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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/tea2pQqxnis" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-12T22:00:33.676-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-76-712.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Friday Fotos: 7/10</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/0Nombd7G750/friday-fotos-710.html</link><category>funny pictures</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:42:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3700718368772979172</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8_tNY2G_7qYZja0HbjgF21OCne8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8_tNY2G_7qYZja0HbjgF21OCne8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8_tNY2G_7qYZja0HbjgF21OCne8/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8_tNY2G_7qYZja0HbjgF21OCne8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, it is Friday once again, so I will step aside from my normal drivel and give you something interesting to look at. I hope you enjoy your weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can see this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlaideiCr1I/AAAAAAAABSY/cSfBxUB4A3g/s1600-h/chart.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlaideiCr1I/AAAAAAAABSY/cSfBxUB4A3g/s400/chart.png" border="0" alt="chart of iE usage"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356647434099535698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://www.inbetweenmeals.com/2009/05/why-people-use-internet-explorer.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;inbetweenmeals.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dude...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlajDv4QnmI/AAAAAAAABSg/ICJyLNiuoPQ/s1600-h/pimpalpakah.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlajDv4QnmI/AAAAAAAABSg/ICJyLNiuoPQ/s400/pimpalpakah.jpg" border="0" alt="photo of a pimped out alpakah"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356648091591155298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;courtesy of... &lt;a target='new' href='http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-pimp-alpakah.jpg' rel='nofollow'&gt;icanhascheezburger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that's what happened...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlahdpMx3XI/AAAAAAAABSQ/-OuRr5qS1_o/s1600-h/cat+and+gun.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlahdpMx3XI/AAAAAAAABSQ/-OuRr5qS1_o/s400/cat+and+gun.png" alt="picture of a cat with a gun" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356646337451515250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/3/4/4/katsaint/f_CATthedaythm_6bf6ff3.png" rel="nofollow"&gt;picoodle.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3700718368772979172?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/0Nombd7G750" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-09T21:42:49.527-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SlaideiCr1I/AAAAAAAABSY/cSfBxUB4A3g/s72-c/chart.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">13</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-fotos-710.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Arrival of the Stones</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/lkTMIe19lFA/oh-my-aching-back.html</link><category>berm</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:27:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-8995023511281514706</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/74M2nXxefvk-k_iMm9s9Toj5T8k/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/74M2nXxefvk-k_iMm9s9Toj5T8k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/74M2nXxefvk-k_iMm9s9Toj5T8k/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/74M2nXxefvk-k_iMm9s9Toj5T8k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Today, I had planned on finally installing the attic fan, but things did not quite work out that way. You see, the retaining wall stones that we ordered on Saturday were delivered today...all 6 pallets of them.&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/stones-1.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=3 alt="photos of retaining wall stones" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt; So, we spent the day moving the stones from the street to our backyard. Fun, huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When my wife took these pictures, we had already moved the stones from two of the pallets,  but this will give some idea what of we faced. &lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/stones-2.jpg' align=right vspace=4 hspace=2 alt="photos of retaining wall stones" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;We ordered two types of stones: 27 lbs for the wall and 63 lbs for the stairs I plan to install. There were 5 pallets of the lighter stones at 114 per pallet, for a grand total of 570 stones or 15,390 lbs (7.7 tons). The last pallet contained 20 stones or 1260 lbs. Grand total of lbs moved is: drumroll, please...16,650 (8.3 tons). Yes, I am having fun with my calculator again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, we completed this monumental task in only 5 hours and all that remains is to order the gravel and the soil. Hopefully, I should be able to install the attic fan tomorrow and jump back into the berm project by this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the kids in their new home, just waiting to be installed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/stones-3.jpg' alt="photos of retaining wall stones" width:500px;height:376px; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/stones-4.jpg' alt="photos of retaining wall stones" width:500px;height:376px; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-8995023511281514706?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/lkTMIe19lFA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-08T21:27:26.456-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/oh-my-aching-back.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Trenching the Tiers</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/ZGJgJX3BMEk/trenching-tiers.html</link><category>berm</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:05:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-1238320827062846889</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l8xuZRqvipoGQlMBOLsPylIUsTk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l8xuZRqvipoGQlMBOLsPylIUsTk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l8xuZRqvipoGQlMBOLsPylIUsTk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l8xuZRqvipoGQlMBOLsPylIUsTk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/trench-1.jpg' align=left vspace=3 hspace=2 alt="photo of trench" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;As of this writing, I am officially done with trenching for the bottom tier. It took me about 5 &amp;frac12; hours to dig the 40 feet. The final ten feet of the trench was riddled with rocks, roots, asphalt (believe it or not) and hard-pan; it took roughly 2 hours to complete that section. To ensure nothing is wasted and in order to save money, the dirt I removed from the trenches will become the fill dirt for the tier. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/sod-3.jpg' align=right vspace=3 hspace=2 alt="photo of trench" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt; For your viewing pleasure, I've included a picture from before I started trenching...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I'm finished, I still have some clean-up to do; I still need to remove the sod that I left drying on the berm and I need to find a place to put all the wonderful rocks I dug out. Another chore that I need to accomplish, is to cap the three sprinklers that run the length of the berm. I was going to move them forward, but since I just removed the grass that those sprinklers watered, there does not seem to be much reason to move them now. Here is where I ran into a little problem: &lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/trench-5.jpg' align=left vspace=3 hspace=2 alt="photo of trench" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;Can you guess where one of the sprinklers is?