fight the blanket battle - so I have my unofficial “do not wash” pile.</p> <p>The kids have always slept with a blanket, even in the summer. Even though it is hot in the south in the summer, I was never able to convince them that a sheet was cover enough to sleep with during the hotter months. Within the last few years the kids have started to treat their blankets like towels, one or two uses and into the wash. I do not know how we accumulated so many blankets over the years, but we have a lot. I noticed a cycle starting. I would wash a blanket, put it in the storage box for the summer, and the same blanket would be in the wash the following week. An abundance of towels to wash was bad enough, blankets were bankrupting. So I started the “do not wash “pile. I pile used (not dirty or smelly, just used) blankets in a corner of our basement for the summer. I just don’t wash them. I do stir them once and a while to discourage critters and bugs. Come September when it gets cooler, I will wash all the blankets. For some reason the kids don’t deposit used, but clean, blankets in the laundry chute in the cooler months.</p> <p><em>Motherhood.... the grossness goes on.</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/7/parenting-teens-the-do-not-wash-pile.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/clean-clothes-in-the-wash"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />clean clothes in the wash</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/clean-towels-in-the-wash"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />clean towels in the wash</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/teens-and-towels"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />teens and towels</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item8139868" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">05</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/5/parenting-semi-adults-the-first-road-trip.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: The First Road Trip</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, July 5, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>A good friend is undergoing a baptism by fire. Her <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/06/cornerstone-chronicles-day-one.html">oldest, age 18, is taking his first road trip on his own.</a> He is not alone; he is going with another young man of similar age. The first road trip is one of those parenting milestones not mentioned in child rearing books. There are books for talking about sex with your teen, or coping with difficult children or underachieving/ overachieving/ normal children. No one writes a book, or even a chapter, of the fear that comes into a parent’s heart when they first realize their child - who they have poured time, energy, love and prayers into raising - wants to get into a two ton machine and travel someplace, sharing roads with other people in two ton machines. Any one of who might smash into your child’s car - and they want to do this without you in the potential death machine with them!</p> <p>I remember the time Haggai, then 18, wanted to drive to the beach for the day with some friends. That engendered a two day debate in our house. One parent wanted to let him go. The other wanted to wrap him in bubble wrap and lock him in his room (which didn’t have a lock) until the summer was over. One parent insisted Haggai, if he was allowed to go against her wishes, be one of the drivers. She later learned that was not the best decision, but ignorance was bliss at the time. I feel for my friend. Our first road trip experience was 3 hours away. Her child is 9 hours in a different state.</p> <p>Princess’ first road trip <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/5/8/parenting-in-the-real-world-death-and-freedom-and-safety.html">involved a plane flight</a> to another city, a big city, a big scary city. I threaten her dad with divorce if anything happened to her, for letting her go. I think I started holding my breath from the time my husband let her go until she arrived home safely, which she did (arrive home safely). I should be in the Guinness Book of Records for longest breath holding. Later that year she totaled her car on what should have been an uneventful drive to college. Safety is not guaranteed.</p> <p>Ichabod is an excellent driver. When we were in Washington D.C. for a hockey match, he drove the beltline in the dark, in rush hour traffic. He loved it. He was 15 at the time. When he wanted to go to the beach for the day with his friends, the only debate was if he could take our car or not. </p> <p>Nothing can prepare your heart for the first time your child speaks those dreaded words.... “Can I go to -_______ with ________ for the __________? "</p> <p><em>I know a good source for discounted bubble wrap.</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/5/parenting-semi-adults-the-first-road-trip.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/first-road-trip"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />first road trip</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/letting-kids-take-the-car"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />letting kids take the car</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/teens-traveling-on-their-own"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />teens traveling on their own</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=4"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-51128234860416614992011-03-01T07:33:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:33:40.586-08:00Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8336164" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">23</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/23/just-for-fun-a-daily-freebie.html">Just For Fun: A Daily Freebie </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, July 23, 2010 at 12:00PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://www.allyou.com/coupons-deals/daily-free-samples-00411000068023/?viewdate=6_18_2010">All You magazine</a> has a daily freebie. I check in daily and so far have received coffee samples, clothe soap, and colorful tampons (weird but true). I am waiting on shampoo samples and dog treats. That was just for this month. You have to give an e-mail address when signing up for the daily freebie, so I would suggest setting up a new e-mail address just for your freebies.<a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=mail&continue=http://mail.google.com/mail/e-11-6b3ef98cb491bdb5180e4a6b278b1-e65424290317dbdff3283e31df72043fc44229cf&type=2"> Gmail </a>is free and has a terrific spam blocker.</p> <p>Sorry guys<a href="http://www.allyou.com/coupons-deals/daily-free-samples-00411000068023/?viewdate=6_18_2010"> the daily All You freebie</a> is usually (but not always) chick stuff.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/23/just-for-fun-a-daily-freebie.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">21</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/21/rites-of-passages-into-your-6th-decade.html">Rites of Passages Into Your 6th Decade</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <p>Teething</p> <p>Learning to walk</p> <p>Learning to use Chop Sticks</p> <p>The First Day of School</p> <p>The First Day Someone at School Is Mean to You</p> <p>Reading Your First Book with No Pictures</p> <p>Your First Best Friend</p> <p>Middle School</p> <p>High School</p> <p>First Job</p> <p>Voting for the First Time</p> <p>Car</p> <p>College</p> <p>First Hangover</p> <p>Career</p> <p>Gyn Visit</p> <p>Marriage</p> <p>Buying A House</p> <p>Babies</p> <p>Your kid’s firsts (reread above list)</p> <p>AARP membership offer arrives in the mail</p> <p>Mammogram</p> <p>Colonoscopy</p> <p>Future Grandbabies!!!</p> <p>Other than grandbabies (which I am in no way hinting for) being Over 50 needs some better rites of passages. <em>Any suggestions?</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-18542771084174587322011-03-01T07:32:00.002-08:002011-03-01T07:33:04.866-08:00Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8377695" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Aug</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/1/happy-birthday-to-me.html">Happy Birthday To ME!!!</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyODAyNTYwMjkxOTImcHQ9MTI4MDI1NjAzNTY*OCZwPTM5MDEmZD1ncmFwaGljcyZnPTEmbz*yZWY2YWVmNTZjMjY*/MmZkYTEyYTRlMTBlNmUxY2E2MyZvZj*w.gif" alt="" width="0" border="0" height="0" /><span id="pyzam-graphic-start" style="display: none;"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/graphics"><img src="http://content.pyzam.com/graphics/birthdays/BChappybday0115.gif" alt="Happy Birthday" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/myspace2layouts">Myspace Layouts</a></p> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://stuff.pyzam.com/misc/CXNID=1000015.68NXC.gif" alt="" width="0" border="0" height="0" /></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/8/1/happy-birthday-to-me.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />8 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item8377629" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">31</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/31/parenting-semi-adults-the-fling.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: The Fling</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/10/8/parenting-teens-the-clothes-battle.html">I am frustrated in my on going attempt to keep our clothes from taking over the house</a> and charging us rent - a situation caused by one of my heretofore unnamed children. Closing the door on said child's room is not a solution because the child sheds his/her clothes all over the house. I can not bring myself to toss the clothes out, and it irks me to no end that the unnamed child (child only in the sense he/she is my offspring, not child in the sense of years) will not pick up his/her clothes.</p> <p>So thinking the irk should belong to the one who is being irksome, not to the poor put upon doormat formerly known as mom, I have developed the fling. I gather up all the shed, dropped, misplaced, lost clothes that belong to this child and I FLING them on her/his bed. It is very aerobic and therapeutic (for me at least).</p> <p>I fling as needed, but this it is especially helpful practice when said child is still in her or his bed.</p> <p>The doormat revolt is on!!!</p> <h1 class="FT_18 FT_title4">Viva la résistance!</h1> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/31/parenting-semi-adults-the-fling.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/tclothes-battles-and-my-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />tclothes battles and my teens</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/teens-not-cleaning-rooms"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />teens not cleaning rooms</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item8370267" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">29</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/29/parenting-teens-drivers-ed-one-more-time.html">Parenting Teens: Drivers Ed One More Time</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Skyler is taking the classroom part of drivers ed next week. This is our last child in high-school (yes, Ichabod did graduate), our last child to go to drivers ed. I have not given much though to the lasts that we will face these next few years.</p> <p>We are almost done parenting teens....we have been at it for more than 11 years...I am more relieved than sad but it is the strangest thing....I keep catching glimpses of the tow headed toddlers that once were my kids....</p> <p><em>Where did those little kids go?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/29/parenting-teens-drivers-ed-one-more-time.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/finishing-parenting"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />finishing parenting</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parenting-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teens</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8370171" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">27</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/27/this-time-last-year-some-things-never-change.html">This Time Last Year; Some Things Never Change</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Parenting Semi-Adults: They Have Their Days And Nights Mixed Up.</p> <p>Babies sometimes get their days and nights mixed up. The newborns are ready to party in the dead of night and sleep as the sunlight streams into their rooms.</p> <p>As an unconscious call to return to a simpler time, my children now have their days and nights mixed up once again. They shun the early morning hours, sleeping right through the rising of the sun that had them up and going when they were preschoolers. They think eating before 2 PM is unreasonable and a 3 AM dinner is to be expected. The teens are revving into full awake mode somewhere around 11 PM. It is not unusual for one or the other to be on their cell phones all night long. The phone companies are losing a fortune on free minutes after seven.</p> <p>Between jobs and summer commitments our paths cross only a few hours a day. The kids sort of revel in staying up as late as they want. “I’m a legal adult Mom”.<span> </span>Meanwhile the experienced adults in the house <em>want to be in bed by 11PM</em>. <strong>We</strong> have to get up in the morning.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>First posted about a year ago. The more things change, the more they don't....sigh</em></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/27/this-time-last-year-some-things-never-change.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8336237" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">25</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/25/more-freebies.html">More Freebies!!</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I just came across this weekly list of freebies to send away for at<a href="http://momadvice.com/"> Mom Advice</a>. Amy Clark <a href="http://momadvice.com/blog/2010/07/freebie-friday-july-16-2010">compiles a new list every Friday</a>. Enjoy</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/25/more-freebies.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationEllipsis">...</span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/july-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-64598095820439775452011-03-01T07:32:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:32:16.882-08:00Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">02</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/2/beating-the-summer-doldrums-church-based-camps.html">Beating The Summer Doldrums: Church Based Camps</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>You can’t beat the price of church based camps. <a href="https://www.northwake.com/reg">Runners Camp</a>, a popular (the kids love it) local church based camp, is $55 for 5 days from 8:30 to 12:00 - and that price includes a tee shirt, snacks and all the sunscreen your child needs. </p> <p>Now is the time to check out what the local churches are offering in your area. Expect your child to receive some religious education along with their fun. Still, have you priced the cost of going to camp!?</p> <p><a href="https://www2.lifeway.com/vbs2010/yourvbs/index.php/find/mychurch/15214">Another local church is offering Saddle Ridge Ranch VBS from 9 to 12:15 June 14<sup>th</sup> to the 18<sup>th</sup> for free.</a></p> <p>Church based Vacation Bible Schools and camps are terrific bargains for beating summer doldrums.</p> <p><a href="https://www2.lifeway.com/vbs2010/yourvbs/index.php/find/">See if there is a VBS near you.</a></p> <p><em>Are your kids going to camp this summer?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/2/beating-the-summer-doldrums-church-based-camps.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/mom-im-bored"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />mom i'm bored</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/runners-camp-vbs"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />runners camp. VBS</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/summer-doldrums"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />summer doldrums</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in </span>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-50231989252552716972011-03-01T07:26:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:26:38.170-08:00Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item7869936" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/12/parenting-teens-who-is-this-kid.html">Parenting Teens: Who Is This Kid? </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/justin_bieber.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1275680433206" alt="" /></span></span> I am so out of it. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> I didn't know what Silly Bandz are. Even worse from the hip mom point of view, I picked up the April 19th issue of People (at the dentist office) last week. That issue of People has a picture of some kid declared to be The World's Biggest Pop Star. My first thought was, “Who is this Kid"?</p> <p><em>Do you know?</em></p> <p>(If you are as unhip as I am scroll down for the answer.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Justin Bieber</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/12/parenting-teens-who-is-this-kid.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />7 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/justin-bieber"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Justin Bieber</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item7866915" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/10/cooking-in-the-real-world-vanilla-crack-you-have-to-try-this.html">Cooking In The Real World: Vanilla Crack: You Have To try This!!!</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I saw this recipe in The Apple Turnover Mystery where I also found the <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/22/watermelon-cookies-fun-summer-recipes.html">watermelon cookie recipe.</a> It seems the idea of watermelon cookies doesn't appeal to cookie eaters. I stopped telling people the name of the cookie until after they've taken a few bites. After they've tasted it, there are no extras to be found.</p> <p>Vanilla crack is a different story. Bakers are intrigued by the name. It is an aptly named cookie/candy. Very inexpensive to make, I have made it twice so far and even though everyone in my family and the kids friends claim to be on some type of diet, the cookies have lasted less then 2 hours on the kitchen counter. They wouldn't have lasted that long except for all the "dieting"going on.</p> <p>The recipe calls for nuts but I never have nuts on hand, so I make it nutless. Just as addictive.</p> <ul class="bullet_3"><li class="ingredient">Sleeve Saltine crackers</li><li class="ingredient">2 cups Butter</li><li class="ingredient">1 cup Sugar</li><li class="ingredient">2 tsp Vanilla Extract</li><li class="ingredient">1/2 cup chopped nuts</li></ul> <p> </p> <p>1. Line 10 x 15" jelly roll pan with foil. Spray foil with Pam.<br />2. Cover the pan completely with a single layer of crackers, salt side up. (Break crackers in pieces to make them fit if you have to).<br />3. Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla in heavy sauce pan. Bring to full boil over medium high heat on stove top. (A full boil will have breaking bubbles all over the surface of the pan).<br />4. Boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly.<br />5. Pour mixture over the soda crackers evenly.<br />6. Sprinkle nuts over the top.<br />7. Place pan in oven and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.<br />8. When completely cooled break into pieces.</p> <p>I, who prefer chocolate to almost any other food product know to woman, love this stuff. That is why I have only made it twice......so far.</p> <p class="ingredient"> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/10/cooking-in-the-real-world-vanilla-crack-you-have-to-try-this.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/salkty-crunchy-snacks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />salkty crunchy snacks</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/vanilla-candy"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />vanilla candy</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/vanilla-cookies"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />vanilla cookies</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/vanilla-crack"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />vanilla crack</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item7807701" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/8/cooking-in-the-real-world-pie-in-a-jar.html">Cooking In The Real World: Pie In A Jar</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 110px;" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/190.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1275156305108" alt="" /></span></span>This is one of those recipes, like <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/8/25/cooking-in-the-real-world-the-perfect-pms-food-a-second-cup.html">PMS candy</a> or <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/22/watermelon-cookies-fun-summer-recipes.html">watermelon cookies, </a>that captured my imagination. I saw this recipe on the <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/09/single-serving-pie-in-jar.html">Our Best Bites blog, </a>where you too can find the instructions. <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/">Our Best Bites</a> has some fanatic recipes, a site well worth a click.</p> <p>Individual apple pies, in canning jars, sit in my freezer awaiting our beck and call to applely goodness. A self portioning dessert that takes long enough to bake so I can't just pop one (or more) in the oven, but short enough to have on hand when we want a little dessert one night.</p> <p>My first attempt I made the dough too thick and didn't spice the filling enough, but the kids loved them (husband not so much) and so did I. I will be making them again.</p> <p><em>Bake anything interesting lately?</em></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/8/cooking-in-the-real-world-pie-in-a-jar.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/apple-pie-in-a-jar"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />apple pie in a jar</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/our-best-bites"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />our best bites</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7807551" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/6/tomato-watch.html">Tomato Watch</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span> </span></span><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 150px;" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/185.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1275155258940" alt="" /></span></span>We have had one lone tomato plant growing on our back porch for years. The plants never produced much, but they made the kids and I happy while watching them grow. Last year I got ambitious and tried to make my <a href="http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/">own self watering tomato planters.</a> Oh my gosh - that was such a disaster. I still feel bad about the 3 tomato plants that did not survive that attempt.</p> <p>This year I purchased a tomato altar (that is not what the manufacturer calls it). I was caught up in the upside down tomato fad and I didn't have anyhere to hang one of the tomato sacks, so I set up my altar.</p> <p>To my surprise and delight, the top tomato plant is growing well. The pepper plant I bought to keep it company (I figured the poor tomato plant would not have to die alone) is also growing like gangbusters. The one growing upside down is very happy and has yet to produce any flowers, but it is in it's early days.</p> <p>I am so delighted not to be a killer of plants this year!</p> <p>Why I can't resize either picture I have no idea. I suspect computer gremlins....grrrrrrrrr</p> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 600px;" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/186.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1275153951996" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/6/tomato-watch.