tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17855349735350894782012-01-29T08:00:13.129-06:00It's a Dog's LifeWhere we play well with others. Especially if the others bring wine.Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.comBlogger7991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-19205167959627670212012-01-27T07:40:00.000-06:002012-01-27T07:40:00.118-06:00Well now, this is funNew York Public Library has been having some fun with their online collections. They have created a tool that transforms historical stereographs into sharable 3-D formats and you can share in a blog or website.
If you don't know, stereographs are those side-by-side photographs you see every once in a while. They were entertainment back in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Here is one of a Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-91495317359815353412012-01-17T05:54:00.003-06:002012-01-17T05:54:00.045-06:00RTT - new furnitureIt is Tuesday and I've got a couple of random things to say. You can read other random posts over at Stacy's place. She's got a logo and a link up thing but I'm a spaz today so you'll just have to go over there to get a look at them.
I got a new easel and stool. I now can do larger paintings without the danger of the whole thing taking a dive. My first easel was a little travel easel that wasMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-57603690254775190062012-01-16T09:55:00.001-06:002012-01-16T09:59:13.687-06:00Farmers Market Finds this weekWe are very seasonal eaters around here and since our farmers market is open year round it makes meal planning simple. We show up at 8 am, wander through the produce, cheese, bread and meat (We don't buy meat, of course but we do buy eggs at some of the meat vendors. They are the only ones with the duck and turkey eggs) stalls, pick out what looks good and make meals from whatever we pick up. Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-45294088684469141112012-01-12T09:37:00.000-06:002012-01-12T09:37:25.859-06:00Those guys can afford all the cool stuffI'm at a digital preservation conference this week. It's all about managing your digital files, what are the best ways to store data on a large scale, what are some of the best practices for digital preservation and how to change the mindset of people who think that preservation is 100 years or more. FYI, for digital preservation we are working on 5 year cycles but I won't go into all the whys, Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-60652812351507009892012-01-10T06:13:00.000-06:002012-01-10T06:13:01.064-06:00January 2nd will live in infamy around hereJanuary 2nd.
January 2nd I was driving home from work.
January 2nd I was driving home from work on the I-45 freeway.
January 2nd I was driving home from work on the I-45 freeway in my old blue bomb.
January 2nd I was driving home from work on the I-45 freeway in my old blue bomb when it decided that it had had enough.
January 2nd I was driving home from work on the I-45 freeway in my old blue Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-14149554873688688162012-01-05T15:24:00.000-06:002012-01-05T15:24:45.592-06:00Santa created a monster
JR was given a smart phone for Christmas. I'm not going to say by whom but I can say she he is fat slightly pudgy and jolly. This gift has opened his eyes to a whole new world. A whole new world of APPs.
And he is loving this new and exciting world.
He can get his hometown local news app, national news app, sports app
Weather app
And shopping app
The man has gone ape about APPs.
He spent Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-732464282654013712012-01-03T06:39:00.000-06:002012-01-03T06:39:32.443-06:00Where oh where have I been?With the holidays and all I've been more than a little bit absent around these here parts. In my defense I have been trying to keep up with all of you on your blogs but haven't really been the best of blog friends. It's the lack of commenting that I feel bad about. I'd like to say that that was about to change. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to be any less busy in the coming year. I thinkMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-47332475555184001042011-12-27T08:21:00.000-06:002011-12-27T08:21:55.808-06:00RTT - Christmas recapDoing a little random thing here today. On the correct day and all. For others that are writing random thoughts posts please go visit Stacy. She's hosting this little get together.
Our Christmas was just the way Christmas should be; filled with fun, food and family.
Fun:
It all started with our oldest boy and his wife showing up on Saturday evening. It has been a year since JR had seen Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-46446306209889194952011-12-23T06:05:00.003-06:002011-12-23T06:05:00.997-06:00Happy HolidaysUsually I feature one of these historic postcards ever day until Christmas day but I've negligent this year. I've been busy and really distracted.
It happens.
So I thought I'd just put them all into one post.
You know
To get it over with To give you the joy of all of them at once.
Yeah
That's it
And, while I may be behind on most everything Christmas related I want you to know that all the Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-51372939999298084742011-12-22T09:48:00.000-06:002011-12-22T09:48:50.511-06:00Because I forgot Random Tuesday ThoughtsI took this week before Christmas off work and am thinking that I'm the smartest person ever. I've been able to get a lot of Christmas planning, wrapping, decorating and cleaning done a little bit at a time. No stress.
With all this extra time on my hands I've come to some realizations; about myself and Nessa.
Here are a few things I've realized.1. I tend to go a little crazy when it comes Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-18839796636230800042011-12-21T04:50:00.000-06:002011-12-21T04:50:00.206-06:00Just a couple of things
A while back I bought this apron from a blog friend. I met Dana at Blissdom last year. She and some friends were wearing the greatest hats. I love hats. Which meant I had to meet Dana and her friends. Turns out she makes these gorgeous aprons (please do not judge the apron from my awful photo). You tell her what colors you like and what style you want and a few weeks later you start receivingMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-28576707563127980892011-12-16T07:38:00.000-06:002011-12-16T07:38:26.583-06:0010 Blog posts sitting in my draft sectionI don't know about you but I tend to start posts then save them as a draft with the thought of getting back to them later. I'll write a few sentences or paragraphs maybe add a picture or two then run out of steam, time or words. Or I get bored with the subject. Or I get lazy. Or a combination of all three.
A little after that I forget that I have even started them. They slowly make their way Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-42957278682278588532011-12-13T06:57:00.000-06:002011-12-13T06:57:57.107-06:00RTT- let's just recap Random Tuesday Thoughts participation brought to you from Stacy. Check it out.