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You got it, stupid here buried the thing in the huge pile of dirt. So, I have gone back to my previous post and amended my step-by-step instructions to state that the &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;FIRST&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; thing you should do is cap or move the sprinklers that are affected by your project. In case you are wondering why I would even bother mentioning this, it's so that if you ever do a project like this, you can learn from my stupid mistakes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-1238320827062846889?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/ZGJgJX3BMEk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-06T22:05:19.409-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/trenching-tiers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Thank You to My Advertisers: 6/29-7/5</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/mxWGNt1SlRE/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-629-75.html</link><category>advertising</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:35:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3777777856603629878</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U6zA8cT-nGDBen2j4XpStvI4OJU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U6zA8cT-nGDBen2j4XpStvI4OJU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U6zA8cT-nGDBen2j4XpStvI4OJU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U6zA8cT-nGDBen2j4XpStvI4OJU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to take this time to thank those of you who advertised on my site this past week. Your hard-earned credits are keeping Koko in catnip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.bobgold08.blogspot.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/bobsblog.jpg' alt="ec widget of bob's blog" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.amyoops.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/amyoops.jpg' alt="ec widget of Amy Oops" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.myloonyverse.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/Welcometomyloonyverse.jpg' alt="ec widget of Welcome to My Loonyverse" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://luceljuliana.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/mylibrary.jpg' alt="ec widget of My Library" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://mlizcochico.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/asimplelife.jpg' alt="ec widget of a simple life" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://liz.mommyslittlecorner.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/mommyslittlecorner.jpg' alt="ec widget of Mommy's Little corner" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://writingsofmaria.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/LifesSweetandSpices.jpg' alt="ec widget of Life's sweets and spices" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3777777856603629878?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=mxWGNt1SlRE:pdvkdEWtjnE:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/mxWGNt1SlRE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-12T16:35:07.004-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-629-75.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Friday Photos: 7/3</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/kcKcCc50rFc/friday-photos-73.html</link><category>funny photos</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:07:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-7135801981159561048</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H72ly_cJBzJmjVnUJB_MBdZ_rQU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H72ly_cJBzJmjVnUJB_MBdZ_rQU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H72ly_cJBzJmjVnUJB_MBdZ_rQU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H72ly_cJBzJmjVnUJB_MBdZ_rQU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a safe and fun Holiday weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swimming on the wrong side of Bikini Bottom...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk18wFMjTRI/AAAAAAAABRo/uqSxLJIq47E/s1600-h/mean+fish.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk18wFMjTRI/AAAAAAAABRo/uqSxLJIq47E/s400/mean+fish.gif" alt="cartoon of a mean fish" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354072697483775250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/striphandler.ashx?stripid=f4a15719-8b66-4b22-a98f-6e3ac505359f" rel="nofollow"&gt;wulffmorgenthaler.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't resist...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk19tUqBW5I/AAAAAAAABRw/AS5KBBnPzZ0/s1600-h/adobe_photo_shop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk19tUqBW5I/AAAAAAAABRw/AS5KBBnPzZ0/s400/adobe_photo_shop.jpg" alt="photo of a real adobe photo shop" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354073749605931922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://www.squidnews.com/wp-content/uploads/adobe_photo_shop.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;squidnews.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk1740fw4VI/AAAAAAAABRg/RRTGfy0Cxb8/s1600-h/cat+and+lobsters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk1740fw4VI/AAAAAAAABRg/RRTGfy0Cxb8/s400/cat+and+lobsters.jpg" alt="cat being attacked by lobsters" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354071748108149074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;icanhascheezburger.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-7135801981159561048?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=kcKcCc50rFc:6np_Wpq0Zzk:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/kcKcCc50rFc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-02T22:07:13.852-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sk18wFMjTRI/AAAAAAAABRo/uqSxLJIq47E/s72-c/mean+fish.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">12</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-photos-73.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>My Top Droppers for June 2009</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/B7l_jOWQvEY/my-top-droppers-for-june-2009.html</link><category>advertising</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:38:21 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-7772975544854746936</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gtRmhKfvw83KlR_cDMNsJZUMByw/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gtRmhKfvw83KlR_cDMNsJZUMByw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gtRmhKfvw83KlR_cDMNsJZUMByw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gtRmhKfvw83KlR_cDMNsJZUMByw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's hard to believe that June is already behind us and the oven, known as July, is here. I want to thank everyone who visits this site; However, I would like to say a special "Thank You" to the top ten droppers. So, according to the RSS feed on my stats page, the top ten droppers for the month of June are...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://lasvegasbaby.today.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/freestuffinlasvegas.jpg' alt="ec widget of free stuff in las vegas" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.picturetopeople.org/blog/blog.html' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/picturetopeople.jpg' alt="ec widget of picture to people" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.letsjumptogether.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/letsjumptogether.jpg' alt="ec widget of let's jump together" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://kutenk2000.blogspot.com' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/learningcorner.jpg' alt="ec widget of Learning corner" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://newdilemma.com/blog' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/newdilemma.jpg' alt="ec widget of new dilemma" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://photographybykml.blogspot.com' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/photographybyKML.jpg' alt="ec widget of photography by KML" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://mlizcochico.com' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/asimplelife.jpg' alt="ec widget of a simple life" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://liz.mommyslittlecorner.com' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/mommyslittlecorner.jpg' alt="ec widget of mommy's little corner" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.splitrockranchllamas.blogspot.