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/growing-tomatoes"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />growing tomatoes</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/growing-tomatoes-upside-down"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />growing tomatoes upside down</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/tomatoe-plant-disasters"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />tomatoe plant disasters</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/tomatoes"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />tomatoes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item7807370" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/4/parenting-semi-adults-growing-up.html">Parenting-Semi Adults: Growing Up</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, June 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I keep seeing sites and books and videos and articles on how to raise preschoolers and young children. We did a lot of what the sites, books, videos and articles (not to mention speakers and friends) suggested. What no one mentions is that you are still parenting after the kids are teenagers, and that time of parenting is just as challenging as the early years.</p> <p>But we are seeing our kids mature and “getting to be responsible adults”. Our oldest took advantage of his time in the desert as a poor but humble youth leader. He is moving this fall to be a poor but humble full time college student. One who calls his grandmother and grandfather every Sunday. (Seriously that is a wonderful thing to do.)</p> <p>Our spend thrift child is working hard this summer and saving a significant percentage of her income. She is pleasant to have in the house, and has unloaded the dishwasher a few times without being asked. I am so used to unloading it myself that the first few times she did it, I thought I had done it and forgot I had done so.</p> <p>We will skip over the third child for now. Yet after seeing the first two mature, I live in hope. ....3 more years.....3 more years....3 more years.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/4/parenting-semi-adults-growing-up.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Post a Comment</a></span> | <span class="post-references"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/4/parenting-semi-adults-growing-up.html#references"> <img title="Reference" alt="Reference" class="inline-icon reference-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Reference</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/growing-up"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />growing up</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/maturing-semi-adults"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />maturing semi-adults</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/maturity"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />maturity</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=4"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-39771502770575444022011-03-01T07:24:00.002-08:002011-03-01T07:26:00.290-08:00Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from June 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7989786" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">22</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/22/parenting-in-the-real-world-one-bathroom.html">Parenting in The Real World: One Bathroom</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>We are having the upstairs bathroom renovated, (we planned on just fixing the floor but the process has taken on a life of its own) so for the past several weeks we are a one bathroom family of 5. Fortunately the shower has its own separate room in the basement (the joys of a 90 year old house) so we are not waiting to potty while someone is showering.</p> <p>For the most part it hasn’t been so bad. We have not had to schedule potty times the way we schedule showers to get everyone out of the house on time. There have not been boys reverting to the outdoor peeing of their toddler days. One of our family members is odorous, so odorous I do believe the smell could be used as a weapon. I now keep matches in the bathroom (there are no young children living in our house) to counteract the lingering effect of that member’s toilet use. (I use 8 matches on average to dissipate the smell - matches are way cheaper and more effective IMO than sprays.)</p> <p>My mom’s parents raised 5 children in a one bathroom house in the 1950’s. Our family is enduring this time of hardship well. I am glad to see them being mature about the situation. (Anyone with teens knows this mild time of mild hardship could have become a royal pain in the neck.)</p> <p>Still and all I WANT MY BATHROOM FINISHED!</p> <p>I will now return to being a grownup.....sigh</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/22/parenting-in-the-real-world-one-bathroom.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/living-with-one-bathroom"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />living with one bathroom</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/one-bathroom"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />one bathroom</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/smelly-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />smelly teens</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-the-plot"> <div id="item7989762" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">20</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/20/the-plot-if-you-give-a-tiler-a-call.html">The Plot: If You Give A Tiler A Call</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>We decided to fix the floor in the upstairs bathroom to prepare the house for sale then someone, who shall remain nameless but is not me, decided not to sell the house.</p> <p>If you give a tiler a call, he will come to your house and give you an estimate.</p> <p>If you accept the estimate, he will come, tear up the bathroom floor and tell you that you need a plumber.</p> <p>If the plumber looks at the pipes, he will shake his head and tell you your pipes are not up to code and illegal to boot with all the wrong connectors, and it will only cost one semester of one college tuition to fix it.</p> <p>If you fix the pipes, you will need to go pick out a vanity based on the tiler’s estimate. You will get to the hardware store look at the vanities and turn to your husband and say,” These are ugly and poorly built and I will not have them in my home.” Your husband will wisely suggest looking at something different and you will wind up buying a vanity and mirror that is 4 times the estimate, but when you are starting at cheap and ugly that is not all that much.</p> <p>If you expect the job to be completed as planned, you will be wrong.</p> <p>If you expect that your tiler will do a beautiful job and you will be delighted with his work, if you had our tiler, you would be right.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/20/the-plot-if-you-give-a-tiler-a-call.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/fixing-up-a-bathroom"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />fixing up a bathroom</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/renovating-a-bathroom"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />renovating a bathroom</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/the-plot"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />The Plot</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-50-year-old-gym-rat"> <div id="item7989737" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/18/50-year-old-gym-novice.html">50 Year Old Gym Novice</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, June 18, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I never liked the title 50 Year old Gym Rat, so I changed it to above. I considered 50 Year Old Gym Goddess but if I were to stop going, what would that make me....a 50 year old ex-gym, ex-goddess. What exactly does an ex-goddess do with her life? I plan to work my way up to gym goddess, starting with novice, then apprentice, neophyte, godling, demigod, goddess. I have learned it is a good thing to start humbly and work my way up to arrogance.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/18/50-year-old-gym-novice.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/gyms-at-50"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />gyms at 50</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/new-to-the-gym"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />new to the gym</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/older-exercisers"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />older exercisers</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/50-year-old-gym-rat"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />50 year old gym rat</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item7989727" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/16/parenting-teens-some-times-you-need-to-hold-all-the-cards-to.html">Parenting Teens: Some Times You Need To Hold All the Cards to Win</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Or in this case, all the keys. The car keys to be exact. We have a kid’s car. Since Princess was away at college this past school year, the car in effect became Ichabod’s car. Princess is home for the summer and the car has reverted to its kid’s car status. There are 2 sets of car keys to this car, but only one set could be found. Since Princess hasn’t driven the car since December and neither parent would drive that car, Ichabod was the likely source for having misplaced the second set of keys.</p> <p>Several requests for him to produce the second set of keys were ignored. That would be of no surprise to parents of older teens. I was pretty sure I would have to use plan B, but as in all negotiations with teens the formalities, such as asking and being ignored, have to be observed.</p> <p>Finally I informed Ichabod that if the second set of keys were not found by tomorrow, he would not have use of a car, any car, until they were found.</p> <p>The next morning I gathered up ALL the car keys for ALL the cars and put them in my pocket. I got myself a cup of coffee, then I waited.</p> <p>Sure enough, shortly before Ichabod wanted to go to the gym he asked me where his car keys were. I told him this was the day he had to produce the missing set if he wanted to use a car. He went to retrieve my car keys from their usual place and I then informed him where all the keys were....in my pockets - and he had to find the missing set if he wanted to drive a car. Protests started: How would he get to work!!! How was he going to get to the gym!!!! I calmly informed the carless child that I would be happy to drive him to the gym and to work, everywhere else he was on his own.</p> <p>Then the denials of responsibility started: Princess lost the keys, obviously you (meaning me) lost the keys when you were cleaning ......</p> <p>I told him I didn’t care how the keys were misplaced, but if he didn’t produce the missing keys he would not have a car.</p> <p>Stomping and grumbling ensued. I went about my business, jingling as I went.</p> <p>About 20 minutes later the stomping headed towards me. There was a demand for the keys so he could open the car and look in the glove compartment for the other set of keys.</p> <p>Yea like I haven’t been parenting teens for a decade...I offered to come outside and unlock the car for him.</p> <p>Lo and behold....the second set was located in the glove compartment of the car.</p> <p>“Good thing for you, I have a good memory”, the boy said as he jumped in the car and drove off into the sunset.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a 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title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-as-seen-on-face-book"> <div id="item7905276" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/14/as-seen-on-facebook.html">As Seen On Facebook</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, June 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><span class="UIStory_Message">I asked my wife if she would still love me when I became old and unattractive,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and she replied,,,,,,,, Yes, I do........</span></h3> <p> </p> <p><span class="UIStory_Message">hee.....hee...hee</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span class="UIStory_Message"><em>Do you have a favorite Facebook quote?</em></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/14/as-seen-on-facebook.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/facebook-posts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />facebook posts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/funny-facebook-posts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />funny facebook posts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/as-seen-on-face-book"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />As Seen On Face Book</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" 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class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/1/beating-summer-doldrums-reading-programs.html">Beating Summer Doldrums: Reading Programs</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/cmsd%20kids%20reading.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1277137179015" alt="" /></span></span>I like reading and I like free stuff, so anything that combines the two is grand. Unfortunately you have to be under 13 (12 and under) to participate in either of the programs below....sigh.</p> <p><a href="http://media.bordersstores.com/pdf/summerreading.pdf">Borders Book Summer Program</a>: read 10, get one free.</p> <p><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/index.asp">Barnes and Noble: </a>read 8, get one free.</p> <p>Free books are chosen from a preselected list. The lists are on the web sites.</p> <p>Check your local library to see if it has a kids reading program for the summer.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/1/beating-summer-doldrums-reading-programs.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-wisdom"> <div id="item8042578" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">29</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/29/movies-this-is-nuts-the-cost-of-3d.html">Movies: This Is Nuts: The Cost Of 3D</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>One night last week the walls of the house were closing in, the other person in the house nearest my age was getting on my last nerve (rare but it happens), and I on his: a strategic retreat was called for. I had $25 in my wallet so the retreat had to be frugal and strategic, no running away to visit family or to the bookstore. Bookstores are not frugal places when one is on one's last nerve. The only place worse is the yarn shop. I wanted to soothe our respective nerves not explode his. I thought a good movie would do the trick. Skyler came with and off we went to see Shrek.</p> <p>The last time I took a kid to the movies it was $16 to get in. I about passed out when the young man behind the window said, "That will be $23. 60 please."</p> <p>I though it might be time to get my hearing tested. $23.60 for 2 movie tickets.....that doesn't even include popcorn!!!!!</p> <p><strong>Note to the movie industry -> from now on as far as I am concerned "3D" means <em>wait till the movie comes to Red Box.</em></strong></p> <p>I put our popcorn on the debit card. I kept my glasses.</p> <p><em>Are you willing to pay the extra cost of a 3D moive?</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/29/movies-this-is-nuts-the-cost-of-3d.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />6 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/3d-movie-costs"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3d movie costs</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/why-do-3d-movies-cost-more"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />why do 3d movies cost more</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-wisdom"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging With Wisdom</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item8042642" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">28</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/28/getting-better-every-decade-sis.html">Getting Better Every Decade Sis</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, June 28, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNzcxMjY3MDY3MDQmcHQ9MTI3NzEyNjcxMzA1NCZwPTM5MDEmZD1ncmFwaGljcyZnPTEmbz*yZWY2YWVmNTZjMjY*/MmZkYTEyYTRlMTBlNmUxY2E2MyZvZj*w.gif" alt="" width="0" border="0" height="0" /><span id="pyzam-graphic-start" style="display: none;"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/graphics"><img src="http://content.pyzam.com/graphics/birthdays/MJZ247.gif" alt="Happy Birthday Girl!" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.pyzam.com/graphics">Graphics</a></p> <p>We are now offically the same age...enjoy your special day!!</p> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://stuff.pyzam.com/misc/CXNID=1000015.68NXC.gif" alt="" width="0" border="0" height="0" /></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/28/getting-better-every-decade-sis.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-i-couldnt-write-it-any-better"> <div id="item8042432" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">26</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/26/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-stealing-from-stacey-yet-again.html">I Couldn't Write It Any Better: Stealing From Stacey Yet Again: 18 and Life</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>This is a post from my good friend Stacey at <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/02/case-for-christianity.html">All Stace, All The Time</a>. I though about writing on the same topic but I think she did an exceptional job, so why reinvent the wheel? Please visit her at <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/">All Stace, All The Time</a>. Every Friday she does a <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/02/chick-flick-friday-valentines-day.html">chick flick movie review</a> just in time for your weekend viewing pleasure.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/06/18-and-life.html"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You want to know a phrase that I NEVER want to hear again? </span></em><br /></a><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"I'm 18..."</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Somewhere, someone started this rumor that all of the wonders of the world open up to you at 18. Lies! All lies! Any time that we ask Nick to do something that he does not want to do, he starts with "I'm 18 and...blah, blah, blah", any time we remind him of his responsibilities, it's "I'm 18 and...blah, blah, blah."</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And you want to know what is funny about these responses? They CONSTANTLY are at direct odds with each other. I mean one time "I'm 18" means that he is a mature individual and therefore should not have to listen to his parents any longer and then (usually not long after the first declaration) he will use that line to get out of doing something because being 18 means that he is just supposed to have fun.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Seriously? Are you kidding me with this stuff?</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I know that he did not create this "I'm 18" phenomenon...hell, I remember using it myself when I was 18 and to my parents, let me just say that I am sorry. I find the fact that I am still alive and have full use of my legs a huge testament to your patience and understanding. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What the boy does not understand is that biologically being 18 years of age does not give you super powers and does not entitle you to be a total BRAT to everyone around you. If you are going to claim the 18 as a maturity level, then be prepared to go full-throttle with it. Be mature. Take care of your responsibilities and don't MAKE us have to talk to you like a child and remind you to do the things that you need to do. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here's something:</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E - everything is NOT about you</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I - insulting your parents is not winning you any points</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">G - GET OUT AND GET A REAL JOB!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">H - how much longer are you planning on living here?</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">T - TEEN!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E - enough of the nonsense</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E - every argument is getting tiresome</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">N - NEVER say "I'm 18" to me again!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love you, my son, but you are seriously making me crazy!!! </span></em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/26/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-stealing-from-stacey-yet-again.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/18"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />18</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/18again"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />18again</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/all-stacey-all-the-time"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />all stacey all the time</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/allstacey"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />allstacey</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parenting-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teens</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/parenting-young-adults"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting young adults</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />I Couldn't Write It Any Better</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-50-year-old-gym-rat"> <div id="item7989800" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jun</span><span class="date">24</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/24/50-year-old-gym-novice-everyone-is-looking-at-me-fear.html">50 Year Old Gym Novice: Everyone Is Looking At Me: Fear</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I came across a list of the <a href="http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises.htm">top 10 most effective abs exercises</a>. I personally think the most effective thing for my abs would be liposuction, but with kids in college that procedure is not high on my list of Stuff My Husband Would Be Happy If I Purchased - hence the web surfing for ab exercises to do at the gym. The <a href="http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises.htm">top exercise on the list is the bicycle</a>. My back got twitchy just looking at the picture of the fit young lady demonstrating the exercise. <a href="http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_2.htm">The Captains chair was next on the list</a>. That one looked doable, until I got to my gym.</p> <p>Rather than stick that piece of apparatus in a dark corner where no one would see a 50 year old gym novice use it, it is smack at the entrance to the gym. I swear there is a spot light on the thing and a secret camera that feeds back into the office, so all those fit gym employees can have a good laugh once in a while.</p> <p>I eyed the thing for about a week (that would be for 2 visits). Fear of looking foolish was the only thing keeping me from using that equipment. One of the nice things about being 50 (started in my 40’s) is knowing that looking a little foolish won’t hurt me (all that much).</p> <p>Twice this week, I have quietly approached the captains chair at the gym, wiping the thing down (you should have seen some of the sweaty young men I observed using it without wiping it down ....ugh) and doing my 2 sets of 8 reps. I know the directions say repeat for 1-3 sets of 12-16 reps but I can’t do that....yet.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/24/50-year-old-gym-novice-everyone-is-looking-at-me-fear.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />9 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/app"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />app</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/gyms-at-50"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />gyms at 50</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/working-ot-later-in-life"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />working ot later in life</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/50-year-old-gym-rat"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />50 year old gym rat</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationEllipsis">...</span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/june-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-3161659783577440882011-03-01T07:23:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:23:56.943-08:00Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-adults"> <div id="item7540865" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/10/still-learning-after-all-these-years.html">Still Learning After All These Years</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, May 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I went to visit my father a few weeks ago. It was his 85<sup>th</sup> birthday. In his condo he had a bunch of bridge books (the game, not the structure). He plays with a group of really good players and he is studying strategy so he can keep up with those guys.