After last weeks heartbreak, general busyness and the last day of class (for my student anyway) I have high hopes for this week. Really high hopes!! I should really lower my expectations for this week. It may not be able to live up to them. Then again, last week was so horrendous that this week doesn't have to do muchMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-16789954531167810322011-12-08T06:08:00.008-06:002011-12-08T08:32:12.492-06:00I totally had to lighten myself up
What do you do to start feeling better after losing one of your furry family? I'm not sure. I just know that I can't keep crying at the drop of a hat. Taking that in mind I decided that a little retail therapy was in order and since I hate to go to the mall or fight the Houston traffic I took my business online.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; I breed geeks. Our boys are both really Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-54469884043732138772011-12-07T06:36:00.003-06:002011-12-07T06:36:00.502-06:00R.I.P. Little buddy We lost our beloved Tripper.
He had a very fast growing inoperable cancer.
We will miss him very much.
He had the sweetest doggie smile.
Rest in peace my sweet sweet boy.Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-17174295565716795612011-12-06T09:06:00.000-06:002011-12-06T09:06:04.733-06:00RTT - It's been awhile It has been quite awhile since I participated in a Random Tuesday Thoughts, hosted by the indomitable Stacy but I have a few things rattling around. So let's get right to them.
1. I've been freaking swamped. Work, home, holidays, travel, troubles, you name it and it has happened in the last month. I also want to say; "enough already!" According to a co-worker (and I have to say at first I Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-66488083523425942672011-12-02T05:54:00.003-06:002011-12-02T05:54:00.044-06:00Sharing. It's such a beautiful thingNessa wanted to play last night and couldn't find any of the people in the house that were willing to play with her. Obviously the next best thing was the cat.
Here kitty. I know you want this.
Throw the ball, kitty!
Hey!WTH?Stop bogarting the ball.
Nessa was sadly disappointed in the kitty's participation. What does it take to get a cat to throw a ball? It seems quite a lot.
Love,M Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-72063957883830382762011-12-01T09:47:00.000-06:002011-12-01T09:47:37.813-06:00Book Give Away!Last week I mentioned that I had an extra copy of this book.
I thought I'd give one of them away.
This book is pages and pages, about 216, of black and white and color photographs of Houston. It's big and kind of heavy.
If you want a book chock full of photos of Houston leave me a comment. I'll draw names over weekend. And send it right out.
Love,
Michele
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-85237807845337770282011-11-25T10:55:00.000-06:002011-11-25T10:55:29.366-06:00The morning afterSort of how I felt the morning after all that eating.
But it sure was good.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving; spent with family and friends.
Love,
MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-4516046434951853452011-11-23T06:52:00.000-06:002011-11-23T06:52:16.412-06:00Ubiquitous post about Thanksgiving meal prepI thought I'd bore give you an enlightening post about my T-Day plans. Of which I have already started the prep for. Aren't I all proactive?
Things that have been chopped,
onions
peppers
green onions
garlic
olives (black and green)
bread (this is more cubed but who's quibbling)
celery
carrots
Things that are sort of done,
compound butter (I could live on this stuff)
herb cream cheese
cubed Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-65951791685995546412011-11-22T06:38:00.002-06:002011-11-22T08:42:23.080-06:00Whoops! I'm totally scattered these days.I've been a less than fruitful blogger these days. I don't know why and I just don't seem to have the energy to dissect it. So I'll leave it at that.
I was in Austin last week for a couple of days. Austin seems to be my home away from from these days. I make the drive so often that it really only feels like an hour drive when it really it takes 3. This last trip was rather eventful. I got rear Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-78860137523752900202011-11-15T05:49:00.000-06:002011-11-15T05:49:00.361-06:00Jimmy Fallon does Jim MorrisonThis may be a little bit before some of your times but JR and I (old people) remember The Doors.
Reading Rainbow never saw this coming.
Love,
MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-56380843145499852472011-11-09T08:19:00.000-06:002011-11-09T08:19:10.373-06:00Wallpaper
I have a love/hate relationship with wallpaper.
I love the way it looks in pattern books and small swatches but
hate the way it looks on a wall.
More than anything I hate taking the stuff off the wall.
Years ago we moved into a 70s nightmare.
There was wallpaper on every wall of the house.
One bedroom had patriotic themed wallpaper, complete with eagles with arrows clutched in it's Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-2539626227287077732011-11-08T04:32:00.001-06:002011-11-08T04:32:00.739-06:00RTT - because I'm not scattered enoughSo the whole premise of Random Tuesday Thoughts is to write a post that contains a bunch of random things that wouldn't make a whole post of their own but fill out a single post when combined. It was started by Keely, then it became a monster and her life sort of got in the way. Life and blogs sometimes do that. At least, that's what I've heard. So she graciously passed it onto Stacy, who has Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-52522865840417570182011-11-04T05:49:00.000-05:002011-11-04T05:49:24.115-05:00I feel a story coming onI feel like telling a story but have quite a few bubbling up to the top of my head. Right now I'm just not sure what story to tell. So I'll let you decide.
Pick a photo from the following 3 and I'll write a story about it sometime next week.
#1. Dog with pipe. Really? Who doesn't like to dress up their dog?
#2. Men in swimsuits. I have no idea why I picked this photo and no idea what story I Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-31937298883581141342011-11-02T06:40:00.002-05:002011-11-02T06:41:39.744-05:00Listing a few things that I'm thinking aboutWho doesn't like a list?
1. Some bloggers are vowing (maybe too strong a word but it is 5:57 am) to blog everyday this month. I applaud them for doing this because it gives me more to read while I sit at my dining table and drink my morning coffee. I will not be participating. I could never keep up that level of commitment. I'm just way too lazy.