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/splitrockranch.jpg' alt="ec widget of split rock ranch" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.triciamgalvez.com' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/proudmommy.jpg' alt="ec widget of proud mommy" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-7772975544854746936?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/B7l_jOWQvEY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-05T13:38:21.628-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-top-droppers-for-june-2009.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Constructing Tiers on a Berm: Phase Two...6/30</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/XwFozEbdObQ/constructing-tiers-on-berm-phase-two630.html</link><category>berm</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-7134156799838462738</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H378xFi6_tqr4Ccn5Csvtg_Bkas/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H378xFi6_tqr4Ccn5Csvtg_Bkas/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H378xFi6_tqr4Ccn5Csvtg_Bkas/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H378xFi6_tqr4Ccn5Csvtg_Bkas/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Today was the first day of actually digging the trenches. The retaining wall stones I will be using are 12 inches long, 4 inches tall, and 8 inches from front to back. &lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/trench-4.jpg" alt="photo of trench" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="4" /&gt;This being the case, the depth of the trench will be 8 inches deep, which will allow for 4 inches of gravel and the 4 inch height of the stone. The width of the trench will be 13 inches; this will allow the 8 inches of the stone and the 4 inch diameter of the drain. Since I only work a few hours a day on this project, I was able to go about 15 feet. In addition to the huge river rocks I dug out, I also ran into some sprinkler lines that I needed to be careful with. Once these lines were discovered, I needed to take the little hand shovel and dig them out by hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a question asked by &lt;a target="new" href="http://beadedtail.blogspot.com/" rel='nofollow'&gt;BeadedTail&lt;/a&gt; with regards to my strange action of drying the sod. Well, a good portion of the sod, when I removed it, was covered in mud.&lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/trench-1.jpg" alt="photo of trench" align="right" hspace="3" vspace="4" /&gt; So, I placed the sod on the berm for the sun to dry it out. Once dried, it will allow me to shake the dirt off (greatly reducing the weight) and toss the grass in a trash bag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I'm not going to sit here and give instructions on how to dig a trench, but I will sit here and tell you how I did it...shovel-by-shovel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;What you will need&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shovel (well there's a no-brainer)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rock bar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wheel barrel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Measuring tape&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lots of water (for drinking)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;5 to 6 people to sit in the shade, drinking cold sodas (to supervise)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Digging this project&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Move or cap any sprinklers affect by your project&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Start digging along the line you marked out as your border&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take the height of your retaining wall stone and add 4 inches (for gravel). This will be the depth of your trench&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take the front-to-back measurements of your stone and add the diameter of your drain pipe + 1 inch (for wiggle room). This will be the width of your trench&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be sure that the edge of the trench (from top to bottom)is flush with your border&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dig away&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Repeat until done&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, in order to make sure that this project is done correctly, I want you all to meet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;The Project Supervisor&lt;/b&gt;....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/kokooncouch.jpg" alt="photo of koko" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-7134156799838462738?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/XwFozEbdObQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-06T20:42:38.328-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/constructing-tiers-on-berm-phase-two630.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sod Removal for Tier Construction</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/dfaEK0Uuiy0/sod-removal-for-tier-construction.html</link><category>berm</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:11:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3017080966425053900</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AbWO13NsQExnZaDH-tQTpXSg5NE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AbWO13NsQExnZaDH-tQTpXSg5NE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AbWO13NsQExnZaDH-tQTpXSg5NE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AbWO13NsQExnZaDH-tQTpXSg5NE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-1_before.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=5 alt="before photo of the berm" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;Well, since I am currently waiting on a part for my Rotozip, the attic fan project is currently on hold. With that said, I have switched back to the berm project. As I stated earlier, "The Boss", in order to plant her garden, wanted a wider first tier, so I had to remove the sod from that area. As you can see from the photos, I have just completed that portion of the project. This allows you to see the exact outline of the walls of that first tier. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I consider this the first portion of Phase Two of the project. Phase one was the planning, laying-out of the borders, and making a supply list.Phase two, is going to consist of the sod removal and digging the trenches for the stone. &lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/sod-1.jpg' align=right vspace=4 hspace=3 alt="photo of the berm" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;Phase Three will be pouring the gravel, compacting it, laying the stones, and installing the drain pipe. Phase Four will be installing the weed barrier and back filling. Phase Five will consist of repeating the process on the additional tiers. Finally, Phase Six will consist of building the stairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may be asking yourself why I am breaking this project down into so many steps. Well, since this is such a long project, it will be some time before I complete the entire thing. As I work and toil each day, it may seem like I will never reach the final goal, so by breaking the project up, whenever I complete a phase, I can feel that sense of accomplishment.&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/sod-3.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=3 alt="photo of the berm" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt; In short, I am breaking the project up into small pieces. Now, onward with what I actually did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had "The Boss" lay down the outline of the first tier with a garden hose. Then, using the garden hose as my guide, I took our edger and cut the grass. This gave me a clean line from which to work. I took my trusty shovel and, while sitting on the ground, used my legs to jam the shovel between the sod and the dirt. I then basically tear the sod away and remove the dirt. If the sod happens to be muddy, I placed it on the berm to dry (as you can see from the photos). After a few days, I will be able to remove the dirt and dispose of the sod. I slowly worked my way down the line until I finished. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next: The Trenching&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3017080966425053900?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/jT0xqjRkP-Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-05T13:36:21.589-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-622-628.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Friday Fotos: 6/26</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/eZ9KHwCOSEI/friday-fotos-626.html</link><category>funny photos</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:52:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-2240806238877755088</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D43Nf90UDdBDTqlaY5RAlxXcIqA/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D43Nf90UDdBDTqlaY5RAlxXcIqA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D43Nf90UDdBDTqlaY5RAlxXcIqA/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D43Nf90UDdBDTqlaY5RAlxXcIqA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, Friday is upon us. Here are a few photos to help get you through those last couple of hours, until quitting time. Enjoy your weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, what a sale...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQttr-O7cI/AAAAAAAABRA/pOmxepKLMdc/s1600-h/discount.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQttr-O7cI/AAAAAAAABRA/pOmxepKLMdc/s400/discount.jpg" border="0" alt="photo of a funny discount sign"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351452520144104898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;courtesy of... &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.lolhome.com/funny-picture-1371523159.html' rel='nofollow'&gt;lolhome.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alright, this is just strange...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQtMlkSgFI/AAAAAAAABQ4/uEMUvRTrK5w/s1600-h/speed_b_umps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQtMlkSgFI/AAAAAAAABQ4/uEMUvRTrK5w/s400/speed_b_umps.jpg" border="0" alt="photo of a funny speed bump sign"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351451951488991314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/19807/Speedbumps+Ahead/" rel="nofollow"&gt;funnyjunk.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQsqo_k1BI/AAAAAAAABQw/4k_tlWYoyeU/s1600-h/catnip+cat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQsqo_k1BI/AAAAAAAABQw/4k_tlWYoyeU/s400/catnip+cat.jpg" alt="photo of a cat in the forest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351451368293192722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny-pictures-cat-finds-lots-of-catnip.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;icanhascheezburger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-2240806238877755088?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/eZ9KHwCOSEI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-25T21:52:53.725-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkQttr-O7cI/AAAAAAAABRA/pOmxepKLMdc/s72-c/discount.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-fotos-626.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Tale of the Attic Fan</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/hI0c2oLoCWw/tale-of-attic-fan.html</link><category>Attic Fan</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:39:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3459358365838552997</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JL6JV7lOInwROtZWLvikmZLgeWE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JL6JV7lOInwROtZWLvikmZLgeWE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JL6JV7lOInwROtZWLvikmZLgeWE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JL6JV7lOInwROtZWLvikmZLgeWE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/attic-1.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="photo of attic where fan will go" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;I will be taking a break from working on the berm, so I can have a barrel of fun installing our new attic fan. Yes, it came today and I went up and started taking measurements. What I discovered did not fill me with happiness. In order to install the shutters, I need to have a minimum of 19 &amp;frac34;". This will allow the shutter to be installed flush with the front of the house. Now, as you can see from this picture, the distance from the stud on the left to the one in the middle is 15". This means that I will have to move that portion of the stud to the right. Since this is a load-bearing wall, I will have to make sure I support it correctly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/attic-2.jpg' align=right vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="photo of attic where fan will go" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;I am no carpenter, nor have I ever claimed to be, but this is not going to be a fun task for me. It is not only the carpentry aspect that has me thinking, but it is the environment that I will be working in. If you take a look at the last picture, that is how I have to travel through this warren of pain (I have to go through 8 of those rafters). I have to walk hunched-over and make sure I stay on the small 2 x 4 that the construction workers were kind enough to leave behind. To add a little more to this fun-fest, the temperature is a good 30&amp;deg;  higher in the attic. Today it was only 84&amp;deg; outside, but it was well over 105&amp;deg; in the attic. Too much fun. Anyway, I will need to paint the shutters to match the house and then figure out how I am going to cut the hole in a perfectly good gable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/attic-3.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="photo of attic" width:440px;height:331px; /&gt;Once the fan is installed, I will than have to wire it. I was planning on just direct-wiring it (with no switch), but have now decided that I would like to have a little more control, so I will be installing a master on/off switch. In addition, I will also be installing a thermostat override switch. This will allow me to activate the fan during the winter time (I don't have the $90.00 for the humidistat). This, of course, requires running 3 wires and a ground (14/3), instead of just 2 wires and a ground (14/2). Naturally, the Romex I have is 14/2...go figure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't worry, I'll be sure to bore you all with the installation procedure and more pictures. I strive to make it so you all have something to look forward to.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3459358365838552997?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/hI0c2oLoCWw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-23T22:39:24.449-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/tale-of-attic-fan.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Links Open in New Browser Window or Same</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/zf6qdhyrKVE/links-open-in-new-browser-window-or.html</link><category>computers</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:55:03 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3181848405354937728</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6eBZQNJtApmeJKNwbiYWVaWC1Y/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6eBZQNJtApmeJKNwbiYWVaWC1Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6eBZQNJtApmeJKNwbiYWVaWC1Y/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6eBZQNJtApmeJKNwbiYWVaWC1Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkBdrU5vfoI/AAAAAAAABQo/X-XvN5aFFnU/s1600-h/koko+on+counter.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkBdrU5vfoI/AAAAAAAABQo/X-XvN5aFFnU/s400/koko+on+counter.png" border="0" alt="photo of Koko getting on the counter"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350379356242804354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have a quick question, which came up in a forum I am active in. When you are visiting a site and click on a link, do you prefer to have it open in the same window or in a new window? There seems to be many people, when they are visiting a site, prefer to have the links open in the same window. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which do you prefer? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you do prefer the links opening on the same page, could you let me know why? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3181848405354937728?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=zf6qdhyrKVE:Atc5bBOtfq4:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/zf6qdhyrKVE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-22T22:55:03.232-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SkBdrU5vfoI/AAAAAAAABQo/X-XvN5aFFnU/s72-c/koko+on+counter.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">17</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/links-open-in-new-browser-window-or.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Thank You to My Advertisers: 6/15-6/21</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/3oCEnm7t8yM/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-615-621.html</link><category>advertising</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:55:21 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-9046581014721690666</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DcyhUcra8cEqG4dVN2_YmNKEc2U/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DcyhUcra8cEqG4dVN2_YmNKEc2U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DcyhUcra8cEqG4dVN2_YmNKEc2U/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DcyhUcra8cEqG4dVN2_YmNKEc2U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another week is upon us, so it is time, once again, to thank those of you who advertised on my site this past week. Thank you for parting with your hard-earned credits to spend the day with Koko.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.livingfrugalandsimple.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/livingfrugalandsimple.jpg' alt="ec widget of living frugal and simple" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://bible-examples.blogspot.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/BibleExamples.jpg' alt="ec widget of Bible Examples" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://www.myloonyverse.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/Welcometomyloonyverse.jpg' alt="ec widget of Welcome to My Loonyverse" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.junkfoodaholic.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/junkfood.jpg' alt="ec widget of Junkfoodaholic" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://countrypictures.blogspot.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/blackcatstaring.jpg' alt="ec widget of Lucky lady" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://leigh3676.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/Insidemyhead.jpg' alt="ec widget of Inside my head" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;a target='new' href='http://comatised.com/' rel='nofollow'&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/comatised.png' alt="ec widget of comatised" width:125px;height:125px; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-9046581014721690666?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=3oCEnm7t8yM:V5bxgDRtaYk:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/3oCEnm7t8yM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-28T19:55:21.623-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-615-621.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Koko Participates in International Box Day</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/QdjLOYyiZ0g/koko-participates-in-international-box.html</link><category>Koko</category><category>pictures</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:06:51 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-620768420982111761</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nTnLmzW0zE0FEzFaiFimVrGW_Iw/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nTnLmzW0zE0FEzFaiFimVrGW_Iw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nTnLmzW0zE0FEzFaiFimVrGW_Iw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nTnLmzW0zE0FEzFaiFimVrGW_Iw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was just going through my feeds and I discovered it was International Box Day. So, in recognition of this most prestigious of days, Koko would like to take this opportunity to put in his two cents. Oh, if you came here for Friday Fotos, please scroll down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sniff at International Box Day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvgLFiHmQI/AAAAAAAABQg/1sDWKVzydYk/s1600-h/Koko+in+big+box.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvgLFiHmQI/AAAAAAAABQg/1sDWKVzydYk/s400/Koko+in+big+box.JPG" border="0" alt="Photo of Koko in big box"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349115463501060354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I own this day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvejUXZpRI/AAAAAAAABQI/hNH3fa8FCnc/s1600-h/koko+on+a+box.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvejUXZpRI/AAAAAAAABQI/hNH3fa8FCnc/s400/koko+on+a+box.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo of Koko sitting on a box"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349113680776242450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halt! Who goes there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjveNFpwpwI/AAAAAAAABP4/Go9UfGo2FDU/s1600-h/koko+in+a+box.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjveNFpwpwI/AAAAAAAABP4/Go9UfGo2FDU/s400/koko+in+a+box.JPG" border="0" alt="Photo of Koko sitting in a box"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349113298869593858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look what came with my shoes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjveZnUdu5I/AAAAAAAABQA/TXS6tdTa-i4/s1600-h/koko+in+shoebox.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjveZnUdu5I/AAAAAAAABQA/TXS6tdTa-i4/s400/koko+in+shoebox.png" border="0" alt="Koko in a shoebox"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349113514065509266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too tired to do anymore pictures...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvfjpUVooI/AAAAAAAABQY/36mN2QAKaDE/s1600-h/Koko+in+small+box.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvfjpUVooI/AAAAAAAABQY/36mN2QAKaDE/s400/Koko+in+small+box.JPG" border="0" alt="Photo of Koko in small box"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349114785912169090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-620768420982111761?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?i=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?a=QdjLOYyiZ0g:w9gpQZ0IMEk:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/everyday_living?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/QdjLOYyiZ0g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-19T13:06:51.959-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjvgLFiHmQI/AAAAAAAABQg/1sDWKVzydYk/s72-c/Koko+in+big+box.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/koko-participates-in-international-box.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Friday Fotos: 6/19</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/9kOhny7MjH0/friday-fotos-619.html</link><category>funny photos</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:40:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-1668949381636566985</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UfAq3JE3UiH8QhlG70Zr8Jsnfps/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UfAq3JE3UiH8QhlG70Zr8Jsnfps/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/9kOhny7MjH0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-18T22:40:17.780-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjrv5kz1uPI/AAAAAAAABPY/Sbz7W8O2OwQ/s72-c/repair.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-fotos-619.