Sucker Winner(s)!!

I was so excited to read about every one's New Years Eve plans ... junk food until 11:59 pm. We went to a friend's house in Baton Rouge. It is always a great time over ... up or something. Oh, yeah the next winner is..........TJ and Mark over at The Ranch on Salmon Creek [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:01:00

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New Things to Try in 2009

Over the holidays a friend and I brainstormed about ways to freshen a room without spending money. Rearranging things always comes to mind ... , I suppose there's always something new to try around the house. Another of my friends has gone to the public library for upholstery how-to books and she plans to tackle some small projects in February [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 08:39:00

A new baby.

Santa brought her a new baby (and a new stroller that Santa and Grandma Bev worked on together). So I had big plans of uploading the remainder of my Christmas shots today ... either). Oh, and that's inside the new, old house.  I just painted those olive green walls [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:04:27

Home Make Over

It's the beginning of the year, a start of a new life and new ventures. One of the things I really plan to do is do some shutters, make overs ... , I just want to change its ambiance and mood, lol! I love beautifying our house, making it neat and clean ... , craftsman and artisans, and homeowners who have come to rely on their superior products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:01:14

Ardisia, Setia Alam

Recently my parents bought a new house in Setia Alam and today, for the first time ever, I went to see the place (with them, of course) ... showhouses was way back during my schooling years when my parents bought a bungalow lot at Bukit Rimau. We never got past getting the floor plan done and admiring how it would turn out (the plan is still [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:13:54

First Word: Sam Talbot, Crosby Hotel, and More Get Green Light from CB2

Welcome to First Word, wherein Eater and its correspondents sit for hours at steamy community board meetings to bring back the first word of new ... . Because the application is for a transfer of an existing license, the approval was a breeze. He plans to open a "Charleston house type restaurant" with Southern fare. The current occupant is open until [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:45:24

Everhouse: A new plan for post-Katrina homes

John Sawyer’s vision for the next phase of Katrina recovery revolves around a simple home. Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Gulf Coast, housing remains a major problem in the region. There’s a shortage of skilled labor to build new homes, insurance rates have skyrocketed, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:36:54

Back to the Blog

December 16, 2008 in Uncategorized I was out in Northern California for about a week visiting family and friends ... I went to the open house at the new location for the Judah Magnes Museum in downtown Berkeley ... , the works. Had a few He-Brews and then headed home. I would have stayed to eat but had plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 18:25:27

Cancer, death, and God.

A year and a half ago we bought our home from a couple who lived in New Jersey. They had plans to move down to Florida and live next door to their parents, but eventually decided against it. So in the process of buying our house, painting it, and all that other fun stuff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:37:44

Back to Reality

Today was my last day before reality strikes again. Tomorrow the school week begins, along with choir, and ballet, and church activities, ... through new textbooks and double-checking lesson plans as desired. The list is never quite fully ... not want to come home to a house full of Christmas decorations, so early last week we took everything down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:32:00

Ask the M-Network: Money Management and a New Career

Last week, the M-Network announced a new feature - “Ask the M-Network ... yourself if you have any intermediate plans such as buying a house, getting married, having ... , etc. I am currently maxing out my 401K and trying to pay off some student loans to become debt free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:50:54

New Years Eve

No exciting plans for me tonight. I’m just thrilled I made it through yesterday virtually sugar free! ... but the cabin fever girl who has been home since 11:30 a.m. on Monday says to get out! I’ve got to take a FYP party packet by a girl’s house anyway. I am actually doing a party next month. Woo hoo!Well [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:02:18

British Columbia: City of Langford may allow more subdivisions for developments that are Bankrupting them

We bear witness to new plans to bulldoze and subdivide the south side of SPAET (Skirt) Mountain ... out some of the remaining traditional sites on the mountain, including the Guardian Rocks and the canyon ... more important is gathering information. The Open House is hosted by the city’s PR firm, The Tartan Group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:49:04

Obama Plans to FORCE Us Green

If he is elected president Senator Obama plants to shove his environmental plan down the throat of congress ... has been that the White House blocked EPA bureaucrats from making the so-called "endangerment finding ... bludgeon. He plans to issue an ultimatum to Congress: Either impose new taxes and limits on carbon [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 02:36:26

Laguna’s ‘oldest home’ a $3.8 million bet

154 Pearl St. slide show Chester Alan Arthur, the nation’s 21st president, was in the White House when a small cottage sprang up at 154 Pearl St. in Laguna Beach, built in 1883 with driftwood floated in from boats and shipwrecks. Cuba ... board-and-batten residence less than a block from the beach. The new owners, who plan to renovate [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 11:44:02

Ho Hum I Feel Like A Bum

I never seem to get around to blogging anymore. I don't really know why, just lack of things to blog about i suppose. There isn't a lot going on around our house. Jay has been on leave for the past month. We had so many plans. We were going to go to New York City or Niagra Falls. Maybe spend a weekend at Lake [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:13:00