2. I haven't lost the 5 pounds I gained on Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-66718742363208831522011-11-01T07:40:00.000-05:002011-11-01T07:40:41.764-05:00Something is just not right about this scenarioSo, remember that little thing that happened to me back in August?
That little thing that landed me in the hospital?
I've been paying for that little thing since the day I got out. No! Literally the day I left the hospital there was a bill from the hospital in the mail.
I think, though I'm not positive, that I have finally received and paid the last of the bills. As, I have been paying these Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-15282832365191428622011-10-25T22:17:00.001-05:002011-10-26T05:20:32.457-05:00It's just the simple things.
I don't need to shell our for Playboy. JR is perfectly happy with the free Victoria Secret catalog. He's just so happy with the simple things.
I'm pretty happy with the 8 pots of basil I just planted.
Nessa and Tripper have taken up sitting in front of the bar. It took us awhile ( I didn't say we were quick) to figure out why. This is where we keep their dog treats. I thought maybe Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-63506151272694067002011-10-24T06:49:00.000-05:002011-10-24T06:49:57.158-05:00The travel saga continuesI said to myself the other day; "self, you haven't finished posting about you and JR's vacation travels through 'The South'."(that's how we (JR and I) think about the Southern USA, as 'The South'. It's a pretty common way to think of it down here. Now, people in the Pacific Northwest say things like; "I've never been to the Deep South." Defining the difference between Border States (Kentucky, Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-47073904189756581612011-10-21T07:04:00.003-05:002011-10-21T07:36:20.556-05:00Sort of spooky but not really scaryThis is just some background information.
My thesis was titled "The Recollection of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Library; and an analysis of content with known colonial era libraries". Yeah, pompous right? Anyway, this paper (all 83 pages of it) was for graduation but also for the Jefferson's Poplar Forest Foundation. Research, writing and publishing took me to Virginia many times. Usually, Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-6409543878025049002011-10-20T05:37:00.000-05:002011-10-20T05:37:00.686-05:00The Boy has been accepted.Any of you who saw my post on facebook and twitter and I may have called a few people and I know that my mom is now shouting it to the world (shouting because she really doesn't understand how all this social media thing works or her home computer or her washing machine or her answering machine for that matter) The Boy was accepted into medical school.
This Boy
Who loves his Great Aunt Ruth.
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-22321025639782526882011-10-19T09:41:00.001-05:002011-10-20T06:42:11.354-05:00Epcot Food and Wine FestivalAfter Jen, Sprite and Casey left for home JR and I decided to go back to Epcot Center to take in a bit of the Food and Wine Festival. And, while it wasn't the best part of the day (that of course was spending the morning with the girls) it was great fun.
Instead of babbling on and on about it how about I show it to you in pictures.
We started with fried goat cheese drizzled with honey and Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-75988143057359118142011-10-18T11:15:00.000-05:002011-10-18T11:15:08.745-05:00Disney; where dreams come trueAs most of you know Jen, Casey, Sprite, JR and I met up for the first time in Orlando last week. Here are Casey and Jen's impressions of that first meet up. I thought I'd throw my two cents in or in my case my three words...
IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!
JR and I rolled into our fancy dancy resort hotel that I booked cheap, as long as we sat through a 2 hour sales pitch which we didn't plan to buy (and Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-5386943160151115632011-10-07T05:12:00.002-05:002011-10-07T05:51:45.746-05:00Lemme see...Have I done everything for our vacation? Because you know that I am totally in charge of this sort of thing, right?
For years I've been the organizer. JR has completely abdicated this responsibility to me. Why?I'm not sure but I suspect that it is because I'm bossy and he's easy going. It is a dynamic that has probably ensured that our marriage has lasted 28 years. We understand each other.Our Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-80400106848401620832011-10-06T06:12:00.002-05:002011-10-06T06:29:40.894-05:00A woman's right
They had traveled all the way from St. Paul the day before. Boarding the train in Minot, North Dakota, they were excited, scared and defiant; excited to be a part of something big, something important, something historic. Scared of the unprotected unknown that was Washington DC. They were leaving a place that was small, sheltering and known to a place that was large, exposed and foreign. Some Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-50122579430903962902011-10-05T06:53:00.000-05:002011-10-05T06:53:36.414-05:00StorytellingI've been getting into digital storytelling lately. Quite possibly because I each a grad course in something like it but most likely it is because I just enjoy stories.
I'm of the opinion that our social morays, belief systems, and a lot of other social notions come down to us through many generations of storytelling. I mean, what is the bible if not stories? Stories told to explain a world thatMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-43168787650277391272011-10-04T06:59:00.003-05:002011-10-04T08:26:56.569-05:00RTT & Spin Cycle - the countdown is onOur vacation starts Friday at 5pm or as we like to call it:
4 days, 10 hours, 50 minutes and 54 seconds away
OR
384,654 seconds
OR
6410 minutes (rounded down)
OR
106 hours (rounded down)
We are driving to here:
Where we will ride the rides until our heads spin. Sit by the pool at our resort and drink fru fru drinks (defined as drinks that contain one or more of the following Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-25128036559543534072011-09-30T06:56:00.000-05:002011-09-30T06:56:40.873-05:00Winners of the Ig® Nobel Prize
Every year the Improbable Research gives out Ig Nobel Prizes for some of the most odd and interesting scientific studies around the world. According to their website: "The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, andMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-84216692215796872182011-09-29T06:35:00.000-05:002011-09-29T06:35:42.023-05:00Life just needs to slow the hell downI've been crazy busy these days. Did ya notice?
