tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38123352176512765372012-02-16T02:52:17.789-08:00Now and ThenLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-59231627127610553562010-09-20T16:59:00.001-07:002010-09-20T16:59:40.778-07:00Dressy, Colorful, Designer and Vintage ScarvesI’m excited with my new endeavor, launching Look Again! an online e-store We welcome you to Look Again at the treasure finds we have found and are making available to you. Our items will be primarily of the gently used variety. If it appeals to us, then there is a good chance it will appeal to you too! Please do bookmark us so you can find your way back to the store Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-35900696862437866452010-07-21T18:49:00.001-07:002010-07-21T18:49:22.598-07:00Project; Her t-shirt ruffles meets his shirtHow-To: Upcycled Ruffled Shirt Pillow Tricia of Oh So Crafty shares her tutorial for making this cute ruffled pillow from a man's button-down shirt and a t-shirt. I am subscribed to Craftzine which features crafty artists and projects. I enjoy seeing the creative minds at work, sometimes I marvel at how minds work in thinking up these projects. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-33232730431642438822010-05-16T15:16:00.001-07:002010-07-21T12:21:23.785-07:00Thrift Find – Pink KimonoMore thift find sharing. I don’t think this kimono is vintage, but I liked the pattern and color. For now I have it on hanger on closet door to please my eyes when I wake up in morning. Later I thought I might use the fabric in a remake project. Which reminds me that I need to snap some photos of the wonderful linens I found when I was thrifting with my mom in her town earlier this year. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-79984244116756551282010-05-16T14:25:00.001-07:002010-07-21T12:19:30.894-07:00Big Blue BottlesOn the return route home from our Mother’s Day drive to Cathlamet and Puget Island last weekend, we stopped at an Antique Shop we have bypassed on our several trips south. The house and location was a dairy farm, per the owner, and now that they are not farming, they rearranged the space into a home-owned antique shop. I got to browse the shop finding several items on my mental ‘must have’ listLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-45059460527470596072010-05-16T14:02:00.001-07:002010-07-21T12:16:48.696-07:00Crocheted Open Weave Mesh Scarf for SpringLooking for a light weight spring season type scarf to crochet, I came across pattern for open weave mesh scarf. First I tried the pattern on some ribbon yarn my mother had brought for me, but I would have needed about two more balls to get the scarf to a long enough length. The ribbon yarn made up into a neck scarf and that may work well too. I had some lemon colored light weight acrylic yarnLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-73498059528319874562010-05-16T12:58:00.001-07:002010-07-21T12:09:32.694-07:00Colorful Palette of ScarvesI can’t help it, in my thrifting, when I run across a colorful scarf that appeals to me I just have to add it to my collection. I don’t wear them very frequently, mostly when I have reason to dress up, ie, going to town, meetings – that sort of thing. After years of 8-5 employment and dressing for the office, I don’t regret that I don’t have to do the ‘morning routine’ each and every morning Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-27556645223597031902010-05-16T12:37:00.001-07:002010-07-21T12:07:52.022-07:00In the Pink – oil paintingMy most recent oil painting drying in the kitchen. I didn’t name the painting ‘in the pink’, although it does have pink tones in the sky and water. But sitting on my pink formica table with chrome pink chairs, ‘in the pink’ seems to fit for this photograph. The oversized Ball blue mason jars in the background were a find from antique shop a week earlier. The card is artwork note card my Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-34160084136132950912010-05-16T10:40:00.000-07:002010-05-16T10:43:38.196-07:00Illustrated Recipes Shout Out at Craftzine blogExcerpt from Crafzine blog post : I was telling my friend about this practice, and she asked if I had ever visited the site Recipe Look. I hadn't ... but I'm so glad she pointed me to it! It is a blog that posts illustrated recipes. Anyone can send one in!Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-4671810791786063602010-05-15T10:23:00.001-07:002010-05-15T10:28:04.441-07:00Can we make it?Don Delillo's White Noise. "Here we are... knowing all these great things after centuries of progress but what can we do...? Can we make a refrigerator? Can we even explain how it works? What is electricity? What is light?... Name one thing you could make." from blog post at fair companies Sustainable living continues to intrigue me on many levels. As I am sure I have said before in one of myLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-10452580569571581332010-03-23T11:05:00.001-07:002010-03-23T11:05:51.139-07:00Health Care Reform Legislation Passed and Signed into Law today'On Behalf of My Mother'This morning the President made it official: things are going to change a bit between Americans and their health insurance companies.� The President signed health reform into law, with a package of fixes not far behind, and in the process created a future for the country in which Americans and small businesses are in control of their own health care, not the insurance Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-74721249325970420902010-03-22T21:25:00.000-07:002010-07-21T11:59:01.286-07:00Law of the Garbage TruckOne day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of the parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-41127181100570851232010-03-22T09:24:00.001-07:002010-03-22T09:34:07.074-07:00‘Fears that Veterans health care and TRICARE will be undermined by the health reform legislation are unfounded.’ ShinsekiStatement from VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki WASHINGTON - As Secretary of Veterans Affairs, I accepted the solemn responsibility to uphold our sacred trust with our nation’s Veterans. Fears that Veterans health care and TRICARE will be undermined by the health reform legislation are unfounded. I am confident that the legislation being voted on today will provide the protections afforded our Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-41032044313117613212010-03-15T12:01:00.000-07:002010-03-22T10:03:59.353-07:00The end of an era - Monkey Puzzle Tree is down(photo of our home is among the featured illustrations in 'Back Roads of Washington', 1992, drawn by illustrator, Earl Thollander)Saga of our 90 year old Chilean Monkey Puzzle Tree ( Araucaria araucana ) comes to a close. The tree was planted in the front yard of our house, we are given to understand, some 90 years before we ever arrived on the scene. When we bought the house, the tree Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-81030233978264115072010-03-14T16:58:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:14:56.051-07:00Shifting direction a bit..Taking inventory, it looks like I had some fun over the years creatively building and playing with blogs. I have 17 blogs that I have created over the years at Blogger, and 11 at Word Press not to mention the other blogger sites where I built blogs. I began blogging back in the early years when blogging hadn't yet caught the popular imagination. My early efforts were in accord with the limitedLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-36441099625121122652009-09-02T11:00:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:15:24.283-07:00Congressman Brian Baird's Successfully Civil Town Hall Meeting in Ilwaco – Health Care ReformKudos to the Congressman and his staff for hosting a successfully civil discourse Town Hall meeting last night in Ilwaco, in Pacific County, WA. And of course, the primary range of questions had to do with Health Care/Insurance Reform. Death threats to the Congressman aside, he still managed to conduct his usual in-person Town Hall meetings in several Southwest Washington counties. What was theLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-77245805914476853982009-08-29T22:18:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:16:07.706-07:00Bill Moyers interviewed on Bill Maher - videosDid you watch Bill Moyers on Bill Maher this past Friday? It is worth watching. Bill Moyers is well … Bill Moyers and he says it best. If you missed it you can see 3 part video posted below; also at LiveLeak - links here and here and here. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3 Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-12098335241781884842009-08-27T09:23:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:17:04.579-07:00Daughter’s family stationed in Hawaii, 2006 KoKo Head in Hawaii, photos taken by daughter when stationed in Hawaii, 2006. She did her kitchen in Coffee motif, using Espresso painted cabinets, and coffee cup napkins pasted to kitchen backdrop Her patio garden, Hawaii, 2006 Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-76047227711625251872009-07-29T09:24:00.001-07:002010-07-21T11:53:52.669-07:00Coyote Moon – Native American – Chant - MeditationLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-24202717880748986302009-07-13T11:59:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:36:55.140-07:00Our weekend out of town; The Story.Our weekend; The Story. I have a peridontist appointment about every three months, in a town about 2 + hours from where we live. So we have turned it into a weekend getaway, and a visit with my mother who lives in a nearby town to the town where my peridontist is located. Had my peridontist appt Friday and the report was good - some small improvement actually. Not much improvement, but farLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-59112313186837650182009-06-23T10:12:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:20:06.504-07:00Father Matthew Presents: Mary Magdalene (Episcopal)Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-20674428418114818512009-06-18T08:31:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:20:46.491-07:00Make Your Own Seed TapesMake Your Own Seed Tapes - More DIY How To ProjectsLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-17266640632125988372009-06-09T12:28:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:22:05.710-07:00Book; American farmhouses : country style and design American Farmhouses: Country Style and Design by Leah Rosch My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI like to study the architecture of homes of bygone eras. View all my reviews.Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-43651507621883184502009-06-09T12:12:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:22:05.726-07:00Book; Forgotten Household Crafts Forgotten Household Crafts by John Seymour My review rating: 4 of 5 starsFrom the point of view of someone who grew up in Europe, it was more intriguing to read not only the how it was done, but the perspective from a child growing up, seeing the results of how it was done. View all my reviews.Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-53554125873405958272009-06-09T12:08:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:21:39.272-07:00Book; The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest by Lawrence Kreisman My review rating: 3 of 5 starsActually it was quite comprehensive and regionally specific. View all my reviews.Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-17797814050188447912009-05-25T12:49:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:22:32.971-07:00Oil Painting is so much brighter thoughI created 5 new paintings in a day. I was really into it that day. Two oils and three acrylics. Trying acrylics was new for me, see the post below.Here is one of the oil paintings, and you can see the paint is so much more vivid. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-16963349302533358242009-05-25T12:43:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:22:32.985-07:00Acylics or Oil? My New Acrylic PaintingsTrying my hand at acrylics. Reason; well oil painting can be rather toxic from what I hear and read, and you know, I'm just getting along in years and not too anxious to gunk up my lungs and system. I also have read that Bob Ross designed his wet on wet paints and thinner not to be toxic, so maybe I'm safe to continue using those products. Adapting the wet on wet technique of oil painting to Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-82577590244265215742009-05-25T12:18:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:25:51.446-07:00Vintage Finds - CollectiblesHolidays are over and the 'Company's Coming' size dining room table not needed now, so shortened it and added lighter table dressing for that fresher summer look.I think I got some pretty good thrift deals on these plates.