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Berm Progress Report</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/jACc09P2R4w/berm-progress-report.html</link><category>berm</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:14:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-8295516752192194544</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yKoO9cvDdY8ZxUsmpWytmKqASwg/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yKoO9cvDdY8ZxUsmpWytmKqASwg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yKoO9cvDdY8ZxUsmpWytmKqASwg/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yKoO9cvDdY8ZxUsmpWytmKqASwg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-1_before.jpg" alt="before photo of berm" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" /&gt;I just wanted to let you know that I have not been sitting on my be-hind this past week. I have actually been doing some work. I have been removing the weeds and grass from our berm, in order to be able to see what I need to do and to give me a better idea of how much fill-dirt I am going to have to order. I have provided a few photos to show you the progress to date. These photos were taken today after I finished for the day. I swear, I will be dreaming of weeds tonight.&lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-4.jpg" alt="construction photo of berm" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been a few alterations to the original plans; the main one being the &lt;b&gt;BOSS&lt;/b&gt; told me that since the lower level will be used for our garden, she thinks it is not wide enough, so that will be widened by 3 feet. That will not affect the number of retaining wall stones I will be using, but it will affect the amount of soil I will need to order.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I will be adding a gravel walkway leading to the side of the house. This one was my fault. I had to open my big mouth and say," well, I can put a gravel walkway there, that way we won't need these sprinklers at all."   &lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-5.jpg" alt="construction photo of berm" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" /&gt;Oh well, it's not a great deal of extra work; just removing the sod, digging down 4-6 inches and compacting the gravel.  &lt;img src="http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-6.jpg" alt="construction photo of berm" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4" /&gt;The pallets you see in the second photo are in my newly designated staging area. The pallets are going to be where the retaining wall stones are going to be stored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to also remove the railroad tie that was laying on the berm. To make life easier on me (those things are massively heavy) I will try and find a place to bury it in our backyard... maybe as an edge for the gravel pathway. Anyway, once the actual construction begins, I will become a lot more specific on how I am actually constructing the tiers. So, if you are coming to this page for information, don't worry, it's coming. These articles written in real-time and as I get to the more detailed work, I will provide step-by-step instructions for each step in the process.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-8295516752192194544?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/jACc09P2R4w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-17T22:14:10.743-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/berm-progress-report.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Projects Update</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/jaEkHZ8zSWQ/projects-update.html</link><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:04:01 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-7187663284924119550</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMmRGQcNl4zJaEbLCNafnvBFWP4/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMmRGQcNl4zJaEbLCNafnvBFWP4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMmRGQcNl4zJaEbLCNafnvBFWP4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TMmRGQcNl4zJaEbLCNafnvBFWP4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjhc1fJNqeI/AAAAAAAABPQ/Lmt2qidBf0A/s1600-h/koko+on+washer.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjhc1fJNqeI/AAAAAAAABPQ/Lmt2qidBf0A/s400/koko+on+washer.png" border="0" alt="photo of koko sitting on the washing machine"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348126631465429474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Even though I may not be exercising this week, I am still keeping active. I am currently in the process of removing all of the grass/weeds from our berm. This will allow me to be able to actually SEE what I am working with. I have also, after pricing the stones, have had to amend our project to only forty feet this year. I really wanted to be able to complete the entire project this year, but there is no way we can afford it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I am only working on the berm for a couple of hours a day, I should be finished by the end of this week. Now, why am I only working a few hours a day? Well, besides being lazy, I do have other obligations that I have to attend to throughout the day. So, I figure if I can work two to three hours a day on this project, I am doing alright.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, I ordered the attic fan and it shipped today, so if it arrives by the weekend, I will be installing that and hopefully keeping the house a little cooler. Since this is the first attic fan I will have installed, I will be boring you with all the installation details. Actually, the installation is not what is really bothering me, it is trying to move around in the attic that will be the problem. All I have to say is that I am glad I lost so much weight; otherwise, there is no way I could probably be able to move around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I guess I have bored you enough, so I hope you all have a good week. Yes, that is Koko sitting on our washing machine and giving us the ole laser eyes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-7187663284924119550?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/jaEkHZ8zSWQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-16T22:04:01.618-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjhc1fJNqeI/AAAAAAAABPQ/Lmt2qidBf0A/s72-c/koko+on+washer.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/projects-update.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Finding Pool Supplies</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/L-_IxjCUwOY/finding-pool-supplies.html</link><category>pool supplies</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:03:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-2095669036572903095</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UPbJUMd2iaVfpRwL8c-S7zIf-AE/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UPbJUMd2iaVfpRwL8c-S7zIf-AE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UPbJUMd2iaVfpRwL8c-S7zIf-AE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UPbJUMd2iaVfpRwL8c-S7zIf-AE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you've landed upon this page, chances are that you are trying desperately to find a reputable company to purchase your pool supplies from, so I will quickly give you the name of the company we have been using for the past three years: &lt;a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=53559&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack="&gt;In The Swim&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, to help you out, I have supplied some links for you to save you some time and trouble...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Chemicals&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dwww.intheswim.com%2Flanding%2Fopeningkits.aspx%2F'&gt;Start-Up Kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=113769&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack="&gt;Chlorine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dsearch.intheswim.com%2F%3Fq%3Dbromine%2F'&gt;Bromine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dwww.intheswim.com%2FPool-Chemicals%2FPool-Shock-and-Super-Chlorinating-Chemicals%2F'&gt;Pool Shock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dwww.intheswim.com%2FPool-Chemicals%2F'&gt;All Chemicals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other Resources&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dwww.intheswim.com%2FPool-Equipment%2F'&gt;Pool Equipment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target='new' href='http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=55644&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=www.intheswim.com/trak_aff.aspx?url%3Dwww.intheswim.com%2FPool-Chemicals%2FPool-Water-Test-Kits-and-Testing-Supplies%2F'&gt;Testing Equipment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three years ago we purchased an above-the-ground pool, you know, the kind you can get from Walmart. It's a 12-foot by 3-foot pool, that we can easily place in our backyard every Summer. Now, I had no idea that we would need chemicals and when I found out that we did, I began a long search in trying to find someplace to buy them, without having to mortgage the house in the process. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, although the prices may be similar from company to company, you can get killed on shipping charges. Just one order of chlorine can weigh between 25 and 50 pounds; and that is just one item. When you add stabilizers, pH reducers/increasers, algaecide, and clairifiers, to name just a few items, the weight can really add up. The increased weight relates to increased shipping costs. So, imagine my relief when I discovered that In the Swim offers not only free shipping, but free Next Day shipping to many areas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, they do charge a handling fee of between $8.99-$10.99, but considering the fact that you could be paying over $50.00 for Next Day delivery, you are getting a great bargain. As I've said, we have been purchasing our pool supplies with them for three years now, and we have been very happy with the service and the quality of the products they sell. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=110369&amp;u=352833&amp;m=9806&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack="&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.shareasale.com/image/ITS_300x250_product2.jpg"  border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-2095669036572903095?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/L-_IxjCUwOY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-16T22:03:47.468-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/finding-pool-supplies.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Once Again in the Weight Loss Plateau</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/nyAN2uHVC70/once-again-in-weight-loss-plateau.html</link><category>weight loss</category><category>weight loss plateau</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:11:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3014206928003957491</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxmpInpzgcAQTdBC0SNRxJfF_Ro/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxmpInpzgcAQTdBC0SNRxJfF_Ro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxmpInpzgcAQTdBC0SNRxJfF_Ro/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HxmpInpzgcAQTdBC0SNRxJfF_Ro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjb_8XmHntI/AAAAAAAABPI/zMc2wOCBDNA/s1600-h/koko+in+bag.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/Sjb_8XmHntI/AAAAAAAABPI/zMc2wOCBDNA/s400/koko+in+bag.png" border="0" alt="photo of koko sleeping in a bag"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347743020140175058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, as I sit here writing this, I am once again in the throes of a &lt;a target='new' href='http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2008/04/weight-loss-plateau.html'&gt;weight loss plateau&lt;/a&gt;. I have been at the same weight for roughly two months now, so I feel it is time to mix things up a bit. Since the end of January, I have been exercising 5 days a week without fail. During the previous three weeks, I have increased my workouts to seven days a week; four days of strength training and three days of the dreaded Nordic Track.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I am still at 216 pounds, I feel that the only way to break this plateau, is to take a break from exercising. I bet it sounds really strange to say, that if I stop exercising for a week, I will begin to lose weight again? But, it does seem to work. You see, as you tally-forth on your exercise and diet regime, your body does not know what to expect, so it will expend the maximum amount of calories to make sure you have the energy you need. As you continue with the exercises, your body will begin to remember how many calories to expend in order to get you through the routine. You will eventually reach a point where, if you do not alter your exercises, your body will know exactly how many calories to burn. When this occurs, you will not be burning any additional calories and your weight will remain the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you need to do, is to "trick" your body. You see, right now my body is expecting me to workout on my Total Gym or Nordic Track and it knows exactly how many calories to expend, to get me through my exercises. So, I need to break my routine and to do that, I'm not going to be exercising this week. I have got to say that it feels really strange not exercising. It is such an ingrained routine that it is going to be difficult not to do it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you read back what I just said, it may help to illustrate my point..."it is such an ingrained routine," with the keyword being: &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;routine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. In my mind, I am expecting to exercise today; if my mind expects me to exercise, what do you think my body is expecting?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may be asking yourself, if this really works or not. Well, I have been at this for just shy of two years and I run into these things just about every six to eight weeks. When I take that well-deserved break and resume the following week, I begin to see the weight beginning to come off, once again. So yes, it does work. I have added a few things you might want to try to break your plateau...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take a week off&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Come up with new exercises or a different way of doing the old ones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Change-up the routine. Don't do it the same way each day&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do both strength training and cardio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good Luck and let me know if I can be of any assistance.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3014206928003957491?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/kk7AFOvEDps" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-21T21:57:55.281-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-you-to-my-advertisers-68-614.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Retaining Wall Supply List</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/Y_f2zPJnFD0/retaining-wall-supply-list.html</link><category>retaining walls</category><category>home improvement</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:34:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-8021760980644934173</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pa0iHK8WgfrbrxZTUEemLfV1cgI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pa0iHK8WgfrbrxZTUEemLfV1cgI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pa0iHK8WgfrbrxZTUEemLfV1cgI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pa0iHK8WgfrbrxZTUEemLfV1cgI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The following is a list of the supplies I will need in order to construct a retaining wall out of our existing berm. The number of items on your list will probably vary, depending on the size and style of your wall, but the materials needed will most likely be similar. Unfortunately, we can only afford to do forty feet of the berm this year, so the supplies listed below are for that length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was originally going to use two styles of stone: a heavier stone (63 pounds) for the lower wall and a lighter stone (27 pounds), for the upper tiers. However, after actually going to Home Depot and seeing the two side-by-side, I discovered that it would be extreme overkill to use the heavier stone (the thing is massive) for my application. So, I will be sticking with the 27 pound stone, which seems perfect for my project.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the specs for the stones I will be using...