Prepare yourself for some serious whining.
There's work:
I have about 17 irons in the fire and can't seem to pull any out. I want to finish a couple of things before our vacation and I have to meet up with what feels like 800 people. As you all know, I was out of town last week which means that I have a ton of email to catch up on. Ugh! At least IMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-61354598742223112702011-09-26T07:51:00.000-05:002011-09-26T07:51:34.288-05:00Franklin Delano RooseveltJR likes to read books about presidents and significant individuals from the founding fathers to around the Second World War. He's rather eclectic in his interests. One of his favorites is Franklin Roosevelt. When he found out that there was a new (for him) memorial he just had to go.
This memorial is separated into room-like gardens with statuary mingled around each room. As soon as JR Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-43255776605448523102011-09-23T06:43:00.001-05:002011-09-23T06:43:00.856-05:00A room with a viewAs most of you know, we are in Washington DC right now. I'm here to learn all kinds of interesting things, such as how to teach digital preservation tactics to non-digital preservation people. This is a train-the-trainer event. It has been interesting. I've sort of been brought in as a ringer for the South Central region. I know a lot about digital preservation and about giving training sessions Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-22054936073056990752011-09-21T18:04:00.000-05:002011-09-21T18:04:57.079-05:00JR goes to Washington DC While I am busy workshopping JR is taking in the sites of Washington DC. Let's see a bit of the sites through JR's eyes.
He checked out the Library of Congressor as I like to call itThe Mothership
He must have thought the ceilings were cool. Well, they are.
He made his way to the National Botanical GardensFrom the amount photos that he took you could tell he is a farmer at heart.
Flowers
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-72436464108353579062011-09-15T07:24:00.001-05:002011-09-15T07:26:42.774-05:00Used book stores
Katie and I were scheduled to give a presentation in Columbia, South Carolina this past Monday.
We did.
We rocked it.
With all due modesty, our slides were that best of the bunch. Which was all Katie's doing. She made slides that flipped like pages in a book. She had slides with audio embedded. She had slides with video embedded. She had slides with flashy lights and bells and whistles. The Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-29522464815595015082011-09-09T06:34:00.000-05:002011-09-09T06:34:23.386-05:00Conversations at about 5amAs I've said in the past I get up with JR every morning to make him breakfast. Don't I sound all domestic-like? HA! He does all the laundry.
Anyway, our mornings consist of my making breakfast (thank heavens for automatic coffeemakers because if I had to do that for anytime longer I'd have probably poked my eye out with something very pointy.), pouring coffee and tripping over the pets who are Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-74827623671426471432011-09-07T07:28:00.001-05:002011-09-07T08:34:16.561-05:00Picture Essay - Spin CycleThis week's Spin is Photo Essay and Gretchen offered up a photo out of her own personal stash for everyone to write an essay about. I took that as a dare. Go read what she wrote...go on, I'll wait. See? It was a dare; wasn't it? Yeah, I thought so.
Here's the photo. Followed by my essay.
After the day that the girls had in the steno pool they really felt that they needed to blow off a little Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-67308042111255078172011-09-06T09:52:00.000-05:002011-09-06T09:52:12.960-05:00I'm calling this a winNew UH Moment
I don't have a double chin. That's a victory in my book.
Love,
MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-9082854884036296172011-08-31T06:48:00.000-05:002011-08-31T06:48:16.174-05:00Our current addictionMI-5
We've been watching this show for about a week now and we are hooked (line and sinker). It's about the middle of season 3 for us and two of our favorite characters have left the show. JR is particularly upset about this last one. She is rather pretty but I don't think that is the reason. I think it has more to do with her character's seeming kindness. Which is hard to find in this bunch. Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-9151691371189344952011-08-30T12:45:00.002-05:002011-08-30T12:47:44.408-05:00We have this new cool function on the Digital Library. You can make our own collections then share it with others. I'll be writing up some instructions but if you want to play with it please just go to any item on the digital library and click "add to slideshow" in the upper left corner. You can manage your slideshow from the My DL tab in the upper right corner and view other slideshows from the Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-7143176436923169762011-08-25T10:07:00.000-05:002011-08-25T10:07:57.791-05:00More SEM cartoonsThese are part of a new collection that we are working on for the Digital Library. The original are held in our Art and Architecture Library. I think they are fantastic!
The graphic quality appeals to me as do the colors.
The representation of the clothing worn in the 1920s is wonderful. I have a doll that was my mother-in-laws. When her aunt was sewing her trousseau she practiced by makingMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-40314103659499789002011-08-24T06:27:00.000-05:002011-08-24T06:27:30.862-05:00First Day of SchoolNope, not for my kids but for me. This is the first day of the course that I am teaching.
Yeah, so I am not in the least prepared. Oh I have my syllabus written. I have at least two lesson plans written. I have set up external resources for the students. I have coordinated with librarians, the alumni association, my staff (who I will shamelessly be using), an anthropology friend to teach Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-77804865726161260822011-08-23T06:42:00.000-05:002011-08-23T06:42:07.688-05:00RTT- travel, exercise, and British dramas
It's Tuesday so I'll keep it random. Like I ever do anything else.
JR and I are heading to Washington DC next month for a week. He is all excited and even had the nerve to say, "what will I do in DC for a week?" WTH? The man hasn't been to DC in 14 years. I'd have thought that the Smithsonian would have changed up the displays by now. This will be an interesting trip though. I'm the planner Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-17843658303017773702011-08-22T06:43:00.000-05:002011-08-22T06:43:51.204-05:00Parmesan CrackersI didn't think I would ever say this but IT'S TOO DAMN HOT TO COOK!