</p> <p>85, still learning and growing and stretching his mind.</p> <p> Amazing!</p> <p><em>What do you hope to be learning into your eighties?</em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/10/still-learning-after-all-these-years.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/how-to-play-bridge"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />how to play bridge</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/older-adults"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />older adults</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/still-learning"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />still learning</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-in-the-real-world"> <div id="item7540850" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/8/a-gift-idea-for-an-older-parent.html">A Gift Idea for An Older Parent</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 12:01PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>My sister gave Dad an IPad for his 85<sup>th</sup> birthday. He wasn’t thrilled when he opened his gift. Matter of fact, he told us that if he had wanted one he would have bought it himself.</p> <p>20 minutes later he was hooked. She had set up a Facebook account for dad and had us friend him before his birthday, so there were a lot of birthday wishes waiting from him on FB. He loved the family pictures that my cousins and siblings and the grandkids had posted. We did have to unfriend some people whose status updates were really, really crude - something to think about if you are setting up a FB account for grandma or grandpa.</p> <p>He was delighted to able to read the sports pages of his favorite newspapers from around the country, and my sister showed him zillow.com so he can stalk all his friend’s and family’s houses. She downloaded a gin rummy app, books app, the Bible You Version app (which by the way I use daily on my ITouch), plus his e-mail account.</p> <p>Dad didn’t get the concept of YouTube.</p> <p>If you have an older adult with a special birthday coming who has WiFi access, the IPad might be a great gift.</p> <p> 85 and on the web, watch out world.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/8/a-gift-idea-for-an-older-parent.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/gifts-for-older-parents"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />gifts for older parents</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/gifts-for-parents"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />gifts for parents</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/ipad"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />ipad</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-in-the-real-world"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting in the Real World</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-50-year-old-gym-rat"> <div id="item7540835" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/6/50-year-old-gym-rat-yoga.html">50 Year Old Gym Rat: Yoga</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have taken 2 yoga classes at the gym so far. I’ve wanted to learn yoga for years because it is something I can keep doing as I get older. I do not play golf and I do not want to play golf, so I knew I needed some other kind of exercise to sustain me in my twilight years.</p> <p>I have enjoyed both classes and have learned a few things:</p> <p>Gentle and easy are not the same thing, as in gentle yoga is not easy.</p> <p>Yoga is taught in a studio with mirrors. It is not a good idea for a woman of heft, such as myself, to look at the mirror during the downward dog position. Not a pretty sight. In downward dog, your hands and feet are flat are on the mat and your backside is in the air. You are supposed to keep you head positioned so your ears are between your arms. You are not supposed to lift your head and look in the mirror, and from this point on I will never do so again.</p> <p>I might not be happy with what I saw in the mirror (it was a little scary), but I felt great after each class!</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/6/50-year-old-gym-rat-yoga.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/downward-dog-position"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />downward dog position</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/exercise-for-older-people"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />exercise for older people</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/not-golf"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />not golf</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/yoga"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />yoga</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/50-year-old-gym-rat"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />50 year old gym rat</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-tales-from-yesteryear"> <div id="item7427738" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/4/tales-from-yesteryear-teeth-in-a-glass.html">Tales From Yesteryear: Teeth in a Glass</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Dear Aurora,</p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/14/parenting-adults-my-generation.html">I wrote a post about the difference I observed between your generation and mine</a>. Then I went to the dentist and got to thinking about the differences in teeth between the generations. Most of my friends didn’t have braces, and I suspect a good number of yours do. My grandparents used <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-tooth-powder.htm">tooth powders</a>, your grandparents use toothpaste. Crest was the first fluoride toothpaste. It hit the market in 1955. It is the only toothpaste I remember using as a kid. Everyone in the family used the same toothpaste. You guys use gels with wild colors and flavors and your parents use something different.</p> <p>One of the biggest differences is that when we were kids, it was painful to go to the dentist. Getting a cavity filled was a horrible experience. Many adults, my age and older still shudder to think about going to the dentist when we were kids. Gold replacement teeth were functional, not decorative, back then. It was a bit of a shock the first time I took your cousins to a pediatric dentist (a specialty which did not exist when I was a kid), and my kids loved the experience and couldn’t wait to go back. Pain free and Gameboys to play with while waiting - what more could you ask for!</p> <p>Another big generational differences is teeth in a glass. Dentists try to save teeth now, but back when my grandparents were alive, pulling teeth was common. Older adults often had dentures, false teeth they would insert into their mouths upon awakening and remove before going to sleep. My grandma used to put her teeth in a glass of water by her bed (I don’t know why she put them in water). It was gross and a little weird back then. It is still gross and a little weird to think about today.</p> <p>More to follow...</p> <p> Love Aunt Carissa</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/4/tales-from-yesteryear-teeth-in-a-glass.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />8 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/dentist-than-and-now"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />dentist than and now</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/tales-from-yesteryear"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tales from Yesteryear</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-adventure"> <div id="item7427705" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">02</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/2/there-to-be-used.html">There To Be Used</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I am not a coupon wizard, but I do try to stay on budget while keeping my family fed and smelling socially acceptable. If there is a good sale on products I use often, I will stock up. I have 30 boxes of high protein pasta, 10 containers of deodorant, piles of tuna, tooth paste, shampoo, sanitary protection products, etc. in the storage cabinet in the basement.</p> <p>That might sound excessive but I am <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/3/parenting-semi-adults-ichabod-goes-food-shopping.html">feeding Ichabod</a>, in addition to Skyler, husband and I. We go through a lot of food very quickly. And deodorant for some reason......surely he’s not eating it....no...probably not.</p> <p>I have to fight my tendency to want to hoard what I have. I fear if I use my stockpiles, I might have to buy the product for full price! I find myself reluctant to use 2 boxes of good tasting whole wheat pasta I got on sale at a dollar each, (instead of $1.99 per box) even though there will be 28 boxes left. The weird thing is, if I had spent $4 that week to buy the pasta for a planned meal, I wouldn’t think twice about pulling it out of the pantry to use. The same struggle with tissues and paper towels, my stores are getting low so I am reluctant to use what I have left before a great restock sale.</p> <p>I don’t want to pay more for a consumable item than I have to ....that is a good thing. Now I have to learn to enjoy what I have, use it wisely and with gladness, because I do have a promise that our daily needs will be met.</p> <p><em><sup>25</sup>"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? <sup>26</sup>Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? <sup>27</sup>Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life<sup>]</sup>?</em></p> <p>(Hoarding is just disguised worry)</p> <p><em><sup>31</sup>So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' <sup>32</sup>For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. <sup>33</sup>But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. <sup>34</sup>Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6</em></p> <p>Pasta for dinner tonight!</p> <p><em>If you tend to stock up, are you sometimes reluctant to use up your stock?</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/2/there-to-be-used.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hoarding-and-worry"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hoarding and worry</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hoarding-or-stocking-up"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hoarding or stocking up</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-adventure"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />aging with adventure</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">3</a> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-21514864961633561592011-03-01T07:22:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:23:13.628-08:00Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting"> <div id="item7680770" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">20</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/20/what-was-your-favorite-happy-meal-toy.html">What Was Your Favorite Happy Meal Toy?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2010/04/28/banned-no-more-happy-meals-toys-in-silicon-valley/">Strollerderby</a> reported recently that "The five-member board of Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in Silicon Valley voted 3 to 2 in favor of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-happy-meals-20100428,0,6355743.story">prohibiting fast food restaurants</a> from offering prizes and toys that lure children into ordering high-calorie, high-sodium, high-fat meals."</p> <p>It would seem that Happy Meals have the power to override parental authority, causing children to slip away from all adult supervision and place themselves in a dangerous situation involving tasty fats and carbs. You can almost picture the Hamburglar stalking unsuspecting children in a park while their disengaged parents carelessly chat amongst themselves, asking the children to help him look for his lost puppy, when all the while planning to slip them some salted French fries.</p> <p>I loved taking my kids from time to time to get Happy Meals, or the other equivalent fast food. If the toy series was really good, we might go once a week. When my kids were of Happy Meal age, the meals were a buck or so apiece. A meal they would eat, time on the playground, and then home for an hour or so to play with the toy - at the time this seemed like a peace and quiet bargain. Our very favorite toys were the ones from the Sky Kids movies. The Beanie baby's were also a big hit, as were the Hot Wheels and mini Barbies.</p> <p>Did we eat fast food a lot? When they were little, probably for lunch weekly. I will leave the reader to decide if that was a lot or not. Was a free toy part of what lured <strong>me</strong> to that weekly purchase. Yes, provided the toy had play value and wasn't tied to a movie the kids were not allowed to see.</p> <p><em>What was your favorite Happy Meal or the equalivent toy?</em></p> <p><em>Do you think your local goverment should be supervising how resturants market their products?<br /></em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/20/what-was-your-favorite-happy-meal-toy.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />7 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/banning-happy-meal-toys"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />banning happy meal toys</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/childhood-obesity"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />childhood obesity</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/do-toys-lure-children-to-get-fat"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />do toys lure children to get fat</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-unintended-consequences"> <div id="item7679718" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/18/sometimes-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-lawn-chair-drill-te.html">Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Lawn Chair Drill Teams</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0425229904/sfrevu05">Monica Ferris' book </a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0425229904/sfrevu05">Blackwork</a> </em>(which is a needlecraft mystery, not a spy novel as I thought when I plucked it off the new book shelf at the library. Very good mystery by the way). There is a character in the book who is organizing the town's Halloween parade. One of the groups in the parade is a lawn chair marching drill team.</p> <p>I thought a lawn chair matching drill team was just an amazing piece of creative writing. Up there with all flavored jelly beans from the Harry Potter books. I mean who would think of people using lawn chairs instead of fake guns while marching in formation. </p> <p>Than I thought: what if this is real? I turned to that fount of truth for the modern woman - <em>YouTube</em> . Sure enough, there are lawn chair drill teams!! The couple of videos that I watched had teams that were pretty good!</p> <p> <em>Come across any truth that was stranger than fiction recently?</em><em><br /></em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em> </em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/18/sometimes-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-lawn-chair-drill-te.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/lawn-chair-drill-teams"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />lawn chair drill teams</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/lawn-chair-matching-drill-teams"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />lawn chair matching drill teams</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/unintended-consequences"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Unintended Consequences</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenager"> <div id="item7679647" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/16/parenting-teens-mom-my-computer-died.html">Parenting Teens: Mom My Computer Died</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Let's see, Skyler's computer died (probably from overuse). She had a Latin exam, a history final and a 5 page research paper due last week. Did I mention her computer died. The computer that her research and a draft of her paper were on.</p> <p>Skyler had 3 big assigments due by email, all within a 48 hour period. We have a desk top computer that is a good 12 years old and will chug away slooooowwwwly at any task, and if she had any one assignment due, chug away she would. Guess who lost access to her laptop for the week? One hint (or two): it wasn't the college student home for the summer, nor the main bread winner in the family.</p> <p>It was a weird week. I posted retrospectives of older posts (which actually I enjoyed doing). I enjoy what I write in the same manner that I enjoy what I cook. I did the e-drops early in the morning so that my laptop was available for Skyler's use the rest of the day and night. I do have an ITouch, so keeping up with Facebook and e-mail wasn't a problem.</p> <p>I just missed my laptop. It is a tool like some of my expensive pots (which I keep under my bed). They are mine, I am fussy about taking care of them. They have to be hand washed and dried right away and nary a metal utensil is to come near them. "Don't use them without my expressed permission." <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/11/19/aging-with-adventure-my-own-personal-stash.html">I take good care of my tools so they last.</a></p> <p>I let Skyler use my laptop Friday after her assignments were e-mailed, because she was helping a friend raise money for <a href="http://richlandcreekstudents.com/events/hsmission/">City Up Rising</a>, which is a cool story, one I hope she will write a post about.</p> <p>Saturday I reclaimed my laptop. The child was gracious, but unhappy. My husband mentioned buying a new desktop. I think he best hop to it or he will have to listen to the college kid complain about her sister sneaking her laptop. Me, I am planning to carry mine around in one of those baby slings to protect it from unpermitted usage.</p> <p><em>Do you share your laptop?</em></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/16/parenting-teens-mom-my-computer-died.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/do-you-let-your-kids-use-your-laptop-kid"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />do you let your kids use your laptop? kids using laptops.</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenager"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenager</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7671519" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/14/parenting-semi-adults-the-talk-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: The Talk: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10:08AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/7/29/parenting-semi-adults-the-talk.html">First published 7/28/10 (female verison)</a>. Adapted for the next semi-adult (male verison) living in our home. The more things change the more they stay the same.......</p> <p>If you think The Talk is going to be about sex, remember that by definition <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/7/16/parenting-semi-adults-what-is-a-semi-adult.html">a semi-adult is at least 18 years of age</a>. If by age18 you are not having an ongoing rapport with your child about all aspects of sexuality, either you are raising your family in one of the subcultures of American society in which sex and sexuality belong in marriage and you don’t need that rapport yet, or you are a fool.</p> <p>The topic for The Talk we are having with our semi-adult child who resides in our home is: How do adults live together under one roof. To be accurate it is Talks, not Talk. His father and I have been living together under one roof for 25 years. It took a while for us to figure how to live happily together. Occasionally we still hit a bump (when he removed the 13 year olds Friday night bedtime, without a word to me, was a recent minor bump). It is to be expected that it will take a while for him also. The trouble is while he is learning how to live like an adult with other adults, we have to endure the process.</p> <p>Take money. This is a very hard concept for out semi-adult to grasp; <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/5/19/parenting-teenagers-bank-of-mom-loan-officer-training-manual.html">the Bank of MOM </a>is closed. We expect that if we loan you money, you will pay us back…first. Before you buy chicken, protein powder or shaving cream (please buy deodorant before you pay us back), and before you go to the movies. We are very glad you tithe, but you still need to pay us back. It should be noted that when I borrow money from you, I always pay you back - usually before you have to come hunting for your money.</p> <p>Take caring for shared spaces: The counter fairy (a relative of the tooth fairy, takes dishes off counters instead of teeth from under pillows) has retired. You use the kitchen to make a second dinner at 3 am, you clean it up. I do not complain about having no milk, cereal or patience, because I know how to live with other adults and <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/3/13/i-cursed-my-son.html">you will have triplets someday.</a></p> <p>Take respecting the schedule of others: <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/5/15/parenting-teenagers-the-insanity.html">I do the family’s wash on Monday and Tuesday</a>s. My house, my schedule - on this one, my way. We have four people getting out of the house in the morning and one shower: you cannot decide to change your shower time without consulting anyone else, and you don’t get to wake me up if dad has cut into your shower time by less than 7 minutes. Living with other adults is not always fair.</p> <p>Take “borrowing” others possessions: Adults do not take items from other people’s bedrooms without permission. You don’t borrow your father's socks without asking. Neither your father nor I ”borrow” from you or your siblings, without asking first. The exception: Flip-flops left next to the shoebox, instead of in it, can be borrowed at will.</p> <p>The Talks generally go well. Occasionally we get rolled eyes, (you can’t tell another adult not to roll his eyes at you) huffy behavior or childish tantrums. The message usually doesn’t sink in the first time. There is still a bit of teen selfishness and listening for loopholes in our semi-adult. There is still a bit of 'I’m the parent, do it my way' in how we communicate with our resident semi-adult.</p> <p>We are all still learning.</p> <p><em>How do you enjoy living with your semi-adults?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/14/parenting-semi-adults-the-talk-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7646236" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">11</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/11/parenting-teens-senioritis-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">Parenting Teens: Senioritis: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 11:11PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>First posted May 23, 2008</p> <p>The AMA doesn’t recognize Senioritis as a legitimate seasonal affliction. This esteemed body doesn’t recognize the effect of sugar ingestion on children’s behavior either. As any preschool parent can testify, too much sugar leads to a hyper kid. As any parent with a teenager can testify, second semester senior year leads to Senioritis.</p> <p>The symptoms of Senioritis are many and varied. Among the most reported symptoms are the desire to sleep through first period, either in school or at home. The delusional belief that upon acceptance to a college for the fall semester, grades are no longer of any importance. That $682.00 is a reasonable price to pay for a gold plated ring with an ersatz gemlike stone.</p> <p>An interesting variation of Senioritis is Prom Complex. The prom becomes fixated in the minds of those with this affliction as the most significant event in the whole of human existence. The symptoms present themselves differently in males and females. In females there develops an obsession with finding the perfect prom dress. This relentless inner drive may lead to marathon shopping sprees. Malnutrition, fatigue and poor taste are dangers to be watched for. In males, the obsession is finding the hottest date. Treating others unkindly and a lack of good judgment are common for those males experiencing Prom Complex.</p> <p>There is an oft-reported complication in sufferers of Senioritis over the age of 18. Adultition: the erroneous belief that because the afflicted ones are 18, their parents no longer have any say over how the afflicted conducts their life.