-- a dozen Anchor Hocking Peach Lustre plates. While I'm not collecting these, I see the peach lustre pieces everywhere I find a collectible shop. This time, the price was Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-46612343079541554502009-05-25T11:51:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:25:51.463-07:00Handkerchiefs - my latest fun thing to do..I don't have those lovely vintage type handkerchiefs, and am at the mercy of finding them at thrift stores, collectibles and such like. So I went and found some because I found a few fun ideas for how to use and wanted to give some of the projects a try.In my painting/sewing room, the upstairs cupola, I used the handkerchiefs to create a window treatment. The view outside to peek views I have Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-47054118817305947822009-05-25T09:34:00.001-07:002010-03-15T11:26:08.326-07:00Dance-Off! What baseball players do when rained outFun video, College baseball, players from UConn and USF, filled in some of the time during a 5 hour rain delay with a Dance off Thursday, May 21, 2009. Enjoy and wow do I envy their ‘young’ energy! Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-43071371073811145692009-04-27T10:02:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:27:36.454-07:00On Kevin Thew Forrester; Bishop-Elect of Northern MichiganWe attend St John’s Episcopal Church, which is located in a small town in a sparsely populated county in a southwest corner of Washington state. It is a tiny congregation, of sturdy people, with traditional values, and they have kept the fact of St John’s alive over the decades with their sheer determination and will. I admire them for the values that have gotten them to where they are in Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-42418300912825535082009-04-26T21:22:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:29:20.171-07:00Getting StartedI have avoided creating a blog specific to my faith beliefs, partially because it's so highly personal and I like to think uniquely my own. Within the context of the church we have come to call our home church; within the context of the evangelical faith community having stepped into politically shaping our country with their belief set; within the context of sorting out my personal space of Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-90760899464351796232009-04-24T08:35:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:11.700-07:00Win This Business - Cool Cow Coffee Company in Naselle, WACame across this information this morning from another blogger. An ad she found at Facebook and at YouTube. I wasn’t able to find what she found at the source on Facebook, so it is copy and paste with a shout- out to her blog. In Naselle, Washington, just down the road from us, another local business person is having to close up shop. The why details are included in her offer (below) to Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-45806104974229590832009-04-23T08:13:00.000-07:002010-03-14T19:59:06.757-07:00Flowers Arrived; doesn’t the gift of flowers just make you smile! Daughter and son-in-law had flowers sent to my house; meant to arrive Easter weekend. Since we live as far away as we do from urban centers, it takes UPS a bit longer to deliver, so the flowers arrived a couple days later than they planned, but the flowers did arrive. Came in a florist box that looked like long stemmed roses might be inside. Opened the box to find fresh spring Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-45409848644589676082009-04-23T07:31:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:28:56.373-07:00Two new oil paintings - just finished and still Wet! Unoriginal title of 'Cabin by the Lake'After a too long time away from my paints, brushes, and the messy operation that is oil painting, yesterday I completed two paintings! The paintings I've accomplished grow fewer and fewer over the years since 2006. Lots of reasons why, but I hope this change in momentum means 'I'm Back'! I sought out the old painting clothes and found I've outgrown them (that means I weigh more now than I did Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-65762974470217128942009-04-23T06:45:00.000-07:002010-03-14T20:44:20.927-07:00Makes me smile….unexpected and joyful - video at Centraal Station AntwerpenLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-84058341297574989352009-04-14T20:45:00.000-07:002010-03-14T20:05:05.435-07:00Well I'm flattered,The Crochet Dude stopped by my blog and left a commentSo hey, thanks Crochet Dude - he actually has a name = Drew Emborsky, aka, The Crochet Dude. He left a comment at my post about using his pattern to make travel jewelry purses. Thanks Drew! Odd coincidence or serendipity because I have a grandson (9 yrs old), nickname 'Drew' who plays basketball, x-box, football and is also fascinated with Grandma (me) teaching him to crochet. He is Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-69602751094150365042009-04-14T20:26:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:41:48.835-07:00Another placemat purse; crocheted fingerless gloves, crocheted wrist cuffsGot the packages out in the mail to my older daughter and her family. Pictures of the tote/purse I made for her; again using placemats and napkins for the interior pockets. I adapted the many patterns I found on blogs, to make some simple channel pockets for the interior of the purse. I crocheted 2 pairs of wrist cuffs (above) using fun fur yarn for my two teenage granddaughters. And I Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-80344481299000696552009-04-09T13:02:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:30:51.791-07:00I made a bunch of these using 'The Crochet Dude' travel jewelry bag patternLast year I bumped into a crochet blog by a Guy! Yep, and he calls himself 'The Crochet Dude'. His crocheted creations were different and fresh. I was quite taken with them, and the idea of a guy who not only could crochet but come up with his own creations was enchanting! He had a few free patterns, and I was happy to try his pattern for 'Travel Jewelry Purse'. I liked it so well, that I Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-11379169873002327972009-04-09T10:06:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:41:04.456-07:00Two placemats turn nicely into a hanging organizerEnjoying the crafty ideas I've seen in crafting blogs for using placemats - or better said - for upcyling placemats. I finished up this one in a jiffy, an organizer, using two placemats, sewing up the channels and well, I sewed it directly onto a plastic hanger. Quick as that, I have a pretty little fabric