So I've resorted to finger food and food that requires little to no cooking time. Nothing that will heat up my kitchen. Soup is right out. Unless it is gazpacho. Comfort food? A thing of the past.
So finger food is perfect and since I love caviar I felt the need to make something caviarish. I don't eat caviar. It's that whole Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-91666106844764808012011-08-19T09:25:00.000-05:002011-08-19T09:25:44.276-05:00Nature vs nurture - Spin Cycle I'm pretty convinced (from the value of my many years on this planet. Which is really a nice way of saying I'm freaking old) that the concept of nature verses nurture is not an either/or proposition. I'm more of a proponent of evolutionary anthropology & psychology. Put basically, as humans we do what we do AND are what we are because over the evolution of time we've found that what we do and Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-11639879038332519062011-08-17T10:23:00.002-05:002011-08-17T15:05:47.946-05:001906 San Francisco earthquake - filmI love these old films. They show slices of history in an engaging form.
Excerpt from Library of Congress website: This film shows the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the devastation resulting from the subsequent three-day fire. The 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:12am and was centered along the San Andreas Fault, which slices through coastal California.Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-16309622815204417582011-08-16T12:27:00.000-05:002011-08-16T12:27:39.407-05:00RTT - SEM. GPSmyCIty.com, AMIA.(yeah, so, the thing is, I've been trying to pin the Random Tuesday Thoughts logo up here all day. You can see how that worked out for me but I'm getting on with my life because I just don't need anymore frustration. Especially with Blogger who I love because it is easy (normally) and hate because it can be temperamental. The only one allowed to be temperamental in my house is me.)
It's that timeMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-19880484802131044582011-08-15T05:37:00.001-05:002011-08-15T06:30:36.158-05:00Our sitting place This weekend went a whole lot better than last weekend. We did a little of this and a little of that and a whole lot of nothing. I got some work done. I took a nap; both Saturday and Sunday (I know! How cool was that! Why am I using so many exclamation points!). I unpacked a couple of more boxes. You know, I did stuff.One of the things that JR and I did was a little yard work. Of course, we hadMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-49061664803297784622011-08-12T06:40:00.000-05:002011-08-12T06:40:39.149-05:00Push in your damn chair already! - Spin Cycle This week's Spin Cycle is about habits, good or bad. Personally, I don't think I'm going out on a limb in saying that I have both good and bad habits. And plenty of them.
Good? brushing my teeth. Bad? forgetting to floss.
Good? wearing my seat belt.Bad? not setting the parking brake. (In my defense, we live in flat land country so parking brakes are not a must. Just as most Texans don't believeMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-9090524264602349732011-08-11T07:30:00.001-05:002011-08-11T07:37:09.411-05:00I have this spaceIn a fit of decorating madness a few weeks ago I made asked JR to help put up these shelves above the TV. Now I'm not sure what to do with them.
Okay, not true. I know what I want to do with them I'm just not sure I can pull it off.What I want to do is put up a collection of things that are coherent in theme yet are eclectic in style. I want lots of things yet I don't want it to look too busy. Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-42115847109964951822011-08-09T07:01:00.000-05:002011-08-09T07:01:31.696-05:00RTT - A list
It's Tuesday again. Where did the weekend go? I'll tell you where mine went...down the drain that's where. Anyway, let's do this random thing that Stacy started hosting when life caught up with Keely. Totally understandable. Sometimes life is a bitch like that.
Some of you may already know that I spent my weekend in the hospital. I got a little sick on Friday night and The Boy (let's start Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-6572514027413910602011-08-05T07:07:00.001-05:002011-08-05T07:14:02.179-05:00Way back when - Spin CycleYou know if I get a free Spin I have to use it to talk about old crap I've got around my house right?
Like I really need an excuse but Thanks Jen!
Way back before VCR, DVD players or all the cool audio/video toys we have now this was cool.
A View MasterIt was very cool. And, we all had them. Though I have to admit I was as 'uptown' as JR because I didn't have the battery powered thingy to Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-40089825753678852832011-08-04T06:41:00.001-05:002011-08-04T07:52:13.671-05:00Stop the Presses!Where was I yesterday? Did you even notice that I didn't post? Did I even notice?
Well, I did notice. Why? Because I sat in front of my mini computer (remember the big one with all my files and photos and cool stuff died.) yesterday morning and couldn't think of a doggone thing to say. Oh, later in the morning I could have regaled you with the tale of my cat dropping the biggest tree roach I've Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-41197158992896287472011-08-02T06:41:00.000-05:002011-08-02T06:41:38.723-05:00So this is TuesdayWhy does that title remind me of a John Lennon song,
So this is TuesdayAnd what have you doneAnother week overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is TuesdayI hope you have funDoing your RandomFor the old and the young
My apologies to all John Lennon fans everywhere for that one.
I'm glad this is not my kitchen
Though maybe I wish it were...At least I'd be cooking over fire which is so much Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-24299218432782464312011-08-01T05:34:00.018-05:002011-08-01T07:46:39.947-05:00Herb-baked Eggs - Meatless MondayAwhile back Jan posted that her family of 3 goes through approximately 4 dozen eggs per week. We are not quite the over-achievers that they are but we use what I consider a more than respectable amount of eggs, about 2-1/2 to 3 dozen for the 4 of us. One of Jan's points (and correct me if I'm wrong, Jan) in her post were that eggs get a bad rap. And, I couldn't agree more. We love eggs and I Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-20990601640534856112011-07-28T05:11:00.003-05:002011-07-28T05:11:00.482-05:00And now for something completely differentSo yesterday was really dramatic and a lot of work. That whole 2 day post took over a month to write, rewrite and rewrite again.