</p> <p>The treatment of Senioritis, while onerous, is of short duration. There is not much that can be done to treat the afflicted seniors. They know it all already. Caretakers, usually parents, are advised to pick their battles, hold on to their tempers, their credit cards, and their sense of the absurd. If morally acceptable, a glass of wine now and then for the caretaker is advisable.</p> <p>The affliction usually runs it course by graduation.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/11/parenting-teens-senioritis-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=3"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-67316614938416045722011-03-01T07:20:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:20:53.597-08:00Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from May 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-beating-summer-doldrums"> <div id="item7807302" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">31</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/31/beating-the-summer-doldrums-free-project-clinics-for-kids.html">Beating The Summer Doldrums: Free Project Clinics for Kids </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, May 31, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Some Lowes and Home Depots offer free Saturday project clinics for parents when accompanied by their child.</p> <p>For more details check out <a href="https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/">Build and Grow at Lowes</a> and <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?catalogId&langId=-1&pn=Kids_Workshops&storeId=10051">Kid’s Work Shops at Home Depot</a>.</p> <p>They are making a mini soccer game at Home Depot June 5<sup>th</sup>, and a picture frame at Lowes June 12th.</p> <p>Preregistration is required.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/31/beating-the-summer-doldrums-free-project-clinics-for-kids.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/home-depot-kids-workshops"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />home depot kids workshops</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/lowes-kids-clinics"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />lowes kids clinics</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/beating-summer-doldrums"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Beating Summer Doldrums</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7746917" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">29</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/29/the-grandkids-are-coming-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">The Grandkids Are Coming: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Still playing catch up...sigh. This is a seres I wrote last summer. I think it is still helpful - Enjoy!</p> <p><span class="posted-on"><br /></span></p> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/9/the-grandkids-are-coming-before-they-come.html">The Grandkids Are Coming!!! Before They Come</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/11/the-grandkids-are-coming-beforethey-come-part-2.html">Before They Come Part 2</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/16/the-grandkids-are-coming-a-few-more-thing-to-think-about-bef.html">A Few More Things To Think About Before They Arrive</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/18/the-grandkids-are-coming-vbs.html">VBS</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/24/the-grandkids-are-coming-introduce-them-to-the-games-you-pla.html">Introduce Them To Games You Played As A Kid</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/26/the-grand-kids-are-coming-pen-and-paper-games.html">Pen and Paper Games</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/29/the-grandkids-are-coming-invest-in-memories.html">Invest In Memories</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/7/6/the-grandkids-are-coming-cooking-with-kids.html">Cooking With Kids</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/7/8/the-grandkids-are-coming-tell-your-story.html">Tell Your Story</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/29/the-grandkids-are-coming-invest-in-memories.html">Cooking With Kids</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/7/3/the-grandkids-are-coming-the-coolest-grandparents-in-the-wor.html">Marshmallow Gun!!</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/7/10/the-grandkids-are-coming-remember-to-enjoy-them.html">Remember To Enjoy Them</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/29/the-grandkids-are-coming-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7746791" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">27</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/27/parenting-teens-genetic-tic-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">Parenting Teens: Genetic Tic: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Another retrospective. Life is too busy. I am trying to catch up from taking my daughter to the mountains to get her stuff on one day, and my mother-in-law to the doctor the next. The mountains are 3 hours away and the doctor is 45 minutes from my house, so why did each of these tasks take all day?</p> <p>First posted <span class="posted-on">September 25, 2008 </span></p> <p>It is true that only women can give birth. I am female, of age and married, so in my immediate family I am the only one who can give birth. There are a few other things I have come to realize only I can do.</p> <p>Only I can:</p> <p>Toss out empty shampoo bottles left in the shower;</p> <p>Unload and load a dishwasher without being told to;</p> <p>Both notice and wash a smelly dog;</p> <p>Carry a new roll of paper towels all the way up from the basement;</p> <p>Do a full load of wash each time the machine is run;</p> <p>Find other household members misplaced Bibles (whether misplaced at home, in church or in the car. My internal Bible finding GPS gets a lot of use). </p> <p>My husband works very hard to support us and I am the at home spouse, so I don’t expect him to do the above actions any more than I expect he would have given birth to any of our children. If I was working outside the home, things most likely would be different, but I’m not. The children are another matter.</p> <p>At one point in time (between the ages of 4-12), they could perform any of the above actions even if they couldn’t give birth. Some weird genetic convolution must take place after age 13 and they lose the ability to do the above, or even to notice that something needs to be done (hence our 2 smelly dogs).</p> <p>This has to be a strange genetic tic, what else could it be? (Note the irony of the <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/9/5/getting-from-here-to-there-intro.html">Getting From Here to There</a> posts)</p> <p>If your kids aren’t teens, you may not think there is a strange genetic tic that occurs after 13. (After all what else could be causing this?) That’s okay, maybe your kids won’t tic.</p> <p><em>But if you have teens: how does this strange genetic tic, manifest itself in your home?</em></p> <p>Counter fairies…..how could I forget that they believe in counter fairies!</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/27/parenting-teens-genetic-tic-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7746725" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">24</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/24/who-knew.html">Who Knew?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, May 24, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/elderly-people-on-computer.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1274466235718" alt="" /></span></span>According to my Facebook profile, I have 224 friends. I didn't even know I knew that many people. I looked over my friend list and to my surprise, I could put a face to most of the names on my list. I am a FB wallflower in comparison to my kids. Skyler has 363, Princess has over 500 and Ichabod has over 700 (who can keep up with that many people?). Haggai has about 270, but he lives in the desert so he is practically a hermit.<a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/8/a-gift-idea-for-an-older-parent.html"> Even my dad is on Facebook. </a></p> <p>I admit I check FB a couple times a day.</p> <p><em>Do you recognize all the names on your friend list?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/24/who-knew.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />7 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item7745204" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">May</span><span class="date">22</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/22/watermelon-cookies-fun-summer-recipes.html">Watermelon Cookies: Fun Summer Recipes</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/Watermelon3.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1274460787462" alt="" /></span></span>I read Joanne Fluke's latest book, "Apple Turnover Murder", last week. Her Hannah Swensen mystery series is a double pleasure, a good story and great cookie recipes. The latest book has a recipe for vanilla crack (which is aptly named, it is highly addictive) and watermelon cookies. The cookies seemed the perfect dessert to bring to our Sunday School picnic.</p> <p><a href="http://kitchentokitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/kool-aid-cookies.html">Sarah from Kitchen to Kitchen</a> posted the recipe on her blog. My kids loved this cookie.</p> <p>1 pkg <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">kool</span>-aid (with no sugar) - Great with lemonade and watermelon flavors<br />1 2/3 Cups sugar<br />1 1/4 Cups butter<br />2 eggs, beaten<br />1/2 tsp salt<br />1 tsp baking soda<br />3 Cups flour<br />1/2 Cups sugar for dipping<br /><br />Mix <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">kool</span>-aid with the sugar. Add softened butter and mix until fluffy. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in salt and baking soda. Add flour in 1/2 cup increments and mix well after each addition.<br />Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll in the sugar. Place them on greased cookie sheet and into 325 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. Don't <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">overbake</span>! Remove cookies from sheet after 1 minute and let cool.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/5/22/watermelon-cookies-fun-summer-recipes.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/summer-recipes"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />summer recipes</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/watermelon-cookie-recipes"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />watermelon cookie recipes</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/watermelon-cookies"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />watermelon cookies</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/may-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-4059167783396328252011-03-01T07:19:00.002-08:002011-03-01T07:20:02.829-08:00Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/1/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-khahmeesheeyom-hasheesh.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Khah´mee´shee/Yom Ha´shee´shee Fifth Day/Sixth Day</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <p>This is preparation day for the Passover which will begin at sundown. Jesus spent the Passover with his closest friends. It was his desire to have this time with them.</p> <p>After the supper they went to the Garden. Jesus spent those last hours, before his betrayer came, in prayer. His close friends tired from a busy day, a big meal, and a walk in the night air fell asleep - even though Jesus asked a few of them to stay awake with him and pray. They still did not understand what was about to happen.</p> <p>Judas and the guards arrive in the garden...</p> <p> With a kiss it all begins, promises fulfilled:</p> <p> And I will put enmity<br /> between you and the woman,<br /> and between your offspring and hers;<br /> he will crush your head,<br /> and you will strike his heel."</p> <p>and all peoples on earth<br /> will be blessed through you." </p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">There will be 6 trials. Two illegal ones before Annas and Caiaphas, then one before Sanhedrin. Jesus was declared to be guilty at these trials even though no reliable witness testimony was given. He was then taken before Pilate and found not guilty, before Herod and found to be innocent, and then back to Pilate who sentenced him to death by crucifixion. This was based on political expediency rather than any guilt on Jesus’ part in breaking Roman law. </span></p> <p> </p><p>By 9am Jesus was nailed to a cross. By 3pm he was death. Not passed out, dead. Before the Sabbath started (about 6pm) Jesus’ body is in a borrowed tomb sealed by a large stone.</p> <p> </p> <p>The disciples are in shock, in mourning and in hiding, the authorities are satisfied. Who knows what Pilate or Herod are doing. Hell is partying and Heaven is hushed.</p>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-92034007191882035292011-03-01T07:19:00.001-08:002011-03-01T07:19:22.954-08:00Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item7232091" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/10/parenting-teenagers-what-should-they-know.html">Parenting Teenagers: What Should They Know?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 12:01PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I am preparing a life skills class for our co-op next year. Some topics I thought of were ironing a pair of pants, sewing on a button, writing a check and balancing a checkbook, and using a credit card. My 20 year old pointed out that no one her age uses checks or balances a check book. They keep up with their debit accounts online. Most of her friends don’t have credit cards either, for 2 reasons: 1) the credit crunch has made it difficult to get a card and 2) most anything they want to buy online or in a store they can purchase with a debit card. Also most of them don’t own an iron. Those few that do own irons use them mostly for craft projects.</p> <p>In a few short years the practical skills I thought a child needs into adulthood have changed.</p> <p><em>What practical skills would you like to have your child have before they leave your home? What skills do you wish you had learned at home? </em></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/10/parenting-teenagers-what-should-they-know.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/life-skills"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />life skills</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/life-skills-for-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />life skills for teens</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-adventure"> <div id="item7232015" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/8/aging-with-adventure-its-just-paint.html">Aging With Adventure: It’s Just Paint</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have never painted a room before by myself until this weekend. I suspected I would not like painting (I was right) but I <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/4/15/daring-to-try.html">never tried before because I was afraid</a> I would do a lousy job of it. I am not a detailed person (hence some of the spelling errors in my posts). Painting a room seemed kind of detailed to me.</p> <p>Some things I learned:</p> <p> It takes time to prep a room. I have to tape every edge. I have watched both my husband and a <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/22/the-plot-house-color-debate.html">profession painter</a> paint rooms without taping anything. Not me.....the corner where I started was a mess. I stopped and taped off the trim and the ceiling with painters tape. Next time I either paint the walls, trim and ceiling all the same color or just accept that I am one of those people that the big rolls of painters tape is meant for.</p> <p>Drop cloths are worth every penny in the peace of mind they provide. They are like painters tape for the floor and a lot less of a pain to use.</p> <p>Rollers are better than paint pads. Rollers are better than paint brushes. I wish the whole room could have been done with a roller.</p> <p>Ladders are probably safer then kitchen chairs to use, but chairs feel safer to use than ladders, at least to me.</p> <p>A cloth to wipe up paint that goes where it should not was my best friend next to the drop cloths and paint roller.</p> <p>Every mistake I made was magnified.</p> <p>Using paint with primer added, did provide one coat coverage. I painted a bright blue over a dark green.</p> <p>While I didn’t enjoy the process, the final result was worth it.</p> <p>Fear of failure should not stop me from trying something new. Something I keep having to learn.</p> <p><em>Do you tape when you paint?</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/8/aging-with-adventure-its-just-paint.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/overcomig-fear"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />overcomig fear</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/painting"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />painting</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-adventure"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />aging with adventure</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7105894" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/6/time-out-for-a-public-service-announcement-phi-theta-kappa-a.html">Time Out For A Public Service Announcement: Phi Theta Kappa at Copper Mountain College Presents Information Transformation: How Do You Know ?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 12:01AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p> </p> <p><strong>Why should I care about I.T.?</strong><br />You should care for the same reason you care about the weather, presidential elections, and the cost of a movie ticket. You should care because I.T. affects your life.</p> <p>Seminar at <strong>Copper Mountain College</strong> 6121Rotary Way, Joshua Tree, CA 92252</p> <p> <span style="font-size: 130%;">April 10, 2010 10:00 to 2:30</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 150%;">More information:<a href="http://informationtransformation.blogspot.com/"> InformationTransformation</a></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/6/time-out-for-a-public-service-announcement-phi-theta-kappa-a.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" 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class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/4/the-very-first-sunday.html">The Very First Sunday</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol 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href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-that-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week That Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-a-week-that-would-change-history"> <div id="item7105800" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">03</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/3/shabbat.html">Shabbat </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Heaven was still hushed, hell is probably not partying anymore (Ephesians 4:7-10), the city of Jerusalem is quiet, it is Shabbat, the day of rest.</p> <p>The disciples are still in hiding and probably still in shock. <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/28/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-reeshone-first-day.html">What a difference a week makes.</a></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a 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src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/what-happened-passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />what happened passion week</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-that-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week That Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/april-2010">1</a> <a 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class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">20</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/20/podcasts-that-make-you-feel-smart.html">Podcasts That Make You Feel Smart</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have discovered podcasts. I know I am usually behind the tech curve. I do love history/theology so here are some history podcasts and some theological ones that are so good I can feel my little gray cells multiplying as I listen to them. I often listen while I am making dinner.</p> <p><em>Thank you to Haggai for the history suggestions.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh">Dan Carlin Hard Core History</a>: In "Hardcore History" the very unconventional Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", outside-the-box way of thinking and applies it to the past.</p> <p><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss">Stuff You Missed In History Class from How Stuff Works</a>: Join Katie and Sarah as they explore astonishing tales of intrigue and eccentricity in The <em>Stuff You Missed In History Class</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ahow">The History of the World in 100 Objects</a> : Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ligonier.org/rym/">Renewing Your Mind With R C Sproul</a>: As the principal outreach of Ligonier Ministries, this radio broadcast has instructed listeners in the life-changing truths of historic Christianity. Whether you agree with him or not, R C Sproul makes an elegant, intelligent case for the Christian faith.</p> <p><a href="http://rss.marshillchurch.org/mhcsermonaudio">Mars Hill</a> : This is the teaching ministry of Mark Driscoll. </p> <p>This is just too fun not to mention:</p> <p><a href="http://relicradio.com/home/">Relic Radio</a>: Old time radio broadcasts. I love <a href="http://relicradio.com/home/thrillers">the thrillers</a>.</p> <p><em>Do you have a favorite podcast?</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/20/podcasts-that-make-you-feel-smart.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hisory-pod-casts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hisory pod casts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/i-feel-smarter-all-ready"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />i feel smarter all ready</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/podcasts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />podcasts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/theology-podcsts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />theology podcsts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-adventure"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />aging with adventure</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7279320" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/18/year-round-sandles-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">Year Round Sandles: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I was too sick the last few weeks to write any new posts (or drop Ecards for that matter), and I am now visiting my Dad. I hope you enjoy these older posts! I will be back next week.</em></p> <p>We live in the South. Not the deep South but southern enough that if you ask for tea in a restaurant you will receive cold sweet tea, not hot tea with lemon on the side.</p> <p>Morning temperatures in the 30s and 40s during the winter months are common. Once in a great while we get a significant snow. You can get by most years without gloves and hats. You can usually run and grab the newspaper off your dew-chilled lawn in the morning in bare feet.</p> <p>It does get cold here. My teen boys seem to a have a footwear issue. They want to wear sandals or flip-flops year round. Forget want to, they are wearing sandals year round. This seems to be one of those weird macho expressions of independence young males make. I guess it is better than a truck with monsters tires and a shotgun rack.</p> <p>I suppose there are some who think it would be easy to talk common sense into a 17-year-old head and convince said mind that the whole body would be happier if he wore shoes to school so the rest of the body would not be chilled upon arrival at the place of learning.</p> <p>The difference between an ornery 17 year old and an ornery 3 year old is height.</p> <p>There are others that might think, “If you would just exercise some parental discipline…”. Since either those others do not have a 17-year-old male living in the house or they have a compliant, sensible one, I am ignoring you.</p> <p>This issue will be resolved in the normal teen way: some pretty girl at school will tell him how dumb he is being or his toes will freeze and fall off.</p> <p>Does your resident teen male have a weird way of expressing his independence?