bathroom organizer, or a cosmetic organizer or perhaps a child's room organizer.I hope toLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-29926440654709058302009-04-08T14:55:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:36:55.160-07:00What is Bay Center Association?We do have in our little community what is called Bay Center Association. It is a service-oriented group comprised of willing volunteers from among the community of Bay Center. Residents of Bay Center are automatically members of the Association. The Association goes back to the early origins of the formation of Bay Center. I’ve seen documents in the Association records that show the sense Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-66252575535711568152009-04-08T14:54:00.001-07:002010-03-15T10:36:55.175-07:00Chinook Tribal Office Has Moved to Bay Center – Welcome!excerpts from article in Chinook Observer BAY CENTER - The Chinook Indian Tribe has moved its office from the Sea Resources building in Chinook to Bay Center. Tribal Chairman Ray Gardner said the move had been in the works for quite some time. "When you look back historically, it made sense to move to Bay Center because 90 percent of our staff live there and there's a very large volunteerLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-21313612041257923382009-04-06T22:44:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:41:04.475-07:00An impromptu chair cover with matching covered pillowHelpful hints from bloggers prompts me to try new ideas. This is a recycle, refashion idea. Using a pillow case that I picked up at thrift store, it becomes a chair cover with enough left over to cover a small pillow. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-91489908485921982582009-04-06T22:09:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:42:24.473-07:00Soft chenille makes warm crocheted scarf and hat setAmong my completed crochet projects, here is a long scarf and matching hat that I crocheted from the chenille yarn. I was showing my basket full of finished crochet projects and my mother was taken with this set. I rather had it in mind to gift it to her when I made it, so I'm pleased she was happy with it. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-91168682901279606612009-04-06T17:24:00.000-07:002010-03-15T10:41:04.493-07:00Placemat to Purse; made for a nice gift to daughterDidn't do so great in keeping up with adding my completed projects to this blog. So a bit of catch up if I may. In fascination with working placements and napkins into purses or totes, I made this one for one of my daughters. Intended it for her birthday in February, and the trip she was taking to Hawaii to reunite with her husband returning hone from his second Iraq deployment. I had some niceLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-74324477639027654402009-04-05T08:55:00.001-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.172-07:00Link of the day: vegetarian opportunityKathy Freston at Huffington Post Excerpt: If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save: ● 100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months; ● 1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year; ● 70 million gallons of gas--enough to fuel all the Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-6825108789812213592009-03-31T10:13:00.001-07:002010-03-15T11:27:06.239-07:00It’s American Migration HistoryI am not sure why I found myself agitated after reading the book, and in talking to my husband who has written and published his own book ‘And Should We Die’ on the same subject, I came to realize some of the reasons for the agitation. My husband, is a descendant of one of the ancestors of the Martin handcart company; Mary Crossley. He did not know that when he wrote his book, and the sensitive Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-76302957305947909422009-03-04T09:53:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:18:52.187-07:00Video - making seedling pots from newspapersLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-63016173811900171802009-02-04T10:30:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:27:44.660-07:00Voters voted No extra funding for Timberland LibrariesWell that is too bad, because we have a beautifully working library system here in Southwest Washington, one I rely on heavily, and hope the voters didn’t vote the wonderful library services into extinction. Voters in five Washington counties rejected additional funding for libraries Tuesday The library-funding proposition passed in Pacific and Mason counties, but was overwhelmingly Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-4647632027305791622008-12-28T08:45:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:28:37.853-07:00Article I came across this morning at Washington Post turns out to be much more than one article. It is an article collection in a series on the clean up efforts and lifestyles of the Chesapeake Bay reported by the Washington Post. I read with interest, recognizing that I could well be reading the future of Willapa Bay were it to become more densely populated; were it to become less Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-25518247265098901122008-12-26T10:05:00.001-08:002010-03-15T10:56:27.604-07:00Craftivism, what is it? Where did it come from? Who thought that one up?Well, whewww, someone put it together – activism + craft = craftivism. That works for me! Because it is possible to go beyond banners, email petitions and chants as ways of fighting for a cause you believe in. You could have a knit-in, papier-mache puppets, teach a crafty class for kids- all ways of turning that energy into a more positive, more useful, force. Atrocities are happening in Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-92154116084100725882008-12-24T12:04:00.001-08:002010-03-14T18:49:12.029-07:00Our dog, Jake, Australian ShepherdOur wonderful dog, Jake – Australian Shepherd breed – which means NOT that he is a shepherd breed, nor from Australia. These dogs likely got their names because bred in America, they were most often used by Basque shepherds to do sheep herding. Thus the Australian part of the name and the shepherd part of the name. They are working dogs, guarding dogs, and are bred to be working dogs, herding Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-23157259023713619112008-12-24T07:52:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:29:13.229-07:00Where do those familiar sayings come from?Adding this bit of information that was circulating around