Thursday’s New Home Community Picks

New Home Communities in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona As we continue our efforts to provide homebuyers with up-to-date new housing information, ... home communities, buyers can choose from a variety of customizable ranch-style and two-story floor ... floor-plans to choose from ranging between 1,148 to 1,273 square-feet. Located northwest of I-25 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 19:31:37

Wrong for Women: Wrong for America

Wrong for Women: Wrong for America Tuesday, January 20, 2009 At the new White House web page, ... actually does a little more than that. It would prohibit health insurance plans from excluding coverage ... that it can sometimes cause an abortion. As a country we can do better [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:09:32

Medvedev, Bush Stand For Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Barack Obama Wrist Watch: Time For a Change Indeed Thursday Israel and Hamas Will Begin Truce Jerry Manuel Named Interim Manager of Mets Navy ... on White House race Add comments Latest and greatest! NYSE Euronext Introduces SFTI Community Platform ... The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced plans to introduce a new service [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 18:11:52

New Year's Eve with the CBC

Hubby and I had plans last night for New Year's Eve, but they were cancelled, as our hostess had some sickness in her house. I wasn't actually that sorry. What is the big fuss about staying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 14:49:00

New Pro: Dan Myers

Dan started playing poker when he found out about a free $10 dollar promotion on Prima, and quickly fell in love with the game ... or a mortgage for a house. In the future, Dan plans to continue playing poker as long as games ... . More recently, he says that Leggo has helped open up his game and made him more comfortable playing loose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:55:33

my big three

I am still feeling the ”new year, fresh start” thing, but unfortunately haven’t had much time yet to do any of the things I had planned for the month of January. My plans were to do a lot of re-organizing in our messy house, some planning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 23:01:18

New Era, New Czars

In the LA Times (as well as the Chicago Tribune, Agence France Presse and others) ... European global warming plans in the Washington Post... On PBS Nightly Business Report Deron Lovaas talks ... seriously by creating an "energy czar" position to help guide White House energy leadership... New [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:21:00

Our Karl Rove - Revered, Reviled, Retired

Democrats,On September 3, 2004, I began my career in public political analysis by launchingKerry's Karl Rove ... and marketing savvy that we saw displayed by a Rove-powered White House. I felt the need ... . My thinking was that a new paradigm would inspire and unite, where policies and plans bore and divide.I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:00:00

Obama Victory Means Big Profits In Wind Power

The election of Barack Obama as president is essentially a vote for green energy over fossil fuels, says Andy Obermueller ... House, just wait until President Barack Obama takes office. During the presidential election, Obama ... t alone in its call to clean up the environment this way. China’s new energy plans, released [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 14:59:38

Hebron evictions: Jewish settlers shoot Palestinians...& more from IMEU

UN condemns Israeli settler clashesAl Jazeera (Dec 6, 2008)First Arab charity to break Gaza siege with $2m shipment of cancer medicineIMEMC ( ... settlement, a rabbi's unorthodox plan for peaceIsabel Kershner, The New York Times (Dec 6, 2008)Gaza ... walks by a wire fence near a disputed house in Hebron a day after Jewish settlers were evacuated [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 11:48:00

Don't Panic: This anxious missive just hit the...

This anxious missive just hit the Curbed inbox: "i just listed a house for rent on craigslist (LA) ... -- payment ID Description, 2 Bath - Silver Lake - Brand New MODERN House, Price: 0.00, Total To Be Charged ... Buckmaster, who wrote in an email that there are "no such plans" to charge non-agents to list ads [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 00:01:02

Opposition to demolition of building near New Acropolis Museum

I am not entirely clear why this is a news item again - as nothing seems to have changejd significantly in the case since the decision by Greece’s ... Marcus Binney, Architecture Correspondent Plans to demolish a handsome Art Deco house that will block ... member of the Athens Academy who worked in Paris, Istanbul and Dublin. The house was initially [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:52:41

ELLEA, Monday, November 3, 2008, sightseeing with Lamont in his new-to-him Volvo stationwagon

Our plans for Monday included eating brunch at Bijou Cafe, joined by Lamont who would meet us there. We rode the #17 bus. Don't Lucy and Edna (Mama) ... , the Vista House, brought us one glorious autumn sight after another. I couldn't get any shots, though ... out of the car at the Vista House, standing upright despite the strong, buffeting winds.This [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 01:03:00

Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!

#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 03:22:00

Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!

#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 04:22:00

Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!

