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    World Mini-Cooper Raids Spotted in Illinois Nowhere Near Route 66

    April 23, 2011 - By ginny

    As I was battling through hail and rain to get to Holy Moly last night for Good Friday services, I found myself in the middle of a column of highly decorated classic Mini-Coopers, all about half the height of my own car and mighty cute. We all drove along Arlington Heights Road in a pounding rainstorm, and then we all turned left at Landmeier Rd, which is an obscure but wide arterial road that doodles around in the back of Elk Grove Village in an area that’s partly residential, partly a confusing wasteland of commercial business parks and mostly-abandoned rail…

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  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Darn it, why couldn’t that nice Michael Steele still be running the RNC (into the ground)

    April 16, 2011 - By ginny

    We were watching Bill Maher the other night and enjoying the slugfest between the former RNC chair, Michael Steele, and Ed Schultz, a sturdy liberal radio/tv talker. It was a sweet, sweet performance: It made me marvel to see Michael Steele think he was going to be taken seriously, when he had done so much to screw up the RNC’s finances during his tenure there. I’m not sure if he was to blame for their financial problems, or if the Republican base simply refused to entrust their money to a black man (sadly, not that hard to imagine). So that…

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    Liturgy Meeting: what’s a Triduum?

    April 10, 2011 - By ginny

    Liturgy meeting: advance copies of 3 day bulletin for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil services Via: Flickr Title: Liturgy Meeting: what’s a Triduum? By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 10 Apr ’11, 11.41am CDT

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    Carb Counting: 2 or 3 Carb Salad?

    April 6, 2011 - By ginny

    Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Carb Counting: 2 or 3 Carb Salad? By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 6 Apr ’11, 11.47am CDT

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    Celebration Sunday at St Nicks

    April 3, 2011 - By ginny

    Courtesy of Jarosch Bakery! Via: Flickr Title: Celebration Sunday at St Nicks By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 Apr ’11, 9.25am CDT

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    Gillson Park Beach

    March 19, 2011 - By ginny

    Waiting for the supermoon Via: Flickr Title: Gillson Park Beach By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 19 Mar ’11, 7.01pm CDT

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    Getting Back To Normal

    March 15, 2011 - By ginny

    Irritated with myself, had misunderstood a message from the doc’s PA (physician assistant) about my blood pressure meds. Now straightening out and beginning to fly right.

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    NPR Breitbarted

    March 9, 2011 - By ginny

    And now CEO Schiller (no relation) has resigned. Note Breitbart has been verbed. (and this is an Express/WooTumblog link)

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    WooTumblog and Express: Image

    March 9, 2011 - By ginny

    There’s an image there somewhere from a recent meeting. Is it visible in my feed? No?

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    Trying Express and WooTumblog after upgrade

    March 9, 2011 - By ginny

    WordPress recently upgraded, it may mean that template changes I made for WooTumblog need tweaking. It sure is easier to post via their ExpressApp for the iPhone, but the content didn’t hit my feed right. No image, no link, no nothing. Haven’t attempted to style these type of posts differently, may do that eventually.

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  • Insurance season is almost over, thank Dog

    Avoid health sharing plans, they're not that great a deal. A friend had one while getting some pretty serious treatment, and he struggled to get the care he needed.

    Elisabeth Yoder and her son Darragh recently experienced a huge gap in their health care "coverage." They stand in  front of the family home, and they belong to a Christian "health sharing" plan that didn't reimburse for a recent ambulance ride.

     

     

    Link: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

  • Charm Patch Quilt: On Point

    From Sew Can She - this looks like a great way to use up charm squares and scraps that can be at least 4 1/2-5 inches square. The contrast fabric and on-point arrangement add good visual interest without being too busy.

    Link: Charm Patch Quilt Pattern: Free Throw quilt Pattern for Pre-Cut Charm Squares!

  • Tea Towel Hems

    Bought some tea towels for gifts, looking for tutorials for adding colorful hanging cuffs after hemming.

    I lean toward Method 1, mitred corners. Will decide once the towels arrive in case the selvage edges are good quality.

    https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2023/03/26/tutorial-how-to-make-a-tea-towel-three-ways/

  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

    Text:

     

    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

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