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/smallerstones.jpg' align=right vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="photo of smaller stone" width:300px;height:300px; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oldcastle 4 In. x 12 In. Retaining Wall - Gray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$1.68/EA Each&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Specifications&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    * Length : 8.0 In.&lt;br /&gt;    * Weight : 27.0 Lbs.&lt;br /&gt;    * Width : 12.0 In.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Things you need&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Retaining wall stones (27 lbs)....500&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remember to keep in mind that the first row in each tier is going to be buried, so make allowances for those extra stones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pea gravel......2 yards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fill dirt....4 yards&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mulch or crushed lava rock (I haven't decided yet)....4 yards (use remainder in front yard)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weed barrier (commercial grade)...2 rolls&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Landscape staples (to secure the weed barrier)...4 boxes (I may not need them all, but you can always store them and use them another time)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;4" Perforated pipe (for drainage) w/ end-caps....40 feet and 2 end-caps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Drainage pipe sleeve (cover) for 4" perforated pipe...1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Level...1 (used to level gravel and stones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Construction Adhesive....5 tubes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adhesive gun.....1 (same as a caulking gun)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First in series... &lt;a target='new' href='http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/planning-your-tiered-retaining-wall.html'&gt;planning-your-tiered-retaining-wall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next in series... &lt;a target='new' href='http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/berm-progress-report.html'&gt;berm-progress-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-8021760980644934173?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/everyday_living/~4/Y_f2zPJnFD0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-29T22:34:53.014-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/retaining-wall-supply-list.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Friday Fotos: 6/12</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/everyday_living/~3/-qupoiNrw60/friday-fotos-612.html</link><category>funny pictures</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (tahtimbo)</author><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:59:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509012251811779428.post-3369118544147812757</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vGxmL3p9RlwTroFm9stOszckUqc/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vGxmL3p9RlwTroFm9stOszckUqc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vGxmL3p9RlwTroFm9stOszckUqc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vGxmL3p9RlwTroFm9stOszckUqc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is Friday once again, which means it's almost time for the weekend. Here are a few photos I found to help you make it through the day. Have a great weekend, everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, that's roughing it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG63wsSTpI/AAAAAAAABOw/G74JT-fZqK8/s1600-h/343_mercedes_slk_recreational_vehicle_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG63wsSTpI/AAAAAAAABOw/G74JT-fZqK8/s400/343_mercedes_slk_recreational_vehicle_3.jpg" border="0" alt="photo of an RV with a mercedes inside it"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346259699791711890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://www.greatfunnypictures.com/index.asp?image=135" rel="nofollow"&gt;greatfunnypictures.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is &lt;b&gt;SO&lt;/b&gt; Koko...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG84T6DI1I/AAAAAAAABPA/SOqWBTdFYks/s1600-h/cat-1.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG84T6DI1I/AAAAAAAABPA/SOqWBTdFYks/s400/cat-1.gif" border="0" alt="cartoon of cat streching to trip someone"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346261908267934546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://toons.gotblah.com/hallmarks_of_felinity/109.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;toons.gotblah.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG1b9_sIII/AAAAAAAABOg/LETzzSOGbhg/s1600-h/C0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lUXXEQ0TG_0/SjG1b9_sIII/AAAAAAAABOg/LETzzSOGbhg/s400/C0.jpg" alt="picture of a bunch of raccoons" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346253724768280706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;courtesy of...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a target="new" href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;icanhascheezburger.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-3369118544147812757?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f-5GAIqmopC_HMvwlCCg9_TnWzo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f-5GAIqmopC_HMvwlCCg9_TnWzo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I have included a couple of pictures of our wonderful berm. As you may be able to see, a portion of it is currently being held-up by some railroad ties. I will, of course, have to remove them (not a fun task). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-1wlines.jpg' align=left vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="photo of our berm" width:460px;height:346px; /&gt;As you can see, I've drawn lines where the lower wall will be. In this photo, you will notice another line going up the side. This is where a fence is located and since I don't want to pile dirt against the fence (it's not good construction technique and it is also bad for the fence), I'll need to place an ascending wall of stone next to the fence to act as a buffer between the dirt and the fence. &lt;img src='http://tahtimbo.googlepages.com/berm-2wline.jpg' align=right vspace=4 hspace=4 alt="picture of our berm" width:330px;height:346px; /&gt; The height from the ground to the bottom of the fence is approximately eight feet. Towards the end of the yard, it gradually tapers down to roughly three feet in height. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to the first wall, which will be two feet tall, I plan to add two to three additional tiers. Along the top, by the fence, I will have a gravel walkway. Since we are going to be using this as a garden area, I will also be adding an irrigation system. When I originally installed the sprinkler system for the backyard, I ran a 1-inch sprinkler line to the berm, so all I need to do is tee off of that line. Also, just behind the line are two sprinklers, which I will have to either raise or move forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, you have some sort of idea of the task ahead of me. These two photos show only a portion of the seventy-two feet of wall I will need to construct. As construction begins and throughout the entire process, I will continue to take photos and I will give step-by-step instructions on what I am doing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, all that's left to do now is to get started, it can only look better...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First in series... &lt;a target='new' href='http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/planning-your-tiered-retaining-wall.html'&gt;planning-your-tiered-retaining-wall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next in series... &lt;a target='new' href='http://mrmomsunite.blogspot.com/2009/06/retaining-wall-supply-list.html'&gt;retaining-wall-supply-list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509012251811779428-4320262671430311172?l=mrmomsunite.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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