</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/18/year-round-sandles-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7279296" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/16/minor-teen-trails-then-and-now-a-second-cup-retrospective.html">Minor Teen Trails: Then and Now: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, April 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I was too sick the last few weeks to write any new posts (or drop Ecards for that matter), and I am now visiting my Dad. I hope you enjoy these older posts! I will be back next week.</em></p> <p><strong>The Trial:</strong><span> </span>Mom asks you to get some clean kitchen towels while she is busy cooking a dinner you fully intend to consume and you are watching TV.</p> <p>Then: You cheerfully went to get the towels on the next commercial.</p> <p>Now: You complain, use TiVo to pause your show and go get the towels.</p> <p><strong>The Trial:</strong> You are waiting for an IMPORTANT PHONE CALL and your younger sister is using THE PHONE.</p> <p>Then: You waited patiently and sweetly petitioned your parents to get call waiting. Once she was off the phone, you stare at the phone and will him to call.</p> <p>Now: You stare at your cell phone and will him to text.</p> <p><strong>The Trial:</strong> Your parents expect you to get a job to pay for some of your personal entertainment expenses (including the cost of dating).</p> <p>Then: You got a job.</p> <p>Now: You text the girl you like about your unreasonable parents and hope you get some cash for Christmas from kind grandparents.</p> <p><strong>The Trial:</strong> You need to get home from school.</p> <p>Then: (True story). Home is a mile away, uphill, it is snowing and you are wearing your school uniform (A skirt, plaid, ugh). You walked, every day.</p> <p>Now: You go to public school a ¼ mile away and ride the bus home.</p> <p><em>Do you have a Then and Now minor teen trial to add to the list? Please be advised, I now know how to use the delete function if necessary.</em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/16/minor-teen-trails-then-and-now-a-second-cup-retrospective.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Post a Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7279113" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/14/id-rather-poke-a-tiger-with-a-stick-a-second-cup-retrospecti.html">I'd Rather Poke A Tiger With A Stick: A Second Cup Retrospective</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I was too sick the last few weeks to write any new posts (or drop Ecards for that matter), and I am now visiting my Dad. I hope you enjoy these older posts! I will be back next week.</em></p> <p>As a mom, I do not shirk from what has to be done. I have given birth (4 times); I have cleaned up poopy diapers that some may demand a hazmat suit before approaching; I have endured moody teenage girls and whiney 8 year olds. I am not a woman lacking in valor. However, I’d rather poke a tiger with a stick than try to get my 17 year old out of bed after he has been up all night.</p> <p>Why was the 17 year old up all night? Usually it is just because he is 17, it is a Friday and as far as he is concerned Saturday mornings do not exist. This Friday he was up all night at a church sponsored youth lock-in at a game park. Not a park with live animals, trees and grass - one with an arcade, a putt-putt course and go-carts. Since this is a church event and no one asked me to chaperon, this is in my mind a more legit reason to be up all night than the usual: mom and dad are asleep, let me play video games all night because as far as I am concerned Saturday mornings do not exist.</p> <p>The boy has to get up because he plays travel hockey and has to be on the bus by 10am. We have to leave the house by 8:30am to get him and his buddy to the bus on time. He went to bed at 6:30. He has to be up at 8. Point me to the nearest tiger.</p> <p>Why, when we have a perfectly functioning older male living in the household, am I the one facing this daunting task? Because tired sexy honey is fast asleep after chaperoning all night (no one asked him, he volunteered!) and it would be far more difficult to get him up to get the 17-year-old up, than finding a tiger locally.</p> <p>I approach quietly so as not to startle the child. Quiet doesn’t work. I call his name with increasing volume until the rafters are shaking and the dogs are barking along with my yelling. Ichabod does not wake up with a grateful heart. He did assert he is wake. I leave, returning 4 minutes later and repeat the process. Accused of lying about the first summons, I demand feet on the floor before I leave. His response was not worth repeating. Ichabod is never vulgar but he can be a mite rude when awakened with loud decibels. The fact that he doesn’t awake to anything short of yelling (I might try ice water next time, see if he likes that better) is irrelevant to him.</p> <p>When finally vertical, he had to pack, a task he assured me was fully completed. I made him some egg sandwiches and still snarling, boy, food and equipment make it into the car. As food (an enormous, stunning amount) makes its way into the boy, there slowly emerges the nice young man that is my son. I no longer feel the need to find a tiger to poke. He manages to stay awake on the ride to the bus because he knows the odds of me getting lost are very good. (I did not get lost on the way there; the trip back home was another story).</p> <p>After depositing boys and equipment at the bus, in front of his 17-20 year old teammates, my son hugged his mommy good bye.</p> <p>He also is a person not lacking in valor.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/14/id-rather-poke-a-tiger-with-a-stick-a-second-cup-retrospecti.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Post a Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/retrospective"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />retrospective</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/12/parenting-teenagers-whose-life-is-it-anyway.html">Parenting Teenagers: Whose Life Is It Anyway?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, April 12, 2010 at 12:00PM</span> </div> <p>I have yet again taken Ichabod’s game system away. He always acts like this action on my part happens in a vacuum, that I wake up and say to myself, “Yes this is a good day to wreak trauma in my son’s life, so I will stroll down to the basement and randomly take away his game system. I will enjoy the yelling and fighting that ensue. I would enjoy this before I even have my coffee. Yes, this is how I choose to start my day.”</p> <p>I do wake up, go downstairs heading for the coffee. I look out the window and see his car and realize he has not gone to school <strong>again</strong>. <em>Then I take his game system. </em>There is a cause and effect relationship that Ichabod fails to acknowledge. He can earn the system back by going to school on time for 5 consecutive days. Miss a day or be late, and the “get the system back” clock restarts.</p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/2/24/parenting-teens-game-on-my-son.html">Ichabod’s not going to school has been an ongoing problem</a> - a problem for his father, I, and now the Vice Principal, but not for Ichabod. Prior to this year, we have never even spoken to a Vice Principal. I think we are on his speed dial.</p> <p>Ichabod’s thinking is: it is his life and if he wants to mess up, that is his choice.</p> <p>Uh..no...it is not his life until he is willing and able to be responsible for all his choices and live with the consequences. I cannot make him go to school, but I can make the outcome of not going to school so miserable that going has an immediate benefit. The school seems unable to impose any consequences that matter to Ichabod. He likes Saturday school. In his mind he can opt for which day he misses school or opt to sleep in on Saturday. He has a date for the prom. He cares about going to the prom. When I suggested that going to the prom be tied to attendance I was told “We have not done that in the past.” If he has the money, the school will allow him to buy tickets even if he keeps skipping school as long as he attends Saturday school. No consequences of consequence for missing from the school side. Meanwhile, we are getting letters implying we, his parents, can be charged with truancy for his not going to school, even though the kid is 18 and we can’t legally drag him to school.</p> <p>So we have a predictable rhythm going. He skips school, I take the game system, yelling and childish behavior ensue (from both parties), he goes to school the next 5 days, he goes to Saturday school, he gets the game system back and skips school sometime during the next week, repeat.....</p> <p>We will make it to graduation, by the graying of my hair we will make it.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-56577253522062866662011-03-01T07:16:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:18:00.611-08:00Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from April 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-just-plain-silly"> <div id="item7427681" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">30</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/30/trite-or-profound-you-decide.html">Trite or Profound: You Decide</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, April 30, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Heard this quote while I was on vacation:</p> <p><em><span style="font-size: 130%;">Ten years from now, we will look back on this decade with 2020 hindsight.</span></em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/30/trite-or-profound-you-decide.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/just-plain-silly"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Just Plain Silly</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item7427667" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">28</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/28/parenting-semi-adults-princess-vs-the-bank-part-ii.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: Princess vs. The Bank Part II</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I mentioned that Princess, for all her sunny personality, is made of sterner stuff. She was not happy the bank didn’t give her a full refund of her $70, so she went back the next day. She talked to the manager again and got nowhere. She asked for and finally got the manager’s, manager’s phone number. She talked to that person and was told there was nothing they could do. She got that person’s manager’s number. She is up to the bank manager’s, manager’s, manager if you are keeping track. Again she was told that there was nothing they could do.</p> <p>So she kept talking until the bank manager’s, manager’s, manager gave her his manager’s phone number. She called this person and left a voice message.</p> <p>She received a text saying that they refunded the remaining $35!</p> <p>YAY PRINCESS!!</p> <p><em>How is your bank treating you?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/28/parenting-semi-adults-princess-vs-the-bank-part-ii.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/banks-forcing-overdrafts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />banks forcing overdrafts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/banks-treating-customers-badly"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />banks treating customers badly</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/overdrafts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />overdrafts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item7427620" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">26</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/26/parenting-semi-adults-princess-vs-the-bank.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: Princess vs. The Bank</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, April 26, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.wisebread.com/banks-manipulate-your-transactions-may-charge-you-1750-overdraft-fee">Princess’ bank was playing fast and loose with how they recorded her check deposit and her withdrawals.</a> Because of the bank’s chicanery, they charged her with 2 overdrafts for $70.00. Even though when she set up the account, she expressly stated that she did not want overdraft protection. Overdraft protection for ATM cards is just a legal way for a bank to steal from its customers. Instead of just denying the card, banks charge their customers $35 for “protection.”<span style="color: white;">Ev</span></p> <p>Although Princess was assured she did not have it, and her card would just be denied if funds were not available, the account was set up with overdraft “protection”. There is a form she had to sign which she wasn’t informed about, and hence she did not sign. When the bank arranged her deposits and withdrawals so she would have overdrafts, they then charged her for them. $70 worth, and then when she went to talk to customer no service she was told there was nothing they could do for her. She had no proof she had waved the overdraft “protection”, because she didn’t have a copy of the form they didn’t tell her she had to sign after she stated she did not want said protection. She was told there was no one who could help her. Then she called me.</p> <p>I suggested she to go back and 1) get a print out of all transactions from customer no service and go over them one by one with that person, and then 2) demand to speak to the bank manager, and 3) keep talking until they gave her the money back.</p> <p>I could not have done this at 20, but <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/5/8/parenting-in-the-real-world-death-and-freedom-and-safety.html">Princess is made of sterner stuff</a>. She went back, firmly asked to speak to the manager and kept asking until the customer no service person finally gave way. She asked the manager to explain each transaction and explain how it was Princess’ mistake and not how the bank chooses to do it’s postings that caused her “overdraft”. She kept asking for her money back, when she was told there was nothing they could do, she didn’t accept that lie (it is a lie), she told the manager she wanted to speak to her boss. She was told that wasn’t possible, she asked why, and asked for the manager’s boss’ number and eventually got it.</p> <p>They refunded her $35. They only managed to steal $35 instead of $70. <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/Banks/BB-T/bb-t-fraudulent-and-skimming-f-wd22w.htm">This bank</a>/ <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/Banks/B-B-T-BANK/b-b-t-bank-rip-offs-frauds-c-8f57c.htm">seems to have a pattern</a>/ <a href="http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1208/579344.html">of customer lack of service</a> (3 different links.).</p> <p><em>If you work for a bank that treats its customers in this manner, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is no better than being a con man trying to work a con on unsuspecting people. </em></p> <p><em>Legality is no defense for immoral behavior. Stealing from those you claim to be of service to, is still theft. </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/26/parenting-semi-adults-princess-vs-the-bank.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />6 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/banks-forcing-overdrafts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />banks forcing overdrafts</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/banks-treating-customers-badly"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />banks treating customers badly</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/legal-theft"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />legal theft</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/overdrafts"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />overdrafts</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7427601" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">24</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/24/50-year-old-gym-rat.html">50 Year Old Gym Rat: ?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Skyler and I joined the Y. She joined because she is no longer taking <em>Tae Kwon Do. I joined because it is a 15 minute trip each way to the Y and Skyler doesn’t drive. </em></p> <p><em>I sort of envisioned an ongoing series about my adventure to slimness (a girl can dream, I’ve been doing it for decades). We have been to the Y 3 times in the 3 weeks since we joined. Why might you ask?</em></p> <p><em>After our third visit I came down with a nasty virus. The virus was moving through my body causing joints to painfully swell. It lasted 12 days. It was not fun.</em></p> <p><em>I am not implying I caught this bug at the Y. I am very sure that was not the case. The Y we go to is very clean and well maintained.</em></p> <p><em>Are you finding growing older fun?<br /></em></p> <p><em>I think my 50 year old body has put me on notice</em><em>.</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/24/50-year-old-gym-rat.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/exercising-when-you-are-older"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />exercising when you are older</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/joining-the-gym"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />joining the gym</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">22</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/22/they-are-more-trouble-when-they-are-trying-to-be-no-trouble.html">They Are More Trouble When They Are Trying To Be No Trouble</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 08:13AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I have great in laws. They love my husband, my kids and me. There is not much more you can ask of a relationship than that. In the 30 years I have known them, the <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2008/5/27/book-review-60-0n-up.html">only time they are difficult is when they are trying to be no trouble.</a></p> <p>We can’t have anyone else over on holidays because if we've invited non family, they won’t come because they don’t want to be any trouble.</p> <p>They tend to be indirect in what they want, (like having a grandkid come for the night) because they do not want to be any trouble.</p> <p>Again they tend to be indirect when asking for help, (they are elderly) because they don’t want to be any trouble.</p> <p>My husband and I have gotten good at reading between the lines and usually guess what it is they are not asking for.</p> <p>Sometimes we guess wrong....then there is trouble. (Just a little trouble because they really are great in-laws).</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-12172333766240107012011-03-01T07:15:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:16:29.247-08:00Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-boys-to-men"> <div id="item6878047" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/6/boys-to-men-dude-you-will-always-be-6-years-old-to-me.html">Boys to Men: Dude You Will Always Be 6 Years Old To Me</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:00PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/2/parenting-adults-boys-to-men-some-thing-never-change.html">Haggai and Malachi have been friends since they were 5 and 6 respectively</a>. Malachi was a 'push the respect envelope' kind of kid and once in a while he still does it as an adult. The last time Haggai was home, Malachi made an off color remark towards me. I let it slide figuring he had forgotten to whom he was speaking.</p> <p>The second time I looked directly at him and stated for the record "Dude, you will always be 6 years old to me." He smiled that same sheepish 'I just wanted to see if I could get away with it' smile which I had gotten at 6 (and 7 and 8 and 9 and 19) when I called his behavior out. </p> <p>I think sometimes they are just happy to be kids again.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/6/boys-to-men-dude-you-will-always-be-6-years-old-to-me.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/talking-to-your-parents-friends"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />talking to your parents friends</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/will-they-ever-grow-up"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />will they ever grow up</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/boys-to-men"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Boys to Men</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/4/just-plain-silly-really.html">Just Plain Silly: Really? </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I saw an article about a new online “service” available to twitter and Facebook users. You register your credit or debit cards at the site. Whenever you use that card your purchases are posted on twitter and/or Facebook.</p> <p>This has got to be the brain child of the credit card and banking industry. People would have to have at least 2 credit cards or 2 debit cards. One brag card linked to the social sites and one unlinked card for everyday purchases. One card you use to charge your fabulous trip to Cancun, and the other for when you are buying tampons (on sale with a coupon). One for dinner out with your wife, and one for dinner out with anyone you don’t want your family to know about.</p> <p>Do we really need to know what brand of peanut butter, bras or soup our friends buy? Personally, I would prefer to brag about any jewelry my husband buys me in person, not in pixel.</p> <p><em>Would you find such a “service” useful?<br /><br /></em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/4/just-plain-silly-really.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />8 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/facebook"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Facebook</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/extranous-services"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />extranous services</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/twitter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />twitter</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/just-plain-silly"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Just Plain Silly</a></span></span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-85932245737055238842011-03-01T07:14:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:15:37.897-08:00Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-teenagers"> <div id="item7008030" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/16/parenting-teens-a-chip-off-the-block.html">Parenting Teens: A Chip Off The Block</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 02:14AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>This is a story Skyler wrote for her writing class.</p> <p><em>So my idea for the blog post is about the time I had just finished watching some horror movie (a dumb idea considering I was home alone and supposed to be doing school anyways,) when I hear a car door slam. Since we live next to an inn, this isn’t unusual. Then my dog starts barking her head off, again this isn’t unusual, my dog is a spaz. However when she started growling viciously at the door, that started to freak me out since she never growls. I heard the basement door bang and footsteps coming up the stairs, all the worst case scenarios and scenes from the movie I had just watched were running through my head… so I grabbed a wooden baseball bat that was lying by our stairs and headed to the basement door ready to attack whoever had broken in. (The thought of calling the police never occurred for some reason.) So I’m holding the bat ready to swing when the door starts to open, I closed my eyes and yelled as loud as I could. In my head this was a ferocious battle cry, in reality it was a high pitched girly shriek. To my surprise, it was greeted with another girly scream…. Coming from my sister! Turns out the only reason my dog had been growling is because her boyfriend had dropped her off and my dog didn’t recognize him from the window. My sister wasn’t expecting to be ambushed by some crazy screaming girl waving a bat in her face, we’re both just standing there screaming as she runs straight past me and locks herself in the bathroom. It took us both about a minute to realize what happened before we died laughing. I figure next time my parents are out and it’s late at night, I’ll skip the horror movie.</em></p> <p>I am very proud for her.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/16/parenting-teens-a-chip-off-the-block.