Jan 17 - Welsh Springer Spaniel and Pheasant Continues
I’ve had some surprising comments on these paintings, ... in a generally round shape near the middle of the canvas. As far as which one of the six value plans, it’ ... from us toward a farm house. I hope that all my friends in the southernmost area of the country [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 23:36:09
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What are your New Year Plans?
My friend has a farm house in the foothills of the moutains surrounding Pune. We (friends and families) are going to his farmhouse in the evening, eat, drink and dance and then sleep over. We intend to return back in the morning. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:49:58
November 17, 2008: Democrats Seek Tougher Concessions In Auto Industry Bailout
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a plan for an auto industry bailout that would utilize money from the original $700 billion Wall Street bailout, ... examines the controversy surrounding Massachusetts’ foreign clean energy source to the north. Prairie Power Inc. plans to build a 30 megawatt wind farm near Pittsfield, Illinois. Colorado’s capital [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 17:40:33
A midwestern connected farmhouse?
With the terrible winter weather we have in Illinois, I keep wondering why the connected farmhouse was a New England phenomenon ... is one example of a connected farm, and here is another.There is a big open area between our house ... plans because they might be disappointed down the line when they can't accomplish those goals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 12:37:00
Twitter updates for 2009-01-17
Just discovered “The Usual Error.” Chapter 1 is online and from what I’ve read, so far so good. http://is.gd/ge6Z Nice blog design too! # @jbrotherlove - So does “open office plan” mean *not* a cube farm? Frankly I like my cube ... to the new house where there’s a NICE bathroom. in reply to sunluff # About to clean out the Roomba, start [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:59:59
Awesome Gift Ideas Under $10, $20 & $50 (Day 1)
The economy has had quite an impact on many of us this year and as such I recently read the 2008 Holiday Economic Survey by TodaysMama ... Farm House Five - Beautiful Wall Art - Airplanes - $12.60 Bugaloo - Soft Sole Leather Baby ... due to concern about the long-term economic outlook. Of those, 14% plan to cut holiday spending [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 17:08:15
Horse Slaughter Bill Back in Congress - Take Action
It’s a busy day today so please scroll down for an action alert from Farm Sanctuary on the Army’s plans to use live animals as target practice, ... Cruelty Act. You can find their phone numbers at Congress.org or the House of Representatives Web [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:18:34
Coke is greener everyday, zero waste in Austin, biofuel kills forests and more.
Austin Adopts ‘Zero-Waste’ Plan - Greenbiz.com Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Hybrid Delivery Fleet to Become Biggest in North America - Greenbiz.com The Cost of the Biofuel Boom: Destroying Indonesia’s Forests - Yale 360 Offshore wind farm ... I last posted on...White House climate czar, one nuke dump is enough, tiny solar aray and more. Sunday Update [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:29:47
Omar Saeed Sheikh plots assassination from Pakistani jail
Omar Saeed Sheikh ... his life. "I am after you, get ready to die," Omar reportedly told Musharraf. The plan was to ambush Musharraf's convoy as he traveled between Army House in Rawalpindi and his farm outside of Islamabad [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 02:29:48
Layout Update
Homestead Plan So here is a photoshop of the layout I had drawn by hand. Of course not to scale. Since Brian from Sourwood Farm had turned me on to Country Plans, we have fallen in love with the 1.5 story 20×30 cottage. That will be the big house. Our current little cabin will be Amy’s palace [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:46:01
ThinkFast: December 17, 2008
ThinkFast: December 17, 2008 By Think Progress at 9:02 am ThinkFast: December 17, 2008» ... transition of power” since 9/11, The White House “has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help ... . Vilsack “will lead a sprawling federal bureaucracy charged with overseeing farm subsidies, land [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 14:02:46
Davao Itinerary
Yeay, I will be in Davao on Friday for a short vacation with my family. We’ll stay in a pension house for 4 days, 3 nights. We actually wanted to stay in the Pearl Farm Beach Resort except that we have a very tight budget ... . No plans on the first day yet, we’ll probably visit Eden park to try their zipline ride or try wildriver [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:12:42
Making a Difference
Cards This past Christmas, Dan wrapped up a small gift to be opened down at his parents’ farm during our family gathering ... what to do with it, so it just sort of sat there, intact and unimplemented. Dan plans to make sure ... ve got another thing comin.’ Next. 3-takewiths I already do this because I never leave the house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:26:30
I’m not big on making resolutions around New Years. I find that the failure rate is far too daunting and putting “out there” what you hope to ... plans your weekend for you and you literally just go along for the ride. We had one of the best times of our lives, doing all sorts of fun things like horseback riding (I was terrified!) visiting a farm [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:23:45