Personally, for someone as lazy as I am this was exhausting.
Way too exhausting for me to continue for any length of time.
That means that today you get pictures of flowers.
And porches.
And rocking chairs.
While I recover. Talk among yourselves.
Love,MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-89778177154548051302011-07-27T05:18:00.004-05:002011-07-27T05:20:28.352-05:00Summer Scare - a misspent youth story. Part 2If you didn't read the first of this story you will want to catch up before you read the following.
As we left off the girls were lazily paddling down the river, heading perilously close to the dreaded snake infested trees.
Oldest girl (OG): “We’re heading for the trees. Paddle harder”
Youngest girl (YG): “No we’re not. Don’t worry.”
OG: “The man at the canoe rental says that there are snakes in Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-17637254474855809702011-07-26T05:04:00.000-05:002011-07-26T05:57:10.346-05:00Summer Scare - a misspent youth storyThe summer was coming to an end soon and the younger of the two eighteen year old women was celebrating her birthday that week. The birthday girl couldn’t have been more please with how this birthday was turning out. They were camping with her family in northeast Oklahoma and her best friend from Seattle had flown down for a couple of weeks. The girls had already driven to Dallas to spend a fun Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-36613771453167418362011-07-25T07:06:00.002-05:002011-07-25T08:30:41.623-05:00Cauliflower risottoI love risotto. I love the creaminess of it. I love that slightly firm bite to it. I love the way it marries with other flavors. As I've always said; "it plays well with others". With the low-carb thing I've got going lately I've had to give up my beloved risotto. Maybe, someday, in the future I can enjoy it again but it will have to be on a very limited basis.
I racked my brain on how I could Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-12157504677280185382011-07-22T07:07:00.000-05:002011-07-22T07:07:04.173-05:00Only in HoustonOnly in Houston would this be considered a great deal
Because you never know when you need to take your handgun to church.
Love,M
PS: Tuesday will feature the first installment of Summer Scare a misspent youth story. You know I'll never run out of these. Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-86420595133732318052011-07-21T06:26:00.001-05:002011-07-21T10:25:49.736-05:00Look what came in the mailWhile in Ottawa I met the nicest people from New York. This husband and wife team work at Cornell University. He does something with a software system called Fedora and she is in nursing. We hit it off quickly. (I'm fairly lucky in this regard. I meet nice people everywhere I go. Maybe, because I strike up conversations with anybody and everybody I meet, sit next to on the bus/airport shuttle/Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-63117540665379331512011-07-20T08:45:00.000-05:002011-07-20T08:45:04.370-05:00Only marginally a weirdoOnce again I don't sound like a dork and it is all Marisa's doing.
http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1310508758-UH-Moment-Digital-History.html
Doesn't that make you want to take my course this fall?
Love,MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-91743341116523926502011-07-19T06:38:00.000-05:002011-07-19T06:38:19.443-05:00Random Tuesday Thoughts - Paths It's that day. The day you sort of float a bunch of ideas out there just to see where they land. Join the fun with Stacy and the gang.
I took this picture with my phone on the second floor veranda of Oak Alley Plantation one of the days I was in New Orleans. I like it even though I know that a thousand people have the same shot. I had planned to do a poem about paths but my brain hasn't been inMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-5200537286290362332011-07-18T08:00:00.001-05:002011-07-18T09:11:29.960-05:00Vegetarian and Low-carb are not mutually exclusiveLet's talk about diets. Diet is one of those 4 letter words that your mother use to wash your mouth out with soap for (your mom didn't do this? I'm turning mine in to the authorities.) to me. Diets mean sacrifices and not eating stuff you really like and learning to eat stuff you hate. Seriously, the list goes on. But, to me diet means a change in lifestyle not a punishment. Whether you are veganMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-25744235281449420012011-07-14T05:42:00.002-05:002011-07-14T06:31:35.888-05:00It's not Puppies and Unicorns
But, it does have horsies!Which could conceivably be puppies and unicorn offspring. But, let's not get into genetics.
This is my silly Spin for the week. If you would like to see more lighthearted posts from Bloggers that actually took the time to think about it instead of ones that pulled it out her their A$$, go over the Sprite's Keeper's place.
Love,MMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-78038623863631846872011-07-13T05:43:00.000-05:002011-07-13T05:54:51.131-05:00She likes it! She really likes it!I was sworn to secrecy about this painting. It was a birthday gift that the owner didn't want the beans spilled about until it was delivered. I didn't even cash the check lest he see it in their bank statement. (FYI Mary, I still haven't but will try to get to that this week)
Mary sent me this:
I was afraid...very afraid.
It is a photograph of her husband's grandmother. His beloved Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-52361267651228675722011-07-12T05:58:00.006-05:002011-07-12T06:27:35.033-05:00RTT - Stuff
It has been forever since I joined in with the gang in a Random Tuesday Thoughts. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe my thoughts are not all that random or maybe I'm just lazy. I'm thinking it's more the later then the former. Anyway, Stacy has seamlessly picked up where Keely left off, which was wonderful of her since these things can be a bit of a pain to manage. I guess. I wouldn't know since Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-73739186187193228592011-07-11T06:15:00.000-05:002011-07-11T06:15:09.227-05:00And the Winner is???
Last week I offered up a cookbook to all of you in North America (sorry Vince. I can't even comprehend how much it would cost to send something to Ireland. Last time I sent a Christmas card with some photos in it to JR's cousin in 1993 it cost somewhere around $5 dollars. And to tell you the honest truth I'd rather save my coins to send myself to Ireland first. Really? Wouldn't you rather have Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-14992979716950369902011-07-06T05:40:00.003-05:002011-07-06T05:40:00.230-05:00Book Giveaway!While at the American Library Association Annual Meeting I attended a couple of the cookbook demonstrations. These events are held in the exhibit hall, on a stage with the author in attendance to sign books. There were times in between meetings and presentations that I found myself in the exhibit hall and as you know I can't refuse a cookbook.