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/humorous-family-stories"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />humorous family stories</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/teen-writing"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />teen writing</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-teenagers"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />parenting teenagers</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-adults"> <div id="item6878403" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/14/parenting-adults-my-generation.html">Parenting Adults: My Generation</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Having Haggai home was interesting as usual. We were food shopping for <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/4/boys-to-men-delighted.html">Igor’s party</a> and Haggai asked if we had any Ranch dressing, 'Kraft' Ranch dressing to be precise. I thought that was weird because he had just convinced me there was no point in serving a salad because none of his friends would eat it, so why dressing?</p> <p>“Ranch dressing is the ketchup of my generation”, he replied.</p> <p>That got me thinking of other generational differences he has mentioned from time to time. My generation joined either the Republican or Democrat party when we registered to vote. His almost to a man or woman among his friends have registered Independent.</p> <p>None of his friends have landline phones. They don’t have cable or dish connections for TV. They use Hulu or NetFlicks for their TV content.</p> <p>Music is stored on laptops or MP3 players. CDs are for “grandmas” (which is ageist because most of my friends that are grandmas use MP3 players).</p> <p>Most of his friends don’t have health insurance period. Of those that do it is more likely because their parents pay for it than through their jobs.</p> <p>It should be noted that Haggai and his friends are in their early to mid 20s.</p> <p><em>Have you observed or been informed of a generational difference you would like to add to the list?</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/14/parenting-adults-my-generation.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />13 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/generational-differences-twentysomething"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />generational differences.. twentysomethings</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/my-generation"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />my generation</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item6878357" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/12/no-knead-bread-is-amazing.html">No Knead Bread Is Amazing!!! </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, March 12, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Ah9ES2yTU">Mark Bittman’s famous U Tube video for no knead homemade bread</a> will show you how to make the most amazing bread. The bread is beyond sublime. Easy, cheap, not quick, but not labor intensive. I use a 5 quart cast iron pot. <a href="http://alterityart.blogspot.com/">Lisa at Alterity</a> uses a a stainless steel dutch oven. These pots are so much cheaper to buy than the cast iron enamel clad pot used in the video. I would not recommend letting your 6 year old make the bread without adult supervision. Iron pots heated for 30 minutes at 450 degrees are dangerous. Use an instant read thermometer to test for doneness, 200 degrees is the magic number. If you are a home baker this is amazing bread.</p> <p>The magic ingredients are 3 cups flour, ¼ teaspoon instant yeast (not a typo ¼), 1¼ teaspoon salt and 1 ½ cup of water. Wheat brand or corn meal for dusting.</p> <p><em>Beyond sublime, truly</em>.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/12/no-knead-bread-is-amazing.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/amazing-home-made-bread"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />amazing home made bread</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bittman"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bittman</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/can-home-made-bread-be-as-good-as-bakery"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />can home made bread be as good as bakery bread</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/mark"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />mark</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/no-knead-bread"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />no knead bread</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-i-couldnt-write-it-any-better"> <div id="item6878244" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/10/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-the-case-for-christianity.html">I Couldn't Write It Any Better: The Case For Christianity </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>This is a post from my good friend Stacey at <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/02/case-for-christianity.html">All Stace, All The Time</a>. I though about writing on the same topic but I think she did an exceptional job, so why reinvent the wheel? Please visit her at <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/">All Stace, All The Time</a>. Every Friday she does a <a href="http://allstace.blogspot.com/2010/02/chick-flick-friday-valentines-day.html">chick flick movie review</a> just in time for your weekend viewing pleasure.</p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in February of 1996, I became a Christian. I was raised Catholic - not a practicing Catholic, but we went to church for weddings, funerals, and occasionally on Christmas or Easter. When we moved to NC, we had some friends invite us to church - a Baptist church. The experience was amazing and changed my life.<br /><br />Here's the thing that some people don't get: Being a Christian does not equal being perfect. God works on each of us individually, he grows us in our faith individually. When I first was saved, I had a mentor who told me "Hold on to your hat" because basically, life was going to get harder. That's another misconception about Christianity, that now life is going to get easier because you have the Lord on your side. Not true.<br /><br />Being a Christian in an un-religious family, has not been easy. Being married to a man who does not go to church is not easy. Raising two children - one who loves going to church and one who does not, is not easy. But I have to remember that I have to take responsibility for ME and who I am - I can be an example to others with my faith, but I cannot force people to change.<br /><br />I still curse. I still get angry. I still offend others. And you know what? GOD KNOWS THAT! One of the first Christians I had ever met was a really nice woman. She lived a very conservative, faith-filled life. Years later, she left her husband because he was not wealthy enough to make her feel secure. She met another man at the gym or somewhere and started a relationship with him. He had money, he makes her feel secure. She left her husband. I had lost touch with her by the time this happened and only heard about this situation through mutual friends but what shocked me the most was that NO ONE attacked her faith. No one seemed to remind her that her behavior was not something that would be pleasing to God.<br /><br />Okay, but then one could say that sin is sin - there is no degree of sins. You can commit murder of cheat on your spouse and though popular culture would say that murder is the bigger crime, in God's eyes they are equal. So my cursing and bad behavior are just as bad as committing adultery. That's kind of eye opening, isn't it?<br /><br />Do you know what makes me feel better? Is that God loves me. He knows me, he knows my heart. I don't read my bible every day, I haven't memorized the Scriptures but you know what? The church is FULL of people who do and have that are horrible human beings! Reading your bible or being able to quote Scripture do not make you a good person.<br /><br />It's been a long running discussion in my house about people who go to church. Frank doesn't like to go because he feels that the church is full of hypocrites. He's right. No one can argue that but many try. What is important to remember, well several important things to remember are A.) Who are you there for on Sunday mornings? Are you going to church because of your faith and to learn more about God and having a relationship with Him or are you there so that people will see you? While it is great to see friends on Sunday morning or perhaps have lunch with them afterwards, but if that is the only reason you are in church, you've missed the boat. B.) the church is just a building. Being in there does not make you a believer and finally, C.) What are you like Monday-Saturday? Are you the same person 7 days a week or do you act one way Sunday morning and another the rest of the week? Do you have a church voice that comes out once a week? If so, you're missing the point.<br /><br />In the past people have said to me that I was not a good Christian. My words offended them and therefore I could not possibly be a good Christian. I would have been hurt by the words but God tells us that we will be persecuted because of our faith. The ones who have said that are not Christians, they have no idea what it means to be one. Their view is that if you are a Christian, you should be meek, quiet and basically be a doormat to humanity. Um...no. I will have to answer to God for the things that I have done, I accept that. I don't really care about someone else's opinion of my faith. It's none of their business; that is between me and God.<br /><br />At the end of the day, I am so thankful that I HAVE God in my life. I am thankful for the family that I have through Him. I am most thankful that He brought me to North Carolina and in doing that brought me to Him.<br /><br />That's my preaching for the week. Thanks for listening...God Bless!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you have a post you would like considered to be highlighted in my sporadic I Couldn't Write It Any Better posting, please leave the link to the post in a comment or contact me via e-card. I am looking for interesting family friendly posts on a wide variety of topics. If you are a better speller/proofer than I am that would be good also.<br /></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/10/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-the-case-for-christianity.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/becoming-a-christian"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />becoming a christian</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/christianity"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />christianity</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/faith"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />faith</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />I Couldn't Write It Any Better</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-the-plot"> <div id="item6878092" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/8/the-plot-taking-advantage.html">The Plot: Taking Advantage</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, March 8, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is now a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>I confess I am taking advantage of the house for sale situation to get some of the repair work done that I have wanted to see completed, but you know how it is - you never have the money right now. The house fans are new, the ugly white carpet in the living room (what was I thinking!) is gone, and the hardwood floor under it has been refinished. We have a claw foot tub that now has a hand-held shower attachment. Why we didn’t think to add one when we had 3 kids under 5, I do not know. It would have made bath time so much easier.</p> <p><em>Even if it never gets on the market, it will be easier and nicer to live in.</em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/8/the-plot-taking-advantage.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="post-references"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/8/the-plot-taking-advantage.html#references"> <img title="Reference" alt="Reference" class="inline-icon reference-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Reference</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/moving-house"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />moving house</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/preping-a-house-for-sale"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />preping a house for sale</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/selling-a-house"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />selling a house</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/the-plot"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />The Plot</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=4"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-72007521062852742482011-03-01T07:13:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:14:26.693-08:00Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item7105372" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">27</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/27/a-week-that-would-change-history-the-back-story.html">A Week That Would Change History: The Back Story</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:45AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>We don’t know the exact date these events took place, but we do know much of what happened before and during that extraordinary week. These events took place in a politically unimportant country, among a historically unremarkable people. No one in power was giving much thought to their “legacy” as they took their place that week on the world’s stage.</p> <p>You see there was this carpenter going around Israel stirring up the people with thoughts that the Messiah had come. Rumor had it that this nobody was healing the sick, making food out of nothing, and - if you could believe it - raising the dead. Useful qualities in a Messiah if Israel as a nation planned open war against Rome.</p> <p>It was bad enough that people thought they would finally be freed from foreign domination, the Roman authorities had crushed such foolishness before; this man was claiming to be divine, equal with the Lord himself. He was forgiving sin, healing on the Sabbath, flouting the oral traditions that had been devised by Israel’s rabbis so the nation would not break Torah again.</p> <p>He was a blasphemer. The final straw for the authorities: He had just raised from the dead a man who was well known and respected by people living in Jerusalem a few weeks before Passover. Jerusalem will be flooded with worshippers; everyone will be talking about it. Rumors of this so called miracle will reach Roman ears....the leaders decided to act before the Romans became concerned about what was happening under <em>their</em> watch.</p> <p><em><sup>45</sup>Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him. <sup>46</sup>But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. <sup>47</sup>Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. </em></p> <p><em> "What are we accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many miraculous signs. <sup>48</sup>If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place<sup>[</sup></em><a title="See footnote c" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2011&version=NIV#fen-NIV-26561c"><em><sup><span style="color: blue;">c</span></sup></em></a><em><sup>]</sup> and our nation." </em></p> <p><em> <sup>49</sup>Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all! <sup>50</sup>You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish." </em></p> <p><em> <sup>51</sup>He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, <sup>52</sup>and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. <sup>53</sup>So from that day on they plotted to take his life. </em></p> <p><em> <sup>54</sup>Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the Jews. Instead he withdrew to a region near the desert, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples. </em></p> <p><em> <sup>55</sup>When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. <sup>56</sup>They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple area they asked one another, "What do you think? Isn't he coming to the Feast at all?" <sup>57</sup>But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone found out where Jesus was, he should report it so that they might arrest him. John 11</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/27/a-week-that-would-change-history-the-back-story.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/what-happened-passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />what happened passion week</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item7008665" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">25</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/25/recovery-soup-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html">Recovery Soup: A Second Cup Recipe Suggestion</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/7/22/troll-soup-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html">Troll soup</a> is all about using up leftovers. Recovery soup is all about vegetables. They are both made the same way. The purpose of the recovery soup is to recover from over-indulgence in high carb /high fat foods and a lack of vegetables. I made a huge pot of soup after Haggai went back home. It is fun to make a visiting child’s favorite childhood food all at once, but I now realized their favorites are mostly protein/carb based, prepared for 4 days in a row - that is heavy, heavy eating.</p> <p>Recovery soup starts with cooked poached chicken (which means free broth), previously defatted poached chicken broth and a can of chicken broth. The chicken is set aside to cool. The broth is set in a bowl and put into the fridge to cool, so I can defat it before freezing. Into the pot goes the previously frozen chicken broth and the canned broth, sliced onions, garlic, carrots and celery. If there are leaves on the celery stalks they get added also. I like barley in recovery soup, and a dash or 2 of soy sauce. Let the whole thing simmer until the vegetables are cooked. Add back as much chicken as you desire. Pepper/salt to taste. Enjoy.</p> <p>This soup is bland and can be spiced up if you desire, but it is just what my over carbed body needs. I can feel the nutrients from the vegetables course thorough my veins while I eat it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.justhungry.com/2006/07/weekend_project_1.html">Just Hungry</a> has a simple explanation for poaching chicken. She seasons while making the chicken. I tend to season when I am using either the chicken or the broth in a future recipe.</p> <p>Add a favorite soup recipe below if you desire to:</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/25/recovery-soup-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/free-chicken-broth"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />free chicken broth</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/how-to-make-soup"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />how to make soup</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/recovery-soup"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recovery soup</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-wit-grace"> <div id="item3328082" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">23</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/23/aging-with-grace-make-the-call-today-schedule-a-mammogram.html">Aging With Grace: Make The Call Today: Schedule A Mammogram</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>First published March 2009</em></p> <p>If you are like me, there are some things in life I tend to put off. Last year I put off getting a mammogram. October is the traditional month for breast cancer awareness. However if you wait till then to schedule a mammogram appointment, that is a busy time of year and everyone is trying to make a appointment before year end.</p> <p>Make The Call Now before summer and life are busy, before fall and all the kids activities start up again, before October and you are then trying to work one more thing in among the holiday activities.</p> <p>Do it. You have heard of the game <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon">6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon</a>, for a horrific twist try 6 Degrees of Breast Cancer. Most of us won't make it past the 3rd level.</p> <p>I went last Friday (with no complaining). Make the call!</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/23/aging-with-grace-make-the-call-today-schedule-a-mammogram.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />14 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/6-degrees-of-kevin-bacon"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />6 degrees of kevin bacon</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/breast-cancer"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />breast cancer</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/mammograms"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />mammograms</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-wit-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging wit Grace</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-faith"> <div id="item7008085" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">20</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/20/what-is-success-in-life.html">What Is Success in Life?</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>We sat in the diner. Over coffee, a dear friend told me she felt like a failure. Her marriage was difficult and so were her kids. Her job was mundane. Life at 50 was not what she had hoped it would be. I have sat on that side of the table before, saying the same words with the same sense of quiet desperation and sorrow. It is a good thing we are not down at the same time.</p> <p>If life is measured by the stuff we own, kids following the high school/ college/ career/ marriage/ children and stellar ministry in church pattern, being able to write that book on how to have a happy marriage - then we both have failed and our sense of despair mirrors the truth of our lives.</p> <p>Do most women enter their 50’s with the regret of the “I coulda, shoulda, woulda’s”? I should have prayed for my kids/marriage more, I should have loved my husband more, I should have stayed home, gone to work, moved to Canada, gone back to school, waited to go back to school, been more patient, spoke up, held my tongue, saved more, enjoyed life more, not waited for my husband to lead devotions, left, stayed with contentment ....If only I had known how life was going to turn out.</p> <p>I looked at my friend and spoke what is true. “I was there. I saw how you raised your children. You were not perfect but you loved them and taught them the truth. Yes, you could have done more or some things differently, as parents we all could but ...they are adults now, their choices are their own. While you had failures, you have not failed in loving and training your children for adulthood. “</p> <p> “You have sustained a long term marriage to a challenging man in a culture that doesn’t value that commitment. And the truth is, you are not always a peach either and you will come out of this difficult time loving each other. You will do what we always do, pray for him and yourself, forgive what needs to be forgiven, seek forgiveness as needed. See God faithful to heal and restore. Remember, you and I have been here before in our marriages. Thank the Lord we don’t struggle at the same time. There is not enough coffee and chocolate to lift both of us up at the same time. And there are times it is a very good thing that neither of us know any hit men.”</p> <p>“You like your job. You current boss is a pill. We can pray she gets a promotion (we have done that before). Your ultimate boss has a rewards package (Eph 6:7, a delayed one) that is out of this world. If you can’t please her, please Him.”</p> <p><em><sup>1</sup>Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. <sup>2</sup>Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.....Heb 12</em></p> <p>Words said to me before, encouragement and hope passed on from one woman to another. </p> <p> Except for the hit man reference.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/20/what-is-success-in-life.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />7 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/encouraging-one-another"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />encouraging one another</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/not-enough-chocolte-in-the-world"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />not enough chocolte in the world</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/woman-encouraging-each-other"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />woman encouraging each other</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/faith"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />faith</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item7008042" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/18/parenting-semi-adults-the-secret-life-of-american-teenagers.html">Parenting Semi-Adults: The Secret Life of American Teenagers</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>When Haggai moved to California, the stories started to be told of events that happened while he lived at home - that his father and I knew nothing about. That is when I formulated the rule <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/3/26/parenting-adults-i-do-not-want-to-know.html">“If you almost die for any reason, as long as you are currently alive and unharmed: I do not want to know.”