the internet a few years ago. Seeing it surface again in one of my subscribes, I thought I would add it to my blog. ** LIFE IN THE 1500′S *** The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-85604236228159712102008-12-22T14:32:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:30:04.048-07:00Making this blog work!Too many blogger template choices these days, and as the years keep passing, what people can now do with blogger compared to those early years…..why, I remember when you got the bare bones basics with blogger. Then I learned enough html to be able to add to my blogger html template. I thought I was doing pretty great, until the ‘feeds’ came along. I couldn’t quite figure out how to make that Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-20226848622491838252008-12-13T11:47:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:31:26.812-07:00Holiday Gatherings are Gaily Wrapped GiftsLovely holiday luncheon yesterday. Dear Lady put on a sit-down holiday luncheon for about 20 women in our community. If it had been 1950, the luncheon might have looked like women wearing shirt-dresses with petticoats to make them flounce, hats and gloves, and a fashionable purse. But it isn’t 1950, and that is not what the women looked like at our luncheon yesterday. Although, our dear Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-44488809200897852532008-12-08T11:22:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:32:36.761-07:00Neighbors down the road, Seaview on Long Beach PeninsulaThis must just be our week for meeting lots of new to us neighbors. It happens on occasion that my google alerts set to Willapa and Pacific County, alert me to a neighbor who is blogging. Such was the case this morning, and I encountered this blog seaviewwa – a couple who moved to Seaview and are refurbishing a home there. She’s been blogging as long as I’ve been blogging. Where she has Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-83002864397235646912008-12-08T10:41:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:32:36.776-07:00Meeting our brand new neighbors via FacebookMet our newest Bay Center neighbor via Facebook. How interesting! He or they contacted me via my Facebook to let us know they were new neighbors, and paid us a nice compliment on our house. They bought the house that I so love – the one I’ve been drooling over practically since we moved here and bought our house. Two owners ago, we were guests of the then-owners of that house and I was soLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-74902438010898101072008-12-08T10:33:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:32:36.792-07:00Weekend, meeting our neighbors in new venuesLovely weekend activities. Last year at this time, everyone was still digging out from the storm (Dec 1-2, 2007) with those hurricane-strength winds at 140 + mph. Can’t really know the full strength of those winds because the gadget that measured and registered the winds at 140 mph broke. This year, no windstorms, some temperate, cool weather, bits of sunshine, some normal rainfall, fog and Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-24693264837178690562008-12-05T12:47:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.286-07:00Tina Turner , nearly 70 still is Proud Mary in 2008How terrific is this woman! At her age even….!!! Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-19149185753190940302008-12-03T08:25:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.307-07:00Another day breaking…Morning revelries. Up before dawn gives us opportunity to watch the skyline as it goes from dark of night to graying with streaks of pink sunlight for those days promising sun. Once the dark of night clears, I look out the window as I go through my ‘morning reads’ on my computer. Familiar sights ground me. The tall evergreen trees that line the side of my yard and create peek a boo views ofLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-8073462287677759502008-12-01T09:48:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:18:52.203-07:00A nation of gardenersFruit and vegetable gardens in the US are rising in popularity as environmental consciousness meets depression economics Last week, while helping a friend turn over her soil, I came across a giant bean that had grown out of old compost. "Fava beans," said my friend the gardener. I opened the pod and there they were, nestling in fuzzy little pockets. How come I had never seen a fava bean pod Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-46271961674930820522008-12-01T09:39:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:34:14.410-07:0040,000 Show Up For Free Food; Weld County Farmer Shares Bounty From Platteville FieldsDENVER -- About 40,000 people showed up to a Weld County farm Saturday in the hopes of getting some free food. But within an hour the food was gone. "We had originally planned to take everyone by tractor to the fields but due to the overwhelming response we had to allow people to walk or drive themselves," said Dave Miller. Many families had be to turned away and sheriff's deputies were Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-71397984167522281842008-11-30T18:30:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:34:35.118-07:00Simply Fabulous Blogger TemplatesPlaying around with the templates to my blogger blogs and I ran across this gift from this blogger, some fresh new 3 column templates to use. I liked what I saw and immediately began changing the templates on several of my blogs. You can play around with your templates too --- visit her site . Oh and a little bonus, she has added many holiday templates Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-77356802609396851112008-11-28T17:56:00.001-08:002010-03-15T11:36:00.611-07:00Wind Power Plans Coming to Pacific County? Will the communities accept new eco-industry?article at Daily Astorian If a project isn’t sold to the community it will struggle to gain public acceptance There are suddenly plans for a lot of wind-based power generation blowing into Washington's Pacific County, possibly a hint at what may occur in many of the coastal counties of Oregon and Washington in the years ahead. A "joint operating agency" of Washington state electricity Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-2295241088427199242008-11-27T11:10:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:36:29.573-07:00The End of American Thanksgivings; A Cause for Universal Rejoicing Nobody celebrates Thanksgiving quite like Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. It is reserved by history and the intent of “the founders” as the supremely white American holiday, the most ghoulish event on the national calendar. No Halloween of the imagination can rival the exterminationist reality that was the genesis, and remains the legacy, of the American Thanksgiving. It is the most Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-67970140046413513032008-11-24T09:23:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.326-07:00Still Smoke Free but Weigh Way More! Sept 2008 marked my 2nd year anniversary being smoke free after 40 years being a smoker. Quitting was not as difficult as my imagination told me it would be and I sure wish I had done it 20 years earlier or 30 years earlier or never started. But what is done is done. I'm used to having a somewhat thin body, and the combination of going through menopause and quitting smoking around the sameLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-51009010861437538082008-11-23T20:30:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.728-07:00View Driving Home I was capturing some of the scenery on our drive home. We were driving home as the sun was starting to set. I was able to get a nice set before we lost the light. Not bad considering these were taken as a passenger in a moving vehicle. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-18514213733705912662008-11-12T17:42:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.643-07:00First Lady (to be) Michelle Obama phoned me at my home!!She really did. She phoned on Veterans Day. I was sitting at my desk in my home in my lounge around the house clothes, working on my laptop. The dawning of the fullness of the recognition that I was listening to Michelle Obama, who will very soon be the First Lady hit me like a ton of bricks and blew me away. Wow, I'm on a phone call with the First Lady -- how cool is that!Actually, it was a Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-71323496433878926842008-11-12T09:12:00.001-08:002010-03-14T20:22:41.150-07:00One photo embraces Veteran’s DayReturning wounded Iraq veteran, and now Director of the Illinois Dept of Veteran’s Affairs, Tammy Duckworth who lost both legs in combat in Iraq war with President Elect, Barack Obama on Veteran’s Day 2008; ceremony of placing the wreath on Bronze Soldiers Memorial. link - more photos and article On a more personal note, Arthur, along with the rest of the veterans living here in our Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-42250684563770616272008-11-11T15:02:00.000-08:002010-03-15T11:10:00.161-07:00Gifts in a Jar - Collections Straight from your kitchen; it’s become a holiday tradition now – the growing collections of ‘gifts in a jar’. They are all over the internet, blogs and websites. Thought I’d make a post, open a category and collect links to what is already out there. Since so many have built their own collections, it would be redundant for me to repeat one by one, so let’s go for collections. Found this Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-26692337355088994212008-11-11T11:47:00.001-08:002010-03-14T18:49:12.306-07:00Online banking: Convenient but be Wise.AP Technology writer, Jordan Robertson has an article at Newsvine.com today that speaks to this subject. Reading the entire article is certainly not a waste of time. Highlights: (1) "The most paranoid people in the world — computer security experts — say it's absolutely fine to bank online. As long as you guard against the person who is likely your biggest adversary: yourself. If you're Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-23566549045968412602008-11-10T19:55:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.548-07:00‘Crawford’ – dvd feature film, when George W. Bush came to townReleased in 2008, the film ‘Crawford’ produced/directed by David Modigliani is a documentary/biography of the small town of Crawford, Texas before George W. Bush arrived at their doorstep, during the time of his Presidency. (And now after as new President-Elect, Barack Obama, is preparing to assume the office of President of the United States). The film,’Crawford’ is put together in a way that Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-43404890812438699382008-11-09T17:45:00.000-08:002010-03-14T18:11:21.624-07:00Sustainable Christmas? The year of 'No Consumer Shopping' gifts I've issued what I think is a fun challenge to the families that make up some of our family tree. This year, with the economic issues, downright crisis in some instances, and with sustainable living - green - recycle - reclaim - reuse - global warming, well seems a perfect year to make a change we've been gradually making anyway. Say No to Consumer Shopping and Yes to Joyously Remade ChristmasLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-71899631867812923302008-11-07T07:56:00.001-08:002010-03-14T18:49:12.361-07:00Will Smith on Obama ‘Oprah I'm an action hero, I can't be crying on your show,"I’m a Will Smith fan, I just like the guy. I like his approach and attitude and I like his movies, and yes, he he makes me laugh. Video of him on Oprah show after the elections results in President-Elect Barack Obama. Watch the video at this link. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-34858992588330175962008-10-28T19:01:00.000-07:002010-03-14T18:11:21.527-07:00Christmas when the family grows and is gone.he holidays are coming! The holidays are coming! I like to enjoy the celebration part of the holidays, keeping the holiday cheer, without overdoing it and turning it into holiday stress. And since it is a long holiday season, somewhere about midstream I began to fade a little and lose some of my jubilance. The thing is that in my mind's eye, I make plans to do so many things that I lose my focus Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-14990158628317615622008-10-28T14:03:00.000-07:002010-03-14T19:59:06.944-07:00Toasting the Holidays"Dads are often expected to raise the first glass and offer inspiring remarks, as family and friends come together with anticipation and cheer," said Paul Banas, CEO of Greatdad.com. "Holidays events are wonderful opportunities for dads to rise to the occasion, deliver unforgettable words, and set forth a tradition for generations to follow." Five Top Toasting Tips Prepare remarks in Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-62428332897717410262008-10-28T12:23:00.000-07:002010-03-14T19:59:07.025-07:00What is the plan for HolidayzedHolidays approaching and so approaches all that