Some chuckles, some moans and some LOL

 This one takes a little looking at the things on the floor.

You tell 'em, Julia!

 Don't know why the above two pictures got stuck together!

 Never give a kid a big red marker at an Art Show!

GO   AHEAD! MOAN!              

And last -------Share this typewriter -

FOR NO REASON.

I FOUND IT!!!!!

Hi! I'm back and am going to try to get my wrinkly, age-spotted wrist wearing my Fitbit. Here goes!

I just lowered my arm to see the time - 10:45 A.M.

I have walked 363 steps so far today. That's not the best number but

I haven't treaded. 

Ciao!

MY ADVENTURES WITH A FITBIT

What's a Fitbit, you ask? Here is a picture of a Fitbit.

This is a Fitbit, an electronic watch and pedometer plus other features.

I wanted a Fitbit so my friend, Paula, and I went to Target and I purchased one - $129.00 plus tax.

Isn't that a pretty color - maroon. Off to Erik, my computer tutor and good friend, to get this thing

programmed. Put in my age, weight, height, password and user name. Then……tried it on and it

was too tight! The instructions said you needed to be able to slip a finger between the band and your

wrist and, if you couldn't do that, it was too tight and wouldn't register your steps. Now what do we

do? Guess it's back to Target to return and get the larger size. But wait! What about the info we put in the Fitbit? Granted I didn't give my social security number or a credit card number, but still I'm sure

I need to take my info out of there. Target guy said it could be done. Back to Erik and……….this is

what we had to do to clear the info………put in a new set of info and it would clear both! Seemed strange but that's what we did. We said I was 7' tall, 11 years old, in my trimester and nursing. Got an

e-mail saying, "Fitbit has been cleared of all information". Weird!

Now, back to Target with small one, got a large one and made plans for Erik to program the new one.

Before that happened, I went to Costco's for coffee and vitamins. Going through the electronics department, what did I see but Fitbits for $114.00!!!!! Whew! Sure glad the second Fitbit from Target

hadn't been programmed. Stopped @ Erik's shop and told him what I had found. "Return the Target

Fitbit and get the Costco's. That's a $15.00 savings"! "Yes, sir", I told Erik. 

I did just that. Costco only had black Fitbits (see first picture) but for a $15.00 savings I can wear black.

Wednesday night Erik came for Chinese, some tutoring and to set up my new Fitbit.

It has been set up, I am wearing it and enjoying it.

Here is my Fitbit on my wrinkly, age-spotted wrist. Well, I have searched and searched for the picture

of me wearing my Fitbit but, for the life of me, I can't find it! 

Just some words about electronic pedometers. I found that, if I don't swing my arm when I'm walking 

on the treadmill or anywhere, the Fitbit will not register my steps! (I do have a way of counting my

steps when I tread and can add that number @ the end of the day.) Also, to see what time it is, I need to

lower my arm by my side, bring my arm back up and then the time appears. If you look at the picture above of the black Fitbit you can see the small screen on the strap. It reads "8151" and has two footprints on the left. To see your step count you lightly tap that small screen.

If you have been a faithful follower of my blog since Day One, you might remember a blog about my

adventure with an iPad. (Did I tell you I sold it to a friend of Rebekah's - in Denver, CO. I didn't know Erik @ that time and never really learned how to use it.)

I hope I don't give up on this Fitbit and try to sell it! If nothing else, it is a watch, an expensive one,

of course, but a watch none the less.

If I find the pic of my Fitbit on my wrinkly, age-spotted wrist, I will send a P.S. with the pic.

Enjoy your life! And be kind to one another.

BAOBAB, THE UPSIDE-DOWN TREE - PICTURES BY MARCUS HIRN IN OCTOBER 2010

In my word puzzle books, by Penny Press, one of the puzzles I do is called Crypto-Botany. It is a
bit of trivial information about plants with the text written in code. My job is to decipher this bit of
knowledge.
Some of what the puzzle told me was this. It grows in tropical areas, is notable for its wide trunk and
unusual shape. (In the pictures you will see why it is called an upside-down tree). It bears fruit, sometimes called "monkey bread". The bark of the tree can be used for natural medicine to reduce fever and to make ropes and cloth. Some old hollow baobabs are even used for dwellings. The tree can store water during droughts, leading to its nickname, "tree of life.
After researching this tree I found that the fruit has a yogurty, sweet taste. It is consumed by the native peoples and the elephants! Let's have a look at this strange and fascinating tree.

The tops of the trees look like roots, thus the "upside down" tree.

The fruit called "Monkey Bread". 

The inside of the baobab fruit. 

The author of these pictures called this one "Lovers".

Aren't they stately!

I hope that you liked this blog. If you want to know more and want to see more, just visit the google. Type in "baobab tree" and enjoy! 

One picture says it all - man's inhumanity to man

Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach.

FABULOUS CREATIONS USING??

I frequent a blog created by Mark Lipinski. He puts together a potpourri of subjects - quilts, recipes, knitted projects, etc. When I get a new blog, I scroll through it, checking the knitting patterns, natch -
reading the recipes but never copying them for they are calorie-loaded. I just imagine myself biting into
a triple chocolate cake, apple pie bread - just to name a few. He also has a alcoholic drink in each
blog - the latest being a Dirty Shirley Temple - ingredients include vodka, Old Smokey Moonshine
cherry liquor and Moonshine cherries, grenadine, soda and ice. Every issue features a pair of shoes, ranging in price from 700$ to 1000$ plus.
I pulled a few pictures from his various blogs and want to share them with you.

These shoes cost $989.00 Gals, check out the heels!!!

Classy shoes and a black shoelace??

Going back to the title of this blog - this is the fabulous art that is made from??

I am not going to tell you what was used to create these sea creatures. Just enjoy!

And, a joke for Karla, Bill and me!

Just Some Odds and Ends About This and That

These two pictures are from my son, Steve's, Facebook page. I wanted to share with

you the captions that Steve had with these pictures. 

(Steve lives in Las Vegas, N.M.)

Caption said, "Classic Vegas".

And this caption said, "Nope"!

 This has no picture, just words. I got an e-mail

from Bill after doing the blog about clutter.

 Here's what he said - "The clutter blog was two months in the making?

(He looked at the last blog before this one - thus the two months).

Flat surfaces are the best locale for clutter. I take issue with "clutter".

You are using the flat surfaces for what they are meant to be. 

Have you tried placing papers (clutter) on sloping surfaces?----

or vertical surfaces? -----rounded surfaces? You do not have

clutter. You are using spaces wisely. I give this blog an "A" for

presentation and a "C" for authenticity.

How about that for a comment about one of my blogs!

I went to The Google to look @ Charlie Hebdo's cartoons.

I thought this one was excellent!

Lastly, it is snowing outside and has been snowing from the time

I got up, at @7:45 A.M. until now, 3:54 P.M. It is supposed

to snow most of this day and through the night. It looks to be

about 8-9"right now. Here in Ohio, that's a BLIZZARD!

For sister, Susi, in western Massachusetts,

that's a drop in the bucket!