</a></p> <p>Now Princess is home for spring break from college. This is her first year living away from home. She had lived in our home until last September. The stories are flowing again. Stories about events that happened while she lived with us, that we knew nothing about. Not terrible, horrible bad things, just things we, her parents would liked to have been informed of and weren’t. Till now...... long after the events.</p> <p><em>I am going to install GPS in the teeth of all children currently living at home. </em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/18/parenting-semi-adults-the-secret-life-of-american-teenagers.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/clueless-parents"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />clueless parents</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hat-kids-do-that-their-parents-dont-know"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hat kids do that their parents don't know about</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/where-are-your-kids"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />where are your kids</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=4">4</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/march-2010?currentPage=3"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-5487828310639573812011-03-01T07:12:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:13:30.760-08:00Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from March 1, 2010 - April 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-a-week-that-would-change-history"> <div id="item7105657" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Apr</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/1/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-khahmeesheeyom-hasheesh.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Khah´mee´shee/Yom Ha´shee´shee Fifth Day/Sixth Day</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>This is preparation day for the Passover which will begin at sundown. Jesus spent the Passover with his closest friends. It was his desire to have this time with them.</p> <p>After the supper they went to the Garden. Jesus spent those last hours, before his betrayer came, in prayer. His close friends tired from a busy day, a big meal, and a walk in the night air fell asleep - even though Jesus asked a few of them to stay awake with him and pray. They still did not understand what was about to happen.</p> <p>Judas and the guards arrive in the garden...</p> <p> With a kiss it all begins, promises fulfilled:</p> <p> And I will put enmity<br /> between you and the woman,<br /> and between your offspring and hers;<br /> he will crush your head,<br /> and you will strike his heel."</p> <p>and all peoples on earth<br /> will be blessed through you." </p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">There will be 6 trials. Two illegal ones before Annas and Caiaphas, then one before Sanhedrin. Jesus was declared to be guilty at these trials even though no reliable witness testimony was given. He was then taken before Pilate and found not guilty, before Herod and found to be innocent, and then back to Pilate who sentenced him to death by crucifixion. This was based on political expediency rather than any guilt on Jesus’ part in breaking Roman law. </span></p> <p> </p><p>By 9am Jesus was nailed to a cross. By 3pm he was death. Not passed out, dead. Before the Sabbath started (about 6pm) Jesus’ body is in a borrowed tomb sealed by a large stone.</p> <p> </p> <p>The disciples are in shock, in mourning and in hiding, the authorities are satisfied. Who knows what Pilate or Herod are doing. Hell is partying and Heaven is hushed.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/4/1/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-khahmeesheeyom-hasheesh.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/easter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />easter</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/what-happened-passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />what happened passion week</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-that-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week That Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-a-week-that-would-change-history"> <div id="item7105602" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">31</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/31/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-reveeee-fourth-day.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Revee´ee: Fourth Day</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Everything is quiet. Everyone is resting up for the busy celebration of Passover, that starts for some tomorrow, and some the next day.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/31/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-reveeee-fourth-day.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/easter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />easter</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/pass"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />pass</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-that-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week That Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-a-week-tjhat-would-change-history"> <div id="item7105568" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">30</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/30/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-shleeshee-third-day.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Shlee´shee: Third Day</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>The authorities have had enough, today is the day they will confront the carpenter in public. The people will see him for the fraud he is.</p> <p>As Jesus entered the Temple, the chief priest with the temple lawyers (scribes) and elders came to him and wanted to know by whose authority he drove out the sellers and money-changers. He was willing to answer them, if they would answer a question of his, “John's baptism—was it from heaven, or from men? Tell me!"</p> <p>They would not answer. Neither did Jesus answer theirs. He did tell a parable about a vine owner and how the son of the owner was treated by the ones who were supposed to be overseeing the owner’s land. They got the point of the story and went away.</p> <p>Next the Pharisees and the Herodians tried to trick him with a political question concerning taxes. (Politics has always been tricky.) His answer is known even by those who know little of the other things he had taught. ”Should we pay or shouldn't we?" But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied. Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."</p> <p><br /> And they were amazed at him.</p> <p>There was that silly “question “about resurrection the Sadducees tried to stump him with. He made short shift of their pretense. The question of which is the greatest commandment was answered in the spirit it was given, a serious thoughtful answer for a serious thoughtful question.</p> <p>After that no one in authority had any more challenges.</p> <p>Jesus had a question of them about the true nature of the Messiah.</p> <p>Later that day Jesus answered his disciples questions about his second coming. They didn’t understand what he was saying. They still were thinking in terms of Jesus being the one who would free Israel from Roman rule. They were waiting for this one, who they had seen heal many, feed many with little, and raise people from the dead (they all saw Lazarus come out of the tomb just a few weeks earlier - one doesn’t get over experiencing something like that quickly), to reveal himself as Israel’s long awaited warrior Messiah. They still had visions of ruling with him, even though he had stated repeatedly he was going to Jerusalem to die. After all, how does one exactly kill someone who can heal the sick and raise the dead? How do you cut off supply lines to someone who can feed many with almost nothing?</p> <p>Meanwhile Judas Iscariot, who had offered to betray Jesus to the authorities before the week had begun, was still plotting to do so. Nothing he had seen or heard had changed his mind.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/30/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-shleeshee-third-day.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/easter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />easter</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/what-happened-passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />what happened passion week</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-tjhat-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week Tjhat Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-a-week-that-would-change-history"> <div id="item7105512" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">29</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/29/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-shaynee-second-day.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Shaynee: Second Day </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, March 29, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>He entered the Temple and drove out the sellers and the money changers!</p> <p>He claimed the Temple to be His Father’s house. Blaspheme again, in public. He cost the authorities a lot of money that day, and troubled many people. Each family had to sacrifice an unblemished lamb in 3 days. In theory the family could bring a lamb with them to Jerusalem for the sacrifice. The lamb must pass inspection before being accepted for the sacrifice. Lambs not purchased at the Temple rarely passed inspection. It was easier for the traveling worshippers not to have to bring a lamb with them.</p> <p>The money changers were not always generous in their exchange rates. The worshippers’ foreign coins had to be exchanged for Hebrew currency so they could pay the Temple tax.</p> <p>To make matters worse, this was not the first time the carpenter drove out both the sellers and the money changers. It did not help that he was quoting the prophet Isaiah, "for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a Robber’s Den.” For you see they were selling in the court of the Gentiles, the only part of the Temple Gentiles were allowed to enter. This was the only place in the Temple Gentiles could pray. Not a welcoming place for all nations this week.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/29/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-shaynee-second-day.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/easter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />easter</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />passion week</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/wwhat-happened-passion-week"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />wwhat happened passion week</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/a-week-that-would-change-history"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />A Week That Would Change History</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Mar</span><span class="date">28</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/28/a-week-that-would-change-history-yom-reeshone-first-day.html">A Week That Would Change History: Yom Reeshone: First Day </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Two days prior to the events of this day, the carpenter and his followers were at a party given in his honor by the sisters of the man he was rumored to have raised from the dead.</p> <p>On the First day of that week, the authorities worst fears were played out before their eyes. The carpenter came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. He was mocking the words of the prophet:</p> <p>Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!<br /> Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!<br /> See, your king comes to you,<br /> righteous and having salvation,<br /> gentle and riding on a donkey,<br /> on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zech 9:9</p> <p><em>And the people were cheering for Him.</em> If this carpenter starts a rebellion against Rome now, this week, thousands may die. Rome will replace the leadership with those better able to keep the peace.</p> <p>But he was popular with the crowds. If the authorities tried to arrest him in public, there would be a riot and the Roman authorities would crush it and replace the leadership with those better able to keep the peace.</p> <p>Some say in the midst of all the commotion, he was seen weeping for the City....</p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-30348985549273415842011-02-23T12:04:00.000-08:002011-02-23T12:05:29.361-08:00Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item6464875" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">08</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/8/the-plot-use-it-or-lost-it.html">The Plot: Use It or Lost It</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, February 8, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is now a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>The plot is still working: I am now evaluating my kitchen gadgets.</p> <p> Bread maker: stay or go? I think this one may be a go. I make bread often and I prefer to make it in the oven.</p> <p>Toaster: Stay or go? Technically we don’t need a toaster because our oven has a broiler. Still, it is one of those appliances that make life easier. The toaster gets to stay. It is going to live with the George Forman grill and the wok in one of the deep kitchen drawers.</p> <p>Ice Cream maker: stay or go? I think this one is staying. The freezer canister is taking up room in the freezer. To save my ice cream maker from the purge I have bookmarked the following site<a href="http://huggingthecoast.com/2009/07/20/40-gourmet-ice-cream-recipes-to-celebrate-national-ice-cream-month/">: 40 Gourmet Ice Cream Recipes.</a> I will have to make ice cream more often. <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/1/24/desperation-ice-cream-not-a-second-cup-recipe-suggestion.html">My first attempt wasn’t all that successful</a>.</p> <p>Crock pot: stay or go? I don’t use it a lot, but I like having it just in case. The jury is out on the crock pot. </p> <p>Oversized popcorn bowl: stay or go? This is my husbands and he never uses it. It is a go. </p> <p>Microwave: Stay or go? It might have to go into hiding while we are showing the house. It does take up considerable counter space. I could adjust to life without it if I had to. But I do not want to have to. It stays until (if) the house is on the market, then I will store it for a while.</p> <p>The jar of wooden spoons, spatula etc. on the counter: Stay or go? It is going into hiding with the microwave.</p> <p>Coffeemaker: stay or go? You will have to tear my coffee maker from my cold dead hands before it is removed from the premise.</p> <p><em>What kitchen gadget would they have to tear away from you?</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/8/the-plot-use-it-or-lost-it.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />6 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/decluttering"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />decluttering</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/kitchen-appliance-that-have-to-stay"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />kitchen appliance that have to stay</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/selling-a-house"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />selling a house</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/use-ot-or-lose-it"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />use ot or lose it</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item6464928" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">06</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/6/the-plot.html">The Plot</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>However, if it is all a plot, it is working. Hundreds of books have exited our home. Princess cleaned her room before she returned to college. 9 trash bags, a trip to Goodwill and the Share Shop later, I finished cleaning the ‘cleaned’ room.</p> <p>I decluttered the basement. There is a closet built underneath the basement stairs that I have not peeked into for a good 15 years. I admit I was scared to open the door. Years of hockey goalie pads were stored there. One pair was so tiny, I nearly cried as I bagged them up. Also, months of past due car insurance bills were left to rot in that closet. Fortunately that situation righted itself years ago. You would think someone might have tossed the bills away.</p> <p>The house has a lighter, airier feel. Clutter does weigh on one’s spirits. The only two rooms left to tackle are our bedroom and the kitchen. Someone else may have to tackle those rooms. It is so much easier to toss other people’s junk. Besides, I need everything in the kitchen and my closet. Really I do.......</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/6/the-plot.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/decluttering"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />decluttering</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/how-to"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />how to</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/preparing-a-house-to-sell"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />preparing a house to sell</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item6464771" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">04</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/4/boys-to-men-delighted.html">Boys to Men: Delighted</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 09:00PM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>The following conversations did take place. The details may be off because I am old and my memory is going. </em></p> <p>Haggai is coming home, so he can drive to Texas with his <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/2/parenting-adults-boys-to-men-some-thing-never-change.html">friend Malachi</a>. Why you might ask? Because it’s there....While he is home another friend Igor is having a birthday.</p> <p>Me: Does Igor have plans for his birthday?</p> <p>Haggai: I’ll ask him.</p> <p>Later =></p> <p>Haggai: He’s hanging with his family for the day and then he wants to come to your house for sauce. He really loves your pasta sauce.</p> <p>Me: Oh, okay. How many people are we talking about?</p> <p>Haggai: Me, Igor and a few of our friends.</p> <p>Me: How many is a few? (I know from experience that a few can be any amount between 1 and 47)</p> <p>Haggai: I’ll get back to you on that.</p> <p>Me: What about his parents and his brother?</p> <p>Haggai: I’ll see if Igor wants them to come.</p> <p>So we are hosting a birthday party for Igor and an unspecified number of his friends, that may or may not include Igor’s family (it will because I will invite them). Pasta sauce morphed into <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/9/4/parenting-adults-boys-to-menthe-student-surpasses-the-master.html">homemade pizzas</a>.</p> <p><em>The term bacon explosion has been mentioned. I am scared to ask.</em></p> <p>But honestly and truly all joking aside, I am looking forward to this!</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/4/boys-to-men-delighted.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bacon-explosion"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bacon explosion</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/homemade-pizza"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />homemade pizza</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/pizza-party"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />pizza party</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/prenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />prenting semi-adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-parenting-semi-adults"> <div id="item6464812" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">03</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/3/parenting-semi-adults-ichabod-goes-food-shopping.html">Parenting Semi-Adults Ichabod Goes Food Shopping</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I am greatly disappointed that no one in Congress has championed my <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/2/10/parenting-teens-teen-food-savings-accounts-tfsa.html">Teen Food Savings Accounts</a> proposal. I am sure it would have gotten bipartisan support and maybe the Congress could have actually passed some legislation last year that would have been helpful to taxpayers.</p> <p>Sadly, things have come to a head over food in our home. Ichabod has decided to be a competitive body builder. We have decided that our food budget is not going to equal our mortgage payment. After several months of claiming there was not enough food in the house, and my counter claim that 3 dozen eggs, 5 or 6 pounds of apples, 4 to 5 pounds of chicken, tuna fish and peanut butter - not to mention 3 plus loaves of bread and several boxes of cereal a week - in addition to feeding the rest of us, did indeed constitute enough, Ichabod went food shopping for himself this week, with his own money. Sixty dollars later he has enough for the week, if I will buy some chicken for him. He has all “his” food marked with “his” name in black permanent marker.</p> <p><em>I am so going to steal a piece of “his” string cheese..... </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/3/parenting-semi-adults-ichabod-goes-food-shopping.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/feeding-teenage-boys"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />feeding teenage boys</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/feeding-teens"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />feeding teens</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/food-for-teen-boys"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />food for teen boys</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/parenting-semi-adults"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Parenting Semi-Adults</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-grace category-aging-wit-grace"> <div id="item6442151" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/1/aging-with-grace-saying-good-bye-to-old-friends.html">Aging With Grace: Saying Good Bye To Old Friends</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>We are toying with the idea of selling our current home and downsizing. This has been a wonderful home to raise 4 kids, but with 2 kids out of the nest (more or less, sometimes more and sometimes less) the space is a little big for the four of us. (If you live in central NC and are interested in an older home with lots of character, feel free to contact me.)</p> <p>My DH has decided that first we must declutter. He is correct. Clutter must go. Our major clutter is books. We have books everywhere, in almost every room. We have hundreds and hundreds of books. We have homeschooled for years, and both of us are readers. We love the feel of a book. I like reading on the I Touch, because my sister sends me books for free, but if I have the choice between pixels on a screen and words printed on a page, I will pick the page every time (except at night. I adore being able to read in the dark before I go to sleep. It is a pleasure right up there with chocolate, coffee and a few other things I could mention.)</p> <p>We have books from our college days, our young married days (before kids, when we actually bought lots of books), mysteries, theology, cookbooks, how to’s, political commentary, poetry, sports, biblical commentaries and histories.....I could go on and on. How does one winnow down a lifetime of good friends.</p> <p>Books have encouraged us, annoyed us, amused us, taught us.</p> <p>We rarely buy books new anymore. Unfortunately a book’s cash value drops faster than a new car driving off the car lot. That doesn’t stop us from purchasing some books new, and a lot more used every year. Over the decades we have amassed a lot of books.</p> <p>We have cleaned out the book cases in the living room. They will be barren so the house will “show” better. The bookcases upstairs have also been purged, although books will be allowed to reside there until we move the whole shebang into storage so the house will ....show better. All the bookcases in the kids’ rooms and the laundry room and the basement have to be purged. Most of those books will have to go too.