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What have Soap, Lip Balm and Lotion Bars in Common???

RIMA AND BRAMBLE BERRY

I needed to make more preservative free soap, plusr some guest soaps ( smaller sized ones ) with Tee Tree Oil in it, for my Acne out break at 48.
i also try to eliminate Preservatives in foods and cosmetics, which forces me to spend exorbitant amounts of money OR MAKE IT MYSELF

Oslo Bombing

I am deeply saddened by the bombingin my favorite city

Social Networking and Rima Lol

FACEBOOK here I come again. it is so much easier to keep track of my norwegian family this way

CRAIGSLIST with trepidation I use you to sell my Rocking boat on,


TWITTER I have no one to tweet to yet


MY SPACE I set up a ZAZZLE booth for my website, which I love to work on, by the way.


POLICELINK I hang out every night to be with my friends if I am not too tired after work


CRIMESCENE I help to solve fictional crimes and have won a few times


I am a busy person I am really

Summer is here

Things are coming together,
our spring organisation has turned to summer organisation.
We are learning about Diabetes and relationship of diet and Exercise. Our Puppy has started intermediate Dog training class, this time I am the trainer, until I have a working weekend. My daughter will step in for me.
My Electrician is helping us hook up the last appliances, and the Landscaper came Thursday to tame our Jungle. The world is in Order
Only 2of 3 of us have Diabetes, and I am watching my diet like a hawk.I stand corrected I have PreDiabetes which can lead to diabetes. I was so schell shocked for 2 weeks, that my favorite chocolate has lost its flavor.

Not much else is going on
not anything to write about anyway
will write more at a later time

Back from Arctic Cruise and I had a blast

I had the experience of a life time, spending time with my mother

Norway Vacation

I travelled to Norway from May 14th to the 27th THE BEST MOST FUN, most exciting Vacation

today is the day I am going to Norway

We are leaving to go to Boston and to drop me off . Tomorrow I will arive there ( 11 am Norwegian time. The day after we start my Cruise to the arctic circle. I will try to update my blog every few days
I can not wait to speak Norwegian again

Our day at the beach

Sunday at 2 pm we dropped off our last sleepover kid at home, and we had a choice.Either we go home andwatch a movie, like we did last night, or we pack up the dog child and Co parents and drive to the beach. JD our 14 month old puppy loves the beach and thought he was in heaven. my daughter was chasing the puppy or the other way around in circles around me. they were both asleep on the way home. What a sunny and fairly warm day to be out and at my favorite beach. I wrote a mothers day card to my mom in Norway, and packed 2 boxes of items which must be returned for refund or repair. I was also able to spend a little time on POLICELINK, my 2 fav site. getting back to my old friends and to make some new ones.
It is midnight now and everyone but me is asleep
GOOD NIGHT ALL.

Saturday morning musings

Groan, I am not a morning person. Off to clean the birdcage, Thank god we have only 1 bird, but it is a big cage. We have had company from Friday to Sunday ( 3 different Kids sleep overs, ) it is the last end of vacation and we are pooped

Travels in Europe

visited 14 states (6.22%)
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visited 6 states (12%)
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I am mad I lost my voice a few days ago

and now I have a cold , which settled in my chest. It is bothering me so much, that I called my Md and asked to be seen today please by any Md possible. And I called in sick to work. which is not very common at all

Today I put together the first part of the hummingbird feeder

and it was a lot of fun. it looks really cool and I will cook the food for the birds tonight. Maybe I can actually set it up on Saturday.After much thinking and planning, I will plant some Columbines in the ground.Some in a raised bed based on compost. This could be interesting.

I have a terrible cold, hopefully it will not turn into pneumonia. I had that too many times already.

My Garden and Dog Training and SOCCER

I was looking for a very special flower or bush for my hummingbird garden / haven in my woodland back yard. the first plant I fell in love with was only for zones 8 and on top of that highly poisoneous. Strike that one.

My second choice was INDIAN PINK not quite my hardiness zone either, but oh so pretty. This was not working the way I had planned. I consilted a proffessional Gardener named John, who kindly gave me so many hummingbird friendly plants, that my head spun very fast and wildly

Now we are going about it the right way. Now I can look up the suggested plant and go from there.


Dog training JD is 7 weeks out of surgery, and he is usibg his leg. not 100 % of the timebut his muscles are coming back. currently I am teaching him patience. I have a bag of goodies for both of us under my left shoulder and after 15-20 minutes does he get a bite. he is not crying or begging, but he has his eyes fixed on the prize

SOCCER SEASON 3 session is starting and my child has grown

BLUE HERON

I sa my first one this year today Spring is coming

OVERTIME

Tomorrow I am working overtime I am very silly I know I need to rest some times.It os the rest of the month crunch .

I fixed the generator today

It was my idea to put dry gas in the gas mixture and also to check that the gas line was turned on. now we can store it for the season.

I am reading Anne Perry's William Monk Mysteries I am on # 10 ebook.It is riveting and spell binding. I can hardly put it down at night

The comfort of a puppy

in your arms, a warm water bottle under your feet and a good book to read heaven