A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus: June 2017

Sunday, June 18, 2017

VIGIL AT THE TOP

Photo by Annisa Lam (former member of Stock.exchng)

Licensed photo DO NOT COPY

Currently I am keeping the following in my thoughts & prayers:

-----A BIG planned change in our lives.
-----A man who is going to rehab and hoping that he finds his path afterward.
-----I need to be in better physical shape and beat the symptoms of several thyroid problems. I am trying to rid myself of Chronic Fatigue, send Hashimoto's Disease into remission and lose gained weight. That my appointment in a couple of months goes well...and upcoming blood tests.
-----Someone I used to know that committed crime and is now incarcerated. I am hoping that they come forward with any truths that may help victims and that they decide to go down the path of rehabilitation. I think that in this situation it would be great if the victims could somehow see that rehabilitation was occurring.

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Note:

This post is in no particular order. Prayer/thought requests just go to the top as I hear more about what is going on. If you can think of a way to help these people, PLEASE do so. This post will be second-from-the-top during the midst of an emergency (such as an Amber Alert).

Note: I would not advise linking to this post...you will wind up with a broken link each time I have to change the post-dating to keep this a Vigil at the Top.

At JPUSA. Summer 2011.

What I'm watching now as I sort through papers, magazines, etc. #SpringCleaning
Liking the characters somewhat...but really not liking that the hero is in a relationship, staying there while liking someone else and looking down on the intelligence of his current partner. :-( GRUMBLE.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Willy Nilly Friday Five

This rose bush has at least 27 open flowers. :-)

A coffee cup that I won as part of a gift package at a friend's birthday party recently. I currently use it to drink my Celestial Seasoning Tension Tamer Tea...I love the scent and soothing of the peppermint. I knew that I would likely win the party game involving finding small safety pins in a bowl of rice...I just called on my calmness with which a mother handles things like changing diapers in an unexpected space (hope that makes sense).

The morning glories have started blooming. :-)

Excellent for slow-cooking drumsticks. This sauce is sold at our local Walmart.

A bouquet of roses and a peony from Husband. The last I counted, this particular rose bush had at least 84 open flowers!

PARTICIPATE IN WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE! :-)

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

-----Balsamic, Honey Roasted Cabbage Steaks
-----Italian Seasoned Roasted Cabbage Steaks

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Worth Qouting

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!” -Audrey Hepburn

"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." -Douglas Adams (Yes, I know what interview this quote was from...it still gives me something to think about.)

"Character is much easier kept than recovered."
-Thomas Paine

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge."
-Tyrion Lannister

""All things truly wicked start from an innocence."
-Ernest Hemingway, A Movable Feast

Coffee :-)

-----Sweet Maria's. Excellent source of info for home roasting or a home barista setup. I have recommended this site to a lot of people and I think it is one of the first sites that any serious home roaster will mention.
-----Gravity Coffee
-----Bean Town Coffee House and Bakery. Sierra Madre, CA.
-----Royal Coffee.
-----Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Company. At one of the libraries we go to, we enjoy Jamaican Me Crazy (Arabica,caramel,vanilla and coffee liqueur). Husband and I actually got to be a part of the beta testing of Jamaican Me Crazy. :-)
-----Kona Lisa Coffee. 100% pure Kona estate coffee. Those who know me in real life, will smile that the place they are grown is called "Cornerstone Farms." :-)
-----Green Mountain Coffee
-----CoffeeGeek.com
-----Barista Exchange. "The world's premiere online community for the specialty coffee industry." I have been a member almost since it started. :-)
-----Coffee Review. "The World's Leading Coffee Buying Guide."

Wisconsin:
-----Mother Fool's Coffeehouse. Madison.
-----Cup O Joy. Green Bay.

"The Scale of Starbucks"
"In 2008, Starbucks announced it now offers 87,000 drink combinations."

Quotations.....
I would like all my favorite quotes to be read at my funeral.

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a civilization... that happens when people stop reading them."
-Ray Bradbury

"Lawns are an abomination that we inherited from the Tudors who played a lot of croquet."

"Saying you shouldn't be sad because someone else has it worse, is like saying you shouldn't be happy because someone else has it better."
-Source unknown

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.
Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass”
“We’re not raising grass” Dad would reply, “We’re raising boys”
- Harmon Killebrew

"Since rabbits can’t eat chocolate, the Easter Bunny is sort of like a lactose intolerant pizza delivery guy."

-@Joel Ingersoll

"He who fights against monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when you stare persistently into an abyss, the abyss also stares into you."