Most of the books are free but this one cost me $10Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-22503985386876690572011-07-05T04:33:00.003-05:002011-07-05T04:33:00.270-05:00Kitchen re-doWe spent the last five days moving into a new place. It is slow going. I'm getting too old for this and, if I'm too old than JR is way too old. We are both exhausted. It is not just the moving as it is the packing, the unpacking and the cleaning of the last place that is the killer.
This new place has a very small kitchen with a small breakfast room attached. We decided that this breakfast roomMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-61185749459468306572011-06-30T03:41:00.011-05:002011-06-30T03:41:00.503-05:00I'll be playing catch-up for awhile.While I was in New Orleans I didn't do any blogging and I didn't really visit many blogs. There just wasn't time. Now, that I am home I still am not going to be able to catch back up.
This is moving weekend. Can I say that this is a truly painful process. So sure, we are moving into a really big place with lots of closets and bedrooms and bathrooms it will still stink. I, also, would like to goMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-27245994174361143302011-06-29T05:39:00.000-05:002011-06-29T05:39:45.689-05:00Michele's not here, man!Hi everyone,
I know I've been playing least in sight these days. Unless, you've been following my wacky adventures in the land of Hurricane's (it's a drink for those of you who've never been New Orleans), beignet's (another delicacy) and copious amounts of seafood. But, I scrounged together a few words and sent them over to Gretchen,
She's in the middle of the wilds of Southern California, Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-74170777390728198542011-06-22T13:38:00.001-05:002011-06-22T15:25:18.967-05:00Hey Buddy, ya got an extra 100 for souvenirs?Have I confessed my love of buying souvenirs? No? Uh Yeah, well, I have one. Every trip I go on I bring home a little something for my family and my staff.
Let's see, when I was at the Library of Congress I brought home T-shirts for the boys, ink pens for my FTE staff and pencils for the student workers.
The Raleigh trip I brought home T-shirts for the boys and little tiny baseball bat keyrings Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-71341931796425186232011-06-21T05:43:00.011-05:002011-06-21T05:43:00.512-05:00OttawaSo the presentation went well. I think. People told me it did. I'm not sure I believe them. Okay, I'll take their word for it. I'm pretty happy it's over. One more presentation on Saturday then I don't have another one for quite sometime. So all my insecurities can be lulled into a sense of well-being only to be dashed against the shores in September.
Here are a few of the photos that I took Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-14355299314131348952011-06-20T05:05:00.001-05:002011-06-20T05:05:00.253-05:00Cashew Crusted Goat Cheese over Zucchini NoodlesWe love goat cheese and use it in a multiple of ways. We love its tart and creamy yummy goodness. This recipe makes the most of the tartness of goat cheese, the salty crunchiness of the cashews and the sweetness of a balsamic vinegar reduction.
This recipe makes a perfect meatless Monday dish though we had it on Saturday and the leftovers with eggs for Sunday breakfast. JR loves balsamic Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-44889561139695013312011-06-14T05:40:00.001-05:002011-06-14T06:35:21.502-05:00Just some things rattling around in my head. I just wish they would keep the noise down.After watching Sunday Morning on CBS I've decided that my blog is schizophrenic and not one of the powerful. Why I thought it might be (powerful that is; not schizophrenic. I understand that part) is beyond me this morning but after you read the rest of this post you'll understand also. Back to Sunday Morning, they had a short piece on blogs and the impact they make on everything from politics toMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-86405283694217547332011-06-10T10:07:00.000-05:002011-06-10T10:07:33.876-05:00How-to: canvas photo printsEarlier this week I mentioned that I was planning a post about how to make your own canvas prints. So I've put it all together.
Supplies
Canvas printer paperstretcher bars or unfinished framesStaple gunStaplesImage sized for printing
Image: This is one of my favorite photos of JR. We had gone hiking in Tuscon, Arizona in early spring. I think it was February or March. We had had a large Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-16339433320308626662011-06-08T06:16:00.010-05:002011-06-08T06:54:02.808-05:00Decorating and Decor - A SpinThis decorating and decor Spin is brought to you by the fine people at Sprite's Keeper. Bringing you fine posts for over three years. Go to http://www.spriteskeeper.com/my_weblog/ for more details.
I had originally planned to do my decorating spin as a how-to for printing your photos out on canvas photo paper and then stapling them to a canvas frame but that required me to actually go to the Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-51252929396154511592011-06-06T03:41:00.004-05:002011-06-06T03:41:00.234-05:00Curried vegetable stuffed portabella mushroomsSo I promised a couple of readers/friends that I would give them some knock out recipes that were vegetarian and lowish carb. This is the first of them.
If you like to eat something that is low fuss but high in the running nose spicy side like we do than this is the dish for you. While it is a complete meal in and of itself serving it with a salad with a very light dressing would not come amissMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-13093485638713479482011-06-03T05:21:00.000-05:002011-06-03T05:32:03.662-05:00Low-carb vegetarian diet does not mean "no-food" dietAs most of you know I was forced encouraged by my doctor to give up cut back on the number of carbohydrates that I eat per day. As a vegetarian this seemed like a daunting task. What was I supposed to eat? How would I get enough protein at every meal to ensure that I wasn't starving when my only high protein choices are soy and eggs?