</p> <p>Good bye old friends....</p> <p><span style="color: black;"> So sad.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/1/aging-with-grace-saying-good-bye-to-old-friends.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />4 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/book"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />book</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/book-books-and-more-books"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />book books and more books</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/decluttering"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />decluttering</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/how-to-declutter"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />how to declutter</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/moving"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />moving</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging WIth Grace</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-wit-grace"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Aging wit Grace</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">3</a> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-64049929375397302032011-02-23T12:02:00.000-08:002011-02-23T12:04:36.471-08:00Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010<div class="content-passthrough"><div id="moduleContentWrapper3229996" class="widget-wrapper widget-type-page"><div id="moduleContent3229996"> <span id="entrecard_354"></span> </div></div></div><br /><div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-tales-from-yesteryear"> <div id="item6638960" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">18</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/18/tales-of-yesteryear-of-blocks-and-docs.html">Tales of Yesteryear: Of Blocks and Docs</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/carboard%20bricks%202.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1265824697018" alt="" /></span></span>Dear Aurora,</p> <p>I was thinking again about when your mom and aunts were kids. Pop-pop as you know was a baby doctor. He had cardboard bricks and <em>Highlights for Children</em> in his office to keep his patients quiet and amused while they waited to see him.</p> <p> I forget how old I was when the first set of bricks arrived at home. We loved playing with those bricks and demolished several sets while we were growing up. They were great. You could stack’em high and knock’em down, and most likely not break anything including each other while doing so. You could cage a younger sibling, tell them they were trapped and couldn’t get out, and for a while they would believe you. You could build castles taller than your head and roads that traversed the whole length of the room.</p> <p>We also had an amazing set of wooden building blocks. I think NaNa had a friend make them for us. I remember playing with those blocks, and then watching your Uncle πετρος play with the same set a decade later.</p> <p><span class="full-image-inline ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/doc%27s%20bag.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1265824894957" alt="" /></span></span></p> <p>Being a doctor was a little different when Pop-pop first started out. In the days before malpractice became a revenue source for lawyers, and insurance became a third party to health care decisions, Pop-pop would perform circumcisions for his patients for free. He didn’t charge extra for house calls. He often forgot to record the calls so sometimes he didn’t charge anything for making a house call. If a patient of his was having surgery and Pop-pop had time, he would assist the surgeon and he would do it for free. He carried a black doctor’s bag with him at all times. We were not to touch that bag for any reason.</p> <p>If you were a good patient at the end of the office visit, he would blow you up a balloon to take with you. He had this 2 piece cardboard pumper. He would blow up one for each sibling too, even if he had not seen them that day. You wouldn’t have to share your balloon and your mom would not be crazy by the time she got the kids home. Doctor’s wouldn’t dare give out balloons today even if they had the time to blow them up.</p> <p>More to follow.....</p> <p>Love Aunt Carissa</p> <p><em>Do you remember going to the doctor as a child?</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/18/tales-of-yesteryear-of-blocks-and-docs.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/cardboard-blocks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />cardboard blocks</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/docs-black-bag"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />doc's black bag</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/tales-fromm-yesteryear"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />tales fromm yesteryear</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/tales-of-yesteryear"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />tales of yesteryear</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/wooden-blocks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />wooden blocks</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/tales-from-yesteryear"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tales from Yesteryear</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-the-plot"> <div id="item6639030" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Tuesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">16</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/16/the-plot-he-heard-she-heard.html">The Plot: He Heard, She Heard </a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is now a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>The saga continues.......</p> <p>It is time to paint. At one point <strong>we </strong>were painting and then somehow we were reduced to one. We may be grammatically incorrect but we are still we, and there is only one painter. The other part of we has refrained from pointing out that, that part of we works full time. Wise we he be.</p> <p>We also disagree on what the realtor said when she advised us to paint the inside of the house a neutral color. Evidently we heard two difference things when we were advised to paint everything a neutral color. The she part of we can’t begin to paint until we have clarity on what "neutral color" means.</p> <p><em>In the interest of full disclosure:</em> the he part of we did paint the floor to ceiling bookshelf in the living room all by himself. It was stained red and he painted it white to match the trim. It looks great.</p> <p>In the interest of complete disclosure: it should be noted that there are 2 bookshelves in the living room. The she part of we is being very patient because it was declared that only the he part of we can paint the bookshelves.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/16/the-plot-he-heard-she-heard.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/getting-a-house-ready-for-sale"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />getting a house ready for sale</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/painting-our-home"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />painting our home</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/selling-your-home"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />selling your home</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/the-plot"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />The Plot</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-adventure"> <div id="item6639095" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">14</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/14/two-hearts-one-beat.html">Two Hearts, One Beat</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><img style="visibility: hidden; 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width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://stuff.pyzam.com/misc/CXNID=1000015.68NXC.gif" alt="" width="0" border="0" height="0" /></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/14/two-hearts-one-beat.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/i-hate-valentines-day"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />i hate valentines day</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/lovevalentines-day"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />lovevalentine's day</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/valentines-day"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />valentines day</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-adventure"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />aging with adventure</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item6465102" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">12</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/12/bacon-explosion-a-recipe-that-defines-a-generation.html">Bacon Explosion: A Recipe That Defines A Generation</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>At least that is what Haggai tells me. He mentioned making a bacon explosion for Igor's party. It took me a few days to get up the courage to ask what exacly a bacon explosion was. This is a cooking project (project is the correct word) that is better seen than explained.</p> <p>It involves weaving a bacon mat, need I say more.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_37m9spG4">Bacon Explosion</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.junkdrawerblog.com/2010/01/is-a-bacon-intervention-next.html">Kathy at The Junk Draw</a>, I hope you enjoy this!</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/12/bacon-explosion-a-recipe-that-defines-a-generation.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />3 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/you-tube-bcon-explosion"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />You Tube bcon explosion</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bacon"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bacon</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/bacon-explosion"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />bacon explosion</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/for-the-love-of-bacon"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />for the love of bacon</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-movie-reviews"> <div id="item6464982" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">10</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/10/young-victoria-a-second-cup-movie-review.html">Young Victoria: A Second Cup Movie Review</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Two movies within 2 weeks, I am living a wild life!</p> <p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/young%20victoria.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1264803080002" alt="" /></span></span>Good as a date night movie, or a chick flick. Worth the ticket price and the calories from a small to medium sized popcorn!</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/10/young-victoria-a-second-cup-movie-review.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/young-victoria"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Young Victoria</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/chick-flicks"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />chick flicks</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/date-night-movie"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />date night movie</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/movie-reviews"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />movie reviews</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=3"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235534902471184491.post-30790894599033346322011-02-23T12:01:00.000-08:002011-02-23T12:02:47.337-08:00Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010<div class="journal-filter-header"> <h2>Entries from February 1, 2010 - March 1, 2010</h2> </div> <div class="list-journal-entry-wrapper"> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup "> <div id="item6802318" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Sunday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">28</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/28/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-a-sunday-thought.html">I Couldn't Write It Any Better. A Sunday Thought</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I read the following post over at <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/02/22/today-is-the-day/">The Simple Dollar</a>. I though about writing a post on the same subject but I couldn't say it any better than Trent has. Trent usually writes about life and finances. Please visit his blog, <a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/">The Simple Dollar.</a></p> <p>Today is the day to tell your wife that you love her.<br />Today is the day to call your mother and chat with her for an hour.<br />Today is the day to send your dad a note.<br />Today is the day to get in touch with that friend you haven’t talked to in a while.<br />Today is the day to call up a special person and set up a date.<br />Today is the day to stop by your grandmother’s house with a sack full of groceries and make dinner for her.<br />Today is the day to visit that old family friend who helped you so much when you were younger.</p> <p>Not Valentine’s Day. Not Mother’s Day. Not Father’s Day. Not someone’s birthday. Not Christmas.</p> <p>The value a person has in your life is never really shown on a “special” day marked on a calendar and observed with a greeting card and a slickly-wrapped present. It’s shown with a few minutes (or an hour or two) of your time on a day when they don’t expect it. On a day when they’re merely in your thoughts.</p> <p>Build those relationships now before the chance is gone.<br />Build those relationships now and they’ll pay dividends for the rest of your life.<br />Build those relationships now so that you can have someone to always share every exciting moment and success in your life with.<br />Build those relationships now when times are good so they’ll still be there when the times are bad.</p> <p>I’m stopping right now so you can take the few moments you might have spent reading a longer post to instead do something to build a valuable relationship in your life, because it will often be those very relationships that are there for you when the chips are down.</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/28/i-couldnt-write-it-any-better-a-sunday-thought.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-recipes"> <div id="item6802247" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Friday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">26</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/26/aging-with-adventure-twofer-foods.html">Aging with Adventure: Twofer Foods</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>Thinking about poached chicken (my new absolutely favorite way to prepare chicken because you can start with frozen chicken pieces...no thawing ahead needed!) and free chicken broth (I cook the poaching water down and save it for broth), started me thinking about other twofer foods.</p> <p>Homemade bread can be made into bread crumbs (this is a theoretical twofer in our home because we don’t ever have leftover home baked bread).</p> <p>Beef bones become free dog treats, as do most empty peanut butter jars. I freeze the bones and dole them out over time. I take the labels off the peanut butter jars and Cinders gets to lick the remaining peanut butter out before I toss the jar in recycling. There is not much peanut butter in our well scrapped jars, but it makes her happy.</p> <p>Pasta sauce dredges becomes pizza sauce.</p> <p>Leftover coffee becomes coffee ice cubes.</p> <p><em>There have to be tons more twofer foods out there.... have a suggestion?</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/26/aging-with-adventure-twofer-foods.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />1 Comment</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/twofer-food-ideas"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />twofer food ideas</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/twofer-foods"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />twofer foods</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/recipes"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />recipes</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-aging-with-adventure"> <div id="item6680282" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">24</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/24/aging-with-adventure-understanding-the-economy.html">Aging With Adventure: Understanding the Economy</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p> </p> <h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk"><span style="font-size:90%;">"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem"</span></a></h1> <p>If you are a little confused about how the economy works this video may help. I now understand all.</p> <p>I came accross this YouTube video on<a href="http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/"> Causal Kitchen</a> via <a href="ttp://cafehayek.com/2010/01/keynes-vs-hayek-rap-video.html">Cafe Hayek.</a></p> <p>Any questions?</p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/24/aging-with-adventure-understanding-the-economy.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/fear-the-boom-and-bust"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />fear the boom and bust</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/hayek-economcic-theory"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />hayek economcic theory</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/keynesian-economice-theory"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />keynesian economice theory</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/oh-my-aching-wallet"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />oh my aching wallet</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/understanding-the-economy"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />understanding the economy</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/utube-economic-video"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />utube economic video</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/aging-with-adventure"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />aging with adventure</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-the-plot"> <div id="item6639265" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Monday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">22</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/22/the-plot-house-color-debate.html">The Plot: House Color Debate</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p><em>I am beginning to suspect the idea of putting the house on the market is a plot by my husband to have me declutter the house. I suspect this because there is now a notable lack of enthusiasm on his part to get the house prepped for sale.</em></p> <p>We are going to have the exterior of the house painted. The debate on the exterior is between the romantic who loves the green color, and the pragmatist who is reasonably sure that even though the 3 of us (this includes our friend the painter, who is a professional and an excellent painter) all love the current green color, it will not appeal to potential buyers. This suspicion was confirmed by our friend the real estate agent who came to visit at the pragmatist’s request.</p> <p>All we really need to do is make friends with a plumber and an electrician, and getting the house ready for sale would be so much easier.</p> <p><em>Anyone else have a post(s) about a house they are getting ready for sale, sold or bought? Feel free to add a link below.</em></p> <p>If you want to live on central NC and buy the house right away, we will have it painted any color <strong>you</strong> want!</p> <p>Don’t worry about the plumber and electrician, we don’t really <em>need them</em> for friends.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mcklinky.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.mcklinky.com/images/MckLinkyLogo119.gif" alt="" width="119" border="0" height="39" /></a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/22/the-plot-house-color-debate.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />2 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/house-color-choice"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />house color choice</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/house-color-debate"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />house color debate</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/house-for-sale"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />house for sale</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/love-mclinky"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />love mclinky</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/the-plot"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />the plot</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/the-plot"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />The Plot</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-asecondcup category-walking-the-dog"> <div id="item6639178" class="journal-entry"> <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Saturday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Feb</span><span class="date">20</span><span class="year">2010</span></div> <div class="journal-entry-text"> <h2 class="title"> <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/20/walking-the-dog-mind-games.html">Walking the Dog: Mind Games</a> </h2> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 12:00AM</span> </div> <div class="body"> <p>I hurt my foot April of last year. It took me several months to accept the fact that my leg was getting worse. At one point I thought I would need a cane to walk. Several visits to the chiropractor later I am doing better. After the holidays my husband’s work schedule has increased so he can no longer walk the dog regularly. While my leg is better, my girth has increased, so it is out the door once more with the dog for me.</p> <p>Whether we actually make it out the door depends on how I think about the experience. If I think about it as exercise for me, we are not likely to get any. If I think about it as important to my dog, we are likely to go walking for quite a while.</p> <p>Weird</p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/3/23/then-and-now-walking-the-dog.html">Then and Now.</a></p> <p><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2009/5/30/walking-the-dog-the-napoleon-complex.html">The Napoleon Complex</a></p> <p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/storage/Black-Labrador-fb.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1265826601389" alt="" /></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/author/asecondcup"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Carol Taber</a></span> | <span class="post-comments"><a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/20/walking-the-dog-mind-games.html#comments"> <img title="Comment" alt="Comment" class="inline-icon comment-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />5 Comments</a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"><span class="tagged-with">tagged <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/do-waling"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />do waling</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/exercising-your-dog"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />exercising your dog</a></span>, <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/tag/walking-the-dog"> <img title="Tag" alt="Tag" class="inline-icon tag-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />walking the dog</a></span></span> <span class="posted-in">in <span class="tag-element"><a rel="tag" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/category/walking-the-dog"> <img title="Category" alt="Category" class="inline-icon category-icon" src="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/universal/images/transparent.png" />Walking The Dog</a></span></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paginationControlWrapper journal-navigation"> <span class="paginationControlPrefix"> Page </span> <a class="paginationPageNumber activePage">1</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=2">2</a> <a class="paginationPageNumber" href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=3">3</a> <span class="paginationControlNextPageSuffix"> <a href="http://asecondcup.squarespace.com/blog/month/february-2010?currentPage=2"> Next 5 Entries » </a> </span> </div>carol at A Secnd Cuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00084106458148632235noreply@blogger.com0