Reader Mailbag #39
Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance ... life insurance in case something happens 2.) Start saving for their college 3.) Pay down our house ... enough to cover burial expenses. This shouldn’t cost you too much, though. I’d also start a 529 pl [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 14:00:00
MLK Day
As a preacher of non-violence, MLK did not eschew the Bible, a container for violent stories, but with a purpose of teaching, enabling, empowering ... under fluorescent lights in some windowless cube farm is not our idea of how to develop one's future job ... , the idea of trading staff with our Pauling House campus looked appealing, given how short a drive [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 18:40:00
#460. Manger Management
One morning a few years ago, my wife and I were awakened by a really loud, bizarre noise. It kind of sounded like an elephant with asthma exhaling ... our house with my bare hands, I started to stretch and limber up my "core." My wife exclaimed ... ." But then I peeked out of the blinds and saw a big blue balloon larger than our house about to land [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:00:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:01:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:12:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 06:57:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:01:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:07:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 18:54:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:41:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 01:31:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 02:30:00
Day Two of our Family Visit
Yesterday we had a marvelously lazy day. We went to church, had an early dinner and played board games into the night. A perfect Sunday. Ella and her cousin Max have been bounding around this house, thick as thieves. They hold hands ... her time with her Auntie Liz.Tomorrow we plan on visiting Amish Country in Lancaster, Pa. We got online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 04:31:00
Monday news digest: bread and butter issues edition
In Walz highlights economy this term, Post Bulletin political reporter Heather Carlson reports: Every four years, ... an open house featuring warm drinks and snacks for Minnesotans making the trek. "It will be a good ... the initial bailout proposal along with the auto rescue plan, said he is not convinced the money will end [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:03:11
Inauguration Day
Today is a big day in the course of our great country. Anytime we have major change in political power it inevitably signals a new era in our history. My daughter asked this morning why it was all the rage on TV…simple I told her, we will be reading about this election and subsequent inauguration for years to come in the history books [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:31:18
"Moo"lah: Stimulus Plan for Dairy Cows
This is from the Water Town Daily Times. The story just proves what Will Rogers once said: "With Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law ... to pay farmers to retire cows failed when House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. David R. Obey ... , said Rep. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.Taking milk cows [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:00:00
An Updated Kitchen
We starting building our house when our daughter wasn’t quite 3. She’s almost 18 now. We were young (well, not that young, we married late), and had just moved back to Houston after living a year and 1/2 in Ft. Worth for Ben’s job. We bought a lot in West University to build our dream house on and in order to save money on architects, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:45:00
Tech Stimuli
The tech industry is, naturally, pleased about today's proposed $825 billion stimulus package from House Democrats ... the way automobiles are powered. Scientific Research National Science Foundation: $3 billion ... equipment shared by institutions of higher education and other scientists, $200 million to repair [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:00:04
d.k. Steak House
I thought about how a "pescatarian" (vegetarian who eats seafood) would be able to write about a steakhouse. Should I encourage people to eat meat??? ... Steakhouse. d.k.'s is the only restaurant in Hawaii that offers in-house dry aged steaks. Dry aging beef ... -in rib eye is aged for 30 days. Throw in some classic steak house side dishes and a wine [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 03:10:00
Wii had a Merry Old iTime
The last five days have been pretty spectacular. For starters, Jody had them all off of work so we got a lot of family [ ... cleaning/fixing up in as well. My parents (who were here from MI) and sister were here ... , friends, job security, a home, etc. We might not be in our dream home, but we have a roof over [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 05:19:35
Goals for 2009
Goals for 2009 Jeff Blankenburg tagged me on his “goals for 2009” list and by some weird force of the Internets I feel compelled to write my ... to ride my bike 10-20 miles / day, worked on the farm, etc. I may have been skinny but I was as stout ... , retirement, etc. The one book that really made sense to me was The Total Money Makeover: A Proven P [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:51:30
Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:02
Is $45 billion for technology enough?