Holiday anticipation. You may love it or leave it but the Holidays don’t take a vacation, every year around this time, here comes the Holidays. A collection of all that goes into the Holidays, whether you are in a Daze, Dazed, or Glazed, here you can find Holidayz to help you make it all you want it to be, whether more or less, it is yours to Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-83878290590137499152008-10-28T10:05:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.416-07:00The Cave of Crystals Discovered 1000 feet below Mexican DesertUntil you notice the orange-suited men clambering around, it's hard to grasp the extraordinary scale of this underground crystal forest. Nearly 1,000ft below the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico, this cave was discovered by two brothers drilling in the Naica lead and silver mine. It is an eerie sight. Up to 170 giant, luminous obelisks - the biggest is 37.4ft long and the equivalent height Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-51976467351882234652008-10-28T09:59:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.387-07:00American Prayer - Dave Stewart (Barack Obama Music Video)Inspiring and Hopeful. And just a few days away now from becoming a much needed change in our political reality. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-55215104644847096882008-10-26T08:53:00.000-07:002010-03-14T18:11:21.570-07:00Autumn morningaturday Morning. Brisk, snappy cold Autumn morning. House is chilled, and I have on extra layer plus the wrist and neck warmer I crocheted for when I'm sitting at my laptop and not moving around too much. As the morning beckons, the light shines through with the promise of another sunshine filled day, I look forward to doing some work outside to clean up the garden beds. Where we live, with rain Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-92101694172608186802008-10-23T18:58:00.000-07:002010-03-14T18:11:21.432-07:00What is the plan for Holidayzedolidays approaching and so approaches all that Holiday anticipation. You may love it or leave it but the Holidays don’t take a vacation, every year around this time, here comes the Holidays. A collection of all that goes into the Holidays, whether you are in a Daze, Dazed, or Glazed, here you can find Holidayz to help you make it all you want it to be, whether more or less, it is yours to Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-50438322711704607652008-10-19T10:12:00.001-07:002010-03-14T20:22:41.247-07:00Photo of mother at gravesite referenced by Colin Powell endorsement of Barack ObamaThe photo Colin Powell referenced in his endorsement of Barack Obama. The photo of mother at her son's gravesite, a young man, 20 years old, killed in Iraq, awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Emblem on his gravesite is not the Christian cross, the Jewish Star of David, but the Muslim Crescent and Star. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Cpl., U.S. Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom, was an American who Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-69254465126404108032008-10-11T12:42:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.468-07:00Watched all the DebatesThe Presidential debates (2 so far). The Vice Presidential debate. The gubernatorial (Governor of Washington) debate. Even one of the U.S. Representative debates. I’m debated out for now. I’m politicked out and there are still weeks to go till the election. Running a 2 year campaign cycle for President only to do it again say 2 years later is too much! And I’m a voter, not campaigning. ILietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-42866800036389757182008-10-11T12:33:00.000-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.217-07:00Summer Garden into Autumn gardenSummer ends. Autum leaves turn. The garden valiantly lives on…the carrots are growing, the beets, newly planted lettuce varieties. Parsnips planted (but I think the visiting dog dug that section up). I already know that parsnips, carrots and beets will be okay in the ground from my ‘accidental’ discoveries i previous years. I had given up on the garden and was surprised to find these root Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-64899133007294146972008-10-02T10:59:00.001-07:002010-03-14T19:53:38.974-07:00Eric O'Shea - CommercialsHere is his bit 'TV Commercials' in 2007. Great Fun! Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-52261461683231924002008-08-22T09:13:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.498-07:00Grandchildren - sweetness of life!Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-2068831609906149682008-08-18T13:12:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.529-07:00How civically hep are we?Survey Report Excerpts from The Pew Research Center for the People & the PressA sizable minority of Americans find themselves at the intersection of these two long-standing trends in news consumption. Integrators, who get the news from both traditional sources and the internet, are a more engaged, sophisticated and demographically sought-after audience segment than those who mostly rely on Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-16046944016690404592008-08-16T08:51:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.553-07:00How about using more trains to save fuel?I hear occasionally that we are going to see more usage of trains, particularly for freight hauling. Read the excerpt below and check out that map.On Willapa Bay the trains are gone and the remaining tracks are rusted. Nearest active rail lines are 30 miles north, 50 miles east and south across the Columbia in Oregon.[Excerpt}BruceMcF at Docudharma.comMidnight Thought on Living Energy Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-58264468952427866012008-08-16T08:17:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.578-07:00Me and the Little Woman blogging together on Saturday morningNo employment duties today, just gardening, house cleaning, no rush no hassle, just me and the little woman.Quiet and side by side reading and writing Internet stuff."hey, look what I found!""Look Honey, what you can get on Firefox.""Does it upload pictures?"" I have too many blogs.""Now this one is a catchall for whining, it's titled THE WAILING."If that cat tries to sharpen its claws on the Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-74759353278960468712008-07-15T08:24:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.663-07:00“Give the tourist a ticket”It's true, visitors should be advised (warned) to follow the speed limits exactly when passing through the nearby towns of Raymond and South Bend on Hwy 101. An article by Stephanie Frieze appearing yesterday in Tacoma News Tribune; In Your Neighborhood section encourages an inexpensive vacation to Long Beach and then offers some tour guide information; where to go, where to stay, where to eat. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-29807390670406880812008-07-15T06:19:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.691-07:00Oyster ’seeds’ are dying as Pacific Coast waters grow warmer. "Alan Trimble, a researcher at the University of Washington, has noticed similar problems in the wild. Sampling seawater in Willapa Bay, Wash., he found that the oyster and clam larvae had disappeared in the last two years from waters where bacteria counts had been high."Excerpts from L.A. Times articleclick on link above to read entire article.Oyster ’seeds’ are dying as Pacific Coast Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-6293403391260782712008-07-14T09:34:00.003-07:002010-03-14T20:22:41.294-07:00Who killed the electric car? - videoLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-63456103456734254522008-07-10T09:55:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.745-07:00Our dog, Jake, ACL surgeryOur dog, Jake, after surgery on his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). Didn't realize it was going to be such an invasive procedure. He healed, never fully, and has a permannt limp, and we are grateful the veternarian who performed the surgery did as well as he did. Prior to the surgery, Jake couldn't seem to walk at all. It took about a year of recovery, and now Jake bounces in excitement Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-13349971526829614512008-07-07T10:17:00.000-07:002010-03-14T18:11:21.355-07:0007-07-08, still smoke-free. Happy Birthday to me! Today is my birthday = 57 years old. I'm pleased and proud to report that I am still smoke free, having smoked my last cigarette September 2006. Means that I passed my one year anniversary of no smoking September 2007 and am on my way to second anniversary smoke free this year. It's been entirely 'natural' to give it up without regret, and without much in the way of pangs or temptation toLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-17430104695302471802008-07-07T07:57:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.775-07:00Rural life offer's MORE choices, not LESSThe link to the entire origianl article is in this post's title above.The writer, Linsey Knerl - wheverever in rural America she is living - describes herself as a "Stay-at-home Home-Educating Mama of four, I'm just cheap!"The article is Linsey's contribution to: click on image to go there.Excerpts:After landing a very nice job at an insurance-related company, I was slowly seeing the world in aLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-3174490364530477652008-07-05T06:41:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:12.820-07:00Socially revolutionizing our Life on Willapa BayLietta and I have allocated enormous amounts of our spare time to a serious examination and plan of our response to the implications of Peak Oil, gas guzzling transportation and what to do about potential shortages of commodities, services and medical expertise that stare us in the face as we move into our 60's.All this business causes us to miss some of the prime entertainment and diversion Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-25220897216819874912008-07-02T12:05:00.001-07:002010-03-14T18:49:14.111-07:00Town Hall Meeting with Congressman BairdAttended U.S. Representative Brian Baird Town Hall Meeting in South Bend, Pacific County, Washington on July 1, 2008. I had very personal reasons for wanting to talk to Congressman Baird this year based on our experience talking with him at his Town Hall meeting last summer.You may recall that last year Congressman Baird made national news in his support of the 'Surge' (of U.S. troops deployed toLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-9303214886260486612008-07-01T11:23:00.001-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.231-07:00We're trying raised bed gardening - the slugs you knowSweetie has been diligent in helping me create our kitchen vegetable garden bed these past several years. He digs it and turns the soil by shovel each spring, and then I add seeds, water and watch it grow. Oh were it that simple! Not!The first couple of years, vegetable garden grew well. When he first laid out the garden bed, I came in behind him, laid down newspaper to cover the soil, then addedLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-72437323383029600232008-06-30T08:04:00.000-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.246-07:00Growing Sweet Potatoes - underneath those vines, there really are sweet potatoesI have a sweet potato vine growing in a container in my kitchen window, and I keep wondering if it would actually grown a sweet potato underneath the soil. Perhaps so. From a poster at one of the listservs I am subscribed to, she cites her experience with sweet potatoe vines...and it sounds like it was an unexpected surprise to her to find actual sweet potatoes growing.I am put off a bit by Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-73955897842065054012008-06-30T08:00:00.000-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.261-07:00Growing Potatoes in Garbage Can (or other similar container)Okay, I wanted to try this last year, and so another growing season, and I am doing it this year (2008).From a poster on one of my listservs - the simple explanation and then the detailed explanation with link to site.We have been growing potatoes in containers for years and it is really easy. You need to put drainage holes in the bottom and broken clay pot pieces to help drain water off the Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812335217651276537.post-43951975789246555242008-06-30T06:56:00.000-07:002010-03-15T11:18:52.275-07:00Epsom Salts - Nutrient for flowers and plantsentry from the Tacoma News Tribune 'Get Growing' blogAlert! This just in from the Epsom Salt Council. Could it possibly be true? Just as “Milk does a body good,” Epsom Salt may be one of the most perfect nutrients for flowers and plants. And mid-to-late spring is the ideal time to nourish the soils and roots of your favorite foliage and flowers with this inexpensive and easy-to-use compound. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0