#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 04:20:00

The Early Bird: October 30, 2008

Last Day For Early Voting In Illinois Today is the final day for early voting in the Prairie State ... into the White House, but he's got a message for lobbyists: Keep your money. Under a self-imposed rule ... . Instead, Stroger plans to invest in new technologies that will make workforce cuts possible. CPS [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:35:22

2009 - The Three 'Ps'

Driveway - in progress7 x 9 oilsFrom my house to yours, Happy New YearI have made some progress in 2008 but there is always room to move further ahead ... to tackle, what organizations to become involved with, what business plans to make, how to market myself [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:38:00

New news from New England

New news from New England July 4th, 2008 What a week…my last week of my tour and I flew to Martha’s Vineyard, then to Nantucket, ... for our new beach house - we went to contract yesterday on a property by the beach here in Westport, so now we have to get going on the plans. The Harborview hotel, aka my dream living room… [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 12:19:22

Donald Trump house sold in Palm Beach Florida for record $100 million

Cue ABBA because real estate mogul Donald Trump is about to pocket a whole lot more money, money, money ... Beach, Fla., mansion. He originally paid $41 million for the property four years ago and hired ... has no immediate plans to live in his new home. In fact, he may tear it all down to subdivide the land. [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 18:03:49

Can President Obama deliver the goods?

With the inauguration of President Barack Obama today, and the dawn of a new era in American politics, ... made a number of pledges in relation to the environment and has spoken passionately about his plans for greening the White House. But, with many other pressing issues to deal with, can he really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:49:23

Post Divorce Finances: 7 Steps to Rebuilding Your Financial House

By Nora Dunn My, how life changes when you close one chapter of your life and open a new one ... credit card insurance pension funds through work health care plans through work If you are required [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 04:06:55

2002 Video Flashback- Eric Holder: Terrorist Detainees Don't Fall Under Geneva Conventions

President-Elect Obama’s choice for Attorney General, Eric Holder, had a 2002 interview with CNN’s Paula Zahn, ( ... in the new Obama White House. Talking with CNN’s Paula Zahn in 2002, Holder had a different take on who fell ... and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 00:00:38

CC & A.J. press conference roundup

CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55

obamessiah inauguration: yay! we're out of the frying pan!

new commander-in-chief sworn infrom ap: Stepping into history, ... is to repair the tattered economy left behind by outgoing President George W. Bush.inauguration security ... designated successor in the event of some catastrophe. The White House announced the plan on Monday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:43:00

The Sunday Telegraph: Waste Watch: £7.6m bill in Essex for art gallery

Taxpayers in Essex could face a bill of £7.6 million to finish an ambitious new art gallery which is already a year overdue and will cost double the ... borough council with a £7.6m black hole. It already plans to commit a further £2m to keep ... have included a reception at the House of Lords and a dinner in New York for potential donors hosted [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 09:24:30

Obscene: The $150 Million Inauguration + Open Thread

“Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game…”– P.E. Obama, Jan ... by the White House on Tuesday to help with the soaring costs. Most of this new federal funding will be to deal ... . But plans for the four-day extravaganza roll forward with nine celebratory balls…Hmm.I’m working [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:54:36

1000 True Fans

Kevin Kelly's articulation of survival on the long tail was one of the essential readings this year for anyone trying to figure out a new paradigm ... . Maybe they come to your house concerts, or they are buying your DVDs from your website ... .  This may well be some filmmakers' dream, but they might as well plan to win the lottery [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 10:54:00

Carlsbad December Sales

Robert asked about houses selling without being on the MLS. Last month there were 79 sales of SFRs in Carlsbad: New tract houses: 11 MLS resales: 63 ... .  The buyer told me that it had extensive water/mold damage, and he planned to spend $250,000 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:08:08

Menu Plan Monday - Week of 1/5/09

Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had a great holiday with your family and friends. We did! ... of fun, a glimpse into our world. This is all that is left of Christmas decor at our house ... chili), fresh cut veggies & ranch dressing Beef Stirfry with frozen veggie mix, rice Honey [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:24:31

Praying for China

Praying for China 9 Comments | August 8, 2008 Edwards admits to affair 57 Comments | August 8, 2008 Friday poem 5 Comments | August 8, ... s new website plans. (more…) Movies & Music: My iPod…finally Gravatar Written by Lynn ... , am a techno-phobe? Ironic but true. Example: We have two machines in our house for playing DVDs — [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 21:17:50

Sting brings music, eco-message to Sundance fest

Sting brings music, eco-message to Sundance fest Sting drew cheers with an impromptu jam session at the Sundance Film Festival, ... calls for 'new Declaration of Independence' Bon Jovi stops by Lockhart's house Journalist parties duke ... scheme Jay-Z plans Obama blowout at Warner Theatre Concert highlights big star power [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:44:31

Happy New Year--No Really, I Mean It This Time

January 4th, 2009 So, all-righty then, here we finally are on New Year's Eve in Barb's Parallel Universe, ... at some basic creature comforts until our house in Austin sold. (Now we're planning our basement renovation and I'm calling the electrician about installing some heat lamps in the bathrooms, etc. I'm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:42:00

A look at 'Supernatural's' plans for the new year

Can you wait a full month for new episodes of "Supernatural"? No, I can't either. But we must, alas; the show returns Jan. 15 ... (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) investigate a house that appears to be haunted [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 02:36:04

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