Budgets are relative. Take my household budget — please. It gets trimmed when money’s tight, it expands when there’s more to spend. Kind of the opposite of the federal budgeting process. And the recent economic stimulus plan ... some. Actually, it’s gotta spend a lot. The $825 billion stimulus bill unveiled last week by House [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:45:02
Painful eyes
A lot of emails come my way every 24 hours. Some stand out. Like this one. Not just that she’s a realtor who likes me (most want to drive over me). Not just that she sees the world through new eyes after being part of this online rebellion. Not just that she’s started to think about how vacuous and unwise most citizens have become [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:13
We made it. Now what?
Under a crisp sky, the jubilee rose to its climax as the 44th President took his oath ... of American fuel through Canadian oil, and help to coordinate Obama’s lofty environmental plans. Many ... behind? We are bombarded with news of how European nations are creating jobs and cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:42:22
DrumBeat: December 1, 2008
A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, ... and leadership can still make a profound difference! Factors close to home dictate 'fair' oil price ... of view. Oilpatch spending plans soften CALGARY [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47
The Swift and Violet Rise of Oil
By Dan Denning January 20th, 2009 Today’s Daily Reckoning comes with a warning. If you have a short attention span, dislike history and metaphors, have atrocious spelling and grammar, or otherwise would just prefer to be told what to do with your money and life, then stop reading now and go have a beer. Have one for us as well [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:04:48
How will the bailout affect IT?
In most cases, budgets are relative. They get trimmed when times are tough and expand when there’s more to spend. Kind of the opposite of the federal budgeting process. And the recent economic stimulus plan ... some. Actually, it’s gotta spend a lot. The $825 billion stimulus bill unveiled last week by House [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:45:02
Market Vertigo - By Cliff Draughn
"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben FranklinAs I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause to reflect on the past, ponder the present, and plan the future. The New Year always rings in with the soothsayers and fortunetellers of the market invading our [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 23:46:00
Ten-Word Tuesday. Now With 30% More Giveaways!
Bossy and her mother began a cleansing diet on Monday in an effort to reset some of their bad habits, ... and too much fun. Bossy’s mother moved into Bossy’s house so they could eat all of the same things at all of the same times while providing moral support. Their general plan was to consume vegetable [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 15:50:57
How to Push Obama: John Nichols in The Progressive
This piece was called to my attention by Jim Olberg. ****************************** How to Push Obama by John Nichols The Progressive On November 4, the American people by a popular majority of more than eight million votes selected as their new President a Democratic contender who had been attacked by his Republican foe as a radical who [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 04:31:10
We Are All Japanese Now
The Fed goes for broke - and the rest of the country follows…there are really only two ways out of this mess… Instead of inflation, we’re getting deflation…Gideon Gono can show the Fed how to use these ‘new tools’… Some sage advice for Obama…the SEC does not fight fraud, it aids and abets it…and more! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 16:14:18
Beginning Farming...
There are lots of good ways to begin farming. You can find rental land, start small with low input cost operations like gardening and poultry, hook-up with a retiring farmer, form a business plan and put it to work, find an apprenticeship and really learn the task, and even get a job on farm so you can pay the bills and learn at the same [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 17:51:00
IN REMEMBRANCE: 1-18-2009
Jump to CommentsANDREW WYETH, PAINTER, REALIST AND LIGHTENING ROD By MICHAEL KIMMELMANPublished: January 16, 2009 Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, a reclusive linchpin in a colorful family dynasty of artists whose precise realist views of hardscrabble rural life became icons of [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:02:00
Heads or Tails *Feet or Feat*
Date: 2009-01-20 12:31:30
The kind of post that makes me cry while I write it.UPDATED
I’ve gotten a few dozen emails/comments asking me why I don’t send Sunny over to England on a boat if the flight would be so awful, ... , as in, not an American suburb where you can get a decent house with a yard for a reasonable cost. Rupert and I are going [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 17:57:56
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