-Nietzsche

"What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind." ~Cleveland Amory

‎"Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind"

-Bruce Lee

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love."

-Mother Teresa

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."

-Albert Einstein

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

-Socrates

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

-James Dean

"I think every woman should have a blowtorch."

-Julia Child

I actually quoted this at Thanksgiving this year. We were talking bout what kind of torches were best for cooking. :-)

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

-Zig Ziglar

"you, you could be anywhere

somewhere, so far from here

wherever you are, like a fallin' star

come back to planet earth, burn out with me"

-Terra Firma Cowboy Blues by Alabama 3

(Listen FREE)

"It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear."

-Douglas Adams

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

-Douglas Adams

‎"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison."

- W C Fields

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

- W C Fields

"There is possibility in every difficulty."

- Albert Einstein

"When we were children we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

Randoms...

---I love when actors/actresses who play heroes openly support causes that will better the world.
---I am a fan of CVS. All those little extra sales bring smiles into our lives (free candy canes, a Barnes & Noble card for my Mother at Christmas and a three dollar credit for my birthday are the things I can think of on top of my head). Super nice cashiers and they don't mind at all that pretty much everyone in their lines is couponing, etc.
---So many beet salads look appetizing. I just can't stand beets.
---I believe in the Golden Rule and wish everyone else did. I do not like people that show no respect for others...especially when you have been only respectful and nice to them.
---I really, really enjoy listening to the birds chirping outside in the morning. I wish I knew more about how to identify the many birds that fly around our house. I inherited a bunch of books on birds...I guess it's time I start reading.
---I am afraid of acupuncture. The invent of laser acupuncture certainly did not make me any more at ease with ever trying it.
---I am a fan of the name "Sebastian." I have never met anyone who actually had this as a first name.
---I think it would be great if a lot more cities had tours by double decker bus. I saw a photo of a wedding that took place on the top of a double decker bus...the bride looked so happy and like she was having so much fun.
---I think baby dolphins are beautiful.
---I often capitalize words like "Mother and "Husband" for obvious reasons.
---One thing I love about "copycat recipes" is they usually don't include all the chemicals and preservatives of the original.
---I will never eat anything tartare. I will also not be eating carpacchio.
---Sometimes I really, really like macaroni and cheese from a box. Well I guess...not totally. Instead of the butter, I use a ton of shredded cheese.
---I wish that someone would start selling Kobe steaks at the grocery.
---I get annoyed by Twitter parties where people must be there only to win prizes and no one interacts with me.
---I have never been to a Jamba Juice. I found some copycat recipes that I would like to try...a lot of them call for pineapple sherbet which might be hard to find here.
---I do not like when hotels put the coffee machine in the bathroom.
---I am of the firm belief that some men should not wear suits....even when "required." It makes some men look way too stern.
---The only oysters I have ever tasted have been at Oriental buffets.
---I detest wasting my time on movies with no surprises.
---I am often interested in things made with huckleberries.
---I like finding flavors of candy cane that I haven't tried. Currently, I would really like to try huckleberry. I am not so sure about trying pickle-flavored candy canes. I have friends who would love to try pickle flavored candy canes and should gift them with some.
---Sometimes I feel that wars keep more people from dying. I wish alternatives were (peacefully) fought for. War is a sign of at least one irrational party.
---At least at home, I am really good at playing game shows like "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune."

On My Bucket List:

-----Go on a Autumn photography walk in Central Park.
-----See the flowers of a caper bush in person. Somewhere here in the States...maybe Hawaii.
-----Buy a good set of bells (for playing music). They could be expensive.
-----Take a surfing lesson at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. Someday my wave will come. :-)
-----See tortoises on the Galapagos Islands. A place I have wanted to go since childhood. Hopefully, no other species will be extinct by the time I get there.
-----Visit Acadia National Park. See the Peregrines.
-----See the Titanic Memorial
-----Ride in a blimp.
-----Run the Walt Disney World Marathon.

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Shameless Lions
Writing Circle.

My lion is named Nin....inspired by the band Nine-Inch Nails.

King?
By “The Bluest Butterfly”

I was here.
Did you love me?
Or bow to Fear?
My spirit roams past this stone.
Looks so like myself.
A monument.
They still stare.
Nails that kept others out.
Nails that trapped me in.
I ruled & roamed.
King of All Except Myself

Update: The Shameless Lions have effectively disbanded but I still love to go back and read the work produced. I also like to talk to my friends and their lions.