After a couple of weeks of whining my creative cooking Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-65038791747937184832011-06-02T06:17:00.000-05:002011-06-02T06:17:44.014-05:00Waitin' on a SpinIt seems that I spend a lot of time waitin'
Just this morning I woke up 30 minutes before the alarm went off. I waited until it did to get up.
Just this morning I waited for the coffee to brew or would that be steep in my house since we drink french press coffee every morning. And, a lot of it. And it was worth waitin' for.
I finished a paintin' last night. I'm waitin' for it to dry before Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-22863847456982758262011-05-27T06:16:00.003-05:002011-05-27T06:58:29.751-05:00My Misspent Youth - The backbacking trip - spinSummer time and the living is easy.
It is even easier for a dozen junior high school students without jobs; without jobs, without cars, without money. Hanging out at each others houses, preferably without supervision. Roaming our small town on our bikes. Hitch hiking to the lake for swimming, sunning, and sleeping. Oh yeah, life was good. Life was very very good. It was every parent's nightmare.Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-20866188707328075582011-05-26T06:43:00.002-05:002011-05-26T06:43:00.120-05:00Cream of Wild Mushroom SoupThis is one of our favorite soups.
Cream of wild mushroom soup
2 packages of dried wild mushrooms. (doesn't matter what type. I used morrel and chanterelles)2 or 3 cups of chopped mushrooms (whatever you've got. I used crimini and shiitake) 1 quart water1 quart cream or half and half1/2 cup white wine salt, pepper and nutmeg1/4 cup onion - chopped2 tablespoons butter1/4 cup arrowroot1/4 cup Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-74964162644092676782011-05-25T06:09:00.001-05:002011-05-25T06:09:00.271-05:00Some photos from my trip to Chapel Hill, NCJust a couple to things from my trip
We don't have these in Houston.It makes me sad. This is one of the oldest buildings on the University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill.The corner stone was laid in 1793 and was the first building on campus. Old East as it is called is still used as a residence hall.
The reading room at their rare books library. Isn't it cool?
Their digital lab needed a Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-27519027599921147332011-05-24T05:56:00.010-05:002011-05-24T06:14:35.852-05:00MapsMaps like everything else have evolved. Before the advent of the internet and now smart phones maps came on paper. Sometimes I miss paper maps. We still buy them because while I can plot my route with my phone I love to unfold a map to find the one less traveled on a paper map.
They have that wonderful paper smell and feel (well, unless you found them stuffed under the seat of your car after a Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-76430441457730915402011-05-19T12:41:00.000-05:002011-05-19T12:41:23.736-05:00The Great Bank Heist - a videoThe University of Houston student association put on a festival every year called Frontier Fiesta. It was a raucous week of events. In 1953 someone had the great idea of filming parts of it. Our music librarian, Katie Buehner and I put our heads together to come up with this short video out of the original film. I won't go into all the transformations and fancy foot-work we had to do to get this Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-64260928468925705952011-05-17T08:41:00.000-05:002011-05-17T08:41:28.280-05:00Super DogThis would be my Corgie if he wasn't a little on the chubby side.
This was sent to me by my older son 'The Geek'. I thought it was adorable. Of course, I'm a bit of a dog nut.
I'm still in Chapel Hill, North Carolina so I won't be around a lot. I think we are planning to go to a baseball game on Thursday. Anyone remember that movie Bull Durham? We'll be going to see the Durham Bulls play. Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-39413023560410275422011-05-14T08:47:00.001-05:002011-05-14T09:19:31.705-05:00Testing-blogger fail-just click cancel for the authentication requestNow that Blogger has come back up I need to test it a bit. There seems to be some sort of authentication piece that has attached itself to my blog. According to the blogger forum it is because I've used a photo or link from another site that required authentication or it is a widget that isn't working. I can't think what photo or link I've used that requires authentication because I usually onlyMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-2235238656103626572011-05-11T06:00:00.016-05:002011-05-11T06:00:14.435-05:00Do Your Bit to Keep Him FitWe have a new collection on the digital library that I am really excited about. Almost as excited as I was about the very first collection we ever published but not quite because that was a huge accomplishment. Nothing will ever beat it but this one is pretty cool.
The Minnie Fisher Cunningham is the collected papers of the national suffrage representative from Texas. She successfully lobbied Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-46526568001883703002011-05-09T07:04:00.000-05:002011-05-09T07:04:43.678-05:00Occupancy rateAbout a month ago JR and I bought ourselves a new bed. For years we had slept in a queen size bed and it was the ideal size for us. Not so small that his 6 foot 2 inch frame couldn't stretch out a bit and not so big that he didn't know I was in the same bed (probably why we have two children and surprisingly why we didn't have more but that probably is TMI). I don't take up a lot of room. At 5 Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-3018050572421716722011-05-06T06:27:00.001-05:002011-05-06T06:29:45.394-05:00The 7th post posted on the 7th day in February - maybe I should have waited until tomorrowI was going through my archives (you mean you don't archive your posts? Do not get me started on the possible loss of historical records because you are not backing up your posts. I tend to get a little cranky about that subject.) and I found this post. I thought it was adorable and thought to share it with all of you. Since, I had all of about 3 readers and they were family I'm pretty sure none Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785534973535089478.post-65109395952892208662011-05-05T07:10:00.007-05:002011-05-05T10:12:31.492-05:00Cinco de Mayo, Mexico in art and imagesAs everyone knows it is Cinco de Mayo today. In honor of that occasion I've found a few places on the internet that you can go to see Mexican art and relics. As digital surrogates of primary resources these images are citable (up your Blogger spellcheck, that's a word) material.
OMG! What was that? Sorry, to go all librarian on you.
Anywoo. There is some awesome stuff that has be scanned Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995260386315141412noreply@blogger.com10